Playoff Sunday. Last night was Layla’s Birthday and I received the surprise of my life, but first an update. The Primedia gurus are fighting me over the people on the covers. Hopefully we can set up a department on Bikernet and run covers past you, for your response.
Just when we think that nothing is happening around the headquarters an we’ll live in a fuckin’ construction zone forever, we made significant progress with BMW John and Jorge’s help.
I ran around the headquarters yesterday afternoon while Layla peeled across town for birthday lunch with her family. I fixed storm damage, hung pictures, moved the Pope engine into place, messed with linoleum and then tried to find a new throttle cable for the highbar ’48 Pan. Keep in mind, I have dual 44 mm Mikunis on that classic. Let’s hit the news, then I’ll unleash the 3:00 a.m. facts.
It’s a family Name
A man scanned the guests at a party and spotted an attractive woman standing alone. He approached her and asked her name.
“My name is Carmen,” she told him.
“That’s a beautiful name,” he said. “Is it a family name?”
“No,” she replied. “I gave it to myself. It reflects the things I like most – cars and men.”
“What’s your name?” she asked.
“Beerfuck,” he said.
–from Rogue
I think they missed the motorcycle button
–from Buckshot
Bikernet Travel Report
This marks the end of ID-69 in Kuna, ID. Right behind the sign is the Kuna Lube ‘N’ Go.
Photo taken 12-11-04. We were enroute from Boise to the Redeye Saloon in Kuna for suds and grub. We then rode south to Swan Falls, and returned home. If you’d dig seeing a pix or two of Swan Falls, get back to me.
Cheers!
–Grumbler
The Top 15 Country Songs
15. If I Can’t Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You.
14. If The Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me.
13. How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?
12. I Liked You Better Before I Got to Know You So Well.
11. I’m Still Missing You Baby, But My Aim’s Gettin’ Better.
10. I Wouldn’t Take Her To A Dog Fight ‘Cause I’m Afraid She’d Win.
9. I’ll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let’s Honeymoon Tonight.
8. I’m So Miserable Without You, It’s Like You’re Still Here.
7. If I Had Shot You When I first Wanted To, I’d Be Out Of Prison By Now.
6. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him.
5. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger.
4. You’re The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly.
3. Her Teeth Was Stained But Her Heart Was Pure.
2. She’s Looking Better After Every Beer.
And, the Number-One Favorite Country Song of 2004 is:
1. I Ain’t Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman, But I Sure Have Woke Up With A Few.
–from Redhorse
LET IT BE
Homer, a handsome dude, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to this blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump.
The blonde looked at Homer and said, “Do you think he’ll jump?”
Homer says,”You know, I bet he’ll jump.”
The blonde replied, “Well, I bet he won’t.”
Homer placed $20 on the bar and said, “You’re on!”
Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death.
The blonde was very upset and handed her $20 to Homer, saying, “Fair’s fair. Here’s your money.”
Homer replied, “I can’t take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o’clock news and knew he would jump.”
The blonde replies, “I did too; but I didn’t think he’d do it again.”
Homer took the money…….
–from Rev CarlR
V-Rod Rumors
Here is the latest scuttlebut on the new Harley from Europe: “Harley is about to launch a new touring V-Rod based bike. On January 24th, at 00.00 USA time, next Monday, Harley will show on the web the shots of the new bike.”
— TB
Randy Aron of Cycle Visions in San Diego already did that. Gimme something new.
Apes On Pans Rules
I’ve always liked apes. Your pan looks better already. Here’s a picture of my 49, taken in ’88 or ’89. Somewhere around that time. Still have it. Getting ready for a freshening up. Got a wishbone frame and a few other goodies to put together with.
Enjoy the new feel of the same old ride.
–fritz
If I’m lucky today I’ll roll it off the lift and into the street–Bandit
Revolution Manufacturing Delivers The Future In V-Twin Frames!–CARBON FIBER
Revolution Manufacturing provides carbon fibre frames and accessories for the v-twin enthusiast.
The Marietta, Georgia based company realizes the technological advances in all other areas of v-twin production except the frame market. Revolution Manufacturing has stepped up to bring frame design and production into the 21st century.
These frames have aluminum bladder oil (under the tranny) and gas tanks built in and protected with a layer of carbon fiber.
Revolution Manufacturing and its distributor, Revolution Speed & Custom (RevolutionSpeed.com), can bee seen at the V-Twin Expo in Cincinati Jan 29-31, ay Bike Week in Daytona in March, plus many other events across the country. Be sure to stop by and see first hand the future of frame design and production.
Revolution Manufacturing Inc./Revolution Speed & Custom, Inc.
1435 Field Park Circle Bldg 100
Marietta, GA 30066
Phone: 770-420-9191
Fax: 770-420-9192
Mike@RevolutionSpeed.com
Website: http://www.RevolutionSpeed.com
Cyril Huze 2005 Catalog
Cyril Huze new 2005 Catalog is 124-page and features 195 parts with, as a bonus, double spread color pictures of Cyril’s most recent customs. A must for any individual and professional builder looking for fresh ideas and state-of-the-art custom parts & accessories. Catalog is $10.00 or free when you order a Huze tee-shirt on their website .
Cyril Huze.
Tel: 561-392-5557
http://www.cyrilhuze.com
Run For Breath Run Planning
I know you are a busy man these days. Do you think you can hammer out another Best of Show Award this year? Hey I got hooked up with another H-D dealer. It was just taken over by new owners.
I have about a 35 minute ride each day and 15 miles of that is in South Caroliina where there is no helmet law! So things have worked out. Let me know about the award.
later!
Mike(The Stealth)
I’ll build it. I don’t know when, but it will be done.–Bandit
Great reviews on Hot Bike all around!
Great job & congrats! Remember I’m available for photo shoots in the Chicago/Inianapolis area if ya need me. My coverage of the Indy ER show will be running in the June issue of ITW.
About the book: Darwin should have an answer for me by the end of the month, keep your fingers crossed for me :), hope hope. If they decide to publish it, I’ll be going back to Cali for a few months to put it together. You’ll have about 8 months to do your write up for it :). I want the release date to coincide w/ The Bad Ride 2006, so my deadline will be October 2005. I’ll keep you updated.
–xoxo-Kristina
MARCH HOT BIKE MAGAZINE
Yeah, it was about time those lame Primedia guys hired someone who knew what the hell was going on in the motorcycle world. Hot Bike had become the sorriest excuse for a biker rag I had ever seen ? endless articles that all read the same about guys with more money than sense who paid to have a bunch of overpriced billet bolted together for ?em so they could say they had a ?custom chopper?.
Well, all of a sudden here?s Bandit putting pictures of women and interesting bikes along side humor and some actual writing! That?s right ? I actually READ an issue of Hot Bike. The piece on the FTW movie was great! I know it?s gonna take some time to get those corporate dunderheads to see the light, but you could have the making of another Easyrider gig here (I mean Easyriders before it got silly?) ? AND you get to edit Street Chopper, bonus!
I knew things had changed when there was a knucklehead on the cover instead of some butt-ugly, fat-ass twin cam with Corbin Beetle bags. Ok, you had an article on those ugly things, but they?re a big sponsor, I understand.
Now, you?ve really got your work cut out for you. Those Primedia corporate cookie-cutter websites are and have always been the biggest insults to the riding public on the web. Their ad guys got a hold of me once to ask me if I wanted to pimp ChoppersRule on their site. I asked for a traffic report and it turned out I was getting four or five times the traffic they were. I offered the guy a special rate on banner ad placement ? but I never heard back.
Anyway, Bikernet.com has always been cool with me. See you around the web and congrats on getting Hot Bike back on track.
Warren Fuller
mailto:warren@choppersrule.com
Stock Bikes Suck
THE KILLING MACHINE I AM JUST SOUTH OF RIVERSIDE,,SUN CITY,,NAMES ALGIE ,,BIKE IS 1945 KNUCK CHOPPER,, PRE-SCHOOL STYLE,,NOT BUILT FOR COMFORT,,BUILT FOR SPEED,,IT WILL PASS ANYTHING ,,BUT A GAS STATION,,,,LOL,,,,IT HAS A LOT OF HAND MADE PARTS,,FRONT END,, FRONT OF FRAME,,FRONT MOUNT OIL TANK,,HYD FOOT CLUTCH,,A SMALL MASTER CYL.ON HAND SHIFTER,,FOR ONE OF THE TWO REAR BRAKES,,AND THE LIST GOS ON,, MANY THANKS FOR YOU INTEREST,,ALGIE PIRRELLO,,
(MY LIL SHOP) 1-951-764-7680
KILLINGMACHINE4U@aol.com
We’ll feature this Classic in Street Choppers in the near future.–Bandit
Motorcycle Deaths Rise For Baby Boomers
PORTLAND, Maine: Lots of baby boomers and middle-aged Americans are getting motorcycles, whether to recapture their lost youth or pull through some kind middle age crisis And now, as a result, riders 40 and over are accounting for an alarming number of motorcycling deaths. Safety experts suspect older riders with a lot of disposable income are buying more machine than their aging, out-of-practice bodies can handle.
Across the country, the annual number of motorcycle fatalities among 40-plus riders tripled during the past decade to 1,674 in 2003, while deaths among riders under 30 dropped slightly to 1,161, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In Florida, 141 riders between 35 and 54 were killed.
According to NHTSA, the average age of motorcyclists killed in accidents rose from 32 in 1994 to 38 in2003. “You would think it would be all of the young kids on those fast bikes, but it’s not,” said Carl Hallman, highway safety coordinator with the Maine Department of Public Safety. The surge in deaths among older riders helped to push motorcycle fatalities higher overall. They jumped by nearly half during the past five years, from 2,483 in 1999to3,661 in2003.
As for why so many riders in their 40s, 50s and beyond are dying, big, powerful bikes appear to be part of the explanation. NHTSA data show both engine size and deaths among riders with the largest class of engines rose during the past decade..
It’s a Report from the NHTSA, so you know it’s 80 percent Bullshit and equations are being left out such as the increased number of motorcycles purchased and on the road.
The more motorcycle on the road the more accidents you will have, natch.
There may be some thing to the fact that SOME Older Men want to live their lost youth. While others of us just never grew up HaHa. We continued to ride our motorcycles.
Watch for NHTSA and other agencies to jump on the band wagon with this. The people being addressed by this notice Had Better Get Their Shit Together and Fight It Before It Gets Out Of Hand.
–Rogue
http://www.bikerrogue.com
NCOM CONVENTION REMINDER
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the upcoming NCOM Convention, May 5-7 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, located at 777 McGavock Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Reserve your room by April 3rd for the special NCOM rate of $79 single/double by calling (615) 885-2200. Registration fees for the 20th annual Convention are $75 including the Silver Spoke Awards Banquet on Saturday night, or $40 for the Convention only. To pre-register, call the National Coalition of Motorcyclists at (800) 525-5355 or go to
This is an annual motorcycle rights convention, and it’s open to the public. If you’re interested in the battles at hand or the legislative future of freedom, check it out.
HANG ON–You’ll love this. In fact it might hit you as surreal. Worked hard yesterday, showered and took my Birthday love to dinner in Long Beach. A classic beach side restaurant called La Palapas. Dinner was fine and the place was unusually packed with young girls in formals. We support this sandy joint for two reasons. The food is exceptional, the atmosphere comfortable and it’s not a crowded franchise restaurant.
So I looked into her green eyes as the waiter delivered the check and said, “What’s on your mind for the rest of the evening.” “I want to show you Fantasy Castle,” she said and a smirked danced across her gentle lips. I’m big and slow, and it took me a minute to focus on her request. Fantasy Castle is a strip joint on the edge of the industrial oil field wasteland known as Signal Hill. I’ve never been there, but she has with the girls. We checked it out, the girls, the moves, the sex. Then we rolled over to Showalls in Wilmington, a brand new strip joint on Anaheim between West Coast Choppers and the Bikernet Headquarters. There’s actually three strip clubs in the seedy neighborhood, packed with oil refineries, chain link, wharves, container storage and junk yards. Seems a strange, yet necessary evil. All that steel needs some soft curves to reduce the sharp edge.
Okay, I’m going to jump out of here, but first the Titty Bar laws in this region are bizarre. If they’re full nude, no drinking (Wilmington). In Long Beach topless bars require pasties over nipples and they have a border line marked on the stage surrounding the pole. No topless beyond that point. The latter rule applies to Signal Hill topless joints, but no pasties are required. Strange.
So what’s up for the rest of the day? I’m going to attempt to launch a Biker’s rights news and perhaps, if I can find it, a report from the MRF on upcoming EPA laws. Pay close attention to these moves. They could severely impact our lifestyle–I’ll also publish this report in Hot Bike in the June issue. I’m also working on an article for PRUNO products. It’s all about prison wine. And for Cantina Members we’ll launch another chapter of the first Chance Hogan Book. Hang on, relax, go for a ride or watch a playoff game.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
