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Well, it’s finally here and we here at Full Throttle are stoked for the 22nd annual Florida Motorcycle Expo and Bike Builder Invitational! It all happens at Bert’s Barracuda Harley-Davidson on 49th Street in Pinellas Park across the Street and in conjunction with Quaker Steak and Lube. Live bands all weekend at both locations with National acts Buckcherry playing on Thursday Night, Uncle Kracker on Friday night and Daughtry on Saturday night! Along with $100 an hour give-a-ways, a Wednesday night kick off bike night party sponsored by Moramoto, Burlesque Show on Thursday night, Bikini Contest on Friday Night and of course our huge bike show on Sunday with our Bike Builder Invitational Awards. Just so everyone knows, the EXPO IS FREE TO ATTEND!!! The vendors, bars and dealership are FREE to come and enjoy. The Bands and concerts are ticketed. Only $20 a day to see some amazing bands and you can buy a 3-day pass for $45 on Wed or Thursday. There is a ticket gate a General Admission tickets are available day of and online on Eventbrite.com. There is also a VIP area for $200 for all three days or you can buy day of VIP only for $100 and that includes an up-front viewing area and free beer and food while it lasts. This looks like it is going to be the biggest EXPO we have ever put on all thanks to some amazing sponsors and a great location. Our title sponsors for this expo are of course the amazing ATTORNEY FRAN HAASCH, MORAMOTO, BERT’S BARRACUDA HARLEY, iMOTORSPORTS, 98ROCK and SHORTKIDS HIVE! When the expo is over, we jump right into the heart of all the

events here in Florida! The Weekend after The Expo is Thunder by The Bay at the Sarasota Fairgrounds! Of Course, March includes Bike Week in Daytona Beach. This year we are putting on multiple bike shows like we always do. The ones we have at time of press are Wednesday March 11th we are working with The Rats Hole Show and Indian of Daytona Beach to host a 10-class ride in bike show at Indian of Daytona Beach on Beach Street. Thursday March 12th we are hosting our Down and Dirty Bike Show at the Grandview Live in the evening. Friday March 13th, we host the largest bike show in Daytona Beach on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk. Then we finish the Week on March 14th at the Daytona International Speedway hosting a 10-class ride in bike show there. We will be out riding and enjoying Bike Week as much as possible this year. When you see us stop us for a picture! Then in April, we head over to LEESBURG for Leesburg Bike Fest! This is going to be amazing as hundreds of thousands of bikers pack into this little town every year and make it one big party! They always have great bands, this year they will have Saliva and Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry as well as numerous other bands! Full Throttle hosts a bike show there on Friday and the Rats Hole does a big show on Saturday. We hope to see everyone either at the Expo, Bike Week or Leesburg Bike Fest! Be sure to check out our bend new Website! It has been about 10 years since we updated our website and this new one is great! We will have everything our old website had and much more! Also, if you are on Facebook and Instagram be sure to like our pages. We are constantly posting on those and updating about events and ride happening in the state of Florida. On Fridays at 12noon we go live and host our hour long FULL THROTTLEVISION web show. We always have a ton to talk about and we will do our best to have interesting people on the show to talk to in the motorcycle community and beyond. Be safe, ride smart, don’t drink and ride and I’ll see you soon! Happy birthday to Tracy and My Mom in February! Love ya!

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FEB 22ND - JOIN US FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL HITTIN' THE ROAD FOR HOSPICE MOTORCYCLE POKER RUN - Through scenic Pasco County. All event proceeds benefit hospice care in Pasco County through Gulfside Hospice. The top fundraising team will receive the Wings & Wheels Award, plus a trophy to display and bragging rights for the year. The ride will start at Harley-Davidson of New Port Richey with last bike out at 10 a.m. Post-run celebration will be at Elks Lodge #2731 in Zephyrhills. Additional stops to be announced. For more information, call Leesa Fryer at 727-845-5707 or visit www.HittinTheRoadForHospice.org. FEB 22ND - WEST COAST FLORIDA RIDERS PRESENTS VENOM'S WINTER BIKER BASH - AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A WEST COAST PARTY! We haven't done an event in this area since last summer. And this one is gonna be HUUUUUGGEEE. Join us for live music by Devious 4, bike show with custom trophies by J-Sizzle, beer and food specials, and WCFR shenanigans. Look for a WCFR group ride that day to NPR for our southern folk! Venom's Back Room Bar & Grill 7430 US Highway 19, New Port Richey, Florida 34652 FEB 22ND - SALIVA AT ROCK CRUSHER - SALIVA At Rock Crusher Pavilion February 22nd, 2020 With special guests Generator & 14 North. $25 in Advance, $30 at the Gate, $55 VIP Pit Pass in Advance, $60 VIP Pit Pass at Gate Doors Open at 6 PM -- FREE PARKING FEB 29 - ROCKING ROAD SHOW BIKE NIGHT AT THE KILTED AXE - The Rocking Road Show and The Kilted Axe have teamed up to create an amazing event! 10% of revenue for this event will be going back to organizations that support disabled veterans. The Kilted Axe will be/is a veteran-owned and operated premier indoor axe throwing range and the first of it's kind in Wesley Chapel. We offer a uniquely casual urban venue to experience the thrill of axe throwing Come hang out, have a drink on our balcony, socialize check out the bikes and slow races. Oh yeah did I mention BEER! 6027 Wesley Grove Blvd, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

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Yeah yeah yeah, you’ve all heard me say this before. Thankfully I really am becoming more aware of how, when, and who I ride with. As part of the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) group at USF along with the FDOT and Ride Smart Florida organization I and others are also looking at why people crash, and could those crashes have been prevented or lessened in anyway. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We all know what can happen if we lose focus for a moment or two while we are riding. The potential for devastating consequences happens fast and be can horrific. It can happen to new riders as well as old time riders with hundreds of thousands of miles under their belts. Crashes can also be result of someone being collected in someone else’s stupidity through no fault of your own. Case in point, my youngest daughter Nikki has been riding for about 7 years now. She started off in Sport Bikes and has graduated to Cruisers. She has had 2 horrific potentially life ending motorcycle crashes thru absolutely no fault of her own. First one she was a passenger on a sport bike whose rider was going too fast for conditions causing a single vehicle motorcycle crash where she was thrown off the bike she was on, the second crash she was stopped in front of her house waiting to turn left into her driveway when a vehicle with a distracted driver ran into her from behind at a very high rate of speed vaulting her up and over the car he was in and totaling her HD sportster. Both times she was unfortunately collected up in someone else’s mistakes. It happens, but the question has been asked could anything have been done to change the outcome of either of these incidents? Probably not. When looking at data gathered in in fatal motorcycle crashes by the Florida Department of Transportation some of the big items looked at are who was at fault, how many vehicles were involved, where did it happen, and was weather and or alcohol a factor? As we all ride around Florida each and every day, we see examples of three of the biggest kinds of crashes studied by various groups looking to see if they can determine what happened, why, and how can we change the outcomes in the future. They big three are, Left – Turn crashes, this is where you are riding along and someone makes a left-hand turn in front of the motorcycle and bam someone is impacting the vehicle as it crosses their path. The second one is Rear-End Crashes; you are riding along, and someone slams into the back of you. Mostly this happens when something happens in front of you, you see it and react to it and the person behind you doesn’t. Somewhat surprisingly is the large number of these accidents where the rider is struck from behind by a fellow rider who did not react quickly enough, correctly or you the rider lose focus for a moment and crash into the rider or vehicle in front of you. And the third one of these is single vehicle crash on a curve. The first two examples are us the riders being collected up by someone else’s mistakes as was the case with my daughter Nikki. This one is all on us, this is what I was talking about when I said we lose focus for one split second and it could have devastating consequences. Usually it is a result of carrying too much speed into a corner resulting in the rider and the bike leaving the road surface and end up off the road.

Now the big question, can any of these incidents be avoided or lessened, and if so, how? There is no simple answer to this, but as riders there are a few things we can do to help mitigate situations. One of the simplest things we as riders can do is we have to get out of the habit of wearing all dark clothing, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. I myself understand this and like the look of dark clothing, it looks cool, it doesn’t show dirt, its leather. BUT if we want to help ourselves stay alive, we need to get into the habit of wearing bright reflective clothing when we ride. We need to do whatever we can to make ourselves visible to other vehicles. The second and possibly more important thing is continued training. Not just the basic riding course we all have to take to get a new rider’s endorsement, but an advanced riders’ course by a certified riding school. These schools and advanced riders’ courses are invaluable. They will not only help you make the right decision; they will also help you more importantly execute the right decision the correct way helping to keep you safe. Here is an example of what I am saying, a rider sees a vehicle is about to turn left and potentially cross their path in front of them. You the rider recognize that there is sufficient distance to slow down and avoid hitting the vehicle and decide it that split decision to apply the brakes, which is the correct decision for the situation, however you in that split second fail to brake properly, lose control of the bike and crash. That is where that advanced rider course can be a big help in helping you make not only the correct decision but how to execute that correct decision properly. The course will teach you to search for these threats to your safety, how to not only choose the correct escape path but teach you how to be aware and always have an escape path, how to ride in control of not only your bike but also the situation you are riding in. As someone who has been riding for more years than I care to state with hundreds of thousands of miles under my belt, I thought I knew all there was to know about riding. This thought process put me into the same category as most experienced riders. My confidence in my ability was way overstated as I found out by taking my advanced riders’ course. From basic skills to learning how to handle debris on the roadway in a turn, to proper decision making and execution. I learned not only how to keep myself, but my passenger, and those riding with me safe by deciding to take that advanced rider’s course. I cannot stress how important these classes can be to help keeping you alive. In an effort to help you take an advanced rider course the FDOT, and the Motorcycle Safety Coalition will be offering to help offset the cost of an advanced riders course for those riders who reside in the top 10 counties with the highest amount of fatal crashes. This will be offered during Motorcycle Safety Month in May. We will also be talking about the new Riders Safety Course going to be offered by the Tampa Police Department. We will have all the details available in Full Throttle Magazine in the April addition. For now, Ride Safe.

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Welcome to the Expo edition. Can you believe its Expo time again?! Boy, how time flies. This year The Expo is bigger and better than ever. The line of bands in unbelievable. Saturday night its Daughtry taking the stage. Friday night country music is front and center with Uncle Kracker, Then all you Rock N Rollers out there Thursday its BuckCherry with special guest Jasmine Cain. We also have the local favorite with Greg Billings, Bearded Brothers and Jeff Vitolo and the Quarter Mile Rebels. Then we have some new bands that are up and coming with Fade to Grace and 22N and a band that hasn’t played the expo in a few years Bobby Friss band. 42

We kick it all off with a huge free Wednesday Bike Night with Reverend Berry and the Funk Band. You don’t want to miss this show. We will also be doing the slow race and other favorites as well as you get you first look at the lay out for the expo. Get your tickets for the whole weekend at eventbrite.com. then the very next weekend it’s the Thunder by The Bay in Sarasota Fl. always a great event and this year the headlining act is Warrant. Plus, lots of great bands all weekend. Well that’s about it from the back yard. Ride safe everyone and remember ladies. If you don’t find your man handsome, At least find him handy. MONGO

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I have thought of how we can pay it forward in 2020 and have come up with a few suggestions. What I would like to see as a challenge within our motorcycle community is to pay forward in one of the following ways:

• Buy a military members meal when they are in uniform. • Purchase some food, clothing, or essentials and donate them to a veteran organization (homeless or not). • Go to a senior center and simply share stories with a veteran. • Visit the children’s hospital and bring a toy, a game, a book to read a story, etc... • Participate in events such as Big Brother / Big Sister organizations. • Find a personal way to share your time and make a memory with children and veterans. If each and every one of us within our community could make one child, one service member, or one veterans day better, then we all prosper, we all win. Our motorcycle community is strong in numbers, strong in giving, and most importantly strong in care for others. We show up to a poker run/gathering for someone we never have even met just to donate our time, our money, to support those individuals. For this I thank you all, and look forward to you continued support in 2020. I am proud to be a member of this great community, as well should you. Shawn Rosen - Vendors/Sales - Full Throttle Magazine

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