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Hello Readers & Riders, It’s a troubling world we live in today. Some folks are trying to hang onto what they have while others continue to work and do OK. We have seen motorcycle businesses continue to close because a lot of what we do as bikers are getting shut down everywhere or cut back. That has a downward effect as it also takes money away from employees, vendors, local businesses, and advertising those businesses. This spiral effect is over a virus that has a lower death rate than car crashes, than the flu, than things so minor… and some state governors continue to strap and pull the rope tighter on the economy; suffocating everything and everyone. At some point, those in that “power seat” will have to ease restrictions and the economy should head back in the right CONTACT US SOUTHERN BIKER MAGAZINE
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ME & MY SIDEKICK
By The Mag Man, Randy Gracy
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andall Hopkins has had motorcycles in his blood since he was 13 years old in 1986. He has a passion for building bikes, the Old School way. Some of his friends even stated that he should have been born in the 50s & 60s to correlate with his style of building bikes. After his first divorce (back in the day), he wanted a custom bike he could afford. He wanted it to be different. He found an old Honda Rebel 250 for $400, tore it down and began to create his first bike in his first shop… his carport with only a 3-drawer Stanley toolbox. Friends came by looking at what he could do and began bringing
their bikes to him to build and service. He had no idea what direction it would eventually take him. As time progressed, he moved into 8x12 storage shed and later into a 20x20 metal building. He just recently moved and upgraded to Holiday Hills Lake on the water and into an oversized garage with his new paint room upstairs. Joy is what I saw on his and his wife Cindy’s face about their new home. Randall’s enjoyment with his new shop could only be topped by his love for his Sidekick (granddaughter), six-year-old Carley. She is definitely the joy that drives him each day. Randall said she is becoming so much like him that it’s scary sometimes (especially when she quotes his sayings to Nanna… Eeeks!) While interviewing Randall, Carley posed for photos and played with my puppy, Gracie. She went from being a quiet child to a very active and talkative one, with her own love of motorcycles. Randall is also in the process of building her a rat rod. Carley told me Randall would be helping her build it. “Self-taught and driven to get better with each motorcycle I build”, is what Randall 8 - Southern Biker Magazine
says about himself. He can fabricate, weld, paint, customize…the whole works. “I look forward to each bike, making it better than the last one and learning new techniques in the process. If you don’t keep up with the times, the new techniques… if you don’t keep learning, then you just don’t have the passion to love what you do” He also said that all the net money he makes goes directly back into the shop to make it better with new products and tools needed to get to that next level. His talents can definitely be seen with him buying inexpensive metric motorcycles and turning them into a custom build the owner can be proud of, just as he has done with his own latest bike build for himself, his Irish Anger motorcycle. “If you can get a truly custom bike you love for under $10,000, I figure I’ve found my niche to make those riders happy”, he said. He also never intended to get into the service side of motorcycles, but it just took off with each new contact he made riding. Seeing what he could do and the talent he has, I gave Randall my dream bike. He is currently finishing up my 1986 Yamaha 920 Custom. I gave him my build (my first motorcycle build) and he went in a few different directions. His direction is making this creation OFF THE CHAIN! Look for it in the next issue. Got an idea for your dream bike? Randall is getting into American made bikes too. He’s located in Crossville, TN and you can usually reach him at the shop in the evenings or weekends (931-410-0578). You can also find him on Facebook. I’ve not seen passion like this since back in the day meeting the likes of Jesse James or Billy Lane. Randall has that same passion and wants his builds to be the best they can be for each and every person that brings him their dream idea. His Sidekick Carley keeps him grounded and keeps his joy in life full. Eventually, Carley will take over the business when she is ready and Randall said, “That will give me the biggest joy of all.” September 2020
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AMA National #1 Plates
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he American Motorcyclist Association handed out 36 National #1 plates in 36 competition classes at the 2020 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship held Aug. 3-8 at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. The AMA also recognized four outstanding racers with special awards. Stilez Robertson, of Bakersfield, California, won the 2020 Nicky Hayden
Motocross Youth Rider of the Year. He won all six motos in Supermini 1 and Supermini 2, leading 55 of 61 laps. He has won eight AMA National Championships so far in his amateur career. The 2020 AMA Vet Rider of the Year is Brandon Scharer, of Gardena, California. Scharer went 2-1-1 in the Junior (25+) class at Loretta Lynn’s, leading the second two motos from start to finish. In his previous
home AMA #1 plates in Tennessee.
Riders from our eight-state publishing area took home #1 Championship Plates as well: Kevin Walker of Kingsport, Tennessee – Masters 50+; Seth Dennis of Minneola, Florida – 65cc Limited (10-11) and 65cc (10-11); South Carolina had two champions: Brandon Scharer of Hamer – Junior (25+) and Katie Benson of Greer – Girls (11-16). Crowd
AMA National Champions determined in 36 classes during weeklong event at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee AMA Motocross Horizon Award, which the AMA presents annually to an amateur rider poised for professional success. “I’m honored to receive this award,” Robertson said. “This is something every amateur racer wants to get.” His first competition at the venue came at age 4, and he won his first title there at age 6 in the 51cc 4-6 Class. Robertson intends to start his professional career this weekend in the 250 class in the first round of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. For the first time, that event also will be held at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Levi Kitchen, of Washougal, Washington, the 2020 AMA Amateur Motocross Rider of the Year (awarded annually to a standout rider in a B or C class at the amateur national event) led 62 out of 66 laps, winning all six motos he competed in at the event. He raced in the 250 B Limited and 450 B Limited classes. Ryder DiFrancesco, of Bakersfield, California, is the 2020 AMA 14 - Southern Biker Magazine
eight trips to Hurricane Mills, his best finish was seventh. In taking a look at the statistics from the week of action at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch, California prevailed with the State Championship, capturing 11 class championships. Bakersfield’s Stilez Robertson (Open Pro Sport, 250 Pro Sport), Winchester’s Dakota Bender (250 C Jr.), Hesperia’s Kris Keefer (Senior 40+), Berry Creek’s Jaydin Smart (51cc 4-6 Limited), Temecula’s Haiden Deegan (Mini Sr 1, Mini Sr 2), Bakersfield’s Ryder DiFrancesco (Supermini 1, Supermini 2) and Granite Bay’s Maximus Vohland (125cc 12-17 B/C, Schoolboy 1) were the California natives who brought
favorite Jordan Jarvis of Clayton, North Carolina won the Women’s Championship. For complete results from the 2020 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, visit resultsmx. com/lorettas/ class.asp
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By Jim Leggett
elaxing over a superb John Henry Single R Malt from Valatie’s Harvest Spirits, “living rug” Chow dog Sasha at my feet, local
FM stations playing golden oldies — Everly Brothers, belting out catchy 1957 smash hit...“Bye, Bye Love; Bye bye sweet caress; Hello emptiness; I feel like I could die...” Amazing how a song, aroma of campfire smoke, instantly conjures back memories. Singing along, I’m remembering 1958, a summer afternoon astride a 1954 Triumph motorbike, I’m riding into Chatham in search of a gas station. Curt’s Flying A, 31-cents-agallon. I fill up. Footloose, age 19, bike and I roll into town, fresh from far-away Toronto, Canada, relishing the freedom of open roads. Not a soul laying claim to my time, following my nose wherever whimsy leads. Admiring the old town clock by the railroad tracks, I lean the bike into a side street. Kick-stand down at Flo’s Luncheonette, neat little shop-front joint opposite the Morris Memorial Hall. Tasty hamburger, fries, chocolate milk shake. Change back from two-dollar bill. Seated at the counter, a few local youths, black leather-jacketed motorcyclist invites curiosity. More so when the bike sports Ontario tags, its rider a Scottish accent. “Yes, rode it from Toronto. Chatham? Found it by accident. Headed for Connecticut. See a friend. Sure, it’s fast. Easy hundred-miles-an-hour...” among answers to rapid fire questions. Flo’s daughter, Maureen, stands outside with girlfriends. They’re admiring the bike. “Fancy a ride?” Daring but scared, Maureen giggles astride. Arms tight around my waist, I gun the powerful 650 cc twin, tearing down Kinderhook Street at a right lively clip, I’m showing off, much to the anger of Chandler Pease, breathlessly rushing off to complain to Police chief Arlington Race, cop echoing plaintiff’s non-witnessed outrage. Not wishing to involve the fair Maureen, I plead guilty, pay a ten-dollar fine, returning to Flo’s, to enjoy the company of less uptight Chatham folks. Chet Cross owned the bowling alley in the basement of the Morrison Memorial. Said I could earn 10 cents a frame pin-setting. I did, gleefully dodging errant balls. Didn’t take long to recoup pesky fine. Newfound pals invited me stay at their houses, age-mates Lenny Mazel, Dave Fox,
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Brad and Harry Avery, Johnny Kratt, Richie Gardella, Pete Kelleher. Others named Coons, Hartigan and Donny Mills – the latter sporting a startup local rock n roll band– too, became friends. Charles and Yvonne Fox also offered me a place to stay in Canaan, Charlie landing me a good paying job with a drilling company. The Coons family, who lived between Chatham and Chatham Center on Rt 66, supplied a roof too. Later I moved in with the Mazel clan, Lenny, Judy, Laura and their mom, Ruth on Maiden Lane adjacent the cemetery. Occasionally I landed the odd grave-digging stint, working with a young blond-haired guy with a limp, nicknamed Hoppy. One memorably sweaty afternoon a skull tumbled from a side-cut, landing right at Hoppy’s feet! Shrieking in panic he shot out of the grave, a confetto of dead leaves swirling in his slipstream. “Can’t hurt you Hoppy” I mocked after him, “He’s dead!” I list Gravedigger on job applications. I kinda fell in love with Chatham, then a pleasant country-town feel, not unlike the ancient village of Drymen, a boyhood haunt back in my native Scotland. Chatham’s 1950s lifestyle — what I call Mayberry Days — were immense fun. Back when “Tweet” described the call of a songbird, instead of endless political rants. Telephones were reserved for occasional short-conversations, folks actually talked face-to-face. No cell phone-addicted idiots falling down wells, walking in front of, or crashing into, stopped cars. Nature’s culling, I call it.
MOTORCYCLES EVERYWHERE
I often wonder had I not ridden my Triumph into Chatham, introducing joys of motorcycling to so many townsfolk — 23 new local riders over the next two years — how many lives were thus changed? Fellow Harley motorcyclist Jack Flaig landed me a job at Streeter’s Store Furnishing plant, following a brief stint threading ribbons piece-work through cane bassinettes at the Doll Furniture Factory (now Mac Hayden Theater) working with “Stubby” Smith, his older brother and assorted happy-golucky characters. We loved listening to It’s summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime, She wears short shorts, Nel
blu’ dipnto di blu… hey, they were cool, back then. Burley’s News Room sold newspapers galore, hot rod, motorcycle and teen magazines. I never smoked, even when $2.50 bought carton of Lucky Strikes, pleas to pals to quit ignored.
Most are dead. A 15-cent beer more my speed, enjoyed at a dive, Moccios, opposite Maiden Lane. Sam Gleason his pals and I shared the occasional glass, talking cars, girls, motorcycles, girls, music, girls. American Graffiti in real life. Muscle cars to match. I didn’t own a car for a year or more, my ‘55 Chevy Bell Aire convertible ($800 used) proved delightful fun parked at the Sunset Drive-In aka The Passion Pit, near Hudson, Robert Mitcham’s Thunder Road a current hit. Payton Place, The Vikings, Three Coins in a Fountain, The Wild One we took in at the vintage Crandell, snuggling contently this, that, or the other girl; bikes waiting, memorable after-show rides fondly rembered. Sam’s younger brother Ron and I became fast friends after he, Sam too, bought Triumph machines. Danny Glidden rode a 1940s hand-shift Indian which made a ringing “ying-ying” noise between shifts – ying-ying became Danny’s nickname. Joe Frerring, Mike Pinto soon bought bikes. So, we founded the Columbia County Riders Motorcycle Club — appointing police chief Arlington Race honorary member— keeping one’s enemies close. Chief Race was an all right guy. One winter I joined a Columbia and Rensselaer Telephone Company lineman. Wearing leg-irons, I’m climbing ice-covered poles tending wind-swept junction boxes under snow-frozen tents, a roaring propane heater fending off frostbite. That job didn’t last long! Johnny Kratt’s mother worked the local switchboard, “Hi Jim” she’d ask September 2020
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MOTORCYCLE LIFESTYLE – THEN SOME whenever I placed a call from the payphone at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Main Street. Hangout, too, for the sole black and white Chatham police cruiser. Officer Harry Malone and I often lounged inside, shooting the breeze. Knowing Malone helped when a friend from Connecticut, unknowingly, ran hard-to-spot stop sign, train tracks and Railroad Avenue. Seeing me with the driver, he got off with a verbal warning. Happiest times, surely, were during my months lodging with the Gleason family, Kate, Ernest, Sam and Ron, at the Gleason’s Farm in Chatham Center where a dairy farm and John Deere farm supply business kept everyone busy. I never envied Ron or his dad’s 4 am then, again 4 pm…365 days a year…milking chore! Ron had every other Sunday off, then we rode our motorbikes, chased girls, rode our motorbikes. Picnicking, summer dips in cooling Kinderhook Creek below the railroad trestle - jumping off the trestle for $5 bets.
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I needed the money! In winter, bonfires, roasted chestnuts, and ice skating a frozen pond off Rock City Road under chill moonlit skies so bright you could see the rolling hills. Aroma of crackling bonfire filling nostrils, laughter echoing endlessly…hating such joyful nights to end. Subsequent freelance photojournalist adventures took me around the world. I hold many far-flung places with strange-sounding names dear, none more so than halcyon days spent among kindly folks encountered in and around Chatham — except yon meanie who got me arrested. Did I mention apple-picking one season among the very orchards Harvest Spirits now call home? – Glasgow Jim
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BIKE EVENTS ALABAMA
Sep 3-6: Stock Law Gap Rally-Fall Rally: 9100 S Shackleville Rd, Georgiana. www.stocklawgaprally.com Sep 4: Battle in Bama 2020-Bike, Car & Truck show: USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile. See Facebook. Sep 10-13: Rally by the River: Boogie Bottoms, 310 Sherbert Rd, Cleveland. www.rallybyriver.com Sep 17-19: Rally at the Rattler: Seven Springs Lodge, Tuscumbia. www.rallyattherattler.com Sep 18-20: MotoAmerica SuperBikes at Alabama: Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham. www.motoamerica.com/alabama Sep 19: 26th Annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride: Bridgeport. See Facebook Sep 24-27: Dirty South Bike Rally, Southern Ridge ATV park, Brantley. (334) 393-0719
ARKANSAS
Sep 12: American Legion Poker Run: 62/412 at Legion Hut, Hwy 62/412, Yellville. (870) 449-4565 or hagan@ yellville.net Sep 14-19: Scooting the Ozarks Rally: Eureka Springs. (870) 946-3988 or www.scoottheozarks.proboards.com Sep 19: RFL Car-Truck-Motorcycle Show: Arkansas Aeroplex, 4701 Memorial Dr Blytheville. See Facebook Sep 23-27: The Hideout Pig Trail: 19941 N Hwy 23, Ozark. www.thehideoutpigtrail.com Sep 25-27: Lazy Acres Biker Bash: Lazy Acres RV Park and Campground, 1507 Kenner Chapel Rd, Rudy. (214) 632-1985 or lazyacresrvparkandcampground@ gmail.com
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FLORIDA
Oct 15-18: Biketoberfest 2020, Daytona Beach area and Volusia County wide. Racing, scenic rides, motorcycle shows, custom bike builds, hundreds of vendors, www.biketoberfest.org or 386-255-0415 or info@ daytonabeach.com Oct 21-25: Thunder Beach Autumn Rally 2020, Panama City Beach. Most biker-friendly FREE rally in the USA and ride the “World’s Most Beautiful Beaches”! Enjoy true Southern Hospitality with hundreds of vendors, free concerts with national entertainment. www.thunderbeachproductions.com or info@ thunderbeachproductions.com or 850-249-7627 Nov 13-15: Leesburg Bikefest 2020, Historic Downtown Leesburg. Packed in to 30 blocks with concerts, vendors, hot body contests, amazing bike shows, stunt shows, multiple venues. www.leesburgbikefest.com or 352-365-0053
GEORGIA
Sep 13: Ride to Remember, Cycle World of Athens, 4225 Atlanta Hwy, Athens. See Facebook. Sep 18-20: Georgia Grundle Run 4, Hager Farms, 2353 US Hwy 411 NE, Ranger. See Facebook. Sep 19-30: Motorcycle Legends Weekend, Two Wheels of Suches, 1915 State Hwy 60, Suches. See Facebook. Sep 19: MFC’s 3rd Annual 101 Mile Ride for NE GA Homeless Shelter. Cycle World of Athens. (561) 523-9240 or See Facebook. Sep 19: TaTa Ride 2020, Leather Love & Freedom, Vidalia. See Facebook. Sep 25-27: Milledgeville Thunder Rally, 2949 Hwy 441 S, Milledgeville. www.milledgevillethunderrally.com
KENTUCKY
Sep 2: Traveling Wall Escort Ride at Wildcat HarleyDavidson, London. See Facebook. Sep 9-12: Bikes, Bourbon and Bluegrass HOG Rally, Lexington. www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/owners/hog/ hog-member-rallies.html Sep 10-13: CMA Kentucky State Rally, Dale Hollow State Resort Park, Burkeville. www.cmascr4.org/ky/state-rallyform.aspx Sep 11-13: BMW MOA Getaway Pine Mountain, Pine Mountain State Park, http://www.bmwmoa.org/ events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1306316 Sep 11-12: Burn Run 2020 at Proud Mary’s, Lexington. http://brotherskeepersmc.com/bkmc/event/44 Sep 12: Healing Field Memorial Ride, American Legion Post 34, Lawrenceburg. See Facebook. Sep 20: Patriot Ride, Harley-Davidson of Louisville, 1700 Arthur St, Louisville. http://lhcbsa.org/patriotride/ Sep 24-27: AMRA Fall Finals Drags and Rally, Beech Bend, Bowling Green. http://www.beechbend.com/ dragspecialevents.htm Oct 10-11: AMA National Adventure Riding Series, Renfro Valley, Mount Vernon. www.americanmotorcyclist. com/adventureriding
LOUISIANA
Sep 3-6: Meet on the Creek Labor Day Motorcycle Rally, Silver Creek Campground. Mount Hermon. www.meetonthecreek.com Sep 17: Bike Night Downtown, The Hub, 201 Washinton St, Monroe. http://www.warhawkhd.com/Resources/ Event-Calendar/
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MISSISSIPPI
Sep 19: Poker Run-Car & Bike Show, Perry Central High School, 9899 Hwy 99, New Agusta. 601-689-1820 or nafdbenefits@gmail.com
NORTH CAROLINA
Sep 5: Autism Motorcycle/Car Ride, New River H-D, Jacksonville. See Facebook. Sep 5: Orphan Run, Speedway H-D, Concord. See Facebook. Sep 5: Cape Beard’s Pig Pickin, Fort Bragg H-D, Fayetteville. See Facebook. Sep 10-13: Women’s Freedom Ride Getaway 2020, Ironhorse Lodge, Robbinsville. See Facebook. Sep 11-13: North Carolina CMA State Rally, Cragmont Assembly, Black Mountain. http://cmascr4.org/nc/state-rally-form.aspx Sep 12: 9/11 Memorial Ride, Morehead City Elks Lodge, Morehead City. 252-241-4240 or kneal1@ec.rr.com Sep 12-13: AMA National Adventure Riding Series, Blue Ridge, Pineola. www.americanmotorcyclist.com/adventureriding Sep 24-27: Outer Banks Fall Bike Fest, Outer Banks H-D, Harbinger. www.outerbankshd.com
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sep 12: Hawgs for Hope Benefit Ride, H-D Greenville. See Facebook Sep 12: The David Bourne 9-11 Ride, Low Country H-D, North Charleston. All bikes welcome. http://www.lowcountryharley.com/--xcalendar?CalendarIDs=&id=473784 Sep 19: Harper’s Amazing Ride, Low Country H-D, Charleston. See Facebook. Sep 26: Iron Power Sports Swap Meet, Iron Power Sports, Inman. See Facebook. Sep 28-Oct 4: Myrtle Beach Bike Week, The Grand Strand of South Carolina, The Grand Strand and Murrells Inlet. www.myrtlebeachbikeweek.com
TENNESSEE - EAST
Sep 13: 9-11 Remembrance Ride, Bootlegger H-D, Knoxville. Ends at Knoxville H-D on Clinton Hwy, Knoxville. Sep 18: Trail of Tears Kick-off party at Crockett Powersports, 4113 S Access Rd, Chattanooga. 4-8PM
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Sep 19: Trail of Tears Memorial Motorcycle Ride. New starting point: Crockett Powersports @ 9:00 AM. Lunch stop at Fayetteville TN. End of day party at Natchez Trace H-D. www.trailoftearsmemorialassoc.com and Facebook. Sep 20: Trail of Tears Ride to Hot Springs, AR. Leave Muscle Shoals Lowes @ 7:00 AM. Lunch stop at Helena, AR. Sep 21: Trail of Tears Ride leaving Oaklawn Racetrack @ 8:00 AM. Lunch stop TBA.
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Sep 3-7: Hogfest Labor Day Bike Rally, 516 Taylor Rd, Pelham. www.hogfestoftn.com Sep 5: Fallen Brothers Memorial Ride, Coach’s Eastgate Grille, Lebanon. See Facebook. Sep 12: VFW Post 4798 Inaugural Bike Run/Fish Fry, 1202 Manufacturers Row, Trenton. See Facebook. Sep 12: Poker Run for “A Soldier’s Child Foundation” at 1197 Hazelwood Dr, Smyrna. See Facebook. Sep 12: Never Die Easy Charity Motorcycle Ride, Crusty Grunt Cycles, Spring Hill. http://eventbrite.com/e/91105431799 Sep 18-19: Redneck Rumble #15, Wilson County Fairgrounds, 945 E Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon. Hot rods, rat rods, customs, motorcycles, swap meet, vintage, memorabilia. www.bothbarrelspromotions.com Sep 24-27: June Bug Boogie Too, 115 Waterloo Rd, Cookeville. www.junebugboogie.com
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