Hey,
What a day yesterday was. I worked feverishly on Rogue’s JIMS cam bearing tech. I needed to work on a program for the MRF’s Industry Council for Motorcycling. Then Tobey arrived and started on US Chopper flat track tank manufacturing.
I couldn’t stand it and dove into the shop. I needed to install the Centramatic wheel balancers for a test, then new Spitfire girder trees. For the first time I’m seriously studying suspension options from Progressive shocks with various spring rates, to the girder shock, the rubber mounting system, and now wheel balancers and tighter girder action.
So, I had to completely dissemble the Spitfire Girder. Everything was cool until I pulled the last link off the girder. The rear wheel was already removed. The jack under the frame was slippery with oil, and didn’t hold the chassis. It slid off and sat down on the lift, while I stood their holding the girder. Surprise, surprise.
I faced a turning point. Should I coat the rusty frame with a rust inhibiter, or keep going and tear the entire bike down for powder coating. With Tobey’s input we decided on a complete teardown. Hang on.
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY STRANGE WEEKEND VOCABULARY LESSON–
gorgonize GAWR-guh-nahyz, verb:
Shorten it, then, to what is functional, direct and bluntly, derogatorily descriptive. Of his awful power to horrify, to gorgonize, to chill.
— Christopher Rush, Last Lesson of the Afternoon
— Colin Grant, The Natural Mystics
US CHOPPERS RESTORATION–Did you ever see the ‘40EL I did? I have several customers wanting to buy it….
US Choppers
8941 Atlanta Ave #266
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
www.uschopper.com
www.endeavor2race.com
BIKERNET 5-BALL RACING SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES—We are finalizing our 2012 5-Ball Racing packages to our supportive sponsors. Here’s the letter: Thank you for supporting the 5-Ball Racing Team in 2012. We hurdled over many obstacles and stumbled into some. Our 1940 Bonne Belle effort which contained a flathead 45 engine with a K-model top end, Sportster lower end, 5-speed Evo transmission, in a special—built Paughco frame ran like a top under the tutelage of Lee Clemens of Departure Bike works.
The bike functioned admirably, past on-the-salt inspection, and made several gallant passes, but we did not set a record. But now know we can set two achievable records with some tuning and gearing changes. The Bonne Belle will be back.
Ray C. Wheeler spent most of last year building the most dynamic land speed racer, the 5-Ball 124-inch, turbo-charged, twin-cam Raycer. He couldn’t finish it in time for Bubs, with his all-custom Hyabusa suspension, salt and street racer. This bike is destined to be cemented in the record books beginning in 2013.
We have one more exciting historic project to consider as we roll into 2013. Everything we do is documented on Bikernet, weekly in the news, and monthly in tech articles. We appreciate all you have done for us, and don’t ever hesitate to reach out, if we can reciprocate.
Fast and Fun Forever,
Keith R. Ball
President
Bikernet.com
MOTORCYCLE RUN TO THE CAPITOL TO SUPPORT THE 2ND ADMENDMENT--Just an update… Nothing yet form the NRA. This is from the Nugent camp.
Hello Ralph,
I’ve forwarded your email to Tedquarters for review.
Ted has a very tight schedule and we cannot guarantee that he will be able to attend, but many thanks for the invitation. You will be contacted if there is interest and time for Ted to be involved.
To keep up to date as to what Ted is doing, be sure to sign up for the mailing list: http://www.tednugent.com/mailinglist/subscribe.aspx
Have a good one,
Emily
TedNugent.com team
Ralph, the HORSE staff, Bikernet, and several other publications are working together to organize a ride to the Capitol to support the NRA and Freedom.
CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES FROM THE GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW IN POMONA– Here are all the bikes I shot at the show. You can use them in a show report if you like.
Some I have enough connections to set up a photo shoot, but you tell me what you like, and I will see what I can do.
The only bikes I did not shoot were the choppers with 4 cyl Honda engines.
–Peter Linney
Why didn’t you shoot the Hondas. They are classics. I would like to feature the chopped White Shovelhead.—Bandit
FEINSTEIN INTRODUCES MASSIVE SEMI-AUTO FIREARM AND MAGAZINE BAN BILL–On Jan. 24, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced S. 150, her long-anticipated bill to ban “assault weapons” and “large” magazines. Contrary to media claims that Feinstein wants to “reinstate” the 1994 ban, the bill will go much further toward her stated long-term goal of gun confiscation, imposing a host of absurdly broad definitions and onerous restrictions:
• Ban the sale, transfer, manufacture or importation of 157 named firearms. Presumably, these were chosen by looking at pictures, as Sen. Feinstein has said she did before introducing her first legislation on the issue in 1993.
• Ban all semi-automatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine. This is because the bill would ban any semi-automatic detachable-magazine rifle that has even one “feature,” particularly a pistol grip—which is defined to include any “characteristic that can function as a grip.” Other features that would cause a rifle to be banned include a forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; grenade launcher or (as an absurd propaganda move) rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or a threaded barrel.
• Ban all detachable-magazine semi-auto pistols that have any of the following: a threaded barrel, second pistol grip, or magazine that mounts anywhere other than the grip. The bill would also ban any handgun that is a semi-automatic version of a fully automatic handgun.
• Ban all semi-automatic rifles and handguns that have fixed magazines that accept more then 10 rounds.
• Ban all semi-automatic shotguns that have just one of the following: a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; a pistol grip; a fixed magazine that can accept more than five rounds, a detachable magazine; a forward grip; a revolving cylinder; or a grenade or rocket launcher. As with the rifle provision, this could potentially ban any semi-auto shotgun, because all of them have “characteristics that can function as a grip.” And of course, countless Americans have pistol-grip shotguns for home defense.
• Ban all belt-fed semi-automatic firearms, such as semi-auto replicas of historic machine guns.
• Ban all frames or receivers of banned guns, even though in many cases they are identical to the frames and receivers of guns that would not be banned.
• Ban “combinations of parts” from which “assault weapons” can be assembled. Read broadly, this could ban the acquisition of a single spare part that could be combined with parts you already own.
• Ban any “part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle”–a vague definition that could ban items such as competition trigger parts.
• Ban the sale or transfer of all ammunition feeding devices that hold more than ten rounds. Even those lawfully possessed before passage of the bill could never be transferred, even to your heirs through a will.
Though not requiring registration of currently owned firearms under the National Firearms Act (as Feinstein threatened in December), the new bill would go far beyond the failed 1994 semi-auto ban by requiring background checks on the private transfer of any “grandfathered” firearm.
Finally, unlike the 1994 ban, the new bill will not include an automatic “sunset” clause, so it would remain in effect unless repealed.
In announcing the bill, Feinstein misrepresented the effectiveness of past semi-auto bans. For example, she claimed that Maryland’s “assault pistol” ban had reduced crime. But in Maryland, the murder trend after the state passed its ban on so-called “assault pistols” was far worse than in the rest of the country. Similarly, in California, during the first five years after passage of the state’s 1989 “assault weapon” ban, the state’s murder rate increased 26 percent, compared to an 11 percent increase in the rest of the country. During the first five years after California expanded the ban starting in 2000, the state’s murder rate increased 10 percent, compared to a six percent decrease in the rest of country.
Feinstein also misrepresented the findings of a congressionally mandated study completed by Jeffrey Roth and Christopher Koper for the Urban Institute.
In the handouts provided by her office, Feinstein claimed the report said “Assault weapons are disproportionately involved in murders with multiple victims, multiple wounds per victim, and police officers as victims.” But here’s what the report really found:
“Some of our own analyses added evidence that assault weapons are disproportionately involved in murders with multiple victims, multiple wounds per victim, and police officers as victims” (emphasis added), but “We were unable to detect any reduction to date in two types of gun murders that are thought to be closely associated with assault weapons, those with multiple victims in a single incident and those producing multiple bullet wounds per victim. We did find a reduction in killings of police officers since mid-1995. However, the available data are partial and preliminary, and the trends may have been influenced by law enforcement agency policies regarding bullet-proof vests.”
The misuse and misinterpretation of study findings has become a common tactic of anti-gun politicians because they know that the 1994 ban had no real impact on crime. In one of the frequent moments of candor that make his allies cringe, Vice-President Biden admitted as much in an online forum Jan. 24, saying, “[I]t is true that the vast majority of gun deaths in America are not a consequence of the use of an assault weapon” and that a ban “is not an answer to all the problems.” Nonetheless, Biden claimed the ban is a “rational limitation” because in his opinion, people concerned about self-defense should just use double-barreled shotguns anyway.
Despite advice like this, Americans have voted with their pocketbooks, buying about 50 million semi-automatic firearms–including nearly 4 million AR-15 rifles–since 1991. And, since the Supreme Court said in District of Columbia v. Heller that a handgun ban was unconstitutional in part because “handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home,” popular rifles should be just as firmly protected.
To find contact information for your elected officials, use the “Write Your Reps” feature at www.NRAILA.org. You can reach your member of Congress by phone at 202-224-3121. Click here for tips on effective communication with your lawmakers, and don’t forget to visit www.GunBanFacts.com for the truth about semi-auto bans..
MORE FROM THE BIKERNET GUN NUT DEPARTMENT–
Statement from Chris W. Cox Regarding “Universal” Background Checks
An article appearing on TheHill.com yesterday asserted that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is working on a bill with the NRA that would implement universal background checks.
NRA does NOT support universal background checks and is not working with Manchin to implement this type of legislation. NRA opposes, and will continue to oppose, universal background checks and registration schemes.
We do believe that records of those who are prohibited by law from purchasing firearms (including those whose mental health history puts them in this category) ought to be included in the federal instant check system.
BIKERNET STAFFER COMMENTS ON NEW GIRL OF BIKERNET STORY–But there’s this: Odds are a dude who’s young, dumb and full of cum (and some of us old farts, too) will never use his brain when it comes to getting laid. Millions of years of evolution has genetically hardwired the urge to procreate in the human male, just as it has done with the need to secure a protector and provider to nest with in the human female. Ain’t nothing gonna change that.
–Bruce Snyder
Officially Certified and Licensed
Bikernet Copy Editor
The complete Girl of Bikernet controversial tale will be published tomorrow in the Cantina. Hang on.–Bandit
BRAND NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT–
Trikes for Disabled Riders
http://www.bikernettrikes.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11071
It’s great to be able to see all the possibilities in the one site.
Thanks for keeping my dream alive.
— Douglas W. M
Port Kennedy, Australia
Join us for an escorted charity motorcycle ride through the beautiful Northern Indiana Country side and support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
After the ride stay for a lite lunch and the Celebration of Life and meet the Stars(young brain tumor survivors) who will join us for the ride.
Bobby Newman 219-324-0706 H 219-363-6071 C bear.kitten@frontier.com
Ej Ford 219-324-3459 H EjFord@frontier.com
2013 Ride for Kids Events
April 14, 2013 South Florida Road Ride
April 14, 2013 Southern California Dual Sport
April 21, 2013 Northeast Florida Road Ride
April 28, 2013 Houston Road Ride
May 5, 2013 Los Angeles, CA Road Ride
May 5, 2013 Albuquerque Road Ride
May 5, 2013 Triangle Area Road Ride
May 19, 2013 Louisiana Road Ride
May 19, 2013 Middle Tennessee Road Ride
June 2, 2013 Atlanta Road Ride
June 2, 2013 Virginia Road Ride
June 9, 2013 Colorado Road Ride
June 9, 2013 Cleveland, OH Road Ride
July 14, 2013 Northern Indiana Road Ride
July 21, 2013 Minnesota Road Ride
July 21, 2013 Utica, NY Road Ride
July 21, 2013 Chicagoland, IL Road Ride
July 28, 2013 Marysville, OH Road Ride
July 28, 2013 Kansas City Road Ride
July 28, 2013 Knoxville, TN Road Ride
August 4, 2013 New York Metro Road Ride
August 4, 2013 Pittsburgh Road Ride
August 4, 2013 Wisconsin Road Ride
August 10, 2013 Utah Road Ride
August 18, 2013 New England Road Ride
August 18, 2013 St. Louis, MO Road Ride
August 25, 2013 Asheville Road Ride
August 25, 2013 Michigan Road Ride / Dual Sport
September 8, 2013 Puget Sound, WA Road Ride
September 8, 2013 Birmingham Road Ride
September 8, 2013 Indianapolis, IN Road Ride
September 15, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Road Ride
September 15, 2013 Oklahoma Road Ride
September 22, 2013 San Diego Road Ride
September 22, 2013 Baltimore/Washington Road Ride
September 29, 2013 Las Vegas, NV Road Ride
October 6, 2013 Northern California Road Ride
October 13, 2013 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Road Ride
October 20, 2013 Phoenix, AZ Road Ride
November 3, 2013 Tampa Bay Area Road Ride
Aspire to Inspire before you Expire
Ride Safe with a Guardian Angel
www.NorthernIndianaRideforKids.org
make an on line donation to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/ej-ford/2013-northern-indiana-ride-for-kids www.EJFPainting.com
HOW A GYNECOLOGIST BECAME A MECHANIC– My cousin who used to be a gynecologist became fed up with malpractice insurance and HMO paperwork, and was burned out. Hoping to try another career where skillful hands would be beneficial, he decided to become a mechanic. He went to the local technical college, signed up for evening classes, attended diligently, and learned all he could.
When the time of the practical exam approached, the Lee prepared carefully for weeks, and completed the exam with tremendous skill. When the results came back, he was surprised to find that he had obtained a score of 150%. Fearing an error, he called the Instructor, saying, “I don’t want to appear ungrateful for such an outstanding result, but I wonder if there is an error in the grade?”
“The instructor said, “During the exam, you took the engine apart perfectly, which was worth 50% of the total mark. You put the engine back together again perfectly, which is also worth 50% of the mark.”
After a pause, the instructor added, “I gave you an extra 50% because you did it all through the muffler, which I’ve never seen done in my entire career.”
–from Dr. Willie
MORE FROM THE GUN NUT LIBRARY–There is no record of who is killed by what type of weapon !!!!! These Liberals are lying to everyone…….Check out this web page below……….
http://247wallst.com/2013/01/24/government-does-not-know-which-guns-are-used-in-homicides/
NEW MIDNIGHT RIDER ON BIKERNET TRIKES–
http://www.bikernettrikes.com/pages/MIDNIGHT_RIDER_OPERATION_THUNDERTAKER.aspx
They surround the small building adjacent to central command, the doors are wide open. As they slink slowly through the building, small air gun darts pepper them in the neck and body; they’ve been drugged.
Voodoomama and Liz stagger and collapse. Yang, too, staggers and falls down. Three men in lab coats creep out of the dark corners. They chatter in Mandarin and move closer to the three women. One holding a handgun rattles that they must be American Goldlance and need to be executed immediately.
From the World Health Organization:
The latest Murder Statistics for the world:
Murders per 100,000 citizens
Honduras 91.6
El Salvador 69.2
Cote d’lvoire 56.9
Jamaica 52.2
Venezuela 45.1
Belize 41.4
US Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala 38.5
Saint Kits and Nevis 38.2
Zambia 38.0
Uganda 36.3
Malawi 36.0
Lesotho 35.2
Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
Colombia 33.4
South Africa 31.8
Congo 30.8
Central African Republic 29.3
Bahamas 27.4
Puerto Rico 26.2
Saint Lucia 25.2
Dominican Republic 25.0
Tanzania 24.5
Sudan 24.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia 22.5
Guinea 22.5
Dominica 22.1
Burundi 21.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama 21.6
Brazil 21.0
Equatorial Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau 20.2
Kenya 20.1
Kyrgyzstan 20.1
Cameroon 19.7
Montserrat 19.7
Greenland 19.2
Angola 19.0
Guyana 18.6
Burkina Faso 18.0
Eritrea 17.8
Namibia 17.2
Rwanda 17.1
Mexico 16.9
Chad 15.8
Ghana 15.7
Ecuador 15.2
North Korea 15.2
Benin 15.1
Sierra Leone 14.9
Mauritania 14.7
Botswana 14.5
Zimbabwe 14.3
Gabon 13.8
Nicaragua 13.6
French Guiana 13.3
Papua New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland 12.9
Bermuda 12.3
Comoros 12.2
Nigeria 12.2
Cape Verde 11.6
Grenada 11.5
Paraguay 11.5
Barbados 11.3
Togo 10.9
Gambia 10.8
Peru 10.8
Myanmar 10.2
Russia 10.2
Liberia 10.1
Costa Rica 10.0
Nauru 9.8
Bolivia 8.9
Mozambique 8.8
Kazakhstan 8.8
Senegal 8.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia 8.7
British Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman Islands 8.4
Seychelles 8.3
Madagascar 8.1
Indonesia 8.1
Mali 8.0
Pakistan 7.8
Moldova 7.5
Kiribati 7.3
Guadeloupe 7.0
Haiti 6.9
Timor-Leste 6.9
Anguilla 6.8
Antigua and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania 6.6
Uruguay 5.9
Philippines 5.4
Ukraine 5.2
Estonia 5.2
Cuba 5.0
Belarus 4.9
Thailand 4.8
Suriname 4.6
Laos 4.6
Georgia 4.3
Martinique 4.2
And
The United States 4.2
ALL the countries above America have 100% gun bans
BIKERNET OPENS FISHING RESORT– I went fishing one morning to check out our new pond, but after a short time I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bass bait.
Knowing the snake couldn’t bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit.
I released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.
A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. It was that damn snake, with two more frogs.
–from Rik Savenko
ACE CAFÉ REPORT IN FROM LONDON–Mod n’ Mini Night Gig – 4th April
The Sha La La’s Mod band will be playing originals and covers, and promoting their new track (Keep On) Risin’ Up To Love, supported by The High-s, at the Ace on Thursday 4th April’s Mod n’ Mini Night ( 6pm – 11pm). Free Entry.
In the year Bradley Wiggins helped put Mod and 6Ts style back on the international stage, it’s nice to know there are a few bands out there determined to add a new spin and twist to a time-served musical force.
And just a month after the latest deluxe re-issues featuring The Jam, on the strength of The Sha La La’s (Keep on) Risin’ up to love EP, the flame still burns.
Think back to the urgency of Weller, Foxton and Buckler’s first LP In The City, and speed 35 years forward (yes, it’s that long) to find a similarly-driven trio inspired by that spirit of classic soul and high-octane guitar-based r’n’b.
Where The Jam’s seminal debut material showcased everyone from Small Faces and The Who through to Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, all that and more is woven into the grooves of this South-East three piece’s latest output.
Lead track (Keep On) Risin’ Up To Love has shades of The Who’s I Can’t Explain and the feel of a Weller classic, and you could so easily see Otis giving this fine track his all on Ready Steady Go way back when.
Losin’ It has a touch of a James Taylor Quartet cover of a long-forgotten TV theme, but with added zip and plenty of old Motown, Atlantic, Northern Soul and Stax magic.
AND HERE’S MY HORROR STORY WITH SUM GOOD ADVICE TO ALL CHEVY DRIVERS—The Houston street warriors hit my suburban last Tue while Naylor & I were 20 ft away having dinner in Memphis. Popped the door lock & bypassed alarm. There was another truck between me, sitting in a picture window, & my truck.
I had just rolled in from Houston -unhooked from RV & luckily -had only ONE Colt pistol in it . NO CAMERAS – thank GOD.
They also got my “hippy purse”- with 20+ credit cards -two check books – cards from 4 banks-all my keys-a gold necklace & diamond cross. And since Mon was a DAMN holiday when we left for trip – i had $3,200+ cash in it to deposit the next day in memphis from the gun show just finished.
They also grabbed Tammy’s clothes bag from the back . She had to fly Thur. morn to N C for a ER bike show. It was fully packed with all her staff uniform shirts -favorite jeans – new christmas boots – work shoes – all new makeup – etc etc-
(think she madder than me)
Needless to say I’ve been on phone for two days with card folks & at two banks – what a nightmare.
Just a heads up for anyone you know who drives a Chevy. THE FACTORY ALARM IS BYPASSED by taking a big screwdriver and popping out door key lock- going thru it and turning off and unlocking it.
I have fixed the problem with a $600+ SUPER ALARM.
If they touch my truck – horns starts honkin’ and if they do any serious bump or anything -very loud horns – sirens – lights flashin – will wake up a city block- also up to a mile away my remote goes off flashin buzzin & vibrating- showing me exactly what has been touched – bumped- opened -etc.
Next week I will add the I-phone addition- will immediately call me and show same as above. Will also show where truck is on a map -as it moves – will move on map-I can also start truck or open doors where it sits, while I may be anywhere else in the world.
I also still have the factory alarm & a 3rd “battery alarm siren” – in case they think they smart & cut alarm wire -or battery wires.
This is a separate siren alarm bolted to truck & cannot be turned off by them- even if unbolted & thrown down street- it will scream for 2+ hrs.
–the infamous Billy Tinney
Side note: Identity theft “heads-up” from AOL’s Daily Finance:
Identity Theft’s Taxing New Trend: Scammers Are After Your Tax Refund – DailyFinance
–Billy Tinney
8th ANNUAL GRAYBEARD PRODUCTIONS THUNDER IN THE PARK/FOX VALLEY MOTORCYCLE SHOW & SWAPMEET–
Car Show and a 100 Mile Poker Run that will be held on Saturday June 1st Noon to 10pm and a 14 class Motorcycle show on Sunday June 2nd 10am to 6pm.
Celebrities,Vendors,Bands,Food,Beer, and Raffles. Fun for the entire family! FREE ADMISSION rain or shine at South Park-West South Park Avenue and Georgia St Oshkosh Wisconsin.
All to benefit Childrens’ Charities.
For more information visit www.graybeardproductions.org or call Doug at (920) 426-2791.
This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
–Rogue
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
www.bikerrogue.com
So which legislator is going to vote for a change and cut their retirement in half? Hello. They probably slipped this retirement adjustment into a bill about abandoned babies and no one noticed.–Renegade
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BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL EDITOR TOURS CHINA’S SUMMER PALACE AND THE GREAT WALL–Just got back today from the great wall – it is great. Need to be in shape – two hours up and down steep stairs Had to get up early 6:45 am for the tour bus – it’s about two hours out.
Also stopped at the Ming Tombs – buried family of Ming Empire. These Emperors sure collected lots of stuff and built lots of stuff too.
It has been cold – very cold. I am covered five layers deep today. It snowed here a few days back and some is still on the street.
People have all been very friendly and helpful for the most part. The Chinese seem to have an inherent dismissive disposition.
I have had two very helpful tour guides I met online. One took me to all those palaces on Friday. Today I went with an organized group tour – $26 USD
Lots of Mc D’s – Starb – Piz Hut – and KFC plus others
Today was pretty hazy when we came back down the mountain.
Chinese food is not up to Americanized version in most cases.Today was a very good provided lunch – best meal so far. Lots of dishes served family style on the lazy susan table.
Got “robbed” at the airport exchanging 100 usd for 540 Yuan. I got 610 at the bank – but I needed the local currency. Wasn’t as bad as the holdup in Rome – where they hit me for 20%
My room is pretty decnet – and VERY warm – have to open the window. Small but very clean and neat – newer – quiet in best Embassy area.
It’s a bargain at $50 – most in this area are over $100
One block to a major foreigner bar area – but looks way too touristy. I just pass by it all trying to dodge the touts.
Also next to a highend mall – the Apple store is all glass and mobbed.
Had a beer and a salad at a German place came to 75Y=$13 6Y/$. Just had – some soup and chinese version of goyza $2.00 for both.
It was a little Mom dive near the hotel on the back street
Last night was a bigger local place – spaghetti like noodles and meatball sou; 37Y.
Very busy looking popular with the locals – included a cup of tea.
Tea is not automatic and free here – you usually get a pot of hot water tea is extra.
The “guide” on the first day tried to pay for much of our day. As the girl on the next day was very insistent on paying for most. I couldn’t even shove money in her purse – quite hospitable.
Taxi at airport was full of scammers as usual – one tried for 400Y. I knew that 100 would be more than the meter and found an honest guy for that.
Taxis are actually reasonably cheap here – fares are only a few dollars for a short ride.
Had Peking duck at the high end place Friday – very good meal there also.
It is on the street of a thousand steps – that’s how long it is..
It looks like something Disney would make – a Chinese version of Main Street.
Speaking of Disney – we went by a bankrupt beginnings of a Disneyland here.
The in room internet is kinda slow to boot up and dodgy on performance a few hiccups.
The stores and malls still have Christmas decorations up even though they don’t do Xmas.
ISOTUT
–Art Hall
Supreme Editor in Charge of all International Editorial Relations for Bikernet
BIKERNET 5-Ball RACING WHEELER REPORT–
Adrenaline Junky File
*2nd Grand Child, It’s A Boy in June
*Ice Racing in Sweden* Feb, 15-16 ….http://landracing.se
*Dry Lakes Racers Australia* D R L A Speed Week Feb. 18-22 ….www.dlra.org.au
*Texas Mile* March 22-24 ….www.texasmile.net
*Ohio Mile 2013* April 27-28 June 8-9 July 6-7 Sept. 28-29 ….www.ecta-lsr.com
*Loring Maine* The Maine Event July 12-14 ….www.lta-lsr.com
*Bonneville, El Mirage, SCTA* ….198 Days….August 10-16, 2013* ….www.scta-bni.org
*BUB Speed Trials* August 24-29, 2013* ….www.speedtrialsbybub.com/
*Mojave Mile* Tentative dates, April, 20-21, October, 5-6 ….www.mojavemile.com
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All Aboard!
Yet another stellar week haulin’ ass through space aboard spaceship earth, destination unknown? Other than the upcoming Mojave Mile, April 20-21 wrapped in a set of bad ass black Vanson Leathers, 5-Ball on the back, with my ass glued to the saddle aboard our two wheeled 5-Ball Racing Teams 124 cubic inch Twin Cam Turbo Charged Rocket we call Raycer.
The photo above is Rocky Robinson on the left the fastest two-wheeled pilot on earth today, on the right your resident adrenaline junky. With all of the events and race tracks listed you might consider adding a Land Speed event to your bucket list.
You too, will be offered the opportunity to become a hopelessly addicted adrenaline junky of the highest caliber, pure unadulterated massive amounts of adrenaline. I’m stepping off of my give-it-hell-soap box and on to the news.
Everyday this past week has been an ass kicker of sorts from the crack of dawn until midnight getting ready for the V-Twin show in cold ass, windy on occasion, Cincy next week end. Monday hauled ass out of the Bikernet headquarters destination Lyndall Racing Brakes located about 45 minutes South on the 405 to sticker and package the finest friction material available for all of your braking needs from steel rotors to Lyndall’s stellar Composite rotors. Ask your local dealers to stop by the Lyndall booth, #6 to check out the latest in friction materials and Composite Rotors with a patented lug drive system. We’ll run a special report about friction materials and rotors in the upcoming weeks.
The team at Metalsport display in booth #454 will include the latest in Big Wheels, a 30-inch wheel, matching lug drive carriers and a nuts on Composite rotor. While the crew at Colorado Custom machine the perfect matching carriers.
Had the extreme pleasure of spending time with Kiwi Mike and his crew while we loaded displays and materials for the V-Twin Show. The Kiwi crew rolls East bound Monday morning with a load of the latest motorcycle treasures.
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Another big day planned for Sunday, it’s almost time to fly out of LAX one more time on Friday morning. See ya in Cincy at the show.
Haul Ass!
Ride for your Life!
–Ray C Wheeler
Performance Editor
wheeler@bikernet.com
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OFFICIAL BIKERNET WINTER POETRY–
I get this poem every winter & every winter I love re-reading it.
It’s a beautiful poem and very well written.
A poem by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre
SHIT
IT’S COLD
The End.
–Harvey Tow
THIS JUST IN, NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT–
5-Ball Racing 2012: Chapter 7 The Street Dyna
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10549
Great article. I have worked with Ron Williams a few times over the years and find his service to be extremely satisfactory, usually going above and beyond to get the ultimate rider experience.
He’s set out on his own and here’s a link to get in touch with
–Tank
Lakeway, TX
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, Word of the Day for Saturday, January 26, 2013–
antipathetic an-ti-puh-THET-ik, adjective:
1. Opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy: They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes .?2. Causing or likely to cause antipathy: The new management was antipathetic to all of us.
— D. H. Lawrence, Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation
— China Miéville, Kraken
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CAPONE RACING & TEAM HEADBLADE–
Off season from racing is not a time for meditation and relaxation, it’s time to get new parts, sometimes new paint, make deals with sponsors, and set the season’s calendar.
In 2012 Frank Capone of Capone Racing won his first National Championship in the Pro Mod class with AHDRA. Capone and Shaun Reno, Team HeadBlade set numerous records with AHDRA. Capone had intended to defend that Championship this season when the news came about the demise of that long time sanction.
Both teams now plan to pursue records and Championships with the AMRA and will run NHRA Screamin’ Eagle divisionals on the East Coast and Midwest and possibly the NHRA finals in Las Vegas, NV.
“We encourage our friends and fans to make this conversion with us, it’ll be new tracks and new competition and we’re ready,” says Capone.
March 23-24 AMRA State Capitol Raceway, Baton Rouge, LA
April 12-13 NHRA Virginia Motorsports Park, Petersburg, Va.
April 27-28 AMRA Beech Bend Raceway,NO TF or Nitro Funnybike, Bowling Green, KY
May 17-19 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk Oh
May 30-June 2 AMRA Mason Dixon Dragway, Hagerstown, Md.
June 29-30 AMRA Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, KY
July 19-21 NHRA New England Dragway, Epping, N.H.
July 27-28 AMRA Kil-Kare Raceway, Xenia, OH
Sept. 20-21 NHRA Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tn
Sept. 28-29 AMRA Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, KY
Oct. 31-Nov. 3 NHRA The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nv.
Capone’s team consists of Mark Godin, Richard Murray, Craig Fisher, Lorne Buchanan and Katy Miller.
Capone Racing sponsors and friends supporting Capone’s record breaking season include: G&G Engineering, DAS Performance, L. Buchanan Co., Gannos Machine, Energy One Clutches, Vanson Leathers and all the staff at Capone Landscape.
Capone can be reached at:
facjr88@yahoo.com
781-224-0700
www.caponeracing.com
Reno’s team includes his wife, Kim; crew chief, Ricky Stewart, & Kelcie Edwards
Special thanks to: HeadBlade, Inc., Hampton Roads Harley Davidson, Energy One Clutches, SA (Steve Allstaedt) Racing
Reno can be reached at:
renoscc@cox.net
phone (804)642-0554
ZIPPERS AND THE V-TWIN EXPO–The V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, OH is the World’s premier event for networking, connecting and growing with partners in the American V-Twin Industry.
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HOT NEW BIKERNET READER COMMENT–
V-TWIN EXPO PLANNING NEWS FOR JANUARY 24, 2013
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=10879
Re; Bikers for Gun rights.
I suggested to Hammer to see about having it in conjunction with the MRF Bikers inside The Beltway ride on May 16th. Could you imagine the turnout!
http://www.mrf.org/2013/BIB/BIB_2013.pdf
–rigger
Southern Maryland, MD
POWERESPORT INSTITUTE AT OHIO’S TECHINICAL COLLEGE OFFERS COURSES– the PowerSport Institute is headquartered in Cleveland, OH and offers courses including the new American V-Twin Specialist, PowerSport Specialist and an expanded 72-week PowerSport Technician programs.
In late 2009, the S&S Engine training center was completed at PSI to provide training on S&S Engines as part of the Custom Bike Building program, and the Associate of Applied Science in PowerSport Technology program was approved. The degree program added an academic component to the curriculum, making PSI one of the only colleges in the world to offer a degree in power sports. For more information visit www.psi-now.com or call 1-877-611-9841.The PSI road crew can be seen this coming weekend at the IMS tour stop in Cleveland, Ohio.
As always, your continued support of our clients and Pro Riders Marketing is sincerely appreciated. If you need further information or content to facilitate use of the PR, or for any reason, please feel free to contact me any time, 24/7.
–Joe Distefano
BRAND NEW RIVERA-PRIMO CATALOG–2013/14 Proprietary 40th Anniversary Mini Catalog HOT OFF THE PRESS!!!
Our new 2013/14 Proprietary Mini 40th Anniversary Catalog is ready to go out to all our dealers. At 5 1/4″ X 7″ it makes the perfect hand-out, easily carried even on a motorcycle. If you want to give your customers information on one of the best selling, best quality product lines in the industry, now is the time.
If you snooze, you lose!!
Just email us back with the quantities you want and we will send out the Mini Catalog for you to distribute to your valued customers at your counter.
–from Drew
ANNUAL SUPER BOWL PARTY AT THE SFV CLUBHOUSE– on Sunday Feb. 3rd, 2013. Clubhouse open to friends at12:30
SFV 81 support merchandise is available AND SFV Engraved Brick orders can be made.
Pot Luck style, but if you cannot bring food: No Worries, No stress!!
Please come with/without food!
**SUPER BOWL starts @ 4:30pm**
Clubhouse address: 9323 Franklin Street Chatsworth 91311
Here is a link to the NFL Super Bowl Site, check it out for this years Super
Bowl Game
ANOTHER ONE DOWN—I don’t like to be political. I like to build motorcycles, ride free, and be left alone. I don’t get all this conflict. I joke that the school moms are taking over society. I especially don’t get the media. I ask agent Zebra if the government plans to hit on the first admendment—Free Speech. Here is his response:
They are going after the First Amendment already. Have you read any of the new articles by columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner George Will, in the Washington Post? But to really go after the First Amendment, you have to first remove the enforcement clause of the Bill of Rights. Which, we both know is the Second Amendment.—Agent Zebra
It’s all nuts, but we need to be involved. The absolute best thing you can do, would be to immediately join your local motorcycle rights association. They will keep you informed. Of course you can also join the NRA.
I don’t know how anyone can paint a membership driven gun club that supports freedom as the bad guy. But what the hell do I know. I believe in Freedom. If I die because of it, at least I died for something.
Okay, so tomorrow we will launch this wild Girl of Bikernet, then Rogue’s Twin-Cam bearing tech, then an interview with Simon Scott, the new owner of the Big Bear brand. This article will hopefully clear up some concerns about BBC. Then I’ll dive into a couple of very cool features, then a tech on Centramatic balancers, and another one on Digital Dawg keyless ignition. Since my Mudflap girls is coming apart, I’ll make all the changes, and you’ll see all the installations on Bikernet.
Next week will bring V-Twin Expo plans and travels, then the mighty Super Bowl. Hang on!
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
