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THE SERPENT WINS THE THUNDER SADDLE CONTEST FOR DECEMBER– Bikernet’s Capo, Keith R. Ball, selected Don Kralis for his outstanding snake tattoo as December’s Thunder Saddle sponsored by Saddlemen winner. Don will see it represented on his new custom Thunder Saddle from Metric Thunder.
“December’s tattoo contestants were outstanding,” explained Ball. “Kralis’ tattoo kept my attention and I really enjoyed the dramatic design. It’s a blast to see Bikernet and Metric Thunder enthusiasts getting involved and showing imaginative ink work.”
Don Kralis rolls on a 2000 Suzuki 1500 LC. Don will be riding in style on a new Thunder Saddle that represents a prize worth over $650.
For the next 6 months Metric Thunder will be giving away a custom Thunder Saddle a month. Each saddle comes equipped with Saddlemen’s Saddle Gel. Saddle Gel makes an incredibly comfortable seat and allows you to stay on your motorcycle for longer periods of enjoyable riding.
To see the December Thunder Saddle tattoo contestants, click here.
Enter The Contest
To enter the Thunder Saddle contest by sending an email to: tat@horsepowermarketing.com with your:
Name
Telephone number
Picture of you and your tattoo
Year and model of motorcycle
Get Your Thunder Saddle
If you would like to get your own Custom Thunder Saddle then call Bob Osias with Metric Thunder at (866) 744-7900.
D&D EXHAUST QUESTION OF THE WEEK–Q: What is your best performing D&D pipe?
A: The 2 into 1 performs best due to the scavenging effect of our hand ported and polished merge collector. This serves the same function as a crossover pipe only without disturbing the flow. Fat Cats work best with stock and slightly modified engines while Boarzilla pipes are configured for big bore and highly modified applications.
Completing the burnout is an Old School Bobber built by Hardbikes. This bike runs the D&D Performance Enterprises high-performance exhaust system on a 96 inch S&S Engine with IST ignition.
This question was sent in from Brian Steel of Arlington, TX. Mr. D&D is taking all questions. Send your performance exhaust question to Mr. D&D at 
RETIREMENT PLANNING FOR 2006– If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.
With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.
If you had purchased $1000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left
But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, You would have had $214.00.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
It’s called the 401-Keg Plan.
–from Joe Lankau
2-WHEELERS PRODUCT OF THE WEEK–American made Goodson Air Cleaners Price $189.95. These puppies were designed by Dennis Goodsen, of Fantasy in Iron, in Denver, Colorado. They are also manufactured in the US.
Recently a gentleman, who will remain nameless, blatantly stole Dennis’s hard work and design and attempted to manufacture the product out of the country to beat the man’s price. Watch out. The one featured here is the real thing and legal action is in the works. It breaks my heart to see this happen. There are so many directions to roll in, there’s no need to copy another man’s hard work.
A REBEL CHRISTMAS–Merry Christmas to all your family, and to the Bikernet crew and readers. Wish everyone could live where you can ride on Christmas Day.
But we’d all settle for being able to ride free.
–Rebel
CANADIAN DEAL OF THE WEEK–This bike started life as a ’91 Softail custom. I put 5 inches on the back bone and remove 2 inches from the down tube to install a FL front end. We streched the tank 8 inches, built my own fenders and saddle bags, then painted the bike metalflake with cobalt blue and did a flame job. I had the engine rebuilt and got it fully polish. I got two kinds of seats, one solo (tan one) and a dual seat in black.
It might be for sale, if I got the right price. contact:
–Gilles Sauvageau
450 372 0313
I am in quebec canada
sauvageaukustom@hotmail.com
EVEN THE DEVIL HAS A CHRISTMAS TREE– hope all is well with you and yours, Merry Christmas and happy new year!
–Kent & Holly
P.S. There will be gumbo and bloody Marys at the shop on new years day to heal the hangovers!
HOW TO BEAT DRUG BUSTS– A former US policeman and undercover drug agent has appalled narcotics officials by introducing a Christmas video for drug users on how to avoid arrest and fool the police.
Barry Cooper, who is described by former colleagues as perhaps the best drug- enforcement officer in America, will next week begin marketing Never Get Busted Again, which will show viewers how to “conceal their stash, avoid narcotics profiling and fool canines every time”.
Cooper, who supports the legalization of marijuana, made the video because he believes that the fight against drugs in America is a waste of money. The convictions of marijuana users fills prisons with non- violent offenders, he says.
“My main motivation in all of this is to teach Americans their civil liberties, and what drives me in this is injustice and unfairness in our system,” Cooper told the Tyler Morning Telegraph in Texas.
He said that he will launch a video, DVD and website on Mondy. During an impressive career as a drug officer he made more than 800 drug arrests and seized more than 50 vehicles and $500,000 in assets.
“He was probably the best narcotics officer in the state, and maybe the country, during his time with the force,” said Tom Finley, his former boss.
The decision to produce a video has dismayed drug officials.
Richard Sanders, an agent with the Tyler Drug Enforcement Administration, said he plans to investigate whether it violates any laws.
“It outrages me personally, as I’m sure it does any officer that has sworn an oath to uphold the laws of this state and nation,” Sanders said. “It is clear that his whole deal is to make money and he has found some sort of scheme, but for him to go to the dark side and do this is infuriating.”
Cooper argues murderers, child molesters and rapists often receive shorter jail terms than drug users. “The trillions of dollars we’re spending in our war on drugs should be used to protect our children,” he said. “Our children are being molested every day and everyone knows we have lost the war on drugs.”
–by Tim Reid
–from Rogue
EASYRIDERS V-TWIN BIKE SHOW TO SHINE AT CHARLOTTE CONVENTION CENTER, JANUARY 27TH AND 28TH–(Newbury Park, CA) – November 2006 – Easyriders Events proudly announces the 2007 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour at the Charlotte Convention Center from January 27th through the 28th. Show hours are Saturday from 10:00a.m. until 10:00p.m. and Sunday, from 10:00a.m. until 5:00p.m. All ages are welcome to this family-friendly event showcasing the best custom motorcycles in the world. A complete schedule of events is available online at www.EasyridersEvents.com.
Bike Show attendees can expect to see the best of the best custom-built motorcycles in the world combined with hundreds of motorcycle-related merchandise and service exhibitors. Thousands of custom designs will be showcased throughout the Tour, with top honors being awarded in Kansas City, Missouri on May 5 at the Invitational Bike Show. Bike Show competitors in the all-new Pro Class will be vying for more than just top honors; they’ll be competing for one of six places on the 2008 Easyriders Centerfold Tour, which affords the opportunity for any bike builder to reach an unprecedented level of national exposure.
TOP 10 CORRUPT POLITICIANS FOR 2006– These guys make motorcycle clubs look like amateurs. The Government Needs To Clean Up Their Own Dirty Laundry BEFORE They Try To Lock Up The Citizens.
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2006 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
1. Jack Abramoff, Former Lobbyist – Abramoff is at the center of a massive public corruption investigation by the Department of Justice that, in the end, could involve as many as a dozen members of Congress. Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and a host of other charges on January 3, 2006, and was sent to prison in November to serve a five-year, 10-month sentence for defrauding banks of $23 million in Florida in 2000.
2. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) – In January 2006, Hillary Clinton’s fundraising operation was fined $35,000 by the Federal Election Commission for failing to accurately report more than $700,000 in contributions to Clinton’s Senate 2000 campaign. New information also surfaced in 2006 raising more questions about Hillary and her brother Anthony Rodham’s connection to the Clinton Pardongate scandal, where presidential pardons were allegedly traded in exchange for cash and other favors.
3. Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) – In November 2005, Cunningham pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. He was sentenced to8 years, four months in prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution in March 2006.
4. Former Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX) – Tom DeLay, who was forced to step down from his position as House Majority Leader and then resign from Congress, decided in 2006 not to run for re-election.Congressman DeLay has been embroiled in a series of scandals from bribery to influence peddling, and was indicted twice by grand juries in Texas.
5. Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) – Foley left the House in disgrace after news broke that he had been sending predatory homosexual emails to a House page. A recent House Ethics Committee report indicated that Republican leaders knew about Foley’s dangerous behavior, but failed to take action. Democrats, meanwhile, shopped the story to the press to influence the elections. Outrageously, the Committee recommended no punishment for those involved.
6. Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) – In addition to mishandling the Foley scandal, outgoing House Speaker Dennis Hastert allowed House ethics process to ground to a halt on his watch. Gary Condit, Cynthia McKinney, William Jefferson, John Conyers, Tom Delay, Duke Cunningham, Jim McDermott, Patrick Kennedy are examples of alleged wrongdoers who faced little-to-no ethics enforcement in the House.
7. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) – Hastings is one of only six federal judges to be removed from office through impeachment and has accumulated staggering liabilities ranging from $2,130,006 to $7,350,000. Hastings was “next in line” for Chairmanship of the House Select Committee on Intelligence until a wave of protest forced Nancy Pelosi to select another candidate. Nonetheless, Hastings is expected to continue to serve on the Intelligence Committee.
8. Rep. William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson (D-LA) – Jefferson is alleged to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to help broker high-tech business deals in Nigeria. According to press reports, he was also caught on tape discussing the deals, while an FBI search of his home uncovered $90,000 in cash stuffed in his freezer.
9. Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) – Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney resigned in early November 2006, three weeks after pleading guilty for accepting bribes from an Indian casino in exchange for legislative favors. Ney was the first congressman to be convicted of a crime in the web of scandals involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and is expected to serve a jail sentence.
10. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) – Senator Reid came under fire in 2006 for failing to properly report to Congress a $700,000 land deal. Reid also accepted more than $30,000 of Abramoff-tainted money allegedly in return for his ”cooperation” in matters related Nevada Indian gaming.
“This list shows public corruption is endemic to our nation’s capital and that the anti-corruption work of Judicial Watch is needed more than ever,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “The list could be much longer, as there are far too many politicians who abuse the public trust and place themselves above the law.”
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— Tom Fitton Judicial Watch
–from Bikernet Watchdog Rogue
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
www.bikerrogue.com
BIKER BEAUTIES STAFF PUBLISHED 2007 COLONIAL H-D CALENDAR–Today we release the 2007 Colonial Harley-Davidson Calendar Poster. Poster is 18 inches x 24 inches. You can purchase the poster at Posters are shipped in protective cardboard tube to prevent damage. ACCOLADES FOR BIKERNET CORRESPONDENT AND MOTORBOOKS INT AUTHOR–Crazy Horse the painter gal says she thanks to you in one of her books. Shesure does a GREAT job on her paint. I was given one of her books forChristmas and I could not put it down. Does her work look as good close-upas in the book? Is she as down to earth as her book makes her out to be? I mean, first..I never knew Craz y Horse was a woman. Her tips and hintsare very valuable. Glad she is sharing her knowledge. –Carl BIKERNET NEW YEARS NEWS FINISH–Okay, I played with some political stuff for this end-of-the-year news blast. Suppose at the end of any year we should sit back and reflect on this chunk of our lives, then mentally prepare for 2007. I think 2006 was tough in some respects, and fantastic in others. It was a teacher in many ways. I feel good about the future and in particular about 2007 from a motorcycling standpoint. I believe/hope the Iraqi conflict will be answered and handled. Gas prices will taper down. The threats against our lifestyle regarding noise and EPA emissions will be dealt with and our industry will grow substantially. We have a terrific opportunity to work with SEMA, the hot rod aftermarket organization and all state motorcycle rights groups, to keep the custom bike world free and alive. Okay, so party your brains into a haze, but after the menudo and bloody Marys figure out what the hell we’re doing next. Ride Forever, –Bandit
