Even More Sex Drugs & Rock’n Roll

Thunder Bob talks with Bandit about his 100 year Harley-Davidson Road King Classic canvas on 2 wheels. It’s Bandit’s Garage Part Duo. At Bikernet you get all the 411 on new parts and bike builds. It is all here.

Bandit takes a perfectly good motorcycle and modifies it. His creed, leave no motorcycle stock, ever.

Thunder Bob of metricthunder.com is on mic with George Emmons Najar of Horsepower Marketing producing.

Sex Drugs & Rock’n Roll

Batman has his bat cave and Bandit has his lair. We rush the World HQ on a late Friday night in November to get the 411 on how Keith ‘Bandit’ Ball puts it all together at Bikernet.com.

Bandit talks about one of his new projects… the mud flap girl. You’ve seen her, she lives on the rubber mud-flap of the big 18 wheelers. He’ll be doing her justice in billet and paint.

Thunder Bob of metricthunder.com is on mic with George Emmons Najar of Horsepower Marketing producing.

How Fast Can a 50cc Sportbike Go?

Eric Manning is running a 50CC Aprilia for a record and then plans on building a streamliner. It’s one step at a time for the son of the Big Ugly Bastard or BUB as his friends call him.

Thunder Bob talks to Eric and his rider Andy about their 3 year plan to take the ultimate 50cc prize.

We catch up with Roland on his build.

1. What’s your background? How did you get into custom building?

Been in the industry basically since I was born. Grew up around bikes and bike people my entire life. My dad was a machinist and bike builder and innovator as well as a guy who loved to go fast. He started a company called Performance Machine in 1970, I think I’ve been working there since I was 3. I built my first custom bike when I was 16, it was a flat track style sportster with upside down forks and a big motor. I spent the next 10 years racing in America and overseas on 250 GP bikes. Won a championship, broke 5 track records and 29 or so bones. In 2002 I retired and built my first big twin custom, people liked it and I’ve been flat out every since.

2. What inspired you to make your first film? How did it come about?

We wanted to show people what went in to building a conceptual custom and to show some of the heritage behind today’s motorcycle racing. It was meant to inspire people to think about what is possible, what has not been done and what can be done.

3. Why make a custom bike around a MotoGP motor?

All it took was a phone call from Chuck Askland, Kenny’s team manager and I knew I wanted to do it. I’ve been a fan of Kenny Roberts since I was a little buddy and a chance to work with Kenny and the 200 HP moto GP engine he created was too good to pass up. All that was left was to figure out what we were going to build, I’m still amazed he wanted the board tracker.

4. Do you have any other films planned? What’s next for RS and RSD?

I would like to do another film that is focused on more builders and brings the lifestyle elements of the custom bike culture out. On the business front we’re going to continue to innovate new products and build crazy bikes that twist the boundaries of what a custom bike can be. We are also working towards doing design work outside the industry using what we’ve learned building bikes.

5. Anything else you’d like to say?

What you think about you bring about, surround yourself with good people who are motivated and good things will happen.

Mother & Daughter Have a Need For Speed

We catch up with Erica and Laura between rounds. Both ladies race at the 2007 BUB Speed Trials and take home records.

Erica, a fast 16 year, went a ton and took a record. She rides a RAD Buell.

Bonneville photos are posted here of the team and competitors of the 2007 BUB Speed Trials.

Thunder Bob of Metric Thunder worked out of Team 5-Ball Racing pit to provide the Bikernet TV racing report. Bikernet TV is produced by Horsepower Marketing.

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.

Bandit studied aerodynamics and built a partial streamliner for his run at the 2007 BUB Meet.

His goal was the title of the World’ Fastest Harley-Davidson Panhead. We get the 411 on his pilot, Valerie Thompson, and what it took to get to Bonneville.

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Produced by Horsepower Marketing