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Click here to see: Mudflap Girl FXRs, Part 7 My Son’s almost Grip Ace Wired  Since last time, my Mudflap Girl is still over at Saddlemens waiting on a custom seat, but good news filtered into the shop this week. Next week, we should move forward. Then my son made his dire announcement: “I wanted […]

Hang on for a chance to win this bike. The odds will be terrific, so step up and enter, or subscribe to Bandit’s Cantina on Bikernet.com, or Cycle Source Magazine, and we will take care of your entry into the drawing towards the end of the year. In the meantime, grab a beer and enjoy

Check out SuperTrapp’s Universal Slip-Ons for custom bikes or café racers   (Hit any image to view it full size; hit ‘esc’ to resume regular viewing.)     I’ve been a fan of SuperTrapp exhausts after riding a friend’s Harley-Davidson Softail Night Train in the 1990s. The blacked-out beast looked lean and mean, but with its

Check out SuperTrapp’s Universal Slip-Ons for custom bikes or café racers   (Hit any image to view it full size; hit ‘esc’ to resume regular viewing.)     I’ve been a fan of SuperTrapp exhausts after riding a friend’s Harley-Davidson Softail Night Train in the 1990s. The blacked-out beast looked lean and mean, but with its

Saddleman seats have been the choice for me since back when I was riding rigid frame motorcycles. They were one of the rare, primarily, comfortable components that allowed me to ride and enjoy a lot of miles in a single day. When I got a new Harley FLHT in 2004 the factory seat was okay

pastingA few months back, Tim Barcz, who is my boss here at J&P Cycles, called me into his office, which in and by itself isn’t out of the ordinary. But what he said after I closed the door was something you don’t hear every day.       Click on these photos to view them

Performance Machine is one of these companies everyone tries to emulate. Innovation certainly is a key word when describing what defines Performance Machine in the world of aftermarket motorcycles, whether it relates to road racing, sportbikes or cruisers. For decades, PM  has managed to stay at least one step ahead of the competition, always coming

We are building two Mudflap girl FXRs, but we took a ’96 Dyna and turned it into an FXR with the help of JIMS 6-speed transmission configuration. Since we were using a Rivera-Primo primary drive belt system inside a stock primary, we dug around for primaries and came up with a set from ’89. The

That’s right. You can enter by filling out the coupon, subscribing to Bandit’s Cantina on Bikernet, or to the Cycle Source Magazine. With a Crazy Horse 100-inch engine, and a frame from Texas Bike Works this build is already flying together. From issue to issue you’ll see your motorcycle being built on the pages of

By Scott Holton from the J&P Cycles Parts Blog   There’s always been confusion and conflict when it comes to any discussion about oil, which is of course, the lifeblood of our beloved motorcycles. And I’m probably not going to bring world peace to this topic with anything I’ll say here. Truth be told, this