Hey,
It seems like the pressure is on. The rally is just around the corner and the projects and commitments are piling up and then there is Bonneville. I’m on it even today.
I try to commit Thursdays to just the News, but then other shit slips into the fray. Today, I will try to handle some bureaucratic requirements for the FIM European Bonneville sanctioning body.
Finally, Fuel Cleveland is happening this weekend, which according to Cabana Dan, one of our Bonneville Team members, is a little over 18 hours, about 1250 miles. He’s been an invited builder four years running and he’s headed out. That’s close to the run from LA to Sturgis, about 1500 miles. Maybe that’s why fuel Cleveland is such a success. We wish them the best this weekend.
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Let’s hit the news:
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NEWS FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT— Greetings from the Air Show here in Oshkosh, Wisconsin! If you are in the area, please stop by and see us in Hangar B.
We are pleased to announce the release of David’s second Sturgis commemorative for 2022.
And, as a reminder, with a minimum purchase of $900 through August 14th, you can own a David Uhl original oil painting!
Around this time last year, we introduced a special contest and had so much fun with it, we decided to do it again this year!
Starting today, with a minimum purchase of $900 through August 14th, you will be entered into a drawing for an original David Uhl oil painting!
The winner will be responsible for shipping. We will film the drawing shortly after the end of the Sturgis Rally on August 14th.
David’s new piece, titled “Full Throttle” is his first 1960s piece. His work has lived mainly in the earlier decades, but his friend Dennis Goodson built this ’68 Shovelhead which lent itself to David jumping ahead into the ’60s.
As David stated, “Have you ever seen when the light does this to the fields? In the middle of a storm, a swath of light hits the fields. It’s ultra-dramatic and in a way so beautiful. This piece is deeply symbolic. We have all been weathering some tough storms. This is about leaving them in the rear-view mirror whilst arriving again in the majestic Black Hills.”
“Full Throttle”
David Uhl
2022 Sturgis Commemorative
–Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
David Uhl Fine Art
Uhl Studios
303-913-4840
William J. “Bill” Davidson is the son of Willie G. and Nancy Davidson. He serves as the vice president of the Harley-Davidson Museum, which houses one of the largest corporate archival collections of unrestored Harley-Davidson motorcycles and artifacts in the world. His role as ambassador for the brand gives him the chance to travel the world as well, meeting and greeting people from all walks of life from all points on the map.
Bob Kay
Bob Kay and his wife Deborah partnered with a friend and opened Motorcycle Madness in 1974. He later went to work at Honda of Boston. In 1979, with the help of Ralph Cerundola, he started Recreational Dimensions, a parts distributorship.
After graduating from Dean College with high honors, he went to work and later, with Deborah, bought into Nempco. He also met Dave Perewitz, who suggested he organize a bike show benefiting children’s charities in Laconia and later Sturgis.
In 1992, his partners retired and Nempco was sold to Tucker Rocky, to become Bikers Choice. He managed the integration and became VP at Tucker and GM of Bikers Choice. He went on to found Biker Pros to help American custom builders, initially supplying parts and eventually focusing on custom bike shows helping builders get better exposure and sponsorships.
Carlo & Emma Lujan
Carlo and Emma Lujan of Auburn, California, grew up dreaming of the life they ultimately created. In 1982, Carlo and Emma opened their first motorcycle shop and it was called Carlo’s Custom Motorcycle Parts. In 1988, Carlo was National #1 Pro Dragster for the Drag Bike series. In 1989, Carlo and Emma became C&E Auburn Harley-Davidson. It took up much of their time and racing got put on the back burner. However, they did race in Sturgis in 1990 for the 50th Anniversary and won 1st place. They closed their old dealership in 2008 but reopened an independent shop. In 2014, they added Polaris and Indian and they became C&E Auburn Indian and V-Twin.
Karen Davidson
Karen Davidson has a lifetime of living the Harley-Davidson experience. Davidson, the great-granddaughter of the company’s co-founder, William A. Davidson, and daughter of Willie G and Nancy Davidson began riding at the age of nine.
As director in Harley-Davidson’s Marketing Dept., she maintains Harley-Davidson’s distinctive reputation and legacy as she works on new initiatives for the company. Upholding her belief that authentic H-D design and innovation must be original, she acknowledges her father, Willie G Davidson as her greatest inspiration for pushing newness and originality in design.
Robin Bradley
Robin Bradley started AMD Magazine (initially as European Dealer News) in September 1993; International Dealer News followed in 1997, and the collaboration with Custom Chrome resulted in the first AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in 2004, at Morgan Hill, California. The event moved to Las Vegas (Big Twin West, 2005) and then to he moved it to Sturgis, at the ‘Thunderdome’ in 2006; then to Lynn’s Dakota Mart lot from 2007 to 2012, before moving the show to Europe.
He gravitated to the dealer and industry journal publishing market. He learned that a publication positioning itself well as a ‘trade enabler’ can establish itself as the oil in the engine that drives a market’s business cycle. He brought consumer magazine personality and production values to a ‘trade publication,’ and set a new template for how industry magazines could operate in a consumer market.
Tom Seymour
Tom Seymour studied science and received a full scholarship to Cooper Union. He earned his BSME in Engineering in 1969 and his MBA in 1973. He worked for several large corporations as an Engineer, Test Engineer, and Engineering Manager.
Later, Tom launched Saddlemen seats. With Saddlemen, Tom used his engineering skills and experience of thousands of hours to develop some of the best motorcycle seats on the market. He was personally granted several patents on innovative seat technologies including gel technology.
Tom has supported industry innovation, all levels of racing efforts including his own, a tireless advocate for the entire motorcycle industry, his longtime employees and continues to riding cross-country on a regular basis.
Benjamin “Benny” Hardy was a prominent Harley-Davidson motorcycle mechanic and custom builder. His business “Hardy’s Motorcycle Service” was in Los Angeles CA.
Freedom Fighter
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is a national organization dedicated to lobbying for those who ride, to protecting and defending their rights as motorcyclists, and to addressing the concerns of street riders and the motorcycle industry they support.
In 1985 the MRF held its first annual Meeting of the Minds conference. For many activists from around the country this marked the first time they’d met to discuss how to best preserve and protect motorcycling. The main issues of the day, mandatory helmet laws, unfair insurance laws, and the right to modify motorcycles, are still faced today, along with many others.
In 2022, the MRF will hold its 38th Annual Meeting of the Minds, representing an unbroken chain of unparalleled training and networking opportunities that has molded the American biker’s rights movement into the highly effective force it is today.
MRF also holds its annual ‘Bikers Inside the Beltway’ grassroots lobbying event where riders from all over the country go to Washington, D.C. to help fight for their rights.
Arlen Ness Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Don Emde
Don Emde’s list of accomplishments is extensive. He began AMA professional racing in 1969 and won AFM racing association’s overall national championship. His racing successes continued, and he moved to Expert level in 1971, riding with the BSA factory team and ranked 11th in US. In 1972, he switched to Yamaha.
When he won the Daytona 200, he set many milestones, including the first Daytona 200 victory for a Yamaha motorcycle, first two-stroke and smallest engine size to ever win that challenging race. After racing for a few more years, he transitioned into other roles and went to work for Bell Helmets and was promoted to its VP of Sales & Marketing.
In 1986, he became the publisher for “Motorcycle Dealernews.” Some of his notable changes were to shorten the magazine’s name to “Dealernews” and add the tagline “Voice of the Powersports Industry” to reach a larger audience.
Emde was instrumental launching the PR campaign in the ‘90s “Discover Today’s Motorcycling” (now motorcycles.org). He started his own newsletter, self-published many books, and produced a dealer publication for Parts Unlimited.
Emde served on the AMA Board of Directors, helped to create the bylaws and election processes for the AMA Hall of Fame, and has been involved with Trailblazers for over 25 years and served as its president for the past 10.
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Salt Torpedo Chapter 25
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Wow…looks amazing. We all need to be there!
— Gary
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Don’t panic! The scientific consensus is that warmer temperatures do more good than harm
Climate change has done more good than harm so far and is likely to continue doing so for most of this century. This is not some barmy, right-wing fantasy; it is the consensus of expert opinion. Yet almost nobody seems to know this. Whenever I make the point in public, I am told by those who are paid to insult anybody who departs from climate alarm that I have got it embarrassingly wrong, don’t know what I am talking about, must be referring to Britain only, rather than the world as a whole, and so forth.
At first, I thought this was just their usual bluster. But then I realized that they are genuinely unaware. Good news is no news, which is why the mainstream media largely ignores all studies showing net benefits of climate change. And academics have not exactly been keen to push such analysis forward. So here follows, for possibly the first time in history, an entire article in the national press on the net benefits of climate change.
There are many likely effects of climate change: positive and negative, economic and ecological, humanitarian and financial. And if you aggregate them all, the overall effect is positive today — and likely to stay positive until around 2080. That was the conclusion of Professor Richard Tol of Sussex University after he reviewed 14 different studies of the effects of future climate trends.
To be precise, Prof Tol calculated that climate change would be beneficial up to 2.2°C of warming from 2009 (when he wrote his paper). This means approximately 3°C from pre-industrial levels, since about 0.8°C of warming has happened in the last 150 years. The latest estimates of climate sensitivity suggest that such temperatures may not be reached till the end of the century — if at all. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose reports define the consensus, is sticking to older assumptions, however, which would mean net benefits till about 2080. Either way, it’s a long way off.
Now Prof Tol has a new paper, published as a chapter in a new book, called How Much have Global Problems Cost the World? It is edited by Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, and was reviewed by a group of leading economists. In this paper he casts his gaze backwards to the last century. He concludes that climate change did indeed raise human and planetary welfare during the 20th century.
Overall, Prof Tol finds that climate change in the past century improved human welfare. By how much? He calculates by 1.4 per cent of global economic output, rising to 1.5 per cent by 2025. For some people, this means the difference between survival and starvation.
–Matt Ridley
The Spectator
Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.
My tolerance for idiots is extremely low these days. I used to have some immunity built up, but obviously there’s a new strain out there.
It’s not my age that bothers me; it’s the side effects.
I’m not saying I’m old and worn out, but I make sure I’m nowhere near the curb on trash day.
As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history, I’m sure of one thing: It will be misspelled and have no punctuation.
I haven’t gotten anything done today. I’ve been in the Produce Department trying to open this stupid plastic bag.
If you find yourself feeling useless, remember it took 20 years, trillions of dollars, and four presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
Turns out that being a “senior” is mostly just googling how to do stuff.
I want to be 18 again and ruin my life differently. I have new ideas.
God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world. Then he made the earth round. . . and laughed and laughed and laughed.
I put my scale in the bathroom corner and that’s where the little liar will stay until it apologizes.
My mind is like an internet browser. At least 19 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no clue where the music is coming from.
Hard to believe I once had a phone attached to a wall, and when it rang, I picked it up without knowing who was calling.
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Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation “Maybe next time” isn’t the correct response.
She says I keep pushing her buttons. If that were true, I would have found mute by now.
Sometimes the Universe puts you in the same situation again to see if you’re still as stupid as the first time.
There is no such thing as a grouchy old person. The truth is that once you get old, you stop being polite and start being honest.
And there you have it!
–Sam Burns
Maybe you guys can help me with our Salt Torpedo. We are only running a tack and need to know when we hit 100 mph. We are running your 135-inch Twin Cam, a standard BDL belt drive, your Fat5 overdrive transmission and a 46-tooth rear sprocket.
–Bandit
Vance & Hines’ VO2 Air Intake lineup is the company’s fastest growing product line, driven by the improved airflow and the dramatic styling upgrade the VO2 units provide to Harley-Davidson V-twins. The lineup of air intakes now includes new styles and finishes, including the addition of “skullcap” styles, which are the definition of minimalistic styling. All of these new additions to the VO2 lineup are priced under $300.
“We’ve seen tremendous demand for the improved performance and style offered by our VO2 Air intake products,” said Vance & Hines President and CEO Mike Kennedy. “It’s only natural that we offer more options for Harley riders looking for the finishing touch for their bike.”
Vance & Hines begins the expansion of their VO2 lineup with this month’s launch of the Radiant III and the Radiant V, which are three and five spoke styles allowing the customizer to match the air intake’s look with other components on the bike.
The sleek and minimalistic design delivers maximum air flow to a bike’s engine using a high-capacity air filter and the new patent pending Force™ Velocity Stack. The Radiant III and Radiant V deliver increased air flow and give a motorcycle a sleek custom look. Both models are available in Black, Brushed Stainless Steel or Chrome. Fitments are available for Harley-Davidson’s Milwaukee 8-powered motorcycles, Throttle By Wire Twin Cam, Sportsters and early Twin Cam models. Radiant III and Radiant V retail for $299 in black(red filter element), $259 in Brushed Stainless Steel(red filter element) and $279 in Chrome(black filter element).
Also new to the Vance & Hines portfolio of VO2 Air intakes are two “skullcap-style” intakes, the Stingray and the Eliminator. These units are the ultimate in minimalistic styling, allowing the washable filter element to remain in full view while the cover provides visual impact to the engine. Both offer improved airflow using the company’s Force Velocity Stack and add a touch of Vance & Hines style to a rider’s bike. Available in both Black and Chrome versions, the Stingray and Eliminator are available as a full air intake setup and also as a replacement cover for other Vance & Hines VO2 air intakes.
The VO2 Stingray Air Intake is inspired by the scoop hoods of classic high-performance hot rods. The Vance & Hines logo adds the finishing touch to the Stingray cover.
The look of the VO2 Eliminator Air Intake, inspired by the company’s racing heritage, emulates the CNC-machined pockets of the billet end caps used on Vance & Hines racing motorcycles from flat track to road racing.
Fitments are available for Harley-Davidson’s Milwaukee 8-powered motorcycles, Throttle By Wire Twin Cam, Sportsters and early Twin Cam models. VO2 Stingray Air Intake Kits and VO2 Eliminator Air Intake Kits retail for $249.99. Stingray and Eliminator skullcap covers, which can also be purchased separately to go on Screamin’ Eagle or other aftermarket round filters with a center bolt mount retail for $79.99.
Rain covers are available for all of the new VO2 Air Intakes.
Link: https://www.buffalochip.com/Evo-Bike-Show-Registration
And, BTW, attached are two handmade Tank Trophies by Ron Harris of Chop Docs Choppers in S. Daytona.
–Marilyn Stemp
Editor:
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•Sturgis Rider Daily
- Better use of automated vehicles
- Defies various claims from tech experts on how low-end manual Labor will permanently end
- My view is that even basic Farming Techniques should be essential teaching and saved for future generations.
Man Beats Robots at Mercedes’ most efficient factory
Mercedes Menz’s Factory 56 in Germany is probably one of the first ones to have reduced robots and replaced them with human and highly digitized shopping cart model to enhance efficiency.
This particular factory claims to be 25% more efficient than the company’s previous most productive factory. Surprisingly, this was achieved by removing over a dozen robots and enhancing digitization and syncing it with human resources.
The new in-house-developed digitalization setup is called MO (Mercedes Operations) 360 degree which can digitalize every production process, the company said.
The factory has moved ahead of the conveyor belt and adopted the most flexible shopping cart model where thousands of AGVs (automated guided vehicles) of different sizes keep ferrying parts all around the assembly and manufacturing lines. The carmaker calls the transition from lean manufacturing to digital production.
AGVs move on unending serpentine magnetic strip crisscrossing Factory 56 which is almost equal to the size of 30 soccer grounds.
IMAGE: image only typical representation – Not the Mercedez Factory 56, Germany.
–Wayfarer
Chief Investigator
Bikernet.com™
WISDOM QUOTES : by Dale Carnegie
from his second best-selling book – still topping Top 10 Lists: “How To Stop Worrying and Start Living”
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself”
– Dale Carnegie quoting Emerson in his Essay on ‘Self-reliance’
“I have never known six happy days in my life.”
– Napoleon at St.Helena
“I have found life so beautiful”
– Hellen Keller (blind, deaf & dumb)
“A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinions of what happens”
– Montaigne (French philosopher)
Dale Carnegie comments : ‘And our opinion of what happens is entirely up to us’
“Sit up cheerfully and you will be on the path to cheerfulness”
– William James (practical psychology)
“To be wronged or robbed is nothing unless you continue to remember it”
– Confucius
“The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merrymen”
– Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver’s Travels)
Dale Carnegie comments: ‘most devastating pessimist in English literature. Quote about great health-giving powers of cheerfulness and happiness’
CAVE SPRING MOTORYCLE AND MUSIC FEST
Located on the Trail of Tears in Georgia, Cave Spring is holding its 9th Annual Motorcycle Rally and Music Fest. New this year – Ice Cold Beer, Born To Ride Choppertown Live, Ride in Bike Show, Bike Games hosted by Georgia Riders!
Extra cool mountain riding weather has been ordered just for you!
Tucked away just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in a small North Carolina town called Crumpler, a gaggle of folks get together to throw down in the woods for a weekend. Hosted for its third successful run by Zak Gibbons, a couple of hundred curious individuals from near and far flooded the primitive campsite with choppers, vans, and good times.
Luckily a buzz had hit the town alerting the only close gas station to be fully stocked with extra brews, as people began filing in on Thursday ready to hang out riverside and breathe in that sweet mountain breeze.
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Small changes to Lil Ruby…added a different air filter assembly, grips, and a gas cap. Contemplating springing’ goofy pun intended, for a springer front end. More changes on the way…
–Johnny White
–Wink
Almost from the beginning of motorcycle development and manufacturing, makers sought to expand the usefulness of their machines. Besides the civilian population seeking transportation to work or riding for pleasure, they hoped for businesses to use their machines for delivery, police and fire service and hoped the military would adopt motorcycles for a range of specialized duties.
Foremost among package delivery three-wheelers might be the Indian Traffic Car which is almost a panel truck in design. This super rare Indian was on display some years back in the Motorcycles at Work exhibition and was originally used by Norman Bent’s Cycle Shop.
Much like trucks and some automobiles of the era, the Traffic Car’s coachwork construction was contracted to a specialist company. Indian did not make the body. Indian also made the smaller Dispatch Tow, currently on display, and Harley-Davidson, in the ’teens, the “forecar” and later the Servi-Car.
Harley also offered sidecar rigs with boxes instead of typical sidecar bodies. Maneuverable and easy on gasoline, all of these machines were great for short runs in the city or between small towns.
Wells Fargo was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo. It served banking needs and also delivered packages not unlike the United States Postal Service, UPS or FedEx does today.
By 1917 when World War I began, it had 10,000 offices and about 80,000 miles of railroad route and was international. Today Wells Fargo, through numerous mergers and acquisitions, is a very large banking organization.
To our knowledge, Wells Fargo never used such a machine as this three wheeled “truck.” But about 20 years ago, the creative minds, resourcefulness and skilled hands of Bryan Vander Laan and Lonnie Isam, Jr made what they imagined Wells Fargo might have commissioned for package delivery.
It uses a Yale single cylinder inlet over exhaust engine of 573 cc’s and likely produced about four horsepower. An Indian Tri-Car front end and an American Motorcycle rear frame section are the basis of the chassis.
When you visit the National Motorcycle Museum you can take in a range of purposeful two and three wheeled motorcycles including an early Indian Tri-Car, military motorcycles and a beautiful Indian Dispatch Tow. This fine creation is from the Jill & John Parham Collection.
Racing Legend Richard Petty and SEMA Advocate for RPM Act in Washington, D.C.
On Tuesday, July 19, “The King” Richard Petty joined SEMA CEO Mike Spagnola in the nation’s capital to advocate for Congress to pass the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act). The bipartisan bill (H.R. 3281/S. 2736) protects Americans’ right to convert street vehicles into dedicated racecars and the motorsports-parts industry’s ability to sell products that enable racers to compete.
Like most NASCAR drivers, Petty competed in racecars that started out as street-legal vehicles. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains the position that such modified race vehicles are not legal under the Clean Air Act, threatening many classes of racing along with an industry that employs tens of thousands of Americans and contributes more than $2 billion to the U.S. economy each year.
Petty and Spagnola sat down with key members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to advocate for the interests of racers, enthusiasts, builders, tracks, sanctioning organizations and businesses, while also looking to gain stronger congressional support to protect one of America’s oldest pastimes and hobbies: motor-vehicle racing.
–SEMA
He asked his wife Mary if she would go to Home Depot and pick up a hinge.
Mary agreed to go. While she was waiting for the manager to finish serving a customer,
her eye caught a beautiful bathroom faucet.
When the manager was finished, Mary asked him, “How much is that faucet?”
Mary exclaimed, “My goodness, that’s an expensive faucet — certainly out of my price range..”
She then proceeded to describe the hinge that Charlie had sent her to buy.
The manager said that he had them in stock and went into the storeroom to get one.
From the storeroom the manager yelled. “Ma’am, you wanna screw for the hinge?”
Mary shouted back,
“No, but I will for the faucet.”
This is why you can’t send a woman to Home Depot!
–El Waggs
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See you on the salt. I”ll be running 2 bikes for my (501c3) Racing For Orphans !
— Revrend Jim
Seminole, FL
Today, motorcycle industry leader Harley-Davidson announces their support for the Sturgis Rally Wrap Party on August 12, 2022, the end of the 82nd annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The event will be hosted at the world-famous Buffalo Chip bar and campground and is organized by Why We Ride / MOTOvational.org. All proceeds will benefit Treasured Lives Foundation.
The luau-themed event will take place in the Buffalo Chip Gardens and Indoor Event Center starting at 6:00 pm. It features a cocktail hour surrounded by the photography of famed motorcycle artist Michael Lichter, as well as a unique collection of custom motorcycles. Tickets include a sit-down, tropical island feast and raffle, live auctions, and special guest speakers. A notable inclusion of a limited edition commemorative luau shirt for every attendee is a highlight of the events and speaks to being part of a unique group. The event is limited to 250 guests.
“In Hollywood, the wrap party is a celebration for the completion of a big project,” said Bryan H Carroll, Founder and CEO of MOTOvational.org and producer/director of Why We Ride. “We know that there are many events during rally week, and our goal is to create an event that is turn-key, fun, and absolutely unique within the typical rally activities. It’s going to be as much fun as a wrap party for a film!
The fact that we are benefitting Treasured Lives speaks to the mission of Motivational.org and the beating hearts that fill the motorcycling community.”
Treasured Lives fights to end sex trafficking in South Dakota. Why We Ride / MOTOvational.org are partnering with them to open a crisis house for those rescued and provide the means to a fresh start in life. MOTOvational.org was founded by critically acclaimed filmmaker Bryan H. Carroll and his award-winning producing partner, James Walker.
The two were responsible for the hit moto-themed documentary, Why We Ride. When a crew member fell ill with a brain tumor, Carroll and Walker decided to use their influence – and the generosity of the motorcycle community – to support others.
Each ticket costs $195. Tickets, raffle, and auction items are tax-deductible charitable donations. For tickets and additional information, visit www.SturgisrallyWrapParty.com
SONG OF THE WEEK—
Song: “Only a Fool Would Say That”
Artists: Steely Dan
Album: Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)
Our world become one
Of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a plan
A natural man
Wearing a white stetson hat
Unhand that gun begone
There’s no one to fire upon
If he’s holding it high
He’s telling a lie
I heard it was you
Talkin’ ’bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And only a fool would say that
The man in the street
Draggin’ his feet
Don’t wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face
There is his place
Standing inside his brown shoes
You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream
I heard it was you
Talkin’ ’bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And only a fool would say that
Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you’re younger
Then you realize
Only a fool would say that
Only a foooo oooooo ooooo oooool
I heard it was you
Talkin’ ’bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And a fool would say that
And a fool would say that
And a fool would say that
The 2022 Easyriders Rodeos are coming to Fowlerville Michigan August 19-21 and Bloomville Ohio Sept 1-5. Vendor space is limited! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the action! Ask about our poker crawl. We supply everything. Get all the attendees to stop at your booth. More information can be found at EasyridersEvents.com
Please attend the grand opening of the Buffalo Chip’s 2022
Motorcycles As Art exhibition
curated by the celebrated Michael Lichter and titled, “Emergin’ Virgin: Coming Out Custom.”
Fire (arrow)
Ign. Kill (arrow)
Fuel (arrow)
Classification: CAP.I/GRP.B3/DIV.C/TYPE V/CLASS 2500/CYL.2
Micah reminded me to remove and clean the float bowl on the S&S G.
Today, hopefully will send photos and forms to the BMST crew and get caught up on our deadlines with the sanctioning body, FIM. Stickers.
I just received a proof of our Bonneville shirts.
I set a time during the rally with Micah, to adjust the new harness.
This is another expense that must be calculated in the purchase of solar on their homes and commercial buildings. (Increased insurance rates)
Now, as we all now know, life expectancy of solar panels is 10 to 25 years, in the long run pollution will be much greater with solar panels. Government and solar sales companies do not know how to dispose of them safely. Thousands of homeowners will soon find out what it costs to remove and dispose of bad panels.
–Anonymous donor
In all the years you’ve ridden, how have you never jumped onto the fixed fairing game? I know Frank has one as does Frankie Jr, so I’m sure you get to hear all the time how great they are. Being 6’5″, I know you have a hard time fitting onto the stock bikes….I guess I’m lucky at 5’9″ as I fit on everything.
I have recently considered getting rid of the Winnebago Road Glide Ultra as two up riding sucks, and I just don’t do the cross-country riding to justify it anymore. I did look at the Indians a few times, but to be honest, I really like the Harley Fatboy. I may sell my bike and grab one of them.
Just wondering how you never jumped onto the Bagger craze, as they say everyone ends up on a glide…as for me, they’re just kinda boring to me. I don’t know.
–Johnny White
Texas Tech Reporter
Bikernet.com™
A long time ago, when I was still with ER, I built a custom bagger. I stretched it a few inches, lowered it and rode it to Sturgis. It was cool, but it was still a bagger. Then I built the Touring Chopper with Jesse James. It had its issues, but the notion was to build a chopper/touring bike.
I had to admit to myself that I’m a chopper rider and nothing else will ever do. Your Sportster project is a prime example. Why does anyone take a perfectly good stock bike and make it a rigid chopper? We should write a manifesto on the topic.
Choppers in America represent pure freedom, sex, exhilaration and creativity. Think about it. I have some apehanger articles touching on the subject.
Finally, fixed fairings. I rode a Victory Vision once with a fixed fairing. That was it for me. WTF? FTW. Ride free or die trying…
–Bandit
On an uncharacteristically sunny British Columbia day, two of our HyperSport prototypes were put through their paces at Mission Raceway Park!
And if that doesn’t get your heart pounding, an under the hood peek at some of the pre-production, full-performance bikes should get your adrenaline pumping.
Stay tuned for more performance validation content as we continue to put these HyperSport prototypes to the test.
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Lifetime_Motorcycle_Returns.aspx
By the way, was your Touring Chopper or Sturgis Red Chopper covered in ER when you were there? I’m slowly making my way through the archives but can’t seem to find anything about them yet. Looking through the early 2000s and Late ‘90s.
–The Humble One
White Plains, Texas
Yes, we ran a series on the Touring Chopper build and a feature around 1998.—Bandit
NEWS FROM THE RIGHT TO REPAIR OR BUILD DEPARTMENT–
Referenced Article:
Kerala, (India) Man Travels Europe With Family on Plane He Built During Covid Lockdown
The idea to construct a private plane struck him during the Covid-19 lockdown. According to the report by The Sun, the family had spent nearly INR14,000,000 (approx USD 187,300) and approximately 1500 hours to complete their project.
While speaking to The Sun, Ashok described his experience and said, “It’s like having a new toy, except much more exciting. We started saving money during the first lockdown, and we knew we always wanted to have our own plane, and in the first few months, we were saving a lot of money so we thought we would give it a go.”
His wife, Abhilasha, further elaborated and said that Ashok has worked incredibly over the last two years and now their dream has finally happened.
He has travelled to many places aboard this aircraft. These places include many European countries including Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. He has also taken trips with his friends.
Ashok moved to the UK in 2006 for his master’s degree after completing BTech in India.
–Wayfarer
International Editor Supreme
Bikernet.com™
–Johnny White
Chopper Investigator
RALLY HITTING THE BLACK HILLS NEXT WEEK— And our billboards are up.
I’m scrambling to make every bike in the shop road worthy.
I am determined to add oil filters to all the old bikes and discovered the ’69 Pan has one, so I added this one to the Pandemic. The Redhead is out buying oil line right now. I’m going to bring the ’48 UL into the shop tomorrow. I have a vintage filter for that one.
We are supposed to finish up the Clutch Tech on the Pandemic tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. In the meantime…
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It’s whiskey time. Ride fast and free, forever!
–Bandit
