Burn Outs

Hey Pig Pals,

It's your fearless leader again, the one, the only, Pig.

It's time once again for some more Pig talk. Lately we have been really busy with cleaning bikes and hanging out with our buddies. This has been a good spring so far. We have been out at Texas Pride every Thursday night for bike night. The bands have been pretty good so far and a lot of our regulars have been coming back for more of our cleaning specials. For those of you who haven't been out there yet, you need to make some time and go. Tony has made a few improvements for the new season. They added a new inside bar complete with A/C, big screen TV's, pool tables and a really cool looking full service bar. Saving the best for last, Tony has also put in a, are you ready, A BURN-OUT PIT. Yeah man, it's the bomb dude.

Between the band sets, they announce for any takers to step forward, you just ride your bike into the cage. (It doesn't matter what kind of bike you have.) After you place your front wheel against the rest, they close you up in the cage and the back drop sets in place. (that way you don't spray the audience with rubber dust). Everyone gathers in close anticipating, for what comes next, all along wanting to see blood. When everything is ready, the signal comes for the go-ahead. You then apply your front brake, power comes up in your engine, and you let 'er RIP. As the smoke rises up from your rear tire the people start to cheer you on. The cage begins to bellow with smoke, the engine roars on, the tire squeals, the crowd screams for more. An average biker quickly backs down. There is no shame in that. No ones feelings are hurt. It is only the brave that will go for more. It is more what a REAL biker gives. The real biker just gives it more throttle never backing down, never looking back. Then BLAM, that rear tire lets go with a resolving pop.

The RPM's die out, the wheel stops but the crowd cheers on their champion moving in to see if there is damage or destruction, satisfied in the results, the crowd always claps for more. The smoke clears and they open the front of the cage to let you out. If you are the type that backed off early, you get to ride your bike out and back into the parking lot. If you are a real biker, you limp your bike out and over to the Bucketheads Pit stop. There you can get a new tire put on so you have a ride home.

Now of course someone out there is saying, “That Nuts, Why Would You Do Something Like That?” To those you who do think like that, I only have one thing to say: If you don't ride, you'll never understand. You need to come on out to the Pride and see it for yourself.

Ya'll stay cool.  Ride Hard or Stay Home

Pig