Rider RoundUp at the Paramount Ranch
By Bandit |
For movie and TV Buffs, Paramount Ranch was first owned and built by Paramount Movie Studios as a western town movie set back in the 1923 for the then popular western movies.
In the 1960s a paved sports car road racing track was built on the land and held races for a few years. More recently the location was the set for the popular 90s TV Series of the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
When the Dr. Quinn TV series ended the entire Paramount Ranch including the western town movie set was given to the U.S. Park System for public use, with the condition it could still be used for filming and special events. Most recently the western set was used it the HBO TV series West World.
The Train Station Platform was the location for this year’s Calendar Bike Building Championship, the custom motorcycle contest franchise feature of the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show producer by FastDates.com Calendar photographer Jim Gianatsis.
Taking Best of Show at the 2017 Rider RoundUp Calendar Bike Building Championship was Max Hazan’s hand crafted Supercharged KTM Single Cafe Racer.
Max, who has a storefront custom bike shop in Venice Beach, CA, built this latest customer consigned bike bike from scratch around a 420cc KTM / Husqvarna 4-stroke single cylinder dirt bike engine. Max fabricated a belt drive system off the engine’s crankshaft to run a mini dual rotor Supercharger fed by a Keihin FCR39 Racing Carburetor.
The hand made springer front forks with hydraulic damping and a front headlight that turns with the steering stem is also unique. The bike is finished off with a beautiful had made aluminum fuel tank, handlebars and many other components. It was unanimous by anyone who saw it, that Max’s Supercharged KTM Board Track Racer Replica was the Show winner, one of the Calendar Bike Building Championship’s best ever builds in its 26 year history.
The Sportser powered sport bike featured a highly intricate aluminum tube frame with a Ducati Superbike single side rear swingarm, and full hand fabricated aluminum gas tank and bodywork.
The Calendar Bike Building Championship Class Winners included Todd Daniel in Street Custom with his beautiful Turbocharged Red Bagger which premiered at the Calendar Bike Builder’s Party back in July where it was photographed for the next Iron & Lace Calendar.
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2017 Rider RoundUp Calendar Bike Building Championship
Best of Show: Max Hazan’s Supercharged KTM Single Cafe Racer.
Judge’s Special Mention: Yuichiti Yoshizkwa,/ Custom Works Zon Sportster
Street Custom: 1. Todd Daniel Red Turbo Bagger; 2. John Meade / Azzkikr Custom Bagger.
Bar Hopper: 1. Anthony Robinson Triumph Bobber w/ reversed heads; 2. David Bird, Triumph Bobber; 3. Anthony Robinson Triumph Bobber.
Classic American: Richard Jones Sportster British Retro; 2. Spike’s custom Harley; 3. Richard Jones aluminum frame Big Twin / 2016 Show Class winner.
–Jim Gianatsis
Producer
Gianatsis Design Associates
LA Calendar Motorcycle Show
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Reviews for Harbor Town Seduction and World Run by K. Randall Ball
By Bandit |
To start off I found these books to have a good storyline, with a twist or two. They are the type of book that once you start, they are hard to put down.
The main character, Chance Hogan is modeled after a well-known figure and that becomes evident after only a few pages. Many authors need to do extensive research before putting together a book and sometimes that makes the story not flow as it should. This is not the case here as many of the adventures or misadventures are perhaps drawn from the author’s own experiences and enhanced to fit the story. This makes for more realistic and descriptive prose as it slides
from one bit of action to the next.
I refrain from going too far into the plot, so not to spoil it for someone else.
World Run
The story picks up shortly after the previous story ends. Even though this tale can stand on its own I would recommend reading Harbor Town Seduction first as it sets up this book nicely.
World Run finds our hero, Chance Hogan, down and out in the women department only to fall in lust and subsequently in love with a local Asian beauty. This love affair propels Chance into an adventure where he has to count on old friends and new to sort out the cause for events, which lead him on a wild journey around the world.
Again, KRB no doubt has drawn on his own experiences to help this story flow by providing vivid descriptions that puts the reader right there in the different ports of call.
Bikernet Guest Book Review: Motorcycle Diaries
By Bandit |
The story starts out as an account of the motorcycle journey of two young men around Latin America. The steed, an old Norton named La Poderosa ll provides the transportation albeit not for long.
The story taken from Ernesto’s notes is in my humble view more of a story of how a seed of ideology comes to fruition in a young man and shapes him. During his travels Ernesto, an educated man, sees the many ills and injustices in the world in which he travels. La Poderosa ll doesn’t make it but the ideals spawned during the adventure do.
The young man who originally sets out with his friend Alberto to tour the country side changes him and is the start of a development that creates the revolutionary Che Guevara. Whether you agree with his politics or not he had the balls to try to right the wrongs he saw around him, which in the end cost him his life.
Good read and much food for thought.
Bikernet Guest Book Review: The Old Man and the Harley
By Bandit |
His son and name sake honors him by telling this story and also digressing a bit to tell the story of a cousin who is also named John Newkirk but is better known as Scarsdale Jack Newkirk, one of the original Flying Tigers of WW2.
It’s a story of a young man’s adventure with some interesting history thrown in.
–Rhys
NCOM Coast To Coast Biker News for January 2018
By Bandit |
NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES
Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish,
SAVE THE DATE: NCOM CONVENTION IN MOBILE
The 33rd annual NCOM Convention will be held Mother’s Day weekend, May 10-13, 2018 at the Renaissance / Riverview Plaza Hotel, located at 64 S. Water St., in Mobile, Alabama, so reserve your room now for the special NCOM rate of $114 by calling (251) 438-4000.
The largest gathering of motorcycle rights activists in the world, this year’s NCOM Convention will draw hundreds of concerned motorcyclists from across America to “The Port City” to address topics of concern to all riders.
All motorcyclists are welcomed and encouraged to participate in the many meetings, seminars and group discussions that focus on legislative efforts and litigation techniques to protect our riders’ rights and preserve Freedom of the Road.
Agenda items will cover legal and legislative issues, with Special Meetings for Veterans Affairs, Women in Motorcycling, Clean & Sober Roundtable and World of Sport Bikes, as well as the Christian Unity Conference and Confederation of Clubs Patch Holders Meeting.
NCOM has successfully outreached to numerous segments of the motorcycling community in an effort to unite for our rights, in both the courthouse and statehouse, and has become a unifying voice amongst North America’s motorcycle rights organizations (MROs), motorcycle clubs, women riders, religious riding organizations, touring groups, trikers, sportbikers, and minority motorcyclists.
For more information, or to register for the 2018 NCOM Convention, contact the National Coalition of Motorcyclists at (800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com.
Following a hung jury in the first of 171 Twin Peaks cases to go to court, resulting in a declared mistrial, the second defendant set for trial on charges stemming from the deadly May 17, 2015 shooting has rejected a plea deal.
Dallas trucker George “Scooter” Bergman declined a deal in court to plea to a misdemeanor with one year probation, and the District Attorney dropping murder charges, but he instead demanded his day in court by pleading not guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity resulting in deaths and injuries. Nine bikers were killed and 20 injured in the 2015 shootout involving police and bikers at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas.
Describing how he was on his way to the bathroom when the first shots rang out, and how he ducked for cover until the firing stopped, Bergman says “How can I say I am guilty for something when that is what I did?” Defense attorney Clint Broden says the state has no evidence against his client “other than he was present at Twin Peaks and was wearing a motorcycle jacket.”
The prosecutor’s office has since sought a continuance of the case until July, after the upcoming March 6 election primary, in a move many believe is so the D.A. doesn’t suffer a loss or another mistrial before facing local voters.
Last November, Bandidos MC leader Christopher “Jake” Carrizal was the first biker to face trial. The jury in that case told the judge that even after several hours of deliberation they could not reach a unanimous verdict, which forced the judge to declare a mistrial.
Motorcycle awareness should be included in all driver training and increased in safety campaigns, according to the authors of an Australian National University study which found that drivers are twice as likely to miss seeing a motorcycle compared with a taxi and admit they do not expect to see motorcyclists.
Referred to it as “inattentional blindness” resulting in “looked-but-failed-to-see” (LBFTS) crashes, these are the most common type of collision involving motorcycles, according to the 2017 US Motorcycle Crash Causation Study.
Now, a new Australian National University study, “Allocating Attention to Detect Motorcycles: The Role of Inattentional Blindness”, has found that drivers are overloaded with more sensory information than the brain can handle. “So our brain has to decide what information is most important,” the study reports.
Researchers showed photographs of “safe” or “unsafe” situations involving a motorcycle and a taxi, and 65% did not detect the motorcycle while only 31% did not notice the taxi. In other experiments, drivers modulated their attention to accommodate motorcycles when necessary, suggesting that motorcycles are given the least amount of attention.
Participants said they believed a motorcycle was just as likely to be on the road as a taxi, but admitted they would be far less likely to notice the motorcycle. However, participants who have a motorcycle license were more likely to notice the motorcycles.
“Motorcycles appear to be very low on the priority list for the brain when it is filtering information,” University researcher Kristen Pammer says. Co-authors say their study highlights the need to encourage drivers to be more motorcycle-aware with special training for novice drivers to “put motorcyclists higher on the brain ‘radar’ of the driver.”
Pammer notes many ways drivers can be made rider-aware, including advertising campaigns. “I would put it into driver training programs where everyone who drives must also experience what it is like to ride a motorbike,” she says, adding that “If we could have everyone pass a simulator motorbike riding test — I bet it would make a big difference.”
A legislative trend has started amongst states passing laws requiring licensees be taught the basics of being pulled over, and by knowing what to do drivers can avoid negative interactions with law enforcement during traffic stops.
As of the New Year, three more states have introduced such legislation;
In Kentucky, HB104 would require that a driver’s education program includes “instruction regarding a driver’s conduct during interactions with law enforcement officers” and amend the state’s Driver Manual to contain the information needed for an operator’s license examination; and require driver training schools to include it in the course of instruction for new drivers. House Bill 104 was introduced January 2nd and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
House Bill 1244 in Missouri “Requires driver’s license examiners to demonstrate to applicants what he or she is likely to experience during a traffic stop and requires driver’s education providers to include curriculum on traffic stops.”
Likewise, S7239 in New York would mandate “driver education courses to include a description of law enforcement procedures during traffic stops and the actions a motorist shall take during such stop including appropriate interactions with such officers.” It was introduced January 5th in the Senate and referred to the Transportation Committee.
SLUMPING BIKE SALES BLAMED ON UNCLE SAM
“To say sales of new motorcycles have been slow is an understatement right up there with advising the captain of the Titanic that there’s a ‘little leak’ down in the hold,” observes the National Motorists Association (www.motorists.org), then rhetorically asking ‘Why?” in a recent blog…”Could it be … Uncle?”
“It is because of Uncle that motorcycling isn’t what it was once — freeing, in particular,” claims NMA columnist Eric Peters, adding that it has also become too expensive for Millennials — the next-up generation that ought to be swelling the new rider ranks, but aren’t, because they’re already saddled with plenty of debt.
Some telling statistics indicate the median age of a rider today is 47 — up from 32 in 1990 — and even more alarming is that the number of first-time/new riders in the 18-24 cohort of people who will form the backbone of the buyer base for the next 20-30 years is down from 16% of the total pool back in 1990 to a depressing 6% today. Probably because they can’t afford it, says NMA.
“Motorcycling has become not-cheap for several reasons — all traceable to Uncle.”
Bikes are now mandated to have the same expense-padding equipment — especially anti-pollution equipment like cars have had for decades, even though motorcycles overall have a negligible impact on the environment because of small engines in small numbers.
“New bikes must now be very much like new cars — computer-controlled EFI, catalytic converters…They are not only expensive as a result — especially to service, which most people can no longer do themselves.”
So instead of being an inexpensive hands-on experience, motorcycling is becoming the pastime of the old — and affluent.
The median household income of a motorcycle owner is now $62,200 according to stats compiled by the Motley Fool and 65% bring in more than $50,000. That largely rules out the 18-24 crowd (Millennials) as a class. It’s not that they “don’t like motorcycles,” as asserted by some analysts… “It’s simply that they can’t afford them anymore.”
General Motors has filed a petition asking the federal government permission to deploy self-driving cars on U.S. roadways without backup drivers or any manual controls.
The U.S. auto manufacturer announced it will mass produce vehicles without steering wheels or pedals, and that it plans on rolling them out in 2019. Some other autonomous cars allow human drivers to take control if something goes wrong.
All vehicles that are allowed to operate on public roads must meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards — 16 of which include human-driver-based requirements. GM is asking NHTSA to allow the company to meet those safety standards through alternate means — a process that the U.S. House of Representatives intends to include in a self-driving bill that was recently passed.
GM is facing competition from Google, which started testing driverless cars on public roads late last year.
The petition is the latest step toward the company’s goal of deploying a commercial robotaxi service. GM wants permission from federal regulators to begin testing driverless robo-cabs on public roads, starting in 2019; a move that could position the Detroit automaker as one of the leaders in the development of autonomous vehicle technology.
“We believe this is a pretty notable milestone on the journey to AV deployment where we’re talking about a real production car with no manual controls,” said GM President Dan Ammann, adding that, “this technology will have a huge impact on the world.”
GM’s announcement came on the same day the Boston Consulting Group issued a new report looking at the impact technologies like autonomous driving and electrified vehicles will have on the auto industry over the next two decades. Among other things, the study forecast that about 20% of the miles Americans travel by automobile in 2035 will be in robo-cabs operated by ride-sharing services.
AIRBAG SUITS NOW MANDATORY IN MOTORCYCLE RACING
Motorcycle suits with airbag technology have been used voluntarily by most of the world’s fastest riders for nearly a decade, though never mandatory, but that has now changed for all classes across the 2018 MotoGP World Championship races.
Thanks to a new official ruling by governing body Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the high-tech devices are becoming mandatory across the board in MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 for the 2018 season. The FIM’s new mandate states that all full-time riders must wear leathers fitted with an airbag system at all times during every session.
The new regulations also require that every airbag system pass a series of rigorous tests which each manufacturer is responsible for self-certifying that its respective suit passes all regulations and standards.
“These regulations mark yet another step towards increased rider safety, with the FIM, IRTA and Dorna all committed to making sure MotoGP is as safe as possible — and always evolving,” according to MotoGP.
QUOTABLE QUOTE:“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
Man-Made Climate Change-Settled
By Bandit |
Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is settled science, proclaim the predictors of weather doomsday. Settled Science? Science evolves continuously and can never be settled, unless, of course, the ‘settled’ subject is dogma, not science. Is it just a ‘my way or the highway’ attempt by vested interests to close discussion on their terms?
Consider the term “peer reviewed”. Science evolves through the contribution of new ideas which are published so that their peers (other scientists) can review, validate, contribute, or argue with them. If we had accepted Niels Bohr’s version of the atom as settled science, there would have been no subatomic particles discovered and nuclear fission might not have ever been attempted, which would be perfectly okay with the modern day flat-earthers.
In 1990, we find the United Nations’ formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chartered to remedy carbon dioxide induced global warming without ever pausing to examine the plausibility of the theory.
A key feature of this plan is a carbon tax to be levied on developed economies with proceeds going to less developed countries (read members of the UN general assembly). The goal is to provide incentives to restrict fossil fuel development and invest (read sink money) in wind farms and solar panels with much higher costs per energy unit produced.
It also incentivizes participating governments to create grant funds for environmental lobby groups who make political contributions to the politicians responsible for creating those funds.
The ‘Science’
Combustion of fossil fuels, oil, gas and coal contributes to a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is defined as ‘greenhouse’ gas meaning that it traps heat in the atmosphere leading to an increase in ambient air temperature.
A temperature increase for the planet will cause melting polar ice caps with flooding of coastal areas, polar bear extinction, increased severe weather and drought.
Solutions include solar panels and wind farms, the so-called renewable energies.
The Real Science
Earth temperatures have been fluctuating, up and down, in response to sun activity forever. Polar ice cap fluctuations have been observed to coincide between Earth, Mars and other planets in our solar system. A striking example of the effect of sun activity is illustrated by the Maunder Minimum, a 200 year pause in sun activity which coincided with the Little Ice Age following the Medieval Warm Period.
In 1990, the IPCC said this is the likely historic temperature history of the planet for the last 1000 years:
A comparison with sunspot activity discloses the real driver behind temperature variations.
The Little Ice Age was deemed to have ended in 1849 and sunspot activity, until recently, has generally risen since then, accounting for gradually rising temperatures.
CO2 Myth
Graphical representation of a 2500 molecule air sample.
A 2500-molecule air sample will contain 1952 molecules of nitrogen, 524 molecules of oxygen, 23 molecules of argon and one molecule of carbon dioxide (in red).
This is the mathematical equivalent of 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide which MMCC advocates say approaches the level of irreversible change, killing polar bears and inundating our coastal areas. Since carbon dioxide has a specific heat only about twice the other air constituents, it is difficult to see how it could impart a measurable temperature increase to the other 2499 air molecules. That would be like powering the lights of a major sports stadium through a single household extension cord.
The pie-shaped red area in the figure above represents the 11 percent portion of the infrared wave length which can react with CO2.
Climate Deception
AGW fanatics have relied on four key deceptions to keep their story alive:
Hockey Stick Curve
Sea Levels Rising
It is settled science.
Ice Core Samples
Closer inspection of the ice core samples disclosed that higher concentrations of atmospheric CO2 occurred at the end of the warm cycles. Oceans are a huge sink for carbon dioxide and, like the open root beer loses its fizz when left sitting out at room temperature, they can hold less gas when the climate warms. When solar activity heats up the oceans, CO2 is given up to the atmosphere. It is an effect of global warming, not a cause.
Hockey Stick Curve
When the IPCC’s declaration that the 20th century was the hottest in history didn’t square with the Medieval warm period, it was necessary to make it disappear. Michael Mann, two years removed from his PhD in physics, fabricated a temperature curve that supported their assertions with a relatively flat shape until it made an abrupt upturn at the 20th century, hence the term ‘hockey stick’ was applied to it. It was used to justify the warmists’ theory of everything. Referring to the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report (TAR), author Christopher Booker in his book The Real Global Warming Disaster quotes an unnamed observer, “without it, the TAR would have been a very different document, it would not have been able to conclude what it did, nor could the IPCC have convinced world leaders to take the actions they subsequently took.”
“Hockey Stick” Global Temperature Curve
The unusual hockey stick shape intrigued some people who were not associated with climate science, but experts in graphical representations. Stephen McIntyre, a financial consultant and statistical analyst, joined by Guelph University economics professor Ross McKitrick, analyzed the hockey stick. They were familiar with hockey stick algorithms used by people to sell a business prospect. In short, they showed the curve to be without merit based upon dubious assumptions.
Glaciers Melting, Sea Levels Rising
There is a wide disagreement on the question of sea level elevation. Who can forget the scene in Al Gore’s movie, an “Inconvenient Truth” when he rides a man-lift up 17 feet to dramatize the global warming effect on sea levels?
Expertise
Whenever AGW is questioned, the answer is always, “it’s settled science”. They go on to say that 97% or even 99% of scientists agree. They ignore the caliber of those who disagree, who include Freeman Dyson (who supported Obama), Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Dr. Ivar Giaever, and Green guru James Lovelock, who said, ‘I’m not sure the whole thing isn’t crazy.’
Conclusion
According to Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT, “Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st century’s developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally averaged temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree and on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a roll-back of the industrial age.”
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com
Bikernet Event Coverage: SMOKE-OUT 18
By Bandit |
Our friend told me, “I just love being around this, the bikes , the people and the atmosphere!” That goes for me too. A little bit about Kris, she is an R.N. but she can also turns wrenches with any guy! This is what it is all about, Just being there!
Until next time, RIDE!
Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show 2018 – OHIO SHOW
By Bandit |
The last few years Cleveland Ohio has greeted the hardy motorcycleenthusiast with snow, slush and sub-zero weather. This year the weather godsprovided a 3-day reprieve and provided a balmy 50 degrees so motorcyclistsattending the Progressive International Motorcycle Show stepped a littlelighter and smiled a little brighter.
The J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show produced arecord number of custom sleds with 46 bikes and builders showcasing theircreativity and innovation. Young guns were aligned and competed against the oldguard and the young builders ran the table.
2018 Ultimate Builder FreeStyle Class winner
JesseSrpan of Raw Iron Choppers was the big winner at the Cleveland edition of the2018 Ultimate Builder with two big checks in Freestyle and MOD Harley plus stageappearances for Best Chopper and Tortilla Award for Paint.
Trepidationwas built for Michael Lichter’s “Old Iron / Young Blood Show” at last year’s Sturgisshow. It pushes 180HP to the rear wheel with a highly-modified 124” S&S milcoupled with a Baker tranny and scratch-built frame. Ron Harris of Chop Docsprovided the riveting paint scheme. Mikey of Pinstriping by Mikey laid out thelines.
Winner: #1175 – Jesse Srpan, Raw Iron Choppers – Named Trepidation, 2017Chopper
Runner-up: #700 – Karlee Cobb, Klock Werks –2016 Indian Scout Rigid
2018 Ultimate Builder Custom Street Class winner
The youngest builder in the entire series is Ady Andrella, avery serious 8-year-old. She won the Cycle Source Magazine’s Editor’s Choiceaward. And she will be featured in the magazine before her awarding winningfather, Austin Andrella. He brought out a cherry 1978 YamahaXS650 and took high-honors in a class teeming with talent.
The bike features an Austin Martin Originals’ hardtail,handlebars, tail section and lobster exhaust. Barebones Leathers provides theleather seat and Atomic Bob the striping. Paint by Flamethrower Customs.
Winner: #1550 – Austin Andrella, Austin Martin Originals – 1978 YamahaXS650
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Runner-up: #675 – PJ Grakauskas – bike namedCan-Am, 1975 Can-Am
2018 Ultimate Builder MOD Retro Class winner
The 1973 CB350G Café Racer from AndrewFrederick was super clean and took top awards inModified Retro class. A number of timespeople would walk by and then catch the bike in the corner of their eye andthen stop and stand riveted, looking at the custom sled.
Winner: #1975 – Andrew Frederick – bike named Princess, 1973 CB350GCafé Racer
Runner-up:#2050 – Luke Atkinson with Double D – 1981 Harley FLH Shovelhead
2018 Ultimate Builder MOD Harley Class winner
Harley Davidson and K&N Filters sponsors the class and thebuilders didn’t disappoint with Sportsters, FXRs, Baggers and Dynas competingfor the big check and entry into the $70,000 National Championship.
When the dust settled Jesse Srpan from RawIron Choppers took the check for Bad Mutha, a 1990 FXR. The bike featured acustom tail section, beefed up motor and Baker tranny. Performance Machineprovided the hand controls and wheels. The bike provides a counter point to theWest Coast FXR builds and is very cool.
Jeff Holt flow out to Cleveland from Southern California to checkthe latest mid-west builds and to present awards. Being from SOCAL, Jeff is bigon tortillas. He fell in love with Raquelitas Mexican Food tortillas from inDenver CO. At each show he provides 3tortilla awards with each recipient receiving 3 packages of tortillas. What hedoesn’t squirrel away and not awarded is then tossed to the crowd.
TortillaAwards – Best Paint Practitioner: #1175 – Jesse Srpan, Raw Iron Choppers –Named Trepidation
2017 Chopper. – Paint by Ron Harris of Chop Docs Choppers
Tortilla Awards – Most Innovative Innovator: #700 – Karlee Cobb,Klock Werks – 2016 Indian Scout Rigid
Tortilla Awards – Best Crazy, Cracked, Kooky Design: #1675 – DaveNolan, custom Chopper
HOT BIKE Editor’s Choice Award: #300 – Alex Roy, Raw Iron Choppers– 1990 FXR
Cycle Source Choice Award: #1775 Ady Andrella, Honda Minibike
SHO DOG: Kid Presto
People’s Choice: #125 – Rich Dickson – Cynical Cycles – 2013 H-DRoad King CVO
Best Chopper/Bobber: # 1175 – Jesse Srpan, Raw Iron Choppers –Named Trepidation, 2017 Chopper
Best Bagger: #1475 – James Messina – Iron Horse Cycles – 2017 H-DFLH
Best DYNA: #1725 – Robbie Vestring – Dr. Chops MotorcycleCreations – 2006 DYNA FXD
After the show closed on Friday, Skidmark Garage hosted the “Meetthe Builders” industry party at their facilities in downtown Cleveland. Over100 builders came out and munched down on pizza and slurped up PBR.
Skidmark Garage is a community garagewhere bike builders and enthusiasts pay a monthly fee, like a health club, somembers can use tools, lifts and learn to weld, metal work and repairmotorcycles. A number of bikes were built at Skidmark and competed at theUltimate Builder Custom Bike Show.
Transmission Fluids 101
By Bandit |
I’ve been sorta confused by the markings on transmission oil bottles. Then someone published another puzzling report. We can run 50/20 engine oil in our transmissions and primary cases.
I needed some clarity, so I reached out to the masters of Spectro Oils. Joe Russo, National Sales manager kicked off the research, John Dunne, the master engineer answered my questions and Luke Calzone, the director of marketing supplied images and info.
Let’s take a look at what we found:
While engine oils and trans fluids can use some of the same base stocks, both petroleum and synthetic, they have marked differences in their additive technology. Engine oils contain detergents and disperents to help with cleaning due to the combustion process in engines as well as antiwear technology.
Gear oils and transmission oils do not need the Detergent and dispersant additives because they do not deal with combustion byproducts.
In straight cut gears you need antioxidants and antiwear protection. In transmissions or gears where there is heavy whipping, the additives of choice are Sulfur and phosphourous, used in GL-4,GL-5 Hypoids, they offer excellent protection and keep units clean!
A 75W90 gear oil viscosity is about a 10W50 in engine oil viscosity range, so if you have a 75W140 gear oil, it is quite high in viscosity and thus good in heat and providing film strength!
A Hypoid gear is a bevel wheel with teeth engaging with a spiral pinion mounted at right angles to a wheel axis and is used to connect intersecting shafts in vehicle transmissions and other mechanisms.
A Hypoid oil means it contains EP agents same as a GL-5 fluid sulfur and phosphorous, protects where there is a heavy whipping, load on the surfaces.
A GL-1 fluid has anti-wear and anti oxidation components and is used where straight cut gears are operating.
—John Dunne
This unique lubricant was developed for Harley owners who were unhappy about their noisy 6-speed transmissions.
It provides smoother shifting, reduces fifth gear whine and eliminates clunks. Spectro’s proprietary formula uses G4 Technology, special additives that provide additional anti-wear protection, higher film strength between the gears, and reduces drag while extending gear life.
High loads and extreme heat do not affect the oil, so it performs excellently when pushed hard and long. A.P.I. GL-5 rated. Dyed red. Exceeds all known OEM and Harley Davidson warranty requirements.
http://spectro-oils.com/heavy-duty-platinum-6-speed-transmission-oil/
This is the top of the line, a full synthetic, PAO lubricant formulated specifically to run in Harley Big-Twin transmissions. We combine the leading synthetic PAO base oils with the most advanced additive package available today, to delivers maximum performance right through high loads and extreme heat.
Heavy Duty Platinum reduces drag, friction loss, wear. It also and extends gear life and provides exceptional temperature stability for easier, smoother shifting. A.P.I. GL-1 rated.
Dyed green. Exceeds all known OEM and Harley Davidson warranty requirements.
http://spectro-oils.com/heavy-duty-platinum-full-synthetic-transmissiongear-oil/
PLATINUM TRANSMISSION GEAR LUBRICANT
This is the ultimate gear oil for use in high performance transmissions. This fully synthetic formula has breakthrough additive technology and reduces power loss due to both drag and friction. Provides less wear on components, smoother shifting, reduces drag, friction losses, wear, and extends gear life. GL-1 rated.
75w90 L.75W901 12/1 liter bottles/case
75w140 L.75W1401 12/1 liter bottles/case
Heavy Duty Platinum Sportster Transmission Lube
Six-Speed synthetic technology is now available for the Harley Sportster/Buell. Spectro Heavy Duty Platinum Sportster Transmission Lube is a fully formulated synthetic transmission lubricant engineered to work in all applications where the same oil lubricates the clutch, primary, and transmission. A.P.I. GL-1 rated. Dyed green.
Exceeds all known OEM and Harley Davidson warranty requirements.
http://spectro-oils.com/heavy-duty-platinum-stl/
Spectro Heavy Duty Gear Oil is a premium quality gear lubricant formulated specifically to run in motorcycle transmissions to prevent rust, corrosion, oxidation and to combat foaming and gear pitting.
Formulated specifically for Big Twin Transmissions, it reduces drag, friction loss, wear, and extends gear life. A.P.I. GL-5 rated.
http://spectro-oils.com/heavy-duty-gear-oil/
This sheer stable petroleum is designed to withstand the punishment of high loads, and contains special polymers to provide exceptional clutch engagement and temperature stability.
Formulated specifically for Harley Sportster and Big Twin applications. Low drag, low friction loss SAE 85w viscosity eliminates clutch “drag” and slipping. Exceeds all known OEM and Harley Davidson® warranty requirements.
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MOTORCYCLE HYPOID GEAR LUBRICANT
Hypoid-80w90
Spectro Hypoid is formulated with the highest density and highest V.I. petroleum base stocks available, then special EP additives are included to reduce pinion gear wear. This fine product is designed for the final drives and transmissions of all shaft drive motorcycles that do not have a wet clutch, including BMW®, MotoGuzzi®, older Harleys®, Big Twins. It reduces drag, friction losses, wear, and extends component life. API GL-5 rated.
80w90 L.HYP 12/1 quart bottles/case
80w90 W.80w90 5 gal pail
80w90 X.80w90 16 gal drum
Golden Motorcycle Gear Lubricant
GOLDENGEAR
This shear-stable petroleum transmission case lubricant is specially designed to withstand the punishment of second and third gear starts, so you can count on exceptional clutch engagement and temperature stability.
Recommended for all modern 2-cycle moto-cross gear/clutch cases where SAE 10w30 or SAE 10w40 SE/SF/SG or 80w lubricants are recommended.
Eliminates clutch “drag” and “slipping,” and meets all known motorcycle manufacturers’ warranty requirements. Not to be used for an engine lubricant.
80w L.GSCGL80 12/1 liter bottles/case
85w L.GSCGL85 12/1 liter bottles/case
80w X.GSCGL80 16 gal drum
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ILC/Spectro Oils of America
993 federal rd
Brookfield,Ct 06804
Ph 203-775-1291
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