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SEMA SEMINAR AVAILABLE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR WEB BUSINESS–Join the professionals in the automotive specialty-equipment market to learn everything you need to know about successfully conducting business on the Internet at SEMA’s Internet Symposium on Saturday, August 1, 2009, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
Developed by the SEMA Street Performance Council (SPC), the event has become a premier business development forum focusing on effective Internet and social marketing strategies.
The SEMA Internet Symposium will provide participants with proven strategies and best practices from experts in the fields of online marketing, multimedia, business development and eCommerce. Through interactive panel discussions, the sessions will include everything from the current state of the Internet and Search Engine Optimization to website metrics and protecting intellectual property online.
Other tracks include:
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
New Data Standards for Electronic
Cataloging (ACES and PIES)
Today’s Essential Online Business and Social Media Tools
Creating compelling videos that sell Internet Marketing Planning and Budgeting
Pre-registration is $125 for SEMA members, $99 for each additional company employee and $199 for non- members and on-site registration.
Register now at https://secure.sema.org/Internet_Symposium/Internet_Symposium.aspx For more information visit www.sema.org/InternetSymposium –Tracie Nu?ez
SPC Chair-Elect
Big Mountain Run Web Site Up And Running–Limpnickie Lot And Cycle Source Prepare For Mayhem In The Mountains!
June 17th is fast approaching and so is The Big Mountain Run 2009. Just in time for last minute plans, the BMR web site is up and finished. BMR is a rider?s dream wrapped around a killer event. Starting off with a two day Gypsy tour of the Smokey Mountains including a visit to the ?Wheels Through Time Museum?, and a run on both the Dragon (US129) and the Cherohola Skyway. The run will end at the Hiwassee Outfitter?s Campground for two more days of good ol? fashion bike party events, all in the setting of the Smokey Mountains.
Additions since the announcement of this new event are recording artists ?Nine Pound Hammer?, ?Crank County Daredevils?, ?Final Drive? and ?Big House Pete?. The Lucky Daredevil Thrill Show will be performing nightly at the campgrounds and we have some killer new events planned like the Tramps Triathlon, and the worlds first ever Mini TT race that will see mini bike warriors compete in Flat Track type TT races, (with a jump). Of course a Cycle Source Custom Chopper Show is planned for the Saturday card but all this an more, including advanced ticket and vendor registration is up on the new www.bigmountainrun.com
FROM THE UNCLE MONKEY ARCHIVES–I wave. It is a habit that my wife says I need to stop but I still do it. It started growing up on the farm where everyone waved to everyone they met on the road. For the record I only waved to people I knew so no that wasn’t me waving from the tractor at you, a complete stranger, like an idiot.
As a biker I wave to my fellow riders as a sign of respect. A bond is shared between me and the other rider out on the road, battling cages and the elements. I’m not picky; I wave to everyone on two wheels even though I?ve been told as a Harley rider I should only wave to other Harleys. I say all riders deserve respect. They are dealing with the same things that I do so I wave to everyone. We seem to understand the brotherhood of the road.
There are lots of riders who don?t wave back. Perhaps they are new riders who have yet to be taken under the wing of a veteran rider who will share the codes of the road with them. They don?t have someone to teach him or her the rights and wrongs. Mind you after watching more then a few people bobbing and weaving as they drag their feet across the intersection I’m not so sure I want them to remove their white knuckled hands from the handlebars to wave to me. Maybe my wife is right. There just is simply too many of us on the roads now a days for me to be waving to everyone we meet.
I try to get a few clicks on my bike most days after work. After battling a back injury for a couple of years now it’s nice to be out back on the road waving to my fellow riders. My route usually includes at least a couple passes down the main drag in my small town. I’m amazed at all the new bikes I see standing in the parking lot of Tim Horton’s, Canada’s premier coffee chain. It is nice to have a good cup of Joe after riding and there is never a shortage of people in the parking lot. My favourite is the couple who show up decked out head to toe in full Harley riding gear including chaps … driving their Ford Harley Davidson truck. I try not to judge them but I think they are missing out on something. So if you are wondering who that is waving at you, it?s just me saying ?Hello good friend.?
Wayne ?Uncle Monkey? Wuschke
Southern Independent Riders
www.stvictorboogie.com
Ex-FHP trooper accused of sexual battery–Police say he coerced driver after accident.
PALM SPRINGS – A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper arrested on allegations that he followed a woman to her home, made her strip naked and then coerced her to have sex with him to avoid a traffic citation or a trip to jail — was ordered held on $105,000 bond today.
Ariel D. Valentin, 31, was taken into custody at about 2 p.m. Friday after an investigation into the alleged May 13 assault. He resigned from the FHP on Wednesday after five years in Troop L, which covers six counties, including Palm Beach and Broward.
According to police, the woman said Valentin pulled her over after she was involved in a minor car accident near her home in Palm Springs. After he told the other driver to leave the scene, the woman said she told Valentin that both drivers were fine and she wanted to leave, pointing to her home nearby.
She said Valentin asked her whether she minded that he search her and she agreed, getting out of her car and turning her pockets inside-out, according to police. He said he needed to search her further and suggested going into her home, according to the interview.
The woman told police she was “bawling her eyes out” because her registration was expired and she did not want to get in trouble. She said Valentin told her “stop crying and don’t worry, you are not going to get in trouble. Just do what I say.”
Once they were inside her house, the woman said Valentin told her to remove her clothes and then coerced her into having sex, according to police.She also told police that she felt like an idiot, but was “scared of going to jail” and at one point in the encounter asked Valentin what was going on.
The woman retrieved a used condom from her toilet after Valentin left. She went to the hospital the following day, where she contacted police and a doctor performed a rape examination.
When first interviewed about the incident, Valentin told Palm Springs police that he simply followed the woman to her nearby home and issued her a citation. He said he did not enter the house.
When police informed him that they recovered a used condom, Valentin still denied having sex with the woman, but later said the two had consensual sex.
He is charged with sexual battery and bribery and was being held at the Palm Beach County Jail.
–By Don Jordan | Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach Post staff writers Jason Schultz and Michael LaForgia contributed to this report.
–from Rogue
WHAT TO GET DAD? LEATHER HIM UP– Father’s Day Sale – ONLY All Leather Dickies? Style Work Jacket – ONLY $167 for a $328 jacket! Looks great on and off the bike… It is an old school design that is cool and never goes out of style.
It’s designed after the popular Dickies? work jacket with special features for added comfort & utility when riding.
Features:
– 2 hand warmer pockets
– 3 inside pockets
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– Adjustable waist
naked cowhide for a supple feel and quality that will provide years of protection while maintaining it’s good looks. More details here.
Los Angeles Motorcyclists Enjoying Holiday on Reopened Road–May 25, 2009Motorcyclists in the area of Los Angeles and southern California are again enjoying the full route through the San Gabriel Mountains. Gear head and lovers of twisty asphalt byways can now enjoy the full 66 mile stretch between La Ca?ada and the Antelope Valley which has been closed since a 2005 winter storm destroyed a 9 mile stretch of the highway.
–Los Angeles Times
BRYAN SMITH RIDES HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO SPRINGFIELD MILE WIN–Coolbeth Bounces Back to Take Second in AMA Grand National Twins Opener.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (May 24, 2009) ? Moroney’s Harley-Davidson/Screamin’ Eagle rider Bryan Smith made a last-lap pass to win the opening round of the 2009 AMA Grand National Twins Championship on the Springfield Mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The defending Grand National Twins champion, Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle factory rider Kenny Coolbeth, finished second, trailing Smith at the finish line by just 0.046 seconds.
Smith was the top qualifier for the 26-lap main, and was in the mix during the first 20 laps, during which the race was red-flagged to a stop once for rain and twice for crashes. The final red flag for a crash set up a five-lap sprint for the win. Coolbeth had been stuck at the back of the pack on a motorcycle that was not running well, but after the break the performance of his factory Harley-Davidson XR750 cleared up. On the re-start Coolbeth joined a lead pack that included Smith, Blue Springs Harley-Davidson/Screamin’ Eagle rider Jared Mees, Latus Harley-Davidson/Screamin? Eagle rider Joe Kopp, Chris Carr Racing/Lancaster Harley-Davidson rider Chris Carr and Nick Cummings. Smith gambled by taking a low line on the backstretch of the last lap to draft past the pack, and carried his lead out of the fourth turn with enough momentum to hold off Coolbeth. Carr finished third, followed by Mees, Cummings and Kopp.
?We just came up a little short at the end,? said Coolbeth, who trailed Smith by half a bike length at the finish. ?But considering how things were going for us tonight, second place is a great finish this time. For most of the race the motorcycle was running poorly and I was just riding around at the back trying to stay out of everyone?s way, and then after that last red flag, the Screamin? Eagle Harley-Davidson felt great and I was back in it. Bryan made a great move and I didn?t quite have enough to get him back.?
Smith previously won at Springfield in 2006.
?My team gave me a great Harley-Davidson to ride tonight,? said Smith, ?but it took a bit of a gamble there at the end to get the lead. I figured it would be close but it worked out.?
With his win and a victory in the Dash for Cash sprint, Smith leads the 9-event 2009 AMA Grand National Twins series with 28 points, followed by Coolbeth with 16 points and Carr with 15 points.
The 2009 AMA Grand National Twins Championship will next race on June 20 on the Volunteer Speedway half-mile, in Bulls Gap, Tenn.
The Screamin’ Eagle Flat Track team is sponsored by Matco Tools.
Tucker Rocky Restructures Management Team–Tucker Rocky has announced several management changes designed to help strengthen support for dealers and position the company for continued future success.
“In an effort to build on Tucker Rocky’s success in the marketplace, reaffirm our customer service culture and strengthen our organizational effectiveness, I am announcing several organizational changes. My goal is to reaffirm our culture and management philosophy to ensure that our customers, our sales force, our vendors and our company continue to succeed and grow,” explained TR president Steve Johnson.
The most important change for Tucker Rocky is an increased focus on business segments. “We offer some of the most successful brands in the industry, and I want to continue to build on that foundation,” continued Johnson.
Phillips has been promoted to senior segment director and reports directly to Johnson. Phillips will lead TR’s segment and brand managers.An increased focus has also been placed on the marketing function, and Stephan Ulbrich, director of marketing, will also report directly to Johnson. Ulbrich will lead marketing and advertising programs that promote Tucker Rocky and Tucker Rocky products and services.
Both of these changes will allow Tim Pritchard, VP of Sales, to focus his full attention on leading sales and customer service and continue to work with Johnson on vendor and industry relationships.
In another shift, Ross Hanson will serve as VP of operations and take over leadership of Tucker Rocky’s distribution centers and logistics.
VIPER MOTORCYCLE COMPANY ENTERS INTO ENGINE AGREEMENT WITH ILMOR ENGINEERING, INC.– Viper Motorcycle Company and Ilmor Engineering, Inc. today announced a joint venture to develop the exciting Viper 152 cubic inch V-Twin motorcycle engine. The all polished billet engine was designed specifically for Viper Motorcycles and is currently used exclusively in the all new Diamondback Super Cruiser. Viper Motorcycles and famed race engine design and development company Ilmor Engineering have teamed together to develop enhancements to the V-Twin engine for all future Viper products including the release of the engine for custom aftermarket motorcycle applications.
Ilmor Engineering is best known for its expertise and success in the highest levels of automobile racing. The company has over 200 Indy Car wins to its credit including winning the prestigious Indy 500 no less than 14-times. Created as a race engineering company in the UK more 25 years ago, Ilmor has grown to over 140 personnel worldwide with facilities in Plymouth, Michigan and Northampton, England.
Paul Ray, Ilmor Engineering, Inc.?s President said, ?This is truly a perfect match for us. Viper Motorcycles and Ilmor have a tremendous amount in common and importantly, share a passion for excellence. The agreement between us is the starting point. We are very excited to get moving on the development path.?
John R Silseth II, Viper Powersports CEO said, ?Our key to success will be the quality and performance of our 152 V-Twin both in our production bikes and in the aftermarket. I am very excited about what this partnership is capable of bringing to the table. Ilmor is the ideal partner to solidify our future.?
Viper Powersports designs, produces and markets through an independent dealer network a line of premium custom V-Twin Super Cruiser motorcycles, V-Twin aftermarket engines and other related aftermarket products. The company designs and manufactures custom motorcycles, accessories and motorcycle engine component parts with patented technology using Computer Aided Design (CAD). Many of the motorcycle and motorcycle engine component parts are machined from solid billets of aluminum utilizing Computer-Numerical-Control (CNC) machines. Viper Powersports and ViperMotorcycle Company?s websites are www.viperpowersports.com and www.vipermotorcycle.com.
NEW FEATURE BIKES COMING TO BIKERNET.COM–Here are some bikes I have phone # for. Let me know which bikes to shoot for Bikernet, and I’ll find models to match.
–Peter
THIS SUNDAY MAY 31st ~ 2009 @ CAT CLUB8911 SUNSET BLVD. ~ WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIAON THE SUNSET STRIP !THE HEAVY HITTERS OF HOLLYWOOD SHOW !WITH VERY SPECIAL APPEARANCES BYTHE BEST IN THE ADULT FILM INDUSTRY !–MANY SURPRISES IN STORE THIS EVENING !WITH PERFORMANCES BY:ATTICA FREAK SHOW (10:15pm)
THIS SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 31st, 2009@ THE CAT CLUB in WEST HOLLYWOOD !HAPPENIN’ HARRY and DIZZY of GUNS N ROSES are BACK IN TOWN, AND ALL OF THE HEAVY HITTERSWILL BE JAMMIN’ & PARTYIN’ @ THE CAT CLUB THIS SUNDAY NIGHT !
REPORT FROM BRIDGE WATCHERS–For all you bridge watchers here are some current pics from Hoover Dam Bridge
–Gordon Olsen
DRAWING LESSON FROM BIKERNET ART INSTITUTE–Probably what you’re noticing in this drawing is the looseness.It’s almost falling apart!
The actual drawing technique itself has evolved over the courseof the build of the 5 Ball Racer. I’ve tried to give them the lookof the Benday process invented by Benjamin Day.
It uses dotsof a consistent size and gives a beautiful range of values thatworked well on newsprint. If you followed the Buzz Sawyer comicstrip created by Roy Crane in the L.A. Examiner when you werekid, that was done using Benday. On the artists end of it there werespecial papers that when wetted with an emulsifier (toxic no doubt)would reveal textures consisting of tiny dots which did not requireexpensive printing plates to reproduce.
Later on zip-a-tone arrivedand you would press down the semi-transparent sheets over yourinked line drawing and then cut out the shapes as needed to createshading (values). Tedious work requiring a lot of white out, boxesof number eleven Exacto blades and late nights.
I’ve tried to duplicatethat look by using a cartridge brush pen (Pentel FP10) for the linework over the original pencil drawing (HB pencil) on smooth finish2 ply Bristol board and then adding the halftone effect (the shading)using a Derwent colorsoft pencil (Black C650). The important thingis to decide on the direction of the light source while doing the originalpencil drawing and sticking with it all the way through.
–Dick Allen
NEW SADDLEBAG EXTENSION KIT FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON–Turn a Bagger into a ?Dragger? with Ready-to-Paint Extensions.
MILWAUKEE (May 29, 2009) ? Originally featured on the 2009 Harley-Davidson CVO? Road Glide? model, this Saddlebag Extension Kit (P/N 90999-09, $299.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories will fit any 2004-later Touring model equipped with hard saddlebags. When installed, the extensions visually stretch the saddlebags and wrap around the exhaust for a true ?tail dragger? look.
Manufactured from the same durable ABS material as the original-equipment saddlebags, these unfinished extensions are ready to prime and paint to match an original or custom color. No filler or re-painting of the original-equipment bag is necessary. Finish the look with available Color-Matched Saddlebag Filler Strips (sold separately) to fill in the gaps between the fender and the rear of the saddlebags, hiding the saddlebag mounting bracket.
For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.
D&D’s OPEN PIPE TEAM SHOWS WELL SPRINGFIELD MILE– D&D Performance Enterprises? Open Pipe Team was on the gas at the opening round of the 2009 AMA Pro Grand National Twins Championship at the Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association’s Springfield Mile.
The Captain, Chris Carr of Chris Carr Racing, piloted his XR750 equipped with a dyno-tuned D&D custom pipe to a podium and a thrilling 3rd place finish. Rain stopped the action as Carr looked to be the rider to beat before the red flag. He was in the hunt at the end. With the laps running down, Carr and eventual race winner, Bryan Smith, were running wheel to wheel.
Lady Luck had left the building as the last lap draft-fest left Carr in third. Smith took 1st, Coolbeh 2nd with Mees Cummings and Kopp all the lead draft at the line. Jethro Halbert, McCoy, Matt Weidman (Silkolene / SuperTrapp) and Stevenscycle.com / Greg Crow Racing’s Bryan Bigelow filled out the top ten.
To get your motor running check out all the dyno-tuned exhaust pipes for your motorcycle at http://www.danddexhaust.com”>www.danddexhaust.com >.
D&D’s Open Pipe Team includes Chris Carr Racing and Jumpin’ Jeff Schneider and ILLConduct Stunt Team.
TOP SECRET MICHAEL LICHTER TRIBUTE EFFORT–We’re trying to collect shot of famous photographer, Michael Lichter, doing his thing.
Hello if you are mailing photo’s or cd send to 1433 W 38th ave Denver Co 80211 @ the shop. Email : kool59wagon@q.com
Can’t wait for riding season have been getting allllloooootttt of rain.duh
Thanks, Donna
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