Hey,
I learn something everyday whether I like it out not. I’ve just about fired up my new/old Delta belt sander and band saw. Here’s what John Reed advised about my poor blade selection:
You can get a blade welder, you buy a bulk length of blade cut it to length, put it in the welder and it joins each end, then you have to heat the weld red, and let it cool, to anneal it.
Rutland tools sell lengths of starett band saw blades in specific lengths,and come to a crunch you can get your saw blade the right length, grind each end so it chamfers to a razor edge about 1/4″ in on each end of blade,put some silver solder flux and warm it with a gentle negative acetyline/oxy flame until it melts, ( just under red) and touch it with just enough silver solder to let itcapillary across the surface, hold each end together with some flux, heat it, and it will join, and grind the side so its the same thickness all over.
I’m still trying to reverse the reversible motor for the belt sander. Check out the cart we built. First we had to wrestle it away from a local homeless cat. I better get to the news before I get into trouble. Then I’ll tell you about my ’48 Panhead tune-up:
SOCAL MOTORCYCLE LANDMARK BECOMES 100TH BIG DOG DEALER–Anaheim, California – LifeStyle Cycles is pleased to announce that as of May 18th, they have become Big Dog Motorcycles’ 100th Dealer! This major announcement comes right on the heels of LifeStyle Cycles becoming a certified S&S Pro Tuning Center. “Becoming the 100th Big Dog dealer is a really big deal for us,” said LifeStyle Cycles’ owner Mark “Junior” Skolnick. “Our customers have been asking for Big Dog bikes, and we’ve known they are one the premier brands of custom production motorcycles around. The timing for this strategic alliance couldn’t have been more perfect, and being the 100th Big Dog Dealer is icing on the cake! Once word got out, we had customers calling to pre-order Big Dog bikes from us ? it’s amazing!”
Big Dog Motorcycles feels the same way. “LifeStyle Cycles has an incredible reputation with both manufacturers and consumers in the industry, and we’re excited an honored to have them on board as a Big Dog’s 100th Dealer.” says John Nasi, head of Big Dog’s National Dealer Development.
LifeStyle Cycles is carrying the complete line of Big Dog Production Custom Motorcycles including the K-9, Chopper, Ridgeback, Mastiff and Pit Bull as well as parts, accessories and the Big Dog Motorcycles line of apparel.
LifeStyle Cycles 21,000 square-foot facility is located at 1534 N. State College Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92806. (714) 490-0155. They carry 5 major brands of custom production motorcycles, including Big Dog. You can visit them online at www.lifestylecycles.com.
FOUR CORNERS RALLY IN THE ROCKIES CHANGES LOCATION–The Four Corners Rally in the Rockies Motorcycle Rally, the annual Labor Day Weekend event drawing hundreds of thousands of bikers to the Four Corners Region the past thirteen years, has announced the 2006 event will be held at Echo Basin Ranch – West of Durango, Colorado. Each year the Rally has grown in size and the facility in Ignacio will no longer hold the record crowds that attend and the campers that want to stay on the grounds where the events are held.
Echo Basin Ranch is the same distance from Durango as Ignacio, but in the opposite direction. Echo Basin boasts better facilities, and more room with shaded camping on privately owned land, which will make for a better rally. Echo Basin sits to the North of Highway 160 between Durango and Cortez.
“I think it?s going to be awesome,” said Echo Basin owner Dan Bjorkman. “We have the perfect venue for this. We have a huge amphitheater that accommodates over 10,000 people on pastured ground, so even when there’s bad weather everyone’s not stomping around in the mud. We also have a lot of excellent camping. People can camp in the trees at the base of 13,000-foot peaks, over looking Mesa Verde National Park. We think it’s a great location, and we?re welcoming everybody who comes here for the rally.”
“Echo Basin is a fantastic venue,” Bradshaw said. “It will provide us with a far superior location and facilities, and allow us to continue all the activities that are a part of our rally. It is the same distance from Durango as Ignacio, so I don’t expect Durango to be affected by the move. Plus there is almost five times more dry camping area for RV’s and for motorcycle tent campers.”
For additional information, Contact Dan Bradshaw:888-901-7701, or info@rallyrockies.com
–The Rally
WINTER RIDING TIPS–We’re about to launch a story on winter riding tips. I know it’s summer, but not in Australia. Here’s a teaser:
Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack’s van and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard.
So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.
“I realize it’s terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I’m recently widowed,” she explained. “I’m afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house.”
“Don’t worry,” Jack said. “We’ll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we’ll be gone at first light.” The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night.
Next morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.
But about nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a fewminutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend.
Later that day, Jack dropped in on Bob and asked, “Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North about 9 months ago?”
“Yes, I do.” said Bob
“Did you, e r uh, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?”
“Well, um, yes,” Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. “I have to admit that I did.”
“And did you happen to use my name instead of actually telling her yours?”
Bob’s face turned beet red and he said, “Yeah, look, I’m sorry, buddy. I’m afraid I did.” “Why do you ask?”
“She just died and left me everything.”
(And you thought the ending would be different, didn’t you?)
–from Art Friedman
WEST COAST CHOPPERS OFFERS POLISHING SERVICES–West Coast Choppers offers the same quality motor polishing found on Jesse’s bikes. Contact mailto:simo@westcoastchoppers.com and while you are at it visit our shop on line at www.westcoastchoppers.com.
BUILD-YOUR-OWN CUSTOM TANK–If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at custom fabrication, here’s a perfect starting point. Pro-One has just released a collection of WELD YOUR OWN FUEL TANK KITS that provide the perfect baseline for designing and fabricating your own custom gas tank. The kits are sold with components shown including side panels, bottom plates, tunnel, brackets and even a pop-up custom cap. Available in 3 styles, Frankentank, Tear Drop and Dagger Style, the kits can be modified and altered to your personal taste and requirements.
Retail on for the WELD YOUR OWN TANK KITS is $549.95. For complete details call 800-884-4173 visit www.pro-one.com.
BIKERPICS.ORG CHECKS IN–Thanks for posting all of those images & my banner. Last night alone I received 507 unique visits, which have to be a result of my banner in Bandit’s Cantina alone. They stayed on a while too, because the hits from those visits totaled 47,542. As soon as I receive your banner it will be hung, I’m not sure where at the moment, but in a great place. I have a meeting tonight with my I.T. guy so the page will look a bit different soon.
–Jack
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TOPPERS FROM MR. BOLT–Did you know that those H-D fastener caps are available to the public. They make a line of fastener caps that are guaranteed. If you lose one, it chips or discolors, they’ll replace it. They are currently available through our fastener connection, DMP enterprises. Here’s more info:
My name is Derek and I own a fastener/metal finishing shop in Chatsworth, CA. We are a dealer for Gardner Westcott, Chrome Hardware Supply, Colony Machine and Midwest Acorn Nut. We also supply a complete line of stainless and polished stainless. We offer custom package kits for small to large companies.
–Derek
818 775-9804 or 1888 mrbolts
“DMP Enterprises, Inc.” info@dmpolish.com
NEW EXHAUST PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES–About 750,000 people die from urban air pollution every year around the world, and an estimated 75% of global air pollution is attributable to internal combustion engines. More countries are pushing forward on stricter emission control programs. However, to many auto manufacturers and drivers, advanced exhaust processing technologies are still hard to afford.
CAT-MATE and ZEFS, Save the World Air’s (OTCBB: ZERO) proprietary technologies are highly affordable and effective solution to reduce emissions from a wide range of applications that are powered by internal combustion engines. A series of certified tests have proven that STWA technology is effective in reducing emissions from combustion engines by as much as 98%, improve overall power by 19% and enhance fuel efficiency up to 33%.
ZEFS products contain permanent rare-earth magnets, whose strong magnetic fields induce a molecular change in the fuel, and hence enable the engine to achieve a more efficient burn, better performance and a significantly lower production of toxic compounds. CAT-MATE structures with specifically shaped steel rings that aligned with the flow of exhaust before and/or after the catalytic substrate, facilitates an accelerated heat rise in the converter. The engine then experiences quicker ignition and improved heat retention in the converter.
Both products are highly cost effective to the end user, inexpensive to produce and easy to install on a wide range of applications including: motorcycles, marine vehicles, lawn equipment, generators, etc. Earlier this year, a ZEFS device was applied to a Chinese-manufactured carbureted motorcycle and results surpassed EURO3, the world’s toughest emission standards.
Save the World Air has entered into several distribution agreements in the U.S. and Asia and will continue to explore opportunities in the U.S., Canada, Southeast Asia, Australasia, Latin America and Europe.
Web: http://www.ccgir.com
E-mail:Mabel.Zhang@ccgir.com
HOW TO INSTALL a wireless security system–Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men’s used work boots, a reallybig pair. Put them outside your front door on top of a copy of Guns andAmmo magazine.
Put a dog dish beside it, a really big dish. Leave a note onyour front door that says something like “Bubba, Big Mike and I have goneto get more ammunition – back in 1/2 an hr. Don’t disturb the pit bulls.They’ve just been wormed and are a little edgy.”
–from Art Friedman
VON DUTCH KUSTOM CYCLES SELECTED TO BUILD STURGIS 2006 BIKE–Von Dutch Kustom Cycleswww.vondutchkustomcycles.com has been unanimously selected by the SturgisChamber of Commerce to build the official custom bike for the 2006 SturgisMotorcycle Rally.
Von Dutch Kustom Cycles, with it’s winning bike design, theCruelworld Softail Chopper, was awarded this prestigious honor, beating outnumerous motorcycle companies, manufacturers, OEM’s and custom builders. Thebike, which has been built for the 66th Annual Sturgis Rally, will be raffledoff for charity through the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundationand Sturgis Rally Charities. Raffle tickets will be available online at http://www.sturgisrallyraffle.com.
“We are excited and humbled to receive this distinguished honor,” saysVDKC COO and Chief Designer, Alex Mardikian. “Von Dutch Kustom Cycles wasbuilt on the principle of ‘Kustom Kulture.’ We plan to use this opportunitythat the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce has graciously bestowed upon us, to helpeducate the motorcycle community about Kustom Kulture, and why it is relevantto us and our fellow bike builders and enthusiasts.”
Kustom Kulture is a movement that started in 1950-60’s car and motorcycleculture and continues today. The concept at the basis of this principle isthat everyone is an individual with their own sense of style that reflectstheir personality. Kustom Kulture is an ideology that allows people toexpress themselves through the artistry of their vehicles. Von Dutch KustomCycles has infused elements of Kustom Kulture into the bike that they havebuilt for the 66th Annual Black Hills Rally.
Visit Von Dutch Kustom Cycles online at www.vondutchkustomcycles.com.
ROYAL ENFIELD CLASSIC MOTORWORKS SUMMER PICNIC–Come join us on June 23 – 25 for ourFirst Royal Enfield Family Reunion andOpen House held at our new headquartersin Faribault, Minnesota. It’s just 45 minutessouth of Minneapolis on I-35W.
There is no charge for the event or for food,but you do need to RSVP to save a spot foryour self and/or your party.
Here’s the schedule:Friday June 23 Afternoon: Arrive at our fair city and attend the open house. (Dinner will be supplied.)
Saturday June 24 Morning: Technical sessions, tours, open house, garage sale, discounts on all parts and accessories, and free shipping on all items purchased here.
Saturday Afternoon: We have an organized ride on wonderful roads ending up at an Antique Motorcycle Swap Meet and Show in a neighboring town (about 30 miles away) for an afternoon of fun.
Saturday Evening: Dinner will be supplied, door prizes awarded and fellowship had by all.
Sunday, June 25: Goodbyes and your last chance to shop.
Give us a call at 800-201-7472, or e-mail us atmailto:customerservice@enfieldmotorcycles to reserve.
All bikes and brands are welcome.
DESIGN-YOUR-OWN DERBY & INSPECTION COVERS– These latest DERBY and INSPECTUION COVERS from PRO-ONE allow you to design your own personalized covers based on a variety of interchangeable base caps and custom inserts. Machined from 6061 T6 billet aluminum and, show chrome plated or black anodized, the unique covers can be ordered engraved with the PRO-ONE design of your choice or with a smooth finish. Pick up a chrome and black base along with several different inserts and the possible combinations are staggering.
Super looks and superior quality make these unique covers the hot ticked for a quick change of face.
Applications cover 1970 through present models. For complete details call 800-884-4173 or visit www.pro-one.com
PRO-ONE PERFORMANCE BRAKING–No matter if you’re building a ground up chopper or just want to personalize and your factory ride, PRO-ONE has a unique brake set up to meet your needs. From custom engineered assemblies designed specifically for right side drive machines to an awesome collection of billet front and rear calipers and hangers these components offer the latest in high performance brake technology and sanitary clean appearance.
PRO-ONE also manufactures one of the largest selections of custom rotors. No matter what look you’re after they have a rotor that is sure to be “just right”. Check out these examples and give them a call at 800-84-4173 for complete details.
Be sure to catch their current line of accessories and turn key custom motorcycles at www.pro-one.com
BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT–Copper Real Radio Bike from Orlando Florida.
Ride Hard,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
mailto:soffordphotos@comcast.net
AMERICAN IRONHORSE AND DALLAS MAVERICKS RAISE $23,000 FOR MAVS FOUNDATION– FORT WORTH, Texas (June 14, 2006) American IronHorse® Motorcycle Co. has teamed with the NBA Championship Finalist team the Dallas Mavericks to raise more than $23,000 for the Mavericks Foundation. The funds were raised through a four-month raffle of a Mavs-themed motorcycle built by American IronHorse. The lucky winners of the charity bike raffle are Jaime and Frieda Chacon of Rhome, Texas.
“The American IronHorse motorcycle raffle has helped make this milestone year even more special for the Dallas Mavericks,” said Donnie Nelson, President of Basketball Operations and General Manager for the Mavericks. “We are very pleased to have the community support of American IronHorse.”
American IronHorse also has a new marketing deal with the Mavericks, making it an official team sponsor with select advertising and ringside rights. The deal has already helped put the American IronHorse logo front and center in national media coverage. Outlets such as the ESPN TV network and Sports Illustrated Magazine have captured the American IronHorse logo during their regular season coverage of Mavericks games.
The Dallas Mavericks raffle bike will be appearing at various Dallas Mavericks activities in the coming months. It made a special appearance at the American Airlines Center on Sunday June 11 before the launch of the NBA Championship Game 2 of the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Miami Heat.
“We bought four tickets at a game during the regular season. I just can’t tell you how absolutely stunned we are to win this bike,” said Jaime Chacon. “We are huge Mavs fans and we’re so proud of all that the team has accomplished this year. I wasn’t a motorcycle rider before this, but I am now.”
The Mavericks bike is an American IronHorse® Legend chopper model with a custom paint scheme featuring the team colors of midnight blue, white, blue and silver, along with the Mavericks logo. This special edition bike also has a custom seat made from Spalding leather, a six-speed transmission, and a 111 cubic inch engine that produces 110 horsepower at the rear wheel.
Proceeds from the American IronHorse charity bike raffle benefited the Dallas Mavericks Foundation’s education and health programs for youth.
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