Hey,
Just back from Sturgis and need to roll into the Badlands Run Story next week. This Post will be nuts.
Life is nuts and I watched The Big Short last night about our 2008 Economic downturn. I’m still trying to scramble my thoughts around it. I knew what happened, but … Oh hell, we need to think about tomorrow and the rides ahead.
Let’s hit the news.
AIRCHARGER INTAKE SYSTEM– The K&N Truck and Trailer was located at Black Hills Harley Davidson from Aug 5th thru today. These new Intake Systems fit 2001-2015 Harley-Davidson Dynas, Softails & Touring Models as well as 2008-2016 Harley Touring Models. They are pretty rad.
K&N’s AIRCHARGER PERFORMANCE INTAKE SYSTEMS:
Built with a heritage of over 45 years of performance, building horsepower and making motorcycles perform to get you moving down the highway! K&N’s AIRCHARGER Intake System will
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Performance Air Intake Systems increase power by eliminating the restrictive stock OE air cleaner and replacing it with a K&N complete performance intake system featuring:
· Cast aluminum high-performance intake tube
· Integrated internal velocity stack
· Built-in breathers replace external OE breathers
· K&N High-Flow cotton air filter provides outstanding performance and protection
PART NO PRODUCT DESCRIPTION MSRP:
63-1134 AIRCHARGER-Black Satin; H/D TOURING MODELS; 08-15 $399.00
63-1134S AIRCHARGER-Silver Satin; H/D TOURING MODELS; 08-15 $399.00
63-1137 AIRCHARGER-Black Satin; H/D DYNA/SOFTAIL; 01-15 $399.00
63-1137S AIRCHARGER-Silver Satin; H/D DYNA/SOFTAIL; 01-15 $399.00
–Johnny Jump
POWERSPORTS – National Sales Manager
K&N ENGINEERING, INC.
E: Johnj@knfilters.com
WEB: WWW.KNFILTERS.COM
NEWS JUST IN FROM CHOPPERTOWN IN THE BADLANDS–This week we got the Greasy Hands Preachers on sale!
We also did an absolute TON of live shows from Sturgis, Spain, and the UK last week – click here to watch the shows on Facebook. Thanks guys, your support helps us make these shows and bring them to you. Enjoy the weekend!
Stay independent,
INDIAN VS. HARLEY RIDE TO STURGIS AND BACK—It didn’t start out that way. I was riding to Sturgis no matter what. I had three missions: To have my 5-Ball patch sewn on my light 5-Ball Pit Crew vest; to check in the with the Hamsters 342 members at the mandatory meeting, and to have Breakfast with Chris Callen and Marilyn Stemp and the Buffalo Chip.
The riding crew fluctuated but one brother hung on and met me in Needles, CA on our way to Mexican hat. He rode an almost new 2015 Street Glide. At first we just rode through the deserts and tried to duck rain storms. But with every stop something surfaced about the touring machine handling. I just scooted along on my Indian without a fairing or windshield, just my Bandit’s Bedroll for wind blockage.
I didn’t pay much attention to his complaints initially. Hell, I had been through decades of Harley touring-model woes. Same ol’ story, but then Mike started to comment on the roads, his experience while watching the Indian fly along undisturbed by the road’s surface. We will cover all the action next week.
If you have a late model Harley touring bike have the front wheel bearings checked quick. There seems to be a problem at 6,000 miles.
–Bandit
ALERT FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION–New Mexico Motorcycle Awareness PSA Video
Please take a moment to see this PSA on motorcycle safety awareness…. ONE MISTAKE CAN HAUNT YOU FOREVER.
Richard Sturgeon a New Mexico Motorcycle Safety Advocate from Los Alamos National Lab and a young man Sam’s Commercial who makes commercial for local business in Los Alamos put it together.
It sends a powerful Message. The Dead biker is played by Richard.
Annette Torrez New Mexico MRF Rep.
–Richard Sturgeon
Los Alamos National Laboratory Chair – Motorcycle Safety Committee
CANNONBALL RALLY ART–I was commissioned to come up with the official artwork for this years motorcycle Cannon Ball, the century race.
This year riders will be required to ride a 100-year-old motorcycles across the country.
I thought it would be great to feature Erwin George Baker, AKA Cannon Ball Baker, the father of this race. A man who rode coast to coast promoting the products of various motorcycle and automobile manufacturers.
Merchandise will be available during the race, however, a very limited print run of this original will be available thru Danial James Studio. The original painting will be on display at Scott Jacobs Studio in Deadwood during the Sturgis Rally.
More fine art info: http://danialjamesstudio.mysimplestore.com/…/cannonball-100…
OUTLAW BIKER ANIMATION FOR YOUR REVIEW — As a freelance animator I just finished an funny animation about bikers… If you like it and would feel an unstoppable urge to post it on your website, I would feel honored.. You can use the youtube link to do so..
–Erik Tanghe
beetlestar@gmail.com
HOME OF THE HELLS ANGELS USA RUN INVITES ALL–Please join us in Cripple Creek NEXT WEEKEND,
August 19-21, for the
MOST PATRIOTIC Colorado event of the Summer!
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FIRST BIKERNET GUN NUT REPORT OF THE WEEKEND–First Gold of Summer Olympics Goes to America, Inspires Derision from Miserable Gun-Hating Jerks
Signs of the cultural schisms and declining love of country that are the chief legacy of the Obama presidency are all around us. And while not the most serious, one of the most unfortunate and pathetic is that Americans can no longer agree that a fellow patriot’s gold medal at the Olympics is something to be celebrated. At least not when the gold involves pulling a trigger.
Nineteen-year-old Virginian Ginny Thrasher became the first gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympiad last Saturday, winning the women’s 10-meter air rifle competition in an upset over heavily-favored China, whose competitors in the event have six prior Olympic medals between them.
Ginny’s is a classic Cinderella story of a young athlete ascending to the top of her sport in her very first Olympic appearance. And while her stiffest competition have long been dominating international matches, Ginny’s first exposure to the shooting sports occurred only few years ago, on a hunting trip with her grandfather. Taking her first whitetail proved to be a formative experience for Ginny, as the then-figure skater began devoting her full competitive energies to marksmanship.
Fortunately, in addition to her grandfather, she had support and training from her father, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force. She also had ready access to firearm safety training and scholastic shooting programs at two public institutions, West Springfield High School and perennial NCAA shooting standout West Virginia University. During her freshman year last season at WVU, Ginny won the individual small-bore and air rifle titles, paving her way to national prominence and a place on the U.S. shooting team.
Ginny’s story could only be written in America, where firearms are woven into the fabric of ordinary life and where even a suburban teenage girl can find top notch marksmanship training and support right in her own neighborhood.
“I am so proud of being American,” she told ABC News. “I am so proud to stand on that podium, to listen to my nation’s anthem and to just be able to represent, and start off this Rio 2016 games on such a positive note.”
Now it’s no surprise that the chattering classes from abroad haven’t been as enthusiastic in embracing Ginny as the vast majority of Americans. Gun-hating Piers Morgan, a sterling example of why the British Empire has declined so precipitously, weighed in early with his mockery. “LEAST SURPRISING BREAKING NEWS EVER,” he tweeted, “America’s 1st Olympic Gold Medal is for Shooting. #Thrasher.”
But it’s disappointing that antigun politics prevent even some Americans from celebrating their countrywoman’s outstanding accomplishment. Wil Wheaton (yes, we checked, and apparently he’s a celebrity of sorts), reacted to Ginny’s win with this tweet: “America’s first gold medal in the 2016 Olympics was won by a teenager for shooting. Because we now live inside @TheOnion.”
The Twittersphere featured a number of similar comments, albeit many by people who have no public persona or whose public persona is even more obscure than Wil Wheaton’s.
And the Washington Post, in an otherwise relatively straightforward profile of the golden girl, nevertheless could not help commenting on her “menacing name” and “high-powered, German-made weapon.”
In that regard, the Post was wrong on everything except the origin of Ginny’s Feinwerkbau 700. While it was made in Germany, it’s basically a more sophisticated version of the pellet guns many American children grow up with and use to learn the fundamentals of safe shooting and gun handling. It is designed specifically for marksmanship competitions, not as a weapon. And propelling a .177 caliber pellet at a maximum velocity of 570 feet per second, it’s not even especially powerful by air gun standards. What distinguishes it most is its pinpoint accuracy at competition range, something that only really matters in the hands of an expert user like Ginny Thrasher.
Simply put, any suggestion that Ginny’s participation in elite shooting competition on behalf of her university and country somehow promotes a “culture of violence” or firearm-related crime is like suggesting that the Olympic torch should be faulted for contributing to global warming.
Indeed, a variety of shooting sports have a long-established history in the Olympic Games. And for good reason. Many traditional Olympic events are rooted in disciplines that have a martial pedigree, including biathlon, wrestling, boxing, archery, javelin, and equestrian events. Yet, according to the International Olympic Committee’s charter: “The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.” In other words, the Olympics provide a forum for countries to contend with one another in contests of strength, courage, precision, speed, and skill, but without bloodshed and with the goal of mutual elevation, not conquest or subjugation.
That’s a pretty intuitive concept for most people to grasp.
LIFESTYLE DEAL OF THE WEEKEND–2000 Buell Pro Street Full-on Custom
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MEET AND HANG WITH GEORGE CHRISTIE AND HEAR ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK–Exile On Front Street
People confuse the outlaw and the criminal. Some outlaws commit crimes, but the real outlaw isn’t a criminal by trade. He’s someone who refuses to live by society’s established norms of behavior.
He has an internal code and answers only to his own sense of honor and right and wrong. The outlaw doesn’t conform; he rebels. He doesn’t accept; he questions. In the end, the outlaw might change and adapt, but he bends for no man and won’t let his life be defined by someone else.
I’ve been many things—father, son, husband, leader, brother, and friend—but through it all, I was always an outlaw.
—George Christie
That’s how George describes his new book, Exile on Front Street.–Bandit
A lecture, slide show, and Q & A with the last American Outlaw.
As an ex-Hells Angel president—the longest serving president in club history—and one-time international spokesperson for the club, George Christie was also the rare peacemaker in a brutally violent culture. Having fought first in the early wars between motorcycle clubs on the streets of Southern California, he came to believe that guns and knives weren’t an answer. George eventually brokered peace not only among a variety of American clubs, but also helped negotiate a truce to the infamously violent Nordic Biker Wars fought between the Scandinavian chapters of the Hells Angels and the Bandidos.
After four decades of riding with the Hells Angels, George walked away, quitting in 2011. He paid dearly for that decision. Club informants seeking to save themselves provided the basis for trumped-up federal charges that sent George to La Tuna federal prison for a year. He’s been a target of his former club brothers ever since.
Since his release, George has starred in the History Channel TV show, Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels, started Felony Prison Consulting, a company that helps defendants navigate the justice system, and written his memoirs, Exile on Front Street.
He regularly lectures to groups ranging from civic organizations and criminal justice classes, to trial lawyer conferences. After the Waco, Twin Peaks shootout, George was asked to speak to law enforcement audiences and agreed to speak on his terms to audiences of police officers, with the goal of preventing any further outlaw biker deaths.
An Evening with George will feature a lecture in George’s riveting plainspoken style, revealing the gritty, incredible-yet-true stories from his years as a Hells Angel. From the funny to the profound, these anecdotes weave a tale of the outlaw life—and how it changed over decades from an all-for-one brotherhood, to the current me-first scramble for power and riches. He’ll also narrate a history-rich slide show of fascinating personal photos from his own (and the Hells Angels) history, and answer questions in a no-holds-barred question-and-answer session. Each attendee will receive a copy of Exile on Front Street, which George will personally sign at the end of the evening.
To schedule An Evening with George, contact Shab Azama at Flutie Entertainment: assistant@flutieent.com
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RAY WHEELER RIDES OLD SOFTAIL ACROSS THE COUNTRY—We will bring you the whole tamale report in the next couple of weeks. Dr. Willie went through this stored Evo from bow to stern, including replacing the transmission.
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Ray, the former Bikernet Performance editor, jumped on it the day before I peeled out and rode north to Washington, then to Sturgis and ultimately into Sarasota, Florida, over 5000 miles. He arrived in Sarasota about the time I returned to the coast.
We will bring you his report and some thoughts on Twin Cams and the new engine being introduced by Harley for 2017. It’s interesting. Evos may still be the ultimate platform.
–Bandit
DAGO HARLEY PREPARING FOR 2017 NEW MODELS–Now through the end of August we are focused on the rest of our 2016 models going fast!!!
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We are raffling off this Brand New 2015 Customized Low Rider. Tickets are just $10 each and you do not need to be present to win. Winner announced during our September 29th Bike Night at 8pm. Info here:
http://www.shopsandiegoharley.com/raffle-ticket–on-2016-low-rider-to-raise-money-for-moto-fam.aspx
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The next SDHD Bike Night is Friday Aug 19th at our 5555 Kearny Villa Rd location…our SDHD Kearny staff is going back to the 80’s as their theme.
We have an End of Summer Party lined up followed by our always Free UFC Fight Night Event.. 2 big parties lasting 12 hours all at SDHD on Morena on Sat Aug 20th – click here for chance to win a FREE SDHD Visor: http://www.mysandiegoharley.com
–Jen Miller
Dealer Operator
San Diego Harley-Davidson
Cell (619) 884-0255
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BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
Bikernet Treasure Hunter: Vintage Icons
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=12980
Looks like a v-twin Royal Enfield to me.
–Sam
COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS–
GRAMMY award-winning and country music legend Jeannie Seely appears in the most recent edition of “The Test Drive.” During the episode, Seely talks about her early inspirations in the music industry, winning a GRAMMY and celebrating 50 since debuting on the Grand Ole Opry. Click here to watch “The Test Drive.”
“When you win the respect and approval of your peers, then you really know you’ve done something special,” Seely said about winning a GRAMMY.
Seely also remembers a time when women were not allowed to host a portion of the Grand Ole Opry.
“I’m very proud to say I was the first female artist to host consistently and the one who really pried the doors open.”
Seely will also appear on “The Joey Canyon Show” August 26 (click here for local listings). Hosted by Denver’s own Joey Canyon, the show aims to entertain fans in a location ‘where the music meets the mountains.’ “The Joey Canyon Show” airs in more than 65 million homes nationwide on RFD-TV. The program is carried by Comcast, DirecTV and Dish.
June 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of Seely’s first guest performance on the Grand Ole Opry. At that time her first hit, “Don’t Touch Me” (recorded on March 12, 1966), was climbing the country music charts. On September 16, 1967, Seely became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Along with dozens of accolades, including awards from Billboard, Cashbox and Record World, Seely has achieved No. 1 songs as a solo artist, as a duet partner and as a songwriter.
JEANNIE SEELY LIVE:
Aug. 28 – Truman Lake Opry – Clinton, Mo.
Sept. 09 – Sugar Creek Casino – Hinton, Okla.
Sept. 17 – Ohio Valley Opry – McConnelsville, Ohio
Sept.. 22 – Country’s Family Reunion Road Show – Bremen, Ga.
Sept.. 24 – Country’s Family Reunion Road Show – Franklin, N.C.
Oct. 02 – The Palace Theatre – Crossville, Tenn.
Oct. 19 – Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater – Branson, Mo.
Dec. 03 – TPC Conference and Convention Center – York, Pa.
Dec. 10 – Midnite Jamboree – Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 16 – North Star Mohican Casino – Bowler, Wis.
Jan. 29 – Feb. 04 – Country Family Reunion Cruise
TRAILBLAZERS NEWS CORRECTION–The newsletter contained the wrong contact information for the Speedway 117 Race Reunion coming up on September 11th in Chula Vista.
Please contact:
Sunnyside Promotiions
522 Florida St.
Imperial Beach, CA 91932
(619) 424 3348
Flyer with lots of information and entry form is attached. Sorry if this caused a problem for anyone.
–Judy Whitson
KAWASAKI Tale of the Warrior– Just as the 1973 Z1 motorcycle launched Kawasaki into the four-stroke Superbike era, the 1984 Ninja 900R sportbike, also known as the GPz900R, massively advanced the breed with a sophisticated combination of aerodynamic styling, a racetrack-bred chassis, and liquid-cooled four-cylinder performance.
With dual overhead camshafts, 16 valves, semi flat-slide carbs, and an internal counterbalance, its 908cc inline four produced liter-bike power for the time. It could also burn down the quarter mile in 11.18 seconds at 121.65 mph, as tested by Cycle World, and top out at 151 mph, making it the quickest and fastest production Kawasaki motorcycle to date.
Equally important, the new Ninja 900R made riders look and feel great, with crisp handling, superb performance at high speeds, and forceful braking.
Technological advances abounded for Kawasaki within the Ninja 900R, including the first use of a new “diamond” frame that used the engine as a stressed member, a racing-derived 16-inch front wheel, and an anti-dive fork with air-assisted springs. The wind-cheating bodywork set the Ninja 900R motorcycle apart visually, and its one-year-only red and charcoal paint scheme made the ’84 model unmistakable.
In addition to these features, what really set the Ninja 900R apart was its name: Ninja. Mike Vaughan, the Director of Marketing for Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) at the time, had lived in Asia and knew about Japanese mythology and the Ninja warriors, legendary for their strength and stealth.
He had named his Columbia 22 sailboat Ninja a full decade earlier, and when product planning started considering names for the new streetbike, Vaughan immediately thought, “Ninja!” It took some doing for the name to work its way through corporate channels, but after that, it was perfect. The Ninja name first appeared in the US market only, then expanded internationally.
The Ninja 900R worldwide press launch occurred in Monterey, California on December 7, 1983. Riding opportunities included a dragstrip competition at the Monterey Jet Center, followed by open lapping on the fast, original nine-turn Laguna Seca course.
Others in the mix on the racetrack included the GPz750 Turbo, the GPz1100, and none other than 1983 AMA Superbike Champion Wayne Rainey. Recognizing the significance of the event for Kawasaki, Hiroshi “Henry” Noda, Vice President of Marketing at KMC, and Dr. Ohba, the President of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, LTD (KHI) at that time, were also present.
After earning numerous “bike of the year” awards, the Ninja 900R would soon be joined by the 1985 Ninja® 600R model, the original “600 class” supersport with a new-style perimeter frame that would influence sportbike design for decades. And today, the complete line of Ninja sportbikes includes the Ninja H2™ and Ninja H2™R, Ninja® ZX™-14R, Ninja ZX™-10R, Ninja® ZX™-6R, Ninja® 650 and Ninja® 300.
AVON MOTORCYCLE TYRES NORTH AMERICA EXPANDS TRAILRIDER PRODUCT LINE–
Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America has enhanced the TrailRider adventure sport tire product line with the addition of two new Z-speed rated sizes – the AV53 120/70ZR19 (front) and the AV54 170/60ZR17 (rear).
“The TrailRider is a great adventure sport tire,” stated Ken Warner, Vice President of Marketing for Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America. “It was engineered to perform well in a variety of conditions including the street. The new Z-speed rated option in popular sizes for front and rear provide a greater range of options for adventure sport enthusiasts.”
The TrailRider features three-dimensional interlocking points within the tread sipes to reinforce tire stability and limit tire flex for responsive handling. It includes a new super-rich silica compound to enhance wet grip without sacrificing mileage. For rear fitments, the TrailRider features Avon’s latest triple-compound construction to deliver longer mileage and exceptional grip.
The new TrailRider is available in a range of sizes and offers a no charge-replacement road hazard warranty. For more information, visit AvonMoto.com.
Speed ratings are determined through testing in a controlled environment. Actual tire performance and capability is affected by a variety of factors including tire inflation pressure, speed, load, driving conditions, wear and more. The speed rating is void if the tire has been altered from its original condition including damage, repair, abuse or alteration of any kind.
THE POLITICAL GUN NUT REPORT–The Media Are Lying to Hide Clinton’s Animosity to the Second Amendment
This is the state of “journalism” today. Members of the media who desperately want Hillary Clinton to be elected president are stooping to unprecedented lows, abandoning all pretenses of impartiality, forfeiting whatever remnant of credibility they might otherwise have, trying to prevent voters from realizing that Hillary Clinton fundamentally opposes the individual right to keep and bear arms.
The Washington Post, to single out one of the worst in this regard, is worried that voters agree with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that if Clinton were elected, she would “essentially abolish the Second Amendment.”
In the Post’s latest editorial attacking Trump, the newspaper says that Clinton doesn’t want to “essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” but merely supports “rudimentary safety measures,” such as banning “assault weapons and large-capacity magazines” and requiring a background check on every transfer of a firearm between two people who are not firearm dealers.
Knowing that Clinton has also supported licensing gun owners, registering guns, and prohibiting the sale of firearms other than so-called “smart” guns, the newspaper says that Clinton’s presidential anti-gun agenda should also include “requiring all gun owners to be licensed” and requiring “fingerprint readers and other safety devices on guns sold in the United States.”
The reason the Post offers for claiming that Clinton doesn’t want to “essentially abolish the Second Amendment” is that Clinton, while expressing support for a variety of gun control restrictions, including gun bans, hasn’t called for the amendment to be repealed.
However, as Charles C.W. Cooke writes, “As anybody with an elementary understanding of American law comprehends, one does not need to call [a constitutional] convention in order to effectively remove a provision from the Constitution.”
Cooke explains what it would mean, if Clinton were elected and appointed even one anti-gun judge to the Supreme Court, and thereafter the Court overturned the Heller decision and declared that the amendment doesn’t protect an individual right to keep and bear arms.
“Should Hillary get her way, that right would disappear (at least legally), and the government would be freed up to make any policy choice it wished — up to and including a total ban. Who can say with a straight face that this wouldn’t be ‘essentially abolish the Second Amendment’? Who can claim without laughing that a reversal of Heller wouldn’t render the right a dead letter? On this one, Trump is absolutely correct.”
As we noted in October, Clinton has said that the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was “wrong,” and as we noted in June, Clinton has also said that it was “a terrible ruling.” When asked on national television “do you believe that . . . an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right,” Clinton refused to answer. She said only that the right “is subject to reasonable regulations,” and implied that “reasonable” would allow for every onerous gun law that came down the pike before Heller, including the handgun bans of the District of Columbia and Chicago, “assault weapon” and magazine bans in several states, and prohibitions on the carrying of firearms for protection, just to name a few…
COLE FOSTER GAS TANK FROM LOWBROW--Lowbrow has worked together with Salinas Boys’ Cole Foster on past projects including the award-winning Lowbrow Customs Signature Series Cole Foster Grips.
We have since put our skills together and collaborated on a larger project and we are happy to announce that the Cole Foster Gas Tank for 2007 & later Harley-Davidson Sportsters is now available!
We are working on more fitments, so stay tuned as we work on getting this tank to mount on your earlier XL, Softail, and more!
CHANCE BOOK REVIEW FROM A READER– Got through the first book of the Chance Hogan adventure. That is Harbor Town and working on the next one. I am halfway through the book.
Read quite a bit at Bass Lake , Ca. Nothing better than a cup of coffee or Jack and one of your books. Tell the redhead I see her influence in the writing .
Who knew he was a cross between 007 and Bourne. I like the touch of Russian gangsters. Keep up the great work!
–Gearhead
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THERE YOU HAVE IT—I’m still coming down from the 3,120 mile ride from Los Angels to Sturgis and back. I worked on a couple of crazy projects in the shop yesterday, like a bell made from a cast iron welding tank.
Frank Kaisler gave me a horizontal band saw ten years ago. I’ve pushed it around the shop ever since. I have a nuts project in mind. I’m going to take all the old welding, diving, soda pop, cast iron tanks I have cut off the bottoms and make chimes. I thought I could use this band saw. I worked on rebuilding it for a couple of hours, only to discover it couldn’t handle the job. My Makita can’t handle it, or can it? What do you suggest?
So, what’s the deal for today? I had one heat shield band on the Indian loosen up. I believe it’s striped, and I need to replace it. Or should I get a massage and relax?
Next week will fire to life with lots of Bikernet action. While I pound out my Sturgis run story, the Web Gods are turning Bikernet Mobile Friendly. Hang on for lots of reports.
Ride Free Forever
–Bandit
