I’m pumped. Almost have all my stuff ready for the Powder Coater. I’m trying to find a local joint I can trust. I have this thing about taking hand worked parts to a chromer or painter. I would hate to lose anything I’ve spent hours working over. For four years I’ve sent all my Powder Coating to Custom Powder Coating in Dallas (see the hope page). They’re the best by shipping is killing me from the coast.
My mission today is to finish the Post, write my editorial for the September issue of HOT BIKE, meet with agent Zebra on a special magazine project and hook up with Markus Cuff as he shoots the Jack Daniels bike built by Deacon from Hawaii, the man behind the Choppers Only Show in Honolulu on July 3rd.
Let’s hit the news so I can take a break and roll over to the Wilmington Fish Market for some killer Salmon tacos. I have a Big Dog Chopper in the headquarters, but I might ride my ’48 Pan. This 117-inch Chopper is an incredible piece. I’ll show you later:
For Publication after May 1st 2005
1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you.
2. Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs.
3. If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don’t hate it.
4. Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name.
5. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.
6. A dog’s parents never visit.
7. Dogs do not hate their bodies.
8. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.
9. Dogs like to do their snooping outside rather than in your wallet or desk.
10. Dogs seldom outlive you.
11. Dogs can’t talk.
12. You never have to wait for a dog; they’re ready to go 24 hours a day.
13. Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk.
14. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing.
15. Another man will seldom steal your dog.
16. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, “If I died, would you get another dog?”
17. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away.
18. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert.
19. A dog won’t hold out on you to get a new car.
20. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don’t get mad. They just think it’s interesting.
21. On a car trip, your dog never insists on running the heater.
22. Dogs don’t let magazine articles guide their lives.
23. When your dog gets old, you can have it put to sleep.
24. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck.
25. Dogs are not allowed in Bloomingdales or Neiman-Marcus.
And, last but not least:
26. If a dog leaves, it won’t take half of your stuff
–from Steve Bauman
When Johnny Chop isn’t working on a bike, he’s thinking about one. He’d eat, sleep, and breathe bikes if he could. Dedication ? it?s what drives him, and what has taken his work to the next level, going solo. Johnny Chop Ind. is up and running thanks to the crew at 530MediaLab.
The Web site has been designed to reflect Johnny Chop’s bike-building philosophy. It’s a simple and basic design that steps away from gaudy and more toward visually practical; yet at the same time, punk rock. That’s right, now Mr. Chop has got his own site and his own online store with his own parts and his own apparel for sale. The fundamentals are all there: home, bio, gallery, store, calendar, and news. www.johnnychop.com. Pay it a visit.
Here’s another item that doesn’t bow well for women. On the other hand, what’s a man to do?
–from Buckshot
RideHide Performance Gear is proud to introduce its revolutionary new product, the MicroFiber Performance T. While many apparel companies focus on what you wear on the outside, RideHide is bringing the industry a great item made specifically to be worn as a first layer, adding comfort and protection to your ride. The innovative MicroFiber fabric provides a layer of heat-saving insulation in cool weather, and acts as a moisture barrier when your body starts to sweat.
RideHide MicroFiber Ts are available in men?s and women?s long sleeve or short sleeve styles, in both black and white. RideHide also manufactures leathers, caps, glove liners and offers a complete line of casual ride wear. You can order conveniently from their online store at www.ridehide.com, or give them a call on the sales hotline, 1-484-433-6802. Tell ’em Bikernet sent ya.
Attached is some pictures of patches Chris has produced for some local people, She can pretty much put anything ya want on a patch . If Bikernet wants some. Let us know we can get ya a price or match any price ya already get. Average price for a one of a kind patch that is 2 inches x 4 inches is 5 bucks. Price goes up from there & depends on quantity ordered. Just wanted to show ya what she can do.
Richard P. Kranzler Here’s a few shots of some of the 300 Series Steed Bronco Bobbers that are rolling out of here. The program at Steeds is to keep these simple and it’s working! Classic paint schemes, 111-inch S&S with a Mikuni HSR-45 Carb, 6-Speed RSD tranny with Zero Offset, 300 AVON rear tire, springer front end with no fender and digital heads up gauges hidden in the mirrors to keep ’em clean. And a MSRP of $29,995 so you can have some change left for $3 a gallon gas to keep her rollin’. –John Hey, we tried to grab a Bronco for a road test from LA to Arizona for the 13th issue of HOT BIKE, but John is selling these puppies as fast as he can build them.–Bandit I talked to Darwin yesterday about Rip’s Run: An American Odyssey, things sound good. I put together a “mock-up” w/ a few cool shots & text from a few folks, for him to use in his presentation. Sounds like May is the month! Kristina Marie Pamias Won’t have to follow boyfriend around city with plastic bags picking up his poop from the sidewalk (unless it?s some kind of special situation, I guess) When we go on long steep climbs near the Mountain Loop Highway, I won?t have to worry about boyfriend seeing a bird and accidentally hurtling self over a cliff to the rocks below Boyfriend won’t slobber on pant leg (at least not in public) Won?t have to watch the Animal Channel all the time and can keep the television off and get some writing done Won’t have to fight constantly about border collie’s drinking problem When taking long beach walks on Oregon Coast, boyfriend won’t suddenly sprint off and joyfully roll his body on top of dead sea mammal or ailing seagull Border collies can’t send nice email or phone messages when you’re having a bad day at work. A text message from a border collie can be frightening. Boyfriend won’t eat slugs and puke them up on my down comforter and bare shoulder in the morning Boyfriend won’t accidentally trip me when jogging alongside me near busy street Boyfriend practices good dental hygiene, border collie brushes teeth with sticks A border collie can’t go to movies and doesn’t appreciate independent film, but boyfriend might Won’t have to discuss Nietzsche all the time with boyfriend. Boyfriend won’t knock glasses off my face when I hug him Boyfriend not afraid of fireworks and other loud noises, which is important because the Fourth of July is coming up. Boyfriend does not require licensing through the City of Seattle. –from A. Friedman Been busy since I saw you last, Good Friend past back in November, Don ‘Snuffy’ Smith . One on the best Harley mechanic’s around. He was a flat tracker back in the ’40s and ’50s. Everyone up in the Hi Desert went to him for lowerend work. But you had to know him if you wanted the work done he wouldn’t just let anyone in the garage. I was lucky enough to be in the small circle of friends. If we were working on our bikes and he noticed we need a special tool he would jump on his FXR and go back to his garage and make it . Ole Snuffy could make anything, 76 years old and rode with us all. Well, to make along story short, his son Brain from Tennessee came out to take care business, the house and all of Snuffy’s estate. Which included a 4 and half car garage of Machinery, old parts and Motorcycles. His garage was museum of race parts. Which included a stock XR-750, XR-1000 and numerous other race bikes?
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I am getting with Brain on getting some old photos of back in the day of his dad’s racing and getting an award from Mr. Davidson for his innovation on the Sportster Motor in the ’60s. Cool photos will be coming.
Bob T.
I noticed that you have a Rally listed by the name of “Thunder in the Rockies” which is suppose to be located in Loveland, Colorado during Labor Day Weekend, September 1-4, 2005. However, this name is registered in Colorado to the Four Corners Rally in the Rockies, Inc. Such Corporation has all legal rights to this name dealing with any type of motorcycle rally in Colorado.
We demand that you remove our name which associates the name with a rally not associated with ours. If you provide an address we will send a certified copy of a cease and desist letter plus proof of our ownership of this name.
Any further use of this name confusing bikers as to where the rally really is by you could cause us to bring suit against your company for damages. In the future we ask that you not use names owned by this corporation without our expressed written consent.
Dan Bradshaw, Director
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I got this email the other day…it seems to have potential.???????????????????????????????
I understand that Mobil and BP are the main suppliers of petrol in the USA? The idea being buy your petrol at any petrol supplier other than these two. They will be forced to reduce prices, and then the company you normally buy your petrol from will also have to drop prices to match the drop by the two major suppliers. I like the idea, I think if enough people do it, it could really make a difference. Obviously people in small country towns wont have the option, it’s mainly something that will work in large cities world wide. If you think it’s a plan maybe you can post at Bikernet?
Cheers: Jaq.?????????
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He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospect of catching a fish.
About that time, a businessman came walking down the beach trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. He noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out why this fisherman was fishing instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his family.
“You aren’t going to catch many fish that way,” said the businessman to the fisherman, “you should be working rather than lying on the beach!”
The fisherman looked up at the businessman, smiled and replied, “And what will my reward be?”
“Well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!” was the businessman’s answer.
“And then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman, still smiling.
The businessman replied, “You will make money and you’ll be able to buy a boat which will then result in larger catches of fish!”
“And then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman again.
The businessman was beginning to get a little irritated with the fisherman’s questions.
“You can buy a bigger boat and hire some people to work for you!” he said.
“And then what will my reward be?” repeated the fisherman.
The businessman was getting angry. “Don’t you understand?
You can build up a fleet of fishing boats, sail all over the world, and let all your employees catch fish for you!”
Once again the fisherman asked, “And then what will my reward be?”
The businessman was red with rage and shouted at the fisherman, “Don’t you understand that you can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again! You can spend all the rest of your days sitting on this beach looking at the sunset. You won’t have a care in the world!”
The fisherman, still smiling, simply looked up and nodded, then looked at the sunset, with his pole in the water, without a care in the world.
Thanks for offering the opportunity to have you guys test ride a Bronco. Sorry, but I’m fresh out and have about 6 more to make to keep up with what are already sold. This is really amazing, when it works… I’ll get you one..soon..
Anyway, Here’s some shots from a shoot with a new Quarterhorse bike and Shanelle. She actually introduced me to Bree and is another Bud Girl, and is really awesome. Non stripper look but girl next door hot…
Let me know if you’d like this and more for a feature in Hot Bike. I think this would be a good follow up after Bree’s debut.
What do you think?
–John
What Do You fellas think?–Bandit
Damn I had the specs and now I lost em in the puter somewhere… I’ll have to contact Bobby for the spec sheet again… mmm hope I havent wasted your time… But it is a nice bike…
–Marilyn Bragg
(Mistress Marilyn)
From racing two-stroke GP bikes, to designing wheels and motorcycle parts, to building bikes and tearing it up at national rallies, Roland Sands has now got his own Web site to show everyone just what Roland Sands Designs (RSD) is all about. Direct from the talents of 530MediaLab, this Web site is RSD education.
Check out the straight sick bikes he?s built, read his personal accounts of his racing years, his bio, and commentary in the photo gallery. There?s also a section on Roland?s designs, his crew, and RSD apparel for sale. According to Roland himself, ? Without order nothing can exist?Without chaos nothing can evolve?? he seems to understand how to create and tame the two. For more Roland wisdom, go to www.rolandsands.com.
Hope all is well up north. But I’m in need of some information. A buddy of mine is trying to find a small amount of gold leaf for a project. Seems the usual places around Dago don’t have it.
Of course I don’t know what the “usual places” means. Got any sources in Sandy Eggo?
–Rebel “Tim” toster@san.rr.com
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) has reviewed the preliminary report released yesterday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) entitled, “2004 Projections – Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and Injuries Based on The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and The National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES).” The preliminary report indicates that the number of motorcycle fatalities increased once again in 2004.
“Once you get past all the initials and the fancy color presentation and begin to review the data presented in this preliminary study and the responses by certain government officials, it is obvious that motorcycle accidents will once again be their focus,” states MRF President Karen Bolin. “Studies of this type are only as good as the data upon which they are based, and unfortunately (as always) there are inaccuracies, misrepresentations and inconsistencies in the data presented, the proposed preventative measures, and the subsequent reactions.”
Motorcyclist fatalities have, in fact, increased from 1997 to 2004, rising from 2116 to 3927. This represents an 85 percent increase in raw numbers according to the preliminary 2004 FARS data. Motorcycle registrations have also increased significantly since 1997, rising over 40 percent through 2003. Naturally, as motorcycle registrations increase, so will motorcycle accidents and fatalities. No one cares about motorcycle safety more than motorcyclists themselves, and the MRF is very concerned about the upward trend in accidents, injuries and fatalities.
Interestingly, according to the figures released in this study, motorcycle vehicle miles traveled have DECREASED 5.4 percent from 1997 to 2003 ? the same time period during which motorcycle registrations INCREASED over 40 percent. MRF representatives have been told on more than one occasion by NHTSA, the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that the annual vehicle miles traveled reported by individual states are either inaccurate or counted as zero because they were not reportable at all. There is a significant contradiction in the figures published in this report that reflects those inaccuracies. Therefore, MRF is preparing a letter to NHTSA asking why they would report, publish and distribute figures and statistics that they admit are absolutely inaccurate. The MRF takes the position that the validity of the entire report can be called into question if significant figures included are known to be misrepresented.
Although NHTSA continues to highlight the significant increase in motorcycle fatalities, they have yet to release their Best Practices Study despite numerous calls from rider education professionals and motorcycle organizations. They have indicated however a pending release of phase one of the Best Practices Study. In addition, the National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety has been essentially ignored due to an alleged lack of funding required to implement its recommendations.
Press releases issued on April 21, 2005 by NHTSA and the Governors Highway Safety Administration (GHSA) both point to helmet laws as a solution to the increased motorcycle fatality rate. The MRF has always considered helmet laws a state issue and, more importantly, a matter of choice ? particularly since we all know that helmets neither reduce nor prevent accidents. Perhaps these two organizations should be focusing their attention on programs that do prevent and reduce accidents, such as motorcycle safety, training and awareness programs. Instead, several states such as Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts have raided, and are attempting, to raid motorcycle safety funds, diverting those funds into their general budgets.
Focused on a more proactive approach, the MRF and motorcyclists nationwide continue to lobby for increased funding and incentives for motorcycle training and awareness programs, including a comprehensive safety package contained in both the House and Senate versions of the pending highway bill.
The NHTSA FARS data can be viewed in its entirety (PDF 850K) on the MRF website at http://www.mrf.org/pdf/2004EARelease.pdf
–from Custer
HI , I’ve been a subscriber to your Hot Bike mag for the last 2 years and I was wondering if it would be possible to have a feature done on my 1999 Harley Sportster.
I’ve attached a pic of it sitting?in my shop which is very rough but it’s worth seeing, and with good photography it would look good in your mag.
All the work, pipes, handelbars,paint, copper fab, pegs and grips I done myself, so please take a look and let me know if you would be interested. If so you can reach me at mailto:ulster1@aol.com>ulster1@aol.com or 845 206 3342
–Jimmy Quinn
Well bros and broettes, whatta ya tink?–Bandit
I have a 2000 Indian Chief, with 88 S&S engine. I was wondering if you have some kind of Pan rocker box conversion. I think it has Sportster 1200 rocker boxes on it now due to the large valves.
–Monty
Seems strange, a Pan Indian. There’s something terribly wrong with that scenario. The Xotic line was purchased by Custom Chrome and Panhead conversions are available for Evos.–Bandit
THERE YOU HAVE IT–Now let’s peel out. It’s Corona time and fish Tacos. The babes are all headed to a Brunch with more babes. Wonder what they’ll be eating–each other I hope. I’m dreamin’ as usual.
My day is packed and I need to install my Empire internal throttle mechanism so I can have the bar powdercoated to match the frame. I took the Custom Chrome headlight apart yesterday to Powder the rim. I’ll bet I’ll never assemble back together again the way it came apart. To many trinkets and I lost the rim screw. Damn. I’ll figure out something for the ride to Sturgis.
This bike will muster Bob T’s code for the ride. It will be tight and right, like all his bikes.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
