Quick Throttle Northwest PAGES 5, 29 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER This issue marks the close of our 11th year of to this weekend, or that promoter’s schedules don’t permit P.O. Box 2241 publishing NW Quick Throttle Magazine. With moving the event. Still, to keep packing this same weekend with more events, the end result will be the same low or even PAGE 8 RIDE AND EVENTS CALENDAR Port Orchard, WA. 98366 th the March 2013 issue we will begin our 12 year of lower attendance that has plagued events for 5 years in a row. PAGES 10-12 CVO BREAKOUT 360-769-0408 serving the best riding community in the country! Sort of like having all of your favorite TV shows on at the [email protected] same time on the same night, right? HOLLISTER RALLY IT’S BBBBBAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK! Finally, after SAY WHAT? Publisher several years of denial, the Hollister City Council has approved As many of you long time readers know, we pride ourselves Mike Dalgaard a two-day “Hollister Freedom Rally” to take place July 5th and here on having a sense of the absurd for what goes on in and 6th in Hollister, California. This was always a great rally and around the industry. So you can see how finding out that the had a huge turnout from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. We City of Sturgis, South Dakota, for which a certain very famous Senior Editor attended every one, and they were all great except for the last motorcycle rally is named, is having to pay a third party to Jan Dalgaard one which looked like a Law enforcement convention. It cost use its own name during the rally is ludicrous in the extreme. the City of Hollister $432,000 for ramped up security costs Sadly, it is also true! Seems when the licensing deal involving despite the fact that there had never been a major incident at the Sturgis name was being made with a certain group from Editor the rally, and that the bulk of arrests had been among local Connecticut, the City of Sturgis somehow managed to give Diana Olmstead gangs who were annoyed at having “Bikers” on their so called up its right to use its own name, and must now pay upwards turf. The California Highway Patrol, the various Sheriffs of $60K per yearly rally to some rental spots that sell crappy departments, and local law enforcement, simply hated this souvenirs made in china, and lease spots to vendors selling Copyright Enforcement & Licensing: rally and tried for years to get rid of it. They accomplished all manner of Sturgis items. So says the son of Pappy Hoele, that by almost tripling the number of boots on the ground, founder of the rally back in the 30’s. The company in question, Ed Engle helicopters in the air and enough resources to invade and take SMRI is now being sued by several entities, but meanwhile is over a banana republic! From squads of cops in full riot gear raking it in every year. Just one more reason why everything to two helicopters circling all the time to several “Command in Sturgis requires a bank loan to buy. Features Editor & Control” vehicles it looked like a war zone. Most riders just Janga bailed out early. I left early and spent the last day of the rally in Monterey and Carmel, and never saw a cop. SPEAKING OF THE STURGIS RALLY Now, after years of trying to re-start this classic event it has Right now the Travel Channel is running a great 6 part Advertising finally happened. Amazing what happens when a town finally series covering the 2012 rally. Each episode is an hour long Diana Olmstead wakes up to how much money they are losing, especially when and loaded with great footage, great bikes, our favorite bars, PAGE 14 ROADSIGNS guys like Mike Corbin host a party down the road at their eateries, and of course the lovely ladies of Sturgis. If you have famous seat facility and thousands of riders show up for it! never been to the rally you will really want to go after seeing PAGES 16-17 THREE WHEELED INSPIRATION Art Director So mark your calendars for JULY 5th & 6th and make the trip. these shows. If like us, you’ve been there many times, you’ll You’ll have a blast, do some great riding and get to hang out understand why we always go back. Check your local listings PAGE 18 HARLEY HAR HAR Steven with all the bad boys at the most famous biker bar in America, for time and cable channel line up. “Johnny’s” in Hollister, home of the Great American Biker! PAGES 20-21 LIVE 2 RIDE, RIDE 2 EAT Writers AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES CLOSES PAGES 22-23 MAN & MACHINE Mike Dalgaard, Diana Olmstead, JULY 13TH & 14TH One of our favorite shops in the area has closed. Just after The Hollister rally takes place just one week before the biggest we had gone to print for January, I was called by the owner Chris Dalgaard, Janga, Jan Dalgaard, single motorcycle event weekend of the summer, July 13th of American Motorcycles in Tacoma, and informed that PAGE 24 BIKER BUDDY’S th Easywriter, Chas. Bogle, Gary Mraz, and 14th. This year it will be even bigger and more impossible Saturday, Dec 29 would be their last day in business. The PAGES 26-27 BIKER FRIENDLY BARS & RESTAURANTS to deal with, as myopic event promoters rush like lemmings recession and a very rough couple of years was more than Gary Gardner, Ray Seidel, Randy Twells, to a cliff, to add yet more events to this already clogged up this venerable old shop could take. The most recent owners PAGE 29 CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS Lisa Dalgaard, BlackJack weekend. The latest additions to the surge include the Do had bought the business a bit over 7 years ago and in so doing Wah Diddy, and the Hell’s Canyon Run. It has become pretty had taken possession of one of the oldest shops in the NW. obvious that no one is listening to the very riders who they American had been on that corner in Tacoma for over 30 Webmaster want to attend their events. Last year and the year prior, we years of continuous operation, and was a landmark with a ON THE COVER: “BOARD TRACK RACER” by Chris Nielsen. Chrome Horse Promotions reported on how many riders were writing and calling in façade that harkened back to a different era and time in our asking us why there were so many events, year after year, on industry. When you pulled up out front your mind went back See more of Chris’s art at: www.pentoolart.com http://chrome-horse.net the very same weekend, leaving August virtually empty except to a time of classic bikes, jaunty caps, kidney belts and no for Sturgis. We went public several times in print, as well as helmets. Yeh, it looked that old but it was cool, especially to spoke to dozens of promoters privately, in an attempt to get guys like me who remember riding into shops like that all over them to spread their events out, allowing more riders to attend the country in a simpler and happier time. R.I.P. American each event. Given travel, time, money, etc. riders can only get Motorcycles. You’ll be missed. to one or two of these many events, and thus everyone loses. We understand that several events are contractually obligated Continued on page 29

6 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 7 8 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 9 APRIL JUNE IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR EVENT, IT’S BECAUSE YOU DID NOT NOTIFY US! APR 20 JUNE 13-16 CONTACT US DIRECTLY WITH DETAILS WA* VINTAGE SWAP MEET & SHOW BY WA WA* ABATE OF WASHINGTON SPRING OF YOUR EVENT: VINTAGE MOTORCYCLISTS. 8AM. Adm $2, OPENER. Camping, live music, vendors, bike [email protected] or mail to: parking $5. Skagit Co Fairgrounds. Vendors contact games, tattoo contest, bike show, etc. Bike giveaway Quick Throttle NW, Box 2241, Port Orchard, WA. Mark Cattarin. Info 360 223 3190 marcuscc@ Sat night - raffle tickets $10, go to: http://abate- 98366 comcast.com www.washingtonvintagemotorcyclists. wa.org/BikeRaffleContacts.pdf for ticket info. by the10th of each month. PLEASE NOTE: We org Everyone 21 & over welcome. Spring Opener do NOT update this calendar on line between APR 20 Advance tickets $35 ABATE members, $40 non- issues. We cannot accept listings via phone or fax. 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10 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 11 details make it really easy to see why everyone thought this was a custom Ok what really got people in AWE was the paint job. This bike has 3 color “THAT IS A STOCK BIKE??!!” bike. There were a few people that even said, “Hey man who’s the options. I swear I heard someone say that everyday I was out on builder?” I said, “Oh, a guy named Harley,” ha ha. Everyone was so Hard Candy Gold dust / Liquid Sun w/ Pagan gold graphics. impressed and surprised that this was a 100% stock bike. Crimson Red Sungold / Scarlet Lace w/ Hammered Sterling Graphics this LOW, FAST, SLEEK BEAST!!!! On to the details; I know it’s a little thing to me but one thing that Black Diamond / Molten Silver w/ Crushed Slate Graphics really stuck out as such the smallest detail that was so cool was the new The bike we had was the Hard Candy Gold Dust option. The coolest thing about Harley-Davidson really went above and beyond anything they have ever “Slipstream Custom Controls” They were really that small, little detail this paint job is the Hand Polished Metal Paint w/ Lace effects work they put into put together, in this motorcycle. The Breakout is one of the amazing new that most people wouldn’t notice. Really every pull of the clutch always this. And you know, this is the first time ever that this paint technology has been bikes to come out of the Custom Vehicle Operations department. Oh and fit so nicely all the way to the grip. A small detail that Harley put it’s used on a production motorcycle. That in itself is pretty damn impressive. Here don’t forget this bike has a limited availability! These bikes have very low classic touch on. Really a nice thing for the people that can appreciate are some more details about the paint and graphics: “Hard Candy Custom Gold production numbers. This booming, low, fast, kick back, ass kicking, head really smooth styling controls. Dust scheme. Mild Flake. They start with several passes of 200 micron flake over turning iron horse features the Twin Cam 110 powerhouse fun generator. The chopped front and rear fenders really keep the sleek low classic a black base, then clear coat it, hand lay in the graphics, and apply many layers of This also comes stock with the six-speed and chain primary drive. I mean custom style to the bike from tip to tail. And the attention to detail on clear coat.” This bike, over and over, you see the attention to detail. it really is like riding the fastest, coolest most bad ass LAZY-BOY you the paint job on the fenders alone will make you dizzy from just staring The console on this bike is also nothing that Harley has ever done before. would ever sit on. Oh and no need to look for the remote, you’ll have the how beautifully every hand painted line and polished piece comes out. Everything is “Super Slammed and Tight”. It’s the tightest console they have ever most amazing views with every turn. Even the rear fender supports are one big piece of of forged polished produced on a bike. The backlit 4” digital speedo and analog tach are mounted Really, the more you just stand and look at this bike, the small little chromed. Incredible details. and tucked on the bar risers! Even the handle bars are new for this bike! The air

12 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 13 Price: $26,499, Standard Security. ABS Standard. Cruise Control Standard. Dimensions: Length 96.3” Seat Height 24.8” Ground Clearance 4.2” !!! Rake 37 Trail 5.7” Wheelbase 67.3” Front Tire:130/60B21 63H Rear Tire: 240/40R18 79V Fuel Capacity: 5 Gal. Oil Capacity: 3.5 qt Weight as shipped: 698 lbs. intake really is awesome and screams “sweet spot” is when turning. It was Harley-Davidson bikes to own. So Weight in running order: “BAD ASS BIKE HERE!” Harley always fun to see at what point I was many “firsts” here on this bike. It’s 728 lbs. calls it their “Heavy Breather”. And going to scrape my boots. Ahhaa.... likely to be worth even more than It does a whole lot of breathin’ to get The wheels on this bike are another it was purchased for down the line. Engine: this baby roarin’ down the highway. HARLEY FIRST. Harley is calling it I’m sure that’s why Harley made Engine: Air Cooled, Twin Cam This bike also features a new, low their “Turbine Style” wheels. And as this bike in limited production 110B raked from end that helps keep the fast as this bike is, they really do act quantities. You really have to get Bore: 4” bike at a low 4.2” to the ground. OH as turbines! Another cool thing about down to a dealer to see thing bike in Stroke: 4.38” yea, On a side note - you are going these wheels is they are making their person. You will be so impressed by Displacement: 110 Cu In. to get some interesting new scrapes Harley-Davidson debut on this bike. all the details and comfort this bike Compression Ratio 9.2:1 on your boots. This bike is so low Nice… has to offer. Oh…and taking off at Fuel System: Electronic Sequential to the ground you really, and I mean The seat on this bike really is so the line is pretty damn fun if you Port Fuel Injection. really, have to be careful turning this stylish, comfortable and functional. know what I mean. ;) Hahaha... DRIVE TRAIN: powerhouse. I scraped up the back It is a 2-piece seat that can easily be It’s a true POWERHOUSE in the Primary Drive: Chain. 34/36 ratio of 3 pairs of boots. It does help you for one person or 2. It also has the Harley-Davidson family and a true Chassis: judge how far over you can go while cool Alligator styling to the pattern. work of art for your garage or bike Exhaust: Chrome, Shorty Dual trying to take a turn, but also gives A very nice hump for your rump to outing. And you will also have the you some interesting wear marks on enjoy. chance to see how many people ask Exhaust w/ slashdown chrome your heels. Just hang your heels off At the end of the day, it’s really you “THAT’S A STOCK BIKE??!!” mufflers and chrome heat shields. the back of the pegs just a little more an amazing bike that is worthy to Ride on. Front /Rear wheel: Mirror Chrome then normal so you know where you be on your “BUCKET LIST” of Turbine Custom Wheels Brakes, Caliper Type: 4-Piston fixed front; 2- piston floating rear PERFORMACE: Engine Torque: 112 ft-lb Engine Torque (rpm) 3,500 Lean Angle, Right (deg.) 25.3 Lean Angle, Left (deg.) 26.2 Fuel Economy: Combined city/ hwy 45mpg.

14 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 15 Winter in Washington means several things. Cold, clammy, At this time who knows what all is going to be thrown at the riding community? We foggy, icky, non-riding weather; short dark days; and the know there will be a helmet-law-repeal legislature takes up residence in Olympia and tries its best to bill. That’s going to be an up hill fight. We also know there will be bills on allowing either screw things up or keep things from being too screwed riders to proceed through malfunctioning up. After spending almost half my life as a lobbyist you’d traffic lights, as well as bills that will allow cities and counties to offer incentives to think I’d not be so cynical, wouldn’t you? But I am. It just motorcycle commuters. And there will be gets worse each year. a bill to expand the “covered load” law in Washington, which, while not coming from the riding community, has garnered Washington in particular has a great government butting out of our lives when support from a segment of Bikerland. affinity for telling us what we should it comes to telling us we have to ride with These bills in particular have a good and shouldn’t be doing. Like my Mother a helmet – and yet we turn around and chance of passage and will go a long way growing up, the legislature and city ask that same government to tell folks in towards making our roads much more councils in this state love to nag and cars they can’t talk and drive. Common pleasant to ride on. pester and tell us to sit up straight, eat sense should tell us to do both – ride with our veggies, clean our plates, and don’t a helmet and don’t talk on the phone and I really like the bill on load covering. We’ve run with scissors. Our legislature in drive. But people don’t have common all been subject to being sandblasted and particular seems to think that every social sense so we ask the government to step pelted with rocks coming off of dump ill can be cured wagging their finger in. We resent it when government tells trucks. I’ve lost several windshields in my and telling folks what to do and not do. us that our exhaust is too loud or what Hummer, whose vertical window surface Which is why we have to bring our own the chemical composition of our fuel seems to attract rocks like magnets. And bag to the grocery store and we sort our must be – but we want that government while it’s expensive in a car, it’s painful trash in almost incomprehensible ways. to tell drivers that they have to purchase and very dangerous on a bike. The bill Washington is very much a “nanny state” insurance for their vehicles. mandates the use of load covers and with all the best intentions. And you prohibits piling loads up beyond the know what happens with best intentions. This constant tug-of-war plays out at sideboards of dump trucks and pickup They often make things worse. all levels of society and with all groups. trucks. We as riders should really, pardon One person’s “freedom” is another the pun, “get behind” this one. Take our obsession with recycling. We’ve person’s “danger”. It’s why Governments now demanded that folks in restaurants were instituted – to bring order to that The folks in Olympia, as well as in Salem and fast food places sort our trash in such dichotomy. However, as time has passed this year, will be at it well into spring. a complicated and strange way – garbage, we’ve all become a bit too reliant and turn We’ve got lots of time to push them to recycle , and compost – that folks just to Government to solve all our problems do some things that will help the riding give up and throw it all in the trash, or and to legislate common sense rather community. At the risk of repeating do it wrong which contaminates it so than rely on personal responsibility. myself until I’m blue in the face, GET that it all goes in the trash. For instance INVOLVED IN YOUR RIDING in Starbucks: is my cup “compostable”, Which is why the next several months GROUPS. They welcome your support but the lid “trash”? And what about the are going to be so nerve wracking, and and participation. stir stick? Eh, throw it all in the trash. See why I have to buy huge bottles of Tums what I mean? at Costco on a regular basis. The session And maybe, just maybe, we’ll get the is just starting here, and it’s going to be a nanny state to stop nannying us so much Truth be told, one of the key reasons we long 105-day one, with a new Governor, and go nag someone else. all ride is the freedom it gives us. The and a politically divided and volatile freedom to go where we want at the legislature. What that means is that its Gary can be reached at twist of a wrist, and a lean of the saddle. going to be difficult to pass any legislation [email protected] and you can read We chafe at the nanny-state mentality – good or bad. his blog at http://grgardner.livejournal.com big time. Well most of the time. I often or http://www.grgardner.com wonder why we as riders are all for

16 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 17 This story is an inspirational That 1st trip was a learning experience for Barry as well as those of us that rode with account of one who has him. He rode 4,100 miles from here to Jasper overcome so much and the Alberta, then Sturgis and back and that was family and community that just the beginning. Since purchasing the bike in 2009 he has riding over 35,000 miles and have stood by him. My rides all the time. That Can-Am and Barry brother, Barry, was injured in turn heads wherever he rides. We attended a snowmobile accident in 1993. the Red Horse Diner bike show in May and a retired Marine came up to Barry and said, “I The accident left him mostly just want you to know that you have had more paralyzed below the chest area. impact on this event than any one person here. Prior to this event Barry was an When you rode that bike around back through the vendor’s area, everyone was watching and avid water skier, snowmobiler, talking about you and that bike”. Very kind jet ski enthusiast and rode a words and very much appreciated, but people motorcycle most sunny days. wherever he rides are inspired by his attitude and ability to overcome his physical disability. He is an inspiration to so many, because he did We are all very proud of him and love riding not let this set back stop him from snowmobiling with him any chance we get. or jet skiing from then to this day. Getting back on a motorcycle was a problem of course, For you motorheads, the Can-Am is 990cc’s, which brings me to the focus of this story. Our 106hp and can out corner a Harley. Unlike a whole family rides and Barry was left out. As traditional trike you almost can’t turn a Can- active as he is, this was very difficult for him. Am over. There is a computer chip that applies the outside brake and cuts the throttle. It also Bombardier introduced the Can-Am 5 or 6 has an automatic transmission with reverse. years ago and in 2008 Barry started showing Barry is an excellent mechanic and like any quite an interest in the possibility of riding Harley rider has made alterations to his bike again. The Can-Am seemed like it would be a including after-market exhaust. (It is a V-twin good fit for Barry, however there were a couple and very loud when you remove the baffles) of hurdles; The Can-Am’s have a foot break and there was no way to attach his wheel chair to the bike. Also, he wanted to go to Sturgis Many of you have probably seen him on the with us and really couldn’t afford the bike and road and wondered how that is possible. Don’t a trip that expensive. be a stranger, Barry loves talking about his bike and the places he has been. Keith Wong, owner of Zackys Custom Rods in Seattle, was gracious enough to add a hand Anyone who might be interested in knowing brake. We got a local fabricator to make a more about the bike or his story can send me side mount for his wheel chair to solve the an email to [email protected] and I engineering problems, but the really amazing will give you contact info. part of family and community is that we raised enough money between our family, Sunland Ride safe and we’ll see you down the road, Estates residents and Reyes Del Sol (the local bike club in Sunland) to enable Barry to go to Submitted by Jim May Sturgis.

18 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 19 SHE’LL LOVE IT!

Two guys were having a beer at Baggers Bar & Grill. One says to the other, “I don’t know what to give my wife for Valentines Day.” “I’m giving my wife a bag and a belt,” his friend said. “That’s very nice of you,” the other guy exclaimed. “I know,” the friend said, “The vacuum cleaner should work a lot better now.”

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Better to have loved and lost than have to do 40 pounds of laundry.

Valentine from Her: Valentine from Him:

20 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 21 Why is it, when people get together, Eating a meal together is what brings us together riding with friends, stopping for a bite during or on common ground. Food is one thing that joins after a ride seems as natural as breathing. Some it usually involves food? Poker runs, us. Food has been used for currency, sustenance, of our best rides have been to Portland or Yakima Tom’s in Olympia (my choice for best burger charity runs, group rides, and pleasure and religious rites. The first passage of the Bible for lunch, the coast for a pizza, or Poulsbo for ever), and Pick Quick in Fife are great too. Pizza? mentions food. From the earliest civilizations, some good barbecue. Try Chico’s Pizza in Long Beach: family style rides always seem to end up the same people have gathered around a dinner table for place with big tables, a window to watch them way: at a bar, restaurant, someone’s fellowship and sharing of each other’s lives. Speaking of Portland, there is no shortage of make your pizza, and tons of toppings to choose places for good, and sometime eclectic, food from. Mexican? I like Moctezuma’s on 56th street backyard BBQ, or a local burger I love to ride. Anyone who knows me knows there. Just watch the Food Network or Diners, in South Tacoma. Steak? OK my first choice is joint. And how many times have this. I ride for my sanity, my stress relief, my Drive-Ins and Dives, and you will see Portland the Metropolitan Grill in downtown Seattle, pleasure, and the feel of the wind in my face; pop up there often. But among my favorites: but since I can’t take out a mortgage every time you had people over to your house, much the same reasons as most riders. And, like Otto’s Sausage Kitchen and the Highland Still I want to eat there, I have found some amazing or been to someone else’s house, and most riders, I like to eat. Hell, I love to eat. It’s a House. steaks in local bars. Case in point: Billy B’s Pub wonder I don’t weigh 400 lbs! in Tacoma. On Saturday nights they have a steak noticed that most everyone seems to That being said, I’d like to mention some of my Otto’s is family owned even after 4 generations, special: 10oz New York steak with salad and congregate in the kitchen? favorite places to eat. Whether I am alone, or and still cures and smokes all their own sausage. (usually) garlic mashed potatoes for less than $9. And their pastrami is the best! Tucked into a And it’s not a shoe leather steak…in fact it is corner shop in one of Southeast Portland’s older every bit as good as the one I recently paid $30 neighborhoods, they have a barbecue out front on for at one of Ruston Way’s famous steakhouses. the sidewalk grilling up old fashioned hot dogs, smoked pork sausages and chicken sausages. If you just happen to find yourself in Northern They even have picnic tables set up on the side California, you have to try the Samoa Cookhouse. of the building. Inside, you can find a sandwich My friend told me about this place and naturally, counter making the best deli sandwiches this side my mind pictured fat guys in grass skirts, cooking of New York, and a huge selection of craft beers Spam over an open fire, beating on drums and and microbrews to wash it all down with. chanting. Not that kind of Samoa. an old logging camp. The cookhouse has been serve “family style”: long tables with other people Further south, in Oregon City, is the Highland The Samoa Cookhouse sits on the Samoa serving home-cooked food, and lots of it, since sitting next to you that you don’t know. The Still House. I have a fondness for “real” Irish Peninsula just outside Eureka, and is part of 1890. The restaurant is the dining hall, and they menu is simple: what’s written on the chalkboard Pubs, but this one is an authentic Scottish Pub. as you walk in is what’s being served…if you The Highland sits above downtown Oregon don’t like it, go somewhere else. It’s also “all you City and overlooks the Willamette River and can eat”, who doesn’t love that? Once you are Willamette Falls. Here’s the catch: they have seated, the servers bring fresh homemade bread a whiskey bar---with almost 500 whiskeys with slices the size of a Buick; a tureen of soup, available! Their whiskey menu alone is over 8 and a huge bowl of salad. The menu the night pages long. They also have a full kitchen, and the we were there was pork steaks, pot roast and food is excellent! Try the Scotch Egg…no, not baby carrots, baked potatoes, and dessert. Now, THAT kind of Scotch, but Scotch as in Scottish. my experience has been, with buffets and family It’s a hardboiled egg, wrapped in ground sausage, style restaurants is that the food is marginal at and then rolled in bread crumbs and either deep best…usually bland and cold. fried or baked. They serve it sliced, warm or cold, with coarse mustard and some salad greens, so Not so here. This place is amazing…the food is it actually makes a small meal. The menu also great, always served hot, and if you leave hungry, has traditional Scottish fare: cottage pie, bangers it’s your own damn fault! I may just take a and mash, steak and mushroom pie, and the weekend trip down there for the hell of it, just so obligatory fish and chips. Tons of character, a I can eat there again. great wait staff, and an outside seating area with a view that can’t be beat! Fellowship and sharing stories is what binds us together as riders…even people we may not Closer to home, I have found great bar food, know when the ride starts, become friends over mostly in the form of big, sloppy burgers just a post-ride meal or drink. It may be the dark dripping with cholesterol. You know, the best days of winter now, but the riding season will be kind. The Summit Pub in Puyallup has big, juicy, here before we know it. Grab some friends, get sloppy burgers that will cure any burger craving. out on the road, and search out the little diners, Of course, little burger joints like Eastside Big the mom-and-pop burger joints, or the local neighborhood watering holes. You may just find a new favorite stop. Submitted by Bryan Hall

22 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 23 this bike to allow its real motorcycle- “A lot of what ness to come out. this bike is about But why did Mr. Giordano use “Another reason for using a is distillation,” explains Charlie Giordano, Hurst jockey shifter for a Honda VT1100 as his starting Honda is we get a lot of requests canvas? Not only does it lack the from people who would like Von Braun’s owner and the builder of the changing gears, the horn from a 1927 Studebaker and countless hours of jeweling on the aluminum rudiments of real motorcycle-ness, something for their ‘other’ brand bike he calls “John Henry.” pieces. There is also a fully functional bottle it is arguably the quintessential of bike, to make it sound and look of “elixir” mounted on the frame down-tube yuppie-biker bike. Doesn’t Von better. So we’ve decided to offer a “I wanted to create a motorcycle that that is complete with fuel line and petcock. Mr. Braun only make exhaust systems Universal line of mufflers that are emphasizes the emotions, reactions, and Giordano contends that although these features for Harley-Davidson’s? an easy custom installation on just responses — the voodoo — that only seem to are not absolutely necessary to ride the bike, they about anything. For instance, this exist when riding. The way to accomplish this, I support the primary objective. “Well, we have “At Von Braun Exhaust,” explains Honda simply used our adapters to reasoned, was to strip away every piece that was to involve a little culture if we’re going to reach Mr. Giordano, “our belief in, and slip-fit the universal Smoke-Screen not mechanically necessary. I wanted to enhance motorcycle-riding Nirvana, don’t we?” practice of, impartiality reaches mufflers onto the stock head-pipes.” the riding experience by refining the machine. beyond race, creed, and color and Speedometer, gone. Blinkers and blinker switch, “John Henry” is also a sort of reaction to the extends all the way to motorcycle Why the name “John Henry”? gone. Ditto on fenders, brake lights, plastic last 15 years of Glam bikes. Cosmetic refinement brands. We love them all. I grew up Didn’t he build railroads, not do-dads, etc. My thought was that all of these and endless clear coats of paint yield to copper riding metric bikes, and there are motorcycles? “I chose the name things that are built into modern motorcycles patina and the dimpling of hand-hammered certain qualities about them that John Henry because one of the for reasons like styling, safety, and sales are aluminum. A kind of Café Racer meets Rat Rod are great and others that are fun things his legend, that great piece of ultimately detracting from what really exhilarates with a love child named Wabi-Sabi is underway to bring out. One of the things we American folklore, is about is Man us. I wanted to liberate the rider from these here. And strangely enough, it all works. The all love about a Harley-Davidson vs. Machine, or more specifically, superfluous distractions. For example, these days merit of the overall design seems to trump the is the visceral effect it has on us. man’s triumph over machine. And I see people with clocks on their handlebars. How lack of cosmetic fixation. “If you consider They just feel good. And one of that’s a lot of what this build was can you appreciate your riding experience when the fine-art masters, what makes their work the reasons for that is because of about. Not ‘machine’ as in this you have a clock ceaselessly reminding you of the significant is the overall concept, originality, their old-fashioned simplicity. For particular motorcycle, but ‘machine’ indefinite continued progress of existence? Talk and design. Not their exacting execution of instance, it’s now the year 2012 as in the need to rely on modern about not being in the moment.” any particular technique. In keeping with that and the Motor Company still uses computer numerical control (CNC) approach, I became free to concentrate on the pushrods rather than an overhead equipment to build it. This bike was That being said, there are a few exceptions to overall shape and functionality of the bike and cam. Everyone knows that less built using old-world techniques, the extraneous: for instance, there is a right-side not worry too much about the superficial.” weight equals faster movement. hand tools, and hammers. A drill But every action has an equal and press was about as technological as opposite reaction. And in Harley’s I got. One of the greatest examples case, the action of moving to a more of fine art is the Sistine Chapel efficient, better performing engine ceiling, and Michelangelo created it design would sacrifice what really with a paintbrush, candles for light, hooks us on the brand: its feeling. and scaffolding. No computers were I find it peculiar that the metric required. At Von Braun we like manufacturers try to emulate Harley to say, ‘In spite of using the most by way of staggering complication. modern machines available, at the They’d do much better by using heart of our production are the most the less-is-more approach. There is sophisticated devices ever created: heart and soul in those metric bikes. the human hand and eye.’ I believe They have the basic ingredients: in that, and I think it shows in John powerful engines and two wheels. Henry, and in our fine exhaust The problem with them lies in that systems.” we can’t feel their spirit because it’s buried in knickknacks and clutter. I [email protected] | www. literally took crates of material off VonBraunUSA.com 24 FEBRUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 25 COOPER RUSTY MAINE COON CAT • Young male Hound mix PURR-HAPS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SOCIAL ANIMAL SINGLE MALE LOOKING FOR SOUL MATE “I am outgoing, attentive, (when I’m not sleepy) and prefer a one-on-one relationship. 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ALKI TAVERN The most famous, and maybe the most fun Biker Bar in western Washington is set to ride off into the sunset on March 17th when it closes forever. Still going strong, still drawing big crowds and still slamming out their famous $1.00 Tacos every Thursday night is closing, not as a result of the recession, but from a buy-out by a Korean Real Estate developer of the lot it sits on, along with 6 other adjacent lots, so they can build condos! Lord knows, we sure need more over-priced waterfront condos in this area don’t we? In the end the bar’s million dollar view proved to be its own undoing. Is there anyone on 2 wheels that didn’t go there at least once? I wasn’t here a month before I hopped on the Southworth Ferry with my trusty old Evo Heritage and rode over for one of their more than memorable Bike Nights. They were legendary and then some. We are getting way too civilized up here, and I for one will really miss this place! MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION During January and February every other year, we do an extensive audit and review, of our more than 300 pick up points for NW Quick Throttle. We are in review mode now and making running adjustments on who gets how many copies, and to that end some dealers will see a drop, some will see an increase, and most will see no change at all. We try to minimize any inconvenience to you, our readers as best we can. Still, if you are having any difficulties finding your monthly copy of QT by all means let us know via e-mail or phone asap.

for the continuation of the iconic Indian brand is at an all time high and will undoubtedly spur Victory sales to even higher levels. At press time we learned that legendary race car owner and entrepreneur, Roger Penske will be involved in the sales and distribution of the new Indian models. We will keep you posted CHRIS NIELSEN On this issue’s cover is “Board Track Racer” by one of our favorite motorcycle artists, Chris Nielsen. This is the seventh time his great artwork has graced our cover. We know it won’t be the last time he has made one of our issues jump off the stands and become an instant classic. You can see lots more of Chris’s artwork at: www.pentoolart.com Check it out! VALENTINES DAY Gee, it’s here again and so soon? Yes, the most bogus “Holiday” of the year is here and I don’t mean ground hog day! Due to a century old conspiracy between wives, girlfriends, candy companies, florists and jewelers we are once again confronted with “VALENTINES DAY,” the only day in the year where men have the option of being hung or shot should they fail to provide the optimum gift complete with the right setting, right timing and VICTORY ANNIVERSARY a romantic attitude. Most of us are doomed to failure when our favorite Congratulations to Victory Motorcycles on the occasion of their 15th gas station convenience store runs out of beef jerky specially packaged Anniversary. You’ve come a long way, baby! With new models, new for just such a day! Forget over-turning the helmet law, we really need to accessories, and some really good purchase programs, Victory is flying stamp out this nefarious day before any more men are hurt in their heroic high. Right now, Polaris, Victory’s parent company, is capturing lots attempts to placate their wives, moms and girlfriends! of print and TV attention as it prepares to roll out its all new Indian Motorcycle brand at Sturgis 2013 in August. Classic Indian styling See you back here next month (assuming I have healed by then) when we covering an all new motorcycle, complete with a brand new high powered kick off year # twelve of QTM! motor, and lots more. They have been all over the dial on CNBC, CNN, MD FOX, NBC, and many other channels and business shows. Public interest

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