Hey,
What do you think? We’re headed directly into the magnificent Holidays. Sometimes I get depressed about what’s happening in America. But I need to remind myself of two things: This isn’t the first time, or will it be the last, and we are actually living in the absolute best of times.
Think about it. How about the Civil War. It almost cut the country in half. How about the McCarthy era with the threat of communism, when folks lost their jobs for mentioning Russia over lunch. Then we fought over the Vietnam war. Now, it’s Socialism and Climate Doom. I just search for the truth and anything that will support our freedom to ride.
Check out the news. The truth will set you free.
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TANYA TUCKER’S
COSA SALVAJE TEQUILA
NOW AVAILABLE —
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The demand for Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila continues to expand across the U.S. and Canada with retailers carrying the exclusive tequila in stores across North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. See full list of locations, distributors and stores below.
“Since we launched Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila in early 2019, tequila connoisseurs to everyday people have raved about the flavorous taste without the ‘bite’ some tequilas have. It’s perfect for sipping for even non-tequila drinkers and we know that’s why new customers are demanding the product,” CEO/Founder Elle France said.
Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila currently offers Blanca and Extra Anejo tequila. Blanca is an enticing treat that is a true sipping tequila. It is bottled fresh from the still, with a slight sweet cooked agave finish. Extra Anejo is subtle and elegant, with 5 years of maturation in French white oak barrels. It holds a dark amber color and mezcal of sweet aromas, excellent toasted flavor and vanilla notes. The bottles are truly a work of art, handmade out of recycled glass along with an embossed leather strap with Tanya’s logo.
“I’ve had the good fortune of helping launch many brands in the spirits industry, and the ones that worked best have 3 things in common: First, they have a founder who believes to their core in what they’re doing and that’s what we have in Elle. Second, they have a liquid that people love and keep coming back to you and that’s what we have in Cosa Salvaje.
Third, they have a way to reach consumers and break out from the crowd, and with Tanya Tucker on board, we couldn’t ask for better authentic reach. I couldn’t be more excited as we expand this exciting Tequila brand. If you haven’t tried it you must,” said Smoke Wallin, Board Member and Industry Leader.
Tanya, a two-time 2020 GRAMMY® winner, enjoys drinking the succulent cocktail with fresh ruby red grapefruit juice and a touch of pulp. Cosa Salvaje translates as “wild thing” in Spanish. “I used to be a wild thing, now I just drink a wild thing! I truly love the taste of Cosa Salvaje Tequila. What’s even more important to me is how the agave and distilling process is environmentally conscious, so we’re taking care of our planet too,” Tanya shared.
CANADA: Distributor – MJ Liquor Distribution Inc.
ARIZONA: Distributor – Silesia Brands Inc.
COLORADO: Distributor – CTS Distributing, Inc./ Premier Sellers
KENTUCKY: Distributor – Heritage Wine and Spirits, LLC.
OKLAHOMA: Distributor – Aiko Importers
TENNESSEE: Distributor – Lipman Brothers, LLC.
TEXAS: Distributor – United
Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila retails for under $50.00 per bottle and is available online at CosaSalvajeTequila.com.
PRISM SHOW THIS WEEKEND–Run Off Show
We’ve been running The Congregation Show with DicE Magazine since 2017. It keeps growing and growing. We honestly can’t believe that what we started in 2017 has turned into this, but here we are, pinching ourselves and along for the ride!
This year’s iteration of The Congregation Show features more than ever – from our very own beer with Free Range Brewing, the Congregation Pils, to the Wall of Death, a playlist to accompany you through the weekend and our biggest turnout of motorcycle and hot rod builders to date. We decided to compile all the need-to-know information for y’all in one place so you can focus on what’s important – lettin’ the good times roll!
CANNONBALL NEWS— Dave who won the 2021 Cannonball on a 1911 Harley-Davidson was also a runner-up in the 2018 Cannonball riding a 1915 Harley-Davidson. See the news from an old 2018 article included in this year’s article.
Dave Currier, aged 68, on Winning Cannonball riding his 1911 Harley-Davidson
From September 2018. “I’ve already been doing a lot of thinking,” Currier said, chuckling. “I have done the twin cylinder. The next challenge for me would be to take a single cylinder and make it across the U.S. But this was a trip of a lifetime. Going over the mountain in Kalispell, Montana, that’s when I turned 65.”
Watch for an interview with Dave on Bikernet in the near future. –Bandit
Billy Lane’s Sons of Speed Vintage Motorcycle Race 2021
Address: 3939 State Road 44, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
Dates: October 16, 2021
Location: New Smyrna Speedway
Time: 1:00 PM
Price: General Admission: $20; VIP $75
Sons of Speed is a motorcycle race inspired by early 20th-century board-track racing. Featuring stripped-down bikes with pre-1925 American V-Twin engines, Sons of Speed hearkens back to a wide-open, full-throttle, thrilling style of motorcycle racing and is quickly becoming a Biketoberfest® must-see.
Watch over 30 vintage motorcycles take the track at New Smyrna Speedway. Racers include Jody Perewitz, “eBay” Jake Smith, Michael Lange, Jacob Smallwood, Ken Curtis, Shawn McLean, Tom Keefer, Dave Morrill, Chad Bolender, Matt Sorenson, Joe Miller, Rich Packer, Steve Aretz, Nathan Grubb, Chuck Kichton, Carey Maynell, Roxie Hanna, Freddie Bollwage, Mike Bellomo, Randy Hayward, Nike Hunter, and many more! General Admission Gate Opens 12 PM; VIP Gate Opens 10 AM.
Founded by veteran motorcycle builder Billy Lane of Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off and Monster Garage, the Sons of Speed race will feature some of the sport’s most accomplished riders, builders, and enthusiasts at New Smyrna Speedway’s half-mile, paved, banked racetrack.
QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY–Health & Wellness Humor
A worried woman called her family physician at night on the phone, “My husband just swallowed a paracetamol tablet by mistake! What should I do?”
The good doctor replied, “Give him a headache now – why waste the medicine.”
We found a leaflet in our newspaper this morning which read –
‘Are You An Alcoholic?
CALL NOW!
We Can Help.’
My wife insisted I make a call.
I called the phone number mentioned. It was a liquor shop with promotional offer: ‘Buy 3 and Get 1 Free’.
This morning I received a message:
‘When you cross 40…
You must reduce your evening friends
And increase morning friends’
That’s absolute nonsense! If my friends and I start drinking from morning itself, then my family will throw me out of the house!
–Wayfarer
Certified Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina Bad Joke Library
NEWS FLASH FROM THE CLIMATE DEPOT–‘The Nobel Prize has committed suicide’: Fmr. Harvard Physicist rips award for climate models: ‘Nobel Prize in Physics has become a joke, too’
Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl: “The climate modeling hasn’t led to any new yet reliable insights. In those 50 years, while the short-term weather models have made some progress, the long-term models have made virtually none and it is especially the case of the question about the magnitude of the influence of CO2 on the climate.
All the relevant quantities (like the climate sensitivity) remained about as uncertain as when these modeling efforts were launched and the claim about the “reliable prediction of global warming” is a pure lie. So, there is no reason for a Nobel Prize, especially not one that would go to somewhat random “physicists of the climate.” …
“The political motivation of this prize is 100% obvious. These people have been picked to steal a part of the credit accumulated by physics, the hardest discipline of sciences, and give it to one of the worst pseudoscientific superstitions of the contemporary era.” …
“Al Gore got his one-half of a Nobel Prize for a fraudulent PowerPoint presentation about the catastrophic global warming because tons of dishonest leftists loved these kinds of anti-scientific lies.”
Read the whole story at: https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/10/06/the-nobel-prize-has-committed-suicide-fmr-harvard-physicist-rips-award-for-climate-models-nobel-prize-in-physics-has-become-a-joke-too/
–Dr. Lubos Motl
Climate Depot
Manufacturing HyperSport Motorcycles in Vancouver, BC–We’re proud to officially announce the development of our cleantech manufacturing and R&D plant in partnership with Bosa Properties.
In addition to serving as ground zero for production of the HyperSport, the state-of-the-art, 110,000 square foot facility is expected to stimulate the Surrey local economy with several hundred jobs. Projections suggest that by 2025, the plant will create more than 300 high-tech manufacturing jobs and more than 500 high-tech office jobs.
“As Damon accelerates a clean energy future with our electric vehicles, we’re also introducing a cleaner, industry-leading manufacturing process.”
“We’re honored Damon has selected Surrey for its production headquarters and are proud to welcome this dynamic and innovative young company to our city”
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum and Bruce Ralston, British Columbia Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, were among the dignitaries in attendance at Damon’s Groundbreaking Ceremony in Surrey, BC.
704 Alexander St., Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1E3, Canada
REMEMBERING TEACH–The Barons Motorcycle Club, Salt Lake City,
It was the summer of 1975. I was a member of the Easyriders Jammer Streamer Liner crew. It was Speed Week at Bonneville Salt Flats. One of our runs we broke a part and head to Salt Lake City. Up walked a lone Barons Motorcycle Club member. His name was Teach and out of nowhere he said, “I can get it,” and off he took off on his chop.
Teach saved the day for us. Years later I was at the Brother Speed Motor Cycle Club Spring Opener in Idaho. Standing around with the Barons and Brother Speed telling stories and lies. We started taking about racing at the Bonneville Salt flats and I stated telling the story about That Lone Baron who helped us out at Bonneville Salt Flats, and up walked Teach.
“I was that Lone Baron,” Teach said. It was 30-plus-years since we saw each other. It was a great reunion. Thanks for the books. “Rest in Peace. I will always remember you.”
–Bob T.
Historian
Bikernet.com™
QUOTE OF THE WEEK— I’ve been a grubby biker all my life. I am what I am and that’s all that I am (Popeye). Fuck all the analyzing shit.
–Bandit
A PRIMER ON INDUCED DEMAND, PART 1—
Editor’s Note: We touched on induced demand—the theory that as highway capacity increases, demand does also, thereby creating a never-ending need for more capacity—in NMA E-Newsletter #599 last year. In light of the current infrastructure negotiations in Washington, and the ongoing effort to reshape urban land use by decommissioning freeways, we asked Chris, who has a master’s degree in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania, to provide a more detailed look at the topic that he says is “ripe for myth-busting.”
While the concept of induced demand has been understood for decades, if not centuries, the seminal work in induced demand was conducted by Mark Hansen and Robert Cervero of the University of California. In their initial papers, they studied the results of lane-mile additions on freeways in California, finding that over the course of around a decade, most of the capacity added by various freeway construction projects ends up being used up, sapping the rush hour travel time benefits of the new capacity.
Cervero later published an excellent short summary on induced demand, entitled “Are Induced Travel Studies Inducing Bad Investments?” Written for a broad audience, this is a great starting point to explain the underlying relationships between new highway capacity and travel times, and bust some myths. In Figures 2 and 3 of that article, Cervero illustrates the relationships between capacity, land use, and travel time. There are a few key observations:
Twenty percent of added capacity is preserved over a six to eight-year period.
This is crucial. Twenty percent may not sound like a lot, but even a one to two percent difference in the volume-to-capacity ratio on freeways can have a huge impact because traffic congestion is a “threshold effect.” In other words, traffic congestion does not increase linearly with traffic, but rather exhibits an S-curve. We know this to be true intuitively: You can add a lot of traffic to an empty road without any change on travel speeds, but a few additional cars during rush hour can grind an entire freeway to a halt. That is why rush hour traffic is often noticeably better in the summer. Even though a very small proportion of the traveling public are on vacation in any one summer week, that small reduction in demand has a huge effect on congestion.
In short, a 20% capacity preservation after the better part of a decade is a huge success story, not a failure.
The most prevalent induced-demand behavior is “behavioral shift.”
Behavioral shift means that when people are confronted with new highway capacity, i.e., their travel time is reduced, they respond by traveling more. People might go and try out a new restaurant or see a friend on the opposite side of town which would have been prohibitively distant before the capacity was added. I would argue that this is a net societal benefit since it gives more people the opportunity to do more things.
In the most extreme case, people might move to the outskirts of an urban area because it has become more convenient to commute into the urban core. This is the typical argument wielded against adding capacity: that it will cause urban sprawl. While this is theoretically true, it is facile to suggest that people make a choice as important is their housing location as a reaction to a freeway expansion. People in the U.S. have generally been become less mobile over time, and the purely transactional economic argument of “less travel time = sprawl” ignores the many social variables which go into one’s choice of housing.
One of the other sources of behavioral shift is a change in the demand pattern over the course of a day. If peak hour travel times improve, people who would have waited until after rush hour to take a discretionary trip instead decide to take it during rush hour. Again, I would consider this to be a net benefit, with more people traveling when they want rather than waiting for rush hour to end.
The next-most prevalent induced-demand behavior is “land use shift.”
This pattern is most easily explained by example, where an outlet mall sprouts around a new freeway interchange. This should not be a surprise because it is often part of the reason why new capacity is added: to increase the value of the surrounding land. This is exactly the same reason why developers in the late 1800s built streetcars: they built the loss-leading mass transit system to increase the value of their own land. It is also for exactly this reason why transit systems in the 1800s are wildly inefficient by modern standards – they followed the paths that the developers chose, often in direct competition with neighboring developers. To this day, the New York City subway system operates as a legacy of the competing IRT, IND, and BMT systems.
Personally, I interpret both forms of induced demand to be parts of the same story. Just like it is a choice to up-zone the area around a freeway interchange for commercial use, it is a choice to build housing on the periphery of a region because the freeway provides access. If we believe that we can limit freeway expansion, then we should be equally capable of limiting urban sprawl without using congestion as a weapon. Indeed, the green belt development limits first put into organized practice by disciples of Ebenezer Howard’s “garden city” movement predate freeways by almost 50 years.
The bottom line is that while induced demand is real under certain conditions, it is neither infinite, uncontrollable, nor inevitable.
–By Christopher M. DiPrima, NMA Board Member
Part 2 of A Primer on Induced Demand will appear in next week’s NMA E-Newsletter.
SOMETHING BIG IS COMING TO THE CHIP–TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12
The Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling®
is sparing no time announcing
THE FIRST HEADLINER OF THE
2022 STURGIS RALLY!
If you want the best prices, you’ll need to act fast because…
PRE-SALE PRICES END
Before This Headliner Drops
October 11 @ 5 p.m. MDT
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
STAY CALM BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 30, 2021
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Glad to see you got the Robinson bike.
–Ann Robinson
Long Beach, CA
Ann Robinson was Hal’s second wife. She’s pushed hard to keep the Hal Robinson name alive. He was one of the original artists, and the finest line-art artist I ever met. What a guy. We worked with Ann to create some t-shirts and art prints. Cool, classic ER art.
–Bandit
VP Racing Fuels Returns as Official Fuel Provider of 2021 UTV World Championship—
Will be on site at AZWest UTV Festival and providing fuel to racers, including industry-leading UTV96
UTV World Championship officials are pleased to announce that VP Racing Fuels will return as the Official Fuel Provider of the 2021 UTV World Championship presented by Polaris, which will return to Lake Havasu City, Arizona this October. VP will be on hand to supply fuel to the world’s top UTV racers at this year’s event, and will also be on hand displaying their full product line at the AZWest UTV Festival in downtown Lake Havasu City.
One of 80 premium fuel blends in VP Racing Fuels’ product lineup, UTV96 is an innovative and industry-leading fuel designed specifically for UTV racers. UTV96 allows racers to make more horsepower and resist vapor lock better than traditional pump gas, enabling them to gain the edge on the competition. In addition, the VP brand has racers covered well beyond race fuels, with the addition of VP Detailers products like VP Power Clean all-purpose cleaner, automotive performance products like VP Octanium Unleaded Octane Booster and VP Stay Frosty Hi-Performance Coolant, and more. Top racers have placed their trust in VP Racing Fuels since 1975, and countless entries in this year’s UTV World Championship presented by Polaris will do the same.
The UTV World Championship presented by Polaris takes place on October 13-17 in Lake Havasu City, AZ. For up-to-date information on the event, visit utvworldchampionship.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @utvworldchampionship. For more information on VP Racing Fuels, visit www.vpracingfuels.com.
BIKERNET WOMEN AND WHEELS FILE–
– Queen Elizabeth II learned to Ride And Maintain a Motorcycle as part of her military service in 1945 (she would have been 19 years of age in 1945).
HOW COOL IS THAT ??? – The Queen of England, the Head of Great British Empire, the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch (Queen since 1952 till Present), the longest-serving Female Head of State in history, Can Ride and Maintain a Motorcycle !!!
Also Check Out the Comments there –
“I have the book “The Rugged Road” by Theresa Wallach where she and Florence Blenkiron overcame all odds, and believe me when I say that most men would never have completed the 7500 mile trip from London to Cape Town in 1935 on a 600cc Panther motorcycle and sidecar.
Theresa became a well-known motorcycle rider and trainer in America from 1947 and only died on her birthday in 1999.
I have just sold my 1933 Calthorpe Ivory Major and didn’t even have the guts to ride it on the British roads of today let alone the roads these two ladies used once they arrived in Africa.
Google “Theresa Wallach” and be very surprised, better than that, get the book.” – Solosolo
Another Comment by Vidocq – “Anybody who rides any British bike built before 1968, at 100 MPH deserves a medal! How ’bout them thar brakes?”
So, What Do You Guys Think – The Cannonball Run guys would do it next year – London to CapeTown at the bottom edge of African continent ???
— Wayfarer
Bikernet Blog Supreme Editor in Charge
Bikernet Blog™
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FOSSIL FUELS RULE–What Is Petroleum Good For? Aspirin
100 Years of Aspirin
Aspirin – the drug widely used to deal with hangover headaches and many other minor illnesses – was developed in Germany by a chemical process described by research chemist Felix Hoffman on October 10, 1897. Decades later it is still the most versatile and effective medicine on the pharmacist’s shelf. But as doctors are now increasingly recognising, the drug does not just relieve aches and pains, it can also prevent a wide range of serious, life threatening conditions.
The active ingredient in aspirin, acetyl salicylic acid, is a synthetic derivative of a compound, salicin, which occurs naturally in plants, notably the willow tree. Extracts of willow were traditionally used in folk medicine and as early as 400 BC the Greek physician Hippocrates recommended a brew made from willow leaves to treat labour pains.
Later in 1763 an English clergyman, Reverend Edward Stone carried out the first proper scientific study of the herbal medicine when he described the benefits he observed after giving ground up willow bark to 50 parishioners suffering from rheumatic fever.
However, when the active ingredient salicin was converted to the medicine salicylic acid it was hard to swallow, causing irritation to the lining of the mouth and stomach. Then in 1897 Felix Hoffmann of the Bayer pharmaceutical company developed the process of synthesising the acetyl salicylic acid named later as aspirin.
In early clinical trials aspirin was found to be a potent treatment for pain, fever and inflammation. Today it is the best known and most widely used medicine in the world with an estimated 100 billion tablets swallowed every year. Indeed it is also used out of this world – as every Space Shuttle carries a small supply.
The link to petroleum: The acetyl part is derived from acetic acid, which comes from methanol and the Monsanto acetic acid process. All these feedstocks are derived from petroleum.
Just another reason we need fossil fuels in our lives.
–From the team at The Norwood Resource (TNR).
GENO’S MERC FOR SALE– For Sale! A true traditional Kustom 1949 Mercury built by Bo Huff for Geno DiPol’s magazine Ol Skool Rodz.
Two years in build time. Built in Bo’s shop in Dragerton Utah.
It was Bo’s last full build before he passed in 2015, Bo built over 70 Merchs in his lifetime. Geno is from New Orleans, so he named/designed her as a tribute to the South.
She is chopped, shaved, nosed, decked etc. Chopped about 5 inches. Geno and Bo went with a 4 door as they are harder to chop and harder to get just right plus 4 doors have rear suicide doors. Many in the Kustom industry have called Dixie the best 4 door chop ever done.
The build started when Geno found a mint 1955 Corvette steering wheel. Bo refinished it in bone and red and then the Corvette thing started. She has an early ‘70s totally rebuilt 350 Vette engine/350 Turbo tranny. The paint is ’55 Corvette white with a flattner for the body and gloss for the ghost flames, all pinstriping and flame outline is by the “Von Dutch Pin Stripe Grand National winner,” Stella and Bo’s son Jr.
The custom interior is from Courson Interiors of Denver who picked up the stars and bars pattern in the seats and door panels but just subtle embossed them- not like Evel’s pants lol.
The side pipes are custom shaped as well as the grill, bumpers, taillights etc. all custom shaped and rechromed in Utah.
The front seats are rare 1963 Impala SS seats and the rear wrap seats are from a 1963 Thunderbird all redone by Courson.
Headlights are frenched 6 inches and a power steering pump was recently added. It was at the Grand National Roadster show and took a second place trophy. Also, on display at Viva Las Vegas and many other national shows. She is driven monthly and stored in Geno’s garage in The Treasure Coast of FLorida.
Geno is just ready for a different build so he is letting her go to a fellow Hot Rod hood with cash. Take time to listen to the video in Bo’s voice to hear what was done. $79,000
https://youtu.be/nZA7YY4m1-s
–Geno Dipol
Founder Ol’ Skool Rodz
QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–STAY CALM BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 30, 2021
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I am already looking forward to the Smoke-Out! There are a lot of people here in the Charlotte area counting the days!
–Stealth
Charlotte, NC
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY MARKETING LESSONS–1. In India advertisements for tobacco and alcohol products is against the laws. While people can buy it at almost every street, the companies cannot promote their competing brands to customers.
So, pseudo advertisements for carbonated water (added in whiskey), bottled drinking water, music CDs for party, breath freshners, etc are advertised under the well-known brand names of established whiskey and beer and cigarette companies.
These can’t be banned on TV or Magazines or in Stores, Street Billboards, Sports Stadiums, Music Festivals, even movie Award Shows, etc as they are “Not Advertisements For” Alcohol or Tobacco.
2. When you are not happy with your line of business and do it due to lack of options – but you want to hold on to your ideals.
Typical street corner tobacco products and cigarette stall but with the “difference” – its named “The Cancer Hub.”
–Wayfarer
International Correspondent
Bikernet News Desk
With the COVID issue, last year was missed completely, however the event was strong this past weekend (October 1-3). Have fun with the images, the weather was stunning and the beach was as terrific as ever.
–JACK MCINTYRE
PHOTOGRAPHER, SPECIALIZING IN THE POWERSPORTS INDUSTRY
VETERAN OWNED COMPANY
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BONHAMS AUTUMN SALE–The Autumn Sale
The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford
9 Oct 2021, starting at 12:00 BST .
Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
NARCISSE-SACHS TYPE 100
REGISTRATION NO. NOT REGISTERED
FRAME NO. 134
ENGINE NO. 1149136
Fitted with a Sachs engine, this machine’s mechanical condition is unknown. Offered for restoration and sold strictly as viewed. Accordingly prospective bidders must satisfy themselves as to the condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. There are no documents offered with this Lot.
Footnotes
As with all Lots in the Sale, this Lot is sold ‘as is/where is’ and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness, and originality prior to bidding.
BABES RIDE OUT RIDE–THE RETURN TO BORREGO
We are thrilled to return to Borrego Springs, CA where it all started this weekend! If you missed out, there is still a chance to grab our last remaining room below! Want to see the schedule of events + suggested riding routes? Click HERE. Safe travels!
LAW TIGERS SUPPORTS– Supports Classic Easyriders Magazine
Easyriders had been the biker bible industry for over 50 years, and it’s back this December with all the features that fans love with the original team of industry-leading editors including Dave Nichols, world-famous motorcycle photographers such as Michael Lichter, and the original Easyriders design team to create a monthly motorcycle magazine that is filled with a STURGIS SPECIAL from this year’s 81st running of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, plus every month: killer custom motorcycle features; wild runs; rallies and biker parties; hot new parts and accessories; tech tips; interviews with biker legends; and of course, lifestyle art by David Mann.
LawTigers is happy to announce their participation as a premier advertiser, and as such, here’s a great offer for our friends and family- up to 60% off the cover price for a monthly subscription which includes a digital copy every month. And there are more bonus items, including a 16-page dedicated magazine showcasing our biker cover girl. And with the three-year subscription, it’s only $4.00 per issue ($10 cover price).
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See you in Classic Easyriders soon!
BIKERNET MEDICAL ALERT—
This just in from hackworld. So far everything’s working, no matter what side you’re on; we’re halting the flu. We’re keeping everyone safe and we’re still surging with whatever it is we are supposed to be slowing. lotsa rock-solid data coming from all sides.
–Dr. J.J. Solari
Bikernet Medical Center
BIKERNET EDITORIAL BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
https://blog.bikernet.com/honda-motorcycle-bought-in-1981-with-zero-miles-in-original-condition/
2. Hub-center steering – maybe you could build one this winter ?
I think the hub-center steering article would be of lot interest to Custom Builders wanting to produce unique motorcycles for a customer – they are also prize-worthy entries to bike shows – and Dallas Motorcycle Museum owner and collector Bobby Haas commissioned a very expensive one for himself from Revival Cycles.
Certainly, for builders a lot can be explored on this system of steering which provides much greater benefits in braking, cornering and riding experience in motorcycles.
I found another article on the unique paint job done by Georges Roy on his Majestic brand hub-center steering motorcycle which could be of interest to custom builders and their paint techs as well.
What is Hub-center Steering Motorcycle & Why it is Better
https://blog.bikernet.com/what-is-hub-center-steering-motorcycle-why-it-is-better/
–Wayfarer
Supreme Editor in Charge
Bikernet Blog™
SELF-HELP BOOK OF THE WEEK— How Did We All Get So Miserable?
These simple habits can bring balance and peace to your life (and restore some broken relationships in the process).
Berkeley Springs, WV (October 2021)—It’s been a tough year and a half. It’s not just all the stuff that’s happened (a bitter election and a deadly pandemic), it’s the dismay you feel over friends and family who see these events very differently than you. If you’re not arguing with them, you’re griping about them to anyone who’ll listen. The rifts and the bad feelings that result make a terrible time worse.
Elaine Parke suggests trying something new: instead of trying to change their attitude, focus on uplifting yours.
“Trying to convince others to change not only doesn’t work; it makes you angry and miserable,” says Parke, author of The Habits of Unity: 12 Months to a Stronger America…one citizen at a time (Outskirts Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-9772-4276-1, $21.95, www.12habits4allofus.org).
“It would be easy to just cut people off—and many have—but these relationships matter,” she adds. “In hard times especially, we need our friends and family in our lives.”
Parke isn’t saying we shouldn’t have political convictions. She’s saying we can find a way to disagree with those on the “other side” while treating them with dignity and respect. We can still love and value them. And making that shift starts with the man or woman in the mirror.
Parke—who’s distressed by what she sees as a complete lack of concern for cooperating, connecting, and treating others with dignity and respect—is on a mission to reunify America. That will happen when we master the “get along” skills we should have learned as children.
Her book gives readers a simple, doable framework for uplifting themselves and practicing unity that simultaneously improves their mental health. Her big goal is to get everyone focused on the same branded behavior each month. The idea is that the sheer force of all that concentrated positive energy sparks a unity revolution that rises from the ground up and sweeps the nation.
Yet, until that happens, we can leverage the power of The Habits of Unity on a personal level by absorbing the book’s 365 “one-magic-minute-a-day” motivationals to form one good habit per month:
January: Help Others
February: You Count
March: Resolve Conflicts
April: Take Care of Our Environment
May: Be Grateful
June: Reach Higher
July: Become Involved
August: Know Who You Are
September: Do Your Best
October: Be Patient and Listen
November: Show a Positive Attitude
December: Celebrate Community, Family, and Friends
Those who’ve tried it say the plan is easy to put into practice. It feels good, so you’ll want to keep doing it. And you’ll be shocked by how fast your “difficult” relationships improve.
“It reminds me of the saying about how prayer doesn’t change things for us, it changes us for things,” says Parke. “Adjusting our own attitude makes us more centered and peaceful. We’re just happier. We’re no longer so desperate to get others to come around to our way of thinking.”
And here’s the irony, says Parke: that’s precisely when they might. The less you beat your head against the wall trying to sway people, the more influential you become.
“The bigger your attitude shift, the more others will be drawn to you,” she says. “When they actually enjoy being around you they’re far more likely to listen to what you have to say.”
SHARP, New Bikernet Reader Comment!-STAY CALM BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 30, 2021
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/STAY_CALM_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_September_30_2019.aspx
Commenting on Stealth’s article about visiting a dealership and the apparel girl telling him about new rules for T-shirts. We were in New Orleans in August and went into the apparel shop in the French Market and my wife found a shirt with a voodoo doll design on the back and decided to buy it. The girl at the shop said she heard the new rule for T-shirts was no more pin-up type girls, voodoo dolls or, wait for it…skulls! WTF!
–Dennis R Hylton
Ashland, KY
FROM THE BIKERNET ARCHIVES 2010—And KustomFab in Hawaii.
“We never had time to build bikes for ourselves,” Roger said. “I have a polished Shovelhead motor in the corner collecting dust. Mel had a Daytec frame he wasn’t happy with. It sat around until he took it to Nuie’s and ask them to modify it into a single-loop job.”
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/_Stretched_Softail_From_KustomFab.aspx
We are going to promote Bikernet articles from the past each week in the news. Bikernet has been around longer that Wikipedia, like 25 years. If you have a suggestion don’t hesitate to drop me a line at Bandit@Bikernet.com.
–Bandit
THE MASK BUSINESS–Subject: the masks
we have a lot of smoke where I live for the past two years because of bums starting fires in the forests. You can smell the smoke through the masks.
If the masks don’t stop smoke entities…..why would they stop viruses which are a million times smaller?
You’ll wait a long time before you see that question being asked by anyone in office, in medicine, in journalism, in entertainment or in anything.
Also, why aren’t the 20,000 Haitian invaders and the 200,000 Afghanistan importees a threat, since they have NEVER had masks, social distancing, testing or vaccines.
Why is it us Americans? Thank you.
–J.J. Solari
The questioning one
Bikernet Editorial Board Member
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–This one’s in focus I think? So, how’s the weather in the a Badlands? It’s cool as heck up there in the summer, but what do people do in the Winter? Being on the main drag is a good idea, but don’t see it happening in my near future.
–RFR
Texas Weatherman
Bikernet.com™
It’s been fantastic here, beautiful and from 75-85 degree, but everyone is looking for the cold to arrive maybe this weekend. –Bandit
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–
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LONGTIME FRIEND COMMENT–
I’ve been keeping up with your move to your new digs.
Nice to see it all coming together for you.
You should have done this 20 years ago, you belong there.
I wanted to send a message:
I’m a chopper guy and I love the new cover of the Cycle Source Magazine it is so fuckin’ awesome.
Choppers Forever.
Brings back so many good memories…….
That is where we all started.
Beautiful bike.
Take care buddy,
The Best,
–Terry Lovering
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PRE-VALENTINES STUDY— The way to a man’s heart is loving what he loves that isn’t you. The way to a man’s heart is not through his stomach. He can buy his own fucking hamburgers. The way to a man’s heart is loving what he loves that isn’t you.
But most women throw out what a man loves that isn’t them. Or forbid him to indulge in it. That’s a way to a man’s dissolution. And most men don’t ever figure out why they’re reacting that way. Good thing i showed up, uh? So if she doesn’t love what you love that isn’t her….fucking dump the harridan nagging annoying fucking cunt. Find an actual woman. Because what you’ve got is a parasite. You’re welcome.
–Dr. J.J. Solari
Bikernet Medical Center
Relationship Studies
BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB—How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles– Description
Everything you need to know to restore or customize your classic Japanese motorcycle.
Whether you want to correctly restore a classic Japanese motorcycle or create a modified, custom build, you need the right information about how to perform the mechanical and cosmetic tasks required to get an old, frequently neglected, and often long-unridden machine back in working order. How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles is your thorough, hands-on manual, covering all the mechanical subsystems that make up a motorcycle. From finding a bike to planning your project to dealing with each mechanical system, How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles includes everything you need to know to get your classic back on the road.
Japanese motorcycles have been the best-selling bikes in the world since the mid-1960s, driven by the “big four”: Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki. Of course certain bikes have always had a following – Honda CB750, 305 Hawk, CB400-4, Benly; Suzuki GT750, Katana, GS1000S; Yamaha XS650, RD400 Daytona, TZ; Kawaski H1, H2, Z1R – and these have now become the blue-chip Japanese bikes leading collectors to seek out more common (and now more affordable) alternatives.
This is the perfect book for anyone interested in classic Japanese motorcycles, as well as prepping a bike to build a cafe racer, street tracker, or other custom build.
Author: Sid Young
Format: Paperback / softback, 240 Pages
ISBN: 9780760347973
Publisher: Motorbooks
Series: Motorbooks Workshop
NEWS FROM THE BIKERNET LAW FIRM–Scarlett Johansen can now join the Hells Angels in a rare community of I THINK JUST TWO parties that have successfully sued the Walt Disney Corp.
–J.J. Solari
LOOK OUT—Ya never know what’s going to happen next. Regarding living in the best of times, I don’t need to tell you that you can do anything you desire currently, safely and with all the resources in the world at your fingertips.
So, what’s happening in the Badlands. There are activities every week from Bull Riding competitions to craft fairs, jazz conventions, hot rod weekends and Halloween is heading this way and the Redhead is all over it.
I’m beginning to itch for bike to build, maybe a Knucklehead. I got the permits to build my shop this week and we are researching the road to the shop, heating and cooling, concrete surface finish, etc.
I’m helping my grandson Frankie with his Road Glide pipe crack. And we are writing a review on a Biker Lid polo helmet. It is the most comfortable helmet of this type I’ve run across. Plus, it has a quick release latch, so when you enter a state without a helmet law, you can let that puppy fly.
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I would love to buy Geno’s Merc, but the shop must come first. I’m looking for some weights and equipment for my gym. Trying to look out for a lathe and a chain hoist gantry for the shop. Tim is working on a notion to hang our wings outside the shop or on the property.
I’m working on a number plate for the shop property. It’s done.
Ya get it. We can do anything we set our minds to, and rapidly. We have the resources, the knowledge and the materials at our fingertips. So, what the fuck is holding you up?
We just featured this sharp Zodiac anniversary chopper. They just sent us a very well-done and complete photo shoot.
Ride fast and free forever and never give up!
–Bandit
