Hey,
I just drove through over 300 miles of snow and the whole state of Wyoming to get to Deadwood. It was truly amazing, except when I couldn’t see shit.
As of Friday, the Bikernet team will have a hideout in the Badlands. Hang on for more reports. In the meantime, let’s hit the news.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum. Most recently Quick Throttle Magazine came on board.
NEWS FROM THE EASYRIDERS FRONT–
Just called the new Easyriders, asked what happened to my swag. I was told a new shipment was going to arrive this week and it will be shipped. I will let you know if it happens.
Found a place in Daytona for used parts, good people and very helpful. They are on eBay, if you shop online or you can go to the location. Fallen Cycles, Daytona Beach, fla. across the street from Joe Robisons old Harley shop.
Ride safe, good luck with the Salt Torpedo
–AJ
Keep us posted and let me know if you see the new issue. Have you been over to Bill Dodge’s shop? He helped with the Torpedo ignition system.–Bandit
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
Salt Torpedo Chapter 24
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Salt_Torpedo_Chapter_24.aspx
Reminds me of the day someone left a shop rag in the oil pan of my father’s dragster. It went unnoticed until we fired it and had no oil pressure. The rag got sucked up over the oil pickup and we had no pressure. Fortunately we shut if off in time, and I wasn’t the one who left the rag in there!
Looks like fun guys. Be fast, be safe!
–Paul Aiken
Charlotte, NC
The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame recognizes individuals or groups who have made a long-term, positive impact on the motorcycle community.
WE HONOR OUR HALL OF FAME MEMBERS BY TELLING THE STORIES THAT SHOWCASE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IN DOING THIS, WE HOPE TO INSPIRE OUR VISITORS AND THE RIDING COMMUNITY.
CURRENTLY, YOU WILL FIND THE HALL OF FAME DISPLAY IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE MUSEUM. THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES VARIOUS ITEMS, VIDEOS AND VEHICLES THAT HELP TALK ABOUT THESE GREAT PEOPLE.
STURGIS MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES CLASS OF 2020
The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame seeks out the most influential people in the motorcycle industry to highlight their accomplishments and promote the future of motorcycling. On behalf of the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame Board of Directors, I am proud to announce our 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees (in alphabetical order by first name):
Alan Alvarez
Arlin Fatland
Dave Mackie
Jody Perewitz
Micah McCloskey
Skeeter Todd
Vicki Sanfelipo
Freedom Fighter – Wayne & Susan Lettau
Arlen Ness Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – Don Hotop
Congratulations to each of these individuals! Stay tuned for Hall of Fame Highlights where we share info about each inductee leading up to the ceremony.
The induction breakfast ceremony will be held on August 12, 2020 at The Lodge @ Deadwood. Tickets go on sale March 1, 2020. For corporate tables, please call Emma at 605-347-2001.
The MICHAEL LICHTER PHOTO OF THE WEEK—Mike’s site is amazing, and he is personally connected to every image. We decided to keep you up on his talents by featuring one of his shots every week. Hang On!
Description: Brad Gregory on Aidan’s Ride to raise money for the Aiden Jack Seeger nonprofit foundation to help raise awareness and find a cure for ALD (Adrenoleukodystrophy) during the annual Sturgis Black Hills Motorcycle Rally. I-90 between Rapid City and Sturgis, SD, USA. Tuesday August 8, 2017.
Photography ©2017 Michael Lichter
THE TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–Fog again, but not as bad as last months, probably shouldn’t have been running 55 into Willis proper? Still couldn’t see great until farther down I-45 in the Woodlands. Major accident in Conroe, I saw vehicles start moving to the right and the emergency lights to the left.
As I’m moving right, I realize there’s a cop car right in front of me! The entire thing was blocked off, they’re yelling at me to slow down. Too much moisture on the shield again. At least it was ¼-mile visibility in the Woodlands past Conroe.
Did I ever mention I HATE being a glorified phone operator! I use to hear commercials for this place when I was at the St James and was thankful I worked with beautiful entertainers! How in the world did I end up here?
–RFR
BANDIT’S CANTING BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS WIDE OPEN–
1. When I was born, I was given a choice – a big pecker or a good memory….
I don’t remember what I chose.
2. Your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory.
3. A wife is a sex object. Every time you ask for sex, she objects.
4. Impotence: nature’s way of saying, “No hard feelings…”
5. There are only two four letter words that are offensive to men – ‘don’t’ and ‘stop’, unless they are used together.
–from El Waggs
QUICK BIKERNET READER’S COMMENT–EASYRIDERS MAGAZINE HISTORY
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/_EASYRIDERS_MAGAZINE_HISTORY_.aspx
Was flicking through the last issue today. There’s over 40-years-worth stacked up in this room. I hope the new owners realize what an institution they are responsible for.
–Paul Harris
Abingdon, OX, United Kingdom
SADDLEMEN SEAT OF THE WEEK—1979-2003 XL Sportster Americano™ Café Classic Seat
Brand Fitment: Harley-Davidson
Model Fitment: XL SPORTSTER
Year Fitment: 1979-2003
Café motorcycle seats prove that function that creates a style. When a company like Saddlemen®, with its rich racing heritage and styling expertise, tackles a genre, the results are stunning. Such is the case with Saddlemen’s® new Americano Café seats for the Harley-Davidson Sportster family.
Unlike other café seat offerings that ask you to mutilate your fender or frame, Americano Café seats slide right on your Sportster using factory hardware and mounting points. Engineered on existing Saddlemen® seats, the fit of the Americano is as excellent as it is stylish.
A carefully sculpted shape, with an extra level of attention to the ubiquitous “hump,” Americano Café seats instantly turn a motorcycle into an object of desire. But, there is more to these seats than meets the eye, as the attention to the seating area, plus the use of Saddlemen’s® Gelcore Technology, yields a seat whose comfort matches its looks. Want to tour with a racing-inspired seat? You can do it with an Americano!
If you are a fan of motorcycle history, you probably know the legend of early UK riders dashing from café to café on their lightweight, yet powerful bikes. The Sportster came along adding American punch to that group of bikes and now there’s a seat that lets you easily pay tribute to those early daredevils.
Don’t accept anything less as you cannot buy a better seat. Classic race-bike looks, top quality components, simple installation, designed and engineered specifically for the Harley-Davidson Sportster model – all great reasons to choose Saddlemen®.
Infamous Florida Easter bunny arrested after hit-and-run
ORLANDO – A Florida man who became a video sensation after fighting a man on the street while dressed as the Easter Bunny was arrested and tried to use the costume to elude capture, authorities said. Antoine McDonald became an overnight phenomenon when a video captured him fighting a man on the streets of Orlando last year.
Earlier this month, McDonald was driving a motorcycle when he ran a stop sign and crashed into a carport before fleeing the scene, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The carport collapsed on top of the vehicle.
Deputies went to McDonald’s address and spotted a gray car driving away and found McDonald laying in the backseat of the car.
When a deputy went to arrest him, he denied it.
“I wasn’t in any crash. I’m the Orlando Easter bunny, Google it,” he said, according to an arrest report.
The Orlando Sentinel reports authorities asked him to remove his costume before arresting him. He is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, driving with a suspended license and operating a motorcycle without a license.
–from Rogue
Senior Editor
Bikernet.com™
SUGAR BEAR SPRINGER REPORT– Talked to Sugar Bear Thursday. He has the pieces cut out for my front end. They are at the polishing shop now. When he gets them back, he will weld them together, send them to the chrome shop, and once he gets them back, assemble, and ship the front end to me. Been a long wait, ordered it in September of 2018. I’m sure it will be worth it.
He is a nice man. Invited me to chopper flats for the Longfellows gathering at the rally in Sturgis this summer.
On another note, Sent some parts off the FL to a shop in Nashville to get the chrome removed and then brass plated. They sent me pictures before the shipped them back to me yesterday.
Looks like they did a nice job. They did the gas caps, horn cover, dash, air cleaner cover, luggage rack, and exhaust pipes. Oh, and the rain caps for the exhaust on my chopper. Things are happening.
All for now. Will keep you posted.
–Andy Assel
King of the Wild Frontier
WISCONSIN LEGISLATIVE REPORT–
Despite bad weather, hundreds of ABATE members came to Madison to lobby for concerns over autonomous vehicles, profiling, and poker runs legality issues.
Tony Pan Sanfilippo Thank you Hupy and Abraham, S.C. for providing some buses for the members of SE Wisconsin to make the trek to Madison. Our firm has provided buses for the SE part of the state for years and supports our lobby day.
FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM COLLECTION–
By 1974, Suzuki had already been through five production seasons of motocross bikes, had launched the TM400 Cyclone in 1971. Suzuki’s foray into production motocross machinery began with the rare blue and silver 1968 TM250, a twin port machine largely based on the CZ twin port design. Launching an open class machine really got the attention of American riders especially since Suzuki mounted Joel Robert and Roger DeCoster had just…?
Read the whole story on their site.–Bandit
International Anti-Car Nonsense–
We recently updated and republished a popular post, Do Vision Zero Programs Equal More Traffic Accidents? on the NMA Blog. The article points to several examples of cities where pedestrian/bicyclist accident and fatalities rates have not improved, and in many instances have increased, after expensive Vision Zero programs have been implemented.
Such programs have the laudable but unrealistic goal of attaining zero traffic deaths by restricting, and in some cases eliminating, motorized traffic in city centers.
Our little exposé on the NMA Motorists.org website attracted the attention of a pro-motorist letter writer from Great Britain, who shared similar concerns and frustrations with Vision Zero programs across the Atlantic. His spot-on observations follow:
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I am writing this from Great Britain, and we are being fed this VZ anti-car nonsense as well.
Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London and is, of course, very anti-car and wants to impose VZ.
Here is a copy of a letter I wrote to a trade magazine, just slightly altered to suit your American followers.
It would seem that as usual, non-motorized road users can just do what they like and do not have to accept any responsibility for their actions!
Of course, your laws are different to ours, but generally, the theme is the same.
Though this might sound callous, does the price of mobility justify a few deaths and injuries?
Would we really want to sacrifice mobility to live in a totally risk-free society?
Mayor Khan, along with many others, are using this ‘vision’ as part of their ceaseless ‘war on the driver’ by imposing draconian measures on those choosing to drive.
‘Mobility’ means the distribution of goods and services, so how does this equate in the grand scheme of things to Vision Zero?
Do we all stop ‘consuming’ to save lives?
As a driving license holder, I must obey hundreds of rules/regulations, and I am punished if I get them wrong. As a cyclist, there is not much I can get punished for and certainly, there is very little enforcement of regulations. As a pedestrian, I can just do what I like, as there are no offences I can commit listed in the Highway Code!
(The Highway Codes is our national version of the rule book for all road users. There is no ‘jay -walking’ offence in this country)
Every year millions of mostly safe drivers are punished for meaningless infractions of the law, but how many road-using non-drivers are punished? In fact, how many non-drivers have read the Highway Code, even though seventeen pages of the Code are devoted to pedestrians?
By continually putting all the road safety emphasis on the license holder, is it any wonder that accident reduction has stabilized, when the vast majority of pedestrians and cyclists can do what they like with complete impunity from punishment.
–from the NMA
NEW RACER SPONSORED BY JIMS MACHINE–
I just found out that I have been added to the JIMS USA website as one of their official sponsored riders and the ONLY woman they are sponsoring. JIMS came on board last year to help me build my 1937 Knucklehead dubbed “Redemption” to raise awareness of narcissistic abuse. As many of you know, I have been featured on various websites and many magazines doing just that.
I am beyond honored to be sponsored by JIMS, a company that makes quality products right here in the USA. Since 1967 JIMS has been designing and manufacturing aftermarket parts and tools for the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle. JIMS carries parts and tools for your Knucklehead, Milwaukee-Eight, and every bike in between.
If you want to check it out, it can be seen here- https://jimsusa.com/riders/ and I have attached a screenshot.
–Chris
WHEELS THROUGH TIME RAFFLE NEWS–Only 3 Days
Left for January
Our 2020 raffle is underway, and January is a great time to join. This month we’re offering two tickets to Dale’s Wheels Through Time along with our vintage styled Oil Can Tin Sign for everyone who enters our annual raffle at the “Great Deal” package or higher. The month is almost over, so don’t miss your chance at this great deal!
Our 2020 Wheels Through Time Raffle Bike is this beautiful 1939 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead hand-built by the team in the Wheels Through Time restoration shop. This year’s masterpiece is powered by an all original 1939 61c.i. OHV Knucklehead engine mated to a genuine H-D 4-speed transmission, making it one of smoothest running motorcycles ever built by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
Finished in classic black with ivory panels, the bike has been accurately restored to showroom condition and is ready for the road.
Questions? Contact us today 828-926-6266
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CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX COLLAPSES as new science finds human activity has virtually zero impact on global temperatures—
(Natural News) The climate change hoax has collapsed. A devastating series of research papers has just been published, revealing that human activity can account for no more than a .01°C rise in global temperatures, meaning that all the human activity targeted by radical climate change alarmists — combustion engines, airplane flights, diesel tractors — has virtually no measurable impact on the temperature of the planet.
Finnish scientists spearheaded the research, releasing a paper entitled, “No Experimental Evidence for the Significant Anthropogenic Climate Change.”
The paper explains that IPCC analysis of global temperatures suffers from a glaring error — namely, failure to account for “influences of low cloud cover” and how it impacts global temperatures. Natural variations in low cloud cover, which are strongly influenced by cosmic radiation’s ability to penetrate Earth’s atmosphere due to variations in the strength of our planet’s magnetosphere, account for nearly all changes in global temperature, the researchers explain.
As this chart reveals, more cloud cover is inversely related to temperature. In other words, clouds shield the surface of the Earth from the sun, providing shade cover cooling, while a lack of clouds results in more warming:
Cloud cover accounts for the real changes in global temperatures
This is further supported by researchers at Kobe University in Japan who published a nearly simultaneous paper that reveals how changes in our planet’s magnetic field govern the intensity of solar radiation that reaches the lower atmosphere, causing cloud formation that alters global temperatures.
That study, published in Nature, is called, “Intensified East Asian winter monsoon during the last geomagnetic reversal transition.” It states:
Records of suborbital-scale climate variation during the last glacial and Holocene periods can be used to elucidate the mechanisms of rapid climate changes… At least one event was associated with a decrease in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field. Thus, climate records from the MIS 19 interglacial can be used to elucidate the mechanisms of a variety of climate changes, including testing the effect of changes in geomagnetic dipole field strength on climate through galactic cosmic ray (GCR)-induced cloud formation…
In effect, cosmic rays which are normally deflected via the magnetosphere are, in times of weak or changing magnetic fields emanating from Earth itself, able to penetrate further into Earth’s atmosphere, causing the formation of low-level clouds which cover the land in a kind of “umbrella effect” that shades the land from the sun, allowing cooling to take place. But a lack of clouds makes the surface hotter, as would be expected. This natural phenomenon is now documented to be the primary driver of global temperatures and climate, not human activity.
Burn all the oil you want, in other words, and it’s still just a drop in the bucket compared to the power of the sun and other cosmic influences. All the fossil fuel consumption in the world barely contributes anything to actual global temperatures, the researchers confirmed.
As they explain, the IPCC’s climate models are wildly overestimating the influence of carbon dioxide on global temperatures:
…the [IPCC] models fail to derive the influences of low cloud cover fraction on the global temperature. A too small natural component results in a too large portion for the contribution of the greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. That is why J. KAUPPINEN AND P. MALMI IPCC represents the climate sensitivity more than one order of magnitude larger than our sensitivity 0.24°C. Because the anthropogenic portion in the increased CO2 is less than 10%, we have practically no anthropogenic climate change. The low clouds control mainly the global temperature.
The entire “climate change” hoax is a fraud
Carbon dioxide, in other words, isn’t the “pollutant” that climate change alarmists have long claimed it to be. CO2 won’t destroy the planet and barely has any effect on global temperatures (the IPCC’s estimate of its effect is, according to Finnish researchers, about one order of magnitude too large, or ten times the actual amount).
In fact, NASA was forced to recently admit that carbon dioxide is re-greening the Earth on a massive scale by supporting the growth of rainforests, trees and grasslands. See these maps showing the increase in green plant life, thanks to rising CO2:
Importantly, reducing our global consumption of fossil fuels will have virtually no impact on global temperatures. The far bigger governor of climate and temperatures is the strength and configuration of Earth’s magnetosphere, which has always been in flux since the formation of the planet billions of years ago. The weaker the magnetosphere, the more cosmic rays penetrate the atmosphere, resulting in the generation of clouds, which shield the planet’s surface from the sun. Thus, a weaker magnetosphere causes global cooling, while a stronger magnetosphere results in global warming, according to this research. This phenomenon is called the “Svensmark Effect.”
See more research papers from Jyrki Kauppinen at this link on Researchgate.net. And stay informed by reading Climate.news.
NO SMOKE-OUT THIS YEAR? –What the Fuck is this world coming to? The rumor around here is that is looking like there is not going to be a Smoke-Out this year? If this is true, I am sure going to miss it!
–Stealth
Eastern Correspondent
Bikernet.com™
WOMEN RIDER OF THE WEEK--Shelly Holcomb, South Carolina
Member of ABATE of South Carolina, SCMRA, MRF, life member ABATE of Maryland, Past Executive Director ABATE of Maryland and MRF rep South Carolina. Coordinator NWSC Chapter ABATE of South Carolina.
Reps Rep to MRF Board. Assists in coordinating MRF state reps and assistant reps. Resource person for reps.
THE GEARHEAD’S SEAT PROJECT–I got a hook up on a upholstery shop locally. It is called 5-Star, in Gardena and Alice sounds like a dragon lady. Ceasar says he has done this type before. The price is 220 somolias, which seemed good.
I will let you know how it turns out. I hand stitched the old top of the solo many years ago and the foam inside is just gone. They suggested not to use the jell pad my friends got for me so we will see how it turns out. I am having them use real leather, they weren’t too happy but it’s my leather seat .
TKOB
–Gearhead
QUICK New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
BikerNet Fiction: You Can’t Go Home Again by Jon Juniman
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/BikerNet_Fiction_You_Cant_Go_Home_Again_by_Jon_Juniman.aspx
I love this story, it’s true about bullies and cops.
–Paul Harris
Abingdon, OX, United Kingdom
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–2004 Harley-Davidson VRSCA – V-Rod A for $5,995.00
See it here: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=8344219
2004 Harley Davidson VRSCA V-Rod
Harley-Davidson rocked the motorcycling world when it unveiled the revolutionary V-Rod performance custom for 2002. It was the first production Harley-Davidson with liquid cooling and, at about 105 rear-wheel horsepower, its performance went well beyond that of the typical 65 horsepower air-cooled big twin.
The V-Rod also generated a real kick in the midrange. Finally, its stunning stainless bodywork and disc wheels meant that it was unlike any styling scheme ever to come out of the Motor Company.
This bike is fast and nimble! The Vivid Black / Silver is like new!
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:
Vivid Black paint with raised logo is like new (minus a few tiny chips in the tank) H-D gripssilver switch housings, mirrors, frame, and brake reservoir. Small clear windscreen. Chrome fork, polished lower legs, on solid polished wheels. Solo seat, pillion, small padded backrest, and chrome luggage rack.
H-D toe shift, rider and passenger pegs. Chrome exhaust. Silver motor and chrome engine covers. Black chain guard, chrome shocks and small leather bags. 1130. V Twin. Valve Configuration. DOHC. Fuel Injected. 5 Speed. Primary Drive System. Belt. Seat height 26″, weight 596.
This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 100 point safety and mechanical inspection. Whether your looking to commute to work, ride the coast or take that dream vacation, this bike is ready to go!!!
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BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPENS A BRANCH IN DEADWOOD– A will is a dead giveaway.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
Police were summoned to a day-care center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.
He had a photographic memory, but it was never fully developed.
–From El Waggs
LithiumHub Announces Debut of Ionic Permanently Mounted ‘Emergency-Start’ Jump Starter Product: Jump Starts SUV, Trucks, Boats, ATV Motorcycles and More
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — LithiumHub (https://lithiumhub.com/) recently announced the online release of its newest product: the first-of-its-kind permanently mounted “Emergency Start” lithium jumpstarter (model IC-12V-ES1600).
The Emergency Start is capable of jump starting a wide variety of vehicles, including cars, trucks, SUVs, boats and UTV with engine sizes up to 7.2L (gas) and 4.0L (diesel); as well as 4-cylinders, V6, V8 and V10 engines. LithiumHub is a worldwide leader and distributor of Ionic Lithium batteries and Lithium battery related accessories.
Permanently Mounted Jump Booster with Bluetooth Activation
Emergency Start Jump Starter: Specific Features:
The Emergency Start is mounted on the top or side of a vehicle-starting battery or other location, and is intended to remain in place for emergency use.
Whenever a jumpstart is required, use the APP on your smartphone to turn ON the unit or simply long-press the function button on the unit to turn ON the unit that allows you to start your vehicle. The smartphone technology allows the Emergency Start to be accessed from the safety of being inside the vehicle, via APP. Martin Koebler, President of LithiumHub, noted: “Controlling the Emergency Start with your smartphone is a real gamechanger along with it permanently mounted to a vehicle that works as a jumpstarter or as a small backup battery.”
Specific features of the Emergency Start also include:
Hi-powered: Works for engines up to 7.2L, V8s and small diesel engines (4.0 max).
Permanent-mounted, though easily moved to another vehicle as desired.
Jumpstart your vehicle manually or by Bluetooth from your smartphone
Auto-detects disconnect to prevent emergency start drain.
Charged by vehicle charging system
Waterproof design that works directly with existing lead acid batteries or other Lithium batteries.
Provides assurance and peace-of-mind for drivers and those traveling in cold or treacherous conditions.
Emergency Start Charger: Customer Uses
Some of the most important reasons to have the Emergency Start charger installed in a vehicle are best outlined in testimonials and stories received by LithiumHub customers:
“The Emergency Start gives you piece of mind if your daughter has a dead battery; so she does not have to ask a stranger for a jumpstart, and she can do everything on her own from the comfort of her vehicle seat, with her smartphone.” —Jeff Rudd
Roger Diebold described a potentially problematic situation in which he was happy to have his own Emergency Start ready and installed. After spending hours at his hunting tree stand one day, five miles away from the closest road, he packed up to leave. Only to discover that he had accidentally forgotten to completely shut down his UTV. To his frustration, he realized that the main battery on the UTV was completely drained, potentially leaving him with a long walk to find help. With just a push on the Emergency Start function button however, Roger’s UTV started up quickly and he was able to drive safely out of the woods.
–Martin Koebler, President
704-360-9311
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BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT VOCABULARY LESSON– definiendum
[ dih-fin-ee-en-duhm ]
noun
something that is or is to be defined, especially the term at the head of a dictionary entry.
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF DEFINIENDUM?
Definiendum comes straight from Latin definiendum “to be defined.” In Latin grammar, definiendum is a gerundive, a kind of verbal adjective showing, among other things, obligation or necessity.
Definiendum derives from the verb definire “to fix the limits of, bound, define,” a compound of the preposition and intensive prefix de, de– and the simple verb finire “to mark out or form the boundaries of,” a derivative of the noun finis “boundary (of a territory).”
Definiendum is a technical term used in lexicography and logic. A similar gerundive, demonstrandum “to be demonstrated,” appears in Q.E.D., an abbreviation of quod erat demonstrandum, “what was to be demonstrated,” used at the end of a proof in geometry. Definiendum entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
HOW IS DEFINIENDUM USED?
Discussions of definition distinguish between the definiendum (the word or phrase that is to be defined) and the definiens (the word of phrase that is used to define it).
PATRICK HANKS, “DEFINITION,” THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LEXICOGRAPHY, 2016
Don’t make the definiens technical or subtle if the definiendum is not technical or subtle.
ANDREW WOODFIELD, TELEOLOGY, 1976
BIKERNET FACEBOOK MILESTONE CROSSED--We reached a new milestone on Facebook Page.
10,000+ people have clicked Like Page for Bikernet’s Facebook page.
–Wayfarer
International Editor
Currently Stationed in India
ANOTHER STATE DISCUSSES LANE SPLITTING–H2285: MOTORCYCLE OPERATION; PASSING VEHICLES
The operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle is permitted to overtake and pass another vehicle that is stopped in the same direction of travel in the same lane and to operate the motorcycle between the lanes of traffic on a street that is divided into at least two adjacent traffic lanes in the same direction of travel with a speed limit that does not exceed 45 miles per hour, if the motorcycle is traveling at a speed that does not exceed 15 miles per hour.
First sponsor: Rep. Campbell (R – Dist 1)
–ABATE OF ARIZONA
SALT TORPEDO TIPS– Been reading about your salt torpedo. I love it. Regarding the shimmy. The six degrees castor should be fine. 10 won’t hurt.
A little bit of toe out is much better than a little toe in. Of course, the wheels have to be true and balanced perfect especially on something that light. Any kind of a tire flaw will cause a shimmy.
Put a constant tension on the steering linkage and it will compensate for any looseness. I learned all this with this old Ford I beam axles in hot rods.
I got to read all the past articles. I think you have a winner there. I would love to drive it.
–Bill May
The Biker and The Babe- Two worlds collide in Spain
George Christie, currently shooting a television series about an outlaw motorcycle club called ‘Marked-The Unforgiven’ in Malaga, Spain, and Anna Coll, from the cast of the hugely popular musical ‘A Chorus Line’ currently being performed in Malaga, Spain at the Antonio Banderas Soho Theatre.
The star posed in a photo shoot for an American media magazine, is running a feature on the two and their work-out techniques.
Coll, the beautiful young actress is a pal of Christie’s and can be spotted working out with him at Synergym Sports Center in Spain.
George Christie (former president of Hell’s Angels, Ventura California), plays as both protagonist of and advisor to the new series ‘Marked-The Unforgiven’ and Anna Coll, actress, dancer and singer in musicals such as ‘Mamma Mia” and ‘Cabaret’ is well known in Spain as one of the top young actresses.
According to inside sources, the two became friends as they both love to eat at El Tercer Acto, Antonio Banderas’ well known actors hang out gourmet restaurant in Soho, Malaga right next to the theatre.
‘Marked The Unforgiven’ is an adaptation of the novel written by Christie. Malaga will serve to recreate the environment and the headquarters of the Jiménez cartel, enemies of “Marked -The Unforgiven” Motorcycle Club.
Filming in Malaga will take place in the areas of La Alcazaba, Gibralfaro and the beautiful Port of Málaga and will also take the team to areas of the province such as Caminito de Rey, the Chorro waterfall, the cobbled alleys of white-washed Frigiliana, the foothills of the Torcal mountain range and other areas of the Antequera region.
The series is a drama that exposes the dichotomy between club members and the people they deal with.
At the other end of the spectrum, Coll is getting ready to begin a tour of Spain with ‘A Chorus Line’ taking her to Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao could end crossing the Atlantic to appear in the musical mecca that is Broadway.
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–Full Throttle Magazine
A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS—And a new project. I want to meet with the historical society in Deadwood to discuss what I can or cannot do to this home in the historic district. I need to ask them if a Chinese whorehouse theme is cool? Sin Wu is anxious to hang out.
Rumor has it, there are 20 Hamsters living in the Badlands. I’ll meet with Keith Terry, of Terry Components this week to discuss his home in Spearfish, which was hit by lightning last year and nearly burnt down.
Crazy. This original Knucklehead went for $200,000 at the Vegas auction last weekend. A couple of Indian Larry choppers went for over that. Some very cool custom bikes went for less than $15,000. It’s all about the celebrity level.
If you know Danny Gray reach out to him. He hasn’t been feeling well and could use some support.
The valet scraping the sidewalks removing snow said it would stop at 5:00. Amazing, it’s a quarter-to and it stopped, and the sky is beginning to clear.
A brother just installed a 1909 Merkel in his living room. He sent me a shot and said he loves his wife, Joan. She’s cool, but that’s one of the first items on my agenda. I need to haul a bike up to Deadwood and place it securely in my living room, or somewhere in the house. Need something to ride around the kitchen.
Hang on for more colorful reports.
–Bandit
