I don’t know where to start. I clocked 950 miles this weekend on the King with new heads, cams, exhaust and air cleaners. It hauled my ass from one rain storm to the next and back again. What an idiot I was for riding out after Thanksgiving on the only weekend in a year to have solid weather reports of rain from the coast through Arizona. At least there were four of us fools and two brave women tagging along. Let’s get to the news.
Easyrider Stores Will No Longer Have The Name
The publisher isn’t making enough money off the individuals who own Easyriders stores so he’s threatened to pull the name. Most of the owners don’t feel that the company ever supported their efforts, so they’re not too concerned. In fact several of them may become Big Dog Stores or Hot Bike has made some of the stores a better offer than available from Easyriders in the past or future. We’ll report as we hear more.
Rune Revealed
Here is a pic of the nxr 1800 Rune. I hope you can open it. I think I’ll stick with my old FLH. Happy Thanksgiving. Later. Mossy “Shoot Low Sheirff, They’re Riding Shetlins”
I’ve got to admit that some of these jap bikes are dam impressive and have terrific styling. I like the tradition of Harley and this Road King. It’s easy to work on and I’ll give it all the style I want. That’s one of the benefits of sticking with American.
War On Drugs Revealed
As children, some of us had a DRUG problem.
We were “drug” to church on Sunday morning.
We were “drug” to church for weddings and funerals.
We were “drug” to family reunions, no matter the weather.
We were “drug” to the bus stop to go to school every weekday.
We were “drug” by our ears when disrespectful to adults and teachers.
We were also “drug” to the woodshed when we disobeyed our parents.
Those “drugs” are still in our veins; and I believe they very much affect our behavior in what we do, say, and think.
They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin, and if the bleeding-heart liberals did not scream “child abuse”, and if today’s kids had this kind of “drug” problem, perhaps America could be a better place.
–from CarlR
Cantina Miracle–Jose Receives Compliment
I received the coolest compliment yesterday…..via e-mail… It said that people like us will live forever…. The interview was sent. Don’t eat the whole turkey…leave some for others…
–Jose
I ate the whole turkey rode to Arizona and back and forced her to bake another one. The smells filled the house as I stumbled in from the cold.
TRUE STORY
This is a true story, indicating how fascinating the mind of a six year old is. They think so logically.
A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home. She read, ” and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said: ‘Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house? ” The teacher paused……then asked the class: “And what do you think the man said? ”
One little boy raised his hand and said very matter-of-factly “I think the man would have said: “Well, fuck me! A talking pig! ”
The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes. >>
–Needles Dan
WILD FIRE HARLEY-DAVIDSON/BUELL EVENTS
MIDNIGHT MADNESS SALE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH – OPEN ‘TIL MIDNIGHT – 20% OFF STOREWIDE DISCOUNT – Enjoy beverages, food and live music @ 7:00pm – DISCOUNTS up to 50% off on specially Marked Motorclothes, Parts & Accessories – FREE HD Holiday Special Edition Prints with $250 purchase of Genuine & Officially Licensed Products – FREE Wildfire T-Shirt with $500 purchase of Genuine & Officially Licensed Products <#top> NEW STORE HOURS RIDER’S EDGE NEW RIDER COURSE Check out the new RIDER TRAINING link on the web site at No Camel Toes Here –from Chris T. “SECRETS FOR A GREAT RELATIONSHIP” 1. It is important to find a woman who works around the house, occasionally cooks and cleans and who has a job. 2. It is important to find a woman who makes you laugh. 3. It is important to find a woman who is dependable and doesn’t lie. 4. It is important to find a woman who’s good in bed and who loves to have sex with you. 5. It is vital that these four women never meet! –from Rogue Old classic bike shots from Bob T. BIG BROTHER IS HERE! by Dennis Kabaczy They couldn’t wait, could they? They just had to show their power by passing the new Homeland Security bill before this session of Congress was over. And this bill, is worse than I thought it would be. As William Safire states in the New York Times, “Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy, every web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, … will go into what the Defense Department describes as a virtual centralized grand data base.” Welcome to the “Total Information Awareness System”, brought to you by the author of the Iran-Contra scheme, John Poindexter. Remember Mr. Poindexter, former National Security advisor to President Reagan? It was Mr. Poindexter who came up with the idea that the presidential staff, and not the President, was responsible for any embarrassing decisions. Does this fall under the realm of plausible deniability? “I have no recollection of that.” Take a look at the website for the Information Awareness Office. http://www.darpa.mil/iao/index.htm. Notice the symbol? The eye in the pyramid, just like on the dollar bill. Now maybe you find that comforting, in that the government is looking out “for” you. Personally, it scares the hell out of me, used in this context, with the government constantly looking “at” me, just waiting for some kind of pattern to develop, showing how much of a risk to society I can be. What’s the definition of macho? — Jogging home from your own vasectomy –from Nuttboy FastDates.com Calendars featured the Dec 6-8th, 2002 weekend at… The Advanstar Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach Stop by the featured FastDates.com Calendar Exhibit just inside the main entrance of the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show. Meet photographer Jim Gianatsis, beautiful calendar models Chandi Mason, Miss Minnesota Janelle Perzina, and Man Show and Son of the Beach actress/model Joanna Krupa featured in October’s Gear magazine. See top calendar bikes from premier custom builders Paul Yaffe, LA Calendar Bike Show winner Jesse Rooke, Performance Machine, AMA National roadracing Champions Graves Yamaha Motorsports (AMA Formula Extreme Champion) and EBSCO Corona Extra Suzuki (AMA 750cc Supersport Champion and Formula Extreme race winner) in the FastDates.com showcase display at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show at the Long Beach Convention Center the December 6-8th weekend.. Meet the builders, the race team owners, the beautiful models. Pick up the new 2004 FastDates.com Calendars and have them personally autographed! TBEAR MAKES IT BIG After all the hard work and traveling I finally have achieved my 15 minutes of fame.. I invite you to see just how highly my work is thought of by The Horse Magazine…(laughing) My articles and photos have been forever enshrined in the annals of the wonderful world wide web. In other words, Bannished to a place in cyberspace where only a few fear to tread. Enshrined in the anals of apathy, forever to remain. My mother will be so proud. –TBear THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop, and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him. –from Rogue That’s all I can take–Bring me another Jack. We worked on the King for three days straight. One mechanic came down with the raw 24-hour mung so we lost most of one day and another mechanic was hauled off to a depostion. Finally, Wednesday we had their full cooperation and the puppy was finished. You’ll see it covered in American Rider and on Bikernet next week. Thursday I spent Thanksgiving trying to catch up on the news and writing projects between running back and forth to the garage to pack and make final adjustments, and of course dinner. Friday morning I was up at 4:30 and on the road by 5:30. We met up at a truck stop just west of the 10 and 15 intersection. The rain first attacked 60 miles out of Blythe and for the rest of the weekend we were ducking showers and freezing temps. The King ran like a champ, never missed a beat. My customized windshield held up to an average speed of 80 mph. Clothing is a key to comfort on a long ride in less than warm temps and my formula was perfect. I’ll cover the whole slick episode in a report next week, but it was a helluva ride. I need another foot massage. Have a helluva week, and do all your Christmas Shopping on line. Stay of of the goddamn stores. –Bandit
Starting December the new store hours are as follows:
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am – 5:00pm <#top> 
