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THE BIKERNET HARLEY-DAVIDSON FACTORY INSIDER REPORT–Harley Davidson, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business.
He walked up to the guy leaning against the wall and asked, ‘How much money do you make a week?’
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and replied, ‘I make $400 a week. Why?’
The CEO then handed the guy $1,600 in cash and screamed, ‘Here’s four weeks’ pay, now GET OUT and don’t come back.’
Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, ‘Does anyone want to tell me what that slacker did here? ‘
From across the room came a voice, ‘Pizza delivery guy from Domino’s.’
–from Dr. Hamster
INTERNAL THROTTLE SYSTEM FROM LA CHOP RODS– NEW & IMPROVEDWe?ve greatly improved on our previous internal throttle design. This new unit now uses a ?Slide Plunger? with two (2) Thread-in Double Ball Bearing Pin and Bearing assemblies. In addition the ?New Aluminum Outer Tube? now has two (2) Spiral Travel Grooves and has been lengthened in order to close the inner end of the Travel Grooves to eliminate the possibility of misshaping the tube when your handgrips set screws are tightened.
Finally, Both the ?Outer Tube? and the ?Slide Plunger? are now Hard Anodized, all this provides for smoother operation and longer life. Suggested Retail $185.00.
For more information on this and other LA County Choprods parts visit www.lachoprods.com or telephone (310) 353-2467.
–Gard Hollinger
LA County Choprods
ziggy@lachoprods.com
The Born 2B Wild Thursday Bike Night & Bikini Contest–gets bigger every week at Spencers Corner in Fort Worth.
Join us this Thursday for the best bike night in town with live music from 3 Rivers Alice and the Wet & Wild Bikini Contest!Bikes, $1 Beer, Bikinis, does not get much better!
Renegades 5 Year Anniversary Sale Ends Saturday!Great time to save big on a hot new bike or rider apparel and accessories!
Sale Ends Saturday!
25% off all apparel!
25% off Ed Hardy Shirts & Shoes!
25% Off all Leather & Boots!
And the Best deals on new & used bikes you will ever see!
New IronHorse Choppers $19,999!
New BMC Bobbers as low as $15,999!
Extreme Bourget Customs $29,995!
Victory Black-Out 8 Ball $12,999!
Finance specials, 5.8% and Easy Terms! 5 Yr FREE extended warranty on all Victory bikes!
Visit our new store at I-20 and Great SW Pkwy in Grand Prairie
2618 I-20 West, Grand Prairie, Texas 75052
At the NW Corner of I-20 and Great Southwest in Grand Prairie
Local 469-348-2222, Toll free 877-976-BIKE
Or visit us online at www.renegadecycles.com
US RIDERNEWS BEST OF BEACH SHOW THIS WEEKEND– Our biggest Bike Show of the Spring/Summer season is this Saturday May 2nd in Panama City Beach. The USRiderNews Best of the Beach Bike show is off the chain this spring with $15,000 in cash and prizes.
If you haven?t pre-registered, there?s still time or just come by the show between 9:00 and 12:30 and register. The show is a fundraiser for the Shaddai Shrine and the Shriners Children?s Hospital.
The weather looks like it will be perfect. Awards party at 5pm at Tootsies in Pier Park. $1000 from Steel Horse Law (not a gift certificate) to the Best of Show winner! It?s the only ?officially sponsored? Bike show during Thunder Beach rally so if you can only attend one, this is the one to attend!
We?ll see you there! On another note…We’re looking for bloggers for the USRiderNews site. If you’re interested, drop me a line to editor@usridernews.com
Desperado Motorcycles announces sponsorship roll in NHRA Super Gas Camaro–Jeff Nicklus founder and Chief Executive Officer of Desperado Motorcycles announced earlier today that an agreement had been reached with Nicklus Performance Corp. wherein Desperado Motorcycles will act as the primary sponsor of the Nicklus Performance/Desperado Motorcycles Super Gas Camaro for the remainder of the 2009 season and again for the entire 2010 race season.?To the best of my knowledge the sponsorship by Desperado Motorcycles represents the first time a motorcycle manufacturer has ever participated in a sponsorship program within the automotive racing sector. This sponsorship is huge!
The Desperado Camaro and the Desperado Motorcycles name will be seen by 2.5 ? 3 million people who attend the 23 NHRA races annually. Further the NHRA has a long term contract with ESPN and all NHRA races are televised? Nicklus stated. ?We will be able to interact with thousands of people at the race track as well as come into the viewer?s homes, Via ESPN, basically every other week.
We expect to reach a projected 10 million viewer?s/attendees in a 12 month period.? Nicklus continued ?Naturally we will still be attending our scheduled motorcycle events and starting with the Thunder Beach Spring Rally, in Panama City Beach, Fl., and continuing throughout the year we will have the Desperado Motorcycles Camaro on display at the bike events.
During initial testing the Desperado Camaro has ran the quarter mile in as fast as a 7:51 ET at 191 mph. It will therefore be necessary to employ a delay mechanism within the car to slow the car down to within the 9:90 ET class limits.
I suppose this is a case of, it is better to be too fast than too slow! I will be handling the primary driving duties of the car and my Son, Conrad, will act as backup driver as his college schedule and grades allow. We are all very excited for this opportunity ?.. we are going to be fun!? Nicklus concluded.
–from US Rider News
BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO-ART EXHIBIT–Scenes from Whiplash down at Leesburg Bikefest.
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net
JARED PETERSON TAKES EXTENDED VACATION TO COMPLETE HIS PHD IN ALL THING ROUND, LIKE TIRES — Beginning April 30th, 2009 I will be taking a sabbatical from Hoppe and Associates Inc. as Account Manager for the Avon brand. I will be returning to Avon Tyres November 1st, 2009. If you have any questions or require assistance please contact ‘Ski’ Maslowski at (952) 935-4549 and smaslowski@avonmotorcycleusa.com or Sukoshi Fahey at (800) 624-7470 and sfahey@avonmotorcycleusa.com.
I will miss working with you this summer. I wish you all safe travels and a most excellent summer. I look forward to coming back to work with you again in the fall.
–Jared Peterson
Avon Tyres Customer Service
www.avonmotorcycle.com
CANADA-SCRAP-IT POLL ON WEBSITE–As you may have already heard, after a phone call from Mike Bruce (Carter Honda) regarding whether or not motorcycles were included in B.C.?s SCRAP-IT Program BCCOM decided to look into the matter and have since written to the Ministry asking for motorcycles to be included.
For those of you not aware of the program it is an incentive by the Ministry of the Environment to try to get automobiles older than 1995 off the road. This is how it would work, you turn in your car and purchase a motorcycle newer than 2006 from a dealer registered with the program and depending on the amount of green house gas your old vehicle emits you can receive and incentive worth $500.00 up to a maximum of $2000.00!
The Coalition feels that it should also be available to purchase a newer motorcycle being as they give the incentive for bus passes and the purchase of bicycles. For more information on how it works go to www.scrapit.ca and we will keep you informed as to the decision made.
We are asking members to please go to our poll at www.bccom-bc.com and vote, as the Scrap-It program wishes to know if there is an appetite for this program before it is implemented. Please pass this along to any other motorcyclists that you know that may not be members of BCCOM. Thank you.
–Adele Tompkins
Executive Director
B.C. Coalition of Motorcyclists
RIDE TO VOTE!
There will be no MLA Ride this May. Due to the upcoming election on May 12th, the House will not be sitting at the time when we normally have our annual ride. Instead we are encouraging riders to Ride to Vote – Vote to Ride on May 12th. It’s time to show them how many voters do in fact ride!
TIME TO RENEW FOR 2009
It’s that time of year again! 2009 memberships are now available on-line or by phone with MasterCard or Visa. You can follow this link: http://www.bccom-bc.com/bccom_store/bccom_store.html to join on-line or you can print off a form to mail in with a cheque.
TRASK TO PERFORM ON-SITE TUBO INSTALLS AT MAJOR EVENTS– TRASK PERFORMANCE has just announced they will be offering on-site turbocharger installations at major bike events throughout the U.S. starting with Sturgis. The leader in HD Turbocharging technology, will integrate a full installation facility into their vendor display.
The on-sight shop will have full capability to install and tune the company?s unique turbo packages to HD FI machines fit with Zipper?s ThunderMax EFI Auto Tune. The installations will be handled by Trask factory technicians and the complete install should take approximately 6 hours. It is suggested that you make prior reservations but, they will be fully stocked to handle ?walk-in? customers as well. For many enthusiasts this arrangement provides a unique opportunity to have the factory install one of these awesome conversions with all the related benefits. It should be noted that Trask will not be cutting any corners due to the venue. Each system will receive the same meticulous attention to detail as it would at the factory, hence the 6 hour time line. One thing is for certain, if you?re looking for increased performance for your road bike without worrying about the reliability factor, the Trask package will provide a performance boost unlike any other single bolt-on component. Call ahead to 623-879-8488 or make reservations on line at www.turboyourharley.com
CARONA GETS 66 MONTHS, BAD COP REPORT–Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was sentenced this afternoon to 66 months in federal prison and fined $125,000 in a high-profile corruption case.
The corruption case cast a long shadow over the state?s second-largest sheriff?s department and shattered the career of a man many believed had the personality and political chops to carry him to Sacramento, or even Washington.
Carona was convicted in January of witness-tampering after a two-month trial, peppered with accounts of influence peddling within his administration.
Federal Judge Andrew Guilford was harsh as he handed down the sentence following a four-hour hearing during which the former sheriff?s attorneys argued for leniency, saying the media had sensationalized the case.
?Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by law enforcement, especially by the leading law enforcement official in the county,” said Guilford, who held up a copy of the book ?The Importance of Being Honest? and read a passage to Carona.
Carona, dressed in a gray suit and blue necktie, spoke only briefly, thanking Guilford for his ?kindness and courtesy.?
?Mr. Carona violated his sworn duty and utterly ignored his responsibilities to the citizens of Orange County by engaging in the conduct that led to his conviction and sentence, conduct that culminated in an agreement to obstruct justice by concocting a story to cover up his corrupt behavior,? said United States Attorney Thomas P. O?Brien in a statement. ?Today?s sentencing shows what will happen to elected officals who place their own interests above those of the constituents they are sworn to serve.?
UNCLE MONKEY SCROLLS DISCOVERED, THE RAT BIKE CREEDO–An opossum skull bolted to the front fender, a chunk of Goodyear tire tread replacing a missing saddlebag lid, a rusted out Coleman cooler as a tour pack. There is something barbarian about a rat bike. Where others only see garbage; necessity and eccentric work in harmony to make the bike into a piece of art.
Our bikes are an extension of ourselves. What does your bike say about you? Does it tell a story of a million miles or several? Every shady bar and dive in a six hour radius or mom and pop coffee shops. A hard working blue collar worker, or down on his luck ?all I have left is my bike and my good name? kind of person. Pristine chrome and airbrushed choppers, down and dirty low riders, or the buy everything you can find in the Harley catalog person.
Each style of bike represents us, who we are, what we believe, how we want others to perceive us as.
Rat bikes exist in a world all to their own. Their owners are usually the wildest, most interesting people you?ll meet. If you ever break down they are the ones who will get you back on the road. It may not be pretty but it will get you home until you can fix it properly. Maybe that is how these bikes start. A temporary fix until they get home. But the nomad spirit never does gets home, never does get to find that nut to replace the faucet tap they Macgyvered on the road to hold that piece on.
These bikes offend some folks, but to me they tell a story. Crazy skulls, bones and pelts of the road kill that they may or may not have had for supper. The endless miles down lonesome roads, through all kinds of weather, knick-knacks to remind them of home, remind them of someplace else. Though many look like they wouldn?t make it to the end of the block, most will run states farther than our pristinely groomed horses.
–Wayne ?Uncle Monkey? Wuschke
Southern Independent Riders
www.stvictorboogie.com
Custom Design Studios Announces New EFI Throttle-by-Wire Adapter for Popular “Dick’s Cool Unit” Velocity Stack–NOVATO, Calif.–April 28, 2009–Today, Kirk Taylor’s Custom Design Studios (CDS) announced its most recent industry-leading innovation – the new EFI throttle-by-wire adapter for their “Dick’s Cool Unit” velocity stack. In February, CDS released the “Dick’s Cool Unit” velocity stack, which was well-received and quickly featured on several custom bikes.
Made of the finest materials, the adapter bolts directly on to a Mikuni Carburetor and can be attached to CV and S&S carburetors with a separate adapter. Now Kirk and his team have added another wonderful option for motorcycle fanatics.
With the new adapter motorcyclists can now attach “Dick’s Cool Unit” to a wider variety of cycles. Not only is the part well-built and attractive, but it is also a breeze to install. This is great news for all builders, as it makes installing CDS’s Dick’s Cool Unit as easy as changing an air filter.
Custom Design Studios was established in 1988 by Kirk Taylor and is located in Novato, California. In addition to CDS’s service, assembly and parts operation, the company also has a full paint department and a fabrication shop. CDS can handle all the needs of the riding public from oil-changes and tires to beautiful one of a kind customs.
For more information about Custom Design Studios, please visit www.customdesignstudios.com, or call (415) 382-6662.
–Ken Conte
MORE FREEDOMS IN JEOPARDY–Our new Attorney General has already said firearm restriction is one of his major issues.
This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results will be published later this month.. This upcoming year will become critical for gun owners with the Supreme Court accepting the District of Columbia case against the right for individuals to bear arms.
First – vote on this one. Second – send it to other folks and ask them to VOTE! – then we will see if the results get published. Vote in the USA Today poll – click on the link below. The Question is: Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms ?
Vote here: Yes!!!!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popup5895.htm
–from Chris Loeher
Black Sunshine Customs Foot Controls– Black Sunshine Customs offers a selection of Foot Controls. We are now introducing Foot Controls for 4-speed Shovels with Ratchet Top and/or Baker 6 into 4 Transmissions.
These controls are available for foot clutch and jockey shifting. The other option is Foot Clutch and Rear Brake operated by Hand Control. Foot Controls come raw with option of black powder coating or chrome (as shown).
Pegs are available in aluminum or brass. For further information visit the website, www.blacksunshinecustom.com
Prices start from $350.00 and up.
Marie Red?s Monthly Swap Meet– 3007 E. Abram Street Arlington, Texas 76010
Our monthly Swap Meet is always the first Saturday of the month. 12:00 noon till 5:00pm anything you want to sell Vender’s Welcome Bring all your bike parts, Household items, anything you want to sell Down to Marie Reds. Booth space is Free set up starts @ 10:00am Vender’s Welcome.
Hope to C-ya there
–Tina Fairless
Future 2009 Swap meet dates
Saturday May 2nd
Saturday June 6th
Saturday July 11th
Saturday August 1st
Saturday September 5th
Saturday October 3rd
Taking the LeadCalifornia Lawmaker Assumes Leadership Post of State Auto Caucus– California Assemblyman Mike Duvall is the new chairman of the SEMA-sponsored State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus. Duvall succeeds New York Assemblyman Bill Reilich who served in that capacity since 2007. Founded in 2005, the caucus is a bipartisan group of state lawmakers whose common thread is a love for automobiles.
To date, almost 400 state legislators from all 50 states have joined the group. The caucus serves to raise the motor-vehicle hobby?s profile in state legislatures across the country and in the public?s eyes.
Many of these lawmakers seek to preserve and expand the hobby by improving existing motor-vehicle statutes and regulations. Duvall represents the 72nd Assembly District in California. He was first elected to the assembly in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. In a recent sit-down with the SAN, Duvall exclaimed, ?Who knew that a guy who loves old cars and Harleys could have fun in politics?? He added, ?We need to keep this alive for future generations.? Within a month of his arrival in Sacramento, Duvall was appointed to the Vice-Chairmanship of the powerful Assembly Transportation Committee, which is tasked with overseeing the many roadway, rail, air and port operations of the California Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles and the California Highway Patrol.
In 2007, Duvall sponsored legislation in the assembly to allow certified specialty-equipment and performance parts to be sold and installed on motorcycles. In recent years, he has also used his committee position to oppose legislation to require annual emissions inspections of vehicles 15 years and older and new-vehicle surcharges based on carbon emissions.
Caucus Corner Each month Driving Force will feature members of the State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus. The SEMA-supported caucus is a bipartisan group of state lawmakers whose common thread is a love and appreciation for automobiles. Here is its newest member:California State Senator Jeff Denham Massachusetts Street Rods/Customs: —Massachusetts has reintroduced SEMA-model legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles. The bill defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The bill allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicles they most closely resemble. Late last year, a similar measure was vetoed by Governor Deval Patrick. The SAN will work to uncover and mitigate any concerns raised by the governor and his administration so that the bill can be signed into law this year.. Texas Street Rods/Customs: SEMA-model legislation to create new vehicle registration and titling classifications for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles is being considered by the House Transportation Committee. The bill defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The measure also allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model-year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble. 
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