{"id":1108,"date":"2015-06-22T00:35:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T00:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iowabiker.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2025-01-19T01:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T01:28:31","slug":"the-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iowabiker.com\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"The Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 1 AM and my brother Joker and I are on our motorcycles, roaring across Davenport on mostly empty streets.<\/p>\n

I look off to the right and see an old man in a yellow shirt and khaki shorts, carrying a full plastic bag in one hand. I watch as he raises his free hand and salutes us.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen men and women and kids wave at me on a bike, flip me off off, give a thumbs up, scream and shout, even seen women raise their tops.<\/p>\n

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But this.\u00a0This was my first salute.<\/p>\n

I returned it as best I could.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s 1 AM and my brother Joker and I are on our motorcycles, roaring across Davenport on mostly empty streets. I look off to the right and see an old man in a yellow shirt and khaki shorts, carrying a full plastic bag in one hand. I watch as he raises his free hand and… <\/p>\n

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