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Approaching middle age, Deedra Climer experienced an unimaginable tragedy—the death of her only son, Joshua, in a motorcycle accident. The spiral of grief that followed reopened ugly wounds that had never fully healed: being raised by a mentally ill and drug-­‐addicted mother, the struggles she faced as a young single mother, and the guilt from exposing her children to one toxic boyfriend after another. Stripped bare emotionally, Deedra is forced to face who she is and where she came from. In sifting through the stark pain of the past, she is finally able to piece together her own sense of self and begin to imagine an unburdened future. Read more.

Time for a Bagger “Infusion” Custom make-over with LA Choppers new Fusion products. So you want to make your bagger stand out from the crowd. There are hundreds of bolt on products on the market. Each one will transform your bike into a semi-custom with a small amount of work. Trouble is everyone else has already bolted on those products–now everyone is the same. But wait! A new challenger entered the ring. Read more.

The Pro Stock Motorcycle championship will be on the line when Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines riders Andrew Hines and Ed Krawiec hit the drag strip this weekend at the 51st Annual Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif. The event is the sixth and final round of the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Hines arrives in Pomona in first place with a 46-point lead. Krawiec stands in third place, 83 points behind Hines. Krawiec is a three-time champ on Pro Stock Motorcycles. Hines, the defending Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, will be gunning for his fifth championship and would be the first rider to win five Pro Stock Motorcycle titles since the late Dave Schultz in 1994. Schultz holds the record with six NHRA motorcycle championships. The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance and Hines team will roll out its menacing Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycles in Pomona for the first rounds of qualifying Friday and Hines expects to get right down to business. “Being a two-bike team helps both Ed and me because we can push other competitors down the order and help each other with a win on Sunday,” said Hines. “Key for us both will be to stay aggressive and up front in qualifying. Ed needs to get some of the bonus qualifying points to get his deficit down below 80 points. I’d like to keep my lead over second place above 40 points, so it takes three rounds to beat me in eliminations on Sunday.” Each of four elimination rounds on Sunday is worth 20 points. Another 20 points is available for a rider who sets a new Pro Stock Motorcycle national Elapsed Time record. “This weekend is going to be exciting and stressful, one of those races where everyone is doing the math on points after every session,”

Hey, I’m a disabled Vietnam vet and so is our Performance Editor, Ray C. Wheeler. We have a lot of close brothers who are also disable veterans. My brother, David is also Cambodia veteran. I was honored to sit at a dinner table recently with my 93-year-old mom and Archie, a veteran from WWII. He was in Okinawa, when the Japanese surrendered. I was moved to know a man who was on the spot. I also recently read a book by the mother of the Redhead of Redheads, Alison. Her mom, Betty Bettencourt Dodds wrote a book, The McClelland Civil War Letters, after she discovered a passel of letters written by two young brothers to their folks after they left home during the Civil War. Amazing book, easy to read. One of the sons was killed in New Mexico, fighting Apache Indians. The other, John McClelland fought from the beginning of the war until the very end, and was even in the procession for Lincoln’s funeral. Amazing. I was caught off guard when he said his cousin attended the play at the Ford theater and saw John Wilkes Booth jump onto the stage after he shot the President. Incredible. Over 600,000 died in the Civil War and 60,000 died in Vietnam. Here’s to all veterans, old and young. We all stood tall for Freedom. I wish our government would put Freedom first. It works, it’s what so many died for. – Read all of the news here

Bad Dad’s Long Strokes Exhaust Pipes are the right stretched pipes for your stretched bags. These chrome slip-on mufflers are angle cut and elongated to show the perfect amount of chrome from the back of your stretched bags. Bad Dad’s Long Strokes fit 1995 to current year Touring models and have a deep idle with moderate exhaust note that won’t upset the neighbors but will sound as good as your custom bagger looks. Find all of Bad Dad’s exhaust options at http://www.baddad.com/products/Exhaust_Pipes or by calling 260.407.2000. All Bad Dad parts are proudly made in the USA.

In a message addressed to Sturgis Rally goes, Sturgis Buffalo Chip President, Woody Woodruff, announced that for the Chip’s 35th anniversary in 2016, American bad ass Kid Rock, is going to perform on the Wolfman Jack Stage on Sunday, Aug. 7. “Kid Rock is one of my personal favorites and obviously most of yours as well,” says Woody. “I’ve already received hundreds of requests this year alone pleading with us to book him for 2016. Not only is he an incredible performer who’s been nominated for five Grammys and sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, the guy’s got brass balls. As tens of thousands of you remember well, the last time Kid performed at the Chip he literally rocked his way through fire from the sky. A fierce thunderstorm had rolled in, rain poured down and lightning struck the water tower, but he refused to leave that cheering, packed house with anything less than a full Kid Rock concert experience. It was an astounding night no one will soon forget. We are extremely excited to have him back in 2016.” Kid Rock is only the first of many world-class performers we’re announcing for the 2016 event at the Chip. We will be celebrating 35 years of The Best Party Anywhere with a good number of great people, and we’d love to see you here. The festivities will begin on Friday, Aug 5 and run through Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The campground will open for camping on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016.

Styled to match their popular line of air cleaner kits and covers, the new Alley Cat Gas Cap and Alley Cat L.E.D. Fuel & Battery Gauge from Küryakyn revamp fuel tanks with their aggressive radial design. Crafted from quality cast aluminum, both are available in chrome or gloss black finishes as direct replacements for a wide variety of Harley-Davidson applications. Easily monitor fuel and voltage levels with the sharp illumination of the Alley Cat L.E.D. Fuel & Battery Gauge. Light up your tank with the extremely bright multi-colored L.E.D.’s that produce a highly visible battery voltage reading on the gauge’s left side, with fuel levels radiantly displayed on the right. The gauge housing measures 3” in diameter and is a direct replacement for stock tank- mounted fuel gauges on ’94-’15 Road Kings, ’00-’15 Softails, ’91-’15 Dynas, ’15 Freewheelers, and ’88-’94 FXR models. P/N 7381 – Chrome, 7383 Gloss Black, MSRP: $139.99 The Alley Cat Gas Cap flawlessly matches the gauge’s aggressive style and features a vented design to prevent vapor lock. Sportster owners get a major upgrade over the stock cap, and the 3” diameter with coordinating design maintains a unified appearance when installed with the Alley Cat L.E.D. Fuel & Battery Gauge on Harley Big Twins. The Alley Cat Gas Cap is a direct replacement for all ’82-’15 H-D screw-type tanks with right-handed thread. P/N 7382 – Chrome, 7384 – Gloss Black, MSRP: $49.99 Advertisement

In celebration of Veterans Day today, Indian Motorcycle announced its sponsorship and support of the second annual Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis. This marks the second straight year Indian Motorcycle will sponsor this very special event, which is focused on raising awareness and support for America’s severely wounded and injured veterans. The epic ride will depart Los Angeles on July 30, 2016 en route to Sturgis, SD and will culminate at the 76th annual Black Hills Rally. Over the course of the ride, the 15 selected veterans will experience some of America’s most scenic and iconic landscapes from the seat of an Indian motorcycle as an important part of their personal healing process. Several of the Indian models will be customized with Champion sidecars to accommodate riders who are unable to operate a motorcycle themselves due to their injuries. Indian Motorcycle will once again team with Emmy award-winning director Robert Manciero and producer Dave Frey of Full Vision Productions to plan and chronicle the entire journey. “We are pleased to renew our partnership with Indian Motorcycle in 2016 in honor of all the military service personnel who sacrificed so much for our country — especially those who have suffered life-changing physical and mental injuries,” said Robert Manciero. “This program is about much more than just making dreams come true for these vets and enjoying a weeklong ride to Sturgis. We’re combining nature’s beauty and serenity with motorcycle therapy and camaraderie to help these riders on their road to healing. We have an exciting and impactful weeklong adventure planned for our wounded veterans, with stops along the way at some of the most scenic locations this country has to offer and a fantastic celebration when they arrive in Sturgis.” “Indian Motorcycle has a long tradition of supporting the U.S. military and

Held On Saturday October 24th 2015 at Petersons Harley Davidson 19400 N.W. 2nd Avenue Miami Florida. Phil was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on February 24, 1924. He spent his early years on a Cherry Farm in Door County, Wisconsin until he enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served on combat on destroyers, in both the Atlantic and Pacific, during WWII as a Machinist First Mate First Class. He was a lifelong Harley Rider who started as a Circuit Racer and opened his first dealership in Key West Florida in the early ’50s followed by the Miami Gardens shop in ’65 and in ’06 he moved his Cutler Bay dealership to its current location in Miami. If you lived in Florida and rode a Harley you knew who Phil Peterson was. Over the years, it included riders from all over the country. Phil was well known for the many charitable events he sponsored or was involved in and things he did for others. Some of the events included the Florida Key West Poker Run with the Rotary Club to raise money for Diabetes Research, the Children’s Cancer Caring Center, and the Red Cross Blood Donor Drives. He also sponsored the Toys In The Sun Run for the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Cancer Caring Center. – Read the rest here.