NCOM Coast To Coast Biker News for November 2015
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Bill Bish brings you a compilation of notes and news including:Ā Studies on helmet use, Veterans in California and more Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish.Ā See the whole report here.
Read More Victory’s Ignition Concept Bike Hits The EICMA Show in Milan
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Using a production version of the engine that powered Victory's Project 156 up Pikes Peak this summer, this concept bike is a harbinger of things soon coming to dealerships. See more here.
Read More Motorcycle Industry News: Talk To Sara Liberte For Your Photography & Marketing Needs
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Sara Liberte Photography is now available for new clients exclusively within the motorcycle industry for all photography, video and marketing needs starting January 2016. āPhotography and motorcycles have filled my career over the last 20 years. I'm excited now more than ever to offer my creative talents to the industry I hold much respect for,ā says Liberte. āAfter a period of time working exclusively with one client, I am really looking forward to working with a broad variety of companies, magazines and agencies within the industry.ā Liberteās combined experiences of over 20 years running a motorcycle shop, editorial content generation, and of course photography and video allow her to offer an expanded portfolio of marketing or creative support. Past ...
Read More Betsy’s Bash Up
By Bikernet Editing Staff | | General Posts
For a drifter the motorcycle is his sole and most valued possession. It is his house, car, TV, microwave, washing machine, and every other thing in the life of a normal man, all rolled into one. It's the center of his world and when it stops his world stops with it. And so was I faced with a very real problem. With no home at which to return, no roadside assistance, no full coverage insurance, and no real money, how would I get this mess reassembled into one piece? Could it be done while on the road? After the wreck I'd called Randy White; an old friend who owns the Sturgis Swap Meet where he sells used HD parts during ...
Read More Indian Motorcycle Launches The Scout Sixty
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Indian's smaller, more affordable middleweight cruiser is ready to take on the urban jungle. Check it out.
Read More Harley-Davidson Offers Free Riding Academy Motorcycle Training To First Responders
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Leading up to Thanksgiving, Harley-Davidson will expand its free Riding Academy motorcycle training offer to all first responders from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016. To unveil the Ride Free offer for police officers, firefighters and EMS professionals, Harley-Davidson employees across the country volunteered at local firehouses and police stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kansas City, Missouri, Milwaukee, San Diego, Wichita, Kansas and York, Pennsylvania. At the events, employees washed police motorcycles and fire trucks and served lunch to first responders. Police officers, firefighters and EMS professionals selflessly give to the communities where they live and work. Today, weāre giving back not only our time and energy but the opportunity for first responders to enjoy the personal freedom found on ...
Read More Flying Chairs Descend on Griffith Park forĀ 44th L.A. Hackfest
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Thereās that old horse before the wagon question, but when it comes to motor-cycles, whether two wheels or three wheels came first is a matter of interpretation. Sure the ancient Sumerians apparently invented the chariot, but according to the all-knowing Oz aka Wikipedia, the first mention of a sidecar was visualized by a cartoon penned by a George Moore in the January 7, 1903 issue of the British publication Motor Cycling. Apparently just three weeks later another Brit, W. J. Graham of Graham Brothers, Enfield, Middlesex, acquired a patent for such a conveyance.Ā Read more.
Read More 5-Ball/Bikernet/Paughco Bagger Part 4
By Bikernet Editing Staff | | General Posts
Editor's Note:Ā Life is nuts, and weāre all flying in multiple directions. I sincerely appreciate Paughcoās involvement in this project. Steve Massicotte, head of Product Development at Paughco, took to this project like a kid in a candy store. Every time I catch him on the phone he is pumped to the max about some aspect of this build. Paughco, a historic custom motorcycle products company, is made up of diehard builders and enthusiasts. They donāt have any qualms at modifying Paughco products to test a new development and thatās constantly the case during this build. They modified their classic Paughco frame configuration, the front fender mounting, and now we are playing with rear fender rails and fender mounting. Steve, determined ...
Read More Ducati Premieres 2016 Line, Introduces a New Diavel Cruiser and a small-displacement Scrambler
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati, presents the latest 2016 products in Milan: seven new motorcycles unveiled on the eve of EICMA 2015 Improvements for models already in the range showcased alongside three new bikes that launch Ducati towards new worlds: the āCruiser worldā with the XDiavel, the āAdventure worldā with the Multistrada 1200 Enduro and the āPop worldā with the Ducati Scrambler Sixty2. "In 2015 Ducati sold over 50,000 bikes: a huge success that was achieved without growth being a goal in itself: it was, rather, the result of our customers being extremely satisfied with our products", stated Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding during the presentation press conference. "After a long period of shrinkage, the motorcycle market is ...
Read More Andrew Hines Wins NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Crown At Pomona
By Bikernet | | General Posts
Harley-Davidson Screaminā Eagle/Vance & Hines riders Ed Krawiec and Andrew Hines closed out the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown the Championship as winners and world champions. Krawiec rode a screaming-fast Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycle to victory in the Pro Stock Motorcycle Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., and Hines successfully defended his NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle title and secured his fifth career world championship in the class. With Hines and Krawiec at the controls of the teamās Harley V-Rod bikes, the Harley-Davidson Screaminā Eagle/Vance & Hines riders finished 1-2 in the standings for the second consecutive year, and have collected eight of the past 12 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships. Hines clinched his championship with a win in the ...
Read More