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4 nJanuary 2017n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS CONTENTS The Voices of the Biker Community WEST EDITION JANUARY 2017 DEPARTMENTS 78 Advertisers' Index 74 Biker Friendly 41 Calendar 75 Classified 72 Competition 73 Keeping up with Jones 45 Northwest 76 Marketplace 62 Partz 67 T-Shirt Shop 32 Thunder Pants 64 Where am I And more… Volume 25 • Issue 11 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, Fleadip, Diane "Shadow's Wife" Jones, Don Kline, Mongo, Shannon Parker 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 © 2017 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. Smiling Santa's helpers… see page 18 Christmas camaraderie… see page 12 PRODUCT REVIEWS 14 STX36D BLACKLINE SHOCK ABSORBERS Control and comfort Reviewed by Shadow 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 46 Chewin' the Fat Boy by Susan Swan 52 Bullin' Through Life by Buckshot 56 Spare Parts by Ernie Copper 60 Free Range by Felicia Morgan 66 Name That Time Machine by Kip Woodring 68 Motorhead Memo by Kip Woodring FEATURES 6 THE RACE OF GENTLEMEN TROG meets West Coast wrath by Felicia Morgan 8 RIVERSIDE HELL'S ANGELS TOY RUN Manpower meets horsepower by Diane "Shadow's Wife" Jones 12 3RD ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS RUN Mustering the troops by Jay Anderson 18 RENEGADE CLASSICS 14TH ANNUAL TOY RUN Santa, the cavalry, and a wolf with horns by Mongo 22 PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW LONG BEACH Two-wheel extravaganza by Fleadip 34 26TH ANNUAL ONE MORE FROM THE HEART RUN Heartfelt and fun to boot by Don Kline 48 LATUS HARLEY-DAVIDSON'S CAMPING CLINIC Not your dad's camping gear by Shannon Parker 49 16TH ANNUAL LONE STAR RALLY Outrunning politics by Robert Filla 50 TEAM CHRIS POKER RUN Paying it forward by Felicia Morgan