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Published: 12:00am, 26 Apr 2008

Mad Dogs redraw their aces

The Mad Dogs Motorcycle Club kickstarts its annual poker run in Granville Square, Tsim Sha Tsui, at 11am tomorrow. The event was originally planned for last Sunday but the club's officials postponed it for safety reasons. It was a wise call, for the roads were wet and greasy long after last Saturday's storms had abated. The Mad Dogs (right) can ride in all weathers, but we like the way the club thought of the wellbeing of less experienced riders who might have joined their run, and then gave Footdown enough time to get the word out on April 18.

The club's sergeant at arms, Doug Netzel, says the club's praying to the biker god 'Harley' for better weather, and we'll invite the Classic Bikers to have a special word with 'Norton', who might be more expert in the current Isle of Man conditions, just in case.

Netzel also says it's about time we updated our Mad Dogs photos.

We see his point. While some classic car and hip scooter people might prefer us to run old pictures of their formerly fresh-faced selves, local bikers could be miffed if we portrayed them as less road-gnarled than they have become or, worse, without their latest tattoos. So we're delighted the club sent us a picture of one of its members' most recent work (above right) and reckon it's the best biker art we've seen in this column. We invite other riders to show us their machines and ink on [email protected].

The Mad Dogs club says the run is HK$120 a head, inclusive of tunnel fees, and will end at the Bull and Bear in Wan Chai. Inquiries: mdmchk.com.