June 2018 Gold Wing Road Riders Association GWRRA Tennessee District Chapter TN-M, Lenoir City

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1 National & District Teams GWRRA P.O. Box Phoenix, AZ President & Wingman Anita & JR Alkire x 218 aalkire@gwrra.org Director Eméritas Ray & Sandy Garris Director@gwrra.org Presidential Assistants Bruce & Barb Beeman Jere & Sherry Goodman Francois & Chantal Seguin Bob & Nancy Shrader Tom & Renee Wasluck Don & Sharon Weber TN Senior District Directors Gary & Patti Hamilton tn.gwrra.dd@gmail.com Assistant District Directors, East Connie & Richard Pendleton r-cpend@charter.net June 2018 Gold Wing Road Riders Association GWRRA Tennessee District Chapter TN-M, Lenoir City Monthly gathering We meet the 2 nd Tuesday of every month, eat at 6pm, gathering at 7pm Fort Loudon Medical Center 550 Fort Loudoun Medical Center Dr, Lenoir City, TN Just off I-75, exit 81 GPS latitude/longitude: N W Please join us at 6pm for dinner before the gathering. We hope to see you at our monthly gathering, and all are welcome TN-M, chartered March 20, 1985 TN-M Team Chapter Directors Assistant Chapter Director Brian & Loretta Richards James Whitener barljr@att.net j.whitener71@charter.net Treasurers George & Vida Maples vidaandmapes@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Brian Richards barljr@att.net Membership Enhancement VACANT - Interested??? Sunshine Carroel Edgmon edgmon_c@bellsouth.net Contest Coordinators Bill & Fran Harnishfeger bfranspyder2@outlook.com Chapter Store James Whitener j.whitener71@charter.net Ride Coordinator VACANT - Interested??? 2018 Couple of the Year George & Vida Maples vidaandmapes@gmail.com Motorist Awareness VACANT - Interested??? Birthdays/Anniversaries Rene McInerney mcinerneymw1@gmail.com Chapter Clothing Marlene Kinney randy@kinneysurgical.com Webmaster VACANT - Interested??? Phone Tree Committee Frank Balzer, Ken Gray, Burl McCammon, Mel McInerney Chapter website: TN District website: GWRRA National website:

2 Chapter Director s Spiel We think we can all agree that we have finally made it to another riding season, Hurray! We hope that as many of you as possible can get out and have some wonderful fun rides, and especially that you have the opportunity to join your fellow chapter members on some adventures. There will be several fun things planned for you to choose from, just keep watching the calendar printed here in the newsletter, and if you have any questions about any of the scheduled rides, please feel free to contact us. And just as an aside, PLEASE know that while we have tried to get some fun rides planned, based on input from many of you, we strongly encourage impromptu rides, if there is nothing planned, but you decide it is just such a day that you just HAVE to get out there and ride, and would like some company, contact some of your fellow members and let them know, you may find you have a bunch of takers. You can also contact me with your plans and we can activate the chapter Phone Tree to quickly spread the word so that other members might be able to join you. By now most all of you have heard the news about Loretta breaking her leg. We have received so many calls, cards and s, wishing her a speedy recovery and letting us know that she is in your thoughts and prayers, and we both want to tell all of you how much we appreciate the support! Thanks so very much for your friendship. We won t be riding much this year, her initial prognosis was no weight bearing on that leg for 4-6 months, so obviously she won t be getting on the bike, and it will be difficult for her to be home alone for any extended period of time, so unfortunately I will miss most of the all-day and all the multi-day rides, but we will try to make it to the dinner rides, and I might be able to participate in any of the shorter day rides, we ll play it by ear, but we sincerely hope that you will still plan on attending any and all rides that peak your interest. Please be safe as you do any rides, we want you around for a long time. Hope to see you soon, Brian & Loretta Richards, TN-M Chapter Directors Assistant Chapter Director Hi, hope you re getting ready for a new year for fun with your fellow chapter friends. Make sure you, your gear, and especially your ride, are all at their peak performance level and ready to get out there and have fun. Please be careful if you get a chance to get out there and ride. Ride Safe! James Whitener, TN-M Assistant Chapter Director Hello all. Chapter 2018 Couple of the Year Not doing much, with George s surgery, won t be riding for a while. Looking forward to when we can get back on the road. Ride Safe. George & Vida Maples, TN-M 2018 Couple of the Year Chapter Clothing Hi Everyone, I can now get shirts ordered and have them for you by the next meeting, sometimes sooner. All shirts can be red or white. All prices include embroidered Chapter M logo and your name. Prices do not include tax. Prices may be higher for size 2X and up. Prices are as follows: Button front shirt, long or short sleeve $38.00 June 2018, Page 2 of 2

3 Polo shirt, short sleeve $33.00 Wicking fabric Polo shirt, short sleeve $35.00 Available from Mark Kohlman, the Flag Man : Chapter Hats: Red, Solid $8.00 Red, Mesh back $8.00 Red with Flames $12.00 Chapter Flags, with hybrid mounting kit for both antenna and flagpole, and wrapping strap: Flags $14.00 Marlene Kinney, Chapter Clothing Chapter Birthdays & Anniversaries Happy Birthday to: Happy Anniversary to: Chelsea Roberts 13-Jun John & Nancy Price 10-Jun Bob Youngstead 14-Jun Burl & Charlotte McCammon 11-Jun Ken Gray 15-Jun Russell, Robert & Tina 12-Jun Jim Hunsley Marge Wunderlich 27-Jun 30-Jun Happy GWRRA Anniversary to: Brian Richards 06/01/1980 George & Vida Maples 06/01/1984 Justin Coffey 06/1619/99 Jim & Joyce Hunsley 06/18/2015 Loretta Richards 06/27/1980 Thoughts and Prayers Loretta Richards for a speedy recovery from her broken leg Carroel Edgmon, TN-M Sunshine Lady 50 / Marlene Kinney and Mark Kohlman Chapter Awards & Winners from the April Chapter Gathering STAR AWARD: Frank for the great planning and leading of the chapter ride to the Chattanooga Aquarium WHOOPS AWARD: Renee I m proud to wear my TN-M Shirt! Carroel Edgmon June 2018, Page 3 of 3

4 Chapter M Doings TN-M May Dinner to Vittorino s Italian restaurant in Loudon Brian Richards We want to thank Marlene Kinney for another great monthly dinner ride, Vittorino s Italian restaurant turned out to be a great place for the 15 members that got together for some good food and great friends. The weather forecasts were really loopy so all but two members came in their quadra-cycles. The weather STARTED out pretty nice, and the radar LOOKED like any storms would PROBABLY miss us, so I decided to ride, and met Russ Wools at the starting point on his GL1800. Randy & Marlene showed up to lead the ride, in their quadra-cycle, and getting to the restaurant worked out fine. During dinner, towards the end, the weather god got fickle on us, and looking out we saw the bottom fall out! Yech! Russ got smart and when it was starting to look ugly, HE figured it might be a good idea to go out to his bike and bring in his rain gear. Me, on the other hand, wasn t thinking so clearly, so I got to run out and back in at least light rain to bring my suit in. When we got ready to leave, the rain had stopped, and when I got to I-75 to head home, the interstate was totally dry. However, when I got onto I-40E through the west Knoxville area, it had had some rain so the road was wet, so I and the bike got pretty dirty from the spray off the vehicles in front of us, darn. Anyway, it was another nice evening with our friends, and we hope that you will consider joining us on the chapter s next dinner adventure, curtesy of Frank Balzer don t know where he s going to take us yet, it s still a mystery. Stay tuned. June 2018, Page 4 of 4 Upcoming Chapter rides & events (For further info, please contact the CD): Jun 02 - TN-M Saturday ride to Mayfield dairy Jun 12 - TN-M Chapter Gathering Jun 20 - TN-M ROMEOS ride, special ride to Mayfield dairy, for those that couldn t make it to the Saturday ride Jun 23 - TN-M Saturday ride to do white water rafting on the Ocoee Jun 26 - TN-M dinner ride, to be set up by Frank Balzer, details TBA later Upcoming District / Nearby rides & events Jun VA District Rally, Roanoke, VA Let s support each other, by visiting the other chapters in our Section & area Chapter Eat/Meet Location Contact A2 Maryville 3 rd Mon, 6pm/6:30pm Shoney s, 1021 W Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville B Knoxville 1 st Tue, 6pm/7pm Shoney s, 2405 Andersonville Hwy, Clinton C Kingsport 3 rd Tue, 6pm/7pm Mama s House Buffet, 2608 N John B Dennis Hwy, Kingsport

5 C2 Crossville 3 rd Thu, 6:30pm/7pm Shoney s, 4148 US 127, Crossville F Morristown 3 rd Thu, 6pm/7pm Golden Corral, 2905 W Andrew Johnson Hwy, Morristown O Cleveland 1 st Tue, 6pm/7pm Golden Corral, 350 Stuart Rd. NE (I-75 Exit 27), Cleveland T Knoxville 4 th Sat, 9am/10am Golden Corral, 6612 Clinton Hwy, Knoxville V Chattanooga 2 nd Sat, 9am/10am Honda Southern Power Sports, 1394 Workman Rd, Chattanooga GWRRA Officers TEAM GWRRA Phone Anita and JR Alkire President and Wingman aalkire@gwrra.org Tim and Anna Grimes Director of Rider Education tgrimes@gwrra.org Larry and Penny Anthony Director of Membership mepgwrra@gmail.com Enhancement Clara and Fred Boldt Director of GWRRA University toledotriker@gmail.com Randall and Janet Drake Director of Finance financedirector@gwrra.org Mike and Barri Critzman Director of Motorist Awareness itsawingthing@hotmail.com Dan and Rachel Sanderovich Executive Director Overseas dan.sanderovich@gmail.com Classifieds If you have anything you want to have included here, for sale or wanted ads, please send the information to the Newsletter Editor. We will gladly run any member s ad in the newsletter. A new request each month is required to run in a subsequent newsletter Items for sale, contact Brian Richards, or barljr@att.net K&N air filter for Honda GL1800 up to 2017, brand new, $ Honda GL1800 Official Service Manual, original MSRP $71.00, in very good condition, very useful, asking $25.00 June 2018, Page 5 of 5

6 Hartco custom seat, vinyl, heated, with rider backrest, matching cover for co-rider backrest, storage pouch on back of rider s backrest, brand new interior heating element and refreshed foam in rider s seat area done by Hartco, fits GL , original MSRP $1,500, asking $ Bilt Spirit H2O jacket, lady s size large, brand new, MSRP $299.99, asking $80. CounterAct Balancing Beads, Kit D, for tire balancing, new, MSRP ~$35, asking $20 Dyna Beads for tire balancing, new, (with TPMS system in our bike, we can t use these), asking $10 Lady s Leather Jacket, size medium, good condition, asking $50.00/obo J&M HC-ZBV lower section 8-pin headset connection cord with volume control, for Honda/J&M 5-pin audio systems, almost new, MSRP $119.99, asking $50/obo June 2018, Page 6 of 6

7 Front Back Ladies Scorpion Exo Skeletal jacket, waterproof, zip-out quilted liner, size large, almost new, only worn a couple times, original MSRP $220, asking $100. Leather Chaps, sized for around 5 8 tall, good condition, asking $50.00/obo Men s Tour Master Venture Air mesh riding pants, includes waterproof and quilted inner liner, has knee protection cups, size XXL (38-40), worn once (lost weight, too large now), cost $195 new, asking $ Trailer wiring harness for a GL1500, new in package, asking $10, contact Bob Fisher, June 2018, Page 7 of 7

8 2006 GL1800, 25k+ miles and around 2000 miles on the tires. CB radio with antenna kit, flow-thru windshield, small wind deflectors, back rest for the rider, chrome rack on trunk, swing away arm rests for passenger. Asking $10,135, will negotiate. Contact Bill Human, or at FOR SALE 2001 GL1800 and Escapade Trailer. Excellent Condition, Illusion Red, 50,584 miles. Asking $12, Honda CB Radio; Air wings; Kuryakyn front & rear mud flaps; tires and brakes replaced at miles; Escort X50 radar detector; Roady 2 XM radio; extra safety lights installed; 2 rain covers, 1 full and 1 half; Kuryakyn trunk rack with bag and mud flaps frt./rear; K&N air filter; carpet in trunk and saddle bags; extra 12-volt socket in storage bin; Honda Line rear passenger CB volume control; Honda Line Bra; 4 candy red helmets with J&M headsets, 2 Arai three-quarter, 1 large 1 sm, 2 HJC flip-face, 1 large, 1 small; 2 Joe Rocket jackets-new Summer/Winter 1 men s large, 1 women s large; 1 First Gear year round jacket men s large; riding boots ladies size 6 Cruiserworks, men s size 10 Tour Masters; Owner and Shop manuals included. Escapade Trailer LE tone candy red with spoiler, rack, like new condition, full cover, Bushtec wire harness, new tires with chrome spare and hitch, air pump, Owner manual. Contact Information: Cathy/Mike A little humor to brighten your day QUESTIONS THAT HAUNT ME! How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Once you re in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What disease did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put a man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they slept like a baby when babies wake up like every two hours? June 2018, Page 8 of 8

9 Why are you IN a movie, but you re ON TV? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They re going to see you naked anyway. Why is bra singular and panties plural? Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They re both dogs! Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Why did you just try singing the two songs above? Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? Why, why, why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead? Why do banks charge a fee on insufficient funds when they know there is not enough money? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection? Why doesn t Tarzan have a beard? Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him? Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Is there ever a day that sofas are not on sale? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try? How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures? Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? How come you never hear father-in-law jokes? You re invited to join your fellow Wingers on one of two WINGERS-N-WAVES cruise events at sea for 2018 (Alaska & Europe). WINGERS-N-WAVES is the largest cruise event for WINGERS in the world. June 2018, Page 9 of 9

10 Please enjoy pictures from our last WINGERS-N-WAVES event at sea on the website. Open to all Wingers, Family and Friends. For additional information and to reserve your cabin please call (386) and full event details please go to: Wing Ding 40, Aug 29 - Sep 01, 2018 Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN June 2018, Page 10 of 10

11 Come join us this year at Wing Ding 40, right here in our own backyard, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Here is a link to the GWRRA Wing Ding webpage for further info, and an on-line registration: Or you can print and use the registration form directly below. June 2018, Page 11 of 11

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14 Color Key: TN-M events District events Other chapter events Misc m/c TN chapter gatherings June 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 TN-L Lebanon, 9a TN-N Jackson, 5p TN-B Knoxville, 6p TN-O Cleveland, 6p TN-M attend Lenoir City First Baptist Church Car Show TN-E Smyrna, 9a TN-V Chattanooga, 9a TN-Z Columbia, 5:30p TN-M Lenoir City, 6p TN-C2 Crossville, 6:30p TN-F Morristown, 6p TN-G Tullahoma, 6p TN-S Portland, 1p TN-W2 Collierville, 6p TN-Y Murfreesboro, 9a Father s day TN-A2 Maryville, 6p TN-C Kingsport, 6p TN-M ROMEOS Mayfield dairy TN-M Ocoee white water rafting TN-H Franklin, 9a TN-T Knoxville, 9a TNO Little Switzerland, NC via Blue Ridge Parkway FM TN-Q Clarksville, VA Rally, Roanoke VA Rally VA Rally 6p TN-M dinner (Frank), 6:30p TN-A Nashville, 6p

15 Gold Wing Road Riders Association Tennessee District, Eastern Section Chapter TN-M, Lenoir City, Tennessee, Foothills Wings Chapter Directors Brian & Loretta Richards 7614 Berrycoat Drive Corryton, TN TN Chapter M Foothills Wings