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42 nAugust 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS will drop their panties at the sight of him." That pretty much sums up the bike's appearance, not to mention the fact that your butt's only a foot off the ground when riding it. Just in front of that was Paul's take on a dirt bike built on a Sportster platform named (what else?) "Bad Ass." In addition to several other Binford Custom bikes on the main fl oor, parts covered the walls. The shop area alone was bigger than the entire previous store and long-time Binford mechanic, Tanner Shackley, was hard at work as well, mounting a carb on a bike. There was also a separate room with a big-screen TV, tables and chairs known as Hog Heaven. The attached kitchen was still in the process of being built but plans were to serve hamburgers, fries, sandwiches and drinks. This really is a one-stop shop. Jason Pullen excited the crowd with some of his iconic stunts doing wheelies and stoppies and a whole host of other E's I can't name. This continued right up until almost 3:00 p.m. when it started to rain but Jason continued to amaze the crowd in spite of the wet pavement. And the party isn't a real party until the police arrive, right? The Manteca Police Department was on hand with two of their Harley motor units and if that wasn't enough the S.W.A.T. unit was also there, or at least one of their cool toys. It was a brand new Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport on a Ford F550 frame. The $200,000 vehicle was paid for out of the department's Asset Forfeiture Seizure Program and did not cost the city's taxpayers one red cent. Asset forfeiture is a legal tool that allows law enforcement offi cials to seize property that has been involved in certain criminal activity, usually drug law violations. This helps departments offset their costs in combating ille- gal drug activity. Recently questions about the need for such vehicles in a police department have been raised in the media. Manteca Police Detective Lance Casqueiro said that this vehi- cle's purpose is to save lives, both police and non-police alike. It is used to retrieve hostages, go after barri- caded suspects, active shooter situa- tions, as a rescue vehicle or moving barricade and on high-risk search war- rant entries. There is a battering ram attachment on the front with a Batman symbol on it. The Bat part of that stands for Ballistic Armored Transport. It was very popular with the kids and adults as well. The awards were given out at the end of the party as the rain fell. Baddest Old School Chopper went to Stacy McCleary, Baddest FXR/Dyna to Matt Mettler for his 2005 FXDX, Baddest Bagger went to Junior of Manteca, Baddest Softail to Grant Davis and the John Shope Best of Show Award went to Johnny Ford for his dark blue 2002 Road Glide. Although you might have missed Paul Binford's Big Ass Grand Re-Opening Bash don't miss the opportunity to go by and check out the new store. Even though the orange fl ames on the outside of the building might be a thing of the past, orange fl ames cooking the hamburgers will probably be there. 4 Binford's Continued from page 10 Although everyone else at the event partied, owner Paul Binford manned the counter the entire time Jason Pullen entertained the crowd with his riding skills See your plate on the cover of THUNDER PRESS Send a photo of your personalized license plate and you just might see it appear on the cover of our March 2017 issue. Send digital Photos to: tpressplates@thunderpress.net