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ALL AMERICAN MADNESS WINNER–All American Madness winner Spencer Baughman shown here with Patrick Douglass is this year’s Central Coast Trailer giveaway winner at the Santa Maria All American Motorcycle Madness show, Sponsored By Bikernet.com, May 19th – 21st. To qualify for a free trailer there were no tickets to buy, you just had to sign up for the weekend package and get lucky.
Spencer was blown away and tried to thank Horse Power Promotions for the trailer, Seth Doulton of Horse Power Promotions was quick to point out that all the props go to Central Coast Trailers of Paso Robles for sponsoring the trailer. Checkout www.HorsePowerPromotions for more info on this and other Horse Power Promotions shows.
BIKERNET AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT–Two Southern farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at their favorite bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, “You know, I’m tired of going through life without an education. Tomorrow I think I’ll go to the Community College and sign up for some classes.”
Bob thinks it’s a good idea, and the two leave. The next day Jim goes down to the college and meets the dean of admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes: Math, English, History, and Logic.
“Logic?” Jim says. “What’s that?”
The dean says, “I’ll show you. Do you own a weed eater?”
“Yeah.”
“Then logically because you own a weed eater, I think that you would have a yard.”
“That’s true, I do have a yard.”
“I’m not done,” the Dean says. “Because you have a yard, I think logically that you would have a house.”
“Yes, I do have a house.”
“And because you have a house, I think that you might logically have a family.”
“I have a family.”
“I’m not done yet. Because you have a family, then logically you must have a wife.”
“Yes, I do have a wife.”
“And because you have a wife, then logically you must be a heterosexual.”
“I am a heterosexual. That’s amazing; you were able to find out all of that because I have a weed eater.”
Excited to take the class now, Jim shakes the Dean’s hand and leaves to go meet Bob at the bar. He tells Bob about his classes, how he is signed up for Math, English, history, and logic.
“Logic?” Bob says, “What’s that?”
Jim says, “I’ll show you. Do you have a weed eater?”
“No.”
“Then you’re a queer.
–Sarge
FROM THE ’70S ARCHIVES–Here is an old pic from 1970 you might enjoy…Nelson on my ’53 Pan.
–Nelson
nelson@alachuacountychoppers.com
NEW BALDWIN WILSON 360 BRAKE SYSTEM–The Baldwin Wilson Development Corporation introduced the “360 Brake” at the Daytona Bike Week. The 360 Brake is a revolutionary new braking system for motorcycles that replaces the disk brake rotors and calipers that tend to hide the custom wheels that bike owners have paid a fortune for.
The “360 Brake” will be sold as an easy to install kit tailored. The Baldwin Wilson Development Corporation is the designer and owner of the “360 Brake” and intends to market the brake to industry wholesalers and retailers alike. This unique patented braking device offers superior braking power for its extremely small size and weight when compared to existing brake designs currently in use
Imagine a Brake that:
Can fit in the palm of your hand
Is user friendly in both installation and service
Is approximately 80% more effective than a typical rotor/caliper set-up
Is affordably introduced at $1000 per wheel plus the arm
Doesn’t hide your high dollar wheels!!!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Micki Wanzer at 317-407-7087 or by email at mwanzer@baldwin-wilson.com.
BUELL MOTORCYCLES SWEEP ASRA THUNDERBIKE PODIUM–Bilansky, Bemisderfer and Estok Dominate at Summit Point. West Virginia’s Summit Point Raceway was the site of a dominating Memorial Day Weekend performance by Buell riders who swept the podium in the American SportBike Racing Association’s (ASRA) Thunderbike class. Hal’s H-D/Buell – Hal’s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky took the victory on Monday from pole position, with Harley-Davidson/Buell of Frederick’s Bryan Bemisderfer and Veatch Motorsports rider Dave Estok filling the final steps on the podium.
Bilansky took the ASRA Thunderbike Pole on Sunday with a 1:18.865, followed by Bemisderfer with a 1:19.274 and defending 2005 National Thunderbike Champion Estok’s 1:19.325. Seven of the top 10 qualifying spots were held by Buell XB riders.
Nate Kern led the opening laps of the race on his BMW, but the heart of the 14-lap Thunderbike race was the three-way battle between the top-running Buells with positions swapping until the end. Bemisderfer took the lead on the last lap only to have Bilansky overtake him coming out of the final corner for the win with Bemisderfer settling for second and Estok third.
“It was a real good weekend for us. We scored maximum points and that’s important for the Thunderbike championship. We need every point possible,” said Bilansky.Fourth place went to Kern. Buell riders Sam Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop), Art Diaz (Classic & Schaffer’s H-D/Buell) and Joe Rozynski (Sound Waves/Hal’s Speed Shop), finished fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.Buell racers also took four wins and 11 podium finishes during the Championship Cup Series support races at Summit Point, with Estok nabbing the expert CCS Thunderbike and SuperTwins race wins and Roanoke Valley H-D/Buell rider James Delk, Jr. winning the amateur Lightweight Supersport and Thunderbike classes.Bemisderfer’s second place finish closed his gap in the ASRA Thunderbike Championship points standings to just two points behind Kern. With three of eight rounds completed, Kern leads with 81 points, followed by Bemisderfer (79), Bilansky (73), Rozynski (61), and Estok rounding out the top five with 58 points. The next race on the eight-round ASRA Thunderbike National schedule is June 16-18 at Kansas’ Heartland Park-Topeka.
FIRST ROSE BOWL BIKE SHOW– The West Coast motorcycle world comes alive on June 24th and 25th 2006 for this annual show in Pasadena, CA. Ride out from the stress of the city to the scenic hills of Pasadena is why The Rose Bowl is the perfect venue for this event. This site will be able to handle the steady growth of this show.
Builders from the California area such as Scott Long of Central Coast Cycles, Gard Hollinger from LA County Chop Rods will mix with talents from far away like the Martin Bros just to name a few. If you think the Incubus Alloy Custom ride in Bike Show will be showcasing all the hottest bikes around.
The Rose Bowl Motorcycle Marketplace will be filled with the industries top manufactures and vendors selling everything from custom motorcycles to the hottest apparel and more for the motorcycle enthusiast.
Glendale Harley-Davidson Buell will be crowning the most beautiful Harley at the show as well as showcasing their latest products from the motor company.
David Chaves European Trails rider will thrill the crowds both days with his trials trick riding. The summer heat should be just right for the Ultimate Bikini Contest and great live music playing all weekend on the Lifestyle Cycles stage. Don’t miss the Lifestyle crew replacing an 115,000 mile S&S Motor with a brand new S&S power plant. This all makes for a great ticket price of only $15.00 with free bike parking.
For more info visit www.HorsePowerPromotions or call (805) 686-2007
AVON TYRE TECH QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK–Why is the Mileage and Grip so good on Avon’s sport/sport touring radials?
Several reasons:1) the VBD construction (Variable Belt Density) is unique to Avon. The zero degree belt is wrapped wider apart on the shoulders of the tire and tighter in the center. By wrapping it tighter in the center this gives the tire a better mileage and high speed stability. On the shoulders when a rider is leaned over the tire is much more compliant and makes a huge contact patch. Underneath this belt is a bias belt which also helps
2) Deep tread depth 3) Silica compound is what gives grip and the more you use the more grip the tire has. It’s a balancing act though because if you use too much silica then your mileage goes down. Avon compensates with the deeper tread depth and VBD construction which gives the better mileage so we can use a lot of silica for grip.
4) With a zero degree tire – main advantage can put softer compound as they don’t grow, don’t overheat, high speeds – very stable, diameter and circumference stays same and mileage is better. Soft compound = better grip. Depending on how you lay the cord, etc. (matrix) makes the compound work differently. With this design you actually have a multi compound tire – acts like it’s softer in the shoulders as the carcass will flex more and acts like it’s harder as tire is stiffer in the center so very high tech. Because of the carcass you have a tire that goes from hard to soft across the tire without having to make a multi compound like other manufacturers.
If you go to the Avon website www.avonmotorcycle.com and click on technical info and then Tyre Construction it will actually show a little slide show of the tire construction.
–Sukoshi Fahey (Ms.)
Sales Manager, North America
Lynnwood, WA 98036 USA
800 624-7470 toll free
425-771-2115 phone
www.avonmotorcycle.com
NORTH TEXAS ROCK RALLY AT COYOTE UGLY–The North Texas Rock Rally will be based at the Austin Coyote Ugly on 6th Street (501A East 6th Street at the corner of Neches) during the evenings of June 2-3, 2006. The Rally is presenting a selection of the builders that will be featured during the North Texas Rock Rally (July 21-23, 2006) at the outdoor display area by the Coyote Ugly patio.
The Featured Builders are:
Denny Garley of TC Custom Bikes
Jimmie Lee & John Coen of Three Two Choppers
Scott Arndt of Scott’s Hardcore Kustoms
Danny Davidson of Williamson County Choppers
Each builder will have at least one bike featured in the display and will be on location throughout Friday and Saturday evenings at Coyote Ugly for photo ops and interviews.
V-ROD MONOSWINGARM–In the past years Rick’s Motorcycles developed a lot of revolutionary parts for the Harley Davidson V-Rod. After the 19l tank, Rick’s latest part is now leaving the “House of Custom”. Rick’s Monoswingarm for V-Rod:The swingarm, which is made out of high quality aluminium on a CNC milling center, fits to all V-Rod models. As known from all Rick’s V-Rod swingarms, also the Monoswingarm is available in different sizes:
– Rim: 10,5″x18″, tyre: 280 / 18, offsetpulley + bearing supportplate: 42 mm
– Rim: 11,5″x18″, tyre: 300 / 18, offsetpulley + bearing supportplate: 55 mm
The complete kit is an absolute High-Tech product, but also the single parts are technic pure:
– new, bigger tank
– Rick’s 4-piston brake calliper with Drive Side Break
– Mono Shock Absorger, adjustable
– belt adjustement with excenter
– spezial Gates belt
– much more?
All the necessary fitting parts and a detailed assembly instruction will be delivered with the swingarm. Only have to order the matching Rick’s wheel, brake rotor and pulley have to ordered separately.
The complete technique, all the measurements of the swingarm, fitting parts and the T?V approvals are all made special for Rick’s wheels, so that their is no warranty, that other wheels can be adapted without any problems.
–Ricks`s motorcycles
ricksmotorcycle@t-online.de
COOLBETH EARNS PODIUM FINISH FOR SCREAMIN’ EAGLE TEAM IN SPRINGFIELD MILE SEASON OPENER– Kenny Coolbeth is perfectly fine not having all the information about what happened during Sunday’s season opening AMA Grand National Twins event at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. There were several crashes. Red flags stopped the race twice. Coolbeth didn’t see any of it and that’s just how he likes it.
Coolbeth rode his Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle entry to third place while factory teammate Rich King finished sixth after a crash and Wrecking Crew teammates Jared Mees and Bryan Smith finished eighth and 11th, respectively.
“I didn’t see any of the crashes,” Coolbeth, a Connecticut native said. “I was riding up front, in the top four for the entire race and I avoided all the accidents. I didn’t see any of it and I’m very happy about that.”
King crashed in the 14th lap of the 25-lap main event. His bike flipped end-over-end, throwing King off the bike just after Turn Three. The team scrambled to get the bike back in racing order as quickly as possible and King returned to the race. He was 18th with 11 laps remaining and fought his way back up to sixth.
“I feel pretty good about the results because I’ve been to Springfield and finished sixth before without flipping the bike at 130 mph,” King said. “So having the same result after crashing and having to leave the race more than halfway through the event only to thrash on the bike and get back out there isn’t so bad.”
Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso said King’s performance on Sunday was a great example of what King is best known for – being tough and never giving up.
“Rich is the King of the Mile and this was a tough race for him to walk away from without a podium finish,” Paluso said. “Without the accident, he would have had a great chance to win that race.
“We’re very happy that Kenny finished in the top three and overall the Wrecking Crew debut went well. There were a lot of crashes in qualifying and in the main event and we’re glad our guys are OK.”
Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned Ford’s Chris Carr won the event with Supertrapp’s Jay Springteen taking second place.
It was the first race that Coolbeth and King shared a pit as teammates. Coolbeth said the Screamin’ Eagle team learned a lot even with the wild, crashed-filled event.
“It was an awesome weekend because everyone clicked,” he said. “What we needed fixed, got fixed and it feels great being back in the racing season again. I was pulling my hair out for the last two months waiting for this weekend. I’m happy everyone did their jobs and I think this is a great team to be part of.”
Coolbeth and King finished first in their qualifying heat races while Mees was second in his qualifying heat and Smith finished third.
“Everyone had to deal with the weather (temperatures well into the 90s) and the new team setup and I think the guys did a good job preparing for the event,” Paluso said. “The long-waited season opener is over and now we can focus on the rest of the season.”
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.
BIKERNET READER NEEDS TECH HELP–i found the site and it was right in front of my damn face the whole time. i’ve seen what you are talking about, but i need to post a bulletin or something about a specific wiring diagram for the revtech 100 motor specifically to find out what the 5 wires are on the ignition advance module are. i appreciate the advice you’ve givin me and anymore you may have…. shawnmeatpost7@yahoo.com
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