ROCKIN’ the NEW YEAR BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for January 5, 2023
By Bandit |
Hey,
Another magnificent day in Paradise. If you’re into politics I know you’re on the edge of your seat. If you’re into football, you’re on the edge of your seat. If you’re into chopper building, you’re on the edge of your bench trying to make shit happen.
I’m sorta on the edge of my seat over several elements of this year. There are new book projects, movie and TV efforts. It’s going to be damn exciting with new builds, going to the Texas mile to test the Salt Torpedo, then to Bonneville hopefully.
I’m reading Denis Manning’s book about Streamliners and LSR attempts. It’s amazing the shit that can and will go wrong. Let’s hit the news and then I’ll bring you up to speed on shop projects.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
ACTION FROM BILTWELL– L O U I S V I L L E K E N T U C K Y
The BroDown 2023
We’re bringing it back! The “Brodown” parties we threw at the old Cincinnati V-Twin Expos were legendary good times. Now in 2023, we’re going to the Drag Specialties NVP trade show which is for Drag dealers and vendors. Since trade shows are not open to the public and generally not super exciting times, we thought bringing back the BroDown with the band Dandelion Death might liven things up. This IS open to the public and there is NO cover charge.
Friday Night Jan 20, 2023
Doors Open At 7:00 PM
The Portal @ Fifteen Twelve
1512 Portland Ave, Louisville, KY
PRODUCT RESOURCE OF THE WEEK—Omaha Derby Covers
Irish Rich, the mad bike builder from Sturgis is a Sinner and worked with the bronze master in Omaha to make these derby covers but also air cleaner covers. This one will have a stud on the back and screw into stock air cleaner elements.
–Bandit
YEAR-END REVIEW FROM FEMA FIGHTING FOR US IN EUROPE—
Even though after the summer break most restrictions of the Covid19-measures were lifted, it soon became clear that there would be no return to the pre-pandemic normality. This did not stop us continuing our work. The number of visits to Brussels may be less than we were used to before 2020, we are still able to advocate the rights and interests of the European motorcyclists in Brussels and to a lesser extend in Geneva.
In this review we will first give a summary and then you will find the more detailed actions, ordered in the way of our strategic plan 2016-2026 by the four main topics.
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Summary of actions
On the topic of environment and energy transition, part of the Fit for 55 package of the European Commission, we soon realized that in the European Union there is no political support at all for motorcycles, or other vehicles, on fossil fuels.
We therefore choose to lobby for internal combustion engines for longer distance motorcycles in general. In practice, this means motorcycles running on e-fuels and biofuels.
This is still an ongoing discussion, but with cars and vans, the door to these fuels is still a little open, so why not for motorcycles. Electric motorcycles can be a very good option for many users, but they need to be well facilitated with suitable charging opportunities. We lobbied to have small (L-category) vehicles included in the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR).
After the hype of automated vehicles, it now seems that manufacturers are focusing more on advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and partially automated and connected driving. We contacted Euro NCAP about the relation between these systems and motorcyclists, because many ADAS still do not react properly to motorcycles and other powered two-wheelers.
From 2023 ADAS will be tested by Euro NCAP with motorcycles and FEMA will be involved in the development of the tests of Advanced Rider Assist Systems (ARAS). Other road safety aspects like safe infrastructure and driving licences have also taken much of our time this year as you can see later.
Our privacy and the protection of our vehicle data (and therefore also our personal data) is still a growing issue of concern. We keep following the developments and act when and where appropriate.
To be able to better look after the interests of our UK stakeholders and limit unwanted consequences of Brexit for both the UK and continental riders, we intensified our cooperation with the UK National Motorcyclists Council (NMC).
Finally, many motorcyclists own a historic motorcycle, often without realizing that. We looked after their interests too in 2022 and will keep doing that.
Environment and energy
As mentioned, the energy transition played an important role in 2022. Because in the EU plans motorcycles are still not mentioned, we could not do much in political lobbying, but we keep asking attention for the alternatives like e-fuels to be able to keep buying and riding new motorcycles with an internal combustion engine after 2035.
For motorcyclists who prefer electric motorcycles, we lobbied to include powered two-wheelers in the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). We succeeded in that. Unfortunately there is no attention for the specific safety and security aspects of motorcycles in the AFIR, but here we kept lobbying to include these aspects in the charging infrastructure.
Sound did not play a big role in 2022, but on several occasions, we kept reminding the co-legislators that lowering the sound limit for new motorcycles is not the solution for the serious problem of noise annoyance. This solution must be found in a change in the culture of a part of the motorcycle community and enforcement.
The End-of-Life for Vehicles Directive kept us busy again too. On 24 and 25 March 2022 we attended a stakeholder meeting that was organized in order of the European Commission, and we lobbied again to keep motorcycles out of the scope of the End-of-Life for Vehicles Directive as this limits motorcycle owners to keep their motorcycles on the road in an affordable, sustainable and a responsible way. It would also limit owners of historic motorcycles to keep them running.
We took part in the UNECE Informal Working Group on Safer and Cleaner Used and New Vehicles for Developing Countries. (IWG on SCUNV), part of UNECE WP.29. The purpose of this working group is to regulate the export of used vehicles (including motorcycles) from Europe to other continents in a way that only clean and safe vehicles will be exported. We participate in this because we consider it as our duty to avoid the export of dirty and unsafe motorcycles to other continents.
Urban mobility /Future mobility
We had a meeting with the European Commission (EC) about SUMP (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans) formats. Together with ACEM and FIM we had written the European Commission to share our concerns about the way a survey of the European Commission ignored motorcycling as an option in SUMPs.
We contributed to several surveys on this topic. We also keep alerting policymakers and the public on the beneficial aspects of using a motorcycle also in urban areas.
Road safety
As in previous years, in 2022 we had several contacts with the European Commission about the driving license regulation. In March, FEMA’s General Secretary Dolf Willigers was a speaker in a workshop about driving licenses, organized by the European Commission. We keep telling all policymakers that the current staged access system has no benefits and only heightens the threshold to obtain a full A driving license. We also asked for further harmonization of the driving license regulation on aspects as riding a small motorcycle with an A license and riding with a trailer. Together with ACEM we are also looking in ways to better include electric motorcycles as test motorcycles in the directive. Finally, we kept telling all policymakers that the focus of the tests needs to be changed from low-speed technical skills to higher level cognitive skills.
The European Commission is preparing a change of the current PTI directive 2014/45/EU to include all powered two-and three-wheelers in all member states. We provided the Commission during and after a meeting with the head and an expert of the cabinet of transport commissioner Valean with information that proves that periodic technical inspections have only a negligible effect on road safety, contrary to other measures like better education, safe infrastructure, etcetera.
During several meetings, we were active again in the road safety project SAFE-UP to make cars safer for vulnerable road users as PTW-riders.
By participating in a survey and several meetings we contributed again at efforts to develop an e-Call system that is good and safe for motorcyclists. We are convinced that well developed e-Call system has a positive effect on diminishing the effects of incidents like crashes on motorcyclists, because emergency services can be quicker and better alerted and crashed motorcyclists can be better found after the incident.
Early 2022 and again on 14 September, we had meetings about the technical and legal requirements and type approval of Personal Light Electric Vehicles (PLEVs). Important for us as this can become within our scope in future, but also to avoid confusing incident figures of this kind of vehicles with those of motorcycles.
Together with our Swedish member organization SMC and several road safety experts we are participating in an IRAP-EuroRAP working group to develop recommendations for safer infrastructure and enhance the IRAP assessment system.
We initiated a revision of the Dutch lane splitting guideline, which is used as an example is several other countries, to include the emergency lane.
We contacted Euro NCAP to share our concerns regarding the way safety assist systems are tested, which in our view can give drivers a false sense of safety that can be dangerous for motorcyclists. Euro NCAP will have better tests form 2023 and also invited us to participate in the development of tests for Advanced Rider Assist Systems (ARAS) for motorcyclists.
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
Again in 2023 we were alert to developments that endanger the privacy of motorcyclists. For the time being this is a problem that mainly plays a role with cars, but in our view, it is just a matter of time before motorcycles are going to be “connected” and this can become an issue for us too. In April, we contributed to a public consultation on this topic.
We also kept an eye on ARAS for motorcycles and follow the lobby to make Intelligent speed assistance (ISA) mandatory for motorcycles, as it already is for new cars.
Other issues
Historic vehicles are keeping our attention. We did so by participating in the European Parliament Historic Vehicle Group, in our work on the End-of-Life for Vehicles Directive (ELV Directive), lobbying is several ways to keep riding a motorcycle with an internal combustion engine possible, in discussing historic vehicles with the European Commission and with, through a survey, developing a new definition of historic motorcycles that better meets the needs of motorcyclists.
The mobility between the UK and the EU still provides problems for those who do not ride their motorcycle themselves, but have it transported in a van or on a trailer. Together with the UK NMC we tried to get some clarification in this topic. In the end we think that we can give that now.
Early 2022, we published a revised set of the FIM-FEMA Joint Position Papers, that we presented together with FIM Europe during the IfZ 14th International Motorcycle Conference in Cologne early October. Next time the set of joint position papers will be from FEMA, FIM Europe, and NMC.
In December, FEMA was a guest in an American podcast. This was after we published an article about transport poverty and how motorcycles can keep people mobile with raising costs of cars and public transport. It turns out that our articles are read widely all over the world.
In the end of the year, we were confronted with a situation where a Dutch motorcyclist received a ticket from Uzbekistan for an alleged violation of ULEZ rules in London. We wondered how his personal information could be known by a private company in Uzbekistan and asked for Information about this from the Netherlands Vehicle Authority which is responsible for the Dutch vehicle registration databank. This is still pending.
FEMA’s Committee Meeting in Denmark
For the first time since the pandemic, FEMA was able to organize a real meeting for the member organizations, our first physical meeting since February 2020. The meeting was hosted by our member organization MCTC at the MC Touring Camp in Kolind, Denmark.
Written by Dolf Willigers
Photo’s courtesy of Wim Taal, Roelof Veldhuis, BMW, www.classicbikehub.uk
QUOTE OF THE WEEK—
Motorcycles are the air we breathe, not something to be sold.
–Zack
KNUCKLEHEAD FEATURE OF THE WEEK—
Paul Davis, a young guy I met at Daytona built it, “Booger Watson” from Clarksville(?) TN. His father had a had a shop there. It’s a 68 cu in (EL bottom end with 74-inch bore). He said the cam was stock that they modified, FX frame, KR oil tank, seat was a Yamaha trials bike as I recall, Supertrapp dirt bike mufflers (which I started using on my bikes after that).
Bike was in a magazine (Choppers?) with claims of a bunch of performance stuff but that’s not what Booger told me.
–Paul Davis
NEW FROM THE LINDBY FAMILY—This is our latest new product. It is an adjustable footrest for the FLH models. (Patent pending)
The bracket will mount on the frame by the voltage regulator and the customer will be able to adjust the 2 footrests to a comfortable angle.
We will offer the part in 3 finishes
- Part # 280000 chrome
- Part # 281000 black
- Part # 282000 chrome/black
Retail price $449.95
We will have the part ready for shipping by the end of this month.
Have a great day.
–Per Lindby
BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER ALERT—
Look-it this ad from Moderna. they’re just laughing at us now. they’re as much as saying the shot will kill you. This is the conman actually mocking the sucker because the sucker is SO fucking stupid he won’t even notice.
–J.J. Solari
Research Chief
Bikernet Medical Center
Westwood, Los Angeles
AND THIS FEATURE JUST IN FROM JAPAN—BOLD IDEA CUSTOM CYCLES
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–from Sam Burns
Feature Bike Editor
Bikernet.com™
NEWS FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION–2022 Ends With Multiple D.C. Victories for Bikers
In case you missed it, the last two weeks of 2022 saw multiple victories for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) and all motorcyclists in this country. With the clock ticking down before the 117th Congress adjourned, three major parts of the MRF legislative agenda were addressed by leaders in Washington, D.C.
December 16th – Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan and 26 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding three recent fatal crashes between self-driving vehicles and motorcycles. The letter seeks answers about how self-driving cars interact with motorcycles and whether recent crashes are statistical outliers.
December 22nd – Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada inserted committee report language into the year-end omnibus government funding bill released by the U.S. Senate and passed both chambers of Congress. The report language states “The Committee is concerned that National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may be conducting activities that encourage states to adopt legislation, regulation, or other policies that unjustly profile motorcycle riders. The Committee directs NHTSA to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the extent to which the agency works with states on motorcycle passenger policies within 120 days of enactment of this Act.”
December 23rd – Six years after it was first introduced the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res 366, the motorcyclist profiling resolution. The resolution “Promotes increased public awareness on the issue of motorcyclist profiling; encourages collaboration and communication with the motorcyclist community and law enforcement to engage in efforts to end motorcyclist profiling; and urges State law enforcement officials to include statements condemning motorcyclist profiling in written policies and training materials.”
To read the full version of H. Res 366 visit website
These three victories in the span of just a few days reflects the hard work of MRF members and our allies over the course of 2022. The work done at events like Bikers Inside the Beltway and by state motorcyclist rights organizations throughout the year paved the way for these successes.
As we look towards 2023 more challenges remain. For example, the Motorcyclists Advisory Committee (MAC) has yet to be established despite legislation passed in 2021 that directs the Department of Transportation to seat the MAC. Follow up on issues like profiling and self-driving cars will be necessary as will action on other items in the robust 2023 MRF legislative agenda.
While we are excited by the end to a successful year in our nation’s capital, we know that staying engaged is the only way to protect the freedoms we cherish. Thank you for your continued support of the MRF. Without your time, energy, and passion the voice of the street rider would disappear from the halls of power in D.C.
Let’s keep the momentum going in 2023! Not yet a member of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation? Join in the 2023 Freedom Fight.
Ride Safe and Ride Free
SAWICKI NEWS–2023 is off to a fast start
with Harley-Davidson releasing new lineup, more new products from Sawicki, our first events of the year, and the passing of legend Ken Block. So, here we go!
Big news from the motor company
this month and no I’m not talking about the pretty new colors H-D has to offer, although that’s always an important announcement for the V-Twin obsessed folks we call Fam. (check out our post about the new models on our socials) I’m talking about the major 120 years of Harley-Davidson announcement everyone’s talking about that goes down January 18. You know as much as I do so save the date and let’s see what it’s all about. I’ll meet you on social media to discuss our feelings on the matter. Deal? Tight.
ABOUT THE TEXAS MILE—
The Texas Mile has grown rapidly since our inaugural event in October 2003. Participants come from all edges of the United States, Canada and Mexico to test themselves and their motorized equipment on the fastest and most challenging 1-mile track in the world.
They achieve their top speed in 1-Mile and shut down in a 1/2-Mile. This bi-annual Motorsports Festival is created for performance enthusiast – Welcoming Motorcycles, Performance Street Cars, Race Cars and Land Speed Racers.
Spectators enjoy seeing the cars and motorcycles on the track and visiting with the participants in the paddock. There are onsite concessions to enjoy while at the event. For more details, see the rules and regulations section for participants and spectators.
Get off the highway and come out to The Texas Mile. It is like running on a straight 1 1/2-mile section of open highway without the fear of tickets and jail time. A High-Speed Shoot-out and Land Speed Racing Venue that compares to the likes of the legendary Bonneville that beckons one to “Drive in Your World, Race in Ours”!
WHY RUN?
Show what YOU have on a ONE-MILE straight (run wide open on an airport runway in Texas – 130mph, 160mph, 190mph & 200+mph)
Compete for the best of the best in your class
Set a high-speed record in Texas
Get the chance to join the 200+mph club of Texas
Test your equipment, prove something to yourself
Heck, just come out for a good time
NEW SBS BETTER BRAKES: NEXT-LEVEL BRAKE PERFORMANCE & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
SVENDBORG, DENMARK. January 2, 2023 – SBS Friction A/S, the Danish manufacturer of brake pads for motorcycles, ATVs, SxS, and special applications, announced in 2021 a new strategy that would make the company the first brake pad production center in the industry, to fully embrace a sustainable proof-of-business both in production and in output. One year following, SBS is introducing the first Aftermarket brake pads that have both been refined and optimized for improved brake performance.
The new product series will be named SBS Better Brakes and will be available from January 1st, 2023.
The first products to be transitioned and introduced in the new SBS Better Brakes-series, are the popular SBS HF, SP, HS, and MS ranges. These ranges comprise more than 70% of the brake pads sold by SBS. Thus, the product launch will follow the company’s intention to transition products with high impact in focus. The transition of HF, SP, HS, and MS compounds is expected to be completed by Q3 2023 .
Because of significant similarities in performance characteristics of the new SP and HS-ranges and with an intention of enabling easier product selection for dealers and endusers, SP is being discontinued and merged into the HS product references. The series merger will happen gradually throughout Q3 2023.
Improved brake performance and stopping power
Riders will get a better and more stable brake performance and stopping power with the new SBS Better Brakes-series. The re-engineered compound formulas enable an improved Coefficient of Friction that provides a more efficient brake grip throughout the braking sequence. This results in a significantly reduced stopping distance, of up to 12%.
The new Better Brakes-series are designed to maintain a static fade level throughout after being heated and with improved heat resilience that enables a consistent braking experience with more sense of control and comfort throughout the ride.
– When developing new compounds, especially as complex as these new SBS Better Brakes compounds where we remove key friction materials, including copper, nickel, and antimony, thorough testing and engineering are required to be able to maintain and, in most cases, also improve brake performance. We have managed to make this possible and in compliance with OEM development procedures, says SBS Head of R&D, Esben Juul Sørensen.
The SBS Better Brakes-series is designed without Copper, Nickel (sintered compounds) and Antimony (ceramic compounds), which and replaced with an iron-based formula, which gives an improved Coefficient of Friction while also being a more environmentally friendly resource.
All products in the SBS Better Brakes-series are furthermore enforced with NUCAP NRS, the advanced mechanical friction material bonding technology.
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LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–2012 Harley-Davidson XL1200X – Sportster Forty-Eight FOR $7,995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=12884751
2012 Orange Harley-Davidson SPORTSTER FORTY-EIGHT XL1200X with only 6730.00 miles!
This bike is a low mileage Forty-Eight Sportster and some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are
* 1200c.c. Motor 5-Speed trans.
* Black radius exhaust
* High-Flo air cleaner
* Tall sissy bar
* Ape hangers
* Two-up seat
* Black ball milled grips
* Wire wheels
This bike is only $7,995.00
Plus, license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees.
This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection.
Fill out an online application today. We have EZ FINANCING and EXTENDED WARRANTIES available!
Lifestyle Cycles is located at 1510 State College Blvd, Anaheim CA 92806. Open 7 days a week.
NOT LOCAL? WE HAVE SHIPPING AVAILABLE! Call today (714) 490-0155.
We carry Street Glides, Road Glides, Road Kings, Ultras, Sportsters, Softails, Dynas, and much more!
We are California’s pre-owned Harley Mega-Store with over 200 Pre-Owned Harley-Davidsons in stock! To view our current inventory,
ACTION FROM THE TWISTED ROAD— Destination: Austin
The Austin area is a blast, with a great music, food, and bar scene. For riders, there are a lot of amazing motorcycle rides, long and short. There are some epic highway routes, as well as unique areas to visit on a bike within the city limits. There are also several cool annual motorcycle events in Austin, and moto-culture as a whole is vibrant and strong.
See the details and rent a bike at Twisted Road web site.
NEW YEARS GREETINGS FROM AMERICAN PRIME–SU Rebuild Service
Now available from APM, a professional factory rebuild service to take your SU from comatose to like new!
Our mailing address is:
American Prime Manufacturing Inc.
8205 SECURA WAY
SANTA FE SPGS, CA 90670
ACTION FROM BABES RIDE OUT— We are so excited to finally bring back our annual track day at our home track, Fox Raceway in Pala, CA. This event is for the entire fam and there is no event sign up or extra cost to attend other than the track fee you pay upon arrival if riding.
Fox Raceway opens at 8AM and first ladies only moto starts at 9:00AM sharp on the vet track. At the top of the hour, ladies only (15+ up) will have 30 min motos on the vet track.
Free Husqvarna demos (can you smell the 2 stroke?!) for the ladies Free Husqvarna x Stacyc demos for kids (bring your own gear + helmet etc.)
Free USMCA coaching on site provided by Husqvarna Hospitality + snacks and coffee provided by Fox Racing crew.
Bring the entire fam, we want everyone to enjoy a day ripping!
More details on the ride schedule, track(s), facilities, track fees, and camping options, tap HERE.
NEW FROM BARNETT CABLE AND CLUTCHES–Barnett Clutch Line Adapters
One of the oldest names in the international motorcycle parts and accessory industry (founded in 1948 and still family owned and operated), these hydraulic clutch line adapters for 2002 and up Harley-Davidson Big Twins (and 2009-17 V-Rods) are the newest products in the extensive Barnett Clutches & Cables line up.
These adapters allow any brake line with #3AN fittings to be adapted for use as a clutch line. Chrome plated, they are made in-house at Barnett’s Ventura, California headquarters with steel tubing and fittings.
BARNETT CLUTCHES & CABLES
www.barnettcables.com
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE 78TH ANNUAL TRAILBLAZERS BANQUET & BIKE SHOW—
Any holder of a 2023 banquet ticket is welcome to bring an antique, classic or vintage motorcycle to display in the bike show on a first come-first served basis.
Space is limited and there are no pre-reservations for bikes to display. The more rare, interesting, historic, and/or related to this year’s honorees the better.
Bike Show Director Norm Bigelow or any of the other Trailblazers Directors in the Gold blazers have the final say on whether or not to accept any motorcycle in the display.
The Trailblazers Bike Show awards are for:
Best of Show: Voted by the judges as the most spectacular motorcycle entered in the show. History, condition, significance, and other details
are all considered.
Trailblazers Spirit Award: Voted by the judges as the motorcycle most typical of a first bike our Trailblazers members would have started on or raced early in their careers.
Tom White Competition Award: Voted by the judges as the best race bike. The award is named after the late-Tom White, a former professional racer and founder of the Early Years of Motocrossm Museum.
Trophy donated by Myra Thomason.
People’s Choice Award: Voted by the banquet attendees as their favorite motorcycle in the show. All attendees will receive a printed ballot at check-in that they can write down their favorite motorcycle and dropmthe ballot in ballot boxes that will be in the bike show area.
See more at the TrailBlazers website.
The way to save endangered mountain gorillas is to help people move away from wood fuel toward fossil fuels. Why are scientists like Stanford’s Paul Ehlich (center) promoting the opposite?
On CBS “60 Minutes” last night, scientists claimed that humans are causing a “sixth mass extinction” and that we would need the equivalent of five planet earths for all humans to live at current Western levels.
“No, humanity is not sustainable to maintain our lifestyle — yours and mine,” claimed Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich. “Basically, for the entire planet, you’d need five more Earths. It’s not clear where they’re gonna come from.”
Both claims are wrong and have been repeatedly debunked in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
That claim that “five more earths” are needed to sustain humanity comes from something called the Ecological Footprint calculation. I debunked it 10 years ago with a group of other analysts and scientists, including the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, PLOS Biology.
We broke down the six measures that comprise the Ecological Footprint and found that five of the six, including food and forestry, were either in balance or surplus. The only thing out of balance was humankind’s carbon emissions.
But reducing carbon emissions requires neither that rich nations become poor nor that poor nations remain poor. Rather, it simply requires that we move toward energy sources that produce fewer carbon emissions, namely natural gas and nuclear.
–MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER
Environmental Progress.com
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Bandit’s Cantina Episode 101
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Bandits_Cantina_Episode_101.aspx
Good thing for The Bikers headed by The Bandit. They saved the day on the 405. The anti fossil fuel group are a bunch of nuts and they suck!!!!!!
— Ann Robinson
Long Beach, CA
STILL PLAYIN’ POSSUM: MUSIC & MEMORIES OF GEORGE JONES SELLS OUT THE VON BRAUN CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
Travis Tritt & Wynonna Added To Stellar Already Announced Lineup
Tickets Available for VIP Dinner with Nancy Jones & Friends on Monday, April 24th at The Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Ala. – As Nancy Jones announced ‘Still Playin’ Possum: Music & Memories of George Jones,’ which will include performances by Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jamey Johnson, Justin Moore, Lorrie Morgan, Mark Chesnutt, Michael Ray, Sam Moore, Tanya Tucker, Trace Adkins, Tracy Byrd, and Tracy Lawrence taking place at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, April 25th, nobody could imagine the excitement that would surround this event. he event has officially sold out within two weeks of its original announcement and the lineup continues to get bigger!
Travis Tritt and Wynonna have been added to the all-star lineup to perform. A special collaboration between Jamey Johnson and Wynonna will honor one of George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s hit songs.
“I cannot believe the love that everyone has shown me since making this announcement,” says Nancy Jones. “I have been reading comments on Facebook and the fans truly loved George. People are coming from Scotland, Canada, and all over the United States to hear these great artists and friends singing George’s songs as we honor him 10 years after his passing. So THANK YOU to the fans for showing up and showing Nashville and the world that George’s music will continue to live on.”
In addition, Nancy Jones will be hosting a VIP dinner the night before the concert event at the Von Braun Center Ballroom. Tickets are $200 and will include a sit-down meal as well as a photo opportunity with Nancy.
“I want to see all the fans. I want to thank them. I want to shake their hand. Without them, George’s career would never have been the same. They were loyal and I want to show the loyalty back,” added Jones. “I have some surprises for everyone that night and I am excited to be working on that night’s program.”
QUOTE OF THE WEEK—
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” –Mark Twain
TRIKE FILES OPENED–Will There Be a Market for Trikes in India ?
An engineer-entrepreneur looks to make trikes out of India’s two-wheelers
A Hyderabad- based small enterprise, also a participant at the upcoming Auto Expo, wants to tap the huge base of two-wheeler customers to build a new business of converting two-wheelers to trikes.
There’s no defined category of trikes in India yet, but according to an amended portion of IS 14272 which categorises different types of vehicles, ‘twinned wheels’ will be considered as one as long as both wheels are mounted on the same axle and ‘the distance between the centres of their areas of contact with the ground is equal to or less than 460 mm’.
Source: click to read at EconomicTimes
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
SALT TORPEDO REPORT ON TEXAS MILE—
I spoke to Joey from the Texas Mile and he informed me that the event is always the last weekend in March.
Registration is not until February. He will let me know a week before registration, so we can prepare.
Joey told me some interesting facts about the track. He set several records and is working with Aprilia. It’s a stock sit-up bike and he’s been 286 mph. You might want to give him a call about the track and wind issues. He also owns a Vanderhall, so he understands trikes configured like ours.
We learned from Denis’s book that we will be facing frontal lift issues.
–Bandit
Janitor
5-Ball Racing Team
TATTOO ART COLLECTION FROM SULLEN—
The first Artist Series Tuesday of 2023 is here and it’s a good one.
This week’s artwork was designed by tattoo legend Jack Rudy (@j_rudy_gtc). We’re throwing in a FREE sticker with the first 100 orders to start off 2023!
So don’t wait, grab yours now.
My grandson Frank Jr. tattoos at Jack’s shop every week.
–Bandit
CUSTOM TIP OF THE WEEK—
I’m now surrounded by serious builders and in touch with more Hamsters who are pro-builders including Carl Pussar. Carl recently gave me his pipe chroming tip. He coaches his chromer not to copper plate his pipes but double nickel plate them. Then he coats the inside with heat paint to help insulate the outside of the pipes from heat and thus prevent bluing.
Don’t tell anyone, promise.
–Bandit
BIKERNET SONG PICK—Another Year Comin’ Song Pick of the Year
If anyone has partied too hard, feeling regret and tired of same old in the new year –here is a song that always cheers me right up. Why? Because it’s a solution and it does work.
Get Rhythm Dammniit as Bandit would sing it in the garage! Actually, here is another tip for those getting the blues already — sing in the shower, sing on your motorcycle when riding alone. You see these idiots chatting and texting on their phone walking in the middle of the street or driving a car.
Well, it ain’t madness to sing out loud all alone in whatever voice you were endowed with. Pretend you are a star and shoot it straight through in your best pitch! Got a badly tuned guitar or harmonica? What are you waiting for, rock n roll with it. Play it as is, in your living room when feeling lonely and start living again.
Anyways, here is the song to add to your “Motivation” and “Self-Help” playlists….Ladies & Gentleman, this is Johnny Cash.
Song: “Get Rhythm”
Artist: Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
Album: Greatest!
Songwriters: Johnny Cash
Hey, get rhythm
When you get the blues
C’mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes, and get goin’
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
A little shoe-shine boy, he never gets low-down
But he’s got the dirtiest job in town
Bending low at the peoples’ feet
On a windy corner of a dirty street
Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes
How’d he keep from getting the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
He popped a shoe-shine rag, and then he said
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
C’mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It’ll shake all your trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
C’mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes, and get goin’
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
Well, I sat down to listen to the shoe-shine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoe-shine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said, “You’re a mighty little boy to be a-workin’ that way”
He said, “I like it” with a big wide grin
Kept on a-poppin’ and he said again
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
C’mon, get rhythm
When you get the blues
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm
When you get the blues
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION–Auto Execs Are Becoming Less Optimistic About EV Adoption
Automotive executives are reportedly scaling back their expectations for EV adoption, according to an annual survey conducted by KPMG International. Last year, professionals working at the top of the industry reported that they believed (on average) that over half of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 would be battery-electric. But their faith in electrification appears to be evaporating, with most respondents suggesting that particular goal is no longer achievable.
In its 2021 survey, KPGM stated that executives had grown more bullish on EV acceptance due to the Biden administration committing the United States toward having a 50/50 sales split for electric and gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030. It’s something the European Union had already proposed, with similar goals being adopted by countries like Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Though it needs to be said that estimates varied widely, with KPMG only offering an industry average that was still loaded up with outliers on both sides of the spectrum when viewed more carefully. Ultimately, the group believed that a 52 percent EV take rate was achievable by 2030. However, that figure was the result of over 1,000 top-ranking automotive officials giving their opinion – with many assuming the number could be much higher or lower.
The 2022 survey is less optimistic overall. According to CNBC, the median expectation for EV sales in the United States was 35 percent of the new vehicle market by 2030. That’s down 65 percent from a year earlier and represents one of the largest declines on the entire planet. While the U.S. was always assumed to be the big holdout, due to the fact that drivers tend to cover longer distances in varying climates and generally prefer liquid-fueled vehicles, it was assumed that a change in government would drive up EV adoption as government policy shifted to be more like what was taking place in Europe.
Of the 900-plus automotive executives surveyed for 2022, 76 percent expressed concerns that inflation and high-interest rates would adversely affect auto sales generally going into 2023. But EVs (which tend to cost substantially more than their combustion-driven counterparts) are presumed to have it the worst going forward.
“There’s still a sense of optimism long term, and yet, most importantly, there’s a sense of realism in the near term. You see this realism throughout the entire survey,” Gary Silberg, KPMG global head of automotive, told CNBC.
There are some curious angles to the matter that need to be explored, however.
With Congress passing the Inflation Reduction Act (which included billions in incentives for electric vehicles) over the summer, there’s theoretically more government money on the table for EV manufacturers than ever before. But, to take full advantage, automakers do need to swiftly rejigger their supply chains to incorporate more labor and materials stemming from North America. Unfortunately for the industry, it seems as though some automakers either don’t think they can do so quickly enough to enjoy those incentives within the next couple of years and that the price of shifting production and supply lines may not be worth it in the long run. But this is a secondary issue to the general apprehension created by today’s hectic economy.
There was also the now-standard anti-Tesla rhetoric taking place within the survey, with KPGM downplaying the manufacturer’s former position as the obvious choice in EV leadership. This may have been the result of Tesla receiving so much negative press following Elon Musk’s decision to purchase Twitter or perhaps the result of some of the company’s shortcomings ( FSD, quality assurance, etc.) finally reaching the public consciousness. Whatever the reason, it seriously tweaked the study, with respondents now assuming there will be a more level playing field.
While Tesla remained the top pick as the industry leader in electrification, it lost serious ground to its rivals. Though some of them seem a little nonsensical. For example, Apple was seen as a major player in the 2022 survey. The iPhone purveyor ended up in fourth place (after Tesla, BMW, and Audi) among those taking the survey, despite never having produced a single EV for public consumption. Apple may be a contender in the years ahead, but assuming it’s going to eclipse Tesla by 2024 seems ridiculous.
Which begs the question of how seriously we should even be taking the KPMG survey – especially considering how far off its 2022 results seem to be from 2021.
Considering that KPMG is one of the largest multinational professional services networks on the planet, it might be wise to at least consider what’s being offered here. The company is one of those massive global business networks that have to use an acronym due to how many separate entities have been incorporated into the name over the years. While it probably would have been subject to antitrust scrutiny back in the day – and has certainly been the subject of controversy over the past two decades – it’s so massive that any information it offers up has serious potential to move markets.
Its far-reaching business ties also mean it is in a unique position to take the pulse of other industries to get a sense of where they’re at. For this year’s survey, KPMG contacted 915 automotive executives in October. More than 200 respondents were said to be CEOs and 209 were other C-level executives. More than 300 respondents were from North America, including 252 people from the United States.
And the general sentiment was that the industry doesn’t see EV adoption happening as quickly as assumed in 2021. Though, curiously, almost everyone seems to feel that the industry will become more profitable than was assumed in 2021. A whopping 83 percent of automotive executives who took part in the survey globally said they were “confident” in higher profits over the next five years — a figure that’s up from the 52 percent reported in last year’s results.
Considering the number of automakers that claimed to be banking on making EVs their mainstay products over the past several years, this result is a little confusing. If the industry was as serious about electrification as claimed, one would assume that leadership losing confidence in adoption rates would negatively impact their bottom line. Auto sales forecasting from outlets like Cox Automotive has also been moving in the wrong direction, with 2022 volumes in the U.S. expected to be down 9 percent against the 15 million vehicles sold in 2021. Though a more relevant comparison would be against the 17.1 million vehicles sold in 2019 – before expansive lockdowns and supply chain restrictions came into play.
That scarcity has been the pillar that’s been propping up pricing for the last few years and the automotive industry has managed to spin the issue into something profitable. By stating that there’s an insufficient number of vehicles being produced due to a lack of component supply dealerships have engaged in some of the worst price gouging witnessed in modern history. But manufacturers have also been raising prices to help pad their own profitability, often using the scarcity excuse much in the same way we’ve seen energy companies doing since late 2020.
Your author is under the assumption that auto executives broadly believe that alternative revenue streams (e.g. data harvesting, micro-transactions, OTA updates, etc) are about to yield dividends and that they can ride the inflation wave a little longer without shooting themselves in the foot. But this seems to ignore any prior assertion that EVs will make up a meaningful portion of sales in the years to come. While that might have something to do with consumer-based studies likewise showing EV acceptance dwindling from past years, there may also be some influence from studies suggesting that there aren’t enough raw materials to sustain widespread EV use or increased reporting about some of the human rights abuses associated with battery manufacturing. Meanwhile, it sounds like nobody is expecting the production rates of electric or combustion vehicles to rebound next year due to alleged supply chain constraints nobody seems capable of (or perhaps even all that interested in) remedying.
Whether wholly organic or stacked for effect by corporate media, this is the narrative the industry looks to be running with now.
–by Matt Posky
Truthaboutcars.com
–NMA
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APOLLO ASTRONAUT PASSES—
On January 3, 2023, America lost a hero and CFACT lost a friend. Colonel Walter Cunningham was 90. “Walt” is best known for flying in space as lunar module pilot on Apollo VII, the first manned space mission after a tragic fire on the ground killed the crew of Apollo I. Walt worked closely with CFACT and joined our delegations to COP 19, the UN climate conference in Warsaw, and COP 20 in Lima, Peru.
Flashback: Apollo Astronaut Cunningham Slams UN for perpetrating the ‘one of the biggest frauds in the field of science’
–Marc Morano
Climate Depot
TALENT OF THE WEEK—Paige Pederson
–Sam Burns
Talent Scout
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OPEN LETTER TO BANDIT-– Morning sir, you were like my hero, when I was a kid. I built a new bike with handmade parts. I wanted to see if I could get it in your magazine. Your stories kept me alive as a teenager.
Thanks,
–Buzz Turner
HOME APPLIANCE WARNING—Beware purchasing any appliances from Best Buy or Whirlpool. We bought a Whirlpool Refrigerator from Best Buy this summer. It has never worked properly. Best Buy will do nothing to straighten out the issue. Whirlpool is far, far away. We have had three technicians out, but they can’t fix it. Seems new appliances can’t use Freon anymore, probably a climate issue. They switched to another chemical which is tougher to deal with and the average Joe can’t correct or fix the levels.
Make sure to purchase your new stove or refrigerator from a local business. Also make sure they repair the items they have for sale.
–Bandit
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–Happy New Year!
Rode the Shovelhead yesterday and went out this morning for my annual New Year’s Day Ride. Except Sea Fog, not as bad as 12/26/19 when I rode at 3:30 in the morning headed to work. Moisture was as bad on the inside of the helmet as the outside. No leather due to our summer time temps today, so soggy clothes fast! I waived the 50-mile minimum this year.
Last year was warm on the first, no fog. But the 2nd was “feels like 17”, why did I ride? Conditioning and lack of common sense!
Cousin shared this picture today, Can we all just stop and appreciate that hair and a gold chain too! Heineken, so mid ‘80s.
–RFR
WHAT’S IT GOING TO BE BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 29th, 2022
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/WHATS_IT_GOING_TO_BE_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_December_29th_2022.aspx
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–Vin
Huntersville, NC
COMMENT FROM DR. JUDITH CURRY’S WEBSITE—
People who criticize coal are beyond redemption. Coal is poetic; trees covered Gondwana during the Carboniferous period. Those trees died and after millions of years became coal. Humans dig up coal and use it to build every amenity which has taken humanity from the tyranny of nature: energy. steel, cement; and when humanity burns coal CO2 is released to feed the plants alive today.
Only a moron would find fault with that.
–Dr. Judith Curry
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TOTAL MINDFULLNESS AND HEALTH FROM THE VA—
Set Your Intentions for 2023!
An intention is about connecting with your mission, aspiration and purpose. Setting and revisiting your intentions can help you realize your goals. Evaluate where you are in your life, what matters most to you and set a goal for your own whole health! Take five minutes to set intentions for 2023.
Personal health planning supports the examination of a person’s mission, aspirations, and purpose. It can involve completing a Personal Health Inventory, setting goals, and using resources needed to take steps to work towards your personal health plan.
Personal health planning can also be connected with education, peer support, and practicing self-care to support your overall health and well-being.
There are four principles to Personal Health Planning
- Whole Health Assessment (a.k.a., Personal Health Inventory)
- Education
- Goal Setting (Shared & SMART Goals)
- Self-reflection & exploration of your personal MAP (mission, aspiration & purpose)
- Are you getting enough sleep at night to refresh your body and mind?
- Are you eating foods and beverages that will nourish and fuel you?
- Are you surrounding yourself with people you love and care about?
- Do you have as much energy and flexibility as you could have with more exercise?
- Are you finding opportunities to learn and grow?
–VA
WE ORDERED A SET OF HIGHBARS FROM NASH—
Kick off the new year with some fresh handlebars!
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UPDATED CHIP RELEASE— Motorcycles as Art Exhibit Changes Direction
Sturgis, S.D. (January 3, 2023): The Sturgis Buffalo Chip Motorcycles As Art Exhibition is changing format for its upcoming 15th anniversary as the exhibition’s curator, photographer Michael Lichter, moves into an advisory role.
Following an incredible run of 14 themed exhibitions at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip, Lichter will showcase his own work at the 2023 Motorcycles As Art exhibition, leading a group of known and emerging artists and builders. Of course, Michael will be seen all around the Black Hills as he continues to document the rally, as he has done for over 40 years.
Sturgis Buffalo Chip to Remodel Event Center Gallery and Enhance Reach
Shifting from the themed exhibitions of past years, the platform will expand to become more open and accessible to a wider group of artists and custom builders. The exhibit will continue to highlight custom motorcycles, and there will be an expansion in the display and sales of motorcycle-themed artwork. Motorcycles As Art will continue in the Buffalo Chip’s Event Center, which will undergo a newly conceived remodel to include an adjoining building and gardens for 2023.
Many know Michael Lichter as a world-renowned photographer who has documented the rise in popularity of custom motorcycles and the culture that developed around them for over forty years. As an exhibition curator, he has produced a total of 22 motorcycle-themed exhibitions. Of the eight that preceded the Motorcycles As Art exhibitions at the Buffalo Chip, five were staged at the Journey Museum in Rapid City.
“Michael continues to be an important part of the Buffalo Chip family,” says Chip President Rod “Woody” Woodruff. “An unbelievable amount of work goes into the Motorcycles as Art production, and Michael deserves accolades for his past work, as well as a chance to sit back and enjoy the exhibition. It’s going to be a great year to appreciate the artistry of motorcycling at the Chip.”
The enhanced version of Motorcycles As Art will look deeper into the culture, presenting opportunities for a wider array of builders and artists to unveil and display their work in the updated facility. Lichter will work closely with a dedicated team at the Buffalo Chip as curatorial adviser and his archival photography will be part of the new format. An announcement with specific criteria for artists and builders will be forthcoming.
All attendees at the Buffalo Chip are invited to explore this eclectic collection of custom motorcycles and motorcycle art, both on display and for sale, in the Motorcycles As Art Gallery, open for 9 days only during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Motorcycles As Art will continue to be the home of the Buffalo Chip’s Industry Party, slated for Saturday, August 5th, 2023.
Past and prospective artists, builders and sponsors will be contacted by Buffalo Chip representatives. Inquiries may be made directly to info@BuffaloChip.com
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THAT’S A WRAP FOR THIS WEEK—
We received our Black Bike Wheels for our VL,XA, S&S FL Winter project bike. I bought a front mechanical brake from Charlie or the Rust God, but there could be an issue with the front axle. The front Black Bike wheel is upgraded with Timken bearings and the stock axle might not work. Steve, from Paughco is working on it.
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I also bought a set of stock rockers from Charlie and I’m working with Randy Cramer from Dakota V-Twin and Colony on replacement brake parts and rocker bushings.
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Cabana Dan was kind enough to sell me this roller for the 1914 Single I’ve been hanging denims on for the last 20 years. I can now make it a little speed racer.
Make sure you check the story on the Snow Rider, a brother who rides his Crossbones to work every day in Deadwood.
Tomorrow I’m going to order a Hawg Halters Sprotor rear brake for the VL project. Depending on what I can get done this week, I may bring you the next report.
Cabana Dan is working on three V-twins builds. One is an Excelsior-Henderson a 1913 and then 1914 and 1913 Harley-Davidsons. They are all ground-up builds, and we will bring you the first intro report next week. I’m already learning a lot about early builds.
Grandson Frankie has an M-8 and is considering a major or minor upgrade. He’s either going with a cam, tuner and pipe or a major 114 to 129-inch engine. Hang on. He’s working with Danny Wilson, the Collective in Phoenix, FXR Division. Here’s a shot of what his engine could look like.
Peeps think we’re freezing to death, but I swear it ain’t bad at all. Sorta clean and fresh.
Let’s see how the world works through the following week. Think Freedom, it always works.
–Bandit
THE EDITORIAL BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for January 12th, 2023
By Bandit |
Hey,
This week we published a piece about the state of the Chopper magazine market on Bikernet. As usual, when we delve into a topic, shit gets crazy. It’s the nature of every industry. Fifty years ago, life was simple, but exploding. It’s still exploding.
You know and face it daily. Go buy a refrigerator. Now there are a thousand options, sizes and brands. Hell, try to buy a new pair of jeans from Wrangler. Okay, so there are more riders than ever before, if we’re not banned tomorrow. Each guy or gal has their own style of riding and machines.
Then we come up against technology including the internet and social media. Every time something surfaces it divides the market and with each new technology we have opportunities and obstacles. The benefit of magazines is the visual. Web sites can’t do it like a magazine does. When websites were forced to be phone compatible, that messed with them even more.
The benefit of a website includes no word or photo count limitations, but folk don’t seem to want to read anymore. Why am I telling you this? You know it and face it daily.
Here’s the article: https://www.bikernet.com/pages/THE_WORLD_OF_CHOPPER_MAGAZINES_RELEASED.aspx
Let’s hit the news.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
QUICK HISTORY LESSON–God and “The 3 Mistakes”
What God did at Pearl Harbor that day is interesting and I never knew this little bit of history.
GTour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty minutes. I went into a small gift shop to kill time.
In the gift shop, I purchased a small book entitled, “Reflections on Pearl Harbor ” by Admiral Chester Nimitz . Sunday, December 7th, 1941–Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington, DC. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the phone.
He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet.
He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941.
There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat–you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war. On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters everywhere you looked. As the Admiral’s tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, “Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?”Admiral Nimitz’s reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice.
Admiral Nimitz said, “The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?”
Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, “What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?
“Mistake number one: The Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk–we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800.
Mistake number two: When the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow every one of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks, and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships.
Mistake number three: Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is in top of the ground storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plan could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That’s why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make or, God was taking care of America .
I’ve never forgotten what I read in that little book. It is still an inspiration as I reflect upon it. In jest, I might suggest that because Admiral Nimitz was a Texan, born and raised in Fredericksburg, Texas — he was a born optimist. But any way you look at it–Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism.
President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat.There is a reason that our national motto is, “IN GOD WE TRUST”.
Why have we forgotten?
PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY! “ In God We Trust”!
Please pass this important message to others. “True Americans” need to stand behind one another and next to each other!
If you believe that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards that would have gotten you labelled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago, and a racist today.
— Thomas Sowell
–from Sam Burns
MONGOLS MC CAN KEEP THEIR LOGO–
A Pasadena appeals court panel ruled Friday that the government cannot seize the logo of the Mongol Nation motorcycle club, but the court let a 2018 racketeering conviction stand.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision that cited the First and Eighth Amendments in a ruling rejecting the government’s forfeiture request of the club’s logo.
Stephen Stubbs, the Mongols’ general counsel, said in a statement that the ruling was “a victory not only for the Mongols Motorcycle Club, but for all motorcycle clubs, freedom, and America as a whole.”
The club, also called the Mongol Nation, is headquartered in Southern California and was originally formed in Montebello in 1969. Law enforcement officials estimate about 2,000 full-patched members are in the club.
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BIKE FEATURE OF THE WEEK—Paul Cox.
–Sam Burns
Feature Bike Editor
Bikernet.com™
BIKE SHOWS COMING–
MOTOR BIKE EXPO
January 27-29, 2023
Veronafiere
Verona, Italy
Every January, Verona, Italy becomes the capital of the motorcycle world as enthusiasts from across the globe descend on the city for the world’s largest custom motorcycle event. This massive expo attracts more than 170,000 visitors to explore over 700 exhibitors in over 1 million square feet of exhibition space.
MBE is the beating heart of the international motorcycle scene. It provides a complete representation of the global two-wheel industry from special to sport to off-road and touring. You’ll have the opportunity to admire unique custom motorcycles from around the globe, as well as the latest models from major motorcycle manufacturers. (Not to mention, all the beautiful MBE hostesses.)
Get a taste of the show by checking out the Buffalo Chip’s previous trips to MBE in Sturgis Rider News’ Highlights from Motor Bike Expo.
MAMA TRIED
February 18-19, 2023
Eagles Ballroom
Milwaukee, WI
To a custom builder, an invitation to display your bike at the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show is as good as getting a golden ticket. This indoor invitational features only the best, with over 100 motorcycles of all calibers––flat tracker, hill climber, chopper, bar hopper, you name it. And you’d be hard pressed to find a cooler venue to see them all in.
In frigid Milwaukee, this two-day event helps builders, riders and enthusiasts keep their fire stoked all winter long. Make sure to plan your trip for an extra day on the front end to check out the Flat Out Friday indoor flat track racing shenanigans.
To catch more of the vibe from this show and the races, check out Sturgis Rider News’ No Fun at Mama Tried & Flat Out Friday.
DONNIE SMITH BIKE SHOW
March 25-26, 2023
St. Paul RiverCentre
St. Paul, MN
You can count on the Donnie Smith Show for a memorable kickoff to your spring riding season. Known as the Midwest Extravaganza, it offers 35 classes of custom motorcycles, the largest swap meet on the planet, tons of vendors and live entertainment. Strolling around the show will also give you the chance to meet industry celebrities, premium sponsors, artists and gear heads.
The Buffalo Chip is the first display you’ll spot as you travel down the escalator into the show. Stop by to see a new signature series B4 custom built by Lloydz Garage and a custom Legends Ride® auction bike created by Arlen Ness Motorcycles. Both bikes will be unveiled at the show and available to drool over all weekend. Along with this eye candy, Chip staff will be on-site to answer questions and sign you up for free passes to the Best Party Anywhere.
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT–Took the Dyna up to MC Creations, hopefully it’s okay I used the Bikernet corporate card to purchase these 2 items. Top one was kinda pricey!! Made a few runs on the Shovelhead, even had the law get behind me my first trip out the other day.
And some Houston history, Stelter’s I believe was the first Harley dealer in Downtown Houston, opened in the ‘20s. My dad bought his Panhead there. I got to check it out as well before dad’s passing. Fred, a mechanic worked at Stelters, worked on my dad’s bike too. I was going to have Fred put the S&S 84-inch flywheels in my Shovelhead, then I’d do the top end.
The 84-inch kit I brought from Greg, when he worked at Union Cycle Salvage before he started MC Creations. But 3 tickets one afternoon from HPD and I had to sell it to Johnny Mancuso, to pay the fines. Johnny had recently opened the American Speed original location at N Main. Speeding, loud exhaust & one more? Probably being too wild in public!
I’d imagine everyone knew mister Fred, as N-word Fred and while the term offends many, no one meant it that way, back then. I never met anyone who had nothing but respect for him! Me, I just called him Mr Fred. Sorta like Spade George, who’s picture you posted of him sitting on his bike at the bar.
Fred was an amazing Harley mechanic, white or black we’re losing a lot of History as these individuals pass on! I don’t believe the new guys live it the same way we did. Cross country with no cell phones or social media, roads that now are packed with traffic, then not so much and few to no bikes on them that’s for sure!
–RFR
Texas Weatherman
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THE INFLATIONARY RULE— There’s only one thing that causes inflation, and that is the government.
Printing more dollars causes inflation.
Since the beginning of the pandemic panic, U.S. dollars in circulation rose from about $15.5 trillion to over $22 trillion:
That’s what causes inflation. Making more dollars reduces the value of every other dollar.
Since the federal government uses inflation, the creation of new money, to pay its bills, we can think of it as a tax. A tax everyone pays in higher prices. Some pay more than others.
Inflation results in a transfer of wealth from savers and workers to speculators, bureaucrats and government-favored special interests. People who worked hard and saved, the retired and anyone on a fixed income are robbed just as surely if they were mugged on the street.
The very people who should be rewarded for their efforts in planning for the future are hurt the most.
Inflation is no different from counterfeiting, printing up dollars in a basement, and buying things with them. Everyone knows this is stealing – fraudulently exchanging something worthless for something valuable. And this is exactly what the government does with inflation. (An undetected counterfeiter “stimulates the economy” as much as government money-printing does.)
Our government gives us what today seems normal – constantly rising prices. They aren’t a fact of life, they are an act of government. Inflation undermines growth and leaves the vast majority of Americans worse off than they would’ve been without all that extra money.
There’s only one safeguard against inflationary destruction.
The Founding Fathers, after their experience with inflation during the Revolution, said that real money was physical gold or silver. Our government is far too addicted to deficit spending to ever voluntarily return to a gold standard.
Eventually, this cycle of borrow-spend-inflate will fail – after destroying the purchasing power of the dollar for all time.
I strongly encourage you to protect your own and your family’s financial futures by diversifying some part of your savings out of dollars and into uninflatable, intrinsically-valuable gold and silver. Both have proven a safe-haven asset for thousands of years before our Founding Fathers used them as the basis of real money.
Unless you believe the government is willing to pull the plug on the printing presses voluntarily, and stop the inflationary destruction of our economy and our nation, I strongly recommend you learn more about diversifying your savings with physical gold and silver.
Both have been prized long before the invention of the dollar, and will likely be valuable long after.
Ron Paul is a medical doctor, a retired Captain of the U.S. Air Force, an author who’s published 21 books and former twelve-term U.S. Congressman representing the state of Texas. He’s emerged as one of the leading voices challenging government’s addiction to deficit spending and the Federal Reserve’s wealth-destructive monetary policies. He works with Birch Gold Group to educate Americans about the threats to their financial futures, and how to protect themselves and their families.
–By Ron Paul
Submitted by Graeme Lowen
New Zealand Correspondent
Bikernet.com
“Wait, or you could invest in motorcycles, custom motorcycles, vintage motorcycles, motorcycle memorabilia, you name it. Or maybe honey…”–Bandit
WHAT’S THE SAFEST COLOR FOR YOUR MOTORCYCLE?–
If you’re out cruising on the weekends or commuting during the workweek, you may be wondering how you can improve your safety on the road. While there are a number of motorcycle safety tips to follow while you’re riding, choosing your bike color can actually affect your visibility to other drivers on the road. There are a number of factors to consider to reduce the risk of collisions, so Cycle Trader is covering the safest colors for a motorcycle.
How Motorcycle Colors Affect Safety
While there are a number of things to consider when buying your first motorcycle, you may want to think twice about what color bike you choose when shopping on the market. Road incidents involving motorcycles and other vehicles are prevalent due to low visibility. Darker colors blend in with the environment while riding, which can make it more difficult for other motorists to see you, especially if you’re biking at night. At sunrise or sunset, the amount of light on the road can make any dark-colored motorcycle blend in with the road. Even if you’re riding a blue or red bike, it can blend in with your surroundings and appear darker while you ride early in the morning at sunrise, or in the evening at twilight.
Safer Motorcycle Colors
So how do you improve your bike’s visibility to other motorists on the road? Consider choosing a bike with bright colors so you stand out against the dark road while you distinguish yourself from other vehicles.
Your best bet might be to go with a white motorcycle, which is bright, reflects light, and stands out from other colors. While white might not be the first choice for riders, it can appear as a classy option. For instance, a white Harley-Davidson shows off your power and style when you’re cruising around town. And during the hot summer months, it will reflect light and absorb less heat than a darker motorcycle. However, you’ll have to be careful if you’re riding a bright white bike against snow. If you’re going to be frequently riding in this type of weather condition, ride a bike with a contrasting color.
PLUS, you look like a cop…
While black bikes are most popular when it comes to motorcycle colors, you can still add patterns, designs, or trims that will create contrasting colors on your motorcycle to make it stand out. Other colors to consider are orange and yellow, which can draw more attention towards your bike.
5 Tips for Safe Riding with Motorcycle Colors
While going with a light and bright-colored bike can help with safety, there are several other steps you can take to improve your visibility on the road with colors.
1. Plan Your Riding Route
Plan your route and when you’ll ride to improve your visibility on the road. Pay attention to the terrain you’re covering so you can stand out with your motorcycle. If possible, avoid nighttime riding and inclement weather that can make it more difficult for drivers to see your bike on the road.
WAIT, Isn’t White the lack of all color. Gimme a color…
2. Wear Colorful Reflective Gear
When you set out for your ride, throw on some colorful reflective or fluorescent gear so you’re easy to spot. This includes your helmet, jacket, vest, pants, gloves, and boots.
3. Ride with Lights
No matter the riding conditions, your motorcycle lights should be working, including your headlight and brake light. State laws require riders to keep their low beam or dipped lights on at all times during the day. Some riders have personalized their bikes with colorful, customized underglow LED lights. Before you install ground effect lighting on your bike, make sure you check your state’s specific laws for these lights.
4. Bring Colorful Emergency Lights
If you ever have to stop for on the road motorcycle repairs, bring colorful, bright cones and flares to improve your visibility. Pack a flashlight so you can see your bike’s parts up close as you make a quick repair, and to help you see at nighttime.
5. Ride Off-Road with Color
If you’re taking a dirt bike off road through the forest and mud, you may not want to ride with a white bike that’s just going to get dirt all over it anyway. While a camouflage color of brown or green might make your bike look less dirty, it can make it more difficult for other riders to see you on the tracks. Red is a common color for these bikes, so go with something that will contrast with your environment if you’re concerned about a collision.
To help stay safe on the road, consider your color options with your motorcycle. Improve your visibility for other motorists with a light or white bike, then take steps to make yourself more noticeable as you ride. If you’re looking for your next new or used motorcycle, see all the listings on the nationwide marketplace at CycleTrader.com.
BIKE BUILDER OF THE WEEK—
Sebastian Codreaunu, Transylvania, Romaniz. Motorcycle & car Designer & Restorer
–Sam Burns
Builder curator
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233: CARBON FOOTPRINT (JOURNALIST/BUREAUCRAT DEFINITION)…… “A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the highest rates in the world.
Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons. To have the best chance of avoiding a 2? rise in global temperatures, the average global carbon footprint per year needs to drop to under 2 tons by 2050. Lowering individual carbon footprints from 16 tons to 2 tons doesn’t happen overnight!
By making small changes to our actions, like eating less meat, taking fewer connecting flights and line drying our clothes, we can start making a big difference.”_____The Nature Conservancy (ACTUAL DEFINITION)……
An intentionally deceptive vocabulary concoction of Marxist-agenda-driven psychological and emotional energy designed to bend and direct malleable and unfocused humans minds into thinking the release of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere when done by human activity leaves a permanent stain of black shoe-sole muck with tread marks and dirt across the atmospheric carpet, the celestial freshly-cleaned rugs, and the firmament linoleum floor (made with oil) that floats upward and then stops at some point up in the air where the birds and rainbows live thus preventing the earth from cooling its air into the cold of interstellar space thus resulting in the sun heating the earth to an extent that everything alive on it will die.
In truth the agenda of the carbon footprint cabal is what will kill everything on earth, at least the competent human inhabitants of it, not the carbon. The word footprint is calculatingly used because a “footprint” stays in place, it holds its shape, it has generally an unfriendly communicatory aura about it, for after all, footprints are analyzed at crime scenes, very often in the vicinity of blood-spatter, footprints leave the clean floor dirty, footprints have to be mopped and scrubbed-up, footprints can indicate a lurking unwelcome visitor waiting to pounce on you, rape your wife and disembowel your children….things which ascending methane and ascending or meandering floating human exhalations and fuel exhaust used by engines….. do not actually do or resemble.
They’re just stuff that we have. Like oranges.
–J.J. Solari
Research Specialists
bureaucrat/journalism dictionary
Bikernet.com™
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK—2018 Harley-Davidson FXBRS – Softail Breakout 114 for $18,995.00
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THE FIRST MAGNIFICENT QUOTE OF THE WEEK–
A chopper is a vehicle of change, after all. It puts the wheels beneath a midlife crisis, a coming-of-age saga, or even just the discovery of something new, something you didn’t realize was there. It provides the means to cross over, transition, or revitalize. Choppers are self-discovery’s favorite vehicle.
–Edited by Sam Burns
TEXAS MILE UPDATE—
Registration and Event Dates
The Texas Mile (Spring):
March 24-26, 2023
Chase Field- Beeville, Texas
Registration opens on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 5 pm Central
Registration will take place on our website, www.usmileracing.com
What you can do now: Create or update your user profile and make sure all information is correct.
If you are having problems logging in, please contact us at: (281)303-1844 or email info@texasmile.net
INSPIRATIONAL PHILOSOPY AT ITS BEST–
Time to talk about something that I have experienced, and something that I believe many of us can relate to.
At times our lives can feel like we are going through a never-ending cycle of trials and tribulations. These moments can often be filled with stress, exhaustion and despair.
However, I want to remind you all that despite how difficult things can be, we can still get through it. We can still stand tall with our heads held high despite the darkness that we face.
We can still be brave and smile even when it seems hard. We can still be resilient and be hopeful for the future. We can still have strength when times are tough.
Whenever you feel as though things have become too much, take a deep breath and remind yourself that you will get through this, and you will be okay.
We don’t need to suffer in silence, nor should we forget to look after ourselves during difficult times. Reach out to family and friends for assistance.
So, no matter what happens, remember to stay strong and be the best version of yourself.
At the end of the day knowing that you have the power to choose how you want to respond to life’s obstacles is truly an empowering feeling. And I’m here to remind you that you are still standing.
–Ray Russell
NEW YEAR FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT–Artist David Uhl – Year in Review
As we begin this new year, we welcome all of our new fans. The following recap of 2022 shows some of the new pieces from David, and gives you a glimpse of what you can expect for this year!
NEW PIECES IN 2022
RARE PAIR
ETERNAL RADIANCE–above
–Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
David Uhl Fine Art
Uhl Studios
303-913-4840
“There are way more new paintings available at the Master’s website.”–Bandit
ENGINE DEAL OF THE WEEK—80-Inch Shovelhead Engine, $2750.
This is a ready to go drop in and ride motor 0-miles on top-end rebuild. Heads rebuilt w/ new guides and decked by heritage Cycle Works in Brockville, Ontario, Canada -heads vapor blasted by precision vapor blasting in Watertown, NY.
New parts include: new piston rings -new base gaskets -new head gaskets -new pushrod tube o-rings & covers -honed cylinders by Hillside Motorcycle and Machine in Munns Ville, NY -S&S 450 cam -brass oil lines -new cam chest gasket -new rocker box hardware -new rocker box gaskets & O-rings -new oil pump. Motor ran great until head gasket blew, and then I took it apart and re-did everything.
Gorgeous looking engine and fantastic runner for your chopper or daily rider build. For sale $2750 obo or trade for any Shovelhead projects with motor and transmission doesn’t have to run as long as the engine spins free.
Message or call with any questions. It was listed in La Fargeville, NY on facebook marketplace.
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TRAFFIC NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION–Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court:
On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations.
The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless driving and DUI. According to the Federal Sentencing Reporter, Nevada was only one of 13 states to still prosecute minor traffic violations as criminal misdemeanors rather than civil infractions up until the beginning of this year.
We acknowledge that our position seems counterintuitive, but the NMA actually objects to local and state governments lowering the traffic court bar, downgrading routine moving violations from criminal to civil offenses while issuing lesser fines and eliminating points against defendant driving records. Why? It diminishes your rights under due process.
The Catch-22 is that challenging this loss of due process takes us right back to the same court system bent on protecting its cash flow, along with reducing the court’s administrative responsibilities. Civil court is easier for cities and states to operate—expectations are lower. If ticket holders don’t make restitution, the court will likely send the debt to an outside collector.
The expectation is that drivers will pay for their tickets to make it all go away. Fighting the ticket successfully becomes nearly impossible.
How it will now work in Nevada
A driver who receives a minor violation for such things as speeding or failing to signal will have 90 days to respond.
If the ticket holder chooses not to contest the violation and pay the civil penalty, the court will report the payment to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
If the person does nothing for 90 days, the court will automatically find the ticket holder to have committed the offense and be required to pay certain court expenses.
A person is already presumed guilty. If a driver contests the violation, the case will go through a civil hearing with a judge who evaluates the facts and then issues a ruling. The same rules will no longer apply in civil court—no possibility of discovery or a jury trial.
A traffic fine is one thing, but states and cities also impose court-imposed fees to cover administrative costs, fund special initiatives, and other criminal justice-related charges and penalties. For example, in California, a red-light camera ticket costs nearly $500 after all the fees allowed by the legislature are tacked on top of the initial fine.
Many drivers who cannot afford to pay even a minor infraction ticket will likely not pay these tickets. Not only could they lose their license, but a judge could also issue a bench warrant to the ticket holder for not paying the debt, such as in Nevada’s case before the law changed.
According to the Fines and Fees Justice Center, warrants are a counterproductive and expensive way of coercing citizens to pay a traffic ticket. For example, in Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas), if police arrested a motorist on a bench warrant, he or she would spend almost three days in jail at the cost of over $400 paid by taxpayers.
Due to the new law, Nevada city courts are clearing bench warrants from their systems. Las Vegas is erasing nearly 35,000 warrants, North Las Vegas 16,000, and Reno 1,900. Bill sponsor Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen said in an interview, “This law is significant because it ends a cycle of debt that stems from a simple traffic violation that many people find themselves in because they are unable to pay.”
Some would say they did the crime, so they should have the punishment, but the harm to that person and their family might even be worse. Three days behind bars might cost a person a job, housing, and even their children if they can no longer earn money to care for them.
Driver’s License Suspensions due to Non-Payment of Fines
In 2020, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill 4210, which, when it came into law, prohibited the state from suspending a resident’s driver’s license for not paying a traffic fine for a minor infraction. She also ordered that all outstanding court fines be cleared up to the time of HB4210 implementation in October 2020 from court records. If you received a suspension for a misdemeanor or felony infraction, such as DUI, the law did not apply.
Before she left office recently, Governor Brown wiped out about $1.8 million in unpaid fines affecting nearly 7,000 drivers pending in state circuit courts. Much of the debt was uncollectable since it was more than three years old and would likely not be recovered.
The roughly 7,000 drivers with suspended licenses in the circuit system can soon apply to have their driving privileges reinstated.
Losing a driver’s license is another surefire way of going down a spiral that a family cannot get out of any time soon.
–NMA
DAYTONA MORNING RIDE–Celebrate women in motorcycling, connect with those who are shaping the industry and help raise funds for worthy charities! After last year’s rain out, 2023 is excited to bring you an even bigger and better event.
On Thursday, March 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., you’re invited to journey through the beautiful Daytona Backroads on a guided ride led by inspiring motorcycle industry women including Ride Captain Maggie Hicks.
The Morning Ride begins and ends at Daytona International Speedway, where friends and leading industry women will gather to share experiences and have the opportunity to register for or attend a women’s ride-in bike show presented by Renegade Babes.
Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. at Harley-Davidson’s headquarters at Daytona International Speedway, and kickstands go up at 9:00 a.m.
HANG ON FOR THIS— How Green Investors Pay the Media to Promote ‘Climate Change’
The Associated Press revealed last year that it had scored $8 million to promote claims of global warming. The AP impartially described this massive conflict of interest as an illustration of “how philanthropy has swiftly become an important new funding source for journalism.”
“This far-reaching initiative will transform how we cover the climate story,” its executive editor claimed. That is no doubt true. And an incredibly damaging admission.
The philanthropic quid-pro-quo saw five organizations fund the AP’s dedicated team of “more than two dozen journalists” to cover “climate issues” that the wire service would then plant in papers around the country to terrify Americans into supporting ‘green’ taxes and subsidies.
The Associated Press did not bother to explain to its readers or the newspapers that run its stories why these organizations were impelled to throw millions at it except sheer benevolence.
Nor did it explain why they might be particularly interested in convincing Americans that the climate sky is falling and that our economy must be dismantled and ‘greened’: raising energy prices and putting millions out of work. The paragon service of journalism did not even bother explaining to its readers what one of the five, Quadrivium, was beyond a Latin word.
Quadrivium is the pet project of James Murdoch and his wife, the ‘black sheep’ of Clan Murdoch, who left the family business in a huff “due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets“. Quadrivium seeks to reach “a majority of the public” to generate “urgent action” on the bipartisan passage of a US climate strategy.”…
–BY DANIEL GREENFIELD
Jihadwatch.org.
PAINTER OF THE WEEK– Sabit Chopsyle is in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme reminds me of Goldie Hawn and Laugh In, though the quality of the work speaks for itself.
–Sam Burns
OPEN LETTER TO KEVIN MCCARTHY–
I have an old friend who is very involved in the Republican Party in California. I’m sure he knows Kevin McCarthy. I sent him this note today:
Hey,
If you have any kind of relationship with McCarthy and your input matters, I have one magnificent suggestion.
I know he’s starting committees. The most significant move he and the Republican Party could make would be to investigate Climate Doom and force Scientific Transparency to the forefront. Demand Integrity. We are either doomed or we’re not. If we’re not, the world needs to know that it’s okay to drive your car, cook on your gas stove, make medicine and chemicals, poor roads, save stuff in plastic containers and supply energy all over the world.
Bottom line, that one move could revive Trump’s state of the union comment: We’re living in the best of times.
Make it happen or die trying,
–Bandit
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–ROCKIN’ the NEW YEAR BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for January 5, 2023
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In response to your snow comment, your right, it’s not that bad. I have lived in ND all my 68 years. We have friends that winter in AZ and think I’m nuts for not doing that too. I find the snow and cold refreshes my soul and clears my mind. Ride on!
–Rik Savenko
Bismarck , ND
“You’re absolutely right, unless you slip…”–Bandit
ONE OF THE QUOTES OF THE WEEK—
“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” –Plato
Epoch Bright
NEW FROM THE LOW BROW CREW—
What did Jon, a French tattoo artist and owner of this 500 Triumph, have?
“The willingness to learn and the creative juices flowing inside him…Plus, thanks to COVID, he had a whole lot of extra time on his hands.
He wanted to customize his Triumph into an iconic chopper that screamed 1960’s style. And well, he did it!”
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BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY FINDING COMMON GROUND–
Bikers inside the Beltway – with the encouragement and direction of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, since the first Bikers inside the Beltway in 2009, thousands of bikers have met with their elected representatives and educated them about issues of importance to all street riding. motorcyclists.
Last week, President Biden signed into law what the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives agreed upon — a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that funds the federal government through September 2023 and avoids a government shutdown. Included in that 4,155-page bill is a request by Congress to learn more about the profiling of motorcyclists.
Specifically, within the funding section for the Department of Transportation, language states that: The Committee is concerned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may be conducting activities that encourage states to adopt legislation, regulation, or other policies that unjustly profile motorcycle riders. The Committee directs NHTSA to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the extent to which the agency works with states on motorcycle passenger policies within 120 days of enactment of this Act.
The words of retiring U.S. Representative David Price from North Carolina may just as well apply to the recent efforts of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation “… Understand that not every battle can be won on the first try and that politics is a matter of striking a balance between … compromising and finding common ground where you can, and fighting where you must.”
The MRF’s victories, realized in the waning hours of Congress in December, should drive home Congressman Price’s words. Those victories came from the year-after-year vigilance of MRF members writing, calling, and meeting with members of Congress during the Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s annual Bikers inside the Beltway.
The pandemic, and the events of January 6, 2021, did not deter the MRF. More than one hundred motorcyclists attended the first in-person meetings in 2021 with members of Congress. Even more attended Bikers inside the Beltway in 2022.
Now is the time for you to make plans to attend Bikers inside the Beltway – May 15 & 16, 2023.
As in years past, Bikers inside the Beltway will be dual-faceted to accommodate in-person visits to Congress plus visits to local district offices.
To ensure that the mission of getting our message to Congress continues to be successful, please consider the following:
- Make your appointments locally or in Washington
- Familiarize yourself with the briefing points
- Confirm your appointment locally or in Washington
- Virtual or in person, make notes on your meeting
- Share your meeting notes with the MRF
- In conjunction with Bikers inside the Beltway, a meeting of the MRF Board of Directors takes place on May 15 at the Embassy Suites, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, Virginia. Rooms are available through the hotel direct line 703-684-5900 and use reference code MRF.
Attending Bikers inside the Beltway is an essential element of the MRF’s grassroots activism. Make plans to attend the pre-event briefing and Q&A for visits to Congress, scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Monday, May 15. Briefing packets and “leave behinds” will be available during the briefing.
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s Bikers inside the Beltway — May 15 & 16, 2023.
Thank you for your commitment.
Yours in Freedom,
–Fredric Harrell
MRF Director of Conferences & Events
P.S. Registration for Bikers inside the Beltway is free. However, we request that you register early to help us plan the event. Use the link or the QR code below for Bikers inside the Beltway registration. Thank you.
https://motorcycleridersfoundation.wildapricot.org/widget/event-5008758/Registration
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BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUREAU—
FedEx has deployed EVs in Asia.
Meanwhile, BMW recalls over 124K electric cars over crash risk
The software issue relates to the high voltage battery electronic control unit.
Imagine dying despite having a driving license for over 10 years and obeying all the traffic laws. This does not even include someone/foreign group hacking into your vehicle’s interface to take control of it — just like someone stealing your email login or Facebook account, credit card data, etc.
–Wayfarer
Chief Investigator
Bikernet Motorcycle News Desk
TUCKER POWERSPORTS Hires Sharma as VP of Sales
Tucker Powersports today named Prnuv Sharma to the role of VP of Sales. Sharma joins Tucker after twelve years at Abbott Laboratories, following his previous roles with Valvoline Inc. and Classic Automotive Group in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
Sharma was most recently the Marketing Director for Abbott Laboratories’ Pedialyte business, the fastest growing brand in the company’s nutrition business unit. In his time at Abbott, he held senior roles in Sales Management, Global Strategy, and Brand Management for Abbott’s consumer brands, delivering growth in sales and market share in each case. Earlier in his career, Sharma was the General Manager of a Nissan dealership that was part of the Classic Automotive Group, which owns several dealerships in the Cleveland area.
Sharma is an avid automotive and racing enthusiast. He holds an SCCA recreational racing license and enjoys spending time on the weekends driving at Autocross events.
“Moving into powersports connects me to my passion for power, performance and the beauty of a well-designed vehicle,” said Sharma.
“I’ve had a retailer’s mentality since early in my career and that’s helped me succeed with the global brands that I’ve been part of,” he continued. “I’m anxious to get to know my team at Tucker and spend time with the dealers that drive our success.”
“Prnuv’s background in sales leadership and employee development in dealerships and in large organizations makes him ideal for Tucker’s VP of Sales role,” said Tucker President and CEO Marc McAllister. “He understands the importance of brands, has a passion for fast vehicles and will be able to lead our team of dedicated sales reps in their support of our brands and the products we distribute.”
Sharma joined Tucker on January 1, 2023 and is preparing his sales team for AIMExpo in February. He will be relocating to the Fort Worth area with his family.
–Steve Phiel
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All the articles were well worth reading. Some more than others but ALL worthy of mine and yours time.
I especially appreciated the info on the Antique and Vintage build projects. I’ve been wondering if anyone was still manufacturing ‘sprotors’ ??? and lo & behold BAM there was one with the Manufactures info.
Thanks again Bandit for all the good work
–Jim ‘el Waggs’
Oceanside, CA
Thanks brother.
–Bandit
THE SCIENTISTS’ REPORT—
This picture, produced for Clintel by the Dutch artist Vincent Geijsen, tells a thousand words. Clintel is David fighting not one but two Goliaths. Indeed, Clintel has applied for leave to intervene in a high profile Dutch court case between oil and gas company Shell and the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth (in The Netherlands called Milieudefensie). Friends of the Earth (FoE) calls this case ‘the Climate Case of the Century’.
Urgenda
In The Netherlands we have now had two prominent climate cases. In 2015 Dutch NGO Urgenda won its case against the Dutch state, demanding more ambitious reduction of greenhouse gases. Now FoE prevailed against a private company in a climate case. Shell was ordered to adopt corporate policies to reduce the CO2 emissions from the group’s activities by net 45% by the end of 2030 compared to 2019. This reduction obligation applies to the Shell Group’s entire global energy portfolio. Shell must not only reduce its own emissions but also ensure that the emissions of its suppliers and customers (Scope 3 emissions) fall drastically.
Sweetheart
The verdict and court documents, reveal that this is some sort of ‘sweetheart’ case in which the parties agreed on the facts. Shell could hardly defend itself against the alarmist statements put forward by FoE because the company had previously made similar statements. Nowadays, a large, publicly traded company cannot publicly deny the “climate crisis.” If a company were to do so, it would have the media, activists, and a large number of politicians all condemning it. No public company can afford such reputational damage. Climate activists exploit the inability of corporations to defend themselves.
FoE in power
With the big win against Shell in its pocket FoE has demanded ambitious ‘climate plans’ from 30 major Dutch companies, including food companies and even banks and insurance companies. These climate plans have been verified by the “New Climate Institute,” a consultancy known for the “Climate Action Tracker” that has turned climate into a huge revenue model. The result was a red “climate crisis index” rating for the vast majority.
These companies face the same dilemma as Shell. If they fight back they will likely suffer huge reputational damage. Shell moved its headquarter from The Hague to London last year, and will receive huge subsidies for CCS-projects (Carbon Capture and Storage) and green hydrogen. Ultimately, the bill for all these ‘climate plans’ will have to be paid by citizens and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Small companies are already suffering due to high energy prices, which are only partly related to the war in Ukraine and for the rest the result of environmental and climate policies.
Intervention by Clintel
Clintel says enough is enough. In October Clintel sent a request to the court of appeal to join the case as a third independent party. Clintel’s aim is to make clear that the judge based its verdict on a distorted picture of climate science, the role of the IPCC and the state of the climate. It will also defend the rights of citizens and democracy.
Not surprisingly, but disappointing nonetheless, both Shell and FoE oppose Clintel‘s proposed intervention. The court ordered a hearing on March 15th 2023 in which Clintel can plead its case.
We launched our own special website for this court case: climatecaseofthecentury.org.
Everyone in the world can (free of charge) join our case (as a citizen/lawyer or as a scientist) by filling in a form on the website. The more people participate, the better for making your voices heard. You can also help us by sending this newsletter to other people that might want to join our case.
Of course, we also need a lot of financial support for this big court case. All the details about how you can contribute are available on climatecaseofthecentury.org.
Many thanks in advance for your help and support!
Guus Berkhout & Marcel Crok (founders of Clintel)
ADVENTURES STILL APLENTY AT VINTAGE RIDES–Welcome to Tanzania!
Your plane lands at the foot of Kilimanjaro, and the next day, you ride your bike ten days through the African savannah.
More than a motorcycle trip, it is an exploration to meet the different ethnic groups of the country and diverse wildlife.
Deserts, lakes, forests, Massai plains, volcanoes, gorges and waterfalls: the days are rich and no two are alike.
Landscapes from around the planet can be experienced in Peru! From the Amazon to Machu Picchu, from Cuzco to Lake Titicaca, we take you on an intense, vibrant, mythical road trip.
You’ll feel like you are soaring. But as always when travelling, you have to know how to embrace uncertainties and expand your horizons in order to come out bigger and stronger. Different even!
Argentina offers a collection of cultural and natural wealth, rousing curiosity and wonder in all bikers.
From Salta, we take you on a great adventure by Royal Enfield on the mythical Route 40 along the Andes mountain range to the most remote tracks to the north of the country.
So, are you ready for a raid in an Andean land ?
The raw and powerful beauty of the Indian Himalayas surprises and captivates all bikers! Faced with the high peaks of Ladakh and the way of life of the Himalayan peoples, a strong dose of humility is essential.
You have to know how to observe and adapt. Push yourself to cross the highest passes in the world by motorbike. And once the trip is over, be proud of what you have just accomplished!
“In adventure, nothing should be left to the unexpected, but everything is unpredictable”
–Paul-Emile Victor
Going with us on one of our most alluring motorcycle adventures means growing, enriching yourself, living adventures that are intimately linked to a state of mind, quite simply one of freedom.
Vintage Rides
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04 87 91 31 96
ANOTHER QUOTE OF THE WEEK–
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change.
I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one’s own self-deception and ignorance.
–MARCUS AURELIUS
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MOVIE PICK OF THE YEAR—Movie Pick of the Last Year
Age is just a number and 59-year young Brad Pitt proves just that with two entertaining movies in the last year. Both of them have references to a book. The Lost City (2022) stars Sandra Bullock as an author who is kidnapped by grown-up Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe. There is a small role for Brad as an expert independent tracker / rescuer.
The movie I am recommending is a lot more closer to heart with Brad Pitt in a starring role. Bullet Train (2022) is based on a novel written by acclaimed Japanese crime-mystery author Kotaro Isaka. Brad plays an assassin plagued by incredible levels of bad luck. That’s the entirety of the similarity between the fictional assassin and me — extreme levels of bad luck that I can’t seem to shake off !
Anyways, this movie is written, edited and directed in a spectacular form. Its as-if Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill (2003) and Ryan Reynolds’ Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) were put inside a blender and churned out to become a new unique creation painted in blood. Dark humor and violent graphic death.
Official description says:
In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe – all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives – on the world’s fastest train…and he’s got to figure out how to get off. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.
Apart from the lead actor, the performance worth noting was that of Aaron Taylor-Johnson. This actor seems like a fictional character from Guy Ritchie’s British crime movies has come alive in the real world. He is a worthy heir to take over the platform or stage created in Hollywood by Jason Statham for Brit action heroes.
Read the translated Kotaro Isaka novel or not, but this movie stands out by itself as a larger than life adaptation— like a manga comic made into a movie with a convincing star cast.
Watch the Trailer at: https://youtu.be/-YFlAQfbz-Q
Spectacular two hours well-spent. Also, check out Daniel Radcliffe in The Lost City, because until you see a good British actor playing a magnanimous yet grandiose villain, you haven’t truly enjoyed cinema. Maybe he can compete with the likes of Andrew Scott (Sherlock TV series and Bond movie ‘Spectre’) to become a classy movie villain.
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
MONSTER ENERGY PRO CIRCUIT KAWASAKI RACER SIDELINED—
Austin Forkner will be sidelined for the remainder of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship following a collision at Anaheim 1 on January 7th.
Forkner was on track to battle for the 250SX Western Regional Championship when a collision during the start of the Main Event at Anaheim 1, resulted in an injury to his right knee. After consultation with medical professionals, it was determined that the injury will force an early conclusion to Forkner’s 2023 Monster Energy Supercross efforts.
Forkner was off to an impressive start in the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship with the fastest 250SX qualification time and a come-from-behind podium performance in his heat race. After a full off-season of preparation with his team, Forkner was equipped to contend for the 250SX Western Regional Championship in 2023.
“I felt great going into this year and was ready to challenge for the championship,” said Forkner. “I think my qualifying and heat race speed proved that the preparation from the whole team was on par to win races. Unfortunately, I was involved in a racing incident during the start of the Main Event and injured my knee. This is definitely a frustrating situation, but I’m extremely motivated to focus on my recovery and I will get back to work with the team.”
Further updates on Forkner’s expected return to racing will be announced when available.
WISDOM QUOTES FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” ~ John C. Maxwell
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” ~ Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” ~ Jim Rohn
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” ~ Brian Herbert
“Why do we grieve failures longer than we celebrate wins?”
“Picture the New Year as a garden you are responsible for planting. Sow the seeds of good habits in this soil and weed out worries and wrong actions of the past.” ~ Sri Paramhansa Yogananda
“The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.”
–Wayfarer
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THE WORLD OF CHOPPER MAGAZINES RELEASED
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/THE_WORLD_OF_CHOPPER_MAGAZINES_RELEASED.aspx
It’s a daunting future for print but content is king, keep on writing and riding. Great story Bandit, thanks.
–Gary Koz Mraz
Publisher
The Spirit of Sedona Magazine
Sedona, AZ
FUEL FOR THOUGHT: ARE EMERGING SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE?
By Mike Imlay
Judging from the headlines, you’d think the internal-combustion engine (ICE) is not long for this world. Europe and U.S. governmental bodies are passing ever more stringent climate measures and incentivizing zero-emissions powertrains. Meanwhile, OEMs are ramping up battery-electric vehicle (BEV) production and shifting resources away from traditional engine development. But dig beyond the headlines and you’ll find that the reports of the ICE’s death are greatly exaggerated.
“Gasoline-powered vehicles will continue to rule the roads in the U.S. for a long time to come,” said Gavin Knapp, director of SEMA Market Research. “There are over 280 million ICE cars and trucks on the road now, and more are selling each year. While sales of alternative-power platforms, particularly electric cars, are ramping up, they are still a small fraction of new-vehicle sales at this point.
Our current forecast shows that it will take more than a decade for electric vehicles to reach even 50% of new-vehicle sales, so ICE engines will definitely be a main component of the vehicle mix for the long haul.”
That fact has many industry companies taking a fresh look at synthetic fuels as solutions whose moment has come. Last year, Bosch announced the development of Blue Gasoline in partnership with Shell and Volkswagen. Following on the rollout of R33 Blue Diesel, the new fuel represented one of the latest salvos in the low-carbon fuel market. In its press announcement, Bosch stated that Blue Gasoline “contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.”
“This means a fleet of 1,000 VW Golf VIII 1.5 TSIs alone could save more than 230 metric tons of CO2 per year, assuming an annual mileage of 10,000 kilometers each,” the company explained, adding that Shell would offset the remaining carbon emissions from Blue Gasoline usage through certified offset arrangements.
“On the road to climate-friendly mobility, we must ensure that we don’t leave any technical opportunities untapped, starting with electrobility and ending with renewable fuels,” asserted Dr. Uwe Gackstatter, president of the Bosch Powertrain Solutions division.
Bosch, Shell and VW are not alone in bringing new fuels to market. In December 2021, VP Racing Fuels also announced that it was making advanced bio-renewable components available for adaptation with the company’s race fuel portfolio. In its announcement, the company noted that it continues to develop and test race fuels to meet the upcoming renewable fuel requirements of multiple race series, including Formula 1 and IMSA.
“With enhanced concern over the global environment and an ever-increasing demand on the transportation of people and goods, government regulatory authorities continue to push for more stringent regulations on pollutants and CO2 emissions,” explained Mark Walls, VP’s director of R&D and fuel technology. “Auto manufacturers continue to pursue advanced powertrains such as electric and hybrid-electric vehicles to address this problem, but we felt that onboard fuel could play a part.”
But what exactly are synthetic fuels? Known alternatively as synfuels, renewables, biofuels or carbon-neutral fuels, they are usually liquid fuels produced through the hydrocarbonization of coal, natural gas or biomass feedstocks. Although not derived from fossil sources like crude oil, some liquid synthetics can serve as direct “drop-in” fuels—easily substituting for gasoline or diesel in an ICE vehicle with little or no modification.
Closely related, eFuels are produced through a wind or solar electrification process that creates hydrogen, which is then combined with carbon dioxide extracted from the atmosphere or from industrial processes such as iron smelting. The resulting synthetic fuel can then be refined into eFuel gasoline or diesel.
“I’m very passionate about this particular topic, not only being from the oil and gas side of things but also because there’s so much opportunity to move the needle,” said Ian Lehn, founder of Boostane, a company and product line that he developed based on his college thesis. Recently Boostane formed a partnership with Driven Racing Oils to expand into new products and markets, including fuels, oils and lubrication technologies. Lehn is also a past chair of SEMA’s Emerging Technologies and Trends Network and a voice for alternative fuels and other new technologies that are making IC engines greener and more efficient.
“I think we [in the aftermarket] have had a lot of negativity pointed toward us when in reality we have done more for the advancement of the ICE engine than any other industry,” he asserted. “Performance and competition have birthed innovation and efficiencies more than economics have. We’re pushing the limits of getting the most out of fuels.”
Synthetic fuels, he pointed out, are nothing new. However, economic factors associated with mass production have greatly hindered their adoption. Historically, producers and consumers alike have found renewable fuels simply too cost prohibitive.
“On the other end of the spectrum you have the racing industry, which may not be as concerned about their overall [environmental] impact but would like to be,” Lehn said. “There are going to be a lot of governing bodies pushing motorsports to lower their overall carbon footprint.”
OHV and powersports enthusiasts sit right in the middle. As Lehn sees it, “They have to be conscientious of their impact off highways and on the trails, but they will still need a reliable fuel that’s very high performance.”
From a supply perspective, synfuels are becoming increasingly feasible to produce and market, said Robert Freerks, vice president of products for Strategic Biofuels, based in Colombia, Louisiana. Freerks, who earned his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, is a passionate advocate of renewable synthetics.
“I’ve been working in the fuels and lubricants area since 1981,” he explained. “I had 18 years at Chevron, and then I went into the synthetic area. I’ve made all kinds of hydrocarbons from natural gas, coal, woody biomass, waste materials and anything that’s got carbon in it.”
Now he plays a key role in Strategic Biofuels’ development of a process and plant that can efficiently convert forest waste into hydrocarbon fuels. The goal is to make renewables more economical and available for transportation use. Currently his focus is on renewable diesel, which he said holds distinct advantages over other biodiesel fuels.
“Renewable diesel is the same thing as what’s made from hydro-processing fats and oils,” he said. “The good thing about that process is that the renewable diesel fuel—as opposed to biodiesel—is a drop-in fuel. It’s a 100% replacement for conventional diesel. It burns clean and it’s perfect.”
He added that the jet fuel version of this fuel is certified for drop-in use in all military and commercial aircraft as well as all diesel engines. No blending is necessary.
“From a transportation standpoint, buses, trucks and airplanes run on diesel and jet fuel, which I can make readily,” he said. “Gasoline is harder to replace, but it can be done. It’s just that right now it’s a yield loss.”
Strategic Biofuels is building its processing plant in California, taking advantage of the state’s renewable energy credits to lower costs. The raw biomass stock will be sourced from Louisiana, but the plant could also easily make use of municipal and other solid wastes.
“Woody biomass feedstocks can be had for $20 to $30 a ton because they’re the leftover remains from harvesting timber,” he noted. “When you harvest a tree for wood, you can only keep the long strands—the 30- to 60-foot sections that are cuttable into 2x4s and other dimensional wood. The rest of it—the bark, the limbs, the stems, the top of the tree, the top 20 to 30 feet—is too thin to use. It just gets chopped up and left in the forest and either rots or burns. The same thing happens with unmanaged forests where all the debris falls to the floor and just becomes fuel for wildfires.”
In addition, the Strategic Biofuels facility will further decrease its carbon footprint by returning the greenhouse gases it generates into the earth.
“If you believe that sequestration of CO2 is what we need to do—and there’s a lot of government support for that—my process actually removes CO2,” Freerks said. “It’s part and parcel of the process, not an add on.”
Whether renewable diesel or any biofuel is more eco-friendly than BEVs and other alternative fuels depends on one’s vantage point. Like all hydrocarbon fuels, biofuels produce tailpipe emissions. However, Freerks argues that if one looks at their overall sourcing, production and carbon footprint, hydrocarbon fuels are much more energy-dense, efficient, economical and net carbon neutral than EV batteries.
“Wind and solar cannot power our transportation industry,” he asserted, and while BEVs may tout zero tailpipe emissions, they carry their own environmental baggage. Mining the raw materials needed for EV batteries and motors merely outsources pollution to third-world countries, he said. Plus, the infrastructure required for a nation of personal BEVs and commercial trucks would be an enormous drain on resources.
Freerks likewise believes that growing and harvesting massive amounts of corn for ethanol presents its own set of sustainability dilemmas.
“To take food like corn and convert it into fuel to me is a sin,” he said. “You could feed half of Africa based off the corn that we grow for fuel.”
“Transportation fuels are just going to be there,” he said. “The U.S. Department of Energy shows us actually increasing our crude oil consumption through 2050, so net zero by 2050 physically is not going to happen.”
But beyond scientific concerns, Freerks also has a personal stake in the ICE engine’s future.
“I’ve got a ’68 Barracuda with a turn plate tank,” he said. “You have to really watch what fuel you put in and how you recycle it.”
Although not synfuels, E85 and other ethanol-gasoline blends are considered significantly more carbon neutral than gasoline. eFlexFuel Technology Chief of Business Development Juha Honkasalo recognizes the controversies surrounding them but nevertheless views the blends as making valuable contributions to ICE engines. To unlock the full (and sometimes hidden) potential of flex-fuel-compatible vehicles, eFlexFuel produces E85 conversion kits.
“If you look at the media, you would think everything’s going to be electric in a few years,” he said. “But when you go out there and drive the streets, you see that there aren’t that many electrics. The average vehicle in the U.S. is over 10 years old. Easily all the cars being sold today will still be in traffic in, say, 2040. I think there’s a huge [ICE vehicle] potential for decades to come.”
–SEMA
THIS JUST IN FROM THE PRISM GANG–
“Super Prism” Throttle Assembly contains the following:
- Polished aluminum throttle housing
- 1/4 turn action with built in internal stops
- 1″ aluminum throttle sleeve
- Includes all necessary mounting hardware
- Designed to be used with all stock HD throttle cables with snap ring
- Includes a barrel end to cut cable to desired length
- Throttle Lock Screw included
Clear Throttle Cover sold separately
For a designed fit we recommend purchasing our throttle cable with this throttle assembly.
MAYBE A NEW CHOPPER CHRONICLES STORY—THE STOLEN TITAN SEARCH—
Bandit, last year you posted a picture of my Titan that was stolen during shipping last summer.
Well, last night on Facebook page for Titan I see this picture of my bike. Someone has it and is wanting to know what model it is and its value..
I messaged the guy and let him know it was stolen. He immediately deleted the post. And started messaging me about how long he’s had it and how he repaired it. I got very pissed off at this stupid fucker.
I forwarded all of this information and his lies of messages to the purchaser. He is going to turn it over to the insurance company that paid him off. Someone that is knowingly is in possession of a stolen bike and tries to cover it up is just a big of piece of shit as the thief. I’m hoping the insurance company investigates.
–Thomas Richmond
Nmblueadobe@gmail.com
“We will follow this and report back. It may turn into a Chopper Chronicles story.” –Bandit
WITH SBS Better Brakes–you get the improved brake performance characteristics you seek–
The key characteristics are:
- REFINED COMPOUND – Sinter brake compounds are 100% copper and nickel-free and ceramic compounds are antimony-free.
- IMPROVED BRAKE PERFORMANCE – A better and more stable brake performance and stopping power.
- NUCAP NRS TECHNOLOGY – Always equipped with the powerful bonding technology that binds the friction material to the backing plate and improves heat resistance.
- HF, HS, MS & SP first in line
We have already initiated the transition of products. We start with HF, HS and MS compounds, and dealerships will already from January 2023 be able to order these with their SBS Distributor.
With everything good happening, something also has to end. Because performance characteristics of the popular SP-series in the new formula are similar to that of the HS-series, we have decided to merge the SP product range into the HS-range. However, this gives you an easier product selection overall. We expect the merger of SP into HS will be complete by Q3 2023.
- Watch out for the SBS Better Brakes marker
To help you identify which product has been transitioned, we’re introducing the Better Brakes marker. You can find it on the packaging just below the product reference code.
Read more about the new SBS Better Brakes on our website and spread the word to your fellow rider community: sbsbrakes.com/better-brakes
THE INVESTIGATIONS START–Under pressure from the White House, Facebook censored “often-true content” that a company executive said in the spring of 2021 “does not contain actionable misinformation” but was “discouraging vaccines.”
The State Attorney General of Missouri, who is suing the Biden Administration for violating the First Amendment, released the email over the weekend.
“As you know,” wrote the Facebook executive whose name was redacted, “in addition to removing vaccine misinformation, we have been focused on reducing the virality of content discouraging vaccines that does not contain actionable misinformation.
The email shows Facebook responding defensively to the White House’s then-covid advisor, Andy Slavitt. “This often-true content,” wrote Facebook, “which we allow at the post level because experts have advised us that it is important for people to be able to discuss both their personal experiences and concerns about the vaccine, but it can be framed as sensation[al], alarmist, or shocking.”
“We’ll remove these Groups, Pages, and Accounts when they are disproportionately promoting this sensationalized content,” said the Facebook executive in an email responding to White House demands for censorship. ”More on this front as we proceed to implement.”
Another White House official wrote in an angry, scolding email to Facebook, “We are gravely concerned that your service is one of the top drivers of vaccine hesitancy – period.” The official said it believed Facebook was at risk of “doing the same” thing it did before the Jan 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol when “an insurrection …was plotted, in large part, by your platform.”
All of these censorship demands were occurring against a backdrop of the White House and Congress regularly threatening to revoke Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which indemnifies social media platforms from liability for content posted by users. The social media platforms consider Section 230 repeal an existential threat. Without the Act, they would not be able to exist in their current form.
–Michael Shellenberger
“You can find Michael’s full report on Substack” –Bandit
WIMMER MACHINE IMPROVED COMPRESSION RELEASES—
We modify plugs with extended reach but same heat range. The air passes up through the center of the plug then though a tiny hole in the unit to the release. Most times one cylinder is all it takes. It had won an award years back at the V twin Expo. Sure, beats the cost of removing the heads and machining for a release. Obviously when plugs need replacement they must be purchased from us.
–WIMMER MACHINE
INSPECTING AND REPLACING SPORTSTER BRAKE PADS–Dial in those brake pads in 5 easy steps… all by your lonesome!
Your brake pads are very important to inspect and replace when needed. (no duh)
Worn out brake pads are a safety hazard should you need to stop fast when out riding. (like, always)
Conveniently, changing your own Harley brake pads is an inexpensive and easy task you can take on yourself. (woo-hoo!)
We did up a video with Steve from Knoble Moto to get you dialed in. (Yep, this is the first in a new series we are calling Knoble Tech Tips’)
GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE
PS – This how-to video is on a 2012 Sportster, but applies to inspecting and changing most Harley brake pads, as well as other makes of motorcycles!
PPS – Share this how-to video and article by posting up www.lowbrowcustoms.com/sportsterbrakes and be a hero to the uninformed and shiftless masses!
–Lowbrow team
QUOTE FROM THE MASTER–
“I’m totally waiting for the vaccine and boosters that will give me immunity to the harmful effects of climate change.” –J.J. Solari
RIDE WITH THE VENICE VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLUB—
Third Sunday – New destination!
Weather permitting….we’re heading north and trying out a new place.
Tavern 101 & Tap House
28434 Roadside Dr, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
9AM – Meet
10AM – Kick stands up!
All years, makes, and models are welcome!
Please remember…..
– We leave at 10am sharp!
– Be gassed up and ready to go.
– Please do not pass our Road Captains. They are there to lead and keep everyone together as a group.
– Keep this a safe and fun ride by staying aware of your fellow riders.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook & Instagram, or go to venicevintage.com for the latest updates on our events calendar.
See you there!
-VVMC
DATE:
Sunday, January 15, 2023
TIME:
9:00am – Meet
10:00am – Kickstands up!
WHERE:
1625 Abbot Kinney Blvd,
Venice, CA, 90291
Progressive AFT 2023 Schedule Announced!—
After record-breaking viewership for the 2022 season, the 2023 Progressive AFT schedule is now out, featuring a mix of Miles, Half-Miles, TTs, and Short Track races. Many of the races this year will take place at rallies or over holiday weekends, making it easier than ever for fans to catch the action.
“Get the season calendar on American Rider’s web site.” –Bandit
JUST A FINAL THOUGHT—Here’s a letter I wrote to the boss of Clintel:
The Nazis bullied Europe and now the UN is doing the same. No wonder we got the hell out of there. I wish you the best of luck, truth and integrity. I follow the Climate Doom front on my web site, Bikernet.com. I’ve been involved in the fight for motorcycle freedom and the freedom to build custom motorcycles for over 50 years. I will do anything I can.
I have prompted every motorcycle organization and two automotive organizations in the states to fight climate alarmism. They are all afraid or bullied. Amazing.
I will consistently cover your efforts. I have promoted suing Al Gore as a way to confront the issue publicly in the US, an effort the media can’t ignore. I believe your case and a case against Al Gore in the states could break this movement wide open.
The truth will ultimately win. Let’s make it happen in 2023.
–Bandit
Okay, so maybe I’m nuts, but the truth always makes it to the surface. In the meantime. I’m working on three book projects for this year, two motorcycle builds and a trip to the Texas Mile and Bonneville.
This week I worked with Cabana Dan on my issue with the roller I’m buying from him. I have a ’24 JE and it almost fit but the Lonnie Isam Jr. tanks didn’t work and I don’t want to modify them. It’s back to the ’14 single with upgraded oil pump.
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I’m building a leg press machine for my gym, so I can avoid the squat rack. Hope I have enough weights.
Coming next week, we will deliver on Cabana Dan’s teen builds tech. We will be kicking off a series.
I’ll bring you a report on the VL, XA, S&S FL build soon. Feels like it’s moving slow, but once the parts arrive shit will fly.
Someone said something about being old. I said, “Bullshit, bring more whiskey.”
Keep riding free forever, goddammit!
–Bandit
REPARATIONS BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for January 19, 2023
By Bandit |
Hey,
We hear about reparations for wrong doings. Folks who are forcing bad stuff on in our society need to think about the truth. It has consequences. Say when Scientific Transparency returns and all the businesses who were impacted by imaginary rules come forward with damages.
Think about that for a minute. Think about the parents who stepped up because the city of San Francisco allowed their sons or daughters to overdose and kill themselves. Or what about our open borders and fentanyl pouring onto our streets to destroy kids’ lives. There’s going to be a bunch of large paychecks coming.
Let’s hit the news. There’s actually a bunch of solid good stuff happening.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum. 
HANG ON FOR THE TRUTH—
Wyoming wants to phase out sales of new EVs by 2035
It’s a symbolic gesture aimed at states like California.
While jurisdictions like California and New York move toward banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, one US state wants to go in the opposite direction. Wyoming’s legislature is considering a resolution that calls for a phaseout of new electric vehicle sales by 2035. Introduced on Friday, Senate Joint Resolution 4 has support from members of the state’s House of Representatives and Senate.
In the proposed resolution, a group of lawmakers led by Senator Jim Anderson says Wyoming’s “proud and valued” oil and gas industry has created “countless” jobs and contributed revenue to the state’s coffers. They add that a lack of charging infrastructure within Wyoming would make the widespread use of EVs “impracticable” and that the state would need to build “massive amounts of new power generation” to “sustain the misadventure of electric vehicles.”
SJ4 calls for residents and businesses to limit the sale and purchase of EVs voluntarily, with the goal of phasing them out entirely by 2035. If passed, the resolution would be entirely symbolic. In fact, it’s more about sending a message to EV advocates than banning the vehicles altogether. To that point, the final section of SJ4 calls for Wyoming’s Secretary of State to send President Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom copies of the resolution.
“One might even say tongue-in-cheek, but obviously it’s a very serious issue that deserves some public discussion,” Senator Boner, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, told the Cowboy State Daily. “I’m interested in making sure that the solutions that some folks want to the so-called climate crisis are actually practical in real life. I just don’t appreciate when other states try to force technology that isn’t ready.”
While the resolution has the markings of a political stunt, it does allude to genuine economic anxiety. Wyoming produced 85.43 million barrels of oil in 2021, making it the country’s eighth-largest crude oil producer that year. The state’s Carbon County is also home to one of the largest wind farms in the US. Something that’s not talked about enough when it comes to climate change is how the world transitions to a zero-emissions economy in an equitable way.
People in many rural US states are rightfully mistrustful of so-called green technologies because they haven’t benefited from more recent technological shifts as much as their urban counterparts. Take the advent of the internet, for instance. In 2018, Microsoft found that many rural communities don’t have access to broadband internet. That’s something that has contributed to diminishing economic opportunities in those places.
Igor Bonifacic
Weekend Editor
Engadget.com
Happy Motorcycle New Year
It’s that time of year and Mecum is right around the corner. That means it’s time for the annual Mecum gathering of motorcycle industry friends!
This annual event typically put on by Marilyn Stemp & Penny Osieki. This year in Marilyn’s absence I am stepping up to help & we’re teaming up with Tara of Main Street Moto to bring you a fun evening that will take place at Main Street Moto.
Dazzlin of Full Throttle Law & a Open Road Radio Las Vegas 1400 AM KSHP co-host will be there and is sponsoring the hors d’oeuvre’s table for everyone, and open bar.
We’ll have LIVE Acoustic Music, Raffles and a Free Goodie Bag.
Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday, January 25th
Time: 6PM to 9PM
Location: Main Street Moto – 831 S. Main Street Las Vegas, NV 89101
About the venue:
Main Street Moto is located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas. Main Street Moto is a reputable boutique style motorcycle shop and go-to for vintage bike repairs. They have also been hosting the local monthly Vintage Bike Night for the past 12 years.
We hope you can join us for complimentary food, drinks and live music.
Please RSVP to this email or Gina’s Cell Phone @ 630.460.6686 no later than January 20th.
Please find the invite attached to this email.
Kindest regards,
–Gina, Penny and Tara
BABES RIDE OUT BORREGO 4—
We are thrilled to be returning to Borrego March 24-26th to celebrate the kickoff of 10 years of Babes Ride Out with a next level homecoming party at Babes in Borrego 4.
We are going all out and hope you do too (dress your best for Sat night!). At the moment we still have camping, visitor, and (6) person RV spots available but a heads up we will sell out before the event. If you are on the fence, here is the push you’ve been waiting for. Tap below to book your stay and enjoy some of the best riding in California.
NEWS FROM WHEELS THROUGH TIME MUSEUM—
If you’ve been keeping up with our social media, you know that we’ve been keeping our hands covered in dirty layers of history all winter long in our shop. The two big projects on the bench right now are both Harley-Davidson Knuckleheads, a 41 and 39. Our plan for these two machines has them ending in very different places, the 41 will be restored, while the 39 will be left with its lovely patina intact.
With an engine in the chassis of the ‘39, it is time for finishing details to move forward. In our most recent YouTube video, Matt repaired holes in the gas tank and finally unboxed the ultra-rare ‘39-only rhino grain saddlebags. On the ‘41 project, Matt and the crew spent many hours in the shop prepping for paint and plating, and now parts are starting to come back. Be sure to follow along to see more updates on these stunning machines!
QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY— ART COLLECTOR
A New York attorney representing a wealthy art collector called and asked to speak to his client.
“Saul, I have some good news and I have some bad news.”
The art collector replied, “You know, I’ve had an awful day, Jack, so let’s hear the good news first.”
The lawyer said, “Well, I met with your wife today, and she informed me that she has invested only $5,000 in two very nice pictures that she thinks will bring somewhere between $15 and $20 million.. and I think she could be right.”
Saul replied enthusiastically, “Holy Moses! Well done! My wife is a brilliant businesswoman, isn’t she? You’ve just made my day. Now, I know I can handle the bad news. What is it?”
The lawyer replied, “The pictures are of you and your secretary.”
–from Sam Burns
SACRED BAND AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS—
I would like to submit the Sacred Fire Band for events you are having.
Sacred Fire Band is a Santana Tribute band and Latin rock band.
We perform all over the Bay area and Sacramento, Stockton.
Please check our website for more information and live videos.
Look forward to performing. I’ve been trying for a while to perform there. Hopefully this year is the year.
–Al Bruggman
Sacred Fire Band
1(530) 632-6032
HAL ROBINSON IS ALIVE—
I sent you a message and a pic of the original Chopper Power by Hal that I put on Instagram. It’s being used like crazy (patches and shirts) especially by a company in France along with other works of Hals. Thought you might be interested.
I sent them a message and raked them over the coals. I just said they should know the name of the artist that they bootlegged and that there are certain rules, and I named the works they have up that Hal did.
They have the Easyrider patch, wings, and MM on the chopper. Haven’t heard back and don’t expect to. Some people live up to their bootlegging. I like it of course when people are honest and maybe offer to send me some of the merchandise and do some art work for me like Simone Erl. He has some class.
That’s show biz I guess.
Hal2
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!—
The Story Behind the Notorious Widows Sons
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/The_Story_Behind_the_Notorious_Widows_Sons.aspx
My blue lodge is Cornwallis 95, under the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. Due to age related health reasons I have had to stop riding.
Is there a place for me within the Windows Sons?
I am presently SD in my Lodge , a practicing Christian and currently a patched member of Veterans UN-NATO Canada.
–Patrick Woodrow
vpwoodrow@gmail.com
Dartmouth, NS, Canada
“I hooked Patrick up with the Widow Sons. I hope they can help.” –Bandit
NEWS DIRECTLY FROM THE HALLS OF DOOM—
Calls to ban gas stoves are anti-science, anti-freedom, and anti-energy
Instead of informing us with accurate science about gas stoves so we can make better decisions, anti-fossil fuel activists are distorting science.
Early 2023 has featured a carefully orchestrated campaign in which:
1. A paper whose lead author is an anti-fossil-fuel activist claims that gas stoves cause 12.7% of child asthma.
2. The Federal government and NY proposed bans on new gas stoves.
We should reject this campaign. The campaign against gas stoves should be rejected for 3 reasons:
1. Families have the right incorporate any real science about gas stoves as they judge best
2. The 12.7% claim is a distortion of science
3. The anti-gas movement is a threat to our grid and therefore our health
Whether and how to use a gas or electric stove should be determined by individuals and families based on what they judge best. For example, many will rationally choose to use a cheaper, more functional gas stove with good ventilation as the best option.
There are many decisions that families make that affect kids’ health far more than a gas vs. electric stove: what kinds of food kids eat, how much exercise they get, and how much money parents allocate to health vs. other expenses.
— Alex Epstein
Read the whole tamale at: Alexepstein@substack.com
LET’S OPEN THE INSPIRING QUOTES LIBRARY—
Driving a car is like sitting behind the bars and watching television.
To Bike or not to Bike.
–Sam Gessa
NEW S&S – GNX 4.5” Slip-on Mufflers NOW available for Twin Cam Touring Bikes
They launched the GNX’s last year for the M8 touring bikes and it looks like the Twin Cam guys demanded them as well. S&S is finally adding TC fitment to the rowdy GNX slip-on line.
S&S says the GNX slip-ons are the cure for plugged up pipes and are designed specifically to let your engine roar the true sounds of freedom. Quite the statement; good thing they back it up with a stainless-steel louvered baffle that is specifically tuned for big flow and even bigger sound.
Much like all of the S&S exhaust line, the GNX slip-ons also include a dB Reducer that lets you tune sound and performance. All this freedom and they still managed to come in at $569.95 per pair in black and $639.95 in gleaming chrome.
Check out the GNX Slip-on on their site or hit up your local dealer for more info. https://www.sscycle.com/letfreedomfly
We originally created the GNX as mid price, high volume (loud!) slip-on for the M8, but the Twin Cam guys (they’re loud , too!) demanded their own version, so here we are. ~ DZ
–David Zemla
VP – Marketing
S&S Cycle, Inc.
14025 County Highway G, Viola, WI 54664
Email dzemla@sscycle.com
CANTINA MEMBER REACHES OUT–
Hey Bandit – subscriber and cantina member here – so you know I’m not some random dude, I’m one of YOIR dudes…
Saw a reference in the latest Easyriders magazine about “Keith Ball’s famous Panhead desk” – what’s up with that? A story I haven’t heard and Google provided no pics… Fodder for an upcoming article? Ride long, my friend…
–Kevin
“It’s true, it’s real. My Panhead desk has been with me for over 30 years. Only four of these puppies alive. This was the first one, and I made it a standup desk with a custom-built crate a few years back.” –Bandit
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THE LATEST FROM LOWBROW–
Want a long front end but don’t know how to make it happen?
No problem!
Brian Radmond of Geared Science made us this 8 minute long, step-by-step tutorial to show you how easy it is.
Follow along and you can easily change out your old, stock-length fork tubes for some new extended fork tubes…
All this just using standard tools in your garage!
Give a more aggressive and chopper-style stance to your Harley-Davidson!
PS – If you haven’t watched any Geared Science videos before, we recommend Episode 5, featuring Chris Graves (the man behind Fast Eddy Tool Co.) and his impressive ’75 Shovelhead chopper!
SUPPORT ONE OF THE GREAT CHARITIES–
Nothing warms patients’ hearts quite like the gift of blood donation. That’s why when you come to give blood Feb. 1-28, you’ll get a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card** via email, thanks to our partners at Amazon.* You might want to use it to stock up on wide-brim hats and sunscreen. Why, may you ask?
When you come to donate in February, you’ll automatically be entered to win a trip for two to Florida, including round-trip airfare, a three-night stay at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach and a $100 voucher to Ocean Hai restaurant, plus a $750 gift card for expenses.^^
Lift your spirits by helping others with your lifesaving gift. You’ll enjoy an extra $10 thank-you AND have a chance at an escape to the powdery-white sands of Clearwater Beach, Florida. What are you waiting for?
HUCK CYCLES– Releases New Electric Motorbike
Huck Cycles, located in Cornelius, NC, has announced the latest offering in their line of electric motorbikes, the Stinger, a more rugged, powerful, and versatile two-wheeler. Two versions of this new all-electric model will be made available: a standard version, as well as a more performance-oriented “Performance Upgrade” edition as its name suggests. Both variants come with dual-piston disc brakes accompanied by 17-inch wheels with either street, dual sport or dirt tires.
On the performance side, both versions have an electric hub motor integrated into the rear wheel which offers 3 kilowatts of nominal power output. The difference between the two versions is in the form of peak output, with the standard version producing 6 kilowatts, and the Performance Upgrade version cranking out an impressive 8.5 kilowatts. Dual 60V 50ah batteries are standard and a pair of 72V 50ah batteries are available as optional equipment. Riding conservatively will yield about 80 miles of range.
The Stinger is perfect for in-town commutes, gated communities and camp sites. Overlanders and campers can roll the bikes in the back of a toy hauler or on a hitch rack. Once at the campground the Stinger gives you silent power for riding into town for dinner or ripping up the trails.
— Paul Aiken
paul@hucknc.com
704-237-0016
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MRF ROAD SHOW 2023–
The start of a new year means many state motorcyclist rights organizations are holding their annual meetings. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is always honored to be invited to attend and present at these events across the country. This weekend representatives from the MRF were in Michigan and Kentucky discussing the MRF’s 2022 accomplishments in Washington, D.C. and our goals for 2023.
These meetings are a great opportunity to share with riders around the country some of the things we are working on. We discussed our victories on issues like motorcyclist profiling and autonomous vehicles as well as work we have ahead of us on things like the Motorcyclist Advisory Council. While many of the attendees at these events are MRF members some are not, so educating bikers about the MRF is an important part of these presentations.
In Lansing, Michigan the ABATE of Michigan event was joined by Congressman Tim Walberg. Congressman Walberg is the Co-Chair of the House Motorcycle Caucus, the 2017 MRF Legislative Champion of the Year and a longtime Michigan motorcyclist. These meetings are a great opportunity to share with riders around the country some of the things we are working on. We discussed our victories on issues like motorcyclist profiling and autonomous vehicles as well as work we have ahead of us on things like the Motorcyclist Advisory Council. While many of the attendees at these events are MRF members some are not, so educating bikers about the MRF is an important part of these presentations.
The KMA/KBA’s Freedom Fighter’s Forum in Bowling Green, Kentucky was attended by Congressman Brett Guthrie. Congressman Guthrie is a member of the powerful Energy and commerce Committee which has jurisdiction of important government agencies to motorcyclists like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In addition to Congressman Guthrie state officials were in attendance as well. The Kentucky Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor and half a dozen candidates for governor all made appearances. What an impressive collection of elected officials from the Bluegrass State!
In the coming weeks look for more alerts and photos of the “2023 MRF Road Show.” If we’re in your state make sure to come up and say hi, we love meeting MRF members!
ANOTHER New Bikernet Reader Comment!–The Spirit of the White Devil
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/_The_Spirit_of_the_White_Devil.aspx
I’ve known Roy for a couple years. Seen him in some bad times but mostly good. Never seen a welder half as talented. Just recently visited him and I’m simply amazed at the wonderful work he does. And the man he has become. It’s a gift that he is my brother!
–Les Gregory
Lesgreg55@gmail.com
Cincinnati , OH
BIKERNET MEDITATION RESEARCH CENTER–Art of “No-Mind” :
“Mastery of the mind is yoga. And when Patanjali says â cessation of the mind, this is meant: cessation as a master. Mind ceases as a master. Then it is not active. Then it is a passive instrument. You order, it works; you don’t order, it remains still. It is just waiting. It cannot assert by itself. The assertion is lost; the violence is lost. It will not try to control you.” ~~ Osho
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
NEW FROM THE NAMZ HEADQUARTERS—
If you want to add simple fuel injection to a Twin Cam using a TBW throttle body or you have a race ready M8 and want to ditch the CAN/Bus BCM, we got you connected!
(N-EFI-01 shown) The guru’s here at NAMZ have really made it easy for you to customize your ride. If you want to bring your old custom into today’s technology, we have the go-fast products for you. In 2022 we released the NAMZ Stand Alone Twin Cam EFI harness kit which includes on in-house designed and manufactured complete EFI harness, our proprietary twist grip sensor and ECM made exclusively for us by Thundermax.
If you have a Twin Cam that you want to wake up or you’re building a custom, this is the prefect kit. The harness is virtually plug-n-play as it only has (4) wires that you need to connect once installed, (1) for run/stop switch, (1) for fuel pump, (1) for 12+ battery power and (1) for 12- ground. All of the connectors are installed and wire lengths are predetermined for an easy installation.
Our twist grip functions just like the factory version though our first release didn’t cancel cruise control but has since been corrected. (release dates will be February 2023) Lastly, the ECM is a one connector, plug-n-play module that is easily tunable using Thundermax’s proprietary software and included cable.
This EFI kit comes with the following:
- Wiring Harness
- Twist Grip Assembly
- ECM:
- Long-length O2 sensors
- Computer programming cable
- Thundermax ECM instructions
Our N-EFI-01 kit is really easy to install and works flawlessly! If racing is more your speed, we also offer an M8 version of this kit which also eliminates the need for Harley’s troublesome CAN/Bus and BCM system found on ALL 2014-Up big twin motorcycles.
NAMZ is proud to be able to sponsor individual racers and race teams for the BRL or King of the Baggers racing series as well! Our racing program is simple and it’s easy to get signed up, send an email to marketing@namzccp.com and someone will reach out to you right away!
These EFI kits are ONLY available direct or from select dealers worldwide.
(The pictures below show our 1987 FXRS that was made into a Twin Cam FXRT using a 2009 motor and transmission, our NAMZ fuel injection kit, part # N-EFI-01 kit and our complete bike wiring harness, part # NCBH-01-B)
NMA UPDATE–By Stewart W. Price, President of the National Motorists Association
At our strategy conference in October at the NMA home office in Waunakee, we asked ourselves a key question:
In what ways does the NMA need to change to meet future challenges and grow?
The resounding response from our Board of Directors: “We absolutely must increase awareness of the NMA.”
The NMA believes that if we are going to increase our influence in the world of irrational transportation legislation and onerous traffic enforcement, we need more clout, more credibility, and just more gumption. If we aspire to become a household name for drivers’ rights, the most respected source for engineering-based research, or the go-to opinion leaders for oppositional views, we need more ammunition.
That’s where communication comes in.
Up to this point, the National Motorists Association has spent considerable time producing stories, articles, and blogs mainly intended to keep you, our valued members, informed of the issues that rule the day. This is important and we will continue to do so.
What we are lacking, however, is more targeted “market-facing” communications that can drive home our point of view, attract new members, and compel others to join in the fight.
I’m pleased to announce that the NMA Board of Directors has authorized me to hire four new, full-time employees. With more dedicated staffers, we can open more channels to get our message out. We have a great story to tell and it’s time to ready ourselves to spread the word.
Of particular note, we will be bringing someone aboard to set public policy, develop relationships with even more journalists, act as a key liaison to our lobbyist in Washington D.C., and most importantly influence the news in a proactive way. We need to be more active on social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and others. We need to use these channels to reach younger audiences.
The National Motorists Association is not a building or a place; it’s not a small band of people on a payroll. We are an organization represented by drivers in all 50 states as well as several foreign countries.
Even so, we need more horsepower where the rubber hits the road. In the coming days and weeks, expect to hear more from me about how we, the NMA, can leverage our collective power.
I am excited to be just one of many driving this change.
–Stewart W. Price
President
NMA
GEORGE CHRISTIE IS BACK IN THE NEWS—He was recently interviewed on a program linked to Patreon, which is a platform supporting artists.
5-BALL LEATHERS ARE ALIVE AND WELL—Check out our Jak full sleeve leather shirts with collars. They are classic, smooth, soft and comfortable.
This puppy can do everything from being cool to handling a long ride. Throw a 5-Ball Leather vest over it, and it will handle any weather.
–Bandit
ANTIQUE DEAL OF THE WEEK–1911 Harley Davidson Single, $27,000 o.b.o
A super complete, restoration ready project bike.
New wrist pin for pulley side, all new gears, new drive pulley
Easier to list what’s missing:
- Handlebar twists
- Tires
- Seat
- Oil and Gas lines, Oil Dripper
- Chain
http://www.antiquemotosmith.com/
THE STORY OF THE YEAR WITH EXCLUSIVE INFOGRAPHIC:
First Comprehensive Overview of Twitter Files Revelations
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Files reveal how the government pressured the social media giant into censoring a large number of accounts.
Documents revealed by Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, show the social media company has been intertwined with a government–private censorship apparatus.
Twitter suppressed or removed content on various subjects, including irregularities in the 2020 elections, mail-in voting issues, and various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company was under government pressure to purge such content and its purveyors from the platform, though most of the time it was cooperating with the censorship requests willingly, the documents indicate.
Musk took over Twitter in October, taking the company private. He then fired around half of the staff and much of the upper management, vowing to take Twitter in a new direction. The “#TwitterFiles” releases have been part of his promised focus on transparency for the company.
He allowed several independent journalists to submit search queries that were then used by Twitter staff to search through the company’s internal documents, sometimes under the condition that the resulting stories would be first published on the platform itself.
The two journalists primarily responsible for the releases have been journalists Matt Taibbi, a former contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine, and Bari Weiss, a former editor at both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Both are liberals who have expressed disillusionment with the more extreme currents of progressivism and neoliberalism.
Others involved in the releases have been independent journalists Lee Fang and David Zweig, former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, and author and environmentalist Michael Shellenberger.
The journalists have only released a fraction of the documents they reviewed. They’ve also redacted the names of employees involved, aside from some high-level executives.
The documents show that the FBI and other state, local, and federal agencies have been scrutinizing the political speech of Americans on a significant scale, and trying to get lawful speech suppressed or removed online. Many conservative and traditionally liberal commentators have deemed that a violation of the First Amendment.
–Petr Svab
Epoch Times
Read the whole story at Epoch Times: click here
“This could be the story of the century. Read the entire story on Epoch Times. It will blow your mind. Everyone should read this.” –Bandit
QUICK, A PRISM GANG RELEASE—Mid control peg risers in 2-inch and 4-inch models.
Now Available | 2″ Mid-Pegs
These have a 2″ rise from the floorboard tab to the peg mount.
FOO FIGHTERS AND GREEN DAY TO HEADLINE HARLEY-DAVIDSON HOMECOMING FESTIVAL
Harley-Davidson Announces July 13-16 120th Anniversary Event and Ticketing Details
The rumble of V-Twin engines and the crackling energy of amplified guitars will roll over the Milwaukee lakefront this summer when the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival takes over Veterans Park with headlining musical acts Foo Fighters and Green Day.
General admission and special VIP tickets with premium benefits for both Veterans Park events are on sale now at H-D.com/HomecomingTickets as the world’s most desirable motorcycle brand kicks off the celebration of its 120th Anniversary and reveals details of this exciting four-day moto-culture festival, set for July 13-16 at multiple venues in the Milwaukee area, the city where it all began for the Motor Company in 1903.
Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival events will take place at venues across the Milwaukee area, including the Harley-Davidson Museum, Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations, and at local Harley-Davidson dealerships.
Veterans Park in downtown Milwaukee will be the epicenter of day-long, family-friendly activities and music on Friday and Saturday. Green Day is set to headline an evening show on Friday, July 14. Foo Fighters will headline on Saturday, July 15. Also slated to perform during the weekend are: Cody Jinks, Social Distortion, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Phantogram, White Reaper, and KennyHoopla. Veterans Park will also be home to a family-friendly festival during the days that includes music, entertainment, activities, and a variety of food options.
“We are very excited to announce the Foo Fighters and Green Day as headliners at our Veterans Park festival location,” said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, President and CEO of Harley-Davidson. “We can’t wait to host riders from all over the world in Milwaukee, as we come together as one Harley-Davidson family and welcome everyone to join us. With music at the heart of our festival, I can’t think of two more iconic American rock icons to join our community in celebrating 120 years of Harley-Davidson.”
The Harley-Davidson Museum will serve as a central rally point for free events. The 20-acre campus will host free live music, food-and-beverage sites, and skills demonstrations. The Museum will be open for general admission during the event. The weekend celebration will wrap up with a motorcycle parade through Milwaukee on Sunday.
Harley-Davidson motorcycle demo rides and product displays will be available at Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations in Menomonee Falls, where visitors can also take a guided factory tour to see where Harley-Davidson Milwaukee-Eight® and Revolution® Max V-Twin engines are made.
Six Milwaukee-area Harley-Davidson dealerships will also be hosting events and entertainment. Those dealerships include House of Harley-Davidson (Greenfield), Milwaukee Harley-Davidson (Milwaukee), Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson (Thiensville), Uke’s Harley-Davidson (Kenosha), West Bend Harley-Davidson (West Bend) and Wisconsin Harley-Davidson (Oconomowoc).
Complete details on additional ticketing options, venues, entertainment, scheduled events, parade participation, Harley-Davidson factory tours, and lodging are available at H-D.com/Homecoming, where visitors can also sign up for instant Homecoming updates.
EVO DEAL OF THE WEEK–Kenny Kent Moon
90 FXST, basket running bike check video, this bike has a Harley reman engine look at “vin” clear 1HD1 title . Look at all photos this bike is from a shop buy out.
Engine runs excellent, no disappointments.
3300.00 buys it !
Located in Hooks Texas 75561
I can ship with Fastenal.
Buyer covers all fees !
DM is key
https://www.facebook.com/kent.moon.54
THE CLIMATE OVER-CHANGE DOCUMENT OF THE WEEK—
“No problem, right?
Quick, open death camps for alarmist. They can practice what they preach and make a small sacrifice.”
–Bandit
SHOVELHEAD FEATURE OF THE WEEK—From Crib Custom Motorcycles.
Custom motorcycle and one-off parts production, repair, vehicle inspection
CONTACT
Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi Kohoku-ku Niiwa-cho 156-1
TEL: 045-633-1242
MAIL: crib.mc@gmail.com
–Sam Burns
Feature Bike Editor
Bikernet.com™
VINTAGE TRIKE DEAL OF THE WEEK— FOR SALE: 1947 Harley-Davidson Servi-Car
• Engine is a rebuilt WL with polished aluminum heads, Mikuni Carb, electronic ignition, Cycle-Electric generator, 12V conversion. 1,080 miles on motor that starts easy and runs great.
• Transmission is a Servi-Car stock 3 forward with reverse.
• Wilwood disk brakes on both rear wheels which have knock-off hot rod wheels. This conversion was expensive and unique, but worth it. Topped off with 5.00 x 16” Coker tires (all 3).
• Custom made metal box. All paint on metal is powder coated.
• Attention to detail is apparent on this build. It’s a solid ride.
• Asking $19,900. Call or text John at 724-681-8810.
GUIDANCE FROM THE TEMPLE—
The best kind of people are the ones that come into your life, and make you see the sun where you once saw clouds.
The people who believe in you so much, you start to believe in YOU too. The people that love you, simply for being YOU.
Too me you are the once in a lifetime kind of people.
–Ray Russell
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–
2010 Harley-Davidson FXDF – Dyna Fat Bob FOR ONLY $9,995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=13004447
2010 Black/Silver Harley-Davidson FATBOB FXDF with only 27188.00 miles!
This bike is a Super clean Dyna with a factory flame job and some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are
* 96c.i.Motor with a 6-Speed trans.
* Big radius Vance& Hince exhaust
* Hago adjustable exhaust
* Screaming Eagle air cleaner
* La Pera seat
* Chrome T-bars
* LED turn signals
* Chrome belt cover
* Luggage rack
This bike is only $9,995.00
Plus, license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees.
This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection. This motorcycle has not been refurbished and does not come with any warranty expressed or implied!
EXTENDED WARRANTIES are available!
Fill out an online application today. We have EZ FINANCING
Lifestyle Cycles is located at 1510 State College Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92806. Open 7 days a week.
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LAURA KLOCK BUILDS A BIKE WITH KIDS—
Laura Klock and her team of teenage girls built this bike at Mitchell Tech in South Dakota with the help of the town of Sturgis.
It’s on its way to the Mecum auction. The proceeds will be split between Sturgis and Laura’s efforts at helping troubled teenage girls. Her program is called Helping with Horsepower and is designed to instill confidence in young girls.
–Bandit
THE LATEST FROM GRIFTER–Folsom 2.0 Gloves
This is our new version of one of our most popular styles. This version features thinner stripes than before. The Folsoms feature 12 oz Indigo and Natural striped fabric, with navy blue Deerskin, brass snap and cuff cutout.
$ 84
Size
XS MADE TO ORDER
M, L, XL
DUE TO DEMAND THESE MAY TAKE A WEEK FOR DELIVERY
NEWS FROM INDIAN MOTORCYCLE HEADQUARTERS—
Indian Motorcycle rental now available on the magical island of Madeira
Indian Motorcycle has announced a partnership with 7M Rides to provide a motorcycle rental service for Indian Motorcycle models on the magical island of Madeira. From solo, one-day rentals though to fully-guided personalised group tours, 7M Rides offers dream bikes with the peace of mind of 24/7 assistance by telephone and e-mail.
With affordable prices, 7M Rides fleet of 15 luxury rides represent five different Indian Motorcycle models to offer unique and unforgettable experiences for motorcycle-loving tourists exploring the incredible landscapes of Madeira.
For riders looking for the ultimate two-up, long-distance, the 7M Rides fleet of Indian Roadmasters pack the huge torque of the Thunderstroke motor, plenty of storage, excellent weather protection and comfortable ergonomics.
Picking up the pace, the fleet of PowerPlus equipped Indian Challengers offer the performance bagger experience with race-spec brakes, performance touring tyres and Smart Lean Technology for dynamic traction control and ABS ensuring precise cornering, maximised braking, and maximised acceleration.
Keeping it simple and classic, 7M Rides’ fleet of Indian Super Chiefs guarantee comfort for the rider and passenger, side bags, removable screen and a more manageable package featuring the Thunderstroke engine.
Those who prefer to go alone and enjoy the many curves can count on the agility and power of the Indian FTR fleet to cut loose and enjoy the pure sport of motorcycling. With an unmistakable, muscular style, the FTR is a totally unique take on American V-twin performance.
Finally, the Indian Scout lineup features iconic design complemented by nimble handling to inspire confidence for all riders – regardless of experience and skill level – through its low seat height, manageable wheelbase, and low centre of gravity.
For more information, prices, and reservations, please contact 7M Rides by visiting 7mrides.com
For more information on Indian Motorcycle visit IndianMotorcycle.eu and follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
PRODUCT ALERT FROM SAWICKI SPEED
All our products are hand-built, tig welded in our Charlotte, NC facility and are made from 304 stainless and come with a lifetime warranty. High tuck design for maximum ground clearance. Race-inspired muffler design for that GP sound! Comes complete with all mounting brackets & mounting hardware.
INDIAN FTR SLIP-ON(above)
Our FTR Slip-On was designed with full performance in mind gives you an additional 5Hp and 4-foot lb. torque increase over stock with NO tuning and without voiding your warranty.
PAN AMERICA SLIP-ON
Our Pan America Slip-On gives you a 3HP increase and reduces your weight by 5.5 pounds! Best of all you won’t void your warranty and you can retain OEM or aftermarket saddle bags.
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THE WORLD OF CHOPPER MAGAZINES RELEASED
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/THE_WORLD_OF_CHOPPER_MAGAZINES_RELEASED.aspx
Great! Fantastic history of the motorcycle print magazines….next thing someone will want to go all digital like Harley going all electric….
–Mike
Cybercycles, Heavy Duty Magazine
Adelaide, SA, Australia
INNOVATION OF THE WEEK—
Sometimes I wonder where these ideas come from. So, I got this Magneto nose cone for the Shovelhead Chopper I’m building. But I have never been a fan of Magnetos…
So, I decided to make up a distributor that will work on the cover. Will house a Dyna S ignition and a mechanical advancer unit from a Sportster. Everything else I will machine in house.
I’m into it about 4 hrs already
— John Gatti
SCULPTURE OF THE WEEK FROM MAVARTS—
Standing tall and proud on the hill, Sampson the WorkHorse symbolizes the best of all of us and is an inspiration to diligence, sacrifice and hard work.
The original statue, hand made by Monte Moore was powerful enough to launch a graphic novel, and the Bronze and Limited Edition versions of the statue have remained very popular since their offering.
But… there were requests for MOORE!
By popular demand, we now have a non-limited edition of the WorkHorse statuette for purchase. Each of these beautiful statuettes measures 13″ Tall x 16″ Long x 7″ wide and weigh aproximately 4 pounds. They are made of “Cold Cast” resin and are artfully patinized and finished.
These “Open Edition” WorkHorse Statuettes were created by our industry partners from a mold of the original WorkHorse statue by Monte Moore. About $150.00.
Available at MavArts.com
HIGH PRAISE FOR CO2 Coalition—
Recalling his role as chairman of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, recently retired Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe said this about us:
“The CO2 Coalition was crucial in our fight against those who attempted to hamper the development of Pennsylvania’s bountiful coal and natural gas deposits in the name of a fallacious climate-change agenda.
Gregory Wrightstone and his team provided scientific analysis in testimony and reports that backed our efforts to advance rational energy policies beneficial for the Keystone State and the entire country. When scientifically sound information was needed, the CO2 Coalition had it.”
MIC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS–U.S. House Passes Resolution Addressing Motorcyclist Profiling
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan resolution highlighting motorcyclist profiling and promoting collaboration between the motorcycle and law enforcement communities.
The MIC Government Relations Office supported Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg, co-chair of the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, as he sponsored the resolution and introduced it along with fellow co-chair Michael C. Burgess of Texas, plus Cheri Bustos of Illinois and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
H.Res.366 states that “motorcyclist profiling means the illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related apparel as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or without legal basis under the Constitution of the United States.”
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a notice of funding opportunity to come from a total of $1.5 billion in grants through the RAISE Discretionary Grant program. It’s designed to help communities nationwide with transportation infrastructure projects having significant local or regional impact. The focus is on transportation projects, but there may be opportunities to integrate trails, according to Christopher B. Douwes, community planner with the Federal Highway Administration.
–MIC
VINTAGE FRAME SALE OF THE WEEK—
For sale Thor 1909 factory racing repro frame.
Price 2200 eu + shipping
NEWS FROM THE BILTWELL GANG— Entries are now open in our online store here: https://www.biltwellinc.com/collections/events
These will sell out as entries are limited. So don’t snooze!
All details can be found here: https://biltwell100.com
HOW IT’S DONE IN SOUTH DAKOTA—
Do you want to buy or sell a motorcycle engine or frame in South Dakota without a title? The first prudent thing to do is to have the serial numbers checked to be sure it is not stolen nor have a lien on it.
Follow these steps:
•Go to this State website: http://dor.sd.gov
•In the search box type: “DPPA”. This stands for Driver’s Privacy Protection Act. Select the form #1202.
•Fill out this form. In section D, check the Record Summary box. This report will cost you $2.00. You do not need to select the Title History box, as this report is not necessary for getting a title and cost an additional $5.00.
•You will need to do an electronic signature and give a credit card for the $2.
•If you want to also run another serial number i.e. a frame number, you will need to do a separate request.
•Once this is completed, the form is sent to the appropriate person at SD Department of Revenue. You do not need to mail it or bring in to the county treasurer as stated in Section A unless you don’t complete Section E.
•The report you will receive in the mail is essentially the same report a trooper would get running the numbers thru his in car computer.
OK, the report comes back clean and you want to get a SD title. Here’s the process:
•Get a Bill of Sale that itemizes all the parts that came with the transaction. If from a dealer, you will probable pay the state sales tax to the dealer. If from a private party, you will be charged 6.5% sales tax during the process of getting a title.
•As you build the bike, you need to save all receipts for money spent. These should show that you paid SD sales tax on this stuff. If you have a MSO (manufacturers statement of origin) for a frame or other parts, that also needs to be included with the application. Copies of all these documents need to be submitted along with the application below.
•Back to the dor.sd.gov website and search for: Application for Inspection of Rebuilt Motor Vehicle. This form once completed needs to be brought to your county treasurer or mailed the address in Pierre on the form. To be sure you have everything correct including payment, it’s safer to go to your county treasurer. There will be a $10 title fee and a $25 inspection fee due with the application. Note that your new title may use the current year as the bikes year of manufacturer.
•After submitting the form, bill of sale, etc. you will wait about a month to receive an approval letter from DOR with instruction for doing an inspection.
•Inspections are done once a month in Rapid City, Pierre and Sioux Falls. You will need to make an appointment. You can trailer the bike for the inspection. If you want to drive it, a temporary permit is needed. Complete instructions will be included in the letter you receive. The inspector will epoxy a plate to the frame of the bike with the new serial number.
•There are two dudes who handle all this rebuilt motor vehicle stuff and the inspections. They are the best source for any information you need during the process and are very helpful.
They are:
oMike Mehlhaff phone: 605-773-2062
oMarshall Milli phone: 605-773-5408
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT—
It’s 80 degrees in Houston in January. I put the other tank on the Shovelhead, Ladies In Waiting! Although there seems to be some disagreement on the 10-year-old tires, what do you think a couple more high speed runs?
The upper white line is where the 130 tire self-clearance’d on a screw holding the front fender lower trim, brand new! May possibly been replaced by the previous owner, my dad would use what he had available.
–RFR
TEXAS Weather Specialist
Bikernet.com™
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JUST IN FROM THE BIKERNET INNER PEACH TEMPLE—
What would it take today to fulfil your deepest desires?
If you were given one wish, what would it be?
Years ago, I may not have understood that nothing external to me could bring me true happiness.
Today I have so much appreciation for a new perspective.
It is a feeling we all crave.
While money can create fun and security, the mind will still quiet. But those moments of solitude can be terrifying. At some point in time, we all must face our thoughts.
Getting to the core of who we are requires some time in the trenches.
Bliss, love, and true inner peace can only greet us on the other side of our darkest tunnel. Once we make our way through the mind we can find our way back to the heart.
As someone who has faced my shadow many times, I am most appreciative of the little things that life has to offer. A hug, a compassionate smile, and a walk in nature or by the sea is all it takes to bring me joy.
Spend some time in the sun today, if you can. Go for a ride. Feel the warmth that serves as a reminder of the light within. Nurture the thoughts that arise. Offer love to anything that gets in the way, until it ceases to be an obstacle. Be kind and gentle with yourself as you navigate. We are all doing the best we can.
–Ray Russell
Senior Associate
Bikernet Thought Study Group
Pillar Peak, SD
WHAT’S NEXT?—Tons of material headed your way from features to techs to wild industry reports.
Chris Callen stepped up with a report on his Cycle Source publishing efforts.
We have a bunch of tech material coming your way, including another tech on our winter bike project. We will also cover some efforts to deal with rust.
THINK TANK BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 17, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
Every once in a while, I begin to wonder if Bikernet is taking the wrong direction. Maybe we should support the Green New Deal like most of the media does. Hell, they don’t even have the balls to ask questions. Isn’t that what Journalists are supposed to do? Then remarkably, I will stumble along something that inspires my resolve again. Check below from an Australian Senator.
Let’s hit the news and stay warm…
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
AUSTRALIAN WAKE-UP CALL–
Senator Malcolm Roberts Challenges the Aussie Government to Prove CO2 is a Problem
Essay by Eric Worrall
An inside view into what it is like being a climate skeptic politician who is determined to get answers out of both his colleagues and government scientists.
… Our earth’s climate has been changing for 4.5 billion years. Historical, empirical, scientific evidence shows there is nothing unusual or unprecedented about our current temperatures or weather events.
Climate science has been hijacked. Special interest groups pushing ideological societal change, rent- seekers wanting to profit from taxpayer subsidies and politicians looking for easy new ways to tax citizens, are hijacking our nation’s governance and sovereignty. Alarmingly, once highly regarded agencies such as the CSIRO and BOM, have allowed themselves to become a part of the climate change industry and have failed to provide government with robust, competent science advice upon which to base policy.
There is no logical, scientific point with empirical evidence linking carbon dioxide from human activity as the cause of climate variability. No entity or person has ever proven that the ongoing natural climate variability is not entirely natural.
This lack of vigorously tested evidence has allowed governments to create policy that is permanently damaging our once cheap and reliable electricity system. Our manufacturing industries are disappearing overseas, families are struggling to pay their exorbitant power bills, farmers are under pressure and our once reliable electricity system is on its knees, due to government regulations forcing intermittent wind and solar into the electricity grid.
Even our children are not safe from this alarmism, with eco-anxiety finding its way into the innocent world of our children.
Nor is the environment safe, due to the lack of recycling of many solar, wind and battery components with relatively short working lives, and due to other inherently damaging aspects of solar and wind.
I implore you to apply the utmost of analytical and sceptical scrutiny to the claims underpinning climate and related energy policy. The effects of climate policy are historic, and Australia has never before faced such a fundamental and arguably monumental change to our way of life and lifestyle.
Your extra scrutiny on the claims underpinning climate and related energy policy could be the difference between millions of Australians suffering if the proposed legislation is passed or alternatively, having a more prosperous nation if existing climate and related energy legislation is rescinded. …
Read more: Submission by Senator Malcolm Roberts to Australian Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications
Senator Roberts’ document was submitted in August, but a link to the submission has just become available to me.
The document is well worth a read if you are interested in a very complete dive into what is wrong with modern climate science and climate politics, from the perspective of a politician who is pushing for clarity. Senator Roberts has captured a wide range of issues, including some obscure issues which are not widely known.
Although the focus of the document is Australia, much of the document is applicable to everyone – climate alarmists worldwide all tend to use the same scientific talking points to push their case.
For example, Senator Roberts caught the curious issue of the Marcott 2013 et al paper, which is used by alarmists to push the idea that the current temperature rise is unprecedented. But Marcott’s paper differs from his PHD thesis. The difference? Marcott grafted a hockey stick onto his published paper.
One of the most intriguing elements of Senator Roberts’ analysis is his interaction with Australia’s premier government science body. The CSIRO, in my opinion may be leaving themselves a large escape hatch for when today’s political climate hysteria collapses.
According to Senator Roberts, “… CSIRO admitted that it has never stated that carbon dioxide from human activity poses a danger. Instead, statements of danger came from politicians …”.
One day historians will look back on today’s climate hysteria. They will struggle to understand how politicians and voters ever mistook such a flimsy house of cards as a solid edifice of evidence and sound policy – especially with politicians like Senator Roberts sounding the alarm.
Update (EW): Re the Marcott 2013 et al paper, Marcott himself dissed his own hockey stick addition. He admitted the “… 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, cannot be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions. …”. His words.
“You do know that not one motorcycle rights organization or automotive aftermarket association in the States will question the greens. It’s either that or they are bullied to follow this path.”—Bandit
ALERT FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION–There’s more than one way to have your voice heard!
Last Tuesday was election day, but our voices should be heard every day. In less than 50 days the 2022 Motorcycle Profiling Project annual survey closes. Have you filled out the survey?
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) relies on surveys like this to help back up our arguments in Washington D.C. Not only is this information useful in our nation’s capital but bikers have successfully used this data to change laws at the state level.
It takes less than 2 minutes and can help make the difference in the lives of all bikers.
Do you part, fill out the survey today before it’s too late!
Click here to take the survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2022NMPS
About Motorcycle Riders Foundation
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) provides leadership at the federal level for states’ motorcyclists’ rights organizations as well as motorcycle clubs and individual riders. The MRF is chiefly concerned with issues at the national and international levels that impact the freedom and safety of American street motorcyclists. The MRF is committed to being a national advocate for the advancement of motorcycling and its associated lifestyle and works in conjunction with its partners to help educate elected officials and policymakers in Washington and beyond.
¡Hola Amigos!
We just did a pre-run to San Felipe to make sure everything is a go for next year. The town is as friendly as ever and they are looking forward to seeing us in May. You can get more details and the exact schedule here: www.eldiablorun.com
–Biltwell
Good Day and Good Ride to you.
We received a couple remarkable photos from Michael Lichter Photography featuring this custom Harley Davidson Panhead by Dan Starkey of Starkey Originals.
That’s one of our hand-tooled leather seats.
Great to work with passionate and talented artists.
–Adam Croft
DimeBag Leather
A DIRTY BIKER REPORT FROM PAUGHCO HEADQUARTERS–DIRTYBIKER 2-PIECE SHOVELHEAD EXHAUST NOW AVAILABLE
This is a two-piece 2-into-1 exhaust designed by Josh “DirtyBiker” Sheehan and produced by Paughco. The goal with this version was to create another signature “DirtyBiker” exhaust for the H-D generator Shovelhead years of 1966-1969.
Here’s what it will fit
• 1966-1984 Shovelhead engine.
• Must be a rigid Shovelhead frame. (Pan frames will work too, but you’ll need to relocate the mounting tab on the lower frame rail behind the engine.
• Will work with forward controls. • Will work with mechanical brake or hydraulic brake.
• Will work with high mid controls (Main Drive).
• Will work with stock style 4 speed transmissions.
• Will work with floor boards or pegs mounted to the floor board tabs.
What it won’t fit
• Swing arm frames.
• Stock H-D mid controls mounted on the transmission.
Mounting Info
*This exhaust MUST have two mounting locations on the frame as well as being mounted to the heads (duh). The first location is the stock mounting tab just behind the engine on the lower frame rail. The second location is from the back side of the exhaust collector to the lower frame rail in front of the axle plate. You can do this one of two ways. Either weld a mounting tab to the lower frame rail, or use the mounting kit offered by Paughco. Part number: 718-9 (which is a bolt on application). You might need to modify a tab to fit, but you’re a chopper dude/dudette. I have faith in you!
CONTACTS: INFO@PAUGHCO.COM
1-800-423-2621
info@paughco.com
http://paughcoparts.com
THIRD QUARTER MC SALES DOWN–Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC)
United States – Q3 Retail Sales Figures
The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC, Irvine, California) reports that sales of new motorcycles and scooters were down in the third quarter 2022 at -3.9% compared to the same period of 2021, with ATVs down by -15.3% among the brands that are part of its new registrations data capture and reporting program.
–MIC
DIRECT FROM THE BIKERNET THOUGHT TEMPLE–As humans, we are surrounded by illusions that we perceive as being very real.
What we affirm becomes the fabric of our existence.
One of the biggest commitments we can make on our journey from fear to love is to become more conscious of what we are thinking in any given moment.
Are you happy with this reality? Is it aligned with your values?
Truth be told, we can create whatever reality we want for ourselves when we can see through the illusions that keep us in fear. Our world functions like a hall of mirrors. What we see in the world is a reflection of who we are being in any given moment. What a beautiful gift when you think about it. We can have it all. There is no shortage of anything on this planet. We just believe there is.
Everything is energy and energy cannot be created or destroyed. It simply changes states. You manifest your reality based on your energetic frequency in each moment. Are you holding onto anger or joy? What is it that you are attracting?
Want to change your life? Simply change your thinking.
–Ray Russell
Philosopher
Australia
THE LATEST ON PFAS REGULATION IN MAINE
The MIC Government Relations Office submitted additional comments to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, regarding its second draft of proposed PFAS regulations. On behalf of hundreds of association members, plus the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, and the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association, the GRO stated that hundreds of MIC members remain considerably impacted by the requirements proposed in the latest concept draft for the “Maine PFAS in Products Program.”
“We continue to call on MIC members with expertise and vested interests to contact us about joining the MIC PFAS Working Group,” said Eric Barnes, MIC technical programs vice president. “PFAS presents a major powersports industry challenge, and whether you’re an OE, aftermarket, or riding gear manufacturer, you must learn about government PFAS proposals and look for ways to replace PFAS in products you sell.”
NEW JERSEY DEALERS MAY BE ASKED TO DELETE PERSONAL INFO
A bill now working its way through the New Jersey legislature calls for motor vehicle dealers to delete personal information from motor vehicle computer systems prior to resale or lease.
During a hearing this week for General Assembly Bill A4723, the committee chairman indicated the bill’s author is working on floor amendments and they would like to expand the legislation to include rental cars. The hearing focused on personal information in address books and global positioning systems built into automobiles, but some powersports vehicles have these features as well. New Jersey’s identical Senate Bill S2740 has not yet been through a hearing.
–MIC
ACTION HAPPENING AT THE VENICE VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLUB—
Save-the-Dates
Saturday, Dec. 3rd from 1-7 pm – VVMC Holiday Party and Toy Drive at Clutch Roadhouse
Sunday Dec. 4th – VVMC 2-Wheeled Toy Run
More details to follow
This Sunday, let’s ride North!
Come join us this Sunday. We’ll be cruising up the PCH, then cut up into the canyons and end at Rock Store.
Rock Store
30354 Mulholland Hwy, Cornell, CA 91301
9AM – Meet
10AM – Kick stands up!
As always, vintage bikes encouraged but all years, makes, and models are welcome!
Please remember…..
– We leave at 10am sharp!
– Be gassed up and ready to go.
– Please do not pass our Road Captains. They are there to lead and keep everyone together as a group.
– Keep this a safe and fun ride by staying aware of your fellow riders.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook & Instagram, or go to venicevintage.com for the latest updates on our events calendar.
See you there!
-VVMC
EUROPEAN ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE ALERT–Survey on historic motorcycles.
FEMA asks for your help: please fill out our survey on the use and definition of historic motorcycles. We see different definitions of what a historic motorcycle is in rules and regulations for (for example) periodical technical inspections and for emission zones. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey and make your voice heard!
https://ymlpcl6.com/02fcdbbjaraewhuwafaqjhazawmwm/click.php
–FEMA
LOWBROW INVESTIGATION—
For Harley-Davidson these codes, and their locations, have changed over the years.
WTF is an anti-theft code?
What year did Harley start putting serial numbers on frames?
What does this 17-digit VIN on my M8 really mean?
This article will answer these questions and give you the information you need to properly identify your Harley-Davidson motorcycle!
Read on Lowbrow website
–Lowbrow crew
I’m sending you some pics of a new/old build I’m starting for a customer and I wanted to pick your brain, what’s left of it that is, (ha-ha) on a couple of things.
Years ago, a customer/client asked me to build him a Board Track Indian using a Power Plus engine in one of Rick Krost’s board track frames, built by Paughco. The client & I bought the frame directly from Rick. The client already had the engine. Then he lost his job and the project got put on hold. Well, after years of sitting the build is back up and running.
I’m trying to set-up the drivetrain and I’m tossing around transmission ideas. I was wondering if you had any thoughts or suggestions. One of mine is to try and use a later model H-D trans with the oil bag under it. But there would be a lot to engineer with one of them.
Keeping it simpler, my other thought is to hunt down the OE trans, primary and starter that came with those models. This engine came from an ’02 Indian.
Would or do you have any leads on where I may find that set up ?
–El Waggs
Air Stream Studios
I hooked Jim up with Paughco who makes components for Rick’s Frames. I also pointed him in the direction of my entire build. Check it out:
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/2009_5-Ball_Factory_Racer.aspx
QUOTES FROM CHARLIE CHAN IN 1968—On Ambition.
Cannot tell where path lead, until reach end of road.
Time will not press and talk will not cook rice.
He who feeds the chicken, deserves the egg.
–Warner Brothers
1968
After a two-year hiatus, the Winter Power Package is back! All of the best parts to big bore/cam/oilpump/plate your Twin Cam or M8 with $400 knocked off! ~ DZ
S&S Cycle – Winter Power Package Returns for a limited time!
The S&S Winter Power Package is the ideal combination of performance and savings, designed to transform your M8 or Twin Cam H-D without breaking the bank. For the latest generation HD’s, S&S is packaging their 124” & 128” bolt in big bore kit with a 550 cam, cam plate and high flow oil pump as well as valve springs, lifters and pushrods.
T he Twin Cam kits get a similar combination of performance parts with a 585 cam and a bump to 100 for the early and 110 cubic inches for the late TC models.
All kits are available with gear or chain drive cams and are designed to make big, reliable power with equally big savings.
Winter only pricing starting at $2299, saves over $400! The ideal combo for a winter storage project. Good from November 14th through January 31st, 2023, get yours and schedule that winter install.
Check out the details, parts list and dyno charts at https://www.sscycle.com/feature/winter-power-package/
David Zemla
VP – Marketing
S&S® Cycle, Inc.
14025 County Highway G, Viola, WI 54664
Email dzemla@sscycle.com
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA— Announces 2022 Escort to Arlington
Chevrolet to lead the country’s longest veterans’ parade with wrapped vehicles transporting Gold and Blue Star Families, Veterans, and American patriots!
What has become known as the country’s longest veterans’ parade – Wreaths Across America’s annual “Escort to Arlington” – kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. The official route, which can be viewed here, will travel down the East Coast stopping at schools, memorials, and other locations along the way to spread the year-long mission to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those that serve and their families, and TEACH the next generation the value of freedom.
Stops with public events will be held in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., before arriving at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 17 – National Wreaths Across America Day.
“For me the Escort to Arlington is the culmination of another year of sharing the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach across this country. I say it every year, but it is truly an experience of a lifetime,” said Karen Worcester, Executive Director, WAA. “The way the mission and these families and veterans are welcomed into communities, with flags waving and streets lined with children and grateful Americans, is something we always wished every person could witness. This year we’re hoping that supporters will once again join us in safely lining the roadways and welcoming the escort into their communities.”
For the 8th year in a row Chevrolet, has generously provided the Wreaths Across America wrapped escort vehicles, transporting participating Gold Star families and veterans. In addition, Chevrolet has also donated 4,000 veterans’ wreaths for placement at Arlington National Cemetery to help honor our nation’s veterans.
“Chevrolet and its dealers are proud to support the work of Wreaths Across America once again and share the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach. This annual tradition has become a cornerstone event for Chevrolet and its dealers here in the Northeast Region,” said Dan Adamcheck, Regional Director of Sales, Service and Marketing for Chevrolet. “To be able to give back to our communities, and the men and women who have given so much to our country is truly an honor for Chevrolet and its employees.”
Participants for this year’s Escort to Arlington will include Gold Star Families – including the National President of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Sarah Whitehouse Taylor – Blue Star Families, volunteers, and veterans representing many eras and local Veteran Service Organizations such as the VFW, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, VFW Auxiliary, and the American Legion Auxiliary, and more. Members of the Patriot Guard Riders and Patriot Riders, and law enforcement from departments across Maine and other states along the route will provide escort to ensure safe transport for all participants throughout the week.
The Escort to Arlington has grown to consist of twelve tractor-trailers representing Schneider National, Gully Transportation, Witte Bros. Exchange, Inc., Hartt Transportation Systems, Inc., Delhaize Transportation LLC (DBA Hannaford Supermarkets), American Trucking Associations – Workforce Heroes, Pottle’s Transportation, Cargo Transporters, Inc., Boyd Grain Inc., Hampton Roads Moving & Storage, Prime Inc., and Tyson Foods, Inc. These dedicated organizations and their professional drivers will haul a portion of the sponsored veterans’ wreaths heading to Arlington National Cemetery for placement on Saturday, Dec. 17. Additionally, Load One Carriers will once again serve as the ceremonial wreath transporter for the Escort.
What began 30+ years ago as a pilgrimage by a Maine wreath maker in a single truck to deliver 5,000 wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as a gesture of thanks has become a year-long mission to Remember, Honor, Teach. National Wreaths Across America Day ceremonies are happening at more than 3,500 participating locations across the country on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. These events are free and open to all people. To find a participating location near you to support and/or volunteer to place wreaths, click here.
In total, nearly 257,000 sponsored wreaths are needed to reach the goal of placing a wreath on every eligible marker at Arlington National Cemetery. To sponsor a $15 veteran’s wreath for placement this year, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
You can learn more here: https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/19520/News/862/?relatedId=0
*Note, volunteers placing wreaths at Arlington will be required to preregister and show proof of registration on Wreaths Across America Day on December 17, 2022. You may also register at the above link by clicking the VOLUNTEER button on the page.
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LIFESTYLE CYCLE DEAL OF THE WEEK— 2021 Harley-Davidson FXBBS – Street Bob 114 for $15,995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=13009071
2021 Deadwood Green Harley-Davidson STREET BOB SPECIAL 114-INCH FXBBS with only 4264.00 miles!
This bike is a low mileage 114c.i. Street Bob and some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are
* 114c.i.Motor with a 6-Speed trans. and only 4264.00 miles on it!!!!!
* S&S exhaust
* Detachable passenger pad
* Tall sissy bar with tool pouch
* Chase Harper saddle bags
* Fairing with smoked windshield
* Black shock boots
* Passenger foot pegs
* Digital dash
This bike is only $15,995.00
Plus license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees.
This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection.This motorcycle has not been refurbished and does not come with any warranty expressed or implied!
Fill out an online application today. We have EZ FINANCING and EXTENDED WARRANTIES available!
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FOLK TALES FROM THE EAST—
Once upon a time, a man walking by the side of a lake spotted a scorpion struggling to get out of the water it had slipped into. The man knew it would drown against the deep lake and steep climb.
So, the man went and tried to get the scorpion out. Since he had nothing but his bare fingers to use to pick the scorpion out of the water, he got stung by the creature. The man persisted in trying to save the life of this poisonous scorpion which did not understand the man was trying to save it from drowning.
Another man sitting at a distance trying to catch fishes with his equipment saw this curious situation and approached the man rescuing the scorpion.
“Clearly, every time you try to fetch the scorpion out of water, it is attacking you with painful stings. Why do you persist in saving such an ungrateful creature? Leave it to its fate!”
The telson of the scorpion got entangled in the swollen skin of the man and he was finally able to place him on dry land.
Free from his pursuit, the man replied to the wayside fisherman, “It is in the scorpion’s nature to sting. I am a human and know better.”
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
WILD New Bikernet Reader Comment!–MOONEYES CLASSIC TRIUMPH
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I have a totally rebuilt ‘72 Norton. Words alone can’t explain 16-month project too much in it to talk about. This Triumph is the Most Beautiful I’ve ever seen, and I have seen a lot. How do I get a side profile pic of this sweet heart for my wall like 14×20. I’ll even take down my Jaclyn Smith?
Joseph
CHINO valley, AZ
Google Peter Linney. I’ll bet he can take care of you. Tell him Bandit sent you.
–Bandit
WILL GAS STATIONS SURVIVE—The Forced Evolution Towards Electric Vehicles?
We still need gas stations as long as we drive internal combustion engines (ICE). That’s obviously a given.
According to Kelley Blue Book, though, automakers sold 576,000 EVs in the last nine months–a whopping 70-percent increase during the previous year. If we continue buying electric vehicles (EVs) at this pace, we will need electric chargers on a much larger scale.
The Biden administration is pushing the electrification of half of all new cars by 2030 and plans to give funding to build a network of half a million fast-charging stations in the same time frame. Seven years is a short time frame to make all this happen.
EV industry consultant Loren McDonald explained to the Los Angeles Times that a large chain could add chargers at a lower per-unit cost due to economies of scale. Chargers cost $70,000 to $150,000 per unit. He said that once installed, electric chargers need two to five years to become profitable, mainly in part due to their infrequent use. McDonald noted that chargers are currently only used about five to ten percent daily.
Until recently, most states had laws preventing businesses other than regulated electric utilities from selling electricity. A proxy battle has already started between electric utilities, EV charging-provider companies such as EVgo and ChargePoint, truck stops, convenience stores, and traditional gas stations. Offices, restaurant chains, and even stores are also joining the EV charging trend.
In a recent post, Politico claimed gas station owners and other businesses who put in chargers find themselves at the mercy of an opaque, regulated, and monopolistic electric utility system that is unlike the gas supply system. The gas price fluctuates based on market conditions. If an ICE owner doesn’t like the price at one station, they can drive down the street and find the price of gas per gallon they want.
An electric charge costs what it costs, and there’s no use trying to find a different price point. Three thousand local electric utilities in the US determine how much each charger can charge depending on its geographic location in the individual utility network. Right now, EV owners are just happy to find a charger.
Reason Director of Transportation Policy Bob Poole recently pointed out in his November 2022 email that electric vehicle charging, even fast charging, can ‘fill up’ only one-sixth as many EVs in a 14-pump scenario. The 14-pump electric charge station would only be able to charge 1,680 EVs in a 12-hour cycle. If it were gas instead, 14-pumps could refuel 70 cars in five minutes, and in 12 hours, it could handle refueling 10,080 vehicles. If the average price for a charge were the same as gas, the station owner would lose money.
Of course, gas stations are no longer the gas stations of the 1970s. Eighty percent of all gas is now sold at convenience stores, which make their real money on other goods and services. If folks stick around because it takes longer to charge, then convenience stores can make up for some of the difference by providing more goods and services.
Unfortunately, expanding stations to accommodate more electric charging will be challenging because affordable land adjacent to gas stations is likely unavailable in many scenarios.
Also, chargers need standardization, which currently does not exist. Owners need a similar payment system, pricing information, and charging speeds to make EVs easier to use and own. The Biden administration announced last summer that drivers need real-time information on station pricing and location to better plan trips to help alleviate ‘range anxiety.’ Stations will also need a minimum number and type of chargers.
Home charging and charging during the day at places of work might also hurt the bottom line of the ‘gas station’ of the future.
In the meantime, several cities in California will no longer allow the building of new gas stations to discourage the use of gas vehicles in the hopes of curbing climate change. Northern California’s Marin County is the hotbed of banning stations. Novato’s city council will vote in a few weeks to enact a ban. The town currently has 12 stations and two more pending construction. In March 2021, the nearby community of Petaluma was the first in the country to enact a ban on gas stations. Since then, the Bay area cities of Cotati, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, and Windsor have all followed suit.
In August, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to require all new cars and light trucks sold in the state to be zero emission by 2035. More than 5,000 mom-and-pop gas stations dot the state, and many have indicated this zero-emission requirement will expedite the closing of their businesses.
Even after the new car mandate, CARB predicts the number of ICE vehicles in California will drop to less than 16 million by 2035. Currently, 24 million are registered in the state.
Despite what you read in the press, gas stations will survive even in California. They might all be national or regional chains that can afford to have a dual gas/electric charging system in place. As electric charging speeds increase and a comprehensive networked system comes online, more people will buy EVs and likely still make a run to the ‘gas station’ as needed.
–NMA
A CLASSIC FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM—
The Gasoline Station in America
1920s Shell Gasoline Station
John Parham had great appreciation for American motorcycles, especially early machines. But as he talked with friends, learned and purchased some of the finest, he knew that motorcycle memorabilia like cast iron toys, signage, leather jackets, photographs and advertising art were also key to a good collection. And considering his likely museum visitors, he knew that the more varied these objects were, the better he would engage all sorts of visitors, assure they had a good time when they visited the National Motorcycle Museum.
Indeed, the gasoline and oil that are necessary to getting a motorcycle down the road offered some amazing display items. But oil cans and gasoline cans were just the beginning for John. He found gasoline…
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TRIKES OF THE WEEK—From the exclusive Sam Burns collection.
–Sam Burns
Trike Editor
Bikernent.com™
NEW FROM CHOP CITY—
Virostko Chopper Mini Saddlebag (Black) Our Survival Saddlebag uses a waterproof, 22-ounce heavy-duty waxed canvas. The bag is double-lined with a rubber-backed material to ensure the contents stay dry. Our pure and honest design completes that great look for your hardtail or stock frame.
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THE LATEST FROM LOWBROW—Add a touch of class to any scoot.
Lowbrow released these Air Cleaner Covers some years ago as an easy way to make your bike stand out from the crowd.
They replace the typical S&S Teardrop air cleaner cover, but retain the stock air filter, backing plate and mounting hardware.
They are investment cast aluminum, semi-polished, and bolt right on to S&S Super E and G carburetors.
–Lowbrow Crew
FROM THE PHILOSOPER’S CORNER–Don’t Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out–
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Namaste’
Yale Gelfant
Choppers Cycle
SONG PICK OF THE WEEK—
Song: “Dreaming In The U.S.A.”
Artists: Sting, Shaggy
Album: 44/876
I was a boy, I was dreaming of the U.S.A.
All the movies I see are from the same place
All the music I love is from the U.S.A.
All the stars that I see have an American face
The only blue jeans I wear are from the U.S.A.
The sneakers here on my feet, they are American made
Presley, Monroe and Dean are from the U.S.A.
Louis Armstrong, Sinatra and Marvin Gaye
Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the United States
You seek a visa, you’re dreaming of the U.S.A.
It’s never easier looking for another way
God bless America, dreaming of the U.S.A.
Are we hysterical, dreaming of the United States?
Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the United States
Don’t stop dreaming
Don’t stop dreaming
Don’t stop dreaming
Don’t stop dreaming
And so they work in the fields across the U.S.A.
The work nobody else wants to feed their family
They join the army, they’re fighting for the U.S.A.
Here in the land of the brave, and the home of the free
Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the U.S.A.
(Dreaming) Dreaming in the United States
Big up all of mi people who live and working right here inside of America
Get up every morning working two jobs to make it here in America
I’m a military man who carried arms and fight in defense of America
I await the day when we will all inhabit a better America
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming in the U.S.A.
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming in the U.S.A.
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming in the U.S.A.
Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming in the U.S.A.
Wayfarer
Dreaming in the USA obviously !!!
RICHARD PETTY GOES TO WASHINGTON
Richard Petty with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and also SEMA Board of Directors member Ted Wentz III and SEMA President and CEO Mike Spagnola.
“The King” and SEMA Push to Pass the RPM Act in Meetings with Congressional Representatives
On Tuesday, July 19, Richard Petty, “The King,” joined SEMA CEO Mike Spagnola in the nation’s capital to lobby Congress to pass the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act. The bipartisan bill (H.R. 3281/S. 2736) protects Americans’ right to convert street vehicles into dedicated racecars and the motorsports-parts industry’s ability to sell products that enable racers to compete. The Washington, D.C., visit came at a critical juncture for the bill, which has been steadily gaining traction among lawmakers.
Like most NASCAR drivers, Petty competed in racecars that started out as street-legal vehicles. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains the position that such modified race vehicles are not legal under the Clean Air Act, threatening many classes of racing along with an industry that employs tens of thousands of Americans and contributes more than $2 billion to the U.S. economy each year.
–SEMA
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!– MOVING OIL
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Thanks for the amazing description and care.
Congrats
— Paulo Lopes
New Plymouth, New Zealand
This article, produced by Frank Kaisler covered the running oil lines basics. Check it out. Frank is missed.
–Bandit
WISDOM QUOTES–
“Confrontation does not mean conflict. A good friend will object to your behavior, habit, or mistake, because he wishes you well.” ~ Wayfarer
“Forget your age. If you have dreams to achieve, you are still young.”
“Just as without brakes, you can’t avoid accidents, without good character, there is nothing to stop you from self-destruction.”
–Wayfarer
Associate Monk
Bikernet Thought Temple
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ANOTHER FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE MIC—
Big gains by motorcycling, ATV riding, and side-by-side driving helped boost America’s entire outdoor recreation industry to a record-breaking year in 2021, according to economic data recently released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
According to the BEA, inflation-adjusted gross domestic product for the outdoor recreation economy increased 18.9 percent last year, easily topping the 5.9 percent increase for the overall U.S. economy. The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable reported that the new data shows that outdoor recreation generates $862 billion in economic output and 4.5 million jobs.
The BEA listed motorcycling and ATV riding (which includes side-by-sides) as the nation’s fourth-largest “conventional outdoor recreation” activity for 2020-2021, with $8.1 billion in current-dollar value added for the economy – up from $7.3 billion the previous year.
“To those of us in the powersports industry, these are not surprising numbers,” said MIC President and CEO Erik Pritchard. “We’ve seen outdoor recreation giving a real boost to America’s economy during the pandemic as more people throw a leg over a motorcycle or ATV, or get behind the wheel of a side-by-side, to enjoy family time in the beautiful outdoors. The BEA data confirms that communities large and small, from all corners of America, benefit from outdoor recreation. We’re proud to be part of the responsible recreators who are generating nearly a trillion dollars in economic value across the country.”
Outdoor recreation contributes more to the U.S. economy than either oil and gas extraction, mining, or agriculture, according to the ORR, which is supported by the MIC, the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, and the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association.
“The BEA data underscores how important it is to invest in public lands, waters, and recreation infrastructure from coast to coast and for recreation activities of all types,” said ORR President Jessica Turner. “From the creation of jobs and increased profit for small businesses in local economies, to larger boons to our national economy, this sector is a consistent driver, even in times of economic uncertainty. There are infinite benefits that come from more people spending time outdoors and they’ll only grow with continued investment.”
–MIC
New TECH Bikernet Reader Comment!–
FEULING TWIN CAM PLATE TESTING TOOL
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/FEULING_TWIN_CAM_PLATE_TESTING_TOOL.aspx
This article is on point and wish I had read it in 2008. My 2008 Dyna Owner’s Manual and Service Manual both say that the oil pressure is supposed to be 35psi on OEM but found that this articles 50-60 psi full pop off will cool the bike down.
I have installed the Zippers 117-inch TC Kit and it recommends the use of a blueprinted Fueling Cam Plate, which I didn’t have at the time, that is set to those numbers.
I found out the hard way that they sold that plate after using the S&S TC3 plate and not checking the pop off psi. It wasn’t long before the lack of oil led to heat and major problems. I’ll also say the 50-60 psi will quiet the valve train more than I think people realize.
I have this tool and have used it and anyone doing their own work should purchase it when getting into a cam chest. It should be part of a Cam Chest Kit.
— Chris
smitfits@outlook.com
Pasco, WA
5-BALL GARAGE CHANGES—
We’ve reduced our leather line-up to eight stellar pieces for the holidays. Each order will receive a special signed book by K.Randall Ball and holiday bling.
There’s more. Perfect for Xmas are easy to handle books by Keith “Bandit” Ball.
Hell, each of ’em are thrilling tales with action & raw emotion, giving you hours of entertainment.
Ride Free
DIRECT FROM FEMA IN EUROPE—Has Europe Banned The Combustion Engine?
Maximum confusion in Brussels whether the sale of cars and small vans with an internal combustion engine will be actually banned from 2035. And what about motorcycles?
On Thursday 27 October 2022, the European Commission, European Parliament, and the member states, united in the Council of the European Union, reached an agreement in the so-called trialogue about the emission limits for cars and vans. After a few steps to lower the emission of the fleet, from 2035 the sale of new cars that have no zero CO2-emission will be banned in the European Union.
Many parties, especially NGOs like Transport & Environment, who have lobbied for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for years and the Greens in the European Parliament celebrated this as a victory of electric vehicles against vehicles with an internal combustion engine and said that this meant that this was a ban on combustion engines.
Consequently, this would not only affect cars and vans, but also motorcycles. However, the agreement does not state that motorcycles could not be sold from 2035. It states: “The agreement includes wording on CO2 neutral fuels whereby following consultation with stakeholders, the Commission will make a proposal for registering vehicles running exclusively on CO2-neutral fuels after 2035 in conformity with EU law, outside the scope of the fleet standards, and in conformity with the EU’s climate neutrality objective.”
In our view, this means that new vehicles with an internal combustion engine, including motorcycles, that run on eFuels or hydrogen can still be sold after 2035, but that the European Commission must provide the legislative framework for this.
‘FEMA will resist any attempt to ban the internal combustion engine for motorcycles.’
Dolf Willigers, FEMA’s General Secretary, said: “It is (now) only cars and vans that run on fossil fuels (petrol, Diesel) that may no longer be sold after 2035. From experience, and signals from the European Commission, we know that the chance that motorcycles will escape this fate is very small.
Nevertheless, FEMA will resist any attempt to ban the internal combustion engine for motorcycles. In our view, the emissions of motorcycles are already negligible and the alternatives for both fossil fuels and electricity are still in the development phase.
To focus solely on battery electric vehicles the problems of air quality and climate chance will just be redeemed to other, equal serious problems: the social and environmental aspects of the mining of raw materials that are needed to make batteries and the geo-political consequences of getting dependent to countries like China to acquire these raw materials and the batteries should not be underestimated.
Already, a delegation of members from the EPP party in the European Parliament has asked questions about this to the European Commission and asked how the Commission thinks to decrease the dependency of other countries. To give room to other options like eFuels, Europe can be the forerunner in the development of valuable alternative techniques.”
Written by Wim Taal
FEMA
QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!—THE IRON ORDER “CODE”
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If this Iron Order club isn’t for you, who cares? Is there some rule that all motorcycle clubs must all be criminal organizations?
— Jim
Bremerton, WA
“No, there is no rule that I know of. Some charters within 1% organizations don’t take in members with criminal backgrounds. You can be tough as nails and a constant rider and biker without being a criminal.”
–Bandit
FEATURE BIKE OF THE WEEK—
This classic was built by Jason Lee. This is a rider’s classic. I like the mufflers, semi-shorties. Never a fan of straight pipes, these shorties show respect for the community.
Check the carb, a rare classic and the original inspiration for the first S&S carb with side float bowl.
Classic paint and mechanical brakes front and rear.
–Sam Burns
Feature Bike Editor
Bikernet.com™
MORE FROM BIKERNET THOUGHT TEMPLE—Wisdom from Ancient India
After losing the battle of Hydaspes (326 BC), King Porus was taken to Alexander in chains. When Alexander asked him, how should he treat him, Porus replied that he wants Alexander to treat him as a King treats another King.
Moral of this legend ?
1. Honor your Dharma
2. Character directs your Karma (actions)
3. Your Karma is yours alone. Every man has to carry his own cross.
4. Give respect to get respect
—- Wayfarer
NEWS FROM THE BROTHERS of the THIRD WHEEL—
I am with Brothers of the Third Wheel (BTW), a motorcycle trike group that has been around for almost 40 years. I have been tasked with putting together our Central States Region Trike-In (rally) for the next 3 years.
The 2023 event will be held June 1 – 3, 2023, at a hotel and conference center in Bedford, Indiana.
The event is primarily social in nature but there will be rides each day of the event with the attendees riding their own trikes. Most attendees are in their 50s, 60s and 70s and we expect 75 – 100 attendees.
No alcohol is served at the event. I am looking for liability insurance to cover the event. The group’s main website is www.btw-trikers.org We have created an event website at ameripost.com/btw/cs
Best regards…
Noel Moss
Cell: 314-608-3292
Email: scootsx2@ameripost.com
THIS JUST IN FROM THE ELECTRIC NAMZ HEADQUARTERS—
Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for everyone around you, to include some love for your two-wheeled friend(s)!
Talk about a transformation without breaking the bank, less is more!
(pictures above) We continually try to bring you unique parts for your ride. Weather it’s a cool new LED turn signal, headlamp or a curved license plate frame with mount. I know what you’re thinking, what’s new about a curved license plate frame?
Well, the Letric Lighting Co. Curved Perfect Plate Light is not just a curved frame, it is indeed a very bright light! Taking advantage of 360-degree SMD LED’s, our frames provide running light, brake light and turn signal functions all while lighting up your license plate with down-facing bright white LED’s.
We’re confident that you will be seen with this on your rear fender! To make it even cleaner, our cleaver designers thought up this cast aluminum Turn Signal Eliminator bar which resembles and mounts the same as the stock turn signal bar. It will even allow the use of the OEM tag light!.
(black or chrome) The LLC-CPPL-B or LLC-CPPL-C Perfect Plate Light™ Black/Chrome Curved License Plate Frame is available with a matching “laydown” universal backing plate or OEM style mount for turn signal bar or our Turn Signal Eliminator Bar LLC-TSE-B or LLC-TSE-C (as seen above).
Features running light, brake light & turn signal functions with license plate illumination. Universal or plug-n-play options are available for most models! Both versions are in stock and ready to install or can be purchased at your local authorized HardDrive Dealer, J&P Cycles, Dennis Kirk or directly from our website! “Where the brightest idea’s come from!”®
Curved aluminum frame with Gloss Black powder-coated or show chrome plated finish
Easy to install
100% Plug-n-Play
Fits all 4? x 7? license plates
Red brake light, Red running light to (bright) Red turn signal to off when turn signal switch is activated
Lifetime Warranty
Technical Data
Red run: 14.27-lumens
Red brake: 72.49-lumens
Amber turn: 75.78-lumens
Super-bright SMD LED technology
Water proof & dust proof design
Turn Signal Eliminator with Gloss Black powder-coated or show chrome plated finish
Replaces OEM rear turn signal bar
Easy to install
Reuses OEM mounting hardware
Reuses domestic OEM license plate bracket or upgrade to a Perfect Plate Light
Allows the use of custom turn signals
“We make it easy for you to do it right!”
LOTS OF PHILOSOPY THIS WEEK–Confucius Say:
OK to let a fool kiss you, but not OK to let a kiss fool you.
Kiss is merely shopping upstairs for real merchandise downstairs.
Better to lose a lover than love a loser.
Man with broken condom often called Daddy.
Drunken man’s words often sober man’s thoughts.
Viagra just like Disneyland …… One hour wait for 2-minute ride.
Joke is just like sex. Neither any good if you don’t get it.
Man, who run in front of car get tired.
Sex is like oxygen, no big deal until you’re not getting any.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.
Man with one chopstick go hungry.
Man who scratch ass should not bite fingernails.
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.
War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.
Man who live in Glass House should change clothes in basement.
Man who fish in other man’s well often catch crabs.
Crowded elevator smell different to midget.
Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.
Lady who goes camping must be aware of evil intent.
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
“A lion will not cheat on his wife, but a Tiger Wood!”
–Sam Burns
NEWS FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT— 12 Days of Uhlness
For the past couple of years, we’ve had a LOT of fun with our “12 Days of Uhlness” promotion. Let’s kick the 2022 version this week!
Pieces offered this year include the gently used display pieces (from our traveling gallery), some of David’s earliest works, pieces that were on payment plans that fell through, consignment returns and originals you may never have seen before. They are all signed by David, numbered and will come with the appropriate Certificate of Authenticity.
For each of the next 12 days, you’ll see a different group of pieces which are being offered in a 24-hour flash sale. You will only have 24 hours to reserve your piece from the time that day’s email is sent out. And, only one of each is available in most cases, so you’ll want to act quickly.
Many of these are hard, if not impossible to find and most are offered at great prices!
Perhaps the best part of this promotion is that, with a minimum $500 purchase, you will be entered into our drawing for an Original David Uhl oil painting!! This year, you’ll have a choice of either “Southern Comfort” or “Spring Break”. The drawing will be held after the 12 days and the lucky winner is responsible for shipping.
“Southern Comfort”
Original Oil on canvas
“Spring Break”
Original Oil on canvas
And the list goes on. Check the Master’s web site.
BARN FIND OF THE WEEK—
- This Massive Barn Find Bike Collection Filled Five Shipping Containers
- British specialist shop Hitchcocks Motorcycles hit the vintage bike mother lode.
There’s something immensely appealing about the idea of a barn find, isn’t there? The idea that a solid machine has just been left sitting somewhere, due to circumstances completely out of its control—and that you’re the person who can lovingly bring it back to life is downright enticing. Granted, it takes a certain kind of person who’s into a fixer-upper lifestyle, but if that’s you, then you know what I mean.
Like a magnet of sorts, every once in a while, you’ll hear about some utterly amazing barn find cache of vintage motorcycles. Just when you think there can’t be any barns left to find things in, another one appears—almost as if by magic. Here at the end of 2022, British bike shop Hitchcocks Motorcycles has put together one of the biggest such collections we’ve seen in a long time.
It’s a combination of two collections that they’ve imported from the U.S., and it’s absolutely massive. How massive, exactly? All told, Hitchcock’s says there are at least 180 bikes, as well as over 50 tons of spare parts. In fact, getting it from the States to their location in Solihull took five massive sea cargo shipping containers to hold it all. That’s a whole lot of barns!
Now, as you might imagine, it’s going to take quite a bit of time and effort to go through and accurately catalog everything that’s there.
Machines made by Triumph, Norton, BSA, Indian, AJS, Royal Enfield, and more are plentiful in this collection. The folks at Hitchcocks also spent time walking the aisles of bikes with the camera to give us a good look at it all, so chances are good that you’ll spot something new and interesting each time you watch this video.
While the collection of bikes is impressive, the absolutely unbelievable parts haul is also a whole lot to take in. You can see in the video that things are at least roughly sorted into piles of like parts. Wheels and tires are in one big box, cylinder heads in another, gauge pods in another, and so on.
There’s likely a lot of good stuff in here for project bike builders, and Hitchcocks says it’ll be posting the lot up on its website for sale over time. We’ll include the link to their website in our Sources so you can keep an eye on it if you’re interested in what you’re seeing.
Source: Hitchcocks Motorcycles
And Rideapart
THE WINTER WONDERLAND—
Hit like gangbusters. I’m working with Chopper Dave or the Weirdo on some point covers.
We are working with Markus Cuff on another article around his 35 years of shooting bike features. We chose the most significant aspect of bike, the tanks. The last article covered construction and this one will cover paint products and wild styles from the ‘60s on.
Here’s a link to the first article:
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/TANKS_FOREVER_FOREVER_TANKS.aspx
I bought these 9-inch apes from Throttle Addiction. I put my riser dimensions in the comment box of the order, but someone didn’t read them and the riser clamps are too close to the bends. That’s okay. I’ll save them for another application. I’m about to post the first tech. Hang on for the report. Still trying to come up with a name for the VL, XA, S&S FL project. The long acronym is beginning to grow on me.
Since I’m running an alternator. This is an S&S spin-on oil bracket and it bolts to the generator hole, perfect. It came with fasteners and oil line nipples.
‘Bout to finish the Urn for Mike Kelly’s ashes. It’s coming together. I’m not a wood worker, but I gave it hell…
Found this massive shop sink. Nothing seems to fit, so I’m making a plate bolted to the two small 5/8-inch holes. It will hold a standard industrial faucet set. Hang on.
I roughed out the 100th episode of Bandit’s Cantina. I started to write a piece about Zero emissions and knew right away it should be a book. But I rode with the young character and had some fun with his vintage Sportster and a brother from Bandit’s Cantina. Hang on.
There’s more coming, but in the meantime ride free forever.
–Bandit
SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 24, 2022
By Bandit |
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36-Years-Owned 1955 Harley-Davidson FL Hydra Glide
And there it is… the last air-cooled sportster that will ever roll out of the H-D assembly plant. Signed by all the factory workers that helped build it.
Everts’ 1975 Puch was a spectacular machine. The 70mm x 64mm engine was cutting edge, with magnesium cases and twin 32mm Bing carbs (one in the traditional piston port position and the second carb feeding a rotary valve in the cases). Not only was the engine magnesium, but so were the hubs and Marzocchi forks.
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LIGHT & EASY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 1, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
Have you noticed how annoying most major news sites are? They are scattered with google video ads between every paragraph, pop-ups and ads screaming out from the right margins? Have you noticed how clean the Bikernet content is?
I would only allow Google to run ads at the bottom of the pages, but now rumor has it Google doesn’t like the girls on our site. I would rather our pages remained clean and unencumbered without annoying ads.
Speaking of rumors, there’s gossip going around Hollywood about a new Easy Rider movie, which would be a shot in the arm for the new Easyriders Magazine. I’m wondering if Hollywood won’t force the producers to include gay lovers. We will see won’t we?
Another quirky week in Paradise. Let’s hit the news.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
LATEST FROM TMZ–Jay Leno released from the hospital
According to the TMZ website, comedian and car collector Jay Leno has been sent home from the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles where he was taken after being burned in a gasoline fire in his Burbank garage.
Leno was repairing a fuel line on his 1907 White steam car when gasoline, which is used to heat the car’s burner, splashed on his face and arm and then was ignited by a spark. A friend helped extinguish the flames, and Leno was taken to the hospital.
“The ex-late night host posed for a photo taken and posted by the Grossman Burn Center, where JL has been receiving treatment for the past nine days. In it, he seems to be in good spirits alongside the facility staff, but there’s noticeable scarring on his face and hands,” TMZ said. “In a statement, the burn center says Jay will receive follow-up care at their outpatient facility, this after receiving burns throughout his upper [body], including on his chest.”
–Steven Cole Smith
Hagerty Media
ROLAND SANDS DESIGN AND KRIEGA— Announce Product Collaboration Launch
Long Beach, California, USA / Deeside, UK:
Forging a path in the 2-wheel world is not a simple task. It takes commitment, creativity, relentless drive, a few great ideas and sometimes, a little luck. The crew at RSD & Kriega brands are no strangers to this process.
Through the years both brands have become global leaders in their respective fields; RSD with iconic custom motorcycles, premium parts & apparel; and Kriega with industry defining backpack and luggage products; RSD & Kriega are known for premium quality, craftsmanship and performance.
Meet the ROAM Collection, a collaboration by RSD X Kriega. Forged by countless miles on the highway, trails, and canyon roads this new collection of rider bags and accessory products perfectly blend classic and modern materials, technical construction, and functionality.
The ROAM Collection features materials unique to each brand, and together allow for truly amazing product. Including RSD’s proprietary heavy duty waxed cotton & Kriega’s QUADLOC-Lite™ harness system. The ROAM collection was created to offer bag and accessory solutions to riders that appreciate design aesthetic and branding that are subdued, clean and timeless.
“We could not be more excited to partner with Kriega on this collaboration,” said the prez Roland Sands. “Mixing our premium waxed cotton material with their proven technical products and a slight twist on design language really makes for a unique, and amazing product. The team at Kriega has been rad to work with, and I could see additional products being added to the mix in the future.”
ROAM 34 BACKPACK
The Roland Sands Design X Kriega Roam 34 Backpack is constructed from RSD’s propriety wax cotton together with 1000D Cordura and combined with Kriega’s groundbreaking Quadloc-Lite harness, to create a marriage of classic style and unrivalled functionality.
Comprised of 3 sections: a waterproof roll-top 15″ laptop pocket, a 4-litre fold-down zip compartment packed with organizer pockets and a spacious main compartment with heavy-duty YKK® zip access, expandable from 22 to 30-litres when needed. Ideal for carrying a full-face helmet around town or loading with the weekly groceries. Additional features include a fleece-lined goggle/eyewear zip pocket, an optional waist strap with storage pockets, and Sissy bar attachment strap/s.
Available in 2 colour options: Black or Ranger.
FEATURES
• Waterproof 15″ laptop compartment
• Expandable main body (22-litres to 30-litres)
• Adjustable QUADLOC-Lite™ Harness
• ‘Soft-feel’ back panel for rider comfort
• Goggle/eyewear zip pocket (fleece-lined)
• 4-litre front compartment with organizer pockets
• Reflective panels on harness
• Hydration compatible
• Optional waist-strap with storage pockets
• Sissy bar attachment strap
• Harness pocket compatible
• 10 YEAR GUARANTEE
When I retired in 2004 my wife and I moved to the Fort Myers, Fla., area. I thought it
would be the cat’s meow because I could ride my beloved Ultra year round. While this is a great biking state it has very dangerous obstacles I never considered before moving here: Cotton Tops, the elderly automobile drivers who also live in Florida.
Although most are safe, sensible drivers there are a bunch who don’t see (or care
to see) motorcyclists. After too many close calls with Cotton Tops that turned in front of me, pulled out without looking either way and generally made a nuisance of themselves, I installed the loudest air horn on my Ultra.
On my first ride with the horn, a little old lady who could barely see over the dashboard pulled in front of me from a stop light. I hit the horn and the old gal slammed on
her brakes to let me pass. Best 60 bucks I ever spent.
P.S. The hurricanes chased us back to Wisconsin.
— Jack Mrozinski, Mosinee, Wis.
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–Bandit’s Cantina Episode 100
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Bandits_Cantina_Episode_100.aspx
I liked reading this episode. I also thought the choices of panel jokes were great! Keep up the good work and keep bucking the system.
After checking the best investments right now, I see that nickel (the stuff that is used for batteries) is one of them. Well, how will the earth fare if we over exploit the nickel that comes out of our ground?
The only real solution, in my opinion, is to try and balance fossil fuels with the extra nickel use for more and more batteries, etc. if that is possible. Also, not to go to extremes. Cut down on both a little individually and use with intelligence. We haven’t found the perfect answer yet but hopefully we can come closer.
My big green thing is to keep our trees from burning down at too rapid a rate and replacing them as soon as possible. All of this requires work and a genius to come along with a better idea.
–Ann Robinson
Long Beach, CA
Indian Scout Rogue by Hardnine Choppers revealed at EICMA
Danny Schneider brings his hard riding, performance style to the Scout Rogue
Distinctive paint scheme inspired by King of the Baggers winning Indian Challenger
Danny Schneider, the man behind Hardnine Choppers, revealed his latest custom build at EICMA, Milan alongside the new 2023 models from Indian Motorcycle. With its distinctive paint scheme inspired by the factory’s King of the Baggers racers, stripped back front end and performance parts, Danny’s Scout Rogue was an eye-catching addition to the Indian Scout lineup on the booth, drawing in visitors to take photos and discover the finer details.
As a former FMX star and award-winning vintage custom builder, Danny Schneider has a reputation for exciting, performance orientated customs and is no stranger to working with Indian Motorcycle. In fact, the build he credits as his best ever was his 1931 Indian Scout, the bike that started his love of Indian Motorcycle, a love that was cemented with the launch of the FTR, “ever since then, I’ve been hooked,” says Danny.
“My idea when I first saw the Scout Rogue, I actually liked it a lot, was performance racing – this is where I’m coming from – I really wanted to craft it to suit my hard riding style and we’ve done everything we can with performance parts. We started out with the Öhlins front forks and Öhlins rear shock, suspension is the most important thing for me coming from a motocross background.”
Modifying the triple trees to accept the Öhlins front forks, the handlebar has been replaced with a 22mm higher ProTaper unit fitted with ProTaper soft grips and the Scout Rogue’s mini-fairing adapted to work with the new bar placement. The stripped back, racing feel is also enhanced by miniature turn signals and the removal of the front fender.
The racing look and spec continues with performance tracker wheels from Roland Sands Design allowing the use of twin OEM discs grabbed by dual Beringer calipers operated by a Beringer master cylinder/lever with Danny creating bespoke adapters and mounts for the wheels and the braking system. For performance gains during starts and gear changes, the clutch lever is also by Beringer with a Dynojet quickshifter ensuring the slickest of shifts and a one-off 2-into-1 exhaust by Jekill and Hyde ramping up the soundtrack.
“I’ve added some custom touches, by cutting down the primary cover to the minimum that’s still safe but making it lighter and giving it a more performance look and I’ve also added wider footpegs to suit my riding style. But, look closer and you’ll see the gold leaf applied to the iconic insignias on the engine and the gas cap, the gold stitching in the seat which all complement the awesome paint by Vince Customs.”
“I’ve been building bikes for about 10 or 12 years now. But I stopped for a while as I’d lost a bit of the passion. When it came to the Rogue, it just came back, the light just fired up again. Indian Motorcycle engineering is amazing, they think further than other brands. If you need to do something, it’s done super quick. This is what I love.”
“Now it’s just a case of setting up the bike, dialing in the suspension and going for a ride. Riding to me is everything. It’s absolute freedom.”
LIFE’S WORK WISDOM QUOTES:
“In life, hard-work keeps the mind pure and speaking truth keeps the heart pure.”
“Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.” ~ Kamari aka Lyrikal
“Discouragement and dissatisfaction are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision” ~ Kamari aka Lyrikal
“The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” ~ Mother Teresa
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” ~ Earl Nightingale
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ Maya Angelou
“Our passion is our life’s output, our life’s purpose; be it a day’s work or a lifelong effort.” ~ Wayfarer
ELECTION UPDATE–2022 Mid-Term Elections
RPM Act The 2022 mid-term election has been an exciting and somewhat puzzling one for political prognosticators as votes are still being counted in many key U.S. House of Representatives races.
It is clear, however, that SEMA is well positioned for success during the next two years as a result of our support for lawmakers who have stood with the hobby. From grassroots advocacy through the SEMA Action Network to digital advertisements for our strongest allies to highlighting all the RPM Act cosponsors who were on the ballot this November, SEMA and automotive community did our part to help shape the 2022 elections.
Republicans have regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives. At present, Republicans have won 218 seats in the House, while Democrats won 210 seats in the mid-term elections. Seven races are still too close to call. Republicans will control at least 49 Senate seats in the next Congress, and Democrats will control at least 50 Senate seats. Democrats will lead the Senate in 2023–2024 regardless of the outcome of the December 6 runoff election in Georgia, since the vice president is the tie breaker vote in the Senate.
There were 110 RPM Act House co-sponsors up for re-election, and 15 RPM Act sponsors either ran for re-election to the Senate or competed for a Senate seat this year. The results have been overwhelmingly positive for lawmakers who have supported the bill.
Thirteen RPM Act sponsors won their Senate races while the Alaska race is still being decided. More than 100 RPM Act co-sponsors in the House were re-elected, three lost and two RPM Act cosponsors are up in their races where votes are still being counted.
A closely divided Congress in 2023–2024 increases the chances that the final month and a half of the current legislative session will be productive, as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have priorities that they will seek to have enacted before the end of the year.
Looking forward to next year, we are encouraged that the narrow margins in the House and Senate will prevent extreme policies that would be detrimental to the hobby (such as aggressive federal efforts to favor ZEVs over ICE vehicles, closing roads and trails for motorized recreation, etc.). One cautionary note regarding divided government is that it will encourage President Biden to rely on his executive powers to implement partisan policy changes, particularly from his environmental activist base. SEMA and the SEMA Action Network will be monitoring these efforts closely.
We are grateful to everyone who has supported SEMA’s advocacy efforts. We are making incredible strides to boost the industry’s political horsepower in Washington. To learn more and get involved, visit www.SEMASAN.com.
–SEMA
QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY—
A Little 10-year-old girl was walking home, alone, from school one day, when a big man on a black motorcycle pulls up beside her.
After following along for a while, turns to her and asks, “Hey there little girl, do you want to go for a ride?”
“NO!” says the little girl again as she hurries down the street.
The motorcyclist pulls up beside the little girl again and says, “Okay kid, my last offer! I’ll give you 20 Bucks “and” a Big Bag of Candy if you will just hop on the back of my bike and we will go for a ride.”
Finally, the little girl stops and turns towards him and Screams Out… “Look Dad” “You’re the one who bought the Honda instead of the Harley… YOU RIDE IT!!”…….
–Steve Bauman
Register Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina Band Joke Library
NEWS FROM CHOPPERS MAG— You have to love the distinctive styles some artists are able to create. Styles that immediately make you go… oh yeah that’s that kat. This truly applies when talking about Matt Wilkins, aka @matt_sabbath.
Being an artist myself, I appreciate someone like this. He has honed his style and skill set to develop a style that is instantly recognizable. Matt has been creating art for bikers, bands and country western stars for a few years now. He is also a member of the artist collective known as the Mystical Freaks.
–The Chopper Mag Staff
DO YOU NEED A 2023 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CALENDAR–Harley-Davidson 2023 offers 16 months of iconic motorcycles from the world’s most iconic motorcycle manufacturer.
Created in cooperation with Harley-Davidson, this 17″ x 12″ latest edition of Motorbooks’ top-selling calendar includes bikes spanning Harley-Davidson’s history from classics to today’s top machines.
Harley-Davidson 2023 features stunning portraits commissioned specifically for this calendar and photographed by talented photographer David Blattel as well as historic images from the Harley-Davidson archives.
The calendar features a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2022 followed by individual pages for the months of 2023. Included with the calendar is a stunning 17″ × 12″ frame-ready print.
–Quarto Knows
100 Cummings Center, Suite 265D
Beverly, MN 01915
NEWS FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT— Artist David Uhl – Days of Uhlness
Reminder that a minimum $500 purchase qualifies you to win a David Uhl original painting. Scroll down to for more information.
“Indigenous”
** 15 x 11.25 paper framed – normally $850 and Rare, this one is $500.
Please email me or call me at 303-913-4840 with any questions, or to place your order. Thanks for your time! Don’t go to the website for the best deals.
–Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
David Uhl Fine Art
Uhl Studios
303-913-4840
A LETTER FROM THE DIME BAG FOUNDER–I’ve appreciated your support throughout this year and wish you and yours a happy holiday.
Finished your Ride Free Forever timecover buckles that I braze soldered mild steel handmade in house.
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Also, a long line of legendary chopper friends are putting their orders in for a DimeBag Leather Travelers Timecover.
This weeks Timed feature goes to Ray ILanes at Copper Top Garage in Ormond Beach Florida. Ray specializes in building custom choppers. Dimebag Leather is certified seat maker for all his custom choppers.
He is opening up a shop with storefront around the corner of a world famous tattoo shop in Ormond Beach FL.
All the best
–Adam Croft
NMA NEWSLETTER–Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting
All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, and even on a federal level. But it’s still the standard in many places around the country.
The 85th percentile is “the speed at or below which 85 percent of all vehicles are observed to travel under free-flowing conditions past a monitored point.”
In the past, traffic engineers employed the 85th percentile by observing traffic on the ground using a radar gun on the part of the road that needed a survey. More recently, traffic engineers have used pneumatic road tubes stretched across a roadway, which according to the US Office of Highway Policy Information, can measure the following:
How many drivers use the road every day?
The direction the vehicle travels and during what time of day
What class of vehicle (car, tractor-trailer) uses the road
The speed at which drivers are traveling
The data collection process can be labor-intensive, expensive, and doesn’t always return the most accurate results. Using GPS solves this problem.
For the past ten years, TomTom, a consumer navigation company, has been mapping the world using GPS. We also recently learned that along with navigation, the company has been putting together speed profile calculations. Utilizing street data from a company like TomTom, traffic engineers can take the political rhetoric out of speed limit determinations.
What is GPS? First developed for the US military at the beginning of the space race, civilians have had access to GPS since 1989. Onboard vehicle navigation systems use 24 satellites that orbit the Earth twice daily to calculate routes, find local addresses, and monitor road conditions. This navigational technology offers users PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing) services.
The New Hampshire Union Leader recently interviewed state traffic engineer William Lambert to discuss a data system his department bought recently from TomTom. Within a month of purchase, Lambert already ran 30 traffic reports to determine the speeds vehicles traveled on targeted roads in the state.
In the past, the process would have taken much longer. Lambert says he can now analyze the TomTom speed profile calculations data on his computer to see how traffic behaves along a targeted route. He added, “I’m trying to use this data to make sure that speed limits are credible for the character and conditions of the roads across the state.”
For Lambert, reducing a speed limit due to a “wishful thinking value’ usually doesn’t work. He added, “We find that traffic is not going any slower because we want them to.”
Lambert says that target speed is the answer and the lowest crash rate occurs at the 85th percentile of measured traffic speed. He’s right when he said in the interview that ensuring speed limits on particular roadways are ‘credible’ will make all roads safer. Otherwise, drivers will ignore posted speed limits. “If some speed limits are credible and others aren’t, and people disrespect them in places where they’re not, then they can disrespect them in other places and go too fast.”
Using this kind of aggregated digital data will help traffic engineers do their job by setting safe speed limits at the 85th percentile and taking the arbitrariness of setting speeds out of the equation.
We all want safer roads, and this kind of technology can certainly help make that happen with real-time traffic data.
EnerSys (NYSE:ENS), the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications and the manufacturer of ODYSSEY batteries, will soon add three of the most popular sizes for powersports vehicles to the Company’s premium ODYSSEY battery portfolio. An official premiere of the new models is set to take place in ODYSSEY battery booth no. A1838 at the 2022 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) from November 1 – 3, 2022 at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The three models, ODS-AGM14 (Group size BTX14), ODS-AGM20L (Group size BTX20L) and ODS-AGM30L (Group size BTX30L), are ideal solutions for a variety of popular vehicle models including Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Polaris All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), and can also be used in other powersports vehicles, including snowmobiles and Personal Watercraft (PWC) applications.
Upon launch, all three models will feature a drop-in fit, so no accessories will be needed for proper installation, and will represent the first in these group sizes to be available with proprietary Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) technology.
“The models we use in our existing portfolio of ODYSSEY batteries are suitable for the powersports applications, but they require the installer to use additional hardware to secure the fit,” said Dave McMullen, Senior Director of Marketing, Transportation & Specialty at EnerSys. “With this upcoming launch, we will now have ODYSSEY Powersport battery drop-in fitments for the three most popular group sizes for powersports vehicles and the first to be available with our advanced TPPL technology.”
Proprietary TPPL technology in ODYSSEY batteries uses pure lead plates that can be made thinner than those in conventional flooded lead acid batteries, so more plates fit into the same size footprint to provide greater surface area.
This enables more electrochemical reactions with the electrolyte to produce more power than conventional batteries of comparable size. The results include engine cranking pulses that are significantly higher than that of equally sized conventional lead acid batteries.
ODYSSEY batteries also feature Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) construction, which packs the plates tightly in absorbent fiberglass separators that hold the electrolyte and make the batteries virtually maintenance-free.
The rugged AGM construction and non-spillable design of ODYSSEY batteries also protect against high-impact shock and mechanical vibration to help provide longer service life. Backed by an industry-leading warranty, they come with the required Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) to fit the needs of each application.
For more information on EnerSys and its full line of products, systems, and support, visit www.enersys.com.
To follow the latest ODYSSEY battery news, visit our website at www.odysseybattery.com.
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WEEKLY LESSON FROM BIKERNET UNIVERSITY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT—
184: GREENHOUSE GAS…….Two words assembled together in such a way as to put it into your head via relentless repetition by infinite human parrots including suddenly-genius first-graders, that earth is a man-made greenhouse, not a 4-billion-year-old mammoth amalgam of the entire periodic table.
The earth is not a green house. Nor is it a Popsicle. The expression “greenhouse gas” has one function: to put the idea of rising earth temperature into your head and associate it with you using an air conditioner or hair spray because your personal conveniences are killing others less fortunate.
That’s right, it’s just more fucking Marxism. The expression “greenhouse gasses” has been selected solely for the bizarre imagery that the phrase conjures: that the earth is not a successfully-self-operating monster of life-out-of dirt, winding and wending its way through a galaxy of a billion stars and a trillion planets, no, it’s fucking a greenhouse: a big glass building with its already hot, wet, humid essence being further compromised by your car which is turning the earth into more of a place for lizards and spiders and plants that eat animals than it already is, and you are at fault because of your selfish need for “modern conveniences” while others die.
The expression “greenhouse gas” has also been selected via some random bureaucratic catastrophe-generator to be associated with the sudden newly-appearing mysterious version of meteorology called “climate science.” Meaning “the science you created and made necessary for us to investigate so that you don’t kill everybody.” Climate science. Greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gasses. Global warming.
Attribution science. Gray swan climate event, Hotter. And hotter. Wetter. Droughtier. It’s a fucking mess. Do you care??? No. You have electricity. So, YOU don’t care. (You’ll notice there is a worldwide sudden electricity problem in all the white countries.) You won’t stop stop using your air conditioner? We’ll shut off the power. You won’t stop driving your gas and diesel vehicles? We’ll outlaw oil. You’ll use our mandatory electricity vehicles. Which don’t work. We don’t care.
We need you dead before you realize you don’t actually need us. Eventually there will be something called “terrain science” that will explain why walking on the ground rather than just lying six feet beneath it is causing warts on the moon. Just like all the other things declared out of nowhere, claimed as fact and always suspiciously designed to handcuff human life, human happiness, human progress and discourage more cool stuff and to keep people glued to one spot.
Ya know, like Covid-19 successfully did.
–J.J. Solari
Senior Scientist
Bikernet University
ANOTHER QUOTE OF THE WEEK–Here is another quote from lyrics of a song.
“Takes more than combat gear to make a man… Takes more than a license for a gun… Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can… A gentleman will walk but never run” — Sting
(from the song ‘An Englishman in New York’)
–Wayfarer
And we will throw in special gifts with each order.
–Bandit
Glad to see Wimmer Coolers still around. I had two on the Little Red Rigid. They worked great and they’re actually hooked up correctly on mine!
Yes, they look cleaner the other way, but not how the manufacturer lists to use them. Take it from someone who traveled across Germany in the ‘70s, as post after post kept blowing up newly installed Cummins engines, even got a letter of Commendation somewhere. None of mine ever exploded, that was then. Man, I miss that bike!!
Then I came upon the Keiti throttle stop when I was doing 130 mile a day Willis shuffle! Worked sorta, but not the products fault. About the only thing I didn’t change on the previously used to carry golf clubs ‘07 Dyna were the Lowbrow Custom grips, which happen to be tapered at the ends. So, the Keiti would lose its grip.
Think I’m going to put regular old factory grips on the Dyna, so I can use it on my Willis runs. (I may have shared the stop before?)
Finally, this screwdriver, I got it for free many, many, many years ago.
–RFR
“That’s the Snap-On screwdriver I’ve been missing for a decade…” –Bandit
MORE FROM THE SEMA ACTION NETWORK— FTC Seeks Comments to Combat Fake Reviews and Other Deceptive Endorsements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks public comment on the potential harms stemming from deceptive or unfair review and endorsement practices used by businesses.
“Companies should know by now that fake reviews are illegal, but this scourge persists,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “We’re exploring whether a rule that would trigger stiff civil penalties for violators would make the market fairer for consumers and honest businesses.”
The FTC is asking for comments regarding the pervasiveness and potential harms to consumers and competition cause by fake reviews, paid reviews, fake review websites and similar practices.
If you are aware of competitors engaging in these practices that harm your business, contact Caroline Fletcher at carolinef@sema.org to be incorporated into SEMA’s comments.
–By Washington, D.C., Staff
SEMA
BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN—
A man goes to a marriage counselor, worried about his wife’s temper.
The counselor asks, “What’s the problem?
The man says, “I don’t know what to do. Every day my wife loses her temper for no reason. It scares me.”
The Counselor says, “I have a cure for that. When it seems, your wife is getting angry, take a double shot of Jack Daniel’s bourbon and swish it in your mouth. Swish and swish, but don’t swallow it until she either leaves the room or calms down.”
Two weeks later, he goes back to the counselor, looking fresh and reborn. He tells the counselor, “That was a brilliant idea. Every time my wife started to get angry, I swished the Jack Daniels and she would start to calm down. It was amazing! What is it about Jack Daniels that makes it work like that?”
The counselor said, “The Jack Daniel’s does nothing. Keeping your mouth shut is the trick.”
–El Waggs
Certified Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina Bad Joke Library
QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–
SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 24, 2022
Click Here to read Spirit of Thanksgiving News Article
Just got back from a visit to Maine. Burrrr. Hey regarding that CO2 pic. That would make a cool sticker.
–Rhys
S. Daytona, FL
“I will check it out.” –Bandit
This 61c.i. Knucklehead powerhouse sports a 4-speed transmission, bobbed fenders, and Flanders accessory risers and bars, flaunting its authentic period-modified look and feel.
On November 19th, we gave away the 2022 Raffle Bike, the 1937 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead. The winner was Ed Shequen of Motley, Minnesota! Second prize of ten thousand dollars went to Randy Cooper of Quinton, Alabama, and third prize of five thousand dollars went to Randy Farabee of Gilbert, Arizona. We want to thank everyone who supported Dale’s Wheels Through Time through our 2022 Annual Raffle! Your support is what fuels “The Museum That Runs!”
HOLIDAYS FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT—
Artist David Uhl is running another daily promotion, but we can’t keep up. Give Greg a call if you’re interested.
Hoping that everyone in the States had a great Thanksgiving holiday!
From the Holiday Steampunk series, we have three pieces for sale.
“Holiday Alchemist” (above)
** Image size 16 x 20, this framed piece is $900
“Holiday Prodigy”
** Image size 16 x 20, this framed piece is $900
“Holiday Saboteur”
** Image size 16 x 20, this framed piece is priced at $900.
Please email me or call me at 303-913-4840 with any questions, or to place your order. Thanks for your time!
Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
David Uhl Fine Art
303-913-4840
2013 Harley-Davidson FLTRXSE2 – CVO Road Glide Custom FOR ONLY $19,995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=13004442
2013 Roman gold Harley-Davidson SCREAMING EAGLE ROAD GLIDE FLTRXSE2 with only 24,865.00 miles!
This bike is a super clean fully custom CVO Road Glide and some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are:
* 110c.i. Screaming Eagle motor with a 6-Speed trans.
* 19 inch Black apes all Blacked out with hand guards
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There will eventually be a reckoning of the insane postulate that burning fuel changes the temperature of the planet.
Small minds create small myopic ideas, Those silly ideas catch-on with the millions of other small minds around the world.
Then we get complete rubbish being spouted by the masses and goaded on by the people who can make their gains from perpetuating those lies.
Such an idea is that Climate Change is caused by man-made influences.
IT’S NOT!
–Ray Russell
Senior Investigator
Bikernet Outpost
THE HERO HARLEY IS COMING—
First HeroMotoCorp and Harley-Davidson co-developed motorcycle likely to hit market in two years
India’s largest two-wheeler maker, which has leadership in the budget bike segment (100-110cc), is looking to drive in models to bring in volumes and enhance profitability in the 160cc and above space.
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
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SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 24, 2022
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Love the poem, “Oil of Love”
–Mutha
Long Beach, CA
Bringing together “motorcycling legends, enthusiasts and industry leaders from across the country,” AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inducted six new members for 2022 at its annual Induction Ceremony.
Members of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2022 include Kenny Coolbeth, Greg Hancock, Effie Hotchkiss, Sandy Kosman, Ben Spies and James Stewart.
“Every year, with the exception of 2020, it’s been our privilege to honor motorcycling’s most accomplished and significant people in a very special AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction celebration,” AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman said when addressing the audience.
“But it’s more than just a great banquet and ceremony to honor the incredible inductees who’ve contributed so much to our sport – it’s also a chance for us to come together in the interest of preserving motorcycle history for future generations.”
Those gathered also honored the memories of AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famers who have recently passed away: Wes Cooley, Ed Fisher, Bobby Hill, Loretta Lynn and Preston Petty.
Left to Right: Alec Dare (representing Ben Spies), Nadia DeSimone (daughter of Sandy Kosman), Craig Dove (great-grandson of Effie Hotchkiss), Greg Hancock, Kenny Coolbeth and James Stewart.
Kenny Coolbeth
Born in 1977, Coolbeth began his professional flat track career in 1994. He raced to his first AMA Grand National win at the Columbus Half-Mile in 2002. He won his first AMA Grand National Championship in 2006 while riding for the factory Harley-Davidson team and followed that up with two additional championships in 2007 and 2008.
Throughout his successful career, Coolbeth raced to 37 AMA Grand National wins, putting him sixth on the all-time win list, along with 108 AMA Grand National podiums.
Coolbeth retired from professional flat track racing at the end of the 2018 season while still competitive in the sport. He continues to give back to the sport and now works as a rider coach and setup tech for the Turner Honda Racing team – “I was just a kid who knew how to ride motorcycles. I never dreamed I’d be in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, it’s an amazing honor to be here.”
Greg Hancock
Born in 1970, Hancock began racing in Junior Speedway competition at age 9. At age 15, he won the Junior Speedway National Championship, his first of many titles. Soon he began competing across Europe, and in 1997 won the FIM World Speedway Championship.
Through the 1990s, Hancock also won the FIM World Pairs Championship and claimed three FIM World Team Cup Championships. He went on to win his second FIM World Speedway Championship in 2011, winning it again in 2014 and 2016.
Throughout his nearly four-decade career, Hancock became one of the most decorated motorcycle racers of all time, earning four FIM Speedway World Championships, three FIM World Team Cup titles, as well as eight AMA U.S. National Speedway Championships.
Effie Hotchkiss
Born in 1889, Effie Hotchkiss began riding at age 16. She began working on Wall Street in the banking industry but got tired of the job’s monotony. Using the inheritance her father left her, she purchased a 1915 Harley-Davidson 3-speed twin and a Rogers sidecar for her mother Avis and their luggage.
The two set off on their adventure on May 2, 1915, riding all the way to San Francisco, then started back towards their home in Brooklyn, N.Y., in late August. Hotchkiss became the first woman recorded to complete a transcontinental motorcycle ride, covering 9,000 miles over five months.
Hotchkiss quickly became a female icon for her endeavor and was celebrated in the very first issue of Harley-Davidson’s ‘The Enthusiast’ and countless newspapers across the country.
Effie Hotchkiss’ great-grandson attended the ceremony as her closest living relative and commented: “Thanks to the AMA for inducting my great-grandmother into the Hall of Fame. Today is the best day of my life.”
Sandy Kosman
Born in 1941, Sandy Kosman had both the mind and vision of a genius. As a self-trained designer of high-performance chassis and wheels for customized road, off-road and drag racing motorcycles, Kosman was a builder of champions as well as a highly successful entrepreneur.
In 1965, at age 24, Kosman started Kosman Specialties, building lightweight motorcycle gas tanks in his basement. The business thrived, and he moved into a building in San Francisco, expanding his products and services over time.
Through his 30-plus years in business, most drag racing bikes, many flat track bikes and a few AMA Superbike race teams adopted Kosman products, including American Honda, Vance & Hines, Performance Machine and others. Despite no formal training, Kosman and his company became a household name in racing and performance circles.
“It’s not been that long since we lost my father,” Kosman’s daughter Nadia DeSimone said, “but I know what being inducted into the Hall of Fame would have meant to him. Tonight feels like my last moment with him, and this means so much to my entire family.”
Ben Spies
Ben Spies, one of the greatest American road racers in the sport’s history, won five national titles and raced to 44 national wins during his career. Born in 1984, he came of age during the dominance of six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin, unseating the champ in his prime in 2006. In 2007, he defended the title in one of the tightest AMA Superbike Championship battles ever.
Spies’ AMA National Championships include the 2006, ’07 and ’08 AMA Superbike titles, the 2007 AMA Superstock title, and the 2003 AMA Formula Xtreme title.
In 2009, Spies joined the Yamaha Italia team in World Superbike competition. His rookie year proved exceptional, and he won the 2009 World Superbike title. Racing MotoGP full time in 2019, his performance earned him Rookie of the Year. He retired from professional racing in 2013.
James Stewart
Born in 1985, Stewart displayed potential early, winning his first national amateur championship at age 7. Before age 16, he claimed seven AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships.
Going pro in 2002, he won the AMA 125 MX title later that year while riding for Kawasaki, becoming the first black man to win a title in the sport. Stewart won the 2007 AMA Supercross Championship, claiming a second in 2009.
Incredibly, Stewart won all 24 motos of the 2008 Pro Motocross series – a perfect season – securing the 450 Class National Championship.
Stewart’s professional racing career ended in 2016 after tallying 50 AMA Supercross premier class wins and 48 AMA Pro Motocross national wins, cementing him as one of the greatest motocross racers of all time.
“I want to thank the AMA…this is such an honor,” Stewart said in an emotional acceptance speech. “I was never the cool kid, I wanted to ride motorcycles. But now, when you say my name, it’s Hall of Famer James Stewart. Out of all the things I accomplished in my career, this is the best part. This is like winning the ultimate championship. It’s amazing!”
HEADING INTO THE WINTER SEASON—A constant Sturgis Vintage rider said the other day, “I’m ready for Spring.”
He rides right up until the first snow. I remember a guy I wrote a story about who worked at the factory all his life and rode every day. When it snowed in Milwaukee, he bolted up a sidecar and kept going. I know a Hamster brother in California who surfs every first day of the year. We just keep going and doing what we love till the end.
I found out yesterday that Louie Falcigno passed away. I was just writing about him in my first report on my winter VL, XA, FL, S&S Knuckled build. He had a distinct style about his bikes and this bike would give him a nod I hope…
I’m working on an article about the last traditional Sportster built at the factory. It’s turning into an interesting piece. And as you know, Sportsters were always in a transformative process from the K-model to my first XLCH is ’69, when they first added electric starters. You name it, it changed with the times. Hang on for the story.
We are also working on another Tank article with photos from Markus Cuff. This time it will cover the paint aspects from style to paint materials, pearls, candies and metalflake. Hang on.
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I got frustrated with my shop. I bought shit I had stashed in unorganized boxes and milk crates. We tore into everything and sorted like mad. It’s better…
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Next on the Winter build project I need to have a discussion with the Paughco or the Black Bike Wheel team. I need all the ground clearance I can muster. Like handlebars, it seems easy until you discuss all the options available.
Atomic Bob blew me away with his illustration of the VL, XA, FL project.
Hang on for the next round of reports.
In the meantime have a terrific holiday season and think about riding free into all the sunsets forever…
–Bandit
HOLIDAY BLUES BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 8, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
Everyone gets the blues during the holidays. They can’t buy all the wonderful gifts they would like. They can’t visit all the folks they want to see. They wish they could attend all the festive events available, maybe even in faraway places.
On the other hand, every day is a celebration of life, joy, giving, chrome, metalflake, boobs, whiskey and open roads. Sure, you want to buy more shit for your pals, but fuck-it. You need bike parts and something engraved.
We did a piece on the last Evo Sportster to roll off the factory assembly line, Sportster history and what’s coming from Harley and Indian. The next major piece will cover the state of Chopper magazines in the USA. I want your impression of these rags and I will reach out to the leaders to see what their thoughts are on their titles. We will cover Cycle Source, the Hot Bike effort, Choppers Magazine, Easyriders, a magazine called Vahna that was forced to change their name, but kept rolling out of Denver.
We heard a rumor that paper pricing will double next year and we want to find out how that might impact the market. Hang on and send me your thoughts.
Let’s hit the news:
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
With this news, we have made the tough decision to reschedule the event, as we did back in 2018. The rescheduled date will be Sunday, February 12th, 2023. All GA tickets, bike show registrations, and vendor spaces will transfer to the new date.
The artists, bike builders, vendors, and sponsors work too hard all year to create great stuff for the show. We can’t put on the show in the rain and risk poor attendance for them. We wanted to give you as much notice as possible to adjust your plans. Please help us spread the word so as not to inconvenience anyone. Thank you for understanding, and we hope to see you in February.
–Tory
MIC GOVERNMENT REPORT— Supply Chain Does Not Go Off the Rails
Following a letter from some 400 organizations including the MIC, Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. House and Senate took swift action to pass legislation preventing a rail strike that would have further disrupted an already hobbled supply chain.
Biden signed the legislation last week preventing a strike and ensuring that manufacturing and distribution around the country can continue uninterrupted.
The EPA Proposes More PFAS Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to eliminate an exemption that allows some industries and federal facilities to avoid reporting PFAS chemical use in small concentrations.
“PFAS continue to pose an urgent threat to our country and communities deserve to know if they may be exposed because of the way these chemicals are being managed, recycled, or released,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “By removing this reporting loophole, we’re advancing the work set out in the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap and ensuring that companies report information for even small concentrations of PFAS.”
According to the EPA, the “proposal reflects the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to address the impacts of these forever chemicals, and advances EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to confront the human health and environmental risks of PFAS.”
Notifications of the proposal were sent to the MIC OE Technical Committee and the MIC PFAS Working Group. The MIC Government Relations Office is calling on affected powersports companies to submit their comments as soon as possible to MICGR@mic.org for inclusion in a collection of industry comments.
In powersports, PFAS chemicals can be found in or used to produce products such as riding gear, vehicle components resistant to heat, fuel, and chemicals, as well as semiconductors and chrome plating. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of synthetic chemicals used for decades in a wide range of consumer products.
–MIC
“This is another topic that needs scientific transparency. How many people have died or got cancer behind these products? Questions need to be studied and answered before we put more businesses in jeopardy including the magazine industry.
They need to be studied for two reasons. We need to stop them if they prove seriously harmful and we need to stop restrictions if they are not.”
–Bandit
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM MERRY MERRY–The Harley-Davidson Museum campus is lit for the holidays!
Get set for 12 Days of Holiday Fun, Mele Kalikimaka at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant and the H-D Museum’s first-ever bilingual exhibit this December!
MILWAUKEE, USA (Dec. 6, 2022) – Your presence is our present at the Harley-Davidson Museum this holiday season! Beginning this week, the H-D Museum campus has been made over into a winter wonderland. From unique photo ops among dazzling lights and sparkling bikes to visits from Saint Nick (be sure to make your reservation for Breakfast with Santa at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant, which has been made over to celebrate Executive Chef Sione Moonia’s Hawaiian heritage).
There are loads of gift ideas at the Harley-Davidson Shop and the Harley-Davidson Factory Shop, you’d be forgiven if you step onto the crossroads of 6th and Canal and think you’re at the North Pole. It’s all a part of the H-D Museum’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun (Dec. 7 – 18).
Plus, on Dec. 17, the H-D Museum, in partnership with author Isabel Quintero and illustrator Zeke Peña, will unveil its first-ever bilingual exhibit, “My Papi Has a Motorcycle” / “Mi Papi Tiene una Moto.” The beloved children’s book jumps off the page and into the Bridge Gallery to share stories of family bonds that grow stronger on the back of a bike.
Please take note of holiday and seasonal hours:
Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
Please also note that aside from private events hosted by 1903 Events, the H-D Museum campus will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in January and February of 2023.
No matter which day you visit, it’s going to be lit!
NEW FEULING BA AIR CLEANER— With years of experience designing improved cylinder heads, combustion chambers and intake manifolds, FEULING brings light to a new bolt-on air cleaner design for Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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The Feuling BA air cleaner lengthens the intake runners and increases air velocity, delivering added volume for balanced dynamic flow.
Impressive Horsepower and Torque gains on any engine and exceptional gains seen on engines running modified and/or ported cylinder heads along with intakes and larger throttle bodies. Developed and designed on the flow bench, dyno tested and track proven.
ANDREWS PRODUCTS ROCKS—As an industry leader for your motorsports needs since 1972– Celebrates 50 years
Chicago IL – December 1, 2022- For the last 50 years Andrews Products is known to bring innovative leadership to motorsports with their in-house engineering & manufacturing of parts for racecars and motorcycles worldwide.
In the early ‘70s what started out as a study in his kitchen John Andrews realized the need for transmission gears and went to work at it.
In 1972 John introduced his transmission gears to the motorcycle & racing industry and Andrews Products was born.
It all started with the 2.44 ratio 1st gear for the venerable Harley-Davidson 4-speed transmission. From there the team jumped into developing the close ratio 3-gear set, to make the aging 4-speed transmission a true close ratio smooth shifting box!
While looking at getting more performance out of his 96-cubic-inch Shovelhead John concluded that the current cam offerings were sorely lacking. So as a second act John dug into cam design and manufacturing.
Not only did he decide to make his own cam shafts, but he also developed and wrote his own cam design software. Making Andrews Products the first computerized cams in the market!
Andrews was the first company in the motorcycle industry to incorporate CNC Cam Grinder technology into our manufacturing process.
We continue the trend with additional leading-edge equipment every year. We continue to push the envelope with our leading-edge design, testing and manufacturing expertise.
We have a great long-term team here at Andrews, many of our team members have been with us for 20, 30 and some over 40 years.
We have complemented that with implementing the latest technology in robotics, so our team members can continue to bring the best quality, most innovative go-fast parts!
Over the last 20 plus years we used our technology and expertise to service the automotive side with our innovative gear technology with NASCAR track proven transmissions and Quick-Change gears.
Many of the Sprint Cars and Circle Track cars you see may have Andrews cams and gears in them. Today Andrew Products is recognized worldwide and throughout the motorsports community as the industry leader. Because of a young man’s quest for performance, his passion grew into an industry.
Andrew Products commemorates 50 years by celebrating with YOU.
A prize package will be given away and the winner will be announced on the air Dec 26* on Open Road Radio, see Andrews Products Facebook page for more info Open Road Radio celebrates 50 years of Andrew Products with a six-week documentary style interviews, facts and trivia on the weekly Open Road Radio Show airing LIVE every Monday night at 8 pm ct on these radio & streaming platforms:
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–LIGHT & EASY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 1, 2022
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/LIGHT__EASY_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_December_1_2022.aspx
Did we not in the past call ‘climate change’ the 4 seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall?
A.J.
Deland, FL
I’ll let J.J. Solari answer:
HUMAN-CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING.…..A Kabbalah-indoctrination process designed to convince idiots that they are gods.
It has nothing to do with meteorology or atmospheric science or trees or CO2 or cars or boats or batteries or light bulbs or the Amazon or anything else being tossed your way other than Kabbalists who have no actual jobs who are for some reason called “The Government” decreeing that we are mighty beings filled with powerful spiritual potential and weather-controlling superpowers who need to reclaim our rightful claim to godhood. Via obedience to perverse idiots on the public payroll.
–J.J. Solari
Professor Emeritus
Bikernet University
Pillar Peak, South Dakota
TANYA TUCKER STARS IN PARAMOUNT NETWORK’S “A NASHVILLE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS”
AIRING DEC. 12 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT WITH SIMULCAST ON CMT–
Tanya Tucker Stars in Her First Original Movie as the Two-time GRAMMY Winner Makes Her Acting Debut in a Lead Role on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount Network
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Entertainment icon Tanya Tucker stars in her first original movie, “A Nashville Country Christmas,” this holiday season as the two-time GRAMMY® winner makes her acting debut in a lead role on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount Network, as well as an additional encore presentation on Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on CMT.
The day after the premiere, “A Nashville Country Christmas” will be available on ParamountNetwork.com, the Paramount Network App, Paramount Network VOD and additional platforms, including Amazon, Vudu, etc.
Overwhelmed by her high-powered agent, a bombastic Hollywood director, and a totally tricked-out, off-base holiday spectacular, Tanya portrays a country music superstar (Josie Carson) as she bolts from her outrageous lifestyle, seeking a haven at her grandma’s Tennessee farm outside of Nashville. Rather than refuge, she finds romance when she reconnects with her handsome ex (Academy Award® winner Keith Carradine), returns to her musical roots, and an unexpected family when she discovers three clever kids who’ve outsmarted the foster care system are living at the family homestead at Christmas.
“It’s amazing that after 50 years in this business, I get to see my dreams become reality! And being part of ‘A Nashville Country Christmas’ is definitely one of them. I’ve always wanted to do more acting, and it was a gift from the good Lord when this role came along. I can’t wait for everyone to enjoy the movie this season,” Tanya shared.
Cast:
Tanya Tucker, Keith Carradine, Ana Ortiz, Olivia Sanabia
Production Companies:
MTV Entertainment Studios, Principle Productions, Off Camera Entertainment, Synthetic Cinema International
In 1969, the AMF corporation (American Machine and Foundry) originally took over production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Prior to the acquisition of Harley-Davidson, AMF was a manufacturing company of bowling equipment, tennis rackets, and other recreational items. AMF basically tossed the then-financially shaky Harley-Davidson a financial life preserver and maintained ownership of the motorcycle company for a dozen years.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON AMF YEARS?
During the ’70s, with the American economy in a recession, Japanese bikes like Yamaha and Honda were proving to be very popular with consumers. This created significant tension within the company, which led to the company coming back to its original owners in the 1980s.
In February 1981, a group of Harley-Davidson senior executives purchased Harley-Davidson from AMF. Driven by passion and a true belief in the brand, the executives were able to rescue the company from debt.
While AMF’s arrival did save Harley-Davidson from impending bankruptcy, the AMF years were arguably the most not-so-fond period in Harley-Davidson’s history. While there were, and still are plenty of fans of the AMF-era Harleys, there were also lots of Harley purists who weren’t too thrilled with the whole idea of a sporting goods manufacturer producing the classic American motorcycle.
–the Lowbrow Crew
“There’s a very cool book about this era called, “Well Made in America.” It’s a terrific book about business in general and Harley-Davidson history.”
Well Made in America by Peter C Reid
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0070518017/
–Bandit
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION–CBD Products (Cannabidiol) have now become popular for many people, but their use could cause some problems if you drive.
According to the Mayo Clinic, CBD can cause side effects, including drowsiness and fatigue, which could affect your driving. These products might also interact with other medications, such as blood thinners.
Also, possessing a CBD product while driving may not be legal in some states.
To help you understand the laws on CBD products, we first need to discuss what makes CBD legal and illegal. CBD comes from the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). At the same time, THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, is an unlawful compound derived from the same Cannabis sativa (hemp) plant and is illegal in many states. THC is the substance that primarily affects a person’s mental state.
The 2018 Farm Bill removed CBD from the Federal Controlled Substance Act as long as its use in any product does not exceed the 0.3% THC content level. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) no longer has any responsibility for enforcing the use and possession of CBD. That responsibility has now shifted to individual states, and those laws vary.
The Food and Drug Administration does not currently certify the levels of THC in CBC products, so there is no real oversight to ensure labels are accurate. The labeling of CBD products may even be misleading because the product might contain higher levels of THC than labeled. A University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy study released in March 2022 concluded that just 15 percent of CBD-infused oil, beverages, and other products were labeled correctly.
Before you buy any CBD product, check the label to see if it meets your state and/or the federal 0.3% THC limit. Here is a guide from Forbes Health highlighting the law in your state. Always be cautious about the company you buy your CBD product from since it appears it’s still the Wild West regarding how these products are regulated and labeled.
Thirty-seven states, the District of Columbia, and four of the five US territories allow the use of medical marijuana. Twenty-one states, the District of Columbia and Guam, have legalized marijuana for recreational use. But CBD products are a different category and, as mentioned above, not yet regulated. The amount of THC allowed in products in states that allow legal marijuana may be higher than the federal 0.3% THC limit.
This discrepancy creates the most confusion that people and states try to understand. Many motorists may think the CBD product they bought in their home state will be legal in every state. That is not likely the case.
It’s best not to carry any CBD product out of your home jurisdiction to another state. But bad things could happen even where you live since many police officers and departments may not understand current laws, or many motorists might not either.
What Could Happen during a Traffic Stop
I watched a reality cop show recently, and the police here in Texas stopped a 17-year-old girl for a traffic offense. While looking in her car’s open console (plain view doctrine), the officer saw a bottle of CBD oil. He looked at the label and found it contained over the legal limit of THC.
The officer arrested the teenager for possession of a controlled substance. The girl said her mother had purchased it for her. The officer told her it was illegal as it contained over 0.3% of THC allowed in Texas and at the federal level.
Unfortunately, the show did not highlight the outcome of the girl’s arrest.
Do not let this happen to you.
Final Thoughts
It is a crime to have any prescription medication (not just controlled substances) on your person, in your pocket, purse, or vehicle that is not in a properly labeled prescription bottle. Suppose you need to take prescription medications during the day when out and about or at work; use the original or an older prescription bottle to carry them. Police are not pharmacists, so you might get arrested and taken to the police station, where they can try to identify those loose pills in your pocket or purse.
Before using any CBD product, discuss with your doctor and pharmacist if there are potential drug interactions.
Also, if you use marijuana legally in your home state, remember it’s not legal in all states, even with a state-issued use card.
–By NMA Texas Member Ted Levitt
NEWS FROM THE TWO BRITISH-INDO MOTORCYCLE BRANDS— Enfield and BSA
Is Royal Enfield going Electric?
When you think of the name “Royal Enfield,” the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t electric bikes. Yet, since it’s nearly 2023, of course Enfield has a plan for electrification that it’s currently in the midst of undertaking.
For those already familiar with Royal Enfield’s design choices in the 2020s, though, the idea of “neo vintage/classic” styling may be the least surprising combination of words that you would probably expect to see.
They know what their fans like, they know who they are, and they’re not afraid to integrate those styling cues and choices into future designs—no matter how they’re powered.
Editor’s Note: Yes, Virginia, there used to be even a Diesel engine production model motorcycle by Royal Enfield; still seen on some roads in India.
https://blog.bikernet.com/is-royal-enfield-going-electric/
BSA Scrambler At 2022 Motorcycle Live Show
While the team didn’t offer a whole lot in the way of details, since it is only a concept, it’s meant to “offer a snapshot of what the future could look like,” as well as “showcase the customization capability of BSA’s Gold Star platform.”
This revived BSA brand’s new concept motorcycle reveal took place at the Motorcycle Live show, which is the U.K.’s biggest annual motorcycle event.
Last year at the same event they had unveiled the 2022 BSA Gold Star.
What a perfect place to present it !!! Once upon a time famously advertised as “World’s Largest Motor Cycle Manufacturer”
https://blog.bikernet.com/bsa-scrambler-at-2022-motorcycle-live-show/
Editor’s Note: Why the colonial supremacy reigns supreme in the hearts and minds of India’s motorcyclists is a study in anthropology, psychology, history, marketing, and maybe the circle of life….
–Wayfarer
Editor
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA CELEBRATE–Senate Unanimously Passes Collins, King Resolution Recognizing December 17, 2022, as “Wreaths Across America Day”
The movement to remember fallen U.S. troops originated in the State of Maine
Washington, D.C. – December 8 – The Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King designating Saturday, December 17, 2022, as “Wreaths Across America Day.” A convoy of volunteers will travel from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery to lay Maine-made balsam wreaths at the headstones of fallen American soldiers.
Over the past 31 years, Wreaths Across America has sent more than 14.4 million wreaths to various locations, including national cemeteries and veterans’ memorials in all 50 states and overseas.
“From Arlington National Cemetery that overlooks our nation’s capital, to Normandy American Cemetery above the beaches that Allied troops stormed on D-Day, the wreath laying ceremonies on December 17th are a powerful demonstration of respect and appreciation for our veterans,” said Senators Collins and King. “For more than thirty years, the fields of Maine-made wreaths have served as a solemn reminder of the sacrifices of America’s veterans.
The longevity of this event is a testament to the spirit of Maine people, our overwhelming gratitude to our nation’s servicemembers, and the extraordinary dedication of all those who have made the tribute possible. This resolution remembers and honors America’s veterans this holiday season, while also teaching younger generations of the sacrifices that have been made to secure our freedoms and to defend our liberty.”
The general public can register to participate in Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery.
Thousands of volunteers are expected to lay the wreaths at the graves of each American veteran. In addition to Arlington National Cemetery, volunteers will place wreaths at 3,100 locations nationwide.
NEWS FROM WIND AND SOLAR—
The Manhattan Contrarian Energy Storage Paper Has Arrived!
Today my long-awaited energy storage paper was officially published on the website of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. The paper is 22 pages long in the form in which they have published it plus another few pages for an Executive Summary and table of contents. They have given it the title “The Energy Storage Conundrum.”
Most of the points made in the paper have been made previously in one form or another. However, there is a good amount of additional detail in the paper that has never appeared here. I’ll provide one example of that today, and more of same in coming days.
The main point of the paper is that an electrical grid powered mostly by intermittent generators like wind and sun requires full backup from some source; and if that source is to be stored energy, the amounts of storage required are truly staggering. When you do the simple arithmetic to calculate the storage requirements and the likely costs, it becomes obvious that the entire project is completely impractical and unaffordable. The activists and politicians pushing us toward this new energy system of wind/solar/storage are either being intentionally deceptive or totally incompetent.
–Francis Menton
Read the whole tamale at: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/12/03/the-manhattan-contrarian-energy-storage-paper-has-arrived/
NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND–The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the enforcement deadline for REAL ID Act of 2005. Again.
On Monday, the DHS announced it would not begin enforcing REAL ID requirements until May 2025. After fifteen years of delays due to opposition in the states, the rules requiring a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license to board airlines and access federal facilities were supposed to go into effect in May 2023.
“DHS continues to work closely with U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories to meet REAL ID requirements,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas said in a press release. “This extension will give states needed time to ensure their residents can obtain a REAL ID-compliant license or identification card. DHS will also use this time to implement innovations to make the process more efficient and accessible. We will continue to ensure that the American public can travel safely.”
Practically speaking, it means that people with non-compliant driver’s licenses or ID cards will still be able to use them at airport TSA checkpoints for another two years. At least.
DHS said that the extension was necessary “to address the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability to obtain a REAL ID driver’s license or identification card.”
We’ve heard this song before – many times.
The DHS has delayed the full implementation of REAL ID multiple times since Congress passed the act in 2005 with an original implementation date of 2008.
The federal government has used the threat of turning states into virtual no-fly zones to compel the adoption of REAL ID. But even with badgering and threats, the feds have found it difficult to coerce states into compliance.
The act signed into law by President George W. Bush essentially mandates a national ID system and puts the onus of implementation on each state.
Things didn’t go smoothly after the passage of REAL ID. States rebelled for several reasons, including privacy concerns, along with the fact that Congress didn’t provide any funding for the mandates it expects states to implement. Many states simply chose not to act. New Hampshire, Missouri, Maine and others took things a step further, passing laws expressly prohibiting compliance with the national ID standards.
By any conceivable measure, the implementation of REAL ID has been an abject failure because of this widespread state resistance.
AVON TYRE ALERT—Avon is shutting down their UK operation, which is now owned by Cooper or Goodyear Tires. In the future, they will be manufactured in France, but there are some transitional issues and tires may not be shipped until the after March of 2023. Better order quick, if you will need Avon Tyres.
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BANDIT’S VL, XA, S&S FL PROJECT BIKE NEWS—
That’s really cool. Norton Commandos had a 19-inch front and rear and they handled awesome!
We don’t show ANY 21 suited for rear use. Dunlop and others actually offer a 130/60/21 tire for CVO models, but it is listed for front. I suppose you could use it on the rear.
Avon offers 19-inch specifically for rear use. I’ve seen people use front tires on rear before. Not sure if that means to reverse the direction or not.
Here’s a snapshot of the 130/60-21, I would think it needs a 3-inch wide rim.
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LATEST JOHN STEIN BOOK NOW AVAILABLE—John Stein and Denis Manning collaborated on an amazing book about Denis’s history within the land speed record arena.
Dennis owned the World Land Speed Record for motorcycles, and I believe took is away from the Easyriders team in 1996 at a speed over 340 mph.
This is a book of dreams produced by the man who created the magnificent book about the history of motorcycle drag racing.
For more info reach out to Denis at: bub7even@gmail.com
–Bandit
Stein also produced this history film about motorcycle drag racing history.
Climate change is “a quasi-religious movement predicated on an absurd ‘scientific’ narrative. The policies invoked on behalf of this movement have led to the US hobbling its energy system.” – “The Earth’s climate has, indeed, undergone major variations, but these offer no evidence of a causal role for CO2.”
“Unless we wake up to the absurdity of the motivating narrative, this is likely only to be the beginning of the disasters that will follow from the current irrational demonization of CO2.”
BIKER FEATURE OF THE WEEK—This is a classic Arlen Ness Sportster.
–Sam Burns
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Jeff, proof once again that GOD is good!!
Hey Bandit!! Are you taking care of my red Knuck??
–Dave “Easy” Tootell
Coos Bay, OR
“Of Course, it’s safe and sound and so is Jeff, fortunately.”
–Bandit
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS—Inconvenient Fact by Gregory Wrightstone
It’s a small book but the content spans a subject that only some expert / scientific guy can write well about.
Any general review can only be about ease of reading and simple way of explaining complex topic.
Have you read the much criticized Fiction novel by Harvard medical graduate and bestselling author Michael Crichton (sold his first book while in college).
The book is aptly Titled “STATE OF FEAR”
…..in which eco-terrorists plot mass murder to publicize the danger of global warming.
Despite being a work of fiction, the book contains many graphs and footnotes, two appendices, and a 20-page bibliography in support of Crichton’s beliefs about global warming.
Many climate scientists, science journalists, environmental groups, and science advocacy organizations dispute the presented views as being error-filled and distorted.
The novel had an initial print run of 1.5 million copies and reached the #1 bestseller position at Amazon and #2 on The New York Times Best Seller list for one week in January 2005.
AAPG 2006 Journalism Award : The novel received the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) 2006 Journalism Award.
AAPG Communications director Larry Nation told the New York Times, “It is fiction, but it has the absolute ring of truth.”
Wayfarer
Executive Director
Bikernet Book of the Week Club
Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the winter was going to be like.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.
But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the Environment Canada Weather Service and asked, ‘Is the coming winter going to be cold?’
‘It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,’ the meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.
A week later, he called the Environment Canada Weather Service again. ‘Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?’
‘Yes,’ the man at Weather Service again replied, ‘it’s going to be a very cold winter.’
The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later, the chief called the Environment Canada Weather Service again. ‘Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?’
‘Absolutely,’ the man replied. ‘It’s looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we’ve ever seen.’
‘How can you be so sure?’ the chief asked.
The weatherman replied, ‘The Indians are collecting a shitload of firewood !’
–John Reed
MALCO AUTOMOTIVE Launches EPIC Hydrosheet Ceramic Wash & Wax with Graphene Advanced Formula Washes Away Contaminants, Speeds the Drying Process, and Adds Short-Term Protection
Barberton, OH—Today, Malco Products, Inc. announced the introduction of EPIC Hydrosheet Ceramic Wash & Wax with Graphene to the Malco Automotive line of professional detailing products.
This high-performance car wash removes dirt, grime, and soil, while advanced drying agents reduce the vehicle’s surface tension and promote water sheeting during the rinse process, leaving a spot-free finish.
The addition of Silicone wax and SiO2 sealants enhanced with graphene improve finish durability and provide ceramic-like properties by creating a hydrophobic barrier on the vehicle’s surface.
“As part of our EPIC Paint Correction and Protection product portfolio, EPIC Hydrosheet Ceramic Wash & Wax with Graphene provides customers with the perfect wash product to maintain a ceramic-coated vehicle. Ceramic coating is the most advanced protective coating offered for the automotive aftermarket and produces the “wet” look many luxury car owners desire,” said Mike Goldstein, Malco Product Manager. “But to maintain that “wet” look, car owners need a wash product that enhances the hydrophobic properties of the coating. EPIC Hydrosheet is the answer.”
EPIC Hydrosheet plus Ceramic Wash & Wax with Graphene is part of the EPIC Ceramic Coating System which includes surface preparation products, EPIC Pro Ceramic Coating, and EPIC CR2 Hydro Protect spray. When used together, EPIC Hydrosheet plus EPIC CR2 will boost the life of the ceramic coating and ensure the car owner gets the longest possible life out of the ceramic coating.
EPIC Hydrosheet plus delivers up to 60 days of added SiO2 and graphene-enhanced hydrophobic protection on coated vehicles and up to 30 days of hydrophobic protection on uncoated vehicles. EPIC Hydrosheet plus Ceramic Wash & Wax with Graphene is available in 32 oz. and 1-gallon sizes.
To learn more, visit www.MalcoPro.com.
MARIETTA, Ga. – December 6, 2022 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, today announces the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) contributed more than $116,000 in grant awards for the third quarter of 2022. This latest funding cycle showcases Yamaha OAI’s mission to protect, improve, and expand access to public land for motorized and outdoor recreation through projects that build, protect, and restore access to more than 40,000 acres and 600 miles of trail for motorized recreation.
“Two of the groups funded this quarter, TreadLightly! and the Wenatchee Valley TREAD, will use OAI grants to rehabilitate OHV trails and riding areas that have been shut down following destructive wildfires. It is gratifying to deliver essential resources that restore access to public lands for OHV riders to once again enjoy,” said Steve Nessl, Yamaha’s Motorsports marketing manager. “We encourage those who manage or ride trail systems and riding areas affected by closures and damage due to storms, fires, or otherwise, to reach out to us for similar support – Yamaha’s OAI funding can make an immediate impact and even serve to match funds for larger state and federal grants.”
- BlueRibbon Coalition (Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges, UT)
- Grand Lake Trail Grooming, Inc. (Grand Lake, CO)
- The Great Outdoors Fund (Beasley Knob OHV Area, GA)
- LANDS Foundation (Imperial Sand Dunes Recreational Area, CA)
- Range Riders ATV Club (Len Hardy Memorial Trail, Itasca County, MN)
- Tread Lightly! (Cinder Hills OHV Area, AZ)
- Wenatchee Valley TREAD (Mad River Trail, Entiat, WA)
The application deadline for consideration in the final funding cycle for 2022 is December 15, 2022. Riding clubs, land stewardship associations, and public land managers are encouraged to work together with Yamaha dealers to identify projects and apply for support. Visit YamahaOAI.com for submission guidelines, the Yamaha OAI grant application form, answers to most popular questions about the program, and recaps of some typical projects for inspiration.
Updated guidelines, application form, information, and news about the Outdoor Access Initiative are available at YamahaOAI.com. For specific questions about the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative, call the dedicated hotline at 1-877-OHV-TRAIL (877-648-8724), email OHVAccess@Yamaha-Motor.com, or write to:
Hanson is an American pop band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano). Supporting members include Dimitrius Collins (guitar) and Andrew Perusi (bass), who have toured and performed live with the band since 2007.
Song: MMMBop
Pop band: Hanson
Album: Middle of Nowhere (1997)
Oh oh oh
Yeah
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all the pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they’re gone so fast
Oh yeah
And they’re gone so fast, yeah
Oh, so hold on the ones who really care
In the end they’ll be the only ones there
And when you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care?
Can you tell me who will still care?
Oh care
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, oh yeah
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du, yeah
Said oh yeah
In an mmmbop they’re gone
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It’s a secret no one knows
It’s a secret no one knows
Oh, no one knows
Can you tell me? Oh
No, you can’t ’cause you don’t know
Can you tell me?
You say you can but you don’t know
Can you tell me? Oh (which flower’s going to grow?)
No, you can’t ’cause you don’t know
Can you tell me? (If it’s going to be a daisy or a rose?)
You say you can but you don’t know
Can you tell me? Oh (which flower’s going to grow?)
No, you can’t ’cause you don’t know
Can you tell me?
You say you can but you don’t know
Oh oh
You say you can but you don’t know
You don’t know, you don’t know, oh
–Wayfarer
Editor in Chief
Bikernet Blog & Facebook Page
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THIS JUST IN FROM CHOPPERS MAGAZINE— Empress Rising – Jason’s Timebomb Kustoms CB750
There is a lot I could say about this bike build and a lot of amazing people were involved in bringing her to life. It was an odyssey that spanned over three years. When all this started, I knew I wanted a long, raked CB750. I picked up a frame and new rear wheel from Rawhide Cycles. The springer is an old S&W I snagged from a guy on Instagram.
Read the whole story at Choppers Mag.
WOMEN RIDERS ALERT–Will Bridget McCutchen become the Youngest Person to Ride Around the Globe on a Motorcycle?
Bridget comes from a riding family, and when she was considering her first bike, her brother made it really easy. “Get a Kawasaki Ninja. They’re not expensive and you can basically drop it off the side of a building and not do much damage to it.” So at 19 she listened to him and purchased a 2004 dark blue Ninja 250 for $1,400 […]
Check out the full story on the Twisted Road website.
TUCKER Inks Deal— to Become Exclusive US Distributor for Dainese Riding Gear
Fort Worth TX – December 7, 2022 – Tucker Powersports today announced a new, exclusive agreement to distribute the legendary Dainese motorcycle product line to its network of powersports dealers in the United States. The multi-year agreement includes leather and textile riding gear, boots, shoes and Dainese’s line of protective armor and airbag D-Air jackets and vests. Dainese products will be available through Tucker later this year.
Founded by Lino Dainese in Molvena, Italy in 1972, the Dainese company is a leader in the development of protective apparel for active sports. The current motorcycle product line includes D-Air airbag jackets and vests, a product made famous by MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Joan Mir, and includes numerous styles of leather and textile suits, jackets, pants and gloves, boots and shoes. The agreement also includes the distribution of Dainese’s TCX-branded road, off-road and urban footwear.
“We’re thrilled to add Dainese to our roster of great partner companies,” said Tucker President and CEO Marc McAllister. “Our dealer network will make Dainese products easily available to riders looking for high-quality riding and protective gear.”
Dainese Group CEO Cristiano Silei commented, “I’m excited about signing this agreement with Tucker Powersports, a new milestone in our journey of expansion and consolidation in North America. The US market has always played a crucial role for our Group and I’m sure that choosing a distributor with such a widespread, structured sales network will allow us to achieve increasingly ambitious goals.”
“The range of products that this partnership brings to Tucker is outstanding,” said Tucker’s Director of Business Development Jamie Kempinski. “Dainese’s reputation for quality and their eye for style has all of us excited about adding their full motorcycle product line to our portfolio.”
SPORTSTER OF THE WEEK— Sharp looking blue-ribbon chopper.
–Sam Burns
Sporty Editor
Bikernet.com™
“Hit us up for Xmas gifts quick. Books, leathers and Bedrolls.” –Bandit
AHDRA Increasing Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel Purse— AHDRA motorcycle drag racing series
The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series is proud to announce an increase in the guaranteed winner’s purse from $1600.00 to $2000.00 per event for the Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel class for the 2023 race season.
“Big thanks to Johnny Vickers, Hawaya Racing Products, and Pro Fuel champion Sam White for seeing that the racers in their class get the winnings they deserve,” said AHDRA’s Bill Rowe. “More will be announced in the near future.”
“The Pro Fuel class (originally called “B FUEL”) has been around since the beginning of Nitro Harley racing and is still well and alive today,” said Vickers. “I have run or participated in the Pro Fuel class, as well as the AHDRA (formally HDRA and even before that) for 40 years this 2023 racing season. In my opinion, Pro Fuel gives you the most bang for the buck from a riders standpoint. From a spectator standpoint it is noise, smoke, wheels-up and very competitive side-by-side drag racing—a true win/win situation.
“Hawaya Racing Products has been heavily involved in the Pro Fuel class and others for many years in the way of products, sponsorship, support, as well as the Nitro Bike School. We continue to help evolve the class to make it better, faster and safer, and I will continue to do that as long as I possibly can.”
Champion White says that, at 67 years old, he will definitely race as long as he possibly can and he wants to see that the competition alongside him continues to prosper at a time when Pro Fuel is seeing great growth.
“The racing series need to pay more money, and the sponsors need to step up to see that that happens,” said White. “I told Bill I want to help sponsor his program, but through Hawaya Racing. Johnny does so much to help me and everybody out here, and we both want to see this class continue to grow. That’s why we’re all combining resources to see that Pro Fuel racers get a raise in 2023.”
“We here at Hawaya Racing are looking forward to the 2023 season,” concluded Vickers.
The 2023 AHDRA season starts March 17-19 at fabulous North Florida Motorplex in Fountain, Florida.
The AHDRA website is at http://raceahdra.com/
For more information, email AHDRA’s Bill Rowe at bcrowe92891@gmail.com
AHDRA thanks Cox Double Eagle Harley-Davidson, Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson, Gainesville Harley-Davidson , MTC Engineering , Hawaya Racing, Pingel Enterprise, GMS Racing Engines, Zippers Performance, Horsepower Inc., Vanson Leathers , Universal Fleet & Tire, IHDRA, V-Twin Powersports, Daryl Coffin Motorsports, All-Harley World Shootout, Axtell Cylinders and Racers For Christ.
This report was prepared by Tim Hailey. Enjoy everything there is to read, see and watch about motorcycle drag racing and more at https://www.eatmyink.com ;
I have not read it, but I have read his stuff. I am itching to read it. Stay tuned.
–J.J. Solari
According to Insider Monkey, Honda is the biggest with a market capitalization of $50 Billion. This year they sold 19.3 million motorcycles globally.
“There you have it.” –Bandit
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* 1250cc Motor with 6-Speed trans.
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* Custom windshield,pegs,and adjustable levers
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* 1 Inch risers
* Heated corbin seat and stock seat and backrest
* Navigation
* New rear tire
* Center stand
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This bike is only $23,995.00
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QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY—
A guy calls his wife “Hon I’ll be late. I crushed two fingers in the winch at work.”
Wife says “The whole fingers??”
Husband says, “No, the index finger and the pinky.”
–J.J. Solari
Official Librarian
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TRIKE OF THE WEEK—
–Sam Burns
Trike Editor
Bikernet.com™
TEXAS WEATHER REPORT—
Took our first trip through the apartments, taillight lens fell off but I only had one screw in it. Discovered this though, may have to fast track the 3.5 tanks!
It’s a wonder I didn’t get blown up, as this was just one loose fuel issue!
And I finally understand the image size issue, on a computer they do open large. I have them as small as I know how to make them, without a computer. These are not resized, I’m just happy we went for a ride!
–RFR
Wolf Plumbing coming tomorrow to finish the shop sink.
The Redhead needs all the help she can get on the snowy Sturgis roads.
Just another shop porthole. We needed some ventilation in the head.
I ordered some Black Bike Wheels for the project bike. That’s how I found out about Avon Tyres and spent my Xmas budget on myself.
It’s whiskey time and Christmas parties this weekend and next.
Give as much cheer as possible and then ride…
–Bandit
CHILLY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 15th, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
Go ahead, call it Global Warming. The high yesterday was 14 degrees. “You could feel it,” I said and kept shoveling.
Let’s hit the news:
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THIS JUST IN FROM THE CHOPPERS MAGAZINE STAFF—
What do you get when you mix Texas weather, hundreds of vintage bikes and choppers, vendors, dirt track and dirt drag races, and hundreds of people from around the country and not to mention one of the best swaps around? You get an amazing party in a beautiful Hill Country setting right on the outskirts of Fredericksburg, Texas called The Texas Fandango.
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION ALERT– ALL BIKERS
ABATE of Wisconsin has been asking the State Department of Transportation to fully investigate all crashes involving not only Tesla’s, but all vehicles with Autonomous Technology built in, to learn the impact of this technology on Wisconsin roads. This is our chance to help the Motorcycle Riders Foundation in getting Congress members to request the same from NHTSA.
The survey only takes a minute to complete so PLEASE, complete it and forward it on to all your family and friends. Let’s get all eight Wisconsin Congress members to sign on to this very important letter.
You Have Until Thursday to Help Protect Bikers…
The Co-Chairman of the House Motorcycle Caucus, Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, is sending a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding self-driving cars and motorcycles. Crashes involving self-driving cars and motorcycles have made news over the last few months and Rep. Walberg and his colleagues on Capitol Hill are seeking answers.
In the letter to Ann Carlson, Acting Administrator of NHTSA, lawmakers are asking basic questions like, “Should motorcyclists take extra precautions when sharing the road with this new technology?”
Want to help?
Click here and ask your Representative to join Rep. Walbergand add their name to the letter to NHTSA.
The letter goes out Friday… ACT NOW!
TUCKER Hires Dallas Cowboys Executive to Fill VP of Marketing Role—
Fort Worth TX – December 13, 2022 – Tucker Powersports today announced the hiring of Lesley Madsen as the company’s Vice President of Marketing.
Madsen’s role at Tucker is focused on delivering impactful marketing programs for the company’s “owned-brands” as well as the products distributed by Tucker. Madsen left her role at Dallas Cowboys Merchandising to join Tucker earlier this month.
Tucker President and CEO Marc McAllister had earlier announced a restructure of the company’s Sales and Marketing functions and his plan to bring new leadership into the company.
“Lesley’s experience in marketing, brand building and distribution makes her a natural for this role at Tucker,” said McAllister. “She will bring her strategic and analytical approach to our marketing efforts and will help us provide better support for our brands and our dealers.”
“I grew up in a family that loved the outdoors,” said Madsen. “My family’s dedication to scouting gave us a true appreciation for outdoor adventure. This opportunity with Tucker gives me a chance to leverage my professional talent to support our dealers and customers who share the same passion.”
Madsen’s business background includes seven years with the merchandise arm of the Dallas Cowboys with responsibility for supporting retail and wholesale marketing and distribution for the Dallas Cowboys and 81Eighty organizations. Previous to the Cowboys, she held leadership roles in marketing, advertising, public relations advertising and digital communications with major brands in electronics and entertainment.
IT’S THE NASH HOLIDAY SPIRIT–Do cool stuff with friends!
We teamed up with our buddies over at Tobacco Motorwear Company to offer something special for Christmas. Shop their site and use promo code NASHTEE to get one of their cool t-shirts for free when you purchase $50 or more on the site.
Tobacco Motorwear Co. makes some of the coolest, high quality riding gear in the biz. They’ve never sacrificed style for safety or vice versa! Tobacco creates some of the most premium motorcycle gear in classic styles that look rad on and off your bike! Their gear is US made using Cone Mills and Japanese Selvedge denim and genuine Dupont Kevlar to keep you in one piece. Quality, style, and protection is the name of their game!
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Guns in Motor Vehicles–What Are Your Rights
On June 23, 2022 the US Supreme Court ruled in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen that New York’s law requiring citizens to show a “Special need” to obtain a gun carry permit/license violated the Second Amendment.
Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said,
“We know of no other Constitutional Right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need.”
How will this decision affect a motorist’s right to legally carry a gun when traveling within their state and from state to state?
Prior to this ruling, each state set its own laws. Now, each state will have to revise its carry laws to cover both residents and non-residents driving in their state with a legally owned gun. This change will create many discrepancies, arrests, court fights, and federal court cases that potentially could run for years, if not decades, before being clearly resolved.
The first volley fired in response to this Supreme Court ruling came on August 1, 2022, when New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring anyone who wants to get a carry permit to provide the State with access to all their social media accounts for the previous 3 years. The new laws went into effect in September and by November, legal challenges, and temporary injunctions, went to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The three-judge panel ruled to reinstate the enforcement of NY’s carry law amid the ongoing legal challenge.
For me, the new laws appear to violate an individual’s Fourth Amendment right to privacy and First Amendment right to free speech.
What’s the Carry Law in Various States?
Some states, like New York and California, will do everything they can (as they have been doing) to make owning a gun, and especially carrying/driving with a gun, by a resident or visitor, almost impossible. In Texas where I live, we already have a “Constitutional Carry” law that allows any adult that is legally allowed to own a gun to carry it–open or concealed—in a vehicle (with minor and reasonable limitations).
Currently 25 states have “Constitutional Carry.” They are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Remember each state has different age requirements and other possible restrictions.
Also, if you have a concealed carry permit and plan to travel out-of-state, check out this website, usconcealedcarry.com for more details on states that permit reciprocity (includes a map for easy access).
Advice for Carrying Firearms during an Interstate Road Trip
My advice to all motorists who would like to travel armed is to call the state’s Attorney General’s office in each state you intend to travel to for clarification on current carry laws in vehicles. I would not call the state police as they are often uninformed, misconstrue what the law actually is, or are not current with the latest state law updates, or court rulings.
You will likely be directed to a state website that has the latest updates of that state’s laws on the carrying of a weapon, both on your person and in your vehicle. I suggest that you make written notes of the date, name of whom you spoke to, and a detailed account of those conversations just in case you have an issue, and carry them with you.
I see great confusion and inconsistencies all across this country as states try to comply with this latest Supreme Court ruling while at the same time protecting the public’s right to carry a gun on their person and in a motor vehicle. It’s important to learn how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of gun ownership and transporting your personal firearms in vehicles. Drive safely.
A Final Thought
Another issue not addressed yet by any court is how states will handle legally owned guns in motorhomes, fifth-wheels, and conversion vans, which are considered a “home” or “castle” when used as a temporary residence versus a car, pickup truck, or SUV.
By Texas Member, Ted Levitt
–NMA
KICK-OFF QUOTE OF THE WEEK—
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
–Calvin Coolidge
EPOCH TIMES
HOT NEW M8 PRODUCT FROM FRED–Kodlin Fastback Risers
For Harley-Davidson M8 Softails
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BOOK REVIEW OF THE WEEK—Inconvenient Facts by Gregory Wrightsone, CO2 Coalition
I read it through and it should be on the reading list of all the greenies out there. In the words of Walter Cronkite ”That’s the way it is.” The greenies use untruths, half-truths and fear to promote their agenda.
An agenda that will send us into the pit of despair sooner than later if we don’t snap to.
Stating facts is lost with all the sensationalism and of course money being wasted on the promotion of an ill-conceived notion. Yes, solar has a place supporting equipment where wired power isn’t available or practical. But to power a city …no.
Everything I’ve read on Europe’s energy situation points to a self-inflicted kick in the balls.
I am certainly no expert but the direction we are heading is just a recipe for disaster.
Saw the video on the Bikernet blog which spells it out for even the densest person to see that we as a people are heading down the wrong road worldwide. The saying ya can’t fix stupid certainly applies to those who blindly follow the greenies.
–Rhys
Florida
HOLIDAY BRIGHT FROM NAMZ— These little colorful lights are BRIGHT!
They use COB LED technology with a conical lens for a brighter, wider array!
(pictures above) Having some really small LED lights at your fingertips is a big thing. How many times have you been in a jam, needed a small LED for whatever your project was lacking and couldn’t find what you were looking for?
Yep, been there, but I think the engineers at Letric found the fix. These versatile little LED’s pack a lot of light, are easy to install, come in (2) sizes and 5-color options! Sold in 6-packs, the Royal Flush LED’s are manufactured out of aluminum and come with a jam-nut for a universal mounting style, simply drill a hole, slide the light in place and tighten up the jam nut.
Available in polished aluminum, black, blue, gold and red anodized finishes. We off white/amber “switchback” front LED’s, red, red/amber and red/red rear LED’s, all with color match wire for a no-guessing installation. Next time you’re in a jam or you just want to stand out from the crowd, check out the Letric Royal Flush LED’s for your next project!
9/16? or 1″ Royal Flush™ G2 LED’s, sealed aluminum body with ultra-bright COB LED’s, sold in (6-PK) and works perfect with Badlands Sequential Modules!
Aluminum finish, Black, Blue, Gold or Red Anodized
Conical Lens
Ultra Bright COB LED’s
Easy to install
Technical Data:
Available in single-function RED
Available in dual-function RED
Available in dual-function RED/AMBER
Available in dual-function WHITE/AMBER Switchbacks
PIRELLI Announces 2023 #PirelliNation Road Race Rider Program—
Submit Your Application by February 28 for the Opportunity to Join Pirelli’s Road Racing Community
ATLANTA (December 15, 2022) – Pirelli Tire North America is pleased to announce the return of its #PirelliNation road race rider program for the 2023 racing season. As the official tire of the MOTUL FIM World Superbike Championship, Pirelli and its DIABLO™ Superbike lineup are the go-to tires for racers around the world, which includes three consecutive victories at the world-renowned Daytona 200.
Pirelli remains dedicated to the grassroots part of the sport, continuing with its motto, “we sell what we race, we race what we sell” and offering all riders the ability to purchase the same race compound tires found on the bikes of their favorite professional riders and World Champions like Alvaro Bautista, Jonathan Rea, and Toprak Razgatlioglu.
The road race community program ensures racers are the first to know about the latest Pirelli news, be notified of the newest Pirelli products, receive updates on national marketing opportunities, and be given access to technical advice and service at select races. Pirelli’s team will also identify and select several candidates who can purchase race compound tires at preferred pricing and be outfitted with Pirelli team-branded gear. Residents of the United States are eligible for the program.
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Racers accepted to the program will be awarded with several brand benefits in 2023.
“It was a great introductory season for the #PirelliNation road race rider program, which saw our brand achieve tons of success,” said Oscar Solis, road race manager, Pirelli. “The Pirelli DIABLO Superbike range, and all race compound tires, are developed alongside our professional riders in the World and National Championships before eventually making their way into the hands of local racers and everyday consumers. This strategy allows Pirelli to continuously work on the development to ensure the latest technology is incorporated into the same tires available at local dealers. This road racing community program has allowed us to strengthen our relationship with racers across the nation and provide them with the education and knowledge necessary to choose the best tire for them to reach success.”
Pirelli’s high-performance DIABLO Superbike lineup offers several different compounds including, SC1, SC2, and SC3 on the front and SCX, SC0, SC1, SC2, and SC3 on the rear. View the complete range of DIABLO Superbike tires on the Pirelli website.
Visit Website to submit your application for the 2023 #PirelliNation program. All applications must be submitted by February 28, 2023.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO KICK OFF 120TH CELEBRATION YEAR ON JANUARY 18
H-D.com to Host New 2023 Motorcycles and Harley-Davidson® Homecoming™ Details
MILWAUKEE (December 15, 2022) – On January 18, 2023, Harley-Davidson will reveal both its 2023 motorcycle line-up and details of the first annual Harley-Davidson® Homecoming™, a celebration 120 years in the making. All the news will stream live at 10 a.m. CST at Harley-Davidson.com.
“2023 marks the 120th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson during which we’ll honor our rich heritage, celebrate with our fans and riding community, and reveal our newest motorcycles and product offerings,” said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, President and CEO of Harley-Davidson. “Please join us as we kick off our 120th Anniversary with exciting new model introductions and a peek at what we have in store for the landmark year ahead.”
The first wave of new 2023 Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Genuine Harley-Davidson Accessories and Harley-Davidson MotorClothes gear and apparel will be revealed on January 18 and will be available at authorized Harley-Davidson dealerships afterwards.
The 2023 Harley-Davidson® Homecoming™ event will fill four days with music, food, and moto-culture at multiple venues throughout the Milwaukee area on July 13-16, 2023. Details on entertainment, scheduled events, venues, ticket packages, and lodging will appear at H-D.com on Jan. 18, where visitors can also sign up for ongoing Homecoming updates. Everyone is welcome and invited from riders, co-riders, to fans, and families.
“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“Keep smiling….until you get enough followers on Instagram” ~ Wayfarer
“It’s a full-time job to make humans out of animals.” ~ Wayfarer
Wayfarer
Fitness Coach, Manual Laborer Department
Bikernet University
Here is one from the 80s, give it a whirl. Think of a motorcycle it reminds you of and tell us about it in the Comments below. Now go get started. Kick it !!!
Song: “Start Me Up”
Rock Group: The Rolling Stones
Album: Tattoo You (1981)
Songwriters: Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
I’ve been running hot
You got me wrecking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up, I’ll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up
If you start me up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can’t compete
With the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
Don’t make a grown man cry
Don’t make a grown man cry
Don’t make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips won’t wait
My hands are greasy, she’s a mean, mean machine
Start it up
Start me up
Give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, whoo
Oh baby, just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind at double speed
I’ll take you places that you’ve never, never seen
Start it up
Let me tell you we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Start me up
Never stop, never stop
You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come
You, you make a dead man come
— Wayfarer
Official Kickboxing Referee
Bikernet Dojo for the Mojo
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REJECT NET ZERO— Embrace Energy Freedom
“Net zero by 2050” policies would be apocalyptically destructive if fully implemented. They should be totally rejected in favor of energy freedom policies.
“Net zero by 2050” policies would be apocalyptically destructive if fully implemented and have already been catastrophically destructive when barely implemented.
They should be totally rejected in favor of energy freedom policies.
What are “net zero by 2050 policies”?
Government (coercive) actions whose primary and binding goal is the net-elimination of CO2 (and other greenhouse gas) emissions, whose number one source is fossil fuel use, by 2050.
In practice “net zero” means: rapidly eliminate most fossil fuel use.
“Net zero by 2050” policies include:
- Escalating restrictions or bans of fossil fuel development
- Escalating restrictions or bans of fossil fuel use
- Mandates of alternatives
- Subsidies for alternatives
- (Often) hostility to development
- (Often) hostility to nuclear
Government actions to protect the ability of producers to produce all forms of energy and consumers to use all forms of energy, so long as they don’t engage in reasonably preventable pollution or endangerment of others.
Energy freedom policies include:
- Protecting the freedom to develop fossil fuels and other forms of energy. E.g., deep geothermal development.
- Protecting the freedom to use fossil fuels and all other forms of energy. E.g., “decriminalizing nuclear.”
- “Net zero by 2050” is currently the number one cultural and political goal in the world
- Committed to by most world governments
- Supported by leading corporations and financial institutions
- Privately committed to by leading corporations and financial institutions
1. Fossil fuels’ overall benefits
2. Fossil fuels’ “climate mastery” benefits (which can neutralize negative side-effects)
3. The climate side-effects of fossil fuels with evenhandedness and precision
I believe any honest and informed attempt to carefully weigh the benefits and side-effects of continuing fossil fuel use will conclude that “net zero by 2050” is apocalyptically destructive and that we need the “energy freedom” to use a lot of fossil fuels and rapidly develop alternatives.
A note on “net zero by 2050” policies.
Unlike other proposed policies one might criticize, these are not untested, let alone promising policies.
They are tested-and-failed policies that are harming billions of lives right now. Even though they are only at 1% implementation!¹
To show you how destructive “net zero” is and how good “energy freedom” is I will carefully summarize the evidence regarding fossil fuels’ 1) benefits, 2) climate mastery benefits, and 3) climate side-effects, and based on each factor show what net zero vs. energy freedom would do in practice.
The benefits of continuing fossil fuel use — 3 essential facts
1. Cost-effective energy is essential to an abundant and safe world
2. Cost-effective energy is desperately needed by billions more people
3. Fossil fuels are uniquely able to provide cost-effective energy
–ALEX EPSTEIN
Center for Industrial Progress
BIKERNET BIKE FEATURE OF THE WEEK—from Frontier Customs.
–Sam Burns
Feature Biker Editor
Bikernet.com™
NEWS FROM LAW TIGERS–Law Tigers and Dennis Kirk are proud to announce our sponsorship of an all new motorcycle webseries – Barnyard Bike!
You Won’t Believe What We Found in a BARN!
About Barnyard Bike
When Lyonel found a forgotten vintage Harley-Davidson Softail in his grandfather’s old dairy barn, he knew had to get her back on the road. Barnyard Bike documents his journey to breathe new life into this classic machine with some advice and guidance from some of the greatest builders, painters and customizers in the motorcycle industry – Xavier Muriel, Billy Lane, Bert Baker, Rick Bray and so many more!
NEWS FROM THE MIC–What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Powersports
The midterm elections will affect you, your company, and all of powersports, in the year ahead and beyond. But what should you expect in 2023?
The Republicans have taken the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats have increased their hold on the U.S. Senate.
Across the states there are new governors and new legislatures.
Looming are new regulations and reporting requirements for the PFAS chemicals used in many of the products we make and sell every day.
Tariffs on Chinese imports still threaten to raise prices and drop sales on parts, accessories, and apparel.
Right-to-repair bills could create huge service and warranty problems, and even lead to damage for brand reputations.
Members of the Biden cabinet will still have a tremendous impact on what happens with our nation’s highways and with public land access.
Politics matters to the bottom line for each and every company in the powersports industry. These issues matter to riders and drivers everywhere. So you will want to know what’s going on in Washington, D.C., and in states from coast to coast.
Scott Schloegel, the MIC senior vice president at the Government Relations Office just outside Washington, will be online and will summarize it all for you in one well-packed presentation that should not be missed.
–MIC
XMAS SHOPPING AT 5-BALL—If you need the best Women’s Leather Jacket on the market 5-Ball is here for you. If you need a cool leather vest and a reasonable price, we will take care of you.
If you need stocking stuffers K.Randall Ball books will do the trick and we even have real Bikernet bandanas and bedrolls for the traveling biker.
–Bandit
HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BUCKLE GUY-–
Why Buy Gifts When You Can Make Them?
Small goods that fit in a pocket or bag, such as card wallets, key fobs, and flasks, make great gifts and are easy to make a lot of. Templates and patterns allow you to make these things quickly and consistently, and then personalize them as you like.
To help, here are some ideas of simple DIY gift projects you can put your own finishing touches on while you still have time.
Show us what you make on social media using #buckleguy – but wait until after you give the gifts ??
Thank you!
–The Buckleguy Team
JON STEWART STEPPING UP FOR THE VA–The PACT Act and Your VA benefits
Comedian and television host Jon Stewart is asking Veterans to learn more about the care and benefits they could receive because of new legislation called the PACT Act. You can take advantage of this new expansion of benefits right now by getting screened for toxic exposure at your local VA. Learn more from the resources below or at va.gov/PACT or call 1-800-MY-VA-411.
FROM THIS WEEK ON BIKERNET BLOG
Honda Reveals First Look of Electric Motorcycle
https://blog.bikernet.com/honda-reveals-first-look-of-electric-motorcycle/
Honda EV Motorcycle Comes Out…. Revealed On Rose Parade Float
It’s been a couple of months since Honda outlined its electric motorcycle plans, which included a mix of mopeds, scooters and three large-sized “Fun EVs” destined for North America by 2024 and 2025.
The 2022 GPS 180 — Insane 3 Hour Mini Bike Enduro Race is a Nonstop CRASH AND BURN!!
https://blog.bikernet.com/a-minibike-enduro-race-completely-out-of-its-mind/
Three hours of mini bike racing on a grueling 3.5 mile rocky race track. Bikes hold up astoundingly well considering the terrain, but the competition is fierce! Some built an awesome full suspension racing mini bike, and racers do their absolute best on this mini bike race trail.
Only about half the bikes that started this race made it to the finish line.
— Wayfarer
THOUGHTFUL QUOTES OF THE WEEK—
“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.”
“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” ~ Frank Ocean
“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” ~ George Lorimer
If you believe it’ll work out, you’ll “see opportunities. If you don’t believe it’ll work out, you’ll see obstacles.” ~ Wayne Dyer
“Invest in your dreams.”
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
¬ Wayfarer
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–Bandit
MORE POWER, SAME BIKE— 883 to 1200. 1200 to 1250.
Adding more grunt to your Harley Sportster 883 has never been easier thanks to the wide array of displacement upgrades by S&S. Without even taking the motor out of the frame you could add so much horsepower it will feel like a different bike altogether…
–Throttle Addiction
LATEST CO2 COALITION ACTION–Are Carbon Taxes a Good Idea? Happer and Everett versus Hartley
The Global Warming Policy Foundation recently published a paper which argued in favor of carbon taxes as the economically optimal way to address global warming. CO2 Coalition Chairman Dr. Will Happer and Director Dr. Bruce Everett take exception to this analysis. Why carbon taxes are a bad idea. The authors conclude that CO2 has:
• no impact on human and animal health,
• a substantial positive impact on plant growth and crop yields,
• positive impacts from the modest warming observed so far, and
• no empirical support for net damages, which remain a prediction, not an observation.
It’s difficult to extract from this analysis any basis for supporting a Pigouvian tax on CO2. The United States currently emits roughly 5 billion metric tons of CO2 per year, mainly from fossil-fuel use. Despite the best hopes of climate activists, renewable energy is too costly and performance-limited to replace the fossil fuel economy.
Read the whole tamale on the CO2 Coalition Website.
TRIUMPH GOING TO RACE—
Triumph Motorcycles will enter the SuperMotocross World Championship at the start of the 2024 season… and they say they are playing for keeps. With the input from the greatest Supercross & Motocross racer of all time, Global Off-Road Brand Ambassador Ricky Carmichael, Triumph has assembled a veteran team of managers with championship winning experience to lead the all-new United States-based Triumph factory race team.
The US motocross program, operating under the all-new global Triumph Racing banner, will be led by Team Principal Bobby Hewitt and Team Manager Stephen ‘Scuba’ Westfall. The team will be located at a dedicated new state-of-the-art private race facility in the US.
“Following close on the heels of our recent announcement to enter the FIM Motocross World Championship in 2024, today’s launch of Triumph’s partnership with the incredibly talented team of Bobby and Scuba in the all-new Monster Energy AMA SuperMotocross World Championship continues our journey to the top tier of off-road competition and racing,” says Triumph CEO Nick Bloor. “I have no doubt, knowing the experience and capability shared between our dedicated in-house design and engineering teams, and Bobby’s hand selected team of racing experts, that this partnership will make an indelible mark on the history of this incredible sport and Triumph’s illustrious brand.”
–DealerNews
GUN NUT REPORT— The Swiss Mini Gun holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest functioning revolver in the world. It measures 5.5 cm long, 3.5 cm tall and 1 cm wide, weighing only 19.8g. While its reduced size may be unusual, this tiny firearm has all the same features as a normal-sized double-action revolver.
–Bob Clark
Extreme Marketing
HARLEY-DAVIDSON & BIKER BELLES
THE MORNING RIDE – DAYTONA
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Starting and ending at Harley-Davidson HQ
at Daytona International Speedway
Join The Morning Ride – Daytona with Ride Captain Maggie Hicks through the beautiful Daytona backroads.
Following the ride, friends and leading industry women will gather to share experiences and a women’s ride-in bike ?show presented by Renegade Babes.
SHERIFF REPORTS FROM THE 405 IN LOS ANGELES—
Strange 12 days. The canceled the Chopperfest in Ventura, bummer.
Only positive this video made30k views in a week
Met Brobeck briefly at my hotel
3 shirts two hats mags I am cheap
“ty_scode” antique collector socal
https://youtu.be/1i37GznPyjE
If I do not win the lottery No more US trips– too expensive and People have changed.
–Chris
SHERIFFMEDIAGROUP SWEDEN
SEMA Praises New Federal Council Promoting Outdoor Recreation—
The Biden Administration announced that it has revived the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR) that was created in 2011 and disbanded in 2017.
FICOR will provide a forum for federal government agencies to coordinate recreation management, improve access, and provide a better recreation experience on federally managed lands and waters.
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), of which SEMA is a member, has been working to restore the Council and increase collaboration between federal agencies to address recreation management issues such as increased demand.
–SEMA
HAGERTY’S 11 HOTTEST COLLECTOR PICKS INCLUDES A KNUCKLEHEAD—
Welcome back to the Hagerty Bull Market List, our annual deep dive into the collector cars (and bikes) climbing the value ranks. This year, 2023, marks the sixth installment of our expert insights. Click to read past Bull Market Lists from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
As always, the hard part was paring down the initial list, as so many models have experienced upticks in value over the past couple of years. This year’s list contains some of last year’s leftovers, including the Toyota pickup and Harley Knucklehead, which didn’t make the cut in 2022, either because we couldn’t find a suitable example or because not enough pizza was thrown by their supporters during the intense “discussions” over the final 10.
The lesson, as always, is that if you want it, don’t wait.
1936–47 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
Harley-Davidson Knucklehead front three-quarter action
Among the many American motorcycle manufacturers that existed before World War II, Harley-Davidson emerged a victorious survivor. It was with its first production overhead-valve motorcycle, the 1936 E/ES/EL (later known as the Knucklehead due to the shape of the valve rocker covers) that Harley sealed that victory.
With that series, the company set out to fix the problems and the dirty image of previous motorcycles, such as the side-valve models with their total-loss oil systems that dumped the black stuff on the roadway. Harley turned to overhead valves and 61 cubic inches to create a cross-country touring machine.
The Knucklehead was available in three versions from 1936 to ’38: The E, with 37 horsepower; the ES, for sidecar use; and the EL—the “hot” version—with 40 horsepower due to higher compression. When buyers saw more horsepower, they paid for it, and in 1938, Harley dropped the E model from the lineup. That makes an E Knucklehead one of the rarest and most desirable models today.
The war ended civilian production for a time, and the last of the Knuckles was produced in 1947, before the new bike, later referred to as the Panhead (the valve covers looked like pie pans) was introduced in 1948.
Throw a leg over this low and long cruiser and understand what freedom and rebellion meant when your grandfather was in knee pants. Once you get it kick-started—that can be a workout when the bike is cold or, indeed, hot—the engine does the classic potato-potato while your bottom settles into the single seat like it’s a leather diaper.
1938 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
Highs: A solid and stolid hunk of genuine Americana; quicker than just about any car you could have from 1938; consistent youth appeal means the long-term investment prospects look bright.
Lows: No push-button start; can be as cantankerous as any 80-year-old; unfamiliar controls from before everything was standardized.
Price Range: #1 – $143,000 #2 – $101,000 #3 – $68,800 #4 – $46,600
Read the whole Tamale on the Hagerty web site.
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THIS JUST IN FROM THE DIME BAG EMPIRE—
I’m very thankful and aware of the cool designs sent to my radar that its rad even when in chopper mode, Thankful.
This one chopper seat is for Lynn and Jack Deagazio at Tymeless Customs.
–Adam
President and Founder
Dime Bag Leather Empire
FREEDOM RULES QUOTE OF THE WEEK—
Geologist Dr. Ian Plimer on climate change: ‘We are dealing with a fraud. It’s a scientific fraud from day one’
There you have it! Merry Xmas.
–Bandit
NEWS FROM WOMEN RIDER–Riding into History Names Mary McGee Grand Marshal for 2023
Riding into History, the annual vintage motorcycle show held in St. Augustine, Florida, has named Mary McGee the Grand Marshal for the 2023 event with the theme “Get Your Heart Racing – Competition Motorcycles.”
McGee is no stranger to competition herself, having raced her way through the ’60s and ’70s and into the AMA Hall of Fame, the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, and the Trailblazer’s Hall of Fame.
Read the whole tamale on WomenRider.com
NEW FROM THE TWISTED ROAD—
A study of their favorite 25 motorcycle and travel related books. This is number For Moto Memoir Fans (True Stories, Told Well)
18. Rebuilding the Indian: A Memoir
By Fred Haefele
On the face of it, this is a story of a rider reconstructing a classic motorcycle, but it’s also about the midlife changes of the modern man. He’s finally growing up—while living out his boyhood dream.
For more go to twistedroad.com
BIKERNET ARTIST OF THE WEEK—Check out the art from Asil Rueda.
–Sam Burns
Official Art Curator
Bikernet.com™
THE OIL FILES OPENED TO LOS ANGELES—
The powers in Los Angeles decided to put a moratorium on any oil production activities in Los Angeles. They can’t drill and can’t even service existing wells, which is dangerous. My Sportster riding, canyon-carving, welder friend is out of work and struggling.
We started to discuss CO2 and he mentioned that strips along the Long Beach freeway were made available to growers of all sorts years ago. The flowers, vegetables and succulents planted along the freeway flourished because of access to additional CO2.
If you need a certified welder in the LA/Long Beach, CA area, give Toby a call. 424-215-9525
THE OLD BIKE HUNT—Got a call the other day from that wild Sportster rider in Los Angeles. He ran across this. He called it a 1936 Harley. I spoke to the owner who was given this bike when he was 15 years old. He thought it was cool, but he wasn’t really a biker so he got it running, rode it to High School once and parked it for 40 years.
Then a friend came along who was more into bikes and suggested they go through it. They tore it down to the frame, had Doctor John straighten it, and they went through the driveline and put it back together. Now he wants to sell it.
I took a look and asked my resident expert, Cabana Dan to check it out. He immediately noticed the wrong wiring and there was something going on with the neck of the frame. Someone filled it in.
Dan ran across a similar parts bike and this is what he built. This would be perfect for Billy’s board track racing in Sturgis and Daytona.
Dan also has this 45 project for sale with the engine rebuild by Carl Pusser.
Let’s see what we come up with …
–Bandit
THE HOLIDAY BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN–IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT
We received about 2 inches of snow yesterday and
8:00 am: I made a snowman.
8:10-A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman.
8:15 – So, I made a snow woman.
8:17 – My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman’s voluptuous chest saying it objectified women everywhere.
8:20 – The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snowmen instead.
8:22 – The transgender man.. women…person asked why I didn’t just make one snow person with detachable parts.
8:25 – The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and are not used to decorate snow figures.
8:28 – I was being called a racist because the snow couple is white.
8:30 – I used food coloring to make one of the snow couple a different color and be more racially inclusive.
8:37 – Then accused of using a black face on the snow-person.
8:39 – The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be completely covered.
8:40 – The police arrived saying someone had been offended.
8:42 – The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role.
8:43 – The ‘council on equality’ officer arrived and threatened me with eviction.
8:45 – The TV news crew from MSNBC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied “Snowballs” and am now a sexist.
9:00 – I was on the news as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe, and sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather.
9:10 – I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services.
9:29 – Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding that I be arrested.
9:45 – The boss called and fired me because of the negative association with work that had been all over social media.
10:00 – I cry into my drink because all I wanted to do was build a snowman…
Moral: There ain’t no moral to this story. It is what this world has become because of a bunch of snowflakes.
–Fred Cuba
Official Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina
HOLIDAY DEALS FROM INDIAN LARRY—
The holidays are here, Indian Larry Style! Save up to 30% off select items. now through 12.21.
–Joe
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–
2014 Harley-Davidson FXSB – Softail Breakout FOR $17,995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=12791550
2014 Black Harley-Davidson BREAK OUT FXSB with only 11039.00 miles!
This bike is a super clean low mileage Break Out and some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are
* 103c.i.Motor with a 6-Speed trans.
* Vance & Hines short shot exhaust
* Black wheels with machined lips 18 inch rear and 21 inch front
* Black meathook apes
* Screaming Eagle big sucker air intake
* Front color matched spoiler
* LED Head lamp
* Black knuckle foot pegs
* Forward controls
This bike is only $17,995.00
Plus license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees. This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection.This motorcycle has not been refurbished and does not come with any warranty expressed or implied! EXTENDED WARRANTIES are available!
Fill out an online application today. We have EZ FINANCING
Lifestyle Cycles is located at 1510 State College Blvd, Anaheim CA 92806. Open 7 days a week.
NOT LOCAL? WE HAVE SHIPPING AVAILABLE! Call today (714) 490-0155.
We carry Street Glides, Road Glides, Road Kings, Ultras, Sportsters, Softails, Dynas, and much more!
We are California’s pre-owned Harley Mega-Store with over 200 Pre-Owned Harley-Davidsons in stock!
LATEST FROM THE LOWBROW CREW–Lowbrow Engine Stands for Harley, Triumph, Honda & Yamaha.
We have been making engine stands for many years.
Simple, durable, and heavy-duty.
Perfect for cradling your engine while you work on it or dial in your chassis.
A tool that will last beyond your lifetime.
Made in the USA
CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM THE PRISM GANG— December 25 is just around the corner. That thought can be stressful for those of you trying to buy a gift for the motorcycle lover in your life. Or, maybe you’re hoping to treat yourself to a stocking stuffer or two this year.
Either way, we have you covered.
Save 15% and order today and tomorrow to get your parts by Christmas.
Just use the code HOHOHO – valid for 15% off today and tomorrow only!
Sale valid December 15 and 16.
A FINAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK—
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
–J.R.R. TOLKIEN
MORE NEWS FROM THE LAW TIGERS CREW— How to Get a Motorcycle History Report Free
You’re considering buying a used motorcycle, but you want to make sure everything is above board. Whether you’re buying from a private party or a dealer, you should still get a motorcycle history report to verify that the bike is not stolen, there’s not a lien you should know about, and everything is being represented accurately.
Instead of paying for a report, which can get expensive if you’re looking at multiple bikes, why not get one for free? It’s faster and easier to do than you might have thought possible! In this article, we’ll show you how.
Motorcycle history report
What Is in a Motorcycle History Report?
One of the most compelling reasons to review a motorcycle history report before you finalize a purchase is to confirm the bike has a clean title. The last thing you want is to end up with a stolen motorcycle, one that has a lien attached to it, or one that has significant undisclosed damage.
There are different sections to the reports, and you’ll typically find the following information:
– Ownership history
– Liens and loans
– Last odometer reading
– Market value
– Vehicle specifications (including but not limited to fuel efficiency, maintenance, and warranties)
– Other specifications (weight, engine, length and width, etc.)
– Accident history (including serious repairs)
– OEM recalls
– Whether the motorcycle was used as a taxi, rental, etc.
Get a Free Motorcycle History Report in Two Easy Steps
Thanks to modern technology, you don’t have to wait in line at the DMV and pay to acquire detailed motorcycle history reports. Using the Internet, you can now use a VIN lookup service and get these reports for free. Just follow these two quick steps, and you’re done!
STEP 1: LOCATE THE MOTORCYCLE’S VIN NUMBER.
Short for Vehicle Identification Number, the VIN is a unique identifier assigned to your bike. Think of it as the motorcycle equivalent of a Social Security Number. The only difference is that, while Social Security Numbers are nine digits, a VIN has 17 characters, consisting of both numbers and letters.
Not sure how to find your motorcycle VIN number? Though there are variations on where the VIN is, for most models, you’ll be able to find it either at the steering column base, near the cylinders, or stamped on the frame.
STEP 2: GO ONLINE.
Several websites will allow you to check your motorcycle’s VIN free of charge. Once you have the VIN, you can go to VinFreeCheck or VINCheck, enter the VIN, and you’ll get a free report that includes collision reports, detailed history records, odometer readings, real-time market pricing, and more.
If you don’t have the VIN, you can simply enter the license plate on the website and access reports from there. However, you’ll have to pay for those reports, so we recommend taking the extra couple of minutes to locate the motorcycle’s VIN before proceeding.
Free Motorcycle History Reports Versus Paid Reports
Keep in mind that obtaining a free motorcycle history report will not always give you as much information as a paid report. However, this is a great first step to getting some background information about a motorcycle and its history. You can always purchase a more comprehensive report later if you decide you are serious about buying the bike.
We like the free options because you can evaluate and compare the histories of multiple motorcycles without paying upfront research costs. Once you narrow down your selection, you can always buy a report for your top choice.
Motorcycle Knowledge is Power
Being armed with information about a motorcycle before purchasing it can save you a lot of money and heartache down the (open) road. At Law Tigers, our team is composed of passionate motorcycle readers ready to help. To learn more, visit our website or give us a call at 1-888-863-7213.
MERRY XMAS—Let’s hope our society puts the Christmas back in Xmas this coming year. They will, but they are sure taking their time.
We’ve had a major debate about wheel sizes, tires, brakes, you name it. The above wheel from the Pandemic is a 40-spoke Black Bike Wheel with a black star hub and black rim.
My chemical cabinet was damaged during the move and I needed to modify a latch to make it stay closed.
The Hamsters group wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. The other day someone said, “How long have you been a Hamster?” I counted. Did you know Hamsters can count? If I’m correct, it’s like 35 years.
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This is my son’s ’58 Chevy in front of the famous All-Saint Tattoo Parlor in Austin where he works. Stop by, if you’re in the area.
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Back to the wheels. I’m working with Black Bike Wheels on another set of black rim, black hub wheels with stainless spokes. We tried a Hydraulic mechanical rear brake. I don’t want to mess with Irish Rich’s frame design and the stock elements. We decided to go with a 19-inch, 40-spoke, but with a hub for a Sprotor brake set-up from Hawg Halters.
Here’s an odd shot looking out and in at the same time. How about a couple of snow shots. One on day two and one from day three.
Holy Shit, our neighbor stormed the door this morning and the Redhead let him in.
A portion of the digs today around noon. It’s never dull around here. My son is coming out next week with his lovely wife Erika and my granddaughter Maxine. We’re going to have big fun for Xmas.
Ride free and easy into 2023.
–Bandit
VETERANS DAY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 10th, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
Wow, exciting times. The elections, the winter and new projects. And already it’s Veterans Day. I’m hoping to hit a couple of events and Rapid City is rumored to have a colorful Veterans Day Parade. I’m a Vietnam vet and want to thank all the Veteran brothers and sisters for their service. Thank you!
We are discussing a new book project, sort of like my Terry the Tramp book. A book about a brother we all admire and respect. I can’t give up the source just yet. We have scheduled a meeting before the middle of January to discuss and decide.
I started to create my winter roller, VL, XA, S&S Knucklehead build. I’m excited. There are always a myriad of decisions when a project begins. The same decisions any rider needs to grapple with when they decide on a bike to buy, build and how they will ride it.
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Let’s hit the news and I’ll show you progress shots at the end.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
FIM SUPPORTS WOMEN–Motorcycling campaign for women in Arabic countries. Important declaration signed.
Following on from the initial actions agreed upon earlier this year to launch the Women in Motorcycling in Arabic Countries Campaign as part of the International Women’s Day 2022 theme #BreakTheBias, today the FIM and supporting national federations have signed an important declaration titled: The Amman Declaration on Women in
Motorcycling.
The declaration provides a commitment from all parties to do their utmost in terms of the following main action points:
To improve the situation of women in motorcycling in Arabic countries.
To raise awareness of women in motorcycling in Arabic countries.
To encourage and support women’s participation in sport and beyond sport activities in motorcycling.
To improve and increase diversity and inclusion of motorcycling in Arabic countries.
To develop road safety and improve riding skills for women in Arabic countries.
To organize annual events for women in motorcycling in Arabic countries.
The Founders of the Amman Declaration – Amani Ammoura from the Jordan Lady Riders Committee: Bater Karan from Jordan Motorsport Motorcycle Commission; Nita Korhonen, the FIM Women in Motorcycling Commission Director and Jorge Vegas.
The FIM President, would like to thank all the presidents of the National Federations who joined the Women in Motorcycling in Arabic Countries project and signed the Amman declaration. They are as follows: Abdullah bin Isa Al-Khalifa, President of Bahrain Motor Federation – Bahrain Motorcycle Commission; Rad Majeed Amen, President of Iraq Club for Cars and Motorcycles; Ali Hassan Dagher, President of Lebanese Motorcycles Club; Abdulrahman Al Mannai, President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation and H.R.H Prince Khalid Sultan Abdullah Al Faisal, President of Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation.
–FIM
FORD Dealership Associations Aren’t Too Happy About Ford’s EV Requirements for Its Dealers
Ford has big EV plans, and it wants dealers to be in on those plans. But those plans require a big investment by dealers. While it looked like a lot of dealers were on board, dealer association groups have other ideas. Automotive News reports that dealer associations in 13 states are coming out against Ford’s EV investment requirements for its dealers, saying that Ford is “unfairly burdening its retail network with costly requirements for electric vehicle sales and breaking some franchise laws.”
The problem the associations have is Ford’s requirement of up $1.2 million in investments for dealer training and upgrades for EV sales. If dealers don’t want to pony up the $1.2 million for the full upgrades, they can invest just $500,000. But Ford would cap their EV sales at just 25 per year. Some say this could be illegal, as it essentially limits what models dealers could sell, skewing their inventory.
From Auto News:
The program “fails to make all vehicle models available to dealers on comparable terms and fails to allocate equitable quantities of EVs to Ford franchised dealers relative to their assigned market areas,” members of the Southern Automotive Trade Association Executives, which represents 12 state dealer associations, said in a resolution.
The associations want Ford to work with dealers on better terms. But Ford has contended that feedback from its dealers regarding the program and dealer upgrades has been positive.
The other pushback is on the need for chargers at the dealer. The CEO of Pennsylvania’s auto association, John Devlin, doesn’t really think customers are going to want to come to the dealership to charge their vehicles.
“I don’t think I’ve talked to a dealer who thinks the public’s going to come out in any significant numbers to dealerships to charge their cars,” he said to Automotive News. But it’s not as bad as it seems. One dealer association official said that Ford dealers aren’t mad at the automaker, they just want to make sure the program works for their businesses.
–Lawrence Hodge
ACTION AT CALIFORNIA HARLEY IN LOS ANGELES–We have events planned for every Saturday up until Christmas Eve. Here’s our schedule:
11/5 11am – 3pm BBQ Fundraiser for JJ the Hotdog Lady
11/12 12 – 4pm Wellness Market Artists & Artisans vendor Pop Up
11/19 11am -3pm Boys & Girls Club Turkey Drop + Chill N Grill
11/26 12 – 4 pm Small Business Holiday Market Pop Up
12/3 12-5pm Operation Homeless South Bay Donation event & vendor pop up
12/10 12-3pm Food & Toy Drive/Run for the Boys & Girls Club
12/17 12-5pm Holiday Open House and Cookie Contest with Santa
We hope to see you soon and often. Thank you for all you do to support and promote our events. Have a wonderful day and an even better weekend!
Cheers,
Jodi Gilbert
GET THIS FROM MAMA TRIED–Buying this sticker will get you entered to win the 2023 Mama Tried Show 1950 Harley-Davidson Panhead Raffle bike.
The profits from this raffle help us create a better Mama Tried experience.
We really appreciate all the support, without you all we are nothing!!
Let’s do this!
Buy as many stickers as you want. Buy so many you can cover your garage refrigerator in Raffle bike stickers.
LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK—
2017 Harley-Davidson® FLTRU – Road Glide® Ultra FOR $21, 995.00
SEE IT HERE: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=13009072
Times have never been better for the riders who put on the highest miles. Get behind the frame mounted shark nose fairing, 13.5-inch windscreen and dual Daymaker™ Reflector LED headlamps on the Road Glide® Ultra model and you’ll know why.
You’ve got a Twin-Cooled Milwaukee-Eight 107 engine, responsive new front and rear suspension, powerful Reflex Linked Brembo brakes with ABS, top-of-the-line 6.5-inch touchscreen infotainment system with integrated GPS, BOOM!™ Box 6.5 GT audio system and a premium Tour-Pak® carrier with a luggage rack for extra travel essentials. It’s all there so you can go bigger.
THIS BIKE IS JUST $21,995.00 plus license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees. This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection.
Fill out an online application today. We have EZ FINANCING and EXTENDED WARRANTIES available!
Lifestyle Cycles is located at 1510 State College Blvd,Anaheim,CA,92806. Open 7 days a week.
NOT LOCAL? WE HAVE SHIPPING AVAILABLE! Call today (714) 490-0155.
We are California’s pre-owned Harley Mega-Store with over 200 Pre-Owned Harley-Davidsons in stock! To view our current inventory,
FROM THE ELECTRIC FILES— AQUAM brings the EV-trike driving experience to a different level
We are passionate about protecting our natural world with our Zero Carbon emission vehicles. But we are equally passionate about giving you the adrenaline-building experience of driving our EV-Trikes with their striking designs, luxurious interiors, and state-of-the-art technologies delivering an exhilarating experience with all the safety and comfort you could wish for.
Hey, hope you are well out there in the wild west! I saw this new electric three-wheeler the other day. Pretty wild.
–Paul Aiken
Jed asked her why she was making such a large batch. Granny said she was going to send it to members of the two political parties, because “One party can’t walk and the other one can’t stand up”.
When Jed inquired further, Granny explained. “The Democrats say the Republicans are dragging their feet and the Republicans say the Democrats don’t have a leg to stand on.”
–Sam Burns
Certified Librarian
Bandit’s Cantina Library
VINTAGE DEAL OF THE WEEK–1954 Vincent Rapide Series C w/Steib S501 Sidecar
This 1954 Vincent Rapide Series C is equipped with a left-side Steib S501 sidecar and is said to have spent time in Australia, New Mexico, and Arizona before being acquired by the seller in 2008.
The bike is finished in black with gold pinstripes and graphics and is powered by a 998cc OHV V-twin paired with a four-speed transmission. Equipment on the bike includes a two-up seat, a girdraulic fork, 12-volt electrics, a two-into-one exhaust system, twin Amal MkII carburetors, polished fenders, Koni dampers, Smiths and Miller gauges, Petteford rear springs, and three stands.
The sidecar features a rounded nose, a black vinyl seat, a luggage rack, padded armrests, and chrome trim. Modifications include an elephant’s trunk crankcase breather kit, an anti-sumping valve, open element air filters, and a magneto cap with a kill switch.
All three tires were replaced in April 2022, and the oil was changed in preparation for sale. This Rapide Series C sidecar rig is now offered with an HRD Owner’s Club Official Machine Dating Certificate, an owner’s manual, a parts catalog, a tonneau cover, a leather fuel tank cover, three sidecar windscreens, spare parts for the sidecar and cycle, literature, receipts, and a clean Oregon title in the seller’s name.
–Bringatrailer.com
Started a new Travelers Timecover for @chopper_jockey with Chicos custom logo we did on this one. Spoke to Warren Lane in Miami about what material and welding processes would be best with making the buckles, more on that as it develops, basically its round bar mild steel and braze soldering. The colors will be give it that handmade style even true to original design.
So, I rode the train up to go vote, so now I gotta get back down to Marion tonight. Train leaves around 7 in Champaign. So, I need to sell a couple more time covers to help me on my journey. Even one sell would get me moving forward.
Tomorrow starting fresh on Gypsy’s Kiss chopper seat and finish those timecovers in enough time to ship them fedex.
All the best
Adam Croft
“I ordered one.”–Bandit
LATEST FROM THE NASH MOTORCYCLE CREW– VETERANS DAY SALE!!!
“VALOR is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and soul” – Michel De Montaigne
At Nash Motorcycle Co., we value and salute the service of our veterans not just today but everyday. In honor of their sacrifice and to celebrate their dediction to our freedom, we’re offering 30% off for everyone this Veteran’s Day weekend.
Use code: VETS2022
Sale – Friday 11th to Monday, Nov.14th
NEWS FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION–The Winds of Change…
While ballots are still being counted in many races, the results on the 2022 midterm elections will have major ramifications in Washington, D.C. As of Wednesday afternoon, control of both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives remains undecided.
What is clear is that there will be many new faces in the halls of Congress. Nearly 100 new lawmakers will be sworn in on January 3rd when the 118th Congress convenes. That means almost 20% of Congress will be new to the job come 2023. Almost every state will be sending at least one new elected official to our nation’s capital!
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is committed to working with all lawmakers regardless of party to achieve our policy goals. We can’t do that without the relationships that you as bikers have built back home. While we strive to introduce our organization to every lawmaker on Capitol Hill, we need your help!
Do you have a new Representative or Senator? Has that new lawmaker supported biker rights in the past? Have you worked with or met these incoming freshmen? Maybe they even own a motorcycle?!?!?
Let us know if bikers have any new friends or foes headed to Washington, D.C.
We want to hit the ground running in January and any intel or information you can help provide us is valuable!
–MRF
IRS FOR TRIUMPH ROCKET III TOURING MODEL & ROADSTER
STANDARD FEATURES
- 2014 Triumph Rocket III Trike for Touring & Roadster
- Kit fits Rocket III Touring (2008 – current) & Rocket III Roadster (2010 – current)
- Independent Rear Suspension
- On-Board Air Compressor
- Patented Air Ride Suspension
- Over 4″ of Suspension Travel
- Progressive Coil Over Shocks
- Integrated Disc Brake System
- Trunk Light on Interior of Door
- Hidden Trunk Door Hinges
- 12 Volt Power Outlet in Trunk
- LED Air Suspension & Voltmeter Readout
PRICE: $9495
Motor Trike offers an Independent Rear Suspension on many of their conversions. This makes for a great ride by allowing each wheel on the same axle to move independently of each other.
This alone creates a smooth ride. However, Motor Trike did not stop there. First, they designed and patented an air ride suspension that offers over four inches of wheel travel. Then, they lowered the spring rate to create a more comfortable ride with plenty of ‘give’ when traveling over bumpy terrain, with an extra passenger, heavy cargo, or pulling a trailer.
Because of the fingertip adjustable air ride suspension and softened spring rate, optimum ride quality is reached. Motor Trike also uses rubber bushings on all suspension components as well as on the differentials to reduce the noise, vibration, and harshness that can be bothersome to riders.
Also, the roll center height has been lowered ensuring both tires are kept in contact with the road at all times which helps to prevent rolling. And finally, Motor Trike uses a calibrated sway bar to ensure comfortable and secure cornering. With all of these preventative measures in place, the inconsistencies in the road are completely absorbed creating an effortless ride.
AVAILABLE OPTIONS
- Premium Wheel Upgrades
- Performance Machine Wheel Upgrades
- Front Wheel Balancer
- Fender Bras with Optional Embroidery
- ABS Integration Kit
- Parking Brake Kit
- Trailer with Complementary Styling
- Trailer Hitch Assembly
- Trailer Wiring Harness with 6 Pin Connector
- Chrome Nerf Bumper
- Embroidered Trunk Mat
- Trike Cover
- Color-Match Paint
- Tour Trunk
- Front Fairing
Motortrike.com
BUELL STEPS UP–Tests confirm Buell Baja 1190 is a Beast of a Dirt Bike
Grand Rapids, MI – Buell® Motorcycle put its upcoming Baja 1190 through its paces last week during field testing in Michigan, USA. Led by Buell engineers, two days of tests included demanding runs up steep sand dunes, twisty muddy runs on the local two-track, and a few tricks some would call impulsive; Buell would call it spontaneous and spirited.
First previewed at Daytona Bike Week in March 2022, Buell’s Baja concept racer received high marks from media, enthusiasts, and influencers. Since then, it’s undergone rigorous field trials and performance refinements, bringing it closer to its production in 2023.
As to specs, the Baja 1190 will be the fastest production dirt bike on the market, boasting a 185hp liquid-cooled, 72-degree V-twin engine with 102 ft-lbs. of torque. The Baja 1190 also has a trellis frame, adjustable swing arm for a 64-70″ wheelbase, and an industry-standard seat height of 37.5″ with a 26.75-degree rake. It’s on track to be the unmatched, uncontested, top speed and performance dirt bike in the world and designed and built from fairing to tailpipe in America.
“We’re engineering the world’s fastest, solely US-built, off-road bike. Less than 1% of the world is covered in pavement. Buell’s Baja 1190 is designed to dominate the other 99.7%. This bike elevates the Buell brand to even greater heights and brings back the passion for American performance motorcycles,” said Bill Melvin, CEO of Buell Motorcycles. “Buell engineers have created a beast of a motorcycle. The fastest, most agile 1200cc class dirt bike ever made. Enthusiasts will be blown away,” Melvin added.
As the direct descendant of Buell’s Ulysses dual-sport, on-road/off-road bike, the Baja 1190 represents the next evolution in Buell’s off-road technology. Ulysses’ ultra-high power and performance proved Buell’s desire to be different and draw attention. Now, leveraging the halo effect, the Baja’s the undisputed biggest and baddest out there. When Buell refused to conform its dirt bike to fit the adventure bike space, it uniquely blurred the line in the off-road category.
The Baja 1190 dirt bike initially targets more experienced riders whose passion for the best includes performance, speed, power, and the desire to stand out. This bike delivers on every score.
Estimated MSRP starting from $19,995.
Buell is back and delivering performance and excitement at every turn. For future Buell updates, follow our news page on our website and our social media pages.
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FROM THE BIKERNET THOUGHT TEMPLE—Never Quit!
Quitters never win and winners never quit
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have contemplated those words many times over the years, I felt they have given me permission to continue to try to grow and express more Life with every failure and success.
There is always a lesson to be learned if we Pause and review the experience. I have carried a poem in my wallet that my Wife gave to me about 35 years ago called Don’t Quit. Over the years I have used this poem to keep me going when I feel like I have the world of against me. (See below) The words in this poem are an inspiration to keep me going when everything says don’t.
Most of the greatest inventions of the Life we live are the results of many failures, but those people did not quit and eventually reached success. It takes character to achieve success, the best definition is “Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the mood in which it was made has left you.”
It is ironic how many resolutions are made on New Year’s Eve in a mood that never even starts.
Today Know: Today is a brand-new start. I live fully in the present. I Know that I have that within me to reach any goal I set my Mind to. I Let Go of all fear and doubt and take the chance to do something new in my Life.
Even if I fail, I Know that I will gain something from the experience. I will not quit until I make every last effort to achieve my goal. As Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed, I have found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” I commit to this new thinking and Trust in The Power within to give me the tenacity to express my Life at a higher level of expression.
I give Thanks for the Gift of Today and the Infinite Possibilities that I am beginning to manifest in My Life`
And So It Is
Namaste’
Yale Gelfant
Choppers Cycle
CLASSIC TRIKE OF THE WEEK—The top one was built by Bob T. in the early ‘70s. Wouldn’t go over 45 mph so he sold it.
“Mike Stevenson came up with this one. Don’t do that.” –Bandit
THE BIKERNET ELECTRIC RESEARCH FILE IS OPEN— Deadly E-Bikes: Four Explosions in New York Every Week
Essay by Eric Worrall
First published on JoNova; BREAKING NEWS – 38 people have been injured in a New York e-Bike fire. “These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch,” said Dan Flynn, the chief fire marshal at the New York Fire Department.
Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally
MATTHEW SCHUERMAN
NEW YORK — Four times a week on average, an e-bike or e-scooter battery catches fire in New York City.
Sometimes, it does so on the street, but more often, it happens when the owner is recharging the lithium-ion battery. A mismatched charger won’t always turn off automatically when the battery’s fully charged and keeps heating up. Or, the highly flammable electrolyte inside the battery’s cells leaks out of its casing and ignites, setting off a chain reaction.
“These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch,” said Dan Flynn, the chief fire marshal at the New York Fire Department. “We’ve seen incidents where people have described them as explosive — incidents where they actually have so much power, they’re actually blowing walls down in between rooms and apartments.”
Is there any “green” technology which isn’t out to kill us?
The severity and frequency of these fires makes me wonder if I have underestimated the fire risk from E-automobiles. How long it will take for insurers to catch on?
While you would expect better manufacturing standards for a 5-6 figure E-Automobile than a cheap e-bike, certainly less risk from “mismatched chargers”, but there have been some serious problems with the more expensive e-vehicles.
For example an uncontrollable brand new E-automobile fire destroyed the Felicity Ace cargo freighter.
Imagine a similar fire in a large New York apartment block, with a carpark full of EVs.
Such a fire could conceivably cause the building to collapse. E-vehicle fires are hot enough to severely compromise steel and concrete structural supports, if there are enough flammable lithium batteries nearby. The heat and toxic smoke would make it difficult to escape. I mean, look at the damage a single small e-scooter did to the apartment. Imagine the apartment fire above multiplied a thousand-fold, on the carpark floor of a high-rise apartment building.
There is one thing which worries me even more than the current green push for deadly e-vehicles. Growing awareness of the risks from Lithium batteries could trigger a hard pivot towards hydrogen powered vehicles, which in my opinion could be even worse.
Breaking news (h/t Derek Wittman): 38 people have been injured in a New York e-Bike fire.
E-bike fire injures 38 in Midtown East apartment building
By Michelle Bocanegra
Published Nov 6, 2022 at 4:49 a.m.
Modified Nov 6, 2022 at 5:53 a.m.
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As of early Saturday afternoon, 38 people had been reported as injured, with officials saying that number was likely to increase. Most injuries were minor, but two people sustained life-threatening injuries and five others were seriously injured, officials said. Civilians made up the bulk of the total injuries from the fire, though five firefighters were also hurt.
The fire, which began on the 20th floor of the building, was caused by a lithium-ion battery, according to Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. Two people were rescued directly from the apartment where the fire originated.
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Read more: https://gothamist.com/news/e-bike-fire-injures-38-in-midtown-east-apartment-building
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NEWS FROM THE 5-BALL RACING FRANCHISE—Frankie is in the design mode and created new T-shirts for his site.
I mentioned that he could use this art for a shirt.
I also pointed out that he missed an element with the art that includes me.
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ALERT FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION–Funding for Road Infrastructure–Never Seems to be Enough
Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile.
Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure.
It never seems to be enough.
Infrastructure maintenance and construction increases with the rate of inflation, but the funding mechanisms seem to be constantly falling short. For example, Congress has not raised the federal gas tax since 1993.
The Pew Trusts reported recently that without a change in tax formulas, we would fail to meet the nation’s infrastructure needs. The Congressional Budget Office concluded in 2021 that without indexing the 18.4-cent per gallon federal gas tax to inflation, the Highway Trust Fund would be $140 billion short in ten years. Only 22 states index or have legislated variable-rate gas taxes.
According to the National Association of State Budget Officers’ 2021 State Expenditure Report, fuel taxes only comprised nearly 40 percent of state transportation funding sources. Here are some state projections of decline:
Kansas: current gas taxes make up 19 percent of transportation funding in 2021, but for 2045 projections, that could be down to 11 percent if not adjusted for inflation.
New York: revenue will peak in the 2023 fiscal year and then start to fall.
Washington State: DOT predicted that the state’s current 49.4 cent gas tax would need to increase by 1.7 cents per gallon every year through 2040 to keep the current level of revenue.
West Virginia: projected gas tax revenue would fall between 11 to 20 percent by 2030.
Fuel tax revenues have also dropped for two other reasons: better fuel-efficiency vehicles mean drivers don’t need to pump as often, and electric and hybrid vehicle sales have grown.
Alternatives to the Gas Tax
The federal DOT and many state departments are now calling for road user charges. Many fear a road user charge would be placed on top of what drivers already pay at the pump.
The NMA has investigated road user charges, vehicle-miles-traveled tax, or mileage-based user fees for at least a decade. Here are just some of the more recent newsletters and posts:
- Should We Lean into a Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax?
- Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 1—the National Landscape
- Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 2—Congress
- Are We Slinking Ever Closer to a Universal Road User Charge? Part 3—Regional and Local Efforts
- The Road User Charge by Any Other Name
- California and Oregon have been testing RUC for years, and this year eight states (HI, MA, MN, TN, UT, VT, VA, and WA), considered bills to set up their pilot programs to tax electric vehicle drivers.
An RUC works in two ways:
An installed device measures the vehicle miles driven (and in some areas, such as downtowns, could even track the time frame to determine a congestion pricing charge).
Under its revised law this year, for example, Utah legislators set the mileage tax at a penny per mile beginning next year. In 2026, it goes up to 1.25 cents per mile, and in 2032, it rises to 1.5 cents per mile. It’s all voluntary for now.
Implementing a road user charge is much more complicated than you think—especially if the extra fee is funding something other than roads. The question always remains: Why should drivers always be hit with extra fees and taxes for other types of governmental needs, which are not roads and bridges?
The San Diego Association of Governments, or SANDAG, wanted to include an RUC to help pay for its ambitious $160 billion plan through 2050 to expand transit across the region while at the same time, limiting car travel.
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria spearheaded the move to strike the controversial RUC from the funding portion of the plan. His reason:
“I cannot support the concept of charging people to drive when we don’t have viable transit or other alternatives to offer those who are already struggling with high rents, high utility bills, and everything else.”
The SANDAG plan envisions an extensive network of underground fast trains in the county. Voters first will need to approve three half-cent sales tax increases by 2028. Without the road user charge, funding alternatives include fees tacked onto new vehicle registration in the county or increased parking fees.
Landline recently reported that a Louisiana statehouse meeting concerning funding for road infrastructure focused on a possible road user charge. Legislative Performance Audit Manager Gina Brown reported to the electric vehicle legislative task force that the state could lose close to $564 million in gas taxes over the next decade.
According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development motor fuel taxes generate most of the state’s transportation funding. Other funding sources include vehicle registration fees and self-generated revenues.
A new state law taking effect in early 2023 will impose an annual road user fee for EV and hybrid vehicle owners. It will cost $110 for EVs and $60 for hybrids. Brown told the task force that this new fee would raise $240 million. She added that this estimate is based on the assumption that EV and hybrid owners will self-report on their state income taxes. She was not confident that many would report or pay the voluntary fee.
Another recommendation made to the legislative committee would be to do away with the gas tax and collect a higher road use fee. Currently, the state of Louisiana collects a 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax—unchanged since 1990 and the eighth lowest in the country. In the hearing, lawmakers learned that if the fuel tax had been adjusted to inflation all along, the current rate would be 49 cents. In Louisiana, vehicle miles traveled per year total close to 14,075 per driver, ranking 17th in the US.
Funding transportation will be one of the most significant issues in statehouses this coming legislative session. Many of our elected leaders are reluctant to raise taxes or raise fees, but what happens if we don’t adjust funding for the times we live in currently?
–NMA
WARNING FROM THE CO2 COALITION–Nitrous Oxide and Climate
Why Restricting N2O Emissions is Unnecessary & Dangerous
Landmark paper published
Nitrous oxide (N20) has now joined carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) in the climate alarm proponents’ pantheon of anthropogenic “demon” gases. In their view, increasing concentrations of these molecules are leading to unusual and unprecedented warming and will, in turn, lead to catastrophic consequences for both our ecosystems and humanity.
Countries around the world are in the process of greatly reducing or eliminating the use of nitrogen fertilizers based on heretofore poorly understood properties of nitrous oxide. Reductions of N2O emissions are being proposed in Canada by 40 to 45 percent and in the Netherlands by up to 50 percent. Sri Lanka’s complete ban on fertilizer in 2021 led to the total collapse of their primarily agricultural economy.
To provide critically needed information on N2O, the CO2 Coalition has published an important and timely paper evaluating the warming effect of the gas and its role in the nitrogen cycle.
Armed with this vital information, policymakers can now proceed to make informed decisions about the costs and benefits of mandated reductions of this beneficial molecule.
This new paper joins previous CO2 Coalition reports on other greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane.
QUICK, FROM THE WHEELS THROUGH TIME MUSEUM–The Historic 1937 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
On November 19th, one lucky winner will be taking home the beautiful ’37 Knucklehead. This Rare American Motorcycle finished in one-year-only Delphine Blue, striped in Teak Red, and edged in Gold, has been beautifully restored from a 30-year assemblage of genuine HD components, making this the rarest and most original WTT Raffle Bike to date.
In addition, a 2nd place winner will take home $10,000 and a 3rd place winner, $5,000. Don’t miss your chance!
BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!
GET OUT AND VOTE BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 3, 2022
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Long ago, in the distant past, there are old maps showing commifornia as an island. Maybe it should be one again. A final thought, when I came home in ’67 it looked like the home I left was gone. It seems I was right.
— A.J.
Deland, FL
Each one comes with a kydex sheath including an Discreet Carry Concepts clip that can be run on either side to make it ambidextrous.
Specifications
Overall Length: 7.25”
Blade Length: 3.75”
Blade Thickness: .220”
Weight: 3.7 Ounces without sheath
Blade: CPM-3V (HRC 59-60)
Handles: G10
Handle Harware: Titanium
Sheath: Kydex
Uses
Prying
Jimmying
Scraping
Chisel
Back up defensive tool
Perfect for opening boxes
Digging
MICHAEL SHELENBERGER REPORTS—Michael ran for Governor of California when they tried to kick Gavin out. He’s written an anti-doom book and writes reports often. He wrote one recently and I commented. You can find him and sign up for his reports on substack. Here’s my response:
You miss the point. Their thinking is one ppm of emissions is too much and we’re doomed. You can’t appease.
We must break the doom mold. I still say sue Al Gore and break the doom mold so their program can be tested on a level playing field.
Imagine if you and say Marc or the CO2 coalition sued Al Gore. You would virtually save energy and humanity worldwide. Is that a goal or what?
All the best,
–Bandit
Here’s the Bikernet Climate Code of Truth:
Sorry, but CO2 is not a pollutant.
It’s plant food for life. If we cut it, we cut the potential for life.
We are not doomed and won’t be until another ice age hits, thousands of years from now. Then they’ll blame it on witches like they did in the 1600s.
Over the last 10,000 years, 6,100 years were warmer than it is now and there were no fossil fuels or SUVs.
Seas have been rising at a steady pace for 200 years, since the end of the little ice age.
Burning Fossil Fuels helped the planet avoid dangerously low C02 levels, not the other way around.
There you have it, the facts. Your straight pipes are cool and so is the ol’ lady’s SUV. When it’s warming life is abundant. When it cools or another ice age approaches, we’re in trouble.
AMD World Championship Canceled—
www.AMDmag.com
This is where you will also find the complete archive of previous editions, going back more than a decade.
In his Comment this month, Robin Bradley finally accepts that the work of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building is done (“What was Once Radical is Now Orthodox”), and that after a four year hiatus it is time for someone else to keep the flame burning.
The latest Harley results show increased profits and stabilizing unit numbers after the impacts of the two weeks shut down in June.
Meanwhile, Triumph doesn’t appear to have had the memo about other finishes than chrome being available, and congratulations to the organizers of Motorama for, finally, being able to stage a much delayed and successful custom bike show in Madrid, Spain.
Oh, talking of LeMans – late breaking news as this edition of AMD headed for the steam punk tech of actually being printed – Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties have now formally confirmed their return to Louisville, after three years, for their Spring NVP Product Expo (January 21-22, 2023).
Next up is the January edition, the last one to be published in 2022. The deadline for editorial content and fresh ad art is December 8; the Digital Edition will go live on December 19 with the print copies in the mail on our customary international priority service by December 23 – seasonal Pagan rituals permitting! Please contact sara@dealer-world.com with any editorial content or questions about advertising.
–Robin Bradley
Rock band: Imagine Dragons
Album: Evolve (2017)
First things first
I’ma say all the words inside my head
I’m fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh
The way that things have been, oh-ooh
Second thing second
Don’t you tell me what you think that I could be
I’m the one at the sail, I’m the master of my sea, oh-ooh
The master of my sea, oh-ooh
I was broken from a young age
Taking my sulking to the masses
Writing my poems for the few
That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heartache from the pain
Taking my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing the beauty through the…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain!
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Last things last
By the grace of fire and flames
You’re the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh
The blood in my veins, oh-ooh
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited ’til it broke open and rained down
It rained down, like…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down and build me up, believer, believer
Pain
Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from…
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Wayfarer,
Editor
https://blog.bikernet.com
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ARCH Motorcycle x Alpinestars Limited-Edition Collab
LOS ANGELES, CA. November 3, 2022 – ARCH Motorcycle is pleased to announce this Limited-Edition ARCH Motorcycle Fleece Hoodie in collaboration with our friends at Alpinestars.
We only produced 200 of these limited-edition hoodies and sizes are limited as well. The ARCH by Alpinestars Fleece Hoodie is a comfortable mid-layer made from 100% polyester with a zippered front, a mesh-lined hood and dual pockets.
You can purchase the new ARCH x Alpinestars Fleece Hoodie directly from the ARCH Apparel Store at the Link below. As always, thank you for supporting ARCH Motorcycle.
GREEN NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER— Ponder this for a moment.
The wind farm in Mt. Pulaski USA has been running for 3 1/2 years. They have been replacing the generators in all the wind towers. There are 100 of them in this wind farm. So evidently the life span on the generators on these things is about 3 to 4 years. It takes 12 semi-trucks and trailers, a 9-axle 800 ton crane, a 100-ton crane and 12 trucks to change each generator.
That is a huge amount of diesel fuel being used to maintain these wind towers. And the “Green Groups” would like You to believe they are all fueled by “magic fairy dust.”
–Ray Russell
Lead Scientist
Bikernet University Research Department
Australia
BIKERNET TRIKE READER COMMENT—Really like the Road Glide trike in the Trike Report. Is that an owner-done conversion, a specialty shop product or a Harley prototype?
Age and heart problems are making standing up a touring bike and keeping it upright at stops damn hard. If I want to keep feeling the wind I’ll probably end up on three wheels, and I like my Road Glide’s look better than a Street Glide. What you guys show me is that there is a path ahead for me.
Hey Vern,
We were talking about this earlier. My Hamster brother, Mike Stevenson has been building and researching trikes. Check this feature: https://www.bikernet.com/pages/The_Trike_File_Is_Now_Open.aspx
THE FREEWHEELER ARCHIVES–Overview
Harley-Davidson puts hot-rod swagger on three wheels with the 2015 Freewheeler motorcycle, the all-new trike model that fuses pure custom style and easy-handling performance. From its ape-hanger handlebar to its bobtail fenders the Freewheeler is a page ripped straight from the bad- attitude handbook, offered in a size that’s shorter and lighter for a riding experience like nothing else on the road.
Riding on three wheels has never been cooler. The Freewheeler front end is all new and features a chrome, seven-piece nacelle that’s tucked tight to the forks and holds a Dual Halogen headlamp in a polished chrome bucket. A trim front fender tops a 19-inch Enforcer Cast Aluminum wheel with machined highlights.
The all-new rear body shape gives the Freewheeler a low, lean profile and incorporates a weatherproof trunk designed to hold two full-face helmets. The top trunk door opens right-to-left for easy loading. Dual chrome mufflers with slash-down tips are inset in the bottom of the trunk. Bobtail fenders terminate in an arrogant flip to expose the rear tires, and incorporate bright LED stop/tail/turn lamps.
The Freewheeler puts more riders a comfortable, confident position. That 12-inch mini-ape handlebar offers the tallest rise available on any motorcycle to place the hand controls closer to rider and reduce steering effort. The seat is shaped to move the rider forward for a better reach to the foot and hand controls, with a passenger position designed for comfort while blending with the bodywork. Soft-touch passenger grab rails are easy to grip and mount directly to the body.
The Freewheeler is equipped with electronic cruise control, a foot-activated parking brake, electric reverse gear and a hydraulic Assist and Slip clutch with reduced lever effort. The linked brake system allows the rider to apply both the front and rear brakes through the rear brake pedal. The full front brake system is applied only through the front brake lever and remains independent. Built around a chassis engineered exclusively for a three-wheeled vehicle, the Freewheeler offers premium Harley-Davidson quality and performance, backed by a full factory warranty and the network of authorized Harley-Davidson dealers
We were introduced to the Free-Wheeler last week. It does give the custom or chopper guys a Harley-Davidson trike option. We are looking for a mildly modified version, maybe with a 21-inch spoked front wheel, Crager type mags, highbars and a custom paint job. And maybe change and move the rear turnsignals. We’re looking.
–Bandit
ONE MORE QUOTE OF THE WEEK–Wisdom Quote for Winter
“Forget Your Age. If you have dreams to achieve, you are still young.”
–Wayfarer
Monk in training
Bikernet Thought Temple
We took a quick trip down to Columbus, Ohio to visit our good friend Dan Dellostritto and hear all about his latest venture.
Dan has long been known for Death Co., his t-shirt brand, but building bikes for others is a newer endeavor.
We love the way this bike turned out and wanted to share it with all you rad people!
SCOPE IT OUT
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–Sam Burns
History Professor
Bikernet University
Cambridge, Mass
Yamaha Introduces Remaining 2023 Motorcycle Lineup
Including New XMAX Scooter & Updated MT-07–
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, is announcing the release of its remaining 2023 motorcycle lineup including the first extensive update to the acclaimed Yamaha XMAX Sport Scooter since its 2018 introduction, encompassing a more aggressive look, distinctive new X-shaped LED headlights and taillights, new high-tech 4.2-inch full-color TFT display, and newly introduced Yamaha Motorcycle Connect (Y-Connect) smartphone connectivity with Garmin navigation compatibility.
Additionally, the 2023 Yamaha MT-07 receives a new high-tech 5-inch full-color TFT with selectable Street or Touring screen displays and Y-Connect smartphone connectivity featuring incoming call, email and message notifications, and extensive ride data collection enabled through the Y-Connect app.
NEW 2023 XMAX SPORT SCOOTER
With its outstanding performance, aggressive good looks, agile handling and easy-to-ride character, the Yamaha XMAX has established itself as the ultimate mid-sized Sport Scooter providing enthusiast with a fun, stylish and economical way to commute during the week or a dynamic, sporty leisure ride to enjoy on weekends. For 2023, the new Yamaha XMAX represents the biggest step forward in Yamaha scooter design in recent years with a striking, futuristic new look and innovative new Y-Connect smartphone connectivity, including Garmin navigation compatibility displayed in full, rich color on an all-new TFT display.
Updated Styling
While being careful to retain the XMAX’s distinctive styling character, Yamaha designers focused on creating a bold, modern new look. Virtually every part of the XMAX’s sleek and sporty exterior has been redesigned to create a more compact and visually impressive machine. Radical new X-shaped LED headlights and taillights complement the aggressive styling and instantly distinguish the new XMAX from anything else on the road. New high-mount LED front indicators add to the streamlined look, while a completely redesigned seat increases comfort and decreases leg reach to the ground for greater accessibility.
New Yamaha Motorcycle Connect
New for 2023, Yamaha is introducing Y-Connect smartphone connectivity allowing riders to connect their smartphone directly to their scooter, enabling a wide-range of convenient new capabilities including phone and music control, as well as a newly available full Garmin turn-by-turn navigation system. The 2023 XMAX comes equipped with one of the most impressive dashboards to be found on any scooter. This comprehensive instrumentation features a 3.2-inch LCD speedometer located above the new high-tech 4.2-inch color TFT infotainment display and combines with intuitive new handlebar-mounted switchgear to enable connectivity control.
Onboard Navigation
Through the installation of the Garmin StreetCross navigation app on the user’s smartphone, the TFT display can be used as an onboard turn-by-turn navigation system. Garmin’s StreetCross app is available for either iOS or Android operating systems beginning on November 8 at 10p.m. EST and is also free-of-charge.
Call, Text & Email Notifications
Y-Connect can be paired with a Bluetooth headset to enable ability to receive or reject incoming calls, as well as display text and email notifications, weather forecasts, time, phone battery level and connection status information on the TFT display.
Music Capability
Vehicle Running Information
Through the Y-Connect app, engine speed, average fuel consumption, coolant temperature, battery voltage and ambient temperature can be displayed on the TFT screen. Vehicle data can also be collected within the app for viewing information such as service interval recommendations or last known location of the vehicle on the user’s smartphone.
Riding Log & Ranking Function
Riders can also generate personal riding logs to track an array of specific ride information for reference or sharing with friends. Riders can even receive rider rankings comparing things like their mileage or fuel economy with other Yamaha riders within the U.S. or around the world.
Returning Features
In addition to a host of new features, the 2023 Yamaha XMAX retains the key attributes that make it a class leader in the Sport Scooter category. Its ultra-reliable single-cylinder 292cc Blue Core engine delivers thrilling acceleration along with eco-friendly performance. Motorcycle-type front forks, 15-inch front wheel, 14-inch rear wheel, Traction Control, and strong disk brakes both front and rear offer sure-footed control and capability in a sporty, agile package. Lastly, the two-position windscreen, adjustable handlebars, cavernous underseat storage with room for two full-face helmets, 12-volt accessory outlet and Smart Key keyless ignition serve up the type of comfort and practicality that make the Yamaha XMAX the ultimate urban commuter.
The 2023 Yamaha XMAX will be offered in Granite Gray and will be available from dealers beginning January 2023 for an MSRP of $6,099.
NEW 2023 MT-07
With its ultra-aggressive styling, agile chassis and thrilling torque-rich CP2 engine, it’s little surprise the MT-07 has become one of the most successful Yamaha models of all time. The 2023 MT-07 includes key upgrades that enhance the overall package while remaining true to the basic concept that’s loved by so many riders.
New TFT Display
One of the most significant additions for 2023 is the installation of a new 5-inch full-color TFT display that provides a choice of two different screen modes. The “Street” mode is a more modern layout with a bar-type tachometer, digital speedo and gear selection readouts. The “Touring” mode features a more conventional circular analog-style tachometer on the right of the screen and digital speedometer on the left.
Yamaha Motorcycle Connect
The new 2023 MT-07 now features Yamaha Motorcycle Connect smartphone connectivity which works in conjunction with the free-of-charge Y-Connect app (available for iOS and Android) to enable a direct connection between motorcycle and smartphone. New Y-Connect capability for the MT-07 includes the ability to view incoming call, email and message notifications, along with time, phone battery level and connection status on the new TFT display. Additional useful functions include the ability to track and record key motorcycle ride data within the app, including distance covered, acceleration, fuel economy and much more. Collected data such as fuel consumption can then be shared by the rider to receive rankings comparing themselves with other Yamaha riders both within the U.S. and around the world.
Pre-wired for Quick Shift
To facilitate the fitment of a quickshifter, the new MT-07 is pre-wired with the necessary electronics for installation, making it quick and easy to install Yamaha’s Quick Shift System available through the Yamaha Genuine Accessory catalog.
MT-07 Colors, Availability & Price
The 2023 Yamaha MT-07 will be offered in three color options: Cyan Storm, Team Yamaha Blue and Matte Raven Black. It will be available from dealers beginning April 2023 for an MSRP of $8,199.
Make sure to save the date, November 29th, on your calendar and stay tuned for more information!
MUSIC BLUES–Country Music Community Mourns The Loss of Alabama’s Co-Founder Jeff Cook
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Fame member and co-founder of Alabama, Jeff Cook passed away yesterday. He was 73.
With Alabama, Cook rose to prominence in the late ’70s and ’80s with a string of hits that include “Tennessee River,” “Dixieland Delight,” “Song Of The South,” “Mountain Music,” “Feels So Right” and more. The group amassed more than 41 No. 1 singles and 12 top 10 albums and is credited with selling more than 75 million records worldwide. With more than 200 awards from a variety of organizations, Alabama earned a slate of trophies that include three consecutive CMA Awards for Entertainer of the Year (1982-1984) and five ACM Awards for Entertainer of the Year (1982-1986).
In 1989, Alabama was named Artist of the Decade by the ACM. In addition to his performance work, Cook founded Cook Sound Studios, Inc. in Fort Payne and established WQRX-AM in Valley Head, AL before selling the station. He was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2019, and Alabama is a 2005 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Arrangements for Cook’s celebration of life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to The Jeff And Lisa Cook Foundation (P.O. Box 680067, Fort Payne, AL 35968) or at the foundation website, thejeffandlisacookfoundation.org.
Fellow artists and friends mourn the loss of their friend and share memories of Jeff Cook:
“Jeff Cook was a long-time friend and brother as has been Randy and Teddy over all these times passing! This is a heartbreaking loss for all that knew Jeff. ALABAMA is in our prayers. Rest in Peace Jeff. Until the day…” – Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban / The Oak Ridge Boys
“I have great memories of touring with Alabama for 2 years, a most important time in my career. Jeff’s talent and his life of being a great entertainer will never be forgotten.” – Janie Fricke
“We ran a lot of roads together back in the ’80s. I was proud to tour with Alabama for four years! Night after night I watched them create magic like I had never seen before. Jeff was a unique part of the group Alabama and a really good guitar player and fiddle player. We thought we were forever young. This one hits hard. Go rest high on that mountain, Jeff Cook.” – Lee Greenwood
“I’m so sorry and sad to hear the news of Jeff Cook’s passing. He was not only a delight to see and hear on stage, but was always a delight to just hang with. He definitely has left his mark in country music that will never be erased. R.I.P. my friend” – T.G. Sheppard
–Ray Russell
PHOTOS FROM THE SHERIFF’S FILES—
FRED HERNANDEZ before Mondo
Clean Dean, the boss of Biker Magazine and Kimbo, the master of In the Wind Magazine forever.
Russell Exile, Roland Sands, Jesse ROOKE.
–Sheriff
Sheriff’s Media Group
Sweden
In honor of its third anniversary, the Speedway will make this year’s holiday extravaganza entirely walkable; immersing families from the moment they arrive into the World of Christmas as they come face-to-face with the Southland’s biggest and brightest Christmas lighting displays from Mobile Illumination, the company responsible for some of the most notable malls, movie studios and theme park Christmas events in Los Angeles.
Advance tickets for the experience opening on December 1, 2022 and running through January 1, 2023 can be purchased on www.santasspeedway.com starting today.
Irwindale Speedway & Event Center, the premier motorsports facility of its kind in Southern California, in collaboration with Mobile Illumination, the company known for its Christmas tree lighting extravaganzas at movie theatres, malls and theme parks throughout Southern California, today announced the highly anticipated return of its Santa’s Speedway Christmas Lights Experience.
A crowd favorite for three years and counting, the Speedway has put an entirely new spin on this years’ experience by making it entirely walkable; and sweeping families, from the moment they arrive, into the spirit of the holidays. Advance tickets for the Speedway’s biggest and brightest experience to date are available starting today on www.santasspeedway.com.
For those that are hungry for the perfect holiday treat, the Speedway will also introduce an all-new full-service café, featuring family favorites like hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, adult beverages, candy and more. They will also be able to take advantage of the Speedway’s Souvenir shop where they can pick up keepsakes, like apparel and toys to commemorate the experience.
Santa’s Speedway Christmas Lights Drive Thru Spectacular at the Irwindale Speedway & Event Center will be open five nights per week, starting at 5:00 pm and closing at 10:00 pm. Tickets will cost $29 per adult on Wednesday and Thursday and $35 per adult for peak weekend nights (Friday-Sunday), as well as 12/16-12/25. Children will cost $19. The experience will be closed on Monday and Tuesdays with the exception of Christmas week (12/19-12/25)
For more information about the experience, please visit www.santasspeedway.com.
NEW MONEY AND NEW BLOOD COMES TO DAYTONA H-D–BREAKING NEWS ***
New owners of the World Famous and Largest Harley-Davidson (Bruce Rossmeyer’s Harley Davidson)
Now called Teddy Morse’s Daytona Harley-Davidson
(they also own dealerships in Texas)
Hang on!
–Rogue
GOOD NEWS FROM THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT–The scientists were stumped, so they looked even more closely.
They zoomed in to intimately spy on each photon to tell for sure what slit it entered. And something amazing happened: The act of looking itself seemingly caused the pattern to switch! Gone was the interference pattern; appearing instead were two cluster exposures—as one would expect from little bullets flying through, like in the first experiment! What could have caused this to happen?
Multifarious theories have been posited. The act of conscious observation was proven instrumental in causing a “quantum event.” Some theorized that certain matter (e.g.: photons) do, at times, occupy not just one spot in space and time but multiple potential places.
Then, under certain conditions, it “chooses” some spot or another and pops into our time-space from the quantum world. It so happens that photons in that non-state take on a wave form—not material waves but waves of probability: where the particle would most likely appear. It also just so happened that the event of observation—a quantum event—triggered the collapse of those probabilities, causing the particle to pop into being here on this side. At last, consciousness joined the matter equation. The universe, it was discovered, is far more mysterious than Newton dreamed of!
Quantum physics doesn’t fit the model of classical physics, which has prevailed for centuries: where matter and mind are forever separated from one another. In the quantum world, the conscious, objective observer loses his objectivity, for the act of observation itself distorts the results.
In order to further understand how mind can affect matter, some scientists have gone on to test the mind’s capabilities. How better to look at these crucial interactions than by getting out the old double-slit experiment for another run?
Experiment: Meditators’ Mental Powers Statistically Significant
Enter Dean Radin and colleagues, who conducted a series of experiments to explore how mind might affect matter. In their tests, participants were first familiarized with the double-slit experiment by being shown a 5-minute cartoon; then they were taken into an electrically shielded steel room, sat down a few meters from a double-slit apparatus, and given instructions to attempt, on cue, to influence the beam of light using their minds alone.
During randomly assigned periods, lasting between 15 and 30 seconds, participants were asked either to sit idle or attempt to affect the apparatus. Each session lasted about 15 minutes. They found that during periods when participants focused on the device, interference patterns appeared significantly less frequently compared to when the device was active without anyone present. Human concentration, it seemed, makes a difference.
As far as controls go, they controlled factors such as electrical shielding, temperature, and vibration—none of which could explain away the results. Radin and colleagues also examined how fluctuations in the Earth’s geomagnetic field affected the data, as previous studies have shown magnetic variations to be linked to certain human behavior (e.g.: stock market activity, suicides, cardiac health, experiments on extrasensory perception, and so forth). They found the experiments weren’t discounted by such variations, though they did contribute to the results, affirming the impacts that such influences have.
To see such results by chance, they determined, one would have to run the same set of experiments 150,000 times, while most psychology studies would consider 1 in 20 a valid outcome.
The mental capacity to concentrate, they revealed, was key in the experiments’ outcomes; focused attention affects the nature of light, determining whether photons behave as waves or particles. Furthermore, participants who were experienced in meditation showed considerably greater ability to affect the patterns; those who didn’t meditate typically failed to show statistically significant impacts. The statistical evidence speaks for itself: meditation can play a role in catalyzing quantum events.
Which raises a host of new questions: Precisely what is the connection between focused attention and quantum phenomena? How are meditators different from those who don’t meditate? How does concentration effectuate such results? Does volume of practice or degree of mastery matter? If so, to what extent? How might certain meditation methods or techniques affect the results? The road is being paved, quite possibly, toward a new scientific world where mind and matter are one and the same.
–Epoch Times
Science Department
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Tropical Storm Nicole Blows AHDRA Finals Off the Schedule
CANCELLED event: AHDRA Nitro World Finals presented by MTC Engineering
when: November 11-13, 2022
where: Gainesville Raceway, Florida, USA
With Tropical Storm Nicole heading into Florida as a hurricane and traveling north through Georgia and the Carolinas—along with the state of emergency put into effect by Florida Gov. DeDantis—AHDRA has decided to cancel this weekend’s AHDRA World Finals and 2022 Awards Banquet. This weather system could make track conditions questionable and travel conditions unsafe.
Pre-entry for the event and banquet fees can be refunded to you or carried over to the 2023 season. Please contact Chrissy Rowe on how you would like to proceed. The 2022 Awards Banquet will take place on Friday night of the 2023 season opener and will be announced once details have been finalized.
Championship points are posted, and all points will be as they stand. Please review your points and contact Bill or Chrissy Rowe with any points discrepancies by Sunday, November 13th. All Champions and Top 10 winners will be declared and announced in a separate post on Monday November 14th.
“We regret this situation but feel that this is best for all involved,” said Bill Rowe. “Let’s all remember to keep our thoughts and prayers with everyone affected by this storm.
“We would like to thank all AHDRA members, staff and track personnel who have made this 2022 season possible, and we look forward to an exciting 2023 season with events taking place in current and new locations.See you next year.”
Please help get the word out by sharing this post.
The AHDRA website is at http://raceahdra.com/
Royal Enfield Introduces All-New Super Meteor 650 at EICMA
The new Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 is cruising at its purest.
Royal Enfield, the global leader in the midsize (250cc – 750cc) motorcycling segment, today unveiled the new Super Meteor 650, injecting a new level of character, style and accessibility into the mid-sized cruiser market.
The Super Meteor 650 continues Royal Enfield’s heritage of building superlative midsize motorcycles. It is centered around the acclaimed 648cc twin platform that’s been rigorously tested, and since 2018, enjoyed worldwide recognition within the award-winning INT650 and Continental GT 650. The Super Meteor 650 features an all-new chassis developed for comfort and a long, effortless glide down long highways.
Commenting on Royal Enfield’s cruiser lineage and approach to building motorcycles, Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director of Eicher Motors Ltd. said, “We have always had a differentiated approach to building motorcycles and our new cruiser, the Super Meteor 650, is the next evolution of this approach. Inspired by our own long-distance riding experiences and those of our customers, we have built the Super Meteor to be absolutely enjoyable to all senses.
The engine is super refined and responsive and offers relaxed part-throttle experience at highway-plus speeds, the riding ergonomics are fine-tuned to offer a leisurely, yet in-control riding experience, and the overall premium fit and finish of parts and materials evoke visual and sensory delight. The gorgeous silhouette and contours of the Super Meteor have been inspired by generations of cruisers from Royal Enfield, and are at the same time, familiar, yet absolutely distinct.”
Created in conjunction with Harris Performance, the all-new chassis provides a low center of gravity for high-speed stability and easy maneuverability that is confidence inspiring for all levels of rider. USD forks, LED headlamps, a state-of-the-art TBT navigation system, redesigned engine covers and a premium fit and finish are just some of the many attention-grabbing features.
The Super Meteor 650 is the solo tourer variant and will be available in five colorways: Astral Black, Astral Blue, Astral Green, Interstellar Grey and Interstellar Green. The Super Meteor 650 Tourer is the grand tourer variant and will be available in two colorways: Celestial Red and Celestial Blue.
The Super Meteor 650 is supported by an extensive ecosystem of Genuine Motorcycle Accessories that accentuate its touring capabilities. Of the three motorcycles unveiled at EICMA, the Astral Black Super Meteor 650 is equipped with Solo Tourer Genuine Motorcycle Accessories kit, including bar-end mirrors, deluxe footpegs, solo finisher, LED indicators and machined wheels. The Celestial Red Super Meteor 650 Tourer is equipped with the Grand Tourer accessories kit including the deluxe touring dual-seat, touring windscreen, passenger backrest, deluxe footpegs, long-haul panniers, touring handlebar and LED indicators. The Interstellar Green Super Meteor 650 is displayed in the standard format.
The Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 will begin arriving in North America as early as summer 2023.
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BIGGEST WEEKEND YET— for the Moto Intro Series– Plus TV and Twitter Coverage
More than 300 guests cycled through the MIC’s Ride With Us Moto Intros held last week at the gigantic automotive aftermarket SEMA Show in Las Vegas. That number almost tripled the previous participant record at a single Moto Intro event, as hundreds of visitors enjoyed their first two-wheeled rides over four days, guided by Motorcycle Safety Foundation RiderCoaches from morning daylight through early evening hours.
“We brought a two-wheeled experience to a four-wheel trade show and the SEMA crowd couldn’t get enough of it,” said Cinnamon Kernes, MIC vice president of market expansion. “One advantage to doing this activation at a trade show is that we were connecting with a nationwide audience, with visitors from across America. So we actually reached multiple markets in one stop. And with the average age of our Vegas guests being 28, we connected with a younger than usual group.”
Careful planning for the 30-minute entry-level experiences helped take advantage of that large audience around SEMA, estimated by organizers at more than 150,000.
“Throughout the year we improved our operational efficiencies with our Moto Intros, and it paid off at the SEMA Show,” said Kurt Whittington, MIC event operations manager. “With further improvements and a great team of MSF-certified coaches, we can handle even more riders in 2023 without sacrificing safety or the five-star experience.”
MIC Communications coordinated with the SEMA media relations team, which has years of experience with Las Vegas news outlets. The results included three local TV news placements featuring Ride With Us, on the ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates, plus some social media coverage.
Next year, the Ride With Us team aims to partner with even more adjacent-market events. Anyone with questions about Ride With Us, or ways to get involved with the Moto Intros, is invited to contact Cinnamon Kernes.
–MIC
THAT’S IT—Seems sorta calm in the world today, except for the climate alarmists in Egypt. They are screaming even louder, while Eqypt and all of Africa are saying, “stop.” They need fossil fuels and all the conferences in the world are not going to stop them for using them and building infrastructure for their folks.
Here’s the ironic aspect to me, and I know brothers and sisters all over the world read control-freak threats and then look out of the window and see kids climbing into a diesel powered bus, the trash truck goes by, UPS trucks and they look at their computer screen, and pick up their cell phone and wonder, what the fuck? Hell, most medicines are made with fossil fuels and are contained in fossil fuel containers. If anything needs the Scientific Transparency, this subject does right now.
Hell, look at the news. New fossil fuel cars, trikes, motorcycles and you name it are being built, while lithium battery powered scooters are burning homes down. Think we need to have open discussions between honest folks?
In the meantime the Bikernet team is cooking with gas. We started to mock up the VL project, and I will work on it this weekend.
My grandson Frankie recently spotted the Root Beer Float, by Kent Weeks at an event in LA and this wonderful Indian art.
We are working on the next chapter of Tank photos from Markus Cuff. This next one will be all about paints, paint styles and custom tanks. Above is a Chica classic.
Winter dropped in last night with 3 inches of glistening snow.
We are working on a 30-foot flag pole for the Sturgis Shop area. I had to make the wings for the top.
We are still researching English V-Twins from the ‘20s.
Watch out. Christmas is coming and Santa’s watching.
In the meantime ride free and keep freedom alive.
–Bandit
ENLIGHTENED BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 8, 2022
By Bandit |
Hey,
It’s so interesting. Speak to anyone about major issues over Climate or Gun Control and you receive vastly different responses. Even my son said, “You can see the smog.”
For a younger, uneducated generation, they look at grimy oil fields and dirty black coal pits and cringe. They look at a solar panel and see progress. Even young folks look at wind farms and wonder. They don’t look so cool, make noise, fuck the view, kill eagles and don’t turn most of the time.
The above made it easy to question oil and coal. Coal was nasty at one point, but now it’s safe. Oil was a pollutant at one point and that’s almost gone due to new technologies. But are we Doomed and should be forced to use unproven green technologies immediately? There’s the core issue. The greens chose to lie to us and then accuse anyone who questions them–deniers. They must be censored. That’s against the American Code and our constitution. But since Al Gore’s movie in 2006 it’s been the driving force behind the Green movement. Did you know that Al’s movie was banned from schools in the UK because of multiple inaccuracies?
Since I’m a grubby biker and brothers across the country questioned and fought helmet laws, that were also fed to the public behind lies, I questioned Al and his proponents. I kept digging and learning. The news contains several Climate milestones. If you love Choppers, you’ll dig them and be relieved.
Let’s hit the news.
The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron Trader News, ChopperTown, BorntoRide.com and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum.
Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth – A Ruling of the British High Court
The decision by the British Government to distribute Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” has been the subject of a legal action by New Party member Stewart Dimmock. The Court found that the film was misleading in nine respects and that the Guidance Notes drafted by the Education Secretary’s advisors served only to exacerbate the political propaganda in the film.
The inaccuracies are:
1. The film claims that melting snows on Mount Kilimanjaro evidence global warming. The Government’s expert was forced to concede that this is not correct.
2. The film suggests that evidence from ice cores proves that rising CO2 causes temperature increases over 650,000 years. The Court found that the film was misleading: over that period the rises in CO2 lagged behind the temperature rises by 800-2000 years.
3. The film uses emotive images of Hurricane Katrina and suggests that this has been caused by global warming. The Government’s expert had to accept that it was “not possible” to attribute one-off events to global warming.
4. The film shows the drying up of Lake Chad and claims that this was caused by global warming. The Government’s expert had to accept that this was not the case.
5. The film claims that a study showed that polar bears had drowned due to disappearing arctic ice. It turned out that Mr Gore had misread the study: in fact four polar bears drowned and this was because of a particularly violent storm.
6. The film threatens that global warming could stop the Gulf Stream throwing Europe into an ice age: the Claimant’s evidence was that this was a scientific impossibility.
7. The film blames global warming for species losses including coral reef bleaching. The Government could not find any evidence to support this claim.
8. The film suggests that sea levels could rise by 7 m causing the displacement of millions of people. In fact, the evidence is that sea levels are expected to rise by about 40 cm over the next hundred years and that there is no such threat of massive migration.
9. The film claims that rising sea levels has caused the evacuation of certain Pacific islands to New Zealand. The Government was unable to substantiate this, and the Court observed that this appears to be a false claim.
Also, the Court’s interim ruling included the following:
1. The film suggests that the Greenland ice covering could melt causing sea levels to rise dangerously. The evidence is that Greenland will not melt for millennia.
2. The film suggests that the Antarctic ice covering is melting, the evidence was that it is in fact increasing.
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Tucker’s DragonFire Racing and QuadBoss Brands to Participate in Sand Sports Super Show
Fort Worth TX – September 7, 2022 – DragonFire Racing and QuadBoss, two of Tucker Powersports off road brands, will display their newest and most popular products at the annual Sand Sports Super Show in Orange County California this month. The Sand Sports Show is the largest dune and dirt sports show in the world and attracts attendees from around the United States.
“The Sand Sports Show is the premier consumer event in our industry,” said Kyle Frederick, Brand Manager for DragonFire Racing and QuadBoss. “We’re happy to show some of our newest products for the first time at this year’s show.”
Highlighting the exhibit space is a newly created, custom 2022 Polaris RZR XP decked out with the newest DragonFire Racing paddle tires, custom wheels, custom pro-series seats, lighting package, and resplendent in a British Racing Green finish with gold striping.
QuadBoss, the go-to brand for keeping UTV’s rolling for work or for play, will highlight a new high-performance battery at the show, an addition to its expansive line of upgrade and maintenance parts for four-wheelers.
DragonFire Racing will be debuting new paddle tires and two styles of wheels, helping the brand meet the needs of customers who want style and performance that sets them apart from everyone else.
The Sand Sports Super Show runs from September 16 to September 18 at the Orange County (California) Fairgrounds.
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QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY–The Really Really Bad Joke Library
What’s the best thing about Switzerland?
I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
Why do we tell actors to “break a leg?”
Because every play has a cast.
Did you hear about the actor who fell through the floorboards?
He was just going through a stage.
Helvetica and Times New Roman walk into a bar.
“Get out of here!” shouts the bartender. “We don’t serve your type.”
Yesterday I saw a guy spill all his Scrabble letters on the road. I asked him, “What’s the word on the street?”
Once my dog ate all the Scrabble tiles. For days he kept leaving little messages around the house.
A woman in labor suddenly shouted, “Shouldn’t! Wouldn’t! Couldn’t! Didn’t! Can’t!”
“Don’t worry,” said the doc. “Those are just contractions.”
I childproofed my house
Somehow, they still got in!
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Control Freak.
Con…
OK, now you say, “Control Freak who?”
How do you drown a hipster?
Throw him in the mainstream.
Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?
He just needed a little space.
Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
Because they make up everything.
I don’t have a carbon footprint.
I just drive everywhere.
–Wayfarer,
Editor – Bikernet Blog
https://blog.bikernet.com
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Indeed, the current warming cycle seems to be weaker than any of its predecessors during the Holocene.
–Sam Burns
Tech Editor
Bikernet.com™
The MIC and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation sent a formal letter to Dr. Steven Cliff, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stating that autonomous vehicle technology must recognize and react to motorcyclists out on American roads. The letter highlighted two crashes in July, both involving Tesla cars, and both raising questions about the potential danger to riders everywhere.
The letter states that “America can ill afford using public roadways as a testing laboratory for companies, and autopilot/self-driving features should be kept off public roads until the safety of motorcyclists, pedestrians and other vehicle drivers can be assured.”
INTERMOT 2022: The first motorcycling highlight of the year
Premieres, innovations, special events and test tracks are waiting for motorcycle fans
It’s the first trade fair highlight of the year for motorcycle and scooter fans from Europe and the specialized trade from all over the world: INTERMOT, the International Motorcycle, Scooter and E-Bike Fair, from 4 to 9 October 2022. Around 500 exhibiting companies and brands from around 29 countries, including many big names, will present their new and current models and product innovations to the international specialized trade and the biker community. In addition to motorcycles and scooters, the INTERMOT offering also encompasses accessories, clothing, parts, heritage and customizing, travel and workshop equipment. INTERMOT is organized by Koelnmesse GmbH, and the conceptual sponsor of the event is the German Motorcycle Industry Association (IVM), based in Essen, Germany.
Starting in Cologne are, among others, the brands Benelli, BMW Group, Energica, Honda Deutschland, HOREX Motorcycles GmbH, Kawasaki Motors Europe N.V., KTM, MSA with the Voge brand, the Piaggio Group with the brands Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Vespa, SUZUKI Deutschland GmbH, Triumph Motorrad Deutschland GmbH, or ZERO Motorcycles. Announced are world premieres and innovations presented in the context of INTERMOT 2022.
INTERMOT will be staged in Halls 7, 8 and 9 and in the neighboring outdoor areas of the Cologne fair grounds. The big brands will thereby be distributed through all halls in order to ensure a steady visitor flow to all areas and segments. Horex, KSR with the Benelli brand, the MSA Group with Voge, Piaggio Group with the brands Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Vespa as well as Suzuki will present themselves in Hall 7. Kawasaki and Zero, among others, can be found in Hall 8. The BMW Group, Energica, Honda, KTM and Triumph will appear in Hall 9.
As an event-oriented trade fair, INTERMOT Cologne 2022 will also offer its visitors interesting special events and many other highlights on the topics of motorcycles and scooters in addition to exhibition presentations. Visitors will be able to try out the new models for themselves on the various test tracks in the directly neighboring outdoor areas. Whether novice, returner or experienced motorcycle or scooter rider, there is a test track for everyone: rookies as of 15 years of age can make their first rounds on the 125 cc test track, while experienced riders can test the new models on the big bike test track. On the e-test track, everything revolves around electromobility – pedelecs, electric kick scooters, scooters and motorcycles with e-drive are ready to ride here. There is, of course, expert supervision and instruction on all test tracks.
The best 40 stunt riders of Europe will compete at INTERMOT from 7 to 9 October 2022 for the European Street Freestyle Championship. Organized by FIM Europe (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), the international umbrella organization for motorcycling, only absolute experts are at work here. One unbelievable stunt follows the next – an absolute audience highlight!
The Institute for Motorcycle Safety (ifz) dedicates itself to the theme of “safety” in breathtaking action shows. A mix of stunt, action and riding demonstration takes place here four times a day. Important safety topics are thus presented in a uniquely entertaining and memorable way.
And those who are looking for a new tattoo or want to shape their beard can take a short detour to the tattoo and barber shop of INTERMOT in Hall 7.
The “Bike Woman of the Year” award, sponsored by the trade journal Bike und Business, will also be presented here on 5 October 2022.
The 125 cc special show, realized by Motorrad magazine, presents the whole world of 125 cubic centimetre bikes. From petrol engines to electric drives. Whether cross/supermoto, street/naked, scooters or specials, including café racers, flat tracks and choppers. You can also test-ride all the exhibited models on the 125 cc test track. And you don’t even need a license. Those 15 and over can participate when accompanied by an adult. Protective clothing will of course be provided on location.
The next events:
* INTERMOT Cologne – International Motorcycle and Scooter Fair (04.10. und 05.10. trade visitor and media day), Cologne 04.10. – 09.10.2022
* THE TIRE COLOGNE – The international trade fair for the tire industry, Cologne 04.06. – 06.06.2024
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Don McLean’s “American Pie” reach the top spot on SiriusXM’s 70s on 7 listener-voted list of 1,000 songs of the 1970s during Labor Day weekend. The Grammy award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient continues his 50th Anniversary American Pie World Tour with nearly 40 shows throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. The tour kicks off on September 11 in the UK and concludes on November 13 in Austria. McLean will appear on Good Morning Britain (ITV) this Friday in advance of the tour.
“2022 has been an incredible year for us. I launched the tour on Feb 3rd, honoring the ‘day the music died’ and will be ending the year of touring in Europe,” says Don McLean. “Performing has been something I have been looking forward to. The pandemic kept all of us musicians locked up, so now getting back on the road and traveling is something exciting and fun. The fans in Europe have always been exceptional and I am looking forward to seeing them next month.”
As tragic as the backstory behind the song “American Pie” is with the much too early death of the new rock’n’roll-hope Buddy Holly, the track is also magnificent and legendary. And “American Pie” still goes to heart as soon as originator Don McLean plays this classic at his concerts. Still, it’s worth remembering that the 76-year-old composer has written and sung numerous other melodic and harmonic successes in his decades-long career with “Vincent (Starry Starry Night),” “Castles in the Air,” “And I Love You So,” and “Cryin’,” all of which will be heard and reveled in along with newer pieces on the upcoming tour.
Along with the 50th Anniversary American Pie World Tour, THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: THE STORY OF DON McLEAN’S “AMERICAN PIE” launched on Paramount+, both in the U.S. and internationally where the service is available. With a narrative running deeper than a catchy tune and cryptic verses, “American Pie” is a musical phenomenon woven deep into the history of American culture, entertaining audiences around the world for over 50 years. In THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: THE STORY OF DON McLEAN’S “AMERICAN PIE,” McLean powerfully reveals and shares the secrets behind his iconic song. In addition, the documentary highlights cultural moments in America’s history that are as relevant now as they were in 1971 when the song was released. The film tells stories of the people who were a part of this moment from the beginning and shows the point of view of a new generation of artists who are motivated by the same values and ideas that inspired the song’s creation.
50th Anniversary ‘American Pie’ World Tour 2022 European Dates:
September 11, 2022 – Cardiff, U.K. – St. Davids
September 13, 2022 – Ipswich, U.K. – Ipswich Regent Theatre
September 14, 2022 – Birmingham, U.K. – Symphony Hall
September 16, 2022 – Bath, U.K. – The Forum
September 17, 2022 – Torquay, U.K. – Princess Theatre
September 18, 2022 – Bournemouth, U.K. – Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
September 20, 2022 – Brighton, U.K. – Brighton Dome Concert Hall
September 21, 2022 – Southend-on-sea, U.K. – Cliffs Pavilion
September 23, 2022 – Manchester, U.K. – Bridgewater Hall
September 24, 2022 – Gateshead, U.K. – Sage Gateshead
September 25, 2022 – Glasgow, U.K. – The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
September 27, 2022 – Edinburgh, U.K. – Usher Hall
September 28, 2022 – York, U.K. – York Barbican
September 30, 2022 – Leicester, U.K. – De Montfort Hall
October 01, 2022 – Sheffield, U.K. – City Hall
October 02, 2022 – Liverpool, U.K. – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
October 04, 2022 – London, U.K. – London Palladium
October 07, 2022 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
October 09, 2022 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Concertgebouw de Vereeniging
October 10, 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Koninklijk Theater Carré
October 14, 2022 – Bergen, Norway – Peer Gynt Salen
October 15, 2022 – Stavanger, Norway – Stavanger Kuppelhallen
October 16, 2022 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
October 18, 2022 – Göteborg, Sweden – Lorensbergsteatern
October 20, 2022 – Turku, Finland – Logomo
October 21, 2022 – Helsinki, Finland – Kulttuuritalo
October 23, 2022 – Stockholm, Sweden – Göta Lejon
October 24, 2022 – Malmö, Sweden – Palladium
October 25, 2022 – Greve, Denmark – Portalen
October 27, 2022 – Hamburg, Germany – Fabrik
October 28, 2022 – Neuruppin, Germany – Kulturkirche
October 29, 2022 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
October 31, 2022 – Bremen, Germany – Metropol Theater Bremen
November 01, 2022 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Singel
November 03, 2022 – Holstebro, Denmark – Musikteatret Holstebro
November 05, 2022 – Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer Erholungshaus
November 09, 2022 – Halle, Germany – Steintor, Variete
November 12, 2022 – Munich, Germany – Prinzregententheater
November 13, 2022 – Linz, Austria – Posthof Zeritkultur Am Hafen
For tickets and more information, visit donmclean.com
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Cop stealing a motorcycle of a senior ranker. LOL. Outlaw? Read the hot pursuit part.
Off-duty cop nabbed for stealing village chair’s motorcycle in Iloilo
from Malina Bulletin
Ilolilo City, Philippines — An off-duty policeman was arrested for stealing a motorcycle owned by a barangay captain in Pototan, Iloilo on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
The suspect was identified as 39-year-old Corporal Darrel Sablon Dumaraogl and assigned to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB)-6 in Calinog, Iloilo.
The Pototan Municipal Police Station said the motorcycle owned by Barangay Captain Nicky Pescuela was parked at the Pototan Public Plaza when it went missing early Wednesday morning.
However, closed circuit television camera footage revealed that Dumarao swiped the motorcycle and he was identified by a landlady based on his clothing.
The suspect was arrested in a hot pursuit operation by the Pototan Municipal Police Station and the RMFB-6.
Aside from criminal charges, Dumaraog will also face administrative charges for his offense.The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 condemned Dumaraog’s acts and assured that the law is unselective with the suspect’s arrest.
Source: https://mb.com.ph
We are just about to publish our second episode in our Chopper Chronicles series. All will be based on true stories such as this one. –Bandit
Conclusion
This detailed analysis of climate change and its alleged impact on Virginia finds the following to be true and supported by voluminous governmental and peer-reviewed studies concerning the Commonwealth:
- There is no unusual or unprecedented warming
- Heat waves have been declining
- Severe weather is not increasing
- Crop and forest growth are increasing
- Droughts are in decline
- There is no increase in hurricanes
- Complete elimination of carbon dioxide emissions within Virginia will have an impact that is so close to zero that it is meaningless
- In short, there is no climate crisis and any attempts to eliminate CO2 via regulation or taxation are simply “solutions in search of a problem.”
–CO2 Coalition
GUN NUT REPORT–FPC Secures Partial Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Challenging ATF “Frame or Receiver” Rule
FORT WORTH, TX (September 2, 2022) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) secured a partial victory in VanDerStok v. Garland, in the form of a partial and limited injunction in its lawsuit challenging the ATF’s rule that would create new terms and enact a slew of regulations for the agency to enforce. The opinion can be viewed at FPCLegal.org.
“The Final Rule’s redefinition of ‘frame or receiver’ conflicts with the statute’s plain meaning,” wrote Federal District Court Judge Reed O’Connor in his Order. “The definition of ‘firearm’ in the Gun Control Act does not cover all firearm parts. It covers specifically ‘the frame or receiver of any such weapon’ that Congress defined as a firearm. 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)(B). That which may become a receiver is not itself a receiver.”
Specifically, today’s ruling:
- Finds that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in their challenge to the ATF’s “Frame or Receiver” Rule;
- Grants a preliminary injunction as to plaintiff Tactical Machining, but does not grant a preliminary injunction in regards to Tactical Machining’s customers, other manufacturers or retailers, or any other individuals interested in buying the affected products; and,
- Gives the plaintiffs an opportunity “to submit further briefing and evidence on the scope of the injunction” by September 8th, with a response from the government due 7 days later.
“This is an important initial victory, but we have much more work to do in this case,” said FPC’s Senior Attorney for Constitutional Litigation Cody J. Wisniewski. “We look forward to presenting the Court with additional arguments and moving this case towards a full decision recognizing the deep flaws with the Agencies’ Rule as soon as possible.”
Individuals who would like to Join the FPC Grassroots Army and support important pro-rights lawsuits and programs can sign up at JoinFPC.org. Individuals and organizations wanting to support charitable efforts in support of the restoration of Second Amendment and other natural rights can also make a tax-deductible donation to the FPC Action Foundation. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, visit FPCLegal.org and follow FPC on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube.
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutionally protected rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. FPC’s efforts are focused on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and adjacent issues including freedom of speech, due process, unlawful searches and seizures, separation of powers, asset forfeitures, privacy, encryption, and limited government. The FPC team are next-generation advocates working to achieve the Organization’s strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs.
FPC Law (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s first and largest public interest legal team focused on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and the leader in the Second Amendment litigation and research space.
It’s as simple as smart and stupid.
–J.J. Solari
budding smart guy
Professor Emeritus
Bikernet University
Pillar Peak Campus
Sturgis, SD
BLACK HILLS TRAFFIC REPORT–He received a traffic citation for exactly 79 MPH in a 65 zone….no more….no less.
–Buck Lovell
Lovell Photography & Design
B.L.A.B.B. (Buck Lovell’s American Biker Blog)
bucklovell@gmail.com / bucklovellsblog@gmail.com
Sturgis, SD 57785
(605) 490 2991
If you want a piece of fantastic western photography, go to Buck’s Web Site. –Bandit
Or you can buy his fucking books in our new shop. Click on the image above.
–Renegade
PAUGHCO CUSTOM FLAT BLACK OVAL LEG SPRINGER 6″ OVER
Specs:
Big Twin, Timken, Dual Brake Tabs, Flat Black Powder Coated Outer springs front and rear legs rockers top clamp crown nut and spring rods. Chrome hardware rocker studs and inner springs. no fender mounts
Paughco Part# N181-6 [ 6″ Over stock (total length – 33″) ]
Wide springer front ends With tapered oval rear legs
These Springer fork assemblies come assembled and include the fork stem, top nut, crown nut, top clamp, and inner and outer springs. Springers 15″ and longer have 3° stem angles, but this option is available on the shorter Springers upon request. Please specify type of neck when ordering (Big Twin or Sportster – see bottom of page). Also, please specify the style of top clamp you want….. with ears (for dog bone style risers) or without ears (for Glide style risers). Wide Springers twisted or Wishbone front legs.
Special notes:
ORDERING INFORMATION:
3) Stock Harley axles will not fit Paughco Springers.
4) Minimum inside width is approximately 7-3/4″
5) Distance between rockers where axle goes is approximately 10″. 6) N181ST and N181-3 Springers can be specially-ordered to accept Paughco 16″ front fenders (see page 174 for fenders).
VETERANS NEWS–As a community of more than 1 million veterans, one of our most sacred duties is to advocate to improve the lives of all veterans. We’re proud to have been speaking out for veterans like you for more than 100 years!
Each year at our National Convention, DAV delegates identify the most pressing issues veterans are facing and create a set of resolutions designed to improve the lives of veterans throughout the nation.
This year, one of our top priorities was passing the Honoring our PACT Act to ensure veterans exposed to toxic substances finally get the benefits they have earned.
Along with a coalition of other veterans’ organizations, we’ve worked for years to develop and pass comprehensive military toxic exposure legislation to ensure every generation of veterans exposed to burn pits and other battlefield toxins receive the medical care and disability benefits they deserve.
We’re thrilled that the historic and bipartisan Honoring our PACT Act was signed into law on August 10.
The bill represents the largest expansion of VA care and benefits for those exposed to harmful substances during their military service in history. And your member support was crucial in getting to where we are today.
Now, it is our job to ensure that the VA faithfully and quickly implements the legislation guaranteeing wounded, ill and injured veterans exposed to harmful materials the benefits they have already earned.
In the meantime, we’ll remain committed to speaking out on other top priorities for veterans, including reforming survivors benefits, long-term health care needs, underserved veteran populations, and mental health care and suicide prevention.
Thank you for helping us carry these essential fights forward — and for being a member of DAV.
–DAV Membership
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THE BROS BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 1, 2022
https://www.bikernet.com/pages/THE_BROS_BIKERNET_WEEKLY_NEWS_for_September_1_2022.aspx
Is that Sept 1979 issue of Easyriders on page two? (Ann Robinson / Hal Robinson art). I was born that month!
–Wayfarer
HISTORY LESSON FROM THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM—
Spectators at a fairgrounds half-mile after World War II would see bikes like this Indian, plus Harley 45s and BSA Gold Stars roaring around the track, flinging dirt, fighting for traction on their way to the checker flag.
All these brands and more fought for national championships in AMA Class C racing as it was one more way manufacturers could lure riders into showrooms to buy the street legal versions. In fact, Class C race bikes were all to be based on serial production 750cc flatheads or 500cc OHV machines.
This 1940 Indian Model 640 Sport Scout is a good example of an AMA Class C racer. Following the early 1930s Depression, the motorcycle industry was suffering from their lack of sales.
Also, with loss in spectator interest and cost of factory racing teams for Class A racing, the AMA in 1933 decided to establish Class C racing. Class C racing was limited to standard serial production street legal motorcycles with a side-valve engine with no more than 45 cubic inches, or 750cc, of displacement.
Overhead valve machines like the British made singles and twins were limited to 500 ccs. Class C racing became very popular with dealers and mechanics taking the Indian vs Harley-Davidson wars to the dirt track ovals, TTs and hill climbing events.
Both Harley-Davidson and Indian were ready for the introduction of the Class C racing season. The Sport Scout, introduced in 1934 was strong contender for 20 years, taking many wins. Particularly in the early ‘50s with the Indian wrecking crew of Bobby Hill, Bill Tuman and Ernie Beckman sharing several national championship titles, and shared riding with the AMA No.1 plate over a four-year period.
The Indian Sport Scout armed with the 42-degree V-Twin side valve, 45 cubic inches (745 cc) motor was in production for nine years 1934 to 1942.
Indian’s chief engineer and designer, Charles B. Franklin, responsible for the creation of the Scout (1919), Chief (1922) and Scout Pony (1932), roughed-out in sketch form the Sport Scout before his passing at 52 years old on October 19, 1932.
Diverging from Scout’s long running cradled-framed and leaf-spring fork motorcycle (1920 through 1933) the first Sport Scout, similar to the Scout Pony, used a keystone rigid frame through 1940, 1941-42, a rear plunger suspension and girder fork for the range. The two-piece frame consisted of a front down tube and rear fork bolted to the engine/transmission unit by front and rear mounting plates. Lack of a frame under the motor/transmission maximized ground clearance during banking and the girder fork offered more front-end travel, making the Sport Scout a good motorcycle for dirt track racing.
Tuner alterations to this bike include a BTE twist grip throttle, a modified foot clutch, shortened hand shifter, a special foot-peg set up, a solo/pillion seat setup and a Splitdorf magneto in place of the original battery ignition. 1940 was the first year for the beautiful, skirted fenders mated with 16 inch wheels, so of course the wheels are 18 inch for racing, front fender is removed, the rear fender is from an earlier Indian.
Specifications:
Engine: 42 Degree, Air-Cooled, Side-Valve V-Twin
Bore & Stroke: 2 7/8 x 3 1/2 Inches
Displacement: 45 Cubic Inches, 745 cc
Carburetor: Linkert
Ignition: Splitdorf Magneto
Brake Horsepower: 18HP (Stock)
Transmission: 3 speeds
Wheelbase: 56.5 Inches
Weight: 295 Pounds, Est., Ready to race
Wheels/Tires: 4.00 x 18 / 4.00 x 18
Brakes: Drum Brakes, Front & Rear*
THE MODERN CLASSICS RIDE-IN 2022
Join us on September 24th for our annual Modern Classics Ride-In! This is one event you don’t want to miss. ALL bikes welcome! Inside our dealership you’ll find an extended display of vintage inventory along with Makoto Endo painting an iconic Kawasaki motorcycle. Outside; check out our Collectors Tent filled with vintage bikes for sale, live music, delicious food, and more!
Show starts at 9am until 3pm.
Located at Martin Moto: 1037 Unger Ln. Boyertown, PA 19512
Check out what we’ll be featuring at this exciting event below!
THE MODERN CLASSICS COLLECTORS TENT
Looking for your next project? Interested in selling your vintage motorcycle? Bring your pre-1990s moto and display it for sale in our collectors tent during our Modern Classics Ride-In event. No fee- free to display! All bikes welcome, running or not.
*Display your bike all day.
*Located near the main entrance of the building.
*Your bike will be displayed in view of hundreds of potential customers and vintage enthusiasts.
*We will provide tags with your information on them.
*Check-in will be under the tent when you arrive.
For additional information please email dennis@martinmoto.com
By Grace Stevens
Credit card companies track spending based on the type of retailer where a card is used — though they do not track the individual items that are purchased. Each purchase is tagged with what’s called a merchant category code, with the master list set by an international standards body. Some categories are fairly broad, such as those for grocery stores and airlines, while others are quite specific. There are unique codes for tent and awning shops, wig and toupee stores — even separate categories for antique shops, secondhand stores and pawn shops.
But there are no codes just for gun retailers.
A Mastercard reference booklet lumps them into a “miscellaneous” category with magic stores, silk flower shops and bottled and distilled water dealers, or a “durable goods” category that also includes lighting fixtures and grave markers. …
[State Sen. Zellnor] Myrie said a new code would make it easier to target individuals who intend to traffic guns or use them for mass shootings. People buying guns legally with no intent to harm people, he said, would have “absolutely nothing to worry about.”
Through June 2022, the UAH’s satellites have recorded no warming for seven years and 10 months globally, either. According to The Quadrant, the UAH’s temperature records are confirmed by the ground-based HadCRUT series, which have recorded no warming for 86 months.
The Quadrant reports the data from the satellites is not cherry-picked but instead “is calculated by a method taking all months into account. Indeed it’s the method recommended by the godfather of global temperature measuring, Prof Phil Jones of the early HadCRUT global temperature series, also of 2009 Climategate email fame.”
Of note is the fact that not a single climate model managed to forecast the present pause in warming.
In addition, the UAH satellite record is consistent with independent data from radiosonde measurements on weather balloons. Thousands of these balloons are launched every day.
On the global scale, satellite coverage is, of course, vastly superior to the three main terrestrial global temperature measuring systems HadCRUT, NASA-GISS and NOAA, which lack coverage of significant areas of the earth’s surface. Gaps includes the poles, large ocean areas, and much of Siberia and the African continent’s 30 million square kilometres.
SOURCE: The Quadrant
FEATURE BIKE OF THE WEEK : KRAUS’S PLACE—
–Sam Burns
Feature Bike Editor
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QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–SAVE A LIFE
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I live in Palm Beach Gardens Florida. Will there be a class down in my area soon.
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Hundees96@comcast.net
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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BIKERNET RADIO–Song Pick of the Week
Song: “Don’t Tread on Me”
Song by: Metallica
Album: Metallica (‘black album’ 1991)
Don’t tread on me
Said, “Don’t tread on me”
Liberty or death
What we so proudly hail?
Once you provoke her
Rattling of her tail
Never begins it
Never, but once engaged
Never surrenders
Showing the fangs of rage
Said, “Don’t tread on me”
So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it, settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermore
Hey
Don’t tread on me
Love it or leave it
She with the deadly bite
Quick is the blue tongue
Forked as a lightning strike
Shining with brightness
Always on surveillance
(The eyes, they never close)
Emblem of vigilance
Ooh, no, no, no,
Said, “Don’t tread on me”
So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it
Settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermore
Don’t tread on me
So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
Liberty or death
What we so proudly hail?
Once you provoke her
Rattling of her tail
So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it, settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermore
Don’t tread on me
–Wayfarer
Official DJ
Bikernet.com™
You have probably seen those signs on large trucks that ask, “How is my Driving?” The National Motorists Association’s Driving Courtesy Month 2022 is like that–a way to think about your own driving in, we hope, a fun, and straightforward way.
We can all use a tune-up every once in a while. This year, the National Office produced 15 animations that we hope will help remind motorists everywhere about the different aspects of driving courtesy. Here’s one that promotes a driving principle that all NMA members are quite familiar with.
To check out all 15 animations, go to www.DriverCourtesy.org.
The Driver Courtesy Month 2022 Initiative is a project of the NMA’s Driver Education Committee. Communications Director Shelia Dunn did the voiceovers, and freelance animator John Weeden assisted with creating the videos.
We appreciate your support of the National Motorists Association and Driver Courtesy Month 2022.
13 Palms, California
More States Move Toward Banning Gas-Powered Vehicles
By Katie Spence
Seventeen states follow California’s rigid vehicle emission requirements instead of federal standards, and now they’re considering following California’s lead in its gas-powered vehicle ban.
Indeed, Oregon said it’ll update its Advanced Clean Cars II law proposal to include a gas-powered vehicle ban in 2035.
And Washington said it would adopt a version of California’s rule by year’s end.
In Sep. 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed Senate Bill S2758, which effectively banned gas-powered vehicle sales by implementing a “zero-emission” in-state sales goal of 100 percent by 2035.
New York will likely institute an outright ban soon.
Further, other states have so-called trigger laws that require them to adopt the same emission regulations as California’s—even if they disagree with the requirements.
Dean Martin movie version ruined its Hollywood adaptation. The novels though are very pulp like their original covers. I had scored about 18 in a single buy on Ebay back in the day.
The basic plot summary mentions cliched crazy scientist in the novel. Its great to use it as a meme !!! I am using two other images for a story I hope will make it by Monday.
Novel: “The Devastators”
(first published 1965 / and 9th novel in the Matt Helm series)
Matt Helm, travels to London, England and eventually to Scotland in order to stop a mad scientist who plans to unleash a new Black Plague upon the world.
–Wayfarer
CO2 Coalition Tells Court Carbon Regulation “Scientifically Invalid”
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon rule is “scientifically invalid and will be disastrous for the poor people worldwide, future generations and the United States,” according to a court brief by two physics professors at Princeton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the CO2 Coalition.
Filed today with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the amicus curie brief said, “There is overwhelming scientific evidence that fossil fuels and CO2 provide enormous social benefits.” It asked that the rule be enjoined from further use pending outcome of a hearing by a trial court.
The lawsuit before the appeals court — the State of Louisiana versus Biden — seeks to stop the use of “temporary rules” that are implemented by presidential order. The Biden administration’s SCC rule directs regulators to include the purported projected “global cost” of every ton of carbon dioxide emissions from a wide array of projects where federal funding or approvals are needed, from transportation, to housing, to energy and infrastructure.
The academicians named in the brief are Dr. William Happer, chairman of the CO2 Coalition and professor emeritus of Princeton University’s Department of Physics; and Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, professor emeritus in the MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and a CO2 Coalition member and past chairman.
The brief says that a district court’s preliminary injunction should be reinstated because the technical document supporting the SCC and President Biden’s executive order imposing the regulation “are scientifically invalid and will be disastrous for the poor people worldwide, future generations and the United States.”
“Reliable scientific theories come from validating theoretical predictions with observations, not consensus, government opinion, peer review or manipulated data,” says the brief. The brief says the U.S. Supreme Court has adopted essentially the CO2 Coalition’s view of what constitutes valid science.
However, the brief notes, predictions supporting an SCC — particularly climate forecasts generated by computer models — have regularly failed the test of real-world observation. Meanwhile, the brief says, supporters promote an SCC on the basis of claims of a consensus, the favoring of governmental opinion over scientific challenge, endorsements by peers, the manipulation of some data and the omission of other information.
A glaring omission in the administration’s proposed regulation are the benefits of carbon dioxide and of the fossil fuels whose burning in the generation of electricity and industrial processes emit the gas.
“There is overwhelming scientific evidence that fossil fuels and CO2 provide enormous social benefits for the poor, people worldwide, future generations and the United States, and therefore it would be disastrous to reduce or eliminate them,” the brief says.
The brief notes that warmth and moderately higher carbon dioxide levels in recent decades have correlated with an overall greening of Earth and record crop harvests. The document shows that per capita gross domestic product has increased over the last 2,000 years from a few dollars to approximately $7,000, closely tracking the increased use of coal, oil and natural gas in recent centuries.
The brief says that the president’s order violates a congressional directive requiring that benefits as well as costs be included in environmental considerations and that it exceeds the president’s authority by unilaterally creating new law.
The CO2 Coalition, based in Arlington, Va., is an organization of approximately 95 scientists and researchers engaged in educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to people’s lives and the economy.
Nut Run to Bruce’s Bar in Severance, Colorado
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Always a fun time and ride and fill of oysters and a couple beers. Go about every year.
–Phil Riedesel
dancecoot@gmail.com
LaPorte, CO
A PAUSE IN THE BIKERNET THOUGHT TEMPLE—
Following this Buddhist-inspired logic, cultivating compassion for oneself and others can be achieved through meditation. Compassion meditation helps to overcome self-centeredness and creates empathy by connecting with the suffering of ourselves and others.
How does it work?
There are several ways you can practice compassion meditation. One is to meditate on someone (even yourself) who you know is suffering in some way. You can visualize them, with their suffering as a large dark cloud. Then, you can visualize yourself breathing in their suffering and breathing back out a warm light of compassion.
Compassion meditation is closely related to another kind of meditation called loving-kindness meditation. The difference is that where compassion meditation is focused on relieving the suffering of others, loving-kindness meditation is focused on developing a mental habit of selfless, unconditional love. Both aim to enhance positive emotional states towards others.
–Epoch Times
ORDER TODAY!?
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Stock # 13508 is a 2005 Black Cherry Harley-Davidson HERITAGE SPRINGER FLSTSCI with only 23963.00 miles!
This bike is a super clean Springer with lots of extras some of the features/Add-ons on this bike are
* 88.ci.Motor with 5-Speed trans
* True dual fishtail exhaust
* Chrome lip / Black spoke front and rear wheels
* Color matched stretched saddle bags
* Color matched detachable touring pack
* Chrome beach bars with black and chrome grips
* Chrome Bluetooth Speakers on engine guard
* Front fender marker light
This bike is only $16,995.00
Plus license, $85.00 documentation fee, and local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEES like some dealers. And we have no reconditioning or prep fees. This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92-point safety/mechanical/structural inspection.
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Stop #7 (Bikes, Beer & BBQ) at Barbed Wire H-D
Swing a sledgehammer at the bike smash, eat some great BBQ, drink a beer, and more this Saturday in DeKalb, IL for stop #7 in the Handlebar Crawl. See you there!
Check their web site for Details & Directions
Trailblazer president Don Emde with his Arlen Ness Lifetime Achievement Award.
TRAILBLAZERS NEWS–Congratulations Don!
Here are some photos from the Sturgis Museum & Hall of Fame awards breakfast.
Club president Ken Holloway (on my left) and other members of the legendary 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club met me when I arrived and presented me with a club shirt and membership card as their first-ever honorary member.
My mom and dad had been members of the club back in the 1940s when there was a Los Angeles chapter and I have been in contact with the current organization for many years.
–Don Emde
Trailblazers Board member
13 Rebels Honorary Member
Sturgis Hall of Fame Inductee
So, I decorated my work today to make it less daunting — the old Bikernet stickers.
* Receive Transmissions & Execute Hotline to Badlands HQ (laptop)
* the live eXposed work files at Bikernet Media Center done by me (rather now it is more of – to be done by me )
* one of my pending Submissions — this book has various moments in motorcycle history
– This photo from the book shows the crazy race on ice using Motorcycles by the Russians.
–Wayfarer
Under Extreme Stress and Under Cover
BIKERNET CORRESPONDS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF IOWA—
I highly respect your recent speech to rebuff Biden’s recent attack on the American people.
I agree with many of your points, but I feel something must be addressed to solve many of the world’s woes. I keep hoping someone from the Republican party will step up and lead us away from the notion that everything human must be abandoned to save the planet.
Bottom line, we need scientific transparency, free speech and open debate. You must realize, we are living through another McCarthy era, but it has spread almost worldwide.
We should be celebrating our energy technology and not tearing down everything we have accomplished. Until we can ensure scientific transparency there is little hope for our future.
It’s going to take strong leadership to accomplish this. It should have been addressed 20 years ago when Al Gore’s film was released. It was banned in UK schools for being inaccurate. What does that tell you?
Honesty and integrity will ultimately win out.
I wish you the very best.
Keith R. Ball
President
5-Ball Inc.
11846 Ranch Road
Sturgis, SD 57785
OKAY, DID WE MAKE A POINT?—I dislike so much of this bullshit we face today. And I hope the direction changes rapidly and once again we can say we are living in the best of times. It’s that simple with Scientific Transparency, honesty and integrity.
The scramble still surrounds at the headquarters in the black hills. The front brake for the UL is almost complete.
I’m experimenting with removing the fishtails off the flathead and replacing them with Paughco mufflers. I added a slash cut to this 19-inch by 2.5 inch muffler, but then Steve said he had two shorter mufflers, 16-inchers. I decided to shift from building a 2-into-one system.
Waited for warm days to install the new number 5 stickers on the salt torpedo body.
Major moves in the shop and perhaps next week I will test my skills with the new lathe, but let’s discuss content for a second. I’m working on the Chopper Chronicles Episode this morning, while the Redhead deals with her folks, who came to visit. If the Paughco mufflers arrive quick, I will have the complete UL tech finished next week, hopefully. Then I will shift to the first VL, XA, FL Knucklehead build for the winter. And I need to reach out to Jack about the next Girl of Bikernet. Hang on!
Hang on, and fight for freedom and the truth or die trying.
–Bandit