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Check it all out THE JANKLOW CASE–FLANDREAU – Two pieces of evidence the prosecutor in U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow’s felony manslaughter trial wants to introduce were ordered unsealed Tuesday. Circuit Judge Rodney Steele made public Janklow’s driving record and an affidavit from a rural Trent woman detailing a close call in December between her pickup and a car driven by Janklow. An undetermined number of “other acts” submitted as evidence in the case by Moody County States Attorney Bill Ellingson remain sealed. Janklow was not present for the 50-minute hearing.Another hearing will be held Monday on all the pretrial evidence motions.At that time, Steele will decide which ones will be allowed inJanklow’s trial. Only the portion of the hearing dealing with the two released motions will be open to the public and the media. Janklow is charged in connection with the Aug. 16 death of Randy Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minn. Janklow’s car and Scott’s motorcycle collided at the intersection of Moody County Highways 13 and 14. Scott died at the scene. Investigating officers say Janklow’s car was traveling 71 mph in a 55 mph zone and ran a stop sign before the accident. He faces felony second-degree manslaughter and three misdemeanors in connection the accident. The felony carries a possible penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The case has brought Janklow’s political future into question. The Republican won his first term in Congress last year after serving four terms as governor. By David Kranz –from Rogue 
CRAZYHORSE GOOSENECK MEETS BDL–CrazyHorse, the painter extrodinaire from the East Coast, recently sent in her Biketoberfest report which will be launched today. With her master builder husband they are building a rare old school gooseneck chopper to release her from riding Sportsters. It’s in the works and she’s running a BDL primary drive system to power the transmission.
BLUE KNIGHTS VISIT ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS– My story begins two weeks ago. A member of our group called Orange County Choppers (NY) you know, the one on TV. He spoke to a receptionist there, explained who we are, made arrangements for us to visit, see the bikes and maybe meet the builder(s).
The receptionist said “no problem. The bikes will be on display, and ‘the guys’ will be around to chat with our group, which consists of active and retired law enforcement officers.
Some of us used up vacation days; others swapped work schedules in order to be off on ride day (9-26). Two members brought their kids, who took off from school to go and meet Paul, Paul Jr, Mikey, and Cody.
We arrived shortly after 3:30, after several hours of riding (a stop for lunch, and some fuel/stretch stops) through some BEAUTIFUL Pennsylvania and New York roadways. Foliage was just starting to turn orange and brown autumn color. The temperature was a little cool, right around 60s dry as a bone, and little wind. Bikes were humming right along. I think we had approx. 20 bikes for the group ride.
Got a lot of attention while riding through a few small towns. Lots of waves from pedestrians, honks of horns from motorists, and plenty of thumbs up along the way. So we arrive, I had the biggest grin on my face when pulling into the driveway of OCC, thinking, “This is so cool!!” Well, that feeling was very quickly erased by one of the OCC employees. We were denied even entering the office to speak to anyone. We tried to explain our situation to the jackass, that we had spoken to a receptionist to make arrangements for this trip. He could care less, and directed us to a small trailer set up alongside the building, which contained merchandise for sale, and we could buy a hat, and speak to the employee there.
Buy a hat. BUY A HAT? F**K your hat. F**K the show, F**K OCC, and especially F**K that smart assed bastard who wouldn’t even let us explain our story. Our group came all this way to pay tribute to the guys for their “contribution” to the NYC firefighters, and this is the thanks we get. Needless to say, there are a few less fans here in PA, and amongst the law enforcement community. So we decided to call it a wash, couldn’t even look at any of the bikes unless we had 40 grand to buy one. We then left for a dissappointing 4 1/2 hour ride back home. The best quote, which was said at OCC, and probably explains their whole attitude in a nutshell was, “200,000 other people watch the show too. What makes you so different?”
I guess we just didn’t make good TV. And I hope someone that wants a bike built says, “200,000 other people build bikes too. What makes you so different?” and walks away. Anyway, thanks for listening, at least the ride was fun, and lunch was delicious.
— Meanie
’03 FLSTF
BKPAXV – Ride With Pride
EXCELSIOR-HENDERSON CAUSES HEART ATTACK–If you read last week we sent Richard Kranzler our E-H because he sold all his bikes and moved to Spokane to help his wife through MS. The startling news that he would ride again caused undo stress and Richard will face hospitalization tomorrow for a double bi-pass.
Jesus, it was supposed to be a good deed for a man who has assisted Bikernet in the past. Anyway, here’s the Bandit E-H, the first custom E-H built and the first one to run from the West Coast to Sturgis in 1999, at it’s new home. At least Richard will have something to look forward to when he is released from the hospital.
A WORD FROM GONZO–THE DIAMOND CUT CONTROVERSY–DANGER ? Labor Processes Being Patented – US Patent Office Falls for Pseudo Science
On 9/30/03 the US Patent Office approved patent #6626134 that prevents anyone from performing a labor process that was in use 30 plus years before the patent was applied for.
Some very “Inventative” writing skills were put to use to make it sound like the applicant had “Invented” a product. Like someone remarked to me, “Reads like a Steven King novel…full of fictional happenings and very scary…”
Patent holder has filed suit against at least one party (see details at
I urge you to contact your Federal and State elected officials and ask how a labor process can be patented. If the doorway to Labor Patents is allowed to remain open not only will numerous people be “Restrained from their Trade” but consumers will see an increase in the cost of motor vehicle ownership.
If you want more information contact: Gonzo@yourMachinist.com
For Names, Addresses, Phone/FAX and e-mail addresses of your elected officials, Federal & State go to
How you can help:
Letters to Elected Officials, Local, State & Federal; if you need some suggestions on forming the letter just contact Spread the word to everyone you know. Help find people who saw and/or knew of the process, now called diamond cutting, prior to 1997. We?ve already received one head done back in the 1980?s but need as many letters as possible. I?ve received a lot of calls from people who knew of the process from the 70?s & 80?s but most were hesitant to send a written statement as they were concerned about the expenses of possibly having to go to court in Salt Lake City Utah, however, we will not call witnesses to Utah and the Plaintiff cannot require anyone, other than defendant, to travel to SLC if they reside more than 100 miles from Utah. All we ask is a formal written statement. If plaintiff’s lawyers want to talk with you they HAVE to come to your hometown. JESSE JAMES MEETS BIKERNET BLONDE–We can’t talk about this much. There’s nothing really to say. Jesse was in the neighborhood and blazed by the Bikernet Headquarters. Did he steal the young Bikernet Blonde. We can’t find her. More news in the future. Making brake linkage with H-D shift linkage. Positioning master cylinder under transmission—watch for the next tech. ROCK AND ROLL–Jose just took off to meet with Jesse James. We may try to hook up with Mike Maldanado, but Mike is meeting with a couple of members of the Chicago Cubs. He’s building a couple of bikes for Baseball’s finest. It dawned on me the other day that the Bikernet Wrecking Crew is the most active bike building publication crew in the industry. We have a custom painter on staff, a master fabricator–Jimmy, three of us are riding 2003 touring H-Ds and have old bikes. Jose is soon to be recognized as a Discovery Channel master of custom mayhem. Chris T. may be opening a shop on Oahu and Rogue has been riding and building bikes for about 125 years. He’s older than he looks. Hell, our web master built three bikes in the last three years. Check the Texas Halloween coverage. They’re all cute. Not bad and I’m proud to know and be associated with every one of them, and all the other contributors who make Bikernet happened everyday. Have a helluva weekend, and if you’re going to the Love Ride, be careful goddamnit. It’ll be nuts. –Bandit
