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HUGE NEWS FOR THE BIKERNET.COM CO-SPONSORED SMOKE OUT WEST, BILLY LANE COMING–Huge news for The Bikernet.com co-sponsored Backstreet Choppers Smoke Out West this week. Billy Lane is building a Knucklehead bobber for this historic first West event. Billy has been a huge part of putting the Horse Smoke Out on the map.
When we started the East Coast Horse Smoke Out event years ago- it was all altruistic. We wanted an event for choppers and builders. Billy Lane is obviously a huge star now, but he really has not changed in his support for everything Chopper. He has a travel schedule that would kill a mere mortal –so I was just happy as hell to hear he could make it.
When I heard that he his building a bike especially for the event, it rocked my world. Some builders talk about their support for the underground chopper world but Billy walks the walk.
More big news, I got the following note from Bandit. ?We’re riding out, 200 strong, guns blazing, horny for roller derby girls and whiskey. Look out.?
The Smoke Out is the world?s largest Chopper Rally and will be held October 5-7 on the Verde Valley Fairground in Cottonwood, AZ (20 minutes South of Sedona). The event will start Friday – October 5, 2007 from 5pm to 11pm. Saturday, 10am to 11pm and Sunday, 10am to 4 pm. For more information (or a vender packet) check the website SmokeOutRally.com website or venders call e-mail Edge at edge.42@mac.com.
See ya there.
–Edge
MOTORCYCLE SUPERSTORE, INC. ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF NEW E-COMMERCE WEBSITE–Motorcycle Superstore announced the launch of their new e-commerce website
Motorcycle Superstore timed the launch of their new system with a simultaneous move into a new, state-of-the-art distribution center. The new facility offers significantly more warehousing space and a more streamlined distribution process. “Our goal for these major upgrades is to improve the user shopping experience while increasing efficiency and speed of delivery of products to our motorcycling customers. Customers’ expectations are on the rise and we intend to meet or exceed them as we take Motorcycle Superstore into the future”, explains Don Becklin, President and CEO.
Started in 1997, Motorcycle Superstore is an online retailer of motorcycle helmets, apparel, parts and accessories. Motorcycle Superstore is ranked #310 on Internet Retailer’s top 500 Largest Retail Websites.
–Motorcycle Superstore, Inc.
VP of Marketing
Motorcycle Superstore
P: 541 618 7386
BIKERNET SUPPORTS MARINE CORP– The TOY RUN is just 2 weeks away!Please support the 20th Annual High Country Toy Run with aDONATION OF CASH OR MERCHANDISE…… (see attached letter)100% of ALL proceeds go DIRECTLY to purchase toys for needy kids in our area!
Call today! 719-487-8005
NEW PROSPECTIVE BIKERNET FEATURE–Thought ya might use my scoot for the barn. If it looks like something for the barn just lemme know and i will send some words and better res pics.
–nate
nobody rides 4 free
dawghauschops@gmail.com
DOHERTY MACHINE BILLET BAG LATCHES–Doherty Machine has just released a very cool collection of billet bag latches that are sure to provide any machine with factory H-D bags a clean, hi-tech face lift. The Doherty BILLET BAG LATCHES are CNC machined from solid blocks of billet aluminum. A straight forward bolt-on install, each latch features hidden mounting screws for a slick clean look and are finished in flawless and durable show quality chrome.
Available in a variety of contemporary milled surface patterns the latches retail for just $173.95 per pair. You can get your hands on a set by calling Doherty direct at 800-956-9409.
Better yet, catch the complete Doherty line of unique, Power Pac intake systems, custom spacer kits, oil filters and more at www.DohertyMachine.com
NEW INDIAN LAUNCHED ON BUDDY JOHNSON’S PAGE–We recently put up a webpage on Buddy Johnson’s award winning Indian Spirit Custom Harley.Click on the link below to view the page :
–The BlingMaster Crew
ICONIC VINCENT MOTORCYCLE DEBUTSNEXT WEEK AT MOTOEXPO SAN DIEGO–Del Mar, CA, September 27, 2007 —- Once respected as the fastest production motorcycle in world, the Vincent suffered a slow death in the 1950?s only to come back recently as a strikingly contemporary re-iteration where it can be seen at MOTOEXPO SAN DIEGO that roars into the Del Mar Fairgrounds next Saturday and Sunday (October 6 and 7).
David Arnold, show director for the first annual MOTOEXPO SAN DIEGO, who made the announcement this week, said two prototypes of the iconic Vincent motorcycle will be on display. The juried show of customized sports and street cruisers will also feature an assemblage of one of a kind, handcrafted motorcycles in a special display called MOTOMASTERS.
?We are honored that Rancho Santa Fe entrepreneur and rider, Bernardo Li, who is bringing back the Vincent, would agree to showcase these awesome motorcycles at our show,? said Arnold. ?The motorcycle world owes Mr. Li and his organization a ?thumbs up? for not only making the investment in bringing back the Vincent and creating these two prototypes but for interpreting the bike?s pedigree and turning it into a sleek, dynamic machine ? heavy on the horse power but lithe in handling.?
According to well-documented media reports, The Vincent Black Lightning hurtled over the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1949, pegging the needle at 151.131 miles per hour, and setting a land speed record for a production motorcycle that would remain unbeatable 20 years beyond the company?s closing in the mid-1950s.
The original Vincents, according to Arnold, were made in England and were born of speed. The original builder, Howard Raymond Davies, was committed to building a radical new bike. He did. And it reached 66 mph in 1926. Shortly thereafter, Philip Vincent, also a Brit, bought the company and, in 1949, launched the Vincent in the United States.
According to Arnold, the two Vincent prototypes are among other exciting displays and activities taking place Saturday and Sunday at MOTOEXPO SAN DIEGO. The two-day event also includes a dazzling array of vintage motorcycles and MOTOMASTERS ? an invitation only, beyond-the-jury collection of priceless, one-of-a-kind handcrafted motorcycles that epitomize the highest achievement in aesthetics and engineering. Among those exhibiting are Christian Dotson and his award-winning bike that won the coveted ?America?s Most Beautiful Motorcycle award? at this year?s Los Angeles Roadster Show in Pomona, the irrepressible Roland Sands, the enigmatic Chica, and making a rare appearance will be two bikes from Confederate Motor Company ? the B-120 Wraith and Hellcat.
Tickets are available online and will be available at the gate. For additional information go to www.motoexposandiego.com
INCREDIBLE–Let?s party. Did you read the news: New Vincents coming, Confederate making another run at success and the guys who fixed Chris Craft boats are preparing something with Indian somewhere. Watch over the next couple of months as we witness motorcycle battery wars as new technology is unleashed on the custom market.
It?s fascinating. We live in a very small niche market, yet when a man or a woman has a dream and the resources to make it a reality, they?ll go for it. From the custom builder breaking his neck and pocket book to build his first bike in his or her apartment, to a full blown manufacturing facility designing a remake of the Vincent.
There?s never a dull moment when it comes to creative minds. They never stop churning out a new and exciting notion. We?ll be here to test ?em, cover them and bring you the story.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
