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ell things here at Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic are running full steam ahead. We will be on the road once again this month attending and hosting several events. As your leader in the Mid-Atlantic area on everything motorcycle event related. Be sure to check out our website for all the upcoming events. This month we have more great stuff to read through. This month Manny with Sunset Cycles, helps us understand how to choose the right motorcycle for us. Read on the devastation in Richwood and Rainelle, WV with the recent floods, as the Road Captain went down to get a firsthand view and listen to so some of the people’s story. Then as always Biker Chic has an adventure, but this time it doesn’t go so well. Find out for yourself, what her P.M.S is about this month. We are also happy to continue our coverage on the bikes from Across the Pond, by Andy Tallone from ClassicBritish-Motorcyles.com, and last but not least we have more great coverage on a local shop brought to us by Leon Brittain, from our recently added Throttle Life feature. The Big City Challenge is still running strong again this month and we are counting down the days until we give away the brand new Harley Davidson Iron 883 brought to you by Rider Insurance and Harley Davidson of Baltimore. Be sure to check in at the locations listed in the magazine for your free entry into this year’s drawing. Remember each check in is another entry, and all you have to do is ride. All that said let us remember to thank all of our advertising partners that make it possible to keep the Only Motorcycle Magazine that Matters going. Please show your appreciation by supporting their businesses as well. L&R, Big City
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Tattooed In His Hands
Tattooing is becoming more prevalent in our American culture. A recent study reported that about 36% of Americans ages 18-29 have at least one tattoo, and they enjoy talking about them.
Waiting in line to check out at a grocery it is not unusual to noticed a skull and crossbones tattoo on the arm of the man in front of you. His tattoo is a reminder to him of some time in his life.
Some get a tattoo every time there’s a new thing to remember.”
Remember. That’s the word all these tattoos are painted around. All of these Since You’ve maybe have always been curious individuals wanted visual reminders to remember. about why people get tattoos you asked them about his. They may have pointed to the skull and When I see these tattoos that are making all kinds crossbones and said, “This identified me with my of statements, I am reminded that God’s tattoo is gang when I was in prison.” He snickered a little also making a statement: “See, I have engraved and added, “I’ll always ’member my behind- you on the palms of my hands so that I will never bars buddies.” forget you.” God remembers all the names of the stars he’s created, and he’s reassuring us that A biker behind you pulled up his T shirt to show he remembers all of our names by reminding a rose tattooed on his chest. “It was my old lady’s us where our names are ... in the palms of his favorite flower,” he said. He got quiet, rubbed hands. over the rose, and slightly mumbled, “She’s dead now, but I’ll never forget her.” God remembers that we belong to him, he remembers to protect and provide for us, and Listening nearby, an elderly gentleman began when we have a need, he remembers to guide rubbing the number tattooed on his arm and us. And also, painful as it may be, when we need said, “I won’t forget Auschwitz.” correction, he remembers to discipline us. The prophet Isaiah probably had the same idea When the Lord just wants to express his love and when he wrote: Devotion to us, his omnipotent hands reach down from heaven and embrace us. “I [God] will never forget you! See, I have We feel him holding us close engraved you on the palms of my hands.” and then hear him so softly According to some theologians he was alluding whisper, to the Jewish custom, possibly drawn from Exodus of puncturing their hands with a symbol of their city and temple to reassure Israel that “See, I have tattooed you on the God had promised never to forget his people palms of my hands.” (Isaiah 49:14,16). Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
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BY JOYCE ELAINE
DIARY OF A BIKER CHIC believe these five things happened for a reason and it’s more than just coincidence that the things started out small and minor and got worse as they went on.
July 13, 2016 – Suffering from PMS I suppose you are eager to read all about my trip to NC for the tail of the dragon. I was eager to tell you about the trip…but it didn’t happen. Dave and I were scheduled to leave on Sunday June 19th. The days leading up to the trip brought issues that made me say out loud, “Maybe we should cancel the trip.” We didn’t though. Here’s a nice little time line of what happened: Tuesday, June 14th: We went to my friend’s house to get his trailer. He told us his lights on the trailer weren’t working, he didn’t have a spare tire, and the ball bearings needed to be packed. We decided to try to hook the trailer up to Dave’s truck to see if it was just a wiring issue, only to find out that his wires had been pulled. The next day, Dave got wires put in and we decided to rent a trailer from U-Haul. Two problems solved…two warning signs also ignored. Friday, June 17th: Someone broke into Dave’s truck overnight and tried to steal it. For whatever reason, they were not able to steal it. Dave walked out to his truck Saturday afternoon to find his doors open and his ignition beat up. It was still drivable. This was when I said maybe we should cancel the trip. Three things had already tried to stop us from the trip but we overcame them and ignored the warning signs. Sunday, June 19th: Time to leave for NC. Dave pulls into my driveway with the U-Haul trailer attached and his bike loaded up. We only had to load my bike and then hit the road. I’ve never put my bike on a trailer before as I usually just ride it everywhere. We were towing the bikes for two reasons: one because we only had 5 days so we figured if we got there in one day, we’d have 3 days to ride, and have a day to drive back, and two because Dave has only been riding for a couple of months. I felt uneasy about riding my bike up the ramp of the trailer and I thought pushing it up would be too hard. Ignoring my instincts, I rode the bike up the ramp. After my front tire was on the bed of the trailer, Dave screamed at me to shut off my bike. I had hit something on the bottom of my bike and oil was leaking out everywhere. I shut off the bike, backed it down the trailer, and didn’t know what to say. Being a Sunday, I knew there were no shops open that could repair the bike, so we decided to leave the bike, only take his, and I’d just rent one when we got down to NC. I was bummed. I was looking forward to having my bike in a new state. Nothing we could do so on we went while ignoring another warning sign. Three hours into our trip, Dave’s truck begins making a knocking noise and his oil pressure gauge went down to zero. We pulled over and waited for over an hour for a tow truck to get there…on the side of an interstate. I decided then it would be best to cancel the trip. My hotel let me off the hook with only a $50.00 fee. Something or someone was trying to tell us not to go on this trip. I Thunder Roads®Mid-Atlantic
To make a really long story short, we were stranded in Staunton, VA over night because the Merchant shop couldn’t look at the truck until the next morning. The next morning, we were told the oil pump went out and the engine was beyond repair. Now we had no way of even getting back home and a tow would have cost close to $1,000.00. Dave ended up buying a 2013 Nissan Frontier truck. We went back home, unpacked our bike gear and packed our beach gear and went to Ocean City instead. One thing I will say was that everyone we encountered in Staunton, VA were so very nice to us from the Virginia Highway guy who stayed with us while we were broken down, to people at the Merchant shop, to the Hampton Inn who gave us free cookies the night we stayed there, to the Paul Obaugh dealership where Dave bought his truck. Shout out to Jake, the salesman. He was fairly new and this was only his 2nd sell but he was a great guy. I guess we should be glad we were stranded in such a friendly city. We plan to go back there for a little vacation next summer and do some riding. When we got back home that Friday, I filed a claim with my insurance company. To make another really long story short, I had my bike towed to the wonderful Ellicott City Motorsports and they told me I actually cracked my engine. My bike might be totaled. I didn’t have my bike for Gettysburg bike week last weekend. I went without it and that was beyond weird. And right now, I still have not heard from my claims adjuster to tell me if the bike is totaled or if they are going to fix it. I’ve been sitting around in the dead of the summer, riding season, with no bike to ride. At this point in time, it’s been a month since I’ve been riding. I now know what withdrawals are like during the summer. I never ever thought I’d have PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome) during the summer…and let me tell you….it’s pure hell! I’m sorry I don’t have any exciting stories to share and no new riding adventures. We will try the NC trip again next summer when we can take at least a week off and take our time riding down there instead of towing. I’ll never tow again. As always, I think everything that happens to you always has a lesson attached to it. My lessons from all this are: NEVER tow your bike. Also, when you have a big feeling that something is keeping you from doing something, don’t question it. Go with your gut instinct and cancel your plans. Had I done that when I first thought it, I would still have my bike right now. And lastly, the biggest lesson of all from all of this is that my insurance company sucks and it’s time to find a new one! Hopefully next month will be better and I’ll have some happy stories for you. Thanks for reading and ride safe!
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1959 A10 Rocket 650 twin. This was BSA in her prime.
“INDIAN MOTORCYCLES BUILT IN BRITAIN?”
Classic postwar Indian Chief
BY ANDY TALLONE Classic-British-Motorcycles.com THE OTHER GUYS Indian Motorcycles was “the other American motorcycle company”, referring to Harley-Davidson. During the early 20th century, the two competed neck-and-neck in sales and on the racetrack. For several years, Indian was actually bigger than Harley-Davidson. Yet by 1950, Indian was financially on the ropes and desperate. So desperate that the plan to have the British motorcycle industry build Indians for them actually sounded like a good idea. INDIAN MOTORCYCLE HISTORY The Indian Motorcycle Company had a long, rich history dating back to 1901, pre-dating Harley-Davidson by two years. Despite being the world’s largest producer of motorcycles by Indian badges on British the 1910s, and tremendous motorcycles racing success, the company struggled financially for most of its life. During World War I, their entire production run for two model years went to the US government for the war effort. This strangled their dealer network for inventory, and many dropped out. Indian never quite recovered. Next was the Great Depression which hit them hard. By the time World War II started, they were so financially strapped that the US government decided to award almost the entire motorcycle contract to Harley, who built 90,000 WLAs and WLCs for Uncle Sam, and another 30,000 WLAs for the Soviet Union. WARTIME BLUES Military orders for Indians were very small. And they weren’t allowed to produce bikes for civilian consumption until the war ended, which cost them much-needed cash and also more dealers. They weren’t in very good shape to weather these hard times. Meanwhile Harley-Davidson was raking in the cash and sitting lots of GIs in the saddles of their military bikes, something that would help them after the war. As the result, Harley came sailing into the postwar period flush with cash, it’s factories set up to run at full capacity, ready to produce new motorcycles for all the GIs coming home with money in their pockets. Many had ridden their first Harley during the war. POSTWAR PROBLEMS It was quite the opposite for Indian. It had been a very long time since they had had a really good year. They struggled through two
wars and a depression and now they were stuck with antiquated, noncompetitive products. As Harley expanded its lineup of state-ofthe-art OHV V-twins, Indian was still using essentially the same old flathead V-twin they had introduced in 1922. And they didnʼt have the money to develop a new line of modern OHV V-twin engines that they so desperately needed, if they were to have any chance of competing with Harley-Davidson. They entered the 1950s barely standing, something had to be done if they were to survive. BRITISH DESIGN TO THE RESCUE At this same time, the motorcycle business was booming over in Great Britain. Just prior to the war, Triumph had introduced the first 500cc parallel twin and after the war, almost the entire British motorcycle industry followed suit. By 1950 the 500s were being punched out to 650s and horsepower was on the rise. Just like with the Harleys, many former GIs had been introduced to fast, light, sexy British motorcycles during the war and they wanted more. British bikes quickly caught on in America and became the Britsʼ biggest market by far. Ailing, struggling Indian Motorcycles recognized this trend and saw in it a possible shot at salvation. They believed that the future was in British-style parallel twins, similar to the Triumph Tiger or the Norton Dominator, not in big V-twins. BRITISH BANKERS TO THE RESCUE In keeping with this plan, they ceased production of the very popular Indian Scout (a flathead V-twin) after the war, replacing it with two new Indian Scouts, both British-style vertical twins, one a 249cc and the other 426cc (which they called a 440). They thought they did everything right, the bikes had Indian’s attempt at building all the right stuff. But early models a Brit bike. This is a 1949 were unreliable and the engines Indian 249cc ! Scout. were substantially smaller than their 500cc British counterparts. They bombed in the marketplace. By 1950, they’d cured most of the problems and bumped displacement to 500cc (just as the Brits bumped theirs to 650), but their reputation was already ruined and sales stalled. The last one rolled off the line in 1951. By 1953 Indian went belly-up and was now owned by the Brockhouse Corporation of Great Britain.
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ROYAL ENFIELD TO THE RESCUE Royal Enfield had been building motorcycles in Britain since 1901 (bicycles since 1893) and had a good reputation for building fast, solid bikes. They never got into The 1960 Royal Enfield-Indian even had Indian-style fenders. major league production numbers though, typical of most Brit bike builders of the day, and were forever trying to find ways to expand sales. Brockhouse put low-volume Royal Enfield together with ailing Indian and a cross-pollination occurred. Brockhouse became the US distributor for Royal Enfield Motorcycles, and ordered all USmarket Royal Enfields to be rebadged as Indians. The bikes also received a cosmetic overhaul, with garish emblems, bulky fenders, big leather saddles with “tassles”, high bars and bright red paint. From 1955 through 1960 they produced, and attempted to sell these “Royal Enfield-Indians” to the American public, who simply weren’t convinced. They weren’t bad motorcycles, Royal Enfields were actually very good bikes. But the looks, and the whole idea that they were attempting to be something they were not, just turned off the buying public. Even stalwart Indian fans were disgusted. By 1961, US-bound Royal Enfields ceased to be badged as Indians, and from then on were sold in low numbers as Royal Enfields (and without all the Indian crap) until the company folded in 1970. In 1960, Brockhouse sold off Indian to AMC (Associated Motor Cycles) of Britain (who also owned Matchless-AJS and Norton, among others) who were in competition with Royal Enfield, and so quickly curtailed the use of Royal Enfield engines in Indian motorcycles. AMC sold Indian again in 1962 to Joseph Berliner who never used the trade name.
This ‘69 Indian-Enfield 750 was one of the last.
engine. Using all the same highquality, lightweight cycle gear as the 750, the Indian-Velo 500 was 45 pounds lighter than Velocette’s own Venom, which used the same engine. Velocette was another age-old British motorcycle manufacturer.
SO, LET’S TAKE COUNT... So, to recount Indian’s British connection, in 1946 they introduce their own line of vertical twins which are copies of British designs. In 1953, Indian is purchased by British investment firm Brockhouse Corporation. From 1955 to 1960, Indians are built in England by Royal Enfield Motorcycles. In 1960, British motorcycle conglomerate AMC buys Indian. From 1963 through 1970, Indian Motorcycles are built in Italy, using British motorcycle engines from both Royal Enfield and Velocette. 1970 WAS A VERY BAD YEAR And that brings us up to 1970. 1970 wasn’t a bad year for me. I loved 1970. I was a sophomore in high school, and I’d just bought my first motorcycle, so I was happy. But 1970 was not a good year for anyone associated with Indian. Royal Enfield had just been sold to Madras Motors of India (huh, another “Indian”-connection), who still builds Royal Enfields to this day in India. But all they were now building were single-cylinder bikes, so no more 750 Interceptor twins. (By the way, you what this means, right?
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FLOYD CLYMER TO THE RESCUE The Indian name, now nearly worthless, went up for sale and Floyd Clymer bought it in 1963. He had made a fortune publishing Clymerʼs Motorcycle Repair Manuals, and was deeply Fancy paint & big saddles don’t an Indian make. involved in the motorcycle industry. He contracted Italian minibike makers Italjet Moto to rebadge their minibikes as the “Indian Papoose” for sale in the USA. They sold well. Next, he commissioned them to design a full-sized Indian motorcycle, built to modern standards and using a Royal Enfield 700 or 750 Interceptor twin-cylinder engine. It was a very nice machine, with top-notch features and equipment, lightweight frames, Marzocchi forks, Grimeca TLS brakes and Borrani alloy rims. They were fast, handled well and they were handsome machines. But they were expensive and so sold in low very low numbers, starting in 1963. ONE MORE TIE TO BRITAIN Clymer’s next attempt to mine the Indian name was the Indian-Velo 500. Again designed and built by Italjet to Clymer’s specifications, the new bike was built around the Velocette 500 single-cylinder Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
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1959 A10 Rocket 650 twin. This was BSA in her prime. There are “Royal Enfield Indians” and “Indian Royal Enfields”!) Also dead on arrival in 1970 was Velocette, so no more Velocette engines. Then Floyd Clymer died suddenly, and that was the end of this chapter in the history of Indian Motorcycles, and also the end to its “British Connection”. The Indian name traded hands several more times over the years, with a few false starts along the way. But today Indian Motorcycles is back in business and bigger than ever, building modern V-twin cruisers meant to compete with HarleyDavidson and now Victory. A happy ending for a long and sorted tale, that included a quarter-century of British influence that most people weren’t even aware of. For more dynamite coverage of classic British bikes, please visit www.Classic-British-Motorcycles.com.
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on news broadcasts. These were our neighbors struggling to survive. These were our fellow Americans. In Rainelle, another town surrounded by mountains, where Sewell Creek meets the Meadow River, the cleanup More Rain continued. There were aid centers set up in parking lots and even one for FEMA. There were Humvees parked with soldiers inside; their gun turrets conspicuously missing their designated weapon. It began to rain, and rain hard. We pulled into a Dairy Queen parking lot and stood under an overhang as we watched it pour. It was the last thing anyone around here wanted to see. I could tell by the looks on the faces of the drivers, who lived here and who was passing through. We stopped at a mom and pop restaurant that was open on the north side of town: Alfredo’s. Not that we were all that hungry after what we saw, but we knew we’d need some energy for the ride home. Our waitress told her own accounts of her experience during the tragedy. One, including a 911 operator who hung up on one of her coworkers, who was chest deep in water in her house, because there was nothing they could do for her. This isn’t my usual riding story. Instead of trying to inspire those to live memorable and fulfilling experiences through motorcycling, I’m using this platform, and opportunity, to help raise awareness. These people didn’t sign up for this. They didn’t volunteer for military duty and ship out overseas somewhere. They were attacked indiscriminately, regardless of age, gender, or race, in their own homes by Mother Nature in one of her lethal forms. All they want, is what’s left of their lives back. Come Hell or high water, they experienced both. As a community, they are faced with the enormous task, not only of coping with terrible loss, but of rebuilding, some in impoverished areas. We, as a motorcycle community, can help. We do it all the time. Please think of them, the next time you fire up your motorcycle. Whether it be a poker run, a day ride solo, or with a group, or some other event, we can choose to ride to these areas, and spend a little cash to help our citizens get back on their feet. And anything short of that, maybe anyone reading this, will feel someone else’s pain, and reach out to them in their own way. A little help from a lot, can make a tremendous difference! Thank you for reading. Marc Ritchie aka The Road Captain Photos by Rose Grant
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Anyway, not one of those objections holds any water. I’ve ridden a 600 Ninja and I’m here to tell you that nobody is going to outgrow that motorcycle in a year, or five years. The same wholes true for other 600cc bikes, the R6 (Yamaha), GSXR (Suzuki), or CBR (Honda). In fact, the problem with the 600s isn’t that they’re too small for a first bike; they’re too big. The ONLY good thing about any of the 600cc sportbikes mentioned above is that choosing one for a first motorcycle is not as dumb as choosing one of their 1000cc counterparts.
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How about the cruisers? There’s no doubt that a cruiser by its nature is a far less highly-strung mount than one of the sportbikes, but they have plenty of bite. A 750cc or smaller cruiser from any of the major Japanese makers would be a fine choice in that category. If you’re a Harley fan, the 750 Street, 883 or 1200 Sportster is the entry machine, and a good choice, especially if you’re concerned about height — it has a very low seat height. Now if you are looking for something to grow into and ride for many years (at least until it’s paid off) any of the Softail family motorcycles make a great choice. If you’re concerned about being unable to keep up with an accomplished riders who are on larger, louder, faster motorcycle, you’re right; you won’t be able to keep up. They’ve been doing it longer than you have. They have experience, skills and confidence. So just deal with it, you won’t be able to keep up with an accomplished rider even if they are on a smaller machine either. You need to ride within your own abilities and limitations. If you purchase a new motorcycle from dealership, be extra careful on that first ride out of the dealership. You can find many stories about riders crashing before they get straightened out on the street. Some dealerships may offered to ride it to your home. I recommend that practice, and if the dealership won’t do it, ask an experienced friend. But remember that the motorcycle will be unfamiliar to that person also, and pick someone who has the proper respect for unfamiliar machinery. The word “trike” used to conjure images of the wackiest ‘70s customs, with luxuriant polychrome glitter paint and thousands of lights. Moustaches, tassels, and tragic belly-
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shirts. And airbrushing, lots and lots of airbrushing. They were a crazy mutant of the motorcycle family, with maybe a touch of dune buggy DNA, but still part of the family. They were usually built off of a motorcycle platform, with some fiberglass kit parts and a cast-off Beetle axle. They were bad in both senses of the word. Trikes disappeared for a while, but they’re coming back. This time, though, they’re the production kind, not so much the custom kind. A few years ago, Harley brought out the Tri-Glide, a touring trike version of the Electra Glide. What could have more biker DNA than a Harley touring machine? It’s something to consider, if your knees or hips are a bit worn, damaged, if you have limited mobility or if you need the support and confidence offered by something balanced on three wheels, a trike will always be a great choice. CanAm’s Spyder trikes certainly have a sporty look. It’s a machine that may feel a little safer or easier to control than a two-wheeled bike. Whether it actually is safer or not, the perception may be what will inspire the rider to be confident on a trike. The Polaris Slingshot has joined the trike genus, but this is a bit of a different animal. With its side-by-side bucket seats and steering wheel, this has less claim, and maybe less aspiration, to be grouped with the bikes. This is more of a radical sport buggy — a three-wheeled open car, rather than a bike. Closer to a Talon or even a Morgan than a Harley. For the Spyder and the Tri-Glide, there is something quintessential that they lack: they do not lean. Leaning is so fundamental to the experience of riding, it is, in a way, what separates riding from driving. How you lean is one of the major factors that defines who you are as a biker. It is really how you express yourself and how you get your thrills. So some may conclude that any machine that doesn’t lean cannot be considered a motorcycle. If you feel the wind in your face, you have handlebars with controls and a big smile, you are ride a motorcycle. So if you decide to get a trike, test drive it, accept that is rides different from a 2-wheeled machine and practice riding it before to get out on the main roads. Another possible alternative to purchasing a trike is converting what you already ride into one. You many reputable companies the sell and install trike kits. Companies such as Lehman, California Sidecar, Motortrike and many more. If you are looking to purchase a motorcycle with a sidecar Ural has several pretty cool looking bikes to choose from. I hope I’ve been of some assistance in helping you make a choice. Feel free to visit Sunset Cycles at 9748 Stephen Decatur Hwy, unit 208, Ocean City, MD or give us a call if you have any questions at 410 390-5105. We are always ready, willing and able to help.
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“Squiggy” and his wife, Joletta, are having hard financial times, so they decide she’ll become a hooker. She’s not quite sure what to do, so “Squig” says, “Stand in front of that bar and pick up a guy. Tell him a hundred bucks. If you’ve got a question, I’ll be parked around the corner.” She’s not there five minutes when a guy pulls up and says, “How much? Joletta says, “A hundred dollars.” Guy says “Dang, All I’ve got is thirty.” She says, ”Hold on.” She runs back to Squiggy and says, “What can he get for thirty dollars?” Squig ponders and says, “A hand job”. She runs back and tells the guy all he gets for thirty dollars is a hand job. He says okay, so she gets in the car, he unzips his pants, and out pops an astonishing HUGE pecker. Joletta stares at it for a minute, and then says, “I’ll be right back.” She runs back around the corner and says breathlessly, “Squig,, you reckon you can lend this guy seventy bucks?”. ____________________________________________________ A little boy and a little girl attended the same school and became friends. Every day they would sit together to eat their lunch. They discovered that they both brought chicken sandwiches every day! This went on all through the fourth and fifth grades, until one day he noticed that her sandwich wasn’t a chicken sandwich. He said, “Hey, how come you’re not eating chicken, don’t you like it anymore?” She said “I love it but I have to stop eating it.” “Why?” he asked. She pointed to her lap and said “Cause I’m starting to grow little feathers down there!”. “Let me see” he said. “Okay”, and she pulled up her skirt. He looked and said, “That’s right. You are! Better not eat any more chicken.”He kept eating his chicken sandwiches until one day he brought peanut butter. He said to the little girl, “I have to stop eating chicken sandwiches, I’m starting to get feathers down there too!” She asked if she could look, so he pulled down his pants for her. She raised her eyebrow at him and said “Oh my, it’s way too late for you! You’ve already got the neck and the gizzards.” ____________________________________________________ The football coach noticed that his star tackle, “Boner”, had so many women hanging around that he couldn’t possibly handle all of them. So one day he asked Boner “Just what the hell is your secret, kid?” Boner replies, “Well, Coach, whenever I’m about to have sex, I always whip it out and bang it on the dresser like a hammer. That numbs it up, and I can screw ‘em till they beg me to stop!” The coach went home early one day and went to the bedroom. He heard his wife in the shower. Seeing a window of opportunity, he tore off his clothes and started bangin’ the hell out of his “wanker” on the dresser. His wife stuck her head out of the shower and yells out, “That you Boner,, baby?” Come on in sugar.......the water just feels divine. ____________________________________________________ This morning on Hwy. 12, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Cadillac doing 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror, putting on her eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds...to continue shaving; and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup. As a man, I don’t scare easily, but she scared me so much; I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand. Thunder Roads®Mid-Atlantic
In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear, which fell into the coffee between my legs! splashed and burned “Big Jim and the Twins”, ruined the damn phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call. Damn women drivers! ____________________________________________________ Ma was in the kitchen fiddlin’ around when she hollers out....”Pa! You need to go out and fix the outhouse!” Pa replies, “There ain’t nuthin wrong with the outhouse.” Ma yells back, “Yes there is, now git out there and fix it.” So......Pa mosies out to the outhouse, looks around and yells back, “Ma! There ain’t nuthin wrong with the outhouse! “ Ma replies, “Stick yur head in the hole!” Pa yells back, “I ain’t stickin’ my head in that hole!” Ma says, “Ya have to stick yur head in the hole to see what to fix.” So with that, Pa sticks his head in the hole, looks around and yells back, “Ma! There ain’t nuthin wrong with this outhouse!” Ma hollers back, “Now take your head out of the hole!” Pa proceeds to pull his head out of the hole, then starts yelling, “Ma! Help! My beard is stuck in the cracks in the toilet seat!” To which Ma replies, “Hurt’s, don’t it?” A Georgia preacher said to his congregation, “Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I had belonged to the Ku Klux Klan. It is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this. Now, I want the party who did this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian Family.” No one moved. The preacher continued, “Do you not have the nerve to face me and admit this is a falsehood? Remember, you will be forgiven, and in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression.” Again all was quiet. Then slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous redhead with a body that would stop traffic rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke. “Reverend, there has been a terrible misunderstanding. I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. I simply told a couple of my friends that you were an absolute Wizard under the sheets.” If you’re headed to Sturgis & in any bar, stand up & yell out........THUNDER ROADS ROCK N’ ROLL!! We do this for YOU; the audacious Bikers.
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NEW IMPROVED LANE SPLITTING BILL AMENDED IN CALIFORNIA Motorcyclists in California are allowed to travel between lanes of traffic because unlike the other 49 states there is no law against such maneuvering, creating a legal grey area, so AB 51 was introduced last year to codify the act of lane splitting and provide legal guidelines (no faster than 50mph, and no more than 15mph faster than traffic). But if it isn’t defined, it isn’t breaking the law, so motorcyclists generally opposed regulating “lane splitting”, preferring to leave well enough alone and not create another new crime, and so AB 51 was pulled by its sponsor, Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward), because “Lane splitting is a very complex issue and the author feels he needs more time to work out the details so that it’s more likely to be signed.” At the time, the bill had passed the state Assembly and was on its way to the California Senate floor. Now, AB 51 was recently resurrected and amended to its purest form, simply riding between cars, with no limiting language in the current wording of the bill, retaining the spirit of lane splitting and let the rider decide what’s safe. Even under current statutes, a rider can be cited with other violations for unsafe maneuvering. The new improved AB 51 strikes all references to miles per hour conditions, and simply defines “lane splitting” as “driving a motorcycle between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane, including both divided and undivided streets, roads, or highways.” Quirk’s office said the current bill has the expressed support of more than a dozen key organizations, among them motorcycle organizations such as ABATE of California, as well as multiple law enforcement agencies. AB 51 was swiftly approved by the State Assembly on May 28, 2016 by a vote of 58-14 and sent to the Senate where it passed Transportation and Housing Committee unanimously 11-0 on June 14 then re-referred to Appropriations Committee Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
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Sunday, August 7, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM Join us as we raise funds to help our veterans Auctions, food and fun, Live band. Rebuilding Warriors provides special dogs to our wounded veterans to help them to rebuild their lives WWW.Rebuilding Warriors.com Motorcycle run for The National Veterans Assistance CollationVictory Village Sunday, August 14, 2016 9:00 AM Meet at Steve’s @9am kickstand up by 11am. Leave Steve’s head to Victory Village after visiting Victory Village it’s off to Rommel Harley Davidson in Smyrna Delaware for refreshments. Then back to Steve’s for fun, food, music, raffle drawings for different gift certificates and prizes, a best bike contest. The Harley Davidson jumpstart machine will also be there. Check out the jumpstart machine on you tube. Everyone is Welcome “Big Al Memorial” Sweaty Ball Charity Run Sunday, August 14, 2016 10:00 AM Registration 10AM till 12 noon – $15 Per Person, $25 Per Couple All Bikes Welcome - Pins for All Participants - Door Prizes – Raffle – Give-A-Ways, Horseshoe Tournament Music, Food & Ice Cold Beverages will be available at the event. Come Out & Support This Worthy Cause!!! Vendors welcome!!! www.fourseasonsmc.com/events.html Fall Poker Run Saturday, August 20, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Smyrna/Clayton Moose Riders 8th Annual Poker Run Seven Stops, Seven Cards, Best 5 of 7 Wins $300.00 for Best Hand of Run $20 for Rider (or vehicle) / $15 for Passenger Enjoy about a 180 mile run from Smyrna, DE to several Moose Lodges south of Smyrna, then return to S/C Moose Lodge for prizes, fun, food, beverages, 50/50, auction and music. All Proceeds go to HOPE HOUSE A to Z Cycles Charity Bike Show Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Join us September 10th from 1-5pm for our rescheduled bike show! Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Meat Mechanics BBQ!
Entertainment provided by DJ Bug! All proceeds from the event will go to Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity for their 2016 Veterans Build www.atozcycles.com Motorcycle Accident Victims 21st Annual Fall Bike Fest Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Motorcycle Accident Victims Fall Bike Fest and Poker Run. Benefiting fallen Riders for over 20 years! Registration 10001230 at Rommel’s HD New Castle, DE Singles $15/ Couples $25 Lunch ticket / Live Music / Bike Show included Last Bike in 3:00 pm Rain or Shine Motorcycleaccidentvictims.org
MARYLAND Chopper’s Kustom Bike Show Saturday, August 6, 2016 from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM Chopper Mike has been customizing bikes all his life. Usually working at smaller shops, Chopper is now at Battley Harley-Davidson / Battley Cycles and we’re throwing a bike contest in his honor! Chopper is looking for the best customizations and the best custom paint and will pick the top winners himself. Have your bike here by 11am to enter and it has to stick around until 2:30pm when we announce the winners. 1st place gets $200 cash or a $300 Battley’s gift card (winner’s choice). 2nd place gets $100 cash or a $150 Battley’s gift card (winner’s choice). People’s choice receives $100 cash or a $150 Battley’s gift card (winner’s choice) There is a $10 registration fee, per bike. 4 trophies will also be handed out. 8th Annual Ride for Animals Sunday, August 7th – 10:00-5:00PM Parker’s, 11131 Pulaski Hwy, White Marsh, MD 21162 Benefit for BARCS & Bella’s Bully Buddies Registration @ 10am - KSU @ Noon Vendors - Raffles - Rescue Groups & More $20 Rider - $10 Passenger - $10 NonRider at Door. For more info - Natalie Kaszak - 443-447-5768 Apple’s 13th Annual East Coast Motorcycle Rally Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Sunday, August 14, 2016 Formerly known as the “East Coast Sturgis Motorcycle Rally” Two Stages, GREAT BANDS five days of Colossal Entertainment You Won’t Forget! Come Early, Stay Late! There will also be a Poker Run, Bike Show, Field Events, Contests and All Kinds of Wild Fun! This is the event that’s taking the country by storm! All the reasons are right. Mountains, Apple mountain main event grounds for the east coast motorcycle rally has no full hook up sites, rv’s, campers etc are welcome on the main event grounds, self-contained.
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14th Annual Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home Poker Run Saturday, August 13th – 11:00-4:00PM Sponsored by the U.S. Military Vets Motorcycle Club, Southern MD - Signup: 1100-1215 - Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 For more info contact: burne_usmvmc@ yahoo.com Open To All Vehicles Eddie Sinclair Ride for Life Saturday, August 13th – 10:00-4:00PM Powellville VFW Post 2996, 35481 Mt. Hermon Road, Pittsville, MD Ride for Operation WE CARE Scavenger Hunt! Registration begins at 10am Music starts at 1pm with Black Tide Rising and SRO Silent Auction - 50/50 - Door Prizes Bike Games - Food - Cornhole for more information - Tim Sinclair: 410-251-2790 14th Annual Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home Poker Run Saturday, August 13th – 11:00-4:00PM Sponsored by the U.S. Military Vets Motorcycle Club, Southern MD Signup: 1100-1215 - Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home 29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 Last vehicle out at: 1230. $20 donation per person. $1000 Poker Run Best Hand $500 /2nd $250 /3rd $150 / Worst $100 ALL PROCEEDS will be used to purchase items requested by the residents of the Charlotte Hall Veteran’s Home Harford County Bike Night Wednesday, August 17th – 6:00PM 501 Pulaski Hwy, Joppa, MD 21085 Joppatowne Memorial VFW Post 5838 3rd Wednesday of Every Month Starting April 20th 50/50 Raffle - Food - Cheap Beer Good Times US Military Vets - Community Bike Night Friday, August 19th , 2016 - 7:00PM WMD Clubhouse 18045 Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, MD Live Music - Food - Refreshments BIKINI Bike Wash Archangels MC Robbie’s Bar & Grill 2630 Sparrows Point Road Sparrows Point, MD 21219 BIKINI Bike Wash with the G.O.T. Girls Big Ass Biker Bash Wednesday, August 20th – 11:00 -8:00PM Baltimore Ramblers 5513 Deer Park Rd. Reisterstown, MD Beer, Food, Yard Games, Raffles, 50/50’s, Door Prizes and More! Music By: The Fabulous Skunk Puppie Band $10 at the door - $8 in advance www.baltimoreramblers.com Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
7th Annual Charm City Mods vs Rockers Saturday, August 27th , 2016 – Noon-5:00PM American Legion Post 38, 3300 Dundalk Ave, Dundalk, MD Vintage & Retro Motorcycle & Scooter Show Live Music, sideshow entertainment, MVA Motorcycle simulator - Vendors and Custom Builder Displays Pinup contest 2016 Summer Fundraiser - Nam Knights Fort McHenry Saturday, August 27th , 2016 – 6:30-11:30PM American Legion Post 60, 2 Main Street, Laurel MD Live Band - Surreal Food Provided by Mission BBQ - DJ Mikes - Cash Bar Proceeds to Fidos for Freedom $25 in Advance - $30 at the Door More Info - info@ namknightsfortmchenry.org Maidens Choice - Hogs & Dogs Wash Sunday, August 28, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Harley-Davidson of Baltimore For Greyhound Rescue Inc - Bring your bike or Dog Music by Affordable DJ More Info BLAZE: 410-627-8392
Thunderfest at the Fair Saturday, September 3, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM Thunderfest at the Fair - Live Music, Great Food, and Cold Beer! That’s not enough? - We have Fire Performers and Beautiful Ladies!! Performances by: The Amish Outlaws – A must-see performance of all the hits; Rock, Hip-hop, Country, you name it, they play it! Big Jack – An AC/DC Tribute band, with the look and sound of the actual band! Great Train Robbery – This band has entertained audiences for over 35 years, bringing it with their smokey southern sound! The Fire Nomads – A Fire Breathing, Fire Eating, performance troupe, using fire tools, darts, double staff, fleshing, and more. And, the Girls of Thunder, G.O.T., The Hottest girls in the Mid-Atlantic will be there in their Bikini’s to entertain you all day! This is an event you can’t miss! In addition to the Bands, we’ll have a bike show, vendors, and great food! Cost: $20.00 Pre-sale with a $2.09 service fee by Eventbrite (Or Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic
$25.00 at the Gate the day of the Event) Thunderfest is rain or shine. All ticket sales are final, no refunds. We reserve the right to refuse entry to any individual or group. WHEN: Saturday, September 3, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM (EDT) WHERE: Howard County Fairgrounds - 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship, MD 21794 OC Bikefest Thursday, September 15, 2016 Sunday, September 18, 2016 OC BikeFest is excited to bring you great music, entertainment & fun at the Inlet. In conjunction with the Delmarva Bike Rally, which attracts 150,000+ motorcycling enthusiasts to the area – OC BikeFest raises the bar and brings those bikers down to the beach to enjoy a gated event with concerts, stunt shows, custom bike builders, national motorcycle vendors, shops, rides, and the fabulous bars and restaurants of Ocean City. ocbikefest.com 2nd Annual Ride to Music Fest “4” Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM Breakaway Sports Lounge in Hagerstown, MD Brothers Keepers Chapter, Low Twelve Riders will again be leading a ride from Breakaway Sports Lounge in Hagerstown, MD to the Shrine picnic grounds in Cumberland, MD. Cost is $25.00 which includes your ticket for the Fest. Breakfast at Breakaway’s available from 6:30 until.. Registration from 8:00 until 9:15. KSU at 9:30. We will also be collecting for Shiners Children’s Hospital, MDA and Masonic Charities.
WEST VIRGINIA Roar on the River Ride
Saturday, August 6, 2016 7:00 AM Ravenswood, WV $20 for Riders, $5 extra for added passenger Cost includes Scenic River Ride, Pancake Breakfast (7am – 10am at Senior Citizens Building), Parade Participation, Paid Admission for Saturday to the Ohio River Festival, and Door Prize Ticket) Registration 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Ravenswood Plaza - Washington Street, Ravenswood, WV 26164 KICK STANDS UP AT 10:30 A.M. For more information follow us on Facebook “Roar on the River Ride” or e-mail: RoarOnTheRiver@outlook.com ***ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS FUNDING FOR THE OHIO RIVER FESTIVAL*** Sgt May Memorial Run Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:00 AM Come Ride with Us for the Sgt. Todd May Memorial Poker Run Registration is from 10-Noon. Triple S HD $20 Per Person. $1000 Cash Prize. Lunch and Live Music to Follow Ride www.triplesharley-davidson.com/ 15th Annual Ride For Life Saturday, August 20, 2016 10:00 AM Come and Join us for the 15th Annual Ride For Life Dice Run by Bikers For A AUGUST 2016
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2016 Rolling Bike Shows Presented by Thunder Roads® Mid-Atlantic & Rider Insurance Sunday, August 21st, 2016 – 11:00-5:00pm Woodstock Inn, 1415 Woodstock Rd, Woodstock, MD Music, Food, Beer and Good Times to be had at all. Bike Show Registration ends at 3pm $10.00 Min. Contribution to Register
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Cure to benefit the American Cancer Society. We will be having another great event this year with free breakfast donated by Texas Roadhouse and an awesome scenic ride with quality stops along the way. There will be an after party with a live band, raffles, 50/50, door prizes galore, bike games and more. You will be impressed! Ride with us to find a cure for cancer. www.wvbikersforacure.com Martinsburg Bike Night 2016 Saturday, August 20, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM An extravagant gathering of fellow motorcycle enthusiasts Last year over 3,000 motorcycles participated in the police-escorted ride through the area’s rolling hills culminating in a street party in downtown Martinsburg. Organized by Main Street Martinsburg and Blue Knights WV chapter V this event is one of the biggest fundraising for both organizations. Visit the Beer garden, listen to 3 great live bands, dancing, having fun in downtown from 5:00pm to 11:00pm. rlewis@mainstreetmartinsburg.com Taste of the Mountains Winery Run Saturday, August 27th – 10:00-? Triple S Harley Davidson Sign-up at Triple S Harley Davidson After Party at Lambert’s Vintage Winery $20 Rider - $15 Passenger Modified Corn Hole Unique Stops Wine & Spirits tasting Basket Raffles For more info – 304-622-0375 49
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DEALERS & SHOPS A to Z Cycles 1472 E. Lebanon Rd. Dover, DE 19901 302-632-2272 www.atozcycles.com All American HarleyDavidson 8126 Old Leonardtown Rd, Hughesville, MD 20637 301-274-5000 www.allamericanharley.com Baltimore Harley Davidson 8845 Pulaski Hwy. Baltimore, MD 21237 410-238-2003 www.hdstore.com Battley Harley Davidson / Battley Cycles 7830 Airpark Road Gaithersburg, MD 301-948-4581 www.battley.com Broken Wing Cycles 155 Prospect Dr #103 Huntingtown, MD 20639 866-518-9101 www.brokenwingcycles.com Café’s Custom Cycles 2630 Hunterstown Hampton Rd. New Oxford, PA 17350 717-624-7820 CPC Powder Coating 6800 Mid Cities Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 443-336-2105 Defender Cycle Works Fowler Industrial Park Unit 4 Mechanicsville, MD 20659 301-247-9901 301-247-5733 East Coast Sound 101 Skip Jack Rd, Suite 5 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 443-968-9635 Jim’s Battery Warehouse Laurel Commerce Center 14721-K Baltimore Ave Laurel, MD 20707 301-604-7333 Old Glory Harley Davidson 11800 Laurel Bowie Road Laurel, MD 20708 www.oldgloryhd.com 301-575-0575
Pete’s Cycles 344 Bel Air Rd. Bel Air, MD 21014 410-879-3586 For other locations go to www.petescycle.com RG Motorsports 1619 Buckhannon Pike Nutter Fort, WV 26301 304-624-5420 www.rghonda.com S.M. City Motorsports 20260 Poplar Ridge Rd. Lexington Park, MD 20653 301-863-6499 Sunset Cycles 9748 Stephen Decatur Hwy Decatur Business Center Units 208-209 Ocean City, MD 21044 443-520-6005 TG Automotive 8176 Telegraph Road, Suite E Severn, MD 21144 443-795-4733 www.tgautomotivemd.com Triple S Harley Davidson Exit 155 off I-79 Morgantown, WV 304-284-8244 www.tripleshd.com The Twisted Spoke 97 Milford Street Clarksburg, WV 26301 304-326-4644 www.twistedspokeinc.com Whirled of Colors Custom Paint & Air Brush Studios 116 Roesler Road Glen Burnie, MD 21060 410-553-0953 Zipper’s Performance Products Elkridge, Maryland 410-579-2828 www.ZippersPerformance.com
Bars & Restaurants Apehanger’s Bar & Grill 9100 Crain Hwy. Bel Alton, Maryland 301-753-1650 Bryans & Brent’s Place 229 N. River Street Weston, WV 26452 304-997-8722 Country Griddle Intersection of Rte 20 & Rte 4 Rock Cave, WV Gilligan’s Pier 11535 Popes Creek Rd. Newburg, MD 20644 301-259-4514 www.gilliganspier.com Green Acres 1974 Harmon Creek Road Colliers, WV 26035 304-748-0290 Hickory House 1137 US Hwy 19 North Jane Lew, WV 26378 304-269-7373 Heavy Hitters 30125 Three Notch Rd Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 (301) 884-3820 Kickstands Bar & Grill 3200 Junkins Ave Clarksburg, WV 26301 Off South 28th Street Lamont’s Entertainment Complex 4400 Livingston Road Pomonkey, MD 20640 301-283-0225 Millstream Inn 5310 Dogwood Rd. Baltimore, MD 21207 410-265-8224 www.millstreamgirls.com Phil’s Place 5826 Gallent Green Road Hughesville,Md 301-274-3515
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Rips Casual Dining 3809 N. Crain Hwy. Bowie, MD Restaurant: 301-805-5901 Deli: 301-805-5903 Wine & Spirit Shoppe: 301-805-5902 www.ripscountryvillage.com Seabreeze / Swampy’s 27130 S. Sandgates Rd Mechanicsville, MD 301-373-5217 Second Chance Saloon 5888 Robert Oliver Place Columbia, MD 21045 443-545-5844 2ndchancesaloon.com The Ridge Tavern & Grill Route 19 / Marion Co. Line Rivesville, WV 26588 304-278-8041 The Scuttlebutt 12320 Neale Sound Dr Cobb Island, MD 20625 (240) 233-3113 The Tavern 4975 St. Leonard Rd. St Leonard, MD 20685 410-586-2225 www.thetavernofstleonard.com The Woodstock Inn 1514 Woodstock RD Woodstock, MD 21163 410-750-3673 www.woodstockinn.net Timeless Tavern 1745 Snow Hill Road Stockton, MD 21864 410-632-1555 Toot’s Bar 23971 Mervell Dean Road Hollywood, MD 20636 301-373-2955
Legal Services Law offices of Jay Irwin Block 90 Painters Mill Rd. Suite 131 Owings Mills, MD 21117 410-356-6555 800-875-6554
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Apparel / Retail Blaze Leather 2239 Randolph Avenue Elkins, WV 26241 800-417-1140
Thinkin Ink (Fairmont) 508 Race Street Fairmont, WV 26354 304-366-1279
Southern Maryland Pawn 2224 Crain Hwy Waldorf, MD 20601 240-222-3547 www.smdpawn.com
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Thinkin Ink (Clarksburg) 196 Buckhannon Pike #A Clarksburg, WV 26301 301-622-7272 Big City Body Art 154 C Lafayette Ave Laurel, MD 20707 240-482-6162
Lodging Atlantic Hotel Oceanfront Boardwalk & Wicomico Street Ocean City, MD 800-3-ATLANTIC Francis Scott Key Family Resort 12806 Ocean Gateway Ocean City, MD 21842 800-213-0088 www.fskfamily.com Mineral Springs Motel 1 Springs Street Webster Springs, WV 26288 304-847-5305 www.Mineralspringsmotel.net
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C.E.’s Helping Hands (Old Fields, WV) A non-profit organization enlisting the help of other good hearted people wanting to contribute to the cause of helping others in need. The organization holds monthly meetings and several fundraising rides every year. Donations are always appreciated.
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Maryland Small Arms Range 9801 Fallard Court Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 301-599-0800 www.msar.com
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Derma Doodle Tattoo Studio 355 Meadowdale Rd. Fairmont, WV 26544 304-816-3016
In-Step Leather 7540 Washington Blvd. US1 Shopping Center Elkridge, MD 410-799-1568
D&B Pool Services 30135 Three Notch Rd. Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 301-934-1274 www.dandbpools.com
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Unique Lingerie & More 3065 Leonardtown Rd. Waldorf, MD 20601 301-645-2228
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Law Offices of Richard M Lester Aid to Injured Motorcyclist’s(A.I.M.) 7334 Topanga Canyon Blvd Ste. 200 Canoga Park, Ca 91303 800 531 2424 Offices Nationwide to Help you Weatherholtz Bonding 306 W. Stephens Street Martinsburg, WV 25401 304-267-5888 www.weatherholtzbonding.com
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