Hey,
It’s that time of year. It’s nuts. I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking about the run to the Badlands in February during the Cincy V-Twin Show. My two biggest events of the year include V-Twin and Sturgis. Then of course the SmokeOut is my eastern player.
This year the scramble has a twisted bent. I’m going on the first Sturgis Underhanded Run with just a handful of riders from the East Coast. We will be hold up in a small Deadwood cabin for a week, two weeks prior to the big 75th Anniversary of the Sturgis Run.
Three days after the Hamsters leave the West Coast I will depart from Sturgis on my 2014 Indian Chief Classic and mosey west to Yellowstone. Hang on for more reports?
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in Part by 2Wheelers Sturgis, Cycle Source, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, and Iron Trader.
THE FACTORY METAL WORKS COMES TO BIKERNET WITH MOONEYES—Tomorrow we will launch the feature on this sharp, classic Triumph, built in South Carolina, at The Factory Metal Works, a shop specializing in Triumph and BSA builds.
This classic was built for Shige, the boss of MOONEYES of Los Angeles and Japan. Hang on for this classic feature with photos by Peter Linney.
–Bandit
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPENS LINE FOR MEN–
“Hello, my name is Bob. How can I help you?”
“Hi Bob, I really need your advice on a serious problem. I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs: If the phone rings and I answer, the caller hangs up. She goes out with the girls a lot. I try to stay awake to look out for her when she comes home, but I usually fall asleep. Anyway, last night about midnight, I was in the shed cleaning my bike when she came home, she got out of someone’s car buttoning her blouse, and then she took her panties out of her purse and slipped them on. It was at that moment that I noticed a hairline crack in the rear footpeg mounting bracket. Is that something I can weld,or do I need to replace the whole bracket?”
–from Jerry and Rogue
BadAss Shovelhead Engine Build
Bad Ass Shovelheads Forever
— Dallas Dillon
dllsdillon@yahoo.com
Claremore, OK
PITBULL CASING ADDS $1500 TO S&S CYCLE PROVEN PERFORMANCE NATIONALS PAYOUTS– NITRO! NITRO! NITRO! If you’re running nitro you need to be at Eddyville Raceway Park July 24 and 25! Pitbull Casing, courtesy of racer Paul Kelly, is adding $1500 to the already guaranteed payouts at the WMDRA’s inaugural S&S Cycle Proven Performance Nationals. One Thousand Dollars will be added to Top Fuel for $6000 to win, and an additional $500 will be added to Pro Fuel for $3500 to win… Total payouts for the event exceed $26,000!
“Wow! We can’t thank Pitbull Casing enough for supporting our sport and we can’t wait to see the intense competition for some of the biggest fuel purses of the season,” says WMDRA President Sandra Alberti.
Pitbull Casing (www.pitbullcasing.com) is trusted by many in the oil & gas industry for its dedication to providing professional torque-turn monitoring services combined with superior customer service. Through this dedication it has allowed numerous companies to stay within project budget and reduce downtime. Pitbull Casing has quickly become the most reliable torque-turn company in North Dakota providing state of the art services along with exceptional quality.
Rupert Darwin, 59, kept a 12-foot alligator tied and blindfold for the last month, sexually assaulting the reptile multiple times a day.
Darwin is a relatively unknown fisherman who lives in the outskirts of the remote town of 400. Residents say he sticks to himself and described him as “odd.”
Police responded after a man out of a nature hike happened to walk by Darwin’s house and saw Darwin having sex with the alligator in his backyard.
The witness heard Darwin say, “next time you try to kill a man, you best get the job done. Now you’re my bitch forever.”
“It was the damn strangest thing I’ve ever seen,” the witness told police. “The gator didn’t even move. It was like it didn’t give a s**t that man was having sex with it.”
Collier County Sheriffs responded and arrested Darwin on multiple counts of animal cruelty and one count of illegally keeping a wild animal.
Excerpt from Darwin’s police statement:
The gator tried to eat me and this was revenge, pure and simple. I don’t have no sexual attraction to gators, but I wanted to teach this bitch a lesson. I could have just killed her, but that would have been too easy. She was getting what she deserved.
http://thugvirals.com/florida-man-arrested-for-having-sex-with-an-alligator/
–from Rogue
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–Ujjwal Dey
u_dey@yahoo.com
Bomb-aye, India
AUSTRALIAN CLUB NEWS– Club leader talks about upcoming legal battle.
The leader of Australia’s biggest outlaw motorcycle club wants the High Court to overturn a decision by the Federal Government to strip him of his visa, a move that has left him stranded on the other side of the world.
In an exclusive interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from his base in Malta, Rebels motorcycle club president Alex Vella said the cancellation of his visa on “character grounds” was a denial of natural justice.
“I’m innocent, I know that. I’ve done no wrong by nobody, but they’ve shut the door on me and thrown me out of the country,” he said.
Law enforcement agencies have told the ABC that the stranding of Mr Vella in Malta has disrupted the Rebels and their operations.
“There has been no person to step up and take over the leadership role. I would say the leadership structure is in disarray,” Detective Superintendent Deb Wallace (above) of the NSW Gangs Squad claimed.
Mr Vella, who held Australian residency for 47 years but not citizenship, was visiting his birthplace of Malta in June last year, when his visa was cancelled “on the basis that the Minister reasonably suspected that Mr Vella did not pass the character test and was satisfied that the cancellation would be in the national interest”.
Mr Vella has been the national president of the Rebels since 1973, presiding over a motorcycle club that has grown to be the biggest in the country with an estimated membership (by police) of 2,000 members.
“Our crime is nothing more than a little percentage of what white collar people do,” he said.
“[Bikers] get the blame for a majority of the crime committed in Australia, yet we make up 0.3 per cent of all crime committed,” said his son Alex Vella Jnr (above), also a member of the Rebels, who spoke to the ABC while visiting his father in Malta.
But in Federal Court documents obtained by the ABC, the Government has alleged the Rebels are “high threat to the Australian community”.
“Between January 2012 and June 2013, 718 Rebels members, nominees and associates were either reported or arrested in relation to 1,211 charges for offences ranging from violence-related offences (including serious assault, stalking, kidnapping and affray), firearms and weapons offences, drugs offences, and property, street and traffic offences.
“The Rebels MC have remained cohesive and disciplined through Mr Vella’s strong leadership,” the documents read.
Superintendent Wallace is the also the chair of Operation Morpheus, an anti-biker taskforce made up of state and Commonwealth law enforcement agencies.
“We’ve certainly charged [Rebels] with fraud, intimidation, extortion, kidnapping, attempted murder, murder. Alex Vella is synonymous with the Rebels, ” she said.
“Why should I take responsibility for [a club member] who done wrong?” Mr Vella countered.
“That’s for the law to do their job, not me.”
“Members of the motorcycle club aren’t saints obviously,” Alex Vella Jnr added.
“But to brand them all criminals is just like saying all Catholics are paedophiles.”
Mr Vella and his legal team are seeking special leave before the High Court because they say the Rebels president has been denied natural justice under the Migration Act. In March this year, Mr Vella appealed to the full bench of the Federal Court to set aside the Immigration Minister’s decision. During proceedings, Justice Robert Buchanan questioned the provisions in the Act being used by the Minister, saying he found “it curious that Parliament thinks it can exclude part of the exercise of the judicial power”. Questioning the section of the Act that allows the minister to keep information secret on the say-so of intelligence services such as ASIO, Justice Geoffrey Flick remarked that “it strikes me as absurd”, adding that “this case has got an air of unreality to it.”
Despite these concerns, the full bench of the court upheld the right of the Immigration Minister to keep Government evidence against Alex Vella secret because it was “protected information”.
“The Minister concedes that, in making the decision, he acted on adverse information that he did not divulge to Mr Vella,” the judges wrote.
“He says, however, that there was no denial of natural justice because the adverse information was information, by reason of [section] 503A of the Act, he was not required to divulge to Mr Vella … In short, the Minister says that [section] 503A of the Act overrides any natural justice requirement to divulge the adverse information.”
“It’s a bunch of lies behind it, that’s why,” Mr Vella said.
“Why would you want to hide something if a man’s done wrong? Tell them. Tell the public what I’ve done. What’s so secret about it?”
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton would not comment on the Vella case but said outlaw motorcycle club members were at the top of his hit-list for deportation, adding that 16 bikers had had their visas cancelled since December last year.
“People who head outlaw motorcycle gangs, people who are involved in the organization and facilitation of criminal activities by their members, well and truly are caught within the character test and provisions of the Act,” he said.
“They become the target of us trying to clean up our visa system to make sure we maintain integrity in the visa system and exclude these people from our society.”
Having lost twice in the Federal Court, Mr Vella’s legal team now has one shot left to get the visa cancellation overturned and the Rebels leader back to Australia.
“It would be premature for me to say he’s got good prospects or bad prospects, especially in light of the fact that we haven’t even heard what the High Court wants to do,” Peter Webb, one of Mr Vella’s lawyers, said.
Mr Vella’s wife Heather said the cost of failure for the family would be devastating.
“We’d be split. Australia is his home, that’s where we all are – his kids, our grandkids, his mum. His mum is terrified that she’s never going to see him again,” she said.
Mr Vella also hit back at police claims that his stranding in Malta had thrown the club into turmoil. “We are also seeing members handing in their colors, which is a very symbolic gesture to say we’re done, we’re finished,” Superintendent Wallace said.
Giving the ABC a tour of his family’s village in northern Malta, Mr Vella scoffed at suggestions the Rebels had become a rabble.
“We got over 88 chapters. Since I’ve been here we’ve got over 90 new members to the club. So it’s really growing,” he said.
“We’re gaining more than we’re losing. Whether I’m there or not, the club will still go on.”
THE BIKERNET BAGGERS EDITOR’S REPORT—Bikernet Baggers web site is making editorial strides for bag-world perfection.
The second installment of the 5Ball Bagger build with Paughco is up. The old school styling is shining through, and Paughgo still has lots of surprises and new features in store. Springer front end meet a heavy gauge retro fenders. The Road King is on it’s way to be a one of kind blast from the past. See the first pieces here:
http://www.bikernetbaggers.com/pages/5_Ball_and_Paughco_Bagger_Rebuild.aspx
We want our readers to hop in this build! We’re crowdsourcing some bits and pieces for the crashed bike. If you have seen these bits and bobbles in your stash, call us up. We want to talk shop. See the details here:
http://www.bikernetbaggers.com/pages/Paughco_Road_King_Build_Part_1.aspx
WindVest is back at Sturgis for free installations on site. Stop by and try one out. You’ll be thanking us on your ride back. Tell ’em Bikernet Baggers sent ya.
And don’t miss a hot tech from PJ on the installation of Shotgun Shocks on a late-model touring Harley, promised to be posted tonight on the magnificent Bikernet Baggers web site.
Coming right up is a Travel Road Tip review of the Elbow Inn, and David Campbell, our traveling reporter covers the ride to the Missouri Freedom Rally.
Don’t miss the techs and any of our Touring-Bike action.
–Tyler Ludlow
Supreme Bikernet Baggers Editor
630-531-1148
The Refined Ryan Reed Design Softail.
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–Michael
michael.esplin@gmail.com
Aromas, CA
The builder works for SoCal Hot Rods.–Bandit
HARLEY-DAVIDSON IGNITES PRESENCE FOR 75th STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY
H-D Unwraps Rally Point and Unifies all Activities in Sturgis.
From a chain cutting-rally kickoff to the last demo ride, sparks will fly as Harley-Davidson takes over the city of Sturgis to kick off the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally with a new line-up of activities. The start of one of the biggest rallies in U.S. history will be commemorated at a chain-cutting of the new Harley-Davidson Rally Point and brings to life the first phase of the new 75-year relationship between Harley-Davidson and the city of Sturgis making Harley-Davidson the official motorcycle of the rally.
For 2015, Harley-Davidson is uniting all Harley-Davidson and H.O.G. activities at three new locations: the Rally Point, the Sturgis Community Center and Sturgis City Park – providing rally-goers additional opportunities to make lasting memories during the week-long event.
“Riders rarely have the same Sturgis experience twice, but the 75th rally will be a completely new one for everyone who rides through the Black Hills on their way to Sturgis,” said Kris Schoonover, Manager of Event Strategy and Execution for Harley-Davidson. “We are expanding our presence in Sturgis by creating multiple locations for customers to experience the variety of activities Harley-Davidson has to offer.”
Grand Opening: The Harley-Davidson Rally Point
At the corner of Main Street and Harley-Davidson Way, the Rally Point is the new year-round home for motorcyclists to gather. Don’t miss the grand opening on July 31 at noon with ceremonial chain-cutting, music and more.
· There will be daily concerts and shows, a bike raffle for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and an official photo area for riders with their motorcycles to have a picture snapped with the iconic STURGIS sign as the backdrop.
· Women and Riding: Help us celebrate 100 years of strong and confident women riders by joining Karen Davidson, H-D General Merchandise Creative Director, and photographer, Lana MacNaughton, for a gathering to discuss women in motorcycling, Monday, Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. They will talk about why they ride, collect ideas for 2016 women’s activities and give a sneak preview of Fall fashion.
· UFC fighters will be onsite signing autographs and taking pictures – Mike Chiesa on Tuesday, Aug. 4 and Ricardo Lamas on Friday, Aug. 7.
All-New Venue: Sturgis City Park
One of the newest Sturgis event locations – Sturgis City Park – provides a brand new experience in 2015. Harley-Davidson will host a display full of radical custom Harleys, daily giveaways and a custom, vintage 1951 Truck and Trailer. Check out the event schedule for a full line-up of attractions.
Central Hub: Sturgis Community Center at Fourth and Lazelle Streets
Freedom, attitude and V-Twin engines invade the Sturgis Community Center where the bulk of Harley-Davidson activities will now be housed. Both inside and outside the Community Center, riders will see and experience the newest motorcycle customizations, demonstrations of the latest MotorClothes, and experience the power of the 2015 line-up with a demo ride. This is also where official Willie G. and H.O.G. merchandise can be purchased, and it will be the only H.O.G. pin stop at the rally. All activities are Aug. 1-8 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
· Free Motorcycle Demo Rides: The full 2015 motorcycle line-up and demo ride experience includes models such as the Road Glide®, Ultra Limited Low, Street® 500 and 750, Freewheeler™ and a selection of customized models with H-D Genuine Motor Accessories®. Staging for demo rides takes place in the parking lot behind the Community Center. A selection of helmets and jackets will also be available for demo rides.
· Parts & Accessories: The interactive area includes everything needed to turn any Harley-Davidson motorcycle into a one-of-a-kind custom. No matter the riding style or body type, experts are on hand to help adjust any motorcycle for maximum comfort, control, style and confidence.
· Project LiveWire Experience Tour: Harley-Davidson embodies the spirit of American Reinvention with Project LiveWire – the first electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Making an appearance in Sturgis, Project LiveWire brings innovation to the street to get feedback from customers on what they expect from an electric motorcycle that is authentic Harley-Davidson. The Project LiveWire JUMPSTART will be available for a simulated riding experience.
· Gear: Customization is not just for motorcycles, and Harley-Davidson is offering t-shirt customization at this year’s rally. There are 11 different designs for a one-of-a-kind shirt printed on the spot. The graphics were carefully selected from the Harley-Davidson library and have retro-inspired designs with one that is completely customizable. Everyone is encouraged to come early since there are limited quantities each day. Additionally, Black Hills Harley-Davidson will have a variety of MotorClothes available for purchase.
And don’t miss the chance to win a $450 shopping spree with Karen Davidson or Lana MacNaughton. There are two chances to win, Monday, Aug. 3 at 1:50 p.m. at the Rally Point or Saturday, Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. at the Sturgis Community Center. The winner must be present to win, and you will have 3 hours of shopping time with Karen Davidson (Aug. 3) or Lana MacNaughton (Aug. 8) at Black Hills H-D.
· Harleywood Bikes: Get up close and personal with customized bikes from the movies Captain America and Avengers: Age of Ultron and from FX’s Sons of Anarchy TV show. Located on a red carpet, this experience provides a unique opportunity to take a picture while sitting on product that starred in these iconic entertainment properties.
· Harley-Davidson Museum: The Museum brings Harley-Davidson history and heritage to Sturgis with a series of events throughout the week: daily archives flicks, Untold Stories programs on custom builder Sugar Bear and the H-D Flat Track Racing Wrecking Crew, as well as pinstriping demonstrations with Harley-Davidson Chief Stylist, Ray Drea, and Vehicle Collections Specialist, Bill Rodencal. All events are free and open to the public. A full schedule can be found at www.h-d.com/sturgis.
· Weber Mobile Grill Academy: Stop by the Weber Mobile Grill Academy to talk to experts about all things grilling and see an array of gas, charcoal and electric grills as well as accessories. Be sure to check out the Big Burger Battle Monday, Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. where three finalists will compete for the best burger recipe. Hands-on-grilling classes are also available to H.O.G. members. Check out the H-D Sturgis Event App for details to sign-up.
· Other activities at the Community Center include custom Miller High Life bandanas, motorcycle stunt shows featuring Unknown Industries and daily police skill shows. Miller High Life and Ole Smoky Moonshine products will also be available throughout the week.
Black Hills Half-Mile Harley-Davidson GNC1 presented by Vance & Hines Flat Track
Lovers of motorcycles and speed alike shouldn’t miss the fastest entertainment in the area Tuesday night, Aug. 4. A celebration of speed and fierce flat track racing action fires up at the Half-Mile oval of Black Hills Speedway. Come watch the H-D Factory Flat Track Wrecking Crew, Brad Baker, Jared Mees and Kenny Coolbeth, fiercely battle handlebar to handlebar in the corners.
Whether twisting throttles towards South Dakota or dreaming of a first visit to Sturgis, Harley-Davidson social media is serving exciting Sturgis action all rally long – starting with a full-throttle 75-hour social media blitz beginning July 28. See breathtaking images and stories from riders across the country and daily updates. Tune in to #Sturgis posts @HarleyDavidson on Twitter & Instagram, or on Facebook.
For more information about Harley-Davidson 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally events and to get the official H-D Event Sturgis App, visit www.h-d.com/sturgis.
For more information, visit Harley-Davidson at www.h-d.com
–JEN HOYER 
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JIMS BIKERNET TOOL OF THE WEEK, No. 941 Slim Jim Oil Filter Wrench– The Slim Jim Oil Filter Wrench is the thinnest oil filter wrench in the industry.
Most standard oil filter wrenches interfere with the crank position sensor, voltage regulator, or oil cooler. The Slim Jim will slip past these obstacles onto the oil filter allowing you to use a 3/8” ratchet and extension to remove the oil filter.
This tool is made in the USA and comes with a lifetime warranty. JIMS® No. 941 Slim Jim Oil Filter Wrench fits all 76mm, 14 flute oil filters and has a suggested retail price of $33.55.
For more info, contact JIMS at sales@jimsusa.com or call (805) 482-6913. You can also visit us on the web at www.jimsusa.com.
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THE ATOMIC TEAM IS ON THE CASE—We weren’t finish with just the mascot. We needed something more, something to stir the imagination and educate the enthusiast. Not everyone understands belly tanks. We may not either, but we do have the vibe and Mr. Atomic is helping us share the vision until we roll this puppy onto the salt and see what she will do.
–Bandit
BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB–
This beautiful book by Ian Falloon will soon be a collector’s item: The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles is just arriving in stores now.
It’s amazing and covers every aspect of Triumph motorcycle construction and history.
5-BALL RACING LEATHERS Sponsors The Flying Piston Custom Builder Benefit Meet & Greet During Sturgis 75th– The Buffalo Chip hosts at Exclusive Preview of “ Motorcycles As Art” Show
5-Ball Racing Leathers is providing a Special Ops Vest for the silent auction during The Flying Piston fundraiser on Sunday, August 2nd at the Buffalo Chip’s Russ Brown Events Center. All 30+ custom builders from this year’s Motorcycles As Art exhibit will be together in one place to shake hands, sign autographs and pose for pictures with attendees. Meet the Chip’s own Rod “Woody” Woodruff, Photographer Michael Lichter, and special surprise guests.
The breakfast event welcomes the public for an exclusive preview of the Michael Lichter-curated show while they meet famous custom builders and industry luminaries including Billy Lane, Brian Klock, Roland Sands, Brian Fuller, Jim Nasi, Ken Nagai, Paul Cox, Paul Yaffe, and Shinya Kimura. Tickets are $20.
“It’s also an opportunity for fans to connect with custom builders and re-establish a rally tradition of uniting for breakfast for a great cause,” said Buffalo Chip President Rod Woodruff.
Organizer Marilyn Stemp stated, “All proceeds benefit the Buffalo Chip’s Technical Education Scholarship Fund established to encourage high school graduates and U.S. military veterans to seek out motorcycling as a career.”
Enthusiasts will bid on some outstanding art from Darren McKeag and Low Brow Artist Atomic Bob as well as products from industry known manufacturers including Revere Seats, Aeromach MFG, Corbin, Harley-Davidson Footwear and many others.
Tickets available at www.buffalochip.com. To learn more, donate auction items, or attend, contact: Marilyn Stemp, 828-205-8482, marilynstemp@gmail.com
The Chip’s concerts are free with camping. More details are available at www.BuffaloChip.com.
Every year the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s indoor Motorcycles as Art exhibition presents a changing conceptual theme that brings together the most innovative collection of groundbreaking custom bikes from today’s premier builders with artwork from the most famed moto-artists. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip and curator, famed photographer Michael Lichter, present an environment that must be seen to appreciate. Free to the public and open for just 9 days during the Sturgis Rally, take your time and walk through history in the making that is the Motorcycles as Art exhibit.
Its not often that you’ll see an FXR rider grind his taillight down to a nub, or even more dramatic, rip it off during the course of a riding session. But in the world of the Unknown Industries riders, of which Kade is a member, it’s simply not a session “well -done”, if something along those lines doesn’t occur.
Motor mounts, suspension pieces, engines are stressed to the max by riders like Kade, one of the reasons that he’s chosen to work with JIMS for his engine needs.
Working closely with Greg, son of JIMS founder, Jim, Kade is having a fire breathing JIMS 120, wheelie monster motor, hand built by Greg and his team of HP alchemists.
With his distinctive FXR, painted by Schultz Designz, Kade is a sight to behold when he’s on the job, peeling the skin off of his tires, the job made easier by this new JIMS motor.
Stay tuned for more wheel-spinning, front tire in the sky madness from the Kade Gates & JIMS collaboration.
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RETURN TO THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY– A woman and her twelve-year-old son were riding in a taxi in Detroit. It was raining and all the prostitutes were standing under awnings.
“Mom,” said the boy, “what are all those women doing?”
“They’re waiting for their husbands to get off work,” she replied.
The taxi driver turns around and says, “Geez lady, why don’t you tell him the Truth? They’re hookers, boy! They have sex with men for money.
“The little boy’s eyes get wide and he says, “Is that true Mom?”
His mother, glaring hard at the driver, answers in the affirmative. After a few minutes, the kid asks, “Mom, if those women have babies, what happens to them?”
“Most of them become taxi drivers,” she said.
–from Rogue and Jerry
The festivities will include a catered lunch, inspiring speakers, a pampering at the Comfort Zone sponsored by Team Diva and servicing options at the Easy Eddie’s Tune-Up Tent. Attendees may also enter their ride in the unique bike show where entrants will share stories about their ride. Featured speaker, Hall of Fame recipient and Motor Maids matriarch, Gloria Struck will give an entertaining presentation and safety expert, Vicki Roberts-Sanfelipo, author of “A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist,” will offer safe riding tips. Special recognition will be made to Gloria Struck on the event of her 90th birthday.
Since its inception in 2009, Biker Belles has raised money for worthy charities, including the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame and Helping with Horsepower.
The event is open to both men and women, riders and non-riders, and participants are asked to make a $45 contribution to join the festivities. One hundred percent of the $45 registrants contributions will directly benefit worthy charities. Reservations may be made by visiting BikerBelles.com or by calling (605) 347-9000.
MAJOR STURGIS RALLY NOTE: S&S MOVES FROM STURGIS TO BLACK HILLS H-D IN RAPID CITY– S&S Cycle Inc of Viola, Wisconsin invites Sturgis Rally goers to visit their semi truck display in their new location in the lot at Black Hills Harley-Davidson. You don’t have to fight the traffic and crowds to find us in downtown Sturgis. Just make an easy exit off the interstate at Rapid City, and see what S&S has to offer without the hassle.
Black Hills Harley-Davidson® I-90 Exit 55
2820 Harley Drive
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: (605) 342-9362
Just like last year, S&S will be doing free installation of any exhaust system and/or air cleaner purchased during the rally. You’ll love the S&S 4” Race Tour slip on mufflers for baggers, and the S&S Stealth air cleaners are just as cool. That means you can ride out of town looking better, sounding better, and making more power than when you left home. It’s just that easy, and you don’t have to deal with the craziness down town. That comes later!
The S&S semi is big and black, and easy to spot. You can’t miss it! We’ll be open the following hours:
Saturday, July 25th through Tuesday the 28th Wednesday, July 29th through Friday Aug 7th Saturday, Aug 8th
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
QUICK DIAL IN THAT BENDIX–
You know when all the stars allign and all is good with cosmos ! I dialed my old adjustable Bendix in on my old Shovel. It had been sitting for awhile waiting on finances to pay off California DMV.
I decided to run down to the corner to gas up the old girl. I took off down the street in the hot rod style like a good Shovel should be run, rounded a couple of corners, hit the main, and street grabbed second gear.
I started to pull the front wheel up and the torque for a perfect dialed carb and motor and snapped the chain. Pushed it back to the house for about three blocks and the funny part about it is that a neighbor said to me, ” it isn’t suppose to run like that?” He refered to me pushing my bike back to the house.
I said, “It is suppose to run exactly like that.”
You should have seen the confused face on his face. It just goes to show that I would rather push a Harley than ride a Jap bike.
–Gearhead
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NEW TO BANDIT’S CANTINA– Every once is a while at a rally, you run into people that have nothing but fun in their heart. A few years back, I ran into this Gal at the Buffalo Chip. Brit was her name, full of energy all day, all night.
We took her over to the fields before the Broken Spoke and had a little fun shootin’. Enjoy the pics, she did a great job and it showed in the pics.
–Jack McIntyre
Co-Editor Bandit’s Cantina
UNDERHANDED STURGIS RUN COMING RIGHT UP– I raided Wall Mart for paper plates, coffee cups, napkins, paper towels, red plastic, cups, plastic silverware, charcoal, coffee… that kind of stuff. I figured we could grill steaks one night anyway. Maybe we can grab some steaks, fruit and stuff there.
There are only the four of us in the cabin. There are two beds and two sleeper sofas, but I will bring one pad to sleep on, just in case the couch is less comfortable than the floor.
I think we are good unless I hear from y’all. I am loading the trailer tomorrow and then James is taking off with it. I will catch up to the trailer in a couple weeks.
–The Underhanded Commander
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK– PMC changes behavior to improve the health and well-being of people around the world using entertainment-education. Soap operas, it turns out, can change the world.
Population Media Center (PMC) creates serialized dramas, also called soap operas, on radio and television in which characters evolve into role models for the audience for positive behavior change, and the impact of PMC’s dramas are dramatic. PMC is a nonprofit, international nongovernmental organization, which strives to improve the health and well-being of people around the world addressing a variety of issues. Founded in 1998, PMC has over 15 years of field experience in behavior change communications with projects around the world.
Here’s a snapshot of why PMC is Unique:
PMC serial dramas not only get dramatic results, they’re incredibly cost-effective.
PMC’s approach builds in-country capacity and supports all local writers and producers.
PMC focuses efforts in countries and regions with the highest need.
PMC dramas role models behaviors; they don’t tell people what to do.
PMC uses multiple media to reach audiences and extend drama storylines.
PMC offers population as part of the solution to many global challenges, such as climate change.
PMC changes population projections by working to empower women, men, and children by addressing health and human rights issues, like ending child marriage and allowing girls to access an education.
using serial dramas to effect change, info on world population, eco etc.
https://www.populationmedia.org
SPECIAL BANDIT MINI-BOARDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR INDIAN CHIEFS— These were built by Aeromach exclusively for Indians for folk with problems with large footboards–.750-inch fore/aft adjustability.
By Aeromach, designed by Paul Aiken.
–Bandit
PORT OF LA BIKE AND CAR SHOW THIS WEEKEND— Event will take place July 18th, 2015 from approximately 7am-10pm. Schedule of events to be released at a later date. Please feel free to email us at info@portnationals.com with inquiries.
6:30AM- 9:00AM- CAR ROLL IN
10:00AM – GATES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
11:00AM- 11:45AM- SEATBELT
11:45-12:15- PINUP GROUP #1
12:15-1:00PM- HIGH LIFE TRIO
1:00AP-1:30PM- PINUP GROUP #2
1:30PM-2:15PM-THE TEQUILA WORMS
2:00PM-2:30PM – PEDAL CAR CONTEST (NEXT TO THE ART EXIBIT)
2:15PM- 2:45PM- PINUP GROUP #3
2:45- 3:30PM-THE HULA GIRLS
3:00-4:00PM – BIKE JUDGING
3:30PM-4:00PM- TOP 10 ANNOUNCED
4:00PM- 4:45pm-BACK ALLEY BARBERS
4:45- 5:15PM- PINUP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
5:15PM- 6:00PM-THE WOOLY BANDITS
6:15-7:15PM THREE BAD JACKS
– See more at: http://www.portnationals.com/schedule/#sthash.dWG2Lqz7.dpuf
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BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMEN VOCABULARY LESSON—Allegiant: uh-LEE-juhnt
adjective
1. loyal; faithful.
noun
1. a faithful follower; adherent: allegiants of religious cults.
Quotes
As they work hard at defining themselves as different from their parents and most other over-thirties, as they become increasingly allegiant to their peer group and push for greater autonomy, young adolescents almost inevitably get into conflict with their moms and dads over much of the business of daily life.
— Kenneth Rubin with Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, 2002
Origin
Allegiant comes from the word allegiance and the combining form -ant, which forms adjectives and nouns from verbs, as in the word servant.
BRAND NEW FROM BUTLER MAPS– New Oregon Motorcycle Map.
Butler Motorcycle Maps is proud to announce the release of the all-new Oregon map—a collection of 5,385 miles of the very best motorcycle roads in the Northwest highlighted, rated and described for your ride-planning pleasure.
The road-hungry scouts at Butler burned 28,418 miles of roads to bring you the best Oregon map available in motorcycling. They even took on a Mountain Lion attack to make sure that every obscure back road in the Oregon was scouted.
“Oregon is just an incredible place for motorcyclists,” said Court Butler, head of scouting, sweeping and coffee production for Butler Motorcycle Maps. “We’ve put in some amazingly scenic, sporty and sensational miles into the Oregon map for all to enjoy. From the high desert to the Cascade and Coastal mountain ranges and more, Oregon is a great destination. Taking the Oregon Butler Motorcycle Map with you ensures you’ll always be on the best roads.”
Butler Motorcycle Maps are precisely developed for real motorcycle travel. Printed on highly durable and waterproof paper. Our easy to read rating system clearly indicates the most dramatic and scenic stretches of road and are accompanied by detailed inset boxes, written descriptions, elevation profiles and a whole bunch of useful information to help you plan your journey.
Oregon maps are now available online at Butlermaps.com and at your local motorcycle dealer.
For more information contact justin@butlermaps.com
JUST WHAT YOU NEED– Buckleguy.com is stocking 1 1/4″ and 1 1/2″ in the 4005 lever snap!
As you know from our previous email, we now have a new line of swivel snaps that we call our “4000 series”. We have just included 2 new sizes in the medium body 4005: 1 1/4″ and 1 1/2″. For those of you that like the medium body 4005, we hope these new sizes will be benefitial.
Thank you for all the feedback!
==The Buckleguy Team
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THE GEARHEAD REPORT–
Read your story on the Indian build. I always wondered where the 5-Ball came from. I always thought you might have used it in a bar fight like someone I use to know, Years ago in a bar fight at the Flagship, and here locally .
–Gearhead
I’m innocent I tell ya. Well sorta. Some of the wives don’t think so.–Bandit
UNCLE MONKEY ON ROAD STORIES–“I yelled ‘Duck!’ and of course she had to look over my shoulder to see just as I took the duck off the shoulder…” As they stood before me his Old Lady’s look said she still hadn’t forgave him. It was one of many stories we collect as we ride across this great nation. Stories of foolishly trying to ride through golf ball size hail, stories of creeping up the highway through a mountain pass oblivious to the warnings of snow in the higher altitudes.
A quick beer stop in some dusty town where we never do leave setting down roots that we never knew we had. Pretty girls in dive bars, upper class girls who would make a $2 hooker blush once they let their hair down. A million miles, a million stories.
Riding puts us into the world, a living breathing part of it. We feel the shifts in the weather, smell the rain on the wind. The earth embeds into our pores, into our souls. We are open to it, accepting of it. We understand when the grasshoppers are thick what it means to the farmer’s crops and not that it just means more time at an automated car wash. We are the soul of a nation, the part of freedom that clings to the ideals of fore father’s and explorers.
Our stories make up the quilt of this nation. Many of them are good stories of conquests and friendship. Many of the bad ones, like my friend’s duck, are recalled fondly, a badge of honor of time spent on the road.
The sad ones fortify us; remind us why we are so blessed to be here and now. A biker always puts a positive spin on it not focused on the loss but on the good times spent before their time was cut short. We’ve all shared stories around a campfire, across a table with some cold beers, at the fuel pumps of a gas stop.
We are part of the story whether it is running through irrigation sprinklers on the way to Sturgis or bouncing an Indian down dirt roads during the Great Depression in search of work, in search of a better life.
We feel it in our bones, feel it in our souls because we have felt that cool spray wafting across the road, have felt the jarring of a pothole that exceeded what even our modern suspension can handle. So share your stories, kick back at soak them in like I do. Tales of bloody broken noses, of kisses snatched and vice versa because they are as much a part of the road as the asphalt and the arching sun.
-bad Uncle Monkey
EARLY STURGIS ACTION– When My wife saw this photo she slapped me!
— Buck Lovell /Senior Editor Bikernetbaggers.com
Lovell Photography & Design
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LUCAS OIL TARGETS SOUTH OF THE BORDER– Rockstar Energy ‘South of the Border Battle’ Off-Road Race – Aug 1-2
On Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2, the best short-course off road racers and teams in the world will head south of the border to Mexico to make history at the inaugural two-day the Rockstar Energy “South of the Border Battle.”
The event, on the new Baja International Short Course at Estero Beach, Baja California, Mexico, will be rounds 11 and 12 of the 2015 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series presented by GEICO. The four professional classes – Pro 2, Pro 4, Pro Lite and Pro Buggy – will compete outside the U.S for the first time. The races will be run on a purpose-built, 1-mile track complete with whoops, berms, jumps and high-speed straightaways before an anticipated audience of more than 10,000 very knowledgeable off-road racing fans. MAVTV Motorsports Network will televise all the action from the resort facility about 8 miles south of the city of Ensenada.
“Mexico is a very important market for Lucas Oil,” said Lucas Oil Products, Inc., Executive Vice President, Bob Patison. “Six of our top 100 global customers are based in Mexico, so we are very excited to be able to export two rounds of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series across the USA/Mexico border for the first time.”
Both the Pro 2 and Pro 4 classes are expected to be hotly contested by fields of off-road racing giants. Many of the top contenders race both short course and the much longer distances of the Baja 500 and Baja 1000 over natural desert terrain and they will be running against some younger stars for whom racing in Baja is more legend than fact.
Veterans include Las Vegas’s Rob MacCachren, with more than 200 short course and desert victories including the 2013 and 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro 2 championships as well as the 2014 Baja 1000, and X Games star and Freestyle Motocross pioneer Brian Deegan – who has claimed six Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series titles in Pro 2 and Pro Lite.
Kyle LeDuc, from Beaumont, Ca., captured his second Pro 4 championship in 2014 and is continuing his winning ways while leading the 2015 Pro 4 standings. Other established stars involved in tight battles in either Pro 2 or Pro 4 or both include multi-time champion Carl Renezeder of Laguna Beach, Ca., and former “King Of Supercross” Jeremy McGrath of Encinitas, Ca.
Up and coming stars sure to figure in the 2015 Championships include Bryce Menzies of Las Vegas, RJ Anderson of Riverside, Ca. and hometown star Rodrigo Ampudia, whose Pro 2 truck flies the colors of Ensenada’s iconic “Papas&Beer” cantina.
“The Rockstar Energy ‘South of the Border Battle’ will be a milestone in closed-course off road racing,” Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Director Ritchie Lewis said. “The Baja fans are so knowledgeable and partisan, and with ‘favorite son’ Rodrigo Ampudia currently in the top five in the Pro 2 standings we expect racing fireworks.”
2015 – Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Schedule
Date
Track
Class
Mar 20 – 21
Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CA
Pro: All / Kart: All
Apr 24 – 25
Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park
Chandler, AZ
Pro: All / Kart: All
May 30 – 31
Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CA
Pro: All / Kart: All
Jun 20 – 21
Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UT
Pro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only
Jul 18 – 19
Glen Helen Raceway
Glen Helen, CA
Pro: All / Kart: All
Aug 1 – 2
Baja International Short Course at Estero Beach
Pro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only
Aug 22 – 23
Wild West Motorsports Park
Sparks, Nevada
Pro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only
Sep 18 – 19
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
Pro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only
Oct 24 – 25
Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CA
Pro: All / Kart: All
POT IS COOL, New study shows marijuana use does not cause traffic accidents–
A report by the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies that disproves myths about marijuana use will be presented to Knesset members.
There is no direct causal connection between marijuana consumption and an increased risk of involvement in traffic accidents, says a report by the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies prepared for the hearing of the Knesset Committee of Drug and Alcohol Abuse which will be held today. The report refutes a host of other myths associated with the use of soft drugs.
The report presents an updated status of marijuana consumption in Israel and the potential effects of its legalization. According to the report, marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol and prescription drugs. Alcohol consumption, for example, increases the risk of being involved in accidents three to four times.
The Jerusalem Institute is also trying to disprove the notion that marijuana leads to the use of hard drugs. Research presented in the report shows that in states that support non-incrimination or legalization of marijuana, there was a decrease in the use of hard drugs.
The findings suggest that marijuana use is common among all demographics and the rate is even higher among those with a university education, people with average incomes and higher. According to a survey by the research institute and information that was published last month, the rate of marijuana use among those aged 18-40 increased in the last year from 7.6% to 10.2%.
The report by Corinne Sauer, Maya Duec, and Rebecca Sauer also showed that among adolescents in their final years of high school, the rate of use was 5.9% in the last year. The Institute believes that criminalizing youth reduces their employment and military opportunities.
“The report from the Jerusalem Institute makes an important and substantial correction to some erroneous assumptions that have misled the public for a long time,” said chairwoman of the Committee of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, MK Tamar Zandberg. “The committee will deal with this issue by relying on data and studies that checked the effects of marijuana and its regulation.”
“Many countries around the world are already on the way to non-incrimination and there is no reason not to learn from their experiences on the issue rather than clinging to prejudices,” she added. “The current law turns hundreds of thousands of normal citizens into criminals and it is time to change it.”
–from Rogue
2014 Indian Chief Classic Built Part 6–the Flying Paint
The Indian looks awesome! Everybody did a great job. Congrats.
–John Deaux
johndeaux58@gamail.com
Thanks John. Yes, they did an awesome job.–Bandit
QUOTE OF THE DAY–
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we erect for ourselves.?
–from Rogue and Jerry
COMING TO THE CANTINA —
I will be adding a new model to the Cantina. Ms Cameron Roxx rocks a black leather jacket and thong, knee-high black boots and a smile. Her picture is the main image for this Thursday’s Bikernet Weekly News. Her photo gallery will be added and I thought we should let the reader’s have a taste before the gallery goes up. Quick join the Cantina and you’ll get the rest of Ms. Roxx’s pictures and many other beautiful ladies. Not to mention tons of other exclusive content.
–Lisa Jorgenson
QUOTES FROM HILLARY, And she wants to be our President????What a peach!
One Classy lady, huh? NOT!! And has the blood washed off her hands yet? She’d like us to think so!
LOOK THESE UP IN THE BOOKS AND PAGE NUMBERS CITED. We will run one a week:
(1) “Where is the Godamn flag? I want the Godamn fucking flag up every morning at fucking sunrise.”
From the book “Inside the White House” by Ronald Kessler,
p. 244;Hillary to staff at the Arkansas Governor’s mansion on Labor Day 1991.
–from Rogue
THE BATTLING BOYS OF BENGHAZI–
We’re the battling boys of Benghazi.
No fame, no glory, no paparazzi.
Just a fiery death in a blazing hell
defending our country we loved so well.
It wasn’t our job, but we answered the call,
fought to the Consulate and scaled the wall.
We pulled twenty Countrymen from the jaws of fate.
Led them to safety, and stood at the gate.
Just the two of us, and foes by the score,
But we stood fast to bar the door.
Three calls for reinforcement, but all were denied,
So we fought, and we fought, and we fought ’til we died.
We gave our all for our Uncle Sam,
But Barack Obama didn’t give a damn.
Just two dead seals who carried the load.
No thanks to us………we were just “Bumps In The Road”.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE—What a scramble between building projects, writing books, Bonneville, Sturgis, and feeding the dogs, cat, and macaw. But I’m a lucky mofo once more and one of my five wives returned to the fold.
There’s a lot of shit to deal with around the massive Bikernet ghetto, intergalactic headquarters and nerve center. Hell, we could spend a week fighting fleas and fruit flies.
We are currently testing the Wheeler Work Station. I’m scrambling to complete the SmokeOut report, and I need to write another tech on my Progressive shock study.
Jon Towle called and complained about missing a couple of Nick the Dick cartoon strips. I’ll find them, and then there’s Fred’s book project.
Hang On,
–Bandit
