Hey,
I’ll make this quick. I woke up this morning and grabbed my first cup of coffee. I sat in bed reading the January 31 issue of The Week Magazine. Several reports jumped out at me. The editorial covered energy consumption and global warming. It basically said we were supposed to reduce energy consumption by 40 percent, but it’s actually growing everywhere. The cover story is about Obama trying to rein in NSA surveillance.
So what’s the bottom line? The EPA and CARB can torture citizens for decades, push them around, put them out of business, and be unsuccessful, and the cost to taxpayers, incredible. The government can’t control the agencies it creates. The TSA can push around citizens for years and we pay them, for what? Is it all about creating jobs? I say we take them out of airports and train them to landscape every freeway onramp and offramp. At least they would be doing something beneficial for the country, and getting some exercise.
I know, I’m a nut, but it’s scary. Why can’t we get a grant to study freedom in this country. I believe we could change the direction of the government and make life safer, more free, more educated, and more responsible.
The concept is simple and applies to helmet laws, gun laws, marijuana laws, and the list goes on. Imagine all the money, torture, and hardship that would be saved if we had never passed laws against marijuana. We are living through the McCarthy era over and over.
Let’s hit the news, then protect the Dharma, goddammit!
SUNDAY QUOTE OF SUNDAY GODDAMMIT!—
“vir quisnam sacrificum libertas pro salus mos perdo utriusque” Look it up!
“When the people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” General Douglas MacArthur
Darrel E. Killion
MRF Webmaster
VELOCITY TAKES VIEWERS ON A ROAD TRIP THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY WITH THE ALL-NEW SERIES AMERICARNA—
Racing Icon Ray Evernham Leads Viewers Epic Ride Through American Culture in the Series Premiere of AMERICARNA, Tuesday January 28th on Velocity –
This January Velocity takes viewers on a tour through American culture through the lens of one its greatest inventions: the automobile. Three-time NASCAR champion Ray Evernhamhosts this cross-country trek, chasing down the cars that had a profound impact on shaping our national identity.
FULL EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS BELOW
Series Premiere California Cool: The Iconic Woody Wagon
Premieres Tuesday January 28 at 8:00 PM
The premiere episode features a dive into the influence cars had on culture of California. From road racing in the 1940’s to the inception of the iconic Woody wagon on the California beach scene, automobiles undoubtedly shaped the West Coast attitude. Ray talks to Beach Boy frontman Mike Love and surfing icon Laird Hamilton for a glimpse into the cars that the life of the surf culture.
Moonshiners and the 1940’s Ford
Premieres Tuesday January 28 at 8:30 PM
Ray uncovers secrets of America’s greatest racing sport in the foothill of North Carolina. When moonshiners were looking to outrun police officers, they would custom fit engines to race the back woods tracks. That sport eventually evolved into NASCAR and Ray talks to the early adopters of this national pastime.
Marty Robbins Restoration
Premieres Tuesday February 4 at 8:00 PM
Grammy-winning musician Marty Robbins lived a double life, flawlessly crossing between the glitz of the Grand Ole Opry and track at Talladega. One of few musicians to ever achieve success in both genres, Ray is determined to return Marty’s iconic 777 car to the race track travel back to the 60’s and 70’s.
Hot Rods and Dragsters
Premieres Tuesday February 4 at 8:30 PM
Legendary drag racer Don “The Snake” Prudholme proves he is no stranger to the thrill of racing rivalry. Prudholme’s career – and subsequent competition with driver Tom “The Mongoose” McEwan – earned the pair an unforgettable imprint on American pop culture. Legions of kids in the 60’s and 70’s flocked to the shelves for Snake and Mongoose Matchbox cars which helped make drag racing a undisputable American pastime. Famed director Ron Howard makes an appearance to discuss the incredible stories hidden within the word of Formula 1 Racing, the topic of his latest. epic feature ‘Rush”.
Buried Treasures
Premieres Tuesday February 11 at 8:00 PM
Buried treasures are unearthed, when Ray helps uncover winning Daytona racecars trapped in an old car hauler.
Indy Car Rescue
Premieres Tuesday February 18 at 8:00 PM
A journey to Indianapolis unveils the winning car of the 1955 Indy 500 sits on the roof of auto mechanic shop. More than 50 years after it’s magic at the track, prominent Indy mechanic/owner Chris Paulsen begins to restore the car and Ray talks about the evolution of America’s illustrious Indy 500.
Smokey’s Truck
Premieres Tuesday February 25 at 8:00 PM
In the 1960s, Smokey Yunick, the most innovative mechanic in NASCAR history sold his famous truck that hauled equipment & cars across the country. Ray is on a mission to uncover this storied truck that helped launch the beginning of NASCAR’s cross-country popularity.
The Vanderbilt Cup
Premieres Tuesday March 4 at 8:00 PM
Ray travels to Long Island New York with the hopes of learning more about America’s first major auto racing competition. The race began at the turn of the 20th century and helped develop the first major American racing stars and drove American manufacturing to competitive standard with the highly progressive Europeans.
Ray’s Roots & the Yellow 303
Premieres Tuesday March 11 at 8:00 PM
Fred Dmuchowski is a New Jersey racing icon. He was a regular workingman who drove on weekends for fun and became a legend in his iconic 303 racer. Ray works to rebuild the 303 in homage to Fred who inspired him to pursue his career in motorsports.
Season Finale: The Corvette
Premiere Tuesday January 28 at 8:30 PM
For NASCAR businessman, Rick Hendrick, the Corvette inspired his first car purchase and the start of his incredible car empire of dealerships and motorsports teams. County superstar Brad Paisley makes a cameo appearance to talk about his prized ‘Vette the automotive influence on his music.
WEEKEND CANTINA QUOTE— He who make a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
–DR.JOHNSON
Socially Unacceptable Humor FROM THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY—
• I was in bed with a blind girl last night and she said that I had the biggest penis she had ever laid her hands on. I said, “You’re pulling my leg.”
• I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice. At least I presume she was poor. She only had $1.20 in her purse.
• My girlfriend thinks that I’m a stalker. Well, she’s not exactly my girlfriend yet.
• Went for my routine checkup today and everything seemed to be going fine until he stuck his index finger up my butt. Do you think I should change dentists?
–from Jim Waggaman
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Releases Its Legislative Strategy Agenda for 2013-2014
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11331
I joined the MRF in 2011.
— toddbottle
tbwhithewolf@yahoo.com
Ramona, 92065
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COMES UP WITH A NEW WORD FOR BANDIT’S CANTINA–boîte bwaht; Fr. bwat, noun:
Three more people entered the boîte and one of them was Clarisse. She saw Daniel, nodded without smiling and looked for a place to sit.
You’re here now, at this groovy new boîte, for instance.
Boîte entered English in the early 1900s from the French word of the same spelling, which literally means “box” but is also used to refer to a nightclub, from the phrase boîte de nuit which means “box of the night.”
THIS JUST IN FROM RUSH LIMBAUGH—Love him
or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head.………By Rush Limbaugh:
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don’t criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can’t let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country.
If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you’re going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million..
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action,the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.
CHOP DOCS REPORT–Here is some more events that we need to slam the internet with. Also if any of you guys want to put a chopper/bike show together let me know.
On another note, a Catalog can be done for Cincinnati, but everything must be in and paid on Monday Jan 27.
–Ron Harris
CALIFA’S MOST AMBITIOUS HANDGUN BAN NOW UNDERWAY—
In 1976, the Brady Campaign, then known as the National Council to Control Handguns, said that the first part of its three-part plan to get handguns and handgun ammunition made “totally illegal” was to “slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold in this country.” This month, anti-gunners finally got that wish in California.
America’s two largest handgun manufacturers–Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger–have announced that they will stop selling new semi-automatic handguns in California, rather than comply with the state’s “microstamping” law. The law applies not only to entirely new models of handguns, but also to any current-production handgun approved by the state’s Roster Board, if such handgun is modified with any new feature or characteristic, however minor or superficial.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the law was “intended to help police investigators link shell casings found at crime scenes to a specific gun.” That’s pure spin, however. In reality, the law, signed in 2007 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is intended to terminate semi-automatic handgun sales and, over time, semi-automatic handgun ownership in the state. “Microstamping” will solve few, if any crimes and it is only a matter of time before a proposal to expand the law to include other firearms will follow.
Meanwhile, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has announced that it and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute have filed suit against the law in Fresno Superior Court “seeking both declaratory and injunctive relief against this back-door attempt to prevent the sale of new semiautomatic handguns to law-abiding citizens in California.“
Anti-gun activists often refer to California as the test bed for gun control laws they would like to have imposed throughout the country. Thus, it goes without saying that gun owners outside California should anticipate “microstamping” efforts in their states, and do what it takes to elect pro-Second Amendment governors and state legislators to deny the anti-gunners additional victories.
However, making sure that what has happened in California doesn’t happen elsewhere is not the only reason to step up our election year efforts. California accounts for 12 percent of the nation’s population and approximately eight percent of its handgun owners. We owe it to our fellow countrymen–our Second Amendment brothers and sisters–to elect a pro-Second Amendment president and senators who will approve that president’s nominations to the federal courts, where California’s “microstamping” law might one day be challenged. What is true in football is also true in the effort to keep America’s most popular type of handguns legal and affordable: the best defense is a good offense.
NEW JERSEY Cereal criminal sells snap, crackle, pot— LAKEHURST — Police say a New Jersey man mixed Rice Krispies and oregano and sold it as marijuana to a 17-year old for $210.
–Lakehurst Police Sgt.
Ron Heinzman said the teen told her mother she had taken the money to pay for half an ounce of marijuana. The juvenile and her mother went back to Erving’s house — and that’s when officers Jason Guide, Joseph DePasquale, Heinzman and Police Chief Eric Higgins were dispatched to Erving’s residence on Oak Street for a disturbance call, Heinzman said.
The teenager also admitted to police that she went to Erving’s house to obtain a half ounce of marijuana, gave Erving $210 in cash and received the bag, Heinzman said.
— Associated Press
–from Rogue
SASHA WRITES A MOTORCYCLE SONG FOR CANTINA MEMBERS—
Beat the winter blues with some motorcycle soul. FYI: I posted a free song download. It was a song that I had demo’d long ago and finally completed it. Enjoy! Just something fun to lift the spirit. Stay cozy and dreamy about that wide open road!
ROCK n ROLL n MOTORCYCLE SOUL.
BANDCAMP:
http://motoroadeommc.bandcamp.com/track/rock-n-roll-n-motorcycle-soul
or
SOUNDCLOUD:
https://soundcloud.com/chrome-cowgirl/rock-n-roll-n-motorcycle-soul
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BE THERE, BE THERE, THE BIG MOUNTAIN RUN 5 – June 10th – 15th— Yep, it’s true; after taking a one-year hiatus, the Cycle Source Magazine Big Mountain Run (BMR) is back by popular demand. The years have come and gone but the basic premise is still the same, only the roads and ending location have changed.
June 10th riders will be gathering at Triple S Harley-Davidson for a kick off party to begin their Gypsy Tour to the 2014 BMR. This year we will be riding the beautiful roads of West Virginia making a few stops along the way, ending at the BMR grounds at the County Farm in Parsons, West Virginia.
It all adds up to a two day Gypsy Run and a killer party at the end that includes, food, brews, vendors, bands, bike shows and the famous Tramp Triathlon. The all-new Hillbilly Invitational bike show will be featured at this year’s BMR with amazing awards to be given to the winners. A list of show details, builders and prizes will be announced soon.
If you like to break away, get out and ride the country and do something that’s like it used to be, then meet us in the hills of West Virginia.
Pre-register on line at www.bigmountainrun.blosgspot.com.
Entry fee of $30.00 gets you into the event June 13th – 15th. Free on-site camping will be given to all pre-registrants.
There’s another big bonus for pre-registering today – you will be entered into a contest to win an Indian Larry twisted down-tube frame!
For more information go to: www.bigmountainrun.blogspot.com. To become a vendor contact Penny Osiecki at pennyfxr@yahoo.com or call 702-566-3397.
ANTIQUE BANDIT METAL ART DISCOVERED IN FLORIDA—
Do you remember making this?
It is still hanging on the wall in my office.
–Rogue
PAUGHCO DISHED AND AXED CUSTOM TANKS–Paughco has taken some of their most popular custom and H-D style tanks and given them the “Old School” Axed and Dished” treatment.
Reminiscent of custom tanks of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the dished side panels provide a unique canvas to apply cool art work or fill space for custom inlays. Compact sizes and integrated mounts make them a simple fit to most frame backbones.
Tanks are fit with bung for cam-style caps and late model 22mm petcocks. Available in four capacities; 3.0, 3.5, 4.5 and 5-gallons. The tanks carry and MSRP of $346.95.
For complete details call Paughco direct at 775-246-5738 and be sure to visit them on the Web at www.paughco.com
QUICK, New Bikernet Reader COMPLAINT!—
Movie Mystery Bike Solved, the Mickey Rourke Black Death
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=8911
Your quote is wrong on, the movie Harley-Davidson and the Marlboro Man. It wasn’t Mickey Rouke. It was Don Johnson who said he’s going to take my girl, I’m going to take his bike.
If your going to quote someone make sure you know who said what.
–Terry
fxdwg3002@cox.net
North Las Vegas , NV
BIG BIKE EUROPE & AMD World Champs in alternate annual deal with INTERMOT—
Following the well-received debut of the Big Bike Europe (BBE) Expo at Essen, in May 2013, organizer AMD Magazine has been invited to stage the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building at the internationally respected INTERMOT Expo (October 1-5 2014, Cologne, Germany).
The AMD World Championship will rotate between INTERMOT and Big Bike Europe as alternate-annual expos at the Cologne Expo center – the next BBE therefore being in October 2015, and biennial thereafter.
Industry reaction to Big Bike Europe was almost universally positive in terms of both concept and organization. However, date issues were a primary factor in a promising but modest first year attendance. Rather than taking advantage of a four week earlier spring date option, the decision to co-join the AMD World Championship with INTERMOT and make BBE a biennial autumn/fall expo achieves three objectives.
It recognizes a fall/autumn timing preference that was voiced by many exhibitors. It capitalizes upon the attendance and frequency of the world’s premier international motorcycle industry event. It reduces the expo-budget burden on that (large) part of the international vendor community in Europe that already exhibits at INTERMOT.
INTERMOT routinely attracts between 200,000 and 250,000 trade and consumer visitors, from some 117 countries. As such it is by far the best attended international motorcycle exhibition of its kind in the world.
“Prior to the initial Big Bike Europe announcement in 2011, there had already been dialog about whether to co-join the AMD World Championship with one of the largest of the established shows,” explains organizer Robin Bradley.
“INTERMOT has the attendance; it has the facility; it has the large-displacement focus and, above all, it has the international status that is absolutely in the crosshairs of what we have always been trying to achieve.”
“We felt we needed ‘Proof of Concept’ for BBE before we were fully in a position to understand the best way forward for the Championship competitor and BBE exhibitor communities. We needed to create a forum that champions motorcycle modification and parts and accessory sales of all kinds. We have achieved a good start, and this formula is a solution that guarantees a truly robust long-term foundation on which to be able to do so.”
“Although the radio-silence concerning 2014 plans has been protracted and frustrating, it has been a necessary step sideways in order to be able to make what by any measure is a giant leap forward. At all stages this project has been about making good decisions rather than quick decisions. An agreement of this magnitude has warranted careful consideration and precise attention to those devilish details.”
“With AMD’s help, through its custom show affiliation program, we have made progress in developing the custom content of INTERMOT in line with our ambition to make sure that Europe’s leading international motorcycle industry and enthusiast expo can speak effectively to all sectors of the international powered two-wheel industry.”
Full details of the Championship classes and schedule, and of exhibitor rates and opportunities at the AMD World Championship at INTERMOT in October will be released in February.
Details about Big Bike Europe and AMD World Championship staging at the Cologne Expo Centre in October 2015 and beyond will be released later this year.
Organizer Robin Bradley concluded by saying: “I think we over-achieved in organizational and conceptual terms in 2013, leaving us with a need to build a convincing attendance in a shorter period of time than we had anticipated.”
Contact Sara Viney (sara@dealer-world.com) for further information.
www.amdchampionship.com and www.intermot-cologne.com
CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPEN–On their 50th anniversary, a wife found the negligee she wore on her wedding night and put it on. She went to her husband, a retired Boomer, and asked, “Honey, do you remember this?”
He looked up from his newspaper and said; “Yes dear, I do. You wore that same negligee the night we were married”
She said, “Yes, that’s right. Do you remember what you said to me that night?”
He nodded and said “Yes dear, I said, ‘Oh baby, I’m going to suck the life out of those boobs and screw your brains out’.”
She giggled and said; “That’s exactly what you said. So now it’s fifty years later, and I’m in the same negligee. What do you have to say tonight?”
He looked her up and down and said, “Mission Accomplished”
–from Jerry and Rogue
CANNABIS GETS A SUPER-BOWL TO HIGHLIGHT MIRIJUANA LAW REFORMS—
Bud Bowl. Weed Bowl. Fill a Bowl. Stoner Bowl. Super Stupor Bowl. Whatever you call it, the teams from Denver and Seattle are in it to win it! And so are cannabis consumers! The annual Super Bowl is always a great time for a few friendly wagers, and cannabis consumers are no exception. Happy to uphold this proud tradition, Colorado NORML and Washington NORML have made a little side bet on this historic game:
If the Denver Broncos win, WA NORML has agreed to dress in Bronco colors of blue and orange and sing Karaoke-style Colorado’s (second) official state song “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver. If the Seattle Seahawks win, CO NORML will do the same, but in Seahawk blue and green and singing “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix, a native son of Seattle.
A video of the performance must be posted on the respective state chapter’s web site, Facebook page and on YouTube for a minimum of one week, with an acknowledgment that the winning team’s state is simply awesome.
The unfortunate irony is that, despite the legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington and Colorado, the NFL continues to ban its use among players, although it is not a performance enhancing drug. Both teams have each lost key players this season to marijuana-related suspensions.
The Denver Broncos Von Miller, 2011 NFL defensive rookie of the year, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond, and Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner have all received suspensions for failing drug tests.
So while we celebrate this historic Super Doobie Bowl, cheering on our respective teams, and laughing about the irony of it all, let’s not forget those players on and off the field whose employers will not allow them to consume a legal substance that has never had an associated death in all of recorded history.
Let the schwag talking begin!
BIKERNET PHILOSOPHER HELPS OUT–The Most Important Thing to Believe In Is Yourself.
Why is it that many of us live a limited life when we have unlimited potential. That we have the belief that we can’t succeed in anything we try. Where did we learn about the false ideas about fear, doubt, failure, unworthiness and limitations? As I grow it becomes clear to me that this is not My Truth. Each day I let go of the old false beliefs and thoughts.
Today Know: Today is brand new and I am going to Live It to the fullest. Today is an opportunity to express my unlimited potential; if it is going to be It is up to me. Today I am going to have great growth.
I take on any challenge with ease and grace. I see All in a different Light, I see Good in All. Today I Love My Life and everyone and everything in it. Today I am grateful for all the opportunities!
And So It Is
–Namaste’
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. –Gail Devers
–Yale
Yale Custom Cycles
403-453-1999
2003 11 ST SE
Calgary AB
T2G 3G6
V-TWIN EXPO IS THE LAST GIANT STANDING–With increased dealer registration, the 14th Annual V-Twin Expo is gearing up for a great event in Cincinnati, Ohio February 8 and 9, 2014.
Agoura Hills, CA— (December 17, 2013) The 14th Annual V-Twin Expo is reporting increased dealer registration plus a strong list of exhibitors that continues to grow daily. Attendees can expect to meet with industry leading V-twin manufacturers, builders, designers, distributors and more during the two-day show at the Duke Energy Convention Center. In addition to the exhibitors, attendees have access to highly interactive seminars and working sessions geared to make their businesses more profitable and efficient. There will be no shortage of things to see and do at the V-Twin Expo. On the list and new for 2014 will be:
Meet the first woman to go over 200mph, holder of 10 Land Speed records and see the bike she did it on.
Check out a cool v-twin powered boat
Enjoy live music by the incomparable Jasmine Cain at the Industry Welcome Party & Awards hosted by veteran motorsport broadcaster, Griff Allen
See the Vance & Hines 6X Championship winning Pro Stock Motorcycle
“We work hard to produce a good show for good people! Having done so for nearly 14 years, we think it validates our dedication to the industry and its dealers. We continue to serve the wholesale v-twin market only and maintain our location year after year” explained Jim Betlach, Show Producer.
–from Rogue
I BELIEVE IN LAND OF THE BRAVE AND HOME OF THE FREE—And I will believe it until I die. That’s what made our country so damn strong. We stumbled, but whenever we put freedom first it worked. Look at the states that relaxed gun regs and offered training. They were safer and more free. Look at the states that chose training over helmet laws. Freedom works.
Okay, so what’s coming to Bikernet. Hang on as we prepare for the V-Twin Expo, bring you more techs from Bikernet Baggers, more Bikernet features, and more wild trikes coming from the Triking Viking to BikernetTrikes.
Make sure you sign up to receive Bikernet blog announcements. You’ll see everything that moves on all Bikernet Sites.
Shortly, you will see our first Wheeler Work Station coming together.
It’s all non-stop.
Ride Free Forever,
–Bandit
