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Life is ever changing and forces us to be prepared and flexible. The Bikernet family is constantly in a state of flux and transformation. We are about to switch up our advertising program, then make the whole Bikernet family mobile friendly. And the list goes on.
Out mantra is to make the site easier to use across the board. We are constantly open to feedback and suggestions.
This is one of my first customers for my new book and she bought both Chance books at the Bartels’ Chili Cook-off. Speaking of Bartels’ back about 1998 they helped me build this Street Stalker. I rode it to Sturgis that year–great ride away for a psycho broad who haunted me. Sometimes ya gotta be strong.
Let’s hit the Post. The girls are waiting.
SMOKE OUT ACTION IS HEATING UP–
HAVE PAINT BRUSH THE PAINTED LADY CONTEST WILL TRAVEL
The actual painting happens in front of the main stage around noon on Saturday.
People’s choice (crowd applause) voting will determine the top ladies. We have $ 50 cash for each of the top five women to show our appreciation.
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CHECK THE GIRLS OF BIKERNET– Boobs Wonderful Boobs. We went crazy with some shots we received from El Wags and Bob C.
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BIKERNET UNIVERSITY HISTORY LESSON OF THE WEEK– 75 Years Since the Hindenburg Disaster
Alan Taylor May 8, 2012 34 Photos In Focus
Last Sunday, May 6, marked the 75th anniversary of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. The massive German airship caught fire while attempting to land near Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 people aboard, plus one ground crew member. Of the 97 passengers and crew members on board, 62 managed to survive.
The horrifying incident was captured by reporters and photographers and replayed on radio broadcasts, in newsprint, and on newsreels. News of the disaster led to a public loss of confidence in airship travel, ending an era.
The 245 m (803 f) Hindenburg used flammable hydrogen for lift, which incinerated the airship in a massive fireball, but the actual cause of the initial fire remains unknown. Gathered here are images of the Hindenburg’s first successful year of transatlantic travel, and of its tragic ending 75 years ago. (Also, be sure to see Recovered Letters Reveal the Lost History of the Hindenburg on Atlantic Video.)
THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS COOKIN’– The Blonde
A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from the Gold Coast when she was flagged down by a man whose truck had broken down. The man walked up to the car and asked, ‘Are you going to the Gold Coast?”
‘Sure,’ answered the blonde, ‘do you need a lift?’
‘Not for me. I’ll be spending the next three hours fixing my truck. My problem is I’ve got two chimpanzees in the back, which have to be taken to the Gold Coast Zoo. They’re a bit stressed already, so I don’t want to keep them on the road all day. Could you possibly take them to the zoo for me? I’ll give you $100 for your trouble..’
‘I’d be happy to,’ said the blonde.
So the two chimpanzees were ushered into the back seat of the blonde’s car and carefully strapped into their seat belts. Off they went.
Five hours later, the truck driver was driving through the heart of the Gold Coast when suddenly he was horrified!! There was the blonde walking down the street and holding hands with the two chimps, much to the amusement of a big crowd. With a screech of brakes he pulled off the road and ran over to the blonde.
‘What the heck are you doing here?’ he demanded, ‘I gave you $100 to take these chimpanzees to the zoo.’
‘Yes, I know you did,’ said the blonde,’ but we had money left over—so now we’re going to Sea-World.
–from Joe Smith
THE BONNEVILLE FILES– SCTA Membership
With the water finally drying up at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Myself and a group of SCTA members were planning a trip up to Bonneville this weekend to assess the conditions and possibly start wheel packing and grooming courses.
I placed a courtesy call to Roxanne Tea with the BLM today to inform her of our plans. Roxanne informed me that as a result of ongoing negative comments, letters and other media generated primarily by Dennis Sullivan, Presidentof the Utah Salt Flats Racing
Association (USFRA). The BLM will not allow any racing organizations on the Salt at
this time and are in fact holding discussions of cancelling all racing for the 2016
season.
As of the writing of this letter I have tried unsuccessfully to contact Dennis Sullivan. I
have spoken with Stuart Gosswein with SEMA and Save the Salt Foundation. Stuart
and I will continue to hold discussions with Roxanne in an effort to move forward
with a resolution. I will keep the membership informed as the discussions unfold.
Respectfully,
–Bill Lattin
SCTA President
FIN ASSISTS CHESTER, PA POLICE RECOVER STOLEN KAWASAKI ZX10 SPORT BIKE– On June 9, 2016, the Find It Now GPS 24 hour theft recovery team received a call in reference to a stolen 2014 Kawasaki ZX10 motorcycle. Leveraging the powerful GPS tracking features of the FIN security device installed at the time of bike purchase, along with state-of-the-art software and tracking tools, a recovery expert was able to locate the stolen sport bike quickly in Chester, PA.
FIN was able to provide detailed location information to the Philadelphia police department, who in turn requested assistance from the Chester police department. The stolen Kawasaki was found to be hidden in an alley behind a multi-family house, under trees. Chester police were dispatched to find the bike in the exact location provided by FIN.
Established in 2008, Find It Now USA is a Florida-based, Veteran owned and operated company, specializing in motorcycle and power-sports vehicle theft detection and recovery. Visit FindItNowUSA.com or call 888-811-3883 for more information.
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METALSPORT TESTIMONIAL OF THE WEEKEND– “Highest quality wheels on the market period. I won’t run anything else on my high end builds”
– Shannon Davidson
THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS WIDE OPEN– A Baptist Preacher was seated next to a Marine on a flight to Texas. After the plane took off, the Marine asked for a whiskey and soda, which was brought and placed before him.
The flight attendant then asked the preacher if he would like a drink. Appalled, the preacher replied, “I’d rather be tied up and taken advantage of by women of ill-repute, than let liquor touch my lips.” The Marine then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, “Me too, I didn’t know we had a choice.”
–from Jerry and Rogue
KAWASAKI Lets the good times roll–
Kawasaki was on a rocket ride at the end of 1972, with blistering ¼-mile records for the Mach III 500 H1 and Mach IV 750 H2, national race wins, and an AMA 500 Motocross title to its credit. All of these successes targeted performance enthusiasts, as did the national advertising campaign “Come Out Ahead on a Kawasaki.” The payoff Kawasaki moved into the number-two sales position in the US.
Nonetheless, Kawasaki had its sights set broader and higher – to become a brand appealing to casual riders and families, while still maintaining the hardcore loyalists who lived for the wail of a high performance. In 1973, the path forward had two parts: 1) Expand the product range with casual recreational products like the Jet Ski® watercraft, commuter motorcycles and playbikes; and 2) Advertise that Kawasaki’s bandwidth was not only wide, but rooted in fun.
But how to do it? Created by advertising agency Cunningham & Walsh, the “Kawasaki lets the good times roll” tagline was an absolutely perfect fit. In February ’73, the new slogan launched in the form of two 30-second commercials aired on national network television and local spots in selected markets – mostly during sports shows, primetime adventure series and feature movies – plus one-, two- and three-page black-and-white and color print ads.
TV and print reigned supreme for reaching consumers, and the campaign always showed Kawasaki Good Times in an amusing manner that was fun to watch. A gorilla commuting on a streetbike? Check. A trail rider motorboating through a river? Even better. Newlyweds riding side by side on their new Kawasaki motorcycles? Perfect!
Cunningham & Walsh went right on innovating with a series of earthy vignettes inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell, each including a first-person storyline. In one piece, Murray, the bored travel agent at World Wide Travel, comes face to face with a new Z1-B motorcycle parked in front of his agency.
He imagines climbing aboard and returning to his Wyoming hometown, scooping up his long-lost flame Maggie, and taking her away. “Business got boring, so I’m traveling,” he’d explain. This and other ads in the campaign showed Kawasaki products in relatable, real-life settings that inspired readers to imagine themselves in that exact same position.
Did it all work? Absolutely! Let the Good Times Roll” campaign was so effective that Kawasaki trademarked the tagline, and it soon became an essential part of the company’s DNA. It remains that way today, because 33 years later, the Good Times are still rolling strong.
Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good times roll.”, is recognized worldwide. The Kawasaki brand is synonymous with powerful, stylish and category-leading vehicles. Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of powersports products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com.
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5-BALL RACING DELIVERS— Jonathan Pack bought our special ops online, and I made sure he got it in time for the Austin ride….? I think it’s the ROT. Republic of Texas ride.
THE LANE-SPLITTING CONVERSATION–
To start off, the following is Mark Temples response to ABATE as to why BOLT will not endorse AB51: It says, California law is silent on Splitting lanes. This is the way things are supposed to be, when the Citizen is Sovereign over the state. I can’t in good conscience beg the government to pass a new law that controls me, where I do not need control.
The reason Citizens are in such desperate circumstances is because so many EXPECT to have a law preventing every bad behavior, and a law allowing every proper behavior. Then, government doing what Thomas Jefferson told us they would do, government will latch onto the idea that we like to be controlled.
Government will ignore the laws that limit its own behavior and begin to give people what they want – they will control every damned aspect of our lives. We need to grow a pair and tell controllers to fuck off, even if it results in US being enemies of the State. We already are anyway, as Citizens, and especially as Bikers.
As you know California is the only state that allows motorcyclist to split lanes; the practice is widely accepted and encouraged in Europe. A couple of years ago the CHP came out with some great guidelines that most (if not all) of the MROs (including BOLT) endorsed. A couple of people got scared by a couple of bike riders splitting lanes so the CHP guidelines were attacked as an underground law and were pulled from all “official” sites including the CA DMV motorcycle hand book (which was really stupid).
Assemblyman Quirk came out with AB51 restricting and controlling lane sharing, which BOLT was adamantly opposed to along with some other MROs. Out of fear ABATE publicly endorsed AB51. With the help of some key people including Assemblyman Lackey and Nick Haris of the AMA; the wording of AB51 has been corrected to pretty much follow the guidelines as originally proposed by the CHP.
Of course now instead of guidelines, they are proposing a law. Nick Haris (AMA) is going to endorse the new language as he feels this may open the door to allow lane splitting to be legal in all states.
Mark Temple and I have really been behind the scenes on this one. I have cc’d Bobby Tabaldo (BOLT) as Bobby has been on the front lines of AB51 and the whole lane sharing thing from the beginning and I welcome Bobby’s response.
In regards to ABATE’s publicly endorsing the original AB51 language was out of fear. Fear that Lane Splitting would have become illegal. But if that happened, BOLT was fully prepared to instruct and lead civil disobedience.
AB51 is going to be heard this Tuesday and I am planning on being there.
–Mac Henderson
BOLT
REDHEAD OF THE WEEKEND—
–from Barry Green
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GUN NUT REPORT– Clinton Refuses to Say Second Amendment Protects Individual Right.
On ABC’s This Week show last Sunday, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton twice refused to say whether she believes the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms.
Clinton had previously said that she disagrees with the Supreme Court’s “terrible” ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, but that she doesn’t want to “abolish” the Second Amendment. Apparently seeking to clarify Clinton’s position on the question, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said to her, “I want to ask you a specific question. Do you believe that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right – that it’s not linked to service in a militia?”
It was a question Clinton should easily have been able to answer “yes” or “no.” After all, the Supreme Court found it easy to do so in Heller. In that case, the District had argued that an individual had a right to keep and bear arms only when performing duties in the service of a state militia. Four justices agreed. Five justices didn’t, saying instead that the amendment protects an individual right irrespective of a person’s militia status.
Clinton didn’t want to answer the question, though. With her chance at the presidency on the line, Clinton is afraid of telling the voters that she doesn’t want the Second Amendment interpreted as protecting an individual right to keep and bear arms, and that if she were elected president, her nominees to the Supreme Court would vote to overturn Heller and reinterpret the Second Amendment as protecting no individual right whatsoever.
So, Clinton said, “there was no argument until [Heller] that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulation.” It was an evasive answer that would satisfied some TV journalists, but unfortunately for Clinton, Stephanopoulos had done his homework.
He pointed out that Heller didn’t forbid all restrictions on firearms, “but that’s not what I asked.” Stephanopoulos repeated his previous question: “Do you believe that [the court’s] conclusion that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right?”
Clinton’s response: “If it’s a constitutional right, then it, like every other constitutional right, is subject to reasonable regulations. And what people have done with that decision is to take it as far as they possibly can and reject what has been our history from the very beginning of the republic. . . .”
Stephanopoulos could have asked Clinton where the Constitution recognizes any “right” of a government to restrict rights, where anyone has tried to use the Heller decision to expand the right to arms beyond what the Framers of the Bill of Rights envisioned, and whether she would like for a future Supreme Court to overturn Heller’s ruling that the right to arms is unrelated to militia service.
On the other hand, it’s possible that Stephanopoulos realized that no further questions were required. Clinton has made her position on the Second Amendment clear.
This bike now has about 65,500 miles on it. Most of those miles were commuting but this bike also has been to the Laughlin River Run, Sturgis, Laconia and Maine numerous times. I have also trailered it to Daytona more times than I can remember.
–Beat-on
beat-onbilt@optonline.net
Keyport, NJ
adjective
1. consisting of land and water, as the earth.
Quotes
Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on this terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon.
— H. P. Lovecraft, “Beyond the Wall of Sleep,” Pine Cones, October 1919
Origin of terraqueous
Terraqueous is formed from the Latin terra meaning “earth” and aqueous meaning “of, like, or containing water; watery.” It entered English in the mid-1600s.
THE FEDERAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY ON QUIET ZONES– FRA is committed to reducing the number of collisions at highway-rail grade crossings, while establishing a consistent standard for communities who opt to preserve or enhance quality of life for their residents by establishing quiet zones within which routine use of train horns at crossings is prohibited.
Federal regulation requires that locomotive horns begin sounding 15–20 seconds before entering public highway-rail grade crossings, no more than one-quarter mile in advance.
Only a public authority, the governmental entity responsible for traffic control or law enforcement at the crossings, is permitted to create quiet zones.
A quiet zone is a section of a rail line at least one-half mile in length that contains one ormore consecutive public highway-rail grade crossings at which locomotive horns are not routinely sounded when trains are approaching the crossings. The prohibited use of train horns at quiet zones only applies to trains when approaching and entering crossings and does not include train horn use within passenger stations or rail yards.
Train horns may be sounded in emergency situations or to comply with other railroad or FRA rules even within a quiet zone. Quiet zone regulations also do not eliminate the use of locomotive bells at crossings. Therefore, a more appropriate description of a designated quiet zone would be a “reduced train horn area.”
Communities wishing to establish quiet zones must work through the appropriate public authority that is responsible for traffic control or law enforcement at the crossings.
A copy of the rule can be downloaded or printed at: http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L02809.
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“Do you sell Viagra?”
“Yes we do,” he answered.
She asked, “Does it work?”
“Yes it does,” he answered.
She said, “Can you get it over the counter?”
“I can, if I take two,” he replied.
–Jim Waggaman
THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER COOKOUT FROM INDIAN–
SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH
Join us for great eats and the chance to win! Experience includes travel for two to Sturgis, 3 nights accommodations from August 10-13, brand new bike loaner, VIP access to Sturgis Buffalo Chip®, Indian Motorcycle® apparel, and spending money.
JIMS NEWS ISO CERTIFICATION–
Last year, JIMS received ISO certification 9001: 2008 for Quality Management Systems.
Along with that, we are now certified for 7.3 Design Control. What is the ISO and what does this mean? The International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, is an independent, non-governmental standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Established in 1947, it sets worldwide standards that include those for manufactured products and technology.
Recognition by the ISO means that a company meets their high standards that serve to safeguard consumers and the end-users of products and services.
At JIMS we design and produce the finest products and we are proud to receive certification from the ISO. We consider it to be a real feather in our cap (or helmet, as the case may be).
SALT TORPEDO PROGRESS— I spoke to Steve Massicotte Friday and we discussed the front end of the Salt Torpedo. He’s hoping for a Frame mock-up next week. Instead of a set of shocks up front, we could go rigid or with a hot rod leaf spring set up.
We’ll see what happens next. I was hoping to keep as much in the body as possible.
–Bandit
LOVE JUGS TESTIMONIAL–
I’ve attached a couple pics.
Love the product! They are everything you said they would be. Very impressed!
–Jason T
LET’S ROCK— Quiet Zones concern me. Since when do we need quiet zones? Trains represent progress and commerce. I dig the sound and the feeling of pure power.
Loud bikes save lives. What’s this about the quality of life business. What makes more restriction a better quality of life. We will discuss more of this in the news this week.
Next week, we will meet with Saddlemen about the two FXR seats and with MetalSport about their progress and massive bagger wheels.
I now have two maybe three bike features to share with you. The Orient might be first.
I’m still trying to reach David Uhl about this amazing painting from a massive log cabin like restaurant in Carson City, Nevada.
I need to ride my Indian more. I’m planning to ride it to Sturgis, along Route 66 maybe. The navigator keeps changing the plans. As long as there’s whiskey and redhead, I don’t care where the fuck we go…
Ride Free Forever,
—Bandit
