Thunder Roads Colorado Magazine - November 2014

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Letters to the Editor................................................. 2

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Winterizing Your Ride.............................................. 4

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Last Great Ride of the Summer............................... 7

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ABATE..................................................................... 8 Fall and Winter Riding............................................. 9 WWII Combat on a Harley-Davidson.................... 10

EDITORS Patrick J. McCauley “5” President and Senior Editor Patrick@thunderroadscolorado.com

Chaplain’s Corner.................................................. 15

Carrie McCauley Vice President and Editor Carrie@thunderroadscolorado.com

Events................................................................... 20

LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER Vickie Jo Mullin Vickie@thunderroadscolorado.com

Veteran’s Drive and Patriot’s Way......................... 25

Ladies Up Front..................................................... 16 Calendar................................................................ 18 Will Ride To Eat..................................................... 21 Emily’s Parade....................................................... 22 TNT........................................................................ 26 Tasty Recipes........................................................ 27

LAYOUT & DESIGN Meredith Hancock / Hancock Graphics mhancockgraphics@gmail.com

Joker’s Wild........................................................... 28 News Bytes........................................................... 30

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Biker Friendly Directory......................................... 32

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Seats & Saddles.................................................... 33

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DEDICATION To Katie Reese; who has offered so much support, assistance and enthusiasm in the past several months, she is a true gem of a woman.

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Cover Photo: Heather MacDougall Last Great Ride of the Summer: Vickie Jo Mullen, Heather MacDougall, Fawn Wood Photography, Carrie McCauley Emily’s Parade: Vickie Jo Mullen, Carrie McCauley Thunder Cam: Vickie Jo Mullen, Fawn Wood Photography, Carrie McCauley www.thunderroadscolorado.com

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November is here and the weather is turning colder. Some of us are winterizing our bikes for storage until next season while others are getting the out the heated gear and waiting for clear skies and clear roads to jump on the bike get going.

This month we feature articles for both the winterizing type of riders and those that gear up and keep riding. Just as we feature both cruiser and metric content, it is our belief at Thunder Roads Colorado that we are part of the riding community and the riding community in Colorado is a pretty diverse group. Thousands of motorcycles cruise our streets, back roads and dirt tracks every day.

Nowhere is that diversity more visible than at Emily’s Parade, when the motorcycling community gathers their sports bikes and their cruisers, from Honda to Harley to Husqvarna, to honor Emily Keyes and the students of Columbine and Platte Valley High Schools—victims of senseless violence in our schools.

Thousands of motorcyclists from around the state gather every year to honor the students and support the “I Love U Guys” Foundation which helps to keep tens of thousands of our children safe within their schools and ensure that, if something occurs everyone from students to teachers to police and other first responders, know what to do if the safety of those children are threatened.

If you haven’t attended in the past, put it on your to do list for next year. It is a great event supported by thousands of bikers and supporting a great cause, the “I Love U Guys” Foundation.

Events like Emily’s Parade and the poker runs benefitting charities are at the core of what being a biker in Colorado is all about. I am proud to support the parades and poker runs found most weekends in Colorado.

We believe that Thunder Roads Colorado is part of the motorcycle community. Because of that belief, we provide a free list of upcoming events in every issue. Our Free Events Listing includes rides, rallies and runs as well as bike nights, and many other events put on by motorcyclists and the charities that they support. If you have a ride, run, rally or event that is coming up, email us with the details to have your event placed in Thunder Roads Colorado Magazine. events@ thunderroadscolorado.com.

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e’ve certainly been enjoying this nice Indian summer we’ve had and many of us are still out riding around on a regular basis. That’s awesome, but we all know winter is coming and some of us will be parking our motorcycles for a few weeks to a few months whether we want to or not.

There are many minor items that should be checked, changed out or otherwise addressed before parking your ride.

TIRES: We all want nice round tires when we’re next ready to ride. If you leave your bike parked in one spot for months we all know what happens right? First ride next year, your bike will be making all kinds of ka-thunka-a-thunka noises! The tires will develop flat spots. To prevent this, store the bike on a center stand or mc lift that gets it up off its tires for the winter. If you don’t own anything like that, simply roll the mc to a different tire contact patch periodically and often.

Battery: Did you know computerized and fuel injected bikes draw current all the time, even when

your bike is parked? Yes they do! I recommend keeping a battery tender on your bike all winter long. This is also helpful for being able to start it up periodically to circulate the gas and oils.

On some motorcycles, it’s recommended to simply remove the battery from the bike, Dual Sport or Dirt bikes for example. Store the battery somewhere warm for the next few months to prolong its life.

Remember to throw a charge on it and check the distilled water level if possible, before reinstalling next Spring.

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We all know batteries and tires need winter attention, but leaving the old fuel in the bike all winter can also cause engine and carburetor problems next Spring. If you are planning on winterizing your own machine – pay careful attention… recommendations for computerized, fuel injected models are different than those for carbureted models.

The following suggestions are for folks who are parking their motorcycles until next Spring.

designed to work in your engine. You may have to get out that owner’s manual and do a bit of reading to be sure!

Start your motorcycle at least twice a month from now until you start riding it regularly again. You’ll want to run it approximately 5-8 minutes – no more. Remember, if your motorcycle is air-cooled, leaving it idling for any longer can cause other costly damage – so only run it for a few minutes. A good way to determine how long to run it – if during this process the bike becomes so hot you cannot touch the motor with your bare hand – it’s too hot – turn it off immediately. If it is liquid cooled – I would still not recommend letting it run longer than about 8 minutes. Circulating the gas in this manner will keep the fuel passages open and will also help circulate the oil and lubricate seals throughout the engine. Remember to open a window or door if you are working indoors.

Carbureted Engines should have the fuel drained from both the tank and the carb. Open your fuel line somewhere between the gas tank and the carburetor and simply drain all the gas into a suitable container. Replace your fuel line, close the fuel valve and run your bike in neutral until the carb is empty. All finished with that chore – pretty easy actually! This does not harm your engine – it is the same thing as if you ran out of gas while riding.

Now you won’t have to worry about ‘gummed up’ Antifreeze, if your bike is liquid cooled it is fuel passages next year. absolutely mandatory that you check the freezeIf you are not going to drain the gas, be sure to point of the coolant. Make sure it’s good enough use a good fuel stabilizer in a full tank of gas a.s.a.p. for the coldest temperatures you expect in your Be sure to start it up, ride it if possible, to circulate location. While you’re at it – look at the condition the stabilizer through the fuel lines. This may be all of the coolant. Is it clean and sweet smelling? Or is you need if you will be riding occasionally through it brown, smelly, full of rust or other contaminants?

The coolant may no longer be able to do its job if it the winter. smells or looks nasty. The dirt or rust could cause engine damage. It’s time to check it. If needed, flush the system and put in new, clean antifreeze as per your owner’s manual recommendations.

Special Note: If any or all of the above sounded like a foreign language to you – don’t mess with winterizing your own motorcycle – take it to the dealership or shop to have these things attended to.

Just as with your car or truck a bit of seasonal maintenance will go a long ways to maintaining the life of your favorite ride. Just get out there and take care of it – or get it to a shop and let someone give your ride a little TLC. Next issue we’ll discuss Fuel Injected Engines – DO NOT attempt to protecting the internal engine over the winter and drain all the fuel from the system! the importance of cable lubrication.

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Last Great Ride of the Summer

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he Last Great Ride of the Summer was on October 11th, sponsored by the Devil-Dogs MC. The ride started at 9:00 AM at the Stagecoach Salon in Franktown, CO. There were more than 200 registered riders for that left Franktown and meandered along CO highway 87 to Palmer Lake and back again ending at the Stagecoach Saloon where the party was waiting for the riders.

The party, attended by more than 350 people, included several of the Bronco

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Cheerleaders and the Denver Dames, out signing autographs and having pictures taken with the bikes. The party also featured auctions and drawings from items donated by more than one hundred companies. Some of the many items auctioned off were; gift cards and certificates, concert tickets, autographed Denver Blues and Bones Festival and Big Head Todd and the Monsters concert posters, artwork by local artists and a backstage concert experience donated

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Death Punch. Lola Black and the Five Finger Death Punch also provided the entertainment for the successful event.

The ride and party raised enough to ship more than 250 boxes to platoons overseas.

Boxes contained items like socks, soap, candy, soups, tuna, wet wipes, magazines, beef jerky, toothbrushes toothpaste, hand warmers, along with candy and other snacks.

It was a great time to relax and bask in the warm sun of a great day.

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Drive Responsibly: Take An Active Role 1. Actively look for motorcycles anytime you are on the road. Expect to see motorcycles, not just another car. Do not trust your mirrors because motorcycles can be hidden in your blind spot. Instead, turn and look over your shoulder. Drivers should look twice at intersections before proceeding. Being alert and paying special attention to motorcycles Is essential to driving responsibly.

2. Keep in mind the motorcyclist's point of view.

Remember, motorcyclists move around on the road. Anticipate their movements, particularly in the places where crashes are most likely to occur.

3. Give the motorcycle the same space and respect that you would give other vehicles.

Do not forget that they use the whole lane of traffic, even though it is not all at one time.

Always give them a full lane and remember not to follow too closely. Allow a two to three second safety cushion between you and the motorcycle and increase it to four to five seconds when road or weather conditions are bad.

4. Be courteous. Let the motorcyclist know well in advance when you are planning to stop, turn, or change lanes. Do not speed up when a motorcycle is passing you. Never cut in too closely after passing a motorcycle. Remember that the person underneath that helmet could be someone you know.

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SAVE THE DATE

FALL AND WINTER RIDING It is fall, winter is coming and we are at that time of year when we do not want to park our motorcycles for the year, and there is truly no reason to park it for the year. There are heated grips for our hands, heated jackets to plug in and helmets that cover our face. The cooler weather is not the only thing we have to be aware of.

There are several things we need to be aware of riding this time of year. Our reflexes are a little slower in colder weather. It is hard to tell if that is just wet pavement that you see or is it ice.

I have found that if you expect it to be ice but it was only water, you were ready. Don’t assume that it is water and it turns out to be ice. If it is ice, pull the clutch in, look straight ahead and the bike will slow down. Do not use either brake.

This is the time of year when the leaves fall off the trees and seem to land on the roadway. Leaves can be very slick especially when the evening dew is on them. I remember being stopped on some leaves one morning and went to do a quick takeoff and slid the back tire. My cool points were lost right there.

Going around a blind curve this time of year you never know what may be on the roadway. Leaves, gravel, mud, water or ice. If we have these things on our mind we will be ready when we see them.

I have ridden in the rain and in the snow. I, as a rule, won’t leave the house in rain or snow but sometimes you get caught out in it. We need to remember that we still have to stop but cannot do it the same as dry pavement. When we get heavy rain, mud can wash over the roadway and we could be going around a curve and not see it until we are in it. If we use proper entry speed for a curve, no matter what the weather, we will have no problems with the curve. Entry speed is the speed that would allow you to maintain a steady speed or add speed as you get further into the corner. What you want to do is have your speed so that you can see around the corner about the same distance that it would take you to stop if you needed to.

ABATE of Colorado’s

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LAST BRASS MONKEY RUN Join us for the Last Ride of the Year!

Fall and winter riding can be fun if we are prepared for any circumstance. We need to dress in layers as Colorado is a state that can be very cool or cold in the morning and warm up quite a bit during the day and cool off before you get home. Being comfortable while riding is the key to a safe and fun ride.

Don Gunn ABATE of Colorado

Events include: Food, Games, Chili Cook-Off, Cash Prizes, 50/50, Door Prizes, Tshirts For additional information call (303) 789-3264 www.abateofcolo.org

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World War II Combat on a Harley-Davidson: Africa 1943 First American Soldiers meet the British Army, 70 years ago, April 7, 1943

BY PLATOON SGT. BERTON PEEPERS, RETIRED In 1943 Allied forces of the Western Task Force under the command of Major general George C. Patton were operating in North Africa. He was attacking the Axis powers, specifically, German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, notoriously called “the Desert Fox”.

The 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion was part of the Western Task Force and was providing support for the battles at Gafsa and el Guettar. I was a messenger with the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to its command post and it was my duty to carry messages, by motorcycle, between Battalion command and my Company Com-

mander. After landing at Casablanca January 25th, 1943 we trained in desert warfare and broke in the new equipment we were issued. Where we were bivouacked I could see, from my pup tent, the white building where on January 14, 70 years ago, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Charles DeGaulle met in Casablanca.

On one training exercise we had to get into a fox hole and have one of our tanks run over us. They had about 12 fox holes all in a row. I was in the last hole. I could hear that tank coming and the ground shaking. I had a feeling that something just wasn’t right. When he got over my fox hole he turned the tank right on top of me and the side of my fox hole caved in on me. They blew the whistle to get up; I couldn’t move. They yelled “Peepers get up!” I yelled back “I can’t”.

So they had to dig me out. I was ok, but a little shook up. This is what they call ” friendly fire”. I had plenty of that in France, Belgium and Germany.

When I got my new Harley Davidson about three weeks after we arrived at Casablanca, Africa, I had to put 500 miles on it to break it in. That fun ended on March 1st, 1943 when we started the long trip to the front. It took us 7 ½ days and 10 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado

1,400 miles. I got a good view of Africa riding my motorcycle. Some mornings when I got up I had frost all over me and my motorcycle. One day I got so cold riding I had to stop and jump up and down on the road to warm up. A French farmer saw me and had one of his workers bring a big arm full of straw and set it on fire so I could get warm. It sure helped a lot. We arrived at our new bivouac area on March 14, 1943. It was just east of Bouchebka which is just across the Algerian border in Tunisia. East of Tunisia is Libya. This is the area where the British and Germans had been fighting for about 3 or 4 years. Last year with the war in Libya, television reports showed Libya and all of North Africa: the whole area where I spent 10 months and put about 3 thousand miles on my motorcycle.

It was during this time that I stole little Moe, our “C” Company mascot, on orders from my First Sergeant. When the Sergeant wanted a jeep driver, he always picked me. I had to drive him and another first Sergeant into town and the first stop was a bar. The Bartender and owner had a little black puppy that belonged to his little daughter. He put it up on the bar so we could pet it. The Sergeant put a little brandy in a saucer and the puppy got drunk. The first Sergeant said to me, “Peepers, when we get ready to leave, you put the puppy in your jacket”.

I said, “Sergeant the puppy belongs to the bartender’s little daughter, I can’t do that”. He said, “It’s an order!” So that is how we got our company mascot. Little Moe went to Italy, England, France, Belgium and Germany with us. In England Moe liked to ride on my motorcycle. I was in the hospital when Little Moe got left in a German house being used as the Company command post. They pulled out

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during the night and forgot about Moe. The last time I saw Moe, she was setting on a soldiers lap in a big army truck that went by me as I was standing on a street corner in a small town in Germany.

That was the first and the last time I saw Moe since a week before “D” day, June 1st 1944. Moe landed at Utah beach on “D” Day and I landed on Omaha Beach June 10th.

On the morning of April 7th at about 7:00am I was given a message originating from Patton’s headquarters to deliver to the Company “C” Commander of the 899th.

The message contained orders to move his tanks up toward Tunis. They spread a map of the area over the hood of a jeep and showed me the “C” Company location and said they were getting ready to pull out and might be gone by the time I got there. I was directed to find them and make sure the Captain got the message.

On this assignment I met the British in Africa. We were about one mile into no-man’s-land. The Germans were retreating and the British were attacking and I and George Keyges were in between. That is no-man’sland. George A. Kegyes Jr., a tank driver from my company was looking for a ride back to “C” Company.

He had just gotten out of the hospital and had one of his hands still bandaged. I told him to get on the back of my motorcycle since we were going to the same place. For the next half hour we didn’t see another soldier or hear any shooting. It was quiet except for my loud motorcycle. At one point we took a spill and damaged the muffler at the end of the exhaust pipe so I took it off. We got to where “C” Company was supposed to be but they had already pulled out. We stopped on a small hill and, looking around, did not see any soldiers or vehicles. We did see about five or six wild camels and they were moving fast right toward us. I told George we needed to get out of there. Something had spooked the camels. We continued down the road looking for “C” Company. George saw a scout car on a hill off to our right so I stopped the motorcycle to get a better look. I think they were watching us closely and were probably scouting for Germans. I knew it wasn’t an American scout car and I hadn’t heard anything about the British being that close. I knew the German Army was close because we had been fighting them for the last five months. I told George we should go down the road a little further and then we will turn back if we didn’t see Company “C”. We went over a small hill and right in front of us was the British 8th Army convoy. They were stopped and standing by their trucks and tanks. When they saw we were Americans, they let out a yell, “Yanks, Yanks!” and their cheers ran down the convoy. They shook our hands and took our picture.

We were as much a boost to their morale as they were to ours. We spent about five minutes with them and left to find “C” Company. We caught up with them in about a half hour. I gave the message to the Captain and I didn’t even tell him that we met the British 8th Army. I had completely forgotten about the incident until I was reading the Chronicle-Telegram on April 7th 1993 about what had happened in history 50 years ago. It described the meeting of the Americans and the British 8th Army on that date. I exclaimed to my wife that the Americans were me and George Kegyes. When George and I met the British on April 7 1943 and they let out that cheer “Yanks” and it went all the way down their convoy, I wonder how www.thunderroadscolorado.com

many times that word was said that day. We sure made lots of British soldiers happy and me and George also. It’s been 70 years and I still can hear “yanks”.

About 5 hours after we met the British I took a spill on my motorcycle and ended up in the hospital for 24 days. It had happened after “C” Company pulled out.

We had just had lunch and I had lingered to finish my coffee. (Since I had my own transportation, I was pretty much free to do what I wanted unless I had a specific messenger assignment.) After coffee I left and rode to catch up with Company “C”. When I caught up with the convoy, the first vehicle I passed was the maintenance truck that always brings up the rear, then the kitchen truck and then the ambulance. I just got by the ambulance and ran into a shell hole on the shoulder of the rough road and took a bad spill. The soldiers in the ambulance thought I had run over a mine or a shell had landed on me. They said I made a big cloud of dust and when it cleared up I was standing up and they could see that my collar bone was broken, and that I was dazed. I think that I completely flipped and came down on my head and right shoulder. When the medics pushed on my collar bone I passed out. They put big pieces of adhesive tape to hold my collar bone in place and started the 70 mile ambulance ride to an evacuation hospital.

After we arrived they took me to a tent and laid me on the ground. I was on a stretcher and remember how dark it was in there. It was full of dead, wounded and injured soldiers.

About midnight they came in and announced that we were to evacuate. All walking patients would ride in British ambulances and other patients would go by plane. I had never been in an airplane and I didn’t want to start then. I said that I could walk and that I wanted to go in the ambulance.

The ambulance had

benches on both sides that held patients on each side, stacked up. I had a small burlap bag with my personal things in it. I put it on my lap and rested my arm on top of the bag to relieve the pain on my broken collar bone. We hadn’t gone very far when I got sick and vomited.

They laid me on the floor and that’s where I stayed for the rest of the trip to the General Hospital in Constantine, Africa. The hospital was an arrangement of tents set up in a wheat field. The next morning I walked over to the operating tent and got my collar bone fixed and they put a jacket cast down to my waist. My arms were free to move. I had that on for 20 days. Our “barracks” were long tents and our “cots” were five or six inches of wheat. Our “air conditioning” was when we rolled up the sides of the tents. That is where I spent Easter Sunday, 1943.

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By May 1st I was back with my company and got right back on my motorcycle.

The operations against the Axis powers had ended in Africa while I was in the hospital. It had been a good rest for me. We didn’t have to do anything but lie around and play cards all day. The incident with the British 8th Army and my injury showed me a lot about how luck and coincidence help you survive a war. I think that is why I completely forgot about meeting the British 8th Army for 50 years. I was also lucky that I fell on my motorcycle near an ambulance rather than near the maintenance truck or alone somewhere in the desert. When I saw that article in the Elyria Chronicle, it all came back to me. Before April 7th, 1943 at the Battalion command post, I didn’t even know George Kegyes. He was from Company “C” but in a different Platoon.

We were both from Ohio and lived about 13 miles from each other, I was from North Olmsted and George was from Elyria. Now I live just two streets from where George lived on 6th Street. George Kegyes is buried just miles from where I now live in Elyria.

HARLEYDAVIDSON MESSENGER AS A TARGET

When I got to the old command post, the captain yelled out “Is that you Peepers?” And I said “Yes, Sir.” He said, “Follow me!” One the way back an infantry soldier yelled “Watch out there is a hole here”. It was too late; I was already in the hole. I just gave the motorcycle more gas and climbed right back out. When we got back to the new command post, the officer that was with the captain came up to me and said, “How could you see?” I said, “Sir, I couldn’t see a damn thing, I felt my way back by dragging my feet on the road”. The officer said they had a hard time following my black out light on my tail light. The Germans didn’t drop any bombs on us that night, so I got a good night’s sleep next to my motorcycle. I was surprised those bombs didn’t damage my motorcycle. Of all the bombs and artillery that we were in, we never got hit.

Command Posts were a good target for German planes and artillery especially it’s officers, vehicles and, in the following case, my motorcycle.

It was in March 1943 that I was at the command post and assembled there were 2 motorcycles, two half-track radio vehicles in addition to my motorcycle. A captain stopped for information and told his driver to put the camouflage net over his command car. Two German planes spotted that green net and attacked. The first bomb covered my fox hole and I had to use all my strength to push myself out of the hole through the dirt to get air or I would have suffocated like four other soldiers did right near me. When I stood up shaking the dirt off me and getting air, I saw the other German plane coming right at me as he released his bomb. That plane was so low that I felt like I was looking at the German pilot right in his eyes. I jumped back into my fox hole and took cover as best I could since it was full of dirt. I don’t know if I said it out loud or to myself, but I prayed “Please, God, I don’t want to die yet”.

As soon as the planes left we started to dig in fox holes for the soldiers that got buried. We dug with our hands.

I got hold of a soldier’s arm and another soldier helped me pull him out. He was dead. I got the order to pull out immediately because soon as those German Planes got back at their base they would give their artillery our location and they would shell us.

We moved forward about two hundred yards and about one hundred yards off to the left of the black top road at the foot of some small hills. It was getting dark and I was getting in my sleeping bag because I was dead tired. An officer came up to me and said, “Peepers, you have to go back and get the Company Commander at the old command post.” And I said, “Sir, can you get someone else to go, I am too tired. He said “It’s an order” and I said “Yes, sir”. So I got on my motorcycle and counted two small hills I had to get over to get out on the black top road. By that time it was getting pretty dark and I had to drag my feet to keep on the road.

The only light I had on my motorcycle was my black out light. No head lights were allowed on the front lines.

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After the war ended in Africa, it was six more months of training before I was sent to Italy. We only stayed in Italy about ten days and they took all our equipment away from us and sent us to England for the invasion of France. There I got another new Harley Davidson. Eventually they took that one away from me and assigned me as driver of an armored car for the second in command. He never rode with me and I had it all for myself. This is the armored car I drove onto Omaha Beach June 10th, 1944. On July 20th, I was made a tank commander for the next 5 months when I was made Platoon (Staff) Sergeant.

George Kegyes died 34 years ago and I put flowers on his grave last Memorial Day. I will continue to do so as I do for my close buddy who died during the war. He is buried in Ravenna, Ohio, about 60 miles from where I live. I have put flowers on his grave for 66 years. He got killed by artillery fire.

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THE WAR AFTER ‘D’ DAY Recalling operations in Africa brings back a lot of memories. It became a different kind of war after “D” Day. I lived through battles in France, Belgium, and Germany. As I met the British in Africa, I met the Russians at the Elbe River in Germany. Between those events we liberated thousands of French and Belgians and many prisoner of war camps.

Even the Germans were glad to see us, but not the Russians. Four times I got into no-man’s land. Although there are many stories to tell about “no-man’s land”, one I remember clearly. In Germany in 1945 my platoon officer said we have to move up to the German lines and knock out a German machine gun that has our infantry pinned down behind trees in the woods. I guess the look that I gave him caused him to say, “It is an order from the infantry Colonel, and we have to do it”. He said “come on I’ll show you where it is”. At the edge of the woods there was high grass and we got down on our bellies and crawled like a couple of snakes. A couple of times he looked back at me and whispered “keep your head down”. He pointed out to me the German machine gun. We crawled back the same way. I got in my tank and we moved up toward the machine gun. I could see our infantry lying behind the trees. I was giving the driver instructions and the gunner and we were right up in the German line. I could see the German soldiers as clearly as I could the American soldiers. I pulled out my pistol and shot at the closest Germans and hit one of them. We knocked out the machine gun and our soldiers attacked. Another time I was in a jeep and got about a mile into the German lines. There were five of us in the jeep when we saw three German soldiers coming out of a building. They ran for cover and our jeep driver slammed on the brakes and he backed down the road as fast as we could and turned the jeep around and we escaped with the three German soldiers shooting at us. No one got hit. When we got down the road about a mile we met our soldiers riding on our tanks. Our officer gave the Colonel the information and they spread the infantry out in the woods and the tanks down the road. The Germans pulled out real quick and not a shot was fired.

The next day the Germans gave us a hard time before they retreated.

I have many more stories to tell and now’s the time to do it. I had many close calls and spent 24 days in the hospital in Africa and about two weeks in Germany. I’m 93 years old and still in the color guard of the VFW Post 9871 in North Ridgeville, the American Legion in Elyria and the DAV in Elyria, and the Senior Fellowship of Elyria. I’m a life member of all of them.

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Chaplain’s Corner Pastor Ron Baptiste

What’s Love got to do with it?

Jesus was ministering to a large crowd of people when this arrogant lawyer stood up and interrupted Jesus, trying to trick Jesus while showing off his own knowledge of the bible Luke 10:25-29. “A certain lawyer stood up and tempted Jesus.” The lawyer’s question was based on a theological debate that still goes on today: “Master, what I shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus replied “What is written in the law? “How readest thou?” You are the big scholar, read your own bible!

Then the lawyer tries to impress everyone by quoting the scripture; “Thou shall love the Lord your God with all thy heart and with all soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and love thy neighbor as thyself.” Everybody was so impressed and then Jesus replied. “Thou hath answered right, this DO and thou shall live.”

In the modern day Christian faith alone, we have so many different denominations, different ways of Church service and even different bibles. Some communities use musical instruments and some don’t and many just focus on who they can fellowship with and who they can’t. As a result of this type of thinking, the Christian faith is now broken into many mind, and love and love thy neighbor as thyself.” You would not steal from yourself, lie, hurt, backstab, the minorities instead of a majority. or cheat yourself. The reason we do this to others?

We really don’t know the love of God; we don’t love Instead of focusing on our differences, we should focus on what we do agree on and work together. We ourselves, so it is then impossible for us to love others. can’t afford to be so selective because “United we stand, divided we fall.”

We must stop just quoting the Word and start doing the Word, “be ye doers of the word and not hears only.” Some place more value on their “principles of faith” than they do the “people of faith.” What we believe should not divide us but whom we believe in should unite us. Jesus said in Mark 12:30 “There is none other commandment greater than these.” #1) “LOVE GOD” #2) “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF” If we could all truly follow this, this would solve many of our biggest problems (wars, economic crashes) God does not command us to do something that we can not do, so when He commands us to love Him, He tells us how: “with all your heart, soul, strength, www.thunderroadscolorado.com

Until next time, keep your face in the wind and your kickstand up.

Pastor Ron Founder of Covenant Confirmers Ministries Inc. www.covenantconfirmers.org Founder of Tennessee Biker Medical Clinic Inc. www.tennesseebikermedicalclinic.org TN.COC State Chaplain www.tenncoc.homestead.com Member of NCOM Christian Unity Council www. facebook.com/NCOM.Christian.Unity Pastor Ron’s messages can now be downloaded off the website Leadership Skills can now be downloaded off the website.

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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

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riding on hold once again.

Fast forward to 1993: I was still riding on the back when I saw a rather petite woman riding her own Harley Sportster up in South Dakota. An old itch started in my head-I still wanted to ride my own motorcycle and now it was a Harley – that’s what I wanted. I figured if this petite gal could ride and hold up her full size motorcycle solo – then I could learn it too. I did as many people do these days – registered for the MRC-RSS* course that MSF offered back in the day. Got my license on a cold rainy day in November 1992, rode a little Honda for a few months and by Spring was ready to buy and ride my first Harley Davidson – an old iron-head Sportster, a 1984 Roadster model, everyone called her ‘Baby’ though she seemed huge to me. I put over 50,000 miles on that Sportster.

Nowadays, I ride my custom Harley-FXR that my husband and I built from the frame out in 2003. I call my bike Scarlett Dancer and with her factory-bored twin cam engine, she’s 1545 cc’s of raw power. Here’s the deal though - I only get to ride on the days that end in ‘Y’ (and any other chance I can get.) LoL. My favorite ride is when I head out of town for a long road trip. It mostly does not matter where I’m headed – just getting out and riding for 100s of miles in a day – day after day – just living for the ride alone. On those days my only job being the challenge of riding the next mile and the one after that, and the next one after that-as safely and with as much skill and fun as I can. That’s the best!

Many years ago, in an effort to spread the joy of riding and encourage other women to become riders – I became an MSF Instructor. I really enjoy teaching the well designed courses that MSF offers. I currently own and run Bluecreek Motorcycle Training LLC: we offer from beginners to experienced rider classes at our school in Denver, CO. I totally agree with Carrie that taking an MSF course is one of the best ways to learn to ride or to practice and improve your existing skills. There is always more to learn.

Around 1997, I created a motorcycle maintenance class for women riders. I still teach this class today and it’s not just

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hese days I’m just a mild-mannered Grandma who happens to ride a big bad Harley! Like Carrie’s story last month – my interest in motorcycles started early, about 11-12 years old, and my mother and father also thought it was out of the question for a girl to ride a motorcycle. Unlike Carrie though, my Uncle and his son ‘Cousin Butch’ loved to encourage and help me sneak about and ride their little Honda 90 as often as possible (when my folks were not around of course). We explained away any bruises, cuts or the occasional concussion as ‘accidents while out riding the horses’ which was a sanctioned activity as those horses always needed some exercising and Dad anyway, approved of us taking the horses out just about any time.

During high school and the 1960s I had a couple of boyfriends who rode Honda’s and I rode on the back for awhile. Once out on my own, I lived in California with a former mc racer who tried to teach me how to ride my own. His heart was in the right place, but he wasn’t the best instructor. Go figure – the racer told me all about going and upshifting …. nothing about how to brake, stop or downshift! This worked out fine until we found ourselves at the top of a little mountain in So. California and it was time to come back down. Long story short I wrecked the bike on the first sharp left hand corner and wiped out, only minor injuries really, but I limped around semi-crippled for about 3 weeks and decided I didn’t need to ride my own at that time. I wasn’t totally discouraged – just thought I should put it on hold until my dancing career would be over (about 25 years later to be exact!)

This same racer also taught me how much fun it was to scrape the pegs whipping around the corners on Mulholland Drive. I’d see sparks flying off the pegs when I looked down while seated behind him – it was so exciting! Needless to say, I did continue to have the occasional adventure on a motorcycle and even tried riding my own street bike again shortly after I moved to Colorado in 1971 but by the midseventies I was a married woman, having babies and I put 16 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado

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for the girls anymore, men frequently join the classes now.

Along those lines, I have participated in a number of ‘bike builds’ with different themes. My favorite was Gina Woods’ All Girls Bike Build held in Chicago in 2007 for the Moose Heart Children’s Charity.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation has honored me twice by giving me the 2005 “Outstanding Rider Coach, Colorado” and in 2007 the “Outstanding Motorcycle Safety Support” awards.

Since the early 1990s the list of my other accomplishments has steadily grown as I’ve been honored to speak before many different riders’ groups. Standing out in my mind is twice I’ve been asked to step in and talk to women riders at the 2009 and 2012 AMA Women & Motorcycling Conferences. This year in May of 2014 I had the privilege of joining a panel of women riders at the Steel Horse Sisterhood Event held in Denver: I also gave a small seminar on the value of ongoing motorcycle training. I have a special interest in teaching Deaf riders the MSF courses and I have published two motorcycle related books.

If you see me out there riding – wave at me, I’ll wave back!

Jasmine Bluecreek Clark All of these things can be read about online on my personal web site: www.bluecreekartworks.com.

For Information about MSF Riding Classes at my school: www.bluecreekmotorcycletraining.com *Motorcycle Riders Course-Riding & Street Skills, the Motorcycle Safety Foundations precursor to the BRC currently offered.

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NOVEMBER Denver Veterans Day Parade and Festival Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 ï 10:00 am Parade starts at 14th St. & W. Colfax Ave. Prime Viewing Areas: Colfax & Court Pl 15th & Court Pl 15th & Welton St Welton St & 17th St Broadway & E 17th Ave Parade will head south on Broadway and end at E 14th Ave & Broadway at Civic Center Park This year’s Denver Veterans Day Parade will be comprised of local Veterans organizations and supporters. The Veteran community has really stepped up and pooled resources to give the community a reason to show up and support this important cause. The Parade represents a salute to our Veterans ñ those who have risked life and limb to ensure our freedoms.

This family-friendly festival offers free admission, live music, kids activities, wide variety of food, and a beer garden. At dusk, VFW Post 1 will be presenting a spectacular laser light show that will be reflected off the Greek Amphitheatre in Civic Center Park. The festival serves as a celebratory ìthank youî to our Veterans who have fought to ensure our freedoms.

The Festival will have static displays of both vintage and modern military vehicles for spectators to engage and take photos with. Uniformed men and women will be in attendance.

---------------------------------------------------------Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade November 8th, 2014 10:00 AM Downtown Tejon Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 One of the United States largest Veterans Day Parades. Parade features veterans groups, active duty military units, floats, and bands. Fun for the whole family. The Colorado Veterans Day Parade proceeds south on Tejon Street, starting at St. Vrain Street and ending at Vermijo Avenue.

Phone Number:(719) 282-3862 ---------------------------------------------------------Veteran’s Day Bike and Fashion Show November 8th, 2014 9:00 AM Thunder Mountain Harley Davison 4250 Byrd Drive Loveland, CO 80538 Bike Show 9 AM - 3 PM Fashion Show 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Bike Show Awards 3:30 PM After Awards Party 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Free Chili and Beer 11AM until it’s gone $500 Best in Show & other prizes awarded Latest H-D Fashions for men, women, kids and even pets! Wish lists available for the holidays. For more info & to register, call Jill at (970)292-0400 ----------------------------------------------------------

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Chili Cook Off Saturday, November 08, 2014 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Grand Junction Harley Davidson 2747 Crossroads Blvd Grand Junction, CO 81506 Chili Cook Off on Saturday November 8th from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Please call the dealership for further details. (970)245-0812 ---------------------------------------------------------Tanner Gun Show November 8-9 Nov 8th 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Nov 9th 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Denver Mart, East 58th Avenue, Denver, CO The Denver show is our largest show. Weíve been around since 1964 and at the same location (Denver Mart) since 1984. With about 700 tables, this show is twice as large as any other gun show in Colorado.

The show is held in the Pavilion Building at the Denver Mart, which is on the Northwest corner of the Mart property behind the Comfort Inn Hotel. When you exit I-25 at 58th Ave. go East and then take your first left turn (you will see a Steak Escape/Taco Johnís on your left). Just take that road about 300 yards and you will see the Pavilion building with our sign out front.Not only is our Denver show 3X larger than any other gun show in Colorado, but we also have a much higher percentage of guns, knives, and related items than any of those other shows. At our Denver show you’ll find 700 tables with all types of guns, knives, ammunition, survival gear/food, and related hunting and fishing accessories including, holsters, western wear, gun safes, books, war relics, and other collectibles. We attract vendors from throughout the Western half of the U.S., so you are guaranteed the largest selection of old and new firearms in the State.

Concealed carry permit classes are also available at the show through Tac*One Consulting. Classes are held once on Saturday and once on Sunday during the show.

Please call (720) 432-3229 for more information on the classes including pricing and times.

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(303)756-3467 ---------------------------------------------------------Winter Storage Seminar November 15th, 2014 10:00 AM Sun Harley Davidson 8858 Pearl St. Denver, CO 80229 If you plan to store your bike for the winter, there are certain steps you should follow in preparing it for storage. Join us on Saturday, November 15th at 10:am for our Winter Storage Seminar to learn the proper way to prepare your motorcycle for the winter (non-riding) months!

For more info please call (303)287-7567 ---------------------------------------------------------Gun and Knife Collectors Show November 22-23, 2014 December 13-14, 2014 Saturday: 9am - 5pm Sunday: 9am - 4pm Freedom Financial Expo Center

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3650 N Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Features 500 tables filled with exhibitors displaying and selling shotguns, rifles, handguns-new and used, holsters, gun cases, ammo and reloading equipment, modern and custom knives, gun parts, gun books, military items and more.

Phone Number: (563) 927-8176 http://www.rkshows.com ---------------------------------------------------------34th Annual Turkey Run Sunday, November 23 - 9am-5pm Rocky Mountain Harley-Davidson 2885 W. County Line Road Littleton, CO 80129 Join us on our Annual Turkey Run! $20 per poker hand at registration for your chance to win a Thanksgiving turkey! Best hands will take home their main course. There will be 5 stops total (including the dealership for registration), but the route will not be released until the day of registration! Receive a commemorative limited edition Turkey Run pin, too!

Ride your motorcycle, drive your cage, walk... Join us!

Call the dealership for further details! Phone: (303)703-2885 ---------------------------------------------------------Rocky Mountain Auto Show Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street in Denver, Colorado http://www.cremedelachrome.com/ November 29, 2013 - Sunday, December 1, 2013 Greybeard Promotions, Inc. and OíReilly Auto Parts are pleased to present The 17th Annual OíReilly Auto Parts Rocky Mountain Auto Show, better known as the CrËme de la Chrome of the Rockies.

Denverís most notable Thanksgiving weekend tradition will take place Friday, November 29, 2013 through Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Colorado Convention Center located at 700 14th Street in Denver, Colorado.

This year’s event will include an interactive feature that has never taken place at The Rocky Mountain Auto Show, a live automotive auction of specialty collector vehicles hosted by Superior Collector Car Auctions. Previewing for the auction will take place on Friday, November 29, 2013 and the live auction is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 30, 2013 between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Additionally, the event will showcase millions of dollarsí worth of cars, trucks and motorcycles and include over 75 automotive-related vendors. Many of the vehicles have been featured at nationally recognized auto shows throughout the year.

“We recognize that our show has a considerable following and we strive to produce a show that will not only meet, but exceed our guestsí expectations each year.î, said David Haska, Vice President and acting Chief Executive Officer of Greybeard Promotions, Inc. ìThis yearís event has something that we hope everyone will enjoy.”

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Highland Tavern 3400 Navajo Street Denver, Colorado 80211 303-433-1990 This little gem of a tavern is nestled in the old Highland neighborhood on the corner of 34th Avenue and Navajo Street. The front of the building still shows a faded Coors sign etched in stone on the corner of the building over the door. Coors used quite a few buildings like this in the early 20th century.

This building was supposedly opened in 1901 as one of the original Coors Taverns and distribution points.

The food at the Highland Tavern is outstanding. Many of the popular items are house made from scratch including the pork rinds, tater tots, roasted turkey and pastrami that is made in-house. There is something for everyone on the menu including nightly specials and a Sunday Brunch.

We arrived at the tavern at the tail end of the Sunday Brunch and noshed on some pork rinds and tater tots since we wanted to order off of the larger, regular menu. The pork rinds were not like any pork rind I have ever eaten before.

Light, crispy with a chili lime salt that made them completely addicting. The homemade tater tots were amazing as well, the delicious little balls of potato with just the right seasoning are just as addictive as the pork rinds.

When we were ready for lunch we had a hard time choosing what to order. There are so many tasty sounding offerings on the menu, from the crispy confit chicken wings to the macaroni and cheese. We decided to order the macaroni and cheese and a cup of the slo-beef red chili to share and then order sandwiches. As you would expect, after the great appetizers, the mac and cheese wasn’t ordinary at all; it was a multi-cheese sauce with gruyere and several other cheeses served with seasoned breadcrumbs on top. It was cheesy, creamy and had just a little crunch from the bread crumbs.

It was the best macaroni and cheese I have ever had at a restaurant (and I am a connoisseur of mac-n-cheese.) The slow cooked beef red chili was like a TexMex chili colliding with New Mexico/Colorado red chili with just the right amount of heat. It was another winner, as all of our food was.

Once we gobbled up the mac and cheese and chili we each ordered a different sandwich. The Pastrami sandwich (also known as the Bombshell) was one of the best I have ever had, probably because the pastrami was brined and smoked in-house.

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The burger we ordered was hand-packed, perfectly cooked and totally delicious. The one sandwich we all assumed would be hum-drum, was the turkey sandwich. It didn’t turn out to be hum-drum. It was a delicious house roasted turkey (none of that deli stuff) with bacon, avocado, and a sweet onion relish topped with spring greens and mayo. It was anything but ordinary and tasted great!

This is a great destination after a good long ride with plenty of offerings to satisfy any hunger. Simply put, this neighborhood bar has a great beer selection and some fantastic food. It is a Bronco bar so if the Broncos are playing, the game is up on all the LED TVs scattered around the tavern so that all can watch the game in Hi Definition.

The Highland Tavern is a destination that is definitely worth the trip—wherever your starting point may be.

Carrie McCauley

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mily’s Parade saw its 9th year on September 28th, 2014. The parade memorializes Emily Keyes and the tragic events that took place at the Platte Valley High School where she lost her life. The first parade of motorcycles was organized just eight days after she lost her life. Nine years later and it has become a tradition memorializing both Emily and all those who lost their lives at Columbine High School and across the United States. This year the parade included more than 1800 registered bikes with more than 400 registered passengers participating in the ride from Columbine High School to Platte Valley High School.

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Motorcycle after motorcycle rolls up to Columbine High School to register for the parade, they are assisted by one of the more than three hundred volunteers. Prior to the parade start, there is a ceremony to honor all of the students who have lost their life to school violence.

The “I Love U Guys” Foundation is the charity that sponsors the parade and gets its name from the messages Emily sent to her family from the classroom where she and a number of other students were held at gunpoint. “I Love U Guys” has become the name of the foundation that developed the Standard Response Protocol (SRP), a classroom response to any school incident. The foundations aim is to advance

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school safety.

This year the students of Columbine High School donated $1,800 to the foundation.

During the ceremony prior to the start of the parade, one balloon is released into the bright blue fall sky of Colorado for each student that lost their life to school violence. Each year the hope is that there will be no more balloons added to the ones already being released. Unfortunately, this year was not that year.

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she taught us what to say, I love you guys” Shortly following that statement “… start your engines!” was heard from the stage and the roar of more than 1800 motorcycles starting echoed in the clear Colorado morning. Wow, what a sound that was!

This year as the 1813 motorcycles and their passengers rolled up the hill. The community was out in support all along the route from Columbine to Platte Valley High School.

There were people standing and waving the bikes on as they motored toward their destination.

Along the highway, were pink ribbons, Emily’s favorite color, tied to fence posts, light poles and woven through chain link, accomplished by a very small crew of volunteers who help to decorate the side of the road on the way up to the high school the day before the parade.

While Emily’s Parade is proceeding up the hill, there is also a 5K cross country run around the Platte Canyon High property. This year saw more than one hundred runners participate in the cross country run that converges with the motorcyclists as they enter Platte Valley High School.

The parade and the cross country run produced hungry bikers and runners. Those hungry throngs were fed by more volunteers with the sounds of a live band to entertain everyone as they ate their burgers and sloppy joes. The flight for life helicopter did its annual fly over the field while thousands of those on the ground waved pink ribbons in memory of Emily Keyes and all of the students affected by school violence. As the band played on, the crowd began to disperse back down the mountain.

The I Love U Guys foundation focuses advancing student and school safety. The I Love U Guys foundation created the Standard Response Protocol. The Standard Response Protocol can be utilized in any situation be it intruders, fire or weather. To find out more about the Standard Response Protocol visit the I Love U Guys Foundation website at http:// iloveuguys.org/srp.html 24 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado

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by Bob “Bulldog” Ousley Dear Fellow Veterans and Patriots of Tennessee: Finally November is here and the real holiday season begins. I love the cool weather, the prospect of wood burning in the fireplace, deep fried turkey and all of the wonderful treats the holidays bring. It’s a time to reflect on life, family, being thankful for what you have and begin building expectations for a better year in 2015. Yes, I know. November this year kind of stumbles through the “feel good season” door due to important elections, Ebola epidemics, economic instability and terrorists taking over parts of the world.

But hey!! We have a choice. We can look at the glass half full, show kindness to our fellow man and screen out some of the chaos. It’s our choice at least until the after Thanksgiving sales begin.

One way to show kindness to strangers is to back the hell off someone’s bumper in rush hour traffic and give a guy a break when he’s trying to move over a lane. We have way too many idiots from around the country who are moving to Tennessee only to inflict their East coast and West coast “all about me driving rudeness” on kind hearted native “Volunteers.” Have you ever analyzed rush hour traffic? If not, it would be a worthy and enlightening exercise. If you really look at what happens the sky will open up and the sun will shine through. Native Tennesseans I expect you to understand this way before the imports do.

What do you think causes rush hour traffic to slow to a snails crawl? Its drivers trying to change lanes!

I say “trying” because there are a ton of out of state retentives on the road who think letting someone change lanes and get in front of them will bring disgrace from the driving fraternity or make them late to work or cause them to lose the twice a day crazy race. These are the same people who grab all the mashed potatoes before they get around the table to you. What happens when you need to get over and nobody lets you in? You start slowing down to find a place to move over so you can hit your turn off. When your car slows down the guy behind pulls up on your bumper and then space between every car www.thunderroadscolorado.com

on the road goes away and you have a hundred cars all trying to beg for someone to let them move over in one direction or another. The result is a parking lot.

There’s no holiday spirit in rush hour. I wish I had a nickel for every time some bumper hugger mutters, “you’re not getting in front of me you SOB!!!”

People, people, people… trust the Bulldog. Believe me and try it. If you back off the car in front of you and let people into your lane without making them slow down, the overall traffic flow will move at a higher speed and you will actually get where you are going faster. I know it sound counter intuitive but it’s true.

Cooperate and keep traffic up to speed. And please let the big gorillas, the tractor trailers, change lanes.

If you slow them down it takes forever to get them back up to speed. Let them jam gears and keep on rollin. Naturally we motorcycle riders rise above all of this petty driving aggressiveness. I think we are just basically smarter but our driving environment also gives us a better perspective on traffic and safety.

After all, we’re trained professionals!

One more word about changing lanes – use your turn signals, use your turn signals and use your turn signals.

Okay, that’s more than one but you get the point. When people show kindness and courtesy on the road, they arrive at work and back home with a better attitude and less stress. Fewer spouses get beaten, less people die of heart attacks, more babies are born, Christmas bonuses are bigger and harmony spreads across the world. That is the embodiment of the holiday spirit and it all started with one driver letting another driver change lanes.

What could be simpler and more generous? Of course this is only for driving on the roads and does not apply to lines at Walmart.

Give thanks for America’s veterans on November 11th, Veterans Day, and enjoy all the blessings of the holidays. I can taste the turkey and dressing already.

Thank you in advance for letting me move over in rush hour.

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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Tasty Recipes

All of these recipes have been kitchen tested and biker approved.

SLOW COOKER BEEF CARNITAS This is a very simple and easy recipe that makes enough to freeze for future meals.

1 tbs canola oil 1 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 tbs medium hot chili powder, New Mexico red 1/2 large unpeeled orange, cut into wedges 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 lbs beef stew meat, trimmed and cut into small chunks 1 cup less-sodium beef broth 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper, ground 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper Cooking spray 16 corn tortillas Toppings: green onions, sliced tomatoes, diced pico de gallo sour cream salsa lime wedges 1. In a large pre heated Dutch oven drizzle oil into pan.

Cook the onions for approximately 2 minutes. Add the meat and brown well. Add the garlic, chili powder, broth and salt and pepper.

2. Bring to a boil. Transfer to a slow cooker, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until beef is tender.

Remove and discard orange wedge pieces.

3. Warm the corn tortillas in a pan with a bit of cooking spray.

4. Serve with the warmed corn tortillas, and your choice of toppings: Like pico de gallo, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, sliced green onions, or lime wedges for squeezing onto the tacos Servings: 8 BLUE CHEESE SPREAD 4 oz blue cheese crumbles 8 oz light cream cheese 1 Tbs Worcestershire 1 Tbs Finely Minced Onion 1 Tbs Finely chopped Spanish Olives with Pimentos Serve with crackers or pipe into celery sticks and chill. Cut celery sticks into small bite size pieces.

Servings: 12

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SHRIMP “SCAMPI” PASTA Shhhhh ... don’t tell anyone that this is a low fat recipe 2 tsp olive oil 2 tbs butter 28 large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1 1/2 pounds) 8 garlic cloves, minced 1/3 cup Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice 2/3 lb linguine Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp; sauté 1 minute. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Stir in wine, salt, and pepper; bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook 30 seconds. Add parsley and juice; toss well to coat. Cook 1 minute or until shrimp are done.

Servings: 4

SWEET POTATO PIE I can’t tell you how many times I have made this pie and people have remarked “This is the best pumpkin pie I have ever had”. When I tell them that it is sweet potato pie and not pumpkin they usually say “Wow, I didn’t think I liked sweet potato pie” 4 to 5 sweet potatoes, roasted (about 2 - 2 1/2 cups mashed) 1/2 stick butter, softened at room temperature 2 eggs, well beaten 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg 1/8 tsp ground allspice 2 tbs bourbon (optional) 3/4 cup evaporated milk 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the sweet potatoes for approximately one hour or until fork tender. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Scrape the pulp out of the skins and transfer to a mixing bowl.

2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. 3. In a mixing bowl, combine the sweet potato pulp, butter, eggs, brown sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, bourbon and evaporated milk. Mix together well.

4. Pour into pie shell and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat of the oven to 350 degrees F. and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until firm in the center.

5. Serve with whipped cream Servings: 8

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1. When I was born, I was given a choice - a big pecker or a good memory.... I don’t remember what I chose.

2. Your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory.

3. A wife is a sex object. Every time you ask for sex, she objects.

4. Impotence: nature’s way of saying, “No hard feelings...”

5. There are only two four letter words that are offensive to men - ‘don’t’ and ‘stop’, unless they are used together.

6. Panties: Not the best thing on earth, but next to the best thing on earth.

7. There are three stages in a man’s life: Tri-Weekly, Try Weekly and Try Weakly.

8. Virginity can be cured.

9. Virginity is not dignity, it’s lack of opportunity.

10. Having sex is like playing bridge - if you don’t have a good partner, you better have a good hand.

11. I tried phone sex once, but the holes in the dial were too small.

12. Marriage is the only war where you get to sleep with the enemy.

13. Question: What’s an Australian kiss? Answer: The same thing as a French kiss, only down under.

14. A couple just married were happy with the whole thing. He was happy with the Hole and she was happy with the Thing.

15. Question: What are the three biggest tragedies in a man’s life? Answer: Life sucks, job sucks and the wife doesn’t.

16. Question: Why do men find it difficult to make eye contact? Answer: Breasts don’t have eyes.

17. Despite the old saying, ‘Don’t take your troubles to bed’, many men still sleep with their wives!

Two bikers; Buster and Bodie rode into a gas station in Kentucky for a fill-up because they heard about a contest being offered by the station to patrons who purchased a full tank of gas. When they went inside to pay, the guys asked the attendant about the contest.

“If you win, you’re entitled to free sex” said the attendant. “How do we enter?” asked Buster.

“Well, I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10, if you guess right, you win free sex.” “OK. I guess 7,” said Bodie. “Sorry, I was thinking of 8,” replied the attendant.

The next week, the two buddies go back to the same station to get gas. When they went inside to pay, Buster asked the attendant if the contest was still going on.

“Sure,” replied the attendant. “I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10, if you guess right you win free sex.”

“2” said Buster.

“Sorry, I was thinking of 3,” replied the attendant. “Y’all come back soon and try again.”

As they walked back to their bikes, Bodie said to Buster, “You know, I’m beginning to think this contest is rigged.”

“No way,” replied Buster. “My wife won three times last week.”

Chopper Zeke was in a bar n’ grill yesterday, feeling no pain and chillaxin’ with a great mellow buzz, when he suddenly realized he desperately needed to fart. The music was really, really loud, so he timed his farts with the beat of the music.

After a couple of songs, heI started to feel a whole lot better. He finished his beer, and noticed that everybody was staring at him...

Then it dawned on him that he was listening to his iPod.

Two blondes living in So. California were sitting on the beach talking and gazing at a beautiful full moon when one blonde says to the other, ‘Which do you think is farther away... Florida or the moon?’

The other blonde turns and says ‘Helloooooo, can you see Florida ??”

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News Bytes NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish, National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM)

CITY IN WASHINGTON SETTLES PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT WITH BIKERS The city of Kennewick, Washington has settled with a Tacoma motorcyclist and a group of motorcycle clubs who accused the city of violating the state Public Records Act. The city will pay $45,000 as part of the settlement of two lawsuits and will release some of the disputed records, City Attorney Lisa Beaton recently told the city council.

The city has not admitted any wrongdoing in the handling of the records requests filed by Edward Goehring and the Washington Confederation of Clubs (COC).

Both separately sued Kennewick after they claim they were improperly denied documents, including photos and videos, that Kennewick police took when they cited motorcyclists in separate incidents.

Goehring was one of eight motorcyclists stopped by Kennewick police and Benton County sheriff’s deputies in August 2012 and cited for traffic violations.

And in April 2013, authorities stopped some motorcyclists from the Washington Confederation of Clubs and cited them for traffic infractions during a gathering in Kennewick.

In both cases, Kennewick police pursued information about outlaw motorcycle gangs, according to Beaton.

The city, Goehring and the motorcycle club still disagree about some records. However, they agreed to have a thirdparty arbitrator review those records to decide which should be withheld or redacted and then released, Beaton told the Tri-City Herald.

The $45,000 will come from the city’s risk management fund.

Insurance does not cover public record lawsuits, she said. About $12,400 will go to the WA COC, and Goehring will receive the remainder.

As part of the agreement, Goehring and the motorcycle clubs will dismiss their lawsuits with prejudice, which means they can’t be filed again, according to city documents.

Goehring and the Washington Confederation of Clubs are represented by the same attorney group, Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) Attorneys Marty Fox and Mike Meyers.

CHIEF OF POLICE CANCELS OCEAN CITY BIKE WEEK“NO COLORS” POLICY A.I.M. Attorney addresses Ocean City’s No Colors Policy...

GOOD NEWS (Sept 12, 2014): The Maryland Confederation Of Clubs Attorney Mitchell Greenberg approached the Ocean City Police on Thursday, Sept. 11 to address the “NO COLORS” policy stated on the Chief of Police Bike Week Rules and Regulations page on the OCPD website.

The matter was brought to a quick and friendly close including a personal call to Mitch from Chief of Police Ross Buzzuro who assured the Maryland Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) 30 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado

Attorney that all Clubs and Colors are welcome in Ocean City. Mitch in turn assured Chief Buzzuro that the leaders of each Club share his hope for a Safe and Incident-Free bike week.

The OCPD also assured Mitch that the “No Colors” language will be removed as soon as possible and that Colors are welcome in Ocean City public areas.

NHTSA WAIVES BUY-AMERICAN REQUIREMENT FOR MICHIGAN RIDER TRAINING Because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that American makers don’t offer a small and light enough motorcycle for a Michigan Rider Training Program, the agency has approved their request to waive federal BuyAmerican rules to allow the state to purchase foreign-made motorcycles for their courses.

The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning will now use government grant money to buy a fleet of 20 Suzuki training motorcycles, though so-called “Buy America rules” say NHTSA cannot award any funds “unless steel, iron, and manufactured products used in such project are produced in the United States.”

However, NHTSA is allowed to waive the rules if they are “inconsistent with the public interest” or such materials and products are not produced in the United States in reasonably available quantities or “the inclusion of domestic material will increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 25 percent.”

Finding that “a cost waiver is appropriate for the twenty training motorcycles because domestically produced motorcycles would increase the cost by more than 25 percent,” NHTSA awarded Michigan grant funds to improve rider training.

VIRGINIA COPS SPIED ON MOTORISTS AT POLITICAL RALLIES Documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia confirm that the Virginia State Police used cameras to track motorists attending political events.

Automated license plate readers (ALPR) are used by law enforcement agencies throughout the country, ostensibly to fight crime by finding stolen cars. But a March 18, 2009 state police memo also documents the use of the “Help Eliminate Auto Theft” (HEAT) camera to identify attendees at 2008 campaign events for then-Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

It was not until 2012 that the state police chief asked for an official determination of the legality of the license plate reader program, and in a February 13, 2013 ruling, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli blasted the “passive” use of recording the comings and goings of innocent drivers who are not part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

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News Bytes speculative,” Cuccinelli wrote. “Therefore, with no exemption applicable to it, the collection of license plate reader data in the passive manner does not comport with the Data Act’s strictures and prohibitions, and may not lawfully be done.”

TAG, YOU’RE IT In a survey of 2,000 licensed adult men and women across the country, Carinsurance.com found that half or more of America’s drivers would support the use of special license plates to identify certain drivers on the road: - 49.4% support license plates identifying drivers older than 70.

- 57.9% support license plates identifying novice drivers.

- 59.8% support license plates identifying those convicted of texting while driving.

- 69.1% support license plates identifying those convicted of a DUI. ANTI-POLLUTION RULES IN SPANISH CAPITAL FAVOR MOTORCYCLES New anti-pollution regulations in Spain’s capital Madrid exempt motorcycles during restrictive hours. Effective the first day of 2015, no non-resident will be allowed in the center of the city, but these restrictions do not apply to motorcycles, which are free to roam the center of Madrid.

Still the exemption is only valid between 7am and 10 pm, but it’s important to note that the mayor of a big city understands that bikes are a solution in the urban clutter and not the problem.

BIKERS VS. ISIS: “NETHERLANDS OKAYS BIKER GANGS TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE” The Dutch public prosecutor has announced that “motorbike gang members” who have joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group are not necessarily committing any crime.

Members of the infamous ‘No Surrender’ motorcycle club are fighting against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, and public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin told the AFP news service, “Joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it’s no longer forbidden.”

Many countries including the Netherlands have been clamping down on their nationals trying to join ISIS jihadists who have taken over swathes of Iraq and Syria. Measures include confiscating would-be jihadists’ passports before travelling and threatening prosecution should they return.

“You just can’t join a fight against the Netherlands,” he told AFP after reports emerged that the Dutch bikers were fighting ISIS insurgents alongside Kurdish troops in the Middle East.

In November 1965, Ralph “Sonny” Barger of the Hells Angels MC sent a letter to President Lyndon Johnson at the White House offering tactical support for the war effort: “I volunteer a group of loyal Americans for behind-the-line duty in Vietnam.

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SNITCH ALERT -- AUSTRALIAN BIKER REWARD SYSTEM DEEMED UNSUCCESSFUL In October 2013, Police Minister in the Australian state of Queensland, Jack Dempsey, announced Queensland’s Crime Stoppers would be allocated $5 million in reward funding for information about criminal gangs or bikers. But so far only $1,150 has been paid out.

Dr. Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University Criminologist, said the information being provided has not necessarily helped the crackdown on bikers. “[Crime Stoppers] have received about 1200 pieces of information,” he said. “124 offenders have been arrested in relation to drug and property and weapon matters, but interestingly though, only 22 people can actually be able to have shown to have any links to any criminal organizations - it’d interesting to see how many of those 22 were actually bikers.”

Between 2000 and 2010 the Queensland police -- a separate organization from Crime Stoppers -- paid out $900,000 in rewards, and although figures weren’t available for Crime Stoppers, Dr. Goldsworthy said they’d be quite different to QPS figures. He said the reward campaign has not had the outcome the Government anticipated… “This reward system has been highly advertised, and to only have one successful pay out, indicates to me that I don’t think it’s a success.”

WEIRD NEWS: HORMEL MOTORCYCLE RUNS ON BACON GREASE Hormel Foods Corp. headed out on the highway with a motorcycle designed to run on bacon grease. The Austin, MNbased company created a new marketing campaign in time for the International Bacon Film Festival in San Diego in late August, and rode the bacon bike from Minnesota to California.

America runs on bacon, and so does this bike -- getting about 100 mpg -- and the exhaust smells like bacon! Hormel and marketing firm BBDO Minneapolis sponsored the world’s first motorcycle that runs on organic biodiesel made of refined bacon grease, and a team of 12 travelled with a rider during the trip to document the journey for a film, “Driven By Bacon,” which was shown at the film festival this year.

Charlie Smithson of CSE Engineering and Taylor Bamber, Smithson’s work partner, custom designed the motorcycle based on a rare 2011 Track T-800CDI diesel model. Grease is an abundant fuel source, as hotels and restaurants in the United States generate 3 billion gallons of waste cooking oil per year, which could fill tanker trucks parked bumper-tobumper from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and back.

Hormel representatives say the marketing push is an exciting opportunity to spread the word about Hormel’s Black Label Bacon brand and the pig-powered hog will likely be used as a promotional tool in the future.

Once the film is complete, the motorcycle could be displayed at the Spam Museum.

QUOTABLE QUOTE: “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” ~ Government posters in the city of Chicago (1928) - original authorship unknown

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