BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BUBBA BLACKWELL CRASHES IN DEL MAR, WORLD PREPARES FOR STURGIS RUN The Buell is finished and there will be an initial tech on the final mods jumping onto the site in the next couple days. I’m heading out on a 300-mile trial run tomorrow, and all seems tight and shipshape. I would like […]
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–TRAGIC DRAG RACING ACCIDENT–ALL NEW COVERAGE ON BIKERNET. Continued from Page 2 This is a comp for our Sturgis billboard art, check it out! I sent it to all 7,000 members of the Bikernet staff and this was the worse responseAll right, all right, let’s break up this shilly shallying.– ?God Damn it,I’ve
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–TRAGIC DRAG RACING ACCIDENT–ALL NEW COVERAGE ON BIKERNET. Continued from Page 1 BIKERNET CARIBBEAN REPORT–The Jack Daniels BBQ was a hit, we had over 200 bikes in and out. Weplaced a booth with a few of our bikes and goodies to sell, Roger Bourgetfrom Bourget’s Bike Works was present, posing for photos, talking
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–TRAGIC DRAG RACING ACCIDENT–ALL NEW COVERAGE ON BIKERNET. Last week at the drags, two riders collided and both ended up in the hospital. They are coming along well. We’re in the heat of the season. We are also fortunate to have Helen Wolfe on board following the drag racing season. Check out our
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Marko, who never took a break, watched the last remaining patrons saunter towards the door. A few members of the local ABATE group worked with Bandit to escort or take drunk bikers home. Bandit kept a garage out back for guys who couldn’t ride. There was always a rider or two who were down in
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWSDEVIL DOLLS FIRST GIRL POWER RUN–JULY 1. All bikes welcome. All women riders are welcome. There will be Bands, BBQ, contests and mo’. The men are supposed to meet at Erin Evans Custom Cycles or at Eaglerider. Here’s the Devil Dolls hotline: (415) 546-3700. I need
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWS Continued from Page 1NCOM COAST TO COAST BIKER LEGISLATIVE NEWSCompiled and Edited byBILL BISH,NATIONAL COALITION OF MOTORCYCLISTS– TEXAS GOVERNOR VETOES BIKER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL Despite anoutstanding lobbying effort by the Texas Motorcycle Rights Association andthe four Confederations of Clubs of Texas, and in spite of near
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–A BRUSH WITH THE CULT OF THE CROWS I can’t get into it here, it’s too terrifying. You can get a taste, if you’re a member of the Cantina, in last week’s Sunday Post. Bikers and sailors share common traits. Every sailor I’ve ever met modified his sailboat. There’s also the outlaw characteristic
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?Jimbo, you?re a sweetheart and I hate to see you break your heart over her.? Nyla tried to consol the big guy. ?I don?t know what to do,? Jimbo groaned mournfully. ?Let me see if I can find her,? she sat another beer in front of Jimbo. Nyla walked over to the waitress station. She
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 WILD WEST RESPONDS, “YOU MISQUOTED– John Covington or John Covington misspoke. Wehave hardly gone under. Actually, we are doing very well. We’ve expandedour dealer base to 14 dealers. We have doubled sales every year since 1998.We are profitable. We have a back log of
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALEDIt’s been an interesting week. Stories flying in here like bird shit in a sea gull farm. Watch for the fiction from Edge. He called this mornin’ and will be hooking up with me July 22, at Charolette H-D’s charity ride. Then came this news flash: the ultimate women’s car.
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 3 Take a look at the WCC, and the car behind !BIKERNET CARIBBEAN REPORT–One of those times when everything happens, I mean everything, at the sametime. Sturgis, shop, bikes to be built, rides and shows. One day turns intothe next one and we don’t even
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WOMAN’S DREAM CAR REVEALED (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 2LATE BREAKING NEWS–They found the body of the Chinese pilot who rammed the P3surveillance plane.Although he had been previously listed incorrectly, he has nowbeen positively identified as WON DUM PHUC.HANOI JANE IS BACK–Just in case we forgot. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–CLONE MARKET SAGS, WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Continued from Page 1MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE–On their way to get married, a young couple are involved in a fatal car accident. The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While they are waiting, they begin
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–CLONE MARKET SAGS, WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?Yeah, I received the following quote from John Covington of Surgical Steeds in Phoenix: “They seem to be dropping like flies. Titan, Big-X, Boar,American Eagle, Quantum, Confederate, and I just heard that Ultra filed Chapter 11, too. The newswith the flooring companies is that Indian is
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BUBBA BLACKWELL CRASHES IN DEL MAR, WORLD PREPARES FOR STURGIS RUN (CONTINUED) Continued From Page 1THANKS MAN–I WAS RUNNING PRETTY LEAN. POINTS ARE ALL RIGHT BUT I GOT THOSE CHEAP AUTOZONE PLUGS AND I THINK IT LIKES ‘EM A LITTLE HIGHER QUALITY. SO FAR SO GOOD. I HOPE TO GET AN S&S CARB
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Remember to remove the spacers at the rear of the clutch basket before installing the new clutch. Always lube the plates and friction disks with Primary oil before inserting them into the clutch hub.Finish up with the rest of the drive, according to the manual. Bolt the outer primary in place, also
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FLASHBACK On the night of Jan. 10, 2001, Arlen Ness, Jesse James, Paul Yaffe and I were on different planes to the same destination: the Italian Chopper Custom Bike Show of Padova, near Milan, one of Europe’s most important motorcycle events. I cross the Atlantic a couple times a year, but it had been five
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I was sittin’ around listening to Bandit and Zebra go at each other again, over some b-s detail, and thinking’ that I’d probably be doin’ the world a favor to just blow both of them away, when it hit me. We’ve all read about the Bikernet West versus Bikernet East build up. We heard about
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–ULTRA DOWN, TWIN CAM HORSEPOWER UP (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1BROTHER ATTENDED MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION IN ARLINGTON– I was fortunate enough to be able to observe the laying of the wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, and I’ll tell all of you that there were not too
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–ULTRA DOWN, TWIN CAM HORSEPOWER UPIt was Memorial Day weekend and I got a call from NuttBoy, who was at his cabin in Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mountains. A giant pine had gone down directly in front of his cabin. He couldn’t escape to the liquor store for a beer run, so
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWN (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 2COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWS–Compiled and Edited by BILL BISH,National Coalition of MotorcyclistsNCOM CONVENTION “JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER!” As NCOM Chairman DocReichenbach was making last-minute preparations for the 16th Annual NCOMConvention in Orlando, Fla., May 10-12, 2001, he told Bill Bish, NCOMexecutive
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWN (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 RESCUE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOLLOWING NHTSA/NBC NEWS ATTACK!– The joint Motorcycle Riders Foundation/State Motorcyclists? Rights Organization (SMRO) campaign to advance motorcycle safety through the 107th Congress hit full steam last week, only to suffer damage when a torpedo hit was leveled by
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BIKERNET NEWS–TWO WOMEN ATTACK HEADQUARTERS AT CRACK OF DAWNI was minding my own business with one pretty little pussy in bed beside me when there was a clatter on the deck. We jumped to our feet, I got half dressed and headed for the front of the headquarters, grabbing weapons along the way. “What the
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