Hey,
A major chunk of the industry is rolling home from Daytona right now. I hope it was a mighty successful week, and sets the stage for a brilliant metal flake and chromed-out year.
I had sort of a slap-in-the-face epiphany this week. It started with trips to Saddlemen and watching the team build a custom seat pan for my FXR. We will head back to the family run plant this Wednesday to witness foam design and shaping. This is no easy, simple, slam-dunk process. Every element is carefully calculated, and hand altered. It’s a creative process with engineered underpinnings.
So, it took me back to 2010 and our Bonneville effort. I don’t know what the core issue was, but Berry wasn’t able to send me a set of rings in time, and the Assalt Weapan didn’t return to the salt with the Pegasus fuel injection installed and tuned. Then, while I was on the salt, the Peashooter blew a head gasket, and our Deacon-lead Hawaiian tuning team decided we should not push it, and make a hasty repair. We turned our focus to Ray Wheeler’s effort, and he experienced handling problems. We got our asses kicked and returned home early.
It’s odd how something hits you regarding any past creative endeavor, and you suddenly wish you handled it differently. For just the Saddlemen team efforts, who built the seats for the Assalt Weapan and the stroker Peashooter, I wish we tried harder. I wish we had thrown concern to the wind on the salt, made new head gaskets and returned to the track. Never give up is the Code of the West, and I guarantee this year, we won’t.
This year we will haul a completely rebuilt 5-Ball 124-inch, turbo-charged Raycer, built specifically for Ray C. Wheeler, onto the salt, and try like hell to earn a red cap, and get Ray into the 200 mph club. And my vintage 45 Bonne Belle will make its mark on the salt for all vintage and flathead fans. It will be a class endeavor and my grandson will feel the sting of salt for his first chance to ride down the historic salt. Remember, Never, Ever, Give Up. It’s the code of the west.
Let’s hit the news:
BIKERNET FAMILY COUNSELING CANTINA WEEKEND SESSION– A newly married man asked his wife, ‘Would you have married me if my father hadn’t left me a fortune?’
‘Honey,’ the woman replied sweetly, ‘I’d have married you, NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!’
A wife asked her husband: ‘What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?’
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: ‘I like your sense of humor!’
–Rik Savenko
14th ANNUAL SOUTHEND SHAKEDOWN–
Dust off those winter blues, rev up and join Ace Cafe London’s first major ride out of the year, the 14th annual Southend Shakedown, departing the legendary North London venue at 10.30am on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 9th April.
Being Easter, and as in previous years, this free to attend, fun day out at the seaside, with stands and displays has always involved a charity aspect focusing on children. This years Shakedown is again in aid of the registered children’s charity, the NSPCC, which depends for its funding on voluntary donations – either at the cafe, or on Southend’s seafront or by Text Number: 70744 which will automatically take a £4 donation. For more information about the work of and you can support the NSPCC check out
www.nspcc.org.uk
The route from Ace to Southend: A406 East to A12 East, to A127 East and Southend seafront.
Kind Regards
LINDA WILSMORE
Tel: ++44 (0)20 8961 1000
Fax: ++44 (0)20 8965 0161
www.ace-cafe-london.com
www.acecafeevents.com
Ace Cafe London
Ace Corner
North Circular Road
Stonebridge
London
NW10 7UD
HELLS ANGELS FUND RAISER FOR CLUB HOUSE REMODELING–The SFV Hells Angels are announcing a Brick Engraving deadline for springtime. Get your checks/money orders ready and send your tag line/slogan very soon. Deadline will be Sunday March 31st. For any questions please email me here. Thanks for your continued support to help off-set remodeling cost of SFV Hells Angels Clubhouse. The next Brick Engraving deadline will be set for summertime. — Love & Respect, K.O.
Support Brick info:
2 lines with 18 spaces per line, including spaces, and punctuation.
3rd line is committed; SFV SUPPORT CREW
Cost: $200
Brick Laying will be done later on this year.
BIKERNET READER COMMENT–That thing with JJ seems damn childish. If he didn’t wanted to be criticized he should have brought the Goods….I seen him build better bikes 10 years ago.
–Darren
Maybe he had a creative stumble, so decided to shoot the messenger.–Bandit
SUNDAY FUNDAY AT BIKERNET TRIKES AND BIKERNET BAGGERS--Bikernet Baggers’ Pacific Northwest correspondent Phil B., put the 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour through its paces. It’s a great Touring motorcycle that stands out from the crowd. Did it pass Phil’s two-week test?
We highlight Side Kicks made by Rush that helps keep the rubber side up. Check out the Video. We’re sorting through our Daytona info and how the cohabitation of Bike Week and Spring Break worked out.
Bikernet Trikes ran down Hannigan Motorsports for the nitty gritty on its high performance suspension system. Hannigan builds Trikes from all styles of bikes spending as much time on function as killer looks. Check it out- there’s a Trike for every flavor-street, strip to interstate eater.
We can’t wait to put some of these to the test. The Triking Viking stopped into town too and unloaded a batch of the World’s Wildest Trikes onto the site. Last we heard he was scouting out the Champion factory to sneak away on its new Vaquero Trike. Stay tuned.
–Toph
I MET MY NEW V.A. DOCTOR– I went to the V.A. the other day and found out I have been assigned a new doctor,Col Gladys Pitts, M.D; U.S.A.M.C. (ret).
Her specialties include men’s ailments,geriatric issues,and dietary disorders specialist.
I was embarrassed but she said, “Don’t worry, I’m a professional. I’ve seen it all before. Just tell me what’s wrong and I’ll check it out
I said, “my wife thinks my pecker tastes funny.”
–James Schnarr
GARFIELD ON THE OIL CRISIS–
YOU GOTTA LOVE GARFIELD’S EXPLANATION —
A lot of folks can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country. Well, there’s a very simple answer. ~~~
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
We just didn’t know we were getting low.
The reason for that is purely geographical.
Our OIL is located in:
ALASKA
California
Coastal Florida
Coastal Louisiana
Coastal Alabama
Coastal Mississippi
Coastal Texas
North Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
And
Texas
~~~
Our dipsticks are located in DC
~~~
Any Questions?
NO? Didn’t think So
–Scooter Grubb
THE BONNE BELLE DESIGN DISCUSSION–
You don’t suppose that the high profile at the front of the gas tank will create a funny wind trap at speed, do ya? Would a high tunnel tank mounted lower in the front be more aerodynamic? Just thinkin’ too much, probably.
Jeremy Cupp, LC Fabrications – Old Black, 1976 Sportster
Steve Broyles, Stevenson’s Cycle – GL Special, 2007 Stevenson’s Bobber
Steve Galvin, Wikked Steel – Pipe Dreams, 2012 Wikked Steel
Jeremy Cupp from LC Fabrications took the win with Old Black in FreeStyle at the US Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show. The 1976 Harley-Davidson XL is built on a hillclimber chassis and sports two reversed heads, dual Amal carbs and custom open rocker valve train. Special features include jackshaft dual drive chains and dual rear drum brakes.
Cupp founded LC Fabrications in an effort to keep his passion for motorcycles, machines, and anything with wheels alive. LC Fabrications specializes in custom parts for Sportsters and modern Triumphs and they have the ability to put nearly anything into metal.
Steven Iacona, Iacona Custom Cycles – Challenger, 1996 Harley-Davidson
Copper Mike Cole, Gravesend Cycles – Coppa Choppa, 1939 Harley-Davidson
Randall Medard, Pride Cycles – 2003 FLSTF
Steven Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles took the Modified Harley Class at the 2012 United States Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show. His bike, Challenger, has both Board Tracker and Cafe Racer influences. He won $4,000 dollars in price money and Harley-Davidson provided him a 120ci Screamin Eagle engine.
Special features includes hand fabricated fuel tank, rear fender tail section with built in oil tank, exhaust pipes and tips, handle bars, rear peg sets, headlight number plate, seat suspension, taillight, battery box, steering damper mounts and motor mounts.
Ignition coils are located near battery box along with all electrical connections. Brake and oil lines are hand formed stainless steel. The Sportster frame has been converted to a hardtail. Engine rebuilt using Buell heads and cylinders, dual 30mm Mikuni carburetors, stainless steel hardware and has been re-powdercoated.
Mark Webster, MW Performance – Sweet Tracker, 1973 TX650
GEO, Blacksmith Motoring Co. – El Vaquero , 1977 GL1000
Rick Schaffer – 1959 Harley-Davidson XLH
Mark Webster brought his custom built 1973 Yamaha TX 650 named Sweet Tracker and took 1st place in the Retro Mod class. This sano build has been lightened and chopped. Mark worked his magic on the engine with ported the heads, added stainless valves, R&D springs, cam and competition clutch. Additional features include Akont Wheels, quick change hub, Radian Swingarm and KYB piggyback shocks.
Performance Custom
Michael Beland, A1 Cycles – Janet, 2012 A1 Cycles Street Racer
Steve Galvin, Wikked Steel – Battlestar, 2012 Customs
Mike Brown, Spitfire Motorcycles – Supertracker, 2010 Spitfire Tracker
Michael Beland of A1 Cycles took his turbo and nitrous 140ci pro street bike to the top of the Performance Custom class at the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show United States Nationals. Named Janet, it features a fully hand built frame, mono shock, Hayabusa stretched swingarm, hand built tail section and custom front end.
–Jeffrey Najar
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WEEKEND GUN NUT REPORT– Act Now in Support of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity.
On March 13, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.” The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which was approved by the U. S. House last November by a vote of 272-154.
S. 2188, like H.R. 822, would allow any person with a valid state-issued concealed firearm permit to carry a concealed handgun in any other state that issues concealed firearm permits, or that does not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms for lawful purposes. A state’s laws governing where concealed handguns may be carried would apply within its borders.
Today 49 states either issue carry permits or otherwise authorize law-abiding people to carry firearms outside the home for self-defense.
41 states have fair “shall issue” permit systems that allow any law-abiding person to get a permit.
Hunters’ Rights Special Presentation at NRA Annual Meetings: Threats to hunter’s rights are escalating–and diversifying. To see what you can do about it, please plan to attend a special presentation devoted to hunters’ rights issues at this year’s NRA Annual Meetings in St. Louis, MO.
WE ASK OUR INDIA BIKERNET CORRESPONDENT TO REPORT ON INDIGENOUS BAGGERS AND TRIKES–
No Trikes. The only real Baggers are the high-end expensive Harleys.
Unless you count the “Ladakh Carriers” welded onto our Royal Enfields.
See image attached. Milkman to Tourers all use an Enfield.
— Ujjwal Dey
www.ujjwaldey.com
TWO CLASSIC MOVIES: I watched A Dark Stranger 1945, An Irish woman who hates the English turns Nazi spy. Great movie on Turner Classic Movies.
Dir: Frank Launder Cast: Deborah Kerr , Trevor Howard ,
BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC,
Another classic in suspense: The Lodger 1944, The inhabitants of a boarding house fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Merle Oberon , George Sanders , Laird Cregar .
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC,
WHERE THE HELL IS MURPH UPDATE–So I sat down with Leno today, did 10-15 minutes of video for the www.Jaylenosgarage.com.
Went great and got in Bikernet.com at the end as a great help to my endeavor. I’ll let you know when it’s up on the site.
Also spent two days of shooting, one in the studio and the next afternoon up in Decker Cyn, in Malibu, California doing moving shots of me.
It’ll air on the Motor Trend YouTube channel in a month or less.
–Murph
http://www.wherethehellismurph.blogspot.com
BIKERNET BAGGER EDITOR SHOWING OFF–Shot from my bike – south dakota.
–Toph
HERE IS THE SUNDAY DEAL FROM THE BIKERNET CLASSIFIEDS! A 2008 Nightster! Custom exhaust plus a Vance & Hines exhaust system included, Passenger seat not shown, Drag bars plus stock bars included, Forward controls, Very tight bike for $6500!
GO CHECK OUT THE BIKERNET CLASSIFIEDS, WHERE THE ADVENTURE IS JUST WAITING TO BEGIN! YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL FIND!
–MIKE the STEALTH
http://bikernet.sprocketlist.com/XL-1200n/2514150/2008-Harley-Nightster.html
GERMAN WOOD SCULPTURE–
A Carver in Germany made this one. I want one.
–Rick Burgess
BELATED ST. PATTY’S DAY HUMOR– Paddy had been drinking at his local Dublin pub all day and most of the night celebrating St Patrick’s Day.
Mick, the bartender says. ‘You’ll not be drinking anymore tonight, Paddy’.
Paddy replies. ‘OK Mick, I’ll be on my way then.’ Paddy spins around on his stool and steps off.
He falls flat on his face. ‘Shoite’ he says and pulls himself up by the stool and dusts himself off.
He takes a step towards the door and falls flat on his face. ‘Shoite, Shoite !’
He looks to the doorway and thinks to himself that if he can just get to the door and some fresh air he’ll be fine.
He belly crawls to the door and shimmies up the door frame.
He sticks his head outside and takes a deep breath of fresh air, feels much better and takes a step out onto the sidewalk and falls flat on his face.
‘Bi’Jesus…. I’m fockin’ focked,’ he says.
He can see his house just a few doors down, and crawls to the door, hauls himself up the door frame, opens the door and shimmies inside .
He takes a look up the stairs and says. ‘No fockin’ way’.
He crawls up the stairs to his bedroom door and says. ‘I can make it to the bed’.
He takes a step into the room and falls flat on his face. He says ‘Fock it’ and falls into bed.
The next morning, his wife, Jess, comes into the room carrying a cup of coffee and says,
‘Get up Paddy. Did you have a bit to drink last night?’
Paddy says. ‘I did, Jess. I was fockin’ pissed. But how’d you know?’
‘Mick phoned . . . You left your wheelchair at the pub.’
–Jim Waggaman
BIKERNET 5-BALL RACING WHEELER REPORT–Bandit is 64 years old and counting.
Other than a birthday party Friday night for Bandit that had a house full of guests rockin’ and reelin’ to the oldies on the juke box, a first class smorgasbord prepared by the lovely Nyla and buckets and buckets of iced down Jack Daniels followed by the mandatory out-of-tune sing-a-long, life is fairly mundane these days.
On Tuesday we officially celebrate another first day of Spring. Time to check and charge your battery, change the hot rod’s fluids, check the air in the tires and make a plan. Picking a direction is always a good start, then haul ass.
Parts and pieces are headed to key destinations for the 96 inch build at the Hardtailz shop in San Jose, CA. and the Bonneville Raycer project that’s underway in Salem, OR. at Rick Tedder’s.
7/14/1990 Dave Campos Easyriders Streamliner
322.870 kilo-322.149 mile-322.101 (Bandit a team member)
93/2006 Rocky Robinson Ack Attack
342.959 kilo-343.127 mile-342.792
9/5/2006 Chris Carr BUB 7
350.973 kilo-351.062 mile-350.885
9/26/2008 Rocky Robinson Ack Attack
359.862 kilo-360.913 mile-358.881
9/24/2009 Chris Carr BUB 7 367.383
9/25/2010 Rocky Robinson Ack Attack 376.363
Then along came The Ack in 2006 with Rocky Robinson behind the bars and the battle was on. 2 days after Rocky broke the 1990 Easyrider record, Chris Carr kicked it up a notch with a record of 350.973.
The Ack returned in 2008 and to bump the record one more time to 359.862.
The BUB 7 with Chris Carr returned in 2009 to regain the fastest on 2 wheels title, 367,383.
In 2010 Rocky and the Ack Team returned to the salt for a bit of sweet revenge posting a new 2 way record of 376.363 mph.
Don’t forget that Sam Wheeler and the E Z Hook bullet ran over 350 mph on his first pass off of the trailer in 2006. Due to a blown front tire Sam was not able to back up his first pass. Rumors have it that Sam Wheeler will make the meet ready to rock n roll this summer.
Your 5 Ball Racing Team will set up camp on the salt early Saturday, August 25th, just in time to unload and get in line for the scrutinizing of our gear and motorcycles.
Mark your calendars, pack your bags and come on out for an event you will never forget.
Haul Ass!
Ride for your Life!
–Ray c wheeler
Performance Editor
wheeler@bikernet.com
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BIKERNET UNIVERSITY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TARDY STUDENT WEEKEND VOCABULARY LESSON–brisance bri-ZAHNS, noun:
The shattering effect of a high explosive.
The ‘There’ turned out to be crucial for the sense of brisance and closure and resolving issues of impotent rage and powerless fear that like accrued in Lenz all day being trapped in the northeastern portions of a squalid halfway house all day fearing for his life, Lenz felt.
— David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
But this was sustained explosion, reaching now and then a quite unendurable brisance. Yet he endured it, not so much because it was her will as, unbelievably, what had become her need.
— Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day
Brisance is a relatively new English word. It started being used commonly in the 1910s, but it can be traced to the Celtic word brissim meaning “to break.”
BIKERNET SOCIAL STUDIES CULTURAL SEMINAR–A devout Muslim enters a taxi; once seated he asks the cab driver to turn off the radio, because he must not hear music as decreed by his religion and, in the time of the prophet, there was no music, especially Western music which is music of the infidels and certainly no radio ……..
So the cab driver politely switches off the radio, stops the cab and opens the back door.
The Arab asks him: “What are you doing, man?”
The cabby answers: “In the time of the prophet there were no taxis, so get out and wait for a fucking camel.”
–from Willie
LEHMAN TRIKES CLOSING DOWN, MAYBE?–
Founder John K. Lehman, who died in January this year, moved his company from Canada to Spearfish, South Dakota, in 2004 and saw several years of continued growth; the valuable contract to build the Tri-Glide for Harley-Davidson came to an end in 2010 (click image to enlarge)
Lehman Trikes of Spearfish, South Dakota, has “suspended operations and may not reopen” according to the Rapid City Journal.
A number of workers were laid off in November while an investment solution was sought, but president and chief executive officer Ken Hines has announced that the company has been “unable to complete the proposed sale”.
Hines states that attempts to achieve refinancing are ongoing, but that the company cannot continue to operate in the meantime and that “there is no assurance that the company will be able to secure the required funding to recommence operations”.
The company has suffered a series of blows, not least the recent death at 60 years of age of founder John K. Lehman in January.
In 2010, Lehman’s contract to build the Tri-Glide trike for Harley came to an end and, despite subsequent trike projects on an number of platforms (such as Victory, Honda, Suzuki) as well as Harley based trike builds, the decision to put the company up for sale in November last year may have come too late and cannot have been helped by the nature of the economic climate.
LEHMAN TRIKES
www.lehmantrikes.com
Anonymous sources cite buyer for Lehman Trikes- Is it too Late?
We’re confident here at Bikernet Trikes that Lehman Trikes will rebound and prosper. The Trike market is growing and Lehman has the history, know-how, people, and products to compete. We’ll keep on top of this breaking story. The proposed buyer is a man many Bikernet fans will know and has the ability to make Lehman strong again.
–Toph
BIG BANG JOKE OF THE DAY–
On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day by the door of your house, and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years.”
The dog said, “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only 10 years, and I’ll give you back the other 10?”
So God saw it was good.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, “Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a 20-year life span.”
The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for 20 years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back 10 like the dog did?”
And God again saw it was good.
On the third day, God created the cow and said, “You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of 60 years.”
The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about 20, and I’ll give back the other 40?”
And God agreed it was good.
On the fourth day God created humans and said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you 20 years.”
But the human said, “Only 20 years? Could you possibly give me my 20, the 40 the cow gave back,
the 10 the monkey gave back, and the 10 the dog gave back; that makes 80, okay?”
“Okay,” said God. “You asked for it.”
So that is why for our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.
For the next 40 years, we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next 10 years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren
and for the last 10 years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I’m doing it as a public service. If you are looking for me, I will be on the front porch.
— Ujjwal Dey
GET THIS, FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION BOARD–
I have recently had my annual physical exam at the doctor’s office at the Orange City Area Health System in Orange City, Iowa.
The nurse had questions to update my records. After the usual questions, she asked: “Do you ride a motorcycle?” and next, “Do You Wear a Helmet? I said I wouldn’t answer that as it had nothing to do with my health. I asked why they asked that question and all she said was “Big Brother.”
After the shock of that wore off I called the hospital and spoke to Dan McCarty, (not sure of his title but he is one of the higher-ups). I asked him why in the world they were asking that question in the doctor’s office. He wasn’t aware of the question and looked into it and called me back.
He responded that it was a “government template” that the government wanted them to try out and then possibly use this “template” as routine questions to ask at patients’ visits. He said the board was going to vote on this “template” and he would bring my concerns to them. As of now, I don’t know how they voted on the “template.”
I was just wondering if this is going on all across Iowa?? I feel that this is a big invasion of my privacy and another government thing to get helmet laws passed in the future, based on answers tabulated from this questioning from patients. I don’t know for sure, just guessing. Or, would my insurance possible go up if I answered “no” to the helmet question, as is done if one answers “yes” to smoking.
–Joan Biever
District 20
4892 Kennedy Ave.
Alton, Iowa 51003
I have personally had this asked of me in Wisconsin (ride and safety apparel used), I also flipped a lid when my son was recently asked at his sports physical if there were any guns in the home, this is ridiculous but will continue so long as the sheople in this country allow it, I cannot print the answer given.
In Kansas two years ago, my then 9 year old grandson and every student in his class was individually asked by their teacher about firearms in their homes. Over the last 30 years, the US Health Dept, the American Medical Assn. and the National Institutes of Health have tried to turn gun ownership into a “health” issue. I would imagine the motive is the same with the motorcycle/helmet questions. If they can make it a “health” issue, they can get around laws and the law making process. The EPA has turned that particular tactic into high art.
–JP
Having worked for doctors most of my adult life (and I’m sure Paulette knows this one as well), I can tell you this may be a “government template” but it is most assuredly insurance-driven.
We know insurance companies are always gathering data and we know why and what they do with it.
From the business end of things, medical offices, clinics, and hospitals meet with insurance company muckety-mucks at least once if not several times a year. During these meetings medical administrators hammer out a “new contract” or strive to maintain what they have regarding how much the insurance company will pay out for office visits, emerg. visits, surgeries, lab work, tests, etc. Much like our conference formulas, i.e. hotel room nights booked + meals reserved = conference meeting room rate (basically); medical practitioners are reimbursed based on how many folks they see a day, procedures performed per month, etc.
Any additional bone they can throw the insurers can affect the cost/payout. So much like the federal helmet blackmail ploy, doctors are hit up to ask if you use a helmet. If you own a gun. If you are divorced. If you are married. What your religion is. What your race is. Who your employer is. If you are self employed. Sometimes there are other reasons for some of these questions but for the most part its an opportunity for someone to get data that can be mined at any time. Let’s face it, medical patients constitute a huge population!
I too was enraged when I first encountered such. And I refuse to answer.
–Cindy
PAUGHCO 6-DEGREE TREES–
The first of an innovative line of billet aluminum products currently in the works at Paughco’s R&D department, the 6-DEGREE TREES are CNC machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum, polished and show chrome plated.
The new trees are currently available in Wide-Glide configurations utilizing 41-millimeter fork tubes. For complete details call 775-246-5738 or check the web at www.paughco.com.
MINI-TERRY THE TRAMP BOOK REVIEW– PENNY AND I HAVE FINISHED TERRY’S BOOK AND YOU ADDED A LOT OF FACTS AND INFORMATION THAT PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THE BOOK AFFORDED ME A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY I DIDN’T KNOW.
–DOUG FORD
You have two options right here to purchase this book, either through motorbooks at a discount, or through us, and receive a signed book, and a Bikernet sticker.
UNCLE MONKEY CONFESSION–
Hey Bandit, in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day I didn’t want the truth to ruin a good story. Check out Bill Hayes story about the Booze Fighters at www.bikernet.com/pages/story_detail.aspx?id=8181.
–Uncle Monkey
NEW TIMES–This is a new year, and if you’re like our crew, you seek improvement, understanding, and enhanced learning. That’s one aspect making life in America and benefit. You can generally reach out to improve your craft, learn something new, refined your program, or do the famouse dance of the pyramids. Just do it better next time, and take good care of your team.
So next week we will hit it with our first round of Bonneville tech articles. I’m looking into another chapter of Chance II, World Run, and refining my efforts at suspense. I’ll dial it in or die trying. I also need to write another Cantina episode, and a good one is brewing.
You should start to see both the Trike and the Bagger sites start to boil with content. Hang on
Ride Forever,
