Bike Night At Quaker Steak & Lube

Here in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area, Quaker Steak & Lube has a weekly motorcycle night that regularly attracts several hundred motorcycle enthusiasts for food, drinks and fun.

I had the opportunity to go to the Bike Night on Wednesday the 5th of August with some neighbors and friends of mine. We had 4 motorcycles in our convoy - my bike, a Victory, a Fat Boy, and an Ultra Classic.

The ride over was great, and the first time I'd really ridden with a group. We stayed in staggered formation the whole way from Elkhorn to Council Bluffs and had no problems.

We arrived pretty early - around 5 or so - and managed to score some good parking up front. There wasn't much of a crowd to begin with, but the parking lot was sectioned off for the motorcycles - if you had a car, you were kind of out of luck, because you had to walk a ways.

ID checks were done on the front patio, with wristbands given to those eligible. I had a kamikaze and called it a night, drinking-wise.

We went inside to eat when the band got started, but I managed to get a bunch of pictures of the event. Here they are, in no particular order:

It was a great night, Quaker Steak and Lube made a point of having enough security on hand to keep everything running smoothly, the food was good and the people were friendly. After we left (a bit early, to take advantage of the remaining daylight) we had a nice 45 minute ride through Iowa's trees.

I'm looking forward to taking the wife with me next time we go.