BIKERNET SPORTSTER AND TUNING SUNDAY POST

Another whacked-out weekend. I don’t know where to start. We need to load the Peashooter and head out to Classic Cycles, about the last major element. I missed my last appointment with Andy Dunn.

We worked on the throttle cable carb connection yesterday, plus we finished, sorta, the retard and advance cable system. We just need to the Stealth oil bag, and I think I stumbled onto a oil primer pump. We’re getting close to going to paint.

 

 

“I  love California. I practically grew up  in Phoenix .”
   — Dan  Quayle

 

   

 

BIKERNET SUNDAY POST WORD OF THE WEEKEND—

snuff SNUHF, verb:

1. To extinguish or suppress.

2. To cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).

noun:

1. The charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.

2. A preparation of tobacco, either powdered and taken into the nostrils by inhalation or ground and placed between the cheek and gum.

verb:

1. To draw in through the nose by inhaling.

 

Derek Jeter bashed Duensing’s sixth pitch into the bullpen, then almost single-handedly made the run hold up with a spectacular play to snuff a second-and-third Twins threat, and the Yankees won for the 10th time in their last 11 games against the Twins.

— Phil Miller, “Twins do everything right but win”, FoxSportsNorth.com, May 2010

 

They augur misgovernment at a distance; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.

— Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America

 

The verb form of snuff has acquired layers of meaning through time: “to cut or pinch off the burned part of a candle wick,” is an adaptation from the noun snoffe, the “burned part of a candle wick.” The sense “to die” stems from the 1800s, and “to kill” appears in the 1930s, as in a snuff-film.

 

 

THE NITROGEN PERFORMANCE CONTROVERSY–

 

Does nitrogen help the performance of our motorcycle tires? Or is at unnecessary expense?

 

Filling motorcycle tires with nitrogen (instead of air) has been a controversial subject for a number of years now with members of various motorcycle forums touting either its benefits, or conversely, the view that its apparent value is not worth paying anything at all, compared to readily available free air (which contains 78% nitrogen).

 

Click for more and to add your comments:

http://motorcycle-intelligence.com/nitrogen-tires/529

 

Best,

MCg

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POTENTIAL GIRL OF BIKERNET DISCOVERED IN THE DESERT–

 

Here’s a potential model for a bike shoot — she’s lives in Arizona. Not a red head, but damn!

 

 

 

NEWS OF THE HOKA HEY MOTORCYCLE CHALLENGE WINNINGS– The organizers of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge announce the establishment of a new escrow account under the name of The Medicine Show Land Trust Escrow Account which is held at Pioneer Bank & Trust in Rapid City, SD.  The account now contains the $500,000 purse which will be paid to the Challenge winner at 7:00pm on the 11^th of August at the Broken Spoke Saloon Campground on Hwy 79 near Sturgis.

 

The announcement of the official winner of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge is pending the results of a polygraph test which is scheduled to be conducted in New York City on the 28^th of July.  The polygraph test is being performed by International Investigative Group, Ltd. (www.iigpi.com ) with offices in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, FL, and London. I.I.G. has worked on many notable cases, including; Tiffany Jewelry Store robbery for Lloyds of London AIG Insurance Co. in a $120 million dollar bank fraud case, and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing investigation among others. This firm has been featured in: NY Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, CNN, CNBC, Glamour Magazine, and The Tyra Banks Show.

 

The Medicine Show Land Trust hoped to bring awareness to several veteran and Native American causes through the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge. In fact, the Pine Ridge reservation was one of 33 Indian reservations that the Challenge route traveled through in an attempt to draw attention to the many Americans who live without running water in their homes. 

 

The organizers of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge would like to say thanks to all the people who supported the Challenge and helped to spread this message of unity and compassion to people around the world. Indeed, participants in the Challenge will be proud to know that the added awareness has already brought a response to this desperate need and that on the 20^th of July a private individual hired a ditching & sewer repair company to put in the very first of many water lines to go in on Pine Ridge reservation. 

 

In appreciation of Chief Oliver Red Cloud for opening his home and feeding the Challengers that visited Pine Ridge and the Red Cloud family for helping take care of the Challenge participants, the organizers of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge would like to invite everyone to join them at the Broken Spoke Saloon to watch as we pay the $500K to the world’s greatest long distance rider.

 

 

 

 

BIKERNET.COM  NEGOTIATIONS SEMINAR– Next time you think your hotel bill is too high, you might want to consider this:

 

My wife and I are traveling by car from Victoria to Prince George.

Being Seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, we were too tired to continue, and decided to take a room. But, we only planned to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When we checked out four hours later, the desk clerk handed us a bill for $350.00.

 

I explode and demanded to know why the charge is so high. I told the clerk although it’s a nice hotel; the rooms certainly aren’t worth $350.00 for four hours. Then the clerk tells me that $350.00 is the ‘standard rate’. I insisted on speaking to the Manager.

 

The Manager appears, listens to me, and then explains that the hotel

has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference centre that were available for us to use. ‘But we didn’t use them,” I said.”Well, they are here, and you could have,” explained the Manager.

 

He went on to explain that we could also have taken in one of the

shows for which the hotel is famous. “We have the best entertainers from New York , Hollywood , and Las Vegas perform here,” the Manager says.

 

“But we didn’t go to any of those shows,” I said. “Well, we have

them, and you could have,” the Manager replied.

 

No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, I replied, “But we

didn’t use it!”

 

The Manager is unmoved, and eventually I gave up and agreed to pay.

 

I wrote a check and gave it to the Manager.

 

The Manager is surprised when he looks at the cheque. “But sir, this

check is only made out for $50.00.”

 

”That’s correct. I charged you $300.00 for sleeping with my wife,” I replied.

 

“But I didn’t!” exclaims the Manager.

 

I said, “Well, too bad, she was here, and you could have.” 

 

Don’t mess with Senior Citizens

 

 

–from Bob Clark

 

 

  

SPORTSTER WOES INITIATES SPORSTER SUNDAY POST–

Trying to figure out a problem with my 2007 XL the fuel injectors are not operating, hence no starting, no riding. I was looking on www.xlforum.net for some on-line help what I found instead were these old time XL photos.

 

 I thought they were pretty cool, check out the one of the guy burning out on the Ness style digger sitting side saddle (how in the hell do you do that?)

 

 

 

 

BIKERNET RACING CORRESPONDENT CHECKS IN WITH INDEPTH REPORT– MotoGP girls

–Pablo

 

 

 

 

5-BALL FACTORY RACER S&S SUPER E IS RUNNING TOO RICH– Unless that carb is damaged or something is missing or the float is not set right I am sticking to my original diagnosis!

Drop intermediate to a 27 turn in air idle mixture till it lightly seats. Then turn out 1.5 turns. Make sure accelerator is turned in all the way. Start bike, turn in air idle till it starts to stumble then turn it out till it starts to stumble should be .5 to .75 of a turn. Split the difference, and then turn out the accelerator to 2 turns blip the throttle. If it is laggy or unresponsive turn it out a .25 turn check it again or possibly turn in. Make that adjustment .25 at a time till you get the throttle response you looking for.

I am sticking to this method I have fucked with more S&S carbs than I care to remember… Now quit your goddamn lollygagging and fuckin’ do it, before I bring a hammer out and fix it once and for all

 

–SGT OF ALL SGTs

MASTER OF DISASTER

PRINCE OF PAIN

HERO OF HURT

FORFATHER OF FLOGGINGS

BASTARD OF ALL BASTARDS

 

 

 

SASHA MULLINS PROMOTES HER LATEST SONG–

DOCTOR SCOOTER SENDS OUT A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT–Blood clots and stroke.

 

Blood Clots/Stroke – They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue. 

 

I will continue to forward this every time it comes around!

 

 STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters…. S. T. R. 

 

 STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

 

 During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) …she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

 

 They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening

 

 Jane’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

 

 It only takes a minute to read this…

 

 A neurologist says that if h! e can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

 

 RECOGNIZING A STROKE

 

 Thank God for the sense to remember the ‘3’ steps, STR . Read and Learn!

 

 Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

 

 Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

 

 S *Ask the individual! to SMILE.

 

T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)

 

(I.e. It is sunny out today.)

 

R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

 

 If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

 

New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue

 

 

NOTE: Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out his tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

 

 A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved. 

 

 I have done my part. Will you?

 

 –Dr. Scooter

 

 

 

BIKERNET READER/ WRITER CHECKS IN– I had a great time at the bike show last weekend.  My friend Charles enjoyed a look into the world of Bobbers and custom Harleys (he’s a BMW guy).

I thought I’d pass on the photo taken of us at your booth.  If you’d like to see all the pics I shot go to: LA Calendar Bike Show, this is a personal web site that I put together to house miscellaneous stuff I share with friends.

 

 

 

SUNDAY CUSTOM FROM AMERICAN IRON CUSTOMER–

Freakshow Choppers snake print & skulls…You’ll see this bad bike featured on the pages in an upcoming issue

–From Markus Cuff

 

 

 

A LOVE STORY from THAILAND– A man was lying in bed with his new girlfriend in the Thai resort

of Phuket.

 

After having great sex, she spent the next hour just rubbing

his testicles, something she loved to do.

 

As he was enjoying it, he turned and asked her, “Why do you love doing

that?”

 

“Because”, she replied……”I really miss mine.”

 

Brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it ???

 

 

 

STEALTH CORRESPONDENTS REPORT IN FROM THE EAST COAST– We were out at McKoys Sat nite and they had a poker run.  We, (I should say Stealth) took these photos.  I told him I wanted to send them to you.
 
See you soon….
 
–Vicki

 

 

  

 

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED BY BIKERNET CORRESPONDENT– Couple of old clips for you…

Charles Plueddeman
“A Good Man To Have Along”
1161 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh WI 54901
920-235-6186

 

 

 

 

Ride Forever,