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4 nOctober 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS CONTENTS The Voices of the Biker Community WEST EDITION OCTOBER 2016 DEPARTMENTS 90 Advertisers' Index 86 Biker Friendly 47 Calendar 87 Classified 84 Competition 85 Keeping up with Jones 56 Northwest 88 Marketplace 76 Partz 83 T-Shirt Shop 32 Thunder Pants 78 Where am I And more… Honoring the end of watch… see page 8 Volume 25 • Issue 8 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Terry Roorda EDITOR EAST: Marjorie Kleiman EDITOR AT LARGE: Robert Filla MANAGING EDITOR: Cristy Pazera CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Ernie Copper, Felicia Morgan, Susan Swan TECHNICAL EDITOR: Kip Woodring PRODUCTION MANAGER: Angela Schmieg ASSISTANT MARKETING DIRECTOR: Hannah Kiges PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Cherri Perschmann SENIOR GRAPHIC ARTIST: Aaron Olson GRAPHIC ARTIST: Haley Nelson MOTO-ANTHROPOLOGIST AT LARGE: Barbara Joans THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Buckshot, Rob Campbell, Kay Cardwell, Sam Jones, Hazel Perry REPEAT OFFENDERS: Jay Anderson, Julie DeHerrera, Hammy, Helldog, Diane "Shadow's Wife" Jones, Don Kline, Teri Troyer PUBLISHER: Stuart Sutherland 763.383.4432, ssutherland@thunderpress.net SALES REPRESENTATIVES: Dave Clayton (National Sales Director - East) 763.383.4471, dclayton@thunderpress.net Stuart Sutherland (National Sales Director - West) 763.383.4432, ssutherland@thunderpress.net Hannah Kiges (Classifi ed Advertising) 763.383.4475, 763.383.4499 (fax), hkiges@thunderpress.net FOUNDER: Reg Kittrelle CEO: Marion Minor SR. VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATIONS: Gerald Winkel SR. VICE PRESIDENT/MARKET DEVELOPMENT: Joanne Juda GROUP PUBLISHER: Dave Voll THUNDER PRESS welcomes your letters, photos, and articles and while we handle them lovingly, we cannot be responsible for unsolicited material. Please make sure you include your name and address with all submissions, and if you want material returned, please include a SASE to 10405 6th Avenue North, Suite 210, Minneapolis, MN 55441. A contributor's guide is available online at www.thunderpress.net. FOR SUBSCRIPTION CUSTOMER SERVICE: Call 763.383.4491 E-mail thunderpress@epgmediallc.com, visit www.ThunderPress.net, or write to Thunder Press, P.O. Box 96, Port Jervis, NY 12771. FOR DEALER DISTRIBUTION CONTACT: Robin Cooper rcooper@epgmediallc.com 763.383.4491 For more information on reprints from Thunder Press, contact Bernadette Wohlman, 763.383.4400 x4464 Published on or about the second week of each month by Thunder Press, Inc. Contents copyright © 2016 by EPG Media & Specialty Information. Thunder Press is a registered trademark of EPG Media & Specialty Information: Reprinting in whole, or part, can only be done with the permission of the publisher. Printed in U.S.A. Suiting up for suicide prevention… see page 22 MORE ONLINE: www.thunderpress.net PRODUCT REVIEWS 10 NAMZ AND DRAG SPECIALTIES Light 'em up! Reviewed by Shadow COLUMNS 5 Blue Dog Diaries by Terry Roorda 16 If You See Kay by Kay Cardwell 18 Almost Fiction by Sam Jones 20 Hazy on the Details by Hazel Perry 54 Chewin' the Fat Boy by Susan Swan 64 Bullin' Through Life by Buckshot 68 Spare Parts by Ernie Copper 70 Free Range by Felicia Morgan 72 Motorhead Memo by Kip Woodring 82 Name That Time Machine by Kip Woodring FEATURES 6 LIVE AT THE LAKE Awesome ride, amazing cause by Jay Anderson 8 10TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR FALLEN OFFICERS Never forgotten by Julie DeHerrera 22 SILKIES SLOW RIDE Awareness for veteran suicides by Don Kline 34 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MODEL YEAR 2017 OVERVIEW Shaking the pack by Terry Roorda 36 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MILWAUKEE-EIGHT 107 ENGINE The next-generation Big Twin by Kip Woodring 40 2017 HARLEY-DAVIDSON RETAIL PRICE GUIDE 56 2016 PACIFIC NORTHWEST H.O.G. RALLY Three H.O.G. Nights by Teri Troyer 74 14TH ANNUAL BIKERS FOR CHRIST BIKE BLESSING & DOWNED BIKER RALLY Gathering for the greater good by Diane "Shadow's Wife" Jones