TF 2016: The good, the bad and the ugly.

[the tecate kid]

I almost got my bike stolen, no doubt from one of the "newbies" but I will be back. Some put out my daughter's camp fire back in 2009 because the smoke was bothering him. Point is: there will always be bad apples at any large event, don't let it spoil the fun for you. I had a great time. Got to catch up with old friends etc.... No doubt we will be back. As far as bashing Mickey, I just want to say that man helped a lot of people at Trikefest, including me, and never asked for a single dime. Mickey and I raced during the same era. Let me tell you, Mickey in the day could out drink/out party just about anyone! LOL. He has been there. Trust me. He has seen the drunken idiots. I hate facebook myself. I do not like people in my personal business. But the door is open now. The younger generation will be back next year. I for one did not have any problems with anyone. My family was treated with respect everywhere we ventured. Times are a changin though, and I will agree, not for the better.........

[Ghostv2]

Attachment 233142Attachment 2331432nd year for me at Trike Fest. This time with my two boys.
Luckily I avoided any altercations with the bad eggs. I did notice people passing in the parade...not sure what the rush was about. I was having fun in my Kiss mask waving back to the people who picked out Gene Simmons haha. I love the ideas of throwing out candy, doing floats, (and hey, more costumes!) next year for the parade. I lost my phone on the parade...Paul(I think he hung out with the Hall's) thought he dropped his phone and picked it up and put it in his clip. Later he realized his phone was somewhere else, looked at the screen saver pic of me from Breezewood and hunted me down to return it! Just one of the many awesome people you meet at Trike Fest.

It's funny Paul comes over and asks if we know who's phone this is. I remember seeing you post pictures in the mask before and I remember you at the breezewood race but I didn't remember names and faces. Somehow the name Mike got brought up. So I'm like MRSOUND? I'm not sure if Regina took the phone then to give it to the owner or if Paul held on to it but I was driving to some event and passed howdys tent where MRSOUND was at and said hey Regina has your phone (or Paul has it down by Regina I forget) and turns out he lost his phone too after the parade. But it was actually your phone and it just turned out to be a coincidence. Sorry if I got your hopes up MRSOUND, but you found your phone eventually anyways so it all works out lol.

[Tri-Z 250]

Thank you Hunting Chip, this thread needed that, it brings prospective to the actual event. The Passion for TF run as deep to some others faith, but let's learn from it all with respect and acceptance. Growing pains....its been stated before, but hiring COPS is not the solution. A riders meeting prior to each event rarely brings all its participants to listen. It's still a good thing that should happen so it helps get everyone on the same page. You can move the day Mon to weeks end with an exodus of TFesters on Sat. Then more than a few will never come do to life's obisticals. Private ticket sales with an Event Only entry to Haspin is not going to keep the bad apples out even if you had the Entire property to just TFester's either. The leaders need to keep in mind rules broken by a few will not kill the overall vibe of the Event. Kiser and a few who ran across these few to me seem standard JA,when mixed with too much booze. No one was Life flighted out, and in all the items stolen can be replaced. Not to make light of stolen items but I've seen it happen at local events with big crowds(your stuff is as safe as you leave it, trust is gained not given). Keeping each Other in check is the purpose of this discussion and will continue to be a topic closely related to the growth of the event. I found in Business advertisement doesn't equal quality customers like word of mouth. Who's talking TF 2017!!! ?

[Thunder God]

I drove down from Manitoba Canada for my Second Trikefest. And I have to say the spirit of Trikefest is alive and well. Last year I drove the 17+ hour trek alone, arriving tired, and hungry. And not knowing a single person there. A camp full of poeple invited me in, fed me, asked me my story, and showed interest in the old Trikes I had built (even though the machines I saw at THEIR camp made my jaw drop! ) And just the friendly response I get when I stop and gawk at all the high quality builds and EXPERT riders test my skills in a way that doesn't exist anywhere I've ever been! I've never felt so at home and free share ideas without the "attitude" I often get back home for riding a Trike. I must admit I too am guilty of some "out-of-towner" behaviour. Such as trying to go for some water wheelie action in the river. Luckily some polite well spoken person caught me as I was about to ride in the river, and asked me to NOT go in. As the local Sheriff had chased everyone out earlier. No problem, I didn't want to wreck it for everyone. We have a lot of that going on in Canada too. I'm also guilty of a few inappropriate wheelies at the Drag strip and a few slow-motion ones during the parade. Seemed harmless enough. But I noticed a lot of monkey-see-monkey-can't-do, so I get the message. I'll cool it. Helps to be on time for the meetings before the events. Unfortunately for all I have too make a couple trips to get my machines to and from the tracks. Guess I'll have to start earlier. My group also noticed some younger riders passing in the parade and using people's yards to do it. Lots of that going on at the Atv derby Circuit back home. I know it's sure tough to educate everyone. Once I know something I'm not shy about spreading it around. Long live TRIKEFEST!!! Just happy to be part of the family!

[fabiodriven]

Thank you Hunting Chip, this thread needed that, it brings prospective to the actual event. The Passion for TF run as deep to some others faith, but let's learn from it all with respect and acceptance. Growing pains....its been stated before, but hiring COPS is not the solution. A riders meeting prior to each event rarely brings all its participants to listen. It's still a good thing that should happen so it helps get everyone on the same page. You can move the day Mon to weeks end with an exodus of TFesters on Sat. Then more than a few will never come do to life's obisticals. Private ticket sales with an Event Only entry to Haspin is not going to keep the bad apples out even if you had the Entire property to just TFester's either. The leaders need to keep in mind rules broken by a few will not kill the overall vibe of the Event. Kiser and a few who ran across these few to me seem standard JA,when mixed with too much booze. No one was Life flighted out, and in all the items stolen can be replaced. Not to make light of stolen items but I've seen it happen at local events with big crowds(your stuff is as safe as you leave it, trust is gained not given). Keeping each Other in check is the purpose of this discussion and will continue to be a topic closely related to the growth of the event. I found in Business advertisement doesn't equal quality customers like word of mouth. Who's talking TF 2017!!! ?

Someone was life-flighted out. One of the undesirables as a matter of fact. Bringing a bad name to us all because of his ignorance.


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[Thunder God]

Someone was life-flighted out. One of the undesirables as a matter of fact. Bringing a bad name to us all because of his ignorance.


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it could just as easily been one of us on the Devils Backbone

[fabiodriven]

But it hasn't been.

There's a huge difference between getting injured during participation in an event and just pure negligence so please do not associate the two. This is exactly how we all end up with a bad name. The med-flight was due to ignorance and extreme negligence. He was breaking rules prior to his crash over and over and over again. He tempted fate and became a statistic that none of us need to be associated with. I saw what he was doing leading up to his crash and once I heard who it was that ate it I knew exactly what had happened.


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[atc12]

Any update on how that guy is doing?

[fabiodriven]

He's doing really stupid.


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[atc12]

My question was pertaining to his injuries from the crash. Not his I.Q.

[DohcBikes]

My question was pertaining to his injuries from the crash. Not his I.Q.

What part of this are you not understanding?...

He tempted fate and became a statistic that none of us need to be associated with.

Nobody is wishing harm or happy he got hurt. It just isn't something we are going to have sympathy for. The guy is a victim of his own actions and people that don't care enough to even attempt to be responsible in any way need to be excommunicated or the whole trike community will suffer for his mistakes. Drop it.

[fabiodriven]

Easy Gunpowder! Lol

Personally I have no concern for this particular person's health. To the best of my knowledge they are not forum members, or if they are they don't post much or maybe I just don't know who they are. I doubt they are members on here.

What I've seen of them I've seen on Facebook and they are not my friends on there, I was passed the information from someone else.

Just as I was saying there is no accountability for these people from Facebook. If he were a member on here this would be a different situation entirely.

[atc12]

What part of this are you not understanding?...



Nobody is wishing harm or happy he got hurt. It just isn't something we are going to have sympathy for. The guy is a victim of his own actions and people that don't care enough to even attempt to be responsible in any way need to be excommunicated or the whole trike community will suffer for his mistakes. Drop it.

I understand more than you ever will and was chilling in the river with the Alabama Boys when this all went down. Don't tell me to drop anything and bring your meow to trikefest or keep your mouth shut slick.

[Mickey Dunlap]

Who was the guy that broke his arm at the barrel race, the one with the pink cast on?

[fabiodriven]

He was one of "the group".