Welcome to the digital version Of the Bikers Trading PostThe Bikers Trading Post will now be published monthly as a digital magazine. We have been making some bigchanges. Now, instead of being a one man show, we're teaming up with others to make us more of a communitymagazine. This will let us cover more and publish a lot more of all the events that you are going to. We are a localpublication and dealing with local happenings. Yes we will cover a few of the bigger shows that a lot of you followbut we understand you have no interest in a poker run in Kentucky. We will not be limited to the per page cost like inthe normal printed publications. You can download the whole magazine and save it and you may take it to a printerand print part of it or all of it. The calendar is sideways in the view mode so you can print it to hang. Most of thearticles will have links and they are in red and labeled. If you click on that link it will take you to the albums of photosor a video slide show from the event and you are welcome to right click in them to download and use for any non-commercial use. Please give us credit if you put them on your pages. You can take them and get prints of you and yourfriends if they were at one of the events that we covered. We have a facebook page that if you click on it will take youto a current list of the events that are happening in our area. https://www.facebook.com/thebikerstradingpost Pleasecheck it out and friend us, and please feel free to share anything on that page you want to.

Now with that all being said this is a biker magazine. We are covering the bike life, style and events. We work hard totry and keep things clean but if something is happening in the background and we miss it, OH WELL. If you areoffended by off color jokes and photos of people getting crazy and photos of girls on bikes you are at the wrong place.

We are looking for people who go to a lot of the events and would like to do sales and also cover a few events. We aretrying to keep the areas to about one county each, so after you get set up you could cover it in 2 or 3 days a month. Weare offering a great sales incentive so if you are looking for a little money on the side please get in touch with us. Wewill also be looking for bikes to feature in the magazine along with models for on the bikes.

This month we will not have listing of all of the up coming events. To find them we will have them updatedalmost daily at https://www.facebook.com/thebikerstradingpost

On about once a week we up date the list on our smug page. The link to the new listing is always pinned to thetop of our facebook page or you can go to our smug page https://thebikerstradingpost.smugmug.com/ and itwill be listed under the date it was up loaded. We add a whole new page and delete the old one so you can notsave the album link.

Once again I was invited by Rich Shira to theBlessing of the Bikes in downtown New Castle.This is a growing event that was started by Richthree years ago and continues to grow. This localevent is sponsored by several differentorganizations including A.B.A.T.E. had anattendance of over 300 this year.

To kick of the event Gary Hasson playedAmazing Grace on the bagpipes. It was veryinteresting watching all of the bikers holdinghands, making a circle around the diamond and upone block as Rich started off with a blessing overthe crowd. Following that was a blessing by BillBloom, who I had the pleasure of meeting whenhe had ? Childs also known as The Machine GunPreacher at his church in Alliquippa on EasterSunday. It was then followed by a group of localpastors who made their way through the crowdblessing individual bikers and their rides. Musicwas also provided by The Good News BluesBand.

You could not have asked for a nicer day to hangout with some old friends and to meet some newfriends. One pair of bikers that I came across wasJack Armagost who brought his 18 year oldgrandson to his first blessing of the bikes. It isgreat to see the older generation teaching theyounger generation the proper way to ride and Ithink Jack was more excited about the Sportsterthat Tyler was riding than the young man was.

One of the highlights was a booth set up on the corner by PizzaMan's Pizza. It has to be one of the best pizzas in Western Pa.

It is always nice to see a really good group of people get togetherfor an event like this.

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Harley-Davidson of Erie BikeFestHarley Davidson of Erie has a unique event here in Western Pa. It is a week long line up of motorcycle relatedactivities. They had many bands including UNORDAINED, SEAN PATRICK AND THE NEWGRASSREVOLUTION, NEXT OF KIN & CHRIS HIGBEE, GENEVA and KISS ARMY. There was food and beverages,bike related vendors, contests and a bunch of rides. This is happening in part during the Roar on the Shore and givesthe people a lot more to do in the area. Harley-Davidson of Erie 3712 West 12th Street (Route 5) in Erie, Pa puts ona great event and I look at it and all of the events in Erie to grow.

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Harley-Davidson of Erie BikeFest

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Harley-Davidson of Erie BikeFest

Harley-Davidson of Erie BikeFest

BIKES, BREWS & BBQsBIKE NIGHT AT THE TIKI BAR

Bike Night at the Tiki Bar. I wasin the area and stopped at the Tiki Barfor their bike night. I was there right atthe beginning and was surprised to seethe early turnout. At 6 there were about100 bikes and maybe 125 people. Theband Walk Of Shame started up andwas playing some real kick ass music.Then when you think things justcouldn't get any better along comes theCoors Light girls Kara and Lori

that were were supplied byMirth Promotions. As alwaysthey were great. They helpedwith the events and voting forthe prizes, and looked great. Thehighlight of the day there wasthe pig roast. I did not try it dueto coming from a dinner meetinga little before, but everyone wassaying about how good it was.If you ever get a chance to godown this is a great place tohave a bike night.

The Tiki Bar6285 Rt 88

Finleyville PA

I had the opportunity to check out the First Annual Wesley�sWarriors Memorial Ride. At the East Butler Fire Hall. It isalways great to see so many good people getting together tohelp out with a great Cause. They labeled it as a �Good oldfashioned, red blooded American fundraiser�. It was held tohelp raise money for the fight against childhood cancer in honorof Wesley Zablocki. All proceeds are to benefit CureSearch. -Jim

Wesley was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) whenhe was only in 2nd grade. He fought bravely for 4 years until hepassed away on March 3, 2015. Wesley�s parents, Ted & NikkiZablocki have been big supporters of CureSearch, becausehaving lived up close and personal with childhood cancer forfour years, they saw firsthand that CureSearch was doing someamazing things in children�s cancer research and is a greatsupport for families in this situation.

Wesley Zablocki

Wesley was a boy scout in Troop39 with his two best friends, oursons: Mike Davis and JacobCampbell. After his passing atonly 11 years old, his friendsreally wanted to do somethingmemorable to honor him. Theboys, who had already startedworking on their hiking meritbadge, knew The Ultimate Hikeis a big fundraiser that supportsCureSearch (the foundation thatwas so important to Wesley�sfamily), so hiking in honor oftheir friend just felt like the perfect fit. And, to top it off, the final requirement to get their hiking merit badge will beto complete a 20 mile hike in one day, which coincidently is exactly how long the Ultimate Hike is! Anotherclassmate and friend of Wesley�s, Amber Kozik, decided to join the boys on the hike in honor of Wesley. The threekids then had to convince us parents that they could and would train for the hike. And that they would work hard toraise the required $2,400 donation each. After seeing their determination, it was a pretty easy argument for them tomake and we got on board with their plan. Jacob�s dad Josh agreed to sign up for the hike, too, so we wouldn�t besending our kids out into the wilds of West Virginia unsupervised. Then, we started brainstorming ways to raise thefunds. We had to go with what we knew. Both the Campbell and the Davis families are avid motorcyclists, so Joshcame up with the idea of doing a charity poker run. We gathered friends, family, and fellow bikers to plan andorganize the event.

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On Saturday, there were close to 100 motorcyclists, plus approximately 50 family & friends. All together, we raised$8,000! The bars who sponsored the stops along the route were The River�s Bend in East Brady, Otto�s in Emlenton,The Beer Garden in Boyers. Otto�s also fed all the participants a free lunch.

The Sunset Riders MC of Butler were a huge help by handling registration and poker hands. The members of EastButler Fireman�s Club were very generous to allow us to use their facilities and prepare dinner for all the participants.I can�t even begin to list all the businesses and individuals who donated prizes for the Chinese Auction Raffle. Therewere 50 really great prizes, including a weekend get-away to Foxburg, a shotgun, an autographed game-worn Steelershelmet, and the big prize, an AR-15! Article submitted by Jenny Davis.

Here are a couple pictures of the three kids who inspired this ride. The kids, Left to Right in the picture: MikeDavis, Amber Kozik, Jacob Campbell. All are 12 years old. It is great to see the effort that these young people cometo such a great success and I am sure this will be an event that will grow. Once again Congratulations on such agreat run. To see a video slide show of the run click here. https://thebikerstradingpost.smugmug.com/Wesleys-Run-Slide-show/n-cSqF86/

Thunder In The BurgWhat a crazy weekend of events inWestern Pa. on the weekend of July11th and 12th. There was no lack ofevents in the Western Pa. area. I had20 different events listed on ourfacebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/thebikerstradingpost I managed to make it tothe 9th Annual Thunder in the Burgput on by Lawrence CountyA.B.A.T.E. in downtown WestPittsburgh on Saturday. The weatherwas perfect and the location worksgreat for this event. The crowd wasgood and this event has to have thefriendliest group of any event that Iattend. They really make you feel likefamily.

It was non stop entertainment with livebands all day, some awesome food,vendors. Prizes, a cornhole tournamentand a dunking booth that had the Millergirls. The bands were all good but Triadreally played the music that interestedme and sounded great doing it. Theyplayed a lot of the Jefferson Airplane,The Mamas & The Papas, The GratefulDead and Neil Young just to name afew.

This is one of the events where you canjust stop by, eat, drink and beentertained while hanging out withsome really good people.

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I met Samantha a while back and when she heard I was looking for someone with tattoos she got in touchwith me. If you would like to see her as a feature model on a bike here please e-mail us or if you have somegreat ink please let us know. thebikerstradingpost@gmail.com I ask her what is the meaning behind any ofthem?? Well my main big tattoo (the angel wings) are for my father who passed away when I was 9. They are also a coverup of two tattoos done by my ex which I didn't like. All the cheetah print are for him as well because he called me his littlecheetah. The YJ front end on my hip is for one of my best friends who passed away, Neil Bauer, he loved them and wealways talked about me "upgrading my Barbie jeep for one." The one above that it is my son, Bentley's, footprint he was mysaving grace & he always pushed on that side of my ribs. The cross on my wrist is for my faith & for a pastor that I knewwho passed away from cancer we all got it to remember him. "Promise", on my pinkyis for pinky promises, I make them and always keep them. The crown on my upperchest is for my nickname "princess."Who did them? My back was done by Jeremy from Artistic dermagraphics inBoardman, Ohio. My jeep & foot print were done by Mike Sinibaldi out of Ellwoodcity, PA. The cheetah print on my chest & hip were done by Bruce from Longshottattoo in Slippery Rock, PA. Both of my wrist were done by Johnny Salsano in NewCastle, PA. And the crown was done when I was on vacation down south.What was your first and what is your favorite tattoo? I would say my two on myback that are covered up now by the wings. My favorite that is hard to say my firstfavorite is my back I get a lot of compliments on it, the other two would be my jeepand my foot print ones.Do you plan on more??Of course they are so addicting. I do want to start more onmy side piece.What do you do with modeling and what are your plans to do?I do some here andthere. I just recently got more work. I mainly shoot with David Vickers out ofBoardman, Ohio. I would love to do more work. I have expanded my work. Mymain goal is to be on Sports Illustrated or Victoria's Secret. I am always open formore work.

Syria Motor Corps Poker RunJuly 12, 2015

As the bikes came in and were parked the MotorCorps gave out Coffee, water and donuts. Theygave out over 50 doz. of donuts, This was includedin their registration. There was a SpecialAppearance by KDKA TV Personality Jon Burnettwho help lead the ride. And a special appearancefrom former Steeler : Marv Kellum.

The poker run was attended by 523 people onbikes. The run was 97 miles and the Syria MotorCorp Whites Harley's escorted the rider with a stopin Moraine State Park, where they had arefreshment truck there with water and pop. Thegroup was then escorted back to the Syria Center inCheswick, Pa. Where the riders where givenbeverages and pulled their Poker Hands. The bestPoker hand received $500.00 And the second besthand received $200.00. The Ladies of the MotorCorp ran a Chinese Auction, and helped sale 50-50tickets. This years winner won $904.00.

Syria Motor Corps Poker RunJuly 12, 2015

At the same time lunch was being served to the riderswhich was included in their registration fee. There was acontest for the two largest clubs with the most Pre-registered members : Latrobe HOG was #1 with a pre-registration of 78 members, they have won this for the last14years. They are sponsored by Z & M Cycle Sales,Greensburg, Pa. Ali-Kiski HOG was the winner of thesmaller Club with 17 pre-registrated. They are sponsored byGatto Harley-Divison of Tarentum, PA.

The Allegheny Mountain Chapter of AntiqueMotorcycle Club of America ran a Antique Bike show andgive out Plaques to the winners.

As all of the above was going on there was a DJ and a4 piece band playing music.

The Syria Motor Corp which has been putting on PokerRuns for more than 38 years is made up of the followingdivisions : White Harley, Yellow Little Cars, the TurningBike division, Mini Tees, and the Antique/ Classic Cars.All of the above are Masons, and Shriners. We are alwayslooking for new members. Proceeds from this event benefitThe Shriners Hospitals for Children.

I want to thank Tony Battilana for all this informationand for all of the hard work that he did along with all of theother volunteers that helped. It is nice to see peopleworking to help such a good cause.

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Video from this event

Roar On The Shore 2015

The Roar on the Shore was created in 2007 asa major fundraising event in the Erie,Pennsylvania region. Now on its its 10th yearin 2016, Roar on the Shore has quickly becomeone of the fastest-growing bike rallies in theUnited States. This year it was held July 13th,14th, 15th and 16th. Organizers estimate morethan 150,000 attended 2015 Roar on the Shorewith proceeds benefiting Erie Homes forChildren and Adults� Project First Step. ProjectFirst Step is a unique program offeringmultiple services to pregnant women, youngchildren and families in need. I had theopportunity to be there on the 15th and 16th.

Roar On The Shore 2015

It is dedicated to bikers and bike enthusiasts whodescend on this city located along the shores of LakeErie, to enjoy three days of rides, bands, bike contests,custom motorcycles, bike accessories and more. It startsoff with more than 5,000 bikers, led by a celebrity grandmarshal, rolling into town to take part in one of thelargest escorted rides in history for the official kickoff.Bikers are able to experience the best of the Great Lakesregion. From Erie�s spectacular bayfront and PresqueIsle State Park, on to North East�s wine country andChautauqua Lake, New York, riders will see some of themost beautiful scenery this part of the country has tooffer.

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Roar On The Shore 2015

Roar On The Shore 2015

It was endless entertainment with bands including Black Widow. L.A. Guns, Jackyl with special guest Darryl �DMC�McDaniels, April Wine and more. They had stunt shows featuring Brian Bubash and his gang on the streets doingseveral great shows and I have to mention the beautiful Jagermeister girls. I have known Katharine for a long time andit was funny because on that Wednesday I photographed April for this months magazine and she was working as oneof them there. On Saturday night, Luda Burykin of Erie was crowned Miss Roar on the Shore 2015-2016. Schick wasone of seven contestants � Shayna Cooney, Randi Fields, Jessica Graver, Brianna Orsini, Sara Turi and ParisZmijewski. who took part in the contest, sponsored by Sherlocks/Park Place and Coconut Joe�s.

Roar On The Shore 2015

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Roar On The Shore 2015

This year three new motorcycles were raffled off.

A red Indian Scout motorcycle, donated by major sponsorIndian Motorcycle of Erie was won by John Piliteri

A Kawasaki Ninja 300 was donated by major sponsor Off-Road Express was won by John Dinch

A 2015 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, which was donated bymajor sponsor Street Track �n Trail was won by Jason Baab.

Roar On The Shore 2015

A biker stops by the local HarleyShop to have his bike fixed. Theycouldn't do it while he waited, so hesaid he didn't live far and would justwalk home. On the way home hestopped at the hardware store andbought a bucket and an anvil. Hestopped by the feed store/livestockdealer and picked up acouple ofchickens and a goose. However,struggling outside the store he nowhad a problem: how to carry all ofhis purchases home.

While he is scratching his head hewas approached by a little old ladywho told himshe was lost. She asked,"Can you tell me how to get to 1603Mockingbird Lane?" The biker said,"Well, as a matter of fact, I live at1616 Mockingbird Lane. I wouldwalk you home but I can't carry thislot." The old lady suggested, "Whydon't you put the anvil in the bucket,carry the bucket in one hand, put achicken under each arm and carry thegoose in the other hand?" "Whythank you very much," he said andproceeded to walk the old girl home.

On the way he says, "Let's take myshortcut and go down this alley.We'll be there in no time."The littleold lady looked him over cautiouslythen said, "I am a lonely widowwithout a husband to defend me.How do I know that when we get inthe alley you won't hold me upagainst the wall, pull up my skirt,and ravish me?"

The biker said, "Holy smokes lady! Iam carrying a bucket, an anvil, twochickens and a goose. How in theworld could I possibly hold you upagainst the wall and do that?" Thelady replied, "Set the goose down,cover him with the bucket, put theanvil on top of the bucket and I'llhold the chickens."�

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I want to thank Thomas "Goose" Kleean for bringingout his 2000 Moto Guzzi California Bassa. All stockexcept a few miscellaneous things. Goose is always willingto supply bikes as long as we keep supplying the hotmodels. On the day he brought this one down there was ahuge thunder storm but that didn’t stop him. Thanksagain! Go here for the slideshow of her shoot

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Humor to relieveHumor to relieve stressA visit to See St. Peter

A guy is at the Pearly Gates, hoping to be admitted, and St. Petersays to the guy, "I can't see that you did anything really good inyour life, but you never did anything bad either. I tell you what,if you can tell me one really good deed that you did, you're in."

So the guy says, "Once I was driving down the road and saw agang of bikers assaulting this poor girl. So I pulled over, got outmy car, grabbed a tire iron and walked straight up to the gang'sleader--a huge ugly guy with a studded leather jacket, bald headbut with hair all over his body, and a chain running from hisnose to his ear.

Undaunted, I ripped the chain out of his nose and ear andsmashed him over the head with the tire iron. Then I turnedaround and, wielding my tire iron, yelled to the rest of them,'You leave this poor, innocent lady alone! You're all a bunch ofsick, deranged animals! Go home before I teach you all a lessonin pain!'"

Impressed, St. Peter says, "Really? I can't seem to find this inyour file. When did this happen?"

"Oh, about two minutes ago."

George the Mailman

� It was George the Mailman's last day on the job after 35 yearsof carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the sameneighborhood. When he arrived at the first house on his route, hewas greeted by the whole family who congratulated him and senthim on his way with a tidy gift envelope.� At the second house, they presented him with a box of finecigars. The folks at the third house handed him a selection ofterrific fishing lures.� At the fourth house, he was met at the door by a strikinglybeautiful woman in a revealing negligee. She took him by thehand, gently led him through the door, which she closed behindhim, and took him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blewhis mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced.� When he had enough, they went downstairs and she fixed him agiant breakfast: eggs, potatoes, ham, sausage, blueberry waffles,and fresh-squeezed orange juice. When he was truly satisfied,she poured him a cup of steaming coffee. As she was pouring, henoticed a dollar bill sticking out from under the cup's bottomedge. "All this was just too wonderful for words," he said, "Butwhat's the dollar for?"� "Well," she said, "Last night, I told my husband that todaywould be your last day, and that we should do something specialfor you. I asked him what to give you. He said, ' Screw him.Give him a dollar.'

21st Annual

Thunder in the Cascades June 24,25,26,27,28, 2015

21st Annual

Thunder in the Cascades June 24-28, 2015

The 21st annual Thunder in the Cascades was a lotof fun and a great success. I can not believe that ithas already been twenty one years. This year theyran into that same problems that so many of theother events have, it is called RAIN. As theylabeled it �It was a Record Breaking Thunder inthe Cascades - or as it is now known- "Thunder-Rainfest 2015". In 21 years, we have never hadfour inches of rainfall during the event! On theupside - it wasn't snow or there would have been 40inches of it!�. Through out it all most people had agreat time. A few tents were lost in the storms but Idon't think they found anyone floating down any ofthe local rivers.

If there is a will there is a way and they managed to pull offmost of the events. The bike show and the bike games weremoved inside to the big barn and created a lot of fun for theparticipants and the spectators. The wet T-Shirt contests wereheld in the grand stand and the sky cleared up for both of themand the bands were under cover. As always they had a greatselection of bands starting on Wednesday with US 4 Now. Otherbands were Juvenile Characteristics, Sofa King Cool Band, thealways anticipated Hern Brothers. They had 12 Gauge Justicethere for the first time and this band really kicked ass withprobably the biggest crowd I have seen for an afternoon show.Everything finished up Saturday night with the Ozone Rangerson stage.

As always there was a lot of fun to be had and they made it allhappen. To keep informed of the happenings for next year(hopefully without so much rain) check out their web site.www.thunderinthecascades.com

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