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October Issue 80
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Features Cherokee Blue Ridge Run 11 Women’s World-Riding Soul-O 22 H-D Atlanta-Celebrating 55 Years 26 David Meaders-Biker, Artist, Potter 34
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the location and function of each control. You will practice using these on the range. Handlebars: Used to control direction of the motorcycle. There is a handgrip on each end. Throttle: The right handgrip, which rotates to control engine speed, to increase engine speed (roll on), decrease engine speed (roll off) Clutch Lever: In front of the left handgrip. It is operated with the fingers of the left hand. The clutch mechanism connects power from the engine to the rear wheel. Gearshift Lever: On the left side of the motorcycle in front of the footreat. It is operated with the left foot. Lift up firmly and release to go to a higher Introduction: Hand and feet are used to operate and control a motorcycle. gear. Front Brake Lever: In front of the right handgrip and You must know the location and operation of the primary controls and operated with the fingers of the right foot. Squeeze it be smooth and precise when using them. The controls and equipment in to operate. described here are for motorcycles with a gasoline-powered engine and a manual transmission. (Some motorcycles have an electric motor and/or Rear Brake Pedal: In front of the right footrear and automatic transmission.) There are six primary controls. You should know operated with the right foot. Press down to operate it.
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Women’s World Riding Soul-O
“There was always a need for speed around our house.” Debi Tolbert Duggar says. She grew up around classic cars and was on the back of a boy’s motorcycle since she was 15 years old. Through some ‘bad’ relationships she ended up loving the bike more than the boy. She loved the long rides like Route 66 and riding to Daytona. Guys seem to like seeing how many miles they can get under the tires and she wanted to savor the moments and enjoy seeing the country. At one point she got off a soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend’s bike and said she’d never ride on the back again! Her love for riding took a back seat after having two daughters. Soon she also gave up working in finishing services and postproduction in the film/TV business and started a new career that would offer a better schedule with two young daughters. Teaching language arts for sixth grade isn’t a passion, but she was good at it. The schedule and stability were a good fit for a mom. After almost 20 years of teaching and with her getting daughters older and not needing her as much. Debi felt her lifechanging. She bought a Harley-Davidson Softail Slim and started riding her own. BTR 22 | BORNTORIDE.COM
Her daughters had mixed reactions. One loved it and would ride on back with her. The other wanted nothing to do with it. Her dad enjoys hearing the stories of her rides. Unfortunately, she totaled the bike in 2012 and was airlifted to the hospital with severe head trauma. It took eleven months to learn to walk again. During that time, she lost her best friend. Her social life which revolved around riding diminished and depression started setting in. The one thing that kept her going was focusing on the new bike she was going to get. After such a tragic accident she was cautious but not afraid to ride again. “Bessie,” named after a kindred spirit, Bessie Springfield (the first African American woman to ride across the country solo) is a 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King. Debi found that riding solo on Bessie became a vehicle to move from adversity into better days. Her life began to take off in many ways.
and keeps her biker life separate or tries to. Once in Daytona, while riding down the street wearing a red corset, she hears a voice call out, “Hey Miss Duggar!” She turned to see a student who was there with his Dad. A motorcycle rider, educator and photographer, Debi is now adding “Author” to that list! Her upcoming book, Riding Soul-O is “part memoir, part travelogue, part spiritual salvation.” It’s a tale of a woman, her motorcycle and a life’s journey from adversity to adventure. Riding Soul-O is available on October 1, 2019. You can get it at BessieAndMe.com or on Amazon. Check out the submissions tab for information about her next book, “It’s Not Grey, It’s Chrome!” If you bought your first bike after age 50, she wants to hear your story!
With time off from teaching Debi gets in a lot of long-distance road time during the summer months. She loves (as Bessie Springfield did) to throw a penny at a map and ride to where the penny lands. Riding became a spiritual journey. A way for her to “do that which feeds my soul.” She began writing a journal of her travels through 48 states and 6 Canadian Provinces. Debi runs a ‘tight ship’ in the classroom
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And 55 years ago, Eddie Houghton started selling Harley-Davidson motorcycles in downtown Atlanta. WOW! I was still living “up north” and was only 10 years old. My father owned Harley’s in his youth and much to my delight, around this time in my life he brought home a used Harley panhead. I was hooked! Now, my little bicycle riding buddies, at the time were going gaga over the big bad Honda 305 Scrambler. Whoopie, I thought, 305cc vs. 1200cc. Bigger is better, so I’ll stick with the “hog.” When the time came, I bought a brand new, shiny black, 1977 Harley-Davidson FLH Electra-Glide from Karl Kegel at Kegel Harley-Davidson in Rockford, IL. Kegel’s is the world’s oldest Harley-Davidson dealership still in the same family. But that’s another story. Come to think of it, my ’77 was very similar to my current ride, (minus the batwing fairing), a 2007 Harley-Davidson FLHR Road-King … my ‘07 being a completely different and much-improved bike. But they sure do look alike. Moving to the Atlanta area in October 1985, it wasn’t long before I was looking for a Harley dealership. And what better place than Atlanta Harley-Davidson, I thought. So, I ventured down to the dealership on Sylvan Ave. and BTR 26 | BORNTORIDE.COM
met Eddie and his right-hand man at the time, Wayne. What a couple of ‘nice guys.’ As a bonus, they knew what they were talking about! I like that. Then, as now, they base their work ethic on “truth, honesty, and integrity.” That’s the kind of people that I like to deal with. They treat their customers as part of their extended family, and they treat them with respect. My kinda place to do business! So now they are celebrating 55 years in business. Eddie, along with co-owner Jeff Eubanks really put on a great 55th-anniversary party. Of course, they couldn’t have done such a good job without the much-needed help from Dondra and Renee. From the time that I pulled into the parking lot, that was quickly loading with Harleys, it was “party” all afternoon. Again, I like that! I learned something new that day … that the band “Block Party Atlanta” puts on an awesome show. On stage, off stage, around the stage ... they kept on jammin’ with the best classic rock of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. That’s a lot of vintage rock ‘n roll right there, and they continued to rockout for hours of enjoyment. I hope that you were there, and able to enjoy their sound!
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Listening to the music, also gave me lots of time to shop thru all the venders. If anything had to do with motorcycles or motorcycle people, there was a display all set up for my viewing enjoyment. Cigars and campers also joined the crowded parking lot. Our buddy Mark from Creative RV put on a really nice display. There was plenty of food available all afternoon. And, of course, they offered your choice of cool beverages to help cool us down during that hot afternoon. And then it happened. “On the Border” took stage … Bam! It was off to the races, err … racing to dance your butt off to the sounds of the “ultimate Eagles tribute band.” Dancin’ in the streets, parking lots and grassy lawn areas lasted all during the rest of the BTR 30 | BORNTORIDE.COM
hot afternoon. Man, they were good! So now I’m celebrating 34 years of hanging out at Atlanta HarleyDavidson. They know their bikes, service, and accessories. But most of all, they know how to party! So, I’m just gonna keep hanging out and see what comes next. I have a feeling it will be GREAT, whatever happens. Since we’re breaking heat records here in Atlanta, I gotta go now. My Road King and I like to get out in the mornings and go for a ride. It just gets too darned hot in the late afternoons, so gotta run. I hope to see and talk with you at an event during this month. Until next month, “keep your knees in the breeze and stay ridin’ free!” JP’s Ramblin’ On
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A Biker, Artist , Potter and a Philosopher Too!
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Eric Albright
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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 BTR 36 | BORNTORIDE.COM
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
David Meaders’s work is an important link to the almost vanished tradition of Mossy Creek potters
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
Davids work is Featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC
head, totally and completely.” 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.” BORNTORIDE.COM | BTR 37
David Meaders comes from a long line of potters that dates back to the late nineteenth century
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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 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.”
Located in White County, it’s the oldest pottery center in northeast Georgia • www.folkpottery.com
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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. … CRAVEN
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highway, and his bike that was on its side was still running. A small crowd gathered around the biker to help him physically One of the hidden benefits of and one thought to turn off the key, to stop the bike’s wheels riding is the opportunity to help turning. Unfortunately, riding recklessly is all too often a reason our fellow bikers. They may some folks find themselves needing help from their fellow have simply run out of gas and bikers. need another gallon of fuel to The point I am sharing with you today is that as a rider, we be on their way. Those are the must be sensitive to both preventing problems through careful easy problems to take care of, observation of the road and people surrounding us. We must they don’t take much time, and likewise realize that we may find ourselves in a situation where everyone can quickly be on their we can be a help to other bikers. way. Sometimes the mechanical The Bible points out a very real benefit to serve our fellow issue is bigger than a can of gas, some duct tape, or a coat riders. In Proverbs 11:25 it says, “He who refreshes others will hanger. I’ll never forget being on a ride along a mountain ridge himself be refreshed.” I can’t recall how many stories I have and one of our co-riders had a huge nail flatten his rear tire. heard of someone going to bless or help a brother or sister in One member of our group had a trailer in town, and he made need and got blessed themselves. The cool part is so often the haste to get back to town so he could get the trailer and rescue one doing a blessing ends up being the blessed! our friend. Little did I know that I had a nail in my tire too, but God has a sense of humor, and when He sees a person it was holding air and I rode it back to town. At the end of the being about His work, God may just add a blessing for that day, both bikes were safely back, and we all had some new one who is being a blessing. The one going to be a blessing stories to tell! may just lend an ear or a shoulder or perhaps pray with the There are also those times that are far more serious, individual. It doesn’t take much to make a difference! The and people may be in danger of getting hurt, or worse. One lesson is to be ready and willing to take a moment and touch a example was seeing a sport biker riding into Ocala, from life. God will bless the need of the situation and will likely bless Daytona, passing us at a very dangerous speed. It wasn’t you too! long before we caught up with the rider who was lying on the In The Wind, Denny Dingler BTR 48 | BORNTORIDE.COM Check out BornToRide.com for more articles from the CMA