The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® is excited to welcome the hard rock band Saving Abel back to join their 2012 Sturgis Concert Series line up on Monday Aug 6th. Saving Abel is the latest world-class act to join the Buffalo Chip’s Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™ during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Saving Abel will join previously announced Journey and Loverboy for a night of non stop hits in the Buffalo Chip’s natural amphitheater. Saving Abel will be joining a growing list of legendary bands that will appear at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip during the festival, including Eric Church, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Candlebox, Zac Brown Band, Journey, Sugarland, Boston, Buckcherry, Finding Clyde, Loverboy, Adelitas Way plus many more. Passes are available now for ...

Save 40 percent on this US Army Stryker tank bag, now 29.99 from J&P Cycles (click on the images to check them out at J&P Cycles') Made of Rock Tex 680, the US Army tank bag is wind and water resistant and uses a magnetic mounting system. It features a belt buckle guard and has a removable shoulder strap and comes with a rain cover. It also has reflective panels on front and back. An official licensed product of the U.S. Army, the bag measures 13″L x 7-1/2″W x 41-1/2″H  and is perfect for the short run or long haul. Either way it shows your patriotism.  

  Congratulations go to former European and World Championship of Custom Bike Building finalist Jerry Caronte of Custombike Srl, from Modligliana, near Imola in Italy. Jerry won Best In Show at the recent Italian Motorcycle Championship, staged by Italian custom magazine Bikers Life, at the 26th annual Biker Fest Rally held at Lignano Sabbiadoro, north of Venice on Italy's Adriatic coast. With the win came bike freight expenses to compete at the AMD World Championship at Sturgis this year - this was the first time that the event had been an AMD World Championship affiliate. Jerry's heavily modified 2007 Harley-Davidson Street Glide is a tribute to AMA Hall of Famer Otto Walker, a leading racer of the 1910s and early 1920s, ...

  The new Mini Footboard Kits ($199.95) from Harley-Davidson® Genuine Motor Accessories® replace traditional footpegs on many Harley-Davidson models to enhance foot support and offer more boot-position options and comfort on long rides. Available in two sizes and in chrome or gloss black finish, Mini Footboards mount to the standard H-D® footpeg supports and can be used in many rider, passenger and highway peg applications. The sole-gripping rubber pads complement Original Equipment or accessory footboards and footpegs, and provide vibration isolation. Mini Footboard Kits are offered in a Small (three-inch) size: P/N 50500139 Chrome and P/N 50500144 Gloss Black; and in a Large (four-inch) size: P/N 50500109 Chrome and P/N 50500124 Gloss Black. Each fits the rider and passenger positions ...

  The GlowRider™ jacket integrates patented and patent pending Electro-Luminescent (EL) technology directly into the jacket. With the push of a button, EL panels on the back and shoulders light up to significantly increase your nighttime visibility. Powered by a rechargeable lithium battery hidden in the sleeve, the EL panels will glow for 10+ hours on a full charge. So you can ride all night and still be seen.READ FULL STORY

  This is a perfect example of why we all need to support our motorcycle rights groups. One bureaucracy, in one state, California, chose to supersede EPA rulings and guidelines: The California Air Resources Board (CARB). Bikernet will continue to follow and report on these issues and on the groups trying to protect our sport. Feel free to drop me a line, if you have a question to: Bandit@bikernet.com http://www.bikernet.com/pages/Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Aftermarket_Exhaust_Systems_for_Motorcycles_and_ATVs_In_California.aspx This document contains the Motorcycle Industry Council’s interpretation of California law and regulations related to aftermarket exhaust systems. 

Don't miss the new Discovery Channel bike club program Devils Ride tonight. The crew from Illusions Cycles will be featured in the next two episodes, including the giant, Rusty. 

Kerry Alter, co-team owner of Alter/Bivins Land Speed Racing, announced today the signing of 20-year-old drag racer, Dystany Spurlock, as an additional rider for their reconfigured team effort to set multiple land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats during the 2012 BUB Speed Trials. An independent racing team sponsored by Copper Services, Alter/Bivins will field three different riders this year, including Kerry Alter, Dystany Spurlock, and Anthony DiNobile. The team riders will pilot three different bikes for multiple new records; a 2010 BMW S 1000 RR Superbike, a 2009 Suzuki Hayabusa 1300, and a 2003 Aprilia. “Kerry and I are very excited to be working with Dystany Spurlock, who already has several major racing accomplishments at the young age ...

Bartels’ H-D Rider Leads Flag-to-Flag Bartels’ Harley-Davidson/Scrubblade rider Tyler O’Hara produced a command performance in front of the World Superbike paddock Monday, converting pole position for the 8-lap AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series race into a dominating flag-to-flag victory at the Big M Weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah, to earn his second victory of the season. O’Hara jumped off the front of the field and never looked back, building a 4.260-second lead over KLR Group’s Kyle Wyman at the checkered flag. O’Hara’s Bartels’ Harley-Davidson/Scrubblade teammate Michael Barnes finished third, more than 12 seconds back. “Ever since we unloaded the bike off the truck it’s been awesome,” O’Hara said. “I rode here a few years ago ...

Willie McCoy Wins Grand National Twins Opener on Harley-Davidson XR750 Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Factory Team rider Kenny Coolbeth finished sixth as the AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship opened its Grand National Twins season on the Springfield Mile at the Illinois State Fairground. Coolbeth was the top qualifier for the event and ran as high as second place before falling back in the closing laps. The race was won by Harley-Davidson of Wausau/Independence Harley-Davidson rider Willie McCoy, who was riding a Harley-Davidson XR750 motorcycle. Coolbeth won his qualifying heat and recorded the quickest lap time of the session to gain the pole position for the 25-lap National. He finished fifth in the four-lap Dash for Cash bonus sprint, which ...