Not being afraid of hard work, we start our day enthusiastically with a cup of coffee and a list a mile long. By 10:00 or 11:00pm, we feel we?ve accomplished enough, and fall in to bed exhausted. This week however, we’re wore down. I don?t know if it was all the partying we did because of our weekend visitors, Helen Wolfe and Mailman, (I love you guys!), or the years worth of projects jammed in to a few days, but we are pooped. And the week isn?t over yet?
Today I get to do the news cause Bandit is in Los Angeles getting Billy Lane?s bike crated and on a plane to Hawaii for the 2nd Annual Choppers Only Show. Before that he attended his grandson?s graduation in Pico Rivera, (way to go Frankie!) and when he returns he has to work all night to finish the trophy for the ?Run For Breath?. We agreed this morning we need a change in plans; a plan that allows more time to relax?.. yeah right. Now for the news?
JESSE JAMES RIDES AGAIN IN DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S MOTORCYCLE MANIA 3–The Master Mechanic Shares His Feelings on Fame, Fortune and Fatherhood on Sunday, June 20, from 9-11 PM ET/PT –
Like his legendary namesake riding into the sunset, Jesse James mounts his custom-made chopper once again with Discovery Channel’s newest installment of MOTORCYCLE MANIA, biographical specials that have introduced Jesse to the world. MOTORYCLE MANIA 3: JESSE JAMES RIDESAGAIN makes its world premiere on the Discovery Channel on Sunday, June 20, at 9-11 PM ET/PT.
In this chapter, Jesse James, the legendary custom motorcycle maker and host of MONSTER GARAGE, recounts the recent events of his life, including the building of a new chopper using pure copper for himself, a covert journey into Iraq to visit the troops and an epic road trip across the border into Mexico with his friend Kid Rock.Jesse James also reveals the constant challenges that come along with his newfound celebrity status, including the constant demands of running his West Coast Choppers operation, building his bikes, selling his merchandise and hosting MONSTER GARAGE. Jesse must continually expand his business in order to manage it, which oftentakes him away from the very thing he loves to do most, build choppers.
Between his professional and personal responsibilities, Jesse labors to meet the delivery date of Kid Rock’s bike in addition to his own masterful copper creation in order to thunder across the deserts ofMexico and enjoy some peace and at least partial anonymity with a good friend. Viewers see how even the master mechanic himself has to learn a new trick or two, as Jesse decides to work with copper for the firsttime to build his one-of-a-kind motorcycle. The film captures the painstaking process by which Jesse sculpts and hand rivets everything from the copper fenders to the gas tank – learning a new medium and creating an unprecedented piece of motorcycle art along the way.
ZEN THOUGHTS FROM JOAN
3. It’s always darkest before dawn. So ifyou’re going to steal your neighbor’snewspaper, that’s the time to do it.
4. Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t bereplaced, you can’t be promoted.
5. No one is listening until you f a r t.
6. Always remember you’re unique. Justlike everyone else.
7. Never test the depth of the water withboth feet.
8. If you think nobody cares if you’re alive,try missing a couple of car payments.
9. Before you criticize someone, you shouldwalk a mile in their shoes. That way, whenyou criticize them you’re a mile away andyou have their shoes.
10. If at first you don’t succeed, skydivingis not for you.
11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for aday. Teach him how to fish, and he will sitin a boat and drink beer all day.
12. If you lend someone $20 and never seethat person again, it was probably worth it.
13. If you tell the truth, you don’t have toremember anything.
14. Some days you are the bug; some daysyou are the windshield.
15. Good judgment comes from bad experience,and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
16. The quickest way to double your moneyis to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
17. A closed mouth gathers no foot.
18. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a lightside and a dark side, and it holds the universetogether.
19. There are two theories to arguing withwomen. Neither one works.
20. Generally speaking, you aren’t learningmuch when your lips are moving.
21. Experience is something you don’t getuntil just after you need it.
22. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
23. We are born naked, wet and hungry,and get slapped on our ass…Then thingsget worse.
24. Never, under any circumstances, take asleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
25. There is a fine line between “hobby”and “mental illness.”
26. No matter what happens, somebody willfind a way to take it too seriously.
27. There comes a time when you should stopexpecting other people to make a big dealabout your birthday .. around age 11.
28. Everyone seems normal until you get toknow them.
29. The most wasted day of all is one in whichwe have not laughed!
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FALLEN BETHREN–I work until 2 everyday…. synagogue spoke with Greg Anderson (a friend of Gypsy’s) that is making the arrangements…..tentatively it will be held in the city of Walnut at a Christian Center.I will talk with him again tonight and as soon as I get the plans I will call & email them to you.
I think for you to place a Memorial tribute to him on your site would be a wonderful thing….he would like that. I was blessed to have been able to spend a lil bit of time with him over the past 5 years….he would always let me come work whatever event locally that he’d be doing. Get me in for free and then pay me to hang out selling with him. He was like an Oyster man….rough on the outside but soft & sweet inside…..always concerned for a friend, always willing to help when he could, and He really loved the pretty women.
I will think of him and see him often as I don’t intend on letting his spirit leave my side . I will miss talking with him on the phone. I am glad he was able to find his way back to his faith ( he told me he was actively back at his synagogue), and happy to be there.
Funny, I bet he was strengthening up for the trip. He told me he was going to ride his bike up to Alaska after Hollister this year and then over to Sturgis to earn money for the ride home. LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK AND EVEN BIGGER TRIP – GOOD FOR HIM, HE IS AT PEACE NOW, HIS JOURNEY ENDED.
I am glad for the chance to have meet him and cared about him. I will always think of him fondly.
Diane aka Housemouse…. Gypsy would laugh to hear that name…I bet he’s chuckling now.
BANDIT: This is Wendell from Thunder Press emailing you from my mainstreamjob that supports my motorcycle habit. I wanted to let you know, if youdon’t already, that Gypsy the vendor, Mark Cohen, died on Saturday at about10:30 p.m. His memorial will be Saturday, 6/19/04 @ 1:00 p.m. at SouthlandChurch International, 1920 South Brea Canyon Cutoff, Walnut, CA 91789.Family requests donations to American Diabetes Association instead offlowers. Greg @ 714-815-6670 may know more if you have questions. Ithought you may want to put it on your website. Thanks.
BIKERNET ADVICE -HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:–
1. She is not a BABE or a CHICK – She is a BREASTED AMERICAN.
2. She is not a SCREAMER or MOANER – She is VOCALLY APPRECIATIVE.
3. She is not EASY – She is HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.
4. She is not DUMB – She is a DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.
5. She has not BEEN AROUND – She is a PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED COMPANION.
6. She is not an AIRHEAD – She is REALITY IMPAIRED.
7. She does not get DRUNK or TIPSY – She gets CHEMICALLY INCONVENIENCED.
8. She does not have BREAST IMPLANTS – She is MEDICALLY ENHANCED.
9. She does not NAG YOU – She becomes VERBALLY REPETITIVE.
10. She is not a SLUT – She is SEXUALLY EXTROVERTED.
11. She does not have MAJOR LEAGUE HOOTERS – She is PECTORALLY SUPERIOR.
12. She is not a TWO-BIT WHORE – She is a LOW COST PROVIDER.
HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:
1. He does not have a BEER GUT – He has developed a LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.
2. He is not a BAD DANCER – He is OVERLY CAUCASIAN.
3. He does not GET LOST ALL THE TIME – HE INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.
4. He is not BALDING – He is in FOLLICLE REGRESSION.
5. He is not a CRADLE ROBBER – He prefers GENERATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
6. He does not get FALLING-DOWN DRUNK-He becomes ACCIDENTALLY HORIZONTAL.
7. He does not act like a TOTAL ASS – He develops a case of RECTAL CRANIAL INVERSION.
8. He is not a MALE CHAUVINIST PIG – He has SWINE EMPATHY.
9. He is not afraid of COMMITMENT – He is MONOGAMOUSLY CHALLENGED.
10. He is not HORNY – He is SEXUALLY FOCUSED.
11. It’s not his crack you see hanging out of his pants….It is MALE CLEAVAGE.
“I have learned that opportunities are never lost, someone else will take the ones you miss”
–from Sifu
BIKERS GET DAYTONA?S ATTENTION–For some years now the Bikers have been telling Daytona Beach that they are unhappy with the way that they have been treated when they show up for Bike Week in March and also Biketoberfest in October. Many other cities in Florida have been welcoming the Bikers and this has seriously impacted Daytona Beach attendance.
The half-million motorcyclists who usually make it to Daytona Beach during these events are still coming to Florida but many are evading the hassles and high prices of the area, Orlando, Miami and even Key West reported a record number of motorcycle visitors during March 2004 while the numbers were down in Daytona Beach.
This has not gone unnoticed by the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau who have started a campaign to bring the Bikers Back To Daytona Beach.
Prior to Biketoberfest you will see a push from business leaders who want the Bikers Back. Why Not? The Bike Events bring $744 Million to the Daytona Beach area. The next highest moneymaker is the Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400, which brings in $561 Million
Kevin Killian a vice president of the Chamber of Commerce has said ?Our message is, We appreciate your business and we are glad you?re here.?
Part of the campaign will encourage bartenders to wear buttons welcoming bikers. It will also include ads of a man wearing a business suit, exposing his tattooed arm with the text ?There?s a little biker in all of us.? Though that is a good start it has not solved the real problems why the Bikers are going else where and that is the high prices and the over zealous law enforcement through out the area.
The Chamber needs to address that situation very aggressively and if Biketoberfest changes the Bikers will spread the word and some may go back to Daytona Beach.
?There isn?t a city in the nation that wouldn?t give their right arm for a event like this?, said Bonnie Miller a biker that serves on the committee trying to bring the Bikers Back.
She is right and other Florida locations are actively trying to bring the bikers to their area and having a lot of success in doing it.
If Daytona Beach Really Wants The Bikers They Need To Change The Way They Treat Them During Bike Week and Biketoberfest.
I live in Florida and go to the Daytona Beach fairly regular and I can tell you Bikers are treated a lot better at other times of the year. You may want to contact the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce and let them know how you feel. Their web site is http://www.daytonachamber.com and street address is 126 East Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL. 32114
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