HAPPY MOTHER?S DAY SUNDAY POST–Bandit is on his way home from the NCOM convention in North Carolina, and I?m juggling the Sunday Post and time with my kids. I had breakfast with two of my kids and lunch with the other. It would have been nice to see them all at once, however that usually ends up in arguing, pushing, cursing? and they?re grown! Sort of? Anyway, have a great day, whether you?re a Mommy or not!!
Enjoy the Post!
HANDY CAP PLUG SEAL KITS FOR SHOP AND HOME– Talk about a handy “must have” item for shops and home builders alike, check this out. What you are looking at is a unique CAP PLUG SEAL KIT now being offered by James Gaskets. This kit puts a complete selection of air vent/feed line cap-plugs and MAP sensor intake seals at your finger tips. Each kit contains a total of 40 pieces.
You’ll find 30 cap-plugs made up of 10 each in 3 sizes and 10 MAP sensor intake manifold seals. All of the caps are made of a durable black polyacrylic material and the seals are a reddish orange silicone. Both the caps and plugs conform perfectly to the appropriate size spigot, vent or threaded fixture producing an air tight seal that is impervious to fuel and the elements.
Each kit comes as shown and retails for just $19.19. CAP PLUG SEAL KITS are available from James Gaskets and their dealers worldwide. For a dealer near you call James direct at 775-246-2220 or visit them on the Web at www.jamesgaskets.com.
WHILE YOU WAIT OIL CHANGE!* ONLY $29.95!– For the rest of May, come into LifeStyle Cycles and get your oil changed while you wait for only $29.95!! No appointment needed, just ride in and ride out!
Includes: 3 qt. regular oil, chrome oil filter and labor. *Most bike, excludes pre-1990 motorcycles, special construction and all import bikes.
Call our Service Department today at (714) 490-0155.
HEY BANDIT–, I would be happy if you could check out the www.perfecttwinperformance.com site (preferable with the Mozilla Firefox browser due to some little flaws with Explorer 7 which we are working on). I hope you will enjoy the site (please let me know what you think about it?) and consider it interesting enough to place it on your Links page.
Till later. Paul F.
?Flying Minutemen? Ride 2007 Event Calendars and Local News– Join those who defend our homeland: the Civil Air Patrol `Flying Minutemen’ Motorcycle Ride.
March 28, Phoenix, AZ. The Arizona Wing of The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and Hacienda Harley-Davidson are proud to announce our upcoming 1st Annual ?Flying Minutemen Ride? on Memorial Day, May 28, 2007.
This inaugural ride will raise funds for The Civil Air Patrols? ?Missions for America?. Each year Civil Air Patrol members volunteer countless hours performing homeland security, search and rescue, disaster relief and counter drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. CAP members also provide aerospace education and mentor almost 25,000 young people through cadet programs.
This year?s ride will be held on Memorial Day May 28th. The registration fee is $35.00 per person and will include a T-shirt.
Registration will be held at Hacienda Harley-Davidson in Scottsdale in the morning of the ride from 10-11:00 am. At 11:00 am a brief ceremony dedicated to CAP members and all those who serve our country will mark the start of the event. The ride will stage and depart from Hacienda Harley ? Scottsdale (15600 N. Hayden Rd.) at 12:00 noon sharp. The ride consists of a 100-mile scenic motorcycle tour led by members of the Hacienda Harley HOG group and return to Phoenix later that day.
Proceeds for this year?s event will go to the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. This is the premier fund raising event of the year for the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with almost 60,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 95 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter drug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the almost 25,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 60 years.
Working & riding together we can make a difference.
For More Information:
Rob Davidson
Arizona Wing Public Affairs Officer
Civil Air Patrol
602-318-8151
http://azwg.cap.gov
RENEGADE “ASPEN” WHEELS– Hang on to your hats – this baby’s Mucho HOT! Recently introduced by Renegade Wheels, the ASPEN is nothing short of amazing. Featuring a contoured 9-spoke layout with 3D cut, the unique wheels provide 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 or call direct to 714-998-7241
2007 Miss Sturgis Photo Shoot at the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame– Sturgis Bike Week Productions’ staff, along with Rapid City photographer Chris Benson, and Kris Mechling of Chris Roberts’ Studio of Rapid City, spent last Friday in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum shooting hundreds of photos of the new 2007 Miss Sturgis, Nichole Golinvaux. SBWP staff chose to lean toward a more “retro” feel for this year’s poster, choosing a 1965 BSA Starlite street bike which is on loan to the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum by John Steeves of Sturgis.
The Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) Starlite, called a “beagle” in England, was introduced in 1962. It did not become available to the general public until late 1963 and production was halted in August 1965 due to stiff competition in the “flyweight” divisions by the Honda step-thrus. Critics jokingly said this little motorcycle was confused because its horn was too quiet and its exhaust too loud, but otherwise considered the Starlite a comfortable around town and short trip bike. It’s quite patriotic-looking and made a fabulous accessory for our new Miss Sturgis.
Miss Sturgis, Nichole Golinvaux, lives in Spearfish, South Dakota and works at All About Potential Family Chiropractic, also in Spearfish. She is a member of the Hills Promotion and Dance Company, Inc., which performs at various events throughout the country.
Nichole will be on hand at the Thunderdome to sign posters during the 2007 Sturgis Bike Week, August 4-10, between the hours of noon and 4 p.m. Stop by and say “hi”!
Special thanks to Pepper Massey and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame Board of Directors for all their help and allowing us to use the Museum for this shoot, as well as John Steeves for use of his motorcycle, and Cindy Patten of SaverSmart in Belle Fourche for finding us some great retro loot! Press release courtesy of Sturgis Bike Week
Police wage war on Australia’s 3,500 outlaw bikers as deadly feuds rage–
MICHAEL PERRY
IN SYDNEY BIKER gang violence is escalating in Australia with groups such as the Nomads, Rebels, Commancheros and Bandidos waging turf wars involving drive-by shootings and firebombings, say police. “Enough is enough,” said New South Wales state police commissioner Ken Moroney, announcing a crackdown on what Australian police call outlaw motorcycle gangs.
“We are fed up with bikie gangs launching acts of retribution on the streets … We will not allow public safety to be placed at risk and if bikies think they can disregard the law, they are about to find out otherwise,” said Mr Moroney .
The Australian Crime Commission’s 2006 report said there were 35 outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia, with 3,500 members. It said 10 gangs opened 26 new chapters in all six states last year. A crackdown, named Strike Force Ranmore will involve officers from local, riot, traffic and licensing police, as well as specialist crime command squads, Mr Moroney said.
It will carry out regular traffic checks on bikes, raid the gangs’ fortress-like clubhouses and check on gang licenses to operate security and liquor businesses. Ranmore will also involve covert operations. “I will use every lawful means at my disposal to bring this criminal activity to an end,” said Mr Moroney.
Mr Moroney said he would recommend the state government pass laws similar to the anti-mafia racketeering laws in the United States, which would ban biker gang colours or insignia. The crime report said the gangs were becoming “more sophisticated and dynamic” and operated “outwardly legitimate businesses”, including finance, transport, security, entertainment and construction. It said gang members were involved in organized crime, murder, prostitution, arson, robbery, illicit drug supply and production, money laundering and bribery.
Police also say that biker gangs control Australia’s methamphetamine trade.
More members switching between clubs is one of the reasons for a recent rise in violence in Sydney, say police.
In March, Commancheros fired into the Mr Goodbar nightclub in the city’s trendy Paddington suburb because the Nomads’ president and his bodyguard brother were inside the club. In April, a chapter of the Nomads, up to 60 bikers, defected to the Bandidos after the Nomads’ clubhouse in Sydney was firebombed in what was a suspected attack by the Commancheros. On the same night, shots were fired into the tattoo shop of the Nomads’ national president.
In May, a fire devastated the inner-city clubhouse of the Commancheros. A day later three men shot and seriously hurt two security guards outside a Paddington nightclub. Two days later the Bandidos chapter was hit by a firebombing.
The last mass defection among Australia’s motorcycle gangs led to the “Father’s Day” massacre in Sydney in 1984 when a group of Commancheros formed the first Bandidos chapter in Australia. Six bikers and a 15-year-old girl died in the gun battle.
RAPID RISE OF LEATHER-CLAD MENACE KNOWN in Australia as “bikie gangs”, groups such as the Nomads, Outlaws, Hell’s Angels, Rebels, Comancheros and Bandidos have become heavily involved in organised crime. Recruits of Middle Eastern descent are joining them or establishing new chapters. Young bikies are also emerging from Australia’s Serbian, Greek and Italian communities.
Alastair Milroy, chief executive of the Australian Crime Commission, this week said: “These people are predominantly involved in criminal activities. They run criminal businesses and they need to be appropriately targeted.” The commission’s Illicit Drug Data Report for 2005-6 said most of the methamphetamine, known as ice, available in Australia was domestically produced.
“A strong prevalence of outlaw motorcycle gang involvement in the [amphetamines] market has been identified, particularly with small and versatile laboratories,” it said. “In some areas of Sydney, the domestic production and supply of methamphetamine is believed to be controlled by [the motorcycle gangs].”
The biggest and most powerful bikie gang in Australia is the Rebels, founded by a multi-millionaire Maltese citizen, Alex Vella. Police superintendent Scott Whyte, head of the anti-bikie drive has said the Rebels have close to 500 members in New South Wales. These are split into 14 chapters in Sydney, and about 27 chapters elsewhere in the state.
Next come the Nomads, with a membership of 200 in New South Wales. The Bandidos have about 120 and the Hell’s Angels have a small but expanding membership of about 50. One of the smallest gangs – and one involved in the current bikie war – is Comancheros NSW. Until recently, its single chapter of about 30 members was based in the suburb of Marrickville in Sydney. There are up to 19 motorcycle gangs police know to be operating in the state of Victoria.
The FBI rates the Outlaws among the four most powerful bikie gangs in the world – behind the Bandidos, Hell’s Angels and Pagans in the US.
CHOPPER FENDERS FROM PAUGHCO– When it comes to building Chopper parts, Paughco is second to none in experience and variety. From the largest selection of custom frames in the industry to a wide selection of nostalgic and replacement fenders, Paughco has you covered. Shown here are three updated versions of the company’s traditional CHOPPER FENDERS.
The 5″x 42″, “Flat Chopper Fender” starts at just $39.95 and is available in 6″ and 7.5″ widths. Paughco’s “Extended Front Fender”, with bracket, measures 3 1?2 “X 33″, is designed for Wide Glide/21” wheel applications and retails for $46.96. Full rear coverage is provided by the “Skirted Fender” which measures 9″X 35″.
For full details on the complete line of traditional Chopper and custom replacement fenders from Paughco, call 775-246-5738. Catch them on the Web at www.paughco.com or email to info@paughco.com
Quick Set Up Kits For Late Model V-Twins? Wake up the performance of your carbureted or fuel-injected 2003 to 2007 stock bike with an S&S Quick Set Up Kit. By combining the performance gains of an S&S air intake and the new S&S slip-on mufflers (slash and tapered available), you can bolt about 10-12 horsepower onto a bike in an hour or so.
New for this year, you can chose between the S&S Teardrop?the industry?s most recognized performance icon?and the all-new S&S Single Bore Tuned Induction system. Either system will increase the airflow over stock and add some great looks to your bike. The Single Bore Tuned Induction is available in three finishes, chrome, black and natural and the filters come in red or blue.
An S&S Quick Set Up Kit will add some sound to your bike, a bit of style with the S&S air intake and best of all, more power to the rear wheel! The kit includes jets for the stock CV carb and S&S does recommend you verify the fuel calibration on injected motorcycles.
WINNING BEATLES DYNA–Bandit, I thought you might enjoy these pictures of a great looking Dyna. It won 1st Place in the Desert Knights of America bike show a couple of weeks ago. The paint job is phenomenal.
Chuck
I?M OUTTA HERE– Just a another hour before I pick Bandit up from the airport. His speech went well and we?d like to thank those who gave us feedback from the forum board.
Next week will be crazy with Assalt Weapan building and articles lined up. Make sure you keep checking back for updates!
Layla
