Apparently it's the high tariff

Donald Trump and the Harley Davidson tariff

Former president said in a campaign speech raised concerns about apparently high tariff on Harley Davidson and other American goods sold in India.

He says the tariffs are up to 100, 150 and 200 percent. This claim is unverified.

The tariff is so high that nobody wants it. But what they want us to do is, they want us to go over and build a plant, and then you have no tariff - Donald Trump in interview

Trump at CPAC

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Harley Davidson plans

• The company recently went into partnership with Hero MotoCorp in India to manufacture a premium motorcycle there.

They used to get along...

Now? Not so much...

Ron DeSantis attended Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride even in Iowa last Saturday. It's billed as the big political event of the summer. There is a modest amount of motorcycle riding. Trump skipped it.

The two are seeking the Republican nomination for president, of course.

Rival outlaw gangs at Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally

Advertised as "ready to rumble" with 28,000 bikers from "all different backgrounds."

• Authorities said the gunfight had its beginning in a disagreement earlier in Albuquerque.

• Banditos and Waterdogs involved in the incident.

• Red River is a beautifulmountain resort town in New Mexico.

• New Mexico State Police said three bikers are facing charge. Five wounded in the gunfight.

• Law enforcement was on the scene within 30-seconds, say authorities. The Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said gun violence affects all of New Mexico, even small towns, according to reports.

  Red River, NM

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Possible next big breakthrough

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Photo is of a fuel cell machine. But the next generation may be hydrogen powered.

Big four in Japan move toward hydrogen

• Honda
• Yamaha
• Suzuki
• Kawasaki

The big motorcycle manufacturers in Japan have agreen to work collaboratively in developing new technology. It would be clean, and powerful.

A look at the future

Son of the also famous Evil Knievel

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The famed stunt rider died last Friday. He was only 60-years old. His last days were in a hospice with pancreatic cancer

Knievel first jumped his bicycle at age 4. Performed in Madison Square Garden at age 8, and went on to follow in Evil's footsteps.

350 jumps in his career

He performed his last jump in 2011 in Coachella, California, jumping 50 feet above tractor-trailer trucks at the Spotlight 29 Casino

Set 20 motorcycle stunt records in his lifetime.

Looking Back

Pretty good mass of photos from the life and times of Robbie Knievel. Scenes throughout his career in:

Photos at New York Post

and also

WFMZ

And then there is this:

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Sonny Barger News Reports

The most famous Hells Angels of them all

This from the local TV stations in California. He died at age 83:

From "Access"

From CBS News Bay Area:

Sonny Barger, 1938-1922

Iconic Leader of Hells Angels in California

One of the first presidents of Hells Angels dies of liver cancer. He gained fame in movies, books and ultimately in the criminal court system with his leadership in the Hells Angels.

Barger gained fame through many avenues, including now-famous books that featured some of his exploits and life. These include:

"Hells Angels," by Hunter S. Thompson. The book launched Thompson's most famous period of work.

Wild drug laced parties and California counter-culture galore in this one, by Tom Wolf

Top photo - "Oakland chapter Hell's Angel PREZ Ralph ' Sonny' Barger and taken care of business crowd" by ATOMIC Hot Links is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

A mixture of bikers, protests, memorials, arrests and lots of now one knows what this is.

Protest is colorful, and perhaps in search of a cause...

• Heavy police presence in Ottawa
• Hundreds gathered for the protest, and several arrested
• Some were protesting covid restriction
• Counter protesters gathered across the street
• About 150 motorcycles on the edge of the protest

memorial service near the National War Memorial

Lots of photos of it all in the New York Post story

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Russian Bikers vs. Ukranian Bikers

Motorcycle clubs on collision course

As war looms in the Ukraine, tensions run high amongst the biker clubs in bordering countries.

Things Heat up in Montenegro

The Montenegrin branch of the Russian “Night Wolves” bikers club wants the government of Montenegro to ban a pro-Ukraine solidarity rally.

The Russian "Night Wolves" accused the pro-Ukranine solidarity movement of "war mongering." The Russian Nightwolves were founded by Alexander Zaldostanov (The Surgeon) in the early 1980s. The group was composed of rock music fans and motorcycle enthusiasts.

The Night Wolves are favored by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He calls them "friends." Putin is often at the groups nationalist rallied. And he rides a Harley Davidson.

Night Wolves motto:

Pray to God and stick to Russia

The "Night Wolves" even participated in the invasion and annexation of the Crimean part of the Ukraine in 2014. They have even pushed the Russification of Montenegro."

On to Ukraine

Flag of Ukraine

United States ambassador to Mongenegro Judy Rising Reinke called on American and Montenegran citizens to support a free Ukraine, and oppose Russian aggression.