(Left) A proud owner polishes his prized Royal Star for
the Show 'n' Shine.
(Above) This custom won the Road Star Show 'n' Shine
class.
The Slow Race - an event in which
riders ride through a straight, 60-footlong, 4-foot-wide course and are
timed to see who can ride the slowest
through it - was won by Royal Starmounted Gerry Byerly with a time of
30.32 seconds. With that time converted to points, Byerly was also
named the winner of the triathlon with
a score of 120.32, as he successfully
completed the other events as well.
As the bike-games courses were
cleaned up and put away, and the
Show 'n' Shine was nearing completion, everybody began to turn their
attention toward the upcoming barbecue and charity auction. Most gathered in either their hotel rooms or in
the Ontario Hilton lobby to escape
the cold, and many tall tales and
much bragging could be easily overheard.
The previously mentioned love
replaced the competitive atmosphere
of the outdoor events as the barbecue
and charity auction began, and STAR
ended up raising a total of $4347 for
its official charity, Feed The Children.
STAR is moving along since its
inception in 1996, having nearly
20,000 members today, and, as the
official touring and riding organization
of Yamaha, it has even infiltrated
Yamaha print and TV ads for their
Star line of machines. If the attitude
at the Southwest STAR-B-Q is any
indication, they'll only become more
popular. After all, they say love is
contagious.
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(Above) This Star Wars-themed Road
Star turned a few heads. Notice the
license plate, and the Millennium Falcon
on the tank.
(Left) Geny Byerty was the overall
winner in the motorcycle "triathlon."
Here, he negotiates the Box Turn on his
Royal Star.
(Below) The judges In the Show 'n' Shine
were slow (in a good way), deliberate
and picky.
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