The Weekend Roundup

SUNDAY POST–MARGARITAS, JACK, PANCAKES AND GIRLS Here’s Alicia, new Cantina Girl. A Big Thanks to everyone who wrote regarding the new position at Primedia, Hot Bike, Hot Rod Bikes and Street Choppers. Tomorrow’s my first day, so in deep undercover research I stuffed myself with Mexican food on the harbor last night and drank giant […]

BIKERNET SUNDAY POST – HANGOVER SUNDAY DELAYS THE POST Hey, it’s running late. Last night I tinkered in the garage on the Ultimate Chopper Project (I’m up in the air about that title, actually embarrassed). It’s not Ultimate in any means by today’s fabrication standards. What the fuck was I thinking? It’s just a chopper

SUNDAY POST PRE-BIKETOBERFEST REPORTS, BUELL RACING ACTION, GIRLS, DAVID MANN AND NEVADA HELMET LAW UNDER ATTACK Hey, it rained last night. Just as we hammered on a 1926 window jam and changed our window order for the fourth time. It may have been the first time we experienced rain in the new headquarters. In Southern

SUNDAY POST ON MONSTER GARAGE MONDAY Okay, I escaped for the weekend and relied on the Bikernet staff to handle the Sunday Post. They got drunk Saturday night and escaped the Bikernet Penitentiary. I’m still welding the bars back on the window. I’m on the hunt for the missing staff. We need to organize a

SAD SUNDAY–LOST RIDERS, LOST WOMEN, AND LOST 86 PROOF JACK DANIELS It’s a sad interesting day. I run through life like a mad dog gobbling at anything and everything. I avoid funerals because they indicate the end, and I’m all about helping the living. Recently though and few have died and my perception has changed.

SUNDAY POST SWAPMEET SUCCESS AND BIKERNET REPORTERS EMBEDDED IN HURRICANE RIDDEN FLORIDA Watch for feature on Bree and the latest Steed Muscle Bike, next week. This is nuts. I was up at 4:45 this dewy morning to roll up to the Long Beach Motorcycle Swapmeet by 6:00 a.m. since it doesn’t open until 7:00. Bright.

SUNDAY POST RETURNS FROM ALASKA– SO WHAT, LET’S HIT THE NEWS Hey It’s Sunday, We’re supposed to be out riding, just sipping coffee after a long night in the sack, tinkering around the pad or on the bike. For some reason I can’t get enough sex. I keep thinking about the woman in Berkley who

Sad Sunday Post Sad News– We received a couple of emails this morning relaying the sad news that Dave Mann has passed away. Our condolences go out to his family. Didn’t know if anyone told you but David died yesterday at 3:45 p.m. He had been in a coma for some time. Thanks, Jeremy Povenmire

LABOR DAY SUNDAY POST—LAST SUMMER RUN, GIRLS AND MORE GIRLS Photo from RFR It’s Labor Day. The fuckin’ Summer is toast, you better rock. I know this weekend is a bad omen for some. I’ll tell you what. All riders need to move to California and we’ll kick all the cagers out. Each household must

SUNDAY POST–INDIAN LARRY DOWN–KEEP THE GOOD THOUGHTS COMING Babe shots from RFR. It’s Sunday, can’t believe it. The bad news is that Indian Larry lost it during his stand-up riding trick and is in a coma with a head injury. Our hearts and souls are leaning in his direction for all the support and spirits

HUNGOVER SUNDAY POST–IT AIN’T BAD, I SWEAR Here’s a Bobber from the Journey Museum in Sturgis last week, shot by Rogue. It was built by Jose, Caribbean Custom Cycles and Bikernet Reporter. It will compete in the upcoming Las Vegas show with master-builders from all over the country. I feel like shit, today. I suppose

SUNDAY POST LEMON DROP MARTINIS, GIRLS, STURGIS ACTION, NEW AVON TYRES AND STD HEADS –from Skooter It’s almost 11:00 a.m. and the women folk of Bikernet have deserted me. The blonde was kidnapped last night. Sin Wu is chasing her, but she fired up the smoker just before she left. Suppose she’ll be back. What

HOT SUNDAY POST–BIKES, FASTENERS, LAWS AND GIRLS–HANG ON Worked on a friend’s dresser all day yesterday. A drunk ran him off Ortega Highway. He barely survived and still hobbles some, but his bike will be roadworthy in a couple of weeks. Check out the report below that 70 percent of all bike accidents are caused

SUNDAY POST MELLOW–WARM THE BARBECUE AND CHECK IT OUT Sunday Post 8/1/04 Check this out. I made the Dallas display bike Old School alumni. This is another Sonny Keaton (Beaumont, Texas) classic bike display and creation. Last year Dr. Hamster and I blasted out to Barstow to see the Hamsters off to Sturgis. While there

SUNDAY POST SUMMER–CALENDARS, SHOWS, STRUGIS AND BABES Photo by RFR Hey, it’s a wonderful fuckin’ day. The weather is perfect for barbecues. We’re not being bombed, and the women are beautiful. We need to simplfy our lives some, but you gotta admit that life in the States couldn’t be much better. Think about it. I

SIZZLING SUNDAY POST–RIGHT-OF-WAY-LAW WINS, RON FINCH WINS, HIGHBARS WIN AND MORE photo by RFR I’m awake I swear. We stood in the street and drag raced John Covington, Steed Muscle Bikes down Alameda Boulevard until 1:00 in the morning. John’s configuration for custom bikes is all about performance and handling. His prices are also reasonable.

CHOPPERS ONLY SUNDAY POST–BACK FROM HAWAII AND MONSTER GARAGE Here’s the MG bike building crew (from left to right), John Reed, historic CCI designer, Marc Rowe, Rowe Engineering frame builder, Don Hotop, famous master builder, Carl Morrow, legendary performance expert of Carl’s Speed shop, and me, shop clean-up crew. It’s a hot LA Sunday and

4TH OF JULY SUNDAY POST–POST MONSTER GARAGE MADNESS I’ve gotta get packed and hit it to the airport. It’s choppers only weekend. We just finished Monster Bike Building Bootcamp. Hang on for this episode to be aired in October. It was a killer weeked and we made that fucker run. Let’s hit the Sunday Post:

MONSTER GARAGE SUNDAY, GIRLS ARE TAKING OVER, DAVID MANN NEEDS US, KEITH’S HIGHSPEED CODE AND BILLY LANE It’s the day before the I go to work for Monster Garage. I need to get some sleep. Jesse said in MM3 that he quit drinkin’. I drank enough for both of us last night, then this morning

SUNDAY DAD’S DAY, A TRIBUTE, BALTIMORE SURVELLIANCE, H-D FLAME JOBS, PROJECT BIKES AND WAR TALES Happy Father’s Day goddamnit. If you’re a father, stick with it. I mentioned, in the last Cantina drama, that it’s okay to ditch a bad ol’ lady as long as kids are not involved. Then you’re stuck, because, together, you’ve

SUNDAY MARGARITAS POST–GIRLS, SKATEBOARD HELMET LAWS COMIN’, NEW HANDLEBARS AND PAINT JOBS AND SEX Bikernet photog RFR with the women he loves to capture. I’m a blithering nut case this morning. Too many margaritas last night and not enought sex. Here’s a strange code I came up with one lonely night in the Wilmington ghetto.

SUNDAY POST BLUES–FREEDOM LOST, BUT HOT BABES TO KEEP OUR NIGHTS WARM I’m buried in blown-in insulation as we cut the walls of the shop for the balcony. Just when we had the garage somewhat set, we tore it to shreds. We finally gave up the cleaning process in the afternoon, showered and headed out

MEMORIAL DAY SUNDAY POST–RUNNIN’ TO THE NEXT BARBEQUE It’s the Sunday before Memorial Day. There’s a reclusive code in LA: Stay off the freeways on holidays. It’s wild, half of the 13 million population of LA county are on the road all weekend and the other half is loading up at Home Depot for a

SUNDAY POST BEFORE NOON–IT’S A MIRACLE–RIGHT OF WAY LAWS MAY COME TO PASS–GET INVOLVED The blonde is Elizabeth Castillo who is working hard to make the David Mann Benefit a success. Contact her for more info:castillo@iland.net It’s 10:10 a.m. and I’m hammering at the Sunday Post, sipping coffee through last night’s hangover and preparing for