Hey,
This news may seem a bit confusing. Folks are constantly asking why magazines are failing. You can help me with this question. Is it that we are bombarded daily with social media, internet and phone stuff to an extreme point? We don’t have time to really read an article or a book?
Maybe there’s another consideration, which impacts the motorcycle arena. Maybe we are hit with too many issues to consider any one of them carefully. For instance, motorcycling consisted of fewer groups and opportunities in the past. Now there are too numerous factions to even consider some of them. Let me know what you think?
On one side our ability to go in lots of motorcycle directions is good, even wonderful. One the other, how can anyone keep up? Let me know your thoughts?
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INDIAN MODEL OF THE WEEK– 1950 Indian Warrior with Skis
–Sam Burns
HANG ON!–Anti-motorcyclist profiling bill to be heard on April 10!
California Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) has introduced a bill, A.B. 2972, to prevent motorcyclist profiling. The bill, co-authored by Speaker Pro-Tem Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo), would prohibit law enforcement officers from using “the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle or motorcycle club-related clothing as a factor, without any individualized suspicion of the particular person, in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle, with or without legal basis under the California Constitution or the United States Constitution.”
The Assembly Public Safety Committee has set A.B. 2972 to be heard at 9 a.m. April 10 in Room 126 of the State Capitol Building. Now is the time to ask your representative to support A.B. 2972. To contact them fill in the form at the bottom of the page and click the red “submit” button.
The AMA Board of Directors has previously adopted a position statement condemning the practice of motorcyclist profiling. It reads: The American Motorcyclist Association has long advocated for the rights of motorcyclists and the motorcycling lifestyle. The AMA, in diligently scrutinizing government policies directed at motorcyclists, is concerned over motorcyclist profiling. This includes motorcycle-only checkpoints and what is a predisposition in many cases of law enforcement officers targeting motorcyclists solely because they are wearing motorcycle-related clothing.
In the past few years, a number of efforts have been undertaken to address these issues. For example, the states of Washington (S.B. 5242 in 2011) and Maryland (S.B. 233 in 2016) have passed legislation specifically forbidding the profiling of motorcyclists, and other states are considering similar legislation. Additionally, California adopted Assembly Bill 1047 in 2012, specifically outlawing motorcycle-only checkpoints. Checkpoints are also restricted by state law or judicial action in: Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, New Hampshire, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The AMA strongly condemns the profiling of motorcyclists by government agencies and has long championed the undeniable fact that the vast majority of riders and enthusiasts are upstanding, law-abiding citizens. Motorcyclists and motorcycling enthusiasts represent the full range of Americans and should be judged on their specific behaviors and actions, not their chosen mode of transportation or association with others.
If you are not yet an AMA member, please join the AMA to help us fight efforts to restrict responsible motorized recreation. More members means more clout against our opponents, and your support will help us fight for your riding rights – on the road, trail, racetrack, and in the halls of government. To join, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com/membership/join.
Please Follow the AMA on Twitter @AMA_Rights and like us on Facebook.
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INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK—
–from Sam Burns
VINTAGE SHOT OF THE WEEK–TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) on his Brough Superior talking with George Brough.
–from Sam Burns
GET THIS–One-Quarter of All Female Fundraisers Report Sexual Harassment
Almost half of all fundraisers have some sort of personal experience with sexual harassment, with a quarter of all female fundraisers having been sexually harassed during their careers, according to a new survey by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and conducted independently online by the Harris Poll.
The survey, the first comprehensive study of its kind about sexual harassment in the fundraising profession, found that 48 percent of respondents had either personally experienced, witnessed, and/or heard second-hand about incidents of sexual harassment. One in four women have experienced sexual harassment in the fundraising field, and seven percent of men have experienced the same.
In 65 percent of the cases reported in the survey, the perpetrator of the harassment was a donor, and in nearly all cases (96 percent), the perpetrator was a male.
More information about the survey and the Women’s Impact Initiative can be found at www.afpidea.org/wii.
–Michael Nilsen
LE PERA SEAT OF THE WEEK—Daytona Sport Flat Track Stitch.
More an more performance seats are popular and useful to hold you in position while whipping through the curves.
Overview
Cafe racer styling, perfect for all day cruising.
Specs
Driver Seating:
11″ Wide
Passenger Seating:
N/A
MSRP:
$477.00
Part Number:
LK-512TRKPT [’06-’17] Dyna
Leftist Knives Are Out for Scott Pruitt–The EPA chief is under fire for alleged ethical missteps, but the real reason is his effectiveness.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is under fire of late for alleged ethical missteps. One incident was during his transition to the job, when he paid $50 a night for a room in a DC condo, only paying for the nights he stayed there. Democrat and media critics (but we repeat ourselves) allege that the arrangement amounted to, in the words of Democrat Representatives Ted Lieu of California and Don Beyer of Virginia, “an impermissible gift under federal regulations” because he paid “far below market value.”
Even two Republicans, Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both of Florida, want Pruitt to step down. Never mind that the career ethics official at the EPA cleared the arrangement.
Another “scandal” surrounds Pruitt’s travel and beefed up security. He flies first class rather than coach and considered the use of a private plane, and he spends a lot of money on security. Why? Because ecofascist psychos have leveled death threats against him, along with other lesser physical threats. Never mind that Barack Obama’s EPA chiefs, Lisa Jackson (a.k.a. “Richard Windsor”) and Gina McCarthy, spent more on travel, violated transparency and broke laws.
Long story short, leftists hate Pruitt almost as much as President Donald Trump because he’s been very effective in threatening the Left’s Church of Climate Change Dogma. Mollie Hemingway notes, “When he was attorney general of Oklahoma, he sued the EPA more than a dozen times to get the powerful regulatory agency to stay within its legal authority.”
Since taking office at the EPA, a rundown of Pruitt’s accomplishments is impressive. He stewarded the agency through the withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, rolled back Barack Obama’s clean water and clean power regulations, cut costs by $1 billion, pushed through transparency reforms on how the EPA uses science, and, just this week, scrapped Obama’s vehicle-emissions rules.
No wonder ecofascists hate him. Make no mistake: Environmentalism of the type followed by statists is a religion, and Pruitt is worse than at odds with its teachings; he’s directly challenging its tenets and undoing its sacraments. That’s why we’re seeing a coordinated effort to discredit and oust him. Fortunately, Trump called Pruitt Tuesday to tell him to “keep fighting” and that “we have your back.” The Swamp needs draining and that’s why Pruitt must stay.
–Nate Jackson
Patriot Post
–from Rogue
Grand Master Editor and Commander
Bikernet Baggers
NAOMI JUDD’S
‘RIVER OF TIME’
SOARS TO NO. 1 AMAZON BEST SELLER IN COUNTRY MUSIC– Naomi Judd Featured on April Cover of ‘First For Women’ Magazine
Country music icon and New York Times Best Selling author Naomi Judd is on top again with the No. 1 best-selling book in the country, according to Amazon’s Best Sellers in Country Music. Following national television appearances on CBS’ The Talk and Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family, “River of Time: My Descent Into Depression and How I Emerged With Hope” ascends to the top of Amazon’s Best Sellers.
Naomi is also bringing her energetic flare to the April issue of First For Women as she opens up about the wellness strategies that keep her looking and feeling her absolute best. She also shares common sense beauty tips and the advice Oprah Winfrey gave her years ago that’s even more relevant today.
This summer the country music icon will return to the ball field for the City of Hope 28th Annual Celebrity Softball Game in Nashville, Tenn. Naomi participated in the game in the late 80s and early 90s and is dusting off her glove to return as a play-by-play Guest Announcer Saturday, June 9. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.
Be sure to follow Naomi Judd on Facebook and Instagram or visit NaomiJudd.com.
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT VOCABULARY LESSON OF THE DAY–mythoclast
[mith-uh-klast]
noun
1.
a destroyer or debunker of myths.
QUOTES
Tommy Moore, a life-long friend, an insatiable consumer of history, and a fellow mythoclast by constitution, accompanied me to the field on several occasions, and read sections of the working manuscript.
— Scott Stine, A Way Across the Mountain, 2015
ORIGIN
English mythoclast comes from two familiar Greek words. The Greek noun mythos has many meanings: “speech, word, public speech, unspoken word, matter, fact,” as in mythology, “a set of stories, traditions, or beliefs.” The Greek combining form -klastes “breaker” is most familiar in iconoclast “one who breaks images or statues” (literally and figuratively).
A mythoclast is one who breaks or destroys a myth or myths in general. Mythoclast entered English in the late 19th century.
UNCLE MONKEY ON KEEPING FINANCES STRAIGHT AND YOUR EYE ON GOALS–
From time to time major projects get pushed to the back burner. Life, health or the ever present financial constraints force us to move on to other projects. Some of them are easier, most are cheaper, others are to bring some badly needed positive cash flow.
But eventually you clear the schedule, raise the funds to get back to the original project. You blow the dust off and push it back to the forefront. Now you sit there staring at it trying to figure where you were.
You rack your brain trying to figure it out; after all it wasn’t that long ago you were bloodying knuckles on it. So you run down the mental calendar in your head. Last month was this, before that you worked on that. The other month was a complete right off. That’s when it hits you that it has been a year or two since you last spun the wrenches on the project.
On a clipboard you start a list of what needs done, where to start, what to double check. You curse yourself under your breath for letting it slide for so long.
Dozens of other projects have come and gone. You get a fresh cup of coffee and pop some Motorhead into the tape deck. As Lemmy pounds out a heavy bass riff you pick up the wrench to get back at it.
It will be hours before you step back to let the dust clear. It was a productive day if for no other reason than you knocked the dust loose. Half way through you remembered why it had to be put on hold.
As you move from one item to the next you’re mentally calculating just how you’re going to pay for those parts that really are needed. Until you get to that point you push on cleaning up the little things that should have been done years ago before you put the wrenches down.
It is a long weekend. Tomorrow the kids and extended family will be over for BBQ. You can get a few hours in before they get there. The following day should be open except for no stores being open.
You’re committed to finish the project this go around – committed to finishing it and pushing it out into the light of day. But for now you scribble a quick parts list that will keep you busy through the weekend.
-bad Uncle Monkey
LIFESTYLE DEAL OF THE WEEK–2013 Harley-Davidson FLSTN – Softail Deluxe, Only $12,895 at Lifestyle Cycles
One of the most confidence-inspiring Big Twins, the Softail Deluxe features an extremely low seat with “collapsing sides” pull back handlebar and riser, and easy-reach, extended kickstand.
The powerful, counter-balanced Twin Cam 103 and a 6-Speed Cruise Drive transmission are appreciated by many riders. Exquisite style details round out every other corner of this bike, from the clean front light bar, to the tombstone taillight, to the chrome grab rail and luggage rack, to the laced wheels and wide whitewall tires.
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WATCH OUT!–Florida challenges order to make voting rights changes
Ratcheting up a bitter legal fight in an important swing state, Republican state officials on Wednesday challenged a federal judge’s order that Florida must change the process used to restore voting rights to former prisoners.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, acting on behalf of Gov. Rick Scott and the state’s clemency board, appealed the judge’s decision to block the state’s current system of forcing ex-felons to wait at least five years before they can ask for the right to vote.
U.S. District Mark Walker had given Scott and state officials until April 26 to create a new process, but attorneys working for Bondi asked that Walker’s order be placed on hold while the case moves to a federal appeals court in Atlanta.
“People elected by Floridians should determine Florida’s clemency rules for convicted criminals, not federal judges,” said John Tupps, a spokesman for Scott. “The governor will always stand with victims of crime. He believes that people who have been convicted of crimes like murder, violence against children and domestic violence, should demonstrate that they can live a life free of crime while being accountable to our communities.”
Hours after the appeal was made, Walker turned down Florida’s request to put the case on hold and said this “court does not play games.” The judge told the state it still needs to comply with initial order and he sharply criticized Scott and other state officials.
“Rather than comply with the requirements of the United States Constitution, defendants continue to insist they can do whatever they want with hundreds of thousands of Floridians’ voting rights and absolutely zero standards,” Walker wrote. “They ask this Court to stay its prior orders. No.”
Florida’s constitution automatically bars felons from being able to vote after leaving prison. The state’s clemency process allows the governor and three elected Cabinet members to restore voting rights, although the governor can unilaterally veto any request.
The process has changed over the years.
Shortly after taking office in 2007, then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist convinced two of the state’s three Cabinet members to approve rules that would allow the parole commission to restore voting rights for non-violent felons without hearings, and within a year, more than 100,000 felons were granted voting rights. Scott and Bondi and other state officials changed the system in 2011 and since then fewer than 3,000 of former prisoners have had their rights restored.
Former prisoners who had their applications turned down sued the state. Walker ruled that the while the ban itself was legal that the process used to decide who got their voting rights restored was flawed and appeared to be swayed by partisan politics.
Fair Elections Legal Network and the lawyers who sued the state blasted the decision to appeal: “Their continued resistance to adopting any uniform, nonarbitrary system for restoring voting rights betrays a brazen disregard, if not disdain, for basic principles that go to the heart of our democracy.”
In a court filing accompanying the appeal, Bondi’s office defended the current process by saying that statistics showed the recidivism rate was higher among those who had their rights restored under the system used when Crist was governor. Attorneys for Florida also pushed back against allegations of partisan tilt by pointing out that the governor and clemency board had access to confidential information that was used to make a final determination on voting rights.
The fight over voting rights for former prisoners comes just months before Florida voters will be asked to alter the current ban.
They Did The Crime??? They Did The Time and Should Get Their Rights Restored.
–Gary Fineout
ASSOCIATED PRESS
–from Rogue
Ducati joins Stevie Bonsey and Lloyd Brothers Racing in the American Flat Track Grand National Series 2018–Ducati & Lloyd Brothers tap former GP racer Stevie Bonsey
Ducati North America partners with The Dillard Family Racing / Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team to back former Grand Prix motorcycle racer Stevie Bonsey for ten rounds of the American Flat Track (AFT) championship. First race of their season will start with the Atlanta Short Track on Saturday, April 7 in Woodstock, GA at the Dixie Raceway.
Stevie Bonsey, one of the fiercest riders on the AFT circuit mounts his official comeback after a serious crash left the Salinas, CA native with a broken neck in 2016. Bonsey made an appearance at last year’s finale promptly battling up front and finishing just 0.041 seconds off the podium.
The bike is built around Ducati’s twin-cylinder four-valve liquid-cooled Testastretta 11° Monster 821 engine specifically set up for American Flat Track racing by the Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team and the support from Ducati and sponsorship from long-standing Ducati collector Jim Dillard.
Lloyd Brothers Motorsports has a history running Ducati-powered machines. History was made together in 2010 by snapping Harley-Davidson’s nearly two-decade winning streak with a victory at the Arizona Mile as a privateer effort. The expanded 2018 program with Bonsey at the controls shows a seriousness of winning intentions by all involved.
“I feel privileged to get a chance to ride of Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Ducati for the 2018 season, it’s going to be a challenging season with a class full of so much talent, but I truly believe we have a bike and a team more than capable of going out front.” Says Bonsey
Additional information about Ducati, including participating dealers and availability can be found at www.ducati.com.
JUST IN FROM THE CLIMATE DEPOT–German Daily ‘Die Welt’ Declares: ‘President Trump was the world’s most successful climate protector’
Die Welt’s energy journalist, Daniel Wetzel: “Now the results are in: No country in the world saved more CO2 in 2017 than the USA.”
On USA’s impressive reductions, Wetzel called it “bizarre”: “Foremost a development emerged that was quite bizarre: Of all countries, the USA under President Donald Trump was the world’s most successful climate protector.”
Via: http://notrickszone.com/2018/04/04/german-daily-die-welt-announces-president-trump-usa-worlds-most-successful-climate-protector/#sthash.1mbY3beG.dpbs
–By P Gosselin
It turns out that the country that got attacked the most for backing out of the Paris Accord happens to be the one that reduced CO2 emissions the most last year, writes Die Welt’s energy journalist, Daniel Wetzel, who wrote:
Now the results are in: No country in the world saved more CO2 in 2017 than the USA. And it is because of the eco-effect.”
Top CO2 saver among a record emissions year
Wetzel cited the latest results of the International Energy Agency IEA, which also stated that global CO2 emissions reached a new all-time record high after having stagnated the three previous years. In 2017, global CO2 emissions rose a robust 2.1 percent – “due to strong economic growth,” Wetzel writes.
“Green champions” fail to deliver
According to the IEA, the USA reduced CO2 emissions by 23 million metric tonnes, emitting 4.81 billion tonnes.
Meanwhile some of the world’s most vocal proponents of CO2 emissions reductions and supporters of the Paris Accord failed to reduce CO2 emissions at all. The European Union, which fancies itself a champion of green energies and moral beacon, actually saw its emissions rise by 46 million tonnes!
Also eco-pompous Germany, whose car industry cheated the world, has not reduced emissions some 9 years running:
:
Germany CO2 equivalent emissions, millions of metric tons. Source UBA.
It was the third year in a row that the USA reduced CO2 emissions, a result that Wetzel called “surprising”.
The reduction, according to Die Welt’s Daniel Wetzel, was attributed to the USA’s 17% energy supplied by renewable sources and that 20% of the electric power was produced by nuclear plants.
The news of Trump being the 2017’s best climate-saver did not go down well among climate activists. Germany’s alarmist site Klimaretter insisted that Trump had little to do with the development. Klimaretter claimed the good result from the USA was “due to the strong expansion in renewable energies. This occurred not because of Trump, but rather despite the President’s politics.”
Currently Trump is proposing the installation of solar panels on the wall along the border to Mexico, which would make it one of the largest solar power facilities in the country.
–from Marc Morano – Climate Depot
All New leather batch just arrived
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World’s First Online Vintage Motorcycle Auction Off and Running– With New Improvements
Motoauct.com, the premiere online auction site dedicated to vintage motorcycles, has hit the ground running.
Thousands of registered users have joined the site’s virtual vintage motorcycle community, participating in dozens of successful auctions and socializing on the site’s forums. The founders have now refined and improved upon the initial platform.
“We wanted to take the best parts of the auction process and transpose them into a digital medium,” said Jason Delacroix, Co-founder of Motoauct.com. “The response has been overwhelming—we’ve had thousands of people register on the site, and more are signing up every day. We’ve currently implemented improvements based on community feedback to make it even better.”
Culled from hundreds of e-mail suggestions, Motoauct.com rolled out new features this week. Among other changes, users will have the ability to follow and track their favorite auctions via e-mail alerts, receive reserve notifications on all auctions and utilize RSS feeds.
Motoauct.com has also added an option that allows sellers to list bikes at a one-time, buy-now, fixed price so they don’t have to wait for an auction to end. Additionally, the site now features a parts page, so users can sell vintage motorcycle parts, as well as entire motorcycles.
There is a page dedicated to sold auction items so members can see all the great vintage bikes that have recently changed hands. And the site also offers new user tips, including a visual tutorial on the best ways to photograph motorcycles to facilitate successful sales.
Now there is no need to wait for large auction houses to hold events—people can post, buy, and sell from smart devices at any time. Auctions are interactive, and the social platforms on the site encourage membership and community. Built with vintage motorcycle buyers, sellers and enthusiasts in mind, Motoauct.com is the future of vintage.
Register. Buy. Sell. Socialize. Motoauct.com.
–Ken Conte
ken@RiseAboveConsulting.com
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT DORM–Congress quietly preserves ability to pay sexual harassment settlements with taxpayer money
Sen. Gillibrand said her legislation to reform the process was cut “at the last minute.” Yvette Cabrera
An overhaul of Capitol Hill’s workplace misconduct system is in jeopardy and likely won’t be attached to a government spending bill this week, diminishing the likelihood of reform before the midterm elections, according to Politico.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who introduced the bipartisan Congressional Harassment Reform Act last December, said on Monday that House and Senate leadership “stripped” provisions from the language from the spending bill at the eleventh hour.
“I am appalled that House and Senate leadership removed provisions from the omnibus bill at the last minute that would have finally brought accountability and transparency to Congress’s sexual harassment reporting process,” said Gillibrand in a statement released Monday.
Among its provisions, the act requires that members of Congress personally pay for sexual harassment settlements when they are found liable. Currently, lawmakers can tap taxpayer funds to settle with victims.
Also, unless the victim opts for privacy, under the act, settlements would automatically be made public, thus lifting the veil of secrecy around the process.
The provisions, noted Gillibrand, passed unanimously in the House, and the act has broad support in the Senate.
“It begs the question: Who are they trying to protect? I can’t think of any legitimate reason to remove this language other than to protect members of Congress over taxpayers and congressional employees,” said Gillibrand, who on Monday called on the Senate leadership to bring the legislation to the floor for an immediate vote.
Congress is facing a Friday midnight deadline to approve its spending bill. And on Monday, Politico cited sources who reported that the harassment measure was unlikely to get attached to the spending bill, a shift that “jeopardizes” the chances that the bill would move forward and onto President Trump’s desk for a signature.
However, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), disputed Gillibrand’s account that provisions of the act were on track to be included in the spending bill, according to Politico.
“The government funding bill is still being developed, so I don’t have any update on the final bill,” spokesman Don Stewart told Politico in an email. “And while this important issue is being discussed, at no time was language from Sen. Gillibrand’s bill adopted to the legislation and/or stripped.”
Gillibrand has been one of the most outspoken critics of Capitol Hill’s sexual harassment complaint process, calling the system “broken” and urging her colleagues to take action.
“Congress should never be able to play by their own set of rules or ever be above the law,” Gillibrand told CNN last November.
–Think Progress.org
–from Rogue
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS OPEN–Two MEN TALKING
1st: I am getting married because
I am tired of eating out,
cleaning house & doing laundry
2nd:Strange, I am taking divorce for same reasons!
–from the Wayfarer
OHIO: Naked man on crystal meth bites 28 people in a Walmart Store
A naked man caused quite a commotion in a Walmart supercenter this morning when he randomly bit dozens of customers while barking and screaming.
29-year-old Michael Kruger entered the store naked and visibly intoxicated around 9:30 AM this morning.
He immediately began running around the supercenter, jumping on some of the customers and savagely biting them.
Ruth Davis, an employee who witnessed the attack, says the aggressor looked like he was possessed or infected with rabies.
“He was running around naked like a maniac. He was drooling a lot and biting people. He looked like a rabid animal.”
The Walmart employee says that Mr. Kruger kept making strange sounds and saying incoherent things.
“He kept barking like a dog and yelling stuff about the Vatican being out to get him.”
Mr. Kruger bit a total of 28 people and lightly assaulted a dozen others before he was finally arrested by the Cleveland Police.
None of the victims were severely injured, but there is a slight risk that they may have contracted some disease from their aggressor.
Michael Kruger told investigators that he spent the entire night smoking crystal meth and had decided to walk to the Walmart to get some food.
He explained that he had taken off his clothes on the way to “get rid of the spying equipment the Vatican had planted” on him and was biting people to “make sure they’re not terminators” sent to kill him.
Mr. Kruger’s lawyer demanded that he undergo a psychiatric evaluation before the beginning of his trial.
He faces a total of 47 criminal charges and a maximum of 240 years in prison.
–AMERICACRIMEUSA
crysatlmethman3
–from Rogue
TATTOO PETERS--Since 1955 oldest shop in Amsterdam
–Frank Ball Jr.
On the European Tattoo Highway
CAR CHASE NEWS–Cops let Mustang get away after chase hits 150 mph
Another piece of evidence that classic Ford Mustangs are mighty fast came late last week near Glenwood Springs, Colo.
When a car hit 150 mph, Colorado State Patrol officers gave up chasing a driver in a vehicle that could be identified only as a dark-colored, older-model Mustang.
(We have it on good authority the car was not the 1968 Bullitt Mustang used in the Steve McQueen movie. That 1968 Mustang GT fastback is set to be displayed on the National Mall later this month.)
The driver in Friday’s incident was going 140 mph on Interstate 70 about 10 miles west of Glenwood Springs, which is about 170 miles west of Denver, State Patrol spokesman Gary Cooper told the Denver Post.
When troopers turned on sirens and lights, the Mustang driver sped up.
“They tried to catch up. They weren’t doing it,” Cooper said. “They couldn’t get close enough.” Troopers couldn’t read the car’s license plate.
That stretch of I-70 along the Colorado River is generally straight and much flatter than mountain passes and canyons east of Glenwood Springs toward Vail.
For that reason, it’s a particularly dangerous stretch of road where drivers tend to speed up. Garfield County, where the Mustang sped away, records more fatal crashes on I-70 than any other spot west of Denver.
Troopers decided not to compound the danger by pursuing the car, Cooper said.
“It’s extremely reckless, especially with people who haven’t been trained to drive at those speeds,” Cooper said. “I’ve seen a deer total a car before.”
–MSN.com
–from Rogue
AMA MOTORCYCLE NEWS–
Family-owned Kwik Trip convenience stores has expanded its offering of fuel containing 15 percent ethanol to 330 of its nearly 600 locations in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Kwik Trip started offering E15 in just four stations in February 2017 and labels and markets it as “unleaded 88.”
The AMA remains concerned about the rapid spread of E15 and higher ethanol blends, because none of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and ATVs in use in the United States is certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to operate on blends with more than 10 percent ethanol by volume. And some vintage bikes require E0 (no ethanol) to run properly.
Motorcyclists and ATV owners are urged to be alert when fueling their vehicles to ensure use of the fuel recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. Don’t just shop price.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced the “Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act” in the U.S. House (H.R. 5212) and Senate (S. 2519). The American Motorcyclist Association supports these bills.
The legislation would cap mandated ethanol content in the nation’s fuel supply at 9.7 percent and require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize the use of cellulosic biofuel ahead of other biofuels when determining volumes below blend wall levels.
In other words, the bill would stop the federal government from forcing E15 fuel (15 percent ethanol by volume) into the market. Capping the ethanol mandate helps ensure the availability of fuels safe for motorcycles, such as E10, and a continuing place in the market for ethanol-free gasoline (E0) for older motorcycles.
Inadvertent use of E15 in vehicles not designed for its use can damage fuel system and engine components and void manufacturer’s warranties. Tell your representative to support H.R. 5212 and your senators to support S. 2519 by using the AMA Federal Action Center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President Donald Trump includes funding for fighting wildfires on public lands, and will allow money appropriated for recreation programs, maintenance and infrastructure to be used for those purposes, instead of fighting fires. Previously, those accounts had been raided for money to fight wildfires. Under the spending bill, wildfire suppression will be treated as a natural disaster.
State News
EL MONTE, Calif. – The California Air Resources Board is inviting the public to participate in an April 11 workshop to discuss the need for amendments to on-road motorcycle emissions standards and certification procedures.
The purpose of the workshop is to discuss how motorcycles affect California’s air quality and to lay out potential strategies to achieve needed emission reductions from motorcycles. CARB staff members will present technical and regulatory advancements that have occurred globally in the motorcycle sector and discuss how those advancements might be applied in California.
The workshop is 1-3 p.m. at the CARB Auditorium (Annex 4), 9530 Telstar Ave., El Monte, Calif. The workshop also is available via GoToMeeting. For more information, contact Jason McPhee at (916) 323-1104 or Scott Bacon at (916) 322-8949.
PLACERVILLE, Calif. – The seasonal dirt road closure at Union Valley Reservoir in the Eldorado National Forest has been extended to April 15. Rainfall, soil moisture, road and trail conditions, and weather forecasts are factors that trigger extending the seasonal closure beyond March 31.
“Most of the roads are still under snow which will be melting now that it is getting warmer,” said Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree. “Some roads could still be damaged.”
The seasonal closure is designed to protect roadbeds and watersheds from damage and to protect water quality. Roads subject to seasonal closure are identified on a map that is available free-of-charge at all Eldorado National Forest offices and on the web at: www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado.
The seasonal closure does not affect routes in the Rock Creek Area near Georgetown, which has its own route closure process. More information is available at www.fs.usda.gov/detail/eldorado/news-events.
SUSANVILLE, Calif. – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Office has completed a series of improvements at off-highway vehicle recreation areas in northeast California and far northwest Nevada.
Crews have installed new vault toilets at the Fort Sage, Dry Valley and Rice Canyon recreation sites, adding to new amenities, including picnic sites, informational kiosks, and improved loading and unloading areas at each of the recreation sites.
The BLM used last year’s grant funds from California State Parks Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division and federal funds to complete the latest round of improvements.
Fort Sage has more than 100 miles of trails suitable for all riding abilities. Dry Valley offers about 130 miles of roads and trails. The Rice Canyon recreation site has 120 acres of open riding areas. Rice Canyon has a beginner track ideal for youngsters and those new to OHV riding. There are no fees at these areas.
GORHAM, N.H. – Some residents of Gorham, N.H., have sued the city and some state agencies, claiming the noise and exhaust from OHVs and the “menacing behavior” of OHV riders on nearby trails hamper their enjoyment of their homes.
New Hampshire’s trail system includes public roads, abandoned railroad beds and trails on private property. Part of the state system passes through Gorham. The lawsuit names as defendants Gorham and the commissioners of the state departments of Transportation, Natural and Cultural Resources, and Resources and Economic Development.
The homeowners are demanding permanent removal of the OHV trail head and trail from their neighborhood and damages for the claimed loss of value of their homes.
NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Wayne National Forest plans to expand an ATV trail by completing the Pine Grove connector in two phases this year and in 2019. The project includes a 3.39-mile section between the ATV trail at Hanging Rock and the Superior off-highway vehicle trail.
Tim Sloan, the forest’s Ironton district ranger, said he is seeking volunteers to help with the project. Volunteers may call the Ironton Ranger District office at (740) 534-6500.
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has announced extra patrols focused on distracted driving, April 2-14. More than 150 law enforcement agencies will be out in force looking for distracted drivers.
Under the state’s new “Driving Under the Influence of Electronics” law, drivers may not hold cell phones or watch videos while they are driving, stopped in traffic or stopped at a light.
Prohibited devices include phones, tablets, laptops or any other hand-held electronic devices. The law restricts hands-free use to a single touch.
Industry News
IWATA, Japan – Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. has developed the TY-E electric trials bike. The TY-E was on display at the Yamaha Motor booth at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show. The TY-E was created by the company’s “Evolving R & D” activities, which focused on a trials model for competition. The team had to overcome electric vehicle development problems, such as high output from small and lightweight components and the ease of riding that responds as the rider would intend.
MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson Inc. has announced an equity investment in Alta Motor, which makes electric motorcycles and components, and that the companies will collaborate on electric motorcycle technology and product development.
Harley-Davidson plans to launch its first electric motorcycle in 2019. “We believe that EV is where global mobility is headed and holds great appeal for existing riders as well as opportunity to bring new riders into the sport,” said Harley-Davidson Chief Executive Matt Levatich. “We intend to be the world leader in the electrification of motorcycles and, at the same time, remain true to our gas and oil roots by continuing to produce a broad portfolio of motorcycles that appeal to all types of riders around the world.”
MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has launched youth apprenticeships in skilled trades to attract younger workers as older ones retire. According to a story at www.jsonline.com, 17 students are competing for six openings in Harley’s youth apprenticeship in tool-and-die making, machine repair/maintenance and electrical maintenance. If the new program proves successful, the company plans expand it to plants in Tomahawk, and York, Pa.
TOKYO – Honda has filed a patent application for a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. Drawings filed with the application depict a sport bike with shaft drive. A hydrogen fuel cell is housed under the seat. Fuel cell vehicles combine hydrogen and oxygen over a catalyst to create electrical energy that powers the motor. The only byproduct is water. Honda’s Clarity automobile has been on the market since 2008, but availability has been restricted to areas where hydrogen fueling stations are in place.
International News
BERLIN – German motorcyclist Remo Klawitter rode an electric Zero DSR motorcycle 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours on a looped ride between Berlin and the Land Centre for Renewable Energies in Neustrelitz, Germany. Klawitter said he wanted to draw attention to the practicality of electric bikes. He used only publicly available charging stations. The DSR was equipped with Zero’s optional Charge Tank, which cuts charging time from eight hours to about an hour.
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AMA News
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame welcomes motorcyclists and fans of motorcycling to its AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Spring Bike Night, 5-8 p.m., April 28 at the American Motorcyclist Association campus, 13515 Yarmouth Drive. The event, a fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, features music, food vendors, free entry to the museum and a display of police department motorcycles. For all the details, visit the AMA website.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The American Motorcyclist Association welcomes MotoAmerica as a member benefit partner for 2018. MotoAmerica is the North American professional road racing series that is sanctioned by the AMA and is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. As an AMA benefit partner, MotoAmerica will provide AMA members with a 15-percent discount on general admission for select 2018 MotoAmerica events.
AMA members also will have the opportunity to attend member-exclusive meet-and-greet events with riders at select MotoAmerica events. Full details are available at the AMA website.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – Cliff Reed, of Tucson, Ariz., won a Beta motorcycle after riding the 2017 There Will Be Dust Beta AMA National Dual Sport Ride, hosted by Trail Riders of Southern Arizona.
Thanks to sponsors of the Beta AMA National Dual Sport Series, participants who rode at any of the 2017 series events were automatically entered to win prizes from Beta, Sidi and Seat Concepts. Adventure Motorcycle Magazine (ADVMoto) was also a sponsor. Reed chose a 2018 Beta 390RR Race Edition and picked it up at On Any Moto in Tucson, Ariz. The 2018 Beta AMA National Dual Sport Series, presented by Kenda Tires, is also sponsored by Seat Concepts, IMS Productsand ADVmoto. The series schedule and detailed information about the events can be found at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Riding/Dual-Sport-Riding.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The American Motorcyclist Association welcomes Helmet House as a member benefit partner, providing AMA members with a discount on select purchases made through the Helmet House dealer network or website on specified dates during 2018.
The Helmet House product lineup includes well-known brands of motorcycle riding gear and accessories, including Tourmaster and Cortech. For more information about this benefit, including eligible products and dates, please visit the AMA’s member discount codes website at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/For-Members/Member-Discount-Codes.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The 2018 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship, which pits top amateur hillclimbers against each other to prove their skill and determination, will be hosted by the Quaboag Riders Motorcycle Club in Monson, Mass., July 27-29. The AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship is the premier amateur hillclimb event in the United States, and competition will be fierce to determine who wins an AMA National No. 1 plate. For more information about the event and facility, please visit the Quaboag Riders Motorcycle Club’s website at www.monsonmonster.com, or call (413) 267-4414.
FROM THE CAPITAL–Ex-VA chief: Trump needs better team around him.
In the end, improvements at agency didn’t come fast enough, Shulkin says
Recently fired VA secretary David Shulkin says President Trump is doing a good job by demanding excellence from members of his Cabinet but needs a better team supporting him to be successful.
“I think that he’s not being well served by all the people around him,” Shulkin told USA TODAY. “As big of an organization as he needs to run, you need to have the right people around you with the right team, and, you know, we see with all the turnover and different things going on that are happening in the White House, that he’s still trying to figure that out.”
He said the president has every right to have the people around him whom he trusts and wants to hear from. “But I think many of the things that we’re seeing and that we’re struggling
with have to do with building that team and the staff around him,” he said.
Shulkin spent a little more than a year in Trump’s Cabinet before the president fired him Wednesday, announcing the news in a tweet. He was the only Obama administration holdover in the Cabinet and the third member to depart since Trump came in.
He has been vocal on his way out. He engaged in television interviews and wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times warning against privatizing the Department of Veterans Affairs. The president suggested Thursday that he let Shulkin go in part because he wasn’t aligned with his vision to quickly expand veterans’ options to get VA-funded care in the private sector.
Although that was a key campaign promise, Shulkin told USA TODAY that it wasn’t the focus of his discussions with Trump leading up to his selection as secretary in January last year.
“We talked about the essential need to fix the VA — that he felt passionately that veterans weren’t getting the type of services and care that they needed, and I agreed with him,” he said.
Impatient for improvements
Shulkin pitched his experience at the agency — he had served as undersecretary for health since July 2015 — and his belief that he could speed the pace of improvements to the agency. But in the end, it wasn’t fast enough for the president, and Shulkin said he agreed.
“I’m impatient, he’s impatient, the country’s impatient. We all want to do this faster and better,” he said. Still, he said, the size of the organization and the fact that issues became ingrained over so many years make fixes difficult.
“You can’t quickly turn on a dime and see the type of progress that people want in the time frame that you want always,” he said.
Shulkin said the president often called him and spoke about policy. He said Trump was always very inquisitive and engaged during Cabinet meetings.
“You get a sense that he has a purpose to the way he’s running the government and that he does want to hear from you as Cabinet members,” he said.
And Trump was always very direct about what he wanted. “You never leave a Cabinet meeting without having clear direction,” Shulkin said.
He didn’t say whether Trump changed or waffled on those directions day to day, as he has been known to do.
One last talk
On Wednesday, Shulkin said he received a call from Trump and they discussed VA policies and whether it would be possible to speed up the pace of improvements to the agency. The president made no mention that he planned to fire him in a few hours. That was left to White House chief of staff John Kelly.
“Later on that afternoon, towards the end of the day, I got a call from Gen. Kelly, who said that the president had made a decision,” Shulkin said. “It was a very short time afterwards that I guess the president tweeted.”
Shulkin, a physician who still saw patients while leading the VA, is friends with Trump’s pick to take over the agency, White House physician and Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson. He said they met when Shulkin joined the VA in 2015. Jackson was physician to President Obama and George W. Bush before that.
“We … didn’t spend a lot of time talking about policy and politics, but more things that friends talk about and things that doctors talk about,” he said. “I think he’s a very honorable man, he’s a great public servant.”
The chief concern about Jackson raised so far is his lack of management experience. The VA has more than 370,000 employees and 1,200 medical facilities across the country. But Shulkin said experience is not what matters.
“One of the most important characteristics right now of a Cabinet member is to have the trust of the president,” he said. “I believe that Dr. Jackson, to be successful, is going to have to build a strong team around him. This job is such a big job that I don’t think anybody’s prepared to run an organization this size, as complex as this is, so this is about a team that delivers on results, and I think Dr. Jackson can do that.”
–Donovan Slack
USA TODAY
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BANGKOK BIKER ROUND-UP–91 rounded up for road racing in BangkokBreaking News
Bangkok police arrested 90 motorcyclists and a pillion rider and seized 90 bikes in an operation to prevent racing on the capital’s streets.
The arrests were made by police from 10 Bangkok police stations who manned road checkpoints late on Friday night and early on Saturday.At the end of the operation, Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal held a press conference at 3am at Tha Kham Police Station to announce the results.
Surachet said 45 of the arrested were under 18 years old. He added that seven of the 91 were females.Surachet said police would continue to step up their crackdown on road racing ahead of the Songkran holidays and the crackdowns are also aimed at preventing teens from using their summer school holidays for racing on roads.
He said the 45 teens under 18 and their parents would be summoned to meet police on April 3 for attitude adjustment and the parents would be warned that if their kids were arrested again, they could be jailed for supporting illegal activities.
By The Nation
–from Art Hall
Bikernet International Correspondent
GINA WOODS ANNOUNCES Open Road Radio Show Line-up—Don’t miss it.
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President – Open Road Radio
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BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN–What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
While creating husbands, God promised women that good and ideal husbands would be found in all corners of the world……………then He made the earth round.
–from Sidehack Jerry
BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB–Riding the Road of Life…
Paved by Gloria Tramontin Struck
92 years of living and riding packed into 256 pages leaves the reader wanting more. When will Volume #2 be available?
Gloria, at 92, still has the energy of the “Tasmanian Devil” (remember the old cartoon?) She has documented an awesome biography as a daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, Motor Maid, and Avon Lady.
The pictorial history included in this book makes the words visibly come to life.
Where hasn’t she been? Buy the book and find out!
https://www.cartechbooks.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Gloria+struck
You can find Gloria, usually with her daughter Lori and granddaughter, Kathy at most
Sonny Nutter Shift Gears – Now Author with a Best Selling Book
Sonny’s just published bio-drama, “Dare to Be Nutter” has already garnered rave reviews. Sonny just sums it up by saying “it’s the real story of a little boy’s dream that came true… racing vintage motorcycles, midgets and sprint cars …both on the home turf and taking it overseas.”
Every page rumbles with his full-throttle approach to living life large, topped off by his unique sense of humor plus 125 awesome photos that span some 40 years of doin’ it in the dirt alongside a host of racing greats and Sonny’s hell-raising buddies. It makes a great gift for anyone into the colorful history of the sport from back in the day. To get your copy, slide on over to www.sonnynutter.com.
BANDIT DISCOVERED IN BIKER MOVIE—Born to Ride
Was watching biker films on You Tube and there you were as in an interviewer role. Excellent portrayal of yourself haha. Actually a great job.
–Dan D Sverdlin
Milestone Media
Tour of Honor Sites Are Live In REVER–Join the ToH at its official website and then use REVER to plan and keep track of your rides.
Veteran’s Charity Ride 2018
Wave, welcome or join these vets as they ride from Southern California to Sturgis this August. REVER will welcome the group as they visit our hometown of Eagle, CO, on August 1.
Good Ride Rally April 14, Peoria, Arizona
Good Ride supports Infinite Hero, a military charity that gives 100-percent of money raised directly to helping veterans in need.
BANDIT’S Infrastructure suggestion–
Our roads are jammed and worn. What if we could create a smart modular road system. The modules would contain lanes, railing, lights, and electronic connectivity.
I’m suggesting a raised system to carry motorcycles, cars, electric cars, plus an autonomous vehicle dedicated lane. This system would charge electric powered passenger cars.
It would allow drivers the opportunity to get through town above crowded streets. Shoppers could drive on the lower levels along with delivery trucks. Motorcycles would have a safer, more controlled area to travel on and be less bothersome to locals on the ground level.
This modular system would also be available to create upper parking structures. The system would be designed to afford folks the ability to travel from one town to the next unencumbered with multiple off-ramps at every intersection.
The modular system would afford a community to construct an infrastructure system without major expense and one that could be altered or removed without major obstructions to life and infrastructure.
Although off-ramps wouldn’t pepper this structure, but parking areas could to allow folks to stop, park and still access community businesses.
A thought in process.
–Bandit
AUSTIN SPEED SHOP PROJECT–1954 Chevrolet Custom – These early ‘50s Chevys are one of the most popular and desirable cars for customizers, and this is Austin Speed Shop’s take on how they should be done.
Chopped top, custom grill and headlights, custom-made ’55 Chevy front wheel lip, partial ’55 Chevy rear quarter panels and taillights, airbag suspension, and much more.
Even though this is a wild custom it has a timeless and subtle design. Finished off with a custom color by Shorty, this Chevy is the perfect blend of classy and custom! Keep your eyes peeled for this one cruising on the east coast soon.
To contact the shop, email info@AustinSpeedShop.com or call (512) 693-7277.
We’re located at 3507 Chapman Lane, Austin, TX 78744.
Hours are:
8am – 5pm M-F
10am – 3pm Sat
GIDDY UP TEXAS VINTAGE CHOPPER SHOW 2018–We asked our good friend Heath Braun to capture the true spirit of this year’s Giddy Up Vintage Chopper show for us.
The show was held yet again at the River Road Ice house in New Braunfels, Texas. With what looked like perfect weather, and tons of people smiling, dancing, and drinking, we can see easily from Heath’s images the good times had by all who attended.
We also wanted to congratulate Heather San Miguel for taking home Matt Jackson’s 1946 Knucklehead, we couldn’t be more stoked for her and glad to see the bike staying close to its home in Texas! Thanks for repping a Lowbrow Customs Script Tank too!
Photos by: Heath Braun
KNOCK-OFF TOOLS DISCOVERED–
In reference to the purchase in question: SK Tools’ Model SKT- 45190, 3/8 drive, chrome U-Joint socket. This is Andreas again, the fellow who called you regarding the knock-off product sold on Amazon by an outfit called ToolDeals4U. Thanks for taking my call!
As you recall, I wanted to be of help in that I wish to apprise you to the effect that there is a seller on Amazon selling imposter products marked “SK U.S.A.”
The seller even goes so far as to steal your photograph of the real McCoy, yet delivers an altogether different looking socket; one which bears no resemblance whatsoever to the genuine article in quality or otherwise.
I’m fully aware that in general, this is nothing new per se, and it is likely nothing new to your company in particular, either. But, I nonetheless wanted to make you aware of this situation, which, no question, is doing damaging to your company both in the form of lost revenue as well as in the form of reputational damage.
And so, I was compelled to contact you in order to be of some help in some small measure in combatting what I feel is a national emergency of sorts – one which, as you are probably aware, has developed exponentially over the last two decades and is only gaining in strength as the perpetrators utilize technology (ours) on every level to help them carry out their various violations.
As far as supplying you with a link to the actual purchase, I’m afraid that this is not possible since, if I attempt to go to a link for the actual sale to me on Amazon, the Amazon system diverts me to whichever outfits are the current (today) sellers of the item, including you, so that does not help you as far as a link to the actual seller is concerned.
What hopefully does help, is the screenshot of my purchase, which I’ve attached above. As promised, I’ve also attached a couple of photographs of your genuine SK unit side by side with the imposter. I was able to do this as I had turned around and immediately purchased your genuine product from you, and held back my Amazon return of the knock-off unit in order to be able to document the situation through a photographic comparison between the two.
Thank you for your time and attention to the above. I wish you much success in all your endeavors going forward, and I invite you to contact me personally should you wish further assistance in this matter.
–Andreas Dudda
Midnight Express Motorcycle Co.,
San Clemente, California
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061SN8O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
SONS OF SPEED Keep Growing– Fourth Race Biggest Yet at New Smyrna Speedway During Daytona Bike Week
The fourth running of Billy Lane’s thrilling Sons of Speed boardtrack type motorcycle race went down on Saturday, March 24, during the 77th Anniversary of Daytona Bike Week. For the first time, it featured three classes, thanks to the addition of a new 45-inch category. Twenty-four daredevil motorcycle racers, the most to participate so far, took to the half-mile paved banked track at New Smyrna Speedway .
“Each time out, we’re growing,” said Billy Lane, renowned bike builder and founder of Sons of Speed. “Three classes for this one, and the bikes keep getting faster.”
Inspired by early twentieth-century board-track racers, the Sons of Speed hot 61-inch and boardtrack class hearkens back to a stripped down, wide-open approach to motorcycle riding.
Each racer sit astride identical hand-built racing chassis holding pre-1925 1,000cc American V-Twin engines, and most racers customize their machines by fabricating handlebars, exhaust, fenders, foot pegs and fuel/oil tanks. None of these bikes feature brakes.
The 45-inch class makes the race more accessible to racers who can’t shell out thousands for an early Harley J-model or Indian Powerplus. The 45-inch class also has the added benefit of a three-speed gear-box and wider more modern tires but still without brakes. The 45-inch class allows racers a sensible access point to one of the most thrilling vintage races of the year.
The fourth running of the Sons of Speed race saw some of the best riders and well-known personalities in the business participate, including: Billy Lane, eBay Jake, Go Takamine, Ken Curtis, Shelly Rossmeyer-Pepe, Dan Rose, Rhett Rotten, Brittney Olsen, Rick Petcko, Mark Hanna, Freddie Bollwage, Jody Perewitz, Matt Harris, Josh Young and many others.
Top honors in the Hot 61-inch win went to Matt Walksler on his 1924 Harley-powered Sons of Speed racer, earning himself the Sons of Speed Sturgis McCann Trophy from Bill McCann. Walksler managed to dethrone eBay Jake, who’d taken the checkered flag the last two times running.
The fifth Sons of Speed race is already in the works set for Sturgis 2018 at the Full Throttle Saloon. Check out the Sons of Speed Facebook page for breaking news and upcoming events.
–Ken Conte
Ken@RiseAboveConsulting.com
THE MOST EXPENSIVE WATCH IN MONTANA–The Horological History
The Trench watch was a type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat.
It was a transitional design between pocket watches and wristwatches, incorporating features of both. The first series of purpose-made wristwatches was produced by Girard-Perageaux in 1880 for the German Navy.
During World War I numerous companies, including Omega, Longines and others produced wristwatches for the military. These watches were of virtually identical style with an enamel dial, wide white numerals, and a luminescent radium hour hand.
Often they did not bear the name of the manufacturer, though the movement, originally designed in the 1890s for ladies’ pendant watches, was “Swiss”. The curved lugs for a strap looked like a thick wire attachment to the classical round shape of pocket watches rather than an integrated part of the body of the later and modern wristwatches.The name “wristlet” was used until the early 1930s and was eventually replaced by the modern name “wristwatch”.
BRAND NEW FROM LOWBROW–The King P-Nut Gas Tank For Sportsters and Customs
Known for their line of popular custom gas tanks, the latest from Lowbrow Customs is the King P-Nut Gas Tank. The King P-Nut was designed for universal custom use or to simply bolt-on to 1986-2003 Harley-Davidson Sportsters using the Lowbrow Gas Tank Adapter Brackets. No welding, drilling, or modification necessary!
In addition to fitting to a Sportster, this gas tank can be mounted on any motorcycle frame with basic fabrication techniques. One such method is welding some threaded tophat bungs into the backbone of the motorcycle frame. The King P-Nut gas tank is unique in that it allows full use of it’s 2.4 gallon capacity because of the left-side, 1/4 inch NPT petcock bung and the small gas filler moved up high on the tank.
Being that this is a Frisco mount gas tank it has a shallow tunnel and sits high up on the backbone of the frame. If the filler cap is back too far, the tank can’t be filled to the top without the gas overflowing.
King P-Nut gas tanks are $149.95 and ship world-wide (with free shipping in the USA).
For more info or to purchase yours today visit www.lowbrowcustoms.com/kingpnut or call Lowbrow Customs toll-free at 1-855-456-9276.
JUST IN FROM CLIMATE DEPOT–Dr. Willie Soon Exposes Scientific Deceit; Is Anyone Listening?
OSU marine ecologist receives prestigious National Science Board award CORVALLIS, Ore. – The National Science Board is honoring Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco with its 2018 Vannevar Bush Award. The award recognizes “exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the nation through public service in science, technology and public policy.”
Lubchenco also served on the Obama administration’s Science Team and later as the State Department’s first science envoy for the ocean. In January 2017, she received the National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. In the introductory video, Dr. Willie Soon reviews the “Award Winning Science” of Dr. Jane Lubchenco.
It should become evidently clear why the NYT and other Liberal Organizations are upset with the EPA no longer accepting research based on “Secret Data.” This Ocean Acidification Research could easily be reproduced in a lab to expose this fraud, and Congress should investigate.
Trillions of public dollars are being wasted on junk science being supported only by “secret data.” And while Congress is looking into this “secret data” issue, they should also reexamine DDT and bird egg shells. Both the DDT and Ocean Acidification Studies should be independently validated through reproduction, and Congress should no longer accept single studies as justification for public policy.
Simply put, we have far too many activists masquerading as scientists. Conflict of interests have corrupted this system, and no one is being held accountable. It is time Congress puts an end to deceitful “scientists” treating the public treasury as a piggy bank for their pet projects.
New York Times Melts Down Over EPA’s Secret Science Ban By Steve Milloy The New York Times is spittin’ mad at Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. In just the past week, the paper has attacked Pruitt four times – from the front-page to the editorial page — following his announcement that the agency would not longer be permitted to rely on so-called “secret science” as a basis for taking regulatory action. And at no point in this onslaught has the Times allowed the truth to intervene.
Since 1994, EPA and university researchers it funds have been hiding scientific data from Congress and the public data. EPA has used the data and studies in question since 1997 as the basis for issuing unnecessary and draconian (if not outright punitive) air quality regulations.
During the Obama years, EPA relied on these studies to issue regulations that wiped out 94 percent of the market value of the U.S. coal industry. The largest companies were forced into bankruptcy. Thousands of miner jobs were killed, wreaking havoc on communities that depended on the jobs.
–By: Admin – Climate Depot
— gReader Pro
STROKERS CAMP RIDE–
You know Rick Fairless right? From what I can tell with the FB replies this is going to be a big ride….but that is how we do it in Texas.
–Barry G
NEW TV SERIES COMING—Featured on Indiegogo
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Great project about outlawing motorcycles -Corndick, Montana Legends MC
Motorcycles are outlawed. Gasoline is $20 per gallon. Self-driving cars are taking over. Silicon Valley and the United States Government have collaborated to push society toward a fully-autonomous transportation system. Motorcycles and riders are an easy first target in the drive to ban human-operated vehicles.
Impossible, you say? Not so fast. Check out their trailer.
BIKERNET SOON TO FEATURE CLEAN CUSTOM—with a new paint job.
David’s OK w/ lensing the bike w/ the new paint job. Here’s a crappy shot from his FB page, but you can see it’s scalloped now, not flamed.
“Along with the new paint,” David said. “I also put on some custom 2-inch seat titanium springs, that ride like a Softail and make the bike look better then before.
“And a new custom black leather seat that has only I/4-inch padding, on it. That too looks way better then my old seat. It really went up several notches in terms of aesthetics.
“You’ll see for yourself when we meet up!
“If you magnify this photo, you’ll notice the new seat and seat springs!
There’s also a logo on the gas tank that is rooted in Ancient Greek, and symbolizes the continuum to life, or rebirth.
“My bike is finally done, and is even sicker than before.”
Ready for shoot by next week.
–Markus Cuff
NEW ART FROM THE PRINCIPLE–Opening April 6th at
Principle Gallery Charleston
Karen Hollingsworth’s Solo Exhibit
Sequence 7×7, oil on canvas
Feel free to contact us with any questions!
Michele, Clint, & Taylor
208 King Street
Alexandria,Virginia 22314
info@principlegallery.com
703.739.9326
Hours
Monday: 12-5
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday: 10-6
Friday & Saturday: 10-8
Sunday: 11-6
www.principlegallery.com/alexandria
VINTAGE RACES COMING–Classic TT 2018 18 August – 31 August 2018
–Sam Burns
LATEST FROM THE POLARIS SLINGSHOT FILES– The all-new Slingshot Grand Touring LE is hitting showrooms. Head to your dealer this weekend and see it.
This limited edition comes loaded straight from the factory with premium technology and touring accessories, including Ride Command® with navigation, Rockford Fosgate® audio, color-matched Slingshade™, quilted comfort seats, and more.
I TOLD YOU THE NEWS WOULD BE CONFUSING–
I’ve been looking for the perfect truck and my criteria is too stiff. I would like a vintage pickup, but it must have an extend cab and seat more than two people. I saw a truck sorta like this at a vintage bike meet. It had a sleeper on it and a long, tall-walled bed. It was perfect. Still looking.
You’ll see a short tech next week about installing a chain drive on a Dyna, including an upgraded Barnett Clutch.
