abreast in the center lane — always
smile at passing motorists who look at
you, always wave to other motorcy-
clists, and pull over when you get
hungry.
Only one accident has taken place
during a group ride. Last October,
Steve "Kindy" Kendler, 37, from
Farmington Hills, "laid
the bike down and went
for a slide" when a driver
of a sport-utility vehicle
cut in front of him. He
separated his left shoulder,
bruised his spleen and ribs
and suffered road rash, but
the leather jacket "saved
my butt."
Discharged a few hours
later, "the pain of the acci-
dent was nowhere near the
pain of calling my wife to
pick me up at U of M
hospital," he said.
Kendler, a stocky fellow
who sported a black

Harley T-shirt from Pamplona, Spain,
where he has run with the bulls the
last six years, rides a Harley Heritage
Soft Tail Classic.
He runs the computer system at an
area uniform company and has three
kids, "but if yo'u ask my wife, she'll
say she has fpur."

Top: Gail Hine's Harley Sportser
doubles as a couch.

Above: "Commissioner" Sy Freilich
(front row, with hat) and "The
Chai Riders."

Left: Marty Herman revvvvs up for
the Ann Arbor ride.

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1998

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