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KOPP WINS BY BIG MARGIN ON BEULAH PARK MILE–Mees Holds Five-Point Lead Over Coolbeth for Championship.
GROVE CITY, Ohio (August 16, 2009) – Latus Harley-Davidson/Screamin? Eagle rider Joe Kopp won his first AMA Grand National Twins event of the season with a dominating performance on the Beulah Park Mile. Kopp, riding a Harley-Davidson XR750, led the entire race and won by an astonishing margin of 22.03 seconds over Moroney?s Harley-Davidson/Screamin’ Eagle rider Bryan Smith, who was second.
?I?ve been struggling on my big bike this season, but was really fast at Rapid City last week before the main got rained out,? said Kopp. ?Tonight I just had a perfect set-up and a really fast Harley-Davidson motorcycle. This is a great rebound for our team after being disappointed not to get to race at Rapid City.?
Kopp lapped other riders through eighth place, and his margin of victory was unusual for a mile track, where racers typically draft in packs, making it difficult for a single rider to open a significant lead.
?I can?t remember ever seeing a race won by this margin,? said Kopp, who has been racing on the Grand National series since 1991. ?Every time I looked back I wasn?t sure if the bike behind me was a lapper or someone catching me. I probably should have slowed down but I was not going to let this win get away from me.?
Kopp also won his heat race and the four-lap Dash for Cash bonus sprint.
Halbert Family/King Kustoms rider Sammy Halbert finished third, 8.5 seconds behind Smith. Deeley?s Harley-Davidson rider Don Taylor was fourth, followed by Glen Schnabel, Jr. in fifth. Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle factory rider Kenny Coolbeth, the defending Grand National Twins champion, finished in sixth place. Blue Springs Harley-Davidson/Screamin’ Eagle rider Jared Mees, who leads the series in season points, finished eighth.
After six of nine 2009 AMA Grand National Twins Championship events, Mees retains the series lead with 90 points. Coolbeth is second with 85 points. Halbert is third with 84 points, and Carr is fourth with 77 points. Smith is in fifth place with 55. Kopp moves up to seventh place with 68 points.
The 2009 AMA Grand National Twins Championship will next race on Aug. 29 on the Indy Mile at the Indian State Fairground in Indianapolis.
The Screamin’ Eagle Flat Track team is sponsored by Matco Tools.
PERFORMANCE WHEELS FROM BLACK BIKE–Black Bike has what it takes to meet your baggers performance needs. Our lightweight 18? wheels allow you to run low profile tires that eliminate sidewall flex. Get rid of that sloppy feel when you ride and be prepared to be amazed by your Bagger?s handling potential.Starting at about $600
–Blackbikewheels.com
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SHADE TREE SHIT–Shade Tree Fabrications, located in Dallas, TX, is offering several new parts.
From a new seat pan to tail lights and air cleaners, they are all hand-cast brass and aluminum parts that try to bring back the classic feel of antique brass and a truly found appeal!
Kyle is fabricating all of these parts right here in Texas with some help from his friends and they plan on releasing new parts in the coming months so keep an eye on his web site www.shadetreefabrications.com
BRAZILIAN ARTIST CREATES DOT-APPROVED HELMETS–Want to terrorize the general populace as you ride your open-piped chopper to work at the accounting firm? Then these spooky DOT-approved motorcycle helmets may be just the thing for you.
Created by a Brazilian artist by applying teeth, fangs, bones, hair and “fine stones” found along the Amazon to basic, open-faced helmets, the New Jersey-based Craigslist entrepreneur selling them claims they’re fine to ride in. We wouldn’t do the same, not just because they look really gross, but because all the stick-on animal parts would fundamentally compromise the crash worthiness of the helmets by altering the way in which they control neck movement on impact. But hey, they’re only $99! [via Craigslist]
MS. BIKERNET LIVES IN AUSTRALIA–She’s a tattoo artist of the finest order, on a small island in the Pacific.
“Hey my web site is back up and running,” said Nicole. www.tattoostudio64.com
Nicole just returned to her shop from a quick run to Sturgis and around the Wild West, packing the lovely Tony.
K&G Cycles and DHL Partner to Offer Customers Complete Online Shopping Experience ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET–The site that boasts over 100,000 motorcycle parts available online, K&G Cycles, your one-stop motorcycle parts specialist is offering customers one more reason to purchase their motorcycle parts at www.kandgcycles.com. K&G is now pleased to offer shipping through DHL. Through special arrangements with the world?s premier global delivery networks, customers will be able to ship their merchandise effortlessly to anywhere in the world.
K&G Cycles is synonymous for providing customers state-of-the-art online motorcycle parts shopping. With over 900 categories of parts from over 200 manufacturers and 5 major motorcycle parts wholesalers, K&G Cycles guarantees that you will find exactly what you need for your project. K&G has changed the face of online motorcycle part sales and has brought a new kind of shopping experience to this growing marketplace. They have revolutionized the market once again, and now also guarantee door-to-door shipment to anywhere in the world.
In order to better serve international visitors, K&G is offering customers new, low rates at about half of what you would expect to pay with the #1 international shipping company on the planet. Synonymous for providing customers with the greatest variety of parts for the best price, K&G is now able to better cater to customers worldwide. New lines are being added daily and the widest selection of American and foreign-made motorcycle parts are ready for shipment anywhere in the world.
K&G welcomes all international customers and is looking forward to serving all of their customer?s needs regardless of geography or location. Check out www.kandgcycles.com and see what they can do for you.
BIKERNET METRIC ADS TO THEIR ARCHIVE OF FEATURES–The Norton Feature is up! If you like old school chops, this is a feature you will want to check out. Click the picture to follow the link.
Things are great on the Metric front. The economy is picking up, though many of us are not quite feeling it yet. I pick up my bike next week to do a 100 mile break in. It has a new Bozzie Custom Performance motor in it, a new D&D stepped exhaust and a new paint job thanks to Todd Evans of Evan Cycles and Rods. I will show the bike in the weeks ahead and it will become a tech feature too!
If you have a metric bike that you want seen on these cyber pages, email wacko@bikernetmetric.com. Summer is still here?ride forever!
–Wacko
Hot Leathers Official Buffalo Chip Merchandise Sizzles at Sturgis Bike Week–Sturgis, S.D. (August 19, 2009) Sturgis was sizzling this year and so was the officially licensed Buffalo Chip merchandise that Hot Leathers had on hand at a number of locations in and around Sturgis during bike week. Hot Leathers, the industry leader in motorcycle apparel and accessories, came out full force and was pleased to offer rally-goers ten locations from Main Street Sturgis to several at the Legendary Buffalo Chip.
Hot Leathers in conjunction with the Legendary Buffalo Chip, the renowned Sturgis hot spot, fashioned a new line of Buffalo Chip branded apparel for Sturgis Rally 2009. Customers were able to choose from a significant selection of specialty-printed quality Buffalo Chip merchandise including t-shirts, hats and other miscellaneous products for men, women, and children. Several items sold out and some are still available online at www.hotleathers.com. Synonymous for selling the best selection of motorcycle merchandise around, you can often find Hot Leathers on the road showcasing its merchandise at a variety of rallies and events across the country.
Serving the motorcycle community for over 25 years, Hot Leathers is one of America’s top 50 volume screen printers. Known for offering the best selection of motorcycle merchandise in stores, online and on the road, Hot Leathers is a brand you can trust with prices that are easily affordable.
Keep an eye out for the Hot Leathers logo and check out www.hotleathers.com and browse through the officially licensed Buffalo Chip merchandise on sale now online.
Ken Conte
S&S BAGGER SETS WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD–S&S Sponsored Bagger Sets New SCTA Bonneville Record Chris Rivas piloted his official S&S Cycle sponsored entry in the Bonneville Speed Week August 8-14 on a Motorcycle that was built as a combined effort between S Cycle and Chris Rivas V-Twin in Fresno, CA.
The entry has also welcomed Carl Brouhard Designs, CP Pistons and Sagar Innovations to be a part of the effort. Current Bonneville record holder and S&S Cycle’s Engineering Manager Jeff Bailey, Steve Rominski, Rob Shopft as well as many other employees at S&S Cycle have been a key component with technical advice and engine parts configuration.
The SCTA requires that every driver make a rookie run on the first time down the salt which requires a minimum of speed 120 but not to exceed 150 mph, (previous class record was 146). The big touring bike made so much power that when the first marker was in sight the speed was already 150 so the speed was maintained in order to complete the licensing phase of the weekend. Much to the crews delight and just as planned the S cycle entry broke the record on the first rookie run ?off the trailer?.
The next day Chris had to make the return run and went 153 in order to establish a new record at 152.197 mph. After the final inspections were completed for the new record the decision was made to re-register for a different class APS-PG and put the good tune up in it.
The first run in the new class was timed at 158 mph, (previous record was 120). The next day on the return run 161 mph was achieved in order to establish a new record at 159.620 mph.
?What a great experience, I think some of that salt got into my blood while I was out there?, said Chris Rivas. The new World’s fastest bagger, 3000cc MPS-PG 152 MPH 3000cc APS-PG 159 MPH. A top speed of 164 was recorded in the middle of the course on a full dress Bagger with saddle bags, stereo and cruise control, now that is proven performance!
Keep an eye on this team as they perform a few improvements on the bike for the upcoming Bubs Speed Trials event where the team will try to better their own previous speeds records.
STREET ART EXHIBIT COMING TO DECATUR– For the last year I have been working with the Decatur Area Arts Council to develop an art exhibit for the month of September 2009. The theme for the exhibit is ?Street Art: Another Dimension? and will feature artwork from tattoo artists, graffiti artists, pin stripers, car painters, air brushers, leather workers, and skateboard artists from throughout the nation.
The show will also feature two custom motorcycles that I, with friends Josh McBride and Todd Speckman, have built.
The Decatur Area Arts Council Presents ?Street Art: Another Dimension? an exhibit that will feature artwork from tattoo artists, graffiti artists, pin stripers, car painters, custom motorcycles, air brushers, leather workers, and skateboard artists from throughout the nation.
The exhibit will be on display for the entire month of September, however, Opening night for the exhibit will be September 4th, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and will include live music, appetizers, and drinks.
Air brusher, Justin Barnes of J.B. Grafix will be in attendance on opening night. Justin has been featured on Discovery Channel?s American Chopper, which highlighted a number of his well-known designs, including The POW-MIA Bike, The Fire Bike, The I-Robot Bike, The Comanche, The Snap-On Bike and many more.
Adam Croft of Last Ride leather will also be in attendance on opening night. Adam has hand tooled motorcycle seats for former professional wrestler Chuck Palumbo of CP Kustoms, 2007 Easy Riders Bike of the Year builder, Jerry Burrow, and several seats for Billy Lane of the world famous Choppers Inc. Adam?s art has been featured in Easy Riders, V-twin, and Cycle Source magazines.
The exhibit will be on display at the Madden Arts Center (125 N. Water Street), next to Flora Gems in downtown Decatur. 217-423-3189
LOOKING FOR VINTAGE KLASS STUFF–We found ’em: For August and September –
8/23 – Long Beach Cycle Swap, Veterans Stadium, Long Beachwww.toppingevents.com
8/29 – Hot Rod Invasion III – Big Bear Lake, CAwww.myspace.com/hotrodinvasion
9/5 & 9/6 – Primer Nationals, Ventura, CAwww.primernationals.com
9/19 & 9/20 – Billetproof, Antioch, CAwww.billetproof.com
9/27 – Long Beach Cycle Swap, Veterans Stadium, Long Beachwww.toppingevents.com
Joel and Mary, Vintage Klass
Vintage Helmets and Leathers
949 355 8098
www.myspace.com/vintageklass
OFFICIAL LINK TO REACH ELECTED OFFICIALS– Here is a link you should put on your site when you want people to contact their reps and senators: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml. it will make it a ton easier for folks and hopefully more will get involved.
–Trent
International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles,June 2009–A friend of motorcycling and a Bikernet Correspondent researched the submitted scientific papers relating to motorcycles only. Over the next couple of weeks we will publish some of these accompanied with some interesting commentary.
There’s a side of government coming after motorcycling, and we need to stay right on top of it.–Bandit
SONS OF ANARCHY COME TO BIKERNET–Some of the cast of Sons of Anarchy, the hit biker series whose second season premiers on the FX Channel on September 8 at 10 pm, landed at the Eagle’s Nest Harley Davidson dealership in Lathrop, CA for an afternoon of hanging out with fans. In addition to signing autographs and sending grown women into a screaming frenzy, the guys were in town to check out their personal bikes the dealership put together for them.
Here’s a few snaps of the fun that unfolded for the creator of the show, Kurt Sutter, as well as the other happy recipients of the gleaming new rides. The bikes are being delivered to each actor next week, so I’m sneaking back for some detail shots before they load ’em up. I’ll have some more words and photos to share with your faithful followers on the whole shebang in a couple of weeks.
CENTRAL COAST CYCLES RIDES OLD IRON–The Pan is a ’60 and the Knuck is a ’47. We keep them going and enjoy getting to ride them!
–Scott Long
Central Coast Cycles
Rivera Primo is now the official manufacturer of the SharpEye 5 & 6 Speed Kicker Cover–SharpEye said, “Ben, I’m goin’ fishin’ permanently. You guys wanna make my covers”? Say no more, Sharpeye, we are all over it! And so began another great chapter in the Rivera Primo story.
A high quality product that satisfies the need in us ol’ skool riders for a kicker like back in the day. These bad boys will bolt up to either a stock 5-speed transmission or an aftermarket 6-speed like our PowerDrive transmissions. Part # 3215-0021 fits 5-speeds and part # 3215-0022 fits 6- speeds. We also have a 6-speed kit that includes a high quality chrome steel kicker arm part # 1215-0151
Something Wicked This Way Comes!Scorpion?s ?Sinister? EXO-700 Unveiled– (Lake Forest, CA August 19, 2009) Just in time for Halloween, the new ?Sinister? EXO-700 has arrived at your local dealership. Combining wicked good looks with race-ready performance, the Sinister takes all of the top-of-the-line technology of the EXO 700 series and caps it off with two new semi-metallic colorways and a Scorpion-exclusive winged skull graphic.
Starting with a proven Snell/DOT-approved fiberglass/Kevlar matrix shell, Scorpion?s engineers put their thinking caps on to take a top rated lid and make it even better. While the external shell went through extensive wind tunnel testing to achieve minimal headshake at max speeds, it is the hidden surprises that count, such as the state-of-the-art dual density EPS liner designed to absorb maximum energy should something scary happen.
When things do get hairy in the heat of battle, Scorpion?s KwikWick washable moisture-wicking comfort liner keeps riders skulls cool. Adding to the airflow is the fully adjustable Aero-Tuned ventilation system, also born of the wind tunnel testing. Speaking of cool, the SpeedShift? quick-change system allows the outer faceshield to snap into place in less than 10 seconds ? without tools! And there no fear of fog here as Scorpion?s EverClear shields are your best defense against fogging.
Of course the wicked styling cues enable the EXO-700 to really standout. The Sinister winged skull comes in a choice of black or silver colorways, augmented by a wide array of blacked out, tinted or mirrored EverClear faceshields. However, the real treat to this trick helmet is the price: under $250. Happy Halloween!
MSRP for the EXO-700 Sinister: $229.95
Join Team Scorpion: More information about ScorpionExo Helmets and Scorpion Sports, Inc.?s complete ScorpionExoWear line can be found at www.ScorpionUSA.com
ROAD TO STURGIS DVD RELEASED– Celebrity Video Distribution is proud to announce that the Biker Documentary ?Road 2 Sturgis? is available for purchase on Amazon.com, Deepdiscountdvd, and can be rented on Netflix.
Take the ride of a lifetime with the hard rockin? band from the Midwest, the Randall Zwarte’ Band. Join them on a journey across the country as they aim to play at the largest motorcycle rally in the world, “Sturgis!” Leaving their loved ones behind, these four aging rock stars hit the road for a four month tour battling alcoholism, coming face to face with death, and dealing with various hardships.
While Rock-n-Roll is a lifestyle, Sturgis is a dream, and the Randall Zwarte’ Band invites you to join them on the adventure!
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