Hey,
I just returned from a 24 hour blitz to Carson City, Nevada and back to Los Angeles, over 1000 miles and a three hour meeting with Ron Paugh, at Paughco, and Rick Krost from U.S. Choppers. Paughco is going to produce Rick’s boardtracker frame and various other components as the relationship grows.
I will have more news on this biz deal as we move forward. Some exciting shit coming. I crawled out of bed Wednesday morning at 3:30 a.m. and hit the road. I snuck back into bed the next morning at 4:30. I’m in a daze, but I discovered something about Ron and the Paughco clan. They moved 40 container loads of parts and equipment out of North Hollywood about 15 years ago and hauled ass to Mound House, Nevada, five miles from Carson City. I finally figured out why. There’s four whorehouses within two blocks of the massive Paughco headquarters. There’s the Bunny Ranch, The Star Lite, the Bunny and one more I missed.
Guess where we’re moving the Bikernet Headquarters? Let’s hit the news. Then I fill you in on this weekend:
LEGEND TOP 50 CUSTOM BIKE SHOW–Since 2004, the Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show has been one of the biggest events of the Sturgis Rally and this year it’ll be bigger and better than ever! Located on Interstate 90 between Sturgis and Rapid City off Exit 46, Top 50 Rally Park will be hosting the event Thursday, August 9th. Each year the Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show draws the best custom bike builders in the nation and showcases their sculpting abilities and creative talent. The most unique and innovative custom bikes and their builders are selected to be awarded large cash prizes, given major media coverage, and named one of the industries best.
This year the show has expanded to include several more classes of motorcycles including metric cruisers, sport bikes, and Harley Davidson baggers and softails. Those in the lowlife, hardlife, old school and open class will once again be competing to be the best of the best in their division as well.
One-off custom bikes aren’t the only thing the show features?. the day will be filled with music, give-a-ways, rods and roadsters and pinup girls. Dwayne Mayer as seen on TLC’s American Hot Rod will be on site along with several custom cars and a motorcycle created at Boyd Coddingon’s Garage. Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-off Winner Dave Perewitz will be doing a book signing on the property and the “Official Sturgis Bike” created by Eric Saber will be on display and Nine time X-game medalist Tommy “Tom Cat” Clowers and Jeff “Full Tilt” Tilton with the Red Bull TNT Freestyle Motocross show will be performing three shows throughout the day including maneuvers like the “superman”, “whip” and “stripper” in the 80-foot gap between two Red Bull freestyle ramps.
And what goes better with custom bikes and custom cars than hot women?! The Suicide Girls will be at the Top 50 Rally Park signing autographs and taking pictures all day long and if you don’t know who the Suicide girls are, just hop on their website to see the neo-retro pinup girls of today. Valerie Thompson, an All Harley Drag Racing Association racer will also be on the property signing autographs and taking pictures before speeding off to set more land speed records. You don’t want to miss your opportunity to see the finest collection of two and four-wheeled machinery and meet the best in the business in person, so join us Thursday August 9th at the Top 50 Rally Park from 10:00am to 7:00pm. You’ll only regret what you don’t do.
For more information go to www.Top50RallyPark.com. To sponsor the Legend Top 50 Custom Bike Show contact TynaBOWER AT TYNA@INDEPENDENTCYCLEINC.COM.
FOR TOP 50 VENDER INFO PULL UP WWW.TOP50RALLYPARK.COM AND CLICK ON THE SITELOCATION BUTTON
ENTER D&D’S SHARPEST SOFTAIL CONTEST HERE ON BIKERNET– 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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MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS BROUGHT TO NEARLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE BY HUPY AND ABRAHAM, S.C.– The social responsibility of lawyers is to reduce the number of accidents that occur and lessen their severity. As part of our mission statement to do well by doing good, this law firm is taking out a full page ad in the Sunday, April 22nd edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The ad for motorcycle awareness, which will reach nearly 1 million people, is contained in the attachment for your review in advance of publication.
Please pass this on to your friends, especially those that don’t ride. The purpose of this ad is to educate the non-riding public to watch out for motorcycles.
–Tony “Pan” Sanfelipo
HUPY and ABRAHAM, S.C.
FIRST H-D DEALERSHIP IN MOROCCO–As some of you may know I started this adventure of opening the first Harley-Davidson dealership inMorocco 13 months ago. Where my son his wifewhich is Moroccan and my granddaughter live.Now finally we are ready for our Grand Opening next month, which of course you are all invited.
Most of you probably don’t know to much about Morocco, as well as I didn’t a year ago.So here is what I have learned so far.
Some of the best roads and scenery for motorcycle riding. Great weather, very much the same as southern Calif. hundreds of miles of amazing coastal line, and they speak French and Arabic. One of the most popular riding areasfor the European motorcyclist.
The Harley dealers in France and Spain have manyHarley rides a year in Morocco.
–Bill Conner
San Diego Hamster.
KNOCKOUT MOTORCYCLE COMPANY HOST FULL SERVICE SHOP–Hey great job on the Snap-On story. Thanks you for the help. I also want to let everyone know that we are a full service shop as well. We still do oil changes and big motor kits as well as build cool bikes.
–Ralph Randolph Designs
480-279-1734 shop
480-2791743 fax
www.ralphrandolph.com
CLASSIC FRISCO CHOP FOR SALE–Hey bud- here’s that bike- I still have to wire it and put pipe clamps on- should be done by end of week. It has an S&S top end only big bore kit in it with cherry ’66 dual plug heads.
This thing supposedly runs like a raped ape. The engine/tranny have about 1000 miles on them- all fresh rebuild. Everything else is brand new. It has star hubs w/ hyd brake routed to handlebars for stopping on hills, push clutch and slap shift. 15″X4″ rear with 19″ front. New tires etc.
I went through it from a to z and it has new clutches etc, etc…. it’s a sweet little set-up.It’s a pretty true to form 70’s Oakland/Frisco style bike. Look closely at what’s goin on and you’ll see what I mean.
Anyway, it carries CA ’55 paperwork and will make someone a nice super reliable ride. The cases and tranny are suuuuper cherry and unaltered. And yes, the derby covers come with it.
I want $11.5 for it. It has a cherry NOS sporty tank, so I left the decals instead of painting. But you could take over and paint for new owner to make it super duper Hapoonistic…
-Rick
U.S. Choppers
2039 S. Lyon St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-546-4699
Appointments Only Please
www.uschopper.com
WHILE IN MONTANA VISIT ROADKILL GRILL–523 Cherry StreetOnly 3 blocks from the Rally~~~~ Next door to Messina Liquor in Helena.
GREAT FOOD ~ GREAT PRICESCOME BY AND SEE OUR FULL MENU
Breakfast everyday
Bacon or Sausage Egg & Cheese only 1.59
FREE COFFEE—- ALL DAY & NIGHT
Philly Cheesesteak only 3.99 Best Deal in Town
Italian Sausage ~ Polish Sausage ~ Delta Dogs
Smokey Joes, you can t leave Helena without having a
Smokey Joe.
Vegetarian Items also available
BYOB
Build your own Burger
Over 30 Condiments available, the ultimate have it your way
BBQ Sandwiches
BBQ Nachos
Full Fountain Drinks
Coke, Diet Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Lemonades, LimeadesTry our Pina Colada Limeade or our Margarita LimeadeJust add the additive of your choice
WE SMOKE OUR OWN MEATS. Ask the other food vendors if they do.Reserved bike parking ~ Outdoor seating
Sarah King Fund Raiser15 year old needing a liver transplant because of rare blood diseaseCome by and DONATE
Don’t be fooled by others using the same nameIn Helena there is only one Roadkill Grill
LIFESTYLE CYCLESPRE-OWNED DYNA DAYS!– LifeStyle Cycles has a HUGE selection of Pre-Owned Harley Dyna’s in stock and ready for you to take home. Come in today and check them out! Come into LifeStyle Cycle or call us today at (714) 490-0155!At these prices, these bikes won’t last long!
2000 HARLEY DYNA WIDE GLIDEOnly $14,995.00
RED SKELTON-HOW DID HE KNOW??????– Very important that you listen to the very end!! Take a moment and listen to it (from 1969). How would he have known that this is what is happening? Click on the link , and turn your sound on. http://patriotfiles.org/Pledge.htm
FOR THE FEW WHO DON’T KNOW: Red Skelton was a movie star and comedian on television back in the 1950s. He created a number of characters, and his show was watched by millions. He did this on his show one evening–back when shows were live
He was born 7/18/1913
He died 9/17/1997
PETER DIORO DESIGNS– Here’s a page of my new 20 page catalog booklet I’m preparing for my next big summer show in Las Vegas 2007, along with some cool promo shopping bags I’ll send you more pages of the catalog per week with new cool stuff.
–Peter Oropeza
HARLEY-DAVIDSON CEO JIM ZIEMER APPOINTED TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADVISORY BOARD BY PRESIDENT BUSH–Jim Ziemer, president and chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc., has been appointed to a two-year term on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN) by President George W. Bush.
“I’m deeply honored to be appointed by President Bush to this Committee,” said Jim. “I look forward to the opportunities to share our Company’s perspectives on international trade matters, particularly as Harley-Davidson looks to grow our international presence.”The ACTPN, established in 1974, is the President’s premier private-sector advisory panel on international trade and members play a critical role in providing advice to the President and the United States Trade Representative on matters related to international trade. Membership on this committee includes CEOs of large and small businesses, public policy makers, and leaders of major trade associations.The ACTPN, whose members volunteer their time as a public service, meets two to three times per year in Washington, D.C.
“INSIDE PASS: THE ULTIMATE TRACK DAY” STARTS STRONG–Buell Motorcycle Company announced new “Inside Pass” track day program that opens premium race tracks around the U.S. to riders of all brands and gives them the opportunity to test ride the latest Buell models on-track during the event.
The first event was held at Barber Motorsports on March 31, 2007. Out of the 85 riders that registered to participate in the event, 25 percent of participants had never attended a track day event before. Buell Motorcycle Company also gave a total of 126 demo rides that day.
If you are interested in attending Inside Pass and taking a demo ride of a Buell motorcycle, please check out the remaining schedule of events below or buell.com for more information.
May 2, 2007 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah
June 7, 2007 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
August 15, 2007 Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, Ill.
September 6, 2007 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah
September 12, 2007 Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.
September 27, 2007 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
October 4, 2007 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Mansfield, Ohio
October 9, 2007 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
October 17, 2007 Streets of Willow Springs, Rosamond, Calif.
October 23, 2007 MotorSport Ranch, Cresson, Texas
November 17, 2007* Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
*Date subject to change
TEXAS HOMEBUILT SOFTAIL–Here’s the pics of my new bike. It’s simply a Softtail with some minor changes. It’s simple by today’s standards. It came out sharper than intended. I actually wanted it to look kinda ratty. After the dust settles I’ll keep dickin around with it. I plan on doing another but I’m not sure what to do yet.
Keep the shiny side up.
–Ken Nelson
Don’t Miss the rest of the news. Here’s the action just for page two:BIKERNET NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS–BUDWEISER SPONSORS KIDS & CHROME, LA CALENDAR SHOW UPDATE, METRIC THUNDER TATTOO CONTEST, BACKRESTS FROM IRON SPIRIT, OPEN LETTER FROM THE VAGABOND CHICKIE- ATHENA, READERS SUGGESTION FOR THE ASSALT WEAPAN.
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