Hey,
The latest news is that the mean temps for the last couple of years are historic lows. Oops, Global Warming doesn’t exist. Plus, the lower temp wasn’t caused by your wife’s SUV. Amazing.
We flew through this year like shit through a goose, and my goal is to slow down some and take it easy in 2019. Unfortunately the process is making me nervous, like I’m doing something wrong. I’m not and it will be cool, I hope.
Here’s the funny aspect. I’ve been studying Buddhism. Buddhism is all about relaxing. That’s all it’s about. The premise revolves around suffering. Suffering is purely mental worry. Mental worry is self-inflicted like being jealous, mad, have the blues or being anxious. The third rule of Suffering is ending it, the state of no-worry. And the fourth rule is the path to now worry by implementing the 8-fold path to making the right choices for your mind.
It’s simple and tough at the same time. Think about it. The point is you can change your own mind, relieve the stress and live a healthier life. Okay, I’m working on it. Let’s hit the news.
LOWBROW UPDATE–Here at Lowbrow we just finished up a bunch of new t-shirt designs. We are pretty excited about them. We thought we would send them out to you and get your feedback.
Do you love one in particular? Are there any you don’t like? Let us know what you think. Come to our web site and check them all out.
Andreas from Sweden spent a year building this custom chopper out of a 1992 Harley XLH1200 Sportster. Read the story and check out more photos of the bike as he rips around Stockholm!
–Tyler
Lowbrow
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RAINY DAY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS
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Just fished your ‘Orwell’ book. Great effort. I know it’s been out for a while but that’s what is so cool about books. They wait patiently for the reader to pick it up and lose themselves in a story.
–Rhys
Daytona Beach, FL
Appreciate the thought.–Bandit
MOONEYES X-MAS PARTY SHOW & DRAGS 2018–
MOONEYES X-MAS PARTY
SHOW & DRAG 2018
Saturday December 8, 2018
at Irwindale Speedway
Drag Race, Cackle Fest, Live Music, Pin up Contest, Vendors.
HOT RODS, CUSTOMS, CHOPPERS, and More.
We said 2017 was last Xmas Show & drag at Irwindale Speedway, and we meant it, but Speedway management pulled miracle and they said we can have Xmas Show & Drag this year again at Irwindale Speedway. Hooley!
It was jammed. We ran into lots of bros and ex’s. The drags were a kick and we talked about James’ new Dyna with Eric Bennett at Bennett’s Performance. We met with Eddie from Crown Sunglasses and may carry his line in the 5-Ball Shop. Lots of bikes and cool cars.
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GUN NUT REPORT–The NRA Youth Education Summit is now accepting applications.
for the 2019 Youth Education Summit. Current high school sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. Admitted students receive an expense-paid week in the Washington, DC area with the chance to earn up to $50,000 in college scholarships.
The summit offers a unique opportunity to learn more about American history, government and the NRA while making friends with other students from all over the country. Don’t miss out on the experience of a lifetime. LEAD THE LEGACY and apply today!
DEADLINE: JANUARY 25, 2019
THE MAVERIK ART REPORT–
I would have to say that over the past 25 years of attending conventions and art shows that my two favorite aspects are meeting new fans and friends and the TRAVEL!
I wasn’t much of a travel buff when I was in my 20s but after Laura and I attended a gaming convention in Germany in 2002 and I was introduced to real castles, inns, museums and armories I got the travel bug!
Since that time I’ve been a guest at shows around the world and including Scotland, Italy, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, England (2019) and nearly 400 shows in the US!
All the shows have fun and unique memories of meeting fellow artists, showing my work, developing new friendships with fans…and a lot of really great food! (It’s difficult to watch one’s waistline when visiting Europe let me tell you!)
Please visit www.mavarts.com to see Moore than you ever Imagined! BAM! – Monte
New TECH Bikernet Reader Comment!–
Frames and Frame Geometry 101
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Frames_and_Frame_Geometry_101.aspx
I have a 1998 Sportster frame I’d like to stretch 6 inches and up 4 inches. What would be a good RAKE? I intend on getting a Sugarbear front end. Anything more you can add it would be appreciated.
— Robert Wayne Stockton
robert.stockton@airgas.com
Deer Park, TX
I suggested he consult with the master Sugarbear on his rake before he orders his front end. Sugarbear has a geometric formula for making his customer bikes have a particular trail dimension for a no-flop front end and perfect handling.–Bandit
QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY FOR THE HOLIDAYS–
Q: What do you call an anorexic bitch with a yeast infection?
A: A Quarter Ponder with Cheese.
Q: Why do they call it PMS?
A: Because Mad Cow Disease was already taken
–from Rogue
RACERS PARTY AT THE DONELSON’S
Join Kim Keen, Carl and Kathy Donelson at Donelson Cycle in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, February 2, from 10am until 4pm, to celebrate the greatest era in Flat-Track racing. You will enjoy plenty of good food and a top notch Flat-Track museum. Last year there were over 25 past and present National number riders kicking tires and telling lies. If flying, come into Lambert International Airport. A hotel shuttle will pick you up. The shuttle will also take you to the party on Saturday, so you won’t have to rent a car. For shuttle call (314) 739 8929 & press 0.
Call to reserve your room at the Embassy Suites. The Donelson’s have a Block with a promotional rate until January 18. For room reservations: (314) 739 8929 (press new reservation). They can’t wait to see you. RSVP to Kim Keen at (314) 427 1204
BRUCE ECKELBERGER R.I.P
Terry Morairty let us know that his good friend Bruce Eckelberger passed away from a possible stroke. He never fully recovered from a previous stroke. Bruce’s wife, Bea, found him in the front seat of his truck in the driveway. Bruce was an excellent engineer and fabricator. A Celebration of Life will be held after the 1st of the year. Our condolences to his family and friends. He was loved and will be missed.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS (BOOKS)
“DARE TO BE NUTTER” Sonny Nutter wants you to know that he now has a DVD Audio/Picture disk plus CVD Audio Disc and Flash Drives. slidensonnynutter@sbcglobal.net www.sonnynutter.com
“MOTORCYCLE TRAVELER – THE BOOK” Peter Starr received a shipment of his new book, but can’t ship them until after Christmas. https://tinyurl.com/yc12uknf
“TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT “ is available now. www.motodvd.com
KEVIN FOLEY THRILLED AT THE DUBYA WORLD VET MX AT GLEN HELEN
Trailblazers Board member Kevin Foley was a solid MX Pro in the mid 80’s. He was AMA professional MX Rookie of the year in 1985 on a 500cc. He rode outdoor nationals, but also a few SuperCross races. He was never in the front where Larry Huffman would call his name. Kevin recently won his class at the DUBYA races and finally got to hear Larry saying his name over the speakers. It was pretty special to Kevin, especially after working with Larry on the Trailblazers Board. Congrats on your win.
CARLSBAD MOTOCROSS REUNION FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Scott Burnworth is putting this together the day after the San Diego SuperCross. It will be held at Booze Brothers Brewing Co.at 2545 Progress St, Suite D, in Vista, CA 92081. It will feature Motocross legends, Racers and fans of Carlsbad MotoCross, Bike Show, Great Beer and good friends. ADMISSION FREE!
ANOTHER New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
MAINTAINING BRAKE FLUIDS
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There are many advantages to DOT 5. Be sure to get all the water out of the brake system prior to servicing with 5. If you have anti-lock brakes I’ve heard 5 is not compatible. DOT 5.1 has the higher boiling point like 5 but may be used with anti-lock brakes.
Do you advocate flushing the system when replacing the brake fluid?
–Sam
TX
VIDEO OF THE WEEK–She’s right, you know. Too hilarious to NOT share…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mj-bDbZjQ&feature=youtu.be
–from Rik Savenko
ARCH MOTORCYCLES HOLIDAY PARTY—We attended the Holiday gathering at ARCH MOTORCYCLES in their new facility. They are planning three models for 2019 and they are about to be Euro approved.
Each motorcycle is custom built to the owner’s specifications, since some of these puppies cost around $125,000.
ARCH Motorcycle creates custom production motorcycles with a unique blend of performance, customization and attention to detail.
Ergonomic and aesthetic preferences are curated and tailored to create a one-of-a-kind motorcycle directly reflective of its owner.
Over 200 proprietary parts are manufactured at our California facility using state-of-the-art CNC and water-jet machinery.
Impeccable billet aluminum bodywork is blended with carbon fiber details and custom finishes to produce each unique motorcycle. Shipping / Service can be arranged for clients worldwide.
Check ‘em out.
https://www.archmotorcycle.com/
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MAD FABRICATORS FROM CHOPPERTOWN–50% off All DVDs and Downloads (While supplies last.)
Choppertown presents
Mad Fabricators Complete Set on DVD–Mad Fabricators Super Bundle (9 hot rod DVDs)
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The monsters are coming out! If you remember when Choppertown came out in 2005 then you also remember a cool hot rod movie that was bouncing around a few months before that.
Mad Fabricators would go on to create a whole series of the baddest movies about the hot rod scene ever. Choppertown is now one of the only places on earth you can get these DVDs and we’ll be selling them until we run out! Get the complete series today and we’ll make sure you have it in time for Xmas.
Mad Fabs, definitely staying independent.
New Bikernet EVENT Reader Comment!–
The Horseless Smoke Out 19 Kills It in Rockingham
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The Smoke Out is the best Biker Rally on the East Coast. I spend more time and make more photos of The Smoke Out Bike Show than any other show. That’s the Red Bird vs Blue Bird Race Team in one of the Minibike Race photos.
Aaron rode Blue Bird for me and won his heat and was third in the main. This year was great since so many other magazines showed up.
We, The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine, have always been there cause The Smoke Out is in our yard.
I’ve done the CFT story on it for years. I go to The Rock a few times a year for motorcycle drag races. So I kill weeds, briars, cactus and fire ants where we camp. I kill fire ants down around the SO stage too. I am so looking forward to the Twentieth Anniversary in 2019. See Y’all there. Doc
–ALAN DOCKERY
docmc100@gmail.com
NEWTON, NC
BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPEN ON SUNDAYS–An Alabama pastor said to his congregation, “Someone in this
congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan.
This is a horrible lie and one, which a Christian community cannot
tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this.
Now, I want the party who said this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian family.”
No one moved. The preacher continued, “Do you have the nerve to face
me and admit this is a falsehood?
Remember, you will be forgiven and
in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression” Again, all was quiet.
Then, slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop a runaway train rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke, “Reverend there has been a terrible misunderstanding I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
I simply told a couple of my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets.”
The preacher fell to his knees, his wife fainted, and the congregation roared.
Life is short, smile while you still have teeth
–Sam Burns
REDHEAD WEATHER FORCAST–
forecast is for up to 12″snow! Need one of these to help me get through it………..
–Paul Aiken
Owner
Aeromach USA, LLC
www.aeromach.net
www.highwayhawk.us
Highway Hawk is a product of Motolux
KEEP THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPEN ALL SEASON–Q: What’s slimy cold long and smells like pork?
A: Kermit the frogs finger
Q: What’s a porn star’s favorite drink?
A: 7-Up in cider.
Q: What’s the difference between a bowling ball and a blonde?
A: You can only fit three fingers inside a bowling ball!
Q: What do priests and Mcdonalds have in common?
A: They both stick there meat in 10 year old buns
Q: How do you circumcise a hillbilly?
A: Kick his sister in the jaw.
Q: Why do men get their great ideas in bed?
A: Because their plugged into a genius!
Q: What do you call an artist with a brown finger?
COLD NEWS FROM THE CLIMATE DEPOT
9.25F Drop in Two Years – NOAA USA November 2018 Max Temp 22nd Coldest
Published on December 8, 2018
A 9.25F Drop in Two Years – Max Temperature.
Top 21 States in terms of negative anomaly.
The average temperature had a 7.89F drop in two years.
It was the 27th coldest November in terms of Average Temperature in the USA. (1 would be coldest)
-1.61F below the mean.
Temperature Standstill
One thought on “9.25F Drop in Two Years – NOAA USA November 2018 Max Temp 22nd Coldest”
–CLIMATE DEPOT
NMA NEWSLETTER–The 85th Call to Action (Time Sensitive)
The Fall 2018 issue of the NMA member magazine Driving Freedoms (“The Big Lie”) sounded a clarion call against the dismantling of established traffic engineering standards by the very agencies tasked with upholding those standards and protecting the public.
Swept up in the Vision Zero dream of achieving zero road fatalities, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD), the National Transportation Safety Board and even the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) appear to be acquiescing to special interest groups. This shirking of public responsibility is rooted in the oversimplification that slower traffic is automatically safer.
Generalized proclamations can be suspect, particularly so in the engineering world. Before dispelling the “slower is better” mantra a bit later in this newsletter, the first order of business is a critical, time-sensitive call to action to you if we are going to protect reasonable speed limits. As encouraged in The Big Lie, of which you can find an abridged pdf version here, as many people as possible need to write to key transportation officials about protecting proven engineering standards such as the 85th percentile rule of establishing safe, efficient speed limits.
Tom McCarey, a Pennsylvania member who is among the most active in NMA ranks in fighting for drivers’ rights, took heed and used information from The Big Lie to write to each transportation official listed later in this newsletter. He received this formal response from Thomas Heydel who chairs a key committee with the NCUTCD, showing that letters can be an effective way to get the message across to the right people. Officials from the ITE and PennDOT also wrote back with similar messages.
Note that Mr. Heydel says that speed limits will be discussed at the January (9th to 11th) meetings of the NCUTCD. More letters like Tom’s are needed in order to force committee members to understand that there is a significant faction of people who are deeply concerned that practical speed limit considerations are being discarded in favor of a zero-death goal that, while noble, is unattainable no matter how many billions of taxpayer dollars are thrown at it.
Tom’s letter is too lengthy to publish here but if you are planning to write to Heydel et al., contact us at nma@motorists.org and we’ll be happy to share some of Tom’s content with his blessing. We encourage you to borrow from The Big Lie as Tom did.
Write to these officials and do it well before Christmas. January 9th is not that far away, particularly with mail service entering its busiest period of the year:
We promised earlier to poke holes in the default view of Vision Zero followers that “slower is automatically safer,” the corollary to “speed kills.” There are many ways to do this, not the least of which is to use hard data from traffic speed distribution surveys, comparing safety numbers before and after speed limit increases. But don’t take our word for it; let’s look at statistics published by the FHWA itself.
From 1975, the year after the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit went fully into effect, to 1994, the year before the NMSL was fully repealed, the annual traffic fatality rate on U.S. roads averaged 2.60 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT). During the subsequent 20-year period of 1995 to 2014, as speed limits across the country rose 10, 20 and even 30 mph over the NMSL artificial limit, the fatality rate dropped more than 46 percent to an average of 1.39. And in 2017, the most recent data available from the government, that rate has fallen even further to 1.16 fatalities per 100 million VMT.
To be sure, the dramatic drop of deaths on our nation’s highways in recent years is due to a number of factors including tremendous improvements in automobile safety technology, road design and emergency medical care. But it is willful ignorance to reject the notion that cars traveling more efficiently at optimum (85th percentile) speeds have also played a role in the dramatic decrease in road fatalities.
If you just have time to write to two people, make it James “Eric” Ferron of the FHWA and Thomas Heydel of the NCUTCD. Both have direct responsibilities with the Regulatory/Warning Signs Committee that in January will discuss speed limit guidelines going forward. It is critical they hear the collective voices of concerned drivers.
HANG ON—The Holidays will be here and gone before you know it. I adjusted my Panhead Linkert carb and it fired right up. What a relief. I want this bike to be my round town rider for the duration.
I raised the Salt Torpedo up an inch in the front. I’m trying to get it to at least 4 inches of ground clearance, since Denis Manning told me close to the ground fucks with aerodynamics of a streamliner. I may work on a chapter later today and tomorrow. Need to catch up. The body fits better with each modification.
