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We’re living through strange times. Give me your thoughts on the following. Here’s what the Wayfarer said, “Leave Trump alone. Forget climate change. Just focus on cool builds and new technology. Get the politics out of the coverage on the website. It is like one drop of bacteria that makes the whole bucket of water un-digestable.”
He can be a tad harsh, but I got it. Then I received the Bill Bish monthly legislative report. Could we go a month and not fight for freedom and just pretend we live in Disneyland. It’s tough to do, although I suppose some magazines do it. Let me know your thoughts, good or bad.
BADGES, WE DON’T NEED NO STINKING BADGES– Check this out, managed to get the 2018 CVO Tank badges….on my 14.
–Barry G
Great looking bagger, almost 5-Ball colors. –Bandit
Carberry Motorcycles Releases 1000 cc V-Twin Engine Details; Priced At Rs. 4.96 Lakh–
Australia’s Carberry Motorcycles has revealed its first made-in-India 1000 cc Royal Enfield based V-Twin engine and will initially be available for exports, existing Carberry bike owners or for display purpose.
–Wayfarer
Most Magnificent Editor
Bikernet Trikes
Bikernet Contributor
Watch for the full exciting report on Bikernet this week.–Bandit
NMA ALERT– Cities are getting paid to turn street lights into spying SmartNodes
The future of privacy in big cities is bleak—cities are now getting paid to convert street lights into spying SmartNodes.
What are SmartNodes you ask?
SmartNodes will soon replace street lights, because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers, etc., all-in-one light pole.
For example, the city of Los Angeles, California is working with Philips Lighting and ENE-HUB to turn 110,000 street lights into a one-of-a-kind citywide SmartNode surveillance network.
“The Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting and Philips Lighting have collaborated on a program that uses CityTouch connected street lighting management and connected sensors to obtain additional value from the public lighting system.”
Philips SmartPoles are equipped with ‘environmental noise monitoring’ microphones, which can be used to spy on ‘raucous neighbors and loud music’.
“The city of Los Angeles is leveraging their connected street lighting infrastructure to actively monitor and manage noise levels on the streets. Using existing connected street lights, the city has installed microphones to collect noise data at the street level.”
Where could the music be coming from you ask?
Philips doesn’t say, but you can bet they mean people, vehicles and homes. Which means, SmartPoles can listen to more than just noise.
Click here to watch Philips Lighting admit SmartPoles are great data collecting conduits. In the video, Remco Muijs boasts that Philips and the city of Los Angeles are working together to host third-party sensors that influence people’s behavior, because nothing says influencing people’s behavior, quite like 110,000 spying street lights. (There are a number of YouTube videos from Philips about their Smart Cities Initiative.)
An article on the PTC.com (PTC Technology) website reveals that private companies are paying cities $1200 yearly for each SmartPole they install.
“The streetlight-based cells will generate revenues by being leased to wireless providers. The City of Los Angeles will receive $1200 per year for each SmartPole. The installation of 100 IoT-connected streetlights is currently in process in Los Angeles. Philips and the city plan to expand the network to 600 streetlights by 2018. Philips, under a tech development pilot program, is also installing 50 SmartPoles in The City of San Jose.”
To translate that into dollar figures, if Los Angeles turns 110,000 light poles into SmartPole’s the city would make approximately $13.2 million a year.
And with that much money at stake, it won’t be long before every city in America turns their street lights into money making, spying SmartPoles.
According to the ENE-HUB’s website, here are just some of the components that the smart lights poles could provide to cities.
· Telecommunications
· RBG Beacon Light
· Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi detectors
· Two-way Help Buttons equipped with microphone and speaker
· Public Announcement speakers
· LED Street and roadway lighting
· Community messaging
· Parking management
· Data capture
· Surveillance
· Microphone
· People counting
· Electric vehicle car charging
· Travel card readers
· Traditional smart pole functions (signage, traffic and lighting)
ENE-HUB’s ‘benefits’ section admits that governments can use multiple revenue streams to spy on their citizens for 25-30 years. (Click here to watch ENE-HUB’s smart city video.)
Los Angeles’ KCRW radio report also revealed that ENEHUB’s, SmartNode’s could also be equipped with ‘video streaming and gunshot sensors connected to police and fire stations’.
One can assume that in the near future, SmartNode’s will also be equipped with E-ZPass readers and license plate readers.
Unfortunately, Philips Lighting and ENE-HUB aren’t the only ones trying to turn entire cities into giant surveillance networks.
Siemens, GE, Cisco, LED lighting maker Acuity Brands and mall developer Simon Property Group are also installing spying SmartNodes across the country.
After writing numerous articles about Smart Cities, SmartPoles and SmartNodes one thing becomes crystal clear.
They are all about corporate/government surveillance and making money off of the backs of citizens.
–From guest writer, Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatal blog
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the author. For additional information on smart street furniture, check out the NMA Driving Freedoms Magazine Winter 2017 edition.
CROW CUSTOMS BUILDS FOR 805— Built by Professor Owens this is a sophisticated clean 1951 Panhead. Enjoy.
–The Sheriff
Sheriff Media Group
Sweden
Polaris and Enfield working together in India– The Eicher Polaris Multix (or Multix) is a personal utility vehicle manufactured by Eicher Motors and Polaris India (the Indian arm of Polaris Industries). The vehicle was announced in June 2015, and the first vehicle was delivered on 26 August 2015.
Multix is promoted by its manufacturer as “India’s first personal utility vehicle”, able to be used as a people carrier, a cargo carrier and also a power generator.
Multix cargo capacity is 400 litres. It seats a family of 5 comfortably. Multix also generates 3 kilowatts of electricity and can thus be used as a power generator as well.
The Multix has two variants, the AX+ and the MX. With the exception of doors (and the overall weight of the vehicle), both the variants are identical. AX+ has open doorways, whilst MX has doors.
Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd plans to have dealerships throughout India by mid-2017.
Eicher of course is the epic company behind the royal success of Royal Enfield Motorcycles. Polaris is best known for reviving the fortunes of Indian Motorcycles USA and its Slingshot Trike.
Seating capacity: 5 (including driver)
Displacement: 511 cm3
Max Engine power: 9.78 BHP
Max Torque: 27.1 Nm @ 1400 rpm
Wheel base: 2005 mm
Length: 3,235 mm
Width: 1,585 mm
Height: 1,856 mm
Curb weight: 650 kg
Engine: Greaves four-stroke single cyclinder
Fuel: Diesel
Ground clearance: 225 mm
Cargo capacity: 1,918 liters
Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd. (EPPL) is a 50:50 joint venture between Eicher Motors Ltd. and Polaris Industries Inc. The two companies signed a strategic joint venture agreement in July 2012. Backed by an investment of over INR 350 crore equal to US$ 72.0 million in 2016, EPPL combines Eicher’s proven expertise in frugal engineering, lean business model and in-depth understanding of emerging markets with the excellent product development capabilities and world class reliability of Polaris.
The company expects to sell 60,000 vehicles per year.
Mutix is much better than the concept budget trike called Elio. I don’t know why Polaris only expects this to sell in developing nations like India. If Elio is getting bookings then nothing would stop Polaris Multix from being a bestseller in USA.
Siddhartha Lal, the man who brought Enfield back to life is also the Chairman for Eicher Polaris Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Mike Dougherty is Vice President, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Polaris Industries Inc. He is a Director for Eicher Polaris Pvt Ltd though based out of Minnesota, USA.
See the wonder vehicle at: http://www.multix.in
–Ujjwal Dey
Sifi of the Gray Mountain and Editor
www.BikernetTrikes.com
HIGHLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES: TECH MOVES FASTER THAN REGULATIONS–
In the less than two months since my previous stories on automated vehicles ran, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R.3388, aka the “Self-Drive Act.” The bill’s primary purpose is to override the patchwork of laws passed by various states over the last few years, and ensure that the federal government, in the guise of Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will set national standards for Highly Automated Vehicles (HAV).
The first installment of this series examined the current state of vehicle automation and asked whether it placed motorcyclists at increased risk. Part two looked forward to a future in which motorcycles will make a great leap forward in safety through the use vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications technology.
Mostly, the bill just lists a series of rules the feds promise to write later. Meanwhile, manufacturers can put from 25,000 vehicles (in 2018) to 100,000 (2020) on the road as long as they’re able to show that any automated feature offers safety comparable to the average of all vehicles currently operating.
So, for example, an automated turn system would have to turn left across the path of an oncoming motorcycle no more frequently than human drivers do it. (The bill mandates systems to warn drivers that they’re leaving a child in the back seat, which results in less than 40 fatalities a year in the United States, but makes no mention of motorcycle safety, which results in over 4,000.)
To be clear: According to H.R.3388, a manufacturer could put 75,000 autonomous vehicles on the road before NHTSA even finishes writing an applicable safety standard. Then there’s the fact that H.R. 3388 has been referred to a committee in the Senate, which must also pass it and then it must be signed by the president before it becomes law.
Glossary
HAV Highly Automated Vehicle
DSRC Dedicated Short Range Channel
V2V Vehicle to Vehicle
V2I Vehicle to Infrastructure
V2X Vehicle to Whatever
C-V2V Cellular Vehicle to Vehicle
C-ITS Connected Intelligent Transportation Systems
ARAS Advanced Rider Assistance Systems
ADAS Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
BSM Basic Safety Messages
We (the United States and everyone else) are rushing forward into a brave new world of HAVs operating in Connected-Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS), and the people writing the rules have pretty much told auto and truck makers, and tech companies like Google, Uber and Lyft, “You guys go ahead. We’ll write rules and standards as fast as we can. Until then, promise us that your automated systems will be at least as safe as ordinary human drivers, OK?”
I’d feel better about that if ordinary human drivers didn’t kill a dozen motorcyclists every damn day in the United States alone.
I’d feel worse about that except that in the last few months I’ve interviewed several people working to ensure that motorcycles will be able to operate safely on the roads of the future. The motorcycle industry as a whole is still largely in reaction mode, but I’m still optimistic about a future in which we’ll safely share the roads with robot cars, based on a series of conversations with these people.
Mark Gilbert, Electronics Engineer, and Francine Romine, Director of Communications, at University of Michigan’s Transportation Research institute
Yaniv Sulke, VP Marketing and head of motorcycle projects, with Autotalks
Rok Upelj, COO, and Miha Ernstshcheider, Director of Sales, at Smart Turn Systems
João Barros, CEO, of Veniam
Dr. Karl-Viktor Schaller, Head of Development at BMW Motorrad
They’re all actually testing and designing hardware and software, and building motorcycles that will function in a world where cars, trucks, and buses may not have drivers at all. While they’re not in complete agreement about exactly when and how we’ll safely interact with HAVs, they all agree on this much: Motorcyclists and motorcycle manufacturers should definitely not just rely on the ability of HAVs to passively detect us and avoid us. We need to proactively communicate with traffic around us using V2V systems.
–More on Revzilla.com
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QUOTES
If you are looking for laughs you will find this one ducky … !
ORIGIN
Duck, as a term of endearment for a person, occurs as early as Shakespeare (1600). By the early 19th century in British English, duck applied to things, too, as “a duck of a bonnet (i.e., a cute bonnet).” By the late 19th century, duck was used to form the adjective ducky “cute, splendid, fine,” one of its current senses. Ducky entered English in the late 19th century.
FIRST TWIN PEAKS CASE GOES TO TRIAL IN WACO– Following more than two years of examining trials, hearings, motions to recuse judges and to disqualify prosecutors, appeals court rulings and a host of speedy trial demands, the first case in the Twin Peaks melee has finally gone to trial in Waco, Texas.
Jacob Carrizal, President of the Dallas chapter of the Bandidos, appears before Judge Matt Johnson of Waco’s 54th State District Court on charges of directing the activities of a criminal street gang and two counts of engaging in organized criminal activity.
Carrizal is the first to stand trial of the 154 bikers indicted in the Twin Peaks shootout that left nine bikers dead and dozens injured while attending a Saturday, May 17, 2015 meeting of the Coalition of Clubs and Independents, an affiliation of motorcycle groups.
Many questions will hopefully be answered, at long last, including how much of the bloodshed was due to a biker turf war and how much resulted from law enforcement actions.
Authorities tightened security measures around the McLennan County Courthouse, including a metal fence around the 115-year old building, and black curtains over the windows, while attorneys have whittled down a jury pool from nearly 150 prospective jurists to 11 men and three women, with two serving as alternates.
–Bill Bish
NCOM
CODE OF THE WEST– Old People are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old People remove their caps, cover their hearts, stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old People remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal , Normandy , and Hitler.. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .
–from Rogue and Sidehack Jerry
FRIDAY 10-20-2017 THRU SUNDAY 10-22-2017
DAYTONA: Biketoberfest – 25th Annual Biketoberfest Daytona Beach.
The 2017 Biketoberfest rally will be the smaller of the two annual Major Major Motorcycle Rallies held in Daytona Beach and surrounding area with around 125,000 riders. Daytona Beach Bike Week (March 10-19, 2017) is obviously the other annual rally and it attracts around 500,000 riders. There are some advantages to smaller crowds, like avoiding traffic jams and having more room once you get off your bike.
If it is your first time to either of the major Daytona motorcycle rallies, the parade of motorcycles on Main Street and Beach Street is something you need to check out at least once. Another must-see is the scenic 35 mile Loop ride.
There are a lot of attractions during Biketoberfest including live music, races, motorcycle shows, and riding on Daytona Beach. At the time of writing, details have not been announced. As the dates approach, you’ll see details announced at the two major hubs of action during the Daytona Biketoberfest, which are Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona and the Daytona International Speedway.
Here is a partial list of some of the popular bars that will have special events and attractions for the rally: Banks and Blues, Boot Hill Saloon, Broken Spoke Saloon, Cabbage Patch Bar, Dirty Harry’s Pub, Dog Pound Saloon, Froggy’s Saloon, Full Moon Saloon, Iron Horse Saloon, Saints and Sinners, White Eagle Lounge, and Willies Tropical Tattoo
QUICK, OPEN THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY– Ethel checked into a Motel on her 65th Birthday. She was lonely, a little depressed at her advancing age so decided to risk an adventure. She thought, “I’ll call one of those men you see advertised in phone books for escorts and sensual massages.
She looked through the phone book, found a full-page ad for a guy calling himself Tender Tony, a very handsome man with assorted physical skills flexing in the photo. He had all the right muscles in all the right places, thick wavy hair, long powerful legs, dazzling smile, six-pack abs and she felt quite certain she could bounce a dime off his well-oiled buns.
She figured, what the heck, nobody will ever know. I’ll give him a call. “Good evening, ma’am, how may I help you?”
Oh my, he sounded sooo sexy! Afraid she would lose her nerve if she hesitated, so she rushed right in, “I hear you give a great massage. I’d like you to come to my motel room and give me one. No, wait, I should be straight with you. I’m in town all alone and what I really want is sex. I want it hot, and I want it now. Bring implements, toys, everything you’ve got in your bag of tricks. We’ll go at it all night, tie me up, cover me in chocolate syrup and whipped cream, anything and everything, I’m ready! Now how does that sound?”
He said, “That sounds absolutely fantastic, but you need to press 9 for an outside line.”
–from Rogue and Sidehack Jerry
THE FUTURE OF THE ENGINE IN QUESTION– Some world governments are already acting to curtail or eliminate gasoline-powered engines, and now the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has announced that he is also considering ways to ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines.
During a recent public meeting on U.S. Climate Alliance in New York, Brown stated; “We’re doing something in the face of inaction.”
“Eventually, Washington will join with us, because you can’t deny science forever, you can’t deny reality. And the reality is climate change is occurring.”
With a zero-emissions mandate currently in place, California is one of the U.S. states that is fully committed to carrying out the objectives of the Paris Agreement — which is an ambitious project from the United Nations aiming to tackle the problems caused global climate change.
Gov. Brown’s announcement follows a similar diktat from the British and French Governments, reflecting plans to move to electrically-powered vehicles within the next few decades.
–Bill Bish
NCOM Legislative Report for November
You’ll see Bill’s complete report this week on Bikernet. I need to remind the Governor that the climate has been changing for 13 Billion years. It won’t stop changing with or without us.
TECH VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND— The secrets to building fast hill climbing Indians.
–From Sam Burns
Bikernet Baggers Review: 2012 Harley-Davidson Switchback
Great write up, but why would you not mention the terrible 2800-3200RPM vibration that kills all the good stuff about this bike.
I don’t fault you for being a dumbass but I do Harley for allowing this travesty of incompetence in designing the exhaust system that was the root cause from the beginning.
There should have been a class action lawsuit, Harley laid low and played ignorant and we owners had to fix the problem!
— Edwin Benz McCoy
benzmccoy@gmail.com
Hattiesburg , MS
The INDIAN MOTORCYCLE RACING TEAM has swept the American Flat Track Championship– With 37 total podiums, 6 podium sweeps and 14 total wins, it’s time to celebrate a legendary season.
Stop by your dealer for a test ride before October is gone, and we’ll give you a FREE Indian Motorcycle Racing flag.*
*While supplies last. See dealer for details.
NEW FROM S&W PERFORMANCE GROUP– Ready to Rock!
Scaled, set up and ready to test and tune, 63 split window stock body car!
It weights just 1950 lbs with a front to rear weight bias of 52.5% rear and 47.5% front, all chrome moly, big block with aluminum heads. This is a really awesome ride and what a great build Team S&W! ~Michael Weney
The best way to build a light weight, kick A$$ door slammer.
Start out light.
Our next build, look for this one in 2018 it’s gonna be nice!
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–www.swracecars.com
ON SALE NOW!–
Party like a rock star at the 2017 Lone Star Rally with VIP Packages offering Exclusive Access to the Devil’s Cut Bar & Balcony overlooking Saengerfest Stage AND the Roof Garden Lounge overlooking all the action of The Strand!
New this year:
Expanded check-in! We’re opening check-in at 11 am daily (Th-Sat) and offering an all new set up for easier, faster check-in. VIP Packages can be picked up at the Roof Garden venue, 2214 Strand beginning from 11am to 9 pm daily (Th-Sat.) 617-866-9199
In Motion VIP Ride Down the Strand, Thursday Night!
Exclusively for VIP Pass Holders, join 14 of the country’s top bike builders as they parade down the Strand. Ride leaves the Seawall at 8pm (following happy hour welcome at the Roof Garden) and culminates at the Devil’s Cut VIP venue. Presented by Cycle Source Magazine; click here for details.
In Motion Bike Show, VIP Viewing All-Weekend at Devil’s Cut!
VIP Pass holders get exclusive viewing of the In Motion Bike Show located within Devil’s Cut and the Budweiser Lounge! Check out the amazing rides created by 14 of the country’s top bike builders competing for $10,000 (awarded Sunday from the Budweiser Stage.) The show starts Thursday night after the VIP Ride Down the Strand and runs through Saturday night. Presented by Cycle Source Magazine
VIP Happy Hours: @ the Roof Garden
4-7 pm Thurs, Fri & Sat
Complimentary Snacks, Drink Specials, Trivia & Giveaways
Bagels & Bloody Marys Refreshers: @ the Roof Garden
(Fri & Sat 11 am – 1 pm.)
Quotes from the Gray Mountain– An eager learner from a village came across the sage. He immediately asked the Guru, “Why is the grass green? Why is the sky blue? Why is the mud brown? Why only birds can fly? Why is the King the richest?”
The Guru calmed down the villager with a hand on his shoulder and sat him down. He said to him, “Why can’t you accept the reality? Why can’t you accept yourself? Zen is acceptance. After that nothing is worrisome, nothing is upsetting, there is no yearning and there is no regret. Now accept this wisdom and go be free.”
–Monk Ujjwal Dey
Senior Monk of the Order of the Gray Mountain and Supreme editor
www.BikernetTrikes.com
THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA ALLOWED US TO KEEP THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY AS LONG AS IT’S SOLAR POWERED– A Golfer With Integrity…
An older golfer was hitting his ball from near a water hazard and his club fell into the water. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?
The golfer replied that his club had fallen into the water and he needed the club to have a chance to win the tournament and supplement his meager pension.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden club.
“Is this your club?” the Lord asked.
The golfer replied, “No.”
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver club. “Is this your club?” the Lord asked.
Again, the golfer replied, “No.”
The Lord went down again and came up with an iron club. “Is this your club?” the Lord asked.
The golfer replied, “Yes.”
The Lord was pleased with the golfer’s honesty and gave him all three clubs to keep, and the golfer went home happy.
Sometime later, the golfer was walking with his wife along the water hazard, and she fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, “Why are you crying?”
“Oh Lord, my woman has fallen into the water!
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Kate Upton. “Is this your woman?” the Lord asked.
“Yes,” cried the golfer. The Lord was furious.
“You lied! That is an untruth!”
The golfer replied, “Oh, forgive me Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said ‘No’ to Kate Upton, you would have come up with Jennifer Anniston. Then if I said ‘No’ to her, you would have come up with my woman. Had I then said ‘Yes,’ you would have given me all three. And Lord, I am an old man not able to take care of all three women in a way that they deserve … that’s why I said ‘Yes’ to Kate Upton.
And God was pleased. The moral of this story is: If a golfer ever tells a lie, it is for a good and honorable reason and only out of consideration for others!
–“RIDE SAFE AND KEEP IT UPRIGHT AND BETWEEN THE LINES”
“SIDEHACK” Jerry
sidehackjerry@gmail.com
THAT’S ALL FOLKS— I’m scrambling on my new/old Panhead build although it might be banned from California roads. I’m honestly thinking about moving to South Dakota. This place is nuts.
I will write my Las Vegas Bikefest Adventure next week, and then start on Ryan McQuiston’s bike feature. Then I will hopefully write a second story about the Panhead bike build. I’m feeling pressure from a couple of fronts. I need to clean the shop for the Builder’s Party for the IMS show.
I need to write about the ’58 Panhead find. Oh, and another brother suggested to remove the girls and foul language. What the hell is going on. Fuck itl Let’s ride.
Hell, then I might just escape to Cuba and never come back. Maybe they need an old biker who can’t spell very well and his Spanish language abilities are rough.
Ride Free Forever,
–Bandit
