The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
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Smokin’ Harley-Davidson Bike Show Night By: Lincoln Infield
Thursday of the month April through October is Bike Show Night at Smokin’ Harley-Davidson. from 6-9pm. Smokin’ Harley-Davidson issues a challenge to bikers of all makes and models, that challenge is: come party with us and the bait they use is free beer, music and cash prizes! May 7th was the latest bike show night and the first one that the temps were above 50 degrees! The warmer temperatures and lure of a good time brought a parking lot full of motorcycles and some thirsty riders. Tyler Stiles, the NC Attorney for the McGrath Law Firm, was set up giving out swag and signing up folks to win a FREE 2021 1100 Honda Rebel. McGrath Law Firm was also the cash L-R: Tyler Stiles (McGrath), Anthony Maes (Smokin’), Chris Cook, Lincoln Infield (Full Throttle) prize sponsor. Wayne and Vandee from Biker Trash Nation were set up next to McGrath with a table This was not an easy task as all the bikes up for judging were full of the latest BTN merchandise. I had The Carolinas’ Full perfect 10’s to their owners. Thankfully, we had a judging Throttle Magazine tent set up and was in charge of the tunes. sheet that broke down the different aspects of the bike and a I had a pile of May magazines, and koozies. The Smokin’ point value to be awarded. It took quite a bit of time to judge H-D beer tent was next to us the bikes top to bottom, but that just makes it a better show. Its and Roger was serving up more than a “that’s a cool bike” bike show. ice cold draft beer that was After careful deliberation and painstaking bike judging supplied by Xtreme Wings by Tyler and myself, we turned our tally sheets in to GraN Things. cie, who was manning the Smokin’ HD Bike Show sign-in It wasn’t long before we table. She added up the scores and gave us the first, second had a dozen bikes lined up and third place winners. The crowd gathered around and we in front of Smokin’ Harleygave out the bike show awards. Christian Grubs took home Davidson, each one of them a $25 Smokin’ HD Gift Card with his sweet ’93 H-D Softail a contender to take home Springer and Connie Mabe snagged a $75 Smokin’ Gift Card $150 in cash. That’s the for bringing out her 2012 H-D Street Glide. That left the top cool part of the Bike Show prize of $150 cash from the McGrath Law Firm for the takNights. There is NO entry ing. Chris Cook took top honors and the cash with his 2003 fee, no risk whatsoever in entering your bike. You get the best parking spot on the lot, get to down some free beer, and hang out with some of the coolest folks in the NC motorcycle scene. The crowd kept growing and it wasn’t long before the pony keg that Xtreme Wings sponsored was floating. Bunch of damn thirsty bikers! I had the task of announcing that the keg was floating, but Chad from Xtreme reassured us there was plenty of beer, just up the hill at Xtreme Wings cause it was their bike night, too! The tunes rolled on and five or six more bikes joined the bike show bringing the total to 17. Tyler and I were knighted as bike show judges by Anthony, Smokin’ H-D’s marketing manager and we went to work.
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