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BAG LADY MOTORCYCLE METAL AND MAYHEM– Bag Lady Sue?s Motorcycles Metal and Mayhem event held June 4th at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds in Greensburg PA was a huge success. If you missed it your bad!
But you will have a chance again next year. The event was a fund raiser for Operation Troop Appreciation who supplies our troops overseas with the basic resources they need to make life a little easier while in Iraq.
–Rogue
LUCKY DEVIL INVOLVED IN DIESEL POWERED CUSTOM– I got a little more info on the Hydro project’s drivetrain from Ron over at Hydradyne for you. . . (I am just responsible for the metal fab and some assembly work so I get to stay in the shallow end of the pool hehehe!)
Power: Kohier in-line 4 Diesel, liquid cooled 34 HP @ 3600 rpm.”The Diesel lends itself well to hydraulics because they can develop lots of low end torque.Most Hydraulic pumps aren’t designed for inputs above 3600 rpm.”
Pump: Bendioli + pavesi M4PV, Closed loop hydrostatic variable pump, 12 volt commandrear wheel motor: SAI hydraulic GMO5, radial piston hydraulic motor, Heavy shaft bearing to direct mount rear wheel, with speed pickup for speedometer, it has excellent starting torque compared to other motor designs, 89% efficiency
Cooling: MA series Thermal Transfer, hydraulic oil cooler.
Wheels: Dayton Wire Wheel, front is standard dual disc, Meridian Equipment machined a 5-bolt hub to fit up to the Ford center hub on the rear wheel and the bike runs Metzeler on both.
Forks: Pro 1 trees, tubes and steering stops with H-D dresser dual disk sliders and brakes.
Ok, I am off to the shop for second shift. . . .
–Kent
Darryl Worley To Host “Hitmakers & Harleys” Event–Country music star Darryl Worley is set to host his second songwriter event this year, “Hitmakers & Harleys,” to benefit his Darryl Worley Foundation. Joining Darryl at the Bumpus Harley-Davidson dealership in Murfreesboro, TN on Monday, July 13, 2009 will be hit songwriters Walt Aldridge, Jim “Moose” Brown and Steve Leslie.
“This is a fun event, because it give folks who don’t normally see songwriters perform their hits the chance to hear stories behind the songs and hear them performed as they were originally written,” said Darryl. “If it’s anything like the others we’ve done, there’ll be as much laughing going on as music!”
A partial list of Top 10 hits written or co-written by Walt Aldridge includes Heartland’s “I Loved Her First,” Ronnie Milsap’s “No Getting’ Over Me” and Ricky Van Shelton’s smash “Crime of Passion.” He has produced, engineered or been a musician for everyone from Peter Cetera and Dobie Gray to Martina McBride and Jo Dee Messina.
Jim “Moose” Brown is best known for his Grammy Award-winning song “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere,” which was recorded by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett. He also co-produced Darryl’s upcoming album Sounds Like Life, which hits stores June 9, 2009.
Steve Leslie is proud to have his name attached to no less than 20 Darryl Worley songs including “Second Wind,” “Back Where I Belong,” “Tennessee River Run” and more. He has also had songs cut by the likes of Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Neal McCoy, Rhonda Vincent and Mark Chesnutt.
Tickets for the event are very limited. Tables in the Golden Circle Seating area are $1500 and include dinner, drinks and a meet and greet with the songwriters. Corporate Tables include dinner and drinks are $900, and individual seating for dinner only is $75 per person. Reservations must be made by calling 615-849-8025 or www.darrylworley.com.
Doors for the event, which is located at 2250 Broad Street in Murfreesboro, open at 6:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7:00 p.m. A live auction will include such items as a Les Paul Guitar signed by all of the songwriters, a football autographed by Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins and limited-edition Harley-Davidson items.
This is the fourth such songwriter event Darryl has hosted for his Darryl Worley Foundation. Last month’s “Hitmakers on the Harbor” on Pickwick Lake raised over $12,000. The next event is scheduled at Bumpus Harley-Davidson’s Jackson, TN location on July 21, 2009. The final event will take place during Darryl’s Tennessee River Run on Thursday, September 10, 2009. Details on all events can be found at www.darrylworley.com. Darryl is currently touring in support of his new hit single, “Sounds Like Life To Me.” His new Stroudavarious Records album, Sounds Like Life, is in stores now. Stroudavarious and Country Crossing are a division of Ronnie Gilley Entertainment.
In addition, the Darryl Worley Foundation, Inc. helps fund and support the newly created Darryl Worley Cancer Treatment Center
–USRiderNews
HEALTH CARE DEBATE FROM SEMA–Lawmakers are seeking to enact legislation into law in 2009 that would fundamentally reform how Americans access the nation?s health care system. A number of Congressional Committees are now tackling the tough job of writing the legislation this summer, with a goal of completing action in both the House and Senate this fall. SEMA is taking this opportunity to identify some of the major issues being debated.
Overview Two national problems have stoked the political pressure for reform. First, about 46 million Americans have no health insurance, either because their employer does not offer coverage, they are unemployed and cannot afford an individual plan, or they simply choose to remain uninsured. An individual who is uninsured may actually impose a higher cost on the health care system than someone who has coverage since the uninsured usually forego preventive medicine and may ultimately end up in the emergency room where treatment costs are at a premium.
Second, health care premiums for small firms have skyrocketed about 113% over the past 10 years. An estimated 27 million small-business owners, employees and dependents are now uninsured. Additionally, small businesses pay an average of 18% more in health insurance premiums for the same benefits provided to large businesses.
Read the entire report on Bikernet next week. They do a good job of spelling out the drawbacks, costs and benefits.–Wilburn Roach
Big Dog Motorcycles Teams With SKILSAW–Big Dog Motorcycles, the leading manufacturer of high performance, high style motorcycles, is pleased to announce its 2009 K-9 has been selected as the grand prize in SKIL’s? Worm Drive Challenge. The motorcycle, custom painted for the contest, will be awarded to the person who shows the best use of the power tool company’s popular saw while working on a construction job site or remodeling around the house.
?Big Dog Motorcycles is the leading brand in the high performance V-twin industry,? described Paul Hansen, Marketing Director. ?Growing our brand is due largely in part to a certain customer: contractors and construction workers. Teaming with SKILSAW not only adds excitement to their contest, but brings our bikes directly in front of this key buyer, who is particularly attracted to the boldly designed K-9. It’s a perfect partnership.?
The contest, which runs through August 1, 2009, is being promoted nationwide through print advertising in leading contractor and targeted consumer publications; targeted e-mail databases; in-store materials for home improvement and contract supply stores; several events, including NASCAR races; and the contest’s website www.SKILWormDriveChallenge.com.
To enter the contest, participants submit their story of their construction challenge with photos through the website or the mail. Entries are based on the project’s difficultly, solution creativity, and overall success.
The grand prize K-9 comes complete with award-winning styling; 117 c.i. electronically fuel injected, fully-polished engine; 6-speed BDM Balance Drive; super fat 300mm rear tire; hidden shock suspension; chrome upgrades; custom embroidered seat; and hand-painted custom paint and graphics. A subtle SKIL logo and airbrushed silver saw blades that complement the realistic flames promotes SKIL’s brand image while showcasing the individual touch Big Dog Motorcycles brings to all its bikes.
?The 2009 K-9 is a well-balanced, well-designed machine,? Hansen added. ?It shows that with each new year, we set higher standards for high performance, high style machines while at the same time making the bike a blast to ride. In the end, it takes the winner of SKIL’s Worm Drive Challenge from on top of a house, barn, shed, or deck to on top of the world.?
TTXGP race “changed the world”The world’s first clean emission motorcycle Grand Prix took place on 12 June around the world-famous TT course on the Isle of Man– The cost-unlimited Pro3A Class was won by Rob Barber on an U.K./Indian-built Agni X01, which recorded an average speed of over 87 mph around the circuit. The German XXL Racing team, led by Thomas Schoenfelder, came second and Brammo’s Mark Buckley came third. The Open Class was won by Chris Heath on an Electric Motorsport machine.
TTXGP event promoter Azhar Hussain said: “We’ve really changed the world today – and I thank the Isle of Man for allowing us to do it.”The high performance electric bikes were entered from all around the world and included machines from Germany, the U.S., India, the U.K. and a number of universities worldwide.
Most advanced in production terms are the U.S. bikes. Mission Motors of California raced the Mission One, a prototype of an actual road-going machine. The company’s Jeremy Cleland said: “The design is completely in-house apart from the forks and the Ohlins suspension. We hope to produce 300 of these bikes next year.”
Oregon-based Brammo, meanwhile, entered two bikes in the Pro3A class, also hoping to use the TTXGP race for fine tuning purposes prior to launching it for sale to the public. Brian Wismann, Brammo’s Director of Product Development, said: “This is the toughest and best course to develop a product for the mass market.”
Next year’s event will be two laps long, with a pit stop to change batteries, and will also feature electric cars.
The organizers have announced that the eGrandPrix concept will also be staged in the United States. The first such event will take place at the Mid-Ohio circuit (Lexington, Ohio) during the Vintage Motorcycle Days festival on July 23/24.www.ttxgp.com
A POEM ABOUT THE CODE DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA– I look forward to getting my Bikernet fix twice a week! I was a fan back in the old days of Easyriders.Today I was looking for the ownership papers for my vintage Indian Scout and found this handwritten poem ( Author unknown) along with a typed letter to my father from the High School Principal after I was arrested in a local pool hall while on study leave. Ha!
Anyway, feel free to publish it if you like it……. it sorta seems appropriate in these increasingly oppressive times.
–Indian Joe, Melbourne Australia
Those who stick together from beginning to end,
But it seems to me that somewhere we’ve failed,
For the bonds have been broken and the system prevails,
There are those that are true, those who love to ride,
Who practice the brotherhood and gain from the pride,
They are the righteous, with all that it means,
All men are brothers who ride these machines,
Some run as loners, others in packs,
Some ride as clubs, flying colours on their backs.
There are one-percenters and dirt riders too-
Tell me my friend, are they different from you?
Ask this of yourself; for what do I ride?
The answers the same for those who have died.
It’s not only the bike that makes the man,
Or the patch that he flies, or the ring on his hand.
It’s not the direction he chooses or the path that he takes,
Nor the course that he follows, or the friends that he makes.
It’s true all these things may be different in men,
But when talk is of brotherhood, what of it then?
Well it’s something shared between us, you see,
For we all ride in common, we all ride to be free!
(Author unknown)
SHASTA SALUTE TO AMERICA UPDATE– A couple nights ago, Wings ?n me rode from Tulelake to Doris on Hwy 161 to get pizza & steaks. Hwy 161 is the 2 lane road that runs right through the middle of the Lower Klamath Refuge. It was 75 degrees at 6:pm. The fields everywhere are full of perfect emerald green alfalfa. As we rode down the highway, we saw plenty of wildlife on the move – ducks, pheasants, a bald eagle with a fish in its talons, hunting hawks & a doe were seen.
When we got to Hwy 97, we turned left, up the hill & down into some of the most beautiful Oregon bottom land ya ever saw. Dinner was excellent – fresh baked pizza, monster rib eye steaks washed down with fresh brewed ice tea for Wings & a big mug ?o col beer for me.
Wings saw their ice cream & she just had to tell me about the ?Cascade Glacier Bear Claw? ice cream ? had to have that, too (Gato Gordo). One of the owners was on duty. She talked to us about how proud she was to have served our country during the Nam years. Her job had been keeping track of the comings & goings of 100s of thousands of American soldiers serving in Nam ? said she enlisted right after graduating high school.
We thanked her for her service to America. She beamed & said, ?Thank you for saying that to me.? Earlier that day, her sis called me to ask if it was too late to become a SS2AMCR sponsor. The same gal told us how much she appreciated the patriotic theme of our event & AVTT coming to their region. Looking out the window & across the street, is Bar40. Another “Bikers Welcome” banner had been hung. Cool!
After the great meal (about $34 including tip), we rode home on the same route. It was still light out. It’s stayin light out up here ’til 9pm. It’s all about the ride everyone. It gets chilly here at night; so bring a warm sleeping bag.
–Jeff Kraus – EZJ
President
COOL METRICS COMING TO BIKERNETMETRIC– Steve Carpy Carpenter builds awesome CB 750 Caf? racers. Bikernet Metric will be doing a feature on Steve, his shop and this bike (and many others like it) in the next few days. Check it out. Bikernet is going to have more of this voluptuous hottie in the Cantina.
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CUSTOM CHROME CHANGES LOGO BACK–For the last few years our logo has lacked the “I” in “CCI” following aslight detour. We are now methodically correcting this by getting ourupdated logo distributed down through our channels and partners.
Please destroy any occurrence of the logo which shows just “CC” in thecenter of the badge and replace with the attached logo showing “CCI” in Thecenter. CCI for Custom Chrome International is the brand our customers Knowand trust and speaks to the international reach the company enjoys.
Leading up to the 2010 catalog and our 40th anniversary celebrations, wehope to have all of the CC versions out of circulation and your help will begreatly appreciated. I have included in this attachment a one color and twocolor version.
–Michael Eastman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Custom Chrome?
A Division of DAE-IL USA, Inc.
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BIKERNET MARRIAGE DECISIONS ANSWERED–HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.– Alan, age 10No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.– Kristen , age 10
–Chopper Dave Monson
BUBS BONNEVILLE ENTRY FORMS NOW ON LINE– Entry forms for the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials are now online.New for this year we have created online forms….. no need to download and print, just fill out in your browser, click and submit!
FIM, AMA and Run Watcha Brung forms are have now been combined, just click for the Pre-entry form and you are set to go.
Credit cards are NOT charged at the time you complete the form. Credit cards will not be charged until we receive the form and check for it’s completion. We will notify you in your receipt confirmation that we are about to charge your card. You also have the ability to complete the online form, and pay by check. Once we receive the form you can mail you check, we will hold your entry until we receive the check and Voila! You are entered! How easy is that?!
Additional rider and additional classes are separate forms still. Additional Rider’s will be charged in the same manner as the pre-entry forms, however additional class forms will not be charged until onsite at the salt when you check in. We do encourage you to complete the online additional class form even if you are not 100% sure you are going to be able to run more than one class… it helps us prepare your paperwork, and saves everyone time in registration on the salt!
Finally, we do have paper entry forms available if absolutely needed, however a $20 processing fee may be charged for manual processing. Call BUB if you need to get one of those forms.
REMEMBER THE PRE-ENTRY DEADLINE was JUNE 1st 2009. All pre-entry forms received after this date will be charged the late entry price.
Those wanting FIM entry that have not already requested Licensing packets, please do so. They are in the office ready to put you name and address on them!So don’t forget if you have questions, call us!
BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials Information
www.bubspeedtrials.com
PH: 530 272 4310
FAX: 530 477 7489
Email: salt-info@bubspeedtrials.com
TIMELESS MOTOR COMPANY BIKE SPECS–Here is a bit more info on the bikes. These bikes are 1910 reproductions. The origins of the bikes started ten years ago with Mike Hanlon. Mike is a master mold maker, machinist, and overall motorcycle enthusiast. Mike became fascinated with the unbelievable quality and tolerances of the casting that was taken for granted as standard practice a hundred years ago. Mike developed quite possibly the most authentic vintage motorcycles ever to be reproduced.
The motorcycles feature era correct and functional sandcast 440 cc four stroke gravity intake valve engines with cast iron nickel plated cylinder and bronze carburetors. The motorcycles also feature authentic white button tread tires, hand made full spring leather seats, and leather lined drive pulleys with 99 inch long thick leather drive belts.
These bikes are sold as display pieces and truly are of museum quality. We offer both the Classic Street Bike and the Board Track Racing Bike. Both are able to by customized with many color options available. We ship these bikes all over the world. The bikes are truly a sight to be seen for any motorcycle lover.
–Chelsey Longnecker
Timeless Motor Company
8785 Castner
El Paso, TX 79907
Phone (915) 592-6887
Fax (915) 592-4751
Email: TimelessChelsey@aol.com
COCO CALENDAR COMING FROM SAM DIXON–The 2010 CoCo Calendar coming out August 1 will be a motorcycle calendar for the first time. This is a sneak peek at the cover design featuring a custom by Independent Cycles East.
The calendar will go on sale in a few weeks online.
Rock icon Chuck Berry to perform at the Legendary Buffalo Chip–In what he described as one of the most significant events since the Buffalo Chip?s first party in 1982, campground owner Rod Woodruff said Chuck Berry’s performance at the Sturgis Rally campground will be historical. Berry will perform at the Chip on Saturday, Aug. 1 as part of the Chip?s Classic Rock 3-Day Weekend to kick off the rally.
?There have been a lot of discussions about where rock came from. The truth is that it came from Chuck Berry?s crazy idea that you could mix the blues with country influences and get something that moves people. It?s called rock. And Chuck Berry invented it,? said Woodruff. ?We are honored ? humbled ? to have this giant coming to our stage.?
Because white audiences were Country-Western fans, they began to take notice. At the same time Berry?s stage show antics were drawing attention. He was bringing blacks and whites together at a time when it was unheard of.
In 1955 while on a road trip to Chicago, Berry had the opportunity to meet his idol, Muddy Waters who directed him to Chess Records in Chicago where Howlin? Wolf and Bo Diddley recorded. He auditioned with a song that became ?Maybellene.? The rest is rock history.
The hits followed with ?Brown-Eyed Man,? ?Too Much Monkey Business,? ?Memphis,? ?Roll Over, Beethoven!? and ?Johnny B. Goode.?
Berry?s rock masterpiece, ?Johnny B. Goode? is the only rock song chosen to be included on the gold record NASA sent into space on the Voyager Spacecraft. That record has him in the company of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Stravinsky.
Berry?s music has inspired and been covered by the elite of rock history, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, ACDC, Count Basie and The Byrds among many others.
Woodruff said the Chuck Berry performance will be among the most important ever at the Buffalo Chip. ?We?ve been so blessed with continued growth that it has now become possible for artists like Mr. Berry to take notice and have a desire to play for a crowd so appreciative that the entire music industry has heard about us. We?re about the party and nobody defines party like Chuck Berry. We all know all the words to all those history-making songs and now we?ll be able to sing them right along with him. John Lennon probably described the Chuck Berry phenomenon best when he said, ?If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ?Chuck Berry?.??
For the Chip?s Classic Rock 3-Day Weekend includes on Friday, July 31, Mark Farner, formerly of Grand Funk Railroad, Rare Earth?s Peter Rivera, Sugarloaf?s Jerry Corbetta and Iron Butterfly and Blues Image guitarist and singer Mike Pinera, and on Sunday, Aug. 2 George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Creedence Clearwater Revisited.
Other acts booked at the Buffalo Chip include: Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Cheech & Chong, Tesla, Hinder, Buckcherry, Lita Ford, Billy Squier and The Guess Who. Information and tickets are available at: BuffaloChip.com.
PHOTOS COURTESY CHUCKBERRY.COM
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