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Open Road Radio Presented by National Cycle Shifts Into High Gear For 2010!Featuring New Industry Guest Hosts, New Larger Expansive Network and Heading To Satellite Radio– Jan 2nd, 2009 – After thirteen years of crafting the industry’s number one motorcycle lifestyle talk radio program, Gina Woods and the Open Road Radio crew are heading into overdrive with a new deal signed with the worldwide Sports Byline Radio Network. Beginning January 2nd, 2010 Open Road will travel the airwaves to over 200 new stations through the Sports Byline, giving the program an extended reach to 2.2 million additional listeners each week. This will also give them access to the American Forces Radio Network with 500 additional stations in 177 countries. AFN’s daily audience is nearly four million service men and women and their families. As long time supporters of the troops, both active and retired, the staff of Open Road Radio are very proud to have reached this new platform.
The award winning line-up of the program will still stay the same with Ideal Dave, the Doz, Panhead Bobby Grand and Jo-Jo Giovannoni delivering their patented brand of information and entertainment each and every week.
Additionally, they have recently added new segments through partnerships with industry leaders who bring a whole new perspective with them to the show. With segments like: Iron Work?s ?Motorcycle News & Previews;? ?Products Reviews,? Presented by: National Cycle; ?Biker Billy Cooks With Fire,” flaming road recipes; Cycle Source?s, Chris “Wildman” Callen?s ?Generation Next;? and Motorcycle Events’ ?Two Wheel Rides, Runs & Rallies;? there is a new and exciting energy being plugged into each power packed week.
The whole package will also be moving to the limitless reach of space through the Satellite Radio Network. Beginning in first quarter of the new year, Open Road will no longer be bound by terrestrial radio.
Open Road Radio is broadcasted on The Sports Byline Radio Network every Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. www.sportsbyline.com (check for stations in your area) The program is also streamed globally through the Power Up Motorsports Channel every Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with repeats on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Segments include info and tips on riding destinations, new products, motorcycle maintenance, legislation, insurance, rallies and charitable events. ORR also covers current industry related news from the AMA, Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), and ABATE, an organization devoted to motorcycle rights.
Gina Woods loves to talk. And she talks a lot. But no idle gossip flows from this Chicago natives lips. Gina, who is gregarious, whimsical, fun-loving and charismatic, is the co-creator and co-producer of Open Road Radio (ORR), the first and most successful talk radio show to focus exclusively on the history, passions, evolution and culture of motorcycling. ORR, which was Gina’s brainchild, debuted on January 2, 1997 and has been running strong ever since. Over the years, it has collected a trunk-load of awards from leading charities and other organizations including Toys for Tots/Marine Corps, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, MDA, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society and the prestigious MVP Award (Most Valuable Program) from the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA).
Open Road Radio can be heard through the following links: www.openroadradio.com every Saturday at 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. PST; on the Sports Byline Radio Network http://www.sportsbyline.com/affil.htm every Thursday 4p.m.-6 p.m. PST; and on the Power Up Motorsports channel http://www.powerupchannel.com
Federal appellate court limits cops’ use of Tasers– A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem to pose little threat and may be mentally ill.
In a case out of San Diego County, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals criticized an officer who, without warning, shot an emotionally troubled man with a Taser when he was unarmed, yards away, and neither fleeing nor advancing on the officer.
Sold as a nonlethal alternative to guns, Tasers deliver an electrical jolt meant to subdue a subject. The stun guns have become a common and increasingly controversial tool used by law enforcement.
There have been at least nine Taser-related fatalities in the Sacramento region, including the death earlier this month of Paul Martinez Jr., an inmate shot with a stun gun while allegedly resisting officers at the Roseville jail.
As lawsuits have proliferated against police and Taser International, which manufactures the weaons, the nation’s appellate courts have been trying to define what constitutes appropriate Taser use.The San Diego County case is the latest ruling to address the issue.
The court recounted the facts of the case:In the summer of 2005, Carl Bryan, 21, was pulled over for a seat-belt violation and did not follow an officer’s order to stay in the car.Earlier, he had received a speeding ticket and had taken off his T-shirt to wipe away tears. He was wearing only the underwear he’d slept in because a woman had taken his keys, the court said without further explanation.
During his second traffic stop in Coronado , he got out of the car. He was “agitated ? yelling gibberish and hitting his thighs, clad only in his boxer shorts and tennis shoes” but did not threaten the officer verbally or physically, the judges wrote.That’s when Coronado Police Officer Brian McPherson, who was standing about 20 feet away watching Bryan ‘s “bizarre tantrum,” fired his Taser, the court said.
Without a word of warning, he hit Bryan in the arm with two metal darts, delivering a 1,200-volt jolt.
Temporarily paralyzed and in intense pain, Bryan fell face-first on the pavement. The fall shattered four of his front teeth and left him with facial abrasions and swelling. Later, a doctor had to use a scalpel to remove one of the darts.Bryan sued McPherson, the Coronado Police Department and the city of Coronado, alleging excessive force in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.The officer moved to have the claim dismissed, but a federal trial judge ruled in Bryan’s favor. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit affirmed the trial judge’s ruling on Monday, concluding that the level of force used by the officer was excessive.
McPherson could have waited for backup or tried to talk the man down, the judges said. If Bryan was mentally ill, as the officer contended, then there was even more reason to use “less intrusive means,” the judges said.
Sgt. Norm Leong, spokesman for the Police Department, said his agency’s policy on the use of stun guns mainly covers safety considerations. It doesn’t list behaviors or situations that warrant using the devices, he said.
“Ideally, in every circumstance, we try to gain compliance verbally, and force is the last option we ever want to use,” he said.
–Mark Temple
Charter Member
BOLT of California
(916) 402-7981
RARE NEW YEAR’S EVER BLUE MOON–LOS ANGELES ? Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year’s Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don’t expect it to be blue ? the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year’s countdown.
“If you’re in Times Square, you’ll see the full moon right above you. It’s going to be that brilliant,” said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.
The New Year’s Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year’s Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year’s Eve when part of the moon enters the Earth’s shadow. The eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.
A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month ? a blue moon ? occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year’s Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won’t come again until 2028.
Blue moons have no astronomical significance, said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.”`Blue moon’ is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter’s moon’ or a `harvest moon,'” Laughlin said in an e-mail.
The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer’s Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.
Though Sky & Telescope corrected the error decades later, the definition caught on. For purists, however, this New Year’s Eve full moon doesn’t even qualify as a blue moon. It’s just the first full moon of the winter season.
In a tongue-in-cheek essay posted on the magazine’s Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: “If skies are clear when I’m out celebrating, I’ll take a peek at that brilliant orb as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it’s an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I’ll just howl.”
–By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer
BIKERNET NEW YEARS PHOTO ART EXHIBIT–In the New Year I suggest we all make a concentrated effort to support working moms!
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net
DAVID MANN CHOPPERFEST 2009 WINNERS SHOWCASE–Since the story ain’t done, we’re biding out time, bobbing and weaving, with the winners list. We should have the story up sometime next year?
California Bobber
1st place
Jim Frankel
1942 Knucklehead
Old Skool Skooter
1st place
Orlando Flores
1947 Knucklehead
Antique
1st Place
Don Whalen
1923 Ace 4 Cylinder
Modern Bobber
1st Place
Landy Brakke
1957 Panhead
Rat Bike
1st Place
Kiyo
1947 Knucklehead
Metric Chopper
1st Place
Duane Ballard
1970’s Honda “Pink Taco”
Koolest Paint
1st Place
Mike Ruedas
2007 Shovelhead Custom
Radical Design
1st Place
Ben Faiella
1993 Sportster
Bagger
1st Place
Hogties
2009 Roadking
Big Twin
1st Place
John Bateman
2006 Custom
Sportster
1st Place
Scott Bryce
1973 Sportster
British
1st Place
Scott Bowling
1970 Triumph Daytona
Best of Show
1923 Ace 4 Cylinder
Don Whalen
David Mann Memorial Award
Bob Carrillo
1947 Knucklehead
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY JOURNALIST NORTH DAKOTA EXTENSION PROGRAM POEM SPONSORED BY ER BIKE SHOWS FOR 2010–
It’s winter here in North Dakota ,
And the gentle breezes blow,
Seventy miles an hour,
At twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love North Dakota ,
When the snow’s up to your butt,
You take a breath of winter,
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
So, I guess I’ll hang around,
I could never leave North Dakota ,
My ass is frozen to the ground!
–from Rik Savenko
REPORT FROM BIKERNET SPACE PROGRAM– We launched another Delta II a few weeks ago with a space telescope for NASA. My bud Rocky the Perverted Phillipino road his Road King in the nite of launch preps. Rain and all we got her out on time and in proper orbit.
Rocky road home happy, wet and perverted as usual. I finally got my 2009 FXST but no proper endorsement on my license kept me from entering the base.
Enjoy the pictures. We enjoy Bikernet too.
–Softail Billy
ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS BUILDS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TRIKE FOR CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION–You may already have received an email telling you about this fabulous news, but I wanted to make sure you had personal note to follow up as well. We are so excited that the talented group at Orange County Choppers has built a custom wheelchair accessible trike-bike for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation!
Reeve Foundation supporters and friends from across the country will be tuning in on Thursday, January 7, 2010, at 9 p.m. ET on TLC to see how the bike was built, as well as the big reveal.
We?re reaching out today to see if you?d be interested in holding or attending an American Chopper Viewing Party. Party hosts and guests will receive special prizes, particularly those that raise the most money for the Reeve Foundation! Even if you cannot host or attend?you can help us out by going to the website and donating.
Please visit www.ChristopherReeve.org/OCC Thank you for your support and we hope you?ll join us on the 7th! –Stephen M. Coleman
Vice President, Military Programs
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
636 Morris Turnpike, Suite 3A
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Office—(973) 379-2690 ext. 7133
Mobile–(973) 309-4933
Fax—–(973) 912-9433
www.ChristopherReeve.org
www.ChristopherReeve.org/military
GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW, POMONA SUEDE PALACE SPONSOR–Stromberg Carburetor Announces Suede Palace Sponsorship at 2010 Grand National Roadster Show.
Stromberg headquarters?Stromberg spotlights its traditional line of carburetors and more at the 2010 GNRS Suede Palace.
Stromberg Carburetor is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Suede Palace at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show, L.A. County Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA, January 29 ? 31, 2010.
The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) needs little introduction to hot rod and custom enthusiasts. Started way back in 1950, the GNRS attracts hundreds of the world?s best hot rods, customs, muscle cars, motorcycles, street machines and classic trucks. And the prestigious, 9 ft tall America?s Most Beautiful Roadster award is the most sought after of prizes for car enthusiasts.
Introduced in 1996, the Suede Palace is a celebration of the show?s roots. Housed in the oldest building on the LA County Fairgrounds, it adds a real vintage flavor to the world?s oldest hot rod and custom car show weekend. Featuring hand-picked retro hot rods, vintage custom cars, drag racing machines, and vintage clothing and lifestyle vendors, it?s the perfect opportunity for Stromberg to spotlight its Genuine Stromberg 97 carburetors and accessories.
Stromberg owner Clive Prew said, ?The Stromberg 97 has been the carburetor of choice for generations of hot rodders, racers and custom car builders. We?re very excited to build on that legacy by sponsoring the Suede Palace, cementing our close relationship with the traditional hot rod style which continues to gain popularity.
?The Stromberg brand remains stronger than ever and the show is the perfect opportunity to highlight our Genuine 97 range of carburetors and associated products. Visitors can look forward to a new, fully warranted chrome 97 carb, new linkage and fuel line kits and an exciting new line of branded clothing and other merchandise.?
For more information please contact Thom at hotrodthom@cox.net
Email: sales@stromberg-97.com
URL: www.stromberg-97.com
Email: info@rodshows.com
Web: www.rodshows.com
Phone: 1-877-ROD-SHOWS
Robbie Knievel To Attempt Father Evel’s London Bus Jump–Robbie Knievel, son of stunt legend Evil Knievel, is planning to complete a double-decker bus jump that his late father failed to achieve. Robbie will attempt to clear 16 buses while riding a classic Harley Davidson XR-750, similar to the bike used by his father.
On May 25, 1975, Evil Knievel attempted to jump 13 buses at London’s Wembley stadium but crashed in front of an audience of 90,000, breaking his pelvis and ending his career.
Robbie has successfully completed more than 350 professional jumps, including 20 world records. He plans to attempt a 16 bus jump compared to the 13 bus jump of his father. ?I?ve never jumped a Harley-Davidson before and I am ten years older than my dad was when he retired,? Robbie said in an interview. “I always wanted to do the Wembley jump that my dad attempted and failed. Daredevils are a dying breed. I’m proud to have been raised by one and to be one myself.”
The jump will take place in London, possibly at Wembley Stadium on May 22.
– – C.S. Berg / photo EvelKnievel.com
BIKERNET DISCOVERS CONNECTION FOR VINTAGE PARTS AND HANDLEBARS, FABERCYCLE–1910-1914 STANDARD HANDLEBAR RAW FINISH, $ 375.00
1915-1918 STANDARD HANDLEBAR RAW FINISH, $ 375.00
1919-1924 STANDARD HANDLEBAR RAW FINISH, $ 375.00
1925-1929 STD PULLBACK HANDLEBAR RAW, $ 375.00
1929-1930 JH JDH FACTORY ?HIGH BAR? RAW, $ 375.00
1929-1934 JD VL SPORT SOLO WIDE BARS BLACK, $ 375.00
1930-1934 SIDE CAR PULL BACKS BLACK ENAMEL $ 375.003307-30
1930-1934 STANDARD SOLO BLACK ENAMEL, $ 375.00
1935-1939 VL RL WL STANDARD SOLO BLK ENAMEL, $ 375.00
1935-1939 VL RL WL SPORT SOLO WIDE BARS BLK, $ 375.00
1926-1934 SINGLES DL RL VL SPEEDSTER BLACK, $ 350.00
1935-1939 RL VL WL SHORT GRIP SPEEDSTER BLK, $ 350.00
EL, UL, WL,1936-1937 ONLY, INLINE STANDARD BRAZED CONST $ 475.00
1936-1942 INLINE BRAZED CONST. SPEEDSTER BLACK, $ 375.00
1938-1942 INLINE BRAZED CONST STANDARD BLACK, $ 375.00
1943-1946 INLINE WELDED CONST STANDARD BLACK, $ 375.00
1943-1946 INLINE WELDED CONST SPEEDSTER BLACK, $ 375.00
1943-1946 INLINE WELDED CONST HOLLYWOOD BLK $ 425.00
LATE 46-1948 OFFSET STANDARD BLACK, $ 375.00
LATE 46-1948 OFFSET SPEEDSTER BLACK ENAMEL, $ 375.00
LATE 46-1948 OFFSET HOLLYWOOD BLACK ENAMEL, $ 425.00
K-MODEL,SPEEDSTER COMPLETE CHROME, $ 280.00
And the list goes on.
–fabercycle.com
THE DEVIL CAN RIDE, The World?s Best Motorcycle Writing–Authors, poets, and songwriters like Tom Waits, Arlo Guthrie, Hunter Thompson, and Robert Pirsig have written about the motorcycle, that icon for outlaws, rebels, thieves, and beat poets. This collection of motorcycle tales features the best of the vast collection of motorcycle writing created since old Gottlieb Daimler first bolted a crude internal-combustion engine to his wooden two-wheeled Einspur in 1876.
In addition to essays from writers like Hunter S. Thompson and Robert Pirsig, The Devil Can Ride features writers like Peter Egan, Fred Hafele, Patrick Symmes, Ewan McGregor, and Jim Rogers. Photographs, old posters, tickets, and other appropriate art and memorabilia illustrate this literary collection.
Edited by Lee Klancher
The book features:
Al Culler, Motorcycle Travels and Travails
Ann Ferrar, Hear Me Roar
Chris Scott, Desert Travels
Daniel Meyer, Life is a Road
Dave Barr, Riding the Edge
Ewan McGregor, Long Way Round
Flash Gordon MD, Blood, Sweat & Gears
Fred Hafele, Rebuilding the Indian
Hunter S. Thompson, Hells Angels, Revenge of the Sausage Monster
Jerry Smith, Into the Heart of Africa
Jim Rogers, Investment Biker
Jonathan Gregson, Bullet Up the Grand Turk Road
Maxwell Gardiner, Four Legs, Two Wheels and Half a Brain
Michael Fong, A Tankful of Time
Owen L. Riess, La Ropa Sucia: A Motorcycle Adventure Through Mexico
Patrick Symmes, Chasing Che
Peter Egan
Richard La Plante, Hog Fever
Rik K. Haffar, Away From My Desk
Robert E. Fulton Jr, One Man Caravan
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Ron Ayres, Against the Wind
Sam Manicom, Into Africa
Steve Krzystyniak, Bitten by the Bullet
Ted Simon
Tom Cunliffe, Good Vibrations
Tom Smith, In the Long Run
Werner Bausenhar, Africa: Against the Clock on a Motorcycle; Into theDen of the Bear and the Lair of the Dragon on a Motorcycle
Title: The Devil Can Ride
Editor:Lee Klancher
ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3477-5
Retail: $26.00 US, $32.50 CAN; ?16.99 UK
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Page count: 304
Publication Date: June 2010
Imprint: Motorbooks
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lee Klancher?s work has appeared in Motorcyclist, Dirt Rider, Motorcycle Cruiser, ATV Rider, and Motorcycle Escape magazines. Motorbooks published his most recent work, Motorcycle Dream Garages in 2009. Klancher has been riding, racing, and crashing motorcycles since he was 11 years old, and reading since he was three. He lives in Austin, TX.
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