Hey,
This is going to a be short and sweet Sunday Post. Some of the staff were attacked by the Chinese Mung Flu and unable to climb out of their bunks. Others tested way too much whiskey. And of course the Asian massage parlor on a Saturday night was jumping. So let’s just hit the news and pray for the best.
MORE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMZ–Thanks for stoppin’ over today, Its was great to get to spend some time with you and catchin’ up on things.
We will definitely come over, your place sounds amazing. The Franklin is a 1933, the two Cads are 52 and 53, GT 40 is 1966, I think. The Ryley is a 1963, the Bentley that belonged to Jane Mansfield is a 1948 Hooper aluminum body.
GOTTA LOVE THOSE MARINES–
A former Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high school teacher. Just before the school year started, he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn’t noticeable.
On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The smart-aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk.
When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.
Dead silence…The rest of the year went very smoothly.
NEWS FLASH, MOTORCYCLE BIKINI WASH ACCIDENT—This just in from San Diego Custom Cycles. by Harley D.
Bikini Bike Wash Accident.
My question is just one leg broken, or both legs?
If this lady was taken to a hospital, was this reported as a motorcycle accident?
JERRY LEE LEWIS BIRTHDAY TODAY—He turned 78 years old today. What an amazing life. Johnny Mathis turns 79 tomorrow. Incredible
THE BIKERNET MIDWEST OFFICE OF BOOK REVIEWS– has received the shipment of review books from your office.
I will peruse them and probably review them judging from a quick review of their covers.
The old saying is that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but after all, I am a professional.
My staff and I just returned from yet another trip to the Badlands where we were promoting our featured publication A Common Man (Ikce Wicasa) at the South Dakota
Festival of Books. There were no books on motorcycles in sight, just custom bikes on display in the casinos of Deadwood.
We are learning the joys and pitfalls of self publishing in an industry that is changing. The old guard is being forced to change their ways by upstarts like us: new authors who have the guts to jump in with both feet in an industry that has not changed much since the invention of the printing press. We are eliminating the middlemen
and the publishers that refused us can kiss off. Our voices shall be heard.
Now what does that have to do with our average Bikernet reader? I am glad you asked. On our recent book promotion tour one of the most common discussions was the fact that Joe SixPack can now write a book. How many people do you know who have made the statement, ” My friends say that I should write a book.”? I know I have heard it dozens of times.
And yes, you probably can write a book. Like any journey, writing a book means there must be a beginning. On our motorcycles that means hitting the start button or kicking it over and putting the kickstand up putting it in gear and going down the road. To write means picking up a pencil or pen or laptop and putting your thoughts down on paper or screen. But the key is to start.
Starting to write can be just as daunting as starting to ride. Remember back to your first solo motorcycle ride? The uncertainty and the butterflies in your gut?
The same thrill can be had by picking up a pen to write down the original event.
Of course riding is more fun and just as soul expanding as writing. But you can patch together
your thoughts while waiting for the weather to clear or for winter to end or for that heat wave to let you back out on the road.
I see I have been rambling, but I have to let it out sometimes.Ya know? There just might be a book in it.Thank You. Remember. Ride Like Hell and Have Fun!
–Kevin Thomas
Official Certified Bikernet Book Review in Chief
SPEAKING OF BOOKS, Color My Boobs!: A Titillating Coloring Book for Adults Paperback
by D.D. Stacks (Author) , Billy Armstrong (Illustrator) , Chad Powers III (Illustrator)
A fun, interactive gift book for adult, this coloring book is filled with every variety of alluring, healthy, happy female pulchritude: big, bigger, buxom, cantaloupes, torpedos, milk jugs, side boob, underboob, and much more. Showcasing the work of two talented artists, these line drawings also feature character boobs: a showgirl, pirate, cheerleader, goddess, hot teacher and much more.
BIKERNET COMMUNITY HUNTING ALERT–Deer season is coming. So I thought I’d better send out a reminder about what a Whitetail looks like….
(No need to thank me, I’m just doing a public service.)
–Bob Clark
CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS OPEN–The biker and the little old lady.
A husky biker stopped by the local Harley shop to have his bike fixed. They couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said he didn’t live far and would just walk home.
On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and an anvil. He also stopped by the feed store and livestock dealer and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose.
However, struggling outside the store he now had a problem: how to carry all of his purchases home. While he is scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She asked, “Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane?”
The biker said, “Well, as a matter of fact, I live at 1616 Mockingbird Lane. I would walk you home but I can’t carry this stuff.”
The old lady suggested, “Why don’t you put the anvil in the bucket, carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand?”
“Why thank you very much,” he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home.
On the way he said “Let’s take my short cut and go down this alley. We’ll be there in no time.”
The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said, “I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get in the alley you won’t hold me up against the wall and have your way with me?”
The biker said, “Holy smokes lady! I am carrying a bucket, an anvil, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?”
The lady replied, “Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the anvil on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold the chickens.”
–Rogue
TOP A FUEL TANK WITH THE EDGY HARLEY® CHISEL COLLECTION–Fuel Cap and Gauge Feature a Rich Black Finish with Gleaming Machined Highlights
MILWAUKEE (September 30, 2013) Top a Harley-Davidson fuel tank with these two new items from the Chisel Collection from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts and Accessories. Each features a rich black finish, highlighted with complex machining in a radial spoke design that exposes bright, raw aluminum. Both are styled to complement Chisel Extreme Billet Air Cleaners, Floating Brake Rotors, and Custom Wheels.
The Chisel Collection Fuel Cap (P/N 61100038, $69.95) features a ratcheting design so the cap can be rotated until the central Bar & Shield logo faces the correct direction. This fuel cap fits many 1992-later Sportster and Dyna models, 2000-later Softail models and 1994-later Road King models.
The low-profile Chisel Collection Fuel Gauge (P/N 70900354, $179.95) replaces the analog readout with six bright LED lamps that glow blue when the tank is full and extinguish one by one as fuel is consumed. A photocell automatically adjusts LED brightness for improved visibility in direct sunlight, and dims the display at night to avoid distraction. It offers plug-in installation without wire splicing. This fuel gauge fits 2009-later Dyna models (except Super Glide), many 2008-later Softail models, and 2008-later Road King models. (Some local regulations prohibit using colored lights during vehicle operation on public streets. It may not conform to local lighting regulations.)
See an authorized Harley-Davidson dealer for complete fitment details.
For more information, visit Harley-Davidson’s Web site at www.harley-davidson.com.
BAD JOKE LIBRARY STILL OPEN–In Australia, the curbside garbage carts are called “wheelie bins.” A garbage collector is driving along a Sydney street picking up the wheelie bins and emptying them into his rubbish truck. He goes to one house where the bin hasn’t been left out. In the spirit of kindness and after having a quick look about for the bin, he gets out of his truck, goes to the front door and knocks. There’s no answer. Being a conscientious bloke, he knocks again – much harder.
Eventually, a Japanese man comes to the door.?”Harro!” says the Japanese man.
“G’day mate, where’s ya’ bin?” asks the collector.
“I bin on toilet,” explains the Japanese bloke, a bit perplexed.
Realizing the fellow had misunderstood him, the bin man smiles and tries again. “No mate, where’s ya’ dust bin?”
“I dust been to toilet, I toll you!” says the Japanese man, still perplexed.
“Listen,” says the garbage collector. “You’re misunderstanding me. I mean, where’s ya’ wheelie bin?'”
“OK, OK. ” replies the Japanese man with a sheepish grin, and whispers in the collector’s ear. “I wheelie bin having sex wiffa wife’s sista!!!”
–Anonymous Australian Correspondent
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TARDY STUDENT WEEKEND VOCABULARY LESSON–
indubitable in-DOO-bi-tuh-buhl, -DYOO-, adjective:
that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
And if there is an indubitable good within one’s reach one stretches out one’s hand.
— Iris Murdoch, The Nice and the Good, 1978
The change was indubitable. The difference between his present air and what it had been in the octagon room was strikingly great.
— Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1816
Indubitable is derived from the Latin word indubitabilis which had the same meaning.
SWEDISH STYLE CHOPPER FRAMES NOW AVAILABLE WITH EASYRIDER CHASSIS–
The custom Swedish rigid frames introduced by Paughco a decade or so ago really brought back the long legged rigid chopper. Recently they expanded the style to include several EZ Ride versions for those who desire the comfort, look and practicality of a chassis with rear suspension.
Available for a wide variety of Shovelhead, EVO , 4 and 5-speed combinations, the unique chassis can be ordered with neck rakes of 30, 35, 40 and 45 degrees, backbone stretch of 3”, 4” and 5” and with 4”, 6”, 8” and 10” in the front legs.
Additionally Paughco offers the frames in three different widths including: Extra Wide that accepts 240 series rubber, with 1 ½” belt and 250 with chain; Standard width which allows use of up to 130 tires with belt final and a Wide version which for 180 tires with belt and 200 with chain.
Make sure you contact Paughco at 775-246-5738 to work out the details before ordering. Make sure you catch the complete Paughco lineup at www.paughco.com
THIS JUST IN, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
FROM LONG BEACH TO HOUSTON, CAN BANDIT SURVIVE? Thursday News for September 26, 2013
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11289
Thursday News full of good and bad info. Bias against club membership not acceptable nor is the bad behavior in public of the patchholders. bad Uncle Monkey hits it on the head of brotherhood toward any brand of two-wheel fun. It kind of parallels your closing rant on the diversity of relationships between men and women through the journey of life. Sometime we get lucky for a lifetime and sometimes just to a “happy ending”…put a smile on someone’s face at least once a day. It will come back to you many times over.
Ride hard!
— Mike
slamon@sbcglobal.net
Windsor, CT
FIVE Reasons You Should Own a Motorcycle—
BY Dwain M. DeVille , Inc. Magazine
One entrepreneur explains how biking directly benefits his daily business life.
You’ve heard about how poorly the motorcycle manufacturers are doing these days. Sales and profits are down, some plants are in danger of closing, and now dealers with multiple dealerships in one city are being asked to consolidate into one location. They say it’s because ‘discretionary spending’ is down.
But I have a question: When did owning a motorcycle become discretionary?
I believe that owning a motorcycle is as American as entrepreneurship–and vital to a founder’s long-term business success. I learned many years ago that the skills and techniques necessary to be a successful biker directly transfer to my daily business life.
Here’s how:
1. Running a business is one long road trip.
The first thing bikers learn is how to get from here to there safely and successfully. Bikers know how to select the right destination, plot out the right course to get there, and prepare for the unexpected. Bikers know how to overcome adversity along the way, whether it’s bad weather (the economy), poor road conditions (market fluctuations), or crazy cagers (competitors). Both biking and business are nothing more than vehicles designed to take you where you want to go: one physically, the other economically.
2. Both business and biking require you to assume reasonable risk.
And if not done properly, they can both cause severe damage to you. Staying upright requires awareness, timing, and a keen ability to sift through the background noise and B.S. that surrounds you. So the lesson from both is not about overcoming fear, but instead understanding and embracing it. Because riding scared is a fast ticket to the hospital–or business failure.
3. I like hanging out with real people.
Bikers and entrepreneurs are a similar and bold lot. Both groups are independent, adventurous, strong-willed, and utterly intolerant of fences. Go to any biker hangout and you’ll see business leaders and professionals sitting next to mechanics, carpenters, and full-time bikers. They come together to celebrate the culture of riding, to exercise their passions. And they come together to have the type of real-life, frank conversations that can only happen between two people with nothing to gain but an honest point of view. When’s the last time that’s happened to you at a chamber of commerce meeting?
4. Passion is the fuel of desire.
When that desire is properly channeled, you achieve excellence. On a bike, it’s about feeling the crisp air while navigating the winding road. In business, it’s putting yourself out there on the winding roads of the marketplace. With both, happiness comes when you turn our passion into performance.
5. Biking is a total attitude adjustment.
Ask any entrepreneur who rides and he’ll say the same thing: I ride to get away from it all for a while. I do some of my best thinking in the saddle because my synapses are popping right along with that V-twin. Riding an open road seems to charge my brain impulses with an even hotter spark as the sights, sounds, and smells combine to rev up all my senses.
I’d definitely rather be riding my motorcycle thinking about my business than sitting in an office thinking about my motorcycle.
But this is just my opinion. I could be wrong.
In November, Dwain M. DeVille will co-host and co-lead the first-ever Inc. Riders Summit, a three-day motorcycle road trip through the Nevada desert for entrepreneurs. For more information about the ride, the entrepreneur-led business sessions, or the networking, click here.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Announces Letter to the CDC from the United States Congress.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation has been working with United States Representative and longtime motorcycle defender Tom Petri of Wisconsin to send a letter to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) asking them to stop focusing on motorcycle safety.
The CDC released a report that claimed a universal motorcycle helmet law would save lives and money. The problem with the report was that it was simply a collection of a few antiquated studies done by a handful of government agencies which are just as unqualified to focus on motorcycle safety as the CDC.
“This letter will send a clear message to the CDC that Congress is extremely displeased that they are wasting precious tax payer money on areas completely outside their area of expertise” said Jeff Hennie, Vice President of Government Relations for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. “We don’t need the CDC to focus on motorcycles when there are plenty of other government agencies already working on this.”
The CDC report states that 41% of all fatal motorcycle accidents victims were not wearing a helmet. Simple math shows us that 59% were wearing helmets when they were involved in a fatal motorcycle crash. This is hardly a case for a universal helmet law.
Congressman Petri had this to say, “Given the demands on your budget and the unique ability of the CDC to address such pressing issues as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s and a host of other conditions and issues which afflict millions of Americans and others around the globe, we encourage you to direct your attention and resources to areas that are not currently already being addressed elsewhere in the government.”
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation urges you to contact your Representative in the United States House and ask them to co-sign this letter to the CDC. The larger the number of co-signers the greater impact it will have. Please contact your Representative at the United States Capitol switchboard which can be reached at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to co-sign the Petri CDC motorcycle letter. The deadline for co-signing this letter is close of business Tuesday, October 8th. Please act fast.
Hang on if ObamaCare goes into effect. The government will breathe on everything we do.–Bandit
JUST WHAT YOU NEEDED A NEW CORVETTE REVIEW–I’ve just finished about 50 miles of seat time, city and highway, in the new C7 Corvette Stingray, I have attached six images of the new C7 taken with an iphone just as the sun was coming up this morning.
As you know I now work with General Motors as the Chevrolet Event Coordinator for the South Central Region. I order and dispose of vehicles for events like fairs, auto shows, NASCAR races, MLB teams, anything else regional marketing needs for display.
Thursday I picked up the new Chevrolet Stingray less than an hour after it rolled off the transport truck. I was driving production serial number less than 20.
For the last five months I have driven an average of three different new GM cars a day, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac. Most of them have been nicely loaded, I am a car guy who just loves to drive. I have driven, Porsche 911 Carrera, Audi not the R8, Shelby Mustangs and others. With that said let me tell you about my first person experience about driving the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray.
The new C7 has 455 hp at 6500 rpm with a zero to sixty time of 3.8 second and 29 mpg unless you drive like you stole it. No way I was getting 29 mpg not because it won’t do that on the highway cruising but that was not my kind of test driving.
The outward appearance says yes I am a Corvette but I’m not like anything else ever built.
The interior is not the plastic from Revell model kits of old but carbon fiber, aluminum and leather. The seats are multi adjustable and the fit is outstanding, you are not going to slide around one little bit. You have looks, horsepower but what about driving you say? One last point the weight balance front to rear is a true 50-50.
Well the new C7 has Performance Traction Management, Active Handling, Magnetic Ride Control and Launch Control–all those adjustments give you computer control that only the most talented driver can out drive. Note, I do not come close to out driving the computer. This is a ball to drive whether in the city or on the highway. This is the most responsive car I have ever driven.
Yes you can go to the State Fair of Texas and drive any of the above six cars. Hint, don’t over Hydrate before you drive the Stingray it is that much of a rush. Oh by the way, the ride and drive shuts down at dark so do not be late. I have attached a map of the fair.
–George Emmons Najar
THOUGHT OF THE DAY–Send this to them that know it all….
Please ponder the statement made below:
–Bob Clark
NEED A RIDE TO BLOW OUT THE COBWEBS—I’m under the weather today, but that doesn’t stop the Bikernet team. Tomorrow we will launch the piece about the Big Bear Choppers FXR, then the forbidden valley run by Josh Placa, the Rivera tech, Bruce’s Nut Run by David Campbell, and a tour of the new Samson Sturgis factory from Buck Lovell.
That’s just scratching the surface as we load up and head out to the Vegas to party with the Cycle Source team at the Artistry in Iron show, the Editor’s choice awards, and Hogs and Heffers. Hang on!
Ride Forever,
