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The Smoke
Out Ten
This is the biggest
announcement in the entire history of the Smoke Out Rally. 2009
is the 10th Anniversary of the Smoke Out and we are pulling out
all the stops. This is the event that will change future Smoke
Outs forever and it is so unique it requires a bit of
explanation.
The 10th Anniversary Smoke Out (and
all future Smoke Outs) will be one week long. The 2009 event
will start in Cottonwood, AZ with a two-day blow out launch
party. The party in Cottonwood starts Friday night May 8, 2009
and goes all day Saturday. The party will include the usual
mayhem with music, venders, a chop-off, bike show etc.
Sunday morning the hardy
chopper-jockeys that dare will start a 2,000-mile ride to the
Rockingham Drag Strip in Rockingham, NC. The ride called,
The Long Road, will be about a 350-mile ride each day with
an insane party each night. The details of The Long Road
are still coming together but the idea is a unique gathering
each night provided by one of the Smoke Out event sponsors.
The Smoke Out will pick up riders
and steam as it heads East and the event culminates at the
Rockingham Drag strip for the biggest gathering of the chopper
faithful in history. Everything comes together at “The Rock” so
mark Friday and Saturday May 15 and 16 on your calendars now.
The 10th Anniversary Smoke Out will be the most entertaining
chopper event ever… period. We will have bands, a chop off, XS
Speed’s mini-bike races (super-hero costume required), roller
derby, venders, drag racing, and anything else we can think of
between now and then.
The Long Road
Anyone that has built a bike and
ridden it several thousand miles to a Smoke Out realizes what an
accomplishment that is. The HORSE, Backstreet Choppers wants to
recognize that accomplishment.
Win the Superbowl and you get a
ring. Win the Masters and you get a green jacket. Edge is
currently working with David Barkhordari from BadAss Jewelry to
design a pendant to be presented to each rider that completes
the Long Road. Riders, on any type of bike, can pay a small fee
and register in Cottonwood for the Long Road. Each rider that
completes the ride will be presented a brass (or bronze) pendent
designed to recognize that accomplishment. The pendent can be
worn as a necklace or key-chain fob or as an addition to your
bike in any number of ways.
Going a step further to recognize
the home builder any rider that completes the Long Road on rigid
chopper or bobber that he or she has built will be presented a
sterling silver pendant that will be serial numbered on the back
and a record of bike-riders that accomplish this feat will be
maintained (by serial number) on the Smoke Out website.
The details of the Long Road are
evolving as I type this and regular updates will be posted at
SmokeOutRally.com. We are currently looking at the possible
stops along the route. We are also putting together a group of
sponsors that we will work with to make all this all happen.
Any shops or companies interested in
sponsoring the Smoke Out should contact Edge at
Edge.42@mac.com for details.
Enjoy the wild ride.
Edge
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