Born To Ride Florida #207 - August, 2021

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AUGUST ISSUE 207

AD INDEX

FEATURES MotoFest Was A Blast!

Cherokee Blue Ridge Run

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Choppertown Cherokee

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Tech Tip-Metalsport Wheels

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COLUMNS

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All Steel Building

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Allstate - Jeff Ard

All World Lift Truck Boss Hogg Radio

BTR Facebook Group BTR Multimedia

Nefarious James

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Spyke & Mike

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Christian Motorcycle Association

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BTR Radio Live BTR Youtube

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Cherokee Blue Ridge Run Cherokee Choppertown

DEPARTMENTS

RIP BIG TIM

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BTR Lifestyle

Craig Paints

Contents Page

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Letter From The Editor Dave Nichols

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Movie Review

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BTR KIDS

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REPORTS Reader’s Ride

All About Leather

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John & Heather Show

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Letter from the Editor

DAVE NICHOLS

FROM THE HELM CHOPPERTOWN LIVE AT THE CHEROKEE BLUE RIDGE RUN HOWDY BROTHERS AND SISTERS! August is the month for Sturgis and this year marks the 81st running of the Black Hills Rally. It is a great time to be on two wheels! Speaking of, as you know, Born To Ride put on Motorfest out in Plant City, Florida on July 24th and the event was a huge success. We came, we conquered, and kicked some ass! Riders everywhere showed up for a killer day of motorcycle rodeo madness, great bands and for the brotherhood and sisterhood found whenever bikers get together. Special thanks to Rob Schwellinger of R&R Cycles for being our maestro of motorcycle rodeo action as well as our sponsors Rubenstein Law, Paughco Motorcycle Parts, Denver’s Choppers, Metalsport Wheels and Vee Rubber.

Hey, if you dig motorcycle runs, rallies and bike shows, wait until you hear what we have planned next! We have big news here in our August issue. First of all, Easyriders magazine is coming back! The original “Biker’s Bible” for over 50 years will be back on newsstands, in convenience stores, found at bike shops and available for subscriptions. As you may know, I was the editor-in-chief of Easyriders for 24 years until the company was sold to a Canadian concern that wanted the brand to sell T-shirts, hats and other licensed products.

The magazine that bikers everywhere loved, ceased production two years ago.

Well, the original owner of Easyriders, Joe Teresi, has licensed the rights for magazine production to publisher Ray Pelosi. Ray believes that bikers everywhere and the motorcycle aftermarket as a whole needs America’s “Biker’s Bible” to return and asked me to once again take the reins as the editor of the new Classic Easyriders. The reimagined biker rag will appear around the end of November this year. It will include five custom bike features from mild to wild, the world’s best bike runs and rallies, interviews with biker legends and a classic David Mann painting in each

and every monthly issue. Subscribe at classiceasyriders.com.

I will also proudly continue to be at the helm of Born To Ride magazine. Between these two motorcycle publishing empires, if it is of interest to bikers, we’ll print it! You’ll get all the coolest custom bike features, radical runs and parties, rowdy reader’s rides and more through Classic Easyriders and Born To Ride. That means that Born To Ride will benefit from this new alliance and we will be showcasing the best bikes and events in the south and are honored to announce another killer custom motorcycle show coming soon!

Join us on September 10th through the 12th at the Cherokee Blue Ridge Run in Cherokee, North Carolina, for three days of biker good times. Born To Ride will be producing a “Choppertown Live” event where the south’s top bike builders can compete for prizes and bragging rights. The Best of Show chopper will even get a full bike feature in Classic Easyriders magazine!

That’s just one of the ways that the new Born To Ride and Classic Easyriders Chopper Syndicate will bring the best of the best of the two-wheeled world to the masses!

This awesome August issue is hot and dripping with amazing coverage of Motofest and a whole lot more. Make sure to watch Born To Ride Live on Facebook, YouTube, and Choppertown every Tuesday night at 7pm when I turn you on to the wildest rallies and best biker shenanigans you ever saw with 25 years of mind-melting video from the Born To Ride Vault. Then check out Boss Hogg Radio Live on Facebook every Thursday at 7pm when Fester Jenkins, Mama Dukes, Ron and Deb Galletti entertain your engineer boots off each and every week.

Don’t forget to join the Born To Ride Facebook Group and join us for the ride of a lifetime.

— Dave Nichols

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Special thanks to Legend Builder Mondo from Denvers Choppers for the special custome tank giveaway

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Born to Ride is proud to announce that we are bringing Choppertown ‘Live’ to the Cherokee Blue Ridge Run on September 10th, 11th and 12th! We are already lining up our builders so stay tuned for a growing line up of talent! On another note, if you’re a builder in the Southeast U.S. in the Carolina’s area, drop us a line with a photo of your chopper! We are looking to add local building talent as well as nationally known ones!

“Join us on September 10th through the 12th at the Cherokee Blue Ridge Run in Cherokee, North Carolina, for three days of biker good times. Born To Ride will be producing a “Choppertown Live” event where the south’s top bike builders can compete for prizes and bragging rights. The Best of Show chopper will even get a full bike feature in Classic Easyriders magazine! That’s just one of the ways that the new Born To Ride and Classic Easyriders Chopper Syndicate will bring the best of the best of the two-wheeled world to the masses! Don’t forget to join the Born To Ride Facebook Group and join us for the ride of a lifetime”. — Dave Nichols

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Bitchin’ Big Wheels for Bag WE CHECK OUT METALSPORT INC. There are some companies whose products can really add an outstanding custom look to a bagger, yet most riders don’t know much about them. Metalsport is just such a company; they make super sharp looking large diameter billet wheels. Granted there are other people that make large diameter wheels, but only few do it like Metalsport; their billet wheels are true one-piece creations.

Having seen their wheels on many custom bikes, we decided to give you a close-up view of just how they make them. Located in a rather non-descript building out east of Los Angeles, which houses more large CNC metal working machines than we had seen in quite a while. Ron Loynds, Metalsport’s President, filled us in on their history and gave us a cook’s tour. They have been in the custom motorcycle parts manufacturing business for twenty plus years, albeit quietly though. They popped up on everybody’s radar with their introduction of several large diameter billet aluminum wheels.

Now most tires have a lot in common, but not big aluminum wheels. Metalsport’s 3-D wheels have machined spokes that flair out to almost the same width as the rim, whereas your average custom wheel features spokes that are barely a fourth the width of the rim. Making one-piece wheels requires three things: a big aluminum billet, a CNC machine that is capable of milling it and a lot of time.

Metalsport bought a large machine to do big wheel in, then bought several more so that they could make more than one wheel a day. They start with a solid chunk of aluminum, they put it into the giant CNC machine that is programmed to whittle away all of the excess metal. When they are done, they have two products: a custom 3-D motorcycle wheel and a bucket of machining chips that weighs more than the finished wheel. So subtly stunning are their wheels that our pictures can’t project their actual depth and texture.

Along the way, Ron hooked up with several custom builders; among them is Chip Foose. Chip has designed a lot of custom wheels, which Metalsport makes and markets for him. To say that their styling is handsome is a gross understatement; we especially liked the Nitrous II in black.

For a complete look at Metalsport’s wheels, hit their website and be sure to watch the wheel video.

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WHEELS AND MACHINES, METALSPORT HAS LOTS OF BOTH. THESE SEMI-FINISHED WHEELS ARE WAITING THEIR TURN IN ONE OF THE CNC MACHINES.

THIS 3-D WHEEL HAS HAD ITS SPOKES ROUGHED-IN; NOTICE HOW THEY GO OUT ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE RIM.

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THIS ROUGHED OUT WHEEL WILL END UP AT EIGHTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER AND FOURTEEN INCHES WIDE!

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NOW THIS IS ONE BIG CNC MACHINE, IT HOLDS AND WORKS ON TWO WHEELS AT ONCE.

METALSPORT ALSO MAKES BELT PULLEYS AND BRAKE ROTORS TO MATCH THEIR WHEELS.

If you have a Tech Tip you would like to see, let us know at editor@borntoride.com

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RESPECT & HONOR STARTS AT HOME we have to look at the greater good of an entire nation. I guess the entire point of this rant is that it all starts at home.

How we bring up our children, how we handle our relationships with others that we become in contact with. When you lie to someone or make empty promises to someone, you disrespect them. Nobody likes to be disrespected. In the biker “ IT ALL STARTS AT HOME. culture and lifestyle, everyone loves to jump up and down about respect. How HOW WE BRING UP OUR about instead of running a mouth, can you Organizations gathering out there that hold CHILDREN, HOW WE HANDLE start doing the deeds that show that we the belief that way to get respect is to be OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH are worthy of the respect that we gave our heard. Not by proper actions or popular grandparents growing up? opinion or by doing what’s right for the OTHERS THAT WE BECOME I for one don’t take disrespect lightly and greater good, but for personal gain and IN CONTACT WITH. WHEN I know others who feel the same way. notoriety. They all want their 15 minutes Now everybody is so worried about what of fame. Meanwhile, the ideals that our YOU LIE TO SOMEONE OR will happen to them if they stand up for forefathers and veterans of the past and MAKE EMPTY PROMISES TO themselves. We used to be able to walk present bestowed on this great nation are being crapped on. Makes me sick.

SOMEONE, YOU DISRESPECT into a room and I would know that men Well, here we go with August. As always hot and miserable but we get out there and ride our bikes anyway. Time for Sturgis, road trips and parties that revolve around the idea of not being able to afford to go to Sturgis. We want to hold events praising America and stating how proud we are to be Americans, while at the same time, we have individuals out there disrespecting our country, troops, first responders and veterans.

impressed that somebody stepped up to the plate to help another. They admire the example of kindness and caring for others that person has displayed. Then we see that after the crowds have gone that nothing happens. Empty words = no actions = no respect. Tired of the direction our beautiful country has headed in.

People need to realize that respect and THEM. NOBODY LIKES TO BE honor start at home. It starts with those DISRESPECTED ”. people who you call family and friends and your personal circle. If you tell someone We are multitudes of people chanting and that you will do something for them, they waiting for something that may or may should be able to rely on your word and not happen for years from now they will not worry that it will be taken care of. supposedly fix our country. What about They should be able to take that as a holy now? So much damage can be done in grail and that you’ve taken care of it. four years. In one year. Again another Unfortunately, people like to say that they example of a way of rubbing our ignorance will do things for others and nothing ever in our face. Make no mistake about it, I comes about. Sounds great at the bar, admire those who stand up for what they sounds great at the party, sounds great believe in. Right or wrong it is a right that when a person’s in need and other people has been bestowed upon them by the are standing around. People become blood and sacrifice of others. But again

were men and women were women and that we would act accordingly. Now they can’t even decide what bathroom they want to use. And if that statement offends anybody, too bad. I speak my mind.

Think about what it’s going to be like when nobody decides to stand up to the bully in the room. It’s in your court, you decide.

The answers to these problems starts at home. If you want respect, give respect.

Because it sucks mouthing the words with no friggin’ teeth.

Tell Jim what you’re thinking, what do you want to say to him? editor@borntoride.com

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Freddy had added a lot of chrome over the past few years but decided that he was ready to change the look of the trike. Tifton Harley handled the customization from the gas tank forward with a 30-inch forged chrome front wheel, two front disc brakes and matching rear wheels. The dealership also installed several new parts such as the chrome front end, front fender, headlight, triple trees, LED turn-signals, 12-inch handlebars and mirrors.

The end result was exactly what Freddy was looking for.

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This month Born To Ride reviews the Mini-Skirt Mob, another in a series of horrible old biker films for your entertainment. In some cases “the older the more horrible” comes to mind when dealing with these movies. This one was produced in 1968, and rates right (down) there with the best of the worst!

The plot bears more than a few similarities to Satan’s Sadists (which I have previously reviewed for BTR). In this case, it’s Shayne, the psychotic female leader of The “Mini Skirts” played by Diane McBain and her hair-do, stalking the innocent young couple along with her ‘gang’ members. It seems that “Jeff” the man she’s after used to be “her guy,” but he got wise, dumped his rodeo/biker buddies and married some hot brunette girl from the local bank. This in my opinion was a weird mix. The connection involving ‘biker’ girls and rodeo guys never seemed to materialize. It looked more like a ‘hippie’ flick than a poorly made biker film. Anyway, here’s my best BTR 52 | BORNTORIDE.COM

shot at explaining the plot. … Just as Jeff, was preparing apply the pork to his new bride “Connie” all his old pals and the “Mini-Skirts” arrive at his camper trailer to party.

This of course leads to a major fistfight, where Jeff and his new bride suffer the worst of the melee. Later Shayne the maniacal jilted blonde (and her hair-do) convinces the other ne’er-do-wells to hang around with her, and continue to torture Jeff and Connie. As they chase them up a mountain road Jeff swerves and runs “LG” off the road crashing his motorcycle into a deep chasm. They return to find him dead, and decide to leave, but some boy scouts see all the action. The cops come later, and haul LG off. (You don’t see too much of the cops in this one oddly. ...) Later on, the gang finds Jeff and Connie camped out, and a couple of the guys rough Connie up while Jeff is out walking around. More psycho-babble from Shayne leads the gang to keep the couple trapped in the trailer with a rifle. That only works for a while, as Jeff tries to rig something up with the propane bottle, and the stove in the camper. As usual in these films one of the members turns on the other. In this case it’s Shayne’s sister, who wants to release Jeff and his bride and return to town. She knocks one of the rodeo rednecks out, and hatches a plan with Jeff and Connie.

As she dons Connie’s clothes, the couple escapes while she fires at the gang from inside the trailer. The gang retaliates with Molotov cocktails, leading to one of the ubiquitous gags where a stunt man wears a fire suit and runs around the desert while flaming away. Anyhow, I’m not sure where the beer (or the empty bottles) originally came from, but the blast from the exploding propane kills Shayne’s sister. In the end two of the gang chase Jeff and Connie through the desert, and Shayne’s motorcycle slips on the edge of a ravine and crashes down several hundred feet. Shayne is holding on to the edge for dear life and begs Connie to save her. Connie grasps Shayne’s hand but well you know … she kinda lets go as Jeff approaches, and the couple watches as Shayne tumbles to her death.

As typical in these old reels, most of the actors were totally unconvincing. I found myself thinking- these aren’t real bikers or rodeo dudes! These are simply bourgeois B-movie Hollywood types earning a living at ruining their future careers. I think that during most of the viewings however. Biker exploitation? No. Waste of good Mylar? Probably. You watch it and decide for yourself.

I can only recommend this piece if you have a burning desire to see hot Sixties chicks in mini-skirts, go-go boots and huge hair.

I did like the old Honda and Triumph motorcycles, and of course since there was Budweiser, (still not sure where it came from) it got one star. It runs 82 minutes, is available on DVD from MGM’s ‘Midnight Movies’ series, and I can only (in my right mind) give it 2 stars because there was a glaring lack of nudity. (The second star appears because I LOVE cat-fights!) So grab a Bud and some popcorn, and we’ll see ya next month!

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the event. You’re the only biker bird that would’ve wanted to see some rain. The rest of the crowd would’ve scattered.”

MOTOFEST MADNESS Whoa Nellie! If you missed it, you missed a whole lot of beautiful steel horses in one place. If you were there, you know that no words can totally convey what went down the stretch. I’m squawking about the Great American Motofest that ran at the Boss Hogg ranch.

Mike, Cherry and I were so busy treating the fans to one hell of a mechanical equestrian event that we totally lost track of time. Before we knew it, most of our friends were beating the dusty trail home in front of the inevitable rain that was en route. All day long at the ranch Mother Nature was leading the pack with no precipitation in sight. There was a decent gallop from cloud cover and a fairly nice breeze blowing up from behind.

Mike interrupts, “Rein it in, Spyke. Mother Nature? No precipitation? Cloud cover?

Fairly nice breeze? You sound like you’re calling the fifth race at Churchill Downs. I know we were at a ranch but there were no four-legged steeds named after weather conditions to be found. I think your birdbrain got a little fried from the lack of rain and smelling all the unburnt hydrocarbons coming from the awesome iron ponies at BTR 54 | BORNTORIDE.COM

I cackle, “Yeah, scattered like horses seeing plastic bags fluttering in trees. Anyways, the event had the true feel of an Easyriders Rodeo from days gone by. Not with horses but with horsepower. On that Saturday old school met new school. With a mixture of crowd participants and spectators from young to old enjoying the mini bike races, the choppers and rods show, the tractor pulls and the bike games, it was a true fossil fueled machine gymkhana.”

“Topping off the event was some hilarious outhouse drag racing and awesome music with the Tommy Roxxs band inviting me on stage posing as a ‘Freebird’ on his monitor during the finale. Rubenstein Law had their beautiful red white and blue stallion bagger on display for everyone to see and chopper alley was filled with wild Nellie’s.”

Mike cuts me off, saying, “Hey featherhead, I don’t think there was one chopper named Nellie and you’re not a free bird, you’re rather expensive. For our avid fans that didn’t make it to the epic experience, y’all can get the full feed sack by checking out the pictures here between these covers, on BTR’s Facebook page, the upcoming episodes of BTR TV, in next month’s issue and on the John and Heather show. I believe there were more Kodak moments taken of the wild mechanical horses than of

you, and that’s a rarity.”

“I was running around like a headless horseman and didn’t get a chance to snap any pics of you hanging with your friends,” Mike goes on. “But, someone did get a shot of us tapping a beer for Cherry after running down the home stretch, ending the day.”

I screech, “Maybe in your mind you were running, but your left leg said you were a Tennessee Walker. At least you didn’t fall because I don’t think you’d giddy-up without feeling some embarrassment. Now you’re starting to look like the good ol’ Mike who used to saddle us up on the Fat Bird, ride to every event possible, tether me to anyone’s shoulder and gallop off for a cold one or something from a feed bag.”

Mike bellows loudly, “Hey Spyke, that’s the start of horse shit! On the other hand, that’s just what you and I do. People don’t call us the Spyke and Mike show for no reason.”

I cluck, “Well dude, at least we both look pretty fit in our travels. That’s ‘cuz we’re on a stable diet just like trotters.”

Mike babbles, “You’ve got to tighten up the reins, Spyke. It’s pasture bedtime and I’d hate for you to have nightmares. Tomorrow Ron wants us to saddle up early. I’ll need to get my knees under the keys, your wings out the window and the four wheels of the mechanical workhorse cantering down the road to the BTR barn.”

— SPYKE

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RONNIE and EMILY’S

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION I was thinking about some of my riding experiences, both good and not so good, and wondered how I was able to keep from killing myself. Some of my adventures defy normal thinking but I somehow survived! For instance, one night after work at about 11:30pm, I got on my bike and discovered that I had no lights. I had no headlight or taillight, no turn-signals, not even gauge lights, nothing!

After having a long conversation with myself, I brilliantly deduced that I could ride home in the dark, clear across Ocala. Shoot, there was only about two or three miles where there were no street lights and I would be riding in pitch black conditions. It would be really hard to see where I was going, much less where the road was going. It never occurred to me to think about the fact that a vehicle could run up behind and run over me, since they couldn’t see me.

I guess my positive attitude was all I felt I needed and I could be on my way. I had confidence that goes with ignorance that I could fix the problem. This was in spite of the fact that I only had a few tools to work with, and neither duct tape nor a hanger could solve my mechanical issues. But I

wasn’t going to let the facts get me down.

I stayed patient as I attempted to reach someone to come and get me, or to simply figure out the cause of the problem.

Since this was in the 1970’s, there was no such thing as a cell phone and pay phones (takes you back, doesn’t it) were few and far between. Besides, I really needed to be on my way as I wasn’t in a better part of Ocala, and by myself. So, I had a quick talk with myself and decided to say a short prayer and be on my way.

All these years later, I now know that there is an answer to this problem that I faced. In Romans 12:12 the Bible says, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Believe it or not I was sort of following the biblical answer, but in ignorance I could have gotten myself killed. I did have a good attitude and the belief that I could handle the problem. I was patient, even with the challenges that were popping up; I didn’t quit. And the third admonishment was prayer, not to just any god, but to the One true God. What this says to me is that with God leading and directing our paths while we stay patient to His timing, He can teach us through prayer not to do stupid things. Make sure to listen for and to His voice! Since He is always there, He is likewise always available even at 11:30 at night in the dark!

In the Wind, Denny Dingler

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