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Well election madness rocked the country and already Rumsfeld is out. Won’t it be a wild hoot of Osama is caught in a week and two months from now all terrorists become Christians and a new Disneyland breaks ground in Bagdad? Okay, we can always hope for the best.
I’ve got so much to report I’m brimming over, plus I’m straddled with a ton of news this week. I’ll try to touch on a couple of highlights and fill in the rest at the end.
Bonneville plans and notions are moving fast. I’m putting the Salt Shaker back together to haul it to the Big Twin West, Vegas Extravaganza with the Shrunken FXR. I’m going to auction the famous miniature FXR and display the Bonneville bike all cleaned-up and ready to rock with some new powder-coating an details.
Let’s hit the news and then I’ll run down all the content flying at Bikernet:
— Gabe
Hotrodgabe@yahoo.com
www.nitrosyndicate.com
www.hotrodcitycustoms.com
VET RUN – MOTORCYCLIST TO MEET AT GINARDIES– PARKING LOT (FIRE and TILTON RDS) LEAVING AT 10:00 AMFOR A RIDE TO VETERANS PARK RIDE WILL BE LED BY MR. BILL BUTLER, COMMANDER of THE AMERICAN LEGION IN SOMERS POINTAFTER CEREMONY REFRESHMENTS WIIL BE SERVED AT THE VFW BETHEL RD SOMERS POINT, NJ
PLEASE COME OUT AND HONOR ALL VETERANS OF ALL WARS
EVERYONE IS INVITED
EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE, COME 2 or 4 WHEELS
EVENT SPONSORED BY VFW SOMERS POINT, AMERICAN LEGION AND VIETNAM VETERANS of AMERICA, ROLLING THUNDER INC, CHAPTER 2 NJ
FOR MORE INFO CALL 609-214-5864
EASYRIDERS EVENTS ANNOUNCES 2007 CENTERFOLD TOUR MASTER BUILDERS–Last week we discussed the new Pro Class to pick the centerfold tour for 2008. Here’s the brothers who were selected for 2007.(Newbury Park, CA) – September 2006 -Six master builders and their custom one-off motorcycles will be showcased throughout the12-city tour across the United States; which kicks-off in Pomona, Calif. on Jan. 7 and wraps up with the Invitational BikeShow in Kansas City, Mo. on May 5. A complete schedule of tour dates and locations is available online atwww.EasyridersEvents.com.
World-class creations from Paul Yaffe of Paul Yaffe Originals, Kendall Johnson of Kendall Johnson Customs, James andDave Kaye of The Detroit Bros., Ralph Randolph of Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Co., Bill Rucker of RuckerPerformance and Austin Weiss of Streamline Designs will be displayed for up-close viewing at each of the Easyriders V-Twin Bike Shows. “Each of this year’s builders has been selected and personally invited to join the ranks of ‘CenterfoldTour’ predecessors like Billy Lane, Rick Fairless and Ron Finch. The excitement is in the diversity of these phenomenalmotorcycle builders,” explained Easyriders Events president, John Green.
Master Centerfold Tour builder Paul Yaffe responded to his invitation to the 2007 event circuit enthusiastically, stating “Ithas been an honor [for me] to be selected. Attending the Easyriders Shows across the country is the perfect way to meetfans and customers. My phones ring off the hook following every show I attend. Since Supertrapp decided to have a boothcoupled with mine, our dealer and retail exhaust sales have doubled.”
Excitement surrounding the 2007 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour is building with newly released information regardingscheduled attractions. Dorian Swanner of Carolina Custom Products, Inc. has been confirmed as the builder of a customone-off motorcycle to be given away to one lucky bike show attendee at the end of the tour. Swanner has also designedand created custom trophies for the 2007 tour, which are sure to beautify any winner’s trophy case. Additionally, RalphRandolph of Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Co. is feverishly building a one-of-a-kind motorcycle to be given away atthe 2008 Easyriders Rodeo Tour Grand Nationals in Chillicothe, Ohio. Both giveaway bikes will be on display for thepublic at all 2007 Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show Tour locations.
For additional information regarding the 2007 V-Twin Bike Show Centerfold Tour, Carolina Custom Products Motorcycle Giveaway,Rockem and Sockem Motorcycle Giveaway, Exhibitor Information or Bike Show Competition Entry, please call our offices toll-free at 1-800-962-9857 or visit us online at www.EasyridersEvents.com.
THREE BIKERNET DOGS SITTING IN THE VET’S OFFICE–One speaks up and asks the one next to him, why he is there.
The Collie replies, I got so excited about my owner’s new BMW, the leather, the wind in my face, that I peed on the seat. Now he is having me put to sleep. How about you?
Well, the Pit Bull replied that his owner had gotten a new rug. I thought it was for me, so I played with it and tore it up. So now he is putting me down too.
Looking over at the German Sheppard, they asked why he was at the vet’s.
Well, my owner is a well endowed woman who likes to clean the house in the nude. She went to vacuum under the sofa and I just couldn’t resist humping her.
So, she is having you put to sleep too?
No, just having my nails clipped!
S&S? / MAC TOOLS TOOLBOX AVAILABLE ONLINE– LA CROSSE, WI (November 03, 2006) S&S Cycle has made their limited edition 187-piece toolbox, made exclusively by Mac Tools, available for purchase online at www.sscycle.com. This item will make a great Christmas gift for any v-twin enthusiast or S&S fan looking to upgrade their shop or garage.
This special edition kit includes 187 tools plus the top box with S&S branding and high quality images of Proven Performance? S&S engines. The tools include a unique black nickel chrome finish and feature the S&S logo on each tool. Both standard and metric tools are included to handle a variety of applications for the home shop or garage. The retail price for this kit is $649.95, not including shipping.
“We’re making this item available online now that Mac Tools distributors have sold out and S&S dealers have had great success selling it as an exclusive item for nearly a year,” said Timm Fields, Director of Sales & Marketing for S&S Cycle. “We’re pleased to offer the convenience for retail customers to shop online for this item and other S&S branded merchandise. Of course, customers can also purchase these products through their local authorized S&S dealer.”
MONTANA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST THE HELMET LAW–Just read the Sunday post article about Montana. The only chance that bill has is over my dead body. Dal and the crew are already getting the letter campaign ramped up.
The sponsor is the chair of Senate Transportation which is problematic, but I’m also on the committee and will do my best to make sure it never leaves the committee. The sponsor’s askin for a fight and we’ll have a capitol full of bikers ready to brawl.
Just got back from the sema show and had some interesting talks with a few folks about emissions that I’d like to share with you. I’ll give you a call this week if you have time as I’d like to pick your brain.
–Senator John Brueggeman
321 Lakeview Dr
Polson, MT 59860
PH: 406.883.2395
FAX: 406.883.2390
CELL: 406.270.6699
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CUSTOM BIKES COMES TO BIKERNET FOR THE FIRST TIME–At Rocky Mountain Custom Bikes in larkspur Colorado, we’ve been building customs and painting hot bikes for 25 years. We build and fabricate one off parts as well as all custom paint specialties and repairs for Twins and metrics.
Recently the shop ran at the Speed Week trials in Bonneville on a Honda 600 Sport bike. Our recent project is a2006 Softtail pro-mod bike. This hotrod will be painted and ready for show and display at the 2007 Laughlin River Run.
We’ve also just become a resale distributor of the hot new “W8less Rotors” as well as all aftermarket and factory parts for twins and metric cycles. If your on the front range in Colorado give us a call..
–Shortt, Charles M Ctr 50 SCS/SCM
charles.shortt.ctr@schriever.af.mil
THE TBEAR CHARITY PROJECT BIKE–I was busy all day Sunday tearing down the old ’68 Trump project bike and didn’t get a chance to check out the Sunday News ( shame on me).Sunday night, I checked my email before passing out and was surprised at what I found there.Got an email from Kevin “Teach” Baas of BAAS METAL CRAFT www.baasmetalcraft.com/ and another from Duane Ballard ofDUANE BALLARD CUSTOM LEATHERwww.dbcustomleather.com.
Kevin offered up one of his custom seat pans for the project bike and Duane offered to tool our logo and cover the seat.How cool is that?Just goes to show the POWER OF BIKERNET.
Now if I could just sort out the different Brit threads, SAE, Metric and Unified as well as Withworth, I’ll be in good shape.
–TBear
WELCOME TO PEGASUS FUEL INJECTION–Finally-a fuel injection system that really works! BDL? introduces the PFI-V Electronic Fuel Injection and Ignition Control System!
Not just a replacement ECU but an ENTIRE engine management system for any V-Twin Engine!!! Kit includes everything you need for a turn-key system; throttle body, fuel injectors, ECU, sensors, fuel pump, ignition coils, wiring harness, and all mounting brackets!
What can electronic engine management do for you? By combining both electronic fuel injection and ignition control into a single package, you can expect: much more power, better fuel economy, crisper throttle response, easier starts, and complete adjustability.
Side note: Bikernet is going to test this system on the Salt Shaker against a Mikuni Carb. We will also use this system with Nitrous technology for our World’s Fastest Panhead effort in 2007. Watch for reports.–Bandit
Key Features Include:
Advanced semiconductor electronics
Controls both fuel and ignition
Sequential timed injection
Single fire ignition
Enhanced fuel atomization
Multiple spark discharge
Easy adjustments by rotary switch, PDA, or laptop
Uses automotive sensors-available everywhere
Teflon coated, silver alloy wire and weatherproof connectors
Machined from billet aluminum-huge 53mm throttle!Easy to tune-use the spark plug method or use our closed loop control and dyno tuning!
DEAL OF THE WEEK– A completely rebuilt ’66 Shovelhead engine with virgin cases AND pink slip (or title) for $8,000. Get it quick.
STATE BOARD ORDERS PRISON GUARD REINSTATED– Hartford Courant, United States – HARTFORD, Conn. — A third state prison guard fired for having ties to a biker group has been ordered reinstated.A state arbitrator has reinstated correction officer Mark Vincenzo who was fired in 2004 for having ties to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Vincenzo, was one of four correction department employees fired in 2004 in a Department of Correction crackdown that has sparked a lawsuit and four separate labor grievances.
Arbitrators for the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration have reinstated three of the four, and are set to rule on the fourth within months.
However, the Correction Department is appealing the two most recent rulings, and only one of the correction officers has been allowed to return to work.
The arbitrator concluded that Vincenzo’s firing was without just cause, and ordered him reinstated, though he was denied back pay, instead ordering that he be considered suspended for the two years he was out of work.
–from Rogue
NEW D&D PERFORMANCE EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR 2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON TOURING MODELS SHIPPING–Fort Worth, Texas, November 8, 2006 – D&D Performance Enterprises is shipping dyno-tuned Boarzilla and Fat Cat 2 into 1 exhaust pipe systems for the all new 2007 Harley-Davidson Twin Cam 96 and 110 Screamin’ Eagle engines equipped in their touring line of motorcycles.
Harley’s touring motorcycles are outfitted with a new fuel-injection system that comes with an oxygen sensor to adjust to changing environmental conditions. D&D performance exhaust pipes include preinstalled stock factory oxygen sensor ports as well as direct fitment with no cutting, welding or grinding.
The new 2 into 1 high-performance Boarzilla and Fat Cat pipes and slip-ons improve power and torque on the entire touring family of motorcycles, which includes the FLHR Road King, FLHRS Road King Custom, FLHRC Road King Classic, FLTR Road Glide, FLHX Street Glide, FLHT Electra Glide Standard, FLHTC Electra Glide Classic and FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electra Glide.
appearance except for the muffler cut but are customized on the inside to accommodate modification of the Harley-Davidson Twin Cam engines. The Boarzilla pipes are designed for big-inch and Screamin’ Eagle engines. The Fat Cat pipes are manufactured for 96 engines.
Both pipes are dyno-tuned for maximum performance, rumble and encased in a full wrap heat shield that keeps all discoloration from view. D&D performance pipes are delivered in show-quality chrome or ceramic black.
“The new TC96 engine still looks pretty much the same on the outside, but there’s a lot that’s new on the inside,” said Dave Rash, President of D&D Performance Exhaust Enterprises. “We took our time to wring out performance and deliver that sweet Harley sound that our customers tell us that they want.”
Factory Harley-Davidson dealerships are increasingly finding that D&D Performance Enterprises delivers the value to their customers. “We have four criteria in carrying a pipe in our dealership that includes performance, fit, finish and heat shields,” said Walter Birmingham, Assistant Parts Manager, Mancuso Harley-Davidson Houston. “They meet all of our criteria and if they didn’t meet the performance standards we wouldn’t recommend them. They are that good.”
These 2007 Harley-Davidson pipes are torture tested on D&D’s state-of-the-art in-house Super Flow Eddy Current Ram Air dynamometer. This is done in combination with the Super Flow Bench and the first in the industry, multi cylinder Lambda Fuel Air Ratio Sensors, which are interfaced with the Dyno for real time meter and graph analysis. This means that performance is always increased with a D&D exhaust pipe.
The dyno chart and dyno video with audio clip for both the Boarzilla and Fat Cat style Harley performance exhaust pipe is located on the website in the catalog section. D&D pipes are featured on the Bikernet Salt Shaker and will be fashioned to the Bikernet World’s Fastest Panhead.
MILITARY FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA CHARITY BIKE STOLEN-RED ALERT– WPDE, SC – A $90,000 custom-made motorcycle that was being used to help raise money for the families of soldiers killed in Iraq was stolen in Florence sometime Sunday night.
The man who was hauling it told WPDE that he stopped in Florence at the Days Inn on Highway 52 for a break and that’s when the bike was taken. It was inside a trailer hooked to a Hummer. The bike was supposed to be auctioned off at the end of the year.
“This was a really big blow for us,” said Jason Swayze. “WE NEED IT BACK FOR THE FAMILIES!”
WPDE was told that the trailer carrying the motorcycle was black with a New Jersey license plates. If you know anything about this theft, call Florence police.
–Rogue
A BIKERNET QUIET MOMENT FOR A BAPTIST COWGIRL– A cowgirl, who is visiting Texas from Arkansas,walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud.She sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.When she finishes them, she comes back tothe bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowgirl,”You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.It would taste better if you bought one at a time.”
The cowgirl replies, “Well, you see, I have two sisters.One is in Australia, the other is in Dublin.
When we all left our home in Arkansas, we promisedthat we’d drink this way to remember the days whenwe drank together. So I’m drinking one beer for each of my sisters and one for myself.”
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowgirl becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
She orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, she comes in and only orders two mugs.All the regulars take notice and fall silent.When she comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss.”
The cowgirl looks quite puzzled for a moment, thena light dawns in her eyes and she laughs.
“Oh, no, everybody’s just fine,” she explains,” It’s just that my husband and I joined theBaptist Church and I had to quit drinking.
“Hasn’t affected my sisters though!”
–from Chris T.
U.S. CHOPPERS CUSTOM BOARD TRACKER ROLLER ROLLING OUT–The bike is loading into container tomorrow A.M. You can track your shipment via the www.forwardair.com link. You will be provided with four new tie downs and two new padlocks, which I will provide combinations for after shipping.
Here are some pics with a Pan motor for you to savor before arrival….
Hope you enjoy.
-Rick
U.S. Choppers
2039 S. Lyon St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-546-4699
Appointments Only Please
http://www.uschopper.com/
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