Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas September 2015 | Page 22

COVER BIKE

STORY AND PHOTOS BY ASHLEY WRIGHT

When Landon “Rammrito”
Ramm purchased his 2005
Yamaha Midnight Star, the guy
couldn’t even ride! But he had
heard all of us talk about our
love of riding and the rides that
we had done and he had to get
involved. He found this bike in
Moore and asked me to come
with him to test ride it. After
the test ride, a deal was made.
I rode the bike, which came to
be known ““El Cholow ,” to his
house. He rode it around his

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neighborhood to get comfortable
with its handling. He then put in
around 100 miles of highway
riding and decided it was time to
make it more his style. The way
“El Cholow” sits today is much
different than the way that he put
it together the first time. The first
thing he did was get rid of the
drag bars and put on the 18” ape
hangers. They are tall! But they
fit Ramm like a glove. Next to go
was the exhaust. Stock canisters
were replaced with long shots.

Then he designed a seat for
me to tool up and lace, powder
coated a few parts and had Mik
stripe the sheet metal. It was
finished for the first time about
a month before Bikes, Blues
and BBQ. So he put in another
200 miles or so and we drug him
to Arkansas. His love of riding
began even though he was not
just real excited about the curves
and cliffs on the mountain roads!
As he rode more and
discovered his style, the bike