Hey,
How was your Thanksgiving? I hung with my 90-year-old mom and we went to see Lincoln. Then I cruised out to a party at the Triking Viking’s digs. The damn place was packed with women, mostly young. The estrogen in the air caused the lights to fade and wall paint to bubble. I was driving so I couldn’t drink. I watched the Viking down one shot of whiskey after another to calm his nerves.
The rest of the weekend was spent working on the building, working on the second Chance book, and working on motorcycles. I took my son’s Mudflap Girl FXR for it’s first maiden voyage around the block. The neck bearings were too tight, so I weaved around the industrial block like drunk swaying away from the bar. I quickly corrected that. Hopefully, next week I will haul it to Bennett’s for a new Crane or S&S cam, crane pushrods, and a new breather gear from S&S. I changed out the Progressive shocks again to the 12-inch jobs with heavy duty springs.
Then I shifted to cleaning the shop and the 1928 Shovelhead. We are replacing the 25-year-old Rivera interior belt system to a new Rivera-Primo system. You’ll see the tech. It will be followed by a clutch upgrade. I’m running a suicide system, and I’m thinking about changing the shifter. It runs directly into my leg.
Let’s hit the news, then I’ll tell you news about our trike project.
STOP EVERYTHING FOR A RELIGIOUS MOMENT–Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow..
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What Is Hell?’ Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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–from Sam Burns
BIKERNETY UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COULDN’T RESIST–ogle OH-guhl, verb:
1. To look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.?2. To eye; look or stare at.
He always pretended to be deeply exhausted from his various adventures, but he was never too exhausted to ogle— as she knew and as Flap knew too.
— Larry McMurtry, Terms of Endearment: A Novel
Couples ogle cakes in windows.
— Simon Louvish, The Days of Miracles and Wonders: An Epic of the New World Disorder
Ogle traces its origins from the Lower German oeglen, “to look at,” but ultimately comes from a now extinct word for “eye,” oog
THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IN NOW OPEN–
This asshole looked at my beer belly last night and sarcastically said, “Is that Corona or Bud?” I said, “There’s a tap underneath; taste it and find out.”
I was telling a girl in the pub about my ability to guess what day a woman was born just by feeling her boobs. “Really” she said, “Go on then…try.” After about thirty seconds of fondling she began to lose patience and said. “Come on, what day was I born”
I said, “Yesterday.”
I got caught taking a pee in the local swimming pool today. The lifeguard shouted at me so loud, I nearly fell in.
I went to the pub last night and saw a fat chick dancing on a table. I said, “Nice legs.” The girl giggled and said with a smile, “Do you really think so.” I said “Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now. “
–from Bob Clark
ROGUE FOUND IT–
I Found It…… 17 miles North of Timmins, Ontario
………you probably thought that there was no such place…..
and look!. . . they have take out.
—Rogue
WHY ARE BROTHELS ILLEGAL?–by Laurence M. Vance November 21, 2012
In contrast to the boring and predictable presidential candidates, there are some unusually colorful candidates who somehow manage to get into office each time there is an election. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was twice elected to the California governorship. Professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota. Singer Sony Bono was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives until his life was tragically cut short in a skiing accident. Comedian Al Franken is currently the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Sometimes a candidate who dies during an election campaign gets voted into office anyway. The most famous example is Melvin Carnahan (1934–2000), the former governor of Missouri who was elected posthumously to the U.S. Senate. In the county in Florida where I live, the deceased tax collector Earl K. Wood, who died from natural causes at age 96 just a few weeks before the election, was recently reelected to a 12th term as Orange County Tax Collector by a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent.
The most interesting person to be voted into office in the recent election has got to be brothel owner Lance Gilman. He won 62 percent of the vote for a seat on the county commission in Storey County, Nevada.
Gilman is the current owner of Nevada’s infamous Mustang Ranch brothel in Storey County, east of Reno. Originally opened in 1971, it became Nevada’s largest and most profitable brothel before being seized by the federal government in 1999 after its owner was convicted for tax fraud and racketeering.
After the furniture, paintings, and accessories were auctioned off in 2002, the buildings were purchased by Gilman and reopened in a new location in 2005. He won the right to the name and branding in 2006.
Although brothels are illegal in most parts of the United States, it is obviously not the case in Storey County, Nevada. And it is not the case in other parts of Nevada either. Licensed, regulated brothel prostitution is permitted in 10 of Nevada’s 17 counties, although brothels are currently operating in only 8 of them. Under state law, Nevada counties with a population of under 400,000 are allowed to license or prohibit brothels, but incorporated cities may prohibit brothels in counties where they are legal. Because prostitution is illegal in Nevada’s more heavily populated counties (such as Clark County, home to Las Vegas), the brothels are generally located in rural areas.
But why are brothels illegal in Nevada’s other counties and why are they illegal everywhere else in the United States?
Now, for the record, I don’t patronize brothels, don’t want to patronize brothels, don’t want a brothel in my neighborhood, don’t know anyone who patronizes brothels, don’t recommend that anyone patronize brothels, and would not want any women I know to work in a brothel.
But neither do I believe in using the power of government to prohibit, regulate, or punish voluntary, consensual, peaceful behavior that my neighbors, friends, and I may not personally approve of. That is the difference between libertarians and statists of all varieties — Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, progressive, and moderate. Libertarians believe that consenting adults have the fundamental right to do anything that’s peaceful as long as they don’t aggress against someone else’s person or property while they do it.
But if frequenting a brothel on private property with the owner’s permission and paying for sex with a willing participant is engaging in a peaceful activity agreed to by all parties, then why are brothels other than the few operating in Nevada illegal?
The main objection from most people would be that patronizing brothels is immoral.
But there are serious problems with using the power of government to legislate and regulate morality and prohibit and crusade against immorality.
To begin with, many Americans, if not a majority of Americans, would unite in saying that adultery, fornication, homosexuality, and cohabitation are immoral — even if they themselves engage in any of these things. Yet what percentage of those Americans would call for government at any level to outlaw and punish any of them? Rather small I suspect. And what about other immoral things such as lying, gluttony, lust, greed, envy, pride, and drunkenness? Does anyone really think that the government should concern itself with them?
So why are brothels illegal?
Another objection raised is that, unlike adultery, fornication, homosexuality, and cohabitation, the immoral behavior in brothels involves the exchanging of money. But here we have another problem. Frequenting strip clubs, producing or purchasing pornographic magazines or movies, and gambling, which are all generally viewed as immoral, all involve money as well. Yet in most areas of the country, one can visit a strip club, view pornography, or gamble — all without interference from the government as long as certain guidelines are followed. In fact, in 43 states (and the District of Columbia) the state government runs a gambling enterprise — the state lottery.
So why are brothels illegal?
It appears that the only reason that people and governments want brothels to be illegal is that they combine sexual immorality with the exchanging of money. But here we run into another problem. There is little difference as far as morality is concerned between paying $50 to a brothel for 15 minutes of a woman’s time and paying $50 for dinner and a movie for 15 minutes of a woman’s time.
So why are brothels illegal?
The real reasons brothels are illegal have nothing to do with their being a danger (supposedly) to public health, safety, or morals.
Brothels are illegal because government‘s attempts to legislate and regulate morality and prohibit and crusade against immorality are woefully inconsistent, arbitrary, and nonsensical.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to distinguish between vices and crimes.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to discern that every crime needs a victim.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to recognize the right of consenting adults to do whatever they want on their property or with the owner’s permission on someone else’s property.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to understand that it is not the purpose of government at any level — federal, state, or local — to regulate or monitor Americans’ sexual activities.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to acknowledge that it is the business of families, friends, business associates, ministers, religious organizations, and social institutions to shape Americans’ moral values and educate them about the nature of brothels — not that of the government.
Brothels are illegal because of the failure to adopt the freedom philosophy.
Brothels are illegal because puritanical busybodies, nanny-statists, and government bureaucrats think it is their business to mind everyone else’s business.
It goes without saying that in questioning why brothels are illegal, no advocate of a free society is condoning or excusing in any way human trafficking, kidnapping, child prostitution, rape, forced prostitution, or the sexual exploitation of women. These things currently occur all over the world even where brothels are illegal.
Brothels need not exist in a free society, but their absence should not result from governments’ having made them illegal.
This post was written by: Laurence M. Vance
Laurence M. Vance is a columnist and policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation, an associated scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a columnist, blogger, and book reviewer at LewRockwell.com. He is also the author of Christianity and War and Other Essays against the Warfare State and The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom. Visit his website: www.vancepublications.com. Send him e-mail.
I think they should be call Sex Clinics and operated everywhere, like massage parlors, or alternative medicine locations. But what the hell do I know?–Bandit
COLLEGE STUDENT SELLS HER VIRGINITY–Catarina Migliorini, a 20-year-old college student from Brazil, sold her virginity to the highest bidder for $780,000 on the “Virgins Wanted” auction website. The big spender and winner of the virgin prize is a Japanese man named Natsu.
As part of the agreement, Migliorini must undergo a medical evaluation to prove that she is a virgin.
The “Virgins Wanted” website states:
View slideshow:Catarina Migliorini
The female virgin will undergo a medical examination by an accredited gynecologist and provide the winning bidder with medical evidence of her virginity.
The virgin must provide a document from the gynecologist that certifies her claim to virginity. The accompanying medical certificate will be a statutory declaration that supports her claim to virginity.
But according to medical experts, there is no test to definitively prove virginity. Dr. Elizabeth Lyster, a board-certified gynecologist with 20 years of clinical experience, says that an intact hymen is not a foolproof way to measure virginity since it can be ruptured from activities like running or inserting a tampon.
Sheva Marcus, a licensed master social worker with a master’s in public health who works as clinical director of the Medical Center for Female Sexuality in New York, also says there is no way to accurately determine virginity, “The hymen is the usual way to determine virginity, but hymens come in all shapes and sizes.”
So if there’s no accurate way to prove whether the Brazilian beauty Catarina Migliorini is a virgin and worthy of $780,000, do you think her purchaser will back out?
–from Rogue
NEW TRIUMPH BOOK— Long time Meriden worker and ace classic Triumph restorer, Hughie Hancox, describes everyday life in the Triumph Production Testing team from 1960 to 1962. A story packed with amusing anecdotes about the trials, tribulations and fun associated with testing Triumph motorcycles fresh from the production line. Includes guidance on fixing problems still found today on the 1960s models, plus previously unseen photographs of machines restored by the author. This is an intimate and entertaining account of Britain’s most famous motorcycle factory in its heyday.
Features:
• Life at the Meriden factory recounted by long time employee and ace restorer, Hughie Hancox
• There has never before been a book about Meriden production testing
• Explains the factory sections allied to the production testing team and their various functions
• Behind the scenes of production testing of all new Triumph motorcycles
• Service bulletin and fault rectification procedures for now-classic Triumphs
• Details of previously unreleased factory fixes
• Follows Hughie’s best-seller “Tales of Triumph Motorcycles & the Meriden Factory”
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NEW ZIPPER’S ZIP KITS–ZIPPER’S Performance Products has developed its Zip kits as a bolt-on power increase package for Big Twin applications and Sportsters.
A wide range of kits are being offered with options on exhausts available, and each kit also including a Zipper’s MaxFlow performance air cleaner and a ThunderMax with AutoTune EFI Controller.
For Touring models (’09 – ’13), the Zip kits exhaust options are complete systems with 2-into-1 headers, 2-into-2 with cross under headers, Rinehart True Duals, replacement mufflers that work with the stock headers or replacement headers to work with the customer’s mufflers.
All full replacement performance systems Zip kits are fully compatible with the 18mm full rpm-range wide-band sensors that ThunderMax uses.
In 2010, H-D changed the size and location of the narrow-band (limited rpm-range) oxygen sensors when they added the catalytic converter to the collector area of the header. ThunderMax can still work with 2010-up headers, but 18mm bungs will need to be added to the factory catalyst-equipped headers. The Factory ’09 49-state standard 96ci and 103ci models are equipped with header pipes equipped with 18mm sensor bungs that are fully compatible with ThunderMax.
Like the Touring bike kits, the Zip kits for Softail and Dyna models are offered with various exhaust system options, and these include 2-into-1 or 2-into-2 complete replacement exhausts or replacement mufflers only. Once again, all full-replacement performance systems in the Zip kits are fully compatible with the 18mm full rpm-range wide-band sensors that ThunderMax uses.
ThunderMax can still work with factory ’12 and onward headers, but 18mm bungs will need to be added to the factory headers (weld-in bungs are available separately). For ’07 – ’11 models using stock header pipes the 18mm sensor bungs fitted as standard are fully compatible with ThunderMax.
The Sportster kits are available for ’07 – ’13 models, and can be purchased with full or partial exhaust systems; 2-into-1 style headers for the complete system or replacement mufflers only.
AUSTRALIAN CLUB NEWS–Former South Australian Premier Ranns’ vendetta escalated violence.
Adelaide’s media are suggesting the recent escalation in so called biker violence is the result of some clubs rapidly recruiting new members following the former premier Mike Rann’s law and order vendetta against motorcycle clubs.
‘Sources’ close to the feud between the Hells Angels and Finks Motorcycle Club today gave the Adelaide Advertiser an insight into the ongoing aggression of the biker world.
They said the latest wave of violence – culminating in this week’s murder of Finks associate Jason De Ieso – was not surprising.
“Part of what people forget is that, in days gone by, things like this used to happen – it just wasn’t pointed out,” one source said. “Rann brought it all into the spotlight with his anti-biker laws … now you hear about it every day.”
Other sources said newer, younger bikers were the cause of most problems.
Some of those members are being recruited in prison, while others are newly arrived migrants or were formerly associated with street gangs like the New Boys.
Those members bring with them existing grudges that become part of their new club’s attitude and provoke new rivalries.
“Young blood comes in and stirs the pot, that’s the way it happens,” one source said.
“In the days gone by, before Rann’s laws, the older members were able to control the new members.
“A lot of older members have for one reason or other left the clubs, leaving a power vacuum”
“Ever since the Government riled them all up, clubs have been recruiting – because there’s strength in numbers – and some of the people who join are less easily controlled.”
Another source said the “bikers vs government” mentality was irresistible to would-be criminals.
“The Government’s attitude didn’t just politicise the bikers, it romanticised them to a certain facet of the community,” the source said.
“It turned the clubs into glorified lone wolves and gave them an outlaw mystique.
“People see that and say `I want in’, and you get these uncontrollable young bikers.”
The Advertiser newspaper said it was told several big-name clubs were in the process of consolidation. “The Gypsy Jokers are relatively quiet at the moment, as are the Rebels, while the Descendents are still building (their numbers),” one source said. “It’s really just the Hells Angels and the Finks out there right now.”
Acting Premier and Attorney-General John Rau yesterday said the Government had given SA Police extensive powers to crack down on organized crime.
“These include tougher serious and organized crime laws to address firearm possession, association, and freezing the assets of crime to name a few,” Mr Rau said. “The Government has also been frustrated in getting some of these laws in place due to opposition in the Upper House.”
Parts of the Rann anti-association laws have also been struck down as being unconstitutional and are said to be currently under revision by the government.
BIKERNET ARCHIVES DON’T HAVE SHIT THIS WEEK—We scoured through the December 1954 issue or Science and Mechanics and only found this one Harley Hummer 165 ad.
Then we dug through the October 1954 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, still nothing. It’s like rolling the dice. I got a kick out of the illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff on the cover.
Maybe we’ll score next week.
JIMS SHOVELHEAD TO EVO TOP END OILING TECH COMING TO BIKERNET—Damn, Jims turns out some gorgeous parts. This is almost like putting diamonds on hog. Will be tearing the Sturgis Shovel down in the morning. Hope the headquarters had a great thanksgiving.
More pics to follow.
–Richard Kranzler
Bikernet North Eastern Tech Writer
ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS BUILDS BIODIESEL MOTORCYCLE–Orange County Choppers debuted its biodiesel motorcycle at the National Biodiesel Board conference.
Check out the build on the next episode of American Chopper.
On Tuesday February 7, 2012 at the National Biodiesel Conference in Orlando, Florida the world’s first fully “street legal” biodiesel motorcycle was unveiled. Cima Green, LLC and Orange County Choppers partnered up together to create this new innovation in motorcycles.
This monumental accomplishment represents innovation in transportation engineering for both Cima Green and Orange County Choppers and will be featured in an episode of the hit television show, American Chopper, premiering in March 12th and 19th, 2012 on the Discovery Channel.
A MOTORCYCLE VOICE FROM THE PAST–1998, these shots were taken in Malibu.
Genevieve & I spent an afternoon w/ Hagman. Here’s a couple of keepers from the Malibu shoot… [ best shots of Hagman & Genevieve are inexplicably missing from my files]
–M.C.
MOTORCYCLE CAMPING IS ROUGHING IT FOR REAL–
Trevor Summons, Correspondent, the Sun, SBSun.com
I took off on a road trip the other day. I sometimes have to remind my long-suffering editor that the title of this column is “Trevor’s Travels” and so a certain amount of traveling is naturally involved.
In addition, he wanted to plant a foot in Oregon, and that is a long way to go.
Now when it comes to events, we are both adherents to the five “P” system – Proper Planning Promotes Premium Performance – and his request had been put in a year ago. This gave us adequate time to check that our wives would still be in residence after a longish parting, and that we could put together the right gear to sustain us.
Now camping can always be a risky business for the unprepared. In the normal way, involving vehicles with four wheels or more, you just load up all the things you need, and there’s always a little more space in the vehicle for one last necessity, like the remote for the small flat-screen.
But with motorcycle camping, there is no room for those little extras, and everything has to either be in the saddlebags or bungeed down to the frame. Over-use of this simple device can make the entire rig look like a two-wheeled version of the “Beverly Hillbillies” jalopy, minus granny on top in her rocker, of course.
Some years ago, I heard someone say that in camping, one spends 50 percent of one’s time trying to be as comfortable as one is at home. But with a motorcycle there is no room for the Barcolounger on the pillion seat or across the gas tank.
On the last trip, I was admonished for playing the age card as I had insisted on an inflatable bed, but I noted on this trip Michael also wanted one. Good fathers do not mention the last time’s teasing, of
course, and so I let it pass.
This time, I also wanted a fold-out chair, as one’s nether regions can become quite sore with many hours in the saddle and with only a hard picnic bench available in the evenings.
We had made it up to just beyond San Luis Obispo and found a camp site not too close to the main road – traffic can be a nuisance when trying to sleep in unaccustomed surroundings, and being well-rested before another day of wrestling the handlebars is paramount. I recommend earplugs to keep out the unaccustomed sounds of too much dawn chirping and tweeting.
Nonetheless we ordered in and got our campfire going. Now I don’t mind letting you into a little secret. Although a bit of a purist, I believe the invention of the paraffin log to be one of the camper’s finest boons. They’re quick, efficient, easy to light, and they last just the right amount of time – about three hours.
As night closed around us, we enjoyed our evening and were now embarked on the usual campfire activity; that of telling lies and embellishing old stories. It was one of those tales
that caused me to lean back a trifle too heavily on my fold-out chair. It broke! Ha ha!
I had heavily invested about $10 in this piece of defective engineering, so I was not too put out, but used the moment to wander over to my tent to inflate the pillow I had brought along. It insultingly blew back on my face as I blew into it. The valve had perished. No matter, a bundle of clothes would suffice.
Laughing to Michael that bad things mostly come in threes, I then checked my beloved inflatable mattress. After a full pumping, silently, and with a certain malevolence, it had gently let the air out again and I was destined to spend a night on the hard ground. Ha ha again!
A day’s long ride had tired me out sufficiently to let me sleep however, and next week I will share some of the momentous sights that we enjoyed on the way to Oregon and back.
Check out Trevor Summons’ blog at www.trevorsummons.blogspot.com. And visit his website, www.trevorsummons.com
THE SCORE OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND–
Oh, I traded a $150 dollar Yamaha guitar for a genuine Rowe Harley-Davidson flywheel truing stand and a wheel truing stand, I have needed one for years. Now to find that next Pan or flathead basket case.
Ride on Brother,
–Bill May
OFFICIAL MEMO FROM THE BIKERNET NERVE CENTER–
NO MORE RIGHT WING CRAP – NO MORE LEFT WING CRAP
NO MORE OBAMA CRAP
NO MORE ROMNEY CRAP, NO MORE CHAIN EMAILS, NO MORE FORWARDED LUCKY EMAILS.
NO MORE DYING CHILD EMAILS, NO MORE FEEL GOOD EMAILS, LET’S ALL STOP SENDING POLITICAL MATERIAL FROM BOTH SIDES. THE ELECTION IS OVER.
What we need is to get back to the real purpose of an email.
–Gerry Celia
BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER LUNG CANCER PREVENTITIVE FINDINGS FROM DR. WEIL– Breathing properly is fundamental to good health, and you shouldn’t take your respiratory system for granted, especially if you live in a big city.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. In addition to prudent supplementation and a diet rich in beta-carotene and other antioxidants, simple lifestyle steps can help promote healthy lungs for a lifetime.
1. Don’t smoke. Tobacco addiction is the single greatest cause of preventable illness, greatly increasing the risks of developing lung cancer and respiratory diseases.
2. Get regular exercise. It helps promote healthy lung function and optimal oxygen delivery throughout the body.
3. Avoid exposure to environmental air pollutants. High ozone levels, smog, car exhaust, asbestos and metal dusts are unhealthy for lungs and can lead to lung disease. Use a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter to reduce exposure to smoke and smog, and wear a protective mask when you are in close proximity to lung irritants such as drywall dust or fiberglass insulation fibers.
4. Limit exposure to toxic household cleaners. Chlorine bleach, petroleum distillates, ammonia, formaldehyde and nitrobenzene can harm the lungs. Use safer alternatives for cleaning such as baking soda, lemon juice, and vinegar.
It is also prudent to practice deep breathing exercises to increase lung capacity, improve respiratory efficiency, and promote general relaxation, as well as to maintain a normal weight: excess pounds tax both the heart and lungs. If you’re overweight, you’re more likely to experience shortness of breath.
FOR CANTINA MEMBERS FIRST–How to Rebuild & Restore Classic Harley-Davidson Big Twins 1936-1964 Book Review
How to Rebuild & Restore Classic Harley-Davidson Big Twins 1936-1964 by Rick Schunk from Motorbooks Workshop series gives their attention to the venerable Knucklehead and Panhead in this how to restore book.
While nothing short of an encyclopedia would cover every aspect of restoring these old bikes this book gives a solid effort on the big picture and some of the details. It’s packed with hundreds of color close up shots and tips on taking these old parts apart and putting them back together again.
There are two good sections on removing broken screws and studs and a really detailed look at rebuilding a Linkert carburetor using close up photographs.
There are literally hundreds of small tips and advice in the book. This is a highly informative guide to restoring these old classic Harley’s.
Author: Rick Schunk
Format: Paperback, 272 Pages
Item: 194921
ISBN: 9780760343401
Publisher: Motorbooks
BIKERNET’S CODE OF THE WEST STUDY–A real woman is a man’s best friend.
She will never stand him up and never let him down.
She will inspire him to do things he never thought he could do; to?live without fear and forget regret.
She will make sure he always feels as though he’s the most handsome man in the room and will enable him to be the most confident, sexy, seductive and invincible…
No wait…Sorry.
Never mind.
FEATURING ACE CAFÉ LONDON’S FLAT TRACK CORNER– “The Southern Classic Off Road Show & Autojumble”, takes place from 10am on Saturday 8th Dec 2012 at Kempton Park Racecourse TW16 5AQ.???This new event includes an exciting line up of some very special and famous bikes, amongst which is the record breaking Brough Superior, which Eric Patterson (the show’s organizer) rode at Bonneville in 2011, the E90 “Porcupine”, part of the Ted Frend collection, one of Alf Hagon’s bikes, Bengt Aberg’s “Champion Spark Plug Bike”, a Royal Enfield ridden by Johnny Brittain, a very rare Triumph T140 Strongbow flat tracker, Bill Braggs “Blue Peril” and a host of Isle of Man Grand Prix machines.
Some of the racing bikes will be fired up outside the main show hall at 2pm and there are prizes for every category, Best Stand, and also Best in Show. Ace Cafe London will be present displaying a selection of Flat track bikes in “Flat Track Corner” with Mark Wilsmore presenting the prize for the best Flat tracker. Mike Jackson a former successful Trials and president of the Norton Owners club, will be judging and presenting the prize for Best Trials and Scrambles categories. Guest of honour is Dave Degens of Dresda, a former racer who with his Triton won the Barcelona 24hr Race at Monjuic Park against “Factory Teams” in 1965 and again for a second time in 1970!
For more information about Kempton Park shows and autojumbles, check out: www.facebook.com/EGPEnterprises
www.egp-enterprises.co.uk
NEW ISLAND PROJECT—This just in from the Kustoms Fab family. “Happy Thanksgiving to the Bikernet family. This is my new project……more to come.”
–Darren Ho
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS FOR ULTIMATE BUILDER SHOWS BY BIKER PROS–
The NorCal San Mateo show had outstanding bikes from the land of customization.
IronWorks Magazine is featuring two bikes, Kyle Shorey’s bike from Atlanta and Rick Bray’s bike from NorCal. Bikernet.com is selecting a bike for a feature in Long Beach.
Check out motorcycleshows.com to register or for details of the show in your area.
–Jeff Najar
jeff@ bikerpros.com
919-450-5060
Get in the Game
Ultimate Builder Schedule
Ultimate Builder Series
YEAR 3 of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show circuit is starting up with the throttle twisted wide open.
$7,000 in prize money @ each event. You can work the crowd and hand out postcards or business cards. FREE photo studio on the premises and you can have your bike shot. You can also add a model and we will shoot her too.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Biker Pros will be promoting the event on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Flickr.com.
• Atlanta – November 2-4
• Dallas – November 9 -11
• Northern California – November 16-18
• Southern California – December 7-9
• Seattle – December 14-16
• Washington, DC – January 4-6
• Minneapolis – January 11-13
• New York – January 18 -20
• Ohio – January 25-27
• Michigan – February 1-3
• Chicago – February 8-10
PAUGHCO CHROME STEEL AXLE SPACER KITS–Paughco is now offering an assortment of chrome plated steel axle spacers that will save builders a lot time and grief.
Kit contains 28 pieces with 2 each of 14 different lengths from 1/4″ to 3″. Available in 3/4 and 1″ ID. This is a must have kit for any shop or home builder. Complete kits are shipped in handy plastic tubes. The 3/4″ axles spacer kit retails for $206.95 and the 1″ kit goes for $229.95.
Contact Paughco direct at 775-246-5738.
–Bob Clark
WEEKEND WINDING DOWN—The Bikernet Weekend is always sorta strange with the Sunday Post grabbing the final day. We often try to take Mondays off, but that never happens. Mondays always explode with new business, new content, making lists for the week, and scrambling. Enough sniveling.
We need to start preparing for the Ultimate Builder show coming to Long Beach. All of our Bonneville bikes will be displayed. And the 1928 Shovelhead is locked down on the lift. I’m adding a long spin-on oil filter for added oil capacity, cooling and filtration. I’ve got a code regarding any motorcycle safety. All bikes need rear chain guards, so I need to add one.
Oh, and this puppy sumps badly, so I need to fix something. Or put an inline oil petcock into the feed line. That’s a dangerous proposal. I could also research the check ball, but it might have something to do with the proximity of the oil bag in a portion of the gas tank above the engine. Somehow we will get to the bottom of this and then get it registered, since I plan to ride it around town.
My son is taking his Mudflap girl bike to a buddy for paint. Kacy is an amazing talent. I judged one of his bikes at the Las Vegas Bikefest. Speaking of Kacy, he paints most of Paul Cavallo’s Spitfire customs. His bike Gypsy Rose just hit the newsstands on the cover of the HORSE, December issue. I hope he brings it to the Long Beach show. You’ll see Paul’s feature on Bikernet with a couple of extras, this week.
We also scored a small bench sand blaster, but it doesn’t seem to work correctly. If someone is an expert with these bastards, give me a call, or drop me a line. I need to dial it in.
Have a helluva week, as the year scrambles to a close.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
