Hey,
What’s going on? If only I knew. Each week I scramble for progress on multiple fronts. The weather cleared last week, but our contractor was detailing a spec home, so it could slip into the multiple listings book for the world to see.
Our trusses were delivered this week, but it snowed and the driver didn’t dare back his rig into our back yard to unload them. He had a notorious process. He backed up to the edge of the road and let them slide off his trailer into our yard. Crazy. He told me that when he first started delivering building supplies, one of his loads slipped off his massive trailer and slid right through a garage, oops.
He dropped them and took off. Unfortunately, the tip rested right on the edge of the road on the curve. I couldn’t sleep, if a holiday spirit-soaked neighbor took that curve wide and clipped the trusses, we were fucked. The next morning, my neighbor and I used massive straps and a come-along attached to a nearby tree to pull them at least 5 feet from the road.
I took delivery of this almost complete XA front end from Matt Olsen, the Knucklehead expert. And I’m working with Irish Rich on a single-loop VL frame. Projects and Progress are what life’s all about. A brother, Edge, the Smoke Out master called this week about riding to Sturgis, and I reached out to Rich Worley from American Biker in Charlotte about an FXDR from 2019. So a project can also be the next run to the Badlands.
Let’s hit the news. May all your projects come to fruition, and you make progress daily.
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Meteorologist Chris Martz on tornado climate link: “This is utter bullshit.” … “Here are the facts: No overall trend in U.S. tornado activity since 1954; but EF-3+ down 50%.”
Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: “To claim ‘global warming’ as cause for tornadoes ‘is directly opposite to the clear observational evidence’”
Even the UN IPCC disagrees with Joe Biden – Extreme Weather Expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. noted: UN IPCC AR6 WG1 states: “trends in tornadoes… associated w/ severe convective storms are not robustly detected” … “attribution of certain classes of extreme weather (eg, tornadoes) is beyond current modeling & theoretical capabilities” … “how tornadoes… will change is an open question”
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The woman got slapped with $500 worth of damage that she and her friend caused inside a bathroom at Seminole eatery Irish 31
SEMINOLE, FLORIDA: A woman in Florida was arrested after she and her friend ended up having a bit aggressive intimate moment in a bathroom eventually breaking a pub’s sink. The woman later was charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief.
The woman has been identified as Kathryn Trammel. She got slapped with $500 worth of damage that she and her friend caused inside a bathroom at Seminole eatery Irish 31 on Tuesday, December 7, as reported by the website, Smoking Gun.
This is not the first time when sex made headlines for the wrong reasons. A Florida woman named Danielle Ferrero was caught exposing her breasts and masturbating during a visit with her inmate lover Cody Thomas.
In another incident, Tina Gonzalez, a corrections officer in a prison facility came under fire for having sex with an inmate while 11 others watched.
Similarly, a 30-year-old guard Javonte Richardson, was caught having sex with a female inmate, 15, in CCTV footage.
In another reported incident a couple of years ago, a married 27-year-old correctional officer Sinead Nichole Hagan was seen having sex with multiple male prisoners.
–By Ashish Singh
Meaww.com
–from Rogue
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–Four Evo’s, three Shovelheads and a Twin Cam in a Peat Tree, some for sale, some not. Was frickin windy and cold Saturday, had on the 5-Ball vest, but it was really a jacket day. Sunday Sunshine and 60 degrees but needed a vest too, but back into the 80s today.
–RFR
Certified Meteorologist
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NEWS FROM ENGLAND–Brits In Trouble Over Motorcycle Transport To The European Union
British motorcyclists who have their bike transported to the European Union by truck or van, often run into trouble and are confronted with high fines and duties in EU countries.
This is an unforeseen consequence of Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. British and European riders’ organizations FEMA and NMC, and historic vehicles owners’ group FIVA ask the European Commission to help solve this problem.
Many British owners of motorcycles and historic vehicles like to travel to the European Union to go to events like shows, rallies, exhibitions to share their passion with others. Or they simply want their vehicle waiting for them in the country where they planned their holidays or leisure trip.
For practical purposes, the vehicles are often transported in vans, on trailers or in transporters. We are aware of situations where owners of motorcycles and historic vehicles from the United Kingdom thought, after inquiries, that they did the right thing but were confronted with problems and extremely high fines and duties in EU countries they crossed or at borders of EU countries. Similar problems have been experienced entering the UK from the EU.
It seems that EU member states have different views on the necessary papers and how to handle this kind of transport.
For clarity, the problem relates to vehicles which are road registered and legal for use on highways – not unregistered vehicles for sports purposes or exhibitions for which the ATA Carnet regime is in place as detailed in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
FIVA, NMC and FEMA have written to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Mr. Thierry Breton, asking him to help solve this issue. We offer a number of possible solutions and we have asked the Commissioner for an opportunity to discuss the matter further.
–FEMA
BAGGER RACING NEWS–Shane Narbonne Takes Pirelli to the Top Step of the Podium and Captures Bagger Racing League Championship at Sonoma
Narbonne’s Trask Performance Harley-Davidson Relies on Pirelli’s DIABLO Superbike SC1 Front and Rear Slicks to Capture Custom Dynamics GP Bagger Victory
SONOMA, Calif. (December 15, 2021) – Pirelli Tire North America carried its momentum into the Bagger Racing League season finale at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday, December 11 by once again capturing the top step of the podium thanks to an impressive performance by Trask Performance’s Shane Narbonne.
Competing aboard a Harley-Davidson equipped with Pirelli DIABLO Superbike slicks, Narbonne would prove to be the star of the weekend by capturing the Custom Dynamics GP Bagger class win, which was enough to crown him 2022 Custom Dynamics GP Bagger class champion.
Shane Narbonne captured both the event victory and championship at Sonoma.
“First off, I just want to give a huge thank you to Pirelli for coming on board with my racing program,” said Narbonne. “It’s my first year working with Pirelli and this past weekend was an incredible time working with Oscar [Solis] to get my bike working great with the sticky tire, even though we had cool temperatures. We had a great tire choice for the race and the tires worked amazing the entire time, which allowed me to take the Bagger GP victory!”
Narbonne consistently set the pace throughout the weekend by capturing pole position and the fastest lap of the weekend using a Pirelli DIABLO Superbike SC1 front slick in 120/70R17 sizing and a DIABLO Superbike SC1 rear slick in 190/60R17 sizing. He would overcome a mid-race charge from his competitors and use excellent late-race speed and grip to prevail. The race-winning performance helped clinch the class championship and prove Pirelli’s capability in bagger racing.
RESULTS
Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, California
December 11, 2021
Custom Dynamics Bagger GP
1. Shane Narbonne
Cory West
Ben Bostrom
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EV NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT–Electric Vehicles were in the news a great deal recently. Last week, President Biden ordered an EV federal fleet by 2035 and he wants all of the federal government to be carbon-neutral by 2050. Vice President Harris unveiled the administration’s plan for an electric vehicle charging network across the country.
Power companies banded together for a coast-to-coast EV fast-charging network. The website Governing proposed that the US needs at least 100,000 stations by 2030 for the EV recharging network. Now, the feds need to mandate that all EVs and chargers use the same system to charge or it might be even a bigger headache for car owners.
Some Congressional news: US House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio will retire next year. On Thursday, a Senate panel will hold its hearing to decide on Biden’s nominee to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. Steven Cliff formerly served as an official at the California Air Resources Board and since February has been serving as the NHTSA’s deputy administrator.
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The original Harley-Davidson LiveWire bike that morphed into the LiveWire One under H-D’s new sub-brand gave us our first look at a high-powered electric Harley, but the manufacturer’s Arrow platform for a second electric motorcycle pushes that technology further with a new middleweight design that is likely to be easier on riders’ wallets.
Harley-Davidson LiveWire Arrow platform
The major difference in the Arrow platform is that the battery pack is no longer housed inside of a frame but rather becomes the frame.
Or rather, it becomes a structural component of the bike to which the steering head tube, motor, control electronics, swingarm, and other major components simply bolt onto.
The battery pack will be comprised of 21700-sized lithium-ion cells and it will be produced in a number of voltages and capacities.
That creates a much more modular platform that can be used to create a number of different models. And that appears to be what Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire engineers are doing.
The first new model, which bears the model designation “S2” and the name “Del Mar,” bears a striking resemblance to the flat tracker electric motorcycle that Harley-Davidson revealed as a concept several years ago.
We’ve previously discussed how such a middleweight electric motorcycle could be exactly what H-D needed to revive interest among younger riders. And that’s exactly the bike that is slated to follow the LiveWire One. The S2 Del Mar will become the first production bike using the new Arrow platform.
A teaser for the new bike was included in a presentation to investors following Harley’s announcement that LiveWire would go public using a SPAC with KYMCO.
–Micah Toll
Motorcycle Industry Veteran Steve Piehl to Drive Monimoto’s Series A Funding Round in North America
Vilnius, Lithuania – December 14, 2021 – Monimoto, the producer of smart, anti-theft GPS trackers for motorcycles, has partnered with former Harley-Davidson executive Steve Piehl to drive its Series A funding round in the U.S.
Mr. Piehl, a powersports expert who spent 35 years on staff at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, was responsible for developing and launching the Harley Owners Group, one of the motorcycle industry’s biggest success stories, with nearly a million members in more than 90 countries.
He was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame in 2012 and now acts as a consultant in communications and business development for several companies in the powersports, bioscience and industrial design industries.
“I’m delighted to partner with Monimoto to help them with this round of fundraising. I’ve been working with the company for nearly a year and I’m impressed with what they’ve already accomplished and their vision for the future. As our world moves toward more two-wheeled transportation in an increasingly urban environment, their product makes practical and emotional sense. It gives motorcycle owners a feeling of confidence that their investment, and their passion, has an extra level of protection,” says Piehl.
The Monimoto device is designed to be secured to high-value and collectible motorcycles or bicycles. When the device senses movement and the owner is not within range, it provides exact location tracking to the owner’s smartphone, allowing authorities to secure the return of the bike.
The current device, Monimoto 7, uses the latest worldwide eSIM, 4G/5G IoT technology and upcoming versions will leverage yet to be announced hardware and software improvements to further security and connectivity to owners and authorities.
Monimoto is raising US$5 million to accelerate R&D and continue its expansion in the U.S. motorcycle and e-bikes markets. The company is profitable already, but additional funding will help drive growth in this new market and segment.
“Most standard solutions, such as locks, fail to prevent theft, and just a small fraction of stolen motorcycles and bicycles are returned to their owners,” says Andrius Bruno Rimkunas, one of Monimoto founders. “Our tracker allows owners to immediately work with authorities to recover their stolen bike or motorcycle.”
“We’ve already seen the demand for this product in motorcycle applications throughout Europe. The high-end bicycle market is a huge opportunity for our growth, as the total available market in the U.S. bicycle segment is $14 billion. The market in Europe is even bigger, and we already have a strong presence there,” says Rimkunas.
The company aims to become the anti-theft solution of choice for motorcycle and bicycle owners in the U.S. and the EU and grow into a marketplace offering a wide range of services.
Chix on 66 is a cross-country ride that follows Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. Riveter Chapter President Karan Andrea says, “Gina Woods of Open Road Radio has been an enthusiastic supporter of this event and the Riveter Chapter from the beginning. In fact, she was so all-in with our endeavor that she joined Riveter as a charter member, and she has already given us the advantage of her experience in PR and broadcasting behind the scenes.
To have that kind of support so early in our venture was pivotal in the growth of the Chix on 66 ride from a cool idea to an event with nationwide reach. With Gina’s Open Road Radio as our premier broadcast sponsor, we will have an even more powerful presence in women’s motorcycling.”
Co-creator, president and host of Open Road Radio Gina Woods affirms, “I am thrilled to be a part of this group of women riders and to not only share the camaraderie of motorcycling but also vintage motorcycling with them. I have always been passionate about antique motorcycles and have been riding one, a 1949 Panhead “Sweet Melissa” for over 30 years and ridden it through most of the 50 United States!
“I look forward to swapping stories about motorcycling and share tips & tricks of riding and wrenching on them.” Gina has also created a team of women motorcycle mechanics, Gina Woods’ XX Chromes All Women Bike Builds, who built bikes that were raffled off with all monies going to charitable organizations.“
Gina continues, “I have been ever so fortunate to have had such a great run of ‘motorcycling to the airwaves’ for 25 years with Open Road Radio! Open Road Radio (ORR) is moto-talk radio on everything motorcycle. It combines entertainment, education and information into weekly programming.”
ORR broadcasts up-to-the-minute race results, tech tips, product reviews, road trips, rides and rallies, and motorcycle lifestyle news from around the world. Her zest for life and motorcycling has been captured in magazines and photos over the years. This lifestyle is her calling. “It’s a lifestyle, not just a weekend thing,” she exclaims.
Gina has appeared on a WGN-TV segment on women and motorcycles, and has also been the subject of a Chicago Tribune front page (Riders’ section) article. Both of these news stories followed on the wheels of Gina as a featured biker in the book Biker Chicz of North America, with her own chapter on her journey in motorcycling. ORR has been awarded a trunk load of awards over the years like the AMA MVP (Most Valued Program) Award.
While you tune up your machine, tune into 1500 AM & 92.5 FM WPJX and follow:
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And for more information on the Chix on 66 ride, follow:
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LEGENDS & LEGACIES MEMORIAL RUN—Rick Salisbury, owner of Legends Motorcycle Museum, has announced details for the 2022 “Legends and Legacies Memorial Run.”
Planned as a cross-country motorcycle endurance ride in memory of antique motorcycle enthusiast Lonnie Isam Jr. (Junior), the event will be held September 7 through September 25, 2022 and will feature antique motorcycles pre-dating 1922.
Junior was the visionary who led antique motorcycle riders across America four times before passing away in 2017 at age 48. Salisbury was friends with Junior and participated in all his endurance rides, with the exception of the first in 2010.
Through his continued friendship with Junior’s parents, Lonnie Sr. and Marianne Isam, Salisbury became inspired to memorialize Junior’s legacy by following Junior’s last request – for his friends to go on a motorcycle ride in his memory in lieu of funeral services.
Now, five years after Junior’s passing, his friends are doing just that.
Antique motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world will be invited to honor the individual who revitalized the sport of antique motorcycling by experiencing Junior’s first route while riding 100 year old (or older) motorcycles.
Stay tuned for more information on the 2022 Legends and Legacies Motorcycle
Endurance Memorial Run.
info@legendsandlegaciesrun.com
Apply now for the 2022 cross-country motorcycle endurance ride in memory of antique motorcycle enthusiast Lonnie Isam Jr. (Junior) starting Wednesday, September 7th in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and ending Sunday, September 25th in Santa Monica, California — A distance of approximately 3,300 miles.
Antique motorcycles pre-dating 1930 are eligible.
Official rules, map, and prize information coming soon.
Tucker Powersports to Deliver Expanded Dealer Education Programs
Tucker Powersports, is focused on its expansion of dealer education programs. Tucker currently has four courses in development.
The courses cover a variety of topics important to dealership owners and staff.
The course titles are:
Retail Sales 101 – How to get your employees out from behind the counter
Customer Loyalty – Establishing a rider community around your dealership
No Inventory, No Problem – How to get customers to buy when you don’t have items in stock
Strategic Relationships- Are you working with an order taker or a business partner?
The company is also participating in the MIC Symposium titled “Electrification of Powersports” with Tucker’s President and CEO Marc McAllister participating in a panel discussion.
Tucker will also roll out an updated and expanded version of its online training platform, known as Tucker University. The online tool allows Tucker and its distribution partners to share product information, updates and industry information with dealership staff and their entire rep force. Access is provided to all staff members working at Tucker’s dealership partners.
Tucker Team members will also help dealers succeed in the ePower segment, with an overview of Tucker’s expanding product line of e-scooters, e-bikes and accessories.
ANOTHER SAMSUNG LAWSUIT–So, what would the warning say? Don’t stick this up your ass or other places?
Woman sues Samsung for $1.8M after cell phone gets stuck inside her vagina.
An Albuquerque woman is suing Samsung for $1.8 million after she needed medical attention after inserting her cell phone inside her vagina and was unable to retrieve it for 96 hours.
Salma Briant, 39, claims her medical bills at the University of New Mexico Hospital amount to $1,168,000 and that she has suffered from severe psychological distress because of the whole ordeal.
Briant said she first inserted the cell phone inside her vagina as a dare from one of her friends, but quickly realized that the phone would not come out.
Attorney Jim McAfee’s claims his client was forced to undergo a cesarean section to remove the cell phone because of the atypical shape of her pelvis and had no insurance at the time.
A Samsung spokesman said they would not comment on this case at this moment, but explained that an out-of-court settlement was still an option on the table.
PRIZE POSSESSION REVIEW—I’ve read Prize Possession nine times. I’ve read it so many times I wake up thinking I’m one of the characters, Mick.
I can’t wait for your next book.
–Bernard
Brooklyn, NY
HOT START FROM NASH— New! “PUSH” Button!!
The “PUSH” button starter comes in bronze or stainless-steel button and is available now!
Buy just the knob itself or the whole push button plunger assembly.
The “PUSH” button threads (1/2-13) on to the 4 ¼-inch starter button shaft. The plunger comes with a black powder coated steel body, steel shaft and bushing.
Just give it a push to start your bike! Fits most all 1.4 kw and 1.6 kw starters.
AMA MAGAZINE UPDATE–American Motorcyclist, December 2021
Enjoy these stories and more in the December issue of American Motorcyclist :
“U.S. Women’s World Trophy Team triumphs at the 95th ISDE,” by Joy Burgess
“2021 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Inductees,” by Kali Kotoski, Joy Burgess and Keaton Maisano
“Appalachian Ingenuity: Backroads of Appalachia non-profit unites America’s coal country through motorcycle tourism,” by Erin Reda
“Making History in the Age of COVID: Riding Into History concours and charity returned with a vengeance,” by William Robinson and Mitch Boehm
HARLEY TO TAKE EV UNIT PUBLIC–via SPAC deal as valuations soar. The new stock will be LVW. Apparently, 75 percent of the new company will be owned by Harley-Davidson.
Harley-Davidson Inc’s electric-motorcycle division will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal valued at $1.77 billion, the company said on Monday, as the 118-year-old brand bets on younger customers to boost volumes.
Hmmm, the three top honchos at Harley now are a German Puma sneaker pusher and two woman bean counters. Now wonder the masculine old school vibe is gone from Harleys new products.
–Geno
QUOTE OF THE WEEK, SORTA–Remember… Four boxes keep us free:
– The soap box,
– The ballot box,
– The jury box,
and…
– The cartridge box.
“I love my country. It’s the government I’m afraid of!”
–Sam Burns
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THIS JUST IN FROM SWEDEN–Huey outside Finkys Daytona late ~’80s that’s when I got to know Donnie Smith Dave P, EKB, Picture Pat
Before my days 1994-2000
My ‘82 FLP bought in Glendale Nov 1982
$5600 No Harley print anywhere. I guess it was supposed to go into a Police fleet. But Gerald Foster and Tom Fairbairn of Bill Industries INVADER SFV, helped me to ship it to Sweden instead.
Foxy lady, she is Still running the show on my farm.
–Sheriff
Major Correspondent
Sweden
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OWNING A CAR IS OUTDATED— ’20th-century thinking’ and we must move to ‘shared mobility’ to cut carbon emissions, UK transport minister says
Owning a car is outdated ’20th-century thinking’, transport minister says – Trudy Harrison, 45, is also Boris Johnson’s parliamentary private secretary – She said the UK should move to ‘shared mobility’ to cut carbon emissions
Marc Morano: “You were warned! Don’t be surprised when the climate agenda is successful in taking away private car ownership and use. They have literally been talking about this since the 1970s and now with the power of COVID lockdowns, they see a real possibility of success.”
Flashback: Dem presidential candidate Andrew Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership – Suggests ‘constant roving fleet of electric cars’
– “We might not own our own cars.”
UK funded 2019 report ‘Absolute Zero’ urged climate lockdowns: ‘Stop flying…no new roads, airport closures…stop eating beef and lamb…stop doing anything that causes emissions’ – Regulate CO2 similar to ‘asbestos’
Climate lockdown: ‘It’s Time To Ban The Sale Of Pickup Trucks’ – ‘Shift away from relying on private vehicles entirely’
Business Insider mag: ‘Electric vehicles won’t save us — we need to get rid of cars completely’
–Climate Depot
There needs to be one major goal for all car and bike organizations: Eliminate Climate Doom by demanding open debate and scientific clarity. Then do the common-sense thing, a test in a community, state or country. Test all the renewable or unreliable programs and see if they work or not. –Bandit
IMPORTANT New Bikernet Reader Comment!–BIKER LIVES MATTER Story
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Great article and program.
Bikers Lives Matter
Much love and respect
–Cat AKA OneLeggedBlonde Cat_health@hotmail.com
Racine , WI
Thanks Cat! Rode across the state of Florida today to attend the Celebration of Life of a club brother. It was a good celebration and I jammed exceeding the speed limit most of the way and back, how we use to ride in the club days. I like to think he somehow knows that, and it is my way of showing respect to him.
–Rogue
At least four states in recent weeks have called in members of the National Guard to deal with health care staffing issues amid COVID-19 vaccine mandates for hospital and nursing home workers.
Late last week, Indiana became the latest state to deploy the National Guard to hospitals. The Indiana Department of Health confirmed to local media that Guard members were sent to 13 facilities after officials with Indiana University Health, the state’s largest hospital system, made the request.
Indiana University officials said it’s dealing with “all-time highs” of both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. Earlier this year, about 125 Indiana University health care workers were fired for not complying with the system’s vaccine mandate, although the hospital said at the time that most fired workers were part-time.
“As COVID cases continue to increase and hospitalization of COVID and non-COVID patients reach all-time highs, the demand and strain on IU Health’s team members, nurses and providers has never been greater,” Indiana University Health said over the weekend, adding that it “will leverage all available resources and enlist members of Indiana’s National Guard, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Health, to assist in areas of critical need.”
Six-person National Guard teams with both clinical and nonclinical members will be sent to Indiana University hospitals in two-week intervals, officials said.
In New Hampshire, authorities confirmed several days ago that about 70 Guard members would be deployed within the coming weeks to provide nonclinical support at medical care facilities.
“Primarily, we’re going to start with non-clinical care in the hospitals, and the primary reason why is—we’re a part-time force,” National Guard Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities told local media in a statement. “And for us to utilize our doctors and nurses and physician assistants, we don’t want to take away from the health care system that is already strained.”
That deployment will start on Dec. 12 or Dec. 13, he confirmed.
“If unfortunately during the winter months, the hospitalization rates continue to increase, we’ll be more than happy to provide additional resources,” Mikolaities said.
–BY JACK PHILLIPS
Epoch Times
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EUROPEAN Motorcyclists Want Dedicated Charging Infrastructure–Electric vehicles like motorcycles and mopeds offer a solution to many of the present and future challenges in urban mobility. That is why they need dedicated charging infrastructure with secure parking places.
Part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package that the European Commission launched in July 2021 is a revision of the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive and it will be turned into a regulation, which is a binding legislative act. In the draft regulation the Commission proposes binding targets for electric vehicle charging points and hydrogen refueling points, telling EU Member States they will have to provide for minimum coverage of publicly accessible refueling and/or charging points.
Motorcycle rider organizations and the industry noticed that, even though we earlier filed our views in the public consultations from the European Commission, the proposal from the European Commission was entirely focused on cars and trucks, so called M- and N-category vehicles.
The draft regulation does not include L-category vehicles, like motorcycles, mopeds and other small vehicles. For this reason, ACEM, FEMA and FIM Europe decided to take joint action and try to include motorcycles in the new regulation. We sent messages with proposed amendments to the draft regulation to several members of the European Parliament, members of national parliaments and attachés of Permanent Representatives (the “Embassies” of the member states at the European Union).
In our letter, we asked for:
Accelerated development of recharging infrastructure for L-category vehicles, especially in the urban and peri-urban environments.
Members States should support and engage in the roll out of DC charging infrastructure, following the requirements as specified by EN/IEC 61851-25:2021 next to AC charging infrastructure, and swappable battery infrastructure for L-category vehicles.
Member States must also ensure a minimum coverage of publicly accessible and secure recharging points dedicated to L-category vehicles in their territory. With secure, we mean that charging points should be designed in such a way as to protect vehicles while charging.
Finally, we demand targets for 31 December 2025, 2030, and 2035 for electric recharging infrastructure for L-category vehicles: number of recharging stations and power output.
Comments from FEMA General Secretary Dolf Willigers: “Electric small vehicles like motorcycles, mopeds and small three- and four-wheeled vehicles offer a solution to many of the present and future challenges in urban mobility. They need dedicated or at least suitable charging infrastructure with secure parking places. It is strange that the Commission, while promoting the transition to electric vehicles, did not include L-category vehicles in the proposed new Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation. We count on the Parliament and the Member States (the Council) to correct this omission.”
Top photograph courtesy of Roelof Veldhuis
–FEMA
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TATTOO OF THE WEEK–Clown girl, the ‘payasa’. Fineline single needle black Grey made at Goodtime Charlie’s Tattooland.
–Frank Ball Jr.
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NEW ART FROM THE DESERT–Deal of the Day “Kings of the Corkscrew” 26 x 36 Canvas Giclee’, Signed, Numbered, Hand Painted Frame, $2000.00 Frt. Normally $2500.00.
@tylerohararacing leading the pack through the Corkscrew at the inaugural KOB race. Go get it at the #baggerracingleague race in Sonoma this weekend Tyler. I’m watching on #fitetv Saturday. The original is on display @pikespeakindianmotorcycle
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www.EricHerrmannStudios.com
— at Eric Herrmann Studios.
WORDS FROM THE BASE OF PILLAR PEAK–Family of Choice
For many years I have said that blood does not make a family. I have two blood brothers who I have not talked to in years. I tried in the past to build a relationship, but it just wasn’t in the stars.
On other hand I do have my family of choice, friends who have become my family. People who have been part of my Life, some for over fifty years. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with blood relatives but if you don’t have those embrace those friends who are your family.
Fifty-three years ago, I met my best friend and Brother Dan, our bond knows no limits. Dan has been there for me and my family unconditionally since the day we met. We have built a relationship that few have ever had.
Dan and I have not lived in the same city for 33 years, yet we talk at least three to four times a week and I see Brother Dan more often than I see people in the city where I live. He has been an Uncle to my kids who Love him very much and I am one to his. He has an amazing wife Leah who we instantly fell in Love with and is another member of our family.
Over the last 50 plus years Dan and I have been on hundreds of excellent adventures, some I cannot talk about, but every one of them has been a great time. This weekend I am in Sonoma California with Brother Dan for the Harley Racing League races.
We are among other friends who make it even better I can tell you that we have never had a fight in all these years, we may have not agreed on some issues, but we agreed to disagree. There has not been a moment that we have not been there for each other. This is what family is, always there for you.
Today Know: Today I embrace my Family; I give Thanks for All those who are close to me. I Know that Family is much more than blood. I choose to call those who I Love My Family. I am Grateful to have the choice of who my Family truly is. I embrace the gifts of the people who make my world a better place, My Wife, My Children, My Grandchildren, My Sister, My Nephews, My Brother Dan, Leah and All My Family.
And so It Is
Namaste’
–Yale
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. –Richard Bach
SOLID MOUNTS FOR RUBBERMOUNTED SPORTSTERS FROM NASH— Nash motorcycle company may have a solution with their nicely machined hardmount system. Marked for easy part location, stamped with RR, for right rear, as an example.
Going to give them a shot on my project bike.
Eric Stahl, Moto America bagger racer uses them on his xr1200 track bike…
Can’t be all bad, right?
Nash motorcycle company may have the solution with their nicely machined hard mount system.
Stamped with location… RR for right rear, for example.
Keep you posted with an update once installed and Dr Feng tested…
Wanted to give shout-out to Jake over at Motorcycle Collision Specialties regarding tires, brakes etc…
Have blown through at least 8 tires, and many sets of brake pads on the Sporty, and probably saved well over a thousand dollars over other vendors.
They do quality work as well, and Jake and his brother are old time Roady Racers, so have excellent tire knowledge, and take the time to do great tire balancing, and proper wheel alignment when reinstalling.
Dr Feng recommended.
(They also deal with Progressive shocks, and are Ohlins suspension distributors as well.)
–Dr. Feng
Road Racing Expert
Bikernet.com™
BREAKING NEWS: RPM ACT REINTRODUCED IN U.S. SENATE FOR 2021—ACT NOW!
Our voices have been heard once again! After receiving more than 1.5 million letters from enthusiasts like you, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) has been reintroduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 2021-2022 session of Congress!
The RPM Act must be enacted into law to guarantee your right to modify street cars, trucks, and motorcycles into dedicated race vehicles, and ensure that industry can offer parts that enable racers to compete.
This legislation has no chance in hell until there is some true climate and C02 clarity.—Bandit
A NAME SUGGESTION FOR THE FIRST BADLANDS BIKE PROJECT—
Love the knuckle and you are right Choppers Forever !
Name suggestion:
“Bandit’s Knucklesled”
Just a thought.
–Terry Lovering
I like it. –Bandit
WE’RE BACK! HALF MOON BAY CALIFORNIA’S FESTIVAL OF MAGNIFICENT MACHINES MARKS 30TH YEAR IN 2022— Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show Returns Sunday, April 24, 2022 to Half Moon Bay Airport
World-Class Tricked-Out Cars and Trucks, Fantastic Flying Machines, Custom Motorcycles, Quirky Contraptions, Warbird Flyovers, Monster Truck Rides, Helicopter and Plane Rides, Unimotorcycle Drag Racing…
Plus Bob Senz’ Big Cacklefest, a Mass Firing-Up of the Engines
NEW, IMPROVED EVENT LAYOUT TO BRING ALL THE ATTRACTIONS CLOSER TOGETHER
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (December 10, 2021) –– We are back! After all, a dream goes on forever.
After two consecutive COVID-created cancellations in 2020 and 2021, organizers plan to bring back Half Moon Bay California’s remarkable, one and only Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show in 2022, marking its 30th year with a massive celebration of mechanical ingenuity, power and style.
“It feels like there is a sense of renewal and optimism that live events will be back in 2022,” said Janie James, Executive Director of event beneficiary, the Coastside Adult Day Health Center. “Everyone has missed Dream Machines so much and we’re all excited and energized to bring it back to life in accordance with health and safety guidelines.”
It’s quite simply the “Coolest Show on Earth”. This year’s spectacular show will be held on Sunday, April 24, a one-day mega-show, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Half Moon Bay Airport’s Eddie Andreini Field, located in the picturesque seaside town of Half Moon Bay, CA about 20 miles south of San Francisco.
The show is a whimsical, fascinating, amusing, curious and absolutely unique show and tell spectacle featuring some 2,000 magnificent driving, flying and working machines from the 20th and 21st centuries.
The world’s coolest cars of every era and style, model-T fire engines, vintage busses, custom motorcycles, tricked out trucks, sleek streamliners, one-of-a-kind antique engines and tractors and historic military aircraft will be among the mesmerizing displays.
Additional attractions include action-packed amusements in the Kidz Super Duper Funzone, fabulous food and drink with craft beer, premium wine and custom cocktails, and stellar live music all day.
This year’s show will feature a new, improved event layout bringing all the attractions closer together and making it a more walkable, unified show with separate entrances for spectator parking (access from Capistrano Road at the south end of the airport) vs. display vehicles, vendors, sponsors and volunteers (access from the airport main entrance on Highway 1).
It all takes place at Half Moon Bay Airport, 9850 N. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay CA 94019 – located on Highway 1, about 20 miles south of San Francisco and 5 miles north of Highway 92.
For event information and registration forms, call the info-line at 650-726-2328 or visit the website https://dreammachines.miramarevents.com
Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming
The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases. The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that we now are experiencing a period of warming.
Warming is far slower than predicted
The world has warmed significantly less than predicted by IPCC on the basis of modeled anthropogenic forcing. The gap between the real world and the modeled world tells us that we are far from understanding climate change.
Climate policy relies on inadequate models
Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial.
CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth
CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide.
Global warming has not increased natural disasters
There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent. However, there is ample evidence that CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are costly.
Climate policy must respect scientific and economic realities
There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to reflect and re-adapt. The aim of global policy should be ‘prosperity for all’ by providing reliable and affordable energy at all times. In a prosperous society men and women are well educated, birthrates are low and people care about their environment.
Epilogue
The World Climate Declaration (WCD) has brought a large variety of competent scientists together from all over the world*. The considerable knowledge and experience of this group is indispensable in reaching a balanced, dispassionate and competent view of climate change.
From now onward the group is going to function as “Global Climate Intelligence Group”. The CLINTEL Group will give solicited and unsolicited advice on climate change and energy transition to governments and companies worldwide.
* It is not the number of experts but the quality of arguments that counts
https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/
As alumni of Bruce Brown’s legendary documentary On Any Sunday, the three of us have lived and breathed motorcycles since we were young — and we know many of you have, too.
Motorcycling has a way of becoming an important fixture in the lives of those who ride, and for that reason — and several others — we’re big supporters of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio.
We firmly believe in the Hall of Fame’s mission to preserve and promote the heritage of American motorcycling, and no wonder: The stories of our Hall of Famers — the legends of our sport — inspire current and future generations to ride and enjoy motorcycles.
To keep the achievements and memories of our legends alive, we’re asking you to join us!
Will you please make a financial contribution to the Hall of Fame?
Tax-deductible donations directly support the preservation of our history. And a well-preserved history is the foundation we need for a strong future.
We believe so much in the HOF mission that we’re offering a very special premium this season: For those making a donation of $7,500 or more, we’ll send you a restored Husqvarna fuel tank personally signed by all three of us!
Supplies are limited and will go quickly, so don’t delay. Just think how cool one would look in your garage or living room!
There are several levels of financial support for the Hall of Fame, all with interesting and compelling premiums, so please pledge your support.
Please donate now!
–David Aldana
We can’t imagine a world without motorcycles. Together let’s tell the legendary stories of motorcycling and inspire riders for generations to come.
Respectfully yours,
–Malcolm, Mert and David
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WORD OF THE DAY— angst
[ ahngkst, angst ]
noun
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
Angst “a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish” is a borrowing from German, in which the noun is capitalized, from Old High German angust. If you are wondering whether angst is related to anxiety and anguish, your suspicion is correct; all three words ultimately derive from a Proto-Indo-European root, angh- “tight, painful,” which is the source of numerous pain-related terms beginning with ag-, ang-, or anx-. From Old English, derivatives include hangnail (originally agnail, but altered by association with hang). Via Old Norse angr “sorrow, grief,” English has borrowed anger. Through Latin angere “to strangle” (stem anx-) and angustus “narrow,” we have anxiety and anguish. Last, from Ancient Greek anchóne “strangling,” English has inherited angina “an attack of painful spasms.” Angst was first recorded in English in the 1840s.
HOW IS ANGST USED?
It can be hard to tell the difference, in the midst of a crisis, between normal levels of angst and those that indicate we might be edging into serious psychological problems. Key signs of declining mental health include changes in appetite or sleep patterns that last more than a week …. Having more trouble concentrating than usual or being unable to enjoy things you used to enjoy may also indicate that your mental health is declining and that you need to try new coping strategies.
MELINDA WENNER MOYER, “YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS DARK PANDEMIC WINTER USING TIPS FROM DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY,” SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, DECEMBER 21, 2020
My motherly intuition senses that my baby is an old soul, recalling many past lives and really feeling them. According to her doctor, she’s teething and has gas. This may be true on a basic level, but I am certain that she’s also a highly advanced nascent human with acute existential angst. I’ve lived long enough to know flatulence from the unbearable dread of existence.
CARLA CICCONE, “MY BABY’S EXISTENTIAL ANGST,” THE NEW YORKER, AUGUST 12, 2020
Our government is causing young and old angst constantly and needs to be honest and refocused on making folks happy and contented with life and not under constant fear of doomsday and socialism. Nuts. We just want to party and ride free.
–Bandit
Grand Emperor
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HANG ON—We are working on a wheel stained glass window with an artist who lives in a magnificent home in the hills behind Spearfish, SD. Here are some of her images.
I’m going to take pictures of the iridescent purple and let you pick the color to see, since it changes throughout the pieces of glass. I picked the most vibrant piece, but it’s up to you.
Christie Jensen
Terrapin Studio
AHRD Sec/Treas
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“Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.” ~Ralph W. Sockman~
I spoke to Steve Massicote, at Paughco this morning about some springer rockers, an axle and a top tree.
I’m bugging my neighbor in Deadwood about some roof shingles made from chemical tanks. Have you ever seen a garage or a house with a roof make from license plates? Yep, they existed. He has a garage shingled with these large lids of heavy gauge tin. I’m going to try to find some for my shop, not for the roof, but for a waist high attraction around the exterior. Hang on.
We are working with J.J. Solari and a guy who is selling a Knucklehead with a sidecar. It looks to be the one Dave and Jacque Mann posed with during their wedding. Hang on.
Wall space is sorta limited, but I was able to create a wall of only David Mann art.
A view from the Jackson house after a snow, amazing. We needed a handful for napkin rings, so natch they are made with Buddha sitting on a chunk of exhaust pipe. Perfect.
I dug into the basement garage. It needed to be cleared out, so a slab of 4-inch concrete can be poured. It contained a small cart with two flat tires. It took a little digging to find some replacements, but mostly Chinese Harbor Freight came through.
Hang on for more reports next week. Have a helluva holiday season.
–Bandit
