Hey,
This is interesting. I like being a solitary guy. It’s always been my concept of a biker. One guy and his motorcycle on the adventure of life. Riding is solitary. So yesterday looked to be a day of working-out meditation, tinkering with the Panhead and waiting for the Redhead to come home.
Then my grandson, Frankie called at about 10:30 on Friday night. He still has his FXR and Dyna in the shop and we’re waiting for repair parts from MetalSport Wheels and Spitfire Motorcycles. He was in Oakland with his girl, Em, for a tattoo convention for a couple of weeks and created his first printed piece of original work.
I knew when the phone rang my Saturday was shot. He always waits till the last minute. I asked myself the Buddhist right path question. And the answer was of course to be there for him. He came over in the afternoon and we went to work on his Dyna.
This was an afternoon working around a strange repair job. Remember he was trapped in the fast lane on an LA freeway when his pulley bolts let go. But when the tow truck driver loaded his bike he broke the shaft off from the shift linkage behind the inner primary. We had to remove his entire primary drive to replace the linkage or re-weld the broken one. He bought a new one.
We spent the afternoon making this happen, Frankie, at 24, then announce he moved to a new Tattoo Shop in the Venice, Marina Del Rey area. And natch they were having the grand opening last night.
I could have watched a movie and relaxed with a glass of whiskey, but instead I splashed some water in my face, ate a lousy, cold barbecue rib and blasted across town to the Lincoln Tattoo Company grand opening on Lincoln Blvd. less than a quarter mile from Bartels’ Harley-Davidson.
Quick, let’s hit the news.
CAPTAIN AMERICA REPLICAS ONCE MORE–A good friend built a couple of these replicas at request and said they were the foulest handling things he had ever ridden.
Nothing like a nice brittle frame to go with it.
— Burns
STYLIN’ IN STURGIS CONTEST 2018!
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Greetings from Southern Biker Magazine!–
Summer is here!
Time to ride to your favorite swimming hole and cool off. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the day with friends is what we like to do. Although with all the rain we’ve had, the swimming holes are probably more like muddy whirlpools right now.
Downtown Helen GA, one of our favorite places to ride to and visit has had lots of flooding; some places are under water. We had a great time riding with some great friends and new friends from New York last month.
Some family and friends of the Ruggerio group wanted to ride the Dragon and the Cherohala Skyway so we took them on a ride with Joe Ball in the lead. We had some new riders and riders that were not used to riding such curvy roads but everyone did great! We hit the Dragon first, then stopped at Deals Gap for lunch.
After a fuel stop we headed on to the Cherohala Skyway, hoping we would not get wet. Unfortunately, we weren’t so lucky. About halfway to Tellico Plains, the sky opened up and dumped massive amounts of water on us.
Randy and I had our rain jackets on but that didn’t help the rain pelting us in the face and water on our glasses. We finally got to a small shelter and pulled over to wait out the small storm. We doled out dry shirts to others who didn’t have a jacket and were very cold.
We invited everyone over for a steak dinner and enjoyed talking about our ride. Glad we had the chance to meet all these new friends from New York!
You will also find lots of information / ads / articles about upcoming motorcycle rallies and events that you won’t want to miss. If you have an event you would like to see printed in our magazine, feel free to submit that to www.SouthernBikerMagazine.com and we will add it.
Did you know you can click on any website address inside and visit the website directly to find out more information? We hope you like this feature.
As always, we are happy to bring you the best motorcycle related news, event coverage, upcoming events, bike nights and articles covering local, regional and national topics. We look forward to bringing you the best of the motorcycle world to you each month. We have awesome advertisers in this issue.
Don’t forget, if you are looking to buy a house/land/commercial property in East Tennessee, please give me a call, text or email and I’ll be happy to help find your next property.
If you are looking in other areas outside of East Tennessee, I have a network of reputable agents who can help you find property. It doesn’t cost you anything to give me a call and I will take care of the rest so you don’t have to.
This is prime real estate season and it’s a hot market right now. Properties are being sold in the blink of an eye because there are more buyers than there are properties in the affordable price range. That’s why if you are considering selling your home, now is the time and now is the time to call me to help you make the process go smoothly so you can concentrate on other things. You can find me at Tellico Mountain Realty and my office number is 423-253-6145 and my cell is 865-405-6989.
Enjoy this issue and please share it with your friends and family!
–The Southern Biker Magazine Crew
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY OPEN ON SUNDAYS--On Bob and Tom they had a survey about women naming their breasts.
One woman called in and said that she had named her breasts: License and
Registration. She explained that she drives a little fast so when she gets
pulled over and the officer asks to see her License and Registration she
shows them and gets very few tickets….
Right after that Bob yells out: “I
want to see her Proof of insurance”…..
–from Mr. Wonderful
Words from the Gray Mountain–
“I was born yesterday, I live for today, tomorrow will be gone when I am back here today.”
– Ujjwal Dey
wayfarer@bikernet.com
Bikernet India News Bureau Chief
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST June Issue Online Now!–No one sets out for a motorcycle ride intending to crash. But mishaps occur. In the June issue of American Motorcyclist, you’ll find ways to prepare to help reduce the chances you are involved in a crash, along with tips for protecting yourself in case a crash occurs. AMA members can log in at www.americanmotorcyclist.com and read the story today.
The online version of the June issue also includes:
Get to know four AMA members who gave up four wheels for two … or three. No cars, just bikes.
Find out what motivates family members to compete in off-road competition, including the famed International Six Days Enduro.
Learn about growth of the AMA State Chapters program and how you can volunteer.
Read about the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Spring Bike Night held in April at the AMA campus in Ohio.
Get tips on avoiding overconfidence when you are relatively new to motorcycling.
Gain an understanding of AMA member Rayna Diane Hennen and why she is grateful to be riding.
Read the latest news on government issues, including renewable fuels, the possibility of a Detroit OHV park, new trails in West Virginia and changes to state laws.
The online version of American Motorcyclist includes all the articles and information from both the street and dirt/competition issues of the print magazine.
http://magazine.americanmotorcyclist.com/2018-06-gu0maszcy7/june-2018/
A LICENSE PLATE TO REMEMBER–
A requirement of owning a vehicle, the lowly license plate has its place among the more tedious aspects of our driving existence. No one enjoys going on online or waiting at the DMV to purchase their yearly tags. But without them, we would be stopped and fined heavily. Car registration coupled with our faithful license plate indicates legal ownership in the state of our residence.
Some authorities would have you believe, however, that the license plate is not a personal identifier which is why they feel no constraints about roaming the streets with automated license plate readers to capture as much data as possible about vehicle movements. The Virginia Supreme Court though recently declared that even though a plate is on view to the world, there is a connection back to the car’s owner.
These three stories certainly illustrate that point.
An elderly Vero Beach, Florida woman survived the 2017 Hurricane Irma but her car did not. Unusable due to flooding, the car was declared totaled by the insurance company and promptly sold to an auto salvage. Unfortunately, the license plate was left on the car which somehow ended up in New Jersey.
Four months after her insurance company sold the vehicle, she received a $52 New Jersey road toll fine in the mail. After another four weeks, she received a nearly identical bill. Her family contacted the insurance company both times to ask them to work out the problem since they were responsible for selling the totaled car in the first place. Lesson here: Remove any personal identifiers from a car before it is sold or if it has been totaled in a natural disaster or accident.
Two years ago, Rosenberg, Texas motorist Bobby Lynn donated his Ford truck to the non-profit Texas Cars for Kids. In April 2018, he received a notice from a collection agency stating that he owed $82.50 for three tolls and fees for this same truck he no longer owned. Lynn made a photo request to the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) and was shocked to learn his old truck was being towed and facing backwards in the photo. The HCTRA license plate readers caught his plate number from the front of his truck.
Lynn thought this would be an easy fix but has struggled since to find a solution between the Toll Road Authority and the collection agency that originally sent him a bill. He said in a statement, “It should be easier to prove yourself innocent.” HCTRA recommends that anytime you sell or donate a vehicle, take the license plate(s) off and remove toll road transponders and tags like EZ Pass.
The third story concerns a Houston TV news producer named Cynthia Capers who received a toll violation notice from the HCTRA that stated her car went through three toll plazas on a specific date and time in September 2017. Capers claimed that she never took toll roads and did not even possess an EZ Tag. Also, on the stated dates and times of the tolls, her SUV was at the dealership for repair work. She promptly contacted the service manager who paid the tolls within 24 hours and informed her that the employee who had driven her car had already been fired.
In looking at the repair service invoice however, she noticed that the dealership had not documented any miles put on her car while it was in their custody for nearly a month. Capers now recommends that car owners should always write down the mileage before and after taking the car in for repairs just to understand how far the car had been driven without you and then if you feel there is a discrepancy you can question the service manager about the reasons your car was driven.
The license plate is indeed a personal identifier and it’s important to know your rights with regards to your license plate if your car is totaled, sold, donated to charity or even just sits at your local repair shop.
DMV.org has an article entitled Surrendering License Plates: When to Hand over Your Tags that you might find useful. Also here is a link to the AAA driving laws that outlines what to do with plate transfer by state.
–NMA News Letter
TRIKE OF THE WEEK FROM BIKERNET TRIKES—This just floated to the surface with the girls sent in from Barry Green.
Not Bad.
–Ben
Supreme Editor Bikernet Trikes
INSIDER REPORT REGARDING REVER—We receive a press release from Rever about buying an online magazine in India. We immediately contacted the Bikernet News Indian Bureau Chief. Here’s his report.
Rever app itself is a non-entity. Read the reviews of users of Rever app on Google Play.
Forget the older reviews that call the app useless. Just read the reviews of this app posted in the year 2018 by verified users on Google Play.
None of the features claimed by Rever works. The basic feature of having a map to go from place A to B also does not work. They don’t use Google Maps or any functional map nor GPS service. They use their own maps which crash or fail to be reliable in any meaningful way. The premium version of Rever app offers offline maps, which also don’t work reported by users who paid money for the premium version of the app.
If people in USA and Europe don’t use their app for navigation or any of the other features claimed by Rever I don’t know how they would work in a third world nation like India.
There certainly is no biker community of Rever existing anywhere. Not even a virtual internet community exists – you know various internet groups that talk about motorcycle without actually leaving the city for a long bike ride. Not even that.
Google Maps used to give directions for travelling by car or for walking. It now also gives directions for travelling by motorcycle including traffic and other data. I had mentioned this feature to you and it was published in a Thursday News many months ago.
In India Google Maps announced in May that they now give travel directions for local trains too. Trains are a lifeline in a city like Mumbai. Indian Railways holds the Guinness World Record for being a company with the highest number of employees on payroll for many years now. They are employees with concessions on food, paid vacation time, union, pension after retirement, medical insurance, etc. Plus the company has a diversity in employees like no other company in the world, people of every race, religion, education, etc.
Anyways, if Rever is reaching out to Bikernet to spread the good word about their good work, keep these negative things out of the news.
These dumbass Silicon Valley companies raise millions of dollars from angel investors on hype, everyone gets paid, no one seems to lose any money. If they advertise on Bikernet they can sure afford to do so unlike the other advertisers you have.
For example the company, which made WhatsApp messaging app never had a revenue source and never had a business model to earn a single dollar. It had a few million users using the app for free. Facebook paid a ridiculous $19 Billion dollars to buy the app and the company. Even after that Facebook could not create a single source of revenue from WhatsApp, which grew to have a billion free users.
In 2017 Facebook announced drastic changes to earn something from the app draining the company’s money. The founders of WhatsApp who had continued as Facebook employees with fat salaries after they had sold the lemon to Facebook stated that they are resigning in protest because monetising WhatsApp would lead to privacy of it’s users being affected. The founder said he will now stay home and work on his collection of antique Porsche cars.
Then capitalizing on the Congressional hearing of Mark Zuckerberg, this WhatsApp founder took a dump on Zuckerberg by saying “it is time to #deleteFacebook”. He was declared a true American hero by all media for standing up for privacy and against the evil rich monster called Zuckerberg. Especially because this WhatsApp founder was an immigrant from a defunct former Soviet State and had no college education. Media darling forever.
American Dream comes true.
Can you believe this story? The asshole got 19 billion dollars, continued receiving fat paychecks after that as a Facebook senior management employee, did nothing to create any revenue and then stabbed the one man who believed in him which was Zuckerberg.
“I’m taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology, such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches, working on my cars and playing ultimate frisbee. ” – see the news source below link.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/30/jan-koum-whatsapp-co-founder-quits-facebook
Fact is stranger than fiction.
–Wayfarer
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VEGAS AUCTION REPORT–This bike brought $9,900.00 at the MECUM Auction.
Almost identical to the one (see attachments) I restored for my daughter 9 yrs ago. Hers has 615 ‘original’ miles….
1967 Triumph T-20 Tiger Cub | F217 | Las Vegas 2018 …
www.mecum.com
Auction Lot F217, Las Vegas, NV 2018. 200 CC engine. Less than 30 miles since restoration. Comprehensively restored. Beautiful condition. Frame No. T20M3560. Engine No. T20M3560
THE BIKERNET SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT VEHICLE–
The go anywhere 1952 Chevrolet 4×4 Sedan Delivery
–John Dodson aka Chop Man
Gangster Choppers
BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN–A man washed up on a beach after a shipwreck. Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed-up with him. After looking around, he realized that they were stranded on a deserted island.
After being there awhile, he got into the habit of taking his two animal
companions to the beach every evening to watch the sunset.
One particular evening, the sky was a fiery red with beautiful cirrus
clouds, the breeze was warm and gentle – a perfect night for romance.
As they sat there, the sheep started looking better and better to the lonely
man. He finally relented, leaned over, and put his arm around the sheep.
The sheepdog, ever-protective of the sheep, growled fiercely until the man
took his arm from around the sheep.
After that, the three of them continued to enjoy the sunsets together, but
there was no more cuddling.
A few weeks later, lo and behold, another shipwreck and the only survivor to wash up on the beach was Nancy Pelosi.
The next evening, the man invited Nancy to the evening beach ritual. It was another beautiful evening – red sky, cirrus clouds, a warm and gentle breeze, perfect for a night of romance.
Pretty soon, the man felt those feelings again. He fought the urges as long as he could but he finally gave-in. He leaned over to Nancy and told her he hadn’t had sex for months. Nancy, gazed deeply back, batted her eyelashes and asked if there was anything she could do for him.
He replied, ‘Take the dog for a walk.’
5-BALL RACING SELF PROMOTION ANNOUNCEMENT– Chromed Wheel
This is the very standard wheel buckle, made of solid brass. Brass takes chrome fantastically. I don’t offer it in chrome, but you can take it to your local chromer and have it dipped for the chrome look. If you order this style, it comes polished.
All belt buckles can be made in Small 1.5 inch diameter, Medium 2.5-inch, Large 3-inch and Extra Large 3.5-inch outside diameter sizes. Keep in mind as they get larger they are heavier.
Each buckle is hand made for the most part and you will be in a very small group of owners in the world, perhaps one or two, or at most a dozen. No two buckles are exactly the same.
DISTRACTED DRIVER OF THE WEEKEND—El Waggs is out on the streets trying to find and document cell phone use.
What do you think.
–Renegade
WEST COAST HAMSTER RIDE 2018
Hotel space is limited. The “early bird” gets the space & room type first. Please send this form in NOW to hold your room. Pay attention to the cancellation policies. There is a $25 per rider booking fee (as always) that will be charged. PLEASE EMAIL (sandy@letsgotrvl.net) or FAX (818-887-2411) THIS FORM TO SANDY AT LET’S GO! TRAVEL.
BOOK HERE NOT HERE
July 27 LaQuinta 10 standard king $179.10, 6 2-queen suites w/sofabed $197.10
Dublin 5 king suite w/sofabed $197.10…all are plus tax
Rooming list due by May 25
Individual cancel by 72 hrs prior
July 28 Harrah’s $259+14% tax premium room
Lake Tahoe $23+tax resort fee payable to hotel
Rooming list due by June 22; full payment charged
Individual cancel by 72 hrs prior
July 29 Red Lion $89+ 14% tax king or 2 queen
Elko, NV Rooming list due by July 13
Individual cancel by 48 hrs prior
July 30 Peaks Hotel $109+ 11.45%tax king(30), 2 queen(30)
Park City Rooming list by June 25; individual cancel 48 hrs prior
July 31 Gateway Canyons $299+ 10.14% tax king (45) or 2 queen (15)
Gateway, CO $8.00 porterage + $3.00 housekeeping fee/room
Rooming list by June 22; individual cancel 30+ days prior
Aug 1 Eldorado Hotel $155+ 15.3125% tax + $18 resort fee
Santa Fe, NM Rooming list by June 27; individual cancel 72 hrs prior
Aug 2 Doubletree Hotel $169 King (22); $177 2 queen (40) + 12.28% tax
Breckenridge Parking fee $35
Rooming list by June 27-full pymt; individual cancel by 72 hrs prior
LET’S GO! TRAVEL 818-712-0933
Now I’m trying to figure out the run to Sturgis.
–Bandt
REDHEAD OF THE WEEK—Awesome Redhead.
–Paul Aiken
Owner
Aeromach USA, LLC
10015 Metromont Ind. Blvd, Ste F
Charlotte, NC 28269
800-990-9392 orders
704-599-1333 office
www.aeromach.net
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www.linkedin.com/in/paulaiken
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THE AUSTRALIAN CLUB REPORT–Queensland cops raid alleged clubhouse in Brisbane
In the Aussie state of Queensland, cops have used new anti-biker/anti-association powers for the first time against a Rebels MC premises in Brisbane.
At around 7.4pm last Friday, cops from Taskforce Maxima raided the property on Gympie Rd, Lawnton, to search for prohibited items that relate to “disorderly activities” as defined in the Peace and Good Behaviour Act.
Prohibited items include things such as liquor, drugs, firearms, drinking glasses and entertainment systems.
This is the first time these search powers have been used.
During the search, the cops said they were able to establish that the premises was being used as a club house for the Rebels.
Items seized included a pool table, Rebels paraphernalia such as flags, vests and belts, an entertainment system, lighting system, band equipment, a cash register, a large quantity of liquor and drinks price list.
Police will now provide this evidence as part of a restricted premises application to the Brisbane Magistrates Court to have the location declared a restricted premises.
Ten people were detained including nine alleged patched members of the Rebels Brisbane chapter.
Two members were wearing Rebels vests which were seized.
Nine consorting notices were issued to the nine Rebels members.
The nine members were also served Public Safety Orders under the Peace and Good Behaviour Act.
An order is issued by a commissioned officer who is satisfied that the presence of a person poses a serious risk to public safety and security.
The PSO means the nine members are prevented from remaining or entering the premises until May 28.
Police Minister Mark Ryan said it was the first time police had invoked new powers under laws passed by the Palaszczuk Government last year to target organised crime groups operating in Queensland.
“Officers from Taskforce Maxima established Operation Quebec Nebulous to investigate intelligence that the Brisbane Rebels chapter was operating a club house in a shed at a location that was supposed to have been an industrial premises used for car repairs,” Minister Ryan said in a statement.
“Last night they were able to establish that the premises was indeed operating as a club house thanks to new search powers granted to police by the Palaszczuk Government.
“New powers to issue public safety orders were also used by officers for the first time. Each of the nine patched members of the Rebels who were in the shed at the time police arrived were issued with one.”
BIKERNET INTERNATIONAL EDITOR LOST IN NEW YORK CITY–What’s NY but pizza and hot dog carts.
Today took the subway to famous Greenwich Village to lunch with a college fraternity brother. I think a coffee table book of NY pizza places could be a best seller
More pizza places than Italy
Pizza can be cheap also
Another in Greenwich Village
Ready to eat
–Art Hall
Vast Bikernet International Editor
Stuck in New York City
(please send bus faire)
NEVER DULL—
So here’s what’s happening around the shop. As soon at Frankie’s bikes are out and about we will get to work on the Dr. Hamster Panhead bobber. He likes this style below, but he’s constantly changing his mind.
I took the good Doctor for a ride in Don’s new ride. Hell, I don’t even know what the fuck it is, some AMG heavyweight Mercedes. He drove to Vegas for some gambling and during a passing maneuver he noticed he was doing over 140 mph.
With the help of Emilio I’m making progress finishing the wheels and tires for the Hamster charity sculpture effort.
We were helping a marina rat unload his storage locker and he gave me a sorta ratty beanie helmet. I immediately gave it to George the Wild Brush and he made it sparkle again.
We are working on a new T-shirt line, but I liked what George did for the Cantina, so we added this shirt to the mix for Cantina members. I can’t afford them right now. Hang on. They’re coming up.
Exciting week coming up.
In the meantime, Ride Free Forever.
–Bandit
