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SASHA’S NEW BOOK FROM MOTORBOOKS– Attached is the final cover of my book. Groovy! The photo is by Michele Lanci-Altomare, Creative Director, Motorbooks, Inc.
Thank you, thank you! I say this to you…because you have SOOOOO inspired my career to keep moving forward. The book comes out August 18th. Feel free to use the photo on the cover of the book, but please reference Michele as the photographer. xoxoxoxoxoxo
–xoS
The Next Great American Builder Holds Open Casting Call During Sturgis 2008–Sturgis, S.D. – July 10, 2008 ? The Next Great American Builder is partnering with The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse at Thunder Road during Sturgis Bike Week 2008 for a one of a kind event. In keeping with Thunder Road?s reputation as ?the custom capital of Sturgis?, the upcoming television series is holding an open casting call on Saturday August 2nd for amateur bike builders who are ready to enter the ultimate competition.
This live event kicks off at 9am on Saturday and will be filmed for the first episode of the series, where a cross country search has already garnered thousands of entries from hopefuls who think they have what it takes to be the next custom bike building star. Contestants who register on site will then be brought face to face with some of the stars from the show: Paul Cox, Gard Hollinger and Billy Lane. Watch sparks fly as these guys determine whether contestants should make the cut or be left in the dust!
Anyone interested in auditioning should arrive at Thunder Road and check in at The Next Great American Builder registration desk starting at 9am until 6pm on Saturday August 2nd with the following:
-A valid ID
-A motorcycle they have built themselves OR 2 photos
of a motorcycle they have built-Lots of charm and charisma to win these guys over!
And throughout the following week at Thunder Road, Paul Cox, Gard Hollinger, Billy Lane and Russell Mitchell will be at The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse along with the rest of The Next Great American Builder gang. We?ll also be featuring the one of a kind talent of custom painter Buck Wild who will be painting and striping on site. This is one week you don?t want to miss!
For additional information, please visit:
www.greatamericanbuilder.tv
www.hrroadhouse.com
www.thunderroadsturgis.com
www.randrpromo.com
WATCH OUT FOR RENEGADE’S 3D ?ASPEN?–How Sweeeet is Renegade?s 3D Aspen? This amazing design features a contoured 9-spoke layout with 3D cut, producing the overall impression of an airfoil. As with all Renegade wheels, the ASPEN is precision machined from a single block of the highest grade billet aluminum.
Each wheel is then polished to a mirror finish and dipped in brilliant, extremely durable show quality chrome. All Wheels are shipped complete with applicable hubs and bearings and are available in diameters from 16?-23? and widths from 2.25? to 14?.
Additionally, all Renegade custom wheels carry a Lifetime Structural Warrantee!
For complete details visit the entire Renegade lineup at www.renegadewheels.com
94.1 KMPS Welcomes:JAKE OWENWith Special GuestsBACKFIRE BAND– JAKE OWEN to ?YEE HAW? the Napavine Amphitheater and its been a long time coming.My dad had always wanted to be a professional golfer, and he could have been, but life andresponsibilities prevented him from pursuing that dream. He told me that if this was my dream, and if itwere my gift, them I should go for it, and that I had their blessing.?
Two days later, Owen packed his clothes, some furnishings, his two guitars and a notebook full of songsinto his Forerunner and headed north. ?I didn?t know anyone in Nashville, but I knew I needed to go to theplace where it happens. I found an apartment in Bellevue, about 10 miles from town.
That first week, Ibasically stayed in my apartment writing songs.?When he finally made his first visit to Music Row, it wasn?t to a record label, or a publisher, or amanagement office. It was to open a bank account, a deposit that ultimately reaped immeasurableinterest and dividends. ?When Becky (the bank employee) asked me what I did for a living, I told her I wasa singer/songwriter.
She said she would like to hear my music sometime; luckily, I just happened to havea CD,? he says with a laugh. The following day, he got a phone call from Warner-Chappell Music,expressing interest in his material. Though that arrangement did not ultimately work out, Owen felt thathis decision to pursue a career in Nashville has been validated. A chance meeting over lunch withproducer Jimmy Ritchey (Clay Walker, Mark Chesnutt and Jimmy was raised in Centralia WA) confirmedit.
?We just hit it off right away,? he says. ?We became friends first. But he was very supportive. For thenext 18 months, we basically hung out, writing songs. I hardly even went out of my apartment. I wrote asong with Jimmy and Chuck Jones called Ghost that we thought Kenny Chesney was going to record. Hedidn?t, but that sort of put me on the RCA radar. Jimmy got me together with Renee Bell, Senior VicePresident for SonyBMG Nashville and she signed me.? Less than two years after moving to Nashville, the24-year-old former golfer had a recording deal and basically brought a finished album to the table.
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NIGHT DRAGON FROM VICIOUS REVEALED AT CARLISLE BIKE FEST ’08–We revealed the night Dragon for the builders show, “We didn’t win it this year though. We also finished the custom FOUR a Cure charity bike on stage and fired it up! It will be auctioned off at the fall swap meet at Carlisle.
Donna “Miss Vicious” won the Miss Carlisle Bike Fest for two years running. Not bad she just turned 30 the day before. We added a new Vicious girl as well Angie.
–Dave
dave@viciouscyclesinc.com>
HINES RIDES HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO NHRA FINALS AT SONOMA–Krawiec and Hines Face Off in Semi-Final Round; Hines Builds Series Points Lead
SONOMA, CALIF. (July 27, 2008) ? Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines advanced to the final round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the Fram/Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway. In his fourth final-round appearance of the season, Hines lost to Rocklin Motorsports Buell rider Matt Guidera, but added to his overall lead in NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season points. Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec advanced to the semi-final round before losing to Hines.
Aboard a Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycle, Hines qualified in the sixth position for the Sunday Pro Stock Motorcycle elimination rounds with a time of 7.033 seconds. Krawiec qualified his Screamin? Eagle V-Rod seventh at 7.036 seconds. Karen Stoffer rode the Geico Suzuki to the top qualifying spot with a 6.962 pass.
Hines opened eliminations with a red-light win against Hector Arana in the first round, and a victory in round two over his closest rival in season points, NitroFish Buell rider Matt Smith, who had a mechanical problem during his run.
Krawiec defeated Team Tigue Suzuki rider Craig Treble in the first round, and won in round two when the motorcycle ridden by Chris Rivas broke at the starting line. In the round three race between the Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines teammates, Hines left the line with a reaction time of just 0.006 on his way to a pass of 7.055 to beat the 0.039/7.097 run posted by Krawiec.
In the final, Hines lost at the light with a 0.050/7.026 run to the 0.018/7.054 pass by Guidera, who crossed the line with a .0045-second margin of victory.
?I really cut it close at the start against Eddie, so maybe that was on my mind and I watched the yellow just a little too long in the final,? said Hines. ?But all the way down the track I thought that I would catch Guidera, especially after the 7.125 run he?d made in the semi-finals. But he beat me by about the thickness of my front tire.?
Beating Smith in the second round was a highlight of the day for Hines.
?I thought it would be tough to beat Smith,? said Hines. ?That win not only helped us in the points, it let us run some rounds back-to-back today and really work on our tune-up. I think we?ll be racing with real momentum in the second half of the season.?
Krawiec raced to the semi-final round of eliminations for the third consecutive NHRA race weekend.
?It?s good to be consistent, because we keep scoring points,? said Krawiec. ?I guess I dropped back one position to sixth in the points, but we gained ground on the teams ahead of us, and now there are less than 20 points between sixth and fourth. We?ll have a real opportunity to move up before the U.S. Nationals at Indy.?
After nine rounds in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Hines leads the Pro Stock Motorcycle class with 762 points. Smith is 76 points back in second place with 686 points, followed by Chip Ellis with 644 points, Rivas with 569, Guidera with 563 and Krawiec in sixth place with 554. NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycles will race next August 7-10 at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minn.
J&P WIDE SWINGARM KITS–These new kits from J&P Cycles allow the use of W-I-D-E wheels and tires in a cost-effective manner. They allow stock Harley-Davidson Dyna, Softail Evolution and Twin Cam models to accept up to a 250mm tire with only minor modifications. These kits are complete and include everything you need for the conversion.
For more information on this and other swingarm kits, visit us online at WWW.JPCYCLES.COM or call us toll-free at 800-397-4844.
ERIK BUELL APPOINTED TO AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION BOARD–On June 27, 2008, the American Motorcyclist Association officially appointed Erik Buell as a Corporate Member on the AMA board of directors. Erik is Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of Buell Motorcycle Company, wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc. In 1971, Erik joined the AMA as a lifetime member.
Erik Buell’s career with Harley-Davidson began in 1979 when he joined the Company as a Junior Test Engineer immediately following his graduation from the University of Pittsburgh. His background up until graduation included working in the motorcycle industry as a mechanic and service manager in a number of dealerships, as well as racing professionally in the American Motorcyclist Association series as an Expert rider. After joining Harley-Davidson, Erik continued his involvement in professional racing, while also working in a series of positions at Harley-Davidson, including Product Engineer, Project Engineer and Senior Project Engineer.
In 1983, Erik left the Motor Company to build his own Buell racing motorcycles. Recently Buell Motorcycle Company celebrated a quarter century of motorcycles in East Troy, Wisconsin.
“The AMA is currently going through a huge transformation into what leadership there believes will be a much better organization, poised to open up the world of motorcycling to more people. After going through my first board meeting, I can certainly say that all the members there are absolutely unified in helping make these changes happen. I am very honored by being chosen to be part of this by the AMA and HDI, and will do my best to apply my experience to deliver to the AMA goals,” said Erik.
Big Bear Choppers SUMMIT Meeting Peeked with an Optimistic Energy–Big Bear Choppers (BBC) hosted an industry Meeting with their dealers and invited press members for the annual SUMMIT Meeting this July up in the mountains of Big Bear Lake, CA. These industry folks without a doubt went home with a mountaintop high and a head buzzing with the understanding and knowledge that BBC is a big future of Premium American Motorcycles with their industry driving designs, solid financial status, strategic dealer/customer incentive programs and brand equity.
This Meeting was for the purpose of giving Big Bear Choppers? dealers and the press a better understanding of who they are, what they do, and where they expect to guide the company in the future. Big Bear Lake?s well-known Big Bear Ch?teau resort was the setting for the formal presentations and open forums. Factory tours by BBC owners Kevin and Mona Alsop were on hand with demo rides on a variety of their bikes around the scenic lake.
?Those dealers and press guys who have never stepped foot on BBC land were impressed with our operation, professionalism and passion, and have a higher respect from their firsthand experience,? says Andy Meadors ?Marketing Director. Rick Urban ?Dealer Development Director added, ?We introduced new strategic dealer incentive programs that will not only benefit the dealer, but will also benefit the customer in the end.?
This was the weekend to introduce the highly anticipated Fairing component for the G.T.X. bagger, and yet other variable additions such as 2-Up configured Venom and Devil?s Advocate ProStreet designs, now totaling 18 models and variations in BBC?s expanding fleet. The BBC dealers and press members lined up with ants in their pants to ride the new ?09 models and the best sellers around the scenic and twisty lake route.
Kevin Alsop adds, ?We expect the economy to start picking up between now and spring of 2009. By that time, our strong momentum through the winter will sling shot Big Bear Choppers into next summer by our incentive programs and distinct brand marketing.?
Big Bear Choppers has the tools and determination to become something even greater for the near and far future. To keep a pulse on what they are currently producing in their ever-so-creating world -click their website: www.bigbearchoppers.com.
BIKERNET BROUHAHA SHOW CLASS QUESTION– Bandit, bet you?re busy. Are you going to be at Thunder road on Friday in person, I’d like to meet you, buy you a beer? I have a question concerning the bike show. Is the American Manufactured bike show class for everyday rides? I have a Dyna that I think looks pretty good, but it is an everyday rider. What’s your thoughts on that?
— Will from Denver
Hey Will, Yes I?ll be at the show at Thunder Road all day. And yes the American Manufactured class is for everyday rides. I?d like to see your Dyna. Just bring it to Thunder Road between 9 and 11 on Friday for check in. There?s no charge to enter your bike.
Look forward to it and ride safe, damnit,–Bandit
BUELL launch 1125CR–BUELL has debuted its 2009 model range with the launch of the 1125CR. It is described by the East Troy, Wisconsin company as “a modern interpretation of ‘caf? racer’ styling” and utilizes the Buell Helicon 1125 liquid-cooled V-Twin engine. It is one of nine models from Buell covering sports, Streetfighter and adventure bikes.
“Part superbike and part Streetfighter, the 1125CR is my vision of a 21st century caf? racer,” said Erik Buell, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Buell Motorcycle Company. “It’s got Clubman style bars and a fly screen instead of a fairing. Then we geared it down to optimize acceleration. With a class-leading weight-to-horsepower ratio, the 1125CR takes Streetfighter performance to a new level.”
The second bike in the sportbike range is the 1125R, which uses the same Helicon engine as the 1125CR. For 2009 it is available in new body and wheel colors and with tinted windscreens.
Completing the sport range is the Firebolt XB12R, with a new blacked-out frame, swingarm, powertrain, forks and other components. It also features new high-performance Pirelli Diablo Corsa III tires for ’09.In the Streetfighter range the XB Lightning XB12Ss and XB12Scg are powered by the Thunderstorm 1203 engine and gain Buell ZTL2 front brake with four-pad, eight-piston caliper, a design that debuted on the 1125R in 2008. The XB9SX has its seat lowered by 1.3in to 30.1in.
Making up the adventure sportbike line-up are the Ulysses XB12XT, Ulysses XB12X, and Ulysses Police XB12XP. The latter is a ‘special duty’ motorcycle intended for government agencies and private security firms. It is supplied with a special wiring harness for easy installation of an ‘Emergency Response Kit’, which includes special compact, hard-shell top and side cases, a siren and LED police pursuit lamps.
Buell Blast completes the 2009 range and is powered by a 34hp, 492cc single-cylinder engine. For 2009, the Blast is offered in new Sunfire Yellow and Midnight Black, both with Stardust Silver wheels.www.harley-davidson.com
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