Make this year's ROT Rally experience one to remember. We are happy to announce that Russ Brown will sponsor the 2015 VIP Party. ROT Rally VIPs are treated to special events and ROT extras. A VIP ticket provides exclusive access to all three nights of the concerts, eligibility for band meet and greets each night and entrance to the Jack Daniels party at the Skyline Bar on Friday from 5-7pm and Saturday from 2-6pm. The special VIP concert experience includes a private viewing area to watch the shows taking place on the main stage amphitheater, access to private air-conditioned restrooms. There is also the chance to mingle with invited celebrities and custom bike builders throughout the Rally. The Russ Brown ...

How would you like to score a huge list of parts and accessories for you and your motorcycle? You can, if you enter the Garage-Girls Ultimate Biker Makeover 2015, brought to you by GEICO Motorcycle. Contestants (girls and guys) must submit an essay 600 words or less as well as a photo (jpeg no larger than 5mb) to bikermakeover@garage-girls.com, describing why they are most in need of a biker makeover. The deadline for entries is July 8, 2015. Submissions will be narrowed down to the final four by a select panel of judges from Garage-Girls based on who they feel most deserves the Ultimate Biker Makeover. The prizes include: a wardrobe of shoes from Harley-Davidson Footwear; a case of full ...

The Arai smacked me, as if I had been crowned king of the road with the Emperor’s new clothes. The visibility was amazing, as if I wasn’t wearing a helmet. I jumped back and donned my other 3/4s to see what they did wrong and it was obvious. They are lacking in peripheral vision. Then there is the comfort and light weight. READ FULL STORY

Indian Motorcycle just announced a partnership with the United Service Organizations (USO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing programs, services and live entertainment to the U.S. troops and their families worldwide. Indian Motorcycle joins the USO as an Official Partner, which will help the USO support our nation’s men and women in uniform, throughout every step of their military journey. “Indian Motorcycle has a proud track record of supporting U.S. troops dating back to WWI and WWII,” said Steve Menneto, vice president of motorcycles for Polaris Industries. “Today two great American organizations with a passion for supporting our troops come together to continue that heritage. Our year-long partnership is a celebration of those who currently serve and those who have served our ...

A March 25, 2015, story informed the public that anyone who has registered a motorcycle in the United States between 1994 and 2015 has been placed on a classified FBI gang list. The reasoning behind creating such a list is the fact that motorcycle owners are 67 percent more likely to be involved in criminal activity than those who do not own a motorcycle. This is an astonishing revelation of facts, but fortunately the facts are false, as is the claim that such a list in the FBI exists. Or does it? We like to think that our government believes in transparency, but there are things that are absolutely hidden from public scrutiny. Read more.

V-Sun Canada recently came to Bikernet for a review on their Go Pro competitor helmet cam. Video recording of motorcycle life and culture, and the new waterproof camera case technology has created a real hobby of creating videos for many biker’s adventures- and rightly so. Youre not going to get anything close to "interesting" recording in a car. Read more.

Life is nuts as you know, but it’s the simple pleasures we rely on, like that tasty cup of coffee in the morning, the touch of her hand, and the way the sun shines on your metal flake paint job as you cruise along the riverbank to the bar. Maybe governments can’t get along, and bureaucrats want to bury us in regulation, but somehow, we will fight and find freedom, customize shit, have adventures and make every day worthwhile. Get to the news now.

An old friend, who I wrote a book about recently, Terry the Tramp, just rebuilt an Evo Engine and we made sure to incorporate some S&S products including the cylinders, the pistons, and the lower end. Plus, it was fitted with an S&S Super E carb. Recently S&S kicked off Viola V-Twin, which fits into this mix. The whole idea of Viola V-Twin is to give independent shops access to the parts they need to service their customer's bikes easily and readily. Sometimes it's hard for a non-franchised shop to find quality parts at a reasonable price without access to multiple catalogs and credit lines. Continue reading. Advertisement

Artist Extraordinaire Captured by Long Beach Bikers, Rescued It all kicked off at a local shop, McQuiston’s Custom Cycles. We’ve featured Ryan and his gang a couple of times in Cycle Source Magazine. They are as close to the notion of an old school shop as possible, in this age of over regulation and vast and unrelenting technology. Ryan still bangs away on old Triumphs, Ironhead Sportsters, and Shovelheads. He’s been busted by the man, the Port Authority, City Inspectors, Long Beach cops, OSHA, and the EPA. Oh, and building and safety, sorry. I was at his shop interviewing him while welders buzzed, grinders sparked, and the cell phones rang. In the midst of metal dust upheaval stood a tall ...

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