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1 Independent News I S S UE Inside This Issue: 2-1 Front Page News Secretary s Report Founders Corner Birthdays New Members Dave s Safety Tip Page 3 Winner s Circle Trivia & Fun Facts Today s Ride Last Month s Rides Page 4 Ride Calendar Our Officers Info on Overnighters Insert Ads & Classifieds 2015 years you have been a member of Independent riders usa You can wear it with pride and everyone will know how long you have Logo Pin for $6.00. If you would like to purchase an extra yearly rocker pin they will also be $6.00. been with IRUSA! Those members that have reached this yearly goal will be acknowledged and presented with their yearly pin at the General Mee ng on their anniversary month for everyone to see. Since the Founders started independent riders usa back in the day, lol in 2014, we have turned one year old this month. Page 2 17, Front Page News Page 1 JANUARY O ur new rocker pins are in! With your paid membership, you will receive a free yearly pin showing how many This is a cool pin that goes under the Main Club Logo Pin that a aches with 2 loop rings and has a clutch pin on the rear side for added support. You can purchase the Main Club Secretary s Report See Jodi to purchase our patches, Hello everyone. I am filling in for Cyndi hats, Logo pins, and t-shirts that are for this issue of the Newsle er. Cyndi now for sale. was away in Hong Kong for awhile. Our first Membership renewals will The mee ng started off by welcoming be this January s mee ng. Please our new members who you can see on see Gail our Membership Officer to page 2 of the Newsle er. We spoke pay your annual dues of $50. about our up coming events as well as Craig spoke about his Sierra's Campour Christmas/Holiday Party, also ing trip in August. More info to Sandy our Treasurer was having her all come. Cyndi will be back for next Holiday party last month as well. months Newsle er. Rick Rick & Jodi

2 PAGE 2 Rick & Jodi - Founders Founders Corner Well it s a new year and we hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. IRUSA had a great year and this year will be even be er! We have so much planed that everyone will have their choice of rides and events. This year we are scheduling more rides on Sunday s for those who have to work or have their kids sport events to go to on Saturdays. We have started scheduling rides for the year and will be ing it to everyone. If your have a ride you would like to see on the schedule please let us know and we ll make it happen! You will no ce something new that we will be using on the ride schedule by each ride. You will see #1 through #3, #1 being an easy ride, #2 being an average ride, and #3 being a difficult ride. Everyone should know their riding abili es so please use this tool to pick and choose your rides. We all want to have a safe and fun me, so please use this as a guide for our rides. More rides will be scheduled as me goes by so please look for new rides every month! Lets ride and have fun! See you all on the road. Rick & Jodi Birthdays Pam Let s Take Some Mike Bob Joe Ron Rene Time And Welcome Our New members To Our Family! New Members Dave - Safety Officer Lahcen Dave's Safety Tip Janice Gary Steven INDEPENDENT NEWS Safety Tips For Riding In The Rain The best advise you ll hear regarding riding in the rain is don t do it. Bad weather and wet roads raise motorcycle riding to a whole another level of complexity and danger. Now, having said that, there is another side to this. That is riding in the rain can be an enjoyable, rewarding experience. While you might not ac vely seek out this kind of fun, you can t always be sure that a trip that starts with sunny skies will end that way. So, like it or not, let s deal with riding in the rain. The three keys to doing it safely and enjoyably are in the management of three highly variable factors: trac on, visibility, and comfort. Look for part 2 of Safety Tips for Riding in the Rain in next months Newsle er. Keep the shiny side up and ride safe. Dave

3 Winner s Circle Jodi s PAGE 3 Trivia & Fun Facts Mark Mark was the big winner of the drawing for the $25 gas card. You can t beat free gas for free! Just look at that smile. Bea OMG! Look at all that cash! Bea was the 50/50 winner at our mee ng. Another big smile of the day. Congrats Bea! Did you know that modern sports bike tires do not contain actual rubber? The tread of a tire is composed of synthetic rubber, which has been compounded to give a compromise between durability and traction. Why does Ford Motor Company make a Harley-Davidson Edition to their truck line Answer: Both started in 1903 Today s Ride Today s ride will be taking us north to a place called The Rock Inn in a little town called, Lake Hughes. This is a popular biker hangout where people stop to eat, drink, socialize and just to hang out. Our route will take us through the back roads of Moorpark, down to Fillmore to Hwy 126. Once we hit Santa Clarita we will head north onto Bouquet Canyon to Elizabeth Lake Road to our destination, The Rock Inn. IRUSA s Christmas Party Last Month s Rides IRUSA s Holiday Brunch Our first and only ride for the month was after our General Meeting. Sadly to say two of our Members had horrific losses in their life. We cancelled our regularly scheduled ride for that day and decided to support and show our IRUSA family members how much we care and love them by riding to their homes and taking them for a lunch ride as a group. There are no words that can be said for their loss, but to show them that we are and will be there for them. We had two events last month that was a non riding get together. Our first event was IRUSA s 2nd Annual Christmas/Holiday Party at Viva La Pasta for brunch in Simi Valley. What a feast! You name it and they had it from lobster thermidor to pasta, BBQ, breakfast, pastries, seafood and much, much more! There were lots of prizes given out which one prize was an IRUSA free year free membership for What a great time getting together to celebrate the Holidays with family and friends. Our second event that was given by one of our own members, Sandy. She called it an All Holiday Party. It was graciously held at her home for her friends, family and she also included her family at IRUSA. Sandy had beautiful decorations and delicious food. I might add also that the bar tender, our very own Jodi, made some great drinks all day behind the well stocked bar! Thank you Sandy for a great party!

4 IRUSA Meetings: Are held on the 3rd Saturday of every 9:00am at: COCO s Restaurant and Bakery Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA Breakfast and Socializing at 8:30am FOR MEMBERSHIP AND INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: RICK JODI January s Rides & Events DATE TIME DESTINATION DIFF. February s Rides & Events DATE TIME DESTINATION DIFF. Sun 8th 10:00 *MD Malibu 4 Cyn Run / Neptune s Net # 2-3 Sat 11th 9:00 *WB Bikersfield / Bakersfield # 2 Sat 14th 7:00 *MD Mrs. Olson s Coffee Hut / Oxnard # 1 Sat 17th Gen. Mee ng Rock Inn / Elizabeth Lake # 2 Valen nes Day Breakfast Sat 21tst Gen. Mee ng Rick s Ventura Loop # 1 Sun 25th 10:00 *MD Padaro Beach Grill/Carpinteria # 2 Sat 28th 9:30 *WB Cook s Corner & Hell s Kitchen # 2-3 Your Officers * WB = Western Bagel at Balboa and San Fernando Mission Rd. * MD = McDonald's off of the 118 Frwy and Collins Hotels and details for overnight rides Rick & Jodi Founders italngy@yahoo.com Mike Lin Group Leader superlinman@gmail.com Ron Bays Head Ride Leader grizzlydadog@aol.com Arizona Bike Week Thursday March, 26th - 29th Temecula Dave Van Bibber Safety harleybro1@aol.com Craig Stanford Sgt. at Arms teddybear10earthlink.net Saturday May, 23rd - 24th Hollister Independence Rally Friday July, 3rd - 5th Cyndi Haggar Secretary chaggar@mac.co PAGE 4 Gail Smith Membership gpe619@a.net Sandy Friedman Treasurer teddybear10@earthlink.net Big Bear Saturday July, 25th - 26th

5 ifieds s s a l C Place your Business Ad here 3 Month Ad for: Business Card Size Ad $5.00 Classifi 1/2 Page Ad $15.00 / Full Page Ad $20.00 J Éw eds Westlake Hair Studio 2900 Townsgate RD. Suite 116 Westlake Village, CA s Classified Bike Parts Free Classified Ads for Miscellaneous Classifie ds Announcements Tons of Harley Davidson 100th anniversary collectables: Pins, posters, coffee cups, and much more! Call Rick at To place an ad please Jodi at: independent.riders.usa@gmail.com

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