Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Four Legendary Custom Bike Builders to Build Tribute Bikes for Rolling Thunder’s 25th Anniversary
[JANUARY 19, 2012- WASHINGTON D.C.
Anniversary of Rolling Thunder in Washington, D.C., an annual motorcycle Demonstration Run that attracts over 450,000 motorcycles and one million attendees. To commemorate this honorary event, four custom motorcycles will be built by four legendary bike builders.
“The commemorative bike build is
“The commemorative bike build is
such a great idea and it’s one of the better things we’ve ever done. It’s the builders giving back to veterans and troops and all branches of the service with this project. We’re very grateful to the sponsors and everyone involved for their generous support and recognition of Rolling Thunder’s efforts,” said Ted Shpak, President of Rolling Thunder, Washington D.C, Inc.
Jay
“This history-making tribute
bike build is coming together so beautifully. S&S Cycle and Baker Drivetrain are the definition of American made pride and they’ve stepped up to the plate bringing their high quality products to this entire project,” said Allen.
The bikes will be unveiled at the 25th Anniversary
The bikes will be unveiled at the 25th Anniversary
event on May 26th and the entire build process will be featured in leading motorcycle publications. U. S. Marine Corps: Brigitte Bourget of Bourget's Bike Works feature with Iron Works magazine; U.S. Navy: Dar Holdsworth of Dar win Motorcycles feature with Cycle Source; U.S. Coast Guard: Kiwi Mike of Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Company feature with American Iron; U.S. Billy Lane
“We’re excited that with the help of Avon Correctional Facility this tribute build will happen withBilly Lane
“We’re excited that with the help of Avon Correctional Facility this tribute build will happen with
The build project is destined to be epic as these road-worthy bikes will then be toured around the country with the traveling "Wall that Heals,” at various military installations and events, Veteran Affairs locations, major motorcycle rallies, and potentially taken overseas to the troops. An impressive publicity campaign and production surrounding the Rolling Thunder 25th Anniversary observance is currently underway. Further production details to be announced.
“We’re so excited and honored to
“We’re so excited and honored to
be a part of this monumental, historic event and to be selected because our bikes are no-compromise, American made motorcycles,” said Dar Holdsworth, who hails from a military family having served in Desert Storm, his father in Vietnam
Rolling Thunder’s Demonstration
Rolling Thunder’s Demonstration
Run has evolved to be not only a demonstration for the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action (POW/MIA) issue but also a demonstration of patriotism and respect for Service Members and Veterans from all wars. www.rollingthunderrun.com
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Cathie Lechareas
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703-518-3162
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Sturgis Museum Bike Raffle for 2012 - Buy a ticket and get a chance to win!
Let's help raise money for the Sturgis Museum,
buy a ticket & enter to win a Motorcycle
Bikers Inner Circle, Precision Cycles & The Buffalo Chip Campground have teamed up with the Sturgis Museum and together built a top of the line custom built Chopper. The gas tank to the motorcycle found its way backstage to almost all the main acts for the Buffalo Chip, together we have an abundance of signatures: Styx, Bachman Turnover, Toby Keith, Edgar Winter, Alice Cooper, Tesla and many more. We will be raffling off this bike on the 1st night (called, The Museum night at the Buffalo Chip) of the Buffalo Chip Campground following The Charlie Brechtel Band and a headlining act.
For more information or to purchase tickets please contact the Sturgis Museum at www.sturgismuseum.com 1 ticket for $10.00 or 3 tickets for $20.00
To read more on the bike build and see our major sponsors towards this build
visit :
www.bikersinnercircle.com/sturgis-motorcycle-bike-build.html
For more information on the bike itself you can contact the builder at
Danny Rays PrecisionCycles @ 209-526-5003
Friday, November 4, 2011
Poll: Will EU anti-tampering measures affect you?
Poll: Will EU anti-tampering measures affect you?
General news 09 September 2011 15:02European Commission plans for anti-tampering measures mean that tuning will become impossible and even home servicing will be hampered.All new bikes will get so-called on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems which could detect non-standard parts and trigger a warning light until the ‘fault’ is rectified by a dealer.One aim is to prevent any modification to the ‘powertrain’ which could include anything from the throttle to the rear tyre.Proposals for ABS on all bikes over 125cc could be extended to mopeds, adding significantly to the cost of supposedly budget machines.Other measures could include exhaust bolts that cannot be removed with normal tools, sealed engine control units and even bans on the sale of performance enhancing products.The new EU regulations, setting out standards for bikes to be type approved for road use, are due to be introduced gradually year-by-year from 2014 to 2022.They begin with new emission limits from 2014, which will get tougher still in subsequent years to bring bikes into line with cars.MCN would like to know how the anti-tampering measures could affect you. Vote in the polls below and add your comments at the bottom of the page!
Poll: Will EU anti-tampering measures affect you?
General news
09 September 2011 15:02
There is trouble in many states as groups that say there are motorcycle rights organizations go away from repealing Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Laws and are becoming what many are calling Safety Groups.
Of course the safety groups find it easy to get money from the government for their actions.
More and more riders are resigning from these organizations and are saying the organizations have been infiltrated by people working with the government much like those that have infiltrated motorcycle clubs and caused them problems.
The following came to me from people in NC and asked me to pass it on.
NC CBA is raisig funds to host the Meeting of the Minds in 2012 and NC is not helmet free. NC CBA appends way more time, energy, and money on pseudo biker rights BS instead of really attacking the helmet issue. One chapter held a lidless protest and backed down the cops who wanted to ticket them and another chapter chastized them for wasting LEOs resources and hivinng everyone the impression that all CBA chapters shared their views and civil disobedience.
The CBA's motto is "Let those who ride decide". Jan aptly added "Which helmet". Having the Meeting of the Minds on helmet states undermines the financial/tourism arguement. Are these people that stupid? I am sure that some of the legislators will notice, too.
The CBA's motto is "Let those who ride decide". Jan aptly added "Which helmet". Having the Meeting of the Minds on helmet states undermines the financial/tourism arguement. Are these people that stupid? I am sure that some of the legislators will notice, too.
The media, the public, CBA members, everyone knows the things the leadership has done. They know it is now a safety organization. Says so on the CBA tax return. Mark has run articles I've written about dumb shit Ski and the others have done. They do not care. The public barely cares. No matter how much membership is down, the Skis don't care because they can still claim their leadership position on their "what I did for motorcycling" resume. One thing they do care about is discrediting those of us who ask questions. Lots of good Bikers have been run off from CBA in the past few years.
There are some folks who think they can return CBA to being a Motorcyclists' Rights Organization. Good luck, but it will be real hard since the New Paradigm Riders have completely taken over.
Hickory Doc has already printed and distributed "Doc Ski Does Not Represent Me" stickers and a circle with a line through the words Doc Ski here in NC. They have caused quite a stir along with BOLT members telling the legislators that "Doc Ski does not represent me". CBA was pissed that we were causing confusion and hurting their legislative issues while telling their members to contact their legislators to let them know they liked the helmet bill the way it was!
MDI
Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
DEFEND YOUR CLUB AND LIFESTYLE
This was sent to me by a friend in one of the clubs.
Hopefully people will pay attention to it.
DEFEND YOUR CLUB AND LIFESTYLE
IN MY OPINION: By Roadblock 1%er
The biggest danger facing motorcycle clubs today isn't conflict with other clubs as law enforcement and the media claim. Not even close! It is a "tyrannical government" willing to selectively profile, criminalize and prosecute membership in a motorcycle club instead of individual criminal behavior.
Profiling a specific group of individuals is a crime in and of itself. Furthermore, denying these individuals the protections given others is a violation of basic human rights and Constitutional law.
Defending our clubs against this criminal threat requires using a weapon equal to that being used against us -- "THE LEGAL SYSTEM"!
The laws of our countries are a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. Government agencies, law enforcement, and overzealous prosecutors are not exempt from the blade.
Government and law enforcement agencies are making a concerted effort to classify all motorcycle club members, and anyone who may associate with them, as criminals. Guilty or not, the government intends to prosecute theses targeted individuals no matter what it takes.
No one can deny that some motorcycle club members violate the law. However, it's a fact that ANY organization has individual members who commit criminal acts. Members of government and law enforcement agencies, and individual lawmakers themselves are routinely convicted for criminal conduct.
The agencies profiling motorcycle club members are being assisted by the media, who sensationalize biker news and reports to gain lucrative headlines. Via TV, newspapers and the internet, Society is bombarded 24/7 with motorcycle clubs labeled as gangs, and members and associates always portrayed as dangerous, violent criminals.
How can this happen when the majority of club members are hard-working tax-paying members of their communities and have never been convicted of a crime?
With this constant media barrage, society and potential jurors are conditioned to believe that you are guilty before the trial ever starts. With the constitutional guarantee of a presumption of innocence replaced by a presumption of guilt, even if you are innocent, getting a fair trial is impossible.
Furthermore, the law enforcement agents' and prosecutor's questionable tactics almost guarantee a conviction. The combination of these factors make it easy to see why there is a 98+% conviction rate in cases involving motorcycle clubs and so-called associates.
We have to use the system to stop the out- of- control government agents who think the rule-of-law doesn't apply to them. The only rule they follow is "there are no rules."
In books and interviews they boast there is nothing they won't do to maintain their cover and make a case. In recent cases, evidence has been presented that undercover agents repeatedly violate the law to make cases. They conspired among themselves, with paid informants and known criminals in an effort to get club members to violate the law. They incited violence (murder and attempted murder) and incited others to commit criminal acts to ensure convictions.
Law enforcement agents do not have immunity to violate the law in an effort to make a case. When they do they step over the line and become the criminal The US
At grand juries and trials unscrupulous prosecutors routinely lead law enforcement and other witnesses to give evidence they know to be false to get a criminal indictment. After all, trial juries don't have access to the secret grand-jury testimony. Knowingly presenting perjured testimony, misleading the Court, and Obstruction of Justice are all criminal acts.
This "pattern of criminal conduct" by government agents and prosecutors is widespread, and a gross violation of basic human rights. Properly used, however, this evidence of wrongdoing can educate a jury and change the outcome at trial. These issues and unlawful activities have to be challenged in a court prior to trial, or innocent club members will be convicted.
The government is now using these tactics against over 300 motorcycle clubs that they classify as criminal organizations. I salute those who are defending their clubs against this fraudulent classification.
I wonder what the deal is with those who don't fight for their club. Are they afraid because they think the government will retaliate against them? They are already doing everything they can to take your freedom and destroy your club. What more can they do?
Belonging to a motorcycle club is not a crime! More and more Clubs around the world are using the courts to challenge the government's bogus claims, criminal conduct and refusal to treat MC members as "individuals".
And, they are winning.
Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
Police Device Used To Steal Your Cell Phone Data During Traffic Stop
You may have heard about the Cellebrite cell phone extraction device (UFED) in the news lately. It gives law enforcement officials the ability to access all the information on your cell phone within a few short minutes. When it became known that Michigan State Police had been using the tool to access cell phones during traffic stops, it raised concern with the ACLU. Now, everyone is wondering if cops will be using devices like this elsewhere. Will this new law enforcement tool be abused, or will it be used responsibly in the pursuit of justice?
Call us paranoid, but we obtained a law-enforcement-grade software extraction tool for the iPhone to see exactly what data is up for grabs. You'd be surprised to see just how much data today's smartphones can store -- and police can access.
Ga. panel weighs changes to health benefit plan...
Looks like these people are on some kind of drugs. They must be to say dangerous activities like, skydiving and riding motorcycles.
This needs to be stopped If they get away with it here they will eventually try it where you live.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/07/business-us-ga-state-health-insurance_8722790.html
Ga.
Associated Press, 10.07.11, 11:00 AM EDT
ATLANTA -- The chairman of a House study committee looking at Georgia's health benefit plan said the state might require employees to disclose dangerous activities like, skydiving and riding motorcycles.
State Rep. Carl Rogers, a Gainesville
share The study committee is set to present findings to House leaders by Dec. 1.
Lawmakers heard testimony Thursday from experts in preventative care. They said programs which help employees get healthy can save $3 for every $1 spent by the state.
Rogers
RogueFreedom Fighters
Class action lawsuit targets motorcycle helmet prosecution
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BOLT of California is excited to publicize and support the recently filed class action lawsuit in Clark County Nevada. The “Class M Class Action” was filed Sept. 27 in federal court in Las Vegas by Attorney Travis Barrick. The suit is the logical next step for motorcyclists to stop illegal enforcement tactics.
When examined by the eye of the law, most helmet tickets are rights violations. A ticket for an “unapproved helmet” is nothing more than an arbitrary tax on riders who pay the ticket simply because they don’t know they shouldn’t pay. There is a pattern and practice of keeping riders with tickets out of court, cashing a rider’s check in a guilty plea or dismissing the ticket when it is challenged in court.
There are no “DOT-approved” helmets, according to the Department of Transportation.
Repeal It Or Feel It was formed when the Legislature of Nevada was offered a chance to change the law allowing adults the choice of wearing a helmet when riding. If the law had been repealed, adults would not be subject to enforcement of the helmet law. Government decided to keep the bad law intact. They didn’t repeal it, so now they will feel it. Government paying The People back will really hurt them, but 4th Amendment violations will stop.
Many in favor of a helmet law claim there is a public burden when motorcyclists are injured, assuming their insurance won’t cover the cost. The most well-known of these studies was a bogus study citing figures pulled “out of thin air” by a California legislator. Side-by-side comparisons of helmet law states and Free states show no appreciable difference in injuries or deaths per accident.
If mandating helmet use saved lives it would be obvious in a comparison eliminating all variables except the injury results per 1,000 crashes. Statistics show the public burden theory is as phony as the imaginary study from California.
The real public burden is the constitutional violations committed by officers writing unapproved helmet tickets — helmet tickets with no probable cause. The 4th Amendment was intended to relieve the citizens of that burden of government without limits. Removing dollars from the vital economy under false pretenses is the burden that results from officers writing those illegitimate tickets.
David Stilwell, one of the plaintiffs named in the Class M case, recently was awarded his legal costs of challenging two helmet tickets. They were dismissed by prosecutors after guilty verdicts in lower court. The judge forced the DAs of the jurisdictions to reimburse Stilwell the costs he incurred in fighting tickets that he appealed. The cops and prosecutors caused that public burden.
Legislators and law enforcers want to talk public burden? The class action suit asks to compensate Clark County riders for abuses already committed by cities, police, and district attorneys, and the constant threat of abuse whenever anyone rides a motorcycle there.
No one is contending the Nevada law is unconstitutional. But the Constitution prohibits police and prosecutors from shredding a citizen’s rights, whether pedestrian, driver or rider.
The website www.RepealItOrFeelIt.com has more information and a way to contribute to the effort.
The complaint filed in federal court can be read at www.boltofca.com. When the Class M Class Action suit is successful, officers will be forced to stop violating the law to enforce a law on riders.
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Mark Temple writes for BOLT (Bikers of Lesser Tolerance) of California.
ABATE Weekly Blast 10/16/11
Subject: ABATE Weekly Blast 10/16/11
BLAST for 10-15 to 10-23
Happy Octoberfest to all! Hope you all got out and enjoyed some festivities somewhere, even if it wasn't in Daytona. A belated Happy Birthday to Montana
It is good to hear that our President Grumpy and Pastor So-So are doing so well after their surgeries. We wish them Godspeed on their recovery.
Both are home and doing well and feeling well.
Sunday the 16th: Earls has Jimmy Van Zandt playing...if you get there early it is a show to see. Awesome!
Indy Board meeting is Tuesday
Thursday night we are setting up at Long Dogger's to support their bike night. Come out and support your chapter. It seems someone has a problem with ABATE and has posted stickers the ABATE Does Not Speak for them. Sorry to hear that. They are missing the issues of our cause; fighting for our rights to share the road and freedom of choice. Anything else is a personal issue.
Next Saturday Oct. 22 is our HOLLY-WEEN POKER RUN and COSTUME CONTEST. We start at Camp Holly
Sunday October 23 is Biker Sunday at the Church of the Nazarene in Rockledge. This annual event is for you the biker and we thank Spirit Riders for their continued support.
Don't forget the General Membership Meeting on Tuesday Oct. 25. This is our night to decide on a bike night location. The committee has dwindled it down to two locations. Come and make your voice heard. If you don't vote, you can't complain.
Have an awesome week!
V.P. "T"
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Here is my comment on this in reference to the part that reads: Thursday night we are setting up at Long Dogger's to support their bike night. Come out and support your chapter. It seems someone has a problem with ABATE and has posted stickers the ABATE Does Not Speak for them. Sorry to hear that. They are missing the issues of our cause; fighting for our rights to share the road and freedom of choice. Anything else is a personal issue.
I think abate is reading more into the stickers than what they say.
The woman who designed them is Not a member of abate and is simply saying abate does Not Speak for her.
She has also said that because of the abate membership being less than 1% of the motorcyclist in the state it obviously does not speak for them either.
My latest conversation with her she said that over 2 thousand of these stickers have been given out all over the state. There are available for free (pay shipping $0.50) at http://bigbendbikersforfreedom.blogspot.com/
A lot of people are really upset about abate being involved in raising the motorcycle licensing fee and then receiving $250,000.00 from the State of Florida
They are also upset that money is being taken from other causes and not abate.
This is a freedom of opinion thing and though abate is entitled to theirs they should not try to deny others choice.
Rogue
Sturgis Freedom Fighters
Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Member 2005
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