We are are working together with two of my oldest friends to deliver a world class chopper show to the East Coast. Scott Hoepker of Chemical Candy Customs Tani Labarbera Annie Oakley's Co-owner and myself (Rob Clague) Gasshole extrordinaire all grew up together in a small East Texas town riding skateboards and dreaming of choppers.
Ya see Tani's old man Pete not only employed us fed us beer and generally taught us the ways of the hard knock life, but he was also a legit hardcore biker. The image of his leaky shovelheads sitting in the back of the party room at Tani's place are still burned into my brain. The essence of cool for a 15 year old kid. I drug my first bike home from his place in pieces. A hardtail Iron head sporty. I rode that bike for the next 5 years.
Well Pete is gone now and we are finally in a position to honor our old mentor. I can think of no better place than at the true grit biker watering hole that he left Texas to build and run. Annie Oakley's Saloon in Ormond Beach. (Daytona ). So "Boogie East " my Chopper brethren and join us for a hell of a party. Bike Week 2017.
