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MR. WHEELER HAULING ASS–Officially on the road in the a.m. Looking forward to seeing you and the other racers in Sept. The 95-incher now has 8000 miles. With a leaking head gasket, we made 114 h p and 99.1 ft lbs torque. Head gasket repaired and runnin’ like a rocket, even gets 40 m p g . See you on the road….
–Raycwheeler
monterey, ca.
STURGIS DEADLINE UPDATE AND ART EXHIBIT–21 days left before we leave for the Badlands… what the fuck let’s just leave now.
–Ride Hard,
Whiplash Biker Photog
mailto:soffordphotos@comcast.net
AMAZING DISCOVERY FOUND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SAN DIEGO–The Digital Discovery area of Bandit’s Cantina has made the search for The Code Of The West a lifelong pursuit. Several documents have been discovered and published there for Cantina Member Only. Most have been found in shallow graves between the West Coast and Las Vegas, in the desert.
Here’s an excerpt from Rebel’s find discovered in a bottle washed ashore on a beach near the Mexican Border:
“We know that the current state of affairs in our great nation has many civilians up in arms and excited to join the military. For those of you who can’t join, you can still lend a hand. Here are a few of the areas where we would like your assistance:
1. The next time you see an adult talking (or wearing a hat) during the playing of the National Anthem—kick their butt.
The entire code will be re-mastered and displayed in Bandit’s Cantina, in the Digital Discovery Department.
NEW BIKE MAGAZINE LAUNCHED– Beginning Sept 1 we will start publishing a monthly FREE motorcycle magazine in Maryland/Delaware/Virginia. The name of the magazine will be Biker Beauties. Too many of the magazines in our area wouldn’t publish photos of girls in bikinis so Livia and I joined together with Lucky Cycles, CTM Customs, and Top Notch Custom Cycles to start our own magazine featuring lots of hot young ladies on bikes from various builders in our area and across the U.S.
Our magazine is going to be full color with 68 pages. A real good sized magazine to start off. We’ll publish 20,000 copies monthly and our first issue will be heavily distributed at DelMarVa Bike Week Sept 14-17 and at the York HD Open House in York, PA Sept 28-30.
We’re currently seeking advertisers if any of your readers would like to buy an ad in the first issue to get their products seen by those picking up copies at the show. They can email me at mailto:bikerbeauties@orlandoglamour.com and I’ll send them the rate sheet. For anyone who is willing to buy 6 months of advertising we’re selling a bunch of full page ads for $400/mo. and half page ads for $200/mo.
We’ll be at Myrtle Beach Fall Rally with 5,000 copies of the magazine too.
We’ll also have a subscription form available online in late August for anyone who’d like to have copies mailed to them so they can see all the hot girls and bikes.
–Sam and Livia
TEXAS SCOOTER TIMES CHOPPER SHOW–The correct date for the Texas Scooter Times Chopper Show and Swap Meet is August 13th not the 19th as stated in the previous email. Sorry for any confusion and we hope to see you there.
August 13th at the Texas Scooter Times SUMMER CHOPPER SHOW & Swap Meetalongside the Trophys for the shinin’ chrome motorcycles on display at theGigantic Historic Longhorn Ballroom will be a First, Second, and Third PlaceTrophy to be given to the People’s Choice Motorcycle ICE SCULPTURE..
“I just got tired of people tellin’ me HOW HOT it was in the Summer tohave a Swap Meet at,” quipped Texas Scooter Times co-owner Red Roberts, “SoI decided to throw in a Motorcycle Ice Sculpture Contest!!”
“We’ll have a blank on the Ballot that’s given to spectators at thefront gate where they’ll vote for People’s Choice Motorcycle and People’sChoice Motorcycle Ice Sculpture as well. And we really don’t GIVE A HOOT HOWHOT it is the day of the Show ’cause we’ll all be INSIDE with the AIRCONDITIONER turned WIDE OPEN!!”
When asked what he expected for motorcycle ice sculpture contestants,Red Answered, “Durn if I know!! All I’m sure of at this time is that we’vegot 3 Trophys and Braggin’ Rights for the FIRST EVER CONTEST of this KindEVER ATTEMPTED!!! WE’re GONNA have some fun with this!!!!!”
Motorcycle Ice Sculpture Contestants are asked to register SundayMorning August 13th at Bike Show Registration and display from 11am until3pm when the balloting closes.. DON’T MISS IT !!!!!
SCREAMIN’ EAGLE RIDERS READY TO BATTLE FOR VICTORY AS AMA FLAT TRACKERS TACKLE VIRGINIA–MILWAUKEE (July 6, 2006) – When Rich King gets ready for a race weekend, he mentally goes through the motions of competing on his Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson entry in AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Twins championship competition. Armed with his 26 years of racing experience, the Iowa native might have an advantage going into this weekend’s event at the Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Va.
After all, no one has raced there before. That’s something the veteran likes.
“I look forward to going somewhere that no one has raced at yet,” King said. “I think the teams that have more experience will be the better teams this weekend. I think we especially have an advantage because we have four riders in the Wrecking Crew and because of that we have a lot of knowledge at our finger tips. I think that will help us tremendously as we step onto a new facility.”
Racing kicks off at Virginia Motor Speedway at 5 p.m. with timed practice on Saturday. Heat races begin at 7:30 p.m. before the main event starts at 10 p.m.
King is currently second in points, just seven points behind points leader Chris Carr and the Quality Pre-Owned Ford Harley-Davidson team. Carr captured the season opening event win at Springfield, Ill., as well as the win in Syracuse, N.Y. Three other riders, King’s Screamin’ Eagle teammate Kenny Coolbeth (Lake Odessa, Mich., winner) and Dominic Beaulac (Lima, Ohio winner) and the Lombardi Harley-Davidson team as well as Mike Hacker and the Doc’s Harley-Davidson team (West Virginia) have posted wins this season.
King said the number of winners is making for great racing for the fans, and some tight point standings in the championship chase.
“I think right now the team that can go the rest of the season with the least amount of problems will win the championship,” King said. “There just won’t be any room for error. We’ve already had a good mix of winners and now it will come down to whoever makes the least amount of mistakes.
“Kenny and I are lucky because if one of us is struggling, we can look at their data and immediately have something else to try. We don’t have a lot of time in Flat Track racing. We just have a few qualifying laps, a few heat laps and that’s it. We have to be ready for the main event in a short amount of time and being able to discuss a setup with a few extra people has been great this season.”
King said the team is getting better each weekend. Coolbeth has one victory and King has finished on the podium twice. This weekend, however, the veteran will use a blend of old school experience and new school technology in hopes of making a third trip to the podium.
“I am going to the new track with an open mind and we’ll see what happen,” King said. “With the internet you can find so much information, so I will study whatever information I can find about the track and prepare myself that way. I’ll go through the various scenarios and hopefully that will put me in the ballpark without having a single lap under my belt. Then we go from there and figure things out as we go along.”
AMA Top 10 Point standings: Flat Track
1. Chris Carr, Quality Pre-Owned Ford Harley-Davidson 67
2. Rich King, Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 60
3. Bryan Smith, Pat Moroney’s/Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 54
4. Kenny Coolbeth, Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 52
5. Glen Schnabel, Harley-Davidson 46
6. Mike Hacker, Doc’s Harley-Davidson 37
7. Jared Mees, Texter HD/ Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson 36
8. Shaun Russell, Bartels Harley-Davidson 31
9. Dominic Beaulac, Lombardi Harley-Davidson 29
Joe Kopp, Latus Harley-Davidson 29
In addition to the direct team sponsorship, Harley-Davidson will also provide support through professional flat track contingency and the Rider Support Verification Program (RSVP). Under the Screamin’ Eagle banner the support will total more than $140,000 throughout the 2006 season. This includes a contingency program for qualified Harley-Davidson XR750 riders on the AMA Flat Track series.
QUOTES FROM 1955–“I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.”
“Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $2000 will only buy a used one.”
“If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.”
“Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?”
“If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.”
“When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.”
“Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls.”
SAFER ROADWAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA–Scranton Times-Tribune, USA – HARRISBURG – Technology is credited with making Pennsylvania’s roadways safer, but some motorcyclists are concerned one bit of high-tech gadgetry might be putting them at risk.
Intersections across the state increasingly rely on automated stoplights that are triggered to change from red to green when they detect an approaching vehicle. Many motorcycles, however, aren’t substantial enough to trigger the lights to change.
It leaves bikers with an unsettling choice: Take a chance by driving through the red light or wait for a larger vehicle to come along and trigger it to turn green.”And if you’re late for work, who’s going to wait 10 minutes for a car to come up behind you?” asked Josie Johnson, president of the Luzerne County chapter of the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education, a statewide motorcyclists’ advocacy group.
ABATE members say the state Department of Transportation is aware of the problem but has done little to address it. PennDOT spokesman Steve Chizmar said there is no easy solution.
Automated stoplights rely on metal-detecting cables that are laid in a loop pattern into the pavement of a traffic lane. The devices can be tweaked to make the cables more sensitive in detecting vehicles, Mr. Chizmar said, but if they are too sensitive they can be triggered by passing cars in other lanes.
“The bottom line is, if we turn up the sensitivity, it increases the chance for false readings,” he said. “There is not a fix-all solution to this.”
PennDOT advises motorcyclists to look for tell-tale markings in the roadway that indicate a loop is buried beneath. Stopping a bike closer to those marks, preferably on the outside edges of the traffic lane, can help trip the sensor, said Mr. Chizmar.
Bikers also can buy “green light triggers” – essentially powerful magnets – to attach to the underside of their motorcycles, but Ms. Johnson said the devices offer mixed results at best.
The issue is drawing attention from some state lawmakers, including Rep. Rick Geist, R-Blair, who chairs the House Transportation Committee.To examine the problem, Mr. Geist set up an experiment in his Altoona district in which two motorcycles of differing weights approached four intersections that use the automated lights. He said the heavier bike tripped two of the lights, while the lighter model tripped none.”We only looked at four intersections, and we’re talking thousands of these around the state,” Mr. Geist said. PennDOT did not have a tally on how many automated lights are in use statewide.
By law, if a motorcycle doesn’t trigger the light to turn green, the rider is allowed to treat it as a stop sign, proceeding through the red light once he has assured traffic is clear.
If an accident occurs, however, the motorcyclist likely will be found at fault because he went through the red light. And if a biker gets ticketed for driving through a red light, the burden is on the rider to prove the light wasn’t functioning properly.
“It’s a defensible ticket,” Mr. Geist said, “but it’s a pain in the heinie for these guys to have to go before a district magistrate and make their case to get themselves cleared.”
ABATE says the stoplights are becoming more problematic as more people opt for motorcycles over cars. Motorcycle registrations in the state have increased by nearly 50 percent during the past five years, totaling 318,283 in 2005, PennDOT records show.For now, bikers are left to balance convenience with safety, said Ms. Johnson.
“If you’re left sitting there and the light won’t trip, you have to take the chance of easing out of the light and hoping you don’t get broadsided,” she said.Adds Mr. Geist: “If a motorcycle ventures out into an intersection, it’s going to have a pretty tough time against an 18-wheeler.”
–from Rogue
BIG TWIN CUSTOMS INVITATIONAL–Do you enjoy watching all those bike-building shows on tv? Want to see 100 of the coolest custom-built bikes from around the world? Would you like to meet the builders who built these awesome machines?
Then check out Big Twin Customs Invitational, the premiere bike showcase featuring 100 bikes from the most innovative and creative builders in the world.
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Don’t forget – free* registration for Big Twin West opens July 31, 2006! Spend three days in Las Vegas checking out the coolest custom built bikes from around the world, partying with your friends at the Industry Party and discovering the aftermarket accessories and apparel that won’t come out until 2007!
We don’t care how you do it – just get to Vegas this December!
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