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STEALTH REPORTS FROM BOOZEFIGHTERS’ NATIONAL MEETING–I made it back from Texas. I was at the BoozeFighters Natrional meeting last weekend and I had a great time. It was cool to see the museum. It is packed with history. There are some real old magazines, racing jerseys, helmets etc. It is a real honor to be a part of it.
Back here at STEALTH BIKE WORKS we are working on a couple of projects. The rigid Evo is almost finished. We are busy planning a shop bike that will be for sale. The weather has been good although kinda cool but it is fall. The bike nights are coming to an end until next spring. It is hard to believe it is November already!
You know when you run an Independent shop. Sometimes it seems you are up against something all the time. You have to manage money and time, all the time, but in the end it is worth it. Two other things you have to battle all the time is the “E-Bay Syndrome” and the “Dealership mentality.” You know I have to go to the dealership at least three times a week to worship the H-D gods. The E-Bay syndrome goes like this. “I got this part for $5(it retails for, let’s say $75???), can you make it fit my bike?”
No! What did you really think you were getting for $5??? And the beat goes on! Even with all of this, there is still nothing I would rather do. On the other hand you have your faithful customers who make it all worthwhile. The guys who have been riding for more that two weeks! Enough said.
As we approach the holiday season mark your calendars for Toy Runs in your area. Go help someone out. It is part of the code!
Until next wek, RIDE!
–STEALTHMAN
5-BALL RACING ACCOLADES– I just wanted to send a big congrats to you and the 5-Ball team. We checked every post you put up, hell you would think that it was our bike the way we waited for a new post to be launched. Thanks for letting us be in on it.
We are very proud to have been part of the effor and tell people such, even though our part was small. We were going to come out there but didn’t know if we should just show up or not.
I really appreciate the feature, putting us in your store and the show of respect by writing—Classic Bikers Doing Their Thing For Life. That means alot to me. Thanks for all the help you have given us and that’s truly from the heart.
–Jerry
Rollin Sixes Choppers
BONNEVILLE DOCUMENTARY–It’s Taegh the friend of Jay Bird who was shooting the documentary onthe Bonneville races…we have a teaser up on the site if you want tocheck it out: www.adayinthesun.net
–Taegh
rev666@gmail.com
BIKERNET WEEKLY PHOTO ART EXHIBIT– Painted and Diffused onto the streets of Daytona….some never leave.
Ride Hard,
–Whiplash Biker Photog
soffordphotos@comcast.net
BIKERNET INTERVIEWS THE LONE RANGER–The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a saloon and sat down to drink a Beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said “Who owns the big white horse outside?”
The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched his gun belt, and said, “I do….Why?”
The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, “I just thought you’d like to know that your horse is about dead outside!”
Silver was ready to die from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got the horse some water and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better.
The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “Tonto, I want you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him start to feel better.” Tonto said, “Sure, Kemosabe” and took off running circles around Silver.
Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned tothe saloon to finish his drink. A few minutes later, another cowboystruts into the bar and asks, “Who owns that big white horse outside?”
The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, “I do, what’s wrong with him this time?” The cowboy looks him in the eye and says,
“Nothing, but you left your Injun runnin”
–from Joe Lankau
VOTE-VOTE-VOTE– I am asking you to Help Me! Yes. That’s right. I need Help!
I have been fighting for Motorcycle Rights for a long time and have found some people to help me. I need to make sure they stay in office.
Please Help Me By Voting For Senator Bill Nelson in FLORIDA
–Rogue
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
LEGENDS AT VEGAS-RAY PRICE AND MONDO PORRAS– Raleigh, NC: Ray Price, diverse business man, inducted member of the National Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame, Father of Funny Bike, owner of Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc., and Local Philanthropist, was recognized on October 17th with his own Special Day by the City of Raleigh. It’s like a Birthday without getting older.
The City Father’s have honored Ray Price for his continuous efforts to help the city and citizens of Raleigh, and after successfully bringing over 65,000 people to Fayetteville Street for the 2nd Annual Ray Price Capital City Bike Fest Rally in Raleigh, they proclaimed November 4th as RAY PRICE DAY. Price will celebrate his day with an estimated 6,000 of his closest friends with an Open House at Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc. on South Saunders St., over looking the City he loves.
Price continues his leadership of the Samson/Ray Price Nitro Harley drag race team. With Mark Morgan, Jeremy Hoy, Justin Heinle and rider Tommy Grimes, Price has lead his team to a first place in the NHRA Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harley exhibition series and presently 5th place in the AHDRA Screamin Eagle Top Fuel Nitro Harley series.
The team has one more race opportunity, Nov. 11-12 at the JIM’s Las Vegas National Finals at THE STRIP at LVMS in Las Vegas, where the team will be joined by legendary custom bike builder Mondo Porras, owner of Denver’s Choppers. The Las Vegas based builder will be bringing several of his world famous choppers to the Samson/Ray Price pit area for display. Race and custom fans will enjoy the Mondo/ Price connection.
The time line of Ray Price and Mondo Porras is dramatically similar.
In 1967 Ray Price first started drag racing and Mondo Porras started building custom bikes with his partner Denver Mullins in San Bernardino, CA. Denver’s Choppers was and still is instrumental in starting the after market custom bike industry and Ray Price was and still is instrumental in pioneering the Nitro Harley drag racing world with his cutting edge technology.
Ray Price has established his now world famous Ray Price Harley-Davidson dealership in Raleigh, while Mondo is flourishing today in the custom parts business with Denver’s Choppers.
Mondo has participated in the Discovery Channel Bike Build Off, appeared with Billy Lane in the Blood, Sweat and Gears tour for The Discovery Channel and has filmed many motorcycle shows for ESPN and Speed Channel. Currently Mondo is filming his own Reality Show that will be broadcast in the year of 2007. Mondo has been dubbed as “The Godfather of Choppers” by his peers, has been and continues to be featured in motorcycle publications world wide as well as hardcover books.
What a wonderful opportunity to have the Father of Funnybike and Godfather of Choppers at the same event in the city that never sleeps. Hope to see y’all in VEGAS.
At season’s end our sincerest thanks to our primary sponsors: Samson Exhaust and Ray Price Harley-Davidson, Inc.
AIR CLEANER OF THE WEEK–DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication LLC introduces the ‘RAPPERZ’ air filter embellishment. How many clients do you have that would love to find an inexpensive way to pull the color of their bike into the motor area? If they have an S&S Teardrop air filter we’ve found a way to do just that. Made of heavy gauge paintable ABS these can be installed in two minutes and make a great stocking stuffer.
Slide down the page and see what a few clients have done with theirs. We supply you with high-strength 3M tape to do the install.
We accept credit card orders or if it’s more convenient for you to purchase using PayPal you can go to the PRODUCTS area of our website and get ’em that way.
Suggested retail – 39.95
Contact: Doug Wozney
DOUGZ Custom Paint & Fabrication LLC
2323 Palace St.
La Crosse, Wis. 54603
608-783-3684
mailto – doug@dougz.com
BILLY LANE PROMOTES FOOD SHELF DRIVE BENEFITING BREVARD COUNTY– Please stop by Billy Lane’s Choppers Inc., 1243 N Harbor City Blvd (US1), Melbourne, FL. between now and November 11th with a non-perishable food item to receive your free thank you gift (Poster).
–from Rogue
MY DAD IS WHO?–November 1, 2006, Miami: Poor infant child finds out his dad is actually Special Agent Zebra. The kid was immediately scooped up by Child Services for counseling. Special Agent Zebra is currently on the run.
AMSOIL SUPPORTS AMERICAN–As many of you know I’m a strong proponent of buying American. Buying American helps our fellow citizens and strengthens America. It’s simple really; when we Buy American we are supporting our American economy and the people who work in it. We are not sending money overseas to be used to further erode our way of life and our fellow citizen’s livelyhood, rather we are adding to our national wealth and acting as Consumer Patriots.
Be an American, Buy American.
–Nick
PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST ANNUAL ALL-AMERICAN TOY DRIVE–Have you ever participated in your local, annual, end-of-the-year toy drive? Ever donated toys to “Toys for Tots” or one of the many other organizations accepting toys for disadvantaged children in America? If you’re a Buy American advocate, you’ve probably asked yourself if there was a way to participate in this good cause while still remaining true to your patriotic beliefs of supporting American workers whenever possible.
What better way is there to make Christmas in 2006 even more special than by putting smiles on the faces of children who might otherwise receive no gifts from Santa? But as it is with any act of good intentions, we need to be careful to ensure the process is just as honorable as what we set out to accomplish. So how can we avoid the trap of buying toys made by underprivileged kids in China to give to underprivileged kids in America? By buying American-made toys made under acceptable, humane conditions right here in the USA.
Well over 90% of all toys sold in America today are made in China where violations of child-labor and human-rights laws run rampant. Children under what we would consider a legal working age are routinely forced to work 12 hours a day or more. Wages are often less than a dollar an hour. Since there few if any safety, pollution or environmental controls in China, these children work in much less than what we Americans would consider a healthy atmosphere. Children should attend school – not work in sweatshop factories.
So here is your chance to participate in the First Annual All-American Toy Drive! Below is a list of American-company websites that make all of their toys in the USA.
Also, if you find yourself in a toy store, anything you buy from the American Plastic Toy Company ( Crayola Crayons*, Play-Doh*, Louisville Slugger, Radio Flyer Discovery Wagon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect Four, Boggle Jr., Battleship, Candyland, Life, Monopoly, Operation, Mouse Trap, Parcheesi, Scrabble, Sorry, Stratego, Pop-O-Matic Trouble, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Tri-ominos, Bicycle Playing Cards and the Melissa and Doug U.S.A. Floor Puzzle. *Note: Not all packages of Crayola Crayons and Play-Doh are made in the USA – please check the label. This may not be a complete list of U.S.-made toys and games, so please check the label. If it says “Made in USA” or “Assembled in USA,” it qualifies for the All-American Toy Drive. Simply order toys from any of the websites or lists above and send them to: How Americans Can Buy American, P.O. Box 780839, Orlando, FL 32878-0839. (Deadline is December 15) All toys received will be donated to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in Orlando, Florida. EVOLUTION, FROM INTARIDE– New rider-pillion communications system, with wireless upgrade. Harmonious two-up touring is guaranteed with Intaride’s new EVO communications system. All-new, it gives rider to pillion communication, including music, phone and GPS functions while riding. It’s easily expandable for bike to bike communication, can be upgraded to Bluetooth and even with fully wireless headsets! The EVO unit is compact, measuring just 122mm x 38mm, so it fits into the smallest underseat space. And if you ride a Gold Wing, BMW or Harley, it can integrate fully with the built-in music system. That brings all the features of the EVO and your own stereo through the headsets. EVO Features: EVO Upgrades: From ?169 SRP VEGAS O SCHOOL CHOPPER REPORT–Was thinkin of you last week. My pinstriper did a whiskey flask and it came out very cool, and you mentioned you liked to collect cool pinstripe stuff.We have tons of new news for ya, 1. we are now a registered manufacturer so you can by a real O School Chopper WELCOME TO FORGE-TEC MOTORCYCLE–Oxnard, CA- Advanced Metalforming Technologies, Inc. (AMT), an industry-leading manufacturer of high-end aluminum wheels and blanks supplier to many of the industry’s leading wheel manufacturers has recently started manufacturing motorcycle wheels under their own brand name?Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels and Accessories. Mark Finnie, formerly the VP/GM at Weld Racing Motorcycle as well as the Director of Operations for Performance Machine brings with him a wealth of knowledge regarding the do’s and don’t’s of the wheel business. “We hired Mark due to his incredible knowledge of the motorcycle market, superb networking abilities as well as his engineering and production expertise” stated Rob Melsness, CEO of AMT. “I am extremely fortunate to have landed right here at Forge-Tec. I’m finally back in California and I love the challenge of taking something from nothing and creating a totally new company which I know will be as good or better than any other motorcycle wheel manufacturer in the world.” exclaimed Finnie. “We will be announcing new programs, totally unique to this industry and am currently working on some production processes that will enable us to turn product around faster than any of our competition” added Finnie. Finnie stated that they should have no more than a 2 week lead time within the next 6 months and will have stock on hand for one of their new programs. “All processes are completed in-house, utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and highly sophisticated process technologies. All Forge-Tec wheels are rotary forged utilizing one of our proprietary forge presses using only “virgin” aircraft grade 6061 aluminum?.there’s no recycled aluminum in our products. These wheels are then CNC lathed and milled using state-of-the-art equipment to insure unmatched quality. All Forge-Tec wheels are polished to a bright “show quality” luster finish and can also be chromed or black powder coated. Matching rotors, pulleys and sprockets are also available” stated Finnie. AMT, a world leader in forged wheel production technology is located in Oxnard, CA and has 2 manufacturing facilities which total about 150,000 square feet. A trip through their manufacturing facilities will astound you…you’ll see the most advanced wheel making equipment and processes found not only in the United States, but in the world. All operations are in house utilizing only state-of-the-art equipment. Currently, Forge-Tec Motorcycle is already making complete wheels for Swift, Hellbound Steel Motorcycles and American Performance Cycles/APC. They also sell blanks to every major wheel player in the bike industry. On the automotive side of their business, they work with such prestigious accounts as Lexani/Asanti, MHT Luxury Alloys, American Rim Supply, US Wheel, Roush Racing, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels and have secured contracts to supply wheel manufacturing services to ALCOA for the General Motors Corvette wheel and the Daimler Chrysler Viper wheel. AMT is also ISO 9000 compliant so they work with our government on many specialty wheels including those needed for The Hummer and also the 12 different versions of our military’s assault vehicle that is being used daily over in Iraq called The Striker.”We are entering the market with 13 new styles to start in a wide variety of popular sizes and applications, all with matching rotors, pulleys and sprockets. All of our wheels go out shipped with the rotors and pulley attached and torqued to OEM specs which will eliminate a lot of guess work at the dealer level and will also ensure that our wheels arrive to our customers in perfect” condition” concluded Finnie. Forge-Tec Motorcycle has recently hired V-Twin Marketing to help establish brand name awareness by creating their ’07 ad campaign, dealer support material, a new “friendly user” website, apparel, etc. among many other projects including the handling of all PR responsibilities. For further information on complete wheels and accessories or blanks, please contact Forge-Tec Motorcycle directly at 805-982-9820 or email them at mfinnie@amtcorporate.com. Forge-Tec Motorcycle Wheels and Accessories, 950 Richmond Ave., Oxnard, CA 93030. Dealer inquiries invited! Continued On Page 4
*VOX – volume adjusts automatically to background wind noise. Manual override if you prefer
*Music – crystal-clear stereo, on demand
*Phone – auto answer, with clear communication at motorway speeds
*GPS – GPS overrides the music. No need for a separate lead
*12v Power – powered straight from the bike’s battery, low current drain
*Universal headsets – noise reduction boom microphone fits full-face, open-face and flip-up helmets
*Wireless – No plugs, no wires, no fuss – just get on and go
*Pro Jackplugs – easily connected while wearing gloves
*Bluetooth – link phone, GPS, PDA’s etc via Bluetooth module
*Bike to Bike – radio expansion
Contact: 0845 25 77 555
www.intaride.com
2. We are doin a new show for hi-def internet tv called Chopper Chicks Sin City to be aired early Nov.
3. Some new exclusive parts, fenders, right side shifter
4. Cadillac Pussy our newest bike which Hammer says he’s going to feature in the Horse and which Scooter caught my son riding and you have posted…thanks!!! 
