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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! 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