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I don’t know where to start, but my stress level dropped some over the last harried week. Goddamnit, I’m supposed to be retired, relaxed, rum soaked and tinkering in the shop.

I finished our burnt Panhead patio table and removed that from the list. I just finished a railing for the back of my mom’s house. She just turned 86 and of course I spaced on her birthday. She’s getting a tad feeble. Most of the parts are in to start the 5-Ball Factory Racer project and it will slip onto the lift this weekend. Check the tapered leg Pauchco Springer. It’s too cool and classic.

Next week I’m attending the SEMA show in Vegas and may have some very exciting news for our industry in the Sunday Post 11/9. I recently hooked up with an agent for the first Chance Hogan book and he wants me to write a movie treatment. I don’t have a clue, but I’ll finish it in the next two weeks. You can read a rough draft of Chance invades San Pedro, California in the Cantina. Let’s hit the news, then we’ll touch on a couple of other projects.

CALIFORNIA COURTS GOING TO WAR WITH THE MONGOLS–Oct 23, 2008 ? Washington, DC – By Michael Doyle; McClatchy Newspapers – Uncle Sam could end up owning the name of the Mongols, a West Coast motorcycle gang accused by federal prosecutors of “crimes and acts of violence.”

Like other motorcycle outfits including the Hells Angels, the Brotherhood Nomads, the Misfits and the Wicked Women, the Mongols trademarked their name. Now, culminating a three-year undercover investigation, federal prosecutors are hoping to take that name away from them. The move is sure to face court scrutiny.

“This trademark is subject to forfeiture,” U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien in Los Angeles declared Tuesday. “If the court grants our request .. . . then if any law enforcement officer sees a Mongol wearing his patch, he will be authorized to stop that gang member and literally take the jacket right off his back.”

The apparently unprecedented trademark forfeiture move comes as authorities in Los Angeles filed a 177-page indictment charging 79 Mongols with an assortment of racketeering, drug and money laundering offenses. Raids pulled in gang members in California, Washington and Colorado, among other states.

While prosecutors target tattooed gang members who bear nicknames like “Risky,” “Bullet” and “Suicide,” however, outside legal experts question the notion of seizing a gang name.

“It’s an interesting theory, but you’ve really got to wonder whether it would have any practical effect,” noted David B. Smith, formerly the deputy director of the Justice Department’s asset forfeiture office. “My hunch is the Mongols are just going to keep wearing their patches.” Smith, the author of “Prosecution and Defense of Forfeiture Cases,” added in an interview Wednesday that while the Justice Department’s move was “pretty clever,” he wondered “what a judge and jury would think about the case.”

Free speech scholar Rodney Smolla, dean of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, added Wednesday that the Justice Department action poses the possibility of “a violation of the First Amendment.” The consequences certainly could be unusual. If the Justice Department succeeds, the federal government will own rights to the name Mongols. The government could then charge violators with trademark infringement; or, at the least, have one more reason to confront gang members on the street.

The Mongols gang has more than 50 chapters in California cities, as well as in a dozen other states. Its greatest strength is in Southern California, where prosecutors say about 400 of the gang’s 600 members live. “Members often commit their crimes and acts of violence with the conviction that they cannot be prosecuted because they believe victims and witnesses are afraid to testify against them,” the indictment states.

Prosecutors identified for potential forfeiture the Mongols name, a home in West Covina, Calif., and “at least” $5 million. Forfeiture would follow conviction. The money and home are conventional forfeiture targets. The trademarked name isn’t.

The self-described Mongol Nation formally filed for a trademark on the name Mongols in July 2003, Patent and Trademark Office records show. The applicants explained they were “promoting the interests of persons in the recreation of riding motorcycles.”

“The membership patch can only be worn by a member, and only if the member is in good standing,” noted the application prepared by the Mongols’ attorney, Michael Doram. The trademark application was signed by Mongols Chief Executive Ruben “Doc” Cavazos, who was among the men arrested Tuesday.

In January 2005, the trademark was granted. In April this year, records show, the Mongol Nation transferred the trademark registration to a newly established Pasadena, Calif., company called Shotgun Productions. Doram also represents Shotgun Productions. “I will have no comment to offer,” Doram said by e-mail Wednesday. The transfer of the trademark registration could potentially complicate the forfeiture scenario, as Shotgun Productions is not named in the new indictment.

More typically, authorities will seize money and property, disabling alleged criminal enterprises while boosting state and federal agency coffers. Last year, the Justice Department reported asset forfeitures totaling $1.5 billion, including a Cessna 441 airplane in Florida, $2.9 million in cash in Beverly Hills and a $14 million home in Las Vegas. Local law-enforcement agencies like the results.

Last year, for instance, the Justice Department reported transferring to the Fresno, Calif., Police Department nine seized vehicles with a combined value of $143,000 while the Gainesville Police Department in Florida got some free electronic equipment.

But even before the latest intellectual property venture, the technique has been controversial. Earlier this year, for instance, conservatives criticized the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for its “Always Think Forfeiture” slogan. The agency once distributed Leatherman tools engraved with the phrase, prompting congressional complaints. “The slogan will not be used in the future in any capacity,” bureau spokeswoman Deb Satkowiak said in May.

THE HARBORTOWN BOBBER–Lots of news coming in the next couple of months, so we’re planning to send an update every week or so (please let us know if it’s too many emails!) We’re hard at work editing our new film called “The Harbortown Bobber” which is a true homage to the backyard builder. We’re even putting together a film about the tour we had through Europe. Teasers will be coming soon…

We recently discovered a cool film called Devils & Angels about some of the amazing artists within the kustom world. We’ve made it available in the Choppertown Store, so please take a look when you get a chance.

The DVD features:

Japan’s masters of striping Makoto, Mr. G and Grimb.

Doug Dorr, Jeral Tidwell and legend Damian Fulton.

Straight Jacket Kustoms car club, Grand National Roadster Show, “Weld This” Art Show, and Gasoline Gallery’s “California Screamin” Art & Hot Rod Show.

BIKERNET WEEKLY PRODUCT RELEASE FROM RIVERA PRIMO / 10-30-08,CHAIN DRIVE COMPONENTS / COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLIES–Looking for compensator parts for your ride, look no further !Rivera Primo stocks these chain-driven parts in a variety of configurations for your later model Big Twin.

Each assembly includes the shaft extension, cover with spring plate, sliding cam, enginenut & sprocket.

For 1994-2006 Softail? & 1994-2005 Dyna models complete assemblies are availablewith 25-tooth sprockets in standard, .500″, 1.00″, 1.4375″ & 1.50″ offsets.

For 1990-1993 Softail? models these assemblies are delivered with a 24-tooth sprocket.As with the later model assemblies, they are available with standard , .500″, 1.00″,1.4375″ & 1.50″ offsets.

Complete compensator assemblies range in price from $190.00 to $240.00. Call forspecific part numbers & prices.

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

THE BIKERNET EXCLUSIVE DAVE ZIEN 1 MILLION MOTORCYCLE MILES REPORT–Thanks for posting that clip from Rogue about Zien on the verge of 1 million miles on one bike, his 1991 FXRT.

I’ll keep you posted on the Zien mileage quest. He broke down in Yuma and ended up in the hospital on top of it with some heart problems. He rented a car last Friday and drove up to Sacramento for the NCOM convention, waiting for a remanufactured motor from the factory. Hopefully, it will get bolted in and he can get on the road again this week.

I’m going to meet him somewhere, probably Florida, and ride back to Milwaukee with him for his last 1,000 miles. I wish I had a better idea of when he’ll reach his mark, but I hope it’s soon. We’ll have snow up here before too long.

Also, nice to see Colleen Schwartz’s pictures on Bikernet. She’s cool and does amazing photography. She was at our party during the 105th with Doc Robinson, Heavy Duty magazine. Later in the week, Rogue and I attended her party at her studio grounds. Great party, with bands, dancing girls and custom bikes, mostly from Dave Cook.

–Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
Investigator
Hupy and Abraham, S.C.

JIMS BIKERNET TOOL OF THE WEEK–Timken Bearing Race Installer–Use to install bearing races in left crankcase. Use this precision tool topress in bearing races straight time after time (A must for the later enginecase).

For removal of Big Twin races, in 1969-02? cases, use JIMS toolNo.94547-80A.

No.2246 – Use on all Big Twin 1969-02. (Note: Includes Twin Cam andaftermarket motors.) Use on all Sportster? 1977-03. Use on all Buell1987-02.

Suggested Retail Price $242.60

S&S HOLIDAY TOOL BOX CONTEST CONTINUES–Our Win a Tool Box promotion was so well received; we thought another contest was in order. So starting today, all orders placed until 11/30/2008 will give you an entry in our new sweepstakes to win a $250, $125 or $75 shopping spree on the S&S website.

This is the perfect time of year to get a head start on your holiday shopping?and we will ship everything you buy in the continental United Sates FREE! So rather than waste gas circling the mall parking lot, just log onto www.sscycle.com/shop and stock up on gifts for friends and family. Each order you place will earn you an entry in our new contest.The S&S online site has all the things you need for winter service like Mobil 1 oil and S&S oil filters, air filters and spark plugs.

Another reminder is for S&S 50th Anniversary apparel?supplies are very limited and some sizes are already sold out, so if you want a long or short sleeve T-Shirt featuring the famous 50th Anniversary logo you better hurry up. The limited edition 50th Anniversary shop shirts are down to just a few units of each size left and that is it?forever.

One exciting sale going on during this promotion is the remaining S&S/MAC Tools tool box has been reduced from $649.95 to $595.00 during this special promotion!

So, with the few remaining nice days left before winter rears its ugly head, spend your time out on your bike. Spend your non-riding time knocking out your holiday shopping early?online with no visits to the mall. And remember, each purchase you make until 11/30/2008 will give you an entry in our new sweepstakes to win a $250, $125 or $75 shopping spree on the S&S website. Plus, you get free shipping on everything in the continental United States.

CAMPUSES TAKE ACTION WITH FREE BIKES–Free Bikes! The University of New England and Ripon College in Wisconsin, came up with the best incentive to encourage freshmen to leave their cars at home! Colleges are setting up free bike sharing or rental programs, and some universities are partnering with bike shops to offer discounts on purchases. A great example of a simple solution for students to help stop global warming.

NEGOTIABLE DEAL OF THE WEEK– fresh built by Randy $8000.00.

–Tim
Negotiableparts@aol.com

LA County Choprods introduces the vintage inspired “Honey Pot” Oil Filter–Inspired by the “Hildebrandt” oil filters popularized during the ’50s and ’60s by Truckers and Hot Rod enthusiasts the look, functionality and size have been improved for use on motorcycles. They’re cast, heat treated and precision machined from aluminum and are available in three different finishes, Natural, Polished and Black Wrinkle with Polished Highlights.

Each assembly comes complete with stainless steel lid mounting hardware and a quality spin on HD style oil filter and is machined to accept NPT fittings. They are compatible with anything up to a Twin Cam and a wide variety of mounting and oil line adapters are being designed to accommodate most applications.

For more information on this and other high quality LACC parts visit www.lachoprods.com or phone (310) 353-CHOP (2467).

–Ken Conte

HOLIDAY THOUGHTS–Just think – if the Indians had given the Pilgrims a donkey instead of a turkey, we all would be having a piece of ass for Thanksgiving.

–from Bruce Snyder

D&D DEALER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXPAND–Here are the new dealers from last week

1) Redding H-D 1268 Twinview Blvd Redding, CA 96003 530-241-7117
2) Gary’s Motorcycle Service Center 1933 California St. Redding, CA 96001 530-245-9848
3) All Things Chopped 1920 B 24th St Great Bend, KS 67530 620-792-2233
4) Carlton H-D 11771 St Rt 44 Mantua, OH 44255 330-274-3141
5) Niagara Powersports Inc 2268 Youngstown-Wilson Rd Ransomville, NY 14131 716-791-4325
6) Moto 400 108 Prominence Ct Dawsonville, GA 30534 706-265-6686
7) Cycle Tech 8010 Commercial Ave Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-0614

–Jennifer

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I love passionate people. I don’t even have to agree with them (most of the time) but my FAVORITE passionate people are the ones who are passionate about freedom. Maybe that is what attracted me to motorcycling or maybe it was the other way around. I know I feel passion for the ride and I feel passion about keeping motorcycling free of excessive restrictions. I want to enjoy my ride by accessorizing it as I see fit. I want to wear apparel of my choosing and I want to know that if the general public violates my right of way they will be punished and my insurance will cover my injuries.

Sometimes I think we are living in better times today than we were 20 years ago, and other times I think that as we grow as a motorcycling community, we have slipped into complacency leading us to a place we really don’t want to go. What made our ride a wonderful free experience didn't happened by chance. Our freedom to enjoy our ride is constantly threatened.

Many bikers are unaware of the vast network of men and women who are fighting for our freedom. These champions sacrifice their own personal wealth, time with their families, and yes, even precious time they could be riding because they have committed themselves to protecting the rights of every motorcyclist to ride free.

I started riding in 1985. I remember being taken to an ABATE meeting in a smoky downstairs of a bar where the members talked about some legislative issues I didn’t understand. Then they went on to talk about a blood drive they produced for the American Red Cross. The thought of some greasy hard-playing bikers lines up outside a Red Cross trailer stuck in my head. I wondered if the people receiving the blood knew where it came from…..

Something else stuck in my mind for years. It's so unfair that many bikers don’t even know about rights issues and who is fighting to protect them. I was told by my peers if I was going to ride I needed to belong to ABATE, an organization protecting my rights. I joined 23 years ago. I don’t understand why every biker hasn’t heard this same message. It feels like those who don’t join are taking advantage of those who joined and work for our freedoms.

I hear excuses and ignorant statements many times like: “I don’t have time to go to more meetings” or “They are the people who are against helmets.” Someone needs to tell everyone that those statements are bullshit! No one is forced to attend meetings, you can still join, and Rights Groups are not against helmets, just the law. Wear one if you like.

Membership money is used to support legislative efforts and often training programs. Of course we could use your help, if you wanted to get involved, but if not, we still need membership regardless!!! We watch for discrimination and injustice. Rights groups fight unfair noise limits, motorcycle bans, parking restrictions. They fight for your right to use HOV lanes, fight for fairness in intersections, cell phone use laws, and right-of-way issues. They also work with state government on motorcycle awareness programs. The list goes on.

This is a program of we, We the Motorcyclists. I encourage ALL motorcyclists to do their part. In the words of the MRF President, Kirk “Hardtail” Willard: “Along with Freedom comes responsibility”. Are you a responsible biker? Do you have passion? Do the right thing. Join a Motorcycle Rights organization today.

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BridgeWorks launches BikeShop Full ThrottleBikeShop Full Throttle (BSFT) is the latest version of BikeShop– the electronic parts catalog for the v-twin industry, which was launched by BridgeWorks in 2005. Upon its original launch, the concept of the electronic package was to remove the need for multiple paper catalogs and replace them with a single electronic catalog, including all of the major distributors and manufacturers.

The latest version ? BSFT ? is a web-based version, allowing subscribers to access the material from multiple locations, and lists parts from over 850 manufacturers along with cross-referencing between them and multiple distributors.

BridgeWorks claims that: “No matter how many distributors are selling the same part, whoever’s part number you enter, you’ll get a search result with all of the suppliers it can be purchased from and their relevant part numbers.”The system operates on two patent-pending processes, the first of which is BridgeWorks’ make/model/year fitment guide, which matches parts listed in the database to a specific model of motorcycle across multiple suppliers.

This is backed up by the ‘Availability Module’, which pulls availability information from participating manufacturers’ web sites to indicate which have the user-selected part in stock, and allows for price comparisons side-by-side on screen.An additional benefit to dealers who subscribe to BSFT is that, besides using it as their shop’s primary ordering system, they can integrate it within their own existing websites to direct customers’ on-line orders to their business.

Also, the company is pleased to announce the appointment of Kent Reed, former General Manager of MC Advantages. Kent is now on staff to help drive post-launch sales development as BridgeWorks’ new Global Operations Director, effective immediately.

BRIDGEWORKS INC
San Mateo, California, USA
Tel: 877 295 7462
E-mail: info@bridgeworksinc.com
http://bikeshopft.com

RESCUE RIDERS TO GET GRANT– With the rise of motorcycle crashes, in part due to more bikes on the road because of high gas prices, there is an increasing need for trained volunteer emergency responders. Rescue Riders, based in northern Illinois, is a volunteer group of bikers who are trained in emergency response. Hupy and Abraham, S.C., the largest financial sponsor of Accident Scene Management, Inc. (ASMI), has agreed to donate enough money to Rescue Riders to train an additional 350 new volunteers for Illinois and Wisconsin.

?There is a great need for trained volunteer responders not only on the scenes of accidents but also in the event of larger emergencies,? said Michael Hupy, president of Hupy and Abraham, S.C. ?We commend the efforts of the Rescue Riders in educating motorcyclists, and are pleased to present this donation to help support this endeavor in Wisconsin and Illinois.?

The donation will be used to recruit and educate motorcyclists to provide emergency assistance in times of need, with training offered by Accident Scene Management, Inc. ASMI is based on the national First Responder curriculum.

?We are grateful for Hupy and Abraham?s support of our program,? said Dean Akey, founder of Rescue Riders. ?This will provide a critical resource for motorcyclists across the region.?

Dean Akey is an Allstate agent and earlier this year, he won the 2008 Ray Lynch Award for Exceptional Community Service. He was singled out among 13,000 other Allstate agency owners for his outstanding service. Dean?s agency is located in St. Charles, Illinois.

For more information on Rescue Riders, visit www.rescueriders.orgFor additional information on Accident Scene Management, visitwww.accidentscene.org

DEAL OF THE WEEK–Just got word that a friend of mine is selling his Harley for $12,500. Here are the pics. Just thought I’d pass this along.

–Lorna

ANOTHER DEAL OF THE WEEK–I realized how bad things were economically when I went to a store yesterday to buy a toaster, and was offered a free bank along with my purchase.

–from Art Freidman

THE LATEST DEAL OF THE WEEK–10 over Jeri’s Springer with 13″ Springer Apes, HD 80 CU in Evo 5 speed,Mikuni 42mm Carb with Kuryunkin Hyper Charger, New HD motor cases with .005over rings & pistons (motor & motor work has only 7000 miles on it), HDScreamin Eagle heads with compression release valves, HD high torquestarter, Crane Fire Ball HI-4 ignition system with 8-3001 coil, S&S oilpump, original HD frame cut raked & powder coated by Racing Innovations OKC(40 deg), Andrews EV-27 cam, Sampson BG3 pipes, Corbin seat with 2 removablebackrests, HD shop custom paint job (numbered), Progressive Suspension rearshocks (hand twist adj.), ONE OF A KIND custom made front fender, 80 twistedspoke wheels front & back, All cables & hoses are braided. Has acorn nuttheme all over it. $18,250

Comes with saddle bags, fork bag & Clymer repair manual.

~Mike

VERY COOL ?45? BOBBER 4-SPEED CHASSIS–Talk about a long time coming! This awesome new frame from Paughco will allow you to build yourself a very cool chopper using that ole 45-incher that?s been serving as a door stop for the past few of decades. Better yet the new Paugho 45 frame allows you to toss that old 3-speed and replace it with a 74 4-speed. The new bare frame retails for right around $1000.00, and that includes offset 4-speed tranny plate.

The frame is set up for BDL belt or chain drive and can be ordered separately or with a host of optional accessories like the Paughco Springer, wheels, tanks and fenders shown here. With that in mind make sure you ask the salesman about a complete roller.

You?ll be surprised at just how affordable one of these rides can be. Certainly would make a sweet father and son project or cool putter for shop or enthusiast. Probably shouldn?t sleep on this one as the new Paughco ?45? BOBBER frame is certain to be in big demand.

For complete details call 775-246-5738 or catch the entire line-up at www.paughco.com

ROAD CONTRACTORS AND MOTORCYCLE SAFETY–The August 29, 2008 issue of the Daily Reporter, contained an article by Attorney Jason Abraham entitled, ?Attorney Says Contractors Should Be Bike-Minded.?

The intent of the article was to raise awareness that contractors working on road projects need to post warning signs to alert motorcyclists about adverse conditions. Attorney Abraham wants this signage to be a requirement. Hupy and Abraham, S.C. hosted a large meeting two years ago at their office in Milwaukee dealing with this exact problem. It was attended by over 100 area bikers and local and district supervisors of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

A Power Point Presentation explained the hazards most likely to cause problems for bikers, including loose gravel at work sites, uneven surfaces during repaving operations, steel plates across roadways and reflective deceleration striping.

The recent article which appeared in the Daily Reporter reminded George Torres of the meeting at Hupy and Abraham, S.C. Mr. Torres is a Director/Highway Commissioner for Milwaukee County. In an email dated September 5, 2008 to Hupy and Abraham, S.C. investigator, Tony ?Pan? Sanfelipo, he indicated that he was passing the article with Attorney Abraham?s concerns along to his Transportation Engineering section and they would incorporate a signing policy that will require their contractors to put up signage at County managed construction projects to let bikers know about these dangerous conditions.

We hope other counties in Wisconsin will follow the lead of Milwaukee County and we?re grateful that Attorney Abraham took the time to remind contractors to ?think about motorcyclists? when doing these projects

25TH ANNUAL LOVE RIDE AND CONCERT BY FOO FIGHTERS AND ZZ TOP ON OCTOBER 26 CAP THE 2ND ANNUAL CALIFORNIA BIKE WEEK, TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 24-26 AT POMONA FAIRPLEX– Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2008: The 2nd annual California Bike Week (CBW) rolls into Southern California next week and the three-day rally ? taking place October 24-26 at Pomona Fairplex ? climaxes with the 25th Annual Love Ride on Sunday, October 26. That morning, the Love Ride convoy of bikers, led by Grand Marshall Jay Leno, will start their engines at Love Ride founder Oliver Shokouh?s Harley-Davidson/Buell of Glendale and cruise to the Fairplex for festivities including a concert co-headlined by ZZ Top and Foo Fighters. The world?s largest one-day motorcycle benefit event, Love Ride has raised over $20 million for charitable organizations since its 1984 inception.

In addition to Leno ? who has served as Grand Marshall for almost every Love Ride ? other celebrity riders on Oct. 26 include actors Peter Fonda and Robert Patrick, and Harley-Davidson legend Willie G. Davidson. Also joining them on the motorcade are cast members from FX?s new outlaw biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy: Charlie Hunnam, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan, Johnny Lewis, Kim Coates and Theo Rossi, as well as William Shatner, two-time X-Games Gold Medalist Mike Metzger and the former Mrs. Steve McQueen, Neile Adams. The morning of Love Ride, bikers will begin gathering in Glendale at 6AM for the 9:15 start. A morning of music performances is planned to gear up the crowd: singer-songwriters Magda Hiller (sets at 6:45AM and 9AM) and Cydney Robinson (7:05AM); and southern roots rockers the Georgia Satellites, from 8:00-8:40AM.

On Love Ride Sunday, Pomona Fairplex gates will open at 10AM, and the venue remains open until 4PM. All-day activities include a motorcycle trade show Vendor Village, Harley-Davidson demo rides, stunt shows, the ?wall of death,? on-site tattoo artists and Love Ride?s famous BBQ lunch spread. Grand Marshall Jay Leno will make celebrity introductions at 11AM, with the concert immediately following. Opening act The Tubes take the stage at 11:15AM, Foo Fighters are up at 12:30PM and ZZ Top caps it off with a 2:15PM set. At approximately 3:30PM, a drawing will take place to determine raffle winners based on opportunity tickets distributed during the course of Love Ride 25?s fundraising efforts (one ticket was awarded per $100 donation). The Grand Prize is a new Harley-Davidson FLSTSB Softail Crossbones motorcycle.

California Bike Week is jointly presented by the Love Ride Foundation (www.loveride.org) and the Southern California Harley-Davidson Dealers Association (www.harley4fun.com). It is a motorcycle & lifestyle event designed to become a signature, landmark West Coast rally in the tradition of long-running, world-renowned bike weeks such as the ones in Sturgis, SD and Daytona, FL. In addition to the marketplace, demo rides, stunt shows and tattoo tents at the Fairplex, the two days leading up to the climactic Love Ride and all-star concert will offer a full itinerary of special events:

Friday Oct. 24: CBW?s opening day features a one-day-only Hot Rod exhibition and a 7PM concert featuring L.A. favorites The Blasters and rockabilly icon and former Stray Cat, Lee Rocker.

Saturday, Oct. 25: CBW Fairplex attendees will be treated to the thrill of world class Pro Flat Track Racing ?featuring factory teams, the H-D Wrecking Crew and top pros ? produced by legendary racer Gene Romero. Flat track spectator gates open at 3PM, and the first race begins at 6:30PM. Also on Saturday, there will be a special Love Ride Bonham?s Breakfast & Auction at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles from 9AM-12Noon. Among the many items up for auction to benefit the Love Ride Foundation is a 1998 Harley-Davidson Softail FXSTC in mint condition.

For information on participating in the 25th annual Love Ride, donating to the Love Ride Foundation, and purchasing tickets to all Love Ride related events and concerts, please log on to:

www.loveride.org and www.californiabikeweek.com

BIKERNET PHOTOGRAPHER RETURNS FROM TAHITI AND HAWAII–After lengthy assignment for Tattoo Magazine.Ms. Wu, Aloha, I’m back.Hope all’s well, did speak briefly to 5Ball yesterday. We’ll have to get together and talk Hawaii, Tahiti.Here’s a shot of Jim Russi (famous surfing photographer) at Mike Ledger’s shop on Oahu–I hooked them up, as Jim’s after new portrait work. Had dinner with him afterwards. Great guy.

–Markus D’ Cuff

TALON MIRROR FROM IMAGE PRODUCTS–Camarillo, CA – October 22, 2008- Image Motorcycle Products is proud to announce the long awaited release of our new Talon Mirrors. IMP Talon Mirrors feature an eagle claw holding the mirror frame. These mirrors pivot at the joint to adjust.

Talon Mirrors coordinate with our Talon kickstands and footpegs.

Mirrors retail for $420.00 a pair. We are now taking holiday season orders.

IMP Mirrors are cast in aerospace quality stainless steel and finished with a high polish. No chrome to peel or chip! We offer a 100% money back guarantee against breakage for life.

Fall new releases also include kickstands for 2007 and newer softails. You can now order American Eagle, Mumbly Peg, Skull and Bones, Talon, and most of our sleek kickstands. We are now taking holiday season orders.

For more information contact: Image Motorcycle Products, 918 Calle Portilla, Camarillo, CA 93010. (800) 304-5838, www.imagemotorcycle.com

ANTIQUE CAR DEAL OF THE WEEK–I am sending this to a couple of you guys who I think would appreciate this. I think that this is the coolest driver I have seen in a while!

Beautifully and correctly restored Cord Westchester with Toronado front drive running gear, air, PS, PB, etc. Been driven the past couple of years but still shows well. Professionally built at a cost of over $200K and can be bought for $75K. Runs and drives super, has done the California Mille Run.

Great art deco style!

–Barry Cooney(760) 505-8836

DUANE BALLARD DONATES DIAMOND ENCRUSTED BUCKLE TO THE LOVE RIDE–The new buckles are in. The silver one with the diamond eyes is a donation piece for the Love Ride auction this weekend. The others are for sale.

I have a feeling I may be the permanent owner of a bunch of belt buckles. I think they are funny so that wouldn’t be such a horrible thing.

Silver buckles go for $35.00.

–Duane Ballard Custom Leather
3401 Spruce St.
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
603-781-7505
http://www.dbcustomleather.com

FULL CONTROL EFI SYSTEM FROM ZIPPERS–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 ThunderMax is a completely new product that replaces the factory module, not an add-on box or signal modifier. The ThunderMax is purpose-built to deliver uncompromising performance but you don?t have to be a rocket scientist to program it or make adjustments.

Just how easy is it? Installation is a straightforward replacement of the factory module and oxygen sensors*. The ThunderMax SmartLink software contains hundreds of base maps that cover over 80% of popular factory and aftermarket combinations, dyno-developed by Zipper?s on real motorcycles. Choosing a map is a quick and easy process thanks to SmartLink?s sorting filters; loading a map takes less than a minute. After that, you?re ready to start the motorcycle. Once running, let the bike warm up at idle to operating temperature while the Smartlink software automatically dials in idle and warm-up settings for that particular engine and you?re ready to ride! During your ride, every time you ride, the ThunderMax AutoTune module analyzes the air/fuel ratio read by the wide-band oxygen sensors at warp speed after every cylinder fire and makes any necessary adjustments to the injector pulse width to achieve the desired air/fuel ratio while compensating for variations in injectors, fuel pressure or exhaust flow. With every tank of fuel, at any temperature or elevation. That?s it! All you have to do is ride.

As simple as we?ve made it to install and use, don?t be fooled into thinking that this not one of the most sophisticated systems you can buy for your Harley?. Using the supplied SmartLink software and communication cable, you can adjust or monitor virtually every parameter of the system:

Complete EFI Engine Management!

Closed Loop AFR Targets
Idle Speed
Rev Limit
Igniting Timing
Speedometer Calibration
Decel Pop Control
Read Diagnostic Codes
Running Statistics / Logs
Accel Pump Simulation
Start Fuel Pulse
Engine Temp Alarm
Injector Size Compensation
Live Engine Tuning
Live Monitoring
Live Recording
Digital Tech Compatible
Nitrous Compatible
Supercharger Compatible
Warm-up Settings
And Many More!

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Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?— By Orson Scott Card.

Editor’s note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat, a newspaper columnist and author, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism.

An open letter to the local daily paper ? almost every local daily paper in America:

I remember reading All the President’s Men and thinking: That’s journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know.

This housing crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration.

It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor people. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were authorized to approve risky loans.

What is a risky loan? It’s a loan that the recipient is likely not to be able to repay.

The goal of this rule change was to help the poor ? which especially would help members of minority groups. But how does it help these people to give them a loan that they can’t repay? They get into a house, yes, but when they can’t make the payments, they lose the house ? along with their credit rating.

They end up worse off than before.

This was completely foreseeable and in fact many people did foresee it. One political party, in Congress and in the executive branch, tried repeatedly to tighten up the rules. The other party blocked every such attempt and tried to loosen them.

Furthermore, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were making political contributions to the very members of Congress who were allowing them to make irresponsible loans. (Though why quasi-federal agencies were allowed to do so baffles me. It’s as if the Pentagon were allowed to contribute to the political campaigns of Congressmen who support increasing their budget.)

Isn’t there a story here? Doesn’t journalism require that you who produce our daily paper tell the truth about who brought us to a position where the only way to keep confidence in our economy was a $700 billion bailout? Aren’t you supposed to follow the money and see which politicians were benefiting personally from the deregulation of mortgage lending?

I have no doubt that if these facts had pointed to the Republican Party or to John McCain as the guilty parties, you would be treating it as a vast scandal. “Housing-gate,” no doubt. Or “Fannie-gate.”

Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting sub-prime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed.

As Thomas Sowell points out in a TownHall.com essay entitled “Do Facts Matter?” ( http://snipurl.com/457townhall_com ] ): “Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. So did Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury.”

These are facts. This financial crisis was completely preventable. The party that blocked any attempt to prevent it was … the Democratic Party. The party that tried to prevent it was … the Republican Party.

Yet when Nancy Pelosi accused the Bush administration and Republican deregulation of causing the crisis, you in the press did not hold her to account for her lie. Instead, you criticized Republicans who took offense at this lie and refused to vote for the bailout!

What? It’s not the liar, but the victims of the lie who are to blame?

Now let’s follow the money … right to the presidential candidate who is the number-two recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae.

And after Freddie Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae who made $90 million while running it into the ground, was fired for his incompetence, one presidential candidate’s campaign actually consulted him for advice on housing.

If that presidential candidate had been John McCain, you would have called it a major scandal and we would be getting stories in your paper every day about how incompetent and corrupt he was.

But instead, that candidate was Barack Obama, and so you have buried this story, and when the McCain campaign dared to call Raines an “adviser” to the Obama campaign ? because that campaign had sought his advice ? you actually let Obama’s people get away with accusing McCain of lying, merely because Raines wasn’t listed as an official adviser to the Obama campaign.

You would never tolerate such weasely nit-picking from a Republican.

If you who produce our local daily paper actually had any principles, you would be pounding this story, because the prosperity of all Americans was put at risk by the foolish, short-sighted, politically selfish, and possibly corrupt actions of leading Democrats, including Obama.

If you who produce our local daily paper had any personal honor, you would find it unbearable to let the American people believe that somehow Republicans were to blame for this crisis.

There are precedents. Even though President Bush and his administration never said that Iraq sponsored or was linked to 9/11, you could not stand the fact that Americans had that misapprehension ? so you pounded us with the fact that there was no such link. (Along the way, you created the false impression that Bush had lied to them and said that there was a connection.)

If you had any principles, then surely right now, when the American people are set to blame President Bush and John McCain for a crisis they tried to prevent, and are actually shifting to approve of Barack Obama because of a crisis he helped cause, you would be laboring at least as hard to correct that false impression.

Your job, as journalists, is to tell the truth. That’s what you claim you do, when you accept people’s money to buy or subscribe to your paper.

But right now, you are consenting to or actively promoting a big fat lie ? that the housing crisis should somehow be blamed on Bush, McCain, and the Republicans. You have trained the American people to blame everything bad ? even bad weather ? on Bush, and they are responding as you have taught them to.

If you had any personal honor, each reporter and editor would be insisting on telling the truth ? even if it hurts the election chances of your favorite candidate.

Because that’s what honorable people do. Honest people tell the truth even when they don’t like the probable consequences. That’s what honesty means . That’s how trust is earned.

Barack Obama is just another politician, and not a very wise one. He has revealed his ignorance and naivete time after time ? and you have swept it under the rug, treated it as nothing.

Meanwhile, you have participated in the borking of Sarah Palin, reporting savage attacks on her for the pregnancy of her unmarried daughter ? while you ignored the story of John Edwards’s own adultery for many months.

So I ask you now: Do you have any standards at all? Do you even know what honesty means?

Is getting people to vote for Barack Obama so important that you will throw away everything that journalism is supposed to stand for?

You might want to remember the way the National Organization of Women threw away their integrity by supporting Bill Clinton despite his well-known pattern of sexual exploitation of powerless women. Who listens to NOW anymore? We know they stand for nothing; they have no principles.

That’s where you are right now.

It’s not too late. You know that if the situation were reversed, and the truth would damage McCain and help Obama, you would be moving heaven and earth to get the true story out there.

If you want to redeem your honor, you will swallow hard and make a list of all the stories you would print if it were McCain who had been getting money from Fannie Mae, McCain whose campaign had consulted with its discredited former CEO, McCain who had voted against tightening its lending practices.

Then you will print them, even though every one of those true stories will point the finger of blame at the reckless Democratic Party, which put our nation’s prosperity at risk so they could feel good about helping the poor, and lay a fair share of the blame at Obama’s door.

You will also tell the truth about John McCain: that he tried, as a Senator, to do what it took to prevent this crisis. You will tell the truth about President Bush: that his administration tried more than once to get Congress to regulate lending in a responsible way.

This was a Congress-caused crisis, beginning during the Clinton administration, with Democrats leading the way into the crisis and blocking every effort to get out of it in a timely fashion.

If you at our local daily newspaper continue to let Americans believe ? and vote as if ? President Bush and the Republicans caused the crisis, then you are joining in that lie.

If you do not tell the truth about the Democrats ? including Barack Obama ? and do so with the same energy you would use if the miscreants were Republicans ? then you are not journalists by any standard.

You’re just the public relations machine of the Democratic Party, and it’s time you were all fired and real journalists brought in, so that we can actually have a news paper in our city.

Kustomwerks Announces Expanded 2009 Catalog– Kustomwerks offers the best value and quality on more parts than ever before. The new 2009 catalog will begin shipping in December to dealers across the country and Canada. Among the new additions to the catalog will be expanded product lines of a rigid Sportster frames, gas tanks, Cometic Gaskets, LED Lighting, and many more new products which will be on display at the V-Twin Expo in February.

?Although we continue to grow and add more dealers and product lines each day, we are committed to providing each customer the best service in the industry. We like to say we?re large enough to compete and small enough to care. When you call us, a real person answers the phone and your questions,? stated Don Hannon, President of Kustomwerks.

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THE END–I’m trying to handle the news on my own. The staff went to attend a memorial for a kid who went wrong and burnt up in a meth lab. Maybe I’m getting old, but I don’t see much use for a life of crime anymore. We’re living in a terror powered society packed with wire-taps and cameras everywhere.

Of course here’s an example of my new world wisdom. I thought for sure that kids growing up in an age of anti-cigarette propaganda would cut off their rock and roll ears before smoking. Not so, Ming the Merciless. Half the young punks I know, male and female, smoke. What the fuck?

With that I’m going to escape to the shop and finish our burnt Panhead patio table. It’s gonna be cool. Maybe Sunday I’ll have a shot for you with a slab of ?-inch glass on top. Then when my next Paughco order rolls the 1915 5-Ball Factory Racer will slip up on the lift.

We have a batch of hot stuff heading your way including a tech on the electric start kit for kick-only bikes. I’m also working on a Rivera Tech primary install. We have a sizzling passel of fiction, but we struggle to find the time to kick back and ponder each high-drama line. Be patient, and Scotty a road-dawg rider who never leaves the highway, sent me several road stories and I can’t wait to slip into one of his envelopes. Coming soon.

Let’s ride

–Bandit

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61 Mongols motorcycle gang members arrested on racketeering charges–Dozens of burly, tattoo-covered Mongol motorcycle gang members were arrested today by federal agents in six states from the West Coast to the Midwest on warrants ranging from drug sales to murder after a three-year undercover investigation in which four agents successfully infiltrated the group.

At least 61 members of the Southern California-based Mongol Motorcycle Club were arrested under a federal racketeering indictment that included charges of murder, attempted murder, assault, as well as gun and drug violations, said Mike Hoffman, spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Federal and local agents had 110 federal arrest warrants and 160 search warrants that were being served across Southern California and in Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Ohio.

The sweep, dubbed Operation Black Rain, was to continue throughout the day Tuesday, agents said.During some arrests, sharpshooters stood guard on surrounding rooftops and motorcycles were lined up and confiscated.

“It’s going to be a large hit to their organization, we are arresting many of their top members,” Hoffman said.The bust was the biggest takedown of a motorcycle gang, said U.S.Attorney Thomas O’Brien.

His office was set to ask a judge for an injunction that would seize the Mongols’ trademarked name, a first for federal authorities. If the order is approved, any Mongol would no longer be able to wear a jacket or ride a bike with the gang’s name.

“It would allow law enforcement to seize the leather jackets right off their back,” O’Brien said.

Among those arrested were the gang’s former national president Ruben Cavazos.

Hoffman said the Mongols had been recruiting members of Los Angeles street gangs to assist in their operations. The Mongols are primarily Latino and formed because the Hells Angels refused to allow Hispanic members.

Four ATF agents infiltrated the gang and were accepted as full members, a difficult process that requires winning the trust of the gang’s top leaders over a period of months, Hoffman said.

The agents were required to live away from their families in homes set up to make it look like they lived a Mongols lifestyle, Hoffman said. Four undercover women ATF agents also were involved in the operation, pretending to be biker girlfriends and attending parties with the agents. Women are not allowed to become full members of the gang.

“If you go to a party all the time and you don’t ever bring a girl around, it’s kind of weird,” Hoffman said. “Someone might get suspicious.”

To be accepted in the gang, the ATF agents had to run errands and were subject to a background check by private detectives.

The undercover agents observed a changing dynamic within the Mongols. As the gang recruited more Los Angeles street gang members – many of whom didn’t have motorcycles and came from Latino gangs The Avenues and 18th Street – tensions grew.

The new members remained loyal to the powerful Mexican Mafia gang, which operates within the state’s prison system, Hoffman said.

“That caused kind of a friction between the other guys with bikes,” Hoffman said. “It’s supposed to be a motorcycle club and they were just gangster thugs involved in the narcotics trafficking.”

Outside Cavazos’ home in West Covina, about 18 miles east of Los Angeles, a red, custom-modified Harley-Davidson motorbike sat outside. No occupants were home but several police and ATF agents were seen going through items in the house.

Cavazos authored a memoir of his life called “Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol,” published by HarperCollins in June.

HarperCollins publicist Sarah Burningham in New York City said she only handles book-related issues for Cavazos, but would forward an e-mail from The Associated Press requesting comment.

Another former Mongols national president, Roger Pinney, alleged in an interview with The Associated Press that Cavazos was the problem, not the club in general.”They were just on the verge of cleaning up their act,” said Pinney, who is no longer a member and is serving probation from his role in an infamous brawl in Laughlin, Nev., in 2002. “It’s not a club-run deal, it’s individuals who are the ones who decide to commit crimes.”

Pinney said he warned other club members that Cavazos was trouble.”I always said he was robbing from the club,” Pinney said. “He was throwing all the good members out and bringing gang members in. He was trying to be a drug lord or something. He was crazy.”

Pinney doesn’t believe the raid will force the Mongols off the road.”This is all going to blow over. The Mongols aren’t going away, and neither are the Hells Angels,” he said.At least 22 motorcycles were on display outside the Los Angeles Police Department’s main building Tuesday morning. All were modified, chrome-covered Harleys with custom artwork. One had a fiberglass skull on the clutch, another’s kick stand had been modified to make it look like bird talons. Several bore Mongols insignia.

Five Mongols members were sentenced this year to Nevada state prison and two got probation for their roles in a deadly casino brawl with rival Hells Angels during a 2002 motorcycle rally in the Colorado River resort town of Laughlin. Three people died in the fight.

Las Vegas police reported serving several warrants at homes in southern Nevada, where five men were arrested and were being held in federal custody pending an initial appearance before a federal magistrate, said Natalie Collins, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Las Vegas. Collins said she expected the hearing would be later Tuesday.

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AMERICA?S LEGENDARY GRAND SPORT RACER TO MAKE ITS AUCTION DEBUT IN ARIZONA–Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions, will open the 2009 collector car season in grand style as they offer one of the rarest and most valuable Corvettes in history ? the legendary 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport ? at their famed ?Automobiles of Arizona? event. The January 16th event will mark RM?s 10th anniversary sale in Phoenix, Arizona.

PHOENIX, Arizona (October 21, 2008) ? Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions will mark their 10th anniversary Automobiles of Arizona auction event in Phoenix, Arizona with the sale of one the rarest and most valuable Corvettes in history ? an all mighty 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport (chassis no. 002).

Often referred to as one of the most fascinating enigmas in motor racing annals and certainly one of the most valuable, the Grand Sport was General Motor?s contender to Ford?s venerable Shelby Cobra. Envisioned by the legendary ‘father of the Corvette’, Zora Arkus-Duntov, these top secret, hand-built race cars were designed to win at FIA endurance races and ultimately the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Only five were built out of an expected 120 car run before General Motors cancelled its competition activities in early 1964. Miraculously, each of the prototypes escaped destruction orders, falling into the hands of private racers who preserved their heritage for future generations.

From this elite fraternity, the multi-million dollar 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport (Chassis no. 002) with its original un-restored race body is being offered for the first time ever at RM?s Biltmore auction in January. Previously owned by Roger Penske and George Wintersteen, 002 is one of just two roadsters produced out of the original five prototypes.

?The Corvette Grand Sport is one of the greatest American racing cars and quite possibly, one of the most historically significant American built race bred automobiles ever produced,? says Ian Kelleher, Managing Director of RM Auctions. ?Additionally, for Corvette enthusiasts, this car is singularly the most important and significant Corvette to ever come to market, making its offering in Arizona a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire such an important piece of American motoring history.?

Keith Martin, Publisher of Corvette Market Magazine adds: ?The Grand Sport is clearly one of the most desirable Corvettes ever built. With its significant racing history, featuring a strong showing in the 1966 U.S. Road Racing Championship, it is the most important Corvette to ever be offered for sale publicly.?

This legendary Corvette will be presented along with over 100 exceptional vintage automobiles and motorcycles. Other notable early highlights for the January auction include an extraordinary 1937 Bugatti Atalante Type 57SC and a unique 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Boattail Skiff.

Designed and built by one of the most significant father and son collaborations, Ettore and Jean Bugatti, the extraordinary, supercharged 1937 Bugatti Atalante Type 57SC (chassis no. 57551) is one of only seven produced and is recognized the world over for its union of styling, engineering and sophistication. With an innovative twin overhead-cam, 200HP in-line 8 and integrally mounted 4-speed transmission, the Atalante could effortlessly reach 112 miles per hour – a fitting tribute to its namesake, the mythical Greek Goddess who vowed she would never marry any man who could run fast enough to catch her. Once part of the famous Harrah’s Collection, this stunning coupe is considered the most elegant of all Type 57 models and a significant milestone in Bugatti history.

Well-known in Rolls-Royce circles, the 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Boattail Skiff, chassis number 54PB, features rare coachwork by German based Shapiro-Schebera. So unique is its design that it is widely believed to be one of the most unusual cars ever to carry a Schebera body and the only surviving example of this style of wood skiff coachwork from the period. Along with its split vee-windshield, flying fenders and tapered tail, the superb craftsmanship of the wood exterior emphasizes the car?s elegant nautical design. 54PB belongs to a very select group of Silver Ghosts that are the most instantly recognizable cars of all Rolls-Royce produced.

Other notable early consignments for RM?s Biltmore sale include: a 1950 Hudson Commodore Convertible, formerly owned by the legendary Steve McQueen, and an elegant 1937 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe, the only known survivor of ten examples built by famed French coachbuilders Letourner et Marchand.

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. The auction will take place between 11am to 6pm 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 (within North America) or +1 519 352 4575 or visiting www.rmauctions.com .

Ness Micro-Mirrors for Baggers Feature a Small Stylish Design For 2008–MORGAN HILL, CA June 24, 2008 ? This great looking mirror features black powder coating, die-cast construction and has an integrated mounting design that cleans up the handlebars and blends the mirrors into the fairing. This mirror is also a direct replacement on 2006-2008 FLHX (Street Glide models) and is easily fitted to other touring models with fairings. Micro-Mirrors are sold as a pair and have a suggested retail price of $89.99.

The Micro-Mirrors are distributed by Custom Chrome. To find a dealer nearest you please visit www.customchrome.com or call 800-729-3332.Part# 631161, 631162

Wimmer Custom Cycles Sponsors AHDRA Winner– Rockingham, NC – Well?the final race for 2008 is now history. Wimmer Custom Cycles is proud to have been a Sponsor to Simons Competition in the street pro class. Andy Simon had already clinched the national championship with his dominance in this class before Rockingham. However, it was a chance for even more rewards as he was number one qualifier and went on undefeated for the ?08 season. Andy also set a national record this year running 8.500 ET and 158.59 MPH making it the world?s quickest and fastest street legal Harley!

?In an announcement yesterday, Andy told us he would be moving to Pro Modified for the 2009 season,? stated Lee Wimmer, President of Wimmer Custom Cycles. ?We here at Wimmer are proud to be part of team Simon Competition and look forward to another great season? concluded Wimmer.

For the past 10 years, Wimmer has stayed on the cutting edge of technology, producing some of the best intakes on the market. Top custom bike builders and award winning bikes, including AHDRA?s newest pro street champion use and win with Wimmer intakes.

For further information on intakes, please contact Wimmer Custom Cycle directly at 1-866-Hot Cycle (1-866-468-2925) and 215-721-4160. You can also view their complete product line at www.wimmermachine.com or drop them an email at info@wimmermachine.com. Wimmer Custom Cycle, 11670 Highway 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576. Dealer inquiries invited!Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich

ALBUM OF THE DAMNED, NEW BOOK BY BIKERNET HISTORIC CORRESPONDENT– Snapshots from the Third Reich by Paul Garson (426 pp., Cloth, 8 1/2X11, $50, 978-089733-576-8; available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and your local bookstore) is a unique, historically compelling collection of nearly 400 photographs taken almost exclusively by amateur photographers?soldiers and civilians?and a few by professionals.

Thanks to these uncontrived images, daily life, on both the home and battle fronts, comes into focus as never before. Viewing many of these commonplace—often celebratory scenes of couples and families, soldiers relaxing and ?respectable? members of the middle class—astonishes simply because among these everyday people are those who helped perpetrate brutalities on a scale the world could not imagine possible.

ALBUM OF THE DAMNED has assembled photographs from private collections throughout Europe and the world. Only a small number of these snapshots have previously been on display in public. Interestingly, numerous photos were captured by the Soviets and only came on the market after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Matched with insightful commentary, the photos in ALBUM OF THE DAMNED bring us face-to- face with people who took portraits of each other, often for family albums or for ?war souvenirs? as the blitzkrieg wreaked havoc and horror across Europe. In the words of one historian reacting to these images: ?Evil acts are not really committed by evil people but by common people who lack the courage to question the acts required by their authority figures.?

Paul Garson is a freelance writer for Bikernet.com and professional photographer in Los Angeles. Over a period of five years, he examined some 100,000 photos from 15 countries in order to create this amazing pictorial record. Bidding against museums and private collectors from around the world, the author has created perhaps one of the most impressive and meaningful photographic histories of the Western World?s darkest age.

Garson?s own photographs and feature stories spanning a variety of subjects have appeared in more than seventy publications, both here and abroad, including The L.A. Times, Bikernet.com, Details, Omni, Automobile, Easyriders, L?Ecran Fantastique and WWII History Magazine. A motorcycle enthusiast, he is also the author of Born to be Wild: A History of the American Biker and Bikes.1947-2002. (more info and photos at www.albumofthedamned.com)

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ROLLIN’ SIXES/BIKERNET CHRISTMAS T-SHIRT DRIVE FOR THE TROOPS HEATS UP– Wow, Check this out. We just had Ron Gaston and Dewayne Meek call and say that they are going to send us 300 T’s for the T-shirt drive for the Troops from his Big Dog, Sucker Punch Sallys dealership in New Orleans.

That city is still rebuilding down there from Katrina and they still did this. I’m just blown away, Ron and his family have heart bro. They aren’t doing it to be popular. I’m sure Ron would rather me not write and tell you but I’m going to anyways. Spread the word. If anyone is down there, stop in and tell them thanks.

And if you’re not around there, pick up the phone and tell them thanks. They deserve it.

–Jerry
Rollin Sixes Choppers n Rods.

Here is the address where to send the shirts:
2164 West First Street
Suite A, Fort Myers, FL
33901

7th Annual Rally in the Gorge moves up a month in 2009– Seattle, WA ? Sound RIDER! publisher and event promoter, Tom Mehren, announced today changes in the dates for the 7th annual Rally in the Gorge. The event, held in Stevenson, Washington, has been moved up one month and will be held Wednesday, July 29 to Sunday, August 2 in 2009.

The rally will be extended from four to five days. For the fourth year, in a row the event will be designated as the Northwest Regional Rally of the American Motorcyclist Association. ?This is a chance to put the rally on mid-season, rather than at the end of the riding season, which should bode well for the manufacturers and vendors who participate,? commented Mehren from his Seattle office.

Since 2003, Sound RIDER! has produced motorcycle rallies in the Columbia River Gorge. The 2009 Rally in the Gorge features activities for sportbike, sport touring, dualsport and maxi-scooter enthusiasts.

Prior rallies have attracted national support from manufacturers, distributors and vendors including BMW, Triumph, Aprilia, Ducati, Parts Unlimited, Western Powersports, Avon Tyres, Nelson-Rigg and others. Guest speakers have included David Hough, author of the Proficient Motorcycling series; Nick Ienatsch, lead instructor at the Freddie Spencer Performance Riding School; and Ramey Stroud, founder of the Cascade Endurance Center.

Vendor support and clinic instructors for the 2009 event will be announced beginning in January. The rally is held within the boundaries of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, an area rich in great motorcycling roads (both paved and gravel), road-building history and stunning beauty that includes Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens.

Sound RIDER! began as an online motorcycle magazine in 1999. In 2009, the publication will celebrate its tenth anniversary. In 2001, the publication branched into event promotion and has created events such as the 3 Pass BLA$T, the Starlight Foundation?s charity ride and Rally in the Gorge. The 2008 rally portal is at www.soundrider.com/rally. A new portal and sub sites are coming soon.

SEVENMEISTER GETS THE IRONWORKS COVER–Motherfucking right! Not even did we finally hit a bike feature in an American magazine…we got the cover too!!!

Thanks to Ironworks, Ken Conte and CurtLout!!Check it out and get that rag

Cheers,
–Svenmeister
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PINK PARTZ WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS–Pink Partz launches a distinctive new line of products designed for the world of horsepower and torque.

Minneapolis, MN? Pink Partz is breaking into the motor sports industry with a deep love of customs and a fresh attitude. Pink Partz has designed a new line of products specifically for women, along with a disruptive Pink Partz men?s line. Pink Partz believes in the passion of the ride?hot rod, bike, sled, ATV, Dirt Bike. There are no frilly options here, only cool clothes that belong in a world of horsepower and torque.

Don?t be afraid to get your Pink Partz dirty. The cool thing about Pink Partz is that it means something different to each person. Some take it to a naughty place, while others revel in the fact that the line suits the interests of motor sport enthusiasts that love horsepower. For those that take a more dangerous understanding of the brand, the product will elicit a fun response. While Pink Partz will never stand still, this launch is geared to offer variety and selection. Moving forward watch for additional line creations set to release just in time for the Holidays, as well as innovative ride accessories. Pink Partz offers a fresh new approach by providing distinctive and exclusive designs. All of which were designed for soulful custom enthusiasts no matter what their ride of choice.

Supporting the initial brand launch are several iconic v-twin based shops including Arlen Ness Daytona, Eddie Trotta?s Thunder Cycle Design and Covington?s Customs. ?The line meets the needs of riders that don?t want to wear a motorcycle brand across their shirt, but are still looking to make a ?riding? statement. The product looks and feels great on. It?s high quality and does not disappoint? explained Arlen Ness Daytona Principal, Shelly Rossmeyer. Retail pricing is also a key attribute offered by Pink Partz. ?It?s not often we issue valuable show floor space, especially just before a major rally, but I think Pink Partz has a distinct voice and will work well in our store. Our customers look for value and cool. Pink Partz meets the customer needs while offering a great selection? finished Rossmeyer. The Pink Partz apparel line debuted this week during Daytona Biketoberfest at Arlen Ness Daytona. ?Earlier this week, I saw this new product on display in Daytona and knew it was the right product for my customers. Pink Partz are on their way to Ft. Lauderdale? said Master Builder Eddie Trotta.

Pink Partz products are in stock now and available to ship. Check the line out at www.pinkpartz.com . Wholesale opportunities are also offered. Additionally, power sport dealers attending the V-Twin Expo will have the ability to see the line first-hand at the 9th Annual V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati this coming February. Pink Partz will be displaying on the main show floor.

Pink Partz? offers a variety of distinctive clothing and accessories for soulful motor sport enthusiasts. Pink Partz is a registered trademark. To see all the spankin? new products and more about Pink Partz, visit: www.pinkpartz.com

–Darcy Betlach

Lil Emery Designs New ?Got Grilles-Got Girls? Sizzling Posters–To showcase their top-selling V-Rod custom radiator grilles Lil Emery Designs will be introducing their sizzlin? new ?Got Grilles-Got Girls? posters at this year?s Love Ride. The Lil Emery Grille Girls?Rachel Mullins and Stacey Dominguez? will be signing their posters at the Pomona Fair Grounds event. Posters? ten bucks. The girls?.well, priceless. Sorry, the Lil Emery Grille Bikinis are not currently available for sale, but watch for ?em.

The posters will also available through the company?s website: www.lilemerydesigns.com. The Lil Emery V-Rod custom/protectiveGrilles, available in black, chrome, bare and flamed are also available through J&P Cycle, grcustoms.com and v-mod.com. These grilles not only look good and fit seamlessly with simple hand tools, they also protect your very expensive to replace V-Rod radiator from damaging road debris. Be safe and upgrade your V-Rod to V-Bad.

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HANG ON, A $110,000 TWINCAM–2009 Confederate Fighter from Neiman Marcus – The Kneeslider:

The Neiman Marcus Christmas book has a little something you might be interested in, it?s called the Confederate Fighter from the Confederate Motor Company. They?re making just 45 and you can have yours for only $110,000. If you want to blend in, this is not your bike.The catalog makes it seem they have a special edition of some sort but there are specs for a 2009 Confederate Fighter on the Confederate website so a standard version may be coming, too. The catalog also says ?190 mph of performance.? Whatever the case, it?s quite a striking appearance.

Specifications from Confederate Motor Company:Weight: 430 lbs
Wheelbase: 64?
Seat Height: 25.75
Rake: 30 degrees
Engine:
45 degree radial twin
120 c.i.
1966 c.c.
2 litre
4 1/8? bore
4 1/2? stroke
Forged lightweight alloy pistons
CNC aircraft billet aluminum heads; Confederate ?Combat? design
Dual counter-shaft balance system
Transmission:
Confederate design; 5 speed; close ratio; CNC aircraft billet aluminum cases
Primary:
Confederate design; CNC aircraft billet aluminum engine, transmission,
swingarm pivot outrigger bearing supported mounting system; belt drive
Chassis:
Confederate triple load path design; CNC aircraft billet aluminum front and
rear bulkheads; pure high-grade titanium 5 inch outer diameter .095 wall
backbone; oil bearing
Suspension:
Front- Girder-type CNC aircraft billet aluminum and titanium multi-link
Confederate-Vincent design; centered coil-over shock; dual carbon fiber
blades
Rear- Lightweight Confederate drag-race inspired design; aircraft aluminum
fabrication; sual long travel coil over shock
Brakes:
Front- CNC aircraft billet aluminum 4 piston caliper; aluminum-ceramic
matrix floating lightweight rotor
Rear- CNC aircraft billet aluminum 2 piston caliper; aluminum-ceramic matrix
floating lightweight rotor
Wheels:
Front- 3 inch x 19 carbon fiber
Rear- 8 inch x 18 carbon fiber
Tires:
Matched Pirelli
Front- 120 ZR x 19
Rear- 240 ZR x 18
Lighting:
Front- Integral LED headlamp; turn signal
Rear- Integral LED tail lamp; brake; turn signal

From the Neiman Marcus Christmas book:

NEW WAR BOOK FROM MOTORBOOKS– If you get a chance, please check out the website for our new book: ?Bristol?s Bastards: In Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry of Minnesota?s National Guard? (www.bristolsbastards.com ).

I co-wrote this book with my cousin Nicholas Maurstad, who spent almost two years fighting in Iraq as part of the longest National Guard deployment since the Civil War. Nick’s battalion fought with the Marine Corp near Fallujah through the deadliest period of the war, and his unit took more casualties than any other National Guard unit since the war began. Nick lost four members of his eight-man team, and saw too many other friends killed or wounded. This is their story.

Nick?s battalion lived through more tragedy than a person should experience in a lifetime, but they also had more than their share of success. His squad mates rescued a number of men from an al Qaeda torture house and Nick personally captured Haythem Kudar, the head of al Qaeda in al Anbar province at that time. Nick was almost killed in the process, but was saved by the fact that at the very moment Nick kicked down Kudar?s door the man?s wife was in the process of giving him oral pleasure, which kept Kudar from drawing his pistol until it was too late and the muzzle of Nick?s shotgun was inches from his face.

Col. Bristol, the Marine colonel who commanded the troops in the region, called Bravo Company ?as fine a company as exists in the military today? They are, simply put, a company of heroes? I?m proud to have led them, to have fought with them, and to have bled with them.?

These kids gave everything they had in Iraq, and they lost a lot of their brothers. We?ve tried to present the reality of what Nick and his friends experienced in ?Bristol’s Bastards.? It?s raw, filled with the scatological gallows humor one would expect from a bunch of 20 year olds sent to a meat grinder half-way around the world, but it captures the experiences they lived through. Their story deserves to be told, warts and all, in their own vernacular. To whitewash it and make it pretty would trivialize their sacrifices.

–Darwin Holmstrom

CYCLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOWS PRESENTED BY TOYOTA KICKS-OFF NATIONWIDE TOUR AT UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM–

Phoenix ? (October 21, 2008) ? The Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows presented by Toyota kicks-off its 13-city nationwide tour at the University of Phoenix Stadium Friday, October 31 through Sunday, November 2. This motorcycle extravaganza is an all access pass to the world of motorcycling with hundreds of the latest street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, scooters and ATVs for both new and experienced riders. Several manufacturers will showcase U.S. debuts of hot new models and offer attendees an up-close look at the latest in fuel efficient transportation with more than 500 new vehicles that get 50-plus miles to the gallon ? there has never been a better time to ride! From a record setting number of demo rides to a Scooter Pavilion jam-packed with fuel sipping options, the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show offers something for everyone.

The Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows is the first place to see the 2009-model motorcycle collections from the leading motorcycle manufacturers. Ducati and Kawasaki will unveil new models for the first time ever in the U.S. on Friday, October 31, live on the show floor. Attendees will also get a first look the all new Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager and Ninja ZX-6R and the Ducati Monster 1100 and Monster 696. In addition, a custom Phoenix Suns Ducati 848, signed by all the players and featuring a seat made out of basketball skins will be unveiled to the public for the first time ever. This one-of-a-kind bike will be auctioned off at the annual Suns & Stars Gala to raise funds for Phoenix Suns Charities in early 2009.

?Phoenix is the first show for the new model season and Arizonans will be treated to exciting U.S. bike debuts from several manufacturers,? said Group Show Director Jeff D?Entremont. ?Enthusiasts will also have the unique opportunity to test ride the largest demo fleet in tour history to truly experience all the great brands and machines we have lined up. This first stop on the tour will showcase several new show features including first-time rider seminars, a Scooter Pavilion featuring the latest brands and products fitting of the scooter lifestyle, high-flying freestyle motocross action and more.?

Following is a brief description of the exciting new features coming to the University of Phoenix Stadium:Scooter Pavilion ? With high gas prices, scooters are all the rage and the Scooter Pavilion will showcase all the newest models from several manufacturers all in one location. This is the perfect place for showgoers to learn more about these high mileage transportation options and compare models from Aprilia, CF Moto, Genuine, Honda, KYMCO, Piaggio, Vectrix, Vespa and more!

More Demo Rides Than Ever ? Licensed motorcyclists who bring their own riding gear (including a helmet) can test drive the hottest new street bikes from more than 10 manufacturers on Saturday and Sunday, during daylight hours. These manufacturer-sponsored demo rides will offer showgoers the chance to hop on the latest models from BRP, Ducati, Honda, Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, KTM, KYMCO, Star, Suzuki, Victory and Yamaha.

Explore Motorcycling New Rider?s Welcome Center ? The Welcome Center is the inviting home to a surplus of information for new riders, as well as a place to ask questions and learn about motorcycle safety, women?s programs and local riding clubs ? the perfect place for those interested in or new to two wheels. This feature area will also house floor plans, exhibitor lists, product giveaways and serve as an ideal introduction to the world of motorcycling. Freestyle Motocross Action ? Freestyle motocross fans are sure to be thrilled by performances from the Team Cartel Freestyle Motocross Team. Riders will dazzle attendees with their one-of-a-kind aerial tricks and back flips to a heart pounding soundtrack.

The Hub ? For the first time ever, this new high-energy area will be jam-packed with great speakers covering touring tips, new rider seminars, safety topics and advanced rider clinics. Attendees will also be treated to the American debut of several bikes, on Halloween afternoon. Vintage Pavilion ? This retro showcase returns with an expanded collection of rare vintage motorcycles including classic dirt bikes, cruisers and more from various vintage groups throughout the country.

Family Action Zone ? Children will enjoy several interactive activities including an obstacle course with Strider Running Bikes, an interactive gaming area featuring the latest video game systems and more!

For the 16th consecutive year, Cycle World, the world?s most popular motorcycle magazine, is the title sponsor for the series and leading manufacturer Toyota will return for the 11th year as presenting sponsor. The show will be open to the public Friday, October 31 (Halloween) through Sunday, November 2, at the University of Phoenix Stadium, located at 1 Cardinals Drive, in Glendale, Arizona. Show hours are Friday, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the event is $12 for adults and $6 for children 6-11. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Families are encouraged to attend on Freaky Friday, where kids under 12 get in free for safe trick or treating from all the exhibitors at the show!

Plus, Sunday is Ladies Day Out with all women receiving half price admission at the door with our online coupon! $2 off discount tickets are available on the Web at www.motorcycleshows.com . The Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows? presented by Toyota is the world?s largest motorcycle show series. For more information, call 800/331-5706 or visit motorcycleshows.com.

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Ever Heard of the Bakken Formation?–Google it or follow this link. It will blow your mind.http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April (’08) that onlyscientists and oilmen knew was coming, but man was it big. It was arevised report (hadn’t been updated since ’95) on how much oil was inthis area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; andextreme eastern Montana … check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska ‘s PrudhoeBay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence onforeign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable… at$107 a barrel, we’re looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3trillion.P’When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically seetheir jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.’ says Terry Johnson, theMontana Legislature’s financial analyst.’This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field foundin the past 56 years,’ reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It’s aformation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referredto as the ‘Bakken.’ And it stretches from Northern Montana, throughNorth Dakota and into Canada .

For years, U.S.oil exploration has beenconsidered a dead end. Even the ‘Big Oil’ companies gave up searchingfor major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technologicalbreakthrough has opened up the Bakken’s massive reserves… and we nowhave access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light,sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PERBARREL!That’s enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 41 yearsstraight.

2. [And if THAT didn’t throw you on the floor, then this next one should- because it’s from TWO YEARS AGO, people!] U.S.Oil Discovery- LargestReserve in the World! Stansberry Report Online – 4/20/2006 Hidden 1,000feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largestuntapped oil reserve in the world is more than 2 TRILLION barrels.They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders,than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the officialestimates:

– 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
– 18-times as much oil a s Iraq
– 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
– 22-times as much oil as Iran
– 500-times as much oil as Yemen

And it’s all right here in the Western United States!James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we’ve got more oil inthis very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLIONbarrels. Untapped. That’s more than all the proven oil reserves of crudeoil in the world today, reports The Denver Post.

BIKER OR NOT– is one of the many internet groups that are very popular with motorcycle riders. People start off on a site and get to know each other and then progress to gatherings like the one they held on Friday during Biketoberfest at the Iron Horse Saloon on US1 in Ormond.

The gatherings are called Meet and Greets and allows everyone to get together in a neutral setting.

I try to attend a different one of these from time to time to meet new people. If you are interested in this you can check them out at http://www.bikerornot.com/

Just to be fair I should note that there are Numerous site that are similar in nature and you can find many through search engine on the internet.

–Rogue

CHOPPER CHALLENGE IS ON TOUR NOW–Be sure to catch the mini-marathon of season 1! This Thursday night on CMT (Country Music Television)! Please check our local listings and tune in!

Go to http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/chopper-challenge/series_showtimes.jhtmlor www.thechopperchallenge.com for more details!

Be sure to catch, The Chopper Challenge Experience currently on tour now!

NEW MOTORCYCLE FICTION BOOK SITE–In answer to your question, yes the goal of motorcycle fiction is to sell books. We have a link to Motorcycle Superstore on a earn for performance basis. We are affiliates for Amazon so we earn commission for the books we sell, and I have a link to Booklocker for my books.

We would take a book of short stories, but I think you could do that better that we could. We set up a link with your logo to take readers to the Bikernet Fiction area, since we don’t publish individual stories. I will check out your shop and see how we can get your books on the site.

–Preacher
Motorcyclefiction.com

ESTOK RIDES BUELL TO ASRA PRO THUNDERBIKE WIN AT DAYTONA —Bruce Rossmeyer?s Daytona Racing Buell 1125R Is Third in MOTO-ST Eight Hours.

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (October 19, 2008) ? Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider David Estok executed a dramatic last-lap pass to win the ASRA Pro Thunderbike National at the 25th Annual ASRA Race of Champions at Daytona International Speedway. Riding a Buell XB12R motorcycle, Estok drafted past BMW rider Nate Kern as the pair dashed for the finish line. Hal?s H-D/Buell/Hal?s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky finished third, also on a Buell XB12R.

Kern was the fast qualifier for the season-ending Pro Thunderbike National at Daytona with a lap of 1:55.748. Kern and Morton?s BMW rider Richard Cooper led from the start of the eight-lap race, with Estok following closely in third place. Cooper crashed and was out of the race on lap three, and Estok closed in on Kern and stayed just behind the BMW rider until the pair exited the final turn of the high-banked Daytona track. Timing the draft perfectly, Estok was able to pull ahead of Kern and take the win.

?Second place is a great spot to be in on the last turn at Daytona,? said Estok. ?I?ve got a great Buell motorcycle and some experience at this track and was able to put both to use today. It?s nice to end the season with a win.?

Finishing in fourth place aboard a Buell XB12R was Dr. D Racing rider Robert Johnson, followed by Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Carl Reid in fifth. Classic Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Art Diaz rode a Buell XB12R to sixth position.

After closing out the eight-race 2008 ASRA Pro Thunderbike season at Daytona, Kern finished with 254 points to win the championship. Estok was second with 197 points, Bilansky was third with 136 points, and Bison Racing/Eagle H-D/Buell rider Walt Sipp was fourth with 115 points.

James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing Takes ASRA Team Challenge Title

James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing riders Paul James and Jeff Johnson rode their Harley-Davidson/Buell of Appleton sponsored Buell XB12R to win the 2008 ASRA Team Challenge GT Lights (GTL) class championship with a second-place finish in the 2-hour Team Challenge event at Daytona on Friday, Oct. 17. The team won the GTL class at three of the five Team Challenge events it entered this season, and finished with 152 points to lead the second-place Shakka 4 Life Suzuki team by 40 points. The KRM Racing team won the Daytona round on a Bimota.

Buell Riders Win Five CCS Championships

Buell riders won five MotoSport.com Championship Cup Series (CCS) national championships in sprint racing on Saturday and Sunday at Daytona. Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Carl Reid rode a Buell XB12R to win titles in the Amateur Lightweight Superbike, Amateur Lightweight GP and Amateur GT Lights classes. Hal?s Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Joel Spaulding won the Amateur Thunderbike title on a Buell XB12R. Estok won the Expert Lightweight Superbike championship, also on a Buell XB12R.

Two Buell Teams Close MOTO-ST Season in Third Place

Shawn Higbee, Michael Barnes and Steve Crevier rode the Bruce Rossmeyer?s Daytona Racing No. 8 Buell 1125R to a third-place finish in the SunTrust MOTO-ST 8 Hours at Daytona endurance race on Oct. 18, and finished the seven-race MOTO-ST season in third place in the premier Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport (SST) class. The No. 8 Buell came back from a radiator problem that left the team ninth overall at half distance.

?That?s endurance racing for you,? Barnes said. ?We knew we just had to keep plugging away.?

The No. 83 Buell 1125R ridden by Barnes, Crevier and Dave Estok for Bruce Rossmeyer Daytona Racing with assistance from Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing completed 69 laps before retiring with mechanical problems and placed 26th overall. The Hal?s Harley-Davidson/Buell-Brotz Motorsports No. 7 Buell 1125R raced by Dan Bilansky, Clint Brotz and Higbee completed 51 laps before retiring and placed 27th.

The No. 8 Bruce Rossmeyer?s Daytona Racing team, entered by Richie Morris Racing, won two races during the 2008 MOTO-ST season aboard the Buell 1125R. Despite an eighth-place finish at Daytona, the Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motorsports No.1 Aprilia won the SST season title with 225 points. The Touring Sport Ducati No. 75 entry was second with 207 points, followed by the Bruce Rossmeyer?s Daytona Racing No. 8 Buell with 204 points.

The No. 70 James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing Buell team of Jeff Johnson, Paul James and Walt Sipp came to Daytona only two points behind the No. 77 Ducati in the MOTO-ST BMW GrandSport Twins (GST) standings, and battled back from an early race off-track incident caused by the No. 77. But while running third in class at about the five-hour mark, the Buell XB12R crashed in the West Horseshoe turn with Sipp aboard. The crash resulted in a cracked frame and fuel leak, which the team repaired, but the bike later developed an oil leak. After replacing the oil cooler, the team finished seventh in class and 23rd overall. The No. 77 Touring Sport Ducati team finished fifth in class and 19th overall and won the 2008 GST class title with 212 points. The No. 69 RightsforBikers.com Ducati won GST at Daytona and was fourth overall, and moved up to second place for the season in GST with 209 points, just one point ahead of the No. 70 James Gang Racing Buell, which finished the season in third place.

?The championship was ours to win at the half-way point of the race,? said Paul James. ?We were running third with a good lead on the No. 77 Ducati. But at some point in an endurance race you?ll be dealt adversity, you just don?t know what will happen or when it will strike. As it has done all season, the team worked hard to stay in the race and we never quit.?

To learn more about Buell motorcycles, visit your local Buell dealer today and experience the pure streetfighter attitude, style and performance only found on board a Buell. For the Buell dealer nearest you, pull into www.buell.com .

CRAZY HORSE MOTORCYCLE ENGINES COME ALIVE–Crazy Horse Motorcycles LLC based in Kent, Washington is the manufacturer of the “V-Plus” aircooled 45 degree V-Twin motorcycle engine. Crazy Horse is an OEM supplier of this engine to individuals and custom bike builders.