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Shocks are an interesting quandary in the world of motorcycle design, construction and performance. We all want to look cool, have the correct travel and a ride that won't break our backs. The science of shock performance is not simplistic. You can't just grab any shock the length you want, and receive the other critical […]

This tech approved by the Bikernet Tech Squad.FINALLY A KIT THAT MOVES THE FLOORBOARDS FORWARD 2″FOR ROAD KINGS, GLIDES AND BAGGERS 1989 TO PRESENT!Here's another Bikernet.com world's fastest tech stories. Let's hit it, and if you're lucky we'll back it up in the next couple of weeks with a full-blown installation.Here are the benefits from

We received a notice before Sturgis that the Baker crew scheduled to set up a 6-Speed Overdrive install tent. They did and installed 17 6-speed gear sets during the week. Talk about a rush. A brother rides his 5-speed to the Badlands and glides home on a 6-speed. Here's Anthony Raho, another satisfied Baker customer

Famous blacked out 2003 Road King.This is crazy. We just installed S&S cam drive gears into our 2003 King with mid range cams. The bike was already set up with Screamin' Eagle heads, two-into-one exhaust, a Screamin' Eagle air box and Terry performance oxygen fuel sensor addition to the stock EFI system. Bike ran fine,

This is the bike Chica built for the S&S 50th. It's for sale.This tale has a couple of twists and turns. Invader mags were built back east in the '70s. There were no billet-scalloped wheels at the time. Custom wheels were limited. Unfortunately, the manufacturer didn't use the best materials and wheel failures popped to

Here's the factory exhaust still in place. When my son Dale bought a 2008 Harley FLHTCU it didn't take him long to ask me what he could do to the exhaust system. My answer, “a lot.” He needed to be more specific, but he was drunk. There's so much a guy can accomplish with a

When Darwin Motorcycles, manufacturer of Brass Balls Bobbers, decided to enhance the look and performance of their machines with dyno-tuned exhausts they looked South to Ft. Worth, Texas at D&D Performance Enterprises. The Oklahoma City, OK manufacturer was introduced to D&D through reading about the exhaust system built for the “World’s Fastest Panhead” raced by

JIMS test kit comes if terrific durable vinyl case.With the majority of Big Twin motorcycles being Fuel Injected it is necessary to have some special tools to keep them running right. One of those tools is a JIMS Fuel Pressure Tester. Granted there are numerous parts to the fuel system, but it all starts with

The Kuryakyn budget kit (we supplied the cylinders) is based on additional compression created by the pistons and their 2G gear drive cams. These cams produce substantial power without the need to port the heads. They also use a stock base circle, and thus we could have used the stock pushrods and saved even more

Click here to enter Bikernet free contest area and receive Bikernet Updates. Shims and instructions from the Spyke kit, plus our Mudflab Girl mascot.The Mudflap Girl project is coming together. I needed a set of shocks to work with the Redneck bags around and found some killer, new 11.5-inch Progressive Suspension masters. I had to

When building a bike, most people seem to focus on the one thing that drives them or motivates them to get the project done. For some people, it’s simply the thrill of the ride, for others, it’s getting recognized for building it. For me, it’s the rush I get from designing and custom making items

This is going to be good. Building one of these desks is like spring shop-cleaning. So maybe I can steam-wash the cobwebs of my mind in the process. I built the first Panhead desk almost 20 years ago, while I was editing books at Paisano Publications. The offices were drab and we needed spirit around

The original, before the Russell treatment.Yep, that's right a miracle befalls us from Russell Peterson, a machinist who lives on a mountain on a distant planet. Hell, I don't know, but he worked his ass off on this contraption for years and now they're on the road and we have a working model right here

The new Boss D&D slip-ons for a better sound and more performance. The Flow-Max from Zippers with all the supplied gaskets and fasteners.Life is terrifying. I like simple shit, like working on bikes and riding free. Too much about life revolves around control and complicated regulations, and it's getting worse. But in this case everything

The popularity of chassis stabilizers for Harley-Davidson motorcycles with rubber mounted engines has increased greatly and there are now numerous companies making them. Most are much the same design and they work well. There is one New and Different Style stabilizer out as well and it is made by Alloy Art. It uses three (3)

I bought a Sucker Punch bike almost four years ago and have loved riding that bike more then any other bike I have ever owned or straddled. It is mechanically simple and cool. I put over 10k miles on it and decided it was time for a change. I tried a H-D Heritage for a

Old Harley-Rider and professional artist, Chris Kallas, brings many of our 5-Ball creations to life.I'm in a daze this morning. Too much Quervo Gold last night and too many discussions about the sinking economy. It's a bastard when they lay off port crane operators. What does that tell you? I don't want to go there

This article was printed in the Spring 2007 issue of The Antique Motorcycle, if you enjoy the article and would like to learn more about old bikes and meet other people that like them check out www.antiquemotorcycle.org/ This articlewill focus on separate examples of how to either refurbish the existing patina of a bike, create

Click here to enter Bikernet free contest area and receive Bikernet Updates.  Back to Mudflap_Girl_Part_1_the_Concept There’s nothing like a Mudflap Girl, so I was intrigued when brothers started building Mudflap Girl products. Mudflap girls are the workingman’s escape from constant asphalt treachery, workin’ eight hours everyday on a construction site or hauling containers from some

The Doctor of Belts, the Master of poly urethane, the god of Cottonwood, Phil Ross or Spacer, to the bros who know…This is wild. I've known Phil Ross (or Spacer), one of the original belt drive masters for almost 35 years. I think I ran one of his primary drives in the late '70s. I

You know what they say about tools, don't cha?Unbelievable, I just wrote the entire intro for this article and my Word program crashed, and I lost the bastard. Suppose I'm force to hit “save” every other sentence. Save. Okay, I'll try again. We've attempted to launch a series of JIMS special tool techs for a

10TH ANNIVERSARY KICKSTAND STORY–How on Earth would anyone come up with the idea to create custom kickstands? The concept of customized kickstands was born at a monthly meeting of SCARS, (an acronym for “Scotch and Cigars”) Stan Reich, the founder of IMP was a member of a loosely structured men's club whose common thread was

In the last article Ryan and mocked the tank split it and mocked. Now it was time to cut out the 16-gauge steel bottom and then move onto the tunnel. It was easy tracing the outline of the base of the tank and then trimming it with sheers. My delicate typing hands got a good

In the couple of decades I’ve spent as a motorcycle photo/journalist covering the American V-Twin scene there is one constant that I have encountered over and over again; the fact that many people in the industry are super keen motorcycle enthusiasts and began their careers by turning the hobby which they loved into a business:Bandit–Bikernet.com;