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BETTER TAKE YOUR PEDAL OFF THE MEDAL ? THAT BIKERS GOT A BADGE–
Anchorage Daily News
The Associated Press
FAIRBANKS — When the snow melts, some Fairbanks police officers will trade in four-door sedans for something with a little more style: Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
The department showed off the police edition of the 2005 Road King on Wednesday.
The Harley is one of two on loan for the summer from the Harley-Davidson Farthest North Outpost under a program that began in 2002.
The Police Department gets free use of Harleys annually.
“I’ve been able to drive them every year,” said Lt. Dusty Johnson. “It’s been magnificent.”
The decked-out touring bikes are white with Police Department insignia, two-way radios, lights and sirens. The motorcycles are valued at $22,000 apiece.
Harley dealerships across the nation loan motorcycles to police departments, said store sales manager Doug Chambers.
“It’s just basically a good will thing,” he said.
Mileage put on Harleys by police officers can be a selling point when the stores reclaim the motorcycles and put them on the showroom floor.
“It’s a cop bike,” Chambers said. “It’s about where it’s been and what it’s done.”
First National Bank Alaska donated $2,500 toward tailoring the motorcycles for the Police Department.
The motorcycles are used primarily for parades and some patrolling.
Rogue
www.bikerrogue.com
STEALTH REPORT–This past weekend ?The Concerned Bikers Association? held their annual spring swap meet. The swap meet is still one of my favorite events. The weather was good Saturday but Sunday proved to be a different story with the rain moving in.
This swap meet was different for me because instead of being on the selling side of things I was on the buying side. I was looking for deals to take back to my new shop ” STEALTH BIKE WORKS”, soon to be open. I had pretty good luck. I picked up some Joker Machine parts for a good price and some Pro One parts and a few other bits and pieces to decorate the walls. In the upcoming weeks I will have an update on the progress of the shop. I can’t tell you how excited I am! It is a lot of work getting the building ready, but fun.
Back to the swap meet. Time to see old friends and make new ones. The swap meet still takes you back to a time when things were a lot less complicated. It does you good to see young kids at the swap meet looking for parts to put their dream bike together. One of the things I like about the swap meet is that you never know what you will find and to me that is the fun part.
The temps have turned warm here 75-80 degrees and the bikes are out on the road. The first bike nights are starting up!
One last thing thanks to all of you who supported me on “Your Shot” last week. It means a lot!
Spring is here! Get Your Motor Running!
STEALTHMAN!
EBAY AUCTION LEADS DEPUTIES TO MOTORCYCLE CHOP SHOP–
GEORGE WILKENS
The Tampa Tribune
TAMPA – Two rented garages at an upscale New Tampa apartment complex concealed a chop shop specializing in stolen motorcycles, authorities say. Rafthel Morales, 26, was arrested Monday on multiple felonies related to vehicle theft, but his roommate at Addison Park at Cross Creek apartments remains at large, officials say.
The investigation started with information obtained by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Auto Theft Unit and a complaint from a victim who saw his property offered on eBay, the popular Internet auction site, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter.
A search warrant served Wednesday recovered stolen cycles and cycle parts in garages assigned to the suspects’ residence, 10307 Venitia Real Ave., just north of Cross Creek Boulevard, authorities said.
“It’s hard to tell how many motorcycles there are,” Carter said. Detectives will rely on serial numbers and vehicle identification numbers, but there were at least seven, she said.
Morales was booked into the Orient Road Jail at 1:30 p.m. on charges of grand theft, possession of a vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number and operating a chop shop.
A similar warrant has been issued for roommate Kyle James Kirkland, 18. Anyone knowing his whereabouts should call the sheriff’s office, (813) 247-8200, or CrimeStoppers, 1-800-873-TIPS.
Rogue
LA CALENDAR SHOW UPDATE–2005 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend July 16-17th 2005 Top Builders and Record $70,000 Awards Purse Highlight 2005 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show
The 14th Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend sponsored by Performance Machine and scheduled for Saturday July 16th and Sunday July 17th, 2005 at the beautiful Queen Mary Event Park on the Pacific Ocean in downtown Long Beach, CA, continues to grow every year as the most popular street bike show in America.
As always the LA Calendar Show offers one of the premier Custom and Sportbike Show Contests in America featuring top name Pro and Amateur bike builders from around the world vying for the prestigious Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy. Performance Machine and show producer Jim Gianatsis have bolstered the already huge $60,000 Bike Show awards purse with an additional $10,000 in cash prize money for the Best of Show and Best PM Equipped Bike.
Expect 3-time LA Calendar Motorcycle Show winner Jesse Rooke to return to reveal his latest cutting edge custom in another bid to secure the coveted Performance Machine Best of Show title. But competition will again be intense from many of world’s top builders like last year’s winner Shinya Kimura from Zero Engineering who flew in from Japan to took home the Best of Show trophy with one of his famed retro choppers that have customers on a 4-year waiting list.
An exclusive feature of the Show are the free Calendar Bike Builder’s Seminars held both days at the Show, conducted by the leading custom bike builders in America as featured in the Iron & Lace Calendar. You’ll meet many legendary builders with their latest bikes including 3-time Show winner Jesse Rooke, plus Russell Mitchell, Mitch Bergeron, Paul Yaffe, Mike Stafford, Harold Pontarelli and others. Plus exciting new builder Dreamcraft Studios who premiered their show stopper “Sega” at last year’s show, will return again this year with the world premier their latest $500,000 rolling piece of techno artwork featuring the world’s first fully machined 1-piece billet chassis. Each builder will be available to meet at their bike displays with free autographed posters, and at their Builder’s Seminars where they will tell fans how they really build their bikes. It’s better than reality biker TV show – it’s live!
On Saturday night Show promoter Jim Gianatsis hosts the Iron & Lace Calendar Builders Night Party beginning at 9pm on board the historic Queen Mary ocean liner in the Observation Room Bar with live musical entertainment by a sensational new national female recording artist.
Many of the top Iron & Lace Calendar bike builders together with other top celebrity builders attending the Show weekend will be there, together with fans and the beautiful FastDates.com Calendar Angels featured in the Iron & Lace Calendar.
Showcasing the Calendar Girls theme of the Calendar Bike Show will be the premier of the 2006 FastDates.com Calendars with the beautiful SBK Fast Dates World Superbike and Iron & Lace Calendar Angels in attendance. Featured is TV and movie star Miss Texas “Rockin’ Robin” Cunningham who will be hosting the stage activities both days, assisted by the legendary Keith “Bandit” Ball of Bikernet.com and biker magazine fame.
Spectators can find out more about The LA Calendar Motorcycle Show, the Bike Contest and all the available weekend activities online at http://www.FastDates.com/BIKESHOW.HTM
CHROME HARDWARE SUPPLY– is teaming up with Brian Klock to create an amazing new bike-the Twin-Cam Bagger. The result of CHS’s first collaboration-Matt Hotch’s silver-flamed Softail, dubbed the “Continental”-received so much attention over the past two years that the company decided to follow it up with another talented builder.
Brian Klock and the Klock Werks team will infuse their creativity into another soon-to-be masterpiece for the CHS collection.
“Brian has impressed me for years with his talent, and I think he has a real knack for baggers,” says Taylor Anderson of Chrome Hardware Supply. “We like bikes that look good-from our printed materials to the shows-but they also have to work because we ride them all year long. We’ll start with a new Twin-Cam FLHT and see what Brian and the team can come up with”.
The Continental has been featured in Hot Bike magazine and Tom Zimberoff’s Art of the Chopper. It also graced the cover of the Dreamgirls 2005 calendar. CHS expects to turn just as many heads with the Klock Werks Twin-Cam Bagger.
For more information and updates, visit Chrome Hardware Supply online at http://www.chromehardwaresupply.com or call (888) 629-2476.
CRIME SCENE CHOPPERS RELEASES INDIAN-INSPIRED LEAF SPRING FORK PLANS–
Retro-Leafer? springer fork designed for style and ease of construction
Scotts Valley, CA ? March 30, 2005 ? Crime Scene Choppers announces the availability of blueprints for a leaf spring fork inspired by the late 30?s Indian Chiefs. The plans were developed with the homebuilder and small shop in mind; fabrication options are presented to eliminate the need for complex machine work.
There are 31 pages of plans, printed full-scale on 11? x 17? paper. Two different fork designs are included, one based on round tube legs and one that features oval legs. Details on building a friction shock are included as well. A complete list of parts and materials is provided.
Crime Scene Choppers is the home of the polished stainless Hard-Ass? seat.
Unique and Original?The standard springer plans we sell have been very popular.? said Joe McGlynn, owner of Crime Scene Choppers, ?I wanted to provide a way for folks with limited resources to build a unique custom bike, you don?t need to spend a fortune to have a awesome custom chopper?. ?It was important that the plans be based around commonly available parts and components that an average shop or home builder could fabricate themselves ? no complex CNC milling operations or chrome-moly welding?.
Retro-Leafer Plans Availability
The Retro-Leafer and Standard Springer Fork Plans available through http://www.CrimeSceneChoppers.com immediately. New products are being introduced every month, so check the website for the latest news.
BILLY LANE ON TV!Billy will be featured on the Discovery Channel on the following dates &shows:
SUNDAY APRIL 3 – 9PM (et) – THE ULTIMATE CHOP (BIKER BUILD-OFF AWARDS SHOW)
TUESDAY APRIL 5 – 10PM (et) – INDIAN LARRY TRIBUTE SPECIAL
More details on Billy’s TV times are always on the “HOT FROM THE SHOP” page on the Choppers Inc website.
BIKERNET BLOND JOKE–A blonde was terribly overweight, so her doctor put her on a diet.
I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, eat regularlyfor 2 days, then skip a day. Repeat this procedure for 2 weeks.
“The next time I see you, you’ll have lost at least 5 pounds.”
When the blonde returned, she shocked the doctor. She had lost nearly20 pounds.
“Why, that’s amazing!” the doctor said. “Did you follow myinstructions?”
The blonde nodded. “Ill tell you though, I thought I was going to dropdead that 3rd day.”
“From hunger, you mean?” asked the doctor.”
“No, from all that skipping!”
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