Inaugural Logan's Run

[rentalguy1]

Last July we buried my mother in law. About a week later, some old friends of ours lost their 14 year old son to a gun accident. He was a good kid, and had many friends. The funeral was huge. Fast forward to April 27th of this year, and we had roughly a dozen tornadoes touch down in our area in a single night, including two EF-4's. Everybody here knows someone that was affected. Chad and Edwienna, Logan's parents, and Billy Jack, a long time local tattoo artist, came up with the idea of a poker run to both memorialize Logan and benefit a family that lost everything in the Glade Spring, VA EF-4 tornado. They did it on short notice, only two weeks, and were able to get over 100 bikes to come out for the ride. At the end of the day they were able to present the benefit family with over $2000 in much needed cash. Everybody had a good time, and all bikes made the ride with both wheels down (except for one parking lot drop when a divot in the asphalt caught a front tire - no damage, though).

 

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(some of the bikes gathering at Billy Jack's Tattoos before the ride)

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(Panoramic shot of the first stop. We lost 15 Patriot Guard riders here. They had to attend a brother's funeral)

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(Second stop)

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(Pic of the third stop at the local biker bar - this ended up being the longest stop...

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(Just really liked this bike. Rider's son is disabled and in a wheel chair. He had a rack for the chair on the other side.)

 

The wife has always been against motorcycles, and has always pretty much hated that I ride. I'm not sure how, but Edwienna talked her into making this run with us. We went out last week and picked out a helmet for her, and I took her for a short ride on Saturday to let her get a feel for it. Then she made the entire ride with me yesterday. She had a blast! She was amazed by the number of bikes, and really liked it when she realized that bikers make their own damn rules. She thought that it was awesome that we had road guards who would fall out and block traffic at intersections, and the looks on peoples faces when over 100 Harleys rode past. If you think one HD is loud, try 100+ in a line a half a mile long!

 

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(The wife waiting for the ride to begin. See her pretty pink-flamed helmet on the seat? She insists on calling it a "bucket.")

 

I think she is hooked

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(Had to include a pic of my bike for good measure)

[rentalguy1]

http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/jun/06/bikers-riding-good-cause-ar-1087473/