by Anthony Conroy from https://www.post-gazette.com BMW’s R18 First Edition is powerful, simple and sophisticated Size isn’t everything, the old saying goes, but when you take a ride aboard BMW Motorrad’s R18 First Edition, its size is impossible to ignore. Put a leg over the seat, settle in and take in those two massive, chromed cylinder covers sitting in front of you, each one its own 901cc power-making factory. It’s like sitting on the neck of a shiny hammerhead shark. The engine — a twin-cylinder configuration known as a Boxer — has been BMW’s signature since 1923. But the Boxer on the R18 is the largest the German manufacturer has ever produced, with a claimed output of 91 horsepower and 116 pounds-foot of torque. Other manufacturers will claim to have bigger and better numbers, but the R18 isn’t designed for life on the rowdy edge. It’s a power cruiser, but with the soul of something vintage and simple. A modern throwback, if you will. In fact, despite the $20,000 price tag, there aren’t many frills. Some adjustability in the rear, none in the front. Heated grips. A reverse gear. BMW’s automatic stability control, which is essentially traction control. And three power modes: Rock, Roll and Rain. For our purposes, those might as well have been called Road Rage, Easy Jaunt and Tip-Toeing Through the Puddles. In other words, let’s Rock. The R18 has a keyless ignition and once the starter is pushed, the bike thunders and shudders to life. At stops, there’s quite a bit of vibration, but that’s exactly what you’d expect with two giant metal buckets rotating and internally combusting between your legs. The vibrations don’t exactly fade away once on the go — you’ll see a lot of blurring in the rear view mirrors, but I never felt any numbness in the hands, feet or butt after long rides. Rock mode taps into the full potential of the beastly Boxer. You’ll feel the torque at 3,000 rpm. Max horsepower comes at 4,750 rpm. The best part is there’s nothing grabby or choppy about its power delivery. A sharp pull on the throttle produces smooth, linear power through six gears. Despite the nearly 800 pounds of motorcycle sitting beneath you, the bike requires minimum inputs at speed. A long wheelbase and a wonderful center of gravity contribute to the bike’s stability. Handlebars that are wide but nicely swept provide excellent leverage and contribute to the bike’s agility. And it is agile — at speed anyway. It actually feels light going around fast, sweeping turns. And going faster feels right, as your feet are not in front of you, like with most American cruisers. They’re underneath you, which seems more natural during aggressive riding. At the front wheel, twin four-piston calipers developed in-house by BMW are paired with dual 300mm discs to slow down the big Beemer. When the pace gets really slow — like in a parking lot — the R18’s weight does feel a bit cumbersome, like pushing around a fully-dressed Harley-Davidson without the cabinetry. Potential buyers also will need to carefully decide how they intend to ride the bike, particularly if long hauls are on the agenda. Those massive cylinders look great, but they make the prospect of having highway pegs impossible. There’s also no back rest or cruise control (at least not on the First Edition), so it’s not the kind of bike you’ll be able to kick back on while eating up highway miles. The tank holds 3.2 gallons of fuel with a 1-gallon reserve, so expect to get around 120 miles per fill-up. For some reason, BMW opted against a fuel gauge. However, a warning light will let you know when you have about 20 miles left to go. Riders looking for a more travel-friendly R18 right out of the box may want to opt for the Classic model, which comes with a windscreen and baggage, rather than the First Edition. To be honest, there will be no shortage of aftermarket accessories for any model marketed under the R18 badge. The BMW was flawless in tearing around town and rural backroads, with the seating position and seat itself good for all-day riding. There’s 3½ inches of travel at the rear suspension, but it’s a bit stiff. Best to avoid the bumps. Ergonomically, there wasn’t much to complain about. One complaint, if you can call it that, is that the R18 has a very quiet transmission. When going from neutral to first gear, there was hardly ever a sound or a shimmy — no knock, ping or usual KERTHUNK! that I’m used to hearing (and feeling). Without that, quite frankly, I sometimes found myself doing double-takes for the neutral light to make sure I was in gear before speeding away. In other words, leave it to the Germans to make something so mechanically perfect that it’s worth complaining about. Aesthetically, it’s hard to miss those giant cylinders, but there are other visual items that shouldn’t go unnoticed. If chrome is your thing, there’s no shortage of it, especially on those those wonderful looking fishtail mufflers. They don’t make a lot of sound, but they are beautiful to look at and give the R18 a distinctive look. Also chromed is the front of the engine housing. Overall, the housing eliminates clutter and gives the bike a polished, clean look, but it does make everything else — apart from the cylinder heads — a bit of a mystery. Thankfully, for those who need to see something mechanical to soothe our inner motorhead, BMW’s engineers gave us an exposed bevel-geared driveshaft. Seeing it in action while actually riding is a bit of a task, but we’ll take mechanical porn however we can get it. Overall, this Beemer is an excellent motorcycle. The price tag may be a bit on the high side, but the R18 is for owners wanting two things: a cruiser with impressive performance and one that distinguishes itself from American cruisers and Japanese knock-offs. The R18 First Edition definitely accomplishes both goals.

A big welcome to Doug & Michael!

At Damon, we continue to expand and grow our team to deliver not just a ride, but an enhanced experience for the next-generation of motorcyclists.

Thus, we are proud to welcome CMO & VP Brand Doug Penman and Head of Design Michael Uhlarik to Damon’s executive team.

Doug Penman, CMO & VP, Brand – “I look forward to creating the most exhilarating, unexpected, and fierce mobility brand the motorcycle industry has ever seen.”

Michael Uhlarik, Head of Design – “I’m excited to design the Damon motorcycles of the future… and to cement the company’s legacy as the leading innovator in two-wheel safety, technology, and performance.”

An international award-winning motorcycle designer and product planner, Uhlarik created the market-leading Yamaha TZR-50 and the award-winning Yamaha MT-03. He has also contributed to designs for the R6, FJR1300, & M1 MotoGP bike, collaborated on motorcycles such as the Aprilia Dorsoduro, SportCity, & Atlantic, and authored the Derbi Rambla.

Penman is an entrepreneur and creative with broad-ranging venture capital, marketing strategy, and brand expertise. He has launched and accelerated the momentum for Intel, Microsoft, Volvo, Toyota Scion, Peugeot, SanDisk, QuantumScape, Dell, Coca-Cola, UBTech, and Philips.

As pioneers in their respective fields, Doug and Michael are tightly aligned on both purpose and creative vision to fuse the functions of product design and brand & marketing.

Their work will ultimately give you a more charged, inspired, and personal riding experience.

Celebrate with us.
2021 Green GOOD DESIGN Award
We’re honoured to win an accolade from the oldest and most established awards program for the most innovative and visionary new product design worldwide. ⁠

2021 Fast Company World Changing Idea Award
We’ve been recognized with an “Honorable Mention” in the Transportation category for this prestigious award.

21 New Damon Family Members
We’ve welcomed 21 new individuals from all around the world in the past month. And we’re still hiring!

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We’re building relationships with passionate, creative influencers and content creators, who share our vision in making motorcycling better, safer, and smarter! Could this be you?

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from https://africa.com

Uber Launches Electric Motorcycles And Scooters For Rides And Deliveries In Kenya And For The First Time In Africa.

Uber has announced the launch of electric BodaBodas and bicycles for earners on UberBoda, Uber Connect and Uber Eats in Kenya, allowing riders and eaters the ability to choose a more sustainable option to move around and to have deliveries made. The launch is a first for Uber in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sustainable rides with UberBoda Green

The launch of electric BodaBodas will not only offer an affordable and reliable manner of transportation within the city, but riders will be able to select a zero-emissions ride to help drive a green recovery. Using electric UberBoda vehicles will cost the same as a regular journey, as going green should never be more expensive. Riders can also expect the same door-to-door safety experience.

The launch of electric boda presents a 45% reduction in overall costs for Uber Boda and Uber Connect drivers, for whom fuel is the most significant operating cost. In Kenya, the boda boda sector employs over 1.6 million youths, the vast majority of which are based in Nairobi.

“We are doing our part to help transform mobility in the country so that Kenyans can play their part in reducing carbon emissions. Uber is continuously looking for ways to improve the customer experience, and we have a responsibility to invest in offering product innovations that make a difference to cities. We believe this collaboration will do just that”, says Brian Njao, Head of East Africa for Uber.

Reducing emissions while making deliveries

With consumers being environmentally and health-conscious, it is important for Uber Eats to be part of the journey. The introduction of electric BodaBodas can allow consumers to order their favourite meals while giving them peace of mind that their food is delivered in transportation with low emissions. In addition, Uber Connect deliveries will also be done using the newly launched electric motorcycles and bicycles.

“Uber Eats has grown exponentially across Kenya, with the app being available in Mombasa, Nakuru and Nairobi, which means more delivery people on the road. Providing electric BodaBodas to delivery people means that transportation emissions can be cut drastically, says Nadeem Anjarwalla, General Manager of Uber Eats in Kenya.

Uber will continue to actively work with cities to introduce eco-friendly products to decrease air pollution, reduce urban congestion, and increase access to clean transportation modes.

California Highway Patrol asking motorists to drive with caution

from https://www.kget.com

The California Highway Patrol is recognizing May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

The department says as the weather warms up, more and more motorcycles and cars are expected to be hitting the road. Preliminary data from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System show more than 500 people were killed in motorcycle-involved crashes in California in 2020 and more than 11,500 people were injured.

Here in Kern County, at least eight people have died in motorcycle crashes so far this year.

The CHP is asking motorcyclists to be responsible and properly equipped. They’re also asking drivers to watch out for motorcyclists on the road.

CHP: Motorcycle safety requires everyone’s attention
by Jaime Coffee, Information Officer II, California Highway Patrol from http://antiochherald.com

The warming weather and increasing number of vehicles traveling on California’s roadways offer a timely reminder of the importance of motorcycle safety awareness for motorcyclists and motorists alike. By recognizing May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) emphasizes safe riding and driving practices for everyone.

“Motorcyclists who are responsible, informed, and properly equipped can help reduce rider deaths and injuries,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said. “Motorists are also key to reducing crashes by being aware of the dangers and challenges of motorcycle riding. Taking the time to look twice for motorcyclists can save a life.”

“Motorcycle riders are more vulnerable out in the elements, which is why it is important for drivers to always be mindful of riders,” California Office of Traffic Safety Director Barbara Rooney said.

With more than 1.4 million licensed riders, motorcycles are a popular mode of transportation for Californians, another reason motorcycle safety awareness is paramount. Preliminary data from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System show more than 500 people were killed in motorcycle-involved crashes in California in 2020 and more than 11,500 people were injured.

As part of its continual motorcycle safety program, the CHP strongly encourages all riders, new and experienced, to enroll in the California Motorcyclist Safety Program (CMSP). The CMSP has 98 training sites throughout the state and trains approximately 55,000 motorcyclists each year. For more information or to find a training site near you, visit californiamotorcyclist.com or motorcyclesafetyca.com.

Motorcyclists can help protect themselves by always wearing the proper safety gear, including a U.S. Department of Transportation-compliant helmet, observing the speed limit, riding defensively, and always riding sober. Drivers should always look at their mirrors and blind spots before changing lanes and always keep a safe distance.

The CHP promotes motorcycle safety with the Get Educated and Ride Safe (GEARS) program, funded by a $750,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. All eight CHP field Divisions will hold outreach events to promote motorcycle safety throughout 2021 under the GEARS grant.

The mission of the CHP is to provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security.

TxDOT urges motorists to ”Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles’
from https://www.heraldbanner.com

Despite less traffic on the road in 2020 and a 2% reduction in motorcycle crashes, safety officials are alarmed by a 17% increase in Texas motorcycle fatalities compared to 2019. On average, a motorcyclist is killed in a crash on Texas roads every day—last year 482 died. Motorcyclists account for 12% of all traffic fatalities statewide.

May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Texas Department of Transportation’s annual “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign gets underway to call attention to the safety precautions motorists can take to protect motorcyclists and themselves. In 2020, in the 7,481 motorcycle crashes in Texas, 1,856 motorcyclists were seriously injured and 482 were killed.

“May through October is an especially dangerous period for motorcyclists in Texas,” said TxDOT Executive Director James Bass. “Of all the motorcyclist deaths in Texas during 2020, more than 61% happened in that period. It’s so important to remember that these motorcyclists don’t have the same protections that drivers in vehicles have, and that’s why we’re urging all motorists to stay watchful and alert when traveling alongside motorcycles so everyone can reach their destination safely.”

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) reports that fatal crashes between motorcyclists and drivers often occur when drivers misjudge the motorcycle’s distance and speed and make left turns in front of an oncoming motorcyclist. Last year, almost one-third of Texas motorcycle fatalities occurred in an intersection or were intersection-related. TTI also points to driver inattention as a contributing factor to motorcycle crashes.

TxDOT has these safety tips for drivers to protect motorcyclists and prevent crashes:

• Take extra care when making a left turn. It’s safest to let the motorcycle pass to avoid turning in front of the rider.
• Pay special attention at intersections. Nearly one in three motorcycle fatalities happens at a roadway intersection.
• Give driving your full attention. Even a momentary distraction, such as answering a phone call or changing the radio station, can have deadly consequences.
• Look twice when changing lanes. Check mirrors, check blind spots, and always use turn signals.
• Give motorcyclists room when passing them. Move over to the passing lane and don’t crowd the motorcyclist’s full lane.
• Stay back. If you’re behind a motorcycle, always maintain a safe following distance. When a motorcyclist downshifts instead of applying the brake to slow down, it can catch drivers off guard since there are no brake lights to signal reduced speed.
• Slow down. Obey posted speed limits and drive to conditions.

The “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign is a key component of #EndTheStreakTX, a broader social media and word-of-mouth effort that encourages drivers to make safer choices while behind the wheel, like wearing a seat belt, driving the speed limit, never texting and driving and never driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. November 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways. #EndTheStreakTX asks all Texans to commit to driving safely to help end the streak of daily deaths on Texas roadways.

Texas Motorcycle Fatalities Increased by 17% in 2020
by Demetrius Harper from https://www.nbcdfw.com

More than 2,300 motorcyclists were killed or seriously injured on Texas streets and highways last year.

The Texas Department of Transportation says the number of motorcycle riders killed on Texas roadways spiked in 2020.

TxDOT said 2,300 motorcyclists were killed or seriously injured on Texas streets and highways in 2020. Of the nearly 7,500 crashes involving motorcycles that were reported in 2020, 482 were fatalities — a 17% increase over the year before.

The Irving Police Department made a similar plea last month after a motorcycle officer was seriously injured when he was struck by a driver who turned in front of him.

Nov. 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways.

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Longer lasting, lightweight and more environmentally sound than conventional batteries

Ponta Vedre, FL (May 4, 2021) — E3 Spark Plugs, the makers of the patented DiamondFIRE Technology spark plug, announces the introduction of a new line of lithium phosphate powersports batteries. Born from cutting edge nano-scale materials, E3 Lithium promises to redefine power delivery in the powersports world.

“We are extremely excited to bring the most powerful, most economical lithium powersports battery on the market today to enthusiasts everywhere,” said E3 Vice President of Motorsports & Business Development, Rob Fisher. “These batteries are durable, ultra-lightweight and incredibly powerful. Plus, they are designed to deliver years of exceptional performance which we back up with an industry first 5 year warranty.”

Initially the product line features eight offerings, ranging in power output from 140 to 760 Cold Cranking Amps and covering a wide range of applications including motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, side-by-sides, snowmobiles, personal watercraft and more.

Some of the performance benefits of the E3 Lithium line of powersports batteries include:

• 80% lighter than traditional batteries
• 3x longer life than traditional batteries
• Charges much faster than traditional batteries
• Delivers much quicker starts than traditional batteries
• IP 66 Environmental Rating (pressure washer friendly)
• Mounts in any position
• Environmentally friendly

E3 Lithium Batteries feature an integrated Battery Management System (BMS) that maintains constant cell balancing to ensure that the output of the individual lithium packs inside the battery maintain equal output and charge levels at all times. In addition, the BMS offers the following model specific attributes to ensure years of trouble-free power delivery from your E3 Lithium Battery.

• Overcharge Protection
• Over-Discharge Protection
• Short Circuit Protection
• Excessive Cranking Protection
• Built In Cell Balancing Technology
• LED Battery Fault Light Indicator (select models only)

The MSRP starts at $160.00; which makes this line the lightest, most powerful and best value lithium battery line in its class.

For more information about E3 Lithium Batteries visit www.E3Lithium.com. For more information about E3 Spark Plugs, visit www.E3sparkplugs.com. For the latest company and product news follow E3 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or subscribe to E3’s YouTube Channel.

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E3 Spark Plugs with patented DiamondFIRE technology, developed and validated by researchers from leading engineering universities, improves combustion efficiency for maximum performance. As one of the leading spark plug companies in the United States, E3 manufactures a complete line of spark plugs for automotive, small engine, powersports and racing applications. In 2016, E3 expanded the company’s product line to include distributors, spark plug wires, coils and 02 sensors under the company’s DiamondFIRE brand. The DiamondFIRE line of ignition products firmly entrenches E3’s commitment to the automotive high performance and racing industry. For more information about E3 ignition products, visit e3sparkplugs.com, or follow E3 on Facebook.

All over the English-speaking-world journalist hacks are asking each other “Why is it that Bikernet journalists are so much better than us? While we, on the other hand, are just useless meaningless carbuncles on the ship of literary history? And parchment fragments in the Museum of Bad Writing Skills??”

This is what they’re asking themselves. I know: it’s pathetic. No one ever said journalists……well, weren’t pathetic. And there’s a reason.

As you know, the long tradition in journalism is that no one should actually be possessed of any actual writing ability. In other words, no one should be better than anyone else at bad sentence construction and at achieving successfully-communicated absence of content. All should be equally mediocre word-slingers if not actually out-and-out incompetent prehistoric troglodytes. This is the Guiding Principle of journalism.

You’ll noticed I’ve used the word “actual” in one form or another three times in one of those sentences. This is to emphasize the importance the Journalist Aggregate places upon their members not having any actual writing talent. Or any other talents for that matter. Whereas Bikernet writers have so much talent they can actually write while sober. Which of course is taboo in the Journalism Cult, writing sober. Journalists pride themselves on being so drunk so often that bad, wandering, vague, pointless, incorrect, shoddy sentences and paragraphs appear to them to be lines composed in Heaven by Greek Gods via quills dipped in Sacred Semen extracted with great stealth from the steaming, swaying balls of the Minotaur.

The only difficult part of writing drunk for a Non-Bikernet journalist is hiding the bottles from Mom, or in the case of married Non-Bikernet journalists, from their same-sex partner. NOT that the same sex partner would have a problem with the liquor ingestion, unlike Mom. Still, unless the same-sex partner is another Non-Bikernet journalist…there’s going to be some discussion from time to time regarding the – you would think lethal – quantities the Non-Bikernet journalist partner is guzzling.

Bikernet journalists drink, but not so that they can stand to read their own writing. They drink for its own sake. Bikernet journalists do as many things as possible that are inherently fun and interesting just for the sake of doing them: among which would be riding motorcycles and having heterosexual sex.

For you see Bikernet journalists do not start out “wanting to write.” Unlike Non-Bikernet journalists. They don’t start out with the dream of being famous for doing absolutely nothing, like, say the Kardashians or people holding public office. For another thing Bikernet journalists are familiar with “the real world.” Unlike Non-Bikernet journalists.

There are reasons for this. And it has to do with what is called “college.” Which is where “real” journalists, or Non-Bikernet journalists in other words, go to have their brains extracted and to have Greta Thunberg installed in there instead. Bikernet journalists don’t go to college. They go to work. Whole different universe from where college journalists reside. As I will now explain.

“College,” which is where Non-Bikernet journalists come from, is a place where people go to learn that reality is not actually in existence. In college you are “told,” though it’s more of a permeating vibe, to use hippy terminology, that the loftiest minds in human history are the minds of something called “philosophers.”

“Philosophers” are people who make, or once made before they died, daydreamed pronouncements about the proclaimed fact, (or fake news!) that things in existence are not really there. They then “backed this up” with “reasoned preposterousness” that proves the validity of their original proposition: that nothing actually exists.

Chief among these “thinkers” and with varying degrees of contact with reality were people like No-First-Name Plato, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard, John Locke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Baruch Spinoza, Professor Irwin Corey and approximately one million other gentlemen who ‘thought’ about things.

Philosophers are the first Non-Bikernet journalists. The operating programming of journalists as a result of their forced feeding of “philosophers” in college is: reality doesn’t exist; therefore do what I say.

Bikernet journalists, by way of contrast, have the premise that….. “Reality is actually there: so I’m going in to check it out and report back. Take what I have to say or leave it. Thank you and fuck you. No, really: fuck you. Thank you.”

This is an open-eyed and an all-in attitude that is horrific and terrifying to a Non-Bikernet journalist.

Which is why all Non-Bikernet journalists focus and have as their prime motivator….. getting people who actually do things and don’t want to be fucked with; getting them into one form or another of what is currently called “lockdown,” be it mental, physical or spiritual. Once everything is locked down and nothing is happening…..college-groomed Non-Bikernet journalists will go to sleep and be calm at last.

Until then, Non-Bikernet journalists love anything that is 1: a lie and 2: fraught with folly. That is why “political science” is their favorite mental playground because it’s both. Political science is their deity and religion and their reason to live and their reason, nothing remotely close to being rational or scientific. Politics is “survival based on deception and misdirection needs a name change. And “Political Science” rather than “criminal behavior” gets that job done.

Non-Bikernet journalists in college also learn something called “economics.” Which is also not only not a science, it’s not even a mode of behavior, unlike politics.

Economics – in reality – has one operating principle: the “law” of supply and demand. Period. And it’s not even a law, it’s just a “here’s what’s gonna happen” observation based on past observations. But in college economics is a delirious never-ending maze of fractals filling millions of badly-written textbooks that can never be fully explored or understood except by Marxists.

Non-Bikernet journalists in college also learn something called “sociology.” Sociology is the denial of individual identity and the proclaiming of “the group” as the most basic, indivisible entity humans are capable of existing in via an “identity.” There is only group identity in other words.

Meanwhile keep in mind Bikernet journalists are not “learning” ANY of this crap. And there’s a reason which I will go into soon.

So, you’re in college, you learn that reality doesn’t exist. You, in particular may or may not exist, politics is a science, economics is an actual course of study, and only groups, not individuals, matter. And when it comes to groups there are only four that hold actual potential power to demand obedience: the government: the church: the “people:” and journalists. These are called “the four Estates.”

It used to be the three Estates. Journalists declared themselves an “Estate” and the other three Estates actually what bureaucrats are doing to you because of their fear of a bad press. Like ’em or hate ’em, the fourth Estate is actually in charge of things in the “free” world. This is quite an achievement for the Non-Bikernet journalists to have accomplished. Shows you how STUPID the other three Estates are.

Meanwhile let’s return to Bikernet journalists.

Bikernet journalists, before they become Bikernet journalists, are people found usually under rockpiles, inside rotted logs, behind dumpsters, wandering on foot across the desert, on parole, on rocky shoreline cliffs, fucked up, and literally barking at the moon, falling down drunk on the sidewalk, stumbling panicked through the forest shouting “They live!!” or slumped at a bar counter facedown in the bean dip, or ejaculating in whore houses, or maybe in houses they have turned INTO whore houses for as long as it takes to bone Senyore Fuckhead’s wife or daughter.

It’s often the case that these people can’t read, forget about writing. However most of them have actually heard all the names of all the letters of the alphabet, so teaching them how to pronounce them in “long” and “short” versions for the vowels et cetera, the sounds the consonants make and so on….they learn how to read and write at the Bikernet Remedial ABC-WTF Academy tons faster than kids in school learn, one reason being actual desire and the other being you can smoke, drink and grab teacher’s titties and no one has a problem with it.

Plus, the course and curriculum were created by someone that sheer absolute modesty forbids me to identify. Plus, it’s free. Teachin’ someone to read and write is a duty in charity. It’s like teachin’ someone to swim. It just needs doin’, is all. Plus, it ain’t that hard. Math? Different animal. Different critter. Let’s not even fuckin’ go there, ok? And when does a fuckin’ journalist ever add up a column of figures. Fucking never.

Bikernet journalists are different from the asshole or “normal” kind of journalist, (once they learn to spell and form letters freehand, etc) in that they don’t pretend to be “exposing and declaring catastrophes” to keep YOU from harm. They figure fuck you. If they write about something it’s about how it affects them personally.

If you’re anything LIKE them, you’ll take the hint and either get on board or stay the fuck away from whatever it is. Whereas journalists from “real news outlets” all wear a grandly-displayed holy garment of “concerningness” for YOUR welfare. Like as though some parasite living in his mom’s laundry room actually gives a shit about you. “Normal” journalists want everything to rot and disappear so that the whole earth population will be living like they have to live: as parasites off someone else.

They dress this all up in saintly nail-biting about your health and safety. But they’re fucking lying. Bikernet journalists don’t lie. They say “This is pretty cool, check it out” or they say “This is majorly fucked up, have a clue, steer clear of this shit.” Based on their own experience and personal investigation. “Normal” journalists just make shit up and tell you if you don’t obey them, you are a guilty and uncaring threat to “society.” Society is them, by the way. Not you.

“Real” journalists use a different dictionary than Bikernet journalists. For instance, in “real” journalism Islam is a race. Not a religion. And Muslims are also a race. So, let’s say you have a problem with Islam and/or Muslims, and I know, we are really using our imaginations to the limit here, but let’s say that you have this problem. Normal journalists will say you are a racist.

In the real, non-philosopher world, “Islamophobia” is a condition that doesn’t actually exist, even though “real” journalists insist it does. No one actually fears Muslims or Islam. Other than Muslim women and children. To a Non-Bikernet journalist a “phobia” is newly-defined as “having a conviction that differs from the edicts of a journalist.”

In Non-Bikernet journalism “science” is defined as “whatever all the journalists and bureaucrats working in tandem claim is the case.” Keep in mind that journalists and bureaucrats never propose hypotheses, run experiments, check results, form conclusions, leading to further hypotheses. Which is what actual science is. “Real” journalists and bureaucrats have no idea what any of that “hypothesis-test-conclusion” stuff even is forget about doing any of it.

For instance, “real” journalists’ new and latest now-hear-this science proclamation is about the “earth wobbling as a result of the industrial revolution and you in particular causing glaciers to melt.” And no, I am not making this up.

Just this week, even as this is being typed by me between shots of tequila and puffs of cigars, the journalist “science” cult has declared that the earth is going all freaky in its rotation due to glaciers melting due to human progress.

APPARENTLY the asshole idiot journalist unemployable parasites living off Mom are convinced that when a glacier loses water in the form of ice and has that water run off its sides and out across the land in tiny trickles and eventually into the sea….that it disappears from existence and thus causes the earth to weigh less and thus wobble erratically and thus killing us all unless we stop using “fossil fuels.”

To prove it you need to measure it with Star Trek technology proving wobbling the earth due to weight-shifts….meanwhile, it doesn’t matter to the journalist college graduates that all the oceans of the world slap and slosh billions of megatons of water back and forth onto the beaches and shorelines day after day via something called “the tides”….that has no effect on the earth’s “wobbling parameters.” But slowly trickling water draining from a fucking glacier causes the entire fucking 4-billion-year-old planet to spiral out of control and thus killing us all.

Does it matter that the CONTINENTS actually changed locations by thousands of miles over the course of all the time in billions of years that the earth has been spinning on its axis? No: you using refrigeration, heat and fuel, and hydroelectric electricity, and thus and thereby causing the glaciers to melt in your reckless pursuit of comfort and some kind of a LIFE is what is threatening us all.

Does it matter that volcanos are puking a lot more weight off the terrain and into the atmosphere day after fucking day all over the planet than the glaciers, restricted to the polar regions, are tricking into the sea?

Does it matter that the polar ocean Up North is not even landlocked but is a moving wandering fucking morass of thick fucking ice-vistas that never stops AND it changes it’s mass by trillions of tons annually, growing and shrinking and wandering the fuck all over the place?

Does it matter that ten billion fucktillion tons of water are lifted off the oceans via evaporation every second without the earth going apeshit wondering “Why do I weigh less???” No, because, oh dear, it’s always the fucking glaciers that are what need to be nurtured and kept intact and coddled and caressed like Biden meeting a new child or else we will perish as the Fourth and Third Estates have decreed. And why glaciers? Because hack journalists proclaim their conclusions regarding your behavior based upon something that has no fucking bearing on ANYTHING….. and declare it your fault, so you need to obey the journalists and the bureaucrats. Because they’re so motherfucking smart.

This is the journalist mentality, ladies and gentlemen. Thank God for Bikernet, uh? You tell a Bikernet journalist we are all going to die because the glaciers are spinning the earth out of control unless he stops riding his motorcycle….he’s going to probably beat the fucking shit out of you.

When was the last time you heard of a “real” journalist beating the fucking shit out of anyone. They have a fucking heart attack when they see road kill.

They watch Craig LeBeau in his Science Fiction Spawned Tree Eradicator saw a pine tree off its stump and remove all the branches and place it onto a pile of 200-foot-long logs all in one second on Mud Mountain Haulers…….they actually require smelling salts to bring them back to consciousness.

In other words, what I’m saying is, “real” journalists are hypersensitive, hyperfrightened, mommas boys. The Non-Bikernet journalist WOMEN, if you can call them women, have SOME manliness, I’ll give them that.

Bikernet journalists of the female variety, on the other hand, are all very girly and delightful. If you say to them “That’s some nice assflesh you’re displayin’ in them camel-toe’d daisy dukes with no underwear there, cutie, I would sure like to give them shorts a pull-aside and see if maybe that’s a pussy I wouldn’t mind stickin’ my dick in.”

She’ll respond, “Why, aren’t you the impudent rascal, you flatter-flinging imp. Now, you just behave yourself while I get you a cold beer to calm that roaring libido of yours and then MAYBE, once we get that raging cock of yours under control, we can maybe start this relationship again.

College-bred female journalist ain’t gonna react like that. She’s gonna have you up on verbal-assault charges. Unless you have a vagina. Then things’ll turn out different and more amiable. Pro’bly.

So now that you know that Bikernet journalists are superior journalists and why…..you will be a delight to be around at all further gatherings with friends and loved ones! You’re welcome!!

–J.J. Solari

by Nikki Wentling from https://www.stripes.com

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department rejected a request from organizers of a traditional Memorial Day weekend motorcycle ride in the nation’s capital, throwing logistics of the event into uncertainty just weeks before it is scheduled to take place.

Motorcyclists typically use the Pentagon’s parking lot as a staging area for the ride, but defense officials denied the permit application Friday for this year’s event. Officials cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the size of the expected crowd as the reason.

Despite the denial, thousands of motorcyclists are planning to gather in Washington during Memorial Day weekend. As of Monday, organizers didn’t know where to gather the riders before and after they drive along the National Mall.

AMVETS, a national veterans organization, is coordinating the motorcycle ride. The group said it was committed to still running the event on May 30 and organizers were searching Monday for a backup plan.

“There are no options with as much space and convenient routes to the memorials, meaning it will be more difficult, disruptive, and expensive than if the Pentagon parking lots were available,” said Joe Chenelly, national executive director of AMVETS.

The group criticized the Pentagon’s slow decision-making process. Chenelly said he applied in July to use the Pentagon parking lot on May 30. He was expecting to hear back by January.

Chenelly told the Pentagon last month that he needed an answer by April 16. Officials called with their decision on Friday.

“The biggest disappointment in the Pentagon’s denial was that AMVETS was ignored for months as its professional staff in Washington requested numerous times an opportunity to hear the Defense Department’s concerns and present a [coronavirus] safety plan,” Jan Brown, the national commander of AMVETS, said in a statement.

AMVETS leaders said they were confident they could hold a “safe, reasonable demonstration outdoors that incorporates social distancing, masking where appropriate, and sanitation stations.”

The group said it is a member of President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 Community Corps, which is a contingent of local leaders and prominent organizations who were recruited to help inform and encourage Americans who might be hesitant to receive a vaccine.

“The administration included AMVETS in this new group as ‘a trusted voice in communities across the United States,’ but the Pentagon wouldn’t have a conversation with us to share their concerns and give us the chance to address them before deciding to refuse our application,” Chenelly said.

Rolling Thunder operated a motorcycle ride through Washington for 32 years before hosting its last event in 2019. AMVETS took over in 2020 and planned an event to replace the popular ride. It was designed to raise awareness for prisoners of war and troops still missing in action, as well as the issue of veteran suicide.

The event, now titled Rolling to Remember, was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com

SEE VIDEO BELOW – It’s been an exciting weekend for motorcycle enthusiasts as the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta hosted a number of MotoAmerica events. For us, by far the most spectacular was the first race of what is now the King of the Baggers series.

Born last year as a single run at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, King of the Baggers morphed for 2021 into a small series of three races, and attracted significantly more involvement from both Indian and Harley-Davidson. The former went on the starting grid with no fewer than three factory-backed teams, while the latter enlisted its own factory team and backed four other Harley-Davidson riders.

Back in 2020, we had 11 Harleys going up against just two Indians. The outnumbered bike maker managed to end the race in first and third podium positions, with riders Tyler O’Hara and Frankie Garcia, respectively. Sandwiched between them was Harley rider Hayden Gillim.

This year, O’Hara and Garcia repeated their performance from 2020, and ended the race in the exact same positions. This time, however, Gillim completed the race fourth, and his spot between the two Indian riders was taken by Harley’s own Kyle Wyman. The rest of the Harley pack, save for one that didn’t finish the race, came in after them.

Unlike last year however, Harley riders did seem to put on more of a fight. For most of the race, the lead switched from O’Hara to Wyman repeatedly in epic fights, but in the end the Indian rider managed to cross the finish line first, just under a second ahead of the runner-up. You can watch the video attached below for highlights from the race.

There are two more events left in this inaugural season of King of the Baggers, with the races scheduled in June at Road America, and, as a return to where it all started, one month after that at Laguna Seca.

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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com

It’s been a very hot weekend for motorcycle enthusiasts. On one hand, we had the MotoAmerica series of events over in Atlanta, and on the other the mammoth motorcycle auction conducted by Mecum over in Las Vegas.

As far as the Road Atlanta event goes, we’ve already seen how Indian once again crowned itself King of the Baggers by barely outrunning Harley-Davidson. But the Nevada auction had a champion of its own, and its name is 1907 Harley-Davidson Strap Tank.

Described by fans as the most desirable of all Harley-Davidsons, the Strap Tank family managed to score a number of records when it comes to the sums they went for over the past few years. Back in 2015, for instance, one of them sold for $650k, making it the most expensive Harley ever sold at auction until that time.

The one we have here sold for less, but for an impressive amount nonetheless. $297k is how much someone paid for it, making the model the most expensive one to sell at this year’s event.

Coming from a private collection, the motorcycle is somewhat related to the record-setting one from 2015. It was put together by its owner, Ronald Moreschini, and with the backing of the guy who purchased the $650k Strap Tank, Lonnie Isam.

Seeing how desirable these bikes were, Moreschini set out a few years back to come up with 13 Harley-Davidson Strap Tank replica motors. While doing this, he stumbled upon an original 1907 engine that still had the original carburetor, but also on the native gas and oil tank, forks, and belt tensioning gate.

The motorcycle we have here came to be around these original parts, and was further gifted with original seat and wheel hubs. The result is so exciting, that the two-wheeler was even shown at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum for a while.

Now it is probably heading over to another private collection, where it will most likely spend some time before it will most definitely show up for sale once more.

Highlights

• Color Grey
• Not for highway or public road use
• Engine # 1877
• Original factory engine
• Original carburetor
• Original gas tank and oil tank
• Original belt tensioner
• Original front forks
• Original wheel hubs
• Original seat