CMA Corner: It’s beyond me how time flies by so quickly…

July 22, 2025

Do you remember when you were a kid, and you thought time was never going to hurry up? Like waiting for summer break or Christmas seemed to be an eternity. Now the days and weeks just fly by like a breath of air and Christmas came and went, summer is rushing through and before we…

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Reaching ALL Veterans in Need.

July 17, 2025

Chaplain Otto Ministries has established the first ever American Legion Post inside an Ohio Prison. In 2024, John “Otto” Guthmann established a ministry focused on a segment of the Veterans community that many had forgotten or written off – those incarcerated within our prison system.  Chaplain Otto believes that even behind bars, Vets deserve healing,…

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Armed and Riding: A Guide to Carrying a Handgun on a Motorcycle

July 17, 2025

Motorcycles and firearms both symbolize freedom—but combining the two requires careful planning, legal awareness, and the right gear. Whether you’re cruising cross-country or commuting to work, here’s what you need to know about carrying a handgun on two wheels. Legal Considerations Carry Methods That Work According to GunBroker’s guide, here are some of the most…

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My Riding Adventure

July 3, 2025

By Mary Blackard, Reasons to Ride Contributor Sixty years ago, my love affair with motorcycles began. I rode every chance I got with whomever would take me. Life in the mid-sixties was certainly a safer time AND God kept His eyes on me! After many years of cycle envy, I bought a new 1978 orange…

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CMA: Jumpin’ into June!

June 30, 2025

My goodness we are just rolling along! It’s June already and quite the month for celebrations and ceremonies! Graduations, weddings, birthday and anniversary parties and even more Bike Blessings!! I thought May was jammed packed with stuff but as I look at June…well hang on honey…we have a lot of roads to travel! Ever wonder…

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Sport Touring Corner: MSTA Ozark Escape Rally

June 26, 2025

By Norm Kern The Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MSTA) Ozark Escape rally is held annually the first weekend of May in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It’s one of the few MSTA rallies I have not attended, mostly because it’s 690 miles away from my home in Dayton, Ohio. There were four of us going from Ohio-…

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Carrying While Riding A Motorcycle

June 19, 2025

By Deryck Poole, PersonalDefenseNetwork.com The reasons why we ride are as varied as the number of different makes, models, and styles of motorcycles on the road. I fall into the “way of life” category and log in the neighborhood of 10,000 miles per year. My yearly riding profile consists of daily commuting, errands, rallies, and…

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Sport Touring Corner: Downsizing My Dual Sport Bike By Norm Kern

June 5, 2025

As my regular readers know, I have been downsizing my bikes to postpone aging out. The process began in 2020 when I added a 650 Suzuki V Strom XT to my stable and learned I could live with a much lighter chain drive bike.  Last September I purchased a Triumph Tiger 900 ADV Rally Pro…

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Gun Raffles and Responsible Gun Storage

May 29, 2025

More and more grassroots non-profits and charity events are turning to gun raffles as an effective means of raising funds to support their causes.  These raffles are conducted through a licensed broker or shop and offer participants (purchasing raffle tickets) the opportunity to win a firearm for just the price of a ticket – often…

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CMA: 50 Years Of Ministry

May 22, 2025

CMA members are a special group of people who have a heart to change the world one heart at a time and the mission and vision of this ministry hasn’t changed in 50 years. We were the very first ministry in the motorcycling community starting in 1975 and we have made many relationships with all…

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MICHIGAN VETERAN RESOURCES

ground breaking ceremony in D.C, for the National Desert Storm War Memorial on 14th of July. Many of us will be riding into D.C. – (I am a Desert Shield/Storm & Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran).  I am proud to have served my country and would do it again.  So, I would like to enlighten some of the Women Veteran’s and Desert Storm…

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ROAD TALES

As we head into July we find ourselves hitting the heart of the summer riding season.  People are hitting the road on their bikes, the lakes with their boats, and the trails with their ATV’s and SxS’s.  And for us, we are hitting the road with our event trailers for our first hosted events of the season in Michigan. While…

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KUDOS to SHIELDED SOULS: Making a difference in the WAR on Trafficking

Shielded Souls LE/MC is a non-profit riding organization that looks to provide support to veterans and local law enforcement.  With chapters across Michigan, they have looked for ways to make a difference as an organization.  In looking into how to fight child abuse and trafficking as effectively as possible, Craig Bogart, Shielded Souls President, said they quickly realized that funding…

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CHECK OUT THE PICS FROM THE 2022 PISTON POWER SHOW

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33rd Annual Ferrari Night June 2022

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20th Annual Ride for Freedom – Wolverine Harley-Davidson

Wolverine Harley-Davidson hosted the 20th Annual Ride for Freedom on what turned out to be a perfect riding day! With Chinook helicopters flying over head, hundreds of riders gathered to celebrate FREEDOM and say thanks for the men and women that served to protect it for us all. Special thanks to the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and many other veterans…

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Ohio Bike Week 2022 Island Party at Jimmy Bukkett’s w/ TRO

Thunder Roads Ohio hosted the First Annual Official Ohio Bike Week ISLAND PARTY at Jimmy Bukkett’s! This was a new location for the re-incarnation of the OBW Pool Party – and some tweaking will be done to fine tune things… but folks had a great time with the traditional FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST, Limbo Contests, and the SOON TO BE WORLD…

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OHIO BIKE WEEK

WOW!  The North Coast Thunder Rally ROARS back with a new layout. As previously mentioned, above, we will be saving our more comprehensive review of this years Ohio Bike Week for this Fall – when we have the space to really cover it in the magazine. We have, however, already started to share thousands of photos online – through Facebook…

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TRO CHAMPIONSHIP BIKE SHOW SERIES  JULY 2022 UPDATE!

ALL ARE WELCOME!  We’ve always believed that the best thing about our bike show series is the people that both exhibit and attend.  This isn’t just about the bikes – but about the people building and riding them as well.  After doing these shows for more than 10 years, its great seeing how many connections and friendships that have developed…

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OHIO’S NEW PERMITLESS CARRY LAW GOES INTO EFFECT

Key points and common questions regarding the new laws and how they effect you. By Dean Rieck, Buckeye Firearms Association Generally referred to as “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry,” Senate Bill 215, which is now in effect, makes several key changes to Ohio’s concealed carry laws: Ohio’s concealed handgun license (CHL) will become optional. If you are currently qualified by law to…

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