“King” Kenny Roberts gave Roland Sands a motor from their MotoGP KRV5 engines; the only MotoGP engine ever to leave their coveted paddock. Sands creates a complete custom with the highly-engineered race engine. Then Roland Sands Design put the build on DVD for all to see.
We catch up with Roland on his build.
Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last 10 years you’ve certainly noticed that Keith “Bandit” Ball has been making waves of ever growing intensity. Not only has BIKERNET.com become what may be the most popular lifestyle and current news oriented web site for bikers around the globe, but 5-BALL RACING, another of Ball’s ventures, has produced unique Bonneville machines that have and continue to set blistering, almost unbelievable World Land Speed Records. Continued »
After donning his very special helmet, Basil is ready to do his part in the neverending struggle for truth, justice and bacon. .. and cheese. Continued »
Hard-Krome President, Mark Dooley, is revving up with new products for Metric and Harley Cruisers for the 2007 and 2008 riding season. The word that is heard is Black, Midnight Black. It’s the new chrome. Mark talks about the trends in the industry.
Hard-Krome has new pipes and colors. Continued »
We catch up with Erica and Laura between rounds. Both ladies race at the 2007 BUB Speed Trials and take home records. Continued »
Thunder Bob interviews JD of Baron. Barons show a couple of their custom motorcycles with all the goodies.
Baron’s design and manufacture parts and accessories that offer style and attitude for Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Harley-Davidson cruiser models. Thier lineup includes performance intake and exhaust systems, custom handlebars, engine guards, floorboards, lowering kits, air-ride suspension kits, wheels, chrome parts and much, much more. Continued »
RoadBike Magazine did a photo shoot of T-Bike II during Sturgis Bike Week back in 2005. An article appeared in the magazine in April of 2006 and has now been added to their updated Web site. Continued »
Plan a trip and hit the road with Travelocity’s RoadTrip Wizard. It combines mapping and turn-by-turn directions with hotel, restaurant and itinerary suggestions based on who’s making the trip. Specifically enhanced for the two-wheeled crowd. Continued »
Now this is a conept. Take a Suzuki precision engine, add a dash of Confederate Wraith and mix with various suspension bits and a whole lot of pearl-gold paint and you got the new Suzuki Biplane Concept bike. Continued »
By Basem Wasef,
His most famous stunt work was on his first job: doubling for Steve McQueen in the climactic motorcycle jump over a high, barbed-wire fence in the 1963 World War II prisoner-of-war movie “The Great Escape.” Continued »
Aerosmith Frontman Outfront with V-Twin Motorcycles
RED Wing Motorcycles is the name of the new custom motorcycle manufacturing business founded by Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler in collaboration with engineer Mark Dirico and AC Custom Motorcycles. Continued »
Bonneville Racing, Baby!
The Fun, the Sun and the Methanol. The 2007 BUB Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats had it all! Click here or click any of the pictures below to see our gallery of images from the sticky white salt. Continued »
TOKYO, Japan, September, 2007– Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced the line-up of motorcycles that will be premiered at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007. Honda’s motorcycle exhibition will feature World Premiere concept models (prototype), pre-launch models, and a comprehensive line-up of other motorcycles and advanced environmental and safety technologies. Continued »
Here’s a rather confusing, yet utterly awesome vehicle for you to consider. The Yamaha Tesseract concept looks and drives basically like a motorcycle, except for the fact that it has four wheels instead of two.
Piaggio MP3 on Steroids
In many ways, the leaning “bike” (it really looks like two bikes parked really close to one another) takes the idea Continued »
The only limitation in this class is that you need to be on 2 or 3 wheels. Gas, electric or diesel… it doesn’t matter. Just get on an blast off. Continued »
By day Greg works the counter at Metric Thunder, when he’s out of the shop you’ll either find him on his Bandit 1200 or this Volusia.
This bike has seen better than half the USA, and just this summer alone. Greg’s family likes to ride…they hopped on their bikes and rode from SoCal to Sioux Falls, South Dakota this past summer. Continued »
Metric Thunder Kicks Off The Holiday Season With Savings on Selected Items for Your Ride!
All Thanksgiving Sale items are subject to availability and the special discounted prices are only good up until 10PM Pacific Standard time on Friday, November 30, 2007. Continued »
What does a guy do when the first time out on the Bonneville Salt Flats he wins a world record? If you’re Bandit you build a bigger, faster bike and go again. Continued »
Win a brand new exhaust system from Hard Krome or RoadBurner for your V-Twin!
We’ve just added two grand prizes worth over $700 each! One complete set of Hard Krome and one complete set of RoadBurner exhaust for your Metric or Harley V-Twin Cruiser will be given away as our grand prizes.
All you have to do is show up and enter your raffle ticket at our 4 Year Anniversary Party on Sunday, October 21, 2007 starting at 11:00am.
Metric Thunder, one of the nation’s leading motorcycle accessories and parts sellers for cruisers worldwide, announced their move into apparel with the inclusion of Continued »
Who sez YouTube is a waste of time… You can watch 2 minutes of human pong and be the first on your block to say so. Continued »
MotoGP is the world’s premier motorcycleing championship, with a season of 18 GP races in countries bringing together the worl’d top motorcycle manufacturers including Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM, Kawasaki and Aprilia. Continued »
New Star Motorcycle Arrives in the Fall of 2007
The 2008 Raider “S” and Raider are the newest from Star Motorcycle Company with a 113 cubic inch (1854cc) air-cooled pushrod 48-degree v-twin engine mated to a 5 speed gearbox and belt drive. This is the second company in the same number of months that has released a factory chopper. Continued »
Warning - Gratuitous Bikini Shot - Women dressed in bikinis pose for a photographer on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, September 26, 2007. 1,010 bikini-clad women posed on Australia’s iconic beach on Wednesday, setting a Guinness world record for the largest swimsuit photoshoot. Continued »
We haven’t forgotten you, just a bit behind!
Due to an unforeseen family tragedy, final contest winners and seat deliveries have fallen behind. Many have written or called to ask for current status and we were not in a position to offer any updated information at that time. Continued »
As our way of saying thanks to our customers, we are throwing a party with free food, drinks, live music, over $5,000 in raffle prizes, manufacturers on display and a 5 class bike competition with trophies for all our winners. Continued »
