Distinct, bold style meets premium performance. The new high- flow Air Cleaners from Bahn are the latest product release from the expanding brand of precision-machined motorcycle accessories. The Bahn Air Cleaner is crafted from premium forged aluminum designed with precision- machined features to enhance the glistening chrome or smooth black anodized “Tuxedo” finishes. The refined, unique outer cage is free of logos and branding, complementing the entire Bahn product lineup by elevating an overall custom theme rather than consuming it. Large openings in the outer cage artfully expose the high-flow washable and re-chargeable K&N filter element. An enlarged induction inlet on the cast back plate provides a smooth- flowing path of air to the motor for increased performance over stock, ...

A bill to legalize the practice of lane-splitting was pulled by its author, pushing off until next year a matter that divided motorcyclists and motorists. The bill's author, Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward), cancelled a hearing set July 14 in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. The bill had attracted bipartisan support in the Assembly in late May. Tomasa Duenas, a Quirk spokeswoman, said the assemblyman intends to "work out some concerns and looks forward to moving AB 51 next year." The concerns, she said, relate to the proposed law's implementation. The legislation would have made California the first state to sanction lane-splitting by permitting motorcycles to drive between cars at speeds up to 15 mph faster than surrounding traffic, up ...

Out in the country roads of Moriah, NC., people pick their own tobacco, run their own stills and gut their own deer. At Widowmaker Custom Design and Repair, Hank Thibodeau brings that same self-reliant determination to the design and fabrication of custom motorcycles. Hank has been out here creating, chopping, grinding and giving inspiration to anybody with two wheels and a dream for more than ten years. The two car garage workshop he shares with Patrick Murphy and his father-in-law Jimmy Glenn, has produced more original works of engineered art than most million dollar bike shops. Continue reading.

Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec leads the Pro Stock Motorcycle class following the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Krawiec qualified fourth for the event on a Harley-Davidson® V-Rod® motorcycle and advanced to the second round of Sunday eliminations. “We are not satisfied with our consistency right now,” said Krawiec. “The horsepower is there, but sometimes we just can’t find it. Both of the Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod bikes were really fast in the first round on Sunday, but we lost 5 mph in round two. We’re going to keep racing and tuning until we get it dialed in.” Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines qualified sixth on the team’s other ...

"Twenty-six inch wheels and 230 HP with the installation of a blower. As Robbie says, 'It doesn't have a drop seat in it for nothing.' This is also one of the first bikes to use a Porsche style headlight. This is a great interview to see the prediction of bagger styling just a few years before its time." Continue reading.

As the US population ages, the popularity of three-wheeled vehicles continues to grow. But just as some riders seek out trikes as a sturdier way to get out in the wind, many people with disabilities are beginning to see trikes as vehicles that can safely accommodate their needs and help them reclaim their independence. “Most people never think they’re going to be someone with a disability,” said Gail DeWitt, owner of DMR Trikes and founder of the American National Association for Bikers with a Disability (ANABD). Indeed, “disability” can be a misleading word, bringing to mind a sudden, severe injury resulting in paralysis or the loss of a limb. Yet the term “disabled rider” does not apply only to those ...

ShockStrap, manufacturers of the world famous shock absorbing tie down, has hired V-Twin Marketing as their agency of record. ShockStrap is a unique shock absorbing tie down that incorporates three of the most versatile tie down principals into one superior system. It is quick and easy like a motorcycle tie down, has the reliability of a ratchet system and versatility of a shock cord. Fred Gill, President of ShockStrap stated, "We incorporate a ShockStrap that when stretched maintains tension on the webbing, locking it into the buckle. When road vibrations cause loads to shift and settle, other tie downs can loosen and become unsafe. Under these conditions, our ShockStrap stretches acting like a shock absorber and contracts with the load ...

Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® Wrecking Crew rider Jared Mees boosted his lead in the AMA Pro Harley-Davidson GNC1 presented by Vance & Hines series despite coming up inches short in a photo-finish end to a thrilling race at the Du Quoin Mile. After missing a shift on a restart and slipping to the back of the pack, Mees charged through the field on his Rogers Racing Las Vegas H-D/Blue Springs H-D Harley-Davidson® XR750 motorcycle to hunt down fellow Wrecking Crew rider Kenny Coolbeth and Bryan Smith. The trio of riders crossed the finish line together, with Smith winning by less than an inch and Coolbeth just 0.013 seconds back in third place on the Zanotti Racing Harley-Davidson® XR750. “I missed a ...

It was just after new year's when New Orleans finally turned cold. It would prove an uncommonly brutal winter over most of the U.S. this year. For two decades I’d spent these frozen months all over the southern states and had learned beyond doubt that southern Florida is the only stateside place that offers summertime temperatures all winter long. This was the destination now. As the back roads across southern Mississippi, Alabama, then the Florida panhandle opened up I peaked from the great pile of laundry worn upon my body against the intense cold, to watch the spectacular beauty of landscape ahead. It had been at the Florida, Leesburg rally early last year that I’d met a man who said ...

Bikernet contributor Paul Garson reports from the road about Evel Knievel's Strato Cycle. While enjoying Octoberfest in Daytona Beach several years ago, I had the unique pleasure of meeting Evel Knievel. He was bouncing back from one of his various operations…for example, in 1967 his famous/infamous crash landing after sailing 151 ft. over the fountains at Caesar’s Palace, he laid in the hospital unconscious for a month. In 1974 as the world watched his 350 mph Skycycle X-2 rocketbike fell short of the 1600 ft. and plummeted into the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. He then campaigned to jump the Grand Canyon but couldn’t get the federal permits. You could say nothing could keep Evel down…except maybe gravity. He did ...