Carolina Chrome Magazine June Issue 132

Carolina Chrome

The #1 Magazine for South Carolina Bikers!

Issue #132 June 2019

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Ms. Chrome June 2019

Ms. Cheyenne Photographer Nicole CGW Editor in Chief

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Cover Photographer Retread 3 Ms Chrome Ms. Cheyenne Shumpert

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Photo by Nicole CGW, Editor in Chief

6 Cover Story 10 Lessons from the Open Road ; A Devotional for Motorcycle Riders 14 Biker Kids 16-17 Centerfolds Eben & Tracy Thomas Photographer Tony Culpepper Owner of TLC Photography

18-21 Calendar of Events 26 Bartenders Around SC 28 Motorcycles at the Spartanburg Spring Fling

By Wally Wersching

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Tony Howland; Keeping Old School Alive About 30 years ago, Tony Howland, built his first big twin in his kitchen. He needed a few new parts for an old Shovelhead from the local Harley Shop. The shop owner and a Mechanical Engineer by trade; Mario Rapvano, fixed him right up. The next day he had the bike up and running! Tony rode to the shop to show Mario the running bike, just a day after buying parts! Mario offered him a job.

“I learned everything I could from Mario's library of manuals and books. His rule was to wash your hands, read the manual and put it back when you're done.”

Tony said. Mario was a firm believer that if you read it, you would remember it.

Mario discovered that Tony was also a tattoo artist and they decided to become business partners. His dream had come true, Harleys and tattoos! In 1997, Tony’s dream came to a halt due to an automobile accident that left him unable to walk or ride for over 2 years. His passion for Harley’s never slowed down! Determined to ride again, by the year 2000, he started another bike build. Tony stated; “When building a bike, I get a certain style in my head and I would just go with it. I don't stop until I achieve the look and the sound I want.”

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ON THE COVER Tony Howland with Sons; Dillion & Chace

Photographer Retread

It is no surprise to Tony that his 2 sons, Dillion and Chase, share that same passion and love for theses old classics. The three of them have spent countless hours together locating, recovering, wrenching, sanding, welding, and wiring to recreate these 60's and 70's style choppers. Tony Howland’s personal bike is a 1946 Knucklehead EL and Dillion has a 1955 Panhead FL, which Tony built. They are in the process of building a 1950 Panhead FL, a 42 Knucklehead EL, a 68 XLCH and a 51 Panhead for Chace. Just a father and sons trying to keep

OLD SCHOOL ALIVE AND RUNNING!

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Photography by Robert Holley

Photography by Robert Holley

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Photography by Robert Holley

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Finish What You Started

Lessons from the Open Road: A Devotional for Motorcycle Riders

By K. D. Byrd

Finish what you start. There’s joy in planning a trip and arriving at the destination. Has God given you something to do that you’ve not finished?

[The National Novel Writing Month (often shortened to NaNoWriMo, is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project that takes place during the month of November. Participants attempt to write a 50,000-word manuscript between November 1 and November 30.]

The NaNoWriMo challenge I described earlier; 50,000 words in 30 days... I took the challenge and won. I’ve had several novels published that were written during NaNoWriMo. The challenge wasn’t easy. Sometimes the words just didn’t come, sometimes my heart wasn’t in it, and

sometimes I was too tired to write. But, I persevered. There’s joy in finishing what you start.

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith . . .” ~Hebrews 12:1-2 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

~2 Timothy 4:7 Prayer: Dear God: Help me to finish what I start.

Byrd, K. Dawn. Lessons from the Open Road: A Devotional for Motorcycle Riders (Kindle Locations 237-239). Sixteenth Street Publishing. Kindle Edition.

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Pictures by Grange Simons Lucas111

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Photography by Robert Holley

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Photography by Tony Culpepper

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Photographer Tony Culpepper Owner of TLC Photography

Tracy Thomas

Irmo, SC

Eben Thomas

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Photography by Retread

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Photography bu Tony Culpepper

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WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE & WHY & THE ATTACHED FLYER TO:

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Motorcycles at the Spartanburg Spring Fling

By Wally Wersching

I exited at Rt 221, and headed south toward Spartanburg. I went under the bridge for Rt 176 (Pine Street), and turned left to get onto Rt 176.

After a couple miles, I turned right onto Main Street to go to the event. I’m not familiar with downtown Spartanburg. I’ve only been there once or twice.

Shortly, I encountered a roadblock. I could see that there were many people wandering around on the street but no motorcycles. I turned left, and then right at the first opportunity to go around the downtown area. As I rode, I watched the cross streets to my right. All the roads were blocked but no motorcycles. Finally I turned right onto a main street that was open all the way through the downtown area, and after a short distance, I saw some motorcycles parked in the blocked From Friday to Sunday (April 26th to the 28th), off street – Main Street. I pulled in through the Spartanburg was the place to be. They held their barricade, and parked. It was the bike show – I Annual Spring Fling. There was plenty of fun for had arrived. the whole family with rides for the kids, and the The first people I saw were the AMCA Legends young at heart. The Food Truck Rodeo located Chapter. They had their vintage Harleys parked in on E Main Street near Denny’s Plaza was from front of their tent. I talked with them for a few 10AM to 9PM on Saturday, and from noon to 6PM minutes. They seem surprised to see me there. on Sunday. Activities included the 15th Annual There was an unusual Harley with two engines Spartanburg Criterium bicycle races on Friday parked with their bikes. I had not seen it before. starting at 4:00PM. On Saturday from 10AM to It looked like it would be a handful to ride.

5PM, the Carolina Classic Car Club held an antique and classic car show on Broad St. near the Denny’s tower. On Sunday from noon to 6PM, Iron Power Sports held a bike show with VIP Bike Parking on West Main Street near Spartanburg HeraldJournal. There was also non-stop live entertainment on five stages scattered throughout the event.

Travis, the owner of Iron Power Sports invited me to the bike show so on Sunday, after stopping at the Kings Mountain National Military Park for their first encampment Across from them was the tent of Iron Power of the year, I got Sports. I stopped in to visit with Travis. I told onto I85 heading him how difficult it was to find the show. The south toward flyer had no directions. He said that there were Spartanburg. It directions on his Facebook page. I forgot to look was about 11:30 when I left the park. Traffic was before I left home. light even in the construction zones.

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There were quite a few bikes parked in the area. There was a large trailer with a row of custom bikes parked in front.

It was from Richard Wright’s Chop Shop from Lexington, SC. The bikes looked great, and the quality of the workmanship was outstanding.

I walked back to “Miss Vickie” and got a granola bar from the pack. I walked to a shady spot to eat it when I noticed a policeman walking around. He was seriously eye-balling “Miss Vickie”. I thought that I had parked in the wrong spot, and was going to get a ticket.

It turned out that he had a Victory Kingpin too. His was a couple years older than “Miss Vickie” with only a five-speed trans. He’s really riding the tires off his. He said that he put over 30,000 miles on it in less than a year. That’s doing a lot of riding.

We had a very pleasant conversation about the Victory motorcycle before I left. I left about 1:00PM, and I backtracked to I85, and eventually Shelby. It was a very interesting morning. I hope that I can do it again soon.

Pretty soon, the band started to play on the Clock Tower Stage. The schedule was: 12:30 PM – “Bad Weather States” (Southern Americana); 2:30 PM “Outshyne” (Country), 4:30 PM – “Generation Axe” (Classic Rock/Hard Rock).

They sounded pretty good for such a large area.

I was going to walk down Main Street to see what they had for sale in the many tents along the way but the center of Main Street was a mass of humanity. I decided that I really didn’t need anything from those tents.

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Photography by Retread

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