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    And we ran the entire product line of touring luggage, saddlebags, and tool rolls on Bikernet. We tested a couple of items on the Mudflap Girl FXR.   Each product is American Made and offered at the right price.  

Indian Motorcycle just released the schedule and additional details of one of the most highly anticipated and historic motorcycling events in decades —the reveal of the all-new 2014 Indian® Chief®.  Two and a half years in the making, the reveal party will be a thrilling inauguration to both the 73rd Annual Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally and this brilliant new motorcycle.  Today’s news follows the company’s May milestone announcement that the completely redesigned 2014 Indian Chief, powered by the new Thunder Stroke™ 111 engine, will start at $18,999. A short, sneak peek video of the new 2014 Indian Chief is available on the Indian Motorcycle website. Continue reading Advertisement

Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson’s Steve Rapp took a convincing win in the third round of the 2013 AMA Pro Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson series at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Ala., to earn his second consecutive victory of the season. Continue reading

Bikernet takes a quick look at Indian Motorcycle's historical timeline for iconic moments from 1901 through the present. Today we give you 1040-1949 1940 — Indian pioneers use of "plunger" (spring coupled to an oil-dampened shaft) rear suspension; introduces trademark full-skirt fenders (aka valences). Production during the war years is mainly military and police vehicles. 1941 — Indian begins production of advanced shaft-drive, four-speed military motorcycle. 1943 — Indian wins Army-Navy Production Award. 1945 — The company is sold and consolidated into the Torque Engineering Company. Later the company is divided with manufacturing going to the Atlas Corporation and distribution to The Indian Sales Corporation. 1948 — First Daytona 200 held on new beach/road course won by Indian rider Floyd ...

A top Harley-Davidson executive had said that in 2012, for the first time in years, the average buyer of the company's bikes was not a baby boomer. For a brand defined by the emergence and, lately, the aging of the post-World War II cohort of consumers, that's a big deal - proof the 110-year-old company is gaining traction with a new generation of riders.   Yet its top global marketing guru, Mark-Hans Richer, continues to insist it's no biggie - even though investors have long wondered how Harley would survive as boomers, who embraced its bikes as totems of rebellion in the 1960s and 1970s and drove its growth in the ensuing decades, rode off into the sunset. Read more

Racing for the first time at New England Dragway, Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines riders Ed Krawiec and Andrew Hines qualified their Harley-Davidson® V-Rod® motorcycles for the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals. Both riders were eliminated in the first round of racing on Sunday. The event was won by Viper Motorcycle Company Buell rider John Hall. Racing in warm and humid weather all weekend, the Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines team continued to seek more performance from its new two-valve V-Twin engine. Hines qualified 10th with an Elapsed Time (ET) of 6.921 seconds, while Krawiec qualified 14th at 6.961 seconds. Sovereign-Star Racing Buell rider Michael Ray qualified in the number-one position with a 6.832 run. “I feel that we’ve made progress ...

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Steve Dow, 31, who went by the nickname "Jersey Dred," now faces anywhere from one to 25 years in prison for his role in the ring, which officials said viewed the city's streets as an outdoor, motorcycle showroom and was responsible for half of all cycle thefts here. Ring members would drive around in vans -- themselves often stolen -- into which they'd load flashy motorcycles in a matter of seconds. The bikes -- some 300 stolen a year, according to investigators -- would be sold intact, or dismantled and shipped to buyers in the Caribbean and Senegal. Read more

Harley-Davidson is enjoying freedom, self-expression and rebellion with Rockstar Energy Drink during its 110th Anniversary by celebrating around the world and in Milwaukee with Rockstar as the official energy drink of the Company’s global anniversary events. Rockstar will take to the stages with Harley-Davidson at 110th Anniversary events in Sturgis and of course, in Milwaukee over Labor Day weekend 2013. Since the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary is a year-long, global celebration connecting millions of people united by a common bond, Rockstar and Harley-Davidson have partnered to create extraordinary experiences for fans throughout this monumental year. “Harley-Davidson riders and customers share the same kinds of rebellious ideals that live in a unique American brand like Rockstar Energy Drink,” said John C. Farris, ...