spring rally wrap up - Thunder Roads Texas Motorcycle Magazine
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Carts, Bikers & Babes (CB&B) Rally<br />
April 12-15<br />
Lake Somerville<br />
TRT Correspondents: Bob Cooney and Don Brewer<br />
For Damon Dave, it’s all about the bands. And this year’s line<strong>up</strong> really rocked the <strong>rally</strong>, including the <strong>Texas</strong> Blues Brothers (tribute), Pat Travers,<br />
Charlie Parker Band, Signal Rising, Quiet Riot, Victim, and The Mike Elliot Company Band. Also entertaining the crowd, History Channel’s<br />
Hairy Bikers, Bill Allen and Paul Patranella (see our December 2011 issue). Bill is famous for<br />
doing crazy things and the CB&B was no different, offering an audience challenge for the Hot<br />
Pepper Throw Down!<br />
This year’s event was reconfigured a little and included some new<br />
sights, such as the sexy bartenders from Full<br />
Throttle Saloon - for both the guys (Kristi) and<br />
the girls (Chris). They both offered body shots<br />
and eye candy! The event also offered all your<br />
normal <strong>rally</strong> fare, a fun run, stage games, Pit<br />
Stop Lounge area, cart and biker races and<br />
games, bike and people contests for cash<br />
prizes and trophies, campsite contests, and<br />
even a carnival ride, the Speed.<br />
As with all of Damon Dave’s efforts, proceeds from this<br />
<strong>rally</strong> go to help s<strong>up</strong>port the <strong>Texas</strong> Biker Relief Organization<br />
(T-BRO). For information on how to help fellow bikers in<br />
times of need, visit <strong>Texas</strong>BikerRelief.org.<br />
Next <strong>up</strong> – The <strong>Texas</strong> Rally (The<strong>Texas</strong>Rally.com) at Big Creek Park & Marina on Lake Somerville, September 6-9 for their 6th Annual Luau and Biker Bash. And watch CartsBikersAndBabesRally.com for information about next year’s Spring event.<br />
Back the Badge Ride<br />
April 14<br />
Pasadena<br />
TRT Correspondents: Travis and Amy Jacobs<br />
Sponsored by<br />
In 2007, while Bryan Miller was hanging with Outlaw Dave (OD) at Hooters, the 100 club was doing their “Fill the Boot” charity. Bryan<br />
turned to OD and said “we can do more,” Bryan told Dave. He said if you help promote a charity ride for the 100 Club, I will organize it.<br />
Notes were taken on napkins and off they went. The 1st Annual Back the Badge ride took place, April 2007 (BackTheBadgeRide.com).<br />
“There are very few of us that have dangerous jobs. Police officers and firefighters are out there every day<br />
to protect us, and it’s not for the money. If I were doing that job on a daily basis, the question that would<br />
always be in the back of my mind; who would be there for my family and my children? This ride is giving<br />
them back security of what they give to us daily. If we continue to give, then our community continues to be<br />
a better place,” says Bryan Miller<br />
The 6th Annual Back the Bade Ride benefiting the Houston 100 Club took place Saturday, April 14, starting<br />
at the San Jacinto Harley-Davidson in Pasadena. At 2:00 p.m. kickstands were <strong>up</strong> and police escorted the<br />
hundreds of riders from Pasadena to the <strong>Texas</strong> Association of First Responders (TAFR) annual Wild Game<br />
Cook-off held Sam Houston Race Park. Police Escorts<br />
were arranged by the Houston Chapter 7 Blue Knights<br />
<strong>Motorcycle</strong> Club.<br />
One of the escorts, Roger “Crash” Byars (pictured), has dedicated his time for the Back the Badge<br />
Ride since the beginning. This ride is not only important to him for what it represents, but also the<br />
sentimental value it holds to his heart.<br />
“Roger’s late wife Rose was the first person to phone me about the<br />
ride within ten minutes of it being put online,” says Bryan Miller. “We had not even gotten sign-<strong>up</strong> sheets<br />
ready or printed when Rose came down and met me in the parking lot with a sign-<strong>up</strong> sheet and a check.<br />
It was the first time I had met her. She jumped in right in feet first” says Bryan.<br />
Rose invited Bryan to visit one of the Blue Knight Chapter meetings to discuss the ride with the<br />
members. Bryan raised his first $1,000 that night, signing <strong>up</strong> 10 members at $100 per person back then,<br />
to participate in the ride.<br />
Rose Byars passed away December 1, 2007. Bryan had a plaque made in her honor and presented it to<br />
Roger Byars at the 3rd Annual Back the Badge Ride that was dedicated in her honor.<br />
As I was taking a picture of Roger on his bike, I noticed a teddy bear strapped to the back with leather<br />
riding gear and glasses. I asked what his bear represented. “The bear was given to me by my grandson after Rose passed. He told me that he never<br />
wanted me to have to ride alone.” says Roger.<br />
What made you want to be a police officer? “Too lazy to work, too nervous to steal, and the only job that I can ride my motorcycle and enforce the<br />
law” says Roger Byars.<br />
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