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A couple of things that are not made anymore and becoming rarer to see when out and about, Victory motorcycles and s steel frame bridges. Even though they don’t make either of them like this anymore, both are still incredibly cool in their own right. Sexy Makenna was gracious enough to make Eric’s 2017 Vegas and Brad’s 2015 Magnum look even better on a couple different rural Iowa bridges. Enjoy November, Have a great Thanksgiving, and also, celebrate out Veterans! GBA 2 - TRMI TRMI NOVEMBER NOV OVEM EMBE BER R 20 2023 23
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Every damn week, hell, every damned day, there is something else coming at us. The Bill of Rights and the entirety of the 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution seem to be under attack. On top of all of that, freedoms not covered in the constitution are also at risk of being lost forever. We currently have the right and ability to ride our motorcycles, the kind of our choosing, but even that is at risk of being taken away.
never thought I would see the day where I could be taxed out of reality to ride a motorcycle, or drive my pickup. It sure as hell may be coming though. Can you imagine going to your local box store to buy a gallon of gas in a sealed container just to be able to ride your old bike around the block? We are not far off from that, sadly as it may seem.
Our ability to speak freely has been underr attack for quite some time. Although social media platforms censoring our speech is not covered under the Bill of Rights directly, I am pretty damned mnned mn eed d sure that the powers that be aree bback acck ack handedly trying to influence ppeople eo opplle and change outcomes of important taant nt events in our country. We have also as bikers been denied right to assemble right here in Iowa in the past few years, all under the guise of “safety” despite not one person being able to articulate the threat to cause the lack of ability to get together and buy and sell some parts. Our right to bear arms is even more under attack now,, and even more blatantly than normal, even en with an uber left administration. The current rent re nt people in charge at the capital are the bestt ggun unn sales people ever with their constant attacks k on our ability to protect ourselves. On the motorcycle and riding front, BMW recently announced in North America, the cessation of sales of all new and used internal combustion engine motorcycles. This stop of all sales though does not affect the sale of electric vehicles. In Europe, they are working to take away the exemption for destruction of end of life for motorcycles. Yup, that means that when your motorcycle ages out of what they define as usable, it goes away, gets destroyed. California is already pushing with many other states to follow the electric vehicle mandates in just a few short years. How long before European and Californian mandates are widely accepted? Our so-called leaders in the capital seem to gravitate toward the EU and left leaning states like CA and NY. This will not bode well for people that ride new and old motorcycles alike. On top of bans, restrictions, and companies simply no longer selling products that we want, how much are governments at different levels going to start taxing us to buy or use what have? California has been working on passing more and more taxes on weapons. When will that be the norm for gasoline? For engine oil? There has already been talk in this country about carbon taxes and charging us for the usage of internal combustion engines. I 4 - TRMI NOVEMBER 2023
If we sit back and wait for “someone” to do “something” we will all bee w without ittho houu many things that we love. In this month mo onntth oof November, the month of the day of Veterans of Vet on November 11th, we simply ccannot ca ann allow ourselves to be overrun by bureaucracy. We should all become part bu u oof the solution and figuratively stand up aand shout at the top of our lungs that we will not be silenced. We will not be advantage of. We will not allow ttaken a our hard-earned dollars to be wasted ou our Washington DC and have our by W by freedom ffr reee eedo dom stripped by the same gaggle We should honor the ooff aassholes. sssho hol Veterans V ete ete teraans that have stood and fought for our oou ur ri rrights and our futures, and the best way to show that honor, is to stand up w aand let our voices be heard, and make oour Veterans proud of the sacrifices they th he have made on our behalf. Thanks to beloved Veterans, we thank you for your ouur bbe our e service. se erv rvic icce. e. All is not bleak though in our current world, we do have many things to fight for, and also to be thankful for in this month of Thanksgiving. We are thankful for the multitude of supporters that we have and have had for a number of years. Without our sponsors, we could not put this magazine in front of you every month. Please darken the doors of the places that advertise with us. We cannot thank them enough for supporting us, and we appreciate it. We are also thankful for the many friends that we have made over the years in this business. Some have even become family, and we are thankful for each and every one of them. We are also thankful for our family. We could not do this without their support. Thanks for reading, thanks for being a part of our lives, we appreciate you all! Vernon Schwarte Proud Editor/Owner Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa Owner Thunder Guns and Thunder Guns West IMDA Board Member MRF Iowa Assistant State Rep COC Liaison NCOIR State of Iowa Representative vernon@thunderroadsiowa.com
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While I love to ride, I must confess I also love to read, with a particular penchant for history and historical novels. Some of my favorite time periods cover the Indian wars from Pontiac and Tecumseh on through what would be considered the Mountain Man era of the early 1800’s. Who, with any taste at all doesn’t like Jeremiah Johnson? Excluding my wife (even though her obvious good taste landed her such a fine figure of a husband), who says, “It’s too sad to watch and EVERYONE DIES!” The fact that the movie Jeremiah Johnson is based on the book Crow Killer - the account of a true person and the life of Liver-Eating Johnson - makes the story more appealing and real. My viewing of this 1972 classic again and again led to my eventual harvesting red pine logs and building my own cabin hideaway. A desire realized. “What does any of this have to do with today or bikers?” you are probably wondering. That is, unless you know me or have read previous articles where I’ve maybe shown a bit of a tendency to wander off and run amok. Has anyone else who has attended any of the bigger bike events like Sturgis, Laconia, Daytona, Bama Bike Week, Bikes Blues & BBQ etc.… been struck by the similarities of that westward expansion era and the biking community today? I believe much of that previous freedom- loving, adventuresome spirit still lives on in the various clubs and independent rider groups that you see at these events. Back then you had many different tribes but they all fiercely protected their areas, families, brothers and individual cultures. They lived free but had strict sets of rules pertaining to their individual tribes or clans. They knew and valued the importance of strength and aspired to being warriors that would not only protect but willingly sacrifice themselves. They would make alliances with other tribes for the good of the whole against common threats or enemies. Occasionally alliances shifted and territories changed through fortunes of war or a variety of influences. Sounds familiar. Like the tribes and mountain men of old, God has put desires and longings in the hearts of us all. The desire to live free, unfettered lives, for open space not over crowded or over regulated. Basically, of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. All of these and the desire to be a part of something bigger, a community of meaning, sometimes seem to be at odds with each other but are trying to achieve balance. We are quick to try all sorts of things and ways to scratch that itch and find lasting fulfillment. The reality is that the root of the longing is ultimately the desire to know and be known by God. The book of Haggai tells us, “Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little, you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill, you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.” All our striving to fix things in our own wisdom and strength is meaningless. The good news is that it doesn’t depend upon us overcoming obstacles but in trusting what Jesus did, not in what we can do. Not in our own works but in his blood and his work on the cross.
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We all love a good story, all the more so when based in fact. Liver-Eating Johnson was a real man who defeated many foes and lived to a ripe old age, dying in 1900 in California and then being buried in Cody, Wyoming. Likewise, Jesus was a real man and God’s only son but he suffered death for us at an early age. He also defeated powerful enemies, the foe Death being the ultimate enemy. He then rose from the grave, not to California or Cody, but to the right hand of God where scripture says he intercedes for us. We should never forget that life in Christ is a gift and should give thanks for it. Our faith has to be in Jesus, not in religion. Through salvation we can be assured that he who began a good work will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Blessings, Mark Mark and Karla Cornick are with the Christian Motorcyclists Association. Find out more about CMA and God’s plan for you at www.cmausa.org.
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Chuck’s Cycle Service and Repair S&S and Drag Specialties Dealer 307 E 5th StreetWashington, Iowa52353 319-461-5278
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Vernon and I set out for Omaha recently on a rainy September Saturday morning with the intention of attending the NEW and IMPROVED Harley Joe’s Invitational #4, and boy was it a good time. Hosted by Joe Nielsen and our photo contributor Mark Fountain, this was as one hell of a way to spend a rainy day. We arrived early, with two cool old bikes for the show, unloaded our bikes, and proceeded to look around at the early arrivals. The new location this year was great, and offered up plenty of room for the hhe participants. The show itself is free to attend, tend nd, which is pretty much unheard of these days, yyss, bu bbut ut iff you want to show off your ride, you gottaa have h ve aan ha n invitation. Besides the cool bikes and cars to look at, there were vendors, music, food trucks, and pin up models on site. The event is scheduled to last 5 hours, but could easily have gone on all afternoon. If you haven’t been to any of the last 4 Invitationals, you need to make time for #5 next year. If you want to work on earning an invitation to show off your own cool ride(s), feel free to share a pic and some info with Vernon or myself, and we would be happy to pass it along to Joe or Mark and maybe you can become a part of Harley Joe’s Invitational history. Melanie Schwarte
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efficient panels. The downside to this is the increase of discarded panels. The officials in the industry and government offices do not want to admit that large amounts of annual waste are expected by the 2030’s; reports suggest that we’re looking at 78 million tons by the 2050’s. The The tree huggers, certain factions within the government, possibility of recycling the panels could be a multispecial interest groups, and some of the globalist elites keep billion dollar industry, provided that an efficient way of pushing for green energy. Everywhere you collecting the valuable materials is look there are wind powered generators found. Recycling a single solar panel popping up. Massive wind turbines dotting is estimated to cost about $30, but the countryside making you question this only recovers about $3 worth of whether the farmers are growing corn and material. It costs less than $5 to dump beans or windmills. Homes are having their that same panel in a landfill. roofs covered in solar panels, companies are filling excess property with small Wind turbines were frozen in place solar fields, and then there are the large back in February of 2021 during a rare solar fields being installed by counties deep freeze that hit western Texas. and states. Even auto manufacturers have Due to Texas’ green energy advocates, been pressured into “going green” and natural gas and coal powered electric are pumping out more and more battery generation stations had been either powered vehicles. All of this in the name taken offline or had severely reduced of saving the planet from the boogeyman production leaving a large amount known as fossil fuels, but is it all really of people without power for several worth it in the end? days. If Texas has an issue with frozen wind turbines, shouldn’t that also be a Solar panels used to be fairly expensive, but concern for Iowa based wind turbines? over the years the technology has improved dramatically. The panels have become smaller, lighter, and much more I have found estimates that say a wind turbine costs about efficient; they have also decreased in price. Over the past 10 $1.3 million for each 1 megawatt of power. A typical wind years, the conversion efficiency of the panels has increased turbine produces between 2 and 3 megawatts. Most offshore as much as 0.5% each year. turbines cost 10’s of millions of dollars to erect. Let’s also add in around $50,000 a year of routine maintenance for the The government offers a Solar Investment Tax Credit to smaller units. those that install solar panels at businesses and on homes, which defrays costs. What started at 30% in 2006 then Now, because these turbines rely on the wind to actually dropped to 26% in 2019. This year the credit dropped do their job, we are forced to look at the power generation to 10% for commercial installations, but disappeared aspect. Just like riding a bicycle, the amount of force you completely for home installations. exert on the pedals translates into how fast you are going to travel. Likewise, the stronger the wind, the faster the blades When the technology gets better there are financial spin, the more power is generated. Just because a single incentives for upgrading to the newer, cheaper, more
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alone for now. I will admit that the power and speed of Tesla is pretty impressive, but I still think every one of their models is just ugly. Plus, let’s not forget that the sound of a The generators that sit atop of those 300+ foot tubes require nicely tuned V8 has zero comparison. massive magnets and miles of copper. The tubes themselves are made of steel. The huge batteries used for the storage of Renewable energy, wind and solar, make up about 13% the power generated are made of more rare earth minerals. of the annual production sources, where coal, petroleum, All of these materials are pulled from the earth with massive natural gas, and nuclear make up the rest. Our current diesel powered machinery, moved to processing plants with demand for energy uses up all of what we produce. Since more diesel powered machinery, processed with coal and we already know that wind and solar are not a constant, natural gas fired machinery, shaped with coal and natural sustainable source, and that there are already blackouts and gas fired machinery, then transported to sites and then brownouts due to those demands, how can anyone honestly erected with more diesel powered machinery. By the time believe that we can “Go Green” completely and set a date that single turbine is operational, what is its total carbon for it to happen? footprint? Will it ever produce enough energy to offset that footprint before the entire thing is decommissioned? Do I believe these energy sources have a place in society? Of course, I do. Do I believe that we will ever get away A single wind turbine has an operational lifespan of from fossil fuels? No, not in my lifetime and not in my approximately 20 years. Thankfully a lot of the parts can childrens’ lifetime. be recycled, but the blades pose problems. A typical blade is between 165 and 290 feet, depending upon whether it In my opinion, the only thing green in the green energy is an onshore or offshore application. These blades are movement is the stacks of cash that those that are pushing mostly fiberglass, which is not totally recyclable. It’s nonthe narrative are raking in by selling the bullshit. biodegradable and made up of a composite of very fine strands of plastic and glass, which is extremely difficult to process at the point of recycling. Instead, it’s usually David McCoy discarded as waste in landfills or incinerated. However, - david@thunderroadsiowa.com engineers and scientists have found ways to turn fiberglass - facebook.com/TRMIDave into a key component used in the production of concrete, so - facebook.com/TRMINSUR not all of the used blades are ending up in landfills. Another downfall of wind energy seems to be health related issues for humans and wildlife. There have been reports of an increasing number of whales washing up on shores and some advocacy groups are claiming that this is due to the construction and operation of offshore wind turbines. The news has been filled with articles about birds being hit by the spinning blades ever since the first one was completed. Other articles can be found claiming that cattle in the fields around the turbines have been affected. People living close to the turbines have reported various adverse effects; sleeplessness, headaches, ear pressure and tinnitus, just to name a few. Other complaints of noise, vibrations, and the shadow flicker from the spinning blades. Electric vehicles, or EV’s, are another part of the green movement that is growing in popularity. Many of their current owners speak nothing but praise, while others question their sanity when they decided to buy it. Once again we’re forced to look at the carbon footprint created in the manufacture of the vehicle and the massive battery required to operate it. Cobalt, manganese, lithium, graphite aluminum and nickel are used in the construction of most EV batteries. Every one of these are extracted from the ground in much the same manner as the iron, steel, and copper used in the construction of the EV and the wind turbine. The cobalt, manganese, copper, and lithium mines in foreign countries have a habit of using children for about 17% of the labor force. There are a ton of arguments for and against EV’s. The direct versus indirect emissions argument is a rabbit hole that would take several pages to discuss and I still haven’t completely wrapped my head around it, so I’ll leave that Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook
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sounded delicious. In addition to the lunch special menu, there is a full regular menu filled with salad and wrap options, chicken entrees, burgers, sandwiches, even pizzas and calzones! If you can’t find something on this menu, then you better just quit looking, because they literally have something for everyone.
The Corner Grill 101 W Mayne Street Blue Grass, Ia 52726 563-381-9888 Hours: Monday – Thursday 11 am -9 pm Friday & Saturday 11 am – 10 pm Closed on Sunday
Vernon chose the half pound tenderloin sandwich “Mike’s Way”. It came with a side of his choice, and he opted for a bowl of homemade pasta salad. His tenderloin arrived in all it’s golden crispy splendor, topped with a slice of Swiss cheese, grilled mushrooms, and onions, on a toasted bun. Fresh tomato, lettuce, onion, and pickle was on the side. The pasta salad was tender tri color rotini pasta with crisp peppers and onions in an Italian style dressing. It was delicious and refreshing paired with the tenderloin. I ordered Joe’s Patty Melt. It was a flavorful grilled beef patty topped with grilled onions, Swiss cheese, and 1000 Island dressing piled between two slices of grilled marble rye bread. I chose French fries as my side dish, and they were piping hot salty goodness. Crisp on the outside and fluffy potato on the inside.
Our waitress kept our drinks constantly filled and on a hot day, that was much appreciated. We had great service and delicious food that really hit the spot. Maybe next time we Vernon and I were in the middle of enjoying our anniversary stop by Mark and Karla can join us after all, The Corner Grill was their idea to begin with (they always seem to have weekend when a suggestion came to us from our dear good ideas). In addition to the regular menu and lunch friends Mark and Karla about a good place to stop for specials, they also offer catering for all your event needs. Be some vittles on our way from the Davenport Swap Meet to sure to stop by for some great food and friendly service, and Conesville. They had just had the pleasure of stopping by be sure to tell them that Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa The Corner Grill in the small town of Blue Grass for their own lunch, and thought we might be able to find something sent you! tasty as well. Melanie Schwarte If you have a WRTE location for us to visit, please let me know at Melanie@thunderroadsiowa.com
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You don’t need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a A man walks into a magic forest and parachute to go skydiving twice. tries to cut down a talking tree. “You can’t cut me down,” the tree complains. “I’m a talking tree!” This year, for Thanksgiving, we’re making a Turfucken. The man responds, “You may be a It’s when you start to stuff your Turkey with a duck stuffed talking tree, but you will dialogue.” with a chicken, but then you say fuck it and order Chinese food instead. What are turkeys thankful for on n Thanksgiving? Why was Johnny grounded on Thanksgiving? Because Vegans. his mom found him with his pants down in the kitchen, stuffing the turkey. What do you call a turkey’s evil twin? If the Pilgrims were still alive today, what would they be A Gobblegänger. most famous for? Their age. What do you call an orphan taking ng a What is the worst combination of illnesses? Alzheimer’s selfie? and diarrhea. You’re running but can’t remember where. A family photo. I shot my first-ever turkey for Thanksgiving this year. “I have good and bad news,” the doctor said to his patient. Sure, scared everyone in the grocery store, though. “Give me the good news first,” the patient said. “Your test results are back,” the doctor said, “and you have only two days to live.” “That’s the good news?” the patient Turns out a major new study recently found that humans exclaimed. “What’s the bad news?” “I’ve been trying to eat more bananas than monkeys. It’s true. I can’t reach you for two days.” remember the last time I ate a monkey. What do a Thanksgiving turkey and a person with no Why is a Thanksgiving Turkey the perfect girlfriend? limbs have in common? It can’t talk, comes tied up, and has the perfect hole for Neither one can stuff themselves. stuffing. What do you call a nurse with dirty knees? The head Why was the turkey ruined on Thanksgiving? I have no nurse. idea, but I suspect fowl play. What’s the difference between Election Day and A son tells his father, “I have an imaginary girlfriend.” The Thanksgiving Day? On Thanksgiving, you get a turkey father sighs and says, “You know, you could do better.” for one day. On Election Day, you get a turkey for four “Thanks Dad,” the son says. The father shakes his head years. and goes, “I was talking to your girlfriend.” What do women and Turkeys have in common? What do gay men and cranberry sauce have in common? Men love it when they have big breasts. They both come in a can. If a woman sleeps with 10 men, she’s a slut, but if a man Here’s a recipe for how to cook a turkey. Step 1: Go buy a does it… He’s gay, definitely gay. turkey. Step 2: Take a drink of whiskey. Step 3: Put turkey in the oven. Step 4: Take another two drinks of whiskey. Step 5: Set the degree at 375 ovens. Step 6: Take three When I see the names of lovers engraved on a tree, I don’t more whiskeys of drink. Step 7: Turn oven the on. Step find it cute or romantic. I find it weird how many people 8: Take four whisks of drinky. Step 9: Turk the bastey. take knives with them on dates. Step 10: Whiskey another bottle of get. Step 11: Stick a turkey in the thermometer. Step 12: Glass yourself a pour of whiskey. Step 13: Bake the whiskey for four hours. Step Brad brought his new girlfriend Kim home with him for 14: Take the oven out of the turkey. Step 15: Floor the Thanksgiving. Everyone was enjoying their meal when turkey up off the pick. Step 16: Turk the carvey. Step 17: Kim winked at Brad and dropped her fork on the floor. Get yourself a scottle of botch. Step 18: Tet the sable and “Oh no, I’m so clumsy!” she said as she crawled under pour yourself a glass of turkey. Step 219: Bless the saying, the table. Brad getting the hint, reached under the table pass and eat out! and undid his jeans. He waited, but nothing happened. 24 - TRMI NOVEMBER 2023
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Eventually, Brad’s mother asked everyone briefcase, she notices tourists giving her crazy looks. “It’s to share what they were thankful for. ok, she says, “I am doing a huge convention.” “Honey, why don’t you start?” she said, looking at her husband, who was out of breath and red-faced. “Well, for starters,” I told my wife that I would get a tattoo on my pecker of a said Brad’s father. “I’m thankful that one-million-dollar bill. This way she can blow a million Brad’s girlfriend has poor eyesight….” bucks without leaving the house. What do prison inmates call it when they have to A traveling salesman asked a farmer to spend the night. stab someone in November? Shanksgiving. The farmer agreed, but told him he would have to sleep in the barn. The farmer, being a nice guy and knowing how horny traveling salesmen get told the man, “Look Why do we eat Turkey on Thanksgiving? son, see that wall? It’s got three holes in it. You can screw Because an ostrich won’t fit in the oven. the first two but don’t mess around with that third hole. Got it?” The salesman thanked him and bedded down on a pile of hay. About midnight he got really horny What do Thanksgiving and Hip Hop have in and decided to take a poke at the first hole. It was good common? They were both started by people but not really satisfying so he took a poke at the second of color and then adopted and ruined by white hole. It was even better but he still wasn’t satisfied so he people. thought about the third hole and reasoned to himself, “If that first hole was pretty good and the second hole was even better, I’ll bet that third hole will really do the trick!” A boy asked his father on Thanksgiving, “Dad, how do The next morning the farmer noticed the salesman was we know when the Turkey’s done?” “There’s a timer stuck still sleeping so he went about his chores and late in the inside the turkey,” the father explained. “When the turkey afternoon he finally saw the salesman wake up. “Damn, is finished cooking, it pops.” “Just like Uncle Ted,” said son! You been sleeping a long time! What happened?” the boy. “Huh?” asked the father, curious. “A few nights “Well,” the salesman replied. “I should have listened to ago, Uncle Ted came over to visit mom when you went you. I got horny last night and tried that first hole and bowling,” the boy said. “I heard mom yell at uncle Ted it was pretty fair but not really satisfying so I tried the to hurry up and finish, and he said, ‘I’m gonna pop any second hole. It was good but didn’t do the job so I took on second.” that third hole. Say, what’s behind them holes anyway?” “Son, that first hole is my sheep, Dolly. The second hole is my mare, Sally, and that third hole is my milking machine This young fellow is about to be married, and is asking his and that thing don’t quit till it gets a quart!” grandfather about sex. He asks how often you should have it. His grandfather tells him, “When you first get married, you want it all the time, and maybe you’ll do it several What’s the difference between a pregnant lady and a light times a day. Later on, sex tapers off, and you have it once bulb? You can unscrew a light bulb. a week or so. Then as you get older, you have sex maybe once a month. When you get really old, you are lucky to have it once a year, like maybe on your anniversary.” The A boy was going through his grandmother’s wallet one young fellow then asks his grandfather, “Well how about night and found her ID card. “Grandma?” he asked, you and grandma now?” His grandfather replies, “Oh, “How much do you weigh?” His grandmother replied, we just have oral sex now.” “What’s oral sex?” The young “That’s not an appropriate question, Jimmy” He then fellow asks. “Well, she goes to bed in her bedroom, and asked, “How old are you?” She again replied, “That’s not I go to bed in my bedroom. She yells, ‘Screw you,’ and I appropriate, Jimmy.” Finally, he asked, “Grandma, why holler back, ‘Screw you too!’” did grandpa leave you?” Before she had time to answer, Jimmy looked at the card and said, “Oh I see, it’s because you got an ‘F’ in sex.” The Little Rascal’s class was having a spelling test. The teacher asks if anyone can use the word “admire” in a sentence. Spanky raises his hand and says, “I admire What’s the difference between sin and shame? my dog.” “Good job,” the teacher replies, “Now, who It’s a sin to put it in, but it’s a shame to pull it out. can use ‘respect’ in a sentence?” Alfalfa raises his hand and says, “I respect Spanky for admiring his dog.” “Ok, “replies the teacher, “now who can use the word ‘dictate’ The first rule of the Alzheimer’s club is… in a sentence?” There is silence in the class, then all of a Wait, where are we again? sudden Buckwheat says, “Darla how did my dictate !?!” I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows too high. She seemed surprised. A representative for a condom company is on her way to a convention. While rushing through the airport, she drops Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy that day due to our Veterans, the briefcase carrying her samples of condoms all over don’t forget to celebrate them as well! NO JOKE! the floor. 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Even Halloween starts my enjoyment of the holiday season and sort of the unofficial kick off of them for me. As a rug rat I dreamed for MONTHS of that night, what town we were planning to hit, the costumes to be considered and come rain, chill, or even snow, dammit, I was out for the long hall. I know my kiddos I love the holiday season, I understand that being a loved Halloween but I think it was more for the costumes big, sexy, cool biker like I am that I am supposed to be than the candy. When I was a brat, you didn’t have access nonchalant about such nonsense but in point of fact, I have to candy as much as you do now, hell, I would blow though always loved the holiday season and have long before I ever my stash like a meth-head on a bender, but my kids would had kids and a family of my own. It’s okay to enjoy them have Halloween candy well past Christmas, mainly because you know, it’s okay to be happy and to share that happiness they hid it from me but they loved the season. I geeked and it’s certainly okay to go out of your way to make sure out about it long before kids, always decorating my place, that someone else has a nice, happy time as well. giving out great treats and just having a ball. When the kiddos where involved, hayrack rides behind the golf cart The motorcycle community actually does a fantastic job were a yearly event that were discussed and planned for making other people happy and weeks leading up to the magical it shows year ‘round with the night, it feels empty now that they commitment to fundraising poker have blown out of the roost, but runs and toy runs. I just love the we still go all out for Halloween, great mood people are always in it’s good prep for the next holidays when it comes to those runs! The coming up. Before I move on to the dive bars, joints, cafes, dealerships, more important holidays, can we just and bars always welcome bikers to acknowledge one thing, Halloween swing by, even for a short period of might be the ONLY holiday that once time because it’s a huge influx of it’s over, it’s over! You move on. cash money that can help make a You never have a costume party after weekend or more. The charities love Halloween, it just doesn’t work. bikers because we step up and buy the hands, pay the entry fees, and My single favorite holiday that is grab raffles or make cash donations, NOT The 4th of July is Thanksgiving if it’s a cause we care about like Day and it’s not even close. Mostly soldiers, kids, or boobies… bikers, because it’s a holiday that you can even the big ‘ol mean looking ones, often find a smile and legit say “Happy Thanksgiving” to anyone and not be show thankfulness via their, well, cash out lay. worried about some politically correct bullshit. Worried about offending anyone on being thankful? Bite me, be A huge biker show of thanks includes the annual Toy Runs thankful you are in America and get the best day to get that happen all across the nation and are well represented together with family and just embrace the wonderment across the Hawkeye State. Groups like the Salvation Army, that is the bounty in which we have been blessed with. Toys for Tots, and many more make so many kids happy Thanksgiving rocks because nobody cares or even bats around Christmas with the gift of even a small toy, showing and eye if you’re day drinking. Family over? Start with them that people care and so many of those toys (and cash) Bloody Mary’s or Mimosa’s. Late morning, open a bottle are made possible by bikers. Even those crusty bikers that of wine, crack a beer while the turkey is finishing up and don’t like the holidays! Look, I have a black oily heart and football is kicking off. It’s one of the easiest meals to make at times I need to really give myself pause not to just sit and people stress over it. No, they stress because you have back and hate everything. It is something that I really need a mother in law telling you her way of doing it, ignore her, to work on because I am at the very core of my being, a have another glass and go back to being happy. Making a dick. But I try to be as nice as I can with a smile on my face, turkey is foolproof. Gravy? Super easy, that garbage green laughing along with conversation but my true inner being is bean casserole, buns, a ham, I mean come on, none of this is that of an asshole and it’s something I have really worked haute cuisine and hell a couple of YouTube videos and you hard on suppressing and with the shit that is going on right are rocking. now, it’s even more difficult. Now you know why I don’t watch TV or consume much of the entertainment culture, it Quick clarification, Yea, I said it and I stand by it…green just fuels my inner rage. bean casserole is hot garbage. If it’s so damn good, why do we never serve any other time of the year? Nobody chimes But screw it, no matter what I still find myself super excited in for the Memorial Day BBQ and say’s “Hey, I will bring about the holiday season! It’s weird I know, but it starts the green bean casserole” because if they didn’t you would around the time of the year when the daylight escapes, we kindly un-invite them, why? Because that is trash food. put the summer toys away, the boats are winterized, the bike Heck, green beans are barely edible FOOD and somehow is on the tender but still ready to go on those sneaky warm they transform into a delicacy when you add cheese, fried days that pop up so we can get some last minute miles in onions and cream of mushroom soup? Get the hell out of and beat the sun down because even warm days in the last here with that crap. Sure the food is the centerpiece for part of the year do NOT lead to comfortable rides home in Thanksgiving but it is about reflecting, about sitting back the dark. It is hard to focus on deer moving during peak rut and saying, “shit, we’ve got it good” and finding the good when your nerts are shivering in your chaps. Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook www.thunderroadsiowa.com 28 - TRMI NOVEMBER 2023
Happy Thanksgiving, Pilgrim.
where you can because it’s important to look at the positive and work to fix the negative. Be happy with what you have and those around you. Be grateful to have those around the table that you do, even that mother in law, because you never know if this is going to be the last time it happens. That is why I just love the holiday and it takes on more meaning since my kiddos are spread all over the place between the military and college. I don’t get them home much together, but when I do I don’t take it for granted. I have thought about how a riding article and Thanksgiving really have anything in common but to me it’s like this. I
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feel the Pilgrims in many ways represent what bikers are. We don’t really conform to the rules of our overlords, we really want to be left to our own ways of doing things and they had a bit of outlaw streak to them. And any good biker appreciates a Scarlet Letter now and again. Bring on the holidays brothers and sisters it’s a joyous time of the year and thank you for being you and all that you have done, celebrate, be thankful and let’s get together and hangout. Just don’t bring any of that icky casserole around. Todd “Crash” Davis
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End of Life
European Commission: End-Of-Life Motorcycles Must Be Handed In
financing for mandatory end-of-life vehicles treatment operations and incentivize recyclers to improve quality.
The European Commission wants to make it mandatory to hand in motorcycles when they have come to ‘the end of their life’. FEMA’s Wim Taal explains.
Put a stop to vehicles going ‘missing’, through more inspections, interoperability of national vehicle registration systems, improved distinction of used vehicles from end-oflife vehicles and a ban on exporting used vehicles that aren’t roadworthy.
The European Commission (EC) has recently adopted a Proposal for a Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles (end-of-life vehicle means a vehicle which is waste or vehicles that are irreparable). The inclusion of motorcycles in the Regulation could mean the end of so-called home recycling. Recycling of motorcycles and motorcycle parts is an inherent part of motorcycle use. Home recycling, where you end the bike’s registration and take it apart for re-use of its parts, is a significant part of the motorcycle culture. Home recycling helps to keep bikes on the road with used spare parts, instead of using new parts that have to be produced from raw materials.
Cover more vehicles, and gradually expand EU rules to include new categories such as motorcycles, lorries, and buses, ensuring a proper end of life treatment.’ Wim Taal, FEMA’s Communications Officer: “Virtually all motorcycle parts can be re-used, through a large network of specialized second-hand part suppliers or by users themselves who swap and change parts with other owners. Parts that are not re-used are recycled through local recycling schemes or sent on by second-hand part shops. There is no evidence of motorcycles being dumped beside the road or otherwise disposed of in an inappropriate manner.”
The Regulation aims ‘to cover all aspects of a vehicle from its design and placement on the market until its final treatment at the end-of-life:
Motorcycles are currently exempt from the-end-of-life directive (a position that was lobbied for by FEMA when the directive was written and adopted in the late 1990s). That will change if it’s up to the EC. The proposal obliges Improve circular design of vehicles to facilitate removal of vehicle owners to deliver their vehicles to an authorized materials, parts and components for re-use and recycling. treatment facility when it reaches the end-of-life stage and Ensure that at least 25% of plastic used to build a vehicle to present the subsequent certificate of destruction for the comes from recycling (of which 25% from recycled end-of- vehicle’s deregistration to the relevant registration authority. life vehicles. Recover more and better-quality raw materials, including CRMs, plastics, steel and aluminum.
If adopted, this Regulation will amend Regulations (EU)2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repeal Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC (Regulations have binding Ensure that producers are made financially responsible legal force throughout every Member State and enter into for vehicles when they become waste, to ensure proper force on a set date in all the Member States. Directives lay Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook www.thunderroadsiowa.com 32 - TRMI NOVEMBER 2023
down certain results that must be achieved but each Member request for feedback, explaining why in our view State is free to decide how to transpose directives into motorcycles should not be included in a new directive or national laws). The proposal will now be considered by the regulation. European Parliament and the Council. If motorcycles were to be included in the scope of the The proposal states: ‘Two- and three-wheeled vehicles are directive, that could mean the end of so-called home currently not subject to any Union legislation concerning recycling. Recycling of motorcycles and motorcycle parts is their eco-design and management at their end-of-life stages. an inherent part of motorcycle use. Home recycling, where To ensure a circular framework for all vehicles registered you end the bike’s registration and take it apart for re-use in the European Union, including their environmentally of its parts, is a significant part of the motorcycle culture. sound treatment, as well as to prevent fragmentation of the Home recycling helps to keep bikes on the road with single market, this Regulation should also apply L-category used spare parts, instead of using new parts that must be vehicles L3e-L7e (L3e = two-wheel motorcycle, L4e = two- produced from raw materials. wheel motorcycle with side-car, L5e = powered tricycle, L6e = light quadricycle, L7e = heavy quadricycles). In FEMA’s view, the current Directive succeeded in The requirements regarding the collection of end-of-life preventing waste from vehicles, the re-use of parts vehicles, their mandatory delivery to authorized treatment from vehicles and improvement of the environmental facilities for treatment as well as their depollution should performance of all economic operators involved in the life apply to L-category vehicles (L3e-L7e). Manufacturers cycle of vehicles. We can also understand the need to extend will be required to provide information on the removal and the scope of the directive to other kinds of vehicles than replacement of parts, components, and materials.’ cars. The EC expects ‘lower prices for second-hand parts and components, meaning it will be cheaper to maintain and repair vehicles’ but does acknowledge that ‘the advanced requirements for end-of-life vehicle treatment may pose challenges for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) in terms of higher short- and medium-term implementation costs and adaptation to new treatment technologies’, a possible development that was recognized in the study by Finnish FEMA member SMOTO. The SMOTO study shows that if motorized two-wheelers were covered by the directive/regulation, some of the operators specializing in their handling would have to close due to increased requirements and regulation of their activities. Most of the powered two-wheelers to be dismantled would be transported to operators who do not reuse dismantled parts efficiently, but mainly utilize them as metal waste. It would also be much more difficult to get the parts of enthusiasts. ‘We see the danger for smaller treatment facilities that currently sell used motorcycle parts; they can be overwhelmed by high implementation costs and adaptation to new treatment technologies.’ For manufacturers the proposal means they must declare in type-approval documentation the share of recycled content of indicated materials present in vehicles. It also obliges manufacturers to provide information on the safe removal and replacement of parts, components and materials contained in vehicles. This information must be accessible free of charge to waste management operators and repair and maintenance operators.
FEMA asked the European Commission to ensure that the possibility of controlled in-house demolition remains possible (as part of a circular economy), either by including it in the Directive, or by allowing Member States to make their own rules and regulations for in-house demolition. FEMA will re-emphasise its position in communication with the EC, since this is not addressed in the proposed Regulation. FEMA also asked the Commission to ensure that historic powered two-wheelers of value to collectors or intended for museums, kept in a proper and environmentally sound manner, either ready for use or stripped into parts, do not fall within the scope of this Directive. FEMA will reemphasize its position in communication with the EC, since this is not addressed in the proposed Regulation. Although FEMA supports the overall goals of the proposed Regulation, we do see the danger for smaller treatment facilities that currently sell used motorcycle parts; they can be overwhelmed by high implementation costs and adaptation to new treatment technologies. Written and Photo by Wim Taal
The European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) states: ‘ACEM supports a comprehensive framework for the collection and treatment operations for L-category vehicles ensuring a positive contribution towards the Green Deal goals with several benefits for the society. However, further assessment of technical and economical specificities for various sub-categories should be considered to ensure a successful achievement of the ELV objectives and full alignment with other vehicles.’ In 2020 FEMA responded to the European Commission’s Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook
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