BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWSDEVIL DOLLS FIRST GIRL POWER RUN–JULY 1. All bikes welcome. All women riders are welcome. There will be Bands, BBQ, contests and mo’. The men are supposed to meet at Erin Evans Custom Cycles or at Eaglerider. Here’s the Devil Dolls hotline: (415) 546-3700. I need […]
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWS Continued from Page 1NCOM COAST TO COAST BIKER LEGISLATIVE NEWSCompiled and Edited byBILL BISH,NATIONAL COALITION OF MOTORCYCLISTS– TEXAS GOVERNOR VETOES BIKER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL Despite anoutstanding lobbying effort by the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association andthe four Confederations of Clubs of Texas, and in spite of near
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWS I can’t get into it here, it’s too terrifying. You can get a taste, if you’re a member of the Cantina, in last week’s Sunday Post. Bikers and sailors share common traits. Every sailor I’ve ever met modified his sailboat. There’s also the outlaw characteristic
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 WILD WEST RESPONDS, “YOU MISQUOTED– John Covington or John Covington misspoke. Wehave hardly gone under. Actually, we are doing very well. We’ve expandedour dealer base to 14 dealers. We have doubled sales every year since 1998.We are profitable. We have a back log of
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALEDIt’s been an interesting week. Stories flying in here like bird shit in a sea gull farm. Watch for the fiction from Edge. He called this mornin’ and will be hooking up with me July 22, at Charolette H-D’s charity ride. Then came this news flash: the ultimate women’s car.
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 3 Take a look at the WCC, and the car behind !BIKERNET CARIBBEAN REPORT–One of those times when everything happens, I mean everything, at the sametime. Sturgis, shop, bikes to be built, rides and shows. One day turns intothe next one and we don’t even
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 2LATE BREAKING NEWS–They found the body of the Chinese pilot who rammed the P3surveillance plane.Although he had been previously listed incorrectly, he has nowbeen positively identified as WON DUM PHUC.HANOI JANE IS BACK–Just in case we forgot. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–CLONE MARKET SAGS, WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Continued from Page 1MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE–On their way to get married, a young couple are involved in a fatal car accident. The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While they are waiting, they begin
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–CLONE MARKET SAGS, WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?Yeah, I received the following quote from John Covington of Surgical Steeds in Phoenix: “They seem to be dropping like flies. Titan, Big-X, Boar,American Eagle, Quantum, Confederate, and I just heard that Ultra filed Chapter 11, too. The newswith the flooring companies is that Indian is
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BUBBA BLACKWELL CRASHES IN DEL MAR, WORLD PREPARES FOR STURGIS RUN (CONTINUED) Continued From Page 1THANKS MAN–I WAS RUNNING PRETTY LEAN. POINTS ARE ALL RIGHT BUT I GOT THOSE CHEAP AUTOZONE PLUGS AND I THINK IT LIKES ‘EM A LITTLE HIGHER QUALITY. SO FAR SO GOOD. I HOPE TO GET AN S&S CARB
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Remember to remove the spacers at the rear of the clutch basket before installing the new clutch. Always lube the plates and friction disks with Primary oil before inserting them into the clutch hub.Finish up with the rest of the drive, according to the manual. Bolt the outer primary in place, also
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FLASHBACK On the night of Jan. 10, 2001, Arlen Ness, Jesse James, Paul Yaffe and I were on different planes to the same destination: the Italian Chopper Custom Bike Show of Padova, near Milan, one of Europe’s most important motorcycle events. I cross the Atlantic a couple times a year, but it had been five
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I was sittin’ around listening to Bandit and Zebra go at each other again, over some b-s detail, and thinking’ that I’d probably be doin’ the world a favor to just blow both of them away, when it hit me. We’ve all read about the Bikernet West versus Bikernet East build up. We heard about
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–ULTRA DOWN, TWIN CAM HORSEPOWER UP (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1BROTHER ATTENDED MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION IN ARLINGTON– I was fortunate enough to be able to observe the laying of the wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, and I’ll tell all of you that there were not too
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–ULTRA DOWN, TWIN CAM HORSEPOWER UPIt was Memorial Day weekend and I got a call from NuttBoy, who was at his cabin in Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mountains. A giant pine had gone down directly in front of his cabin. He couldn’t escape to the liquor store for a beer run, so
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWN (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 2COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWS–Compiled and Edited by BILL BISH,National Coalition of MotorcyclistsNCOM CONVENTION “JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!” As NCOM Chairman DocReichenbach was making last-minute preparations for the 16th Annual NCOMConvention in Orlando, Fla., May 10-12, 2001, he told Bill Bish, NCOMexecutive
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWN (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 RESCUE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOLLOWING NHTSA/NBC NEWS ATTACK!– The joint Motorcycle Riders Foundation/State Motorcyclists? Rights Organization (SMRO) campaign to advance motorcycle safety through the 107th Congress hit full steam last week, only to suffer damage when a torpedo hit was leveled by
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWNI was minding my own business with one pretty little pussy in bed beside me when there was a clatter on the deck. We jumped to our feet, I got half dressed and headed for the front of the headquarters, grabbing weapons along the way. “What the
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Options in Harley exhaust pipes are as great as the chest of Anna Nicole Smith. You can buy and bolt-on. Years of stock layouts from Harley — plus a rich aftermarket — let you adapt and adopt styles ranging from ol’ time upsweep to drag to collector to shotgun. If you are stubborn like me
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Let’s get right down to the basics. The most important group, ofitems, that hold your whole scooter together is fasteners. Nuts andbolts can be very confusing to the novice. The concept of assemblingcomponents held together with socket-head, button-heads, Torx-head,setscrews, elastic lock nuts (Nylocks), flex-nuts, 12 points and capscrews could become a mind-boggling choice. Add to
These stainless steel fork stops have internal stops and were designed to eliminate the typical problems encountered with other fork stop systems. External stops are unsightly and tend to damage paint and chrome. Some internal stops shear screws and pins but these cups, built by Milwaukee Iron in Lynchburg, Virginia, were designed to avoid all
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Readers often ask about fork tube specifications. There are somany we’ve been in search of standard information to help buildersunderstand what the hell they’re working with. This information camefrom Rick Whitehead of Custom Cycle Engineering. As you will seebelow, they make and chrome any size you need. “For over 30 years we have manufactured extension
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Yeah, right, there once was a time when changing handlebars meant taking off the throttle, the grip on the left side, and one mirror, replacing the bars and bolting the other shit back on. Ah, but that was 5,000 years ago. Now replacing a set of bars is worse than replacing a piston in the
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–THREE STAFF MEMBERS KIDNAPPED BY CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 A COP PULLS A GUY OVER–for speeding and asked, “May I seeyour driver’s license?” The driver answered, “I don’t have one. I had itsuspended when I got my 5th DUI.”The officer asked, “May I see the owner’s card for this
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