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4 nNovember 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS CONTENTS The Voices of the Biker Community WEST EDITION NOVEMBER 2016 DEPARTMENTS 82 Advertisers' Index 78 Biker Friendly 43 Calendar 79 Classified 76 Competition 77 Keeping up with Jones 52 Northwest 80 Marketplace 68 Partz 75 T-Shirt Shop 32 Thunder Pants 70 Where am I And more… Volume 25 • Issue 9 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, Tim An- derson, Julie DeHerrera, Jon DeMaria, Marilyn De- Martini, Janice the Utahrian, Diane "Shadow's Wife" Jones, Don Kline, Moshe K. Levy, Mongo, Charity Singleton, Hunter W. Thompson 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. Rockin' in the redwoods… see page 8 Dirt track demons… see page 40 PRODUCT REVIEWS 18 DARKSHIFT LENSES Looking good Reviewed by Mongo 48 MSX1 REAR VIEW HELMET Eyes in the back of your head Reviewed by Moshe K. Levy 50 SADDLEBAG GUN HOLSTER KIT Lock 'n' Load Reviewed by Robert Filla COLUMNS 5 Blue Dog Diaries by Terry Roorda 16 If You See Kay by Kay Cardwell 20 Almost Fiction by Sam Jones 24 Hazy on the Details by Hazel Perry 50 Chewin' the Fat Boy by Susan Swan 54 Bullin' Through Life by Buckshot 58 Motorhead Memo by Kip Woodring 60 Spare Parts by Ernie Copper 66 Free Range by Felicia Morgan 74 Name That Time Machine by Kip Woodring FEATURES 6 RIDE TO THE FLAGS 2016 Filling a wounded warrior's needs by Jon DeMaria 8 THE FRYED BROTHERS BAND 36TH ANNUAL REDWOOD BASH Getting Fryed in the Redwoods by Hunter W. Thompson 10 18TH ANNUAL YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN TOY RUN The healing power of a toy by Julie DeHerrera 12 ROAD—AND RAIN—TESTING HARLEY'S 2017 FLHR ROAD KING Long live the King by Terry Roorda 22 20TH ANNUAL BLACK WIDOW'S RUN Biker philanthropy by Mongo 25 EL CAJON HARLEY-DAVIDSON LAUNCH PARTY Raffl es and new rides by Jay Anderson 28 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MILWAUKEE- EIGHT 107 ENGINE PART 2 A whole new game by Kip Woodring 38 QUAID H-D OPEN HOUSE AND LOMA LINDA H.O.G. VETERANS RUN Come for the apples by Don Kline 40 THE SPIRIT OF STURGIS VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE FESTIVAL Saving the track by Hunter W. Thompson 52 THUNDERSTRUCK'S 20TH ANNUAL EXTREME BLOCK PARTY Back in the wind by Charity Singleton 56 24TH ANNUAL SALUTE TO AMERICAN VETERANS An outpouring of appreciation by Tim Anderson