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The heart of the summer and riding ding season ding di sea easo aso on ne is upon us. We survived the June Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa waa event list that seems to just get larger arge rger rg er and larger every year. For somee reason, June seems to be the month to host events in the Iowa biker world. Not to say those other months are not busy, but I think that people take advantage of the brief point in time after school ool o is out, spring rains have ceased, th tthe he roads are finally cleared of mostt of of the winter and spring debris, and before the oppressive heat of summer hits to host events. At least that may be a part of the planning processes for some of these events. Who knows though, maybe it is totally random with no rhyme or reason as to when and why people host events. So here we go into July!
Thee mo Th month m ont nth ho of July rolls in with a resounding reesso o oun u di un din theme of Freedom! We will wiill see w seee a lot of you hopefully at the Fr F Freedom reed eeed Rally in Algona. ABATE of IIowa of o hosts one of the biggest bi b biker ik parties in the Midwest, and this year will be no exception. There will he thousands of people there enjoying what they like to do in their own ways, and that t att to th t me is the true definition of Freedom. The Independence Day Free Fr Free eed eed holiday holid ho lid and all is great, and nice li for some folks to have a day off, but we cannot forget what the holiday, the 4th of July, the Freedom Rally, and FREEDOM in general mean. We are fortunate enough to be living in the greatest country in the world, and although there are usually some stupid things happening at any given time and place within our wonderful nation, it is Don’t forget as you start to hit still the best place to live as rallies and runs in July that far as I am concerned. Be an it usually is the first real heat active part of our Freedom and humidity that we get for that we all love so much. the year. We have days here Stand up and voice your and there through May and opinion when you see things June that the temperatures that are threatening our very and humidity levels are matching, but usually in July is existence in a free country. Celebrate our freedom, and also when they start to do that day after day and even some night remember those that have paid the ultimate price for our times that can be hot as hell with little relief. Make sure very freedom over the last 250 years. Make our fore fathers that you stay hydrated when out riding or at the events. No, proud. Drink and celebrate from the cup of freedom, but alcohol does not count for keeping hydrated; toss a bottle of don’t forget who bought you that cup. water in there occasionally to keep your body working as it should. One of the things that we have seen people forget Ride Free! over the years when in the heat is that drinking beer after beer when it is hot dehydrates us, and couple that with the Vernon, Melanie, Sabin, Soren, and Violet heat and sweating, and then the alcohol hits us harder when dehydrated it seems like. Not trying to harp, we just don’t Quote of the Month: “America was not built on fear. like to see bad things happen to riders when they are out America was built on courage, on imagination, and an trying to have a good time. A bottle of water goes a long unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” Harry S. ways! Truman
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It only took me one out-of-the-county ride to remind me why I have been drooling over Harley’s newer Heritage with the oil tank that’s been moved out from under the seat. About 180 miles into the trip the underside of my right leg begins to feel rather warm. While I would definitely appreciate a little warmth on a chilly day, I’m not into the amount of warmth my 2008 Heritage oil tank puts out. This is different than the heat generated when my Dyna’s straight pipes set my pink Frogg Togg pants on fire. That was more operator error than anything. Nope, this is a bike defect that can only be cured by purchasing the new and improved model, 2018 or newer.
Incredibly enough, we do have a co-signer in There’s only one problem to my the form of Christ Jesus. solution and his name is Mark. Moreover, he co-signed Someone seems to think that we shouldn’t get over our heads for our debt fully knowing in debt. It might be linked to the fact that in the last week that we could never pay we 1) had to have a backhoe come to our house and dig the the debt in the first place. street up to get to the broken pipe which had 2) flooded our We simply are not able. basement, causing us to 3) shop for new drywall and 4) When Jesus died on the a new dehumidifier to replace the one that died during the cross, it was the payment flood. I let Mark go hunt that down because after 5) the air for every sin that would conditioner broke in my car on the way home today, I was ever be committed. Anger, hot and grumpy but thought I needed to spend some time at lust, jealousy, lying, theft, the computer working on this article until 6) I discovered sexual sin, indifference, that the computer had also died. (I’m now “typing” this out pride, cold-heartedness, on an i-Pad so those of you who think I’m long-winded will lack of generosity - you be happy because my hands will cramp up if I spend too name it, it was paid for. much time on these itty-bitty keys.) So if I’m going to have a new bike in my near future, what I really need is for someone The question is, what will you do now that you know the debt I don’t know to peacefully pass away and leave me a bunch for sin has been paid? Will you walk away, laughing and of money. Either that, or find someone to co-sign on a loan thinking, “Sucker!” and go on to live your life however you for me. want? Or maybe you’re the one whose pride tells you that you don’t need any help and that if you just try a little harder However, chances of finding a co-signer are slim, probably . . . . Or maybe you’ve been so beaten down that you can’t because most people have dads who all pounded the same believe that anything good like that was really meant for you. rule into their heads when they were growing up: “Never co-sign on a loan for something you can’t afford because The rest of Romans 6:23 says this: “ . . . but the gift of God is you will almost certainly end up paying the loan.” If you eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” What a trade-off haven’t seen this happen, you have at least read about it in between the first part of the verse and the last. “Payment” “Dear Abby”. Usually, it’s a tender-hearted relative who co- becomes “gift”. “Death” becomes “eternal life”. In the first signed on a loan, and they really, REALLY wanted to give part, we did the sinning and in the last part, the good is all the person a break and they really, REALLY believed that done “through Jesus Christ our Lord”. the person had turned over a new leaf and would suddenly be financially responsible. Skip ahead to the part where If this was only about money it would be a no-brainer. But it’s Abby tells them they should have known better and that they really about the question “Who is in control of my life?” We were suckered. If you’ve been the co-signer, you probably all like to think we own our homes, our bikes, our toys, but in either feel angry or feel like everyone else thinks you were reality, until the debt is fully paid the bank owns them. Your stupid and that you should have known that the person had life is no different. You only think you are in control, but no intention of ever trying to pay the loan. If you’re reading until the debt is fully paid . . . Abby’s column, you probably think that the the person who got the relative to co-sign for them walked away from the Your debt. Your choice of payment. Choose wisely. bank laughing and thinking, “Sucker!” Blessings - Karla Well, I hate to break it to you, but we all owe a debt that WILL have to be paid. It’s called “sin” and the Bible tells us Mark & Karla Cornick are Iowa Area Reps with the Christian at the beginning of Romans 6:23 that “The payment for sin Motorcyclists Association. Find out more about CMA and is death . . . “ - our death. We need to find someone who will God’s plan for your life at www.cmausa.org . make the payment for us. 6 - TRMI JULY 2019
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Biker Accessories Coolbikerstuff @ The Old Bait Shop 2103 Okoboji Ave MILFORD, Iowa 51351 712.338.8888 & 214.914.4555 Crispy’s Biker Apparel Cedar Rapids, Iowa Find Us On Facebook J&P Cycles 13225 Circle Drive Anamosa, Iowa 52205 www.jpcycles.com 319-462-4817
Dealers Auto Karl Chevrolet Stuart Austin Vanlandingham 324 SW 8th Street Stuart, Iowa 50250 515-523-1201
Dealers Baxter Cycle 311 4th Street Marne, Iowa 51552 712-781-2351 www.baxtercycle.com Big Barn Harley-Davidson 81 NW 49th Place Des Moines, Iowa 50313 515-265-4444 www.bigbarnhd.net Carroll Cycle Center 1327 Plaza Dr Carroll, Iowa 712-792-1610 www.carrollcycle.com Edwards Motorsports and RV’s 1010 34th Avenue Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501 712-366-8400 fullthrottleia.com or edwardsrvs.com
Ernie’s Harley-Davidson 2701 Hwy 18 East Algona, IA 50511 515-295-7951 www.erniesharley.com
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Indian Motorcycle of Des Moines 1500 E Army Post Road Des Moines, Iowa 50315 515-256-9062 Indianmotorcycleofdesmoines.com
National Motorcycle Museum 102 Chamber Drive Anamosa, Iowa 52205 319-462-3925 Nationalmcmuseum.org
Desperados 105 E 5th Street Atlantic 712-243-7087 Home of Cold Beer, Good Times, Pizza & Wings
Indian Motorcycle of Mason City Mason City Powersports 12499 265th Street Mason City 641-423-3181 Masoncitypowersportsinc.com
Okoboji Classic Cars Museum and Restoration Shop 810 Jeppeson Road West Okoboji, Iowa 51351 712-332-8029
Firehouse Bar 1211 5th Street Downtown Sioux City, IA 712-224-1020 Open Daily at 12:00
Loess Hills Harley-Davidson 57408 190th Street Pacific Junction IA 51561 712-800-3500 loesshillshd.com Metro Harley-Davidson 2415 Westdale Drive SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 319-362-9496 www.metro-motorsports.com Nishna Valley Cycle HONDA – YAMAHA – KTM Atlantic, Iowa 50022 1-888-577-6406 www.nishnavalleycycle.com Okoboji Harley-Davidson 1005 Eastview Avenue Okoboji IA, 51355 712-332-7700 www.erniesharley.com Route 65 Harley-Davidson 1300 S Jefferson Way Indianola, Iowa 50125 515.962.2160 www.route65hd.net Storm Lake Honda 3040 Expansion Blvd Storm Lake, Iowa 50588 StormLakeHonda.com 712-732-2460
Food and Drink (Popular Poker & Fun Run Locations) American Legion Post 46 1301 S 6th Street Marshalltown, Iowa50158 641-752-3612 Open to the Public 7 Days a Week American Legion Post 111 1101 W 4th Street S Newton 641-792-3353 Open to the Public 7 Days a Week Newtonamericanlegion111.org Amigo’s 280 North 1st Street Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 515-576-0142 Amigosfortdodge.com Barney’s 203 S Mill Street Wadena, Iowa 52169 563-774-2525 Barney’s Wadena on Facebook Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern 5546 130th Street NE Lisbon 319-624-2204 Cold Beer, Delicious Food, Good Music & Great Times!
Zylstra Harley-Davidson 1930 E 13th Street Ames, Iowa 50010 515-232-6223 zylstrahd.com
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Brickyard Burgers & Brew 1802 Greene Street Adel, Iowa 50003 515-993-4200 Beer, Burgers, Fun
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Bullys’ Angle Inn 505 US 151 Walford, Iowa 52351 10am-12am Check Us Out on FB Calvin Rockett Bar & Grill 2013 South Center Street Marshalltown, Iowa 50158 641-328-1033 Open 7 Days a Week 11 – Close Catfish Charlie’s On the Mississippi River 1630 E. 16th Street Dubuque, IA 52001 (563)582-8600 www.CatfishCharliesDubuque.com
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Polk City Pub 217 W Broadway Polk City, Iowa 50226 515-984-9388 Open @ 11:00AM / Closed Mon.
The Buck Snort Restaurant & Sports Bar 25 Scott Street Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503 712-328-2825 TheBuckSnortrestaurantandsportsbaronFB
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McCanns Tap NE 14th & 54th Des Moines, Iowa 50313 Bike Parking M-F 2:00 Sat & Sun 11:00
Red Oak Tap 419 E. Reed Red Oak, Iowa 51566 712-623-4788
The Buck Snort Glenwood 419 Sharp Street Glenwood, Iowa 51534 712-520-6454 Buck Snort Glenwood on Facebook
Twisted Corn Tavern 1405 Walnut Street Dallas Center, Iowa 50063 515-992-3868 Twisted Corn Tavern on Facebook
The Buck Snort 113 4th Street Neola, Iowa 51559 712-485-9090 The Buck Snort on Facebook
Vic’s Main Tap 304 Broadway Audubon, Iowa 50025 712-563-2122 Opens Sun-Fri 2:30, Sat 9:30
The Buck Snort Harlan 3002 23rd Street Harlan, Iowa 51537 712-235-2825 The Buck Snort Harlan on Facebook
Whatcha Smokin? BBQ+Brew 403 Iowa Avenue Luther, Iowa 50152 515-257-7490 Tuesday-Sunday
The Buck Snort Neb City 715 1st Corso Nebraska City, NE 68410 402-713-5169 Buck Snort Neb City on Facebook
Whistlin’ Donkey Sports Bar & Grill 111 N. Main, Woodward 515-438-2669 Open 7 days/week @ 10am, Kitchen 11am Outdoor Patio, Find us on Facebook
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Wild Hogs Saloon & Eatery 350 Commercial Drive Walford, Iowa 52351 Open 11:00 Every Day Check Us Out on Facebook
The Buck Snort Red Oak 322 E Coolbaugh Street Red Oak, Iowa 51566 712-357-1701 The Buck Snort Red Oak on Facebook
Wilson’s Tap and Recreation 1008 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036/ 515-433-1395
The Exchange 171 S Elm Street Avoca, Iowa 51521 712-343-2609 Lang’s Pizza, Cold Beer, Sports
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Mi Casa Family Restaurant 512 Market Street Harlan, Iowa 51537 712-755-2258 Enjoy Drinks at the Full Bar! Midway Tavern 206 1st Street Soldier, Iowa 712-884-2230 www.midwaytavernsoldier.com
Riverside Tavern 450 E Main St Lehigh, Iowa 50557 515-359-9998 Email:riversidetap@gmail.com Roadhouse 105 Washington Marne, Iowa 51552 712-781-2272 Home of the Marne Burger
Montgomery Street Pub 207 East Montgomery Street Creston, Iowa 50801 641-782-2165
Rumors Bar & Grill 400 F Ave Cedar Rapids, IA Live Music & Food 319-286-0806
Mucky Duck Pub 3100 S Duff Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010 515-232-8888 The Best Fish & Chips
Sandbar 103 North Noyes Street Mondamin, Iowa 51557 712-646-2300 Facebook Sandbar Mondamin
Mudders in Minburn Coldest Beer in Dallas County Bar Food-Wings-Pizza-ETC 515-897-9223 Open M-Sun 11AM Facebook Mudders
Scooters on Broadway 475 NE Broadway Des Moines, Iowa 515-288-1053 scootersonbroadway@hotmail.com
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Sportsman Bar & Grill 103 1st Street Pisgah, Iowa 51564 712-456-2222 FOOD, FUEL, FUN Stumpy’s Bar & Grill 423 Main Street Duncombe, Iowa 50532 515-543-4222 Stumpy’s Bar & Grill on Facebook
Papa Joe’s 117 South 6th Street Missouri Valley, Iowa 51555 712-642-9015
Sugar’s Diner & Lounge 2725 E Kanesville Blvd Council Bluffs, Iowa 712-322-3600 Check us out on Facebook
Pearl Street Social Club 110 Pearl Street SW Shellsburg, Iowa 52332 319-436-7100 Find Us On Facebook!
T.J.’s Pourhouse 100 E. Washington Street Exira, Iowa 50076 712-268-2353 Open M-SAT.@11, SUN.@ NOON
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Bill’s Jewelry Shop 903 Main Street Grinnell, Iowa 50112 641-236-1008 Rings Checked FREE!
Jason Roberts, LLC Haul It, Dig It, Doze It Code931993@yahoo.com 641-740-1411
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Southwest Iowa Sandblasting Mike Magers 65162 Oxford Rd Atlantic, Iowa 50022 712-249-3995
Mean Machine Cycle Parts Elkhart, Iowa 50073 Stereos, Bars, LED Lights, Air Ride Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9-12 515-367-7336
Thunder Road Cycles 4106 Rockingham Rd Davenport, Iowa 52802 563-323-3172 Thunder Road Cycles on Facebook
Motorcycle Medic 3176 Highway 30 Woodbine, Iowa 51579 712-647-2818 Open Tues-Sat Noon-6PM
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Nelson Machine & Forge General Machining, Ornamental Iron, Weld/Fab 70 Washington Street Marne, Iowa 51552 712-781-2220
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Law Tigers Lowe Law Group 699 Walnut Street 4th Floor Des Moines, Iowa 50309 800-Law-Tigers
B ‘n L Automotive & Motorcycle Repair 407 N. 2nd ST. Fairfield, IA 52556 641-451-1528
Pike Run Services 320 Main Nichols, Iowa 52766 Shop 319-723-4244 Cell 319-330-4541
TheBikerLawyers.com The Biker Lawyers, P.C. Riding & Defending Your Rights for Over 30 Years 877-209-9452
Bigfuuts Paint & Repair Baxter, IA 515-577-6730 Custom Paint & Fabrication After Hours Service & Parts Stereos-Electrical-Repairs
Road Rage BikeWorks 401 High Street Avoca, Iowa 51521 712-307-6111 Road Rage BikeWorks on Facebook
Walker, Billingsley & Bair 208 N. 2nd Ave. West Newton, Iowa 50208 Corey@WalkLaw.com 641-792-3595
Butterfield’s M.C. Parts 8025 Blondo Street Omaha, NE 68134 402-391-3768
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Chuck’s Cycle Service and Repair S&S and Drag Specialties Dealer 714 East 7th Street Washington, Iowa52353 319-461-5278
SS Collision, Cycle Works & Graphics 2902 11th Ave SW Spencer, Iowa 51301 712-262-3959 www.sscollision.com
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Steffens Cycle Shop LLC 1311 E 7th Street Atlantic, Iowa 50022 712-243-3076 Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-12 or Call
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Harley Joe’s Invitational. If you have been around the motorcycle world in western Iowa, and happened into a HarleyDavidson dealership on the wrong side of the river, in a town in the wrong state, you may just have run across a cool cat named Joe Nielsen. We don’t hold it against him on where he works and resides, because even he has strong Iowa ties, strengthened when he tied the knot with an Iowa Girl. His wife Amy has been on the cover of this very magazine riding a bike that Joe and Amy built together. They are quite the couple, although Joe may be the more outspoken one of the HD Duo. Joe has been many a riders parts guru over the years, and if not slinging parts over the counter at the dealership, he tinkers, builds, collects, and lives the life in his very own abode. He is always finding cool stuff, building with
ass bikes and people to peruse the cool western Iowa and eastern Nebraska treasures. Joe got to work w on inviting people with some of the th coolest, most unique, and historical to to the area motorcycles. He reached out o to builders, racers, motorcycle historians, h and area legends. Very soon the th show was full! Now the shirts were w printed, fliers were hung, and the event e was ready to go. On O the big day, Mark was there with camera c and lighting on hand to capture some s of the coolest area motorcycles, and a one seemed to stand out above and a beyond the rest. The crew at Butterfi B elds M-C Parts in Omaha was invited in to bring out one of the late Bob B Butterfields motorcycles to the show. s The green 1946 Police Special Flathead F was a show stopper not only o at this show, but at many shows over o the years. Bob was an icon in the th motorcycle culture in Council Bluff B s, Omaha, and beyond for years. His H escapades on two wheels are legendary, l as was his presence, and he is i deeply missed yet today. This bike
it or passing it on to other builders, and making the Council Bluffs and Omaha biker scene even cooler. When area photog Mark Fountain and Joe were talking about doing a CB/ OMA metro area show, Mark threw out the name “Harley Joe’s Invitational Motorcycle Show” and Joe wasn’t sold on the name. Well, if you have ever heard either of these cats talk, they are never quiet, and before you know it, the name stuck, and the local parts guru had his very own show to promote. They got world renowned Iowa artist Darren McKeag to design up a t shirt design, and poof! They had themselves an event to plan. The event was set for April 27th, 2019. That time of year it could be great weather, could be crap, it didn’t matter though. They set a limit of 30 motorcycles to keep it as a unique show, and they had plenty of room because they had a showroom emptied out for the event with plenty of room for bad 14 - TRMI JULY 2019
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The return of my Murder Cycle! It’s a cute phrase that rears its ugly, delicious, depraved, single focused mind; I hope you enjoy your MURDER CYCLE. It’s so cute when somebody who “claims to have my best interests in mind” or even better, “Aren’t you a DAD? Don’t you worry about leaving your kids fatherless?” all because you know of course, I like to ride my murder, er, motorcycle. Historically, I cannot pin point the exact time the term “murder cycle” came to be. I might have heard it years ago, but then again, I have had a great deal of head trauma over the years, so who knows exactly when. But I do know for sure where it seems to have gained its popularity. Not that this is a fact, it may be mere speculation. Then again, I am a commenter, not a journalist. You know, because journalists only deal in facts. I hope that last line made you giggle. Ha, lame ass reporters anymore. No I am not a reporter; I am a dude that comments on stuff, as I was saying. Moving on…..Harley and the Davidsons. In September of 2016, an amazing television series was on the History Channel, Harley and the Davidsons, and while it wasn’t COMPLETLY historically accurate, it was pretty bad ass about the history, trials and tribulations of the Motor Company, the line murder cycle was used by a reporter, that reporter later became Mrs. Davidson. MURDER CYCLE. I giggled and didn’t think much about it, until I remembered that an ER nurse once said that same line to me (that one day when I wasn’t giggling).
jaunt to my event, executed perfectly, I was back, swinging a leg over just over an hour later, headed back to the right side of the river and on to my next event. Boom, huge success, lots of bikers, tons of hugs, honored to be a part of it. I spent 3 hours lapping in the awesomeness that is the biker community, but alas, as my life is…it was time to try and make it to the next event. Remember, it was an incredible Saturday, a kind of day you want to lock in the horizon, crack a throttle and just go! Sunny, hardly a breeze, about 80, the perfect day. Now, I was 60 plus miles from my kid’s event that I wanted to see. She had a softball game to play and I wanted to just go be a dad. Hopped on the bike, pointed it east, and boom. I was leaving the second event to go do family stuff and I was on my way, on my favorite mode of transportation…my bike. The fact that I love to ride should be a no brainer, after all, I am writing for a magazine that talks about the biker life. I don’t write for Mountain Bike Monthly, or discuss the finer art of eating sweet corn during RAGBRAI. Look at it this way, if we were supposed to still peddle bikes, why did the dinosaurs all die just to turn into gas? Right? Think about that sometimes. Anyway, I am clipping along east and I turn onto Hwy 6 only to find it’s all brand new! I can still smell the paint used for the lines! This is a fresh, damn near virgin highway, and I am on it! Hardly any traffic, brand new road, bike is humming along, all 6 cylinders and dialed into perfection, the tunes are tight and life is perfect. Well, almost, when a road sign about construction brings me to a dead stop, just about 7 miles from my destination. NOW I know why the road was so fresh, they were still rebuilding it!
No worries, I thought. I was making great time; I would just hang there in the shade and enjoy a bottle of water before continuing on my way. But nothing happened. There was no movement as far as I could see. I began to wonder if I would ever make it to my kid’s game. I struck up a conversation with the traffic control lady (I know it’s not her fault, shit happens) only to find out it was likely to take another Over the last couple of years, at various strange times, this 25 minutes! F that! No way was I making the game, so my phrase has been said to me because I ride. More so now, mind started spinning. How could I backtrack and find a being a well-respected public figure. Okay, being a public figure. Okay fine, being a person not to cause a scene. I have way around this and still hit my destination? Just then I got a always laughed it off or joked my way around the situation, text from my bride saying, they were ahead of schedule, just never firing back and saying something like, “With that ass, go home. I bet you could murder a motorized shopping cart at the grocery store” or “Do you get naked and murder a man’s sex It was a beautiful day, I wasn’t even mad! I thought, cool, I drive for life” Or “I bet you murdered a sack of cheeseburg- am gonna ride this brand new road, the other way, and enjoy the hell out of it! ers to get the guts to say that to me”. I want to, but I don’t because I am not an asshole and I don’t I swung into a small town C store, grabbed another water, just hung out for a second, chatting with a local farmer care what people do with their lives. Leave me alone, I will about planting and whatever…he liked my bike, I liked the leave you alone, great system that just works. cool I-H Farmall logo on his truck. Just a couple of Iowa dudes bullshitting on a great Saturday while I drank water Recently, I was on the phone with the boss of bosses at and he enjoyed an ice cream. His wife walked out, made Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa, the man of men, talksmall talk with both of us, then it came out. ing about this subject, and here is why we were having this conversation. It was a GREAT Saturday, the ideal day to ride. I hope you enjoy your day, riding on one of those MURDER I am talking perfect. As a matter of fact, I got to fly, er, ride CYCLES. down an essentially a brand new road. I had an event early that morning, a quick downpour when through, but then the sun came out and by 7:15 AM I was on the road, a great I considered cocking off, I considered telling here that riding 20 - TRMI JULY 2019
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is safer now than it ever has been, how that I am a responsible rider etc. etc. etc., but I didn’t. I left it alone and bid them a nice day as well. I didn’t let it bother me at all on the ride home, really, it was an awesome ride, and I was enjoying life and had other shit to worry about at the time. It wasn’t until a couple of days later it started to piss me off. Who in the hell cares, I need to leave it alone I know, she is an idiot and doesn’t likely know the joys of a brand new highway, small town ice cream stops, watching the horizon, twisty curves that demand a singular focus, 100 bikes strong showing up and raising money for a cause or rounding a corner to see a brand new stretch of pavement just begging for you to crack the throttle. Considering the struggle she had climbing into that F-250, no way in hell that bitch is swinging a leg over a bike. But she murdered that ice cream cone like a cold hearted communist dictator, I can promise you that! I am getting better at laughing off people that judge me or my lifestyle, I have decided not to give them any return ammo or enter their debates, and some folks are just not worth the oxygen. So, my best advice when the haters come out is to smile, focus on the adventure at hand, and if you have never watched it, download Harley and the Davidsons and keep searching for the new road to ride, fine a destination to find, murder some chicken wings, a pizza or a burger, and love that our enjoyment is just envy from those that can’t or don’t get it. Todd “Crash” Davis
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On Page 14 of this issue, you can read more about an Omaha/Council Bluffs motorcycle show that featured this very bike. This is a gorgeous example of the work and detail Bob put into his motorcycles. The 1946 Police Special could not look any better after Bob got done with it. This motorcycle had nnot been seen publicly in quite a while and is a shining example of a machine built by the loved and respected late Bob Butterfield. Although Bob is no longer with us, Vivian, Breeze, and crew keep the shop rolling at Butterfield’s M.C. Parts 8025 Blondo Street Omaha, NE 68134 402-391-3768. Photos by Mark Fountain.
Probably preaching to the choir with this topic. Never took a survey, but I’d wager that many readers of Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa are members of A.B.AT.E. I certainly am. There are plenty of reasons to oppose any law requiring bikers to wear helmets in Iowa. For me, the list starts like this: Whether we wear helmets or not is none of the government’s business. Of course, riding without a helmet is a lot like sex without a condom. More risk, vastly better experience.
Maybe you’re thinking, “I don’t keep illegal things on my bike. I don’t commit crimes. This doesn’t apply to me.” Sadly, you’d be mistaken. Police officers aren’t experts in the law. People are arrested every day in this country for doing things that are 100% legal. On the flipside, there are too many laws for anyone to know all of them. Or even most of them. It could be the case that you’re doing something illegal, but not obviously illegal, when an officer decides to arrest you Before I get too far, I want for some other reason. Later to be clear: helmets do a on, a prosecutor, who is an lot to protect a biker. The expert in the law, looks at the obvious example is a crash arrest record and concludes where the biker is struck on that you may have been the head. My dad is alive committing some obscure today because, years ago, he infraction and prosecutes was wearing a helmet when you for that. To be perfectly he went down. I tend to wear a helmet myself, and not just clear: you can be arrested for a totally bogus reason, but to keep my brains inside my skull. A helmet that covers the your arrest and any resulting search will still be valid if a ears goes a long way toward preventing hearing loss, which prosecutor can Monday-morning-quarterback a valid reason will happen as the wind whips at the eardrums. Sometimes for the stop and arrest. a vehicle ahead tosses up a rock, and it flies right at your face. Not everyone likes the taste of bugs. Sunburns on the I’m not trying to pick on police or prosecutors here. I’m not nose are terrible. And so on. saying they’re bad people. What I am saying is that when you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Ever hear The thing is, we’ve already signed up for a high risk of civil forfeiture? The idea is that police can take property activity. Just the act of getting on a bike is taking your from people, permanently, if that property was used to life in your own hands. Safest thing to do would be stay commit a crime. This might sound fair, but it isn’t. When off the bike entirely. So… what we’re really talking about you’re accused of a crime, the government must prove with a helmet is a risk management choice, just the same as beyond a reasonable doubt that you committed the crime. the choice of whether to wear any other gear, from chaps When the government seizes your property under civil to gloves. I mean, if I see you riding in flip flops, I will forfeiture, you must prove that it’s more likely than not that absolutely make fun of you, but I’d never contend that your you didn’t use the seized property to commit a crime. This personal choices require my approval. Or anyone else’s for means that, despite never being convicted of a crime, people that matter. who get property seized under civil forfeiture can still lose that property forever. Where does the property go? Often, There are complex problems with a legal requirement for it goes to the same department that seized it. This creates bikers to wear helmets. We don’t need to give police an a perverse incentive for police departments to aggressively extra opportunity to pull us over. The Fourth Amendment use civil forfeiture as a way to pad their budgets. The contains our freedom from unreasonable searches and bottom line is that no matter what you’re doing, legal or seizures, but once you’re pulled over, Fourth Amendment illegal, encounters with the police can put you at risk. If it’s protections get a lot weaker. I don’t practice criminal illegal to ride without a helmet, that’s just one more chance law, but off the top of my head, I can still remember about for an encounter. eight different ways a cop could legally search a biker and motorcycle, so long as it was legal for the cop to stop the Helmet laws would also be horrible for the bikers I biker in the first place. represent in my work. Let’s say a biker gets rear-ended Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook www.thunderroadsiowa.com 28 - TRMI JULY 2019
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while sitting at a red light and isn’t wearing a helmet. If it’s illegal to ride without the helmet, and the biker suffers injury to the head, the biker would be legally at fault for an injury caused by someone else. That’s right. How much fault would be a jury question, and I don’t at all like the idea of a jury pondering it. “That biker should have been more careful and worn a helmet” is such a toxic juror thought that, under the current law that requires no helmets, I routinely keep it out of evidence at trial that a biker wasn’t wearing a helmet, even when the biker’s injuries aren’t to the head.
kind of boots. Oh, those insurance lawyers would be on that like flies on manure. Under the law as it is in Iowa, these aren’t arguments a judge would allow, but if a helmet law ever passes, the slope will become slippery and the rights of injured bikers will slide swiftly downhill.
Helmet laws must die, strangled in the cradle. A.B.A.T.E. is doing excellent work at maintaining our rights in this regard, but it’s a job that needs constant attention, year after year. Iowa is one of only three states without a helmet law. If we drop our guard, we stand to lose a lot. So, here’s my pitch: if you aren’t an A.B.A.T.E. member, consider Maybe I’m stating the obvious, but there’s no small amount joining. It’s cheap. We’ve got the best rally around. If of prejudice against bikers. A substantial amount of my trial you are an A.B.A.T.E. member, be sure to show up for your preparations and strategies revolve around combating that district meetings, at least a few times per year. Getting prejudice. The last thing an injured biker needs is for an involved, even in a insurance lawyer to suddenly have the right at trial to argue, small way, makes “That biker should have done more to protect himself, but a difference and he didn’t. He chose to take an extra risk by not wearing a helps maintain the helmet. Sure, my client may have rear-ended him, but my freedom we enjoy as client didn’t take the helmet off that biker’s head…” The Iowans. logic behind this sort of an argument, disgustingly, is that bikers are legally responsible for protecting themselves Cameron Leehey against the stupid things other drivers do. If ever a helmet TheBikerLawyers. requirement passes in Iowa, that logic becomes law. And com then what? 877-209-9452 The next step would be for the insurance lawyers to argue that an injured biker was at fault for not wearing a leather jacket. Or not wearing chaps. Or not wearing just the right
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What is the cost of riding free??? This was a question I was pondering on the road to one of the many meetings I go to, trying to make sure that the motorcyclists of Iowa stay free. As I was on the road, I thought about the three different benefit rides that were going on that particular day and I thought to myself, what would happen if people could no longer do these? What if you could no longer ride what you wanted, choose between helmet or none, ride when you wanted, or wear what you want to wear while you ride? What would you do if these freedoms started slowly slipping away? What would you pay to keep these freedoms and the lifestyle that we bikers love? So, let’s think of it this way…say there was a benefit ride for motorcycle freedom. This ride cost you $10 to $15 for the ride; there was a 50/50 entry that ran maybe $5 to $10, followed up by an auction or raffle costing from $10 to $100 there. So, this benefit ride for the day of fun could cost participants anywhere from $25 to $125. Maybe a little less for some and maybe a bit more for others. I would say either end of the spectrum is well worth the money spent that day…being part of a fun benefit ride designed to keep your freedoms as a rider. What if I told you that there is a price you can pay to preserve these freedoms? Well, there is…the cost of this freedom is between $25 to $60 dollars a year, a small price to pay to help keep your freedoms as a rider. You may be asking where I came up with this “cost of freedom” for a year. This is what it costs to belong to one or two groups that work hard to keep the freedom of motorcyclists in the State of Iowa and in the United States. In the State of Iowa, that group is ABATE of Iowa, a yearly membership fee is a mere $25 to help maintain your freedoms as a rider in the State of Iowa. There is also the Motorcycle rider foundation (MRF) out of Washington D.C. This is a group that helps keep our freedoms on the federal level and the MRF membership fee is $35 a year. These are very small prices to pay to help keep our freedoms as riders. Now get out enjoy the freedom of two or three wheels and the wind in your face. Hope to see you all July 4th,5th and 6th at the ABATE of Iowa Freedom Rally, where you can sign up to become an ABATE member, if you haven’t done so already! Duff State Coordinator ABATE of Iowa
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Racking Up the Miles or quite some time I have been enamored with the y personal definition of a basic long distance ride F thoughts of riding long distances on two wheels. I M is hitting the 1,000 mile mark in as good of time have had many opportunities to do just that over the as I can. To do a ride such as this in as good of time as last 10 years, with the first being in June of 2009. So for more than ten years, I have been doing at least one or two long distance rides per year. I wish I had the time and means to do more than that, but I do not, so I just do what I can with what I have. All of them I have done on my own motorcycles, all of them being Harley-Davidsons. All of these rides I have done on an Ultra or a Limited, and I am fully aware that many before me have done long rides on non-touring style bikes, and I totally respect that, but that goes in the time and means category for me. I would love the opportunity to attempt a long distance ride on other brands or other styles of bikes, but unless someone is going to loan me a bike to do such and document the experience, I will stick with my Limited for the time being.
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rides on these very pages, and maybe even a photo or two, but nothing on a larger scale to write about these rides. I have people that will ask about how I complete my rides, how I get it done in the time frame I set, and how the planning and coordination for something like this work and I gladly share my experiences with people. My good friend Tim recently was one that asked about any advice to try to hit that mileage mark, and that sparked the idea for this article. Why not share some thoughts and then riders can decide to take it, leave it, or figure it out on their own if they even want to attempt something like this.
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I can for me means doing it in 18 hours or less. From my experience, after getting past that point hour wise, one starts to get overly exhausted and when that happens, safety becomes a major issue. That time allowed for the ride could be extended with some preparation such as extra sleep every night for a week or so before the ride, proper nutrition loading in the days before, and being able to relax for a day or two afterwards, but I simply don’t have that luxury usually. We are all busy as hell anymore it seems like, and for me to be taking an entire day or more to do something just for fun is a lot of time not in the cards. I would like to extend the distance a bit and hit the 1,250 or even 1,500 mile in a day mark, but that will take a bit more planning. For the time being, I will stick with the 1,000 mile trips when I can work them in. ide, ride, ride, and then ride R some more is the order of business for the day when I get
to do these things. As with the style of bike for these rides, there are varying opinions of what is actually a long distance ride. There are some that consider 1,000 miles in a day a drop in the bucket, while many would look at it more like running a marathon, and almost impossible. It is not for everyone, that is for sure, but it gives me a chance to maintain riding endurance, stave off being too old to ride, enjoy some miles, see a lot of countryside, and push myself beyond my current limits. Simply put, I do these rides because I enjoy them. I like to pit myself and my machine against the roads, the traffic, and the clock. It is a thinking game to be able to get the most miles out
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of a tank of gas and then refill and keep going as swiftly per day. Other certified rides include the Hoka Hey Challenge that can be found at hokaheychallenge.com as possible. and this one involves multiple days of long distance rides and camping beside or on your bike. These hen I first got into doing these things, I looked into the Iron Butt Association as a certifying body things are of great interest to me as well, but don’t have the time to be gone for that long or the means to be to document my ride. Their website ironbutt.com has able to complete something like that either. To those evolved a lot over the last 10 years with much more information and expanded categories of rides that are that try or even complete these endurance events available to try to complete. They now have 1,000 mile though, I tip my hat to those riders, as this is not small rides in 24 hours, 1,500 mile rides in 36, and even other feat at all. rides with varying combinations of time and distance s far as the 1,000 milers, I am no expert by any to attempt. With those certified rides there are a lot means, as there are riders that have completed far of requirements to be witnessed for location and time more of these rides, and logged many more miles, but I and such. Due to living in a rural area without even a am willing to share my own knowledge and experience gas station clerk available when leaving at O-Darkgained over the years. If doing this is something that Thirty to certify start time, and not wanting to mess intrigues you, think about the longest riding day you with the paperwork requirements, I have never done have ever had. If your biggest day is 250 miles, you an official Iron Butt Association Saddle Sore 1,000. have some work to do to build up to do a long distance There are other people that could certify your start, but that increased the paperwork required, and for me ride. When I originally had the thoughts of doing such a ride, I was up to about 700 miles in a day, but that the money spent to certify my ride was not worth the was on a Night Train Softail with no windshield. At the patch and certificate I may get for completing their paperwork. Some riders like patches and stuff to hang end of days with that many miles on that particular bike, I was shot and don’t really know if I could have hit on the wall, I chose not to mess with it. Not to belittle the IBA though, with tens of thousands of members and another 300 in a day or not. I also did not specifically riders that have completed their challenges, it just isn’t try to attempt the 1,000 mile ride on that bike either though. Next thing you know I got rid of that bike and my deal to mess with the certification process. More power to those that do though, as riding and promoting had an Ultra to ride, and then the miles seemed to add up easier so decided to go ahead and try the 1,000 riding is a big part of what we do here at TRMI. mile gig. bove and beyond the small single day 1,000 mile rides, there is the Iron Butt Rally which involves CONINUED NEXT PAGE basically 11 days to compete around 1,000 miles
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of that. Stay hydrated with water, bring some bottles of water with, and some protein bars or beef jerky to keep your belly happy, and give you some energy for the ride. I usually try to drink a small bottle of water it also did not dissuade me from wanting to do more and have a little snack at or just after every fuel stop long distance rides. I learned that the more you mess and then run until I need fuel again. With snacks every around at fuel stops, the longer your day becomes. If you have to stop every 150 miles, and need to get gas 7 150-190 miles, I can usually keep running and don’t times during that trip, each gas stop adds more time to necessarily need to stop for a meal. Even a fast food your waking hour day. If your fuel stops are 10 minutes meal can easily burn 20-30 minutes, and usually sucks for quality anyway. If you are going to stop, refer to the each, which is pretty quick, that adds an hour and 10 “garbage in, garbage out” mentality. Stop at a decent minutes to your day. Now if they are each 20 minutes place and get quality food if you do stop for a meal. long, you have almost 2 ½ more hours added to your day. Now if you can go 180 miles between fuel stops, eather is always a consideration as well as riding you will need one less fuel stop for the day, and that gear for said weather. When it is 90 degrees cuts off time overall. out and humid at hell, that is going to take its toll on hen you are riding around Iowa, you don’t need you physically. Keeping hydrated in weather like to ride terrible distances to go for the next gas that is even more of a challenge to properly manage stop. It may not be the grade of fuel you want, but even hydration with not adding to the bathroom pit stops. a tankful of low octane is better than being stranded If it is too cold, it takes longer to get ungeared to fuel on the side of the road. In other parts of the country, and for pit stops and adds to your overall time. Ideally you can go mile after mile without even a chance of a level temperatures, no precipitation, and routes that roll gas station. Consider things like this when planning away from rising or setting sun are ideal. You cannot your route. Either make sure there are gas stations on always have your cake and eat it too, so prepare and or about your distances for stops, or plan them ahead pack what you may need for the forecast on the route of time. I have done quite a few distance rides within that you choose. or close to the confines of the Iowa state line, so those trips did not pose a problem per se for fuel. Rides in LWAYS make sure your bike is as ready to do other areas have proven interesting though at times. the miles as you are. Ensure that all systems are Knock on wood though; I have yet to run out of fuel functioning and that you have plenty of tire and service when on a long distance ride. life for your fluids. Ensure all of your lights and such are in working order for safety for one and another nother aspect of route selection is the type of road. to have no reason to get pulled over and delayed for In a perfect world, I would always have the time to a bad bulb. When making sure your bike is ready, take two lane roads and roam the countryside without make sure you are ready as well. Above and beyond a care in the world for the numerous towns that equate the previous mention of knowing your limitations and to stop signs, stop lights, decreased speed limits, and being able to hit high mileage marks, chat with people in town traffic hazards. Simply put, I am usually too that have done long distance rides. Most I have run rushed to get from A to B and this is amplified on a across are more than willing to share some pearls of distance ride, so my recommendation is to take the knowledge from their experiences with people. Don’t big roads. Interstate and divided highways offer the be afraid to seek them out and learn from them. highest average speed that you can maintain for an extended period of time. They also offer the least bove all, ride safely. If you need to stop and rest, amount of traffic interaction that can readily ruin your do so. If you don’t want to run interstate speeds, day. There are no T intersections, no left turns by a car find two laners that you will be able to get fuel when in front of us, no intersections where cars run lights you need, but avoid metro areas with excessive traffic. or signs in front of us. Going forward on an interstate Try to avoid metro areas during morning, noonish, or offers all of the traffic going in the same direction. evening rush hour traffic. Share your anticipated route There are hazards on the big roads, but unless in metro with others not riding with you, and make sure you areas full of traffic, you can maneuver away from said have a cellphone and charger to ensure if you do have hazards to maintain a clear path. Speeding is not issues, you can phone for help. Prepare for the ride necessarily a required way to run your route either. At and then do it and enjoy it. posted speed limits on the big roads, you can make his is not an all-inclusive list at all for doing distance better time than the Iowa 55 MPH two laners. Fuel rides, but it is all the space I have this month. economy is far worse the higher the speeds as well, Maybe in subsequent issues I can highlight some of so you end up with a point of diminishing returns by the rides I have done to offer some further suggestions speeding. Running harder adds up miles faster, but eats more fuel which equates to the need to stop more for riders that want to try to rack up some miles in a day. If you have any suggestions to share with readers frequently for fuel. Pick your pace and run with it knowing the harder you run, the more you will have to or have any questions, let me know at Vernon@ thunderroadsiowa.com. stop, and stopping kills timeframe on distance rides.
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Every so often you schedule in time for an interview that somehow super cedes your everyday time constraints and engulfs an afternoon without your even noticing it…those are the really good ones. The ones where you meet someone for the first time, and fall into a repertoire generally reserved for lifelong friends. Well that is exactly what happened when we headed down the tree lined lane belonging to Ray and Sheila Schulte. Ray, known as Butch by his friends, is the focus of this month’s military rider page, and he and his lovely wife make their home outside of Dunlap, Iowa on their own little piece of Heaven.
In 1965, just before Butch’s service commitment in the Marines was about to expire, President Johnson issued a mandatory re-up for all men with more than 30 days remaining, and just like a midget at a limbo tournament, with only 28 days remaining… Butch came in just under the bar. Butch feels he was a lucky man at that point, as many of those men then headed to Vietnam and never came home.
Once he was back on good ol’ Iowa soil, Butch began tearing up the pavement. Over the years he has owned a whopping 21 bikes and estimates that he has covered about 400,000 miles on two wheels. Those 400,000 Butch was in the United miles include hundreds of States Marine Corp during various journeys, eight trips his service, attaining to Sturgis, and numerous the rank of E3 PFC in trips to California (one of Infantry 0311 followed by which was on a 650 Yamaha Headquarters Company. Maxim – that only cost him He started out with $13.50 to get there). His basic training at Camp first bike was a 90 Honda in Pendleton, but his career 1965, his favorite bike was took him a lot further than his first Harley, a 2005 883 just the West Coast of the Sportster that he bought used United States. Between 1961 and 1965, Butch traveled to the with only 400 miles, and his latest is a 2015 Fat Boy Low likes of Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Vietnamese that he bought at Carroll Harley-Davidson. Butch said he Coast and the Philippines. Now, Butch did not come from a chose this bike because it is comfortable enough for both long line of Marines. In fact, his step-father and uncle were him and Sheila to get out and ride whenever they can… in the Army, and his brother joined the Navy. Butch actually maybe even to California one more time (wink wink…that’s visited a couple of recruiting offices because there simply for you Sheila). I would say that they find a decent amount wasn’t work available close to home in 1961. After speaking of time to ride, considering he has 47,000 miles on the Fat with both Army and Marine recruiting officers, Butch felt Boy already. As far as customizing his bike, he has added a that while the Army recruiter had sugar coated the idea of windshield, replaced the stock foot pegs with boards, a sissy Army life, the Marine recruiter seemed to be pretty straight bar, and some sweet-sounding Vance and Hines exhaust. forward about life as a Marine….and off he went to San Butch generally likes to ride either alone, or with his trusty Diego. fender ornament, Sheila…but he is a member of his local American Legion Post 224 in Dunlap, so if you see this cat During his military career Butch had numerous jobs. He out and about be sure to tell him thank you for his service, worked 16 months in the Brig as a tower guard and security and stop to chat with him for a minute. He has the kind of in Segregation…that was for the “bad apples” so to speak. stories to tell that are worth listening to. He also had a 4 month “float phase” aboard the Iwo Jima, a helicopter carrier that ironically had a total of four men Butch, from Vernon and I, thank you for opening your from the small town of Dunlap, Iowa aboard it at the same home to us. From all of us at Thunder Roads Magazine of time. Additional jobs in maintenance, laundry, and metal Iowa, thank you for your service and for doing your part shop also encompassed his service period. Now the Marines to preserve our freedoms. And in addition, thank you don’t necessarily work ALL the time. Butch went out for for hopping on two wheels back in ’65 and never looking the division boxing team… a short-lived stint, when he was back…you are the embodiment of what it means to be a kicked off for being a mere “street fighter”. But that’s ok, biker. because Butch found his niche as a member of the division rifle team in Okinawa, where he advanced to shooting at Melanie J Schwarte expert level with his M-14. Shooting is a passion which has melanie@thunderroadsiowa.com stayed with Butch since his time in the military, and he has a cool set up on his acreage to hone his skills. 36 - TRMI JULY 2019
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of spicy chorizo and eggs was almost enough to fill me up on its own, but I couldn’t ignore the rice and beans. The rice was fluffy and seasoned to perfection. The creamy beans were topped with melted cheddar cheese. The tortillas were fluffy, warm, and allowed me to make burritos with any combination of the delicious food on my plate. Overall, it was fantastic.
Casa De Oro
1409 N Elm St. Jefferson, IA 50129 (515) 386-4877 Open 11am-10pm Sunday – Thursday 11am-11pm Friday and Saturday After attending the Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson, we had worked up quite an appetite. The gang and I decided to turn up Elm Street, but what we found was far from a nightmare. Just over the viaduct sits Casa De Oro, where they are serving up some of the finest Mexican grub this side of the border. Immediately upon entering, our waiter guided us to our seats. Behind him came a woman with not your standard chips and salsa, but rather an overflowing basket of piping hot tortilla chips and four bowls; two containing delicious white cheese dip, one with fresh Pico, and the final with spicy, homemade salsa. Considering that they refill them whenever asked, we could have survived on the chips and our drinks alone, but we decided to peruse the menu.
Soren decided to have Miguel’s Special, which is described as shrimp, scallops, and mushrooms sautéed in butter and red pepper flakes, and also came served with rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole. Soren says that the shrimp and scallops were tender, juicy, and had a touch of spiciness. His beans were creamy and cheesy, and were a perfect combination with the spicy seafood. He says that it was delicious and he would definitely have it again. Yet again, there was enough food provided that he had to take a good deal home with him. Violet decided to have chicken fingers and French fries. She said that they were “awesome”. The chicken was crispy and crunchy on the outside and it was juicy on the inside. The fries were seasoned very well and tasted great. The meal had more food than was needed to fill her up, in fact, I had to help her. The portion sizes are huge here. If you leave Casa De Oro hungry, you probably did something wrong. Oh, and did I forget to mention that they serve an impressive assortment of margaritas and daiquiris for the adult drink enthusiast? Delicious, reasonably priced food and daily lunch specials make Casa De Oro a must stop location on your next road trip.
I decided to get huevos con chorizo, and I honestly don’t think I could have picked a better option. The menu describes it as scrambled eggs mixed with Mexican sausage, served with rice and beans, Pico de Gallo, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. When it arrived to the table steaming hot, I couldn’t wait to dig in. The beyond generous helping 38 - TRMI JULY 2019
Melanie decided to have the pollo fundido. She said the outside was fried to a crispy golden brown, the inside was stuffed full of juicy shredded chicken combined with Monterey jack and cream cheeses, and in addition to the rice and bean sides it came with Pico de Gallo, sour cream, and guacamole. A combination that she said “Is to die for.” The only downside to this meal was that she had to take half of it home. The portions were very generous for her meal as well.
Until the next meal… Sabin Henery As always if you have some place in your neck of the woods you think we would enjoy shoot me an email at melanie@ thunderroadsiowa.com
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A guy is standing at a urinal when he notices that he is being watched by a midget. Although the little fellow is staring at him intently, the guy doesn’t get uncomfortable until the midget drags a small stepladder up next to him, climbs it, and d proceeds to admire his privates at close range. “Wow,” comments the midget, “Those are the nicest ba ball balls llss ll I have ever seen!” Surprised and fl flat at-at tered, the man thanks the midgett and and starts to move away. “Listen, I know now no w this is a rather strange request,” says the little fellow, “but I wonder if you would mind if I touched them.” Again, the man n is rather startled, but seeing no real eal harm in it, he obliges the request.. Th Thee midget reaches out, gets a tight grip on the man’s balls, and says, “Okay, hand me your wallet or I’ll jump off the ladder!”
The year is 2222 and Mike and Maureen land on Mars after accumulating enough frequent flier miles. They meet a Martian couple and are talking about all sorts of things. Mike asks if Mars has a stock-market, if they have laptop computers, how they make money, etc. Finally, Maureen brings up th the subject of sex. “Just how do you guys do it?” it ?” aasks sk Maureen. “Pretty much the way you sk do,,” responds do resspo p n the Martian. Discussion ensues and fina fi n na nally ll the couples decide to swap partners forr the fo t night and experience one another. Mau Ma Maureen u and the male Martian go off to a bed be bedroom d where the Martian strips. He’s got only on ly a teeny, weeny member about half an inch in ch long and just a quarter inch thick. I don do don’t n think this is going to work,” says Maureen. reen re en n “Why?” he asks, “What’s the matter?” “Wel “W “Well, ell,l,” she replies, “It’s just not long enough to el reach me!” “No problem,” he says, and proceeds to slap his forehead with his palm. With each slap of his forehead, his member grows until it’s quite impressively long. “Well,” she says, “That’s quite impressive, but it’s still pretty narrow…” “No problem,” he says, and starts pullThe king wanted to go fishing, and he asked the royal weath- ing his ears. With each pull, his member grows wider and er forecaster the forecast for the next few hours. The palace wider until the entire measurement is extremely exciting to meteorologist assured him that there was no chance of rain. the woman. “Wow!” she exclaims, as they fell into bed and So the king and the queen went fishing. On the way he met made mad, passionate love. The next day the couples rejoin a man with a fishing pole riding on a donkey, and he asked their normal partners and go their separate ways. As they the man if the fish were biting. The fisherman said, “Your walk along, Mike asks “Well, was it any good?” “I hate to say Majesty, you should return to the palace! In just a short it,” says Maureen, “but it was pretty wonderful. How about time I expect a huge rain storm.” The king replied: “I hold you?” “It was horrible,” he replies. “All I got was a headache. the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an educated All she kept doing the whole time was slapping my forehead and experienced professional. Besides, I pay him very high and pulling my ears.” wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him.” So the king continued on his way. However, in a short time a torrential rain fell from the sky. The King and Queen were Define “Egghead:” What Mrs. Dumpty gives to Humpty. totally soaked. Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the meteorologist. Then he summoned the fisherman and offered him the prestigious position of Did you hear about the flasher who was thinking of retiring? royal forecaster. The fisherman said, “Your Majesty, I do He decided to stick it out for one more year! not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey’s ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain.” So the king hired Did you hear Richard Simmons had plastic surgery to get the donkey. And so began the practice of hiring dumb asses his love handles removed? Yeah…now he has no ears. to work in influential positions of government. And thus the symbol of the democrat party was born. The practice is unbroken to this day. I feel sorry for the hypnotist I saw last night. He hypnotized 7 guys, then dropped the mic on his foot and yelled ‘FUCK ME’ What happened next will haunt me for the rest of my A brunette, a blonde and a redhead are all in fifth grade. life. Who has the biggest tits? The blonde, because she’s 18. I heard they’re naming a new paint color after you. It’s called Whore Red. It’s not very bright but it’s Cheap and spreads A man noticed that his credit card had been stolen but didn’t really easily. report it. The thief was spending less than his wife. An American businessman is entertaining some overseas There is a barking dog at the back door wanting in and your business guests on the golf course. The first guest, who is wife yelling at the front wanting in. Which one do you let in? from Italy, tees off and hits a good shot 200 yards down the fairway. As the American businessman knows a small The dog, once he’s in, he shuts up! amount of Italian he says: “Buon tiro”, which means “Good shot”. The Italian businessman replies: “Grazie”. The second 44 - TRMI JULY 2019
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guest, who is from France, tees off and hits a fantastic shot that lands on the green thirty feet from the hole. As the American businessman knows a small amount of French he says: “Tir fantastique”, which means “Fantastic shot”. The French businessman replies: “Merci”. The third guest, who is from Japan, tees off and amazingly the ball goes straight in the hole, a hole in one! The American businessman doesn’t know many Japanese words or phrases but when he dated a Japanese girl during his overseas business trips she used to moan when he made love to her and she would shout out “Ura-ana, ura-ana”, and which he repeats to his Japanese guest. The Japanese businessman replies: “What do you mean, wrong hole?” There was s safety meeting at work today. They asked me, ‘What steps would you take in the event of a fire?’ Apparently ‘Fucking big ones’ was the wrong answer.
One day Mr. Smith, the president of a large corporation, called his vice-president, Dave, into his office and said, “We’re making some cutbacks, so either Jack or Barbara will have to be laid off.” Dave looked at Mr. Smith and said, “Barbara is my best worker, but Jack has a wife and three kids. I don’t know whom to fire.” The next morning Dave waited for his employees to arrive. Barbara was the first to come in, so Dave said, “Barbara, I’ve got a problem. You see, I’ve got to lay you or Jack off and I don’t know what to do?” Barbara replied, “You’d better jack off. I’ve got a headache.” An employee went into the office kitchen one morning and found a new blonde girl painting the walls. She was wearing a new fur coat and a nice denim jacket. Thinking this was a little strange, he asked her why she was wearing them rather than old clothes or an overall. She showed him the instructions on the tin, “For best results, put on two coats”.
I don’t get it. If sperm contains more life than blood then why don’t vampires suck dick? Oh wait, I forgot about Twilight.
A child asked his father, “How were people born?” So his father said, “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on.” The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, “We were monkeys then we evolved to become like we A woman goes out shopping with her husband and spots a are now.” The child ran back to his father and said, “You lied pair of boots she loves. The husband says, ‘No chance love, to me!” His father replied, “No, your mom was talking about they’re way too expensive.’ Later on in bed, the wife is just her side of the family.” falling asleep when the husband tries his luck and place his hand on her hip and lower on to her thigh. She turns to him and says, ‘I don’t think so dear. If you’re not prepared to What do you call sad coffee? Despresso. shoe the horse then you sure as hell ain’t riding it’. A husband comes home to find his wife with her suitcases packed in the living room. “Where the hell do you think you’re going?” He says. “I’m going to Las Vegas. You can earn $400 for a blow job there, and I figured that I might as well earn money for what I do to you free.” The husband thinks for a moment, goes upstairs, and comes back down, with his suitcase packed as well. “Where do you think you’re going?” his wife asks. “I want to see how you survive on $800 a year!!!” Frank was getting ready to go on a trip to New York for the first time, and was talking to his friend Bill. Bill: “While you are in New York, there is a bar that you have to go to. When you walk through the front door, you are handed a free drink. Then you can go to the back room and get laid. Come back up to the bar, and you get another free drink. Then you can get laid again. It goes on like this all night.” Frank: “That sounds unbelievable. Have you really been there?” Bill: “No, but my sister has.” I was sitting on my own in a restaurant, when I saw a beautiful woman at another table. I sent her a bottle of the most expensive wine on the menu. She sent me a note, “I will not touch a drop of this wine unless you can assure me that you have seven inches in your pocket.” I wrote back, “Give me the wine. As gorgeous as you are, I’m not cutting off three inches for anyone.”
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asks a young engineer fresh out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “And what starting salary are you looking for?” The engineer replies, “In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.” The interviewer inquires, “Well, what would you say to a package of five weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red Corvette?” The engineer sits up straight and says, “Wow! Are you kidding?” The interviewer replies, “Yeah, but you started it.” A husband and wife were driving through Louisiana. As they approached Natchitoches, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town. They argued back and forth, then they stopped for lunch. At the counter, the husband asked the blonde waitress, “Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are very slowly?” She leaned over the counter and said, “Burrr-gerrr Kiiing.” Two men visit a prostitute. The first man goes into the bedroom. He comes out ten minutes later and says, “Heck. My wife is better than that.” The second man goes in. He comes out ten minutes later and says, “You know? Your wife IS better.” Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Duh...
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Tuesday Marshalltown Legion Car & Bike Cruise (Last Tuesday Apr-Sep) Whatcha Smokin? BBQ+Brew Luther (PENDING DATES) J&P Cycles Cruise Nights Anamosa (2nd Tues May-Aug) VFW Post 590 Sac City (1st and 3rd Tues June-Sept)
Wednesday The Buck Snort Neola 2nd Ave Bike Night Des Moines (2nd Wednesday MaySeptember) OP Clear Lake The Pour House Davenport Amigos Fort Dodge American Dream/Hangout Omaha Bea’s Place Baxter Twisted Corn Tavern Dallas Center Doc’s Lounge Johnston (1st Wed May, Jun, Aug, Sep) Cruise Night Britt (3rd Wed Jul-Sep) Supper Rides Harley-Davidson of Carroll (5-15, 6-12, 7-17, 8-21, 9-11) Dinner Rides Zylstra Harley-Davidson Ames
Thursday Roar Into Harlan (3rd Thursdays) Stumpy’s Bar & Grill Duncombe Wild Hogs Saloon & Eatery Walford (3rd Thursday) Firehouse Bar Sioux City Metro HD Cedar Rapids (2nd Thursday May-Oct) Des Moines Vintage Bike Night (1st Thursday May-Sep) Edwards Bikes on the Hundred Block Council Bluffs (3rd Thursday) McCann’s Tap Des Moines (Every Other Thursday) Eddies Tavern Sergeant Bluff (April-November) Solid Rock Riders CMA Chapter Monthly Ride Sioux City (3rd Thurs Apr-Oct) Big Al’s BBQ & Catering Des Moines (5-16-19 then every other Thurs) Harley-Davidson of Carroll (Jul 11th, Aug 1st, Sep 5th) Dinner Rides Okoboji Harley-Davidson (Every other May 2nd-Aug 22nd)
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Friday Bike Down to I-Town Indianola (3rd Friday) Centerville Bike Nights (4th Friday May-Aug) Thunder Nights Newton (2nd Friday) R Place Pub & Pizza Kelley (2nd Friday May-Sep) Bootlegger’s Plymouth
Saturday Route 65 BBQ & Open House (3rd Sat after Bike Down to I Town) Road Rage Dog Daze Open House (2nd Sat May-Sep) Happenings Bar Steamboat Rock (3rd Sat May-Sep) Ambro’s Roadhouse DeSoto (First Sat Jun-Nov) Monroe Bike Night (2nd Sat May-Sep) Mean Machine Bike Night at the HenHouse Elkhart (3rd Sat Jun, Jul, Aug)
Sunday Just 1 More Jamaica (Starting in May) Road Rage Fun Run at The Exchange Avoca (4th Sunday May-Sep) This list is what we have found and what has been submitted. Before heading to any event, please check weather and make sure the event is not cancelled. Not responsible for misprints and typos. If you have any other events to list, please email vernon@thunderroadsiowa.com
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