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TEXAS MOTORCYCLE RIGHTS ASSOCIATION LOSES SOMEONE SPECIAL– Cyndi Calhoun, State Secretary of TMRA 2 (Texas) was taken toUniversity Hospital in San Antonio on Wednesday. Cyndi has been diagnosed with a Brain Tumor, Cancer in her left lungand spots in her abdomen.
Here is what we have learned at the Hospital.The biopsy reports for Cyndi are in and I hate to forward the results.The doctor says she has about two months to live. If she chooses to gothrough Chemotherapy she could possibly extend her time to eight months.
There is more than one Mass on Cyndi’s brain. She now has a sizable massin her lower back and her left lung shows signs of collapse.They did not do a biopsy today. They had originally planned to get whatthey needed from her left node but it wasn’t large enough. The one in her lower back is pretty big but they prefer not to botherthat one because it is too close to her kidneys.
The Hospital gave Cyndi an emergency treatment and released her to herfamily today. They have take her back to Rockport and take her records to the cancerhospital in Corpus Christi on Monday.
Cyndi is settled in at her sister-in-Law’s house now. Anyone wishing tosend a card or letter, the address is: Cyndi Calhoun, 1036 Pine Avenue, Rockport, Texas 78382Or you many Post any questions to this e-mail ( sputnik_s@hotmail.com)and I will get with you when I can.
And Your Prayers Please.
–Sputnik
DAYTONA SURPRISE: BEMISDERFER NABS BUELL LIGHTNING TITLEJohnson Wins Thunderbike Championship Watching from the Sidelines.
Daytona, Fla. (Oct. 20) – Bryan Bemisderfer of Greencastle, Pa. won an unexpected series championship in the Formula USA Buell Lightning Series, presented by Buell Pro Series Accessories at the final event of the season at Daytona International Speedway, and he nearly nabbed another in Thunderbike.
Bemisderfer, the large and likeable racer who had the Buell Lightning Series points lead going into the penultimate round at Portland, came to Daytona in third place after his team unexpectedly pulled out of the series. He arrived at Daytona with race bikes provided by Harley-Davidson of Frederick but no team support, and with a 14-point deficit, little hope of winning the title. His chances looked especially slim after series points leader Michael Barnes of Kosco Harley-Davidson/Buell-Innovative Motorcycle Research claimed the pole and another point with a 2:01.823 lap in qualifying, placing him just two points ahead of Hal?s Harley-Davidson/Buell rider Clint Brotz in the series standings.
The first title contender to drop out was Brotz, who crashed along with his Hal?s Harley-Davidson/Buell teammate Richie Morris in turn one on the second lap of the eight-lap race. Barnes, meanwhile, was streaking ahead to a big lead and what looked like a certain victory when he crashed violently in the dogleg on lap six. The race win went to Barnes? Kosco teammate Dave Estok, with Bemisderfer 11.4 seconds back in second place, good for 20 points and the series title. Mark Reynolds (Boston H-D/Buell), Darren James (H-D/Buell of Toronto) and Greg Avello (Milwaukee H-D/Buell) rounded out the top five. Bemisderfer ended the season with 120 points to 117 for Barnes and 113 for Brotz.
?I guess I should buy some lottery tickets today,? said Bemisderfer after the race. ?To be honest I didn?t even know I?d won the title, because I couldn?t tell Barnes had crashed. My crew told me when I got back to the pits.?
Bemisderfer found himself in position to grab another championship when Thunderbike series points leader Jeff Johnson of Hoban Brothers/Buell of Appleton failed to take the start of the race due to damage sustained in a minor spill on pit lane. In order to overcome Johnson?s point advantage, Bemisderfer would have to win the race, and all Johnson could do was watch from pit lane as Bemisderfer led the opening laps. Johnson?s points lead proved to be safe when Bemisderfer lost positions to Ed Key (Suzuki) and Tripp Nobles (Tilley H-D/Buell). Johnson?s championship is the third consecutive Thunderbike championship won by a Buell racer.
?That?s not how we wanted our weekend to go,? said Johnson. ?But we?ll take the championship.?
WARRIOR’S PROSTREET ASS KICKERsubtitle: Hand Built Performance Bike For SaleThis scoot was carefully built by Mark Lonsdale, my brother and Sensie. I trained in close quarters combat with the man and rode to Sturgis with him three times. He’s a hard fighting, extensively disciplined individual who trains military, SWAT teams, and is on the Los Angeles Sheriffs underwater rescue dive team, although he has no interest in being a cop. He’s also an active stunt man for the film industry due to his extensive weapons knowledge and physical training. He is a diver, a high altitude sky diver, a mountain climber, and more (I was supposed to climb to the base camp of mount Everest with him at one time). He has written eight books on subjects ranging from mountain rescue to being a body guard and my favorite, Close Quarters Combat.
He built this bike by hand with a little help from me and his ex-Hamster pals. Like me, he is no longer a member. This is not his only bike. At one time he had three, a dresser, a rat chopper and this one. He sold the dresser and kept the Jesse James stretched FXR rat mobile and plans to hold onto it for ever more.
–Bandit
Will sell for $20,000.00– Less than 2,000 miles
Owner: Mark Lonsdale
General
Fabrication: Owner
Year: 1995
Frame: Boyce/HiTech
Model: Special Construction
Type: Pro Street FXR
Value: $30,000
Assembly: Owner/Bandit/Gorman
Stretch: 3″ by HiTech
Time: 9 months
For info contact: TheFrogmen@aol.com
BIKERNET BOOTCAMP STORIES– A Captain in the foreign legion was transferred to a desert outpost. On his orientation tour he noticed a very old, seedy looking camel tied out back of the enlisted men’s barracks. He asked the Sergeant leading the tour, “What’s the camel for?”.
The Sergeant replied “Well sir it’s a long way from anywhere, and the men have natural sexual urges, so when they do, uh, we have the camel.”
The captain said “Well if it’s good for moral, then I guess it’s all right with me.”
After he had been at the fort for about SIX months the captain could not stand it any more so he told his Sergeant, “BRING IN THE CAMEL!!!” The sarge shrugged his shoulders and led the camel into the captains quarters.
The captain got a foot stool & proceeded to have vigorous sex with the camel. As he stepped, satisfied, down from the stool, and was buttoning his pants he asked the Sergeant, “Is that how the enlisted men do it?”
The Sergeant replied, “Well sir, they usually just use it to ride into town!”
–from Dave B. and the Digital Gangster
HORSE BIKETOBERFEST REPORT–Week went pretty good, but kinda slow merchandise sales this year, no one seemed to be buying anything from anybody?Very weird.
We had about 80 bikes at the Ol’ Skool chopper show, great chops. I heard we had more bikes on display than the Board Walk show, and the bikes were without a doubt the coolest bunch of Ol’ Skool chops I have ever seen in one place. Everyone seemed to have a blast at Will’s HonkyTonk, our headquarters for the week.
–Geno
BIKERNET RELATIONSHIP STUDY–WIFE: What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?
HUSBAND: Definitely not!
WIFE: Why not – don’t you like being married?
HUSBAND: Of course I do.
WIFE: Then why wouldn’t you remarry?
HUSBAND: Okay, I’d get married again.
WIFE: You would? (with a hurtful look on her face)
HUSBAND: (makes audible groan)
WIFE: Would you sleep with her in our bed?
HUSBAND: Where else would we sleep?
WIFE: Would you replace my pictures with hers?
HUSBAND: That would seem like the proper thing to do.
WIFE: Would she use my golf clubs?
HUSBAND: No, she’s left-handed.
WIFE: – – – silence – – –
HUSBAND: Sh*t.
–from Ray R.
ASPHALT COWBOY REPORT–Bikernet is involved in a movie deal that incorporated one of K.Randall Ball’s book outlines into a screenplay written by Conrad Goodie of Con Air. Here’s the latest:Stephen Baldwin (the director) had to run to Bulgaria for ten days to work on a film, butis back next week and we will continue to look for financing. He is verywell connected, so we are hopeful to have some positive meetings next week.Now that we have a strong actor/director attached, we’re ready to rock. I’ll keep you posted.
–Linda
NELSON MADISON FILMS
THE BRIGHT DONKEY–One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. ?The animal criedpiteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be coveredup anyway, it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. ?He invited all his neighbors to comeover and help him. ?They allgrabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. ?
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. ?A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. ?
With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doingsomething amazing. ?He would shake it off and take a step up. ?As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a stepup.
?Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edgeof the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. ?The trick togetting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. ?Each ofour troubles is a stepping stone. ?We can get out of the deepestwells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a stepup!
P.S. ?The donkey later came back and kicked the crap out of the farmerwho tried burying him.
–from Kris B.
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