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We had an Epic wedding here for Bill and Jennifer. Bill Hayes was an amazing author and martial arts master before. But Jennifer, the book editor and wedding producer, gave him a new moniker, “The old biker who drives a hearse.”
But now, we will get back to the action. We have a ton of content flying at us from Sturgis, Special Reports, but my high school pal sold his Triumphs and Peter Linney was going to shoot one with a delicious blonde.
PIRELLI TIRE RACING NEWS–Back-to-Back Podiums for Barcia and Pirelli at Season Finale in Indiana.
Ironman Raceway hosted the third annual Ironman National for the final round of the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship on Saturday.
The morning started off with wetter than normal conditions due to precipitation overnight, but as the sun shined through the track dried out and turned into survival of the fittest. Pirelli-supported riders chose the SCOPRION MX32 soft-mid front tire to suit their needs, while the rear was split between the industry-leading MX32 soft-mid and MX32™ PRO mid-hard tires. When the dust settled at the end of the day, Pirelli placed four riders inside of the 450 Class top-10 and captured half of the top-10 positions in the championship standings.
Autotrader/Monster Energy/Yamaha’s Justin Barcia, who was fresh off of a podium finish at last weekends Budds Creek National, had his sights set on carrying the momentum into the 12th and final round at Ironman. The No.51 got off to an excellent start in Moto 1, narrowly missing out on the holeshot as the 40-rider field rounded the first corner. He spent the majority of the 30-minute plus two laps moto nipping at the heels of the race leader before eventually settling for second.
The second moto once again saw the Yamaha-mounted rider use his SCOPRPION MX tires to grab traction and a second place start, which he maintained for the duration of the race. Barcia finished the season with back-to-back podiums and second place overall (2-2) on the day. His recent hot streak landed him fourth place in the championship point standings.
After recording his season-best result with a fifth place at Budds Creek last weekend, JGRMX rider Phil Nicoletti headed into Saturday full of confidence. In Moto 1, he followed his teammate Barcia across the line and was credited with third on the opening lap. The New Yorker rode strong to finish the moto in sixth. Moto 2 saw him grab another start inside of the top five, pushing hard the entire race to finish eighth for sixth place overall (6-8). Nicoletti’s consistent results netted him a career-best fifth place overall in the 450 Class championship standings.
Weston Peick started inside the top-10 during both motos and relied on his fitness to navigate the rough, rutted and brutal conditions on the Indiana circuit. He finished eighth in Moto 1, but returned in Moto 2 to improve his result with a seventh. The Californian finished seventh place overall (8-7) and eighth in the championship standings, ultimately placing all three JGRMX riders inside of the top-10 at the completion of the 2016 season.
BTO Sports/WPS/KTM rookie Benny Bloss has been the teams star rider throughout the summer as he has far exceeded the expectations set by many of his peers. A start near the front of the field helped him lock down a seventh in Moto 1, while Moto 2 witnessed him charge from outside of the top-20 to a hard-fought eleventh at the checkered flag. He wrapped up the season with a 10th overall (7-11) and finished a very impressive sixth in the championship standings. The BTO Sports squad recently announced that Bloss would be returning to the team for 2017.
Perhaps the most followed rider of the day was BTO Sports/WPS/KTM’s Andrew Short who was competing in the final race of his professional racing career. The well-liked veteran received support from the energetic crowd as they cheered for him each passing lap during Moto 1. He battled hard the entire race before settling for 13th. When the gate dropped for Moto 2, the crowd went wild as Shorty emerged with the holeshot in the final moto of his successful career. Unfortunately, his race was quickly cut short due to a bike malfunction that forced him to retire early. The No.29 proved that he is still competitive among the youngsters and best riders in the world by finishing the season ninth in the championship standings. Pirelli would like to congratulate Mr. Short on a remarkable career and thank him for his dedication and commitment throughout the years.
450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish)
Ken Roczen, Germany, Suzuki (1-1)
Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., Yamaha (2-2)
Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki (3-3)
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM (4-4)
Jason Anderson, Rio Rancho, N.M., Husqvarna (5-5)
Phil Nicoletti, Cohocton, N.Y., Yamaha (6-8)
Weston Peick, Menifee, Calif., Yamaha (8-7)
Matt Bisceglia, Tualatin, Ore., Suzuki (11-6)
Fredrik Noren, Sweden, Honda (9-9)
Benny Bloss, Oak Grove, Mo., KTM (7-11)
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Andrew Short, Colorado Springs, Colo., KTM (13-35)
450 Class Championship Standings
Ken Roczen, Germany, Suzuki – 584
Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki – 498
Marvin Musquin, France, KTM – 401
Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., Yamaha – 360
Phil Nicoletti, Cohocton, N.Y., Yamaha – 229
Benny Bloss, Oak Grove, Mo., KTM – 228
Christophe Pourcel, France, Husqvarna – 217
Weston Peick, Menifee, Calif., Yamaha – 197
Andrew Short, Colorado Springs, Colo., KTM – 197
Fredrik Noren, Sweden, Honda – 192
LONGTIME HARLEY EMPLOYEE SACKET–In a surprise move last week Harley-Davidson University (HDU) terminated my Harley-Davidson ShopTalk writing contract and further reached to block any and all future work with Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC).
For the last 16-years 90% of my focus has been on HDU training and developing articles for ShopTalk, Harley-Davidson’s dealership magazine. When people would ask, “What’s new?” I always told them, “Still teaching Harley-Davidson dealership parts and service classes and writing for Harley’s dealer publication, ShopTalk.” To that they usually asked a follow-up question such as, “Do you like doing that”? To which I always replied, “It’s the best gig ever. I love the people I teach and I think I’m making a positive change”.
It’s unfortunate. After 30-plus years of serving the needs of HDMC, which started in 1983 when I created MMI’s Harley-Davidson technician courses for HDMC (that have, to date, graduated over 10,000 entry-level H-D technicians) to my time as VP at Dynojet Research where I was largely responsible for motivating US Harley dealers to modernize their service departments with dynamometers for diagnostics and performance tuning purposes, followed by my directly contracting with HDMC since 2000 for services that included teaching, writing and over a dozen very successful special projects it comes to this.
It’s sad, because at one time, not too long ago, Harley-Davidson Motor Company was known for developing and maintaining strong relationships with its employees and suppliers.
In closing I must say it’s been a fantastic ride and I do very much appreciate your being part of my journey. Thank you!
Ride Well – Be Profitable, Dave “Dako” Koshollek
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I’m sure Dave’s positive presence and technical knowledgy will be felt around the industry on many platforms for years to come, maybe even on Bikernet.–Bandit
The Milwaukee Eight ? Harley-Davidson’s Newest Big Twin
I’ve really been surprised by all the negative response I’ve heard about not only this engine but the Motor Co. as well. Looks like a good design and one that will eliminate a number of problems with the twin cam. I’m disappointed to see the cam chain driven, but just have to wait and see.
— Sam
TX
Yeah, why would they go in that direction? Cam tensioners have been a constant problem since the introduction of the Twin Cam.–Bandit
WHERE’S FREEDOM or American injustice
The American criminal justice system is aptly named. It is criminal the way the system dispenses “justice,” and that criminality infests the entire system. That’s because the system has become a business and a blood sport based on profit, control and winning rather than determining a person’s guilt or innocence.
The result is that the U.S. has 6 to 12 times as many incarcerated people per capita as does Australia, Canada, France Germany, Japan or the United Kingdom. The U.S. has 5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of its incarcerated people, and half of the world’s academically qualified lawyers, Those lawyers consume about 10 percent of America’s gross domestic product.
There are about 2.3 million people populating America’s 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 942 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,283 local jails, and 79 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, immigration detention facilities, civil commitment centers, and prisons in the U.S. territories. In the U.S., people go to jail about 11 million times each year. Another 7 million are on parole or probation.
There is no question that America is a prison nation, and the overwhelming majority of people in prisons are there for non-violent crimes — about 20 percent of them for drug crimes. One in 3 Americans will be arrested by the age of 23. Those “crimes” are often nothing more than truancy and misbehaving in school. But the faux war on drugs has ensnared millions of Americans for the non-crime of possessing parts of a plant.
The so-called “War on Drugs” is lucrative business for various federal law enforcement agencies and all local law enforcement agencies and judicial systems. It is also lucrative for the drug cartels, as emails hacked from the security firm Stratfor and released by WikiLeaks in 2012 showed.
The “War on Drugs,” like most other government-declared wars, is a war that no one intends to win. Last week the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the epicenter of drug war corruption, declared that marijuana would remain a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substances Act. That designation means that the Food and Drug Administration has determined that marijuana has no “medical use.”
As USA Today reported:
In reaching its conclusion, the DEA said a Health and Human Services evaluation shows marijuana has no ‘‘currently accepted medical use’’ because “the drug’s chemistry is not known and reproducible; there are no adequate safety studies; there are no adequate and well-controlled studies proving efficacy; the drug is not accepted by qualified experts; and the scientific evidence is not widely available.”
“There is no evidence that there is a consensus among qualified experts that marijuana is safe and effective for use in treating a specific, recognized disorder,” the report added.
“At this time,” the DEA concluded, “the known risks of marijuana use have not been shown to be outweighed by specific benefits in well-controlled clinical trials that scientifically evaluate safety and efficacy.”
Translation: The DEA determined that marijuana is not adequately patentable for it to be profitable for the “legal” drug cartels (Big Pharma); no medical benefits from it have been found so it is illegal; it is illegal so we have restricted research into its benefits so no benefits have been found; and we’re going to keep it illegal to conduct research so no benefits can be found and we can continue to incarcerate people who use it.
Petition principial or begging the question — a logical fallacy.
It is also a lie. At the very moment the DEA was arguing in court that marijuana has no medical value and is a dangerous drug on the one hand, the federal government was patenting marijuana extracts for health-related uses on the other, and was even then in the process of granting a license to GW Pharmaceuticals to test a cannabinoid-based drug called Epidiolex for treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis.
–Personal Liberty.com
–from Rogue
Read the whole amazing Special Report on Bikernet next week.—Bandit
QUICK, OPEN THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY– Why Italians Can’t be Paramedics …
Vinny and Sal are out in the woods hunting when suddenly Sal grabs his chest and falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing; his eyes are rolled back in his head.
Vinny whips out his cell phone and calls 911. He tells the operator, “I think Sal is dead! What should I do? The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, “Just take it easy and follow my instructions. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”
There is a silence. And then a gun shot is heard. Vinny’s voice comes back on the line, ” Okay… Now what?
–from Sidehack Jerry and Rogue
The Milwaukee Eight? Harley-Davidson’s Newest Big Twin
I think it looks AND SOUNDS Bad ASS! I rode every iteration of the Twin Cam and even traded in my Super Glide with a 110 in on a High Output 103 powered Road Glide Ultra earlier this year. GREAT ENGINE, but it does get hot even with the Twin Cooling.
Big Red will atlas hop on the back of this one though! Now four months into an 84 month note, Harley unveils this engine which looks to be a combination of Evo type bottom end with Twin Cam uppers, except they added the goodies to it.
Who would believe H-D would release an engine with dual spark plugs and 4 valves per cylinder? I personally love it, and have already begun devising a plan to get my favorite bike, my “next one”. Ha!
— Johnny
Humble, TX
— John Edgar Wideman, Hurry Home, 1970
Limacine finds its roots in the Latin term limax meaning “slug.” It entered English in the late 1800s.
BILLY LANE HEADS DOWN AN NEW LANE IN HIS LIFE– Because of the arrival of our daughter- and getting ready for my October races- I haven’t had a chance to begin reading your new book, yet. But I do look forward to it.
I’ll check in with Lee Clemens on the WR parts, thanks for the heads up.
It’s a different life with a youngster, but I like it. Here’s my 1926 OHV Pea, running.
–Billy Lane
WATCH OUT FOR THE BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for August 25th, 2016
Good point on the Timken bearings. Did they do anything to stop the scissoring of the flywheels? How about the oil pump design. So many things to find out about this new puppy.
You’re right, and I heard the single cam is chain driven. Why the hell would they do that?
–Sam
TX
76th STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN THE BOOKS FOR SMRi–
But No Rest For The Weary: SMRi Unveil New Logo For Sturgis 77th
The 76th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally featured riders of all stripes, who descended on the Black Hills region to help celebrate the world’s most iconic motorcycle gathering. As stewards of the Sturgis brand, the volunteer board of SMRi feel a strong responsibility to help promote, grow and strengthen the Sturgis brand overall, which is why they used the 76th Anniversary as an opportunity to unveil the official Sturgis® branded logo for next year’s 77th.
“This year’s 76th Anniversary rally was something special,” said Sturgis Mayor Mark Carstensen. “But it’s just one rally—we’re about the Sturgis institution, the totality, and that’s why we felt it important to unveil the 77th logo with as much fanfare and enthusiasm as we did for the 75th and the 76th.”
The unveiling of the logo marked the beginning of the Sturgis preparation cycle, which continues throughout the year until next August. With legendary roots in the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the world’s largest, and the SMRi board members feel an acute responsibility to the people of Sturgis and the surrounding area.
“SMRi was established to spur economic development in the Black Hills region and to bring money back to the community through charitable contributions derived from sales of official licensed merchandise,” said SMRi Board Member and City of Sturgis Councilman Rod Bradley. “SMRi will continue to develop the Sturgis brand and advocate on its behalf so the Sturgis community can continue to thrive and enjoy a tangible return from the world’s largest motorcycling event. That’s why we got to work right away on the 77th logo, and that’s why we’ll work harder than ever to make the 77th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally the best one yet.”
For more information: http://www.sturgismcrallyinc.com.
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LESSONS FROM THE BASEMENT–
If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
A whale swims all day, only eats fish, and drinks water, but is still fat.
A rabbit runs, and hops, and only lives 15 years, while a tortoise doesn’t run, and does mostly nothing, yet it lives for 150 years. And they tell us to exercise? I don’t think so.
Here’s what I’ve discovered:
1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats are mostly enjoyed with prunes and all-bran.
3. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
4.
Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
5. If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
6. It was a whole lot easier to get older, than it was to get wiser.
7. Some days, you’re the top dog, some days you’re the hydrant.
8. I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
9. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.
10. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
11. It is hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.
12. The world only beats a path to your door when you’re in the bathroom.
13. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he’d have put them on my knees.
14. When I’m finally holding all the right cards, everyone wants to play chess.
15. It is not hard to meet expenses . . . They’re everywhere.
16. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth..
17. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter . . . I go somewhere to get something, and then wonder what I’m “here after”.
18. Funny, I don’t remember being absent-minded.
19. It is a lot better to be seen than viewed.
20. Have I sent this message to you before…or did I get it from you?
–from Buckshot
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SPEAKING OF JUSTICE–School Calls Police on Girl Using 2 Dollar Bill to Buy Her Chicken Nuggets! It Gets Worse!–
When 13-year-old eighth grader, Danesiah Neal, tried to spend a 2 Dollar Bill at lunch at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, she was detained and threatened with a felony!
It gets worse! The 2 Dollar Bill investigation had to go all the way to the bank to get solved!
I am beyond disbelief at the STUPIDITY at this Texas school, and with the Fort Bend police who carried on with the blatant ignorance that had to be involved! (Besides the fact that it was only $2)
“I went to the lunch line and they said my 2 Dollar Bill was fake,” Danesiah told Ted Oberg Investigates. “They gave it to the police. Then they sent me to the police office. A police officer said I could be in big trouble.”
Not just big trouble. Third-degree felony trouble.
School officials called Daneisha’s grandmother, Sharon Kay Joseph.
“She’s never in trouble, so I was nervous going in there,” she recalled to ABC13.
The officials asked, “‘Did you give Danesiah a 2 Dollar Bill for lunch?’ He told me it was fake,” she said.
Then the Fort Bend ISD police investigated the 2 Dollar Bill with the vigor of an episode of Dragnet, even though at that school 82-percent of kids are poor enough to get free or reduced price lunch.
The alleged theft of $2 worth of chicken tenders led a campus officer — average salary $45,000 a year — to the convenience store that gave grandma the 2 Dollar Bill.
Next stop — and these are just the facts — the cop went to a bank to examine the 2 Dollar Bill.
The mystery was solved!!! At least the bank knew what a 2 Dollar Bill was!
The bill went from the lunch lady, to the school officials, (Obviously the principals Mary Brewster and James Wade Kirkpatrick HAD to know the cops were involved), to the cop…who took the $2 Bill to the convenience store..and then to the bank.
Instead, they threaten a poor little girl with a felony and made her miss lunch!
–By Scott Osborn on May 2, 2016 Culture, Education, Government intrusion,
Joeforamerica.com
–from Rogue
MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE–
What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them. New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Two pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes — one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can ‘do’ your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives On December 24 in 25 minutes. No wonder men are happier.
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman.
EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need but it’s on sale.
BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.
DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing!
–from Dr. Willie
It’s interesting. The wife is always portrayed and the principal of the school, the dour boss, when actually she’s the woman you chose to marry and spend your life with. If anyone should be treated with love, care and respect, it’s the woman who put up with your bullshit forever.
Believe me, I’ve ditched five wives. I’ve made all the mistakes, but I’m always trying to learn. That broad who is jiggling her young tits at you is about one tenth of your wife. Be careful.
My grandson brought over a beautiful girl recently. She could have been a model. A week later he quit seeing her. I said, “She’s a knockout, but that’s just one of maybe ten attributed to consider.”
He looked at me dismayed. “What are the other nine?”
How about integrity, education, heart, honesty, a job, drive, sex, health, or a bank account.–Snake
WHERE’S FREEDOM–Earlier this month, the Center for Disease Control came out with new guidelines for state legislatures to consider including: Set the driving curfew for 16 to 17 year olds closer to 9:00 PM. The reason the CDC gives has to do with a report that nationwide, 31-percent of the 16 and 17-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes from 2009-14 were involved in nighttime crashes. Only 11-percent of all trips made by this age group occur at night.
Forty-nine states (all but Vermont) already have certain night time restrictions. Twenty-three states have curfews starting at midnight or later. Utah for example has a curfew from midnight to 5:59 AM. Utah parents say they feel that the current restrictions work but 9:00 PM—totally unrealistic. Reasons: sports, work and just hanging out.
Parents feel that if their child is old enough to drive and are old enough to drive a family car then they should be old enough to drive at night after they receive their driver’s license. Parents trust their teen children. Why can’t the CDC and other safety activists?
Not only do teen drivers have to endure a graduated driver’s license process that can be confusing and difficult for both teen and parent such as outlined in this report from New York, teens are faced with higher insurance rates. When parents add a teen driver to their policy, they will pay an average of 80 percent more. In New Hampshire, teen drivers cost a staggering 125 percent more.
Back in the day, getting a driver’s license was a rite of passage. This great event in a young person’s life was something to look forward to because driving a car was the most important thing in a teen’s life–now not so much.
Because now, even though teens can start driving earlier with supervision, they cannot get a full license until they are 18 in many states. Driving is no longer fun for many teenagers and the cost of getting one’s license has shot up since schools no longer offer driver’s ed as a course. No fun + high cost = why bother?
Putting more nighttime restrictions on teens so that their moms and dads will have to pick up their child at his/her fast food restaurant job or pick him/her up after the football homecoming dance is really not a great situation for either teen or parent.
If teens put off driving until they don’t have to go through the graduated driver’s license program, they will have lost years of important experience and they probably will not be better drivers at all. They will see driving more of a chore than something to look forward to doing. This may be one reason why ridesharing and driverless cars are such exciting ideas for Millennials and Generation Z’s.
Incredible, more restriction instead of more education and Freedom. –Bandit
HEAVY DUTY DOC ON STURGIS 2016–I enjoyed Sturgis considerably, with the lesser crowds (much less) getting around was simpler and quicker.
Things that impressed me included the Yelvington mechanical reverse pulley, the Baker Grudge Box, the Ciro range giving Kuryakyn a run for its money with some neat innovative products along with Mike Roland designed cams.
Plus I had a 2017 Octane for the week –
loved it!
Cheers
–Doc
AUSTRALIAN CLUB NEWS–Australian club leader asked to hand over $360,000 made in drug sales.
The Queensland Government has asked the Supreme Court to force the alleged leader of the Black Uhlans motorcycle club to hand over $360,000 in alleged proceeds from drug sales.
David John Kurtzman was charged last year with possession, supply and trafficking of dangerous drugs as part of a year-long operation dubbed Mike Variety.
Police say it resulted in more than 40 arrests and the shutdown of a major methylamphetamine ring in central Queensland.
Police alleged that two men from Mackay would buy the drugs from 57-year old Kurtzman at his Burleigh Bars business on the Gold Coast, and then drive to Mackay to sell them.
Supreme Court documents describe how female passengers would allegedly be employed to conceal the drugs in their genitals in a technique described as “banking”.
The summary of a September 2014 telephone intercept tendered in the court by the state described one of the alleged arrangements involving one of the Mackay men.
“[He] will pay Julie and make it worth her while but he will need her to ‘hide some stuff in ya pussy’,” the summary reads.
“Julie could manage that, it’s not the first time she has had to do it, as long as it’s not eight tonnes [both laugh] — Julie agrees.”
Investigators intercepted thousands of telephone calls, alleging that members of the drug ring used code words such as ‘mackerel’, ‘reels’, and ‘fish and chips’ to refer to illegal drugs.
A police affidavit alleges an undercover operative — identified as LEP 46 — bought amphetamines from one of the men from Mackay, who revealed to the officer “he had been sourcing drugs from his current supplier on the Gold Coast for 18 months”.
Police alleged the supplier was Kurtzman.
Kurtzman, who police say is the head of the Black Uhlans in Queensland, has pleaded not guilty.
At the time of Kurtzman’s arrest, his lawyer slammed the case as circumstantial, saying no methylamphetamine was uncovered when police raided two of his client’s properties.
The Queensland Government has applied to the Supreme Court for Kurtzman to pay “a proceeds assessment order…of $360,000” under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002.
The state is also asking that he “pay interest on the value of the proceeds derived…from illegal activity”.
The application will be heard next week.
WATCH OUT FOR THE BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for August 25th, 2016
“17-percent of all accidents involved lane splitting. Most were during commute-time traffic.”
Arrrggghhhh!!! A complete, and total fabrication.
–Pauly D.
Chicago, IL
Agreed. Lane splitting saves lives. It saves motorists costly expenses and lawsuits for rear-ending bikes. It saves time and aggravation of having motorcycles idling in front of you or behind you in traffic. It saves motorists time, and space in parking areas.
The list goes one and on.–Bandit
HUNTER KLEE JOINS THE S&S TEAM–
S&S Cycle of Viola, Wisconsin welcomes Hunter Klee to our Exhaust Design/ Manufacturing team in the role of Director of Exhaust Development.
Hunter brings a decade of powersports exhaust design and manufacturing expertise and will help manage the recently created state of the art facility on our La Crosse, WI facility.
Most recently Klee was hands-on in the exhaust development group at Vance & Hines and before that at White Bros. Both were California based companies and time spent there has given him a unique perspective on emissions compliance regulations.
Hunter is also an active racer in the Hooligan flat track series and will continue doing so from his new base in Wisconsin.
“Hunter brings years of experience and a well rounded understanding of the performance as well as emissions compliance aspects of the exhaust space, we are more than excited to have him join our team” explains S&S Vice President David Zemla.
Klee relocated from California and is currently dividing his time between secret exhaust development projects and designing his next Hooligan race machine.
–Patrick
ARCH Motorcycle Official Update Report
Some very interesting tech being used here – a pity that it’s all being paired up with an engine design that’s more than 50yrs out of date! And I’ve gotta say, the way this alloy tank’s hewn from billet? Seems primitive & very very wasteful, compared to the alloy tank on my “CB900K0 Bol Bomber”, which is off the CB1100R Homologated Endurance Racer – Mine was likely flow-formed in hardwood “buck” moulds, and stuck together with gas torch welding, “Aero-Braze” rods which were cutting edge for WWII aerospace, practically a “lost art” by the ’80s let alone now.
— SoyBoySigh
Calgary, AB, Canada
I don’t agree with him on both points, and the engines are state of the art S&S V-twins. I find it interesting. Back the the ‘60s the media hammered H-D over clunky V-Twin engines. Now, virtually all manufacturers build V-twins of some configuration very successfully.–Bandit
You’re right. If my fuzzy memory is correct I think we were well into the Shovelheads before we retro-actively named the others. Seems to me Harley actually fought it for awhile before trademarking them.
I would assume Harley marketing came up with Milwaukee Eight because of the eight valves and the M-8 as a nod to the military and M16’s etc. I just can’t see myself ordering a set of pushrods for a “mate”. Like I said start the betting pools.
— Uncle Monkey
Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
I actually think Bikers came up with Evo after the factory’s Evolution. I made it a rule at Easyriders to cap any mention of Knuckleheads, Panheads, Shovelheads, Ironheads, etc. to respect the names.–Bandit
THE BIKERNET POLITICAL CONSULTANT WEIGHS IN– When you vote for an incumbent you are perpetuating our government as it is now. Nothing will change. These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our currentgovernment and cultural environment:
1.) We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works.
2.) Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money? What’s interesting is the first group “worked for” their money, but the second didn’t.
3.) Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our military, and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but we are not stopping payments to illegal aliens such as monthly payments for each child, money for
housing, food stamps, free education including college and also the right to vote?
–from Sidehack Jerry and Rogue
V-TWIN SHOW IN CINCINNATI IS THE LAST DEALER SHOW STANDING—It’s amazing. The V-twin show has struggled through tough economic times. As I mentioned earlier the media attacked Harley in the ‘60s and ‘70s and now Harley and the V-Twin market is the strongest motorcycling market on the planet.
I was involved in the inception of this show, while at Easyriders. It’s critical to this industry and to support the dealer network.
This year Jim Betlach and the Easyriders gang have some major surprises in store.
WOW, THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN–
Bought the missus a hamster skin coat last week. When we went to the fair last night it took me 3 hours to get her off the Ferris wheel.
The other night, my wife asked me how many women I’d slept with. I told her: “Only you. The others kept me awake all night!”
After a long night of making love, the guy notices a photo of another man, on the woman’s cabinet by the bed. He begins to worry.
‘Is this your husband?’ he nervously asks.
‘No, silly,’ she replies, snuggling up to him.
‘Your boyfriend, then?’ he continues.
‘No, not at all,’she says, nibbling away at his ear.
‘Is it your dad or your brother?’he inquires, hoping to be reassured.
‘No, no, no! You are so hot when you’re jealous!’ she answers.
‘Well, who in the hell is he, then?’ he demands.
She whispers in his ear…’That’s me before the surgery.’ …
–from Rogue and Sidehack Jerry
I NEED A BREAK—Jennifer produced their wedding for 200 of their closest friends. It took much of the last week to pull it altogether. The rehearsal was rough, but the wedding came together like a champ.
After they came strolling down the shop stairs, they stepped up onto one of my lifts and the ceremony began. Just then is was my job to raise the lift. The folks in the audience were caught off guard as the life rose. I was afraid it would run out of air and collapse in the middle of the heartfelt proceedings. No way, everything worked like a champ. I’m taking a break.
Ride free forever,
–Bandit
