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EUROPEAN BIKE WEEK / Penz Charity Ride– EUROPEAN BIKE WEEK is scheduled for September 7th-11th 2005 at its usual venue, the picturesque Lake Faak in Austria.
After the success of the inaugural Penz Charity Ride in 2004, another will be held at this year’s Bike Week. The ride will start at 14.00 hours from the Peter Penz Custombike booth at the American Bar at the Arneitz Platz in Velden. A tombola competition will offer prizes such as motorcycle parts from W&W, Custom Chrome Europe, Penz and Rick’s. There are also trips from DFDS Seaways and a shuttle voucher from SKS. The proceeds will go to charity and the chosen cause this year is ‘Licht ins Dunkel’ (‘Light into Darkness’) for children and others in distress.
Custom Chrome Europe will be supporting the event as part of the 2005 itinerary for its Show Truck. Other vendors will include BSL, Pistor, LightCon, Avon, Paradise Custom Bikes, UHS, DHL and ‘Fat Attack’ from Switzerland, among others. The Carinthia Chapter will have a Custom Chrome ‘Dragon’ kit bike built by Thomas Sonnet. The Chapter is holding a draw for the bike and hopes to sell 4,000 specially produced pin badges. The winner will be declared on Saturday night at the Carinthia Chapter tent.
PETER PENZ ORIGINAL CUSTOMBIKES
Altheim, AUSTRIA
Tel: +43 7723 44690
Fax: +43 7723 44691
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http://www.penzcustombikes.com
DRUNKEN COP KILLS MAN, CRIPPLES DAUGHTER– read it all at www.realdealnews.com.
It Takes four years to come to court, he’s convicted, and now appeals as cop skates toward his pension on paid vacation.
Never heard this story? We’re not surprised. The police, courts and media conspire to downplay police wrong doing with Friday court dates, Saturday publication, and a rash of delayed cases that get charges tossed and spare crown attorney’s those uncomfortable moments at police cocktail parties. For bikers the formula is reversed and bows are taken.
Equal justice under the law is the biggest Canadian joke there is… Are you laughing?
–Webmaster
Hells Angels Downtown Toronto
TRAFFIC COUNTERS INDICATED FEWER VEHICLES IN STURGIS– STURGIS, S.D. – Automatic traffic counters showed fewer vehicles at the Sturgis motorcycle rally this year.The counters, operated by the state Transportation Department, don’t tell how many people attend the event, but only how many motorcycles, cars and trucks go in and out of Sturgis each day.
This year’s count averaged 74,951 vehicles per day, or 524,657 for the week-long event.
The state said that is down 4 percent from last year but still above the 10-year average of 69,980 vehicles a day.-Associated Press.
–Rogue
http://www.bikerrogue.com
STURGIS RALLY SMOOTH ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES– Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD – Law enforcement officers working the 65th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally say it went smoothly.”The arrests were normal for the rally: DWIs, open container and simple assaults. No homicides,” said Meade County Sheriff Chief Deputy Tom Wilts. “We’re very pleased with the outcome of the rally this year.”
Wilts said it was hard to estimate the number of visitors but noted the rally spread well beyond Sturgis city limits.”The majority of the (law enforcement) effort was concentrated in Sturgis, but coverage was all over,” said State Highway Patrol Lt. Randy Hartley.
At the Sturgis rally, troopers arrested 157 people for DWIs, 145 for misdemeanor drugs offenses and 34 for felony drug offenses.
Overall, troopers arrested 262 people for driving while intoxicated, made 247 drug arrests, and issued 1,727 citations and 2,964 warnings.
According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Office, 448 people were placed in their jail from Aug. 6-14.Six fatalities were recorded this year; only two in the Sturgis area. Other motorcycle-related deaths occurred in Custer and Kadoka.
Wilts said changes in the way visitors entered the Buffalo Chip campground helped alleviate traffic problems. Cyclists and campers used different entrances this year.”It was a huge benefit for us,” Wilts said. “It helped the flow of traffic.”
Wilts said campground owners are working to make changes to benefit the rally because law enforcement officers have been having “a big night, every night” at campgrounds when big name entertainers perform.Hartley said education and experience play a role in keeping people safe at the rally.
He said he’s seen a lot of new bikes as well as people who just got a motorcycle license during the rally.Hartley said experience is needed for safe riding.
“Problems come with the unexpected,” he said. “The Black Hills are a difficult place to ride a motorcycle … a beautiful place to ride a motorcycle. But there are a lot of curves and the scenery can be distracting.”
–from Rogue
FIVE S&S POWERED PROSTOCK BIKES QUALIFY AT THE LUCAS OIL NATIONALS–BRAINERD, MN (August 14, 2005) – For the first time this season, five S&S powered Prostock motorcycles qualified at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota, with G-Squared’s Chip Ellis advancing to the quarter finals. Tom Bradford, of Hal’s Harley-Davidson, joined the other teams using the S&S V-Twin Prostock engine as the most recent qualifier.
S&S Cycle’s NHRA Prostock Motorcycle contingency sponsorship has been paying out consistently this year with the success of the 160″ Prostock powerplant. These S&S powered bikes continue to perform very well in this highly competitive season with speeds now exceeding 190 mph and ET’s nearing the 6’s.
The following racers and teams qualified:
3. Chip Ellis, G-class, Squared/S&S Buell 7.049, 193.35 mph
9. Ryan Schnitz, Team Muzzy Buell, 7.103, 182.30 mph.
11. Matt Guidera Rocklin Motorsports Buell, 7.126, 186.98 mph
13. Chris Rivas, Mohegan Sun Racing Buell, 7.144, 183.37 mph
15. Tom Bradford, Hal’s HD V-Twin Buell, 7.172, 189.68 mph
“G Squared Motorsports, in addition to competing at the highest level on the track with Chip Ellis, is doing a great job outfitting other teams with our 160-inch Prostock engine,” said Charlie Hadayia, Race Relations Manager for S&S Cycle. “We’re glad to see Tom Bradford from Hal’s Harley Davidson qualify this weekend on his S&S powered bike and congratulations to Ryan Schnitz, Matt Guidera, and Chris Rivas too. Chip Ellis did a fantastic job, despite some frustrating setbacks in the last couple of weeks, to qualify number three,” concluded Hadayia.
Crime Scene Choppers Launches Line of ?Builder Parts?
New Handlebar Riser Stude for Sanitary Wiring
Scotts Valley, CA ? July 12, 2005 ? Crime Scene Choppers now has a line of ?builder parts? to help with the fabrication of a custom bike.
The first product is a handlebar riser stud for fabricating handlebars with integral risers and hidden wiring. These hollow studs allow you to pass wires and cables through the handlebars, risers and triple trees for a clean set of bars. The mild steel studs have a ?? through hole and a generous shoulder to fit 1? x .120? wall tubing. The threaded portion is made long so that they may be trimmed to the correct length for your installation. The studs include a stainless nut, and may be used with standard handlebar bushings by drilling the bushings to match.
New Builder Parts?As a builder?, said Joe McGlynn, owner of Crime Scene Choppers, ?I always appreciate products that are priced right and make my life easier. In addition to the springer blueprints and kits, I?ve got several new products that will make the job of building a slick bike easier. We?ll be announcing those over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!?
AvailabilityThe handlebar riser studs are available through http://www.CrimeSceneChoppers.com immediately. New products are being introduced every month, so check the website for the latest news.
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ROAD KING REPLACEMENT CHASSIS–Paughco has just released their latest in a long line of frames that are precision engineered to be exact replacements for stock Harley-Davidson units. This new addition offers anyone looking for a ROAD KING chassis with a perfect, hassle free swap. Each frame is constructed with the same dimensions as stock as well as all relevant brackets and fixtures.
Manufactured to Paughco’s superior standards for quality, function and reliability, the ROAD KING reproduction is as sophisticated as it is detailed. Designed for 1998 through present ROAD KING models the new frame retails at $1995.00.
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BIKERNET CARIBBEAN REPORT–Been reading the reports from Sturgis, as you all might know, we are all back at the daily grind once more. Sometimes I wish I did not have the shop, or had the old shop, no customers walking in, no annoying people waiting for stuff and questioning me why I travel so much, in short, me my bike builds and a free ticket to come and go as I please. I would stay a few days more, enjoy riding the black Hills with no crowds, although with a big target on my back for cops, and just take a leisure drive (or even ride) back to Florida and the docks of Jacksonville.
I guess the freedom of what we do is going away. It?s not he same when you have the compromise of being at one place, opening the doors and getting your tired ass to do stuff. In a nutshell the answer to why people don’t ride up to Sturgis more is time, time we wish we had.
I guess the introduction always leads further and in this case you won’t be disappointed at all, yes, there is more.I have heard the tales from people that rode up to Sturgis (Sturgis as the generalization of Black Hills) from different points in the US map, all cool, and in some way I envy them. Although passing by some riders while it was very cold and raining made me really glad I had a trailer and truck (for those of you purists who bitch at trailers, please find a way I can take 11 bikes with 2 people and I will gladly do it) The stories come and go, yes I have done similar stories many times, but this time, instead of saying what we did or did not have time to do, who came around and who we did not get to see, I am going to share the story of two people, one that I already knew and another of a very interesting person I met.
To me these two stories, besides the usual meeting of friends and ever cranking BBQ at my house are what made my trip, and kind of what made me want to gain that freedom back.While I was at the journey museum I noticed this Japanese girl who arrived with some of the Chica crew, not giving her much importance besides checking her out, I kept doing whatever I was doing at the time, I said hi, but she spoke very little English, so I left it at that. Interesting how you meet someone briefly and just keep on going with your life, little did she nor I know she’s the reason I am writing this now.
The following day I was at Indian Larry’s Legacy trailer, Chica was there, Keino was there and the Japanese girl (which I can’t remember her name) We said hi again and I practiced my little Japanese, which is filthy at the most with the tutelage from Chica (my japanese speaking Sensei) Language barriers being as large as they sometimes are I did not pay too much attention to the whole thing, but I did notice that she was smiling big ass grin, ear to ear. I assumed (and you know what assuming is) that she was someone?s girl and left it at that. We met a few times more, but the conversation was based in hi and goodbye. Funny as things happen, I met Chica once more later on and asked about the mysterious Japanese girl, so here we are, finally to the story. This girl who could not have been more than 5 feet, very limited english, had called Chicas shop, asked them to buy a Sportster for her in So Cal and then flew to Huntington, hopped on the bike and proceeded to take a trip, yeap she was in Sturgis with an 883 sportster, but she went the long way. She did take off by herself to Miami, yes, Miami as in Florida, planning on heading down to key West but being denied by a hurricane, which I believe was Emily, she turned around in Miami and headed to visit the Indian Larry crew in New York. Gossip said she got a new rear tire took a few days off and headed for Sturgis. Let me remind you guys again….Sportster 883, limited English. So this brings us back to present time, amazingly she was out there having the time of her life, and more so, she was getting ready to finish her trip, riding back to SoCal, and finally taking off to Japan. If that shit ain’t ballsy…..What is ?
At the same time, I saw my good friend John (the tattoo artist from Ft Collins Colorado) when he passed by the house, he was on his way into Sturgis, showing me his new bike, Ol’ Rusty, a very cool , simple chopper, stock HD Evo motor, he had ridden all the way to Daytona and back with like a gallon and a half tank, packed to the gills. I know John can do long ass trips, he rode to Charleston South Carolina to meet us at the first Discovery build Off ride (on a chopper that did 60 miles per tank at most) yeap all the way from Colorado.While in Sturgis he met with Billy and just partied. I really liked the story that Billy was hitchhiking under the pouring cold rain and someone snatched his knuck and had it in his yard.
When he went back to the house (John) his Sturgis story was being told by his little digital camera. He was once more packed to the gills, bundled up and heading the 7 hours or whatever back to Fort Collins. He is a good friend of mine, and needless to say, a crazy motherfucker. We just sat outside looking at the photos and relieving his Sturgis adventure.
In general the feeling you get is just to grab a bike and get lost for a few months, just cruise the grand ol’ roads and visit friends along the way, stop to smell the coffee and snap some shots, Life can’t be taken too seriously, we will end up dead anyway……..
I guess I will see you guys… When I see you.
Jose De Miguel
DIRTY SOAPS SELLS IN STURGIS–ByJack Siebold.All in all, the Sturgis Rally is pretty tame these days; as any veteran biker will tell you.But travel to some of the out-of-town venues like the legendary Buffalo Chip, and you can still get a feel for the old days.
You get to rub elbows with celebrity models, shred your tires in a burnout pit and then crash for the night.But about the oddest thing to see is a sweet little old lady of 83, knitting away at a vendor’s booth. “I have to keep my hands busy. I’m one of those people that can never sit still,” Hulda Watson explained.
When she isn’t knitting towels Hulda is selling dirty soap for dirty bikers.Some soap shapes are relatively clean like the trucker or bike soap; and then you have some erotic shapes. Basically, certain parts of the male and female anatomy.
Bikers are surprised at seeing Hulda selling the erotic soap. “I think they wonder what the hell were you thinking at that time. But I said if you act like a lady, they treat you like one,” Hulda said.Now Hulda doesn’t design the soaps, but she does knit dish towels also sold at the Naughty But Nice booth.
–from Rogue
VICTORY NEWS–As for other news today… the new 2006 Victory Parts and Accessories catalog is going to be mailed out to all Victory owners shortly and will also be viewable (with items available for purchase) online at http://www.victorymotorcycles.com .
There are now just over 600 accessories now for Victory’s – not including the growing aftermarket selection of doo-dads. In addition, the apparel division is bringing out an completely expanded line of Pure Victory Apparel for 2006 – with lots of gear for women too.
LAST CALL– That’s it for the news, for this second. I immediately start collecting news again for the Sunday Post each weekend in the Cantina. Of course there’s more sex, girls and wildness on Sundays along with the Margaritas.
What else can I tell you? I’m supposed to ride up to Sepulveda for bike night in Torrance tonight. Tomorrow night the guy who designed the Bad as Hell Fork Cap for new bikes is coming over. Saturday we’ll install Porsche seats in our La Carrera Race ’53 Lincoln and Sunday it’s time for the post.
Regarding site content, I’m working on a Badlands feature, a Cantina Drama and the history of the 4-cylinder motorcycle for the Cantina. For Bikernet Free Section we have a couple of segments from Rebel on his Sporty/Buell custom, a Lucky Devil old school chopper feature is being written by Johnny White. We have an oil cooler tech from Rogue, Darren Ho’s Kustom Fab Tiki bike build and feature, and Mike O’Conners Sturgis adventure. Almorz sent in an antique feature called the Concourse, and we have a fiction submission from Chuna Lathe. There’s more. In the Cantina we’re about to wrap up the first Chance Book. Members get to see it first. I will begin the editing process and plan to publish it next year. Then I’ll start to post the second Chance book based on a trip I took on a Tramp Freighter around the world. It’s going to be a killer adventure, full of sex, lesbians and adventure for Chance. The lucky bastard. I also plan to post another Bandit, Life and Times.
We’re just about to launch, if the Digital Gangsters hasn’t handled it already, a new Bikernet department devoted to new models. It will give us a section for highlighting new models, road testing them and writing stories about new rides. Watch for it.
It’s busy out there, but hang on and we’ll do our best to post articles on a regular basis, almost everyday, but the women jump me about that goal. Let’s ride.
–Bandit
