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The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
The 49TH Annual Charlotte CBA Swap Meet & Bike Show By: Lincoln Infield he Charlotte CBA Swap Meet and Bike Show is a good ol’ traditional biker event. Whether you are looking for parts for your current build or looking for a good time, you’ll find it there. This is the 49th Annual meet and Rick Nail has been the coordinator of this event since it began, and he and his crew have this event runnin’ smooth. This is one of those events that we look forward to every year, there is something about sifting through those tables and tubs of parts and the folks that lug em out to the events, it’s just a good time, every time. The weather for Saturday was gonna be warm and sunny, with a lingering chance of rain in the afternoon. We knew there was gonna be a huge crowd, so Maggie and I got in and set up the Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine canopy Friday night to make Saturday morning easier on us and brought Dad’s 1973 Servi-Car to put in the bike show. When we got to the fairgrounds on Saturday morning, it was already packed. It was great to see all our friends out milling around, some we see every other week, others we only see at this event. The outside loop of the fairgrounds holds most of the parts vendors. We were set up beside our friends Kristin and Zach of The Rebel Sprit and next to them was Rob Whitlow of Evil Twins Motorcycle Parts. Honestly, we could have hung out at our set up all day and had a hell of a time. We had brought along a ’74 Harley-Davidson X90 Shortster to play around with. It was Ray Price’s Pit Bike in its former life and everyone that walked by wanted to take a gander at it. Jim Blair of Jim’s Motor Service in High Point, NC helps us keep
it in tip top shape. Most folks stopped to tell me that they had had a Shortster just like it when they were younger. It sure is a cool bike and I don’t blame ‘em for checking it out, I even had a few unsuccessfully offer to buy it. While we were standing around, we ran into a ton of friends including Grant Eagle who used to be our Concord sales rep, Angelo Greco from the old Tank Town Tavern, Shoprag from Custom Dynamics and a ton of others. Jeremy Stowers and his wife Sondra were hanging out at the TRS tent along with Mike Banks from Stay Humble Performance. I always make a point of going to see Luke Heafner’s set up, he always has some quality parts and a cool chopper to check out. I even ran into a Tom of Two Wheel Accessories all the way from Rocky Mount, NC. We finally broke away from the tent to look around at what folks were selling. There were tables, tarps and tubs all full of old and new parts, engines, rollers, and everything else
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