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The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
Continued From Page 54 part of the roof top party Friday night. But hey, what happens in Raleigh, stays in Raleigh. The entertainment line-up for Saturday was PACKED with stuff to do, the stunt shows and live music kicked off at 10:30 am at the dealership. A couple
canvas area. All the proceeds from Tattoo Fest went to benefit the USO of NC and the US Veteran’s Corps. While we were cruising around in the convention center checking out the epic bikes and tattoos, there was a revolving stage of entertainers. On the music stage, 5 different artist/bands played their hearts out and in the center of the convention center floor BMX Stunt Shows and Adam Holbrook Trials Stunt Shows took turns showing off for the crowd. To top off the Convention center scene, the Rumble In Raleigh Car Show had Cabarrus St. blocked off with some really awesome rat rods, hot rods, low riders, and other 4 wheeled show pieces. Capital City Bikefest shuttles were running between the Convention Center and Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson all day and it really made it convenient to take in both of these venues. I had to hop in and get back to the dealership before the Karney Law Firm Bulldog Hero Awards went off at 2pm on the dealership’s center stage. Bob Karney has been giving back to the biker community for the past 8 years in the form of honoring bikers who make a difference in their community.
blocks away at the Raleigh Convention Center, the second half of Capital City Bikefest kicked off with a public bike show and The Invited Builders Competition with 2 classes: Baggers and Customs for 30+ elite bike builders. As you can imagine the convention center was eye candy central with all the custom baggers, ape hangers, awesome paint jobs, and choppers along with parts and apparel. Death Trap Cycles took home Best of Show with a beautiful old school style 2014 Shovel that was completely decked out in chrome and an elaborate multicolor, metal flake paint job. It was a true beauty that you just had to see! On one corner of the convention center was 7th Annual Tattoo Fest. There were over 20 tattoo artists slinging ink all
weekend. Friday was by appointment only, but Saturday you could get some awesome new art if you could find an open chair! Both Saturday and Sunday you could enter your healed tattoos in contests that were broken in to styles, sizes and
Check out the article in this issue to get the specifics! The Party on South Saunders St. raged on all day and the seemingly endless stream of bikers coming to the party was only interrupted by stunt shows that went on every couple of hours. In the middle of the afternoon, a special announcement came around that Mae Sutton was the Lucky Number winner and won a beautiful 2018 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy. What luck, that’s something you don’t see every day or every year! The dealership was buzzing with the upcoming Cole Freeman motorcycle jump that I mentioned earlier. Cole was attempting a 90+ foot jump over 18,760 bottles of water that would be donated to the disaster relief effort for the hurricane victims in NC. The anticipation was on the face of everyone in the crowd as Cole took the required test runs, then rode to the top of the ramp, Evel Knievel style, and signaled that he was ready. David Ankin of the TV series “Toy Makerz” was on hand all weekend filming for his show and was also the commentator for the jump. We all held our breath as
