Weekly News

Hey, Another strange day in Paradise. I receive negative industry reports once in a while, from bullshit to legitimate complaints, most of which I don’t post. If I feel it’s straight-forward I share it with the company or shop, so they have the opportunity to correct the error. There’s a major reason I don’t blab […]

Hey, This will be one of the wildest news columns ever produced on Bikernet. But first I must apologize. I have a tough time learning Facebook, and every time I go there I don’t know what the hell, or how to deal with all that’s going on? Okay, I need a tutorial, or I need

Hey, This is going to be good. Sturgis is behind us. And over the last couple of months I’ve had the privilege of roaming through about seven, maybe eight states. Holy shit, but I’ll bet Ray C. Wheeler has me beat by a long shot. Just returned from Oregon with the Redhead of Redheads. She’d

Hey, Sturgis is winding down, and it’s been a wild one. The final Cycle Source event smacks the Broke Spoke today at the Editor’s Choice show and Bikernet is a sponsor. We will feature one of the bikes. Hell, I still need to work with Jeff Cochran on his feature for Bikernet and the HORSE.

  HEY,  Bandit’s still on the loose somewhere in the Black Hills or in the Badlands. I’m scrambling as he would say. We talked about an article he wants to run on the trikes of Sturgis. Send us your trike shots from Sturgis and you may see your trike on Bikernet.       And

Hey, This is one of those days. I’m scrambling to the Badlands, but I’m sure you run into similar action-planning maladies. As soon as you decide to hit the road, the water heater craps out, the dog dies, the cat has kittens, and a family member gets arrested. Hang on. And don’t forget the over-flowing

Hey, It’s that time of year. It’s nuts. I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking about the run to the Badlands in February during the Cincy V-Twin Show. My two biggest events of the year include V-Twin and Sturgis. Then of course the SmokeOut is my eastern player. This year the scramble has a

Hey, I often say, “Life is Nuts.” But recently it took on a whole new meaning. I don’t even know where to start. More and more the upcoming election is critical to our survival. If we fixed one thing, it would save our economy for generations and send a strident message to everyone from politicians

Hey, This is wild. I’m trying to scramble and write my SmokeOut Story, and then Born Free exploded and Michael Lichter stayed at the vast and unrelenting Bikernet Headquarters during his assigned duty days for various magazines. Each day returned to the Ivory Tower on the Port of Los Angeles and down loaded his day’s

Hey, How the hell does shit happen so fast. It does and we need to stay alert and constantly on the move. If not, we’re burnin’ daylight. Last weekend I was in Rockingburg, NC at the sizzling SmokeOut on the east coast and this weekend, it’s Born Free on the West Coast. We had a

  Hey,   So Bandit is long gone at the SmokeOut and the Bikernet Galaxy is resting on my shoulders. Solely? Not quite, but getting the News in order and set up the way it should be is all on me. I could piss and moan about how much work it is(because it is). But

Hey, Another strange day in Paradise. Not sure where to start. This is a day of change and awakening. Here’s our new Salt Torpedo art, and Atomic Bob is working on a cartoon version of the actual streamlined trike as we go to press. I will bring you sketches as he submits them. This couple,

Hey, I wish I knew what the hell I’m doing. I stumbled into Bennett’s Performance on Signal Hill yesterday and Eric Bennett said, “What the hell Bandit. Did you ever imagine Harleys built to look like dirt bikes?” His shop was packed with FXRs and many were set up with tall shocks and taller front

Hey, Guys are cutting hands off in Syria for minor infractions and beheading Christians, and in Hawaii the governor wants to Ban Motorcycles for loud pipes that save lives. You know it’s fascinating in a very obscure way. Folks can always look at something from multiple directions. Loud pipes to a citizen could be annoying

Hey, Strange days in paradise. Suddenly clubs are on the scene again. I had a notion a few years back about clubs getting together, stopping the bullshit, and then starting a WWF type of organization where the various clubs would compete in the ring, and make money. It could be amazing and very profitable for

Hey, This is a strange one. We now have a seat for our Salt Torpedo and a 5-point belt system, as required by the Salt Gods. Racing shit is flying. I’m also standing on the street corner to beg for alms so we can paint a Wilmington, Port of Los Angeles, and Bikernet Mural on

Hey, Life can be amazing, and in that realm I just received a copy of the AMA magazine. It reported about four states trying to pass Land-Splitting laws. They need to be adopted with major awareness campaigns. Some of the states include: Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Nebraska is attempting a Helmet Repeal. And British Motorcycle

Hey, It’s been a strange week. The phone keeps ringing, e-mails flying, texts texting. Just this week we reached out to Scott Jacobs, Bob Kay flew in and borrowed the Mudflap Girl FXR and rode to Palm Springs. Sam Dixon will arrive today and report on Bandit’s Cantina Girls. Bob broke down in Palm Springs,

Hey, Another magnificent day in Paradise and shit is hopping. Suddenly Big Bear Choppers is alive, we received a correction from Custom Cycle Engineering, and Klock Werks is always exploding with new projects. We rode over to the BDL factory yesterday, and they are cooking with new products, new footboards, new forward controls, new Softail

Hey, This is a fascinating day in the vast Bikernet universe. In one week we learned so much we can’t hardly put it into context. Think about the adage, “Think out of the box.” It’s more than a marketing tool, but a mental exercise. It will expand your brain’s ability. Try to learn something new

Hey, I’m on the edge this morning. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it was a woman, a virus, one too many projects. Maybe it had to do with not enough money. Who the hell knows? I suppose I want something to happen, and I want it now. The Dalai Lama helps me when

Hey,Life is what you make of it, right. We’ve all heard that. A tall knockout said yesterday during a highly secretive Bikernet Editorial think tank, “If two people jump out of an airplane, one is biting his or her nails and the other can’t wait and is bubbling with excitement.” She was right. Our brains

Hey, Life is nuts as you know, but it’s the simple pleasures we rely on, like that tasty cup of coffee in the morning, the touch of her hand, and the way the sun shines on your metal flake paint job as you cruise along the riverbank to the bar. Maybe governments can’t get along,

Hey, Where is the balance and freedom recognized and respected. I get pissed with the denier mentality. I just received my first copies of National Geographic in years. This magazine is becoming very political. That’s too bad. They have a section called the War on Science, as if Science has all the answers. Here’s what