Renegade Issue 35

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As the apocalypse is rapidly falling upon us, America is
on the verge of collapse! Rather than go on another rant
about the bizarre election that is about to take place and
the end of days, I’m going to do my best to stay posi-
tive...
It’s almost the end of another season of traveling across
the country, going from coast to coast, from one bike
rally or car show to the other. It’s been an interesting
year to say the least. I met a wonderful woman that I’ve
been chasing all across the country, and a lot of other
interesting characters and cool people in some really
cool towns.
Sometimes I forget about all the chaos that’s going
down in the world right now and the eminent collapse of
the American Government. When I’m out traveling the
country, especially out west or in the heartland, things
don’t seem so bad. The people are all very nice, the
landscapes are amazing and the cities are nice and
clean. In the real world, it does not seem so bad, until
we get to our next hotel and I turn on the TV for my daily
dose of propaganda and apocalypse reports.
On another note, one of the things I’ve wondered about
the most this year besides the eminent collapse of west-
ern civilization, was... When did being a biker go from
being a genuine stand up guy with a passion for motor-
cycles, who
was not afraid to get his fingers dirty and took pride in his
work, to today’s entitled motorcycle enthusiast?
The old school biker treated his bike like it was his best
friend, like a cowboy and his horse. He knew every inch
of his bike like the back of his hand. Be it Pan, Shovel or
any other classic iron, long before they were classics. It
was about the freedom of the ride and the pride of work-
ing on your machine. When men were men...
Today’s big wheel bagger guys are more concerned with
how loud their stereos are or how many led lights that
have, or how expensive their paint jobs are. They would
much rather brag about how much they paid someone
else to build their bike than to build it themself.
Apocalypse or not, the world is clearly changing, and in
this man’s humble opinion, it’s not for the better!
Kick it!
Scharf
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