Stars & Stripes Custom Harley Stolen, Recovered in Iowa

According to the police report, Edmondson’s bike was stolen at 6:30 a.m. August 2 from the parking garage of Harrah’s Council Bluffs Hotel & Casino, where the tour had spent the night before preparing to leave for its next stop to Sturgis. Edmondson said the thief “was kind of [an] incompetent type rider and he almost wiped out twice coming out of the hotel,” adding that when the Harley was recovered, “it’s going to be beaten up.”

And he was confident it would be recovered, due to its uniqueness, and the fact he had serial numbers on both the frame and engine, “so if they use it in any other builds and they try to register it, they’re going to get caught.” Thankfully, the bike was recovered over the weekend, according to Omaha NBC affiliate WOWT-TV; the thief was also arrested. Bikers Against Bullying then had Edmondson’s bike torn down and repaired in order to complete its trek to Sturgis, a happy ending Disney only dreams of writing.

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Cameron Aubernon

Cameron Aubernon's path to automotive journalism began in the early New '10s. Back then, a friend of hers thought she was an independent fashion blogger.

Aubernon wasn't, so she became one, covering fashion in her own way for the next few years.

From there, she's written for: Louisville.com/Louisville Magazine, Insider Louisville, The Voice-Tribune/The Voice, TOPS Louisville, Jeffersontown Magazine, Dispatches Europe, The Truth About Cars, Automotive News, Yahoo Autos, RideApart, Hagerty, and Street Trucks.

Aubernon also served as the editor-in-chief of a short-lived online society publication in Louisville, Kentucky, interned at the city's NPR affiliate, WFPL-FM, and was the de facto publicist-in-residence for a communal art space near the University of Louisville.

Aubernon is a member of the International Motor Press Association, and the Washington Automotive Press Association.

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