Hey,
This week feels different to me, like after a month of riding on a flat tire, and I finally aired it up. There’s something fresh and new about the last couple of days. We’re making progress on the Assalt Weapan for Bonneville. I straightened out my World Run Book Chapters in the Cantina. Finally, Trish (see above), was just inducted into the Girls Of Bikernet.
Last month was the largest readership month in the history of Bikernet.com. Some 335,000 folks came to Bikernet.com 650,000 times. It’s amazing and we appreciate it. I swear by the Bikernet Code of Ethics we will continue to do our utmost to bring you the best level of biker content in the world. Let’s hit the news:
THE BDL PAPERS FOR JUNE–Approximately 18 months ago we decided to eliminate the extra belt in all 4-speed kits, which include the 8 & 11mm drives.
The extra belt was a marketing idea we had back in 1995. Old time riders used to buy an extra belt and keep it in their saddlebags. We did it as a service to them.
It seems that the gesture was misunderstood by the new breed of rider, and they thought that the first belt would break soon and that is whywe put the extra belt in the kit.
“We believe that we have the right to change the design, change the make up of a kit or eliminate the extra belt without any prior notification.”
We are sorry if the elimination of the extra belt caused any problems.
Sincerely,
–Bob Galletti
On a side note, belt technology improved consistently over the last decade. More and more belts are bulletproof. Hell, they outlast engine rebuilds.–Bandit
RIDE THE CHOPPER, BABY – LIMITED EDITION PRINT FOR YOUR HOME OR OFFICE– Chris Kallas captures the spirit and freedom of riding a sled in “Desert Chopper”, featuring a tight blonde beauty on a red EVO-powered Chopper. His quality color lithograph prints are a signed limited edition of only 300 and are produced on 80# acid free cover stock.
Check out Chris Kallas’ the work here.
DIRECT DRIVE STARTER BELT DRIVES FROM RIVERA/PRIMO–Perfect for high performance, high compression motors needing significantly more than averageelectric start capabilities, RIVERA PRIMO’s new DIRECT DRIVE BELT DRIVE SYSTEM (BRUTE V) uses a 78-tooth starter ring gear on the back side of the front pulley.
The starter motor is then mounted to the rear of the front pulley, allowing the pinion gear to engage the starter ring gear. With the 54:1 starting ratio at the crank, mechanical efficiencyis improved approximately 96% !
The starter is a proprietary MONSTER TORQUE assembly with a 6:1 planetary gear reduction, made with components manufactured entirely in the U.S.A. & Canada and assembled in-house.
This motor pulls about 120 amps, as compared to 280-300 amps with the stock starter placement. The motor turns over so, so easily ! A
Our DIRECT DRIVE primary system is sold complete with RIVERA PRIMO’s renownedPRO-CLUTCH set-up, a two-piece polished motor plate and a super-stylish “3-D Flamed”or “Smoothie” outer belt guard, both crafted from billet aluminum and polished to a high lusterfinish.
PART NUMBER: 2016-0052 Brute V 3-1/2″ Wide, 14mm Belt Drive System w/ “3-D Flamed” Belt Guard& Direct Drive Center-Mounted Electric Start System / Includes Pro-Clutch
2016-0060 Brute V 3-1/2″ Wide, 14mm Belt Drive System w/”Smoothie”-Style Belt Guard & Direct Drive Center-Mounted Electric Start System / Includes Pro- Clutch
For further info on these & other fine products contact:
Rivera Primo Inc.
12450 Whittier Blvd.
Whittier, CA 90602
Tel: 800-872-1515
o 562-907-2600
o Fax: 562-907-2606
Web: www.riveraengineering.com
THE LEGEND TOP 50 CUSTOM BIKE SHOW HAS ADDED MORE CLASSES TO THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR MAKING THE BIGGEST SHOW IN STURGIS EVERY BETTER– Each year the top custom bike builders from around the world show off their most prized pieces in competition with the hopes of being named the best of the best in the industry. Last year’s categories included Hardlife, Lowlife, Open/Custom and Old School.
The show has been expanded this year to provide more classes of bikes including Harley Baggers and Soft-tails as well as Metric cruisers and Sportbikes? plus an international class.
This year’s show will be held Thursday, August 9th at the Top 50 Rally Park off Exit 46 on Interstate 90. Public viewing is from 10 am to 4:00 pm followed by an awards ceremony at 5 pm.
Although these world-class builders and their bikes should be entertaining enough, Top 50 Rally Park has even more planned for the day’s events! Red Bull TNT freestyle motocross shows, custom built hot rods and roadsters from Boyd Coddington’s Garage, and the Suicide Girls pin-up models will all be part of the action.
For more information, check out www.top50rallypark.com.
–Tyna Bower
605.737.4200 ext.7 #3
tyna@independentcycleinc.com
www.Top50RallyPark.com
www.independentcycleinc.com
GO GIT CHA MOMMA– A redneck family from the hills was visiting the city and they were in a mall for the first time in their lives. The father and son were strolling around while the wife shopped. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, “Paw, what’s at?”
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, “Son, I dunno. I ain’t never seen anything like that in my entire life, I ain’t got no idea’r what it is.”
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular number above the walls light up sequentially.
They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Then the walls opened up again and a gorgeous, voluptuous 24 year-old blonde woman stepped out.
The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son,
“Boy………………go git cha Momma
–from Rik Savenko
JAMMER OFFERS A SPIT-SHOVELHEAD ROCKER BOX KIT FROM STEVENSON’S CYCLE–The Shovelhead is one of the coolest looking motors ever produced, and splitting the rocker boxes makes it look just that much cooler! Now, all you Shovel owners who were thinking about splitting your rocker boxes, can actually do it? yourself! Before this kit, the rockers would need to be removed, welded, machined to exacting specifications, then all the outside oiler parts fabbed; time consuming, expensive, and requiring a great deal of expertise.
These split rocker boxes fit all Shovelhead motors manufactured from 1966 thru 1984 as well as all aftermarket motors using the same type of rocker box. The kit includes brand new rocker boxes in raw metal form with the machined areas cut as shown, ready for you to finish and send out to chrome, polish, powder coat, or just leave in the rough form. Includes exterior copper oil line kit and machined rocker shaft nuts.
Developed in partnership with our buddy Steve Broyles, Sr. of Stevenson’s Cycle? thanks Steve, these are Bitchin!
CCI # 632910 Split Shovelhead Rocker Box Kit _ $599.95 Retail
BIKERNET TELEVISION LAUNCHES BANDIT’S INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS SALT SHAKING RECORD BY BILL HAYES– Bandit talks to Bill Hayes of The Biker Inner Circle on Bikernet TV about his 5 Ball Racing Team and their assault on Bonneville with the Salt Shaker.
Bandit recalls his AMA World Record on his Custom Chrome derived Salt Shaker. Click here for Bandit’s interview on Bikernet TV.
ASK MR. D&D – THE PERFORMANCE PIPE EXPERT– Question: Why do mufflers blue? Answer: Chrome turns blue due to oxidation at high temperature. If you look behind our heat shields you Will find bluing on all of our headpipes due to exhaust gas temperatures above 1000 degrees F. The heat-shields provide an air-gap to reduce conductive heat transfer, plus chrome plating to reduce radiant heat transfer. Also the billet clamp mounts and the heavy gage of the heat-shields themselves help prevent hot spots. Our baffle designs incorporate a variety of protective chambers, sealed exhaust pathways and heavy gage materials to protect the finish.
Bluing of heat shields and muffler housings is caused by excessive heat generated from improper fuel mixture, ignition timing, or a combination of the two. Rich fuel mixtures burn inside the pipe and lean mixtures raise the exhaust gas temperature .
This inquiry was sent in from Brian Cook of Speedway, IN. Mr. D&D is taking all questions. Send your performance exhaust question to Mr. D&D at Ol’ SKOOL RODZ ATTACKED BY ANOTHER PUBLISHER–Imitation is the sincerest form…..of being anunimaginative prick loser.– Josh STEAMED UP? CHECK THIS–These buttplugs from Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka Kansas should have been dealt with long ago. If you want to see just how perverted these idiotic assholes are, check out their web site, godhatesfags.com. They protested funerals of aids patients until the war came along, and use their resources to protest the funerals of our fallen heroes. A little good news from the mid west. Nut case, Shirley Phelps-Roper has been arrested for having contributing to the delinquency of a minor. You can read the article here Tinman Shirley Phelps-Roper, 49, of Topeka was protesting at the Bellevue funeral of Spc. William Bailey with a group from Westboro Baptist Church. The church, founded by her father, has protested at the funerals of numerous soldiers. Bellevue Police Capt. Herb Evers said an officer saw a boy stomping on an American flag. Phelps-Roper was then cited for allegedly contributing to the delinquency of a minor and desecrating a flag. Both are misdemeanors. She was released from the Sarpy County Jail after posting 10 percent of $1,500 bail. She has a July 11 court date. A 1977 state law prohibits desecration of the flag: “A person commits the offense of mutilating a flag if such person intentionally casts contempt or ridicule upon a flag by mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or trampling upon such flag.” Phelps-Roper, who is an attorney, acknowledged that she allowed her 10-year-old son, Jonah, to stand on the flag – an action that she says is protected by the U.S. Constitution. In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that outlawed burning the American flag. “Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered,” the court said. Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said he is considering filing additional charges of child abuse and disturbing the peace. He is also looking at the correlation between hate crimes and hate speech and her acts. Polikov said that the mother interjected the boy into a volatile situation and that the group may have crossed the line to using fighting words toward the families of soldiers, which he said would not be protected under the guarantee of freedom of speech. Phelps-Roper offered justification for the act. “Every symbol of the rebellious, doomed America must necessarily be disrespected,” she said. “The thing they worship, the flag, is worthless. It’s a piece of cloth.” She said the Nebraska statute forbidding flag mutilation should have been repealed years ago. “Those rogue cops cooked up this scheme,” she said, “and now the question is whether the person who sits in the office of the prosecutor has character. If they pursue this, our next stop will be federal court in Nebraska to challenge that unconstitutional statute.” Polikov said the charges he will be filing are not gamesmanship. “We won’t shy away from (prosecuting) desecration of the flag because of freedom of speech,” he said. “We will get a new ruling on these charges. We will file every charge we think we can prove.” –?Suburban Newspapers 2007 CURT LOUT COLORADO BIKERNET GANGSTA PHOTOG PLANS ART EXHIBIT IN THE DESERT–We are planning a Chopper Art Show at a Gallery in the Santa Fe Art district, will provide all the details next week. I was wondering if anyone is interested in buying some prints. GIVE ME A SHOUT!! Thanks for pluggn’ the Chopper Art Show, but the show is in Colorful COLORADO. No more Margaritas & Jack Daniels while you are sitting @ the keyboard! Bitchin’ Kustom Chopper Art Show! Details coming soon! Curt Lout GRIMES TAKES ANOTHER NITRO HARLEY-DAVIDSON VICTORY AT NHRA EXHIBITION EVENT–TOPEKA, Kan. (June 4, 2007) – Tommy Grimes continued his winning streak at NHRA exhibition events on Sunday. In fact, his competition hasn’t changed much either. Grimes faced Doug Vancil in the Nitro Top Fuel final for the third time as some of the biggest stars of the AHDRA series made the first of three scheduled appearances at NHRA POWERade national events in 2007. Grimes rode his Ray Price owned and tuned Harley-Davidson to a 6.321-second pass at 226.39 mph to beat Doug Vancil’s 6.426 at 218.23 on his Vance & Hines Motorsports Harley-Davidson. It was the third time the two riders have faced each other at an NHRA exhibition final, but the second time they have raced each other this season. Grimes beat Vancil in both of the final rounds at the 2005 NHRA race held at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., as well as the 2006 event in Phoenix. Vancil, however, earned the AHDRA victory over Grimes earlier this season at the national meet in Commerce, Ga. “Doug whipped me in Atlanta and I told him before the final that I owed him one,” Grimes said. “Once the race was over, he said we were even. Winning was fantastic and I think hitting the 226-mph mark was just awesome. We just wanted to come out here and do the best we could.” Grimes also took the top qualifying honors for the weekend. Grimes posted a 6.406 at 220.69. Vancil was second in qualifying with a 6.560 at 217.81. The Winston Salem, N.C., resident said the performances started out shaky for everyone this weekend. “I think the track came around a bit and the traction just got better,” Grimes said. “I had some problems on Friday and I went over and talked to some of the Pro Stock drivers and they said they had issues spinning the tires (and losing traction) too. But the NHRA does such a great job prepping the track and we were able to overcome those issues and run some quick times. Our Harley-Davidson just got better with every pass.” The AHDRA racers will have two more chances to earn an NHRA event this season. AHDRA competitors will also be at the O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway (July 6-8) and the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park (Oct. 5-7) in Richmond, Va. Grimes will be at both, as neither is too far away from home. He’ll be there because his owner gave him the chance just before that first win in 2005. “Ray asked me to ride the bike just days before we won Chicago in 2005 and I’ve been honored to keep riding it ever since,” Grimes said. “It takes a lot of nerve to let another rider get on your bike and Ray helps me all the time. He’s so patient and we have a good time at every event. Especially if we can walk away with the win.” The next AHDRA Screamin’ Eagle championship event will be held in Norwalk, Ohio, June 9-10. TEASE OF NEWS TO COME–BIKERNET NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS–BIKERNET REVIEW ON OPEN ROAD WEBSITE, NIGHTSTER LAUNCH, COLORADO FIGHTING NOISE RESTRICTIONS, TRUE-TRACK BACK ON TRACK, H-D AT ATLANTIC BEACH BIKE FEST AND JOHN REED & CCI PARTING WAYS. Don’t miss almost 75 more pages of hot action about our industry. Continued On Page 2
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