Sacramento, CA~Jan. 17-18~ The folks from Easyriders brought their 3-ring biker circus into the California capital over the weekend and proceeded to pack the downtown Sacramento Convention Center to the rafters with happy riders. The amazing spring-like weather was no small part of what drew folks out of their humble abodes. But once at the venue, it was all about the almost 200 motorcycles that were spit-shined and show polished for the scrutiny of the gathered masses. In between cruising the rows and rows of tricked out rides, partiers took in a variety give-aways and of stage shows, a couple of which were not part of the nation-wide tour.
On Saturday afternoon a fearless Jason Pullen, the notorious stunt rider from San Francisco who does his magic on the back of a Harley Davidson (either a Sportster or the zippy FXR he also owns), blew the doors off the Convention Center as he performed tricks most stunters can only do on the lighter sports bikes. Fans packed around him like sardines. He jammed out the usual wheelies, burnouts, and stopies on the slick floors before he hit the ramp to the smallish stage and proceeded to ride the perimeter on his rear wheel as the crowds screamed in awe. None of the other stops on the Easyriders tour can claim such talent and people went nuts over the Jason Pullen stunts performance.
As the smoke cleared from Jason’s amazing antics, Charlie Brechtel from Bikers Inner Circle~an internet radio show for bikers~ took the stage and he and builder Scott Long (Central Coast Cycles) took turns interviewing builders and entertaining the gathered crowds.
The entertainment never skipped a beat as Jasmine Cain and her band took over center stage and rocked the house. The petite singer/song writer amazed everyone with her range of vocals and had folks commenting on her phenomenal skill. She drew attendees all the way from the back of the building to check out the show. Things kicked up another notch when the band’s drummer lit his sticks on fire and beat out a bad assed solo as fans cheered him on.
Jay Allen brought a mini-museum from the Broken Spoke. He awarded a Limpnickie Lot Award to Bryan from TPJ Customs in nearby Lodi, CA. Bryan’s eye-catching bike had everyone talking. However, the guys and gals from the Show Time Custom Cycles club were the big winners at this show. Their group took home eight awards for a slew of their artistic bikes.
Scott McCool, managing editor from Easyriders Magazine was in charge of officiating the judged class of bikes and admitted, “This is the hardest time I’ve had in 13 years of judging.” He shared that he actually had to call in help from others in order to make the final decisions since this year’s Sacramento Easyriders Bike Show competition was so close.
Several of the top winning bikes from the Capital City will join others from around the country to compete at the ER finals later this year in Columbus, Ohio.
