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DEAR YOU OF TODAYWe are at an amazing point in time—we are at a new intersection. It is at

this intersection where we can collide or change. I have been doing some seri-ous reflecting. Moments throughout the day, at events, on motorcycle rides and rallies. At LGBTQ events, protest, pickets, boycotts, and even over coffee. I have tried to steal a moment from each by being still long enough to observe and extract the essence of the experience, and its meaning. It’s those moments I have opened my heart to, and many of those moments that kept me up late at night. My brain combing through them seeing how they apply to life, my life, and the lives of people different than me.

We have arrived at the intersection our leaders and forefathers has prophesied, forecast, computed, worked towards, fought for!

We have arrived at the intersection our leaders and forefathers has prophesied, forecast, computed, worked towards, fought for!

Some moments of stillness are easy and enjoyable to drawn meaning from. Like seeing my mom laugh—others may just hear laughter from a woman. What I am hearing is her soul filled with the oxygen of joy, return-ing the sparkle of light—that I thought was lost after my father passed—to her beautiful brown eyes. I look at that cherished moment and I look at life, and then the world. I know somewhere and probably every-where people are having the relief of this long awaited experience as well.

I am still for a moment while I see Europe mourn for her German country as that nation is both welcoming and rioting the change of this now inevitable new world. I am still while I hear the old guy at the bar talking about Mexicans taking over the US. Then I hear Mexicans talking about the “re-browning of America in the name of Aztlán.” I see the black and African-American move-ments pulse through our land. I see the nation’s first people stand tall though it ALL. Then all of these moments unexpectedly collide at the Elks Lodge in Seaside, Oregon USA where comedian Marga Gomez shares with the packed ballroom of lesbians at the third annual Eden PNW’s weekend. While noting our queerness and physical location, she said, “We could not have this 20 years ago, just 20 y-e-a-r-s a-g-o we could not have any of this.”

Those thoughts and moments I have been collecting and pondering collided all at once like an explosion in my head. Marga Gomez’s statement couldn’t be more fucking true! It’s true for everyone, from Germany, to the Middle East, to the US. This statement rings true for conservatives, liberals, Latinos, black, African American, Native American, Asian, LGBTQ, people of all faiths, and every letter and every color in between. Just 20 years ago we could not have any of this. We have arrived at the intersection our leaders and forefathers has prophesied, forecast, computed, worked towards, fought for!

As we all gather at the crossroad, I worry. I worry that we forget our com-monalities. The fiber that makes our lives worth living. Those moments that we share that make us strong, those moments like the laughter of a healing mother. The joy of being newlywed, our revitalization when we fellowship among our peers, family, and community. I worry that we are on this road of change and while we take a deep breath moments before we push forward, we forget that we breathe the same air. I worry that we move rapidly towards one another with hate and fear guiding our hearts. I worry that we forget the joy

of our mother’s laughter, the warmth of holding a loved one’s hand, and the sadness of history and how we have all been hurt. I worry that we forget the teachings of love and compassion and how it has healed us. I worry that we regress to our earlier teachings of hate and fear and that’s what guides us through the intersection of change.

We should worry because every day we see the soci-eties’ of our world become the victims of our vocation. We should worry that at this new intersection of change it again becomes the road our global history has already taken and traveled over and over again. This brings me to the 4 letter word that I rarely use. That word is hate—its

only existence in my world is towards ignorance and arrogance as they breed the most dangerous of the 4 letter words, FEAR!

We can see people operating out of fear everywhere and sadly every day. Some are taught it in school, faith, from their parents, community, and peers. Fear teaches fear, then it gathers followers, and hate grows stronger. I am a person of faith and strong spiritual connections, however, what I cannot subscribe to is faiths, religions, education, and governments that teach fear, oppression, and objectification. We should not tolerate teachings of violence and murder in a God’s name. We should not tolerate this as we are not our forefathers, and we do not have to relive or recreate the bloody fibers of our historic tapestries.

We are at that moment where we can collide, or change. But first we have to be the change….

I hope you are equally as encouraged as I am by the people we write about in PQ, El Hispanic News, and Tankside. These people are changing the world every day. They stand strong, without fear, seeking out the new world. Clearing the road for us, ridding it of hate and fear, ignorance and arrogance.

I will leave you with the 6 words I choose to live by:“FEAR, fuck fear. LIVE & LOVE!”I humbly thank each of you in advance for preserving our future!

Melanie Davis - Owner – PublisherBrilliant Media llc.

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WE ARE ONE, ROSEBURG STRONGBy Shirley Erickson and Tabitha Benedict-Kempke

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Many of us including myself were fortunate enough to engage in the ride of a life-time on Saturday, Oct

17, 2015. The ‘We are One, Roseburg Strong Memorial Ride for Umpqua Community College (UCC).’ I will have memories of this ride forever, including what it stood for, who it memorialized and celebrated, and what it accomplished! This was a major effort brought together by an amazing group of people.

Out of tragedy came a comfort-ing light. Her name is Tabitha Bene-dict-Kempke, along with other’s she inspired along the way…

Three weeks in the making and it all came together, a memorial ride to show support from around our state of Oregon to help heal after the tragic shooting at UCC. Indepen-dent, MC’s, and the Bikers community organized and

came from all corner’s reaching Roseburg together as one body. Like a Swiss Clock, it all came together with precision. At each stop our group grew, not by just a few, but in number’s beyond expectation. From the north, Portland to Sutherlin we grew in number. By

Brownsville, you could no longer see or know for sure where the end of our group was. At one stop in Creswell, the Biker’s came together to collect for the local High School Band that were trying to fundraise. Every Biker gave and when presented to the high school group there was jumps and squeals of joy. As we left Creswell, we were cheered off. We touched people along the way as well as those we had intended to.

With Rider’s starting as far north as Seattle, WA the first official meet up was the Baldock Rest stop on I-5 near Wilsonville, heading south.

With each stop, the schedule was kept relatively tight but relaxed. Hitting Salem, Albany, Browns-ville, Creswell, Cottage Grove. It was quite a sight

to see so many bikes running together. All differ-ent types of Biker’s. Biker Group’s, Club’s, Indepen-dent’s, PGR, OPG, all riding as one. Taking the center lane to Sutherlin, it was a large ribbon of Bike’s, Bik-er’s, Color’s and Flag’s going up and down over the hills and making the turns in unison. When reach-ing Sutherlin, we regrouped with those coming from the south - as far away as mid-California. Then we rode into Sutherlin as one. My heart was touched as Sutherlin welcomed us with arms wide open. They could not do enough for us. Subway Sandwiches and the Sutherlin Fire Dept were ready for us and handed out sandwiches to everyone as long as they could. We came to take care of them and they took care of us. I am including a direct communication from the organizer who as been gracious in extend-ing a very open letter to us.

My deepest thanks to Tabitha Benedict-Kempke, from Shirley Erickson

From Tabitha Benedict-Kempke:Hi Shirley,I am originally from Roseburg and attended

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shooting in my hometown. As days went on I told my boyfriend, Chris Shoopman that it would be nice if we could get a few friends (about 20) to ride down as a memorial ride the day of the last funeral. On the 17th.

I happened to k now t he pa r-ents of Treven, which hit me even harder. Chris created an event page on Facebook as a memorial ride and we invited about 60 people figuring about 20 might go. We woke up the next morning and notice our event had been shared 19 times and the con-firmed going was over 125 with 40 maybe going. The event kept getting shared and the numbers kept going up.

On Thursday, Octo-ber 9th I was con-tacted by a family member of one of the victims that the funeral was on the 11th they requested if I could round up a few riders for that funeral, the family heard WBC was going to be there. I used that same event page and just put a little notice that if anyone could join me in the ride a week before hand I would appreciate it. As 107 riders showed up for the funeral with me in Myrtle Creek Oregon. As I spent the week-end down there I noticed PTSD that was settling in as I was a General Man-ager at a retail store at Clackamas Town Center the day of that shooting shoot-ing occurred on December 11, 2012. I remember what the months to come after a shooting were like for me. I felt I could not take approximately 247 bikes with no agenda other than a memorial ride. So I changed the event name to Memorial and Mental health aware-ness ride. Upon changing the name the confirmed going was 302 riders, Now I have to feed the riders so I reached out to volunteers to help me organize a chili feed and the planning began on Tuesday for the ride that would be happening the following Saturday. It all came together so smoothly. I was so impressed with the OREGON biker community. Everyone was so pleasant and so willing to help where needed.

I have noticed that Oregon has a community of bikers that are full of giving hearts, we were 3 miles deep of heavy hearts and motorcycles riding I5 from Wilsonville to Sutherlin. I remem-ber being on the back of my boyfriend’s bike riding in the front of the pack not being able to see the end of the line. At times, I wanted to cry from the overwhelming feeling in my heart of how all 800 bikers were so willing to put their own lives aside that day to come together as one for a community most had never even been to, to show respects to the Anspach Family. What an amazing feeling and so proud to call these people my friends.

O n b e h l f o f Ta b i t h a B e n e -dict-Kempke and the Biker Commu-

nity, Tankside would like to thank:

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of VFW who sin-glehandedly made enough chili to feed 300 bikers!

Pat Koehler, Cris Reding, Joe

Sandburg, Jenny Bennett, Charles

Be n n e t t m e m b e r s from the Winston V.F.W.

who made chili and served food and coffee at the event.

Randy Thacker B103 Radio who loaned us the PA System and host at Stewart Park

Theresa Auer VolunteerTim and Michelle Wikstrom VolunteerMichelle Dill VolunteerCecil and Sue Shoopman VolunteerChris Shoopman, My boyfriend and

he made himself available for anything we needed

Dick Price Organized the bike show Touchstone Inc Plaques donated for

the motorcycle showGreg Kovach & John Steinfelt who

made the mental health awareness and community together signs

Lisa Shoopman helmet stickers for donations

Marlene Lynch and Deborah Saxton for organizing the camping.

Sutherlin Police Chief Kirk San-filippo

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About a month and a half into our Deployment a lot of folks were starting to take advan-

tage of the low tattoo prices offered our host nation. It was decided over beers that myself and another “really pushing the limits of tattoo regulations in the military” gentleman would go check out the tattoo shop in Cluj and give the go or no go on if we would feel comfort-able getting inked there.

The shop was a bit hard to find as it is located 3 floors up in an unmarked building above a Hostel. Once inside it looked like most other shops. Art on the walls, Flash books on the tables and loud music playing in the back. It was clean. Equipment was wrapped, guys were swapping out gloves and needles were out of fresh packages. Most of the artist spoke English and had no prob-lem with us snooping around. Amer-icans had their shop booked up for weeks and they were bringing in artists from other shops to make sure every-one was taken care of as promised.

I left the shop satisfied that they at least appeared to be legit and gave my OK to the group of folks waiting to hear from me before booking appointments. My buddy Jimmy approached me about a week later and said he wanted to get a shoulder piece done. Jimmy had set up

a consultation appointment but heard the place was a bit of a bitch to find. He told me he would buy me some beers if I were interested in showing him where it was located.

Well, I’m not one to turn down free beer and good company so we asked our buddy Josh to play designated driver and we started our Journey to Cluj. We decided our best bet was to park in the main square downtown because it was half way between the bars and the Tattoo shop. The rest of our group headed for a local food joint with an incredible selection of hard Liquor. Jimmy and I headed the oppo-site direction to meet whoever was going to become Jimmy’s artist.

When we reached the Building with the tattoo shop inside it, I couldn’t help but notice a worn Harley Davidson parked out front. It was a Matt black Dyna, Early 2000’s with a solo seat and if I had to guess, I’d say 14” apes. This is special because most folks in that region make about $250 US per month and the ones who can afford to ride are drawn to small CC duel sports due to conditions of the local roads.

When I was done looking at the bike, we started to ascend the 6 flights to get to the 3rd floor. On the way up we saw a

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mid-70’s Red cafe racer with a few stick-ers on it. I thought it was a weird place for a motorcycle but whatever.

At the top of the stairs was a big white door with a small sign that had the name of the shop written in it. We could hear music on the other side of the door but no one was answering when we knocked. They knew we were coming because Jimmy had set up an appointment the previous day. Finally, the door opened and a gal wearing less than most girls wear in public said, “Shit, I’m sorry we could not hear above the music. Come in “We did as she requested then sat in the lobby waiting for the next person to greet us.

A few minutes went by and a gentle-man about 5’7” 185 lbs. with dark black hair slicked back Rockabilly style came

out to greet us. He was wearing a white dress shirt with the cuffs rolled back exposing forearm tattoo’s and properly fitting jeans rolled at the bottom with black boots. To complete the package he had several silver rings on each hand.

Jimmy and He went back and forth a bit about what Jimmy would like his shoul-der to look like after the tattoo was complete. There must have been a bit of con-fusion as the guy called another person over to help interpret. He spoke pretty good English, but he wanted to make sure he understood exactly what Jimmy wanted. Dude handed Jimmy a card and said to email ideas for art to him and he would assign an artist to start working on a drawing. At that point my buddy realized he had gotten so excited about the appointment that he had forgotten to go to that bank and get the 100 lei deposit required to get the art started. I had the cash on me so I pulled it out of my wallet and handed it to the guy.

At that point, I could not help but notice the big red 1% diamond tattooed on the guy’s chest just below his throat. I asked him if that was his bike down stairs. He replied, “The Rat or the Racer? They are both mine.” I told him I was referring to the rat. “Nice bike. You don’t see a lot of those here.” He thanked me and shook my hand then Jimmy’s. With that, we headed back downstairs to take one more look at the Harley before we would eventually end up back at the bar.

Turns out while I was admiring the bike earlier I had totally missed the fact that the tank said “Hells Angle’s” on the side of it.

Jimmy and I laughed about the fact that the last thing we expected to see in Romania. He ended up getting his tattoo about a week later. It looks great.

- Clue

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Safety Corner

LEAN THAT PIG!

By Curt Erickson, Tankside

If you want to turn your bike, you have to lean it. If you want to turn it

hard, you have to lean it hard.I had a student a couple

years ago that had been in a relatively bad wreck -- ambu-lance bad -- she’d turned too hard in a left-hand sweeper and gone across oncoming traffic, over a bank, here comes the fire department, rope rescue, weeks in the hospital, you get the picture. When the crews yarded her up the hill, the trooper at the scene told her to get hold of us at the school for some training; she did, but she was really reluctant to lean the bike. I can’t blame her, really. She had a sort of PTSD thing going on -- her brain didn’t want her leaning. Last time she’d leaned the bike, she’d spent time in the hospital, after all. It took days of intensive work before she could reliably turn left again.

If you can’t lean your bike, it won’t turn. If you get into a corner and can’t turn, you’ll run off the road and then you’re That Guy or That Girl -- no one wants to be That Guy or That Girl. (It’s hard to tell gender in motorcycle gear. You do wear your gear, right?)

According to the Hurt Report -- and if you’re not familiar as a rider with this fine piece of work you really should google it -- around a quarter of motorcycle wrecks are single vehicle accidents. We basically run off the road or into oncoming traffic in turns, because we don’t lean correctly. No one’s fault but our own.

How many of us aren’t as comfortable as we ought to be with leaning over? A bike has got to lean to turn. You can argue that all you want; physics and I will be over by the window when you’ve figured out that I’m right. For any given arc, if you increase the speed of your bike, you will have to lean it further. If you don’t lean it far enough, you will swing wide. If you lean it too far, you will swing to the inside of your turn. Not a big deal in a controlled training environment; a disastrous deal on a left-hand bend on a mountain road with a cliff on your right side. Or a right-hand curve with oncoming traffic. You should practice leaning your bike, and practice leaning it hard.

A twisty mountain road with cliffs and oncoming traffic is a suboptimal place to do this, for what I hope are immediately obvious reasons. Try a big old flat space with plenty of runouts on all sides, free of parked cars, fire-plugs, curbs, etc., etc. Make sure, also, that the pavement is decent. Get your-self up to a decent speed (let’s agree that fifty or sixty in a parking lot is way beyond decent) and practice turning circles. Look all the way around -- 180 degrees would be perfect, but most of our necks don’t turn that far so just get your chin over your inside shoulder and look as far as you can -- and LEAN

that thing. Make circles. Do that a few times, keeping your turn consistent and smooth. Don’t wobble. If you’re nervous, make your circles bigger. Don’t do it more than three or four times, or you’ll get dizzy. Did you make it? Good. Did your pegs or boards scrape? No? Do it again, and lean harder. Do it till your pegs or boards tick on the ground.

Now do it till they scrape for a while. Don’t scrape really hard, but feel them touch, and keep them touching. Get used to the feeling. Don’t scrape harder; after your pegs hit, solid, frame-mounted things are going to start hitting the ground and that’s a problem because if you put weight on the frame of the bike, you’ll take the weight off the tires, and you can lever your tires right off the ground. If you do that, the remainder of your ride will be brief, and well beyond the scope of a column on motor-cycle skills. Hope you had your armored gear on!

Eventually, you’ll get to where you can scrape your pegs or boards at will. The feeling won’t startle you, and you’ll be able to turn harder than you ever thought you could. Yes, that’ll allow you to ride faster if that’s what you want to do, but what it’ll really do for you is have that extra lean available to you if you run into a disaster -- oncoming traffic in your lane, road debris you have to get around, or what have you.

You’ll be amazed at how far your bike can lean. They’re built to do that; the engineers that put the things together actually do think about these things, and modern motorcycle tires are simply amazing.

The takeaway from this exercise is this -- if you’re on a twisty mountain road, and you’re swinging wide and worried you’re not going to make the turn, lean more. You can lean till you’re scraping. I read an interview once with a GP racer who said, if you don’t think you’re going to make the turn, just lean more. The interviewer said, how far do you lean? He said, if you need to, lean till your helmet touches the ground. That’s obviously an exag-geration, but the point is, leaning more beats giving up and swinging wide and crashing. And if you find yourself having to lean so hard that you’re scraping on every turn, that means you’re going into your corners too hot to begin with. Back off a bit. You can always add speed later if you’re bored.

Remember -- it’s just a bike. It has to do what you tell it; you’re the boss. So tell it the right thing and your relationship will be happy and harmoni-ous. Pre-plan your turns, look where you want to go (I’ll talk about that next issue) and lean that pig!

Curt Erickson operates Northwest Motorcycle School; everything addressed in these columns is taught and practiced there, and (shameless plug) you should definitely sign up for a class.

REMEMBER -- IT’S JUST A BIKE. IT HAS TO DO WHAT YOU TELL IT; YOU’RE THE

BOSS.


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Indian Minty

Get your motor running……head out on the highway….looking for adventure…..in whatever comes my way”…..born to be wild.”

Thanks, Steppenwolf. I never can get this song out of my head the moment I rev up Minty. Just to reintroduce Minty, she is a 2015 Indian Chief Vintage. The seafoam green one. Minty is like a buffed out 62’ rag top bug on steroids with torque. Her riding partner is a 2015 Victory Cross Country Tour named Great White. Like a shark it is. Ridden by my partner, my husband. Those bikes make quite a pair. We are just along for the ride. We ride often!

The iconic Cascade Loop. Our very own North American Alps. Been labeled “Washington’s Ulti-mate Road Trip”. It is. Weighing in at 440 miles of untarnished scenery and nature’s theater. We have done most of it one way or another sev-eral times.

I am going to share the route we took after the Hell’s Canyon Rally in Baker City in July, this last summer. This is not the whole loop but a decent chunk. Highly recommended when leav-ing eastern Oregon for some added adventure heading north. Easy to turn tail and wind your way back home most any-where along the route, for all of you Oregonians, Idahoans, Montanans, and every-whereians, etc.

We headed out of Baker City dodging some weather bullets on I84/SR30 towards Pendleton. Near Pendleton, we hopped onto SR11 towards Walla Walla. This is a great town filled with wineries and excellent food. It also

has many choices for lodging. After we then got on SR12 towards Pasco. Then the US395 headed north on US395 and at Mesa we took the SR17.

The SR17 is one of our favorite highways in Washington. There are many different routes to get to SR17. We have been on many, all are fantastic adventures and some ways even bigger on the “adventure” side. Be sure to check out all of the route options before, and if you have the heart for adventure, we suggest doing it!

When we went it was over 100 degrees many days of the ride, thank-fully the old wetted neck rag is a life saver. After Hells Canyon in Baker City, Oregon we had plans to go to the Winthrop Blues Festival. The timing of Hells Canyon and our free time made it a no-brainer, therefore, the route

we took we opted to our sweet time. The timing of each event, there traditionally

seems to be a week between them. The Winthrop Blues Festival is worth the effort. You can camp on site and many options for lodging.

One of the perks of the festival is the river. The Methow River is right there and you can imag-ine lots of blues enthusiasts revved up enjoying the sounds and sights. Many spectators set up all types chairs and relax while sitting in the river listening to music. The Winthrop Blues Festival

takes place during the “hot weather” season, however, it is clean, and it is fun in a dusty wonderful way. Lots of bikers hang there. Not quite the days of Woodstock, but it’s worth attending.

Now, back on the SR17. The SR17 is in good condition, but the winds you through to get to some of the most stunning landscapes is well worth the

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ride through the gusts. Up through Moses Lake, you will find a decent town. We found a little oasis to stay there named the “Oasis.” I try my best to have a pool. That’s my thing after a long hot ride and the pool at Oasis is a sweet little deal. It’s a little big city. SR17 continues north up through Soap Lake. Soap Lake is an attractive place.

Soap Lake claims to be “Washington’s Health Resort.” Soap Lake has a long history of heal-ing medicinal waters. According to the cities history, rivaling Indian

tribes called truces when each tribe discovered the heal-ing effects of the lake. There have been lots of artifacts dis-covered there. I would recommend camping on the lake

and soaking in the water, it is an experience all in itself. It is really more like a healing mud bath. What is most beauti-ful about Soap Lake is its very common to have some amaz-ing people from all over the world in that healing mud.

Past Soap Lake, SR17 continues to wind along past Lenore Lake, which is really scenic. It continues past Sun Lakes and Dry Falls. Now Dry Falls also worth a stop. The Dry Falls area is 3.5-mile precipice that are thought to be the greatest known waterfall that ever existed. The history is incredibly fascinating and the view of the falls, which are dry but clearly visible from the visitors center overlook that gives one time to pause and look at what took place mil-lions of years ago. It is 5 times the width of Niagara Falls and quite breathtaking.

Onward up SR17 another 38 miles of excellent riding is Bridgeport. Note: There is a great little store and gas station to the left before you cross the Columbia River. If you don’t need anything cross the river and you will have a couple options and both are fantastic, and get you to the North Cascade Highway SR20. Now you mush decide to go north on US97, or go left onto SR173 for a possible brief stint in Brewster. The US97 will take you up to Okanogan and there you can jump onto SR20 if you choose.

We have done both. Since we have friends who live in the Methow Valley, we swing into Brewster and then through Pateros. If you go north to Okanogan to catch SR20, you will not be disappointed in any way. Equally spectacular!

Just outside Pateros we get on SR153 and head north into the Methow. This is a beautiful road. You wind along the river and some beautiful land.

BE advised here, and actually in this whole area of the loop: GO DEER speed! It is all day caution, but dawn and dusk are critical. Take it easy, the road is built for riding that kinda of riding that makes you want to zoom zoom….But don’t! Enjoy the beauty and live to tell. Take a left into Brewster’s downtown and it is like suddenly being in Mexico. Indeed an excellent Mexican town. There is a great Mexicano food bus in town as well as many Mexican retail stores. Personally we love food buses, so we always go there. Pateros is kind of a cool stop. Their downtown proper is right on the Columbia River. It is

a great place to hang, get off the bike and relax along the waterfront. The little pizza joint across from the riverfront is awesome as well. Designer pizza, salads, and pastries.

SR153 takes you sort of the back way to Winthrop and SR20. Alta Lake campground is along this route. We would recommend swimming at the Alta Lake. On this course, you go through Carlton, Twisp and then into Winthrop. Carlton has a very cool store and gas station right on the road. Across the street, it is very common to see rafts being loaded to run this portion of the Methow River. Twisp and Winthrop are full of incredible things to see, things to do and places to stay. This is a place to do some research to find things you would enjoy during your stay. Winthrop is an old town and still retains it’s old west ways. Very hip, lots of great stores and food. Looks like a wild west movie set but it is all the original buildings from the 1800’s. The town can get wild and but, it is also family friendly so no fear. It has a storied history so spend a few days around these parts getting into it. Lots of bikers hang out here.

This is the home of the world famous Winthrop Blues Festival. In Winthrop, you can go down the Methow in inner tubes, I refer to them as super tubes. It’s not too expensive and the remember this name: River Run Inn and Cabins – they are the ones that do this.

We hope you enjoy heading up to Winthrop. Next month we will continue this journey across the North Cascades Highway. The LOOP de LOOP and Minty have much to share! Distance, as the crow flies, from Baker City to Win-

throp is about 400 miles. This route makes it likely more.

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By Steven Glickman, Tankside

Last month I wrote about Robbie Maddison and his amaz-ing motorcycle riding abilities, abilities that go far beyond the physical capabilities of all other riders (most anyway). I

asked the question “if you can’t learn to ride like Robbie Maddison, why even write about him?” The answer is that I wanted to separate what you can’t learn to be a safer rider from what you can. Most of what you need to know, you can learn. And when you get beyond the riding techniques that can be taught, well, then you’re Robbie Maddison.

We’re average riders and we’re going to be safer when we can use our minds to make decisions about our environment, and then navigate through it. It’s almost all mental. That’s great news because we’re not likely to be able to take our bikes off a ski jump.

There are many safety courses for motor-cycle riders and they use acronyms so you can remember how to think about your riding environment. I like the acronym SIPDE (catchy, right?) which I learned from the Team Oregon class I took. It stands for “Scan,” “Identify,” “Predict,” “Decide,” and “Execute.” I like this because 80% of what you’re doing is mental. The emphasis is on being a smart rider and not about some fancy maneuvers.

Not only do I firmly believe that you should learn how to use SIPDE, I think you should be using it all the time while you ride. Pro-ceeding down the road requires a rider to go through this checklist over and over again, constantly.

We start at “Scan.” How do you do this? You look down the road. Some say 8-12 seconds ahead. Some recommend 10-20 seconds ahead. Why has a limit? Look as far ahead as you can. The road then becomes a succession of here, soon, and the way in the future. While you’re looking at the way in the future, you’ll still see soon and now. At the same time, you’re trying to look from one side of the road to the other. When you’re looking way ahead, you’ll also see the road

from side to side too. The key is to move your eyes around a lot. Look around, then look around some more.

Next thing is Identify what you’re seeing. This is where the think-ing really kicks in. When you see something way down the road, you may not even be able to tell what you’re seeing, especially at night. But you keep looking and as things get closer, they get clearer, and you’ll get a better idea of what you’re going to encounter.

This leads to Predict. Predict what the unidentified things far down the road are and predict what those things are going to do.

Identify every potential threat to your safety. For example, you see little kids play-ing with a ball on the side of the road, way ahead. Prediction: their ball is going to acci-dentally go on the road and they’re going to chase after it.

This leads to the next thing, Decide. After you’ve seen everything on or around the road, have identified all the potential dan-gers ahead, and made your predictions, it’s time to make a decision. For the exam-ple with the kids, you have to decide how to safely get past. So you might decide you have plenty of room to react and veer out of the way if necessary, or choose to slow down, or decide to stop and yell at the kids (don’t yell at the kids). Make a decision.

Finally, you Execute (don’t execute the kids). Slow down, for example. Change lanes. These are easy things to do. Execut-

ing is easy. That’s the beauty of the system. The execution is easy. And now you’re a little further down the road so you Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, and Execute. Again and again. The more you do it, the better you get at it and less energy it takes!

If you are successfully doing this, you are going to minimize risk and allow yourself to enjoy your ride and the scenery. Remember, we don’t ride motorcycles to be safe, we ride safely so we can keep riding our motorcycles.

Steven Glickman has been a UPS driver for 20 years and has served on his local safety committee. He wants you to be safe while you’re having a good time.

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By Linda Landeis, Tankside

I made my trek to Sturgis 75th anniversary 2015, staying at Buffalo Chip.

Many things were different this year, weather (we had a tor-nado pass about a mile away) on Monday, July 27, crowds were enormous, and I was not able to make it to the IRG (Indian Riders Group) catered lunch @ Custer State Park. Regardless of these setbacks, I met many new friends and fun was to be had by all.

My biggest regret was not making to FTS- Full Throttle Saloon, as many know it burnt to the ground in September. As of 10-2-15 owner Michael Bal-

lard hopes to have a plan on how to move forward within 30 days-source KEVN Black Hills FOX News.

A REMINDER to all, helping your brothers and sisters on the road.I have a feel good story to share. My youngest daughter was traveling in her

car between Puyallup Wa and Tacoma Wa one afternoon when she saw a couple stopped on the side of the road on their motorcycle. She stopped, asked them if they needed any help.

They graciously said no, that they already had help coming. Then they asked her why she stopped. She responded by saying “My mother rides and I would hope someone would stop to help her”.

So always remember it could be your mother, father, brother, sister, son, daugh-ter or cousin out there, but we are all brothers and sisters on those big wide open rodes of ours. So please always remember to check on your fellow rider, you may see out there. Thumbs up, thumbs down works, or you could stop and ask. We are all brothers and sisters out there.

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For as long as I can remember, I have always dreamed of being part of a Human Peace Sign. I love what the Peace Symbol represents. Plus I love how all those people had a common bond, belief, and desire

and wanted to express it publicly. A friend suggested that I do one with Motorcycles. I thought, why not!!!?

I’m VERY proud and honored to share that on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 my dream became a reality! Lady Fred’s Biker Chicks for Peace was the World’s First and Largest Motorcycle Peace sign! Not only was this the first of it’s kind ... this is the best part ... it was created entirely by 120 Biker Chicks only who came from ALL OVER the USA to be part of this historic event!

I started planning it in February of 2014. I first asked my close friends if this was something that they thought they might like to be part of and it was a resounding ... YES! What started out to be just a fun little Motorcycle Peace Sign turned into a massive production. I had some friends who came on board and a committee was formed. We offered free camping at one of the gals property for the weekend and some men joined us too.

Event participation was open to any Biker Chick, who lived in the USA and rode on the front or back seat. The front-seat riders created the symbol and the back-seat riders held the banner. We wore a special event shirt with my logo, Lady Fred Biker Chicks, available in Red, White or Blue to resemble the American Flag. The event was open to the public. We offered kid games, Motorcycle and Airplane Cut-Outs and merchandise vendors. We had come-dian, Susan “Bubbles” Udero perform and she had us in stitches. The Sparta Fire Department came out and flew they’re enormous American Flag for us! WHAT A SIGHT THAT WAS TO SEE!!!!

It was held at the Sparta Airport, in Sparta, MI. Pilots for Christ was having a benefit the same day and supplied the food. They offered plane rides for $20. They did so well they had to bring out additional aircrafts. They fly Veterans anywhere they want to go free of charge. They supplied our photographer a free plane ride! I had 3 photographers cover the event. The ground pic was taken by Barry Southwood, BLS Images. The aerial pic and the banner pic was taken by Image Michigan. Both supplied their services, free of charge. Between them, they took over 2000 pictures that day! Image Michigan put a video together of the Drone and Plane pics they took. You can view it on my YouTube channel, Lady Fred www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9v85rr9iLo

We raised money for Purple Hearts Strong, a non-profit organization that helps Purple Heart and Non-Purple Heart Disabled Female Veterans. We raised $1,610.40 for them! Sue Downes, who is the founder, and a double Purple Heart recipient. She the 1st Female double amputee from the Afghanistan war.

Here are the Stats:Seven States were represented, IL, IN, MI, NJ, NM, OH, PA. There were 25

Clubs, Groups, Organizations and Associations represented with 14 being Women only and 11 Mixed Gender.

Women Only MC’s: Biker Chicks Michigan RG, Biker Chicks RG, Chrome Angelz RC (Largest in attendance, 24 Biker Chicks), Chick Run Association, Devil Dames Sisterhood WMC, Livin’ R Dream RC, LOH Chapter (3 different Chapters), Motor Maids, Ohio Valley Lady Riders, Pink Diva Warriors, Stilettos on Steel RC (2nd largest in attendance, 14 Biker Chicks), United Riders WMC - (1st WMC in Michigan!), Wild Hoggettes and Women in the Wind

Mixed Gender MC’s: AMA, ABATE, Gold Wing Road Riders Assoc, Gold Wing Touring Assoc, HOG (3 different Chapters), Muskegon Motorcycle Club, Patriot Guards, Road Weasels, Sunset Kruizers, Two Wheels Addiction and Victory Biker Church Riders

Awards Given1) Longest Distance Rider - Susan “Bubbles” Udero, 1700 miles one way.2) Youngest Rider - Erica “Crick-It” McLaughlin, 14 years old.3) Youngest Participant - Trinity Jones, 13 years old.4) Longest in Saddle - Marni “Gotta” Beutler, 59 years. She was 8 years old

when she got her first bike, a Honda 50cc, she traded her horse for it. 5) Oldest Rider - Arlene Turner, 71 years young. 6) Oldest Bike - Kim “Indian Kim” Adams Erickson, 1941 Military Model 751.7) Largest Participating Club - Chrome Angelz RC, 24 attended from IN, MI, NJ.8) Appreciation Award - Susan “Bubbles” Udero for performing9) Pilots for Christ for flying our photographer free of charge10) Sparta Airport for the hosting site.A HUGE Thank you to everyone who attended and helped with my event. I

couldn’t have done it without them. It was an awesome day, beautiful sunny skies, new friendships made, old friends reconnected, we helped an excel-lent cause, the community came and supported us and my dream became a reality!!! You can’t get any better than that! ;) Peace!

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By Carmen Weakland, Tankside

George Latus, owner of Latus Motors Har-ley-Davidson and Triumph in Gladstone, Oregon founded the HOGS for DOGS charity

event for the Oregon Humane Society with a motorcy-cle riding fundraiser in 1995. After that first ride, the event was resurrected again in 2014 and $2,000 was raised thanks to a matching grant, with three weeks’ lead time, for our furry friends at the Humane Society.

This year, we raised $2,300 without matching funds. We gathered the morning of September 20th and the Humane Society joined us with pets and information. After tanking up on coffee and pastries, the group rode a great back roads route from the Latus dealership to the Humane Society on Columbia Bou-levard in Portland. While, at the Humane Society, we

presented our funds and tours and information of the facility were offered. We finished up by returning to the dealership for a catered lunch by Dukes Bar and Grill, enjoying the sunny afternoon, and then all rode off for home.

We look forward to this annual event every Septem-ber and hope that you will join us. For more informa-tion or to make donations for next year’s event, please contact Carmen Weakland, Events Coordinator at Latus Motors via email at [email protected].

Here’s to our furry friends!

Carmen Weakland is the Events Coordinator at Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson/TRIUMPH Dealership, Chapter Manager Rose City Harley Owners Group, and the Women’s Ride Group Coordinator for The Motor Queens.

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PDX EZ RIDERS AT TEAM OREGON’S RIDER SKILLS PRACTICE CLASS

By Tony Mazelin, Tankside

We live to ride; long rides, short rides, before work, after work and on the weekends, we ride. We check over our

two-wheeled loves, tires at the right PSI, oil levels checked along with brake and clutch levers. We know our machines, every scratch, nook, and chip. While we live to ride, do we really know what are we doing? Once we saddle up for a day of fun in the sun with our closest friends, do we know what are we doing on the top of a bike? Sure we all passed the basic rider class, but then what? 5000 miles over the course of a year (the national average is 3000 to 6000), does that make you an experienced rider? Or maybe we have ridden a few years, and have 15 to 20K under our belt or even 50K+ the numbers don’t matter, but do you really know what you are doing? Do you understand the physics at work when you counter-steer, are you using the proper technique? Or how shifting your weight by hang-ing your knee out benefits you as you lean into a corner? I am going to say that you may not, I know I didn’t. Rider Skills Practice (RSP) class by Team Oregon teaches some of this.

In about twelve garages, shops, and covered parking spots the last minute checks are being made. Boots are put on, along with full finger gloves, and DOT helmets. Twelve riders on vari-

ous bikes, from sports bikes to full dress baggers, gathered at the Clackamas Community College July 11th for about 5 hours of riding and instructions. In this case, the PDX EZ-Riders took over this class and booked it as a group. To gain an advantage to avoid an accident, twelve riders look to improve our skills and to ride another day. Our sport is dan-gerous, and the better prepared you are, the more likely you will survive, and, what is more, import-ant than arriving home in one piece?

We arrived eager for learning, seven women and five men well rested and fed; along with one support vehicle. After some introductions by our instructors, we all were explained our first skills assessment ride. One by one we took to the course that had some challenging maneuvers. A hard tight 90-degree turn, followed by a dizzying series of figure eights, a long sweep to the left with a swerve and then an another sweep and a brake check. Graded on technique and time we all went through with each other cheering us along. Then the class really began.

We were given instructions on the next lesson, got to ask and get answers to what we were to do and how best to do it. Proper techniques were demonstrated by the instructors and then it was our turn. In groups of six or twelve, we took to the course with a new set of instructions. The task was set, we were given one on one training and feed-back, and then told to do it again. Cornering, brak-

ing, and swerving were focused on. From sweep-ing and head turns to low-speed weaving we played on our asphalt playground. We had breaks to grab water, food and talk with the instructors. We also discussed proper gear, high visibility colors, and lane positioning to see and be seen better.

Before wrapping up the day, it was our chance to show what we learned. The Rider’s Skill course was laid out again and we were to show our improved technique. One by one we again took the course with improved skills and a better understanding of what we needed to accomplish. The improvements were evident by our increased smoothness on/off the brakes and throttle, and overall increase score and reduced time.

At the end of the day, we all learned something. Whether it is cornering, braking or scrapping the floor boards, we improved. We are now more con-fident and a closer bunch of friends. We ride for different reasons, but because we share the same passion for the same hobby we need to practice our skills and improve them year over year. Remem-ber, good habits make for good riding, and good riding is priceless.

I do want to thank our instructors, Susan, and Jeff. They were great about explaining everything and making this a fun day. They represent every-thing I come to expect out of Team Oregon. Thank you very much!

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By: Roger Rivero, Tankside

For the first time last year, Subaru sold half a million cars in the U.S. market. This number would not be significant if it weren’t about a brand that is relatively unknown in some states. In regions where it

snows and rains a lot, Subaru is well known. The Japanese have won a reputa-tion as a car that doesn’t display luxury but does efficiency and confidence. After Ford, Subaru is the brand more users feel attached to. The Outback, our test car this week, has been the main symbol of the company, far exceeding the number of sales to other family members such as the Legacy, Forester, and Impreza. Introduced in the late nineties, the Subaru Outback has been pre-ferred by those who choose adventure and an active lifestyle, and not just for appear-ance. It is more prevalent to see an Outback splattered with mud than almost any other car today.

The 2015 comes completely renovated. On the outside, though it’s almost the same size as its predecessor, with the design they have managed to create a more robust and stylish appearance, it looks more and more like an SUV. The interior and the ride quality are the most relevant changes. The Outback has a closer resem-blance to the Subaru Legacy inside, with a clean and functional layout where the new generation infotainment system stands out. There are now more connection possibilities, including MirrorLink, a technology that allows connection to smartphones, to display several of the phone’s options on the car’s screen, including navigation and audio. Unfortunately for now, the list of compatible phones remains short. Under the hood, there are also changes in the new Outback.

Subaru has added two new performance models including X-Mode that

makes the vehicle more “intelligent” when it passes through narrow and rough trails while offering a successful and clear response when traveling on the high-way. There are two engine options, both flat or “boxer”. For those not familiar with them, this is a type of low-level engine where the pistons work horizon-tally, opposed to each other. This engine provides more stability to the car for its low center of gravity. Despite having been patented in 1896 and used by manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Volkswagen and Chevrolet among others, currently, only Porch and Subaru still use this system. Engine choices

are a 2.5 4-cylinder and 175 horsepower, or a 3.6 6-cylinder engine that delivers 256 horsepower. Fuel economy is 25/33 and 20/27 respectively.

With these engines, the refined 9-speed Lineartronic continuously variable trans-mission—CVT—does a commendable job, simulating changes correctly that in nothing suggests that the car has a con-ventional automatic transmission. On the road, it feels somewhat stiff, not enough to disturb. Subaru has managed, with class, to combine the ideal adventure car with the sedan safe to bring the little ones

to school each morning. Improving a product that enjoys tremendous accep-tance is always risky. Doing it with restraint, tweaking here and there, making the changes not too spectacular to look at, but useful in functionality, is the great merit of the 2015 version of the Subaru Outback. It is not difficult then to understand the company slogan: “Love is what makes a Subaru, a Subaru.”

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