Delmarva/Chopper Xpo

The 2006 bike season is coming to a close and we just finished our two biggest shows of the year - Delmarva Bike Week and the Chopper Xpo.  The two events attract some of the best bike builders in the world - Frank Stancato Death Row Motorcycles; Jeff Nicklus Desperado Motorcycles; and Rick Hill/Dan Kessinger Metropolitan Choppers.  While I enjoyed the beer and crab soup at Delmarva, the event was nearly a complete wash out!  It rained cats and dogs - I mean elephants and hippos - 75% of the time.  Taking refuge in the back of the JusRide truck, I felt just like Noah - less the directive from God and all of the animals.  Looking at the upside of things, I didn't have to move a muscle to see the works of art created by our custom bike customers.  The intensity of the rain resulted in severe flooding, which caused many custom choppers to float right by the JusRide truck - two-by-two of course!!!  The sun finally revealed itself on the last day of the rally.  Our new JusRide exhibit looked much better in the sunlight versus the Armegedon type environment that ruled one day prior.  The warmth of the sun also brought the best out of the girls (on a fund raising mission) adjacent to our exhibit space.  For two days staight I saw nothing but pamphlets and fur parkas.  But as the sun revealed itself, so did the young lasses across the way.  While their bods were top notch, their dance skills were far from perfect!  I mean they were so bad that the only dollar they received from me was one attached to a string - enabling me to yank it back out of their shorts as they skipped out of beat to the next poor sole heading their way.  Once the Delmarva show ended, we went direclty to Metropolitan Choppers to pickup bikes (Fear Factor, Spit Fire, and Messerschmitt) for the upcoming Chopper Xpo in AC.  With the two fighter plane  theme bikes made for G. Gordon Liddy (Liddy Show) on the truck, we headed for home.  Trundling down the PA turnpike we came across a massive Chopper Xpo advertisement (i.e., billboard) containing pictures of the Met Chopper Liddy bikes.  The very bikes that were currently on the JusRide rig.  A sign that would portend clear skies and Fred Astaire type dance skills lie ahead!