Richie Russolello was working in Kansas and meet with some Veterans building a memorial with no support. As he talked to them, he made a promise to help them, and their mission to honor veterans and wounded warriors who came home and needed a helping hand.

When he was young, Richie wanted to join the service and fly F14 Tom Cats, but because of physical reasons he could not fly. However, he moved forward working on airplanes, trains, and all the associated support equipment. He worked for Continental, Colorado Railroad and now Signature Flight Support, and he is license to work on A&P aircraft and Qualified Maintenance Personnel (QMP) for trains.



He learned and perfected all of his fabrication skills, welding, metal fabrication and built motorcycles. He has shown many of his custom bikes, and like most builders he enjoys the design and build as much or more than riding. This year he was elevated to judge at the Mountain Regions largest motorcycle event, Colorado Motorcycle Expo going strong for 43 years.

“We want to get the people to talk,” Richie said, “To see if we get them to come on board with us, support and donate to the Wounded Warrior Project. You know, there’s a lot of military charities out there, they’re all good but the way I feel is that you gotta fix the soldier first. We could get them houses, we could get them jobs, we get them finances, but we gotta fix them. We got to fix him and his family and the only way we’re gonna do that, is through the Wounded Warrior Project.”



“They handle all the medical. They handle the mental and physical rehabilitation. They even have programs to get them back into the workforce. ‘Cuz these guys and girls are coming back seriously messed up. So, what do we do? We gotta get them back into life. That’s why this whole program came about. We’re doing it for them. We’re doing it for the veterans. We wanted to say thank you to the veterans by building this bike, but we also wanted to use it for our project supporting Wounded Warriors.”

The Wounded Warrior is designed to provide tribute to all branches of the service, Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Not to look like a show bike all bright and shiny, but the tools they used coming back from years of service fighting for what they stand for.



Richie started this bike by modifying an older chassis to for a Pro Street frame. He chopped it up and made it his own design. The backbone was lowered to bring in the shape of a fighter plane. With help from a friend, who owns a machine shop in Florida, he designed the custom swing arm. He fabricated it as two pieces and performed the finished welding. He installed an Avon 300 tire in the back and a 21-inch tire in the front.


From there he stripped all the chrome off components for a more of a military finish. The bike looks like it just came back from the battlefield. That’s what he was looking for. Not looking for the pretty stuff. He finished the frame and did all the welding, trying to keep the welding as careful as he could. But he liked a little bit of the roughness in some welds. He duplicated the look of something you see from an airfield or a battlefield. If something breaks, they’re gonna stick it back together and send it right back out. That is what this bike represents.



The tank was a prefab, but it didn’t end up that way. He redesigned and finished it. It was just a tank with a ton of welds, so he had to cut the back off, shape it and then finish everything. It is the military shark that you see on all the fighter jets. It is equipped with a gas cap resembling a gun turret, He took a taxi light off an aircraft, the glass top and made it look like the gun turret from a B-17. It has two cannons and is glass top and there’s a guy inside that they used a 3D printer to make. The gas cap closes perfectly with the guns facing forward. He said they had a blast with that.



The seat was all handmade. A friend, Aaron did the work on that. Richie designed it all and Aaron cut the leather and did all the custom tooling displaying the five military branches. You see all five branches of the military cut right into the leather. That came out cool.



The front fender was just a fenders, Richie cut it up to the design that he wanted. It has an eagle’s head proudly on it. The is a lot of design to capture everything as real as he could. The rear fender is the tails from an F-14, Tom Cat with the engines as lights. They actually light up and flicker when it’s starting, the taillights are bullets. He had to bring that Tom Cat to the bike.



The engine is a 96 inch. He wanted to keep it down. Anything over 96, you get to the 110’s and better, it is gonna shake itself apart. This bike isn’t built for that, its built to cruise and enjoy. So, he stayed with the 96, it’s got a different piston, and it has a different cam so it’s got a great sound and is running great. The carb is typical, just a stock carb, nothing racy about it.

The primary color he started with was a block of metal, black aluminum and then went with a true military green.



The air cleaner is a bomb. He wanted it to resemble the old fighter aircraft where they put the pin-up girl with her name on it. The pin-up is on the bomb and she’s called Belladonna.


This is all hand fab; everything came from nothing. The chin spoiler is a f117 Nighthawk that was a nightmare, but we got it by hammering every day, and throwing it away. Like that bike is two years of accidents. He kept trying and trying and trying to get it right and made a big old sheet metal pile. And then looking through the pile he found the perfect one at the bottom.



Another thing, he’s proud of the exhaust system. He hand fabricated the each element. Starting with a wide pipe, he cut it and made his own single tube and then made a machine gun. It’s called a GAU-17, which is the same as an M-134D. It’s a military Gatling gun, still in service today. They shoot 3,000 rounds a minute, 50 rounds a second. It’s got the Gatling tubes. There are six of them, 50 millimeter in size. There’s even the toggle switch that you throw, when you start firing.

The chopper sports the actual Marine logo. He also mounted the K-bar, which is the weapon that the Marines get, when their training hand-to-hand combat. It’s the most important weapon a Marine has. He was asked by a friend, a Marine, to include it.

Everything accessory was Military related, artillery, ordinance, you name it, it came from the military.



Another biggie is the headlight. He struggled with the Coast Guard. He didn’t know what might represent them. He decided to make a rescue spotlight. The only thing he found was a housing and then he machined the rest of it. It’s a search and rescue spotlight now. “It came out so good,” Richie said. “I’m not bragging at all, just – when something turns out sharp, it’s wow, look at that.” It’s equipped with Morse Code fins. It also has working night vision.

The final piece on it is a true GPS speedometer, built inside a housing complimenting the front forks. The speedometer is inside. A pure GPS, so there are no wires, just an antenna.



Isaac “Izzy” Reyes is phenomenal with an airbrush. “I didn’t want a green bike with a white star on it, “Richie said, “I need it to look real.” Izzy turned all the sheet metal into riveted sheet metal, with an airbrush.

“When I showed the fender to my wife Donna, “Richie said, “she touched it, she wanted to feel the rivets. There ain’t no rivets there.”



Izzy completed the shark artwork and also put a Red Cross on the top of the tank. Looking like it came straight from M*A*S*H. Then he applied age into it. That’s what topped it all off. He mastered wear and age on every part of the bike, even the red star, the Red Cross. It looks like it’s been on the battlefield 20 years. He pulled the whole bike together.


For those who were prisoners, Richie added a POW license plate. He weathered it to show the pain for those who endured that fate.

“My two sons and daughter, Michael, Ricky, Jessica, did all the 3-D printing for me,” Richie said. “A big guy I must thank is the owner of Metal Supply and Machine, Del Rey Beach, Florida. He’s a buddy of mine from when I used to live in New York. He opened up a machine shop, and when he found out what I was doing, his whole family military family stepped up.”



He said, “Rich, you need something done, you tell me, and I’ll get it done.”

“I owe this guy everything,” Richie said. “All my thoughts and all my pictures, he turned into reality.”

“So, it all came together, a bunch of good people that helped me put it together and especially my wife. She supported me, even though she thought I was crazy. She was okay with doing the whole Wounded Warrior thing.”

This whole project is for those who served, to thank them for what they did. Richie has permission to use the Wounded Warrior organizations name and logos and the funds raised will go to them.



If you would like to help Richie and the team support Wounded Warriors, visit them at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/donate/1818049438379057/3039319403062923/




Prostreet Frame with shortened down tube and lowered backbone with 48-degree rake
S&S 96-inch Engine
Ultima 6-spd transmission
BDL open primary
Avon 21 front and 300 rear tires
Custom built handle bars
Prostreet tank finished and lowered
DNA 66mm inverted front end
Harley controls
One off B-17 Gun turret Gas cap
Custom seat by Kruger Customs
One off F117 Nighthawk Chin spoiler
Custom Primary cover machined to M-4 Army Tank
War Medal “All Gave Some, Some Gave All” in 24 Karat gold plating
One off shift rod “Freedom isn’t free” in 24 Karat gold plating
Custom designed Coast Guard Search and Rescue Headlight
Custom Military service pistol foot pegs
One off custom exhaust as a M134D/Gua-17 Mini Gun



Custom designed front and rear fenders with F-14 Tails and Nacelles
Custom bullet style taillights and turn signals
PM brakes front and rear
Custom Bomb Air cleaner assembly
One off custom blend Black Olive Matte paint
Custom Marine Kabar with sheath
Airbrushing by Issaic “IZZY” Reyes



Thanks to Marc from Metal Supply and Machining Inc. and his team. Matt Dominguez as the events coordinator and transporter. To Richie’s children Jessica, Ricky, and Mike for help and support with paint, leather work, and 3D printing. A special thanks to his wife, Donna for letting him complete his vision and putting up with a crazy bike builder with a dream.

Rogue rides to the Toy Run in Brevard County, Florida

It is the time of year that Bikers from around the country hold Toy Runs to help out those in their community who need toys for their kids.

Things have been tough for a lot of people, but you can always count on the Bikers to help where they can.

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War Dogs Charity Riders of Chicago Tornado Relief Caravan Leaves for Devastated Mayfield, Kentucky

Chicago December 19th 2021 –

By Gina Woods – Open Road Radio and War Dogs Charity Riders Board Member

With a six-truck and trailer load caravan of donations, the War Dogs Charity Riders leave tonight at 11:00 pm from Woodstock Harley-Davidson. The War Dogs Charity Riders and friends will gather at Woodstock Harley-Davidson with six trucks and trailers full to the brim and headed to Mayfield, Kentucky to deliver donations.

Greg Voss, a Chicago native and newly relocated Mayfield resident, says, “The past week has been terrific with the outpour of donations from around the world. We just got electricity back on and the clean-up effort has been amazing and ongoing.” Greg lives in the valley of Mayfield and was untouched by the disastrous tornado that wiped out the entire town. Greg uses his house as a headquarters for donations and coordinates with the city of Mayfield the many donations coming in.

Jessica Sheehan, the War Dogs Charity Riders board member who started the idea and organized the Kentucky Tornado Relief Caravan project, says, “My gosh, in the last five days we have collected thousands of dollars in monetary donations and water bottles, toys, clothes, tools and so many other necessary items like batteries, gloves and cleaning products for the trip to Mayfield. It’s a fine example of hope, perseverance and good will of the men and women in the community. I can’t even begin to thank all the organizations and people who have helped.”

Doug Jackson, owner of Woodstock Harley-Davidson and War Dogs president, says that the dealership has been a collection house all week and will feed the 10-plus people riding in the relief caravan to Kentucky and provided monies to help feed them while on the road. Doug comments, “It’s doing what we do in the name of mankind and bikers have always been a big part of relief efforts.”

If you’d like to donate you can contact the War Dogs Charity Riders @ 847.989.1827 or 630.833.9889

by Michael Shellenberger

A half trillion dollars to subsidize renewables would have raised energy prices, worsened inflation, and undermined decarbonization. But what do we do now?

The centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is dead. Senator Joe Manchin today announced that he could not support Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation which consisted of $1.7 trillion in new spending and would have added $158 billion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The largest component of spending, $570 billion, was for renewables, electric cars, and other climate change investments.

Progressives, environmentalists, and Democrats are furious with Sen. Manchin, but it was their own climate and renewables dogmatism that doomed the legislation. Democratic Senators could have written legislation that expanded nuclear energy and natural gas, the two main drivers of decarbonization, which are strongly supported by Manchin, and Republicans, but instead investments went overwhelmingly to solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars.

It’s true that there were good things in Build Back Better, and that one of the worst climate provisions, the Clean Energy Performance Program, was already removed. Build Back Better included a tax credit for existing nuclear power plants, funding for advanced nuclear fuels, funding for fusion R&D, and financial support for communities hurt by the transition to renewables.

But the money for nuclear would not have made much if any difference to the operating of nuclear plans. Nuclear plants in California, Massachusetts and New York are being shut down, despite already being profitable, for ideological reasons. Legislatures in less anti-nuclear states like Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticult step in to save their plants when they need to. And higher electricity prices due to natural gas shortages are making nuclear plants in other states even more profitable.

Of Build Back Better’s $550 billion for climate and energy, the vast majority of it was for weather-dependent renewables and their enabling infrastructure, including $29 billion for a “green bank” program to finance renewables and $10 billion for rural electric cooperatives to switch to renewables. Such subsidies were being offered despite years of false claims by many of the legislation’s sponsors and advocates that solar and wind were already cheaper than grid electricity.

Most dangerously, Build Back Better would have undermined electricity reliability, raised energy prices, and made the U.S. more dependent on foreign energy imports. Over-reliance on weather-dependent renewables in Texas and California, and under-investment in reliable, weather-independent nuclear and natural gas plants, led directly to deadly blackouts in those states.

I testified as much to this problem to Manchin’s Senate Commitee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Sen. Manchin made clear today that the role of renewables in making electricity expensive and unreliable was one of his top concerns. “The main thing that we need is dependability and reliability,” he said this morning. “If not, you’ll have what happened in Texas and California.” In his statement, Manchin said, “If enacted, the bill will also risk the reliability of our electric grid and increase our dependence on foreign supply chains.”

Adding weather-dependent energy sources can only make grids more resilient if significantly more money is spent maintaining reliable power sources to make up for their lost revenue and lost operation hours. That’s what Germany has done, deciding to burn more coal rather than continue operating its nuclear plants, which it’s shutting down, or rely too heavily on imported natural gas.

Manchin is also right that Build Back Better would increase dependence on energy imports. Over 80% of the world’s solar panels are made in China by incarcerated Uighyr Muslims living in concentration camps and against whom the Chinese government is committing “genocide,” according to the U.S. State Department.

Build Back Better contained incentives for the return of solar manufacturing to the U.S., but they were far too small to compete with solar panels made by incarcerated people in China’s already-built and heavily-subsidized mega-factories. Nor did they deal with the coming solar panel waste crisis.

“We have been energy independent for the first time for the first time in 60, 70 years or more,” noted Manchin, “and we should not have to depend on other parts of the world to give us the energy, or be able to hold us hostage for the energy, or the foreign supply chains that we need for the products we need every day.”

Everywhere in the world that solar and wind are deployed at scale they increase electricity prices dramatically. California increased its electricity prices seven times more than the rest of the U.S. over the last decade. Germany has the highest electricity prices in Europe, and is breaking new records with the energy shortage caused by lack of adequate natural gas supplies globally.

And now the entire world is paying the price of climate alarmism and renewables dogmatism. Climate shareholder activism and the ESG “sustainable” investment movement caused governments and private sector actors to underinvest in oil and gas production and over-invest in weather-dependent renewables. The result is historic shortages of natural gas and oil.

For the last several weeks Europen and Asian nations have been breaking records for the cost of electricity, due to shortages of natural gas supplies. Oil prices are set to rise to $125 per barrel next year and $150 in 2023, and U.S. winter natural gas prices will be 30% higher this year. Even nuclear-heavy France, which became over-invested in renewables and natural gas, and under-invested in nuclear, is seeing record electricity prices.

But what then, does it mean for climate change? And what should be done to safeguard American energy supplies going forward?

A global network of 900 scientists and professionals has prepared this urgent message. Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.

Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming

The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases. The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that we now are experiencing a period of warming.

Warming is far slower than predicted

The world has warmed significantly less than predicted by IPCC on the basis of modeled anthropogenic forcing. The gap between the real world and the modeled world tells us that we are far from understanding climate change.

Climate policy relies on inadequate models

Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial.

CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth

CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide.

Global warming has not increased natural disasters

There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent. However, there is ample evidence that CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are costly.

Climate policy must respect scientific and economic realities

There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to reflect and re-adapt. The aim of global policy should be ‘prosperity for all’ by providing reliable and affordable energy at all times. In a prosperous society men and women are well educated, birthrates are low and people care about their environment.

Epilogue

The World Climate Declaration (WCD) has brought a large variety of competent scientists together from all over the world*. The considerable knowledge and experience of this group is indispensable in reaching a balanced, dispassionate and competent view of climate change.

From now onward the group is going to function as “Global Climate Intelligence Group”. The CLINTEL Group will give solicited and unsolicited advice on climate change and energy transition to governments and companies worldwide.

* It is not the number of experts but the quality of arguments that counts

https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/

Final show of the year TONIGHT in Philadelphia!

Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves

Feeling frisky??

Final show of the year, TONIGHT, in Philadelphia.

Join us for a night of music, food, drinks, and bowling! at the brand new Philly Brooklyn Bowl.

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7pm Doors, 8pm Show.

Thank you for a great year.
Xo
Nick

Official Website: https://www.nickperrimusic.com/

Artwork by Bob Linneman

Have a helluva holiday season.

May all your projects come to fruition, and you make progress daily.

Let’s hit the news.

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Hey,

What’s going on? If only I knew. Each week I scramble for progress on multiple fronts. The weather cleared last week, but our contractor was detailing a spec home, so it could slip into the multiple listings book for the world to see.

Our trusses were delivered this week, but it snowed and the driver didn’t dare back his rig into our back yard to unload them. He had a notorious process. He backed up to the edge of the road and let them slide off his trailer into our yard. Crazy. He told me that when he first started delivering building supplies, one of his loads slipped off his massive trailer and slid right through a garage, oops.

He dropped them and took off. Unfortunately, the tip rested right on the edge of the road on the curve. I couldn’t sleep, if a holiday spirit-soaked neighbor took that curve wide and clipped the trusses, we were fucked. The next morning, my neighbor and I used massive straps and a come-along attached to a nearby tree to pull them at least 5 feet from the road.

I took delivery of this almost complete XA front end from Matt Olsen, the Knucklehead expert. And I’m working with Irish Rich on a single-loop VL frame. Projects and Progress are what life’s all about. A brother, Edge, the Smoke Out master called this week about riding to Sturgis, and I reached out to Rich Worley from American Biker in Charlotte about an FXDR from 2019. So a project can also be the next run to the Badlands.

Let’s hit the news. May all your projects come to fruition, and you make progress daily.

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Meteorologist Chris Martz on tornado climate link: “This is utter bullshit.” … “Here are the facts: No overall trend in U.S. tornado activity since 1954; but EF-3+ down 50%.”

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: “To claim ‘global warming’ as cause for tornadoes ‘is directly opposite to the clear observational evidence’”

Even the UN IPCC disagrees with Joe Biden – Extreme Weather Expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. noted: UN IPCC AR6 WG1 states: “trends in tornadoes… associated w/ severe convective storms are not robustly detected” … “attribution of certain classes of extreme weather (eg, tornadoes) is beyond current modeling & theoretical capabilities” … “how tornadoes… will change is an open question”

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The woman got slapped with $500 worth of damage that she and her friend caused inside a bathroom at Seminole eatery Irish 31

SEMINOLE, FLORIDA: A woman in Florida was arrested after she and her friend ended up having a bit aggressive intimate moment in a bathroom eventually breaking a pub’s sink. The woman later was charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief.

The woman has been identified as Kathryn Trammel. She got slapped with $500 worth of damage that she and her friend caused inside a bathroom at Seminole eatery Irish 31 on Tuesday, December 7, as reported by the website, Smoking Gun.

This is not the first time when sex made headlines for the wrong reasons. A Florida woman named Danielle Ferrero was caught exposing her breasts and masturbating during a visit with her inmate lover Cody Thomas.

In another incident, Tina Gonzalez, a corrections officer in a prison facility came under fire for having sex with an inmate while 11 others watched.

Similarly, a 30-year-old guard Javonte Richardson, was caught having sex with a female inmate, 15, in CCTV footage.

In another reported incident a couple of years ago, a married 27-year-old correctional officer Sinead Nichole Hagan was seen having sex with multiple male prisoners.

–By Ashish Singh
Meaww.com
–from Rogue

TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–Four Evo’s, three Shovelheads and a Twin Cam in a Peat Tree, some for sale, some not. Was frickin windy and cold Saturday, had on the 5-Ball vest, but it was really a jacket day. Sunday Sunshine and 60 degrees but needed a vest too, but back into the 80s today.

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NEWS FROM ENGLAND–Brits In Trouble Over Motorcycle Transport To The European Union

British motorcyclists who have their bike transported to the European Union by truck or van, often run into trouble and are confronted with high fines and duties in EU countries.

This is an unforeseen consequence of Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. British and European riders’ organizations FEMA and NMC, and historic vehicles owners’ group FIVA ask the European Commission to help solve this problem.

Many British owners of motorcycles and historic vehicles like to travel to the European Union to go to events like shows, rallies, exhibitions to share their passion with others. Or they simply want their vehicle waiting for them in the country where they planned their holidays or leisure trip.

For practical purposes, the vehicles are often transported in vans, on trailers or in transporters. We are aware of situations where owners of motorcycles and historic vehicles from the United Kingdom thought, after inquiries, that they did the right thing but were confronted with problems and extremely high fines and duties in EU countries they crossed or at borders of EU countries. Similar problems have been experienced entering the UK from the EU.

It seems that EU member states have different views on the necessary papers and how to handle this kind of transport.

For clarity, the problem relates to vehicles which are road registered and legal for use on highways – not unregistered vehicles for sports purposes or exhibitions for which the ATA Carnet regime is in place as detailed in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

FIVA, NMC and FEMA have written to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Mr. Thierry Breton, asking him to help solve this issue. We offer a number of possible solutions and we have asked the Commissioner for an opportunity to discuss the matter further.

–FEMA

BAGGER RACING NEWS–Shane Narbonne Takes Pirelli to the Top Step of the Podium and Captures Bagger Racing League Championship at Sonoma

Narbonne’s Trask Performance Harley-Davidson Relies on Pirelli’s DIABLO Superbike SC1 Front and Rear Slicks to Capture Custom Dynamics GP Bagger Victory

SONOMA, Calif. (December 15, 2021) – Pirelli Tire North America carried its momentum into the Bagger Racing League season finale at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday, December 11 by once again capturing the top step of the podium thanks to an impressive performance by Trask Performance’s Shane Narbonne.

Competing aboard a Harley-Davidson equipped with Pirelli DIABLO Superbike slicks, Narbonne would prove to be the star of the weekend by capturing the Custom Dynamics GP Bagger class win, which was enough to crown him 2022 Custom Dynamics GP Bagger class champion.

Shane Narbonne captured both the event victory and championship at Sonoma.

“First off, I just want to give a huge thank you to Pirelli for coming on board with my racing program,” said Narbonne. “It’s my first year working with Pirelli and this past weekend was an incredible time working with Oscar [Solis] to get my bike working great with the sticky tire, even though we had cool temperatures. We had a great tire choice for the race and the tires worked amazing the entire time, which allowed me to take the Bagger GP victory!”

Narbonne consistently set the pace throughout the weekend by capturing pole position and the fastest lap of the weekend using a Pirelli DIABLO Superbike SC1 front slick in 120/70R17 sizing and a DIABLO Superbike SC1 rear slick in 190/60R17 sizing. He would overcome a mid-race charge from his competitors and use excellent late-race speed and grip to prevail. The race-winning performance helped clinch the class championship and prove Pirelli’s capability in bagger racing.

RESULTS

Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, California

December 11, 2021

Custom Dynamics Bagger GP
1. Shane Narbonne
Cory West
Ben Bostrom

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EV NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT–Electric Vehicles were in the news a great deal recently. Last week, President Biden ordered an EV federal fleet by 2035 and he wants all of the federal government to be carbon-neutral by 2050. Vice President Harris unveiled the administration’s plan for an electric vehicle charging network across the country.

Power companies banded together for a coast-to-coast EV fast-charging network. The website Governing proposed that the US needs at least 100,000 stations by 2030 for the EV recharging network. Now, the feds need to mandate that all EVs and chargers use the same system to charge or it might be even a bigger headache for car owners.

Some Congressional news: US House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio will retire next year. On Thursday, a Senate panel will hold its hearing to decide on Biden’s nominee to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. Steven Cliff formerly served as an official at the California Air Resources Board and since February has been serving as the NHTSA’s deputy administrator.

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The original Harley-Davidson LiveWire bike that morphed into the LiveWire One under H-D’s new sub-brand gave us our first look at a high-powered electric Harley, but the manufacturer’s Arrow platform for a second electric motorcycle pushes that technology further with a new middleweight design that is likely to be easier on riders’ wallets.

Harley-Davidson LiveWire Arrow platform

The major difference in the Arrow platform is that the battery pack is no longer housed inside of a frame but rather becomes the frame.

Or rather, it becomes a structural component of the bike to which the steering head tube, motor, control electronics, swingarm, and other major components simply bolt onto.

The battery pack will be comprised of 21700-sized lithium-ion cells and it will be produced in a number of voltages and capacities.

That creates a much more modular platform that can be used to create a number of different models. And that appears to be what Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire engineers are doing.

The first new model, which bears the model designation “S2” and the name “Del Mar,” bears a striking resemblance to the flat tracker electric motorcycle that Harley-Davidson revealed as a concept several years ago.

We’ve previously discussed how such a middleweight electric motorcycle could be exactly what H-D needed to revive interest among younger riders. And that’s exactly the bike that is slated to follow the LiveWire One. The S2 Del Mar will become the first production bike using the new Arrow platform.

A teaser for the new bike was included in a presentation to investors following Harley’s announcement that LiveWire would go public using a SPAC with KYMCO.

–Micah Toll

Motorcycle Industry Veteran Steve Piehl to Drive Monimoto’s Series A Funding Round in North America

Vilnius, Lithuania – December 14, 2021 – Monimoto, the producer of smart, anti-theft GPS trackers for motorcycles, has partnered with former Harley-Davidson executive Steve Piehl to drive its Series A funding round in the U.S.

Mr. Piehl, a powersports expert who spent 35 years on staff at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, was responsible for developing and launching the Harley Owners Group, one of the motorcycle industry’s biggest success stories, with nearly a million members in more than 90 countries.

He was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame in 2012 and now acts as a consultant in communications and business development for several companies in the powersports, bioscience and industrial design industries.

“I’m delighted to partner with Monimoto to help them with this round of fundraising. I’ve been working with the company for nearly a year and I’m impressed with what they’ve already accomplished and their vision for the future. As our world moves toward more two-wheeled transportation in an increasingly urban environment, their product makes practical and emotional sense. It gives motorcycle owners a feeling of confidence that their investment, and their passion, has an extra level of protection,” says Piehl.

The Monimoto device is designed to be secured to high-value and collectible motorcycles or bicycles. When the device senses movement and the owner is not within range, it provides exact location tracking to the owner’s smartphone, allowing authorities to secure the return of the bike.

The current device, Monimoto 7, uses the latest worldwide eSIM, 4G/5G IoT technology and upcoming versions will leverage yet to be announced hardware and software improvements to further security and connectivity to owners and authorities.

Monimoto is raising US$5 million to accelerate R&D and continue its expansion in the U.S. motorcycle and e-bikes markets. The company is profitable already, but additional funding will help drive growth in this new market and segment.

“Most standard solutions, such as locks, fail to prevent theft, and just a small fraction of stolen motorcycles and bicycles are returned to their owners,” says Andrius Bruno Rimkunas, one of Monimoto founders. “Our tracker allows owners to immediately work with authorities to recover their stolen bike or motorcycle.”

“We’ve already seen the demand for this product in motorcycle applications throughout Europe. The high-end bicycle market is a huge opportunity for our growth, as the total available market in the U.S. bicycle segment is $14 billion. The market in Europe is even bigger, and we already have a strong presence there,” says Rimkunas.

The company aims to become the anti-theft solution of choice for motorcycle and bicycle owners in the U.S. and the EU and grow into a marketplace offering a wide range of services.

Chix on 66 is a cross-country ride that follows Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. Riveter Chapter President Karan Andrea says, “Gina Woods of Open Road Radio has been an enthusiastic supporter of this event and the Riveter Chapter from the beginning. In fact, she was so all-in with our endeavor that she joined Riveter as a charter member, and she has already given us the advantage of her experience in PR and broadcasting behind the scenes.

To have that kind of support so early in our venture was pivotal in the growth of the Chix on 66 ride from a cool idea to an event with nationwide reach. With Gina’s Open Road Radio as our premier broadcast sponsor, we will have an even more powerful presence in women’s motorcycling.”

Co-creator, president and host of Open Road Radio Gina Woods affirms, “I am thrilled to be a part of this group of women riders and to not only share the camaraderie of motorcycling but also vintage motorcycling with them. I have always been passionate about antique motorcycles and have been riding one, a 1949 Panhead “Sweet Melissa” for over 30 years and ridden it through most of the 50 United States!

“I look forward to swapping stories about motorcycling and share tips & tricks of riding and wrenching on them.” Gina has also created a team of women motorcycle mechanics, Gina Woods’ XX Chromes All Women Bike Builds, who built bikes that were raffled off with all monies going to charitable organizations.“

Gina continues, “I have been ever so fortunate to have had such a great run of ‘motorcycling to the airwaves’ for 25 years with Open Road Radio! Open Road Radio (ORR) is moto-talk radio on everything motorcycle. It combines entertainment, education and information into weekly programming.”

ORR broadcasts up-to-the-minute race results, tech tips, product reviews, road trips, rides and rallies, and motorcycle lifestyle news from around the world. Her zest for life and motorcycling has been captured in magazines and photos over the years. This lifestyle is her calling. “It’s a lifestyle, not just a weekend thing,” she exclaims.

Gina has appeared on a WGN-TV segment on women and motorcycles, and has also been the subject of a Chicago Tribune front page (Riders’ section) article. Both of these news stories followed on the wheels of Gina as a featured biker in the book Biker Chicz of North America, with her own chapter on her journey in motorcycling. ORR has been awarded a trunk load of awards over the years like the AMA MVP (Most Valued Program) Award.

While you tune up your machine, tune into 1500 AM & 92.5 FM WPJX and follow:
@roadhost @openroadradio
gina@openroadradio.com

And for more information on the Chix on 66 ride, follow:
www.chixon66.com @chixon66 @chixon66

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES MEMORIAL RUN—Rick Salisbury, owner of Legends Motorcycle Museum, has announced details for the 2022 “Legends and Legacies Memorial Run.”

Planned as a cross-country motorcycle endurance ride in memory of antique motorcycle enthusiast Lonnie Isam Jr. (Junior), the event will be held September 7 through September 25, 2022 and will feature antique motorcycles pre-dating 1922.

Junior was the visionary who led antique motorcycle riders across America four times before passing away in 2017 at age 48. Salisbury was friends with Junior and participated in all his endurance rides, with the exception of the first in 2010.

Through his continued friendship with Junior’s parents, Lonnie Sr. and Marianne Isam, Salisbury became inspired to memorialize Junior’s legacy by following Junior’s last request – for his friends to go on a motorcycle ride in his memory in lieu of funeral services.

Now, five years after Junior’s passing, his friends are doing just that.

Antique motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world will be invited to honor the individual who revitalized the sport of antique motorcycling by experiencing Junior’s first route while riding 100 year old (or older) motorcycles.

Stay tuned for more information on the 2022 Legends and Legacies Motorcycle

Endurance Memorial Run.
info@legendsandlegaciesrun.com

Apply now for the 2022 cross-country motorcycle endurance ride in memory of antique motorcycle enthusiast Lonnie Isam Jr. (Junior) starting Wednesday, September 7th in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and ending Sunday, September 25th in Santa Monica, California — A distance of approximately 3,300 miles.

Antique motorcycles pre-dating 1930 are eligible.

Official rules, map, and prize information coming soon.

Tucker Powersports to Deliver Expanded Dealer Education Programs

Tucker Powersports, is focused on its expansion of dealer education programs. Tucker currently has four courses in development.

The courses cover a variety of topics important to dealership owners and staff.

The course titles are:
Retail Sales 101 – How to get your employees out from behind the counter
Customer Loyalty – Establishing a rider community around your dealership
No Inventory, No Problem – How to get customers to buy when you don’t have items in stock
Strategic Relationships- Are you working with an order taker or a business partner?

The company is also participating in the MIC Symposium titled “Electrification of Powersports” with Tucker’s President and CEO Marc McAllister participating in a panel discussion.

Tucker will also roll out an updated and expanded version of its online training platform, known as Tucker University. The online tool allows Tucker and its distribution partners to share product information, updates and industry information with dealership staff and their entire rep force. Access is provided to all staff members working at Tucker’s dealership partners.

Tucker Team members will also help dealers succeed in the ePower segment, with an overview of Tucker’s expanding product line of e-scooters, e-bikes and accessories.

ANOTHER SAMSUNG LAWSUIT–So, what would the warning say? Don’t stick this up your ass or other places?

Woman sues Samsung for $1.8M after cell phone gets stuck inside her vagina.

An Albuquerque woman is suing Samsung for $1.8 million after she needed medical attention after inserting her cell phone inside her vagina and was unable to retrieve it for 96 hours.

Salma Briant, 39, claims her medical bills at the University of New Mexico Hospital amount to $1,168,000 and that she has suffered from severe psychological distress because of the whole ordeal.

Briant said she first inserted the cell phone inside her vagina as a dare from one of her friends, but quickly realized that the phone would not come out.

Attorney Jim McAfee’s claims his client was forced to undergo a cesarean section to remove the cell phone because of the atypical shape of her pelvis and had no insurance at the time.

A Samsung spokesman said they would not comment on this case at this moment, but explained that an out-of-court settlement was still an option on the table.

PRIZE POSSESSION REVIEW—I’ve read Prize Possession nine times. I’ve read it so many times I wake up thinking I’m one of the characters, Mick.

I can’t wait for your next book.

–Bernard
Brooklyn, NY

HOT START FROM NASH— New! “PUSH” Button!!

The “PUSH” button starter comes in bronze or stainless-steel button and is available now!

Buy just the knob itself or the whole push button plunger assembly.

The “PUSH” button threads (1/2-13) on to the 4 ¼-inch starter button shaft. The plunger comes with a black powder coated steel body, steel shaft and bushing.

Just give it a push to start your bike! Fits most all 1.4 kw and 1.6 kw starters.

AMA MAGAZINE UPDATE–American Motorcyclist, December 2021

Enjoy these stories and more in the December issue of American Motorcyclist :

“U.S. Women’s World Trophy Team triumphs at the 95th ISDE,” by Joy Burgess

“2021 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Inductees,” by Kali Kotoski, Joy Burgess and Keaton Maisano

“Appalachian Ingenuity: Backroads of Appalachia non-profit unites America’s coal country through motorcycle tourism,” by Erin Reda

“Making History in the Age of COVID: Riding Into History concours and charity returned with a vengeance,” by William Robinson and Mitch Boehm

HARLEY TO TAKE EV UNIT PUBLIC–via SPAC deal as valuations soar. The new stock will be LVW. Apparently, 75 percent of the new company will be owned by Harley-Davidson.

Harley-Davidson Inc’s electric-motorcycle division will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal valued at $1.77 billion, the company said on Monday, as the 118-year-old brand bets on younger customers to boost volumes.

Hmmm, the three top honchos at Harley now are a German Puma sneaker pusher and two woman bean counters. Now wonder the masculine old school vibe is gone from Harleys new products.
–Geno

QUOTE OF THE WEEK, SORTA–Remember… Four boxes keep us free:
– The soap box,
– The ballot box,
– The jury box,
and…
– The cartridge box.

“I love my country. It’s the government I’m afraid of!”

–Sam Burns

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THIS JUST IN FROM SWEDEN–Huey outside Finkys Daytona late ~’80s that’s when I got to know Donnie Smith Dave P, EKB, Picture Pat
Before my days 1994-2000

My ‘82 FLP bought in Glendale Nov 1982
$5600 No Harley print anywhere. I guess it was supposed to go into a Police fleet. But Gerald Foster and Tom Fairbairn of Bill Industries INVADER SFV, helped me to ship it to Sweden instead.

Foxy lady, she is Still running the show on my farm.

–Sheriff
Major Correspondent
Sweden
Bikernet.com™

OWNING A CAR IS OUTDATED— ’20th-century thinking’ and we must move to ‘shared mobility’ to cut carbon emissions, UK transport minister says

Owning a car is outdated ’20th-century thinking’, transport minister says – Trudy Harrison, 45, is also Boris Johnson’s parliamentary private secretary – She said the UK should move to ‘shared mobility’ to cut carbon emissions

Marc Morano: “You were warned! Don’t be surprised when the climate agenda is successful in taking away private car ownership and use. They have literally been talking about this since the 1970s and now with the power of COVID lockdowns, they see a real possibility of success.”

Flashback: Dem presidential candidate Andrew Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership – Suggests ‘constant roving fleet of electric cars’

– “We might not own our own cars.”

UK funded 2019 report ‘Absolute Zero’ urged climate lockdowns: ‘Stop flying…no new roads, airport closures…stop eating beef and lamb…stop doing anything that causes emissions’ – Regulate CO2 similar to ‘asbestos’

Climate lockdown: ‘It’s Time To Ban The Sale Of Pickup Trucks’ – ‘Shift away from relying on private vehicles entirely’

Business Insider mag: ‘Electric vehicles won’t save us — we need to get rid of cars completely’

–Climate Depot

There needs to be one major goal for all car and bike organizations: Eliminate Climate Doom by demanding open debate and scientific clarity. Then do the common-sense thing, a test in a community, state or country. Test all the renewable or unreliable programs and see if they work or not. –Bandit

IMPORTANT New Bikernet Reader Comment!–BIKER LIVES MATTER Story

https://www.bikernet.com/pages/BIKER_LIVES_MATTER_Story.aspx

Great article and program.
Bikers Lives Matter
Much love and respect

–Cat AKA OneLeggedBlonde Cat_health@hotmail.com
Racine , WI

Thanks Cat! Rode across the state of Florida today to attend the Celebration of Life of a club brother. It was a good celebration and I jammed exceeding the speed limit most of the way and back, how we use to ride in the club days. I like to think he somehow knows that, and it is my way of showing respect to him.

–Rogue

At least four states in recent weeks have called in members of the National Guard to deal with health care staffing issues amid COVID-19 vaccine mandates for hospital and nursing home workers.

Late last week, Indiana became the latest state to deploy the National Guard to hospitals. The Indiana Department of Health confirmed to local media that Guard members were sent to 13 facilities after officials with Indiana University Health, the state’s largest hospital system, made the request.

Indiana University officials said it’s dealing with “all-time highs” of both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. Earlier this year, about 125 Indiana University health care workers were fired for not complying with the system’s vaccine mandate, although the hospital said at the time that most fired workers were part-time.

“As COVID cases continue to increase and hospitalization of COVID and non-COVID patients reach all-time highs, the demand and strain on IU Health’s team members, nurses and providers has never been greater,” Indiana University Health said over the weekend, adding that it “will leverage all available resources and enlist members of Indiana’s National Guard, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Health, to assist in areas of critical need.”

Six-person National Guard teams with both clinical and nonclinical members will be sent to Indiana University hospitals in two-week intervals, officials said.

In New Hampshire, authorities confirmed several days ago that about 70 Guard members would be deployed within the coming weeks to provide nonclinical support at medical care facilities.

“Primarily, we’re going to start with non-clinical care in the hospitals, and the primary reason why is—we’re a part-time force,” National Guard Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities told local media in a statement. “And for us to utilize our doctors and nurses and physician assistants, we don’t want to take away from the health care system that is already strained.”

That deployment will start on Dec. 12 or Dec. 13, he confirmed.

“If unfortunately during the winter months, the hospitalization rates continue to increase, we’ll be more than happy to provide additional resources,” Mikolaities said.

–BY JACK PHILLIPS
Epoch Times

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EUROPEAN Motorcyclists Want Dedicated Charging Infrastructure–Electric vehicles like motorcycles and mopeds offer a solution to many of the present and future challenges in urban mobility. That is why they need dedicated charging infrastructure with secure parking places.

Part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package that the European Commission launched in July 2021 is a revision of the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive and it will be turned into a regulation, which is a binding legislative act. In the draft regulation the Commission proposes binding targets for electric vehicle charging points and hydrogen refueling points, telling EU Member States they will have to provide for minimum coverage of publicly accessible refueling and/or charging points.

Motorcycle rider organizations and the industry noticed that, even though we earlier filed our views in the public consultations from the European Commission, the proposal from the European Commission was entirely focused on cars and trucks, so called M- and N-category vehicles.

The draft regulation does not include L-category vehicles, like motorcycles, mopeds and other small vehicles. For this reason, ACEM, FEMA and FIM Europe decided to take joint action and try to include motorcycles in the new regulation. We sent messages with proposed amendments to the draft regulation to several members of the European Parliament, members of national parliaments and attachés of Permanent Representatives (the “Embassies” of the member states at the European Union).

In our letter, we asked for:

Accelerated development of recharging infrastructure for L-category vehicles, especially in the urban and peri-urban environments.

Members States should support and engage in the roll out of DC charging infrastructure, following the requirements as specified by EN/IEC 61851-25:2021 next to AC charging infrastructure, and swappable battery infrastructure for L-category vehicles.

Member States must also ensure a minimum coverage of publicly accessible and secure recharging points dedicated to L-category vehicles in their territory. With secure, we mean that charging points should be designed in such a way as to protect vehicles while charging.

Finally, we demand targets for 31 December 2025, 2030, and 2035 for electric recharging infrastructure for L-category vehicles: number of recharging stations and power output.

Comments from FEMA General Secretary Dolf Willigers: “Electric small vehicles like motorcycles, mopeds and small three- and four-wheeled vehicles offer a solution to many of the present and future challenges in urban mobility. They need dedicated or at least suitable charging infrastructure with secure parking places. It is strange that the Commission, while promoting the transition to electric vehicles, did not include L-category vehicles in the proposed new Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation. We count on the Parliament and the Member States (the Council) to correct this omission.”

Top photograph courtesy of Roelof Veldhuis
–FEMA

NEW FROM THE LOWBROW TEAM–Nothing screams CHOPPER like a set of Invader Wheels!

No more hunting down an old crusty wheel, only to be unsure about metal fatigue or damage that could make it unsafe…
Led Sled makes Invader Wheels in a variety of sizes and applications right in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
A set of Invaders is sure to set that next custom build apart from the pack.

TATTOO OF THE WEEK–Clown girl, the ‘payasa’. Fineline single needle black Grey made at Goodtime Charlie’s Tattooland.

–Frank Ball Jr.
Grand Master
Frank Ball Tattoo
5-Ball Leathers

NEW ART FROM THE DESERT–Deal of the Day “Kings of the Corkscrew” 26 x 36 Canvas Giclee’, Signed, Numbered, Hand Painted Frame, $2000.00 Frt. Normally $2500.00.

@tylerohararacing leading the pack through the Corkscrew at the inaugural KOB race. Go get it at the #baggerracingleague race in Sonoma this weekend Tyler. I’m watching on #fitetv Saturday. The original is on display @pikespeakindianmotorcycle

Eric@EricHerrmannStudios.com
480 575 7559
www.EricHerrmannStudios.com
— at Eric Herrmann Studios.

WORDS FROM THE BASE OF PILLAR PEAK–Family of Choice

For many years I have said that blood does not make a family. I have two blood brothers who I have not talked to in years. I tried in the past to build a relationship, but it just wasn’t in the stars.

On other hand I do have my family of choice, friends who have become my family. People who have been part of my Life, some for over fifty years. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with blood relatives but if you don’t have those embrace those friends who are your family.

Fifty-three years ago, I met my best friend and Brother Dan, our bond knows no limits. Dan has been there for me and my family unconditionally since the day we met. We have built a relationship that few have ever had.

Dan and I have not lived in the same city for 33 years, yet we talk at least three to four times a week and I see Brother Dan more often than I see people in the city where I live. He has been an Uncle to my kids who Love him very much and I am one to his. He has an amazing wife Leah who we instantly fell in Love with and is another member of our family.

Over the last 50 plus years Dan and I have been on hundreds of excellent adventures, some I cannot talk about, but every one of them has been a great time. This weekend I am in Sonoma California with Brother Dan for the Harley Racing League races.

We are among other friends who make it even better I can tell you that we have never had a fight in all these years, we may have not agreed on some issues, but we agreed to disagree. There has not been a moment that we have not been there for each other. This is what family is, always there for you.

Today Know: Today I embrace my Family; I give Thanks for All those who are close to me. I Know that Family is much more than blood. I choose to call those who I Love My Family. I am Grateful to have the choice of who my Family truly is. I embrace the gifts of the people who make my world a better place, My Wife, My Children, My Grandchildren, My Sister, My Nephews, My Brother Dan, Leah and All My Family.

And so It Is

Namaste’

–Yale

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. –Richard Bach

SOLID MOUNTS FOR RUBBERMOUNTED SPORTSTERS FROM NASH— Nash motorcycle company may have a solution with their nicely machined hardmount system. Marked for easy part location, stamped with RR, for right rear, as an example.
Going to give them a shot on my project bike.
Eric Stahl, Moto America bagger racer uses them on his xr1200 track bike…
Can’t be all bad, right?

Nash motorcycle company may have the solution with their nicely machined hard mount system.

Stamped with location… RR for right rear, for example.
Keep you posted with an update once installed and Dr Feng tested…

Wanted to give shout-out to Jake over at Motorcycle Collision Specialties regarding tires, brakes etc…

Have blown through at least 8 tires, and many sets of brake pads on the Sporty, and probably saved well over a thousand dollars over other vendors.

They do quality work as well, and Jake and his brother are old time Roady Racers, so have excellent tire knowledge, and take the time to do great tire balancing, and proper wheel alignment when reinstalling.

Dr Feng recommended.
(They also deal with Progressive shocks, and are Ohlins suspension distributors as well.)

–Dr. Feng
Road Racing Expert
Bikernet.com™

BREAKING NEWS: RPM ACT REINTRODUCED IN U.S. SENATE FOR 2021—ACT NOW!
Our voices have been heard once again! After receiving more than 1.5 million letters from enthusiasts like you, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) has been reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 2021-2022 session of Congress!

The RPM Act must be enacted into law to guarantee your right to modify street cars, trucks, and motorcycles into dedicated race vehicles, and ensure that industry can offer parts that enable racers to compete.

This legislation has no chance in hell until there is some true climate and C02 clarity.—Bandit

A NAME SUGGESTION FOR THE FIRST BADLANDS BIKE PROJECT—
Love the knuckle and you are right Choppers Forever !
Name suggestion:
“Bandit’s Knucklesled”
Just a thought.

–Terry Lovering

I like it. –Bandit

WE’RE BACK! HALF MOON BAY CALIFORNIA’S FESTIVAL OF MAGNIFICENT MACHINES MARKS 30TH YEAR IN 2022— Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show Returns Sunday, April 24, 2022 to Half Moon Bay Airport

World-Class Tricked-Out Cars and Trucks, Fantastic Flying Machines, Custom Motorcycles, Quirky Contraptions, Warbird Flyovers, Monster Truck Rides, Helicopter and Plane Rides, Unimotorcycle Drag Racing…

Plus Bob Senz’ Big Cacklefest, a Mass Firing-Up of the Engines

NEW, IMPROVED EVENT LAYOUT TO BRING ALL THE ATTRACTIONS CLOSER TOGETHER

HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (December 10, 2021) –– We are back! After all, a dream goes on forever.

After two consecutive COVID-created cancellations in 2020 and 2021, organizers plan to bring back Half Moon Bay California’s remarkable, one and only Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show in 2022, marking its 30th year with a massive celebration of mechanical ingenuity, power and style.

“It feels like there is a sense of renewal and optimism that live events will be back in 2022,” said Janie James, Executive Director of event beneficiary, the Coastside Adult Day Health Center. “Everyone has missed Dream Machines so much and we’re all excited and energized to bring it back to life in accordance with health and safety guidelines.”

It’s quite simply the “Coolest Show on Earth”. This year’s spectacular show will be held on Sunday, April 24, a one-day mega-show, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Half Moon Bay Airport’s Eddie Andreini Field, located in the picturesque seaside town of Half Moon Bay, CA about 20 miles south of San Francisco.

The show is a whimsical, fascinating, amusing, curious and absolutely unique show and tell spectacle featuring some 2,000 magnificent driving, flying and working machines from the 20th and 21st centuries.

The world’s coolest cars of every era and style, model-T fire engines, vintage busses, custom motorcycles, tricked out trucks, sleek streamliners, one-of-a-kind antique engines and tractors and historic military aircraft will be among the mesmerizing displays.

Additional attractions include action-packed amusements in the Kidz Super Duper Funzone, fabulous food and drink with craft beer, premium wine and custom cocktails, and stellar live music all day.

This year’s show will feature a new, improved event layout bringing all the attractions closer together and making it a more walkable, unified show with separate entrances for spectator parking (access from Capistrano Road at the south end of the airport) vs. display vehicles, vendors, sponsors and volunteers (access from the airport main entrance on Highway 1).

It all takes place at Half Moon Bay Airport, 9850 N. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 – located on Highway 1, about 20 miles south of San Francisco and 5 miles north of Highway 92.

For event information and registration forms, call the info-line at 650-726-2328 or visit the website https://dreammachines.miramarevents.com

Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming

The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases. The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that we now are experiencing a period of warming.

Warming is far slower than predicted

The world has warmed significantly less than predicted by IPCC on the basis of modeled anthropogenic forcing. The gap between the real world and the modeled world tells us that we are far from understanding climate change.

Climate policy relies on inadequate models

Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial.

CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth

CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide.

Global warming has not increased natural disasters

There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent. However, there is ample evidence that CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are costly.

Climate policy must respect scientific and economic realities

There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to reflect and re-adapt. The aim of global policy should be ‘prosperity for all’ by providing reliable and affordable energy at all times. In a prosperous society men and women are well educated, birthrates are low and people care about their environment.

Epilogue

The World Climate Declaration (WCD) has brought a large variety of competent scientists together from all over the world*. The considerable knowledge and experience of this group is indispensable in reaching a balanced, dispassionate and competent view of climate change.

From now onward the group is going to function as “Global Climate Intelligence Group”. The CLINTEL Group will give solicited and unsolicited advice on climate change and energy transition to governments and companies worldwide.

* It is not the number of experts but the quality of arguments that counts

https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/

As alumni of Bruce Brown’s legendary documentary On Any Sunday, the three of us have lived and breathed motorcycles since we were young — and we know many of you have, too.

Motorcycling has a way of becoming an important fixture in the lives of those who ride, and for that reason — and several others — we’re big supporters of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio.

We firmly believe in the Hall of Fame’s mission to preserve and promote the heritage of American motorcycling, and no wonder: The stories of our Hall of Famers — the legends of our sport — inspire current and future generations to ride and enjoy motorcycles.

To keep the achievements and memories of our legends alive, we’re asking you to join us!

Will you please make a financial contribution to the Hall of Fame?

Tax-deductible donations directly support the preservation of our history. And a well-preserved history is the foundation we need for a strong future.

We believe so much in the HOF mission that we’re offering a very special premium this season: For those making a donation of $7,500 or more, we’ll send you a restored Husqvarna fuel tank personally signed by all three of us!

Supplies are limited and will go quickly, so don’t delay. Just think how cool one would look in your garage or living room!

There are several levels of financial support for the Hall of Fame, all with interesting and compelling premiums, so please pledge your support.

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–Malcolm, Mert and David

BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WORD OF THE DAY— angst
[ ahngkst, angst ]
noun

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

Angst “a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish” is a borrowing from German, in which the noun is capitalized, from Old High German angust. If you are wondering whether angst is related to anxiety and anguish, your suspicion is correct; all three words ultimately derive from a Proto-Indo-European root, angh- “tight, painful,” which is the source of numerous pain-related terms beginning with ag-, ang-, or anx-. From Old English, derivatives include hangnail (originally agnail, but altered by association with hang). Via Old Norse angr “sorrow, grief,” English has borrowed anger. Through Latin angere “to strangle” (stem anx-) and angustus “narrow,” we have anxiety and anguish. Last, from Ancient Greek anchóne “strangling,” English has inherited angina “an attack of painful spasms.” Angst was first recorded in English in the 1840s.

HOW IS ANGST USED?

It can be hard to tell the difference, in the midst of a crisis, between normal levels of angst and those that indicate we might be edging into serious psychological problems. Key signs of declining mental health include changes in appetite or sleep patterns that last more than a week …. Having more trouble concentrating than usual or being unable to enjoy things you used to enjoy may also indicate that your mental health is declining and that you need to try new coping strategies.

MELINDA WENNER MOYER, “YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS DARK PANDEMIC WINTER USING TIPS FROM DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY,” SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, DECEMBER 21, 2020

My motherly intuition senses that my baby is an old soul, recalling many past lives and really feeling them. According to her doctor, she’s teething and has gas. This may be true on a basic level, but I am certain that she’s also a highly advanced nascent human with acute existential angst. I’ve lived long enough to know flatulence from the unbearable dread of existence.

CARLA CICCONE, “MY BABY’S EXISTENTIAL ANGST,” THE NEW YORKER, AUGUST 12, 2020

Our government is causing young and old angst constantly and needs to be honest and refocused on making folks happy and contented with life and not under constant fear of doomsday and socialism. Nuts. We just want to party and ride free.

–Bandit
Grand Emperor
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HANG ON—We are working on a wheel stained glass window with an artist who lives in a magnificent home in the hills behind Spearfish, SD. Here are some of her images.

I’m going to take pictures of the iridescent purple and let you pick the color to see, since it changes throughout the pieces of glass. I picked the most vibrant piece, but it’s up to you.

Christie Jensen
Terrapin Studio
AHRD Sec/Treas
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.” ~Ralph W. Sockman~

I spoke to Steve Massicote, at Paughco this morning about some springer rockers, an axle and a top tree.

I’m bugging my neighbor in Deadwood about some roof shingles made from chemical tanks. Have you ever seen a garage or a house with a roof make from license plates? Yep, they existed. He has a garage shingled with these large lids of heavy gauge tin. I’m going to try to find some for my shop, not for the roof, but for a waist high attraction around the exterior. Hang on.

We are working with J.J. Solari and a guy who is selling a Knucklehead with a sidecar. It looks to be the one Dave and Jacque Mann posed with during their wedding. Hang on.

Wall space is sorta limited, but I was able to create a wall of only David Mann art.

A view from the Jackson house after a snow, amazing. We needed a handful for napkin rings, so natch they are made with Buddha sitting on a chunk of exhaust pipe. Perfect.

I dug into the basement garage. It needed to be cleared out, so a slab of 4-inch concrete can be poured. It contained a small cart with two flat tires. It took a little digging to find some replacements, but mostly Chinese Harbor Freight came through.

Hang on for more reports next week. Have a helluva holiday season.

–Bandit

 

 I attended the Toy Run in Brevard County, Florida and I thought back to the mid-’80s when a group of us took toys to the local orphanage. As other riders in the area found out about that and wanted to get involved, Joe “Sarge” Franks arranged for us to ride to the Shrine Temple to drop off items.

 The Toy Run continued to grow and instead of coming from different points around the city the Bikers met in Cocoa, Florida and rode to Melbourne. It was quite a thing and people would wait along the route to wave to them as they passed by.

Of course, as the group grew in size, so did issues with traffic, upset motorist, motorcycle accidents and eventually a woman being killed by a motorcycle that got out of control.

 The run was stopped, but other smaller events were held in local cities in the county.

 In 2021 a new group came up with the idea to have an event in Melbourne at Club 52 which has very big parking lots. The Bikers would start at different times from places around the county and not have traffic issues. Groups and individual riders would come and go throughout the day.

For those who wanted to stay local, favorite Doc Holiday provided the tunes and eventually turned it over to the Twisted Minds band who performed live. 

I personally think this event was a big success, and they got the job done in a safe manner, while drawing a strong turnout.

 Thanks to all involved in putting it on and those who attended throughout the day.

ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS or WHATEVER HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATE, AND HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

K.Randall Ball kicks off the first chapter of Stolen Motorcycle Files – Exclusively on Bikernet.com

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The Sundance Meeting
by K.Randall Ball

Three brothers rode into Sundance, Wyoming on their way to Sturgis in late July, hell bent to make their 20th run to the Badlands.

The small town, population just over a grand, was a mere 52 flying miles from the Rally. They rode long and hard for almost 400 miles, and this could be the final watering hole stop before the last blast on interstate 90 into Sturgis, South Dakota.

Sundance located in the bare open plains of Wyoming was named after the Sun Dance ceremony practiced by several American Indian tribes.

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