By Raven Van Pelt

On August 26th, at Hwy 17 Roadhouse Tavern in Yulee, the Tour of Duty Charity Concert was held to help raise money for The Veterans Aide Foundation, Inc. This supports our troops returning from War!

The events started at 2 pm going until 9:30 pm with five bands that included Methuselah Bone, Tourn, Blistur, Black Creek Ri’zin and SwampDaWamp. ‎Bubba Strickland made a special appearance and Clint McFarland from Black Creek Ri’zin did an awesome job as the emcee.

In between band changes, auction items, raffle drawings, including a 50/50 raffle and a POW/MIA Ceremony with a 21 Gun Salute were held. Food was available during the concert thanks to Murray’s Grille with $2.50 from every plate being donated to Veterans’ charity!

Plenty of bike parking was available, as well as, a Blessing of the Bikes performed by Preacher. All in all, this event had a huge turn out to honor our vets, a giant thank you to all those who helped make this event possible and to Mike and Laura, owners of Hwy 17 for hosting this event. We also want to thank Roy and his wife, from Mind Ride Cycles, for all their help, and of course, Roy, Jody, Paul and Kevin for helping with the new stage. We were all honored to be a part of this and hope to join in again if possible next year.

By Lulu

Six Gun Cycles at 115 Anastasia Blvd. in St. Augustine opened their doors in March of 2012 with a concept of having a local full service bike shop conveniently located near the heart of St. Augustine. Amy, who has been riding with her father for twenty years, is the owner. As a child she traveled cross country for a month on a bike with her dad. She is a busy lady, not only the owner but also the office manager for a high end custom home builder and an Ambassador for the Ponte Vedra Chamber of Commerce. She recruited Alan, an independent agent for corporate marketing and sales, Pat to manage the service department and Jeremiah as the service tech. Between them both they have over 30 years of knowledge in motorcycle mechanics. Six Gun’s ad tag line is “Your only one stop shop in St. Augustine for all your biker needs, American or Metric”. They love a good challenge and have totally redone a 1966 Honda Dream, and a 1972 Moto Guzzi & 1977 Bonneville “frame up”! Pat’s 1988 FLH is the pride of their shop with over 300,000 miles and sports a uniquely detailed paint job by artist Tyson at Rimtatts.com featuring Sailor Jerry Tattoo art.

They also have parts, accessories, leather, and apparel and biker consignment clothing and accessories in their 2200 square foot showroom. They are a full line service shop with 24 hour emergency pick up, detailing and maintenance. Six Gun Cycles offers a discount to St. Augustine residents and biker clubs on parts and apparel. They are already involved in the biker community and sponsored the ABATE September run and were involved with a breast cancer run last month.

During Biketoberfest they will feature a bikini bike wash, beer and free food. Six Gun Cycles hours of operation are Monday-Friday 10am-7pm, Saturday noon- 5pm. You can check out their monthly specials on Face Book and their website at sixguncycles.com.

Six Gun Cycles, Inc. is currently building their brand with their own line of apparel and have an EBay store, With Amy’s finger on the trigger of success and her staff’s years of experience they should do well in their endeavors.

By Phoenix and Metric

“Welcome to the family” goes out to American Legion Post 69 in Avon Park. Post 69 is the newest chapter of the American Legion Riders family. While they are a young chapter they hosted their 1st Annual “Old Fashion Family Picnic”. Special thanks to the American Legion State Commander Al “Gunner” Dudley and the America Legion Riders State Director Scott Grabner for coming out and being part of this fantastic event. We had Rabbit’s “famous” pulled pork sandwiches and Lane’s “notorious” chicken dinner. There was plenty of delicious food to go around. Naomi provided us with some great karaoke music. While there was horseshoes and other activities going on around the post, the highlight for me was the dunk tank. Yours truly volunteered to get in the dunk tank, and except for a few lucky throws I stayed high and dry!!! So if you missed this year’s picnic mark your calendar for next year and I will be back in the dunk tank and we will see if there is anyone out there with an arm!!!!

Lately, we've been hearing a lot about Superheroes. We have Superman, Spider-Man, Invisible Man, and Batman, just to name a few. I've always considered myself to be a “SUPERHERO”. I call myself “Obnoxious Man”. I am one of the most reprehensible writers I know. I shoot insensitive remarks at the politically correct. I've always been known to be an equal opportunity offender. I can offend without discrimination. Because my favorite Read the rest of this entry »

By Al Hicks

My first bike was a 1970’s model banana bicycle with a go cart motor held into the frame with baling wire with a string for a throttle and hedge row for breaks. What a beginning to unbelievable rides. I joined the Army in May 1977 and in six months I was a paratrooper stationed at Read the rest of this entry »

By Gabriel Jose Carrera, Esq. Attorney at Law Photos: Jim Donnelly imagemastersphotography.net Looks like “Jager” Mike Rudicel and Dee Dee O’Reilly of South Florida Bike Events and Big Dawgs Sports Bar hit a home run this past month in Davie, FL with the successful Fifth Annual Summer Bike Fest! The event was packed with hundreds of attendees before the “doors” were officially open. The event started at 10 am and played to 7 pm with top shelf musical acts like Richie Supa from the legendary band Aerosmith who played with Florida’s f Read the rest of this entry »

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By Lulu

This month is the perfect issue to feature Bob Moore from Port Orange as our Bull’s Eye. His 2003 Harley-Davidson Firefighters Special Ultra Classic was dedicated to the memory of the tragic events of 9/11. A charter member of the Red Knights in Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

July at the White Eagle Lounge in Bunnell was HOT! We attended their monthly Ol’ School Biker Bash and signed everyone that attended up for the $500 we will be giving away during Biketoberfest at the Twisted Tea Hot Thunder Bikini Contest the last Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

I am certain there are some who don’t know me that wonder when reading my column why I always close this with don’t forget your sunscreen. Well in my early 20’s I was a sun worshiper and even though I worked as a surgical nurse for a dermatologist and knew to use sunscreen it was generally baby oil we used when baking ourselves in pursuit of that youthful cocoa glow. Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

The back cover of Thunder Roads Florida has been sponsored by the Rue & Ziffra law firm for the past several years. Their logo includes the line "in your community on your side" and I am here to tell you there isn't a truer statement in advertising. Whether it is events for downed bikers to getting the word out about the yearly 911 Memorial Ride...David Sweat and his crew from their firm stand up for Read the rest of this entry »

By Deborah Speicher

On the weekend of July 28-29, Fletcher’s Harley-Davidson in Clearwater held their annual Dog Days of Summer. Dog (and cat) owners were invited to bring their pets into the store for professional photographs with all the monies being donated to Bay Area DART (Disaster Animal Response Team). Fletcher’s H-D would also match all the funds collected. Read the rest of this entry »

By Metric and Phoenix

“You fight like a girl” is not something any biker or even his old lady would take kindly to hearing, but I found a young lady who redefines the meaning of “Fight like a Girl”. Sydnee is a beautiful 14 year old young lady who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia back in March. Syndee will be Read the rest of this entry »

By Ron Cox

Ordinarily I'd be reporting out on a motorcycle event but a rather new and somewhat unique paint process has been brought to my attention and I feel obligated to bring it to you. The father/son team of Phil and Phil Francisco own Wet Dreams, a firm that specializes in custom water transferred images. Although the technology has been around for 15 years, it heretofore was only utilized on a large commercial sized scale. Now, Wet Dreams is Read the rest of this entry »

By Miserable George The weather was HOT, there were nasty looking cloud formations all around the area, even a reported tornado touch-down about 6 miles away, but, the party went on!! Independence Chapter, ABATE of Florida celebrated their Sweet 16th Birthday with a luau type party at Read the rest of this entry »

By LIL-JON

You can always tell the more serious riders come out rain or shine. August 18th from noon till 4 Gainesville Harley threw their Customer Appreciation Party. They had Read the rest of this entry »