I’m runnin’ late. I had visitors at noon from Paughco and Bassani Pipes. They are building a high performance two into one systems for late model dressers. They claim at least 6 pounds of Torque and hp at the mid range. I may try a set.
Yesterday I rode out to Bloomington to see Joe Angel, the president of HA leathers, for the last time. He passed of natural causes at ’63, last week.
Let’s get to the news. I’ll try to figure out what the hell I’m doing as I go:
FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATION AT WILDFIRES– We’ve been serving Chicagoland for over 40 years. We’re located minutes from O’hare Airport in nearby Villa Park, Illinois. Not only do we have everything you’ll need for your Harley-Davidson, our staff of experts are also enthusiasts just like you. Stop on in to see what’s new. We’d be happy to help you. And advice is always free!
Join us on Father’s Day weekend Saturday, June 14th and June 15th for our Annual Father’s Day Weekend Party. The party will be bigger than ever! Free food and Beverages, GREAT SALES like nowhere else, Mikey Trickey sewing on Sunday, June 15th, live music, Buell demo rides, Tee-shirt toss and more. Join us for the fun and the special deals.
THE BIKERNET BUTCHER SHOP–As a butcher is shooing a dog from his shop, he sees $10 and a note inhismouth, reading: “10 lamb chops, please.”
Amazed, he takes the money, puts a bag of chops in the dog’s mouth, andquickly closes the shop. He follows the dog and watches him wait for agreenlight, look both ways and trot across the road to a bus stop.
The dogchecksthe timetable and sits on the bench. When a bus arrives, he walks aroundtothe front and looks at the number, then boards the bus. The butcherfollows, dumbstruck. As the bus travels out into the suburbs, the dog takesin the scenery. After awhile he stands on his back paws to push the “stop”button, then the butcher follows him off.
The dog runs up to a house and drops his bag on the stoop. He goes backdown the path, takes a big run, and throws himself -Whap!- against thedoor.He does this again and again. No answer. So he jumps on a wall, walksaroundthe garden, beats his head against a window, jumps off, and waits at thefront door.
A big guy opens it and starts yelling and pummeling the dog. The butcher runs up screams at the guy: “What are you doing? This dog’s agenius!”
The owner responds, “Genius, my ass. It’s the second time this week he’sforgotten his key!”
–from Bob T.
TRUETRACK DRESS STABILIZING PRODUCT–NO, TRUETRACK does not interfere with the rubbermount aspect of touring bikes (three point rubbermount system, also used in Buell, Dressers, FXR, V-Rod and RUBBERTAIL). Rubbermount travel in Harley-Davidsons must be in a verticle plane only, so the engine moves up and down as the engine rotates. But the rubbermounts are not supposed to move in a horizontal plane (left to right). That is why the front motormount has a stablizer link for horizontal position and the top has a stablizer for horizontal postion. But the rear rubbermounts do not have a stablizer link to keep them in the horizontal plane (to prevent moving from left to right) except BUELLS and RUBBERTAILS! Both chassis have a higher lean angle than Dressers and FXR.
TRUETRACK prevents the rubbermounts from compressing or deforming when the bike is verticle or leaned over by anchoring the rubbermounts in the horizontal position with the stablizer link (same as H-D) but not in the verticle position (the engine still moves up and down as it rotates). So the force by the tire and the leverage of the swing arm does not affect the rubbermount position (so there is no REARSTEER by the swing arm)!
It is the same positioning in cars of the rear axle by a watts link or panhard rod that prevents the body from hitting the tires when you go around a corner!
–Wil
THE MYSTEROUS UNCLE BUNT–I was cruising the site and read the “shot” letters, The guy looking forinfo on the Uncle Bunt bike in England. John Reed, yes, that John Reed isand was Uncle Bunt. You may want to call him, or I can if the guy wants tosend a photo of the bike.
–Frank Kaisler
BAD ASS PAN PRINT–Hey mister.How da fuck do I get my laser art prints into your art category huh?
This print was taken by the former editor of Hot Bike, Buck Lovell. He has a series of lazer bike prints from his long line of motorcycle photography. If you’re interested we may carry them in the Bikernet Gulch. Either drop Buck a line at: buck@riveraengineering.com, or me at Bandit@bikernet.com.
SONS OF LIBERTY RIDERS E-NEWS– Urgent! EPA letter needs your congressman’s signature!The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making its final sprint towardhome plate with a FINAL rule on street bikes. But has the EPA tagged allthe necessary regulatory and statutory bases?
Two of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s (MRF) Champions of Motorcyclists’Rights & Safety, Congressmen John Shimkus (R-Illinois) and Ted Strickland(D-Ohio), are ready to send a letter to the EPA asking the right questionsat the right time. These champions of your rights and safety are asking foryour help in persuading your Congressman to add his or her signature to thatletter, and you’ve got TEN DAYS to deliver those signatures!
1. Read the Shimkus-Strickland EPA letter and the MRF’s EPA Question andAnswer sheet on the MRF website (www.mrf.org/positionpapers.php).
2. Write your U.S. Representative (http//thomas.loc.gov) or call(202-225-3121). If you need assistance or guidance before contacting yourCongressman about signing this important letter, please contact the MRFoffice at wyld@mrf.org or 202-546-0983.
3. Encourage your U.S. Representative to contact either Congressman Shimkusor Strickland to add his or her signature to the Shimkus-Strickland EPAletter as soon as possible. Be sure to give them the link to the letter onthe MRF website so they can read it themselves(www.mrf.org/positionpapers.php), or you can download the letter in .pdfformat from the MRF website and mail or e-mail it to your Congressmandirectly.
Lane Courtesy Month
You may be interested in this. If you are, please spread the word. The NMAhas designated June as Lane Courtesy Month and we are kicking off thiscampaign by calling it Do The RIGHT Thing! We want to encourage slowertraffic to move to the right. You can find more information on this athttp://www.motorists.org/right/index.html
If you need more info on this or any other subject just go to the Sons ofLiberty Riders Info Zonehttp://solrpa.com/wwwboard/ or http://www.solriders.net/
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NEW ENTHUSIAST COVER–On the cover of the new issue of Harley-Davidsons publication, “The Enthusiast” is a painting By Hamster Scott Jacobs depicting an early drag racing scene of a Sportster racing a flathead powered deuce roadster. The flagger is Sharon Jacobs, Scotts wife, and the driver of the deuce is Barry Cooney.
BIKERNET HISTORY– When Jane initially met Tarzan of the Jungle, she was attracted to him, and during her questions about his life, she asked him how he had sex. “Tarzan not know sex,” he replied.
Jane explained to him what sex was.
Tarzan said, “Oh, Tarzan use hole in trunk of tree.”
Horrified, she said, “Tarzan you have it all wrong, but I will show you how to do it properly.”
She took off her clothes and lay down on the ground. “Here,” she said. “You must put it in here.”
Tarzan removed his loincloth, stepped closer with his huge erection, and then gave her an almighty kick right in the crotch.
Jane rolled around in agony for what seemed like an eternity. Eventually she managed to gasp for air and screamed, “What did you do that for?”
“Tarzan check for bees.”
–from Miss Kris
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