July, 13, 2008 Part 2

BIKERNET SUNDAY POST CONCLUSION

Continued From Page 1

BIKERNET NEW FISHING CAMP–Had a cancellation this weekend, so I’m packin up the glide, grabbin my honey, and goin ridin’ for a couple of days. Gonna pretend I’m rollin into Hollister like a Bad Ass…. Have a great weekend if you are goin up there..

–E Man… out.. <((((><
“Bamfield Sportfishing
tyee4u@telus.net>

P.S. Attatched is my new Logo. People are eating it up. Selling shirts faster than I can have them made…. I’ve got a Triple XL put aside for you…

NEW BRASS BALLS CUSTOMER–Hey Bandit, When you ran the feature on the Brass Balls Retro Chopper over a year ago I knew I’d found the bike and the builders I’d been looking for. I subsequently exchanged e-mails with Dar Holdsworth and finally met him and Sam Willis at this year’s V Twin Expo just up the road from me in Cincy.

I’m attaching pix of the result of that meeting. To say I’m pleased is a big understatement. There are no two finer people in the motorcycle business than Dar and Sam and the pix shows what they can turn out for us long legged guys.

Thanks for the feature that started the ball rolling on this baby and for all you and the Bikernet crew do to promote our passion.

–Doc
Lexington,Ky.

OFFICIAL BIKERNET BROUHAHA SCHEDULE–The following schedule was developed and blessed by the Bikernet official Events board of Directors and sanctioned by the Queen of Thunder Road and her 500 subordinates. I’m not sure the Queen of the Sturgis Rally has reviewed it or even checked our uniforms and haircuts. There’s more inspections ahead. Keep your fingers crossed that we pass.

brou?ha?ha n
a noisy commotion or uproar (formal)
Encarta? World English Dictionary ? 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

9 am ? event opens: If we survived that, we’ll be okay for the rest of the day.

9 am ? 11 pm registration for bike shows (bikes stay in place 11 am to 6:30 pm): Registration is free, just be there for the prizes. Lots of magazine editor judges.

Bike Show 11 am to 6:30 pm

11 am ? 11:30 Tattoo Contest (walk up) cool prizes. This contest will be run by the notorious Ray Wheeler, the King of W8Less Rotors. Watch for him in the streets checking tattoos. The winners receive Torrian Leather Products.

11:30 ? 12:00 Fake Orgasm Contest: What can I say. I’m the judge since I’ve witness over 1000 actual orgasms. I think they were real?? 12:00 ? 1:15 pm Band Plays (throw out prizes on break)

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Honey I?m Home. We would also have a contest (with trophy) called ?Honey I?m home.? We will have a bed and a small wall section with a open window. The contest will be open to 10 people with bikes that can be kick- started. I’ve been banned from this contest.

The contestant starts out on the bed (in their shorts) next to one of our beautiful models. We make the sound of a slamming door and the MC yells ?Honey I?m home? which starts the clock.

The contestant jumps out of bed fear-stricken, puts on their pants, crawls through the window, pushes their motorcycles about 30 feet (which will take it out of the building) and the clock stops when they kick start the bike and it fires up.

We plan to add some surprises for the contestants to liven it up even more. Yeah right, like my 4th redheaded wife shows up.

2:15 pm ? 2:45 pm Wet T-Shirt Contest. I’m responsible for the nipple decals.

2:45 pm ? 3:15 pm Burn Out?s in the Burn Out Pit (for a complete set of Hard Khrome pipes) (put video link of winner on Bikernet). Contest to be held outside the Thunderdome in the World Strongest and Heaviest Burn-Out Pit.

3:15 pm ? 4:00 pm Tattoo Contest (winners featured on Bikernet). Torrian Leather apparel prizes.

4 pm ? 4:45 Band plays second set

4:45 pm ? 5:30 pm Bikernet Girl. A Ms. Bikernet girl will be chosen based on a combination of crowd support and task, such as recognizing bike bike parts, and answering some questions (that we make up) about the bike culture.

5:30 pm ? 6:15 pm Hard Rock Spotlight On? With Steve Tyler? It’s still a mystery. 6:15 pm ? 7 pm (we announce the winners of the bike show, present trophies, shoot features with bikes and winning girls etc)

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THE CLARION INN LOCATED IN GILLETTE, WY -NEED A PLACE TO STAY IN THE BADLANDS?– We have 159 rooms, including 13 suites, all newly remodeled. We have a large mineral pool (so no chlorine and no chlorine smell!) plus hot tub and steam room. All of our first-floor rooms have a door that opens to the parking lot and also a door to the inside hallway. We are totally non-smoking but have five pet-friendly rooms. This would be a great spot to rest and recover after a hot day in Sturgis.

Yes, that?s an indoor pool!

Enjoy the hot tub, a warm shower and room service for a relaxing evening or hit the town (Jake’s Tavern, Attitudes, Mingles) to continue the fun. For reservations, call 800-686-3368.

–Mary Kelley
The Clarion Inn & Convention Center
2009 S. Douglas Highway
Gillette, WY 82718
307-686-3000, Ext. 130
mkelley@wyhcc.com
www.clarionhotel.com

BIKE FEATURE COMING FOR BIKERNETMETRIC FROM EUROPE– We met in Vegas a few years ago at the AMD World Championships, I was there with Krugger. I recently completed a BMW Bobber, thought maybe you would like it for Bikernet Metric? I have a CD available with pics by Horst R?sler that I could send you (the bike won 10th place in the AMD European Championships) It will also be in the Horse #80, hope that is not a problem…

–Mark van der Kwaak
DBBP-Design
Meloenstraat 28
2321GZ Leiden
the Netherlands
t: +31715321337
f: +31205241558
info@dbbp.com
www.dbbp.com

NC SENATE CANDIDATE FIGHTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL HELMET TICKET– Jan MacKay, a candidate for Senate in NC State Senate District 15 , Wake County, is a freedom fighter for motorcycle rights. Jan was issued a helmet ticket three months prior to announcing her candidacy for the Senate. Her next scheduled court appearance is on July 29, 2008 at Wake County District Court, in downtown Raleigh, on the 5th floor.

?I am spending much of my time and energy fighting this, so that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of motorcyclists will not have to guess at how to comply with the vague helmet statute in the future. My defense will raise questions as to the unconstitutional aspects of the current helmet statute in North Carolina.

So far, all North Carolina officials I have contacted, including the Governors office, the Attorney Generals office, the NC DMV, the NC State Highway Patrol, the NC legislators, and the legislative drafting division, have been unable to provide a legitimate answer to motorcyclists for the following question:

How can motorcyclists ensure, with absolute certainty, that their helmet is compliant with federal motor vehicle safety standard FMVSS 218?? The federal government does not maintain a list of approved helmets, and by its? own admission, does not approve helmets. They do not test helmets prior to allowing them onto store shelves. The standard calls for manufacturers to ?self-certify? that each and every helmet they sell complies with the long list of requirements and specifications in FMVSS 218.

?If law enforcement suspects a helmet does not comply with the standard, rather than go after the manufacturer, they go after the consumer! This establishes a dangerous precedent, and should be of concern to every motorist and consumer. Imagine if they went after consumers to comply with all the hundreds of motor vehicle equipment items controlled by FMVSS. Then, imagine if the FDA did this! It would take responsibility from the drug manufacturers, putting a burden of compliance on anyone who legally uses prescription drugs.?

?Since the Governors office and the state legislators have no idea of how to answer that basic question of how to comply, for those lawful citizens who wish to abide by the statute, it is not right for them to leave this up to the citizens, and then ticket them for not complying. The NC helmet statute is vague, because it points to a standard which is not meant to be adhered to by consumers. At present, it is arbitrarily enforced using ad hoc determination by law enforcement who cannot test a helmet for compliance or non-compliance during a roadside stop. The federal and state governments are prevented from enacting legislation which makes them liable. Arbitrary and ad hoc enforcement is the basis for vague laws. Vague laws which people cannot abide by, with absolute certainty, are unconstitutional. Grayned v City of Rockford

The legislature failed the people when they adopted GS 20-140.4 and I am looking forward to a judicial solution. This is an issue of basic citizens rights to know, with certainty, what is lawful and what is not lawful.?

So far, Jan has been to court twice for the alleged infraction, which carries a $25 fine. The first time, the prosecution was not ready to proceed and there was no witness, so they said they would subpoena the state trooper. The second time, Jan and two assistant district attorneys appeared before Judge Joyce ?Joy? Hamilton, and the same thing happened. The state trooper was not present, and an ADA motioned for continuance, which was allowed. ?I like how Judge Hamilton reacted to the prosecution not being ready. She will allow them just one more chance to get the trooper to appear.

I do not want a dismissal. I want this to be adjudicated by a fair trial with concern for the Constitution.?

–Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005

FATBOB’S NEW TRUCK– Hey, How do you like this? It is a ’46 chevy pickup. I picked her up from a bro that told me twenty years ago He would sell it to me if he ever sold it. Good to his word.

The sporty is a xlh not a ch. I will have pics tomorrow and what the fuck? you can’t always get what you want but a 69 is a 69.

— FATBOB

BIKERNET RESTAURANT BUSTED– A man goes to the famous Lucas Carton (BANDIT’S CANTINA) restaurant in Paris with his girlfriend and orders the 1928 Mouton.

The waiter returns with a bottle full of wine, pours a small amount in the glass for tasting.

The customer picks up the glass, smells the wine, and puts it down on the table with a thud “This is not the 1928 Mouton.”

The waiter assures him it is, and soon there are another twenty people surrounding the table, including the chef and the manager trying to convince the man that the wine is the 1928 Mouton. Finally someone asks him how he knows that it is not the 1928 Mouton.

“My name is Phillipe de Rothschild and I make the wine.”

Finally, the original waiter steps forward and admits that he poured the Clerc Milon 1928. “I could not bear to part with our last bottle of 1928 Mouton. You know Clerc Milon, it is in the same village as Mouton, you pick the grapes at the same time, the same cepage, you crush in the same way, you put them into similar barrels. You bottle at the same time, you even use eggs from the same chickens to fine them. The wines are the same, except for a small matter of geographic location.”

Rothschild beckons the waiter forward, and whispers to him, “When you return home tonight, ask your girlfriend to remove her underwear. Put one finger in one opening, another finger in the other, then smell both the fingers. You will understand what difference a small distance in geographic location makes.”

–from Rogue www.bikerrogue.com

CHRIS KALLAS STEPS UP TO HELP WITH BANDIT’S SCULPTURE FOR MICHAEL LICHTER DISPLAY FOR THE STURGIS THUNDER DOME–This weekend I’ve spend pretending that I have artistic capabilities. Chris Kallas attempted to bail me out with some help with the wing. You’ll see more next Thursday in the news.

THAT’S IT–Let’s ride, chase women and relax. What the hell it’s Sunday. While you’re having a blast I’ll be welding this bastard for Michael Lichter’s display in Sturgis at the Thunder dome at Thunder Road, next to the Glencoe campgrounds. His austere art exhibit is housed in the same facility as our Brouhaha event, so you can’t miss it, if you come to our Bike Show, a full day of entertainment.