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INALLY, THE WEATHER is on our side. I for one have been riding as much as possible. Spent some time down at the beach last month for Spring Bikes to the Beach. Got to say for once the weather was good. It has been very bad the past few years. Spent a lot of my time riding around to all the local businesses and enjoying some adult beverages and make some new friends. Living the lifestyle that I do, allows me to meet some awesome people. At the same time, I have met some real assholes as well. At the end of it all, this is my life, and I wouldn’t live it any other way. This month is full of events in the area. Be sure to share your events every Tuesday on our “Tell Us Tuesday!” post through Facebook. We keep you posted with all the latest events and rides in the Mid-Atlantic Area. Get involved! This is your magazine too! If you want to see something, let us know! And don’t be afraid to take some pictures, and write down your stories, and send them to us. You never know, it might end up in the magazine! We are always looking for a good story, or a new road, or a helpful tip on new parts or just routine maintenance on the bike. Help you fellow Brother and Sisters out, don’t be selfish, share what you learned with everyone. For a full list of all the local events in the MidAtlantic area, be sure to check out our website - www.thunderroadsmidatlantic.com. We have all the information you will need to plan your season as we update our calendars weekly with new rides and rallies. As always, feel free to submit your event to be listed on the site at no charge. Just go to the web page events tab and click the submit your event tab. We will get it up on the site asap. The Road Crew here at Thunder Roads® MidAtlantic works very hard at keeping you up to date with all the local events in your area. We attend as many events as we can, more than any of our competitors, but we can’t be everywhere. Submit your photos and stories to bigcity@bigcityrhino.com and be a part of the THUNDER!!
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BY JOYCE ELAINE
DIARY OF A BIKER CHIC
May 12, 2018
I finally was given a Saturday that had no rain and warm temperatures. I love having my weekends off now because I pretty much do what I want without having to worry about getting to a job in the evening time. Although it was going to be 90 degrees today, I knew I wanted to take the bike out. I went back and forth with where I wanted to go. It was either going to be Ocean City, Gettysburg, or Skyline Drive. Gettysburg had a pretty good chance of rain so that was out. I felt it was too hot for Skyline Drive so I knocked that off the list. Ocean City it was. I was also riding solo today. By the time I got out on the road it was already 10:30. It was still cool out at just barely 70 degrees so the first half hour of my trip was actually really nice. I wished it wasn’t going to get any hotter but I knew it would. About 30 minutes into my trip it really started warming up but when I hit the bay bridge, it was feeling nice and chill. I know some people don’t like going over the bay bridge, but I actually really enjoy it! I wish I had my camera’s hooked up on the bike so I could have filmed the ride over but my batteries were dead. Oh well, there will be other times! The ride there was not too thrilling. There’s no back roads the way I go and it’s mainly highway riding. There’s nothing better when you are riding on a really hot day and hit a pocket of cold air. It feels like you are riding through an air conditioner! When I hit Ocean City the temperature dropped down to 72 degrees and it felt so nice. I parked in the inlet parking lot and noticed that they got rid of the toll booth and there was nowhere to grab a ticket. They now have it set up to where you pay at a machine and put the ticket in your car. I got lucky because as I was standing in line to use one of the machines, a couple of girls pulled up in their car and asked if I wanted their ticket because they didn’t use the entire time. It was a ticket for up to 3:30 which was the time I was planning on leaving anyway so I took the ticket and thanked them. I guess there are still some nice people out there! I also noticed that they are putting a Chic-Fil-A on the boardwalk. Everything else was the same old Ocean City. I got me some Thrasher Fries and some Dumser’s ice cream which made the 150 miles there worth it. I sat on a bench for a while and enjoyed the ocean. The ocean is one of my places to go and relieve stress. That combined with the bike made for a great day. I knew I wanted to have the bike parked by 6:00 because there was supposed to be some rain moving in between 6:30 and 7:00, so pulled out of Ocean City a little after 3:00. I filled up and then was on my way. The traffic was much better going home than coming in but it was also much hotter out. I made my first and only stop in Easton and got some cold water and sat down in the air conditioning for a bit. It was here that I realized that my leg was burnt pretty bad due to the hole in my jeans. My hands were also burnt from the opening at the top of my gloves. I really need to start putting on sun block when I’m riding. I was starting to feel a little tired, probably from the heat, and figured I better get on down the road. I got over the bay bridge with no problems. My path after that is IS 97 to route 32. As I was cruising down route 50, a red pick-up truck was driving past me on the left hand side. I looked over and the guy in the passenger seat was an older man well in
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his 60s or so. He looked at me, shook his head and gave me a thumbs up. I returned the thumbs up and he shook his head yes as if to say, “Yup, you are right, you know what you are doing.” As I was cruising down the road, I must have ended up in Lala land somewhere because I blew right past IS 97 and didn’t even realize it. I was riding down 50 and was looking for the exit for 32 and realized that I should have already been there. Then I started seeing signs for the beltway and then I saw a sign saying that I was only 7 miles from Washington, DC. I did NOT want to maneuver the bike around in the city so I took the next exit onto Kenilworth Avenue and got myself turned around and back on 50 East. I was almost 20 miles from IS97 so I got way off track! Also, the sky was starting to look a little dark and scary. I was just hoping at that point that I’d get the bike parked before the rain moved in. Missing the exit seemed to be more of a bad idea than I thought because I almost got hit twice while on route 50. The first time, a big pick-up truck in the lane to the left of me, decided to come on over in front of me and came within an inch and a half to hitting my front tire. I didn’t even see him coming so if he had come over just a second sooner, he would have hit me. The second one was a car that decided to come over in front of me but I saw him coming and slammed on my brakes. If I didn’t he would have hit me. The killer with him was that he looked in his rearview mirror at me when he was in front of me and waved at me as if to thank me. I shook my head “no” and he waved again. He then started weaving in and out of traffic while flying down the road. I really wish people would pay attention while driving. Sometimes when I’m on the bike on a highway, I feel more like I’m on a battlefield than riding in traffic.
It was 7:00 by the time I parked the bike and just at that moment, it started drizzling! I can’t tell you how many times that happens to me. I always say that I have someone looking out for me when I’m out on the bike! And by the time I got home, it started pouring rain and thundering and lightening and the winds picked up to 60 mph! I got really lucky! I was drained as I did a total of 344 miles! But it was nice to finally be out on the bike with nothing leaking out of it and enjoying myself. While I do enjoy riding with a few people, there’s something to be said about riding solo. You can stop as often or as little as you want to and go where ever you want. I also find solace when I get out on my own. It’s really good for the soul!
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RIDING CLUBS, MOTORCYCLE CLUBS AND JC CLUB Riding club and Motorcycle Club Differences Major Differences Riding motorcycles is the primary purpose of a riding club. It’s mission is to enjoy in the spirit of riding together, with no other commitments or requirements. Riding motorcycles is not really what a motorcycle club is about. It’s more about the social aspects of being together, the brotherhood, creating a family, or creating a framework by which members can find their place in a common goal. Riding motorcycles is just something that members do together. Who Joins and Why? Men and women join riding clubs because they want to find friends to ride with, they want to improve their riding skills by learning from others, they’d like to learn more about group riding, but they don’t want the lifelong commitment to the club. Men and women join motorcycle clubs because they seek a brotherhood/Sisterhood bond with other riders, they want the unconditional support from a family, they want an organizational framework that they can find their place in, they want to be associated with the club’s image and reputation, and they want to make a lifelong commitment to the club. Membership Requirements Some riding clubs require only that the rider submit an application, and pay membership dues, and then they can be considered full fledged members. Yet other riding clubs have some kind of prospect period that allows them to evaluate someone before making them a full fledged member. A few riding clubs acquire members by invitation only. In a motorcycle club (MC), membership normally starts out by “hanging around” a club, such as attending public parties, rides, and events, and getting to know the various members. After awhile, a member that you have gotten to know really well may offer to sponsor you as a prospect. If you become a prospect, you’re then put to a test of will, after which you’ll earn your membership. This test of will varies from club to club, and can be almost no test of will, to an extreme test of will. Patches In a riding club, the back patch is purchased once membership is obtained. In some clubs, the patch can be kept after you’ve left the club. In others, it must be returned to club. In a motorcycle club, the back patch is earned along with membership. Should you get kicked out of the club, the patch is returned to them. Quitting a Club Members of a riding club are free to quit at anytime. There is no lifelong commitment required, though it’s common for some people to remain in a riding club for their whole lives. The riding 6
club is not the most important part of a member’s life. However, some riding clubs do demand that their members place some importance in the club. Motorcycle Club Members are not expected to quit. Joining a motorcycle club is a lifelong commitment. Some clubs don’t allow their members to quit, or else suffer some kind of retribution. All motorcycle clubs demand that their members attend every meeting, and demand that their members participate in all major events. Some motorcycle clubs even demand that their members make the club the most important part of their lives, above their own families, jobs, and religion. JC Club (Jesus Christ Club) Membership is by invitation only. You are first a follower and then a full patch holder when you submit everything and become a disciple. This is an eternal commitment. Matthew 4:18-22 As Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Simon’s brother Andrew. These brothers were fishermen, and they were fishing in the lake with a net. Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you a different kind of fishermen. You will bring in people, not fish.” Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him. Jesus continued walking by Lake Galilee. He saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee. They were preparing their nets to catch fish. Jesus told the brothers to come with him. So they immediately left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus. Brotherhood, Is It just Another Word? Matthew 4:18-22 As Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Simon’s brother Andrew. These brothers were &shermen, and they N were &shing in the lake with a net. Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me, and I will make you a di+erent kind of &shermen. You will bring in people, not &sh.” Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him. Jesus continued walking by Lake Galilee. He saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee. They were preparing their nets to catch &sh. Jesus told the brothers to come with him. So they immediately left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.
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1959 A10 Rocket 650 twin. This was BSA in her prime.
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BY ANDY TALLONE Classic-British-Motorcycles.com
HE CLASSIC Norton Commando was many things in its brief ten-year lifespan (1968-1977). It was the first production motorcycle to earn the title of ‘superbike’, and at one point it was the world’s quickest and fastest production motorcycle, and it was Norton’s last shot at survival. The Commando was a handsome machine, with an air of quality and prestige. They were fast, torquey, handled great, and most of all they were smooth, at a time when most twins vibrated badly. The Commando was Norton’s biggest financial success, and despite its short life, one of the last classic British motorcycles to fall out of production in 1975, eclipsed only by the evergreen Triumph Bonneville which made it to 1983. The Commando’s performance, handling and great looks have made it a legend among motorcycles, and they’re still very much in demand today among enthusiasts and collectors alike.
THE VERTICAL TWIN IS BORN
The story of the Norton Commando actually begins at Triumph in 1937 with the introduction of their game-changing 500 Speed Twin, designed by Edward Turner. It was the world’s first ‘modern’ vertical twin, and it set the world on fire. At the time, the biggest road bikes were 500 singles that were hard to start, vibrated when pushed hard, and didn’t like to rev. Turner’s idea was to split that 500cc’s up into two parallel cylinders whose pistons rose and fell together, but fired alternately. The 360-degree crankshaft had a large central
flywheel with no center main bearing, they rode on just two main bearings in vertically-split crankcases. This was part of the genius of Turner’s design: the new engine could be produced using the exact same tooling as the single-cylinder engines they were already building. This saved time, money and they were already familiar with it. The 1938 Speed Twin was such a departure from everything else on the market at the time that nearly every other British motorcycle manufacturer was scrambling to produce one of their own.
THE HORSEPOWER RACE IS ON
World War II ended all civilian production in 1940. But when it resumed in 1946, the race was on with Triumph leading the way, and over the next few years BSA, Matchless, AJS, Ariel, Royal Enfield and Norton all developed their own vertical twins. Norton’s first twin was the 500cc Model 7 introduced in 1949. In the early 1950s Norton developed a radical new frame dubbed the “Featherbed Frame” (covered in the January 2018 issue of this column) for their legendary 500cc single-cylinder road racer, the Norton Manx. The 1950s opened with Triumph boring & stroking its 500 out to 650cc, and adding more power almost every year throughout the 1950s. Everyone else lagged behind. In 1953, Norton dropped the Model 7’s 29hp 500 twin engine into the new Featherbed Frame and called the new bike the Dominator 88. In 1956, the same year Triumph introduced their hot new 650 TR6, Norton bored & stroked their own 500 engine out, but only to a 600 (597cc to be exact) now making 34hp, and renamed it the Dominator 99. In 1960, they did it again, boring it out to 650cc, and cranking out 52hp, creating the new Dominator 650SS. While this meant displacement parity with Triumph’s 650s, Triumph had just released the red-hot twin-carb 650 Bonneville in 1959, once again trumping the competition.
THE OLD AND THE NEW
The Commando came in many guises. This is a 1974 Commando SS (Street Scrambler) with high pipes.
MORE POWER, SCOTTY!
What to do? More displacement, of course. In 1962, that valiant little twin-cylinder engine that started out life as a 500 in 1949, then grew into a 600 and then a 650, was stroked out to 745cc giving birth to yet another new model, the 750 Atlas. The engine, designed in the 1940s to be a 30hp 500 had grown into a snarling 750 spitting out 58hp at 6,800 rpm. The performance of the new bike was stunning and certainly on par with the best that Triumph, BSA and the rest could throw at them. But all that power came at a price: vibration, wicked vibration. To get the power out, these engines had to spin fast, and the faster the spun the worse the vibrations, caused by those two large pistons rising and falling together. Throughout the late 1950s and all through the 1960s, every maker of vertical twins was dealing with the same vexing problem: how to tame the vibrations as more power was being squeezed out, the market demanded more and more power.
PARENT COMPANY COLLAPSES
During this period, Norton was owned by AMC. No, not American Motors. Associated Motor Cycles was a British company that owned several British motorcycle brands including Matchless, AJS, lesser-known Francis-Barnett and James...and Norton. Out of all of them, by the early 60s, production had been whittled down to just Matchless and AJS singles and Norton twins, and only Norton was making money. By 1966 AMC was broke and was bought out of by Dennis Poore of Manganese Bronze Holdings and reformed as Norton-Villiers. All he wanted out of the AMC deal was the new bike Norton had on the drawing board.
This 1974 Norton John Player Special (JPN) is all stock Commando underneath.
Norton had always been an innovative company, adept at coming up with novel solutions to complex problems on an impossiblysmall budget. They needed more power to remain competitive in the marketplace, but to extract that power, they had to find a way to quell the vibrations that were tearing their bikes apart. They didn’t have the money to design a whole new modern engine, which is what they really needed. So, they dropped the same old ancient engine that had powered ever twin-cylinder bike they’d every built, that started out at just 497cc and 29-horsepower, introduced in 1949, into yet another radical new frame and created the next generation of Norton: the 1968 Commando.
WHATMAKESACOMMANDOUNIQUE? The first thing you notice when you walk up to a Norton Commando is that they are gorgeous! Perfectly-proportioned and beautifully-crafted, they come in a wide range of vivid colors and body styles. They’re also big, for a bike of that era, longer than a Bonneville. But what made the Commando truly unique among motorcycles of its day was what Norton called “Isolastic Suspension”. Designed by a Rolls Royce engineer, it mounted the swing arm to the back of the engine, then rubber mounted the engine in a way that isolated the rest of the bike from the engine’s and the rear wheel’s vibration, The weight and bulk of the engine package made a great foundation to mount the swing arm pivot to, done with a set of cast-aluminum plates. Most modern Harley V-twins have a similar rubber-mounted engine and swing-arm system, but at the time it was revolutionary. It smoothed the CONTINUED....
brawny 750 twin out like never before, allowing riders to actually enjoy the horsepower the engine produced at high RPMs. And they handled superbly. Another unique feature of the Commando that sets it apart from every other Norton twin, is the angle of its cylinders. Even though they all use essentially the same engine, all earlier Norton twins have their cylinders oriented vertically, while the Commando’s are slanted forward at a rakish angle. How is this done, and why? All classic Norton engines are of ‘non-unit construction’. This means the crankcase, the primary case, and the gearbox are all separate components that are bolted together in the bike with a set of brackets or plates. So, it was a simple matter to mount the engine to the primary case at the desired angle, modifying the old sump and pickup as needed. As to why they did it, compared with the old-school look of the vertical twins, the angled cylinders looked ‘more modern’, and I have to agree.
RIDING A NORTON COMMANDO TODAY
It’s not that hard to find a nice ride-quality Norton Commando for under $10,000. In fact, there’s a gorgeous 1970 750 Commando Roadster in my free classified ads-page on ClassicBritish-Motorcycles.com for just $7,800. Any Commando that is running properly should be able to run with modern traffic, stop well, handle extremely well, and be pretty comfortable. If you end up with a pre-1975 Commando, you’ll be kick starting it. Personally, I love kick-starting my Triumphs, there’s nothing much to it, if they’re running right. And it’s just plain cool! Way cooler than pushing a little button. On the road, classic Commandos do better on long straights and slow curves than they do in tight twisties, but their handling is tight and solid, and always inspires confidence. The 4-speed gearbox limits top speed, and takes some of the joy out of highspeed cruising, yet Norton owners have been making it work for decades. There is a huge support network for Nortons, including copious parts, service, books, and clubs. Despite being over 40 years old, a Norton Commando still turns heads everywhere it goes.
Same engine, it’s vertical in the Atlas (LEFT), and canted forward in the Commando (RIGHT).
COMMANDO DEVELOPMENT
In 1973, they got a front disk brake and...wait for it...more displacement! They bored it this time, taking it out to 828cc for what they called the 850 Commando. Not that it was any faster, it wasn’t. In fact, it made the same 58hp it did as a 750. But now it made that power at a lower RPM, which was better on everyone, man and machine. It took until 1975 to get a muchneeded electric starter. During its run, the Commando was built in numerous variants and ‘specials’. All were actually bone-stock Commandos underneath, with interesting appearance packages applied to the surface. The first Commando to debut in 1968 was called the Fastback, and had a cafe racer-style seat with a ducktail rear fender. Then came the Roadster, which is what most people are used to seeing, with conventional seat and rear fender. The Interstate came with a larger 5 gallon tank and bigger seat for long-range touring. The Production Racer looked like a legitimate factory road racer, but it was street legal, and again underneath it was a stock Commando. The John Player Norton or JPN was a red-white-and-blue factor cafe racer commemorating Norton’s racing success with the British cigarette maker as a sponsor. And perhaps the wildest of all was Norton’s crude attempt at a factory chopper, the hideous Commando Hi-Rider, with it’s banana seat, sissy bar and ape-hanger handlebars. In 1972 they hot-rodded the 750 engine with a wild cam and sky-high compression and called it the Combat. It went into production largely untested. When the warranty claims started pouring it, it became obvious that the engine was in combat with itself. They were grenades. The debacle cost Norton millions and much lost reputation. All Nortons are 4-speeds, and shift 1-up, 3-down, the opposite of most bikes. Most Nortons shift on the right, as God intended, but the 1975-and-later model shifts on the left.
The modern Norton: a 2014 Commando 961
THE MODERN NORTON COMMANDO
The last classic Commando was titled as a 1977 model, but Norton remained solvent, delving into air-cooled twin-rotor Wankel-powered bikes in the 1980s. That didn’t go well. In the 1990s, Kenny Dreer secured the rights and designed the new Norton Commando 961, producing them in small numbers in Oregon. They were practically hand-built and trickled out until 2006 when UK businessman Stuart Garner bought the brand. He built a brand-new high-tech factory in Donington Park, England and is producing new 961 Commandos at a rate of around 500-1,000 per year. While totally modern, the new bike is instantly recognizable as a Norton Commando.
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he day finally arrived when the stars less bliss was made for bikes. The trail blazers just ROAD had aligned. I was riding my favorite modidn’t know it at the time. We got a wave from one torcycle built by the coolest company on of the locals as we rode by. Cresting the top, we CAPTAIN’S earth, provided by Shenandoah Harley caught a glimpse of some of the highest mounREPORT Davidson. We were on our way to our tains in West Virginia. good friend’s house for breakfast. And right out of We passed by Seneca Rocks. As is usually the the gate, I reached back and squeezed my Pillion’s case this time of year, the parking lot at the lodge leg, like I had never done before. was bustling with activity, and several bikes were Nothing was going to stand in our way as I took the among them. All the streams, creeks and rivers Rushmore Ultra Limited through the gears heading were alive and brimming from all the recent rain we down to McDowell. We lunged back in the seat, as I grabbed a had. The redbuds were making a debut, contrasting the bare trees, handful of throttle to pass a slow-moving vehicle, heading up the fooled once by a late freeze. hill to Monterey. Vance and Hines sang their beautiful chorus along West Virginia’s largest gift shop is something to see. Aside from with Tremonti and Foo Fighters. The call and response of the melo- all the cool items for sale, the rustic charm, inside and out, fits dies seemed to mimic the left and right sweepers along Straight perfectly with the natural beauty of the region. We were getting Creek Road. Good to be back on a bike again with my Love was an our “browse” on, while admiring all the taxidermy, paired with the understatement. It was nothing shy of Heaven. extravagant woodwork, in this 26,000 square foot facility. I’d never As if matters couldn’t get any worse, Henry and Joyce served up drooled over a staircase before. And perhaps most importantly, a buffet of bacon and eggs, homefries and biscuits. We were all they had rocking chairs on a shaded patio. To those who can apexcited and looking forward to riding together again. It had been preciate what “the chair” is all about; you haven’t lived until you’ve since last fall when all four of us were on bikes. Plates emptied, rocked here. bellies filled, and gear eagerly donned, we set a course to Smoke Back in the real world and from the “stark contrast” and “glutHole on one of my favorite roads: Snowy Mountain. tons for punishment” departments, we took a detour to Wally It’s an 11-mile shortcut that goes over a mountain, whose name World. I needed some lighter gloves, and Joyce needed some escapes me. Hardly the place for a soccer field, this patch of paint- crafts for her grandson’s upcoming birthday party. Seems my desk
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at work needed my gloves more than I did this day. I did manage to grab the dealer tag though. Along the way on a back road, we slowed down to enter a right corner. A pickup truck heading towards us, completely busted the double yellow line with all four tires. I reached for the high beams as I looked for a spot to bail. At the last moment, the driver jerked the wheel to the right just in time to catch a brief glimpse of my middle finger. The adrenaline dump was severe. And we were the tail bike. We were all hungry. We’d had enough of following an exotic car in first gear with Florida plates, on an empty stomach. The farts and barnyard animal sounds on my apps had run their course through the isles. Even the letter “T”, in the craft department, sophomorically placed upside down over a certain area, lacked the luster, one would ordinarily find hilarious on a full stomach. It was time to go. The gloves were a hit. At 10 bucks, they were a mechanic’s dream. We all rolled the dice, and opted to forgo the local dining establishments this Sunday, in favor of one about 20 miles away, that we weren’t sure was open. We weren’t disappointed. I have ridden past the Lost River Grill many times. Today, there were some bikes in the parking lot, as if some kind of formal invitation was being sent. The place was super clean and nicely decorated. The staff was warm and friendly, and the food was good and fairly priced. Rose especially liked the ice cold beer. It turned out to be just what we were looking for and the ride on Rt. 259 is always a treat. We set up the Pod of All Triness at Kimsey Lake before head-
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ing back. The four of us were the only ones without a fishing pole. The horse and buggies were all tucked away, heading to Ramsey Pike through Singers Glen. Like going from a kick-ass ACDC song to something from the Starland Vocal Band, our buzz-kill was a, circa 1980s, Dodge van crawling up the world renowned pass. We managed to wear a little bit of shoulder off the tires after John Force eventually pulled over and let us by. We parked at another strategically placed gift shop in Brandywine. We’ve been there many times before, but it’s always fun to see if they have any new Harley stuff. The four of us said our goodbyes on yet another day that ended way too soon. Rose and I intimately shared the next 28 miles on one of our favorite roads through Sugar Grove. It’s nothing but farms and homesteads, and the occasional country store. In similar perfection, Rose and I were together again, coexisting on a two wheeled machine, on a road all to ourselves. From a few months ago, it looked like this day would never come. We’ve missed “The Lifestyle”, where the sacred closet loses some of its items repeatedly, for long periods of time. The helmets and gloves, jackets and boots, when donned in motion, have always been a natural and euphoric state of existence for many. I can attest, the opposite is also true. So here’s to the gear, being with friends, your Pillion, Co-Pilot and Love, on a bike with the throttle twisted!!! Cheers and thanks for reading! Marc Ritchie Photos: Rose Grant facebook.com/friendsof211
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A police officer radioed the station house saying, “I have an interesting case here. An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped.” Said he’s been doing this for 54 years and she just snapped. Chief says, “Well, have you arrested the woman?”. Officer comes back quick, “Not yet! The floor’s still wet.” -------------------------------------------------------------Bubba is asking Earl’s advice. “Ya’ know we all stayed out really late at the new topless bar and when I got home there on the handle of the microwave was balanced two apples with a banana in the middle sticking out and my best skinning knife stuck in the banana. What in the hell do you think is up with that?” Earl thinks a bit, tilts his head at Bubba and says, “Do you think she’s wanting you to eat more fruit?”. -------------------------------------------------------------Two guys, both around 60 years old, pulled in the same slot at Sonic as all the spots were full. The one old guy, Bert, is on a scooter and places his order and nods to Jax, who’s on his beloved Night Train, to then place his order. They’re both eating their grub and talking bikes when Bert pumps up his chest and says, “I get 80 miles per gallon, what you get?” Jax is chewing away and looks Bert right in the eyes; “I get laid.” -------------------------------------------------------------Have you ever just stood there listening to someone and you literally have to fight the urge to just start singing as loud as you can that great ole classic from The Wizard of Oz......If You Only Had A Brain? js -------------------------------------------------------------So “Boozer” gets home at 5am after being out partying all night and first thing he does is reach for his bottle of Jack Daniels in the freezer to make him a nightcap. As the freezer door is shutting he sees a note from his fiance on the door that reads: “This isn’t working. Goodbye.” Boozer opens it up again and thinks to himself, “what is wrong with that woman, the door works just fine.” js -------------------------------------------------------------Guys, when a woman is really super mad, just tell her she’s overreacting and she’ll look at you, realize your absolutely right and calm the puck down immediately. Lmao.....call me from the hospital. We need to discuss your lack of basic intuition but also I have a 1972 shovel w/ only 50 miles on it for sale. js 20
A nun walks into the Mother Superior’s office and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh, heavy with frustration. “What troubles you, Sister?” asked Mother Superior. “I thought this was the day you spent with your family.” “It was,” sighed the Sister. “And I went to play golf with my brother. We try to play golf as often as we can. You know I was quite a talented golfer before I devoted my life to the Church.” “I seem to recall that,” Mother Superior agreed. “So I take it your day of recreation was not relaxing?” “Far from it,” snorted the Sister. “In fact, I used profane language today.” “Goodness, Sister!” gasped Mother Superior. “You must tell me all about it!” “Well, we were on the 5th tee — and this hole is a monster, Mother — 540 yard par 5, with a nasty dogleg right and a hidden green … and I hit the drive of my life. The sweetest swing I’ve ever made. And it’s flying straight and true, right along the line I wanted … and it hits a bird in mid-flight!” “Oh my.” commiserated Mother Superior. “How unfortunate. But surely that didn’t make you blaspheme, Sister.” “No, that wasn’t it,” admitted the Sister. “While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, this squirrel runs out of the woods, grabs my ball and runs off down the fairway.” “Oh, that would have made me blaspheme.” sympathized Mother Superior. “But I didn’t, Mother!” sobbed the Sister. “And I was so proud of myself! And while I was pondering whether this was a sign from above, this hawk swoops out of the sky and grabs the squirrel and flies off, with my ball still clutched in his paws.” “So that’s when you cursed,” said Mother Superior with an all-knowing smile. “Nope, that wasn’t it either,” cried the Sister, anguished, “because as the hawk started to fly out of sight, the squirrel started struggling, and the hawk dropped him right there on the green, and the ball popped out of his paws and rolled to about 18 inches from the cup.” Mother Superior sat back in her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a baleful stare and deadpanned… “You missed the f*#^ing putt, didn’t you?” --------------------------------------------------------------A bitter husband says to his wife; “On your gravestone, I’ll put the words: Cold As Ever.” The wife replies, “Fine by me. On yours’, I’ll just simply put: Stiff At Last.”
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picked up this 1974 CB550 four back in 2014 wanting to build a Café-Brat style bike. Money got tight soon after and I ended up selling it to a good friend. Fast forward to summer of 2016 it was offered back to me and once again it came home. Being a Pinstripe and Kustom kulture artist I spend majority of my time traveling to car-bike events or working on artwork for bike builders. Nov 2017 my good friend Adam Karns of Karns Kustoms and I were talking and decided since I was already attending bike shows as a pinstripe artist I should just build my Honda and bring it with me. So we began breaking it down. Through the month of December, we worked on the frame. Sandblasted to bare metal added the rear seat hoop and welding in the side panels. By the beginning of the new year and countless hours of sanding and filling sanding and filling the frame was ready for color. The month of January was spent gathering parts and pieces to complete the build. After a trip to The Chicago International Motorcycle show in the beginning of January Adam and Rob from Irons Customs and myself set a goal to take the Honda from Primered frame to finished bike in less than 3 weeks to debut at the Washington DC International Motorcycle show. The Swing arm was stretched 5.5” and shock mounts relocated, front forks chopped 2.5”. Off to paint everything was sprayed Hotrod gloss baby blue or satin black. The motor was broke down rebuilt and also sprayed satin black. Also, a stainless 4-1 exhaust was added. As we reassembled my brother Yancy Wharton offered to 3D print some of the parts velocity stacks, handle bar block off, bolt covers and under seat wiring box were designed. New Emgo faring was added along with clip on handle bars and biltwell grips, headlight has turn signals built in and rear LED strip under the seat handles running, breaks and turn signals. Wiring was redone completely in shop by John Dunning . As a cool touch I added a skateboard rack build by Kick Start garage. The morning of the Washington DC show it was finally all assembled and I put the final hand painted touches on the bike at 2am Pinstriping, tank logos and side numbers. The Honda showed extremely well and won 1st in the retro class and qualified for finals in Chicago later this year.
Owner: Jason Wharton, Salisbury, MD Builders: Jason Wharton, Karns Kustoms, Irons Customs 1974 Honda CB550 four Engine: 544cc air-cooled 8 valve four cylinder SOHC, rebuilt and detailed top to bottom Wheels: 19” front 18”rear Exhaust: Delkevic stainless 4 into 1 Paint: Hot Rod gloss baby blue Frame: molded and welded in side panels, rear seat hoop Swingarm: stretched 5.5” shock mounts relocated Front Forks: cut & shortened 2.5” Special Features: Hand painted Pinstriping and lettering by Jason Wharton Art Skate board rack from kick start garage 3D printed velocity stacks, handlebar block off, bolt covers a nd elec box by Yancy Wharton Emgo front faring Biltwell grips and clip on handle bars Special thanks: My family Amy, Chris, LaVadi, Jetta, and Keegan. Karns Kustoms, Irons Customs and John Dunning Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
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NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish, National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM)
Freedom Fighters their jobs, homes, relationships and even children taken from them.
NCOM CONVENTION MOBILIZES BIKERS RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN MOBILE The National Coalition of Motorcyclists was founded over three decades ago during the turbulent formation of the bikers’ rights movement to foster unity among diverse segments of the motorcycling community in order to advance a more cohesive political agenda. Unity and cooperation were the buzzwords at this year’s 33rd annual NCOM Convention in Mobile, Alabama as hundreds of representatives from Motorcyclists Rights Organizations (MROs), clubs and associations from across the country came to listen, learn and share information on a variety of issues important to today’s riders. “While not the largest attendance at an NCOM Convention, those who were there had a good time and the Convention was a success,” notes Convention Committee Chairman David “Animal” Reid, who says “Attendees at the various seminars and presentations were attentive, asked pertinent questions and left with current information on a wide range of subjects and issues.” Among the many meetings, seminars and breakout sessions conducted throughout Mother’s Day Weekend, May 10-13, 2018 at the Renaissance – Riverview Plaza Hotel, were seminars on civil rights, profiling, RICO, veterans affairs, motorcycle insurance, and featured a Mock Legislative Session presented by the NCOM Legislative Task Force. “The Mock Committee Hearing went over very well,” says NCOM-LTF Chairman Frank Ernst, adding that “Those in attendance gave our committee much positive feedback and they appreciated the information provided by the LTF,” including a new “Biker’s Guide to Making Law” free informational brochure on how to impact the legislative process. Spreading some good news finally, after more than three years in litigation, A.I.M. Attorney Bill Smith of Texas gave an update on the deadly Waco shootings and reported that most of the nearly two hundred bikers arrested and charged under RICO with murder have now had their cases dismissed, including longtime bikers rights activist Paul Landers, former NCOM-LTF Chairman who had to resign due to the miscarriage of justice that cost many innocent 26
During the Silver Spoke Awards Banquet on Saturday evening, several honorees were recognized for their contributions to “Improving The Image of Motorcycling”, including; GOVERNMENT: New Hampshire State Rep. Charlie St. Clair, Executive Director of Laconia Motorcycle Week; MEDIA: Vernon & Melanie Schwarte of Thunder Roads Magazine - Iowa; LEGAL: Michael DeKruif, AIM Attorney—California; ENTERTAINMENT: Stunt Rider Bubba Blackwell; and NCOM’s highest honor, the Ron Roloff Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented to Charlie Boone of CBA/ABATE of North Carolina, member of the NCOM Board of Directors. Next year’s 34th Annual NCOM Convention will be held May 9-12, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Orlando, Florida. For further information, contact NCOM at (800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. TWIN PEAKS CASES UNRAVEL Three years ago on May 17, 2015, the bodies of nine dead bikers lay in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant in the infamous Waco shootout as the District Attorney had police round up and arrest everyone there to attend a Confederation of Clubs meeting. Many of the nearly two hundred bikers arrested that night would spend the next several weeks jailed on million-dollar bonds. It was a risky legal strategy, one that had never been tried on this scale: Throw a wide net around a complicated crime scene and charge everybody involved with engaging in organized criminal activity. Now, with the 3rd anniversary of the cases upon us, the failure of that audacious strategy has become clear as prosecutors dismiss most of the cases, the district attorney lost re-election by a landslide, and 130 bikers line up to sue over civil rights violations. The only case that has gone to trial ended in a hung jury and mistrial in November. “In the last three years, the 192 bikers arrested in the Twin Peaks shootout have lived under a cloud,” reports the Waco Tribune. “Some have languished in jail, lost jobs, lost vehicles or lost spouses. In some cases, ex-wives used their arrests to seek modifications in child custody or visitation orders. Most were under strict bond conditions that restricted their travel and freedom to associate with their friends.” The Twin Peaks debacle may also have ended a promising political ca-
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reer for D.A. Abel Reyna, who suffered an overwhelming defeat in the March primary in which his opponent accused him of corruption and prosecutorial overreach. Since the electoral loss, Reyna’s office has dismissed 124 cases en masse, and has re-indicted 24 remaining defendants on a variety of charges including riot, murder and tampering with evidence, superseding the original organized crime charges. “Meanwhile, the raft of civil lawsuits stemming from the Twin Peaks cases leaves the city and county in potential financial jeopardy,” according to the Waco newspaper, noting that the massive volume of cases had put a severe strain on court operations and on county resources already. CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLE CLUB CLAIMS PROFILING AND POLICE HARASSMENT A video posted recently on YouTube shows members of the Jus Brothers Motorcycle Club “doing nothing wrong” when a Sonora, CA police sergeant started harassing them and photographed the license plates on their parked motorcycles. “They say police unlawfully profiled the club members as a motorcycle gang,” reported the Modesto Bee newspaper.
the chapter President invited his people to boycott the establishment. The members joined forces and on March 27 targeted their Facebook page by submitting a tsunami of one-star reviews. This lowered the hotel’s otherwise respectable rating of 4.5 to a mediocre 3 overnight, forcing the hotel to take down its page. “Hell hath no fury like a biker gang scorned, and the gang proceeded to do the same with the hotel restaurant’s page,” even turning to the Marion Street Eatery’s TripAdvisor page. Previously, the club expressed disagreement with what they considered discrimination against bikers by targeting Headingley Sport Ltd./Indian Motorcycle Winnipeg for forbidding colors from a riding event. “Once the shop withdrew from the event, the perpetrators were asked to modify their ratings, which they did.” A ROAD TO ZERO MOTORCYCLES A recently released National Safety Council report entitled “A Road to Zero” is the federal government’s vision for achieving zero roadway deaths by 2050, but it fails to identify any significant procedures to reduce motorcycle fatalities except for helmet laws and hi-tech.
Jus Brothers members from its Mother Lode and Stanislaus County chapters were waiting for a club event to begin at the nearby Intake Grill restaurant and sports bar, a monthly meeting geared toward sharing information about motorcycle legislation and is open to the public.
Despite input from motorcycle organizations, the NSC relies heavily on automotive technologies such as driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles to pave the way to a safer future, ignoring such rider safety issues as motorcycle awareness, rider training, impairment, distracted driving and proactive measures to prevent car-versus-motorcycle collisions.
“We get this kind of hassle from Sonora PD all the time,” a member told The Bee. “I think they’re just trying to keep us out of downtown. They come around taking pictures of our bikes, nitpicking to see what they can find.”
The report also endorses using insurance to price some high risk operators and vehicles off the road, opening the door to allow insurance companies to effectively achieve zero motorcycles.
Club members in the video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZN4fDjL17M) tell the sergeant that they plan on posting the video online with the department’s phone number, so callers can tell officials what they think of it: “That way America can see what it’s like to live in a police state!” Another Jus Brothers member in the video asks the sergeant if police will do the same to the other vehicles parked along the street, and the sergeant seems to indicate they’re only doing this to “outlaw motorcycle gangs.” The Sonora Police Department has responded to the allegations of profiling local bikers; “The police sergeant in the video was simply engaging in intelligence gathering on a public street,” according to the official police news release. In the video, the Jus Brothers members tell the police sergeant about Assembly Bill 2972, a bill to prohibit peace officers from engaging in “motorcycle profiling.” If passed, police would not be allowed to consider a person riding a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle or motorcycle club-related clothing as a factor in enforcement decisions. MOTORCYCLE CLUB RETALIATES WITH CYBER ATTACK Management at Marion Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba received a harsh dose of virtual reality as they suffered the wrath of the Manitoba Nomads, a chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. According to a news posting on www.rideapart.com, “It all started when members of the Nomads were refused access to the hotel for sporting their colors.” Unwilling to let the offense go unpunished, Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
ZERO EMISSIONS, ZERO DEATHS, ZERO TOLERANCE Bandit and his Bikernet Crew at www.Bikernet.com posted on their blog about a California Air Resources Board meeting regarding new rule making for motorcycles. Every manufacturer of motorcycles was there, as CARB talked about embracing all aspects of the market before making their recommendations in 2020…that’s the good news. “They discussed anti-tampering, competition with the EU and Zero emissions,” writes Bandit. “They talked about moving California to zero emissions by rebates on electric bikes, and they want California riders to be riding 5 million electric bikes by 2025 by executive order from the nice California Governor.” Bandit et al go on to state their case: “Two points: One is that word Zero again. They use that word in two other regulatory segments, Zero deaths on the highways and Zero tolerance when it comes to drunk driving or drugs. Zero sounds good from one side of the coin, but the other is ultimate control or Zero Freedom. The other point I hope to make is that motorcycles represent such a small number in the emissions mix we should be left alone. One of the administrators mentioned two areas of emissions they walked away from and I hope to help make motorcycles a third or at least the aftermarket motorcycle industry.” QUOTABLE QUOTE: “A free society is a place where it’s safe to be unpopular.” ~ Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American lawyer, politician and diplomat
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BULLET POINTS NEGLIGENCE ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY: BRODY KENNEN ARTICLE BY: BRODY KENNEN
DECISIONS ON THE DEDICATED SIDEARM – PT.2
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Over pinky extension. You also SCHOOL DEFENSE the last year alone, most of those people stopped regularly need to support a proper The firearms community is highly divided due there being two interpretations shooting those smaller single-stack handguns. In fact, the “Combat Grip” with the of the 2nd Amendment: either all current restrictions should be rolled back or only single-stack thatbeI’ve seen people palm. The best way to do that “reasonable restrictions” should had. One side wants to armretain students is the 9x19mm (atGlock-43, the college level) teachers and rollof backthe decades old infringements soand far. In most cases, where one quit utilizing this, using the Glock-26 as onthe certain classes of firearms. 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Trump, again, to implement the arming of teachers in schools around the magazines for the platform. As it is still the case today; the research, pre-purchase trainnation. Rep. Mark Sanford mentioned something about the teachers “not Furthermore, with the grip ing /to shooting notseebeen done. The complaints were of wanting shoot a student”,had but I don’t the relevance when an assailant is length that long, I would just gunning downthe your other students. I’m not sure single-action what his point is. either revolver being or the football field go ahead and buy the G19 An understanding needs to be had on schools. Colleges and grade schools TRUMPH (R) AND SENATOR FEINSTEIN (D-CA) length of the first-round, double-action pullare– if the PRESIDENT hammer two totally different animals to planfirst. a defensive strategywith around.the For instance, for the longer sight radius. wasn’t pulled back Today, compact and single- The Baby if the average grade school has one to two Resource Officers (usually from “certain individuals deemed to be dangerous.” Or, one could chop the grip stack semi-automatics, the complaints are of “too little gun”. Glock “Take the guns first, go through due process second...” the sheriff’s office), you may merely double your stock of armed personnel by on their G17 frame while Again, noin pre-purchase trips were made to a Unfortunately, viable rental it means whoever the Federal government deems to be allowing firearms the hands of the faculty. The problem is that your additional retaining the barrel length… If any such bill is passed with that kind of wording, I fully expect the personnel The teachers, at least in my day, used one classroom range.are likely Mrs.static.Smith learned that there wasn’tdangerous. enough grip it iswhen seemingly Three-Letter to botch aAnd, detainment they have enoughpopular to do. I do recommend professional the entire school day. The students may have movedenough around, but you could multiple length or width, nor was there weight, to keep evenAgencies a .380 compelling in the case of work the multiple reportson theythat were made time thatfrom movement down topainfully the second duesnappy to the routines. Unfortunately, done note. 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Two women, whom President Trump could be playing the Democratic Party, as well as the RINOS, allowance for faculty to carry. Most, if not all, campus carry that has passed has top-of-the-line inside-the-waistband holsters and belts will broaden I know personally, preferred the “compact” Glock-19 over the dous jobcarry to do their due diligence allowed students with concealed handgun licenses to also carry. The difference but it is every liberty-promoting American’ your options and your daily wear will also come into play. I ble-stack, “sub-compact” G26 and the single-stack, “slimline” G43 is a larger uptick in who can carry and how fluid the campus is. 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He also called for firearms to be taken from that the release of the single-stack 9mm Glock ended upEmail being Magazine Louisiana/Mississippi | March 2018 www.thunderroadslams.com 16theThunder G43.Roads I witnessed a lot of people buy| themselves into a hole instead of waiting for the inevitable release of said 9mm, which is what they really wanted. And, now? A lot of people have the little .380 with no way to sell them, because everyone else either has or wants the G43. Now, those G42s sit, collecting dust and all with no more than one-hundred rounds through them on average. I understand purchasing a Taurus TCP or Smith & Wesson Shield if your reasoning for a stop-gap is that it’s better to have one than not, but that’s not what the purchase of most of those G42s was about. I will admit, there are options for Glock-42 grip extensions such as the Strike Industries +2-round extensions and they make a similar option for the 9mm Glock-43. 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A CHARITY EVENT TO BENEFIT: The Barksdale Cancer Foundation Mecklenburg County Cancer Association Follow us on Facebook: South Central Bike Fest Contact Lee for more info: 434.210.1503
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4TH ANNUAL MEN & WOMEN WHO LOVE TO RIDE - BRIDGING GAPS
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here are some motorcycle events and rides centered around contests or charities. There are others where the entertainment, stunts or racing is the draw to pull in the crowds. Then there’s the Men & Women Who Love 2 Ride Motorcycles event held in Ocean City, MD. As the names states, this one is simply about what we love to do, get out and ride while enjoying the fellowship with others that share the same love. In a male dominated industry, this events makes it clear up front this is for all to enjoy, male and female from all walks of life, independent or in an MC. This gallery and recap is only a glimpse into the camaraderie of brother and sisterhood shared throughout the weekend of activities that included a Meet-n-Greet, Bike Blessing from Pastor Rodney Barnes and Guardian Bell Exchange along with a Saturday morning group ride. Saturday also featured a Day Party in support of raising awareness of breast and prostate cancer and of course there was the after-party.
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I’d be hard-pressed to name an event where the hugs, bro-hugs, smiles, laughs and jokes were so abundant. The Day Party featured an audio sound contest hosted by one of the industry top-shops Bagger Boyz Motorcycle Design Center with Owner Anderson Morgan along with a guest appearance and support by the white-hot Sound Off Series’ C.E.O. Rickie Will. On the inside, the Byke Junkyez crew held it down with live interviews from respected members and leaders of the community such a Ruthless Riderz’ MC Founder Wild Bill and many more. Now in its fourth year, the event has quickly grown from a modest count of approximately 150 Riders to this year’s estimated 700+ participants from VA, MD, NY, NJ, DE, Philly, NC and as far away as Michigan with no signs of slowing this movement down. To the contrary, event Founder Ellis Dawson aka Ezy announced they’re about to kick into high gear with making some changes for next year to accommodate more Riders, better weather and continuous event improvement. Whether you’re down for the full weekend or a Turnand-Burn like so many of us did, this is one to add to your list.
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Dealer & Shops biker friendly directory
Baltimore Harley Davidson 8845 Pulaski Hwy. Baltimore, MD 21237 410-238-2003 www.hdstore.com Bayside Harley-Davidson 2211 Frederick Blvd Portsmouth, VA 23704 757-397-5550 www.baysidehd.com Colonial Harley-Davidson 1701 Temple Pkwy Prince George, VA 23875 804-861-4700 www.colonialhd.com
Whirled of Color Customs, LLC Body, Paint and Custom Airbrushing 116 Roesler Road Glen Burnie, MD 21060 410-553-0953 www.WhirledofColor.com
CPC Powder Coating 6800 Mid Cities Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 443-336-2105
Zipper’s Performance Products Elkridge, Maryland 410-579-2828 www.ZippersPerformance.com
District Harley-Davidson 7830 Airpark Road Gaithersburg, MD 20879 301-948-4581 www.districthd.com Indian Motorcycle of Fredericksburg 10151 Southpoint Parkway Fredericksburg, VA 22407 540-642-4017 www.indianbikesva.com Old Glory Harley Davidson 11800 Laurel Bowie Road Laurel, MD 20708 www.oldgloryhd.com 301-575-0575 Patriot Harley- Davidson 9739 Fairfax Blvd Fairfax, VA 703-352-5400 www.patriothd.com Pete’s Cycles 344 Bel Air Rd. Bel Air, MD 21014 410-879-3586 For other locations go to www.petescycle.com 38
TG Automotive 8176 Telegraph Road Suite E Severn, MD 21144 443-795-4733 www.tgautomotivemd.com The Twisted Spoke 97 Milford Street Clarksburg, WV 26301 304-326-4644 www.twistedspokeinc.com
Bars & Restaurants Hickory House 1137 US Hwy 19 North Jane Lew, WV 26378 304-269-7373
Millstream Inn 5310 Dogwood Rd. Baltimore, MD 21207 410-265-8224 www.millstreamgirls.com Rips Casual Dining 3809 N. Crain Hwy. Bowie, MD Restaurant:n301-805-5901 Deli: 301-805-5903 Wine & Spirit Shoppe 301-805-5902 www.ripscountryvillage.com Seabreeze / Swampy’s 27130 S. Sandgates Rd Mechanicsville, MD 301-373-5217 The Tavern 4975 St. Leonard Rd. ST Leonard, MD 20685 410-586-2225 www.thetavernofstleonard.com JUNE 2018
The Woodstock Inn 1514 Woodstock RD Woodstock, MD 21163 410-750-3673 www.woodstockinn.net
Legal Services
Law offices of Jay Irwin Block 90 Painters Mill Rd. Suite 131 Owings Mills, MD 21117 410-356-6555 800-875-6554 Carolyn Crowley Injury Attorney 301-676-1120 1-866-523-9529 www.LadyLaw.com Law Offices of Richard M Lester Aid to Injured Motorcyclist’s A.I.M 7334 Topanga Canyon Blvd Ste. 200 Canoga Park, CA 91303 800-531-2424 Offices Nationwide to Help You. Tom McGrath’s Motorcycle Law Group 1-800-321-8969 www.MotorcycleLawGroup.com Weatherholtz Bonding 306 W. Stephens Street Martinsburg, WV 25401 304-267-5888 www.weatherholtzbonding.com
Apparel / Retail
Best Impressions Advertising 3325 Taylor Road, Suite 101 Chesapeake, VA 23321 (757) 638-7100 www.bestimpressions4u.com Blaze Leather 2239 Randolph Avenue Elkins, WV 26241 681-298-5055 www.Blaze-Leather.com Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
Mary’s Bargain Cycle New Castle Farmers Market 110 N. DuPont Hwy. New Castle, DE 19720 302-322-9323
C.E.’s Helping Hands (Old Fields, WV) A non-profit organization enlisting the help of other good hearted people wanting to contribute to the cause of helping others in need. The organization holds monthly meetings and several fundraising rides every year. Donations are always appreciated. www.cehelpinghands.com
Outback Leather 309 Main Street Laurel, MD. 20707 www.mdoutbackleather.com 301-604-2211
Saints & Soldiers Motorcycle Riding Club Meetup.com/Saints-Soldiers Facebook.com/groups/ saintsandsoldiersrc
Renegade Classics Biker Outlet 7950 W. Broad Street Merchants Walk Shopping Center Richmond, VA 23294 804-501-BIKE (2453) www.RenegadeClassicsRichmond. com
Places of Worship
Iron Horse Fellowship 414 Battlefield Blvd South Chesapeake, VA 23322 www.ironhorsefellowship.com
Rushing Wind Ministry Meets 11am Sunday’s Location: Charlotte Hall Farmers Market We are a Biker friendly church focusing on uplifting and encouraging others to follow Jesus Christ. “We believe we live in a real world with real people looking for real answers “ Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic If you would like to be listed in the Biker Friendly Directory, please contact Sales and Marketing or email BFD@BIGCITYRHINO.com for more information. If you’re Club, Foundation, or Association would like to be listed in our Directory, please email BFD@ BIGCITYRHINO.COM with your name and contact information and someone will be in touch with you.
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Bobby Tarowsky 304-797-1470 304-723-8955 www.BobbyTRocks.com Tattoo Big City Body Art 154 C Lafayette Ave Laurel, MD 20707 240-482-6162 www.bigcitybodyart.com Lodging Francis Scott Key Family Resort 12806 Ocean Gateway Ocean City, MD 21842 800-213-0088 www.fskfamily.com
Insurance Agents Rider Insurance www.Rider.com
Clubs, Organizations & Riding Groups
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Maryland Small Arms Range 9801 Fallard Court Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 301-599-0800 www.msar.com
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DELAWARE Bike Nights:
Wednesday’s Hooter’s New Castle, DE. 6-10PM Events: Endeavor Lodge #17 Motorcycle Ride Saturday, June 2, 2018 - Sunday, June 3, 2018 Rommel Harley Davidson Delmarva Join us on a police escorted picturesque ride from Rommel Harley Davidson Delmarva to Milton Endeavor Lodge #17 Motorcycle Ride to the 5th Annual Endeavor Lodge Car, Truck, Motorcycle and Tractor Show. June 2, 2018 ---- Registration 8:30 am to 10:45 am.--Kickstands up at 11 am. $15 per bike, $5 per additional rider. Registration for show is optional. Rain Date June 3, 2018. Ride for a Cure Saturday, June 2, 2018 1:00 PM Rommel H-D Smyrna “Ride for a Cure” is a team event to raise awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society. 3rd Annual “Suddlersville EMT Fund” Poker Ride Saturday, June 23, 2018 11:00 AM Seafood City, 9996 S Dupont Hwy, Felton, DE. Join us for an escorted ride through scenic Kent and Sussex counties as we raise money for the Suddlersville EMT Fund! Registration fee of $25 (rider) and $10 (passenger and non-rider), will include food item (TBD) from Seafood City. High hand awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place - Silent Auction - 50/50 raffle ...and MORE! **This event is FREE to attend. You DO NOT have to have a motorcycle to attend. Poker hands for non-riders are $10 each.**
MARYLAND 10th Annual Josh’s Ride
Sat Jun 2, 2018 9am - 3pm 4080 School Rd, Broomes Island, MD 20615 A Memorial ride through Southern Maryland benefiting the Huntington Volunteer Fire Department Registration starts at 9:00 am Registration fee is $25.00 per person Food at 40
the After Party Ride For The Fallen Sat Jun 2, 2018 10am - 4pm The LZ 154 Lafayette Ave, Laurel, MD Please come join our poker run style event. The ride starts and ends at the LZ. There are four stops in between and each of the stops is named after a fallen hero. At each of the odd stops, you get a chance to meet the family of that hero. The registration opens at 1000. Rider are free to leave on their own and there will be a group ride leaving at 1130. The families will join us back at the LZ. Prizes and awards will be announced at 1800 (6 pm). Free shirt with entry. Fees: $30 for Rider and $10 for passenger. This is our third year and we honored to be allowed to carry the names and faces of these heroes. Bike Day at the Coon Club Sat Jun 2, 2018 11am - 8pm Bike Show - Bike Games - Tattoo and Piercings - Burnout Pit - Loud Pipes Food - Pit Beef, Pit Ham, Hot Dogs and Fries Wet T-Shirt - Frozen T-Shirt - Pole Dancing Contests Live Music by Red Dirt Revolution Proceeds to go to veterans charity - Heroes to Hometowns
ABATE of Maryland, Inc. 35th Annual State Party Friday, June 8, 2018 Sunday, June 10, 2018 Alleghany Fair grounds, Cumberland, MD Come join us for our annual party held at the foot hills of the Mountains at the Alleghany County Fair Grounds. Friday, stake out your spot for the weekend and at 5:00 we open our Saloon with fun and games through out the evening. Saturday morning, our Mountain Chapter hosts a scenic ride. Or take your own ride to Shanksville PA to see the 911 Memorial for Flight 93. Rodeo events in the afternoon and then in the Evening Snakebite takes the stage. Come here this band that has been together for over 20 years and rocking some of the best Southern Rock around. Their original music is even better. The fairgrounds has plenty of full RV hook ups available for 25.00 a night and there are ample tent camping spaces as well. Modern Showers and rest rooms are included. Food, refreshments available. Come enjoy a relaxing weekend with some of the best scenic roads to ride. Weekend cost is 40.00 for any card carrying Motorcycle Rights Member or 45.00 for non Members. Saturday Day Pass is 20.00.
2nd Annual Operation Blue Line Ride Sat Jun 2, 2018 Noon - 5pm Jerry Skrivanek V.F.W. Post 8185, 520 Susquehanna River Rd, Port Deposit, MD Our registration will begin at 10 am with coffee and donuts at VFW POST 475 in Newark, De Kickstands up at 11:30 Our fees will be $20 for rider and $10 for passenger. Our ride will start at VFW POST 475 in Newark, Delaware. We will then take a leisurely ride thru De/Md ending at the VFW POST 8185 in Port Deposit, Md At this point our event begins with entertainment, food, raffles, 50/50s and of course a lot of fun! Our goal is to help out C.O.P.S. again this year!! Please help us support this cause and double our proceeds from last year!!! Check back for updates as details unravel! Thank you all for your support! 2nd Annual Ride for Samm Poker Run Sat Jun 2, 2018 Noon - 5pm Hilltop Inn, 825 Hilltop Rd, Elkton, MD 21921 Prizes - 50/50 - Trophies - Chinese Auction Live Music - Mason Dixon and with Forsaken All Wheels Welcome $25 per couple - $30 at the door
Basket Bingo - Hogs and Heroes Saturday June 9th, 10:30 – 5PM American Legion, 501 St John St, Havre De Grace, MD Basket Bingo - All ages welcome Vendors and Pit Beef 20 Bingo Games for $25 + Free Raffle Ticket (3 Cards per game) Door Prizes and Raffles
2018 Bikefest at The Woodstock Inn Sun June 3, 2018, 12pm - 5pm Woodstock Inn, 1415 Woodstock Rd, Woodstock, MD Live Bands - Farm Fresh Food from Braglio Farms 4/29 - Midnite Run 5/20 - One Louder 6/3 - Never Never 7/15 - No Tell Motel 8/26 TBA 9/30 Never Never
River Rat Poker Run Saturday, July 21, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Harley-Davidson® of Williamsport Take a guided, scenic ride through the Potomac River Valley with stops at regional parks to draw cards or draw your hand at registration.
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Fisher House Foundation - Punishers MC Sunday, June 10th, from 10am -4pm 19201 Frederick Rd, Germantown, MD Live Music - WELLPLAYED Food by Carrabba’s 50/50 Raffle - Door Prizes Silent Auction - Cash Bar $20.00 Donation Operation Red Line Poker Run and Ride in Bike Show - Knights of the Fallen Sunday, June 10th, from 10am -4pm 300 Newark Ave, Elkton, MD Proceeds to Benefit the Singerly Vol. Fire Department General Admission - $5 Poker Run + $10 - Bike Show Registration + $10 Music by Forsaken
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VIRGINIA Bike Nights: Tuesday’s Tidewater Motorcycles – Chili Dog Social– Suffolk, VA Thursday’s High Tides – Colonial Beach, VA. 6-11PM High Tides is kicking off the riding season by starting a bike night that promises to be a very good time. DJ Rockin Roger will be providing the tunes for now but as the summer starts arriving look for live music to be on the menu. The Tiki Bar is almost an arm’s reach away from the water and there is usually a fire going in the firepit on those chilly evenings. CLUB COLORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! No Drama, No BS and have a good time. El Rodeo Restaurant – Fredericksburg, VA. 5-9PM Big O Bike Shop LLC sponsored Bike Night Weekly 50/50 drawings. Proceeds to a different charity each month. Games, contests, raffles, and giveaways. Great authentic food and homemade ethnic desserts. More info - Kerry O’Shields - 703 963 0697 Big Woody’s - Virginia Beach, VA Great specials, biker buckets, live music and prize giveaways Oceana Cycles – Virginia Beach, VA Legendary Hot Dog Night 1st Thursday of Every Month! 6:00pm Buffalo Wild Wings – Culpeper, VA. 5-11 PM - Saturday – 4/17, 5/12, 6/9, 7/14, 9/8 Sons of Blackwater Military MC For more Info - Vice – 423-304-4294 Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
Sipe’s Restaurant and Bar – Harrisonburg, VA. 6:30PM-?? – Saturday – 4/28, 5/26, 6/23, 7/28, 8/25, 9/22 - $5 Cover – Live Music Sons of Blackwater Military MC For more Info - Tailgate – 540-246-3365 Events: 2018 Virginia Ride for Kids Sun Jun 3, 2018 8am - 2pm Richmond Raceway, 600 E Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA Enjoy a fun ride, food and entertainment! Cheer our Stars, localchildren fighting brain tumors Fundraise to earn incentives likeTshirts, jackets and more Get a chance to win a new Honda CB300F andother great prizes (see rules below) Connect with other enthusiasts fora great cause Come join us with any make or model of street legalmotorcycle, or just enjoy the day with family and friends! By raisingfunds for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, you’ll give kidsbattling the deadliest form of childhood cancer a brighter future.REGISTRATION: 8 9: 30 a.m. KICKSTANDS UP: 10 a.m. South Central Bike Fest June 7-10 All Day Jonbil Rd, Chase City, VA 23924 A Charity Event to Benefit Barksdale Foundation Mecklenburg County Cancer Assoc. Thursday - Evening BBQ and Entertainment Friday - Historic Ride, Cruise in, Entertainment, Fireworks Saturday - Poker Run, Bike show, Rodeo Events, Entertainment and Wet T-shirt Contest Bike Night Sons of Blackwater Military MC Saturday June 9th, 2018 5pm - 11pm Buffalo Wild Wings, 763 Nalles Mill Rd, Culpeper, VA Bike Night For More info Call Vice - 423-3044294 Mid-Atlantic Women’s Motorcycle Rally 2018 Jun 21, 2018 - Sun Jun 24, 2018 Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Front Royal Blue Ridge Shadows, 111 Hospitality Drive, Front Royal, VA The Mid-Atlantic Women’s Motorcycle Rally is the premiere women’smotorcycling event in the Mid-Atlantic. Held every June, it bringstogether women motorcyclists and enthusiasts for a three day rally fullof friendship, games, educational seminars, rides, contests, andfundraising to support women with the challenges of cancer. The weekendculminates in the Parade of Chrome to honor women riders, cancersurvivors and pledge our support to those that have been
touched bycancer. To date, the women of the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Motorcycle Rally have almost $400,000 to support women facing the many challenges ofcancer. We will continue this tradition in the fashion that we knowbest — bringing together women and having a great time together thougheducational seminars, rides and of course a few games. Being a woman motorcyclist is powerful – why not join and bring your power to combineforces with us? www. mawmr.org/ Bike Night Sons of Blackwater Military MC Saturday, June 23rd, from 6:30-11:30 PM Sipe’s Restaurant and Bar, 1625 E Market St, Harrisonburg, VA Bike Night with Live Music $5 Cover More Info; Call Tailgate - 540-246-3365 Childhelp Benefit Concert Richmond Harley Davidson Fri Jun 29, 2018, 5:30-9PM Richmond Harley-Davidson, 12200 Harley Club Dr, Ashland, VA $20.00 Tickets Headline - Tribute to Journey Odyssey Road Opener - Mickie James Benefiting the Chidhelp Alice C. Tyler Village More Info - 540-399-5076 2018 Ride and Save Lives Andrew’s 3rd Annual Poker Run Saturday, July 14, 2018 from 10:30 AM to 1:00 AM The Ville, Mechanicsville, VA Benefitting Andrew’s Son, Everette Michael Meadowcroft and LiftNet Health - Organ Donation. Andrew lost his life in a Motorcycle Accident and this benefit is our way of making sure his son is taken care of. All proceeds go to Meadowcroft Child Irrevocable Living Trust and LifeNet Health. Poker run starts at 10:30 am and once you return, we will have 3 bands, raffles, give aways, food specials, etc
2 Wheels for Warriors Saturday, July 21, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Colonial Harley Davidson. 2 Wheels for Warriors is 75-80 mile fun ride with food, drinks and door prizes included. Sign-up is $10 for the rider and $5 for the passenger. All proceeds go to help the New Freedom Farm. A Virginia based safe place for veterans suffering from PTSD/ TBI, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and secondary trauma to find recreational therapy opportunities.
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Cash prizes for top 3 hands based on number of entries. $10 donation per entry. Registration 10:00am-12:00pm, guided rides leave around 11:00 and Noon. Rides are approximately 2 hours. Entries must be returned by 3:00 PM. Winner announced by 3:00 PM. You do not have to be present to win. Food will be available. Discover the history and beauty of the Potomac River Valley, C&O Canal, Antietam Battlefield, and Harpers Ferry on one of the most popular runs in the Maryland/ Delaware region through winding country roads with spectacular river views and no shortage of challenging terrain.
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fourth year with HospiceCare. www. capitolcitybikerbash.com/ Sundowners 2018 Car and Bike Show Saturday, July 21, 2018 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM 174 Lands End RD, Louisa, VA Friday Night Meet and Greet Starts at 5pm. Come early and enjoy. $20each Motor Home Parking (Dry Camp) for the Weekend $50 each. Includes Meet and Greet Dinner and Saturday entry fee for driver and one passenger. Additional passengers $20 each. Must pre-register & prepay for Meet & Greet. All Motor Homes MUST pre-register and prepay for their spots. Prizes Awarded at 5pm Saturday. Vendors On Site- Smiley’s Ice Cream, Quala Tee Buck Shot BBQ, Bella Treasures. Vendor Space Available Mike Turner Scholarship Raffle Prizes awarded at 5pm. First Prize 55” Flat Screen TV, -2nd Prize $200, 3rd Prize $100. -Get your tickets early. Proceeds to Support the Mike Turner Scholarship Fund. Entry Fee $5.00 per person
WEST VIRGINIA Bike Night: 2nd Friday of every month @ 7PM Sorry Souls MC WING NIGHT 9505 Williamsport Pike, Falling Waters WV. Come out for a great Time and GREAT EATS!! Try al the flavors Events: Capitol City Biker Bash 2018 June 7-10 All Day Haddad Riverfront Park, Charleston, WV 7th Annual Capitol City Biker Bash brought to you by Go Mart and Mountain Dew at Haddad Riverfront Park along the banks of the beautiful Kanawha River. The city closes all four lanes of the Kanawha Boulevard for Motorcycle enthusiast to have easy access to Charleston and enjoy West Virginia’s wonderful winding byways, rockin music, fabulous food and to see dear old friends as well as make cherished new ones. The Capitol City Biker Bash is partnering for a
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SCRC West Virginia State Rally 2018 June 8th – June 10th Sleep Inn, 701 Professional Park Dr, Summersville, WV The Southern Cruisers Riding Club is a Free, Family Oriented Motorcycle Riding Club that uses the Web to communicate and focuses on the Enjoyment and Fellowship of Riding Motorcycles while doing so Safely. The Southern Cruisers is not an Internet club for Motorcycle Enthusiasts. Check the event website (www.wvscrc.com/ ) for additional details and updates. Sorry Souls MC - Wing Friday June 8, 2018 7pm - 11pm Sorry Souls MC Clubhouse - 9505 Williamsport Pike, Falling Waters, WV. Come out for a great time and great eats!! All are Welcome! Wings - Toxic, Hot, Mild, Garlic, BBQ, Honey BBQ, Old Bay For more info - 410-984-5926 CBWV Regional Korean Memorial Dice Run Saturday June 9th, 10:30 – 5PM VFW post 7048, 1310 Morgantown Ave, Fairmont, WV. Dice Run - Benefiting the completion of the Marion County Korean War Memorial 50/50 - Raffles Bikes - $15 - Passengers - $10 Registration 10:3011:45am - Kickstands up @ Noon Rider Fee includes food at last stop Hogs for Dogs Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 7:00 AM Brickside Bar and Grille, Bridgeport, WV. join us for the 17th Annual Hogs for Dogs to benefit the Harrison County Humane Society Party for a Cause - Autism Speaks Sorry Souls MC Saturday June 23rd, Noon - ???? Moose Pavillion, Douglas Grove Rd Douglas Grove Rd, Martinsburg, WV Gates open at Noon - (Till ?????) Camping is Allowed - Tents/Campers - No Hookups Bike Raffle of a 2002 Softail Heritage (Only 4700 Miles) $25.00 Per Ticket Basket Raffles 50/50 Bands include - School of Rock, The Fogg, Semi Hard, Trixie and the JUNE 2018
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