It’s another day in motorcycle paradise. The Peashooter saga continues, but we’re beginning to nail the final aspects and go to paint and powder. Terry Lee, from Envy Cycles, a sheet metal and fabrication master, might help us with a small fairing. The oil tank was shipped from Stealth Enterprises in North Carolina. And I missed my appointment with Classic Cycle, but I’ll try again this weekend after we launch the Sunday Post.
Speaking of Terry Lee, and metal work, he gave me a TIG welding homework assignment. “You can weld segments of junk steel together all day long, but there’s a way to make you learn the nature of TIG welding quick,” Terry told me. “Cut a gas tank into three pieces and weld it back together. By the time you finish, you’ll get it.”
I’ll let you know what happens. Tomorrow I’m heading to Bennett’s Performance to upgrade my son’s 2002 88-inch Dyna, using a new 97-inch S&S big boar kit, Super E carb, and Bub pipes. Hang on for the tech next week. Also Glick Brent at S&S is helping me dial in the 5-Ball factory racer. It’s going to be a busy weekend. Let’s hit the news:
VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT DECLARES VIRGINIA BEACH NOISE ORDINANCE UNCONSTITIONAL– Thomas Jefferson Center and ACLU of Virginia filed amicus brief on behalf of club owners arguing that ordinance violates the First Amendment because of vagueness
Virginia Beach, VA – The Virginia Supreme Court today struck down Virginia Beach’s noise ordinance because it is unconstitutionally vague. The ordinance prohibits “any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in the city” that “disturb[s] or annoy[s] the quiet, comfort or repose of reasonable persons.”
“We are pleased with the Court’s decision to strike down this law,” said
ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis. “Virginia Beach is free to control noise, but it must do so in a way that is reasonable and precise so as not leave residents and business owners guessing whether or not they are violating the law.”
The case, Tanner v. Virginia Beach, was filed by Bradley Tanner and EricWilliams, owners of The Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach, who were frequently cited under the ordinance. The owners presented a broad range of evidence to show that the ordinance is vague and unevenly enforced. Police witnesses admitted that they use their own subjective judgment to decide if someone is violating the ordinance.
“The ordinance was not even clear to law enforcement officials,” added Willis. “The vagueness of the law left it wide open for abuse by police who were free to interpret it differently depending on whom they were applying the law to.”
“Everyone benefits when laws are clear and unambiguous, and that is
especially true when the First Amendment is implicated,” said Willis.
“Hopefully, Virginia Beach’s next noise ordinance will both protect free
speech and give residents, business owners and law enforcement officials specific directions when noise is an issue.”
Virginia Beach could correct its noise ordinance by stating a maximum
decibel level at which sound can be heard at a specified distance from its source, as other localities have done. In this way, there is a quantifiable method by which to decide if someone is being too loud.
The ACLU of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Tanner and Williams in December 2008 arguing that the ordinance violated the First Amendment.
Published on American Civil Liberties Union (http://www.aclu.org)
Source URL: http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/virginia-supreme-court-declares-virginia-beach-noise-ordinance-unconstitutional
–from Rogue
KNUCKLEHEAD DEAL OF THE YEAR–If the price drops much more, I’m going to muster the change to buy it. I like this bike. It’s brand new, but looks like a classic from the ’60s.
This post is for a 2004 Specialconstruction Bobber/Chopper w/ a 93 cubic inch pre-S&S Flathead Power Knucklehead. For those of you who are familiar with these motors, you know what they are worth. If not , I would encourage everyone to look them up and then it won’t be like me blowing smoke up everybodies’ “you-know-what”.
The rest of the bike is mostly built from replica parts out of V-Twin. I am not the original builder but I did the initial service to get the bike running back in 2007 and it has been stored since. IT HAS UNDER 7 ORIGINAL MILES, and is in exceptional condition. It does need some minor tweaking, and service related items, but it fires up and runs strong. I am selling AS IS. Thanks for looking.
–Dennis Chick
chopmanchoppers@gmail.com
ENVIRONMENTAL QUOTE FROM AL GORE–“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it..”
–Al Gore, Vice President
ADVISE FROM THE BIKERNET KENNELS— If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? The dog, of course. He’ll shut up once you let him in.
–Canyon Carver
NEW AND IMPROVED IN 2010 AT THE BROKEN SPOKE CAMPGROUND!–AUGUST 3rd – 15th
Sturgis, South Dakota
70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
– Concerts are Free with Camping or ONLY $10.00 for Non-Campers -The Broken Spoke Saloon today announced its list of 2010 FREE opportunities, additions and improvements for campers and the general public for the Broken Spoke Campground. The Broken Spoke Campground is located on Highway 79 North, just past Bear Butte State Park in Sturgis, South Dakota.
The Broken Spoke Campground continues to improve its already stellar facilities and amenities in an effort to give its campers the very best Sturgis experience. Here are just a few of the improvements & new Additions Broken Spoke Campers can expect for 2010:
– Moonlight Movies (Free!)
– Baker Burnout Box (Free!)
– Baker Smoke-down Showdown
– “Johnny Chop” Hill Climb (Free!)
– Biker Breakfast
– Extended pool & tiki bar hours
– Additional hot tubs added
– More outdoor bars
– Improved (still free!) WiFi
– New bathhouses & laundry building
– General store patio
– Gill Montie’s World Famous Tattoo Mania
– Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow
That is all in addition to the already great stuff the Broken Spoke Campground had in 2009 and is bringing back – such as:
– Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall
– Legends Gallery
– Good ‘ol Days Raceway
– Michael Lichter & Sugar Bear Ride
– Cycle Source Ride
– Cycle Source Nighttime Chopper Show
– Limpnickie Lot
– America’s Extreme Motorcycle Thrillshow “The Wall of Death”
– Free Spoke-2-Spoke Shuttle to/from Broken Spoke Saloon on Lazelle Street
Tent camping on 600 acres, oversized RV spots with hook-ups and private air-conditioned cabins at great rates are still available – book online at: www.brokenspokecampground.com or call today: 877-653-6679 877-653-6679 (8-SPOKE-ON-79).
The Broken Spoke Campground is wall-to-wall entertainment for the entirety of the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The 2010 festivities include multiple camping options (tents, RV’s and cabins), the IMBBA Bike Show and Hall of Fame Awards, Easyriders Rodeo, the Michael Lichter & Sugar Bear Ride, the Cycle Source Ride and Chopper Show, the Vietnam Veterans Wall, the Baker Drivetrain Smoke-Down Showdown, the S&S Smokeout, the World’s Biggest Biker Pool with Hot Tubs & Tiki Bar, Legends Art Gallery, Good ‘ol Days Raceway, Hill Climb, America’s Original Extreme Motorcycle Thrill Shows, the Limpnickie Lot – where attendees can interact with the next generation of bike builders, the Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow, Hot Contests with Cash Prizes, Free Spoke to Spoke Shuttle, Live Music Day and Night, and an on-site General Store including all the items campers need!
Top national concerts are free for campers and only $10.00 for non-campers after 6:00 p.m. and will feature Blackfoot* (August 7), .38 Special (August 8), Dokken and Great White (August 9), Eddie Money and Black Oak Arkansas (August 10), Warrant, Confederate Railroad, comedian Gallagher (August 11), The Kentucky HeadHunters and Black Stone Cherry (August 12) and many more.
All artists are subject to change without notice. *Blackfoot show is FREE.
The Broken Spoke Saloon in downtown Sturgis, SD is located at 905 Lazelle Street. Visit: www.brokenspoke.com
FROM THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON HISTORY ARCHIVES–World War II and the 1950s
During WWII, Harley-Davidson produced 88,000 motorcycles for the war effort, including the horizontally opposed, two-cylinder, shaft-drive XA 750 model. (They were never sold to the public and only 1,000 were made.) For its patriotic efforts, the Motor Company was awarded four prestigious Army-Navy “E” awards.
In the 1950s, teenagers took to street racing in hopped-up jalopies. To slow this trend, the Pittsburgh Police Department formed its Harley-Davidson motorcycle officers into a Hot Rod Squad. The image of a motorcycle cop parked behind a billboard became an icon of Americana. And the idea that a police officer would sit on anything other than a Harley-Davidson wouldn’t be conceivable until the 1970s.
An important relationship developed in the 1940s and continues to this day as Harley-Davidson and Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute at Northwestern) have worked together for more than 60 years to provide officer training.
PROJECT BIKE REVEALED FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS– 1st pic of new project all scratch 61 in v twin briggs 106.39 mph dyno print on aother email
–bob decker
DARWIN MOTORCYCLES BRAWLER ROAD TEST ON BIKERNET– I am stoked about the road test of the Brawler, FXR configuration bike built by the Brass Balls team.
I think that this bike can really put Darwin on the map big time. This is the bike many people have been clamoring for. This is the shit!
We don’t want people missing out on this…
–Ben
SHOT OF THE WEEK FROM CYCLE SOURCE–The swap meet legend, Tim, from Negotiable parts.
GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY–With the Penthouse Pet of the Year from Michael Farabaugh, or Balls.
UNCLE MONKEY DISCUSSES LIFE BEHIND BARS– The wind in our face, the freedom of the road, the freedom of our machine. Life behind bars. The freedom, the ability to come and go, to hit the road and ride. But life isn’t perfect. We’ve all been there. The sun high in the sky, the breeze light, the perfect day for riding, for a shot up the coast, for a cut through the canyon. But we stand there staring at our bike, broken, missing or buried behind a workload that has to be dealt with first. It drives us nuts, so close, so far.
We long for the open road, long to feel the air in our lungs, the wind in our hair, the sun on our skin. The road, the freedom. Life gets in the way. Our bike is broken down; snow is on the ground, we have to finish the projects we promised would be done last month. We all know the churn inside, tomorrow yes; maybe tonight if we get finished, we will ride.
I use to run with a pretty rough crowd. In fact at one time all my friends were drug dealers, life was moment to moment, an adrenaline rush living the thug life. I found myself staring down the barrel of a gun too many times a week. I decided my freedom was worth more then some stitching I could one day drape across my back. I walked away. Not everyone makes the same choice.
They are addicted to the power, and addicted to the easy money. A big FU to the Man. Life caught up to them, caught in a lie, caught in a trap, caught red handed, caught. They now sit in a cold cell; the only bars they wrap their hands around are those of a jail cell door. Some are there because of their own stupidity; some are there because loyalty to their friends, loyalty to the life, loyalty to the code. They are there because they accept it as the price of doing business. Others are there because of the code of the west that says don’t snitch. They sit waiting for their time to expire.
The wind in our face, the freedom of the road. We take it for granted. We complain when it snows, when our bikes are broken down, when we can’t ride, But our freedom is still there as we stare out over the harbor, as we shine up to the bar for a cold Budweiser. We forget about our friends in lock up. Forget the call of the open road that courses through their veins. Forget it will be months, years before they can ride again, to feel the air in their lungs, to feel the wind in their hair, to feel the sun on their skin. Remember that next time you can’t ride.
-bad Uncle Monkey
Inner Peace this is so true
5-BALL RACING TUNING LESSON– You need to have a vent hose on the carb bowl where specified in the instructions, and it needs to be at least 6 inches long. Also, you will need to plug the open hole in the carb, where your air cleaner bracket does not cover. You should also remove the small Allen plug which is an extra bowl vent. The problem with your tune is the air cleaner set up, but it will probably work if you follow the steps.
–Glick Brent
S&S
ENVY CYCLE BUILDS ULTIMATE ENGRAVED EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND YOU COULD WIN IT–We kicked off another effort with Envy cycle to get you a completely one-off custom exhaust system for your ride, and it might have engraved heat shields by Heather New of New Line engraving. See her latest project below, and hang on for reports on the system build.
KLOCK WERKS ALL-GIRL BUILD FOR MICHAEL LICHTER EXHIBIT AT THE BUFFALO CHIP– Here’s a photo of the Air Filter Cover for Laura Klock’s All-Girl Build in the Michael Lichter Show in Sturgis… I am thrilled to be part of the sisterhood !
Laura has been wonderful to work with, she’s a strong woman with a big vision, and more importantly, a huge heart.
— Heather New
Supreme Queen of NewLine Engraving
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BIKERNET VETERINARY CLINIC DOG RESEARCH–Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
–Roger Caras
–from Ray Russell
OPEN LETTER TO THE BOSS OF THE LA CALENDAR SHOW– Thanks for the press. There is one major issue you should be aware of and that is I have been building bikes and cars for twenty years. I have over a dozen custom bikes under my belt as well as classic restorations. If there is a way to revise this and not have it say these are the only two bikes I have ever built I would appreciate it. I take this all very seriously and saying I do this as a hobby makes it seem less serious for me. I am doing all I can to push this business to the next level, that’s why it all needs to be as pro as possible. I am NOT an amateur at what I do, I just have not shown bikes before.
Thanks for making me part of the show and calendar again this year, I really appreciate it.
–Chris
Speed Shop Design
seattle, wa
www.speedshopdesign.com
http://speedshopdesign.blogspot.com/
THIS WEEK READY OR NOT– I had wrote an intro for this edition of the Ready or Not Report, but it was too weird. There’s an awful lot of really neat people, and things in the custom culture lifestyle that should be documented for future generations, because as time will prove, it’s our century’s Art form.
From earlier this week: Wow, I really hate to stop watching this perky little redhead on HGTV that’s bent way over and jiggling uncontrollably towards a linoleum floor with a scraper, but as I promised in last week’s Thursday News, I’m going to write a little bit more about the phone conversation I had with Arlen Ness on custom paint.
The chat was on July 13, 2009, the day after Arlen’s 70th birthday, and the day before my 57th. After Arlen told me every thing he could remember about when he first started using House of Kolor products the conversation went in a direction that I would have never imagined in my wildest dreams. Arlen revealed to me how he used to make his own candy colors, and what brand of paint he liked to use.
Back in the day no custom bike painter would ever give away his secrets to another painter, it just wasn’t done. It wasn’t like it is now when all one has to do is buy whatever colors they need from PPG, HOK, or Auto Air Colors we all had to devise our own custom paint methods.
To quote a conversation Tom Prewitt and I once had, “if anything, other custom painters would tell you things just to screw you up.”
To make his candy colors Arlen told me he used to mix silkscreen-printing dyes (inks) with clear acrylic lacquer. I asked Arlen what brand of acrylic lacquer he liked to use, and he said Ditzler… not because he thought it was the best, but probably because that was what his local automotive paint supply store sold. Arlen went on to talk about how he, and his pin stripper developed a special striping paint that would go under clear without blowing up like One-Shot enamel was famous for. I can’t remember all the facts, I don’t know where I left my notes from that day, and I didn’t get around to calling Arlen to ask him again — I think I was chicken. Sometime soon I need to call Arlen about shooting his ’56 Ford pickup for Custom Classic Trucks, so I’ll ask him to tell me again, and get the rest of the story posted.
Moving on to another example why it’s so important to write every bit of custom culture history down is that things are changing everyday. On Tuesday morning, July 20, 2010, Larry Watson, one of custom painting’s leading Pioneers passed away. The one link is to an article my friend Tim Bernsau at Street Rodder wrote about Larry, and the other is to the story I did while I was at Custom Classic Trucks.
In 1974 when I first returned to the States, I responded to an ad in the LA Times that Watson ran looking for a custom painter. I drove from my El Monte, home to Watson’s Melrose and Gower location in Hollywood and got the job. The first day I worked there a wild looking little broad in a Black 240-Z came in, and wanted some touch-up work on the custom paint job Larry did. That night I was watching the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and she was on it, her name was Lola Falana.
The next day a real good-looking girl in a Candy Pagan Gold Mercedes-Benz 250SL, came in asking to see Larry. The guys I worked with said the Mercedes was a gift to her from Elvis, and they had just finished painting it. Larry Watson taught me how to shoot candy colors the right way. I was guide-coating a car when Larry walked up and grabbed the gun away from me, and barked “you don’t stripe it like a Goddamned watermelon, you shoot it like a candy. I got the point and the next time I shot a candy job it turned out better.
I only worked for Larry for about a week and a half, before things went bad. Larry had a policy that if you scratched a piece of trim, or molding on a car you had to pay for it. I was hand-sanding a Porsche 911S, and I was supposed to do from start to finish, when one of the guys asked me why I wasn’t using a dual-action air sander to sand the car. He loaned me his D-A and things started to go pretty good until I reached across the Porsche’s roof and stretched to grab the sander. The thing got away from me and buzzed across the windshield and moldings leaving a deep 36-grit path from top to bottom.
I didn’t say a word to anyone. I just walked out to my black 340 Duster, and drove away without earning a dime. Years later I rode my Superglide out to Norco, and checked out Larry’s customizing museum. Larry remembered me he had an incredible memory. The last time I spoke to Watson was when I took the picture of him with Bo Huff that I put on the cover of Custom Classic Truck.
— John Gilbert
THIS JUST IN FROM THE BIKERNET STATE UNIVERSITY–Psychiatrists vs. Bartenders: Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had a fear of someone under my bed at night.
So I went to a shrink and told him . . . ‘I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.’
‘Just put yourself in my hands for one year,’ said the shrink. ‘Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears..’
‘How much do you charge?’
‘Eighty dollars per visit,’ replied the Doctor.
‘I’ll sleep on it,’ I said.
Six months later the doctor met me on the street. ‘Why didn’t you ever come to see me about those fears you were having?’ he asked.
‘Well, eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money! A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money that I went and bought me a new Harley!’
‘Is that so!’ With a bit of an attitude he said, ‘and how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?’ ‘He told me to cut the legs off the bed! Ain’t nobody under there now!’
SCREW THOSE SHRINKS.. GO HAVE A DRINK & TALK TO YOUR BARTENDER!
Life is too short…..drink more beer today 🙂
–Buckshot
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FROM THE CAGER HALLS OF HISTORY– Some old cars that Romeo Palamides built.
–PSD
THE METRIC CONTROVERSY COMES TO BIKERNET– Is it cool to read and be on Bikernet even if I ride metric? Coming back into the riding scene after being away for around 5 years. Picked up a low mile ’00 Honda Shadow Ace Tourer, so I will be back in the wind (albeit with less hair to get messed up 🙂
I got the itch (not that it really left), so lets say I got an INCREASED itch to ride again after seeing the multitude of bikes traveling I-94 on a recent trip that my wife and I took across our great state of North Dakota. Our car trip started in Fargo, went to the west end of the state that features the beautiful badlands areas, then back east to our home in Fargo. As I said, the bikes were everywhere on I-94, riders enjoying the freedom and I said to myself. Damn it, life is too fucking short, it’s time to ride again……
Hence my question, can I have your blessing, even tho I’m going to ride metric, to hangout in Bikernet? 😉
–Ron Dankmyer,
Fargo
We were forced to call an emergency editorial meeting and conference, after a 4-hour seminar on on-the-job stress management. Three fights broke out over the agenda, and one female staffer darted from the inlaid room in tears. We broke from the decision-making process at 4:00 a.m. to complete the news, before the ardent debate continues.–Coral
NEW PROJECT REPORT FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER– Been busy with the work (made Service Manager), the band the kid and the ol lady.
Another just crazy stroke of good luck hit. I had to sell my ’09 Fat Bob when I got laid off last year. Sucked.
The family that supported me through AMI just gave me a frankenstein bike with an 80-inch EVO that they only put 1000 miles on.
I’m ripping the guts out to make a custom for myself out of a donated Daytec 200 softail frame.
I hate silver painted engines so I’m breaking it apart to paint the cases black. Do you have any suggestions for performance parts I could add when reassembling?
I’m taking pics from bare frame to completion. I’ll keep you posted on the progress.
Thanks, and did you hear Jared Peterson is dating the girl we met at Bike Week thanks to you?
Forever grateful to you and your site
–Joel Mercado
I’m going to put you in touch with Rosie, at Zipper’s. There are a bunch of options. Look forward to progress reports.–Wrench
THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY SUPER HANDY WORD OF THE DAY:– occlude uh-KLOOD, verb–
1. To shut in, out, or off.
2. Physical Chemistry. (Of certain metals and other solids) to incorporate (gases and other foreign substances), as by absorption or adsorption.
3. Dentistry. To shut or close, with the cusps of the opposing teeth of the upper and lower jaws fitting together.
Were you afraid that this person would eclipse you, would occlude your very being, that your life would become the baby and nothing else, and that – and this is the most important thing – you wouldn’t mind?
— Joanna Smith Rakoff, A fortunate age: a novel
Unwin closed his dreaming eyes, but he could not occlude the vision of the man thrashing where he sat.
— Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection
Occlude owes its popular usage to the dental term occlusion, “the fitting together of the teeth of the lower jaw with the corresponding teeth of the upper jaw when the jaws are closed.”
HELP SUPPORT H.R. 5580 by Contacting Your Representative–Take Action! AMA & ATVA Ask for your help to support more transparency and public input in the National Monument designation process.
On July 14, 2010, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and its sister organization, the All-Terrain Vehicle Association (ATVA), sent a letter to Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) in support of H.R. 5580, the National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010.
The bill would create a process of public involvement and open disclosure of plans to create new monument designations. Additionally, parameters around designations would be established that limit the area to be protected to only what is “essential to ensure” proper care and management.
H.R. 5580 would also require each designation to be accompanied by impact reports on the local, state and federal economies and how as many current public uses, such as off-highway motorized recreation, can be maintained.
The AMA and ATVA are calling on all members and responsible motorized recreation enthusiasts to contact their Representatives and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 5580.
You can find contact information for your elected officials at www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com > Rights > Issues & Legislation, then enter your zip code in the “Find Your Officials” box. A prewritten e-mail is available for you to send your Representative immediately by following the “Take Action” option and entering your information. The AMA encourages riders to personalize their message by drawing on their own personal riding experiences.
Please write or call your Representative today and ask them to cosponsor H. R. 5580.
FALLBROOK ART CENTER MOTORCYCLE EXHIBIT–Small, quality exhibit with about 35 bikes.
Met with Executive Director of the Fallbrook Art Center, Mary Perhacs (760-522-4025) to discuss this unique exhibit.
Features a wide variety of machines for a small exhibit. Bikes range from an 1899 Peugeot Trike to machines from the present.
There’s even a Dave Perewitz FXR there.
Good lineup of racing and street bikes. Local Fallbrook collector, Greg MacDonald, curated the majority of the bikes. Another local resident, Jim Swan, brought in contacts from his days as a motorcycle dealer in Illinois and teamed up with the Monster Energy Drink sponsors. They championed the Supercross/Motocross part of the exhibit.
Each bike has a placard of historical information which really added to the exhibit’s credibility.
Exactly what a gearhead like me needed today.
Exhibit runs until August 15, 2010. It’s a beautiful bike ride from anywhere in SoCal.
Address:
103 S. Main Ave.
Fallbrook, CA 92028
Phone: 760-728-1414
Sundays Noon till 3:00 pm
Daily: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
HELP A BRO OUT– Hey, Bros… If you run across any of this stuff dirt cheap, lemme know, willyas?? Losing Reggie’s lawsuit against the quack that paralyzed her, wiped us out to the tune of $150,000 for expert witnesses, attorney fees, etc. Lucky to keep our house. I’m just tryin’ to stick something together cheap to keep myself sane an’ out’a prison. That little fuckin’ weasel…
Rebuildable Evo engine
Front caliper mount for springer
H-D 6-speed o.d. guts
Salinas Boys bobber gas tank (with rib down center)
Triumph style ribbed rear fender
Raked trees
–Buckshot
QUICK, A BLONDE JOKE– A redhead says to a blond, “I just had a Brazilian”. Blonde replies Oh My God you slut!! How many is a Brazilian???
–from Keith Silcox
MRF Washington Update– The Motorcycle Riders Foundation has learned that a letter has been sent by 4 US Senators to President Obama criticizing the recent announcement by the EPA to delay the mandate that would force gasoline manufactures to move from 10% ethanol/gasoline blends to 15% ethanol in its blends. The new blend is commonly referred to as e-15. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.) all signed a letter delivered to Obama yesterday, June 23rd. The senators, all from states that have a large economic interest in ethanol, stated that the gulf oil spill underlines the need for less reliance on fossil fuels and a greater need for more ethanol use.
The EPA decided to push a deadline on issuing a rulemaking that would mandate the use of 15% blends across the country. The new time frame is early fall for release of the ruling. The EPA states that the new blend will be safe in auto engines manufactured after 2001, after testing just 18 vehicles. It is not clear if any of those vehicles were a motorcycle. The agency went on to state that it is also not clear if the new blend would damage vehicles earlier than 2001.
Ethanol causes an engine to run hotter and get less gas mileage, but it does reduce carbon monoxide emissions making it the darling of environmentalist groups. However, air cooled engines are likely to run so hot with the new blend that engine damage is almost going to be unavoidable.
The lawmakers called that first delay “unnecessary and unfortunate” in their letter but said they are more concerned about news late last week that EPA will not make a decision until later this fall.
This second delay should “not be tolerated,” the lawmakers said. The letter asks Obama to “take all action necessary” to expedite the waiver petition and immediately consider an interim blend of 12 percent ethanol.
The same problems arise with a 12% blend as with a 15% blend. No one knows what the compromise blend will do to motorcycles, air cooled engines, or other vehicles pre 2001.
Should you hail from one of the States that the four Senators are from, the MRF encourages you to contact them and ask for proof that the new blend will not harm the engines in question. All others are encouraged to contact the White House on this important matter. “Its crucial that the American people press for more testing on this issue as Obama cabinet members have gone on record saying they ‘are confident’ this new measure will be approved” said Jeff Hennie, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs for the
Motorcycle Riders Foundation.
White House Contact info
On the phone: Comments: 202-456-1111, Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
Highway Bill – At a recent meeting with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), the chief architect of the financing portion of the next Highway Authorization Bill, the MRF learned that the support for the robust financing the bill deserves is just not there. With Federal spending already at an all-time high, the political will to raise any funds for the bill has slipped away for the time being. It’s unlikely at this point that a final bill will be passed before the current extension is up at the end of this year. The MRF encourages you to attend any town hall style meetings your Senators or Representatives may hold over the 4th of July break and urge them to get a bill passed soon.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation will keep you updated on these and any other issues affecting motorcyclists.
RODAN VINTAGE BIKE DEAL OF THE WEEK–
This one is my old red Panhead, 1949, mostly stock motor, just a bobber kinda bike. I put it together about 25 years ago, put lots of easy miles on it. Good paint job, Ralph Spires pin striped it.
The rear fender fab work was covered by Randy Smith in Choppers mag. It has a DRF pink, with no engine number on the pink, so you can run any engine in it without doing any paperwork. I’d like to get $8000 for it, what do you think ?
–Tom Evans
oileaky2@yahoo.com
WE’VE GOT THEM ALL SURROUNDED–Brighton, MI – Hell’s Foundry proudly introduces another hot enhancement for your Road Glide.
The new Chrome Plated Instrument Surround / Switch Cover feature a design incorporating the function of the Instrument Bezel and a switch cover.
The design brings Chrome to the switch area, as well as the instrument area. A feature requested by many Road Glide owners. We added quite a bit more style into the Surround, giving your bike a custom look.
Fits all 1998 and newer FLTR Road Glides. Installs in under 10 minutes. Complete with chrome hardware and simple installation instructions.
For additional information: www.hellsfoundry.com or 866.999.HELL (4355).
US EPA Considers Lowering Motorcycle Sound Emissions Levels– The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) has learned that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun collecting data from the industry to consider lowering the allowable decibel level for motorcycles. Currently the allowable sound any vehicle can generate is capped at 83db.
The EPA has sent letters to nine companies that either import or build aftermarket exhaust systems or complete motorcycles. This small sample size is troubling for a couple of reasons. First, it is not representative of the much larger motorcycling community that will be affected by changing the regulation, rendering the survey results questionable at best. Second, any time a federal agency wants to spend taxpayer money to survey a group of 10 or more individuals or organizations, they must obtain approval from the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The approval process isn’t easy and can often be drawn out, giving American citizens the right to weigh in on the agency’s application for permission to survey. However, when an agency only contacts nine organizations, they don’t have to tell anyone or get permission from the OMB to move forward on the survey, making the process lack transparency.
Why just motorcycles? It appears that the EPA doesn’t want to curb all noise, or even all vehicle noise, just noise coming from two-wheeled vehicles. We at the MRF find that distinction discriminatory and simply unacceptable, not to mention that it suggests a more personal agenda and not an agency-wide push. What sort of impact will new decibel levels have on retailers and ultimately motorcycle owners? Alarmingly, this does not appear to have been addressed. After reviewing the survey questions, it appears that the EPA is only concerned with the impact on manufacturers.
While public correspondence has not revealed the EPA’s true intention to lower the allowable decibel limit, the EPA indicated in a private phone call with the MRF that it would certainly not be raising the standard or keeping it the same. That leaves one option, lowering the decibel standard for motorcycles.
The MRF is working with Congress to get the EPA to explain their intentions and motivations. The MRF is also working to meet directly with the EPA to further determine exactly is going on with this issue.
PLUEDDEMAN TO TAKE MABEL’S TRI-STATE CHALLENGE–
97 Miles, Three States, Twice Over the Mississippi, to Find a Cure for Diabetes
OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 16, 2010) — Charles Plueddeman, the cyclist too tough for Death Valley, has announced he will participate in the 2010 Wisconsin JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Ride to Cure Diabetes. This 97-mile, one-day ride leaves LaCrosse, Wis. on August 14 and follows a route that will pass through three states and make two crossings of the mighty Mississippi River. Plueddeman will be riding in honor of his 11-year-old daughter, Mabel Kay, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age two.
“After three successful outings on the JDRF Death Valley Ride, I’ve figured out it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity that really poses a challenge,” said Plueddeman. “It was hot in Death Valley, but it’s dry as a bone. This year, I’ll be joining the new Wisconsin ride, pedaling with a few hundred other brave souls into the teeth of dangerous Midwest humidity. I hope this effort dramatizes my dedication to supporting the great work of JDRF in funding research that has helped millions of diabetics cope with their disease, and may some day bring a cure for kids like Mabel.”
SUPPORT CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN ON THE JDRF RIDE TO CURE DIABETES
It’s not just a bike ride — IT’S A FUND RAISER! And it’s easy to contribute.
You can visit my secure JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes website at this link: http://ride.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=rideCentral.personalpage&riderID=10045
Make a tax-deductible contribution there by credit card. It takes just a few seconds.
OR CONTRIBUTE BY MAIL
Send a check payable to JDRF to:
Mabel’s Ride
1161 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh WI 54901
LATEST SCOTT JACOBS’ MASTERPIECE REVEALED ON BIKERNET– Only one Scott Jacobs’ painting done annually is THE most anticipated artwork of the year and you are seeing it here for the first time. The top visual shows the photograph Scott is using as a guide for the painting and below that is a picture of the “painting in progress” or the actual work. First some background and then the reason we are releasing this:
The official Sturgis paintings the last two years have depicted family members of Scott’s; his daughter Olivia ( IN YOUR DREAMS ), and his father Dallas ( FACE TO FACE ). This year’s version features Scott’s daughter Alexa in MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, a fitting tribute to the spirit of motorcycling especially by the feminine genre. This period masterpiece was shot at the famous gas station: Tower Conoco in Texas which has been in existence since 1938 and is a landmark. In creating this piece Scott combined several desirable elements: classic “49 and “52 Harleys, his beautiful daughter Alexa, vintage landmark gas station and a big salute to women who “ride their own”. On the wall witness the “Sturgis 70” sign commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Sturgis Rally this year and also Rt. 70 which runs through Texas on the way to Sturgis. Upon completion, Scott will have labored in the neighborhood of 500 hours on this painting for your enjoyment in the years to come.
The reason we are releasing “My Way or the Highway” in this manner is to offer you a great opportunity. If you already own a previous official Sturgis canvas and would like a matching number on My Way, we will do everything in our power to make that happen. Time is of the essence, though, as we leave next week for the HD dealer meeting and then right on to Sturgis. If you would like to own a previous Sturgis image (or two), we can still match some sets on a very limited basis and will roll back prices to the opening cost. Don’t delay as this year’s Sturgis offering is sure to be a hit amongst Scott Jacobs’ thousands of collectors worldwide. Ron Copple, 303-431-4453
LARGE: 40 X 28 CANVAS FRAMED $1465; GALLERY PRICE: $1950
BIKERNET MALAYSIAN CORRESPONDENT PLANS MAJOR STATESIDE RUN– Trev and I are doing the East West run, from British Columbia to Halifax thru Canada, and the return thur the US, via Sturgis. This is a planned event of 18 days, so half my time is taken up on this trip.
Attached photo’s, starting to build another scooter .. ride side drive Kraft Tech frame ..
–Burt
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“TRIUMPH NIGHT” PRESENTED BY IRON HORSE MAGAZINE
AT THE BROKEN SPOKE CAMPGROUND! — Broken Spoke teams up with Iron Horse Magazine, Triumph Motorcycles, Vega Helmets, Amsoil and many more at Sturgis for Motorcycle giveaway!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11th
Sturgis, South Dakota
Part of the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
(Sturgis, SD — July 22, 2010) The Broken Spoke Campground and Iron Horse Magazine proudly announce “Triumph Night” on Wednesday, August 11th where a Triumph Motorcycle will be given away! The Broken Spoke Campground is located on Highway 79 North, just past Bear Butte State Park in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Iron Horse Magazine is throwing a party at the Broken Spoke Campground on 79 North in Sturgis, giving away a motorcycle and a ton of other great prizes – and you’re invited! The “Win A Triumph” Sweepstakes has hit the Broken Spoke Saloon in Daytona, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach and Laconia, and will culminate in Sturgis with a biker bash and grand prize giveaway. People have entered the sweepstakes to win a Triumph Thunderbird at each Broken Spoke location during the rallies. You will still have a chance to enter on-site in Sturgis at the Broken Spoke Campground until Tuesday, August 10th. All entries will be compiled and a winner will be chosen at the Iron Horse Magazine party on Wednesday, August 11th at the Broken Spoke Campground on 79 North. All are invited to enjoy the party and to enter to win tons of other amazing prizes from Iron Horse Magazine, Vega Helmets, Sons of Anarchy, Amsoil, the Broken Spoke and many more.
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If you missed your chance to enter at the Broken Spoke Saloon, you can still enter the sweepstakes online at www.brokenspoke.com/winatriumph, where you can also find a special discount for the Broken Spoke Campground in Sturgis. The Broken Spoke Campground is the perfect place to spend your Sturgis vacation – 600 acres just near beautiful Bear Butte with a 45,000 sq. ft. ride-thru bar & concert hall with a repair shop, cigar shop, martini bar, merchandise store, lingerie bar and Legends Gallery inside. An Olympic size pool & tiki bar with hot tubs and live music is free to the public, and will feature headliner concerts such as Eddie Money, .38 Special, Warrant, Black Stone Cherry, Gallagher, Great White and Dokken – free for all campers and just $10 for everyone else. The campground has the best rates and nicest facilities around with tent camping, oversized RV spots, private air-conditioned cabins and bathhouses with private, hot showers. Campers & visitors can also enjoy complimentary Iron Horse Magazines, a General Store, Free Wi-Fi, the Wall of Death, Biker Breakfast, Good ‘ol Days Raceway, “The Wall that Heals” Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica Wall and much more.
Check out www.brokenspoke.com/winatriumph to see how you could leave Sturgis, South Dakota on your brand-new Triumph Thunderbird!
The Broken Spoke Saloon in downtown Sturgis, SD is located at 905 Lazelle Street.
Visit: www.brokenspoke.com
FREEDOM STILL RINGS– First I want to announce that the California noise bill
SB435 is not law yet, although the EPA is moving in a similar direction. Did you know a European country lowered mandatory motorcycle noise limits and the accident and death rate immediately increased. They backed off the noise issue.
Did you know that the accident and death rates in states without helmet laws dropped significantly. The more helmet laws repealed the better the rates. Whatta life. Keep up the fight.
Hang on for several new features, and we have a Rogue dresser handling tech I need to launch. Have a helluva weekend.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
