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FROM WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET ON TWO WHEELS

Happy New Year; I thought it would be great to use an example of someone I have helped over the years. The following story really touches my heart with a client and fellow rider I met about a year ago. I have changed his name and some of the numbers of the principal to protect our client, but it is a very real client and I see this over and over again. John came to me about a year ago. After our meeting, I asked him to go home and gather anything that related to his financial situation so we…
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FUNDRAISER : Together we can help Jamie continue to work hard every day for children with disabilities!

What: Jamie's new wheelchair accessible van Goal: $25,000. Amount raised to date $2,355. Fundraiser ends Feb 1, 2016. Why: Jamie works hard each day for children with disabilities. As a public relations specialist for Shriners Hospital for Children - Tampa, she helps put the spotlight on the help available to these special children & the families that love them. She herself was a patient of Shriners Hospital, first in Erie, then in Tampa. Now she’s giving back to the wonderful hospital system that helped her gain independence and become a productive adult. With congenital muscular dystrophy, she’s been confined to…
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‘Born to Ride’ celebrates 20-year journey on TV

By Eric Vician, Times Correspondent Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:01pm Ron Galletti still remembers the day he came home from the sweltering Florida heat of his construction foreman and told his wife he left his job to pursue an entrepreneurial idea. Galletti wanted to document the lifestyle of motorcycle riders and thought the idea might make for a good television show. That was 20 years — and two children — ago for the couple, who co-produce Born to Ride a show seen in more than 2 million homes, across 14 counties including locally on Great 38, WTTA Tampa Bay Sundays…
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Meet Becca Monopoli at the Born To Ride 20th Anniversary Party

Meet Becca Monopoli at the Born To Ride 20th Anniversary Party representing the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches and Becca Monoploi Racing.  She was just selected be NASCAR to participate in their 2015 Drive for Diversity program. http://hometracks.nascar.com/diversity/story/engines-revved-drive-diversity-combine_10072015  
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2015 AIMExpo Wraps Final Day Amid Applause

ORLANDO, Fla. (October 18, 2015) – As doors closed on the 2015 American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) applause filled the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) where consumer attendees on the packed show floor joined the 561 exhibitors in celebrating the event’s third year in Orlando. AIMExpo Championship of the Americas The inaugural AIMExpo Championship of the America’s featured a slew of radically designed, hand built bikes by North America's top custom builders. These bikes and builders were met with a standing ovation during the award ceremony that crowned builders in four unique classes and culminated in the choosing of a…
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Bikers, officials say this year’s 75th Sturgis rally is huge

STURGIS, S.D. -- (AP) It'll take some time before official attendance numbers for the landmark 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are in, but bikers and officials say it's one of the largest rallies they've ever seen in the small western South Dakota town. Attendance projections for this year's rally, which runs through Sunday, breached 1 million people. That would be a big jump from the record 633,000 people who flooded Sturgis for the 60th anniversary in 2000. Continue Reading on http://www.baynews9.com By JAMES NORD, Last Updated: Wednesday, August 05, 2015
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The Freedom Ride

Special to Born to Ride by Wanda Kenton Smith Eight years ago, I was a harried business owner of a $20 million advertising and PR agency, juggling the roles of biz exec with that of wife, soccer mom, parental caregiver, writer/editor, and boating industry activist. My world embodied a frenzied rush of deadlines, with no time for hobbies or personal passions. I was just another highly charged workaholic running through the maze, trying desperately to maintain sanity while pursuing the elusive American dream. And then, I took a motorcycle ride. My creative director and I were in an all-day strategic…
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Check Out the Two Coolest Booths in Sturgis…Love Jugs!

Going to Sturgis? Get ready for the ride of a lifetime, especially during the 75th Anniversary Sturgis Rally.The weather conditions will vary from cold, windy, rain and hailstones to hot as hell. Two and a half hours riding down Main Street in stop and start traffic will catch your attention...if not 2nd degree burns to your thighs. Check out what Jimmy Kay said from Two Wheel Thunder TV about the extreme weather conditions he encountered while traveling cross country.   "My Love Jugs fans withstood the harshest conditions I endured. Love Jugs are 100% waterproof outdoor rated fan motors, and…
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GET READY FOR STURGIS!

THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STURGIS® MOTORCYCLE RALLY™ August 3 – 9, 2015 has the potential to be one of the greatest and perhaps largest gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts of all time. The time is drawing near quickly that we will be right smack dab in the middle of Main Street madness, celebrating the 75th year of the Sturgis Rally. Many of you are planning to attend this epic event and will become a part of Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally™ history. Sturgis offers one of the best biker experiences in the world that is anticipated by thousands of fans months, even…
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Wackos in WACO – by Craven Moorehead

Wackos in Waco Waco, TX:  9 dead, 20 wounded, 177 arrested in Gestapo style police action An unbelievable and inconceivable blow has been dealt to the entire biker community. Not just club members, but anyone that rides a motorcycle has been affected by this terrible incident. As readers of the region’s most popular biker magazine, most of you read this publication to be informed, entertained and supported. As a contributor to this entity for over a decade, I feel the necessity to come clean about some of the things that I know and a few of the things that I…
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FIVE WOMEN, THEIR HARLEYS AND A CAMERA:

FIVE WOMEN, THEIR HARLEYS AND A CAMERA: ALL THE MAKINGS OF A MEMORABLE COAST-TO-COAST MOTORCYCLE RIDE Harley-Davidson and photographer Lana MacNaughton announce upcoming Highway Runaways Ride paying homage to women riders blazing their own trail MILWAUKEE (JUNE 30, 2015) – Harley-Davidson is celebrating 100-years of strong and confident women riders by supporting renowned photographer and motorcyclist Lana MacNaughton and the Highway Runaways Ride. Distinguished for her “Women’s Moto Exhibit,” MacNaughton is leading four of her closest female friends on a cross country Harley-Davison motorcycle journey, starting July 3, when she kicks off the ride in Brooklyn, New York. This four-week…
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In recognition of the 68th Hollister Freedom Rally

The entire review could be summed up in a sentence: “This film created an image and a lifestyle that yet endures.” Yes, the image of a young Brando sitting on his Triumph motorcycle, dressed in a black leather jacket, tilted cap and a stolen trophy attached at the headlamp, is certainly one that literally everyone has seen at least once. Some of you still live that image today! This film arguably started the biker exploitation explosion in this reviewer’s eyes, and set the tone for hundreds of “B” movie skirt riders that are still being spawned as we speak. Released…
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Happy Father’s Day Fran!

Yes, you have read correctly, Happy Father’s Day Fran! Werner Haasch knows he has wonderful children, Fran and Marcus Haasch, and he’s the one who is grateful and thankful on Father’s Day. He doesn’t want to be catered to or spoiled for the day, but instead he wants to show his love and appreciation in a special way. So how does Werner do that for Fran? By building Fran an Almhütte of course! While on a family trip to Austria last year, Fran spotted an Almhütte and commented to her father how she would adore a hut like this in…
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BOXERWORKS BEEMERGLIDES

On the outskirts of Watkinsville, Georgia, a quaint southern town just south of Athens and UGA, Boxerworks-Service , led by charismatic Nathan Mende and his team of dedicated craftsmen are turning heads as they turn out BeemerGlides, fully-functional retro-‘whatever old style bikes you would like.’ Born in Teaneck, NJ in the late ‘40s, Nathan’s father worked part-time at a local garage, wherein resided eight Slash Two BMWs; the owner, Nathan’s dad and six compadres would annually ship all eight bikes to a remote location, fly out and have a nice rideabout home. In the middle ‘60s he came upon a…
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GENERATION TO GENERATION A poem by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

In a house which becomes a home, one hands down and another takes up the heritage of mind and heart, laughter and tears, musings and deeds. Love, like a carefully loaded ship, crosses the gulf between the generations. Therefore, we do not neglect the ceremonies of our passage: when we wed, when we die, and when we are blessed with a child; When we depart and when we return; When we plant and when we harvest. Let us bring up our children. It is not the place of some official to hand to them their heritage. If others impart to…
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Thunder Tower H-D West: We’re more than a Friendly Face—we’re Family

With so many shops in the Atlanta area it’s hard to stand out, but one Harley-Davidson dealer is up for the challenge, Thunder Tower West in Morrow, GA. Gene and Betty Preston, Thunder Tower West H-D owners, have brought their winning formula for exceptional customer experience to the Atlanta market and plans to make their new location as successful as the South Carolina store. “Come in as our guest, leave as part of our family.” Gene, Betty and their son Sean, Thunder Tower West H-D general manager, understand customers have other options and the reason why their team is dedicated…
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