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Contents

July Issue 20

Ad Index

Features

Ride for Kids

Ride for America Biker, Artist, Potter Life and Times of Motorcycles Machine Gun Preacher

Columns

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T. Eric Albright Craven Moorehead Heaven’s Saints

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Page 3 Girl News Two Wheel Adventure Hottest Bike Nights Featured Bike Night Women’s World Events, Rides & Destinations Born To Ride Kids

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Departments

Reports

Destinations 30 Test Ride 36 GrayBeards Charity Ride 47

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On The Cover Celebrate America and Ride Alexandra Amor Photograph by: Matt Jacobson

AAA IFC Angel City 32 Biker Barn 46 Bikers Gone Wild 33 Buffalo’s Cafe 33 Burford Accounting 43 Cave Spring Rally 14 Courtesy Ford Of Rome 20 Copperhead Lodge 23 Cycle World Of Athens 29 Destination Helen 24 Diamond Gusset Jeans 47 DME Man Cup 15 Eagle Creek Brewing Co. 10 Eric Albright Photography 26 Extreme Cycles 34 Fighting All Poker Run 5 Hardy Ford 34 Helen’s Biker Village 12 H-D Frazier’s IBC H-D Killer Creek 20 H-D Stone Mountain 38 Key West Poker Run 17 Leaf Grocery and Deli 26 Rollin’ Rumble 34 Sixes Tavern 26 Stefanie Drake Burford 1, IBC Tom Elder - Nationwide 18 Tom’s Place 31

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What do you do to beat the heat?

We had a great time at Copperhead Lodge last month, leading rides in the North Georgia Mountains.

Michelle and Anthony, owners of Copperhead, held a promotional giveaway in Florida. Twenty-five lucky winners received weekend accommodations at the lodge— they were blown away at the natural beauty and the awesome riding here in our region. Most of all, they were surprised at how much cooler it was here in the hills.

Let me take just a quick moment to thank both of my boys for a great Father’s Day. We cooled off by wading in the cool mountain streams, while limiting out on trout for the day. I hope all fathers were as blessed as I was on that day.

It’s always great to get to spend time with my boys!

Another way to cool off is to go for a ride in the mountains. Last year, we took a group out in the middle of July to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was 99 degrees at the base of the mountain; in about 20 minutes we were pulling over for the women, ok and some of the men, to put more clothes on because the temperature had dropped to 56 degrees. So this, my friend, is one way to beat the heat!

We have many biker friendly towns here in North Georgia, but the best base camp is Copperhead Lodge. It is easy to access dozens of one-day trips and you never ride the same road twice. You can go to www.thelodgeatcopperhead. com to check out what they have going on thru out the season.

Independence Day! We will be set up at the biker village in Helen, Georgia for a one-day event of celebrating our freedom. There will be fun and games for all ages with a huge fireworks show at dark. If you haven’t made plans, we invite you to come up and join us. Happy Fourth of July from Born To Ride!

Remember, life is a ride and we were born to ride!

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HARLEY-DAVIDSON REVEALS PROJECT LIVEWIRE, THE FIRST ELECTRIC HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE

In keeping with the company’s customer-led product development approach, starting next week select consumers across the country will be able to ride and provide feedback on the bike, helping to shape the future of HarleyDavidson’s first-ever electric motorcycle.

While not for sale, Project LiveWire is specifically designed for the purpose of getting insight into rider expectations of an electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

“America at its best has always been about reinvention,” said Matt Levatich, President and Chief Operating Officer, Harley-Davidson Motor Company. “And, like America, HarleyDavidson has reinvented itself many times in our history, with customers leading us every step of the way. Project LiveWire is another exciting, customer-led moment in our history.”

Spurred by this heritage, the Project LiveWire Experience invites customers to test ride, provide feedback and learn more about the story of the motorcycle. Even those who don’t yet ride will have the opportunity to feel the power of Project LiveWire through Jumpstart – a simulated riding experience.

A 2014 U.S. tour – kicking off with a journey down Route 66 – will visit more than 30 Harley-Davidson dealerships now through the end of the year. In 2015, the Project LiveWire Experience will continue in the U.S. and

expand into Canada and Europe.

Helping Preserve and Renew the Freedom to Ride for Generations As riding in the great outdoors is one of the best elements of motorcycling, sustainability remains a core strategic focus at HarleyDavidson.

“Preserving the riding environment is important to all of us,” said Levatich. “Project LiveWire is just one element in our efforts to preserve and renew the freedom to ride for generations to come. As a company that has seen success for 111 years, we think in generational terms about our great riding environments for the next 111 years.”

Fans can learn more about Project LiveWire, as well as specific dates and locations for Project LiveWire Experience stops at projectlivewire. com. Harley-Davidson also invites anyone who is interested in the possibilities of the future to follow and engage with the company on its social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Harley-Davidson Motor Company produces heavyweight custom, cruiser and touring motorcycles and offers a complete line of HarleyDavidson motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear and apparel, and general merchandise.

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MOTORCYCLES AND TRAILERS ARE LIKE OIL AND VINEGAR TO ME Motorcycles and trailers are like oil and vinegar to me. They don’t really mix together that well, but shake them up to get the correct mix and it makes a great combination. Personally I’ve never used a trailer, but I can see how sometimes one would be a great way to get more riding time on a long trip. Or maybe you use a trailer to get your custom bike to a show or rally; many custom bikes aren’t made for distance riding anyway. But to me, for the most part, trailers go against everything about riding a motorcycle.

About six years ago I was in Myrtle Beach at their springtime rally, and like any big motorcycle rally bikers were everywhere.

Every kind of motorcycle you could think of was going up and down the strip and riding the coastal roads. There were easily several hundred thousand bikers there. When the last day came and I was riding the highway back to Atlanta, I started noticing I wasn’t seeing any bikes on the road with me. I just left a rally with a hundred thousand other bikers, and now I was wondering where all the bikes were. Then I noticed I kept passing hundreds of trailers … literally hundreds! I kept seeing license tags from North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. I realized all these people had trailered their bikes to Myrtle Beach. Are you kidding me! You live less than a day ride from Myrtle Beach and you can’t ride your bike there? I could understand why someone from Texas or maybe even Louisiana might want to get there a little quicker to have more time at the rally, but why would someone put their bike on a trailer, drive four hours to Myrtle Beach, take their bike off the trailer and then proceed to party hard biker style? It just seems silly to me.

I also remember, once I was asked to photograph some people who wanted to advertise themselves to the biker community and they pretty much insisted that their motorcycle trailer be parked in the background of the shot. So I did what I was asked to do, but the whole time I’m silently thinking, “You want to advertise that you’re a biker and you want a trailer in the background to show how much BTR 6 | BORNTORIDE.COM

of a biker you are?” Once again … are you kidding me? The best way to show the biking community that you’re a biker is to actually ride your motorcycle.

Now look, I do get that trailers can be a convenience and I’m sure that eventually I will put my bike on one and go to some distant far off place. My best friend wants to spend a week riding through Monument Valley, Arches National Park, and all the other beautiful places in southern Utah. But he made a good point that if we trailered our bikes to Albuquerque we could get there within a day, which would give us two or three more days of riding time in Red Canyon instead of spending those days on an interstate being bored out of our heads. Now adding days to my riding time is a good way to convince me to do something, so I can see me doing this. But to put my bike on a trailer to drive 300 hundred miles is just not going to happen, unless I’m broken down on the side of the road and need some tow truck love. I know I’m supposed to say “to each his own,” but on this subject I’m having a hard time with it.

But be patient with me, one day I may grow up.

If every time you think about going on a trip you check the air pressure of your trailer tires before checking the oil in your bike, you may have a problem. You may have forgotten that it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. Use that trailer to take trips that would normally take two or three days on your bike one way, not trips that are just a day’s ride from your home. I know for a fact that riding there is more fun than driving there. That’s why we ride isn’t it? Riding my bike on the highway when it is 90 degrees is not as comfortable as driving in the luxury of plush leather seats and air conditioning, but it is a helluva lot more fun.

As always … feel free to bitch me out on our Facebook page if you disagree. www.facebook.com/BornToRideGeorgia Eric Albright

Want to be a Safer Rider?

(Research shows you how)

Like most sports or activities, we are always looking for a trade secret—something that will give us an advantage or an edge on our competition. Racing is a great example; when I am teaching racing schools throughout the country obviously the students all want to go faster, reduce their lap times, and aspire to win races. These are wonderful aspirations, and the objectives are easily met if you perform some basic rudimentary and often not so very glamorous work.

Unfortunately, there are no real magic tricks or insider secrets.

Winners and champions work hard (harder than we do), and they have great basic fundamental skills in place. They have built a riding house on a very solid foundation of basic essential skills.

If you want to be a safer rider here are some tips, tricks of the trade you want to incorporate: 1. Get trained! Regardless of your experience, you can always learn a thing or two from a good coach and mentor. Even if you have been riding for eons, you can benefit from a motorcycle course. It’s no accident that Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Valentino Rossi all have coaches. Still not convinced? Research shows riders who have taken training classes are less involved in crashes than those folks who get no training. Still not convinced? You need a new sport!

2. Use extreme caution at intersections: If you have taken the MSF Rider Course, you know the number one collision involves a car turning left in front of an approaching motorcyclists. When

you approach intersections do so with another vehicle if possible (reduces your risk 50%) and be prepared to stop. Covering the brake is not a bad idea either.

3. Don’t drink and ride. Nearly 50% of all motorcycle crashes involve alcohol. Not convinced? Find a new lifestyle.

4. Learn how to use your brakes—both of them please. To be really good at braking you have to practice and practice often.

Motorcycle skills are perishable; you have to practice to stay sharp.

5. Ride with appropriate gear. Gear will help reduce injuries and abrasions if you are one of the unfortunate riders to get involved in a motorcycle accident. The most important is the helmet. It should not be an area for looking how to save a couple of bucks. It’s always baffled me that folks will spend $20,000 - $30,000 on a motorcycle and then complain about investing in the things that protect themselves.

The number one performance modification for your motorcycle experience is to improve the rider. I always tell my students motorcycles don’t crash: riders crash motorcycles. If you become a better and more informed rider, you reduce your risk and are less likely to become one of the statistics.

Chris Carr is a national champion motorcycle racer and operator of Two Wheel Adventures Motorcycle Academy, a state of Georgia approved provider for motorcycle training. For more information visit them on the web at www.twowheeladventures.com.

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The Ride for Kids® is a series of motorcycle charity events held across the US to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation® (PBTF). The mission of the PBTF is to find the cause and/or cure for childhood brain cancer. The Atlanta event is one of 37 Ride for Kids events held across the US this year. In addition to raising funds for the PBTF (which expands research, provides family support and provides college scholarships to survivors), the Ride for Kids events help expand awareness of the rising issue of childhood brain tumors.

It also gives our local brain tumor survivors the chance to have a fun day where they have an opportunity to take a ride on a motorcycle.

Riding in this year’s event, held at the Cumming Fairgrounds, were over 270 motorcycles, so far raising more than $124,000. Leaving from the fairgrounds, 15 brain tumor survivors rode along with the bikers brandishing huge smiles as they rolled through the north Georgia back roads. For the first time this year it was more than just a motorcycle ride. Vendors, live music, raffle gifts and stunt bikers gave BTR 8 | BORNTORIDE.COM

the participants more to do for the entire day; and with the survivors all having such a good time it was almost like a celebration of their victory over this terrible ailment.

To Steven Burwell and his wife Morissa, Atlanta Ride for Kids task force leaders, this is a labor of love and tribute. Their first time riding in this event was in 2003 to honor a friend who had passed away.

They continued participating in the following years, but when they lost their own son in a motorcycle accident in 2009 they decided to do even more to honor their son, Jeremy. To Steve, “The pain of losing my son deepened my need to help these kids and families fighting cancer and fighting for their child’s life. No one should have to go through the pain of losing a child. The Ride for Kids and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation give these families a chance to save their children.”

In addition to making cash donations, participants are asked to also come up with their own fundraising ideas and events. People raise

money in many different ways: collecting donations at intersections, selling crafts and artwork, or by having yard sales. The task force also has a presence at other local events such as the PGA tournament and Georgia Tech football games. Hardee’s is one of their corporate sponsors, this year donating almost $13,000 for this year’s ride, as well as donating to rides in Alabama and middle Tennessee. Although the event itself was held in June of this year, fundraising goes on year-round. Harley-Davidson of Cartersville has an upcoming event this September to help raise funds for PBTF, Harleys, Horses and Hot Rods. Brian and Jennifer Dukes have founded an event of their own to raise funds for Atlanta’s Ride for Kids, “Hunter’s Helping Hands Family Fun Run.” It was held this past April with another scheduled for this fall and so far they have raised $16,200. Other highly successful fundraisers this year are the North Georgia Rat Pack who raised almost $10,000, Harley-Davidson of Cartersville patrons contributed over $16,000 and another group calling themselves “Car Washes for the Cure” has so far collected over $17,000. There are hundreds of others

helping raise funds for PBTF and everything that is done and every penny raised are greatly appreciated, which is obvious when you see the joy in the faces of the children … the survivors.

Task leader Steven Burwell left me with this thought, “Seeing the folks who come out to our event is heartwarming and gratifying.

I love the look on the kid’s faces when they see all these people who came out to help and support them. I hear it every year from one of the kids, ‘Are all these people here for me?’ Every dollar raised is a success, but there are always more funds needed. The real success will be when we find a cure and don’t need to do this event anymore.”

Fundraising is a year-round process and planning for the next event is already underway. If you or your organization would like to become more involved with Ride for Kids, either by volunteering or by having your own fundraiser, you can find more information by visiting their website, Rideforkids.org.

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Once upon a time, and long, long ago I used to have a house that I lived in that was made of bricks and wood. I had to bury some wheels under it so that I could sleep and I would feel comfortable. When the economy crashed, and they took my house away I felt a little upset, but I had already put my contingency plan in place. I bought another trailer. Once trailer trash, always trailer trash.

Looking back at it, I don’t miss having all the expenses that come along with owning property, and I despise the thought of being taxed for simply owning something.

It seems that there is little or no freedom from the bureaucrats who continue to take and take from the people and provide little or no support to those very same folks that need representation. This, my friends, is the reason that I am Trailer Trash, and for the first time in my life I can actually enjoy being a free man in a free life. Judge me if you will, but as we all recall from last month, Spyke and Mike visited me here in the trailer park to discuss the content in his column regarding some silly rules. I hate rules, but always try to offer advice. …

The Trailer Trash Court however is based upon sensibility, righteousness and the opinions and dedications of those of us whom have decided to live our life on wheels instead of concrete foundations and brick walls. Ask Spyke and Mike about that, as we had a session of TT Court last month regarding his predisposed opinions regarding women, men and in his case - BIRDS. I’m sure that Mike probably learned (just a little) from hanging out with some folks who live in

the gap between homelessness and financial security, but we all have to respect the fact that no matter your monetary wherewithal we ALL have to live together in this messed up society that we so love. If we spend all our time despising the government, the city, and our neighbors, we lose a lot of time enjoying the simple freedom we have here in the greatest country on the globe. Plus – we will miss a lot of positive drinking dwelling on the negative nuances!

I, at one time had a small motorcycle shop on the lot next to my house. Although after years of living there, the robo-signer mortgage scam caused me to lose that particular piece of property, but the lot still belonged to me, and regardless of the city’s continuous attempts to eliminate my ownership through fines and harassment, the day came when I was able to sell the lot and liquidate the tools and equipment that remained there.

One of those particular pieces of equipment (and the subject of this story) was a very nice pneumatic motorcycle lift. This wasn’t one of those ‘cheep-o bargain tool store’ lifts, it was one of those that you would see in your local dealership—very nice and VERY heavy. I had moved the lift to a storage warehouse near the trailer park while I attempted to sell it.

One day, I was sitting in the local tavern shooting the $#!t with some friends and the topic of the motorcycle shop came up. One of my friends “Greasy” expressed an interest in having such a piece of equipment and we soon struck up a deal for him to purchase it.

Greasy is an auto mechanic but an avid H-D rider and he stated the fact that he needed a

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lift to do a major job on his Harley. I told him that I and my partner Rick had done a ton of bikes on that lift and that he would enjoy having it to use for his own service problems.

Unfortunately Rick had some medical problems and some surgeries that prevented him from continuing with our plan of moving the shop. Rick is doing well, and our prayers are with him! He will survive but will Greasy?

After the initial conversation regarding the purchase of the lift, Greasy and I went to the shop to see the item. We both decided that the thing was way too heavy to load into his truck with just the two of us plus, when I moved the lift to the shop it had locked itself into the raised position making it almost impossible to move.

Knowing this we returned to the bar to recruit some help. No problem! After a few beers and a little BS we had four helpers that were dedicated to getting the lift onto Greasy’s truck. That’s when it got kinda funny. …

In an expose’ of macho stupidity, I rolled the lift out of the shop onto the tarmac behind the truck. I said “The problem here is that we won’t be able to load it in the upright position” and everyone agreed that we needed to lower it all the way down to get it in the pickup.

While our ‘helpers’ watched, I once again executed another feat of superman ignorance by lifting up on the table portion of the device while Greasy kept his foot on the lower part of the unit which probably wasn’t a good idea.

We released the locking bar that held the unit in the upright position while I alone holding the table watched in agony as Greasy’s foot was crushed between the table and the lower unit. “I’m alright – I’m alright!” Greasy hollered as everyone else stood laughing at us, “it only got my shoe!” – Okay that’s fine but as I stood there with the weight of the lift and Greasy’s leg in my hands I had to holler out for a little help! The guys still laughing their collective asses off eventually came over to try to lift the table just a little while Greasy untied his shoe to escape. He got his foot out and there were no missing toes or blood thank God, but the shoe was still stuck. We were finally able to retrieve the shoe and our composure. Needless to say that incident was one of those “you had to be there” situations but at the time it was fairly hilarious, and has been talked about amongst us for quite a while. Back at the bar we discussed the fact that Greasy should invest in some steel toed boots, but he probably won’t. …

Until next month – ‘Speed Safely’ and watch yer toes bros. ...

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He’s a Biker, an Artist, a Potter and He May Be a Philosopher, Too

One of the best parts of my work for the last 30 years has been the people I have met and worked with. I have shot interviews with world leaders as well as icons of the music, film and sports industries. For the most part, these shoots are fun and every once and a while they’re exciting. But many times it’s the person I don’t know beforehand that will leave the biggest impression on me. Meeting fellow biker, David Meaders is one of those times. Now to hear David speak about himself, he’s just a “rednecked hillbilly” who would just like to “live up to his reputation as the second laziest man in this part of the country.” But he is also one of the last of his kind, especially here in Georgia. His family has been making pottery since his great-granddaddy built their first fire kiln in 1892.

I visited with David on a warm north Georgia afternoon and the first thing I see is four horses, I mean four dogs challenging Stuart and me as we rode up the gravel driveway to his home and potting studio. Nestled in a little wooded cove with a pasture across the drive, David lives and works on his grandmother’s old homestead with four British mastiffs—and recently he had a temporary addition to his family with five little pups. There are old pottery jugs sitting on top of the fence posts that surround his home. His Harley-Davidson Wide Glide sits outside his studio door, while Leroy, Sabra, Brutus

and Number Five warn us to wait until David says it’s alright to come inside the fence. He comes out of his studio with a grin on his face and a hand in the air to greet us.

The first time David remembers getting on a motorbike he was nine years old, “First time I got skint was about 1960, I believe about everybody’s been skint by a mini-bike, most dangerous machine ever made, most fun I ever had.” Since then he’s ridden everything from Bultacco to Norton to Triumph to Harley. His ride now is a ’02 Harley-Davidson Wide Glide with a dropped down front end and several other modifications, which basically make it a “hot rod.” He used to take it to the drag strip and consistently ran around 13.10 seconds in the quarter mile, which is somewhere around 107 mph.

David’s wife of 32 years, Anita, passed away in July of 2002. “Hospice came in to be with his father two days after Nita’s passing” and 31 days later he passed away as well. David never had time to grieve the loss of his wife because he had to take care of his father. “I didn’t realize how tired I was physically, mentally, and emotionally until after that was all over with.” Shortly afterwards he bought the Wide Glide and without it “I probably wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you today.” Riding that Harley “gets me out of my head, totally and completely.”

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Sometimes David will throw a leg over his bike late at night or early in the morning and ride his favorite road, the Richard B. Russell Parkway. “My favorite time to go up there is when the moon is full and there’s no clouds. Nobody around you, there’s no traffic. See you can run 20 mile an hour if you want to or you can run 50 mile an hour.” To David life is precious but simple, “Life to me is making a little pottery, riding that Harley and chasing those fair haired petite women.”

David is the nephew of Lanier Meaders, who is probably the most famous folk potter in the US. The Meaders family history of potting began in 1892 when David’s great grandfather John Milton Meaders and his sons built their first log shop and fire kiln in White County, Georgia. As early as the 1830s, as many as 70 potters were operating within a four mile radius of Mossy Creek in White County. Storage jars for food, pitchers, bowls and cups as well churns were all coming out of this small north Georgia region. John Milton hired some of these local potters and in turn they taught his sons how to pot. It wasn’t considered a folk art then, these were necessities of life. In 1967 the Smithsonian Institute came to White County to shoot a documentary on the old way of making pottery and (David’s GF) was going to be one of the subjects, but he became ill and his uncle Lanier stepped in to do the job.

One of the most well known styles of folk pottery

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is the face jug, and David is keeping the art form alive, but he likes to call his jugs “Goober Heads.”

The face jug evolved over the years into also being called the ugly jug. It is said that some people would store their alcohol in them and wanted to be sure to keep the children away. So by the 1920s they were making them even uglier to maybe frighten the children or at the very least be able to warn them off.

David says, “There has been a Meaders continuously, from the day they started (in 1892) until today making pottery.” And he is still doing it the old way. He gets his own clay from Georgia creek sides, makes his own glaze, mixes and hand turns the clay and fires it in his old brick kiln. Many people have asked him if there’s any difference in how he and his grandfather potted, and “I say yeah, I got a chainsaw and electric lights.”

For me the only bad part about my afternoon with David is when I have to wrap up what I’m doing, strap everything back on my Road King and say goodbye. But I always want to ask for one parting thought, one life philosophy you might say. With David it came easy, “Get up every morning and see what happens, I mean that’s it. What can you do about it? I have no control over nothing, the only thing I have any control over is my attitude. You leave me alone and I’ll leave you alone. Don’t kick your dog, don’t hit women, and sure don’t hit kids.”

Eric Albright

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DESTINATIONS

BEAUTIFUL FORT MOUNTAIN RIDE July 19, 2014

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ur ride for the July is one that will take us high into the Cohutta Mountains and Wilderness Area. The ride across Fort Mountain is a ride that is sought out by many motorcyclists throughout the year. While these riders come to Ellijay or Chatsworth year round to ride across the mountain, the summer and fall are the best times of the year to do this ride. The ride during the summer months offers a cool refreshing ride and some relief from the Georgia summer heat, not to mention the fact that while you are on the mountain you can visit the beautiful Fort Mountain State Park and camp, fish, or swim for a relaxing time! The fall ride offers some of the most spectacular scenery that Georgia has to offer with its bright majestic colors dancing on all of the trees that cover the mountains surrounding State Hwy 52 between Ellijay and Chatsworth! The winter and spring are not the best times to ride the mountain, as in the winter you never know what kind of weather to expect on top of the mountain. It is not uncommon to have no snow or just rain at the bottom and yet 6-8” of snow on top. The spring, although it offers its own beauty can offer its own challenges. In order to keep Hwy 52 open year round, much sand and salt are used during the winter months and springtime offers dangerous curves full of loose cinders throughout March and April.

The Cohutta Mountains are a small mountain range at the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains

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and also lie within the Chattahoochee National Forest. Fort Mountain takes its name from a peak that has remnants of a stone formation around part of that peak. The stones, which are from the local area around the summit, are piled in a 928 feet long discontinuous zigzag line. Early visitors referred to the formation as a fort, speculating that it was built by Hernando de Soto to defend against the Creek Indians around 1540. However, this theory was contradicted as early as 1917, as a historian pointed out that De Soto was in the area for less than two weeks. The original construction and function of the formation as a fort is less accepted today and its origin remains unknown. The formation has been attributed to pre-Columbian Native Americans.

Our ride will start as usual at BigUn’s BBQ in Talking Rock, GA and on to Old Hwy 5 into Ellijay where we will pick up Hwy 52. We will ride over the mountain with stops at a couple of the lookouts for pictures. Descending into Chatsworth, we will pick up Hwy 76 and follow that to the Dalton bypass to the North side of Dalton and arrive at Kirk’s Cycle on Cleveland Hwy. Kirk’s Cycle is having an open house and Demo Days on July 19, and we stop and say hello to Tammy Kirk (the first women NASCAR driver) and JoAnn the store manager. Following our stop at Kirk’s, we will eat lunch at Los Reyes Mexican Restaurant located at 817 S. Hamilton Street in Dalton. Previous rides to Dalton have

included lunch at Los Reyes and the food has been excellent and there is plenty of seating for large groups.

The return ride will take us to Hwy 136 and 382 back to Ellijay where you can pick up Hwy 515 for your ride home.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE RIDE: • Date: July 19, 2014 • Place: BugUn’s BBQ – 362 Carnes Mill Rd. & Hwy 515, Talking Rock, GA • Time: 9:00 AM for Biscuits and 10:00 AM KSU • Total Miles: 106 miles • Tot Saddle Time: 2 hours 25 minutes • Stop: Kirk’s Cycle in Dalton, GA • Lunch: Los Reyes Mexican Restaurant – Dalton, GA • Ride covered with SENA Bluetooth headsets and Cell Phone for safety • Watch www.northgeorgiamotorcycles.com for ride information concerning weather As Always, RIDE Safe & RIDE Often Eric Wieberg www.northgeorgiamotorcycles.com

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“Riding daily lets me clear my mind and ease life’s stresses for a while.”

I am a 44-year-old chick with a bike who has been married 28 years with three boys ages 27, 25, and 23. I have worked for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC the better part of the last 23 years as an information technology specialist. I enjoy family, drag racing, motorcycle riding, sports, fishing and fitness. Let’s face it- I’m an adrenaline junkie!

I spent the better part of my teens and early 20s riding on the back of my husband’s Kawasaki GPZ 550. We gave up his motorcycle once our children started developing their own interests and focused on raising our family.

In the spring of 2013, my middle son, Josh, asked if I was interested in taking the motorcycle safety course with him. Once I experienced riding a bike, I knew I had to have one. I bought a motorcycle (Kawasaki Ninja 250R) before I completed the class and rode it home from the dealership the same day as receiving my license.

That was the longest, scariest 15 miles of my life! My son and I have been riding together ever since. We have mother/son riding dates and choose different destinations often.

On one of my first riding adventures with my husband and his friend while riding through the back roads of Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, I had my first accident; or what I like to refer to as an “incident.” While coming to a stop sign, I somehow sideswiped my husband on his bike.

We both went down. Neither of us was seriously injured. I had a pretty bad gash on my left leg from his foot peg and knew I needed a few stitches. We picked the bikes up, made sure they were ridable, and he and his friend followed me to the hospital where I was stitched up and released.

Looking back on my incident I could apply some of the tactics I learned in the motorcycle safety class. The point is dropping your bike will probably happen; pick it back up and ride again! You won’t regret it!

Riding reminds me that I can do anything.

It makes me feel strong, independent, confident and free. If I’ve had a bad day or a bad week, once I start riding, that all goes away. Your mind is free from everything. Free from everything but the roads, the trees, and the different smells. You get to experience everything that you can’t when driving a car. You feel the sun beat down on you; you feel the chilly air when riding downhill into the

trees; you hear birds chirp; and you can even smell the cool water in a creek. Your senses are intrigued by something different on every ride. If I would have realized what a stress reliever riding can be, I would have started long ago!

Recently, my oldest son passed away. After getting through the first couple of weeks and letting the dust settle, the only therapy that made me feel better was riding. I remember telling my husband, “Dust the bike off and get her ready; I need to ride.” It really is therapeutic. When you are riding, you are by yourself, even when riding with others. You can ride away from all the stuff that gets on your nerves and clouds your mind.

You can ride into the great wide open to clear your mind if only for a few minutes.

After commuting into Washington, DC five days a week through rush hour traffic, it’s a blessing to get home and pull the bike out of the garage. Any chance I get with clear and decent weather, I ride. I ride to my fitness classes. I ride to my games. Heck, sometimes I ride to the grocery store if I don’t have many items to carry home. The results of riding daily lets me clear my mind and ease life’s stresses for a while. It helps me be more satisfied with my life.

I ride because I like to be rebellious and do things that society says women can’t or shouldn’t do. I find myself choosing to experience different things like drag racing cars, four-wheeling and now riding motorcycles. One day, with more experience, I’d like to give drag racing bikes a try.

I have about nine local family members who ride also. The women riders in my family (cousins: Kelly Weese 32; Becky Thompson 43; Sherri Ashley 45) all have their own husbands and/or children (most who also ride), and they also find it empowering and free to ride. We all choose different types of bikes to ride, but I think we have a common reason-to enjoy the freedom the ride gives us. We often plan girl rides with one another as well as with all the husbands and kids. On any given summer weekend, we may ride to a local seafood restaurant on the water

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and then ride to a local ice cream shop for dessert. You won’t catch any of us without a smile on our faces while riding. So the next time you see a motorcycle group out on the roads, it just may be a bunch of family members having a good time riding! Our motto is a family who rides together, stays together.

Many people stereotype what women motorcycle riders should look like. I’d beg to differ.

Kelly, 32, is a single mother of two who works for the Naval Research Laboratory as a human resources specialist; recently finished her last chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma cancer.

On any given day, she can ride her Harley Softail Springer and enjoys fishing with her boys. Becky, 43, is a division chief of development for the Department of Army and a wife and mother of two grown boys, all who also ride. Becky has been known to ride her Harley Street Bob to work in dress slacks with dress boots right into downtown Washington, DC. Sherri is a single woman and mother of a daughter in college who has dedicated her life to her career as a publications manager at Smartronix and focused most of her years on raising her world champion baton-twirling daughter. She now takes the time to ride and enjoy herself with her new shiny black Honda CBR500R. Some of us have tattoos. Some of us don’t.

Some you can see and some you won’t. But I bet if you saw any one of us out to dinner at a steakhouse, you wouldn’t peg us for biker chicks.

We are actually just chicks with bikes. We are hardworking, strong, independent, confident, women with a little spunk who have found the excitement and enjoyment of riding.

The women who ride in my family are some pretty strong, confident, and amazing women.

The point is all women who ride probably have some pretty amazing qualities about them. It takes a special kind of woman to ride. If you find yourself with a woman in your life who loves to ride, consider yourself lucky.

Gayle Regalia

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DIMENSIONS Length: 102.4 in. (2600 mm) Overall Width: 42.9 in. (1090 mm) Overall Height: 56.7 in. (1440 mm) Seat Height: • Laden: 28.4 in. (720 mm) • Unladen: 29.1 in. (740 mm) Ground Clearance: 5.3 in. (135 mm) Rake (steering head): 26° Fork Angle: 29.25° Trail: 6.7 in. (170 mm) Wheelbase: 64 in. (1625 mm) Tires (Dunlop® Harley-Davidson® Series, bias blackwall front and rear): • Front – D408F: BW 130/80B17 65H • Rear – D407T: BW 180/65B16 81H Fuel Capacity: 6 gal. (22.7 L)(warning light at approximately 1.0 gal.)

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“SECOND CHANCES DO COME YOUR WAY. LIKE TRAINS, THEY ARRIVE AND DEPART REGULARLY. RECOGNIZING THE ONES THAT MATTER IS THE TRICK.” ~ JILL A. DAVIS

S

am Childers, also known as the Machine Gun Preacher, has lived the life that can only be characterized by a Hollywood movie. Actually, Hollywood did create a movie, aptly titled the Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler, which chronicles Sam Childers’ humanitarian work in Southern Sudan and Uganda.

With a great deal of help from providence and the special people we meet along the way in this journey we call life, Sam became a missionary in Sudan. While in Sudan, he witnessed atrocities that have changed his life forever. The former drug dealer now reformed, has been described as Africa’s Rambo, the machine gun preacher who has unashamedly armed himself to rescue child soldiers kidnapped in Sudan and Uganda.

Rev. Childers’ remarkable story has now made it to the big screen in a film directed by Marc Forster and starring Scottish actor Gerard Butler, of the action movie 300. However, during his visit to the Florida during Daytona Week, the rough as they come reverend was more intent to promote the plight of malnourished and abused children than plug his picture. He is particularly disturbed about recent developments in Sudan where a staggering 2.5 million have died during civil war spanning more than 20 years.

The Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, is the only head of state in the world facing two international arrest warrants for war crimes. Bashir

has been accused of air attacks on civilians and the direct killing of members of ethnic groups. Rev. Childers said that with oil sanctions against Sudan and increased bombings, he was preparing to buy Army tents to house children fleeing the conflict zone. “We believe we are going to be hit very hard in South Sudan with orphaned children.”

Already his Angels of East Africa charity runs orphanages in Sudan and Ethiopia while feeding about 700 children a day in Uganda. He says his ministry costs more than a million dollars a year to run, including the cost of dishing out about 3,500 meals a day. Rev. Childers was hoping the movie of his life would have done better at the box office in the US but said suffered because of poor marketing, despite getting rave reviews and a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival. However, he hopes as more people see his story it will at least make them stop to think about the plight of children.

“It’s not about children in just Africa; it’s about children around the world.”

Rev. Sam Childers is also a keen biker and owns a motorcycle business called MGP Rat Bikes in Central City Pennsylvania. Sam was touring around Florida during Bike Week selling tickets for the MGP Rat that was Gerard Butler’s bike in the movie Machine Gun Preacher. To find out more about Sam Childers and possibly help champion his cause to rescue child soldiers kidnapped in Sudan go to http://www.machinegunpreacher.org.

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“Second chances don’t always mean a happy ending.

Sometimes, it’s just another chance to end things right.”

Unknown K, so what better way to find out more about Rev. Sam Childers, than to ask him?

“Why did you choose to go on a mission in Africa when we have so many lost children in America?”

“Well, most of the time when people ask me that question, I always ask the people, ‘what are you doing here in America?’ Because, you know, I spend all my spare time, going around to high schools, going around to colleges, speaking about drugs and alcohol, plus I have a campground here in Pennsylvania that I work with kids who are drug abused, adults that are messed up on drugs, so it’s not like we don’t do a lot of work here in the U.S. We also have a food pantry, but what I can say, what got me to Africa, is because that was the Call that God put on me.

But it’s not just Africa. Now, it’s got so big that it’s children around the world. It has nothing to do with Africa, it has nothing to do with India, and it has nothing to do with Russia, it’s children around the world. If I have an opportunity to help any child, I’m going to do it.”

“Was there ever a time when you felt you were sacrificing your family’s wellbeing for your mission in Sudan and Uganda?”

“I would have to say no, I don’t think I ever sacrificed my family’s wellbeing. You know, as Americans we think we have all the obligations to give to our families, to give to our children, but the only thing that we are required to give to our children is a roof over their head, electricity, a toilet, three meals a day and keep them in school, that’s all that is required. You’ve got to realize that most people when they are concerned about pleasing their children and not pleasing God, most of the time their children will grow up and not serve God. I was concerned about pleasing God, so everything I did, I did to please God, my daughter hated me as a young teenager, but when she graduated from school, she said, ‘Dad, I want to work for you.’ Now my daughter runs my non-profit, which shows you, if you please God, your children are going to follow God.” “There was a poignant moment in the movie when you were in a room with a child after you were forced to commit some pretty bad things, many people go through dark periods in their lives, what advice can you give to them to help them step out of the darkness?”

“OK, are you talking about the time where it looked like I was going to commit suicide? That was Hollywood; I have never dropped so low as to want to commit suicide. I can tell you this much, I told a good Pastor friend of mine that I was going to boycott the movie if they didn’t take that out, but my friend said, ‘Sam, you need to leave it in there, because the world is like on a rampage of suicide, the spirit of suicide is everywhere so leaving that part in the movie, shows the world there is no reason whatsoever, no reason that you should ever take your life, there is nothing that could ever happen that’s so bad to take your life, so we left that part in the movie.”

“Was there any resistance from the US, the Sudanese or the Ugandan governments when you decided to create an orphanage for the displaced children?”

“No, I’ve never had any problem, and, you’ve got to remember that I was in South Sudan before South Sudan was even recognized as a country, so when I got there, everybody, good and bad, were known as Rebels so I was also even considered a Rebel.”

“Are there Government resources available for you to continue your work, or do you have to rely on the generosity of the citizens throughout the world?”

“You know, I don’t want any Government help. I don’t even want to say I rely on generosity of people around the world—I rely on God. I believe that God will move on people to give, and that’s fine, I have a few businesses that God is allowing to prosper, so

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I don’t want to say I rely on people, I rely on God.” “Obviously you have the bike raffle going on at the moment, but is there a bottom line figure that a person of modest means can contribute to help you with your work?”

“Absolutely!” It’s not about one person giving a lot of money, it’s about a lot of people giving a little bit of money, and then it turns out to be a lot. You know, we thank God for every $5 that people give, we thank God for every $20, every $50 every check that’s $1,000 or $5,000, it doesn’t matter how big or how small, we thank God for everything that comes in.”

“We may as well give this a bit of a plug, you’ve got the bike raffle happening at the moment, $20 per ticket, let’s just talk about that for a moment.”

Yes, we have the motorcycle that was specially built for the movie and the bike was built in the image of what I rode 30 years ago. It was used in the movie, ridden by Gerard Butler, and we have it now on a raffle where you can give a $20 donation or a $20 gift and your name goes into a draw that’s held on June 22, 2013.

Somebody will end up winning that bike that day. It will be a hand-picked ticket, if you don’t want the bike, we’ll give you $35,000, but if you want the bike, we’ll give you the bike, we don’t pay license fees, taxes, or shipping of the bike, or taxes on the money, but like I tell everyone, everyone’s a winner because their $20 donation goes towards a new orphanage that we’re building in Ethiopia.

It’s a 4-story building the first floor is a restaurant, a bakery and a hair salon. The second floor is a hotel, the third floor is all dormitory, the fourth floor is business rental, but the building is being built to be used as vocational school for the children to learn how to work in a bakery, learn how to work in a restaurant, a hotel and most of all, the ones who go to the university, we will send them to university, but if they go to university, we will open them a business on the fourth floor, and we will pay to open the business, but then

we run the books until they pay the money back. The whole project of the bike raffle is all for the building that we are building in Ethiopia now.”

“Now you said the bike raffle will be drawn on June 22, 2013, at ‘Thunder in the Valley’, is that right?”

“Yeah, it will be done at Thunder in the Valley. The bike raffle will be done at our Motorcycle Shop that I own and run, it’s called - MGP Rat Bikes, on 7368 Lincoln Highway, Central City, Pennsylvania, two miles from Flight 93.”

“Let’s say someone wants to buy a ticket, how can they buy that ticket?”

“They can either call the shop on 1-800- 757- 0535 if they would like to buy a ticket, or if they like, they can go to our website, machinegunpreacher. org and they can buy the tickets online, either one.”

“Fantastic, Sam. Thank you for your answers to the questions, do you have any final words that you want to say that the readers might find helpful in the light of your mission, in the work you are doing in Sudan and Ethiopia?”

“I think the biggest thing out there is, don’t limit God, what He can do in your life, and don’t limit what you allow Him to do in your life. I have people say to me ‘well, I don’t know if He is real or not’ – here’s a question I ask … ‘What if you go all through this life serving God, and you get at the end of this life and you find out He’s not real, what did you lose? You lost nothing. But let’s say you go through this whole life and you don’t serve Him and you get at the end and you find out He is real, cause I know He’s real, OK. And you get at the end and you didn’t serve Him what did you lose?

You lost everything.’”

Listen, you can serve God and you can have fun doing it!”

“Sam Childers, thank you very much for the interview.”

“Thank you.”

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Events July 5, Commerce, GA. NE GA Swap Meet. 500 E Ridgeway Rd, Commerce, GA. Gates open 8:30 a.m. $5 per person, ages 12 and under are free. FMI visit www.georgiaswapmeet.com or email brad56@windstream.net July 5, Roswell, GA. Join Killer Creek HD and Rock 100.5 from 1pm to 3pm for Full Throttle 5th pre-party w/ Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl, Michael Ballard of Full Throttle Saloon, and Southside Steve of the Regular Guys 11480 Alpharetta Hwy, Roswell. Bring a bottle of your favorite Jesse James America’s Outlaw Bourbon or Michael Ballard’s Full Throttle S’loonshine, and the guys will sign it for you! Register to win a Jesse James Bourbon Guitar autographed by Jackyl.

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July 5–July 6, Roswell, GA. In-Store Silent Auction, Killer Creek HD. Bid on some of our most popular Parts, Accessories, MotorClothes® Merchandise, Service and Labor. Auction held 1st Saturday and Sunday of each mo. during normal business hours. Killer Creek HD is located at 11480 Alpharetta Highway.

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July 10–July 13, Roswell, GA. Interested in learning to ride or want to brush up on your basic riding skills? Join us for the KCHD-U Basic Rider Course in partnership with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation in Alpharetta. License waiver class. Cost $320 per person. Class times: Thurs. 6:30-8:30pm at KCHD; Friday 6-9pm at KCHD; Sat. 8am-5pm at MSF and Sun. 8am-2pm at MSF and 2-5pm at KCHD. KCHD is located at 11480 Alpharetta Highway. FMI or to register, call (770)777-1000 or visit www. killercreekharley.com.

July 12, Bogart, GA. Bikes, Babes, and Brew at Cycle World of Athens. Local brews, live music, 4225 Atlanta Hwy.FMI www.cycleworldathens.com.

July 12, Canton, GA. Ride for Codie.

Codie was in an accident as a child and is now paralyzed. Help raise money to support Codie. 7 Event will be held at the Flats 4195 Hwy 17. Poker Run will leave from the Flats. Reg. @ 10a.m. & KSU !

11a.m. BBQ will be served upon return.

After party starts @7 with live bands. FMI contact Kellie Royston @ (706) 2465962 or roystonkellie@yahoo.com or Beth Spears @ The Flats- (706) 245-9988.

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s, Rides & Destinations July 12, Conyers, GA. 2nd Annual Cabo Wabo Beach Party. Stone Mountain HD. Bikini contest, 1st place wins $1,000 and a trip to Las Vegas. Bikini wash, games, vendors, and more. FMI (770) 979-7999.

July 12, Gainesville, GA. The Sweat Fest/ Zachariah’s Ride. Held @ 118 Jesse Jewel Parkway. Reg. starts @ 10:30 a.m. $20 per bike $5 per passenger. Benefits P.U.R.E Ministries who help special needs children. FREE music, vendors, and bike show! FMI Call (770) 540-5547 or (770)896-1748

July 12, Oxford, GA. Benefit for Grace Cantrell. Three year old Grace has a rare heart condition and is awaiting a heart transplant. Help is needed for medical costs. $10 per person, includes BBQ plate. All ages welcome, live music, beer, raffles. Glenda’s Bar and Grill, 5463 Highway 138. FMI (678) 342-9416.

All Proceeds go to benefit St. Jude FMI call (770) 777-1000 or visit www.

Children’s Hospital. FMI visit www. killercreekharley.com. scrcga.com August 2, Commerce, GA. NE GA July 19, Augusta, GA. Ride for Swap Meet. Gates open at 8:30 a.m.

Easter Seals. Held at Augusta HD in $5 per person, ages 12 and under Augusta, GA 4200 Belair Frontage are free. Located at 500 E Ridgeway Rd. FMI call (706) 651-0444 or visit Rd, Commerce, GA. FMI visit www. www.augustahd.com georgiaswapmeet.com or email brad56@windstream.net July 19, Cumming, GA. 1st Annual G6 Poker Run, benefitting August 3, Augusta, GA. Customer Ashlynn Geringer. Fighting Acute Appreciation Ride. Held at Augusta Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Begins at HD 4200 Belair Frontage Rd FMI call the American Cruisers MC Clubhouse, (706) 651-0444.

2522 Business Drive, Cumming, GA, and ending at the Wingmen MC August 9, Buford, GA. Ride for the (Dawson County) Map of between Fallen. Help Support the families of stops given at registration. Reg. 11 fallen police officers. Ride begins @ AM, KSU 12 PM. FMI 678-807-9026 Frazier’s HD 4699 Friendship. FMI call (678) 898-2735 or visit www.

July 19, Roswell, GA. Champions rideforthefallen.org for Children Charity Poker Ride.

Location: Killer Creek HD. Register August 14, Lithia Springs, GA. Bike online or on site @ 9a.m. Driver:$25 Night at HD of Atl. 501 Thornton Rd, passenger$10. Event starts @ 10a.m. from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. FMI call and ends by 2p.m. $5 hands extra (770) 944-1340. hands: $15. FMI call (770) 777-1000 August 14–17, Helen, GA. Destination July 20, Bogart, GA. 8th Annual Helen. Held @ 8065 S. Main Street, Milton Memorial car/truck/tractor/ Helen, GA FMI call Pat (706) 878bike show. Held @ Cycle World of 8520 or visit www.destinationhelen.

Athens 4225 Atl. Hwy. Entry fee: $15 com.

Reg. begins @ 12 ends @ 2p.m. All proceeds benefit New Town Baptist August 16, Lithia Springs, GA. HD Church youth group. FMI call Benjy Atlanta 50th Anniversary Party. More (706) 783-4119. info to come.

July 12, Roswell, GA. Come to KCHD for This Is How We Do It Technician Workshop, 3 pm. See how our PhD Certified technicians work, hands-on question and answer session held on showroom floor. Free. Topic: Touring Bike Passenger Back Rest Install. 10% off sissy bars & docking hardware.

Held 2nd Sat. of each month. KCHD located at 11480 Alpharetta Highway. July 25–26, Cave Spring, GA. Cave FMI call (770)777-1000 or www. Spring Motorcycle Rally. 100 Davis killercreekharley.com.

Road (Big Cedar Creek). Gates open at 12p.m. Friday. $25. 2-day July 13, Buford, GA. Ralph Frazier special package, $10 Fri. only 1 Jr Memorial Run. Held at Frazier’s day admission, $20 Sat. only 1 day HD 4469 Friendship Rd.FMI admission. Weekend Special $30. 2 call 770-945-6011 or visit www. day admission plus primitive camping. fraziersharleydavidson.com Poker Run, Bike Show, food, Music and More.

July 13, Roswell, GA. Ride it before you buy it. Demo Day at Killer July 26, Buford, GA. Frazier’s HD Creek HD, test ride a new 2014 Demo Days. 4469 Friendship Rd. Harley-Davidson®motorcycle. 12:30- FMI call (770) 945-6011 or visit www.

4:30pm. Free. Held the 2nd Sunday fraziersharleydavidson.com. of each mo. weather permitting. PreReg. is suggested. Killer Creek HD is July 26, Roswell, GA. Livi’s Wish. located at 11480 Alpharetta Highway. Livi is a 5yr old from Dawsonville FMI or to register, (770) 777-1000 or suffering from Leukemia. The ride www.killercreekharley.com. will start @ Killer Creek HD, Roswell, GA. Reg. @ 10a.m. $25 per vehicle.

July 17, Canton, GA. KCHD sponsors KSU @ Noon. All proceeds go to Livi Bike Night at Bodock’s Bar and Grill. and her family. The Ride ends at Join us for food and drink specials, Rock Creek Park, Dawsonville, GA. music and giveaways. Bodock’s is FMI call (470) 296-1780 or email located at 150 Riverstone Pkwy, thecrowdus@gmail.com.

Canton. FMI call (770)777-1000 or www.killercreekharley.com.

July 30, Ball Ground, GA. KCHD sponsors Bike Night at Uncle July 17–20, Commerce, GA. 14th Pepper’s Pizza Kitchen. Join us Annual Georgia State SCRC Rally. for food and drink specials, music Come join us for some great riding, and giveaways. Uncle Pepper’s is great friends & family, &a great time. located at 10150 Ball Ground Hwy.

a.m. $5 per person ages 12 and under are free. Held at 500 E Ridgeway Rd. FMI email brad56@windstream.net September 6, Jefferson, GA. Ride for Kids of West Jackson Middle.

Held @ West Jackson Middle, 400 Gum spring Church Rd. Reg. begins 9, $25 per rider $10 per passenger.

KSU 10:30. Free t-shirt if registered

by Sep. 3rd.FMI call Jason 706-654-2775.

September 13, Augusta, GA. Biker for Babies. Held at Augusta HD 4200 Belair Frontage Road. Help raise money for March of Dimes. FMI call Christina Williams (706) 651-0444 or email christinaw@augustahd.com

September 13, Newnan, GA. 5th Annual Wounded Warrior Project Charity Ride, Sponsored by Crossroads F.A.I.T.H. Riders, Iron Order MC and Great South Harley Davidson. Reg. begins 9am at Gene Evans Great South Harley-Davidson, departs 11am. $25/rider, $10/ passenger includes lunch and ride pin.

The ride fee is a donation for the rider and passenger. The escorted ride will stop at Georgia National Veterans Cemetery, continue on country back roads, and end in Newnan. FMI call 678-357-6855 or visit http://www. crossroadsfaithriders.com/

September 14, Bogart, GA. Ride to Remember 2014. Riding in honor of our military and public safety members. Ride begins @ Cycle World of Athens 4225 Atl. Hwy. Reg. @ 9a.m. KSU @ 10:30a.m. FMI email MIKE@CYCLEWORLDATHENS.COM

August 16, Newnan, GA. Fragile Kids-Ride for the Kids. Held at Gene Evans Great South HD 185 E. Hwy 16. Reg. 9a.m. $25 per rider/ $10 per passenger. KSU at 10a.m. FMI call (678) 357-6855 or visit www. crossroadsfaithriders.com September 17–21, Bainbridge, GA. Bainbridge Bikefest. Held @ Bike August 23, Gainesville, GA. 2nd Fest Park 1754 Pond Town Rd. FMI Annual Thunder in the Mountain. Held call 706-548-3300 or visit http:// at S.E Hall County Parking Deck 225 Bainbridgebikefest.com Green Street. Benefits the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes. Reg. 10a.m. September 18–19, Columbus, GA. KSU: 11a.m. FMI call (770) 531-6900 GA State HOG Rally. Music, activities, or (770) 718-3281 vendors, lodging choices, restaurants, and more. FMI call 706-569-9664 August 23, Marietta, GA. Jeff Goen or visit http://www.gastatehogrally.

Memorial Ride for Guide Dogs. Held com/ @1032 S. Marietta Pkwy. Poker Run, music, food, beverages,& door September 26 – October 5, Myrtle prizes. FMI call 770-428-3385 or Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Bike Week visit http://www.guidedogsofamerica. Fall Rally. FMI visit http://www. org/1/2014/04/jeff-goen-memorial- myrtlebeachbikeweek.com/ ride-for-guide-dogs/ To advertise your upcoming events in September 5–6, Pine Mountain, Born To Ride Magazine Georgia Edition GA. 4th Annual Rollin’ Rumble Rally. for free please email information to Proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s BornToRideGA@att.net. Submissions Hospital & Amputee Outdoors. Make must be received by the 15th of the your reservation now (866) 811-3691. month prior to publication. To view even more events, and pictures of events, September 6, Commerce, GA. NE visit www.GeorgiaBikeEvents.com.

GA Swap Meet. Gates open at 8:30

To submit and view even more events visit www.GeorgiaBikeEvents.com

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Heaven’s Saints

Train Yourself to be Sensitive to the Voice and Promptings of the Holy Spirit

While participating with my HSMM chapter in our annual fundraiser, my wife and I were parking cars in a large pasture at the NHRA Southern Nationals. After using my set of keys to run to the truck, the Holy Spirit spoke to my spirit and prompted me to retrieve the keys from her. I knew the Holy Spirit’s voice but was busy parking cars and failed to immediately obey His promptings. Time passed and I asked for the keys back, but they were gone.

Apparently, they fell out of her pocket in the vast field of grass where 3,000 plus cars and trucks were parked. We had no idea where they could be. We searched BTR 48 | BORNTORIDE.COM

but turned up nothing. The next day, I went back to continue parking cars at the race. I searched the fields again but no keys. As I walked alone and searched, the Holy Spirit again begin to speak to my heart and told me that my wife was not the issue nor were the keys, but the issue was the fact that He had spoken to my heart and I failed to immediately obey.

He stressed to me the importance of immediately recognizing and obeying the smallest of promptings by the Holy Spirit; you never know what the promptings are about and what the ramifications of not obeying can bring. Keys are replaceable

but had the voice of the Holy Spirit been about something of a life or death nature, then the outcome could have been detrimental. The Lesson: Train yourself to be sensitive to the voice and promptings of the Holy Spirit and immediately obey Him in all things. He speaks and leads for a purpose, whether you understand the “why” or not at the time of the leading.

Byron “HogDoc” Loyd

Chaplain HSMM NE GA Chapter

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