Hey,
Life is amazing, treacherous, full of love and hate. This year is a tremendous example of our many plights from Covid to the Ukraine. I’m watching a documentary series called the Butterfly Effect. It’s about the turning points in Man’s history and how each one effected societies, countries and the world.
If you have kids or grandkids, the year is a stark lesson including how we think and process everything happening around us. I have some troubled neighbors. I’ve tried to coach them on how they can change their minds about anything. So far, it’s not working. Maybe they are bi-polar.
I don’t think it would be a bad notion to sit down with your kids and listen to their thoughts and concerns about life in America and the world. Hear what they say and let them know if they are troubled, they can change the way they think through mindfulness and meditation. It’s a bit of a workout, but very possible. Also, let them know you will always listen.
As bikers, we have our choppers or race bikes to take us away from whatever the world throws at us, until we are banned. That creative process is our escape from what the world or our politicians have in mind. Try to ignore much of what the world says. Focus on your next ride, your next run or race. Join and support your local or national motorcycle rights group. Let them know you appreciate their efforts to keep us riding free.
Let’s hit the news:
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The LAST EARTH DAY–
April 22, 2022, will be the last Earth Day that assumes human carbon dioxide causes dangerous climate change because next year a Montana climate lawsuit will prove this assumption is false and change the world.
Our Children’s Trust (OCT) of Oregon uses children as plaintiffs in climate change lawsuits. OCT has pending state actions in Alaska, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington and is working to file similar lawsuits in all 50 states.
The first active OCT lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana, will begin on February 6, 2023. Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudson is preparing to strongly defend Montana.
OCT filed a climate petition in Montana’s Supreme Court in May 2011, claiming they took their case to the state Supreme Court because a climatological tipping point was imminent. Now, eleven years later, no tipping point has occurred.
The court rejected OCT’s 2011 petition because I organized a public intervention to OCT’s petition. Among the intervenors were many Montana elected officials, including Matt Rosendale who is now Montana’s US Congressman.
Montana’s Supreme Court rejected OCT’s 2011 petition ruling,
“If they cannot prove a connection between eliminating Montana’s minute carbon emissions, and reducing the pace of global climate change, then public trust doctrine cannot, even under their own flawed legal theory, apply.”
OCT’s 2022 lawsuit thinks it is still 2012 and lists former governor Steve Bullock as a defendant.
The significance
Held v. State of Montana may go down as the most significant climate-change trial in history because it will influence every subsequent climate trial around the world.
If the plaintiffs win, they will put Montana’s economy in reverse. Energy costs will go up, state income taxes will go up, education quality will go down, and the IQs of Montana’s children will go down as the schools brainwash their malleable young minds to believe junk physics.
The plaintiffs want all Montana’s electricity, transportation, heating, cooling, and industrial production to run on 100% renewable energy by 2050.
This is ridiculous, of course, because producing and installing wind machines emits more carbon than the machines will save during their lifetime. And killing thousands of predatory birds is not “caring for the environment.”
The carbon fuels that they want to eliminate are the most efficient and cost-effective energy source we have, and we have it in abundance in Montana and the Bakken.
They don’t want Montanans to have small nuclear-powered stations that will be available by 2025 to provide abundant low-cost energy.
The argument
Thanks to the plaintiffs and their attorneys, this trial will force the alarmist scientists to face their scientific opposition, which they have so far avoided.
The plaintiffs must prove carbon fuels are the dominant cause of their listed harmful weather and climate events.
The defense must prove this plaintiffs’ theory is wrong.
I read all hundred pages of the OCT lawsuit. They present their scientific case in about 20 pages.
They have not improved their science since 2011 while scientists on my side have made significant improvements. We are going to destroy the dark side in this lawsuit.
My easy-to-read book, Climate Miracle, is about how to win climate debates and shows how Montana can easily win this lawsuit.
Conclusions
Climate alarmism is a political war and truth is the first casualty of a war. They reject climate truth to achieve their political goals.
The plaintiffs use fear to sell climate fiction. Montana’s defense will show the truth about climate change, and this truth will change the world.
Climate fiction will make us slaves. Climate truth will make us free.
They started it. Montana’s ‘gonna’ finish it.
–Ed Berry, PhD, Theoretical Physics, CCM
HARLEY-DAVIDSON HOMECOMING EVENT AND 2023 DATES ANNOUNCED
Four-Day Festival in Milwaukee Celebrates Harley-Davidson’s 120th Anniversary and Kicks Off the Annual Homecoming Event
MILWAUKEE, WI (April 25, 2022) – Harley-Davidson will celebrate its 120th Anniversary by launching the Harley-Davidson Homecoming™ event, an annual four-day festival filled with music, food and moto-culture. The inaugural event will take place at multiple venues throughout the Milwaukee area on July 13-16, 2023, and welcomes riders, enthusiasts, and fans to meet in Milwaukee for a huge celebration.
“We invite everyone, riders, non-riders and fans around the world, to join us in Milwaukee next summer for the Harley-Davidson Homecoming where we will celebrate 120 years of our incredible brand,” said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, President and CEO of Harley-Davidson. “This will be the first in a series of unforgettable annual events in Milwaukee. Stay tuned for more details in coming months, and we look forward to celebrating with you in 2023.”
To find lodging options in Milwaukee visit https://www.visitmilwaukee.org/homecoming/. Camping and RV parking information is available at Wisconsin Campgrounds https://www.wisconsincampgrounds.com/. Note that most reservations are not available to book until one year in advance of event.
Harley-Davidson recently launched “The Road to Harley-Davidson Homecoming Challenge” where riders and non-riders alike can participate in chances to earn virtual badges, win daily and monthly prizes and enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win a grand prize trip to Milwaukee to participate in the Homecoming event. For sweepstakes Official Rules, program and prize details and more information regarding The Road to Harley-Davidson Homecoming Challenge, download the Harley-Davidson App, or visit H-D.com/ride.
HOW MUCH IS YOUR MOBILITY FREEDOM WORTH?–Alarmed by the recent wave of unjust, unfair, and unnecessary government actions? It’s no secret: items on the agenda include EPA overreach, powertrain and fuel mandates, banning off-roading, and even your basic right to preserve, restore or modify your vehicle.
Or how about this story: Although the State of Kansas Admits This Guy Is Innocent, It Still Wants To Destroy His 1959 Corvette. Drastic recourse must be taken RIGHT AWAY—or we may ultimately lose the automotive freedoms we cherish.
–NMA
SUPPORT GOOD TIMES—Supports Titties and Beer. Don’t you?
SEMA LEGISLATIVE BREAKING NEWS–
Kansas Signs into Law Bill to Ease Titling Procedures for Antique Vehicles
UPDATE: Oklahoma Advances Bill to Allow Military Vehicle Titling to Senate Floor
EPA to Expand E15 Ethanol Fuel Sales into Summer
Province of British Columbia Proclaims “International Collector Car Appreciation Days” in July 2022
Michigan Introduces Bill to Reduce Registration Fee for Most Vehicles
California Introduces Resolution Celebrating Automobile Cruising’s History and Culture
Illinois Fails to Pass Single Plate Bill as Legislature Adjourns
Virginia Signs into Law Anti-Hobby Exhaust Noise Bill
Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law SAN-opposed legislation (H.B. 632) to reform enforcement of Virginia’s exhaust noise laws. H.B. 632 repeals a 2020 bill which prevented law enforcement from stopping motorists solely for exhaust noise violations. Virginia prohibits mufflers that use an “excessive or unusual level of noise” and mandates that mufflers must be identical to their factory setting, comparable to factory equipment, approved by the Superintendent, or meets or exceeds standards of SAE International, ANSI, or the U.S. Department of Transportation.
In the next legislative session, the SEMA Action Network (SAN) will be seeking to implement a fair testing procedure and decibel limit for vehicle owners accused of unreasonable exhaust noise violations. Accordingly, please encourage others to get involved now by signing-up with the SAN without cost or obligation.
Thank you to those who voiced concerns with lawmakers about this effort.
–SEMA
VOTE NOW! for your favorite bike and help pick the winners of the Coker Showdown!
Take a moment and vote for your favorite bike from the ten Coker Showdown finalists!
Voting ends on April 30th, 2022.
Scope out this wide array of bikes sporting Coker Tires, it is quite the mix of wild machines!
VOTE NOW
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE FILE IS OPEN–Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs
Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure and society interconnected digitally via the internet, intelligent signaling might revolutionize traffic flow, for better or worse.
Market analysis firm Navigant Research has projected that smart signals will become a $3.8 billion global business in 2028. The USDOT mandate announced earlier this year requiring that municipalities dedicate a percentage of their infrastructure spending to Complete Streets programs might spur this growth industry.
In 2012, Pittsburgh installed smart signals at nine intersections utilizing the Rapid Flow Technology Surtrac (Scalable Urban Traffic Control) System, a briefcase-sized box at each junction. It gathers information on vehicular flow and uses it to adjust traffic signals in real-time—it’s a decentralized adaptive traffic control system. In the initial tests, city traffic engineers found that travel time dropped by 26 percent, intersection wait time decreased by 40 percent, and vehicle emissions were reduced by 21 percent. Pittsburgh was ripe for trying the system, which was developed at Traffic21, a nearby Carnegie Mellon University’s transportation research group.
Here’s how Surtrac works: Each intersection node utilizes a traffic camera to monitor traffic in real-time. The Surtrac computer in the suitcase node crunches a range of scheduling options and then continuously evaluates the signal timing while sending the information to neighboring nodes at other intersections. Surtac basically brings computational analysis closer to the data sources, improving response times while regulating unpredictable urban traffic. The current system only looks at traffic flow and does not (yet) surveil individual vehicles.
In 2022, Pittsburgh has grown its Surtrac program to 50 smart intersections, and plans are for the city to invest $30 million for 150 more. Currently, 22 cities use Surtrac—it’s relatively cheap and easy to install and maintain.
On the other hand, Lakeland utilizes a similar system but with a twist. Recently, officials announced that the city received a $500,000 grant from the state to expand its Intersection Avoidance Safety Program. Located east of Tampa, the city of nearly 108,000 will expand its program to include 25 additional high-impact intersections that work in conjunction with the city’s red-light camera program.
Similar to Surtrac, the Intersection Avoidance Safety System has sensors that measure the speed of a vehicle and its distance from an intersection. It predicts whether the driver will run the red light or be clear of the intersection in time. If so, it alerts the signal controller to extend an all-red phase, which means that all directions at the junction have a red light. This forces any driver approaching the intersection to stop.
In February 2021, the city council authorized these AI sensors to be placed at four of its red-light camera intersections. A city spokesperson said at the time, “The person who is running the red light, to begin with, gets a ticket, so it doesn’t reward bad behavior. However, it does reward the person who may have been T-boned.”
Lakeland is the first place in Florida and the country to use this particular system. In the next phase of the program, the city plans to explore a warning system that uses a driver’s smartphone or some other in-vehicle technology to give an alert about a possible red-light runner.
Both Pittsburgh and Lakeland utilize artificial intelligence and surveillance to decide intersection timings. On the surface, improving traffic flow is a lofty goal. Still, if automated traffic enforcement becomes a part of the equation, these systems could justify another way for a city to make money off the backs of motorists. Incorporating in-car alerts could also cause distracted driving at a critical time when navigating traffic at an intersection.
These AI data inputs will likely change how arterial streets are configured to give priority to pedestrians and bicyclists under Complete Streets and Vision Zero programs. While the safety goals are laudable, Surtrac and similar systems will undoubtedly subject motorists simultaneously to more regulation and distractions. Sensory overload is not often conducive to driving safely, particularly at intersections where traffic converges.
–NMA
NEWS FROM THE DAV–While on deployment in Kosovo, I suffered a traumatic brain injury and major damage to my lungs and other organs due to chemical exposure.
My recovery was extremely tough. I was in a coma for two months. I had to learn how to write and walk again … So when I returned home, I was bitter. I was angry. I really hated myself and everything else, and I went into a very deep depression. I even contemplated taking my own life.
DAV really saved my life and completely changed it.
Give Now
I participated in adaptive sports through DAV and found the inspiration I needed to turn my life around. Now, I have a new passion and purpose in life. And I pay it forward by showing up for my fellow veterans and their families as they heal.
I am DAV, and this is my story. But my story is just one. DAV helps more than 1 million veterans, like you, in positive, life-changing ways each year. As a member of DAV, you support your fellow veterans.
And sometimes, you even save their lives. Please make a special donation today to support DAV and your fellow veterans.
–Adam Greathouse
U.S. Army Veteran
If you are a veteran joining the DAV can change your life. I am a very positive example. Once you are signed up find your local DAV rep and meet with him or her. If you’re not blown away by their desire to help you, find another rep. –Bandit
GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW FOR 2023–Make Plans to Join us February 3 – 5, 2023!
While it has only been three months since Grand National Roadster Show 2022, we’re already busy planning for 2023 and have some big news to share.
GNRS 2023 will be moving to February 3-5, 2023. That’s right, no more having to choose between joining us for our 73rd year or catching the playoffs. Same great event with the amazing cars, builders, entertainment and vendors you’ve come to expect with a new date.
Full details and ticket information will be made available in the coming months, so stay tuned and mark your calendars now!
Please note: if you have already made a hotel reservation with the Sheraton for GNRS 2023, the hotel has graciously agreed to transfer the reservation to the new date with the same arrival/departure day pattern.
However, you must contact Stacey Wang (Stacey.wang@sheraton.com) at the hotel between May 1 and May 31 to confirm the reservation on the new dates. Any reservation not confirmed by June 1 will be cancelled.
Thank you for your support and making GNRS one of the best car and bike shows anywhere! If we don’t catch you this at this weekend’s Sacramento Autorama, we look forward to seeing you at GNRS on our new dates in February 2023!
TRIKES of the WEEK— From the master curator.
–Sam Burns
Trike Curator
Bikernet.com™
VENDOR SPOTS AVAILABLE IN STURGIS—We know of a cool spot directly across the street from the massive Iron Horse Saloon on Lazelle Street. Let us know if you need a spot.
–Bandit
KRB@Bikernet.com
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QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY–
A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took the husband aside, and said, ‘I don’t like the looks of your wife at all.’
‘Me neither doc,’ said the husband. ‘But she’s a great cook and really good with the kids.’
An old woman goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse she has been living with for the last 40 years.
The Wizard says, ‘Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.’
The old woman says without hesitation, ‘I now pronounce you man and wife.’
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Two Reasons Why It’s So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder:
1. The DNA all matches.
2. There are no dental records.
A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, ‘Can you tell me how long it’ll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City ?’
The agent replies, ‘Just a minute.’
‘Thank you,’ the blonde says, and hangs up.
–Joe Smith
Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina Bad Joke Library
5-BALL GARAGE NEWS OF THE WEEK—We are cooking with the new Shopify Shop. Check it out and let us know if we need to correct anything.
–Bandit
FREEDOM TO DEVELOP–What is the freedom to develop?
To develop is to change our environment from one form into another form—in particular, a form that the developer regards as more conducive to human life. All energy production requires development, and a lot of it.
Thus, for energy production to occur, we need to be free to develop; to be free to take our ideas—the best place for a power plant, which basin has the most potential for oil and gas, a new kind of refinery—and translate them into value.
What does freedom to develop mean? It means that others cannot forcibly interfere: private individuals should not be able to sabotage development, as sometimes happens with pipelines, and governments shouldn’t be able to sabotage development, which is far more common.
Pro-development vs. anti-impact
If we want the best laws to promote human well-being through energy abundance, we need this freedom. However, there are a lot of people in the world, particularly in wealthy countries, who advocate the idea that development is bad. They sometimes call it “being green” or “minimizing impact.”
If you really take that idea seriously it means that we shouldn’t do the things that we need to do to prosper, and that in fact we shouldn’t have done most of what we’ve already done to make ourselves prosperous.
If we’re anti-development, if we want to minimize our impact, then we should have never turned the patch of dirt and trees in the northeast United States into New York City.
If you look at the map of North Korea and South Korea, you’ll see that South Korea is lit up at night while North Korea is almost completely dark: if we really want to minimize impact, North Korea is doing a much, much better job.
I think this anti-development idea is a dangerous idea. We don’t want to be anti-development. We want to be anti-pollution, but pro-development.
The vital importance of private property rights
This doesn’t mean that the government has to develop itself. It just means the government has to allow people to be free to develop.
Historically, the United States has been the world’s energy leader and the world’s energy innovator because we have had the most freedom to develop of any place in the world—including a strong respect for private property rights, which are vital for enabling people to develop energy resources.
But today, the right to private property and the right to develop are both under attack. Much damage has already done by anti-development activists preventing people from using their land as they choose, and instead saying that landowners are obligated to use their land only in the way the activists see fit.
We might ask, “Does freedom to develop mean that anyone can develop anywhere?” There’s room for debate here, but in general, people who own private property can and should preserve the areas that they really want preserved and develop the areas they really want developed. It’s a very dangerous idea that one person’s property rights should be restricted because someone else wants that property to remain pure.
If I buy several acres with some trees, and then I learn that underground there’s an amazing amount of hydrocarbons, I should be free to extract that so I can get a royalty from it. Someone in Washington D.C. or Washington State shouldn’t get to say, “I want your land” or to tell you how to use your land.
The freedom to develop is crucial, so if we respect the freedom to develop while respecting the freedom from endangerment, we can make a lot of progress.
–Alex Epstein
Center for Industrial Progress
#SEEMOTORCYCLES
Two years of strong motorcycle and scooter sales, continued demand for rider training, and higher gas prices mean more riders are likely to be on the roads this spring and summer, so the Motorcycle Safety Foundation is doubling down on getting the word out to #SeeMotorcycles.
“May has been the traditional start of the riding season for many across the country because the weather is getting warmer and the days longer,” said Erik Pritchard, MSF president and CEO. “That’s why it’s a great time to remind drivers to actively look out for motorcyclists, and for riders who are taking their bikes out of hibernation to do a thorough pre-ride inspection. It’s also a good idea to take time to refresh your riding skills, ideally with a safety course.”
Motorcycles and their riders have a smaller profile than cars and trucks, and it can be easy to overlook them.
“We encourage drivers to use their turn signals, keep speeds down, and be vigilant when driving, especially when changing lanes,” Pritchard said. “Please remember to #SeeMotorcycles.”
–MIC
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LATEST GUN NUT REPORT—A Jam-Packed Weekend You Don’t Want to Miss!
Join fellow Second Amendment patriots for a freedom-filled Memorial Day weekend! See the latest and greatest products from the industry’s leading manufacturers, book the hunt of a lifetime, and learn from subject matter experts at one of our many seminars!
Don’t miss out on our jam-packed schedule of events either. Featuring prominent political speakers, the women’s event of the year, and highlighted by a star-studded concert, there truly is something for everyone at the 2022 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits!
NEWS FROM THE BARGE—
The New York Times takes a closer look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, #InherentVice: http://nyti.ms/1yCHYro
The Wilmington Chowder Barge is the only authentic floating restaurant adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles. It’s going to be the biker hangout of the region since Walkers Café Closed. Besides the food is way better. Try the chowder, it’s amazing. I would know.
–Sin Wu
Da Boss
Chowder Barge
Wilmington, CA
Pirelli’s RYAO Road Racing Program Returns for 2022–The Nine Round Program Encourages Pirelli-Equipped Racers to Compete in Multiple Classes at CCS and ASRA Events Throughout the Nation
Pirelli Tire North America has announced that the RYAO road racing program will return for 2022, taking place at upcoming Championship Cup Series (CCS) and American Sportbike Racing (ASRA) events throughout the nation.
The program, which kicked off this past weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park on April 23-24, consists of nine events and encourages Pirelli-equipped riders to compete in multiple classes. Riders on Pirelli race compound tires who register to compete in one class will be eligible to race in as many additional classes as they wish with no extra registration fees.
DAMON MOTORCYCLES– Heating Things Up in Miami
On May 6th, 2022, the HyperSport & HyperFighter will be making a special appearance at our Miami Pop-Up Event hosted by Simply EV.
Come join us for an exclusive opportunity to see the bikes in action, say hello to the team, and connect with other Damon fans. There will also be livestreams of the F1 Miami Grand Prix events, car simulators, and delicious food & drinks!
EARTH DAY IN THE NEWS AGAIN–Earth Day’s failed predictions of 52 years ago & the amazing environmental improvements that have occurred since.
Morano: “We should actually promote prosperity, technology, and wealth. We should do what we’ve been doing since the first Earth Day in 1970, when we had filthy rivers, dirty air, and massive pollution.
We raised awareness and ended up with, in the 50 years since 1970, radical increases in population, radical increases in economic growth, and incredible improvements in just about everything, to the point where even mainstream media and climate activists now admit that the pollution problem has largely been solved. Where we were and where we are now is a light-and-day difference. I would argue that we do the best environmental policy, that we invest in technology, and that we keep doing what we’ve been doing.”
–Marc Morano
Climate Depot
KEEPING THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY WIDE OPEN—
Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.
‘How was he killed?’ asked one detective..
‘With a golf gun,’ the other detective replied.
‘A golf gun! What is a golf gun?’
‘I don’t know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.’
Moe: ‘My wife got me to believe in religion.’
Joe: ‘Really?’
Moe: ‘Yeah, until I married her I didn’t believe in Hell.’
A man is recovering from surgery when the Surgical Nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling.
‘I’m O. K. But I didn’t like the four letter-words the doctor used in surgery,’ he answered.
‘What did he say,’ asked the nurse.
‘Oops!’
–Joe Smith
Certified Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina™
Mees Edges Out Factory Teammate Briar Bauman to Capture the Win, with Bauman Finishing Second and Brandon Robinson Rounding out the Podium in Third
Minneapolis, MN. (April 25, 2022) – Indian Motorcycle Racing, presented by Progressive Motorcycle Insurance, had a stellar showing at round three of the 2022 American Flat Track series in Odessa, MO for the inaugural I-70 Half-Mile, with Jared Mees scoring his second consecutive victory of the season, moving him into the championship lead with a four-point advantage. Factory teammate Briar Bauman took second, while Brandon Robinson rounded out the top three aboard his Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750, giving Indian Motorcycle Racing an impressive podium sweep.
Coming off his dominant performance at the Texas Half-Mile, Mees looked to keep his momentum going and make a strong statement that he is the rider to beat in 2022, which is exactly what he did. While Bauman got a strong jump off the line to take the early lead, Mees started in third and swiftly moved towards the front by overtaking JD Beach on the opening lap. On lap three, Mees had closed in on the back of Bauman before sneaking his FTR750 to the inside and propelling himself into the lead. This time, Mees couldn’t run away with the win and spent much of the 25-lap race fending off advances from his teammate. It was a fight to the finish as Bauman put together a late-race charge to try and overtake the reigning champion. Mees was able to maintain his position, taking the checkered flag and win by a mere 0.116-seconds.
Brandon Robinson moved into third in the early portions of the race and despite his attempts to make it a three-way battle for the lead, he ultimately settled into position and took the checkered flag in third. This marked his first podium finish of the 2022 season.
“This was a solid showing for the whole Indian Motorcycle team, coming away with a podium sweep,” said Gary Gray, Vice President Racing, Service & Technology for Indian Motorcycle. “Although this win didn’t come as easy for Jared [Mees], with Briar [Bauman] right on his rear throughout the entire race, it was still an important win as he’s now leading in the championship standings. There is still a lot of racing left this season, but I think it’s going to be a battle to the finish between these two.”
“What a day,” Mees said. “Mother Nature actually played a good hand for the racetrack for us. Thankfully we got the racing in before the next storm came in. These races that are quick with just one round of qualifying and right into a Main Event are hectic. You’ve got to be on point from word go. What a hectic Main Event with Briar. I felt him breathing down my neck the entire time. A track like this makes for a lot of tiny little mistakes, but everybody has their fair share of them, and we stuck it out and got to the checkered flag first.”
After three rounds, factory Wrecking Crew riders sit 1-2 in the championship chase, with Mees having 64-points and Bauman sitting at 60-points. Both riders have a small cushion heading into rounds four and five, as third sits at 51-points.
The 2022 American Flat Track season continues on May 28 and 29 for the Red Mile Doubleheader in Lexington, KY.
Sponsors for Indian Motorcycle Racing’s American Flat Track efforts include Progressive Insurance, S&S®, Indian Motorcycle Oil, Mission Foods, Bell Helmets, Drag Specialties and Parts Unlimited.
For more information on Indian Motorcycle Racing, visit IndianMotorcycle.com
NEWS from the MASTER of LIGHT–
As you probably know, David’s hard cover art book has been in the works for quite some time now. We are pleased to announce that you can now place your order and you have a few different options (detailed below).
There is a lot of information in this email, so please read through carefully and let me know if you have any questions!
This 231-page look at his Fine Art career, now spanning 24 years, is a beautiful compilation of David’s artworks and history of his amazing journey thus far. Readers will enjoy learning the back story on many of his works. The amazing Jessi Combs found her way onto the cover, as is fitting. Willie G Davidson was kind enough to write the forward.
Unless you are buying one of the premium packages and want to add a separate book order, the book is only available through our website. You can click on the link below in this email to place your order.
Art Book, $95.00
Art Book signed by David Uhl, $145.00
** Shipping the books is $10 for orders shipping to the lower 48 United States. For orders to be shipped outside that area, please email or call me.
2,500 books have been produced. David is keeping some of these books for special premium offers. As a thank-you for being on his email list, he is giving you a chance to view these options before he posts this on social media later this week!
OPTION 1 – Art book presented inside the felt-lined leather case along with a signed/numbered watercolor print. The image will be David’s first-ever true self-portrait with a beach (Daytona) background. Only 75 of these will be offered in the edition. The first 30 we sell will be at $895 plus shipping. The image below is only partially completed but should give you a good idea.
Buy the art book here!
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If you are interested in one of the premium packages or have any questions, please reply to this email or call me at 303-913-4840. I am now in Panama City Beach for the event this week.
Thanks for your time and hope you have a great week!
–Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
David Uhl Fine Art
Uhl Studios
303-913-4840
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HANG ON! Cancel Earth Day Again, celebrate Earth–
Despite unsupported allegations of increasing doom and disaster due to dangerous man-made warming, just the opposite is occurring.
A dispassionate review of Earth’s ecosystems and the human condition reveal that both are prospering — and not by a little but by a lot.
By nearly every metric, Earth’s ecosystems and the human condition are thriving. Much of the improvement is the result of a modest one degree of warming since the middle of the 19th century and an increase in CO2, likely the result from the burning of fossil fuels that have provided prosperity unknown to any previous generation.
We have done a very good job in protecting our ecosystems, cleaning our air and water and protecting endangered species. That should be celebrated. But Earth Day is no celebration. The observance has been hijacked by extremists who have made a bogeyman of the harmless gas carbon dioxide, ignoring its benefits as a plant food.
With no purpose other than to serve as a fund raiser for climate cultists, Earth Day should be canceled.
Read the entire commentary here first published at the Washington Examiner
Our new billboard is funded!!
Thanks to the many generous supporters who rose to our challenge to fund the money needed to get our second billboard up on the busy Pennsylvania Turnpike. With more than 35,000 vehicles going past it every day, it is likely we will reach as many 6 to 10 million people during the six-month contract.
Want to fund our important missions? We will soon roll out our education materials that will support fact-based science targeting the home school mothers and fathers. Please thoughtfully consider donating either by check or online.
–By Gregory Wrightstone
CO2 Coalition
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HERE’S THE FULL STORY–As a fourteen-year-old student in south-central Pennsylvania at the time of the first Earth Day in April 1970, I recognized the need for a real cleanup of what was a horribly abused environment. When I went off to study geology at college, I embraced the environmentalist movement as my own. In my early years at university, I subscribed to Mother Jones and the Militant. For a short time, I was even a member of the Socialist Workers’ Party.
Along with millions of other young and not-so-young people, I recognized the urgent need to improve our industrial processes and behaviors in a way that was more mindful of our air, water, and land. It may be difficult for a present-day adolescent to realize just how badly we were treating Mother Earth back then. It was common practice for people to throw trash and empty cans out of the windows of their Chevys and Fords. Industrial waste in the Cuyahoga River caught fire, a giant oil rig blowout offshore of Santa Barbara despoiled much of the western coast, Lake Erie was declared “dead,” and air pollution was so bad in Los Angeles that “smog” was coined.
Accompanying that first Earth Day were dozens of apocalyptic predictions of doom not too dissimilar to those of today. Among the most alarming were from Paul Ehrlich that “100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years” and that some “65 million Americans would perish in the Great Die-Off between 1980 and 1989.” Kenneth Watt claimed that “we have about five more years at the outside to do something.” Even the New York Times warned, “Man must stop pollution and conserve his resources, not merely to enhance existence but to save the race from intolerable deterioration and possible extinction.”
Well, here we are 52 years later, with nearly all of the objectives of the inaugural Earth Day in the rearview mirror. The quality of our air and water has improved tremendously and likely has not been this clean since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there has been approximately a 50% decline in emissions of key air pollutants just since 1990 — sulfur dioxide by a whopping 90% (Figure 1). This improvement in air quality occurred during a period of increasing prosperity and growth of the U.S. economy. People drove more miles, and population and energy use increased.
Commensurate improvements have occurred to our nation’s water resources as well. Cleveland’s waterway, aflame in 1969, was named “River of the Year” in 2019. The once “dead” Lake Erie is now a mecca for sport fishing, and the formerly polluted waters of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers are now known as the site of a major bass fishing tournament. In the coalfields of the northeast, thousands of miles of streams once left lifeless by mine-acid drainage now support fish and bald eagles. Industries often return water to streams cleaner than it was at the plant intake.
Despite unsupported allegations of increasing doom and disaster due to dangerous human-made warming, just the opposite is occurring. A dispassionate review of Earth’s ecosystems and the human condition reveals that both are prospering — and not by a little but by a lot.
NASA reports a significant increase in worldwide vegetation over the last 35 years is “largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.” This CO2-driven plant enhancement is also fueling crop growth from the hottest to the coolest climates that are turbocharged by a modest rise in temperature that is extending growing seasons.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States has seen a 50% increase in forested acres and an astounding increase in Pennsylvania alone of more than 500%. The area burned by forest fires globally is in significant decline. The number of acres burned in the United States is 20% of that burned 80 and 90 years ago.
By nearly every metric, Earth’s ecosystems and the human condition are thriving. Much of the improvement is the result of a modest one degree of warming since the middle of the 19th century and an increase in CO2, likely the result of the burning of fossil fuels that have provided prosperity unknown to any previous generation.
We have done a very good job in protecting our ecosystems, cleaning our air and water, and protecting endangered species. That should be celebrated. But Earth Day is no celebration. The observance has been hijacked by extremists who have made a bogeyman of the harmless gas carbon dioxide, ignoring its benefits as plant food.
With no purpose other than to serve as a fundraiser for climate cultists, Earth Day should be canceled.
Gregory Wrightstone is a geologist, executive director of the CO2 Coalition in Arlington, Virginia, and an expert reviewer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR6). He is the bestselling author of “Inconvenient Facts: The Science that Al Gore doesn’t want you to know.”
This commentary was first published on April 21, 2022 at the Washington Examiner.
HAL ROBINSON BANDANA NOW AVAILABLE—Hal was the master of pen and ink drawings. Every piece of art was hand drawn meticulously.
Hal is gone now, but his wife is keeping his legacy alive with a few products and T-shirts.
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–Bandit
HANG ON FOR THIS–Like you said it “it’s all nuts”.
Someone asked for more! Like the adage “you asked for it”.
No “prerequisite” is required – unlike in the “billion dollar industry” it addresses where size is the prerequisite for a career.
They deleted the Tweet (Screenshot Attached) but the course is still going to be offered for 2 Credit points.
–Wayfarer
This US college offers a pornography class where students ‘will watch pornographic films together’
The course, titled Film 300O: Porn, will require students to watch pornographic films together and discuss the “sexualization of race, class and gender, and as an experimental, radical art form.”
Westminster college has stoked a controversy with its ‘porn’ class
A private college in the US is offering its students a pornography class which will require them to “watch pornographic films together”. Westminster College in Utah has said it will stand by its plan to offer an elective class on pornography during the upcoming May term despite social media backlash, Deseret News reported.
The liberal arts college in Salt Lake City stoked a controversy after the class listing for the pornography elective was shared on Twitter. The course, titled Film 300O: Porn, will require students to watch pornographic films together and discuss the “sexualization of race, class and gender.”
“Hard core pornography is as American as apple pie and more popular than Sunday night football,” read the listing, which appears to have been taken down from the college website amid social media backlash.
Despite the onslaught of criticism and the listing which seems to have been deleted, Westminster College says the class will be take place as planned in its upcoming term.
“We have no intention to back away from offering this class. By and large, the campus community is supportive of that academic freedom and Westminster’s commitment to talking about tough subjects,” said Westminster College’s chief marketing officer Sheila Yorkin on Thursday.
Yorkin added the course would be taught by a “well-trained, published Ph.D. who’s taught classes like this and similar to this and subject matter along these lines. She has lots of measures in place if students are feeling either uncomfortable or whatever the case may be to leave the room and there’s no academic punishment for that. So she’s really aware of the sensitive nature of it and she’s a professional.”
According to USA Today, 14 students had signed up for the class as of three days ago. Yorkin said the course has been offered in the past as well.
It’s kickstart only, jokey-shift and a mid-control suicide clutch. Note the seat. The own must be a very light pilot, no suspension. Hang on!
–Sam Burns
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All throughout dinner my wife’s best friend’s four-year-old daughter stared at me as I sat opposite her. The girl could hardly eat her food for staring.
I checked my shirt for spots, felt my face for food, and patted my hair in place, but nothing stopped her from staring at me.
Finally, I asked her, “Why are you staring at me?”
Everyone at the table had noticed her behavior, and the table went quiet, waiting for her response.
Finally…. the little girl said….
“I am just waiting to see how you drink like a fish.”
–Wayfarer
CHIX on 66– Presented by Harley-Davidson Teams Up with Tucker Powersports
Riveter Chapter of the AMCA proudly announces that Tucker Powersports has been named the official oil sponsor for the Chix on 66 ride June 10-25, 2022. This sponsorship will allow our riders to replace oil, filters, and other fluids to keep their motorcycles freshly lubricated across the entire 2,500-mile route.
Chix on 66 is a cross-country ride comprising 40 women that will follow the entirety of Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. Riveter Chapter President Karan Andrea says, “When putting on a 2,500-mile ride like this, a lot more thought and planning goes into putting our bikes on the road and keeping them there. Since we are traveling east to west, the latter part of the journey will be through desert, which punishes everything—our machines as well as our bodies.”
“Tucker Powersports has generously stepped up to help us take care of our machines by providing us with oil, filters, and other consumables that we will need. I am particularly appreciative since I am doing this ride on my ’74 Shovelhead. Being able to put fresh oil in her before we hit the high desert will give me, as well as all the other women riding both antique and modern motorcycles, peace of mind riding through the heat.”
Tucker Powersports is a world-class distributor of powersports aftermarket parts, accessories and apparel.
Tucker offers tens of thousands of products for American and metric motorcycles and other powersports vehicles from its market-leading brands. Tucker will provide, through its Twin Power and BikeMaster brands, a supply of individually chosen motor oil and oil filters for each Chix on 66 participant so that riders can change their oil along the route.
The company will also supply other fluids and supplies that may be needed for minor on-the-road repairs.
NEWS FROM WINDVEST–15th Annual Norm Dober Memorial Run
Let’s celebrate the founder of WindVest and remember our fallen friends and family.
Take a ride around the lake and head to The 19th Hole for lunch.
Meet at: WindVest Motorcycle Products
Date: May 21st, 2022
Time: Kickstands up at 10am
16840 Joleen Way, Ste B2
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
408-762-7180
THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY LYRICS OF THE WEEK–
Here is another great song about finding yourself on the road (though this one also mentions a car like the Sting song “Fill Her Up”).
–Wayfarer
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Song: “My Church” by Maren Morris
Won 2016 Country Music Association Award (CMA) for New Artist of the Year
I’ve cussed on a Sunday
I’ve cheated and I’ve lied
I’ve fallen down from grace
A few too many times
But I find holy redemption
When I put this car in drive
Roll the windows down and turn up the dial
Can I get a hallelujah
Can I get an amen
Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya
When I play the highway FM
I find my soul revival
Singing every single verse
Yeah I guess that’s my church
When Hank brings the sermon
And Cash leads the choir
It gets my cold cold heart burning
Hotter than a ring of fire
When this wonderful world gets heavy
And I need to find my escape
I just keep the wheels rolling, radio scrolling
‘Til my sins wash away
Can I get a hallelujah
Can I get an amen
Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya
When I play the highway FM
I find my soul revival
Singing every single verse
Yeah I guess that’s my church
Can I get a hallelujah
Can I get an amen
Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya
When I play the highway FM
I find my soul revival
Singing every single verse
Yeah I guess that’s my church
Hey, can I get a hallelujah
Can I get an amen
Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya
When I play the highway FM
I find my soul revival
Singing every single verse
Yeah I guess that’s my church
Yeah I guess that’s my church
Yeah I guess that’s my church
SOURCE: https://www.lyricfind.com/
THE ELECTRIC CASE FILE—Chennai electric vehicle store gutted after major fire.
The incident took place at a dealership of Okinawa Autotech, which recently recalled 3,215 units of its ‘Praise Pro’ scooters on April 16 in the wake of incidents where the vehicles caught fire.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of the IANS report stated that the fire broke out as the battery of one of the e-vehicles exploded. The copy has since been changed to reflect that the fire was the result of a short circuit at the store.
An Okinawa dealership burnt down to ashes in Chennai on Saturday, April 16, owing to an electric short-circuit in the building. No casualties were reported and the fire was put out with the help of locals but the entire showroom on the main road in Kunrathur was gutted. Okinawa, which recalled 3,215 units of its ‘Praise Pro’ scooters on April 16, just before the dealership was engulfed in flames in Tamil Nadu, said in a statement shared with IANS that no EV scooter or battery fire started the incident, as was reported earlier.
“The fire was due to an electric short-circuit in the panel wiring in the building. The dealership has also confirmed the same,” the company said. Five new e-bikes, and a total of 17 bikes were damaged, including 12 bikes that came in for service. Items in the showroom also caught fire and were damaged. Police have registered a case and are investigating. The fire caused a stir in the area for some time. This was the sixth EV fire incident since the onset of summer this year.
I picked up some rejected rectangular tubing for my new patio fence from A&J Welding Supply. My contractor bought a bit for his back hoe, so we can readily bore the holes in our nasty gumbo earth.
I need a new front brake cable for the Pandemic. I used whatever I had, but if the Redhead is going to ride it, it needs to be more robust for quicker action.
During the run to Carson City we visited the Paughco Empire and manufacturing plant. The redhead wanted some of these rolling wooden crates. Check out the new Paughco Web Site. They’ve come a long way and improved the user friendly aspects.
We faced a blizzard last weekend.
I’m supposed to see Irish Rich tomorrow about my VL for a Knucklehead frame.
Here’s a shot from the previous storm. I got a kick out of the ice slipping off the end of the table as if it was a tablecloth.
We ran across Buffalo Trace whiskey in a Sturgis Alley late one night. It’s damn good. I’m about ready for a shot.
In the meantime ride fast and free forever.
–Bandit
