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TEXAS NATIONAL BIKE SHOW SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM COMING–Howdy All,
Well, my minions finally finished their job!!! Here is the final proof for the Texas National Bike Show poster, and isn’t she a beauty.
We are very excited to finish up the printing and get these out to the masses. So look for them in your local ice house, and custom shops.
Come out and support your local builders and shops at the Texas National Bike Show sponsored by “The Famous Bikernet”November 3rd and 4th in beautiful Galveston Texas.
Registration is now open for the custom bike show, and vendor registration at the fabulous price of $1.50 a sq ft. Registration is at www.texasnationalbikeshow.com.
See you at the show,
–Mrs. Devil, aka Holly
AMERICAN CLASSIC STRAIGHTS–American Classic Straights performance exhaust pipes are outstanding in quality and design. Hard Krome American Classic Straights turn the sound and look of your bike into a custom motorcycle!
The 2.5″ American Classic Straights feature new straight cut ‘Hard-Tips’, billet end caps as standard equipment. Optional slash-cut and tapered end caps are sold separately. And at $439.95 the price cannot be beat. That’s $60 off!
These are exclusive pipes made from a world-class manufacturer, Hard Krome, and you are assured that not everyone in your club will be sporting these chrome performance pipes.
For: Harley FLST Softail ’84-’04
From: Metric Thunder
Who: Thunder Bob
Details: Click Here for 2 into 2 American Classic Straights
Pricing: Thunder Bob is taking $60 off retail
Details: The 2.5″ American Classic Straights are a mid- length design allows you to show off your custom wheels or tricked-out swing arm.
CUSTOM CHROME BUYS BILLY’S BREAKFAST–Billy Lane’s efforts to raise money for kids during the Sturgis Rally & Races got an extra serving of help from Custom Chrome. The distributor picked up the tab for Billy Lane’s Builders Breakfast, sponsored by Bikernet.com, served August 8 at the world famous Broken Spoke Saloon in Sturgis.
Custom Chrome chose to participate in Billy’s event to help kids and to continue to be a charitable leader in the motorcycle industry. “We think this is a great opportunity to do something positive for kids and promote good will for the motorcycle community,” says Global Motorsports Group CEO John Lott. “We are proud to team up with Billy and the other sponsors of this event. We believe it will make a difference and wanted to help Billy get it done. We are taking a whole new approach to how and what we do at events and look forward to doing more with the builder community.”
Billy adds, “CCI picking up the tab for food costs, helping to serve everyone and the other things they are doing is a huge help overall. Their participation allows us to give everything we raise through ticket sales to the kids,” claims Lane. “That’s why we are all doing it in the first place – for the kids.”
–from Rogue
TRUE-TRACK TO THE RESCUE–Returning from Sturgis, I lost my helmet in Utah, at the Chevron in Nevada. I meet a guy named Jay, He loaned me his helmet. Jay is the American side of a Japan Mag version of Chopper Mag. Jay was sharing with me a information on Speed wobble on Big bikes and that a Traction bar or Stabilizer from True-Track does the trick. Jay, told me this mounted to the trans.
Usually stabilizers go to the frame to lower triple tree. What do you know about these. I ride fast and would like to make my scoot as firm as possible.
Steve O’Neal
True-Track is the answer and hundreds were installed on touring bikes in the Badlands and Black Hills Harley-Davidson. We rode two Road Kings to Sturgis from the West Coast, one with a True-Track one without. It’s night and day. –Bandit
ANOTHER BRIEF STURGIS REPORT–What a ride and kick ass trip. 7 brothers, no obligations, 10 days and 4,300 miles of laughs from Jacksonville Florida to Sturgis SD and back. Hope everyone had as great a week as we did and made it home safe. Big shout out to everyone we met on our journey, all of ya’ll rock!
Ride Hard,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
mailto:soffordphotos@comcast.net
RECORD H-D EARNINGS–Harley-Davidson, Inc. reported record revenue and earnings per share for its second quarter, which ended June 25. Revenue for the quarter was $1.38 billion compared to $1.33 billion in the same quarter last year, a 3.3% increase. Net income for Q2 was $243.4 million compared to $237.4 million, an increase of 2.5% compared to the second quarter of 2005. Second quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.91, an 8.3% increase compared to last year’s $0.84.
Harley-Davidson’s worldwide dealer network sold more than 125,000 motorcycles during the second quarter, an increase of 10% over the prior year. Harley’s U.S. retail motorcycle sales for the second quarter grew by 8.1% while international sales increased by 17.3%.
“I am very pleased with our retail performance during the quarter,” says Harley president and chief executive officer, Jim Ziemer. “Looking back over the past 12 months, worldwide retail sales of our motorcycles have grown 8.6%. This momentum demonstrates the continued strong appeal of our products and the Harley-Davidson experience. I am equally pleased with our prospects for the future, given the exciting new products and services we are bringing to market. (Read all about Harley’s 2007 model lineup and The Motor Company’s new powerplant on page 82.) “Looking ahead to the remainder of 2006, the company’s wholesale shipment target for the calendar year remains between 348,000 and 352,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles.” Looking further into the future, he adds, “The company believes that worldwide retail sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles will support a wholesale unit growth rate in the range of 5% to 9% annually and an annual EPS growth rate of 11% to 17%,” concludes Ziemer.
–Motorcycle Product News
–from Rogue
CANADIAN ALL MAKE MOTORYCLE SHOW N SHINE– Date: Saturday, August 26th
Time: Noon – 5pm
Location: Mission Springs Brewing Company (7160 Oliver Street in Mission)
For info call Chris Craig at (604) 820-1009
Classes include:
Best Drag Bike “Fuel,” Best Drag Bike “Gas,” Best Paint, Best Touring, BestVintage, Best Sportbike, Best Radical “street legal,”
Managers choice,
Servers choice
It’s always a great time, so make sure you stop by and check it out! Thefood is fabulous, they have their own micro brewery, outdoor volleyballcourts and more. Check them out at www.missionspringsbrewingcompany.com
So far the forecast for Mission on Saturday is sunny to partly cloudy andnice and a high of 23 degrees.
Please note that the event will be cancelled if it rains.
ANOTHER MAJOR VICTORY FOR QUIGLEY IN CALIFORNIA-NINE CASES DISMISSED–Richard Quigley won a major decision in Superior Court in and for the County of Santa Cruz, California. The judge found the helmet law, as enforced, unconstitutional, and dismissed nine helmet tickets that Quigley received for wearing a BOLT, baseball style headgear, with DOT embroidered on the back (see http://www.hupy.com, current news for bikers for article and picture of Quigley).
The language in the “Order after Hearing and Facts of Law” are of most importance in this issue. Please refer to www.usff.com/print and look for the “order” document dated August 16, 2006. It affirms that the CHP was beyond their jurisdiction, mislead officers in training memos and concluded that there is no such thing as a “DOT” approved helmet. The old BOLT slogan, copied by some, “No List, No Law” has prevailed.
The question remains, where are the state MRO’s and national organizations in their support of Quigley’s attempts to rid California of the mandatory helmet law?
As founder of ABATE of Wisconsin, and BOLT, I’m proud that our law firm has supported Richard Quigley since 1992.
–Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
Investigator
Hupy and Abraham, S.C.
BULLETPRUF TURNS UP THE HEAT WITH EXCLUSIVE FLAMED FORWARD CONTROLS–While flamethrowers are not the average gangsters’ weapon, a new set ofFlamed Forward Controls from the Bulletpruf Gang will have the coldestsouls running in fear. Made from chromed billet aluminum, they fit ’84-’99Softails? and are available with matching grips. As always, these parts willmeet all of your needs without breaking the bank. See your local MCAdvantages dealer today!
MC Advantages is a distributor of high-performance V-Twin parts based inGrimes, Iowa, serving dealers in the U.S. and abroad. MC Advantagesdistributes many brands including: S&S? Cycle, Martin Bros.?, Spyke?,Stampede, Prowler?, Bulletpruf, D&M Custom Cycle, Rivera Engineering?,Platinum Air Suspension, Tauer Machine?, Hooker? and many more.
–MC Advantages
1-800-726-9620
http://www.MCAdvantages.com
BIG TWIN WEST-MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER TRADESHOW–For those of you, who have just made it home from Sturgis, make sure that you make plans to attend Big Twin West and experience three days of Big Twin products, Big Twin exhibitors and Big Twin trends. Big Twin West is not just another tradeshow; it’s a celebration of the Big Twin lifestyle.
At Big Twin West 2006 you’ll have a chance to :
SEE new products before anyone else does!
IDENTIFY next season’s trends!
ATTEND live product demonstrations
TEST & COMPARE price points, product durability, competing product lines
Get a jumpstart on your competition by stocking your shelves with 2007’s accessories and merchandise! All of the products your customers want to put on their bikes are here in Las Vegas, together under one roof ? its one stop shopping for the Big Twin industry.
THUNDER ROAD WAS THE CUSTOM CAPITOL OF STURGIS-HUGE SUCCESS–Sturgis, S.D.- For the fourth year, during Sturgis Bike Week 2006, ThunderRoad was again the custom capital of Sturgis, with the best bike shows,babes, beer, and vendors. The 40,000 square foot Thunderdome, home to RickFairless?s Strokers Sturgis, was also host to Michael Lichter?s exhibit, School’s Out; Old Skool, New School, All(s) Kool, a huge successdrawing big crowds every day and giving the public a glimpse at some reallycool bikes and art, showing them that really, All’s Kool in custommotorcycles. Over the years Michael Lichter’s exhibits have become animportant part of the Sturgis experience, chronicling the Sturgis experienceand the motorcycle industry as a whole. This year was no different.
The AMD World Championship Of Custom Bike Building, which also took place inthe Thunderdome, was an outstanding addition to Sturgis Bike Week. œTheWorld Championship is an international competition, drawing builders from allover the world; it?s the only one of its caliber, and this year was a hugesuccess. The show was the largest collection of the highest quality custommotorcycles anywhere.
The Thunderdome was graced by the presence of three Penthouse pets for theever- popular Biker/Penthouse build-off. Stevenson?s Cycle, of Wayne,Mich., won the build-off with their awesome BFB bobber. TheBiker/Penthouse bike show, which ran in conjunction with the build off, drewa huge crowd and cemented its place in the Sturgis Bike Week landscape as themid-week bike show to attend.
The fourth annual Metzler bike show inside the Thunderdome also exceededexpectations.œBringing the show up from Rapid City showed an increase incompetitors as well as consumers, we couldn?t be happier with theparticipation and quality of bikes that showed up, said a Metzelerspokesperson.
New this year to the Thunderdome was a perennial favorite, The Rat?s HoleShow. Promoter Ted Smith pointed out that it was one of the largest eventsever in Sturgis. The team of eight international judges were kept busy allday Friday with a wide range of custom builds, from the extreme to the exoticto the street bike next door.
Hell, even Bikernet.com was on hand in the Thunderdome as a major sponsor. Vendors out at Thunder Road were pleased with the traffic and sales. “Itwas my first time vending in Sturgis and we saw a great return on ourinvestment in terms of PR and sales,” said Pat Patterson of Led SledCustoms of Dayton, Ohio. Sturgis veteran Mercedes Ross of Redhill MotorcycleWerx in Lyons, Colo. also said that sales at her Thunder Road booth weregreat this year and she looks forward to coming back next year.
Thunder Road has proven after four years that it is around for the long hauland has become the place to see the widest variety of custom motorcycles inSturgis. Thunder Road is looking forward to next year, and to continuing toserve Sturgis visitors and vendors in any capacity they can, hosting moregreat events, being the place to go in Sturgis, and retaining their title asThe Custom Capital Of Sturgis.
STEALTH SHOP INVESTIGATION–Man the summer is flying by too quick! It is time to get those rides in and to start thinking about upcoming projects. Here at STEALTH BIKE WORKS we are starting our rigid restoration project. Around here all the “Bike Nights” are going strong with the parking lots full of bikes, so the urge to ride is still strong around Charlotte.
Man, what a difference a week makes. Last week I was singing the praises of the Discovery Bike-Build Off as being one of the best of all time and this week I have to say this one was the worst of all time, hands down! Who’s idea was this one anyway? How many of us who watch the build-off’s really care about dirt bikes? Come on let’s get real. I respect what these guys do and the talent it takes but us who watch just are not interested. With all the bike builders out there who would give anything for a shot at one of the Bike-Build Off’s, they do one on dirt bikes? I am confused! Oh well there is always next week!
Congratulations to my buddy Ben Jordan for winning awards for his shovel head while he was in Sturgis. Ben’s bike can be seen in Johnny’s Sturgis report. It is the gold metalflake Shovel.
I don’t know if all of you saw the Sunday Post but there is a picture of our “Dicey” shifter rod. I am sending another shot of it this week so all of you can take a look. I think it is pretty cool. If you like what you see give us a call at ATEALTH BIKE WORKS, 704-882-0889.
Until next week, RIDE!
–STEALTHMAN
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