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NEW ROUND CHOPPER OIL BAG–Paughco has expanded their line of custom and OEM style oil bags with the release of this new ROUND CHOPPER tank. Designed to be used with Softail and rigid 5-speed applications using Paughco brackets, the new tanks combine the best of traditional and contemporary chopper styling. Measuring 6 inches in diameter and 11 ? inches wide the tank features an integrated mounting platform to accommodate stock size batteries. Feed and return tubes are ?-inch pipe and the vent is 1/8-inch.
Fabricated from 16 gauge steel and finished in Paughco?s flawless in house chrome the tanks carry 3.5 quarts and are supplied complete with top fill, thread in cap.
For complete details call 775-246-5738 or visit www.paughco.com.
FROM THE POCKET BIKE LAW AUTHOR/SENATOR–I read your report.Remember this. Pocket bike operation is illegal on our street–yet parentsare put in the odd, peer-pressure situation: if they are illegal, why canthey be bought in stores from neighborhood bike shops to Sharper Image andwhy are all the kids on the block riding them. A parent was the impetusfor my bill. I’m all for cyclist rights (10 year record on NYC Council)and even generally against helmet laws. But this seemed much.
–from: sabini@senate.state.ny.us
AUSSIE BIKE WEEK–Bike Week…Shit what can I say…it was dreadful!Every Aussie bike show I have ever been to was…and this one was no exception.Doubtless the three hundred or so Aussie Harley guys who went to Bike Week would disagree…but anyone who has ever been to a British or American bike show would not!
Three hundred Hog riders? Yeah, that was about it I reckon…and I think I am being generous with the figures myself.Half a dozen real custom bikes, lots of bikes with bolt on chrome and bits.
I don’t think any but a few like myself realised that the Kawasaki ZX 900 sports bike had more home made parts than most of the other bikes put together, and it was not in the show, just parked on the street in the Mall.
The campground and main showplace was 15 to 20 minutes out of town…and no sign posting to show where it was…took us 40 minutes to find the bloody place.Couple of beer tents, tiny stage…you get the idea.
Fucking odd to hold a Bike Week at Australia’s premier surf resort and find you’re nowhere near any of the very attractions that draw most people to this part of the country.
The weather was great, the surf was good, the bars and restaurants were top class.Not that I believe hardly any of the bikers who went to Bike Week noticed any of that.I chatted to locals, I chatted to tourists, I chatted to doormen and the strippers and Playgirls.They all said the same thing, apart from the one night two hundred bikes parked in the mall and a few guys got busted for doing burnouts on the main strip…it was like Bike Week did not even exist.
Gold Coast City council apparently sponsored the event…what they actually did apart from give bikes permission to park in the Mall for one night I am not exactly sure.My wife and I were so unimpressed we hired an open top sports car on the weekend and zoomed off into the Hinterland to explore the countryside and the great pubs, perched on the sides of mountains. (Car hire is incredibly cheap in Surfers.)I doubt if more than a dozen or so guys like myself rode the thousand klicks from Sydney to get to Surfers (12 hrs in one day…fuck it’s a long way on a 22 year old BMW Boxer.)
Most bikes I saw, the majority of which were stock standard Harleys, had local plates.
So there ya go…sad I know…but I have been to bike shows in the UK and seen enough of bike shows in the USA to be able to tell the honest truth.I took some pics, will forward them to you.I am interested to see if Glen Piddle went and what he thought of the event.Maybe you can e-mail him and ask…he lives at Noosa…just up the road from Surfers.
And if one more person tells me Bike Week at Surfers is like Bike Week at Daytona…I will punch their fucking lights out!!!
All the best: Kevin or
Jaqhama
LITTLE OL’ TEXAS MOTORCYCLE–Bandit, Here is a shot of the Little ol Texas motorcycle, we didn’t take first place in the competition but I sure did win ( just look at the prize ). There were some good competition and good times were had visiting with some of the other builders and judges. We are getting ready for the next one in Galveston this weekend at the lone star rally we will be co sponsoring the Bike show (we are responsible in providing some custom Trophies) I will send some progress shots of the build when we return home.
— Kent
BIKERNET REPORTER BREAKS A LEG TO ATTEND INDIAN LARRY TRIBUTE PARTY–Busted my foot on the ride down to Larry’s tribute bash Sunday. Still have another foot so I’m not sweating it. I stayed around for about 4 hours then rode home. Gee, I impress myself sometimes.
–TBear
PRO-DRIVE SIDE CALIPERS–PRO-ONE?S new DRIVE SIDE CALIPER is going to solve a lot of rear braking problems for custom and conversion applications alike. This precision piece of braking hardware is manufactured to meet PRO-ONE?S legendary standards for quality and reliability. Machined from solid blocks of billet aluminum and finished in show quality chrome, the calipers feature a 4-piston lay out for superior braking performance and are fit with a single bleed valve and banjo style line fitting. The integrated hanger is machined for strength and a high tech appearance.
Each caliper is supplied with a pair of steel stabilizing tabs which weld to the frame or Softail section and allow for fine tuning axle adjustment. Designed to accept 1? axle assemblies the new DRIVE SIDE CALIPERS are designed for extra wide wheels like the PRO-ONE 18.5 x 8.5 and 10.5 and tires including the popular 250 and 300 series.
Additionally, PRO-ONE offers installation kits which include appropriate rotors and custom machined hubs for use with PRO-ONE rims.
For complete application details call PRO-ONE direct at 800884-4173. On the Web at http://www.pro-one.com.
TRIBAL IRON WHEELS–My “boy” . . . the fellas a tribal iron are cutting my solid wheels into two celtic tri-knots and making custom mirror brackets and clutch lever, then the boy will be done and I can do some serious riding out West. . . no sissy roadstar or v-crappe for me ! ! I believe this country is being taken over by all the plastic carrying yuppies. Where have all the bikers gone ?
Gheeish, an entire day in the hot sun. . . . . Yupp, I’m impressed, needed a paperweight. . . . Luckily I just had the entire engine re-done & he runs like snot. . . .
“Kerry”
kerrwydd@earthlink.com
TEXAS CHOP OFF FROM THE MOTEL ROOM– Chop Off is over unfortunately Lucky Devil did not win. Of course I have shots of cool bikes and cute girls. Luis did have my press ID waiting at the Chop Off so that was good. Met Robert of Thunder Press central/southwest edition, he dined with the Devil crew. I may be selling him some pics of girls from the VIP party Saturday night.
Not sure if I will be able to make the Lone Star Rally this weekend, may have to head to Pensacola. A personal mission.
–RFR
ROB SCHOPF WINS THE HOT BIKE/S&S 124-INCH CHALLENGE– VIOLA, WI (July 9, 2004) Most of the competitors arrived into town on Thursday, July 8th, to make some final preparations on their machines before the grueling competition began. Fresh clutches, tires, chain and chassis adjustments were the order of the day. All fuel tanks were drained and refilled with Sunoco GT100 unleaded fuel from a sealed container. On Friday, July 9th, each competitor was given one cumulative hour of Dyno time on the S&S Dynojet 250. As fierce as the competition was, all of the team members pitched in to help each other to extract the maximum power from their machines. The camaraderie between these guys was just unbelievable! After a half a day of combined dyno time, finally, it was time to shoot ?em out.
A very strict but fair testing procedure was developed by our own Jon ?Opee? Olson. It was decided that each competitor would receive 3 pulls after a cylinder head temperature of 200? F was achieved. After a 3 minute heat soak period, a final pull was made, with the highest number recorded. All of the runs were administered by dyno operators Opee and Tom Hampton using data from the on board sensors. This allowed every run to be started at precisely the same time.
When the smoke cleared, here?s how it shook out: Rob Schopf took top honors, posting 140.1 HP. Next was Kendall Johnson with a 138.1 HP pull. Jim Nasi was not far behind; posting 136.9 HP. Fourth spot went to Kim Suter, with 135.5 HP, and Fifth to Wink Eller with 133.6 HP.
2005 IRON & LACE and GARAGE GIRLS MOTORCYCLE PINUP CALENDARS RELEASED– The renown Iron & Lace Calendar sponsored by Mikuni Carburetors, Performance Machine and Jardine Performance returns again for 2005 with 16 full color pages of the finest custom Harley-Davidsons together with beautiful centerfold models. It’s a revealing look at some of the finest customized, high performance and fully race modified Harleys from America’s top builders, photographed by Jim Gianatsis. Included are the hottest custom bikes from America’s top builders including Paul Yaffe, Don Chica, Harold Pontarelli, Chica Customs, Russell Mitchell of Exile Cycles, Roland Sands of Performance Machine, Mike Stafford of MGS Customs, and Confederate Motorcycles, together with 2-time LA Calendar Motorcycle Best of Show winner Jesse Rooke’s incredible “Kali Kruiser”. The beautiful models in this year’s Iron & Lace include reigning Miss Great Britain Nicki Lane, Andra Cobb from Mikuni’s sexy “Explicit Performance” advertising campaign. Penthouse Pet Martina warren and adult film star Jessica Drake all in sexy lingerie. See why America’s best custom Iron is a perfect compliment to beautiful girls in sexy lingerie in Iron & Lace 2005!
And for those of you who can’t get enough of the beautiful FastDates.com Calendar girls there’s the 2005 Garage Girls Calendar featuring a close up look at the prettiest, sexiest, most popular FastDates.com Calendar Angels , but without the motorcycles getting in the way! This year’s featured models include fashion model Laura Niles and adult star Justine Jolie.Now you have a calendar for every room in the house! And for additional for news and photo features on the bikes, calendars and models visit the FastDates.com Calendar website at www.FastDates.com
For postal mail order send $16.95 each, plus $5 S/H per order. Include calendar name, payment in check, money order, or VISA /MC information and mail your order direct to: FastDates.com Calendars, Van Leeuwen, 13275 Paxton Street, Arleta, CA 91311.
YOU ARE INVITED– WITH the 16-page supplement published for the Global Motorsport Group this week by AMD, the firm is inviting dealers and existing and potential vendors to join them at their Morgan Hill, California headquarters for their 18th annual Dealer Show.
Being held October 8th, 9th and 10th, this year sees both the Custom Chrome and Motorcycle Stuff trading subsidiaries joining forces to hold their annual dealer shows together at the same time and venue for the first time.
This year, the event also sees the staging of AMD’s ‘Pro Show’ for the first time in North America. Now recognized as the Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building, the entirely open bike contest will be independently judged by journalists from many leading motorcycle magazines, and with some two weeks to go, is already slated to attract some 40-plus stunning customs from many of the market’s finest V-twin custom engineers, builders and dealers.
CUSTOM CHROME
Morgan Hill, California, USA
Tel: 408 778 0500
Fax: 408 778 7370
E-mail:
NEW CYRIL HUZE SPIKEE COIL BRACKET– A new design from Cyril to relocate your coils between the cylinders for symmetry. Looks great on choppers. Sold without or with a hole to accept an ignition switch. Accepts single fire, single plug Dyna coils (paint the coils like Cyril does, and nothing will look more custom). Bolt on directly to Huze custom motor mount, on any FXR type motor mount, or to your original equipment 2-piece Evo motor mount from ’91 to ’99 using a provided a motor mount adapter. Ignition switch and coils sold separately
Cyril Huze.
Tel: 561-392-5557
http://www.cyrilhuze.com>www.cyrilhuze.com
IT’S A WRAP–I’ve got to jump out of this creaking chair and run for my Road King, then off to the bar. I know the pressure is on to post the Sturgis reports. I have more news from S&S, the Hawaiian Islands, fiction from Australia and my grandson is waiting for me to build him a pocket chopper. It’s off to the bike swapmeet this weekend.
Hang on, that’s just the tip of the news that might explode onto Bikernet next week. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, have a helluva weekend and may she be round in all the right places.
–Bandit
