Chuck Palumbo Makes Charity Ride

Last May, former WWE wrestler and El Cajon resident Chuck Palumbo teamed up with The Horse Backstreet Choppers magazine for an eight-day cross-country charity ride from San Diego to Rockingham, North Carolina. Palumbo spent ten weeks building the chopper he would ride across the country at his CP Kustoms shop in La Mesa. A week before his departure, Vet Fest drew about 500 people out to a rented warehouse at Jackson and Navajo in San Carlos for the unveiling of the bike, an opportunity to buy $25 raffle tickets to win the bike, and a show by Palumbo’s classic-rock cover band Three Spoke Wheel.

The ride was inspired by Palumbo’s younger brother Chris, a helicopter pilot who was gunned down in Iraq and awarded a Silver Star upon his return to the U.S.

A documentary of the trip will be released this summer. Every 60 Miles, titled after the frequency that Palumbo had to refuel his small chopper tank, will feature an original soundtrack by Palumbo and his guitar teacher Greg Vaughan (Danyavaad). “When you’re riding a bike without rear suspension, you need to stop every 60 miles anyways.”...More?

source: sandigoreader.com