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REBEL RIDER MAGAZINE, INC
WWW.REBELRIDERMAGAZINE.COM
March 2013
ISSUE 34
Address: Box 1952
Mount Dora, FL 32756
Publisher & Editor
Nova {Push} Fuller
March is back...we all know what that means!
The Orange trees are blooming right? For
many of us the Orange tree bloom is one of
the most wonderful things that occurs here in
Florida. So, if your visiting us from up north
for Bike Week, take the time to head toward
Lake, Marion, Seminole and Orange Counties
to take a smell. Trying to explain what an Orange Blossom smells like in bloom would be
like you trying to explain what it feels like to
ride a bike.
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Here are a few things I want you to remember
and maybe some of them just take the time
to think about. Four wheels move the
body. Two wheels move the Soul!
Next...this is very important to remember.
Most motorcycle problems are caused by
the nut that connects to handlebars to
the saddle! For you new riders You start
the game of life with a full pot o’ luck and
an empty pot o’ experience...The object
is to fill the pot of experience before you
empty the pot of luck. Now here is a funny
one for you...but there sure is a lot of fact to
what is said. Never try to race an old geezer, he may have one more gear than
you! Finally...It takes more love to share
the saddle then it does to share the bed.
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Cover Fox Head And Bike Week
Miller Lite And Miller High Life
Ramsey Smathers P.A.
Introduction
Index * New Advertisers
Rebel Rider Reps
Miller’s Custom Parts
Vengeance * Old Dixie Pub * Cuzin’s Cafe
Foxhead Lounge
American Heroes
Gator And Stormy Hill Harley-Davidson
Pink Ribbons For Life Ride
Pictures Pink Ribbons For Life
SFG & The Lost Parrot
Orlando Harley-Davidson
Lake County Arms & Lake Harris Hideaway
Orlando Harley-Davidson
Finnegan’s
Frank’s Place
H.O.P.E. Foundation * Pictures
Bee’s RV Resort & Gator Joe’s Beach Bar & Grill
Oasis Saloon & Purple Heart Ceremony
L.A.M.A Event
Buzzard Beach
The Bar Out Back
Gator Bay Bar & Grill
BACA’s Roar On I-4
O’Keefe’s & Pictures BACA
Hurricane Dockside Grill
American Legion Post 35
Fisherman’s Cove & Turkleton’s Tavern
Vetfest 2013
Tilted Kilt
Mikes Bikes And Keg Room
L&D’s Little Lake Harris Pub & Pirates Pub
Crazy Gator
Leesburg Bikefest
Thunder, Frog & Monkey, Boondocks & Biker Consign
Art’s Mobil Kitchen, Webster Swap Meet, Jam Inn
Riding S.O.B.
Thunder Gulch Campground And Black Cloud Saloon
Twisted Tea
Custom Built * Red Ember Cycles * Battery Web
Hillcrest Insurance Agency
Apopka Music & Bike Fest
Bogart’s Smoke Shop & G’s Lounge & Pug’s Pub
Black Water Inn
Article By Buckeye
Seminole Harley-Davidson
Scooter Haven
Kirbside Pub & Renninger’s
Shamrock Lounge & Package
Central Florida Cruisers
Seminole HOG Valentines Run
Irene’s Restaurant And Lounge
Legend
Maps
Legend & Gator Women’s Day Conference
Map
Upcoming Events & Nova R. Fuller Realtor
Cop’s And Kid’s Day
Sam Swope Charity Run
Harley-Davidson of Lakeland
Brent C. Miller, P.A.
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Farewell To Wink
About a month or so ago I stopped by the Blue
Heron, while there I was told a story about a
Vietnam Vet that had died on the property. No
one from the family was willing to claim the
body. I knew the Nam Knights of America had
handled incidents like this before so I contacted
my good friend Ruff. In no time I received a reply back from Ruff letting me know that the Nam
Knights had looked into the Vietnam status of
David “Wink” Courson and found that he was for
sure a 100% Vietnam Veteran. On February 1st
in Bushnell at the Florida National Cemetery
Wink was laid to rest with his brothers and sisters. A very special thanks goes out to Ruff and
all other Nam Knights of America that go out of
their way to see that Veterans get the rights
they deserve when no one else seems to care.
The rest is pictures on this page and Page 8…
Hark & Duke
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Pictures from article on page 7.
Farewell To Wink! Pictures taken at
Bushnell’s Florida National Cemetery.
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Rank: Chief Warrant Officer
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company C, 227th Aviation Battalion
Division: 1st Cavalry Division
Born: 18 August 1939, Pilot Point, Tex.
Departed: No
Entered Service At: Phoenix, Ariz.
Date of Issue: 05/17/1969
Accredited To: Arizona
Place / Date: Hue, Republic of Vietnam, 31 January 1968
Citation Medal Of Honor
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
CWO Ferguson, U.S. Army distinguished himself while serving with Company C. CWO Ferguson, commander of a resupply helicopter monitoring an emergency call from wounded passengers and crewmen of a
downed helicopter under heavy attack within the enemy controlled city of Hue, unhesitatingly volunteered to
attempt evacuation. Despite warnings from all aircraft to stay clear of the area due to heavy antiaircraft fire,
CWO Ferguson began a low-level flight at maximum airspeed along the Perfume River toward the tiny, isolated South Vietnamese Army compound in which the crash survivors had taken refuge. Coolly and skillfully
maintaining his course in the face of intense, short range fire from enemy occupied buildings and boats, he displayed superior flying skill and tenacity of purpose by landing his aircraft in an extremely confined area in a
blinding dust cloud under heavy mortar and small-arms fire. Although the helicopter was severely damaged by
mortar fragments during the loading of the wounded, CWO Ferguson disregarded the damage and, taking off
through the continuing hail of mortar fire, he flew his crippled aircraft on the return route through the rain of
fire that he had experienced earlier and safely returned his wounded passengers to friendly control. CWO Ferguson's extraordinary determination saved the lives of 5 of his comrades. His actions are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself and the U.S. Army.
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Pink Ribbons For Life
The 10th Annual Pink Ribbons For life Event held
at Cowboys in Orlando had a tremendous turnout. Despite the fact the BACA ride was going on
the same day. As it turned out many of those
who did the BACA ride also attended the Pink
Ribbons For Life event. There is no doubt when it
comes to knowing how to put on one whale of an
event the Chrome Angels of Central Florida are
the pro’s! Jesse “Sundancer” Seals has been at
this a very long time. The Chrome Angel group
continues to lead the way when it comes to helping Breast Cancer Research. Live music was provided by a band called Jender. Now this band is
quite incredible, I admit I have never seen a girl
singer that plays a guitar with so much energy.
Her voice was simply amazing. Rides left locations such as Seminole Harley, Art in Motion,
East Orlando Harley and Stormy Hill HarleyDavidson with small to large groups. I
noticed all kids of different Motor Cycle Clubs as
well as Independents. There were even a few
four wheelers that showed up to help out. Rebel
Rider Magazine is proud to support such worthy
events. The rest is pictures. Hark
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“Bet You Didn’t Know”
If someone tells you that you need long term
care insurance, chances are they are either
trying to sell you a policy or they bought a
policy themselves without realizing that it
may be worthless.
“Worthless!” you say— Come on!” Statistically speaking, approximately forty percent
of Americans may need the benefits of long
term care insurance during their life. That
means that sixty percent will not.
Like property and casualty insurance, with
long term care insurance, “You don’t use
it...you loose it.” There is no underlying
value.
“Bet You Didn’t Know” that you can convert your old life insurance policy or start a
new one which will have a rider to cover
long term care. A policy that allows up to
two percent of the death benefit to be paid
out monthly for long term care benefits. The
total amount of used long term care benefits
is subtracted from your tax free death benefit at your death.
EXAMPLE: A 300,000 life policy would allow up to a 6,000 monthly long term care
benefit. If the insured were to need the average long term care benefit of 22 months @
6,000 per month or 132,000, the remaining
Death Benefit of 168,000 would be paid to
the beneficiary. It is the “partial use” of a
“guaranteed benefit” for one which you
may not need at all.
Where we may or may not ever use the
benefits of the long term care “insurance”...
would greatly enhance…” the well being of
our family with life insurance and an attached long term care rider.
William H. Smathers is a Certified Estate
Consultant and his firm, Smathers Financial
Group, Inc., is a Registered Investment Advisor with the State of Florida.
If we can give you guidance in this area,
please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 352561-3060 or 877-346-4924, “STAY
TUNED.”
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Taking Pictures For Rebel Rider
Magazine Can Be A Real Hard Job!!!
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Greetings and Salutations... From all in Key
West, Florida.
A few of us took a very nice ride to Key West
this past weekend. Great weather and traffic.
Great accommodations and wonderful friends.
Due to time constraints, we traveled the interstate most of the time. With my new 2013
Boulevard BOSS the ride was very enjoyable.
Here are some photos of the trip: Thunder
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Buckshot Pictures of Jims Birthday Party At Kirbside...Happy Birthday From Rebel Rider Magazine
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famous Ozello Trail which begins just a mile south of
the Armory. At the end of the Trail, sort of a grand
prize for safely negotiating the 11 miles and 50 curves
which are surrounded by woods and salt flats, is Pecks
Old Port Cove Restaurant, certainly one of Florida’s
finest seafood eateries. This place is always packed
with motorcyclists, so if you go, get there early. It is
a great place to sit on the deck, enjoy a beer and
watch the water birds landing in the bayous; or sit
inside in one of the large dining rooms and suck down
some raw Apalachicola oysters. The service is spectacular too, I might add…
The PGR and CVMA Supports
the annual Purple Heart Ceremony
in Crystal River.
Every February, the City of Crystal River and surrounding communities sponsor the annual Purple
Heart Ceremony held in the National Guard Armory on
the south boundary of the airport on US Hwy 19/98.
This a year as in past years, the Patriot Guard Riders
along with riders from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, as well as members of the Steinhatchee Suwannee Cruisers, Chapter 379, Motorcycle
Club, honored the heroes from all wars, and especially
those who have been wounded while serving in defense of our country’s freedoms. It was with tears,
smiles and gratitude that the over 300 in attendance
honored the military heroes and veterans at this sixth
annual ceremony.
The audience included several
elected officials and participants ranged from teenage
cadets who have yet to start their military careers to
octogenarians there to honor comrades who fell decades ago. In fact, the keynote speaker was a veteran
of 3 wars and had been awarded the medal of the
Purple Heart 2x plus the Bronze and Silver Stars for
individual bravery under fire. What a Patriot he is.
We started off the day with a 7 am breakfast at the
Blue Moon Restaurant in High Springs and the morning weather was, let’s say, “coolish” as we headed
down US41 around 8 am. However it quickly warmed
up into a beautiful early season spring day, reaching
temperatures in the 70’s with blue skies and puffy
clouds. It was a time when spending 5 + hours in the
saddle at highway speeds with a full stomach and a
happy motorcyclist grin, was very satisfying on all
counts.
R e s p e c t f u l l y
Photo Credit David Duncan
Buckeye, PGR RC
This year there were over 100 motorcycles bringing
riders from all over the State to participate in this
ceremony by first forming a Flag line along the sidewalk prior to the start of the event, and then lining up
along the walls with their American Flags for the duration of the singing, speeches and presentations that
followed.
This ceremony is held each year on the second Saturday of February, so you may want to mark your calendars for 2014 and plan to be part of this special event
by being there and Standing For Those Who Stood
For Us.
Afterward, a large number of the riders headed for the
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Picture taken by Brad. L.A.M.A Latin American Motorcycle Association . Picture taken
at the B.A.C.A event covered on pages 27 and 28. This club has a special way of sending
a message to all of us with the way they supported B.A.C.A. Brad tells me this was not
all of them who attended that event. So...To all of us who ride we need to support their
event on March 16 as seen below in their event flyer….Hark
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Road Trip to the Emerald Coast In February. Below pictures are of The Palms Condominium s which own the largest
swimming pool in north Florida. Bottom Left is the white sand beach near the Board Walk/Pier on Okaloosa Island.
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BACA’S ROAR on I-4
With that many people waiting for the ride to
start, they needed something to do. Well, a
show by the Orlando Harley-Davidson Drill Team
didn’t disappoint. They put on a show themed
around US and Harley history and the US Armed
Forces. Great show.
Sunday, January 20th – time once again for
BACA’s annual ride – the “Roar on I-4”. This is
BACA’s (Bikers Against Child Abuse) police escorted ride starting at Downtown Disney near
Cirque du Soleil and traveling east on I-4, eventually landing at Orlando Harley-Davidson. Man,
every year this ride just keeps growing by leaps
and bounds. Two years ago they had about 300
show up and last year that number jumped to
over 800. Well this year over 1,300 signed up for
the ride and estimates put the total crowd at
close to 2,000! What an awesome turn out. By
mid-morning the line of people waiting to sign in
really stretched across the parking lot as far as
you could see!
Before the ride started, Chief, the founder of
BACA, and Grumpy, the President of the TriCounty chapter got up on stage to say a few
words. Then Rev. Al gave the invocation and it
was off to I-4! With that many bikes, it really
wasn’t a “roar” down I-4; it was more like a
slow, slow crawl. But it was great having the
highway all to ourselves and eventually everyone got to Orlando H-D safe and sound.
Hosted by the Tri-County Chapter of BACA, this
was not only their annual ride, it also coincided
with their annual meeting, so there were BACA
members from all over the world present. There
were many clubs from all over represented at
the ride, but I really need to give a special mention to LAMA (Latin American Motorcycle Association). There were LAMA patches everywhere!
Some said there were probably 200+ LAMA
members at the ride. I don’t think I’ve ever seen
that much support from one club on another
club’s ride!
When we got to Orlando H-D, what does everyone do? Well everyone is hungry by then, so we
all get into another long line for food! Hey, Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ was supplying the food,
so it was well worth the wait! After that it was
time to hang out and enjoy the afternoon with
friends, enjoy the free beer (donations to BACA
greatly appreciated), and enjoy great southern
rock from Diablo Canyon!
This was a great ride – it’ll be really hard to top
it next year!
-Brad
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Kingsmen Open New Club House
Saturday 2/9/13, I had the good fortune
of being invited to the grand opening
party at The Kingsmen MC new club
house in Leesburg.
countryside replete with majestic oaks
and Spanish moss, it's a place anyone
w o u l d
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p r o u d
o f .
Blaze, Grumpy, Muddy et. al. are to be
commended for their organizational
skills as well as chef Ed and the support
of Red from the Knight Riders and a
great turnout from The Fallen Few and
Warlocks MC's. They will be in full swing
for Leesburg Bike Festival.
Buckshot
Wow, what a place it is ! Just west of
town, not too far out of the way but secluded enough that Bike Night Pam
could blast out her tunes with no complaints. Sitting on 5 acres of old Florida
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Buckshot Should Be Called Flash
We are so lucky at Rebel Rider Magazine to have
people like Buckshot who is one of our Photographers on the road nearly every month sending us
pictures. I just happened to be going through some
old files and came up with this pictures we have
never put in Rebel Rider Magazine . Also See Page
35! These pictures came from Deland Bikefest and
Buckshot’s favorite hang out Kirbside. Like I said
in my head linger...Buckshot should be called
Flash...he takes thousands of pictures every year.
Thanks my friend...I owe you a beer...Hark
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for several city blocks. There are literally hundreds of
vendors. Entertainment is none stop with 70 concerts.
The town brings in a bunch of stages so you can pick
and choose the bands that fit your appetite. Then you
have the World Famous Rats Hole Bike show as well as
Drill Teams and Bike Games. Last but best is the Miss
Leesurg Bikefest Contest which features the hottest girls
you will find.
For those of you who are attending Daytona Bike Week
this year we want you to know about another Bike Week
that takes place in Florida in April. Leesburg Bikefest
which started 17 years ago has grown to the largest three
day motorcycle event in the world. Numbers can reach
as high as 350,000 riders. Below you will see where
Budweiser stores empty beer barrels. Also pictures of
Main Street Leesburg witch will be packed with bikes
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Rebel Rider Doc wins first place at the Hideaway
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Out and about with G in February...A
trip to Webster Flea Market. If you have
not made the ride to Webster on the first
Sunday of each month you may be missing out on finding that special part you
been looking for you can’t find anywhere
else.
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RIDING S.O.B.
(Covering Central Florida and All Roads to
the East Coast)
nipple. Besides, I KNOW you can do it, I’ve been
to the Speedway many times and over there
stuff like that just gets brushed off. I personally
have done things around the track that have
gotten a laugh and a wave from a cop that
would have gotten me arrested on Main Street.
So, are race fans welcome and bikers aren’t?
And how about the traffic control? Do we really
need to spend 45 minutes trying to get over the
Main Street Bridge because somebody at Main
and Peninsula doesn’t know how to direct traffic?
I would say I KNOW you can do it, but like I said
earlier, I’ve been to the Speedway many times,
and I guess finding anyone in Daytona that can
keep traffic flowing is asking a little too much.
You know, you can’t just stick your head in the
sand and proclaim that we’re BIKE WEEK, the
biggest bike rally in the world and bikers will
keep coming here no matter what – look at attendance the last few years and you’ll see that
that just isn’t the case. People know when
they’re not really welcome….. OK, enough with
the rant – I need a beer….. If you’ve been riding
anywhere in Florida, I’m sure you’ve probably
seen some members of LAMA (Latin American
Motorcycle Association) around. They’re a huge
club and you always see them coming out in big
numbers to support local charity rides. Well Orlando LAMA will be celebrating their 11th year
with an event at Orlando Harley-Davidson on
March 16th. How about stopping by and returning some of that support?….. Just another reminder about the biggest ride of the year. Sunday, March 10th is the 5th Annual Sam Swope
Ride benefitting the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Last year’s ride holds the record for being
the biggest one day fundraiser in Bahia Shrine
history with over $304,000.00 raised! This year
they plan on beating that record with the overall
goal of pushing the five year total for money
raised over the million dollar mark! What a truly
amazing event….. That does it for now. Bike
Week fast approaches and I need to get some
rest. I’ve got a lot of miles to ride and a lot of
beer to drink! Until next month, I’ll be out there
riding the back roads of Central Florida.
It’s the beginning of March, and everyone knows
what that means - BIKE WEEK is just around the
corner! This year I’d like to make a little suggestion to the people that run Bike Week, not the
local business owners, but the government and
chamber types that oversee and plan and promote Bike Week. Mark April 26, 27 & 28 on your
calendar and take a little field trip over to Leesburg to experience a bike rally where bikers actually feel welcome. Every year the people
around Daytona look at the smaller and smaller
rally crowds and blame it on the poor economy,
or the aging biker crowd, or the high gas prices,
yet every year the crowd at the Leesburg
Bikefest gets bigger and bigger. As far as I can
tell, Leesburg has to deal with the same poor
economy, the same aging biker crowd, and the
same high gas prices, so I’m guessing it must be
something else. How about starting with the
easy stuff? This is BIKE Week; keep the stupid
cars off of Main Street, at least on the weekends. And hey, maybe waive the open container
law around Main Street? How silly is it that you
can drink on this side of the fence but don’t you
dare cross that line? I KNOW you can do it; I’ve
been there when you do it for New Years Eve
and there didn’t seem to be any problems. And
how about simply just not hassling the bikers. I
know doing a burn-out, or dropping a beer can,
or flashing a breast isn’t condoned, but having a
cop hiding behind every corner just to pounce
isn’t very welcoming. We’re all just here to have
a little fun, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of
anyone suffering a serious injury from a bare
-Brad
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Below Pictures. Three Real Good Reason
To Come Back To Florida For Leesburg
Bikefest In April
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Great Article On Beating A Ticket
admit to any speed. Sometimes, that “how fast do you
think you were going?” question is a fishing expedition.
Don’t bite. Worst of all is flat-out lying. If you’ve been
You didn’t see The Law heading the other direction at
light speed until it was too late. But The Law has seen
you. A tap of the brakes, a quick trip across the median
and he’s on the way to have a nice little roadside chat
with you. Wonderful.
doing 80 mph, don’t try to say you were going 60. Traffic officers pride themselves on being able to judge
speed at a glance, and the best ones can guess within 23 mph of actual. You are not going to win that argument.
You know you’re going to have a conversation, and you
probably already know exactly why you’re going to have
it. So the burning question is: Can you do anything to
get out of a ticket? Are there any surefire ways to get let
off with a warning instead of a piece of paper?
No. At least nothing that will absolutely, positively work
every time. But there are tactics you should use in every
encounter with police or the highway patrol to aid your
chances.
Show remorse. Unless the officer has retreated to his
heated/air-conditioned car to write the ticket, stand
there and apologize for your stupidity. If he says you
were going 80, the best thing you can say is, “Geez, that
seems kinda dumb, huh?” Answer his questions in a
forthright way, succinctly. Then stop talking. A pause in
the conversation as he stands there with your license in
hand, looking over you and your motorcycle means he is
probably thinking about letting you off. Don’t change
his mind by saying something dumb. No doughnut
jokes, ever.
Be calm. Acknowledge the fact that you’re being pulled
over with a wave if you’re being followed and by nodding should the officer come up beside you. Smooth,
easy movements; just let him know that you know your
next destination is the side of the road. On that note,
pick a safe spot where the bike won’t get mired in sand
and where he has sufficient room to park the cruiser. If
you’ve been tagged by a motor officer, provide him
room and a reasonable surface to stop his bike.
This is human nature in action. If you seem reasonable
and sincere, and don’t act like the kind of fool who
would serially run triple digits in a school zone, you
stand a decent chance of getting a warning. Proper,
complete gear, a bike that’s not the latest 190horsepwer beast and a bit of gray hair are also helpful.
And if you do get a ticket, hold your argument for court.
The next minute is critical. Stop the bike, turn off the
ignition, set the bike on the sidestand and slowly get off
the bike. Stand on the side of the bike away from the
road and open your helmet visor. Keep your hands in
view. What you’re doing is assuring the officer that
you’re not going to run, or produce a weapon from your
jacket or luggage and cause him physical harm. Your
sole goal at this point is to put the officer at ease.
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Cook utilizes respectful behavior, proper gear and a fair
share of gray hair to talk an officer down from a citation. The Hayabusa didn’t help the situation.
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Cook utilizes respectful behavior, proper gear and a fair
share of gray hair to talk or Don’t talk. The officer will
begin the conversation, usually asking for license and
registration, though sometimes you may be asked to
remove your helmet before you get to that stage. Again,
do it slowly. Before going for the license, tell him where
it is before you reach for it. “Yes, sir. It’s in my wallet,
back pocket.” After handing over your license, let him
know where the registration and insurance paperwork
is. Produce it with a minimum of fuss; a big portion of
getting through the next few minutes with the benefit of
the doubt is to have all your paperwork in order. If
you’re riding on an expired license or registration, don’t
have a motorcycle endorsement, or can’t find your insurance paperwork (for states with compulsory insurance), you’re most of the way to getting some kind of
ticket, if only because you seem to say, “I don’t care
about the law.”
“Yes, sir” and “No, sir” like crazy. Confrontational behavior will only be met with more of the same. Do not
No whining to the cop.
Credit Motorcyclist 100 Marc Cook
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If your new to Bike Week here are some
things you might be looking for. In most
cases you have got to get out of downtown
to find them. For Great locations see pages
9 and 25. Go For A Ride
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Destination: REBEL RIDER
After leaving some mags on the counter, the
owner Vito Pastore and his son greeted us and
took our orders.
The menu items ranged from
Florida seafood to Italian to Greek to hot dogs
and hamburgers, which made it hard to decide….
But we did! After lunch Vito came out into the
parking lot and thanked us for coming and
wished us a safe day of riding.
If you haven’t
made the trip to the Nature Coast for a while,
why not get a group up and enjoy a super meal
and the 19/98 Grill which has been voted the
Best of the Best. It’s on the south city limit of
US 19, nestled back in the shade amongst the
classic Florida Live Oaks.
Great motorcycle
parking too!
Heading up the road we called in at the Fanning
Springs Amvets Post to leave some issues and
introduce Ernie to the manager.
You know, sometimes it feels good to just do
hope.
something for our magazine every now and
then. Such was the case on Tuesday, the 19th of
Then it was a leisurely 40 mile ride via back
roads toward our homes with a satisfying and
dry day behind us. The gusty winds of 30 mph
were a bother at times to be sure, but heck, just
being in the saddle is worth putting up with sunshine and a little wind.
February, when after eating brunch with the
Tuesday Breakfast Riders, 4 of us decided to
head west to the nature coast and visit some of
the businesses where Rebel Rider magazine is
available. After gassing up at the local BP station
If you are in the area of Chiefland or Fanning
Springs, be sure to visit the places that distribute our magazine and tell them you read about
them in the Rebel Rider.
in downtown Branford, we headed south toward
Bell but soon we swung west on CR 340 and
then pretty quickly South on CR 341 toward Hart
Springs.
However, we passed by this beautiful
Respectfully submitted
Buckeye
spot on the Suwannee River and continued on
toward Fanning Spring on US19/98.
Then we
headed south to our first magazine drop at the
Amvet’s Post in Chiefland to see Jack Hudson
( he was not there) and the new RR rep Ernie
Creel (aka Thunder), introduced himself to the
manager and left some copies of the February
issue.
Heading back north, we called on Ron
Cordes, owner of Custom Accessories, a full motorcycle service and repair business just 4 miles
north of the Chiefland Wal-Mart.
from Ron in future issues.
They will be
advertising with us about a grand opening we
Look for ads
By that time it was
agreed that we head for lunch and what better
place than the US19/98 Grill in Fanning Springs.
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SEMINOLE HOG’S 19TH ANNUAL VALENTINES RUN
of stops in the middle, and you could draw any
of your five cards at any of the stops you wanted
to. I’ve never been on a 2 stop poker run before,
but I guess that just meant that you got to the
fun at the end sooner!
What a great turn out for Seminole HOG’s 19th
Annual Valentines Run! I’m sure a lot of people
came out because this is always a great ride, but
I’m guessing that having such awesome riding
weather on a Sunday in the middle of February
had something to do with it too. At one point the
line to sign in was all the way out the door –
they even ran out of sign in sheets and someone
had to run and make more copies.
As always, Seminole Harley-Davidson was a
great host for the end of the run. There was
lunch available from Gator’s Dockside, beer ( for
a $2 donation), even a full liquor bar set up and
plenty of jello – I mean apple pie shots going
around! Up on stage they had a band called Skin
Deep that did a great job covering 70’s and 80’s
bands like Journey, Styx, Boston and Kansas. A
really good time for being in a dealership parking
lot!
Along with the poker run and the usual raffles
and auctions, Seminole HOG had spent the past
year selling raffle tickets with the top prize being
a choice between a 2013 Heritage Softail Classic
or $10.000 in cash! Well this year the top prize
went to Ric Roberts of the Orlando Shriners. Ric
chose the $10,000 cash and donated half of the
money to the Shriners Hospital for Children in
Tampa! This is the same charity supported by
the Orlando Shriner’s upcoming Sam Swope
Charity Ride on March 10th. What an unbelievably generous gesture! Way to go Ric!
All around a really great ride – here’s hoping for
19 more years! More Pictures Page 54
The ride started at American Legion Post 53 in
Sanford with a breakfast buffet (and cheap
drinks of course). From there the run went down
to Casselberry’s, where else but in Casselberry,
and then a quick ride back to Sanford and the
Fleet Reserve. After those two stops it was a
short jump over to Seminole Harley-Davidson for
the end of the run. Beginning and end, with a lot
-Brad
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3/17: Free Corn Beef And Cabbage At The Shamrock. See
Page 52.
March Events
3/2: Stormy Hill Harley-Davidson Pre Bike Week Kick
Off Party See Page 11.
3/23: Adult Easter Egg Hunt. Stormy Hill Harley-Davidson.
See Page 11.
3/2: Bike Night At Hurricane Dockside. See Page 29.
3/23: Irene’s Music Festival. See Ad Page 55.
3/3: Free BBQ Foxhead See Page 9.
3/16: Green Bag Sale Gator Harley-Davidson. See Page 11.
3/3-10-17-24-31: Free BBQ The Bar Out Back. Almost
Every Sunday. See Page 25.
3/30: Legion Riders Mystery Poker Run. See Page 22.
3/9-17: Events Schedule Seminole Harley-Davidson.
3/30: Awesome Event. Apopka Music & Bike Fest. See Page
45.
3/10: 5th Annual Sam Swope Charity Ride. See Page 62.
April Events
3/9-17: Rockin Rally. Orlando Harley-Davidson. See Page
15.
4/26-28: Leesburg Bikefest. See Page 37.
3/9: Tilted Kilt Ride From The Kilt To Boot Hill. See Page
33.
3/9: Free BBQ Kirbside Pub. See Ad Page 51.
3/8-17: Seminole Harley-Davidson’s Fantastic Events. See
Page 49.
3/9: Pirates Pub. Big Party. See Page 35.
3/16: Party With Harley-Davidson Of Lakeland. See Ad Page
63.
3/16: L.A.M.A Anniversary. See Page 23.
3/16-17: Tilted Kilt St. Patrick’s Day Events
3/17: Free Food G’s Lounge. See Page 46.
3/17: Happy St. Pat’s Day at O’Keefe’s
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