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Read More March 20, 2008 Part 3
By Bandit |
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INDEPENDENT GAS TANK CO RETURNS–INDEPENDENT Gas Tank Co is back in business and remains under the control of original founder Kyle Krejci. After a deal to sell the company fell through last year, Kyle took a break from the industry but he has now returned and is back to business as usual.
The reborn company is now based in a smaller shop of 2,000 sq ft in Gilbert, Arizona, a move which Kyle is pleased about; “It has been a good thing. It is allowing me to get back to maintaining the quality of the product we’ve always been known for. The lower overheads of the new facility have allowed me to lower the prices too.”
While the prices may have come down, the range remains as extensive as ever. Independent Gas Tank can manufacture custom, one-off gas tanks and fenders through to OE production runs running into multiple figures, all made from materials sourced within the USA.
The quality of work undertaken can be guaranteed by Kyle’s lifelong career in metal fabrication, which began when he left college and began converting Porsche street cars into race cars. This was followed by a period spent taking care of sheet metal fabrication at Bourget’s Bike Works before establishing Independent Gas Tank Company in 1999.
All of Independent’s gas tanks are handcrafted from 16-gauge cold rolled steel and pressure tested after being TIG welded. The company’s fender blanks are made from TIG welded 14-gauge cold rolled steel and available for 16in-21in front wheels in all widths and 18in 200, 240, 250, 280, 300-310 rears.
INDEPENDENT GAS TANK COMPANY
Gilbert, Arizona, USA
Tel: 480 633 6700
E-mail: info@independentgastank.com
www.independentgastank.com
BIKERNET SURVIVES COMMUNIST ATTACK, RECEIVES TECH REQUEST–I see the site is still packedwith great info and seems to be bigger and better than ever. Congrats!Looked on Bikernet in the detailing section and did not see anythingrelated to removing oxidation from a motor. To be specific, on a NightTrain that has the blacked out motor and fins? Tried a bunch ofrandom cleaners and elbow grease, but nothing has really worked. Thebike is stored in an unheated garage during the winter months(I knowthat doesn’t help) but I would really like to remove this crap off thefins.
Any suggestions or miracle cures?
–Jodi
CARTOONS SUPPLIED BY GATEWOOD–Hello, and happy first day of Spring!!!I thought this would bring a giggle for those of you who work in an office environment.
Though I myself will be spending the day in the machine shop I could still usethe Heineken water cooler.
Once again, it’s Spring!!!So, that means (at least in my world) the beginning to another fun year of:
MOTORCYCLE RACING
MOTORCYCLE RIDING
MOTORCYCLE BUILDING &
MOTORCYCLE ANYTHING and EVERYTHING
–Drew Gatewood
www.drewsmotorcycleservice.com
P.S.HAVE A BLESSED EASTER SUNDAY
D&D PERFORMANCE SHIPPING BOARZILLA– D&D Performance Enterprises is shipping dyno-tuned Boarzilla and Fat Cat 2 into 2 exhaust pipe systems for the new 2007 Harley-Davidson Dyna series motorcycles. D&D builds performance exhaust pipes ready to install that include 2008 preinstalled factory oxygen sensor ports as well as direct fitment that requires no cutting, fitting, welding or grinding.
The 2007 Harley-Davidson Dyna platform carries the all new rubber-mounted Twin Cam 96 inch motor with a high output Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI) system. The new 2-into-1 high-performance Boarzilla and Fat Cat Dyna pipes improve power and torque through-out the useable RPM range.
Visit the company online at www.danddexhaust.com.
HOLD UP FOR A QUIET MOMENT OF REFLECTION– A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.
He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town, to “persuade” them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he’d be back if they didn’t close up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.
–from Rev CarlR
THE CHOPPER CHICK SEARCH CONTINUED– It may seem trivial, but I had a chance to win a fuzz pedal (for guitar) if I could come up with the girl’s name. She may be an actress (porn orotherwise) or some other kind of celebrity. I do know she’s American.
–Dave
I found out who the girl is…big boobed ’70s model/actress, Roberta Pedon.
There you have it,
–Dave
S&S DELIVERS NHRA PRO STOCK GATORNATIONALS REPORT–LA CROSSE, WI (March 17, 2008) S&S? Cycle announces a great weekend of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racing at the Gatornationals.
The season opener of the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racing season was packed full of S&S 160ci Billet Pro Stock powered machines in the finals. A total of eight S&S powered Buells went to the eliminations on Sunday morning, with five moving onto the second round of eliminations.
The talk of the weekend had to be Matt Guidera and his Mohegan Sun/Rocklin Motorsports S&S powered Buell. Not only did Guidera score as top qualifier, he made the most of his time on the track with passes at 7.000, 6.922, 6.955, 6.944, 6.943 and 6.949! His well-tuned bike netted him the win over Andrew Hines on the Screamin? Eagle H-D in the final round.
“This is a great season start, for the first time in NHRA history half of the elimination field was S&S powered. With bad weather on Friday creating a minimum number of qualifying runs, the results were great. All of the teams show great promise going to Houston. Congratulations to Matt Guidera on his win and Matt Smith on his riding through the weekend. Expect to see S&S powered bikes in the hunt all season long” said Charlie Hadayia, S&S Sr.Manager of Customer Relations and Race.
Throughout the weekend, it seemed like S&S powered bikes were everywhere.Chris Rivas, on the Drag Specialties/S&S/G Squared Motorsports bike fought some electrical gremlins but still won a few rounds. Angelle Sampey on the Rush Racing Products S&S powered Buell?her first race on the v-twin?won her first round of eliminations. Angie McBride on her S&S powered Buell also scored a first round win.
Hector Arana made it to eliminations on his Lucas Oil S&S powered Buell, but met up with Guidera?s 6.955 pass and went out early. The Vroom Racing S&S powered Buell, ridden by Michael Ray also made it to the first round of eliminations, but didn?t make it to the second round.
It was the same thing for Junior Pippin on his Stone Mountain H-D/Granite Mountain H-D/Piranha S&S powered Buell. Matt Smith, 2007 champion, and his NitroFish/Torco S&S powered Buell made it to the third round of eliminations for a good start to his season.
Find out more S&S information at www.sscycle.com .
BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH FINDINGS–STARTLING NEWS– When I received my cholesterol test results the other day, I wanted everyone I could tell to hear this. My cholesterol has been hovering around 190 for years, which is not bad. However, my good cholesterol has been on the low end of normal and my bad cholesterol has been on the high side of normal.
Six months ago after the test results came in, my doctor put me on two things that all health food stores and many supermarkets and drug stores nowcarry: Fish Oil and Red Yeast Rice. They are in capsule form, and I have taken two of each every single day for six months. Check out these eye-popping changes, done without artificial drug solutions:
FALL TEST 9/4/07,SPRING TEST 3/12/08, NORMAL RANGE
Triglycerides 10870 < 150
HDL (good chol) 3942 > 40
LDL (bad chol) 13182 < 130
Total Cholesterol 192138 125- 200
Chol/HDLC Ratio 4.93.3 < 5.0
Those who know me well know that I am a big natural supplement user, and I think we have only begun to tap the importance of supplemental nutrition, even for those who consume a lot of raw foods.
–Tony Mancuso CGCS
HARDTAIL 180/200 PERFECTION!– These frames were priced and selling at $3,450.00 at ROAD WINGS,HALLCRAFTS, and XTREME.
We are special pricing these at $978.00 +s&h to get repeating orders.
We will use the frame as the oilbag for added $100.00
The current “jigged up” specs are:
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Other specs are available with minimum orders of 3 frames per order.Or provide your own specs!
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SATURDAY MARCH 22,2008MONTICELLO BAPTIST CHURCH PARKING LOTMONTICELLO, MS.9:00 A.M.–CMA WILL DO BLESSING OF THE BIKES BEFORE RIDE LEAVES FOR A RUN TO RED BLUFF
HAMBURGERS AND HOTDOGS SERVED UPON RETURN
PAINLESS WIRING FROM PRO ONE– Take the agony out of wiring your next bike or update your current system with this sanitary wiring harness now available from PRO-ONE. Designed for use on bikes utilizing split Fat Bob tanks, the PRO-ONE harness comes complete with key switch, signal flashers, circuit breakers and wiring.
The coded wiring will allow you to simply and quickly lay out your bike?s lighting and ignition systems using the detailed wiring diagram. Each harness comes ready to connect to your lights and coil and is supplied pre-fit to the support bracketry as shown.
Handlebar harness sold separately.
The PRO-ONE Fat Bob harness retails for $379.95 and is available from all PRO-ONE dealers or by calling 800-884-4173. Internet:www.pro-one.com
CARNEGIE MELLON STUDY SHOWS JUST LISTENING TO CELL PHONES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRS DRIVERS– Brain Imaging Reveals Drivers Are Distracted Even if They Don’t Talk.
PITTSBURGH: Carnegie Mellon University scientists have shown that just listening to a cell phone while driving is a significant distraction, and it causes drivers to commit some of the same types of driving errors that can occur under the influence of alcohol.
The use of cell phones, including dialing and texting, has long been a safety concern for drivers. But the Carnegie Mellon study, for the first time, used brain imaging to document that listening alone reduces by 37 percent the amount of brain activity associated with driving. This can cause drivers to weave out of their lane, based on the performance of subjects using a driving simulator.
The findings, to be reported in an upcoming issue of the journal Brain Research, show that making cell phones hands-free or voice-activated is not sufficient in eliminating distractions to drivers. “Drivers need to keep not only their hands on the wheel; they also have to keep their brains on the road,” said neuroscientist Marcel Just, director of the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging.
Other distractions, such as eating, listening to the radio or talking with a passenger, also can divert a driver. Though it is not known how these activities compare to cell phone use, Just said there are reasons to believe cell phones may be especially distracting. “Talking on a cell phone has a special social demand, such that not attending to the cell conversation can be interpreted as rude, insulting behavior,” he noted. A passenger, by contrast, is likely to recognize increased demands on the driver’s attention and stop talking.
The 29 study volunteers used a driving simulator while inside an MRI brain scanner. They steered a car along a virtual winding road at a fixed, challenging speed, either while they were undisturbed, or while they were deciding whether a sentence they heard was true or false. Just’s team used state-of-the-art functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods to measure activity in 20,000 brain locations, each about the size of a peppercorn. Measurements were made every second.
The driving-while-listening condition produced a 37 percent decrease in activity of the brain’s parietal lobe, which is associated with driving.This portion of the brain integrates sensory information and is critical for spatial sense and navigation. Activity was also reduced in the occipital lobe, which processes visual information.
The other impact of driving-while-listening was a significant deterioration in the quality of driving. Subjects who were listening committed more lane maintenance errors, such as hitting a simulated guardrail, and deviating from the middle of the lane. Both kinds of influences decrease the brain’s capacity to drive well, and that decrease can be costly when the margin for error is small.
“The clear implication is that engaging in a demanding conversation could jeopardize judgment and reaction time if an atypical or unusual driving situation arose,” Just said. “Heavy traffic is no place for an involved personal or business discussion, let alone texting.”
Because driving and listening draw on two different brain networks, scientists had previously suspected that the networks could work independently on each task. But Just said this study demonstrates that there is only so much that the brain can do at one time, no matter how different the two tasks are.
“Drivers’ seats in many vehicles are becoming highly instrumented cockpits,” Just said, “and during difficult driving situations, they require the undivided attention of the driver’s brain.”
The project was funded by the Office of Naval Research. Other members of the research team included post-doctoral research associate Timothy Keller and research assistant Jacquelyn Cynkar. For information on the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, or to download a copy of this research paper, visit http://www.ccbi.cmu.edu … or simply click here:
–Byron Spice
412-268-9068
bspice@cs.cmu.edu
–from Bruce Arnold
PRO-ONE WIRING SYSTEM–These unique wiring packages from PRO-ONE are the perfect problem solver for just about any H-D application not using a dash mounted switch. The wiring harness comes complete and ready to connect to your bike?s ignition and lighting systems and are available for use with or without stock handlebar switches. Each kit comes complete with a custom side mounted control box, which mounts easily to the frame down tube and is show chrome plated.
Control boxes are available in three styles for use with stock handlebar switches, custom 4-button handlebar switches or completely self contained for use without handlebar switches.
Coded wiring is quickly and simply connected following the supplied wiring diagram. PRO-ONE Side Mount wiring kits retail for $379.95 and are available from all PRO-ONE dealers or by calling 800-884-4173. www.pro-one.com
PUNOMANIA AT BIKERNET–There was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.
–from Rev CarlR
KEINO SASAKI, FORMERLY OF INDIAN LARRY LEGACY, HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF KEINO CYCLES– THIS BOLD, NEW DIRECTION WAS NATURAL EXPANSION OF HIS CREATIVE DESIRE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BASED UPON DIRECT INFLUENCES FROM THE LATE INDINAN LARRY?S PHILOSOPHYIES.
KEINO IS FOLLOWING HIS VISION TO HIS NEXT LEVEL BY EXPLOIRING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MANUPILATE MOTOR AND METAL.
KEINO CYCLES OFFERS HIGH END CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION, ONE OF A KIND MOTOR BUILDING AND SHEETMETAL WORK. TO EVERYDAY SERVICE AND REPAIR WORK. VARIOUS ORIGINAL PARTS AND MERCHANDISE WILL BE AVAILABLE ALSO.
THE KEINO CYCLES SHOP IS LOCATED ON THE WATERFRONT IN A CIVIL WAR ERA BUILDING, PIER 41 IN REDHOOK, BROOKLYN. COME VISIT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF STATUE OF LIBERTY IN THIS CREATIVE LOCATION.
KEINOCYCLES IS PLANNING TO HAVE GRAND OPENING PARTY SOMETIME MAY/JUNE TIMEFRAME. PLEASE CHECK OUT www.keinocycles.com OR myspace.com/keinocycles FOR LATEST UPDATES.
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March 20, 2008 Part 1
By Bandit |
If you’re having any problems with the Bikernet after the Communist Chinese had their way with it, hit Refresh first. If it still doesn’t work, send me a note and we will correct it. Actually back in September of ’07 dozens of German Military computers were infected with spyware manufactured by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. The sophisticated spy software was disguised as PowerPoint or Microsoft Word programs. They appear to be doing this for industrial espionage and you know about the high level of classified, top secret custom shit on Bikernet. It was a major threat to national security and the metal flake gods.
When we called the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, hepromised to “crack down” on hackers.
So, is this a crazed week or what? I say we fight helmet laws and legalize prostitution. Look at the governor of New York. If it was legal, he coulda got laid and kept his job. Same with President Clinton a few years back. Start a line of sexual clinics and take care of biz.
I listened to a bit about Gun laws recently regarding another school shooting. The subject came up that if kids had guns, maybe they could defend themselves. A cop said, “On no. When we show up how will we know the good guy from the bad?”
That pissed me off. When the cops arrived all the kids were dead. That excuse is bullshit. Besides if some kids were packing and the assailant knew it, he probably wouldn’t attack in the first place. When I was a kid I had to attend the NRA gun-training course before I could fire a gun. I say we afford citizens extensive training and allow concealed gun possession for the safety of our society. Did you know that 4,000 have died in Iraq in four years, yet 17,000 are murdered every year in the United States and 44,000 die in car accidents a year. Gun Laws? I say we ban cars. Motorcycles only goddamnit. Let’s hit the news:
DETERMINE THE IRONWORKS / BRASS BALLS BOBBERS GIVEAWAY MOTORBIKE SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM– Your selection of components will determine what gets built at the “Enter to win the Digger” by selecting the components of the motorcycle below and entering your email address. Once the voting is completed we will build the bike based on the winning number of votes for each component.
Then IronWorks will draw the winner at the 2009 Daytona Bike Week. Watch the pages of IronWorks to see the motorcycle build, then it will be covered right here on Bikernet.
Click here to build the Brass Balls Bobbers giveaway motorbike.
BELATED ST. PADDY’S DAY JOKE– Q: What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control his wife?
A: A bachelor.
–from Nick Roberts
SPECTRO OILS COVER DAYTONA BIKE WEEK– Spectro Oils covered Daytona during bike week with displays, charitable contributions and much, much more.
Brookfield, CT? Spectro Oils of America took on a very active role inDaytona Beach during Bike Week and at the Daytona 200 by participating atall new levels plus making an announcement detailing their all new strategicalignment with Baker Drivetrain at the Builders Breakfast also sponsored bySpectro.
Spectro Oils covered Daytona Beach with product placement and displays atDaytona International Speedway, the 2nd Annual Builders Breakfast held atDestination Daytona, Limp Nickie?s lot- the cool new spot created for up andcoming industry players- along side the Adrenaline Crew- and productplacement from Daytona Beach Shores to Ormond Beach. Spectro is seriousabout making their brand and its performance based features the choice ofriders everywhere. No matter what they ride, Spectro Oils has them covered.?Spectro Oils offer the best choice for the rider seeking performance,cooler-running engines and quieter shifting whether he or she is riding aheavy weight American cruiser, sport bike, quad or a metric cruiser.
Spectro Oils has been around for over forty years now and continues toraise the bar in all of the motorcycle segments we serve? explained DaveMiller, President Spectro Oils. Additionally, at all locations and now ontheir website for a limited time www.spectro-oils.com
Spectro Oils, along with Bert Baker, founder of Baker Drivetrain,surprised the sold out Builders Breakfast event by announcing their newstrategic marketing alliance. Dave Miller was proud to share the newaffiliation with the crowd and explained what it meant it means to Spectromoving forward. Baker is the leading manufacturer of transmissions in thev-twin market, nobody does it better than Baker. To become their preferredtranny oil was a great compliment to Spectro. It proved to us that our hardwork and high standards have not gone unnoticed.
Starting this season,all new Baker DD6 transmissions will come with Spectro Platinum TransmissionOil.
This is a major commitment for both parties. One we are proud todeliver on. Bert Baker added to Dave’s comments, Everyone at Baker isrevved up to partner with Spectro. We have had the Spectro product intesting all winter and it always delivers the goods. In addition to keepingour transmissions running at their fullest potential, what I like best aboutSpectro is I can talk from experience about their product; no one needs togive me a script. I?ve been running their product since I was a kid ridingmini bikes. Spectro is definitely the right product for Baker, finishedBert.
For more information on Spectro Oils, please visit: www.spectro-oils.com
FIRST ANNUAL PATRIOTS DAY RALLY AND LIBERTY RIDE–Please fly your flags proudly! No admission fee! All bikers welcome. WakeCounty Speedway on April 19th, between 10am and Noon. Speakers aboutliberty, freedom, honoring veterans and troops, and information about thenew NC mandatory helmet law battles. Scenic liberty ride at 12 noon todowntown Raleigh, where there is a large Earth Day gathering. What you wearon the Freedom Ride is up to you. If you decide to ride lidless (ortopless!), there are no guarantees you will not be ticketed.
Partyafterwards at the Iron Horse, 2901 Hwy 64, Apex. Host Hotel: Courtyard byMarriot In addition to theLiberty Ride, there will be a ride led by Gary, kickstands up at 9:30am fromMcGregor Plaza, (across from the Host Hotel), so visitors to the Raleigharea don?t get lost on the way to the Wake County Speedway. For more info,visit Patriots Day Motorcycle Rally Mapand other Raleigh area hotels near Wake County Speedway: Closest Hotels Sponsors: Bikers ofLesser Tolerance (B.O.L.T. BIKERNET WEEKLY PRODUCT RELEASE FROM RIVERA PRIMO / 3-20-08 MONSTER-TORQUE STARTER MOTORS– The performance specialists at Rivera Primo have added starter motors to thelist of great product offerings. These 1.4kw and 1.7kw quality startermotors combine all the great featuresinto a rugged, great-looking get-the-job-done-unit. All motors are manufactured in the U.S.A. and Canada using only 100% newparts. Each motoroffers the finest technology available to spin that big high performanceengine to life. Precisiongearing, magnetic components and super-duty starter clutches all encased ina chrome & polished finish assembly leave you miles ahead ! 1184-0001 1.4kw Monster-Torque Starter Motor for Big Twins$ 340.00 1989-2006(except 2006 Dyna) For these & other fine products contact:Rivera Primo BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT–A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour,the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?They asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, “I can’t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.” –from Buckshot POLICE BIKE FROM ENVY CYCLE–In Dec I sent you a couple of shots of a tight chopper I wasbuilding for an Az police officer. It was in bare metal then, but youposted the shots in the News. I finished thebike and had it in our booth in Cincinnati and now I’m ready to deliverit to my customer. It’s just a simple little chopper, not a big buckbuild, but I think it’s very clean and representative of a time whenbikes were simpler and more fun to ride. –Terry We’ll bring you a full feature next week on Bikernet.–Wrench BIKERNET CULTURAL FINDINGS– A woman has twins and gives them upfor adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named “Ahmal.” The other goes to a family inSpain; they name him “Juan.” Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself tohis birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that shewishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, “They’re twins!If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.” –from Rev CarlR MISSING CHICK–Would you happen to know the name of the chick onthis old chopper from the ’70s?Please see attachment. This is not really my field of expertise, but fromwhat I’ve seen in the web, it might be a Ron Finch bike. –Dave F. We have the girl’s name later in the news and I believe the bike wasbuilt by AEE Choppers.–Bandit FAST FUNNELS FROM AMSOIL OIL–They are listed under promotional products in the Amsoil online store. Italked with the makers of Fast Funnels at the Indy Dealer Show and they sentme these pdf files to use as long as they have the fast funnel logoincluded. What they have to say makes sense about keeping the oil clean whenfilling the bike plus they are easy to stick in the tool bag for when youneed them on the road. –Nick NEED A FRAME OR FRAMES BUILT?–We are trying to sell some frames at: www.ChopperPro.com TekBattery is still plowing forward. We are selling EV batteries andracing batteries. Still waiting for an easier (more economical)solution to sell street batteries. The electronics are a bastard. –J NEW D&D PERFORMANCE-EXHAUST– FUSION PARTY, BILLY LANE AND PAUL COX SUPPORTS SOLDIER’S ANGELSVETERANS CHARITY–Here is a great letter from the organization, Soldier’s Angels, that thebiker fusion event supported. I have also attached a picture of all thebuilders on stage, please note that the photo is courtesy of Mike Lichterwww.lichterphoto.com –Ken Dear Carrie, event hosts Billy Lane (Choppers Inc,Melbourne fla) and Paul Cox (Paul Cox Ind, Brooklyn, NY) everyone in theindustry, top builders and bike media and all who attended Daytona Bike Weekand supported our troops. On behalf of Web of Support.Com Soldier Adoption Program, I would liketo sincerely thank all of you who participated in Biker FUsion-industrycoming together for a cause-daytona bike week. Words cannot express howgrateful SGT Alvin Wilson and I are for your most generous contributions.Working together with Soldiers Angels we will make sure that all of yourcontributions go the the “updating and Refurbishing” of the Conoy SupportCenter at Camp TQ, Iraq, creating a place where our troops will be able torelax and take a small break from their grueling time traveling in convoysaround Iraq. Please know that each and every one of you have made a difference in thelives of our deployed men and women…thank you so much…..if you wouldlike to adopt a soldier please ask Carrie Repp for information……..belowis a message of thanks from SGT Alvin Wilson” I want to thank all of you out there for all thesupport that you are giving to the troops.You all are amazing, the troops will be very happy when everything come intoplace. I never dreamed of this much support from anyone. Fromall the troops of TQ and the Convoy Support Center, we say thank you for allthat you do, and may God bless each and everyone of you all. SGT Alvin Wilson –PJ Degross Continued On Page 2
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March 27, 2008 Part 3
By Bandit |
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INTERCHANGEABLE BILLET SOFTAIL SHIFT ARMS–Developed specifically for use on all Softail models with heel-toe or single toe shifters, these awesome SoftBrake Billet Shift Arms and cross shafts allow you to quickly and easily install the sleek and rugged SoftBrake arm to all Softail models from 1983 to present. Each kit includes 2 pieces.
One kit includes a long shaft for use with 2-piece shifters and one with a shorter shaft for single arm operation. No more spacers or cover-up caps required. SoftBrake Shift Arms are machined from solid 6061 billet aluminum, splined, flawlessly chrome plated and available in 3 styles.
Each cross shaft is splined on both ends for easy installation, removal and precise adjustment. Individual kits with your choice of arm styles retail for $119.95.
The complete line of SoftBrake precision replacement components and accessories is available exclusively from NORTH COUNTY CUSTOMS the kits retail for just $119.95.
For complete application information call 714-680-0911. DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED.
LITTLE STURGIS CLARIFICATION–STURGIS, S.D. ? The City of Sturgis, SD and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Department would like to offer this clarification regarding the March 20, 2008 news release issued by the Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce in connection with a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court against the organizers of the Little Sturgis Rally and Races in Sturgis, Kentucky.
The Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce filed this lawsuit without the knowledge or consent of the City of Sturgis, SD.
The City of Sturgis, SD is not a party to this legal proceeding.
RETRO CHOPPER BY BRASS BALLS BOBBERS & CHOPPERS–The Red Retro Chopper is unique, fast, cool and proud… Dar Holdsworth of Brass Balls Bobbers & Choppers is building sano Choppers that have everything you need and nothing you don’t.Darwin Motorcycles, the creator of Brass Ball Bobbers, builds high-caliber bobbers that are unique, stand out in a crowd and don?t cost an arm and a leg. It?s considered by many enthusiasts to be ?The above average bike for the average Joe.? The Bobber lifestyle can be had at an introductory price of just $16,995.
?The reason we can deliver such a sharp and creative motorcycle at such a competitive price is because of the economies of scale that are built into our manufacturing process,? says Dar Holdsworth, Darwin Motorcycles President and Master Designer. ?We feel that everyone who wants a custom Choppe should get one, and we have built a motorbike that has everything that you need at a smokin? price.?
Check out the Chopper Show on Flickr. here to see the Chopper Gallery.
HEADS UP: USA TODAY SPINS LIDS AND LAWS TO SELL PAPERS AND CASH IN ON CLICKS–Reporters John Yaukey (jyaukey@gns.gannett.com) and Robert Benincasa (rbenincasa@gns.gannett.com) of Gannett News Service are serving up a major spread of lid and lid law spin in USA TODAY:
“Motorcyclist deaths spike as helmet laws loosen”
“WASHINGTON — Death rates from motorcycle crashes have risen steadily since states began weakening helmet laws about a decade ago, according to a Gannett News Service analysis of federal accident reports…”
Read the entire article and post your comments here…
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-26-bikehelmets_N.htm
…or here:
http://tinyurl.com/2rnaje
You can email the reporters here:
jyaukey@gns.gannett.com
rbenincasa@gns.gannett.com
BC roared in to the lot fresh from a long ride.
He threw her over hard and did a 180 broadslide.
Hitting the kill switch he surveyed the scene.
Good-natured brothers and sisters; laughter and screams.
A poker-run gathered on one of their stops.
Everyone loose, no sign of the cops.
With flask of JD he climbed up on a table,
And looking around he surveyed the rabble.
Clearing his throat he bellowed a cheer,
Brothers and Sisters, lift high your beer,
While I toast to our lifestyle,
lived in high gear!
Here?s to the feel of the wind in your hair,
The smell of wood smoke while splitting night air.
Here?s to straight pipes, that boom and that crack.
To the feel of soft breasts pressed firm to your back.
To the soft squeaky feel of a new leather seat.
These are the things that make life complete.
It?s a bikers life for me, and I?ll have no other.
It?s the bond that I live for, Brother to Brother.
So smile that ol? wicked grin my friends.
Let?s fire up our scooters and head into the wind.
Let?s blast on down to the gulf and The Reef.
With his flask held high, HERE?S TO BUGS IN YOUR TEETH!!
— Blue Cat 2008
Houston, TX
POWDERCOATING UPDATE– It has been awhile, how is everything going in your neck of the woods? I thought I would send a couple of pics your way of some pipes we coated on our personal bikes.
–Bob jr.
RS Performance Coatings
(650) 678-9216
BIKERNETMETRIC AND BIKERNET.COM ARE THE LARGEST CRUISER WEB SITES– Los Angeles, California, March 27, 2008 ? Bob Osias, President of MetricThunder.com, has assumed the editor position at BikernetMetric.com, the online destination magazine for bikers who enjoy the metric cruiser lifestyle. Mr. Osias, aka Thunder Bob, will oversee the development of the online publication, source cruiser-oriented content and manage the new sales team.
Thunder Bob?s goal is to duplicate the success at Bikernet.com, which boasts a 70% annual increase in viewership and over 400,000 visitors monthly. BikernetMetric.com is publishing weekly news columns, bike features, event coverage, tech articles, new model introductions, and reviews. It’s designed to deliver the fun, facts, achievements, ingenuity and the freedom of riding metric cruisers here and overseas.
Utilizing his connections and market knowledge from operating www.metricthunder.com
BikernetMetric.com will be producing a metric bike show in conjunction with Bikernet in Sturgis, SD at Thunder Road for 2008. BikernetMetric.com will report on the rally and conduct interviews with seasoned veterans and up and comers in the custom metric world.
The Bikernetmetric.com staff is experienced and passionate about reporting on anything and everything in the world of Metric Cruisers. The team includes George Najar, Matt Osias, George Fleming, Nyla Olsen, Joshua Placa, Jeff Leitner, Jeff Najar, Keith ?Bandit? Ball and a rag tag group of field reporters from around the world.
BUELL ON PODIUM AT HOCKENHEIM 1000–New 1125R Makes German Racing Debut on Easter Weekend.
Cologne, Germany (March 25, 2008) ?The brand-new Buell 1125R delivered a stunning debut at the start of the German racing season on Easter Saturday, posting 2nd and 5th place finishes on Hockenheim?s demanding Grand Prix circuit.
Over the past 33 years, the 1000-km of Hockenheim has not only become the established prelude to the German motorcycle racing season, the traditional endurance race is also considered the most important German production-based racing event for motorcycles. This year, BMW and KTM each supplied selected teams with extensive factory support, both competing in Class 4 for four-stroke motorcycles of unlimited displacement with three cylinders or less that features the best and most popular riders. No fewer than four BMW HP2 Sports and five KTM RC 8s claimed chances to win in a grid of 32 motorbikes that also held numerous Ducatis and Aprilias.
But as it turned out, others were to provide the true sensation on March 22nd ? the only two competing Buell 1125R, entered into the race by the Buell dealers of Bonn and Hannover. Both bikes had only arrived in Germany three days before Easter, but despite minimal preparation, caused a stir right from the start with scorching lap times at low ambient temperatures on a dry track. In the sprint race over 14 laps, riders Axel Reimann and Ray Buchmann realized the 1125R?s full potential and left nearly the whole field behind, beaten only by the factory supported BMW under former Moto GP racer J?rgen Fuchs and professional racer Marcus Barth.
Volker Schirmer, manager of Buell Hannover, could not disguise his enthusiasm over his team?s second place finish. ?I am absolutely ecstatic. The 1125R is a quantum leap in output and performance. The 146hp twin-cylinder engine, developed by Rotax to Buell specifications, is a perfect match for the best chassis that Erik Buell has ever designed.?
After coming in fifth, riders Julius Ilmberger and Martin Kratzer were also delighted with the new Buell. ?With slightly harder tires, our chances would have been even better,? said Andreas Binner, boss of Buell Bonn. ?But even so, I am really happy ? my boys have done a fantastic job, and the 1125R is up for success.?
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
LEGEND OF THE RIDING BELL–Legend has it that Evil Road Spirits have been latching themselves on to motorcycles for as long as there have been bikes on the road. These Evil Road Spirits are responsible for mechanical problems and bad luck along the journey.
Legend goes on to say that by attaching a small bell onto your scoot, the Evil Road Spirits will become trapped inside the bell where the constant ringing drives them insane, making them lose their grip until they fall to the ground. (Ever wonder where potholes come from.)
Legend also has it that the bell carries twice as much power when purchased by a friend or loved one and given as a gift. Get yours or give a gift of the Riding Bell.
ARTISTRY IN IRON SPONSORED BY AMERICAN CYCLE AND AMERICAN BAGGER MAGAZINES–Spearfish, SD 3-26-2008 – American Cycle and American Bagger magazines are pleased to announce their sponsorship of Artistry in Iron at the 2008 Las Vegas Bikefest from Oct 2-5th. You will see over 25 of the hottest custom builders show off their latest bikes. See the famous and soon to be famous with a very progressive list of builders from Jim Nasi, Cory Ness, Roger Goldammer, Fred Bertrand and more.
?I have been associated with Las Vegas BikeFest since its inception, Las Vegas BikeFest is the premiere west coast bike event and Artistry in Iron has developed into the most prominent west coast bike show. We are honored to have our magazines associated with Artistry in Iron.? ? Dave Withrow, Publisher. This is an ?invitation only? master builders? championship ? see and meet the builders putting out the most insane and beautiful bikes in the industry. 2008?s Las Vegas BikeFest is turing out to be better than ever. ?I can?t tell you how excited we are to have American Cycle on board as a sponsor for the next few years, it is a relationship that will be great for both of us.? – Pam Schwartz, Full Throttle Events.
For online booking go to www.lasvegasbikefest.com
–Murdoc Jones – Advertising Sales Director
American Cycle and American Bagger
murdoc@americancyclemag.com
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM ROLLS OUT INVITATION TO ADVENTURE– MILWAUKEE (March 25, 2008) ? Harley-Davidson is inviting people worldwide to become a part of the Harley-Davidson Museum family through its new Membership program. Opening its doors in July 2008, the Harley-Davidson Museum is offering several membership levels, and those who join the Museum by June 1, 2008 will be invited to a pre-grand opening preview of the Museum, subject to capacity. All who have signed up in 2008 will forever be known as ?Founding Members.?
Museum members will receive exclusive benefits and privileges reserved for those who want access to the back roads of the Harley-Davidson experience. Special access to a members-only Web site and exclusive events throughout the year are just a few of many exciting benefits. In addition, members will enjoy perks not available to the general public, such as behind-the-scenes information on Museum exhibits, ?fast lane? admission to the Museum, a discount at the retail store and a members-only dog tag.
Just as riders have many route options, the Museum is offering five Membership levels to create the best ride for its new members. Memberships start as low as $40 annually, and each was created to meet the needs of customers, whether they are from Milwaukee or Milan. For example, ?Open Road,? an online membership, was designed specifically for the global audience base of Harley enthusiasts who may not be able to visit the Museum?s physical location frequently. With primarily Internet-based benefits, this membership level also offers one-time free admission and discounts to the Museum retail store.
Other Membership levels include Individual (?Serial #1?), Couple (?Two-up?), Family (?Wrecking Crew?) and Premier (?Hill Climber?). These levels include free, unlimited visits to the Museum. The ?Hill Climber? Membership also allows members to bring up to four extra guests to the Museum during any visit and includes a three-inch Living the Legend rivet for customization and installation on the Museum grounds.
?Membership will allow our visitors to get the most out of their Museum experience,? said Stacey Schiesl, Harley-Davidson Museum director. ?Through exclusive events and behind-the-scenes access, our members will be able to connect to the Museum and the history and culture of Harley-Davidson in a very meaningful way.?
For those who prefer a shorter road trip, general admission tickets are also available. General admission tickets for the general public are $16 for adults; $12 for students and seniors; $10 for children (ages 5-7 years) and children under five years of age will be admitted free with an accompanying adult. Visit the Web site for additional updates on group sales and tour information.
To join the Harley-Davidson Museum family, log on to www.h-dmuseum.com/members. Those who sign up prior to the opening in July 2008 will receive Membership that extends until one year after the official Museum opening date.
RICK FAIRLESS? STROKERS DALLAS AND KAT FINE ART RAISE FUNDS FOR TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN —Dallas, TX (March 24, 2008)- Custom motorcycles, original paintings, and Rock and Roll all came together on February 23 for the first annual ?KAT Fine Art Charity Benefit? hosted by Rick Fairless? Strokers Dallas. The night included an auction of 25 original Rock and Roll paintings donated by Texas artist, KAT, in support of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC).
Auction bids, combined with donations that evening, totaled $18,763 for TSRHC. ?We are extremely pleased with the amount of money we raised for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children,? said Fairless. ?I have been in business here for 13 years and I wanted to give back to the community in a big way, and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children has always been my number one charity of choice.?
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, located in Dallas, Texas, is one of the nation’s leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, certain related neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. All treatment at TSRHC is at no charge to patient families making the hospital rely on donations from individuals, foundations and corporations and proceeds from special events to fund their patient care.
?We are so fortunate to have friends in the community like Rick Fairless? Strokers Dallas,? said Stephanie Brigger, vice president of Development at TSRHC. ?The wonderful contribution that Strokers Dallas and Texas artist, KAT, have made to the hospital will allow thousands of Texas children to receive the highest quality orthopedic care at no charge to patient families.?
In addition to the 25 original paintings up for auction, KAT, known as The Art & Soul of Rock N? Roll, completed a painting of Johnny Cash at the event while the disc jockey played songs by the famous ?Man in Black.?
Strokers Dallas has supported TSRHC for the past 12 years. ?This is just the beginning,? says Fairless. ?We have big plans for the future and are hoping to bring in a lot more money for the patients at TSRHC!?
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March 13, 2008 Part 4
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MAKE A RUCKUS!– Lookin’ for a way to dress up your office, garage, clubhouse or maybe the wife’s fridge? Hang 1, 2 3 or a whole pack of these awesome embossed metal signs and you’re going to have the coooolest wall candy going. Ruckus Rods is the source for these thought provoking pieces of art that bring back as many memories as they do smiles. Shown here “THE AMBUSH” takes you back to a day when ambushing a pack of bikers made law enforcement’s day.
Today half the riders would probably be law enforcement officers, but the image is as exciting now as it was confrontational back when. Matter of fact, “AMBUSH” is based on an actual event that went down out in Idlewild, California back in the late 50’s. Dennis Perrin, founder of Ruckus Rods was there and he wasn’t one of the cops!
These unique sign make great gifts for any motorcycle or automotive enthusiast and make for great conversation pieces. Call direct to 805-388-7310 and be sure to head over to
MRF REPORT ON PETERS INITIATIVE– the MRF along with many of our SMRO partners who have visited Washington DC to lobby this spring have taken action on this Peters initiative in person and several more SMRO’s have written to their legislators to let them know how they feel about this, at this time NO legislation has been proposed and at this time we are aware of no one looking to do so, and I can assure you we along with many of our SMRO partners are monitoring this closely and have in fact been very active on this front
The DNC, the RNC, FedDOT, and numerous federal legislators know where we stand on this issue and unless some thing changes tonight no movement on the requested raid of 2010 federal funds has occurred, can it still occur – sure it can and this is why we have our Lobbyist spend a great deal of his time on the Hill and in agency meetings so we can stand vigilant on things related to street motorcycles and motorcycling, and we stand ready to go back to the Hill and work against it if the current state changes and I am certain many SMRO’s will join us on the Hill as they recently have.
One of the most valuable tools we have in DC is that when the MRF goes to the Hill and presents a position it is through years of visits by the SMRO’s around the country with the MRF accompanying them that it is understood we are speaking for Sustaining Member SMRO’s back home, when our relationships with our federal legislators are sufficiently strong that often suffices, and where not there is work to be done both in DC and in our home states to get to a point where the relationship is in fact that strong.
Regular visits to DC with the MRF serves to strengthen that tie and then when an issue arises that is imminent the process has been established to quickly move through DC and get the job done as has been the longstanding history of the MRF and our SMRO partners
–Red
The MRF is still looking for the State Coordinator of ABATE of California Board to make an official request of the MRF and as importantly to forward a press release from ABATE of California requesting that SMRO’s support this effort that we can run in our MRF Reports and distribute on our MRF NEWS press release system. I have seen the piece titled “a Union of Motorcyclists.” but have yet to receive it from ABATE of California as a suggested document we should run with, the MRF will not pull something from the web or off one of the many e-zines and cover it.
Dave Dwyer, the MRF SMRO Representative to the Board, is on point for the MRF on this and he can be reached at ABATE of California as the Sustaining Member Organization of the MRF is who we need to make the official request and in something such as this requesting monies it should come from the sitting State Coordinator, this is a courtesy I believe all organization CEO’s would expect. I have seen them come in from numerous sources but none from the State Coordinator of ABATE of California that I am aware of, again if it has in fact been made please forward immediately. The MRF is not in a position to support this effort financially and to date with the numerous e-mails on this has the MRF received communications from any SMRO Sustaining members requesting we do so. In fact we have received communications that they would rather see the information put to the states, as it has been many times now, and let them decide on their own whether to send donations. But that they would not want to see monies they donated to the MRF go to this State cause directly from the MRF as this is not why they donated to the MRF as their federal representatives, again individual SMRO’s can certainly donate at will. This seems the most reasonable approach and in concert with what I believe you are asking of the MRF in the letter of January 24, 2008 I just received a copy of very recently. As far as supporting a helmet fight of course the MRF does so 100%. We will certainly consider doing so with regards to this one when we receive the official request to do so directly from ABATE of California with the Press Release/Position statement that we can then forward to our SMRO’s in the manners suggested above. –Kirk “Hardtail” Willard PAUGHCO LAUNCHED DEDICATED WHEEL DIVISION– PAUGHCO MC is a new division of Paughco Inc. created specifically to provide aftermarket wheel manufacturers with wheel blanks of the highest possible quality. This quality should be assured given the fact that the people behind the new enterprise have a combined total of more than eighty years of experience in the design, manufacture and sales of forged aluminum wheels and wheel blanks for motorcycles. Talking about the new division Joe Distefano, VP of Sales, said: “This is a new division of Paughco, Inc. Paughco has consistently provided top quality part, accessories, and service to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle aftermarket industry, and this wheel division will be no exception to that long tradition that Paughco has established since 1969. Wheels will be the only business of this new company, and not a sideline.” He continued, saying on the subject of availability: “This is the largest issue of all according to our research. When was the last time you called your current supplier and had a pre-polished wheel blank shipped within 24 hours? Answer – never. Paughco MC will maintain levels of inventory on all popular sizes in pre-polished blanks, ready to go at moments notice.” Paughco MC wheel blank company will offer a wide range of wheel sizes in both 2D and 3D styles, and ship orders within 48 hours of confirmation. The wheel blanks are forged in an 8,000 ton hydraulic press, utilizing the latest in wheel technology and die design. The blanks are forged conventionally to guarantee the correct material flow is obtained for the maximum in weight-to-strength ratios. Aircraft grade aluminum forgings are heat-treated to 6061-T6 and machined on brand new, dedicated CNC turning centers that are fixtured to only run motorcycle rims. The blanks are engineered to facilitate tire installation and removal. All Paughco MC wheel blanks are pre-polished to above industry standards, and are inspected throughout the process, with a final inspection prior to shipment. –PAUGHCO THE CONDEROSA DEVIL’S OWN DRAGSTER MAKES THE DEADLINE– Sure, it was on Sunday at noon, but I was THERE dang it! 48 hours without sleep. I brought some Armor-all to make everything look good in the show, but the show was full and everything looked cooler with Bakersfield bugs and dust all over it anyway. I finally got to meet Adam Sorokin and a few other guys I’ve been wanting to shake hands with for 8 years, and saw some BADASS cars. Again, to everyone who made sure the rail was loaded up and on it’s way, THANK YOU. Everything is on the back burner again until I pay off roughly 5k in rail bills, then I’ll find the money for re-certing my belts, a fire suit and fuel mask, a clean, minimal snout starter set-up and a few thousand bucks to run with. My sponsors so far are… ****Last but not least, My wife Alyssa and our 2 girls Audrey and Millie for doing without me for many many late nights.**** Again BIG thanks to all of you! –Tim Conder BIKER MAG THROWS OLD SCHOOL SHOW AT STURGIS BROKEN SPOKE– We are going with Wednesday for our show at the Spoke If you want to post that we are looking for any product sponsors for the awards that would great. We are doing an Old School Show for Biker Mag at the Original Broken Spoke in Sturgis this year.We have set the date for Wednesday, Aug. 6. It is going to be free to enter.Old School ride in only. We will be doing a trailer hunt and if we see a trailer with a shop name on it within a mile of the bar they will be out of luck. Their will be awards for All awards will be Trophies and Sponsor donated products.If you have any interest in Sponsoring anything to the cause let me know. –John Green Bikernet will sponsor the Best Pan award with a famous 5-Ball Trophy and prizes, since we own the World’s Fastest Panhead.–Bandit HEEL GUARD PROVIDES PIPE AND BOOT PROTECTION– Anyone who has bought a new scooter and immediately cooked their boot heel on what was a sparkling chrome exhaust pipe, knows what a bummer it can be. Not only did you mess up the pipe to the point that it may never be the same, you probably left a nice gouge in those cool new riding boots. Fret no more; the folks at HEEL GUARD can help. HEEL GUARD.INC has developed a great looking, fully functional bolt-on, boot heel and sole protector. Available in turn down, turn out and straight styles to fit a variety of Harley-Davidson and Indian footboards. The HEEL GUARD is precision fabricated from high grade steel for a quick bolt-on installation. HEEL GUARD is finished in rugged and durable show quality chrome as well as black powdercoat. Once bolted to the footboard, the HEEL GUARD provides a barrier between your boot and the pipe without interfering with foot control operation. HEEL GUARD is also available for the left side, if the heel shifter has been removed. HEEL GUARD has a passenger model for the Harley-Davidson RoadKing and Dresser models. The MSRP is $64.95 for all models except the Passenger model which is $69.95. HEEL GUARD can be ordered by calling 406-689-3102 or by going direct to www.heelguard.com. (HEEL GUARD shown mounted on existing footboards). WHEELS THROUGH TIME IS SHIFTING GEARS– The Wheels Through Time Museum will be shifting its gears in 2009 towards new objectives and a new focus. America’s most renowned collection of rare vintage American Motorcycles will be relocating out of Western North Carolina to a currently undecided location in order to expand its horizons and broaden its impact. Having relocated to Western North Carolina in 2002, the museum has been an outstanding success, preserving the history of hundreds of America’s rarest two- and four-wheeled machines and presenting them in a fascinating, natural ambience for over 280,000 visitors in just five short years. Now, the museum looks to broaden its impact, through both a new location and a new museum initiative of “Taking Wheels around the World” “The new museum program, ‘Wheels Around the World” will allow the history of American motorcycles to be shared with a larger audience than only those able to visit the physical museum itself” says Dale Walksler, curator and founder of Wheels Through Time. “Through this new and exciting initiative, we will offer full service exhibit development, construction, and curatorial services to the countless organizations around the world who have an interest in displaying the history of the culture and sport that his influenced our society for over 100 years.” The museum plans to collaborate with fellow enthusiasts and their notable collections, among many others, to provide these institutions with the ability to create first class exhibits telling the stories of our countries treasured motoring past. “We are very excited to move ahead with this new program, and look forward to developing a more avid interest in the past, present and future of American Motorcycling across the country.” In pursuing these new initiatives, Wheels Through Time will be downsizing its collection with an auction slated for September 25th-27th, 2008. Approximately 150 of the rare machines from the collection will be offered in a sale hosted by RM Auctions. This international event will be held on the museum premises, and will give many the opportunity to own some of America’s rarest two-wheeled marvels and related memorabilia from the first 100 years of America’s motorcycling. The Wheels Through Time Scholarship Fund As part of the museum’s efforts to develop a larger interest in motorcycling across America, Wheels Through Time will be creating a scholarship fund, which will target ambitious, young students in need of support in their efforts to make an impact on the future of our American motorcycling heritage. The Wheels Through Time Scholarship Fund will provide assistance for education to those students who are dedicated to contributing to- and developing the motorcycle industry. Whether through trade schools, marketing courses, or motorcycle design and development education, the scholarship fund will provide qualified students with financial support to get the education they need to enter the industry. For more information, visit the museum’s website, located at SCOTT JACOBS THE WINO ARTIST–This is just an FYI for anyone who is still contemplating adding one of the only available Harley Wine Series canvases to their collection. We have a scarce quantity left of INVITATION ONLY and WELCOME TO THE CLUB (only 15 left) and they come to you with a very cool gift from Scott Jacobs as well as beautifully custom framed. If you did not receive either of these works of art and had them on hold or reserved, now is the time to confirm your order. Also stay tuned for special projects for the new HD Museum and Harley’s 105th celebration. –Ron Copple ABATE OF WISCONSIN DELIVERS 500 TO THE CAPITOL ON LOBBY DAY–ABATE of WI Inc 2008 legislative agenda includes amending parts of recently passed legislation that was intended to enhance penalties for right of way violations and make motorcycle awareness such as ABATEs Share the Road program mandatory for all violators. Since this law has been in effect for more than a year and we haven’t seen any changes, this is one of our top priorities. Also promoted in Madison were our suggestions for a state fix to the federal Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) which currently allows insurance companies to discriminate against motorcyclists by denying health insurance coverage simply because they choose to ride a motorcycle. A great amount of interest was shown by our legislators on these issues. ABATE members and supporters also took this opportunity to re-introduce themselves to our legislators and let them know our stance on recent helmet recommendations by the NTSB and the overwhelming need for crash avoidance solutions not safer crashing. Information on our Share the Road motorcycle awareness program and our new anti-impaired riding program was also given to legislators to give examples of the tireless efforts of our organization and its members. Pictures of the event are available on our website www.abatewis.org and again thanks to all in attendance that made this a great event. WIRE PLUS INTRODUCES THEIR NEW COFFIN SHAPED SEAT POST MOUNTED SYSTEM FOR ’08– Winfield, KS- Wire Plus Powersports Electronics is proud to introduce their ’08 coffin shaped seat post mounted system. This system provides a coffin shaped chromed billet housing that mounts the power control module and ignition switch. Also available in automotive start. This power control module has 3-15 amp breakers, a replaceable start relay and diagnostic LED’s that can be viewed through holes in the face of the housing. This assembly plugs into a pre-assembled harness that will be selected by the style of switches and turn signals used in your application. A new unique feature found on this unit shuts off just the head light (not taillight) to put less of a strain on the voltage system when starting. The housing mounts to the seat post coil bracket on Big Twins from 1941 thru 1984 and custom frames using the same style coil mount. Auto cancel module sold separately on some modules. Available in black anodized or luxurious chrome finishes Suggested Retail: $520.83. Reliability, Ease of Installation and Quality all in One Wire Plus! For those interested in obtaining more information on Wire Plus, you can reach them at (620) 221-2417 or check them out online at www.wire-plus.com or email them at sales@wire-plus.com. BIKERNET IS ALIVE AND KICKING ONCE MORE—There’s good news around the Bikernet Headquarters. The lovely Nyla, who keeps me alive and whiskey in the cupboards delivered American Honey by Wild Turkey. It’s delicious and did you know the meaning of Honeymoon? After getting married you’re supposed to stay so busy in bed that you don’t eat but drink only whiskey with honey in it. Now I know why. This shit is amazing. I immediately contacted Wild Turkey and they responded: Thank you very much for contacting us regarding the new Wild Turkey American Honey. It has been a little over a year now that this product is out in the market. It replaced the Wild Turkey Liqueur with Honey. Given your inquiry we thought we would share some of the inside story on the new America Honey.When reviewing the Wild Turkey product line Master Distiller Jimmy Russell decided that the Honey Liqueur was due for an update. After some consideration, he determined that it was time to bring back his original formula from the early 1970’s. After changing the formula to ensure that the quality and flavor of Wild Turkey Bourbon play a more prominent role in the product taste profile, Mr. Russell is now convinced that the new American Honey allows his real Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey to truly work it’s “magic” with the hand selected American honey that is used in the production process. We are quite sure that you’ll find this original formula to be as pleasing and rewarding as you would expect. –Earline Regarding this turning 60 shit. I don’t want to belabor this milestone. I guess I feel officially old. On the other hand I want to thank all the readers and riders who have allowed me to create, build, and write for almost 40 years. I can’t tell you how honored I feel to reflect my thoughts, notions, experiences, and love affairs on paper and entertain at the same time. Thank you for the opportunity. On the other hand, I may be old, but I’m way back from the over-the-hill precipice. There’s considerable more whacky shit coming from these old bones. Hell, you’ll see two books published this year and we just kicked off Bikernet Metric. I ain’t slowin’ down. Let’s ride –Bandit
President
Motorcycle Riders Foundation, Inc.
Carson City, Nevada, USA
For info call Joe Distefano.
Tel: 319 389 0798
Fax: 866 205 2422
E-mail: joed@paughcomc.com
www.paughco.com
*Dave’s Muffler and Brake – They handle maintenance, mechanical and parts for the wagon and trailer.
*Sonoma Paint Supply – All the paint supplies I need for the operation, PLUS John cashed in a favor with Chris from Redline Oil and got me 12 gallons of Nitro 70.
*Pete Jensen – Donated a brand new pair of M&H slicks with liners, along with mucho ass-saving labor/advise and will be tuning the car when I run it.
*Rex Hutchison Racing Engines – Fronted some parts and labor, giving me a month to pay it all off. They will also fire the engine they built for the first time at no charge.
*Jake Hudson from Hudson Forging Company – Provided steel and 2 days labor to help build the trailer.
*Chris “Choke” Bacciocco provided twice as much fab time than he’s charging me for.
*Coby Gewertz from Church Magazine handed me a grand cash on Sunday “just to help.”
*The Ash, Stoner, Valavanis and McQuillen families chipped in what they could.
*Stacey from the Boyes Hot Springs Post Office gave me $20 (coffee the whole way down!)
*Dave Larsen and his Sonoma UPS crew came by on Saturday night, donating labor and wired the trailer.
*Gordon’s Forge for not kicking me out for being late on my rent.
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NEW ISSUE COMING FROM CYCLE SOURCE– Not sure if we told anyone yet but our next issue will be titled “Choppers Rule” and we’d like to do something a little different with a couple pages.
In addition to some killer rail chops we’d like to run some now and then pics of people with their choppers back in the day and updated photos of them and their bikes now. If you could help us with this we’d really appreciate it.
–Chris
BIKERNET LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT STUDY–Here are the top 10 winners in the International Pun Contest: 1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The Stewardess looks at him and says, “I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.”
2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, “Dam!”
3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.
4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, “I’ve lost my electron.” The other says, “Are you sure?” The first replies, “Yes, I’m positive.”
If you haven’t got enough of this crap, see more in the Sunday Post on St. Paddy’s Day.
–from Rev CarlR
THERE IS MORE TO A TRANSMISSION THAN JUST METAL– BAKER Drivetrain, known for tenaciously seeking any room for improvement in the drivetrain arena, has eagerly found an opportunity to keep enhancing drivetrain performance with a special, new lubricant by Spectro oils.
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DAYTONA BIKE WEEK DELIVERS FINANCIAL POINTERS– Financial and motorcycle experts look to Daytona for economic indicators By the Staff of Clutch and Chrome February 12th, 2008 Motorcycle industry experts as well as savvy financial analysts will be looking to Daytona to answer the question; When is a Bike Week more than a Bike Week?
Daytona Bike Week, which starts February 29th and runs through March 9th is the first major motorcycle event since manufacturers have released mixed sales numbers, most of which have left many uncertain about 2008.
Higher fuel prices were the reason given for the slight drop in attendance at Sturgis last August, affecting those attendees who towed (or trailered) their motorcycles to the event.
Since then, less motorcycles have been sold compared to the same period from the year before and financial experts have freely used the word recession when discussing the American economy. Many claim the country may already be in a recession while more optimistic experts put the odds at 50% of one happening.Organizers had the height of Daytona’s Bike Week attendance at 500,000, with that number falling to as low as 350,000 in recent years. The Florida rally has a friendly rivalry with Sturgis which claimed an estimated 507,000 in 2007, slightly down from the peak of 525,000 in 2005.
Because of the popularity of Daytona Bike Week as well as the economic timing leaves the rally as a major indicator to many financial trends from discretionary income to the state of the motorcycle industry in general.
–Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
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OUR CRAZED WORLD WANTS TO TAG EVERYONE–You know Big Brother is here when everyone including M.A.D.D (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and D.A.M.M. (Drunks Against Mad Mothers) are not for this Bill, but looks like it will be passed anyway.
While they are at it, how about green tags for pot smokers?
Bill proposes yellow plates to identify, shame DUI drivers.–ROGUE
SEATTLE, WA; Sen. Mike Carrell wants everyone on the road to know who’s been caught driving drunk.
He’s sponsoring a bill that would require people convicted of drunken driving to put fluorescent-yellow license plates on their cars for one year once their driving privileges have been restored.
“I’ve talked to the law-enforcement agencies and they think it would be an awfully good idea to have a way of visibly telling sheep from goats out on the road,” said Carrell, R-Lakewood. It also could help law-abiding drivers as a signal to give a wider berth to anyone behind the wheel of a car with bright-yellow plates, Carrell said.
Carrell believes the shame involved in having a fluorescent license plate might keep drivers from getting behind the wheel drunk. Said Carrell, “I believe shame will keep people from doing it. Looking at somebody who is driving around with a fluorescent yellow license plate should be a good reason for others to decide ‘I don’t want to have my neighbors knowing that I’m a drunk.'”
But not everyone agrees that such a public designation is the best way to go after drunken drivers.
“The first thing it reminded me of was reading ‘The Scarlet Letter’ in high school,” said Sen. Brian Weinstein, D-Mercer Island, referring to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel in which the heroine must wear the letter “A” on her chest as punishment for adultery.
“Obviously I am opposed to drunken drivers. I think everyone is,” Weinstein said. “But I don’t think this is going to solve anything, and it will have the unintended consequence of embarrassing a lot of innocent people.”
Meanwhile the largest anti-drunk-driving organization in the world, Mother’s Against Drunk Driving are against the fluorescent plates. They say that there’s no scientific proof that the plates discourage drunk driving and that they believe that shame is the wrong tactic to do so.
The bill, Senate Bill 6402, was approved last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee and now is before the Transportation Committee.
DUI offenders would be charged $10 per plate for cars. Motorcycles and mopeds would require just one plate, at a cost of $2.
If passed, the law would go into effect on January 1, 2009.
Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Oregon have similar requirements for DUI offenders. In Ohio, people convicted of drunken driving are issued yellow plates with crimson numbers. In Iowa, their plates contain the letter “Z.”
Offenders in Minnesota are issued plates that bear a unique series of numbers, and in Oregon, convicted drunken drivers display a special sticker on their license plates.
WHEN HE’S NOT SHOOTING GIRLS HE’S AT THE RACES– Here is a shot from the mini-motorcycle races today, two of the brothers I worked for at the truck shop in Pflugerville in ’06 race them and were down here. This is James on the cafe bike.
–RFR
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FIGHTING WISCONSIN’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA– In support of ABATE of Wisconsin’s legislative agenda, Hupy and Abraham, S.C. helped to bring dozens of bikers to the State Capitol on March 4, 2008, by sponsoring two busses for the southeast Wisconsin area. In addition, Attorney Michael Hupy attended the lobby day himself as an experienced lobbyist, assisting other ABATE members in speaking to their elected officials.
Hupy has lobbied on behalf of ABATE of Wisconsin a number of times, testified at public hearings on bills sponsored by ABATE and helped draft language on bills ABATE put forward to through the legislature.
–From Dave”Chubby”Charlebois
Public Relations Director
ABATE of WI Inc.
pubrel@abatewis.org 262-253-9898
ST. PATTY’S DAY BENEFIT– March 16th at 1:00 till? FeaturingHellfire revival. At the Waters Edge in Lake Panasoffkee,2175 County Road 470. Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538 – 352-793-5085
March 16th at 1:00 till ?????
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Vendors
Bike show
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Live music
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GUY SILVESTER NEEDS A HAND– Guy Silvester spent his life entertaining others with his music with bands like Shades, Psycho Rage AND Sonic Wave.It’s now time to entertain him.
A seizure brought the attention of a brain Tumor the size of a 50 cent piece. They were only able to remove 75%. Tests revealed he had a cancerous Tumor called Oligodenroglioma. Let’s get together in these rough times to show them that bikers do care and we can help when a need arises.
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THE BOOTHILL SALOON DAYTONA REPORT– Most of the time the weather was great until the last weekend where it rained all day Friday and Saturday was like a mini Hurricane with gusts of winds strong enough to blow over tents and ruin the day.
Oh well, We had a great time at the Boothill Saloon and at the Daytona International Speedway! One of the best parts of Bike Week is going into the speedway infield through the tunnel and revving the hell out of your engine! WHAT A SOUND THAT TUNNEL MAKES!!!!
Boothill Saloon was awesome as always, they had some great contests all week long from frozen t-shirt contests to our hottest Bikini Contest we held in the pouring rain on Friday Night. Samantha Harris was the winner and Nikki Lee came in second. What a great Bikini Contest.
I would also like to thank all of our sponsors who helped us have the magazines we needed for the entire 10 days of Bike Week.Please visit these sponsors as they are the reason we had extra magazines to pass out in Daytona Beach.
–Nick Athanason
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–Tony Cianci
Editor – Florida Full Throttle Magazine
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S WOMEN’S RIDE RAISES MORE THAN $67,000 FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY– Hundreds of Women Riders Were Joined by Motor Company Founder’s Great-Granddaughter, Karen Davidson, and American Idol Star, Kimberley Locke.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 10, 2008) – On Tuesday, hundreds of Harley-Davidson women riders joined together in Daytona Beach, Fla., along with Season two “American Idol” star Kimberley Locke for one of the largest Harley-Davidson women’s rides in history.
Originally, the Harley-Davidson Women’s Day Ride benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) was to be limited to 105 women, but after an incredible response from women riders asking to join the ride, Harley-Davidson decided to increase the size to accommodate the large demand.
Locke and hundreds of other female riders were joined by Karen Davidson, great-granddaughter of one of the Company’s founders, as well as the six Get Down to Daytona contest winners as they cruised through the streets of Daytona to thunderous applause from spectators.
“The success of the Women’s Day Ride reflects the growth of our female riders over the past two decades, from 4% in 1990 to 12% today. The event raised more than an incredible $67,000 in contributions,” said Davidson.
Women participating in the ride raised money for their local MDA office to help send children to MDA Summer Camps. Three women received special recognition as the top fundraisers for the event: Joanne Mold of Forest Hill, Md., ($3,055 raised), Dee Roberts of Bernville, Pa., ($2,717) and Lynne Cone of Houston ($2,715). Each received a 105th Anniversary Harley-Davidson women’s jacket, and had lunch with Karen Davidson, the six Get Down to Daytona contest winners and MDA ambassadors.
One week at MDA Summer Camp costs $800 per child, so women who raised that amount or more received a unique Harley-Davidson/MDA sterling silver and gold charm in recognition of their gold-level fundraising. Women who raised at least $400 received a sterling silver charm.
For more information about the Get Down to Daytona contest, profiles of the six winners, and more, visit
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SHASTA SALUTE – GOLDEN FAIRGROUNDS AUGUST RALLY– South Bay Biker Productions & the Siskiyou County Veterans Services invite all bikers to the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds in Yreka, CA for what is destined to become the greatest motorcycle rally in California – the Shasta Salute to America Motorcycle Rally, Labor Day weekend, 2008. Gates will open @ 8: 00 am on Thur, August 28th & the party will last ’til Mon, September 1st @ 11:00 am.
This event is put on BY BIKERS FOR BIKERS. This is an adult event – you must be 18+ years old. We have lined up fantastic entertainment, major sponsors, top bike builders & great vendors to put on a kick-ass party bikers want. The 5th annual FARSIDERUN will be featured as a main event during the Rally.
The venue is 100 acres of plush lawn w/plenty of shady tent camping. We have space for 90 RVs w/hook-ups, & our vendors camp free. Nightly national act entertainment will be on a 7 acre lawn area under the stars directly adjacent to our beer tent. We are featuring biker bull bustin, ol school biker games & the Wings2Fly Saloon – a 6K sq ft bar with ac open from 11:00 am – 1:30 am every day!
We have space for 120 vendors – 1/2 indoors w/ac. The riding in Siskiyou County in the shadow of magnificent Mt. Shasta is awesome. The roads are uncrowded & business is biker friendly – see Yreka Chamber link on our web page.
http://www.shastasalutetoamerica.com
Call us toll free @ 1-877-688-4229, or email if you have questions @ mailto:wings2fly@southbaybiker.com
God bless America – especially our veterans & their families. Hope you to see y’all next Labor Day & every Labor Day for years to come.
–Jeff
LLUNATICA BENICASSIM SHOW WINNER– Territorio Motero wins Llunatica Benicassim show Territorio Motero will be travelling to Sturgis as Spain’s 2008 Champion to compete in the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building, after winning the Best in Show award at the Llunatica Benicassim show.
Their heavily-modified 1987 Suzuki Savage “Friki” featured a hand-made front end, gas tank, handlebars, seat and copper-plated wheels.
Second and third place, and expenses to attend the Official European Championship of Custom Bike Building in Mainz, Germany, in March, went to Spanish builders Hot Dreams Marbella and Sueca Iron.
The custom show featured 38 bikes from Spain, Portugal, France and the Netherlands divided into Freestyle, Modified Harley and Metric classes. Although an outdoor event, the bike show and concert area was enclosed within a 33,000 square feet marquee.
The four-day event was hailed as a great success, with almost 5000 people in attendance, double the number from 2007. The Llunatica show, held at the coastal resort of Benicassim, near Castellon in southern Spain, celebrated its 8th year at the venue and its first as Spanish Affiliate of the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building.
Results:
Freestyle Class:
1st Hot Dreams Marbella
2nd J&J Streetfighters (Netherlands)
3rd Mort-M Garage (France)
Modified Harley Class:
1st Sueca Iron
2nd Daniel Coue
3rd M&M Custom
Metric Class:
1st Territorio Motero
2nd Pablo Pitarch
3rd Morlako Kustom
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D.C. GUN BAN PROPONENTS IGNORE THE FACTSFor gun control proponents and opponents a lot is riding on a former security guard for the Supreme Court Annex. Next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns and its requirement that any rifles or shotguns remain locked violates the plaintiff, Dick Heller’s, constitutional rights.
Whatever the court decides, no one expects them to end gun control any more than the First Amendment’s “congress shall make no laws” has prevented the passage of campaign finance regulations. The decision is likely to be limited to just whether a ban “infringed” on “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
If the D.C. ban is accepted by the court, it is hard to believe that any gun regulation will ever be struck down. If the court strikes it down, where the courts draw the line on what laws are considered “reasonable”regulations will take years to sort out.
Thus far the District of Columbia has spent a lot of time making a public policy case. Their argument in their brief to the court is pretty simple : “banning handguns saves lives.”
Yet, while it may seem obvious to many people that banning guns will save lives, that has not been D.C.’s experience.
The ban went into effect in early 1977, but since it started there is only one year (1985) when D.C.’s murder rate fell below what it was in 1976. But the murder rate also rose dramatically relative to other cities. In the 29 years we have data after the ban, D.C.’s murder rate ranked first or second among the largest 50 cities for 15 years. In another four years, it ranked fourth.
For Instance, D.C.’s murder rate fell 3.5 to 3 times more than Maryland and Virginia’s during the five years before the handgun ban went into effect in 1977, but rose 3.8 times more in the five years after it.
Was there something special about D.C. that kept the ban from working?Probably not, since bans have been causing crime to increase in other cities as well. D.C. cites the Chicago ban to support its own. Yet, before Chicago’s ban in 1982, its murder rate, which was falling from 27 to 22 per 100,000 in the five years, suddenly stopped falling and rose slightly to 23 per 100,000 in the five years afterwards.
Neither have bans worked in other countries. Gun crime in England and Wales increased 340 percent in the seven years since their 1998 ban.Ireland banned handguns and center fire rifles in 1972 and murder rates soared – the post-ban murder rate average has been 144 percent higher than pre-ban.
How could this be? D.C. officials say that the ban will disarm criminals. But who follows a ban and turns their guns in? Criminals who would be facing long prison sentences anyway if they were caught in a crime, or typically law-abiding citizens? By disarming normal people, a gun ban actually makes crime easier to commit.
Unfortunately, the Department of Justice has actually sided with D.C. in important parts of the case, and the court has granted Solicitor General Paul Clement 15 minutes to make his argument. While largely paying lip service to the Second Amendment being an “individual right,” the Department of Justice brief argues that an “unquestionable threat to public safety” from unregulated guns requires a lower standard must be adopted in defending it than is used to defend the rest of the Bill of Rights. But if they really believed that their evidence showed this, just as with the classic exception for the First Amendment of “falsely shouting fire in a theater,” it wouldn’t be necessary to treat the Second Amendment differently .
But what has not gotten much attention is that for the first time in U.S. history an administration has provided conflicting briefs to the Supreme Court. Vice President Dick Cheney has put forward his own brief arguing that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right that is no different than freedom of speech.
The DOJ constitutional argument is similar to that of D.C. It argues that since the government bans machine guns, it should also be able to ban handguns. And they claim that D.C. residents still retain a right to self-defense because the city doesn’t ban locked shotguns and rifles.Locks, they claim , “can properly be interpreted” as not interfering with using guns for self-protection.
Factual errors underlie the rest of the argument – for in D.C., rifles and shotguns become illegal as soon as they are unlocked. That means the city can prosecute anyone who uses one in self-defense, even if it was locked before the incident. Is that a “reasonable” restriction on self-defense? Gunlock requirements are also associated with more deaths and more violent crime as they make defensive gun uses more difficult.Machine guns are also not banned .
It makes sense that the DOJ is backing the ban, given that it would lose regulatory power if it were struck down. As the DOJ lawyers note in the brief, striking down this ban could “cast doubt on the constitutionality of existing federal legislation.”
The Department of Justice and D.C. politicians can talk all they want about how necessary handgun bans are to ensure public safety and the “reasonableness” of the restrictions. But hopefully the Supreme Court will see past that. At some point, hard facts must matter. This is one point where public safety and individual rights coincide.
By John R. Lott, Jr. and Maxim Lott * Guest columnists FOX News FOXNews.com
*John Lott is the author of “Freedomnomics” and a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland. Lott recently consulted with the Independence Institute on changes in D.C. crime rates. Maxim Lott is a junior at the College of William & Mary.
–from Jim Houck
PURE POWER! LIFETIME OIL FILTER UNLEASHED AT MC ADVANTAGES–Known throughout the automotive, metric and race motorcycle markets, Pure Power! oil and filters are now being distributed to the V-Twin market by MC Advantages. Pure Power! stands out as one of the hottest new parts in the2008 MC Advantages catalog.
“Pure Power! represents an absolute breakthrough in how people should view oil filters,” said Kent Reed, General Manager of MC Advantages. “The cleanable and reusable 22 micron stainless steel mesh cartridge allows oil to flow freely through the unit instead of being forced through the bypass like most conventional paper filters. This effectively frees up as much as five horsepower in most bikes.” he noted.
At the 2005 SEMA show, Pure Power! was awarded the first International New Product Award by a prestigious jury comprised of leading international journalists.
In addition, MC Advantages is also offering Pure Power! V-Twin oils. These specially formulated, super premium non-synthetic oils perform better in extreme conditions and help extend engine life far beyond most conventional oils.
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BIKERNET ALWAYS IN DOUBT–Charles, the Frenchman, was leaving his Parisian home for two weeks and confided in his friend, Pierre, “I always hate leaving my wife for so long like this. When I’m away, I just don’t know what she is doing. There’s always the doubt, always the doubt.”
Pierre said, “Charles, I’ll tell you what. Because we’re such close friends, I’ll keep an eye on her every evening that you’re gone.”
“You would do that for me, Pierre?” Charles said, relieved.”Oh thank you so very much. I know I really should trust my wife, but it’s just that there’s always the doubt, always the doubt.”
So Charles went off on his business trip and returned to Paris two weeks later. The two men met again.
“Charles, I’m afraid I have bad news for you,” Pierre said.”The very first night you were gone, I watched this man go to your house. Your wife opened the door naked and kissed and hugged him. He fondled her breasts. He rubbed her need I say more…? They then closed the door to go upstairs. Never daunted, I climbed up the tree outside your house and watched them in the bedroom.”
“And so…?” inquired Charles.
“Well, first they took off all his clothes.”
“What happened then?” asked Charles.”Then,” Pierre shook his head sorrowfully, “then they closed the curtains. I could see nothing. I could learn nothing more.”
Charles sighed a deep sigh. “So you see how it is, my friend? Always the doubt, always the doubt.”
–Nick Roberts
RIDER’S EDGE, THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON ACADEMY OF MOTORCYCLING, MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA– Three Dealerships Set To Offer Rider Training Course.
MILWAUKEE (March 11, 2008) – In a continuing effort to teach the fundamentals of and instill a greater appreciation for motorcycle riding, Harley-Davidson is expanding its successful rider training program into California. Select California Harley-Davidson dealerships are now offering the Rider’s Edge New Rider Course premier motorcycle training program where students have opportunities to interact with dealership staff and draw from a network of experienced motorcyclists. Additional dealerships are preparing to launch their program within the month.
The Rider’s Edge New Rider Course California premier program is based on the proven curriculum of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s (MSF) Basic RiderCourseSM, while offering additions that provide longer classroom and range time.
“With Harley-Davidson, becoming a rider is first and foremost about motorcycle safety, but it’s also about a rite of passage; an experience you’ll never forget,” said Julie Chichlowski, director of Rider Services. “That’s exactly what we bring to our Rider’s Edge New Rider Course and what we’re excited to bring to the state of California. Rider’s Edge is about learning, discovering and bonding – everything a new riding experience should be.”
The first Harley-Davidson dealerships in California to offer the Rider’s Edge New Rider Course premier program are Orange County Harley-Davidson in Irvine and Antelope Valley Harley-Davidson in Lancaster. Harley-Davidson anticipates more California dealerships will add the Rider’s Edge New Rider Course program to their dealer services by year’s end. Beyond additional classroom activities over the MSF course, The Rider’s Edge New Rider Course California program includes a group riding component and a Riding Straight module that focuses on the impact of alcohol and riding where students can experience simulations using Fatal Vision Goggles.
According to Chichlowski, an essential component of the Harley-Davidson Rider’s Edge programs is the expert instructors. “Our Rider’s Edge Instructors are passionate about riding and passionate about teaching people the safety skills needed to do so.”
Classroom and skills training are held onsite at participating Harley-Davison dealers. The cost and course schedule vary by dealership, but the New Rider Course program typically can be completed in an extended weekend and outside of standard work hours. To be eligible, students must have a valid driver’s license, learners permit or certificate showing completion of the classroom portion of driver’s education. For those under 18, a waiver must be signed by a parent or guardian.
Upon successful completion of the course, graduates receive a California motorcycle license waiver, relinquishing the riding test given by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and qualifying riders for insurance premium discounts with some motorcycle insurers.
“One distinct advantage of the Rider’s Edge New Rider Course is that feeling of being part of something bigger,” said Chichlowski. “Rider’s Edge teaches the skills necessary to ride a motorcycle but in an environment that is pure Harley-Davidson.”
Harley-Davidson established the Rider’s Edge New Rider Course in 2000. Since then, the program has grown to include 41 states and 176 dealerships. In 2007, Rider’s Edge celebrated the training of its 100,000th student. To find a dealership offering Rider’s Edge, visit Harley-Davidson.com and click on Find Rider’s Edge Locations in the Dealer Locater section.
BIKERS DISCOVERED SMOKING DOPE BEHIND BIKERNET HEADQUARTERS–Investigation on-going as to their whereabouts. Since smoking this bad shit they can’t find themselves.
–Bob Clark
INTERMOT and IDN present…When planning your visit this year’s biennial INTERMOT Expo in Cologne, Germany (October 8th to 12th), make sure not to miss this great networking opportunity to add value to your trip.
In a unique initiative in association with K?lnmesse, the Cologne Expo Center, AMD’s sister magazine International Dealer News (IDN) will present International Night on Wednesday October 8th.
Hosted inside the Cologne Expo Center at 6:00pm on Wednesday, October 8th, after the show has formally closed for the day, International Night is a unique new networking opportunity for parts and accessories manufacturers, importers and distributors worldwide to meet at an informal reception aimed entirely at providing international exhibitors and show visitors with the opportunity to find potential business partners.
The initiative is one of many that the Cologne Exhibition Center is adding to the range of visitor added-value features it is developing to reinforce INTERMOT in Cologne as the powersports industry’s international Expo of choice.
International Night, presented by International Dealer News, will be free to qualifying show visitors, with all attendees being recorded in a unique new International Club industry resource that will be distributed exclusively to International Night visitors by AMD and International Dealer News after the show.
Register to receive your invitation by e-mailing either Chris McGee at our West Coast office ( JOHN BUTTERA PASSED INTO CHROME HEAVEN– John Buttera, a trend-setting builder of hot rods and race cars whose minimalist designs and mechanical ingenuity influenced racing for decades, has died. He was 68. Buttera died March 2 of complications from brain cancer at Los Alamitos Medical Center, said his friend Kevin Bell.Don Prudhomme, a drag-racing legend who won several national events in a Buttera-built car, told The Times, “You couldn’t help but admire him. He was the best. Not only was he an innovator, he just did things that other chassis builders didn’t do.” Prudhomme recalled how “this guy from Wisconsin” showed up in California — the hotbed of racing — with a car he built for Mickey Thompson that was “the coolest thing I’d ever seen.” The engineering and craftsmanship were unmatched, said Prudhomme, who still owns one of the Buttera cars he drove — a 1972 Mattel Hot Wheels Plymouth Barracuda. “Everybody we raced wanted to see the Buttera car,” he said. “Guys lined up at his door to get one.” Buttera is credited with being the first to carve customized racing car parts out of aluminum blocks known as billets, an engineering leap that helped him create sleeker, lighter hot rods. A craze for billet parts took off in the 1980s and is still evident in racing today. The first billet part Buttera fabricated was a rearview mirror he made for a friend, influential hot rod designer Boyd Coddington, who died Feb. 27, four days before Buttera. Buttera said the most exciting thing he ever did was build a car that raced in 1982 at the Indianapolis 500. “The first time I saw my car come out of Turn Four at Indianapolis . . . I had goose bumps all over me. I couldn’t talk; I was crying,” Buttera told the Orange County Register in 1995. Dennis Firestone drove it to a 27th-place finish. Buttera, born in 1939 in Kenosha, Wis., began building dragsters there. A chance meeting with racing’s Thompson led to his 1968 move to California. More recently, Buttera did extensive development work for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In 2004, he returned to building hot rods out of his Los Alamitos garage. “He had a gruff exterior but a very kind demeanor once you got to know him,” Fanshaw said. “You just had to get through that outer wall.” Buttera is survived by his son, Chris, daughter, Leigh, and two grandchildren. –Valerie Nelson, LA Times. THE BIKERNET SEX EDUCATION SEMINAR– There was this little boy about 12 years old walking down the sidewalk, dragging a flattened frog on a string behind him. He came up to the doorstep of a house of ill repute and knocked on the door. When the Madam answered it, she saw the little boy and asked what he wanted. He said, “I want to have sex with one of the women inside. I have the money to buy it, and I’m not leaving until I get it.” The Madam figured, why not, so she told him to come in. Once in, she told him to pick any of the girls he liked. He asked, “Do any of the girls have any diseases?” Of course the Madam said no. He said, “I heard all the men talking about having to get shots after making love with Amber. THAT’S the girl I want.” Since the little boy was so adamant and had the money to pay for it, the Madam told him to go to the first room on the right. He headed down the hall, dragging the squashed frog behind him. Ten minutes later he came back, still dragging the frog, paid the Madam, and headed out the door. The Madam stopped him and asked, “Why did you pick the only girl in the place with a disease?” He said, “Well, if you must know, tonight when I get home, my parents are going out to a restaurant to eat, leaving me at home with a baby-sitter. After they leave, my baby-sitter will have sex with me because she just happens to be very fond of cute little boys. She will then get the disease that I just caught. When Mom and Dad get back, Dad will take the baby-sitter home. On the way, he’ll jump the baby-sitter’s bones, and he’ll catch the disease. Then when Dad gets home from the baby-sitter’s, he and Mom will go to bed and have sex, and Mom will catch it. In the morning when Dad goes to work, the Milkman will deliver the milk, have a quickie with Mom and catch the disease, and HE’S the son-o f-a-bitch who ran over my FROG.” –from Chris T. KILLINGMACHINE, A BUELL WE JUST CHOPPED–That’s all they had to say. –Killingmachine4U@aol.com IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHET RIDE–In Loving Memory of Chet “OEP” Burozski (Chester Anthony Burozski, Jr.) August 20, 1963 – February 29, 2008 OEP’s memorial ride will gather at Adam’s Biker Outlet on March 15, 2008, at 11am. We leave promptly at NOON! Adam’s Biker Outlet – Phone: 317.705.0505622 South Rangeline Road, Ste. S., Carmel, IN 46032 This ride will happen rain or shine! The only thing that will make us drive our cars will be possible snow or ice. Hell, it’s Indiana. Ride destination – OEP Memorial gathering, 1pm – 5pm:Fraternal Order of Eagles Aeries #32075556 E US Highway 40 – Plainfield, Indiana The Eagle Aerie is west of Indianapolis on Us Highway 40. (WashingtonStreet) For updated information go to: http://www.adamsbikeroutlet.com/. All proceeds go to a trust fund for Chet’s son, Adam. To make donations, Please go to: “Adam Burozski Trust Fund”
http://www.oepburozski.org/ or contact:
Doreen Sledzik 732-904-6685 or 732-904-6714.
PO Box 162, 1358 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08735 
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March 13, 2008 Part 1
By Bandit |
Hacked,
Whatta week. I left the gate open and our two black mutts escaped. I’m turning 60–holy crap, and someone in communist China hacked Bikernet and shut us down for days… How was your week?
Here’s my Thursday update: We caught one of the dogs trying to cross the border into Mexico. We’re posting wanted posters for the other mutt, “Tank,” around SoCal. I’m still turning 60, but I’m looking for a cure to halt the process. Regarding the hacker, I wonder whether it’s that company who tried to sell me anti-hacking software, or the fact that I’m a fan of the Dali Lama and support Sherpas in Tibet. Hell I don’t know, but we’re trying to trace the source.
The feeling was far worse than having a car stolen. I look at Bikernet as a 10-year compilation of weekly magazines. It’s the home and the archive, to thousands of articles, 10 years of historic chrome reporting and momentous sexual annals. I didn’t want to even begin to think about losing it. It’s my life, your life, and our history.
I need to profusely thank our master web king, Jason for coming to our rescue. He watches out for two families, works for the man full time, and lords over several other motorcycle industry web sites. He’s a biker and understands when shit must be handled. Thanks brother!
With that we better hit the news:
BIKERNET FINDS A STURGIS HOME AT THE GLENCOE CAMP– “We should do a story on the development of Glencoe from only a few acres to over 920 acres and from one food facility to three and to three shower houses, Thunder Road bike shows, the Glencoe Amphitheater etc.” said Krista from Glencoe. “That’s when the price jumped from $125 or so, to $300. This year we have two wristbands though. One is $175, if you just want to camp and then you can pay additional for the all inclusive band.”
We will bring you camping tips, the entertainment line-up and our Bikernet.com Brouhaha bike show and party all day, Friday, at the Thunder Road. I’m bringing the famous 5-Ball trophies and Kevin Baas is making the 1st place mega trophies.
FLORIDA MOTORCYCLE SEIZURE BILL–Update re: HB137. House infrastructure committee met at 8:30 this morning to address HB137 the bill that provides for seizure of Motorcycles and revocation of Motorcycle Endorsement for up to 10 years for “certain” reckless driving offenses.
Despite calls and e-mails alerting people of the meeting and the importance of attending and voicing any concerns there were only three that showed to address the bill, one, the Motorcycle Industry Council representative who arrived late attempting to get clarification on certain issues and didn’t get to speak.
There was late notice as to the agenda of this meeting and confusion over amendments, clarifications and agreements that many in attendance were not aware of and had no chance to review.
Apparently to address questionable issues from the last committee hearing on the 137, there has been a redefinition of the term “wheelie” however if anyone knew what the final definition was it was not announced or discussed. The discriminatory issues that were addressed at the last meeting pertaining to the bill only addressing motorcycles was resolved by amending the bill to include “all vehicles.” The seizure of motorcycles/vehicles was addressed by moving the seizure option to the third offense.
One person who was present to speak on another issue, rose to voice his opposition to the bill and then waived his time.
The next person to speak was the lobbyist for ABATE of Florida who stated that his organization opposed the bill and made a pitch for stiffer penalties for those who violate motorcycle right of way causing injury and/or death to the motorcyclists.
I was called after the ABATE’s lobbyist and attempted to address the bill from a perspective relating to the state Supreme courts declaration last summer that they had significant concerns regarding the constitutionality of vehicle seizures as they are being done in Florida. Also mentioning Miami vs. Wellman (1-23-08) wherein the Third district court of Appeals with Supreme Court approval declared the city of Miami’s program of vehicle seizures unconstitutional on three points to include, denial of due process and “the city’s (Miami) preponderance of the evidence standard of guilt was too weak for a statute that deprives individuals of their personal property”. Putting the 12 million dollars Miami has earned from the sale of confiscated vehicles at risk.
I then when on to reiterate the ABATE lobbyists concerns about draconian measures to address this issue and the minimal penalties received by persons who kill and maim motorcyclists by violating their right of way. Also expressing the contention that this bill may in fact lead to more deaths as more motorcyclists may be inclined to run if they thought seizure of their bikes was imminent.
Neither the ABATE lobbyist nor I were asked any questions.
–by Robert “RC” Conroy
–from Bruce Arnold
BIKERNET BONNEVILLE BOOK TEASE–Here’s the cover of our Wolfgang Bonneville Book. I can’t tell you much more until the publisher releases the news. It will be available in less than a month. I’ll see if the most articulate biker on the planet, Bill Hayes, will write a review. It will be a must read for anyone pondering the thought of going after a Bonneville record.
THE BAKER DD7: WAY MORE TO IT THAN AN EXTRA GEAR–HASLETT, MIThe Baker DD7, Direct Drive 7-Speed is being developed as a direct replacement of the Cruise Drive Harley-Davidson factory 6-speed to improve it in many ways besides just adding another gear.
Many complain that the factory 1st gear is too tall and these bikes feel bogged-down at the stoplight. The DD7 has a shorter 1st gear for improved get-up-and-go.
In transmission design low mainshaft weight is always desirable for smooth and quiet shifts. The factory mainshaft is a one-piece design that includes1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gears. The audible shift clunk in the factory 6-speed is caused by the heavy rotating weight and the resultant high inertia of the 1-piece forged mainshaft. The DD7 mainshaft is light weight and only includes the small 1st gear as an integral part to keep weight down. The shift clunk is absolutely minimized.
Shift smoothness in the factory 6-speed is a definite improvement over the 5-speed. The DD7 is a big improvement over the factory 6-speed because it incorporates a new linear roller ball detent as part of the supplied billet top cover. This linear roller ball detent is similar to the technology first used in Baker TorqueBox transmissions. In the Baker DD7, the shift drum is designed to help the rider find neutral every time, like with all other Baker transmissions.
The factory 6-speed has straight cut 1st and 5th gears. This yields gear noise in 1st and 5th.The Baker DD7 has a full set of helical gears for quiet operation in every gear.
Because of the shorter first gear and following gear ratios, testers report that the bike feels like motor work has been done. The shift quality is unheard of as well.
The Harley-Davidson factory 6-speed ratios are: 1st (3.34), 2nd (2.30), 3rd (1.71), 4th (1.41), 5th (1.18), 6th (1.00).
The Baker DD7 transmission will have the following ratios: 1st (3.76), 2nd (2.75), 3rd (2.06), 4th (1.55), 5th (1.27), 6th (1.10), 7th (1.00).
The BAKER DD7 is scheduled to be available late summer/early Fall 2008.
HACKER BLUES–Damn Hacker!I’ll kill him for you!
Last week I pulled out my credit card to purchase gas and it was denied.Later in the day same deal for groceries.So I called customer service and found out some one was on a spending spree in Paris with my damn card number!
My Capital One was in someone else’s pocket!The card was stopped and it will all straighten out I’m told.
Couple Jokes to cheer you up.
What’ the difference between Jane Fonda, Bill Clinton and George Bush?Jane Fonda actually went to Vietnam
Here’s my favorite:Greek and an Italian are debating.
Greek claims “We had Alexander the Great”
Italian replies “We had Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire”
Greek claims “We built the Acropolis”
Italian replies “We built the Coliseum”
Greek claims “We invented Sex!”
The Italian thought a moment and then replied ” Yes, but we introduced it to women!”
In the words of Bill Clinton “I feel your pain” about the site being down. The oilfield company I work for has one of the largest computer networks in the world. Computer and web protection is a HUGE deal and it is always threatened with compromise.
Take a ride down Long Beach, down a shot and grab a girl.Trust in God and the hacker bastard will get run over by a truck.
–Anson
BIKERNET JIMS TOOL OF THE WEEK–7-in-1 Torx key SetThis tool features seven of the most popular Torx? keys in a folding pocket size case.
Torx keys are heat treated alloy steel. Folded length is 4-1/4-inch.
No.1772 – Torx Key Sizes: T-10, T-15, T-20, T-25, T-27, T-30, T-40
Suggested Retail Price $33.10
BOX OF ROSES FROM BIKERNET– Went to the Post Office yesterday. Had a little yellow slip telling me a package too large for my mailbox had to be picked up at the post office box(window).
The lady closed her box (heh-heh) just as I came up. Just my luck.
Went again today and she handed me a large brown box. Return address was Bikernet.
Looked like a box of roses. I could use some roses to spiffy up the casa.
My first guess as to the contents was roses from El Bandido. Nah, couldn?t be.
Got home and tore it open ta see what the fuck was sent. I hadn?t ordered anything so whatdafuck?
In it was a buncha fanfuckintastic stuff worth gold.
Shit! It was gold.
Better than gold to me anyway.
First, before I tell you what was in it let me tell ya it was worth $ 3,540.94.Not including the $8.04 postage Bikernet paid ta send it to ME!
In the box were posters. I am going to put these up in my bike garage.
If I was married (Listen up ladies! I am divorced), the wife would definitely blow me a shitstorm of grief to take them down that would certainly lead to divorce. This saved me a lotta aggravation and anger and also saved me about three grand ($3000.oo) for a lawyer to divorce the now ex Mrs. Gootie.
Also in the box was a magazine. I just had spinal injections yesterday for pain from something called spondiolisomething. Worth $3.99 clams and it gave me awesome reading while laying down recovering.
Also in the box were two books. Orwell and Biker Code. The reading time will be worth a helluvalotmore than the $26.95 price on the covers. Worth in actuality-Priceless! Since I am down from this spinal injection procedure crap for a few days, let?s place a value on it of about $500.oo clams.
In the box was a black Tee shirt. Don?t know how the Bandit crew knew my favorite color (black) (and size) but it did touch my heart and almost produced a tear.Value? Well I?d say about twenty bucks.
In the box were a few outfuckinstandin stickers. Value? I?d say about ten clams more or less.
Why the fuck am I wasting your time and mine on this??????????????????
Cuz I sincerely appreciate this gift box. It came at a time that I am down for a few days. Worried as hell about if I am gonna have to have spinal fusion surgery and if I will be able to work anymore. Doctor said that these spinal injections may help for some time and might help keep me from having the final spinal bone fusion for a couple of years or more if it works.
So I went for it and receiving this gift box came at a somewhat down time when I am dying to jam on my scoot but have to heal up for a few days before I even consider getting on my bike.
This stuff will help pass the time lying in bed a few days drinking beer and whiskey and eating pain killers like candy.
I guess this is just my way of saying thanks to Bandit and his crew.
Perfect timing amigos,
Now where?s the roses?
–GOOTIE
RMD BILLET ‘SMUGGLER’ WHEEL–Simple in function, superior in design. RMD BILLET has done it again. The “SMUGGLER” wheel is their latest innovation. This one-piece wheel carries a look like none other known released in the market place. There is ten interchangeable billet spokes on each wheel that can be finished in unlimited possibilities. The wheel can be finished in the same or contrast look from the spokes. Variety of sizes available.
Please contact RMD BILLET at 507-348-8877 or visit them on the web at www.rmdbillet.com.
RMD Billet
Shannon or Lisa Rodman
212 3rd St W.
Jasper, MN 56144507-348-8877
Phone507-348-8677
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sales@rmdbillet.com
THUNDER MOUNTAIN CUSTOMS RELEASED THE TMC SPITFIRE SPORTSTER BASED CHOPPER–Thunder Mountain Customs unveiled their TMC SPITFIRE to the public on Sunday, March 2nd at Destination Daytona. Want to ride a Spitfire? There are still some availabilities for you to take a ride on the new Spitfire to see how well it handles and looks on the road. Please contact Piper Fairbanks for questions at (970)232-6812.
CUSTOM CHROME ANNOUNCED COMPLETION OF DAE-IL USA– Korean OEM manufacturer unveils plans for investment and restoration of the once iconic v-twin industry pioneer.
Morgan Hill, CA – March 10, 2008 – Global Motorsport Group, Inc., announced Friday that the sale of all GMG U.S. operations, including its Custom Chrome, Motorcycle Stuff, Jammer divisions, and the stock of Custom Chrome Europe to Dae-IL USA was successfully completed. “As of today, March 7, 2008, GMG has been reborn,” said Sung Moon Kim, Chairman of Dae-IL USA and new owner of Global Motorsport Group, Inc.
With the announcement of new ownership came the introduction of Nace Panzica, one of the original founders of Custom Chrome, and now Chief Executive Officer, Global Motorsport Group, Inc. and President, Dae-IL USA Inc. While addressing employees, Panzica made his intentions clear to restore the company’s core competencies in customer service and innovative proprietary product lines and return the company to it’s position as an industry leader. Panzica repeated the 37-year-old company’s brand statement, “World’s finest products for Harley-Davidsons,” to a roar of applause during a company all-hands meeting, emphasizing the company’s historic vision of excellence in the market and his commitment to see the company return to a position of strength.
Present for the announcement were Chairman Kim and In Hwan Kim, Vice President of Dae-IL Corp., which now owns GMG. “Today, GMG becomes a new company built on long-lasting relationships, family and friendships that will last forever,” said Chairman Kim. Indicating Dae-IL’s commitment to GMG’s success, Kim added that Dae-IL will provide the necessary investment to achieve the highest levels of industry fill rates to meet customer expectations.
Dae-IL, founded in 1976, is a world class Korean OEM manufacturer of parts for automobiles and motorcycles for companies such as General Motors, Daewoo, Mitsubishi, Polaris, Hyundai and Kia Motors, among others. Dae-IL’s relationship with Custom Chrome began in 1982, producing transmission parts and, later, the first RevTech? 4-speed transmission. Today the high performance line has grown to include RevTech? engines, transmissions and clutches.
BROTHER BILL DOWN–For the many people that knew my Brother William “BLUE” Herlihy I would like to thank All Of You For Your Recent Prayers For Bill.Bill passed away on March 8, 2008
Our family realizes that many of the people that would like to attend his service will not be able to do so.For those of you that can make it see the information below.If you can not make it Please consider thinking of him at that time.
Services For William Herlihy will be Saturday March 15th 1:00PM A Community Funeral Home & Sunset Cremation
910 West Michigan Street
Orlando, Florida 32805
–Rogue
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April 10, 2008 Part 2
By Bandit |
Continued From Page 1
BIKERNET AVON TIRE OF THE MONTH– This month?s focus is on Avon?s newest tire, the AV71/72 Cobra. Replacing the tried and true Venom R line, the Cobra is a touring radial designed for power cruisers and customs. If you have one of the newer models of Harleys with an oversized rear wheel, this is your tire.
To help you stick it to the race replica guys, the Cobra employs the Advanced Variable Belt Technology found in Avon?s sport tires for nimble handling, longevity, and added stability. All this is paired with a special construction to cope with high loads makes it the perfect tire for touring.
The aggressive looking tread pattern is designed to follow the direction of the forces that transfer through the tire. The channels in the tire?s surface significantly reduce irregular and advanced wear when mounted on bikes that carry heavy loads (that?s legal-tech-speak for ?they last longer and don?t cup as easy.?)
For those of you with an eye for the artistic, the sidewalls feature a unique snake skin appearance as well as the distinctive snake?s head logo along the edge of the tread.
Check out www.avonmotorcycle.com for fitments and more information.
RINEHART RACING PRESENTS 2ND ANNUAL RINEHART CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE MAY 13, 2008–Join us for over 100 miles of riding to benefit the Grand Strand Miracle League, a one-of-a-kind baseball league designed specifically for children with special needs. 2008 marks the sixth season for the league, which is now serving over 100 children. Games are played on a handicapped- accessible field that is ideal for wheelchairs and walkers. The ride will beheld during Myrtle Beach Spring Rally.A continental breakfast along with lunch and soft drinks provided during the ride. The first 125 participants to sign up receive a free T-Shirt. A set of Rinehart Racing exhaust of your choice will be given, along with a custom air intake system from Wimmer and many other great door prizes.
The starting location for the ride is Dog House Bar & Grill at 607 S. Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach.Registration begins at 9 am and ride will start approximately 10 am, ending at SBB Four Corners, Murrells Inlet around 3 pm.
Pre-registration is $25 for the driver and $15 for the passenger. Registration fee on the day of the ride will be $30 for the driver and $20 for the passenger. Please make all checks payable to the Grand Strand Miracle League.
Sign up now at the following locations:
Wimmer Performance, 11670 Highway 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet
R S Cycles, 11808 Highway 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet
B & M Custom Cycles, 508 N. Kings HIghway, Myrtle Beach
Registration forms and checks payable to the Grand Strand Miracle League can be mailed to:
Rinehart Racing, PO Box 1445, Enka, NC 28728
Please be sure & visit our sponsors below.
www.printingquest.com
Four Corners
South
3rd Avenue South
Registration forms and check payable to ?the Grant Strand Miracle League? can be mailed to: Rinehart Racing, Inc
PO Box 1445
Enka, NC 28728
All mail-in, pre-paid registrations can pick up wrist bands and t-shirts at the registration area at 9am, May 13, 2008.
PRESS RELEASE for BIKERNET’S “THURSDAY NEWS” from RIVERA PRIMO–RIVERA PRIMO has the finest selection of camshafts for Twin Cam applications. Twenty-seven different profiles from five of the biggest manufactures in the industry make our line the prominentchoice among performance buffs everywhere.
We stock both chain-driven cams & gear-driven models, for stock to large displacement motors, from Dave Mackie Engineering, Leineweber Enterprises, Andrews, S&S and Crane with lifts ranging from .490″ to .640″.
This huge variety of winners, together with all the essential gear-drive installation inventory you’ll need, such as the front & rear inner cam gears, crankshaft gear, outer cam drive gear, needle & ball bearings, etc., makes RIVERA PRIMO? the real source for TWIN CAM PERFORMANCE !!
For further information & a full product listing contact :
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LET’S STOP FOR A YOUNGUN–A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened.
Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.
When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA, they decided to send it to the President.
The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The president thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.
The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:
Dear God,
Thank you very much for sending the money.
However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, DC., and those assholes deducted $95.00 in taxes.
–from Art Friedman
GET YOUR BLACK MARKET FIX–Bandit?s Black Market has all the swag that you need. From prints and photographs to leather and luggage.
Don?t Miss It: Checkout Buck?s photo-art that captures the essence of the motorcycle. The camera is his paintbrush and through his artistry he?s able to record the stance, design and attitude of our American two-wheeled rolling art. Digg into Bandit’s Black Market. Take a look. –Wrench
SPOT SATELLITE MESSENGER —SPOT is the world’s first Satellite Messenger, providing peace-of-mind everyday and emergency assistance when you need it. The handheld, hunter-orange colored device, allows users to send message to friends and family or emergency responders from virtually any location, including the most remote locations, around the globe independently of cellular networks.
Just released on the market in November 2007, SPOT is innovative and unique, using the GPS satellite network to determine the user’s exact location along with the SPOT commercial satellite network to transmit messages to cell phones, emails or an international emergency response service center.
At just $169.99 and over 7 ounces in weight, SPOT is ideal for anyone who spends time in the outdoors away from cell phone service including hunters, fisherman, hikers, skiers, boaters, or lone commercial workers. SPOT features four function keys that transmit messages based on varying levels of need:
?Alert 9-1-1 notifies emergency responders of your GPS location
?Ask for Help sends a request for help with your location to friends or family
?Check In lets contacts know where you are and that you are okay
?Track Progress sends and saves your location and allows contacts to track your progress using Google Maps?
For more information on how SPOT is helping users live to tell about it?, from disaster preparedness to outdoor adventure purposes please visit www.findmespot.com .
BIKERNET WEEKLY PARENTAL ADVICE FROM THE STUDENTS–“Never let your three-year old brother in the same room as your school assignment.”
-Traci, age 14
“A puppy always has bad breath–even after eating a Tic-Tac.”
– Andrew, age 9
“Never hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time.”
– Kyoyo, age 11
–from Rev CarlRAttention Bandit:
A GP LEATHER TESTIMONIAL– I met Glenn Priddle a while back in Brizzy, seen a seat of his at a show sitting on a bike, if you ask he will explain. The workmanship in the seat was what I have always seen in American magazines and wanted. I rode out to Noosa to meet him with a mate and his missus, at his so called house (resort). We had phone contact about the design I wanted him to do.
On the way to my next visit my bike caught on fire from hitting a pothole. As I got towed off on a tilt tray Glenn came out to the spot, it was obvious it had to be rearranged.
Since then the bike has had a lot of changes and I decided that the bike needed to match the seat. As the seat has had so much effort put into it, it’s a waste of time to fill you in about how many times the design had changed for the engraving but Glenn hung in there because he could see a design waiting to happen.
Glenn had to put up with the Heritage seat/Barebones seat designed, We both realised we had to go barebones to make it work. I then gave him the design I wanted, which was skulls, suits, guns and bombs, that he made into a masterpiece as well as the Indian Larry symbol, because I respect old school work and bikes.
He did wonders on the pussy pad more than I could imagine. He even made a callout to the shop to make it right. Not only am I that happy with my seat, the pussy pad design will be tattooed on my arm next week, give it 6 or 7months and the front seat will be on my shoulder.
–Mick
S&S TO HOST FLATHEAD POWER SHOW IN LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN WITH THE HORSE MAG–LA CROSSE WI, (APRIL 09, 2008) S&S Cycle announces the Flathead Power by S&S/The Horse Magazine Chopper Show to be held June 28, 2008 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The show will be held at the La Crosse Speedway and will host up to 200 bikes. There will be no classes, just chopper against chopper with the top prize being the winner?s choice of a Flathead Power by S&S SH-Series or P-Series engine?and a feature in The Horse Magazine. There will be additional runner up prizes, along with a full day of excitement and great bikes to look at.
June 28, 2008 falls directly in the middle of the S&S 50th Anniversary Celebration being held at the Oktoberfest Grounds in La Crosse, Wisconsin June 27-29. Throughout the entire La Crosse area events supporting the S&S 50th will be taking place, so the Speedway has made campgrounds available for chopper show participants and spectators, to make it easy for you to be a part of the entire celebration. Get more information on the chopper show and camping sites by visiting www.ironcross.net .
To see a full schedule of everything going on in La Crosse and the surrounding communities, please visit www.sscycle50th.com .
LET’S UNSEAT THOSE WHO WOULD UNSADDLE US: ABATE OF THE GARDEN STATE SAYS “GET LOST!” TO LAUTENBERG!–ABATE Call to Action.URGENT, don’t pass up this rare opportunity!
Senator Frank Lautenberg has consistently shown that he is not friendly to biker issues. Do you want to see another 6 years of him? We now have a viable candidate running against him in the Democratic Primary. Rob Andrews has been friendly to motorcyclist’s concerns and even was a sponsor of the HIPAA bill to remove the loophole that under certain conditions allows insurance companies to deny insurance coverage to motorcyclists. ABATE has worked with Rob Andrews in the past on the HIPAA Bill and hopefully will continue to do so in the future.
Here is our game plan:
We will flood the voting booths in the Democratic PRIMARY Election with motorcyclists, their friends, and families who will vote for Rob Andrews. These primary elections historically have a very low turnout and there are over 150,000 registered motorcyclists in New Jersey. If we could get 25,000 of them to vote for Rob Andrews, we could easily swing the election and remove Frank Lautenberg from the Senate Democratic ticket in the General Election. This would leave Andrews running against the Republican nominee in the General Election. [*** Either way, Lautenberg is out! ***] We may never have a better opportunity to remove Frank Lautenberg!
WE must have a record turn out at this June 3 Primary.
WE the Biker Vote must turn out in record numbers to defeat Senator Lautenberg and get Rob Andrews elected. To do this you must be a registered Democrat. If you are already a registered Democrat and are registered to vote, you only need to show up and vote in the June 3rd primary. If you are not a registered Democrat, the deadline for changing your affiliation for the Primary Election is fast approaching. If you choose do it by mail, the deadline is Monday April 14.
Click here for the Party Affiliation Form:
http://tinyurl.com/5odoff
Click here for a listing of County Voting Officials:http://tinyurl.com/e3wsk
Click here for a voter registration form:http://tinyurl.com/5srksk
In the General Election, your party affiliation does not preclude you from voting for whichever candidate you decide to vote for. In the General Election you may vote for any candidate of any party you wish. Should you wish to change your affiliation at any time after the primary, you can do this very easily by mail.
If you register in person with your county board of elections you have until Wednesday May 14. Most counties have several places to register to vote and change your party affiliation. Go to your county phone book or web-site to find out more.Unless you have lived in the dark ages you should know Lautenberg’s unfriendly stances on biker rights.
There is a saying, strike when the iron is hot. Well, the — IRON — IS — HOT. Remember, all the hours of griping at the bar, complaining at your friend’s house, and other places will not be as effective as acting NOW! Make your voice heard at the June 3, 2008 Primary.
— Tyler Yingling
yingling.tyler@gmail.com]
WEGO III Wide-Band AFRDAYTONA Sensors has released details of its new WEGO III Wide-BAND AFR (air/fuel ratio) metering system–The WEGO III is a complete air/fuel ratio metering system with over two hours of built in data logging for all carbureted and fuel injected engines. It features a waterproof, readable blue LED display for air/fuel ratio and engine rpm, and has a spare 0-5V analog input for sensors such as throttle position or manifold pressure.
It is said to be highly accurate with easy, free air calibration to adjust for sensor aging effects. It has a wide voltage range from 11 to 16V with current draw of approximately 1 amp allowing operation from battery or race vehicles without an alternator.
The kit includes WEGOIII unit with built in USB interface, 48in harness, Bosch LSU 4.2 oxygen sensor, 18 X 1.5mm weld nut and software.
DAYTONA SENSORS
South Daytona, Florida, USA
Tel: 386-322-7390
Fax: 386-304-9502
E-mail: techsupport@daytona-sensors.com
www.daytona-sensors.com
BIKERNET TECH QUESTION, HELP A READER– Got another customer frustration request that I need help with. He’s got an ’07 Deuce that he wants a wide tire kit for and He hasn’t found any manufacturer that has one for his model.
I’m about to start my research this afternoon but I figured I’d shoot you a quick one in case you had a faster answer.
–Joel Mercado
joel_mercado_76@yahoo.com
J&P CYCLES 29TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE–NOW celebrating its 29th year, the annual J&P Cycles Open House will take place on June 28th.
The one-day event hosted over 11,000 people last year, some travelling from as far afield as Canada. J&P Cycles’ Open House started out as a small customer appreciation day held by J&P owners John and Jill Parham to thank their customers for their business throughout the year. Now, as the world’s largest aftermarket retailer of parts and accessories for Harley-Davidson, V-twin metric cruisers and sportbikes, J&P’s small event has become the largest one-day motorcycle event in the Mid-West.
It is also one of the only events in the country (excluding major rallies) that includes displays from over 60 of the industry’s leading manufacturers.
The event will take place at the company’s headquarters at Anamosa, Iowa, just off U.S. Highway 151. As always, most products in J&P’s showroom will be 10 percent off (up to 15 percent for Gold Club Members) and a portion of the one-acre warehouse will be devoted to drastically reduced clearance items.
Once again this year J&P will hold a silent auction benefiting the National Motorcycle Museum. Motorcycle parts, accessories and collectors items donated by J&P and its distributors will be auctioned off to the public.
–J&P Cycles
Anamosa, Iowa, USA
Tel: 319 462 4819
Fax: 319 462 4626
www.jpcycles.com
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March 06, 2008 Part 3
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PROCHARGER GANG CONSIDERING BIKERNET– I just took a peak at your sponsorship section, nice visual up front. I’m glad you noticed some of the ProCharged bikes at Daytona. It is a constantly growing population, especially now that ProCharger was given the Easyrider’s Performance Product of the Year award.
We will be reviewing your sponsorship information and I will be in touch.
–Zack P.
Marketing Department
Accessible Technologies Inc. / ProCharger
Ph. 913.338.2886 x.219
zpike@procharger.com
Okay, everybody drop Zack a note and tell him how cool Bikernet is.–Sin Wu
BIKERNET DOG TEST– If you don’t believe a dog is truly a man’s best friend. Just try this experiment one time.Put your dog and your wife in the trunk of the car Leave them there for one hour.
When you open the trunk,,,,, see which one is really happy to see you !
–Geno
NO. 4 COLOGNE SHOW, MARCH 2008–Two-wheel vehicle experts from Schweinfurt Vehicle Academy present latest developments.INTERMOT Cologne 2008: Workshop Centre presents modern requirements
In 2006 Koelnmesse implemented the first INTERMOT Workshop Centre in 2006, which met with very strong interest from trade visitors. The Workshop Centre will again be presented in 2008 in cooperationwith the Schweinfurt Vehicle Academy. On anexhibition area of over 160 m2 in Hall 5.1, the experts will demonstrate the requirements of a modern two-wheel vehicle workshop and the necessary technical preconditions. In live demonstrations inthe INTERMOT Workshop Centre, trade visitors cansee for themselves that even the most complicated problems can be solved.
The following topics will be demonstrated:
1. Electrical and electronic error diagnosis
2. Conducting exhaust gas testing
3. Customising
4. Engine technology
5. Chassis diagnostics
Work on the two-wheel vehicles will be carried out using tools and diagnostic equipment that the Vehicle Academy uses in its master?s degree courses. This means that trade visitors can obtainimpartial recommendations about workshop equipment. Inaddition to the demonstrations, the two-wheel vehicle experts from the Schweinfurt Vehicle Academy will also be available for personal discussions.
Over 1,100 exhibiting companies from around 40 countries are expected to attend INTERMOT Cologne from 8th to 12th October 2008. INTERMOT Cologne 2008 is staged by Koelnmesse GmbH, and the event?sconceptual sponsor is the German Motorcycle IndustryAssociation (IVM), Essen. As an action-packed trade fair event, INTERMOT Cologne 2008 will provide its visitors with impressive shows and many other highlights relating to the topics of motorcycles,scooters and motor sports. Halls 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9and 10 of the Cologne exhibition centre will be occupied with a total gross exhibition area of over 120,000 m”. In addition, the complete outdoor space at Koelnmesse ? totalling 75,000 m” as wellas special areas in the halls will be used for theevents and the supporting programme.
Further information and photo material is available at www.intermot-koeln.com
–Koelnmesse GmbH
Phone + 49 221 821 2366
LIFESTYLE’S MARCH MADNESS!–Super Hot Bikes at Really Cool Prices!LifeStyle Cycles has more bikes on our showroom floor than anyone in the Southland! Come on in and see for yourself!
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THE CHANGING FACE OF MISS STURGIS– Many Black Hills ladies entered in the Internet contest for Miss Sturgis.
Sturgis, S.D. – March 3, 2008 – The Miss Sturgis 2008 and Girls of Sturgis Bike Week contest, online for almost a month, has drawn a majority of entries from the Black Hills area. As the contest enters the third round of competition, the votes and contestants continue to dramatically increase.
The Miss Sturgis Contest began years ago in a tent in downtown Sturgis with winners selected each night by audience participation. At the end of the week, the winner was selected among the finalists. Eventually, the contest moved into the Pavilion at Glencoe CampResort. For the past three years, Miss Sturgis has been a paid spokesmodel. Now the contest has returned and gone high-tech by moving to the Internet.
This year’s contest is being promoted by several of the largest radio stations in the Black Hills. Visitors to Miss Sturgis.com can read all about the Girls, and vote for their favorite contestant. Twelve of the Girls will be photographed for the Girls of Sturgis Bike Week calendar and one of the 12 chosen will become Miss Sturgis 2008. The Girls of Sturgis Bike Week will be making personal appearances during Sturgis Bike Week 2008 and will autograph the free calendars at Thunder Road.
In mid-February, the first three finalists for the Miss Sturgis 2008 contest were chosen from over 40 entries. The voting was incredibly close, with just a few votes separating the top ten contestants. All three finalists live in the Black Hills:
Lizzy is a 24-year-old property manager whose eyes, “could turn the hardest biker into a pussy cat.”Motor Mandy is a 21-year-old bombshell brunette with a passion for motorcycles, fashion and fishing.
T_Lyn is a product promoter with a Bachelor’s degree in Business who loves beach volleyball (even though beachfront property is somewhat limited in South Dakota.)
Round Two produced three more finalists, from over 60 entries:Sasha is a singer/songwriter, motorcycle author and journalist from Nashville who has been riding to Sturgis for over 10 years.
Dewitta is a creative and outgoing promoter for South Dakota tourism who hails from Presho.
Sexy Italian is a full time student in Rapid City who garnered the backing of the local Marines and the guys at Dakota Angler.
The Miss Sturgis 2008 contest moved into Round Three on March 1. Those contestants not chosen in Rounds One and Two had the voting slate wiped clean, and a dozen new contestants were added. Entries will continue to be accepted until March 14. Final voting ends on March 29 and the new Miss Sturgis 2008 will be announced in April.
Information on how to enter, or to vote for Miss Sturgis, is at www.misssturgis.com.
BIKERNET QUOTE OF THE WEEK–‘There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It’s called marriage.’– Sam Kinison
–from James Schnarr
LONG STAGGERED SLASH CUT REBEL DRAG PIPES FROM HOOKER HEADERS– BOWLING GREEN, KY – Hooker Headers is proud to announce the latestadditions to their Step Tuned Drag Pipe offerings for 1985-2007 and 200849 State Dressers. The stylish #27947-3HKR pipes add sex appeal, plusserious performance over a broad power curve when compared to the stockpipes.
These tuned pipes feature ceramic coated stepped internal head pipes toincrease horsepower and torque with a huge 2″-1/2″ outer chrome pipe forthe “Big Tube” look with no visible bluing. This innovative designeliminates the low-midrange torque loss that goes with other brands oflarge diameter straight pipes.
All Hooker exhaust systems come with new gaskets, chrome flanges,c-clips, machined chrome brackets, hardware, and muffler cartridges thatdeliver the sought after deep rumble among Harley owners.
Optionalmuffler cartridges are available offering either a smooth mellow soundor loud sound with improved flow.Hooker newest products are now available now at your nearest dealer.
For more information, contact Holley Tech Service, P.O. Box 10360,Bowling Green, KY, 42102-7360, Telephone 270-745-9520. Or visit us onthe web: www.ilovemyhookerheaders.com.
DUBLIN?S MOB ST. PADDY RIDE & BBQ–Daddy told us ” Boys find something your good at and become the best” so we found the nearest bar and became World Renound Professionals. Come join us for what we do best, throw a great party (and our chops ain’t half bad either) Sun March 9th Dublin Mob’ s PADDY RIDE & BBQ is back!
As usual the music is 1st rate The Farmers (san diego legends) The Downs Family (true Irish punk rock) & Deere Johns (honkeytonk rockabilly). San Diego’ got our back with the best sponsors Hodads (the finest burgers in THE WORLD) Undisputed fitness & training club, Motorcult, Innes clothing, & Hooleys Irish Pub
Ride 9-11 am (LEAVES at 9 sharp, be early) Rock Show & BBQ 12-5 Come bring the fam and join ours !
RIDE YOUR CHOP ROD OR CUSTOM !!
–Slainte DMC
THUNDER MOUNTAIN CUSTOMS UNVEILED THEIR TMC SPITFIRE–Thunder Mountain Customs unveiled their TMC SPITFIRE to the public on Sunday, March 2nd at Destination Daytona. Be the first to see it! Stop by Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach during bike week to take a peek at the BIKE OF THE YEAR! Want to ride a Spitfire? There are still some availabilities for you to take a ride on the new Spitfire to see how well it handles and looks on the road. Please contact Piper Fairbanks for questions at (970)232-6812.
So, stop by Destination Daytona to see the new Spitfire and get a chance to meet with factory representatives from Thunder Mountain Customs.
–Piper Fairbanks
Director of marketing
Thunder Mountain Customs
970.461.0578 x 316 (w)
970.488.1131 (f)
mailto:piper@thundermountaincustoms.com
GROSSMAN ART SPLASHED ON FENDER–Here’s a fender I shot in Long Beach last year at the Queen Mary Tattoo show. He had an artist copy my art!!I think he said he brought the bike down from Alaska!
HIGH SIERRA STAR BQ FOR STREET VIBRATIONS–Those wanting to attend the High Sierra STAR BQ should make their room reservations right away. The Street Vibrations Spring Rally is being held across the street on the same days. The Spring Rally is growing quickly and rooms at the Nugget are going fast.
Need another reason? If you send payment by May 5, 2008 to be a part of the High Sierra STAR BQ, you will get one roll of the dice to win a 2008 Yamaha Raider. The Raider is 113ci of custom class and has been named The Bike of the Year by Metric Cruiser Magazine.
Come join us for the Most Legal Fun on Two Wheels!http://www.highsierrastarbq.org/
AMSOIL LUBRICANTS AVAILABLE–AMSOIL Synthetic 20W-50 Motorcycle Oil is recommended for air or liquid cooled 4-stroke engines. It meets SAE 90, API GL-1 gear oil requirements and is recommended for transmissions and primary chaincases. AMSOIL MCV is recommended for Harley Davidson,Buell, Victory, Ducati, Aprilia, BMW, Triumph? and other motorcycles where 15W-50 or 20W-50 engine oils or SAE 90, GL-1 gear oils are used. Not recommended for shaft drive hypoid gears or where an API GL-4 or GL-5 gear oil is required.
MIXING AMSOIL
AMSOIL Synthetic 20W-50 Motorcycle Oil is compatible with conventional and synthetic motor oils; however, mixing oils may shorten the oil life expectancy and reduce the performance benefits. AMSOIL does not support extended drain intervals where oils have been mixed.
Aftermarket oil additives are not recommended for use with AMSOIL motorcycle oil.
SERVICE LIFE
For “on road” use in engines, transmissions and primary chaincases, change AMSOIL MCV and AMSOIL engine oil filter at twice the motorcycle manufacturer change interval or one year, whichever comes first. Change other brand oil filters at standard intervals.For “off road” use in engines, transmissions and primary chaincases, change AMSOIL MCV at the standard motorcycle manufacturer change interval.For racing or in engines modified from the original factory design, no change interval recommendation is made. Oil changes are at the owner’s discretion.When you’re ready to buy Amsoil Synthetic Motorcycle Oil click on the banner above, where you can place your order online. Be sure to look at our EAA air filters and EaO oil filters as well, they are the best filters on the market today and will protect your engine better than any other filter available.
NEW SPEEDO/TACH WITH ADJUSTABLE-COLOR LED BACK-LIGHTING–More Than 600 Backlight Color Options on New Harley-Davidson Gauge.
MILWAUKEE (Feb. 29, 2008) ? The new Combination Speedometer/Tachometer – Color-Matched Lighting ($499.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories features a multi-color LED lighting system. Using the trip reset push-button, the backlighting of the gauge can be adjusted to blend four LED colors through a range of more than 600 color-tone options to match any paint scheme or viewing preference. This gauge combines an analog speedometer and tachometer so the rider may monitor engine speed without adding a handlebar-mounted tach. The gauge also features an easy-to-read LCD odometer/tripmeter.
It mounts in the stock dash opening and is a direct plug-in installation. Versions are available to replace the original-equipment five-inch and four-inch speedometers on Harley-Davidson Touring, Sportster, Softail and Dyna models. See dealer for fitment details. Mileage reinstatement is available through a Harley-Davidson dealer.
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.
MID-USA MOTORCYCLE DISTRIBUTOR SOLD–St Louis, Mo., based distributor Mid-USA Motorcycle Parts has been sold to John Stdko and a consortium of St Louis-based businessmen.
The company was owned and operated by Sandi Morrison, whose family started the company, and whose husband Les Morrison died of a long-term illness eighteen months ago.
In a competitive and changing market the decision to sell is understood to have been a financial one, with staff at the company being informed of her decision on March 3rd.
The new owner is a former long-time senior buyer at local rival Midwest Motorcycle Supply. Stdko left Midwest a year or so ago and has since been operating his own custom motorcycle business, Johnny Stdko’s Motorcycle Company, in the St Louis, Mo., area.
CLUB H.O.G. 25 CONCERT CHANGE ANNOUNCED–Harley Owners Group Revises 25th Anniversary Entertainment.
MILWAUKEE – (March 6, 2008) Due to the unexpected cancellation of musical act Aerosmith, the Harley Owner’s Group (H.O.G.) has announced a revised lineup of entertainment for the CLUB H.O.G. 25 anniversary celebration and has announced that all activities at Milwaukee’s Miller Park during the group’s August 28 event will be free to all H.O.G. members.
According to a spokesperson for Aerosmith, the group has canceled its performance at the H.O.G. concert due to medical reasons and does not have any other dates scheduled through the rest of the year.
“While it’s disappointing to lose Aerosmith, we have a great lineup of musical acts including Kid Rock, Sugarland, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,” said Mike Keefe, H.O.G. Vice President. “We’re pleased to announce that all entertainment during our 25th Anniversary celebration at Miller Park will be free for all H.O.G. members.”
Other scheduled musical acts include DB Bryant, The Billy Bob Thornton Band, Jason Michael Carroll, and Big Bob and the Ballroom Blitz, plus comedians Greg Giraldo, John Bowman, and Lewis Black in addition to the Stunt Zone featuring stunt riders and motorcycle drill teams, a Ride-In show sponsored by Dunlop Tires, the Wall of Ink tattoo contest, and many more scheduled activities. CLUB H.O.G. 25 kicks off a full weekend of Harley-Davidson’s 105th Anniversary celebration events throughout the Milwaukee area August 29-31.
IT’S MARGARITA TIME AT THE BIKERNET HACIENDA–Here’s the line-up for next week. We will bring you a Progressive suspension shock install for Brad’s Panhead. We’ve got Chopper Dave’s X-Wedge feature, if he’ll buy me fish tacos. We have a very sharp Triumph Chopper Feature from one of the guys at Earl’s shop. Curt Lout sent me a batch of killer Bonneville shots and I promise to write something for it. Between Fatbob and Panhead Josh, I’m challenged to write a poem about Salt Racing. We’ll see.
Rumor has it we might receive some exclusive secret shots of a Big Dog limited edition bike from an unnamed source, plus documents stolen from inside the Big Dog headquarters. We’ll release a report on the new Pirelli tire, the Night Dragon brand. Paul Garson just turned in a report on the history of BMW and we have killer Markus Cuff shots of a very rare ’31 restoration. We collected a birthday tribute story from Katmandu, and Bio on our friend Chet who died in Florida and there’s more. I was approached in a dingy Daytona night club party by Horst who slipped me a CD of images. They may be some of the wildest bikes ever built in Europe, so hang on.
I’m going to attempt a run to North Carolina to take a tour of the Wheels Through Time Museum, before it’s dismantled and Dale retires. If you’re in the neighborhood of Maggie Valley, check it out: http://www.wheelsthroughtime.com. It’s amazing.
There you have it from my notes. I’m probably missing something, but even if I am, you’ll be the first to see it on Bikernet. Ah, there’s one. I’ve assigned the young gun, Johnny Humble, to write about Veteran’s Charities and we’re trying to claw the first story out his Texas based computer. Damn he’s slow.
Let’s ride,
–Bandit
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BIKERNET WEEKLY GUN REPORT–I finally have something to use those two “old style” Black Talon’s rounds, I have been dragging them around since my brother was a cop. I found them when I helped him move.
It’s a Kimber .45 Pro Carry II. Got it for 1/2 price, not even a 100 rounds through her.
Wish I would have gotten more before they made them only available to the cops. I guess he can get more don’t think we are allowed to use them anymore?
–RFR
DAYTONA BIKE WEEK POLICE REPORT–A state trooper pulls a car over for speeding. In the car is an oldlady who is hard of hearing and her husband.
When the trooper asks the lady for her driver’s license the ladyresponds, “Heh, what did he say?”
The old man speaks up as he says, “HE NEEDS YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE.”
A few minutes later the trooper comes back to the car and says, “Ma’amI see you’re from Florida.”
The old lady comments, “Heh, what did he say?”
The old man speaks up as he says, “HE SEES YOU’RE FROM FLORIDA.”
Theold lady nods her head, “Yup.”
The trooper mutters, “Boy, one time, I got the worst piece of ass Iever had in Florida.”
The old lady replies, “Heh, what did he say?”
The old man yells, “HE SAYS HE THINKS HE KNOWS YOU!”
–John S.
BUELL TEAMS ON THE PODIUM AT MOTO-ST DAYTONA OPENER– ASRA Team Challenge Win and Pro Thunderbike podium Start Racing Season.
East Troy, Wis. (March, 3) – Penalties elevated two Buell teams onto the podium of the SunTrust MOTO-ST series’ GrandSport Twins (GST) class at the season-opening Daytona 300 held March 2 at Daytona International Speedway.
After the two top-finishing Ducati teams were disqualified for exceeded the class’s 90 RWHP limit in post-race dyno inspection, the No. 70 James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing Buell XB12R ridden by Paul James and Jeff Johnson and the No. 7 Richie Morris Racing/Hal’s Harley-Davidson/Buell XB12R ridden by Clint Brotz and Tripp Nobles were elevated to Second and Third places, respectively, in the BMW Motorcycles GST class. The GST class was won by the No. 20 Wagner Motorsports Ducati 1000SS.
“We have finished on the podium at all four MOTO-ST events held at Daytona so far,” said James Gang/Hoban Brothers team principal Paul James. “It’s a credit to our entire team, from bike preparation, to consistent riding, to excellent pit stops and race strategy. It’s a total team effort.”
In the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class, the new Buell 1125R showed promise as a contender in practice and during the race, but was ultimately sidelined with late-race technical difficulties that resulted in a 25th place finish for the Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing Buell 1125R ridden by Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky. The SST class win and overall victory went to the No. 1 Aprilia USA Aprilia Tuono 1000R.
“It was a roller coaster of a weekend for us,” said Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Racing team owner Richie Morris. “We were the quickest in practice, we were up front early, and ran some of the quickest laps of the race. Then we had some radio issues, which cost us some time in the pits. We made that back up and led some laps until we experienced some technical issues. But we proved the potential of the new 1125R and learned a lot that will help us at VIR and the rest of the season.”
Estok Third in ASRA Pro Thunderbike at Daytona
Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider Dave Estok rode a Buell XB12R to third place in the opening round of the 2008 American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) Pro Thunderbike National series on March 1 at Daytona International Speedway. The race was won by Nate Kern on a BMW.
Estok, the reigning Pro Thunderbike champion, was forced to start the race from the last row after his motorcycle failed to start for a post-qualifying inspection.
“My engine started getting tight on the last lap of qualifying, and it would not restart for the dyno test, so we had to start the race from the last row,” said Estok. “I rode one of our Deeley team back-up Buell motorcycles in the race, and it worked great. I got a good start and went wide in turn one to pass a lot of bikes, and got up to about sixth place on the first lap. I worked my way up to third but by then the two BMW riders were drafting together and I couldn’t make up the gap on my own. We came out of a tough situation with some decent points.”
Buell riders claimed five of the top ten positions in the Pro Thunderbike race. Walt Sipp (Bison Racing/Eagle H-D/Buell) was fourth, Dan Bilansky (Hal’s H-D/Buell/Hal’s Speed Shop) was sixth, Aaron Holcomb was eighth, Paul James (James Gang/Hoban Brothers/H-D Buell of Appleton) was ninth and Joe Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop) was tenth.
On Feb. 29, James Gang/Hoban Brothers Racing/H-D Buell of Appleton riders James and Johnson rode a Buell XB12R to win the GT Lights class and finish eighth overall in the ASRA Team Challenge 2-hour endurance race at Daytona.
The next stop on the eight-race ASRA Pro Thunderbike schedule is the Heart of America Cyclefest, April 25-27, at Heartland Park, Topeka, Kansas.
In MotoSport.com Championship Cup Series (CCS) sprint racing at Daytona, Ray Price H-D/Buell Rider Jerry Reid rode a Buell XB12R to win Amateur Light Superbike, Amateur Light Grand Prix and Amateur Thunderbike. Hal’s H-D/Buell rider Joel Spalding won Amateur GT Lights, while Kegel’s H-D/Buell rider Jay Smith won the Amateur Light F40 class, both riding Buell XB12R motorcycles.
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
MORE POWER FOR THE BUELL 1125R FROM D&D EXHAUST– It took 25 years for Eric Buell to build a water-cooled production motorcycle. We applaud the mad scientist of two wheels for the development and production of Buell’s new 1125R American sportbike.
We are celebrating the 1125R with a new slip-on exhaust system that is designed for racing applications and really showcases the 146 hp motor. Not only does the exhaust system cradle the engine, it makes the bike look lighter and more nimble.
At D&D we are excited about Buell’s new contender in the ultra high-performance market. And we are just as excited about delivering a performance enhancement to all of Buell’s performance addicts.
TWO STYLES – D&D now has 2 styles of exhaust slip-on systems for the Buell 1125R.
534-14M Polished stainless steel
534-15M Faux-Ti stainless
D&D’s creations are now available and ready to race. Take a look.
SEVEN REASONS TO DRINK GREEN TEA– The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You’d think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants–long linked with heart protection–would be enough incentive, but wait, there’s more! Lots more.
CUT YOUR CANCER RISK
Several polyphenols – the potent antioxidants green tea’s famous for – seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.
SOOTHE YOUR SKIN
Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that’s not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin – which is why you’re seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.
STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
Having healthy blood pressure – meaning below 120/80 – is one thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels from contracting and raising blood pressure.
PROTECT YOUR MEMORY, OR YOUR MOM’S
Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy. Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less. Why? It appears that the tea’s big dose of antioxidants fights the free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
STAY YOUNG
The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels, which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too. How much green tea does this vital job take? About 10 ounces a day, which also deters your body from absorbing artery-clogging fat and cholesterol.
LOSE WEIGHT
Oh yeah, one more thing. Turns out that green tea speeds up your body’s calorie-burning process. In the every-little-bit-counts department, this is good news!
OUR ANTI-HELMET SOAP BOX FOR THE WEEK–AL FOXX Inspirational Speaker, Award-winning Comic, Author “Al was not drinking and was wearing a helmet.”
A MOTORCYCLE CRASH over 25 years ago changed AL FOXX from a healthy 19-year old to a person with a brain injury and partial paralysis. After years in rehabilitation, he went from being a hot tar roofer to becoming an extraordinary comic and a widely sought after speaker whose storytelling ability and contagious enthusiasm brings laughter and hope to audiences of all ages-from fortune 500 companies to universities, government agencies, churches, schools and comedy clubs.
This is an interview of Al Foxx by Windshield America which is a TV Series that shares about people who live inspirational lives. –Garry Van Kirk STREET VIBRATIONS RUN–I’m putting together a run from the Santa Rosa area up to Reno this fall for Street Vibrations, we’re renting a motel so we can put up about 40 people. We’re making up some T-shirts for the event, and I found a drawing on your web site that I would like to put on the back. Just checking to see if it is okay with you. Let me know if you are going to be up there this year and I’ll have a couple of shirts set aside, or if you can’t be up there, let me know your size and I’ll send them to you. The web site rocks. –Michael C. To use Bikernet art especially by Jon Towle of Bandit, you must pick up the Bandit and Nick The Dick annual Mustang Ranch tab. It’s a stiff one.–Bandit BLACK PAUGHCO SPRINGERS, WHERE IT?S AT!–After months of rigorous testing, Paughco has developed a coating process that meets the company’s rigid standards for finish and unsurpassed durability. And now you can have it on all springers and a limited number of other products. Starting with a fully finished chrome part, each order will be custom processed to meet the customer’s needs. Fully blacked out or with highlighted springs, rockers caps, etc., you can have the most respected name in springers personalized to fit your scooter’s personality. Each order will be a special order so call and get a quote for your particular combination. Call direct to 775-246-5738 or visit them on the Web at www.paughco.com. ARLEN NESS EXHIBITION FOR MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME MUSEUM–The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum has announced details of Awesome-Ness, a new exhibit honoring master motorcycle designer and builder Arlen Ness. Ness, who was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1992, will join colleagues and friends at the Museum in Pickerington, Ohio, on July 24, 2008, for the grand opening of the exhibition. This, the fifth in a series of Legends exhibits at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, will feature machines and memorabilia from Ness’ personal collection. Curated by photographer Michael Lichter, the exhibit will delve into the stories behind Arlen’s influential career, with Lichter, author of Arlen Ness: The King of Choppers, using his unique perspective on Ness to provide visitors an in-depth look at the celebrated customizer. Awesome-Ness will open at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum on July 24, 2008, and run through June 2009. The ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Ness, and other motorcycling heroes, will begin at 6 pm and be open to the public. For more details on the grand opening of “Awesome-Ness,” as well as a complete biography of Arlen Ness, visit BIKE WEEK SPILLS OVER INTO BREVARD–TITUSVILLE – Nobody can get a room at the Riverside Inn in Titusville. Restaurant parking lots fill with gleaming motorcycles. And motorcycle shops handle burgeoning crowds of riding enthusiasts. It’s all good for business during Bike Week. The 10-day biker Shangri-La in Daytona Beach draws 500,000 visitors annually — visitors with more than a little pocket change to spend on hotels, restaurants, bars and campsites, pumping needed dollars into the economy. “You’re seeing them at restaurants. You’re seeing them at hotels,” said Matt Chesnut, Titusville’s economic development director, referring to the spillover effect for Brevard County. “Titusville sees a benefit for sure,” said Councilman Conrad Eigenmann, who owns Spaceport Cycles on Washington Avenue and is a motorcycle enthusiast himself.As Bike Week heads into its final busy weekend, businesses across Brevard County continue to throw out the welcome mat for bikers heading north. U.S. 1 and State Road A1A this weekend — as they were last weekend — will be packed with motorcycles headed to or from Bike Week. And businesses along those routes will be getting a financial boost from the bikers.And it’s not limited to the Titusville area. For example, Space Coast Harley-Davidson — which is on U.S. 1 north of Melbourne — found itself inundated with bikers all week.As the northernmost major city in Brevard, Titusville finds itself ideally located to cater to a certain type of biker — one who doesn’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for a Daytona Beach hotel room, who likes to take the scenic route down U.S. 1, and who likes the less crowded atmosphere of Titusville streets. Riverside Inn definitely took advantage of its location. Charging $79 to $89 a night for a room, the hotel on U.S. 1, across from the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, filled its 104 rooms with a combination of out-of-state bikers and tourists interested in the space program. “This year, it’s been an exceptionally busy Bike Week,” hotel General Manager Mike Heslop said.The generally older, professional crowd books rooms a year in advance and usually stays up to a week at a time during Bike Week, he said. That comes out to about $600 for each person — and that doesn’t includes dinners and side trips that could push the total up to $800 or more for a week.Some bikers like U.S. 1 simply for its collection of non-chain restaurants.By lunchtime Wednesday, at least a dozen bikers sat down to diner fare at Village Inn. “We usually get a lot, because we’re right on U.S. 1,” said Ashley Capolla, a four-year veteran of serving Bike Week crowds at the Village Inn. “We always get a good crowd all week.” That crowd included Wayne Bollette of Orlando, who came to Titusville on his Harley Sportster, taking the slow route. “At least through here, you could see all the small towns, and there’s mom-and-pops that have really good food,” Bollette said.There’s also a string of motorcycle shops that help outfit bikes with performance enhancers or just shiny new accessories. Eigenmann’s shop sees a lot of business during Bike Week.”They test out bikes with the manufacturers (at Bike Week), find a local dealer, and buy it,” Eigenmann said. “It’s one of the better times of the year for us.” — BY JESSICA RAYNORFLORIDA TODAY –from Rogue BLACK OUT PRO-CONTROLS– Manufactured by PRO-ONE these sanitary forward controls offer builders a variety of exotic styles and finishes to choose from. Each set features folding pegs, roller bearings and thrust bearings on all points and precision tolerances for precise actuation of brake and shifter. All mounting plates and brake and shift levers are CNC machined from 6061 T6 billet aluminum or steel and come finished Black Out anodize, Black Out with machined graphics and show quality chrome. While all of the PRO-CONTROLS are nothing short of Top End in quality, looks and performance, pricing is well below what you might expect. For complete details call 800-884-4173 or visit them on the Web at BIKERNET TECH TIP, HOW TO USE YOUR REBATE CHECK–As you may have heard, the Bush Administration said each and every one of us would now get a nice rebate. If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will all go to the Arabs, if we purchase a computer it will all go to India, if we purchase fruit and vegetables it will all go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatamala. If we purchase a good car it will all go to Japan, if we purchase useless crap it will all go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy. We need to keep that money here in America, so the only way to keep that money here at home is to buy prostitutes and beer, since those are the only businesses still in the US. –from James Schnarr BALLS-OUT PERFORMANCE PIPE FROM THE POPE OF PIPE–The Pope of Pipe, Dave Rash, is on Bikernet Radio and is talking about his balls-out pipe for Buell’s performance addicts. He’s got a new performance system that looks a little like MOTO GP and a lot like American Iron. Click here to listen to Mr. D&D talking about his new performance pipe at Bikernet Radio. If you love old motorcycles, I know where to see them Kidney belts and solo seats Indians, Harleys atmosphere and fun — FATBOB APRIL HAWAIIAN ISLAND HOTROD AND CHOPPER SHOW–Haleiwa Hawaii’s Ten Toes Productions joins shipping powerhouses Pasha Hawaii & Hawaii Superferry, and South Seas Harley-Davidson for Hawaiian Chopper ‘n Hotrods Magazine’s “Motorhead Classic”. Beginning at 4PM on Saturday, April 12th, Honolulu’s Aloha Tower Marketplace will host the South Pacific’s coolest hotrod and chopper show, which will feature everything from complete custom builds, to vintage classics right out of the pages of history. If that isn’t enough, those in attendance will also be treated to some of the nastiest ratrods and bikes that the islands has to offer. The Miss Motorhead contest is sure to excite even the most stoic spectator, and may even turn on our special guests, which includes Biker Build-Off Champions Hank Young of Young Choppers & Hotrods, the incredible Chica from LA’s Chica Custom Cycles, the one and only Big Mike of BMC Choppers, Count’s Kustoms own Shannon Aikau, and author of “How to build a Bobber on a Budget”, Jose De iguel from Caribbean Custom Cycles of Puerto Rico (be sure to watch Warming up the stage of the former Kapono’s will be the band “Mean Venus”. Headed by front man “J”, who is rumored to be the illegitimate son of non other than “Led Zeppelin” front man Robert Plant, “Mean Venus” is reminiscent of rock super group “Velvet Revolver”. Coming in all the way from New Jersey, “Mean Venus” could easily headline Hawaii’s coolest motorfest. After a short intermission, which will feature HUGE GIVEAWAYS courtesy of our many sponsors, a band that “Aerosmith’s” Steven Tyler called “The Bomb”, and Joey Kramer even jammed with. “Draw The Line” is the only tribute band officially endorsed by “Aerosmith”. Covering all of Boston’s Bad Boys’ hits, “Draw The Line” is the next best thing to the original. Tickets are $15.00 in advance ($20.00 at the door) and go on sale March 14th at South Seas Harley-Davidson, Cycle Pro Hawaii, Cycle Sports, Cycle City Harley-Davidson, Island Boyz Customs. To order by phone call 808-780-2998. Visa/MC/AMEX accepted. If you are interested in learning more, want to get your car or bike into the show, or want info on travel to Oahu, lodging, or anything else, call 808-780-2998.
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Take a trip, tour the Wheels Through Museum
From boardtrack to flattrack, shifting by hand
Running the Jackpine to the Daytona sands
Climbing hills and the National Meets
Leathers for racing not shiny and clean
Take a step back on the Time Machine
Visit Dale’s dream The Museum That Runs
Robert I. Arneson Jr
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