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HOT LEATHERS HAS THE BEST SELECTION OF NEOPRENE FACE MASKS– These are perfect for winter riding. Lightweight, breathable neoprene, makes for a warm and comfortable mask. The original designs Hot Leathers uses on their face masks are second to none. From tough, realistic skulls, to flowers and tribal, Hot Leathers has a face mask for every personality.
Hot Leathers new face masks have “Neck Shields” to protect you while riding. Don’t miss out on these great products! Shop at Hot Leathers today!
HAMSTER DOWN–John M. (Jack) Gagen, of Waimanalo, beloved husband of Marilyn J. (nee Stephens) son of Raymond and Margaret (deceased), brother of Alice (Bonnie) Villani, Aurora Ohio, Thomas of Lady Lake Florida, Marilyn J. of The Villages, Florida. Special Uncle and Great Uncle to numerous nieces and nephews. Best friend to many. He died suddenly from a heart attack on February 1,2009 while vacationing in Jamaica. An avid motorcyclist, Jack made many trips to Sturgis South Dakota as a member of the Hamster Motorcycle Club. One of his fondest memories was the trip he made in the Summer of 2006 visiting all of the major league baseball parks on his custom made baseball bike, to see the game he enjoyed since childhood while raising money for The Children?s Care Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Memorial Services will be held at his residence in Waimanalo on Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 at 5:00PM. Aloha attire.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The American Heart Association of Hawaii, or The Children?s Care Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.
NEW 2 INTO 1 BOSS FAT CAT DUAL EXHAUST WITH GHOST PIPE FOR 2009 BAGGERS– Our new 2 into 1 Boss Fat Cat exhaust pipe kit delivers an outstanding 15% increase in Horsepower and a 15% increase in Torque for 2009 Baggers. Combining the D&D Ghost Pipe with a Boss Fat Cat provides the best combination available – exceptional performance and an outstanding dual look.
The kit includes a 2 into 1 Boss Fat Cat pipe, Zipper?s air cleaner and D&D Ghost Pipe. It requires approximately 3o minutes to install with simple hand tools. And best of all, you do not need a tuner. Just plug and play. The pipes come in show-chrome or midnight black.
To get your 2 into 1 high performance duals call 817-834-8961 or logon to www.danddexhaut.com.
AMERICAN IRON MAGAZINE #1 IN DECLINING MARKET–The latest audited sales figures have just been released for the second half of 2008 and, according to an article in today?s Wall Street Journal ?Newsstand sales of magazines fell at their fastest rate in decades during the second half of 2008, foreshadowing a likely downsizing of the industry as it braces for an extended advertising slump.?
All ABC audited magazines registered an 11% decline from 2007 to 2008. Not all magazines are audited, but the larger ones usually are. Here is how the audited motorcycle magazines compare, based on average per issue sales.
American Iron Magazine up 6% to 57,327 copies
Cycle World down 20% to 50,167 copies
Easyrider down 13% to 45,593 copies
Motorcyclist down 15% to 41,532 copies
Hot Bike down 11% to 23,859 copies
V-Twin down 13% to 23,678 copies
American Iron Magazine, the highest seller of the group, was the only motorcycle magazine to increase average sales year over year.
According to the Wall Street Journal article ?Total single copy magazine sales fell 11%…from the second half of 2007? The downward trend accelerated from a 6.3% drop off in the first half of last year.? It further reported ?When their newsstand sales fall, publishers generally chase subscriptions to make rate base ? or the number of copies they guarantee advertisers they will deliver to readers – by distributing more free copies in salons or other public places and offering deep discounts. Such methods, while costly for publishers, aren?t a huge concern in flusher times, when advertisers are willing to pay to reach more readers, no matter how they are secured. Now isn?t one of those times. The number of ad pages in consumer magazines fell 12% last year, compared with 2008, and were down 17% in the fourth quarter.?
?Without enough advertising to justify the cost of keeping readership artificially high? the Journal article continued. ?Several publications have taken a hard look at reducing their rate bases?Ad buyers and industry analysts say the recession is forcing the recalibration of an industry that had gotten fat on advertising. ?Magazine publishers need to take a step back and rethink their circulation and, honestly, rethink their whole business plan,? said Brenda White???only the strong brands will survive.?
Samir Husni, a professor at the University of Mississippi, said that many publishers now struggling with steep newsstand declines have no one to blame but themselves. ?Mr Husni says the biggest culprits are cut-rate subscriptions that discourage casual readers from picking up a copy on the newsstand…Magazines that are giving their subscriptions away are committing mass suicide.?
FEMA elects new President–On Saturday February 7th, Gerard Livett (United Kingdom) was elected President of the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) during the Annual General Meeting in Brussels. He replaces Hans Petter Strifeldt (Norway). The event was also the occasion for FEMA’s members to look at 2008 FEMA’s successes.
The Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) warmly welcomes Gerard Livett as its new President. An active member and Greater London Regional Representative of the Motorcycle Action Group (UK), he was unanimously elected by FEMA’s national members at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 7th. Gerard takes over from Hans Petter Strifeldt, who held the position since 2008. The assembled members saluted the work of the former President, who described his experience as very rewarding and vowed to remain a good ambassador for FEMA.
Gerard Livett stated that he wished to support what he believes FEMA is about: promote, preserve, and enhance motorcycling in Europe, and also make sure that riders can keep riding and new riders can take up motorcycling.
The election of FEMA’s 7th president was an occasion to look back at the work accomplished in 2008. The 24 FEMA members from 19 European countries count among their 2008 achievements a vote at the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) towards safer guardrail designs, and the positive results of the OECD Motorcycle Safety Workshop, which recognized the need to include motorcycles in transport policy and infrastructure deployment, along with the importance of safety measures backed by evidence-based research, and the key role of rider and driver training. Other major successes include the integration of motorcyclists’ needs in the European Statement of Principles on safe Human-Machine Interfaces in Intelligent Transport Systems, and the integration of motorcyclists in road safety audits.
The Annual General Meeting saw the opportunity for members to say goodbye to Virginie Peters, who left FEMA’s Secretariat in January 2009 after two years as Campaigns Officer. She has been replaced by Hugo Roebroeck, who joined the Secretariat in early January.
The 17th DRAG POWER SHOW, will take place to MIRECOURT AIRPORT (France), from 1st till 3 May for any information and registration :DTO : duckteam@aol.com–During the week-end :Races cars dragracing with Troph?e National ATD ? FFSA? mile, stuck track, Portatree system ?..STREET RUN A – Index 12?00, STREET RUN B – Index 13?00
STREET RUN C ET – Index 14?00 /16?00
SUPER STREET – Index 10?90
SUPER GAS – Index 9?90
SUPER COMP ET – Index 7?50 ? 8?90
Dragracing bikes just for testing. Competition of wheeling bikes on 1/4 mile.Big show, night show, jet-cars, jet-bike, stunt festival, rocket-bike, wheelstander, jet-quad, ?.
THE WINNER OF THE The 2008 XX Chromes All Woman Bike Build at Hal?s H-D for The 105th Celebrations!!–Clifton Ellis of Chicago, IL.
All proceeds for Breast Cancer Research?great job Hal?s Harley-Davidson!
www.xxchromes.com
I think the promotion was a huge success. Several of my staff helped Bud to raffle tickets all weekend Between the two weekends of Chicago mc shows: McCormick Motorcycle Expo & the IMS, I?ll bet the promotion helped to raise an additional $2000-$3000?
Your winner info is: Clifton Ellis ? Chicago
–Gina Woods
gina@openroadradio.com
Open Road Radio, Inc ?
Open Road Television
P.O. Box 706
Bensenville IL 60106
Ph:630-833-9889
Fx:630-833-8898
Ms. BIKERNET 2008 REPORTS ON AUSTRALIAN HEAT WAVE FROM HER TATTOO PARLOR–i surely will. i will send you a bunch of pics, got to do some updates soon, so i’ll try and put together a few words and a couple of shots of recent work. hope all is fine and dandy for you.
That’s all you get.–Wrench
ED HARDYTM COLLECTION BY KBC —ED HARDYTM NOMAD—Check out some of the coolest helmets NEW for this summer riding season!! The two above are called Born Free (black) and Death or Glory. These exclusive designs by Ed Hardy are based on the KBC Nomad helmet. The fiber composite shell is made with an advanced formula of fiberglass material. It has a removable and washable Duralux liner. They also meet or exceed D.O.T. standards.
For more options, sizes and styles, or to just check us out, visit www.Bikerschoice.com or contact your local Biker?s Choice dealer.
–Carmen
O SCHOOL CHOPPERS PROMOTING TELEVISION SERIES, MORE BIKE SHOWS COMING TO THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL–This guy stopped in the shop from Krawdaddy’s and we let him photo our bikes, he remanages the image with his software to give an awesome effect. He shoot our choppers and rat rod. http://www.krawdaddys.com/
Update on the tv show , five networks mostly offshore in talks, hope the economy doesn’t kill this as dollars are scarce. Got some other cool stuff coming out our “O School Kool blast drink is getting introduced next month. UFC Randy Couture new bike we built just got cover on Thunder Roads mag. Can send you digital of the build if interested.
–theCHOP
O School Choppers
www.oschoopchoppers.com
KLOCK WERKS SERIES BAGGER GAUGE KITS– The choice of Hot Rodders everywhere is now available for kustom Baggers! Auto Meter and Klock Werks have teamed up to deliver four new six-gauge kits to elevate any bagger project to the next level of custom. We bring you Next Generation Instruments from Auto Meter that combine NASCAR proven racing movements with award winning LED lighting technology to offer you the ultimate in accuracy, durability, visibility and styling. The first four gauge styles available are Auto Meter?s Cobalt, C2, Sport-Comp II and Phantom II; all featuring the Klock Werks logo.
Kits are available exclusively through Klock Werks and Drag Specialties. All gauge kits include the necessary harness and instructions to install the gauges in your 2000-2007 touring models. 2008 and newer models require the purchase of an inductive RPM sensor, also available through Drag Specialties. Older model years that have a factory mechanical driven speedometer can be modified to adapt to the new electronic speedometer.
Auto Meter is the official gauge of NHRA and NASCAR and now the unofficial easy-to-read hot rod style gauge for kustom baggers as designed by Klock Werks!
Klock Werks Auto Meter Gauge sets retail for $1,299.95. Contact your local Drag Specialties dealer. Shop online at www.kustombaggers.com
–Melissa Waddell
Klock Werks Kustom Cycles
915 S. Kimball
Mitchell, S.D. 57301
605.996.3700 Shop
605.996.9900 Fax
www.kustomcycles.com
www.kustombaggers.com
www.lauraklock.commelissa@kustomcycles.com
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY FACTUAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT– While humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes!
–from Nick Roberts
AFTER 1 YEAR OF ABUSE: RACE HOODIE STILL LOOKS NEW–Shadow from Thunder Press was sporting her old school Torian Chopper Leathers? Race Hoodie at the 2009 V-Twin Expo. The annual Cincinnati event draws all of the big guns from the customizing world including Arlen Ness, Dave Perewitz and Donnie Smith.
The Race Hoodie looked new after a full year of usage. The seams are tight without fraying. Shadow explained that the leather jacket is an ideal weight that offers protection and is a usable year round.
The Race Hoody is made from the finest hand-selected naked cowhide. This provides a supple feel. For more details, click here.
Jeff Najar
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