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Common bonds One motorcycle organization’s grave commitment to service
By Dean Lambert There are tens of thousands of motorcycle clubs (MCs) around the world. They often start out with a couple of friends getting together on a regular basis for day rides or weekend jaunts. The group grows over time as the friends invite others to ride along, and before you know it, someone brings up the idea of formalizing things… A motorcycle club is born.
For many riders, sharing the experience with others makes it even more the richer. There are motorcycle organizations such as the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) and Yamaha Riders Club, whose members are passionate about their brand or motorcycle type. Some MCs are formed on the basis of shared experience. A number of veterans’ clubs are allied by branch of service, theaters of war, military unit, and even rank.
There are women MCs, organizations chartered on ethnicity and common origin, fraternal affiliation, and even survivors of life-threatening illness. Of course you’ve heard about the 1%ers — so-called outlaw biker clubs whose members are just as passionate about their commitment to creed, purpose and brotherhood as anyone else. Still other clubs are formed based on the members’ common professions such as law enforcement, aviation, public safety, and even funeral directing. READ MORE
Do You Know? Fred & Jackie Ingraham
Fred Ingraham grew up in Minneapolis attending the University of Minnesota receiving a degree in Art. He later worked for his family at Mid-West Spring where his father transferred him to the Marshalltown plant bringing him to Iowa.
A mutual friend introduced Fred to his long-time wife Jackie during the closing of the plant. “I needed help and Fred worked for me because he was on winter layoff from the Harley-Davidson dealership. Fred lived in Laurel Iowa where his father owned a gas station and I’m sure that helped his love of motors and making things go fast,” Jackie says.
Fred purchased his first Harley at 18 and that’s when his need for speed started. Jackie says that, “When I met Fred he was drag racing his bike and dreaming of a bigger faster bike which he started and he did very well. He finished number 2 in Top Gas in the AMRA circuit in the next to the last year of racing. We started F&J Racing but we no longer had time to travel all over the country racing.
On the Road with Johnny & Jay: Sturgis 2011 Sturgis 2011
By Jay Barbieri and Johnny Lange When the Strip Club Chopper’s posse rolls into a town for an event we are often the center of attention and building a bike with a fully functional dance pole that shoots 4 foot flames only serves to magnify the attention.
The new Stripperglide was a long time in making and could not have been completed without my good friend Tim Kirsch and his guys, Robert and Chris who did all the hands on building and design. When you want a stripper pole on your bike that shoots flames there is no catalog to order from… just sayin.’
Special thanks go out to Kevin from American Drag Seats for the custom bag lids and seat; John Shope from Sinister for the bags and rear fender; Ken from Tricky light for the LEDs; Fullsac performance pipe; Tailgunner exhaust; Bill from Legends Supreme and Biktronics. Without all the contributions from these companies the project could not have been completed.
V8 Choppers Something unexpected in Sturgis’ sea of monotony
By Tony Tice On a recent journey to Sturgis I happened across some really nice looking, fat tired, choppers sitting beside a beautiful, all black hauler. The crew was setting up a booth for display of their custom made bikes. As we drove past their display area the first time, I noticed the bikes were Chevy Small block V8 powered; I didn’t give it a second thought.
They were positioned right next to Corbin seats and I needed to talk with Corbin about a seat for my new K1600GTL. While I was talking with the Corbin guys, my travel partner, Scott, was next door checking out the bikes, which I had no real interest in, just another over-powered foot-forward bike that is of little interest to me.
Before I was done with Corbin, Scott came back to the Corbin booth and insisted I have to check these bikes out. I half heartedly agreed to pacify him. I inspected them closely; the construction quality was beyond the other V8 powered bikes I had seen previously. All the chassis welds were excellent and left bare, just painted over so you could see the “stack of nickels” welds. The wires were hidden, the controls were typical Harley fare, the lights were HID, the turn signals and brake lights were LED, the whole bike looked thoroughly thought out and very clean.
Pink 8 Balls: By Luuezz Denise Gasper Racing vintage sidecars are high- powered motorcycles with a platform known as a rig and a third wheel attached.
Sidecar rigs are actually purposely built rather than modified motorcycles. The whole platform sits as low to the ground as an open wheeled racer, with barely 2-1/2 inches of ground clearance. The driver lies flat on his stomach over the motorcycle, with the shifter and rear brake far behind, next to the passenger.
The bars that control the machine were originally mounted to the motorcycle, you actually steer it like a car. There is no counter steering; the rig goes where you point it and racers will reach speeds of 80 - 100 mph.
The side car racing team is the driver and the co-pilot. Most are husband and wife teams, some are father and daughter, sisters, or male teams and must have the ultimate total trust in each other including the fact there are no safety harnesses.
Side car racing takes shear nerve, team work, machine pushing and physical stamina for raw power. Spectators don’t have to see a crash in sidecar racing to see something dramatic.
To wave, or not to wave? The secret motorcycle hand wave revealed
By Roderick Kabel My wife has a major issue letting our children ride motorcycles and would not allow my daughter to ride with me until she was in her teens. And even after my daughter grew older, my wife still had a hard time letting her “baby” get on a motorcycle, even with Daddy.
So one day, when mom was out of town, I winked and pointed at my bike — to my then twelve year-old daughter Brynn (Bren). She grinned with excitement and then fear blanketed her face. She envisioned her mom finding out about our little secret ride. I told her I would take the heat, and to grab mom’s helmet. We were off.
At this point, I had been riding for many years and there wasn’t much on my mind as I rode casually around our streets, other than enjoying ourselves. This is when the secret hand wave came into my daughter’s world.
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David Mann: Outlaws who saved biker history
David Mann — an American icon
known for his depiction of motorcycles
and the biker lifestyle — learned as
much from Iowa’s outlaw bikers as
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Throttler Magazine's 2009 Hole Shot
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There are tens of thousands of motorcycle clubs (MCs) around the world. They often start out with a couple of friends getting together on a regular basis for day rides or weekend jaunts. The group grows over time as the friends invite others to ride along, and before you know it, someone brings up the idea of formalizing things… A motorcycle club is born.
Fred Ingraham grew up in Minneapolis attending the University of Minnesota receiving a degree in Art. He later worked for his family at Mid-West Spring where his father transferred him to the Marshalltown plant bringing him to Iowa. 
When the Strip Club Chopper’s posse rolls into a town for an event we are often the center of attention and building a bike with a fully functional dance pole that shoots 4 foot flames only serves to magnify the attention. 
Racing vintage sidecars are high- powered motorcycles with a platform known as a rig and a third wheel attached.
My wife has a major issue letting our children ride motorcycles and would not allow my daughter to ride with me until she was in her teens. And even after my daughter grew older, my wife still had a hard time letting her “baby” get on a motorcycle, even with Daddy.
