Hey,
I just received a new C of O, or Certificate of Occupancy for the Bikernet Headquarters. For months I wondered whether armed officials would kick me out of my old building. Today, we wonder if our old motorcycles might be banned. We wonder if police will barge into our homes and search for guns. WTF.
“Don’t you just love dealing with these power crazed bureaucratic nut jobs at the City……They Tax, Restrict, Regulate, Confiscate or Exercise Seizure in their attempt to “be of service” It’s horribly pathetic how our cities have matured into these houses of regulation under some false sense of “public safety or public good.”
–Undercover Bikernet Agent
I don’t like it. Maybe I’ve been an outlaw all my life. Good or bad I will fight this bullshit and for our peeps’ Freedom until I’m gone. Watch out. Someone is banging on the door. It’s the Mandatory Health Insurance folks.
Don’t forget the Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in Part by Cycle Source Magazine, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, Las Vegas Bike Fest, Born to Ride and The Motorcycle Riders Foundation.
WASHINGTON DC MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION LEGISLATIVE ACTION REPORT– I wanted to provide you all with an update as to what progress we have made with House Resolution 831; A Bill to Address Motorcycle Profiling.
You’ll recall that your MRF issued 2 Calls to Action over the summer months for our grassroots supporters to mobilize. We have made some very positive progress over the last few weeks now that Congress is back in session from the summer recess.
As it stands today, the bill officially has 10 co-sponsors from 6 states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alaska, Illinois, Michigan and Texas). There are both Republican and Democrat supporters. Below is the full list of original sponsors and co-sponsors:
Rep. Ribble, Reid [R-WI-8]*
Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]*
Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Rep. Burgess, Michael [R-TX-26]
Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Work still remains. If your Member of Congress is not listed, and you think they may be interested in signing on, please reply to me directly and we can identify next steps in order to gain additional co-sponsors and ensure we do not lose our momentum.
In other news, we continue to work with our champions in the Senate to introduce a similar measure. I will keep you up to date as this progresses.
Thank you for your support and please contact me if you think your Member of Congress would be willing to sign on.
–Megan Ekstrom
Vice-President, Government Affairs & Public Relations
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
1325 G Street N.W. Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 725-5471
Fax: (202) 546-0986
www.mrf.org
LE PERA SIGNATURE II CHOPPER SEAT OF THE WEEK– North Hollywood, California specialist Le Pera has spent 44 years keeping its seat designs at the cutting edge of motorcycle designs and tastes as the market evolved. But when Bob Le Pera Sr started hand-crafting his first seats in 1972, it was choppers all the way.
Fast forward to the 21st century, and while the materials have stayed ahead of the game in terms of quality, durability and comfort, Le Pera’s chopper seats have remained a cornerstone of their design reputation and never left production.
The seat seen here is their still popular Signature II, a true piece of Le Pera and custom motorcycle history. Available in Diamond, pleats, or pleats with buttons.
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AUSTRALIAN BIKER TAKES DEPORTATION CASE TO THE HIGH COURT– Government authorities have failed to show how deporting high profile Tasmanian biker Aaron “AJ” Graham would serve the national interest, a High Court application says.
The former Rebels MC leader has been housed in arguably Australia’s toughest prison, since immigration officials arrested him in June last year and cancelled his visa.
In the latest twist of the long-running deportation saga, Graham has lodged a constitutional challenge in the High Court.
The 49-year-old is appealing Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s decision to cancel his visa for a second time in June.
The second cancellation came just hours after Graham won a Federal Court challenge to quash Dutton’s initial decision to have him deported to his native New Zealand.
High Court documents show a constitutional aspect to the appeal, with Graham’s lawyers arguing Dutton’s decision went beyond the power of Parliament.
Another ground of the appeal relates to Dutton rescinding the visa on the basis that it would advance the national interest because of Graham’s links to the Rebels.
But the former president of the Rebels’ Kingston chapter argued through his lawyers that Dutton’s decision was misguided.
“[Mr Dutton] made no finding as to how removing the plaintiff from Australia would advance the national interest,” the High Court application says.
Graham has changed legal teams since his last court bout and is now represented by Melbourne firm Malkoun & Co Lawyers.
The firm’s principal Anthony Malkoun, who studied law at the University of Tasmania, is the nephew of former Victorian Comanchero president Amad “Jay” Malkoun.
The firm has brought in one of Australia’s top barristers, Brett Walker, SC, who represented big tobacco companies in the fight against plain packaging.
Graham was arrested in a crackdown on bikers and taken away to Goulburn Supermax. Although he was not charged with an offence, because of a prior conviction Dutton (a former QLD cop), cancelled his visa on character grounds, claiming it would “contribute to the national effort to disrupt, disable and dismantle the criminal activity of outlaw motorcycle gangs”.
Graham was jailed in 2009 over an assault of an insurance fraud investigator at Clarendon Vale.
Graham moved to Australia when he was 10 and has children born here.
ROYAL ENFIELD OPENS MILWAUKEE DEALER– Royal Enfield North America Cruises Into Milwaukee With the Opening of North American Headquarters and First Flagship Showroom.
Oldest Motorcycle Brand in Continuous Production Focuses Efforts in North America
It was a historic day for Royal Enfield, the fastest-growing motorcycle brand in the world, as it marked the opening of its first flagship dealer experience in Milwaukee, the heart of the North American motorcycle community.
Royal Enfield CEO Siddhartha Lal and Rod Copes, president of Royal Enfield North America, addressed the crowd, including VIPs and dignitaries, at the grand opening event this past weekend.
“Royal Enfield is focused on delivering a ‘Pure Motorcycling’ experience to consumers. Our motorcycles are classically styled, simple, evocative and fun to ride. Royal Enfield creates a unique experience for riders that is approachable and unintimidating,” Copes said at the press conference. “This is the brand’s first stand-alone showroom location in the U.S., which brings to life the 115-year heritage of Royal Enfield – a history we’re very proud of.”
The company has also selected Milwaukee as the location of its headquarters and currently employs a staff of 20.
“Myself and the rest of the Royal Enfield global leadership are committed to the North American region,” Lal said. “Since 2010, we have increased production from 50,000 units to 500,000 units globally, and we are expected to produce 675,000 by the end of this fiscal year. North America is key to the contribution of that global growth.”
Royal Enfield North America will be continuing the brand’s storied history with the unveiling of its North American model lineup, featuring single-cylinder engines currently up to 535 cc. Available models at the 226 N. Water St. showroom include:
The Classic 500 – timeless colors and classic styling ideal for exploring a city or cruising a country road.
The Continental GT – a light and nimble motorcycle that boasts an aggressive riding position for an exhilarating ride.
The Bullet 500 – in production for seven decades with its unmistakable appearance and distinctive exhaust note, this model delivers a classic, vivid sensory experience on every ride.
To learn more, visit www.royalenfield.com/USA,
SAME OLD SAME OLD– Recent headlines screamed at us:
Traffic Fatalities Up Sharply in 2015
NHTSA: 2015 Sees Largest Increase in Traffic Fatalities in Half Century
Traffic Deaths in 2015 Climb by Largest Increase in Decades
Highway Fatalities Jumped 7.2% Last Year
Cheap Gas May Be Killing Us
No, we didn’t make that last one up.
The media reacted swiftly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) announcement that 35,092 people died on U.S. roads in 2015, an increase of 7.2 percent over the previous year. In turn, NHTSA and the White House made a public plea for help in analyzing the raw data to determine the cause of the near-record increase in highway fatalities.
You know that the instant conclusion of many will be – already has been – that speed limits have to be lowered.
First it should be recognized that two data points – in this case traffic fatalities in 2014 and 2015 – do not constitute a pattern. The second equally important observation is that absolute numbers are misleading when trying to identify a trend. NHTSA, by virtue of its FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) database, established the standard by factoring in distance traveled. The traffic fatality rate in terms of 100 million vehicle miles traveled provides a truer year-over-year comparison than looking at absolute totals.
The reason is simple: As more total miles are driven, the risk exposure to accidents also increases. NHTSA noted that vehicle miles traveled were 3.5 percent higher in 2015 than in 2014. So while the agency estimates that total fatalities increased 7.2 percent in 2015, the fatality rate increase was actually 7.2 – 3.5 = 3.7 percent.
Check out this progression of numbers: 1.73, 1.69, 1.65, 1.58, 1.55, 1.53, 1.51, 1.51, 1.48, 1.44, 1.46, 1.42, 1.36, 1.26, 1.15, 1.11, 1.10, 1.14, 1.10, 1.08. Those are NHTSA-published fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles for 1995 (when the 55 mph national maximum speed limit was fully repealed) to 2014. The long-term trend is a steady decline in fatalities with the most meaningful year-to-year rate increase being 3.6 percent from 2011 (1.10) to 2012 (1.14).
That is similar to the increase between 2014 and 2015. Note that after 2012, the rate reverted back to the 20-year pattern of declining highway fatalities, 1.10 in 2013 and 1.08 in 2014. Let’s see what happens to the fatality rate in 2016, 2017 and 2018 before declaring a new upward trend based on a one-year increase.
That is not to say that efforts to reduce the absolute numbers of fatalities shouldn’t continue in earnest. It is commendable that the government is reaching out to tech companies for help in that regard. But when it comes to calls for blanket lowering of speed limits, consider this: From 1995 to 2014 speed limits rose from 55 mph to 70, 75 and even 80+ mph. During that same period, fatality rates dropped 37.6 percent in a relatively steady line. If anything, highway safety improvements across the nation should include speed limit reform where speed studies and the 85th percentile traffic engineering principle that can lead to a smoother, more consistent flow of traffic.
–NMA
–from Rogue
HOGS & HEIFERS SALOON PRESENTS “Rally in the Alley” – Sep. 28th – Oct. 2nd, 2016–Expanded Motorcycle Party Generates Huge Excitement in the Motorcycle Community
Las Vegas Bike Week brings tens of thousands of Motorcycle Riders
from all over the world and the majority of those find their way to the Legendary Hogs &
Heifers Saloon! Hogs & Heifers has been expanding it’s Annual Party during Las Vegas Bike week since opening in 2005.
Past years have seen the Rally in the Alley pour out onto 3rd street with the Hogs & Heifers Roadshow Bar which is large enough for 16 plus bartenders to sling drinks from and dance on top of! 2016 sees even more expansion with the Hogs & Heifers Pushers on the Promenade, Pop Up Shop style, “Free to Attendees,” Vendor Area stretching from Hogs & Heifers Saloon, all the way up the Fremont Street Experience’s 3rd St Promenade to the Canopy over Fremont Street itself!
Easyriders Magazine will be back to host their Easyriders “Old School” Bike Show and this year they’ll also host the Easyriders Saturday Hangover Ride with American
Revolution Vodka’s Bloody Marys. Add to that, the Pushers on the Promenade will
include notable companies such as John Shope’s Dirty Bird Concepts (as seen on TV),World Renowned Artist Eric Hermann, The Big Belly Crew, Various Motorcycle parts andaccessories Manufacturers available for installs on site and many other unique companies and products.
Add to that the Infamous Jack Schit back to Co-Emcee another year, Tankbilt’s Live “Low Brow” Art painted daily, a Custom Builder Bike Display Area and some additional “Surprise Guests,” and… It’s easy to see why Las Vegas Bike
Week Attendees consider “Rally in the Alley” the best party going!
To become a sponsor or vendor, contact
Penny Osiecki at 702-279-5332.
By the way, whatever you do, make sure you get over to East Fremont Street and check
out everything Las Vegas BikeFest has to offer! They’re in their 2nd year at the new
location conveniently located within walking distance of Downtown Hotels, but still with
plenty of Bike Parking in the area.
PRISON STRIKE PENDING– I have often referred to Prison Labor as Slave Labor and can through personal knowledge and experience.
A large portion of inmates are Bikers and some are there because they would not fall in line with what the Biggest Gang In The Country Said (Government).
The worst offenders are the Private Prisons.
Inmates strike in prisons nationwide over ‘slave labor’ working conditions
Organizing groups say coordinated strikes are under way in at least four states against poor sanitary conditions and jobs that amount to forced labor.
The Free Alabama Movement said a widespread strike at Holman correctional facility was launched a minute after midnight on Friday.
A nationwide prison strike over conditions and wages behind bars, which organizers tipped to be the biggest of its kind in US history, was under way in at least several correctional facilities across the country on Friday, according to prison rights advocates.
Inmates from several states, who had bound together with the help of activists and organizing groups, aimed the national strikes – which had been in the making for several months – against what they said amounted to slave labor conditions amid mass incarceration in the country.
The coordinated events, which organizers targeted in as many as 24 states, occurred on the 45th anniversary of the riots at Attica prison in New York – the largest prison uprising in American history – over grievances today’s protesters say are similar, including poor sanitary conditions and prison jobs that amount to forced labor.
In April, one of the main national groups organizing the campaign, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), under the banner of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, announced its call to action.
“This is a call for a nation-wide prisoner work stoppage to end prison slavery,” it said. “They cannot run these facilities without us.”
“Work is good for anyone,” Melvin Ray, who is incarcerated at the WE Donaldson correctional facility in Bessemer, Alabama, told Mother Jones on Friday. “The problem is that our work is producing services that we’re being charged for, that we don’t get any compensation from.”
Ray is a member of the group called the Free Alabama Movement, which has been instrumental in leading the strike efforts, along with other groups formed with the help of incarcerated individuals such as the Free Ohio Movement, the Free Mississippi Movement and the End Prison Slavery in Texas movement.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, prisoners at federal facilities can make between 12 and 40 cents an hour for their work, while state prison rates can be higher or lower. In several states, including Texas and Arkansas, inmates are paid no wage for their labor.
But the issue is not merely about earning meager amounts of money on the side. Inmates and outside organizers say that many US prisons simply would not run without the labor of inmates, including the work of building maintenance, cooking and cleaning.
“These strikes are our method for challenging mass incarceration,” Kinetik Justice, a founder of the Free Alabama Movement, who serves at the Holman correctional facility in Alabama, told Democracy Now in May, during a prior 10-day strike which mirrors what he and others planned for Friday.
Justice said that effort to push for a coordinated strikes came after “we understood that our incarceration was pretty much about our labor and the money that was being generated through the prison system”. He added that the prisoners, as a result, “began organizing around our labor and used it as a means and a method in order to bring about reform in the Alabama prison system”.
The full scope of Friday’s planned protests, however, has not yet emerged.
Strikes have happened at many prisons across the country over wages and conditions in the past several years.
In 2013, one of the largest coordinated inmate resistance actions to date occurred when some 30,000 inmates across California went on hunger strike to protest at penal conditions, including a heavy reliance upon solitary confinement.
–The Guardian.com
–from Rogue
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ILLUSTRATED MOTORCYCLE BOOKS FOR KIDS— We just received Jerry Barnett’s MOTORCYCLE MEMORIES from the Buzz Walneck group.
After nearly 5=40 years of helping motorcycle nuts tell their stories as a professional illustrator it’s time for Jerry to get his stories told.
The other book came from Quarto Publishing Group. It’s HOW TO BUILD A MOTORCYCLE by Saskia Lacey and illustrated by Martin Sodomka. The illustrations are killer.
Look these books up for your kids on line.
–Bandit
ATF STING IN MILWAUKEE FLAWED—from the start
From the outset, an undercover gun-buying sting by federal agents in Milwaukee was plagued by confusion.
Local ATF agents wanted to target their longtime nemesis, the Outlaws. They had been going after the aging motorcycle gang with what they dubbed “Operation Smokin’ Piston,” breaking up untaxed cigarette operations on the south side, but were having little success nailing the gang.
It was 2011. Fellow agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives familiar with the Outlaws elsewhere in the country came to Milwaukee to offer some advice: Ditch the tobacco operation. The Outlaws were savvy to that type of sting. Instead try a fake storefront, a “surplus shop” and sell T-shirts, motorcycle parts and other goods as a front. Situate the store in the gang’s prime territory: Police District 2.
That’s how to get the Outlaws, the experienced agents advised.
But higher-ups in the agency wanted a broader focus to the operation. With a violent crime rate double the national average, Milwaukee had more pressing problems.
An ATF supervisor wanted the operation to target all gun violence in the city. The sting should be located on the north side, closer to a majority of the firearms violence in Milwaukee, they said.
After the plan had been approved and without permission from headquarters, the location of the storefront was changed and Operation Fearless Distributing was hatched — not in District 2 but in a former sign factory north of downtown on a quiet street in Riverwest.
It was just the beginning of an operation marred by mismanagement and mistakes that would ultimately spark major reforms in how the federal agency conducts undercover storefront stings.
Those details and others were released in a report issued by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General last week, three years after a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation exposed major problems with the Fearless sting and other similar undercover operations nationwide.
The inspector general’s 112-page reportconfirmed the depth of the problems, calling them “avoidable,” and said significant reform was needed for such operations to be done correctly.
Investigators with the office also found the ATF and other federal law enforcement agencies were in violation of a 43-year-old disabilities law. Although they said they found no evidence that agents targeted people with disabilities, they found that operations in “Pensacola, Wichita, Milwaukee, and Portland storefronts each had one or two persons who regularly frequented the storefront, provided assistance to the undercover agents at times, and who were later alleged to have an I/DD (intellectual or developmental disabilities).”
Once traffic in the store picked up, problems mounted. An armed felon with armor-piercing bullets in a loaded revolver who was threatening to shoot someone was allowed to leave the store. He refused to sell his gun, saying he needed it to retaliate against those who shot his cousin. And he left.
‘An obvious flaw’
The agents had no cover team outside to stop him. Officials don’t know if he ever shot anyone. The man was arrested and charged eventually.
Agents also overpaid for guns, leading people to bring in firearms they had bought hours earlier in stores, enticed by the opportunity to turn a quick profit.
The operation was shut down after nine months when an agent’s guns, including a machine gun, were stolen from his vehicle parked at a coffee shop and the store itself was burglarized of $40,000 in merchandise, a ballistic shield and a Drug Enforcement Administration cash-counting machine, the report says.
The machine gun and a handgun have not been recovered. After the theft, a witness told an ATF supervisor that he knew of people who were selling guns to some “white, undercover, ATF person.”
When Salkin pressed to be paid, ATF officials threatened him…
The St. Louis storefront cost $260,000 and yielded 129 guns along with heroin, cocaine and other drugs. Thirty-two people were arrested with two dozen going to the federal system.
The operation was shut down when agents learned of a pending robbery by suspects. The St. Louis sting did not lead to any other major cases, the report said.
–byJohn Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It is a well-known fact that the ATF has targeted Motorcycle Clubs first by calling them Gangs.
This is just another bullshit sting in a long list of flawed investigations and mishandling of cases involving motorcyclist.
If the ATF has so many people that they have time to target motorcyclist just to keep them busy then it indicates they have too many agents on the payroll.
This does not even get into the court cases and the time and money to try and get convictions to justify the time and money they had already spent on bogus investigations.
–ROGUE
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BIKERNET BUCKLES TO GLOBAL OUTSOURCING– Trike Troll Alert
Ujjwal Dey, well known in debauchery circles as the guy with the Enfield motorcycle and sick sense of humor has joined the Bikernet Trikes Team as Editor. He will aim to dig deeper in the underbelly of hairy biker world of Trikes. Along with bad attitude and wicked wit, he brings years of experience and expertise on motorcycles and custom builds from around the world.
Check out Bikernet Trikes Feature on Insurance for Trikes to get the gist of the subject and basic guidelines to get your pride and ride covered.
Also coming is a Trike that can fly. You heard it first on Bikernet.
If you are into Trikes and sidecars, drop Ujjwal Dey a mail and he will touch base with you on what you want to see on Bikernet Trikes. Share your ride stories, Tech specs and dealer gossip and he will bitch about it to the world.
We may even send you a 5-Ball Racing bling or a T-shirt if you are into clothes and not living in a nudist colony.
AMERICAN LEGION THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND MARIJUANA RESEARCH–
The American Legion has called on Congress to remove marijuana from the list of drugs that are classified as having no potential medical use.
The Legion, the country’s largest veterans organization with 2.4 million members, passed a resolution at its annual convention last week to promote research on marijuana’s potential use for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
The resolution noted that with thousands of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan diagnosed with PTSD or TBI, and the Drug Enforcement Agency’s recent approval of a study on the effectiveness of cannabis for PTSD, Congress should remove marijuana from its Schedule I designation, where it shares space with heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, Quaaludes and peyote.
“Amend legislation to remove marijuana from Schedule I and reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum, will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value,” the Legion wrote in its resolution, first reported by marijuana.com.
The Drug Enforcement Agency in April approved the first randomized, controlled research in the U.S. that will use inhaled marijuana to treat PTSD.
During the convention, Dr. Sue Sisley, a lead researcher on that project and a former Veterans Affairs psychiatrist, described veterans as “exhausted and [feeling] like guinea pigs” when it comes to treatment for PTSD.
MilitaryTimes
VA docs to be able to recommend marijuana in some states
“They’re getting desperate. I could never reach that level of relief with traditional medications, so I knew I had to keep going,” she said of her efforts to pursue cannabis research for mental health conditions.
The DEA last month elected to leave marijuana on the list of Schedule I drugs. But it also ended its monopoly on growing marijuana for medical research, a move seen by advocates as a loosening of restrictions that could pave the way for more research on cannabis.
Legion leaders said their resolution was an effort for the organization to “step forward and help veterans who are suffering from PTSD.”
“There are a lot of tools that are not being utilized. Big pharma does not want them used,” former American Legion National Commander Bill Detweiler said.
Sisley called the organization’s decision to support marijuana research a “bold statement for a conservative veterans group.”
MilitaryTimes
Judge orders Illinois to add PTSD to medical marijuana list
“It’s a big breakthrough. While I can’t say definitively that medical marijuana works for PTSD — we are three years away from published data — we owe it to veterans to study this plant,” Sisley said.
Earlier this year, the House passed an amendment to a Veterans Affairs funding bill that would have allowed veterans to discuss medical marijuana with their VA doctors and VA doctors to fill out the required paperwork in states where medical marijuana is legal.
The Senate Appropriations Committee also approved a similar measure.
But during negotiations on the final version the fiscal 2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, the provision was stripped from the legislation.
The bill has stalled in the Senate over an unrelated Zika funding provision. If the medical marijuana provision is not returned to the legislation or fails to pass as a stand-alone bill, veterans wanting to use medical marijuana must continue to go through a private doctor for a recommendation.
This article is from the Military Times and the American Legion pushing to get marijuana rescheduled for medical use.
By: Patricia Kime,
Militarytimes.com
— from Rogue
BIKERNET’S SALT TORPEDO AT PAUGHCO REPORT– I hope to have a front section mock up of the nose of the frame middle of next week. this will include cutting and shrinking of the alum seat and building a cage for the driver.
We will mock up / tack together the front
cage using exhaust pipes bent for maximum clearance to prove the size- shape – concept of front nose area. Then we can remake using correct tubing.
It’s easy to cut up exhaust stuff just for first article design….then hang the front wheels & axle…
I will take pictures of all this and send late next week…
–Steve Massicotte
Vice President and Emperor of Salt Torpedo Development
Paughco
JUST IN FROM BORN TO RIDE– Below is the link for Nation’s Fire BTR News and the poster is attached.
I hope this is something you can use.
http://borntoride.com/2016/09/58585/
HOT LOT FOR SALE ON LAZELLE IN STURGIS– 956 Lazelle Street, Sturgis. 74′ x 150′. Paved vending lot with multiple 50 amp electrical and water outlets. Overhead commercial lighting. Located on Lazelle Street one block from Main.
Two doors from intersection of Junction and Lazelle. Directly across Lazelle from Iron Horse Saloon. It’s listed with Dave Wilson at Sturgis Real Estate (605) 490-9959.
–Rob Scroggie
FROM THE AMA– Vote Like A Motorcyclist!
Important issues hinge on this election
On Nov. 8, voters will determine who will reside in the White House for the next four years, who will occupy 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, who will win 34 spots in the U.S. Senate and who will occupy the governor’s mansion in 12 states.
Some of the issues these politicians are likely to address in office include increasing amounts of ethanol in our fuel supply, motorized access to public land, distracted driving, lane splitting, federal exhaust regulations for competition-only bikes, vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology and many others.
The AMA is providing this Vote Like A Motorcyclist section on its website to help riders better understand the issues and where the various candidates stand on them.
You also can learn how incumbent candidates have voted on issues important to motorcyclists and whether they have cosponsored bills favorable or unfavorable to motorcycling interests.
We encourage every motorcyclist and all-terrain-vehicle rider to become informed about the issues and the candidates and carry that knowledge into the voting booth on Nov. 8.
On this page, you’ll find a map that will link you to your state’s page, where we have listed the candidates who will appear on your ballot.
Limited time and resources don’t allow the AMA to track the positions of candidates outside the two dominant parties. So, we are asking our members to contact the candidates on their ballots to ask them about motorcycling issues. Send any candidate responses to grassroots@ama-cycle.org, and we will post them on the appropriate webpage.
You also can find a link on this page where you can register to vote, if you have not already done so.
And we have provided convenient links to all of our press releases and alerts related to the Vote Like A Motorcyclist campaign.
If you have any questions or comments about these pages or the Vote Like A Motorcyclist campaign, please contact us at grassroots@ama-cycle.org or call (202) 220-1390.
BIKERNET COUNTRY WESTERN REPORT– Country traditionalist Gene Watson, who recently released his 33rd studio album Real.Country.Music., will perform his No. 1 smash hits “Fourteen Carat Mind” and “Farewell Party” on “Ray Stevens’ Nashville” this Saturday night, September 17 at 8:30/7:30c on RFD-TV.
Visit rfdtv.com to find RFD-TV in your area.
After five decades in the music business and more than 75 charting singles, Watson delivers an authentic, soulful album with Real.Country.Music. Real.Country.Music. also charted on Billboard Top Country Albums and remains one of the best selling albums in the Classic Country genre on Amazon.com.
Watson recently added additional dates to his heavy tour schedule (see below). Considered one of the finest pure-country singers of his generation and known as “The Singer’s Singer,” Watson offers one of the best traditional country shows in the business when he’s on tour and still sings in the same key as 30 years ago.
Be sure to follow Gene Watson on Facebook or visit GeneWatsonMusic.com to order Real.Country.Music and purchase tickets to upcoming shows.
GENE WATSON ON TOUR:
Sept. 17 Truman Lake Opry- Tightwad, Mo.
Sept. 18 Truman Lake Opry- Tightwad, Mo.
Sept. 20 “Larry’s Country Diner” Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Sept. 23 Bluegrass Island Festival- Manteo, N.C.
Sept. 24 Liberty Showcase- Liberty, N.C.
Sept. 27 Red River Valley Fair- Paris, Texas
Sept. 28 The Kenney Store- Kenney, Texas
Oct. 01 Prairie Knights Casino- Fort Yates, N.D.
Oct. 02 Midwest Country Theatre- Sandstone, Minn.
Oct. 06 Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, Tenn.
Oct. 07 Kentucky Opry- Benton, Ky.
Oct. 08 Kentucky Opry- Benton, Ky.
Oct. 14 University of AR-Texarkana Hempstead Hall- Hope, Ark.
Oct. 15 Texas Opry- Weatherford, Texas
Oct. 21 Riverwind Casino – Norman, Okla
Oct. 22 Palace Theater- Corsicana, Texas
Oct. 26 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Oct. 27 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Oct. 28 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Oct. 29 Music In The Barn- Dixon, Mo.
Nov. 05 Meramac Music Theater- Steelville, Mo.
Nov. 12 Music City Texas Theatre- Kinden, Texas
Nov. 25 Dosey Doe – Houston, Texas
Dec. 01 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Dec. 02 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Dec. 03 Starlite Theatre- Branson, Mo.
Jan. 06 Main Street Crossing – Tomball, Texas
Jan. 20 Lincoln Theatre – Marion, Va.
Jan. 21 Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center – Huntingdon, Texas
Jan. 27 Ameristar Casino – Kansas City, Mo.
Jan. 29 Country’s Family Reunion Cruise – George Town, Cayman Islands
A MESSAGE FROM THE LOVE RIDE FOUNDER– Dear friends and riders,
While we have officially ended the Love Ride’s 30+ year motorcycle charity ride and huge concert, the LOVE RIDE FOUNDATION itself will continue to forward charitable causes for underprivileged children and US veterans in the near future.
I came to this decision after an endless stream of personal letters and emails asking me to at least keep the pilot light on, if not the full blaze of the Love Ride. So I thank you for reminding me of the importance of why we started this all 32 years ago- To help those less fortunate.
We plan to take 2016 off and regroup in 2017 for a yet to be announced activity of some sort. So stay tuned for further announcements. Again, it won’t be the Love Ride charity ride and huge concert. It will be a LOVE RIDE FOUNDATION sponsored event of some sort to help those in need, which is the true spirit and camaraderie that brought me to the motorcycle community in the first place.
In closing, I am deeply grateful for your friendship and support to date. You can find me at Glendale Harley-Davidson or spending time with my many Grandchildren. Feel free to reach out with any suggestions or ideas to oliver@loveride.org
Safe travels,
–Oliver Shokouh
Chairman and Founder, the Love Ride Foundation
DYNA AND FXR FAIRINGS– Conely‘s Accessories USA Retro T Sport Fairing.
• Made from 9 layers of fiberglass
• Comes assembled with 12? windshield and custom made fairing brackets
• Includes stainless steel clamps to fit 39mm forks
• Smooth black gel coat finish front and back, ready for paint with minimal prep
• Optional 725-070 headlight relocation bracket and 725-061 billet alloy clamps are also available.
BIKERNET SPECIAL REPORT COMING– Motorcycle safety and accidents in Europe.
This is a major accident study from Europe for FEMA, the European motorcycle rights foundation. They take a very different slant on accident. In many respects it’s refreshing to see someone study accidents from more directions than just helmets.
http://www.fema-online.eu/website/index.php/2016/08/05/motorcycle-safety-and-accidents/
This summary report was written by Harold de Bock, member of the board of MAG Netherlands, an FEMA member organization.
We will launch the entire article on Bikernet in the next couple of weeks. If you’re in a hurry to check it out go to the FEMA website.
–Bandit
BIKETOBERFEST AND DESTINATION DAYTONA— Just one of the wild locations in Daytona during Biketoberfest across the street from one of the largest H-D Dealerships in the world Destination Daytona.
“Vendors are signing up way faster than last year,” said Jim Betlach.
Many of the major industry aftermarket giants will be on hand and if you need help reach out to Jim anytime
Here’s a sampling: Ford, S&S, Drag Specialties, Geico, Kuryakyn, Nightrider, Ohlins, Chevy, Hinehart, Vance and Hines, WyoTech, Xotic Customs
–Jim Betlach
jbetlach@paisanopub.com
INSURANCE ALERT FROM LAW TIGERS– If You Are In A Motorcycle Accident Are You ‘Fully Insured’?
If you are in a motorcycle accident, even though it is NOT your fault, you can end up footing a lot of the medical bills.
Are You Fully Insured?
Watch this great PSA from Scootin America on what happened to him personally after he was injured in a motorcycle accident. The accident was NOT his fault. But he is still left with the ‘bill’.
If you are a motorcyclist, you are probably well aware of how quickly your life could change in the blink of an eye if you are involved in a motorcycle accident. In an instant, you may be left with debilitating injuries and in chronic pain. You may also erroneously believe that all of your medical expenses and long-term care expenses will be covered by the at-fault driver.
After all, isn’t that what insurance is for? And it wasn’t your fault! This is far from the truth. While the state of Arizona, for example, does require all individuals to carry liability insurance on their vehicles- both two-wheeled and four-wheeled, this insurance is often painfully inadequate after a serious motorcycle accident.
Even worse, many auto drivers are underinsured or not insured at all. When this happens – who pays for your expenses? Who takes care of your injuries? Who takes care of your family?
You are in a motorcycle accident and it is not your fault. Are you protected?
You are in a motorcycle accident and it is not your fault. Are you protected?
Using Arizona as an example, the minimum amounts of liability coverage required to legally operate your motorcycle in the Grand Canyon State are as follows:
$15,000 bodily injury per person
$30,000 bodily injury per accident
$10,000 property damage per accident
Yet after a catastrophic motorcycle accident, medical bills and rehabilitation expenses can quickly exceed your insurance limits. Remember, even a relatively small accident can rack up some substantial damages. Recent statistics show that a fatal motorcycle accident can cost around $1.2 million in damages and the average cost of an injury motorcycle accident can range from $2500 to over $1.4 million.
Unfortunately, if your injuries and medical expenses exceed your insurance limits or the insurance limits of the negligent driver, you may be forced to pay for your medical expenses on your own. This can result in crippling financial debt and even bankruptcy for many families.
But what happens when you are involved in an accident with an uninsured or underinsured driver? If you do not own Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist Insurance coverage, then you won’t have enough money to cover your expenses.
UM and UIM coverage will protect you, and your passenger, for any bodily injury that you may sustain in an accident involving a driver with no liability insurance, or a driver with insufficient insurance to cover your injuries, respectively. With UM and UIM, the insurance company will reimburse you compensatory damages for bodily injury caused by the uninsured driver. These damages include your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, in addition to other personal injury damages.
Even though states like Arizona allow motorcyclists to opt out of UIM/UM coverage, all motorcyclists should purchase this insurance to protect themselves. In many situations, the only recovery to be made in a serious Arizona motorcycle accident will come from the UM and UIM coverage.
The Law Tigers see it happen all the time and it can be devastating. A motorcyclist feels its all going to be ok because, after all, it was not your fault. Make sure you speak to your insurance broker about as much UM/UIM as you can get. A few additional dollars now can be the best money you have ever spent protecting yourself.
Ride Safe!
–Audry
NEWS FROM POLARIS–
Don’t miss our Polaris RZR Sand Sports Super Show Kickoff Party Powered by 4 Wheel Parts – UTVUnderground Garage located at our booth by the blue entry gate! The party starts at 6pm on Friday and will be full of free drinks, swag, music and more!
What: Polaris RZR Sand Sports Super Show Kickoff Party Powered by 4 Wheel Parts –
UTVUnderground Garage
Who: Open to the public!
When: Friday, September 16th @ 6:00pm
Where: 4 Wheel Parts UTVUnderground Garage booth by the blue entry gate at Sand Sports Super Show
Why: The official launch of 4 Wheel Parts UTV Underground Garage
Our mailing address is:
UTVUnderground.com
2554 Pahvant St.
Oceanside, CA 92054
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Metzeler Tires and Indian Larry Motorcycles Raffling Off Famous Metzeler Custom Bike to Benefit Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation– Metzeler Tires and Indian Larry Motorcycles will be holding a raffle to benefit the Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation, a charity established to help fight Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).
One lucky winner will receive an incredible prize: the world-famous Indian Larry custom METZELER custom bike that is used in METZELER’S “follow your dream” contest. The bike will be fitted with ME 888 Marathon Ultra front and rear tires that are specifically designed for mileage, performance and handling.
“In the last few years, METZELER has been an amazing partner in donating towards the battle against ALD. The Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation is honored and grateful for the support we have received from METZELER,” said Aidan’s mother and founder of the foundation, Elisa Seeger. “The donation of this motorcycle and the proceeds from it will not only help so many affected families, but raise awareness and get us closer to our mission of National ALD Newborn Screening.”
Raffle tickets will go on sale at the Indian Larry Block Party on September 17, 2016. Once the tickets are on sale, the custom METZELER motorcycle will go on the road for several events, selling raffle tickets at each one.
The events include Aidan’s Ride California October 8; Biketoberfest October 14–16; Aidan’s Ride Virginia October 23rd; and The New York Motorcycle Show December 9–11. More events are in the works for 2017, and tickets will also be available to purchase online. METZELER and Indian Larry Motorcycles will announce the winner at the 2017 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
“It took us four months to build it.” Said co-owner of Indian Larry Motorcycles, Bobby Seeger Jr. “It’s a bike we’re really proud of and to see it used to contribute to a worthy cause is really special.”
In total, 2,000 tickets at $50 apiece will be available. METZELER hopes to raise $100,000 and is donating 100% of the proceeds to the Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation to help in the fight against ALD.
Currently, New York is the only one of the United States to screen for ALD, thanks to Aidan’s Law, passed by the state legislature in the wake of Aidan’s tragic and untimely death. As of July 26, 2016, over 650,000 babies have been tested and 53 babies diagnosed with the disease. Thanks to early detection, these children will undergo monitoring and treatment that will allow them to live full lives.
For more information on the Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation Click Here.
Events
Indian Larry Block Party – September 17
Aidan’s Ride California – October 8
Biketoberfest – October 14-16
Aidan’s Ride West Virgina – October 23
The New York Motorcycle Show – December 9-11
View METZELER’S “Follow Your Dream” video HERE and Watch Indian Larry Motorcycles build a one-of-a-kind custom bike.
To learn more about METZELER’s full lineup of motorcycle tires click here.
JIMS TOOL OF THE WEEK– No. 947 Rear Wheel Compensator Bearing Removal and Installation Tool.
JIMS No. 947 Rear Wheel Compensator Bearing Removal and Installation Tool is designed to service bearings located in the pulley on 2008-present H-D models with Cush Drive.
Early models use one double row bearing with an extended race, while later models use two wheel bearings and a spacer pressed into the pulley.
JIMS No. 947 will accommodate both variations on all H-D models. This tool is intended to be used with a 2-ton shop press.
It features JIMS lifetime tool warranty and is proudly made in the USA with a suggested retail price of $283.65.
Use on all 2008-present FL Touring and V-Rod models, 2008-present Sportster International models, and 2015-present XG 500/750 Street models.
–Clark
BOB MCKAY’S DOUBLE TROUBLE SHOVELHEAD– Here are a couple of pictures of the motor with the welding and machine work done on the rear cylinder and head that are now on the front.
I still have to weld the intake runners onto both heads. I will be running twin 36mm Del-Orto carbs on it.
–MCKay’s Cycle Creations.com
Ontario Canada
AUSTRALIA CLUB NEWS– Aussie Government’s proposed new anti-biker laws introduced to parliament
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
In the Australian state of Queensland, the Premier introduced new organised crime laws in Parliament yesterday with a goal to make Australia a ‘outlaw motorcycle club-free’ zone.
The laws will make it illegal to wear club colors in any public space and introduce a two-strikes-and-you’re-out approach to contact between any two convicted criminals who have committed “serious indictable offences”.
“I want to see organized crime gangs driven out of Queensland, but I don’t want to see them pop up in another state,” the Premier said.
“I want to see organised crime gangs driven out of the country altogether.”
CURRENT LAWS
No club colours in licensed venues.
¦ Club members cannot associate in groups of three or more.
¦ Mandatory sentences of 15 to 25 years for club members and office bearers.
¦ Ban on clubhouses.
¦ Crime and Corruption Commission does not have to hand over evidence potentially favourable to defendant.
¦ Mandatory minimum jail sentences for contempt of the CCC.
¦ Fear of retribution cannot be used as an excuse for not complying with CCC coercive powers.
¦ Club members cannot obtain tattoo licences or work in industries such as electrical, towing, plumbing and security.
PROPOSED LAWS
¦ No colours in any public space, with possible jail time, but penalties for wearing colors in licensed venues would be reduced.
¦ Anti-consorting laws to apply after warnings.
¦ Shorter mandatory sentences attached to new serious organized crime aggravating circumstance.
¦ Clubhouses to stay closed with new organized crime control order and public safety orders to be introduced.
¦ Bikers would not be barred from becoming electricians or plumbers but organized crime offences would be taken into account.
¦ Tattoo license bans to apply to those with organized crime convictions.
¦ A new fortification removal order to stop criminals reinforcing doors or setting up security measures.
¦ Tougher maximum penalties for drug traffickers and those dealing in child exploitation.
¦ A transitional period of two years would be in place.
UNCLE MONKEY ON THE ART OF GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN STYLE– Since before man was man we have constantly tried different ways to get from point A to B. From swinging on branches and vines, to horses, bicycles, cars, motorcycles and spaceships, man has away found a way to go farther faster. Driving is an intimate part of that.
For many of us hitting a well worn road with our bike and closest friends is the shit, miles of asphalt and memories. For others it is a dusty pickup with a couple shotgun shells sliding across the dash as we tear up a country road. Maybe it is only the focus on the quarter directly in front of you and flashing light from the corner of your eye. Before we get there we first have to learn to drive.
Driving isn’t an innate process but rather something that we must learn, something we need to master if we don’t want the metal machines to chew us up and spit us out. It means learning the rules, learning the machine, learning the roads, learning the weather and learning the time. It is through practice we get better or at least capable.
Driving at night is just part of it. Anyone who has been caught in tornado alley as storm clouds roll in, can tell you it can become dark as night in the middle of the day. Anyone who has screamed across the open prairie under a harvest moon can tell you that you can see for miles around you in the dead of the night.
Driving on ice and snow prepares you for rain soaked roads when the water wants to carry you away. It is the reason why self-driving vehicles are still a long way away. It is the reason why we shouldn’t throw all our trust behind a mechanical machine. The safest self driving car is one that travels on rails and in the two hundred years since we mastered that, we still rely on someone behind the controls and still have train collisions.
Driving is a skill, and a skill that should be learned when our reflexes are quick enough to get us out of any trouble we stumble into.
-bad Uncle Monkey
BIKERNET TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER PREPS FOR A RUN–
Since all that stuff should fit in the Road Glide saddlebags, I don’t think I’ll have to use either of the Bandit Bags?
Unless the dozen Shipley’s Donuts now have to transfer through five states causes an issue. I’ll look for my other Bikernet shirt tomorrow!
Forgot I had to buy a helmet too!
–RFR
SPITFIRE, BIKERNET CUB REPORTER FOLLOWING THE CANNONBALL DAILY ON THE BIKERNET BLOG– Every time I see a gas station I look to see if there are old bikes. There are certain stations that seem to attract larger crowds.
Gas stops are some of my favorites. It’s fun to see the reactions of the locals as they realize something is going on. In small rural towns the news spreads like wild fire.
In one little town I saw a local police officer who just couldn’t get enough. Taking picture, chatting with the riders and I kept hearing him say, ”I ride a motorcycle”!
At the next larger stop in Mt. Carmel, I was greeted by local press, Haley, as I got off my bike. We were at Jumpin’ Jimmy’s. One of the locals went home to get some saddle bags and was trying to sell them to the riders.
“Where do you find this many old bikes?” one person exclaimed both bewildered and amazed.
Watch for the next daily chapter on the Bikernet Blog.
–Spitfire
This coverage is sponsored by Michael Hupy and Bikernet.
TAKE THE ROAD– The Short Film Created by METZELER is Going to the Motorcycle Film Festival in New York.
From Milan to the Big Apple Via Wheels and Waves: A Tire, Three Photographers and a Special Motorcycle are Among the Protagonists
A trip that lasted a year, which had no fear of sudden climate changes: from its debut at Deus Ex Machina store in Milan, across the official launch at Breuberg, in Germany, until the experience of Wheels and Waves, painted by three photographers-guests until the arrival in New York.
The history of ROADTEC 01, the latest sport-touring tire branded METZELER, is the protagonist of the short film that will be presented at Motorcycle Film Festival in Brooklyn, which will run until September 17th. It marks the end of the TAKE THE ROAD with ROADTEC 01 campaign, the initiative organized by the German-founded tire manufacturer to celebrate this product, which was able to win the comparative tests promoted by both newspapers, Motorcycle News in Great Britain and Motorrad in Germany and considered “the best sport touring tire” by the prestigious German magazine.
The movie, which lasts 10 minutes, is the adventure of a special bike, the Project X, created by Deus Ex Machina and based on a Yamaha XJR1300 enriched by Aryk Old Paint artist, who painted the tank.
The bike, equipped with METZELER ROADTEC 01, is the protagonist of this journey that is narrated from the lens of the three photographers who wanted to spread the typical emotions of a challenge using the famous Leica cameras.
It is a journey made from the heart of Milan to Wheels and Waves event in Biarritz, along a 1,400 kilometers trail made with METZELER tires through sun, rain, wind and fog. The beautiful photographs taken along the journey will create a photo book that’s presentation is scheduled during next autumn.
In this short film there is everything: the various forms of art, as decorations and photography, up to drawings, for example on the tread pattern, which are portrayed by photographers through different shots and places which have become a symbol of this adventure.
These different styles are able to create a complementary work which tells a use of METZELER ROADTEC 01 from an unconventional point of view, unpublished and created with the aim of narrating both emotions and feelings experienced during the journey, while looking for intense fieldworks.
The movie will be screened in its world premiere at Motorcycle Film Festival in New York, crowning a project that lasted a year. It will then be exclusively available at Deus Leica Theatre in 3, Thaon di Revel street in Milan during the initiative TAKE THE ROADTM – 48 Hours of Movies branded METZELER from November 8th to 10th, during which will be aired for the Italian audience all the leading films of this Motorcycle Film Festival edition.
You can see the trailer of the video here:
THIS SUNDAY! RIDE FOR AUTISM SPEAKS–
Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Fox River Harley-Davidson
It’s the 14th Annual Ride for Autism Speaks ride! Come on out and enjoy a 75 mile police-escorted countryside ride and help support this amazing cause!
Fox River Harley-Davidson
131 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL
Registration: 8:30 am | KSU: 10:30 am
Ride for Autism Speaks
Sunday, September 18, 2016
After Party: 1:00 pm to 3pm
Skooters RoadHouse
700 W. Jefferson, Shorewood, IL
REGISTRATION FEES
$30 Rider / $30 Passenger
$30 Non Riding Guest / After Party
noun
Quotes
If your beauteousness scorns me, if your worth does not favour me, if your disdain is my humiliation, I shall ill be able, albeit I am well furnished with longanimity, to suffer a grief that is not merely intense but protracted.
— Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, translated by John Rutherford, 2000
Origin of longanimity
Longanimity finds its roots in the Latin terms longus meaning “long” and animus meaning “spirit.” It entered English in the 1400s.
SACRED STEEL BIKES follows a diverse group of elite individuals who come from a multitude of careers. From an Automotive Engineer to a Metal Fabricator to a high-end Beverly Hills Retail Associate, artisans from all spectrums of life are united in their passion for bike building and riding. The club has granted them a motorcycle oasis to live out their alter egos.
Jason Wilson opened shop with Sacred Steel over a decade ago and never looked back, crafting custom fabricated high-end choppers and painstakingly restoring American classics.
From humble beginnings, Jason and his motley crew of misfit friends honed their mechanical skills and founded Douche Larouche, now a full-fledged institution, complete with bylaws, regular meetings and in chapters across the country and around the globe. The members have built a tight-knit brotherhood who have each-others back all while having the time of their lives.
Each year, Jason and the team transform dozens of bikes into masterpieces. If the customer has the cash or the connections, there is no limit on what they can do. Through favors to other members, neighboring chapters, and friends of friends, Jason has grown an immense clientele alongside his wild crew.
SACRED STEEL BIKES captures the build along with the adrenalin-fueled world of bikers. The guys are as loud as their bikes – and enjoy having fun along the ride.
SACRED STEEL BIKES premiered Monday, September 12 at 10/9c.
MIKE COLE VICTORY— Mike Cole, a longtime Hamster, bike builder, car enthusiast and furniture restorer is struggling with cancer.
He spent 17 years working in a weapons grade plutonium mind where he smuggled uranium out to the Hamster club house so we could build our nuclear arsenal. We decided if the fat boy in north Korea can do it, why can’t we.
If you know Mike, give him a call and wish him well.
–Bandit
CHEROKEE CHAPTER NEWS– Sept 23-25 Wind River Harley-Davidson of Lawton & the Cherokee Chapter, AMCA of TX/OK are hosting a first ever Vintage Motorcycle Road Run and Bike Show.
Lawton and Southern OK area motorcyclists and enthusiasts will be able to view 30-50 vintage motorcycles, learn their history and meet their owners on Friday evening. These wonderful machines from 1908- 1965 represent most American and European manufacturers.
Lyle Henry, Oklahoma Director for this Antique Motorcycle Club of America Chapter stated “many 100-108 year old machines will also be on display within the Wind River Harley Davidson Dealership. A lot of our members machines represent the 1930s through ‘50s as well. All these machines run and ride just like they did in the earliest days of our sport”
On Saturday all these vintage machines will ride a 140-mile route through the Lawton countryside. On Saturday late afternoon and evening all machines will be back on display in the Wind River Harley parking lot for the public to see, hear run and enjoy. A People’s Choice Bike Show and live music rounds out Saturday evenings festivities.
For more information contact WindRiverHD.com or CherokeeAMCA.org.
A great family event for those that love transportation history.
BRAND NEW FROM KEN’S FACTORY– Neo-Fusion 5-Spoke Powertrain Dress Up Series: Consistency Keeps Style
Signal Hill, CA September 15, 2016 – Ken’s Factory 5-Spoke Motor Dress Up Series
Details Create Style and consistency keeps style. In the spirit of this, Ken Nagai lead designer, owner and operator of Ken’s Factory has brought together this series of three head-turning powertrain dress up products.
The 5-Spoke Derby Cover got a facelift to have more detail and match the other two developments
• 8-922 5-Spoke Derby Cover, 5-Hole, Polished
• 8-923 5-Spoke Derby Cover, 5-Hole, Black/Machine Cut
The popular 5-Spoke Intake kept the same design to be the aesthetic benchmark for the 5-spoke series
• 6-201 5-Spoke Intake, Polished, TC, Super E,CV,HD EFI
• 6-203 5-Spoke Intake, Black/Machine, TC, Super E,CV,HD EFI
The 5-Spoke Points Cover is newly released to fully bring the power of three to the powertrain
• 8-909 5 Spoke Points Cover, Polished
• 8-910 5 Spoke Points Cover, Black
These components are designed to harmonized together and turn heads as they feature some of the most intricate production machine work seen in the industry. It is the tiny details like this that leave large impressions. Be known for an attention to detail, a noble merit.
These products are in stock now at Ken’s Factory USA and can be bought directly online on the Ken’s Factory website: kensfactoryusa.com/collections/5-spoke
British FEMA members unite to fight for motorcyclists’ safety– The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) and the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) are against the use of ‘light segregation’ devices on British roads (devices in cycle lanes as a means of deterring drivers of cars and vans from entering the cycle lane). The organizations have issued a joint statement.
“The use of light segregation devices, including ‘Armadillos’, ‘Orcas’ and ‘Mini Orcas’, on our roads raises serious safety concerns in respect to riders of Powered Two Wheelers (PTWs). Inadvertent contact with the devices can quickly destabilize any two-wheeled vehicle with the potential to throw the rider into the path of other road users.
Evidence has emerged from CCTV monitoring of a Mini-Orca scheme in the City of London that clearly shows the devices to be trip hazards; 55 pedestrians having tripped on them within the first 24 hours of installation. This scheme has now been removed.
These devices are easily damaged and broken by heavy vehicles, leaving fixing bolts exposed and protruding from the road surface, thus creating a further hazard to riders and pedestrians alike. Visibility is easily compromised by scuff marks from contact with tyres, poor light and weather conditions, a build-up of general road grime and the presence of other road users.
Neither the BMF nor MAG wishes these devices to be fitted to our roads due to safety concerns for all vulnerable road users, not just motorcyclists. Both organizations call for an urgent review of all current and pending light segregation schemes in light of the evidence demonstrating their hazardous nature.”
logo_uknews_260816The BMF and MAG are the United Kingdom’s longest-running riders’ rights organizations. Over many years, both organizations have worked to fight on behalf of riders’ rights both here in the UK and abroad through FEMA.
Recognizing that both MAG and the BMF want what is best for our motorcycling community, BMF Chair Jim Freeman and MAG Chair Selina Lavender met recently. They will be in regular contact regarding shared concerns in respect to motorcycling matters.
–by Wim Taal
FEMA
I’M WORKING ON MY RIDE BACK FROM STURGIS STORY— I can’t wait for my Bikernet State of the Union address at the end of the year.
It will be fuckin’ amazing the accomplishments we’ve made this year. Hell, I’m about to have registration papers for my Indian. Another click off the list.
I have two exciting goals for next year. Actually, there’s three, but one started several years ago. We kicked off the Salt Torpedo a few years back. It adds a tough element when you’re not made of money, but fuck it. Anything can be accomplished with the right mindset and team. Next year we will start to make passes with that puppy, probably at El Mirage, then at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials.
There’s so much more to come. Hang on for the next installment.
Ride Free Forever,
–Bandit
