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Hey, I need to hit it to Rapid City and visit with my cardiologist who I’ve never met. Thursdays are my favorites. I get to focus solely on the motorcycle industry and everything two-wheeled going on all over the world, except today. This was a strange one. I had no choice but to take this
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It’s Thursday morning and I’m pondering the massive day ahead. The news is packed. I spent all last weekend working on a fundraising packages for the Museum. Every day I promote efforts to give us the rights to repair and modify our motorcycles. You’ll see in the news the ongoing fight to keep ICE vehicles
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Hey, This is one of those squirrely days. I’m 13 days into this hip replacement. I was active most of the day yesterday and today I’m taking it easy. We worked most of the day packing Sturgis Museum Raffle tickets in envelopes. Do me a major favor and buy your tickets to support the Museum
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Hey, I started to watch 1923 last night. Something struck me. It was the time of prohibition. People screamed at other folks in the streets about the sins of drinking. The brothers rode in on horses to fight goat farmers trying to graze their herds on cattle lands. Everyone needed grass. Some wanted to cheat
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Hey, Here we go. I received a call last week. Dr. Marz said he could slip me in on Monday. A new billet hip joint was available for my right hip. I disappeared into the Black Hlls Orthopedic Surgical Center and woke up with a new hip. I’m hurting, looking for my first PT clinic and
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Hey, I’ve heard all the rumors from Daytona, the action, the entertainment and the bullshit. Who knows if anything is true. Then, of course, there’s what I can tell you and what I can’t. We will have a story from Rogue about Billy Lane’s SOS old school racing coming soon. The Iron Horse held bike
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Hey, Everyday something more is revealed. Apparently some of the Jeffey Epstein’s files will be released today, but there’s more. Check this: Germany’s green backlash: ‘The end of Germany’s climate crusade’ – Used ‘climate policy as a punching bag’ – Joins ‘Austria, Belgium, Ireland & US.’ in booting out ‘progressive climate policies’ –Climate Depot
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Hey, This week something Iconic happened in Sturgis, SD. I’ve often said Sturgis needed two things to truly come alive and step into the future. We needed a Sturgis Harley-Davidson franchise and a world class museum. I want riders all over the world to know they are welcome any day of the year in Sturgis
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Hey, I wish I knew where to start. Shit is happening fast and furious. I’m just trying to find two moments to relax and maybe look for 1913 engine shafts. I’m going to put the engine together and then maybe send it to Robb at Retro for a rebuild. Need to find all the little
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We wanted to delve into this less mentioned, less known world and here it is for you all to explore. Share it with the wonderful women in your lives and make their day, life and more. Courtesy of Morgan Glen and Law Tigers There’s nothing like the freedom of the open road and the bond
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North American motorcycle racing legends have rolled onto the great highway in the sky. Malcolm Smith left this world on November 26, at the age of 83. One day later, on November 27, Mary McGee left this world at age 87. McGee passed away just a day before ESPN hoped to launch the much-celebrated short
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Boss is so busy, he started another shop to get busy with business. In the news this week, Bandit watches an old Science Fiction movie again and draws comparison to the current chaos on planet Earth regarding our oxygen levels. Can you guess the name of that flick based on a novelette by Philip K
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The Girl, the Stroked Knucklehead and the Band as narrated by Bill May Shifting back in time, in 1970 I sold the bike I rode from Nevada to Oklahoma on in ‘69. I cruised back to Reno for a few months and fell in love with a girl there. I was riding with a small
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An Outlaw Rider’s Story by Keith “Bandit” Ball illustrated by Wayfarer Whether he knew it or not he reveled in three aims, creativity through motorcycles, freedom through riding and the touch of a woman. He quickly discovered insincerity, power, control and evil in the service, but Frankie held true to his belief in fairness and
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Story and photos Koz Mraz www.kozmoto.com Arizona has incredible geological diversity that lie between Flagstaff’s Humphries Peak, at 12,637 feet to the Grand Canyon, the Red Rocks of Sedona to lush Verde Valley. Arizona also has the longest continuous stretch of uninterrupted Route 66 two-lane asphalt and is home to Route 666. Renamed SR 191
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Cat Hammes rides London and brings us there What a cool way to spend time away, in no other place like London at a motorcycle show. The London MotoShow is an annual event held at this incredibly beautiful location called the Tobacco Docks. I thought I would check it out, I’m here. I was in
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Big George’s Big Snake by Gearhead Big George, with a bad kicker knee wasn’t big, but bought a yardstick sized Boa Constrictor. Glistening and striped Samantha rode in his 1965 Panhead chopper leather saddle bags. Grew too big for his bags, so she ran loose in his pad. Big George married, petite and perfunctory Judy,
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Hey, In the news this week, it seems of all the plagues upon publishing business, Veloce publishers were endowed with having to stop shipping outside UK. Wow. Black Hills Motorcycle Show Winner speaks out on…..,yup, winning! Sam Burns got hold of more women and sidecar pics to showcase. RFR announces the Texas Weather and a
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Hey, Guess what… Bandit has one more project and its the size of a building…he bought another one in Sturgis. Speaking of which, the town is roaring to get roars of crowds and motorcyclists. It is the season to be adventurous and outdoors. Bikers and actually much motorsport change the economy for the good. Small
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A Global Event Covered by Katmandu with photos by Catherine Palmer International Female Ride Day (IFRD) is a one-day motorcycle riding event happening each year on the first Saturday in May since 2007. Click here to read this exclusive photo feature only on Bikernet.com
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Hey, Every week has a vibe. I started to watch a Jerry Lee Lewis documentary and he mentioned something I’ve felt a few times in life, pure Nirvana. He said he encountered BB King in a blues joint and listening to the blues and R&B tunes made him feel as if he had died and
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Book Reveiw of the Week By J.J. Solari The book “I AM Delilah Jones aka Doris Gohlke: I Lived And Loved As I Pleased,” is, first of all, large. It’s the size of a sheet of normal bond paper, 337 numbered pages and full of photos. If you’re an edentulate reprobate like myself, you probably
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Hey, What a whacky, wonderful week. Not sure where to start, but there’s a message here somewhere. I’m now on the board of directors of the Sturgis Museum. Tomorrow it’s back to the museum to work with the staff on the magazine. I’m trying to build a 3-5 mile track in the Badlands. Assalt Weapan
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