He stepped into the chilly night, the clean air a welcomechange for his abused lungs after the stuffy confines of the tavern. To counter the shocking effects of pure oxygen, he fumbled in his jacketpocket for the crumpled pack of Luckys. He pulled out abent but unbroken smoke and fired up the Zippo lighter, revelingin […]
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PY:Editor's Note: Late last year Paul Yaffe visited Australia to be a part of the country’s leading biker event, the Gold Coast Bike Week, held on Queensland’s sunny Gold Coast. Heavy Duty magazine and Bikernet contributor Glenn Priddle took pics of the event and interviewed Paul. Paul, welcome to Australia.PY:Thank you for having me.Are you
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Here’s a strange one. I received an e-mail inviting the Bikernet.com Staff to a private screening of The World’s Fastest Indian movie. I missed the first one, with the cast, including Anthony Hopkins and all the motorcycle press. I grew up in Los Angeles. I have a burr in my boot for watching folks, press,
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COAST TO COAST LEGISLATIVE NEWS FOR AUGUST, WITH STATE BY STATE GUN LAW NEWS COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWSCompiled & Edited by Bill Bish,National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) MULTI-FACETED MOTORCYCLE BILL ENACTED IN TEXAS Senate Bill 1967, authored by Texas State Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) and sponsored by Representative Norma ?Da?Lady? Chavez (D-El Paso), introduces
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After a lifetime of preparation resulting in two AMA Land Speed Records it was time to attend the AMA Championship Banquet held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Riders 8 to 89 were presented with hard earned #1 plates and plaques garnered during the 2009 season while participating in over 30
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Editor’s note:This is a rare experience for Bikernet and a rare pleasure to share the questions from Jaqhama, a life-long Australian motorcyclists with Elena, a devote female biker from the Ukraine. We left her answers unedited to give you a sense of her dialect. Enjoy.Jaqhama: Hi Elena, first let me say thanks very much for
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Well there, what the hell is going on here? I mean in this country of ours, the good ole USA. I have been bombarded by stupid national and world news for so long that I thought it impossible to get this fired up any more. That's not to say I've been happy as a meadow
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I consulted the all-too-frequently-crossed-out-squares on my soon-to-be-history 2009 Hunky Dudes on Hot Bikecalendar (I can dream can’t I?). It told me that the David Mann Chopper Fest, held every December for the past five years in Ventura, CA, was coming up in a few days and I had my trusty Harley-Davidson Heritage already packed up
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This story was approved by our own Corporal Punishment. This is a question that will invariably engender great debate, argument, rhetoric, verbosity, emotion, and will produce more questions. Herein, I stipulate that the term “biker” is not a term within itself, but rather invokes a degree of state-of-being. A more appropriate question should be, “How
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Okay, I know I shouldn’t be blowing the lid off this too-good-to-be-true deal, but since I might get back there before you pack your bike and bags and head to the Sunshine State, I’ll take a chance. This is a story about bikes and Florida. No, not Daytona Bike Week or Octoberfest. First off, it’s
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I finally snagged the opportunity to attend the Lone Star Rally in Galveston, Texas once more. Being semi-retired from the strip club business does have one advantage. It gave me the opportunity to hit more events. On the downside – No Daily Strippers and no paycheck, both serious issues, which at some point I need
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Fig. 1: The quintessential .357 magnum double action revolver, the stainless steel Smith & Wesson 686.Versatile, simple, reliable… I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. “Panheadache, I’m concerned about what’s happening in this country right now. I don’t know squat about guns, but I feel I need to get something before Reibamalosi hits, and
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Uwe Jarling is a professional digital artist and illustrator. His artwork is brilliant and beautiful, capturing moments of fantasy, action and fiction in great visionary detail. Uwe has some incredible digital paintings on his portfolio showcased on his website.Born in 1968, he has a diploma in graphic design. He started focusing on ‘Fantasy Art’ since
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COAST TO COAST LEGISLATIVE NEWS FROM A.I.M. AND NCOM–AMAZING EUROPEAN STUDY, GOVERNOR CHICKENS OUT, ENGINE REVVING ORDINANCE IN ALBUQUERQUE AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES MAY BECOME MANDATORY THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of
Incredible story. Glenn Priddle the famous leather seat tooling master was rolling south of Gympie, Australia towards Brisbane to find Little Mick's cave in the woods when he came across a hitchhiker carrying a canvas easel, with an airbrush hose wrapped around his neck. He immediately pulled over and offered the kid a ride in
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It doesn’t matter what you use or say. They all mean the same thing. Take all that energy inside you and transfer it to your machine. Popping pills like Pez, it'll cause you and and your steed to eat asphalt like a drug-crazed addict. Speed freaks know what I’m talking about. The battle to keep
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Art transcends life…or something like that. While many view the motorcycle itself as a form of art, there are those who strive to take it to the next level. Monty Moore, a trekkie at heart battling his demons of motorhead, is an artist making dreams into reality. Monty in his studio While many of us
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Editor's Note: We want to devote this year to Veterans from all arms of our military. I was in the Navy from '66-'70 and did three tours along the coast of Vietnam on a heavy cruiser, the St. Paul. Over the months ahead we will cover significant charity efforts for veterans in hopes that our
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COAST TO COAST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR JUNE–IS THE SMOG ISSUE IN CALIFA GONE? COPS SUED OVER EVENTS, MISSOURI HELMET REPEAL COULD USE YOUR HELP THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard
Drawing of an ex-con magazine editor from years past. Wonder where this criminal is hiding now? Kevin Ash artwork has been circulating in the underground passageways of Bikernet for a while now. You may have noticed a piece here and there, usually placed strategically during the news, casual, precise, yet unfiltered. The images draw you
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You can ask twenty poets about the history of Biker Poetry‚ and you will get twenty completely different accounts of the same events. This is my version of the History of biker poetry. Find a comfortable chair and sit, this may take some time.Before you can ask where and when did biker poetry start, you
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Hey, it's the start of the official Sturgis 2009 project bike, the 5-Ball Factory Racer. For decades guys have built vintage- looking scooters with late model drive-trains. Hell, I built another one at Strokers Dallas in the '90s. Before I dreamed of it, Arlen Ness built a '20s vintage scooter and sidecar around a Sportster
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Moving right along, I overcame the Wilmington Mung and slipped back into the shop. It’s like self-induced Christmas for the homebuilder each week when UPS arrives or I score something at the bike swap meet. Ya plan, save small bags of gold and reach out to vendors to make deals, then wait. I got all
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Custom Motorcycle Mayhem at Mainz/Germany: With one of the biggest and most extraordinary Bikeshows, the CCE Dealer Show and European Championship of Custombike-Building, the 2009 edition of the CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE DEALER SHOW once again topped last years record results in terms of attending dealers, visitors and bikeshow-participants – not to forget the glamourous guest-stars
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