The best custom bikes are all about the details, right? These gas caps are just the thing to add those last details to the top surface of your bike. Whether it’s eye-catching chrome or modern black, let Drag Specialties® help add those last touches to really make an impression.  Both high-quality finishes feature the contrasting screen skull for style. It’s available in vented, unvented and dummy styles, and the dummy cap replaces the fuel gauge on the left side of the tank.  Available for late 96-13 models. SUG. RETAIL $21.95 For more information, go to www.dragspecialties.com or contact your local Drag Specialties dealer.

Charinay Bolaños Quintero, 10, has been standing outside for hours. She's one of nearly 8,000 kids here on Avenida Revolución, Tijuana's famous downtown strip. They fill the street, for block after block. Some look excited, and some are clearly nervous. Some have their hands clasped together, eyes closed, as if deep in prayer. The reason they're waiting? "Bicycles, toys, dolls, mmmm," Charinay tells me dreamily, in Spanish. She's excited, and having trouble standing still. "They bring lots of presents." Her mother tells me they come to this, the Tijuana Toy Run, every December. Continue reading

Members of the Unwanted Motorcycle Club pose for a picture outside of Children’s Hospital at Erlanger before they visit patients on Christmas Eve. Members of the Unwanted Motorcycle Club reached their ninth year visiting patients on Christmas Eve at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger. The rumble of motorcycles on Blackford Street was a clue something exciting was about to happen. 20 motorcyclists in leather vests and chaps walked into the hospital carrying teddy bears.  For nine years, it has become a tradition the club members look forward to every holiday season. “We come every Christmas Eve and give a teddy bear to every patient at the hospital,” said club treasurer Russ Robbins.  “It is a privilege for us to be here ...

The photo contains, from the left, Jeff Najar-Marketing Prince, Art Hall-International Editor on the bicycle, the Janitor, Gary Mraz-the Triking Viking, Nyla Olsen-the Queen of Bikernet, Ray C. Wheeler-Performance Editor, Ben Lambouef-Ad Director, and Andrew Calagero--VP of Bikernet Apparel.   MERRY MERRY FROM THE BIKERNET GANG— We want to wish everyone a terrific holiday and all the best for the new year. Unfortunately, the entire Bikernet Crew could not make it to the Long Beach Ultimate Builder Show. But I want to recognize all the talented brothers and sisters who assist with Bikernet, Bikernet Trikes, Bikernet Baggers, and the Bikernet Blog, including of course Sin Wu the CFO, Buck Lovell -Editor of Bikernet Baggers, Bruce Snyder - Bikernet Copy Editor, ...

No matter the style of bike they ride, motorcyclists stick together. The road is dangerous, especially to them. It’s two wheels against four. The biker community is a large part of the Marine Corps. The love of riding draws motorcyclists together all over the Combat Center and has become a common activity among units to bring together Marines of all ranks. Combat Logistics Battalion 7 had their monthly motorcycle outing Dec. 12 from the Combat Center to Willie Boy’s Saloon in Morongo Valley, Calif. The battalion rides not only build unit cohesion, but instill motorcycle competencies and encourages safety among brothers. Continue reading

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  The Mission Inn’s “Festival of Lights” one of the nation’s most enchanting holiday celebrations attracting 250,000+ visitors, and it is a special gift to the city of Riverside,This Grand Dame hotel is a National Historic Landmark located just 60 miles from Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Its old-world charm is electrified during the “Festival of Lights” holiday season, and The Mission Inn is known as a beloved getaway for Hollywood stars and political power players. Both screen legend Bette Davis and Richard Nixon were married here, while Ronald and Nancy Reagan honeymooned at the hotel.READ FULL STORY

“That's a Fine MotorBike,” an exhibit of fine, vintage, rare and custom motorcycles, opened Dec. 16 at the River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St. and runs through Jan. 27. The show features 26 motorcycles and a variety of art, gear, clothing and toys. Visitors will see such machines as a 1969 Honda police bike, 1966 Triton, 1970 Ducati, custom Harley and 1977 rocket bike.

Take a self-guide, virtual tour of Whitehouse, a motorcycle shop in Japan that's famous for meticulous replicas of classic Japanese racebikes. But Whitehouse’s main business is retro-styling modern CB750s.  We think this is a great way for any store to explore an alternative way to reach out to its customers. Click here to experience it; you can zoom in and out of the picture, look up, down, wherever you want. 

The Hammer 88 big bore kit maintains the engine stroke but converts the engine to a 'square' configuration by increasing the bore Zipper's has now made a version of its Hammer 88 big bore kit available for use on Harley-Davidson's XR1200 Sportster. The kit, which maintains the engine stroke but converts the engine to a 'square' configuration by increasing the bore, is offered in two versions; one with emphasis on the lower and middle ranges of power. For big torque figures, the other provides an emphasis on the upper end of the RPM scale creating big horsepower. Each kit includes Zipper's aluminum big bore cylinders with cast-in ductile iron liners, Zipper's special 3-13⁄16in bore forged pistons, which are claimed to ...