Hey,
I’m going to make this a quick intro, ‘cause the year is already flying. I wish I had time to document every little goddamn thing I do this year. Hell, I think it would make a helluva book.
Let’s hit the news running:
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CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago…
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt…
We had the largest middle class in the world…
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell
‘politicians!’
And I still have to
Press ‘1 ‘
For English.
What the hell has happened to our country?????
–from Art Hall
14 GOVERNORS: Prepare State Militia Defenses, To Be Ready Against Obama’s Rogue Federal Forces–
by: Thomas Jefferson
Obama fearing a revolution against him by the states, has moved swiftly by nationalizing nearly all National Guard Forces in multiple states; Georgia, Alabama, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana, South Carolina – to name a few.
The Governors of the Great States of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia still have under their Command-and-Control the State Defense Forces to go against U.S. Federal forces should the need arise. Also important to note: There are NO U.S. laws prohibiting National Guard troops from also joining their State’s Defense Forces. This dilemma occurred during the Civil War with many “citizen soldiers” choosing to serve their states instead of the Federal Government.
Obama is angered by the several State Governors who have reestablished “State Defense Forces.” These forces are described as: “State Defense Forces (also known as State Guards, State Military Reserves, State Militias) in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government; they are not regulated by the National Guard Bureau nor are they part of the ArmyNational Guard of the United States.
State Defense Forces are authorized by state and federal law and are under the command of the governor of each state. State Defense Forces are distinct from their state’s National Guard in that they cannot become federal entities.
Motorcycle Riders should be ready to defend themselves and property as well!!!
–from Rogue
MAVTV LIVE RACING EVENTS SIGNS NEW HOST– CORONA, Calif. (Jan. 2, 2014)-Renowned motor racing broadcaster Dave Despain has signed a two-year contract with MAVTV American Real to host the network’s five live events, beginning with the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire on Jan. 18, and a series of 30-minute, one-on-one programs interviewing drivers and other personalities from across the diverse American racing landscape.
The 67-year old Despain was attracted to joining the burgeoning independent network owned by Forrest Lucas by the opportunity to return to working at the race track and hosting the “Dave Despain Show.”
“I’m really excited to get back to the grass roots of racing,” Despain said. “And I’m also excited about being able to do a series of long-form interviews, the majority of which will feature the legends of grass roots racing. We’ll try to mix it up and have an interesting variety of personalities from all over the racing world.
“I’ve watched Forrest Lucas and Lucas Oil emerging as a power in the racing world over a long span of time and was very interested in how they’ve used racing to promote their products. It was obvious to me it was part marketing genius and part passion. When I interviewed Forrest on ‘Wind Tunnel,’ he verbalized a world I’m very interested in, a passion for racing which I share. As far as MAVTV, just because it’s TV and I’m in the TV business, I was following what they were doing.”
“When Lucas bought MAVTV, I thought maybe it would be a good place to be somewhere down the road,” Despain said. “Did I want to retire or do another deal that was interesting, fun and exciting? MAVTV offered me an opportunity to kind of get back to where I started.
“People assume that if you’re in the racing scene, you’re at the track all the time. In reality, doing a Sunday night studio race show, you’re not ever at the racetrack. I missed that. There’s nothing like being face-to-face with a person. I like hosting a lot. It plays into what I consider my strength, being able to place an event in a larger picture context. There are stories I’m anxious to tell.”
MAVTV American Real President Bob Patison, also the Executive Vice President of Lucas Oil, found the perfect fit for the network’s racing expansion. “We brought in an icon,” Patison said. “Dave is probably the best known face and voice in motor racing on television.”
The Chili Bowl is an indoor event for midget race cars with about 275 entries in Tulsa, Okla.The network will also broadcast live the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series’ East Bay Late Model Nationals from Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 15, the Show Me 100 (Late Models) from Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., on May 24, the Late Model Nationals from Knoxville, Iowa, on Sept. 27,the Lucas Oil Challenge Cup (Short Course Off Road) from Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Oct. 18 and many more live events.
Despain has been broadcasting motor racing for 40 years. He’s worked for ABC, CBS, ESPN and SPEED.
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office
~Aesop~
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.
~Will Rogers~
–from Vern
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. –Helen Keller
WOW another year has come to an end. It is amazing how the older we get the faster time passes. I guess it is all relative, when we are two, a year is half of our Life, at sixty a year is one sixtieth of our Life so logically time passes much quicker the older we get.
As I have said many times we must make every second count, for we don’t know how many we have left. One of the To Do’s on my list is to Live every minute to the fullest, to not waste a second on negativity, hate, resentments, fear, guilt, doubt or anything that does not serve my Highest Good or the Best for others.
I am making the choice to Love Life and Look for the Good in everyone and everything. As we begin this New Year open up to the Divine Flow of Love and Good in your world, you deserve it, make 2014 be a year of Living your Truth, to Live Life at a New and Higher level of Expression.
Today I am fully Present.
And So It Is
Namaste’
–Yale
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UNCLE MONKEY ON SHOP TOOLS–
As I squirrel away the last of my tools and parts into my garage I’m starting to tinker away at a few small projects. Nothing major but just something to fill a few moments as I figure out the perfect spot for the few remaining items still on the floor.
The pressure is on to keep the space clean. A fresh new shop inspires us to keep it clean. When before I was happy to let those metal spirals we cut out of a piece of metal to fall to the ground and roll to the dark recesses under the bench to never be thought of again. Now, I have my trusty shop vac out getting the last little piece cleaned up.
Perhaps it is because the space is nice and toasty warm, I’m not longing to get in out of the cold and warm myself with a tumbler of Jack & Coke.
A new shop and a new outlook for a new year.
-bad Uncle Monkey
ROGER MCGRATH’S MATCH/NORTON MAKING HISTORY ON BIKERNET–Even back in the early 1970s, it was easy to see Roger McGrath was going places…fast!
Obviously that first Matchless left a permanent impression. Fast forward to late May 2013 and we find Roger wrenching side by side with longtime buddy Sonny Nutter at L.A.’s Garage Company. Roger had dropped by the vintage bike emporium to do some fine tuning on his beautifully restored 1968 Matchless 750cc G15-CS Scrambler.
–Mistress Chris
WHAT THE HELL?–Well it’s snowing today, 21 degrees.. A heat wave!!
Watching the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Ca.
Nice day there!! WTF?
–Paul
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRAY BRINGS YOU SAD, SAD NEWS
FYI – There will be no Nativity Scene in Washington this year! The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in The capital this Christmas season.
This isn’t for any religious reason, they simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the Nation’s capital, nor could they find a virgin.
–Rogue
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Freakin’ cold, 12 degrees. here with 3-feet of snow! Sucks!
Hey I used a Unbrako screw chart for years,
when I was designing tooling. That’s how I know the Company name.
Have a good one. Get ready for the cold buddy, it’s been brutal this year!
–PSD
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BIKERNET TO UNVEIL LEATHER LINE IN CINCY AT EASYRIDERS V-TWIN SHOW—This show is turning into the grand daddy of dealer shows. The last one that’s true to it’s industry.
For the first time Bikernet will display our apparel and a couple of surprise products. Here’s some teasers regarding the new leather line designed by a couple of long time brothers in the industry, Bob Kay, and Jeff Najar. This shit is cool and will be marketed under the 5-Ball Racing name.
And watch for our surprise product line exclusively from Ray C. Wheeler.
–Bandit
BAD COP FILE NOW OPEN–DC’s Dirty Dozen: 12 SHOCKING police abuse stories of 2013:
Posted By Robby Soave
America’s police force can claim many victims this year: From senior citizens gunned down in their own homes during botched drug raids to non-violent offenders murdered via police neglect for their most basic needs.
The Daily Caller chronicled the worst police abuse stories of 2013, and has learned a few unfortunate lessons:
You can be killed by police for possessing trivial amounts of marijuana — or even no drugs at all. If your autistic son tells you he met a new friend at school, that friend could be a narcotics officer trying to trick him into selling drugs. And whatever you do, stay the hell away from New Mexico cops.
Without further adieu, here is TheDC’s Dirty Dozen: The 12 most terrifying, representative police abuse stories of 2013.
12) Father arrested for picking up his kid from school — Parent be warned: If you do not rigorously adhere to the Orwellian pick-up laws at your kids’ elementary schools, you can and will be hauled off to jail. Tennessee father Jim Howe recorded his exchange with a school administrator and safety officer, in which he was told that trying to bring his kids home a little early was “disorderly conduct.”
The officer also threatened to arrest Howe’s girlfriend for recording the incident. If the cops let everybody record them, how would they get away with their bad behavior?
11) Shock video: Police slams inmate’s head against wall, producing bloody smear –
Mistreatment of suspects and jail inmates is a sad, recurring police motif. But few were as visceral as this one. Drunk driving suspect James Duckworth was handcuffed and cooperative when officer Charles Broaderick slammed his head into the wall. Duckworth was bleeding and barely conscious as the abuse continued: Broaderick even tried to wrap a plastic bag around the suspect’s head.
Kudos to the Marion County police department for charging Broaderick with assault and bringing a measure of accountability to the situation.
Marion County Police / Screenshot
10) Felony weapons charge for student who brought fishing supplies to school — This is mostly the fault of the school district for having in place a draconian ban on weapons both real and imaginary.
Still, it was an unwarranted police search that led to the discovery of the cache of weapons — a dreaded fishing tackle box! — in student Cody Chitwood’s vehicle.
Chitwood, an avid fisherman, is worried the felony charge will interfere with his dream of joining the Air Force. But at least his school is safe from the terrible threat of a couple fishhooks.
9) Police allegedly beat 13-year-old with cell phone, broke his nose — This Chicago-area teen evidently knows more about his Constitutional rights than the police do.
After wisely declining to answer police questions without first consulting a lawyer — or at least his mother — an officer smashed his face in with a cell phone, according to his lawsuit. Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Garcia left the police station with a broken nose and considerable skepticism about police authority.
“If the police is doing this, who do I call if I’m in danger because they’re the ones doing the danger,” he said in a statement.
Jonathan Garcia / Paint
8) Kids no longer sure who to trust after police arrest all their friends; Autistic kid entrapped — The sheriff’s department in Riverside County, California must be obsessed with the recent movie “21 Jump Street,” which follows the exploits of two fictional narcotics officers pretending to be high school students in order to bust a local drug dealer inside the school. Maybe it’s funny when Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill do it, but in real life, it’s just awful.
At the end of the semester at Perris High School and Paloma Valley High School, students watched as dozens of their classmates were hauled off to jail for possessing or selling various drugs, including marijuana and cocaine. The arrests were made by undercover officers who had posed as high school students.
Even worse was a story of an earlier sting operation at a different high school, where one of the arrested students was an autistic boy. His parents said he had always had trouble making friends, and was caught off guard by the sudden friendship of another student, who proved to be an undercover narcotics officer. The officer tricked the boy into selling him drugs, according to the parents.
But hey, what’s more important: an autistic teenager’s trust issues, or relentlessly prosecuting the War on Drugs?
7) Police force black men to act like chimps, film it — Certain members of the police force of Grosse Pointe Park–a wealthy, largely white suburb of Detroit — were found to have frequently stopped black men on the streets of Detroit, asked them to make ape-like gestures and noises, and filmed the results.
The cop or cops involved then shared the abjectly racist videos and pictures with friends.
The police department is investigating, and has handed out suspensions. It’s going to take a lot more than that to convince minority citizens of GPP and Detroit that the police are on their side, however.
6) Texas teen spends months in jail for threat during video game; second teen arrested — Like professional sports, online video games are competitive environments, and trash talk can escalate. When someone says something potentially threatening in an online chat window, what should the response be?
Whatever the answer to that question, two recent cases provided textbook examples of how NOT to react to vaguely offensive internet speech. Fearing that clearly sarcastic messages were indeed actual threats, police raided two teenager’s homes last year and arrested the perpetrators in two distinct situations: 17-year-old Justin Carter and 19-year-old Josh Pillault.
Neither teen possessed weapons, motives or actual intentions to commit violent acts. Yet both were held in jail for months before authorities decided what to do with them–and now face huge fines and decades in prison.
At least the cases have generated nearly unanimous outrage. From National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke: “Even if one considers that Carter’s joke met the ‘imminent lawless action’ threshold — which I absolutely do not — the subsequent search and questioning of the suspect rendered it demonstrably clear that Carter did not present anything close. That the case has been carried beyond that point is astonishing — and unconstitutional.”
5) Jail guards ignore 22-year-old inmate’s dairy allergy, killing him – The most depressing story of police-on-inmate brutality this year isn’t actually brutal. What killed minor drug offender Michael Saffioti wasn’t guns, fists or billy clubs: It was nothing more than sadistic negligence.
Saffioti was serving a short stint in jail for missing a court hearing relating to a prior marijuana conviction. The 22-year-old lived in constant fear of his debilitating allergies, and used pot to calm his nerves.
Snohomish County Jail officials were well aware of Saffioti’s dairy allergies when they gave him breakfast. He even asked specifically whether the food was dairy-based, fearing the worst. But after being repeatedly told to just eat his food, Saffioti complied. Soon after, knowing he was as good as poisoned, the man begged his guards to bring a doctor. Instead, they shuttled him back to his cell, where he died — a casualty of marijuana prohibition and bureaucratic dehumanization.
4) Family calls 911 for help, cops show up and kill son — An adverse reaction to diabetes medication sent 43-year-old Jack Lamar Roberson into an agitated state. Fearing for his safety, rather than their own, Roberson’s family members called 911 to send medical help.
Instead, the dispatcher sent two officers, who shot Roberson to death upon their arrival at the home.
The police claimed that Roberson was armed and dangerous — a fact disputed by Roberson’s devastated mother.
“We don’t own two decent knives,” she said in a statement.
3) Police smell meth, raid home, kill 80-year-old man, find no meth — If the Roberson case demonstrates that you can be killed by the police for doing very little wrong, what happened to Eugene Mallory is evidence that you can be killed by the police for doing almost nothing wrong. Los Angeles County deputies raided Mallory’s home in the middle of the night after smelling chemicals while outside — the ingredients for manufacturing methamphetamine, they assumed.
Inside, police found no meth. What they did find was a half-asleep 80-year-old man with bad eyesight. Frightened by the disturbance, Mallory apparently reached for a gun and was killed by an officer. Police insist that the old man fired first, though his wife disputes this.
After the fact, a police spokesperson implied that Mallory’s fate was the old man’s old fault: “The lesson here is, and forgive me for stating the obvious, but don’t pull a gun on a deputy.”
Perhaps a more obvious lesson would be “Don’t assault on old man in his own home in the dead of night on a completely unfounded pretext.”
2) Car crash victim calls for help, is shot to death by police instead — If the Roberson case demonstrates that you can be killed by the police for doing very little wrong, and the Mallory case demonstrates that you can be killed by police for doing almost nothing wrong, what happened to Jonathan Ferrell is evidence that you can be killed by the police for doing absolutely, objectively nothing wrong.
Ferrell was in a bad car crash. He exited the vehicle and ran to a nearby house for help. When the Charlotte, North Carolina police arrived, they shot and killed him.
It’s difficult to deny the racial details of the case. Ferrell, a black man, had the stocky build of a former Texas A&M football player. The owner of the home thought he was trying to break into the house, and called the police. And the cops, of course, assumed he was up to no good.
Ferrell was just shy of his 25th birthday, and engaged to be married.
The police department agreed that the shooting was unwarranted, and has charged the offending officer with voluntary manslaughter.
1) Horror: Police force man to undergo invasive anal operation; it happened again; STOP THE MADNESS — The previous 11 stories on the list are tragic and horrifying, but not surprising to anyone who has followed police brutality stories over the years. This story, on the other hand, will shock even the most cynical anti-authoritarian.
In at least three instances, police have pulled over random drivers, hauled them to a nearby hospital and forced them to undergo invasive procedures, operations and surgeries — all for the purpose of finding nonexistent drugs in their body cavities.
One of the victims — a woman — has claimed sexual abuse, since the officers actually started sticking their fingers in her vagina before taking her to a hospital to continue the investigation.
The other two victims — both men — suffered old-fashioned, regular abuse and the hands of New Mexico police. The first victim, David Eckert, was suspected of carrying drugs because he was believed to be clenching his buttocks. So police requested a warrant from a judge, which they then received. Eckert was transported to a nearby hospital, where doctors were asked to perform inspections. The doctors quite rightly refused, so Eckert was taken to another hospital: Gila Regional Medical Center. Long after the warrant had expired, Eckert was poked, prodded, forced to defecate in front of police and Gila Regional medical staff. He was then given full-on surgery: a colonoscopy.
Even more shocking: The hospital had the nerve to send Eckert the bill for his own abuse.
No drugs were found on — or inside — any of the three victims, of course. And it seems that a drug-sniffing dog with an expired license was the instigator in at least two of the investigations.
The silver lining for the three victims is that their lawsuits — against the police department and hospital — will likely net them millions of dollars.
The rest of the inhabitants of New Mexico are left to wonder whether aliens could treat them any worse than their own police force.
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CAN-AM SET TO RUN CUSTOM CAR WHEELS– C & S Custom Fits Honda, Acura, and Ford Wheels on the Can-Am Spyder
Lexington, NC – C & S Custom announced today that they have released wheel adapters for the Can-Am Spyder. These adapters allow an almost infinite choice of custom wheels that fit the 5×114 bolt pattern of Honda, Acura, and Ford.
“The C&S Custom’s wheel adapters are a direct bolt-on part, which means you can radically customize your Spyder in less than an hour,” said Jerome Allen, General Manager. “As long as the clearances are correct, just bolt on the adapter, then the wheel, and go.”
The Can-Am Spyder comes equipped with seven automotive technologies, including ABS, traction control and stability control, to name a few. Now enthusiasts can add less costly replacement wheels and tires to their trike.
As with all the firm’s products, these wheel adapters are machined in-house using only top quality 6061 T6 aluminum. This aluminum is military aircraft quality. It’s specified by C&S because of its tensile strength, fatigue limit and resistant to corrosion even when the surface is abraded.
The wheel adapter allows the enthusiast to stand out in the crowd while reducing wheel and tire replacement costs. Not inconsequentially, it makes the Can-Am® Spyder® the center of attention.
Visit the company online at www.candscustom.com/.
* * DREW’S (end of the year) NEWS * *–
First off, I suppose I should mention something about motorcycles to make it all official.
However, we will also, as always, have a blast at what we’re doing.
Our ‘77 XLCR Café Racer is getting a complete ground-up rebuild so as to be ready for its return to the Bonneville Salt Flats this coming August.
Hopefully to back up, and increase our standing AMA Landspeed Record in 1000/P/CG,
and set an AMA record in 1000/MPS/CF.
We are also building a 1960’s style skinny slick 93 cu in “Shovester” Drag Bike so my son Clayton can learn to enjoy the smell of tire smoke, race gas, and get a feel for the fun of Bracket Drag Racing.
There may also be the very slight possibility we could taking a New 2015 Harley-Davidson Street 500 with us to Bonneville to make a record attempt in the AMA 500-P-P Class (500cc Bone Stock).
Other than that it has been a wonderful year at the Gatewood Ranch, with the entire family from youngest to oldest all doing well, and healthy.
And to me that is always what stays at the top of the ladder.
Keep and eye open for future Drew’s News updates.
Lastly, and quite importantly, we hope the upcoming New Year brings you nothing but the best. Please read the following, and hope you enjoy.
–Drew
Something to think about for the New Year…
Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules.
The set of rules:
1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.
3. You may only spend it.
4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day.
5. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say,” Game Over ! It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted right?
Not only for yourself, but for all people you love. Even for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right?
You would try to spend every cent, and use it all, right?
ACTUALLY This GAME is REAL!
Shocked ?? YES!!
Each of us is already a winner of this PRIZE. We just can’t seem to see it.
This PRIZE is *TIME* !!
1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life,
2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us.
3. What we haven’t lived up that day is forever lost.
4. Yesterday is forever gone.
5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time WITHOUT WARNING….
SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about that, and always think of this:
Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.
So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!
Here’s wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day and a healthy, happy and joyous new year.
Start spending….
–DREW GATEWOOD
AMA/F.I.M. Technical Steward
(Motorcycle Landspeed Racing)
GEARS – Gatewood Engineering And Race Support
P.O. Box 2568
Chesterton, IN. 46304
tele/fax: 219-926-5647
email: gears55@frontier.com
www.gearswebsite.com
METZLER/DIRICO BLACK HAWK DOWN–At the recent IMS show in New York City, Metzler and Dirico Motorcycles USA unveiled the Black Hawk Down Custom Motorcycle, a one-of-a-kind custom designed motorcycle. On hand to help with the unveiling was Retired U.S. Army LTC. Danny R. McKnight, one of the real-life veterans portrayed in the book and movie. The two companies joined forces for this common cause with this motorcycle being sold at the upcoming Barrett Jackson Auction in Scottsdale January 12-19, 2014 with all proceeds going to the Veteran’s Count and Easter Seals Foundations.
“I want to personally thank Steve Talarico of Dirico Motorcycles USA for all he has done to coordinate this huge initiative, David Uhl for allowing us to share space in his booth with his amazing artwork, Chris Wall of Metzeler Tire for their sponsorship of the Black Hawk Down bike. Their support will mean tens of thousands of dollars of emergency financial assistance will go to deserving service members, veterans, and their families.” – Karen Van Der Beken, Chief Development Officer, Easter Seals of New England.
www.vetscount.org
“When I found out that Metzeler could be a part of helping out veterans and their families, we jumped at the opportunity. In motorcycling, one of our favorite words used to describe our passion is freedom. Well, it’s the veteran’s and their understanding families that put it all on the line for that freedom.
We are honored to be a part of the Veteran’s Count charity and to meet LTC. Danny R. McKnight, a true American hero, in person.” – Chris Wall, Marketing Director, Metzeler Tire.
Source and images: Velocity, Inc.
Posted by Sam Kanish
—from IronWorks Magazine
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CHIP FOOSE DESIGNS METALSPORT OUTKAST WHEELS–Southgate, CA – Being design pioneers, Metalsport, Inc. always has a variety of new wheel designs and products on the drawing board getting perfected by the likes of Matt Hotch and Chip Foose. Here’s the latest wheel that was designed by Chip Foose for Metalsport, Inc….it’s one of six different Foose designs called the Outkast.
Many of the world’s most respected builders like Matt Hotch, Shannon Davidson, Eddie Trotta, Donnie Smith, Dave Perewitz, Jim Nasi and custom car extrodanaire Chip Foose, to name a few, choose Metalsport, Inc. wheels for their bike builds. Even Keith R. Ball, the Doctor of Bikernet enjoys Metalsport wheels on project bikes and on their new Bonneville effort, World Fastest Trike.
Available in show quality luxurious chrome or black anodized with machined in contrasting designs and three different dimensions, 2-D, 2-D w/3-D Cut and Full Profile 3-D.
Metalsport, Inc. has a complete inventory of 26″ and 30″ wheels in various styles and finishes, including the new Outkast. We also have Vee Rubber Tires in stock in 26″ and 30″ sizes for the front and 310 and 360mm wide for the rear, as well as a variety of other sizes. Metalsport, Inc. offers wheel sizes to match all 25 of VEE Rubber tire sizes.
For more information on Metalsport, Inc., call them at 562-776-9594, email info@metalsportwheels or check them out online at Metalsportwheels.com.
SAC EASYRIDERS SHOW COMING RIGHT UP–
http://www.easyridersevents.com/bikeshow2014/promo/sacramento.html
The Easyriders 2014 Bike Show Tour is rolling into Sacramento, CA on January 11 & 12, 2014 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Witness hundreds of the planets hottest bikes on display as competitors compete for 59 total awards, cash, and the chance to have their bike featured in one of our magazines. Meet Mark Boone “Bobby” from the #1 hit TV show Sons Of Anarchy signing autographs and taking pictures with guests.
Meet the world’s top bike builders including Bagger Nation’s own Paul Yaffee. Dave Mann “Originals” will be on display as well as prints available for purchase. Other show features include the Purrfect Angelz from “America’s Got Talent” performing live, Easyriders Roadware Fashion Shows, live music, and more.
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WOW, LIFE IS NUTS—But we need to be Zen like in our struggles throughout the new year. I know everyone, especially everyone who is involved in business, has lots on their plates. In 2014 those plates could be overflowing, so learn to step back once in a while. Take a breath and let the stress out. Let it flow like old burnt oil down the drain of life, so you can relax and re-focus once more. How’s that? Yale would be proud of me.
I need to take some time and reflect, reorganize, and have some fun in the process. I want to ride to Sturgis this year on the Mudflap Girl FXR. We are headed to Bonneville. I would like to finish another Chance books, and my screenplay.
I need to write and ride the wheels off, goddammit. Hang on. This is going to be a wild one…
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
