Lone Losers MC

Friday, July 27, 2012

JUSTICE IS SERVED!! Investigators arrest 33 across five boroughs in motorcycle theft ring

City investigators popped the clutch on a 17-month probe of an international motorcycle theft ring Wednesday, snatching up nearly three dozen people across the five boroughs accused of fencing high-end bikes and guns. At least 10 guns and 50 expensive motorcycles were collected in the sweep, which was the culmination of a joint NYPD-Manhattan district attorney investigation deploying undercover officers posing as buyers and using extensive wiretaps to record conversations between the runners and the sellers. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Diana Florence, said that runners would steal minivans, then drive around Manhattan looking for Ducati, Kawasaki and Husqvarna cycles parked on city streets. The thieves would load the coveted bikes into the back of their vans and drive off. Maurin Cadet, 23, who works for a refrigerator company in Queens and lives with his mother, is accused of buying 18 motorcycles from the runners and selling them to undercover officers, according to Florence. Odel Dawson, 23, who prosecutors say sold nearly a dozen bikes, showed an undercover officer a photograph of a handgun and offered to sell it to him. Most of the 16 defendants arraigned Wednesday were held on at least $100,000 bail, though many, like Dawson, had no criminal history. “He is charged with being a cog in the wheel of a larger scheme going on here,” Adam Freedman, Dawson’s lawyer said at his arraignment. “It’s unreasonably high bail based on the allegation.” Prosecutors are charging 33 people with enterprise corruption related to the stolen bikes and gun sales. Sources said some of the stolen bikes were sold overseas. Because some of the suspects in the ring had not yet been apprehended, the Manhattan DA refused to release any details on the case and Judge Marcy K. Kahn imposed a gag order, barring defense lawyers from discussing the case. Prosecutors are expected to announce the full scope of the investigation at a news conference Thursday.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving I am thankful that the owner of this Ranchero lives in my neighborhood and likes to share his thoughts.

Happy turkey day, turkeys!!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Japanese Transliteration for Lone Losers

I got help from two Japanese friends. One is a native speaker, and the second is American born. This was actually quite the task but well worth it and a wonderful learning experience about the Japanese language and culture. Check it out:

ローン・ルーザーズ

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Friday, August 5, 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

New seat for my Bonnie

A project taken on from an aspiring upholsterer is customizing a cafe racer style seat for my '74 Bonnie. This seat was originally brown with a his & hers ass-pad.

Pretty stoked to see the finished product.