September 10, 2009 Part 4

SUCH A SHAME!–Damn economy. This poor child can’t even afford a decent pair of jeans .Another Victim of the Economy…

–from Art Friedman

INTERMOT Cologne 2010 with extended programme, No. 3, Cologne, September 2009– Bicycles, pedelecs, e-scooters and e-motorcycles will make up the ?Green Hall? ? their own a focal point within the event

INTERMOT Cologne ? International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bicycle Fair has extended its range of products creating an international presentation and business platform for the entire two-wheeler industry. From 2010, the trade fair?s traditional product segments of motorcycles, scooters, quads, accessories, parts and clothing will be joined by bicycles and bike parts, accessories and components.

?Electrically powered two-wheelers? will form an appropriate interface between motorised and non-motorised two-wheelers. The complete spectrum of products on the core topic of ?Light Electric Vehicles? (LEV) will be presented, from pedelecs, e-bikes, e-scooters, right through to e-motorbikes. Expanding INTERMOT Cologne to include the growth market of LEVs makes sense because alternative drive technologies are also becoming a major focal point in the world of motorised two wheelers, and one to which the event will now do justice.

INTERMOT Cologne is established worldwide as the international trend show, leading trade fair and ordering event for motorised two-wheel vehicles. Every two years the international motorcycle and scooter community ? the industry, trade, media and of course motorcycle and scooter fans meet here.

Around 1,100 suppliers from around 40 countries regularly participate and present their product portfolios to around 56,000 international buyers and over 140,000 interested non-trade visitors. The event will be organized by Koelnmesse GmbH; the conceptual sponsor is the German Motorcycle Industry Association (IVM), based in Essen. Along with exhibitor events, INTERMOT Cologne will offer visitors impressive shows and many other highlights from the world of motorcycles, scooters, and motor sport. The fair will occupy Halls 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 at the Cologne exhibition centre, making for a gross exhibition space of more than 120,000 m?. The entire outdoor area at Koelnmesse ? 75,000m? ? as well as special sections in the halls will also be utilized for the fair?s various events and supporting programme.

You can find further information at www.intermot-cologne.com

INTERMOT Cologne
6th to 10th October 2010
Koelnmesse GmbH
Anja Scheidt
Press Assistant
Corporate Communications & PR
a.scheidt@koelnmesse.de
www.koelnmesse.de

BIKERNET MATH LESSON, Do the math–I guess I must be on the wrong page. A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 800 gallonsa year of gasoline. A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 480 gallonsper year. So, the average clunker transaction will reduce US gasolineconsumption by 320 gallons per year.

They claim 700,000 vehicles were sold under C4C, so thats 224million gallons / year.That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.5 million barrels of oil is about one days US consumption.And, 5 million barrels of oil costs about $350 million dollars at $75/bbl.

So, we all contributed to spending $3 billion to save $350 million.

How good a deal was that???

–Buckshot

BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER SPECIALISTS TRY TO IMPROVE BANDIT’S BRAIN, 3 Simple Steps to a Healthy Brain–To help preserve mental function and protect against age-related cognitive decline including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, make these simple, healthy lifestyle choices part of your daily routine:

1. Get 30 minutes of physical activity per day. Regular physical exercise, especially aerobic exercise, can help slow memory loss and improve mental function.

2. Develop healthy habits in all aspects of life. Not smoking, drinking only in moderation, staying socially involved, managing stress, getting adequate rest, and cultivating a positive attitude and outlook – have all been associated with a lowered risk of Alzheimer’s.

3. Keep an active mind. “Use it or lose it” applies to mental as well as physical health. Do crossword puzzles, mind games, challenging reading, and take educational classes.

Indian Offers Cash for Clunkers–Indian Offers Cash for Clunkers Indian Motorcycle dealers are offering buyers $3,000 toward the purchase of a new 2009 Indian Chief for their trade-ins as part of the seminal manufacturer’s own “Cash for Clunkers” program.

Any trade-in must be street legal, 100cc or larger and must have a clear title; the bike must also be in running and ride-able condition, and mopeds, scooters and dirt bikes will not be accepted.

For more information, contact Indian at (704) 937-7333 or info@indianmotorcycle.com.

–Motorcycle Product News

BIKERNET WEATHER REPORT FROM LOWER ALABAMA–There are days I want to ask, (as they did in the movie ?Air America?), WHY AM I HERE! The best time to ride a motorcycle here in LA is in the spring or fall. Winters are sometimes just cool but there are days when the temperature never gets above 40 degrees and with the humidity added in that is just too cold to ride unless you have heated gear. However, summers are just dangerous! When the heat index gets over 112 (or the ?feels like? temperature the weather people call it) and you ride out in that your brain may get fried as well as your buns from the heat rising off the pavement.

You get to where you can?t think your way out of a paper bag much less outmaneuver all the cages that are driving like idiots due to the heat. Maybe cooling shirts, vests or vented clothing work well out West but if the humidity is high it does not work well in the South, or at least not for me.

Labor Day weekend here in Lower Alabama was supposed to be wet, 30 to 60 % chance of rain and thunderstorms, usually after 1P.M. The cold front last week did not produce the dryer cooler weather we had hoped for. It is still humid but not as hot as it has been and we have a bit of a breeze that has kept the temperature bearable. Rode over to Seminole State Park in SW Georgia and saw a large flock of Canadian Geese, about 75 or so. Guess they are heading south early this year. Wonder if they know something we don?t.

I heard on the news this week that Alabama has had nine earthquakes since the first of the year. All of them have been in the central to northern part and none of them have been major. When we have an earthquake, it is more like a small tremor in California. Once in a while things will get knocked off shelves but usually it passes by without anyone really noticing it, from what I hear. Down here in the SE corner of Alabama we never feel any tremors unless the military is doing some type of strangeness, like testing new bombs or rockets of some sort.

Glad to hear the fires in California are being brought under control. I guess there are advantages and disadvantages to anywhere you live. West coast has droughts and fires, Gulf coast has hurricanes and everywhere in the middle has tornadoes. I think I can handle the hurricanes and tornadoes better than those fires. I have immense respect for any and all firefighters and their families. Firefighting is too dangerous a profession for me. May God be with all of you, everywhere.

Ride safe.
— Camy

3rd Annual Southern Bike Night – 6 County Poker Run & Bike Show!–Big Easy Media Productions and Southern Bike Night are pleased to announce the “3rd Annual Southern Bike Night 6 County Poker Run and Bike Show,? the weekend of Sept. 25th at Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 SE Dixie Hwy in Stuart, Florida.

The gates open at 4 pm Friday at the fairgrounds and will remain open until 2 am for the Battle of the Bands with $500 going to the first-place band. There is also a Car & Truck Show, and Crank ?M Up Contest by Nash’s World of Sound. Camping is available.

The Southern Bike Night 6-County Poker Run will depart from the fairgrounds and three other locations on Saturday morning. The gates at the fairgrounds open at 11 am Saturday for the SBN Poker Run, Bike Show and a ton of activities, great food, vendor?s row, DJ and live bands all day. The gates close at 2 am for non-campers.

The Treasure Coast Harley-Davidson Fashion Show on Saturday will include special guests, some of the South?s finest bike builders and some of the South?s hottest custom bikes. There will also be live concerts by Mighty Quinn, Vicious Cycle and Tribal Tongue; Special guests, Tobin 153 & Brotherz Keeper; and national recording artist, JD Danner will sing ?Thanks To The Brave.?

?This is our way of saying ?Thanks? to all of our loyal fans and sponsors,? said Jim Burgos, TV host and founder of Southern Bike Night. Beer is $2 – $3 bottles. The gate fee is $5 — and free admission is included in the price of the poker run.

Registration for the Car & Truck Show will be open until 7 p.m. Friday night at the fairgrounds. Entry fee: $10. Battle of the Bands: $50 entry fee with $500 award to 1st place.

There are four starting points for the 6-County Annual Poker Run on Saturday. Fee: $10 per hand and $5 for extra hand. Admission to the party at the fairgrounds is included. All bikes entered in the Annual Bike Show need to be at the fairgrounds by 2 p.m. Saturday. Entry fee: $10.

Vendor and Sponsorship information is available. Call Rod at 561-767-2453.

Jim Burgos, can be reached at 772-214-2159 or by sending an email to Bigeasy320@bellsouth.net
Southern Bike Night TV & Magazine

AMVETS POST 911 SOMERS PT WILL HOLD A 9/11 Remembrance on Friday 9/11–Ceremony starts with the arrival of the Motorcycle parade.

Meet at Super WAWA Somers PointRt 9 and Ocean Heights ave 8:00 amPull out at 8:20 am

Ceremony ends at 9:15 if you have to go to work. Coffee and donuts at the VFW courtesy of American Legion Riders.

Please make this event as it is the 1st one in Somers Point..

EVERYONE IS INVITED

A PAGE IN THE UNCLE MONKEY DOCTRINE–Uhm, can I borrow a wrench? It is a question that I’ve been asked hundreds of times. Anyone who works spinning wrenches for a living knows you don’t lend out tools, you give them away. Few actually get returned. Everyone means well, but for anyone who relies on them for their livelihood it always leaves us stressed out.

I have amassed to good selection of hand and power tools to the point that I actually have three complete sets of tools. Two sets because it always seems that you need two 1/2″ wrenches or there isn’t enough room to connect a ratchet. The third set is my, “loaner” set of tools. Old and trusty, I hand them out freely with the thought that I am giving someone a 15/16″ wrench.

If I get it back great, but I wrote the tool off as soon as it has left my garage. When I do have to borrow my friends tools I always make sure that I return them in the condition I received them or better. That has meant there has been more then once I’ve had to head down to the local Tool Crib to buy a replacement for a ratchet that self-destructed, a wrench that I bent, or screwdriver I snapped off. Often these were “loaner” tools much like my set but I still replace them out of respect to my friends.

It is impossible to own every tool that we could possibly ever need even though some of us try. We have to rely on the generosity of our friends and sometimes even strangers to help get our bikes back on the road. Many of us “older” riders have spent many a night at a rally huddled around a bike that has its own sense of humor as to what a rally is all about. As people gather around tools come out from tight rolls and back pockets to help get the bike back to health. A decent set of tools can make the difference between a simple job and an all-nighter. Using the right tool for the right job can also make all the difference in the world. A man with tools is everyone?s friend; if he knows how to use them he is a best friend.

Tools help keep this world going around. Without them everything would literally grind to a halt. As vigilant as we all are we all seem to have one or two tools that we borrowed all those weeks, months, even years ago that we haven’t returned yet. Its something to remember the next time someone reaches into your toolbox for a wrench.

–Uncle Monkey

Victory Rider Gregor Moe Sets New Class Speed Run Record of 165.8 mph on Victory Motorcycle–Victory Performance Breaks Record That Had Stood Since 1973.

MEDINA, MN (Sept. 9, 2009) ? Patience, persistence and a wickedly powerful Victory Freedom engine helped Gregor Moe set a new national speed run record of 165.8 mph on a Victory Motorcycle September 3 at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Moe ran a timed mile at 166.004 mph on the Victory Kingpin, then backed it up with a run at 165.6 mph, giving him the average of 165.8 mph that goes into the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) record books for the 2000-M-AG class. The class includes bikes of up to 2000cc with modified frames that are gas-powered but do not use turbochargers or superchargers. The previous class record of 163 mph had stood since 1973.

?It?s a good feeling and it?s good to get it done. It?s been a long time coming and it?s a lot of work,? said Moe, who is from Buffalo, Minnesota. ?This was my third time at Bonneville. I went out in ?04 to the first BUB event with a buddy and ran my 2003 Victory Vegas at about 119 mph in the ?Run What You Brung? class. That was the fastest Victory pass for a number of years.?

In 2008 he returned to Bonneville with his record-setting Kingpin, but broke a piston while building up speed for the timed mile. The engine was rebuilt at Lloydz Motorworkz, the Pine Bush, N.Y., Victory performance shop by Lloyd Greer and Adam Torchio.

The Victory Freedom engine has a modified displacement of 110-cubic inch engine and a Lloydz cam package, intake and fuel mapping.

?Adam built a different pipe for it, too, a 2-into-1 that wouldn?t interfere with my feet,? Moe said. ?I installed some rear set-type pegs to get my feet back and get me lower.?

Moe ran the bike at the Maxton Mile earlier this year and attained a speed of 159.7 mph.

?Maxton was our shake-down to make sure the bike works,? Moe said. ?Of course, the driver?s got to get familiar with the machine to make it go, and we made several passes there and it got better every pass. It ran well at Maxton so there was no reason to make any changes for Bonneville.?

With only minor changes such as a redesigned custom seat, he and his crew of fellow Victory Riders ?Sparky Bill? Toninato, Jeff Ingebritson and John Ritter headed to Bonneville.

The salt was wet when they arrived, but dried in the Utah sun each day, providing a faster and faster surface. Moe was near the front of the line late on Wednesday, September 2, when the day?s session ended. He retained his place in line for the final half day of speed runs on September 3, so he got to make his runs in cooler air that let his engine produce more power.

?The first run on Thursday, we didn?t quite get her done. We ran around 159 [mph],? he said. ?We made an adjustment we?d been talking about and got back in line. Our next pass was 166[.004], which broke the old record and entitled us to make a return run to back the record up.?

His return run on Bonneville?s International Course produced a speed of 165.6 mph, giving him two runs over the old class record and a new mark of 165.8 mph.

?Setting a new record makes the ride home from the salt a lot more enjoyable,? Moe said. ?If we had finished second, the drive home to Minnesota would have seemed like an eternity.?

Victory Vision Posts Potential Record Speed

World record holder Laura Klock rode a stock Victory Vision at the BUB event and posted a top speed of 122 mph, which she backed up with a run at 120 mph. Final notification from the BUB officials is pending, but the crew at Klock Werks Kustom Cycles in Mitchell, S.D., believes Laura set a record. She already held the record for the world?s fastest bagger, and two of her daughters also hold speed run records.

Whether she is credited with a record for her Victory Vision speed, she achieved one goal of generating greater participation by women riders. The number of women entered at this year?s BUB event was significantly greater that in the previous five years.

Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel and vehicle accessories, is available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com .

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HOW AM I DOING?–I tried to ignore the phone. I’m going to launch our first, “Save the Evo,” tech tomorrow. It involves D&D, K&N and a new Compu-Fire Single-Fire Ignition System. We are on a bent to prove that Evos are the best. I was thinking about a Dyno challenge between Evos and Twin Cams. The ’89 FLH we are working on has almost 200,000 miles on the clock.

We are also investigating a run site for a Bikernet No-Nothin’ Run to Salome, Arizona. It’s not close to anywhere. It has one bike shop, Uneeda, one hotel, Westwood, with four rooms, owned by a biker, Randy, and four restaurants. “Two are good,” Mark, the shop owner told me.

We are going to investigate it later this year and report back. I was stranded there on the way to the Smoke Out, waiting for Dr. Hamster to arrive from the coast. I helped guys work on their bikes. Talked to Scout, from Harley-Davidson, and checked out his European girlfriend. She was a redhead. I couldn’t help myself.

I’ll bring you more reports as this develops. Don’t worry, I’m not looking for vendors, sponsors, or entry fees. We just need to find a place to hide.

Ride Forever,

–Bandit

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