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t is the New Year again and time keeps marching into 2016. Thunder Roads Colorado wishes to all of our readers a happy and safe new year. This month I would like to bring to our readers attention the current situation at ABATE Colorado. ABATE of Colorado has had to lay off all four employees and move from their current location to a rent free location. Unfortunately, recent years have seen a decrease in membership and contributions to ABATE of Colorado and as a non-profit organization benefitting the Motorcycle community in Colorado, we are asking readers to join ABATE as members or donate a few dollars and help us to preserve a nonprofit that fights for our rights and presents a positive public image of motorcycling. ABATE stands for A Brotherhood Active Towards Education and exists to preserve freedom of the road, to unite motorcyclists, to promote fair legislation, safety, and rider education and to provide a network for communication on issues affecting motorcyclists. ABATE of Colorado is a non-profit charitable organization that protects or interests as motorcyclists both nationally, and on the state level and has been active in fights for our rights such as education instead of helmet laws and the elimination of motorcycle only checkpoints. ABATE is dedicated to the following principles: Fostering Brotherhood and unity among motorcyclists. Promoting motorcycle safety and education for both riders and the public. Monitoring the government on all levels regarding issues affecting motorcyclists. Improving driver awareness in an effort to make the roads safer for motorcyclists. Reporting the facts about issues concerning motorcyclists and counter any biased news reporting. Presenting and reporting a positive public image of motorcycling in Colorado and the nation. Please help us preserve this charity that serves the motorcycle community in Colorado. Join ABATE Colorado or make a small contribution for the Colorado Chapter. You can reach them at abateofco.org
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Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America started in 1992 when Morrill Worcester, the owner of the Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, Maine found that the company had a surplus of wreaths at the end of the holiday season. Not wanting the wreathes to go to waste Morrill worked with Senator Olympia Snowe to have the wreaths placed on some of the graves in an older and less visited portion of Arlington cemetery. Along with Senator Snowe and Morril Worcester, James Prout, the owner the Blue Bird Ranch, Inc. trucking company was involved and provided transportation of the wreaths to Arlington cemetery for placement on the graves. After gathering more volunteers from the local VFW and VA to add red ribbons on each of the wreaths, members of the Main Society of Washington, D.C. volunteered to arrange for the wreaths to be placed on the graves in the cemetery, including a wreath and a special ceremony at the tomb of the Unknown
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Soldier. Over the next several years wreaths were placed each year at Arlington National cemetery. Then in 2005 a picture of the Arlington headstones with their wreaths on a layer of snow started circulating on the Internet and brought national attention to the event and things changed. Rather than place wreaths only in Arlington Cemetery, the ceremony and wreath laying was expanded in 2006 and took place at over 150 US locations with the help of the Civil Air Patrol. Mr. Morrill donated one wreath for each branch of the service and one for the MIA/POWs to each of the cemeteries hosting the wreath laying. In 2007 things changed yet again and the non-profit organization Wreaths Across America was formed with the intention to expand the program and give support to other groups around the country wanting to place wreaths on the graves of
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our soldiers. In 2008 the US Congress unanimously voted “Wreaths Across America Day” in December with more than 300 locations and over 100,000 wreaths placed on veteran’s graves. Two years later, in 2010, Wreaths Across America continued to expand and volunteers laid over 220,000 memorial wreaths at over 545 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico and national cemeteries around the world. Amazingly, this is all accomplished with the assistance of over 1,000 fund raising groups across the 50 states, and include corporate donations, private contributions, and donations of trucking, shipping along with thousands of people to help lay the wreaths. Last year, more an 80 trucking companies and drivers volunteered their time and vehicles to deliver over 540,000 wreaths that were placed at 908 participating locations all www.thunderroadscolorado.com
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around the country and overseas. This year an additional wreath was placed at the statue of liberty to honor the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend this nation. This year, I attended the wreath laying held at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. It was on Saturday December 13th at 10:00 AM at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. Ft. Logan National Cemetery has more than 90,000 veterans interred and while the number of wreaths donated only covered a small section of the cemetery it was an amazing sight to see that our soldiers are never forgotten and continue to be honored. Eventually, those at Ft. Logan would like to see all of the graves wreathed during this event. Since this event is funded by donations please consider a donation to cover a soldier’s grave with a wreath next year. You can even specify a particular soldier to receive the wreath you would like to honor. It would be a truly wonderful thing to be able to see all of the graves with a wreath next year! You can find more information from the official website: http://www. wreathsacrossamerica.org/ 8 Thunder Roads MagazineŽ Colorado
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COLORADO MOTORCYCLE EXPO
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ecently Thunder Roads Colorado had the opportunity to talk with Jeff Brown, the owner of the Colorado Motorcycle Expo. Jeff purchased the Colorado Motorcycle Expo in May of 2012 the first show after the purchase was in January of 2013. The Colorado Motorcycle Expo boasts over 800 booths and is the largest indoor swap meet, show and expo in the nation. Currently, Jeff and his wife Angie run the show and do all the planning and organization for it. The Colorado Motorcycle Expo, isn’t just for Colorado, it gets many visitors and vendors from around the nation. Jeff handles the marketing side and Angie works with the vendors, because as Jeff said, “She is a better people person than me.” When I asked him how he came to purchase the show and he said, “I previously owned the Tanner Gun Show and after I sold Tanner I was talking to Jack and he mentioned that he might be looking to sell it soon.” The Expo is a great opportunity for people who have been forced indoors 10 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado
the Colorado Autism Society as their chosen charity. On Saturday January 31st from 2:00 – 3:30 PM on the main show stage auctions will be held to benefit the Colorado Autism Society.
and off their bikes during the colder and snowier part of the winter to get together, socialize, shop and put some of the finishing touches on their bikes before the riding season begins. Jeff told me that “We aren’t going to make February any different, there won’t be any large wholesale changes. Only a few changes to make the experience more enjoyable and fresher.” He continues; “Jack and Jimmy had a formula that worked for many years, and we think it still works.” Last year the show saw nearly 20,000 visitors, and this year they anticipate an even larger crowd. The Colorado Motorcycle Expo chose January 2015
When I asked Jeff why he likes owning and running the Colorado Motorcycle Expo he told me that he gets satisfaction from meeting and talking to all the people in the community while making his rounds and talking to everyone while dropping off posters and cards for the event. He said “The biker crowd is a community, I like the community of it all”. The event this year will be loaded with booths, custom and antique motorcycles, cash give aways, live music and a wet t-shirt contest. There will even be a mobile tattooing and piercing studio on site provided by Blue Rose Tattoo. Ticket prices are $15 for a one day pass and $20 for a weekend pass; Kids under 12 are FREE. You can buy tickets to Colorado Motorcycle Expo at the door during the event, or you can avoid the lines by purchasing them now. www.thunderroadscolorado.com
Below is the schedule of events—we hope to see you there.
COLORADO MOTORCYCLE EXPO EVENT SCHEDULE: SATURDAY JANUARY 31, 2015 9:00am - Doors open. All Day - Swap Meet with over 800 booths.
All Day - Custom & Antique Motorcycle Show with @125 Bikes. All Day - Live Tattooing & Piercings in the Stadium downstairs. 10:00 - 12:00 (Arena Stage) Pin Striping Exhibition on panels. See amazing free style artwork performed live by some of the best in the business! 11:00 - 7:00 Hourly cash giveaways- sign up at Russ Brown BAM booth in front room. 12:00 - 1:30 (Stadium) Live to Tell Band plays live. 2:00 - 3:30 (Show Stage) Charity Auction to benefit Colorado Autism Society. 4:00 - 5:00 (Stadium) Live to Tell Band plays live. 5:30 - 6:30 WET T-SHIRT CONTEST. 7:00pm - Expo closes for the day.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2015 9:00am Doors open. All Day - Swap Meet with over 800 booths. All Day - Custom & Antique Motorcycle Show with @125 Bikes. All Day - Live Tattooing & Piercings in the Stadium downstairs. 10:00 - 10:30 (Stadium) Church services performed by pastor Gary with Church in the Wind. 11:00 - 3:00 Hourly cash giveaways- sign up at Russ Brown BAM booth in front room. 11:30 - 1:00 (Show Stage) Pinstripe Exhibition with live female models. See amazing free style artwork performed live by some of the best in the business! 11:45 - 1:00 (Stadium) Live to Tell Band plays live. 1:45 - 3:00 (Stadium) Live to Tell Band plays live. 3:00 (Show Stage) Motorcycle Show Awards Presentation. 4:00pm - Show is over - doors close. continued... www.thunderroadscolorado.com
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More than 2,000 motorcycles were in attendance this year at the Children’s Hospital Annual Toy Run. Escorted by police motorcycles the 2000 motorcycles proceeded from Aurora Sports Park to Children’s Hospital. Several waves were escorted to the hospital, all bearing toys for the children for the upcoming holidays.
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MISSING IN AMERICA PROJECT
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he Missing in America Project was started in 2007 is a 501(c)3 Non-profit Corporation that locates, identifies and inters the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans of the United States armed forces. The purpose of the Missing in America Project is to locate, identify and provide a final resting place for the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans. This nation-wide effort is accomplished by working with the American Legion, volunteers, veteran’s organizations, funeral homes, and state, local and federal agencies. All local, state and national laws are followed in the identification, acquisition, and interment of each veteran’s remains. The Missing in America Project does not want veterans forgotten and believes all of them should have a beautiful place for their final rest with their brothers and sisters of the armed forces. The process begins when volunteers personally visit funeral homes and coroners offices to present the Missing in America Project documentation. Volunteers inquire if they possess any unclaimed cremains and work with the funeral home and coroners to enter the list names of unclaimed veteran remains into a national database, and notify any next of kin. Once the identity and military status is verified by the National Cemetery, Scheduling and Eligibility Office, the Missing in America Project works with the VA and the funeral home to either arrange for burial of the cremated remains locally or escort them to another
state for burial. To date the Missing in America Project has visited almost 1,700 funeral homes, found 9,916 cremated remains and from those nearly 10,000 remains, 2,439 veterans have been identified and 2,211 have been interred. Missing in America Project has started a volunteer corps in Colorado and are looking for additional people to help with their cause. Recently, a letter was posted on their website asking for those volunteers here are some highlights: “We need your help in getting the word out to funeral homes, State Facilities. Assistance in visiting and inventorying unclaimed persons to enter into databases and let other volunteers work to identify those that are veterans and their dependents. After verification we need to ensure that the veteran has a proper Memorial Service with full Military Honors. The Missing in America Project always inters our veterans or dependents at the nearest VA National or State Cemetery. We utilize these facilities as there is a procedure to reunite them with their family if found at a later date. The Missing in America Project steps forward to accept responsibility for those veterans that have no “Next of Kin” that can be located. We accept that responsibility in order to let our veterans rest with their peers in a beautiful cemetery in the open and not in backrooms and storage units. The Missing in America Project welcomes all other veterans and public organizations to join with us to complete this enormous task. We need your help and welcome you.“
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JANUARY Custom Bike Build January 10, 2015 8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214 Denver, Colorado (CO) The Custom Bike Build will be held at Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado on January 10th, 2015. Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado (8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214) Come watch the Master Technicians build a bike! Roll to win the custom bike on January 23rd-24th! Event Hours: 11:00am - 3:00pm Please Contact For More Information: (888) 607-7858 -----------------------------------------------------------Cakes at the Kickstart FREE Pancake Breakfast January 10, 2015 4250 Byrd Drive, Loveland, CO 80538 Loveland, Colorado (CO) The Cakes at the Kickstart FREE Pancake Breakfast will be held at Thunder Mountain Harley Davidson in Loveland, Colorado on January 10th, 2015. Thunder Mountain Harley Davidson in Loveland, Colorado (4250 Byrd Drive, Loveland, CO 80538) Second Saturday of the month! Event Hours: 9:00am - 11:00am Please Contact For More Information: (970) 292-0400 -----------------------------------------------------------Dyno Tuning Performance Workshop Need Cheap Colorado Motorcycle Insurance? January 17, 2015 8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214 Denver, Colorado (CO) The Dyno Tuning Performance Workshop will be held at Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado on January 17th, 2015. Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado (8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214) Come learn how to enhance the performance of your bike! Event Hours:Starts at 12:00pm Please Contact For More Information: (888) 607-7858 20 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado
Aloha Indoor Bike Night January 23, 2015 8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214 Denver, Colorado (CO) DESCRIPTION The Aloha Indoor Bike Night will be held at Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado on January 23rd, 2015. Avalanche Harley Davidson in Denver, Colorado (8000 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214) Check back on the website listed below for more details as they become available. Event Hours: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Please Contact For More Information: (888) 607-7858 We hope to see you there! -----------------------------------------------------------AMSOIL Arenacross Pro Racing Colorado Springs, CO January 23 - January 25, 2015 http://www.arenacross.com Friday, Saturday, Sunday January 23 - Professional Racing January 24 - Professional Racing January 25 - Amateur Racing Show Times Friday - 7:00 PM Saturday - 7:00 PM Sunday - 12:00 PM Doors Open Friday & Saturday - 6:00 PM Sunday - 10:00 AM Friday, January 23: VIP - $40 All Seats Lower Level - $20 All Seats Upper Level - $10 All Seats Saturday, January 24: VIP - $40 All Seats Lower Level - $20 All Seats Upper Level - $10 All Seats Amateur Day Sunday, January 25: General Admission - $10 All Seats Facility, Convenience, Service, Handling, and other charges may apply. Ticket Outlets Tickets available at The Broadmoor World Arena Box Office, online at http://ev8.evenue. net, or by phone at 1-866-464-2626 January 2015
HARRY’S ROAMERS OTORCYCLE CLUB http://www.harrysroamersmc.com/ HRMC is the oldest AMA chartered club in Colorado, ranked #38. We are a nonprofit Colorado corporation dedicated to promoting the sport of Motorcycling. January: 4, 11, 18, 25 February 8 HRMC presents the 49th annual Colorado State Championships Ice Racing Series. Featuring the fastest pro and amateur motorcycles, quads and speedway bikes on the lake. 2015 Race Dates: January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 8 Location: Rainbow Falls Mountain Trout Park. Take I-25 to Colorado Springs, to Hwy 24, to Woodland Park, to Hwy 67, 12 miles out. (First right hand turn after Douglas county sign). -----------------------------------------------------------37th Colorado Motorcycle ExpoAmerican Legends Need Cheap Colorado Motorcycle Insurance? January 31 - February 1, 2015 4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO Locate 37th Colorado Motorcycle Expo- American Legends Get a Google Map of the Area. Denver, Colorado (CO) The 37th Annual Colorado Motorcycle Expo - American Legends will be held in Denver, Colorado from January 31st, 2015 to February 1st, 2015. National Western Complex 4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO The Colorado Motorcycle Expo is one of the largest motorcycle events in the country! It features (i) the nation‚Äôs largest Motorcycle Swap Meet (ii) a Custom & Antique Motorcycle Show with well over 100 bikes, (iii) Live Entertainment including music, bikini contests, motorcycle personalities and much more! This is the largest Motorcycle Showcase in the West, so don‚Äôt miss it! Please Contact For More Information: (303) 835-6967 ------------------------------------------------------------
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Bag Lady Sue
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hunder Roads Colorado recently had the opportunity to interview Suzanne Austin AKA Bag Lady Sue. Sue is a comedienne living here in Colorado that has performed all over the country, from motorcycle rallies to the 4Queens in Las Vegas, NV. We caught up with her a few hours before a show in Denver to talk to her a little about what she does, why she does it and how it all began. If you haven’t seen Sue perform it is truly a sight to see. Generally she enters dressed as a bag lady (hence the name Bag Lady Sue) and her show begins. Sue is a fantastic comedienne with great timing and an understanding of comedy that is refreshing and, to be frank, quite raunchy. She has a no holds barred style and an energy that is palpable and she keeps you on the edge of your seat in laughter. Her comedy career started some years ago as a bit of a dare. At that time she was working as a stripper and her mom bet her that she couldn’t/wouldn’t be able to pull off a performance that started with her as a bag lady. She made $250 in 15 minutes and an act was born. After that first night performance starting as a bag lady, she began to perform more and more. She entered a contest to turn an ordinary person into a comedian and came in third and continued to perform. Audiences find her hilarious with her blend of bawdy humor and a penchant for improvisation that gets both her and her audiences riled up and laughing hysterically. 22 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado
Sue performed comedy part time along with more mundane work to support herself and raise her daughter for quite some time. After losing her mundane job as a bartender the week before Christmas one year, she decided that it was time to pursue her comedy on more of a full time basis and make it work. (Who fires someone a week before Christmas?!) She talks about this as when she decided to be a comedienne full time and to step up and make that happen—and she did. Sue began to get her name out there more, doing the footwork of talking to the owners of bars and other venues and working tirelessly to make comedy her livelihood. She began playing bars, nightclubs, rallies and events becoming a more seasoned and successful comedienne in the process. Some of the comedians that inspired her are Carol Burnett, Sam Kinnison, Robin Williams, Bette Middler, and Andrew Dice Clay. Sue has been around motorcycles for a long time. When she was a young and working as a stripper in Pennsylvania, she bought her first bike, a Honda Rebel. The guys she worked with used to prank her by putting rice and Chow Mein noodles in and on the bike. She says that she feels a connection to the biker community because “We ride because are looking for that family, we club up and buddy up because we need families.” Bikers aren’t afraid to stand up for what they believe in. Sue spends a great deal of time and energy performing for charitable events, in particular those that benefit our soldiers. She started giving back to our troops after a letter that was sent to her from a brief encounter in Montana.
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“Hello Suzanne, back in 2010 at the Broken Spoke campground while standing there watching Eddie Money, wearing my Veteran colors a lovely wavy haired blond walked up, put her hand on my shoulder and said thank you. I looked at her and asked, for? She responded you’re a veteran. Eddie Money was singing his tribute song Another Ones Coming Home and I was standing in the dark crying quietly, alone. If I failed to get it out that night you are most welcome. I was pretty distracted, I had every intention of doing something pretty drastic after that final trip. Thank you for appreciating an old soldier. The only reason I had a clue who you were afterwards was because you were booked across the road at the Drag Pipe saloon and I had previously ridden to Red Lodge, MT to ride the Bear tooth run and see your show. I have thought about telling you many times since but I just listened to that song again and had a minute. Still riding. Thanks, Scott” Her charity called “Cup of Joe for a Joe” sends a letter and a fresh cup of coffee to one service member. It is small acts like this that mean so much to those who serve our country. She is a big believer in getting off your butt and doing something. It is all well and good to complain and bitch about things that are happening in the world but you have to get off you backside and do something if you want things to change and Sue is definitely a go out and do something kind of woman. She recently went back to college to be able to share the experience with her daughter. She is devoted to her daughter and even set up the rental of a Lamborghini for her daughter’s 21st birthday in Las Vegas. During the interview, Sue (or Bags as she asked us to call her) had us both in stitches. We enjoyed chatting with her about her comedy, discussing different issues and sharing our life experiences.
“The puppet from Bag Lady Sue’s performances is painted on her 1981 Sportster”
The next time you get a chance, see Bags here in Denver at one of her performances, at a rally or event somewhere else in America, you will not be disappointed. She is a wonderful and entergetic performer that puts on a show that is well worth seeing. Plus, she is an active member of the motorcycle community here in Colorado, what more could you ask for? Want to know where to see Bag Lady Sue? Check out her website for the list of upcoming performances. Performances are added to the website frequently so if there isn’t an upcoming show easy for you to attend, there will be soon. Check out the site at http://www.bagladysue.com/BagLadySue/Welcome.html www.thunderroadscolorado.com
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Ladies up Front is a column by and for the women who ride in Colorado both on back and up front. Each month we publish an article written by a lady rider. You will find stories of how these ladies ended up where they are today, with their opinions, strange and funny things that have happened to them, their thoughts, dreams and points of view. Some tell the stories about their journey from the back to the front. Some relate how they came to motorcycles, some are just interesting experiences they have had.
We believe that every woman who rides, be it on the front or on the back, has a story to tell that is worth hearing. When they share their perceptions and knowledge, they often have insight and perspectives that can help us all as we journey forward. Here you will see those experiences and hear of the strength and joy we have found on motorcycles. All ladies are welcome and encouraged to join in and contribute to Ladies up Front. Please contact us at: ladiesupfront@thunderroadscolorado.com
A Journey of Self Discovery
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20 months 28 days into my journey
he slight breeze pushed back my hair as I swung my leg over my street glide and slid the Schuberth helmet off. I ran my fingers through the dampness of my hair, closed my eyes and allowed that moment to consume me. As I opened them the vastness of the Black Canyon, located just 11 miles south of the Hoover Dam on Arizona Hwy 93, spread out in front of me. The beauty was simply undeniable. The vastness and the power of this moment touched me like none other. The time was 3 pm. And I was just a little over 180 miles shy of reaching the 50,000 miles mark on the journey I had set out on, February 4th, 2013. I had been on the road almost 21 months, sometimes riding for 2-3 weeks straight and other times becoming stuck behind the computer.
Stepping into another realm When the moments I refer to as remarkable take place, I am compelled to move forward as if I am being drawn. Allowing myself to be led by these nudges from God is what opens me up to the incredible. I have never been disappointed. What took place next could never have been scripted. I left Las Vegas too late that afternoon to reasonably make the ride I was taking. As I rode I opened myself up to what was happening and was careful to pay attention to signs along the way. When you do this you will always
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“Dream as if you”ll live forever.
receive the bonus, the miracle, the sign from above that the path that you are on is God inspired. And perfect. Pulling back onto Hwy 93 I headed south towards Kingman. The ride was exquisite, that November afternoon weather was perfect for riding.
Pay attention to the signs I pulled into Kingman, stopped for gas, went inside for a bite and stopped to comment to a young mother about what a great and important job she was doing. I texted a friend and asked if they could find me a room in Ash Fork, AZ. My destination on Saturday was Cottonwood, AZ and I needed to be in there by 1pm. By the time I had moved through Kingman to the other side, the sun was setting and a chill had definitely set in. Once again, I pulled off the road to “gear up.” The text on my phone said, “You really don’t want to stay in Ash Fork, AZ. Both motels have bars on the windows.” My answer back was, “That’s OK. I have stayed in worse.”
Get ready for the element of wonder! And I was off. I had about 85 miles to go. And the ride was the “Best of my entire 50,000 mile ride. ”As I rode away from the setting sun, I followed the beauty in my rear view mirror.
Live as if you’ll die today.” Back outside I kicked her in gear to pull up to my $28 room, which gives you an idea of where I was. I pulled up to the door, looked down to switch off my glide, and the odometer read, 50,000 miles. Exactly! After nearly 21 months and 50,000 miles, (Insert photo here 20141107_201946_1. jpg) I end up on a Friday evening in Ash Fork, AZ in a cheap motel at 10:00 at night with a full moon in the sky, and I open the door and see a picture on the wall of a highway leading into the distance and a quote from JFK says: GOALS: Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. These are signs you see in offices of successful business offices of entrepreneurs, not $28 flea bag motels. This journey has been a journey of selfdiscovery...it has been a journey of freedom...it has been a journey of joy! This journey has also been a journey of change, of being open to discovery and watching for the signs. The secret to the true self, the deeper my desire, the easier it is to manifest it. The entire circle of desire is inside you. The dream begins in the same place. No outcomes are separate from me. See you soon, Joan Krenning - Lady Road Dog
To my left, the most beautiful full moon rose over the mountains. Cruising at about 65, I was in my zone, my own world. Exiting at Ash Fork, I stopped for a moment just to absorb the moment, and then pulled into the Ashfork Inn. As I stepped into the door, my eyes did a wide sweep as I took in my surroundings. The theme was Route 66, of course the woman behind the counter smiled wide as I walked into the door, very tired and looking road worn. (Insert photo 20141107_191035.jpg) She was about 80 and into our conversation she informed she had been there for over 30 years. “You must be Lady Road Dog”, she said as I approached the counter, I see my “Chief of Staff” did a great job of tooting my horn, I replied as I laughed. And the moment became surreal…. I lifted my head to stare at a poster hanging on the wall containing James Dean speaking to me, www.thunderroadscolorado.com
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Dear Fellow Veterans and Patriots of Tennessee: Last year on August 9, 2014, I was riding back from Sturgis with my long time riding buddies. We left out of Lincoln, Nebraska just before first light. Our plan was to get as close to Nashville as possible. After a week of long days and short nights in the land of big sky we were not really in fighting shape but on the flip side we’re not a bunch to give up easily. It was a gas and go day. Instead of heading down I-29 into Kansas City and taking I-70 across Missouri we got on US-36 in St. Joseph and rode it to Hannibal. Not near as much traffic and the scenery is better. From Hannibal we turned south to St. Louis. It was quite a day. We rode and rode and rode. When we got to Paducah we counseled and everyone was game to take it to the house. The weather wasn’t bad all day. On I-40, about Fort Campbell, we started seeing rain ahead so we stopped and suited up. It was getting later in the day and the heavy clouds were turning out the lights. We had enough gas at that point to make it home and set out in formation. We didn’t go far and it started raining cats and dogs. I was in the lead and was trying to keep track of the guys behind me and see far enough ahead to keep us clear of other vehicles that might be slowing down. We started getting lightning, thunder and rain in sheets. There really wasn’t anyplace to pull over and we all started losing track of each other in the wheel mist. There was a Saturday night preseason Titans game in Nashville and traffic was heavy. Out of nowhere a clunker backwoods tow truck pulls onto the highway right in front of us. This tow truck had his light bar rolling on top but he had really bright white lights flashing instead of yellow and they blinded the crap out of us in the middle of this dark down pour. Yee haw – nothing like a pop quiz in a rain storm! He was going about 20 miles an hour below what everyone else was doing but we couldn’t go around because of all the cars in the fast lane. I started drifting and didn’t know it because you couldn’t see the road stripes for the bright lights on that truck. A driver going by me honked at me just before I took the paint off his fender. I lost track of the
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other bikes behind me until I saw one of the guys from the back go flying by. He made a good decision to lose the crazy train. He was far enough back he could see a slot coming, jumped in it, waved as he went by and headed home. By that point we were pretty scattered and had lost track of each other except for one buddy who managed to hang on my tail. We finally got around the jackass in the tow truck and made sure we gave him a proper salute. After we got around him we could see the road lines and actually hit a few places where the rain lightened up a little. What a relief it was to get that tow truck behind us. When I got home and got the bike in the garage I checked the mileage. We had run 817 miles. All the way from Lincoln to Nashville! I went to the kitchen, got a big welcome home and fixed a little something to wash down the trail dust. The next day the news was glued to events in Ferguson, Missouri. A couple of the guys put two and two together and we had rolled through St. Louis just about the time the bullets started flying. Was it our loud pipes that got everyone agitated? Could it have been jealousy over us having a great time out west? Who knows and that’s my point. When you get up in the morning you never really know what your day will hold. You could hit the lottery, get hit by a car or roll through a riot. One thing is for sure, reality follows our every step. That situation on the road was real and I couldn’t change it by just saying it wasn’t so or making up a story to explain why I wasn’t responsible for my being on a crowded highway after dark, behind blinding lights in a driving rain storm at the end of a long day. I didn’t rob a store or punch a cop but I did climb on my bike and ride down the highway into that storm. Actions have consequences and if I wasn’t ready to accept the consequences I shouldn’t have gotten on the bike. There may be a moral here. Reality might look like a cop with a black eye or a thunderstorm between you and your destination. Good decisions about real situations can make a big difference to your future. Keep the faith. Thank a vet for the freedoms we still enjoy and support politicians who will bring back the ones we’ve lost. Fly the flag of the people and be proud you’re an American. Hug the families of those still missing because their quest for closure has not ended. Live the good life and ride for those can’t. Bulldog * My monthly column reflects my personal point of view and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Publishers of this magazine, but they, like me, acknowledge the sacrifices made for the privilege of Freedom of Speech, therefore, they gratefully let me rant. Thank you for reading my rants. Hope my opinions don’t offend anyone, but, we all should be grateful for the right to have free opinions.
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GREEN CHILE QUESO 1/2 Tbs canola oil 1 small onion, diced 2 green chili peppers, roasted, peeled and chopped 14 ounces canned diced green chilies 2 jalapeno, roasted and chopped 1 lbs processed cheese, such as Velveeta, cut into chunks 1/4 cup milk 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheese 1/2 10 oz can green chili enchilada sauce 1. Set a large skillet over medium heat and add the butter. Once melted, add the onions and cook until starting to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the green chiles and jalapeno peppers and cook for a couple of minutes. 2. Cube the processed cheese and add it to a bowl. Melt it in the microwave. 3. Add the cooked onions and green chilies to the melted cheese and mix. Heat in the microwave for a few minutes and add the enchilada sauce stir. 4. Add the milk and cheese and stir. Heat in the microwave until melted and combined 5. Transfer to a slow cooker to keep warm, and serve with tortilla chips. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SESAME SHRIMP WITH SPICY TERIYAKI SAUCE Make the Teriyaki sauce a day ahead to allow all the flavors develop. Shrimp 36 unpeeled large shrimp (about 1 pound) cooking spray 1/4 tsp kosher salt 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbs each, black and white sesame seeds, toasted Teriyaki Sauce 1/4 cup Soy sauce 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp onion powder 2 tbs water 1/2 tsp Ginger-root; fresh; grated 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes 2 tsp chives, snipped 1. Preheat oven to 450°. 2. Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails intact. Combine shrimp, vegetable oil, salt, and pepper in a bowl; toss gently. Place shrimp on a foil-lined baking sheet; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 450° for 7 minutes or until shrimp are done. 3. Serve with Spicy Teriyaki Dipping Sauce.
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SAUSAGE AND GREEN CHILE BREAKFAST BAKE 8 white bread slices, cubed and dried 1/4 cup Butter, melted 1/2 lb bulk pork breakfast sausage or chorizo, crumbled and cooked 1 (4 oz.) can green chiles, drained and chopped 1 fresh green chili roasted peeled and and diced 1 jalapeno chiles, roasted, peeled, stemmed, seeded and finely diced 1 1/2 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese 5 large eggs 1 cup whole milk 1 cup half-and-half 1/2 tsp mustard 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1. Spray an 8x8-inch glass baking dish with no-stick cooking spray. 2. Place 1/2 of bread cubes in prepared dish. Top with half the sausage, chiles and cheese. Top the remaining slices of bread, then remaining sausage and chiles. 3. Beat together eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over the layers and sprinkle with remaining cheese. 4. Allow bread to soak up the egg mixture in the fridge for an hour or overnight. 5. Heat oven to 350ºF. Bake about 40 minutes or until puffed and center is set. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into squares. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TARRAGON EGGS 7 lg. eggs hard cooked 1 - 2 Tbs mayonnaise 1 - 2 Tbs sour cream 1/2 tsp mustard 1 Tbs onion, minced or grated 1 tsp parsley 1 Tbs tarragon 1/4 tsp celery flakes or seed ground white pepper & salt 1. Peel and cut the hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise and remove the yolks 2. Mash the yolks and mix 1 tablespoon of the sour cream and 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise with the onion, parsley, tarragon, celery flakes, salt and pepper. If the mixture is not creamy enough add more sour cream and mayonnaise to the mixture. 3. Spoon or pipe the mixture back into the egg halves. Sprinkle with a small amount of salt. 4. Chill and serve cold
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News Bytes NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish, National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) WASHINGTON TARGETS DISTRACTED DRIVING IN MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS VIDEO The Washington State Motorcycle Safety Program recently released a new motorcycle awareness video targeting inattentive drivers. Created with teen driver education students in mind, the eight-minute-long film starts by showing a teen driver cruising the streets in a car while eating and listening to loud music. When he turns left into the path of an oncoming motorcyclist, time stops, giving both the driver and rider a chance to exit their vehicles and talk to each another. After some initial frustration, Randy the motorcyclist gets in the car with Ian, the teen driver, and teaches him the dos and don’ts of how to drive when sharing the road with motorcyclists. Randy’s lessons include looking twice before turning and giving motorcycles more space. The two eventually return to their vehicles and the inevitable crash takes place. “The video is meant to be a relevant and easily accessible tool for Driver Training providers to use as they fulfill the motorcycle awareness requirement of their curriculum,” states the Washington State Department of Licensing, adding that the WMSP is supported by motorcycle endorsement fees and is tasked with providing Public Awareness of motorcycle safety, Motorcycle Safety education programs including classroom and on-cycle training, and Improved operator testing. The YouTube video “Motorcycle Awareness - A Second Look” has already been viewed over 100,000 times in the first three weeks (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3T7u4ZJ1Y#t=19). TENNESSEE BANS BIG RIGS FROM DRAGON A mountainous stretch of U.S. Route 129 (SR 115) from Tennessee to North Carolina famously known as “The Dragon” boasts 318 curves in 11.19 miles and is a beacon for drivers and riders alike, but semis are no longer welcome! Due to a “critical number of traffic accidents involving large trucks,” the state of Tennessee is following the lead of neighboring North Carolina in banning big rigs from US 129, on sections of highway known as Deals Gap or The Tail of the Dragon. For years, navigation systems have pointed truckers to the Dragon as a shortcut across Blount County. That ends with the new year, and signs will be posted mid-January prohibiting commercial vehicles (longer than 30 feet). After conducting a safety review, according to the Tennessee DOT there were a total of 204 crashes from 2010 to 2012 in Blount County -- six of those resulted in fatalities. Only one of those fatal accidents involved a tractor trailer, but many of the other incidents with semis have blocked the narrow highway for hours and prevented travel for all motorists. NEW MEXICO HELMET STICKER PROPOSAL OPPOSED 30 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado
In response to a Senate bill draft creating a sticker riders would have to pay for in order to exercise their freedom of choice in helmet use, the New Mexico Motorcycle Rights Organization (NMMRO) has authored a letter of opposition supported by the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) and the NCOM Legislative Task Force (NCOMLTF), among others, it states: Dr. Kurt B. Nolte, M.D., Office of the Medical Investigator; “It has recently come to the attention of the New Mexico Motorcyclists Rights Organization (NMMRO) that a bill was drafted on your behalf by Clifford Rees at the New Mexico Legislature. If passed this bill would impose a $692 fee on motorcyclists who chose to ride without a helmet. As an organization we are interested in hearing your justification for placing this burden on the public and if you think that placing helmets on motorcyclists would decrease the number of motorcycle crashes. Our organization would be pleased to share government statistics with you which show that 58% of all motorcyclist deaths are experienced by riders wearing helmets. We would also like to point out that it has been proven that accident prevention has a much bigger impact on preventing motorcycle injuries and fatalities. Helmets have not been shown to prevent motorcycle accidents and in some cases can increase the chances of an accident occurring. We have also worked with the New Mexico Department of Transportation to try to improve the awareness of drivers on New Mexico’s roads in respect to motorcycles as another method of accident prevention. If in fact you do intend to proceed with your present actions we would like to spend some time with you looking into what affect this would have on the motorcycle riders of New Mexico and not just assume that it would be beneficial to their safety. The NMMRO and NM State Representative Rick Miera (a long-serving member of the NCOM-LTF) are available to meet with you to discuss this issue further.” Thank you for listening to our concerns on this subject, Annette Torrez, Chairperson NMMRO (and member of the NCOM Board of Directors) LANE-SPLITTING LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN CALIFORNIA From across Europe to throughout Asia, motorcyclists around the world routinely “filter” their way between lanes of slowmoving cars, but here in the U.S. only riders in California are allowed to “lane-split” through congested traffic -not-so-much because it’s legal, but because there are no specific laws addressing the issue. That may soon change, as Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced Assembly Bill No.51 to specifically regulate the practice. According to ABATE of California, their lobbyist Jim Lombardo has contacted the author’s legislative staff who said the measure was introduced by their office because
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of the widespread newspaper and television coverage regarding lane splitting and the general public’s ignorance of the legality of the issue. The staff members are willing to accept amendments to improve the bill language but are seeking to “codify”, or write into California law, lane splitting legislation to ensure it is not completely outlawed after the CHP (California Highway Patrol) was forced to remove their “lane splitting guidelines” last summer. AB 51 seeks to amend Section 21658 of the California Vehicle Code to “authorize a motorcycle to be driven between rows of stopped or moving vehicles in the same lane if the speed of traffic is 35 miles per hour or less and the motorcycle is driven no more than 10 miles per hour faster than the speed of traffic.” A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime, so the bill would create a new criminal penalty. In addition to general opposition to over-regulating an accepted practice, “Obviously this bill is not something ABATE can endorse, especially when it limits lane splitting to traffic speeds of 35 MPH or less,” said Dave Hastings, ABATE Executive Director. “We will implement a plan of action to kill this bill or at least amend it into something that the riders of California can live with.” WHEN GAS PRICES GO UP, SO DO MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS A new study suggests that as gas prices rose in recent years, so did motorcyclist injuries and fatalities, because more people start using motorcycles and many of those riders are inexperienced, the researchers explained. The analysis, published in the journal for Injury Prevention, revealed a strong association between rising gas prices and an increasing number of motorcycle registrations, along with motorcyclist injuries and deaths. But it did not prove a cause-and-effect link. Analysts examined data gathered between 2002 and 2011 in California, which has the highest number of motorcycle registrations in the United States and the third highest number of motorcyclist deaths, and extrapolated that www.thunderroadscolorado.com
higher gas prices resulted in an additional 800 deaths and 10,290 injuries among motorcyclists in California over the ten year period. According to the report, crashes were more likely to occur in urban areas and during the afternoon. Of the motorcyclists involved in crashes, nearly 93% were men, 46% were middle-aged, 68% were caucasion, and 20% were uninsured. Riders ages 16 to 24 and those on the latest models of motorcycles were most likely to be involved in at-fault crashes. WEIRD NEWS: NEW ZEALAND COUPLE FINED $40K FOR RIDING WITHOUT HELMET A couple in New Zealand have been fined $20,000 each following multiple instances of riding a quad bike without a helmet. According to the New Zealand Herald, Phillip Andrew Jones and Maria Anna Carlson, share-milkers from Marlborough, had been seen riding their All-Terrain Vehicle without helmets multiple times dating back to 2012. The pair were both fined under the Health and Safety in Employment Act; Jones was charged with failing to take all practicable steps to ensure no other person was harmed at work while riding a quad bike, and Carlson with failing to take all practicable steps to ensure her own safety by wearing a helmet, and the safety of others by not carrying her children on a quad bike. “Quad bikes pose a serious risk on farms, and on average five people were killed and 850 were injured every year,” said WorkSafe spokesman Francois Barton, adding that Carlson was twice witnessed riding her quad bike without a helmet after a prohibition notice had been issued and the second time she had two young children with her on the bike. Carlson admitted that despite owning helmets she didn’t wear one because “it becomes just a little bit of a hassle.” QUOTABLE QUOTE: “You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.” ~ Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), iconic American actress
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A hillbilly went hunting one day in West Virginia and bagged three ducks. He put them in the bed of his pickup truck and was about to drive home where he was confronted by an ornery game warden who didn’t like hillbillies. The Game Warden ordered to the hillbilly to show his hunting license, and the hillbilly pulled out a valid West Virginia hunting license. The game warden looked at the license, then reached over and picked up one of the ducks, sniffed its butt, and said, “This duck ain’t from West Virginia . This is a Kentucky duck. You got a Kentucky huntin’ license, boy?” The hillbilly reached into his wallet and produced a Kentucky hunting license. The Game Warden looked at it, then reached over and grabbed the second duck, sniffed its butt, and said, “This ain’t no Kentucky duck. This duck’s from Tennessee. You got a Tennessee license?” The hillbilly reached into his wallet and produced an Tennessee license. The warden then reached over and picked up the third duck, sniffed its butt, and said This ain’t no Tennessee duck. This here duck’s from Virginia. You got a Virginia huntin’ license?” Again the hillbilly reached into his wallet and brought out a Virginia. hunting license. The game warden was extremely frustrated at this point, and he yelled at the hillbilly “Just where the hell are you from? “The hillbilly turned around, bent over, dropped his pants & undies for the full on moon effect and said, “Why don’t you tell me? You appear to be the damn expert here!”. _______________________________________________
express praise for answered prayers. Suzie Smith stood and walked to the podium. She said, “I have a praise; two months ago, my husband, Phil, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and the doctors didn’t know if they could help him.” You could hear a muffled gasp from the men in the congregation as they imagine the pain that poor Phil must have experienced. “Phil was unable to hold me or the children,” she went on, “and every move caused him terrible pain. We prayed as the doctors performed a delicate operation, and it turned out they were able to piece together the crushed remnants of Phil’s scrotum, and wrap wire around it to hold it in place.” Again, the men in the congregation cringed and squirmed uncomfortably as they imagined the horrible surgery performed on Phil. “Now,” she announced in a quivering voice, “thank the Lord, Phil is out of the hospital and the doctors say that with time, his scrotum should recover completely.” All the men sighed with unified relief. The pastor rose and tentatively asked if anyone else had something to say. _______________________________________________ THUNDER ROADS WISHES ALL BIKERS A PROSPEROUS & HEALTHY 2015 FILLED WITH MUCH LAUGHTER. WE LOVES YA’ BIKERS! DO GOOD OUT THERE.
A man in a Florida supermarket tried to buy half a head of lettuce. The very young produce assistant told him that they sell only whole heads of lettuce. The man persisted and asked to see the Manager. The boy said he’d ask his manager about it. Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager: ‘Some butt-wipe wants to buy half a head of lettuce.’ As he fi nished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, ‘And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half.’ The Manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way. Later the Manager said to the boy, ‘I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?’ ‘Canada, sir,’ the boy replied. ‘Well, why did you leave Canada?’ the manager asked. The boy said, ‘Ah, as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing but whores and hockey players up there.’ ‘Really?’ said the manager. ‘My wife is from Canada.’ ‘No chit?’ replied the boy, not missing a beat; ‘Who’d she play for, sir? The Pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to www.thunderroadscolorado.com
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