Wow,
It’s been another incredible weekend. Each weekend we think we’ll spend it kicked-back, wrapping up the 5-Ball Factory Racer, but shit happens on a weekly basis, throwing the whole formula in the weeds.
This weekend Sam Dixon arrived from back east, and needed a couple of bikes to shoot with Michelle Manhart, the Playboy model who was thrown out of the AirForce for posing nude. Good god, we’re still in the dark ages. Anyway, the weekend has been a scramble ever since.
More girls are due to arrive this morning, peel off their threads and prepare for Sam’s camera. Sam published Biker Beauties for a couple of years, and now he’s up to something else. We’ll bring you more reports as we find out more. Let’s hit the news, then I’ll fill you in on more girls, and Sin Wu finally posing. Plus, I’ll lay out the content for next week. Never a dull moment:
KEINO’S NEW BLOG– I started my blog, few weeks ago, if you can do something on bikernet, that would be really appreciated. And I have few parts release I am working on. I’ll shoot you an e-mail soon..
–Keino Sasaki
Keino Cycles LLC
97 Union St Brooklyn NY
11231
Phone 718-858-5767
Fax 718-858-5742
www.keinocycles.com
keinocycles.blogspot.com
HEAVY QUOTE OF SUNDAY– I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle . -Winston Churchill
–from James Schnarr
Survivor of crash that killed Fritz Hayden of Austin, Texas — My name is Jeanette Anderson. I survived an accident on December 30, 2008 that killed the most beautiful man on the planet, Fritz Hayden, of Austin, Texas.
I never lost consciousness at the site of the crash, but I never spoke with fritz again, either; as we were on opposite sides of the freeway, according to the accident report. Fritz died that day of massive head trauma.
I endured seven surgeries in the six weeks I spent at Brackenridge hospital in Austin. I lost my right leg and am awaiting fitting for a prosthesis. The nurses at the trauma floor told me that “I should have died” given my massive injuries and internal bleeding. I received forty-seven pints of blood throughout my procedures to stop the internal bleeding. I am grateful for the gift of my life, but I am still in mourning.
My heart is still broken from the loss of my friend. His friends held a benefit within a week of the crash and raised a generous sum of money as well as an outpouring of support for me and my father. Their love and support was transcendent and healing for both of us. Fritz?s family, as well, reached out to us in love and kindness. For these gifts, I am humbled and indebted.
I am seeking the contact of other crash survivors or of friends of Fritz’s to sustain me as I recover from this horrible event. please write.
–Jeanette
Duluth, Minnesota
mailto(‘charter.net’,’jeanetteanderson’);>
–Garry Van Kirk
Bikers Accident Survivor Forum
bikeraccsurvivor@bacsuv.com
B.O.L.T.
Phoenix, Arizona
ANOTHER QUOTE FROM THE BIKERNET COLLEGE HISTORY DEPARTMENT–You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. ~Clarence Darrow~
BIKERNET SUNDAY TECH REQUEST– I am wondering, do you have anything on the mono shock frames? I am starting to really like the looks of some of these types of frames like this one… http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=jyq1qfamtjz&thumb=5 thing is, I have to wonder just stable these types of designs are.
Now I know some of these mono shock designs come from race engineers, so I kinda figure they should know a thing or two about trailing, rigidity, and strength values…but really…How do these frames feel to ride? I would really like to find out what I can on these. Do you have anything for me to read on these things? Any suggestions as to who to look up and do research on?
–Marilyn
BIKES ON FILM– I know you love bikes and love seeing bikes.I would like to invite you to come and see bikers on film. I know you love going to a great biker party’s. so you need to come to the New Free To Wander Chopper Documentary release party at the Cobra Lounge 235 N. Ashland Ave, on Saturday starting at 8:00, 4/18/09.
Free To Wander Documentary is produced by 4130 Studios and the release party is being hosted by Rich Phillips Cycles. There will burlesque dancers along with the Free To Wander chopper film. This is a film about the modern biker life style.
The DVD will be available for sale along with Tee shirts. This is going to be a wild party. Guys are coming from all over US and Canada.
See you there: FTW
DVDs are now available for $20.00 and now shipping out! www.freetowander.net.
–Rich at FTW
CONFEDERATE IN NEW YORK–Please contact Kelly Marshall with any questions about this event.
AH, THE CODES FROM THE BIKERNET CODE WORKSHOP–The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again
–from Chopper Dave Monson
ANOTHER AMCA PROJECT AT MATT’S HOUSE– Here are the pics of the ’49. This bike is amazing!!! Come to SD, I will let you ride it.
–Matt Olsen
Don’t miss a chance to win a vintage 45 Flathead from the AMCA plus restoration lessons. Just send a 1000-word essay to Matt and the AMCA judges. Click on the Banner for more info.
SEMA OPENS THE ONE OF THE LARGEST CONVENTIONS IN LAS VEGAS TO MOTORCYCLES– Manufacturers of automotive specialty-equipment products will find it easier than ever to exhibit at the 2009 SEMA Show, taking place November 3?6, 2009, in Las Vegas. With more than 100,000 automotive professionals expected to gather at the annual event, the SEMA Show is considered by many to be the industry?s leading automotive accessories trade event in the world.
?For more than 40 years the SEMA Show has served as the best place for buyers and manufacturers to meet face-to-face,? said Peter MacGillivray, SEMA vice president of communications and events. ?Not open to the general public, this Show really is for business people, and it?s about doing business.?
Recognizing today?s challenging economy and the impact it is having on the industry, SEMA Show organizers have streamlined the exhibit rental agreement process, modified the payment plan and are launching an aggressive attendee campaign to retain the Show?s high buyer quality.
?Beginning with the Exhibitor Space Rental Agreement available at www.SEMAShow.com, the process has never been simpler,? said MacGillivray.
This year?s deadline for exhibitors to submit the rental agreement and deposit in order to participate in the priority space selection process was moved back about one month to May 8. The extension allows companies more time to plan for maximum cost-effectiveness, resource efficiency and ROI.
Additionally, for the first time ever, exhibitors using a credit card have the option to pay only 25% down with their rental agreement. The final payment will not be due until September, also later than previous years. Another benefit that 2009 SEMA Show exhibitors will find is reduced rates for a number of items, including free drayage to those who have 1,000 lbs. or less of freight that is transported to the Show in their personal vehicles, and rock-bottom room rates at more than 30 hotels in Las Vegas during Show week.
?We truly believe that exhibiting at the SEMA Show is an investment in one?s business,? said MacGillivray.
?We also believe that SEMA is a partner in this effort. The association is committed to providing exhibitors with everything they need to survive this turbulent economy, and helping them position themselves to thrive once the economy turns around.?
SEMA Show attendees include buyers, installers, dealers, retailers and media from all segments of the automotive specialty-equipment market. Results from the 2008 event found that:
88% of attendees said they were planning on placing an order at the SEMA Show.
80% of attendees took advantage of exhibitors? SEMA Show specials.
Exhibitors had an average of 325 buyers visit their booth.
Exhibitors left the SEMA Show with an average of 141 qualified leads.
?Our research tells us that the number one reason buyers come to the SEMA Show is to find new products,? MacGillivray said. ?If you have a new product to unveil, this is the place to be.? To learn more about exhibiting at the 2009 SEMA Show, visit www.SEMAShow.com or contact ConvExx Show Management at sema-exhibit@convexx.com or 702/450-7662, ext. 120.
MORE ON THE TOY CONTROVERSY– Last year’s Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act was supposed to make children safer by reducing the risk of lead poisoning in toys. Instead, the new law has become a case study in how hastily written regulation can club the economy and reduce consumer safety.
This bill was passed by wide margins in Congress and signed into law by President Bush in the aftermath of the controversy over lead paint in imported toys from China. The new law, which took effect in February, establishes strict limits on lead levels in products for children. Never mind that in 2008 only one American child was injured from lead poisoning from toys.
What few on Capitol Hill anticipated was how the new law would devastate the domestic toy industry. According to the American Toy Association, the new rules will cost retailers and toy makers an estimated $2 billion for compliance and removing children’s products from the shelves even though they pose no real health threat. Even old children’s books are being cleared from stores and libraries.
The multibillion-dollar children’s motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle industry has been clobbered. Kids motorcross racing has boomed in recent years in rural and Western states. And the regulators at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have decided that virtually all of these youth vehicles violate the new standards because of lead in the brakes, tire valves and gears. They’ve ordered motorcycle dealers to stop selling them, putting hundreds of dealers and the entire motorcross industry in a depression. With one stroke of the regulatory pen, an estimated $100 million of inventory can’t be sold, and the industry loss may reach $1 billion.
While safety concerns need to be paramount, there is virtually zero threat of lead poisoning from riding a motorcycle. One study by Dr. Barbara Beck of Harvard finds that a youth’s intake of lead from riding a motorcycle is less than the amount from drinking water. Even the CPSC admits in a letter to Congress that the lead-intake risk from youth motorcycles is “remote at best.”
The introduction in recent years of smaller cycles for kids under 12 has increased safety by replacing heavier cycles more prone to accident and more severe injury. According to a study by the Motorcycle Industry Council, “90% of the youth fatalities and injuries on motorcycles occur when kids ride adult vehicles.” Those are what kids will ride if the CPSC ban stays in effect. Ken Luttrell, a Democratic state house member from Oklahoma, says, “With these new regulations, Washington has only succeeded in making biking much more dangerous for kids.”
The inane regulations are leading to a backlash against Congress and the CPSC. A resolution calling for a year delay in implementing the new law so the industry has time to adjust passed the Oklahoma legislature 101-0 last week. Missouri and Nevada legislatures have passed similar resolutions. California’s burgeoning cycle community is so enraged that some motorcycle dealers are openly defying the sales ban. On Wednesday a coalition of toy users and manufacturers held a rally in Washington to “stop the toy ban.”
But so far the folks in Washington aren’t interested in what families or employers think. Henry Waxman, a scourge of private business and ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, refuses even to hold hearings. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration has called for a major increase in the CPSC budget. Don’t you feel safer already?
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Escort, Sunday April 19th, BCC Cocoa Campus. Leaves 10 am. Coffee, donuts, and Escort T-shirts will be available! — Vietnam and All Veterans Reunion April 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 , 2009 Tentative Schedule of Events:
Sunday – April 19 10:00 AM—-Wall Escort from Brevard Community College Cocoa to Wickham Park
12:00 PM—-Covered Dish Picnic and Wall Set Up
Monday – April 20 6:00 PM—-Presentation of wreaths
6:45 PM—-Florida Air Academy Marching Band
7:00 PM—-Opening Ceremony at the Wall
Thursday ? April 23 6:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
7:00 PM—-Bone Dog
8:30 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
9:00 PM—-Mammoth Band
Friday ? April 24 12:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
1:00 PM—-Two of Diamonds
2:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
2:30 PM—-JQB Band
4:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
4:30 PM—-South of Georgia
6:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
6:30 PM—-Michael J. Martin
7:30 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
8:00 PM—-Open Fire
9:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
9:30 PM—-Viva Rock Band
Saturday ? April 25
10:00 AM—-D J Doc Holiday
11:00 AM—-Opening Ceremonies / Massing of the Colors
12:00 PM—-LZ Helicopter Landing
12:30 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
1:00 PM—-Two of Diamonds
2:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
2:30 PM—-JQB Band
3:30 PM—-Patience Mason, at the Wall Pavilion – Recovering From the War ? PTSD http://www.patiencepress.com
4:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
4:30 PM—-Suncoast Vietnam Vets “The Last Patrol”
5:30 PM—-Absolute Blue
6:45 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
7:00 PM—-Michael J. Martin
8:30 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
9:30 PM—-South of Georgia
Sunday ? April 26 10:00 AM—-Church Services
11:00 AM—-D J Doc Holiday
10:30 AM—-Patience Mason, at the Wall Pavilion – Recovering From the War ? PTSD http://www.patiencepress.com
11:30 AM—-Open Fire
12:30 PM —D J Doc Holiday
1:00 PM—-Absolute Blue
3:00 PM—-D J Doc Holiday
4:00 PM—-Michael J Martin
6:00 PM—-Melbourne Municipal Band at the Wall
7:00 PM—-Closing Ceremony at the Wall
Brought to you by the Vietnam and All Veterans of Brevard, Inc. http://www.vietnamandallveteransofbrevard.com/
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