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Rally Bikernet Weekly News for August 13th, 2020

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So Far, So Good and Rockin’ Hey, What’s happening at the Rally? It’s amazing. New motorcycle markets everywhere and even two new magazines. This rally has been amazing. I’m seeing more choppers, more performance alternatives, more baggers, more Indians, and more women riding. From the bottom of my motorcycle heart I hope that all the rally goers ride home healthy and we show the world the benefits of freedom and motorcycles. Keep your fingers crossed and stay safe. Freedom always seems to work. Ride Free Forever, CLICK HERE TO READ THE NEWS ON BIKERNET NOW Join the Cantina – Subscribe Today https://www.bikernet.com/pages/custom/subscription.aspx

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MyMedicTM And Veterans Charity Ride Deliver Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) To Sturgis, South Dakota First Responders

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When: Friday, August 7th, 2020, 5:00 pm Where: Indian Motorcycle Sturgis. 2130 Main St. Sturgis, SD 57785 All press and media invited to attend When facing challenging times, Americans seek out ways to help one another. They rally together and support those in need. That is precisely what MyMedicTM and Veterans Charity Ride are doing on Friday, August 7th 2020, when they deliver a supply of personal protection equipment (PPE) to first responders in Sturgis, South Dakota. Due to a lack of funding and access needed to purchase and maintain proper PPE, first responders are showing up to emergency calls inadequately protected from exposure to COVID-19. First responders will be receiving MyMedicTM Pandemic MedicTM Personal Protection Kits. Veterans Charity Ride is a veteran operated non-profit organization that uses “motorcycle therapy” to help fellow veterans adjust to post-war life. Veterans (nominated through the VCR website) enjoy the therapeutic effects of motorcycle riding on an all-expense-paid cross-country adventure of a lifetime. The VCR motorcycle ride will begin in Moab, Utah, July, 28th and arrive in Sturgis, SD, on Friday, August 7th, 2020. This year VCR is taking things a step further with its “service before self” initiative. This effort will directly offer support and appreciation for our nation’s first responders and professional medical workers, who have been working the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. ABOUT VETERANS CHARITY RIDE Veterans Charity Ride (VCR), started by veterans for veterans, is a non-profit organization that delivers Motorcycle Therapy and additional life changing, life-saving holistic programs specifically designed to assist wounded and amputee combat veterans with their needs and the issues they deal with on a daily basis. Helping our fellow veterans through outreach, action, activities, education and follow-up is what drives our organization. The end result of our program is a healthier and happier, more

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5-Ball Leathers’ Flat Out Vest and more

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5-BALL LEATHERS’ FLAT OUT VEST $225.00 – $228.00 CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW https://shop.bikernet.com/ Our cleanest vest has now become our finest classic vest with no collar, but it does have the classic waist band. The front fist pockets are hidden. The chest pockets are classic western cut. They have killer storage with two deep gun pockets on the inside and our exclusive media pocket in the back for your latest issue of Cycle Source or divorce papers. These puppies are too cool and made with just the right leather grade, not too heavy and not too light. EXTERIOR FEATURES: (2) chest pockets (2) waist pockets (1) Sunglasses pocket INTERIOR FEATURES: (2) carry pockets with quick snaps (1) Media Pocket 100% cotton black/white plaid lining JAK SHIRT 5/8th SLEEVE $234.00 – $251.40 CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW https://shop.bikernet.com/ JAK SHIRT 5/8th SLEEVE CLUB – 5 Ball Leathers’ (8 Pocket). Features snap front closure with extended shirt-style tail that provides length in the trunk and delivers a slender look. All around one of the best fits. The Jak Shirt Sleeveless Club is made from strong milled Buffalo leather, a top-grain quality leather (the most common type used in high-end leather products). It’s constructed at 0.9mm, a middle weight leather. EXTERIOR FEATURES: 2 chest pockets 2 waist pockets 1 Sunglasses pocket INTERIOR FEATURES: 2 carry pockets with quick snaps 100% cotton black/white plaid lining 1 Media Pocket CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW https://shop.bikernet.com/ WE HAVE MANY BIKER BOOKS IN THE SHOP – PICK YOUR CHOICE SAM “CHOPPER” ORWELL – BOOK $13.44 Fast-action fiction on two wheels! What does the future hold for rough and ready bikers? Discover how society eliminates motorcycles. Hold on as Sam “Chopper” Orwell fights to find freedom for the last remaining riders! Discover How Society Eliminates Motorcycles. Hold

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Indian Motorcycle 2020 Sturgis Update

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Indian Motorcycle will be at the 80th Sturgis Rally. Due to the current circumstances, there will be no official owners ride or event. If you are planning to attend Sturgis, here are some additional details: Sturgis patch will be available at the dealership Demos will be available at the dealership and on Lazelle Street VIP Demos for owners will be at the dealership Owners that sign up for Elite Status at the dealership during Sturgis will get a special gift while supplies last Ride safe & we hope to see you at the Sturgis owners event in 2021! This year at the 80th Sturgis Rally, Indian Motorcycle has a VIP Demo Experience that is only for our owners. You have to sign up online before the event to reserve your spot. An invite-only VIP demo experience for Indian Motorcycle Owners. About this Event – August 7 to 15. Because you’re an Indian Motorcycle Owner, you’ve been invited to an exclusive VIP Demo Experience hosted by Indian Motorcycle at the Sturgis Rally. With this invite you get: – A thorough walk around of whatever model you choose to ride – A self-guided, one-hour demo ride – A special gift Date: VIP Demos are available almost every morning of the Sturgis Rally from 7:30 – 8:30am. *Please arrive early. Where: The Indian Motorcycle Sturgis dealership, 2130 Main St, Sturgis, SD 57785 To sign up for the VIP Demo Experience, click the green register button above to sign up for a motorcycle to demo (while they last). There is limited availability, so please RSVP quickly! When: Arrive 15 minutes early. Kickstands up at 7:30 am and return at 8:30 am. Bikes that are available to reserve: 3 – Indian Challengers 2 – Indian Chieftains 2 – FTR 1200s 1 – Indian Roadmaster 1

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Sturgis 2020, The History Behind the Badlands

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Worldwide circumstances have conspired to ensure that this year’s 80th anniversary Sturgis Rally won’t be the stellar celebration once planned By Marilyn Stemp That said, once August 7th rolls around, the eight-decade occasion will most certainly be marked, if with less fanfare. As bike riders, we appreciate the significance of an 80-year milestone in motorcycling, especially one celebrated in western South Dakota where the aura of wild west rebellion and revelry so synergistically dovetails with biking. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE ON BIKERNET Join the Cantina – Click to Subscribe https://www.bikernet.com/pages/custom/subscription.aspx

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Party in Mitchell, SD On Your Way to Sturgis

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I have taken a lot of different routes to get to Sturgis, South Dakota for their rally in August. I usually ended stopping in Mitchell, SD on Interstate 90 even if it was only for gas and a bite to eat. There are plenty of gas stations, places to eat and hotels and motels at this exit. I did stop in 2019 to see friends and enjoy the party on Main Street. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE ON BIKERNET

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St. Louis Maniac Gets Straight Razor Shave and Haircut While Riding a Harley

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by Daniel Hill from https://www.riverfronttimes.com For many, the inability to get a proper haircut has been one of the more frustrating parts of the coronavirus crisis so far. But one local man(iac) has a creative solution for the anxiety that comes with a simple trim nowadays: Get a shave and a haircut while riding a motorcycle. It makes some sense: Why would one bother worrying about a virus when you’re one pothole away from getting your head cut off? Steve Jones, a rider with the local Streetfighterz motorcycle outfit, is the subject of a video the group posted to YouTube this week wherein he gets a shave and a haircut from stylist Kurtiss Allen while riding a Harley through the streets of St. Louis. The twelve-minute long video sees the pair rolling through the streets downtown while Allen uses scissors and a trimmer to cut and shape Jones’ hair and beard. Onlookers at stoplights frequently stop to gawk as the men playfully banter with them, with Jones telling a pedestrian at one point that Allen could shape his hair for him too if he wants. Then, at about the 8:48 mark, things get truly wild as Allen pulls out the straight razor and starts working on Jones’ beard while the pair ride down Gravois. At about the 9:04 point, with a razor sharp blade to his face, Jones even appears to hit a small bump in the road. It’s enough to make a viewer — this viewer — cringe in terror, but Jones just keeps riding. In all, the plan seems to go off without a hitch, turning what Jones describes at the top of the video as “this nasty mess that you guys have been seeing for the last few weeks” into a well-styled situation with surprisingly no bleeding

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Seattle’s motorcycle clubs ride free (but socially distanced)

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by Agueda Pacheco Flores from https://crosscut.com Coronavirus has scooter, moped and motorcycle enthusiasts rolling with caution. Long before he was president of the Cretins Motorcycle Club, Nick Ziehe was just a kid growing up in Renton, fascinated by his dad doing a complete overhaul of a Honda CB350. The bike was a vintage racer, but one his father heavily modified. Ziehe recalls his dad plopping him on the seat of this “odd” looking bike for short rides on backroads around Lake Washington. In high school, when his friends were getting their first cars, Ziehe got his first bike, which he rebuilt with his dad. Today, Ziehe, 48, works at Boeing as a manufacturing engineer, and for the past five years has led the Ballard-based Cretins Motorcycle Club (aka Cretins MC Seattle), which he joined 10 years ago. Among members, Ziehe is known as “Double Tap.” The club’s preferred bikes are vintage cafe racers, with an aesthetic hearkening to 1960s London. The glue that holds the Cretins together is the love of riding. Spring usually marks the beginning of the riding season, when members take group rides and share the feeling of the road rolling out under their feet. But this spring is different. The global coronavirus pandemic put the group’s planned March 28 spring opener ride on hold. The annual Taco Dash (a fundraiser involving minibikes, silly games and homemade tacos) scheduled for May 2, is up in the air. And the customary, rain or shine, Thursday night dive bar meet-ups (Cretin Nights) have gone virtual, from vroom-vroom to Zoom. Washington is home to an abundance of motorcycle, moped and scooter clubs. In addition to the Cretins there are dozens of groups, including Jewish riding club The Tribe, the Moped Army’s Seattle branch, Los Gatos Gordos and women-only riding groups.

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BMW F900 XR review

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by Geoff Hill from https://www.mirror.co.uk Same engine, frame and brakes as the F900R, but a very different bike Small changes can make a huge different to a machine and the adventure version of this middleweight Beemer proves it by being much better than the naked roadster version, says Geoff Sometimes small is big. And before you think I’ve come over all Zen and am sitting on the stone floor of a hut halfway up Mount Fuji contemplating my hara and coming up with koan riddles, I mean that even small changes to a motorbike can alter its character completely. This can be a good thing, such as when Triumph moved the bars back on the Rocket III, and the pegs back and down very slightly, to create the Roadster. It was only a matter of an inch or two, but it made for a much sportier ride. It can also be a bad thing, like when Ducati moved the footpegs forward on the Diavel to create the XDiavel, effectively emasculating a brilliantly macho machine. Which leads me, naturally, to the BMW F900 XR. I’d just got off its stablemate the F900 R, which was good but not memorable, and although the XR has the same engine, frame and brakes, it feels like a completely different bike. Whereas the F900 R is a naked roadster, the XR is an adventure tourer and it feels like it from the moment you sit on it, with wider bars, and a more upright and neutral position, which not only means all-day riding comfort, but better visibility all round, including a better view in the mirrors. The TFT screen is the same simple but effective model as on the R. Riding off, it feels right from the start, with perfect low speed balance which on

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Organizers cancel Memorial Day motorcycle ride in Washington

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By NIKKI WENTLING from https://www.stripes.com WASHINGTON – A motorcycle rally in the nation’s capital, designed to replace the popular Rolling Thunder event, won’t happen on Memorial Day weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Tuesday night. AMVETS took over plans for a motorcycle ride through Washington after Rolling Thunder organizers announced that 2019 would be their last event. Rolling Thunder, a 32-year-old tradition, attracted hundreds of thousands of participants every Memorial Day weekend. AMVETS planned a similar event, Rolling to Remember, for the weekend of May 23. “As always, the health and safety of our riders and the veteran community is our top priority,” AMVETS said in a statement. “Due to the federal and state restrictions on public gathers and the guidance of the public health officials amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rolling to Remember motorcycle demonstration will not take place in Washington, D.C.” The goal of the three-day event was to focus on raising awareness for prisoners of war and troops still missing in action, as well as the issue of veterans suicide. Instead of the in-person ride and rally, AMVETS asked motorcyclists to ride 22 miles on May 24 in their local communities, while following social distancing guidelines. The 22 miles recognizes an often-cited statistic that 22 veterans die by suicide every day. Participants can download a phone app titled “REVER” to track and share their ride. The weekend Rolling to Remember activities were expected to kick off May 22 with “Blessing of the Bikes” at the Washington National Cathedral. AMVETS was working with the National Park Service to have a stage on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with speakers and other programming. Then, on May 24, motorcyclists were scheduled to ride past the White House, the Capitol Building, around the National Mall and stop at

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