Hey,
Today is a mix of wild news from Daytona to Los Angeles. Half the gang is in Daytona Beach kickin’ the sand. Some are planning for Arizona Bike Week next month. Others are making plans for the Smoke Out and I’m planning a run to 13 Palms to Dr. Hamster’s digs with some girls, one who wants me to write another mystery novel.
We will dig in the desert to find Bob T. and then slip over to the other side of the 10 freeway to hook up with more girls in Palm Streams. But hell, I need to peel back to the shop to help Frankie Jr. fix his Dyna, and register his Spitfire Motorcycles FXR. Hang on.
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MICHAEL LICHTER IS ON THE CASE IN DAYTONA– Kicking off the riding season with Daytona Bike Week 2017!
Eyeball these photos from the best location with warm sunshine and cool Harleys.
–Rogue
BIKERNET QUOTE OF THE WEEK– “Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.”
– Wayne Dyer
LAS VEGAS BIKEFEST NEWS– Golden Nugget Las Vegas is NOW taking reservations for 2017 Rally!
Golden Nugget Las Vegas returns as the Headquarter Hotel for 2017 Las Vegas BikeFest. CLICK HERE to book your room or call
(1-800-331-5731).
Use Code: Las Vegas BikeFest 2017
REGISTRATION FOR LAS VEGAS BIKEFEST 2017 IS NOW OPEN!
Use PROMO CODE: LVB305 and receive $10 off your registration.
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THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ANALYSIS OF NEW TRUMP HEALTH CARE PACKAGE– The American Medical Association has weighed in on Trump’s proposed health care package to replace Obama-care:
The Allergists were in favor of scratching it; but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it; but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain everyone was laboring under a misconception; while the Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” While the Pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!”
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness; while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing and the Internists claimed it would indeed be a bitter pill to swallow.
The Plastic Surgeons opined that this proposal would “put a whole new
face on the matter.”
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward; but the Urologists were
pissed off at the whole idea.
Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and those lofty Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
In the end, the Proctologists won out; leaving the entire decision up
to the assholes in Washington!
–DR. El Waggs
AT 140 MPH ON SNOW OR 200 MPH ON PAVEMENT, RANDALL FUELS HIS PASSION WITH VP FUELS– Cliff Randall is passionate about most things in life, but perhaps most about speed – drag racing on snowmobiles and running mile events on motorcycles. Whether on two wheels or snow, Randall is fueled by VP Racing Fuels, a company that shares his passion for performance.
“We live and breathe performance on snow and pavement up here in Toronto. It’s our passion,” said Randall. “When you’re topping out above 140 mph on sleds and 200 mph on bikes, you need the best products and support from your suppliers. We’d be lost without the fabulous expertise and support from VP Racing Fuels, particularly Randy Lungal, our go-to guy at VP-Ontario.”
“Over the years, we’ve done quite a bit of collaboration with VP on product development and quality control. That’s one of VP’s strengths. Most of them are racers themselves and they don’t confine themselves to the laboratory – they get out in the field and on the track with their customers,” Randall continued.
“At this point, it’s been 17 years that we’ve been using VP fuels and in recent years, we’ve found C12 to be the most consistent, best performing fuel for both our sleds and bikes,” added Randall. “In most cases, we’ve found we don’t need every bit of C12’s 112 octane, so we mix it with pump gas to yield the 100 octane that appears to optimize performance in our Ski-Doo MachZ 1000cc 2 stroke race sled and Kawasaki ZX1270.”
“Working with Cliff is a real pleasure – it’s rewarding to be in a position to help support someone’s passion,” said Randy Lungal, owner of VP-Ontario. “He’s not in it for the money, but rather for the challenge and the joy of competing. Win or lose, Cliff is always well-prepared with the best looking equipment in the field and represents VP really well.”
VP Racing Fuels is best known as the World Leader in Race Fuel Technology, fueling champions in virtually every form of motorsport on land, sea and air since 1975.
Contact:
Cliff Randall – 416-804-2748; cliff@randallsearch.com
HUGH KING’S CHOPPER OF CHOPPERS— The story is coming to Bikernet. The King wants to sell his bike which was built by all the major Build-off Masters of the era.
We will tell the story from the ground up on Bikernet. If you want to bid on this rider early, don’t hesitate to drop Bandit@Bikernet.com a note.
I’ll make sure the Chopper King gets the message.
Hell, here’s one of the many stories right here on Bikernet: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/Motorcycle_Mania_And_Hugh_King.aspx
–Bandit Ball
THE REVIVAL Revival 140 T-Shirt–
The Revival 140 is our flagship custom for the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show and we’ve had a t-shirt made so we all can revel in the glory of 140 foot pounds of tire-smoking-torque. Right now, you’ll be able to come by the South Congress store, SXSW Marketplace or purchase it right here on our online store.
Revival Cycles at SXSW Marketplace
Are you heading to Austin for SXSW? We’re setting up shop in the heart of the SXSW Marketplace. Come find the Revival Cycles booth #113, Exhibit Hall 4, March 16th-18th, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. We’ll have a large selection of merch to choose from and the all new Revival 140 shirt hot off the presses.
SXSW Marketplace features more than 40 other local Austin shops inside Exhibit Hall 4 in the Convention Center. Free with sxsw.com/guestpass. Sign up and stop by.
Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE Foundation– manages the charitable interest of the World of Soul Motorcycle Community.
The mission of the Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE Foundation is to empower and engage the motorcycle community; to develop, expand and support programs and organizations that encourage social and cultural reconciliation through awareness, education, civic engagement, economic and workforce development.
It seeks to help reconcile issues plaguing the community by reconciling the images placed upon society.
Ride for CHANGE Ride for HOPE Foundation is a model of service coordination and the motorcycle community’s principle advocate for disadvantaged youth and other cause-related initiatives.
Ride for Hope is sponsored by the brothers and sisters at Law Tigers.
BIKE NIGHTS ARE BACK!— at Lifestyle Cycles in Anahiem, California and shops near you.
LINDBY TECH COMING TO BIKERNET BAGGERS— This is one of those super simple techs and the team at OC Indian handled the work on their highbar Indian for sale.
You’ll see the tech in a couple of days on Bikernet and Bikernet Baggers.
–Wrench
www.lindbycustom.com
320 E. Crowther Ave., Placentia, CA 92870
Phone (714) 528-0085 • Fax (714) 528-0087
COMING TO BANDIT’S CANTINA–
Mandy [Garcia] Boto is going to be in Los Angeles this weekend! I’m going to meet her in an undisclosed motel room just after midnight. Would you like some shots?
–Markus Cuff
Bikernet Certified Cantina Photographer
QUICK, OPEN THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY–
A funeral procession pulled into Pressley Cemetery. Several car loads of family members followed a black truck towing a boat with a coffin in it. A passer-by remarked, “That guy must have been a very avid fisherman.”
“Oh, he still is,” remarked one of the mourners. “As a matter of fact, he’s headed off to the lake as soon as we bury his wife.”
President Trump has proposed that we build a wall to keep the Mexicans out of the U.S. and there are some that say it will not work. Well China has proved that it will work. Over 2,000 years ago they built a wall and today there are absolutely no Mexicans in China.
–from Rogue and Jerry
NASH ST. PATRICK’S DAY RIDE– This is the final Nash Ride & Skate email blast before the ride this Friday, 17th March – St. Patricks Day.
Check the poster for ride info.
Here is the our Facebook link with details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1864465207170127/
TRUMP HELPS BIKERS RIDE TO BIKE WEEK– Check out Facebook for video with Chris Cox- Bikers for Trump 2016 –
Money was Raised in community – Volusia Co…
Donald Trump hooks up bikers with free gas – 1000.00 worth -before rally at Broken Spoke…Wed March 15th!!
Younge St and Granada – Mobile Station…..
Local Volusia Co Republican Party bringing in bikers….
They are also having a rally on Friday at 4pm/No Name Saloon – plan to be there!!
–Dmac
BAGGER DEAL OF THE WEEK– Just thought I’d let you know that I’m selling my blue Street Glide. It’s in real nice shape, and is set up with the Tour Pak with padded queen seat. I’d climb on it tonight to head to Canada. It’s ready to roll. I bought another bike, so I have to thin the stable.
Here’s a link to the Ad if you know of anyone who might be interested.
https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2008-Harley-Davidson-STREET-GLIDE-121319329
–Robert Sinclair
Cell: (213) 361-5080
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CLIMATE CALAMITY REPORT– To Protect Climate Money, Obama Stashed It Where It’s Hard to Find
by Christopher Flavelle
President Donald Trump will find the job of reining in spending on climate initiatives made harder by an Obama-era policy of dispersing billions of dollars in programs across dozens of agencies — in part so they couldn’t easily be cut.
There is no single list of those programs or their cost, because President Barack Obama sought to integrate climate programs into everything the federal government did. The goal was to get all agencies to take climate into account, and also make those programs hard to disentangle, according to former members of the administration. In some cases, the idea was to make climate programs hard for Republicans in Congress to even find.
“Much of the effort in the Obama administration was to mainstream climate change,” said Jesse Keenan, who worked on climate issues with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and now teaches at Harvard University. He said all federal agencies were required to incorporate climate-change plans into their operations.
The Obama administration’s approach will be tested by Trump’s first budget request to Congress, an outline of which is due to be released Thursday. Trump has called climate change a hoax; last November he promised to save $100 billion over eight years by cutting all federal climate spending. His budget will offer an early indication of the seriousness of that pledge — and whether his administration is able to identify programs that may have intentionally been called anything but climate-related.
The last time the Congressional Research Service estimated total federal spending on climate was in 2013. It concluded 18 agencies had climate-related activities, and calculated $77 billion in spending from fiscal 2008 through 2013 alone.
But that figure could well be too low. The Obama administration didn’t always include “climate” in program names, said Alice Hill, director for resilience policy on Obama’s National Security Council.
Meanwhile, a handful of lesser-known offices saw their funding increase while Obama was in office. The budget for NASA’s Earth Science program increased 50 percent, to $1.8 billion. Funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which is mandated by Congress to report every four years on the state of climate change, rose 45 percent to $2.6 billion. At the National Science Foundation, the geosciences program almost doubled to $1.3 billion.
–Bloomberg News
FEATURE COMING TO BIKERNET TRIKES— I can’t wait for this. This hot rod trike is cool and Josh is going to road test it.
“I’m about to pilot a Vanderhall “Autocycle” for a road test feature, if you’re interested,” said Josh.
Please see https://vanderhallusa.com
According to a factory spokesman, the hotrod/motorcycle crossbreed is registered as a motorcycle in all states. However, there also seems some loophole that allows the driver to need only a regular driver’s license, no special endorsements or helmet needed. The spokesman claims their vehicle outperforms the Slingshot in every relevant category.
–from Joshua Placa
Esteemed Bikernet Contributor
Craig Campbell Set To Headline Gettysburg Bike Week Event On The Opening Day
The popular Country Singer Craig Campbell is set be the first major attraction of the Gettysburg Bike Week on its inauguration day.
[Gettysburg, PA] dated March 15th, 2017: After launching his career as a breakthrough country star in 2011, Craig Campbell continues to enjoy the kind of success that convinced the organizers at Gettysburg Bike Week to book him as the headliner on the opening day of Gettysburg Bike Week 2017.
THURSDAY Good News Blast !!!
From www.BikernetTrikes.com and SuperSan Ujjwal Dey
The first Quarter of 2017 has been a blast. Really engaging stuff on Bikernet and our sister sites of Trikes and Baggers. Bigger news came in today. Even our Bikernet BLOG is a Winner. Our Bikernet Blog site got listed as one of the Top Rated Blogs on the internet.
Check out: http://blog.feedspot.com/motorcycle_blogs/
The Best Motorcycle blogs from thousands of top Motorcycle blogs on the internet were shortlisted by index using search and social metrics. Data will be refreshed once a week.
These blogs are ranked based on following criteria
•Google reputation and Google search ranking
•Influence and popularity on Facebook, twitter and other social media sites
•Quality and consistency of posts.
•Feedspot’s editorial team and expert review
CONGRATULATIONS to every blogger that has made to Top Motorcycle blogs list! This is the most comprehensive list of best Motorcycle blogs on the internet and we are all honoured to have you as part of this! I personally give you – our readers and fans – a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this motorcycle industry and custom culture world.
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Ural Phenomenon SEQUEL is out. The Lifestyle Called Adventure is our second part on the coverage of Ural sidecar motorcycles with 2WD and all-terrain capability. Welcome to Ural: a lifestyle for the adventurous, the eternal tourist, the wanderer and the urban gentleman.
If you thought you have done it all on two-wheels, you need to have a look at the adventures listed in this Ural article. There is so much more to motorcycles and so much novel experiences to add, explore and expand.
Our resident hippie and stoned pothead beach bum, Raymond Hamilton, is back. He is managing the Bikernet Facebook Page and is very inspired and wants Bikernet Facebook Page to win awards too just like all our other publications. SuperSan Editor Ujjwal Dey compiled a list of 20 Memes run by Raymond Hamilton on Bikernet Facebook Page. Send us your favourites and we will put a motorcycle spin on the meme and run it on the Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/bikernetbiker
Harley-Davidson Trikes are quite a fine piece of machinery and ideal for touring. Today, in our Feature Article, we look at Harley-Davidson 2017 Trikes, namely, Freewheeler and TriGlide Ultra in some detail and question the marketing strategy of the King Kong of motorcycles called H-D. Trikes are an ideal solution and a lifestyle preference for many. Can the existing motorcycle companies capitalize on the Trike Trend or will they squander the lead by sticking to stereotypes and gimmicks???
Drop us a line and get your Trike or Sidecar Custom FEATURED on www.BikernetTrikes.com so email us photos and road stories at support@happymen.org or bandit@bikernet.com today!!!
I live to serve the Trike Industry! Ride On!
–Ujjwal Dey
SuperSan Editor to www.BikernetTrikes.com
SOON TO BE FEATURED IN CYCLE SOURCE–Today’s catch built by Ryan McQuiston in Long Beach, CA. He’s really stepping up.
–Markus Cuff
S&S PRODUCT OF THE WEEK—
S&S Stealth Air Cleaner for the Milwaukee Eight
New Stealth Air Cleaners for 2017 H-D Milwaukee-Eight Touring Models
The proven S&S Stealth, high flow air cleaner kits are now available in six unique cover designs or run in “stealth” mode with stock cover. Easy bolt on horsepower for your touring bike and available to ship now!
For even more power, pair the Stealth intake with a set of S&S MK45 4-1/2” mufflers for 2017 baggers. Available from your favorite dealer or direct from S&S Cycle.
Click here for more information! https://www.sscycle.com/m8/
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BIKE WEEK GOOD NEWS AND HOT ACTION IN THE CANTINA–
2017 Daytona Bikeweek is like a rally of the past. Attendance is up, vendors are selling
merch, and the attitudes of all seem encouraging. This is the first gallery of many to come, our cameras are only just flowing the images back for processing so enjoy the pics!
JACK MCINTYRE
PHOTOGRAPHER
IRON TRADER NEWS
IRON TRADER NEWS.COM
Co-Editor of Bandit’s Cantina
I’ll Enter The Link Here And On The Homepage When It’s Up In The Cantina. And In Case You Haven’t Already, You Can Grab A Subscription HERE.
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY STILL OPEN– A blonde buys a ticket and wins the LOTTERY.
She goes to lottery headquarters to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number. The blonde says, “I want my $20 million.”
The man replied, “No, sorry lady. It doesn’t work that way. We give you a million today and then you’ll get the rest spread out for the next 19 years.”
The blonde said, “Oh, no. I want all my money right now! I won it and I want it.”
Again, the man explain that he would only get a million that day and the rest during the next 19 years.
The blonde, furious with the man, screams out, “Look, I want my money! If you’re not going to give me my $20 million right now, then I want my dollar back!”
–Rogue
MOTHERWELL PRODUCT TO BE DISCONTINUED— Chance of a lifetime. The MWL-421 fender rack for Touring Models is being discontinued.
It is available in Matte Black and Chrome and we are discounting the price from $115.95 to $75.00 until they are gone!
I will include the link to the item on our website and have attached a photo of both the chrome and black models.
https://www.motherwellproducts.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=mwl-421&Submit=
–Bre
7074 Portal Way #140
Ferndale WA 98248
Ph 360-366-2600
Fax 360-543-9096
CALIF. SMOG BILL PENDING– From what I see, SB1239, has not passed yet. That bill raises the smog exempt year to 1980. Until it passes, you are looking at 1975 and older, to be exempt. Can register it in Az, but, you would not want to park it out front, all day every day.
–The DMV connection
Loved the articles and comments on Denver’s Choppers. My husband at the time had a Denver’s Chopper & was good friends with him. He told Denver when he saw Denver’s high school picture on the wall at his home, “Damn, Denver, you could have posed for holy pictures!”
I spent a lot of time at Denver’s Choppers in the late 1970s-1980s. I still have one of the Denver’s Choppers t-shirts. I just got back from Berdoo & I tried to find the location of his shop. Does anyone know the address?
— Mary LaPointe
marylapoint@icloud.com
Cornucopia, WI
You asked for it:
3445 Airway Dr. Unit D
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 813-1994
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STRAIGHT FROM THE BUCKET LIST– This is your ‘personal’ invite to Sail Cuba December.
Cuba is still off-limits for common tourism from the US. We are working with AC Journeys who is licensed for Cuba travel. AC’s Jose Pineda and crew provide our legal paperwork and can also help plan your travel and rooms. All payments must route through AC Journeys.
-Terms/Waiver is here: http://adventurevoyaging.com/terms-release-cuba/
-Couples cost is $5800. Singles cost is $3100
-Deposit to secure your spot is couples $1500, singles $1000
Please avoid using the word ‘Cuba’ on any financial transactions as banks are still required to put a hold on funds. The funds get processed eventually, it just takes a long time.
Deposit payment options:
Via Check, made out to AC Journeys and mailed to the below address.
Via Wire Transfer, add $50 wire transfer fee to deposit amount.
Via Credit Card, add 4.5% credit card transaction fee.
–Jose Pineda
Anthropologie Consulting, LLC
1988 NE 178th Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
786.955.6660 office
786.709.6836 cell
786.345.3050 fax
jepp23@acjourneys.com
www.acjourneys.com
Travel booking details …
We have arranged a tour/transfer prior to our sailing Adventure so that we can all fly into and have a thorough look at Havana first. Our shuttle will pick up our group at 0830 from the Hotel Melia Cohiba on December 1st (subject to adjustment). Tour/transfer is included of course.
Best to fly into Havana HAV on Nov 30 or earlier and fly out of Cienfuegos CFG on December 9 afternoon or later.
You will need to book a room the night prior to the tour/transfer, in Havana, Nov 30. A very simple room is provided in Cienfuegos night of Dec 1 as part of the AC Journeys tour. You are welcome to upgrade, just let AC Jose know when you do.
We board the catamarans December 2 at 6pm, disembarking on December 9 at 11am. We will be sailing out of Cienfuegos on the south coast, Cuba’s primo cruising grounds.
Tania Aebi is planning to have a boat of her peeps. And I will have a couple. I have some super cool captains that want to do this (Oc and Heidy and more).
As you have come to expect; the cost includes food provisioning, fuel, charter taxes and fees. It does not cover airfare, ground transportation, meals and entertainment ashore. At the moment, American Airlines flights from Miami to Cienfuegos cost $362. I encourage you to do a longer stay before or after. Jose Pineda can sort whatever you are interested in.
This is a unique opportunity, we will be arriving in Cuba before the embargo is fully lifted.
More on the website: AdventureVoyaging.com/Sail-Cuba/
Thanks, and I will see you for what could well be our most amazing and interesting sailing Adventure yet!
–Captain Woody
UNCLE MONKEY ON BOOK LEARNIN’–
For all the time that can be spent reading books and watching videos you don’t really start to learn until you get hands on. It is by actually doing something that you learn the essence of what it is.
Text books often only focus on the best case scenario. We’ve all watched TV shows of factories assembling motors simply slipping pistons into the cylinders and valves through the guide and thought we could do the same.
By doing we learn that everything is unique, everything acts and reacts in its own special way. We make mistakes and learn from them. We figure out how to avoid mistakes and how to correct them when they happen.
We also learn just how far we can push the envelope before it collapses on itself. In whipping up fibreglass rear fender for Mrs. Monkey’s bike I knew what I had to do but I also wasn’t sure that this new fender was the way I wanted to go. So I set out making mistake after mistake. Skipping a step here, combining a couple over there to see just how far I could get down the rabbit hole.
It is by doing that we learn how to accomplish in this world. Mistakes are just as important as the successes. It is because this world isn’t perfect and neither are we.
-bad Uncle Monkey
OPERATION GRATITUDE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS–
Please join us for our Assembly Day this Saturday, March 18 from 9am to Noon.
We have thousands of requests for Operation Gratitude Care Packages for Troops currently in harm’s way overseas and First Responders here at home. We will also be working on Paracord Survival Bracelets. Please help us fulfill all the requests!
Join us on Saturday to personally lift the spirits of those who serve. Your hands-on effort will have a direct impact on their lives.
If you are available to join us, please click here to register.
Please keep reading below for more information about our Assembly Day.
I hope to see you on Saturday… we really need your help!
–Carolyn Blashek
Founder
March Assembly
Day Details
When: Saturday, March 18 from 9am to Noon. Check-in begins at 8am.
Location: Operation Gratitude, 21100 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
Register here!
Item of the Month: Generic Greeting Cards
Additional important information:
All Operation Gratitude guests and volunteers must be 12 years of age or older.
Youth who are 12 – 16 years of age must have a responsible adult with transportation on the premises at all times.
Security is always an important concern for us. A picture ID is required for entry.
Please wear appropriate clothing, keeping in mind that you are in a warehouse environment.
All purses, backpacks, and food must be kept outside The FOB at all times. Please keep your wallet, phones and ID in your pockets.
BIKERNET GUN NUT REPORT– Springfield Armory Promotions
We have a couple awesome promotions and a new video series for you. Here’s what you need to know:
Gear Up: Magazine Madness
Get an additional $180 in gear on any new Springfield Armory pistol purchased between February 1st and June 30th, 2017. Redeem your gear at springfieldpromo.com.
Night of the SAINT
On March 15 keep an eye out for this new video series from Springfield Armory®. Get a sneak peek by watching the trailer today.
The Ultimate Gear Pack Giveaway
Enter before March 31 for a chance to win over $9,500 in gear, including a SAINT® and EMP® 4″ Concealed Carry Contour.
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY STILL OPEN– A very old man lay dying in his bed. In death’s doorway, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen.
Were it not for death’s agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven. There, spread out on newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table. The aged and withered hand, shaking, made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when he was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.
“Stay out of those,” she said. “They’re for the funeral.”
Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
–from Rogue and Sidehack Jerry
DAVID MANN’S MOTORCYCLE MASTERPIECES– This 4th David Mann bookazine, RARE MANN, is a collection of
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Late Model Sportster Bobber Solution
Anson,
Thanks so much for posting this tutorial. I have looked at a LOT of ECM relocation tutorials, and this one is the most practical by far. With your instructions, I was able to complete nearly all of the winter projects I had planned in a single afternoon.
I did things a little differently than you. Rather than taking out all of the bolts to remove the tray, I just got out a drill bit and drilled a bunch of little holes into the backside of the tray (VERY carefully so as to not puncture the oil tank behind it) until I could just yank out the area to be discarded.
After that, I was able to cram all of the pieces under the battery cover and zip tie it to keep it all in place. I wasn’t able to get the cover back into all of the brackets, but I connected the cover to the top two brackets, then zip tied at the top so the bottom was the part that was dangling free. Then I double zip tied the bottom bracket around the frame to keep it from moving around.
Thanks again for this tutorial. My bike looks way better with the aftermarket seat, and it is much more comfortable than the POS stock seat. Stay safe out there!
–Keaton
transistor_sect@hotmail.com
Salt Lake City, UT
STURGIS MUSEUM NEWS, PAPPY HOEL SPEED CLASSIC– Flat Track Racing In Sturgis Comes Full Circle
Sturgis, South Dakota, March 16, 2017 – On a dusty summer day in 1938, local Indian motorcycle dealer J.C. Hoel set the wheels of history in motion when he promoted a flat track race at the Sturgis Fairgrounds. History comes full circle this year as the Pappy Hoel Speed Classic returns to the same historic dirt track where it all began. The event set for August 3-5, 2017 in downtown Sturgis kicks off a full week of racing during this year’s Rally.
“For Sturgis Rally founder J.C. ‘Pappy’ Hoel, the focus for the Rally was always on racing,” says Tigra Tsujikawa, Marketing & Development Director for the Sturgis Museum & Hall Of Fame. “From Johnny Spiegelhoff’s win on an Indian back in 1938 until today, flat track is an integral part of Sturgis history. We are honored to partner with the White Plate Motorcycle Club and Steve Nace Racing Promotions to present The Pappy Hoel Speed Classic, sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association.”
A full slate of racing with top Professional, Amateur and Vintage classes will be at the Sturgis Fairgrounds. As a three-time AMA Track Racing Organizer of the Year, Steve Nace Racing Promotions strives for perfection. “The objective of the AMA All-Star Series is to bring a professional show… we are known for having great tracks and rider safety is always our number one concern,” says Nace.
In 1938, the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club – coincidently founded by “Pappy” as the father of the Rally was affectionately known by racers and Rally goers alike – hosted a Gypsy Tour through South Dakota’s majestic Black Hills. The first “Black Hills Motor Classic” brought out 200 participants. Pappy and his wife, Pearl, provided camping behind their shop on Junction Avenue. “Weenies, Sloppy Joes, potato salad and watermelon for dessert, is what Pearl and the other Gypsies ladies served that first year,” says Tsujikawa. The riders washed their free meal down with iced tea or coffee, served in a tent behind the Hoel’s garage.
“The Pappy Hoel Speed Classic is the perfect way to start the 77th Sturgis Rally, but it is only part of the program,” she notes. Displays, entertainment, swap meet and more are being hosted by the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum throughout the week, culminating with the Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by Strider Sports. “However, just like Pappy Hoel envisioned back in 1938, flat track racing is the focal point that brings it all together as we have come full circle.”
The Induction is being held August 9th at the Lodge at Deadwood in Deadwood, South Dakota. Breakfast tickets are available for a $45 donation, tables of eight for $350. Tickets are available by calling the Museum at 605.347.2001 or they can be purchased online at:
http://www.sturgismuseum.com/shop/hall-fame-breakfast
For more details on the races and to register to compete, contact www.stevenaceracing.com
THIS DAY IS NUTS— I lost a very important data base of photo codes. What the hell? Then the house phone quit.
On the other hand, we have content flying at us from Lindby, Biker’s Choice, Memphis Shades, Markus Cuff, the Bikernet Art Gallery and another Cantina Episode.
Just want to give you a taste of the lavish lifestyle surrounding the Bikernet Staff and Wilmington, California. Here is California you can be a hardworking stiff and get a DUI after a couple of beers with the bros. You’re life will be destroyed, but there’s hope.
They just passed a new law to help the homeless, so if you lose your job and become addicted to drugs Los Angeles will feed you and give you a home. Amazing.
More rumors about struggling magazines. We are waiting for reports from Daytona regarding Easyriders auction and other news regarding industry publications.
Hang on for constant action and Ride Free Forever.
–Bandit Ball
