GET AN ORIGINAL ED RYAN

Ed the artist is doing a series of commissions for Christmas for £30 [yes thats right £30].

If you want your bike given the Ed treatment hit him up on his email eddyryanart@hotmail.co.uk with a picture of your bike or your son/wife/exhusband/lover/auntie s bike and let Ed do the rest.

International orders are happening - if I was Ed I would ask for a few dollars more for postage & if I was me I'd add it anyway. Get on it because I know that orders are coming in already.

If you want to see the back of someone....

lend them a tenner.

That truism goes with Walters 'no good deed.....'.

And on that £10 note I hand over to Walter of Kickstart Cycles & Gypsy Run fame [also of looking for a JMC swinger for his '86 FXR ....anyone out there got one in the UK or Europe let me know].

No good deed...

The other day I was going on about reaching out and helping someone, donating or volunteering time to a cause, because the act of helping someone out is it's own reward. Or something like that. You can read it HERE. That got me thinking about the saying "No good deed goes unpunished". A sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, because life is inherently unfair, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their being helpful. (from Wikipeida) You never hear "No good deed goes unrewarded!" do you? If doing something nice is a reward in it self, then this should ring true, but it doesn't. I think it has something to do with human nature and societal fatalism than anything else, but that is a dissusion best had over drinks. My point is, I think, I would hate for your good works to backfire. Espicialy since you are reading this and getting inspired to go out and kick some charitible ass! So here is the deal Send me a reciept from a American Red Crossdonation, a photo of you volunteering. A photo of your coat drive or any selfless act over the hollidays and I will put your name in the hat for the

No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded Gift Pack!
A Vanson / Kickstart Leather Revolver Vest.
A Biltwell Gen 2 Helmet and Mako Tail Light!
A $150.00 Gift certifictate from S&S Cycle
A Hi Bond Modified Kick Pedal
Speed Bars and Pegs from The Speed Merchant!
A bunch of T-Shirts & Stickers
and... something else!
That is OVER $1000.00 worth of stuff!
Now I know you don't need an incentive to do something nice, that would defeat the entire pourpose, now wouldn't it. Think of this as a tangable reward for getting in the ring.
All you have to do is email your pictures, a short story and your contact info to info@kickstartcycle. Everything counts, if you have been volunteering in already or are just finding the time now. The Contest will be open till NEW YEARS EVE 2012 We will pick a name out of the hat on NEW YEARS DAY.
Please share this link and spread the word! ~ Walter

WALES/ENGLAND/FRANCE/BELGIUM/HOLLAND

Angelo & Sven put on The 1st Flanders Chopper Bash. If they do the 2nd I recommend you go.

Its easy getting there, its not so easy staying the course and getting back was a blur.

The sun shines on the righteous - only Sav got soaked.

BROOKLYN INVITATIONAL

We aint going but it was good so go if you can...lots of laying about and stuff

THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN DO IT WHERE YOU LIKE

A GLASS OF MILK

At last years Linkert Attacks UK there was a contraption on the bar made by our very own MacGyver that smoked and rattled and leaked cider from every orifice [except one which produced some other byproduct].....anyway that got reduced to a lump of metal and a few gauges and passed into legend.

 Things have moved on a bit since then. Our man in the West has been worrying about what the fuck to do with all this milk that the supermarkets wont pay proper money for, I mean Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are good and all that but there is only so much breakfast cereal a man can take.

To his credit he has come up golden.......

Take a herd of cows and milk the milk out of them

 Give to a man with years of experience of abuse and some medical shoes

 and give the Black Widows some Black Cow Vodka......

We will be hocking limited quantities of this most refined and exclusive delight in the Widow Lounge at the Trip Out this weekend ..... and I mean limited quantities.

CHICKENS LOVE CHOPPERS

best of show by a long shot