Hey,
Today feels strange. I’m running into some crazy info, and it’s the weekend of the Love Ride, the Chopper Dave Benefit, Markus Cuff and Mark Mahoney photo art exhibit, and a number of other events, including the Long Beach Swap Meet. Damn, I wish I could make it.
Currently the plan is to take the Bonne Belle to the Schuberth booth at the Love Ride at Lake Castaic and our 1926 Peashooter for the Love Ride Bike Show, produced by Jeff Najar and Bob Kay.
The brothers are riding to Long Beach to support the Chopper Dave Benefit. He was in an accident recently. Another driver pulls in front of a biker.
Can you imagine? Some folks are looking forward to self-driving cars as the new electric Tesla hits the market for just over $75,000. It’s supposed to have a 275-mile range and hauls ass, 155 mph. But they didn’t mention the time to recharge and how to find a charging station.
And now for the innovation of the week from the Week Magazine, a personal temperature control unit called Wristify, a bracelet that delivers thermal pulses to the wrist to raise or lower body temp, or it’s a personal air conditioner or heater on your body. Amazing.
Let’s hit the news: The Thursday News is sponsored in part by Cycle Source Magazine and Iron Trader News.
PPG LAUNCHES En-V PERFORMANCE CLEARCOAT–New EC530 clearcoat expands Envirobase High Performance refinish system
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – October 23, 2014
PPG Automotive Refinish has introduced EC530 En-V Performance Clearcoat, an easy-to-use clearcoat with premium gloss retention over waterborne basecoat, which meets or exceeds regulatory requirements in all U.S. and Canadian regions. The new clearcoat is the latest addition to PPG’s industry-leading ENVIROBASE High Performance refinish system.
“EC530 is a significant expansion of the Envirobase High Performance system,” said Tim Jones, PPG waterborne segment manager. “This is an excellent, compliant clearcoat for our waterborne basecoat. It’s easy to use and works quickly to help shops improve productivity and throughput. It also consistently provides the beautiful finish, gloss and appearance expected of PPG products. We believe these are features collision centers and their customers will find very attractive.”
According to Jones, EC530 uses a traditional two-coat application process. With four available reducers, it works across a wide spectrum of temperature and humidity conditions. The new clearcoat has a short bake cycle of 25 minutes or can air-dry in less than four hours. It requires no polishing; however, dirt nibs can be buffed immediately after cooldown.
The Envirobase High Performance refinish system features easy-to-use products for best-in-class color accuracy and durability as well as improved productivity. The system now includes an array of primers and clears developed specifically to work with its waterborne basecoat to create a completely integrated paint system.
To learn more about EC530 En-V Performance Clearcoat and other Envirobase High Performance products, call (800) 647-6050 or visit the PPG Automotive Refinish website at www.ppgrefinish.com.
JASMINE CAIN HITS HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA—
“Music is an important part of a bikers way of life, having a built in jukebox helps the miles fly by on the open road. Not sure which number on the Evo jukebox , but an artist often listened to is Jasmine Cain. Having a moment to catch up with a rocker who was caught by the music , allowing her artistic talent to keep rolling When you head to Daytona, Sturgis or an event near you will know what I ‘m talking about. Here is her story.”
— Evo Joe,American Biker Biz
Featured Show
SAT OCT 25 2014
High Octane Saloon
Homosassa, FL | 12:30 PM
Why We Ride Minimoto USA Championship Series to Wrap Up at Buttonwillow–Simi Valley, Calif. – October 22, 2014 – The Why We Ride Minimoto USA Championship Series is closing out the 2014 season this weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Families from across California and beyond will gather at the Buttonwillow facilities October 24-26 for the final round of youth and adult racing, and the Minimoto USA family will celebrate a successful and rewarding year with a luau-themed potluck on Saturday at 5:00pm.
“We are so grateful for all of the support from our title sponsor Why We Ride,” said Stoney Landers, founder of Minimoto USA. “Our mission is to provide a safe place for these kids to learn and race, and we invite adults to race in various classes on different sized machines as well. Like any sports program, we aim to not only develop kids in their racing, but also teach them life lessons about responsibility, dedication, discipline and teamwork.”
Why We Ride Producer/Director Bryan H. Carroll and Producer James Walker agree, “this is a pivotal time for American road racing. With the new MotoAmerica series coming together we have an opportunity to get more Americans interested in racing and motorcycling in general. We are happy to support Minimoto USA because we believe it is imperative that these programs continue to grow here in the states to not only develop racers, but also create lifelong motorcyclists.”
The ninth and final round of the Why We Ride Minimoto USA Championship Series will take place this weekend, October 24-26 at Buttonwillow Raceway. Visit the Minimoto USA website or Facebook page for more information.
For more information on the film visit www.WhyWeRide.com, and join the growing online community on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest updates.
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!—
Thursday SHOW ACTION NEWS For Thursday, December 12, 2013
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11447
BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. NOBODY CAN HELP YOU HERE OR EVEN SUGGEST HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR EX BACK. THEY ARE SCAMS AND ANY TESTIMONIES OF MOST SPELL CASTERS HERE MUST BE IGNORED.
THEY ARE SCAMS, I MEAN REAL SCAMS WHICH I WAS A VICTIM AND I GOT RIPPED OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS BECAUSE I WAS SO ANXIOUS TO GET MY EX AFTER HE LEFT ME FOR OVER 3 YEARS. I HAVE APPLIED TO 7 DIFFERENT SPELL CASTER HERE AND ALL TO NO AVAIL.
THEY ALL ASK FOR SAME THING SEND YOUR NAME YOUR EX NAME ADDRESS AND PICTURE PHONE NUMBER ETC. WHICH I DID OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MOST OF THEM WERE FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND NIGERIA.
UNTIL I SAW THIS WRITE UP ONLINE ABOUT ANA SARAH, I DOUBTED IT SO MUCH BUT ON THE OTHER HAND MY OTHER MIND TOLD ME TO GIVE THIS LAST WOMAN A CHANCE AND SO I DECIDED TO MAIL HER. SHE SAID MY EX WILL COME BACK IN 48 HOURS TIME, BUT THE COST OF THE MATERIALS IS JUST 200 POUNDS, AS I HAVE PAID OVER 3000 POUNDS ON SPELL CASTING AND COURIER AND NOTHING HAS WORKED FOR ME.
AFTER THAT NIGHT I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I HAVE LOST SO FAR, WELL I SAID LET ME GIVE HER A TRY SO I MAILED HER AGAIN AND SENT MY DETAILS AND THAT OF MY EX AND THE 200 POUNDS BECAUSE I SWEAR IT WAS MY LAST TRY, SO I WAS WAITING AS HE TOLD ME TO WAIT FOR 48 HOURS TIME AND I COULD NOT SLEEP THOSE NIGHTS BECAUSE I REALLY MISSED MY EX AND WANTED HIM BACK BY ALL MEANS.
AT 11PM EXACTLY THE SECOND DAY I SAW GREG ONLINE ON FACEBOOK AND HE SAID HI AT FIRST I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE HE NEVER TALKED WITH ME FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, I QUICKLY REPLied, YES, AND HE ASKED IF WE CAN SEE THE NEXT DAY AND I SAID YES AND HE WENT OFFLINE.
I WAS CONFUSED I TRY TO CHAT WITH HIM AGAIN BUT HE WAS NO MORE ONLINE I COULD NOT SLEEP THAT NIGHT AS I WAS WONDERING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY. BY 8AM THE NEXT MORNING HE SENT ME A MESSAGE ASKING MY WHEREABOUT AND I TOLD HIM. YOU WON’T BELIEVE THAT EXACTLY 9:00 AM HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE ME. HE WENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND STARTED PLEADING THAT I SHOULD TAKE HIM BACK AND HAS PROMISED TO LOVE ME FOR ETERNITY AND THAT ALSO HE IS NOT GONNA EVER HURT OR CHEAT ON ME.
NOW WE ARE BACK AGAIN AND I HAVE PROMISED ANA SARAH THAT I WILL TELL THE WORLD ABOUT HER. I STILL MAIL AND THANK HER AS MY LIFE WAS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT GREG. PLEASE BE CAREFUL, HERE I HAVE BEEN SCAMMED THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IF YOU WANT A REAL AND GENUINE LOVE SPELL THEN CONTACT ANA SARAH NOW THROUGH HER EMAIL. highpriestess4spell@gmail.com
— Kate Halliwel
THE MAGNIFICENT TYPHOON CARBURETOR BY CARL’S SPEED SHOP–Developed and Proven on the Track by Carl
Typhoon carburetor by Carl’s Speed shop started with a solid block of 6061-T6 aluminum CNC machined into a constant velocity 50.8 mm (2″) slide carburetor that works equally well on a 1200cc Sportster to a 114-inch Big Twin. This is not a casting. It’s the first production billet machine carburetor.
THE END OF CARB ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS
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Unlike other c.v. units, the Typhoon has a throttle disk at the back and a slide at the front which opens as the throttle is twisted. The engine’s vacuum pulls in as much fuel and air mixture as it can properly use, based on the current RPM. This “constant velocity” meters the air/fuel mix. A tapered needle regulates the fuel infusion through the entire slide range from idle to full throttle. The carburetor features a jetting system that allows the main jet and idle to be adjusted externally by hand. You can twist the throttle wide open and the engine will except only as much fuel/air as it needs and it’s extremely responsive.
Typhoon carburetor kits, complete with manifold, Barnett throttle cables, and billet air cleaner with a K&N air filter. All parts are polished to a brilliant finish.
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MOTO ITALIA, Aermacchi, Harley Davidson Lightweight New and Used Parts, Specializing in Sprints—
Moto Italia has been in the Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson parts business since 1985. Our inventory consists of over 1/2 million dollars in new Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson parts and accessories. Our stock has grown from sources in the United States, England and Italy. A few of the highlights of Moto Italia’s collection are a 1964 250cc CRTT Sprint, a 250cc Chimera, a “Dale’s Harley Shop” 1975 SX-250 Desert Racer (prototype MX-250) and production version MX-250.
Throughout this site, you will find graphics of Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Following are some of the areas to visit at Moto Italia. These areas will grow and change over time, so come back and visit.
- Aermacchi History giving insight into the different models and years.
- Production Figures for various Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson models
Online Catalog of Parts Books, Shop Manuals, Owners Manuals, Literature, Decals and other accessories.
Please contact Moto Italia directly for mechanical components.
Super Sprint Race Kits by Cycle Performance Products, Inc. transform your stock Sprint into a competition racer for asphalt or dirt.
Brackets by Cycle Performance Products, Inc. for Auto Meter Pro-Cycle instrumentation.
Roadtest Literature a listing of copies of Italian motorcycle roadtest articles.
Bike of the Month highlighting customers’ Aermacchi/Harley-Davidsons
Custom Corner & Racers
SS Dell’orto Carburetor Tech. Manual – posted to aid you with your Series SS Dell’orto Sport/Racing Carburetors.
Moto Italia’s Hours
Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm
Please call Moto Italia directly for all your Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson needs
ORDER DESK:
Tel/Fax- (707) 763-1982
Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson
We just ordered a manual for a 1968 H-D 125cc Rapido. We want to clean up this bike for our Bonneville 5-Ball racing pit bike. The manual was reasonably priced and will save the day.–Wrench
DAYTONA COMMISSIONER ARRESTED—
DAYTONA BEACH — A Daytona Beach city commissioner was arrested early Sunday after an argument with a senior citizen at the entrance gate to the Pelican Bay subdivision turned physical.
Robert Gilliland, 47, is charged with battery on a person 65 years of age or older, a felony. The incident happened just after midnight at Pelican Bay’s west gate.
According to police reports: Alan Robinson, 66, stopped at the gate and was talking with security guard Terry Prestridge. Gilliland pulled in behind Robinson and started honking the horn of his black SUV and yelling “Get the (expletive) out of the way!”
Robinson said Gilliland lurched his SUV forward several times as if he would strike his 2013 Chevrolet Corvette.
Prestridge opened the gate and both vehicles entered. Both men then exited their vehicles and began to argue.
Robinson told police Gilliland smelled of alcohol and he thought he was intoxicated, so he went to remove Gilliland’s keys from his SUV. At one point, Robinson’s son, 36-year-old Gabriel Robinson, tried to stop the argument and told Gilliland to “chill out,” but to no avail.
Gilliland then punched Alan Robinson on the right side of his head near his right ear. Police said Robinson’s right ear was red and his right eye was bloodshot.
Both Robinson’s son and the security guard corroborated Robinson’s account of the events. Gilliland told an officer that Robinson exited his vehicle and approached him before they began arguing. He said at some point during the argument, Robinson reached into his vehicle and removed the keys, at which point Gilliland requested the security guard contact the police.
“It should be noted that while in contact with (Gilliland), he presented a strong odor of alcohol upon his breath. He also spoke with slurred speech and showed some difficulty with balance while walking,” the report stated.
“However, due to the circumstances and the incident not being a vehicle crash and no officers being able to place him in control of the vehicle, no DUI charges could be investigated or brought upon (Gilliland),” the report explained.
Gilliland was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail at 1:21 a.m. Sunday and released on $1,000 bond at 7:31 a.m., according to Volusia County Clerk of Court’s office records. Gilliland has been a commissioner since 2005 and most recently won re-election to a four-year term in 2012.
–from Rogue
2014 AMA Pro Flat Track champions Sponosered by D&D Exhaust honored—POMONA, Calif. (Oct. 13, 2014) – The 2014 AMA Pro Flat Track season came to a thrilling end, with both the Grand National Championship Expert and Pro Singles titles being claimed by the tightest of margins at the Flat Track Finals at the LA County Fairplex on Saturday.
Sunday, following the exciting night of races, the champions and other riders of note were lauded at the yearend awards ceremony held at Pomona Valley Mining Company.
The voices of AMA Pro Flat Track Barry Boone and Scottie Deubler hosted a fun afternoon that included multiple looks back at the 2014 season in addition to the distribution of awards and checks.
GNC champion Jared Mees was awarded the No. 1 plate by the American Motorcyclist Association’s Joe Bromley, and he was joined on stage by the Rogers Racing Harley-Davidson he rode to fourth place in the season finale to clinch the title by three points over Bryan Smith.
Jarod Vanderkooi was awarded the No. 1 plate for winning both Pro Twins races this season, as well.
Johnson is awarded a national number for being the Pro Singles champion, but other riders who earned their national numbers were recognized, including; Jay Maloney, Danny Koelsch, Shayna Texter, Cody Johncox, Chaz Landers, Ronnie Jones and Colt Chebultz.
After 16 rounds, the winners of the Sunoco “Go The Distance Award” were honored and presented with checks for being the riders who completed the furthest distance over the course of the 2014 season. In Pro Singles, the $2,000 winner’s check went to Bronson Bauman. Mees received a check for $3,000 for being the top Expert rider in terms of distance traveled. Mees also received $1,000 from Cortech for winning the “Performance Edge Award” as the rider who recorded the most fastest laps in main events in 2014.
Bryan Smith’s Villa-Esparza/Crosley Radio team was recognized with the “Team Excellence Award’ for their professionalism throughout the year, and Jeffery Carver Jr. was awarded the “Outstanding Performance” award, mainly for riding so many different bikes and remaining competitive over the course of the season.
Saddlemen’s Tom Seymour was on hand to congratulate the Saddlemen GNC Rookie of the Year, Wyatt Maguire, who made seven main event appearances in this first season in premier class.
Pro Singles runner-up Fisher was the recipient of a special award, the Brintlinger Award for Excellence in Sportsmanship, which was voted on by members of the AMA Pro Flat Track paddock.
Craig Parkinson of Parkinson Brothers Racing, accepted his award for Pro Singles Mechanic of the Year, and Honda was named the Manufacturer of the Year in the class.
GNC Mechanic of the Year honors went to Kenny Tolbert and Sammy Sweet of Rogers Racing and Kawasaki was named the Manufacturer of the Year in GNC competition.
The largest checks were saved for last as the top three finishers in the GNC standings were honored. Jake Johnson was third and received $4,000 and a trophy. Smith took home a check for $6,000 with his trophy. Mees was awarded $10,000 in addition to the coveted No. 1 plate, and was also recognized with a stunning Rolex watch presented by Thom Duma of Thom Duma Fine Jewelers.
Thunder MultiMedia provided three excellent videos, including a fun look back at the personalities in the paddock and recaps of both the Pro Singles and GNC seasons.
A special No. 1 plate was presented to Dave and Kathy Hoenig for their many years of dedication to the sport of flat track. The couple has attended 444 Grand Nationals, including 369 consecutive.
The event served as a fitting end to an entertaining 2014 AMA Pro Flat Track Season with excitement already beginning to build for 2015.
BIKERTOBERFEST NEWS REPORT—
By Julie Murphy Daytona News Journal
DAYTONA BEACH — It looked like a parking lot Sunday as bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts soaked in the sun and the fun on Main Street for the last day of Biketoberfest.
“We’ve come here every year,” said Peter Rieder (pronounced rider), who was flanked by his wife Lena. “We stay for the whole month.” The couple trailers in from Stanton Island, New York, and stay at the Sunglow Resort on Atlantic Avenue.
“We just love it,” Lena Rieder said. “We love everything about it.
Sixteen-year-old Anaya Wenz smiled wide, showing off her braces with pink rubber bands as she walked down the sidewalk with her family watching the motorcycles rumble past. “I like watching the girls dance and all the motorcycles,” she said, noting she’d get a street bike if she could.
It was her first Biketoberfest, the New Smyrna Beach High School student said.
“I’ll probably get a souvenir, a T-shirt or something, but I haven’t done it yet,” Wenz said. Everyone agreed the weather was perfect for the event this year.
Fatal crashes were limited to four.
Crime was low, too, Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said. There were only five motorcycle thefts, three from the Speedway, which has its own security.
Two members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang are accused of carrying loaded handguns into a Main Street bar.
Jeremy David Untermeyer, 25, and John Paul Mahlow, 34, were arrested at 1:47 a.m. at Bad Boys Bar, 601 Main Street, after Daytona Beach police officers arrived because of a “disturbance.” “This is the only problem we’ve had because of Biketoberfest,” Chitwood said.
The earlier Sunday excitement didn’t prevent people from going in to enjoy the music or shop from the nearby vendors. Dee Porter and Dee Kettler, from Apollo Beach and also known collectively as “Dee Dee,” saved their shopping for the last day.
“We’ve had a great time here,” Porter said. “We’re doing some Christmas shopping,” Kettler added. “We’re going for a little bit of everything.” Moffit Motors manager Kevin Goodin said the stream of shoppers came into the shop in waves. “We print our own T-shirts,” he said. “The ones with our logo have been the biggest seller. Boot sales have been good, too.”
Jeff Fregoe’s Cycle Trims, which features accessories heavy on chrome, said the crowds have been good.
“I’m happiest when our items – the ones we have custom made for us – sell,” Fregoe said. Many who frequent Biketoberfest also frequent John’s Rock n’ Ride, located in the same place for more than 32 years.
“I design my own T-shirts, a new one for every year,” owner John Sanchez said. “People come in to get the ones before they sell out. “A lot of times they’re wearing a shirt of mine from 12 or 15 years ago.”
He — like Bill “Archie” Archiello who is visiting from Bayonne, New Jersey, with plans to retire here next year — said it’s about living the lifestyle you want with the people you want.
“For me it’s the camaraderie and the friendliness of everyone here,” Archiello said. “We sit on the front lawns of the people we’ve come to know. It’s great.”
He — like Bill “Archie” Archiello who is visiting from Bayonne, New Jersey, with plans to retire here next year — said it’s about living the lifestyle you want with the people you want. “For me it’s the camaraderie and the friendliness of everyone here,” Archiello said. “We sit on the front lawns of the people we’ve come to know. It’s great.”
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BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER WARNING—
Most of you know that my friend Mary went in for a surgical procedure (a Butt Lift) at the Walmart Medical Centre.
She didn’t have the most pleasant experience. She should’ve left well enough alone.
We wanted to show you how it turned out in the hope that you would warn any of your friends who may consider having this procedure done!
Please, PLEASE, PLEASE . . Don’t get a
BUTT Lift at the Walmart Medical Centre . You will most certainly regret it!!!
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY NOW OPEN–WHO DOES WHAT?
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, ‘You should do it because you get up first, and then we don’t have to wait as long to get our coffee.
The husband said, ‘You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee.’
Wife replies, ‘No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee.’
Husband replies, ‘I can’t believe that, show me..’
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says ‘HEBREWS’
–from Gerry Celia
BIKERNET 5-BALL RACING SALTY REPORT--1st year for Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials a Success
This year was the first year of the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials and what a great year it was. Persevering through the onslaught of monsoon rains we were able to find a place to race and have nearly a thousand successful runs.
These runs include records from small vintage bikes on up to the top time of the meet of over 241 MPH set by an electric streamliner Killa Joule with rider Eva Hakansson and her team. This was a year of adaptation and of overcoming long odds to make a successful week of racing.
This wouldn’t have happened without the riders, the sponsors, and the collaboration of all of the salt flats race organizations. As we close out our 1st meet, we are looking forward to exciting racing from the USFRA World of Speed next week and towards another Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials in August 2015.
NEW LUCKY DEVIL TEES–We just launched these new shop shirts, small Logo on the front and large clover logo on the back. . . .
http://teespring.com/LuckyDevil
–the Devil himself
The Devil is building our Bonneville Trike. Hang on for the first report from Texas.–Bandit
VIDEO OF THE WEEK–I have seen and heard “creative” advertising before but I do believe this may take the top prize.
Makes you feel safe. Very clever.
STAFF, New Bikernet Reader Comment!—
2014 Motorcycle Cannonball Run – Part Two
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11928
I’d like to thank mistress Chris Kranzler for spending many hours putting these daily blogs and pictures into two articles.
–Vicki Sanfelipo
Big Bend, WI
THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPEN NEW DEPARTMENT, TERRIBLE JOKES–Two Middle East mothers are sitting in a cafe chatting over a plate of tabouli and a pint of goat’s milk. The older of the two pulls a small folder out of her handbag and starts flipping through photos.
They start reminiscing. ”This is my oldest son, Mujibar. He would have been 24 years old now.”
”Yes, I remember him as a baby.” says the other mother cheerfully. “He’s a martyr now though.” the mother confides.
“Oh, so sad dear…” says the other. ”And this is my second son, Khalid. He would have been 21.”
”Oh, I remember him,” says the other happily, ”he had such curly hair when he was born.”
”He’s a martyr too…” says the mother quietly. ”Oh, gracious me…” says the other. ”And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed. He would have been 18”, she whispers.
“Yes,” says the friend enthusiastically, ”I remember when he first started school…”
”He’s a martyr also,” says the mother, with tears in her eyes. After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks wistfully at the photographs and, searching for the right words, says . . . “They blow up so fast, don’t they?”
–Sam Burns
Yamaha Bolt Featuring Two Brothers Racing Exhaust Competes in the Battle of the Bolts—
You have to admit…this custom Yamaha Bolt is awesome! Chrome consultant Marshall Tucker and his amazing mechanic Andrew “Hoops” Baker took an already sick bike and turned it into a custom dream machine. And of course, we had to help them out with a Two Brothers Racing Comp S Exhaust and Comp V 2-in-1 Air Intake. But it doesn’t end there…
They need you to help in voting for their bike in the Battle of the Bolts build-off.
It literally takes a second. Click on this link, and click vote. Boom you’re done!
Regional voting ends on November 17, when 3 winners from each region will be chosen to battle on the national stage. You can vote once a day to help make dreams come true…or maybe help win some bragging rights for these fellas!
Two Brothers Racing
401 South Grand Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
1.800.211.2767
CHOP N BLOCK HEADS TO FAB TECH IN ATLANTA— Any Chop N Block guys that can make it are welcome. The Chop N Block team will be training, welding, fabricating and painting on site.
It is during Fab Tec in Atlanta week of NOVEMBER.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY? KIDS SURVEYED—
1. You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
— Alan, age 10
-No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.
— Kristen, age 10
2. WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then..
— Camille, age 10
3. HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
— Derrick, age 8
4. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don’t want any more kids.
— Lori, age 8
5. WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
-Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
— Lynnette, age 8 (isn’t she a treasure)
-On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
— Martin, age 10
6. WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
-When they’re rich.
— Pam, age 7 ( Love her )
-The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.
– – Curt, age 7
-The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do.
– – Howard, age 8
7. IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
— Anita, age 9
8. HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?
— Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 Favorite is …….
9. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.
— Ricky, age 10
–from Vern
BIKERNET STAFFER OPENS SHIPPING OPERATIONS—
Attached is a flyer of what I am beginning to work on for my daytime company. Since Vegas, I picked up four more major show exports to Europe, one for Mike Lichter as well in January for the Verona Italy show…
I was passing out this flyer to the industry folks around Biketoberfest.
–JACK MCINTYRE
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Round Up of Articles from the Bikernet Family of websites.
Garage-Girls Profile: Karlee Cobb
Karlee answers some questions about her life. Text and photos by Sara Liberte
Most known for her land speed racing, the second generation of the Klock Werks family, Karlee Cobb, 21, just launched her first design effort at the Tony Hawk Foundation’s “Stand Up for SkateParks” event held in Beverly Hills, CA. Perry Farrell, lead signer of Jane’s Addiction and founder of Lollapalooza, along with wife Etty, won the bidding for the 2014 Triumph T100 desert runner Karlee designed.
Right-of-Way Violations without Education Misses the Mark
Right-of-way (ROW) violations against motorcyclists have become an increasing problem over the years. By Tony Sanfelipo
Increasing Penalties for Right-of-Way Violations without Education Misses the Mark–Right-of-way (ROW) violations against motorcyclists have become an increasing problem over the years. So much so, that some states have enacted or are considering legislation to increase the penalties for motorists infringing on a motorcyclist’s right of way and causing serious injury or death.
Harley-Davidson Third-Quarter Retail Motorcycle Sales Rise
Dealer New Motorcycle Sales Grow 3.8 Percent Worldwide, 3.4 Percent in U.S. on Strength of August Launch of 2015 Motorcycles
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) dealer new motorcycle sales grew worldwide and in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2014, topping a strong prior-year quarter. The Company’s diluted earnings per share were $0.69 for the quarter, net income was $150.1 million and consolidated revenue was $1.30 billion compared to diluted EPS of $0.73, net income of $162.7 million and revenue of $1.34 billion in the year-ago period. Third-quarter results reflect lower motorcycle shipments, as planned, compared to last year’s third quarter.
D&D Dyna Bobcat Installation
Tight and Right for Rubber-mounted Applications. By Bandit and Jeremiah with photos by Wrench.
Jeremiah bugged me for months. He wanted a new bike, a dresser, no an FXR, maybe a Dyna. He ended up with an insurance settlement from his FLH accident (guy pulled a left directly in front of him) and decided dressers weren’t for his youthful city dweller, hot rod, self. He bought a very low mileage 96-inch, 2009 Dyna Super-Glide.
And from BAGGERS we have the following:
Were You Ever On A Motorcycle That Just Turned Heads?
The stunning Indian Motorcycle Collection.
Were you ever on a motorcycle that just turned heads? A motorcycle that had people talking to you at stop lights or outside of your hotel at a rally? Well let me share my most recent experience with you, because I had just that happen to me, not once, but 4 days in a row.
Baddest Baggers From Las Vegas Bikefest, 2014
Bikerpics gives us the baddest baggers in Vegas.
Some photos from Bikefest 2014, bought to you by Bikerpics.
RIDE ROAD GLIDE LOUD AND PROUD WITH BOOM! HIGH PERFORMANCE SPEAKERS
Full-Range Replacement Speakers Designed to Maximize Volume and Clarity
MILWAUKEE (October 21, 2014) Rock the ride on a 2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide® motorcycle with Boom!™ Audio High Performance Speakers (P/N 76000548, $229.95) from Harley-Davidson® Genuine Motor Parts and Accessories. Larger than the Original Equipment speakers and designed to maximize music volume and clarity, these full-range two-way speakers feature high-strength, 6.5-inch polypropylene cones for improved low and mid frequencies and bridge-mounted, damped soft-dome 1.0-inch tweeters for improved high frequencies.
Now from TRIKES we have:
Motor Trike Announces New Triumph Thunderbird LT Trike
Motor Trike, Inc. announces the release of another all-new trike, which pairs its industry leading Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) with the world’s largest parallel twin motorcycle engine, forming the “Triumph Thunderbird LT Trike”.
“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.”
-Thomas Jefferson
BIKERNET SPONSORS CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN BIKE SHOW-–Harry’s Oldstyle Bikeshow in Australia is on again .
It will be at the Mt Alford Hotel Queensland
We will have live Bands , Bikergames , Tradestalls lots of Giveaways.
Trophies supplied by Coxy’s Motorcycle Saddles and Queensland Motorcycle Panel & Paint. It will be a great Day with numbers getting bigger every Year (attached some pictures from last Years Show).
–Harry
Harry’s Custom Bikework
www.harryscustom.com.au
BUSINESS LESSONS FROM THE HELLS ANGELS–What mainstream companies could learn from the world’s most infamous motorcycle club.
Written By Devin Liddell
The strength of a brand often reflects an organization’s cultural health. Inside-out, credo-driven brands surpass their outside-in, market-driven peers in category after category—see Apple and Google versus Microsoft; Amazon and Target versus J.C. Penney; Southwest Airlines versus United Airlines. The brands that value employee culture create an obvious advantage: better people with bigger ideas and more initiative want to be part of those cultures.
This is not to say that successful culture brands are nice cultures. For all its focus on “luv,” one of Southwest Airlines’ key values is a “warrior spirit,” which is about employees being fearless. By all accounts, Steve Jobs was dictatorial and difficult to work with, but inspired Apple’s persistent culture of innovation. Amazon.com is also described as a tough place to work, but it reinvents entire categories year after year.
Brands with great cultures give employees a sense of identity, belonging, and purpose. Nice has nothing to do with it. In fact, the most successful culture brands connect with employees in ways similar to gangs or the mafia.
Globally, one organization offers a vivid blueprint for growing a brand through an unrivaled dedication to culture, and it isn’t a company you’ll find in the Fortune 500. It’s the Hells Angels, the world’s most famous (or infamous, depending on perspective) outlaw motorcycle club. Here are four of the organization’s practices that mainstream companies should borrow.
1. An All-in Hiring Process Is The Only Way To Go. Not everyone can be a Hells Angel. That might go without saying, but it’s that clarity—who we’re for, and who is for us—that’s missing from the culture of so many companies.
More importantly, the process of joining the Hells Angels is so long and arduous that no one in the club has to suffer a lemon member. Every prospect demonstrates that he wants to be there, and every member vets prospects, weeding out those who do not align with the culture.
Zappos uses this same culture-first, no-lemon approach to hiring. Following an immersive training program, new employees are offered a bonus to quit on the spot. The message is clear: go all-in with us, or hit the bricks.
2. Use Symbols and Artifacts Wisely. At the heart of the Hells Angels’ brand is an amazing array of iconography. Compared to the corporate world’s dull logos, inane stock photography, and other corporate “communications,” the Hells Angels have the signature “Death’s Head” insignia, along with a complex set of patches and other symbols.
It would be easy to dismiss these artifacts as the typical trappings of a gang. But they are meaningful visual designations of belonging, commitment, and member achievement. While most companies onboard new hires with slide presentations, Hells Angels prospects earn their “full patch.” This communicates that membership really matters, and connects members with something larger than themselves in a way that is, at the same time, personal.
Nike excels at this as well, employing a chief storyteller whose role is to connect employees with the company’s decades of innovation. There are also the “Ekins” (“Ekin” is Nike spelled backwards)—the company’s fervent team of storytellers who are known to tattoo the Nike “swoosh” on their bodies.
3. Appeal To Outsiders As Insiders. One of the paradoxes of employer-employee relationships is that people both seek a sense of belonging and want to maintain their identity. Too much belonging without any individuality is a cult. Too much individuality without any belonging is a band of mercenaries.
The Hells Angels balance this by creating a club for outsiders. Archetypally, the Hells Angels is about as pure a portrait of the “outlaw” or “rebel” brand as you’ll find. Members are called to the brand as outsiders—where they then become insular and highly exclusive insiders. That might sound odd, but it’s what people want from a brand. It’s why we love music groups a lot more before they’re cool. The Hells Angels anti-establishment culture distinguishes its members from everyone else while also welcoming those members for who they are. Roaring down the highway, they are a band of outsiders—together.
Any mainstream company in the business of innovation—from startups challenging entrenched industries to big companies always on the hook to develop the next big thing—should take heed. Outsiders are a symbol of doing things differently. You cannot disrupt the status quo without them. But those outsiders and their wild ideas need support. They need a place to feel like an insider.
4. Ignore The Critics. Law enforcement agencies haven’t wanted the Hells Angels around for decades. The club doesn’t care. It is expanding geographically and recruiting the next generation of members returning from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. The club is even expanding its revenue streams, creating licensing opportunities from its 18 trademarks and opening a retail store in Toronto in 2013. Despite rivals on both sides of the law, the club continues to thrive. Timeless, adaptable, and intensely resonant (positively or negatively), the club’s brand is the envy of brand managers worldwide, whether they’ll admit it or not. You don’t like the Hells Angels?
They don’t care. So skip liking or disliking them, and start emulating inside your own organization the ways they’ve created one of the best culture brands in the world.
[Top Photo: Bill Ray/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images]
–published on FastCompany.com
–from Vern
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY STILL OPEN–The Silent Treatment.
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment.
Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper,
‘Please wake me at 5:00AM.’ He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn’t wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed.
The paper said, ‘It is 5:00AM. Wake up.’
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.
–from Gerry Celia
QUICK TECH, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
Flathead Power Knucklehead Engine Alive Once More Through S&S
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=8851
Do you sell completely assembled bikes with the engine and all?
–Ed McLeary
Toledo, OH
It’s interesting that you should mention S&S selling bikes with KN-Series engines. We did sell a limited number of bikes with the KN93 engine in them back in 2009.
It was a limited edition collector bike called the
K-Bobb. They were built to promote the engines, and only 20 of them were sold. Now we just sell the engines.
I gather you are interested in a KN-Kone engine. Unfortunately, the KN-Kone will be discontinued at the end of this year (2014) due to low
sales. As Kool as the KN-Kone is, we Kan’t see to Konvice many Kustomers to Kome up with the Kash to aKwire one. It you want one, get it now! The regular KN93 and KN74 engines will still be available.
–Bruce Tessmer
Marketing Projects Coordinator
S&S(r) Cycle Inc.
608-627-0283
A LESSON IN RATTLESNAKE LOGIC–As long as we insist on maintaining the “moral high ground” we will NEVER win the war on terrorism. We’re in a conflict in which we absolutely insist on playing by the rules against a maniacal group who have no rules.
After the Boston bombing the news media has spent days and weeks trying to determine why these men did what they did. They want to know what America did to make these brothers so angry with us. They want to know why these men were not arrested before they did something so terrible. The media is in a tizzy about this new era of homegrown radicals, and about why they could live among us and still hate us.
A friend of mine from Texas explained it all to me: “Here in west Texas I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter.
I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don’t stop to wonder why a rattlesnake will bite me; I know it will bite me because it’s a rattlesnake and that’s what rattlesnakes do.
I don’t try to reason with a rattlesnake…I just kill it.
I don’t try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me. I just kill them.
I don’t quiz a rattlesnake to see it I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won’t tell me, and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one.
I don’t look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake…I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time.
Also, I know, for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes.
Do I fear them? No!
Do I respect what they can do to me? Yes!
And because of that respect I give them the fair justice they deserve…. I kill them…”
Maybe as a country we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists’ are just like rattlesnakes, and act accordingly!
I love this country; it’s the damned government I’m afraid of!
–from Vern
FROM BIKERNET BAGGERS, New Bikernet Reader Comment!—
The Big Adventure and a Change of Course
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11940
Well written story, very good read. I rode through a lot of the same areas a couple of years ago in FJ Cruiser, not my bike. It would be great to do that trip again.
–Phil
Ashburnham, MA
BIKERNET SECURITY ALERT, SAFE AT HOME-–
I tore out my alarm system took my name off the Neighborhood Watch List.
I’ve got two Pakistani flags raised in my front garden, one at each corner
and the black flag of ISIS in the center.
The local police, and multiple intelligence services are watching my house 24/7.
I’ve never felt safer in my entire Life!
–from Jim Waggaman
BIKER BOOTS ON THE GROUND—after Dutch officials gave their approval to members of the Dutch “No Surrender” biker gang going to Syria to join Kurds fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.—The Week Magazine
THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS ON EXTENDED PAID LEAVE-–
By Lisa Rein October 20 at 12:32 PM
Tens of thousands of federal workers are being kept on paid leave for at least a month — and often for longer stretches that can reach a year or more — while they wait to be punished for misbehavior or cleared and allowed to return to work, government records show.
During a three-year period that ended last fall, more than 57,000 employees were sent home for a month or longer. The tab for these workers exceeded $775 million in salary alone.
The extensive use of so-called administrative leave continues despite government personnel rules that limit paid leave for employees facing discipline to “rare circumstances” in which the employee is considered a threat. The long-standing rules were written in an effort to curb waste and deal quickly with workers accused of misconduct.
And the comptroller general, the top federal official responsible for auditing government finances and practices, has repeatedly ruled that federal workers should not be sidelined for long periods for any reason.
But a forthcoming report by the Government Accountability Office found that 53,000 civilian employees were kept home for one to three months during the three fiscal years that ended in September 2013. About 4,000 more were kept off the job for three months to a year and several hundred for one to three years. The study represents the first time auditors have calculated the scope and cost of administrative leave.
They found that supervisors used wide discretion in putting employees on leave, including for alleged violations of government rules and laws, whistleblowing, doubts about trustworthiness, and disputes with colleagues or bosses. Some employees remain on paid leave while they challenge demotions and other punishments.
While the employees stayed home, they not only collected paychecks but accrued pension earnings, vacation and sick days, and moved up the federal pay scale.
“Six months went by and we didn’t hear anything,” said Scott Balovich, who was put on administrative leave from his computer job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Alaska. “You’re so anxious. You don’t know if you’ve got a job. You’re getting paid, but it’s no vacation.”
Balovich was kept out of work while investigators examined how pornographic images had gotten onto his computer hard drive. He ultimately was cleared of any personal involvement and returned to his job last week. His attorney, Debra D’Agostino, a founder of the Federal Practice Group, said he “got stuck in the inertia of bureaucracy.”
The GAO report almost certainly understates the extent and cost of administrative leave because the figures examined by the auditors were incomplete. Not all government agencies keep track of the practice, and those reviewed account for only about three-fifths of the federal workforce.
The Office of Personnel Management rule book lists dozens of reasons for allowing paid leave, such as donating an organ, house-hunting before a job transfer, and attending the funeral of a relative in the military. Snow days also are permitted.
But these require only a few hours or days — not the months and years that GAO discovered are common at more than 100 federal agencies including the Defense and Treasury departments.
“It’s not authorized by any law,” said Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), referring to the cases that drag on. “Bureaucrats are abusing it.”
Grassley requested the GAO report, along with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Grassley is working with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on legislation that would narrowly define the circumstances in which employees can be kept home. Pay would be limited to a few days, congressional aides said.
OPM regulations, which govern personnel practices across the government, say an employee faced with a proposed disciplinary action “will remain in a duty status” except in “rare circumstances” when he or she poses a threat to himself or others, is at risk of stealing government property or jeopardizes “legitimate government interests.” That rule, which dates to 1980, was adopted on the heels of the last major shake-up of the federal civil service as part of an initiative to curb waste and fraud and make agencies more accountable to taxpayers.
Even earlier than that, the comptroller general began to make clear that extended paid leave was not appropriate. As long ago as 1958, for instance, the comptroller general said that an employee under investigation for wrongdoing “may be relieved from duty and continued in a pay status for 24 hours or so.” That was the first of a dozen such rulings issued by the comptroller general since then.
At many private companies, paid leave is rarely used, if at all, and lasts a few days at most, personnel experts said. An employee accused of wrongdoing either stays at the office and is reassigned, or is suspended without pay.
“The private sector is focused on operating efficiently,” said Kathy Albarado, chief executive of Helios HR, a consulting firm based in Northern Virginia. Many of Helios’s clients are government contractors that cannot bill the government for salaries if employees are on paid leave. “So they’re motivated to ensure they’re resolving any dispute quickly,” Albarado said.
Shortly before Balovich went back to work at NOAA, the agency official in charge of his case apologized for keeping him at home so long. “I agree that the process has been way, way too lengthy,” Jim Balsiger, the regional administrator for NOAA fisheries in Alaska, wrote to him, saying the case had to be processed through various government offices.
Balsiger’s deputy, Doug Mecam, said in an interview, “We weren’t in control of the timeline. People and players above us were in control.”
A NOAA spokesman, citing privacy laws, declined to comment on the specifics of Balovich’s case.
In another case, a former acting inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security was put on paid administrative leave in April while he was investigated for allegedly misusing his office and soft-pedaling reports about misbehavior by Secret Service agents. Before he was put on leave, Charles Edwards resigned his post as acting inspector general and transferred to a different job in the department.
DHS spokeswoman Marsha Catron confirmed that Edwards remains on leave but declined to say how long it will last. Edwards did not respond to a telephone message left at his home seeking comment.
“Unless you think somebody is going to get a gun and shoot people, then send them to work,” said Jeffrey Neal, a longtime federal personnel manager who retired in 2011 as the DHS’s human capital chief. “If they’re sitting there, you’re going to be reminded, ‘We have to do something about Betty Lou.’ ”
There is no law addressing administrative leave. Brenda Roberts, OPM’s deputy associate director for pay and leave, said agencies have used their own discretion in putting workers on paid leave.
OPM has at times given guidance to managers across government on how it should be used, she said, adding, “We’ve always stated it’s for brief periods of time.”
Spokesmen for several agencies, asked why they put hundreds or thousands of employees on paid leave for long periods, said they rely on OPM for guidance.
“Administrative leave is generally limited to special situations involving brief absences,” Defense Department spokesman Nathan Christensen said in a statement. It “may, in limited circumstances, be granted on an extended basis for situations such as security clearance reviews, or other due process situations where such leave is deemed to be in the interest of the Department.”
During the three-year period reviewed, the GAO report shows, the Defense Department put about 8,600 employees on leave for one to three months, nearly 900 for three months to a year and 123 for more than a year.
In a move rare for federal agencies, the Justice Department has taken steps to rein in the use of administrative leave, limiting it to 10 workdays unless the assistant attorney general for administration approves a longer period.
“It became very clear to us that managers were putting people on administrative leave because it was the easiest thing to do,” said Robert Diegelman, the Justice Department official at the time who wrote the policy in 2002. “Too often it went on forever.”
That’s how it seemed for a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who was sent home for six months after she disagreed repeatedly with an environmental decision by the agency and argued with her supervisors. Agency lawyers said her behavior was disruptive, according to her attorney, Debra Roth.
The biologist, claiming she was a whistleblower, took her case to the Office of Special Counsel, which began investigating whether she had suffered from retaliation. The biologist said a separate internal investigation cleared her and she is now back at work.
Roth, who is general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, which represents 7,000 government executives, said OPM is partly responsible for the abuses of administrative leave.
“OPM has turned a blind eye to this, and its shameful,” she said. “There’s no sense of urgency.”
Lisa Rein covers the federal workforce and issues that concern the management of government.
–from Rogue
LAST New Bikernet Reader Comment!—
PRE-LOVE RIDE THURSDAY NEWS FOR October 16, 2014
http://www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=11935
Cruising along reading the news and “poof”, there I am. Glad that you were able to get the manual/book you wanted. You guys still dress funny.
–Scott
Anamosa , IA
HUGH KING THE CHOPPER KING FROM THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL TO SELL HIS CHOP—
It’s time for me to sell the X BIKE. This is the one- off monster given to me in 2004 by Arlen Ness and team at the end of the tenth Biker Build Off series. Ten builders… Arlen, Cory, Matt Hotch, Chica, Kendall Johnson, Eddie Trotta, Hank Young, Russell Mitchell, Joe Martin and Mitch Bergeron (and Danny Gray) fabricated a bike in ten days then presented it to me on camera.
My jaw hit the floor, then I declared to the world that I would never sell this fabulous 151-hp work of art and, in fact, when I died, I would be lowered into the grave astride it. However economic reality and my ole lady have made a liar of me, and beside that I plan to be cremated.
But it’s going to be painful for me to sell my darling monster. For it features, among many unique and cool details, a billet aluminum downtube into which is carved the Roman numeral X and the Discovery Channel earth logo. And the builders signed the tank and oil bag and their names are carved into the wheel hubs. Am attaching some photos.
You might see this cool monster at the Love Ride Bike Show on Saturday or at the Progressive show in Long Beach, the middle of November.
If you are interested drop a line to Bandit@Bikernet.com.
–Hugh King
5-BALL RACING LEATHER PROGRESSIVE SHOW PEOPLES’ CHOICE LEATHER VEST—At every show in this 12-show series we will give away one of our 5-Ball Racing Leather Special Ops Vest to with winner of the Peoples’ Choice Award in the Ultimate Builder custom bike show.
This one was custom painted to catch your attention, but each winner will receive one of these vests in just the right size for them.
If you attend any of these show, come by the booth and check out this vest. They are killer with just the right number of pockets including gun pockets. We are awarding the vest sans art and it will be positioned at the Peoples’ Choice table.
–Jeffrey Najar, Partner
Biker Pros
c. 919-450-5060
Exhibition will run for about 5 months. The bottom floor is a recreation of the Sunset Blvd. shop, including a tattoo room for Mark. Top floor is a gallery of images including portraits of the artists and their work.
All photography by Markus Cuff. Artists featured include, alongside Mark Mahoney, Freddie Negrete, Boo Boo Negrete, Dr. Woo, East, and Louis Perez III.
IRON TRADER NEWS —We recommend you visit the Iron Trader News Facebook page and give them a like. Marilyn Stemp and her edit crew, who compiled IronWorks magazine for 24 years, offer unique content and compelling images for a thought-provoking view on riding, wrenching and reading.
–Marilyn Stemp
GET OUT AND VOTE–With less than two weeks before Election Day, November 4th, its time to start getting ready to vote. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation encourages you to find your polling place and start making decisions about who you are going to vote for, if you have not done so already. Deciding at the last minute at the polling place is never a great idea. Do a little research about all of your candidates, from federal to local-every race, and every vote matter. Sometimes the smallest race can impact your life the greatest.
A lot is in the balance this election, no matter which political party you are pulling for. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is and always will be a bipartisan organization. We do not advocate for the election or defeat of any political party. We do advocate for the election or defeat of individual members of congress that stand in the way of motorcyclists’ rights and freedoms, which the MRF has been doing for 30 years.
Plan your day to vote now. Find out if you can vote early, as that is generally the best way to avoid long lines at the polling place, or make the time in your day to vote on November 4th. Being an American comes with privilege, and voting is perhaps the greatest of all. Do not squander your chance to be a game changer.
–Jeff Hennie
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
BIKERNET HEALTH ALERT—I recently had a tooth pulled and the doctor prescribed Amoxicillin, and antibiotic to avoid infection. Two days into the drug I started to have reactions to it. I just didn’t know it.
This week, I read in the Week magazine: The most deadly allergic reactions are not bee stings and or nuts, but medications, especially antibiotics and radio contrast agents used for imaging scans, 2,458 cases of fatal anaphylaxis in the U.S. from 1999 to 2010. Almost 60 percent were reactions to medications. Watch out!
BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH AND FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT WORD OF THE DAY—EXIGUOUS
adjective
Quotes
His exiguous nautical pension is hardly enough to pay for the one cockroach infested room which he inhabits in the slum area behind Tatwig Street…
Origin
Exiguous is related to the term exigent and comes from the Latin word exiguus meaning “scanty in measure or number.“
Reports from Europe indicate an economic exiguous or even a downturn. –Ming, Bikernet Intergalatic Financial Editor
STRICTLY HAWG PRODUCT OF THE WEEK—Cool Women’s tops.
These tank tops are design to fit with comfort. 100% cotton material. We carry them in white and black. They are available in a medium thru 1X.
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AND SO IT GOES—Let’s see what we have in store for you. I’m working on another BDL tech on their new lock-up clutch plate. I’m also in the middle of a shop report for Cycle Source, McQuistons Custom Cycles.
I’m working with Dar from Brass Balls on a feature around his Navy dedicated bike. He has built and restored many scooters for returning Vets.
I’m also working on a news feature for Cycle Source Magazine, and a Led Sled Bike Feature for the HORSE magazine.
Very soon we will start a series of tech features on a new 2014 Indian as we modify the fenders and handlebars, install Aeromach goodies, and work with S&S on performance.
We may see a feature on the Crow’s Customs Analog Run from this past weekend, by the Sheriff who is on his way back to Sweden.
Plus, we are attempting to work with Sailor Jerry Rum again and the side of our building mural. I could use some Rum right now.
Ride Free Forever,
–Bandit
