Chesapeake Chapter National Meet
Jefferson, Pennsylvania, 2005
Golden Days With Your Buddies
By Judy and Bob Winters
Photos by Mirada Gatewood

Looking across the freshly fallen snow, my mind wanders back to the beautiful fall weekend of the past year’s Chesapeake Chapter National meet. Somehow, between the hurricanes that plagued the east coast last year, we had a perfect fall weekend. The warm days were well suited for flea marketing activities with the morning, as usual, being the busiest. After a full day of digging for my own treasures, it was nice to go into the White Rose Motorcycle Club’s well maintained clubhouse for a good home-cooked meal. While eating you have the chance to watch the vintage motorcycle movies that play on the club’s big screen television and visit with friends.

New this year was a technical seminar presented by John H. Pierce of Pierce Color Write. John has earned his living as a paint trouble shooter and has taught paint-related seminars in the automotive world. He takes his love of antique motorcycles and his knowledge of paint and combines them into a business he enjoys.


John Pierce of Pierce Color Write gave a wonderful seminar on metal prep and painting.

Thankfully, he was willing to take the time to share his knowledge with us. The theme of the seminar was to show the participants how to transform a rusted piece of sheet metal into a restored one with lasting results while introducing them to proven techniques and products. If you missed John’s seminar, give him a call at (603) 942-5610 to get a copy of his very informative seminar handout.


Vendor Kent Thompson getting down to business.

Saturday afternoon’s judging was busy with a record number of motorcycles on the show field. The heavy turnout kept the judges occupied right up until banquet time. The prospect of a good meal is usually ample incentive to wrap up a difficult task. Every year the White Rose Club members serve us a pit-cooked roast beef dinner from which nobody goes home hungry.

For Chesapeake Chapter members, last year’s meet had a little more sentimental meaning. The club had decided that the show would be dedicated to the memory of Jack Chester, one of our honorary members who, unfortunately, passed away last spring. If you bought one of the meet T-shirts, you saw a picture of Jack on one of his many race bikes. Jack rode both Indians and Harley-Davidsons and won the 50-mile amateur Laconia race on a Harley KH. His absence will be felt by us all. In his memory our chapter has decided to present a yearly Jack Chester Award to any fellow member who exhibits a similar dedication to the sport of motorcycling. This year’s recipient was Bob Markey of Bob’s Indian Sales, a man who has truly dedicated his life to motorcycling. Bob Markey and Jack Chester were lifetime friends both on and off the track. If you missed the 2005 Chesapeake Chapter meet, try not to make that mistake again: put us on the calendar for 2006.

Randy Walker taking a swing through the flea market.