BIKETOBERFEST ACTION SUNDAY POST FOR OCTOBER 20TH, 2013

 

I’m making this short since I just cruised in from Catalina Island on the tall ship Irving Johnson. It was a bucket list endeavor. Irving Johnson started this training endeavor in the ‘50s building tall ships all over the world to train kids in the old tough ways of sailing the seven seas. I remember the Wind Jammer adventures as a kid. 

 

There was a permanent captain on board, John, three permanent crewmembers, and four or five volunteers, who are generally college kids who take breaks from college to train on a tall ship. It’s a growing industry. There is nothing more beautiful than a tall ship on the open ocean. I’ll never forget this effort that was put together by Woody, who is the boss of Adventure Voyager. He also ran the Cruising convention on Catalina Island this weekend.

 

 

Woody learned sailing initially from Bob Bitchin’ who is an old friend who owns Cruising Outpost Magazine. It’s so much like being a biker. All these folks want is one adventure after another on the open ocean. Where we just want to get out and ride, they just want to get out there and sail.

 

Let’s hit the news.

 

 

Meeting of the Minds Conference held in September in Columbus, Ohio, the MRF’s Legislative Committee hosted a Legislative Strategy Session. As has been done for the past several years, the MRF requested that it be attended by Sustaining State Motorcyclists’ Rights Organizations (SSMRO) Legislative and/or Executive Officers. 

 

We welcomed several representatives from our Sustaining Motorcycle Clubs and Organizations as well. The goal was to set the MRF’s Federal Legislative Agenda for the 2013 Meeting of the Minds to the 2014 Meeting of the Minds annual cycle.

 

• MAP 21 upcoming reauthorization (the Highway Bill) – To include Motorcycle 2010 Grant Funding (the MRF to pursue the current levels of funding along with a request to tighten up language for qualification and use), continuation of the NHTSA Lobbying Ban, pursue reinstatement of the Motorcycle Advisory Council (MAC) to advise the FHWA, oppose any motorcycling related federal blackmails or federal sanctions contained in the highway bill; closely monitor for any action that would negatively impact motorcycles, motorcycling, and motorcyclists; seek to include HR1861 language to ban motorcycle specific roadblock grant funding

 

• SAE Motorcycle Roadside Sound Test – The MRF to NOT promote the use of the SAE Sound Test as a National enforcement standard, majority considered this a state issue

 

• Continue to closely monitor the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other developing health care law for motorcyclist specific discrimination

 

• NHTSA motorcycle-specific checkpoint grant program – MRF to carry out a full effort to cut off specified use of funding for this motorcycle-based discriminatory practice, HR1861 has been introduced to accomplish this, encourage states to pass their own anti-checkpoint laws

 

• Continue monitoring the Federal Crash Causation study and the MSF Naturalistic study

 

• Strongly oppose any federal standard proposing stamping and certifying of motorcycle exhaust systems

 

• Continue to oppose federal agency activity regarding EPA Sound Emission User studies and the encouragement of state activity with federal resources-again deemed to be a state issue

 

• Work to discourage ALL forms of distracted driving, and oppose all forms of funding blackmails or withholding of funds as related to motorcyclists, watch this issue closely for motorcycle specific discriminatory language

 

• Right to Repair Act – MRF to remove this as an agenda item citing significant progress, the MRF’s D.C. Office will continue to monitor and participate in the Right to Repair Coalition as warranted

 

• Continue participation at the federal level where the definition of a motorcycle is under review taking advantage of any opportunity available to enhance and further clarify

 

• MRF will oppose any motorcycling, motorcycle, or motorcyclist-based discriminatory legislation or rules proposed by the U.S. Congress or by a federal agency

 

• MRF to seek a legislative vehicle to include motorcyclist anti-profiling language this session

• Continue participation in motorcycle related activity in the European Union, United Nations, and Canada

 

• MRF to fiercely oppose any mandatory helmet or apparel standards

 

• MRF to encourage additional federal research of E15 fuel related to use in a motorcycle prior to any recommendations; continue to seek recommendations on its use from motorcycle original equipment manufacturers, MRF and SSMRO’s agreed to pursue passage of HR875

 

• MRF to actively pursue inclusion of motorcycles in ongoing Intelligent Transportations System (ITS) emerging technologies

 

• Pursue safer roadway design strategies at the federal level, include safer cable barrier research similar to European improvements in the discussion

 

• Continue to promote our theme of crash avoidance versus safer crashing, using the principles of House Resolution 1498 urging NHTSA to focus on crash prevention and rider education

 

• MRF to pursue limiting of funding of Center for Disease Control (CDC) on their involvement in motorcycling safety issues through a relevant appropriations bill, pursue CDC lobby ban, seek to remove language where CDC suggests motorcycle crashes are preventable injury events, MRF to continue to support efforts to refocus the CDC on their mission as stated in the letter from Congressman Petri to the CDC on September 27th, 2013

 

• MRF to monitor private organizations that oppose the legislative agenda or mission of the MRF and investigate their funding sources to make certain they are not receiving federal tax dollars

 

• MRF to monitor public organizations for funding sources when in opposition to our legislative agenda or mission, respond appropriately if they receive federal tax dollars

• MRF to continue to closely monitor the federally mandated Affordable Health Care Act for potential motorcyclist and motorcycling discrimination

 

• MRF to monitor the EPA for upcoming activity on motorcycle emission regulations and motorcycle drive train mandates

 

• MRF to support the Black Box Protection Act, HR2414, to regulate black boxes in motorcycles, seek to clarify the rights of the vehicle owner to ownership of the recorded data

 

• While the MRF believes strongly in crash prevention and avoidance, if a crash does occur we support the development of a motorcycle specific training module for Emergency Medical Services, Technicians, and 911 Dispatch personnel, we believe the increased training should be required of all new EMT’s as well as those seeking re-certification

 

• MRF to research fair tolling concepts on federally funded roads and roads supported by federal bonds

 

• Federal Agency Motorcycle Design Standards – MRF to oppose non motorcycle manufacturer mandated specific design standards

 

We would also like to encourage you to finalize your plans to attend our national biker lobby day event in Washington D.C., Bikers Inside the Beltway, on Thursday May 15th, 2014. See our website at www.mrf.org for more details.

 

Keith Ball, Garry Canaday, Dave Dwyer, Jeff Hennie, George Gorman, Cindy Hodges, Jay Jackson, Jim “Legs” Korte, Boyd McFail, Bob Myers, John Pierce, Todd Riba, Kirk “Hardtail” Willard (Chair)

 

We will be working closely with industry members as the Motorcycle Riders Foundation Industry Council grows and we develop a committee. Watch for the full report on the above to be posted this week.–Bandit

 

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A mother-in-law said to her son’s wife when their baby was born:

 

“I don’t mean to be rude but he doesn’t look anything like my son.”

 

The daughter-in-law lifted her skirt and said:

 

“I don’t mean to be rude either, but this is a pussy, not a fucking photo-copier.”

 

–from Rogue

 

 

 

 

 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS Sacramento) –

According to a recent study, women may enjoy a spicier sex life after they receive breast implants.

 

Although the study size was small, researchers found that women experienced a significant boost in their arousal and sexual satisfaction after they had the surgery.

 

 

However, researchers also found that women who were left with stretch marks after the procedure did not experience any improvement in their sex life.

 

“I think that the female breast is a very important part of a woman’s body, in terms of how a woman feels about herself in public, how her clothes fit and how she feels about herself sexually,” Dr. David Reath, chair of the public education committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons  told HealthDay News. “It’s very common for a woman post-surgery to say she feels more confident, that her outward body now fits her inward persona.”

 

Tomi-Ann Roberts, a member of the American Psychological Association’s task force and a professor of psychology at Colorado College thinks there could be other reasons why women report enhanced sex life afterwards.

 

 

“When we have exerted a great effort, spent a great deal of money  and effort and time on something, we tend to justify that effort,” she said. “Our good feeling is increased because of the effort, not the thing itself.”

 

The study involved 45 women who planned on undergoing the surgery.

Researchers then asked the women to fill out a questionnaire before they had the surgery that assessed their sexual desire, arousal and sexual satisfaction. Patients were then asked to fill out the questionnaire again at four and 18 months after the surgery.

 

The 36 who did not develop stretch marks said they had experienced improvements in their levels of arousal and felt they had better sex lives. The 36 reported the same improvements 4 months later and again 18 months later.

 

“They found that in the areas of both sexual satisfaction and sexual arousal, there were significantly increased feelings,” Reath said. “These aspects of the sexual experience were increased for those women.”

 

 

Out of the nine women that did develop stretch marks, none reported any improvement with their sex lives. According to the ASPS a stretch mark can occur when the implant is significantly larger than the original breast.

 

Reath was not surprised by the results. “When I see patients and follow up, a lot of them will say ‘My husband and I or my boyfriend and I are having a lot of fun,’ Why not? It’s an important part of life,” he went on to say.

 

Roberts suggested the results may be driven more by social pressures than the surgery itself. “Here are 45 women who spent a great deal of time and money and effort augmenting their breasts because the media has clearly convinced them their breasts are inadequate, so we shouldn’t be surprised they are pleased with the breast augmentation.” She went on to say. “We further shouldn’t be surprised that they are pleased in the arena of their sexuality,” Roberts continued. “Feminine heterosexuality is very much about our sense of whether or not we are pleasing our partner, and here we have 45 women who have spent a great deal of money to that purpose. If these breasts are now pleasing to their male partner, then they are likely to feel more sexually attractive.”

 

Roberts felt that this study should have had more practical questions such as ‘did the implant impact your ability to breast feed?’ or ‘do you experience any discomfort while jogging?’

 

“There are a lot of other things breasts are a part of,” she went on to say. “This is an indication that in our Victoria’s Secret culture, breasts are for men. They are for men’s pleasure.”

 

The researchers will present their findings at the ASPS annual meeting this week in San Diego. The findings have not been published.

 

 

 

 

AUSTRALIA TO BUILD CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR BIKERS– Queensland’s bikie gang kingpins will be locked up in a new “super-jail” north of Brisbane.

 

The state government has announced plans for a special, ultra-secure facility at Woodford Correctional Centre to house the worst bikie criminals.

 

“We will use a maximum security facility at Woodford Correctional Centre to incarcerate these thugs,” Premier Campbell Newman announced on Tuesday.

 

He said he’d also consider recommissioning maximum-security units at other Queensland prisons, which are not being used.

 

Mr. Newman said criminals housed in the new maximum-security facility would face an unprecedented level of monitoring.

 

“This facility not only gives us the capacity to house these violent criminals, but ensure their activities are closely monitored and controlled 24 hours a day,” he said.

 

“They will do hard time and I make no apologies for that.”

 

Bikies locked up in the facility will face restricted hours out of their cells, potentially as little as one hour a day.

 

They will also face increased drug testing and frequent cell searches.

 

They will be banned from having TVs in their cells and will have no access to gym facilities.

 

All phone calls, other than to lawyers, will be monitored by intelligence staff.

Their mail will be opened, searched and censored, and family visits will be severely restricted.

 

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says the new measures are necessary because bikie criminals pose significant risks, “even when behind bars”.

 

“These criminals use their time in prison to recruit new members and continue criminal activities, including the distribution of drugs and intimidation of prison staff,” Mr Bleijie said.

 

The government is also considering tougher penalties for offences in prison, including weapon offences, serious assault, drug use, threats to staff and violent demonstrations.

“We will also strengthen penalties for staff who collude or conspire with imprisoned criminal motorcycle gang members,” Mr Bleijie said.

 

 

 

Hi guys, so it’s finally time to reach out to friends and family and let you all know that our latest endeavor is available at both the iTunes app store and the Google Play marketplace.

It’s called MovieMaze™ and is the first interactive movie in the world. Yes we beat FOX to market. They’re still in early development with their Choose Your Own Adventure adaptation from the famous book series from the 80s.

 

MovieMaze™ is FREE to download for a limited time so no time to waste. Download it, play with it and spread the word to all friends who have kids in the age range 15-25. Of course other people will like it too but this is our main target audience.

 

A MovieMaze™ is an interactive film where you get to pick different story-lines as you go. 

A Werewolf ambushes you in a kitchen! You need a weapon. 

Do you pick the mop, the knife or the sausage?

You choose and the story takes another turn …

The world’s first MovieMaze™ is called The Mechanic. It follows Mr. Indeep Sheet, newly arrived to the US from the Mumbai Car Academy.

Can you help him avoid getting smashed, blown up or eaten? And perhaps find 

true love in the end …?

 

Share with your family, friends, co-workers and neighbors.

iOS

 

 

–Erik Lundmark 

818-645-8922

 

 

 

 

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BAD JOKE LIBRAY STILL OPEN– An elderly man walks into a confessional. The following conversation ensues: Man: ‘I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Yesterday, I picked up two college girls, hitch-hiking. We went to a motel, where I had sex with each of them three times.

 

‘Priest: ‘Are you sorry for your sins?’ 

 

Man: ‘What sins?’ 

 

Priest: ‘What kind of a Catholic are you?’


 

Man: ‘I’m Jewish.’

 

Priest: ‘Why are you telling me all this?’ 

 

Man: ‘I’m 92 years old . . . . I’m telling everybody!

 

–from Rogue

 

 

 

 

I first met Tony when I worked down the street from his shop at Parts Galore. He had the only girl working behind the counter, Doris. I will never forget her. She knew more about Harleys than most guys. 

 

I took to hanging around at night and doing odd jobs at the shop. Learned a lot from Tony. He gave me a Torque arm for my hot rod Softail on my birthday in ‘96. Sure do miss him and the fun we had in the old days

 

— Jeff Cramer

bikerjeff3@aol.com

Golden , CO

 

 

 

ALL New anti-biker legislation in the Australian state of Queensland–New laws to Liquor Act 1992 to affect State’s liquor and gaming industries.

 

New laws have been introduced targeting the illegal activities of criminal gangs in Queensland. The reforms introduce new offences, increased penalties, enhanced powers for Police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission, and stricter bail laws.

 

Changes have been made to the Liquor Act 1992 to prohibit people from entering or remaining on premises, subject to a license or permit under the Liquor Act, if they are wearing or carrying certain prohibited items (outlined below) which are associated with a declared criminal organization. It also places obligations on licensees/permitted, approved managers, employees and agents of licensees/permittees that they not knowingly allow anyone wearing or carrying the prohibited items to enter or remain on the premises.

 

The Liquor Act provides for authorized persons, who include the licensee/permittee, employees or agents of the licensee/permittee, and police officers, to tell a person wearing or carrying prohibited items to immediately leave the premises.

 

Penalties apply and the maximum penalty for the licensee/permittee, approved manager or employee/agent of the licensee/permittee for knowingly allowing a person wearing or carrying prohibited items to enter or remain on the premises is $11,000.

 

Significant penalties also apply if the person refuses to leave when required, or resist an authorized person who is removing them from the premises (maximum penalty for first offence $41,250, second offence $57,750 or 6 months imprisonment and third or later offences $82,500 or 18 months imprisonment).

 

Prohibited item is defined in the Liquor Act as meaning:

An item of clothing or jeweler or an accessory that displays—

 

(a)       the name of a declared criminal organization; or

(b)       the club patch, insignia or logo of a declared criminal

(c)        any image, symbol, abbreviation, acronym or other form

(i)         the symbol ‘1%’; and

(ii)        the symbol ‘1%er’; and

(iii)       any other image, symbol, abbreviation, acronym or other form of writing prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph.

 

the motorcycle club know as the Bandidos

the motorcycle club know as the Black Uhlans

the motorcycle club know as the Coffin Cheaters

the motorcycle club know as the Comancheros

the motorcycle club know as the Finks

the motorcycle club know as the Fourth Reich

the motorcycle club know as the Gladiators

the motorcycle club know as the Gypsy Jokers

the motorcycle club know as the Hells Angels

the motorcycle club know as the Highway 61

the motorcycle club know as the Iron Horsemen

the motorcycle club know as the Life and Death

the motorcycle club know as the Lone Wolf

the motorcycle club know as the Mobshitters

the motorcycle club know as the Mongols

the motorcycle club know as the Muslin Brotherhood Movement

the motorcycle club know as the Nomads

the motorcycle club know as the Notorious

the motorcycle club know as the Odins Warriors

the motorcycle club know as the Outcasts

the motorcycle club know as the Outlaws

the motorcycle club know as the Pheonix

the motorcycle club know as the Rebels

the motorcycle club know as the Red Devils

the motorcycle club know as the Renegades

the motorcycle club know as the Scorpions

The patches of these declared criminal organisations are:

 

 

 

By Andrew Gant

 

Biketoberfest’s big day arrived as loudly as expected Saturday on a warm autumn weekend soundtracked by revving engines and rock cover bands.

 

From one biker epicenter to another, from Main Street in Daytona Beach to Destination Daytona near Ormond Beach to a rally in DeLand and the cruising stop-offs in Flagler County, the fall motorcycle invasion was on.

 

 

And with it came the odd sights found only at bike events. Along Main Street, for instance: a man riding in a gorilla mask, the world’s largest street-legal 4×4 truck, a boa constrictor wrapped around its handler’s arm, a woman dressed as a nun riding a scooter, a mini horse named Alfie pulling a cart.

 

An even better sight for businesses across the two counties: the dollars bikers spent.

 

 

“We just got swamped,” Michelle Pitts said at her family’s downtown DeLand hot-dog and burger joint Casey’s on the Corner, where bikers were filling the seats all day. They were downing more dogs and burgers than beer, presumably so they could get back on their bikes and ride safely to the next stop.

 

“We’ve been packed since last Friday,” said manager Grant Tarpley at Finn’s Beachside Pub in Flagler Beach, a traditional biker draw on the northern leg of many Biketoberfest cruises. “Most of our bartenders have been here 5 years-plus, we support the bikers pretty much all year round, and we’re on the north end of the route. Can’t beat that.”

 

 

Thousands of bikes slowed U.S. 1 as it passed the usual places, like the sandy dirt paths around the Iron Horse Saloon, where the outlaw David Allan Coe was playing four days of shows, and Destination Daytona, home of the more than 100,000-square-foot Harley-Davidson showroom.

 

On Beach Street in Daytona Beach, the motorcycles lined the sidewalk past the Bruce Rossmeyer Harley-Davidson Museum, which is expected to close and move to Destination Daytona before the next big biker event.

 

A few blocks away, on Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, a short walk from Bethune-Cookman University, bikers lined the street, ate hot food and watched motorcycles come and go. Some of them have been doing it for decades.

 

 

“I’m retired now, and now I can come every day,” said Warren Smith, a biker from Federal Point in Putnam County who said he’s been attending Daytona’s biker events since 1977. His home is about an hour’s ride away, so he doesn’t always wait for a special event. “Sometimes, if I want to eat dinner,” he said, “I ride to Daytona for dinner.”

 

Smith said he enjoys the ride on his Honda Gold Wing and prefers Daytona to other nearby destinations like Jacksonville, where he said he doesn’t feel as safe from crime.

Groups of police officers in shorts and short-sleeved shirts were walking through Daytona’s biker crowds Saturday, and city firefighters were in the streets on their own motorcycles with lights and sirens.

 

 

On the side roads off Main Street, some people took the opportunity to sell parking space on their yards and church lots. Others held garage sales on what would likely be the most highly trafficked weekend of the fall.

 

 

The four-day rally ends Sunday, marking a five-month break until the larger, longer Bike Week event arrives in March.

 

 

 

 

Hi my name is Jo, I have recently discovered Roger is my Uncle I never got to meet him, was sad to hear about his passing. I used to be a British Biker girl, Triumph, BSA, Norton. But I would love to hear from anyone who knew Roger as my mother is trying to find her family.

–Jo Harvey

jolava11@hotmail.com

Shedfield, SO, United Kingdom

 

 

 

LETTER FROM A BROTHER IN AUSTRALIA–Hey, I guess you may have heard of the new laws that have just struck our sunshine state, Queensland. Motorcycle clubs have been declared “Criminal Organizations” clubhouses have become “Prescribed Places” and members have started to be arrested for being in clubhouses and can be arrested in public in groups of more than two, whether on a bike , in a car, in our out of club gear.

 

There are concentration camp type jails’ being set up just for bikers, and different laws if bikers commit crimes. Sounds unreal? Unfortunately it’s all true…

 

It’s unbelievable that any such legislation could be presented anywhere in the world let alone a country that has always espoused the higher ideals of individual freedoms and personal expression, but this is what happens when politicians have a large majority in a state, and pick on a relatively small group that the general public don’t really care about…

 

The only hope is the courts will see things differently and not slavishly follow the recommended lines. Oh that and a meteor striking the Queensland parliament…

 

I have copies of the legislation on my website and its scary reading….

 

 

–Dino

 

 

 

 

WEEKEND BAD JOKE LIBRARY STILL OPEN–A woman in labor is screaming profanity at her husband from her hospital bed.

 

He says, “Hey, don’t blame me!  I wanted to stick it in your ass but NO, you said that might hurt!”

 

–from Rogue

 

 

 

Carrillo Classic

 

Ok, I get it now that you are famous you have left all the little people behind.

 

Shame, your work is really awesome, but, then you know that. I believe we talked about that a few times. However, I haven’t heard from you in … Years you used to call or answer your phone when I called. You remember, Lily Bob!

 

Anyway, I  would like to talk to you soon, if you have some time. 661 312-8202 if my phone is charged and on me.

 

The Lord bless you,

–David Newland

david.newland@gmail.com

Canyon country, Cali

 

 

 

SMOKE OUT MOVIE ARRIVES–“It’s about freedom, man.  Freedom.”

 

Hey Guys,

The DVD arrived and it looks great.  Zack and Edge poured their heart and sweat into it and we think you’re going to be surprised by this one.  It’s not just another event video.  The movie is in stock and ready to ship so get your order in now and add another great biker movie to your collection.  

 

Huge thanks to everyone who made the film possible, especially Hammer and Englishman at The Horse, and Scott Di Lalla at One World Studios…and of course all of YOU GUYS who support us through thick and thin.  Thanks as always.

 

 

 

NEW TRIKE AVAILABLE—Watch for more on Bikernet Trikes. Spotted at Biketoberfest.

 

 

–From Paul Aiken

Aeromach

 

 

 

 

THAT’S IT—Next week will be wild with reports on new brake Rotors, Metal Sport, and Brembo. I will post the Irish Rich tech on Sportster Hardtails. And we will post the next build installment from Eric Bennett. The bike is running.

 

 

Halloween is coming and it could get scary. I need to post another chapter of world run ad dig into another cantina episode.

 

 

Hang on for next week. It’s always stimulating and non-stop at Bikernet.

 

Ride Forever,

–Bandit