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BIG DOG MOTORCYCLES APPOINTS DOUG STUHLSATZ AS GENERAL COUNSEL–Recently honored as one of Wichita Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for his leadership in business and in the community, Stuhlsatz is the $100 million company’s first in-house legal counsel
WICHITA, Kansas (April 29, 2004) Big Dog Motorcycles(, the leading designer and manufacturer of high performance, highly-styled heavyweight cruisers, announced that Doug Stuhlsatz has been named the company’s first in-house general counsel. In this newly created position, Stuhlsatz will have responsibility for all legal affairs of the cruiser company including all vendor contract negotiations, dealer agreements and compliance, real estate, and intellectual property related matters.
His skills are expected to be particularly integral as Big Dog Motorcycles continues to design more proprietary bike components, expand its workforce, factory, and dealer network, build vendor relationships, name additional branded dealerships, and strengthen its focus on parts, accessories, clothing, and brand consistency.
CARIBBEAN’S LARGEST BIKER EVENT EVER–Hola? from Puerto Rico!We are back again working hard on this year’s event and we want to know if you want to join the party. For those of you that didn’t make it last year here’s a little overview:
Mayhem on two wheels! is what best describes the Puerto Rico Bike Weekend. The three-day event takes place at ‘el Faro (the Lighthouse) Park, in the quaint surfing town of Rincon at the West coast of the island. With several beautiful beaches surrounding the event premises, it’s a site to see. The event starts on Friday with a Biker Bash Party and ends Sunday evening. We will have the three-day music festival, vendors, exhibitors, great partying, US Master Builders and most important lots of babes and lots of rum!
If you have never been to Puerto Rico or just want to come back again, this is your best excuse. Ride around beautiful mountain tops, crystal clear beaches and then relax with a Rum Punch at any of our many oceanfront hotels, bars or restaurants.
Last year we featured Indian Larry, Paul Cox, Hank Young and Puerto Rico’s very own Jose De Miguel from Caribbean Custom Cycles and this year promises to be bigger and better. With live concerts all weekend long, great food and lots of rum, we are sure it’s an event you’ll come back to every year. So get out of the snow and come enjoy the warm weather & Caribbean hospitality at the Puerto Rico Bike Weekend. Bikes, booze, babes in Paradise.
If you can let’s us know if you want or plan to come down this year please reply to this e-mail with your telephone number and person we should contact, to work out all the details of Bike Shipping, Hotels, etc.I know some of you have already confirmed but here’s the information anyway. For more information you can reach me at 787-620-7687, e-mail me at mailto:soup@prtc.net.
KYLE PETTY AND CHICK-FIL-A KICK-START CHARITY RIDE ACROSS AMERICA–10th Anniversary All-Star Motorcycle Ride Set to Roll This Weekend.
Fontana, CA (April 29, 2004) – NASCAR driver Kyle Petty will celebrate a different kind of milestone this weekend. Following Sunday?s race at California Speedway, Petty will hop on his Victory Motorcycle and travel more than 3,000 miles as part of the 2004 Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. This year?s ride marks the 10th anniversary of the annual cross-country motorcycle journey featuring more than 200 NASCAR celebrities, sponsors and fans.
?It?s hard to believe we?ve reached the ten year mark with the Charity Ride,? said Petty. ?This event has become bigger than I ever imagined possible. The Charity Ride just started out as a way for friends to get out on our bikes and enjoy the country while helping children?s charities. Now, it has become a hugely popular event for race fans and – most importantly – a major fundraiser for the Victory Junction Gang Camp.?
The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride will kick off in Palm Desert, Calif. on May 1 and make overnight stops in Las Vegas, Nev.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; Roswell N.M.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Branson, Mo.; Tupelo, Miss.; and Atlanta, Ga. The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride will conclude on May 8 at a private event in Randleman, N.C. at the Victory Junction Gang Camp, the ride?s main benefactor.
In addition to commemorating its tenth anniversary, the Charity Ride celebrates the addition of the Chick-fil-A? restaurant chain as the event?s title sponsor. The 2004 Charity Ride marks the first of a multi-year partnership with Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, the nation?s second largest quick service chicken restaurant chain.
Kyle and Pattie Petty founded Victory Junction in memory of their son Adam, who was tragically killed in a racing accident in May 2000. The goal of this racing-themed camp is to enrich the lives of children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses by creating camping experiences that are empowering, memorable and fun. Campers will be among peers that face same or similar illnesses, enabling them to share stories and build friendships while participating in activities such as boating, horseback riding and even swimming at the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Aquatic Center. The Victory Junction Gang Camp is scheduled to open this summer and will serve as a year-round retreat at no charge to the campers or their families.
We invite you to join us for the ride of your dreams
Coast to Coast. Fourteen States. Twenty One Cities. Two Weeks. The United States of America in Full Living Color from Your Handlebars! Hear the rumble of the engines…Pull up your kickstand…Twist the throttle…Here comes “The Spirit of America”!
Wandering over hills, through valleys, up and over several mountain ranges, crossing rivers, passing lakes, cruising through miles of farmland and unforgettable scenery. Winding through America up close and personal. The wind of a nation passes. It is an incredible journey!
The ride travels over 3600 miles. Each day the mileage varies according to the terrain. Most days the riders will be on the road for 5 hours or more, some days only a few. Average mileage is 260 miles per day. The “Spirit of America Ride” hospitality also defines the time spent on your motorcycle. Scheduled stops will be arranged for food, fuel and hospitality. Many motorcycle dealerships will be available for oil changes and service. At the end of each day, the riders can join in the fun that is in the works, or they can go to their hotel room and rest up for the next day?s journey. Either way, it will be a memorable trip.
August 28 – Napa, CA to Virginia City, NV
August 29- Virginia City to Wendover, NV
August 30- Wendover, NV to Logan, UT
August 31- Logan, UT to Jackson, WY
September 1- Yellowstone National Park, WY
September 2- Dubois, WY to Denver, CO
September 3- Denver, CO to Kearney, NB
September 4- Kearney, NB to Omaha, NB
September 5- Omaha, NB to Burlington, Iowa
September 6- Burlington, Iowa to Bloomington, IL to Danville, IL
September 7- Danville, IL to OHIO
September 8- OHIO to New Castle, PA
September 9- Shanksville, PA
September 9- Shanksville, PA to Gettysburg, PA
September 10- Gettysburg, PA to York HD Factory Tour to Langhorne, PA
September 11- Langhorne, PA to Staten Island, NY
September 11- Staten Island, NY to New York City, NY
Start your Engines! – Embassy Suites Hotel, Napa, CA
Virginia City, NV – Bluegrass Festival
Saddleback Harley Davidson Shop -Logan, UT
Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Jackson, WY
Go Fast Sports! and Hilton Denver Tech South Hotel, Denver, CO
The Town of Kearney, Nebraska
9-11 Memorial Park – Columbus, NE
Columbus Harley Davidson/Buell, NE
American Dream Club – Omaha, NE
Labor Day Parties in Central Illinois!
Fire Station #2 – Bloomington, IL
Gutterridge Harley Davidson/ Buell – Danville, IL
The City of New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle Harley Davidson/Buell, PA
9-11 Memorial Site – Shanksville, PA
Battlefield Harley Davidson/Buell – Gettysburg, PA
Harley Davidson York Vehicle Operations Plant Special Tour – York, PA
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Lombardi’s Staten Island Harley Davidson/Buell, NY
Chelsea Marketplace, New York City, NY
Hotel accommodations for 16 nights across the country at each stop; various meals; T-Shirt and ride pin; special event privileges and more!
Cost:Coast-to-Coast Single Fee: $3000(One-person single occupancy)
Coast-to-Coast Double Fee: $3800(Two people sharing the same room)
Halfway Point Single Fee: $1750(One person single occupancy – Napa to Omaha /or/ Omaha to New York City, or any 7 nights)
Halfway Point Double Fee: $2000(Two people sharing the same room ? Napa to Omaha /or/Omaha to New York City, or any 7 nights)
Daily Riders can sign up and join in with us along the way, city to city. Call for more information.
Special Discount – Sign up by May 1st and mention this Advertisement, receive 10% off Rider Entry Fees.
This year’s proceeds will benefit the Worldwide Children’s Foundation of New York, Inc., a not for profit foundation devoted to providing life-saving or life-altering surgery to children in need in the United States and throughout the world. http://www.wwcf.org>www.wwcf.org
MISSOURI NEEDS YOUR HELP!–Missouri’s helmet bill HB1109 passed it’s third reading today thanks tothe efforts of many of you. It has been reported to the Senate andfirst read.
There is little time, Missouri’s session ends May 12. Please take aminute to email Missouri’s Senators and request their support forHB1109.
Below is a list of comma separated email address for Missouri Senators. Simply copy and paste it into the “to” field of your email and writea few (polite) words asking for thier support of HB1109.
Let them know that Missouri is losing your tourism dollar due to theirmotorcycle helmet law.
FTW,
–Stroker
matt_bartle@senate.state.mo.us,
mary_bland@senate.state.mo.us,
jbray@senate.state.mo.us,
victor_callahan@senate.state.mo.us,
harold_caskey@senate.state.mo.us,
john_cauthorn@senate.state.mo.us,
normachampion@senate.state.mo.us,
doyle_childers@senate.state.mo.us,
dan_clemens@senate.state.mo.us,
maida_coleman@senate.state.mo.us,
ritadays@senate.state.mo.us,
jdolan@senate.state.mo.us,
pat_dougherty@senate.state.mo.us,
bill_foster@senate.state.mo.us,
mrgibbons@senate.state.mo.us,
wayne_goode@senate.state.mo.us,
john_griesheimer@senate.state.mo.us,
chuck_gross@senate.state.mo.us,
ken_jacob@senate.state.mo.us,
harry_kennedy@senate.state.mo.us,
peter_kinder@senate.state.mo.us,
david_klindt@senate.state.mo.us,
john_loudon@senate.state.mo.us,
jim_mathewson@senate.state.mo.us,
gary_nodler@senate.state.mo.us,
ed_quick@senate.state.mo.us,
john_russell@senate.state.mo.us,
delbertscott@senate.state.mo.us,
charlie_shields@senate.state.mo.us,
sarah_steelman@senate.state.mo.us,
steve_stoll@senate.state.mo.us,
carl_vogel@senate.state.mo.us,
charles_wheeler@senate.state.mo.us,
anita_yeckel@senate.state.mo.us
BIKERNET CARIBBEAN REPORT–Hey guys, just got back from Miami Bitch, straight into the shop and head first into the bikes I have to finish. I’m not bitchin’ but I?m also toast.I guess you are guessing why I’m calling Miami “bitch” well, I can’t even start to describe or tell the amazing amounts of good looking chicks that Miami has. Every place you were, every way you looked, there was one hotter than the other. Kid you not, it makes you want to move over, buy a Ferrari and prowl the streets.
Although the over abundance of primo chick material, there was a major lack of cool bikes (at least what I consider cool) lots of heavily modified Japs, more OCC bikes than I have ever seen in one place and a lot of way overdone customs. I managed to see three, maybe four, bare chops while there, and I knew most of the guys that owned them. Still when you are in a place like Miami, there’s no way that meaningless things like that will spoil the trip. There?s so much to do (party wise) so many chicks (did I mention chicks ?) and a few good friends to make the stay more than worthwhile.
The Miami Bike Show was small, but it had a lot of heart and the potential is there. Indian Larry, Roger Bourget, Paul Jaffe, Dave Perewitz and Eddie Trotta were the main attractions. Then again, there were some local builders there but with way overdone bikes for my simple taste. I have to find out how many people went thru the doors, since I was too busy enjoying the babe parade at South Beach ….
Thanks go to the guys at Automatic Slims, The Deuce and DL at Tattoos by Lou. That’s it for now, I’m bailing on Laughlin since I have way too much shit to do, and I will have more detailed news on the Miami trip for next week, for now here’s a couple photos…..On the bright side I think the bikes are coming out really nice….And I’m looking for the latest issue of Vibes where it is claimed I have a full photo/interview article.
See you next week…
Jose Caribbean Bikernet report
Jose submitted this last week but since we did the news early to leave for Laughlin, it never made it in. Better late than never!
THAT’S ENOUGH, I QUIT–I need a woman and a tall whiskey. Wow, once in a while the news kicks my ass. But it’s good to know that the chopper world is happening.
Now I’ve got a hot American Rider deadline hangin’ over my ass. This weekend I’ll bend over my welding table and begin a sculptured trophy for the Run For Breath Best of Show award. Have a helluva weekend.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
