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THE BUBS NEWS LETTER–
AMA Racing Championship Banquets
Every year the AMA recognizes is racing champions. Those that acheived a national land speed record this year are included in that group. Everyone is invited to the attend the Racing Championship dinner at the Hard Rock hotel and casino in Las Vegas Dec 4th. Also included in that weekend is the AMA annaul Hall of Fame induction dinner. Check the link here to read more about it, get your tickets and discounted room at the Hard Rock hotel. http://www.speedtrialsbybub.com/2009_event/news09.html
Scooter Shoots- Annual Yearbook
The BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials for 2009 are in the books, Records broken and set and personal best’s have been taken home as trophies. Only thing left is the yearbook. The book will be finished around November 1st. Just like last year, you can not only get a yearbook but you can have one with your picture on the cover. You can see some of last years books with individual covers at www.Blurb.com search for “Scooter Grubb” or follow this link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/410667
This years book is shaping up to be around 140 to 160 pages with over 250 images from the Salt, at speed, the pits, the party and the volunteers. To get your picture on the cover of this years book just go to www.scootershoots.com and pick the image you want to use. The galleries are set up by day to make your selection easier.
If you didn’t get last year’s book, review the 2008 galleries as I can still create last year’s book with your 08 image on the cover. When you have picked your image drop me a note at scootershoots@cox.net and let me know which image and I will create your cover. As always a portion of the profits from the books will go to Save the Salt. I will look forward to hearing from you all. If you have any questions just drop me an email or call me at 520-403-1578
–Scooter Grubb
See Scooter’s images @ www.scootershoots.com
See Scooter’s Tshirt designs @ www.zazzle.com/badscootie
Christmas Gift Ideas!
In addition to the yearbook…. don’t forget we have merchandise available. A logo shot glass, travel mug or glass makes a great holiday gift! We also have Zip up hoodies for those chilly winter’s and various other items that you may want to give, or collect for yourself if you missed them at the meet. Check out our website for the full range of merchandies we have in stock http://www.speedtrialsbybub.com/merchandise.html
DID YOU KNOW THE WORLD LANDS SPEED RECORD WAS BROKE BY BUBS AGAIN?– On September 24th at the Cook Landspeed Shootout, the BUB Seven streamliner regained the title of World’s fastest Motorcycle with a record speed of 367.382mph in the mile. This meet, though invitational only, is inscribed by the FIM making it an official world record pending FIM ratification.
The BUB Streamliner, in addition to being the first to break the 350mph barrier in 2006, is also the first motorcycle to clock a mile in UNDER 10 seconds. Congratulations to the Chris Carr, Denis Manning and the entire BUB Crew.
You can read and see more (including video of the record runs) at www.seven-streamliner.com Don’t forget you can also put your name on the world’s fastest motorcycle! Join the BUB Speed Club online, get your name on the streamliner and support the quest for 400mph!
www.bubspeedtrials.com
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FAX: 530 477 7489
Email: salt-info@bubspeedtrials.com
BILLET REPLACEMENT MASTER CYLINDERS– North Count Customs, the exclusive source for Softbrake accessories is now offering these very slick replacement rear master cylinders reservoirs and lids finished in black powder coat as well as show quality chrome. These awesome billet replacements for the stock plastic unit are direct bolt-ons using stock internal components.
Available in either smooth or ball milled styles they can be installed, in most cases, with a minimum of tools in under an hour. Just disconnect your stock unit, cap the brake line, pull the innards, necessary. It?s that simple.
Reservoirs and lids are sole separately so you can mix and match as you like. Retail in black is $175.00 and chrome is just $160.00. For complete details call NCC direct at 714-680-0911 or visit them on line at www.softbrake.com.
FINALLY, THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING– If you believe the experts that our climate is going to hell in a hand basket, global warming is not a laughing matter. But it is not all bad and apocalyptic: Higher temperatures mean less need for clothing ? just imagine the sights.
Supermodel Cameron Russel and some of her friends provide an interesting look at how that might turn out with a video they produced to support the efforts of 350.org.
?We figured we’d try to get the point across the best way we know how – with clothes, or really, with the lack of clothes. We hope you’ll get the point.? Don’t worry Cameron, we get the point loud and clear: Global Warming offers great perspectives! Unless, of course, you live near sea level.
Watch the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdz555JBIwY
– – C.S. Berg
NEW 18-INCH STINGER CUSTOM WHEELS FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON– Mirror-Finished Chrome Wheels for Fat Boy and Cross Bones Models
MILWAUKEE (October 30, 2009) ? The new mirror-chrome Stinger Custom Wheel (P/N 41503-10 18-inch front and P/N 41509-10 18-inch rear, $749.95 each) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories features five spiral spokes radiating from a fluted hub that imparts a sense of motion. The slim cross section of each spoke creates an open and airy profile, while a deeply notched rim adds visual interest.
For a complete custom look, add matching Stinger Floating Brake Rotors and a Stinger Billet Sprocket, sold separately. Stinger cast-aluminum wheels have undergone hundreds of hours of testing to meet the highest standards of performance and durability.
These Stinger wheels fit 2008-later FLSTF Fat Boy, FLSTFB Fat Boy Lo and FLSTSB Cross Bones models. Stinger wheels are also available for 2008-later FXDF Fat Bob and FXDFSE CVO Fat Bob? models. Installation requires the separate purchase of model-specific tire and wheel installation kits. See an authorized Harley-Davidson dealer for fitment details.
For additional information on Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories, see your local Harley-Davidson dealer or visit the Harley-Davidson Web site at www.harley-davidson.com. To find a dealer near you, call toll free 1-800-443-2153 in the U.S.A. or Canada.
LOWBROW CUSTOMS WINTER UPDATE– WE are trying to get the shop all dialed in for winter, tying up that last outdoor prep work to get ready for the 6 month deep freeze that is par for the course in NE Ohio. I know, I know, we have nothing compared to you canucks up north with your crazy Canadian winters. Lots of new parts in stock, including a few NOS items that are in very limited supply. Next e-newsletter we will have another DIY Check out the new items listed below or the handy New Products section to see everything that has been recently added.
ALSO Bubble Shields are moving quick, we already sold all of the one style of Smoked that we had, if you are interested in Smoked or Clear you ought to move quick, actually, if you want one or two of any color you should snag them as we have limited supply!
DIY Tech Tips from Lowbrow Customs
Winter Motorcycle Work Shop How-To Part 2
FLYRITE ROLLING WITH 2009 FRC 180mm Rolling Chassis– Subject: Flyrite Choppers New Outlaws Ruin & High Noon Rolling Chassis.
Flyrites popular frames, the Outlaws Ruin (33 degrees rake & 2″ stretch in the down tube) and the High Noon (30 degrees of rake & no stretch) are now available as rolling chassis. The Chassis features a FRC frame, chrome springer front end, axle, Bearing cup set, Risers & handlebars, FRC grips, 21″ spoked chrome front wheel, 16″ spoked chrome 180mm rear wheel, tire, tube & rim strip, rounded rear fender (fender shipped whole so you can drill & cut to desired length), Sportster style peanut tank. Priced at only $3650.
The frames are made with the same high standards and superior styling that you have come to expect from Flyrite. Give them a call or drop by their website for more information.
Available at www.flyritechoppers.com or by calling (512) 918-2467.
BIKERNET MEDICAL CENTER QUESTIONS DR. WEIL ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND ZEN–What is an Ethical Will?– As we go through life, we acquire wisdom and life lessons that can benefit others. One way to pass along your stories and experiences is through an ethical will. Unlike an ordinary will or last testament, an ethical will has less to do with material possessions and more to do with nonmaterial gifts and spiritual well-being – a love letter of sorts for your family, friends and community.
Writing an ethical will benefit you as well. It can:
Help you to make sense of your life and the aging process.
Provide a way to share your hopes, dreams and values with loved ones.
Help you take stock of your life experience and distill from it the values and wisdom that you have gained.
Regardless of your age, you should consider the elements of an ethical will. You can choose to share your insights while you are alive, or leave your thoughts for loved ones to share after you are gone. It is often an ongoing process – put the document aside, read it over as the years pass, and revise it from time to time as you see fit. Certainly, while an ethical will can be a wonderful gift to leave to your family at the end of your life, its main importance is what it can give you in the midst of life.
Sign up for updates, recipes and medical advice at: DrWeil.com.
STURGIS FEATURED ON CAR CRAZY EPISODE ON SPEED CHANNEL– Barry Meguiar of Car Crazy TV produced an episode of their show at Sturgis this year. This episode will premier on SPEED channel on Monday, November 9, at 8:00 PM Pacific/11:00 PM Eastern.
–John
john@motoringusa.com>
HALLOWEEN WORD OF THE DAY– eke EEK, transitive verb:
1. To gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty — used with ‘out’.
2. To increase or make last by being economical — used with ‘out’.
When the PRI unites around a candidate and the two opposition parties divide the rest of the vote, the ruling party can usually eke out a victory.
— Mary Beth Sheridan, “PRI Wins Mexico State Governor’s Race, but Loses Smaller Stronghold”, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1999
Inevitably, the prodigious footnotes get in the way of what is, basically, a simple parable. Like the wide margins the publishers use to eke out a skimpy text, they make the novel seem bigger than it is.
— James MacBride, “What Did Myra Want?”, New York Times, February 18, 1968
Although life was hard it was not unendurable, and the rugged and resourceful villagers eked out a living on the thin crust of the soil.
— Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins, “Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet”
“Eke,” Sin Wu screamed when she saw Bandit naked in the hallway.
–Wrong eke, by Snake, Bikernet editorial staff.
Eke is from Old English ecan, “to increase.”
PEGASUS FUEL INJECTION BECOMES OEM PRODUCT IN DENMARK– I wanted to thank you for including our information on the new Pegasus EFI kit in your last Bikernet update. We have already gotten a bunch of click overs to our site from it.
I’m not sure if you know this but Lauge Jensen of Denmark has started putting our units on their new line of bikes. You can find them on http://www.laugejensen.dk .
Bob Tracy
President, PerformanceFI
1-203-676-3020
POTENTIAL BANDIT’S CANTINA DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA– Yep, it’s too bad you can’t do that. I used to manage restaurants back in my prior life…a 4 star in Sacramento among them. LOVED the life and always thought I’d end up with a place of my own. Love to cook and all that goes with that world.
Apparently that was the big problem with this place, she couldn’t find reliable kitchen staff and closed the kitchen, the first nail in the coffin for her.
The Del Rio was known far and wide as having the best prime rib in NorCal. I was at a gig where the Bravo Bros (Top Hatters in their 80s) asked me where I was living. Upon hearing Isleton, they both began salivating over memories of the steak dinners they used to ride up for when they partied at the hotel for a few days back in their hey-day. The Del Rio will be missed.
Just behind the bar is the levee (originally built by Chinese immigrants) that separates the Sacramento River from our houses. The old hardware store (now closed) is just down from the hotel and the top floor is where Victorian folks could see the paddle boats coming upstream and alert the town folk of arriving guests/deliveries from San Francisco.
–River Rat
Disposable Safety Cones from Vanguard ADA Systems, Paper or Plastic?– You need those damn things at every motorcycle event, at your local open house, or wish you had one or two when you get stranded on the road somewhere with some stupid technical problem: safety cones. The regular plastic things never seem to stay where you put them, migrate through the whole parking lot in 15 minutes flat, and you sure as hell won’t fit one of those in your saddlebags. Vanguard ADA Systems, a company well-known for safety products in ADA fields, recently branched out to include its most recent product: the DisposaCone, the world’s first disposable traffic barricade system.
Introduced first in March 2008, DisposaCones are already in use in the US and available in Canada as well. Jon Julnes, owner of Vanguard ADA Systems and the DisposaCone division, invented the product after years of frustration at running back and forth to construction and other sites to pick up 3 of the 10 traffic cones they left only the day before.
Made of recyclable paper with a small butyl (tar) adhesive strip on the base, which the company claims keeps them attached to any dry, hard surface, the cones are said to actually stay where you put them. Sized perfectly to fit motorcycle saddlebags, emergency preparedness kits and under most car seats, DisposaCones are available at www.disposacone.com , and soon at retail outlets nationwide.
– – C.S. Berg
The 7th Annual WHEELS THROUGH TIME Motorcycle Raffle is coming up on November 14th! Be sure to Get Your Tickets, Today!!!– Take a chance at owning a piece of motorcycle history. You’ll be supporting a great cause, and will help the Wheels Through Time Museum continue its mission to preserve and protect our American motorcycle history for generations to come! Click Here To Order! — Order now and receive a free WTT Poker Chip, good for a $2 museum admission discount every time you visit! (w/ 3 Tickets or more)
Or send payment and info, including name, address, phone number, email and shirt size, to:
WTT Annual Raffle
P.O. Box 790
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
BIKERNET STRESS ELIMINATING HOLIDAY STRESS WITH Stress Relief in 5 Steps, Part 1: Breathing from Dr. Weil– Each Sunday in November we present tips that can help you manage unhealthy stress. Consider them this holiday season, and pass them along to family and friends!
Looking for a simple, healthy way to help get through the day? Try breathing exercises – a natural and effective way to reduce stress, maintain focus, and feel energized. Exhaling completely is a useful practice that is especially easy to learn – it can promote deeper breathing and better health. Give it a try: Simply take a deep breath, let it out effortlessly, and then squeeze out a little more.
Doing this regularly will help build up the muscles between your ribs, and your exhalations will soon become deeper and longer. Start by performing this exhalation exercise consciously, and before long it will become a healthy, unconscious habit.
FATBOB SUNDAY DEAL OF THE WEEK– here is a deal of the week again, the price is 17K.
–FB
GUN NUT SUNDAY REPORT– A guy came into our department the other day to ask a favor. He had a S&W 629 that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range. He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new load and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash.
When the tweety birds cleared, this is what he saw…..
–Agent Zebra
ROT RALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR YOUR RIDE!– Sponsored Rides ROT Biker Rally desires to assist your efforts to raise funds for philanthropic organizations by providing public awareness for motorcycle rides in your area!
Do you have an established Toy Run or Charity Ride you would like ROT Rally to promote through www.ROTRally.com?
Fill Out the Application Form Now!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM FULL THROTTLE MAGAZINE– Hello Everyone!!! There are a lot of great events happening the next few months and we will make sure we update our website and cruisin calendar listings regulary! ALSO!!! If you know of any events that you do not see listed on our cruisin calendar, please e-mail them to me and I will get them posted as soon as I receive them.
Send me a flier, the text, whatever, just make sure there is a date, location, info and contact info for the event. Make sure (this Sunday, Nov 1st) you go to the Leigh Nolan Memorial Poker Run! This is a great event and is for a good cause! It starts and ends at Quaker Steak and Lube in Pinellas Park.
The new November issue is now online for you to view as well! We have a great listing of events for November, an interview with John Parham of JP Cycles by Nighttrain and our pictorial and recap from Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach! The issues will be out on the streets this weekend and Monday!
Be sure to become a fan on our new Facebook fan page, I will be updating it on a regular basis, asking questions and looking for great pictures of you, your bike and your adventures. just search Florida Full Throttle or click on the link below.
Have a great and safe Halloween, be sure to check our myspace picture page and our facebook fan page for pictures from the Playboy Mansion Halloween Party. Special thanks to Fran M. Haasch and Rhett for inviting me (Tony C) and Full Throttle Magazine out for a once in a lifetime event! Be safe, ride smart and don’t drink and ride!!!!
–TONY C (Chief Cupcake)
HANG ON, WE’RE HEADED INTO THE HOLIDAYS–My crystal ball calls for the economy to improve, and jobs become available during the holidays. This is a perfect time for America ingenuity to surface in a major way to create lasting jobs. I had a notion for a business years ago. We have car detailers, why not street detailers, a team devoted to cleaning streets, fixing the lights and signs, painting the curbs and refurbishing the landscape. It bugs me to turn on a street in America that’s filthy or looks like shit, because of a lack of upkeep.
That’s my Sunday economic notion. Here’s another one. There’s a lot of stimulus money floating around out there, while small businesses struggle. Bikernet could support starving, writers, photographers, and motorcycle artists all over the country, if we could file for a stimulus grant. Any ideas? In fact this weekend we were able to deliver a very cool gig to a couple of freelance writers in our industry.
Motorcyclecannonball.com, needed an editor for their web site. We hooked Lonnie, the boss, up with an antique motorcycle writing fool and additional freelancers, including our own Wilburn Roach. Watch as we follow, with the Cannonball crew, pre-1916 builds all over the country, then the cross-country ride. Bikernet is now an official Sponsor.
Okay, enough of that bullshit. Here’s what’s on the plate for next week. We have an official Lower Alabama Weather Report, more road stories from Scotty and Michelle. I’m going to finally wrap-up the 5-Ball Racer build. We have a 2010 Road King road test to Primm, Nevada casinos coming from Jon Towle. I’m headed to the SEMA aftermarket car convention next week and will report back in the Thursday news. I’m working with S&S, Paughco, and Bakers on a Sportster build tech, to help guys build very cool, cheap bobbers with wrecked or Sportster baskets. We will also bring you a tech, demonstrating that SugarBear hand builds short springers with small rockers to fit any motorcycle.
We discovered the Bikernet Interplanetary Headquarters, built in 1925, may be approved for the Mills Act and reduced our sky-high property taxes. We are working with the city for a grant to refurbish the exterior back to it’s original Catalina Hotel exterior.
Never a dull moment. I have more exciting news for next year, I may be able to release in the Thursday News. If Bikernet is any indication of our overall economic condition as we wrap up dower 2009 and head into 2010, we’re fucked. I’m kidding. Actually Bikernet is up this year, and next could be even better. Hang on.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
