Smoke-Out pictures
I've been posting mostly CBA(Concerned Biker Association) event pictures. I've still got a lot more off those to go but I'm going to change over and post some Smoke-Out pictures for awhile. For those not familiar with the Smoke-Out, it's put on each year by the publishers of "The Horse" "Back Street Choppers" magazine. It celebrated it's 12th Smoke-Out this year although I didn't start attending until the 3rd event in 2002. The event starts in the West with a small rally. Many of the riders leave that event and come to the East event, a week later, making the trip of over 2000 miles in 5 days. The rally is mostly riders that build and maintain their bikes in their back yards and garages, real one of a kind choppers. But there have been some great 'build-offs' at the event by people like Borget, Billy Lane, and the late great Indian Larry. I consider the event to be one of the best. While getting some pics ready to post I ran across one that I thought was funny. People had been doing burn-outs all day in various parts of the campground. This guy decides he's going to do one on his Road King bagger. He pops the clutch and the tire starts spinning. The motor starts over revving so he thinks he needs to move into 2nd gear and pulls in the clutch lever to shift. What he doesn't realize is that the wheel drive belt has broken and is laying on the ground. He's just a split second from finding out. Note: this picture is appropriate, there's a girl in it.
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