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Industry Spotlight:
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FX Caprara Harley-Davidson Open Roads STORIES 10th Annual Thousand Islands River Run ABATE Rodeo Photos & More w w w . C h r o m e B i k e r . c o m
Tuesday 2nd
Tiger
Wednesday 3rd
Bikini Challenge
Thursday 4th
Bamdoga
Friday 5th
Smart Alec
Tuesday 9th
Paul Taylor
Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th
Flipside
Dan Elliot and the Monteraya
Friday 12th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th
Chris Terra JP Shaggy Joe Driscoll
Thursday 18th
Time Line
Friday 19th
UnBroken
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FEATURES 08 Upcoming Event Schedule Find out what’s going on in your community
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12 The Harley Story 20 Industry Spotlight Dan Carfi - General Mgr. FX Caprara H-D 25 Open Road Stories
EVENT PHOTOS 06 Legacy MC Helmet Protest Limp Lizard Bar & Grill
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10 Sharkey’s Bike Night Thursday Night’s Top Biker Event 15 60 for 60 The Mohawk Run 18 NYS Abate Rodeo 24 Handle Bars& Cars 26 10th Annual Thousand Islands River Run 28 Tracy’s Party Photos
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In The Centerfold: Cinthia and Kevin
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FROM THE PUBLISHER: This month we publish our sixth issue of Chrome Biker Magazine. Each month we continue to grow and improve on the previous issue. With continued support from the Businesses in the Community, next month we hope to finally increase the magazine size to 48 pages and expand distribution. Thank you to our valuable readers and our loyal customers. As we grow and change we hope you continue to reach out to us and give us feed back as our goal is to be better each month. We want to provide you with new and interesting articles each month about the many personalities in our community and in the motorcycle industry. It has been a great summer and we hope to continue riding long into this season. I hope that you are enjoying this adventure each month as much as I am. We’ve made it this far and I look forward to sharing the road ahead with you.
Mary Ellen "Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength." Napoléon Bonaparte DISCLAIMER: The content of this magazine is for enterainment purposes only. ChromeBiker assumes no responsibility for any inaccurate or incomplete information, nor for the actions taken in reliance thereon. The information, pictures, and stories regarding any individual or group has been supplied without staff verification.
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The Legacy MC Helmet Protest at the Limp Lizard Bar & Grill - July 3, 2016
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8-14 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Sturgis, SD If You Go... Send Us Your Photos! 11 Sharkey’s Bike Night, Band: See Alice. Bike Drawing www.SharkeysBarAndGrill.com 6pm-9pm 13 MH Memorial Ride host MHAUS KSU 11am Gillian’s Sherburne NY travel RT 80 raise money for the genetic disorder Malignant Hyperthermia Meet back at Gilligan’s for the family friendly after party that starts at 3:00pm. 13 Victory for Vets Sharkey’s 7240 Oswego Liverpool NY $20 John Waite Bands at noon 13 Archno Squad RC 3rd Annual Rock the Moun8
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music 6-9 $20 per person 20 Iron Reapers MC 3rd Annual Calm boil The Beginning II 6897 Manlius center SYR NY $20 20 60 for 60 End of Summer Bash 12- till Buffalo’s Bar 2119 Downer Street Baldwinsville NY 20 Poags Hole 20 Yrs Hill climb starts 12:30 Dansville NY $15 Children under 10 Free 20 Southern Hills Posse Poker Run Clear Path for Veterans Registration starts at 10 am Knoxie’s Rt 20 Pompey $15 Driver $10 extra hand $5 rider passenger D 20 Handle Bark and Cars Hospice Fun 20-21 EMPIRE chapter antique motorcycle club of America Show and Swap Madison County Fairgrounds Brookfield NY 21 BBQ for Breast Cancer, Bad Ass BBQ, 10:30 am, Lakeside Firehouse, 1002 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, $10. 25 Sharkey’s Bike Night, Band: Chief Bigway www.SharkeysBarAndGrill.com 6pm-9pm 26-28 FX Caprara HD Open house Weekend 27 Leathernecks MC New York Hudson Valley 9th Anniversary Party, Noon, Mr. Gug’s Countryside Inn, 1023 Rte. 52, Carmel, NY; Food, music, keg; $25. 845-225-9853 27 Michael Fredette Memorial Rider & BBQ Starts Dominick’s Sports 390 CO rt 51a, Oswego NY $10 Donation for Mike’s Children’s Education 27 Watertown Chrome Divas 9th Annual “Ta Ta” Run, FX Caprara Harley-Davidson, Adams Center, NY, 27 Hells Angels Nomads NY Summer Fever Party, 1 pm, 20 donation Jacks or Better 1079 Lake Rd Oneida NY 13421
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1 Sharkey’s Bike Night, Band: Scars and Stripes www.SharkeysBarAndGrill.com 6pm-9pm 3 Rider for the Red American Legion 45 Olcott Rd Big Flats NY 9-11 reg KSU 11:30 8 Sharkey’s Bike Night, Band: Under The Gun www.SharkeysBarAndGrill.com 6pm-9pm 11 Rollin Street Thunder Hogs & Rods Classic Car and Bike Show Alexandria Bay NY 14-18 Catskill Mountain Thunder Blackthorne Resort 348 Sunside Rd., East Durham, NY. 15 Sharkey’s Bike Night, Band: Hard Promises www.SharkeysBarAndGrill.com 6pm-9pm 17 Leathernecks MC Toys for Tots, 10:30 am, GoSlo, Rte. 149, Fort Ann, NY; $20. 17 Ride to Indian Summerfest reg 9 am FX Caprara Harley-Davidson, Adams Center, NY\ 17 Night Stalkers MC Memorial Run KSU 1pm 1519 W. Onondaga St. – Syracuse NY
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FX Caprara Harley-Davidson and Sharkey’s Bar & Grill have an amazing Bike Night EVERY THURSDAY from 6pm til 9pm. The Event is always Rain or Shine with lots of Great Entertainment all Summer long. More details of upcoming Bands on Page 31.
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The Harley Story By Nancy Roberts I knew a young boy who wanted a Harley. If you asked him what he wanted for his birthday or Christmas, he always would reply, “A Harley.” I didn’t get it. When he was older, he still wanted a Harley. When he got his first job in high school and was diligently saving his money, I wanted to know why. “To buy a Harley,” he told me. I didn’t get it. In college, he studied hard and I asked him what he wanted to do as an adult. “Go into finance,” he answered. “And ride a Harley.” When he got a job, he did quite well, had fun, and was enjoying being young and living on his own. One of his first major purchases was a Harley. I didn’t get it. One weekend he announced that he and a friend were riding up from the city for a visit. On their motorcycles. I was out in the garden on that warm summer day, waiting for the young men to arrive. And then I heard it - a deep, from-the-groundup rumbling. A sound you could feel in your bones. I looked around, wondering what it was. I went up to the street - and there I saw a picture I’ll always remember: two young guys, leather dusters flying behind them, grinning from ear to ear, owning the world and loving it. And riding their Harleys.
small garage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bicycles had been around for almost a century when they became a huge craze in the Gay 90s. Eighteen-nineties, that is. In 1901, William Harley, at the ripe old age of 21, created a blueprint for a engine designed to fit on a bicycle. It was as simple as that - just add an engine on the very popular bicycle. By 1903, William and his friend Arthur Davidson had built, and released to the public, the first production Harley-Davidson motorcycle. As the history of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle tells us, “the bike was built to be a racer, with a 3-1/8 inch bore an 3 1/2 inch stroke.” Soon Arthur’s brother, Walter, joined the fledgling company, and the team was turning out motorbikes - with an eye toward racing them - from their garage manufacturing facility. By 1904, the small company had its first dealer, a Mr. C. H. Lang of Chicago; and the next year, on July 4th, a Harley won a 15 mile
I finally got it. A Harley isn’t just a motorcycle. If you asked 100 Harley riders what it was, you’d probably hear: freedom; excitement; bonding; travel; adventure; America; friendship; speed; one-of-a-kind. It’s all that, and more. When you talk to a Harley owner you’ll rarely, if ever, get a ho-hum response. Harley riders love their bikes. The funny thing is, Harley almost didn’t make it. The story behind the Harley is part lore, part to-the-brink-and-back, part made-for-tv heartwarming story of the “comeback kid.” And it’s absolutely true, and as inspiring as it sounds. The Harley Davidson motorcycle began in a 12 www.ChromeBiker.com
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motorcycle race in Chicago. Back in Milwaukee, almost by way of celebration, the little company hired its first full-time employee. Things moved along rapidly, and in 1906 the company moved into larger quarters - a whopping 28 by 80 foot facility, and issued its first catalog, along with the nickname “Silent Gray Fellow,” which Harley aficionados will recognize. A year later William Davidson, brother to Walter and Arthur, made up the fourth in the management team of the newly incorporated Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Dealers were being signed up, more employees were being hired, and the Harley-Davidson motorcycles were setting records and earning high marks as a quality, reliable product - so good in fact that the police department in Detroit, Michigan, soon took delivery on its first motorcycle. With the 1909 introduction of the first V-twin powered motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson was no longer just a bicycle with an engine, but a whole new vehicle that began to take on the lines of the motorcycle we know and love today. In 1910, the company released its now famous logo, and a year later the F-head engine was introduced. Each year it seems the company crossed another barrier, hit another milestone - introducing a new engine, building a new factory, shipping the motorcycles to countries as far away as Japan, setting new speed and endurance records. The company even began publishing its own magazine - The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast. It seemed almost as if they could do no wrong. Harley’s were the choice of the U.S. Army, and
were used extensively in both World Wars, and by 1920, the Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world with dealers in 67 countries worldwide. And if you were a racer - well, you wanted a Harley. And then came the 50s, and motorcycle gangs, the 60s and a changing idea of what was cool, and in 1969, AMF (American Machine and Foundry) bought Harley-Davidson - and immediately set about ruining the brand. By slashing the workforce and “streamlining” production to keep pace with the Japanese - whose motorcycles were being introduced into the American market and gobbled up - Harley-Davidson soon became a poor quality, big old ugly bike that almost went bankrupt. Jokes about its poor performance abounded the “Hardly Ableson,” or “Hardly Driveable.” www.ChromeBiker.com 13
Harley limped along through the 70s, largely due to the pure love of its most devoted riders. They wanted their Harleys. Finally, in 1981, on the brink of ruin, Harley was bought from AMF by a group of investors led by Vaughn Beals and Will G. Davidson and 13 other employees and riders. And they turned the company around. They controlled inventory, were adamant about quality, and deliberately set out to make a bike that would emulate the look and feel of the “old” Harley, rather than trying to compete with the sleek “crotch rocket” styling of the Japanese imports. Essentially, if the Japanese manufacturers did this, Harley-Davidson did that, but always in keeping with the tradition of the original founders and motorcycles. They formed HOG organizations (the term “hog” had been used to describe big, high powered motorcycles since the 1920s when a team of farm boys who raced motorcycles - and consistently won - would take their victory lap with, literally, a hog sharing the saddle) to encourage enthusiasm among riders. With the 1990 introduction of the “Fat Boy”, the Harley-Davidson had returned in full splendor to the motorcycle marketplace, and was once again on top. In 1994 the company attempted to trademark its iconic deep rumbling sound, but while that proved impossible, the sound is distinctively Harley-Davidson - and a rolling advertisement for the machines. It hasn’t all been smooth riding since then - a strike at the York, PA plant in 2007, and a financial crisis in 2009 were just two challenges the company has met and endured. Today, buying a Harley-Davidson is something of an investment. A few years down the road and your bike will be worth about what you paid for it, even if you’ve ridden many miles. Harley-Davidson, and HOG groups, have sought to separate themselves from while also still enjoying - the club culture, though the clubs themselves still prefer to ride a Harley. HOGs gather for rides to raise money for civic and charitable
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causes - while still enjoying a great party like the annual Sturgis, SD rally, where thousands of bikers gather for a week of bikes, beers and bonding in August. The next Harley crisis is likely to be an aging ownership - the average rider is a bit older, though granted a bit richer, than he or she was a few years ago. But while it may face another difficult time or two, the brand is unlikely to disappear. Because when a Harley rumbles down the road, no matter who you are, how old, male or female, you can’t help but look up, and watch, with a little envy, and imagine what it would feel like to ride a Harley. v
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Chrome Biker Magazine Industry Spotlight :
Dan CarfI
General Manager, FX Caprara Harley-Davidson Q: What year did Harley Davidson first open Q: What was your 1st Harley? A: It was a 2002 Softail Duece a Dealership in Adams, NY?
A: Iron Block HD was established in Adams Center in the 90’s- Billy and Charlie Caprara bought the Har- Q: What is your Mission Statement? ley-Davidson franchise in the summer of 2013 as FX A: Providing our customer with the best buying experience, the best prices, service, parts Caprara Harley-Davidson and we’ve and apparel on the best motorcycles quadrupled their sales and customer built on the planet- Harley Davidbase in just 3 years. son. And having our customers become part of the FX Caprara Family! Q: Why do you love your job? The positive devotion between us A: “I love my job because I enjoy and our riding community gives us helping people fulfill their dreams by the encouragement to continue to getting them on the best motorcyachieve and keep the family atmocles in the world- Harley Davidson. sphere. You are not just a customer I like the team atmosphere here at here….you are Family! The loyalty to FX Caprara Harley-Davidson and our customers is extremely importthe Caprara’s have always treated me ant to us. like family, which is very important to me. It makes the hour drive for me every day very enjoyable knowQ: What direction is FX Capring I’m selling the best motorcycles ara Harley Davidson in Adto wonderful people and working for ams Center moving in? the best family in the business. “ A: We want to make sure our cus-
tomers know that our loyalty to them getting the best bikes,prices, parts, service, apparel, and experience A: My 1st bike was a 1990 Katana. I got the bike when comes 1 st . We want to build up our relationships to I was just 22. I loved riding the rice rockets during my our community not just our riding community but our “no fear” years. community in a whole.
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Q: Does FX Caprara Harley Davidson offer anything special to their riding community?
A: Here at FX Caprara we offer many Free workshops and events. One in particular is Harley-Davidson 101. This particular workshop is offered to new people coming into the riding community, interested in or anyone
who wants to freshen up their skills and knowledge. We cover everything from headlights to tailpipes -getting you up to speed on everything from learning to ride to the gear that fits your style. We also have seminars about how to store your bike from the dreaded North Country winters as well as L.E.D. Lighting, jackets, apparel, Boom audio, and most
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The Staff of FX Caprara Harley-Davidson
importantly SAFETY. Currently, Harley-Davidson gives motorcycle safety foundation class reimbursements to all military and first responders. See Harley-Davidson.com for more info. Throughout the riding season we also sponsor many events. The 1000 Island River Run, NYS HOG rally and many charity rides that leave out of our facility. Also, Bike Nights at Sharkey’s in Liverpool, every Thursday night! We look forward to seeing you there! Billy and Charlie Caprara’s goal at FX Caprara Harley Davidson is to show the public we are one of the top family run, family oriented, and community run dealerships around. By helping better their community around them and making sure their customers know how much they are truly valued and appreciated by them and their entire staff. Billy and Charlie feel they have an outstanding staff at FX Caprara Harley-Davidson of Adams Center and they hope they know just how much they appreciate them as well. v
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Billy and Charlie Caprara-Owners Dan Carfi -General Manager Rob Hennigan -Sales Mgr Sue Ferguson- Office Mgr Teresa Williams- Business Mgr Chad Deshayes-Service Mgr Chuck Patterson-Metric Service Mgr Kate Miller- Parts Mgr Marissa Barcomb- Motorclothes Mgr Dawn Fontaine- Promotions/ Warranty Specialist Lonnie Cavellier- Trailer Mgr/ Assistant Sales Mgr Dennis Smith-Parts Sales Steven Mee-Service Writer Jeff Stevens- Sr Mechanic Mike Stewart- Sr Metric Tech Bill Henry- Metric Set up Jeremy Stevens- Hydro Tech Mary Lou Tesmer-Title Clerk Jesica Maloy- Office assistant Alysha Garder-Motorclothes Ingrid Kesler-Motorclothes Sales: Taylor Caprara, Taylor Knapp,Dave Schliemer, John Carlo Techs: Rob Davis, Nate Worthington, T.J. Williams
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Food will be available by Freedom Robbins
This is an event that raises money for our Amazing Veterans through The Patriot Guard Rider NY's Help On The Homefront program and the Traveling Memorial Wall for Fallen Bikers
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OPEN ROAD STORIES By Elizabeth Grosso
This evening I met Shannon (Boo) Streeter, a good natured, outgoing, and down to earth woman. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I strolled into PJ’s RiverRat Café to participate in the Vile Vixens Bike Night. But as welcoming as the atmosphere around me was nothing was more welcoming then the smile flashed upon me from Jewels. Another of thee delightfully good natured Vile Vixens, as we struck up conversation she proceeded to talk to me about her friend Boo. I asked her if she could introduce me to Boo as she pointed behind the bar at the bartender; introducing me to Shannon (Boo) Streeter. As I spoke to her I discovered she rides a 2014 Harley Davidson touring. A local sister who lives in Watertown NY, who has been riding sense she was 15 years old. Starting out like most country girls tearing up the back fields on her 3-wheeler moving up to a dirt bike. As we continued to talk I asked her what inspired her to ride the open road? She couldn’t ever remember a time when she didn’t have a desire to hop onto two wheels. As she talks about the furthest distance she ever road with pride in her tone she speaks of her 4 th of July Watertown NY to Philadelphia pa ‘‘solo’’ trip. Feeling
satisfaction of her own personal achievement of taking that 646 mile round trip. Without consideration to thee opinion of those that told her she couldn’t do it. Determination and a can do attitude is all it took to get her started, she was hooked all the way.. During our conversation she speaks of her family her beloved deceased husband her bright eyed daughter and her extremely supportive parents but what I found most intriguing was the fact that after she started riding all her siblings followed and are now riders today despite the reality that neither of her parents experienced the wind. Her baby brother is a proud member of the Throttle Junkies as well she joyfully informs me. As we continue to speak I ask her what was her most memorable ride. She doesn’t even take a minute to think about it before she divulges “A group ride” Oh, I ask; “ who was in the group ?” As she becomes entranced in her past thoughts she recalls all the Vile Vixen’s and their Whiteface ride to see the fall foliage. Setting out on a brisk October day for the open road with their hoodies and quest for adventure they had no idea what was in store as they continued along the road they set out for satisfaction only the wind could provide they never expected temperatures of 30 degrees, pulling together sharing clothing needing warmer gear finding herself feeling family laughter a bond between sisters that started with nothing more than wanting to ride. I watched her face as she speaks of the trip, her sisters the look of love, joy, compassion, filament & honor engulf her every being.. I am proud to have met Boo she is a kind gentle woman who leaves you wanting more as she offers to ride with me telling me how much she enjoys teaching other woman her passion is to pass on her love for the open road to others in hopes that it will leave them with the knowledge that everyone matters rather you are 19 or 91 just come join in the fun.v www.ChromeBiker.com 25
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River Run
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