Hogging Santa We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Santa Claus finds joy and contentment in modern society with a Harley, Faith, Hope and Charity. All right! Something to do this weekend and it involves riding my hog to L.A., I could guarantee the tug-o-war victory – just wrap the rope around me – they would need a cavalry to drag me. I stuffed a backpack with essentials and went to my garage to dust off my 20 year-old H-D. Checking everything on the two-wheels I locked up the house and kicked the beast. Difficult even to lift my leg to kick-start with my belly bothering us – he has to push himself into everything. I ...

Harley sales are in free-fall — down 9.3 percent in the U.S. for the first fiscal quarter that ended this summer — amounting to losses of $258.9 million. The company has announced it will lay off about 200 workers this fall. The rest of the industry’s not doing so well, either. You can still find plenty of leftover 2016 model year bikes at most dealerships — and we’re eight weeks away from 2018. To say sales of new motorcycles have been slow is an understatement right up there with advising the captain of the Titanic that there’s a “little leak” down in the hold. But why? Read more at the National Motorists Association Blog.

Hey, Tomorrow is Christmas a wonderful celebration. But I’m excited about next year. We need roll back onto the salt. I need to find a trailer. I need to haul ass back to Paughco and pick up the Salt Torpedo. I need to rework the shop to make room for the 5-Ball streamlined trike. I’m also going to wrap up a motorcycle screenplay and send it to the movie gods. I’m also going to reprint my first two books and we are working with a new manufacturer to make our 5-Ball leather line. Then we need to reorder. Out inventory is running low. There’s more but I need to get the fuck out of here and run to the desert ...

Hey, I want to wish everyone a very merry Xmas. Like so many businesses in our industry, our budgets have been cut and we weren’t able to send out as many cards to our contributors as we did in the past. Nevertheless our thoughts are with you and we appreciate all of you and all that our readers have done for Bikernet over our almost 24 year run. Budgets maybe down but the fun isn’t. We are going to outline projects and priorities for 2018 over the next week, new books, new projects, and new TV efforts. Here’s one exciting announcement. We have recently become a bigger sponsor of the SmokeOut in RockingHorse, North Carolina, which will also be sponsored ...

Traditions are a major part of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip experience. One of the longest standing includes feeling the amphitheater shake with the roar of V-twins while hearing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” blast through the main stage speakers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, wildly popular with Chip fans, will bring their hits home to the Wolfman Jack Stage in 2018 on Monday, Aug. 6. Buffalo Chip President Rod Woodruff’s official announcement video can be seen here.   “Lynyrd Skynyrd has been a rock ‘n’ roll staple for bikers at the Chip for years,” said Rod Woodruff, Sturgis Buffalo Chip President. “Their songs are part of a Buffalo Chip tradition and we are thrilled to have them back to ...

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Winter Storage Tips for your Third Partner Man, Woman and Wheel. A Threesome Report on Winter Romances. Ujjwal Dey It is Christmas and hope all of you are charged up for adventures and fun in the New Year. Snow fall has started at many areas and people are getting ready for Winter even though Game Of Thrones fanatics will tell you Winter is Coming with new episodes only in 2019. Winter is here and some of us still ride while others prefer to saddle up on the couch with loved ones in tow. However, if you are spending your family time in these festivities, don’t ignore your Third Partner, the third entity in your loving relationship with your old lady, ...

Hey, I watched a documentary last night by the Labor Secretary for the Clinton admin, Robert Reich. He’s been in the business of working for the government for 50 years. The film was about his recent book and economic problems with the United States. He spent an hour explaining the problems and five minutes on the solution. My question is: He had 50 years to fix it. What the fuck? But beyond all the bullshit there is a silver lining. We have the best of the best and it’s the holidays. This is the most magical time of the year. Enjoy it. We will fix everything else next year… If you are a Bikernet member, click here to read the ...

A December 2016 traffic stop in Austin, Texas, is getting lots of views on social media lately. In a video posted on the Motorcycle Profiling Project’s Facebook page1 a motorcycle club member is detained after a police officer observed him neglecting to use a turn signal on his motorcycle. That traffic violation amounted to probable cause to pull the motorcycle rider over. Once detained, the traffic stop took on a whole new perspective. A traffic stop in essence is a seizure because the driver is not allowed to leave after committing a traffic violation. Once detained, certain Fourth Amendment rights apply to the rider regarding search and seizure. Almost at the top of the video the officer explains that the ...