Bikernet Banner

LAWS, ACTION AND BAD JOKES RETURN TO THE BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for April 21st, 2016

Hey, About Freedom. We seem to live in a society admonishing Freedom as a thing of the past. I had a conversation with Dennis Manning. The EPA told him point blank that they are controlling everything that rolls, and ultimately custom motorcycles had to be apart of the mix. So, why isnā€™t it the other way around? Why donā€™t government agencies have a mandate to find freedom, not control? I had a notion. The EPA was started as an advisory group. So, letā€™s start a freedom advisory group. Then someday the president will wake up and say, ā€œFreedom works, itā€™s what keeps humanity breathing, celebrating, being innovative, and strong.ā€ They will then give us billions to mandate that government agencies ...
Read More

Paul Yaffe Celebrates 25 Years Of Bike Building

Paul Yaffe and his shop Bagger Nation, used the opportunity of the 2016 Arizona Bike Week motorcycle rally to celebrate 25 years of designing and building custom motorcycles, parts and accessories. Paul opened his first custom shop, American Legend Motorcycle Company, in 1991. Today, 25 years later, while not operating out of the same location, Paul Yaffe's Bagger Nation (together with Paul Yaffe Originals) is recognized as a preeminent custom motorcycle and parts manufacturers in the world. "It all started with a love of motorcycles and a curiosity and desire to see what could be made of them," says Paul. "I never would have guessed, when I first started experimenting in the mid eighties, that it would lead to where ...
Read More

New Sport Touring Tire From Metzeler

Metzeler's new ROADTEC 01, isĀ a Sport Touring Radial tireĀ that's developed to offer motorcyclists a high level of grip in different weather conditions, including dry and wet roads, as well as changeable and low grip surfaces. ROADTECTM 01 is also capable of offering a mileage of reference in its segment, thanks to more uniform and regular wear, and great stability while riding at high speeds and with the bike fully loaded. ROADTEC 01 is the latest evolution of METZELER sport-touring tires, which with respect to its predecessor, the ROADTEC Z8 INTERACT, has among its strong points an improvement of the grip on wet and low-grip surfaces, an increase in mileage (+10%) and a high degree of adaptability to different bikes, riding ...
Read More

2016 DAYTONA BIKE WEEK BIKERNET EDITORS CHOICE WINNER

Ā  As the name of the event suggests editors from numerous motorcycle publications judge the show and pick a motorcycle to produce a feature article on. It is not an easy task as there are numerous categories and just about any of the motorcycles entered are worthy of feature articles. Ā I ended up choosing the 2005 FLSTN Deluxe built by Diego Bessler. I looked at all the other motorcycles but kept coming back to it. The paint got my attention and as I continued to look at it the combination of things done to it told me that someone had put a lot of work and meaning into every aspect. Ā Plus, it looked like a daily rider and that counts ...
Read More

Hit and Run Driver May Have Intentionally Hit Motorcyclists

An accident on the 210 Freeway in Los Angeles injured six people and may have started with the driver of a pickup truck deliberately striking a motorcyclist, according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred about 7 p.m. Saturday just west of Irwindale Avenue in Irwindale. According to the CHP's preliminary investigation,six motorcycles were heading west at 65 mph in the No. 1 lane when a black pickup in the No. 4 lane cut across the freeway, hitting one of the motorcycles. That caused a chain reaction with the other five motorcycles, and at least two of those bikes struck a BMW in the carpool lane. The CHP said the driver of the pickup may have intentionally struck the ...
Read More

California: FFL Ban to be Heard in Committee Today

Today,Ā the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection is scheduled to hear Assembly Bill 2459. This detrimental bill, authored by NRA-PVF ā€œFā€ rated Assembly Member Kevin McCarty, would close practically every gun store in the Golden State if enacted into law. Gun control advocates have made their agenda very clear ā€“ removal of firearm availability piece by piece, until it is completely gone in California. Committee contact information can be found here. AB 2459 would make four serious changes to Californiaā€™s dealer licensing requirements. A prohibition on licensee business premises being on a residential property. A clear statement that localities may impose more restrictive requirements on licensees than those imposed by state law. A requirement that licensees maintain full color ...
Read More

Hundreds attend Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Ceremony

One by one, representatives of veterans organizations lined up to place wreaths at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. When they were finished, there were more than 100 wreaths placed Monday evening at the wall, followed by the opening ceremony. The wall arrived escorted by some 1,200 motorcyclists and assembled Sunday at Wickham Park. It will remain there until the end of Floridaā€™s 29th annual Vietnam and All Veterans Reunion on Sunday. The reunion is Thursday through Sunday, with activities Thursday and Friday until about 11 p.m. The traveling memorial wall and reunion activities are open to the public. Retired Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Francisco Odzimowski of Rockledge paused to compose himself as he spoke of what it means to him ...
Read More

Micah McCloskey Owned Micah McCloskeyā€™s Custom Motorcycles from 1979 until 2013. Heā€™s a good shit to work with, a long-time member of the hard-riding Uglys MC, a performance motorcyclist and racing freak. During his time running a shop, he got to ride anything and everything. . Micah said he saw Indians everywhere. He rode a wild highbar 1940 Indian Chief for 30 years until a San Fernando Valley Hells Angel introduced him to FXRs. ā€œI felt 16 again,ā€ Micah said and immediately rode to Beatty, Nevada on a whorehouse run on his first FXR. He made FXRs sing for several decades. Hell, Micah and I raced through lots of canyons over the years. Micah was the assistant crew chief of ...
Read More

Harley-Davidson Roadster Latest In The Dark Custom Stable

Focusing on a stripped-down look and nimble handling, Harley's new Sporty aims to inspire a new generation of riders to take to the streetsĀ Continue reading.
Read More

Joe Dryden Sets Guinness World Record With Avon Tyres

On March 2, Avon Tyres-sponsored Victory Stunt Team rider Joe Dryden set a new Guinness World Record for the longest motorcycle burnout on Storm 3D X-M 160/70R17 (rear) and Cobra 130/70R18 (front) tires. The 2.23-mile record shattering burnout on a 2017 Victory Octane was completed at Orlando Speed World where Dryden smoked more than seven impressive laps. ā€œWeā€™re proud to count Joe and Tony among an elite group of Avon-sponsored riders, and we were thrilled to hear that Joe had succeeded in this record setting run,ā€ said Ken Warner, Vice President of Marketing for Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America. ā€œSeeing the Avon Storm 3D X-M stand up to more than seven smoky laps was incredible.ā€ An official Guinness World Records ...
Read More
Scroll to Top