Hey,
I peel to the club most Saturday Nights. Last night Dr. Hamster and the Redhead made the run with me after we tore his 1950 Panhead down and I pulled the cam out of my 5-Ball Factory Racer.
The club contains a different atmosphere every Saturday. Sometimes there’s a band and jovial folks. Sometimes it’s girls and romance. Sometimes it’s drunks and violence, and once in a while there’s thought-provoking discussions. Ya just never know.
It’s sorta the same for the Sunday Post and the Weekly Bikernet News. Hang on.
Before the club for dinner we sliced across Long Beach to Signal Hill and Bennett’s Performance to discuss the good Doctor’s Pan engine, my cam, and 5-Ball Leathers for the shop.
Let’s hit the news. Much more to report:
NEWS FROM THE TOWN OF CHOPPER– This weekend we have Hogslayer for just $5, it’s a great story about an amazing bike – more info below or click here to download. Have a great weekend!
Weekly Special: Download Hogslayer
“Awesome movie ’bout vintage drag racing!! Love it!” ~Nicholas W. verified buyer
“Hogslayer: The Unapproachable Legend” is the award-winning true-life story of the dual-engine Norton motorcycle dragster designed, built, and raced by TC Christenson and John Gregory of Sunset Motors. The documentary chronicles the Sunset Motors Racing Team’s unrivaled innovation and unbridled courage as they faced unyielding challengers throughout the United States and Europe in the 1970’s.
TIP: Don’t forget our “Build Your Own Bundle” plan so you can save every time you order. Choose ANY three items from the site (even discounted ones and bundles!) and you save 10%, any four save 15%, and any five take 20% off.
–Zack and Scott
“MetalSport wheels go on all of our Carolina Customs. They are the best people I’ve ever dealt with”
– Russell Marlowe
THE NEVER GIVE UP BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for May 19, 2016
Pussies: If you are afraid of riding a motorcycle go get a car.
–Rogue –
Couldn’t have said it better. Calling them Bikers in the article gives them more credit than is due.
–Rebel
Dago, CA
EL WAGGS HOT ROD OF THE WEEKEND– Look at this find! Don’t know where it is and it’s really cool.
–Jim Waggaman
THE DRAG PIPES CONTROVERSY–
I did some more digging and investigating on the 34-inch drag pipes vs. 40-inchers.
I talked to a couple of local guys Jay the owner of Hollywoods Cycles and his ace wrench Clock about this subject and I was told the 40-inch drag pipes are the ones to use. The reason being the longer the pipe the more back pressure is created.
This make sense. So if anyone out there would like to weigh in, feel free!
–Stealth
Bikernet Correspondent
North Carolina
The GARAGE DOLLY–
Here’s the Newest “Must Have” Product for any Motorcyclist’s Garage. . .
Meet the space-saving Condor Garage Dolly . . . The easiest and safest way to move any motorcycle around in a garage to place it out of the way, and gain more space.
Just ride or push your motorcycle onto the Garage Dolly until it locks into the built-in wheel chock. Our patented cradle adjusts to accommodate virtually all motorcycles – from heavy baggers and cruisers to sportbikes and dirt bikes – just like our legendary Pit Stop wheel chock.
The Garage Dolly rolls easily on large 4” wheels, which allow you to swivel or roll your bike to any tight spot in your garage, even over large cracks and pitted floors. The Dolly has four large brake stops for secure loading and unloading. It’s made of light-weight, yet sturdy aluminum, and the unit can be folded for storage.
The Garage Dolly sells for $444.00, And best of all, it’s Made in America, by Condor, so you know its got to be good.
Click on the link below to see the brief video of the Dolly in action.
Watch The Motorcycle Garage Dolly In Action!
For more information and videos, visit our web site www.condor-lift.com
— Ken Glassman
(847) 394-2646
BREAKING: Kenyan Government Releases Obama’s Real Birth Certificate–According to reports, the Office of the Principal Register of the Nyanza Province in Kenya has just released 11 documents concerning Barack Obama’s birth and early childhood in the country.
The papers have been requested by Americans for years, but the Kenyan Supreme Court finally just ordered authorities to release the documents based on a law on “access to information.”
The papers indicate that Obama was actually born in Lamu, Kenya, more than a year before his father moved to Hawaii and met his mother.
This information contradicts all the documents presented by the administration over the past few years.
If the documents are deemed verifiable, they could prove that Obama had no legal right to become the American president in the first place. It also means that the American papers we’ve seen are all forged documents.
–By AM, Conservative Post
–from Rogue
I read this over a couple of times. So he was born in Kenya a year before his mom and dad met in Hawaii. How is that possible?—Bandit
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE UNDER FIRE IN FLORIDA– From: Dave Doty Secretary Florida Veterans Council–I just saw something on the news tonight that has my blood boiling. Florida is passing a law that will allow students to opt out of doing the Pledge of Allegiance in schools!!
Gentlemen there is something wrong with this picture. We as well as our fathers and grandfather’s and our sons and daughters have fought to protect that Flag that we pledge. What is wrong with our school system and the state of Florida to allow this to happen.
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED AND I HOPE ALL OF US AGREE ON THIS!!
We must push for our representatives both Congressional and Senators to address this with the Governor and our Florida representatives. I know my sons who have been raised to be proud Americans and honor our Flag and the pledge that goes with it.
What is this going to teach our children if this is passed! ! Hopefully everyone is as upset as I am about this most important issue. Keep safe and God Bless our veterans and our Country.
Yours in service,
David C Miller
USMC
Disabled Combat Veteran
Proud American
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Dennis R. Boland
National Executive Committeeman
The American Legion
5-BALL LEATHER DEALER PROGRAM— Progress. We a closing in on a solid 5-Ball Racing Dealer Program. We are currently in Bartels’ H-D and Lifestyle Cycles. Our shit is cool and half the price of Roland Sands or H-D. Sure, we are also built overseas, but all our Leathers are designed by Redheads, bikers in Dallas and by street kids in San Pedro.
We currently carry one Jacket, three vest styles, and two shirt styles. I like the deep gun pockets and the exclusive media pocket in the back.
We can also develop special orders to your specifications for your club or group with a minimum order.
Give the Redhead a call 310-830-0630 for dealer vast and unrelenting specifications. The shit is cool.—Bandit
THE NEVER GIVE UP BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for May 19, 2016
Nice resume Bandit, sound like a boring fuck!!! ??
–Speeddaddy
Canada
ANTI-PROFILING BILL–
As we get ready to start our weekends I thought I would pass along the news clip below on the “fight” between Congressman Ribble from Wisconsin and Congressman Rigell from Virginia yesterday about their Harleys. Too funny! Am thinking we need to start (or reignite? Our own twitter handle so we can chime in next time!)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/congress-harley-owners-trash-talk-on-twitter
Also – just came from a positive meeting with Congressman Ribble’s office on the anti-profiling bill. We are targeting a drop date of the first week in June when they are back from recess…hopefully with a few co-sponsors! Look for more information from me next week!
–Megan Ekstrom
Vice-President, Government Affairs & Public Relations
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
1325 G Street N.W. Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 202-0090
Fax: (202) 546-0986
www.mrf.org
OLD JOKE OF THE DAY– Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Starkville, MS, Daily and bought a mule for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day. The next morning the farmer drove up and said, “Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night.”
Curtis & Leroy replied, Well, then just give us our money back.” The farmer said, “Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.” They said, “OK then, just bring us the dead mule.”
The farmer asked, “What in the world ya’ll gonna do with a dead mule?” Curtis said, “We gonna raffle him off.”
The farmer said, “You can’t raffle off a dead mule!” Leroy said, “We sure can! Heck, we don’t hafta tell nobody he’s dead!”
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store and asked. “What’d you fellers ever do with that dead mule?”
They said, “We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do.” Leroy said, “Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars apiece and made a profit of $898.”
The farmer said, “My Lord, didn’t anyone complain?” Curtis said, “Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him his two dollars back.”
Curtis and Leroy now work for the government. They’re overseeing the Medicare and Social Security Programs.
–from Rogue
AMA FUND-RAISING VINTAGE RAFFLE–
Donate now for a chance to win one of the most classic and recognizable motorcycles of all time: a vintage Indian Chief. With its muscular V-twin engine and deeply skirted fenders, the iconic machine has always stood apart from the crowd.
This 1947 model is particularly notable. WWII ended production of Indian’s civilian models, and when the war ended in 1946, Indian struggled to quickly return to the production numbers it had enjoyed during the war. The Chief was the only motorcycle offered in 1946 and 1947. The ‘47 carried over the ‘46s hydraulically damped girder fork that came from the military-bike development effort, but was the first to carry the chrome script “Indian” logo on the tank.
Raffle tickets are available for a donation to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. You can receive one ticket for a $5 donation or five tickets for a $20 donation. For full rules, click here.
The drawing will be held at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in July 2016. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the United States to win.
Note: You will be asked to log in or create an account before purchasing tickets.
List Price: $5.00
Member Price: $5.00
STRANGE AMERICAN POLL OF THE DAY– Two-thirds of US would struggle to cover $1,000 crisis.
–Ken Sweet and Emily Swanson, The Associated Press,
NEW YORK (AP) — Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday, a signal that despite years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americans’ financial conditions remain precarious as ever.
These financial difficulties span all income levels, according to the poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Seventy-five percent of people in households making less than $50,000 a year would have difficulty coming up with $1,000 to cover an unexpected bill. But when income rose to between $50,000 and $100,000, the difficulty decreased only modestly to 67 percent.
Even for the country’s wealthiest 20 percent — households making more than $100,000 a year — 38 percent say they would have at least some difficulty coming up with $1,000
Americans’ struggle to save isn’t new. Three CBS News and The New York Times polls going back to the mid-1990s — the most recent one done in 2007 before the downturn — show a majority of Americans would have some difficulty covering a $1,000 emergency. The AP-NORC results also correlate with a 2015 study by the Federal Reserve in which 47 percent of respondents said they either could not cover a $400 emergency expense or would have to sell something or borrow money.
–from Art Hall
THE H-D DEALER LATEST— I don’t know if these offers are available at all dealers, but they’re cool. And we know they are available at William’s H-D, Space Coast and perhaps San Diego H-D.
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Quotes
Spells were directed at the portrait and hand drums were beaten, scents of noxious herbs alight arose to inspissate the air beneath the hanging image.
— Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, 1980
Origin of inspissate
Inspissate ultimately derives from the Latin term spissus meaning “thick.” It entered English in the early 1600s.
ATTACHED IS A NEW PDF LINK OF IRWINDALE EVENT CENTER’S REVISED OPERATIONAL/EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR THE SPEEDWAY, DRAG STRIP AND SPECIAL EVENTS … THANK YOU!
REVISED 2016 SCHEDULE
http://files.ctctcdn.com/434dfaad001/2a8b4fe8-ee02-4293-b475-d8bcf667fd71.pdf
We’re very proud to report that this new and extended 2016 Irwindale Event Center schedule adds an additional twenty-three NHRA Drag Racing events, four Formula Drift Thursday night sessions,three Saturday night NASCAR events, three “Nights of Destruction”, and three special events: “Trucking for Kids” October 2, the Formula Drift finale October 6-8, and the “MoonEyes” Xmas Party Show & Drags December 12.
— THANK YOU!
The entire schedule is also available on our website at: www.irwindalespeedway.com
RIDE TO WORK DAY– All City Mayors, administrators and All Motorcycle and Scooter Riders
2016 Motorcycle and Scooter Annual ‘Ride To Work Day’
The 25th annual Motorcycle and Scooter Ride to Work Day is Monday, June 20th. Every year more than a million two wheeled moto-commuters demonstrate the benefits of riding, including: reduced road congestion, shorter commute times, more parking spaces and less fuel consumption.
Your city can support this event by proclamation, and also encourage riding by providing free motorcycle and scooter parking at municipal ramps and metered spaces on this day. Join hundreds of other communities as well as many motorcycle and scooter groups and organizations supporting this year’s Ride to Work Day.
Reasons to encourage motorcycle and scooter commuting:
Shared parking spaces, providing more parking for everyone else.
Fewer resources consumed per-commuter than other powered mobility options.
Reduced traffic and congestion.
Less commuter travel time.
We seek government, employer and community support and recognition of the positive social benefits of riding.
Proclamations and providing motorcycle and scooter parking at no charge, are great ways to encourage this beneficial (and enjoyable) form of transportation.
Supporter Tools:
Template for a letter to city Mayors, requesting a proclamation of support. www.ridetowork.org/files/mayors/2016_Mayor_letter.doc
Template for a support proclamation. www.ridetowork.org/files/mayors/2016_PROCLAMATION_template.doc.
List of all 2006 – 2015 supporting cities, and a .pdf of each city’s proclamation.
If your city officially supports Ride to Work Day by proclamation, contact local media, and also send us a copy of the Proclamation so we can post it on our website. propaganda@ridetowork.org.
Contact Ride to Work Day, a 501 c4 nonprofit organization, at:
POB 1072, Proctor, Minnesota, 55810 USA
http://www.ridetowork.org
218 722 9806
info@ridetowork.org
Mission Statement:
Advocating and supporting the use of motorcycles and scooters for transportation, and providing information about everyday riding to the public.
THE ON-GOING TRIKE CONTROVERSY— Are they cars or motorcycles. In 2015, the Arizona legislature passed a bill defining “autocycles” and exempting them from motorcycle classification.
http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/52leg/1r/bills/sb1051s.htm&Session_ID=114
–John P Dreyfus
Johnny D ALMA MC
Arizona Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs Designated Lobbyist
American Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education- Arizona PAC Officer
ABATE Phoenix-Shadow Mountain PAC Officer
National Coalition of Motorcyclists Region IX Director
REGISTER TO VOTE–
The California voter registration deadline for the coming primary election is May 23. All mailed applications must be postmarked by this date.
If you are not already registered to vote, register today!
The best way to get involved and make a difference in the political process is to vote. To protect the motorcycle lifestyle, we need informed voters like you to support the candidates who pledge their support for motorcycling.
If you are not sure if you are registered to vote, check here to check your status.
There’s not much time left so please register to vote if you have not already done so. And don’t forget to encourage your fellow riders to do the same. Finally, be sure to vote on Election Day!
Thank you for taking an active role to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future of riding.
Register!
Now more than ever, it is crucial that you and your riding friends become members of the AMA to help protect our riding freedoms. More members mean more clout against the opponents of motorcycling. That support will help fight for your rights – on the road, trail and racetrack and in the halls of government.
If you are a motorcycle rider, join the AMA at americanmotorcyclist.com/membership/join.
ACTION AT DENVER’S CHOPPERS–
For additional information contact Mondo or Les at:
DENVER’S CHOPPERS
3445 Airway Dr. Unit D
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 813-1994
WORDS FROM THE MOUNTAIN– Today is Going to be the Best Day of My Life
If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one. –Cavett Robert
Would it not be wonderful to start every morning off with this Consciousness, “Today is going to be the best day of My Life”? Why not shut off your automatic pilot and start your day off with a commitment to Live more today than yesterday, to be Grateful for the new opportunities of today, to learn from your lessons and to Let Go of anyone and anything that does not serve your highest good?
The ironic thing is none of us knows if today is going to be our last day. It would be a travesty, if today is our last day and we fill it with worry, stress, fears, regrets, hate and negativity. The older we get, the more we hear about associates, friends and relatives who has passed without warning, hopefully they had the best day of their Life before they left us. As I have said for every minute I waste I lose 60 seconds of living. There are 86,400 seconds in this day, how about making each one count today?
When people ask me how am I, I usually respond with “I am awake or living the dream”. When I say, I am awake, I mean that I am awake to the fact that I am alive and present in the moment. When I say, I am living the dream, what I am saying is that I am aware of the gift of today and Grateful for All the gifts of this day.
I Know that we all face challenges, hurdles and disappointments, this is part of Life. The big question is are we going to control them or are they going to control us.
Victor Frankl a concentration camp survivor wrote “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor knew no matter what he was faced with, including the possibility of being murdered, he had a choice. Today I hope you choose to make today and everyday from now on the Best Day of Your Life!
Today the best day of My Life!
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. –Buddha
–Venerable Master Yale
BREWING FOR NEXT WEEK— The Bill Bish, NCOM legislative report just arrived and Princess La La will share it this week. I need to edit two Rogue Bikernet Bagger articles.
We’ve had some production issues with my book, but everything should be resolved this coming week.
We have a very rare Orient single from maybe before H-D even started. Hang on for the report in the Cantina.
We are still working on my 5-Ball Factory Racer. Haven’t found the problem yet, but have a bunch of options to test in the very near future.
Jack keeps pouring Galleries into the Cantina. We’ve started to edit them. You don’t need to look at the same wheel a hundred times. Let us know if you spot anything else.
I want to thank Bob Tronolone out in 13 Palms, California. He’s the one who keeps us supplied with vintage photographs. I don’t know where he finds this shit. He lives in the desert in a converted ’59 Cadillac motor home stuck in the desert sand. The town has a population of 30 and half of them are meth heads. Then there’s 15 cops and 15 bikers trying to survive. He just started a new business and we will report on it, if we can. There may be aspects we can’t share publically. No, it’s not meth. There’s too much competition in his hood.
We are expecting a new tech from the Brew dude on fasteners. And I know there’s a half dozen other features hanging.
Take the rest of the day off…
–Bandit
