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What’s Happening You Happy People!
I am finally knocking the dust off my seat and putting myself in the breeze. Mother nature is sure being nice to us, ain’t she? 70 degree weather has got the 2 wheels on that tar path. It’s been nice, too. I got to make a few rides with my brothers and go support some local guys that are trying to get their band of brothers going. Best part my daughter, Harley, was able to hit the road with me. I love having her with me like this ‘cause my dad passed away in 1995. We didn’t get to do those things like riding the road on 2 wheels. So, anytime you can share your love for riding motorcycles with your spouse or your children, man! That’s just good stuff to me…
Then I got to feel the breeze again when the Boneyard in Winterville NC had a chili cook off. It was a good ride, short, but got to share some good stories of the road over some damn good chili. Our Prez entered the cook off but fell a vote short from making 1st place.
That’s something we got going on right there. Cooking. These brothers of mine can look a bit rough around the edges at times but when it comes to the grill or throwing some stuff together, I promise that you will not leave hungery. Pork loins on the grill with a bit of finesse and it’s game on son, do you smell what I stepped in? Finally got the bike running like a champ. I did some tinkering and after that changed the oil and the battery. Hey man, wrenching and riding it’s the way it goes.
My Dad had an old sporty back in the day when he used to ride. I want to say it was a ‘76 model 1200. I just remember him telling me in the shop as a kid that Harleys are a mechanics dream and a nightmare. Oil leaks, fuel leaks, loose or broken bolts, loose chain, worn sprockets, running too rich, running too lean, there was always something to look at. He once said, 50 miles or 50 dollars worth of repairs. Which ever came first. That was back then.
Rubber mounts have saved us a lot of headaches but there’s still some good ol’ rough riders out there that keep those ol’ panheads and shovelheads, not to mention, those ridged frames in the game. They know all too well what it’s like to wrench and ride.
Saddle bags or an old leather pouch filled with wrenches, zip ties, or even a hand full of hose clamps. I dig it, man. I love seeing those bikes still beating it down the road. Those are the ones that got me all excited about the biker life in the first place.
I had this Ol’ 1970’s Harley frame but I didn’t have a Harley motor to slap in it. I didn’t care back then I just wanted to ride. Me and a buddy of mine went to a bike junkyard in Wilson and dragged a Honda 750 motor out of the pile. Yea…I know...I can hear the cussing from here, But I was wanting to be in the wind and Harley and Honda just had to come together with a bit of welding and some major rigging. It was cool, too. We pulled the throttle back and blew out the baffles in those ol’ rusty pipes that came with the motor. With a bit of starter fluid in the carb and choke and sputter, the engine let out a holler and the machine came alive! We still had other adjustments and a rust drive chain but it didn’t keep us from riding around the yard and an illegal blast down the paved road with no helmets. HELL YEAH! To me that’s one of those memories that will last forever. You can only accomplish something like that when you’er just a broke ass country boy and Dad has a shop full of Tools. Ain’t no playstation or Xbox that can beat that shit.
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Speaking of riding and burning it down the paved road...I want to let you guys know that since they’ve shit canned the Smoke Out this year all hope is not lost. My bros with Unspoken Sons MC have got a plan coming together. I know, I mentioned it, just a bit in the last article about our 10 Year Anniversary. Well, folks since the Smoke Out is a flop we are thinking about going big this year to celebrate our 10 Years as brothers of Unspoken Sons. I’m going to mention it more and more as we get closer to the date. But how does racing motorcycles and listening to some good music and munching down on some good food sound? We are not just talking motorcycles alone here. We are talk- ing about a car show and other events. OH yeah! We want to have a good time and share our good time with those who want to share our excitement. Bands playing some tunes the sound of pipes blasting down the drag strip for a little one on one friendly competition. Maybe a few prizes to make it a bit more interesting. To me, bragging rights is always fun, but something to walk away with is cool, too. I mean, just ‘cause the Smoke Out went up in smoke doesn’t mean we still cant have a bit of fun. It’s about the ride ain’t it? It’s about coming together and sharing our common love for all machines on wheels.
Like I said, as the time gets closer I’ll drop more information. I’m really excited about it, that’s for sure. I’m also ready to meet some of you Happy People. I know y’all get to read this fine magazine and see the good honest fun stuff that goes on in its pages but I don’t get to see all of y’all and this will be a great opportunity to do just that.
Anyway, I’m going to close it here and say, “hey” if you can grab a bit of wind when those good ol’ North Carolina temps like to play with us. Get out there and get y’all. You know how it rolls...70 one day and 30 the next. If you don’t like our weather, just wait a minute is how it’s always been told to me and hopefully I’ll be seeing you out there in it...Behind Barz.
Big Ed/2Timer
bb life if you live it, you know it!
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The Old Wheels Shadow Just about now, Any time of the day Memories shadow Comes round to play. The spokes in the wheel Still click When the wheel turns round, Yet trapped in a memory There's no audible sound, Yet adventure awaits At the height of the mind When touched by the shadow, Of memories time When the old wheels shadow Was tuned to the tire whine When steady she rode From the highways white line. The tread of the wheel Inscribed in the dust, Is a story as true As one scribbled in rust The old wheels shadow Comes round to play, When the mind is plugged in On any old day. Fred Steele © 2019 RSOA ™ Bikers Come In Many Flavors Some are sinners... few are saints... Some are artists who love paints. (my wife) Then there's those who work with metals. Also florists arranging petals... As you hear some strum their strings... Music that has heartfelt rings... Some lay tattoos on your skin... Others race... trying to win. Some build customs... Oh so sweet... Some just dance you off your feet. Some are lawyers, some are docs... Others, workers on the clock... Some wear smiles... some do frown... Can't let those ones get you down. :) Bikers come in many flavors... Most share spirits... roads to savor... Some take short hops every week, even though their bones now creak... Others... distance rides so far, most won't drive them in their car. Then we have The Road Scribe Poets (tm)... Writing life's tales as they go it... Laying down their awesome lines... Biker's history etched so fine. © Panhead Rod Hatter RSOA ™ 3.18.12 The Black Rose That Bleeds © Chris “Knucklehead” Webb Honorary Road Scribe Of America ™ In the center of the darkened room Upon a little round table of mahogany With spindly legs like that of a spider Stands a sparkling crystal vase Resting in this crystal vase Is a solitary black rose The black rose that bleeds Why it bleeds only I know The black rose is my soul And the drops of blood shed Come from wounds inflicted The Days & Times Of Life A different day.. a different time When things were chaos yet calm A different day.. a different time When things were crazy yet easy A different day.. a different time When things were sad yet happy A different day.. a different time When the past was then & this is now Yeah a different day.. a different time is what it is yet still looking forward The End © Dorothy-Denise Migneault ‘AngelWolf’ Honorary Road Scribe Lifetime Achievement . Little Bird of mine... something snapped cracked in two shattered the lens skewed the view blurred the map leaving no way out this twisted maze of you © mswm 2.16.14 RSOA ™ Shadow-Wolf of the Shire for Dee Within the Wind What the highway remembers the miles forget Left behind in rear view mirrors without regret There is life within the wind With every ride you’re born again It’s a feeling only a biker knows Destination wherever the four winds blow There’s a fire inside to hit the bricks The wind fans the flames when I twist the wick © Lee Buddah Haverstick, Black Rose Poetry™, RSOA™ Know This.. We represent the freedom, that they let the man take away. Our gray hair, tattoos, and battle scars, they serve to tell a tale. We ride to live and live to ride, living it hard to the core. Citizens try to read our patches, as we rumble on down the road. Blind as bats, cell phone rats, only see our vests, not rides. They judge our book, by its cover, never read between the lines. Thinking they know what we’re all about, when they do not have a clue. On how to live a life of deep respect, and how to bring it when it’s due. © Sorez RSOA ™ www.roadscribesofamericatm.com
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True Freedom
Brothers and Sisters, I love to ride, and I live to ride and ride to live!
When I’m riding, an overwhelming knowing of Freedom overcomes my spirit with an unspeakable joy that tattoos a perma smile on my face.
It’s following the spirit of riding, that gives us this feeling. And this freedom starts with having the freedom to do it, and it starts with the path that leads to one’s bike, and the time to ride.
Once one walks to their bike a safety check of the tires, brakes, oil, and fuel are all in the law of the freedom to ride.
Now one can disregard those safe guard checks, and you won’t get far in living to ride, but will get you to the freedom of roadside assistance taking someone else’s freedom away.
There are other laws that one has to live by when living to ride, they are the laws of gravity, speed, sight, defense and respect. If anyone of those are disregarded you have to answer to the freedom in the physical condition you’re now in. Amen.
Disobedience to those laws is not freedom.
The only way to obey all the safety laws keeping them in check is Love, and a Love that is with all ones heart, mind, and Soul.
Loving this truth, will keep everything in check for the freedom in the Wind living to ride.
Righteous living riding motorcycles will Respect everything involved in what’s right in the right Spirit law of riding.
The Apostle Paul loved the law, but he had the wrong spirit about it. He walked in the spirit of man when he held up the law to the followers of Jesus.
Jesus’ Nomads were riding a freedom from the law on a higher level by following His Spirit who was the law and fulfilled it all!
All His Nomads had to do was ride in Jesus’ Spirit to live to ride and ride to live, they did!
Rodger Duvall ~ Jesus Freak Thee Redeemed House biker Church
Paul didn’t follow this law ,and got knock of his horse on his way to Damascus.
Paul judged everyone and situation according to man’s standards, Jesus convicted him by His Standards!
Paul finally patched in ,if you will, after some hangaround time with Jesus .
In Paul’s letter to the Galatians chapter 5, He told them to “Ride in the Spirit”, (Walk in the Spirit) meaning live in.
The Holy Spirit from Jesus Himself, following His lead , an His lead is The Spirit of True Love, and Grace undeserved that gives us the desire to follow in truth.
When one lives like this or rides, we allow freedom from disobedience, and keeps everything in the law’s of the safety checks, and freedom from instant pleasure contrary to God’s Law of Love...
Living to ride, means Riding to live to ride again and again. It comes up to Respect, Respect for others, Respect for yourself, Respect for nature, and most of all Respect for God.
That is true freedom in the wind that not only puts the permanent smile on your face, but in one’s heart, also!
Take this safety check every morning, follow Jesus to the freedom in living, by living to ride in His love Mercy and Grace, that is the saving Faith to Faithfully, live to ride and ride to live...
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