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01 Nov
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Ormond Beach seeks crackdown on Outlaws club

23 Oct
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ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA - Now that Biketoberfest is over and the bikers have left town, Ormond Beach officials hope one group never returns. For about a year, the American Outlaws Association, also known as the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, has been operating out of a small building at 1148 U.S. 1, just outside the city limits. Ormond officials don't want them anywhere close. City Attorney Randy Hayes took Volusia County officials to task in an email outlining violations by the group and the county's seeming unwillingness to act. Club members declined to comment, while the owner of the building says the Outlaws have been model tenants. But Hayes said the club's presence is like a ticking bomb. "They don't allow Johnny B. Goode to be a part of their club," he said Monday. "These are outlaws. They're bad people." At issue is what the club does inside the facility, which is adorned with several club symbols, including a skull and pistons on the mailbox. Hayes said the club moved into the facility as a "leather shop." Police Chief Andy Osterkamp told him and City Manager Joyce Shanahan in the email that members outside the building told him recently that they had given up on producing Outlaws merchandise because of overhead costs. Hayes said the fact that the facility is no longer used to sell leather goods and merely a clubhouse violates the county's zoning code. "It's clearly not a leather shop," Hayes said. Volusia County Deputy Attorney Jamie Seaman replied in an email to Hayes that the county can't act on "hearsay" and that someone must formally testify against the group before action can be taken. "The county is not trying to be obstructionists," she wrote. "But, just like a court, the proof must be firsthand not hearsay." County spokesman Dave Byron added that the county is aware of Ormond Beach's concerns but so far county staff has not seen any violations. "We are pursuing this, but at this point we don't have sufficient documentation to support the city's concerns," he said. According to the Volusia County Property Appraiser's Office, BJL Properties Inc. owns the land and Barney's Leather Inc. operates out of the building. William and Lisa McCarthy are listed as the principal managers of BJL while William McCarthy is listed as the principal owner of Barney's. Lisa McCarthy, a fellow biker, said Monday the motorcycle club has "gotten along with everyone." "It's surprising," she said of Ormond Beach's concerns. "I haven't had any problem with (the club)." Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said no criminal complaints have been lodged regarding the location in the last year. The Outlaws, though, have some history with local law enforcement. In 2007, the FBI and Daytona Beach police raided the club's headquarters at 615 N. Beach St. as part of a national investigation. In 2011, Daytona Beach police parked its mobile headquarters during biker events outside an Outlaws clubhouse on Tanglewood Street, eventually forcing them to leave town. Prior to that, local and federal authorities seized the Outlaws' then-Daytona Beach clubhouse at 9 N. Peninsula Drive and a vacant business owned by the club on Main Street. "All of the motorcycle gangs ... they are domestic terrorist groups," Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said. As late as 2011, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club was identified as a gang by the National Gang Intelligence Center. Hayes requested the county seek a cease-and-desist order against the biker club, saying the county's position undermined any meaningful enforcement of regulations. "Now pick a side," he wrote, "the safety of our residents or non-existent rights of criminals?"
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Suing The Bastards

03 Sep
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Suing The Bastards 

from agingebel.com There were setbacks in two biker civil rights suits last week. Both cases are being contested in federal court. One case is being heard in New Jersey and the other in Nevada. Both cases are still alive and may eventually discourage the common police practice of harassing bikers wearing colors on public roads. The New Jersey case is titled James Coles et al. v. Nicholas Carlini et al. The Nevada case is titled Southern Nevada Confederation of Clubs, Inc. et al. v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al.

New Jersey Suit

The Coles case was filed by three men named James Coles, Joseph Ballinger and Louis C. Degailler in November 2010. All three are now members of the Pagans. The three were part of a small pack including members of the Tribe Motorcycle Club which was stopped by New Jersey State Police while going to a charity event. The Trooper in charge was Nicholas Carlini and the stop was obviously made in order to harass and intimidate the six men as a form of extra-judicial punishment for belonging to motorcycle clubs and wearing insignia of membership on their backs. Carlini lectured his detainees that the only gang allowed on New Jersey’s roads was the State Police.

Dueling Countermotions

Last February both sides in the slow-moving case asked Judge Jerome B. Simandle to issue summary judgments. Coles, Joseph Ballinger and Degailler sought summary judgment only on the question of whether “the first amendment was violated by the defendant State Troopers in the course of their ‘anti-colors’ speech delivered during plaintiffs’ custodial detention at roadside.” They didn’t seek a judgment on “whether the stop itself was pretextual and initiated in retaliation for Plaintiffs’ alleged expressive conduct.” The State Police sought a summary judgment of the entire case in their favor on three grounds: “(1) Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity, (2) no violation of the First Amendment occurred, and (3) Plaintiffs Coles and Ballinger are judicially estopped from asserting claims for damages because they failed to disclose their potential claims when each was going through bankruptcy.” The court listened to the lawyers argue about all this on July 7 and ruled against everybody on July 22.

Core Issues Unchanged

First the judge ruled that since none of the men actually removed his club insignia Trooper Carlini’s bullying speech was simply an “attempt” to deprive the bikers of their free speech rights. He did not rule on the issue of whether the stop itself was intended to deprive the men of their Constitutional rights. The State Police had asked that Coles and Ballinger be denied any monetary judgment in the case because they had neglected to list a judgment in the case as a potential asset when both declared bankruptcy. The bankruptcies were filed well before this civil suit but were in their final stages after the suit was filed. Most case law indicates that whether the men could be compensated or not was almost entirely at the judge’s discretion. He ruled against Coles and Ballinger because he thought they acted in “bad faith.” Simandle put it like this: “On the judicial estoppel issue, the key question for the Court is whether bad faith may be inferred from Coles’s and Ballinger’s nondisclosure of this litigation as a contingent asset in their bankruptcy proceedings, while simultaneously pursuing the present claims for damages. Because the Court finds that bad faith may be inferred in this case, the Court will grant Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment, prohibiting Coles and Ballinger from seeking compensatory or punitive damages.” However the third plaintiff, Degailler, can still be awarded monetary damages if the suit is successful. All three plaintiffs can still obtain what is called “injunctive relief” if they win the suit – which means that Simandle will order the New Jersey State Police not to do it again.

Nevada Case

The key issue in the Nevada case was whether the Confederation of Clubs had legal standing to sue Vegas Metro and the other defendants including former Boulder City Police Chief Thomas Finn. Last Friday Judge Andrew P. Gordon ruled the COC does not. He instructed the Plaintiff’s lawyer in the case. Stephen Stubbs, to modify and refile the suit by the end of next month and he basically told Stubbs how to do it. The judge wants to see the plaintiff’s sorted by club. At the end of his ruling he wrote: “At the July 24, 2013 hearing on the motion to sever, Plaintiffs requested that the court allow the cases to be refiled and grouped by each motorcycle club, such that each club and its related members may file a single complaint (e.g., allowing all Mongols incidents to be contained in one lawsuit, all Stray Cats incidents in another). Based on the allegations presently before the court, the cases may be grouped together as follows: all Mongols incidents may be joined in the present lawsuit (involving Espinoza’s First, Second, and Third Claims for Relief), along with the Jerald Murillo incident; all Stray Cats incidents may be joined in one complaint; all Bandidos incidents may be joined in one complaint along with the Down and Dirty Motorcycle Club incident; the Joseph Pitka incident must be filed in a separate complaint unless Plaintiffs can establish that it should be properly joined with another lawsuit. Each such complaint must be sufficiently pled to satisfy both the joinder requirements ofRule 20 discussed above, and the standing requirements for each plaintiff (including individuals and motorcycle clubs) to maintain the claims. The court does not opine at this time whether the motorcycle clubs can satisfy the standing requirements of Federal Rule ofCivil Procedure 17(b)(3) and any other applicable law. “Plaintiffs are granted leave to amend the present Amended Complaint (as described above) by August 30, 2013. Similarly, the new and separate lawsuits must be filed by August 30,2013, and will be assigned new case numbers. The court further orders that each of the cases will be consolidated before this court for purposes of discovery. Thus, Plaintiffs shall note in the caption of each complaint that any new case filed as a result of this order is related to this base case, and should be assigned to the same judges. The parties to each of the severed actions are required to pay a filing fee.”

Stubbs Comments

When reached for comment, Stubbs said “What has happened is that Federal Court Judge Andrew Gordon granted me a ‘do over’ with some guidance.” “Judge Gordon specifically states that all claims for relief are to be grouped by club, dismisses all claims but the Mongols claims, grants me leave to amend the Mongols claims to repair any defects, and then instructs me to file new and separate claims for the other clubs.” Both suits are ongoing and should remain so for at least another year.
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Pro-ethanol group says no E15 misfueling concern

23 Jun
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On June 18, boosters of the untested E15 fuel blend (15 percent ethanol by volume) issued a statement saying there is no need for misfueling concerns for motorcycles as E15 becomes available to the public. It specifically cited the American Motorcyclist Association, in part, for delaying the availability of E15 in a press conference call. The group insisted that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “has seen to it that E15 is clearly labeled at fueling stations.” Additionally, the group released an E15 fact sheet for motorcyclists. The fact sheet stated that E15 is illegal to put into a motorcycle engine. Telling motorcyclists that E15 use is illegal completely misses the point, because motorcyclists don't want to use it for any reason unless independent testing confirms it is safe. One of the AMA’s concerns has always been that riders might unintentionally put E15 in their fuel tanks, due to confusing implementation of the EPA Misfueling Mitigation Plan. So now, besides having serious concerns with the potential harmful effects of unsafe fuel and inadvertent misfueling, AMA members and the motorcycling community have to worry about the consequences of breaking a federal law. The AMA is troubled by the EPA plan for retailers to avoid inadvertent misfueling by consumers because the plan does not provide clarity to AMA members and the public. For example, it calls for yet another label on a blender pump that already has many labels. The plan does not require any physical barriers in the fueling nozzle/receptacle, as was provided when the nation transitioned from leaded to unleaded fuel. Finally, the plan calls for a single, separate E10/E0 fuel pump when E15 will be sold through a blender pump and signage directing consumers to an E10-or-lower fuel pump. In addition to our concerns with the EPA Misfueling Mitigation Plan, we question if every retailer selling E15 will abide by its requirements. If a retailer does not clearly label E15, a motorcyclist may inadvertently receive it, believing it is an E10 or E0 blend. If a retailer does not separate E10 from E15 in a blender pump, a motorcyclist selecting E10 can inadvertently receive up to a quart of E15 fuel leftover in the pump hose. Or if a retailer offers only a single pump with E10/E0, what options are left when the pump runs out of what is likely to be the most popular fuel offered at that station? Get the facts on this important issue with the AMA’s E15 and Motorcycles-a Q&A. Are you concerned enough to act? Take the AMA E15 Challenge. What is the E15 Challenge? The AMA wants to achieve 15,000 (in total) actions. Currently, we are at several thousand actions. You can:
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Support federal legislation to prohibit the funding of discriminatory motorcycle-only checkpoints

10 May
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On May 7, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced H.R. 1861, the Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act. The bill will protect motorcyclists’ rights and promote crash prevention as the most effective use of taxpayer money to save motorcyclists’ lives. The bill incorporates Sensenbrenner’s legislation (H.R. 904) introduced in the previous Congress. H.R. 904 would prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation from providing funds to state and local authorities for the purpose of creating motorcycle-only checkpoints. However, this bill also contains language to force the DOT to focus motorcycle safety efforts on crash prevention programs. The Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act amends Section 153 of Title 23, United States Code, by removing “motorcycle helmets.” This change will prohibit the DOT from providing grants to states to enforce helmet laws. It will also prohibit the DOT from interfering in state matters with federal funds. For many years, the American Motorcyclist Association has strongly encouraged the voluntary use by adult riders of helmets certified by their manufacturers to meet the DOT standard as part of a comprehensive motorcycle safety program to help reduce injuries and fatalities in the event of a motorcycle crash. However, helmet mandates do not prevent crashes. The AMA believes that comprehensive motorcycle safety programs must promote strategies to prevent motorcycle crashes in the first place. Current law states highway safety plans must prevent crashes and reduce injuries. The Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act would require highway safety plans to include programs that “prevent accidents in order to reduce injuries and deaths resulting from accidents involving motor vehicles and motorcycles” by amending Section 402 of Title 23, United States Code. Historically, the enforcement of helmet mandates has siphoned away scarce funds from effective crash prevention programs such as rider education and motorist awareness. This bill is critical to ending the discriminatory practice of MOCs and preventing motorcycle crashes. The motorcycling community needs you to contact your representative now to ask him or her to become a cosponsor. Just follow the "Take Action" option to send a pre-written email directly to your representative. To view the AMA's efforts to end motorcycle-only checkpoints, go to http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/rights/motorcycleonlycheckpoints.aspx.
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WHAT IS A BIKER?

28 Feb
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WHAT IS A BIKER? I’ve been asked this question many times: What is a biker? This is a tough question because it is obvious that everyone seems to have their own definition of what a biker is. I can only give what I believe a biker is and what makes a biker a biker. This is my opinion. Most non-bikers think a biker is someone who rides a motorcycle. I disagree vehemently. Someone who rides a motorcycle is a motorcyclist. While all bikers are motorcyclists, not all motorcyclists are bikers. Being a biker is more than just riding a motorcycle. I see people on motorcycles everyday as I ride. You can tell many people are not bikers by the way they dress. Is the person wearing shorts and flip-flops, sandals or sneakers? This is most likely NOT a biker. Any biker knows to dress this way on a motorcycle is just plain stupid. These people obviously have not spent much time riding. They are probably new to motorcycling and are probably riding their first bike. I see men in their 60’s and 70’s riding down the road dressed this way. Call it a second childhood or mid-life crisis or whatever, they bought a motorcycle because they think it’s a blast or a good way to use less gasoline. They’re right! It is a blast and economical. But anyone who has spent years riding know that eventually you will have a mishap. Sooner or later you will go down. It’s not a question of ‘IF’ but ‘WHEN’. It will happen. I’ve had one serious accident back in 1978 that I wasn’t expected to survive. I was in the ICU for 2 weeks and hospitalized for a total of three months! In the beginning they gave be a 50/50 chance of survival at best. I’ve also had a few minor incidents. I’ve had a couple of “lay-downs” to avoid an accident and I had one fender bender. Neither time was I seriously hurt. But if I had been wearing shorts and sandals, I could have been more seriously injured. I’ve commented on riding apparel many times so I won’t get into it again here. A biker will wear appropriate gear like gloves, jeans and boots. A motorcyclist will either be under dressed like in the example above, or they go in the opposite direction by wearing day-glo clothing, huge expensive helmets, shock resistant this and that, etc. A biker won’t go that far. Many bikers wear a leather, or sometimes a denim, vest. There is no real reason to wear a vest except to express their individuality. They wear patches and pins stating how they feel on certain subjects, places and events they’ve been to or even a memorial to brothers/sisters fallen. My colleague Catnip Cougar did a whole article on a biker’s vest. That article can be viewed on www.KrazyBikerKatz.com as well. Not all bikers wear vests but many who do not aren’t bikers. I know some motorcyclists who wear vests so people think they’re bikers. They aren’t. They’re posers. So how else can you tell a biker from a motorcyclist? As I said, I know people who ride and want others to believe they’re bikers. But I can tell they’re not, and so can other ‘real’ bikers. Do these people avoid riding in foul weather at all costs? Do they avoid riding at night? If so, chances are they aren’t bikers. They’re wannabes. Real bikers love to ride. Hot or cold, wet or dry. It doesn’t matter. They love to ride and will jump on any and every opportunity to ride. If you see a group of 1%’ers riding down the road, you know these are bikers. Riding is their life. You’ve probably heard the phrase. Ride To Live, Live To Ride. For those of you who don’t know, a 1%’er is a someone who has no use for society’s laws and will pretty much do whatever they want. The term 1% dates back to 1947. In Hollister, California, the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) sponsored a series of motorcycle competitions. Many motorcycle clubs were in attendance. Among them were two clubs called The Pissed-Off Bastards and The Boozefighters. These two clubs were fueled by alcohol and adventure. As a result there were some fights and a couple altercations with the law. After the event the media blew this all out of proportion. They were saying how there were riots and clubs were trying to ”take over” the town. As a result, many towns were fearful of hosting anymore AMA events. The AMA issued a press release stating that 99% of motorcyclists were law abiding people. Therefore, the remaining 1% were labeled “outlaws”. Ever since, clubs like Hells Angels, Outlaws, Pagans, Bandidos, Mongols, Vagos, Sons of Silence, Renegades, etc. wear the 1% tag to heart. Many, literally, by sewing a diamond shape patch that says “1%” onto their colors (vests with the club patches). So any 1% club members are definitely bikers. But, of course, you don’t have to belong to a club to be a biker. I consider myself a biker. I got my first bike in 1974. I’ve lived the lifestyle. I’ve known and associated with 1%’ers. I broken laws while associating with a 1% club when I was younger. I wasn’t a member but I probably could’ve become one. So for those of you who think all it takes to be a biker is to own a motorcycle, then you probably think if you stop riding, you’re no longer a biker. This is so untrue. I believe once a biker, always a biker. Prisons throughout this country have many 1% members doing time. Some will never ride a motorcycle again as they are doing Life sentences. Are you going to say these guys aren’t bikers anymore? Being a biker is a lifestyle. It’s all about respect. Real bikers are basically fearless, honest and down to earth people. The have been called the Last Free Americans. They come from a lineage that dates back to the cowboys of the Old West. Their bikes are their steeds. The modern bikers were born out of World War 2. After the war, surplus motorcycles were dirt cheap. They missed the camaraderie they had in the service. So they bought motorcycles and hung out together. Bikers believe in Freedom. Most believe that many laws that are on the books are unnecessary and will ignore a law that they feel is stupid. Most bikers just want to be left alone to live life as they feel they want to live it. They aren’t out to hurt people, but people fear them because bikers won’t tolerate being disrespected. But if you’re honest to a biker, he/she will appreciate that and return the same. One of the most famous bikers, former Hells Angels President Sonny Barger, said it best, “Treat us good and we’ll treat you better! Treat us bad, and we’ll treat you worse!” Another Hells Angel once said, “Respect us and we’ll respect you. Disrespect us and we’re going to disrespect you…and we’re very good at disrespect!” You get the picture. So this is what I believe a biker to be. Maybe you have another opinion, that’s fine! Opinions are like butt-holes, everyone has one. I love being a biker. I despise posers. Either you have it in you or you don’t. Just be honest with yourself. If you’re not a biker, please don’t pretend to be one. You’re just making a fool out of yourself. A REAL biker can see through your façade. We can tell. You might be able to fool a non-biker, but you can’t fool us. We’re Circle Flies. What’s a Circle Fly? A cop pulls over a biker. As he’s writing the biker a ticket, a fly keeps buzzing around the cop’s face. “Damn flies,” says the cop. “That’s not an ordinary fly,” states the biker. “That’s a Circle Fly.” “A Circle Fly?” asks the cop. “What’s a Circle Fly?” “A Circle Fly hangs around a horse’s ass.” replies the biker. “ARE YOU CALLING ME A HORSE’S ASS?” bellows the cop. “Oh, no sir. I would never do that… but you can’t fool a Circle Fly.” This has been my two cents worth. So until next time…Let’s be safe out there! Johnny
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Product Review: Bootywax Booty Shine, Liquid Performance Metal Polish, Bootywax Purple Glaze.

03 Jan
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Owning a motorcycle has so many positive attributes! However, the one thing I don’t really care for is cleaning it all the time. I own two bikes; a 2006 Fat Boy with huge apes, a throaty bellow that announces her arrival and departure, and a stunning pearl white paint job. Her name is Argo. My other bike, appropriately named Nunya, is a black Kawasaki Vaquero 1700. Living in Florida affords me to ride motorcycles everyday – even if it’s raining. Yeah, I’m a biker and I ride! Raindrops, wind, and black night of darkness notwithstanding. I have purchased enough cleaning products over my 30+ years on the road where I could buy a truck load of chrome for BOTH Nunya and Argo, throwing in a new pull-behind trailer for Nunya for the immense amount of overstock! It’s the same old story when it comes to reading the ‘wonderful attributes’ of one cleaning product over another. As the old saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Well, you certainly can’t judge a good cleaning product by its label. You have to use it and see how it stands the test of time. Thankfully, being on the road gives me lots of opportunities to attend various biker events and rallies. I have been so fortunate to meet someone that knows her cleaning products inside and out! My good friend and fellow biker, Shelley, owns and operates Detailer’s Dream Supply. Shelley hooked me up with some amazing cleaning products for my motorcycles that she asked me to do some product reviews on. When it comes to cleaning products, Shelley knows her stuff inside and out! She refuses to sell anything that does not provide top-notch quality and long-term sturdiness. She spends time talking with manufacturing companies that make and produce cleaning products – for all vehicles! She does her research and completes her own product reviews BEFORE she decides to put these products in her inventory. I was excited to get my hands on these cleaning products and see how they fared on my motorcycles. I decided to let Nunya be the first recipient of my cleaning affection. After giving her a loving bubble bath, I dried her off and started my detailing day using the products that I got from Shelley. For my chrome, I used Liquid Performance Metal Polish. It is a great product that went on easily. I was a bit worried wondering if I would have to take a chisel (or in some instances a jack hammer) to remove it like some chrome cleaning products I’ve used in the past. I was happily surprised to be able to take one of my new cleaning cloths (Shelley sells these cloths, too!) and wipe off the chrome cleaner with ease like I would be dusting a table. The result of using this chrome cleaner on Nunya’s huge chrome pipes and engine guards was amazing! The reflection of the Florida sunlight actually blinded me. Even when I went to pick Nunya up the day she came home with me, her chrome didn’t shine as much as it did after using Liquid Performance Metal Polish! This chrome cleaner was definitely a keeper! Thankfully, the thought of having to get my chisel and jack hammer out diminished quickly – very quickly! Next was to decide what wax I was going to use on Nunya. I decided to go with another product Shelley gave me called, Bootywax Purple Glaze. This is a pretty cool item. It’s a polish, wax, and glaze in one bottle. Shelley told me that it gently removes oxidation and fine scratches. This item repels bugs which is a big plus for me because in Florida we have Love Bugs. Love Bugs come twice a year and they are nasty! They are bugs that seem to be copulating the day they are born; hence the name Love Bugs. During Love Bug season, you can’t help but ride into swarms of these rotten, good-for-nothing vermin. Everything within 10 feet of you and your motorcycle gets splattered. It’s horrible to get home and see your beautiful motorcycle splattered by Love Bug goo! Shelley also told me that you can put the Purple Glaze on your windshields, too. It’s great water repellant. As I went to get another cleaning cloth, trepidation came over me wondering if the chisel had to come out to remove the Purple Glaze. I started on one area of Nunya’s fairing and was so happy to see this stuff came off EASY! I knew that my shoulders and arms were going to get a waxing detail workout reprieve! And I’m sure some of you reading this product review understand exactly what I mean by that! It took me a good hour to fully clean Nunya from fairing to tires. Wow! Was I ever impressed with this outcome! She was beautiful and I couldn’t wait to get her out on the road and show her off! It was time to give Argo a bubble bath. I’m sure as she sat there in the car port watching all this “beauty shop” going on with Nunya, she was wondering when her time was coming! After her bubble bath, I wiped her down and proceeded to clean her chrome with the Liquid Performance Chrome Cleaner. Argo has a bit more chrome than Nunya; her chrome ape hangers, chrome mirrors, chrome pipes, and various in sundry pieces of chrome here and there on her athletic body all got the loving attention this cleaner was able to provide. Again, the end result on Argo’s chrome was just stunning! Shelley gave me another wax product called, Booty Shine Hazing White Spray Wax. This is a pump spray that goes on very nicely. All I had to do was spray this on the parts of Argo that I wanted to wax; it wasn’t much – just her tank and fenders. As the wax started to dry, I got my anti-static cleaning cloth and proceeded to take this haze off her pearl white skin. Again, another amazing sight to behold! I wiped this off with ease and simplicity! I just LOVE this product! Sometimes I wonder if the reason people don’t wax their bike is because they need to work out, building up upper body strength and muscle mass – for at least six months prior to waxing their bikes – just so they can get the product OFF! I know! I’ve been there! Please feel free to call my good friend, Shelley, and tell her you read my review about her Bootywax products and that you want to try them out as well! Her prices are totally in-line with other cleaning products; $12 each for the Liquid Performance Chrome Cleaner, Purple Glaze, and Booty Shine. Oh, and don’t forget the great anti-static cleaning cloths, too! You get 24 of these huge cloths for only $15! She even has a great power cone that you can put on your cordless power drill for a more defined chrome cleaning experience. This Power Cone is made by Mothers. Also, if you have questions about any of her cleaning and detailing products, ask her! She’s one of the best in the business and knows her stuff! I look forward to seeing your clean bike after you use these products! Send me some pictures at Content@KrazyBikerKatz.com and I will post them for all to see! Thank you, Shelley! You have some amazing products that I am now destined to use as long as they keep making them! Argo and Nunya are stunning and beautiful thanks to these great cleaning and detailing products. Now, it’s time to ride!

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Summer Is Gone – Now Things Get Really Ugly!

17 Oct
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Yes, Summer has left us yet again. Summer is the favorite time of year for most bikers I know. It doesn’t matter where you live, Summer has different rewards for many. If you live up north, Summer is the time when your season of riding is in full bloom! Gone is the cold harsh Winter and the giant question mark of Spring. You never know what kind of weather you’ll get in the Spring. It could be a gorgeously warm one day and blistering cold the next. In the Summer you always know you’ll have great weather for a ride! If you live in the South, it’s a different animal than up north when it comes to riding. In the South, especially where I live in Florida, you can pretty much ride year-round! It can get a bit cold at times in the Winter but that’s why God created leather. Put on your jacket, gloves and chaps and you’ll be good to go! In the Summer it can get blistering hot but once you’re in the wind it’s considerably cooler. It sucks if you have to ride in the city where you are constantly stopping and starting. As you’re sitting at a light the heat from the blazing sun combines with the heat coming off your engine and it can get pretty uncomfortable. It used to be worse prior to the year 2000 here in Florida. Before that, you also had to wear a helmet and THAT really made you sweat! Thank God for ABATE and the abolishment of the mandatory helmet law. The coming of Autumn and Winter signals an end to many things in the biker world. Up north it’s obvious. Depending on how far north you live, it still means cold weather and many folks have to garage their bikes for the duration. In the South, especially Florida, The Autumn and Winter months have a different connotation. While it can still be warm enough to ride, we now have a pest that comes when the weather turns cooler. This pest is even worse than those pesky Love Bugs that are a pain in our ass twice a year for a couple weeks each. Love Bugs are a mess than can splatter your windshield to the point to where you can no longer see through it, or if you’re like me and hate to use a windshield and prefer to having the wind in your face, the Love Bugs can be a REAL inconvenience. You definitely don’t want to ride with your mouth open! YUCK! I once had a live Love Bug get into the right lens of my goggles and was walking around in there. I had to wait till I stopped to get that bastard out of there! No, this pest makes Love Bugs a welcome guest. This pest is what we call a Snowbird. These things can actually kill you and are the murderers of many bikers every year! Snowbirds are old retired people that live up north in the Summer but come down south to escape the ravages of Winter. They clog our roads and often drive 40mph in a 55mph zone. They often haven’t a clue as to where they are going and will change lanes or turn for seemingly no reason and little, if any, notice. You can be riding behind one of these menaces and have them stop dead in their tracks to look at a yard sale going on! They really don’t care. In fact, they expect the people living in Florida year-round to not only tolerate their behavior, but to actually thank them for coming down every year and boosting our economy. Yes, they actually do help our economy and thanks to the tourism dollar we don’t have a state income tax in Florida. But sometimes my wife and I will be relaxing after getting off work, where we often interact with these rude and sometimes downright MEAN people, and have to listen to the almost constant scream of ambulance sirens running all around tending to our “Winter Visitors”. We’ve come to call these sirens the “Wail of the Snowbird”. The law certainly doesn’t help us. If a cage driver kills one of us, they most likely will get a ticket averaging $180. ABATE is currently trying to change this so there will be stiffer penalties for car drivers who kill bikers. Maybe this will make them think twice about cutting us off so they can turn right into the flea market from the left lane.  Be sure to join your local ABATE chapter and help make it safer for us all. So, let’s brace ourselves for what the cold weather brings. For those of you up north, you can start saving money and plan on what you may want to do to your bike. Then you can bring it down to show off at Daytona in March! Or, if you live in the South, ride safe while dodging these treacherous villains that are out to kill us. This is just my two cents worth, give me yours! Till next time, let’s be safe out there. Johnny
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Hells Angels Sue Janet Napolitano and Hillary Clinton Over Ban on Members Entering U.S.

19 Aug
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The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has filed a lawsuit against several federal agency heads, claiming the group's foreign members have been wrongfully banned from entering the United States. Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas are named as defendants in the lawsuit, as the lawsuit claims their executive rules could be violating the Hells Angels' constitutional rights. The federal lawsuit contends that several foreign Hells Angels members applied for visas last year to attend one of the club's major events in New Hampshire, and they were denied, based on their membership with the Hells Angels. According to the lawsuit, "[m]any members" of the Hells Angels don't have criminal records, and the club says it's not a "criminal organization." On the other hand, the lawsuit recognizes that Homeland Security and the Department of State made an agreement to define the Hells Angels as a "known criminal organization" in the Department of State's Foreign Affairs Manual -- thus making them ineligible to obtain a visa. But the Hells Angels' lawsuit claims this rule flies in the face of the congressional immigration legislation that allows immigration officials to deny visas for security reasons. "Defendants will deny visas to all aliens based solely on their membership in a Hells Angels charter without further analysis into whether or not that individual seeks to enter the United States to engage solely, principally, or incidentally in unlawful activity," the lawsuit states. The Hells Angels are ultimately seeking a permanent injunction against the rules that are keeping its members from getting visas -- which would likely apply to other biker gangs listed by the State Department, like the Outlaws, Bandidos, and Mongols, as well as street gangs like MS 13 and the 18th Street gang. The lawsuit can be found below:
HAMC v. Janet NAPOLITANO
et. al.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA)HELLS ANGELS )MOTORCYCLE CORPORATION, )5716 Corsa Ave, Ste 110 )Westlake Village, CA 91362-7354 ))Plaintiff, )v. ) CASE NO.:___________)JANET NAPOLITANO, )Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; )United States Department of Homeland Security )Washington, DC 20528 ))HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, )Secretary of State )U.S. Department of State )2201 C Street NW )Washington, DC 20520 )))ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, )Director of U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services, )20 Massachusetts Ave., NW )Washington, DC 20529 ))Defendants. ))COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
Plaintiff Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation (“Plaintiff”) makes this Complaint fordeclaratory judgment and injunctive relief against Defendants the Department of HomelandSecurity and Secretary of State and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.This Complaint arises out of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) and the Defendants’interpretation of the relevant portions of the INA which renders Plaintiff’s foreign members
Case 1:12-cv-01357-GK Document 1 Filed 08/16/12 Page 1 of 10
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