Volume 19 No. 4 April 2008 HOG CORRAL NEWS SALEM HARLEY OWNERS GROUP #1997 SALEM HARLEY-DAVIDSON. 3601 SILVERTON RD., NE, SALEM, OR 97303 PH: 503-363-0634 Dreaming of a Country Ride in Days to Come (Ken in Big Sur) Inside this issue: Director s Post, Senior Road Captain s Corner, Safety Article, Photos from the March Meeting, Polar Bear Run, Big Sur, and Bowling as well as the April/May Calendars
Director s Corner Hi all, it looks like April is finally going to get the ball rolling with lots of events and activities for us to enjoy. Look at the Salem HOG websight (salemhog.org) for more details. Click on the events tab on the left side of the home page to get details, or click on the calender tab also on the left side of the home page, look at the date and click on the event there to get more information. We will also be putting these out on the news group as we get closer to the actual date. Ride safe, but ride for sure! Saturday, April 12, 2008 - SALEM H-D BIG BEAR CHOPPER SHOWCASE, 10:00a-4:00p Music by MAD CAP DAZE! 1-4p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2008 Mountain Jam Motorcycle Show NON-HOG, Place: Vancouver, WA Saturday April 19th 2008, 1st Annual Roundabouts Spring Poker Run NON-HOG, Place: Lincoln City, Oregon Sunday, April 20, 2008 - SALEM HD DISCOVER OREGON RIDE-SILVER FALLS RUN SHD s first Sunday Run! April 23-27 2008 - LAUGHLIN RIVER RUN www.laughlinriverrun.com 1-949-502-3434 April 25, 26, 27 2008-26th ANNUAL ASTORIA WARRENTON CRAB & SEAFOOD FESTIVAL- info call 1-800-875-6807 April 26, 2008-7th Annual Cherry Festival Parade & Mystery Ride NON-HOG Sunday, April 27, 2008 - ABATE All Motorcycle Spring Swap Meet - Armory, 10000 NE 33rd Drive, Portland Oregon 9am Friday May 2, 2008 - INTERNATIONAL FEMALE RIDE DAY NON-HOG - to raise female rider awareness Friday May 2, 2008 - FIRST SALEM HOG FRIDAY NIGHTER OF THE SEASON - 6pm at Salem HD Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Oregon Blue Knights Law Enforcement Memorial Ride NON-HOG - starts Latus Motors at 9:00 AM Saturday, May 3, 2008 - May is Motorcycle Awareness Month by BikePac of Oregon. Ride to the Oregon State Capitol Building Front Steps Saturday, May 10, 2008 - The 35th Annual Rose City Oregon 500 NON-HOG Website: Rose City Motorcycle Club Ride Safe, and see you on the road! Dave Nichols, Salem HOG Director T-Shirts for 2008 Gayle Jacopi will be doing T-shirt sales this year and wants to know who is interested in one? Also offering baseball caps this year and a v-neck shirt for the ladies! The black hat was selected as our choice. More information and sign up sheet at the general meeting and/or you can call me- 503-391-9183. Gayle 2
March Meeting Salem H.O.G. Chapter Meeting Minutes March 11, 2008 Salem Elks The meeting was called to order by Director Dave at 7:05pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. The prior months minutes were read and approved. Welcome new members and guests- Olivia, Steve s girlfriend. Board member introductions, no absentees. New Bikes- Reports- Officer rocker badges were passed out to primary officers! Dealer- Has daily sales, not just weekly or monthly, Dave passed around March s deals. Treasurer- Jackie was present and reported on financials. Secretary- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gayle passed out sign up sheet for hats and t-shirts w/prices and told membership that all hats and t-shirts have to be paid for in advance this year. Asst Director- pick up your official airport sites on the website and signs for picture at meetings or dealership. Rick and Wendy got started on airports already and brought their photo album to share complete w/tips for finding some of the harder ones. Flyers on table for State HOG rally and Alberta Provincial rally- Activities- Sue reported she had a meeting at 6pm before the general meeting, still firming up dates and will let us know as soon as she knows. Watch your email and will also be posted in the HOG room at dealership, website and newsletter. Ken Bays passed around sign up sheet for Bowling night on March 22nd. Bowling trophies are rotating and members need to return them to be used again. Fingers to make the boobie prize. First Poker run meeting is March 29th, 9am at dealership, everyone welcome. Be thinking about where to end the ride, needs to be large enough for a lot of bikes and people. Sr Road Captain- Bob reported Let it ride chip to be drawn- Sue Rohde s #, not present on ride, the pot grows on! Road captains had a meeting and will let us know as rides are planned. Klickitat Canyon Ride Sat 3-22, leaving Salem HD at 8:30am to ride to Paradise HD. Fill out release form from website, every rider needs one to ride with Sunset. Bike and Auto show at Clackamas Sat 3-29 7th annual Cherry festival mystery ride April 19 Newsletter- Bob would like to encourage members to continue turning in stuff for print. Safety Officer- Darren reported that last Sunday in March will be the 1st group riding class starting at 11am. Working together w/team Oregon for Road Captains safety riding class. Membership- Catherine reports there is still time to renew your membership! Photographer- Keith reported the he brought a copy of Thunder Press w/picture of 3 of our members license plates on the cover! Would like more for next year. Webmaster- Bill wants everyone to know that on the calendar you can click on item you are viewing on website and more info will pop up. Historian- Patty is having a scrap book night, let her know if you want to participate. Announcements- Don Nash reported the Chilly Buns ride had 80 bikes and 92 riders! For those of you that missed this ride, it was a good one! See you next year. Steve reported that Glen from Dino s Custom on 12th St will give 10% discount to HOG members. Shaun reported the Oregon Gardens bike show had a pretty good turn out, the band was great, looks like it will be an annual event. Patty painted 2 of the bikes that won 1st place! Bavarian house in Mt Angel is starting HOG nights on Thursdays again. Old Business- Over night rides- Cascade ride June 6th and 7th Mark s Ukiah ride July 19 and 20 Mick s ride to Christmas valley, probably in May, more info to come. Darren putting together a ride to Grand Cooley Dam. New Business- New board mtg time and place- Sizzlers on Lancaster at 6:30pm, 1st Wed. Board meetings for members only, general meetings are open to guests. Possible Charities for 2008: Willamette Valley Hospice, Simonka, Liberty House, and the Kidney foundation. Mileage event- 29 people signed up, still time to sign up, we use the honor system to verify miles. 2008 POT- HD hosting, our chapter attending Las Vegas on May 16 and 17, there are 6 primary officers going to this training. Drawings- Volunteer, Joe Brown drawn but not present, the pot grows on! Vest- Bob LaFranshier 50/50- Don Young T-shirts from dealership-leann and Nancy Meeting adjourned at 8:20pm Respectfully submitted, Gayle Jacopi Salem H.O.G Secretary 3
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Member Profile (NAME: Darrell Rybloom SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Penny CHILDREN: 3 grown children, 1 girl Wendy, 2 boys Darin and Brian. CITY AND/OR AREA YOU LIVE: Salem, Or summer months, and Phoenix, AZ winter months HOBBIES INTERESTS: Riding my Harley and playing golf during the winter in Phoenix. WHAT YEAR DID YOU JOIN SALEM HOG? 2002 Current HARLEY: 2003 Ultra Classic & 2001 Heritage Softtail YOUR FIRST HARLEY: 2001 Heritage Softtail WHEN DID YOU FIRST START RIDING? Rode dirt off road bikes when my sons were young. Started with Road bikes in 2001 when I bought my first Harley. LONGEST TRIP: Rode all the way to Sturgis and back. MOST MEMBORABLE TRIP: 2006 Ride to Billings, Montana with Salem HOG for the National Harley Convention, this was also my first large Chapter ride, aside from Friday Nighters. The ride to Ukiah this past summer with the Salem HOG Group was also a lot of fun. 5
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Salem HOG Poker Run Planning It is that time again; time to start planning the Poker Run for August 3. We had our first planning meeting March 29th and the volunteer list has started. There will be opportunities to sign up to help at the chapter meeting in April. All chapter members need to be involved in obtaining donations for the raffle prizes and dispersing fliers to advertise the event. A letter will soon be available to give to each business supplying prizes. The ending site is still up in the air, but we are looking at ending at the Salem Elks, as well as several other places. We will be starting from the dealership and Wilsonville again. We are looking for vendors for our event, so if you have a business or know of a business that would like to set up a booth, let the Vendor Committee know. And speaking of committees, again, we need volunteers for a lot of things. Sign up at the chapter meeting or email Sue Rohde. Klickitat Canyon Ride Special thanks to the Sunset HOG Chapter for a great ride up the Klickitat Canyon to Goldendale for lunch. Tho there were only a few of us brave souls from Salem, we appreciated the opportunity to ride with and get to know a few more fellow HOG lovers. For those of you that missed this ride, you might want to mark it on your calendar for next year. It was one of those memory maker type rides, well planned out, curvy, winding roads, a resturant that could cater to all of us, eagles flying over head, and sunshine (ok, so it was really really cold sunshine!) but it was sunny! We received a warm welcome from all and look forward to joining together in another event! Patty Nichols PAATY@AOL.COM Rider Training Resources Team Oregon http://teamoregon.orst.edu or call 800-545-9944 Ride Like a Pro http://www.ridelikeapro.com April Birthdays Baldridge, Walt 10 Bays, Kenneth 21 Brenden, Mick 30 Byerly, Tom 21 Chambers, Linda 15 Coplin, Georgia 20 Downs, Lonnie 22 Dudley, Dan 18 Erich, Joni 18 Hann, Betty 20 Hendricks, Kathy 5 Hill, Diana 4 Holland, Enoch (Nick) 17 Jones, Ron 15 Kelley, Mike 30 Kosse, Steve 16 McCubbins, Judi 9 Mosley, Jim 21 Parks, Sherry J. 7 Parks, Terry L. 28 Popp, Gerry 3 Roberts, Bill 30 Thorn, Karla 12 Vognild, Rolf 22 Wagster, Ann 17 Williams, Michael 6 Zapata, Robert 26 Motorcycle Safety Foundation Riders Edge http://www.msf-usa.org http://www.speedfreakinc. com/content/articles/riding/ roadrashqueen.html 7
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Board Meeting Minutes for April 6:30 PM Sizzler Steak House on Lancaster April 03, 2008 Salem HOG Chapter #1997 Board Meeting Minutes Director Dave opened meeting at 6:40pm at Sizzler s, waited for Keith! Reported that the Eagle s contacted him about us using their facitlity for activities. Read a letter from Marsha on nominating Willamette Hospice for this years charity consideration. Asked for any ideas on possible reasons for low attendance at activities, good member turnout at general meetings. Where are we losing them? Dave asked for any last minute needs for members going to POT? REPORTS: Asst Director- Robert discussed upcoming rides and flyers. Treasurer- Jackie was absent and Patty gave financial update. Secretary- Gayle reported that t-shirt sales were slow but ready to order hats.membership- Catherine reported that not all of last year s members paid dues yet, any ideas? Asked permission to remove non-paid members from National list. Darren suggested next year giving discount for pre-paying dues. Ex: $20.00 and after April $24.00Sr Road Captain- Bob reported that April 12th is next road captain meeting at dealership at 10am, there are 15 road captains and Friday night ride dates are almost all taken.safety Officer- Darren reported that Safe Rider Class for road captains not filling up, possible to include general membership? 1st group riding class was last Sunday, March 30th and low turnout due to weather.activities- Sue reported a good turnout for bowling night, Ken Bays giving report and awards to high/ low game winners at general meeting. Her 1st poker run meeting had a good turnout, lots of committees signed up! June 29th spaghetti feed to be at Bavarian Haus. Patt having 1st cookie sale at this month s general meeting. Dave still waiting to hear back from Sunset on brown bag run. Newsletter- Bob said Thanks to everyone for sending him lots of stuff for print! Suggested members going to POT take our extra newsletters. Photographer- Keith will post Klickitat ride pictures on website. Webmaster- Bill was absent but sent out Yahoo News Group to members. MISCELLANEOUS: Charities- Voted on 5 suggested- Local Chapter of Kidney Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, Willamette Hospice, Liberty House or Simonka Place to narrow to 2 choices for general membership to vote on to pick 1 (one) charity this year for donation- Liberty House and Willamette Hospice. Dealership- Updated their website and using email to let members know of upcoming activities and sales. Christmas party- Shaun would be interested in hosting this years party at Bavarian Haus. Meeting adjourned at 8:20pm Respectfully submitted Gayle Jacopi 2008 Salem HOG Secretary Group Riding Class Schedule for 2008 Month Date Day Time May 4 Sunday 11:00 am June 8 Sunday 11:00 am July 13 Sunday 11:00 am August 10 Sunday 11:00 am September 28 Sunday 11:00 am Attend a group riding class to become familiar with safe group riding practices and how Salem HOG rides. If you are new to riding, new to riding as part of a group or just new to Salem HOG, this is an important class. Many important aspects of group riding are discussed to help you and the entire club Ride Safe and Have Fun! All classes will be held at Salem Harley Davidson. The class runs 60 to 90 minutes. If weather is permitting, there will be a one to two hour ride afterwards to practice what was discussed in the class and to help newer members feel more comfortable by learning in a smaller group. Ride Safe! Darren Wellington Safety Officer 10
Some Interesting Links to Pass the Time http://www.msf-usa.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnyuf533go www.hdforums.com http://www.cycletrader.com/ http://www.nwbikers.com/ http://www.redwoodrun.com/ http://www.abateoforegon.net/ http://www.americanrider.com/ http://oregonmotorcyclist.com/index.php http://www.lets-ride.com/ http://www.oldguy.us/blog/category/videos/ Dear Abby, I ve never written to you before, but I really need your advice on what could be a crucial decision. I ve suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs...phone rings, but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with the girls a lot recently, although when I ask their names she always says, Just some friends from work, you don t know them. I sometimes stay awake to look out for her cab coming home, but she always comes walking up the drive as I hear the sound of a car leaving, around the corner, as if she has gotten out and walked the rest of the way. I once picked up her cell phone, just to see what time it was. She went berserk. She snatched the phone out of my hand and cursed me, screaming I should never touch her personal property, then she accused me of trying to spy on her. Anyway, I have never broached the subject with my wife. I think deep down I just didn t want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to really check on her. I decided I was going to park my Harley Davidson next to the garage and then hide behind it so I could get a good view of the street when she came home. It was at that moment, crouching behind my motorcycle that I noticed a small amount of motor oil leaking through the gasket between the rear head and rocker arm cover. So... is this something I can easily repair myself or should I take it back to the dealer? 11
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Senior Road Captain s Corner Wow, I do believe the riding weather is upon us!! And the Calendar page on our website is filling up. Time to get that Hog ready for riding, if you haven t already done it. The Dealer is ready to help in anyway they can in getting your ride ready. Make sure you check those tires, brakes, cables, fluids, etc. Make sure your ride is safe for the season. Upcoming events on the website are: April 12th & 13th April 19th April 20th April 26th May 2nd May 3rd Salem Harley Big Bear Chopper Showcase Hood River Blossom Festival Salem HD Discover Oregon Ride, Silver Falls State Park, led by the staff of SHD Astoria/Warrenton Crab & Seafood Festival Inaugural Salem HOG Friday Nighters, led by Dave Nichols. 9th Annual Oregon Blue Knights Memorial Ride, Registration at SHD Look at the webpage, there are many more events scheduled. Ride safe and ENJOY!!! Bob Wiro Lead Road Captain Phone Directories The phone directories are now available. They will be available to pick up at the general meeting. New Members Mead, Rick Brown, Bob Brown, Karen Director David Nichols 503-969-2334 director@salemhog.org Assistant Director Robert Grove 503-538-1002 asst.director@salemhog.org Secretary Gayle Jacopi 503-391-9183 secretary@salemhog.org Treasurer Jackie GrosJacques 503-449-2401 treasurer@salemhog.org Activities Officer Sue Rohde 503-623-3039 activities@salemhog.org Safety Officer Darren Wellington 503-569-5376 safety@salemhog.org Photographer Keith Harris 503-829-7302 photographer@salemhog.org Membership Officer Catherine Johnston 503-510-8621 membership@salemhog.org Webmaster Bill Churchill 503-392-3395 webmaster@salemhog.org E-Group David Nichols & Bill Churchill egroups@salemhog.org Historian Patty Nichols 503-319-9040 historian@salemhog.org Editor Bob Fanshier 503-580-6988 editor@salemhog.org or longhiker@comcast.net Senior Road Captain Bob Wiro 971-259-1019 senroadcaptain@salemhog.org 13
April 2008 Membership Dues for the New Year It s a new year and now once more its time for us to renew our membership in Salem HOG. So, come to the next meeting with your dues and get ready for another great year. And yes, dues are still only $15.00. What a deal. Cheap. If you can t make it to a meeting you can mail a check to the Salem HOG address shown on the back of the newsletter or drop it into the HOG box at the Salem Harley Davidson dealership. Easy. After the April chapter meeting, all of those that have yet to join for 2008 will be removed from the National database,. This will keep up up to date with National Harley. Currently, we have 89 members registered for 2008. There are 193 registered on the National database so I will have quite a few to remove. 14
May 2008 Why Wear Leather? Because most injuries are caused from skidding along the ground, abrasion resistance is vital. One of the best sources on abrasion is the famed Torn in the U.S.A. drag test conducted almost 20 years ago by now-defunct Cycle magazine. For that test, clothing samples were stitched to a 75-pound sandbag and thrown out of the back of a pickup truck to see how long they d take to disintegrate. Competition-weight leather (1.5-1.7 mm thick) lasted longest -- about four times longer than Kevlar, five times longer than 440 denier Cordura nylon and 20 times longer than denim jeans, which take about half a second to give out in a 30 mph crash. Excerpt taken from: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-gear10oct10,1,2157200.story 15
SALEM HARLEY OWNERS GROUP #1997 SALEM HARLEY-DAVIDSON. 3601 SILVERTON RD., NE, SALEM, OR 97303 PH: 503-363-0634 Patches and Pins Patches and the Salem HOG Chapter Pin are available at all chapter meetings. No matter what your preference, large or small, you will find the various patches on display with their prices. Checkout the display at the front table prior to the meeting, during the break, or immediately after the meeting. Large National HOG Patch $20.00 Large Salem HOG Rocker $20.00 Large Reflective National HOG Patch $25.00 Small National HOG Patch $10.00 Small Salem HOG Rocker $10.00 Salem Chapter Pin $10.00 2008 Calendars It is time once again to get ready for the new year. What better way to get ready to ring it in than with the new Salem HOG 2008 Calendar. While using the new calendar to set plans for new rides, you can be looking at those pictures of the great events and folks from 2007. To help expedite the purchase and delivery of the calendars by the December meeting, we are taking pre-orders. Your order can be made at the November meeting or by contacting Keith Harris. The cost should be about the same as last year (about $10), details to follow. Don t wait; get your order in soon. There will be a limited number of calendars available. Contact Keith Harris at: knowwife@aol.com 503-829-7302 How Can I Get the Newsletter? There are three ways for you to get the newsletter: 1) Pick it up at the monthly meeting, 2) See the full color version on the web site, and 3) if you can t do either of the previous, it can be mailed to you. If you would like it mailed, contact the newsletter editor with your mailing information (Bob Fanshier - longhiker@comcast.net - 503-580-6988)