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ALL INCOMPASSING BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for June 2, 2016

Hey, I’ve discussed not giving up on anything, including the 5-Ball factory racer, and I’ve seen success. I went to Zack’s houseboat last weekend and we talked about motorcycles and chasing mechanical problems. A small electrical glitch in the headlight triggered his circuit breaker and killed the bike. I’ll dig into my headlight. You never know. I recently changed out my cam for a slightly different JIMS cam. I checked the intake manifold for leaks by spraying around the seal between the heads and the manifold with even WD-40 or contact cleaner. Almost anything will change the idle if it’s leaking. Let’s get to the news and I’ll report on more tech efforts. The Bikernet News is proudly sponsored by Cycle Source Magazine, Iron Trader, The esteemed Motorcycle Riders Foundation, ChopperTown, and Las Vegas Bike Fest. – See more from the NRA, the Senator, the Stealth, the Doctor, BDL, Custom Cycle Engineering, Law Tigers, Metal Sport, and even Saddlemen Seats here.

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EV-575 Series Primary System

Designed for 1990-2006 Softail machines the EV-575 provides riders noteworthy advantages over other aftermarket and stock systems. First, BDL’s reinforced 2″ belt was developed specifically to handle the high torque and horsepower numbers being produced by today’s big inch V-Twin engines. Additionally, the system incorporates a one-piece billet motor plate, unique side guard and rear pulley cover along with the traditional BDL starter housing. Every EV-575 kit includes the very latest in clutch technology with BDL’s own patented Ball Bearing Clutch. The state of the art design offers up to 30% more contact surface, reduced lever pull, smoother transition, super quiet operation and flawless clutch engagement. EV-575 Series kits are available polished, black and clear anodize. Head over to www.beltdrives.com for complete details or visit your local BDL dealer.

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Performance Machine Now Featuring LIVE Streaming!

Performance Machine has found a way to keep all their customers involved with the 2016 Rally Season, no matter where they are. With the support of Enplug, the Big Blue PM Semi is now equipped with LIVE Streaming! Fans from around the world can now share their favorite photos featuring PM/XM product, and have them displayed throughout the rally season in real-time! So even if riders can’t make it out to a particular rally, they can always join in on the fun remotely using a desktop computer or their mobile devices. Fans to Social Media, particularly Facebook and Instagram can now share posts by using any of PM’s designated hashtags or handles, giving users an opportunity to have their photos appear on the Big Screen during any of the 12 scheduled rallies PM will be attending throughout the year. Sharing photos through these Social Media channels is a great way to interact and engage with other members of the PM/XM Community. By sharing photos, individuals can learn more about current events that are going on in the world of PM, as well as give followers some potential inspiration on current bike builds they might be working on. Advertisement

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Dress For The Slide, Not The Ride

There are few things in life as humbling as not being able to take care of yourself. Not being able to do things as simple as getting a plate from the kitchen cabinets will show you how lucky we are to get around and do all the little things that we take for granted. Well thanks to a recent accident I have been humbled. I have ridden hundreds of thousands of miles on many bikes. I’ve been down a few times, but was always able to get back up and keep on keepin on, even if I had a few broken bones and some road rash. This time I wasn’t so lucky, and ended up with both shoulders broken as well as a broken knee and torn ACL. The down side of this wreck, is that it was purely my fault. There wasn’t anyone to blame or be mad at other than myself. I screwed up. I got too comfortable and it bit me in the ass. I rode my bike into a curve at a speed that the bike wasn’t designed to go. I had two motorcycles, both of which were for the most part purpose built. One is my Dyna that is a blast to ride and will take most any curve I throw it in and the other was a Roadglide that was all set up to tour the country. I gambled that the Roadglide could do what the Dyna could and lost. I was fortunate that I was wearing a full face DOT helmet or I wouldn’t be writing this, as I hit my head pretty hard. I also was wearing my TCX boots that kept me from any ankle damage. What I wasn’t wearing were gloves and a jacket or at least a Kevlar lined shirt or hoodie. I got lucky and my hands were barely

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Late-Model Swingarm Retrofit — Stabilize Your Dresser

In 2002 Harley-Davidson made many improvements towards the handling of the Dresser models. The most notable design change was the beefing up of the swing arm and adding spherical bearings to the swing arm pivot. With these changes in mind there has been a calling to adapt the new style FLH swing arm to early model FLH’s with the old box type swing arm. The problem with adapting the Later model swing arm to the Early FLH models is that the pivot shaft or axle is a ¾” diameter. This is larger than the bore in the early model transmission housing and would require boring out the 5/8” transmission housing to accommodate the newer ¾” shaft. This is not an ideal solution to retrofit the new swing arm. With our new retrofit kit there is no need to bore out the old transmission housing. You will press out the stock spherical bearings in the Later swing arm and refit them with new bearing spacers that have a 5/8” internal bore. Then reassemble the new swing arm either using the stock pivot shaft or a new one supplied. The refitting of the new swing arm will require the purchase of a later model rear caliper, a new 1” rear axle and swapping out the rear wheel bearing to 1”. Advertisement

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Bullied School Girl Gets Escorted To School By Motorcycle Club

In Toledo, Ohio, a little girl who allegedly is being bullied in school is getting help from some members of a biker club. Alexandria Reynolds says her daughter, 7-year-old Audrianna is having a hard time in school. The first grader at Marshall Elementary has allegedly been bullied for over a year. Alexandria tells 13abc, “It could be part of it that she is a tomboy, but who knows.” One of Audiranna’s favorite things to do is ride her dirt bike. It’s her daughters love for motorcycles that inspired Alexandria to enlist the help of “The Punishers”, a law enforcement motorcycle club in Toledo. And while they may look dark and dangerous, they’re far from it. Daniel Bushey, president of The Punishers recalls, “The first thing we thought of was trying to help her in any way we could.” The group says once they met Audrianna they formed a special bond. Bushey explains, “We got her a vest and told her to think of us like her uncles and she is part of our family now and if she needs anything let us know.” On Wednesday, the group made up of service members and first responders banded together to help this little girl by surprising her with a ride to school on a motorcycle. “We were just trying to uplift her spirits and let her know that not everybody is mean and there are plenty of nice people in the world,” said Reynolds. “The guys have really done a wonderful job at helping us.” Bushey says, “any chance we get we help kids out, we do in a heartbeat.” The original story, along with video can be viewed here.

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Huge Party At The 30th Biker Fest International Metzeler

It was an unmatched show the past weekend in Lignano Sabbiadoro. You could already hear the engines rumble since the start of the week, but the full amount of bikes started coming into the Biker Fest from Thursday morning, growing in number until Saturday, when the sun was shining and temperature rising. During the 4 days of party took place more than 10 live music shows and a great number of stunt acts, mainly with the Daboot Team and its leader Vanni Oddera, one of the few Italian FMX Riders able to perform a backflip. Daboot Team also hosted the “Mototerapy” event, entertaining 30 disabled youngs.
Swot Gang stuntmen was also performing their funambolic stunts with sportbikes. Read the whole story and many more pictures here.

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Mikuni HSR45-5 Performance Carburetor Easy Kit

Mikuni American’s popular HSR42mm Series Smoothbore Carburetors are available in easily installed “Easy Kits” for all late model Harley-Davidson and other American V-Twin applications. Included are kits for 1990 to present 1340cc Big Twin engines, together with 1994 to present 1200cc Sportster and Buell S2 models. HSR42 Kits come complete with a properly jetted Mikuni HSR42 carburetor, installation instructions, and works with your stock throttle cables. Included is a special adapter that allows you to retain your stock airbox or use the higher flowing Screamin’ Eagle performance filter kit for an additional performance gain. Mikuni says the HSR42 flows more air at full throttle to produce more peak power than other carburetors with bigger venturi bores. While at smaller throttle openings the Mikuni’s smaller, yet higher velocity flowing venturi, together with its advance fuel metering system provides a stronger overall powerband with improved ridability. On a stock engine without any other modifications you can expect the HSR42 Carburetor Easy Kit to provide a significant 10% increase in power and torque, and up to a 25% increase in power and torque when matched to a higher flowing intake and exhaust system, Mikuni says. Mikuni HSR Carburetors and their Performance Features, Tuning Components, Replacement Parts and Rebuild Kits are available from Mikuni Dealers and Distributors in the USA and Worldwide as shown on www.MikuniPower.com.

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U.S. Special Forces To Ride Stealth motorcycles

A few years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored a competition where companies were challenged to come up with a compelling stealth motorcycle design. The goad was to provide ground troops with the ability to navigate through tough terrain quickly and without detection. Such a bike could also airdropped down to troops on the ground whereupon they could use it and subsequently hide it “for later retrieval.” Earlier this week, at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, two prototype stealth bikes were on full display. One bike — The Silent Hawk — was developed by Logos while the other bike –dubbed Nightmare — was developed by LSA Autonomy. Both are hybrid bikes. The Silent Hawk in particular weighs 350 pounds, has a range of 170 miles, can reach a top speed of 80 mph and can store as much as 75 pounds of equipment. More importantly, when the bike is in “quiet mode”, the noise it emits is less than 55 decibels, which is to say about as loud as a normal conversation. Troops attempting to maneuver with equipment during field operations face a number of challenges. Conventional transport vehicles can move people and cargo fast, but they have trouble negotiating extreme terrain. Likewise, the size and weight of these conventional vehicles is designed to make them difficult to airdrop. With its thin profile and innovative two-wheel drive, Silent Hawk makes easy work of thick forests, narrow mountain paths, and rocky landscapes. The military bike is lightweight and is made for easy deployment—its large cargo capacity, auxiliary power ports, and interactive user interface support deep-penetrating operations. The Nightmare sports specs similar to the Silent Hawk, though it weighs about 50 pounds more and can generate just a bit more horsepower. A photo of

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