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SEX AND MUSIC PLAYBOY SPECIAL–The exploration of time is as old as man himself. The very concept is one that is beyond most, how many dimensions does time have? Is time a constant or variable, that can be stretched like a rubber band. These are the most basic concepts. The concept of time impacts us everyday. We say I do not have “time”, but do you?
The reality is time is what you make of it and you have as much time as you make.
What the hell does any of the above have to do with beautiful women and music from PLAYBOY? You got me. -Bandit
NEW AIR CLEANER MANUFACTURER DISCOVERED–I have just started a business building unique, custom air breather covers for American V-Twin cycles and need to build traffic to my new website. Can I be listed on your links page? Please check out my website at http://www.coopercustomwelding.com My business phone is 210-323-7153.
–Carl Cooper
STURGIS HOUSING CONNECTION–Anyone looking for some cool places to rent for the Sturgis rally, check out Black Hills Real Estate, For more info call Mike Stevenson at 818 8919055 TEXAS NATIONAL BIKE SHOW POSTER CONTEST–We need a bitchin bike for the Texas National Bike Show Poster. Here’s the rules: 1. All photos must be submitted to us by March 31st And yes it might be shot with a hot babe for the poster. Be a star and send us a photo of your bike. The Show fires up the same time as the Lone Star Rally, November 3rd, I think. Send entries to Holly@Texasnationalbikeshow.com Thanks, Holly USED BIKE DEAL OF THE WEEK–Here is the DBW deal of the week…..It’s a 1990 FXLR that I bought wrecked (with a clear title), and repaired. It has a new tank & front fender, new paint, and just did 10k service. It comes with matching backrest/luggage rack and leather saddlebags. It has 55k on the odometer, and runs like a top. I’m asking $8000, but cash talks. Help me pay my shop ticket off, before Lee sends the goon squad to kick me in the nutz! Greg@DBW THE BIKERNET ROGUE RULES–I have been telling people that the push to make rider education mandatory is About Money and Not Safety.Well it has again raised its ugly head.The Motorcycle Safety Foundation wants to make Rider Education Mandatory. They have been successful in many states of doing that for those under 21 years of age. Now their push is to make it Mandatory for getting motorcycle endorsements to your licenses, even if you have past rider experience or can pass the state exam. They are also asking for it to be made MANDATORY for licensed riders to take Remedial Classes. Yep, even if you have been riding for over 50 years, like I have, they want me and you to go back to school and of course pay for that. They want to guarantee their future and income and Have You and I Pay For It. In most places there is a cap on what can be charged for this Forced Education and if they are successful in getting that removed we are in for even more trouble. How much will we have to pay to ride our motorcycles????? Some sad news is that ABATE and some other MROs have Rider Education Programs that they run and make money from and are also pushing for these programs. I and others hopefully will keep you informed which ones they are and suggest you do not support them. Oh, just for the record, I became a Motorcycle Safety Instructor on 5/17/1981, and I Think that the courses are good for those who need them, but That They Should NOT BE MANDATORY. Hopefully the Motorcycle Riders of This Country Will Let Their Elected Officials Know How They Feel About This. –ROGUE CARVER TRIKE: the sensational alternative– Steer it like a car and the Carver will bank like a motorcycle. The fully automatic hydraulic-mechanical DVC system makes this exciting kind of driving possible, lending itself very well to a sporty driving style. Enjoy the steering and feel how responsive DVC balances the vehicle body for you, banking to the exact natural angle. Its low weight and aerodynamic design allows the modern 4 cylinder 68 bhp engine to take CARVER in 8.2 seconds to 100 km/hour and to a top speed of 185 km/hour. BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT– Found this long forked ride on Main Street in front of the Wreck ~ Bikeweek ’05. Look me up in Daytona at Ironhorse or Broken Spoke on the weekends! I’ll be the one taking pics of everything in sight. Ride Hard, –Whiplash Biker Photog MORE FROM THE BIKERNET MEDICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT–A RECENT SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ALSO TO DISCOVER WHY MEN GET OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.. HERE ARE THE SURVEY RESULTS: 5% SAID IT WAS TO GET A GLASS OF WATER –from Chris T. BIKERNET WORKOUT TRAINING DEPARTMENT– Just started taking this stuff. Sure does help with staying power during a hard workout. Tastes like roadkill, but … Hope all’s going good with you and yours. –Dr. Skoot BAD COP REPORT FROM FLORIDA– KISSIMMEE — A former Florida Highway Patrol captain accused of lying to have a ticket dismissed for a woman whom he had pulled over was found guilty Monday of two misdemeanors. Sterling L. King, who was fired by the FHP last year when an investigation found inappropriate communication with the woman, faced a third-degree felony charge of official misconduct. But a five-man, one-woman jury found him guilty of the lesser charges of attempted official misconduct and false official statements, both misdemeanors. King did not testify and did not comment after the verdict. King had written a letter to the court asking that a ticket he wrote for Alaina Renae Edgemon be dismissed because of a case of mistaken identity. The ticket was issued to Edgemon on May 10, 2004, after King stopped her on the Central Florida GreeneWay. “I would expect an officer to write a ticket, give you the ticket . . . offer you your choices and then done be with it. But that’s not what happened. He started asking me questions,” Edgemon testified. Edgemon said King took condoms from her car and e-mailed her about them later. “At that point, the conversation was by no means what one with a traffic cop should have been,” Edgemon said. King and the woman exchanged e-mails during the next 19 weeks, according to an FHP investigation. In June 2004, King wrote a letter to the hearing officer that handles traffic cases in Osceola. Based on that letter, the case was dismissed. Prosecutors maintained that, by falsifying a public document to illegally obtain a benefit for Edgemon, King committed official misconduct. King was fined $1,500 and has 30 days to appeal. King was in charge of Orange and Osceola field operations for about a year. Before that, he was a public-information officer for several years in the Tampa-area FHP troop and transferred to Miami, where he was promoted to captain. –byMark Pino, Orlando Sentinental –from Rogue FROM THE BIKERNET HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT–The Boss was in a quandary. He had to fire somebody. He had itnarrowed down to one of two people, Debra or Jack. It was animpossible decision, they were both super workers. Rather than flipa coin, he decided he would fire the first one who used the watercooler the next morning. Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hang-over afterpartying all night. She went to the cooler to take an aspirin. TheBoss approached her and said, “Debra, I’ve never done this before,but I have to lay you or Jack off.” “Could you jack off?” she says. “I feel like sh!t.” –from Joe Lankau MICHAEL LICHTER REPORT–If you enjoy American Thunder on the Speed Channel, 2 segments of tonight’s (Feb 21 Two Wheel Tuesday) program will be on my Mendenhall Sobieski Art Gallery exhibition this past November in Pasadena, CA. The show follows the “V-Twin TV” show, but it is best to check your local listings. (The www.americanthundertv.com website description is below) Should you be going to Bike Week in Daytona, I have 13 large Limited Edition prints on display in the Orlando Art Museum in conjunction with their “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit, which is running through July. (see http://www.OMArt.org/ for details) While it is way in advance, I want to let those of you who have followed the motorcycle art show that I have been producing at the Journey Museum in Rapid City for 5 years is moving. The Journey has been a wonderful venue and has offered me the opportunity to involve the whole industry in shows like “Bob’s Back,” “Kick Start” and “Speed Demons,” in an effort to get more support from the general biking public, the venue will be moving to Thunder Road in Sturgis. It will still be a themed show with many of the top custom builders participating. I’ll get you details as we get closer. We continue to ad content to our motorcycle site http://www.lichterphoto.com/, particularly in the stock section (great for you picture browsers and art buyers) as well as new builders and a section of 2005 bikes. Thanks to sponsors Avon Tyres, BIKERNET.COM, the Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse and Perse Performance, the site continues to be well visited (50,000 users/month, 4 million hits/month). We have just launched a completely new commercial web site at http://www.lichtercommercial.com/. Visit if you have any interest or needs for commercial photography. A new case study section explains and shows some of the work that went into the 2006 Big Dog Motorcycles promotional campaign. Perhaps I will see you (probably through a lens) in the next 2 months at Daytona Bike Week in Florida, the Easyriders Denver show, the Easyriders Kansas City invitational show, or at the Heritage Rally in Charleston, SC? –Michael NEW QUICK-RELEASE TOURING WINDSHIELD FOR V-ROD–MILWAUKEE (February 6, 2005) – Instantly change a Harley-Davidson V-Rod from touring to street-fighter profile with the new Quick Release Detachable Touring Windshield (P/N 57211-05, $409.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories. The windshield mounts to the fork tubes with elegant die-cast lever-release clamps, so “leave-behind” docking hardware is not required. No tools are needed for convenient installation and removal. Shaped to split the wind, this clear touring windshield is sized for long-distance riding comfort. The contoured shape and horizontal brace with the Bar & Shield logo accent the long, lean look of the V-Rod model. A Turn Signal Relocation Kit and everything needed to install the windshield is included. Quick Release Detachable Touring Windshield fits 2002-later VRSCA and 2004-05 VRSCB models. The Quick Release Detachable Ultimate Touring Windshield (P/N 57177-05, $429.95) offers the same styling and mounting system, with additional center width that directs airflow past the hand grips, and deflects rain and road debris around the rider. For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada. ATTENTION FREEDOM FIGHTERS– The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recentlypublished their “Amendments to Highway Safety Program Guidelines” [DocketNo. NHTSA-2005-23090], which issues a public request for comments (RFC) onsix proposed amendments, including significant changes to Motorcycle SafetyGuideline No. 3. The open comment period is currently set to close on March 13, which givesmotorcyclists’ rights advocates a narrow but crucial window of opportunityto voice our opinion on the proposed changes. With the hope this mightencourage freedom fighters everywhere to stand up and speak your mind, hereis some information to help you decide on WHAT to say and HOW to say it: http://www.ldrlongdistancerider.com/nhtsa23090.html Ride Long, Ride Free! –Bruce BAD AS HELL FORK CAP (FC1)2000 & UP– From Chris Hill. This is the ultimate detail piece for any late model Softail or Touring model. Do you need it? Hell no. But if you want to smooth out that right lower leg and make it match the left, there’s only one place to go–Hell. “Not even Arlen Ness uses billet this strong,” Hill said. “Aerospace canceled 6061-T6 20 years ago, yet bikers think this is strong, but not as strong as current Aerospace. The 7075 product was the new choice and then reduced to a lesser 7050 standard, but I’m keeping to my guns, STRONGER IS SAFER.” It details the tip of your lower leg on dressers and Softails Fits 2000-up 41mm Models IT’S A WRAP FOR THIS WEEK–But there’s hot stuff on our plate. One brother responded to my response to H-D Noise Concerns published last week in the news. We’ve been discussing the noise issue ever since. I’ve also discussed the EPA issues with Brett Smith, the President of S&S and we’re making some headway. Brett feels strongly that there needs to be universal noise testing procedures and regulations. I agree, but the decibel levels are a strident issue. If they quiet our systems to the level of Toyotas, I believe more motorcyclists will be in danger. PEV addressed some of his concerns above, but he made a point. What about sirens and emergency vehicles. They need to make noise or they’re in serious trouble. We do to. On the otherhand, if you blow your neighbors windows out at 2:00 a.m. with a set of open drag pipes on a 124-inch stroker, you deserve to have your ass kicked. So what is an acceptable noise level, that lets motorists know that we’re around and to watch out, yet doesn’t crack windshields. Bikernet wants to perform a series of decibel level tests, and city noise related tests, but we need some testing equipment and recording facilities. Let us know, if you can assist. In the meantime, let’s have some fun, goddamnit. I need to check on our 45 frame, like the one above at US Choppers. Then it’s Happy Hour at the Dive Joint on the edge of the harbor? Ride Forever, –Bandit
2. 30 days to vote, voting will begin on April 1st and will end on April 30th, all submissions must be in by April fools day!
3. Bike must be available to participate in the Texas National Bike Show (all show guidelines)
4. Bike must be available for photo shoot no later than the end of May.
5. Texas National will comp a display space for the winner at the show.
6. Bike can participate in the judged class at the show, with a complimentary entry
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12% SAID IT WAS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM
83% SAID IT WAS TO GO HOME
Bruce@LdrLongDistanceRider.com
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