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FOUR LADIES AND FIVE RECORDS FOR TEAM KLOCK WERKS– MITCHELL, S.D.? Four ladies were riding for Team Klock Werks at the Motorcycle Speed Trials by Bub on the Bonneville Salt Flats this year. After a week of racing, Team Klock Werks came back with FIVE new National Land Speed Records! As a bonus, Laura Klock defended the ?World?s Fastest Bagger? record, and her daughters Erika (17 ? senior at Hanson High School) and Karlee (14 ? freshman at Mitchell High School) joined her as record holders on their own bikes, making the trio the first mother-daughter-daughter in history to set land speed records in the same year at the same event. At age 14, Karlee was the youngest female participant, and she set two of the five records in her rookie attempt.
Laura Klock faced the tough challenge of being a supportive and encouraging mother while trying to set a land speed record of her own. She was successful at both roles. Laura has piloted the WFB (World?s Fastest Bagger) to multiple records since her first attempt in 2006, and this year she reached a new personal best, and a new record. The WFB, #3338 in MPS-PF 3000, reached a top speed of 153.906 mph, with a new record on the books of 153.592. The WFB utilizes many of Klock Werks signature series parts including the patent pending Flare Windshield.
Erika Cobb returned this year after setting a land speed record on a 500 cc Buell Blast in 2007. Erika rode a 1995 Buell S2 for this year?s speed trials. She set a new land speed record on the Buell #455 in P-PP 1350 of 130.392, and her personal best for the week was 132.206.
While both Erika and Karlee have traveled to the salt with the team since 2006, Karlee was unable to participate simply because she wasn?t old enough. This year she was able to get a valid driver?s license from the state of South Dakota, where it is allowed to be licensed at the age of 14, and participate. Karlee rode the Buell Blast that Erika piloted in 2007, which means that she went after her older sister?s record. Karlee not only broke the old record on the Buell Blast #3333 (110.724 mph in class MPS-PG500), she also set an additional record by running the bike in another class by removing the fairing (107.391 in class M-PG 500). Her personal best is 111.580 mph.
With Karlee?s land speed records, she will join her mother and older sister in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum?s ?First Ladies of Motorcycling? exhibit as the first mother-daughter-daughter trio in history to hold Bonneville National Land Speed Records in the same year.
Also new to the Klock Werks team was Michelle Mielke, who is the wife of Klock Werks service manager, Joe Mielke. Michelle was riding her 2000 Yamaha V-Star 650 bike #415 in M-P 650 and set a land speed record of 102.1. Her personal best was 102.389.
All of these land speed records are under AMA (American Motorcycle Association) sanctioning and are subject to final verification. Records on the Bonneville Salt Flats are an average of two passes ? one being a qualifying down run and then a return run. A rider must be at or above the existing record speed to qualify for a return pass.
The Bub Speed Trials are sponsored by AMA so the return pass is made in the opposite direction on the course. The speed is an average of how fast you pass through a measured mile (which is the middle mile of the course). There is no separation between male and female or by age. Bikes are placed in classes based on their frame, fuel and motor size.
Team Klock Werks came home with more than just land speed records. The Team also won an award sponsored by www.landracing.com given to the team who has the cleanest and most organized area in the pits.Thanks to our sponsors ICON, Avon Tyres, S&S, Baker Drivetrain, NOS energy drinks, Drag Specialties, Dynatek, Pingel, Baron Performance, Crossroads Performance, and Buell Brothers and Sisters.
To see the full spectrum of what Brian Klock and the team at Klock Werks is capable of, please visit www.kustombaggers.com and or www.kustomcycles.com
NEW D&D HARLEY-DAVIDSON BOSS FLH SLIP-ON PIPES — Fresh from the R&D department comes our new set of BOSS slip-on exhaust pipes specifically built for the 2009 Harley-Davidson FLH motorcycles. They straighten out the slant in the stock pipes.We added additional length to the muffler, which produced greater performance from a pipe that now fits and looks just right.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BIKE NITE–You are invited to attend the newest “BIKE & CAR NITE” which will be held monthly in the northeast area of Miami-dade county in sunny south Florida. Here’s your chance to have a “BIKE & CAR Nite” in a part of the County that has been neglected by other bike nite promoters. This event will be completely free and will be marketed at a grass roots level to thousands of people.
The location for this “Bike & Car Nite” event will be held on Thursday, November 20th, 2008, at The Pizza Point parking lot located at 10800 NE 6 Avenue from 7pm to 11pm which has great visibility and lots of room for bikes and cars to park. There will be a special meal deals and drink deals for all those who come in on there special rides or promote there business.
Ride & Drive Safe
–Joe Chao
Biscayne Park Motorcycle Riders
JIMS TOOL TECH ARTICLE COMING TO BIKERNET– I have the Jims EFI Fuel Pressure Gauge Tool. I will do a article on it as soon as I can, Hopefully later this week
–Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
www.bikerrogue.com
THE SHERIFF WEEKLY ARREST, JORN, THE FAST SWEDE–Enclosed bikes build by Jorn the Fast Swede,11 years native of LA. I’m holding him on several counts of the Too Cool charge.
–SHERIFF MEDIA GROUP
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BIKERNET UNIVERSITY HISTORY LESSON, VETERANS DAY–Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is usually observed on November 11.
However, if it occurs on a Sunday then the following Monday is designated for holiday leave, and if it occurs Saturday then either Saturday or Friday may be so designated. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11 , the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.
The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran’s Day or Veterans’ Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.
The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany < was signed in a railway carriage in Compi?gne Forest on 11 November 1918, and marked the end of the First World War on the Western Front. Principal signatories were Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied Commander-in-chief, and Matthias Erzberger, Germany's representative.
The Armistice was agreed at 5 AM on 11 November, to come into effect at 11 AM Paris time (that is, 11 AM GMT, for which reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as “the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh”. It was the result of a hurried and desperate process.
Acting German commander Paul von Hindenburg had requested arrangements for a meeting from Ferdinand Foch via telegram on 7 November. He was under pressure of imminent revolution in Berlin, Munich and elsewhere across Germany.
The German delegation crossed the front line in five cars and was escorted for ten hours across the devastated war zone of Northern France. They were then entrained and taken to the secret destination, Foch’s railway siding in the forest of Compi?gne.
Foch appeared only twice in the three days of negotiations: on the first day, to ask them what they wanted, and on the last day, to see to the signatures. In between, the German delegation discussed the detail of Allied terms with French and Allied officers. The Armistice amounted to complete German demilitarization, with few promises made by the Allies in return. The naval blockade of Germany would continue until complete peace terms could be agreed upon.
There was no question of negotiation. The Germans were able to correct a few impossible demands (for example, the decommissioning of more submarines than their fleet possessed), and registered their formal protest at the harshness of Allied terms. But they were in no position to refuse to sign. On Sunday 10 November, they were shown newspapers from Paris, to inform them that Kaiser Wilhelm II had abdicated.
Erzberger was not able to get instructions from Berlin due to the fall of the government. However, he was able to communicate with the German Army Chief of Staff Paul von Hindenburg in Spain who instructed him to sign at any price as an armistice was absolutely necessary. Signatures were made between 5:12 AM and 5:20 AM, Paris time.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 12, 1919. The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday; “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.”
In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas, shoe store owner named Al King had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who served in World War I. King had been actively involved with the American War Dads during World War II. He began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into “All” Veterans Day. The Emporia Chamber of Commerce took up the cause after determining that 90% of Emporia merchants as well as the Board of Education supported closing their doors on November 11, 1953, to honor veterans. With the help of then-U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, also from Emporia, a bill for the holiday was pushed through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26, 1954.[3]
Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing “Armistice” with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day since.[
–Nyla Olsen
Bikernet research specialist
BIKERNET SCORES WITH SIN CITY CHOPPERS–What a great web site you’ve built. You should be very proud of all the work you’ve put into it. Views jumped from 296 to 911 within several days. Our TV series is at TrueTV in NY today you’ll really dig the concept.
I’ll keep you abreast of its success, I’d love to have you on as one of the featured characters . All that said I gots all my fingers crossed we get a buy.
–The CHOP
O School Choppers
SINCITY,NV
THE BRASS DEAL OF THE WEEK–Have I Got A Deal For You!Hey, you know how screwed up the economy is? Well, I went Christmas shopping for us, and saved a bundle on some great Nautical Brass an’ other great stuff. Save some $$$ – Check it out!
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PHOTO FOR STREETWALKER PIPE CONTEST–This is my 2004 Road King Custom.
–BIGG DADDY
I pointed out to Mr. Bigg that we were after hot holiday shots. “I’m ugly,” Bigg said, “I don’t have a woman.” I suggested his dog and a Christmas ornament and he said something about his dog running off. I’ll still enter him in our Bikernet/StreetWalker contest to win a set of very cool dresser pipes.–Bandit
BIKERNET BAR STOOL ECONOMICS– Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve.
“Since you are all such good customers, he said, I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.” The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.
But what about the other six men; the paying customers?
How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.!
And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
‘I only got a dollar out of the $20, ‘declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, ‘but he got $10!’
Yeah, that’s right,’ exclaimed the fifth man. ‘I only saved a dollar, too.
It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!’
‘That’s true!!’ shouted the seventh man. ‘Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!’*
‘Wait a minute,’ yelled the first four men in unison. ‘We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!’
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
–from Ted T.
2009 Salinas Boys Hot Rod, Bike Pin-up Calendar!–We’ve pulled together a collection of hot images for a calendar, (something I’ve always wanted to do), and we’re really pleased with the outcome. We were fortunate to work with some amazing photographers and models that make this unique calendar a great gift idea.
The Cole Foster calendar features classic pictures of Cole’s cars and bikes plus new pictures of Kirk Hammetts completed 36 Ford, as well as other new bikes photographed with sexy, bikini clad models! I’ve attached is a “sneak peek” of the calendar for your review.
Don’t wait until the last minute to take advantage of this offer for the 2009 Limited Edition calendar. The cost is a reasonable $15.00 per calendar, plus free shipping to anywhere in the continental United States of America. (Will ship to Europe and Japan for small charge of $4.)
You can place an order at www.myspace.com/salinasboys I might also mention that we will be updating our on-line store with new items. Be sure to check them out at www.salinasboys.com –Susan foster Continued On Page 4
