Zombie thought of the day.

Turkey Day!!

We here at Judgemental Cycles want to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.

Bill Van Dyke. The Biker Poet.

I first heard Bill Van Dyke in the early 90's on an Easyrider Video.

Swap Meet Special was stuck in my head for a long time after that. 

In 1999 I saw him perform at the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis.

I caught up with him later that week on main street.

I was checking out a Panhead with a cool set of saddle bags.

It turned out to be his ride. The bags were made by a brother of his

on the inside. We shot the shit for awhile. He has some good stories to tell.

Two months later I made it back to Florida.

Biketoberfest was going on and I went to see Charlie Daniels at the Broken Spoke.

The next afternoon I went to The Last Resort Bar.

Bill was playing there. He remembered me and gave me a shout out as a fellow

road Gypsy, at that time I guess I was.

We shared road tales for a few hours.

 After Sturgis he want east and I had gone west to Montana

then south to Arizona.

I found these albums at Choppers on Main St. in Daytona years ago.

This year I dug them out of storage and played them for the last time.

As soon as I hung them at the Swap Meet, a father and son came by and purchased them.

They were stoked to find them. The last of my record collection found a home.

I still have a CD of his. See him if you get a chance. Country/biker/story teller/music definitely

Different.

"She's my swap meet special,

I build her on my own,

I rode her over from Texas,

Right through downtown San Antone,

She's the sweetest little Harley,

You will ever see,

She's my swap meet special"

Ride on Bill.

Old School (Oops Dead puppy) Cover Art

I really dig the art work on these old Clymer Books.

From the Late 60's to the 70's.

Since I haven't been able to sell them,

I may have to make a frame for them to hang on the wall.

Antique MC Art.

1320 Feet on two wheels.

Check out the Rear tire at 4:11!

It's deer season!!!

Jason bagged his first one of the season.

He told me he killed it with

"A very large sub-sonic round doing 63mph."

November brings 3 things with it.

One is a day that makes me feel like an old fuck!

Two is the Swap Meet!

Three starts about 100 miles south of San Diego, CA.

Anyone remember Pappy and VMF214 the Black Sheep?

One Second After.

I have read a few of these SHTF books.

This one sent a few chills down my spine.

Set in the mountains of North Carolina, One Second After

is the most realistic SHTF book I think I have read.

Death, starvation, a community coming together, no communication,

no power, and more.

This one made Patriots look like a fantasy check list for survivalists.