PRE-BUB BONNEVILLE Sunday POST FOR AUGUST 18, 2013

Hey,

This Sunday Post is a kick. It’s just fun and thought provoking. Shit, I need to hurry. I’m stripping a massive brass porthole for the front of the building. Kyle and I grappled with tools, the bead blaster, sanders, you name it. The best tool turned out to be a series of Scotch Bright wheels.

He bought a cheap electric spray gun from his favorite store, Harbor Freight. He’s in love with that junk shop. Some 90 percent of their products are cast crap, so watch out. But they have something for every goddamn job. Just don’t let the junk stuff kill you.

Let’s hit the news. I need to crawl back into the shop and see if we can’t spray the security gates. Some bastard tagged them and they are beginning to rust. It’s time for a coat.

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DREW’S Sunday RACING NEWS–
(Pre-Bonneville Edition)

Thought I’d drop everyone quick note regarding our racing this year.
HOOSIER DADDY RACING is ready for a return to Bonneville, and we are heading out next Wednesday.

Our Classic 1977 XLCR Café Sportster has received quite a few upgrades in the engine department, and we are hoping for higher speeds in a new class.

This year we will be entered in 1000/MPS/CF (e.g. – 1000cc / Modified Partially Streamlined / Classic Fuel) which differs from the Production class we entered in 2012, as it allows many modifications.

Please keep your fingers crossed, as we are hoping for a FUN, FAST, & SAFE week of Motorcycle Landspeed Racing.
We will check back in with updated news after our return from the Salt Flats.

 Both son and I very happy.

We decided to bite the bullet and hire a professional tuner.
She loves her job.
35 years later, and she still loves Harleys…can’t ask for a better wife than that!!

DREW GATEWOOD
AMA/F.I.M. Technical Steward

GEARS – Gatewood Engineering And Race Support
P.O. Box 2568
Chesterton, IN. 46304
tele/fax: 219-926-5647
email: gears55@frontier.com
www.gearswebsite.com


BAD BLONDE MALE JOKE OUTHOUSE NOW OPEN–A blonde man is in jail. The guard looks in his cell and sees him
hanging by his feet.

“Just WHAT are you doing?” he asks.

“Hanging myself,” the blonde replies.

“The rope should be around your neck” says the guard.

“I tried that,” he replies, “but then I couldn’t breathe.”

*** 

An Italian tourist asks a blonde man: “Why do scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?” To which the blonde man replies: “If they fell forward, they’d still be in the boat.”

–from Jim Waggaman

BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WEEKEND WORD OF THE DAY–finagle fi-NEY-guhl,
verb:
1. to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
2. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
3. to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
 

But the law’s the law now, and not a contest between a lot of men paid to grin and lie and yell and finagle for whatever somebody wanted them to grin and lie and yell and finagle about.

— Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano, 1952
 

The high school biology department had been given a gift of some three hundred hamsters for the purpose of dissection, and Jerry diligently finagled to collect the skins from the biology students…

— Philip Roth, American Pastoral, 1997
 

Finagle likely comes from the English dialect term fainaigue meaning “to cheat.” It entered English in the 1920s.


BOOT RIDE COMING!–Cast from FX’s hit show Sons of Anarchy to Host 3rd Annual Boot Ride and Rally on Sunday, August 25th in Los Angeles, CA

Boot Ride & Rally is an annual event presented by the national nonprofit, The Boot Campaign, to cultivate awareness, promote patriotism, and provide assistance to military, past and present, and their families.

Los Angeles, CA (August 14, 2013) – What if you could hop on your bike and enjoy the open road with cast from FX’s hit show Sons of Anarchy, and then party with your friends at a Blackberry Smoke concert? That’s exactly what you can do on August 25, 2013 at the 3rd Annual Boot Ride and Rally benefiting our military heroes through the national nonprofit, The Boot Campaign. http://www.BootRide.com

“I’m proud to be an Ambassador for the Boot Campaign, and couldn’t be more excited to participate in the 3rd Annual Boot Ride & Rally,” said Theo Rossi, “Juice” on FX’s Sons of Anarchy. “I am in complete awe of our military men & women and their families, and seeing the general public come from all over to participate, wear their boots and embrace this event, is truly inspiring.”
The Ride rolls out from the San Pedro, CA area and straight into the Rally (party time!) at the Happy Ending Bar and Restaurant on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, CA. Ride spots are extremely limited to ensure an intimate experience.

At the Rally, rock out to performances by Blackberry Smoke, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, and other surprise guests. You can snap photos of your favorite Sons of Anarchy cast member walking the Red Carpet, bid on specialty auction items, enjoy beverages from Wild Turkey Bourbon and Shiner Beer, food from Happy Ending Bar and Restaurant, get an official Sons of Anarchy temporary tattoo, snag Boot Campaign merch, and much more!
Notable Boot Ride auction items include:

1. 1972 Harley Davidson Ironhead Sportster XLH donated from actor Bruce
Willis’ personal collection. (Online Auction Bidding Opens Week of Boot Ride)
(more)

2. 2009 Harley Davidson“Mad Jap Kustoms Bobber”with less than 1,000 miles! Auction link: https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=191313590

3. Sons of Anarchy autographed posters.

4. Three day motorcycle rental from Eagle Rider.
 

The Boot Ride and Rally is an annual event that has raised more than $100,000 to provide direct assistance to military, past and present, and their families through the Boot Campaign. For the second year, the Boot Ride and Rally will focus its fundraising efforts on the Boot Campaign’s Housing Initiative, and will provide support for Veteran Housing in Southern California.

Get Your Tickets! Ride tickets start at $150/ person with premium packages available. Your Ride ticket also gets you into the Rally. Don’t ride? You can purchase a Rally only ticket; prices start at $35/ person with premium packages available.

http://www.BootRide.com

Thank you to Boot Ride & Rally Sponsors: Wild Turkey Bourbon, Shiner Beer, BIKERNET.COM, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Vista Energy, Bates Footwear, Go Country 105 FM, Wella, Bull Taco, and Tinsley Transfers.

www.BootCampaign.com


BIKERNET WEEKEND CODE OF THE WEST SEMINAR
The irony of life is that,
by the time you’re old
enough to know your way around,
you’re not going anywhere.

~~~~~

God made man before
woman so as to give him time
to think of an answer
for her first question.

~~~~~

I was
always taught to respect my elders,
but it keeps
getting harder to find one.

~~~~~

Every
morning is the dawn of a new
error.

The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out
of control,
mud slides, flooding, severe
thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one end
to another,
and with the threat of bird flu and
terrorist attacks,
are we sure this is a good time
to take
God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”

~~~~~

Aspire to inspire before
you expire.

–from Sam Burns

OH NO, NOT ANOTHER RIDICULOUS WORD FROM THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY–dither DIHTH-er,
verb:
1. to act irresolutely; vacillate.
2. North England. to tremble with excitement or fear.
 
noun:
1. a trembling; vibration.
2. a state of flustered excitement or fear.
 

…his sense of being in an unfamiliar place, affected his powers of coordination, always weak, and he began to dither slightly, caught his foot against one of the legs of the bed, opened his arms to save his balance and so let fall his parcels.

— Barry Unsworth, Mooncranker’s Gift, 1973
 

You make mistakes, don’t you–dither, get things wrong…?

— Penelope Lively, Pack of Cards, 1978-86
 

Dither entered English in the 1600s. It’s a phonetic variation of the Old English didder, though its ultimate origins are unknown

THIS JUST IN, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Free Shit Content

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I have a simple wish from the Bikernet Genie:

1. Give me a world where whores are elected politicians

2. Give me a world where psychopaths are cops

3. Give me a world where unemployed idiots are recruited as teachers

4. Give me a world where schizoids are successful businessmen

5. Give me a world where ugly animals are called “food”

6. Give me a world where earthworms are called United Nations

7. Give me a world where minorities are called Gods.

Is this ever possible? Whaddayathunk?

–Ujjwal Dey
u_dey@yahoo.com
Mumbai, India


MONTE MOORE ART BOOK EFFORT–The funny part is I only got off my bike 2 hours ago from Sturgis, and was a 500 mile ride home today! Then launched the campaign within an hour, my butt still hurts from the ride, but it was great to be around so many awesome bikes and friends this last week.

Some of the art in the book does come from custom motorcycle paint projects as well, so that may be of interest to some of your readers. I was in Sturgis to promote custom paint work and make contacts for doing new t-shirt designs in the industry, especially for some of the bigger Rallies around the U.S. Thanks for your continued support my man!!!

Monte

Monte M. Moore
Artist/Writer/Designer
mavmktg@qadas.com
web: www.mavarts.com
phone: 303-901-1870


YOUR PRIVACY, FREEDOM, AND RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE ARE AT STAKE-California gun owners and sportsmen are quickly running out of time to contact your state legislators and stop draconian legislation from passing in Sacramento.

With both the state Senate and Assembly now back to work, anti-gun legislators are moving fast to build momentum to railroad passage of severe anti-gun legislation. Gun owners and sportsmen CANNOT let this happen. It is critical that you call AND e-mail your state Senator and Assemblyman NOW urging them to STOP working to turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals. Contact information for your state Senator and Assemblyman can be found here.

Below is an update of what happened this week in Sacramento where your immediate action is needed:

Senate Bill 475 (Leno) allows San Francisco officials to effectively BAN gun shows and the sale of firearms in the Cow Palace at the Fairgrounds. This anti-gun bill is on its final reading in the Assembly and could be considered at anytime. It is important to call AND e-mail your state Assemblyman urging him or her to OPPOSE SB 475.

Assembly Bill 180 (Bonta) repeals state firearms preemption in Oakland by allowing that city to enact ordinances that are more restrictive than state laws relating to registration or licensing of firearms. This anti-gun bill is on its final reading in the state Senate and could be considered at anytime. It is important to call AND e-mail your state Senator urging him or her to OPPOSE AB 180.

Assembly Bill 231 (Ting) expands the law relating to the storage of firearms. This bill does nothing to reduce California’s violent crime problem and only turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals whether or not anything harmful actually happens, and regardless of whether there was any misconduct on the part of the gun owner. Ultimately, AB 231 is a misguided proposal that imposes unprecedented liability on those who choose to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms. This onerous legislation passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday. AB 231 is now on its final reading in the state Senate and could be considered at anytime. It is very important to call AND e-mail your state Senator urging him or her to OPPOSE AB 231.

Assembly Bill 48 (Skinner) BANS the sale of magazine parts kits that can hold more than ten cartridges and requires mandatory reporting (REGISTRATION) of law-abiding citizens who purchase more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition within a five-day period. AB 48 was placed in the state Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file and will be heard later this month. In the meantime, please contact all members of the state Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to OPPOSE AB 48. Contact information for members of this committee can be found here.

Assembly Bill 711 (Rendon) would make California the firststate in the nation to prohibit the use of all lead ammunition for hunting. The NR urges all hunters, recreational shooters and gun-owners to actively OPPOSE B 711. We will keep you posted on the hearing date for this legislation in the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file. In the meantime, please continue to contact the members of the state Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to OPPOSE this anti-gun legislation. Contact information for this committee can be found here.

Help NRA Get Californians Connected with NRA’s California Resources

Help the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions. Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not! Encourage them to sign up for California NRA’s Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections:
 

Websites:

Facebook Pages:
NRA’s Facebook page
CalGunLaws.com Facebook page
NRA Members’ Councils’ Facebook page
 

Your Privacy, Freedom and Right to Self-Defense are at Stake

Contact Your state Senator and Assemblyman TODAY!

BIKERNET SURVEY, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Free Shit Content

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The Sunday post is what I look forward to every week. The Thursday news always has a lot of stuff that I actually read. Put some more tech type articles and install articles in cuz we can ALL learn something on how to correctly install or replace something on our scoots. Overall, Bikernet has some outstanding news and articles.

–John Gutierrez
johnniegutierrez@hotmail.com
Freer, TX


WEEKEND HOTTIE FROM THE TINMAN—Just what every man needs on a Monday morning…

Peace Always,
–Tinman


COMMENT ABOUT THE THURSDAY NEWS EDITORIAL— Fortunately I’m not going to have to deal with this shit for the next 50, but really hate to see our country go down the tubes. Our government and specifically the self-centered, arrogant, it’s all about me politicians have trashed us.

You and I lived the best years and that’s what matters. I think if the world lasts another 100-200 years they will still be talking about the freedom, creativity and rebellious nature we enjoyed.

Our government is corrupt from top to bottom and there is nothing short of all out revolution we can do about it.

Closing the “Attorney Mill” law schools would be a good start. I seriously think it’s time to bring the guillotine back and start with Congress on prime time.

Oh, are you familiar with Renegade Magazine? Very cool. Like to get some back issues and find out more about it. They have some awesome images from a place called www.atomic26fab.com but I can’t find out much about them.

–Extreme

BIG NEWS! The Smoke Out movie is coming along, we’ll have a new clip ready soon. Also…We now offer Movie Downloads on Choppertown.com!

We’re starting with twelve of our favorites and will be adding more every month. There is no country restriction and you can put them on your computer, smart phone, or tablet. We tried to price them fairly at $9.99 (no shipping or customs duties!) so please pass the word.

We used the most open source technology possible, so we ask that you please do not copy or share these files. They’re cheap enough, so just tell your buddy to buy his own and support all the great filmmakers of our beloved bike culture. (We share royalties with the filmmakers of each movie, so you’re literally making sure more movies will be made.)

Click here and check out the first batch just in time for the weekend!
www.choppertown.net/

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BANDIT TO JUDGE AMD SHOW AT 110TH ANNIVERSARY HARLEY-DAVIDSON CELEBRATION–Sure hope you’ s can make it to the 110th. I’ll buy your Birthday meal, in fact I owe us a couple!

Your bandanna is still hanging on my handle bar- at 98,8412 miles on the trike/ 4th engine-3rd tranny.

Catch ya in Milwaukee at the Museum!

–Dave Zien
retired Senator
Million Mile Man

BANDIT’S DAY ROLL TESTIMENT–Hey the Dayroll held up, glad I didn’t have it up front on the bars where my I-pad was it. I was on my way to check on a photo job. Should know her fate by Wed at the latest? We think the frame is bent as the dash is popped upwards.

If I end up keeping her or the money is right this is what I want to build, before I get too old to throw a bike in a corner, a Canyon Carver! Of course I will need to find some canyons like Spearfish!

–RFR

MSR SPONSORS THE 2013 COLORADO 600–MSR extends philanthropic support to The Trails Preservation Alliance

The Colorado 600 is a five-day ride and trail symposium through the mountains of southwestern Colorado. Each day riders learn about what is facing trail riding enthusiasts and the issues opposing the public’s trails in Colorado and Utah. All proceeds from the ride will go to support the Colorado Trails Preservation Alliance, a Colorado 501c3 non-profit. The newly formed TPA is focused on preserving motorized, single-track trail riding.

MSR will contribute riding gear for all the Colorado 600 event riders. The Trails Preservation Alliance protects the right to ride national trails while working in conjunction with the Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM.)

Dave Casella, Director of MSR, Corona, CA is excited to support the Colorado 600. “MSR is extremley proud be a sponsor of this great event. MSR’s off road heritage spans over 40 years and this is an example of our continued dedication to making sure that Trails remain open and preserved so that we can all continue to enjoy doing what we love and live for…riding motorcycles”.

The annual Colorado 600 will take place this year September 7th-11th and takes applications starting in February of every year.
For more information on the Colorado 600 please visit: http://www.colorado600.org/Colorado_600_2013/Home.html
For information on the Trails Preservation Alliance check out:

For questions on MSR’s involvement, please email Randy Valade- Marketing Manager of MSR at rvalade@tuckerrocky.com

STEALTH, LET IT RIDE SHOW REVIEW–I watched the new “Let It Ride” show last week featuring the Ness family.

All in all a cool show. The FXR that was built out of a pile of parts was kick ass.

The only thing that was strange was that Zach did not turn a wrench on the bike, his crew did all the building? Anyway, I thought it was a cool show with some cool old photos of Arlen and some of his early creations.

–Stealth

OH NO, NOT ANOTHER CUTTING WORD FROM THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT–lacerate LAS-uh-reyt,
verb:
1. to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
2. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
adjective:
1. lacerated.
 

She seemed to have the power still to lacerate him, inside his bowels. Not in his mind or spirit, but in his old emotional, passional self: right in the middle of his belly, to tear him and make him feel he bled inwardly.

— D. H. Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent, 1926
 

For some weeks he confined the area of effeminacy to his left knee, and on one occasion he was base enough to lacerate the flesh in secret with a fish-hook in an attempt to justify the statement about his skin.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner, Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, 1927
 

Lacerate entered English in the late 1500s from the Latin lacer meaning “mangled” or “torn.”

BAD COP FILE OPENED WIDE–David Morgan Is Wrong, Terribly Wrong–
Two Florida cops shot an innocent, unarmed man in his own driveway. And then their sheriff started talking.

By Dahlia Lithwick

Two weeks ago, two Florida deputies shot 15 rounds at a 60-year-old unarmed Florida man who was looking for his cigarettes in his mother’s car, parked in his own driveway.

Two of those bullets hit him in his left leg, which was shattered. Roy Howard Middleton says he was compliant when the cops told him to turn around. He says that as he was turning around to face deputies with his hands raised, they opened fire. (He believed his neighbors were playing a practical joke on him).

The two deputies said they were responding to a 911 call about a car thief and that Middleton turned and “lunged” at them with a shiny object in his hand. Middleton is black. The two sheriff’s deputies are white.

Sheriff David Morgan of Escambia County hastily took to the airwaves to explain that “the tragedy of this is the noncompliance to the directions of law enforcement officers,” and that Middleton was “both a suspect and a victim.”

The two deputies were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the State Attorney’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Sheriff Morgan was quick to clarify for CNN that the officers followed the correct protocols. “Right now we are comfortable from a training perspective that our officers did follow standard protocols. I believe the standard we use and train to is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, which is a reasonable test.” Morgan went on to note that “[t]his is a common occurrence. We live in a very violent society.” Presumably the irony was unintentional.

A week later six Escambia County deputies climbed through the window of a private residence, without a warrant, dragging a sleeping couple out of their bed, shooting at their two dogs, one of which later died. The police were pursuing a suspect in an armed disturbance earlier in the evening on the couple’s street, found an upside-down bucket next to a window of their home, knocked on the door, and when nobody answered, they just entered through the window.

According to a press release, “Upon encountering the people in the house, the dogs became aggressive. One dog bit at one of the deputy’s leg. He pushed the dog away, but it came at him again so he shot the dog in self-defense, at which time the second dog began to run towards him. For his personal safety, he shot the second dog.”

The couple, who are white, say they were asleep in bed. Then the cops threw them on the ground, handcuffed them and dragged them into the hallway, and then started shooting at the dogs. No arrests were made. That case is also being investigated.

Now, Sheriff David Morgan is a colorful character. He has garnered public attention for actions as serious as a Justice Department finding in May that the county jail he oversees is plagued by constitutional issues and still suffers from the results of a decades-long racial segregation policy, and as frivolous as wearing his military ribbons on his police uniform in defiance of Defense Department regulations. But one might hope that on the heels of the recent unpleasantness, he would be very, very careful in his public discussions of race, crime, and police conduct.

Well, not so. This week Sherriff Morgan spoke at a weekly Rotary Club of Pensacola meeting and made it clear that the real victim of the racial injustice here is Sheriff David Morgan. You should watch it. It’s a case study in grievance- and blame-shifting. The video includes a horribly painful opening joke referring to the recent police actions and the attention they garnered as “turds” he was being forced to swallow.

Morgan says that he is “hobbled by the law” and complains that he is unable to defend the actions of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (which he is presumably now doing) because of pending investigations into the misconduct of his officers—a situation he likens, weirdly, to “allowing a deputy to handcuff you and beat you because you can’t defend yourself.” This is of course not far from what his officers allegedly did to the actual victims in these incidents, and comparing what the media is doing to Sherriff Morgan, to what law enforcement officers did to their unarmed victims is so fatuous, it makes you want to weep.

He seems to have no notion of the distinction between police violence and media criticism…

–from Rogue


SPEAKING OF DISCRIMINATION–WA Bikers Ride Against “Discrimination”

Don Granese, News Reporter

RICHLAND, Wash.- Hundreds of motorcyclists gathered in Richland for a ride to fight what they call discrimination from local police in the Tri-Cities
Groups like A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments or ABATE and other motorcyclists from all over Washington often ride together either for recreation or to raise funds for different charities.

They say whenever they meet together, they are singled out by police because of their clothing or just because they are riding motorcycles. Their ride through the Tri-Cities Saturday was to exercise their rights to peaceably assemble.

“They don’t do it for car clubs, they don’t do it for flower clubs, but you can be sure that when motorcyclists get together, you’re going to see some level of law enforcement scrutinizing the law abiding citizens,” said Donnie Landsman of WA ABATE.

Once the bikers had gathered at the Uptown Shopping Center, Richland police made a quick drive by. The bikers drove through Richland into Pasco and then crossed the cable bridge into Downtown Kennewick where their ride came to an end.

–from Rogue


BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER DISCOVERS A NEW ELIXER OF LIFE THROUGH DR. WEIL--Want the Secret to Losing the Love Handles? If the treadmill has become tedious and the bike boring, why not liven up your fitness routine with belly dancing?

This ancient art has evolved from traditional expressive movement to heart-pumping workouts offered in gyms across the country. Aside from working muscles that most people don’t exercise in regular workouts, belly dancing is a great opportunity to learn about the music and traditions of unfamiliar countries and cultures.

In general, dancing of any kind is wonderful for your body. Aerobic exercise promotes general fitness, conditions your heart and respiratory system, stimulates immunity and increases stamina. It also tones your nervous system, reduces stress, helps with balance and coordination, increases oxygen flow throughout the body and gives you a sense of well-being and empowerment. Dancing is one of the best aerobic activities of all because it’s upbeat and enjoyable, and provides a thorough workout.

–Dr. Weil
www.drweil.com


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MORE SCARY POLITICAL SHIT–Radley Balko details how the government should roll back the military mission creep of domestic policing.

By Natasha Lennard

Writing in the Huffington Post, Radley Balko Thursday detailed at length the problem of the U.S.’s increasingly militarized domestic policing and the importance of reversing the troubling trend by which military-grade weapons, technology and tactics have crept into home-soil policing.

He notes:
If government leaders are looking for another issue to tackle, they might consider the astonishing evolution of America’s police forces over the last 30 years.

Today in America, SWAT teams are deployed about 100 to 150 times per day, or about 50,000 times per year — a dramatic increase from the 3,000 or so annual deployments in the early 1980s, or the few hundred in the 1970s. The vast majority of today’s deployments are to serve search warrants for drug crimes. But the use of SWAT tactics to enforce regulatory law also appears to be rising.

This month, for example, a SWAT team raided the Garden of Eden, a sustainable growth farm in Arlington, Texas, supposedly to look for marijuana. The police found no pot, however, and the real intent of the raid appears to have been for code enforcement, as the officers came armed with an inspection notice for nuisance abatement.

Where these teams were once used only in emergency situations, they’re used today mostly as an investigative tool against people merely suspected of crimes.

Balko details a number of ways in which the government might roll back on militarization creep, to the benefit of budgets and citizens.
He argues that policies towards drug decriminalization and legalization “would take away many of the incentives to fight the drug war as if it were an actual war. The federal government could also leave it to the states to determine drug policy, and with what priority and level of force it should be enforced.”

Balko argues too for an end to the “so-called 1033 program, passed in 1997, [which] formalized a Pentagon policy of giving away surplus military equipment to domestic police agencies, which had been going on since the Reagan years.”

Shifting drug and forfeiture policy as well as a number of reforms to Pentagon and DHS policy would go some way in demilitarizing domestic policing and returning SWAT to its original purpose, Balko suggests:
At the very least, lawmakers should demand an end to SWAT mission creep. It’s beyond comprehension that such violent tactics would be used to enforce regulatory law. SWAT teams also shouldn’t be raiding poker games, bars where police suspect there’s underage drinking or the offices of doctors suspected of over-prescribing painkillers. They shouldn’t be performing license inspections on barbershops, or swarming Amish farms suspected of selling unpasteurized cheese. Like the medical marijuana raids, these sorts of raids are straight-up abuse — for the sake of sending a political message.

Natasha Lennard is an assistant news editor at Salon, covering non-electoral politics, general news and rabble-rousing. Follow her on Twitter @natashalennard, email nlennard@salon.com.

BIKERNET 5-Ball RACING WHEELER REPORT

5-Ball Racing Team is haulin ass to the dyno in Napa, CA. bright and early this afternoon during rush hour traffic into the sunset for a nine o’clock appointment Monday morning, www.NCDLPERFORMANCE.com, where the crew is standing by.

Our local resident Dr. Willie has worked long days and into the nights dialing the Raycer in for an honest chance at making safe, straight and true passes on our 5-Ball Raycer in less than a week on the Bonneville Salt Flats during the 10th Annual BUB Speed Trials.

Thanks Shorai Battery for superior starting power, all day long.

LAST MINUTE SPONSORSHIP EFFORT FOR THE 5-BALL RACING TEAM–Hey Guys,

It’s Bonneville time and we’re seeking sponsors to help us provide fresh Alkaline Kangan water during the BUB Speed Trials.

In Feb. 2012 our Raycer project was a soap stone drawing on R/T Performance, Rick Tedder’s shop floor in Salem, Oregon.
Today we’re headed to Napa, Ca and the dyno with a nearly race ready bike.

With the running of the 10th annual BUB Speed Trials commencing the 24th, we’re scrambling like a team on a mission with the starting line in the crosshairs.

Thanks to our Sponsors:

5-Ball Racing Team/Bikernet would like to add your name to the rapidly growing list of sponsors on board today. Thanks to Colorado Customs, Marc Susman. Paul Kittrell of Lyndall Racing Brakes, Keith Ball, Bikernet.com….Ray Askew, Monterey, Ca., with a few checks in the mail? Thanks, Ray and the 5-Ball Racing Team

Your Name here just $100.00 or more…

Please respond by 8/19/2013 to be included. Your name or Company’s name will be displayed on a Huge Banner during the BUB Speed Trials. And of course there will be significant coverage on Bikernet.com.

Click here to be a sponsor: www.crankandstroker.com/5-ball-racing

Looking beyond the Racing effort the 5-Ball Racing Team wants to give back by providing healthy alkaline water, sun up to sunset everyday for Racers, Staff and Guests, FREE of charge.

With Delvene Manning’s blessings we have a 40×40 piece of salt located Row #3 (back row), front corner as you enter the pit area.

Conveniently located we’ll provide containers of Kangen alkaline water from sun-up to sundown (or until we run out during the day). We’ll devote a part of each evening bottling a fresh truck load of water for the next day. The number one First Aid call made during the event is Dehydration.

–Ray C. Wheeler
Pilot 5-Ball Raycer
Performance Editor
Bikernet.com

Editor’s note: It may look like we have some funds, but Ray lives on a fixed income and has put every dime and all his resources into building a world class Bonneville racer capable of setting several records. The entire staff is pitching in to help him make this dream a reality.—Bandit

Three things in common.

Illusive Motorcycles, Hot Women and Alkaline Kangan Water…Hydrate for your Life!


Thanks Rusty!

Raycer sponsors

We’re on track for a stellar year rollin on the street and the ever slippery, never predictable Bonneville Salt Flats.

Primo HD Cameras, Tobey The Welder, 2 out 3 Ex-Wives, My 3 Sons, Aerocharger, All Balls Racing, Kent Rich, Dutch and the Crew@Air Tech Streamlining, Arai Helmets, Keith Ball and the Crew@Bikernet, Bikers Choice, Brad Beach@Beach Racing, Dr. Willie Lanham, Long Beach, Ca., Cometic Gaskets, Dan Thayer@vtwinfuelinjection, Allen Alvarez@Daytona Twin Tech, ERC Race Gas, George The Wild Brush, ET Krankvents (Thanks Ted Shrode, Ph.D—- R. I. P.), Fisher Harmonic Damper, Dan Stern@House of Thunder H-D, Horsepower Inc., Luke and Crew, Fueling, Ron Williams, Jeff, Kevin@Hardtailz, Randy Torgeson, Michelle and the Crew@Hyperformance, Jim’s Machine USA, K&N Air Cleaner, Paul Kittrell@Lyndall Racing Brakes, Marc Susman@Colorado Custom Cycle Wheels, Juan, Colorado Custom Cycle Wheels, Ray Whitehead@Pegasus, Pingel, Walt, Pro Charger, Jim @Sharp Eye Transmission, Reggie and Crew@R&R Cycle, Ben Kudon@Rivera Primo, Matthew Wiley@Race Tech Suspension, Shorai Battery, Rick Tedder@ R/T Performance, Schnitz Racing, Mr. McCahill@Spyke, S&S Cycle, Matthew Negherbon@Thunder Motorcycles in San Jose, Guy Caputo@Tiger Racing, Steve The Turbo Doc, Tsubaki Chains, Vanderbeck Race Cars, Vanson Leathers, World Wide Bearings, Duncan Keller, Yankee Engineuity in San Jose, Ca..


Haul Ass!
Ride for your Life!
–Ray C Wheeler
Performance Editor
wheeler@bikernet.com


You can pick up 5-Ball Racing Apparel through J&P

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BRAND NEW FROM BIKERNET TRIKES, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
STEAL THIS TRIKE AND TRAILER

http://www.bikernettrikes.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11305

Great article. Just wish I had the cash!

–Coy
kenmccoy210@yahoo.com
Fairhope, AL


ON THE ROAD TO STURGIS ROGUE REPORT–While having an all-you-can-eat breakfast put on to help support the local fire department in Nemo S.D. a group of Old Motorcycles from somewhere in Europe pulled in.

Notice one has a GPS. COOL!!!!

–Rogue


MORE FROM THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY–The Swede’s wife steps up to the tee and, as she bends over to place her ball, a gust of wind blows her skirt up and reveals her lack of underwear.

‘Good God, woman! Why aren’t you wearing any skivvies?’, Ole demanded.

‘Well’ she said, ‘you don’t give me enough housekeeping money to afford any.’

The Swede immediately reaches into his pocket and says, ‘For the sake of decency, here’s a 50. Go and buy yourself some underwear..’

Next, the Irishman’s wife bends over to set her ball on the tee. Her skirt also blows up to show that she, too, is wearing no undies.

‘Blessed Virgin Mary, woman! You’ve no knickers Why not?’

She replies, ‘I can’t afford any on the money you give me.’

Patrick reaches into his pocket and says, ‘For the sake of decency, here’s a 20. Go and buy yourself some underwear”!

Lastly, the Scotsman’s wife bends over. The wind also takes her skirt over her head to reveal that she, too, is naked under it.

‘Sweet mudder of Jaysus, Aggie! Where ta friggin hell are yer drawers?’

She too explains, ‘You dinna give me enough money ta be able ta affarrd any.’

The Scotsman reaches into his pocket and says, ‘Well, fer the love ‘o decency, here’s a comb…. Tidy yerself up a bit.’

–Steve Bauman


QUICK TECH QUESTION, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–American Performance Cycles 2006 Models

http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=1575

I need a rear chrome APC brake caliper left side for 2005 Hustler 240. Can you help me out on where I can find one?

William Blalack
jerryblalack@yahoo.com
Marietta, GA


BEYOND THE PINES MOVIE REVIEW–Well it’s not a comedy for sure. It was kinda like two to three different movies in one.
Things happen to people in life. Some good, some not so good. A lot of it is by the choices we make along the way.

I liked the ending of the movie. The kid buys a bike and heads out west. The bike is his escape to find himself.

The line where the seller asks him if he knows how to ride as he is riding away is great.

Hey it was in his blood!!

–PSD

P.S. The movie homeboy is one I liked also. It reminded me of The Wrestler some. Both movies Mickey Rourke is the main character. In Homeboy he plays a washed up boxer.

Eric Clapton produced a lot of the music in the movie.

Most places won’t have the dvd in the store as it was made awhile ago. Try Netflix


WARR’S AT THE ACE CAFE— Harley Day Sunday 25th August 9am – 5pm  In addition to Warr’s Harley-Davidson Harley Nights, in partnership with Ace Cafe London on the last Thursday of every month at the cafe, Warr’s will be celebrating both the 110th anniversary of the founding of the famous Milwaukee marque and the 75th anniversary of the cafe having originally opened in 1938, attending for the 3rd consecutive year, the cafe’s annual Harley Day on Sunday 25th August.?

As well as a range of H-D motorcycles being on show, including some of Warr’s own amazing and very special Kings Road Custom machines and classics from the past, Warr’s staff will be on hand to answer your questions.

For a demo ride on a Harley Davidson, please pre-book with Warr’s via their website www.warrs.com. Also present throughout the day will be another icon from the USA, an Airstream trailer tattoo studio! Check it out for your next “inking”!? ?

To win Warr’s HD goodies at the cafe, spend £5 or more over the counter and receive a raffle ticket: Harley Nights – Draw at 10pm Harley Day – Draw at 3pm

To find out more about Warr’s Harley Davidson, Europe’s longest established Harley dealer, contact:
 
Warr’s Harley Davidson
611 Kings Road, London
SW6 2EL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7736 2934


BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL EDITOR SPOTTED IN BEIJING, CHINA TODAY—Wasn’t he just in Hollywood?
Had an 8-hr layover. Took subway into the city for a brief tour. Very sunny blue skies today. On to Bkk next.

–Art Hall
Bikernet International Emperor Editor in Grand Style
Magnificent Quick Throttle Event Photographer

NEVER TOO LATE FOR CLASS, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Plasma Cutting Steel Signs

http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=1967

Your work looks fantastic. Can you do custom foot boards for a trike I am building?

–Tom grumpy Hauser
thauser1959@att.net
West Allis, WI

NRA GUN NUT REPORT, Piers Morgan Tells a Whopper–If you have the misfortune to be familiar with Piers Morgan, the British former tabloid “reporter” and “talent judge” known on this side of the Atlantic as CNN’s most overbearing gun control proselytizer, you won’t be surprised at what he did on Tuesday.

It began during an interview with military history expert A.W.R. Hawkins, as Morgan pushed his theory that more gun ownership leads to more crime. Hawkins disagreed, noting that Virginia had recently experienced a significant increase in gun ownership, followed by a significant decrease in violent crime.

The insufferable Morgan then counter-claimed that, according to the FBI, no less, Virginia had the highest murder rate in the United States in 2009. Morgan’s statement would have been true only if 25 states had seceded in 2008, however, and according to the FBI’s 2009 crime report, there were still 50 states in 2009 and Virginia ranked 26th among them in murder, with a rate 12 percent lower than the national rate.

Virginia’s more recent figures are even more impressive. According to the FBI’s 2011 crime report, from 2010 to 2011 Virginia’s murder rate dropped 20 percent, to 29th in the nation, 21 percent below the national rate. As the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported last year, “Gun-related violent crime in Virginia has dropped steadily over the past six years as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. . . . The total number of firearms purchased in Virginia increased 73 percent from 2006 to 2011. . . . But the total number of gun-related violent crimes fell 24 percent over that period.”

You would think Morgan had a better handle on the question of rankings, considering that he ranks far down the list among cable news shows, behind Hannity, O’Reilly and a host of other programs.

BIKERNET BOARD OF DIRECTORS HIRES A BLONDE CONSULTANT–A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization. Very Impressive!
Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, ‘Steve’s Place,’ and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.

It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, ‘Why the spoon?’

‘Well, ‘he explained, ‘the restaurant’s owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes.

After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour.

If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.’
As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. ‘I’ll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.’ I was impressed.

I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter’s fly.

Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, ‘Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?’

“Oh, certainly!’ Then he lowered his voice.
‘Not everyone is so observant.

That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom.
By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.

I asked quietly, ‘After you get it out, how do you put it back?’

‘Well,’ he whispered, ‘I don’t know about the others, but I use the spoon.’

–from Vern


BIKERNET STAFF DOGS MEMO
On August 14, 2013, The Proctor and Gamble Company announced it is recalling specific lots of Iams and Eukanuba dog and cat foods due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.

To learn which products are affected, please visit the following link:

Iams and Eukanuba Dog and Cat Food Recall

Please be sure to share the news of this alert with other pet owners.

–Mike Sagman, Editor
The Dog Food Advisor

P.S. Not already on our dog food recall notification list? Sign up to get critical dog food recall alerts sent to you by email.


NEW PRODUCT EXCLUSIVE TO BIKERNET SUNDAY POST CANTINA GIRLS
I wanted to share a hand-tooled leather seat I am making. The rear of the seat pan wraps around the fender requiring a few sections for a sleek look. I would love to debut the finished product on Bikernet!

–Adam Croft


POKER RUN BIKERS TAKE A GAMBLE ON RIDE THROUGH FLORIDA KEYS–
KEY WEST
, Florida Keys — Motorcyclists from throughout the United States are to travel one of America’s most scenic highways to raise money for charity during the 41st annual Phil Peterson’s Key West Poker Run, set for Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 19-22. The 2013 run features three Florida Keys cruising days so participants have more time to explore the island chain.

Traditionally drawing riders on up to 10,000 bikes, the popular ride features a unique route down the 113-mile Overseas Highway from mainland Florida to Key West. Offering long vistas of breathtaking sea and sky, the roadway incorporates 42 bridges spanning the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay and Gulf of Mexico.

Beginning Sept. 1, bikers can register to ride at Peterson’s Harley-Davidson of Miami, 19400 NW 2nd Ave., and Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South, 19825 S. Dixie Highway. Online registration is accepted before that date at www.petersonsharley.com.

Participating bikers receive poker sheets when they register and draw cards at designated stops along the route. The first stop opens at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, and riders must check in at the final stop in Key West by 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21.

Entrants who draw the 10 best poker hands are eligible to play in a winner-take-all round of Texas Hold ‘Em set for 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept., 21, at the Rose Tattoo Bar, 618 Duval St. The winner is to take home a new Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycle or $6,000 cash.

A section of lower Duval Street and Greene Street are to be closed to car traffic from 11 a.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday, and again from 7 a.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday, so bikers with weekend parking passes can park on the street to display their bikes and enjoy a street party.

Other attractions include a Thursday night “Upper Duval Crawl,” a Friday and Saturday bike merchandise market, Saturday’s “Biker Bash” and custom bike show, an oceanside Sunday brunch and parties throughout the weekend at Key West resorts and watering holes.

The Poker Run is a fundraiser for the Diabetes Research Institute and charities of the Key West Sunrise Rotary Club.

Event information: www.petersonskeywestpokerrun.com
Key West visitor information: www.fla-keys.com/keywest or 1-800-LAST-KEY

PRIMO-RIVERA CLUTCH TESTIMONIAL—While Ben Kudon holds a gun on S&S staff member.

BIKERNET STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM–Seriously I’d like to get my licks in when things really start to fall apart. KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS for god’s sake. Fuck we could have a good time and I don’t want to die on a friggin’ couch. I’d like to feel the jolt you can only get from fighting for freedom.

The US was a good experiment. To bad politicians are such total fucks. Maybe I don’t give the new generatiojn enough credit and I hope they pull it together but in my day most of them wouldn’t make it. That said I’m a past generation and really shouldn’t judge them as I have no idea where their heads are at or how they got there. Probably the same thing our folks said about us but this time it appears to be rapidly leading to the demise of the US.

I’d love for them to come for my guns!
Did you know anything about Renegade? The only issue I have seen is #14 Spring 2012. Looks like a magazine you and I could really sink out teeth into. Toss in some rebelious anti government shit just because.

–Extreme

SPIRITUAL AGENDA FROM THE MILLION MILE MAN TO NCOM Board of Directors, Legislative Task Force, Christian Unity Coalition, Confederation of Clubs, Aid to Injured Motorcyclists–We are most certainly at a crossroads – The crossroads of golden opportunity to “discover hidden resources & harness unlimited potential!”

This 28th Annual Convention in Reno, NV provided testament to miraculous/sometimes dastardly evolution of the groups and individuals we represent. I remember my first meetings with Richard & Ron Roloff at Sturgis & Spearfish. They helped inspire me to where we are today. In the Spirit of Spiritual Transcendence, we have an obligation to serve all those who were, are and to come!

1. Set up a Motorcycle Movie, Music, and Memoirs & Museum Committee.

A. Monitor, evaluate & Promote as appropriate, all previous & especially in process motorcycle related music & movies.

-Initiate our own projects i.e. Two Wheel Thunder TV (enclosed), Mike Jones/Wolf on the river (Silver Spoke Award 2010/Discovery/History Channel Documentary by Adam Moore (see enclosure).

-Harness the power of the mass media.

-Coordinate with other MRO’s.

-Establish direct raport with media – thus music/movie companies to enhance, inspire & empower positive & proper depiction of the Biker Way of life.

B. Impress upon the major Motorcycle Museums:

-American Motorcycle Assoc. – Ohio

-Harley-Davidson – Milwaukee-National M.C. Museum – Iowa

-Sturgis M.C. Museum & Hall of Fame – South Dakota

-Promote Bikers who are saving lives and souls i.e. Christian Unity & Accident Scene Management.

-Wheels through Time – Maggie Valley

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-Offer to rotate yearly displays for NCOM at all museums.

-Recommend rotating displays also for the Freedom Fighter Movement, Christian Biker phenomena & Iron Butt culture & Accident Scene Management successes.

-Put the word out about the proposed expansion/vision of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame.

-Assist in fundraising, rotating exhibits for all M.C. Museums.

-Nominate/promote our own members i.e. my letter to NCOM- November 2007 suggested we push Richard, Doc & Bill Bish for Hall of Fame recognition at Sturgis, National M.C. Museum, Iowa, and Milwaukee & Muggie Valley. Lots of ideas in that letter, which deserve attention.

-Assist Miracle Mountain Million Mile Motorcycle Monument (design & official name TBA). All of us have experienced miracles of survival – some are super- natural, mysterious & multi-dimensional – the Hand of God! Location at Rescue Rider/Accident Scene Management Compound, Big Bend, Wisconsin.

-Fire up the American Freedom Warrior Foundation, Inc. (two National Monuments, South Dakotas)

God Bless You

Pray to Live,

Live to Ride.

–Dave Zien
Million Mile Man
Sturgis Hall of Fame inductee

HANG ON—This coming week will be a scramble as some of the team heads north east to the Bonneville Salt Flats, local craftsmen finish up the front of the building, and we work with brothers and sister all over the country to bring you new, hot, exciting content every day.

I’m running to Bennett’s Performance on Monday to wrap up Eric’s D&D pipe install, Rivera Clutch install, and the JIMS primary bearing. This bike better run forever. It’s got all the best shit. We are also installing the latest S&S air cleaner, and some new hot shot trees for the dyna 49 mm front end.

Then we will bring you bike features, an update on our grant effort, maybe a tease on the screenplay, and I need to step into the Cantina once more. Something nasty is brewing.

It’s never a dull moment around the Bikernet Ingenious Factory. Plus we will be bringing you daily reports from the Bub Speed Trials.

Ride Forever,

–Bandit

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