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Read More NHDRO Fall Nationals Coming to Fabulous Norwalk
By Wayfarer |
NHDRO motorcycle drag racing series pre-race advance report
event: NHDRO’s Midwest Fall Nationalspresented by Liguori Drag Racing
when: September 16-18, 2022
where: Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, Ohio, USA
NHDRO’s season of threepeats reaches its end as the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series gathers on September 16-18 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, for the Midwest Fall Nationals presented by Liguori Drag Racing.
This will be the final event of a 2022 NHDRO season that saw three race days at each and every event, maximizing racer paybacks for their travel dollar in a time of high expenses for all travellers.
That means that champions will be crowned in all classes, and with two full points races on Saturday and Sunday—anything can happen.
Defending Schnitz Racing Top Gas champ Jeremy Teasley has a 23 point lead over Jeremy England with Bradley Shellhaas another 92 back.
The defending champ is also in the lead in M2.Shocks 8.70 Quick Street, as Marty White has a commanding 76 markers on Jaden Hall, with Rashad Rowe tucked in close another 6 back.
White is also the defending Kevin Dennis Insurance Street ET champ, and is 40 points ahead of England in that class. Norwalk superstar Kevin Adams is only 10 points further back of England.
England is second in MPS Pro ET, 50 points behind Tom Klemme and 10 ahead of Tom’s brother Joe. Ceslie Shellhaas is only 10 points behind Joe and 20 ahead of Greg Mallett as this class is TIGHT!
David Beshara leads the MTC Super Comp 8.90 index championship by 25 points over Joe Klemme with Rylan Rowe another 62 points back.
Drew Nearhoof has a 61 point lead over Jim “Just a Swangin’” Swanger in Advanced Sleeve Dirty 30 9.30 index with England another 38 back.
You could say that VooDoo Grudge crowns champions every 7 seconds, and grudge racers will get their chance to win their high dollar crowns in sessions on all three days.
Friday night is Shootout time, with Schnitz Racing Top Gas Shootout, Road Course Shootout, Delay Box Shootout, No-Box Shootout, and the Shop Wars Shootout with Maximum Street Performance (MSP), Jeremy Teasley Racing (JTR), Port-Tech and more.
Summit Motorsports Park is the perfect, park-like setting for the last high-horsepower, high-stakes NHDRO family reunion of 2022. Brian and Niki Welch look forward to welcoming everyone to Norwalk and you will NOT want to miss itI
NHDRO thanks M2.Shocks , Kevin Dennis Insurance , MPS Racing , Liguori Drag Racing , Schnitz Racing , Voodoo Custom Motorcycle Components , Vanson Leathers , BB Racing , MTC Engineering , Advanced Sleeve , Rock Auto, High Risk Motorsports , Page Racing and APE.
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A stand out and rare motorcycle
By Wayfarer |
AT THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
1936 BSA Y13 V-Twin
If you walk into the British motorcycle display area in the National Motorcycle Museum, you’ll be met with a wide range of single and twin cylinder motorcycles. You’ll also see a few V-twin machines, Broughs and Vincents, some of the finest machines in the Museum, and in the world. But one bike that’s a stand out, and is pretty rare, especially in the States, is a BSA Y13. Based on a 500cc military spec machine, the 750cc V-twin arrived in 1936 and production ended in 1938. The right side is the most striking given the exhaust system and the bold chrome plated pushrod tubes. But here’s a little background.
Specifications:
- Engine: Air-Cooled OHV V-Twin
- Bore & Stroke: 71mm x 94.5mm
- Displacement: 748cc’s
- Lubrication: Dry Sump/Four Pint Tank
- Carburetion: Amal 76
- Electrics/Ignition: Lucas MagDyno/6 Volt
- Starting: Kick
- Horsepower: 26.5HP
- Clutch: Multi-Plate, Dry
- Primary: Chain Driven
- Transmission: 4-Speed, Right Foot Shift
- Frame: Lugged/Brazed, Duplex Cradle
- Wheelbase: 54 Inches
- Suspension: Girder Fork/Sprung Seat
- Fork Damper: Friction
- Brakes: 7″ Drum, Front & Rear
- Wheels/Tires: 4.00 x 18/4.00 x 18
- Weight: 450 Pounds, Approx.
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SMOKE OUT REPORT
By Bandit |
Rainy as hell. Still great to see everybody and the bikes.
–Paul Aiken
This is Smoke Out 22 turned over to the Cycle Source crew, but Edge was still at the forefront helping out with all aspects of the event.
Wow, the change in bikes over the years.
We will bring you more as the week unfolds. –Bandit
Babes Ride Out Central Coast 9 x Santa Barbara
By Wayfarer |
ALL TICKET SALES AND TRANSFERS END TOMORROW FOR BABES RIDE OUT CENTRAL COAST 9 x SANTA BARBARA, CA
LAST CHANCE: Snag a ticket to Babes Ride Out x Central Coast if you are ready to ride, camp, and have the best time of your two wheel life with some like minded riders. Ticket sales and transfers end Monday 9/12 at 12PM Pacific.
*NO ADMISSION TICKET SALES AT THE GATE*
Click Here to Get your Tickets.
What’s in Included in a General Admission Ticket:
- 2 nights of tent camping (bring your own everything)
- Unlimited water to fill up your canteen
- FREE 805 beer until it runs out
- Workshoppes
- Games
- Biltwell riding route maps + options that take you on some of the most beautiful routes along the coast.
- Nightly entertainment
- Event patch
- Best time of your moto lovin’ life connecting with new and old friends!
What is the new campsite like?
High up in the hills above Santa Barbara off of San Marcos Pass is Beautiful Live Oak Campground. Once you turn off hwy 154 it is just a mile up the dirt road. Camping will be spread out under sparse oak trees & hard-packed dirt. There are hot showers on site and drinkable water.
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Flashbacks & Giant Memory Cards
By Wayfarer |
A Creed and Our Passions
Looking back at culture & lifestyle of our parents, ourselves and the generations that came after us. Comparisons of it are not of any practical validity. Times will change, so will people. Many times, history repeats itself.
Well, consider this article information overload or goodies to be rediscovered, but make some memories and don’t sell it all in a barnyard-sale or on Ebay. Books, comics or LPs. Maybe gift it to a genuinely interested youth or well-funded library. Then memories will live again through same passion as yours.
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FLASHBACKS AND GIANT MEMORY CARDS
By Ujjwal Dey |
This wisdom quote submitted by me appeared in The Bros Bikernet Weekly News for Sep1, 2022 (click to view).
Framed the damn thing in Black & White at my laptop desk — to remind me of it at every moment, especially whenever online or on the phone.
Discovered the simple joy of my Sony PSP 3 — the so very popular PlayStation Portable made by Sony. That product was so good but they discontinued it as demand slowed in NA and EU (the last factory for it in Japan closed). I guess, people want to just sit in front of a big screen with the big console instead.
Of course, gaming consoles have better processors & graphics. But call me old, I like mobile devices, such as my Hohner harmonica (still only made in Germany), a pocket notebook & pen to jot down ideas / concepts. Not to forget the best, most fuel-efficient vehicle, a motorcycle!
This game on screen is ‘Assassin’s Creed – Bloodlines (2009)’. Well, whaddya know, there are 3 rules they follow:
1. Never hurt an innocent person,
2. Always be discreet and
3. Never compromise the Brotherhood.
Outlaw stuff inspired from real-life Knights Templar and “haššašin”. Etymology of the word ‘assassin’ is from ‘hashish-users’ — it supposedly helped relieve pain & continue missions.
The popularity of the game inspired expensive comics and collectible novels. Of course, the Hollywood movie adaptation ‘Killed’ the enthusiasm I believe. Anyways, they had already flooded the market with a dozen games instead of managing their hen that laid golden eggs. Media!!!
Anyway, the plot line of the video-game is much better than “The Hitman” series of games. More interesting than other periodic settings such as ‘Prince of Persia’. The latter contributed a lot in development of Assasins series. Actually, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise is considered to be the ‘spiritual successor’ to that series.
So what’s the “Creed” in the “”Assassin’s Creed” series?
Creed of the Assassins : “nothing is true; everything is permitted”.
When I was a kid, the only comic books available to me were Archie comic series and He-Man cartoons on TV. There were also plenty of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician comic strips in newspapers – both created by Lee Falk.
For the trivia-inclined, it was The Phantom who was the first superhero to have tight-fighting leg-wear and his underpants outside. Yup! Not Superman! Unfortunately, you can’t find either of Lee Falk’s creations easily anymore. Politically Incorrect.
The Phantom was compared to white-man Lord of Africa – the Tarzan of the Apes, which came before him. Mandrake found his origins in the Himalayan-Tibetan mystical school of magic and hints at an adversary as secret group of criminals ruled by an unknown boss / bosses. They were referred by ‘The League of 8’ or ‘The Sign of 8’. Sound similar? Well, apart from the ‘triad’ there is the famous Ian Fleming’s James Bond whose big adversary ‘Blofeld’ also has that ‘eight-tentacled octopus’ as a symbol in the last movie ‘No Time To Die’ (2021).
While adults can understand the timeline and culture when words and concepts were used in print, I guess it was obvious that ‘modern’ children, despite ‘Google’, may not fully comprehend the unwelcome-in-school novels such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain or the landmark To Kill a Mockingbird by author Harper Lee.
Probably a Google search would lead youth to worse confusion and / or violence and behavior. Life was simpler and less interference growing up for their predecessors.
While Flash Gordon is still remembered, probably more because of the bad movie and epic song by British rock band ‘Queen’ — another comic strip I found and loved in daily newspapers while growing up was the private & classy detective ‘Rip Kirby’. He had a ‘butler’ style assistant named Desmond who was a reformed pickpocket type. Desmond being ‘handy’ in assisting the detective in investigations. So very far ahead of his time. This was so much more interesting and I finally as an adult came on to read Sam Spade, and saw Humphrey Bogart’s take on Sam, etc.
Both Flash and Rip Kirby were created by the legendary ‘artist’ cartoonist Alex Raymond.
Now, in 21st century, writing for Bikernet.com since 2006, it’s a hell of a long leap from Archie & his high-school woes!!! Though I must add that the TV series ‘Riverdale’ was quite interesting while it was interesting. The TV series ran for 6 seasons. It was described as ‘an American supernatural horror crime drama’. For those who are lost, ‘Riverdale’ was the school those ‘Archie & Friends’ went to in the comic books and the thick comics ‘Digest’ print series.
I also like American spy Matt Helm novel series by Donald Hamilton as well as those short Western novels by Louis L’Amour. Hope to find the non-fiction novels by L’Amour. Even his fiction ones are so expensive.
Well, before I put you to sleep, check out Spotify. Something that’s been around a while. I can’t recommend it more than anything for flashbacks. I found songs dating back to the 1920s on it. Incredible stuff, all on a mobile app. It had lyrics for most of the songs I was interested in….not just strange random alphabets youth call lyrics today. Educative for a new generation?
Well, consider this article information overload or goodies to be rediscovered, but make some memories and don’t sell it all in a barnyard-sale or on Ebay. Books, comics or LPs. Maybe gift it to a genuinely interested youth or well-funded library. Then memories will live again through same passion as yours.
Wayfarer,
Monk is Training, Bikernet Blog Editor,
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VIDEO: Inside Indian Motorcycle Racing
By Wayfarer |
Get an insight into the racing by O’Hara
Click on Video to Play
With the 2022 King of the Baggers series finale this weekend, we wanted to share the latest “Inside Indian Motorcycle Racing” video. The piece fully recaps the dramatic action at the last round in Brainerd. You may recall, it was Brainerd where Bobby Fong made the incredible inside pass on Tyler O’Hara and captured his first bagger racing victory. The race was nothing short of boring, with oil leakage, a disqualification, crashed riders, delays, and ultimately rain concluding the Main after three laps.
In this video, viewers get an inside look to all the action, along with compelling interview insights from Tyler O’Hara, S&S and Indian Motorcycle Racing team members. It’s truly an inside the paddock experience that we thought would be cool for your audience to check out heading into the series finale.
It’s winner-take-all in Jersey. HD vs IMC. David vs Goliath. This is what racing is all about….
It’ll be a fun one!
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Charitable Custom Motorcycles & Wonderful Sponsors
By Wayfarer |
by Jack McIntyre
At Johnny Mac’s Chopper House in Philadelphia, our focus has been on building motorcycles for qualified charities, and so far it’s been terrific. We have one rule when choosing a charity, it has to support the military, kids, or dogs. We then work closely with the charity to handle advertising, social media, colors, and more.
We had HUGE success with our first charity build for Philabundance in Philadelphia, only to be followed up by our latest Tunnel to Towers Foundation Custom Build at the MECUM Auction in Las Vegas 1/28/22, which brought in $41,000.00.
What’s up next?
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Charitable Custom Motorcycles & Wonderful Sponsors
By Jack McIntyre |
At Johnny Mac’s Chopper House in Philadelphia, our focus has been on building motorcycles for qualified charities, and so far it’s been terrific. We have one rule when choosing a charity, it has to support the military, kids, or dogs. We then work closely with the charity to handle advertising, social media, colors, and more.
We had HUGE success with our first charity build for Philabundance in Philadelphia, only to be followed up by our latest Tunnel to Towers Foundation Custom Build at the MECUM Auction in Las Vegas 1/28/22, which brought in $41,000.00. What’s up next?
Well we are already on it, two new builds again, for our charities. Want to be involved, donate some parts from your company or a few dollars, all help is accepted. PLEASE LOOK BELOW to see our latest charity builds.
We are ALWAYS looking for donations and parts so if your budget allows, please consider a donation here https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WLNJ4YWY3TYKC ,
* or buy a shirt here https://usaproductfactory.com/?orderby=menu_order ,
* which all sales & donations support the building & transportation of the motorcycle
NEW: DOG’S FOR OUR BRAVE CUSTOM BUILD.
Stay tuned on this one, what a great cause… CLICK HERE TO VIEW PROGRESS PHOTOS.
So if you are wondering why all of this is so important, watch this video:
A few dollars, or a bit more, whatever you can do helps. We will build a wonderful motorcycle to auction off, and at that point, we will write the largest check possible, 100% of ALL PROCEEDS
This is a rendering of the future Dogs for our Brave Charity auction motorcycle.
January 2023, this motorcycle will be on stage at the Mecum Motorcycle Auction in Las Vegas. If we have the same experience as we did in 2022 with the Tunnel to Towers Auction Motorcycle, we will be able to yet again write a HUGE check to the chosen charitable organization.
This build has some added excitement as well, FOX & Friends will be filming the build for a special news report to be aired later this year. More to come on that! Please stay tuned.
Also, you can Visit & Share the GOFUNDME Donation webpage:
As seen in the picture below, we came through with our promise to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation with a massive check for $24,000.00. This was a fantastic project for us, and we just announced to them yesterday, that we are doing it again for 2023. Stay tuned.
In the image below, left to right: John Marcella, Jack McIntyre, Donny Hudec, and Austin Byrd.
Below was our Freedom Bike for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
The Bike is a custom build for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. It’s a Johnny Mac Chopper House build, built in 2021.
- Motor is an 88 cubic inch custom Harley-Davidson
(10.5 to 1, Weisco Pistons, Andrews EV27 Cam, Milled & polished heads, S&S Super E carburetor, Dyna 2000 Ignition). - Nash Motorcycle Handlebars,
- Led Sled fender,
- Drag Specialties 5 speed,
- 2″ Belt Drive,
- Custom leather seat,
- Custom 1 off paint by Franny Drummond / Paint Zoo,
- 60 spoke chrome wheels,
- GMA Hand controls,
- 180 rear tire,
- 21″ front tire,
- Metzeler tires, &
- Custom Johnny Mac High Low exhaust pipes.
Enlightened Bikernet Weekly News for September 8, 2022
By Wayfarer |
Hitting it Hard This Week !!!
With news from MIC, CO2 Coalition, Al Gore, Biker Movie, Pete Alva, NMA, Dragon Fire Racing, Quad Boss, Bandit’s Cantina, Control Freaks, Climate Alarmists, Peashooter, Knuckle Single, MSF, Intermot 2022, Bob McLean, BMW, Chopper Chronicles, Virginia, Climate Change, Gun Nut, FPC, Buck Lovell, J.J. Solari, K. Randall Ball, Paughco, Springers, DAV, Veterans and way more…
If you like Choppers, you’ll dig the news and be relieved.
Hang on, and fight for freedom and the truth or die trying.
–Bandit
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