TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK THROTTLE NORTHWEST P.O. Box 2241 Port Orchard, WA. 98366 360-769-0408 FEBRUARY 2016 [email protected] www.quickthrottle.com PAGE 5 - LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER PUBLISHER PAGES 6-7 - ZACKY’S MUSIC VIDEO BUILD Mike Dalgaard SENIOR EDITOR PAGE 8 - RIDE & EVENTS CALENDAR Jan Dalgaard EDITOR PAGE 12 - BONHAM’S AUCTION Diana Olmstead This issue marks the end of our FOURTEENTH year of bringing COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT PAGE 14 - ROADSIGNS & LICENSING: BIKERS AT THE BEACH: Ed Engle you Quick Throttle Magazine. Next month begins our FIFTEENTH There is a new motorcycle event taking place in Ocean Shores, WA on July 29th - July 31st. This PAGES 16-17 - MOON RIDER FEATURES EDITOR year of publication here in the Northwest, and the SIXTEENTH Janga event was created due to overwhelming demand year of publishing our flagship California issue. The motorcycle from the motorcycle community to continue the pAGE 17 - WEEKLY EVENTS ADVERTISING tradition of motorcycles converging on Ocean Diana Olmstead world has changed a lot in all that time, and we will get into some Shores following the decision by Sun & Surf to Cindy Rodriguez PAGES 20-21 - sTARS & THEIR BIKES of those changes with next month’s letter. I have to say that I have move to a new date and a new venue. Bikers at ART DIRECTOR the Beach is a fresh new event from a seasoned Steven no idea where all the time went, as well as how fast it went. When I promotional team that will be held in the center PAGE 22 - NEW PRODUCTS of town at the Ocean Shores Convention Center. MOTO-JOURNALISTS began this venture I looked like a young Matt Damon. Now I look Mike Dalgaard, Diana Olmstead, Look for a new layout, great bands, biker Janga, Jan Dalgaard, Robin Hudson, like a very old Walter Brennan. Some you may remember him. activities, beer garden, and indoor and outdoor Easywriter, Chas. Bogle, Gary Mraz, vendor areas. A portion of all proceeds will be Gary Gardner, Ray Seidel, donated to non-profit organizations with a focus Randy Twells, MOTORCYCLE ONLY The IRS as well as many charity watchdogs on fighting child abuse, feeding hungry youth, WEBMASTER look for a minimum of 70% making it to the homeless children and educational scholarships. Chrome Horse Promotions CHECKPOINTS: cause involved in the ride or event. Make sure Look for more details on the event in next http://chrome-horse.net Moving on, we have lots of good news this you spend your donation money wisely! If the month’s issue of Quick Throttle Magazine. month beginning with the recent federal Budget event is advertised in Quick Throttle, we have QUICK THROTTLE® 2016 is pub- that was signed into law early this year. Despite asked those questions for you. We do not accept lished monthly and NO reproduction of both parties going on a spending spree, they did ads from questionable promoters or events, but TIMING: content is permitted without Publisher manage to remove ALL Federal funding to the we cannot police runs and events listed in the It has been said that “Timing is everything” and or Editor’s prior written approval. Pub- states for those highly questionable “motorcycle calendar, although we have refused listings where we just saw a great example of that when our lisher and Editor assume no financial re- only” traffic check points. Some states we know the event was questionable. Ultimately beloved Seahawks forgot to show up for the first sponsibility for errors in ads beyond the voluntarily had already stopped the practice due it’s up to you to be pro-active. half of their game against the Carolina Panthers. PAGE 24 - BIKER BUDDY cost of space occupied by error; a cor- to activist groups, court decisions, and generally rection will be printed. Publisher is not In the case of getting mods, repairs, and even a negative feedback from the driving and riding liable for: any slandering of an individual, paint job on your two wheeled baby, NOW is the PAGE 25 - VALENTINES DAY public. Other states like New York fought and DIRECT MAIL, REALLY? or group as we mean no malice or indi- time to get very serious if you want to have it all won in court and kept them up. NY in fact was Attention boys and girls. Get ready to have your done in time to get in a full riding season. After vidual criticism at any time; nor are we snail mailbox assaulted with “timely reminders” PAGES 26-27 - BIKER FRIENDLY BARS & BUSINESS responsible for the opinions or com- rare in that the laws there were court tested a very wet, very odd winter, shops are gearing as the American motorcycle industry has ments of our columnists; and promises, three times and NY won all three cases despite up for the early spring rush and there is no better somehow re-discovered “Direct Mail,” or as the coupons, or lack of fulfillment from ad- appeals. Now without funding they will end time to put your winter daydreams into action recipients call it, “Junk Mail”! Yup, that’s right. ON THE COVER: vertisers who are solely responsible for there as well. Score one for our side! by stepping up for some serious mechanical or If you’re not already getting it, be forewarned: the content of their ads. Publisher and visual enhancements. Check our advertisers first H-D Custom Rear Wheel Editor are also to be held harmless from: it’s coming back! For reasons known only to and be sure to mention QT. There are still some CHARITY CLARITY: them, certain major American motorcycle “winter” deals out there. by: Marina Ahun Vorojeykina failure to produce any issue as sched- uled due to reasons beyond our control; We are just a few short weeks away from our manufacturers have decided that in our ever all suits. claims or loss of expenses; this NW riding season and it’s a good time to remind growing technological age everything old is new In this month’s issue, Janga has penned a Sci-fi Marina Ahun Vorojeykina is a Russian born, fine artist now living in the includes but is not limited to, suits for you that while most charity events are legitimate again, and have jumped in with both feet and lots adventure of motorcycle racing on the moon. United States. She is a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. libel, plagarism, copyright infringement and honest, it never hurts to ask a few questions of stamps. Isn’t this like going back 25 years to See part one on page 16, and look for the rest of and unauthorized use of a persons name to make sure your donation goes where you the rotary dial phone and answering machines? the story in the March anniversary issue. Petersburg, Russia. She is known primarily for her detailed architectural or photograph. Publisher and Editor do intend it to go. Excessive costs, fees, salaries and What’s next, solid rubber tires, black & white watercolors and oils and became the first licensed and commissioned artist not promote excessive consumption of expenses can really undermine the amount of TV, leather helmets, poodle skirts? It’s not like See you back here next month when we really get of Princeton University in 2010. Currently she has turned her attention to alcoholic beverages. The Quick Throttle your money that actually makes it to the charity we need more landfill you guys! serious about our upcoming riding season! name and logo is owned nationally by in question’s coffers. MD painting motorcycles. Visit her website at www.marinaahun.com Chris and Lisa Dalgaard. FEBRUARY 2016 7 told him “3 weeks” and Keith said I’m sorry that’s not possible. Later that night Keith stopped by his girlfriend Wendie’s house. Wendie often assisted Keith with various office duties so he asked her to reply to an email from a guy named Ryan Lewis, the guy he was customizing the Sportster for and who had asked him about building a chariot. That is when Keith’s girlfriend, Wendie, explained to him just who Ryan Lewis is. Keith had no idea that Ryan Lewis, the guy who casually walked into his shop, is the DJ, producer, musician and videographer of the popular Seattle based hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Once Keith realized that these guys were huge in the pop and hip hop music scene he picked up the phone and called Ryan and said “I will do it!” A Motorcycle th 5 days later, just after the 4 of July weekend, 4 Royal Enfield motorcycles arrived from California and were unloaded at the shop. That’s Master and A The final part of the build was completed side of the screen perched upon the outer left when Keith realized what he had gotten himself by splitting the drivetrain in half so that the Royal Enfield. into and he began to think “I have no idea how bikes could be trailered two by two and then I’m going to do this and I only have 2 weeks to reassembled at the video shoot and then attached Keith told me “This was one of the craziest Music Video get it all done. It’s too late to go back now. I have to the chariot. projects I’ve ever done. It was so cool to be part By Diana Olmstead to make it happen, that’s all there is to it”. of this fun experience and amazing music video. Keith told me he could have never met the tight Everyone was so kind and down to earth and Keith said he spent the first week just working on timeline if it was not for Filipe Magana who that includes Ryan, Macklemore, Eric Nally, all Quick Throttle readers are very familiar with the build design.