HARLEY FORCED TO SHUT DOWN EVENT DUE TO CLUB VIOLENCEFrom The GUNNY’S SACKDONNYBROOK, IRELAND: Well, that’s actually just where the name comes from, and it’s cometo mean a “free-for-all,” and we in the biker community sure had ourselves a littleDonnybrook in Laughlin, Nevada, just before this here Sack went to press. Now it seemsthat officials […]
If it weren’t for the precision parts that came from Joker Machine, Bandit would still be in the leaning Bikernet garage trying to make forward controls from old rods and wrist pins for the Blue Flame. Bandit ran into Geoff, Joker’s general manager, at the Indianapolis dealer expo, where Geoff reminded the old guy of
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Sponsored By: Cycle ExchangePO Box 275 – Hwy 51 South – Minocqua, WI 54548Phone: (715) 356-7346 FAX: (715) 356-5896 Toll Free (877) 707-BIKE© 2002 Cycle Exchange – All rights reserved One item of widespread confusion between the custom buyer andbuilder is an uncertainty as to exactly how long his extended fork will be. Itmay be close to
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This here cardboard box full of odds and ends was where it allbegan. Or was it just an idea? Or maybe too much Jack Daniels. Ormaybe Bandit was tired of me whining about it. Anyway, like a beggar on the streets ofCalcutta, or Blanche Dubois in “A Street Car Named Desire,” I depend onthe
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Like the enigmatic fortunes you find inside thosefolded Chinese cookies, our visit with Dr. John–the”frame doctor,” was a mix of New Age mysticism andpractical guidance. The week before, Bandit and Ibrought the rolling Pro-Street frame to the gooddoctor. We gave the him our best ideas of what wethought the bike should become. Basically, we wantedthe
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Bandit and I were checking out the Amazing Shrunken FXR. “Thedamned thing,” referring to the shrunken FXR project we had beenhammering at, off and on, for almost two years, “has attitude,” hegrowled, “a bad-assed attitude.” “Yeah, but will it have sound attitude?” I mused. “I want it toget attention. I want it to be felt
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Photos by Bandit and Sin Wu It’s New Years Eve 2002 and catch up time on the ShrunkenFXR, as if I’ll melt if I don’t cross the line by midnight. And I’mgoing to lower the boom on you. It wasn’t intentional that Giggie,from Compu-Fire, came to the Bikernet Headquarters to help install aCompu-Fire charging, starter
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You’ve been there. You handed the Makita cordless drill toyou’re drunken buddy, and he drilled a hole in your big screentelevision. You tried to wrap the extension cord around his neck andfinish him off. We came close to blows in the garage a couple ofmonths back. I spent days carefully welding chunks of Samson exhaustpipes
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This oilpump photograph shows the vent line behind the oil pump. This is aShovelhead with an S&S pump with the feed inlet on the top plugged.We ran the feed to the bottom like old pumps to clean it up. The oil lines on a Shovel are straight forward. There are two oilline fittings atop the
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Digital Sounds Off About Licensing Fees In Washington State With the passing of another year came my birthday at the end of December. Every four years, that also marks the expiration of my Washington State Driver’s license. So, 2 days before hand, I made my way down to the local Department of Licensing office to
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With bike builders seemingly dropping from the trees these days, it gets harder and harder to stand out. Chica of Chica Custom Cycles in Huntington Beach, Calif., doesn’t have that problem. His wide array of unique creations is distinctive enough to get noticed, even among the endless displays at the Indy Dealer Expo and Pomona
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WEST COAST REGIONAL NCOM CONFERENCE COMINGTHE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. For more information, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE. Visit us on our website at From The GUNNY’S
ABATE NEEDS YOUR HELP! YOUR help is needed on this issue NOW! Please complete the ONLINE survey now for each motorcycle you own, then do 2 other things to help: Pass this newsletter on to other motorcyclists you know (whether or not they are ABATE members) who are online, and; Print out a copy of
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NCOM COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWS Compiled and Edited by BILL BISH,NATIONAL COALITION OF MOTORCYCLISTSOHIO CONSIDERS BIKER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL As Fall comes into full swing, the legislative staff of the Ohio Motorcyclists Coalition has been hard at work through the Summer advancing the cause of Equal Access for all motorcyclists. House Bill 238, which seeks
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AIM NEWS–NEW YORK HELLS ANGELS WIN CASE AGAINST COPSTHE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. For more information, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE. Visit us on our website at
FREEDOM’S NEWEST THREAT This is Keith from Keith’s Customs with his latest and his awards. He could have a serious problem if the EPA get’s their way.?LET?S ROLL!?American Motorcyclists Alerted: Major MRO Offensive Aimed at Emissions Regulations Rolls Out in November 2001.Topeka, Kansas The Motorcycle Riders Foundation issued this emergency alert to State Motorcyclists? Rights
NCOM NEWS FOR 9/27 THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. For more information, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE. Visit us on our website at From TheGUNNY’S SACKWow! ?Time
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EPA PULLS STREET BIKES FROM SEPTEMBER RULE-MAKING Important Victory for the Motorcyclists’ Rights Movement in AmericaWashington, DC ? The Environmental Protection Agency published its final rule on “large spark ignition engines” on September 14, but the agency balked at including tougher regulation of street motorcycles. “EPA intended to include in this proposal new exhaust standards
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