METZLER V-TWIN EXPO ROUNDTABLE– An annual, industry-only event designed to thoughtfully examine and explore the latest issues and trends facing the V-twin community. This year’s roundtable will focus on five important, relevant topics, each one represented by industry insiders and designed to engage the feedback of all attendees – not just those on the panel.
We hope you will join us for this very special industry event. Breakfast, beverages and Bloody Marys will be provided.
The 2008 Metzeler Executive Roundtable Saturday, February 2, 2008 8:00 AM – Room 250
The Duke Energy Convention Center525 Elm StreetCincinnati, OH 45202
The members of this year’s roundtable and the scheduled discussion topics are as follows:
ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS:
Eddie Trotta – Founder, Thunder Cycle Design
Paul Teutul, Jr. – Lead Designer, OCC Motorcycles
Brett Smith – President, S&S Cycle
Bert Baker – Owner, Baker Drivetrain
Chris Maida – Editor, American Iron Magazine
Ron Bowen – Tire Product Manager, Metzeler/Pirelli; LeMans Corp.
Marc Wolfram – Marketing Director, K?ryakyn Industries
Paul Cox – Master Builder, Custom Bike Association Spokesman
ROUNDTABLE TOPICS:
I. The State of the Industry
II. The Prevailing Culture
III. Marketing to a New Generation
IV. The Impact of New Government Regulations
V. The Custom Bike Association (CBA)
STURGIS RIDER LIVE FILMED AT BIKERNET HEADQUARTERS II– For those of you who didn’t know, last weekend Sturgis Rider Live brought me to Long Beach to shoot Keith Ball’s “Assalt Weapan” (yes the spelling is correct). This bike set the land speed record for the fastest Panhead engine ever built! The job description was to match the sticker on the front fender with an artistic touch. I think we got it.
I also shot Randy Simpson’s Bike. Randy is the owner of Milwaukee Iron, you might have seen his show on the Discovery Channel. While I was there they also filmed two episodes of Sturgis Rider Live with legendary bikers,
Keith Ball & Bill Hayes. Bill Hayes it the author of “The Original Wild Ones” I also got to hang out with Blues Legends, Charlie Brechtel and Deacon Jones! The editor for Hot bike Magazine was also there watching me work.
I brought three models with me. First is Marie, we used her for the replica shot. Then we had Kristin “Sturgis Rider Live Girl” and Felicia Crowton. Felicia is a Playboy Special Edition Model. Felicia is 33 and a mother 0f 4. They also interview me with Felicia, that should be interesting 🙂
All I can say is, what a weekend!
–Jerry Southworth
ANOTHER STUDY CONCLUSION FROM BIKERNET UNIVERSITY–At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word ‘service.”It’s the act of doing things for other people.’Then I heard these terms which reference the word SERVICE:
Internal Revenue Service
Postal Service
Telephone Service
Civil Service
City & County Public Service
Customer Service
Service Stations
Then I became confused about the word ‘service .’ This is not what IThought ‘service’ meant. So today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he hadhired a bull to ‘ service’ a few of his cows. BAM! It all came intoperspective. Now I understand what all those ‘service’ agencies aredoing to us.
I hope you now are as enlightened as I am.
–from Nick Roberts
LePera’s BLACK “TRIBAL EMBOSSED”– LePera is now offering virtually any of their unique seat designs covered with Italian Embossed Premium grade Leather. The embossed leather is available in several patterns. Shown here is our Black TRIBAL EMBOSSED pattern featured on the L-105 spring mounted seat.
All seats feature LePera’s rugged, durable and precision fit seat pans and their world renowned seat cushion materials. As shown the seat is $ 222.00. For complete pricing, style, design and application details call 818-767-5110 or catch a closer look on line at http://www.lepera.com.
PRO-ONE UNVEILS 2008 FRAME KITS– Check out what PRO-ONE is offering for 2008. Shown here are just a sample of their very latest frame kits. Offered in Softail and Quad styles, there are 4 kits including: Pro-Quad Chopper, Pro-Quad Pro-Street, Softail? Style Chopper and Softail? Style Pro-Street. Each of the Quad kits is based on the company’s awesome FAT 300mm Pro-Quad frame while the SFT models are offered with the trend setting FAT 300mm Softail? frame.
100% Made in the USA each kit comes with all of the hardware shown and then some. Backbones with stretch up to 5″ and 4″ in the front leg. Rake measures 40 degrees and each is set up for RSD.
Pro-One gas tanks are 16 gauge steel fit with pop up caps and the steel fenders feature a strutless rear. You get a custom fit Pro-One oil bag, side mount license plate bracket, pointed top motor mount, polished stainless rock guard and massive 2″ single leg, 300mm chassis . Brackets are welded in place and mounting holes drilled.
All frame kits are sold in RAW STEEL but there is a long list of paint and powder coat options. Featuring the functional ride characteristics, rugged dependability and cutting edge styling Pro-One has built it’s reputation on, these newest frame kits cut out all the hassles and guess work while saving hours of tedious fitting.
For complete details call Pro-One direct at 800-884-4173 or visit them on the Web at
BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT– Mondays suck – so we rode.Take it all in.
–Whiplash Biker Photog
whiplash@photo.net
DENVER AT WAR WITH BIKE NOISE– That article on the noise ordinance has stirred up a bunch turds in Denver. Good job Man! But the person I think everyone should be putting pressure to is the Governor. His name is Governor Ritter and am sending along his web site.
Maybe we can send him a message how we feel about this noise ordinance Garcia has done. By the way I sent Garcia a letter and the guy actually was smug enough to thank me!
–Chuck Shortt
http://www.colorado.gov/governor
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PAUGHCO PERFECTS NEW BLACK AND BRASS FINISH– If you thought you had that new front end wrapped up feast your eyes on these “drop dead beautiful” brass, chrome and black combinations just released by Paughco. Recently perfected to meet the company’s rigid standards for finish and unsurpassed durability, all springer components and a limited number of other products, are now offered in brass as well as black powder coat and of course their legendary chrome.
And it’s your choice which parts to plate or coat. Starting with a fully finished chrome part, each order will be processed to your request. Black rear legs with brass front, brass springs and rockers with chrome legs, brass and chrome legs with black springs and any other combination that turns you on. Just let them know and you can have the most respected name in springers personalized to fit your scooter’s personality. Each order will be a special order so call and get a quote for your particular combination.
Call direct to 775-246-5738 or visit them on the Web at www.paughco.com.
WOMEN GOTTA PEE–Two women friends had gone for a girl’s night out.Both were very faithful and loving wives, however they had gotten over-enthusiastic on the Bacardi Breezers.
Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to pee, so they stopped in the cemetery.
One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought she would take off her panties and use them.
Her friend however was wearing a rather expensive pair of panties and did not want to ruin them.
She was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave that had a wreath with a ribbon on it, so she proceeded to wipe with that.
After the girls did their business they proceeded to go home.
The next day one of the women’s husband was concerned that his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over, so he phoned the other husband and said:”These girl nights have got to stop!I’m starting to suspect the worst…my wife came home with no panties!!”
“That’s nothing” said the other husband, “Mine came back with a card stuck to her ass that said…..
‘From all of us at the Fire Station.We’ll never forget you.'”
CYCLE SOURCE MAGAZINE ON THE MOVE!– Just wanted to let everyone know that the “Grass Roots Motorcycle Magazine” Cycle Source, has recently scored two distribution deals that will be bringing it to more stores in your neighborhood. The first is with this issue titled Bobber Madness that has been added to Border’s Book Stores. In it you can find some killer coverage on the bobber trend and a great offering on the history of bobbers from the man himself Keith “Bandit” Ball.
Starting with the March issue we will be available through the 7-Eleven chain as well and we are asking everyone with these stores near them to go look for us and send an e-mail telling us where we were spotted!
In closing, we’d just like to thank the readers and advertisers that have made the two years on the national newsstand so incredible and everyone that has been with us for our eleven year history! This has been a real validation that our brand of magazine has found a place in our culture.
–Chris Callen
Editor The Cycle Source Magazine
118 Dellenbaugh Rd.
Tarentum, PA 15084
mailto:cyclesource69@comcast.net
http://www.cyclesource.com
724-226-2867
724-226-2867724-226-8393
WATCH WHAT YOU HANG ON TRAILER HITCHES IN VIRGINIA– RICHMOND, Va. – It’s one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia.
State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers.
Under his measure, displaying the ornamentation on a motor vehicle would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.
He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it.
“‘I didn’t know what to tell her,'” Spruill said the constituent told him before Spruill vowed to stop such displays.
“I said, ‘Sir, I’m going to be a laughingstock, but I’m going to do it,'” he said.
The Virginia General Assembly has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it drew widespread attention with an unsuccessful effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear.
Spruill, 61, said the indignity of the “droopy drawers” debate wouldn’t deter him. He said he won’t hesitate to bring a set of $24.95 trailer testicles with him for a legislative show-and-tell.
“I’m going to do it,” Spruill told a handful of reporters after Tuesday’s House session adjourned. “I’m going to bring them out here and show them to you till they tell me to stop.”
–from RogueSturgis Freedom FightersMotorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
THE BIKERNET OPTIMIST CREED–I always keep a copy of this under my desk blotter. It says it all. When you?re feeling down read it, goddamnit. It’ll do you good. It’s actually the Optimist Creed, a service organization that lives by this creed, and helps communities all across our nation.
Promise Yourself-To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Let it be written, let it be done.–Bandit
DSF Bike – Das Polo Motorrad Magazin Folge 191–Erstausstrahlung: Mittwoch, 16.01.2008 um 21:15 Uhr im DSF.
Wir freuen uns, Ihnen mitteilen zu k?nnen, dass wir in einem Beitrag der oben genannten Motobike-Sendung auch ?ber Ihr Produkt berichten werden (Ural).
Falls Sie aus Zeitgr?nden die Erstausstrahlung nicht verfolgen k?nnen, teilen wir Ihnen nachfolgend die Wiederholungstermine* mit:
CLUB TREASURER LOOKING FOR AN ’07 ROAD GLIDE–There are no ’07 Road Glides available in Hawaii, so Chris is looking to the mainland. He wants a new one, or used with super low mileage. If you know a dealership that has one, or a bro, just drop a note to the Island Man.
–Chris T.
cjtgotstickers@hawaii.rr.com
BIKERNET EXCLUSIVE WORKOUT PROGRAM–Hell, I thought I had a pretty good workout program going until I read this. Now what do I do?A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program. The next day, there’s a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads, ‘If you can catch me, you can have me.’
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next day there’s a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, ‘If you catch me you can have me’.
Well, he’s out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program ‘Are you sure?’ asks the representative on the phone. ‘This is our most rigorous program.’ ‘Absolutely,’ he replies, ‘I haven’t felt this good in years.’
The next day there’s a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, ‘If I catch you, your butt is mine.’
He lost 63 pounds that week.
–from Ross Parrow
WORLD WIDE GAS PRICES– Prices are quoted in US dollars per US gallon for regular unleaded .
Oslo , Norway$6.82
Hong Kong$6.25
Brussels , Belgium$6.16
London, UK$5.96
Rome , Italy$5.80
Tokyo , Japan $5.25
Sao Paulo, Brazil$4.42
New Delhi, India$3.71
Sidney, Australia$3.42
Johannesburg, South Africa$3.39
Mexico City$2.22
Buenos Aires , Argentina$ 2.09
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia$0.91
Kuwait$0.78
Caracas , Venezuela $0.12
–from Bob Clark
THE NEW GUNBUS–The idea to design an own vehicle – with all the consequences – is growing since quite a while in our minds. The question was, what kind of a vehicle (or even an aircraft) it should be. It should be something that is not available yet, where we got the possibilities to make it, that is ambitious to technics and creativity and that is correlated to our own history.
All these things made us design this motorcycle. The cylinders, taken from a 9cyl. radial engine, and their cylinder heads in that size with their filigree cooling fins appeared to be technical beauties. After having designed the needed crankcase and the auxiliaries the size of the motorcycle was given. To get a proportional tire size was not easy, but thanks to RIGDON meanwhile even this problem is solved. Instead of the originally planned Boeing 767 tires GUNBUS now stands on RIGDON custom tires. In size and form these tires are comparable to the aircraft tires and they have got the right – round – profile. Load and speed index are sufficient and adequate supply is guaranteed.
Last but not least we point out that this motorcycle will be build in small series and is offered for sale. Please contact us for further information.
New: Due to multiple requests we decided to offer GUNBUS with a sidecar. Further details and technical specifications will follow soon.
http://www.leonhardtweb.de/english/gunbus/
–Clemens F. Leonhardt_Tullastra?e 28__75031
Eppingen_Germany_
_Phone: +49 (0)7262 – 924145 & +49 (0)7262 – 924452
_Fax: +49 (0)7262 – 205512
_Cellphone: +49 (0) 171 1270285
_email: clemens@leonhardtweb.de
BIKERNET WEB SITE OF THE WEEK, VET VOICE– VetVoice is the online home of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. It is for Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard members, as well as for veterans, their families, and their supporters. VetVoice is where we can come together to sound off on the issues that concern all of us.
VetVoice aims to be a nexus for information and opinion on war news, war politics, deployments, optempo, veterans’ issues, troops’ families’ issues, and more.
–Editor
Brandon Friedman
http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do
–from Nick Roberts
THE BIKERNET YEAR OF THE VET– We have devoted this year and next , and maybe many years to come, to supporting Veteran’s charities. I’m hoping to start a section on Bikernet specifically to contain news about Veteran’s charities, but I may need some help, a writer/contributor.
We were headed toward a raffle program with the Fisher Foundations, but they turned us down, due to questionable content on Bikernet? That’s cool and we will continue to look for a highly reputable charity to develop the raffle in conjunction with, throughout 2008 and 2009. So for now, with the help of a Chris Kallas Illustration, we will kick off a Veterans’ Charities department on Bikernet and support them all with news and info about each charity. Maybe one will develop into a relationship for the raffle.
If you are interested in helping, let me know. I need someone to research each Veteran’s charity and write about their activities, contacts and how folks can support their efforts. We will launch a story about each charity and give all our readers the opportunity to review each article and pick a charity that meets their desires for veterans. Then as the year proceeds we will cover charity efforts and activities. We’ll do anything we can to spread the word about these various charities.
Just drop me a line, if you can help or supply info about a veteran’s charity: Bandit@Bikernet.com
MORE THERAPY FROM THE BIKERNET HOSPITAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY STAFF– When you have an “I Hate My Job” day, try this: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson. Be very sure you get this brand.
When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Open the package and remove the thermometer.
Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken . Now the fun part begins. Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully.
You will notice that in small print there is a statement: “Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized.” Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times, “I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control department at Johnson &Johnson. “HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE ASS THAN YOURS >
–from Vern H.
SACRAMENTO EASYRIDERS SHOW THIS WEEKEND– Vendors sold out, 120 bikes pre-registered (above last years number), Pre sale tickets are up 125% over last year, Sacramento is our second largest bike show of the year, The Editors for Easyriders and V Twin Magazine have picked 12 Feature bikes from the first 2 shows this year. If you want to get a shot at some great Magazine coverage the Easyriders V Twin Bike Show is the place to be.
The top 6 Best of Show bikes advance to the Invitational in Columbus Ohio Feb 15-17. Big Pre Party at Sacramento H-D, don’t miss it. Enter to win the Carolina Customs drop seat built by Dorian Swanner it’s free to enter
The Big Dog trailer is going to be here with the full 2008 line. All 6 Centerfold Builders are going be present. Entertainment by The Jasmine Cain Band. Fashion Shows by the Purrfect Angelz. The weather is going to be perfect mid 50s and sunny. Get discounted tickets advance on easyridersbikeshow.com.
Show Times
11-9 Sat
11-5 Sun
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