Hey,

A San Diego AP writer wrote an article about noisy bikes recently and here’s a clip. This shit pisses me off to no end:

CALABASAS, Calif. — The laid-back vibe of this affluent Los Angeles suburb gets a jarring wakeup on weekends when hundreds of motorcycles thunder through the Santa Monica Mountains, triggering car alarms, rattling windows and jolting alive barking dogs.
“They rev their engines with complete disregard for the people who live here,” complained neighborhood resident Tonia Aery. “It’s obnoxious.”

It’s okay to kill bikers while eating a burger and talking to a boyfriend on a cell phone, but god-forbid we make any noise. These are the same selfish folks who carved into our beautiful undisturbed regions to build lavish homes, then wanted to restrict others from doing the same with building moratoriums. Ultimately they were thrown out of court.

I don’t understand this mentality. We are supposed to be a country where the public relishes freedom, the freedom to listen to rock n roll, the freedom to enjoy sports, the freedom to build and create. I wonder in the future when men and women are called to arms, what they will fight for? Will they fight for a highly regulated society?  How about fighting for clean air, or a non-smoking country.  Good god.

I live near the port of Los Angeles. Thousands of loud lumbering trucks rattle our windows every day, yet only a handful of Harleys roam past. A number of trains roll through the area daily. By law they sound their blasting air horns four times as each intersection. Occasionally, it catches me off guard. Should I sue, or bitch to the mayor? What about Ship’s horns or the guitar player who lives up front? I don’t get it. Are we such pansies now, that sound is disturbing? To me it’s the sound of Freedom, and we need to make noise and relish it. Let’s hit the news.

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THE BRAWLER GT3 IS READY TO RUMBLE —Darwin Motorcycles’ custom production Brawler GT3 took 2nd place at the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building during the 70th annual edition of the Sturgis Rally. 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELP3-RL38v8&fs=1&hl=en_US 
 
The 2010 production class produced the strongest competition to date  and Team Brass Balls came in 2nd with the Brawler and 4th with the Rocketeer. The Brawler is ready for prime time and is available to arrive in your garage right now.

 

THE BIKERNET HALF-BAKED DEPARTMENT–

Being ‘over the hill’ is much better than being under it!
Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
Procrastinate Now!
I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

–from Cigar Marc

BIKERNET INVESTMENT COUNSELOR WEEKLY TIP– Here’s another slant on the investment idea….. You might consider a diversified portfolio plan. That is, regardless of the dollar amount of your portfolio, you can establish equity percentages. For example, 20% in cash (interest earning CD’s or Money Market), 20% in tax free municipal bond funds (non-taxable dividends), 5% in medical stocks (related to increasing age of U. S. population and new government health plans), 10% in industrials/large cap stocks (U. S. business is the most vital in the world), 10% in energy stocks (the price of oil may go up or down, but the demand will be there long after you die), 5% defense stocks (the U. S. has the best war toys), 5% in short term bond fund (you’re lending money to businesses), the other 25% can be spread amongst your own selection. Maybe ask your mom for some of her choices, she’s made some good ones in her investment history.

–Dr. Nuttboy

NEW ISSUE OF AUSTRALIA’S HEAVY DUTY TO HIT THE STANDS SOON–   HEAVY DUTY has been Australia’s leading Harley-Davidson oriented and custom motorcycle magazine for two decades. Published bi-monthly with around 150 pages per issue and printed on quality stock with perfect binding, it is a high quality publication boasting two double-page pullouts of poster bikes.

Issue 112 features updates on no less than three magazine project bikes including Doc Robinson’s ProCharger ground-up Softail, editor Brumby’s 2009 Road King being bumped to 113 cubes and our 2009 Street Glide getting dressed up with some new bits.

Customs include the stunning cover bike Bio Hazard, another slick Chopperworks custom which is a Jack Daniels themed bike, plus a cool Flathead chopper, a mint 1948 Panhead and the incredible “Bat Bike” which allegedly has Bruce Wayne drooling with envy.

Then there are our regular columns including Doc’s Tech Torq where bundles of readers’ questions are expertly answered and last but by no means least a guest editorial from none other than Keith ‘Bandit’ Ball.

— Vivienne Brumby
PUBLISHER – HEAVY DUTY Magazine

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BIKERNET SOCCER COACH COACHING– At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, ‘Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?’ The little boy nodded in the affirmative.

‘Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?’ The little boy nodded ‘yes’.

‘So,’ the coach continued, ‘I’m sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn’t argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call him a pecker-head, dickhead or asshole. Do you understand all that?’ The little boy nodded ‘yes’ again.

He continued, ‘And when I take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play, it’s not good sportsmanship to call your coach”a dumb ass or shithead” is it?’ The little boy shook his head ‘NO’.

‘GOOD’, said the coach. ‘Now go over there and explain all that to your
grandmother!’

BOOK ON BOTTLED WATER, “BOTTLED  AND SOLD,”–BY PETER GLEICK. We banned bottled water purchasing at Bikernet after listening to an interview with Mr. Gleick. Seems bottled water is not regulated, but tap water is, and the goddamn bottles are clogging up everything, rivers, lakes, landfills, and oceans. We’re throwing money away on the shit.

 

BIKERNET AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT FINALIST FOR PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA– Attached is a picture of Ray Russell, an Autralian rider and environmental developer, from the supplement in this week’s Herald Sun.

The awards ceremony was this week.

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists

Q. How is dew formed?
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

Q. What causes the tides in the oceans?
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends to flow Towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon and nature abhors a Vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight

Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed

Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election
(Well, it certainly seems to help)

Q. What are steroids?
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs
(Shoot yourself now, there is little hope)

Q…What happens to your body as you age?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental

Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery
(So true)

Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A. Premature death

Q. What is artificial insemination?
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour?
A. Keep it in the cow
(Simple, but brilliant)

Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorized (e.g. The abdomen).
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts – the brainium, the borax and the Abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels:
A, E, I, O, U.
(wtf!)

Q. What is the fibula?
A. A small lie

Q. What does ‘varicose’ mean?
A. Nearby

Q. What is the most common form of birth control?
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium
(That would work)

Q. Give the meaning of the term ‘Caesarean section’.
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome

Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor.
(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)

Q. What is a terminal illness?
A. When you are sick at the airport.
(Irrefutable)

Q. Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A. Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas

Q. Use the word ‘judicious’ in a sentence to show you understand its meaning.
A. Hands that judicious can be soft as your face.
(OMG)

Q. What does the word ‘benign’ mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight
(brilliant)

Q. What is a turbine?
A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head

~Ever get the feeling your stuff strutted off without you?~

–Keith Wahl

 

Rick and Joe T’s Dum Ass Club – Episode 60

 

Rick and Joe talk about golf, the Cowboys, white women, Sturgis, Harley Davidson, marriage, sex, Joe’s baby, Katie Couric, Tru Tv, Ma’s Roadhouse, and Rick’s bad golf game.

More good stuff in Bikernet Studio.

 

 

THE KRYLON JOHN REPORT ON STRESS INDUCED CONSTIPATION– I’m not really sure if my ramblings this week are actually going to be all about matters of rectal discomfort or not, but it’s as good a place as any to start. What got me to thinking about the subject was the time I blogged on Custom Classic Trucks’ website about stress induced constipation and how the subject sent the web numbers right through the roof. So much in fact, that my blog funneled over to Motor Trend magazine’s blogs, and came up in a Google search right in the middle of some serious medical reports.

 

The Google headlines, or tease, or whatever they call that thing that comes up in a search, advised Googlers to join Motor Trend’s forums and discuss the topic of stress induced constipation. The fun ended when the big boss for my publishing group called me at 7:30 AM on a Sunday morning and said, “I don’t know what the fuck you put up there, but get it down right now!”

It might have been my style of combining serious medical facts with phrases like when Mr. Poo-Poo comes to town, and describing bouts of relieving chronic constipation in flowing terms that got me in deep shit with the brass, who knows? It did teach me that corporate America does watch what employees do, and I was probably snagged by some swarthy little bastard in India, who makes more money than I do.

 

Most of our Harley-Davidson dealers in the United States are closing while the news is Harley-Davidson has expanded its distribution channels to India on a major scale. It does kind of make one wonder where the hell things are going — I just answered my own question… Hell.

On to discussing some of the current events in my quest for a steady source of income, brings me to admitting that I’m just a sellout waiting to happen. It’s like in Martial Arts when one has to do what is known as facing one’s self, or maybe quoting a Hells Angel in Hunter S. Thompson’s book, puts it in a better perspective. I got an email that was addressed to me along with some serious big-time magazine editors from an advertising executive, who invited us to pitch some ideas for an advertising campaign a mainstream clothing company was about to launch. I was supposed to pitch a premise for a series of webisodes that would feature the lucky winner prancing around in some new yuppie threads like something Tiger Woods would wear out on the golf course. Naturally, the company was offering a good salary, and that was the turning point. I said for that kind of money, I would go under water and fuck fish. I can just imagine what the chain on my Shovelhead would do to those frilly white pants.

I guess before I bailout I should explain the meaning of these photographs. The big blue Kobalt rollaway in my office is one of six ever produced. It was part of an advertising campaign enlisting the help of magazine editors to enhance the newly announced Kobalt brand. A real sharp marketing lady showed up in Agoura Hills, while I was the editor of Tailgate magazine and gave it to me. I wanted to give it to her bent over my desk, but that wasn’t to be part of the deal. In the beginning Kobalt tools was owned by Snap-on, and the tools were manufactured by Williams another tool company owned by Snap-on. Things didn’t work out liked they had hoped and Lowe’s home improvement stores acquired the fledgling brand. The photograph I took of my yellow ’88 Chevy pickup, and ’77 blue Ford sitting with their bags aired-out is titled “Slammed in the Weeds” and it has nothing to do with rectal discomfort.

— Krylon John   

 

 

 

 

RESTORED ACE MAY BE FEATURED IN BANDIT’S CANTINA IN THE NEAR FUTURE– 1922 Ace built in Detroit same year that William Henderson the founder of ACE was killed test riding the same model and was struck by a car. Henderson is considered the father of the American four cylinder motorcycle (all Pierce did was copy FN) Henderson started with his own co. Henderson Motorcycle sold out to Schwinn’s Excelsior and became Excelsior Henderson in Chicago. He quit in 1920 returned to Detroit to form ACE. His goal was to build light-weight fast fours and not the heavier cruisers that Schwinn was developing. After his death ACE was sold to Indian which produced the Indian ACE for one year and then dropped the ACE name and made Indian fours till 1942. Every production four from 1912 to 1942 made in the USA has some element of William Henderson’s original design

 

 

It took Charlie Gilmore 28 years to find every correct original piece. Way more dedicated than most guys I know. Believe it or not, there is almost a foot of difference between it and the short coupled bike we built.

–Don Whalen
Sierra Madre Motorcycles

See the short-coupled Ace feature in the Cantina. It’s a masterpiece.–Wrench

HERE’S THE COMPLETE NOISE ARTICLE BLAST BY DAISY NGUYEN, A SAN DIEGO NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT–

CALABASAS, Calif. — The laid-back vibe of this affluent Los Angeles suburb gets a jarring wakeup on weekends when hundreds of motorcycles thunder through the Santa Monica Mountains, triggering car alarms, rattling windows and jolting alive barking dogs.

“They rev their engines with complete disregard for the people who live here,” complained neighborhood resident Tonia Aery. “It’s obnoxious.”

Aery’s wish for peace and quiet could come true after the state Senate passed a bill this month that would make it a motor vehicle violation to ride a roaring hog. The only catch is that the decision now falls to the state’s biker-in-chief, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, an avid motorcyclist.

Schwarzenegger’s fellow riders — still bitter over an 18-year-old state law requiring helmets — are hoping he’ll veto the law.

The bill targets motorcyclists who remove factory-installed emission control devices mandated by the U.S. government and replace them with custom, after-market parts that often make their bikes louder — and, consequently, dirtier. If passed, motorcycles would be required to bear the proper U.S. Environmental Protection Agency label certifying that the exhaust system is clean burning and does not exceed 80 decibels — about the same as a vacuum cleaner.
At least six cities, including Denver, Boston and the state of Oregon have passed similar noise-prevention laws, but muffling motorcycles here could have symbolic impact.

The Hells Angels started here, so did the raucous motorcycle rallies in Hollister that inspired “The Wild One,” the 1953 Marlon Brando movie that cemented bikers’ rebellious image in American pop culture.
“It’s another example of government intrusion into our lifestyle,” said Mike Levison, president of the Southern California Harley Riders Association.

The bill by Sen. Fran Pavley would fine first-time offenders up to $100, but their ticket could be voided if they make corrections. Subsequent infractions would be subject to fines of $100 to $250.

For years, residents in Pavley’s district have complained about bikes that rumble along Pacific Coast Highway and echo through the twisting canyons of Malibu, Calabasas and Agoura Hills.

Last year, Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, tried to close a loophole in the state law that exempts motorcycles from pollution standards by mandating smog inspections every two years. Vocal motorcyclists helped defeat the bill so she amended it to target noise. If signed, the bill will effectively make the state’s 826,000 registered motorcycles meet air pollution requirements by meeting noise standards.

Federal and state laws that limit motorcycle noise already exist, but Pavley said enforcement is lax because it’s impractical to outfit police with noise-monitoring instruments.

“It’s already illegal to modify the pipe to make your bike louder,” Pavley said. “So this is not a new law, it’s enforcement of an existing law.”

California Highway Patrol Officer Leland Tang, whose Woodland Hills office regularly fields complaints about noisy bikes, noted that state law prohibits drivers from modifying their cars’ exhaust system to make the engine louder. But bikers can dodge the ordinance because the Bureau of Automotive Repair, which inspects vehicles to ensure their exhaust systems are in compliance, is not set up to inspect motorcycles.

Bikers fear the legislation would put a crimp in more than their tailpipes and could prevent them from customizing their motorcycles because makers of aftermarket parts — faced with the daunting task of having to list every make and model their parts can be used for — could go out of business.

“We’re never going to advocate breaking the law, what we’re trying to advocate is reasonable choices to allow consumers to customize their vehicles,” said Imre Szauter, government affairs manager for American Motorcyclist Association.

Pavley said the EPA stamp will be required for motorcycles made after 2013, giving enough time for parts makers to comply.

Even motorcyclists known for sounding off on their boisterous peers think the new law is a bad idea.
“This bill doesn’t directly address the noise issue, it just regulates what you can purchase for your bike,” said Don Amador, whose Quiet Warrior Riding consulting firm advocates riding with sound-compliant equipment. He suggests that authorities adopt a decibel test to measure actual noise output.

Schwarzenegger, who has until Sept. 30 to decide, has not taken a position on the legislation, said spokesman Aaron McLear. The governor, whose most famous movie image depicts him as gun-toting, motorcycle-riding cyborg in “The Terminator” series, has a bike collection and sometimes rides around the Malibu hills with his pals.

McLear said he didn’t know if Schwarzenegger’s motorcycles meet federal noise requirements.
The bill’s not the first time Schwarzenegger has faced the prospect of being in the hot saddle over something that would affect his lifestyle. Earlier this year, the governor known for puffing on expensive cigars vetoed legislation that would have banned smoking at all California state parks and beaches. He said the bill crossed the line of government intrusion.

On the other hand, Schwarzenegger received environmental kudos for signing Pavley’s landmark global warming law imposing stronger regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

Mike Levison, the Harley rider, said he gets annoyed by loud hogs, but thinks peer pressure’s a better way to quiet loud bikes. In the past, he’s banished loud bikes to the back of the pack.

“Guys revving up their noisy pipes remind me of my 8-year-old grandson. Every time he jumps in the pool he yells ‘Hey Grandpa, look at me! Look at me!'” the retired businessman said. “They’re making noise to get attention. It’s no wonder the public has come down on us because of these idiots.”

–Associated Press

–from Rogue
Here is a link to her Twitter page
http://twitter.com/daisynguye

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AMD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTERVIEWS PURO CHINGON CUSTOM– Puro Chingon Custom Choppers’ “La Joya del Desierto” by Gabriel Solis… The bike, built by Gabriel Solis Castillo on a heavily modified Redneck frame, features a modified 1965 Harley ‘Pan/Shovel’ combination hybrid engine and modified Kiwi Indian leaf spring front-end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXxsA0xJD2s&fs=1&hl=en_US

The  bike, ‘La Joya del Desierto’ (Jewel of the Desert) is a celebration of the colors, landscape and riding experience of the desert region in which it was based.

1966 – The first of the “Shovelhead” engines is introduced on the Electra-Glide models, replacing the Panhead.

More good stuff in Bikernet Studio.

 

 

 

 

 

Ma’s Roadhouse Weds 8pm— 

 

 

Watch Mom, Rick, Sue, Lena, and the Strokers Gang on Ma’s Roadhouse every Wednesday at 8pm on TruTV.

Watch Mom, Rick, Sue, Lena, and the Strokers Gang on Ma’s Roadhouse every Wednesday at 8pm on TruTV.

 

VETERAN APPLIES FOR A JOB AT BIKERNET POST OFFICE–A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for a job.

The interviewer asks him, “Are you allergic to anything?”

He replies, “Yes, caffeine. I can’t drink coffee.”

“Have you ever been in the military service?”

“Yes,” he says, “I was in Iraq for two years.”

The interviewer says, “That will give you 5 extra points toward employment.”

Then he asks, “Are you disabled in any way?”

The guy says, “Yes. A bomb exploded near me and
I lost both my testicles.”

The interviewer grimaces and then says, “Okay. You’ve got enough points
for me to hire you right now. Our normal hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00
pm. You can start tomorrow at 10:00 am, and plan on starting at 10:00 am
every day.”

The guy is puzzled and asks, “If the work hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00
pm, why don’t you want me here until 10:00 am?”

“This is a government job,” the interviewer says. “For the first two
hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our balls. No
point in you coming in for that.”

–Irving Marsh

READER TECH QUESTION ABOUT WHITE BROTHER BIKE–
I was wondering if White Brothers ever made chopper frames or if they ever made production bikes. I have a friend that claims he bought a 1999 White Brothers production chopper and his registration and title read: WHTE not SPCN.

The bike has an S&S 96 inch power plant and a 5 speed. He says the seller claimed that White Brothers tried to make ago of it building these, but gave up after only a handful were built. I haven’t found a single thing online about White Brothers Choppers. Do you think that the DMV paperwork is wrong? If so, I have a Santee frame that I can try to register as a Santee and not an SPCN. What are your thoughts please?

–Sal O
Sal.Oropeza@cdph.ca.gov

NEVADA BOB REPORTS FROM THE SALT– Great seeing you at the salt. Sorry we didn’t get to talk longer but you know how it is out there.

Everybody told me not to spend the extra money and enter a class since it was my first time on the salt, so I entered “Run what ya Brung”. And of course, I go out and set a friggin’ two way record on my Chief that won’t go into the books since I hadn’t entered a specific class. Shit happens…

Bring the Pea Shooter back next year. The old stuff is what makes the event, for me anyway.

Nice blurb on your site about Joe’s bar too. I know he appreciates it. It’s doing well, even though he’s running himself into the ground right now overseeing it. He’ll do fine.

Here’s a picture of me making my first run. I’m coming back next year and I’m hell bent to put officially get the production vintage record.

Talk to ya soon!

“Nevada” Bob Clift

DUBLIN MOB CHOPPERS– “Working Class Heroes” Charity Ride is here again Sunday October 10th. All proceeds benefit The San Diego Burn Institute. Last year was a great turnout and we’re hoping this year will be even better. Registration Will be 8-10 am and the POKER RUN will leave at 10 am SHARP! from Dublin Mob HQ…

All the usual suspects will be involved….Sponsors… Shamrock Social Club, Iron Fist Clothing, Hot Dog Kustoms, Smoke Eaters MC, and Firehouse Brewery…….Bands….Mower and Cotton Fever will play at last stop at the Firehouse Brewery…as well as BBQ and BEER…..Chops,Rods & Customs…Ride Em or Push Em…..just ROLL for a good cause

www.dublinmobchoppers.com
6306 Federal Blvd

San Diego 92114

dublinmob@yahoo.com

BIKERNET TO INSTALL JIMS EVO-OILING PUSHRODS IN SHOVELHEAD–

To my surprise I just found out that we haven’t shipped you this shovel kit.

Sorry man, I had no idea!

Apparently we were waiting on tappets – and they are now in stock?

–Paul

We’re ready to rock when JIMS is.—Bandit

MATT OLSEN OUT OF THE MOTORCYCLE CANNONBALL LINE UP– Scottsboro, AL~September 14, 2010 – Matt Olsen, Motorcycle Cannonball rider #85, has crashed his motorcycle while riding the Stage 5 section of the historical shore-to-shore run that will encompass 17 days of motorcycling across the United States.

According to Matt’s father, Carl Olsen who is also a rider in the rally, the younger Olsen hit a pothole in the road and went into a shimmy on his 1913 Sears. Olsen had almost straightened his machine out when the wobble turned into a tank slapper and Matt went over the handlebars. His left forearm is broken, requiring surgery. His father reports he came through very well.

Matt is in a cast, which will immobilize his arm and wrist for the six weeks required to allow the bones to heal correctly. In addition to the arm, Olsen also has numerous face cuts and a “slightly broken nose,” but prognosis is good and there is expected to be no permanent damage. Olsen will fly home from Huntsville, AL to Aberdeen, SD tomorrow afternoon.

The 26-year-old Olsen holds the distinction of being the youngest man to have the title of Iron Butt Rider, having earned the title twice in one week. One title was for riding 1000 miles on the oldest Harley-Davidson, a 1936 H-D Knucklehead with 2-up and then again in the same week for covering the 1000 miles solo on a 1939 H-D.

The determined young man is in good spirits and insisted his father and crew stay on to continue the Cannonball run. Carl relayed a message from his son’s hospital bed, saying Matt was pulling for the rest of the Cannonballers. “This whole event is just awesome. The riders are all working together and helping each other to make as many miles as they possibly can and it’s revitalizing their spirit. Everybody’s in it for everybody else. I will definitely be back next year.”

It won’t be on the Sears, however, since the bike is reportedly totaled.

 

FATBOB KNUCKLEHEAD OF THE WEEK– This is out of the box. The Japanese love old iron and use it. I love the way they are doing what we did years ago. No billet bullshit there. I sold the double stick refrigerator; I saw you pedaled your King as well. Tim at negotiable moved to the young gun Bacons. Bacon was here for the swap,

I sold his shackinlaw a ’49 basket. He sold his bike while here. I will take you to his crib when I come to Cal. I’m coming around thanksgiving, I hope. Killed them at Davenport.

Matt Olsen wanted my starter, but I need it, not hating but fuck a Sears, before ’36 is ok, but cradle frames forever.

–FB

BIKETOBERFEST IS COMING– The Rat’s Hole 18th Annual Biketoberfest Custom Bike Show will be back at Daytona Lagoon Water Park, next to the parking garage on Earl Street, Daytona Beach. The all-day show will feature 22 classes of motorcycles, Good Times MC Radical Randy, Tattoo Contests and Ratmate Contest.

“We are glad to be back at the water park, where people can park next door at the parking garage,” said show owner, Ted Smith. “There’s also less of a traffic issue for people trying to put a bike in the show.”

To register a bike, go online to http://www.ratshole.com/.

 

LET’S PEEL BACK PRICES ON CHROME THIS WEEK WITH K AND G CYCLES– Our “Peel Back” pricing page is absolutely loaded with deals you can’t beat. With savings at up to 40% off, you can’t afford to miss out.

Our first advertised special is a Chrome Teardrop Tool Box With Tumbler Style Lock.
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What about a Domed Chrome Oil Tank, Side Fill. 3.5 Qt.?
Here is an old school oil tank for your next bobber bike project. Chrome steel tank with built-in battery box come with front rubber mount and tank cap included. It fits Big Twin rigid frames from 1936 thru 1957 and most custom rigid frames on the market today. Lines come out of the bottom of the tank for a nice clean look. Does not include line fittings. Dimensions – 9-3/8”W X 12”L X 6.5”H Battery Box 4” X 8”. $193.99 (Save 25%)

Here’s an Era’ Maltese Cross Mirror Set – If you’re looking for the perfect mirror to finish off your ‘chopper’ project or replace those bulky stock mirrors… then look no further. The ‘Era’ Maltese Cross mirror is just what you are looking for. Die-cast construction with a brilliant chrome finish. Fits most models from 1965 to present. Yours for $67.49

Keep watching Bikernet for some spectacular announcements on contests, giveaways, and sales.

K and G Cycles…kinduvabigdeal!!!!

 

 

Joe T on D&D 2008-2010 Victory Vision Boss Slip-ons

 

THERE YOU HAVE IT– Another day in paradise, if only we can switch the country’s thinking and regard for freedom. I don’t watch any news program anymore. They were bringing me down. CNN viewers has dropped in half, as an example. I read the Week magazine for general news, and watch CSPAN for actual government hearings and interviews with influential authors. I recently watched a speech by a scientist who went to Russia in the ’80s to talk with Russian scientists in forbidden cities. They attempt a working relationship and discovered guys just like themselves hoping for the freedom to get the job done. This scientist, who has worked for top ranking government officials pounded home the following: We must be a government worth fighting for. We must cherish freedom, and we must relish science, because between freedom and scientific inventions we will discover answers, technology, and cures for disease. Good thoughts.

So, I need to rebuild the Peashooter so Eric Bennett can perform a compression test, plus we can put it on display Saturday at the El Camino antique meet. We are also working on another tech with a 2010 FLH, adding a 2009 Bub 2-into-1 exhaust, a Zippers Thundermax ECM and Performance Machine Wrath air cleaner. We’ll bring you a report shortly. And hang on for the next Girl of Bikernet–wow!

Ride Forever,

–Bandit