Motorcycle Tips

One of the biggest challenges we all have when the snow starts to fly or the mercury drops is free time. We get on Google, we start thinking about projects we can do in the garage for the scoot and then, we start making assumptions about what we think we know. Spark plugs, simple as […]

So three days ago, a friend of mine called me to ask a question about his bike and one of the “upgrades” he had done a month or so ago. Now, it’s not important what the bike is (it happens to be an immaculate Virago from a dozen or so years ago), but what is […]

If you’ve read these articles over the years, you know that I love old technology. The idea of fuel injection, computers, and – to a degree – LED’s for lighting seems superfluous to me when we’re discussing a mode of transportation that can’t even keep you dry or even marginally climate-controlled. On the other hand, […]

We’ve all been there – out on the road and you stop for a Coke and a smile and they come out of the woodwork. Posers, Wannabes, and the genuinely curious – all with questions about bikes and bikers and “how do I learn to ride a motorcycle?” Some of them I tell just to […]

Well it was bound to happen and it did. My old buddy from Elk Mountain, Wyoming called me and had finally had some weather worth riding in. At 7,000 feet, his place sits pretty high and Spring comes late in those mountains, but they’d gotten up to 66 degrees last weekend and he’d drug the […]

So here we are, it’s time to drag the bike out and you haven’t done anything that you said you would. You filled up the tank and slammed it in the garage where it’s been lying buried under a tarp since the end of October and now the weather has warmed up and you’re itching […]

Over the years, I’ve shared a lot of restoration ideas for you guys and the latest scheme was the Cushman Truckster. That didn’t work out, but it sure sounded like fun. Unfortunately, I suffer from scanning the online classified like Craigslist for stuff like old cars and bikes to play with and, from time to […]

So last weekend, a buddy of mine called me on the phone losing his mind about his gas tank. He’d taken the bike out from under the cover and there, for everyone to see, was a fist-sized dent on the left hand side of his tank. What was worse? It had been there awhile – […]

Now, we’ve certainly discussed winterizing your ride time and again, but as that magical time of year draws near (and already has for some of you) I wanted to add in a little final thought about the whole thing. Now that we’re about to be suffocated with Christmas Carols and holiday cheer, make a different […]

By now, almost everybody knows that I live way down south in the United States where “cold” is very relative and I have the luxury of riding year ‘round. On the other hand, just about ALL of you guys live north of me and for most of you, that means that you have winterized your […]

Now that life is getting back to something approaching normal here, let me tell you about my latest escapade chasing electrical gremlins – and how they could sneak up on you, too. Most of you guys may remember that I’ve got a 1994 Sportster that has been running an upgraded wiring harness from a DOA […]

Now that Fall is here and we begin our own little migration to the switchbacked mountain roads to look at leaves but really, we just want to corner aggressively and have a fun day, we need to talk about something. Plenty of newer riders have no idea how to corner aggressively in a big V-twin. […]

Well, for the first time this riding season, the threat of snow is tickling the higher elevations in parts of Wyoming and Nevada and it was noticeably less hot (as opposed to “cooler”) here in South Georgia this morning. Guess what? While you’re reading this, somebody is thinking about putting up their bike for the […]

Alright guys, I’ve got a little idea for some of you. As we start to look at putting our bikes up for the winter, a lot of us start thinking about go-fast goodies and bolt-ons to increase performance and add a little custom flair. Some of us will be thinking about this from a pure […]

Well, here we are again. Autumn is almost officially here, or will be probably the day you read this, and while we’ve had some great weather to ride down in the Deep South, my local road department has taken it upon themselves to re-pave the road that runs in front of the house. Now, bear […]

In the last two weeks, I’ve had a couple of chances to buy some old bike parts and in all three of the situations, what would have been a great engine was ruined by doing the wrong thing. Simply put, the owners didn’t think about how to store an engine for long-term survivability and in […]

Well fellas, for any of you that ride more than trailer, Sturgis is almost on top of us. Even if you have a trailer queen, you still want to look good and run smooth, and that all starts with tires. I’d noticed that the tires on the Sportster were getting a little thin, so I’ve […]

Howdy, boys and girls. Now that virtually all of us are out on the road, the sad truth is that some of us are going to have a little fender bender. A slow lay down, a knockover in the parking lot, something is going to happen.  In fact, we talked about this in answering a […]

Okay, so this is going to sound pretty self-deprecating. My old helmet stank. You know? The one that got liberated on the college campus two weeks ago? Yeah. It really must’ve smelled awful, because my new one WSB Beanie smells amazing. I mean, it stands to reason, we sweat when we ride and our heads […]

So, you are a young rider or a new rider and you are looking to buy a new bike. Maybe you have an older bike that you want to trade in and with the sheer volume of bikes out there, you are trying to figure out what to get. You’ve looked around to try to […]

Here we go! Spring is so close that I can smell it and for all of us who are starting to get an itchy throttle hand, I have to talk about what we’re looking forward to.For those of you who have followed the blog, the Sportster is up and running and I’ll have all the […]

Sadly, if you live in an area where you can’t ride year-round it’s important to prepare for the winter months by having a proper storage space for your motorcycle. While it is highly recommended you put your bike into a storage facility, garage or shed if it’s going to be sitting for a few weeks […]

Are you ready for some great news? No, the shovelhead isn’t coming back. A new Sons of Anarchy is not being filmed. But news you can actually use? We’ve got it here. No, The Bikers’ Den has finally gotten one step closer to being the place to handle all things bike related, and we are […]

Okay, NOBODY is going to want to hear this, but I ride all year round. Any given day down here in the southern US can be a great day to ride, but for a bunch of the guys that read this, your time is coming. Yeah. You’re gonna have to get your bike ready for […]

Alright guys and gals, we’re really getting into the last month before its time to put up the bikes for the winter. Are you making the most of these last weekends of good cruising? Of course, down South, we can usually ride year-round, but it’s gonna get a little chilly in the next 60 days. […]

It’s time to sell and we all want to know how to make the experience not only profitable, but pleasurable. Most of us know the basics of taking photos and writing a description that paints a pretty picture of the bike we love. But there is also more to know in terms of keeping up […]

The paint and bodywork of a motorcycle can make all the difference in its overall look and appearance which is why people are willing to spend thousands on re-sprays in order to restore their motorcycle’s paintwork back to its original best. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, sometimes scratches to the paint work on […]