The Staff Jim Furey - Publisher Rich Hagendorf - Central Mo Rep Joy Furey- Executvie Assistant Jody Jedlicka - Photograapher/Intern William “Killer” Miller - Photojournalist Cher Petrovic - Photographer Chuck Sheets - Photographer Rod Wright - Graphic Artist Kathleen Haverstick - Advertising Sales Kim Kirgan - Soutwest Mo Rep Mike Osborne - Advertising Sales Gary Moser - Photojournalist Rocker Votrain - Photojournalist Heather Harrop - Photojournalist Dan “Hombre” Stafford - Photojournalist Sheri Wellen - Photojournlist Craig Miller - Graphic Artist The Biking Life PO Box 448 Troy, IL 62294 [email protected] Cover photo: The cover shot was taken at the St Louis Cycle Show- case on the Delmar Loop this past august. Every year this events gets better and better. Cover photo courtesy of Jim Furey of The biking life. Letter from the Publisher I thank everyone who has ever written something for the rag. By Jim Furey I also would like to thank the many folks who have First off I apologize to all of our faithful readers for our/ helped keep my motorcycles running, including Mike my not delivering an issue of the magazine in January. Case from Case’s Custom Cycles who rode with me back As I stated in the December issue my father had health to the Iowa / South Dakota border to bring my bike back issues he took a turn for the worse, while I was putting the and the great work he did for me. DJ Weil of Big Boyz January issue together. So I spent time visiting him and Custom Cycles for all the work he did on The Biking then on New Year’s Day, he went to a much better place Life bike. Jim McDaniel from M & M Custom Cycles he and putting out a magazine was not my highest priority. has also taken good care of me. Jack from J & J Speed & Sport has also wrenched on my bikes. Psycho Scotty has As I write this we are sailing into a beautiful sunset. Yes I taken a turn as has Joe from Joe’s Hog Doc. took some time off with my wife and we went on a cruise. It was great fun and the sailing into the sunset is pretty As some of you know I also own some metric bikes and appropriate, for my letter this month. While publishing without the help of Todd from Streetbikes Plus, Randy the magazine has been great fun, it has also consumed Deeke from Deeke’s Motorsports and Al Schuck the first mine and now joy and I’s lives. We love riding Metal Master they would not have been on the road quite and we love hanging with friends but all the behind the as often. scenes things are very time consuming. There have been many family events that have been missed to bring you I put a lot of miles on various other vehicles over the this magazine. I also missed some of my father’s better years and I thank Tony Mooney and especially Tony years as he was aging and we could still have done stuff Rodriguez of A-Rods in Collinsville, Illinois for all the together. That is a high price to pay. superior work they have done for me at very reasonable prices. If you need any work done I would trust any of So you may be asking yourselves what has this got to these with my vehicles an probably some I am forgetting do with sailing into the sunset? Well, just this unless I with mine. have a huge change of heart this is probably the last hard copy of The Biking Life you will see. I am planning on I also want to thank Joe and Janet Dally of Air Perfect continuing it in a different but similar format. It is my for keeping my heating and air conditioning equipment plan right now to continue the magazine as an internet functioning well. They truly do amazing work and at news/video magazine. prices that will help you keep your cool. I am sure after this is completed I will think of others I should have The major reason for doing this is so that I can spend thanked and recognized. I have received tons of help more time with my wife, family and friends. By going from so many people. to this format it will also provide me an opportunity to get more of you a little notoriety. The magazine will Finally I thank all of you for allowing me to be part of in essence become an internet tv news magazine, a 60 your biking life for the past 12 years. I have truly enjoyed Minutes for Bikers if you will. By doing this as soon bringing you this publication and meeting each and every as we have finished editing tape, we will put it on the one of you. As I said earlier I plan on converting the web. We are looking for hosts/sponsors for the show magazine into an online video format. I am tentatively and do not think we will have trouble finding them. We planning on having the first version on the web around will have a technical corner and I think this will provide March 15, 2015 and putting out at least a monthly issue an awesome way to show off some of the regions most and quite possibly one every other week. If you are intriguing bikes. already a friend of on Facebook please do if you would like to keep abreast of what is going on. You can also like I have made some great friends doing this and treasure the The Biking Life on Facebook and that page will also let relationships I have formed. There are a bunch of folks I you know what is going on and when the first video The need to thank. My sister Jennifer was the original editor Biking Life will be available. I look forward to seeing of the magazine and she did a great job. Killer Miller many of you on the road during the upcoming season and has provided all of us with his take on motorcycles and having tons of fun with you. Thanks for your support. racing for quite a while. 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Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Perhaps the words of Jesus, promising rest, are so convincing because of our desire and search for rest --- not just to rest our body, but to rest our heart, to find peace, and to find contentment. Do you know where to find rest? Where you find a clean conscience? Where you WINTER MAINTENANCE find the ability to sleep at night and live with yourself? It is by living in the pleasure of the As much as I love riding my bike, I look Father who made you. If you want to bring forward to the winter months for some needed your fast-paced life-style under control, you rest. It is the time of year when I put the bike must eliminate the unnecessary; if you want on the lift and do some needed maintenance. to be where God wants you to be, you must When I had the old bike, I would disassemble concentrate on the necessary. it and check out the brakes, tires, put on new chrome, and go over it really well and then If you’re not sure how to pray or ask fix whatever was broken or worn out. Kathy for His help. Talk to a Christian biker at the and I bought a new bike in 2005, and for a next function you attend. Find a local biker- few years we cleaned the bike and called the friendly church. If you don’t know one, call H-D shop if it needed anything. Now I am us and we’ll help you find one. If you need back to the disassembling and repairing. (The prayer, we’re here for you if you need us. warranty is the only good thing about making You can reach Kathy and me at 314-434-2282 payments on a new bike.) or e-mail me at [email protected]; or you can contact the CMA Missouri State Coordinators, We all live busy lives; we play as long Brad & Angie Barton at 573-576-8216, Email: and hard as we can. Then the holidays come [email protected]; or the CMA Illinois around and it adds hectic schedules and stress. State Coordinators who are Doug Johnson at We get back to work after the holidays and find 630-878-2801 E-mail [email protected] and we are exhausted. We need rest; sometimes Karl Huckshold at 618-478-5303. the best thing we can do for ourselves, our families and friends is to take a break and regather our strength. The Bible has a lot to say about rest and rebuilding of the body and soul. Matthew Hardtail Humor Two bikers rode into a gas station in Indiana for a fill-up, be- cause they heard about a contest being offered by the station to patrons who purchased a full tank of gas. When they went inside to pay, the men asked the attendant about the contest. “If you win, you’re entitled to free sex” said the attendant. “How do we enter?” asked one biker. “Well, I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10, if you guess right, you win free sex.” “OK. I guess 7,” said the other rider. “Sorry, I was thinking of 8,” replied the attendant. The next week, the two guys go back to the same station to get gas. When they went inside to pay, the one asked the attendant if the contest was still going on. “Sure,” replied the attendant. “I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10, if you guess right. You win free sex.” “2” said the Harley rider. “Sorry, I was thinking of 3,” replied the attendant. “Y’all come back soon and try again.” As they walked back to their bikes, one said to the other, “You know, I’m beginning to think this contest is rigged.” “No, I assure you it isn’t,” came the reply. “My wife won twice last week.” JOIN US ON FACEBOOK BUNKER HILL, ILLINOIS Thursday’s Night Ladies and Men’s Night Daily Lunch Specials One of the Best Party Places in the Area Stop Here on Your Next Poker Run Great Menu Pool Tables Come Check Out The Money Wall Geo’s Wings Over the past few years I have got to know Showcasing the Loop some pretty nice folks. The people in this By Al ‘ Slow talker’ Wilson story well, I approached them 8 or 9 years ago and said I think you have the perfect The Saint Louis Cycle Showcase once again greeted place for a bike night and after a while they weekend visitors to the Delmar Loop this past August. This agreed and that was the start of Geo’s Bike three day celebration of all things motorcycle is rapidly becoming a can’t miss event. There is truly something for Nights. Independent folks have told me it is everyone. the biggest bike night but everyone agrees it is the best. It will be starting up agan the first From the daredevil stunt riders, defying gravity, to some Thursday in April and we hope will be the of the best old school bikes and also some of the baddest bikes people are building these days. Not really your cup anchor for The Biking Life TV. Also George of tea, not a problem there is also art available at several and Karen will always make their place galleries on the street. These galleries display another way available for a worthy cause. Looking for- the two wheel life style can be presented. ward to another awesome year. Still not catching your fancy, well you could buy a motorcycle or at least start negotiating with god folks from Two More Thank Yous Doc’s Harley Davidson and no matter what your poison is The first one is to the Illinois Motorheads, you can’t beat the peole watching on the loop. This year’s event built on the success of the previous year and from all this is a great group of guys and I admire the the buzz I heard after wards next year’s event promises to way they do things. They never asked for be an even bigger extravaganza. So make your plans now anything for free and I owe the club in gen- and join us for the 2015 St Louis Cycle Showcase. eral and several of the members a big thanks for always having my interests in mind. I look forwaard to continung our relationship. Finally I thank Ron and Fred from the band Dirty Laundry. They did me some real solids and not only that but their support of BAA and other biker charities demonstrates that they understand what brotherhood is about.