Hey,
Another crazy week. A brother sold a bike for a lousy ten grand and the buyer stiffed him for a grand. I’ve heard enough strange stories this week to make your head spin. I swear the stars fall out of alignment and we all go nuts.
Then there’s new love or break-ups. It’s no wonder people get shot over this stuff. I tell guys to be strong and do the right thing, even when your guts are spilling out of your ears. It will pass, I swear.
I thought this was going to be a news light, but no way. I’ll scramble the pot, pray for a cold beer, look to the weekend for relief and time to work on the Bonneville bike and maybe barbeque. That’s right, I’m on a diet. Fuck!
RIVERA/PRIMO AND BIKERNET LOOKING FOR SWINGARM SHOVEL OWNER–We have a deal for you. Rivera has developed a killer system for early Shovels. It gives the rider a solid 6-speed transmission, that will fit in his stock Shovel, but there’s more. It comes with Rivera’s brand new proven clutch pack, a new starter system and primary belt system. It eliminates all the old, bad shit.
We need a bike to put it on and produce a filmed Bikernet tech feature. Contact me if you have a bike and want this system. The retail cost for the system is $2,500 which is very reasonable, Rivera will kick it to you for only $1,200 and we’ll get someone to handle the installation, but you’ll need to get your bike to Larry Settles shop in Los Angeles. Drop me a note, if you’re up for it: Bandit@Bikernet.com.
BANDIT’S BED ROLL JOURNEY– I thought about the Old West and the bedrolls the cowboys used to carry their shit, and it came to me. Something over the headlight, as long as it wasn’t too heavy, could do the trick. The bike would maintain its nasty profile, I could still pack someone on the back, and carry my shit.
As I wound through the canyon, my mind went to work on the bedroll concept. Could it carry all I wanted to pack? Another question smacked me as I rounded another corner and caught a glimpse of the Pacific lapping the Malibu shores in the distance. What about a tool bag? The short answer is yes, the perfect bag for the job.
Bandit’s Bed Roll is the perfect combo of tool bag and weekender engineered by the man that delivers form and function and keeps your ride looking clean. So pull out your wallet and click here to get your official Bandit Bed Roll Today. Bikernet Stickers included and I pay for shipping.
–Bandit
EASYRIDERS MOTORCYCLE RODEO SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED–We hope this letter finds you well. The Easyriders Events department is currently preparing for our summer Easyriders Motorcycle Rodeo Tour 2007. We would like to thank all those exhibitors that participated in the Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour 2007!
ALL NEW FOR 2007!
***USED PARTS CORRAL***
Have a Shop or Garage Full of Used Parts???
Call us today to ask about special vendor pricing in the Used Parts Corral!
We have four shows on the Rodeo Tour schedule this year:
Wilson, North Carolina ~ July 13-15
Prospect, Pennsylvania ~ July 20-22
Fowlerville, Michigan ~ August 17-19
Chillicothe, Ohio ~ Grand Nationals ~ August 30-September 3
If you are interested in passing out fliers at other events that you attend, please call us at 1-800-962-9857. It’s a great way to help us get the word out about the shows!
Please note: Last year we experienced a sold-out situation for all shows well in advance of the show dates. We recommend that you make your decision as soon as possible. Also, remember that this is the 4th year we have enforced the
NO ONE UNDER 18 ALLOWED rule. Please keep the precious little tikes at home with grandma.
We hope to see you this summer LET’S RODEO!!!
Ride Safe,
–Easyriders Events Staff
LAST WEEK TO ENTER BIKERNET’S SHARPEST SOFTAIL CONTEST–WIN a new set of high-performance Fat Cat or Boarzilla performance exhaust pipes for your Harley-Davidson Softail. It’s easy? send us:
Name
Email
Picture of your bike
Telephone
Details on your bike
Why you need a performance pipe
Send entries to softail@horsepowermarketing.com and we will post them on bikernet.com, DandDexhaust.com and have the community at bikernet.com vote for the ‘Sharpest Softail’ of Bikernet.
About Fat Cat & Boarzilla Details
The 2 into 1 Fat Cat & Boarzilla Performance Pipes make up to 12 additional horses depending upon your configuration. The stylish upswept design provides the performance rider with extra ground clearance. Each pipe is hand fitted and installed with heat shields.
Each pipe is tuned for performance and sound. Not only do D&D pipes look good, you can feel the deep rumble that only a D&D equipped V-Twin can make.
To get a performance pipe for your Harley or custom V-Twin logon to
IMT AND BIKERNET.COM CAN MAKE THIS FATHER’S DAY A DAY TO REMEMBER–Call now for details on obtaining one for your display, as well as brochures and presentation CD’sRodney Adkins 877-679-2217 or Rodneya@touchlesscover.com
THE HERRIN ELKS CHARITY RIDE —will be holding their annual Crippled Children’s Poker run on September 9th Sunday. There will be a New Harley giveaway raffle that day also. Best hand wins $1000 cash. Silent auctions and regular auction. Breakfast will be served that morning and BBQ’s when you return. First bike out at 11am. Biker Games also. For more info call 618-942-5653. The address is 221 East Monroe Stree in Herrin, Illinois call if you need more directions.
DEATH AT MYRTLE BEACH BIKE WEEK–I was reading the article about Myrtle Beach bike week. It realy pisses me off thatthese cagers get no tickets or JAIL!! for friggin killing someone. I was there this year, and letme tell you that cops were easily handing tickets to bikers. I was on my way to the Sugar Shack at the convention center 10:30 a.m. and the traffic was nutz, so I was in a line of about30 or 40 cars and bikes so instead of going in the parking lot I decided to go straight and go by later on. Well, I didn’t really see that the cops decided to make it a turn only lane. Whichthere was no way of telling since the cop standing there was too busy talking on his cell phone. The lane was made to turn or go straight you know arrows. Anyhow I was about1/8 of mile down the road, and what do you know, myrtle beaches finest following me for at least a mile. Then the light goes on, so I pulled over and pulled out my license, registration and insurance papers. He walks up and says, “Are you legal?
I hand him my stuff and he says, “I will be right back.” He comes back 15 min later, out of his air cond car, with a ticket for a $120.
I said, “What for?” Improper starting. What the fuck is that any way?
He said, “Well you were supposed to turn.”
I was getting pissed off. I said, “The lane was two ways buddy.”
He replied, “Not this week.”
I was raging and he told me to shut up boy or he would give you a bigger fine with 4 points against my license.
I shut up, but he stillfollowed me for 2 friggin miles right on my tail waiting for me to speed or something. I find it realfunny that bikers are always wrong. But no fines or jail for the bike killers. Mrytle Beachpolice are dickheads.
Thanks Bandit for letting me share my story,
–Eric Fertig
Cops won’t keep me from riding!!!!!
BRUTE III EXTREME ENCLOSED BELT DRIVES– The BRUTE III EXTREME is specially designed for high horsepower (150+ HP capability) street or competitionapplications requiring above average strength & ability.
Designed to live with the extreme shockloads generated by large displacement, highly-modified American V-Twinswithout whimpering, the BRUTE IIII EXTREME represents the latest technological advances in primary drive andprimary belt design.
Featuring a 1-3/4″ wide, 11mm “dense pack” Kevlar polychain belt which is virtually indestructible, this drive isdesigned to run in a closed environment, between the inner & outer primary covers. The 34-tooth front & 49-toothrear pulleys provide great gearing for even the strongest of motors.
Included with these kits is our new & improved complete PRO-CLUTCH assembly with its seven Kevlar onaluminum core friction plates for better engagement. In addition, these kits include our one-piece sealed bearingfor the inner primary, replacing the stock two-piece bearing. It’s I.D. is made to fit directly on the mainshaftwithout a bearing race.
The BRUTE III EXTREME is available in several models, with & without offsets as well as with differentstarter ring gears. See the listing below for your application:
1-3/4″ WIDE 11mm BELT CLOSED PRIMARY ELECTRIC STARTFITS 1990-2007 EVO & TWIN CAM SOFTAILS & 1990-2007 DYNA MODELS
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o 562-907-2600
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CELTIC MANUFACTURING INTRODUCES NEW CELTIC FINISHER LINE–Augusta, Georgia, 1 May 2007— Celtic Manufacturing, Inc. has added another product to its line of Vibratory Deburring machines and finishers. The Celtic Finisher VB03 is a large capacity, 16 cubic foot tumbler designed to service the growing ceramic coating industry. This particular unit was designed and built with a 54″ long tub to accommodate most automobile and motorcycle exhaust headers. The headers are coated and then placed in The Celtic Finisher for 20-60 minutes to achieve a high luster finish similar to polished aluminum.
Company founder Mark Runnels was asked if this was a departure in thinking from previous models? “I don’t think so. We’re in the business of building finishing machines and while the end user of the finished products has changed, we’re still servicing the metal finishing industry with solid and affordable machinery that just isn’t available anywhere else.”
WILBERS SHOCKS FROM HOLLAND–Sent us a DVD, which I’ve been kicking around for months. I dropped it in my computer and watched individual shock being assembled in super clean facilities. I watched sportbikes zip around Grand Prix tacks and the boss explain how well their products work.
If you’re interested in their amazing product line go to www.wilbers.de or drop a line to info@wilbers.de.
CLUB H.O.G DOWN HOME ANNOUNCES ENTERTAINMENT FOR 2007–MILWAUKEE, Wis. (May 22, 2007) -Headline acts Montgomery Gentry, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, and Cowboy Mouth will fill two stages of live entertainment with the sound of stomping boots and thunderous applause at the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G) Club H.O.G. DOWN HOME: 24th Annual Rally, August 24-25, 2007, at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tenn.
Harley-riding duo Montgomery Gentry has rocked the country music world since 1999 with their blue-collar anthems and tales of life, love and patriotism. Winners of numerous national awards, they were recently nominated for the 2007 Academy of Country Music Award for Top Vocal Duo. Montgomery Gentry will rock Club H.O.G. DOWN HOME on Friday, August 24, at the Harley stage.
New this year, Colorado-based band Big Head Todd & the Monsters brings its laid-back, slightly jazzy, blues-based rock to the Harley stage Saturday afternoon. A favorite on the national recording and concert scene since the release of its breakthrough album, “Sister Sweetly,” in 1992, the band just released “From the Archives – Vol. 1,” a collection of their greatest hits.
Crowd favorite Cowboy Mouth returns to CLUB H.O.G. DOWN HOME with its New Orleans style of rock ‘n roll and legendary live shows sure bring down the house Saturday at the Miller Tennessee Tap stage. Perhaps Cake magazine said it best when it wrote “? on a bad night they’ll tear the roof off the joint and on a good night they’ll save your soul.”
Other performers include genre-bending master guitarist DB Bryant Band, high-energy Blues, Rock and Boggie band Dixie Werewolves, steel horse-riding traditional Country artist Sundance & the Roughriders, Blues/Rock power trio Sonny Moorman Group and the “Road-tested Country” group the Drew Davis Band.
Take a break from the live music and enjoy the other activities offered at CLUB H.O.G. DOWN HOME. Take the opportunity to meet and talk with Harley-Davidson executives at the Town Hall Meetings as they take questions from H.O.G. members or talk tech with Harley-Davidson technicians at three different Service Seminars – all at the H.O.G. Amphitheater. Take advantage of the miles of extraordinary scenic riding around the Knoxville area with rides organized by those who know the area best: chapter members from the two area Harley-Davidson dealerships.
Performances at the Stunt Zone include Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Drill Team, Seattle Cossacks Stunt Team, Bubba Blackwell: The Buell American Daredevil, ILLConduct, and Bruce Rossmeyer’s Ft. Lauderdale Harley-Davidson Drill Team,
While most activities are limited to registered H.O.G. member event attendees, the Knoxville community is encouraged to participate in various rally activities such as free demo rides on 2008 Harley-Davidson 105th anniversary models and Buell motorcycles, viewing the newly re-designed Harley-Davidson Traveling Museum and cheering on the motorcycles during the Knoxville Parade of Harleys on Saturday morning.
The public is also invited to attend the Smoky Mountain Shindig: Where the HOG Meets the Dragon on Thursday, August 23, at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson and Buell in Maryville, the Knox Rocks Down Home HOG Fest hosted by Knoxville Harley-Davidson and Buell on Saturday, August 25 at both local dealerships and Down Home at the Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson and Buell on Saturday.
H.O.G. members can pre-register for CLUB H.O.G. DOWN HOME by visiting
For more information, visit Harley-Davidson’s Web site at
PAUGHCO/BAKER TRANSMISSION TECH COMING OUR WAY–Through a couple of builds we’ve run into a dilemma choosing the proper transmission plate to run with the tranny, frame, engine and wheel combination. Scout from Baker sent us the following:
There are three plates. There’s’64 and older. They have slots in them for the bosses on the bottom of the tranny, “for primary chain adjustment.” They share the same bolt patterns as the ’65-84 tranny plate. You can put an older tranny plate ’36-’64 on a ’65-’84 but typically not the other way around. The ’85 and newer plate is for Softail application. The bolt pattern left to right is wider then that of a 4-speed, but all share the common 5th bolt location on the frame. There are subtle differences in the bolt holes from the tranny plate to the frame ’36 up, most dominately a width difference. The hole width was changed when they built the Softail chassis with the under-slung shocks.
Are you confused? Can you help. I’ve asked the Paughco team to take pictures of all the plate they build. I know of three Softail Plates, the old 4-speed job and another one that is dished and has spacers welded to it. We’ll get to the bottom of this.
For transmission tech questions drop Nate an e-mail. He’s the Baker tech guy.natez@bakerdrivetrain.com
–//Scout
TEASER OF WHAT’S AHEAD–BIKERNET NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS–BASSANI HEADER KIT, UPDATE ON BILL RUCKER, AMERICAN IRON WANTS RESPONSE, HOLLISTER H-D NOW HOUSE OF THUNDER, SPEEDFREAKS MEMORIAL DAY PREVIEW, MRF WASHINGTON OPEN HOUSE, NHTSA MEETING, DELL COMPUTERS AND MORE RUCKER PERFORMANCE.
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