April 2014 Issue #1

Moo2 photos and events

Meet endurance/road racerDeano Swims.

Robert “The Busa Doc” Zorn Drag Bike Racer

Pictures of your events!

Meet The Staff Of Moo2 Photos and Events Magazine

Chuck Welch Owner/Photographer/Chief Editor

Justin Land Co-Owner/Graphic Artist/ Photographer/ Writer

Tammy Hamm Pierre (aka Smiley) Photographer/Writer

Robert “The Busa Doc” Zorn Photographer/Writer

Jim Logan Photographer

Damon Ballard Photographer

Brad Williams Phoptographer/ Routes and Rides

James Howard Photographer / Writer Frankie Pate Photographer/Writer - North Tennessee

Letter From the Editor- Chuck Welch

Welcome riders and rodders to the first issue of the brand new digital magazine Moo 2 Photos and Events. A digital magazine dedicated to the Hot rodders and Bike Riders of the Chat-tanooga and surrounding areas. We are a small group of friends who have developed a passion for photography , our community of Hot Rods and Motorcyclist, and the Chattanooga and sur-roundings areas. We are looking forward to the spring and summer season. We have a great staff working to cover all of your events and bring them to you in a digital content to share with your friends and family. Be sure to check out and like our Facebook site and our website Moo2photos.com. We want to hear your feed-back and want to deliver top quality content. We’ll see you out there. Chuck Welch aka “Chuckamoo”

About The Cover::

Robert “Busa Doc” Zorn and his Suszuki GX110 Drag Bike #117Photograph taken by Justin LandPage 21

Meet Endurance/Road Racer Deano Swims Page 8

Your EventsPage 12,14,17,18

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Contents

April 2014 Issue #1 About The Cover 2Meet The Staff 3Upcoming Events 4Deano Swims 8Catoosa County Cruise In 12Dragging for Toys: 14Facebook Riders Jan 1 Event 17Ricks Cycle Swap 18Robert “The Busa Doc” Zorn 21Chili Cook off 29 Routes and Rides 30Contact Us 31

Upcoming Events

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...‘Last year he was invited to race for Team USA in Australia at Phillip Island Circuit as a member of an elite group of past cham-pionship riders from around the country. Deano was riding the same bike that he had ridden back in the day, a 1983 Honda

Deano Swims

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Meet Deano Swims G reetings riders and hot rodders and welcome to the very first issue of Moo2 Events!! My name is Tammy Pierre (AKA Smiley :) ) and as I was given the opportunity to tell you about a co-worker and friend, Deano Swims. I have worked with Deano for many years now and we haven’t always seen eye to eye on things (we fight like brother and sister), he has been a good friend to me and I’m thankful for that. He really is a gentle giant and kind hearted too. Deano’s motorcycle adventure began in the 1970’s when he began racing motocross where he won many races. Then he started racing on pavement and won numerous road racing and endurance championships in AMA, CCS and Were throughout the early to mid eighties. Deano’s been involved in the motorcycle business for 30 plus years has always been involved with racetrack activities and was an instructor for several racing schools, including Dave Sadowski/Team Desmo, Ed Bargy, Jamie James Champions riding school and a few schools of his own. He cur-rently works with me at Griffith Cycle (parts and service) and with CCS/ASRA as a race announcer traveling up and down the East coast working race events. Last year he was invited to race for Team USA in Australia at Phillip Island Circuit as a member of an elite group of past championship riders from around the country. Deano was rid-ing the same bike that he had ridden back in the day, a 1983 Honda CB1100F, thanks to his friend Erv Kollick, one of his teammates and now owner of the bike. The 3rd teammate was Ottis Lance and I’m not sure how they earned themselves the nickname “The Three Amigo’s, maybe you can ask him about that one. :) He made top points scoring American in the Premier Period 5 Class and 2nd in the International Challenge. While racing in Australia, Deano met the love of his life, Margaret, who was working the event as a flag marshall, they stayed in touch when he came home. When Margaret finally got to come and visit Deano, he proposed and they married in Atlanta with Deano’s family. That is the one and only time I met her and she was a doll, couldn’t help but love her the first time I met her and the romantic in me wanted to make the whole article about their love story. :)

Written by:Tammy Hamm Pierre

Photos provided by Deano Swims

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This year Deano was invited back as Co Cap-tain of Team USA for their second assault on the Island Classic, where the results weren’t as good as before due to equipment failures and crashes. The Island Classic is the 3rd largest sporting event in Australia being eclipsed only by the crowds attending Moto-GP or World Superbike events. Deano shared some pictures with us, the black and whites are from back in the 1980’s, the first color picture is from the first year at Phillip Island and then of course the beautiful couple. Deano also shared a piece written about the team by noted moto journalist Sam Moses. Thank-you for your time Deano and from the entire staff at Moo2 Events, we wish you and the lovely Margaret many happy years together. :) From an article about 2014 Island Classic, written by noted moto journalist Sam Moses...

“In 2013 Lance was the highest scoring American, and he came home full of excited stories and encouragement for other riders to come Down Under this year. 2nd scoring American and this years Co-captain Deano Swims did even better last year, he met a girl. A Blonde headed corner worker caught his eye on the hot lap around Stoner Corner, and this year Margaret is his wife. Good things just happen here. In Friday practice Lance’s Suzuki Katana 1260 popped out of gear and broke a cylinder, while Swims’ Katana was crashed by the Aussie rider sharing it; there went the faint Yankee dreams. Otter was loaned a slower bike that had been crashed and sucked dirt, and they worked till 4 a.m. to make Saturday’s race; while Deano walked. Both showed their character by not letting their disappointment sour their attitude, as they remained upbeat leaders having a good time regardless, and positive ambassadors for American motorcycle racing. Lance’s bike failed to finish two races but he fell over himself expressing gratitude for simply being there, to every Aussie who came around. “What the Americans lacked in pace they made up for in enthusiasm,” noted the veteran Aussie motojourno Hamish Cooper.

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Your Events(cont .) Catoosa County Cruise InPhotos by: Chuck Welch

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Your Events(cont .) Dragging for Toys: Photos by: Chuck Welch

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1st Place Brian Dale (Right)2nd Place Brandon Anderson (Left)

Image Courtesy of Madaris Windows and Siding

Image Courtesy of Garry Griffith Cycle

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Your Events (cont..)Facebook Riders Jan 1 Event Photos by: Chuck Welch

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Your Events (cont..)Ricks Cycle SwapPhots by: Chuck Welch

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Written by: Justin Land

Photos by: Justin Land, Chuck Welch, Robert Zorn

F rom a young kid in his grandads garage watching Mad Max, to going 150 on a drag bike like his Idol Elmer Trett, I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with one of our staff members to listen and learn of his love and passion for Drag racing, motorcycles, and the industry around him.

Q: What got you started with Bikes?

A: I have been interested in motorcycles since 5 years old. It has been what I group up on, because that’s what my parents had. My dad a side car and we use to travel a lot, I use to ride in the side car with him and we would travel all over the country, until I got old enough to ride my own bike.

Q: Which was?

A 13 Years old.

Q: so lets talk about it, what was your first bike.

A: Yamaha 1973 80s trial. I use to pretend I was flat tracking it when I was a kid, and ridding it up on the mountain. My dad use to work at Tri- state steel drum, doing trailer repair, I would do donuts and race around the building and practice, just race.

Q did you race any dirt bikes?

A: I raced a few dirt bikes, and my dad raced hobby cars. My dad always wanted me to do that instead of drag racing motorcycles, we even had feuds over it. I always stuck with what I like22

Robert Zorn Drag Bike Racer

Q: when was your first drag bike race?A: ‘91, about 17,

Q: only 4 years after you started riding.

A: I use to go to my friends house all the time after school, and he had a ma-chine shop. We would build bikes, and he knew Elmer Trett, he use to talk to him. I never knew what the guy looked like but I was infatuated with him be-cause he was a big top drag racer.

Q: so he was your idol

A: Yeah!, But I never knew what he looked like. I always saw pictures of the bike in magazines and him in his suite and helmet. I like it because it was purple and a beautiful bike. The more I got into it, and involved in it. The more I started real-izing what I wanted to do was racing. That’s what all lead me to this

Q: What is your major love for motorcycles

A: I really have been around them my whole life. I started building them in my dads basement on the dirt floor. At one time in high school, I had a total of 8 motorcycles that I could just take off and ride.

Q: 8!

A: Yeah, that I built and traded for, my dad liked to travel a lot, so when I was 13 years old without even a drivers licenses, I was driving all over the country on a 1983, GS450. Then I had my dads old Goldwing, and my first crotch rocket was the 1973 CB754, It was quick, and all cafe’d out. It was really wicked, all chrome, custom paint job. It was pretty quick, and I got pretty quick with it. I started racing on the street, lucky me I didn’t kill myself. After that I was always found of the Old KZs and the Kawasaki’s. So I was more prone into wanting one of those instead of the Hondas. They were actually easier to work on you could work on the top end without having to pull the engine out the frame.My very first drag bike I really ever ran was a 1983 GS1100 ES, Champagne. I still even have the side panel for it. for the 23

. I was trying to run IDBA but mostly its local tracks and stuff. I always worked two jobs, so I was trying to make my wheels spin.

Q: Always trying to fund the next project?

A: Yeah, my first bike I ever bout brand new was a 1993 GSXR 1100, and I got pretty quick on it and had to sell it because I wanted to get off the street and get on the strip. I raced it down there (Brainerd Optimist) a couple

times before I got into drag bikes. I then got my black bike that I ran from early ‘94 all the way up to 1999. I won a lot of money with it.

Q: what was your top accomplishment with any bike?

A: Money wise?

Q: No just most prized to you.

A: Ah, my most prized was always getting best engi-neering trophies. I got two trophies with my black bike, and hoping to win some with this new one here (Susuki GSXR 1100).

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Q: Do you have to do all the engineering and design on these bikes?

A: Yeah, I bought this bike, but I changed a whole lot of stuff, pretty much ev-erything except the paint. I have upgraded, it trying to make it really reliable. Last time I had it out I had a couple of problems with it. I couldn’t get it to shift, so I said the heck with it I am getting all new stuff.

Q: Thats not good!

A: The problem was, it was corroded, the connectors were corroded, and I had a hard time tracing it. It would become a danger factor if I didn’t fix it.

Q: Tell me about some other awards you have.

A: Mostly if you win, you win money. Un-less you go to a big track, that’s what I am going to do this year. I’m going to get some trophies! I want some big trophies to go along side of it.Jim smith road my old black bike in the IRHA nationals and came in runner up, that was when I won the best engineering award.

Q: Lets talk about one of your favorite proj-ects.

A: it would definitely be the Harley that was featured on the _ issue of Road Rash Magazine.Not only did I help a friend build it for his family, it also accomplished his dreams. He wanted to redo the bike for his brother “Uncle Bob”. That bikes got a lot of memories for him, I felt like I helped make a dream come true.

Q: Any worse projects?

A: That’s far few in between, I really don’t know. If you are really into what you like, and no matter how bad the job is, you will really like it. That’s what you do for a living and a lot of people depend on you.

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Q: Since this is a staff Profile, what brought you to Moo2?

A: I got invited, by Chuck. A friend introduced me to him. I met him in person just this year.

Q: You currently work at Mountain Creek Harley Da-vidson Right?

A: Yeah, I have been there for about 2 years . I had just left Pandora. I am a Harley Davidson Mechanic.

Q: Tell me a about “The Busa Doc” Nickname

A: I got that from being real popular building Busa’s, I was actually pretty good with it. I had one, and am about to get another one back. I had a bad problem going way to fast on them.I worked out at the flour mill washing trucks when I was a kid, and then cutting trees during the day. So at 4am I had my chance to get into way to much trouble.

Q: Do you remember who gave you the Nickname?

A: Terry Welborn, When I worked over at RT CYCLES.

Q: What Racing Teams have you worked for?

A: MSP, Susuki in Columbas Ohio, They build High performance grudge bikes and drag bikes. They use to run pro stock right when I started there, and he got into building grudge bikes and custom bikes. That’s where I learned a lot of modifying Hibusas.

Q: When was that?

A: ‘04

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Q: You always knew you wanted to race bikes?

A: Oh yeah! I got racing fuel in my veins. One of my favorite movies was Mad Max, back when I was a kid, I use to hang out in my Pappy’s garage. I would help build cars, and build engines. They had this little black and white TV, it was the first time I ever saw a bunch of really cool bikes, the original mad max movie. They were wearing all these leathers and rasing cain all over the town and causing trouble all over town. Its where I got the Idea for MFP Racing from. Its “Mobile Federal Police” from Mad Max. Its really Motorcycle Fabrication Performance.

Q: What is your dream bike?

A: Ducatti Diablo, its a sexy bike. Its like having a Ferrari and there really fast.

Q: What’s the fastest you ever had the Susuki up to?

A: I have had it up to about 150

Q: what does it feel like?It feels good to me.. It feels like I am riding a cadillac. The hard parts when you take off, it will jerk you plum out of your seat. When you are sitting on the two step and holding the throttle wide open, you release the button and it releases the clutch it shoots you out of the hole hard, real hard. It’s like when you go on a roller coaster and you are going down. That’s the adrenaline rush you get. that’s the addiction for this.

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Image Courtesy of Blue ribbon Cycles28

Your EventsChili Cook off Photos by : Chuck Welch

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My wife, Terry, and I broke Spring in the right way with a GREAT Ride and wanted to share it with you. The ride covered Fort Mountain, Blood Mountain, and an AWESOME eatery. Cider Ridge Mountain Eatery (https://www.facebook.com/ciderridge ) will offer you a very enjoyable atmo-sphere, true southern hospitality,GREAT food, and all very affordable. It is worth checking out, we plan on returning soon with friends! Below you will find an Interactive Map of the ride.

Ride: Fort Mountain - Blood Mountain

Must Stops: Cider Ridge Mountain Eatery (https://www.facebook.com/ciderridge)

Suggested Rider Skill Level:

Ride Contributor: Brad Williams

If you have a ride you want to contribute, or suggest send us the information, we will do our best to ride it and include it in the magazine.

Routes and RidesBy Brad Williams

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