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Read More November 16, 2006 Part 4
By Bandit |
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CHOPPER CHICKS INTERNET TV–Finally after two months of shooting we hit the air. Got 11 episodes in the can now and more to come. This is the first of 11 Chopper Chicks shows throughout the U.S.
We will be looking for bike shops and chopper chicks in Seattle, L A, Dallas, Chicago, NY, South Beach, Daytona, Mid West, etc. At the end of the year it will be a 33 girl build off some place. Internet today TV tomorrow.
The show is airing NOW. Each week there will be new episodes posted and they just get better.The show aired Monday and there should be 4 episodes up today. As I mentioned this is the first of 11 planned shows throughout the U.S.
We are building fan base via the internet then plan to move to TV 2007, if all goes successfully…but we think we have a winner.
–Oschoolchoppers.com
Sin City, Nevada
http://www.chopperchicks.tv
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM THE HERITAGE MOTORCYCLE RALLY– It is with excitement that we announce the launchingof the official Heritage Million Dollar Bike Build-Off website!
www.heritagemilliondollarbikebuildoff.com
This site introduces you to the fifteen distinguished builders whoare right now in their shops, putting their heart and soul into whatthey hope will be named:”The Heritage One Million Dollar Grand Prize Winner”.
The builders with their bikes will arrive in Charleston, South Carolinaon April 13, 2007 to unveil to the public for the first time everthese creations. The builders will place them on display for eightdays and there these entries will remain for spectator voting andprofessional judging. Their final task of the competition will be a100-mile, non-stop, judged ride to test their handling androadworthiness.
If you can’t be in Charleston for the big show, or just simplydon’t want to wait to see these two-wheeled masterpieces on theESPN2 Series that Premieres April 9th for 13 weeks then check outthe First Look Fan Club on the site. Here, with membership, youwill be rewarded with sneak-peaks of the ESPN2 Series, the unveilingof the bikes along with many more cool “members-only” perks!
–from Rogue
2-WHEELER PRODUCT OF THE WEEK– Kat Eye Tail Light $21.00.
HELLS ANGELS, STATE FACE-OFF IN BIDDING WAR FOR CLUBHOUSE– Arizona Republic, AZ – It was Abe Lincoln who said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”Now, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club are testing that theory in a bidding war for the bikers’ clubhouse in Phoenix.State prosecutors, who obtained a half interest in the property under forfeiture laws, are competing with the outlaw club’s Cave Creek Charter to buy the house through a court-ordered auction.
Sonny Barger, a co-founder of the Hells Angels and member of the Cave Creek outfit (which is really in Phoenix), said the whole thing seems crazy: “Somebody in the state wants to say they threw us out of the clubhouse, even if they’ve got to buy it to prove it. Where do they get the money to do that?”
Andrea Esquer, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Terry Goddard, said state lawyers would not comment on why they are trying to acquire the house, where the purchase money would come from or what the plans are for the building.
The tale begins in 1996, with the purchase of vacant land at 1121 W. Ironwood Drive in the city’s Sunnyslope area. The buyers were Daniel “Hoover” Seybert, then club president, and Bob Eberhardt, who was vice president. Using money and manpower from their biker brothers, the men built an 1,800-square-foot structure that they completed in 1999. It has been used since then for twice-weekly Hells Angels gatherings, known as “church meetings.”
Eberhardt said the clubhouse includes some special features: reinforced-steel door and window frames, surveillance cameras and a 40-foot-long bar.In March 2003, Seybert was gunned down outside a Phoenix tavern by an unknown assailant, leaving his heirs as co-owners of the clubhouse with Eberhardt, owner of a concrete company. He ascended to the Hells Angels presidency.
Two years ago, law enforcement agents raided Hells Angels clubs statewide, including the house on Ironwood, as part of a huge federal sting known as Operation Black Biscuit.
The prosecution’s case, once touted as a landmark success, collapsed this year. Most defendants went free or pleaded guilty to minor charges. Racketeering allegations were dropped. No one from the Cave Creek Charter was convicted. An associate who was guarding the house during the raid and got shot by police sued the government. The case is pending.Meanwhile, state attorneys filed seizure papers alleging that the clubhouse was acquired with criminal racketeering funds. Eberhardt contested that claim in Maricopa County Superior Court and beat the government.
“They accused us of a lot of things they couldn’t prove,” he said.
However, because Hoover’s heirs did not fight the confiscation, the state became half-owner of the property.
“I don’t know how they could do that to Hoover. He was dead,” Barger said.
The result: a house divided. Eberhardt said the Hells Angels never stopped using the place or paid attention to a state notice banning guns and alcohol from the premises.
To resolve the situation, a special commissioner was assigned to determine the building’s fair-market value, which turned out to be $150,000. The house was put up for auction, with plans for Eberhardt and Arizona to split the proceeds. Two bids were submitted, each for $150,000. One came from Eberhardt, the other from Goddard’s office.
In court on Wednesday, Judge Kristin Hoffman gave the contestants seven days before a new round of bidding.
It is unclear whether the state will make a new offer and, if so, why. If the state were to prevail, the attorney general most likely would then auction off the house, a standard practice with homes obtained by forfeiture.Eberhardt has upped his bid to $160,000.
If the government wins, Eberhardt said, Arizona will be paying money to the Hells Angels. If that happens and the group loses its house? Eberhardt said he has a couple of options: He owns a house across the street suitable to become the new headquarters. Or he could take his proceeds and buy another place elsewhere in Phoenix: “I’d like to get in an even nicer area with even more expensive homes,” Eberhardt said.
–from Rogue
ROCKEM SOCKEM EASYRIDERS CENTERFOLD TOUR CONCEPT BIKE–Ralph Randolph was selected to be one of six builders chosen for the Easyriders Centerfold Tour. His bike will be shipped countrywide to over 12 Easyriders Bikes Shows in 2007. Here’s a concept illustration. Very cool.
S&S INTRODUCES OIL FILTERS–After years of engineering and developing the best engines in the v-twin aftermarket, S&S took a step back to look at what is most important to the life of their engines. Lubrication. Clean oil flowing through an air/oil-cooled engine is the surest way to prolong the life of the engine. The cleaner the oil flowing through the engine, the more effective it is at lubricating vital components and helping cool the engine down by moving the oil as quickly as the oil pump dictates.
For most, an oil filter is an oil filter. For S&S it represents another opportunity to ensure the life of a Proven Performance engine. So S&S Cycle designed and engineered an oil filter specifically for the entire line of S&S engines. The filters-available in black and chrome finishes-utilize a filtering media that traps the smallest particles possible without interrupting the velocity of oil flow from the pump. By eliminating the back-up that some filters can create, S&S has helped eliminate a significant amount of oil-carryover that can cause blow-by or sumping.The S&S oil filter was engineered to have a smaller outside case diameter than other filters on the market, making it easier to remove when mounted in close proximity to Crank Position Sensors and other engine components.S&S oil filters are available for all models of S&S engines and will work on other engines that are similar in engine family to the line of S&S Proven Performance engines.
For more information see your local S&S dealer or visit www.sscycle.comAdditional information available at (608) 627-1497
TBEAR CHARITY RAFFLE BUILD–Finally got the paper work straightened out with the N.Y. DMV on the bike that had not been registered since 1984.A minor hassel but worth the effort.
I got the entire bike stripped down and mounted the hard tail on today to check the fit.Here are a few photos of the roller before we tore it apart again today.
Gonna run the stock front end with a few modifications.Trying to keep the original 18″ rear wheel and the 19″ front if I can get the rim and hub all cleaned up. I love the look of the original front drum brake set up.Probably going to have the hub and rim powder coated black with a red pinstripe and twisted stainless spokes and going to polish the aluminum front brake unit.
Definitely going to run a remote oil filter and mount the CycleBoyz tail/stop light on the right rear. Gonna have to figure out the license plate bracket to work with them to avoid more wires on the other side of the frame for the light.Can’t wait to see what Hank is going to do with the tank and Duane with the seat.
What ever they do, I’m sure it’s gonna look killer.Kevin, the seat/spring mount studs on the rear of the seat pan should be 6″ apart ( 3″ each side of center) for the best fit on the rear cross member.
The unit construction 650cc motor is ready to ship down to Buck at Goblin Millworx in South Carolina for a complete re-build and the addition of a magneto.I’ve deceided to name the bike “The Von Zipper” after the Harvey Lembeck biker character in those old Frankie and Anette Beach Party movies from the mid ’60’s. Eric Von Zipper.
I was about 12 yrs old when I first went to the movies and got a chubbywatching those beach bunny babes in bikinis twisting in the sand.All my buddies wanted to be surfers, but I was into the Ratz MC and theirchopped Trumps.
Still need to come across something smoking for the oil tank. I’ll be hitting all the local farm and swap meets till I come across something suitable to make it from.I want to thank you Gents again for your contributions to this build.
I’ll keep you all posted as to its progress.
–TBear
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2007 Easyriders Centerfold Master Builder
ARLEN NESS BIKE SHOW SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM–Riding high on the growth and success of the American ThunderPromotions Donnie Smith Invitational Bike Show throughout the Midwest,American Thunder Promotions is going to California. Starting 2007 offright, American Thunder Promotions is taking over the famous San JoseConvention and Cultural Center in San Jose, California to bring thefirst ever Arlen Ness Bike Show to life!
This show will be like no other you have ever attended. Arlen and CoryNess invite you to be part of history as 42 different bikeclasses–including a Pro Class–are assembled under one roof for theultimate California bike show. American Thunder Promotions has beenpacking stadiums in the Midwest with their blend of incredible bikes,great vendors, displays and focus on fun, but now they have a chanceto get really wild with the show-stopping California machines.
This weekend in January will be like no other and nothing else youcould be doing will top meeting some of the biggest names in custombike building and seeing what wild creations they unveil at the show.Remember, the Arlen Ness Bike Show takes place just a few days beforethe biggest v-twin industry trade show, so new builds should be allover the show floor. With over 100,000 square feet of bikes and parts,how can you go wrong?
For tickets and information call (866) 746-7790
Arlen Ness Bike Show, San Jose California January 27-28, 2006.
KIWI MIKE WINS ENTREPRENEUR AWARD–I talked w/ Kiwi Mike this morning. He just won a entrepreneur award for the “innovator” category at a black tie event in Riverside last night. This was not tied to the industry at all, and I think it’s a cool personal achievement as well.
I must issue a word of caution: Beware of your stapler: I am bleeding all over my keyboard this morning; I was re-loading and clamped her shut…… all seemed well until I looked at my thumb and realized that there was a staple going through the bottom of my thumb and protruding through the top of my thumbnail !! Yes, I said through my thumbnail! I guess those staple things are made sharp at the factory…. didn’t feel a thing nor did it bleed; until I pulled it out. Apparently there are nerves in your thumb as well…..
I will be extra careful upon next reload- I suggest you do the same. HA!
–Rick
U.S. Choppers
2039 S. Lyon St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-546-4699
Appointments Only Please
www.uschopper.com
IT’S JACK DANIELS THURSDAY–Sometimes we think the Thursday News will kill us for sure. We start with a cup of coffee at the crack of dawn and don’t stop until it’s finished and launched. Sometimes it feels like producing an entire magazine in a day.
Yesterday I worked on our 2007 Bonneville Department and the first chapter explaining our World’s Fastest Panhead concept. I haven’t been in this speed game as long as Bob George, Dave Campos, Wink Eller, Carl Morrow or any number of guys who have ground cams in their sleep for decades, so don’t be surprised if I’m completely off base or out-to-lunch about my theories. What the hell, we only go around once, but I have a helluva team with me. In the next couple of days we’ll launch the new department in our Free Section and everyone can get involved through our sponsorship program.
Scooter, our Official Bikernet Bonneville Photographer for 2006, produced his own book on Bubs Bonneville and our 5-Ball Racing Team. It’s available on LuLu, and we’re working with Wolfgang Publishing on a book for 2007, so this bike better do something-fast.
Next week Scooter’s sending a Girl of Bikernet feature for the Cantina. We have another Digital Discovery. I need to write Keino’s bike feature and we have a Roland Sands feature waiting for the words from David Zelma at Performance Machine. Techs are coming from Frank Kaisler and Johnny Humble. Let us know if you need anything. We even have Christmas Fiction in the wings. Hang on, there’s never a dull moment at Bikernet.com.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
November 9, 2006 Part 4
By Bandit |
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BIKERNET QUOTE OF THE WEEK–Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.
–Anne Morrow Lindbergh,
aviation pioneer, writer
A CLASSROOM QUOTE FROM THE BIKERNET COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING–
A professor at the UCLA was giving a lecture on thesupernatural. To get a feel for his audience, he asked, “How many people here believe inghosts?” About 90 students raised their hand.
“Well, that’s a good start. Out of those of you who believe in ghosts, doany of you think you have seen a ghost?”About 40 students raised their hand.
“That’s really good. I’m really glad you take this seriously. Has anyonehere ever talked to a ghost?”About 15 students raised their hand.
“Has anyone here ever touched a ghost?”3 students raised their hand.
“That’s fantastic. Now let me ask you one question further…Have any of youever made love to a ghost?”
Way in the back, Bob T raised his hand. The professor took off his glasses,and said “Son, all the years I’ve been giving this lecture, no one has everclaimed to have made love to a ghost. You’ve got to come up here and tell usabout your experience.”
Bob T. replied with a nod and a grin, and began to make hisway up to the podium.
When he reached the front of the room, the professorasks, “So, Bob, tell us what it’s like to have sex with a ghost?”
Bob T. replied, “Oh,… from way back there, I thought you said Goats.”
from Nick Roberts
THE FIFTH WHEEL DRUG DEALER DIDN’T MAKE IT–A drug dealer in Jacob Lake, Arizona, found himself stranded on the side of the highway after his car broke down. He flagged down a passing truck driver, who was kind enough to pull his rig off the road and offer the stranded motorist a ride. The man said he didn’t want to leave all of his personal items in the car for fear they would be stolen and asked if he could take some stuff with him.
The driver said he understood completely – you can’t trust anyone these days. The motorist was thankful and in a few minutes he was back with his arms filled with stuff: some clothes, a shaving kit, some of this and some of that and, of course, a spare tire. The man insisted he needed to bring along the spare tire and asked the truck driver just to drop him off at a local motel.
The driver pulled into the motel parking lot and watched as the man walked toward his room, rolling the spare tire in front of him. People have taken strange things into their motel rooms before, but a spare tire got the driver’s attention and he thought he would bring it to the attention of the police.
The police, upon inspecting the tire, found eleven pounds of marijuana hidden inside it. Now the drug dealer had better hope he’s got another kind of spare – spare time, that is and lots of it.
–from Rogue
PAUGHCO DOG BONES– With the growing interest in traditional style Choppers; builders are going to appreciate the vast assortment of Chopper related accessories from PAUGHCO. Originally developed during the height of Chopper activity in the 60s and 70s, custom components such as these 8″ RISERS and DOGBONE TOP CLAMP retain the originals styling while benefiting from the latest in materials and manufacturing techniques. The TOP CLAMP is designed for use with stock, or Paughco Springer front ends and DOGBONE style risers. These flawless clamps are supplied with pinch bolts and measure 4 3?4″ center to center. PAUGHCO RISERS are the perfect match to any Glide front end or Paughco Springer.
RISERS are available with 3″, 4″, 6″ and 8″ rise and are machined for use with 1″ bars. As with all PAUGHCO products, RISERS and TOP CLAMPS are 100% made at the PAUGHCO factory and feature the company’s magnificent in-house chrome plating. These are the same products from the same manufacturer that set the custom H-D market in motion.
For complete details call 7752465738 or go to www.paughco.com.
NIGHT BLIND?–Headwinds introduces their new billet aluminum light bar for your FLST. It will help you see and be seen at night. Installation is easy. Attach a pair of 2-inch spots and the wires will be concealed in grooves held by clips. The bar matches the tree profile and mounts under your lower tree, bolted to the headlight mount. Available in polished aluminum or chrome plated.
IT’S LOVE RIDE WEEKEND IN LOS ANGELES–And folks are flying in from all over the country. Oliver, the boss of Glendale Harley-Davidson is a member of the notorious Uglys MC and his brothers are rolling in from far and wide, including Willie G. Speaking of old farts we had the privilege of shooting some of the rarest motorcycles in the country for magazine and future Bikernet features. The Minneapolis Tri-car is a one-of-a kind 1911 rarity. The 1907 Greyhound is also a super rare original paint model. Original paint bikes often pull more interest and dollars than completely restored examples.
Then we shot two Excelsiors, both 1911 models. One was restored like a fine antique watch and the other is a sympathetic restoration. That’s a new term for a lousy restoration that still looks cool or was given its ancient patina not by time, but by hand. Here’s what we have on the platter for next week: Several bike features including Keino’s recent feature bike. I hope to post a cop bike looking custom tomorrow from Ssinister Choppers in Phoenix. Another feature is rolling in from Rockem Sockem, also in Phoenix. We’re working on a feature on 2 Wheelers from Denver, a story from CapN Bill, a Virgin rider non-fiction story and several techs including one I’ll launch this evening from Sun Valley Motorcycle Products, a rear belt guard license plate and taillight bracket. Tomorrow, if the stars are in alignment I’ll post a tech on an Easy Clutch from Cycle Source. Man, what else. We have the new ChopperTown DVD about the Sinners that needs a review and we’ll review Charlie’s new show. I need to post Rebels final Buell Chopper installment.
I swear I’ll launch the new Bonneville 2007 tech department so you can follow the build of our World’s Fastest Panhead attempt. More Girls of Bikernet are headed toward the Cantina. More chapters of the Chance 2 book are ready to be edited, plus we have another rare find from the Bob T. collection for our Digital Discovery area.
Now, where’s a bottle of Jack Daniels when I need one. Keep in mind that your Cantina subscription supports our efforts to build Bikernet content for everyone to enjoy. Also sign-up in our Free Contest area for free shit and to receive alerts about new material on Bikernet.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
November 9, 2006 Part 3
By Bandit |
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BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT–Daytona Beach ~ watching the world go by.
Ride Hard,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net
BIKERNET CARIBBEAN SURFING REPORT–Well, I missed last week, I know, it’s just that I totally forget the day it is. Yep, that’s the way it is, might be age or 100 things in my mind at the same time, I just simply forget.We are working on the Rincon event dates are still December 1, 2 and 3, this year we are lowering intensity, but it will be fun, as much or more than before, there’s way too much going around to be worrying about more.
Still working on some of the bikes, still waiting on metal from the painters, getting other bikes ready for sale. Yes, I am going to sell some of my bikes, so I have to get them ready for any customers. I’m starting with a Bourget’s, the car tire bike, which only two actually exist. This is a prize toy for those who have it all, but not this.Then I’ll sell my Bourget’s Chopper and on and on… there’s a lot of bikes to get ready. Once I get the valor my Harley collection will start to diminish. Oh well, I can only have so many toys around….
On any front, well, things are still the same, shop doing so-so, builds doing great.. Winter swells are starting to roll by, but right now, sadly, there’s no time to surf.Man I tell you, I tried to take it easy this year, but never expected that taking it easy would be so much work…. and I am not even traveling….
Is it me, or does it seem like the industry has slowed down, or simply, since I am out of the picture, news takes time to cross the pond. I guess the over-saturation of shops, builders and such is taking its toll… I understand, it’s too much for anyone.
When I grow up I want to be like Sugar Bear, hiding somewhere in California, building one by one, little by little, living and enjoying the whole thing after so many years.Or like old man Bandit, legs atop his Panhead desk, sipping Tea spiked with jack, enjoying the reaps of a life…
Thanksgiving is coming in fast…. And I will probably forget… (imagine if I did smoke pot..Damn…. that would be bad….) But you know, every single fucking day that we are able to open our eyes once more, it’s a great day…Everytime your kid calls you, your woman kisses you…. or you breath, It’s a day to give thanks.
Gotta go
By the way…
What fucking day is it ????
–Jose
Slowdown? Bah-humbug. There’s nothing slow about what we’re doing. Sure, winter months approaching, War in Iraq taints the water, high gas prices and EPA regs are flies in the ointment, but that’s all. In 1976 we sold 1.25 million motorcycles in the U.S. We dipped to 400,000 in the ’80s and now were just back to the million-bike mark. So hang on for next year. There’s more events, more motorcycles, more models, more custom components, more performance and more girls to chase. Hang on.–Bandit
INNER CIRCLE TELEVISION COMING TO BIKERNET– I talked with Charlie Brechtel yesterday and he let me know that he will be featuring the songs about You and Me on his show this weekend along with some photos. You can catch it from Saturday on at www.big7productions.com
Did you ever get a chance to work on putting his Iron Buffalo Album up on the site for sale?
I will be covering the thing at the Space Coast Harley this weekend and will have something on it for you next week.
–Rogue
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
www.bikerrogue.com
Thanks for the report. I spoke to Charlie about bringing his show to Bikernet. His Blues CD will be on the site within a week.–Bandit
CALIFORNIA BIKES SUE THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL– The basis for this suit was discussed at the recent MRF Meeting of theMinds in Lebanon, Indiana. Richard Quigley’s victories in Californiacourts have been well documented. His choice of headgear is a BOLT cap,with the letters DOT embroidered on the back. He recently had ninehelmet tickets dismissed in a well publicized court battle where the DAand the CHP could not prove his cap was not a helmet and met thestandards set down in FMVSS 218.
Some at the Meeting of the Minds stated that “last time we looked,California still had a helmet law.” Well, that’s probably attributed totwo factors. One: most bikers are still putting helmets on instead ofcasting them aside. Two: the CHP is ignoring the rulings that came downsaying the law was unconstitutionally vague. Finally, ABATE ofCalifornia is coming forward by means of a Judicial Committee headed byMike Osborne, and has raised some money to help finance the legal costsof filing a new complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief.
Wellknown and respected attorney Wendy Cole Lascher, of Lascher & Lascher,has been retained to argue the case. Below is the press release thatwent out on November 8, 2006. Hopefully, ABATE of California will beable to assist Quigley and co-plaintiffs, Steve Bianco, Don Blanscet,Steve Barron and Patrick Holmes in attaining the injunction against theCHP, Commissioner Mike Brown and Christina Manriquez, CHP Commander inSanta Cruz County.
Today a small but determined band ofCalifornia bikers filed a lawsuit to stop the enforcement ofCalifornia’s 14 year old motorcycle helmet law for adults. Leading thecharge is nationally known Appellate Lawyer Wendy Lascher who will beprosecuting the action against the California Highway Patrol. Supportingthe effort are many individual motorcyclists and ABATE of California, astatewide motorcyclist’s rights organization.
The petition asks the court to issue an injunction against theenforcement of the helmet law. The suit stems from an earlier decisionby Santa Cruz County Judge Michael Barton finding the lawunconstitutional as applied. Over the past almost decade and a halfCalifornia’s helmet law has seen conflicting decisions by almost everytrial court where motorcyclists have appeared. Most of these citationshave been given to bikers who were wearing helmets. There have beenconvictions of bikers for violations as bizarre as a citing officerfinding the labeling letters on a helmet a 1/16 of an inch too small.
Over the years the helmet law has been the recipient of two separateState Appellate Court decisions and one Federal Court decision by the9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Even with the weight of these manydecisions behind them the bikers contend that the California HighwayPatrol and its allied agencies are still misapplying the law. LastAugust Judge Barton agreed and, at the end of a struggle as old as thehelmet law itself, found Aptos activist Richard Quigley not guilty andfound the helmet law unconstitutional as applied by the CHP and otherpolice agencies involved.
For information contact Wendy Lascher (805) 648-3228
THE DEFINITION OF “POLITICAL CORRECTNESS”– A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous left stream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
–from Rev CarlR
THE TECH QUESTION OF THE WEEK FROM AUSTRALIA–I’m aiming to build a working Fenrir motorcycle, but I need conformationregarding the front end. Basically, I need to know if the original front end(as per the plans) is possible and mathematically “safe.” Can it be done?
–Simon Falcone
simon@paws11.com.au
BIKERNET STUDIES WHY REDNECKS CAN’T BE PARAMEDICS–A couple of rednecks are out in the woods hunting when one of them suddenly grabs his chest and falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing; his eyes are rolled back in his head.
The other redneck whips out his cell phone and calls 911. He gasps to the operator, “I think Bubba is dead! What should do?”
The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, “Just take it easy and follow my instructions. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”
There is a silence……….then a shot is heard.
The redneck’s voice comes back on the line, “Okay, now what?”
–from Chris T.
CONSPICUITY? INC.– Conspicuity Incorporated, the popular motorcycle vest company that has been serving motorcyclists for 28 years is on the move! The company was purchased on November 1, 2006 by Safety Or Survival, LLC – an affiliate of Accident Scene Management, Inc.
The move is occasioned by the retirement of President Rebecca Hunter, who has been with the company since 1991. The new CEO, Vicki Sanfelipo, has been active in motorcycle safety training since 1996, and has been using and selling Conspicuity? products since 1999. Since 1978, CONSPICUITY? has been manufacturing reflective vests and stick-on products designed especially for motorcyclists. The company’s founder, Marjie Jennings, a regional coordinator of the Illinois Motorcycle Safety Program, realized that to survive traveling by motorcycle on Chicago area freeways from one training site to another, both she and her bike needed to be more visible to motorists. A vest, she thought, would be perfect, since she could wear it over summer gear, winter gear, or rain gear.
Therefore, she obtained one of the standard issue orange and yellow vests worn by highway workers. The vest provided enhanced visibility, but was ill-fitting, poorly constructed, and did not withstand high speed travel. Out of her need, the first Conspicuity? vest was born. She designed it with tailor fitted shoulders, a heavy duty zipper, sturdy nylon adjusting straps, and made it of the most durable materials available.
Because she had a deep desire to see motorcyclists, pedestrians, joggers, bicyclists, snowmobilers and skaters everywhere protecting themselves by increased visibility, Jennings founded a company, Conspicuity?, to produce these vests. The word “conspicuity” means “the state of being highly visible”. Feedback from other riders indicated that people wanted vests to match their bikes or riding gear. Therefore, Conspicuity? began making vests in a rainbow of reflective and fluorescent colors. Soon afterwards, bright stick-on products focused on helmets, vehicles and luggage were added to the product line.
For further information call 877 411-8551 or write to info@conspicuity.com orCONSPICUITY Inc, 400 Travis Lane Suite 30, Waukesha WI 53189.
UNION LEADERS REPORT AN AGREEMENT WITH FACTORY–WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE — Harley-Davidson Inc. and leaders of its major Milwaukee-area union have reached an agreement aimed at inducing the motorcycle manufacturer to undertake a $120 million expansion in the area, according to union officials.
Jim Wheiland, president of Local 2-209 of the United Steelworkers, said Monday the new proposal includes a two-tier wage system for newly hired employees, but with smaller gaps than in an agreement rejected last month by local members.
The new agreement, which is to be voted on next week, protects existing part-time employees who are members of the union by putting them at the higher wage structure if they are hired full time, he said.
Wheiland said cuts in pension plans, health insurance and cost of living adjustments remain, but the new agreement contains explicit language saying the company will stop studying expanding elsewhere if the union agrees to the cuts.
“Our primary goal all along has been to convince the company to invest in Milwaukee and expand its production here, rather than build in another state. The revised proposal represents an increased investment by the company in Milwaukee and answers a lot of our members’ concerns about the previous offer,” he said.
Harley spokesman Bob Klein said it would be inappropriate for the company to comment on the new agreement until details were distributed to union members later this week.
The state has also increased its offer of aid to help the expansion, said Mary Burke, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.
The new agreement, if ratified at a meeting next Tuesday, would result in “more than 100 new jobs” being created within its jurisdiction, according to a news release from Dickey’s office.
–from Rogue
READER COMMENTS ON E-MAN EFI BREAKDOWN SAGA– I Had a similar problem with my FLHTCUI (’01), but mine was the convoluted tube from the pump assy down to the tank exit. The tube rubbed on the inside of the tank somewhere and over time wore two pinholes through the plastic. It had the same symptoms that E-man describes. Your tech guys may want to do a follow-up on this kind of pain-in-the-butt problem. Can take hours to find and cost a fortune in “well it might bes!!
–TQ
Trevor Quentin
Champion Technologies
713 423 7908 direct
DISCOVERY CHANNEL BIKER BUILD-OFFS NO MORE, NOW THE LEARNING CHANNEL BIKER BUILD-OFFS–Goldammer vs Hotch was the last of the new shows. Next six begin airing Feb 12th on TLC. I’m in Monument Valley. Sending Trevelen and Paul Cox on their way to Mexico. Yesterday sent Jason Hart and Gard from Moab to Las Vegas. And two days ago awarded trophy to Chica in Galveston at the huge Loan Star Rally.
Chica built a modern version of the Easyriders bike. So cool! I think he may have started a trend.
–Hugh King
Chopper King
Magnanimous Producer
BIKERNET STAFFER BUILDING HIS BROTHER, WHO IS IN IRAQ, A BOBBER–Johnny White ran a note in the news a couple of months ago about his brother in Iraq and how he was going to build him a bike for his return. Immediately Bikernet Readers came to his aid. Kim Hottinger, and Kraft Tech have stepped up.
He recently bought a brand new engine from Harley-Davidson of West Virginia, for $2650. It’s Johnny’s first bike build and we will cover every aspect on Bikernet, including the rare times when Johnny gets something right.
If you want to step up and help. Drop Johnny a note to: johnny3sal@aol.com
BIKER FILM SOLD TO THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL–I am writing to you about a documentary film I made. Discovery channel bought the India rights, and I am releasing the DVD of the film in a week’s time.
About the film:”Riding Solo To The Top Of The World ” is a motorcycle journey toChangthang Plateau, one of the remotest places in the world situatedon the India China Border. Its uniqueness is that it’s a one-man unit filmwithout the support of a back up vehicle or a film crew.
The film received two awards at Mumbai International Film Festival.Golden Conch for Best Documentary and also the Critics Award.
It was also adjudged Best Documentary Biography Section at SIGNS FilmFestival, Kerala.
The film opened the “Spotlight on India” film series at CalgaryFilm festival in Canada.
The film was nominated for best international documentary at the Indo American Arts Council Film Festival in New York.
An 8-minute trailer of the film can be viewed at the link below.http://www.dirttrackproductions.com/trailers/ridingsolo/index.html
The DVD of the film will be ready in a few days. Watching the online trailer on the link above will give you a fair idea about the film.
–Gaurav Jani
INDIA
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November 9, 2006 Part 2
By Bandit |
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NEW S&S SINGLE BORE TUNED INDUCTION SYSTEM–2007 is going to be an exciting year for v-twin induction. S&S proudly announces the release of a Single Bore Tuned Induction System that works on almost everything! This new performance-enhancing intake fits all S&S Super E and G carbs, stock CV carbs, stock Delphi? throttle bodies and, of course, the new S&S Single Bore Throttle Body.
Designed with a performance-enhancing curve that flows the intake of the dual runners into the single bore, the new S&S Single Bore Tuned Induction System adds a significant boost in mid-range and top-end power. During the engineering of the mounting bracket, S&S engineers decided to make it do double duty as a head breathing system for super clean looks Additionally the mounting bracket was designed to bring the Single Bore Tuned Induction System in as close to the heads as possible, offering additional legroom for the rider.
Recent tests on a stock 2006 Harley-Davidson? Dyna ? motorcycle saw gains of over 9 horsepower and 9 ft-lbs of torque by swapping the stock air intake with the S&S Single Bore Tuned Induction System-bolt-on Proven Performance?. The unit is available in Chrome, Black and Natural finishes, with both red and blue air filters available to design a system that fits your bike perfectly.
S&S Cycle Inc.
235 Causeway Blvd.
La Crosse, WI 54603
(698) 627-1497
www.sscycle.com
NEW ISSUE OF THE CYCLE SOURCE DUE OUT SOON–And it will feature Bikernet.com. “Our next issue is the year in review,” Chris Callen, the editor, reported. We are about to launch a tech from the Cycle Source crew.The Cycle Source Magazine is a Grass Roots Motorcycle Publication
Cycle Source Magazine
Tarentum, PA 15084
cyclesource69@comcast.net
724-226-8393
724-448-1776
CRAZYHORSE PAINTING QUARTERLY STATEMENT–As the last of the neon yellow fall leaves hit the pavement, it seems like 2006 went by in the blink of an eye. For Crazy Horse Painting, it was a strange year. Some very sweet paintwork glistened out of my shop. We had a incredible run to Sturgis and back. I got to be part of amazing team of women bike builders at an event in Chicago where we assembled and painted a bike in just under 7 hours. And I was bombarded by family stuff this year. It was as if fate had saved all that stuff for one year, looked down at me, saw me busy with paintwork and writing and decided that I did not have enough to do. So it dumped on me like by the truckload. Just the adventure of moving my godson’s father down here to South Carolina would fill a book. If only we had filmed it, it would have been a guaranteed winner on a funniest video show or YouTube.
The good news is, in the last 12 months, I wrote 2 books. The lastest “How to Master Airbrush Techniques,” will be hitting the bookstores in the next few weeks. And the flamed black ’39 street rod that graced the cover of Book 3, was a big hit on the GoodGuys car show circuit.
Then there’s the paintwork we did. The paint seen here belongs to Bill, a retiring Master Drill Sargent. His men wanted to show him their admiration and respect, so they decided to honor him by repainting his old shovelhead. He had no idea what the paint would look like, but it was a big chance from the old chipped blue paint, that was on the parts when they arrived at my shop. I’m still waiting for pictures of Bill with his finished bike and when I get them, I’ll be sure to post them here on Bikernet.
It gets more challenging every year to come up with paintwork that’s interesting and fresh. Old ideas can get stale looking. So despite the craziness of this past year, I’m very pleased with the paintwork I did. In the weeks to come, I’ll be posting more of that work with the stories behind the paint. I’ll also be keeping everyone up to date with the goings on of the Chopper Chicks Crew, the team that built the bike in Chicago. These are real women builders. I also have some very intense painting projects in the works, plus a few brutal bike build projects. We have two bikes in the works here at The Chopper Farm. And I’m getting ready to start writing Book 5.
In the meantime, check out this evil 1957 HDXL from Kickass Choppers in Jakarta, Indonesia. It’s in Reader’s Showcase this month. Kickass is one of my buddies on MySpace. Now don’t skoff, there’s alot of serious chopper folks on MySpace, many real riders plus builders like Billy Lane, Eddie Trotta and many others. I’ve met alot of good people there. So go look around, you may be surprised who you see there. Check out the Crazy Horse page on My Space .
TEXAS NATIONAL BIKE SHOW A HIT AT THE LONE STAR RALLY–Here is a shot of us hard at play during the early afternoon on Saturday, for some reason we had plenty of people come in to check out the bikini contest after this, go figure? I am putting together info on all the show winners along with photos, hopefully in time for the Thursday post.
Here is the Judges choice winner, Darryl has good material with a girl from the show. This bike will be featured on Bikernet and in Easyriders in the near future.
THIS SUNDAY MORNING!RIDE TO THE LOVE RIDE 6!November 12, 2006–IMPORTANT UPDATE!– You might have seen in the event section of one of the regional magazines that our “Ride to the Love Ride” party is an adults only event. Not true! Children are always welcome to any LifeStyle Cycles event or function, and since the Love Ride always benefits children they are even more welcome to attend our party with their parents. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Now read on for even more updates to the 6th Annual Ride to the Love Ride!
The 6th Annual LifeStyle Cycles’ “Ride to the Love Ride” is coming up this Sunday morning November 12th!! We’re pulling out all the stops to make this one of the most memorable rides ever! Our good friends from AMERICAN IRONHORSE are sponsoring the ride this year, so they will be at the ride with plenty of AIH goodies on hand.
The party starts at LifeStyle Cycles at 6:30 AM Sunday morning the 12th of November, and as usual, we’ll have a huge breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, rolls, OJ and coffee! The J.D. Priest band will be rockin’ the party and there’ll be raffles and giveaways and all kinds of other fun going on during the morning.
Then at 8:29 AM, the kickstands go up and we head out to Castaic for the 23rd Annual Love Ride! You don’t want to miss this year’s ride at LifeStyle Cycles! Just like last year, everyone who registers will get a ride wristband, limited edition T-shirt, sticker, huge breakfast, live music, entry into the raffle and much more.
You still have time to Pre-Register before November 12th, and the cost is only $7.50! The day of the ride, it goes up to $10.
If you’re planning on coming to the ride, click on the banner to RSVP and let us know how many riders and bikes in your group will be attending (we need to plan on breakfast, you know).
PAGANS TARGETED BY POLICE–Posted Wednesday, November 8, 2006WILMINGTON — More than 24 hours after a Wilmington police officer fired three fatal shots at a man outside a Hilltop home, police refused to name the victim or explain why deadly force was needed to subdue an apparently unarmed man who had just been struck by two electric shots fired by assisting officers.
Wilmington officers were at the Sixth Street home Monday afternoon as part of an investigation led by Delaware State Police, who also refused Tuesday to explain the circumstances of the shooting or details of the investigation.
The owner of the home, a member of the Pagans motorcycle club, was arrested by state police Saturday. A man who says he knows the victim, but asked not to be identified, said the victim also is a member of the Pagans. Authorities declined to say whether the state is investigating members of the club.
Wilmington police spokesman Master Sgt. Steven Elliott said an autopsy determined the 25-year-old victim had been shot three times in the upper body by gunfire from a department-issued .40 caliber handgun. The man, Elliott said, had struggled with undercover Wilmington vice officers about 4 p.m. in the 1400 block of W. Sixth St. and was initially struck by two electric Tasers, meant to disable him. Police would not say whether the Tasers worked properly.
Elliott said the victim was “in possession of two items that were secured from him.”
In a written statement, Elliott explained that the man was shot three times because an “officer in close proximity to the developments feared for the safety of his fellow officers and believed that the suspect was in a position to pose an imminent threat. That officer then utilized deadly force.”
Earlier Tuesday, Elliott said “there were two items there that were considered weapons, but I haven’t been able to confirm whether they were law enforcement or belonged to the suspect.”
–from Rogue
S&S? CYCLE ANNOUNCES NEW SH-SERIES SERVICE MANUAL– LA CROSSE, WI (November 8, 2006) S&S Cycle announces the release of the highly anticipated SH-Series Service Manual. With the ever-increasing popularity of retro-cool bikes, the demand for S&S SH-Series engines is at an all-time high. The new manual is currently in stock and ready to ship from the S&S Distribution Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The third in a series of manuals, the SH-Series covers the S&S SH80, SH93, SH93H, and SH103H engines. With detailed photos, in-depth instructions, and complete specifications, it is a must have for both professional and home technicians alike. The SH-Series Service Manual follows the format of the 4 1/8″ V-Series and 3 5/8″ and 4.00″ V-Series manuals currently available from S&S. Detailed instructions, tips from the S&S Product Development Department, and large, clear photos will help technicians keep SH-Series engines properly maintained for years to come.
“We are very pleased to offer our third service manual,” said Timm Fields, Director of Sales & Marketing for S&S Cycle. “With the popularity of our SH-Series engines, as shown by the successful S&S Old School Shovel Tour of 2005, this manual has been in high demand. Once again, we are proud to be a leader in the industry by offering products to our dealers and consumers that simply are not available elsewhere in the performance aftermarket.”
Dealers should contact their S&S Customer Support Representative to place orders, referencing part #61-1003. Consumers can purchase a manual from their local authorized S&S dealer or from the S&S website.
AVON TYRE QUESTION OF THE WEEK–Some of the other things that affect tire life are the condition of your wheel and how you store your tire.
Wheel condition
Wheel should not be bent out of shape as this adversely affects tire balance and also tire life. Wheel should be clean (free of duct tape, rust, dirt) and not have excessive wheel weights on it. When cleaning your bike be careful if you are at a car wash not to spray directly at the wheel as water can become trapped between the wheel and tire and cause rust.
Storage
– Keep both tires up off the ground in winter
– Use mild soap & water to clean tires, not tire cleaners or preservatives
– Avoid exposure to fertilizer, ozone, extremes in temperature
– Do not park under electrical wires nor near electric motors e.g. furnaces
– Don’t store near gasoline or solvent tanks (hydrocarbon fumes)
– Use bike cover to protect tires from extreme sun conditions
–Sukoshi Fahey (Ms.)
Sales Manager, North America
www.avonmotorcycle.com
www.avonmoto.com/ (check this site for promotions)
WIN A CUSTOM THUNDER SADDLE OF YOUR TATTOO– This is what you have been waiting for. For the next 8 months Metric Thunder will be giving away a custom Thunder Saddle each month. These saddles are the most exclusive saddles and most comfortable saddles every made. They are very cool because each saddle represents your tattoo.
The Tattoo Contest
BANDIT of Bikernet will pick the best looking tattoo of the month and we will make a custom Thunder Saddle with the Tattoo embossed on the saddle. Each saddle comes equipped with Saddlemen’s Saddle Gel. Saddle Gel makes an incredibly comfortable seat and allows you to stay on your motorcycle for longer periods of enjoyable riding.
How to Enter the Thunder Saddle Contest
Entering is easy. Just send an email to: tat@horsepowermarketing.com with your:
? Name
? Telephone number
? Picture of you and your tattoo
? Year and model of motorcycle
It’s just that easy. Send a picture of yourself sporting your favorite tattoo and you could be riding around with it on your motorcycle. It is your exclusive seat that is a show stopper and conversation piece wherever you stop.
For more details and rules click here.
$1M FROM THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON FOUNDATION TODISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS WILL SUPPORTMOBILE SERVICE OFFICE PROGRAM–CINCINNATTI, OH (November 8, 2006)-The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is pleased to announce that a $1 million grant from the Harley-Davidson Foundation will be used to provide free services to thousands of veterans in communities across the country. The DAV Mobile Service Office program provides in-community benefits counseling and education to veterans and their families on benefits available from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a result of their service to our country.The mission of the DAV Mobile Service Office program is to provide convenient access to benefits counseling for veterans and their families. For some veterans traveling to a VA benefits office could mean hours of driving, so the DAV comes to them.
“Last year the DAV’s fleet of Mobile Service Offices traveled to more than 600 communities and provided services to thousands of veterans and their families,” said Arthur H. Wilson, National Adjutant and Chief Executive Officer. “As a result the Harley-Davidson Foundation’s generosity, the DAV MSO program can continue to travel the country and provide assistance to veterans and their families where they live.”
These “offices on wheels” are staffed by highly trained professional counselors who are skilled experts in developing and prosecuting veterans’ claims. These DAV National Service Offices (NSO’s) talk with veterans about their government benefits, including compensation for disabilities related to their military service they may be eligible for, even years after their active duty ended. They help veterans determine if they have a claim, and then assist in the thorough preparation of claims and written briefs, which includes helping to assemble evidence in support of those claims.
“Veterans are important members of the Harley-Davidson family and the DAV Mobile Service Office program will provide even more access to the benefits they are entitled to receive,” said Gail Lione, President of the Harley-Davidson Foundation. “We are honored to show support and appreciation to the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect our freedom.”
To learn more about the DAV Mobile Service Office or to show your support of this program please go to www.davmso.org.
For information on Harley-Davidson’s support of Veterans please contact Tony Shields, Manager, Community Relations at tony.shields@harley-davidson.com.
THE DAVE ZIEN STORY–Longtime biker legislator and right’s activist, Dave Zien, was defeated in his bid to retain his seat in the Wisconsin Senate. Zien has held public office since 1988, when he was elected to the State Assembly. In 1993, he moved into the Senate, and has been a champion of biker’s rights for his entire legislative career. He was heavily involved with the helmet repeal efforts in Wisconsin back in the mid-seventies, while he was President of the Free Riders MC, and Vice-President of the Wisconsin Better Bikers Association. He also holds membership in the CMA, AMA and ABATE.
Wisconsin still has legislators who ride and are friendly to our cause, but we no longer can claim we have a “biker” in the legislature. Zien’s maverick style of legislating from the seat of his 800,000+ mile Harley-Davidson will be missed and ABATE will be hard pressed to find anyone to champion bills in our favor with the enthusiasm and excitement that he exhibited. There is a deep void in our statehouse this morning that will take a long time to fill. Certainly, no one will replace the charisma and exhilaration that surrounded a public hearing or floor debate that he was involved in.
—Tony Pan
FROM THE BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT–Engrish ranguage.An Asian woman in a bank was exchanging her money and asked the teller, “Whyit change? Yesoday I get two hunat dollar fo my money, today I only get ahunat eighty?”
The tellers says slowly, “Fluctuations.”
The Asian woman says, “Fluc you white guys too!”
ERIK BUELL TO ATTEND MILAN MOTORCYCLE SHOW–East Troy, Wis. (November 8, 2006) – Buell Motorcycle Co. founder and Chief Technical Officer Erik Buell is excited to travel to Milan, Italy, for the EICMA 64th Annual International Motorcycle Exhibition. The public days of the show are November 16-19, but Buell will attend the two press-only days, November 14-15.
Since he will not be available during the public days, Buell Motorcycle Company is hosting the Buell Radical Contest Party on November 15 at Just Cavalli Caf?, Viale Camoens, in Milan. Erik Buell will be on hand, as well as Buell stunt rider Craig Jones, who will be performing at the Milan show. The party will be open to journalists and Buell dealers from 8-10 p.m., then open to Buell owners, sportbike enthusiasts of all brands and the public after 10 p.m.
Harley-Davidson Italia, the Italian subsidiary for Harley-Davidson and Buell motorcycles, sponsored a contest earlier this year asking dealers to customize a Buell motorcycle. The top nine entries will be on display at the party. Erik Buell will judge and announce the winner, who will receive a special award and will have their motorcycle on display at the Buell stand during the public days of the show.
It has been three years since Erik Buell, the creative genius behind the innovative Buell motorcycles, has been to the Milan show. He is excited about the growth of Buell sportbikes in Italy, and in Europe overall.
“We’ve been selling Buell motorcycles in Europe since 1996 and Italy is a key market for us,” said Buell. “We look forward to continued growth and expansion of the brand throughout Europe, where the twisty roads are perfect for the responsive handling and low-end torque of Buell motorcycles.”
The Buell Trilogy of Technology design principles of frame rigidity, mass centralization and low unsprung weight were developed by Erik Buell more than 20 years ago. They provide superior handling, powerfully smooth acceleration and legendary Buell torque, and have changed the industry’s view on motorcycle design. A lightweight aluminum frame contains the fuel while the swing arm holds oil. The muffler is located below the engine and the Immediate Throttle Response System has a light Goodyear Hibrex final belt drive with Flexten Plus technology to provide what feels like a direct connection between the throttle and the rear wheel for an exhilarating ride in all conditions. The patented ZTL (Zero Torsional Load) front braking system, mounted on the wheel perimeter 375mm rotor, is gripped by six-piston caliper allowing for light, six-spoke wheels.
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November 9, 2006 Part 1
By Bandit |
Hey,
Well election madness rocked the country and already Rumsfeld is out. Won’t it be a wild hoot of Osama is caught in a week and two months from now all terrorists become Christians and a new Disneyland breaks ground in Bagdad? Okay, we can always hope for the best.
I’ve got so much to report I’m brimming over, plus I’m straddled with a ton of news this week. I’ll try to touch on a couple of highlights and fill in the rest at the end.
Bonneville plans and notions are moving fast. I’m putting the Salt Shaker back together to haul it to the Big Twin West, Vegas Extravaganza with the Shrunken FXR. I’m going to auction the famous miniature FXR and display the Bonneville bike all cleaned-up and ready to rock with some new powder-coating an details.
Let’s hit the news and then I’ll run down all the content flying at Bikernet:
— Gabe
Hotrodgabe@yahoo.com
www.nitrosyndicate.com
www.hotrodcitycustoms.com
VET RUN – MOTORCYCLIST TO MEET AT GINARDIES– PARKING LOT (FIRE and TILTON RDS) LEAVING AT 10:00 AMFOR A RIDE TO VETERANS PARK RIDE WILL BE LED BY MR. BILL BUTLER, COMMANDER of THE AMERICAN LEGION IN SOMERS POINTAFTER CEREMONY REFRESHMENTS WIIL BE SERVED AT THE VFW BETHEL RD SOMERS POINT, NJ
PLEASE COME OUT AND HONOR ALL VETERANS OF ALL WARS
EVERYONE IS INVITED
EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE, COME 2 or 4 WHEELS
EVENT SPONSORED BY VFW SOMERS POINT, AMERICAN LEGION AND VIETNAM VETERANS of AMERICA, ROLLING THUNDER INC, CHAPTER 2 NJ
FOR MORE INFO CALL 609-214-5864
EASYRIDERS EVENTS ANNOUNCES 2007 CENTERFOLD TOUR MASTER BUILDERS–Last week we discussed the new Pro Class to pick the centerfold tour for 2008. Here’s the brothers who were selected for 2007.(Newbury Park, CA) – September 2006 -Six master builders and their custom one-off motorcycles will be showcased throughout the12-city tour across the United States; which kicks-off in Pomona, Calif. on Jan. 7 and wraps up with the Invitational BikeShow in Kansas City, Mo. on May 5. A complete schedule of tour dates and locations is available online atwww.EasyridersEvents.com.
World-class creations from Paul Yaffe of Paul Yaffe Originals, Kendall Johnson of Kendall Johnson Customs, James andDave Kaye of The Detroit Bros., Ralph Randolph of Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Co., Bill Rucker of RuckerPerformance and Austin Weiss of Streamline Designs will be displayed for up-close viewing at each of the Easyriders V-Twin Bike Shows. “Each of this year’s builders has been selected and personally invited to join the ranks of ‘CenterfoldTour’ predecessors like Billy Lane, Rick Fairless and Ron Finch. The excitement is in the diversity of these phenomenalmotorcycle builders,” explained Easyriders Events president, John Green.
Master Centerfold Tour builder Paul Yaffe responded to his invitation to the 2007 event circuit enthusiastically, stating “Ithas been an honor [for me] to be selected. Attending the Easyriders Shows across the country is the perfect way to meetfans and customers. My phones ring off the hook following every show I attend. Since Supertrapp decided to have a boothcoupled with mine, our dealer and retail exhaust sales have doubled.”
Excitement surrounding the 2007 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour is building with newly released information regardingscheduled attractions. Dorian Swanner of Carolina Custom Products, Inc. has been confirmed as the builder of a customone-off motorcycle to be given away to one lucky bike show attendee at the end of the tour. Swanner has also designedand created custom trophies for the 2007 tour, which are sure to beautify any winner’s trophy case. Additionally, RalphRandolph of Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Co. is feverishly building a one-of-a-kind motorcycle to be given away atthe 2008 Easyriders Rodeo Tour Grand Nationals in Chillicothe, Ohio. Both giveaway bikes will be on display for thepublic at all 2007 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour locations.
For additional information regarding the 2007 V-Twin Bike Show Centerfold Tour, Carolina Custom Products Motorcycle Giveaway,Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Giveaway, Exhibitor Information or Bike Show Competition Entry, please call our offices toll-free at 1-800-962-9857 or visit us online at www.EasyridersEvents.com.
THREE BIKERNET DOGS SITTING IN THE VET’S OFFICE–One speaks up and asks the one next to him, why he is there.
The Collie replies, I got so excited about my owner’s new BMW, the leather, the wind in my face, that I peed on the seat. Now he is having me put to sleep. How about you?
Well, the Pit Bull replied that his owner had gotten a new rug. I thought it was for me, so I played with it and tore it up. So now he is putting me down too.
Looking over at the German Sheppard, they asked why he was at the vet’s.
Well, my owner is a well endowed woman who likes to clean the house in the nude. She went to vacuum under the sofa and I just couldn’t resist humping her.
So, she is having you put to sleep too?
No, just having my nails clipped!
S&S? / MAC TOOLS TOOLBOX AVAILABLE ONLINE– LA CROSSE, WI (November 03, 2006) S&S Cycle has made their limited edition 187-piece toolbox, made exclusively by Mac Tools, available for purchase online at www.sscycle.com. This item will make a great Christmas gift for any v-twin enthusiast or S&S fan looking to upgrade their shop or garage.
This special edition kit includes 187 tools plus the top box with S&S branding and high quality images of Proven Performance? S&S engines. The tools include a unique black nickel chrome finish and feature the S&S logo on each tool. Both standard and metric tools are included to handle a variety of applications for the home shop or garage. The retail price for this kit is $649.95, not including shipping.
“We’re making this item available online now that Mac Tools distributors have sold out and S&S dealers have had great success selling it as an exclusive item for nearly a year,” said Timm Fields, Director of Sales & Marketing for S&S Cycle. “We’re pleased to offer the convenience for retail customers to shop online for this item and other S&S branded merchandise. Of course, customers can also purchase these products through their local authorized S&S dealer.”
MONTANA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST THE HELMET LAW–Just read the Sunday post article about Montana. The only chance that bill has is over my dead body. Dal and the crew are already getting the letter campaign ramped up.
The sponsor is the chair of Senate Transportation which is problematic, but I’m also on the committee and will do my best to make sure it never leaves the committee. The sponsor’s askin for a fight and we’ll have a capitol full of bikers ready to brawl.
Just got back from the sema show and had some interesting talks with a few folks about emissions that I’d like to share with you. I’ll give you a call this week if you have time as I’d like to pick your brain.
–Senator John Brueggeman
321 Lakeview Dr
Polson, MT 59860
PH: 406.883.2395
FAX: 406.883.2390
CELL: 406.270.6699
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CUSTOM BIKES COMES TO BIKERNET FOR THE FIRST TIME–At Rocky Mountain Custom Bikes in larkspur Colorado, we’ve been building customs and painting hot bikes for 25 years. We build and fabricate one off parts as well as all custom paint specialties and repairs for Twins and metrics.
Recently the shop ran at the Speed Week trials in Bonneville on a Honda 600 Sport bike. Our recent project is a2006 Softtail pro-mod bike. This hotrod will be painted and ready for show and display at the 2007 Laughlin River Run.
We’ve also just become a resale distributor of the hot new “W8less Rotors” as well as all aftermarket and factory parts for twins and metric cycles. If your on the front range in Colorado give us a call..
–Shortt, Charles M Ctr 50 SCS/SCM
charles.shortt.ctr@schriever.af.mil
THE TBEAR CHARITY PROJECT BIKE–I was busy all day Sunday tearing down the old ’68 Trump project bike and didn’t get a chance to check out the Sunday News ( shame on me).Sunday night, I checked my email before passing out and was surprised at what I found there.Got an email from Kevin “Teach” Baas of BAAS METAL CRAFT www.baasmetalcraft.com/ and another from Duane Ballard ofDUANE BALLARD CUSTOM LEATHERwww.dbcustomleather.com.
Kevin offered up one of his custom seat pans for the project bike and Duane offered to tool our logo and cover the seat.How cool is that?Just goes to show the POWER OF BIKERNET.
Now if I could just sort out the different Brit threads, SAE, Metric and Unified as well as Withworth, I’ll be in good shape.
–TBear
WELCOME TO PEGASUS FUEL INJECTION–Finally-a fuel injection system that really works! BDL? introduces the PFI-V Electronic Fuel Injection and Ignition Control System!
Not just a replacement ECU but an ENTIRE engine management system for any V-Twin Engine!!! Kit includes everything you need for a turn-key system; throttle body, fuel injectors, ECU, sensors, fuel pump, ignition coils, wiring harness, and all mounting brackets!
What can electronic engine management do for you? By combining both electronic fuel injection and ignition control into a single package, you can expect: much more power, better fuel economy, crisper throttle response, easier starts, and complete adjustability.
Side note: Bikernet is going to test this system on the Salt Shaker against a Mikuni Carb. We will also use this system with Nitrous technology for our World’s Fastest Panhead effort in 2007. Watch for reports.–Bandit
Key Features Include:
Advanced semiconductor electronics
Controls both fuel and ignition
Sequential timed injection
Single fire ignition
Enhanced fuel atomization
Multiple spark discharge
Easy adjustments by rotary switch, PDA, or laptop
Uses automotive sensors-available everywhere
Teflon coated, silver alloy wire and weatherproof connectors
Machined from billet aluminum-huge 53mm throttle!Easy to tune-use the spark plug method or use our closed loop control and dyno tuning!
DEAL OF THE WEEK– A completely rebuilt ’66 Shovelhead engine with virgin cases AND pink slip (or title) for $8,000. Get it quick.
STATE BOARD ORDERS PRISON GUARD REINSTATED– Hartford Courant, United States – HARTFORD, Conn. — A third state prison guard fired for having ties to a biker group has been ordered reinstated.A state arbitrator has reinstated correction officer Mark Vincenzo who was fired in 2004 for having ties to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Vincenzo, was one of four correction department employees fired in 2004 in a Department of Correction crackdown that has sparked a lawsuit and four separate labor grievances.
Arbitrators for the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration have reinstated three of the four, and are set to rule on the fourth within months.
However, the Correction Department is appealing the two most recent rulings, and only one of the correction officers has been allowed to return to work.
The arbitrator concluded that Vincenzo’s firing was without just cause, and ordered him reinstated, though he was denied back pay, instead ordering that he be considered suspended for the two years he was out of work.
–from Rogue
NEW D&D PERFORMANCE EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR 2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TOURING MODELS SHIPPING–Fort Worth, Texas, November 8, 2006 – D&D Performance Enterprises is shipping dyno-tuned Boarzilla and Fat Cat 2 into 1 exhaust pipe systems for the all new 2007 Harley-Davidson Twin Cam 96 and 110 Screamin’ Eagle engines equipped in their touring line of motorcycles.
Harley’s touring motorcycles are outfitted with a new fuel-injection system that comes with an oxygen sensor to adjust to changing environmental conditions. D&D performance exhaust pipes include preinstalled stock factory oxygen sensor ports as well as direct fitment with no cutting, welding or grinding.
The new 2 into 1 high-performance Boarzilla and Fat Cat pipes and slip-ons improve power and torque on the entire touring family of motorcycles, which includes the FLHR Road King, FLHRS Road King Custom, FLHRC Road King Classic, FLTR Road Glide, FLHX Street Glide, FLHT Electra Glide Standard, FLHTC Electra Glide Classic and FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electra Glide.
appearance except for the muffler cut but are customized on the inside to accommodate modification of the Harley-Davidson Twin Cam engines. The Boarzilla pipes are designed for big-inch and Screamin’ Eagle engines. The Fat Cat pipes are manufactured for 96 engines.
Both pipes are dyno-tuned for maximum performance, rumble and encased in a full wrap heat shield that keeps all discoloration from view. D&D performance pipes are delivered in show-quality chrome or ceramic black.
“The new TC96 engine still looks pretty much the same on the outside, but there’s a lot that’s new on the inside,” said Dave Rash, President of D&D Performance Exhaust Enterprises. “We took our time to wring out performance and deliver that sweet Harley sound that our customers tell us that they want.”
Factory Harley-Davidson dealerships are increasingly finding that D&D Performance Enterprises delivers the value to their customers. “We have four criteria in carrying a pipe in our dealership that includes performance, fit, finish and heat shields,” said Walter Birmingham, Assistant Parts Manager, Mancuso Harley-Davidson Houston. “They meet all of our criteria and if they didn’t meet the performance standards we wouldn’t recommend them. They are that good.”
These 2007 Harley-Davidson pipes are torture tested on D&D’s state-of-the-art in-house Super Flow Eddy Current Ram Air dynamometer. This is done in combination with the Super Flow Bench and the first in the industry, multi cylinder Lambda Fuel Air Ratio Sensors, which are interfaced with the Dyno for real time meter and graph analysis. This means that performance is always increased with a D&D exhaust pipe.
The dyno chart and dyno video with audio clip for both the Boarzilla and Fat Cat style Harley performance exhaust pipe is located on the website in the catalog section. D&D pipes are featured on the Bikernet Salt Shaker and will be fashioned to the Bikernet World’s Fastest Panhead.
MILITARY FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA CHARITY BIKE STOLEN-RED ALERT– WPDE, SC – A $90,000 custom-made motorcycle that was being used to help raise money for the families of soldiers killed in Iraq was stolen in Florence sometime Sunday night.
The man who was hauling it told WPDE that he stopped in Florence at the Days Inn on Highway 52 for a break and that’s when the bike was taken. It was inside a trailer hooked to a Hummer. The bike was supposed to be auctioned off at the end of the year.
“This was a really big blow for us,” said Jason Swayze. “WE NEED IT BACK FOR THE FAMILIES!”
WPDE was told that the trailer carrying the motorcycle was black with a New Jersey license plates. If you know anything about this theft, call Florence police.
–Rogue
A BIKERNET QUIET MOMENT FOR A BAPTIST COWGIRL– A cowgirl, who is visiting Texas from Arkansas,walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.She sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.When she finishes them, she comes back tothe bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowgirl,”You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.It would taste better if you bought one at a time.”
The cowgirl replies, “Well, you see, I have two sisters.One is in Australia, the other is in Dublin.
When we all left our home in Arkansas, we promisedthat we’d drink this way to remember the days whenwe drank together. So I’m drinking one beer for each of my sisters and one for myself.”
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowgirl becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
She orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, she comes in and only orders two mugs.All the regulars take notice and fall silent.When she comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss.”
The cowgirl looks quite puzzled for a moment, thena light dawns in her eyes and she laughs.
“Oh, no, everybody’s just fine,” she explains,” It’s just that my husband and I joined theBaptist Church and I had to quit drinking.
“Hasn’t affected my sisters though!”
–from Chris T.
U.S. CHOPPERS CUSTOM BOARD TRACKER ROLLER ROLLING OUT–The bike is loading into container tomorrow A.M. You can track your shipment via the www.forwardair.com link. You will be provided with four new tie downs and two new padlocks, which I will provide combinations for after shipping.
Here are some pics with a Pan motor for you to savor before arrival….
Hope you enjoy.
-Rick
U.S. Choppers
2039 S. Lyon St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-546-4699
Appointments Only Please
http://www.uschopper.com/
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November 2, 2006 Part 4
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LIFESTYLE CYCLES HOLDS WINTER PRICES DOWN–October may be almost over, but you still have time to save big on a 2006 and 2007 American IronHorse motorcycle! LifeStyle Cycles is offering No Down Payment*, No Interest* for 6 months, No Payments* for 6 months and up to 108 months of financing*! This deal is UNBELIEVABLE!!!! It’s happening now for a limited time, so get over to LifeStyle Cycles!
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PRE-REGISTRATION HAS STARTED!
10 days left! November 12, 2006
The party starts at 6:30 AM at LifeStyle Cycles (1534 N. State College Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92806 714-490-0155) And as usual, we’ll have?a huge?pancake breakfast, killer live music, raffles and?giveaways. At 8:29 AM sharp, the kickstands go up and we ride out to Castaic for the 23rd Annual Love Ride!?You don’t want to miss?this year’s ride at LifeStyle Cycles! Just like last year, everyone who registers will get a ride wristband, limited edition T-shirt, sticker,?huge breakfast,?live music, entry into the raffle?and much more.
Register before November 12th,?and the cost is only $7.50!?The day of the ride, it goes up to $10.
If you’re planning on coming to the ride, click on the banner above to RSVP and let us know how many riders and bikes?in your group will be attending (we need to plan on breakfast, you know).
PINK PLASTIC FLAMINGO FACES EXTINCTION–The day Mayor Dean Mazzarella turned 40, he got a surprise. “After I woke up and went out for my morning run, I came back and there were 40 pink flamingos in my front lawn,” Mazzarella recalled. “Someone had put them there as a joke.”
Now that he’s 49 – “the same age as the pink flamingo,” he notes – he hopes both he and the iconic lawn ornament that his city claims as its own will still be around next year to celebrate 50.
But the original version of the plastic flamingo may be singing its swan song after inspiring countless pranks – and being alternately celebrated as a tribute to one of nature’s most graceful creatures and derided as the epitome of American pop culture kitsch.
Union Products Inc. stopped producing flamingos and other lawn ornaments at its Leominster factory in June, and is going out of business Nov. 1 – a victim of rising expenses for plastic resin and electricity, as well financing problems.The small privately held firm has been in talks with a pair of rival lawn ornament makers interested in buying the molds and resuming production of the flamingos, designed in 1957 by local son Don Featherstone.
“We think the flamingo will go on,” Keith Marshall, Union Products’ chief financial officer, said at the company’s aging brick factory, where just a few years ago more than 100 employees churned out flamingos by the millions.Just a couple workers were still around to wrap up business. At the front desk stood a lone flamingo with the words “Happy 50th birthday” written with a black marker on the side, symbolizing hope that the flamingo will rise phoenix-like from the ashes to be reborn.
“I don’t think the pink flamingo is dead at all,” said the mayor of the city. “But whatever happens, he was born here – that can’t be taken away from us.”
— By MARK JEWELL, AP Business WriterSun
–from Rogue
Did WalMart do it? The investigation continues.
AVON TYRES QUESTION OF THE WEEK–Did you ever feel like you are literally watching dollar bills fly out the back of your bike as your tire wears down. Listed below are some contributing factors.
Speed
“Speed Kill” – at least in tire life. The faster you go the harder your tire works and the hotter the temperature of the tread gets. Slow down a little and enjoy the scenery and you’ll be surprised by your increased mileage. Good tire pressure will also help gain more miles on your tire.
Road Surface
Rough road surfaces will punish your tire and lead to a shorter life span. Some road surfaces like the ones in Alaska have shale which are like riding on glass shards. And in Florida the roads have a mixture of fine shell which cuts into the tires and again shortens tire life span.
Temperature
YOu may have noticed your tires get better mileage in spring and fall than summer. This is because the temperature of the road in the summer (especially in states like Arizona, New Mexico) gets very hot and again affects the life of the tire. Again tire pressure is critical in this goal to achieving more mileage.
–Sukoshi Fahey (Ms.)
Sales Manager, North America
HALLOWEEN JOKE OF THE YEAR–An extremely modest woman was in the hospital for a series of tests,the last of which had left her bodily systems extremely upset. Upon making several false alarm trips to the bathroom, she decided the latest episode was another false alarm and stayed put. She suddenly filled the bed with diarrhea and was embarrassed beyond her ability to remain rational.
In a complete loss of composure she jumped out of bed, gathered up the bed sheets, and threw them out the hospital window.
A drunk was walking by the hospital when the sheets landed on him. He started yelling, cursing, and swinging his arms violently trying to get the unknown things off, and ended up with the soiled sheets in a tangled pile at his feet.
As the drunk stood there, unsteady on his feet, staring down at the sheets, a hospital security guard, (barely containing his laughter), who had watched the whole incident, walked up and asked,”What the heck is going on here?”
The drunk, still staring down replied, ” I think I just beat the shit out of a ghost. “
Happy Halloween!
–from Al Friedman
HINES RIDES SCREAMIN’ EAGLE V-ROD EVENT WIN EN ROUTE TO TAKING OVER NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE POINTS LEAD–LAS VEGAS (Oct. 29, 2006) – Andrew Hines and the Screamin’ Eagle/ Vance & Hines V-Rod Harley-Davidson team now like The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They really don’t have a reason not to like it now. Sunday was that good for the team.
Hines rode his way back into the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead with a victory Sunday during the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Hines started the event with a 27-point gap between him and first place rider Antron Brown.
Hines is leaving the event with a 37-point lead and his first career Las Vegas victory.
“This has not been one of my favorite tracks because the last two years we blew up the engine in the early rounds when we were leading the points with a championship on the line,” Hines said. “But I think the casinos are going to love our team tonight because I think we’re all happy about breaking that streak. This was a great weekend for the entire team.”
Hines faced teammate GT Tonglet in the final round. It’s the first final round appearance for Tonglet since the Memphis event in August 2005.
The runner-up finish also helped Tonglet move back into the top 10 in the NHRA point standings.
“We had one goal in mind for the last two races and that was to get back into the top 10,” Tonglet said. “We’ve struggled a bit this season but we’ve made some good strides lately and this was such a good weekend for both bikes. It’s a relief to be back in the top 10 and now we have to do what it takes to keep it through the last race of the season.”
Tonglet beat Chip Ellis in the first round with a 7.228-second pass at 182.60 mph over Ellis’ red-light foul at the starting light. He beat No. 1 qualifier Shawn Gann in the second round with a 7.352 at 178.57 over Gann’s red light. Tonglet then beat Geno Scali in the semifinals with a 7.191 at 184.95 over Scali’s foul.
Hines topped Tom Bradford in the first round with a 7.088 at 188.44 over Bradford’s red light foul. Hines moved on to beat former points leader Antron Brown with a 7.151 at 186.00 over Brown’s foul before he beat Ryan Schnitz with a 7.126 at 187.42 to Schnitz’s foul.
Hines earned his third win in five final rounds this season and seventh career victory with a track record pass. Hines recorded a record 7.080 pass at 188.65 to take the win over Tonglet’s 7.310 at 181.91.
“Las Vegas has been a tough city for us,” Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso said. “We’ve struggled there and we knew we could not let that happen this time. This was such a successful turnaround compared to the last few years here and it’s a great way to be able to head into the final race of the season.
“We wanted to be in the position to run for the championship at the season finale and we did that this weekend. The team has worked very hard to make it all happen and both riders did their jobs too.”
Hines gave credit to Terry Vance, his mentor and dad’s friend in partner in racing for more than 30 years.
“Terry talked to me a lot and really hammered the point about being inside a box before making each run,” Hines said. “He’s been so instrumental in helping me become a better rider at the starting line and I think it made the difference this weekend.”
Now Hines is looking to earn his third championship in less than five years of professional drag racing.
“Right now we’re clawing tooth and nail to get every point we can,” Hines said. “You have to be on your best game, especially this time of year, because everyone is aiming for the final race wins and the championship.”
The last time Hines got past the first round at this track was 2003. This year, he’s leaving happy.
“The bike ran so well all weekend, it was on a rail,” Hines said. “The best pass of the day came in the final round and that was good enough for the track record. The team made an extraordinary effort. My dad (team owner Byron Hines) was so proud of the crew and what they all accomplished this weekend.”
The season finale of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing series is the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Pomona (Calif.) Raceway, Nov. 9-12.
BIKERNET LEATHER SEAT OF THE WEEK–Here is one I finished up today for NYC Choppers.
–Duane Ballard Custom Leather
603-781-7505
36 Goen Rd.
New Ipswich, NH 03071
http://www.dbcustomleather.com
NEW BIKERNET.COM SHOP DIRECTOR–We’re proud to announce that through the help of a Beverly Hills Executive Search team we were able to lure Tank away from a high paying position at Primedia. “I understand the philosophy of keeping the economics flowing within the industry,” Tank said. “That’s one of the predominant reasons I choose to leave a business owned by non-motorcyclists to pour my heart into Bikernet.”
Tank worked extensively in the motorcycle magazine shipping business only to be transferred to a magazine group he had no interest or training in.
“Tank has already proved to be a valuable member of the team,” said K. Randall Ball, Bikernet President. “We hope he will develop additional needed skills to deal with the shop cats.”
HIGH DOLLAR, HIGH SPEED, WEIGHTLESS ROTORS NOW AVAILABLE–These things are amazing and they come with a large variety of colored fasteners to match any paint.
Retail customer.. $284.95 per rotor .
$34.95 per set of brake pads.
$5.00 handling fee per order.
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–Raycwheeler
OREGON PAC STEPS UP–Last Friday, October 20th, the Oregon Governor?s Advisory Board forMotorcycle Safety had the final deliberations of the Motorcycle SafetyFoundation’s request to offer DMV skills test waivers. The AdvisoryBoard was originally charged by the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission(OTSC) to evaluate the proposal and issue a recommendation. Hearings anddeliberations have been ongoing for over a year. After a full andthorough hearing the committee has unanimously recommended that thestate of Oregon not accept the MSF program as an approved course for DMVskills waiver.
This meeting, postponed from September 15th, dealt with the operationsside of MSF’s proposal. Despite the fact that this was the last chancefor the MSF to speak to its case, no one from the MSF showed up at thismeeting. Even Betsy Earls the MSF attorney in Oregon was not inattendance. There was one woman present who stated she was CounselorEarls? assistant.
There was no public testimony taken, there was only a report from ODOTTransportation Safety Division Director Troy Costales. Under Oregonstatute they are required to produce an Operational Impact Statement.According to ODOT, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation never produced abusiness plan, despite numerous requests for such a plan. Mr. Costalesstated that as recently as a few weeks ago that a written request to MSFwas made for this plan but no answer was received. Without therequested information from MSF, ODOT was forced to produce a veryambiguous report.
Other issues were raised regarding the operations ofthe request from MSF. For example, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’soriginal proposal stated that no funds would be requested from ODOT. Yetduring the slideshow presented by Dr. Ochs, it was stated that fundswould be requested. MSF?s representative was given the opportunity tospeak and the representative from the MSF present stated that she didn?tthink she was authorized to speak for the MSF.
The OTSC meeting that will take up this issue is Tuesday, November 28that 9:00AM in Salem. The meeting is usually held at the TransportationSafety Division office. Confirmation of this will follow at a later time.
For more information, contact:
Ken Ray
Executive Director, BikePAC of Oregon
ken@consultken.com
www.bikepac.com
BIG DOG MATCHING THE BIG DOGS FINANCE WISE–You can, right now, buy a new Big Dog Custom for Zero down and no payments, on selected models, for six months.
There is also a new cool video on the Big Dog web site introducing the “Break The Leash Tag” promotion. Check it out.
THE SHOW STARTS THIS WEEK! — Just days away from the start of the 26th season for the Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows presented by Toyota. Phoenix marks the spot for the beginning of the tour and we have some very exciting news to share with you as our season gets underway . Issue #2 of our monthly newsletter is packed with the latest news and information from the show. EXCLUSIVE TO PHOENIX!
The RideNow group currently operates 31 locations across five states and provides sales and service to nearly every major manufacturer. Look for their huge retail displays in Phoenix.
SONY will debut the brand new Playstation 3 console tourwide this year including the Phoenix and Houston stops where attendees will get to see and play the newest gaming system from Sony ? PRIOR TO THEIR NATIONAL LAUNCH ON NOV. 17! Sony will have their interactive gaming semi at each stop, exclusive to the IMS shows.
NEWMAR CORPORATION has signed a three year agreement as the presenting sponsor for the Big Twin Customs showcase and will add a great element to the shows with their latest premiere motorcoach made just for the motorcycle enthusiast in us all.
WORLD’S FASTEST MOTORCYCLE-SEE IT LIVE! The
Dennis Manning designed, built and owns the Streamliner and has chased this record for decades. Manning and Carr will be available at select markets throughout the series to meet fans and discuss their experience as they chased, and caught, the land-speed record.
World renowned custom bike builders ,
THAT’S A WRAP, CUT, BREAK A BOTTLE AGAINST HER BOW–The news is finished for the week. Here’s the news deal. If you’d like anything mentioned in the news, send it to me before 9:00 Thursday morning. If it comes late, the item will be shifted to the Sunday Post. After Sunday, all the news items are held for Thursday and so forth.
There is no special connections to be posted in the news. Send me party announcements, bikes for sale, new products, jokes, any goddamn thing. I’ll consider everything. I need straight e-mail info, word docs and attached jpg images. Try to avoid sending me pdfs. Don’t hesitate to send me tech questions, answers, info and new releases. There’s no specific code, rules or inner circle. Bikernet is open to anyone who is cool.
Here’s another item: See the Google Bar at the bottom of each page. That damn thing is unbelievable. We didn’t have a search feature and it bothered me for years. I wanted all of our readers to have instant access to anything available on the site, immediately. Now we have it. That bar only searches Bikernet.com for anything you’re after. Check it out, anytime.
Let’s see. What else do I have for you. I mentioned writers and content on Bikernet. Frank Kaisler no longer works for Bike Works, but he’ll still spread his tech knowledge to the world via Bikernet. We have writers and photographers all over the country. If you need a world class article written by a trained professional and posted on the largest custom bike web site in the world and archived forever, we can make it happen. Just let me know.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
Bandit@bikernet.com
November 2, 2006 Part 3
By Bandit |
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STEALTH REPORTS FROM BOOZEFIGHTERS’ NATIONAL MEETING–I made it back from Texas. I was at the BoozeFighters Natrional meeting last weekend and I had a great time. It was cool to see the museum. It is packed with history. There are some real old magazines, racing jerseys, helmets etc. It is a real honor to be a part of it.
Back here at STEALTH BIKE WORKS we are working on a couple of projects. The rigid Evo is almost finished. We are busy planning a shop bike that will be for sale. The weather has been good although kinda cool but it is fall. The bike nights are coming to an end until next spring. It is hard to believe it is November already!
You know when you run an Independent shop. Sometimes it seems you are up against something all the time. You have to manage money and time, all the time, but in the end it is worth it. Two other things you have to battle all the time is the “E-Bay Syndrome” and the “Dealership mentality.” You know I have to go to the dealership at least three times a week to worship the H-D gods. The E-Bay syndrome goes like this. “I got this part for $5(it retails for, let’s say $75???), can you make it fit my bike?”
No! What did you really think you were getting for $5??? And the beat goes on! Even with all of this, there is still nothing I would rather do. On the other hand you have your faithful customers who make it all worthwhile. The guys who have been riding for more that two weeks! Enough said.
As we approach the holiday season mark your calendars for Toy Runs in your area. Go help someone out. It is part of the code!
Until next wek, RIDE!
–STEALTHMAN
5-BALL RACING ACCOLADES– I just wanted to send a big congrats to you and the 5-Ball team. We checked every post you put up, hell you would think that it was our bike the way we waited for a new post to be launched. Thanks for letting us be in on it.
We are very proud to have been part of the effor and tell people such, even though our part was small. We were going to come out there but didn’t know if we should just show up or not.
I really appreciate the feature, putting us in your store and the show of respect by writing—Classic Bikers Doing Their Thing For Life. That means alot to me. Thanks for all the help you have given us and that’s truly from the heart.
–Jerry
Rollin Sixes Choppers
BONNEVILLE DOCUMENTARY–It’s Taegh the friend of Jay Bird who was shooting the documentary onthe Bonneville races…we have a teaser up on the site if you want tocheck it out: www.adayinthesun.net
–Taegh
rev666@gmail.com
BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT– Painted and Diffused onto the streets of Daytona….some never leave.
Ride Hard,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net
BIKERNET INTERVIEWS THE LONE RANGER–The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a saloon and sat down to drink a Beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said “Who owns the big white horse outside?”
The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched his gun belt, and said, “I do….Why?”
The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, “I just thought you’d like to know that your horse is about dead outside!”
Silver was ready to die from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got the horse some water and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better.
The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “Tonto, I want you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him start to feel better.” Tonto said, “Sure, Kemosabe” and took off running circles around Silver.
Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned tothe saloon to finish his drink. A few minutes later, another cowboystruts into the bar and asks, “Who owns that big white horse outside?”
The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, “I do, what’s wrong with him this time?” The cowboy looks him in the eye and says,
“Nothing, but you left your Injun runnin”
–from Joe Lankau
VOTE-VOTE-VOTE– I am asking you to Help Me! Yes. That’s right. I need Help!
I have been fighting for Motorcycle Rights for a long time and have found some people to help me. I need to make sure they stay in office.
Please Help Me By Voting For Senator Bill Nelson in FLORIDA
–Rogue
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
LEGENDS AT VEGAS-RAY PRICE AND MONDO PORRAS– Raleigh, NC: Ray Price, diverse business man, inducted member of the National Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame, Father of Funny Bike, owner of Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc., and Local Philanthropist, was recognized on October 17th with his own Special Day by the City of Raleigh. It’s like a Birthday without getting older.
The City Father’s have honored Ray Price for his continuous efforts to help the city and citizens of Raleigh, and after successfully bringing over 65,000 people to Fayetteville Street for the 2nd Annual Ray Price Capital City Bike Fest Rally in Raleigh, they proclaimed November 4th as RAY PRICE DAY. Price will celebrate his day with an estimated 6,000 of his closest friends with an Open House at Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc. on South Saunders St., over looking the City he loves.
Price continues his leadership of the Samson/Ray Price Nitro Harley drag race team. With Mark Morgan, Jeremy Hoy, Justin Heinle and rider Tommy Grimes, Price has lead his team to a first place in the NHRA Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harley exhibition series and presently 5th place in the AHDRA Screamin Eagle Top Fuel Nitro Harley series.
The team has one more race opportunity, Nov. 11-12 at the JIM’s Las Vegas National Finals at THE STRIP at LVMS in Las Vegas, where the team will be joined by legendary custom bike builder Mondo Porras, owner of Denver’s Choppers. The Las Vegas based builder will be bringing several of his world famous choppers to the Samson/Ray Price pit area for display. Race and custom fans will enjoy the Mondo/ Price connection.
The time line of Ray Price and Mondo Porras is dramatically similar.
In 1967 Ray Price first started drag racing and Mondo Porras started building custom bikes with his partner Denver Mullins in San Bernardino, CA. Denver’s Choppers was and still is instrumental in starting the after market custom bike industry and Ray Price was and still is instrumental in pioneering the Nitro Harley drag racing world with his cutting edge technology.
Ray Price has established his now world famous Ray Price Harley-Davidson dealership in Raleigh, while Mondo is flourishing today in the custom parts business with Denver’s Choppers.
Mondo has participated in the Discovery Channel Bike Build Off, appeared with Billy Lane in the Blood, Sweat and Gears tour for The Discovery Channel and has filmed many motorcycle shows for ESPN and Speed Channel. Currently Mondo is filming his own Reality Show that will be broadcast in the year of 2007. Mondo has been dubbed as “The Godfather of Choppers” by his peers, has been and continues to be featured in motorcycle publications world wide as well as hardcover books.
What a wonderful opportunity to have the Father of Funnybike and Godfather of Choppers at the same event in the city that never sleeps. Hope to see y’all in VEGAS.
At season’s end our sincerest thanks to our primary sponsors: Samson Exhaust and Ray Price Harley-Davidson, Inc.
AIR CLEANER OF THE WEEK–DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication LLC introduces the ‘RAPPERZ’ air filter embellishment. How many clients do you have that would love to find an inexpensive way to pull the color of their bike into the motor area? If they have an S&S Teardrop air filter we’ve found a way to do just that. Made of heavy gauge paintable ABS these can be installed in two minutes and make a great stocking stuffer.
Slide down the page and see what a few clients have done with theirs. We supply you with high-strength 3M tape to do the install.
We accept credit card orders or if it’s more convenient for you to purchase using PayPal you can go to the PRODUCTS area of our website and get ’em that way.
Suggested retail – 39.95
Contact: Doug Wozney
DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication LLC
2323 Palace St.
La Crosse, Wis. 54603
608-783-3684
mailto – doug@dougz.com
BILLY LANE PROMOTES FOOD SHELF DRIVE BENEFITING BREVARD COUNTY– Please stop by Billy Lane’s Choppers Inc., 1243 N Harbor City Blvd (US1), Melbourne, FL. between now and November 11th with a non-perishable food item to receive your free thank you gift (Poster).
–from Rogue
MY DAD IS WHO?–November 1, 2006, Miami: Poor infant child finds out his dad is actually Special Agent Zebra. The kid was immediately scooped up by Child Services for counseling. Special Agent Zebra is currently on the run.
AMSOIL SUPPORTS AMERICAN–As many of you know I’m a strong proponent of buying American. Buying American helps our fellow citizens and strengthens America. It’s simple really; when we Buy American we are supporting our American economy and the people who work in it. We are not sending money overseas to be used to further erode our way of life and our fellow citizen’s livelyhood, rather we are adding to our national wealth and acting as Consumer Patriots.
Be an American, Buy American.
–Nick
PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST ANNUAL ALL-AMERICAN TOY DRIVE–Have you ever participated in your local, annual, end-of-the-year toy drive? Ever donated toys to “Toys for Tots” or one of the many other organizations accepting toys for disadvantaged children in America? If you’re a Buy American advocate, you’ve probably asked yourself if there was a way to participate in this good cause while still remaining true to your patriotic beliefs of supporting American workers whenever possible.
What better way is there to make Christmas in 2006 even more special than by putting smiles on the faces of children who might otherwise receive no gifts from Santa? But as it is with any act of good intentions, we need to be careful to ensure the process is just as honorable as what we set out to accomplish. So how can we avoid the trap of buying toys made by underprivileged kids in China to give to underprivileged kids in America? By buying American-made toys made under acceptable, humane conditions right here in the USA.
Well over 90% of all toys sold in America today are made in China where violations of child-labor and human-rights laws run rampant. Children under what we would consider a legal working age are routinely forced to work 12 hours a day or more. Wages are often less than a dollar an hour. Since there few if any safety, pollution or environmental controls in China, these children work in much less than what we Americans would consider a healthy atmosphere. Children should attend school – not work in sweatshop factories.
So here is your chance to participate in the First Annual All-American Toy Drive! Below is a list of American-company websites that make all of their toys in the USA.
Also, if you find yourself in a toy store, anything you buy from the American Plastic Toy Company ( Crayola Crayons*, Play-Doh*, Louisville Slugger, Radio Flyer Discovery Wagon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect Four, Boggle Jr., Battleship, Candyland, Life, Monopoly, Operation, Mouse Trap, Parcheesi, Scrabble, Sorry, Stratego, Pop-O-Matic Trouble, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Tri-ominos, Bicycle Playing Cards and the Melissa and Doug U.S.A. Floor Puzzle. *Note: Not all packages of Crayola Crayons and Play-Doh are made in the USA – please check the label. This may not be a complete list of U.S.-made toys and games, so please check the label. If it says “Made in USA” or “Assembled in USA,” it qualifies for the All-American Toy Drive. Simply order toys from any of the websites or lists above and send them to: How Americans Can Buy American, P.O. Box 780839, Orlando, FL 32878-0839. (Deadline is December 15) All toys received will be donated to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in Orlando, Florida. EVOLUTION, FROM INTARIDE– New rider-pillion communications system, with wireless upgrade. Harmonious two-up touring is guaranteed with Intaride’s new EVO communications system. All-new, it gives rider to pillion communication, including music, phone and GPS functions while riding. It’s easily expandable for bike to bike communication, can be upgraded to Bluetooth and even with fully wireless headsets! The EVO unit is compact, measuring just 122mm x 38mm, so it fits into the smallest underseat space. And if you ride a Gold Wing, BMW or Harley, it can integrate fully with the built-in music system. That brings all the features of the EVO and your own stereo through the headsets. EVO Features: EVO Upgrades: From ?169 SRP VEGAS O SCHOOL CHOPPER REPORT–Was thinkin of you last week. My pinstriper did a whiskey flask and it came out very cool, and you mentioned you liked to collect cool pinstripe stuff.We have tons of new news for ya, 1. we are now a registered manufacturer so you can by a real O School Chopper WELCOME TO FORGE-TEC MOTORCYCLE–Oxnard, CA- Advanced Metalforming Technologies, Inc. (AMT), an industry-leading manufacturer of high-end aluminum wheels and blanks supplier to many of the industry’s leading wheel manufacturers has recently started manufacturing motorcycle wheels under their own brand name?Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels and Accessories. Mark Finnie, formerly the VP/GM at Weld Racing Motorcycle as well as the Director of Operations for Performance Machine brings with him a wealth of knowledge regarding the do’s and don’t’s of the wheel business. “We hired Mark due to his incredible knowledge of the motorcycle market, superb networking abilities as well as his engineering and production expertise” stated Rob Melsness, CEO of AMT. “I am extremely fortunate to have landed right here at Forge-Tec. I’m finally back in California and I love the challenge of taking something from nothing and creating a totally new company which I know will be as good or better than any other motorcycle wheel manufacturer in the world.” exclaimed Finnie. “We will be announcing new programs, totally unique to this industry and am currently working on some production processes that will enable us to turn product around faster than any of our competition” added Finnie. Finnie stated that they should have no more than a 2 week lead time within the next 6 months and will have stock on hand for one of their new programs. “All processes are completed in-house, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and highly sophisticated process technologies. All Forge-Tec wheels are rotary forged utilizing one of our proprietary forge presses using only “virgin” aircraft grade 6061 aluminum?.there’s no recycled aluminum in our products. These wheels are then CNC lathed and milled using state-of-the-art equipment to insure unmatched quality. All Forge-Tec wheels are polished to a bright “show quality” luster finish and can also be chromed or black powder coated. Matching rotors, pulleys and sprockets are also available” stated Finnie. AMT, a world leader in forged wheel production technology is located in Oxnard, CA and has 2 manufacturing facilities which total about 150,000 square feet. A trip through their manufacturing facilities will astound you…you’ll see the most advanced wheel making equipment and processes found not only in the United States, but in the world. All operations are in house utilizing only state-of-the-art equipment. Currently, Forge-Tec Motorcycle is already making complete wheels for Swift, Hellbound Steel Motorcycles and American Performance Cycles/APC. They also sell blanks to every major wheel player in the bike industry. On the automotive side of their business, they work with such prestigious accounts as Lexani/Asanti, MHT Luxury Alloys, American Rim Supply, US Wheel, Roush Racing, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels and have secured contracts to supply wheel manufacturing services to ALCOA for the General Motors Corvette wheel and the Daimler Chrysler Viper wheel. AMT is also ISO 9000 compliant so they work with our government on many specialty wheels including those needed for The Hummer and also the 12 different versions of our military’s assault vehicle that is being used daily over in Iraq called The Striker.”We are entering the market with 13 new styles to start in a wide variety of popular sizes and applications, all with matching rotors, pulleys and sprockets. All of our wheels go out shipped with the rotors and pulley attached and torqued to OEM specs which will eliminate a lot of guess work at the dealer level and will also ensure that our wheels arrive to our customers in perfect” condition” concluded Finnie. Forge-Tec Motorcycle has recently hired V-Twin Marketing to help establish brand name awareness by creating their ’07 ad campaign, dealer support material, a new “friendly user” website, apparel, etc. among many other projects including the handling of all PR responsibilities. For further information on complete wheels and accessories or blanks, please contact Forge-Tec Motorcycle directly at 805-982-9820 or email them at mfinnie@amtcorporate.com. Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels and Accessories, 950 Richmond Ave., Oxnard, CA 93030. Dealer inquiries invited! Continued On Page 4
*VOX – volume adjusts automatically to background wind noise. Manual override if you prefer
*Music – crystal-clear stereo, on demand
*Phone – auto answer, with clear communication at motorway speeds
*GPS – GPS overrides the music. No need for a separate lead
*12v Power – powered straight from the bike’s battery, low current drain
*Universal headsets – noise reduction boom microphone fits full-face, open-face and flip-up helmets
*Wireless – No plugs, no wires, no fuss – just get on and go
*Pro Jackplugs – easily connected while wearing gloves
*Bluetooth – link phone, GPS, PDA’s etc via Bluetooth module
*Bike to Bike – radio expansion
Contact: 0845 25 77 555
www.intaride.com
2. We are doin a new show for hi-def internet tv called Chopper Chicks Sin City to be aired early Nov.
3. Some new exclusive parts, fenders, right side shifter
4. Cadillac Pussy our newest bike which Hammer says he’s going to feature in the Horse and which Scooter caught my son riding and you have posted…thanks!!! 
November 2, 2006 Part 2
By Bandit |
Continued From Page 1
FAT 200 ON A BUDGET–So you want to run FAT rubber on your ’89-’99 Softail but you don’t want to bust the bank. No problem, Doherty Machine has just introduced a new FAT 200 conversion that retails for a fraction of their award winning original. The new set up is a complete kit and allows you to run up to 200 mm rear meat. Each kit includes everything you are going to need with the exception of a fender and tire.
You’ll get a fully chrome plated 60 spoke rear wheel with steel hub and correct offset, front and rear sprockets, chain, axle assembly, splash guard, gaskets, seals, spacers and necessary hardware. And get this, the entire package sells for under a grand!
Check all the details by calling 928-541-7744 or go to www.dohertymachine.com
STREAMLINE DESIGNS INC. ALL NEW BRAKE LINE FITTINGS– Introducing the Cleanest and easiest brake fittings on the market. Thread the 3/8-24 fitting into the brake or clutch and run your 3/16 kevlar reinforced tubing inside your frame or outside. Cut to length and push the hose in. that’s it no ferrules, no wrenching, no Nothing. and if you ever need to service it you just hold to collets down and pull the line out. No replacing the ferrules ever because there isn’t any.Attached is the fittings and hose pictures.
3/8-24 to 3/16 tubing Streamline fittings
Available now in
Chrome straight
Chrome 90 degree
3/16 hose by the foot.
Retail
$18.50 for the straight
$20.12 for the 90
$2.00 a foot for the tubing
Contact
Austin Weiss
Streamline Designs Inc
954 557 0977
www.streamlinedesignsinc.com
2007 Easyriders Centerfold Master Builder
CONTRABAND-FOR-SEX TRIAL UNDERWAY–TALLAHASSEE – Lawyers for two prison guards charged in a contraband-for-sex scandal that ended in a deadly shootout told jurors Monday that the government’s case is based on lies that female inmates are trying to trade for reduced sentences.Gregory Dixon and Alan Moore, both employed at a federal prison for women, are charged with conspiracy and bribery. Dixon is also accused of witness tampering.
“You will hear a lot of nonsense from inmates all trying to punch their tickets home,” said Thomas Findley, Dixon’s lawyer.
Three other guards have pleaded guilty to similar charges. A sixth, Ralph Hill, died in the gunfight at Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution when government agents tried to arrest the guards June 21. Justice Department special agent William “Buddy” Sentner also was killed and a prison officer assisting in the arrests was wounded.
None of the surviving guards have been implicated in the shootout and lawyers never mentioned it during their opening statements in U.S. District Court.
Defense attorneys instead focused on the inmates’ expected testimony that they swapped sex for such commonplace items as gum, cigarettes and perfume.
“They are not nice women. They are not ladies,” said Robert Harper, Moore’s lawyer. “We submit they’re liars.”
Harper said jurors also will “hear from some officers who are corrupt” and one of them will deny there was any conspiracy.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Sprowls acknowledged his key witnesses are convicted felons but promised jurors that the government will introduce sufficient evidence to show the guards abused their authority for personal benefit.
He said the alleged conspiracy, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, was not based on a formal agreement nor even a handshake.
Findley said his client has admitted having sex with inmates, but he told the jury that Dixon has not been charged with that relatively minor crime, a misdemeanor.
“Mr. Dixon has elected to be straightforward about this,” Findley said. “He regrets it. He’s extremely sorry for the pain he has caused his family.”
–from Rogue
MOTORCYCLE NUMBERS IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD–Bikernet has a very good writer, UD, based in India. We are about to publish another report on riding in Bombay. He recently was assigned an article covering motorcycle usage in the Asia and the Middle East to accompany a series of wild shots circulated around the net. The article is a kick. Check it out:http://www.bikernet.com/news/PageViewer.asp?PageID=1203
Here’s some follow-up number UD researched regarding the number of motorcycles buzzing around dusty roads in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India and Thailand. Check it out:
It is estimated that Vietnam alone has 10 millionmotorcycles out of the 12 million motorised vehiclesthere. In Cambodia there is no license registry formotorcycle riders.
Motorcycles make up 95% of vehicles on the road inVietnam, 80% in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic,75% in Cambodia, 73% in Indonesia and 51% in Malaysia.
India has the second largest road network in the worldwith over 3 million km of roads of which 46% arepaved. The 40 million vehicles using the roads have aterrible toll on human life, killing over 80,000people with over one third of a million victimsrequiring hospital treatment. Some states have madehelmets compulsory while others have too many ridersto keep them in check.
The vehicle fleet in Thailand is estimated at about 26million vehicles (2004) which consists of a majorityof two-wheelers.
NEW GAS USEAGE PLAN–Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down.
Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq. Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military. Give him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it.
After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot. This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.
Problem solved.
–from Mike Hahn
PAST MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION PRESIDENT, KAREN BOLIN PASSES AWAY– The Motorcycle Riders Foundation regrets to report that our beloved past President, Karen Bolin, passed away on October 30, 2006. Karen’s integrity, her love of motorcycling, and her dedication to motorcyclists’ rights will be long remembered. A memorial service will be held for Karen on November 4, 2006 at 10:00 AM at Yahn and Son Funeral Home 55 West Valley Hwy South, Auburn WA 98071. Karen requested that in lieu of flowers a donation be sent to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (www.nccc-online.org) at 6520 Platt Avenue # 693, West Hills, CA 91307. Karen’s concern and hope was that every woman be tested regularly.
Please contact Deborah Butitta with any questions.
–Deborah Butitta
Secretary
Motorcycle Riders Foundation, Inc.
deb@mrf.org
I’VE BECOME A BIKERNET JUNKIE–Dialed in today, and guess what? I’ve read everything! I’ve been a member for a few months….and I’ve read everything…..and many things have not been updated in quite some time: Wilmington Run # 46, Chapter 8, pictures of Pearl Harbor? Jeez.
–Dan
Dan was correct, in some respects. So in 24 hours we published two new reports in the Cantina, and a new Girl of Bikernet out of Savage Cycles in Maryland emerged. More reports are on their way and the Sunday Post, news is updated, you got it, every Sunday. Amazing. We’ll try to be better in the future.–Bandit
S&S PRO STOCK 160-INCH ENGINE ON BIKERNET–I asked Howard Kelly, from S&S, if the 190 mph billet engine would ever be available to the public. Check the story on the home page. We’ll bring you more details in the near future.
Here’s a shot of Chip’s Pro Stock bike by Matt Polito.
WORLD’S FASTEST BAGGER COMPETITION HEATS UP–I’ve been tossing around the idea of building one of my bagger model bikes in an attempt to compete at Bonneville in 2007. Any advice you could pass on? I know 5 Ball Racing did a kick ass job on the salt this year and you’ve inspired me to think about giving it a try, something I’ve always wanted to do since I was a kid.
Anything you could pass on would be appreciated.
–Joe- California Customs
The fairing will be key. You’ll have to look at those old FXR cop fairings that were more rounded. And find a front fender like my bike had, with wings around the front end.
Send us reports on your progress.–Bandit
I think we have a good design on the fairing. Unlike most of the H-D style fairings we don’t get that low pressure turbulence right in front of the rider so we tend to get a little more slippery than a lot of the FXR/FL style fairings. We know from testing the body work on our bagger helps the bike slide through the air a lot better than the same bike without the body work so it’s more efficient and is very stable at high speeds. I think we’d change our front fender anyway so that’s something I still need to work on. I’m still not sure it’s something I want to tackle and a lot depends on support from Sponsors.
I’m just a novice, but here’s a couple of things I learned. I spoke to Dennis Manning today and he confirmed that we’re trying to push something through the air at high speeds. Aerodynamics is critical. If you look at streamlined bikes you’ll notice that some have a nose and some are shaped narrowly. Wink told me that cutting the air is one thing, but closing the air is even more critical. Keep that in mind as you design your chassis.–Bandit
2007 HOUSE OF KOLOR PRESTIGIOUS PAINTER ANNOUNCED– Ron Tonetti co-owner of RT’s North Hills Cycle Inc. with partner artist Sara Liberte was just selected as one of House of Kolor’s 2007 Prestigious Painters. Ron Tonetti “RT” is one of 12 few select chosen out of over 100 entries for this year’s highly acclaimed honor award. Ron has been painting and building custom Motorcycles for over 20 years and has earned quite a reputation for his dedication to perfection and flawless finish work. Most recently Ron and Sara just completed a ground up build for Super bowl Champ Barret Brooks of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
RT’s North Hills Cycle Inc. is based out of Pittsburgh PA and has been in business for 8 years.
The Custom Red and Silver bike that earned Ron the award will be featured in an upcoming 2007 issue of V-Twin Magazine as well as being featured in the 2007 House Of Kolor Prestigious Painter Calendar. Ron’s work can be seen in several motorcycle books and on the cover of “Choppers” by author Mike Seate. The work of Ron Tonetti and Sara Liberte has been featured on shows such as Corbin’s Ride ON, The Travel Channel and speed Channel’s American Thunder.
RT’s North Hills Cycle Inc. offers complete custom paint work for all motorcycles as well as ground up custom built motorcycles for the individual client. Individual and Dealer Inquiries are welcome for custom Paintwork.
RT’s North Hills Cycle
328 Perry Hwy
Pittsburgh, PA 15229
412.931.6205
www.northhillscycle.com
northhillscycle@verizon.net
BILLET FLAME SHIFT LINKAGE FROM CUSTOM CHROME– CNC-machined from billet aluminum and then given a brilliant chrome finish. This piece will out shine that boring stock linkage. Designed to fit all Softail? models from 1986 to present (except for FLSTS models) Sold each.
600091 Tribal Flame shift linkageCustom Chrome Part
HERE’S ONE TO REMEMBER FOR THE TROOPS– In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-Americansentiment and negativity, we should remember England ‘s Prime Minister Tony Blair’s words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members whyhe believes so much in America , he said:
“A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in… And how many want out.” Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
–from Vern
TEXAS NATIONAL BIKE SHOW THIS WEEKEND–O.K. O.K. I know that I told you I was through talking about the Texas National Bike Show but…… I lied!
I just wanted to let everyone know our schedule of events for the weekend. We have some much going on that at any time you will most likely see a half dressed beautiful woman, hey it’s Texas.
Friday November 3rd
10:00am Goodie Bags for the first 200 people through the door
10:00am Texas National Builder showdown ride in and open voting starts
6:00pm Bikini Fashion Show
7:00pm Concrete Rose Burlesque Show
Saturday November 4th
10:00am Goodie Bags for the first 200 people through the door
10:00am Open voting for the builder showdown
1:00 pm Elimination round of bikini contest
5:00pm Final Round of bikini contest
6:00pm Bike Show awards ceremony begins
That’s it! Just another big THANKS to our favorite sponsor BIKERNET for all of their love and support for us and our show!!
See you there,
–Holly
HOW TO REGISTER ON BIKERNET–This is the easy part. If you want to receive a Bikernet e-mail newsletter very infrequently just sign-up. There’s no charge. We don’t want your Social Security Number or your pink slip.
You also have the opportunity to win a prize. Just drop a suggestion or a wish list and ya never know what you might win from T-shirts to complete sets of pipes. Ya can’t lose.http://www.bikernet.com/contest/
WIN A CUSTOM THUNDER SADDLE OF YOUR TATTOO!– This is what you have been waiting for. For the next 8 months Metric Thunder will be giving away a custom Thunder Saddle each month. These saddles are the most exclusive saddles and most comfortable saddles every made. They are very cool because each saddle represents your tattoo.
The Tattoo Contest
BANDIT of Bikernet will pick the best looking tattoo of the month and we will make a custom Thunder Saddle with the Tattoo embossed on the saddle. Each saddle comes equipped with Saddlemen’s Saddle Gel. Saddle Gel makes an incredibly comfortable seat and allows you to stay on your motorcycle for longer periods of enjoyable riding.
How to Enter the Thunder Saddle Contest
Entering is easy. Just send an email to: tat@horsepowermarketing.com with your:
? Name
? Telephone number
? Picture of you and your tattoo
? Year and model of motorcycle
It’s just that easy. Send a picture of yourself sporting your favorite tattoo and you could be riding around with it on your motorcycle. It is your exclusive seat that is a show stopper and conversation piece wherever you stop.
For more details and rules click here.
Continued On Page 3
November 2, 2006 Part 1
By Bandit |
Darwin Motorcycles Wallpaper. Check Them Out…
Hey,
It’s Thursday already and we’ve been cookin’. Our Bikernet research continues regarding the constant media reports on the numbers of deaths in Iraq over 4 years. It’s under 3,000. Yet we’ve dug around and discovered that a 1,000 people are murdered every year in New York city. That would make the total for four years over 4,000. Why doesn’t CNN bitch about that daily?
Get this 16,000 people were murdered in the United States in 2005. Over a four year period that total would be: 64,000. Incredible. Where’s the complaints about police chiefs daily. I don’t get it, but I’m just a lamo biker. Sure, I have my questions about the bit in Iraq, but now we’re there, let’s see it through and support our troops all the way.
Let’s shift gears to the Bikernet Bonneville effort for 2007. The buzz is high. A book company contacted me about publishing a book on our Bikernet 2007 Bonneville effort. But there’s more Bonneville news. I spoke to Joe Teresi, the owner of Easyriders, “There’s a slightly higher that 50/50 chance we’ll return,” he said. Dennis Manning asked me if Easyriders would come back during a recent interview. We’re proud to have Dennis on Bikernet Radio this week. He’s the “Man” with the current 350 mph record. I hope to bring you a tech tip on the engine he spent years designing and developing for Bonneville. That 200 pound, V-4 is now available to the public. Let’s hit the news and then I’ll fill you in on the current Bikernet line-up for the next week:
ALL-NEW PRO CLASSCENTERFOLD TOUR MASTER BUILDER PROGRAM–A distinct number of Master Builders are chosen each year to participate in a one-of-a-kind program that exhibits the motorcycle creations of the “Best of the Best” Master Builders. This program provides the opportunity for Easyriders Events, in conjunction with the Centerfold Master Builders, to showcase these masterpieces in a professional, yet relaxed, atmosphere. Easyriders Events has proven to be the leader in the Custom Bike Show Industry for many years and we have achieved this by listening to what it is our audience wants.
Our attendees, your prospective customers, are interested and intrigued by these Custom Bike creations and their Builders, yet no steps have been taken by anyone other than Easyriders Events to bring them face-to-face or face-to-machine. The Centerfold Tour provides an opportunity to position yourself and your custom creations in front of hundreds of thousands of potential customers and industry enthusiasts. This program affords the Builders maximum International exposure without the requirements of the Builders’ time every weekend. Personal appearances are not required. We will post the 2007 members of the Centerfold Tour on Bikernet next week. Hang on.
What are some of the benefits of being an Easyriders Centerfold Tour Master Builder?
The six chosen 2008 Easyriders Centerfold Tour Master Builders will receive a feature article in Easyriders,V-Twin, In the Wind or Biker Magazine.
Over $1 million in advertising which includes the Centerfold Master Builder’s name on all printed materials related to the 2008 Easyriders Centerfold Tour.
A display will be created for the Centerfold Master Builder’s Motorcycle and will showcase your creation in the designated Easyriders Centerfold Tour area at each of the 2008 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show locations, as well as Biketoberfest, Daytona’s Bike Week and two Cherokee Survivor Rallies.
Complimentary transportation of the Master Builder’s Motorcycle to each of the Easyriders Events for 2008.
A Master Builder’s web page will be created and featured on the Easyriders Events website at www.EasyridersEvents.com. This web page will include a Bio along with pictures and links to the Master Builder’s own website and it will be featured on the Easyriders Centerfold Tour page.
Centerfold Collector Cards will be created with the Centerfold Master Builder’s winning motorcycle, self portrait, and Website address on it. These cards will be passed out at each of the Easyriders Shows.
Appropriate signage, as supplied by the Centerfold Master Builder, will be displayed at each of the Easyriders Events next to the Builder’s Centerfold motorcycle.
How do I become a Centerfold Master Builder?
A new Division of Easyriders Bike Shows has been created called the Pro Class. The sole purpose of creating the Pro Class is to select the 2008 Easyriders Centerfold Tour Master Builders. The Pro Class will be separate from the current Spectator and Judged Classes. There will be a Pro Class Division at the first 11 Regional Shows, with Kansas City hosting the Pro Class Finals on May 5, 2007. The Pro Class is open to anyone, with a one-time entry fee of $250.00, per bike, per Regional Show. Pro Class finalists will not be charged additional entry fees to bring their qualifying bike to Kansas City to compete in the Finals. At each of the first 11 Regional Shows, the Editors will choose 3 bikes out of all the entries in the Pro Class, in no particular order (i.e. No 1st, 2nd, 3rd Places), to advance to Kansas City, where six bikes will be chosen out of the field of finalists in the Pro Class Division.
The builders who create the six winning bikes will be named the 2008 Easyriders Centerfold Master Builders.
MRF PAC ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MR. JOHN GARD–MRF PAC recently announced its endorsement of Mr. John Gard, who is running for the 8th Congressional District of Wisconsin. The official announcement sent out by the MRF PAC was subject to a technical problem that prevented the correct version of the release from going out. The result was a release littered with typos. The MRF PAC would like to publicly apologize to Mr. Gard and ABATE of Wisconsin for any confusion or embarrassment this may have caused. I can assure that every safeguard has been installed to ensure that this won?t happen again. Thanks for your understanding and patience.
As always, do not hesitate to contact me in our Washington, DC office with any questions, comments or threats at –Jeff Hennie BIG TWIN WEST HOTEL ROOM DEADLINE EXTENDED–Did you know that Big Twin West is a month away and hotel rooms are going fast! The show is right around the corner and hotel availability is limited. So please make your accommodations byNovember 6, 2006. Travel Planners, the official Big Twin West housing provider, has just activated the online hotel reservation system. We have negotiated exclusive low rates for this event and rooms will go fast. Book now to guarantee your first-choice accommodations. Hotel Heads-Up Rooms are going fast at the Big Twin West?s headquarter hotel, The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. We still have rooms available…but we encourage you to book yours today. The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino features an 11-acre tropical beach environment, 16 restaurants, a 30,000-square-foot spa, and a House of Blues nightclub. 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An Exclusive Interview With the Wild Angel of Chops and Choppers
By Bandit |
To those in the know, the mere mention of Davie Allan and the Arrowsconjures aural images of fuzz bitten yet melodic guitar instrumentals.Davie’s is not a household name, although many fans purchased the group’sbuzz saw soundtracks and albums in the 1960s. Many millions more haveheard Davie Allan’s work without being able to put a name to the music.
Allan’s aggressive, fuzzed-out guitar instrumentals came to thebiker crowd by way of the classic B-movie “Wild Angels.” Before Angels, Allanhad scored another movie track with Mike Curb, on “Skaterdater.” But with “Wild Angels,” lightning struck and Davie Allan’s style coalesced into a unique,robust hybrid of Link Wray’s menacing power, Dick Dale’s caffeinatedshred, and the structural and musical sensibilities of his idol, HenryMancini. The song “Blues’ Theme” charted in regional markets across thecountry for the better part of a year, and a legend was born. Curb, Allanand the Arrows went on to compose and perform many musical scores forRoger Corman’s American International Pictures. Corman, it should be noted, was the king of the B-movie hill during the 1960s.
Allan and his current Arrows lineup are no oldies act. He is still composing and touring and his guitar chops have never been better. By rights, the name Davie Allan should be mentioned in the same breath as Dale and Wray. For better or worse, Allan?s early career was launched by Curb, his high school mate. Unfortunately, Curb also managed Allan and the Arrows. His opportunism and prodigious recycling of tracks did not bode well for the longevity of Allan’s success (Allan’s recorded legacy has been described as “a shitstorm of inconsistencies”). If ever there was a perfect subject for VH1’s ?Behind the Music,? it is that of Davie Allan and the Arrows. Theirs is a long, fascinating and improbable story.
How old were you when you first picked up guitar?
Allan: I started much later than I wanted to. I was around 15 and started performing within a couple of years.
Any humorous or interesting anecdotes from those earliest days?
Allan: I’m glad you asked. My first performance was at a luau, and myfirst drummer was Jim Gordon, who co-wrote “Layla” and is in jail formurdering his mother. That still shocks me. I have nothing but fond memories of working with him.
Flipside once referred to you as “High priest of the fuzz guitar.” Where and how did your frenetic, buzz saw guitar tone develop?
Allan: I guess this story gets told by other guitarists. In theearly days, we would put vocals AND guitars through one amp and couldn’thelp but get distortion. Van Halen cites “Blues’ Theme” as his firstintroduction to that grungy sound. As the amps got bigger, I got into fuzzboxes — my first one was made by the Gibson guitar company. Your questionbrings up a performance at one of the Love Rides (that’s the yearlymuscular dystrophy benefit that features 20,000 bikers going from Glendaleto Castaic, Calif.). We were doing a sound check and the soundman (who didn’thave a clue who I was) said, “Can we do something about that buzz saw effect?
“What was the inspiration for your adrenaline guitar tone?
Allan: I did a few distorted tunes early on but it was the ?Wild Angels? soundtrack that really set the tone that would stay with me for the 35years since those recordings were made. Since it was a biker film, I guess I was unknowingly going for a Harley sound with the guitar.
Who sang the ?Wild Angels? theme? It sounds like it might be Nancy Sinatra.
Allan: I always love it when I’m asked this question. It was Barbara Pittman, who had been on the Sun label and dated Elvis in the ?50s. She and I did a few duets (“This I Say” from the “Dr. Goldfoot & The Girl Bombs” soundtrack LP, “Makin’ Love” from the “Wild Wheels” soundtrack and a Manhattan Recordssingle: “Sha La La” and “You Really Got A Hold On Me.” The latter threewere billed as “The 13th Committee”).
Did you ever get to meet Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern or Nancy Sinatra?
Allan: I almost met Nancy this past year. A “Wild Angels” reunion was planned and we were slated to appear and to back her on a couple of tunes. We were also supposed to do a tune on the “Wild Angels” DVD that is due out soon. My meeting with Peter Fonda was disillusioning. We were promised a slot on the “Love Ride” show; Peter changed his mind but was going to have me come up on stage and introduce me. He changed his mind again but I went to the event anyway. I was still excited to meet him so when I saw him, I went over and grabbed his hand and introduced myself. He said nothing, then turned and walked away. The person in charge was able to at least talk Peter into posing for a picture later that day. I think he was out of it that day because he seemed like a different person when I saw him on an interview a couple of years later.
“Blues’ Theme” was recorded as a vocal in Davie’s collaboration with The Phantom Surfers (Skaterhater). Was the piece originally composed with lyrics?
Allan: Curb threw some lyrics together for the vocal version that appeared on ?The Wild Angels, Vol. II? LP.
What is your current recording and touring set-up?
Allan: After a few years of using a Roland guitar processor, I retired it for a few simple pedals such as a Pro-Co Rat, an Ibanez Tube Screamer and a 30-year-old Vox Wah Wah. When we don’t have a back line supplied, I use a 1980 Music Man amp and the guitar I use is a Fender Jazzmaster (with alterations) that I’ve had since 1965. I rarely use anything but the back pickup full blown.
How old are you?
Allan: It’s hard to lie about it anymore since my career goes back 40 years! I’m 56. In the last couple of years I have seen Link Wray and Dick Dale play live shows. They were absolutely at the top of their games, and even though many of the songs were familiar territory, there was no hint (sonically or in stage presence) that these guys were well past the age to be collecting Social Security.
Looking to your future, do you see yourself continuing to record and play live?
Allan: Unfortunately, the money isn’t there (I desperately need a tune in a film!) but I have no thoughts of giving it up. I’m working on making a CDR of my home demos to see if I can find a backer to finance a new album. We still do live shows and a tour is being discussed for later this year.
Will you do a cross-country thing or just regional to California?
Allan: We’ve done trips to Northern California plus Seattle, Portland and Tucson. In July/August of 1999, we did a three-week East Coast tour and we may do a similar one by the summer.
In 1996 you wrote the song “Vanishing Breed” for Dick Dale. How did this come to pass?
Allan: Dick and I have only worked together a couple of times but we go back to the ?60s. He played on a tune of mine in 1985 titled “Surf Trek” for my ?Arrow Dynamic? vinyl LP. I wrote “Vanishing Breed” for him and he said he would record it. He even told me that his son was going around the house humming it. After two years, I gave up and did it myself for the flipside of my “Shape of Things to Come” single for “Total Energy.”
You have referred to 1996’s “Fuzz Fest” as being the best thing you have done, and it is a solid and remarkably fresh-sounding release from start to finish. Was it just good kharma? What made this one special?
Allan: It was one of those magical moments like I had many times in the ?60s. Dave Provost was on bass and David Winogrond was on drums. We were totally in sync. So, there we were — Davie, Dave and David. All we needed was to add Dave Davies on second guitar! We came close with ?The Arrow Dynamic Sounds Of? CD in 1999. Dave had bowed out but Pete Curry stepped in and did a great job.
You really almost got Dave Davies from the Kinks to record with you?
Allan: That would’ve been too cool, but it was just a standing joke because of all the Daves.
Who are your favorite up-and-coming guitar-slingers? Do any of the current pack catch your ear?
Allan: I rarely listen to today’s music. I guess it’ll be surprise to learn that I listen mostly to Elvis, Frank, Bobby (Darin), Mancini, The Beatles and big band music.
The surprise is that none of these are instrumental guitar groups!
Allan: Well, I did mention Nokie Edwards (The Ventures). Some other favorites (are you sitting down for this?): Keely Smith, Linda Ronstadt, Matt Monro, Perry Como, Glenn Miller, ELO and Heart.
Are there any fuzz-drunk guitarists out there today who cite you asan influence?
Allan: I’ve been told that there are but I’ve only heard from fans who tell me how much I’ve influenced them. One fan recently told me that his young son watched a video of us to see how I played “Blues’ Theme.”
What do you think of the Insect Surfers and specifically the song “Volcano Juice”?
Allan: We’ve done quite a few shows with them and I was flattered when I was asked to play on that track. David Arnson and I soon became friends and he even appeared as an Arrow on a couple of shows.
I know you are influenced musically by Henry Mancini, but among guitarists, who influenced you?
Allan: Even though the guitar was basically a prop, my first influence was Elvis, followed by Duane Eddy, Nokie Edwards and George Harrison. Another favorite is Scotty Moore.
Were you/are you a Hendrix fan?
Allan: Never got into Jimi. I’ve been asked many times if he influenced me and except for his Top 40 hits, I didn’t hear any of his fuzz/wah stuff until years later.
Your new live CD, “Live Run” is on the Total Energy label, which also released “The Arrow Dynamic Sounds of Davie Allan and The Arrows” in 1999 and re-released “Fuzz Fest” in 1998. Have they done a good job promoting your work?
Allan: Without putting any blame on anyone, we’ve had great reviews on all three CDs. We did an East Coast tour in ’99, we won the LA Weekly Music Award for Best Instrumental Band of 1999, but there has been very little money made as far as CD sales.
Rumor has it that you either recorded an album of all surf stuff(fuzz style) or someone put out a compilation of your more surfy songs.True?
Allan: You must be referring to “Surftime On LBI.” That was anobvious bootleg that someone put together (badly) in New Jersey. The tuneswere re-titled. For instance, “Cycle-Delic” became “Surf-A-Delic” by DavyArrow & The Allens (nice spelling of both names).
What was the original idea behind your magnum opus tune “Cycle-Delic” Some fans think it’s the most free-form song you ever did. Were you influenced by outside trends or sources?
Allan: It was just something we started jamming on that tookshape after our August 1967 tour. When we got home, most of it was makingsense to us so we went into the studio and recorded it. We were reallyhappy with the result. What a shame that the multi-track tapes are gone;how I would love to hear it in stereo!
How long have you been playing with your current Arrows lineup of Lee Joseph on bass and David Winogrond on drums?
Allan: Lee goes back to 1998 as my bass player but we had crossed paths in 1990 when he released my “Old Neck And New Strings” LP. It wasre-released on CD (with extra tracks) and re-titled ?Loud, Loose And Savage?in 1993 on the Iloki label and then re-released again on Lee’s Dionysuslabel in 1999. David and I did one track together in 1987 (“The MissingLink”) but he didn’t become an official Arrow until 1994.
Your accompanying group throughout the ?60s was variously referred to as The Visitors, The Hands Of Time, The Sidewalk Sounds, etc. Is there what you would consider to be a “classic” Arrows lineup?
Allan: There were two classic lineups. The musicians who did ?The Wild Angels? and many other tracks were Larry Brown on drums, Drew Bennett on bass, Russ Viot on rhythm guitar and vocals and Jared Hendler on keyboards. After “Blues’ Theme” hit the charts, the traveling “Arrows” (and a few sessions) were Drew, Don Manning on drums and the multi-talented Wayne Allwine on rhythm guitar and vocals. Wayne is a great guy and we still keep in touch. I always love telling his story. He became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977 and married voice-over actress Russi Taylor a few years ago. She is the voice of Minnie Mouse!
Did you really write and perform more than 20 movie soundtracks in a three- year period back in the mid-60s?
Allan: We actually worked on about two dozen “B” movies. Mostwere awful but a few cult favorites came out of the bunch such as “The Wild Angels,” “Devil’s Angels,” “Wild In The Streets” and “Born Losers.”
How involved were you in scoring the movie soundtracks?
Allan: We recorded many full tunes although some were done in snippets. Soundtrack albums were planned so we did some versions especially for that purpose. Also, in a great many cases, some of our previous recordings were remixed and retitled.
Did you ever visit the movie shoots and/or do any kind of cameo?
Allan: The band was in one perfectly awful film titled “Albert Peckingpaw’s Revenge” in 1967 that was retitled “Jennie, Wife Child.” Someonesent me a video of it about eight years ago and it was worse than Iexpected. I was also in the background of another bad one titled “WildWheels” in 1969.
Is it true that you have never ridden a motorcycle?
Allan: Yes, but I do ride a bicycle on occasion.
Merl Haggard, Kacey Jones, and more recently Hank Williams III have complained bitterly about getting screwed by Curb Records. Tell us a bit about the history of your business relationship with Mike Curb, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Allan: I’ve been working on a story about my relationship with him for about six years. I’m holding back on telling it because a deal is being offered to sign off on the ?60s and start with a clean slate to re-release all the old tracks on CD. Many labels have approached me (in hopes that I owned the old recordings) to do box sets. Curb owns everything and has refused to lease anything out except for “Blues’ Theme” that has been on a few comps, including Rhino Records Nuggets four-CD box set that did quite well. Thankfully, I got my co-writing credit back because I’ve received nothing as the artist. Who knows, Curb and I started together in 1961, maybe he’ll get tired of all the bootlegs and take those recordings off the shelf and put them back out there where they belong.
I’ve seen elsewhere a reference to the year 1963 as the date you began working with Curb. Was 1961 when you were still going to high school together?
Allan: We met in the high school choir in ’61 and started doing demos in the studio soon after. The first releases were in ’63.
Was the song “Curb Job” a shot at Mike Curb?
Allan: That’s a tune that Mel Bergman (Phantom Surfers’ guitarist) wrote for me that is really a mafia term. It’s so disgusting that I would rather not describe it. It was also a shot at Curb. I did another project with Mel Bergman, a Ventures take on The Ramones. We called the group theRamonetures and an LP and CD came out in ’99. It was quite a challengefor me in that I had to learn the melodies of 16 tunes that I had neverheard before. It was released on the Blood Red Vinyl & Discs label.
What are your hobbies, outside of music?
Allan: Movies, a few TV shows, hiking, bicycling, softball. I used to collect autographs but got turned off when Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw turned me down at a club I was playing in Palm Springs. I also collected View Masters as a kid but all I collect today are Hallmark’s “Star Trek” ornaments.
In addition to Allan’s recent discography, there are various bootlegs floating around on the market, including a recent CD of the 1967 ?Blues’ Theme? LP. Perhaps the popularity of these bootlegs will helpconvince Mike Curb to release official versions of those oldrecordings. Fans who wish to rattle Mike Curb’s cage can write to him at47 Music Square East, Nashville, Tenn. 37203-4324.
Several Davie Allan CDs are available directly from his Web site, www.davieallan.com, including “Fuzz Fest,” about which Davie comments, “This follow-up to “Loud, Loose and Savage” was first released on AVI in 1996 and then re-released on “Total Energy” in 1999. Where does this one come in on the list of my almost four decades of recording? My favorite, my best.”