Welcome to another week of Bikernet?s Thursday News! Bandit won?t be joining us today as he is in route to the NCOM Convention in North Carolina. He?s there to present his noise study and to be a keynote speaker Friday morning. He?ll talk about his take on the motorcycle industry; his involvement, how the government is trying to put a wedge between riders and their seats, and how we all need to stick together to fight back. We don?t want to give an inch to the EPA or anyone else. In fact, there are a few inches we need to get back in the form of mandatory helmet laws and noise restrictions. If you?re one to sit back and wait to see what happens, please start doing something instead. The more voices that speak out, the better chance we have of being heard. OK, no more preaching from me, just some good news. I may have one or two more things to talk about but I?ll spare you till the ending.
Layla
ENVY CYCLE UPDATE–I’ve attached two images of 1 of 2 new pipes I’m putting into production this week. The images are of the Streetwalker FMJ (Full Metal Jack-It).The FMJ is a 2 into one with 1 3/4″ head pipes stepped up to 1 7/8″ coming into a merge and a 3″ collector. It’s made entirely of 16 gauge DOM tubing. It’s is designed to fit stock bikes with either evo or twin cam motors.
It is available with O2 bungs for O2 sensors and Dyna owners take note, it is transmission mounted. Bracket and bracket hardware are included. The FMJ comes with the full sleeve, heat shields and different bolt on tips will be available.
Designed to have an old school look the FMJ’s will be available in black ceramic or the new titanium ceramic shown in the pictures. The full sleeve heat shields require the rider to make a serious choice between chrome, brushed satin finish, ceramic, black or titanium. The pipes are also available in show chrome with the same choices on heat shields. For the feint hearted a small vortex baffle is available that bring the decibels down a couple of notches on the decibel gun.
The FMJ’s are also available in a RSD version that will fit a 300 belt or 330 chain. The RSD application is not intended for cable clutch applications.They will be available very soon on our website,
Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show Expands!!&Top 50 Rally Park Adds to List of Events!– Top 50 Rally Park has some big names and big events coming to the property during the 2007 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally including the biggest and best bike show of the rally. The Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show has added several classes to the competition this year making it even bigger that before!Attached is a press release and event pictures. Please let me know you have received this information and in what issue it may run in your publication or when it would be posted on your website. If you have any questions, concerns, or would like more pictures of the events taking place please contact Tyna Bower Top 50 Rally Park at 605.737.4200.Thank you for your time and assistance.
Tyna Bower
ULTIMATE PRIMARY KIT– Looking for a primary drive for that ground-up custom? Look no further. PRO-ONE has taken the guess work out of choosing compatible components that look as good as they perform with this all inclusive BILLET PRIMARY DRIVE KIT. You?ll get everything you need from the awesome triple chrome plated billet CNC machined inner and outer primary covers to the clutch basket, compensating sprocket, clutch spring, chain, tensioner, seals, gaskets and Barnett Extra Plate clutch kit. The optional ?Smoothie? style outer primary cover is one trick unit and eliminates the need for separate derby and inspection covers.
For complete details contact your nearest PRO-ONE dealer or contact them direct at 800-884-4173. On the web at www.pro-one.com
Writing another chapter in the ?Old School? Bible!–The new, 168 page 2007 Jammer?s Handbook features over 2,100 way cool retro style goodies, and has something for just about everybody who luvs Old School Cool! Whether you?re looking to build a ground-up rigid Pan?, breathe new life into an old swingarm Shovel, or just pimp out your late model ride, the new Jammer?s Handbook is for you!
Jammer Cycle Products was founded back in 1970, and the Jammer?s Handbook has been the bible for old school riders ever since. Jammer products are distributed exclusively by Custom Chrome, and the new 2007 Jammer?s Handbook and all the Cool stuff featured in it are available through 6,500+ Custom Chrome Dealers worldwide. To locate a dealer in your area contact; U.S.A.: Ph: 1-800-597-6467. Website: www.jammerclub.comEurope: Ph: +49 (0) 671-88888-0. E-mail: info@customchrome.deJapan: Ph: 03-4496-4473. E-mail: Japan@customchrome.com
Jammer Cycle Products…Doin? it the old school way since 1970!
KNOCK OUT MOTORCYCLES MOVING UP– Thanks again for the great snap on write up ? we?ve gotten some calls about it. Just got done reading your latest issue of the news and what?s going on with your build. It seems to be pointed in the rite direction ? have fun.
I was checking out the golf ball theory you were going over with Rick and it even goes a step further. I am apart time golfer, not a hacker, but no pro either. I do it to relax and get away from the phone. Its also easy when I live on an upscale golf coarse here in AZ. Anyways, Nike & Callaway have taken dimple technology and modernized it. Hexagonal dimples flow better than round moon shapes. You need to see the their respective websites for all the techno jargon ? but I guess it works. I play Callaway balls and get some better distance ?. Anyways, just thought I?d throw that in!!!
We here at Knock Out are big fans of building customs the ?rite way? when it comes to front ends. We build em to ride em and for that to take place, trail must be understood first and foremost. We go so far as to do ruff cals with the customer while discussing his / her build. We calculate as closely as possible using a great tech sheet from the rb racing web site (http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/advchoppercalc.html) ..This is also helpful as a tool so that our customers understand what we are doing ? some don?t care ? but most are grateful that we will build a bike that is as ?rite? as possible. Its getting tuffer and tuffer to sell a custom these days given the ?drier? market, so we need to make sure we are not just a bike assembler .. we are custom builders / fabricators!!! We need to be better than the next guy and pay attention to all aspects of the build. We sometimes tell guys ?no? ? what you want will not work and we will not build it. +5? up with +6? out having a +12? front end is gonna flop over like a mother f-er ?. So let?s try doing it this way?.
Anyways ? I just thought you might like that link. It works!!! Don?t know if Ralph told you, but we are moving. Our new address as of 5/15/07 will be :
638 W. Broadway Rd.Ste 314
Mesa AZ 85210
We are moving in with our bond company and increasing our foot/2. Phone and fax will stay the same. Website is being renovated as well ? we are adding e-commerce and more content.
Have a good weekend ? I’m off to pack more boxes!!! What a way to spend my 40th birthday ? ain’t that a bitch??!!
Later-
Matt Michalek
V.P. of Operations
Knock Out Motorcycle Co.
480-279-1734 / 480-279-1743 – fax
www.ralphrandolph.com
RIVERA/PRIMO?S OFFSET INNER PRIMARY COVERS–Here’s a quickie on Rivera/Primo’s OFFSET INNER PRIMARY COVERS, designed forSoftails, 1990-2006.
These lustrous chromed beauties typify the dedication our craftsman areknown for…Designed to Fit, Engineered to Last.What more could a guy (or gal) hope for !!
Click on our logo for more information!
PLAN / ANALYZE / EXECUTE / REANALYZE–
4 Ladies, 5 Hours, 1 sweet bike built for 2 great causes!
Gina Woods XX Chrome?s All Women Bike Build.The recipe called for 4 women to assemble a bike on stage at Ken and Bonnie Juza?s Midwest Cycle Mania show in Green Bay Wisconsin on Saturday April 21st. 8 hours, was the time frame for us girls to get this bike together and fired up. The ingredients list included Laura Ellifson of Klockwerks, Tami Walker of Diva Customs, Jody Perewitz of Perewitz Cycle Fab, and myself Sara Liberte of Rt?s North Hills Cycle Inc.
The 4 of us girls had implemented out best work ethic and plan of attack. We started with the front end, got the bike tied down and then Tami and Laura grabbed the engine off the engine stand, carried it over to the lift, set it on the edge while Tami got into position, I grabbed the engine shaft and Tami lifted that 80? Evo right into the frame! We all got straight to work and didn?t stop. Awesome team work by the 4 of us, we stayed focused and about 5 hours 5 minutes later the bike fired up on our first turn of the key! It was exciting for us all, but I have to say the best part was handing the key over to the two foundations that will hopefully benefit immensely from this bike build, The Ribbon Of Hope Foundation, and the freepapsmear.org Marti Spittell Ziegelbauer Foundation.
Gina Woods XX Chromes All Woman Bike Build was a huge success thanks to the many sponsors and help from so many people involved. The Open Road Radio crew, Vandervest Harley Davidson, Action Cycle, Advantage Trailer, Jason of Diva customs, Brian Klock, Dan Cheeseman, Mac Tools, Ironworks Magazine, Geico Motorcycle, Miller, Metzeler Tire, Zippo, Doc?s Harley Davidson, US Bank, Roadrunner Motorcycle Touring, Cyclefocus, and The Jerry Parins Cruise for Cancer.
Oh, and did I mention we got this thing built and fired up with the first turn of the key in 5 hours 5 minutes! Now that?s how you ?Git ?Er Done?.
Open Road Radio ? www.openroadradio.com
XX Chromes All Women Bike Build www.xxchromes.com
Diva Customs ? www.divacustoms.com
Klock Werks Kustom Cycle ? www.kustombaggers.com or www.kustomcycles.com
RT?s North Hills Cycle ? www.northhillscycle.com
Sara Liberte Photography and Image Fusion ? www.saraliberte.com
Perewitz ? www.perewitz.com
A Cruise for Cancer ? www.cruiseforcancer.org
Marti Spittell-Ziegelbauer Foundation ? www.freepapsmear.org
Ribbon of Hope ? www.ribbonofhope.com
Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels Now Available for Victory Motorcycles–Oxnard, CA- Forge-Tec Motorcycle, an industry-leading manufacturer of high-end forged aluminum wheels, blanks and OEM supplier to many of the industry?s leading wheel and bike manufacturers is proud to announce that they now make all 13 of their industry leading wheel styles for the complete Victory Motorcycle model line up. Mark Finnie, GM for Forge-Tec stated, ?We have fielded hundreds of calls from Victory owners and dealers alike asking if we made wheels for Victory motorcycles which sparked our interest in this new program. After much research and development, we have created a complete bolt-on wheel, rotor and pulley which require no modifications. Just swap them out and you?re back on the road.?
Victory Motorcycles is a division of Polaris Industries with annual sales in the billions. Polaris also designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER for recreational and utility use.Polaris has distribution facilities across the Midwest, wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom representing 425 dealers, and 32 international distributors representing 775 dealers.
All Forge-Tec wheels are rotary forged utilizing one of their proprietary forge presses using only ?virgin? aircraft grade 6061 aluminum?.there?s no recycled aluminum in their products. Forge-Tec Motorcycle and Accessories is a division of Advanced Metalforming Technologies which also has an automotive division. AMT?s manufacturing and process technology capabilities are unparalleled in this industry and provide the company with a significant competitive advantage and has the capacity to build 50,000 wheels per month on a 3 shift operation.
Forge-Tec Motorcycle wheels are available in a wide variety of popular sizes in either show polish or a luxurious chrome finish for Harley, custom bikes and now all Victory models applications (including the new 23? x 3.5? front wheel and 20? x 10.5? rear wheel), with matching rotors, pulleys and sprockets. All wheels go out shipped with the rotors and pulley attached and torqued to OEM specs which eliminates a lot of guess work at the dealer level and ensures that wheels arrive to their customers in perfect condition.
For further information, please contact Forge-Tec Motorcycle directly at 805-982-9820. Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels and Accessories, 950 Richmond Ave., Oxnard, CA 93030. www.forgetecmotorcycle.com. Dealer inquiries invited!
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