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MILWAUKEE RALLY UPDATE– The Milwaukee Rally is excited to have a variety of entertainment and activities for this year’s FREE admission event. Celebrate the Milwaukee Rally “Back on the Streets” by riding out to all of the four Harley-Davidson Dealers of Metro Milwaukee. These local dealers will be having onsite activities for each day of the Rally, August 30th thru September 1st. Be sure to visit Milwaukee H-D, House of H-D, Suburban H-D and Hal’s H-D for continuous fun from vendors to food and beverages, rides to demonstrations and lots of live entertainment, there will be something to fuel everyone’s interests.
You’ll be makin’ some memories at this year’s Rally that’s for sure and here’s just a sample of what you can expect to see at the dealers.
On Opening Night Thursday, August 30th – 4PM Rally Kick Off Parties – meet new biking buddies and kick-off the rally in style at all the participating Dealers of Metro Milwaukee.
Friday, August 31st: Some highlights include: Mud Wrestling at Milwaukee H-D RDT Extreme Stunt Show 5:30pm at House of H-D Bikini Bike Wash at Suburban H-D Saloon Games & Fish Fry Ride at Hal’s H-D
Saturday, September 1st: Pancake Breakfast & BMX Stunt Team at House of H-D Mud Wrestling & Brat Fry at Milwaukee H-D RDT Extreme Stunt Show 2:30PM at Suburban H-D Wild West Rodeo Party (11Am-4:30PM) & H-D Trivia Challenge – Hal’s H-D
POKER RUN:
Take a shot at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino Ultimate Poker Run – the best hand wins! Here’s how it works: You can purchase the Ultimate Poker Run card from any of the 4 participating dealers (or it’s included with your VIP Package purchase). Then ride to the five participating Poker Run locations – the 4 dealers and Potawatomi Bingo & Casino. At each location, you will receive not only a Poker playing card, but also a special, valuable commemorative souvenir, just for playing!
When you have your five playing cards (5 card Poker hand), turn them in to Milwaukee H-D, House of H-D, Suburban H-D or Hal’s H-D no later than 6PM on Saturday, September 1st. The Poker Run Prize Presentation will take place on Water Street at 6:45PM, September 1st!
The best Poker hand will win the 1st prize – $1,000! Second place – $500, and Third through 12th Place will receive a $200 gift certificate from one of the four Harley-Davidson Dealers of Metro Milwaukee! This year’s Milwaukee Rally Poker Run features the most winners ever! Good luck!
Limited quantities remain so be sure to secure yours today. Milwaukee Harley-Davidson/Buell Hal’s Harley Davidson/Buell Suburban Motors House of Harley-Davidson/Buell STROKERS DALLAS SURVIVES STROKERS STURGIS– We went, we partied (Rick just worked), we visited with friends and customers, and we had a great time. Now you can get a taste for it all by checking out our online photo album! We spent the week at Thunder Road along with some of the best builders and bike shows in the industry. We love coming back to “Strokers Sturgis” every year. It’s the only other location in the world that shares the Strokers name outside of Dallas, and the only place you can get a true taste of Texas in the Black Hills! Rick’s buddies Kim Suter and Eddie Trotta were both set-up there as well, along with famous industry photographer Michael Lichter. During the week, Rick signed autographs for customers and also joined Eddie, Keino, and the boys from OCC as a special guest at the Metzeler Tire Bike Show where he pleased the crowds for hours signing his custom posters. Just because Sturgis is over, doesn’t mean the party has to die! We’re ready to keep things rollin here at the Strokers compound! First up is the OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING PARTY for STROKERS INK TATTOO & PIERCING PARLOR Brougt to you by Big Dog Motorcycles on Saturday, August 25th from 1:00pm until ??? The premiere of Rick’s new radio show “The Texas Hardtails Scooter Show with Rick Fairless” is THIS SUNDAY on Live 105.3! This hour-long program will air every Sunday from 8:00-9:00am CST. For those of you not in the immediate DFW area, please tune in online via the Live 105.3 website: If you would like to call in and talk with Rick or ask him a question, call the Hotline during the show: 214-905-0818. You can also text the show at 43733 or email As always, for the most up-to-date information about Strokers Dallas, Strokers Ice House, and Strokers Ink visit FEDS MUM ON FULL THROTTLE RAID– Rapid City Journal, SD – STURGIS – Federal agents remained mum this week about the reason for executing a search warrant Tuesday at the Full Throttle Saloon two miles east of Sturgis. Full Throttle owner Mike Ballard wasn’t available for comment. But the action appears to be related to an Internal Revenue Service investigation of the Sturgis motorcycle rally venue. One witness said several federal agents in unmarked cars showed up at the Full Throttle sometime before noon on Tuesday. The agents locked the gate and barred people from entering the grounds. The agent at the gate told the witness that a search warrant was being executed. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Meade County Sheriff’s Office both said they were not involved in Tuesday’s raid. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rapid City declined to comment as a matter of policy. Calls to the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Minneapolis were not returned Thursday afternoon. The Full Throttle opened in the summer of 2000 and has grown into one of the largest and most popular rally-week venues in Sturgis. The sprawling complex includes a restaurant, shops, a number of bars, sleeping cabins and a live music stage –from Rogue ALL NEW BATTISTINI’S CATALOGUE SOON TO BE RELEASED– First stab at the catalogue this is just the Touring section. I hope you like it. –Rikki Telephone: 925.270.4211 LIFESTYLE CYCLES UNLOADING ALL AMERICAN IRON HORSE CHOPPERS AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES–Chance of a lifetime to but a world class Texas chopper in California for lowest prices ever CALL LIFESTYLE CYCLES TODAY: (714) 490-0155 BIKERNET SUNDAY RELIGIOUS MOMENT– A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, “Say Father, what causes arthritis?” The priest replies, “My Son, it’s caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of a bath.” The drunk muttered in response, “Well, I’ll be damned,” Then returned to his paper. The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. “I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?” The drunk answered, “I don’t have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does.” –from James Schnarr STURGIS RALLY LIKE THE OLYMPICS OF MOTORCYCLES– Rally attendees try to out run, out party, out chrome and out dress (or under dress) each other. As dealers, we also compete to try and out sell each other. Every year all the major motorcycle manufacturers and 10-20 of the top custom dealers strut into Sturgis with their flashy show trucks full of shiny new motorcycles, all biding for a share of the 1 million rider pie! The Iron Horse 2005/2006 Prior Year Model Clearance broke all records and drew a lot of attention, both good and bad. American IronHorse, with the help of 4 of their top dealers (including IHOT), went to Sturgis with a plan to sell 100 motorcycles at the 7 day event, something that has never been done before. At about noon on the last Saturday the 100th motorcycle was sold. IHOT took 1st of the 4 IronHorse Dealers selling 37 of the 103 bikes with their 3 man team. Other manufacturers and dealers complained that we were -prostituting the industry- by offering new customs as low as $19,990. One critic said we looked like a Circus (that was our goal). The previous Dallas American IronHorse dealer went so far as to call the Texas Department Of Transportation and file a complaint claiming unfair competition (what?) To all the nay Sayers and critics, wake up! Closing out old inventory is what good businesses do. Offering prior year models at a discount to bargain seeking consumers has been the way in the car, boat and RV industry for decades. Right now GM is offering $12,000 Off on 2007 Hummers. Ford offered 0% Interest For 72 Months last year on 2006 trucks (costs about $10,000 for the rate buy down). This year American IronHorse allowed dealers from around the country to trade in new 2005/2006 year models for new 2007s prior to the release of the 2008s. They took 120 bikes to Sturgis and brought in their top 4 dealers. The bikes were sold from $8000 to $10,000 Off of normal MSRP. It was great for us dealers to have an outlet for unsold inventory, it was great for consumers who took advantage of the low prices at the Rally and it cleared the way for the AIH 2008 release, just seems like good business to me. We were glad to be part of it and congrats to all the new AIH owners! We also found some great deals on Rally shirts the last day! As overall attendance was said to be down about 30%, T-Shirt vendors had plenty left on the last Sunday at bargain prices. We purchased over 2000 shirts and brought them back to Texas. Shirts that sold at the Rally for $20-$25 are now at IHOT for just $8.99 or 3/$25! Surely this will piss someone off also, hopefully most will just appreciate the good deals! We have a great selection of these special Rally Shirts at IHOT and will be selling them this Sun in the Stock Yards at our Street Rally Sunday as well. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON! JIMS? V-ROD CLUTCH HUB LOCKING TOOL– JIMS new V-Rod Clutch Hub Locking tool is now available through authorized JIMS dealers. If you are a do-it-yourselfer, or an avid v-rod mechanic you are sure to come across the need for this tool. This tool allows you to lock the V-Rod clutch hub stationary while you install or break loose the clutch hub nut. This tool is modeled after the OEM version and capable of withstanding years of impact wrenching abuse. No.1667 –JT Lepien LET FREEDOM REIGN, SHORT TRIBUTE TO BIKER ROGUE– I write a Blog, not an online magazine, and sometimes I regret that my posts have to be so short. Frustration of not being able to describe in details a cool custom motorcycle, to feature all technical info about a new part or to present at length an individual whose contribution to the industry would deserve a full book. I am talking about Regarding Where would we be today if it weren’t for people like him. Walk straight, don’t bad mouth, respect others, stand up and fight for your rights and never deviate from these rules landed him in 2005 in The Sturgis Hall Of Fame. But this gray bearded biker is also a superb mechanic (each year rebuilding and assembling a few bikes for a select clientele), a sought after new part R&D researcher and developer for many companies in the American V-Twin industry, a meticulous new parts tester for Bikernet.com and a famous photo journalist whose work is continuously published in all national magazines and Bikernet since the late ’60s. For some good technical information and latest legal news, visit his website at –Cyril Huze Watch for more info, insight and techs from Rogue on Bikernet weekly. Bandit plans to write a full feature on Rogue’s long distance riding exploits in the near future.-Wilburn Roach FUTURE BIKERNET BIKE PROJECTS– I am back in the shop and rolling hard to get the fat boy off my frame table so I can get to the modifications on Nyla’s bike! Hopefully the Salt project is going well. Too bad you don’t live next door. I’d love to help out with the fab work on one of these race bikes. RFR and I are going to take Trouble over to Abstract Art Tattoo in town here over the weekend to do a photo shoot with Miss Misery here. I also have some material to send from the Sturgis run as soon as I can sort it all out. –Mr.Devil We have four projects hanging fire around the country and world. There’s the 45 with a K-Model top end coming from Departure Bike Works in Richmond. There’s a Touring pro-street FXR we’ve converted from a Dyna using a H-D remaned engine. The mud flap girl board tracker and this tight bobber in Texas. Hang on as all these bikes come together on Bikernet.–Wrench IT’S OFFICIAL, THE VERY LAST PAINTING FROM SCOTT JACOBS– It is official. The very LAST painting of Scott Jacobs’ Harley Wine Series is WELCOME TO THE CLUB (see below). If you own any or all of the images from this series (Members Only, Life is a Cabernet, Toasting a Legend or Invitation Only), this will be your final opportunity to secure your specific number in the edition. The deadline for acquiring this last canvas is set at 5pm on August 23, 20007 and any unclaimed numbers will be sold to our waiting list patrons. Thank you for all your support in what has turned out to be the jewel of Harley’s fine art program. WECOME TO THE CLUB (RETAIL $1295 FRAMED) Cheers, –Ron Copple CARLA COMES TO THE CANTINA– My wife Carla @ the ROT Rally this year… If you post it …it would be nice to know when… Ride Safe FACTORY UPDATE FROM THE STREETS– After reading “The Thursday News” last week, it seems more folks are getting really pissed with the MoCo. Re: “Harley Loses On With Reality” & “Mr. Black Speaks Out”. This is my Bitch & Moan for the week. I guess H.D. isn’t making enough fuckin’ $$$, so they found another way to rob us, at least at my local Stealership. (I’m not sure if this is a Nat’l bend a brother over scheme) Get this shit. I’ve always gotten a 10% discount on anything in the store, as does anyone else that buys a scoot there. They can keep their bullshit line of Motor Clothes and their zillion $$$ head wear, but sometimes I need a part a.s.a.p. Last Sunday I stopped in to grab what I needed for a service job. Instead of taking the 10% off the sinvoice, they now conveniently put it on a H.D. gift card so they get all your already taxed $$$. To make things worse, most new “Motorcycle Enthusiast” don’t see a problem with this.Probably ‘cuz they spend most of their time hanging around there getting jerked off anyway. Next time I need Sunday item, I’d rather call a real shop (Exotic Choppers) and tell Paul I’ll pay double if he opens up. Of course he wouldn’t take it, but I’d offer. BTW, he give his customers a discount just for being loyal customers. I suppose I’m done for today. I’ll see what stupid fuckin’ idea they come up with tomorrow. I’m outta here. –Tinman IT SHOULD BE MARGARITA TIME–We should fire up the barbecue, ride the coast and chase women around the shop. That’s not going to happen here. We’re conflicted with a terrible case of Bonnevillitis. We are going to attempt to bleed the rear brakes today, continue to mess with the wiring and make a list of nitrous system lines. The pipes need to be jet hot coated, a few more parts need magic black powder. Jim Waggoman is finishing the beanie helmet fairing and painting it. Jim Murillo is working on the tank finish and Berry Wardlaw is flying out for tuning on Thursday. I need to have the bike ready to fired by Thursday afternoon. That’s just the overall list, there’s a myriad of tiny troubles attached to each chapter, but we’ll deal with each one, and attempt to accomplish an extra feat from time to time-if we have time. We’re at a juncture where data sorting is troublesome. I’m getting tons of information and trying to keep all my design aspects in check. I don’t want to bolt a damn thing on the bike that will catch wind, yet from time to time I’m caught in a bind between the air and horsepower. “You’re the Picasso,” Berry told me on the phone. “Stick to your guns.” That’s easier said than done when you’re headed into space on a untested, unproven rocket. But in a sense he’s right. I’ll bring you another report next week. Ride Forever, –Bandit
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