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BEACH ST. THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE FLORIDA P.O. Box 1453, Flagler Beach, Florida, 32136 October 850-206-6991 / [email protected] brings a change of season which includes nicer riding ThunderRoadsFlorida.com Visit our website! weather in Florida. All of us enjoy when the temperature FLORIDA STATE EDITOR drops into the 80s from the sweltering 90s. “Lowest Prices” Beth “LuLu” Connors with love for Chad “Bull” Connors 850-206-6991 / [email protected] / ThunderRoadsFlorida.com For those of you not from Florida riding into the Sunshine with No Extra State for Biketoberfest or Thunder Beach, please be B.S. Fee’s ADVERTISING SALES cautious. Our state is loaded with wildlife and I don’t mean Duval / Nausau Counties hot chicks on hot bikes…I mean the kind that run out from Raven VanPelt 904-322-2278 / [email protected] the side of the highway and will totally screw up your trip. Daytona / Flagler / Putnam Our deer in Florida are not large but they certainly don’t Amy & Shane Poole 386-547-2327/ [email protected] Beth Connors 850-206-6991 / [email protected] make for a good day if you hit one! Also the police in our Gainesville / Lake City Area state seem to line the coffer with income from tickets Lil Jon 386-208-9786 / [email protected] for loud pipes and things like not wearing your eyewear. Highlands, Hardee and Polk Counties They would love nothing more than to pull you over for Metric (John Vincent) 863-214-1129 / [email protected] something minor like that only to haul you away for a Lake County Beth Connors 850-206-6991 / [email protected] cocktail too many! So keep the pipes quiet, keep your Seminole County glasses on your face and don’t drink and drive! Beth Connors 850-206-6991 / [email protected] While in Daytona make sure you hit some of the events we South Florida Beth Connor 850-206-6991 / [email protected] will be hitting. Chopper Time at Tropical Tattoo is Thursday RENTALS St. John’s / South & West Volusia during Biketoberfest…the best event of the week! You Billy “Kneecap”Braddock 386-503-6660 / [email protected] have to make time to ride out to Cabbage Patch for Coleslaw Wrestling at its finest. And this year we will be at SALES – PARTS Contributing photographers Black Cloud Saloon’s bikini contest on Saturday the 18th. LuLu, Rich Heckman, Micki Heckman, Lil Jon, Amy Poole, Shane Poole, Deborah Speicher, Bill Speicher, Ron Cox, Doug Blake, Micah Mummaw, We will be traveling to the Angel Ride in Fairhope, Alabama APPAREL – SERVICE Axman, Sherry Fletcher, Deborah Fletcher, John Trask, Billy “Kneecap” Braddock, Phoenix & Metric, Raven Vanpelt, Leonard Parker, the last weekend of the month for a fabulous event. This Tim Biggs, Robin C. Tucker, Bobby Lollis, Jamie Collins, Diane Trask, Mick Barr, year the main band is Lynyrd Skynyrd!!! This is a camping Motorcycle Detailing, Painting, Polishing and Chroming David Stevens, Heelz, Gerry Sapp, Philomena Walton, Bill Eadie, Bear, Christine Fourman, Don & Linda Seeley, Ronnie Quinn event on an old potato farm. Check out the ad in this issue and join us for the fun! Contributing writers LuLu, Billy “Kneecap” Braddock, Amy Poole, Shane Poole, Deborah Speicher, There seems to be something going on every weekend in Lil Jon, Ron Cox, Phoenix & Metric, Raven Van Pelt, Leonard Parker, Bobby Lollis, Rich Malfitano every county of our state so get out…hit the pavement…
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OCTOBER 2014 THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE FLORIDA 5 The 2014 Cannonball by Deborah Speicher
A rock star, an artist and a writer were riding their motorcycles cross country and…No, this isn’t the first line of a joke and, the truth be known, the rock star (Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers), the artist (Scott Jacobs) and the writer (actually a couple of them – Cris Sommer Simmons and Buzz Kanter) along with about 94 other Cannonball riders showed up in Daytona Beach recently for the start of the 2014 Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run. The terms of the run are that all motorcycles must be pre-1937 and they must ride 3,839 miles from Daytona Beach to Tacoma, Washington by September 21. Motorcycles and rid- ers came from the four corners of the world, and driving all makes and models of vintage motorcycles. The days just prior to the ride leaving, the parking lot next to the Daytona Beach Resort was full of bikes, riders and mechanics in preparation for the challeng- ing long distance trip. However, the day before the ride, many riders took a break from wrenching and made a few laps around the Daytona Speedway. Early morning Friday September 5, we watched all of the bikes stage right on the beach just before heading out for the journey of a lifetime. At the time of my writing this article, the results are unknown as the run is still in progress. But you can read more about this event at: www.motorcyclecannonball.com/ Godspeed to all!
Cannonball ladies: Claudia, Dottie Cris and Sharon
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By Opinion Billy “Kneecap” Braddock If you are coming to Florida for the winter or just for Biketoberfest, I would like to welcome you to the land of the blue Q-tip headed, white knuckled, very slow Experienced riders typically ope