It’s already Sunday after Christmas. Man, life rolls along. Hope everyone had a terrific Christmas. Now, kick back and relax. Get some sleep and prepare for New Years. I’m not much of a major party attendee. I’ll just hang and hope for wild sex.
Speaking of half dressed women, watch for the next episode of the drama. I woke up, in the middle of the night with a wild tale spinning in my head. Before dawn I pounded sweet coffee and the keyboard. As the sun crested the harbor I ran down the door-to-door Tamale salesman and ordered breakfast.
My hands were beginning to sweat as the story infolded. Hang on. I’ll get back to it this afternoon. Let’s hit the news:
Attorney Mike Hupy Fights For Outlaw Rights
The Outlaws Milwaukee Motorcycle Club hired Attorney Michael Hupy to represent them in a First Amendment violation case in which some members were arrested after refusing to leave the Summerfest grounds during a summer musical festival.
Several months later, another member of the club was fired from his place of employment because Milwaukee police officers demanded that the owner release him and not even allow him on the premises.
This pattern of police intimidation and harassment is evident all across the country, although police deny any such behavior exists. Members of various motorcycle clubs have been systematically denied access to or removed from public events, such as county fairs and music festivals, not because of any trouble they caused but solely because they refused to remove their motorcycle club insignia.
On December 12, 2003, Attorney Hupy wrote a letter to the Mayor of Milwaukee and the Chief of Police, condemning the illegal activities of some members of the police department. You can read the letter in Thursday’s news.
Good work, Mike.
Christmas Greeting From Bikernet Poet
Panhead Josh & Family Here, Just Dropping you all a Quick note to wish each and everyone of you a Safe and Very Merry Christmas. It has been a rocky year for many of us . We’ve lost some good brothers and gained some new ones as well.
I hope everyone is spending the holidays surrounded by family and friends, Eating way too many X-mas goodies. Remember Don’t Drink and Drive or Ride because you all are very special to the Pan Man.
The new year is upon us and life if looking good for me. I have some new pictures to send out as soon as take them to Copy Works to get them scanned (Still no dam scanner).
Well I better get back to the table before the folks and grand folks miss me, Once again MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Love & Respect
Panhead Josh
Webmaster: Outlaws World
Shop Owner: RUB Killer Kustoms
Proud Member Of The FRC and ABATE of Iowa Dist. 16
Sunday Website Connection
MysticalBall.com; this amazing website will read your mind: http://www.mysticalball.com.
–from Chris T.
The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World!
The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan’s Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken.
It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them.
The cylinder bore is just under 38″ and the stroke is just over 98″. Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.
Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)
Length: 89 feet
Height: 44 feet
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.
Even at it’s most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.
The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines.
The top of the connecting rod is not attached directly to the piston. The top of the connecting rod attaches to a “crosshead” which rides in guide channels. A long piston rod then connects the crosshead to the piston.
I assume this is done so the the sideways forces produced by the connecting rod are absorbed by the crosshead and not by the piston. Those sideways forces are what makes the cylinders in an auto engine get oval-shaped over time.
Irish Rich And The Amazing Shrunken FXR
Irish Rich, from Shamrock enterprises is working on the second in a two-part series on constructing hard lines for custom bikes. The first article was published in the current issue of HORSE. Check it out. Rich does a great job with these. Check his Bikernet Tech on VL frame modifications. It’s on the home page or in the garage. He’s going to help us create the hardlines for the Amazine shrunken FXR.
“Here’s the three rubber “vibration section” treatment examples I sent to the Horse for Part 2,” Rich explained. “The first one is neoprene hose, with Harley OEM-style band clamps. The second is neoprene hose, with braided hose end clamps. The third is the full braided hose with hose end clamps.
“To use these, all you have to do is double flare your hard line on each side where you want the neoprene to go. Then, you just slide the hose over the hard line, until you have about a 1/2-inch of hard line in each side of the neoprene hose, and then tighten your clamps. Works just tits.
“Copper lines would be kool w/brass or gold cad plated hardware.”
Check out the Shamrock website for more info:
Prisons Take On Religion
Can you fuckin’ believe this happy horseshit? Now the prison industry is gonna become a fuckin’ religion. Hell, all they gotta do is end the dumb ass “war on drugs”, commute the sentences of all the people, that fiasco, has incarcerated, and that’ll empty half the “big bizness prisons”! Imagine adding in a bunch of fuckin’ religious zealots to prison life and it has got to be even worse than it already is.
The only place for “faith based prisons” is maybe to put these Billy Graham wannabes, and other hypocrites like Rush Limbaugh etc., some place where they can’t fuck with anybody else while they enrich themselves from the suffering and doubt of the halfwits that listen to them.
That’s all I got to say on this!
–Devilhog
Quote For Sunday: “As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”–Josh Billings
–from Nick Roberts
Call Of The Wild
Wed Dec. 24th late afternoon: Phone rang, all I could hear was a H-D Motor at an idle. I kept saying, “Hell-o?” Still no one.
Then Glen, at Glen’s Way Fast Bikes, in 29 Palms said,”I’m done”
“What!!!” I barked.
“Yeah, I worked thru a few nights,” Glen said. “Thought you would want her for Christmas.”
I sank in my chair. “Well, how does she run?”
“Get over here and find out,” Glen said and laughed from down below.
I couldn’t drive fast enough. Pulled onto his driveway, jumped out and fired her up. WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Said my goodbyes and Merry Christmas. As I was pulling out onto the desert sand driveway Glen yelled, “Get 500 miles on her. Then we’ll run her on the Dyno and your Nology wires will be in next week.”
The Power is amazing; this is what a Harley should sound and run like.
Merry Christmas to all, and a Good Night.
–Bob T.
Glen just installed a 95-inch kit on Bob’s 2003 Road King. Screamin` Eagle Heads, SE Big Bore cylinders, SE Carb intake manifold, SE 42mm Mikuni, SE Flat top pistons 10:1, SE Pushrods, SE Tappets, SE High performance head gaskets, S&S 570 G`s Gear drive cams, SE Performance H-D clutch, SE Race ignition system, Hayden M-6 chain tensioner, Pingel pet-cock with 5/16th fuel line and Nology plug wires (on order).
Eric Herrmann Supports Troops In Iraq
A photo of some troops I’ve been corresponding with in Iraq. They’re living in a bombed out post office and have made a pool table with an old army blanket and a garden hose. I sent some bike art so it would feel more like home. Check out the name on the tank.
Merry Christmas,
–Eric Herrmann
American Rider Reader On Sam Tech Feb. ’04 AR Tech, detachable project was on target! Just put one on my ’04 King Custom. The article was hilarious, like someone was over my shoulder going through it that day. However, you missed the rear fender emblem popping off when I was lining up the holes on the rear mounting brakets!
The wife talked me into the Roadking, I liked the Custom, we compromised!
I love the looks of the new bike, not to fond of the first oil leak at less than 700 miles! I figured after a century they could get it right, welcome to the Harley Zone.
Happy New Year,
–Goth to go
I know. It’s Short And Sweet–but there’s shit in the wings that will fry your toenails and make ya holler hallelujah! I’m not kidding. I like 2004 already, and it hasn’t started yet.
We’re going to finish up the Amazing Shrunken FXR and hopefully you’ll dig what we did. I’ll launch another chapter of Chance Hogan in the next couple of days and we can now launch the second half of the Goliath tech, another King report and even a Shrunken FXR on the pipes we built.
Hang on, and have a helluva new year’s holiday beginning.
–Bandit
