Born To Ride Southeast #73, March 2019

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March Issue 73

Features Great American Motorcycle Show Atlanta 13 Cherokee Blue Ridge Run 28 Glenn H. Curtiss-The Fastest Man in the World 32

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Rob Brooks-Insuring Your Ride & Your Hide 22 Womens World-Danielle Bosser Dahm 26 Christian Motorcycle Association 48

Departments Contents Page 2 Ride Safe, Ride-Carrying a Passenger 9 Born To Ride Events-www.BornToRide.com 42 Born To Ride Kids 48

Reports

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Sig Haig Reads It! 31 Phantom Movie Review-The Mini Skirt Mob 46

On The Cover Glenn H. Curtiss The Fastest Man in the World..

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Company is always nice. Some company weighs 100 pounds, other company weighs 200 pounds. Putting extra weight on the motorcycle will affect the handling. Adjust your suspension and tire pressures to compensate for the amount of company you’ve brought along. (Check your owner’s manual.) Also realize that your braking capabilities have changed; take that into account. The more weight you have on the motorcycle, the longer it may take to stop.

Passengers should be instructed to always mount from the same side, and to warn you before they climb on. This goes a long way to preventing a muddled heap lying on the ground. Passengers need the same protection that you do – proper clothes and helmet.

Ten-foot scarves flapping in the wind may look dashing, but not on a motorcycle. You don’t want shoe laces or loose pants legs catching on rear wheel or chain parts. Never carry anyone sidesaddle. Passengers should always straddle the bike with their feet securely planted on the footrests. Tell passengers not to put a foot down when you come to a stop. www.msf-usa.org

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Insuring Your Ride & Your Hide

There are many “necessary evils” we all must contend with in life – those inevitables of which we say, “can’t live with them, can’t live without them.” They include government, taxes, lawyers, mothers-inlaw, to name a few. Insurance might be named among these as well.

It’s a hassle to deal with, and not often easy on the bank account. But if you’ve ever “been down” as I have, (and it’s often not a question of “if” but of “when”) having the right insurance coverage with the right company can mean the difference between getting back on the road in a timely fashion or languishing indefinitely on the front porch.

Choosing the right insurance policy is a lot like choosing the right motorcycle. You want it to fit your needs and lifestyle, but at the same time not break the bank. While most states require that riders carry a minimum amount of liability, other types of coverage are usually optional. A good insurance agent or company rep will know which laws apply in one’s state. So, I decided to get a meeting with my guy to pick his “grey” about the matter.

Jay Hardy is a State Farm representative here in Georgia and had much good info to share on the topic of motorcycle insurance. “First of all,” Hardy began, “Let me clear up a common misconception.

Local agents have no control over prices and rates. These are set by corporate actuarial departments, based on factors such as rider age, type of bike (brand, displacement, style, age), and claims related to these.” For instance, a 24-year-old single male with a 2014 Kawasaki ZX-10R will likely find much higher premiums than a 44-year-old married male on a 2008 Honda Shadow 750. And yet,” just because a bike is older, doesn’t mean insuring it will be cheaper,” Hardy clarified. A late model Yamaha FZ09 might actually cost less to insure than say, a vintage Ducati 750SS. Hardy also pointed out that driving history, whether or not a rider has completed a motorcycle safety course, and even credit history all can factor into insurance rates. “We’ve conducted studies that show the better the credit a rider has, the better the claim history will be,” Hardy stated. Think about that for a moment. And as much as some riders like to fight with lawmakers over “helmet laws,” riders living in states without such laws face higher premiums with their insurance companies, for obvious reasons. CDC and NHTSA studies in recent years bear this out. If

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you’re not willing to cover your cranium in the name of “personal freedom,” then your medical costs will be much higher if you go down, and hence, insuring your brain bucket will be much higher too.

Ok, you’re eye-balling a new ride. You’ve already got all these factors to consider. So what types of coverage should you buy? My guy Hardy advises, “I definitely recommend 100/300 Liability. You’re buying $100K of personal injury and $300K per accident. Remember, you’re protecting yourself from lawsuits, and so on. You have to carry liability here in Georgia, so cover yourself well.” Hardy says carrying at least $50K in property damage is important too. Comprehensive Roadside is worth pricing, and some companies also offer Medical Payments Coverage.

Here are some definitions of coverageLiability- Covers bodily injury and property damage that you may cause to other people involved in an accident. It doesn’t cover you or your bike. Many states mandate at least this basic coverage.

Collision- Covers damage to your ride if you are in an accident.

Your insurance company pays for damages, minus your deductible, incurred when you collide with another vehicle or object. Collision usually covers the book value of the bike before the loss occurred.

Comprehensive- This pays for damages caused by an event other than a collision, like a fire, theft or vandalism. But just like collision, your insurance company will pay for damages, minus your deductible, and will cover only the book value of the motorcycle. *Keep in mind most comprehensive and collision riders will only cover the factory OEM parts on your bike. If you decide to add on any aftermarket “farkles,” then ask about optional equipment coverage.

Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist- Covers damages to you and your property caused by another driver who either doesn’t have insurance (uninsured) or doesn’t have adequate insurance (underinsured) to cover your damages. This came in handy for me back in 2000, when a guy with “junk” insurance hit me at an intersection and put me in the hospital.

Note: it pays to be with a reputable company. Trust me.

It’s also worth noting that many insurance companies will give discounts for assorted factors. Having a recent (within the past 5 years) motorcycle safety course under your belt might garner you discounts of 10-15%. Maintaining a clean driving record can translate into savings as well if you’ll ask. I’ve received multi-bike discounts when I insured them under the same plan. Holding memberships with various associations and organizations, such as AMA, AAA, GWRRA, etc., can bring price cuts too. And as much as we older chaps hate to admit it, being a senior or “mature” rider can give (well-earned) cost breaks also. Hey, if you qualify for discounts on your favorite plate of hotcakes at IHOP, why not accept them for your bike insurance?

This just scratches the surface of possibilities and combinations of motorcycle insurance. The options are as many and varied as the bikes and riders on the road. Bottom line – cover your ride and your hide. You’ll be glad you did. I am, no doubt.

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Women’s World RECOVERING, RIDING AND RAISING FUNDS

In her High School yearbook, Danielle Bosser Dahm had lots of comments from friends about her dark suntan. Tanning became an addiction for her. Not only did she enjoy the compliments on her skin tone, but studies show that tanning raises endorphins.

Although she tanned easily, Danielle began tanning daily at lunchtime. She felt like it was a form of therapy from her teens into her twenties.

Danielle and her Airforce husband, Chris lived in California until he was given orders to go to Germany. In 2000, she was a young Airforce wife with three children, ages eight, six and one-and-a-half. (She never tanned while pregnant, by the way) Danielle noticed a raised spot on her leg that eventually started bleeding. When a biopsy showed it was Stage 3 Melanoma, she was sent via Medevac to Walter Reed Hospital back in

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the states. There she was only given a 60 percent chance of surviving five years.

Danielle underwent multiple surgeries to remove the tumor and lymph nodes then to reattach her thigh muscle. Chris was given a

They hit a pothole and loose pavement threw the bike into a slide down a 30-foot embankment.

“Humanitarian Assignment” by the Airforce to be transferred to Tacoma, Washington so she could receive treatment. Her mother came to help. Danielle was treated with high doses of Interferon which caused flu-like symptoms and short-term memory loss. After eight months of treatment, she was down to only 86-pounds and walking with crutches. She’s now been in remission for 18 years.

Once she was healthy again Danielle began riding as a passenger on Chris’s motorcycle. They became part of a local motorcycle club called Olympia LowLife Riders where she’s known as “Sparkle” because of her sparkly clothes. In addition to riding, they do fundraising events for various charities.

In 2015, Danielle and her husband had a horrible motorcycle accident! They hit a

pothole and loose pavement threw the bike into a slide down a 30-foot embankment.

They slid 50 feet and hit a phone pole.

When Chris realized the bike was going down, he turned and put his arm around Danielle to shield her. He sustained most of the physical injuries. She had scrapes and bruises and gravel in her arm. He broke his shoulder blade, collarbone, and several ribs, crushing some. He also had a lacerated spleen and three lobes of his lungs collapsed.

Their daughter came home from college to take care of them during recovery and the riding club surrounded them with amazing support.

After the accident, not only did Danielle want to continue riding motorcycles—she wanted to ride her own. Only three years after the accident she got her license and bought a 2018 Indian Scout named SweatPea Hope.

Danielle and Chris continue to ride and raise funds for charities. She started a cancer support group called Melanoma Warriors and Cancer Club Friends on Facebook that has over 4,900 members.

By Myra McElhaney

If you or someone you know has a unique story contact Myra@MyraMcElhaney.com.

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Glenn H. Curtiss

The fastest man in the world ... bullets are his only rival! - 1907

“The fastest man in the world ... bullets are the only rivals of Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport.” - 1907 newspaper headline Wearing a leather cap, a well-manicured moustache and a steely gaze, Glenn Hammond Curtiss stares out of a time-worn black and white postcard-like photo. In the background, frothy waves splash the beach, the very hard packed sands upon which his experimental V-8 powered motorcycle will transport him into the history books as “The Fastest Man in the World.” The day was Thursday, January 24, the year 1907 and the place, Ormond Beach on the east coast of Florida. The record … 136.3 mph, a land speed record that would stand for 11 years and then only surpassed by an automobile— the Blitzen Benz hitting 141 mph. It would not be until 1930 that a motorcycle would best Glenn Curtiss’s feat of daring-do and mechanical design.

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“Ormond Beach on the east coast of Florida. The record … 136.3 mph, a land speed record that would stand for 11 years and only surpassed by an automobile ...”

The surfside setting for the famous blast down the beach had its origins a few years earlier when in 1902 influential Ormond Beach residents began promoting racing on the local beach with an inaugural automobile

speed run. The sport grew in popularity and even Henry Ford showed up for an event in one of his early cars, and slept in it. At the time, he couldn’t afford a hotel room. Another “celebrity” to take up residence in Ormond Beach was John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller wanted to live to 100 and was looking for the perfect healthy environment in order to reach the century mark (he made it to 97). Ormond Beach became a playground for the rich and famous … and those feeling the need for speed. Case in point, one Glenn H. Curtiss, a true American hero and a larger than life personality whose exploits inspired a popular series of youth books “The Adventures of Tom Swift” penned by Victor Appleton. And yes, there was one volume circa 1910 titled “Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle or Fun and Adventures on the Road.”

Curtiss was always looking for new adventures on, or off, the road. He knew

Did You Know: On January 26, 1911, Curtiss flew the first seaplane from the water in the US, which he designed.

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he could find the fast lane he needed to break the existing record at Ormond Beach. It was at Ormond Beach in 1904 where Charles Schmidt drove his Packard Gray Wolf to a world record in the kilometer at 76 mph and where, William Vanderbilt, Jr. set the world record for the one-mile, reaching 92 mph in a 90-horsepower Mercedes. These races put Ormond Beach on the speed map and brought it fame as home to 30 years of land-speed records eventually evolving into the now famous Daytona Beach 500 and the founding of NASCAR. Back in 1907, the 29-year old Glenn Curtiss had already invented or developed many of the more than 500 designs and components he would use during his lifetime.

He had a hand in the development of the Wright Brothers first airplane and additional aeronautical experiments. He also partnered

with Alexander Graham Bell that included developing and patenting the aircraft aileron now universally intrinsic to controlled flight.

Whether it was propeller powered or rolled on wheels, Glenn was always pushing the envelope. Although his lasting fame would rest with aircraft, it all began with motorcycles. As a result of his experiences as a bicycle racer, Western Union bicycle messenger and bicycle shop owner Curtiss became interested in motorcycles. In 1901, he began motorizing bicycles with his own single cylinder internal combustion engines, initially fashioned from tomato cans. He not only talked the talk, he walked the walk, racing what he built and earning the accolade in 1903 as the “First American Motorcycle Champion” by reaching 54.6 mph. By 1905, he set the world speed records for one, two, and three-mile events. Aside from piloting

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his speedsters he tinkered out a number of advancements including the handlebar twist grip throttle control and a triple cylinder engine designated the W-3, essentially a V-twin with a third cylinder which Curtiss himself called the fastest production motorcycle in the world.

How such ingenuity arose is one of those mysteries of nature for Curtiss was raised in near poverty and lost his parents when very young and subsequently only attained an 8th grade education. As Trafford Doherty, Director of the Curtiss Museum explains, “Curtiss was incredibly intuitive and incredibly mechanical. He was also extremely athletic and in the1890s was virtually unbeaten as a bicycle racer. He was very competitive and that competitive nature appeared first with bicycles, then motorcycles, and then with his business ventures. While of a serious Did You Know: Alexander Graham Bell regarded Curtiss as “the greatest motor expert in the country”.

demeanor, a man of relatively few words and not comfortable with public speaking, he was also known to be congenial among his fellows. His contributions were legion and rightly earned him the accolades as “The Henry Ford of Aviation” and “The Fastest Man in the World.”

On a cool overcast day in 1907, Glenn Curtiss made his mark, at least in the history books of motorcycling. He had been designing and building a variety of engines including singles, V-twins and inline fours, but he literally made his mark with a lightweight air-cooled V8. The power plant came into existence due to the everincreasing demand for more powerful aircraft engines for the burgeoning production of early 20th century flying machines. The recordbreaking motorcycle itself was basically a rolling, but not quite flying, test bed for the BORNTORIDE.COM | BTR 35

The overall design looked ungainly with its 4,000 cc engine suspended in what was a heavily beefed up bicycle frame with a 64-inch wheelbase.

new Curtiss 40 hp “monster” motor.

The configuration was based on a very square 3.25 x 3.25 inch bore and stroke that displaced a potent 269 cubic inches. While his preceding engines were primarily single cylinder and 50-degree V-Twins, Curtis went to a 90-degree design featuring cast iron F-type heads, as utilized on his smaller displacement power plants. Moreover, it dispensed with head gaskets, thanks to the quality of its design and manufacture. Inside the massive hunk of metal lurked a solid billet steel crank while internal lubrication was handled via a dry sump and random splash system. Under the valve covers, inlet valves were activated by atmospheric pressure while pushrods actuated the exhaust valves.

Fed by twin carbs, also Curtiss designs, the throttle cables were hidden inside the handlebars. The electrical system relied upon jump-spark Ignition energized by dry cell batteries. Although it looked ungainly with its 4,000 cc engine suspended in what was a heavily beefed up bicycle frame with a 64-inch wheelbase, the overall design benefited from a power to weight ratio (one hp per 6.8 pounds) that was advanced by any standards, especially by those of 1907, the bike tipping the scales at merely 275 lbs.

Once the machine was unloaded at Ormond Beach, Glenn Curtiss surveyed the saltsprayed four-mile course. It was divided into a two-mile section for reaching top speed, a

third mile for timing purposes, and last but not least a “slow down and stop” mile. As the bike was shaft-driven with no clutch and but one tall gear, it was an all or nothing proposition. One kept twisting the throttle and let the speed build while the screaming unmuffled pipes scattered sea birds for miles.

Did You Know: 1906 Curtiss writes the Wright brothers offering them an aeronautical motor!

As the Curtiss Museum director comments, “It must have sounded like the Wrath of God!” Assisting Curtiss were Thomas Baldwin and longtime friend, the aptly named, “Tank” Waters. Their brawn was used to push start the machine to life. They needed to be hale and hearty fellows, and stout they were, since the bump start method often required as many as ten or more attempts to get the V8 burbling and barking.

Curtiss climbed into the saddle, positioned his goggles and gripped the handlebars, perhaps glancing down once more at the Goodrich tires biting into the beach sand, and then nodded. Fortunately, it was not the horrendously humid Florida summer months, and the two men hurled Curtiss and his V8 two-wheeler down the beach and into the history books. Taking the two miles to reach full speed, Curtiss was clocked at 136.3 mph in the timed section of the course. He would be the first man to travel one mile in 25.25 seconds, a feat of mechanical design and personal courage that earned him the title of the “fastest man on earth.” Ironically, the record was considered unofficial due to a potentially fatal mechanical problem that precluded it from running the course again under official observation. In other words, the bike broke down after only one completion through the course. The skilled and coolheaded rider that he was, Curtiss was able to bring it to a halt from the 90mph—at which BORNTORIDE.COM | BTR 37

moment parts had begun flailing about.

The matter was reported in the February 9, 1907 issue of Scientific American (and we quote): “THE FASTEST AND MOST POWERFUL AMERICAN MOTOR BICYCLE. What is unquestionably the most powerful as well as the fastest motor bicycle ever built in this country made its appearance at the races at Ormond Beach recently; but owing to the breaking of a universal joint and subsequent buckling of the frame, this machine made no official record. It was built

by Mr. G. H. Curtiss, a well-known motorbicycle maker, with the idea of breaking all records. The machine was fitted with an 8-cylinder air-cooled V-motor of 3640 horsepower. ... The total weight of the complete machine was but 275 pounds, or 6.8 pounds per horsepower. In an unofficial mile test, timed by stopwatches from the start by several persons who watched through field glasses a flag waved at the finish, Mr. Curtiss is said to have covered this distance in 26. 25 seconds, which would be at the rate of 136.3 miles per hour - a faster speed than has ever been made before by a man on any type of vehicle.

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going 90 miles an hour. ...”

In addition, armchair pundits of the day reportedly snorted with disbelief espousing their firm belief that is was a hoax or fable since no mortal man could breathe at the reported speed. It would be the V8s one and only day in the sun, the only time Glenn Curtiss would take it up to speed. But once was enough.

On July 23, 1930, at age 52 Glenn Hammond Curtiss who had so often slipped the surly bonds of Earth, did indeed breath his last breath succumbing unexpectedly to an embolism after successful surgery for appendicitis. The heart attack was also linked to the stress from ongoing litigation.

His body now rests in his birthplace of Hammondsport, New York, in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.

As for his vaunted V8 motorcycle, a bolt for bolt replica of the ferocious machine was built by the Mercury Aircraft Co. and is now on display at the Curtiss Museum. If you want to see the real McCoy, you’ll find it at the new Smithsonian Steven F. UdvarHazy Center located adjacent to the Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, VA (www. nasm.si.ed.u). As a poignant postscript, we are told by the Curtiss Museum that several of the engine’s internal parts were recycled

by Curtiss into other projects, so in a way it lives on as does the almost legendary achievements of Glenn H. Curtiss.

Curtiss Museum: Located on Lake Keuka in Hammondsport, New York, the museum’s 57,000 sq ft features the full spectrum of Glenn Curtiss’s contributions.

On display are his many aircraft designs as well as his bicycles and motorcycles including a faithful reproduction of the record breaking V8. For more information call (607) 569-2160 or contact the Museum Director Trafford Doherty via trafford@linkny.com.

Thursday, January 24, 1907. Ormond Beach, Florida. Glenn H. Curtiss, age 29, sits astride the test bench for his new V8 269 cubic inch aircraft engine. When all was said and done, Curtiss was clocked at 136.3 mph in the timed section of the course, a feat of mechanical design and personal courage that earned him the title of “The Fastest Man in the World.” As the Curtiss Museum director Traff Doherty comments, “It must have sounded like the Wrath of God!”

By Paul Garson Photography courtesy of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, The Glenn H, Curtiss Museum, Roy Kidney and Jack Carpenter

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Come out and hear SMAC LIVE! Vendors, beer, babes, food and more! Wear a Killer Creek H-D® St. Patrick’s Day shirt from years gone by and get rewarded by picking a prize from the Leprechaun’s Hat! We will have lots of games, register to wins, and of course - Killer Creek Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

This is a FREE EVENT so bring before birth with HLHS. RTRC is your friends and family for a riding to support them in this time great time! KillerCreekHarley.com of need, there will be door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. The run will March 19 be a $10 donation per person.

Born To Ride Radio every RiverTownRiders.org Tuesday from 7 PM - 10 PM. Live on Facebook.com/ March 26 BornToRideTVMagazine. Live call Born To Ride Radio every in 727-678-9055.

Tuesday from 7 PM - 10 PM. Live on Facebook.com/ March 23 BornToRideTVMagazine. Live call Trussville, AL A Miracle Ride in 727-678-9055.

3rd Annual 10am Riders HarleyDavidson. Come out and RIDE March 28 and then PLAY BALL with the Athens, GA Cycle World of special needs children of The Athens Two Wheel Thursday Bike Moody Miracle League! This is a Night 6pm-9pm. Live music, free special baseball league for some raffles, hot food, cold beer. very special people, most of them 706-548-3300 kids, but several special needs adults as well. Everyone gets to March 28 play, gets to bat and no such Conyers, GA Falcons Fury thing as an out. Everyone is a Presents Born To Ride Lifestyle winner! 205-655-1234 Thursday at Hooters. DJ SAS, beer, wine, and food, sound March 23 show, bike show, prizes, Acworth, GA Ride to Read giveaways, vendors and more.

Brookwood Christian School 770-979-7999 9am. Please join us as we honor National Reading Month by March 28 - March 31 hosting our 2nd annual charity Tellico Plains, TN March Moto motorcycle ride with Acworth’s Madness - Mother Rally. If you very own Chef Henry Chandler love to ride, love to eat, love leading the ride. Proceeds camping, outdoors and love benefit the International Dyslexia spending time with good people, Association – Georgia Chapter March Moto Madness is for you! as well as our Dyslexia Reading MarchMotoMadness.com Programs. Cost: $25 per bike/$15 per passenger. Register April 4 BrookwoodChristian.com.

Conyers, GA Falcons Fury VIP Bike Night 7pm-10pm. DJ March 23 SAS, beer, wine, and food, Maryville, TN Ladies Garage sound show, bike show, prizes, Party 6pm-9pm Smoky Mountain giveaways, vendors and more.

H-D. SMH-D.com 770-979-7999 March 23 Conway, SC Guts for Gloria Benefit Ride 10:30am Rascals.

Three-card guts poker run to support the young parents of baby Gloria who was diagnosed

To submit andgreat view events even more events www.GeorgiaBikeEvents.com There are some coming up,visit for more events, go to www.BornToRide.com 4-788-3907.

April 6 Concord, NC Orphan Run 11am Speedway Harley-Davidson.

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www.BornToRide.com/events Forever family. Whether you ride a motorcycle or not, come on out and show your support! $15 Single - $20 Two-Up. 704-607-8434 April 6 Plant City Bike Fest Downtown Plant City 4:30pm-8:30pm. Live band, great food and vendors; 10-class bike show, trophies and more. 813-7543707 April 10 - April 14 Unadilla, GA Angel City Wild-West Kustom Kulture Rally & Music Fest.

Live music, Side Show, Pig Racing, Mechanical Bull, Vintage Boxing, Arm Wrestling, Hot Rod Rodeo, Dirt Track Racing, Traditional Rod & Custom Show, Bike Show, and more.

AngelCityMotorcycleRally.com April 13 - April 14 Durham, NC Raging Bull HarleyDavidson Bull City Bike Rally. Join us for 2 days as we bring the Rumble to Durham. Bands, Bike Show, Demos, Rides, Tats, Vendors, Games, Great food & More. RagingBullHD.com April 18 Conyers, GA Falcons Fury VIP Bike Night 7pm-10pm. DJ SAS, beer, wine, and food, sound show, bike show, prizes, giveaways, vendors and more. 770-979-7999 April 25 - April 27 Blairsville, GA Gauntlet Thunder in the Mountains Party at Copperhead Lodge. Live music (all three days), guided rides and more. Eat, Ride, Party and Repeat. CopperheadLodge. com April 26 - April 28 Leesburg, FL 23rd Annual Leesburg Bikefest The World’s Largest 3-Day

Motorcycle and Music Event packed into 30 blocks with 55+ Concerts, 200+ Vendors, 6 Hotbody Contests, Amazing Bike Shows, Stunt Shows, 8 Venues and lots of fun!

April 27 Maryville, TN Smoky Mountain Cannonball Run at Smoky Mountain H-D. SMH-D.com May 1 - May 5 Panama City Beach, FL 21st Annual Thunder Beach Spring Rally 2019. thunderbeachproductions.com/

Mountain Rally at Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds. In its 29th year the GMR returns to the ever-popular picturesque fairgrounds in Hiawassee.

Plus, it’s dual-sport heaven for all skill levels. Truly the perfect start to anyone’s riding season!

BMWMCOGA.ClubExpress.com May 3 - May 5 Maryville, TN Black Dragon Breakdown Hooligan Races and Custom & Vintage Motorcycle Show.

Wanna Race? Smoky Mountain Speedway. Rally at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson.

Biker games, Pro Builder Bike show, Amateur Bike Show, awards and more. 865-9771669

May 17 - May 18 Longs, SC MBBW Thunder Spring Motorcycle Drag Racing at North Myrtle Beach Drag Strip. General Admission Friday – $15, Saturday – $15 Friday & Saturday Admission - $25; Children 12 & Under Admitted FREE with Parent.

Motorcycle Racing Classes. 12 Racing Classes – Vintage Drag Bikes, B-Vintage. 336-6431367

May 17 - May 19 Denton, NC 10th Annual Antique Motorcycle Southern National Meet at Denton May 2 - May 4 Farmpark. Denton Farmpark Pigeon Forge, TN 37th Annual is a “Ride Back In Time” Tennessee GWRRA District Over 35 historic buildings on Spring Fling at Hotel Ramada Pigeon Forge South. Join site including a real 1800s fellow Gold Wind Riders for plantation. Ride 1800s train May 10 - May 19 a weekend of Motorcycles, around the grounds while you Games, Rides, Food and Fun. Murrells Inlet, SC Myrtle Beach are there. Fun for all ages!

Bike Week - Spring Rally GWRRATN.org 2019. “The Carolina’s Largest 417-838-4777 Motorcycle Event” Motorcycle May 2 - May 5 May 18 Rally on the Grand Strand of Atwood, TN Boogie Hollar SC. Myrtle Beach Bike Week® Athens, GA Remember Spring Rally. Come join the Coastal Motorcycle Tours, bike Georgia’s Fallen 10am Cycle fun at this 126-acre biker shows, vendors, entertainment, World of Athens. Parade park with paved roads, hot attractions, event merchandise begins at 11am, Honor showers, and vast camping Ceremony 12pm, Freedom areas. Live music, great food, & much more.

Ride 1pm. Statewide Patirotic MyrtleBeachBikeWeek.com vendors, field events, stage Ceremony to honor Georgia’s contests, and more. Don’t miss Fallen Heroes. 706-548-3300 May 11 out on the Saturday morning Conyers, GA National Fighting poker run! 21 and Up - No Championship Event at Falcons May 31 - June 1 Exceptions. BoogieHollar.com Boone, NC Boone Bike Fury H-D 2pm-6pm. Thirty Rally - Spring 2019 May 2 - May 5 fights (men and women from Maryville, TN She Rides Moto all over Georgia), motorcycles, at High County Fairgrounds.

BYOB, Bike Games Women Only Moto Meet-up at beer, Hooters will be serving Smoky Mountain H-D. food, beer, and wine. Women $1000 1st Place, Bike Show$1000 in Prizes & Trophies, SMH-D.com and grown men beating the Wet T-Shirt Contest snot out of each other, what May 3 - May 5 $250 1st Place. more can you ask for!

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This month Born To Ride reviews the Mini-Skirt Mob, another in a series of horrible old biker films for your entertainment. In some cases “the older the more horrible” comes to mind when dealing with these movies. This one was produced in 1968, and rates right (down) there with the best of the worst!

The plot bears more than a few similarities to Satan’s Sadists (which I have previously reviewed for BTR). In this case, it’s Shayne, the psychotic female leader of The “Mini Skirts” played by Diane McBain and her hair-do, stalking the innocent young couple along with her ‘gang’ members. It seems that “Jeff” the man she’s after used to be “her guy,” but he got wise, dumped his rodeo/biker buddies and married some hot brunette girl from the local bank. This in my opinion was a weird mix. The connection involving ‘biker’ girls and rodeo guys never seemed to materialize. It looked more like a ‘hippie’ flick than a poorly made biker film. Anyway, here’s my best BTR 46 | BORNTORIDE.COM

shot at explaining the plot. … Just as Jeff, was preparing apply the pork to his new bride “Connie” all his old pals and the “Mini-Skirts” arrive at his camper trailer to party.

This of course leads to a major fistfight, where Jeff and his new bride suffer the worst of the melee. Later Shayne the maniacal jilted blonde (and her hair-do) convinces the other ne’er-do-wells to hang around with her, and continue to torture Jeff and Connie. As they chase them up a mountain road Jeff swerves and runs “LG” off the road crashing his motorcycle into a deep chasm. They return to find him dead, and decide to leave, but some boy scouts see all the action. The cops come later, and haul LG off. (You don’t see too much of the cops in this one oddly. ...) Later on, the gang finds Jeff and Connie camped out, and a couple of the guys rough Connie up while Jeff is out walking around. More psycho-babble from Shayne leads the gang to keep the couple trapped in the trailer with a rifle. That only works for a while, as Jeff tries to rig something up with the propane bottle, and the stove in the camper. As usual in these films one of the members turns on the other. In this case it’s Shayne’s sister, who wants to release Jeff and his bride and return to town. She knocks one of the rodeo rednecks out, and hatches a plan with Jeff and Connie.

As she dons Connie’s clothes, the couple escapes while she fires at the gang from inside the trailer. The gang retaliates with Molotov cocktails, leading to one of the ubiquitous gags where a stunt man wears a fire suit and runs around the desert while flaming away. Anyhow, I’m not sure where the beer (or the empty bottles) originally came from, but the blast from the exploding propane kills Shayne’s sister. In the end two of the gang chase Jeff and Connie through the desert, and Shayne’s motorcycle slips on the edge of a ravine and crashes down several hundred feet. Shayne is holding on to the edge for dear life and begs Connie to save her. Connie grasps Shayne’s hand but well you know … she kinda lets go as Jeff approaches, and the couple watches as Shayne tumbles to her death.

As typical in these old reels, most of the actors were totally unconvincing. I found myself thinking- these aren’t real bikers or rodeo dudes! These are simply bourgeois B-movie Hollywood types earning a living at ruining their future careers. I think that during most of the viewings however. Biker exploitation? No. Waste of good Mylar? Probably. You watch it and decide for yourself.

I can only recommend this piece if you have a burning desire to see hot Sixties chicks in mini-skirts, go-go boots and huge hair.

I did like the old Honda and Triumph motorcycles, and of course since there was Budweiser, (still not sure where it came from) it got one star. It runs 82 minutes, is available on DVD from MGM’s ‘Midnight Movies’ series, and I can only (in my right mind) give it 2 stars because there was a glaring lack of nudity. (The second star appears because I LOVE cat-fights!) So grab a Bud and some popcorn, and we’ll see ya next month!

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Christian Motorcyclists Association never ceases to amaze me that a biker can have an accident in Colorado; a biker in Texas gets that information from on the internet and shares it. Before you know it there are several bikers making a hospital call to pray with and encourage the biker and his family. That’s what I call being there, to let a hurt rider know someone cares.

In the Bible, Jesus said, “I will be with you always (Mt 28:20).” The lesson to learn from this is that no matter what happens, no matter what the circumstances; Jesus has our back if we just trust in Him. Things can be as simple as a flat tire, or as complicated as major surgery if we can learn to trust in Jesus as our Lord, He has promised to hear our every prayer. Best of all, it doesn’t matter where we are; He is already there before us. He knows our needs even before we do, and already knows what He can do for us if we are just willing to call on His name. When we are broken down on a deserted back road, pounding miles in the blistering heat, or in a pouring rainstorm, He is always there to guide us and hold us tight.

Just like some caring bikers gathering and praying over a downed biker, Jesus is there. He wants you to feel His love and care, as well as His mercy. He made a direct promise in this part of Scripture that He will always be with us. The best part is that He gives us an unconditional promise on which we can count.

In The Wind, Denny Dingler Check out BornToRide.com for more articles from Christian Motorcyclists Association

One of the great things about riding with friends or in a group is the help that is available when things go wrong. I can’t count the times that while riding in a group there were several bikes that caught a red light or a cage that pushed its way into the middle of the ride. While the delay is not convenient, the Ride Captain will often slow down and pull over until the delayed riders catch up.

Another issue is when a rider in a group has a mechanical breakdown, and the riders participating in the ride will pull over and render assistance to get their friend back up on the road.

I know of one ride that should have taken only about 8 hours, but due to multiple breakdowns and problems, the ride took nineteen hours. There was a parts truck that followed them, but even with the portable shop, the ride still had some serious delays. Fortunately, all was well and the destination was ultimately reached. The key was making sure that everyone was together and that nobody got left behind.

Perhaps the greatest example of riders having each other’s backs is seen when a biker has gone down and is in the hospital for medical treatment, many times life-threatening. It BTR 48 | BORNTORIDE.COM