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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CUSTOM & PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLE SHOW BLOWS THE LID OFF LONG BEACH —The 15th annual Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend takes place July 15-16th 2006 at the Queen Mary Event Park in Long Beach / Los Angeles, as it continues its extraordinary growth and success having become the biggest Custom and Performance Street Motorcycle Show in America and possibly the World focused on the custom, cruiser and high performance sport / streetbike markets.
Many of the world’s top Pro and Amateur Builder street bike builders will be on hand to compete in the Performance Machine Calendar Show Bike Building Championship with a record breaking purse of our $70,000 in cash and awards.
This year’s Show Contest features 3 new classes including Street Chopper, Bar Hopper, plus the new RoadBike Magazine Metric Class located in the exciting new Roadbike Metric Midway featuring Japanese Cruisers, along with classes for European and Japanese Sportbikes. There will be a total of 10 Calendar Bike Building Championship Classes including the premier Radical Pro Builder Class sponsored by American Iron magazine with a $5,000 cash purse up for grabs, plus the coveted Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy.
Other Championship Classes feature contingency sponsorships by Jardine, Vance & Hines, Havoc Industries, American Iron and Iron Works magazines with winners receiving complete exhaust systems of their choice, magazine subscriptions, and other many other awards totaling $70,000. Not the least of which is the $5,000 product award for Best Performance Machine Equipped Bike at the show from the title sponsor.
Many of the class sponsors will be constructing unique one off trophies for 1st place, and in most other classes the Iron & Lace Calendar sponsor’s famous Mikuni Carburetor Desk Set awards will go out for 1st in each class, with 2nd and 3rd receiving the Show’s Engraved Liquor Flasks for the most unique and coveted awards from America’s premier Bike show.
DYNA HANDLING PROBLEMS–The Dyna rubber mounts are not the problem. The rubber mounts fail because they were not designed to take side loads. Erik Buell teaches in patent no. 4,776,423 and 6, 213,240 that rubber mounted motorcycles must have at least three stabilzer links connecting the powertrain unit to the frame to prevent lateral instability. The Dyna and V-Rod are manufactured with only ONE STABILIZER LINK.
TRUE-TRACK, suspension stabilization device for DYNA’s Part NO. 20-30 will eliminate front and rear motor mount failure, NOW. The TRUE-TRACK kit includes 2 units, a front stabilization device with a vertical travel limiter and a rear stabilization unit, for a total of three stabilizer links. Dyna handling will be greatly improved as well, it’s like riding a different motorcycle!
–Wil
NEW LAYBACK LICENSE PLATE AND TURN SIGNAL KIT–MILWAUKEE (May 29, 2006) – The new Layback License Plate and Turn Signal Relocation Kit (P/N 60215-06, $79.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories combines the popular Layback License Plate Mount with an integrated turn signal bar to add a stylish slant to the rear fender of Sportster and Dyna models. The kit relocates the original equipment bullet-style turn signals from the fender strut to a turn signal bar below the license plate, which also allows clearance for mounting saddlebags.
Layback License Plate and Turn Signal Relocation Kit fits 2004-later XL Sportster models and 2002-later Dyna models (except FXDWG), and includes all mounting hardware.
For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.
KNUCKLES, KNUCKLES, KNUCKLES–Here’s a new project bike from Rick Krost at U.S. Choppers. His Board Track Races will be on display at the L.A. Calendar Show on Sunday. Or you can see the feature on Bikernet.
U.S. Choppers
2039 S. Lyon St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-546-4699
Appointments Only Please
www.uschopper.com
J&P IN DAYTONA–Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL – Rural Iowa may not be known far and wide as a motorcycle Mecca.But that’s where J&P Cycles, a retail mail-order business for motorcycle parts and accessories, grew from a small mom and pop operation in 1979 to a mega-marketer with 300 employees today. Its 3-pound, 1,143-page catalog is one of the largest of its kind in the industry, according to founder John Parham, who owns the company with his wife, Jill.
When the time came to expand, however, J&P Cycles set its sights on the place known far and wide as a Harley-Davidson haven.”We chose Daytona because it’s a motorcycle town,” Parham said in a recent telephone interview from his Iowa headquarters.
Actually, he chose Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona, a burgeoning biker-themed retail, restaurant and lodging complex north of Ormond Beach at Interstate 95 and U.S. 1, that appears destined to become a year-round magnet for enthusiasts.
J&P Cycles broke ground in May for a 24,000-square-foot showroom with an 11,000-square-foot call center on the second floor. Earlier this month, the company also bought a 14,000-square-foot building, formerly occupied by Ocean Design Inc., at the Ormond Beach Airport Business Park for $1.15 million to use for storage.
“It’s an excellent location,” said Parham of Destination Daytona, where motorcycle magnate Rossmeyer has created what promises to be a veritable theme park for bikers. “We’re looking forward to getting open and working with Bruce and the rest of the merchants,” added the parts entrepreneur, who owns a home in Palm Coast as well as condos in Daytona Beach and Destination Daytona.
If all goes well, the new showroom will be completed in early January 2007, he said, and open for business by Bike Week in March
–from Rogue
POWERPACC EFI SUPER!–Doherty Machine has just released their latest version of the performance proven Power PACC intake system for all Delphi EFI equipped machines. This upgraded version incorporates numerous improvements that provide increased efficiency and longevity. Doherty’s snap in venture has been updated and machined specifically for the EFI application. This specially designed venturi creates an induction path which provides a 100% unobstructed air flow. The combination produces an increase in both horsepower and torque with overall gains of up to 15%!
Each system is CNC machined from solid billet and polished to a show quality finish. All associated hardware is polished aircraft quality stainless steel.
Easily installed the new POWERPACC EFI SUPER is compatible with stock or aftermarket, round and oval air cleaner covers. For complete details call 800-956-9409 and be sure to visit them on the Web at www.dohertymachine.com
IT?S BLAZING HOT, TIME TO QUIT THIS SHIT–I needed to head out to LA County Chop Rods to discuss my mid-shifting mechanism, call Barry Wardlaw from Accurate Engineering for advice and stop by California Harley, some parts had arrived. It?s smoking.
The weekend is Jammed with the LA Calendar show. We have the Avon display packed into the Bikernet Headquarters, I need to pick up powder coating from Foremost and the editor of American Iron is coming over for dinner tomorrow. Then it?s 7:00 show set-up Saturday morning.
So have a smokin? weekend. Stop by the booth if you?re near the show and have a helluva weekend if you?re not. Stay out of trouble goddamnit. Sturgis is just around the corner.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
