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Editors Note: The following was sent in via e-mail by Bikernet reader Mike Hahn. We’d liketo share his story with you. We particularly appreciate the fact that Mike cooked thisbeast up in his dining room…. The only question we have is, which wine is bestserved with a rigid? Dear Bandit, Thanks for the quick response […]

Some 90 percent of all breakdowns are attributed to electrical problems. So, if you’re a hardcore maniac, an electrically challenged individual, or a bastard who likes to keep his scoot as clean as possible, here’s the unit. The company that developed this invention builds a handful of quality parts, Custom Cycle Engineering. They show up

Brought To You By Ever wondered just how far you can go with a Harley basedcustom??? We have, and judging by the phone calls and show requests,a lot of others have, as well. Maybe the easiest route would be tobuild a ground up, with all aftermarket parts, but there arethousands of Wisconsin built bikes out

This has been a strange yet comfortable project. Severalmonths ago we installed a Screamin’ Eagle cam, the H-D race headersystem and a new ignition, and modified the carb. We added chrome rockerboxes to enhance the appearance. In the meantime, Paul Davis fromCharlotte H-D, Anson from the Deep South and a couple of othercontributors have been

Sugar Bear with Bikernet’s Layla at Easyriders Show.We’ve met all sorts of guys through the years whobuild bikes. Some found a niche and stuck to it–likeSugar Bear. He started building his own front ends’cause he couldn’t pry one from the fingers of thefamous Dick Allen. Sugar Bear grew up in Los Angeles,hanging out at shops

There are definitely advantages to signing on to Bikernet.com. I was checking out the site when I noticed a device named True-Track, designed by Wil Phillips of RubberTail fame. I contacted Bandit about it, and he arranged for me to receive one for technical analysis.I have customers and brothers who complain that their Harley- Davidson

  I’m the stumbling drunk of the Bikernet crew. I admit it. Sure, I get fucked up on a daily basis, live off the staff’s kindness and brotherhood, haven’t had a bike up and running in six months and don’t help out much. So recently I was given a do-or-die ultimatum. Write the ultimate tech

This low dollar backyard vacuum pump was constructed for under $25.00 U.S. I use it to do a front fork oil change on Road King’s and Dresser models, prior to the new cartridge H-D fork’s. I installed a regulator on the pump so I could control how fast it sucks up the fork oil in

Well as we promised here at Bikernet, our series on wide-tire installations has finally arrived. Since the craze has become almost business as usual, it stood to reason that we show you what’s available and how to go about getting the job done right. We’ll be showing you two different 150 installations centered around stock