Life is bananas and I’m grateful the holidays are past. Last night the strangest thing happened. I got a call from a girl in Newport. She wanted to meet. The operation was put into motion after prepping another feature bike for Bikernet. It’s a Muscle Bike from John Covington that he built for Ken Caminitti, a football star. As the afternoon rolled on, and we considered our goals for the next year, a breeze swept over the harbor, a cold brisk wind. About to roll the King out of the garage, a mist struck my unshaven mug like some spray from a neighbor’s hose. I looked skyward. It was as clear as a full moon in the desert. The lights reflected sharply off the harbor channel. I was ready to rock.
In less that ten minutes the damn coast clouded up and spit all over the city. I got another call, another girl and another cloud burst. Sin Wu was heading into the city. Nothing seemed to gel, yet there was every intention of having a helluva night. We better get to the news:
V-Rod Tech News Had a bad case of “Chrome Bolt on Blues” today. We are slow at the shop and doin internal type work, accessorizing new bikes. We are suppose to do up a V-Rod for the Jan. Easyrider’s show here. I wanted to put a 240 rear tire kit on but the owner balked at the price. The stuff from Germany for the V-Rod is very cool but spendy. What the fuck isn’t nowadays!!
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My Compadre at Las Vegas H-D has done a couple of V-Rod’s with the wide tire kit’s. Also he lowers them using the H-D Dyna lowering shock kit P/N 54727-01A for Chrome or 54560-95A for polished. Set’s them down about a 1″ to 1 1/2″. Really makes the bike.
So far only a few places are making pipes. SAMSON, BUB, D&D, SUPERTRAPP. Screamin Eagle’s “Double Barrel” P/N 64798-02 pipes sound real good and don’t void the warranty.
Happy New Year to all!!
–Pablo
P.S. Look for a “Tech” article on doin up a Trock CV carb. Not the usual jet changing shit either!!
We are working with Pablo and Ron Trock on a performance enhanced CV carb that can be used on several models from Twin Cams to Shovels.
Words From The Rev
I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
Antique shots from Bob T.
Getting’ Jiggy with Giggy
I don’t know wht the fuck i’m doin’ here, but let’s let it rip….. It would be easy enough to slam together a chuggin’ , two wheeled, H-D clone that would satisfy the pedestrian crowd, but that ain’t what the Gigg-meister has in store for you. Nah, when your grab a 5/8″ 1 ? ” hex-nut bolt, he says., “What have you got in your hand? Not a bolt,??. but a fastener. If it’s a bolt then it should have a nut.
That’s the kind of dialogue
Hey, Bandit, I’m too fucked up to write anything more coherent than pure babble right now. It’s funny how I measure my worth (?), my value (?) relative to how you vlaue what I can write,) When you talk about Harold’s Bar, or when Layla talks about Harold’s Bar, it has mythic signifcance. I would like to have a drink(S) in Harold’s Bar. Hell, I’d like to have a drink at the Alhambra, the Spot, or any other place that has some drinking character.
I’ve got to have somebody be responsible;;;;;;;;;;;;0H, SHIT, coherense has gone out the window. God damn it. I’ll have ti talkkl to you tomorrow.
–Nuttboy
Speaking Of Barroom Ediquette
Stuck in a strange city by bad weather, the drinker was bored. He sat in the bar and looking to strike up a conversation, turned to bartender and said, “Hey, about those Democrats in the Congress . . . ”
“Stop — I *don’t permit talk about politics in my bar!” interrupted the bartender.
A few minutes later the gent tried again, “People say about the Pope . . . ”
“No religion talk, either,” the bartender cut in.
“Look, how about sex. Can I talk sex?”
“Sure.”
“Then fuck you.”
–Rogue
Sick Call In The Cantina
An Israeli doctor says “Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.”
A German doctor says “That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.
A Russian doctor says “In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks.”
The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says “You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brain out of Texas, put him in the White House for four years, and now half the country is looking for work.”
–Nuttboy
DALLAS SWAP MEET JANUARY 5TH!
Howdy, The Texas Scooter Times here reminding everyone about the Texas Scooter Times upcoming Swap Meet in Dallas- January 5th at the Historic Longhorn Ballroom!
Bikers will find motorcycle parts manufactures and distributors that travel the country, selling by the volume at deep discounts. There’ll be Motorcycle Shops that sell the good used parts that are taken off bikes in their shops when customers want to change up their rides. There’ll be Jewelry Vendors, T-Shirt Hawkers, Leather Sellers and people peddling oddities of all kinds. What ever it is you are looking for, IT’S HERE!
– Live Band – Bargains – Parts & Party – Door prizes and other contests – TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! – Don’t miss them!
HOURS: Gates open at 11am – Limited Vendor Space Still Available- please call the Texas Scooter Times for reservations. For more info on a specific show and driving directions visit: www.texasscooter.com or call 254-687-9066
Cantina Beer Drinking Memo
Yesterday, scientists for Health Canada suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women.
To test the finding 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each. It was then observed that 100% of the men gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became overly emotional, couldn’t drive, failed to think rationally, argued over nothing, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned.
–from Stever B.
Advise From The Cantina Gynaecologist
A beautiful, voluptuous woman goes to see a gynaecologist. The doctor takes one good look at this woman and his professionalism is a thing of the past. Right away he tells her to undress. After she has disrobed he begins to stroke her thigh.
As he does he says to the woman: “Do you know what I`m doing ?”
“Yes,” she says, “you`re checking for any abrasions or dermatological abnormalities.”
“Correct,” says the doctor.
He then begins to fondle her breasts. “Do you know what I`m doing now”, he says.
“Yes,” says the woman, “you`re checking for any lumps or breast cancer.”
“That`s right,” replies the doctor. He then gradually proceeds to having sexual intercourse with her. “Do you know,” he pants “what I`m doing now?”
“Yes,” she says. “You`re getting herpes.”
–from Bob T.
Cantina Copyright Attorney Warning
Hey Bandit, Great Christmas card on the page….but wish you’d give credit where it’s due….that’s an original design by my friend Jaw’s out of Syracuse, NY……he has a page where he sells his work…..maybe you could give him a plug in exchange for using his work in your newsletter…. BIKER ART by JAW’S
Happy Holidays…
–Dancer
Love is grand; divorce is several hundred grand.
–from Kristine J.
That’s All I Have–I don’t know what happened last night, but when the bar closed I had two women in the front seat of the truck. It was raining spiders and seals. I didn’t know which way to turn. We were still trying to sort out the night at a little Mexican joint on the coast this morning between Bloody Marys and salsa.
It’s California this morning, all sunshine and metallic blue skies. I’ve got to drag the King out and hit the streets before the next El Nino cloud bank strikes the coast. Have a helluva first. May your new year be fulla cheap parts and dry roads.
–Bandit
