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Sons of Anarchy Spin-Off: Mayans MC.  Will you be watching?

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Biker Friendly Establishments – Help us Make a List

That’s what this is all about – The Bikers’ Den is trying to log all the great places and people that enjoy our business even if we “look” like bikers. They have good food, good prices, cold beer, hot coffee, whatever. We want to know who and where they are so we can compile a list that we can all benefit from

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What’s the Deal With Triumph?

Anybody who has been involved with riding for any length of time knows a little of the history of bikes in North America. Harley, Indian, the myriad of Japanese bikes starting in the 1970s, and then, assorted European and British bikes that appeared after World War 2.

A few days ago, I was at a conference far to the south of me and had the chance to see – not ride – a new Triumph Bonneville…

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Should I Tune Up My Motorcycle in the Winter?

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 they are, can be a real problem.

Why?

Well, too many folks don’t understand them. Take the “heat range” idea, for…

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All I Want for Christmas

Every year, we get bombarded.

Professional marketing firms are allowed to use all sorts of psychological data and research to figure out how to entice kids to beg their parents and grandparents for the latest “must have” gift that will likely be forgotten about (or broken) by the time we ring in the New Year.

Americans and Canadians who have, for all intents and purposes, won life’s lottery when…

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Viking Cycle Warrior Jacket Review

A lot of value wrapped up in a great package…

I have to be honest, I love leather.

No, cancel that – I love GOOD leather.  You know, the kind that smells good, feels smooth as butter, and keeps out the wind, the cold, and maybe even a little rain?

Yep, I’ve got a closet of the stuff, for riding, for cold mornings when I have to look nice to meet a client, and for crummy days when I have to do…

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Are You Healthy Enough to Ride?

Over the last two weeks, two really great guys that I know that live thousands of miles apart have suffered catastrophic crashes on the back of their bikes. The reason isn’t weather, or distracted drivers, or even a random system failure. Nope.

In fact, it is as far from those “traditional” problems as you can be.

Both men had life-threatening medical issues while riding – one a stroke and one a…

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Air or Water Cooling – Which is Best?

Entire generations of riders have sworn by air-cooled engines and Harley took a whole ration of wrath when they decided to introduce liquid cooling into the Twin Cam 103 a few years ago.  Mother Davidson was far from the first – in reality – they were one of the last – but is there an advantage to cooling systems?

The short answer is yes – but whether you see it as an advantage or a disadvantage…

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Nobody Ever Wished They’d Spent More Time in the Office

I mentioned last month that I had the chance to cruise around the state of Wyoming a few days on an old, borrowed Gold Wing. The lists of towns and places isn’t important, although the effect they had on me was. More than once, I crossed the remnants of the Overland Trail, the Oregon Trail, and the Mormon Trail, and in Sweetwater, Wyoming, it hit me.

These tough bastards loaded everything they…

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Harley-Davidson Introduces the New Sport Glide

Harley-Davidson Introduces the New Sport Glide

For a lot of the reasons we’ve talked about in these pages over the years, Harley has its challenges.  An aging ridership, changing manufacturing, and a question of direction versus tradition.

None of those answers are easy and the questions aren’t going away.  Harley, though, has taken it all in stride and, at a time when many companies would decide to shrink, H-D gets … bigger?

You got it. …

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Legendary USA Joins The Bikers' Den Motorcycle Gear Lineup

Legendary USA Joins The Bikers’ Den Motorcycle Gear Lineup

About three of you will remember a few months ago when the neighbor ruined my riding jacket and the good news about The Bikers’ Den having just the new one I needed.

Well, the neighbor’s wife isn’t trying to do my laundry, but now that the snow is blowing in a lot of places and spouses are looking to you for guidance on what they Hell they are supposed to get you for Christmas, let me tell you…

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Changing Your Views - On and Off Your Bike

“How can I be lost, When I’ve got nowhere to go?” – Metallica, Unforgiven III

We all do this – get used to riding close to home, we get set in our ways, we take weekend trips to stuff we’ve already seen.  Park in the same spot.  Take the same route to work.  Eat the same junk off the menu.  Trade in one bike for the same one, just a few years newer.  Quit.  Quit it now.

In the last two weeks,…

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We would like to wish all Canadians a Happy #Thanksgiving 🦃. And to our brothers and sisters in the United States, we hope you are enjoying your #ColumbusDay weekend ⚓.

There's so much The Bikers' Den has to be thankful for. Mainly the biker community that has supported us and allowed us to do what we love for the last 14 years.

We'd love to hear what you're thankful for, drop us a comment and let us know.

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Today's Featured WSB Helmet Review - Real Reviews from Real Customers "This helmet is awesome . Fits snug to your head with no mushroom head.. since I had this helmet all my friends bought one. Thank you guys for finally making a dot helmet with no mushroom head." - Michael R. #nomushroomhead

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I’ll Bet You’ve Never Thought of This…

I’ll Bet You’ve Never Thought of This…

Eventually, you’ll try anything to clean your motorcycle parts with. It could be because you’re out of your favorite product and can’t get it locally that weekend, it could be that you’ve finally gotten tired of all the elbow grease needed to get some kinds of cleaners to actually polish chrome or stainless, or maybe you just found out there is another product that promises better results.

Well,…