Tech

I have been riding Harleys for 25 years with your basic hand-clutch and foot-shifter. Now due to all the bikes featured in the HORSE and a really clean bracket that Lucky Devil Metal Works created in Houston, I decided it was time for R.F.R. to move into the world of suicide clutches and jockey shifters. […]

We're starting another project at Bikernet, the Ultimate Chopper. I dediced that title was bullshit. I look at some of the bikes built nowaday and mine pale by comparison, so screw it. It's the Bandit/Sturgis 2005 Chop. It's been a couple of years since I built a bike for myself. Hell, I can't ride the

This tech is really, really simple, but as everything else in life, we just try to make things easier on ourselves and this will solve a big pain in the ass. Yes, I'm talking about the clips that hold the pipe flanges. I'm sure the devil had a pretty good agenda when he decided to

There are so many exhaust systems on the market you really have to do your homework to get what you want for performance, looks, quality and price. Like every one else I did some serious looking and shopping around and decided on a set of Bassani Reverse Cone Megaphone Slip-On Mufflers to give the new

I've learned a lot about building handmade exhaust systems for the last couple of months. I flat screwed up the first tech on tools, but returned to Home Depot, found the correct parts and went back to work. I picked up a couple of 4-inch C-clamps, and the proper diameter goofball plumbing clamp. I'm still

I couldn't bore you to death with only John's technical jargon. Here's a couple of his bikes and, of course, girls. We wouldn't have it any other way.Last week at a local watering hole, I overheard two Bikers debating whether to install a Single-Fire ignition on a new machine, that one of them was building

The stock tranny linkage cut to work as our brake linkage. A week ago I worked on the brake controls with some success. After fabricating a mastercylinder bracket and actually drilling the holes in the proper location, it wouldn’t work. I needed to turn the master cylinder upside down. I called Frank Kaisler to confirm

We're going to take you through this New BDL installation from start to finish. Generally belt drive installations are straight forward. There's a couple of key issues: The inner primary is your guide to a proper running, aligned belt drive. If it's square to the engine and tranny, all else is golden. This new drive

Laser Alignment-How it Came To BeThe following was written by Mil Blair, the co-founder of Easyriders, custom bike product designer since the '60s, Bonneville racer and now the designer of this alignment tool.Since '58, when I got my first real motorcycle, A '47 Knuckle I was amazed at how a bike worked. I lined up

We've known Dewey Jelen for ten years. He designs and machines his own line of Custom Machined Aluminum Billet Footpegs, Billet Handgrips, “Heel Hammer” Shift Levers and Billet Aluminum “Rammer” Air Cleaner Covers all for Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.But recently he told us about his Porting Service, “The first thing I found out about my 2002 TC88