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ORIGINAL JOHNNY CHOP BIKE FOR SALE–Hello my name is Robynn Kosobud. I found your email on a tribute page for Johnny Chop. My husband and I bought a 1948 Panhead from Johnny in Santa Cruz back in 1998. He was down on his luck at the time and needed some cash.
He reluctantly sold us his pride and joy. He informed us that it was his first bike he built and he had so many wonderful memories with the chopper. I have the original bill of sale that was hand written by Johnny Vasco.
We are also in need of cash and hate to sell it. We wanted to contact friends and family of Johnny’s because we want the next owners to appreciate the sentimental value of this special bike. If you or know anyone interested in this unique bike let me know and I would gladly send photos.
Anyone who was a friend of his could verify the authenticity of the bike. We never modified anything on the bike. It is in the exact condition we purchased it in.
–Robynn Kosobud (408) 842-7282 ext 305
THE SEARCH FOR THE PREDATOR’S HELMET–I have heard from different people, saying they have seen a motorcycle helmet that looks like movie character predator, dreads and all. You wouldn’t happen to know who sells it would ya?
–Mark
libertychoppers@gmail.com>
GOLD COAST BIKE WEEK CONFIRMED AS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL AFFILIATE– AMD Magazine has confirmed that Australia’s Gold Coast Bike Week is the latest custom bike event to become an Official Affiliate to the World Championship of Custom Bike Building.The one-day custom show, to be held on Saturday August 30th at the Carrara Sports Complex, will see a top prize of some AU$ 10,000.00 awarded to the winner of the AMD Affiliate Award, being an expenses contribution for the winner to compete at the 2009 Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building (OWC) in the United States.Staged each year during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota, USA (2008 is August 3rd to 6th inclusive) at the event’s own Champions Park venue on Lazelle Street in downtown Sturgis, the OWC is firmly established as the world’s most prestigious custom motorcycle design and engineering competition.
In years past, Australian builders such as Scotty Cox and Chris Anderson have competed and featured among the leading builders at the OWC. Designed to promote and showcase design and engineering excellence, the OWC is a fully ‘open’ event in that all or any private or professional custom bike builder can enter if they have a bike that they feel is of event standard.
However, the year-round worldwide Official Affiliate program that supports the OWC, and of which Gold Coast Bike Week (GCBW) is now a part, allows Affiliate event winners to achieve recognition as that event’s/country’s official entrant and to ease the pain of bike freight and associated expenses!
The Championship and Official Affiliate program now includes events in Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Japan, Ireland and Russia as well as Australia and the OWC itself in USA.
The Championship Program is made possible by the generous annual support of vendors such as Australia’s own AMI, and American vendors such as S&S Cycle, Custom Chrome, Belt Drives Ltd (BDL), Ultima (Midwest Motorcycle Supply), Kustomwerks, Big Dog Motorcycles, Helmet City, Avon Tyres, Baker Drivetrain, HotBike Magazine, Dragonfly Roadhouse apparel, Kibblewhite Precision Machining, Rivera/Primo and J&P Cycles.
All questions about competing in the AMD Affiliate award class (which is open to builders only, and the prize can only be claimed for competing at the OWC) can be directed to either Neal Bolam at AMI (neal@australianmotorcycleimports.com.au) or Neil ‘ShowMaster’ Blaber at the AMD/OWC office in the UK (neil@amdchampionship.com).www.goldcoastbikeweek.comwww.amdchampionship.com
BIKERNET OPENS CONVENIENCE STORE– A biker walks into a convenience store at about 2:30 in the morning. He walks up to the cashier and asks “Where are your tampons?”
The clerk goes, “Right down on aisle three, on the end to the left.” Biker disappears down the aisle and finally, about 45 min. later he returns carrying toilet paper and cotton balls.
The cashier starts to ring him up and goes, “You know, I know it’s none of my business, but I thought you were here for tampons.”
Biker goes, “Well, last week I sent my ol’ lady out for smokes and she comes back with Zig Zags and tobacco, by God that fucking bitch can roll her own too.”
–Marilyn
MORE AND MORE COPS IN SOUTH FLORIDA GETTING BUSTED– Two Broward County sheriff’s deputies charged in sting operation A Broward Sheriff’s deputy nicknamed “Wingnut” used his badge and expertise to aid a drug smuggling operation, then recruited a fellow deputy he said had a history of drug-dealing to help out, federal prosecutors charged Monday.
Deputy Richard Tauber, a 14-year veteran once fired for cavorting with prostitutes and unsavory characters ? but later reinstated ? and two civilian friends were charged in federal court with smuggling cocaine, diamonds and Krugerrand gold coins. A separate FBI complaint charged Deputy Kevin “Tattoo” Frankel with running surveillance for one of Tauber’s cocaine deliveries for $3,000.
Tauber, 37, of Boca Raton was released on $600,000 bail. Frankel, of Lake Worth, is behind bars pending a bail hearing scheduled Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. Both men worked in Deerfield Beach. The two civilians, Robert Baccari, 38, and Christopher Provenzano, 37, both of Boca Raton, also are being held pending a Thursday hearing.
The arrests cap a 16-month month investigation of Tauber, who has a history of problems with the department.”We’ve been watching him for quite a while now; we’ve gone on our gut instinct because a leopard doesn’t change his spots,” Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti said Monday of Tauber. Stopped by a Maryland state trooper on Nov. 27, Tauber pulled out his Sheriff’s Office badge, then continued transporting what he thought was $125,000 worth of gold and silver coins to a destination in Connecticut. He wore his deputy’s uniform to a meeting with FBI agents posing as drug dealers and used knowledge he learned from four years patrolling Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to explore ways to elude drug-detecting dogs.
The four men put their freedom in jeopardy for a total of $51,000 in payments. Tauber received $25,000, and Frankel, who complained the men were taking chances and not getting enough cash, got $3,000.
After his arrest Wednesday, Tauber became an informant against Frankel, describing his friend on the force as a “criminal” and telling FBI agents he paid Frankel to conduct counter surveillance during a delivery of cocaine to the Pompano Beach Air Park, authorities said.
On Thursday, with Tauber wearing a wire for the FBI, Frankel confirmed his involvement with the drug delivery and discussed plans to help a future drug-running operation, the complaint states.
The arrests are the latest in a string of law enforcement agents caught in FBI stings. Although the cases are unrelated, all involved similar investigative methods: undercover FBI agents pretending to work for organized crime and paying the officers to take ever bigger roles in criminal activities.
Two weeks ago, FBI agents charged two veteran Miami officers with protecting FBI agents posing as mobsters during a cocaine operation. Last year, four Hollywood officers pleaded guilty to protecting illegal drug running, stolen bond and jewelry shipments and crooked card games. A judge sentenced them to nine to 14 years in prison.
In all three cases, the supposed criminals were undercover FBI agents, the drugs phony and virtually every conversation caught on tape.
Monday’s arrest was different in one way: the Sheriff’s Office initiated the investigation, then brought in FBI agents to help with a “very complicated” case, Lamberti said.
Tauber has a long history of problems and Lamberti said Sheriff’s Office brass had watched him carefully for years. During the investigation, Tauber admitted receiving oral sex from a prostitute but said he thought she was a “dancer or a model.”
He was also accused of spending long hours on and off duty at a motel known for prostitution and managed by a man who had open arrest warrants.
The Sheriff’s Office tried unsuccessfully in 2000 to fire Tauber. “We did fire him and did everything possible to get him off the force, but unfortunately, an arbitrator gave him his job back,” Lamberti said.
By John Holland and Vanessa Blum | South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 24, 2008
–from Rogue
THEATER SEATING FOR BIKERS AND MORE–Now this is cool. Perewitz has just struck a deal with Continental Seating (www.continentalseating.com) to produce a limited number of very, very cooool custom made theatre chairs. Individually crafted for unparalleled comfort and service the chairs are beautifully finished in durable, extremely soft, fine leather. Perewitz Theatre Chairs feature full recline adjustment and are fit with state of the art heat and massage functions.
Each seat comes embroidered with the Perewitz logo or you can have yours custom stitched with your logo, bike or whatever. And, Perewitz will have them delivered right to your door. These seats are far more than a show piece. Their uncompromised comfort combined with the heat and massage functions will provide years of rest and relaxation.
So if you?re an experienced die hard lounge lizard or just looking for the ultimate in personalized seating, give Perewitz a call at 508-697-3595 or look them up on the web at www.perewitz.com.
While you?re at it check out the latest at www.lifeatperewitz.com and www.perewitztravel.com
POWERDRIVE? RSD & LSD 6-SPEED TRANSMISSIONS from RIVERA PRIMO–? Features a close-ratio 2.94:1 first gear & a .860:1 overdrive 6th gear
? This combination will improve acceleration yet will reduce vibration
? Manufactured to our specs, each trans has super-strength shafts & forged back-cut gears for smooth & positive shifting
? Cases are designed & fit like a stock-style 1990-1999 Softail trans
? RSD models are delivered with a chromed hydraulic clutch actuator or chromed cable-actuated end cover & a 32-tooth final drive pulley as well
? Backed by a 2-year replacement warranty
? Choose from full chrome or polished finish on RSD models, natural, black wrinkle, polished or chrome finishes on LSD models
? Right side drive models: MSRP for the fully chromed hydraulic model is $1584.16, whereas models in a polished finish with hydraulic or cable- actuated end covers are $1409.12
? Left side drive models: MSRP for natural finish is $1022.06, black or polished are $1158.90 & chrome finish is $1281.33
? Always in stock, ready-to-ship !
For these & other fine products contact:Rivera Primo Inc.
12450 Whittier Blvd. Whittier, CA 90602
Tel: 800-872-1515
Tel: 562-907-2600 Fax: 562-907-2606
www.riveraprimoinc.com
LACONIA SPOTTY WEATHER, EXPENSIVE GAS, DIAL DOWN BIKE WEEK EXPECTATIONS– LACONIA, N.H. –Gray skies, aging fans and high gas prices are some of the factors behind organizers’ modest expectations for Laconia Bike Week this year.
The 84th annual Bike Week kicked of this weekend in Laconia, where Weirs Beach is the center of all things motorcycle-related in New Hampshire for the next week. But even as the roads filled with squads of rumbling Harleys, Bike Week director Charlie St. Clair said he expected a good — but not great — turnout for the spring ritual.
“With the economy the way it is and gas prices so high, there’s no way we’re going to set any record this year, even if the sun shines for the rest of the week,” he said.
St. Clair said Bike Week attendance has dropped by one-third since 2004, when 425,000 people attended. He expected that figure to stay level in 2007, but noted that even with flat attendance, Bike Week still pumps $140 million a year into New Hampshire.
He and others said they already are looking forward to a better turnout next year, when Bike Week celebrates its 85th birthday.
“I think this is going to be one of those average years and that in the future you won’t see a big spike in attendance until every fifth year, one that ends in five or a zero,” St. Clair said. “We’re already looking forward to next year, which will be the 85th anniversary.”
Bikers are changing and so are Bike Week merchants, St. Clair and others said. St. Clair said many vendors have abandoned expensive rental spaces at Weirs Beach for cheaper business opportunities, and bikers also are branching off, heading to spots across the Lakes Region and even the North Country.
Age also is a factor — the baby boomers who make up the majority of Bike Week fans are less willing to travel long distances and younger bikers are more interested in newer events in Texas and Arizona, said Mark Creswell, a Florida bike enthusiast who works with Bike Week vendors.St. Clair agrees that newer rallies are competing with Laconia but said he sees plenty of young bikers drawn to Bike Week.
Al Solomon of Alton, said he’s been attending Bike Week for years and is still enjoying himself. He said he’s not a big fan of attempts to make Bike Week more family friendly to attract bigger crowds.
“Make no mistake about it: the partying is still going on, and that’s what I come here for,” he said.
–Rogue
ANOTHER 50TH S&S ANNIVERSARY BIKE– If do you have thirty seconds and you like my work / si vous avez trente secondes et que vous aimez mon travail,
You will be very nice / vous seriez tr?s gentil to vote on this link / de voter sur ce lien For the S&S 50th anniversary contest / pour le concours du 50 me anniversaire S&S
http://www.sscycle50th.com/builders/x50_buildersview.php?s_id=%2010
Thank you so much / merci beaucoup!!
–Fred “KRUGGER”
www.krugger.net
MATT HOTCH ACHIEVES PERFORMANCE PERFECTION WITH SPECTRO OILS– Spectro Oils helps Matt Hotch get the best performance possible from his custom bikes.
Brookfield, CT? Spectro Oils of America is the number one brand of liquid motorcycle products for innovative, custom bike builder, Matt Hotch. Hotch as been using Spectro products exclusively for the past three years. ?When it comes to building bikes, I have the philosophy that perfection is possible. Spectro products ensure that I get performance perfection too,? said Hotch.
Hotch uses many Spectro products on a regular basis. He explains, ?The Heavy Duty Platinum Full Synthetic Motorcycle Oil 20w50 is simply the best product for either a new custom motorcycle or to improve lubrication on older models.? If you need to quiet a noisy transmission Hotch suggests using Spectro?s Heavy Duty Platinum 6-Speed Transmission Lube 75w140. ?This has to be one of the best new products in years and it smoothes shifting for both the 5-speed and 6-speed transmissions,? Hotch said.
Spectro?s Fuel Conditioner/Stabilizer is shipped with every one of Hotchs? bikes. ?I recommend that my clients add this to their fuel before winter storage and they will never have a problem starting their bikes after sitting with outdated fuel for a few months,? he noted. Other Spectro products that Hotch uses on a regular basis include the Heavy Duty Primary Chain case Oil, which he uses in all Harley ?Wet? Primaries, and the Heavy Duty Fork Oil Type-E, for all Big Twin front-end suspensions. Hotch also uses Golden DOT-5 Silicone Brake Fluid, with the easy pour bottle, and Brake Parts Cleaner. ?The Brake Parts Cleaner is a great product that will be used time and time again for everyday maintenance,? said Hotch.
Spectro brands are manufactured and marketed by Intercontinental Lubricants Corp. of Brookfield, CT, ILC, one of the world?s foremost manufacturers and packagers of quality, specialty lubricants.
For more information on Spectro Oils, please visit: www.spectro-oils.com
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