August 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 August 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 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 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 Membership Enhancement VACANT - Interested??? Motorist Awareness VACANT - Interested??? Chapter website: TN District website: GWRRA National website:

2 Chapter Director s Spiel We hope everyone had a FUN, and even more importantly SAFE, 4 th of July holiday, and had a chance to stop at least a moment and ponder the significance of what it all stands for, our freedom, our way of life! And most of all, the sacrifices made by many, to give us those freedoms. Well, we think things are going fairly well this riding season, at least so far, other than these periods we re getting of such intense heat (we hope, if you are doing any riding in that heat, that you are using all the smart methods to keep cool and stay hydrated, it is so important). We ve had a few activities, with some good participation, and the comments received have been favorable, the members are having fun! We hope to continue that trend, and have more fun, exciting things to do together. If you have any ideas of something you think might be fun and would fit on a day that is open on the chapter calendar, let me know, we re always open to new ideas, and it might be something that would really interest a bunch of your fellow members. Thinking of activities, we DID have a special weekend event planned for August 18-19, to tour the Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Frank Balzer, who had made the initial suggestion, did some further research on the tours of the cave system, to see how it would work for us members, and what he found out was there was a LOT of walking involved, some in areas that are, shall we say, less than optimum. It was discussed at our last chapter gathering, and the overall consensus was it didn t sound like such a great idea after all, and it was suggested to cancel the ride, which is what we did. Just as an aside, we had also thought, as a side trip during the ride, that we could stop in to the KY rally, going on that same weekend in Cave City, which is right in that same area, so you might want to think about going up there anyway, to attend the rally. If you think you d like to do that, maybe as part of a chapter ride, let me know, and we can see what we can plan. One activity on the calendar that is still planned is the weekend ride August to Lake Lure, Chimney Rock, and see the water falls around Hendersonville, NC. We will leave early on Saturday, the 11 th and travel mostly secondary, scenic, fun riding roads, stopping for lunch at the Spring Creek Café in Hot Springs, and getting to our lodging at the Days Inn in Hendersonville somewhere around 1:30pm. (I have several rooms reserved in my name at the Days Inn, so if you plan on going, please let me know so I can mark a room down for you, I will have to cancel the unused rooms the Friday before we leave on Saturday the 11 th so I don t get charged for them.) After we all get checked in, and drop off our luggage or whatever into our rooms, we ll leave the Days Inn and ride to the Chimney Rock Park, do the tour there, and on the way back to the motel, stop at a really nice BBQ place along the river that we found the last time we did this trip, for dinner. Sunday morning we ll check out and head on back home, checking out several waterfalls around the area, along the way. We plan to stop at the Dairy Queen in Cherokee for lunch, should get there in the mid-afternoon, depending on how long we stop and how much time we spend at the different waterfalls. From the Dairy Queen we ll continue towards home, with the planned route, after bypassing Gatlinburg, getting to the cut-off to US-321 in Pigeon Forge, where members can split off to however they want to go to get the rest of the way home. We also want to extend an invitation to any of our fellow chapters to join us, if you re interested, please contact me. As we get into August, don t forget Wing Ding is Aug 29-Sep 01 right here in Knoxville at the Convention Center, with the special Official Welcome Party at the Appalachian Museum Tuesday evening, Aug 28 (you can pick up your registration packets, IF you are pre-registered). Sure hope you plan on checking it out, as GWRRA says, it is the world s largest Family Reunion, so come join all your family and have a good time. If you haven t registered to attend already, further below in this newsletter is additional information. 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 August 2018, Page 2 of 14

3 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 Chapter 2018 Couple of the Year Hello everyone. Well, July has come and almost gone. This summer is rapidly passing. We have still not been able to ride or participate in the rides. It sure has not been a good riding season for us since George had to take out time for physical body repair. He is still taking therapy for his knee which is coming along good. Doctor said about one year it takes for complete healing. In the process of recuperating from the knee he managed to strain his back and has been taking therapy for it. In the meantime, we are praying his body will soon be healed and we will be back riding. We are planning to go to Wing Ding. Hope we have a good turn out from Chapter M. Heard we had a good turn-out for the dinner meeting at Countryside Restaurant. We so appreciate you attending and so glad you had a good time. We THANK YOU Brian for follow up with the restaurant on Tuesday. See you at the meeting. 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 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 August 2018, Page 3 of 14

4 August 2018, Page 4 of 14 Chapter Birthdays & Anniversaries Happy Birthday to: Happy Anniversary to: Bob Shields 1-Aug Kevin & Laura Kimball 9-Aug John Price 8-Aug Steve & Kat Turkewitz 18-Aug Laura Kimball 18-Aug Robert Scott 21-Aug Happy GWRRA Anniversary to: Ken Gray 08/06/2003 Bob Youngstead 08/23/2012 Thoughts and Prayers Vida & George Maples for the sudden loss of Vida s brother. Carroel Edgmon, TN-M Sunshine Lady Chapter Awards & Winners from the July Chapter Gathering STAR AWARD: George & Vida for their help to Marge Wunderlich getting home from the airport WHOOPS AWARD: Frank Balzer for stealing Renee s Oreo Cookie cream pie (he DID give it back, eventually, or he d have been in a lot of trouble) I m proud to wear my TN-M Shirt! Patti Balzer, but she didn t have her chapter shirt on, darn, so the money rolls over to next month 50 / Joe Neeley & Robert Russell Chapter M Out Having FUN! TN-M Ride to the Green Tomato, July 14 th Brian Richards We had a fantastic ride on Saturday, Jul 14 th, to the Green Tomato in Mooresburg. We had 12 members in all that had a really nice day, for a fun ride, good food, and great friends. Loretta and I led the ride, unfortunately riding in our quadra-cycle (aka 4-wheeler). (We both are really missing joining on our chapter rides on our Gold Wing, but at least we have a vehicle we can use to participate when possible.) We left the Walmart and headed on US-11 to Watt Rd to Pellissippi Parkway to Oakridge to Karns Valley to Emory to Maynardville Pike to a break stop in Maynardville at a Shell/convenience store. We left from there and continued on Maynardville Pike to Tazewell and cut over to 25E and followed it to cut over onto 11W for a short jog to the Green Tomato Grill. There was quite a variety of food consumed. You would NOT believe the size of the hamburger that Robert Russel and Renee McInerney both ordered, and I can tell you, NEITHER of them finished it, thank goodness for take-home boxes! After some good eating, we got back on the road, and headed back west on 11W with a planned stop in Rutledge for ice cream, which fizzled out as the place I remembered wasn t there anymore, but we soldiered on and I remembered a place just as you are coming into Blaine on 11W, where we stopped, most of us enjoyed some good ice cream, and after that, everyone just headed back home by the best route they could. There were a whole bunch of comments made about what a great ride it was, we saw some fantastic scenery along the way, the weather was rather decent to us, and not a bunch of traffic to contend with. All told, it was a good day. Hopefully you will be able to join us on a future ride and share in the fun and camaraderie.

5 A quick stop at a convenience store on the way, for a quick butt break and refresher TN-M ROMEOS Ride, July 18 Brian Richards After making sure that Loretta had everything I thought she might need, for a short, couple of hours alone, I left home to ride to the Cracker Barrel to participate in the July ROMEOS ride. Well, I met up with Ken Gray there, and just a minute or two after I pulled in next to Ken s parked bike, Joe Neeley rode up and parked next to me. Ken came off the porch and met up with us, told us that Chris was doing fairly well after her out-patient surgery for her heart the previous day, which was good to hear. Ken and I both had reasons to keep the ride fairly short, me to get back home to Loretta and Ken to get home to Chris and to get ready for a trip out of state they were leaving on the next day. Ken had figured out a nice, but short route to take us on, which was great planning on his part and very much appreciated. We left the Cracker Barrel with Ken leading, and off we went. He took us on several roads that I know that I haven t been on before, and it was a really nice ride, saw some nice scenery, rode on a few fun roads, although one that had a section that WOULD have been fun, but we didn t get the full enjoyment of it, being stuck behind a truck loaded down with logs and running pretty slow, oh well. After doing a big circle from Lenoir City, first on 321, to 95 to 58 and on to roads I lost track of, I know we went around Harriman, and eventually arrived in Clinton. We split up there, Ken and Joe to continue back in their best direction to get home, and me going on through Clinton and winding my way back to Corryton. All-in-all it was a really nice day, and a really nice ride. We hope that if you have the opportunity, you might consider joining us on an upcoming ROMEOS ride, they are on the Wednesday of the week following our chapter s monthly gathering (I would normally say the 3 rd Wednesday, but that doesn t always work out, for example, in August, because August starts on a Wednesday, the 3 rd Wednesday is the day after our chapter gathering on the 2 nd Tuesday). The ride leaves the Cracker Barrel in front of the Fort Loudon Medical Center at 9:30am August 2018, Page 5 of 14

6 TN-M July 24 th Dinner to Countryside in Vonore Brian Richards We had a really good-sized group have a nice meal at the Countryside restaurant in Vonore, selected for us by Vida Maples Vida, you did a good job! We had 18 show up to the restaurant, and thank goodness we had a back room, there was a lot of laughter and camaraderie, a good time was had by all, and it sure got noisy! We were glad to see Marge Wunderlich and Burl McCammon join us, Marge says she is managing one day at a time, which makes sense, and Burl says he is recuperating nicely from his back surgery, a little sore, understandably, but he says it feels like his constant back problem is finally taken care of, thank goodness. We had some good food, everyone seemed to be happy with their choices. Boy, Mel had ordered their meatloaf, and I swear it looked like they gave him half the loaf! What a big pile of meatloaf he had sitting on his plate, he ended up taking what looked like half of it home. August 2018, Page 6 of 14 Upcoming Chapter rides & events (For further info, please contact the CD): Aug TN-M Hot Springs, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, NC, details TBA later Aug 14 - TN-M Chapter Gathering Aug 22 - TN-M ROMEOS ride Aug 28 - TN-M dinner ride, to be set up by James Whitener, details TBA later Upcoming District / Nearby rides & events Aug GA Rally, Toccoa, GA Aug 11 - TN-B ride to the Promise Land Aug KY Rally, Cave City, KY Aug 28-Sep 01 - Wing Ding, Knoxville, TN 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

7 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 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 TITLE Phone Anita & JR Alkire President & Wingman aalkire@gwrra.org Tim & Anna Grimes Director of Rider Education tgrimes@gwrra.org Larry & Penny Anthony Director of Membership mepgwrra@gmail.com Enhancement Clara & Fred Boldt Director of GWRRA University toledotriker@gmail.com Randall & Janet Drake Director of Finance financedirector@gwrra.org Mike & Barri Critzman Director of Motorist Awareness itsawingthing@hotmail.com Dan & 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 J&M BT-03 Bluetooth helmet headset conversion kit, excellent condition, barely used, almost new, MSRP $ for the pair, asking $250.00/OBO J&M HC-ZBV lower 8-pin headset connection cord with volume control, for Honda/J&M 5-pin systems, almost new, MSRP $119.99, asking $40/obo K&N air filter for Honda GL1800 up to 2017, brand new, $30.00 Dyna Beads for tire balancing, new, (with TPMS system in our bike, we can t use these), asking $10 August 2018, Page 7 of 14

8 Hartco custom vinyl seat, heated, with rider backrest, matching co-rider backrest cover, rider s backrest storage pouch, new heating element and refreshed rider s seat foam 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 Lady s Leather Jacket, size medium, good condition, asking $40.00/obo Leather Chaps, sized for around 5 8 tall, good condition, asking $40.00/obo Men s Tour Master Venture Air mesh riding pants, has waterproof and quilted inner liner, knee protection cups, size XXL (38-40), worn once (lost weight, too large now), cost $195 new, asking $50 August 2018, Page 8 of 14

9 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 $ For sale: 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 featherman35@yahoo.com For sale: motorcycle and Trailer. Excellent Condition GL1800, Illusion Red, 50,584 miles. Asking $12, Honda CB Radio; Air wings; Kuryakyn front & rear mud flaps; tires and brakes replaced at 50,000 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; Kuryakyn mud flaps front & rear; K&N air filter; carpet in trunk and saddle bags; extra 12-volt socket in storage bin; Hondaline rear passenger CB volume control; Hondaline Bra; Owner and Shop manuals included; 4 candy red helmets with J&M headsets, 2 Arai threequarter, 1 large 1 small, 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 Cruiserworks ladies size 6, Tour Masters men s size 10. Escapade LE trailer 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 August 2018, Page 9 of 14

10 Some Fun stuff to brighten your day Signs that catch your attention A sign in a shoe repair store in Vancouver reads: We will heel you We will save your sole We will even dye for you. A sign on a blinds and curtain truck: Blind man driving. Sign over a Gynecologist s Office: Dr. Jones, at your cervix. Sign in a Podiatrist s office: Time wounds all heels. Sign On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday s Meals on Wheels Sign at an Optometrist s Office: If you don t see what you re looking for, you ve come to the right place. Sign on a Plumber s truck: We repair what your husband fixed. Sign on another Plumber s truck: Don t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber. Sign at a Tire Shop in Milwaukee: Invite us to your next blowout. Sign On an Electrician s truck: Let us remove your shorts. Sign in a Non-smoking Area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and will take appropriate action. Sign on a Maternity Room door: Push. Push. Push. Sign at a Car Dealership: The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment. Sign outside a Muffler Shop: No appointment necessary. We hear you coming. Sign in a Veterinarian s waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay! Sign at the Electric Company: We would be delighted if you send in your payment on time. However, if you don t, YOU will be de-lighted. Sign in a Restaurant window: Don t stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up. Sign in the front yard of a Funeral Home: Drive carefully. We ll wait. Sign at a Propane Filling Station: Thank Heaven for little grills. Sign in a Chicago Radiator Shop: Best place in town to take a leak. Sign and the best one for last ; Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck: Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises August 2018, Page 10 of 14

11 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. 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: August 2018, Page 11 of 14

12 Wing Ding 40, Aug 29 - Sep 01, 2018 Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN 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: August 2018, Page 12 of 14

13 Color Key: TN-M events District events Other chapter events Misc m/c TN chapter gatherings August 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat GA Rally, Toccoa GA Rally GA Rally TN-L Lebanon, 9a TN-N Jackson, 5p TN-M Chimney Rock TN-B Knoxville, 6p TN-O Cleveland, 6p TN-M Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, waterfalls, NC TN-B ride to the Promise Land TN-E Smyrna, 9a TN-V Chattanooga, 9a TN-Z Columbia, 5:30p TN-M Lenoir City, 6p KY Rally, Cave City TN-C2 Crossville, 6:30p KY Rally TN-M Mammoth Cave, KY, cancelled KY Rally TN-F Morristown, 6p TN-S Portland, 1p TN-G Tullahoma, 6p TN-W2 Collierville, 6p TN-Y Murfreesboro, 9a TN-A2 Maryville, 6p TN-C Kingsport, 6p TN-M ROMEOS ride FM TN-Q Clarksville, 6p Wing Ding, Knoxville, TN; COY Seminar, 8:30a; COY selection, 1:30p Welcome party, Appalachian Museum, 6p TN-M dinner (James), 6:30p TN-A Nashville, 6p Wing Ding Wing Ding Wing Ding TN-H Franklin, 9a TN-T Knoxville, 9a

14 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