Cystic Fibrosis Bike Ride & Show NY

[Buzz Kanter]

I am planning on attending the Cystic Fibrosis ride and bike show starting at NewRoc Harley-Davidson in New Rochelle, NY (a half hour north of NYC) on August 26.

Not sure what I'll ride this year. Last year I rode my 1955 Panhead with sidecar and almost ran out of oil along the way. Added over 2 quarts after the check oil light came on 20 miles before the ride end.

As in the past, we will be involved in the bike show judging and will be looking for interesting bikes to possibly feature in American Iron Magazine.

Buzz was indeed supposed to ride in the New-Roc H-D CFF Charity ride but alas it did not happen. And by that I don't mean the ride. That went off guns a'blazin'. But Buzz didn't make it. Instead, he asked me to attempt to fill his most overwhelming shoes and be the Grand Marshall. I tried, Lord knows I tried. However, I was forced to wave the white flag when, at a roadblock on the Cross County, a motorcop took one look at my American Iron t-shirt, then one look at me, and asked "Where's Buzz? He's supposed to be leading this ride. He was here last year with a sidecar." Nervous laughter. "He's a great ****in' guy. Great with everybody." Way more nervous laughter.

The bottom line: Don't try and Grand Marshall unless you have a sidecar, a styling American Iron leather jacket (tees don't cut it), and a ton of, well, clout. Yeah, that's it, clout.

Seriously, a great time was had by all, and the judging couldn't have been more precise thanks in no small part to Frank Santana.