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BIKERNET ART MUSEUM OPEN–Here’s my artistic contribution for the week; a tribute to all that is good and righteous in this rotten world, courtesy of Andrew Williams…
–Z
znoevo@comcast.net
WATCH THE LOCAL COPS DON’T STEAL YOUR BIKE WHILE AT BIKETOBERFEST–I went to Daytona Biketoberfest in October of ’06 and let me tell anyone who is thinking of going ….WATCH THE COPS DON’T TRY TO STEAL YOUR BIKE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FROM OUT OF STATE OR FROM CANADA. If you have a custom ride make sure you take all the receipts for the work you have had done on your bike, any modification or removal of your vin or anti theft numbers on various parts of your bike could be deemed as contraband under Florida law and the cops will take your bike.
Like me I went down to have the time of my life and ended up being the vacation from hell. The first day in Daytona my bike (’89 Fxr Lowrider) was seized by the Volusia county sheriffs and the Florida Hi-Way Patrol (my triple tree was aftermarket and had no anti theft number). They were not very co-operative with me and had my bike for approximately 6 months claiming that it contained contraband parts, yet under the state statue they had 5 days to notify me by registered mail of their intent to seize….they did not.
They broke their own law by not notifying me and yet still almost 70 days later I was still in the dark as to why they had my bike. I contacted a lawyer in Tallahassee his name was John Minnick and after telling him what I was going through he was able to assist me in the return of my ride. Several different attorneys told me that if I had surrendered title of my bike, (meaning I did not fight for my bike) they under Florida law had the right to title it as state property and sell it at an auction. If you want to hear more contact me at my email address
–Rogue
WIFE OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HITS MOTORCYCLIST–Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a traffic accident Tuesday as she rode to a rally in northern Iowa, organizers said. She was not injured.
The Illinois senator’s wife was among five people in a van that was hit by a motorcycle as the van attempted a left turn just south of Hampton, where she was to speak at a rally, said Tommy Vietor, Obama’s Iowa press secretary. The motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, was injured and a medical helicopter was at the scene. Michelle Obama later told the crowd in Hampton that the rally
–Rogue
Note how they worded this piece. The van made a left in front of the biker, but he “hit” her. Wait a minute. We will investigate further.–Renegade
S&S ANNOUNCES 50th ANNIVERSARY BUILDER AND SPONSOR LIST– LA CROSSE, WI (October 09, 2007) S&S? Cycle Inc. is proud to announce the names of the builders participating in the S&S 50th Anniversary Bike Build.
On June 26-29, 2008 motorcycle industry history will be made as 50 of the best-known custom bike builders in the world come together in La Crosse Wisconsin, to support the S&S 50th Anniversary celebration. And while they will be there to support S&S, every builder has plans to with the $50,000 Grand Prize by taking first place in the bike show.
“When I think back to 1979 when I joined the business who would have thought that we would have 50 builders from all around the world building motorcycles to participate in a competition celebrating our 50th,” said S&S Chairman of the Board, George Smith.”We’ve worked hard to make good parts for an industry that has been very good to us and we would like to thank all our customers that have supported S&S all of these years.”
Judging will be done by the builders themselves, key media members, S&S personnel, show attendees and internet voters.
Each engine category winner will receive the cost of their engine back and the People’s Choice winner gets a brand new X-Wedge engine.
The engines used in this historic event will be serial numbers from 1958 to 2008 as a tribute to the 50 years of S&S and represent the only anniversary engines built for the S&S 50th. The 51st engine, serial number 2008 will be used in a special S&S project to be revealed later.
The builders and future owners of these engines/motorcycles will receive a certificate and medallion commemorating the historic pedigree of their specific serial number.
“This year’s project is very special because it involved major commitments from 50 different builders from around the world,” said S&S president, Brett Smith.”The amount of time and effort involved in making a project like this a success is extraordinary and we cannot thank those that are supporting it enough.Not only are the builders committed, but the entire La Crosse and Seven Rivers Region community, countless sponsors, and S&S employees are all working hard to ensure that this celebration is successful and fun for everyone.”
The builders will come from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Holland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand Sweden and the United States. This commitment from builders all over the world is truly a testament to the impact S&S has made on the custom motorcycle industry.
Using 10 of the S&S P-Series engines for their build will be:
Branko Built Motorcycles (Branko), Australia
Chica Motorcycle Service (Chica), Japan
Cory Ness, CA, USA
Central Coast Cycles (Scott Long), CA, USA
David Anthony Customs (David Anthony), CA, USA
Departure Bike Works (Lee Clemmons), VA, USA
Hogtech (Pedar Johanssen), Sweden
Indian Larry Legacy (Paul Cox), NY,USA
Krugger Motorcycles (Freddie Krugger), Belgium
Violator Motorcycles (Piet Hoffman), Netherlands
Using 10 of the S&S SH-Series engines for their build will be:
Bling’s Cycles (Bill Dodge), NJ, USA
Cook Custom Choppers (Dave Cook), WI, USA
Covington’s Cycle City (Jerry Covington), OK, USA
Chris Olson Customs (Chris Olson), WA, USA
Church of Choppers (Jeff Wright), IA, USA
Donnie Smith, MN, USA
Hot Dock (Kieji Kawakita), Japan
Specialty Parts Supply (Erick Martens), Holland
Sucker Punch Sally (Donnie Loos), OH, USA
Zach Ness, CA, USA
Using 8 of the S&S SB-Series engines for their build will be:
Ace Caf? London (Nick Gale), England
Engineering and More (Joel Domergue), France
Jesse Rooke, CA, USA
Krazy Horse Customs (Paul Beamish), Great Britain
Odyssey Motorcycles, (Bertrand Dubet) France
Michael Prugh Design (Michael Prugh), SD, USA
Redneck Engineering (Vince Doll), NC, USA
Skeeter Todd, NY, USA
Using 6 of the S&S V-Series engines for their build will be:
Arlen Ness, CA, USA
Great American Choppers (Darrian Tefft), MI, USA
KC Creations (Kim Suter), KS, USA
Nicolas Chauvin, France
Paramount Custom Cycles (Aaron Greene), NV, USA
Revolution Speed (Mike Kamalian), GA, USA
Using 6 of the S&S T-Series engines for their build will be:
Bennett’s Performance (Eric Bennett), CA, USA
Dan Roche, Canada
G-Squared Racing (Derek Churchwell), GA, USA
Kendall Johnson Customs (Zach Johnson), NC, USA
Klock Werks (Brian Klock), SD, USA
Strokers Dallas (Rick Fairless), TX, USA
Using 10 of the S&S X-Wedge engines in their build will be:
AQG Motociclette (Aldo Querio Gianetto), Italy
Big Bear Choppers (Kevin Alsop), CA, USA
Bourget’s Bike Works (Roger Bourget), AZ, USA
Dougz (Doug Wozney), WI, USA
Fred Kodlin Murdercycles (Fred Kodlin), Germany
Jim Nasi, AZ, USA
Kiwi Indian (Mike Tomas), CA, USA
Orange County Choppers (Paul Sr., Paul Jr.), NJ, USA
Road Rage Customs (Ray Pratt), New Zealand
Walz Hardcore Cycles (Marcus Walz), Germany
To help the builders along on this project many members of the motorcycle industry wanted to pitch in and offer discounts or provide parts at no charge; Baker, Chopper Guys, Daytec, Frame Lock, Independent Cycle, JayBrake, Metzeler, Mobil 1, Ness, Paughco, Performance Machine, Pingel, Primo Belt Drives, Rolling Thunder, S&S Cycle and Works Performance. We thank them for their support.
With a field this huge, along with the La Crosse area is jumping in to host a three day festival to support the event, the S&S 50th Anniversary Celebration is a do not miss weekend. More information, a schedule of events and hotel and campground information can be found at
COOL-BREAKER CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY COOL-BREAKER– the premier custom motorcycle event in Japan, will make its 10th anniversary when it takes place over the weekend of 13-14 October.
The annual event in Yokohama, promoted by Keiji Kawakita of Hot-Dock Custom Cycles, who placed 3rd at the 2007 World Championship of Custom Bike Building in Sturgis, will feature 100 professional builders and 250 custom Harley-Davidson bikes competing in the All-Japanese Championship of Custom Bike Building, which is an affiliate of the World Championship.
The quality of the bikes which enter can be gauged by the fact that seven builders who exhibited at the 2006 Cool-Breaker show then went on to travel to Sturgis in 2007 for the World Championship, and all placed well, including the show’s winner Kenji Nagai of Ken’s Factory.
In addition, there will also be the Best of Builders Award supported by S&S and a ride-in show contest.
Such is the strength of the custom scene in Japan and the standing of this show that US businesses S&S, Arlen Ness, Jammer, Custom Chrome, DNA Specialty and W&W from Germany will all have a trade presence.
CYCLE SOURCE HOTTEST COMSUMER MAG IN INDUSTRY YEAR IN REVIEW–Each year Cycle Source Magazine does a “Year In Review” Special Edition for January. Last year you might remember we selected Keith R. Ball as motorcycling’s Man of the Year for the 10 years he had put into Bikernet.com, along with “Best Of” awards in other categories. Well this year we’ve decided not to keep it all to ourselves and have launched an online survey to get your opinions for what you, the reader, feels was the “Best Of” in 2007.
Just visit
So far, some of our early nominations are:
Motorcycling’s Man Of The Year:
Jeff Cochran
Sucker Punch Sallys – For All The Work He And His Wife Have Done In Support Of Our Troops.
Bean’re
Motorcycling’s ambassador– By his lifestyle alone Bean’re exemplifies what it means to be a true original. He is one of a kind and honestly an individual. You’ll never see Bean’re when he’s in a bad mood or not willing to spend some time rapping to people.
Motorcycling’s Woman Of The Year:
Marjorie, Shadow, Kleiman
She rides, she gets it and she participates on the same fundamental level that most of us do. Marge has great wisdom in her offerings and is as in touch with this scene from a journalists stand point as anyone going today.
Best New Product Of The Year:
S&S Cycle’s X-Wedge
This product was the only truly unique offering to the American V-Twin industry this year. On top of that, it marked a turning point for the whole aftermarket V-twin industry in its struggles with the EPA.
Baker’s Softail Primary
First wet primary drive system from the aftermarket.
Harley-Davidson’s 2007 110-inch Motor
The smoothness of the engine compared with the horsepower gives you high performance that doesn’t have the same characteristics as most other high-pro engines we’ve ridden.
Feuling’s oil cooler/ oil filter
A must have for high milers. On top of the additional cooling and filtering features, this product allows for an additional full quart of oil to be added to the system.
Best Event Of The Year:
Shady Mayhem
Simple, easy going, and a ton of fun.
The Gypsy Tour
Like taking a step back in time. Just some cats havin’ a blast doing what they loved.
Best Builder Of The Year:
Pat Patterson
Led Sled Customs A master fabricator by nature, Pat has also set a pace for the industry this year by fabbing parts that are for stock modification. That is, providing parts to the aftermarket that are intended for altering stock chassis. In these trying economic times and with the next generation coming in, this has been a big movement in the parts business and we believe Pat is ahead of the curve in that regard. Also for his vision, his natural ability to look at things like a truck hood and see how it could be made into a gas tank for a bike. He keeps Led Sleds small scale, not commercialized, not industrialized.
Bill Dodge
Blings Cycles – Every bike we’ve seen of Bill’s this year has been way off the hook. He has cornered the market on the flat track/ dual sport styling that has come into the American motorcycle scene in 2007.
Scott Webster & Big Brian
Leroy Thompson Choppers – The LTC duo took it to ’em on the real side during the Discovery Biker Build Off. The level of hand customizing that they put into their entry, “Ethyl” was unparalleled.
Best Factory Manufactured Bike Of 2007:
The 2008 Harley-Davidson Nightster
Since this bike was a Mid-year release we decided to include it in the 2007 line-up. The Nightster was a real bench mark for Harley-Davidson and the industry.
Best Production Custom Of 2007:
Saxon’s Mad Jack
Designed By Gard Hollinger, this bike exemplifies the cross culture that the next generation is bringing into the American motorcycle scene today.
Sucker Punch Sally’s Traditional Bobber
With 60’s retro styling and a good price point we think SPS hit it right on the head with this bike. Appealing to a younger demographic by design and economics, this was the bike everyone was waiting for this year.
These are just a few of the nominations from our latest production meeting in the office but we want to hear from the general public. The survey only takes a few minutes and everyone is welcome. We’re also voting on the best bikes from Cycle Source in 2007 and all of the nominations can be viewed on the site as well.
CYCLE VISIONS POKER RUN TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL–Come join us on our Poker run to benefit Children’s Hospital!
Please pass this on to everyone you know.If you can help with a donation, all the kids will benefit right here in San Diego.
Thank-you again for all your support!
–Hilary & Randy
BIKERNET ON POLICE RELATIONS–Working people frequently ask us retired guys what we do to make our days interesting. Well the other day, for example, I went downtown and walked into a camera store. I was only in there for about 5 minutes and when I came out there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
I said to him, “Come on, man, how about giving a retired union man a break?” He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.
I called him a “Nazi.” He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a “doughnut eating Gestapo.” He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first.Then he wrote a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn’t care. I came downtown on the bus, and the car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said “W 04.”
I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired. It’s important to my health.
–N.R.
NEW PARTS COMING TO BIKERNET–Just want you to know I haven’t forgotten about you. I appreciate you calling me back last week and look forward to getting with you on my parts for show on Bikernet, and just in general making another friend thru Larry. He and I have never met, least not yet, but I feel like we have known one another for years. Same goes true for Clean Dean, can’t wait to meet him either, now I’m adding you and Berry to that list.
I have been waiting on the primo pulley form Berry so I could cut yours and his at the same time, well being honest so my jobber could cut them in the same run. Well I got it today, I’ve already designed the primo unit and the files hopefully go on the table to get cut tomorrow. You should be seeing yours within about a week, I am still trying to get some press release stuff together on my parts to send on a cd at the same time.
I just can’t wait till you get the pulley lock-down device, actually, just to see what you say.
BTW Check these pics out, I think this may be your speed. These showed up courtesy of Clean Dean last year in Biker. It’s the hotrod I spoke of that is for sale. And yeh I ride it, hard, frequently like nearly daily.
–Kirk W. Pettry
Kirk?s Customs
Cell: 434-426-7530
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BLUE ANGELS FLY BY OVER SAN FRANCISCO– WFO Blue Angels in ‘Frisco last Sunday at the Fleet week show.
–Paul Dispensa
pdispensa@lirb.org>
PRIZE DETAIL FOR THE ZODIAC SPONSORED NETHERLANDS BIGTWIN CUSTOM BIKE SHOW–Being staged at the Autotron, Rosmalen, Netherlands, from Friday November 9th through Sunday 11th, Bigtwin Magazine, organizers of the Bigtwin Bike Show & Expo (formerly known as MotorSale) have released details of the prize fund for the Zodiac sponsored custom bike show being staged at the event that weekend.
Zodiac is putting up cash prizes for each class, with 750 Euro to the class winners, 500 Euro for second places, and 250 Euro for third places.
Snap-on Tools and British brakes manufacturer Harrison Billet is also making prize awards.
The class details and all other show information, including full entry rules, can be found in the multi-lingual event website.
New for this year though, the Bigtwin Bike Show is now an Affiliate event to AMD’s Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building, and the organizers will be awarding a 5,000 Euro contribution towards expenses for the Best In Show winner to compete at the 5th annual Official World Championship at Sturgis in August 2008.
Always one of Europe’s most respected custom bike shows, and most popular custom bike events, the Bigtwin Bike Show & Expo is unique. It combines a public attendance of up to 15,000 enthusiasts each year with the Zodiac International Dealer Show featuring great vendors from all around Europe and the USA.
Zodiac has generously supported the Bigtwin Bike Show, an event now headed into its 16th year, for many years, helping Bigtwin Magazine build the event into one of Europe’s most prestigious custom shows. The AMD and World Championship organizing team is now very proud to be able to have added the Bigtwin Bike Show to the growing list of worldwide events that are such an important part of the World Championship program.
As with most of the World Championship Affiliate custom bike shows, the Zodiac sponsored Bigtwin Bike Show is an ‘open’ and ‘ride-in’ event – all the motorcycles entered must be capable of being ridden in order to collect prizes, and entry is open to industry professionals as well as private/consumer builders.
BIGTWIN BIKE SHOW & EXPO
www.bigtwinbikeshow.nl
BIKERNET.COM SOON TO FEATURE KEINO’S LATEST CREATION–this is the new Keino’s bike. I’ll send the other pics soon.
–Ela
RM AUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOTHEBY’S PRESENTS THE ABBA KOGAN COLLECTION– RM Auctions presenting an unparalleled line-up at its inaugural London sale to be held at Battersea Park, October 31, 2007, London, England – Three collections highlighting the best of European Automobiles
London, England (September 21, 2007) – RM Auctions cofounder Mike Fairbairn is happy. “We are going to showcase a fabulous line-up of cars”. In addition to the collections from English Formula 1 mogul Bernie Ecclestone and Italian businessman Giuseppe Prevosti RM is featuring the cars of Abraham “Abba” Kogan in it’s inaugural London sale to be held at Battersea Park on October 31st. “Our second European auction after our legendary start in Maranello in May will establish us in the center of European classic car business”, confirms Fairbairn.
Kogan’s collection is centered around some of the most fascinating engineering masterpieces of the motorsports world, from the headlining Delage 15-S-8 that was one of the four twin supercharged factory team cars that swept Grand Prix racing in the 1927 season, to a selection of fascinating sports cars, including the Cisitalia 202 SMM that won its class championship six years running, and the OSCA 2000S – the fastest and prettiest OSCA of all and one of just five examples built.
The 1936 Delage, a 3 litre D6 was raced not only in its early days with an enviable record of success, but remained on the race track 1951, competing in 1949 in the 24 Hours of LeMans as a 13 year old car. With a continuous history from new, this remarkable Delage offers a provenance otherwise nearly impossible to find.
For most of his life, Abba Kogan has been fascinated by cars, and driven to collect, restore, drive, and enjoy them. He is drawn to machines that exhibit innovation in both engineering and beauty – but always within the context of their time: what is now conventional was once revolutionary. It is the search for such cars that has been the driving force behind the Kogan Collection, the philosophy that connects a Ferrari 288 GTO with a Grand Prix Delage race car – or an OSCA 2000 with a Renault RE30 F1 car.
ON BIKERNET.COM RIGHT NOW–I sent the photos and text about the new Walz Hard Core motorcycle and Ferrari. This special project is until now unseen combination of a radical hardcore custom bike and a matching ferrari f 430.
All photos shoot are courtesy from Walz Hard Core Cycles. Check the feature on the home page right now
Ciao
–Ela
NEW ART FROM HEATHER NEW OF NEW-LINE–Here’s a few pictures…I hope you like it!I will mail more close ups too.
–Heather
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