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2nd ANNUAL BUILDERS BREAKFAST STURGIS SPONSORED BY BIKERNET.COM–Builders Breakfast Serves it Up in Sturgis this year with help from Paul Yaffe Originals, Baker Drivetrain and Heel Guard.
Minneapolis, MN – (June 25, 2007) -The Builders Breakfast is gaining momentum as it prepares to roll into South Dakota for its 2nd annual event at the Broken Spoke Saloon. New partners have come aboard to make this event the biggest yet.
“Last year when I first attended the Breakfast I knew the planning team was on to something great for children’s charities. So, this year, I chose to be more than just a Builder in attendance” Paul Yaffe Originals ponied up to pay for the food so more of the funds raised would benefit the charity explained new Breakfast partner, Paul Yaffe, founder of Paul Yaffe Originals. Also joining the money raising efforts this August are Baker Drivetrain and Heel Guard. Baker has donated a “build to order” transmission for the live auction the morning of the event. The winner of the auction will work one on one with the Drivetrain authority to choose the right product for his or her bike. The end result will be a hand built Baker Drivetrain transmission. Also, new to the event as a partner is Heel Guard. Heel Guard has joined forces with the Breakfast to pick up the beverage costs for juice, coffee and milk. “Heel Guard is thrilled to be a part of this great event for an even better cause- Make A Wish, South Dakota. We can’t wait to get more involved with the Builders Breakfast” said Carl Miles, owner, Heel Guard. “Every kid needs to know and feel happiness in their life, no matter what the situation is” finished Miles.
The 2nd Annual Breakfast will be held again at the legendary Broken Spoke Saloon on Lazelle Street in Sturgis. Returning media partner, Bikernet will continue to provide up to date information on its site,
“For $25 Breakfast ticket holders will be served breakfast, registered to win one of over 50 gift bags filled with Builders shop merchandise, bid on once in a lifetime signed materials, meet and have their photo taken with all 30+ Builders and have the chance to win a professional portrait taken of them with their favorite Builder at the event by Sara Liberte. The best part of all is the $25 goes to a great cause-Make A Wish” finished Betlach.
Ticket proceeds will benefit Make A Wish, South Dakota. Joining the Builders will be volunteers and children from the Sioux Falls and Rapid City offices of Make A Wish. For details on Make A Wish visit
Builders Breakfast Events Details
Builders Breakfast Sturgis 2007
Tuesday, August 7th at Broken Spoke
Lazelle Street, Sturgis
Time: 9AM
Ticket: $25 (optional on site $10 donation earns extra raffle ticket)
Builders Scheduled to Attend Sturgis
Billy Lane, Arlen Ness, Kendall Johnson, Cory Ness, Cyril Huze, Eddie Trotta, Aaron Greene, Paul Cox, Keino, Russell Mitchell, Russell Marlow, Jesse Rooke, Kim Suter, Jerry Covington, Donnie Smith, Dave Perewitz, Rick Fairless, Chica, AMD World Champion Builder, Scott Webster, Fred Kodlin, Arlin Fatland, Paul Yaffe, Roland Sands, Michael Prugh, Randy Simpson, Stinger Custom Cycles and Jim Nasi.
To purchase tickets for the Builders Breakfast Daytona or Sturgis visit:
BRYAN NYLANDER JOINS FREEMAN/MCCUEPUBLIC RELATIONS–Freeman/McCue Public Relations (F/MPR), Irvine, Calif. has strengthened its Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. account team with the addition of experienced motojournalist, Bryan Nylander.
Nylander, an experienced motorcycle and ATV test rider who also serves as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, comes to F/MPR after seven years at Dirt Rider and ATV Rider magazines. Most recently, he served as the Editor of ATV Rider, where he directed magazine operations and oversaw editorial content production.
Nylander’s experience with the powersports industry and natural enthusiasm for the product complement the strengths of the F/MPR account team and will make him a valuable asset to the day-to-day activities of Kawasaki’s public relations department.
According to agency principal, Doug Freeman, “Bryan brings to the team a mix of product knowledge and excellent writing skills, allowing the account group to respond to client needs with high quality solutions in the quickest possible manner.”
Adding to Nylander’s strengths is his background in photography. He served as the photography supervisor for a publishing company in Seattle prior to moving to Southern California to become a motojournalist.
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BIKERNET ART TECH TIP–My “Hot Pursuit on Route 66” picture started out with a photo I’d shot of a run-down motel near Antioch, CA. As you can see, besides digitally altering the basic building quite a bit, I changed the “Rooms” sign to read “Hacienda”. I also added a bunch of details like the neon sign in the window that says “Heated Cess Pool”, the rooftop “Canyon Club” sign, the Route 66 sign, etc.
The chick on the bike is my friend Natalie, who’s already in several of my other pictures (do I need to explain why?). We were at a car show and I got her to sit on a bike for me while I snapped away. I wasn’t that crazy about the bike she’d sat on though, so I digitally built a new one beneath her from a combination of 4-5 bikes I’d previously shot.
I also made some changes to her outfit like shortening her skirt, adding pink panties, and increasing her bust size! All of the other choppers are made up from a combo of parts from pics I’d shot, as is the cop car (note the added headers and hood scoop) and the cop.
I shot the bikers at assorted car shows, and the background scenery on my way to Sante Fe. The ‘ol town in back is a portion of the Bodie (CA) ghost town, which I shot a few years ago. By the way, the title was originally “Hot Pussuit on Route 66”, but I was catching a lot of heat from the female faction (especially my girlfriend!), so I cleaned it up. Anyway it rhymes better now!
This picture and all of my art is available on my website: www.retrovisions.com
–Larry Grossman
THE LEGENDS SEEK RECORDS– Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, and Quasimodo were all talking one day.
Sleeping Beauty said, ” I believe myself to be the most beautiful girl in the world.”
Tom Thumb said, ” I must be the smallest person in the world.”
Quasimodo said, ” I absolutely have to be the most disgusting person in the world.”
So they all decided to go to the Guinness Book of World Records to have their claims verified.
Sleeping Beauty went in first and came out looking deliriously happy, ” It’s official, I AM the most beautiful girl in the world.”
Tom Thumb went next and emerged triumphant, ” I am now officially the smallest person in the world.”
Sometime later, Quasimodo comes out looking utterly confused and says, ” Who the heck is Rosie O’Donnell
DR. STEVE 1965-2007 MEDICINE MAN OF THE WIREGRASS WINDS–Dothan Alabama- Dr. J. Steve Sherrer Jr., or just “Dr. Steve” to his legions of friends and colleagues, passed away from us Sunday, June 24, 2007, due to injuries sustained in an accident while driving his vintage 1929 Ford Coupe when he apparently missed a curve and crashed into a utility pole at about 12:30 a.m. He died from blunt force trauma to the head he sustained in the accident. “It appears that he hit his head on the windshield and the metal frame around the window” Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd said.
The fatal crash was a low-speed accident; police said the vehicle was only traveling at about 30 mph when the wreck occurred. According to Dothan Police Sgt. Tim Ward and Byrd, the seat in the car had come unbolted during the accident, which may have contributed to Dr. Steve’s death.Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at Calvary Baptist Church and Dr. Steve was buried at Meadow Lawn Cemetery, in Enterprise, Alabama. The family received numerous friends at the church and friends can send cards and letters to 664 N. Bay Springs Road, Dothan, Alabama. The family asks that memorial donations be sent to the Special Olympics c/o Dothan Police Department, 210 N. St. Andrews St., Dothan, AL 36303.
Dr. Steve was born July 9, 1965, in Enterprise where he spent all of his young life. He graduated from Enterprise High School in 1983. He went on to attend UAB and graduated from medical school at the University of South Alabama in 1992. After serving two years of his residency he moved to Dothan in 1994. He then began his medical career at Prime Care and has been a partner there for the past 13 years. He was known for his genuine care and concern for his patients which developed into lasting friendships.He never forgot his roots of growing up in the country on a farm in Enterprise.Dr. Steve was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Steve, a devoted husband, father, and son will be greatly missed by many, not just in Alabama but around the country. His chopper “Bootlegger” won top honors in 2006, where he won first place in the judged class best for “Old School” at the Memphis V-Twin show. Dr. Steve’s sled was featured is several national magazines, most recently in the August issue of Biker Magazine as a “Sweet Hog O’ Mine.” Issue #247.
His Bootlegger is also featured in the latest edition of the Jammer Handbook. In this day and age of so many lawyers, doctors and dentists out there riding amongst us, Dr. Steve was the real deal.
Dr. Steve comes from a long line of hard working, dedicated peanut and cotton farmers deep in the heart of Dixie. The oldest of three, Steve was given a 1969 50cc Italian Indian mini bike at four years old. Steve ran that little yellow machine all over the farm lands of Sherrer Farms. One day, he accidentally added diesel fuel and, then unbeknownst to little Steve at the time; that little bike was put away per Grandpa Bill, in a barn.
Schooling and books came easy for Steve and when his other Grandpa Fred got sick, Steve decided, then in the sixth grade, to become a doctor. He began like many riding dirt Endros and got his motorcycle license at fourteen. In college, Steve rode a GS500 Suzuki and then he met his beautiful wife, Alison, a physical therapy student while attending Medical school at the University of Southern Alabama.
Becoming a medical doctor is something a lot of kids talk about doing. Steve grew up to actually become one. Staying close to the family was important to Dr. Steve and after starting his own practice in Dothan, Alabama in 1994, his first paycheck bought him a ’94 Fat Boy. He sold that in 2000, and bought a lime green Bourget. That lasted only a few months and when he got a Heritage for Ali to ride, she got really pissed when a motorist pulled the big shit in front of him and he totaled her bike. So he bought a Road King and it was about that time he became the official doctor for the crew at Accurate Engineering. He’ll tell you that “Silvadene” is the real miracle worker and that he was captivated by the diligence and intensity behind the Accurate Engineering principles. Thus Dr. Steve became the first owner of a 120 Outlaw Panhead chop in the country.
Steve believes in giving credit where credit is due. He credits his biker lifestyle to roaming the Wiregrass with Lil’ Jay and his numerous close riding partners. They all follow a southern Alabama North Florida band aptly named “Bootlegger”. They were often spotted at the Outpost in Freeport, Florida on Sundays hanging with the boys in the band. Redneck ingenuity and being “tore slam up” can produce the best in bona fide choppers and people on the planet.
Dr. Steve leaves behind his wife, Allison, his son Trey, 13, and daughter, Hannah. His father, Jack Sherrer, and his mom, Nancy Sherrer, Panama City, Florida. A brother, Scott (Mindy) Sherrer, and his sister Stephanie (Bryan) Amlong. There are several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and a brindle boxer that will also miss him deeply.
Here is the link to his guest book, courtesy of the Dothan Eagle, the local newspaperhttp://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=GB000089672435 See for yourself what an amazing man he is. While we will miss his sly smile and profoundly calm voice, he will ride in our hearts forever. Godspeed, my brother .
TRUE-TRACK TESTIMONIAL FROM HAWAII–Update on the true track: So I installed it and yes, you weredead on. She rides like she should, now. The difference is weird!Without it on, Miss Road King would always lean left when I tooka hand off the bars. Didn’t matter which hand, she leaned left.Didn’t steer left or drift left, just leaned so that I would haveto hang a partial butt cheek off the right side of the saddle.I know a bit about hula, but I don’t know what this means or whythis happens? I’m a decent wrench, but no giro~engineer. Nonethe less it’s gone now.
Also, she used to feel very sloppy andloose (wobble as mentioned before like the engine or swing arm isdisconnected). And all she was able to give in a sustained speedwas around 65-70 mph. She could burst up to higher speeds, butwas REALLY NOT happy doing so. Now she feels tight, dialed in,re-connected, and glides along very happy and easy at 85+ mphand can handle higher speeds with ease (on a closed track withprofessional rider, do not attempt on public roads!)
To put it into words, it’s like first she was riding along withher swing arm just a flippin’ and floppin’ and as loose as agoose … trailing along not adding to any forward momentum butbeing dragged along with the bike and all her parts. Now she’sactually dialed in! Her swing arm is now part of the forcedriving forward. A truly remarkable amazing change! Sure worththe bucks for the cheap insurance!
One thing I would add, my torque wrench wasn’t able to go downto the 7-9lbs for the 5 bolts into the transmission cover. Mightwant to mention NOT to try using a torque wrench that won’t godown that low (as I found out, mine set under 10 lbs) becausethe wrench won’t “click” and you’ll be putting WAY more than7-9lbs on those bolts. I had to back those bolts out and re-dothem with a proper torque wrench. Snugging them by hand wouldwork as well (like you guys did).
Lucky, I didn’t force and”broke dem” (as we say in Hawaii)! … I could see this mayeasily happen. Just a note of caution to the unaware.
Thanks again for all your help! What a tremendous resourceBikernet is! Thanks for keepin’ it real!
Ride straight & true and leave da hula to da wahines!
Mahalo nui (Again, many thanks from the heart),
-kolohe
STEALTH BIKE WORKS SURVIVES SMOKE OUT EAST–This past weekend STEALTH BIKE WORKS was at the Smoke-Out in Salsibury NC. We had a BLAST! We got to meet fellow Bikernet readers and contributors. One Eye, who came all the way from Canada, Lucky, Jayfouy and Jackrocks. It was a real pleasure meeting all of you. It is good to put faces with people we talk to every week.
As I have said before the Smoke-Out is my favorite event to attend. The bikes are cool and the people who attend really make the event what it has become. These are hardcore bobber and chopper riders. The bikes you see are bare bones no nonsense bikes. If you are planning on carrying anything on these bikes, it had better fit in your pockets! You see Flatheads, Knuckleheads, Panheads, Shovels, Evo’s and even an occasional twin cam. You see the coolest Triumphs on the planet. We even saw a couple of snortin’ Nortons!
For me the Smoke-Out always takes me back in time to a place when I was a lot younger. The event always inspires me with ideas. You see things there that you will not see anywhere else. All of the vendors are independent shops and that adds a special flavor to the Smoke-Out.
This was the last year for the Smoke-Out in Salsibury. No need to go into the details on that now. Where ever the Smoke-Out is next year, we will be there.
We have attended every Smoke-Out in Salsibury and they were all GREAT events! I would like to personally thank Edge for all of his hard work over the years and the staff at THE HORSE for always putting on a GREAT event. All of us at STEALTH BIKE WORKS really appreciate all of your efforts. The Smoke-Out has become the event to measure all others by.
We are already looking forward to next year!
Until next week, RIDE!
STEALTHMAN
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