March is Women’s History Month and there’s no better opportunity to celebrate the contributions American women make to the firearm and ammunition industry – past, present and future. From the early days of Annie Oakley shooting the ashes off cigarettes in the mouths of wild west show volunteers and Calamity Jane gunslinging and scouting […]
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Twice a year I make a run to Daytona and Sturgis to co-produce the Flying Piston Benefit Builders Breakfast with Marilyn Stemp, Managing Editor of Iron Trader News. My first big decision concerning the trip was Sporty or DYNA? I chose the Sporty for the 2,000-mile roundtrip from Indianapolis. Three weeks before the event, I
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Mike Egan recently passed away. I worked with Mike and his wife Patty for about 40 years covering his restorations, working with him on project bikes such as the Dicey Knucklehead which I still have. Hell, I made a deal to retrieve a Panhead from a brother partially because it held a Linkert Carb rebuilt
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No matter how old we get, we keep daydreaming. It’s these hopeful visions of what’s possible that help fuel the proliferation of the barn find trend. So, let’s all close our eyes and ponder: What you would do if you opened that random garage door and found a 1928 first year of the Harley Flathead
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MOTORCYCLISTS HELP OUT UKRAINE Motorcycle brands across the spectrum of biking are coming together to assist people affected by the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine, while multiple manufacturers have announced they will no longer sell bikes or supply parts to people in Russia, including Harley-Davidson, Suzuki and Honda, which is donating one million
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A refreshing article in the Washington Examiner demonstrates what I have repeatedly said for more than a decade: climate change does not pose an “existential threat.” In fact, that’s the title of the article: “Climate change is not an ‘existential threat.’” In discussing the energy crisis that has arisen during Joe Biden’s brief tenure as
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A garage requires different fire extinguishers for oil, electrical and chemical fires. What you see in an office may not be right “class” of fire extinguisher in your workshop. If you work with metals only, you are still of course using electrical lighting and electrical tools. Maybe even printed manuals! Similarly, if you store
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C. A. Bridges is a Digital Producer for the USA TODAY Network.Additional information from bikeweek.com DAYTONA BEACH — Bike Week, now marking its 81st year, may not be your grandfather’s — or even your great-grandfather’s — bike rally. A gathering for motorcycle race fans, a drunken party, a biker brawl or a family
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Deadwood, South Dakota, March 8, 2022—Bikernet Blog Hits the Top 25 of motorcycle websites ranking. FeedSpot.com investigates the best Motorcycle blogs from thousands of blogs on the web ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority and freshness. Bikernet is consistently rated in the Top 100 Motorcycle Blogs on the internet, but in the February
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Sons of Speed is a motorcycle race inspired by early 20th-century board-track racing, featuring stripped-down bikes with pre-1925 American V-Twin engines. Numerous modifications are done to handlebars, exhaust, fenders, fuel and oil tanks etc. OH, did I mention NO BRAKES! They were back at the steeply banked New Smyrna Speedway for the start
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Have you ever wondered what the difference between motorcycle and car tires is and why you can’t just use them interchangeably? Do you want to know more about them? When most people think about tires, they think about the rubber that sits underneath their car or motorcycle. They might not give a lot of thought
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One of America’s greatest business leaders, Theranos impresario Elizabeth Holmes, was fond of saying, “First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, then you change the world.” Alright. Maybe she wasn’t a great business leader—who saw that coming?—but the slightly ridiculous 1800cc, two-cylinder, leather-saddlebag, CHiPs-windshielded cruiser I’m trying to force through six stopped
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U.S. MOTORCYCLE SALES CONTINUE UPWARD TREND New motorcycle sales in the U.S. continued to rise across all segments last year, the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) announced. While bike sales continue to improve, it’s also worth noting that the Motorcycle Safety Foundation saw enrollment in its basic rider courses grow significantly in 2021 as
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PREAMBLE “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Dear People
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The spending frenzy at Scottsdale’s January auto auctions may have garnered the headlines, but just a short road trip away in Las Vegas, Mecum’s motorcycle auction put on a similarly spectacular show for the two-wheeled crowd. As in the collector car market, values have skyrocketed of late in the motorcycle world: look no further
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When it comes to electric vehicles, there is something about energy production that people who think this is all a good idea need to contemplate for a minute: electric energy production is in the hands of the State. And I mean it’s in the hands of the State from the get-go, right out the gate.
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Naysayers are quick to spout the dangers of motorcycling but friends, and countrymen lend me your helmetless ears. The psychological and emotional benefits of riding are real. The sense of freedom, thrill of acceleration, escaping the confines of convention, are all real and any rider will confirm that. Motorcycle riding also has physical health
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The garage fridge is not a tool. It does not actively assist in the completion of a project. If anything, the cooler in the corner often conspires to defeat productivity. For me, recently, it did just the opposite. The faux-woodgrain insulated box doesn’t hold parts—it contains exactly what you think it does—and yet it
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Not sure where to start. I was working in a bike shop on Imperial Highway, US Choppers in 1970 to support going to Long Beach City College. I was into my first Shovelhead after I sold my 1969 XLCH, and perhaps my fourth bike build after the Sportster, a bent Triump 650 and a 45
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1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Jody Hall Annual Memorial Ride 2022
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I do not claim to be an expert on any historical MC stuff, but I have always found it fascinating. Being a guy who tries to emulate what others have done in the past, I have always found it to be important and respectful to learn the history of the source of my passion.
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The ongoing pursuit to preserve the Bonneville Salt Flats has scored another victory and SEMA, along with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Utah Geological Survey (UGS), and Intrepid Potash Inc. marked more progress in restoring the area’s precious salt. A new well installed in the summer of
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NEW YEAR = NEW LEGISLATION With 2021 in the rearview, New Year 2022 has hit the ground running in several states considering pro- and anti-biker laws, including some helmet legislation, profiling, noise, motorcycle safety, lane splitting, bike parking and lighting issues. Freedom of Choice on helmet use is on the docket in some
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My grandson, Frank Ball Jr. and I made the run to Sturgis with a Kendon two-bike trailer, our 1928 Shovelhead and the 5-Ball Racing Crazy Horse powered mascot bike. Both quirky, flat-side tank bikes. We jammed out and rode around the rally and had a blast. Of course, he got the bug and had to
