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Show lts Here! APPAPORT APPIN: (His ] Weekly Dont Forget the Rolex Harley Man www.slweekly.com at Heart By 1.B. Rappaport ride into the sunset on Saturday. We cut ‘em up, man, whether we're wearing our leathers o, what the heck. I went out and bought a Harley and got my ear pierced. I know what you're thinking: mid-life crisis, right? Hey, it’s just an earring and a motorcycle. or our Armani double-breasted suits. This is S OK? Well, there is the tattoo. But no big deal. I just wanted to have those Harley wings on my arm. the ‘90s, dude. Sure, there are those people who will detract. They say we ride these loud machines to attract attention. That we're just overgrown kids with the Peter Principle or the Peter Pan complex, or whatever. But obviously, they've never had a big, vibrating Like, it’s my identity, you know? machine between That's because I’m a Harley-kinda-guy. I'm a rebel. You know, I like to ride around with the wind in my hair. And [ don’t con- form to nobody’s rules. Got that? ‘Course I do wear the authentic Harley leather chaps and Harley T shirt and Harley underwear but that isn’t really conforming, because all us Harley rebels wear the stuff. Plus it’s really cool, man. Oh sure, you're sayin’, what about your 9 to 5 job and your mortgage and your life insurance and your suburban pad and all the other trappings of the bourgeoisie? Hey, well look it - I’m the type of guy who can go anywhere and do anything. | can be sipping fine French wine at Stein's one evening and out riding my Harley the next morning into Vernal. I can hob-nob with the elite of the ski industry and talk the talk. Then I can turn right around and get down, riding my hog in my leathers from one bed-and-breakfast to the next. I walk their legs. It’s a beautiful thing. It’s a thing of power and glory. When I’m ridin’ my Harley, I’m untouchable. I’m the King of the Road. ‘Course, we like golf, too. I’m mean the two shouldn't be mutually exclusive. Why should they? The graphite clubs, the Sans-abelt golf pants, the martinis at the 19th hole. It’s all part of the same gig. You know, living life to the fullest and all that. One day I be putting a birdie at Park Meadows and next day riding my Harley to Evanston real beer. Hey, they don’t call us the Rolex Riders nothin’. I believe in doing the ultimate, can the for for in living the ultimate, in being the ultimate. It doesn’t matter what I do. That's why I ride a Harely. That’s why I live in Park City. That’s why I have a house in Moab. That's why I dig the Olympics. ‘Cause it’s all the same thing. It’s all about being totally cool, like the Rolex Riders, dude. @ the walk, dude. That's what we are, dude. We all wear Rolex watches and ride Harleys. We are the coolest guys in the whole freakin’ state. We're the type of guys who can make a quick mil on the market, close a real estate deal or sue somebody’s ass off on Friday and My Pax Lady Escorts ¢ ¢ * ¢ Private Dancers Bachelor Parties Public Dates Sensual Yet Discreet 328-3536 Geagheaoes hip at a moments notice” Sear Credit Cards Accepted SLC Corp Lic 7927588 ‘SHOWDOWN TO PORTLAND SUNDAY, SEPT. 7th 40 BANDS, 8 CLUBS, JUST $5.00 —- PRELIMINARIES ¢ ¢ ° ¢ Ashbury Pub* Dead Goat Saloon* Grizzly’s* Holy Cow* ¢ « ¢ ¢ Ichabobs* Liquid Joe’s* Cinema Bar* Zephyr* SUNDAY, SEPT. 14th FINALS ¢ JUST $7.00 The Zephyr Club* 301 S. West Temple *A Private Club For Members SAWIL NIVLINNOW So, me and my buddies - a real estate guy, a stockbroker, an attorney and myself - we like to saddle up and head out. We're like the Wild Bunch. We are like Marlon Brando and Peter Fonda and Roger Moore all rolled into one. We are the Rolex Riders. |