Hey,
It’s wild and the truth is still pending. Some brothers are excited about the super-strong rally. Others think the numbers are down.
My grandson rode out for the first time on his new Road Glide. His buddy rode his ’09 Dyna. He had it gold-leafed like old Perewitz paint jobs. The bike shows were jammed and Jeff Holt took on producing Baggers shows for Harley-Davidson.
We hit the builder’s breakfast and I signed books for the Kid’s Ride Charity. Then we peeled over to the Michael Lichter Heavy Mettle Bike exhibit.
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GOVERNOR RIDES WITH THE LEGENDS–
I thought that you may enjoy a few of these shots of the Governor yesterday at the Legends Ride.
–JACK MCINTYRE
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NEW DAV NATIONAL COMMANDER WRITES–
My name is Andrew Marshall. I am a combat-disabled Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was recently honored to be named DAV’s new National Commander. I am eager and excited to lead this special community of veterans forward throughout this next year.
DAV is a true champion in the fight to improve the lives of all veterans. In our 100-year history, we’ve made groundbreaking change for our nation’s veterans. And as a DAV member since 1975, I’m proud to have witnessed much of the great progress we’ve accomplished together.
But there are still so many big issues for us to tackle today, including:
Improving mental health services and suicide prevention efforts
Helping veterans exposed to toxic substances
Ensuring equitable benefits and services for women and minority veterans
As we tackle these issues head on, I promise to do all I can to enact real, positive change for our veteran community. And I promise to follow in the footsteps of the commanders before me and keep up the fight until ALL veterans have the chance to live the fulfilling lives they deserve.
Thank you for being a member of DAV — and for everything you do for this veteran community.
We are only a powerful force for veterans each day because of YOU. I look forward to seeing all that we can accomplish together.
Sincerely,
–Andrew Marshall
DAV National Commander
QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY–A lot of folks can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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Well, there’s a very simple answer.
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Nobody bothered to check the oil.
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We just didn’t know we were getting low.
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The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in:
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ALASKA
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California
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Coastal Florida
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Coastal Louisiana
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Coastal Alabama
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Coastal Mississippi
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Coastal Texas
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North Dakota
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Wyoming
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Colorado
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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a nd Texas
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Our dipstick is located in the White House!
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Any Questions?
–Sam Burns
Certified Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina™
GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE AND PAULA DEEN TO MAKE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS DURING THE EVENT–HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Thursday, August 12, 2021) – With over twenty-eight Top 20 singles, including 7 number one hits, Lee Greenwood and his 40-year career will be celebrated in Huntsville, Alabama, on October 12, 2021, at the Von Braun Center with over 35 music artists performing during the All-Star Salute to Lee Greenwood.
Today, music artists from multiple genres including legendary names like Engelbert Humperdinck and Tony Orlando, Grand Ole Opry stars Craig Morgan, Jeannie Seely, and The Gatlin Brothers along with rock star Brad Arnold of the group 3 Doors Down and country hitmakers Billy Dean, Janie Fricke, John Berry, Neal McCoy, T. Graham Brown, Tracy Lawrence, Ty Herndon all were announced to participate in the special celebration. The Issacs will join Michael W. Smith to create a ‘moment’ in the show and Dean Martin’s daughter Deana Martin will perform a duet with Humperdinck.
Previously announced artists include Sara Evans, Lee Brice, Dustin Lynch, Michael Ray, Jamey Johnson, Rodney Atkins, Big & Rich, Randy Owen (of Alabama), Home Free, Sam Moore, The Oak Ridge Boys, Crystal Gayle, Darryl Worley, Mark Wills, The Frontmen of Country – including Richie McDonald (formerly of Lonestar), Larry Stewart (of Restless Heart), and Tim Rushlow (formerly of Little Texas). The celebration is yet another marker in the illustrious career of Lee Greenwood, commemorating years of success in the music and entertainment industry.
“I am so looking forward to this night. I am going to get to see so many of my friends that I have not seen in a while and to know they are coming to truly honor my career and songs really means a great deal to me,” says Greenwood.
A variety of ticket prices are available from $25 to VIP Packages, which include a private dinner and Meet & Greet with Lee Greenwood on Monday, October 11th. For purchase, visit Ticketmaster.com or the Von Braun Center box office.
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HOT ACTION BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for August 5, 2021
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Digging that billboard! Are you going to have t-shirts and stickers with this design?
–Mike Pullin
Charlotte, NC
You never know. Great notion! We need to survive the rally first. –Bandit
BURMA SHAVE SLOGAN OF THE WEEK–I like people who have twats /
They can be used as pecker slots / sperma shave
–J.J. Solari
QUICK REPORT FROM BIKERNET BLOG EDITOR–Apart from the new BMW tourer & bagger – what you can see at Sturgis this year is the first electric bicycle from Harley-Davidson – the Serial 1. From August 6-11, 2021.
2021 is a watershed year for Harley-Davidson – it introduced its first adventure bike, the Pan America, redefined the Sportster range with Revolution Max engine, started selling used H-D motorcycles at their dealerships and website, and launched the first electric motorcycle under new LiveWire brand.
After these launches, comes for the first time its Serial 1 electric bicycle lineup.
However, the production models do away with the nostalgia of the concept announced in 2020, in favor of a stripped-down, utilitarian aesthetic.
Harley-Davidson Rolls Out Serial 1 E-Bikes In Europe And North America
https://blog.bikernet.com/harley-davidson-rolls-out-serial-1-e-bikes-in-europe-and-north-america/
–Wayfarer
QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Remembering Dick Allen
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I grew up on Cannon st. in Rockford ,Ill. just down the street was Dick Allen (known as Workie if I remember rite) Always working on cars and bikes back then. WAY back then. Always let us kids hang out. My son and his Son worked together at Elco tool company in Rockford. Of course that was Much later years.
–Patrick Ferguson
Avoca
HEADLINE OF THE WEEK–The American Medical Association, the government that used to run America before the CDC took over in a silent coup, is suggesting that male and female not be listed on “the public portion” of birth certificates.
Because as you know some boys decide they are girls and some girls decide they are boys because we now get to decide reality.
So, you won’t actually know what a person is from their birth certificate because sex is now something decided by the person himself, not by his or her crotch. Still, there must be some way of designated what the fuck Spreadlegged Sally gave birth to.
This can be done objectively by just listing on the birth certificate “peckered” or “twatted.” This should leave room for the reader of the birth certificate – and as you know everyone reads everyone else’s birth certificates – this should leave room for later declarations of Newly Realized Identities.
thank you.
–J.J. Solari
HIGHWAY BILL PASSES THE U.S. SENATE–Tuesday morning, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion dollar highway bill by a vote of 69 to 30. The bill includes increased funding for roads, bridges, safety programs and of interest to motorcyclists, the reestablishment of the Motorcyclists Advisory Council (MAC) at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Despite the efforts of bipartisan Senators including, Tammy Baldwin (WI-D), Marsha Blackburn (TN-R), Joni Ernst (IA-R) and Ron Johnson (WI-R) the bill fails to match provisions for motorcyclists that the House of Representatives included in its version of highway bill.
Nearly 500 amendments were offered to the Senate highway bill. In that group of amendments two focused on motorcyclists, one that expanded protections on the profiling of motorcyclists at check points, and one that included motorcyclists in studies of connected and autonomous vehicles. Frustratingly, these two amendments were not given a vote, as the Senate limited debate on amendments. Allowing only about 20 amendments of the 500 or so offered to be debated and voted on.
The Senate version of the highway bill now goes to the House of Representatives where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has pledged to not bring the Senate highway bill up for a vote until the Senate passes a separate “reconciliation bill.” This bill includes $3.5 trillion in spending on sweeping programs to address climate change, health, education, and paid leave.
At this point, there are three possible outcomes to the highway bill. First, the House passes the Senate bill with no changes and the MAC is reestablished. Second, a conference committee is created where the Senate and the House merge their two bills into a new final bill. This opens the door not only for reestablishment of the MAC, but also inclusion of the check point profiling language and autonomous vehicle language from the House bill to be included in a final bill. Finally, with the September 30th deadline fast approaching, Congress could kick the can once again, extending the current highway bill for weeks, months or years…
Regardless of the potential stalemate in Washington D.C., the Motorcycle Riders Foundation is committed to sustaining the fight for motorcyclist rights. We will not rest until our voices are heard and our priorities are included in laws that protect our rights and safety. We will continue to keep riders informed of the bill’s status and advise you if any calls to action are needed.
NEW FROM LOW BROW–
In 1902 the first Triumph motorcycle was produced in Coventry, England
Triumph has a varied and interesting past… a brief sampling:
1938: Triumphs start being sold in the USA at a small shop in California
1940: WWII bombing of the Triumph Coventry factory
1953: Marlon Brando rides a Triumph in The Wild One
1955: The Triumph streamliner The Devil’s Arrow sets the absolute motorcycle speed record at Bonneville at 193.7 mph
And on and on!
Be sure to check out the excellent photos from the 119-year history of Triumph motorcycles at the Low Brow site!
NEXT ISSUE OF CHOPPERS MAG AVAILABLE NOW–Issue 6
Issue Six being printed now! Available for pre-sale, don’t miss out.
$12.00
Samson’s Baverstock and Klím Partner for Snowmobile Success–Samson Exhaust/Hammer Down Snowmobile Racing
Klím partnership announcement
Samson Exhaust President Mike Baverstock doesn’t spend all of his time making your American-made V-Twin sound loud and look pretty, he also spends the winter months drag racing snowmobiles in the Snow Outlaws series Pro Extreme 55 class.
And when a businessman like Baverstock sees an opportunity to partner up with another and advance their companies’ fortunes, they twist the throttle on the relationship. That happened a couple years ago with Baverstock and two-time NHRA Top Fuel Harley champion Tii Tharpe, who moonlights as president of Spevco.
Now it’s happening with Dustin Pancheri, Athlete/Sponsorship manager of Klím technical riding apparel. Klím is jumping on board as a major sponsor of Baverstock’s Samson Exhaust and Matt Musselman’s Hammer Down Racing Pro 55 snowmobiles.
“Dustin and I had a lot of synergy right out of the gate,” said Baverstock. “I think he’s just as excited about our partnership as I am.”
“I’m just super impressed with Mike,” said Pancheri. “The guy’s super passionate and he’s an all-in kind of guy. We love to align with those types of people, because those are the guys that are go-getters. They just get it done. But he’s also really personable, and I can tell that he’s very serious about growing the industry and his sport.”
Hammer Down Racing is led by Musselman, the son-in-law of Top Fuel Harley builder/tuner Jack Romine, and relies heavily on the head mechanic and building skills of Romine, the tuning skills of Mike Komisar, and the skills of Craig Campton, Glen Hall and the staff at Hypersports.
Baverstock’s 700 horsepower, 55mm turbocharged, ArticCat 1177cc Super Stroker motor is built by Hypersports and pushes his sled to 146 mph in 500 feet at Snow Outlaws events.
The series and the sport is accelerating as quickly as Baverstock’s sled, opening up opportunities for growth for companies like Klím. “In the snowbelt—the northern US and Canada—for us, it’s the big way to adapt to the wintertime,” said Pancheri. “I know people that pick up snowmobiling just because they don’t have anything else to do in the winter. And then pretty soon, they’re addicted to it, and it’s now their main passion. And they just really want to get through the summer as fast as they can so they can get back to snowmobiling! Their priorities have completely flip-flopped!”
Are Baverstock’s priorities also flipping? Snowmobiling’s warm weather version—grass racing—starts before snowfall, presenting a conflict with the overlapping NHRA series where Tharpe’s Samson Exhaust bike competes. “I’m so excited about Klim and grass racing that I’m skipping the Maple Grove Harley race to go to Hay Days,” said Baverstock.
Hay Days is the Sturgis of snowmobiling, a huge event in Minnesota that celebrates fall and the coming winter. “It’s like a State Fair on steroids, but if everything at the Fair were snowmobiles,” said Pancheri. “They have the world championship snowmobile grass drags there, so all the fast guys in the world show up.
“If you’re in the snowmobile industry, and you’re a vendor, you’re there. You have a booth there. It’s a big event for the snowmobile industry, and for Matt, having a grass drag setup, that’s the big stage.”
And Baverstock wants to be there to support his teammate and their new sponsor, a company of people that ride and use the solutions they manufacture and sell. “Our tagline is technical riding gear,” continued Pancheri. “Because we’re a company full of riders, we’re always just looking for solutions to things. So we’re really a company that’s out there trying to find things to make the riding experience better—make the rider more comfortable, make the rider more protected and help them perform better.
And the motorcycle drag racing world has noticed and wants a piece. Champion motorcycle drag racer Jeremy Teasley went up to Wisconsin and barely lost his first snowmobile race by only inches on Chris Connelly’s sled. Four time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith and his racer wife Angie went north from their North Carolina home to snowmobile last winter and had a blast, posting many videos of their experience for their fans.
The first race this season for the team is at Great Lakes Dragway on August 21-22 with Musselman in the seat of his Hypersports HRC2 sled. Baverstock will wait for the snow in January at Mancelona Pro Stock Raceway.
for more information about Klím and their products: https://www.klim.com/
for more information about Samson Exhaust products: https://samsonusa.com/
email Samson at: info@samsonusa.com
ROYAL ENFIELD ANNOUNCES NEW ASSEMBLY FACILITY IN COLOMBIA–
All-new CKD facility in Envigado, Antioquia marks Royal Enfield’s second assembly plant to produce motorcycles outside of India
– Royal Royal Enfield, the global leader in the midsize motorcycle segment (250-750cc), is proud to announce the opening of a CKD assembly plant in Colombia, the third-biggest motorcycle market in Latin America, in partnership with its local distributor, Colombiana de Comercio (Corbeta Group). The motorcycle assembly plant in Envigado, Antioquia marks the second motorcycle assembly plant outside of India, a significant milestone for Royal Enfield.
Royal Enfield set up retail operations in Colombia in July 2014, with its first store in Cedritos in Bogotá. Since then, the company has expanded its retail network in the market and now has 15 exclusive stores in Colombia. Overall, Royal Enfield has 57 exclusive stores and 40 other retail touchpoints in all of Latin American countries.
The local assembly unit in Colombia will be based at Colombiana de Comercio facility located in Envigado, Antioquia. To begin with, the plant will locally assemble the Royal Enfield Himalayan, starting this month.
From 2014 to 2021, Royal Enfield has seen significant growth in Colombia. From January 2015 to the present, Royal Enfield has sold more than 7,000 motorcycles in the market. The brand has seen an almost 70% growth in sales from January to July 2021, over the same period in 2020.
Brazil, Argentina and Colombia are among the three most important markets for Royal Enfield in Latin America. Beyond India (the biggest market for the brand with over 2000 retail locations), Royal Enfield motorcycles reach consumers and enthusiasts in more than 60 countries worldwide, through 795 dealerships, including 143 exclusive brand stores in major cities such as London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Melbourne, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Medellin, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City.
STURGIS RALLY UPDATES— There are a lot of people who appear to be having a good time. Obvious larger than last year and all the reports coming in saying less issues with law enforcement. Personally, I am having a good time.
Edge says: 20 percent over last year
Dr. Hamster say: It’s way down.
Sturgis Rally Report: Tuesday
Black Hills Pioneer
DUI — 33 Last year to date — 41 Daily numbers are as of Monday morning.
Sturgis Rally three-day attendance more than 2020 but behind 2015, DOT traffic counts show
STURGIS, S.D. (KELO) — The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is not on pace to break records set in the 75th anniversary of 2015.
A total of 188,57 vehicles were counted over the first three days of the rally from Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 8, according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation. A total of 236,283 vehicles were counted during the first three days of the 75th Anniversary rally.
Because the coronavirus may have caused fewer bikers to attend the 2020 rally, some officials speculated that numbers for this year could reach the 75th levels. Nearly 750,000 people attended the 75th Anniversary rally in 2015.
–Rae Yost
Badlandsmedia
OREGON HEADLINE OF THE WEEK–
Now, thanks to Kate Brown, everyone in Oregon can be as stupid and totally fucked up as the people in Portland.
–J.J. Solari
REPORT FROM THE BIKERNET BLOG EDITOR–I think Harley-Davidson as a company and brand name is just going through a phase, a bad patch. It has been through worse before. People like to celebrate the good times and the grand times – very few people stick with their love, passion, hobbies when going gets tough and rough. It’s true for couples / marriage, true for friendships, true for employees / shareholders, true for the whole society as a whole. Fond memories are preferred over dealing with ground realities.
Everyone thought Polaris a fool for again reviving the endlessly revived and died Indian Motorcycles brand. They are doing very well, and I think any dealer, customer, mechanic, racer, shareholder would agree.
Look at Royal Enfield with decades of nothing and ancient cast iron engine until they rebuilt the brand around 2008 and really made a change with the UCE engine in 2010. They soared to incredible heights.
If I had bought shares in the company instead of my first Enfield motorcycle, I would have been a millionaire by the time I sold that motorcycle ten years later (I sold the bike for the same price I had bought it ten years ago).
Now, the governments in India and Europe have made such extreme emission norms in the last 3 years that the oldest continuously in production model of 500cc Bullet was terminated by Enfield in 2020.
Now, the rising petrol prices, huge subsidies to EV and electric two-wheelers causing massive drop in electric motorcycle prices – along with government offer of free registration and zero road tax for buyers – this spells some hard times for Royal Enfield in near future.
I am sure there will always be specialty manufacturers to cater to niche market, you know like those who offer brand new rotary dial landline phone, typewriters, suspenders for trousers, pocket watch, etc. If the Electric Vehicle mania is to implode, it will soon enough, just like Zepplins or Concorde.
Why Harley-Davidson Dealers Struggle
https://blog.bikernet.com/why-harley-davidson-dealers-struggle/
–Wayfarer
Emperial Editor
Bikernet Blog™
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Oil Transfer Problem on a 2019 Harley-Davidson
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Great article, I feel the same, kind of a love hate relationship. I owned an ‘09 ultra for several years. Coming up on retirement, I started thinking, wouldn’t it be nice to have warranty for a worry free retirement.
Plus, those M8 are so smooth and powerful, very little mechanical noise to make you wonder. Well, 8000km on the new Ultra Limited and guess what, suspected oil transfer.
Dealer said according to H-D, I needed to ride another 1000km after service and bring it back for them to check. Tech reported 1700 ml in primary, about 800 more than there should be, leaving less than 300ml in the trans.
Harley paid to install the kit under warranty, I paid for 2 litres of oil. Apparently H-D don’t cover the fluids? So, looks like I rode 1000km very low on tranny fluid. Scary part is, what happened for the first 8000km?
So much for a worry-free ride.
–Wayne Glabais
High River, AB, Canada
MOVIE REVIEW OF THE WEEK–Have you seen the pothead stoner road-movie “Harold and Kumar” – it’s like a modern Cheech and Chong movie and as ridiculously funny as those old gems.
In the second movie titled: “Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” (2008) the two clumsy citizens finally meet the President of USA, played by a look-alike of President Dubya Bush. After sharing a premium doobie from the cool President, the two adventurers ask the POTUS about life in America.
Harold Lee: “After all the shit we’ve been through, I don’t… I don’t know if we can trust our government anymore.”
George W. Bush: “Trust the government? Heck, I’m in the government and I don’t even trust it. You don’t have to believe in your government to be a good American. You just have to believe in your country.”
IMDB Link : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481536/
Check it out, it’s crazy funny.
–Wayfarer
Bikernet Film Critic
Bikernet.com™
WHY I AM NOT A PROGRESSIVE–
And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up
Michael Shellenberger
For all of my adult life I have identified as a progressive. To me, being a progressive meant that I believed in empowerment. In 2002, when I co-founded a labor-environmental coalition to advocate for renewable energy, the symbol we chose to represent us was of Rosie the Riveter, an image of a woman factory worker during World War II flexing her muscle beneath the words, “We Can Do It!” When President Barack Obama ran for office in 2008, it seemed fitting to me that he chose the slogan, “Yes we can!”
But now, on all the major issues of the day, the message from progressives is “No, you can’t.”
No: poor nations like Bangladesh can’t adapt to climate change by becoming rich, insist progressives; rather, rich nations must become poor.
No: we can’t prevent the staggering rise of drug deaths in the U.S., from 17,000 in 2000 to 93,000 in 2020, by helping people free themselves from addiction; rather, we must instead provide Safe Injection Sites and Safe Sleeping Sites, in downtown neighborhoods, where homeless addicts can use fentanyl, heroin, and meth safely.
Progressives insist they are offering hope. Many scientists and activists yesterday said that, while we have gone past the point of no return, when it comes to climate change, and that “No one is safe,” we can make the situation less bad by using solar panels, windmills, and electric cars, albeit at a very high cost to the economy.
And in California, progressive leaders say that we just need to stick with the progressive agenda of Safe Injection Sites and Safe Sleeping Sites until we can build enough single unit apartments for the state’s 116,000 unsheltered homeless, most of whom are either addicted to hard drugs, suffering from untreated mental illness, or both.
But progressives are talking out of both sides of their mouth. Yesterday I debated a British climate scientist named Richard Betts on television. After I pointed out that he and his colleagues had contributed to one out of four British children having nightmares about climate change he insisted that he was all for optimism and that he agreed with me about nuclear power.
But just hours earlier he had told the Guardian that we were “hopelessly unprepared” for extreme weather events, even though deaths from natural disasters are at an all-time low and that, objectively speaking, humankind has never been more prepared than we are today.
And on the drug deaths crisis, the consensus view among Democrats in Sacramento is that “the problem is fundamentally unsolvable,” according to one of the Capitol’s leading lobbyists. Facing a recall that is growing in popularity, Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday tried to demonstrate that he believes he can solve the problem. He came to Berkeley California and cleaned up garbage created by an open-air drug scene (“homeless encampment”) underneath a freeway underpass.
A reporter for Politico posted a picture of Newsom who he said was “looking tired, sweaty and dirty.” But a commenter noted that the video was shot at 12:12 pm and by 12:25 pm Newsom was holding a press conference. The governor hadn’t even bothered changing out of his Hush Puppies into work boots. People close to the governor say that it is Newsom himself who believes homelessness is a problem that cannot be solved.
On October 12 HarperCollins will publish my second book in two years, San Fransicko, focused on drugs, crime, and homelessnes. It and Apocalypse Never will constitute a comprehensive proposal for saving our civilization from those who would destroy it. What both books have in common is the theme of empowerment. We are not doomed to an apocalyptic future, whether from climate change or homelessness. We can achieve nature, peace, and prosperity for all people because humans are amazing. Our civilization is sacred; we must defend and extend it.
Check Michael’s new book quick:
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I look forward to this event with Michael every year, unfortunately my husband’s health was not allowing us to see it. I love the pictures and article from Rogue.
–Cat One Legged Blonde
Boscobel, WI
THE CALIFORNIA EX-GOVERNOR REPORT–most people take photos of themselves in the mountains or at the beach when they want a day of fun and stuff? Gavin likes walking through burnt terrain, especially when there are destroyed homes in the vicinity.
He’s like an arsonist revisiting the crime when it comes to horrific conflagrations. Homes burnt to the ground because Gavin won’t allow logging or clearing? He grins his spectre grin and off he goes to slog through the ashes like a pup in new snow.
–J.J. Solari
Political Investigator
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THE HISTORY OF Diners–
Do you ever wonder who first thought of Diners?
The history of diners begins in Providence, Rhode Island. There, in 1872, Walter Scott introduced the first “night lunch wagon,” which came out at dusk to serve workers on the late shift, theatergoers, and anyone out late and in search of a hot, inexpensive meal.
Customers would purchase their food and then sit on the curb to eat. Lunch wagons evolved into “rolling restaurants” that had a few seats inside. The first of these was run by Samuel Jones in 1887.
Soon, the name evolved to “lunch cars” and then “dining cars” – which was shorted to just “diners” sometime around 1924.
The first stationary lunch car began operating around 1913 and was made by Jerry O’Mahony, the founder of one of the factories that made and shipped diners. (Diners, unlike coffee shops, were generally manufactured elsewhere and then shipped to the site.)
When diners reached peak popularity in the 1950s, there were about 6,000 of them all across the country. However, the highest concentration of diners remained in the Northeast region.
Today, there are only about 2,000 diners left, with over 600 of those being in New Jersey. While the menus at many of these diners have changed to include heart-healthy options and vegetarian fare, the basic characteristics of the iconic American diner live on – it’s a friendly place to get an inexpensive, hot meal.
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CALIFORNIA HARLEY-DAVIDSON BIKE WASH–These are a few photos from the bike wash over the week end at California H-D. If the originator address is strange, I had my tech guy forward them to me. It was a small event, but Jodi said that since you have been advertising for them the business has gotten more active. Told Jodi about Bonneville and she said she would talk to management and get back to you.
— Gearhead
NEWS FROM THE FOX–You need to see the kind of comments left by people at the Fox News website – someone wrote “It’s not good parenting to have him associate with the lowest of the low: BIKERS.”
Maybe you could check out this kid and his family at Sturgis to show readers what good parenting is – getting the kid to earn for special toys like the Lego is a better life skill than buying him / her a new iPhone to post shit on internet.
Lemonade Stand of 8-year old is popular attraction at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
–Wayfarer
Supreme Editor in Charge
Bikernet.com™
FROM THE BIKERNET BUDDHIST TEMPLE YET UNDISCOVERED IN THE BADLANDS–
Perspective from the gray mountain:
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” – Mother Teresa
“Positive thinking is not only about expecting the best to happen, but it is also about accepting whatever happens is for the best.”
“Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day” – Will Durant
–Wayfarer
Monk in Training
Hamsters USA raise $538,252 for special kids
at LifeScape in Rapid City, South Dakota– Hamsters USA, the international motorcycle group with big hearts, roared into western South Dakota to make an unparalleled impact for local kids with disabilities!
These amazing guys came together to raise funds for LifeScape of Rapid City totaling an unprecedented $538,252, all staying local to support children with disabilities in western SD!
Hamsters USA has raised and donated funds at their annual meeting for the last 16 years, with a deep desire to give back to the greater Black Hills community, which many Hamsters consider their second home.
Their gifts help provide services to children in their Black Hills area homes and communities, delivered by LifeScape personnel who drive over 10,000 miles a month to provide services. Inspired by little Ruby Lehmann, who spoke on stage with her mom, Shannon, and her brother, David, the Hamsters stepped up to do more than ever before! Hamsters stormed the stage to give cash and credit card pledges, which were matched by John McCarthy and Bobby Garone. That piece of the presentation raised approximately $204,000 alone!
At only nine months of age, Ruby was diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy after her parents noticed she wasn’t meeting typical milestones, such as rolling over and sitting up on her own. Doctors believe Ruby had a stroke in utero early in her development, which prevented part of her brain from fully forming. It affected three-fourths of her body – her entire left side and her right leg.
Ruby started physical and occupational therapy at 10 months, and at the age of three, began speech therapy, primarily for a “funky gag reflex.” She had braces on her feet and began receiving additional therapies through LifeScape. RISE Custom Solutions, a subsidiary of LifeScape, fitted her for a reverse walker and wheelchair when she outgrew the hospital walker.
Ruby now receives physical and occupational therapies at school, as well as through LifeScape. She is a very determined young lady, proving doctors wrong and surpassing all expectations. She is extremely smart and very artistic. She also thinks very literally, so a vivid imagination is not as evident, but she is very vocal and opinionated.
Ruby plans to start dance in just a few weeks and enjoys horse-riding therapy and water therapy. She has received Botox injections into her tight muscles to help with her gait, and it has made a difference.
LifeScape of Rapid City, SD, is affiliated with LifeScape, based in South Dakota. LifeScape is a private, independent, non-profit organization with a mission to empower children and adults with disabilities to lead fulfilling lives.
PANDEMONIUM HEADLINE OF THE WEEK–
This breaking news just in, the word “pandemonium” has been used for the first time in a questionably true tale regarding the politically rampant and apparently immortal C-19 virus. Thus, is added to the currently frequent over-the-top vocabulary of “catastrophic,” “existentially horrific.” “armageddon-level ruin,” doomsday precursing,” “dystopian abyss,” “hopeless scenario,” “planetary incineration” the word “pandemonium” to the failed-novelist, or “journalist practitioner”‘s go-to trough of exaggeration and misdirection and pre-pubescent attempts at relevance.
Slapped foreheads of “why didn’t I think of that” were the norm all around the disintegrating globe in colleges and political offices at the appearance of “pandemonium” as a descriptor of the ongoing variety of the annual cold and flu season that lives-on in the press long after it’s disappearance as the “flu of the moment” which is now occupied by covid 21. Or, as you persist in calling it if you are a Transformative Being of Gaia, covid-19.
–J.J. Solari
Media Investigator
Bikernet.com™
TODAY, 12 August is International Youth Day–Young people play a critical role in the future of a society or nation and the world.
Recognizing and creating awareness for this is significant for everyone so as to build a life that benefits everyone including the youth facing difficulties and lack of basic resources to contribute to this ideal future of humanity.
In 1965 the United Nations General Assembly began making a concerted effort to impact the youth. They endorsed the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples. They began devoting time and resources to empower the youth by recognizing up-and-coming leaders and offering them resources to meet the needs of the world.
On December 17, 1999, the UN General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, and International Youth Day was formed. It was first celebrated on August 12, 2000, and ever since the day has been used to educate society, mobilize the youth in socio-economic issues and manage resources to address global problems.
–Wayfarer
UN Correspondent
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JUST IN FROM THE LOW BROW CREW–A quick and easy way to improve the comfort and feel of your ride.
Here at Lowbrow we have been designing handlebar grips in different profiles, colors and materials for years.
They are fun to design and, of course, swapping out your grips is an enjoyable, inexpensive and simple upgrade for your motorcycle.
We wanted to share some great grip content we have put together, we hope you enjoy!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK—Can’t waste my time on the past or negativity. Got shit to do.
NEWS FROM THE CLIMATE DEPOT–
Climate statistician Dr. Briggs rips UN IPCC reports as being ‘wrong for decades’ but ‘always wrong in the direction our rulers want them to be’
Statistician Dr. Matt Briggs on IPCC report: “You can never be fired for being wrong in the right direction. The Experts making statements about how dire the climate have been wrong for decades, and they are still wrong in their sparkling new IPCC Climate Assessment Report 6 released Monday.
Now, as then, they warn that “extremes” are on their way. They haven’t got here yet, but they’re coming. They’re always coming.” … Or they have got here, but you need to have the kind of specialized training mentioned above to recognize them.
The difference between AR6, and ARs 1-5, is not so much in the kind of errors made, for these haven’t changed at all, but in the certainty expressed in them. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that somebody did a “Find & Replace” of every instance of “very likely” in AR5 and changed them to “virtually certain.” Because they are always wrong in the direction our rulers want them to be.
Experts said every animal that is cute, photogenic, or delicious was going to die; whereas every beast or plant that bit, stung, or poisoned was going to flourish. Mountains of “research” was done to “prove” that everything we loved was going to be destroyed, where everything we hated was going to increase. Because of a tenth or so of a degree increase in global mean temperature.
New report will highlight ‘stark reality’ of warming – But ‘global temperatures, following record El Nino in 2015/16, are no higher now than they were two decades ago.
–Climate Depot
New Bikernet Reader Comment!
Where Are We Headed?
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Name: Doug
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Location: Buchanan, MI
Comments:
Stealth – This looks like the results of “Financial Sustainability vs Unit Reliability”….
-Low Pay
-No Pension
-No Insurance
I watched one of the best H-D Tech’s I’ve ever seen, quit Harley-Davidson, and go work for the Railroad because he was unable to sustain a family of 4, with what Harley had to offer in pay and benefits. You would have done the same thing. Yet, reading the Rapid City Journal, I see “Record Attendance” in the news….. This even smells like someone is full of shit. You want your new employee’s to gain interest, and not seek other employment avenues? Fix those 3 issues, train them well, and send them to Sturgis South Dakota at least once, so they can see the bigger picture, see what writes those paychecks they cash.
Remove 2/3’s of the seats on Harleys board of directors if that’s what it takes,(I don’t see them doing much anyway) and those that remain – let them work the next 2 years for the same pay as a new parts tech, at the counter, all while they multitask 2 other full time positions, and accomplishing very little at the end of the day. Let them see what it’s like to go home every day with less than sustainable compensation, and try to feel good about going to work the next day….with that same enthusiasm Harley Davidson expects!
Win If You Can…..
Lose If You Must…..
But Always Cheat…..
—Burma Shave
Couple of guys stopped by today. I masked up and kept my distance.
Here’s a shot of our billboard in Deadwood.
Frankie hit all the rides up Spearfish Canyon and to Rushmore. He’s tripping.
I’m a tad under the weather, but it was good to see the folks I got to run into. May everyone get home safe and without the stinking Covid.
Let us know how your rally week went. And keep riding fast and free until the end.
–Bandit
