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OLD SCHOOL vs. NEW SCHOOL
OLD SCHOOL vs. NEW SCHOOL, I'm sooo old school I'm
pre-school! You all know I rode a 1940 Harley rigid flathead to Sturgis, put
about 15 hunert miles on that ol' boy but he brought me back. Not without sum
challenges but that's what it's all about. Ridin' that old iron, alone, on the
back roads, all yer stuff you need to survive bungeed on, with enough tools to
do a whole top end along the side of the road if you need to. Zennin' out on the
wide open prairie and the open sky with the road stretching out as far as the
eye can see. Grateful for every thump of that engine pullin' you every foot, put
together 5,280 of 'em and you got a mile, and lettin' the miles melt away. Every
gas stop fill up with fuel and oil, seein' what fell off and bailing wiring on
what's fixin' to fall off! Other so called "Bikers" asking what the hell what
kind of bike is that I'm wrenching on. Where's the challenge in just putting in
gas and hittin' a button? I even had one ask what my kick pedal was for, I said
it was fer startin' it! YEEZE!!! $30,000.and 30 miles don't make you a biker. If
you think that puttin' on a do-rag and all being a biker is Boobs an' Booze you
got it wrong! And all these clowns ridin' with shorts and tennis shoes, you can
tell they have never dumped one of those hot monsters. A split second contact
with them pipes or the road and they won't be wearing that get-up no more! You
never plan on going down, that's why they call it an accident! 85% of all
scooter crashes involve the legs. Someone said I should understand that they are
trying to emulate us and that everyone had to get started in this lifestyle
sometime so I should lighten up on them and I guess they are right. I entered a
"Biker Buildoff" at the Thunderdome with Billy Lane, Rick Fearless, Paul
Mitchell, etc. as the judges against 200 of these tailored in $150,000. chromed
up creations that wouldn't make it 50 miles across the desert without a backup
truck followin' them. Everyone else is polishing while I'm wrenching, figured it
was better to adjust my chain, file my points with a matchbook, etc. there
rather than out on the road somewhere. Noticed my carb was floppin' around like
a limp dick as the upper bracket broke somewhere in the desert so I asked Rick
Fearless from Strokers/Dallas if he had a piece of metal I could make another
one, of course he didn't. So I'm sitting out in the outhouse takin' care of
business and notice the stall divider bracket on the floor and go "it just might
work"! Out comes the leatherman and made what the carb needed. Bottom line is
that old flathead won SECOND PLACE! Even with a Sh*thouse door bracket! Thanks
to Wade for haulin' the trophy back as that scooter had a hard enough time
pullin' my fat ass without the additional weight of a useless hunk of metal.
Thank you to 89 year old Irene Zaslow for selling me a gallon of chainsaw gas
when I ran out somewhere in the prairie on the way back and pulled into her
farm. " I don't drive no more but maybe my boy has something out in the shed."
That old flathead ran fine on that oil and gas mixture and got me to the next
town 21 miles away. Anywho enough about me, on to ABATE stuff; Heck of a
rainstorm one day so I ducked into the Sturgis city hall and hung out at the
ABATE booth for awhile, it was manned or should I say ladied by a couple of
gorgeous vixens that enticed passers by to stop to admire their beauty and learn
more about ABATE, thanks Jenni and Lilly. Out at the Buffalo Chip I spent some
time with Sonny and the crew doing the Rodeo, good job guys! I learned about the
Air Force fiasco where these soldiers came all the way up from Oklahoma, I think
it was, with a fully operational F-16 jet engine for display and Mead county
wouldn't give them a permit or take their Government credit card! So all our tax
dollars for them to come up there was for nothing! They brought their scooters
with them so they had a good time anyway. At our last secret meeting of Zzen at
Ed and Dea's Backwoods Bar in Marion Travis Lape spoke, he's running for the
House of Representatives, Democratic ticket. Seems like he's on our side, give
him yer vote. Chad won the 50/50 and bought the house a round, thanks Chad. Sol
drawing went to Dan Thomas but he wasn't there again so tough luck. Want to
thank the following for their support of the Gathering at the Bullet Bar in
Sherman; Kelly's in Parker, Chancellor Bar, Beamer's and the American Legion in
Lennox, Cleaver's Market, Little Colinga, and Dakota Beverage, all in Sioux
Falls, and of course The Backwoods in Marion. Special thanks to Darcia as the
host and all the people who showed up to support our cause. It was a good time.
Our next meeting is so secret I don't even know where it's at, or maybe they
won't tell me on purpose. I hear there is a lynch mob forming for that Wiz
character so it's best I don't make it. Had enough? I think so for now, HOOTIE-HOOT!!!
WIZ P.S. October 4th at the Phoenix Lounge in Harrisburg @ 1:00 pm, HA ! Thought
you could pull a fast one on me, better luck next time!
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