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Hey,
We were doing some filming for the Smoke Out last week, then Tobey, our official BIKERNET certified welder showed up. He is helping Kyle, the shop intern, pass his welding certification and become a union crane mechanic. I don’t want to tell you how much this 25-year-old will make at the Port of Los Angeles. Let’s see if he steps up.
As Tobey prepared to roll out last night he mentioned his Thai massage girls and a Thai TV network in the states. They want us to shoot some riding footage. I’ll keep you posted, but I need a massage. He blew up his Ninja engine. If anyone knows of one cheap, let us know. The poor bastard is without wheels.
Let’s hit the news. It’s already kicking my ass.
INK ON BIKERNET BAGGERS–This custom Harley-Davidson Bagger motorcycle is covered with a tattoo style paint scheme that almost looks like a real skin job. If you like the paint, you’ll love the fact that “INK,” has underneath all that tattooed sheet metal a bucket load of muscle in the form of 178 horsepower. That’s enough ponies to make the artwork just a little blurry when in the bike is in motion.
Tell me I’m wrong….visit bikernet Baggers for a longer look at INK, the big bad Bagger that’s hard to catch!
–Buck Lovell
Editor in Chieftain
Bikernet Baggers
Sturgis South Dakota
INDY ULTIMATE BUILDER WINNERS–The 2013 J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder US Championship saw winning bikes from Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta compete with the local heroes from Indianapolis. The Championship presented 54 outstanding customs competing for $26,000 in cash and prizes. The local Southside Harley-Davidson provided a four-bike vintage showcase to celebrate the racing heritage of Indianapolis.
As imagined, with so many winners in attendance from previous events, each of the five classes were extremely tight with just a point or two deciding the first 3 places. Judging is based on the AMD Championship of Custom Bike Building with the builders judging each other’s bikes.
To celebrate the US Championship, Powersports firms jumped in to provide awards including Harley-Davidson with a Screamin Eagle 120R powerplant, Avon Tires with 2 sets of tires, Yoshimura with a slip-on and gift certificate as well as JDA providing gift certificates. Bell offered up a couple Custom 500 lids pinstriped lids by Scratch. HelmetLok and Wizard Products kicked down products for all the placing competitors too.
On hand for the Championship and to show some love to the competitors were Cyclesource Magazine and IronWorks Magazine. They awarded feature articles to Paul Anderson with his 1946 WLA and Jay Hart with his 2012 / 1977 Harley-Davidson FL, respectively.
Kyle Shorey of Shadetree Fabrications took Indy by storm. His FreeStyle class win at the US Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show in Indianapolis with Speedmetal has brought in $12,500 in total winnings to date. T
Kyle has won each show he has entered and has taken the top prize in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and now Indianapolis. Speedmetal began life as a customer’s Saxon Crown chopper. The wheels, engine, brakes and tranny were salvaged from the donor bike. A key feature of the bike is the prototype springer, which has gone through extensive on-road testing and will be available to the public later this year. With his win in Indy, Kyle is now the leading money winner in the series with $12,500.
Kyle Shorey, Shadetree Fabrications – Speedmetal
Don Weimer – Bastard Deluxe, 2012 Softail Pro Street
Adams Karns turned his shop-worn ’01 Sportster into a primo new school board tracker that rocks the 2013 US Championship of the J&P Ultimate Builder. The sled features a Twisted Choppers Rear, Custom Gas Tank, highly modified DNA springer, powder coated engine and Karns Kustoms exhaust. Adam wins a Harley 120R engine from Harley and $3,000 cash plus contributing prizes.
Adam Karns, Karns Kustoms – 21, 2001 Harley-Davidson Sportster
Jon Shipley, Hoosier Daddy Choppers – Fire House Racer, 2013 Custom Board Tracker
Break Lite Motorsports brought out Boosted Ego, there 2009 Hayabusa and took the win in the Performance Custom class. It boasts a 360mm rear wheel and C and S Customs extended 360 single sided swingarm, tricy air ride suspension with a modified front suspension to give the bike a correct ride height.
To get the performance just right, the bike features twin-bottle nitrous, Velocity stage 2.5 turbo kit, GTX Turbo, undercut transmission and lock up clutch.
Break Lite Motorsports – Boosted Ego, ’09 Hayabusa
Tony Odom, Fancy Cycle – Greatful Dead Bike, ’07 ZX14
Mike Stout, DNOC – Down-n-out Busa, ’08 Hayabusa
Will Ramsey, Faith Forgotten Choppers – Dead at 19, 1981 HD FXW
Don Weimer – Revelation, Weimer Triump Bonneville
Nicole Kelleher’s custom bike was built by Break Lite Motorsports and took first place in MOD Street. The 2010 Yamaha YZF-R6 had an extended swing arm
Street Angel
Nicole Kelleher, Break Lite Motorsports – Street Angel, ’10 YZF-R6
Brewdude, Brew Bkes – 9605, ’73 Honda CB350
Additional Awards
Mike McFadden won the Show Dog Award sponsored by Rocking K Custom Leather for his promotion at the show. Tom Hedrick won the People’s Choice Award with Rings, a 1987 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail. He took home a Custom 500 Bell helmet that was pinstriped by Scratch.
The Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show is produced by www.bikerpros.com. At each round of the competition Biker Pros photographs each bike and makes them available in their Flickr gallery at www.flickr.com/photos/bikerpros.
Kyle Shorey – $12,500
GIO – $8,500
A BROTHER’S DAUGHTER MAKES THE BIG TIME–Maxine at Planet Hollywood in LV where she will perform with CeeLo Green next week.
–Attorney Michael F. Hupy
Hupy and Abraham, S.C.
111 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Main: (414) 223-4800 Fax: (414) 271-3374
You can tell, Mike is bubbling with pride.–Bandit
UNCLE MONKEY ON THE COST OF INSURANCE IN CANADA–
I try not to complain about our local auto insurance company SGI. In Saskatchewan if you want to plate any vehicle you only have one option in the Saskatchewan Government Insurance. Along with your plate you get insurance.
You have no other option other then to buy down your deductible, as SGI coverage is more then adequate. This upsets many people and competition would be nice but we are fortunate to have some of the lowest insurance in Canada and many parts of North America. We have peace of mind that everyone with a currant registered vehicle is covered with insurance.
Recently SGI has announced that they will be increasing our insurance rates. For the most part the increases are minimal. For example my wife’s truck will be decreasing by $75 while my truck is going up $39.
The kick to the teeth comes to us motorcycle riders. SGI is proposing massive increases across the board. How much of an increase? Snow White, a 2012 custom built motorcycle’s insurance will be increasing from $1766 to $2553. Mrs Monkey 30+ year old Honda CM250 is increasing 366% to 844. The hardest hit ($844 is still somewhat manageable) are the sport bike rides who could be seeing a 242% increase.
To plate a 2011 or newer sport bike riders will be paying $5661 per year. That is $472 per month just to have insurance on a two-year-old motorcycle. Someone who has a newer Harley, a ten-year-old crotch rocket, and old Panhead and a 250cc enduro will be paying over $10,700 a year for plates for them let alone any caged vehicle they drive. The bright spot being if his cage is a 2013 Camaro ZL-1 convertible his plates will be going down $53 to $1344 per year.
They claim that the rising cost of injury claims for motorcyclists is the reason behind the increases. It is a double edge sword that we are stumbling onto. Most motorcycle accidents are not caused by the rider but by other drivers’ inattention to motorcyclists. The increase in riders in recent years means there are more riders out on the streets fighting to be noticed over people’s cell phones and texts. The increase in riders also means that there are more inexperience riders out on the streets now.
Sadly I’ve seen sport bike riders regularly dump their bikes as they try to learn some new trick, some new wheelie only to turn around at the end of summer and file a claim that their bike had been in an accident. Some metric riders learning the depreciation of jap bikes the hard way decide it is cheaper to lay their bike down into the ditch to get a pay out than try to find a buyer or get pennies on the dollar at the dealership. This is over and above the usual accidents that we unfortunately see every day.
Another contributing factor is SGI is not recouping money from total lost motorcycles. It is not uncommon to see SGI trying to sell a total lost ‘98 Road King for $10,000 when the local street price for a non-wreck is $11,000 or a ‘07 ElectraGlide for $12,500 when the non-wreck is $15,000.
These are not scratch and dent total loss bikes either. They require complete front ends, all new bags and sheet metal, new chrome and bright work. Some of these bikes are not even worthy donors as they have cracked heads and cases. As a builder, with access to wholesale cost parts, and my own free labor, often it would be cheaper to buy a complete running bike rather then from SGI and that isn’t even considering selling off the parts that I change out.
The new rates are not to take effect until Aug this year, as they first have to pass a rate review panel. In the past Saskatchewan rate review panels rubber stamped everything that pasted their desk but in recent years they have been putting their foot down and not allowing unjustified rate changes. With the majority of motorcycle accidents the fault of vehicle drivers and not motorcyclists it seems unfair that we should shoulder this rate hike.
Time will only tell if the Saskatchewan government will tax our freedom.
-bad Uncle Monkey
BRIEFS Deputy quits over prostitute allegations– CLEARWATER — A Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned over a series of misconducts that include picking up a prostitute. Deputy Robert Johnson resigned this week after an internal investigation found that he lied to detectives about his actions Sept. 12. That’s when Clearwater police saw him picking up a prostitute.
The investigation also found that Johnson violated policy by leaving work early and telling his ex-wife that she was being investigated for doctor shopping.
–Rogue
Let’s legalize prostitution and end this bullshit–Renegade
T.S.A. DISCLOSED OFFICIAL AIRPORT SCREENING RESULTS–October 2012 Statistics On Airport Screening From The Department Of Homeland Security:
Terrorists Discovered0
Transvestites133
Hernias1,485
Hemorrhoid Cases3,172
Enlarged Prostates8,249
Breast Implants59,350
Natural Blondes3
It was also discovered that 535 members of Congress had no balls.
Thought you’d like to know.
–Rogue
MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS RECEIVE BODY CAMERAS–Motorcycle police officers in Pigeon Forge will soon be outfitted with video cameras that attach to their uniforms.
The city council there has approved the purchase of eight body cameras for their motorcycle officers that cost about $900 each. With most police cars equipped with dashboard cameras, Police Chief Jack Baldwin said the officers who ride motorcycles wanted a version they could use because it enhances their testimony in court and protects them against complaints.
L3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc., of Boonton, N. J., provides the department with in-car cameras and loaned the department a body camera to try out for a month. Baldwin said the cameras have been tested out by the military and other police agencies.
NEVADA BILLS WOULD REDUCE EMISSIONS TESTING AND REPEAL HELMET LAW–
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY — Bills introduced in the Nevada Senate on Monday would reduce vehicle emissions testing in Clark and Washoe counties and repeal the state’s motorcycle helmet law for riders 21 and older.
Vehicle emissions testing would be reduced to every four years for newer vehicles and every two years for other cars and trucks.
Sen. Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, sponsor of both bills, said they would not result in more smog or motorcycle deaths.
A similar emissions bill was approved in a Senate committee in 2011 but never got to the floor for a final vote, Gustavson said. “I’ve got lots of support for this,” he said.
The smog inspection stations might oppose the bill, but the certificate fee for the emissions test — which does not include the inspection fee — would be raised from $6 to $12 for the two-year check.
As far as Nevada’s motorcycle helmet law goes, 31 states have repealed similar laws and research has shown little change in motorcycle crash death rates, Gustavson said. Most injures from crashes are to the arms, legs and other parts of the body — not the head, Gustavson said.
The exemption from the helmet law would apply to those 21 years old or older who have at least one year of riding experience and pass a safety course.
Passengers also would not have to wear helmets, as long as they are at least 21.
Cyclists would still have to wear goggles or glasses if the bike does not have a windshield.
Gustavson said some people won’t buy motorcycles in Nevada or attend motorcycle rallies in the state because of the helmet laws. That results in lost revenue from tourism and sales taxes, he said.
BRAND NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT–
BIG TURNOUT FOR TRIKE MANUFACTURERS 2013 DEALER EXPO
http://www.bikernettrikes.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11269
There were lots of trikes in Indy for sure. Too bad there were no dealers there to see them!
— Paul Aiken
Charlotte, NC
THUNDERBEACH PRODUCTIONS RALLIES– I’d like to add a link to our website – www.ThunderBeachProductions.com – that has info on our two rallies.
–Karen Biggs
NEW FROM BIKER’S CHOICE, LAGUNA GPS TANK BAG WITH BACKPACK–GPS pocket enlarged to 6 inches wide and 4-1/4 inches high to hold large screen devices. Expandable, GPS Tank Bag with backpack capability. Positions your GPS on any bike right in front of you and collapses to hide it when not in use. Second transparent pocket on top of the bag for MP3 and cell phones.
Grommets in each device pocket and loops inside bag route cables out of the way. Unzips from base to convert to a Backpack; base becomes a road-map case. Two large pockets on the sides and a small change/item pocket at the rear. Vertically expandable by 3 inches. Crafted from ultra durable 1680D nylon, coated with PVC and UV protection. Light grey interior to aid in finding items in dim light.
Concealed, attached, transparent, waterproof cover in a zippered pocket on the bottom front. Reflective piping to increase nighttime side visibility. Attaches to bike with straps, magnets or suction cups.
MSRP: $169.95
P/N 10-7278
Compressed: 13″ L x 15″ W x 10″ H 1,950c.i. Expanded: 13″ L x 15″ W x 12″ H 2,340c.i.
THE NEW 2013 Aspen Sentry Camper– Aspen Campers of Wood Dale, Illinois announces the country’s smallest camper that houses a Queen-Size bed with the largest independent cargo bay of any ‘lightweight’ on the market.
Fast set-up, comfortable and many convenient features– this little beauty weighs-in just over 300 lbs with only 24 lbs tongue weight! Set-up time for the Sentry is only one minute and houses a full 22 cubic ft. of independent cargo space UNDER the mattress. The tent and folding bed boards do not occupy ANY of the cargo space.
The Aspen Sentry is designed for the Big Bike, Trike and small car (compact) markets. Cargo may be stored and accessed in two ways… 1) while ‘on-the-road’, the top of the camper can be ‘lifted’, exposing the entire cargo bay, or… 2) after camp set-up, simply by lifting the concealed cargo door under the mattress.
Aspen is the only line of lightweight campers that includes a ‘basement level’ in the cargo bay. In other words, Sentry has additional space designed within the fiberglass body between the camper’s main frame and the highway!’
This little beauty sports 12” wheels on a 41” wheelbase with brakes offered as an option. Sentry provides superb handling at highway speeds. When ‘closed’, this camper body only measures 47” x 60”, making handling at campsite and ‘set-up’ extremely easy. Complete information on Sentry is available by calling 800.398.9090 or www.TrailmasterInc.com
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC ADVISERY—A recent dealers conference reported on the growth or decline of motorcycle dealers. Before 2008 there were 6,500 motorcycle shops nationwide. Today only 3,000 are still in business. Don’t forget to support your local bike shop.
SPEAKING OF NUMBERS HERE’S SOME SAMPLE BIKERNETBAGGERS SPONSOR NUMBERS—In less than a year the following companies received the following action from their ads on Bikernet Baggers. Every click is a Bikernet Bagger reader who contacted the company.
BDL
411,140 Impressions or page views
1000 Click Through
Biker’s Choice
498,002 Impressions
1,837
Rivera Primo
507,475 Impressions
1,531 Clicks
Advertising on any Bikernet site is very reasonably priced, and we work for our clients 24/7 with tech articles, blog announcements, and news mentions, all of which are archived.
Drop us a line or give us a call, if we can help drive active readers to your company web site.—K. Ball, Bandit@bikernet.com
LIFESTYLE DEAL OF THE WEEK, 2007 SOFTAIL DELUXE—Just $13,995. Check out this awesome Deluxe! It’s got a Stage 1 download, Vance & Hines Big Radius exhaust, 16-inch chubby apes with braided stainless steel cables, 1-inch lowered rear end, classic deluxe seat, and much, much, more!
Like all of LifeStyle Cycles pre-owned Harleys, this bike has been thoroughly tested and inspected by a LifeStyle Cycles technician after undergoing a rigorous 38-point motorcycle inspection.
NEW TEE IN THE BIKERNET GIFT SHOP BY CRANK AND STROKER–
I was working on a new graphic for Crank,,,then I realized I styled the building after Bikernet’s HQ.
It was only right I logoed it for you to. See attached.
BRAND NEW D&D DEALERS—If you need a performance exhaust system, check this list or go to the D&D web site for a complete list. Remember, support your local bike shop.
1) Ben Breece Harley Davidson 6388 St. RT 224, Ottawa, OH 45875 419-523-4274
2) Van Vonderen Cycle Supply LLC 2815 Packerland # 21, Green Bay, WI 54313 920-884-1400
3) Gulfcoast Motorcycles 15502 Hwy 3 Webster, TX 77598 281-731-3445
4) Eastside Cycles LLC 4201 E. Loop 820 S. # C Ft. Worth, TX 76119 817-451-4575
5) Guy Force Cycles 2300 Whitfield Park Dr Unit K-2 Sarasota, FL 34243 941-752-2300
6) Holstein’s Harley Davidson 4940 S. 72nd St. Omaha, NE 68127 402-332-0022
7) CMJ’s 163 E. Central Ave Camden, OH 45311 937-452-3626
8) West Georgia Motorsports LLC 7687 McKay Industrial Dr. Douglasville, GA 30134 770-489-7992
9) Sindt Motor Sales 4460 Dodge St Dubuque, IA 52003 563-582-8146
10) Renegade Cycles LLC 510 N. Main St Weatherford, TX 76086 817-550-6010
11) Caesar’s Motorcycle Empire, LLC 7922 S. State St. Midvale, UT 84047 801-842-1220
12) Insane Custom Rides LLC 120 Wilson Ct Nicholasville, KY 40356 859-887-0888
13) Auto Extremes 1012 Iris Dr. Conyers, GA 30044 770-761-0971
14) Nitro Cycles 910 W. Main Baytown, TX 77520 281-838-8045
15) Gold Sport Cycle 1814 Hanshaw Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 607-257-5854
–Jennifer Barnard
D & D Performance Ent
And as always RIDE SAFE &
LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES
817-834-8961
Fx: 817-831-4260
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ABATE OF ARIZONA SUPPORTS THE MRF–ABATE of AZ’s BOD also recently voted to up double our annual MOTM donation to $2000. That is nearly $3.00 per member.
ABATE of AZ total membership is less than 1,000 for the entire state was the last tally I got. For a state that rides all year & well over 300,000 motorcycles registrations that is pretty sad!
I feel what MRF & MRFA&E are pulling from AZ is doing pretty well for the budget ABATE is working off.
ABATE of AZ did in fact send a $1,000. Donation to MRFA&E.
My chapter will be sending about 6 people to BEST this year.
–Deborah Butitta
Ex-Officio Board Member
Motorcycle Riders Foundation Inc.
236 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. # 204
Washington, D.C. 20002
www.mrf.org
deb@mrf.org
Join your local motorcycle rights association and support them. They work 24/7 to keep us free.—Bandit
MAGGIE MCNALLY ELECTED CHAIR OF AMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS–
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association is pleased to
announce that Maggie McNally was unanimously elected chair of the AMA Board
of Directors at its meeting in Indianapolis on Feb. 16.
McNally, of Albany, N.Y., was elected vice chair in December 2011 and has been a member of the board since 2009, representing individual AMA members in the Northeast Region. With her election, she becomes the first woman to
lead the AMA board in the association’s 89-year history.
“I’m honored that my fellow AMA board members have chosen me as chair, and I’m humbled by the historical significance of a woman taking this office,” McNally said. “At the end of the day, however, the important thing is not the gender of the board’s chair, rather it is the united commitment by the board and the AMA staff to carry out our mission to better protect and promote motorcycling. Doing so enables us to nimbly and ably meet the needs of our existing and future members.”
McNally succeeds South Central Region Board Member Stan Simpson, who did not seek re-election as chair. Simpson, who remains on the board, was elected to the AMA Board of Directors in 2005 and served as its chair since 2007. In 2008, he was recognized as the AMA Motorcyclist of the Year.
Also at the meeting, AMA Business Member Russel Brenan of Kawasaki was elected vice chair, and Ken Ford of the Southeast Region was elected assistant treasurer.
Members elected at-large to serve on the executive committee were Perry King of the
Northwest Region and business member John Ulrich, of Roadracing World.
At the AMA Business Member meeting earlier that same day, Scott Miller of Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Brenan were re-elected to the AMA board.
“The AMA Board of Directors represents a wide-ranging pool of experience,
expertise and passion for motorcycling,” McNally said. “We draw from the
motorcycling industry, AMA clubs, our membership and the entire motorcycling
community. I’m confident that we are in an excellent position to build upon
the momentum we’ve created to continue the AMA’s mission of promoting the
motorcycle lifestyle and protecting the future of motorcycling.”
For more information,
please visit www.americanmotorcyclist.com
HARLEY-DAVIDSON RUNS E85– An interesting article in Ethanol Producer Magazine about the conversion and tuning process of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to run E85 fuel (85% ethanol and 15% ordinary gas).
The use of E10 Unleaded is approved under warranty by major motorcycle manufactures including Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. In fact, Harley goes so far to actually promote/recommend the use of renewable, clean air fuels such as E10 because of their environmental benefits. Their stance is on E85 is bit less clear.
However, Ronald M. Hutchinson (Sr. VP Product Development; bio) recently provided some insight in an interview with QuickThrottle.com (October 2008 edition):
Question: Is Harley doing any initial research on alternative fuels and energy sources? Answer: I can’t really talk about future products. But I can tell you that we are looking at and have run and currently have motorcycles that run on a much higher level of ethanol because we sell a lot of motorcycles in Brazil. Fuels there are sugar-based ethanol that have slightly higher energy content than stuff we get here. But regardless we already have the capability of providing products that do just that – that run on a higher percentage of ethanol and we are also looking at a variety of different alternatives.
More than 40 percent of the gasoline sold across the U.S. contains oxygenates such as ethanol. There has been an dramatic increase in the availability of E85 as well as the number of automobiles that can operate on E85 (called Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV’s)). It will be interesting to watch how this progresses for motorcycles. For a current list of E85 station visit E85.
Photo courtesy of Ethanol Producer Magazine web site.
–Northwest Harley Blog
BOOK REVIEWS COMING TO BIKERNET– I got the pile of books you cleared offa yer desk. Hughies book is a good read with lots of obscure information about the Triumph machines and factory circa 1959- 1964.
I’ll try to put together Coyners M-cycle Adventures Through N. America today or tomorrow. Hear Me Roar by Ann Ferrar is from 2000. Dang, you must have found that behind the beer fridge
where it fell while you were shaggin the cute postgal back near the turn of the century.
Oh my, it seems strange to write turn of the century and to have lived it. Anywho, winter still sucks here in the great midwest.
–Kevin Thomas
QUICK, WIN TICKETS TO THE DUBLIN BIKE SHOW!–Ace Cafe London has four pairs of “Day” tickets up for grabs as prizes at the cafe, to attend the Carole Nash Irish Motorcycle & Scooter Show, Dublin. Spend £5 or more over the counter and receive a raffle ticket on Friday “Bike Night” and Sunday “Flat Track Day” Friday 22nd Feb from 6pm – draw for two pairs of tickets at 10pm Sunday 24th Feb from 10am – draw for two pairs of tickets at 3pm Ace Weekend in Dublin!
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of having originally opened in 1938, and kick-starting 2013, Ace Cafe London is delighted to again be able to confirm attendance at the forthcoming, bi-annual Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show to be held at the prestigious RDS Dublin 1st – 3rd March.
This not to be missed early spring show attracts thousands of riders, to increasingly include from the UK and across Europe, checking out the new bikes, trends and gear on display in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere and includes award ceremonies for the AMD International World Custom Bike Building Championship, with a special Ace award for “Best Streetfighter”, and the Carole Nash Ireland’s Got Biking Talent competition as well as outdoor arena’s featuring stunt shows, demonstrations and displays.
www.irishmotorbikeshow.com www.ace-cafe-london.com
NEW ACTION FROM BIKERNET TRIKES–
THUNDERTAKER – Stairway to Heaven EPISODE-9
She watches as a human tsunami thunders towards her. Pulling herself up and props against the Land Rover she raises her handgun and stares into the oncoming tidal wave of death and begins to laugh loudly. The absurdity and hopelessness of the situation is preposterous. The thought of being ripped apart by torrent of slashing hands and bloody teeth biting at her flesh is unbearable. She slowly begins to lift the gun to her head…
http://www.bikernettrikes.com/pages/MIDNIGHT_RIDER_Operation_Thundertaker_9.
aspx
IS POLARIS RELEASING A CAN-AM KILLER? Polaris Patent Reveals a Side by Side Three Wheeler
Polaris has their hands in just about everything these days. Victory and Indian motorcycles, a strong ATV lineup, snowmobiles and even electric vehicles. This diverse lineup keeps the company profitable so they can expand in even more areas and it looks like they’re about ready to strike on another front, because they’ve applied for a patent on a street legal side by side reverse trike.
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FIRST ANNUAL TWISTED TEA EDITOR’S CHOICE DAYTONA SHOW–
“Have you ever wondered how to get your bike featured in a national motorcycle magazine? Want to have your hard work displayed on the glossy pages right next to the best in the business? Well, this year during the First Annual Daytona Bike Week Twisted Tea Editor’s Choice Bike Show, The Broken Spoke and the National Motorcycle Magazines have the answer.
For the first time ever Bike Week attendees, scooter tramps, and old heads can make their way to the Broken Spoke Saloon on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at noon where 15 of the national motorcycle publications will be throwing a one day show, the first of its kind in the history or motorcycle magazines. Each magazine editor will select a bike from the show to award as their “Editor’s Choice.” The winner will receive a trophy from a full-color magazine, and a full feature in a future issue. That’s right man, go get the pan shined up, it’s on!
In addition to the Editor’s Choice Awards there will be 12 classes awarded for the best Sportster, big twin, bobber, chopper, Pan, Shovel, bagger, café, import, and antique motorcycles of the day. Twisted Tea is going all out to make sure everyone gets a chance to get their bike in this show so there is NO ENTRY FEE!!!
That’s right, this round is on Twisted Tea and the Broken Spoke Saloon. There will be tons of prizes and give-a-ways all day long from Twisted, the Broken Spoke Saloon, all the magazines and other companies from the motorcycle industry.
But wait, there’s more. Spend the day at the Broken Spoke Saloon and meet your heroes from the pages of the national magazines or take this opportunity to argue about they’ve said in the past. Don’t miss this opportunity to swap stories with the folks that bring it alive each month.
Each magazine will have a booth at the Broken Spoke that day so all you have to do is show up. You’ll have the chance to meet staff members and editors from American Bagger, American Iron Magazine, American Iron Motorcycle Bagger, Baggers, BikerNet.com, Cycle Source, Easyriders, Hot Bike, IronWorks, RoadBike, Road Iron, Street Chopper, The Horse, Wrench, Thunder Press, Urban Bagger.
There will be representatives on site from the motorcycle rights organization Motorcycle Riders Foundation as well, so bring along your MC Rights issues for a good chance to talk to those who know the answers.
Registration begins at high noon, what more fitting a time for the Broken Spoke than shoot out hours, right? Awards will be announced by 6pm. And from there the party will be on at the Daytona Broken Spoke with Big Engine performing, and for the first time ever, the big guns from the custom bike magazines of the world all together for a show of this magnitude. You won’t want to miss it.”
For more info, early sign up, or Sponsorship Opportunities contact: heather@brokenspoke.com
Source and image: Broken Spoke
–by Sam Kanish
MOTIVATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
No matter what your job is, you should always try to make it more interesting ….
–Bob Clark
FLORIDA, POLICE ADMIT USING RED LIGHT CAMERAS FOR MORE THAT LIGHT RUNNING– BRIEFS Police: Traffic cameras help fight crime HIALEAH — Police are using red light cameras to fight crime.
Reports indicate that police are installing cameras at eight intersections and equipping an undercover patrol with four high-definition cameras. The cameras send alerts to police when tags of stolen vehicles are detected, or when a car’s owner has an arrest warrant or suspected driver’s license.
–Rogue
QUICK, NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT– ZIPPER’S RED SHIFT 525 CAM INSTALL
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10911
Good read. I tried the tensioner myself, work great. Took out the noise and chain lag. Keep up the good research.
–Zoellers custom cycles
zbarry@hotmail.com
Edgewood, MD
FLORIDA, BIKERS IN NEED–This past weekend, along with a lot of other bikers, I attended the Bikers In Need run to collect food and basic necessities for families in the biker community throughout Brevard Country Florida. This run was started by Bear Conaway and continues in his memory. Helping our own is what it is all about he said.
Like “Bear” I try to support motorcycle charities BUT I also realize that charity starts at home and that means the Bikers and Their Families.
There was a good turnout for this event including many clubs and free riders. I hope all will help BIN continue to help our brothers, sisters and their families through these troubled times.
–ROGUE
SHOW YOUR BABY AT ULTIMATE BUILDER IN CHARLOTTE–The last show of the series starts tomorrow, on Friday, at the Charlotte Convention Center and we are awarding $7,000 in prize money.
We have 5 paying classes plus IronWorks Magazine selecting a bike for a feature. Get in the show today and get the details at http://bikerpros.com/ultimate-builder-entry/.
–Prince Najar
GO FRY THE ICE IN SWEDEN– The need for speed could be a vintage drive on Daytona Beach shores, a blistering hellride on Bonneville’s salt, now there is a third choice icerace on a frozen lake!
For the fifth time Glenn Ocklund the founding father invited daredevils to the middle of Sweden in the small city of ORSA Dalarna. He and his volunteers of 100 had been preparing several courses since Christmas! By removing snow everyday the ice thickness increased to 80cm (30 inch) with snow left 40cm (15 inch).
Ola Sveen from Norway came with 20 over springer and handshift!!! 141 km/H with his out of the box S&S Panheadseries engine, Ola is a showman some screams could be heard from the 5000 spectators while he was snaking his way through ice and snow, BIG BALLS!
Still I feel like it´s more lika a rendezvous like the ol’ trappers who came down from the mountains of the wild west in USA and discussed what happened during the winter. BBQ on ice and to hear the mix of so many languages is a mindblower in the dark. My wife complained for several days that I was speaking english with her..
When an event like this turns 5, there is choices for the future. With more and more people with a professional view things have to have a good flow. Spectators want to look at jetengines and weird stuff that move and unfortunality brake and take time to clean after. And with a gigantic staff workin around the clock it take it´s toll. For me after 2 years I also notice that 80% is the same vehicles, more new riders, how to get them??
Whatever 295 km/H was the topspeed, and I got sick over and out!!
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT VOCABULARY LESSON–
umber UHM-ber, noun:
1. North England Dialect. shade; shadow.?2. an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber).?3. the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.?4. Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
verb: 1. to color with or as if with umber.
— Sir Thomas Malory, Morte d’Arthur
— Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World
BIKERNET 5-Ball RACING WHEELER REPORT–
Adrenaline Junky File
*2nd Grand Child, It’s A Boy, Wyatt Gerald Wheeler, early June
*Dry Lakes Racers Australia* D R L A Speed Week Feb.18-22 ….www.dlra.org.au
*Texas Mile* March 22-24 ….www.texasmile.net
*Ohio Mile 2013* April 27-28 June 8-9 July 6-7 Sept. 28-29 ….www.ecta-lsr.com
*Loring Maine* The Maine Event July 12-14 ….www.lta-lsr.com
*Bonneville, El Mirage, SCTA* ….169 Days….August 10-16, 2013* ….www.scta-bni.org
*BUB Speed Trials* …177 Days….August 24-29, 2013* ….www.speedtrialsbybub.com
*Mojave Mile* October, 12-13 ….www.mojavemile.com
Yet another unbelievable week living the most remarkable life, in the heart of Southern California where the action is non-stop seven days a week. The NHRA opener this past weekend in Pomona had Antron Brown walking away from a major top fuel fireball, simply amazing. The safety capsule took care of business, perfectly.
Last Friday just after sunrise while a port full of heavily loaded trucks rumbled past the Bikernet headquarters shakin’ the shit out of things, we loaded the 5-Ball Racing Teams 124 inch, turbocharged twin cam Raycer on the shops trusty Kendon Combo Trailer for a trip to Mark Susman’s, Colorado Custom where a few of the final pieces needed will come to life before heading to Race Tech in Corona for the finest in suspension tuning and alignment. We are on the lift once again with a plan and our goal from day one in mind, arrive safe, leave the same way, run straight and run faster than the day before.
George the Wild Brush is headed our way to kick the paint job into the next gear. Stay tuned for the latest news every Thursday, with a little extra earth shattering news for the Sunday Members only Cantina news. For 27 cents a week the Cantina door will fly open where the baddest hotrods, top secret news and the hottest sweethearts in town, that cannot afford clothing, are waiting with a smile from ear to ear.
With a little help from my friends….Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
3 Ex-Wives, My 3 Sons and their Families, Aerocharger, All Balls Racing, Kent Rich, Dutch and the Crew@Air Tech Streamlining, Arai Helmets, Keith Ball and the Crew@Bikernet, Bikers Choice, Bred Beach@Beach Racing ,Cometic Gaskets, Dan Thayer@vtwinfuelinjection, Allen Alvarez@Daytona Twin Tech, ERC Race Gas, George The Wild Brush, ET Krankvents (Thanks Ted Shrode, Ph.D—- R. I. P.), Fisher Harmonic Damper, Dan Stern@House of Thunder H-D, Horsepower Inc., Ron Williams, Jeff, Kevin@Hardtailz, Randy, Michelle and the Crew@Hyperformance, Jim’s Machine USA, K&N Air Cleaner, Paul Kittrell@Lyndall Racing Brakes, Marc Susman@Colorado Custom Cycle Wheels, Ray Whitehead@Pegasus, Pingel, Jim @Sharp Eye Transmission, Reggie and Crew@R&R Cycle, Ben Kudon@Rivera Primo, Matthew Wiley@Race Tech Suspension, Rick Tedder@ R/T Performance, Schnitz Racing, Mr. McCahill@Spyke, S&S Cycle, Matthew Negherbon@Thunder Motorcycles in San Jose, Guy Caputo@Tiger Racing, Steve The Turbo Doc, Tsubaki Chains, Vanderbeck Race Cars, Vanson Leathers, Dr. Willie, World Wide Bearings, Duncan Keller, Yankee Engineuity in San Jose, Ca..
Haul Ass!
Ride for your Life!
Ray C Wheeler
Performance Editor
wheeler@bikernet.com
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QUICK TECH BIKERNET READER COMMENT–
ZIPPER’S RED SHIFT 525 CAM INSTALL
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10911
Great article, I have read several articles done by Rogue. He knows his shit about motors and bikes. Keep them coming.
— Robert L. Chester
Scottsdale, AZ
BROTHER LOOKIN’ FOR A BOOK–
I’m looking for a (reasonably priced) copy of “Michigan Madman” by E.J. Potter. If you run across one, let me know, will ya??
–Buckshot
buckshotbs1@gmail.com
BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL EDITOR TOURS CAMBODIA–
Attached are a few pics around the hood and on the way to Tuel Sleng Museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This was used during the Pol Pot regime – Khmer Rouge extermination of all “traitors,” some 20,000. Tuel Sleng means the hill of poisonous trees.
It used to be a High School and was the center of torture to find more “dangerous subversives.”
Not too different from Nazi concentration camps except it was his own people. I had been to the killing fields before, so I didn’t need to see them again. Tuel Sleng was just one of 150 execution centers in Cambodia.
Had another great lunch at a hotel restaurant because it was air conditioned (refrigerated air)
Seafood noodle soup and shrimp fried rice – excellent for $6.50 – too much had to leave some.
The days go by and it was time for the last fun run of this stay.
Walked to the zone streets – in and out of several – tattoos are super big here.
Generally speaking I would say this place is worth a visit by anybody. There is enough to do for a stay of several days. – food is inexpensive and very good.
While the food is very Thai like the lifestyle is very Vietnam like. People are pleasant – only the Tuk-Tuk drivers are a nuisance – a bunch on every corner.
They will ask (yesterday) $7 for a $1.50 ride – I won’t negotiate with a bandit. He loses.
I just go to the next guy so he sees that I was indeed a passenger, if he wasn’t a rip-off.
I took a metered taxi once that cost less than a T-T, just like Thailand.
Staying next to the Royal Palace is fairly central to most things to do and see, and walk-able.
So it is now 11:10 and got to move bags out of the room for a couple of hours.
Heading to Bkk at 5:10pm – arrive 6:20pm. NY Mike is there now.
Harry-Tommy and the boys will stay for about 12 hours to catch a 5am flight out to the US.
Bikernet International Emperor Editor
ACTION LIFESTYLE NETWORK, ROGUEFLIX RELEASES IKUSTOM MOTORCYCLE TV SERIES–Los Angeles – RogueFlix, the new young-male driven Action Lifestyle Network will release the iKuztom TV series on January 7, 2013 featuring the world of custom motorcycles written, directed, and produced by award winning producer, Erik Lundmark and his partner Timothy G. Ledford, an innovator in the custom motorcycle industry.
“CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner, iKuztom takes you up close and personal through smoke, fire, and steel as elite custom motorcycle artisans ply their trade behind the scenes to design and create one-of-a- kind bikes for the ultimate discerning bike enthusiasts,” stated Erik Lundmark, CEO of Leomark Studios which created the series together with Grip Ace Industries.
“The 13 half-hour episodes also feature a bevy of bikini models and comedy sketches, in a fun, fast paced thrill ride.” Some of the featured shops/builders are: Russell Mitchell from Exile Cycles, Rusty Coones who is now a regular on Sons of Anarchy, Ace Cafe London, Road Dog Customs, Eye Candy Cycle Designs, AFT Customs and many more.
“We are very excited about teaming up with Erik and his team at Leomark Studios to bring our RogueFlix audience a truly amazing motorcycle TV series,” stated Bryan Duran, co-founder, CEO and General Counsel of RogueFlix. “I was very impressed with the quality of the award winning iKuztom TV series and I knew right away that I wanted it on RogueFlix. Erik and I met poolside at the Loews Hotel during the American Film Market and quickly realized we wanted to work together and are collaborating on more productions.”
“This is an exciting time for our growing Action Lifestyle Network. We are also currently expanding our acquisition of TV shows, Webshows, and feature length movies to be released exclusively on RogueFlix,” stated Larry Rodriguez, co-founder and COO of RogueFlix. “The majority of the people visiting the site are young males between the ages of 13 and 34 and that is the primary focus of our action genre content.”
Prior to RogueFlix, Bryan had worked as an entertainment attorney for Starz Media / Anchor Bay Entertainment and as a senior financial analyst at Warner Bros. and NBC Universal. He also worked in creative development at Fox Studios.
MORE BIKERNET READER’S COMMENTS– ZIPPER’S RED SHIFT 525 CAM INSTALL
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10911
Great article. I am looking to replace my cams in my 2008 tc96 and wondered how well these cams will work in high altitude aplications, or if I should consider a different cam?
–Exsuppo
— jeff houck
Hudson, CO
We reached out to Zipper’s for more info:
Here is the link to the Red Shift Cams 2013 Catalog download with descriptions: http://www.zippersperformance.com/media/wysiwyg/DownloadsPDFs/Red-Shift-Cams/2013RedShiftCams_1232013sm.pdf
Here is the link to the cams on our website, for customer ordering: http://www.zippersperformance.com/products/cam-chest-valve-train/red-shift-cams.html
–Rosie Van Schoor
Zipper’s Performance Products
6655-A Amberton Dr., Elkridge MD 21075
THIS JUST IN A NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT–The New Belstaff Jackets, Motorcycle Line
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10928
Really??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! These things will never see dead bugs!!!! Hell, the people wearing them look like deads bugs!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
–Lee
Salem, OR
NEW MEN’S MILESTONE FUNCTIONAL JACKET FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON–Achieve Superior Climate Control from 11 Zippered Vents.
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The system includes two front vertical, two chest, two shoulder, two sleeve and three back exit vents. They’re matched by pre-curved sleeves, adjustable waist tabs and five zippered storage pockets for additional comfort and convenience. For added peace of mind it comes with body armor pockets at the elbows and shoulders and the optimal reflectivity of 3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective Material. Available in S – 5XL and Tall sizes.
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THE HUBCAP MAGNET–Yep, I was a teenager in So. Cal. in the 1950s. Was at the first race at Lions Drag Strip and most all of them after that. I’ve owned around 55 old cars, mostly Hot Rods. Owned two tire shops in the ‘60s and ‘70s, sold out and moved to Idaho in 1979. That’s a little of my history, very little, but enough.
A little over a year ago I went to an auction in a small town and found about a 65-year accumulation of classic and vintage wheel covers and hubcaps. This guy had been collecting hubcaps forever, almost as long as I have been taking up space on this planet and that’s a long, long time.
There was every make, model and year from the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s with quite a few from the 1900s thru the ‘30s. Some 98 percent of them are original. I went nuts when I saw them and had to have them. Reminded me of my tire shop days when we would sell a hundred or so sets of custom wheels a week and got the stock hubcaps and wheels for free. I had almost every one of these hubcaps, except mine, were mostly new. I HAD to have these, all of them.
Well, I now have them (moving them was sort of a chore) in an old bean warehouse in a thousand piles just waiting for someone to need them. The floor of that 8,000 sq. ft. building filled up very quick. Since there is no electricity, heat or water in that warehouse it took dang most all of the winter, spring and summer to sort through all of them.
I also have a business to run. We have been embroiders, for over 30 years, of hats, shirts, jackets, etc. and business is very good, thank goodness. Last winter we acquired another full time job, two Black Lab Puppies, they are training me very well. So, the hubcaps are a part time hobby to get me away from the other two jobs and I’m lovin’ it.
Yes, they are For Sale and I thought I’d offer the car club members the first chance at what they want or need before I advertise them to the general public. So, if you or anyone in your club is looking for one or a hundred let me know. You will also get pictures of the specific hubcaps you will get and it helps if you can send me a picture of exactly what it is you are looking for. If you have a question or want me to look for some for you, please contact me and I’ll be glad to do it.
Some are dented and with those I’m going to make into clocks. Great gifts or just fun to have in a garage or shop.
Oh Ya, how many hubcaps do I have??? Approximately 30,000. Yep, 30,000 of these wonderful shiny saucers. As it says in the subject line, “An Old 1950s Hot Rodder Has Lost His Mind.” My Wife totally agrees with that.
If you are thinking that I don’t have what you are looking for, you better ask me, because I have ‘em all. How many people do you know that have an Oakland hubcap from the 1920s, I do.
Tom Mc Mahan
Phone: 208-734-0459
Email: hubcapempire@gmail.com
–from Jim Waggaman
CALL 20 SENATORS TODAY– Last week I asked you to call your senators and tell them to vote against every element of President Barack Obama’s gun ban agenda.
Your calls are working! I’ve received numerous reports that NRA members are lighting up the phone lines and our senators are definitely hearing from us.
HOWEVER, now we need to take our phone campaign to the next level.
There are 20 U.S. senators, in particular, who hold the fate of your freedom in their hands. These senators represent states where gun ownership is respected and our Second Amendment freedoms are revered. But right now, they’re facing huge pressure from the gun ban lobby and Barack Obama to support Obama’s extreme gun control agenda!
So please, call each of the senators below and tell them to vote NO on any gun ban…NO on any magazine ban…NO on criminalizing private firearm transfers…and NO on any gun registration scheme.
Sen. Max Baucus202-224-2651
Sen. Mark Begich202-224-3004
Sen. Susan Collins202-224-2523
Sen. Joe Donnelly202-224-4814
Sen. Kay Hagan202-224-6342
Sen. Martin Heinrich202-224-5521
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp202-224-2043
Sen. Tim Johnson202-224-5842
Sen. Tim Kaine202-224-4024
Sen. Angus King202-224-5344
Sen. Mary Landrieu202-224-5824
Sen. Joe Manchin202-224-3954
Sen. Claire McCaskill202-224-6154
Sen. Mark Pryor202-224-2353
Sen. Harry Reid202-224-3542
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen202-224-2841
Sen. Jon Tester202-224-2644
Sen. Mark Udall202-224-5941
Sen. Tom Udall202-224-6621
Sen. Mark Warner202-224-2023
Spread your calls out over several days if you need to. And remember: It doesn’t matter if you do not live in these senators’ states – YOU NEED TO CALL THEM. After all, the votes they cast will affect you no matter where you live! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to winning this battle. Now is not the time to let up! Call each of these 20 senators as soon as you can. By working together, we can defeat the Obama gun ban agenda and save the Second Amendment!!
–Chris W. Cox Executive Director www.NRAILA.org
PENNZOIL AT BONNEVILLE IN 1932— The Bonneville Salt Flats have been a draw for speed freaks since before the term “hot rod” entered the popular lexicon, and this week’s film provides the proof. This video, recorded in September 1932, features footage of legendary race driver Ab Jenkins piloting a fenderless Pierce Arrow across the dry lakebed.
Jenkins was participating in a 24-hour endurance run that saw the V12-powered Pierce Arrow achieve an average speed of 112.91 mph. Advanced cinematography — and, remarkably, audio recordings — let us experience the run from all angles. There’s even aerial footage shot from a biplane.
If seeing and hearing Ab Jenkins in action isn’t enough, the film also gives us a rare glimpse into the world of prewar speed culture. Note the close-ups of early wire-tripped mechanical timing devices — later replaced by more accurate systems such as the electronic paper-punch mechanism developed by Walter Nass — and relatively sparse crowd of onlookers standing just feet away from Jenkin’s speeding Pierce Arrow.
–AutoweekUSA
NEWS FLASH BIKERNET READER COMMENT– Johnny Gil’s, La Ruca Grande
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=231
I truly love the bike! My only question is…Where can I get the frame for my own build? Keep up the great work!!!!
–Steve Cotrell
Piqua , OH
Hey, contact Johnny Gil. He can build you a frame.–Wrench
CHOP-IN BLOCK COMING TO DAYTONA BIKE WEEK--Hello all, It’s that time of year DAYTONA BIKE WEEK!! The Chop-in Block has been very busy. Check out our website chop-inblock.com, Facebook, and a new blog. Our group has grown to 20 + builders. We are adding some of the industries top names (like all of you) to our sponsors list every day.
We are also adding shows weekly. The website has the list of shows and sponsors. Our Facebook page has a copy of our Daytona flyer. Just this month we have hit the Novi IMS, V-Twin, Columbus Easyrider and Indy Dealer Expo show passing out more than 4000 post cards and kissing baby’s.
We would like to thank everyone for their support. We are loading for Daytona on Monday March 4th, we will be setting up in Daytona the 8th thru the 17th of March. Some of our builders will also be set up at the IX show in Cleveland Ohio March 15-17. We return March 18th, then over to the east side of Michigan to the Gibraltar Trade Center bike show march 23-25.
This group is on fire and growing fast!! TEAM CHOP-IN BLOCK (nobody has more fun than we do)
–-GARY MAURER & RON HARRIS CHOP-IN BLOCK
Kustom’s, Inc Chop Doc’s Choppers shipping address: Kustom’s Inc. 12800 Partlow ave. Grand Ledge, MI. 48837 Gary 517-627-3131 shop
DREW’S SALTY NEWS–
Hope this starts out your week with a bang!
Complete Big Inch V-Twin (Shovelhead) Race Bike $25,000
Nitromethane (5 gal.) $280.00
Methanol (5 gal.) $50.00
Figuring out your own mixture without a little beforehand schooling in fuel. $$PRICELESS$$
Drew Gatewood
AMA/F.I.M. technical steward
GEARS – Gatewood Engineering And Race Support
www.gearswebsite.com
KENTUCKY’S MEET YOUR LEGISLATOR DAY– Members of the KMA/KBA legislative team will be in Frankfort this Wednesday 2-20-13 speaking with legislators from across the state on a variety of bills. We would like to invite any member who is able to make it to the Capitol in Frankfort to join us for a day of grassroots lobby work.
If you come please meet the team at 8:30am in the Capitol Annex cafeteria for light breakfast and then on walk the halls. Bring some comfy walking shoes!!!! Wear your leathers as well or whatever you feel comfortable in. Show that you are a biker, just please be tasteful in your t-shirt choices. (No FTW stuff for example) Also if you are coming, you may wish to call ahead to your legislators and set up a specific time to meet.
Sometimes their schedules can be hectic so getting on their agenda is a good thing to do. It is not always necessary but a good idea nonetheless. The switchoard’s number to get any legislator is 502-564-8100. Just ask for their office and you may get them or a secretary if they are out. If you cannot make it until later that is fine. Just look for the leathers, black shirts and jeans walking around the halls. Trust me we stand out in Frankfort.
Hope to see lots of people there. If you cannot make it then please keep the phone calls coming to the legislative hotline. 1-800-372-7181
Please ask your House of Representatives members to Please co-sponsor HB137. This is the bill that would increase the fines and penalties of someone who runs over a biker while not paying attention.
Rep. Bob Damron has asked us to help support his bill that folks at the Freedom Fighters had asked about. This bill would help bolster the 2nd amendment in the state and tell the federal government hands off our guns here. Once again please call and ask your Representative to Please co-sponsor HB 168.
A bill that has some steam moving through the legislature that we would like to stop is the statewide smoking ban HB 190. Personally, I do not smoke and do not see this as a smoking issue but rather another step towards the nanny state ideas that government has to tell us how to live every aspect of our lives. Please call you Senators and ask them to Please oppose HB 190.
That is some of the latest news in Frankfort. As items hit we will be in touch. Please be sure to keep the phone calls coming and be sure to ask family and friends to the same.
–Jay Huber
KMA/KBA State President
DRUG PROHIBITION DOESN’T WORK
Never has…never will…………
Drug prohibition in America simply isn’t working in the USA anymore than the prohibition of alcohol did. The so called war on drugs would end instantly with the legalization, regulation, and taxation of the drugs that are currently in so high demand in the United States.
I personally don’t advocate the recreational use of drugs, with maybe the exception of Cannabis, but to keep drugs illegal is to maintain the outrageous profit margin of drug sales, and therefore the violence associated with illicit drug trafficking. Any astute businessman can see the solution….legalize drug use…regulate and tax the sale of those drugs, and the violence associated with drug trafficking will evaporate.
Oh, and by the way DEA people, Cannabis is not a narcotic, as I see it so erroneously referred to by anti-drug law enforcement officers on all the anti drug television shows. Of course the DEA would oppose such common sense measures. One of the single biggest positive results of legalizing drug use would be the loss of the swollen DEA budget, which is in the billions.
No self-respecting upper echelon DEA official would ever admit the current drug war can not be won the way it’s being waged, that would be like committing career suicide. The so-called War on Drugs money could and should then be targeted for rehabilitation of addicts, and other health concerns related to drug use.
Drug use is health problem, and should be treated as such! The number of people in jail or prison as of this moment for the sale and possession of marijuana is in my opinion a crime. A crime perpetrated on American citizens by the federal government. The bottom line is this. Americans are demanding drugs, the drug cartels are making a huge profit by bringing the drugs into America, and the DEA is spending billions of dollars in a losing effort to stop the drugs from coming across the border. The positively infantile, and ignorant head-in-the-sand anti cannabis stance of the federal government continues to be ludicrous, especially when considering today’s research based facts about the weed.
It’s time for American citizens to legalize the stuff that’s causing the problem. End the profit, tax the sales, and treat the addicts. We might even be able to start the trend towards balancing the budget, instead of burying the dead who lost their lives in the drug trade on both sides of the law. Sooner or later drugs will become legal in the USA, The violence associated with the drug trade will be gone, and anybody with a functioning brain will wonder why it did not happen a whole lot sooner.
–Buck
Editor in Chieftain
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SADDLEMEN ON THE PATH TO DAYTONA– Been swallowed whole here! Hahaha. I am working more and planning for Daytona this week so my time has been jacked up. I had my buddy weld the stud back on the shrunken FXR muffler. I added a thin grommet and washer to make a low budget mount that had some give to it. But this is a temp fix at best.
For now I can ride again so I am happy as a pig in shit. I have turned all the bad thrown at me into a positive. Shit, even I am proud of myself. I do dream of a change to my pipes- a 2 into 1 with a small megaphone on the end. Any ideas/suggestions?
Are you going to Daytona? It will be the first time I have been that far from home. Life is a blast, my punk rock band The Right Hand Men is playing an all ages free show in San Pedro tomorrow night at Bad Fish. Should be interesting.
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ANOTHER WILD WEEK—Every week slips past like pulling the trigger on a seven round clip. I try to make every day count. I went for about seven to ten years with very limited connection to drugs, except pot. Pot is cool, although I can’t seem to smoke it anymore.
Okay, so over the last couple of years friends and relatives started running into drug problems. Use of pain killers became drug addicts. Folks got busted and didn’t follow up on the case, and it lead to more problems. What gives? I feel fortunate. I survived the ‘70s and ‘80s, but now it’s as if the kids didn’t learn anything from their parents. They are now heading down destructive paths. I can’t stand it. Enough negative waves.
We are hoping to receive a T-Rex Campagna frame and front end clip in March, and then we can decide on our body style for our next Bonneville effort. This could be fun.
If you’re headed to Daytona, don’t forget to stop by the coolest shop in town, 2Wheelers. Tell ‘em Bandit sent you, for a special deal on a mudflap girl pin.
