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IRON WORKS KICKS OFF A BLOG–We know you love it when the latest issue of IronWorks shows up in your mailbox but if you’re the kind of rider who needs more input more often, we’ve got the solution. In fact, we’ve got two! Check in every day at IWBlogger to see what Snakebit Sam Kanish is ruminating about – then add your bit. Stir up some controversy, challenge him to defend his opinions, or tell him something he doesn’t know yet. It’s all good. And if that’s not enough, log on to www.ironworksmagcom where you’ll find even more info on the motorcycles, news, and events that appear in the printed version. You’ll also find fresh new content that’s exclusive to the website. Don’t forget to vote for your American Idle while you’re there, too.

Speaking of what’s in print, the Jan/Feb ’09 issue will be on newsstands any minute. Don’t miss it, or you’ll miss:

Randy Smith’s 45 Magnum, complete with vintage photos and a detailed narrative of the rebuild by Tim Wallingford, a man who worked with Randy and knew him well.

The first installment of our new series on the builders of the Limpnickie Lot, featuring a bike built as a giveaway by the group. Pat Patterson of Led Sled Customs did the heavy lifting on this one.

IW stopped in at Indian Motorcycle’s open house at their factory and flagship store in North Carolina and covered the Sturgis Black Hills Rally from Rapid to Spearfish. Is the motorcycle landscape changing? You bet. FInd out how, where, and when.

The first installment of columns written by industry heavy hitters Bert Baker and Brian Klock are in the March issue. Get tech and customizing input from the people who know.

In the tech area, IW looks at the Goodson Tools that are missing from your workshop, a 98″ Kit from Revolution Performance, and goes behind the scenes at Patriot Suspension.

Don’t miss the progress on the IW/Brass Balls/BIKERNET.COM Bobber giveaway bike either.

NEW MODEL OF THE YEAR–A young inventor has created a motorbike with a twist – it uses two wheels but they are positioned right next to each other, giving it the illusion of being a powered unicycle. And even better, it might help save the planet.

Ben Gulak has spent several years building the electric Uno that uses gyroscopic technology – like the infamous Segway commuter device – to stay upright.

The bizarre-looking contraption has only one switch – on or off – and is controlled entirely by body movement. The rider leans forwards to accelerate to speeds of 25mph and back to slow down. It has two wheels side-by-side and has been turning heads wherever it has been ridden.

Ben Gulak designed the Uno himself with the help of a simple 3D programThe green machine is so small and light it can be taken indoors and carried into lifts – and is recharged by being plugged into the mains.

The wheels are completely independent, allowing the bike to turn on a sixpence and the technology takes the balance and guesswork out of riding a unicycle.

Its 18-year-old creator is now looking for investors to get the Uno into production and onto the streets.Ben, from Ontario , Canada , said: ‘I was inspired to make the bike after visiting China a few years ago and seeing all the smog.’They all drive little bikes that are really polluting and I wanted to make something to combat that.’I started with the concept because if something doesn’t look cool people just won’t be interested.The Uno works like a Segway – just tilt your body forward to start moving

BIKERNET MARRIAGE ADVISORY REPORT–On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly aroused state, her husband readily agreed. This scenario was repeated each time they made love, for more than 30 years, with him thinking that it was a cute way for her to afford new clothes and other incidentals that she needed.

Arriving home around noon one day, she was surprised to find her husband in a very drunken state. During the next few minutes, he explained that his employer was going through a process of corporate downsizing, and he had been let go. It was unlikely that, at the age of 59, he’d be able to find another position that paid anywhere near what he’d been earning, and therefore, they were financially ruined.

Calmly, his wife handed him a bank book which showed more than thirty years of steady deposits and interest totaling nearly $1 million. Then she showed him certificates of deposits issued by the bank which were worth over $2 million, and informed him that they were one of the largest depositors in the bank.

She explained that for the more than three decades she had ‘charged’ him for sex, these holdings had multiplied and these were the results of her savings and investments.

Faced with evidence of cash and investments worth over $3 million, her husband was so astounded he could barely speak, but finally he found his voice and blurted out, ‘If I’d had any idea what you were doing, I would have given you all my business!’

That’s when she shot him.You know, sometimes, men just don’t know when to keep their mouths shut !!

–from Jim Waggaman

BIKER’S CHOICE WINTER GEAR–Cold? Try our new River Road Caliber Jacket for men. This premium, heavy-weight jacket is perfect for protection and comfort. It has a removable, insulated fully sleeved liner , the collar snaps down for a secure fit so it doesn?t flap in the breeze, or smack ya around!! You know what I?m talking about!!

It also has an adjustable waist belt for a more comfortable fit. Add in the pre-curved arms and vents, this is the perfect autumn and mild winter jacket. For more information on all of our apparel, visit our website www.bikerschoice.com. Happy Holidays and Safe Riding!!

–Carmen
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SOUTH SIDE KUSTOM RUBEN FOUNDATION RAFFLE BIKE–South Side Kustoms is building the Ruben Brown Foundation Raffle Bike for 2009. As this is a Non-For-Profit foundation, Ruben Brown and South Side Kustoms are asking for your help, to make this bike build a success. We need parts and/or monetary assistance with this project. Ofcoarse with your assistance this project will be a success and change the lives of many youth as well your company will get the recognition it deserves.

Bike To be Raffled Off June 28th 2009 in Buffalo,NY. As well the Ruben Brown Run is a 3 city tour, with plenty of exposure for the bike and your company. The bike will be a bobber!

To Help Contact:
Jason McCudden – Owner of South Side Kustoms
1800-675-3191
Desi – Coordinator for Ruben Brown Foundation
716-228-8575
http://www.rubensrun.com/

What The Ruben Brown Foundation Does:Ruben Brown worked diligently to build a successful 13-year career in the National Football League as an offensive guard. He spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Buffalo Bills and then moved on to play four more years with the Chicago Bears. He was selected for the NFL Pro Bowl an impressive nine times and was named All Pro four times. Prior to his departure from Buffalo, he established the Ruben Brown Foundation in order to help underprivileged youth and to give back to the communities that were instrumental to his success.

Ruben is now retired from professional football. However, he continues his charitable efforts with the same devotion and drive that propelled him to the upper echelon of NFL athletes. The ?Ruben Brown Motorcycle Run? is an annual fund raiser held in Buffalo, Chicago and his hometown of Lynchburg, VA.

Sponsors to Date:
South Side Kustoms
S&S CYCLE
Dunlop Tires
Air-FX Paint and Airbrushing
County Seats

ENGINE TECHNOLOGY OF THE WEEK–The MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) Engine is an internal combustion engine of new design the features multiple firings in one cycle, producing enormous torque in a small area.

With 40 times higher power to weight ratio, low parts count, low maintenance, high mechanical efficiency, and low pollution, the MYT Engine will benefit airplane, big ship, 18 wheeler, SUV, passenger car, even down to carry on power generator applications. The MYT Engine as a pump/compressor also exceeds existing pumps/compressors in providing massive pressure, volume, and flow, all in one unit.

The first prototype model exerts 850 cubic inches of displacement even though the size is only 14″ diameter by 14″ long, weighing 150 lbs, compared to 3000 lbs for a comparable engine of conventional size capable of that much power output.

Angel Labs, LLC:
http://www.angellabsllc.com/index.html

How it Works ~
The reason why the MYT Engine is so huge in displacement is because of frequent firing. It fires 16 times in one rotation, making it equivalent to 32 cylinder, four stroke engine.

The basic principle is the following. There are two disks each connected to four pistons in a toroidal cylinder. The disks rotate alternately generating the four stroke principles between the pistons. There is no need for valves since the position of the pistons allow wide open port to breathe air.

The part count is less than 25 parts even though it’s 32 cylinder equivalent. (Each piston fires twice during one rotation, making total 16 firings in one main shaft rotation.) Since only the piston rings touch the cylinder wall (not piston skirts), the friction loss is very minimal. (Emhart/NASA (http://emhartcontest.com/W2005/mor2005.php?startat=292))

Contact:
http://www.angellabsllc.com/contact.html 
Angel Labs LLC 
Location: Lodi, CA 
Telephone: (408)667-1979 
Email: jin@angellabsllc.com (mailto:jin@angellabsllc.com?subject=MYT_featured_at_PESWiki.com)

BAGGER WHEELS FROM BLACK BIKE–Black Bike now offers a series of Wide Tire options that are a direct bolt on for all Baggers. Out in front is a wide 21? wheel tucked nicely under the fender. Available in 40 Spoke to 120 Spoke, and in different finish options including BLACK RIMS, CHROME RIMS, or any custom finish to match your bike. Matching rear wheel in 16?, 17?, or 18? is also available. Starting at about $600/ wheel

Blackbikewheels.com
(818) 341-2550

SUGAR BEAR SPEAKS TO SOLD-OUT CROWD AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM–Legendary chopper builder Sugar Bear captivated a sold-out audience during his appearance at the Harley-Davidson Museum in November with his “Untold Stories of the American Chopper.” For 37 years, Sugar Bear has built street-rideable choppers with the philosophy that “if it ain’t long, it’s wrong.”

The event included stories, rare photos and home movies of the early days of the American chopper scene. This was the kick-off in a series of programs offered by the Harley-Davidson Museum.

SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR WITH BAKER’S POWERBX – IN BIKERNET STUDIO–Baker Transmission has a new tranny called the PowerBox. It looks very cool so we got on the horn with Chad Beherndt, the engineer that designed the smooth shifter, to get the 411 on their latest and greatest. Don’t miss the interview

–Jeff Najar

RIDER MAGAZINE CIRCULATION NUMBERS CLARIFICATION– My name is Jill Anderson and I’m the Circulation Director for Affinity Media, publishers of Rider, American Rider and the Cruiser Buyers’ Guide.

I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight regarding the growth in Rider’s circulation:

1 The numbers we publish on the statement of ownership and for our ABC report are completely factual and auditable.

2 The Post Office and ABC have different requirements for how our various programs are classified. But, if you add up the paid circulation numbers for single copies and subscription from both re ports, you will see that they are very close (ABC June statement = 144,132 average and October 08 Statement of Ownership shows 146,734).

3 The ABC statement covers January through June 08 issues; the Statement of Ownership covers December 07 through November 08 issues, so the comparison is not perfectly aligned from a date standpoint.

The e-mail from Mr. Kanter implies that our single copy sales cannot possibly be correct. If he were to actually read the ABC statement that Rider filed, he would see that ABC classifies our Motorcycle Riders Club of American (MRCA) subscriptions as single copy sales in the explanatory notes in paragraph 9d. ABC requires this because of the every-other-issue nature of those subs. ABC considers a subscription to be copies sent with continuous service, no breaks.

The Post Office considers MRCA subs to be subscriptions. They are looking at what our MAIL ED paid copies are within our total distribution.

Finally, I want to pass on the results of our recent ABC audit, which will report on the next statement. ABC showed that we under-reported newsstand sales for the December 07 and June 08 statements by 580 sold copies. If our single copy sales are inaccurate as Mr. Kanter implies, it is because they were reported too low!

We would be happy to give instructions on how to read publisher statements and statements of ownership if TAM Communications would accept our help!

–Jill Anderson

BASSANI ANNOUNCES ONLINE WEB TRAINING FOR DRAG SPECIALTIES AND PARTS UNLIMITED REPRESENTATIVES–Bassani Xhaust launched a password protected exclusive training and information website for Drag Specialties and Parts Unlimited Representatives. Besides information and training, the site has technical specs, training videos, product images and company logos. The Bassani Vault has received great reviews by

?We wanted to expand our product knowledge and training for our LeMans Sales Team,? said Sales Manager Nick Trumbo. ?Nothing replaces personal time with a rep, but the website is easy for outside sales reps to use and will save us both time.? Drag and Parts Reps will easily learn the Bassani Advantage and pass on the information to help their dealers make money even in tough times.

Tapping into new technology and making it work was the work of Gary Naito, Bassani?s in house Art Directory and Graphic Artist. The site is user friendly and defines the standard for excellence Bassani is known for.

Bassani exhaust for can be purchased from any dealer who does business with Parts Unlimited or Drag Specialties.

Bassani Xhaust began from the passion and expertise of founder Darryl Bassani and has been a leader in high performance exhaust for over 4 decades. In the state of the art facilities in Anaheim, CA, Bassani manufacturer?s mufflers, head pipes and complete systems for cars, trucks and motorcycles. Bassani exhaust is known for improving sound, performance and fuel efficiency.

–Nick Trumbo
National Sales Manager
Bassani Manufacturing
Phone 866-782-3283
2900 E. La Jolla
Fax 714-630-2980
Anaheim, CA 92806
Email nick@bassani.com
Web bassani.com

Official World Championship on Discovery Channel tonight!–Big Fish Entertainment, the specialist TV production company, has created a program celebrating the annual Sturgis Rally and Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building. Scheduled to be broadcast tonight (Tuesday, Dec 9) at 10pm (EST) on Discovery Channel, ‘Sturgis Motorcycle Mania’ will feature the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building as a main element of the show.

The 60-minute show is also repeated at 11pm (EST) and again at 2am on Wednesday, Dec 10.This year the 5th World Championship, held at Champions Park on Lazelle Street, was won by Canadian builder Roger Goldammer, with his land speed record bike Goldmember. The victory was the third Championship win in five years for the master builder from Kelowna, British Columbia, who was competing against the best custom bike builders from around the globe.

Big Fish Entertainment
www.bigfishdc.com
www.discovery.com
www.amdchampionship.com

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Merry Merry,

Hope you’re having some fun this holiday season and taking some time to visit friends. Time is the evil specter in this warm and fuzzy mix. Between work, shopping, projects and dealing with winter weather, it’s tough to carve out time to just relax and spend time with friends, but it’s the code of the west for this season.

As I write this I’m pointing the evil finger at myself. I could burn right through December working on bikes for next year, and now I have my son’s sorta wrecked Dyna in the shop for Christmas repairs. This weekend is a good example of tight schedules. Duane Ballard and Chris Callen, from the Cycle Source, are stopping by on Friday, plus my son to help with his bike. Larry Settle, who owns a shop in Harbor City, is rolling over to check my workmanship. Saturday will host the Moon Eyes Christmas party, and Boat Parades in Long Beach where dear old mom lives. Sunday will be the Century Motorcycle Christmas party in San Pedro.

Sunday will rock with the Dave Mann Chopper Fest in Ventura. We better get to the news, before Scott Long calls. He wants me to find out what’s wrong with his new Panhead engine from V-Twin. Hell, look what Jerry did with our T-Shirt Drive for our brothers and sisters in Iraq in Afghanistan? He took the time and made the effort for the troops in the Christmas spirit.

BIKERNET/ROLLIN’ SIXES/BIKERS CHOICE CHRISTMAS T-SHIRT DRIVE FOR THE TROOPS–Hey Bandit, We were up late last night moving boxes and folding shirts so we could be ready for wrap day tomorrow. Max and Linda from “The Tamiami Community Veterans & their Wives” met us at the hall. I was just going to write “The Tamiami Community Veterans” but all of a sudden my instincts for survival (which has keep me alive thru alot of stuff) just kicked in, so I will add the part about “& their wives”. I don’t want to be mauled by golf carts LOL.

We got everything set up and ready to start at 9.00 am the next day. The next day we got up and headed out to the hall to see who would show up to help us wrap. WOW, bro did we get a shock. There had to be I’m guessing 60 to 70 people already wrapping shirts, Christmas and military music blasting from the speakers and I do mean blasting. I felt like I just arrived at bootcamp on Santa’s Sleigh. Man, I’ve got to tell you bro we all had goose bumps as we walked in. No way did we expect that many folks to show up.

I can’t say enough about these people. You know how they say look up to and respect your elders, I guess that is really true, because I look up to and respect every one of them. At the end when they were done they came up to me, me the guy who needed their help and said thanks for letting them help out. That just blows me away. The generations behind me could learn alot from them.

We wrapped a little over 1,600 t-shirts plus other stuff and filled 43 boxes. The boxes in the pic’s are two deep. I know to some it’s not a lot but hey it’s not bad for something that started with a couple of guys talking thru late night emails. Thanks for all of your help man. This is turning into quite a thing. This is what Christmas is really about bro. I think we as a people have forgotten what it really means. It’s not big tv’s, expensive video games, or new cars (not in my neighborhood). It’s about people coming together to help each other and ease their pain. For a couple of days anyhow.

I want to say a big thanks to everyone who took the time to help me and Bandit out with this T-shirt drive because God knows you didn’t have to. What you do means so much to so many you could never know. Let’s hope they all come home soon.

Merry Christmas Bandit & Nyla, and everyone else who helped out this year from the Rollin Sixes Choppers family, Jerry, Pam, Jeremy, Elvis, Amy, George, Delilah, Ryan, Russell, Ma & Dad.

–Jerry
Rollin’ Sixes Choppers and Rods

CHRISTMAS DEAL OF THE WEEK AND HELP A JOURNALIST–My friend Becky Harrison aka Krickett shoots for Thunder Roads Magazine of Alabama.Her camera was recently broken beyond repair and she is trying to sell her Kikker to buy another camera.

07 Kikker 5150 Hardknock Bobber
Engine – 110cc 4-speed 4-stroke, Semi – Auto
Jockey Shift & Forward Foot Controls
Dice knob on jockey shift
Kick & Electric Start (Both Included)
Front and Rear Disk Brakes
Springer Front Suspension
Empty Weight 200 lbs.
Top Speed 57 mph (110cc)
80″ Long / Seat height 25″
No Plastic Parts!!!
Ape hangers/white grips
red rims/white wall tires
maltese cross exhaust
1.3 gallon little peanut tank
black leather seat

Gets about 100 miles to a tank of gasflat black paint with customized gloss redrace stripes down tank and fendersnew clutch (centrifugal clutch) replaced last weekCan be made street legal with modifications to yourstate laws. Assembled and purchased new at 850 Customs of Panama city Beach Fla.I bought this last fall, only rode a few times around the house. Has been kept in our shop, clean and smoothretails new on line for $1499 without shipping and handling and assembly.Professonally inspected by motorcycle mechanic, at MotoPsycho’sAsking $700.00

Contact Info:
bamakrickett@hotmail.com =
334-805-4886

–Rogue

CUSTOM SEAT PROGRAM ADDS TOURING AND DYNA MODELS IN 2009–Create an Individual Seat Design from 800 Color, Material and Pattern Combinations.

MILWAUKEE (November 28, 2008) ? Expanded for 2009 to include Touring and Dyna models, the Custom Seat Program from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories lets Harley-Davidson owners express their personality with pattern, color and texture, creating a custom leather seat that is hand-built to their specifications. Now available for many 1997-later Touring, Softail and FX Dyna models, the Custom Seat Program allows customers to design a solo Brawler seat ($399.95) or two-up Sidekick seat ($479.95) that is truly individual, using 800 possible design and materials combinations.

The design process begins at the Custom Seat Program website, (www.harley-davidson.com/customseat) where on-screen prompts help the customer select from two seat styles, eight stitching patterns including flames, skulls and tribal designs; eight inlay color options; and 10 stitching color options. When the design is complete, the customer takes a print-out of the seat design details to a local Harley-Davidson dealer, which will submit the Custom Seat Program order. The standard lead time for seat delivery is three weeks.

The low-profile Brawler and Sidekick seats selected for the Custom Seat Program are minimalist designs that hug the motorcycle. Each features a hand-laid fiberglass seat pan with a soft, felt-finish bottom that is scratch free. The seating surface is genuine leather, and the leather inlay options have a simulated exotic skin pattern. Each seat also has an embroidered Bar and Shield logo.

For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.

STEERING HEAD BEARING RACE REMOVER TOOL–Use to remove and install steering head bearing race. Use with JIMS spacerNo.2388 and JIMS Tool Handle No.33416-80. Instruction Sheet No.2232-IS.

No.2232 -Use on all Big Twin 1949-present. (Note: Includes aftermarketframes.) Use on Sportster 1978-present. Use on Buell 1987-02. Use onV-Rod 2002-present.

Suggested Retail $79.05

–JT Lepien

NEW PERFORMANCE SLIP-ONs FOR ROCKET III TOURING–

www.danddexhaust.com Performance Enterprises slip-on exhaust pipe and K&N Filter kit complements the new for 2008 Triumph Rocket III Touring motorcycle with increased performance and throttle response.

The show-quality chrome pipe and filter kit produces up to 17% increase in horsepower and 10% in torque. Big numbers for the world’s largest cruiser. The pipes are slant cut to match saddlebags. Requires a Triumph EFI download #20235. The kit retains stock heat shields.

George Emmons Najar of http://www.bikerpros.com”>http://www.bikerpros.com > produced the D&D Rocket III video.

–Jeff Najar

Motorcycle Video Test Rides on WomenRidersNow.comThe only place online you can watch women testing a bike–December 4, 2008 ? (Livingston, MT) ? WomenRidersNow.com, the leading online magazine focused on women and motorcycling, now features motorcycle reviews in a web video format. Nowhere else online can you watch a qualified female journalist test riding a motorcycle.

?Video is fast becoming the premiere online tool for providing information online,? says Genevieve Schmitt, founder of WomenRidersNow.com. ?Our readers tell us that watching a motorcycle review in a video format is something they prefer.?

WomenRidersNow.com?s video test rides are called ?In The Saddle with Genevieve Schmitt? as Schmitt is the primary journalist reviewing the bikes. The latest review has Schmitt and popular WRN contributor Betsy Huelskamp test riding Hyosung Motorcycles? 250 GV and 650 GV cruisers. Schmitt has also reviewed Star Motorcycles? V Star 1300 and the Victory Motorcycles? Kingpin Deluxe. ?So much of a woman?s comfort level with a motorcycle is about fit. Our video test rides allow visitors to WRN actually see how I fit on a bike and watch how I handle it on the highway and in parking lots,? says Schmitt. ?A video helps viewers get a sense of a motorcycle?s ergonomics and power better than an article and a still photograph.?

WRN?s motorcycle videos also cover topics of interest to its mostly female readership, although men appreciate the videos and content, too. Recent videos include a segment on the expert women riders of the Ride Like A Pro precision riding team; a story on the largest women-only Harley-Davidson parade that took place at Daytona Bike Week in 2008; and a 16-year-old female motocross racer who is deaf.

Schmitt is an Emmy-nominated news magazine producer having worked for Good Morning America, Extra, and E! News Daily. She also appeared as a reporter on Speed Channel?s ?Bike Week? for six years covering motorcycling events all over the country. She brings that same high quality production value to WRN?s motorcycle videos.

To see WRN?s Motorcycle Videos, click here. http://www.womenridersnow.com/PublicFiles/DepartmentViewer.asp?DepartmentID=44

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CHOPPERTOWN HOLIDAY DEALS–So here’s our big holiday email! Just wanted to remind everyone about all the new DVDs, posters, shirts, and calendar we’ve been adding to the store in preparation for the holidays. Two points we wanted to make:We’ll be shipping EVERY DAY to make sure you all get the gifts you need in time for the holidays. As always thanks for supporting us through thick and thin, we can’t wait to show you what we’re working on for next year!

We want to send out a huge thanks to everyone who has supported us for the past 3 years, you guys literally put food on our table and we don’t take it for granted. We’ll keep bustin ass to bring you the best films we can. We wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday!

Stay independent,
–Zack and Scott
Support the insanity, check out the store at:www.choppertown.com

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SELLING IN A SLUMPING MOTOR OIL MARKET– HOUSTON ? U.S. vehicle production is dropping, miles driven are declining, and 2008 motor oil consumption will likely slide more than 5 percent from a year ago. But despite the grim trends, one industry expert sees some bright opportunities for motor oil marketers.

Larry Solomon, president of Strategic Resources, a Union, Ky.-based market research firm, provided last month?s NPRA Lubricants and Waxes Meeting an updated projection for U.S. motor oil consumption by private sector passenger cars and light trucks, projecting out to 2013.

Based on his consumption model, Solomon estimated that U.S. passenger car motor oil consumption will decline 5.6 percent to 616 million gallons from 2007 to 2008, before it begins to inch upward next year. Solomon predicted that consumption will rise slowly to 683 million gallons in 2013, not quite returning to the 2004 level of consumption.

Looking at 2008 and beyond, Solomon highlighted key market conditions affecting motor oil demand. The vehicle population is aging, and annual drain intervals are exceptionally depressed in 2008. Gasoline?s peak at over $4.23 per gallon in July caused consumers to extend drain intervals significantly, to just 2.8 oil changes per year. ?This all means that motor oil consumption has turned out to be exceptionally depressed in 2008,? said Solomon.

Private sector vehicle registrations continue to rise at about 1.75 percent per year, Solomon continued, while passenger car and light truck production has declined in recent years. How is this possible? ?The answer is quite simple: reduced passenger car and light vehicle scrappage rates,? said Solomon, explaining that the lower the percentage of vehicles scrapped, the more older, higher mileage vehicles on the road. Average vehicle age in the U.S. has climbed from 9.1 years in 2003 to 9.7 years in 2007.

Volatile gasoline prices and the recent economic downturn have negatively affected annual miles driven, Solomon continued, which are estimated to decline 0.5 percent from 2007 to 2008.

— By Nancy DeMarco

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DOUG’S DEAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS–Just in time for the holidays, here?s another great stocking stuffer idea from DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication. Made from hand-laid fiberglass with ready-to-paint gelcoat, this chin fairing fits 2006 & newer Harley Dyna models and includes the mounting bracket. With a little ingenuity you can make this fit most any big twin model?

Doug even found a way to make it fit the S&S Cycle 50th Anniversary People?s Choice award-winning Pro-Tour ?X?, which was built on a Rolling Thunder custom chassis. Retail $189.00 including mounting hardware. For more info or to order contact DOUGZ at info@dougz.com or call 608-783-3684.

–Doug Wozney
DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication LLC
2323 Palace St. La Crosse, Wi. 54603
(608) 783-3684
doug@dougz.com / www.dougz.com

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1964 GRAND PRIX FOR SALE–I am selling my 1964 Custom Grand Prix. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested in this rare opportunity to own a cool Street Rod. Scroll to the bottom for details.

For your consideration: 1964 Custom Pontiac Grand Prix. It has custom Black Suede paint with “Von Dutch” style pinstriping. The car has a 389 Wildcat motor, posi rear, custom dual exhaust system, power windows, power steering, Air Ride suspension, custom interior and sound system. The 8 lug aluminum wheels are rare and original. The car is going for 15k. Let me know if anyone is interested. You can reach me at 404-551-5877 or email mrstealth65@gmail.com .

–Roy J. Cicola
C.R. 506-8-367-2937
U.S. 404-551-5877
Toll Free 1-866-764-0741

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2WHEELERS ROCKS DENVER SHOW WITH BIKERNET–It was a great show here in Denver for the Rocky Mountain Hot Rod Show. Great cars , cool rockabilly gals and lots of rat rods. The Bikernet banner hits another hot spot. If you missed it this year you had better mark you calendars for next.

OKAY, WE’RE CALLIN’ IT THE END–I’m scrambling on several projects. Finally wrapped up the Chance movie treatment and I’m making serious headway on the mudflap girl bike and the 5-Ball Factory Racer.

Duane Ballard’s lovely wife and daughter brought me a vintage BMW seat that rides like a glove. I will hopefully mount it and make the shift linkage this weekend. Then I need to dive into remounting the tank, but I’m waiting for some bungs from the famous Bung King.

Tomorrow night we’ll hit the IMS Cycle World Show in Long Beach. Then keep in mind that the MoonEyes Show and Dave Mann’s Chopperfest are next weekend. Never a dull moment. Have a helluva weekend.

Ride Forever,

–Bandit

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D&D PERFORMANCE TIP OF THE WEEK–2009 D&D Slip-ons + Zipper’s HiFlow Air Cleaner = Up To 9HP – The performance kit from D&D Performance Enterprises is designed exclusively for the 2009 Harley-Davidson touring models. It includes mufflers, all necessary hardware, inlet heat shields, Zipper?s Hi-Flow Air Cleaner. This system straighten out the stock pipe that comes slanted-in from the factory and produces as much as 9 HP for improved performance and fuel economy across the RPM range.

Exhaust sound quality is improved while still maintaining a civil tone. Available in Midnight Black or Chrome, Back or Slant cut. More details on the BOSS kit at D&D Performance Enterprises.

–Jeff Najar

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OECD Workshop In Europe on Motorcycle Safety: Integration by default seen as fundamental–The objectives of the OECD/ITF (International Transport Forum) Workshop in Lillehammer, Norway, on 10-11 June 2008, were to identify the real problems of motorcyclist safety, discuss practical solutions to these problems, and propose a set of measures to improve safety.

?Motorcycles must be fully integrated into the transport system and transport policies? was one of the main messages expressed by nearly 100 experts from 21 countries, representing the main stakeholders involved in motorcycle safety.

During the workshop, participants identified a top 20 list of measures to be implemented in the short term to make motorcycling safer. Among the practical measures identified:
? The overarching principle was the need to support continuing dialogue and co-operation between the various actors involved in motorcycle safety (including policy makers, researchers, manufacturers, and motorcyclists themselves).
?Including motorcycles more fully in transport policy and infrastructure policy/management, in order to develop an integrated approach, was seen as fundamental.
? Motorcycle crash counter-measures need to be developed on evidence-based research focusing on car driver and motorcycle rider behaviour. Evaluating the success or failure of the measures introduced is a key aspect for developing effective safety programmes.
? Better training is a key to improve motorcycle safety. We need to develop an efficient progressive approach to motorcycle training, which builds on existing standards, and focuses on risk awareness and risk avoidance as well as an understanding of the limits of rider/motorcycle capacities.
? A component on awareness and acceptance of motorcyclists should be included in the general training for all drivers.
? Collaborating with motorcyclists to develop and implement programmes on safety issues that affect motorcycling communities is essential.

This workshop was an important step towards ensuring an open dialogue between the various stakeholders. Since then, interesting initiatives have emerged in several participating countries such as Sweden and Finland, where motorcycle dedicated strategies are being developed in collaboration with FEMA members.

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BIKERNET PHOTO-ART EXHIBIT OF THE WEEK–She would not shut up and couldn’t make the decision that would forever effect our lives. I could not help her anymore than I had already had, so I rode on. Sometime the answers are right in front of us and we can’t even see it though all of the bullshit.

Ride on,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net

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MAD BIKERNET CORRESPONDENT MISSES DEADLINES–Jon Towle owes us articles on a 1978 Sportster rebuild, 2009 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, 2009 Harley-Davidson Street Bob, and yesterday he picked up the all new Big Dog Wolf ! He’ll owe us that one also.

Goddamnit Towle, get your ass off the bikes and start writing, or I’m going to kick your ass! Bandit-

“Bite me,” Jon Towle said, “I’m going for a ride.”

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MOTORSPORT AFTERMARKET GROUP ACQUIRES DRAGONFIRE RACING– DRAGONFIRE Racing is the latest company to be added to the roster of businesses under the ownership of Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG).

The addition of DragonFire to MAG’s group of companies, which includes Renthal, Vance & Hines, Kuryakyn, Mustang Motorcycle Products, Performance Machine, Forge-Tec, Progressive Suspension, MAG Europe and J&P Cycles, marks a move into a new market; DragonFire is a specialist ATV and UTV parts and accessory vendor.

“I am looking forward to working with the design, engineering, manufacturing and financial resources that MAG brings to our business,” said Todd Romano, President of DragonFire Racing. “Our growth and success have come from the ability to consistently bring exciting new products to market. Our OE partnerships, direct to dealer and distribution channels will see growth from our current product offering, as well as expansion to ‘Street’, ‘Mud’, ‘Hunt’ and introduction of the DragonFire SXS.”

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DR. BARBARA ATWOOD COLLECTION OF VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES TO BE OFFERED AT RM?S ARIZONA BILTMORE AUCTION EVENT–RM Auctions is delighted to announce a selection of automobiles from the private Dr. Barbara Atwood Collection will join their ?Automobiles of Arizona? auction event, January 16th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

PHOENIX, Arizona (December 4 , 2008) ? Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions is honored to have been chosen to present the distinguished Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood Collection at their upcoming Automobiles of Arizona auction event, January 16th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The result of a lifetime of judicious collecting by the late Dr. Atwood, the esteemed Atwood Collection features a magnificent selection of pre-war American cars, each representing the epitome of motoring luxury for their respective marques.

?Throughout her lifetime, Dr. Atwood shared two passions ? caring for animals and collecting automobiles. In the latter, she is renowned as the premier female collector of her time,? said Mike Fairbairn, Executive Vice President and co-founder of RM Auctions.

?We are delighted to have been entrusted by the Atwood Family with the task of selling this magnificent collection and look forward to sharing Dr. Atwood?s remarkable legacy with other passionate collectors. Magnificently presented, each example on offer represents a singular opportunity to acquire one of the finest automobiles from one of the hobby?s most discerning advocates,? he added.

Dr. Atwood received an early introduction to the automotive world through her father?s interest and personal involvement in the motor industry ? an inventive man, he devised the adjustable door bumper to solve the problem of rattling doors. A young Barbara Atwood would often accompany her father on visits to clients and it was pleasant memories of these trips, coupled with her fondness for her 1941 Chrysler Windsor convertible ? a prized possession given to her by her parents ? that led her to the world of classic cars in the 1970s. With an exceptional eye for the beautiful lines and form that is inherent in the greatest automobiles, Dr. Atwood went on to collect an impressive and diverse collection of vintage motor cars.

Following her passing earlier this year, twenty-four of Dr. Atwood?s most treasured vehicles will cross the auction block at RM?s Automobiles of Arizona event in January. Highlights of the offering include a majestic 1929 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Coupe by Fleetwood, the only known Duesenberg to have had Fleetwood coachwork installed from new; a one-off 1929 Graham-Paige Supercharged Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton, built for the 1929 New York Auto Show and specially commissioned by Joseph Graham?s daughters; a handsome 1937 Lincoln Convertible Victoria by Brunn, ordered and specially customized for Boston socialite and tennis star Eleanora Sears; and an elegant 1933 Marmon Sixteen Convertible Sedan, among the last of the Marmons and Mrs. Marmon?s personal car.

Also set to cross the block as part of the collection are: an ultra-rare and unusual 1913 Herreshoff Runabout; a highly desirable 1925 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster; a unique 1931 Hudson Greater Eight Boat-tailed Sport Roadster; and an award-winning 1932 Stutz DV-32 Super Bearcat by Weymann, once owned by renowned collector D. Cameron Peck, and regarded as the final and fastest iteration of the famous Bearcat.

The selection of cars from the Atwood Collection will be joined by 100 other exceptional vintage automobiles to complete RM?s Arizona line-up.

RM?s Automobiles of Arizona auction event will be held at the luxurious Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, 24th Street & Missouri, Phoenix, Arizona on January 16th, 2009. An auction preview will be held January 15th from 9am to 5pm followed by the auction from 11am on January 16th. Admission to the auction is by catalog only, which admits both the catalog holder and a guest. The full-color collectable catalog is available for $100 U.S. (plus shipping), by calling (800)-211-4371 or visiting www.rmauctions.com .

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S&S HOLIDAY BARGAINS–The S&S Toolbox is marked down from $649.95 to $495.00 for this special sale.

To ensure you have the best holiday possible, we are going to offer free shipping within the continental United States on everything ordered between now and 1/2/2009. No matter what you buy, it will end up at your front door for free, including the S&S toolbox. Speaking of the toolbox, it is marked down from $649.95 to $499.95 for this special shopping event. If you have been thinking about giving yourself a treat?a Christmas present to yourself perhaps?this is the time to do it.

So, punch up www.sscycle.com/shop and get all the Christmas gifts you need for everyone on your list. The crowds are light, the parking is wide open and the deals are perfect for your budget.

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LONG BEACH SHOW–BIKE UNVEILS AND EXCLUSIVE PREVIEWS! —What’s New for BMW?The Long Beach show will mark the official North American debuts of the new K 1300 S and K 1300 GT ; the new S 1000 RR motorsports bike which will compete in next year’s World Superbike Championship; and a first-ever BMW Concept Bike, where you can pick your favorite design and submit your specs here . Streetfighter Debut and Neiman Marcus DucatiHypermotard

Just in time for Christmas, this Ducati Hypermotard, featured on the cover of the Neiman Marcus Fall Men’s Book, will dazzle attendees. Handmade in Italy, each of these rare bikes carries an individually numbered plaque to signify exclusivity. Long Beach will also mark the U.S. debut of the new Ducati Streetfighter.

Recently unveiled in Milan and voted best looking! Harley-Davidson to Sell XR1200 in U.S. with Unveil Set for Long BeachHarley-Davidson has undertaken a soft launch of the much ballyhooed XR1200 for the U.S. market which will initially be limited to a first run of 750 bikes. Up until now, the dirt-track inspired bike has only been available in Europe, the Middle East and some African regions.

Now you can be the first in the states to see it at a show near you!

World Debut of the Vectrix Vx-1 Electric Scooter: Long Beach is the only place to see the world debut of the all-new Vectrix Vx-1, an eco-friendly, high-powered electric scooter that reaches top speeds of 62 mph. This zero emission vehicle (ZEV) accelerates from zero to 50 mph in 6.8 seconds and travels 30 to 55 miles of a single charge, at one cent per mile.

At the 28th annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows presented by Toyota you’ll see all the new 2009 models from over a dozen manufacturers, but what you’ll also see are bikes that were new before the Bicentennial, the Apollo moon landing, and even a few that were the newest craze before World War II!

Do you have a vintage motorcycle you’d like to put in the show? Click here to find out how.

Riders, Don’t Miss Your Chance to Demo Ride on Both Coasts!Licensed motorcyclists who bring their own riding gear (including a helmet) can test drive the hottest new street bikes from several manufacturers on Saturday and Sunday, during daylight hours at the upcoming December 5-7, 2008 Long Beach International Motorcycle Show. Demo rides will also be available at the San Mateo, CA and Greenville, SC shows.

Click on the banner above the story for all the info and show ticket deals.

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THURSDAY BIKE AND CAR NITE–Its official….BIKE & CAR NITE is now every Thursday at Pizza Point. Happy Hour is from 5pm to 8pm for those looking for a great low priced dinner. The address is 10800 NE 6 Avenue so it?s located in the northeast side of Miami-dade.

I hope to see you there.

–Joe Chao
Biscayne Park Motorcycle Riders
joe Chao

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AFFORDABLE RACING LEATHERS NOW AVAILABLE–Our Bracket Racer Leathers are available in solid black, black, and black. These are brand new genuine leather racing suits that are fully certified to be used on race tracks but are also comfortable enough to be worn for street riding. All suits are two pieces, and all have a waist zipper that goes completely around the body to attach the pants to the jacket.

Suits are made of top quality very thick 1.3-1.4mm drum dyed pre-curved racing leather. Stitching is reinforced for durability, knee/shoulder/elbow armor (all removable and replaceable) is already included with the suits. Suits have racing style collar, Velcro for knee pucks, and side ventilation perforations.

They are NHRA and AMA Dragbike legal. I don’t think you will find a better value in race leathers! They are sized for pretty much height and weight proportionate people. The pants have no inseam measurement, but come in a pretty standard length for the waist size. If they don’t fit when you get them they can be returned for a different size without incurring any restock charge. Don’t forget your gloves.

Motorcycle Performance Specialties
5350
McIntosh Point #132 – Sanford, Florida – 32773
Phone: (407)330-9727 – Fax: (407) 322-8632
Sales E-Mail: sales@mpsracing.com

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BAKER DRIVE TRAIN SCHOOL EDUCATING OUR REPS– HASLETT, MI (December 1, 2008) BAKER Drivetrain announces the completion of J&P staff training.

After a successful Biketoberfest training session at their Daytona location, Bert Baker and James Simonelli completed the final staff training at J&P?s headquarters in Anamosa Iowa. The 65 person group included sales and tech specialists, product specialists, catalog personnel, purchasing, quality control and marketing staff.

BAKER has proven that the more technically savvy the sales staff is, the better the end user is satisfied. The training presentation included a brief BAKER company history, a discussion of the similar sales philosophy between the two companies, a full product line technical review, and a Q&A/new products wrap up. Rather than the typical ho hum PowerPoint presentation normally associated with product training, Bert and James kept things light, entertaining, and amusing in the typical BAKER fashion. The company?s new mission statement ?We just wanna make cool shit and have fun? was also introduced.

?I?m really pleased with the outcome of this training, remarked Bert. We used J&P as a pilot program and can already see a benefit in our sales. We intend to train as many of our distributor rep staff as possible and assemble the strongest sales force in the industry?

?I want to thank BAKER Drivetrain for their training classes in both Iowa and our Destination Daytona locations. J&P Cycle takes pride in offering the best customer support and technical service to our customers. Thanks to this on-site training, our staff is now up to date on the newest product offerings and technical aspects of the BAKER product line?, said John Parham, J&P Cycles? President.

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PPG AWARDS HOT WHEELS SPECTRAFLAME PAINT YOUR RIDE CONTEST TROPHY —STRONGSVILLE, Ohio ? December 2, 2008 ? PPG Automotive Refinish awarded the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame PAINT YOUR RIDE Contest trophy November 5, at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Accepting the award were Jim and Melinda Cooper of Laguna Hills, California, co-owners of the winning entry, a 1956 Chevrolet Handyman 2-door station wagon. The award ceremony took place at the PPG exhibit booth with Larry Wood, Mattel, Inc. Hot Wheels chief designer presenting the trophy.

Contest entrants created original paint schemes for their vehicles using the eye-catching Hot Wheels Spectraflame colors available in PPG?s Vibrance Collection of automotive coatings. The Coopers? car featured a striking finish of Hot Wheels Spectraflame Medium Sapphire with dramatic contrasting silver flames. It was selected from a field of 12 highly-competitive finalists that included entries from custom painters, car builders and hot rod enthusiasts.

?All the entries were truly spectacular, so it is a real honor to be named the winner,? said Jim Cooper. The Coopers received a trophy case with an exclusive Hot Wheels? 1/18? scale model version of the winning paint scheme. The scheme will be reproduced on a future production Hot Wheels toy car Mattel, Inc. will introduce in 2009. The car, which was on display at SEMA and featured in a recent PPG Repaint Reporter magazine article, will also be highlighted in full color along with the other finalists in a 2009 PPG calendar.

PAINT YOUR RIDE Contest entries were reviewed by a panel of judges well-known in custom car circles, including Wood, Dave Perewitz of Perewitz Cycle Fabrication, Paul Stoll, PPG?s custom painting trainer, Brian Brennan of Street Rodder, and Ed Capen of Goodguys Rod & Custom Association. The announcement of the winner was originally made by PPG at the 11th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio this past July. Wood acknowledged how hard it was to select just one winner, ?We were so impressed with all the finalist cars. It was a very difficult decision. . . . but in the end we all agreed on the Chevy Wagon. It had everything ? awesome paint, cool graphics, and a great overall look.?

The winning vehicle and all the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame PAINT YOUR RIDE contest finalists may be viewed at www.ppgrefinish.com.

For more information about the PPG PAINT YOUR RIDE contest or the PPG Vibrance Collection, call 440/572-2800 or visit the PPG Automotive Refinish website at www.ppgrefinish.com.

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VINTAGE MUFFLERS NOW AVAILABLE–I just wanted to let you guys know about the new 1941 to 1949 Harley big-twin mufflers that we got in. We have been working on this project for a little over a year, and have spent a lot of personal money and time in making a reproduction muffler that is made just like the originals.

Mufflers are 330 u.s.d. a piece.

–Matt Olsen
605-225-5702

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BIKERNET 5-BALL RACING DOG FOR SALE–A guy is driving around the back woods of Georgia and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: ‘Talking Dog for Sale ‘

He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the back yard and sees a nice looking Beagle sitting there.

‘You talk?’ he asks.

‘Yep,’ the Beagle replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says ‘So, what’s your story?’

The Beagle looks up and says, ‘Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA and they had me sworn into the toughest branch of the armed services…the US Army Special Forces. You know the reputation of them Green Berets.’

In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders; because no one figure d a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running, but the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger. So, I decided t o settle down.

I retired from the Army (8 dog years is 56 Corps years) and signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I’m just retired.’

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

‘Ten dollars,’ the guy says.

‘Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?’

‘Because he ‘s such a bullshitter. He never did any of that shit. He was in the Navy’

–from CarlR Secrest

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CUSTOM CHROME ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING OF NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS– MORGAN HILL, CA ? Date: 11-24-2008 Custom Chrome is proud to announce the Grand Opening of our new corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, California. Located just a few miles from our original Jacqueline Ct. address, the move is designed to provide dramatic operational savings in facility costs while creating an improved work environment and data infrastructure.

Now located at 18225 Serene Dr. Ste. 150, Morgan Hill, CA 95037; this new 31,000 square foot facility is the new home for the Executive Management Team, as well as Sales, Tech, Marketing & Communications, Finance, Purchasing, Dealer Development, Sales Support and Product Development & Management that had been previously housed at the Jacqueline Ct. address.

All other Custom Chrome contact information including phone, fax and email addresses remain the same.

With the recent restructuring of our management team and operations, Custom Chrome is taking advantage of cost reductions in everyway possible and this move is one of those initiatives. The newer, more modern facility will supply Custom Chrome with ample room while allowing us to benefit from significant monthly savings in lease expenses over the previous location.

The savings relates directly to the bottom line and allows revenue savings to be spent in other areas such as inventory, advertising and customer support.

?We are extremely excited about the move, its savings and the upgrade in the quality of work environment this move provides Custom Chrome, its employees and ultimately our customer?s? said Holger Mohr, CEO of Custom Chrome.

?This move is simply one in many we are making to ensure the growth and expansion of Custom Chrome within the V-Twin Industry? said Steve Veltri, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. ?In today?s environment; everything needs to be looked at to ensure we are doing all we can with the resources we generate?.

Custom Chrome new physical address changes to:
Custom Chrome
A Division of DAE-IL USA, Inc.
dba Global Motorsport Group
18225 Serene Dr. Ste. 150
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Toll Free Phone: (800) 729-3332

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LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC–The second edition of the European Road Safety Day ? which took place in Paris on October 13 – had the objective to discuss EU road safety targets and means to achieve them, with a special focus on urban accidents and vulnerable road users.

The European Commission?s initiative stressed once more the necessity to enhance dialogue between stakeholders in order to find out specific solutions, which take all road users? needs into account. Only a balanced traffic mix can guarantee mobility for all.

Fortunately, the use of motorcycles – but also scooters and mopeds – is recognised more and more by European citizens as a solution to beat increasing congestion on our roads. This trend is making road authorities more aware of the specific needs of these vehicles and their users, and interesting national initiatives are emerging throughout Europe.

The importance of road infrastructure has now also been recognised as a priority to improve road safety and FEMA warmly welcomed the final vote of the Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management, supported by the European Parliament and the Council.

Of course, there is still a long way ahead before it becomes natural to integrate PTWs by default in all transport policies. But we are hopefully going in the right direction…

–Aline Delhaye
FEMA Secretary General

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ACE CAF? LONDON SPECIAL FEATURES FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY–

01.01.09 11.00 The Hangover Meet
18.01.09 All Day Rockers Day
01.02.09 09.30 Ride Out to London Motorcycle Show
01.02.09 All Day 59 Club Renewal Day (59 Club 50th Anniversary)
08.02.09 All Day Overland Adventure Bike Day
15.02.09 10.30 Ride Out to High Beech Speedway Reunion
15.02.09 13.00 MAG Fred Hill Memorial Ride-Out
15.02.09 All Day Singles Sunday
22.02.09 All Day Mud Pluggers Off-Road Special

–LINDA WILSMORE
Ace Cafe London
Tel: ++44 (0)20 8961 1000
Fax: ++44 (0)20 8965 0161
Website: www.ace-cafe-london.com
Ace Cafe London
Ace Corner
North Circular Road
Stonebridge
London
NW10 7UD

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BIKERNET TO MEET WITH MIC REGARDING SEMA MOTORCYCLE COUNCIL–I suggest you go to Diamond Bar before your meeting with the MIC and meet with SEMA attheir offices and see for yourself. I can tell you over and over howunbelievably good SEMA will be for the motorcycle industry but you are justgoing to have to live it like I did.

You would not believe how many peoplewere against ARMO (auto restorers) joining SEMA. The restoration industry had no industryand SEMA has helped that industry 10 fold.

–Seth

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S&S OIL FILTERS NOW AVAILABLE–When you are the leader in engine manufacturing you worry about the little things and how they might affect your product. You may not think an oil filter is important to how an engine runs, but it really is. Single and dual cam engines have very different ways of filtering oil?the single cam filters it after it leaves the engine, the dual cam engine filters oil before it makes its way into the engine. Because of this, different flow rates in the filter media are required.

S&S offers filters specifically for single cam engines?PN 31-4101 black and 31-4102 chrome?that feature a micron rating of 25. This is just enough for this type of engine to allow proper oil flow and no restriction. For the dual cam engines S&S offers two filters?PN 31-4103 black and 31-4104 chrome?with an anti-drain back valve and 7 micron filer media.

You may think the smaller filter media is the way to go for all bikes, but you would be wrong. More restrictive flow on a single cam engine will back oil up trying to exit the engine resulting in a filled crankcase, sumping and plenty of oil carryover. Exactly what you don?t want to happen.

Invest in your engine?whether it is an S&S or any other?buy purchasing the right filter for it. The black S&S filters have an MSRP of $10.45 and the chrome are just $12.95 and you can count on them working properly.

www.sscycle.com
(608) 627-0284

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SMOKIN’ CANTINA SOAP OPERA– Just got finished reading the latest cantina episode, well done. Just out of curiosity are you the author of the books in the cantina? If so how can I get hard copies of them? It’s a bitch reading them on the computer screen.

–Casey

Thanks for the note. Yes I’m the author. You can buy Sam “Chopper” Orwell through us and I’m trying to publish the first Chance book. Don’t miss our Bonneville Book. Prize Possession and Outlaw justice are sold out, but I may reprint someday. Bug me at least once a month and I’ll hammer out another Cantina story.

–KRB

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TEASER OF THE WEEK–STROKER’S DALLAS CALENDAR–We’re going to tease you with a shot from Darryl Briggs’ Stroker’s Dallas 2009 Calendar once in a while.

The calendar is on normally priced at $14.99 but we are running a $10special. The customer gets the calendar for $10 and SBT will donate a second calendar to the troops serving overseas.

Here is the write up that CyrilHuze did on the Strokers Bikini Team. I thought it was more eloquently putthan what I could write out:

Mix 12 of Rick Fairless best custom bikes with 12 beautiful models shot in apinup style, then add the superb graphic artwork and photos by celebratedphotographer Darryl Briggs and you get one of the hottest calendars for 2009to adorn your garage, office.or bedroom.

The calendar production wassponsored by custom builder Rick Fairless whose business Strokers Dallas hasalways been about Bikes and Babes. In addition the Strokers Bikini Team ishelping out our troops serving overseas by donating our soldiers in Iraq andAfghanistan a calendar for every calendar purchased through it’s website.

You can order online at Strokers Bikini Team.

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MOONEYES USA X’MAS PARTY SHOW & DRAG 2008–Drag Racing, Pinup Girl Contest, Cackle Fest,
Live Bands, Pinstriping Demo, Food, Art Auction, and more.

Date: Saturday December 13th, 2008
Time: Gate Opens at 6:00 AM
Show Cars: $20 pre-registration; $30 at the gate
Show Bikes: $20 at the gate
Drags: $20 at Tech Inspection (Best E.T. & Best Reaction Time awards)
Place: TOYOTA Speedway at Irwindale, 500 Speedway Dr., Irwindale, CA 91706

Live Music from HOT ROD TRIO THE DYNOTONES

General Admission: $10.00 for Parking Includes 2 people.
Additional people $5.00 each. Children under 12 are free.

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WHISKEY RIVER BAND CHRISTMAS PARTY–Come on down to Ultimate Billiards in Berlin this Friday (12/5)for our annual Christmas party show. Ultimate’s just off theBerlin Turnpike and has a great bar, a huge dance floor andawesome sound – everything you need for a rockin’ Fridaynight.

In two weeks (12/19) we’ll be playing our last show of 2008 atSurrel’s Pub (formally The Oasis Cafe’) in Jewett City.

Afterwards, we’ll be taking a winter hiatus to finishrecording our new disc. Look for more dates in theearly spring, with new music soon to follow!

From all of us in the WRB to all of you, have a happyand safe holiday season! Thank you all for yoursupport this year, and we look forward to bringingyou more great Southern boogie in 2009!Nice- can’t wait to see it in person!!

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U.S. CHOPPER PROJECT BIKE TEASER SHOTS– Here’s the bike I’m working on right now- I changed my mind on doing a Flying Merkel tank and went with the Bonneville theme – the rear camel back is going to carry the oil.

I’m going to try to talk with Airtech and see what we can do for a cool front fairing to tie it all in. After all, it’s a 91″ stroker Knuckle motor- why not do this justice! I’m running star hub wheels with a juice on back- I made a spacer kit and axle on the lathe to fit it all correctly… what do you think boss?

–Rico
U.S. Choppers
8941 Atlanta Ave #266
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
714-546-4699
http://www.uschopper.com/

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MYRTLE BEACH UPDATE–Delay OK on City’s Rally Plan Common sense to have hearing procedure in place.

The Myrtle Beach City Council is smart to delay implementing seven of the city’s new motorcycle rally ordi- nances.

Enforcement of the new rules, including a controversial requirement that riders wear helmets, cannot realistically take place until the city has in place the administrative hearing procedure to deal with the infractions.

The hearing procedure will be ready by Feb. 28, and that is now the effective date for the helmet requirement, which takes the city’s standard on helmets higher than S.C. state law.

The ordinances and amendments were to take effect Dec. 21. Besides helmets, other regulations delayed more than 60 days include the juvenile curfew; the 2 a.m. closing time for bars; use of parking lots for camping or party spots; parking oversized vehicles on public streets; convenience store security; motorcycle parking spaces; hotel check-in procedures; and alcohol consumption in parking lots.

Trying to enforce the ordinances without having the hearing procedure in place would have invited administrative and legal trouble. The procedure obviously must be drawn carefully, and it makes no sense to rush into enforcement.

The council also voted on the initial draft of an ordinance establishing $100 fines for the new civil infractions. There was discussion about $100 fines being more likely to deter violation of the rules; however, $25 fines would be in line with state standards – an argument the city attorney is expected to make. The second vote on the fines could come at the regular Dec. 9 meeting.

Overall, the city is acting a bit less rambunctious about cracking down on motorcycle rallies. There’s no doubt the big May events are viewed by many Myrtle Beach residents as a plague on the community.

In September, the council approved the new rules in response to residents’ complaints. From seemingly wanting to end the rallies – not a realistic solution even though that would please many residents – the city government is backing off a bit.

Some motorcycle tourism seems a lot more desirable as tough new economic realities are apparent to everyone. In these times, taking a hard look at all plans makes sense for individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations and governments at all levels.

Horry County Council members have a less draconian strategy for easing the negative impact of the rallies. The county will limit its vendor permits for the rallies to 400 total. Sales also will be limited to five consecutive days for the Harley-Davidson rallies and four consecutive days for the Bikefest rally.

The county vendor permits apply to the many unincorporated areas along U.S. 501 and U.S. 17, including shopping, restaurant and entertainment areas.

In North Myrtle Beach, the level of concern about the May rallies was evident in the small number of residents at that city’s public forums on the rallies. The third such event is Dec. 9. At the second forum, the message was that all visitors, bikers and otherwise, are welcome as long as they obey the law.

Myrtle Beach remains on track for making the rallies less unbearable. The delay for implemention is more than a little prudent.

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5TH ANNUAL DAVID MANN CHOPPERFEST COMING NEXT WEEK–The 5th Annual David Mann Chopperfest will be SundayDecember 14th 2008 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds inVentura CA from 8am – 3pm.

General Admission is $10,kids 12 and under are free, and military with ID is$5.

The event will feature a very special David Mannart exhibit with some of David’s original art on display, sponsored by Ron Siegel Fine Art.

Jesse James will be displaying the famous David mann inspired Ghostrider bike. There will be a custom bike builder display featuring World Class Bike Builders seen on the Discovery Channel and Speed Channel.

Attendees include Chica Custom Cycles, Central Coast Cycles, Ventura Motorworks, Mercury Customs, Exile Cycles, The Bobber Shop, Custom Design Studios, Kiwi Indian, Trollworx Choppers, LA Chop Rods, MGS Customs, the Foundry Moto and many more. There will be hundreds of motorcycle and culture vendors as well as an all brand motorcycle new and used parts swap meet.

The Charlie Brechtel band will playing their motorcycle music all day including the hit song in remembrance to David Mann and Indian Larry called Ghost Cowboy.

The “If you build it they will come.” All Brand Motorcycle Show features over 12 classes of motorcycles from Old School Scooters to Big Twin Harley classes, this is one of the largest and best motorcycle shows on the West Coast.

Check out the website for more details on classes andentering your motorcycle. If you have a bike that fits one of these classes please enter it, it is only $30 and you get 2 passes and an event t-shirt. The trophy’s are always amazing one of a kind pieces of art.

A portion of the proceeds goes to the David Mann Memorial Fund. The Ventura Derby Darlins will be performing an exhibition game showing off their hard hitting skills.

It ‘s gonna be a fun filled day for the family with all sorts of cool stuff on 2 wheels. We hope to see you there! For more information on being a vendor, sponsor or entering the bike show or general info. check out www.chopperfestival.com or call or email Tory805.217.2113

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DURANGO PROJECT BIKE–Here are a couple of shots of the ’92 Heritage I have reworked with the new Motorvation sidecar attached.It was surprisingly straight forward to attach. Well made kit with great instructions. Drives as I suspected??..much different than anything I have ever ridden.

After a few hours it was actually fun and received lots of attention.Especially with Pardner (my dog). He was the whole reason for this project. He loves to ride, but riding on the tank was limiting. Still needs lots of work to finish it up but it is a good winter project. I swear I’ll finish my kid’s Sporty project.

–Tripp

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WALMARTS ATTACK BIKE COMMUNITY–Recorded in high definition at the world-famous ?Rockin? the Rally? show in Sturgis, South Dakota, Nickelback Live at Sturgis 2006 is available today on DVD exclusively from Walmart. The DVD features a twelve song hard-rockin? set of fan favorites and modern day classics off their first three albums as well as a special behind-the-scenes documentary featurette incorporating backstage interviews, the ?Rockstar? music video, a Sturgis 101 primer and photo gallery.

Visit KOCH Vision online at www.kochvision.com

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BRASS BALLS BOBBERS NEW DIGGER GIVE-AWAY BIKE SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM AND IRONWORKS–Dar Holdsworth of Brass Balls Bobbers just completed his new Digger. And one lucky SOB is going to win it in January. It?s got everything you need and nothing you don?t? just a sano ride that looks good parked and even better in the wind.

Motorbike features include a Crazy Horse engine, custom Fau Ti exhaust from D&D Performance Enterpises, Powerbox tranny from Bert Baker, custom paint, wheels, seat and much more. More details here.

Someone will win it, it might as well be a biker from Bikernet. Good Luck!

–Jeff Najar

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Hey,

Damn, we’re into December and 2008 is almost toast. Never a dull moment around here. I was going to get right to the news, but then a couple of calls rolled in. A brother who owns a shop reported that Santa Cruz, California H-D went out of biz. He also reported that he bought a Panhead engine from Ted’s V-Twin and is having nothing but problems. There are very reputable engine builders out there who gladly stand behind their products, like S&S and Accurate Engineering. Be careful.

Speaking of Panheads, Lee Clemens has completely refurbished 1961 Panhead engine ready to go with an original title for $8,000. Give him a call. Plus Departure Bike Works (804) 231-0244 in Richmond, VA is producing their first swap meet on Jan 25 with special discounts for used parts vendors.

I knew there was something else. The gang at Bassini exhaust are making a new set of pipes for the Salt Shaker. They are going to shoot a poster and haul the bike and model to the Cincy show in February.

“I would love if we could find a saucy red head that kinda matches thegirl on the bike,” said Nick Trumbo, from Bassini Exhaust.”We are going to have fun with this!I think you are going to like the pipes we are making.”

Cincy will be a hot show this year in several respects. The Assalt Weapan will be on hand, race ready, according to Berry Wardlaw of Accurate Engineering. The guys at W8Less rotors will ship out a couple of crates of my Bonneville and Orwell books. I’ll sign books and the Poster girl will be in the Bassini Booth with the Salt Shaker. If you have a shop, you don’t want to miss Cincy for all the new 2009 action.

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ZIPPERS THUNDERMAX FIX FOR EFI MODELS–Does Your EFI Bike Pop? Spit? Backfire? Start Hard? Run Hot? Crappy Fuel Mileage? Would you like to have full control of your EFI system, freedom to make major or minor adjustments without a master?s degree in electronics and computers? Here is a simple solution?ThunderMax with AutoTune!

The Word Is Out! Owners regularly report that their bikes run much smoother and cooler, with greater acceleration, throttle response and no annoying exhaust popping with ThunderMax installed. Testimonial:

?Folks, this product out performs all. So far this is the greatest purchase of the year. Phenomenal product that is easy to install and tweak for optimum performance and great customer service support as well. Thank You Zipper’s!?

Received 11-17-08 – RJ, Orlando, Florida Customer satisfaction is very high ? just search ThunderMax on the Internet and read for yourself or logon at Zipper’s .

The ThunderMax with AutoTune System is legal for sale in the State of California only for racing vehicles which may never be used upon a highway.

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GRAY-BEARD JOKE OF THE WEEK–An 80 year old man visited the doctor’s office for a general physical, as required by his new insurance company. The doctor was amazed by the excellence of the elderly man’s health and physical condition. The doctor asked, “To what do you attribute your good health?”

The old timer said, “I’m a motorcyclist — that’s why I’m in such good shape. I’m up well before daylight and out riding in the hills.”

The doctor said, “Well, I’m sure that helps, but there’s got to be more to it. How old was your dad when he died?”

The old timer said, “Who said my dad’s dead?”

The doctor said, “You mean you’re 80 years old and your dad’s still alive? How old is he?”

The old timer said, “He’s 100-years old, and as a matter of fact, he rode with me this morning, and I think that’s why he’s still alive — he’s an avid biker.”

The doctor said, “Well, that’s great, but I’m sure there’s more to it. How about your dad’s dad? How old was he when he died?”

The old timer said, “Who said my grandpa’s dead?”

The doctor said, “You mean you’re 80 years old and your grandfather’s still living? How old is he?”

The old timer said, “He’s 118 years old.”

The doctor was getting frustrated at this point and said sarcastically, “I guess he went riding with you this morning, too?”

The old timer said, “No, Grandpa couldn’t go this morning.”

Now the doctor thought he was making progress and ask, “Why, is he beginning to feel his age?”

The old timer said, “Hell no, Grandpa got married today.”

The Doctor said in amazement, “Got married!!! Why would a guy 118 years old want to get married?”

The old timer said, “Who said he wanted to?”

–from Art Friedman

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NEW HARLEY-DAVIDSON SIGNATURE SERIES SOLO TOURING SEAT —Ultimate Comfort for Long-Range Touring, with Adjustable Back Rest.

MILWAUKEE (November 28, 2008) ? The new Signature Series Solo Seat with Rider Backrest (P/N 51700-09, $499.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories offers a perfect combination of foam density and shape in a comfortable seat for long-haul touring. The wide seating area spreads pressure across a broad surface, while a narrow nose enables a shorter reach to the ground. The rich vinyl seating surface is easy to clean and maintain, and features an embossed Bar & Shield logo on the side skirts.

A supportive back rest provides five-position height adjustment within a 1.5-inch range, and forward/back adjustment with the quick twist of the control knob. The new, thinner backrest pad provides full lower-back support without pushing the rider forward, and more space for a passenger when this seat is paired with the Signature Series Touring Passenger Pillion (P/N 51770-09, $159.95). The backrest is also removable. Seat width is 16.5 inches. Fits 2808-later Touring models (except FLHTCUTG).

For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.

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D&D DEALER NETWORK CONTINUES TO EXPAND–1) Northside Cycle 20 Oceanway Ave Jacksonville, FL 32218 904-751-1520
2) Richmond Superbike 5014 Williamsburg Rd Richmond, VA 23231 804-355-0550
3) Crazy Horse Custom Cycle 1936 Texas Lubbock, TX 79405 806-763-7509
4) Kent’s H-D Honda, Suzuki 3106 S Clack Abilene, TX 79606 325-673-7103
5) Randy’s Cycles 1816 E Henderson St Cleburne, TX 76031 817-641-8031
6) Everything Motorcycles 14275 S Dixie Hwy Miami, FL 33176 305-238-0005
7) Independent Cycles 502 Clover Ct Allen, TX 75002 469-667-1204
8) Busted Knuckle 1137 A N Main St Walnut Cove, NC 27052 336-591-8600

Here’s another batch just in:
1) Temecula Motorsports 26860 Jefferson Ave Marrieta, CA 92562 951-698-4123
2) Big Sky Motorcycles 313 W Sahuaro ST Tucson, AZ 85705 520-886-7388
3) Griffin Motorsports 3909 State St Schenectady, NY 12304 518-381-4883
4) Trike Toys 1210 N Boulder Hwy E Henderson, NV 89011 702-856-0308

If you don’t see a dealer near you, click on their banner above to search their complete nationwide list of dealers.

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BIKERNET INDEPENDENT NOISE STUDY COMES TO THE RESCUE–I used the two points you wanted to make on the last edition of BRM. Edition 55.

The pipe issue tied in quite well with an issue going on out in Fredericton, New Brunswick. I ran your stuff first and the point was driven home with the two sides of the story that followed. It is a real event that has the police and a shop owners doing a little verbal battle but there seems to have been a middle ground that was reached. I will do a follow up this week.

Timing, right?

–Ken

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BIG DOG/SUCKER PUNCH SALLY’S NEW ORLEANS WISHES YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SUPPORT THE BIKERNET/ROLLIN SIXES CHRISTMAS T-SHIRT DRIVE FOR THE TROOPS–Here is the picture of our ugly mugs. Sorry again for the time delay.Thanks again for all you guys are doing.

–Dewayne Meek

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BIKERNET RIVERA PRIMO DEAL OF THE WEEK– New “Carbo Core” Rear Drive Belts–These replacement & custom rear drive belts from Rivera Primooffer the rider unmatched service & performance levels never before seen !

Manufactured to the highest standards, each & every belt featuresa polyurethane outer jacket with a carbon fiber core.

Tested & run to combat the most serious threats to rear belt service,these 14mm “Carbo Core” belts displayed overwhelming results.

Sold in belt widths of 1-1/2″, 1-1/8″ and a new 30mm (1.181″) customwidth, they are available in lengths from 126-tooth on up to 139-tooth.MSRP ranges in price from $ 145.00 to $ 182.00.

For further info on these & other fine products contact:
Rivera Primo Inc.
12450 Whittier Blvd.Whittier, CA 90602
Tel: 800-872-1515 ? 562-907-2600 ?
Fax: 562-907-2606
Website: www.riveraprimoinc.com

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OPERATION GRATITUDE Hits Unprecedented Milestone December 13 Will Send Last Batch of Packages to Reach Troops in Time for Christmas– Van Nuys, CA – December 3, 2008 – Following the assembly of over 50,000 care packages in just seven days, Operation Gratitude Director of Operations, Charlie Othold, announced today that the organization will reach a major milestone on Saturday, December 13, 2008: The shipment of its 400,000th CARE PACKAGE.

Othold expects the 400,000th package to hit the Assembly Line between 11:00am-11:30am on Saturday, December 13th. A special delivery of the 400,000th package is being arranged. Three previous Operation Gratitude milestone packages contained the keys to new vehicles. An additional 12-15,000 care packages will be assembled and shipped during the December 13-14 weekend. “This is the last weekend to mail packages that can still reach the troops in time for Christmas,” stated Robert Bender, Operation Gratitude Logistics Coordinator. “We intend to get out as many packages as is humanly possible,” he added.

Military and Political dignitaries, along with representatives from many of the organization’s Corporate Sponsors will join celebrities and cast members from popular TV shows to assist the Operation Gratitude volunteers assemble thousands of troop gifts, in addition to the 400,000th Care Package. Fun activities, delicious product samples and a hearty lunch will be provided by Corporate donors.

WHAT:
Operation Gratitude Volunteers assemble the 400,000th Care Package

WHEN:
Saturday December 13, 2008: Production starts at 9 a.m.; the 400,000th package assembly and celebration will occur between 11:00 a.m. – 12 Noon

Packing will continue from 1-4 p.m. on December 13 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 14th, 2008

WHERE:
California National Guard Armory
17330 Victory Boulevard
Van Nuys, Ca. 91406
Corner of Victory and Louise

Volunteers (ages 12 years and older) are welcome to assist in the weekend activities. For additional information, please email opgrat@gmail.com or call the Hotline: 818-909-0039.

Operation Gratitude
818.789.0123
cell: 818.406.5057
cblashek@aol.com

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DEMAND FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON XR1200 SPARKS AMERICAN DEBUT–Riders Order Hundreds of New Hot Rod Sportsters Before Official Release.

MILWAUKEE (Dec. 1, 2008) ? Inspired by the XR-750, the most dominating American dirt track racing motorcycle of all-time, the Harley-Davidson XR1200 is now poised to boost adrenalin levels on streets, roads and highways around the world.

The XR1200 is a powerful new Harley-Davidson hot rod motorcycle that was initially designed and launched only in European markets in April 2008. With the high degree of interest and passionate reception surrounding the bike?s European release, as well as demand from Harley riders and competitive brand owners alike, the XR1200 is now being launched in all markets.

Drawing significant styling influences from the successful Harley-Davidson XR-750 motorcycles that set new standards for dirt track racing success over the last 30 years, the XR1200 features technical innovation to provide potent street performance and handling. In fact, Harley-Davidson dirt track racing legends Scott Parker and Rich King participated in the XR1200 development.

The XR1200 is available in Vivid Black, Mirage Orange Pearl and Pewter Denim colors. The Harley-Davidson hands free Smart Security System is optional in North America. North American MSRP is $10,799.

Watch for a complete feature on the XR1200 tomorrow.

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GUN LESSON

FREEDOM VS. GUN CONTROL– For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. It is now closer to reality than you think………….

You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door. Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers. At least twopeople have broken into your house and are moving your way.

With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up yourshotgun. You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it. Inthe darkness, you make out two shadows. One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishesit as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks boththugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to thefront door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, youknow you're in trouble.

In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few that areprivately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them useless. Yours wasnever registered. Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar hasdied. They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of aFirearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities willprobably plea the case down to manslaughter.

“What kind of sentence will I get?” you ask.

“Only ten-to-twelve years,” he replies, as if that's nothing. “Behaveyourself, and you'll be out in seven.”

The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper. Somehow,you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men you shot arerepresented as choirboys. Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind wordto say about them. Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledgethat both “victims” have been arrested numerous times. But the next day'sheadline says it all: “Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die.” The thieves havebeen transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type pranksters. As thedays wear on, the story takes wings. The national media picks it up, then theinternational media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.

Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.

The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several timesin the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack ofeffort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told yourneighbor that you would be prepared next time. The District Attorney uses this toallege that you were lying in wait for the burglars.

A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, asyour lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger atthe injustice of it all works against you. Prosecutors paint a picture of youas a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you ofall charges.

The judge sentences you to life in prison.

This case really happened.

On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk, England, killed oneburglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now servinga life term.

How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire?

It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This seemingly reasonable lawforbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun sales wereto be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expandedlicensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns.

Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon byprivate citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.

Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the Hungerfordmass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed Man with aKalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.

The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of “gun control”,demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately ownedhandguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)

Nine years later, at Dunblane, Scotland, Thomas Hamilton used a semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school.

For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable,or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat uplaw-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up allpretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The DunblaneInquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearm still owned by private citizens.

During the years in which the British government incrementally took away mostgun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defensecame to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses topeople who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered areason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists werecharged while the real criminals were released.

Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying, “We cannot have people take the law into their own hands.”

All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderlypeople were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear ofthe consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of hiscollection trashed or stolen by burglars.

When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given threemonths to turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects,most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by police andthreatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply. Police laterbragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private citizens.

How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been registered and licensed. Kinda like cars.

Sound familiar?

WAKE UP AMERICA, THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

— Benjamin Franklin

–from Capn Bill

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International Motorcycle Show Coming Next Week to the Long Beach Convention CenterDecember 5-7, 2008! — The Long Beach International Motorcycle Show is shaping up to be an awesome show, with more features and manufacturers than you can shake a turkey leg at. The best way to burn off that Thanksgiving feast is to check out the show and the latest collections from Aprilia, BMW, BRP/Can-Am, Buell, CF Moto, Ducati, Genuine, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawaskai, KTM, Kymco, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Star, Suzuki, Vectrix, Vespa, Victory and Yamaha!

LONG BEACH FEATURES ROUNDUP: Catch a rider seminar at “The Hub ” and bring a friend new to riding to the Explore Motorcycling Welcome Center. See the latest high mileage options from 9 major brands in the All New Scooter Pavilion Presented by Geico. Browse some of the finest vintage machines around while you tour the History of Motorcycles exhibit

Toyota also has a special treat at their Architects of Inspiration display which you won’t want to miss. It’s a great place to shop for show specials and talk to product specialists representing 30 brands in the largest Marketplace ever! See why there’s never been a better time to ride and check out the Long Beach show!

Back by popular demand is the No Limit Stunt show, from emcee Jason Britton, editor of 2 Wheel Tuner and host of the hit TV show, “Superbikes.” Fans will get the chance to see a jaw-dropping stunt show with autograph sessions to follow. The Long Beach show is also the first place to see the new custom ZX-14 built for Jason Britton by Custom Sportbike Concepts to be unveiled in the Kawasaki display.

Performance times:
Friday – 5:00pm, 6:30pm | Saturday –
12:00pm, 2:30pm, 5:00pm | Sunday –
11:30pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm SPECIAL

TICKET PACKAGES: Friday is Ladies Night Out, with all women off (adult purchase only) on Friday with an online coupon available at motorcycleshows.com! Sunday is Family Day with all kids 12 and under admitted free with an adult paid admission!

Now the whole family can enjoy the new Family Action Zone, complete with games, an interactive video game center and Strider bike demos! *Ticket packages cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Stay tuned for next week’s email about the demo rides confirmed, seminars lined up and other great surprises! Get your tickets now to see it here first!

Where:
Long Beach
Convention Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90802

When
Friday, December 5 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, December 6 9:30am – 8:00pm
Sunday, December 7 9:30am – 5:00pm Free Motorcycle

Harley to Sell XR1200 in U.S.–Harley-Davidson has undertaken a super-soft launch of the much ballyhooed XR1200 for the U.S. market. The initial launch will be kept to a limited run of 750 bikes. Up until now, the dirt-track inspired bike has only been available in Europe, the Middle East and some African regions.

In finally offering the inspired Sportster to American customers, it appears as if Harley-Davidson is going to right what many view as one of the most egregious wrongs ever inflicted on the American motorcycling community. News of the Euro-only model was met by the U.S. Riding public with loud dissention and a few boos and hisses.

Dile M.Brown, owner of Knoxville Harley-Davidson and a member of Dealernews editorial advisory board, confirmed that the Motor Co. notified its dealerships via e-mail that the XR1200 would be available.

Word about the release started circulating through the Internet Monday morning after Harley-Davidson of Westminster (Calif.) posted information on its Web site that the store was taking pre-orders through Dec. 15 on the bikes. The site lists an MSRP of $11,179 for the orange and black model.

Harley-Davidson names new vice president– A public relations executive who formerly worked at Kohl?s Department Stores and Miller Brewing Co. has joined Harley-Davidson Inc.

Susan Henderson, the newly named vice president of communications for Harley-Davidson, will develop and direct the company?s global and strategic communications initiatives, according to a press release.

Henderson will report to Jim Ziemer, Harley-Davidson?s CEO.

?Susan is a seasoned communications and public affairs professional who brings more than 25 years of experience to Harley-Davidson. Over that time, she has worked with some of the world?s leading brands to support business growth and deliver shareholder value,? Ziemer said. Most recently, Henderson was vice president of corporate communications at the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in Chicago. She had earlier owned a communications consulting firm, where her clients included Gillette.

BIKERNET STAFFER DISCOVERED IN IN EASYRIDERS MAGAZINE–Thought Jeremiah might like to know he and his bike made it into the In the Wind section of Easyriders.

Also, here’s a copy of a shot I took of Jeremiah in Half Moon Bay.

–Felicia Morgan
Thunder Press

BLING SPORTSTER FROM UK–Here a 3 pics of a customised Sportster 1200 SL. The flames are all done with Swarovski Crystals each one applied by hand.

There are in excess of 10’000 crystal all done by the owner Debbie Shepherd of Fareham, Hampshire, UK

SONS OF ANARCHY PLAY BALL–Thought I would share these with you all. These were from a game up in Azusa near my home. If you haven’t seen the show it is on FX Channel every Wednesday evening. Katey Segal (Peg Bundy from Married with Children and now in Sons of Anarchy) was not at the game. She is on the current cover of Quick Throttle and there is a story on the show in the magazine.

I did not write the story, but I have two stories in the magazine(Irvine Lake Harley Fest and Cooks Corner’s Ladies Ride), plus one other photo layout (Ride for Autism, where I had my new band play at also).

–Pete

CANTINA SOAP OPERA COMPLAINT–First of all I love your site and I’m a loyal daily viewer of it. I was just curious if the Cantina series is done or will there be new episodes coming up. The series is one of my favorite things on the site and I was just curious if it was dead or just in a coma?

–Casey

There was recently a fight in the Cantina and group sex will be covered in the next episode.–Bandit

The head of a DUI program gets busted for A DUI– The leader of a Treasure Coast-wide agency established to provide classes for people convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was suspended from her job Wednesday in the wake of her DUI arrest Monday.

The Comprehensive Offender Rehabilitation and Education program will continue to operate normally despite the arrest and suspension of its executive director, Margot “Peggy” Cioffi, 59, of Palm City, program officials said.

The nonprofit agency serves about 5,000 clients per year in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties, providing educational services to people on probation for DUI and other misdemeanors, among other programs.

“I feel bad for Peggy because this is very out of character for her,” said State Attorney Bruce Colton, the president of CORE’s board of directors. “It’s bad for her and it’s bad for the public perception of the program.

–Rogue

Custom Chrome Partners with Helly: No.1 Bikereyes for 2009– MORGAN HILL, CA ? Custom Chrome has announced the addition of the Helly: No.1 Bikereyes line of quality eyewear for the 2009 catalog season.

The product has been a flat out success in the European market where it has been distributed by Custom Chrome Europe? during the 2008 season. The success of the product overseas in the CCE catalog motivated Helly to expand their sales efforts into the US market with Custom Chrome USA, completing a worldwide distribution effort.

Expanding the relationship between Custom Chrome and Helly #1 Bikereyes Germany, considered to be one of the premiere eyewear manufacturer?s in the world, only makes good sense.

THANKSGIVING GOOD BYES–Have a helluva day and take a few minutes to say your thanks to family, friends, your government (if it’s stable), the sun, moon and the tides (if they’re not splashing into your back yard). Life is generally good and we need to respect every lucky aspect of it.

All the best from the Bikernet staff throughout this Holiday season.

Ride Forever,

–Bandit

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PROWLER’S NEW BAR Transmissions now available at MC Advantages–Prowler’s New BAR transmissions are engineered for high horsepower engines. These are not your run of the mill 6 speeds on the market today. They feature a patent pending stabilizing bar centered between the shafts that prevents flexing of the shafts.

This stabilizing BAR provides a smooth transfer of power without the wear and tear of traditional transmissions. Additional you will find a critical patented bearing support that other RSD 6-speeds lack. The Prowler bearing support gives additional stability for smooth quiet operation. If you run engines larger than stock and want reliability, Prowler has the solution.

Prowler products include Performance Engines, Belt Drives, and the new Patented 6 speed BAR transmissions. Suggested retail is $2499.99.

–Lauren Thorson
MC Advantages
1-800-726-9620
www.MCAdvantages.com

SETH DOULTON REQUEST VOTES FOR HIS GIRL–If you could send this to lots of people I would be gratefulhttp://www.maverickmag.com/Kaylee_Brown_from_Windsor_Ontario__633603796824238506_model.htm

xoxo
–Kaylee

TRIAL UPDATE–Bryan Joseph ?B.J.? Mough was shot in the back Feb. 25, 2008 WATKINSVILLE – Jurors watched a video this morning of Richard Harold “Ricky” Gear, the Bogart man accused of gunning down a motorcyclist at the foot of his driveway, as Gear demonstrated that he stood back from the road when he fired the fatal shot.

Oconee County investigators secretly made the video the evening of Feb. 25, as they questioned Gear soon after he shot and killed Brian Joseph “B.J.” Mough of Winder.

In the video, Gear told deputies that a motorcyclist had followed his daughters home after he collided with their car, and that Mough drove past soon after his daughters car pulled into the driveway

“He whipped around and came right at me, like he was going to take me out,” Gear said in the video.

But when deputies asked Gear to return to the place where he fired at Mough, he positioned himself back from the roadway, with a culvert and mailbox between himself and the biker?s path.

“He was right there, like where the mail-lady comes through,” Gear said in the video.

In testimony Wednesday, Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry told jurors that Gear told investigators he acted in self-defense, but the sheriff ordered Gear arrested after he saw that Mough was shot in the back.

Gear told Berry at the schooting scene that he fired only once at Mough as the biker came toward him while he stood on his own property, the sheriff said.

But when Berry examined the victim at Athens Regional Medical Center, he and a coroner concluded that Mough was shot from behind.

“As I looked at the body of Bryan Mough in the hospital, I didn’t see how that was possible” that Mough was shot as he drove at Gear, the sheriff told jurors.

“We were satisfied the (bullet) came from the right rear,” he said.

Berry took the stand at the end of a full day of testimony from law enforcement officers and emergency medical workers.

Earlier, Deputy William “Ken” Elrod told jurors he was the first to arrive at the shooting scene, and he knew from his experience as a combat medic that Mough would not survive.

“He took two deep breaths and that was pretty much it,” Elrod told jurors.

Authorities allege Gear shot Mough as he drove past Gear’s home outside of Bogart, but Gear has claimed he acted in self-defense after Mough harassed his daughters as they drove along Atlanta Highway, then followed them home and tried to run him down.

A grand jury indicted Gear on charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and three counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. Jurors watched video footage Wednesday that sheriff’s investigators taped with a camera disguised as a flashlight as Berry questioned sisters Chelsea and Samantha Gear about events that led to Mough’s death. Chelsea Gear was animated and called Mough a “jackass” and “douche bag” because of the way he drove. The 21-year-old told Berry in the video that as she and her sister left Target in Athens, Mough’s motorcycle passed close to her car in the same turn lane while traffic pulled onto Atlanta Highway. “He was in my lane,” she said. Mough was in front of the Gear sisters’ car most of the way as they traveled west, but at some point, the car got ahead of the motorcycle. Chelsea Gear complained in the video that Mough followed closely behind her, and as the two westbound lanes of Atlanta Highway narrowed to a single lane at the junction of Monroe Highway near the Pepsi plant, Mough passed her on the left side, in the turn lane. When she reached Burson Avenue, where Mough was stopped for a red light, she made an obscene hand gesture as she turned right into downtown Bogart, Chelsea Gear said in the taped interview.

Instead of continuing on Atlanta Highway toward his home in Winder, Mough followed the sisters’ car and at a stop sign “slammed into the side of (the) car and knocked the sideview mirror out of whack,” Chelsea Gear said in the interview.

About that time, 18-year-old Samantha Gear called her mother to say a man was following them, and Dianna Gear said to her husband, “Rick, get your gun and c’mon,” prosecutor Ken Mauldin told jurors Tuesday, the first day of testimony.

The sisters already had returned home, and Chelsea Gear was inside when Mough drove by, Mauldin told jurors. Richard Gear walked about halfway down his driveway and fired twice at the passing motorcyclist, Mauldin said.

Mough turned around and made a second pass, and Gear fired the third and fatal shot from his .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, said Mauldin, district attorney for the Western Judicial Circuit.

Gear told Berry that he heard the crunching of gravel between the road and his yard as Mough drove at him, the sheriff said, but investigators found no tire tracks in the gravel to back up Gear’s recollection.

The trial is expected to last at least through Friday, and possibly into early next week.

Gear, his wife and both daughters are slated to testify.

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HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?–
1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.
2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can’t speak English
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth’s population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart

13 Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street

–from Rogue

BIKERNET READER SPOTS EAGLE–A couple of weeks ago I was going to Winchester, VA and saw a huge eagle sitting on a fence post along the side of the road. This weekend I had to go back, so I took the backroads and decided to take my camera along in case I got lucky and saw him again. Well, I got lucky. As I was cruising up a gravel road I saw an eagle sitting on a deer carcass about 100 yds off in a field. I stopped the truck and took a few pictures using my telephoto lens. I took this shot through the passenger window of my truck. I tried to get a little closer, but as soon as I got out of the truck and crunched through some dried leaves, he looked up at me and took off. Another eagle joined him in flight.

The only bad thing about it is whoever shot the deer obviously took the head for a trophy and left the carcass. That seems like a real waste, but I couldn’t get over how big this bird was. Take a look at how the eagle’s body size compares to the deer’s body size and that’ll give you an idea.

–Chuck
criddle123@earthlink.net

FULL THROTTLE’S 12TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!AN ESTIMATED 5,000 IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE LARGEST 1 DAY EVENTFULL THROTTLE HAS EVER HOSTED–The Cop Shop had a beer truck outside, hotdogs and burgers ready, beer girls around the parking lot and still couldn’t keep up with the massive amounts of people who showed up to congratulate us on another year of being the #1 motorcycle magazine in the state! People showed up from all over the state of Florida to come out and Party with Full Throttle Magazine. We had great prizes donated to us by Budweiser and Jagermeister like matching leather jackets, vests, bud lite blankets, bud button down shirts, a jager machine, deep fryers, smokers and a grill donated by Artistic Hardscapes.

FULL THROTTLE MAGAZINE would like to thank everyone who took the time to come out to The Oldsmar Cop Shop on Sunday Nov. 23rd for the Full Throttle 12th Anniversary Party. We have no plans of ever stopping this great magazine, in fact we are looking to expand further across the state of Florida and we are always looking for reps! If you are interested in helping the #1 motocycle publication become bigger and better than it already is, contact us at the information below.

–Tony Cianci
813-814-1424 – Office Number
800-889-8180 – Toll Free
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Editor – Florida Full Throttle Magazine

LA CHOP RODS SPRINGER BRAKES FROM ISR–I have front calipers and rotors for a springer, it’s a 250mm rotor,which is about 10″ in diameter.

We also have two piston 46 tooth sprocket brake kits. Plus we have 250mm LH or RH semi floating rotors

–Gard

We plan to use this stuff on the 5-Ball Factory Racer project.–Bandit

THANKSGIVING BLONDE JOKE–A Blonde is watching the news with her husband when the newscaster says, ?Two Brazilian men die in a skydiving accident.?

The blonde starts crying to her husband, sobbing, ?That’s horrible!!! So many men dying that way!?

Confused, he says, ?Yes dear, it is sad, but they were skydiving, and there is always that risk involved.?

After a few minutes, the blonde, still sobbing, says, ?How many is a Brazilian??

–VERN

FATBOB VINTAGE DEAL OF THE WEEK–Not–Here are the pics. I’m keeping the stock ’47 frame it has just been highboyed and I will take that out so she will be OEM.

–FATBOB

PRICE FIXING FINES– Japan-based Sharp Corp., South Korean-based LG Display Co, Ltd., and Taiwan-based Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. were recently found guilty of ?conspiring to drive up the price of LCD panels? forcing consumers ?to pay more for these products? according to the Justice Department. LG Display agreed to pay a $400 million fine, Sharp agree to fork over $120 million and Chunhwa consented to a $65 million fine for fixing prices to gain prominence in the $70 billion worldwide LCD screen market.

But how does buying American enter into the picture since most of the electronic devices that use LCD screens are made outside of the United States anyway? The answer is that we can still buy American by supporting U.S.-based companies even when their products are sourced from overseas.

— Roger Simmermaker is the author of How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism and writes “Buy American Mention of the Week” articles for WorldNetDaily.com and his website www.howtobuyamerican.com .

WHO IS MORE DESERVING OF BIKER CHARITY THAN OUR OWN?–Fellow Riders and Freedom Fighters: Across our nation and throughout the year, “bikers” are called upon to ride for this cause and donate to that charity. And now that the holidays are upon us, requests that we “open our hearts and wallets” will be pervasive.

That’s all well and good. Those of us with something extra should be willing to help those who are truly needy and deserving. But being “needy and deserving” should not be the only test a charity has to pass to get a bucket of biker bucks. We must also consider where the money will actually go, and how it will ultimately be used. Before we let those eagles fly, we need to know whether the net result will be complementary … or counterproductive.

What I Mean By “Counterproductive” Let’s say, for example, your SMRO is asked to sponsor a poker run to raise money to fight some nasty-sounding disease or disorder. Who gets the money? The afflicted patients’ families, their doctors, the hospitals, or some physicians’ research institute? If the answer is “the families”, will it not then be applied to medical bills and insurance premiums? One way or the other, will not most or all of the money end up in the hands of doctors, healthcare firms or insurance companies? And will they not in turn spend at least some of what was OUR money to lobby against freedom of choice and other motorcyclists’ rights?

Everyday and everywhere motorcyclists–our brothers and sisters–are being injured, maimed, crippled and killed in accidents resulting from right-of-way violations (ROWVs) by care-less, negligent, distracted and impaired cagers:

And everyday and everywhere safetycrats … paid with OUR tax dollars and appointed by politicians elected with OUR contributions … ally themselves with healthcare and insurance lobbyists bankrolled by OUR premium payments and OUR charitable donations to condemn motorcyclists for the “social costs” of all this carnage … unjustly and unacceptably blaming the victims for the crimes. Must we continue to donate the dollars directed to deride and defeat us?!?

What I Mean By “Complementary”

Bikers may like breasts, but we are NOT breasts. We do not have to feed the mouths that bite us. And we do not have to look outside of our tribe to find potential beneficiaries who are needy and deserving. According to NHTSA, nationwide last year 103,000 motorcyclists were injured and 5,154 were killed in traffic accidents:

That’s more than 108,000 biker households who suffered loss of income, limb or life, incurring catastrophic medical costs and other expenses to boot. And I ask you:

WHO IS MORE DESERVING OF BIKER CHARITY THAN OUR OWN?

This holiday season, please remember the brothers and sisters in your area who went down, and do what you can to make sure their families have something under the tree. Even a small gift from you could mean the world to them.

Happy Holidays!

–Bruce Arnold 🙂

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THE WHEREABOUTS OF VINTAGE KLASS–We are going to be local for the next couple months, so come see us!

11/23 – Long Beach Cycle Swap – Long Beachwww.toppingevents.com
12/7 – Long Beach Cycle Swap – again, you know where
12/13 – Mooneyes Xmas Party – Irwindalewww.mooneyes.com
12/14 – Dave Mann Tribute show, Chopperfest – Venturawww.cycleshop.com

As always, we appreciate the support!
–Joel and Mary, Vintage Klass
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W8lessProducts Announces 4th Generation Rotors for V-Twins and Sports BikesComposite Rotors are now Forged and Exceed D.O. T. Standards–Tacoma, Wash.?November 17, 2008W8less Products, a manufacturer of composite rotors and brake pads for the motorcycle industry, today announced that its popular composite rotors are now forged instead of cast. Forging the material has proven to increase the tolerances of the material making for a much stronger product. The 4th Generation product (G4) is still approximately 60% lighter than a stock OE brake rotor and offers all the benefits of the original product. The G4 rotor is D.O.T. compliant and is currently shipping to the public.

?By forging the new 4th Generation products, we have tremendously increased the strength of the product, said Raymond Wheeler, director of sales and marketing. ?Now riders have the lightest and the strongest rotor on the market and it is currently available.?

Though there is no requirement to have D.O.T. testing on aftermarket products, W8less Products tests all of its rotors to ensure they are safe both on and off the road. Now dealers and consumers can rest assured that these products will be a perfect fit for their motorcycles.

All D.O.T. standards must be passed before a new production vehicle can be certified as road worthy. Now that W8less Products? rotors have exceeded the D.O.T. standards, they will continue conversations with high profiled motorcycle manufactures for inclusion as OE (original equipment) on their production vehicles.

W8less Products? rotors are made of a patent-pending Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) material that is upwards of 60% lighter than a cast iron or stainless rotor. The reduction of weight allows for increased acceleration, better handling at high speeds and a drastically reduced breaking distance. Testing has shown that W8less Products? rotors stop in less than half the distance of D.O.T. standards with only moderate brake line pressure. These rotors also shed heat quickly, run much cooler and show no evidence of fading despite numerous high speed stops during testing

In addition to the added safety, the W8less Products? rotor will not rust, warp or squeal unlike other rotors on the market. When used with the proprietary brake pads, riders will also see a noticeable increase in the life of their brake pads, providing an immediate return on the riders? investment.

All of W8less Products? rotors and brake pads are made in the US and are available with a polished full-floating carrier or anodized for a more custom look.

For more information on W8less Products? cutting-edge products, contact them at www.w8lessrotors.com or call them at 1-888-500-5567.

SUGARBEAR’S CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS–Due to an overzealous landlord, Sugar Bear Choppers will be closed from November 26 to December 8, 2008. The shop will re-open on the 8th at 12912 S. Normandie Ave, Gardena, CA 90249. Please make a note.

–Bear

330 BAD ASS BIKES– Here is one of our Latest Bad Ass Bikes, that we built, it has a 330 Rear Tire and 360 Front Brake and a Trans Brake, it has a Magnacharger with 7LBS of Boost on our 113CI Polished Diamond Cut RPM Engine, Io Tank in the front Spoiler, 3D One Off Rims, Fully Molded with 16 Guage Sheetmetal, and Almost everything on this Bike was done in House.

We will be Featured at the Cycle Pro Show, Somerset N.J. this weekend, and Cyle Pro Show, Shantily Vaginia next weekend, with this and a few more new ones. Hope to see you there. Call if you need any information or directions. ENJOY!!!

— Dave Torres
East Side Custom Choppers
845-778-2100

Pharmaceutical Commercials–I’m tired of Prescription ads that are forced to list all the downsides. The law or regulation is discriminatory. Why aren’t there warnings with car ads, like SUVs tip over if braking in a severe turns. How about warnings behind Wal-Mart ads: Be aware that Wal-Mart stores generally destroy local small business, distribute overseas product and ignore local labor laws.

FLOORBOARD SPACERS–Cruising with your legs tucked in all the time can get a little testy not to mention the whole heat issue and boot tracks on the pipe thing. Well, if your looking for a change Softbrake has just what the Dr. ordered in their billet FLOORBOARD SPACER kits.

Available for both rider and passenger the spacers move floorboards out approximately 1? and are a quick and hassle free modification. Depending on your bikes style you can order the spacers finished in show chrome or black powder coat.

Rear spacers shown at the top of photo retail for just $25.00 and the fronts go for $50.00. For complete details call 714-680-0911 or catch them on the Web at www.Softbrake.com

HOLIDAY BOARD TRACK RACER FROM U.S. CHOPPERS–Check this puppy from Rick Krost the designer at U.S. Choppers and Paughco, the frame manufacturer.

U.S. Choppers
8941 Atlanta Ave #266
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
714-546-4699
http://www.uschopper.com/

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