Hey,
I’ve had a whacky coupled of days. I wish I could explain and maybe I can. Sometimes I feel project overload behind a constant stream of content stacking up to be downloaded onto Bikernet, bike projects and Bikernet building projects. In a sense I dig it. I’m like the content addict. I love posting articles and working with brothers and sisters on bike features, girl features, techs, you name it. If it’s in my e-mail or stacked on my desk I need to post it. Can’t wait to share it with Bikernet readers all over the world and I know that it will be archived forever.
Then there’s a day, once in a blue moon, when the only articles I have are incomplete, I’m waiting for a bike chart, a few more images, something. Suddenly I’m a duck outta water. I study my list of projects and look for loopholes, the project I missed or someone I forgot to call. I jam down to the shop and stare at the Bonneville Bike Lift. I need to hit a metal shop and buy some sheet metal. We’re waiting for Valerie to fly in and straddle this beast. Then it dawned on me, the news was just a day away, and I felt whole again. Let’s hit it:
BIKERNET WEEKLY CONTEST–Only one winner this week. We fired all the other contestants. They had a bad attitude. He’ll get a special prize from Big Dog, 2Wheelers, Bikernet and a Techmount for mounting Radar detectors or Ipods. There’s more, but here is this weeks winner:
RICK
GRAND FORKS, ND 58201 – USA
Suggestion: MORE SHOP PICTURES. ACTUAL INSIDE PICS OF HOME
GARAGES OR COMMERCIAL SHOPS WITH PROJECTS GOING ON.
Wanted: SIZE LARGE BIKERNET SHIRT, OTHER BIKERNET ITEMS. A DAYROLL WOULD BE REL GREAT.
Why don?t more of you send us pics and stories of your own garages, home-built bikes or shops? We are here for you? And enter the FREE contest area, quick. We will try to select 5 winners a week.
Layla
BIKERNET FAMILY VALUE LESSONS–A son asked his mother the following question: “Mom, why are wedding dresses white?”
The mother looks at her son and replies, “Son, this shows your friends and relatives that your bride is pure.”
The son thanks his Mom and goes off to double-check this with his father.
“Dad why are wedding dresses white?” The father looks at his son in surprise and says, “Son, all household appliances come in white.”
–from Gene K.
TBEAR SIGNS ON FOR BIKERNET IRAQ TOUR–If you need an “Official” Bikernet photographer with international protocol experience for the Iraq junket in September, please keep me in mind.
–TBear
30 REASONS WHY GUYS SHOULD HAVE DOGS AND NOT WIVES– 1. The later you are, the happier they are to see you. 2. Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs. 3. If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don’t hate it. 4. Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name. 5. A dog’s disposition stays the same all month long. 6. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor. 7. A dog’s parents never visit. 8. Dogs do not hate their bodies. 9. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across. 10. Dogs like to do their snooping outside rather than in your wallet or desk. 11. Dogs seldom outlive you. 12. Dogs can’t talk. 13. Dogs enjoy petting in public. 14. You never have to wait for a dog; they’re ready to go 24-hours day. 15. Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk. 16. Dogs like to go hunting. 17. Another man will seldom steal your dog. 18. If you bring a another dog home, your dog will happily play with both of you. 19. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, “If I died would you get another dog?” 20. If you pretend to be blind, your dog can stay in your hotel room for free. 21. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away. 22. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert. 23. A dog won’t hold out on you to get a new car. 24. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don’t get mad, they just think it’s interesting. 25. On a car trip, your dog never insists on running the heater. 26. Dogs don’t let magazine articles guide their lives. 27. Dogs don’t mind if you blame them for your flaming gas problem. 28. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck. 29. Dogs are not allowed in Bloomingdale’s or Nordstrom’s. 30. If your dog runs away, it won’t take half your stuff.
DISCLAIMER: I am passing this on because it’s FUNNY not necessarily TRUE. (Unless your name is Mike)
–from Buckshot
TOP 50 RALLY SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM PARK SETS THE STAGE AS STURGIS? PREMIER CUSTOM DESTINATION– Top 50 Rally Park Schedule of Events 2007: Conveniently located between Sturgis and Rapid City just off I-90 at exit 46, this 12 acre destination is open Sunday Au- gust 5th through Sunday August 12th from 10:00am to 7:00pm. The Top 50 Rally Park will be hosting The Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show, Red Bull TNT Freestyle Motocross and the SuicideGirls. The Top 50 Rally Park is a must-see destination for any Sturgis Rally enthusiast. For a continually updated list of events, vendors, featured builders and guests log onto www.Top50RallyPark.com.
TUESDAY | AUGUST 7th
Red Bull TNT Freestyle Motocross features legends landing right in front of you, nine time X-game medalist Tommy ?Tom Cat? Clowers and Jeff ?Full-Tilt? Tilton. Performing more than 50 demos per year clearing an 80- ft gap between two Red Bull freestyle ramps, performing maneuvers like the ?superman? and ?stripper? that have made FMX the highlight event of the X-Games! Mulitiple shows are slotted for 1:00pm, 3:00pm and 5:00pm Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th.
SuicideGirls.
If you haven?t heard about these colorful pinup girls and their show or seen them on Showtime, where have you been? These pierced and tattooed ladies known collectively and affectionately as SuicideGirls will be signing autographs and taking pictures exclusively at the Top 50 Rally Park. ?They?re the girls next door but more colorful and with better record collections? -Spin Magazine. Check them out at www.suicidegirls.com
Discovery Channel Biker Build-Off Winner Dave Perewitz will have his hand crafted Hardlife and Lowlife based bikes on display, while selling and signing his newest book ?Dave Perewitz: Chopper Master and King of Flames?. www.perewitz.com
WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 8th
The Kids and Chrome Hardlife based raffle bike built by New York City Choppers will be on display all day. Stop by and purchase your chance to win a one of a kind custom and donate to a great cause.
THURSDAY | AUGUST 9th
The ?Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show? has added more classes making it the biggest and the best bike show dur- ing the Sturgis Rally! Log onto www.top50rallypark.com to pre-register and learn more about this exciting event. Red Bull TNT Freestyle Motocross features legends landing right in front of you, nine time X-game medalist Tommy ?Tom Cat? Clowers and Jeff ?Full-Tilt? Tilton. Performing more than 50 demos per year clearing an 80- ft gap between two Red Bull freestyle ramps, performing maneuvers like the ?superman? and ?stripper? that have made FMX the highlight event of the X-Games! Mulitiple shows are slotted for 1:00pm, 3:00pm and 5:00pm Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th.
TEXAS SHORT DRAG CHAMPIONSHIPS–THIS WEEKEND – Saturday April 21 & Sunday April 22It’s Texas Scooter Times & Justin’s Cycle & Off Road’sTEXAS ‘All Bike’ SHORT DRAG CHAMPIONSHIPSat DONìT BLINK DRAGWAY,
WEATHER FORCASTERS SAY – NO RAIN THIS WEEKEND!
ALSO- SWAP MEET GREENVILLE Will be held on the 5 acre grounds,With Bargain Sellin’ Booths with Motorcyclin’ Stuff of ALL KINDS!!!
Justin’s Cycle & Off Road will be Open All Weekend ‘SELLING OUT’ a completemotorcycle shopìs inventory that was purchased last month – WHILE3 Talented Tattoo Artists are scheduled in their State Licensed Studio in the shop!!
SATURDAY – APRIL 21 – Drag Racinì & Field Meet Practice
SUNDAY – APRIL 22 – Drag Racinì & Field Meet Trophy Eleminations
SWAP MEET BARGAINS – BOTH DAYS!!!
Admission (each day) – $10 Adults – $5 Kids 5 thru 14,
Location – East of Dallas on I-30, 4 miles past Redline Raceway on North Access Road
From Dallas – Exit FM 1903 & go east on North Access Road
From Greenville – Exit FM 1740 & go west on North Access Road
More Information – WWW.TEXASSCOOTER.COM or 254-687-9066
ENTER BIKERNET’S SHARPEST SOFTAIL CONTEST FOR D&D BLING– WIN a new set of high-performance Fat Cat or Boarzilla performance exhaust pipes for your Harley-Davidson Softail. It’s easy? send us:
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Send entries to softail@horspowermarketing.com and we will post them on bikernet.com, DandDexhaust.com and have the community at bikernet.com vote for the ‘Sharpest Softail’ of Bikernet.
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BIKERNET READER TECH QUESTION–Just read your article on Softail shock absorbers. Have a Softail Deluxe which I want to stiffen up a bit. When I look at the adjuster end of the shocks, the plates that have the holes in, are flush with the end of the shock body, does that mean they are as stiff as they go? I assume the plates move along the body when you turn them. Maybe they don’t. Any ideas?
–Phil L.
Hey,
Bandit is right on the rear shocks. Both shock are adjusted the same, this is important!!
You use the HD spanner wrench (P/N 94455-89) to extend or compress the shocks springs to a desired position.
Mark adjuster plates for ref. before messin with them. This is so they can be adjusted the same.
1. Turning adj. plates OUT (toward the locknut) increases the spring preload to carry a heavier load.
2. Turning adj. plates IN (away from the locknut) decreases the spring preload to carry a lighter load.
3. Tighten the locknuts against the adjuster plates.
–Pablo
MAXXIS BRITISH SUPERSPORT SERVES UP SIZZLING THRUXTON THRILLER– The MAXXIS British Supersport series served up another thrilling race at a sun-drenched Thruxton circuit in Hampshire on Sunday.
Michael Laverty took his Relentless Suzuki GSX-R600 to the top of the podium for the second time in two races to make it a maximum 50-point haul. The 25-year-old from Toomebridge in Northern Ireland spent most of the race staying out of trouble, allowing the battling pair of team-mate Ian Lowry and Virgin Media Yamaha rider Tom Grant to clash at the final Club Chicane.
Grant lost the front of his Yamaha YZF-R6 on the penultimate lap on the raised kerbing, and the following Lowry could not take evasive action, riding over the luckless Grant – thankfully neither rider was injured.
With both riders out of the race, Laverty was free to take the win from ex-250cc GP star Jamie Robinson, while Grant’s team-mate Billy McConnell inherited third place. In fourth nearly two seconds adrift was James Westmoreland on the Centurion Racing Honda CBR600RR, while close behind and making a late-race dash for points was Stuart Easton on the Islion MSS Discovery Kawasaki. The 23-year-old former British Supersport champion putting in some quick laps towards the end of the race on his Ninja ZX-6R machine.
Laverty said: “I like to think I’ve got a 100% record so far, as this year on the 600 I’ve won one 600 race in Ireland, one Superbike race in Ireland, and now the first two rounds of the British Supersport Championship! I’m hoping I can keep that up!”
The MAXXIS British Supersport Championship now heads to Silverstone in Northamptonshire over the weekend of April 27th-29th.
MAXXIS British Supersport race – Thruxton
1) Michael Laverty, Relentless Suzuki: 26m 12.443s
2) Jamie Robinson, Margal Bykerbabe Honda: 26m 20.365s
3) Billy McConnell, Virgin Media Yamaha: 26m 25.161s
4 ) James Westmoreland, Centurion Racing Honda: 26m 26.934s
5) Stuart Easton, Isilon MSS Discovery Kawasaki: 26m 27.014s
6) Ian Hutchinson, Honda: 26m 27.356s
7) Martin Jessop, Riders Racing Ducati: 26m 30.309s
8) Daniel Cooper, Centurion Racing Honda: 26m 45.399s
9) Jack Kennedy, TAG Racing Honda: 26m 46.591s
10) Alex Lowes, Double Vision Racing Honda: 26m 47.013s
11) Guy Sanders, Gearlink Racing Kawasaki: 26m 49.361s
12) Aaron Walker, TJW Racing Honda: 26m 55.957s
13) Ben Wylie, Wylie & Holland Racing Yamaha: 26m 56.137s
14) Paul Young, Paul Young Racing Triumph: 26m 56.412s
16) Brian Clark, Tamworth Yamaha Racing: 26m 56.939s
Championship positions after two rounds:
1) Michael Laverty – 50
2) Jamie Robinson – 40
3) Stuart Easton – 22
4) James Westmoreland -19
5) Aaron Walker -17
6) Ian Hutchinson -17
7) Billy McConnell – 16
8) Ian Lowry – 16
9) Daniel Cooper – 13
10) John McGuinness – 10
For further information on the Maxxis British Supersport Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com
RICHIE MORRIS RACING BUELL THIRD AT MOTO-ST HOMESTEAD 500K–HOMESTEAD, Fla. (April 14, 2007) – Richie Morris Racing/Daytona Harley-Davidson/Buell riders Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky raced a Buell XB12R Firebolt back from an early three-lap deficit to place third in the Grand Sport Touring (GST) class at the Homestead 500K, the second round of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series.
Six laps into the race, the Richie Morris Racing Buell was forced to make an early pit stop to bleed their brakes, putting the team three laps behind the GST class leaders. Hard riding by Bilansky and Higbee and smooth pit work allowed the team to climb back onto the podium. The Richie Morris Racing Buell team completed 108 laps and finished 16th overall. They continue to lead the GST point standings.
The James Gang Racing/Hoban Brothers Buell XB12R sponsored by Hal’s Speed Shop and Buell of Appleton and ridden by Paul James and Jeff Johnson raced at the front of the GST class and battled for the lead until a warped rotor forced the team to make several unscheduled pit stops in the final 40 minutes of the event. This dropped the team back to fifth in GST and 21st overall with 105 laps completed.
The GST class was won by the RPM Motorsports/Keesee Racing Ducati shared by the father-and-son team of Todd and Kyle Keesee, who completed 110 laps of the 2.21-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway road course to finish 12th overall. Second in GST and 15th overall went to the Touring Sport Ducati Racing team of Pete Friedland, Phillip Green and Frank Shockley, who completed 109 laps.
The Roadracingworld.com Suzuki SV1000S shared by Chris Ulrich and Michael Barnes was the overall winner of the event and of the Buell Motorcycle Company Super Sport Twins (SST) class, completing 117 laps at an average speed of 89.563 mph. The Sport Twins (ST) class was won by the Pair-A-Nines Racing Kawasaki EX650 shared by Jimmy Felice and Jay Springsteen, who finished 13th overall.
The next race on the 2007 SunTrust MOTO-ST schedule is the VIR 500K, April 27-29 at Virginia International Speedway, Alton, Va.
For the Buell dealer nearest you, pull into
Don’t miss the rest of the news. It’s packed with Sturgis news, helmet law updates, Bonneville reports, wild new products, bad Jokes, Celebrity bikes and Harley-Davidson updates. Here’s just a taste:
BIKERNET NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS–VIETNAM MOTORCYCLE STAMPS, CHAMPIONS PARK IN STURGIS, PERIMETER BRAKE FROM RMD, RIVERS JOINS BIKERNET, MANGOES FOR HARLEYS, HARMAN GIRDERS ARE BACK, HOLLISTER CAMPING AVAILABLE, THUNDER ROAD ACTION FOR BLACK HILLS RALLY, SEMINOLE HARD ROCK ROADHOUSE PLANS FOR STURGIS, TWO WHEELERS DEAL OF THE WEEK AND THE BLACKLIST TOUR
Just join the Cantina and you’re in.
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