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SHASTA SALUTE TO AMERICA SPONSORED BY BIKERNET, JULY 4TH UPDATE–We made the front page of the local paper referencing the Rally & a 60% spread on the 6th page of Section A.
–Jeff Kraus – EZJ
President
LE PERA unleashes the ?VILLAIN?–Le Pera is often referred to as the finest, truly custom motorcycle seat manufacturer, but one thing they are never called is boring! Once again in ?09 they have taken seat design to another level with the introduction of the head turning new ?VILLAIN?.
Designed to provide exceptional comfort and a low lean appearance the new VILLAIN leaves a shadowy almost sinister impression. Designed for 2008-2009 Road Kings, Street Glide and Dresser machines Le Pera?s VILLAIN is like nothing you?ve seen before. If you demand the finest quality, comfort, durability and unique styling you need look no further.
Suggested retail is $508.00 and you can order direct by calling 818-767-5110 or visit the complete Le Pera line up at www.lepera.com
KRAWIEC RACES V-ROD TO NHRA FINALS AT ENGLISHTOWN–Krawiec Builds Lead in Pro Stock Motorcycle Series, Hines Holds Down Third Place.
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 14, 2009) – Screamin’ Eagle(r)/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec raced a Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod(r) to the final round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Making his fourth consecutive final-round appearance, Krawiec lost to Craig Treble but added to his overall lead in the Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle series, and tops the division by 76 points.
Krawiec qualified fourth for the event with a run of 7.011 seconds, just ahead of Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines at 7.012. Hector Arana was the quickest qualifier with a run of 6.965 seconds..
Hines opened Sunday eliminations with a win over Stone Mountain/Granite Mountain Harley-Davidson rider Junior Pippin. Krawiec defeated Suzuki rider Wesley Wells in the first round, and for the second week in a row faced Hines before the final round as the teammates lined up in round two. Krawiec prevailed with a 6.994-second run to best the 7.051 of Hines. Krawiec then used a 6.954 run to beat Rum Bum Buell rider Bailey Whitaker (7.193) to advance and face Treble on the Team Scream Suzuki in the final round. Treble won with an outstanding 0.007 reaction time and a 6.955 elapsed time, as Krawiec left the line in 0.061 seconds and could not make up the difference despite his quicker 6.906 ET, his best of the day.
“You had better bring a great reaction time when you line up against Craig Treble,” said Krawiec, who is the defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. “Mine was not terrible but not enough to get it done, so it’s disappointing to lose after putting up a great ET. I’m happy we were able to gather more data about both of the Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod bikes and how the additional twenty pounds is affecting our race bikes this weekend.”
Hines said both Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod motorcycles are working well off the starting line.
“These are the same engines we ran last weekend in Chicago, and I think we are getting closer on a new tune-up to accommodate the 20-pound heavier minimum weight for our bikes,” said Hines. “We are really strong in the first 60 feet, so we are getting some ET back there. Now we’ve got two weeks off, so we’ll get back to the shop and tear everything down and see if there are any surprises inside.”
After six events on the 17-race 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle schedule, Krawiec leads the series with 528 points. NitroFish Buell rider Matt Smith moves up to second place with 452 points, while Hines drops to third with 436 points. Treble is fourth with 427 points.
The next event on the 2009 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle schedule is the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, June 25-28 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team is sponsored by Matco Tools, Dunlop and S100.
DRUG WAR LOST AFTER 40 YEARS AND BILLIONS SPENT, LIVES RUINED, AND MANY KILLED– This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon?s start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won.
?We?ve spent a trillion dollars prosecuting the war on drugs,? Norm Stamper, a former police chief of Seattle, told me. ?What do we have to show for it? Drugs are more readily available, at lower prices and higher levels of potency. It?s a dismal failure.?
For that reason, he favors legalization of drugs, perhaps by the equivalent of state liquor stores or registered pharmacists. Other experts favor keeping drug production and sales illegal but decriminalizing possession, as some foreign countries have done.
Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences:First, we have vastly increased the proportion of our population in prisons. The United States now incarcerates people at a rate nearly five times the world average. In part, that?s because the number of people in prison for drug offenses rose roughly from 41,000 in 1980 to 500,000 today. Until the war on drugs, our incarceration rate was roughly the same as that of other countries.
Second, we have empowered criminals at home and terrorists abroad. One reason many prominent economists have favored easing drug laws is that interdiction raises prices, which increases profit margins for everyone, from the Latin drug cartels to the Taliban. Former presidents of Mexico, Brazil and Colombia this year jointly implored the United States to adopt a new approach to narcotics, based on the public health campaign against tobacco.
Third, we have squandered resources. Jeffrey Miron, a Harvard economist, found that federal, state and local governments spend $44.1 billion annually enforcing drug prohibitions. We spend seven times as much on drug interdiction, policing and imprisonment as on treatment. (Of people with drug problems in state prisons, only 14 percent get treatment.)
I?ve seen lives destroyed by drugs, and many neighbors in my hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, have had their lives ripped apart by crystal meth. Yet I find people like Mr. Stamper persuasive when they argue that if our aim is to reduce the influence of harmful drugs, we can do better.Mr. Stamper is active in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, or LEAP, an organization of police officers, prosecutors, judges and citizens who favor a dramatic liberalization of American drug laws. He said he gradually became disillusioned with the drug war, beginning in 1967 when he was a young beat officer in San Diego.
?I had arrested a 19-year-old, in his own home, for possession of marijuana,? he recalled. ?I literally broke down the door, on the basis of probable cause. I took him to jail on a felony charge.? The arrest and related paperwork took several hours, and Mr. Stamper suddenly had an ?aha!? moment: ?I could be doing real police work.?
It?s now broadly acknowledged that the drug war approach has failed. President Obama?s new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, told the Wall Street Journal that he wants to banish the war on drugs phraseology, while shifting more toward treatment over imprisonment.
?Our nation?s broken drug policies are just one reason why we must re-examine the entire criminal justice system,? Mr. Webb says. That?s a brave position for a politician, and it?s the kind of leadership that we need as we grope toward a more effective strategy against narcotics in America.
— By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
From The New York Times
–from Rogue
BILLY LANE SENTENCING NOTION– So, if you’re a big time football star you get 30 days in the clink for being drunk and killing someone. But if you’re a motorcycle builder you’re facing up to nine years in the clink?
Don’t make sense.
Browns’ Donte Stallworth pleads guilty to DUI manslaughter; gets 30 days in jail
MIAMI – Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth is going to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge. The plea deal announced today calls for the 28-year-old Stallworth to also serve 10 years’ probation and do 1,000 community service hours for killing a pedestrian he hit with his car.
Stallworth had faced up to 15 years in prison. Police say Stallworth was drinking at a hotel bar before the March 14 crash that killed 59-year-old construction worker Mario Reyes. Tests showed Stallworth’s blood-alcohol content was .126.
AMAZING, Bozzie Custom Performance Crashes at El Mirage–Rick Bozzie, rider and brother to Dave Bozzie, had an aweful crash at El Mirage last weekend. At speeds between 140 and 150 miles per hour, Rick ran into trouble. I have just heard that Rick is ok.
He suffered bleeding on the brain and a fractured neck and was in intensive care for days. He has now been release and is leaving Palm Springs with Dave heading back to Stockton, California.
Unfortunately, the bike is not going to be coming back. In fact, there is no bike anymore. The bagger that they were to bring to Bonneville has been completely destroyed. The Bozzie?s are good friends of mine and great motor builders. I am glad that Rick is ok.
With more and more folks going after land speed records, I wanted everyone to see the accident and really understand the risks that everyone takes to get in the record books. It takes way more than a powerful motor to run down these tracks. To see more on the bike (before) and other cool bikes at: http://bozziecustoms.com/home
EMERGENCY BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER FINDINGS, SAVE THE DAY–3 Ways to Treat ED.Erectile dysfunction (ED), the inability to achieve or maintain erections sufficient for intercourse, often has a psychological component, and counseling is encouraged as a primary treatment strategy.
However, ED can also be a symptom of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, both of which can impair blood supply to the penis. In addition to lifestyle measures such as checking your medications, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding alcohol and smoking, and managing stress levels, I recommend the following herbs to help address ED:
Ginkgo. This herb may improve arousal in both men and women, perhaps by increasing blood flow to the genitals. It should not be used by those on blood thinners such as coumadin.
Ashwaganda. From the roots of a plant in the nightshade family called Withania somnifera, ashwaganda is reputed to be a mild aphrodisiac and has long been popular in India. Ashwaganda is generally safe – follow the dosage on the package, and give it six or eight weeks to have an effect.
Standardized extract of Asian ginseng. Asian ginseng, or Panax ginseng, is a good general stimulant and sexual energizer. Asian ginseng is considered safe but can raise blood pressure and cause irritability and insomnia in some people. Follow the dosage on the package, and give it a six or eight week trial to see what it can do.
G?th takes Scandinavian Championship in Norrt?lje, SwedenTwin Club MC’s 35th annual Custom Bike Show, one of the World Championship’s oldest Affiliate events, defied poor weather forecasts (and the recession) to pull healthy crowds and, as usual, a good standard of custom bike originality and variety–After finishing seventh in this year’s European Championship, and narrowly missing out on World Championship prize money with a 3rd place at Norrt?lje last year, the winner was Anders G?th, of Sk?rblacka in Sweden, whose 113 inch Ultima engined 6-speed springer rigid has won him a 5.000,00 euro expenses contribution towards competing at this year’s 6th annual Official World Championship at Sturgis from August 2nd to 5th.
Second place was taken by Andreas Jarledal, Peder Johansson’s partner in their internationally respected HogTech business in Sweden, with a classic and detail-rich chopper named “It’s a Chopper Babe” in homage to Bruce Willis’s famous remark in Pulp Fiction.
Third place was taken by Micke Jonssen of Sweden for an S&S Panhead style engined and Goldammer front-end hybrid that combined old-school styling with very contemporary thinking, an approach that is very much in keeping with the styling diversity and freestyle thinking that is at the heart of the World and European Championship program.
Andreas and Micke won expenses contributions to compete at the next (2010) Official European Championship of Custom Bike Building (at the Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show) in Germany in March next year.
As ever we’d like to express our thanks to Twin Club MC (celebrating their 40th anniversary this year) for their generosity in putting up the prize monies and in collaboration with the City of Norrt?lje, Sweden, staging an outstanding event. We’d also like to recognize Custom Chrome Europe and Motorcycle Storehouse for their generosity in supporting the event with parts and accessory contingency prizes for the class winners.
Our thanks also go to John Lilleg?rd of Norway, Martin Domeij of Sweden, Uffe Karlsson of Twin Club in Sweden and Germany’s Horst ‘MotoGrapher’ R?sler for providing experienced, independent and international perspective in undertaking World Championship Affiliate event judging duties.
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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPEAK OUT AGAINST ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE– Apparently the American Medical Association has weighed in on the new economic stimulus package: The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception. Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” while the Pediatricians said, ‘Oh, Grow up!’
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing. The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, “This puts a whole new face on the matter.”
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea. The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas and the Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the assholes in Washington.
–from Donna Oneal
TEXAS, Lots of great Renegade Riderevents coming soon!– June/July Renegade Motorcycles Schedule;Renegade Ride Wednesday June 17th to Circle S Catfish and Fats Billiards. Starts at Renegade, Kickstands up at 6:15 pm. Come Ride With Us!
Renegade Motorcycles will be at the Hooters off of I-20 and Little Road in Arlington on June 18th for Thursday Bike Night. Sponsored by Victory Motorcycles & Renegade!
Saturday, June 27th the BIG Renegade BBQ & Swap Meet! Lots of new and used parts and accessories under the clearance tent! Big ONE DAY Sale on parts & service orders, Burgers, Beer & Bikini Bike wash, all at Renegade!
Friday July 3rd KEGL (The Eagle Radio Station) will be at Renegade to bring in the July 4th Weekend. DJ, Food & Beer, Eagle Prizes and more! We are closed on July 4th.
Saturday July 18th, party at the RENEGADE! Sponsored by Victory Motorcycles and the EAGLE 97.1. Live music, Bikini Bike Wash, Demo rides, Cold Drinks,
Food and lots of MOTORCYCLES!
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BILL HAYES SELLS THE BITCH’S BOOK–First of all, I am glad to let you all know that my book is now published, and available on Lulu, Amazon, Bill Haye’s Ebay store and a few other places. I have optimistic reasons to hope it will be picked up by a large publisher soon.
Also, we have a web designer working on a new website that we expect to be up and running in a few weeks; he has asked me for links that should be featured on this site which will sell books and merchandise from my book, Wicked Bitch, and the many works of Dr. Arthur Veno, including Biker Chicks, which is now a best seller in Australia.
–Amy White
Dennis Johnson Named Editor of Dealernews–July 11, 2009 Advanstar Communications Inc. has named Dennis Johnson Editor-in-Chief of Dealernews magazine. Johnson has been a senior editor with the magazine for the last five years, and was editor of Dealernews? sister magazine, Big Twin Dealer.
Johnson succeeds Mary Slepicka, who as Content Director for the Advanstar Powersports Group will focus on further development of the group?s consumer and trade e-media properties, including www.dealernews.com.
Johnson, formerly a reporter with a local newspaper group in Los Angeles, started with Dealernews in 2004 as a senior editor for the off-road market. Over the last several years he has taken on additional responsibilities, including roles as the senior editor for the streetbike market, news editor, features editor and special projects editor.
?Dennis was also editor of Big Twin Dealer magazine and, with designers Lisa Aviles and then Beth Silva, created one of the powersports industry?s most unique and forward-thinking publications,? said Slepicka.
Johnson can be reached at 949-954-8616 or at dennis.johnson@dealernews.com. Questions may also be directed to Slepicka at mslepicka@advanstar.com.
THE CODE OF THE 7%ER–Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio.
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.”
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
–from Shattuck
ALMOST DONE–My xs650 is almost done. Figuring out the charging system, and I will be good to go! I will have more pictures when it is completed.
–Adam
Last Ride Leather
ANOTHER PETER LINNEY SHOOT COMING TO BIKERNETMETRIC–This is the bike I want photos of Melanie on.. Good for you?
–Peter S Linney
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