Hey,
The holidays are steaming rolling on us faster than ever. Let’s see what happens next. We are peeling out to the IMS show in Long Beach this afternoon, but we gotta get movin’. Hope the David Mann show wasn’t rained out.
Hiway and I witnessed a real wind tunnel at Northridge University, Friday and the Pegasus EFI design team packed us full of information about Wind Tunnels and which direction to head in next.
I’m learnin’, trying to make plans for 2008, wrapping up our Bonneville book and packing presents for Bikernet readers and servicemen and women over seas. We better get to the news:
V-Twin Expo Announces 2008 Seminar Schedule and Topics– Agoura Hills, CA-The 8th annual V-Twin Expo is just around the corner, February 2, 3 and 4th, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio. For those dealers planning to attend, be sure to mark your calendar for one of the most important seminars you will attend. Survival of the Fittest features panelists made up of your peers answering questions that will help you not only survive in 2008, but grow your business.
V-Twin Expo Exclusive – Survival of the Fittest
Saturday, February 2nd ~ 1:00 – 2:00PM
Room 232 Duke Energy Center
Survival of the Fittest features a smart group of business people out there doing what dealers do everyday- working to make it in the v-twin industry. Each of our panel members has accomplished ambitious, if not aggressive business goals. Each panelist works everyday to make their business better. Learn how these panelists get it done. Register early; this seminar is sure to be standing room only.
Survival of the Fittest Panelists
Randy Aron Cycle Visions
Lisa Baker Baker Drive Train
Click Baldwin Carolina-Harley Davidson
Fred Fox Drag Specialties/Parts Unlimited
Rick Fairless Strokers Dallas
“The v-twin industry is experiencing major changes. To respond to many dealers’ concerns and questions about how to be growth oriented in 2008 we dialed in some of the very best, consistently proven performers within our industry to ask them how they do it” said Jim Betlach, VP Paisano/V-Twin Expo Show Producer. “We talked to many, many dealers to better understand what they want to know. The panel will provide business insight from their experience and offer advice to attending dealers. Each year we try to up the ante by offering extremely relevant seminars for dealers in the v-twin marketplace. 2008 is no different; in fact, I believe this new seminar is the best yet” finished Betlach. Additionally, the following seminars will also be held at the 8th annual V-Twin Expo:
2008 V-Twin Expo dates are set, be sure to mark your calendars and register to attend this industry leading v-twin trade show. February 2, 3, and 4th, 2008. Registration is just one click away at: www.vtwin-expo.com
NEW SCREAMIN’ EAGLE SLIP-ON MUFFLERS FOR DYNA FAT BOB– MILWAUKEE (Nov. 30, 2007) – The new Screamin’ Eagle Street Performance Slip-On Mufflers for Dyna Fat Bob (P/N 80674-08, $349.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories produce a throaty tone and offer bold, custom styling. Each muffler has a ballistic inlet shape and embossed “Screamin’ Eagle” logo. The black Blunt Revolver end caps feature cut-out chambers that expose and contrast with the mirror chrome finish of the muffler body. These mufflers are 50-state street legal on stock-displacement 2008 FXDF Fat Bob models. Installation requires separate purchase of two muffler clamps P/N 65283-94.
For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.
TWO YEARS OF ACTION FROM ACTION TIRES– Action Tires is reaching the last half of our second year in business. Unbelievable…
Haven’t had time to comprehend how we made it this far. With a spare moment, decided to visit the Bikernet. Still looking good !
Thanks for allowing us to advertise our shop in your state Shop Listing. We are proud to still be open and proud to still be at the top of your Nevada list !
Please, consider our shop if you or your friends are in need of service (emergency or scheduled) We owe you some of our “special” effort for your generosity.
Keep Action Motorcycle Tires in mind when traveling to Utah or Arizona. We have tires for most bikes in most sizes at the most reasonable prices. We stock oil filters for most make and model street bike, sport bike, touring bike or dual sport.
–Susan Devroy
VP Action Tires
Action Motorcycle Tires
1433 N. Boulder Hwy – Suite B
Henderson, NV 89011
702-565-7199
702-565-7698 (fax)
ENVY CHOPPER FOR A POLICE OFFICER–I just finished building a real simple little chopper with a hot rod theme for an Arizona police officer. Attached are a couple of pics in bare metal before I broke it down to paint it. Nothing fancy, just a nice little rider, Frame is 6-4 and 40 degrees and a eight over springer. It’s sportin our new Glory Ole wheels, a 180 rear and a 2.15x 21 front.
Motor is a 120″ Ultima with a natural finish linked to a six speed so it should scoot. The officer wants to get out of town and do some riding so I came up with a cool road tank that holds a tad short of 4 gallons and an oil tank that will hold 4.5 quarts. I’m doing some metal flake paint with a 50’s type theme, not a lot of chrome, but a fair amount of satin finish and some copper here and there.
Should be a neat small bike and a gas to ride. I’ll e-mail you a couple of pics once I get done painting and re-assembling it.
–Terry
HELPING WOUNDED TROOPS DURING THE HOLIDAYS– Holiday Cards to Wounded and Recovering Soldiers – Updated! Page Content Walter Reed Army Medical Center cannot accept packages, letters, and holiday cards addressed to ‘Any Wounded Soldier’ or ‘A Recovering American Soldier’. The U.S. Postal Service is no longer accepting “Any Service Member” or “A Recovering American Soldier” letters or packages. Mail to “Any Service Member” that is deposited into a collection box will not be delivered.
However, through a unique partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc., communities across America are invited to mail cards along with personal messages of support to wounded service members at military hospitals around the country.
With the support of the U.S. Department of Defense and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and with help from Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, the American Red Cross will collect, review and distribute holiday greeting cards to wounded military personnel. For security reasons, the Red Cross will be able to accept only holiday cards but not packages. Red Cross volunteers will receive and bundle the cards, which will be shipped by Pitney Bowes Government Solutions. Then, Red Cross volunteers at the medical facilities will distribute the cards throughout the holiday season.
Please address your holiday cards to:
We Support You During Your Recovery!
c/o American Red Cross
P.O. Box 419
Savage, MD 20763-0419
Be sure to affix adequate postage. Cards must be received no later than December 27. Cards received after this date will be returned to the sender. Again, senders are reminded that “care packages” are not part of the program–send only cards and notes. Also, please refrain from using glitter or any other inserts that would not be appropriate in a hospital environment.
People who want to express their appreciation to American service members may also consider making a donation to one of the more than 300 nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping our troops and their families listed on the “America Supports You” website, www.americasupports you.mil
Other organizations that offer means of showing your support for our troops or assist wounded service members and their families include:
http://www.usocares .org/
http://www4. army.mil/ ocpa/tooursoldie rs/
http://www.redcross .org
The outpouring of gratitude and encouragement from the general public, corporate America and civic groups throughout the past year has been incredible. Our Warriors in Transition are amazed at the thanks and support they receive from their countrymen
–Sara Bersch
Director, Customer Service
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
PO Box 59099
Washington, D.C. 20012
202.782.9836
SUCKER PUNCH SALLY BIKES RULE– Awesome article on the 2008 SPS line of bikes. We happen to have a SPS dealer here in Virginia. I got to get me one of these baby’s.
–Snoot out
Barry W. Parker
mailto:barry.parker1@us.army.mil
BAD DRIVER SOLUTION– The problem of irresponsible driving while using a cell phone is easily corrected. All automobiles and trucks should be equipped with an artificial hand that, when activated, reaches out from the dashboard toward the driver and slaps him or her briskly in the face until the driver ceases said irresponsible activity.
This shall include not only handheld cell-phone usage, but also applying lipstick while looking in the rearview mirror, eating fast food, reading map directions, watching flat-screen movies and searching for any item in the glove compartment or back seat.
–CHUCK O’NEAL
Longwood
Don’t blame cell phones
I believe there are thousands of Florida drivers who shouldn’t be holding a steering wheel in their hand, let alone a cell phone. So, imposing a ban on phone use while driving compares to picking the 2007 season MVP on the Miami Dolphins; it just don’t get the job done.
That being said, we might as well make it law. We really don’t have enough. I was going to count them all but could not navigate effectively through the state Web site. I’m sure law enforcement will find it a useful tool. With all that free time they have between murder, robbery, carjacking, home invasion, car theft, street racing, fatal and nonfatal accident investigation calls, they can passively patrol for cell-phone users.
The law will also be useful to prosecutors, by making criminal charges more easily convicted when cell-phone use can be proved. Civil courts have already established that there is no such thing as an “accident,” now the criminal system can fall in line.
Watch what cars do: rolling through right turns on red, changing lanes in intersections, running red lights, oncoming traffic not yielding to school buses, weaving through traffic, driving 65 mph in the left lane when the posted limit is 70 mph, and speeding, speeding, SPEEDING. This stuff happens tens of thousand of times a day in Central Florida alone.
When someone stops for a funeral procession these days, it’s at the risk of joining the one being respected.
It ain’t cell phones; it’s us.
–BILL YEARTA
Orlando
–from the Tinman
EASYRIDERS MEETS STEPHEN KING– Sandy Williams at Easy Riders sent me tickets for the Easy Riders extravaganza at the Pomona Fairplex next month. Thanks for dropping the dime. Will you have a booth? I keep forgetting to mention how much I enjoyed “On Writing” by Steven King. I took notice of his opinions and of the process he favors. The way he explained some of his techniques gave me insight into his thinking. For instance, “If I have to tell the reader how my character feels, I loose.” and words to the effect that, “I avoid a great deal of description regarding a character. I prefer to let the reader fill in the particulars, perhaps relating my character to someone he’s encountered.”
Then there is the quote from his first editor, “When you write the story you are telling yourself the story. When you rewrite your main job is to take out all the things that are NOT the story.” Another quote from a mentor encourages him not to become infatuated with his own words. “Kill your babies.!” His discourse on vocabulary, while somewhat overly opinionated, is entertaining as well as instructive.
I love the fact that he challenges the reader of this particular offering from time-to-time. His sense of humor is so dry it chafes my consciousness. I could continue ad nauseam but you are, after all the one who recommended the treatise in the first place.
Thanks. Now when I seek a second opinion I need look no farther than King’s artfully and delightfully fashioned, “Memoir of the Craft.”
–PJ
WOWIE, ZOWIE!– Wowie Zowie! Loved your review of the new SPS models. Who wouldn’t want one after that! They are very nice. Those guys have got their finger on the pulse pretty good.
I do like the way you say if something doesn’t work on the bikes or especially….doesn’t work for you or what changes you would make. That’s the best part.
It’s what a person hopes for in a review but doesn’t always get because of the fear of killing off advertising dollars. What a weird system we humans have built for ourselves.
-DA
CHRISTMAS WISH LIST–A must have especially if you live in Washington D.C. Military Police Systems recently unveiled a must-have weapon in the current CQB environment. The company out of Piney Flats, Tennessee has come out with a unique selectable (via a unique trigger) 12-gauge shotgun called the Auto Assault 12 Automatic Shotgun or AA-12 Automatic Shotgun. The AA name originally stood for “Atchisson Assault” after the original inventor but has been changed since Military Police Systems purchased the rights to the unique weapon. The weapon utilizes a constant recoil system that reduces recoil by 90% as compared to a traditional 12 gauge shotgun. The reduction in recoil is the primary reason that this shotgun can be fired effectively in the automatic mode.
With little or no barrel rise, this weapon is a monster when clearing rooms! The weapon will definitely become a force multiplier with its ease of operation and massive firepower in both the law enforcement and military arenas.
Technical Data –
* Caliber – 12 Gauge (2 3/4″ Shells)
* Rate of Fire – 300 Rounds per minute/fires a 20 round drum in about 4 seconds
* Operations – Long Stroke Gas Piston with constant recoil
* Length – 33 Inches with 13 Inch Barrel (same size as an M4 with stock Extended). 38 Inches with 18 Inch Barrel
* Weight – 10.0 lbs with 13 Inch Barrel. 10.5 lbs with 18 Inch Barrel
* Feeding Device – 8 round magazine, 20 round drum magazine, 40 round drum magazine (in development)
* Safety – Thumb Safety
* Sights – Front: Protected Post whic h is adjustable for Elevation. Rear: Protected Ring which is adjustable for W/E.
* Stock – Glass filled nylon available in: Urban Grey, Desert Tan, Olive, Drab, Black, and Various other Camouflage Patterns
* Finish – Matte Stainless Steel
* Made of corrosion resistant, high impact, heat- treated stainless steels and high-impact plastics
* Low Maintenance – During a Blackwater shoot, 5000 ROUNDS were fired through a single weapon WITHOUT cleaning or a drop of Lube.
What is Constant Recoil? – When the weapon’s gun bolt is cycling a round, a gas system absorbs most of the shock and energy, about 80% of the total recoil. The weapon also has a very strong recoil spring that absorbs another 10% of the recoil. The result is a weapon that cycles efficiently and effortlessly while transferring 10% of the recoil of a normal 12 gauge to the shooter! The Video – See this monster in action being fired with both magazines and the 20 round drum.
THE DEVIL IS CHAINED IN A HOUSTON SHOP FOR THE HOLIDAYS, LET’S PARTY– Check out the Harley swingarm . . . . . . Lucky Devil style that is. As you can see I am getting close on getting the fat boy project off the frame table. I have to finish the sheetmetal and get her ready to be prepped for paint and the seat out for some leather next week so I’ll be chained to the floor in the fab shop for sure; I hope all is well with you and yours!
Take care
–Kent
TURKEY WEB PAGE READY– We have just created a WebPage that has Pictures and Video from The 2007 Turkey Rod Run at Daytona Speedway in Daytona, Florida.
There are almost two hundred Pictures and 7 Videos of Vintage cars, trucks, street rods and more.
Click on the link below and We hope you enjoy. –George Jurak 
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