There is important constitutional helmet law litigation, originally brought by Richard Quigley that requires your support for it to succeed. It is set for trial in May 2008 in the same California courthouse where Quigley obtained the judicial opinion that the California helmet law was unconstitutionally vague as applied. The present litigation, if successful, will build on that victory now to defeat the California helmet law on the same constitutional due process grounds. We anticipate, furthermore, that the appellate decision resulting from the case will also assist freedom fighters across the nation to defeat their helmet laws.

The purpose of this correspondence is to request your help to properly fund the trial. We urge you to pass the hat, dig deep, and send your checks to: “Judicial Fund” c/o Abate of California, 10240 Seventh Avenue, Hesperia, CA 92345.

True to the tradition of the small but great state of Delaware, the first state to ratify the United States Constitution, the three Delaware ABATE Chapters have announced that they will be the first to stand to defend the constitution, specifically by doing their part to assure that this important constitutional litigation prevails. These three small Delaware ABATE Chapters have made an $8,000 contribution to this Judicial Fund set up as the war chest for the Quigley litigation. The contribution represents $8.00 from each Delaware ABATE member. In announcing the donation, Delaware ABATE State Legislative Coordinator, Gary K. (Hildy) Hilderbrand stated:

“We are releasing this announcement as a challenge to all SMROs in every state in the nation to match what our little State has done. ABATE of Delaware is proud to represent the State that started this nation, and first on board with the desperately needed funds to maintain our freedom.”

We are writing to urge all SMROs across this nation to come together, and follow Delaware's lead, to assure that this important constitutional litigation prevails. We also want you to know that the success we achieve will not just free California bikers from the shackles of our oppressive helmet law; it will set the precedent that we hope will assure that every other state can obtain or preserve freedom.

The legislative helmet wars have entered an entirely new battlefield on which SMROs now face not only the insurance industry and medical lobbyists but the federal government now wearing the face of the National Transportation Safety Board. The September 2007 NTSB recommendations and the reinvigorated helmet law proponent activity nationwide should cause rights advocates in every state to consider whether it will be realistic to expect with any certainty that freedom can be achieved against these even greater powers lining up against us, and indeed, whether the SMROs in the free and semi-free states will be able to hold on to their freedom.

The NTSB has made a specific recommendation to every state, and that is to adopt or amend the state helmet laws to require that ALL riders wear helmets conforming to the federal motorcycle helmet performance standard set forth in FMVSS 218. This already has happened in Nebraska and North Carolina.

The importance of the Quigley California litigation is in part derived from the fact that the California helmet law is precisely the law that the NTSB has recommended. It is a law requiring all California motorcyclists and their passengers to wear helmets compliant with FMVSS 218.

The present litigation is the culmination of 17 years of concerted work by Richard Quigley and California freedom fighters like Steve Bianco, the truck driver responsible for the constitutional appellate law which has set the CHP up for this fall. Steve Bianco is also one of the four remaining plaintiffs in the Quigley litigation who will carry this litigation forward now following Quig's passing.

If successful, our victory will hammer the final constitutional nail into the coffin of the California helmet law. It is 17 years of work which we also hope may be able to shortcut the road to freedom for those who will fight for it in the courts of our sister states. Indeed, it is our greatest hope that our victory will serve as important constitutional precedent for freedom fighters to obtain the same result in every state in which a helmet law presently requires use of FMVSS 218 compliant helmets, and every other state in which such a law is subsequently enacted pursuant to the NTSB's recommendations.

Thank you for your consideration in the above regard.

In freedom and brotherhood,

–Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
Founder, ABATE of WisconsinBikernet.com
BOLT National Director
Sturgis Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame, 2002

Mike Osborn
ABATE of California, Judicial Fund Chairperson

Keith R. Ball
President
Bikernet.com

Gary Hilderbrand
Legislative Coordinator
Delaware ABATE

Mark and Molly Infield
Full Throttle Magazine

For you to have a satisfactory explanation as to why this California litigation will benefit your efforts to obtain or preserve freedom in your state requires a discussion of the constitutional principles we are working to vindicate, as well as a few highlights from the history of the California litigation. With that foundation we hope that you will appreciate that this is the same long road that the freedom fighters would be required to ride out in other states if we fail to achieve the landmark victory here.

First the overview: We would hope that after our present case is decided in the California Court of Appeals that freedom fighters in other states will be able to use our result as precedent to persuade your courts to find your helmet laws unconstitutionally vague “as written.” That is the quickest way to knock out a helmet law. In the absence of our victory in the California litigation, however, your Courts might determine to “reinterpret” the law to conform to constitutional requisites, just as the California courts did 17 years ago. What our present litigation will establish is that the law can't be reinterpreted to meet constitutional principles without rendering the law as a practical matter incapable of being constitutionally enforced.

Yes, the result in this case will be California case law, not the case law of your state. But wherever a trial court or appellate court in any state considers an “issue of first impression,” meaning an issue which has not yet been decided by the higher courts of the state, the courts will consider the case law of the other states which have faced and decided the issues. And on this pivotal issue whether an FMVSS 218 based helmet law can be successfully reinterpreted to meet constitutional requisites, the result in the present California case will be a resounding “No,” and it will be the only case providing precedent.

For those who would like to understand more fully why this California litigation is important for the freedom cause in every state in our Union, we will provide the briefest possible discussion below, while still attempting to do justice to the constitutional principles and just the few main cases which have led us now to rise above our helmet law's coffin with our hammer and the last nail poised to put the law where it belongs – firmly planted six feet under. At the same time we would hope to provide you some appreciation for our long battle that we would hope will shortcut yours.

In California, we started, as you will, with the attempt to void our helmet law on the grounds that the legislation was unconstitutionally vague “as written.” The appellate courts chose instead to reinterpret the helmet law to cure the facial constitutional defect. What our work of the past 17 years has successfully accomplished is to lay the legal and evidentiary framework now to demonstrate that it is not an option to reinterpret the law, because it can only yield a law which cannot be “enforced” constitutionally.

The initial case brought to challenge the constitutionality of the California helmet law was Buhl v. Hannigan. The main premise of the argument made in Buhl would be the same that would apply in any state in which a helmet statute incorporating FVMSS 218 was enacted. Stated simply, the argument was that neither the bikers nor the cops can possibly understand or apply the technical helmet performance protocol set forth in FMVSS 218; the bikers are thus deprived of the opportunity to conform to this law that they can't understand; and the cops are left to make entirely subjective decisions whether any particular helmets would comply, lending to law enforcement which is entirely arbitrary and potentially discriminatory. This is the definition of an unconstitutionally vague law, prohibited by the due process clause of the United States Constitution.

As set forth by the United States Supreme Court:

“It is a basic principle of due process that an enactment is void for vagueness if its prohibitions are not clearly defined. Vague laws offend several important values. First, because we assume that man is free to steer between lawful and unlawful conduct, we insist that laws give the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly. Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fair warning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide explicit standards for those who apply them. A vague law impermissibly delegates basic policy matters to policemen, judges, and juries for resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis with the attendant dangers of arbitrary and discriminatory application.” Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 108 (1971).

In Buhl, our California Court of Appeals immediately recognized that it would be “absurd” to posit that the consumer, meaning the biker, or the law enforcement officer, would be able to understand or apply FMVSS 218. It was specifically the holding of the Buhl court that neither the bikers nor the cops could possibly assess whether a helmet meets the federal performance standard based upon examination of a helmet's “fabrication.” However, the Buhl Court took it upon itself to “reinterpret” the California helmet law so as not to be facially vague by redefining the legislature's reference to FMVSS 218 to mean only that the helmet bear the manufacturer's “DOT” certification of compliance.

With the CHP's hands first tied in Buhl to preclude officer assessment of helmet fabrication as a basis for issuing a ticket, the hands of law enforcement were next tied with even greater restrictions in Bianco v. CHP, again on the same constitutional due process grounds. The Court in Bianco held that the presence of a manufacturer's “DOT” certification will create the “presumption” that the helmet meets FMVSS 218 specifications, a presumption which can be rebutted only if: (1) the helmet model was recalled by the manufacturer for the helmet's failure to comply with FMVSS 218 or if NHTSA or one of its contracting independent laboratories has determined that the helmet is noncompliant with FMVSS 218; AND (2) the biker has “actual knowledge” of the recall or determination of noncompliance.

It is important to recognize that these decisions reinterpreting the California helmet law to meet due process requisites were not arbitrary. They were the only means available to the California courts or any other court to attempt to reconcile a legislature's adoption of a helmet law incorporating FMVSS 218 to avoid the conclusion that the law is incapable of being understood, and hence unconstitutionally vague as written. This is because the only ones with the equipment and the engineers to test motorcycle helmets are the manufacturers, NHTSA and NHTSA's contracting independent laboratories.

What is equally important to recognize is that once reinterpreted – in the only way that an FMVSS 218 based law could be reinterpreted – the law was rendered so impossible to apply that the CHP could not enforce the law legally. Quigley was fond of wearing a fabric trucker's cap with the manufacturer's “DOT” certification of compliance embroidered on the back. This was clearly legal under the California law set forth in Bianco, the manufacturer never having recalled the helmet and NHTSA having never tested it to determine if it complied with FMVSS 218. Others manufactured and certified their own helmets. Still others wore teeny weenie beanie helmets. One of the Plaintiffs in the current litigation wore sunglasses with the letters DOT scratched into the frame. Recall that Buhl holds that helmet “fabrication” cannot be considered by the law enforcement officer in determining to cite a biker, and the “DOT” label gives rise to the presumption that the helmet complies with FMVSS 218.

Instead of recognizing the fact that the California appellate courts reinterpretation of the helmet law rendered the law's enforcement impossible, the CHP chose to violate the law set forth in Buhl and Bianco. The CHP did not alter its policy or the practice of its officers, who just kept on writing helmet tickets based upon their unqualified fabrication conclusions.

The evidence of the CHP's unaltered and now illegal helmet law enforcement practices was first brought to the attention of the United States District Court in Easyriders v. Hannigan: consultation by Richard Quigley and Steve Bianco with attorney of record, Skip Raring. The District Court wrote scathing factual findings indicting the CHP's helmet law enforcement practices, which were adopted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as the basis for its affirming that portion of the District Court's decision to issue an injunction against further illegal CHP helmet law enforcement.

Based now on the 4th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution, the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's injunction requiring the CHP to cease and desist issuing helmet citations unless the CHP officer has “probable cause” to believe that the biker has “actual knowledge” that his helmet has been “recalled” by the manufacturer or “determined by NHTSA to be noncompliant with FMVSS 218.”

But again, instead of laying down their citation books, the CHP once more chose continue with their illegal enforcement practices, now not only in violation of the California law of Buhl and Bianco, but now also in violation of the Easyriders federal injunction.

Ten years to the day following the decision in Easyriders Richard Quigley obtained his decision from the California Superior Court that the California helmet law was unconstitutionally vague “as applied.” And that is the application of the due process clause, recognizing the unconstitutionality of our CHP's circumvention of the essential constitutional limits on its authority to enforce the law that we expect will finally lay our helmet law to rest.

Unfortunately, the California Attorney General was less concerned with upholding the United States and California Constitutions than he was with preserving the CHP's ability to continue to illegally enforce our helmet law. The Attorney General declined to appeal the Quigley decision. The effect was that it was left intact, but only as it applied to Quig. It was thus deprived of its deserved force of precedent both here in California and nationally. The reason for that is that attorneys are prohibited to cite to opinions of trial courts; indeed, they are permitted only to cite to the published appellate court opinions.

The present injunction/declaratory relief action awaiting trial in the Santa Cruz Superior Court seeks to vindicate the same constitutional principles urged by Richard Quigley, and which resulted in the previous judicial determination that the helmet law is unconstitutionally vague “as applied.”

It will be based upon the same evidence that Quigley presented in his case. The evidence will be that the CHP has a policy and practice to cite bikers based upon the officer's incompetent assessments of qualities of helmet fabrication, most of the tickets also issued on the legally indefensible grounds that the helmets were “not DOT approved.”

Quig will testify by video deposition, obtained prior to his death. The case will involve, in addition, the testimony of the other four plaintiffs, Steve Bianco, Steve “Red” Barron, Don Blanscet and Pat Holmes, who will carry the litigation forward in Quig's absence, as well as the testimony of many other bikers who have been issued illegal helmet tickets.

The case will be bolstered by CHP internal documents evidencing the CHP's policies contravening the clear dictates of Buhl, Bianco and Easyriders. It is our intention to demonstrate again that the CHP's policy and practice is to illegally enforce the law. This time, however, the Attorney General will not be able to avoid the result simply by failing to appeal it.

The previous Quigley v. CHP was a case involving a number of helmet citations which were consolidated for the trial contesting their constitutional validity. The result, while accompanied by the wonderful judicial opinion that the helmet law was unconstitutionally vague, resulted only in the dismissal of the Quigley citations. This was a decision that the Attorney General could afford to let stand as a trial court ruling.

The present case, however, was conceived by Quig to preclude the Attorney General from avoiding its implications simply by choosing not to appeal it. It is a case which we hope will result in both a declaration from the trial court that the California helmet law is unconstitutionally vague as applied, and an injunction that would finally require the CHP either to entirely revamp its enforcement policies or cease and desist further enforcing the law altogether.

Whether the Court rules in our favor or against us in the trial court, one thing is certain this time, and that is that we will be able to present our record of the CHP's illegal enforcement policies and practices to the California Court of Appeals, where we are confident that the Judges will uphold the constitutional principles upon which our case is based. And we are also confident that the appellate courts will have no option but to void our helmet law, once and for all, based upon the recognition that it cannot be interpreted to conform to constitutional requisites and, as a practical matter, remain capable of being applied by law enforcement in a manner consistent with the constitutionally essential guarantees of due process.

With this result established, now to make full circle, we would hope that as the courts of other states consider the first constitutional challenges by your freedom fighters, asserting that helmet laws such as those proposed by NTSB are unconstitutional “as written,” that you may also cite to the new Quigley v. CHP decision for the proposition that these helmet laws cannot be reinterpreted with the expectation that they will be capable of constitutional enforcement. This is also why we would urge to you that our success in this litigation will aid you, specifically to save you the 17 years of hard work it has taken our freedom fighters to lay the constitutional and evidentiary foundation to place the “as applied” nail in our helmet law's coffin.

We ask you to stand with us at this historic moment at which our long fought efforts to advance the constitutional indictment of FMVSS 218 based helmet laws will be tested. This landmark case deserves to receive the most forceful trial presentation, and that can only be accomplished if we have a well funded war chest.

We ask you to consider the challenge of the three tiny Delaware ABATE Chapters to dig deep to help fund this litigation which they hope, as we do, will benefit all freedom fighters across the United States.

In Freedom,
–Ray Henke, Esq.

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM AUSTRALIA’S BIKE WEEK–Here’s a couple of snaps of some of the stuff at bike week. This should keep you going until I deliver the Burt Munro coverage of the tribute beach race in New Zealand. Hang on.

–Nicole

Battistinis Floorboards for Touring Models–Style comes full circle in the form of an even more radical departure from traditional floorboard style. Battistinis Custom Cycles shatters the mold with front and rear floorboards in a brand-new style that will be setting future trends. As the first product to launch Battistinis new B2 product line, the new ?Semi-Curcular? floorboard design incorporates traditional style from the ?old school? with a radical, definitive and contemporary edge.

Machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum for strength, drilled for lightness and style and show-chromed for lasting good looks. MADE in the USA. A true ?remove and replace? installation easily installs Battistinis floorboards in the place of the OEM Harley-Davidson floorboards.

Knock-out style that?s easy to install, brought to you by Battistinis, of course.

For more information please contact
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Battistinis Custom Cycles LLC
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An Iowa woodpecker and an Arizona woodpecker were arguing about which state had the toughest trees– The Iowa woodpecker said Iowa had a tree that no woodpecker could peck. The Arizona woodpecker accepted his challenge and promptly pecked a hole in the tree with no problem. The Iowa woodpecker was amazed.

The Arizona woodpecker then challenged the Iowa woodpecker to peck a tree in Arizona that was absolutely im-peckable (a term woodpeckers like to use). The Iowa woodpecker expressed confidence, said he could do it and accepted the challenge. So the two flew to Arizona where the Iowa woodpecker successfully pecked the so-called impeckable tree with no problem.

Both woodpeckers were terribly confused. How is it that the Arizona woodpecker was able to peck the Iowa tree and the Iowa woodpecker was able to peck the Arizona tree, yet neither was able to peck the tree in their own state? Huh?

After much woodpecker pondering, they both came to the same conclusion: Apparently your pecker gets harder when you’re away from home

–from Copey

Pirelli Night Dragon ‘Performance Tour’ from Anchorage, AK to Miami, FL–Rome, GA: With three Harley-Davidson motorcycles fitted with Pirelli’s new Night Dragon tires, Salvo Pennisi, Vincenzo Frisina and Domenico Oliveri of the Pirelli Motorcycle Testing operation based at Giarre, Sicily, left the city of Anchorage, Alaska this weekend, beginning a test ride of over 6,000 miles (10,000 km) from corner to corner across the North American Continent. This unique testing team has journeyed to the Last Frontier, demonstrating the motivation to test the new Night Dragon on Canadian and American roads, further perfecting the product for the V-Twin market in North America.

Ice, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Lakes, deserts, cities; a demanding test of 17 stages will push the tires – the radial version – to the limit in all kinds of climates and road conditions of the United States and Canada, in line with the development philosophy of Pirelli’s Moto Business Unit. This run will conclude the testing process, releasing the product into the market for which it is designed and destined. The Night Dragon is the tire that Pirelli intends to conquer the North American V-twin market, by far the biggest street market and one that demands grip, style and performance.

Special equipment aboard these Harley-Davidson motorcycles will measure all the values of the tires? dynamics, gathering indispensable data for making the final touches to the product.

Accompanying the Pirelli team will be Alfredo Speranzoni, a doctor by profession, who has already been a fellow traveler with Pirelli Motorcycle Tire testers in the 2005 North Cape – Dakar event. It is his job to gather clinical data on the riders in relation to research already begun with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Siena for the study of the relationship between hormones and positive stress.

On several motorcycle blogs and Internet websites, the most significant stages of this undertaking will be highlighted with photographs and feedback from the test riders during each period. In Canada, the Night Dragon Performance Tour will stop at Parts Canada, one of Pirelli’s Canadian distributors, and at Calgary Harley-Davidson, the largest Harley-Davidson store in western Canada. In the States, the tour will stop by the aftermath of Sturgis Bike Week by visiting Black Hills Harley-Davidson, then on to Hal’s Harley Davidson, who has participated in Moto-ST and Buell racing for years on Pirelli product.

The next two stops bring Salvo and his testing team to Janesville, WI, the home of Drag Specialties, Pirelli’s largest replacement customer in the United States. Harley-Davidson Motor Company in Milwaukee, WI follows, barely minutes after celebrating its 105th birthday party. Before the trip comes to an end, the test riders will arrive at Pirelli Tire’s headquarters in Rome, GA, where the company has an MIRS production line for automobile tires. And no transcontinental motorcycle tour is complete without a visit to Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona, the largest Harley-Davidson dealership in North America.

Pirelli thanks and congratulates those who helped make the Performance Tour possible, including Barry Matteson, Frank Earwood and Mike Rink of Anchorage Harley-Davidson for selling and servicing the motorcycles. The test riders are using three 2008 Harley-Davidson Fat Boys for complete testing of the radial version of Night Dragon tires, and one 2008 Ultra Classic Electra Glide for feedback regarding the use of bias-ply tires with the Brembo ABS system featured on this model.

Saddlebags & luggage were provided by Saddlemen (www.saddlemen.com ), windscreens were provided by Memphis Shades (www.memphisshades.com ), highway bars by Lindby Custom, Inc (www.lindbycustom.com ) and Khrome Werks (www.khromewerks.com ) set up the bikes with luggage racks.

The team will rest on the 14th of September, where they will recap their entire journey with the staff of Peterson’s Harley-Davidson of Miami, FL. Meanwhile, good luck to these Pioneers as they begin this journey from the Frontier to Sunshine.

For more information please visit: www.us.pirelli.com , or www.us.pirellimoto.com .

Brass Balls Bobbers announced that N.A.D.A. —is listing their motorcycles. In a surprise to no one, these motorbikes retain there value in large part due to the quality workmanship and the market?s enthusiasm for the design.

Darwin Motorcycles, manufacturer of Brass Balls Bobbers & Choppers, is a registered & licensed NHTSA Manufaturer and listed with Kelley Blue Book and N.A.D.A. services. Our bikes are easy to finance and insure. Call 405.285.0808 for more details.

Global Motorsport Group hires industry veteran Kurt Peterson–Global Motorsport Group (GMG) has announced the appointment of Kurt Peterson as Media & Events Manager at Custom Chrome. Peterson’s initial focus will be on GMG and Custom Chrome public and media relations, advertising, event/market presence and market research.

With over 14 years of V-twin experience, Peterson has been with S&S Cycle since 2004, and he previously held positions with American IronHorse, Drag Specialties and at the retail level in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Custom Chrome Sales & Marketing VP Steve Veltri tells AMD: “CEO Holger Mohr and I are determined to assemble a small but highly experienced and knowledgeable management team at Custom Chrome. The appointment of an industry insider such as Kurt to this important role is significant. It shows that we mean business and it shows that serious industry professionals are coming to realize and acknowledge that”.

As an avid V-Twin enthusiast, Peterson has designed and built several one-off customs and participated in this year’s AMD Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building with ‘Lil Evil’. Kurt was also an AHDRA member in the late 90’s, racing in the ‘G’ class.www.customchrome.com

Motorcyclist Dies At Bonneville Salt Flats–A record-setting motorcyclist, traveling at speeds over 200 mph, died Wednesday when he lost control of his bike and crashed at the Bonneville Salt Flats, according to officials.

The accident happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday when the man was trying to qualify during time trials.

Cliff Gullett, 47, was traveling at speeds over 200 mph when he lost control and flipped his motorcycle.

Paramedics? attempts to revive Gullett were unsuccessful.

Gullett is from Bozeman, Mont. He set two land speed records with his streamliner during this year?s Speed Week at the Salt Flats and was aiming to set the record for the fastest two-stroke, two cylinder motorcycle in history.

NEW SLIMMER RIDER BACKREST KITS FOR TOURING MODELS–New Shape Provides More Room for a Passenger.

MILWAUKEE (August 8, 2008) ? The new Comfort Stitch Style Rider Backrest Kit (P/N 52572-09, $189.95) is one of seven new Rider Backrest Kits from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories. Styled to match the cover of various Touring seats, the new backrests have a slimmer profile and a new contour that provides a few more inches of room for a passenger seated behind the backrest. Each pad is shaped to provide full lower back support without pushing the rider forward. An adjustable support bracket with four mounting locations accommodates different seats and riding positions.

The backrest pad angle can be adjusted for maximum comfort. These backrest kits fit 1988-later Touring models equipped with a one-piece slotted seat. Installation requires separate purchase of model-specific Rider Backrest Hardware Kit ($29.95).

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.

THE HORSE Backstreet ChoppersSecond Annual Sturgis Show2008 Award winners–When it comes to garage bikes, a little rust is something of a badge of courage, an indication that the machine is well used in addition to being well loved. In judging a show full of garage bikes, beauty is definitely in the eye of the owner.With this in mind, THE HORSE Backstreet Choppers Second Annual Sturgis Show did not award first place prizes to any of the entrants; there wasn?t even a Best In Show. Instead, eleven well-known and well-respected custom bike builders were asked to pick a personal favorite. These ?judges? looked long and hard at every entry. For the winners, being recognized by some of the best in the biz was even better than the trophy that he received.

Christian Clayton chose Dave Price of Piedmont, SD.
Jeff Cochran chose Mark Stevens, Rollin? Bones, Binghamton, NY.
Paul Cox chose Kyle Shorey, Shade Tree Fabrications, Southline, TX.
Bill Dodge chose Dan ?Bacon? Carr of Lancaster, Ontario, Canada.
Eric Gorges chose Jason Ferguson, Texas BikeWorks, Granbury, TX.
Gard Hollinger chose Johnny Gil, Johnny?s Custom Shop, McAllen, TX.
Billy Lane chose David ?Shoe? Shoemaker of North Vernon, IN.
Russell Mitchell chose Blaine Weiman, Daelick Customs, Bruno, Sask., Canada.
Athena Ransom chose Copper Mike, Street Smart Cycles, East North Port Long Island, NY.
Keino Sasaki chose Arlo Ventre of Ocala, FL.
Kurt Taylor chose Eric Maurer, Todd?s Cycle, Kenmore, WA.

As of the largest events for 2008, THE HORSE Backstreet Choppers Second Annual Sturgis Show also rewarded entrants with a plethora of prizes including a Baker 6 speed drive train, Evil Engineering belt drive, Custom Chrome gift certificates, hand grips, head lights, fenders, license plate assembly, custom kicker pedal, and more. Custom Chrome winners were Rick Strand from Sioux Falls SD, Logan Boland of Svenmeister Hardcore Kustoms in Westminister CO, and Michael Crome of Endicott NE

THE HORSE Backstreet Choppers Sturgis Show is held in the Thunderdome at Thunder Road. Contests and giveaways all day, along with live music and three packed bars, and a wide variety of custom bikes kept the audience entertained. Sponsors include: Bikernet.com, Custom Chrome, Evil Engineering, Stevensons Cycles, Sucker Punch Sally?s, Baker Drivetrain, Bare Knuckle Choppers, Kustom Werks, Biker’s Choice, and Fabricator Kevin.

Sucker Punch Sally’s Takes Sturgis by Storm–SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ – September 3, 2008 – With two locations and almost their entire staff dispatched to Sturgis, Sucker Punch Sally’s showed that the motorcycle industry is anything but dead. The SPS crew had booths at both the Legendary Buffalo Chip and Thunder Road and was host to some of the hottest events in Sturgis.

SPS kicked off bike week with the launch of their newest venture – a beverage line. During the Kid Rock concert at the Legendary Buffalo Chip, SPS hosted a launch party to debut their Original Octane energy drink and Sucker Punch Shine, a refined version of moonshine that packs a punch at 120 proof. All the industry notables were present to get the first taste of the new drinks, and everyone had a great time.

By the end of the week, SPS had given away over 450 cases of Original Octane and over 20,000 people gave the drink their mark of approval. And to give fans another reason to stop by the SPS booth for free samples, the crew did what they do best – built a custom motorcycle. Fans registered to win the Original Octane bobber throughout bike week, and on Thursday, Arthur James, a huge SPS fan from Arizona, was randomly selected and announced live on stage as the proud owner of this signature custom.

At Thunder Road, Progressive Insurance teamed up with SPS to give away t-shirts and registered people to win a Progressive Insurance custom Sucker Punch Sally’s motorcycle. “This was the most successful motorcycle promotion that we have had to date and we look forward to doing a lot more with Sucker Punch Sally’s.” Said Amanda Jones of Progressive Insurance.

Sucker Punch Sally’s sold bikes alongside Destination Daytona at Thunder Road and unveiled another one of their latest customs, the SPS Hard Rock Bike hand painted by notable hot rod artist Sara Ray. SPS also posted record t-shirt sales at both of their booths, proving that fans just can’t get enough of SPS’s old-school style.

“Sturgis was a huge success for us this year,” said SPS President Christian Clayton. “The positive response to Original Octane and Sucker Punch Shine at the Legendary Buffalo Chip was great, and we’re excited to know that our fans will stand behind us as Sucker Punch branches out. Of course, our priority is still building old-school bikes people love to ride, but by adding new products to the SPS mix, we’ll be able to continue on our upward trend.”

In addition to getting the word out about their newest bikes and beverages, SPS also did some behind-the-scenes work. SPS sponsored the Legends Ride, and SPS front men Christian Clayton and Jeff Cochran joined in on the action cruising with other motorcyclists on the 50-mile ride through the “Hills of Dakota.” The SPS crew also built the Destination Duo bike, which was auctioned off for charity.

Sucker Punch Sally’s made their presence know at Sturgis 2008, and you can bet the crew is already working on more exciting things for next year’s rally. You can catch SPS in Dayton at The Doghouse Saloon on Mainstreet, out at Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona and at Willie’s Tropical Tattoo. To keep up with the latest SPS happenings, visit them on the web at www.suckerpunchsallys.com and you can also visit Progressive Insurance at http://motorcycle.progressive.com.

THAT’S A WRAP FOR A SUNNY AFTERNOON–But there’s a raft of hot material coming you’re way, even a Girl of Bikernet feature from the Viking in Europe. I’ve got to sneak outta here. So here’s a tease of features to come.

Here’s a couple shots of the new U.S. Chopper Boardtrack configuration built by Paughco–53 Panhead with Rocker Covers courtesy of Custom Cycle Engineering (Rick Whitehead). Four-Speed OEM trans with OEM PRIMARY and controls. Vintage 1915 Boardtrack tanks… OEM floorboards etc….

This is one of the sharpest Triumph customs around, built by a Sinner for his wife. Even Earl, the Triumph would approve. Watch for the feature.

Never a dull moment around Bikernet. Hang on!

Ride Forever,

–Bandit

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NEWCOMER SCOOPS WIN AT FIRST WORLD CHAMPS AFFILIATE EVENT IN AUSTRALIA– Gold Coast Bike Week, August 30th 2008:JOE Schembri, a drag racer and custom drag race car fabricator and parts machinist from Glenmore Park, New South Wales, scooped top honors with his first ever custom bike build at the 10th Anniversary Gold Coast Bike Week (GCBW) event, an hour south of Brisbane on Australia’s East Coast.

This was the first year that the Australian custom industry had staged a World Championship Affiliate event. AMD would like to express its thanks to the event organizers, their sponsors, the Championship program’s Official Partners and the Australian custom bike building community itself for helping to make this latest extension of the Affiliate network a success.

The warm welcome with which integration of the Australian custom industry into the World Championship network was received is greatly appreciated and we are delighted to be able to help provide a global showcase opportunity for the outstanding craftsmanship and practical design and engineering thinking that Australia’s builders are already noted for.

The win scores Schembri an AU $10,000.00 expenses contribution towards competing at the 2009 Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building at next year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (Champions Park, Lazelle/3trd, Sturgis, August 2nd through 5th 2009) from Championship Affiliate sponsor and Official Partner Australian Motorcycle Imports.

Event judging was conducted under Official World Championship rules with the competitors themselves choosing their winner. Independent scrutiny of the judging process and results oversight was provided for AMD and the event organizers by visiting VIP guest Paul Yaffe and representatives from Heavy Duty and Ozbike, two of Australia’s internationally recognized custom bike magazines.

Called ‘Hide & Seek’, Schembri’s Ultima 100 inch engine rigid features an advanced one-off own design and made front end and a level of finish and attention to detail that is characteristic of the standards that Australian customizers seek.

Schembri’s win was by the narrowest of margins (one point!) from Dylan Goldfinch (DG Design, www.dgdesigninc.com) whose 125 inch Patrick engined, modified Independent Cycle ‘LowLife’ framed softail called ‘Spank’ (I didn’t ask!) won many admirers.

ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE CLUB OF AMERICA AND BIKERNET CONTEST TO ENCOURAGE NEW AND YOUNG MEMBERS–I talked the board into supporting my 45 Flathead build contest to entice new members to join. I have to have the club’s attorney approve my press release. I plan on launching this next week sometime.

I will hopefully have the website ready to link it to sometime in the next ten days.

Our knucklehead run is going really well. Eleven knuckleheads, and no serious trouble, since South Dakota which was 1800 miles away. Wish you were here to enjoy it with us.

–Matt Olsen

Saxon Motorcycles Europe launches new model in Europe Saxon ?Henchman? old school for a good price!– Saxon Motorcycles Europe launches her new European model at the European Bike Week in Austria: the Henchman.

The Henchman is a slightly villainous, ?hard-core? bike with a twinch of the dark side. It combines the looks of a classic old school chopper, but is built with modern technology. It is a new ?oldschool?: a no- nonsense bike presenting a beautiful style of the old days, but with the comfort and quality of today.

?It is fantastic to be able to launch a new model so quickly? says Frank Vermeulen, ?mostly because the price of this new bike will be lower than our current models.? He adds. ?Like our other models the Henchman can be custom build to the wishes of the buyer, herewith we offer the same possibilities as for our Warlord and Firestorm? adds Rinke Andringa.

The Henchman is a real hardtail in the bobber-style, equipped with a 96? (1566cc) S&S engine, a 200 rear tire, 6-speed transmission and a spring seat. Optionally the Henchman can be equipped with a springer fork and the dealer can provide the seat with shocks or even a pneumatic seating system. Saxon uses Brembo brakes in front and rear, just like the Firestorm and the Warlord, current models of Saxon. These bikes are bigger and built with a softail-frame, a 260 rear tyre and a right side drive.

Saxon aims to obtain the European Type Approval for the Henchman this year, so the bikes will be available in Europe and Switserland before 2009.

All Saxon bikes have a 2-year factory warranty.

More information avout Saxon Motorcycles Europe and their models can be found on www.SaxonMotorcycles.eu.

KRAWIEC WINS RINGERS BIKE BATTLE IN ALL-HARLEY FINAL–Krawiec Defeats Hines to Claim $25,000 Bonus at Indy U.S. Nationals.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (August 30, 2008) ? Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec won the eight-rider Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle bonus event at the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. It was the first NHRA event win for Krawiec, who earned a $25,000 bonus for his victory, and the fifth consecutive year that a Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider has raced a Harley-Davidson V-Rod to win the Pro Stock Motorcycle bonus event at the U.S. Nationals.

?This is huge for the Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines team,? said Krawiec. ?Harley-Davidson is celebrating its 105th anniversary in Milwaukee this weekend, so this couldn’t have come at a better time.?

The final round of the Ringers Battle was an all-Harley affair, as Krawiec faced his Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines teammate, Andrew Hines, in the race for the top prize. Hines fouled at the line after battling launch issues with his Screamin? Eagle V-Rod in earlier rounds.

?I knew that I was probably going to red-light,? said Hines, who has reached the Ringers final for the fifth-straight year. ?The bike still reacts too fast to keep the light green. But after I beat Matt Smith and realized that we?d continue our Ringers Battle streak, I was pretty happy.?

Eight riders qualified for the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle based on season results in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle events. Krawiec advanced to the final by beating Rush Racing Products Buell rider Angelle Sampey, who broke at the starting line, and Chip Ellis, who fouled out. In both rounds Krawiec made outstanding 6.99-second runs. Hines made a 6.98-second run to beat Geico Suzuki rider Karen Stoffer in his first-round match, and then used a 0.003-second reaction time to score a 6.98 to 6.97 hole-shot win over NitroFish Buell rider Matt Smith in round two to advance to the final.

If Krawiec wins in Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals on Monday, he’ll receive a $10,000 double-up bonus from NHRA for sweeping both of this weekend?s races..

Visit www.harley-davidson.com for more information.

The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team is sponsored by Ford Truck, Dunlop, Matco Tools and S100.

BANDIT/D&D KIT– Where do you go? Go no farther than D&D?s Bandit Kit – It makes asphalt ripping performance for your Harley-Davidson fuel injected motorcycle. The Bandit Kit comes with a D&D performance exhaust pipe, high-flow air cleaner and Zipper?s Performance ThunderMax with AutoTune tuner.

D&D will provide a 15% discount just by mentioning the Bandit Kit! Call 817-834-8961 to order.

The Zipper?s Performance ThunderMax with AutoTune tuner calibrates itself so you don?t need to put your bike on a dyno. That saves time and money. Also, if you add more go-fast parts, it knows it and modifies itself. Fast, efficient and easy to use – that’s the D&D way.

Your Performance Hotline – 817-834-8961

So call the D&D team today or get more information by clicking here and start making horsepower gains tomorrow.

ZIPPER?S MUSCLE 103? KIT–Give your Twin Cam 96? engine a major workout with our MUSCLE 103 engine package!

Everything you need all in a single part number?we?ve done all the engineering for you! Smooth, linear power is extracted from the Twin Cam? with the installation of Zipper?s Muscle 103? engine kit. This complete performance package includes precision cylinder boring, forged big bore pistons, Zipper?s CNC ported heads with oversize valves, Red Shift cams, adjustable pushrods, and all gaskets. Includes the ThunderMax ECM with AutoTune, ThunderMax 54mm throttle body, high flow injectors and high flow air cleaner assembly. Zipper?s Performance keeps exchange heads and cylinders in-stock already modified for super-quick turn around.

For more information, contact:
ZIPPER?S PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
Phone 410.579.2828 www.zippersperformance.com

TILLEY HARLEY-DAVIDSON SHOP MGR TALKS SUPER BOSS PIPES–Neil Taylor, Shop Manager at Tilley?s Harley-Davidson, installs a set of D&D Slip-on Super Boss pipes and gets 10HP. In just about an hour you can get the same results on your 2008 Bagger. Click here to get the latest from Bikernet Studio.

BIKERNET ALASKA/STURGIS RUN 2009–I am all in for the Alaska ride next year. We met at Bonneville the last two years and I made some RWB runs last year on my yellow FXR.

I have been e-mailing Highway and Ironhead Ziggy on this for a few weeks. I am going to be riding two up

Also if there is anything I can do in the way of support in the organization and of this trip please let me know.

–Mark ?Boz? Bosworth

BLACK OUT —North County Customs has just announced they are offering the complete line of SOFTBRAKE accessories and replacement parts, finished in a matt black powder coat. This new finish provides a rugged, durable, strictly business finishing touch to any Bagger or Chopper. Produced for serious Harley riders, the SOFTBRAKE collection includes direct bolt on components that effectively enhance the riding experience while setting any scooter apart from the pack.

From their foot movement reducing extended brake arms to precision machined direct replacement billet master cylinders, shift linkage, shift arms, license plate relocators and LED license plate frames the SOFTBRAKE line is developed by riders for riders.

Each Black Powder coated piece is exactly the same as its chrome counterpart except for the finish. Additionally, aluminum pieces feature machined bare aluminum highlights. You can order yours with plain/smooth, slotted, ball milled or with holes finished in show quality chrome of hard core black. All SOFTBRALE accessories are sold exclusively through North County Customs at 714-680-0911.

NO JOKE!–The new Benz – Very different….really different!… No steering wheel, you drive it with a joystick. No pedals either. Can you drive with a joystick? Your kids and grand kids probably can.

The influence of video games in our lives has really arrived, wouldn’t ya say?

SCARY THOUGHT THAT NOW A 7 YEAR OLD COULD STEAL YOUR CAR AND PROBABLY DRIVE IT BETTER THAN YOU.

Dresser Dash Fuel Injected–Like your Dresser? Wish it had a little more style and a little less bulk? Paul felt the same way. So he fabbed up this sleek dash to alter the look of his FLT? This fiberglass dash is a direct replacement for your stock dash and can be cut to length. We made it extra long for the longest stretch tank. Add instant swoop to your bulky Bagger!! Fits all Fuel injected FL? models 07 and earlier

Part# – DD-FI / Dresser Dash Kit – EFI 07-Earlier / Price: $299.95Kit Includes: Dash, Chrome billet gas cap, Rubber trim, Hardware, Instructions

Also check out our our 08 Dresser Dash and Dresser Dash for carbureted models at www.baggernation.com

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UGLY BETTY WITH BEAUTIFUL GIRLS–Ugly Betty is finished here are a few shots of her at her first show.

–Marty

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Jason Michael Carroll doesn?t look like he sounds ? and that intrigue only heightens both realities of the tangy vocalist from North Carolina. After all, to hear him is to hear a straight-up, full-tilt, no-frills country singer who works a groove like a mule team, a melody like a barrel racer going for time, and a tear jerker with the dignity of Sunday grace. And fans have loved what they?ve heard ? sending Carroll?s debut album, Waitin? in the Country, to #1 in its first week of release, and making his first singles, ?Alyssa Lies? and ?Livin? Our Love Song,? back-to-back Top 5 hits ? with Carroll becoming Billboard?s Top New Country Artist of 2007.

But to look at the rangy 29-year-old is to see a twinkle in the eye of a kid who could be just as at home on a surf or skateboard, a bit of mischief and kicked-back cool that says suburban sprawl and good times found where they fall.

Carroll not only isn?t afraid of the contradictions, he leans into them with a freewheeling abandon. To listen to the thump?n?bump of ?Waitin? in the Country,? with its great big, descending bass-line and big-flanged electric guitars; the chuggingly insistent ?I Can Sleep When I?m Dead,? with its turbo-diesel chording; or the romping, universal whirl of ?Anywhere USA,? with its sawing fiddles and wailing steel guitar, is to understand this is a young man who likes to have economy-sized fun. Yet just as quickly, he can sink his teeth into the fight-for-the-one-you?re-meant-to-be-with intensity of ?Love Won?t Let Me,? the celebration of life and enduring love in ?Livin? Our Love Song,? or the resolved acceptance of life on its terms with ?Let It Rain,? which speaks to a seriousness that exists below the obvious inside the emerging singer/songwriter.

Nowhere is that seriousness more powerfully reflected than in Carroll?s debut single, ?Alyssa Lies,? a song about child abuse ? told from the perspective of a classmate ? that has an impossibly sobering end. Though not the feel-good ?rocking country? that Carroll ? a devotee of Steve Wariner, Randy Travis, Radney Foster and especially Garth Brooks ? naturally is drawn to, it was a realization that the dedicated father of four couldn?t sidestep.

?I started that song when I lived in Texas four years ago,? he recalls. A poem written by a friend, as well as news Carroll had been seeing at the time, became the catalysts. ?You get thinking about how deep it is, how people don?t want to hear something like that, but then you keep hearing stories on the news ? you look at your children and realize how fragile those young lives are.

?All these stories of children being abused by their parents, and it occurred to me how it must seem to a little girl not quite understanding, but knowing the way children do. So I dug in, and I wrote it, really worked on it for a long time because of how important what it?s saying is ? and in the end, it?s a song I wrote all by myself.?

The power of the lyric, and Carroll?s performance, touched a nerve with listeners across the country. Already a Top 10 country airplay single weeks before his album?s February 6, 2007 release, ?Alyssa Lies? became the fastest-rising debut single by a male country artist in 2006. The song also set a record in its first week of availability, earning the highest country new artist debut in the history of SoundScan?s Digital Songs chart. And while that all sounds rather commercial in light of the subject matter, it?s a reflection of the impact and resonance of a genuinely heartfelt song. As Carroll has visited radio and made appearances in city after city, people have shared their real-life stories and their thanks for the voice he gave them and others, even to the point of approaching him to say, ?I?m not an Alyssa, but,? or perhaps more poignantly, ?I was an Alyssa.?

?That may be the song I?m the proudest of on this record. Not because I wrote it or sang it, but because I really mean it ? and believe it may get people to talk about the unspeakable, to maybe not wait until it?s too late somewhere else. If a song I touched could do that, well, then ??

And it?s his willingness to go deep that gives Carroll so much of his impact.

Born in North Carolina to a preacher, the youngster spent years not being allowed to listen to ?secular music.? No rock, no pop, no country ? and other than the occasional moment stolen in a friend?s parents? car on the way somewhere, Carroll?s musicality came in a rush when he began working in a motor shop.

Suddenly, it was full immersion ? though country spoke the loudest to him, the young man?s break came from a pop radio station?s karaoke contest, which he entered and won ? and in doing so, was asked to join a local country band that was losing its singer. But while they were playing at playing, Carroll was spending his off-nights at the Longbranch Saloon in Raleigh, making friends and in-roads.

When an offer came to play the legendary club and his buddies had other things to do, there came a crossroads. Carroll was handed a pink sheet of paper with the news that he was being terminated. Having helped his bandmates step it up, they responded to the challenge by retreating ? making the scrappy 24-year-old that much more determined.

And in his conviction, Carroll was willing to sing any time, any place, anywhere. And he opened up that cavernous baritone with abandon ? even singing on an American Idol-type knock-off for local FOX affiliates.

D&D EXPANDS DEALER DIRECT PROGRAM WEEKLY–They want to deliver performance exhaust to the shop nearest you at the best price. Here are the new dealers from last week

1) Integrity Cycles 156 Dering Ave Columbus, OH 43207 614-444-1640
2) Stylin Cycles Inc 34 Holcomb St Fairhaven, MA 02719 508-992-9738
3) Quaid Harley Davidson 25160 Redlands Blvd Loma Linda, CA 92354 909-796-8399
4) Myers Duren H-D 4848 S Peoria Tulsa, OK 74105 918-743-4440
5) Salem H-D 3601 Silverton Rd NE Salem, OR 97338 503-363-0634
6) Flatlanders Cycle C/o Norman Jensen Inc 172 W Stutsman Pembina, ND 58271 204-224-0966
7) Big Sky H-D 4258 10th Ave So. Great Falls. MT 59405 406-727-2161
8) Flash’s Oakland Custom Motorcycles 4010 Foothill Blvd Oakland, CA 94601 510-535-0404

–Jennifer

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Hey,

It’s an exciting week. My next project bike effort is underway, and the brothers are lining up for the ride to Alaska and the Badlands 2009. I’ve reached out to Wolfgang to see if they want another book documenting the effort.

We’re just about to launch our Bikernet Brouhaha Sturgis adventure story, tomorrow or Saturday. I’m also facing some deadline pressure. I’m determined to publish my first Chance book by the end of the year, so I’m escaping to the mountains to rewrite and edit until it’s my best book effort yet–or die trying. Then I need to find an agent and publisher.

Books haven’t been the best profit center, but I enjoy writing. I could have switched gears and developed a product line, built bikes or started a magazine, but I stuck with my guns. Let’s see if the bastard backfires or not. Let’s hit the news:

OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT–Exclusive to Bikernet. “Tonight I had the great honor of accepting our Party’s vice-presidential nomination,” said Sarah Paulin. “I am proud to run with John McCain and be a part of his campaign to build a safer, more prosperous future for America.”At a time when our nation is fighting a war to defeat radical Islamic extremism and our economy is at a crossroads, America needs John McCain and Reform Republicans who have the resolve, judgment and experience to lead.”When our Convention comes to a close tomorrow, and John and I lead our Party into the general election campaign, we will have a little less than nine weeks to tell voters about our agenda of reforming government to serve the people, keeping taxes and spending low, increasing energy independence and defending our nation.”We will be relying on RNC Victory 2008 and grassroots Republican activists like you, Bandit, to help spread our message and make clear the stark differences between our agenda and the Obama-Biden Democrats’ left-wing designs for America.”

–from William Stratton
billc3vette@msn.com>

This press release is in no way an endorsement or approval of Sarah Palin. We ran it only because Bandit liked that she was sitting on a Harely.

Morris & Joe Hunt Magnetos from RIVERA PRIMO–Those of you familiar with magneto ignitions have come to know theMorris & Joe Hunt names as cornerstones in this industry. For yearswe ran our ol’ Knucks, Pans and early Shovels with one of their units,most often batteryless too! What about those stump-pullin’ Flatheads,many of which had one prominently displayed above the cam cover.

Well, both companies are still with us. In fact Rivera Primo is the#1 source for both lines ! We inventory all models, from the newestbillet-bodied assemblies right thru to the old stand-bys.

Heck, we’ve got ’em in fully polished finishes right thru to machine finish.We’ve got black caps to the ever-famous red ones. We’ stock and sella full complement of replacement parts as well as special accessories.

Check out the full selection in our new 2008/2009 parts catalog, featuredtwo weeks ago here in Bikernet. The Morris magnetos are on pages 248-250,whereas Joe Hunt models appear on pages 251-252.

Today’s technology has also spilled over to magneto power. Now we offerfully auto-mags, which automatically retard & advance without you movingthe head. There’s dual-headed magnetos which surely make a statement.With fitment covering Twin Cams with gear or chain drive cams all the wayback thru 1936-69 generator case models as well as 45, K-Model, UL andSportsters, magnetos still leave their mark!

Call us for your application.

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
Web: www.riveraprimoinc.com

NEWS FROM THE WEEK MAGAZINE–Jeff Nichols of San Diego lifted his wife’s wedding gown to retrieve her garter so he could toss it into the crowd, only to find a thigh holster and a loaded revolver.

“Oops, wrong leg,” Nichols said. His bride is a police officer.

IT’S A TERRIBLE PLACE– twisted my arm and made me drink all night and spend all my money. But it was my Birthday after all and who would have thought I would have made it to 47 and still walking upright. The last hour was a bit foggy. But at least they put my Drunk ass In a Taxi and got me home safe.

Good Party spot for Biketoberfest with a few refugee’s from LOLLIPOS. Nice guys that run the place WHO ALL RIDE and might be a good place to put A Chopper Show as an Alternative to the overpriced and over rated places in Daytona

–Jim

JIMS BIKERNET TOOL OF THE WEEK, 3rd Hand Axle Locker tool– If you have noticed, as you are torquing down the axle nut after you setthe proper belt tension, (Deflection) the welded axle nut will move to thelow side of adjuster cam. This movement will allow the belt to loseadjustment.

Now with the ” JIMS 3rd Hand Axle Tool”, you will not need tofind a helper to hold the nut or yourself having to reach around the tireand hold the nut from moving. Just place this tool over the welded nut onleft side with the neck portion of tool resting over the swing arm. Handscrew the adjusting screw to take up any slack in tool. Torque the axle nutfrom the right side knowing that the welded nut will not turn allowing thebelt to lose it’s adjustment.

See instruction sheet No.970-IS.
No.970 – Use on all 2002 and later FL.

Suggested Retail Price: $63.00

Ecumenical church service for motorcyclists as part of INTERMOT Cologne on 11th October 2008 in Cologne Cathedral– At INTERMOT Cologne, the international scooter and motorbike event, visitors will experience the fascination and special atmosphere of the complete world of motorbikes at first hand. In addition tothe presentations of around 1,100 exhibitors withmany new products making their debut on the world market, visitors can join in the activities in the outside area or watch breathtaking shows. But this festive atmosphere will not be limited to thegrounds of the Cologne exhibition centre ? it canalso be found at the events and highlights in the city of Cologne. One of the highlights is the ecumenical church service for motorcyclists in Cologne Cathedral on 11th October 2008.

This is the second time that the ecumenical church service for motorcyclists will take place in Cologne Cathedral as part of INTERMOT Cologne. With the support of the Metropolitan Chapter of CologneCathedral and other Catholic clergy, as well as ofthe Lutheran church of Cologne, religious biker groups from the area, and the Mogo Hamburg team headed by Pastor Erich F?hling, the motorcyclists will be meeting at the Cathedral for a prayerservice.

The mass at the Cathedral will commence at 10a.m. Following the service, a convoy of the participants will make its way to the Cologne exhibition centre. From Roncalliplatz the participants will ride together over three Rhine bridges and arriveat the motorbike parking lot in the Rhine ParkHalls. The convoy route: Cologne Cathedral/Roncalliplatz ? Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer ? Niederl?nder Ufer ? M?lheimer Br?cke ? Bergischer/Pf?lzischer Ring ? Zoobr?cke ? Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer ?Severinsbr?cke ? Mindener Stra?e ? Rhine ParkHalls/Koelnmesse/INTERMOT Cologne. At the premiere in 2006, more than 3,000 bikers participated in the prayer service and the following convoy.

Further information as well as a map of the convoy route is available at: www.intermot-cologne.com

BROKEN SPOKE ROCKS WITH LEGEND STEVEN TYLER– The Broken Spoke Campground was the place to be during Sturgis Bike Week, with a surprise celebrity appearance by rock legend Steven Tyler, MTV, free beer and concerts, and plenty of very hot girls.

Sturgis, South Dakota? The legendary Broken Spoke Campground, home of the World?s Largest Biker Pool, was one of the hottest spots to be during Sturgis Bike Week. If you weren?t at the Broken Spoke Campground then you missed out on a ton of fun, from the free concerts every day and night, to free beer hour daily, and a surprise appearance by Steven Tyler.

The Broken Spoke Campground was packed with rockin? events all week. There was always something to do whether it was lounging by the brand new, World?s Largest Biker Pool with the WWE Girls or rocking out to one of the many free concerts held everyday. As if that wasn?t enough, the Broken Spoke Campground also hosted the Cycle Source Chopper Show, Limpnickie Lot, the Biker Burnout, and The Lucky Daredevil Thrill Show. The Broken Spoke Campground was definitely the coolest place to be when Steven Tyler stopped in for lunch after a ride through the Black Hills and when MTV showed up to check out The World?s Largest Biker Pool ? and while there picked up the crowds? bar tab.

If you missed out on all the fun at the Broken Spoke Campground this year, don?t worry, there is always next year. To make sure you don?t miss out on the good time next year, book your Broken Spoke Campground site today. By reserving your spot now you will book Sturgis ?09 at 2008 prices. Until January 1, 2009, the Broken Spoke Campground will extend it?s popular $99 per person camping rates. Call today at 866-754-2526 to reserve your spot at the hottest spot in Sturgis.

The original Broken Spoke Saloon has a permanent bar and restaurant in downtown Sturgis, SD and additional locations nationally in Daytona, FL, Myrtle Beach, SC and Laconia, NH.

For more information on Broken Spoke Campground, please visit its websites at: www.brokenspokecampground.com or www.thetargetcompanies.com

NEW XL BARE BONES– If you’re looking for a subtle way to set your late model XL apart from the mainstream, LePera?s cool BARE BONES is just the ticket. Designed for quick and simple installation to ?07 and later XL Sportsters, the new solo is one of the thinnest and narrowest seat on the market. The model shown here is LePera?s LFK-006 with a 3.5 tank. The LCK-006 fits larger tanks.

Base price is 190.00. As with all LePera seats, the materials and craftsmanship are exactly what you would expect; superior.

Other models are available for the late model XL?s. Contact your local dealer or LePera direct at 818-767-5110 and be sure to visit them on line at www.lepera.com .

HINES TAKES V-ROD TO FINAL ROUND AT NHRA U.S. NATIONALS–Hines Seeded Second, Krawiec Seventh for Countdown To One Playoffs.

CLERMONT, IND. (Sept. 1, 2008) ? Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines advanced to the final round of the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O?Reilly Raceway Park. Riding a Harley-Davidson V-Rod, Hines lost by a margin of just 0.008 seconds to Snap-On Suzuki rider Steve Johnson in the final.

?I?ve guess I?ve won and lost by smaller margins,? said Hines. ?I can?t hang my head. I got a great start and hit all my shifts, but Johnson ran me down at the end of the track and beat me by maybe six inches. But this was an exciting weekend for the Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines team, and both our riders are in great position for the Countdown.?

It was the 26th trip to the final round of an NHRA event for Hines, but the first to the finals at the prestigious U.S. Nationals for the three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. Hines qualified third for the event with a run of 6.969 seconds, and then defeated Rocklin Motorsports Buell rider Peggy Llewellyn in round one, Indicom Electric Buell rider Angie McBride in round two, and MB Precision Machining Suzuki rider Mike Berry in round three to make it to the final. Hines got an outstanding start, with a reaction time of 0.009 seconds and beat Johnson, who left in 0.037, off the line. But Johnson caught Hines in the final 100 feet of the track. Hines had an ET of 7.063 to 7.034 for Johnson.

Screamin? Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec, who won the Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle bonus event on Saturday, rode his Screamin? Eagle V-Rod to the seventh spot in qualifying with a run of 6.990 seconds. Krawiec then lost to Berry by just 0.002 seconds on a hole-shot run in the first round of eliminations. Krawiec had a reaction time of 0.066 seconds and an ET of 7.041 seconds, to the 0.012/7.093 run posted by Berry.

?I was off a little on my reaction time,? said Krawiec, ?I try to be in the 40s on every run. But it was a great weekend for the team with the Ringers win and Andrew in the finals. Now we wipe the slate clean for the Countdown, and I?m just 80 points out of first place.?

The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series now moves into its playoff season as the top-ten riders in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class will compete in the five-race Countdown to One, which begins on Sept. 11 at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at Lowe?s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Both Hines and Krawiec have qualified for the Countdown. Season points are reset, with the number one qualifier, Matt Smith, earning a 30-point lead over Hines, the number two qualifier. Krawiec, seeded seventh, starts the Countdown 80 points behind Smith.

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycles will race next September 11-14 at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at Lowe?s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.

Visit www.harley-davidson.com for more information.

The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team is sponsored by Ford Truck, Dunlop, Matco Tools and S100. It?s end of summer and you are thinking about a little more lead in your pencil.

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