My thoughts this June reflect on observations of our members’ experiences during last month’s CTHOG Family Picnic and the Texas State HOG Rally.

Our Officers planned this year’s picnic to be more family inclusive - expressly inviting non-member spouses, parents, grandparents and kids of all ages. We had 120+ folks enjoy

the afternoon together. It was heart warming to meet, greet and enjoy the com-pany of those wives who don’t ride but give their husbands a “kitchen pass” to join us for some V-Twin therapy. It was likewise a wonderful thing to see members bring their children, their grandchildren and watch them interact and play games together. Our CTHOG family was enlarged and enriched. We ran a survey, learned some lessons and will refine our family picnic plan next year. Fun family times...that’s how we roll!

I’ve been able to observe the past 10 Texas State HOG Rallies. I’ve experienced good & bad - rally sites, organization and attendance. Regardless the state of these factors thru the years, one observation stands out. Our CTHOG Road Captains always ride the “extra mile” to offer an enriched rally experience. This year was no exception! Our RCs offered four chapter ride opportunities to/from the rally. They scouted out 2 routes providing a variety of local and regional riding experiences plus Saturday night’s dinner ride en route to the closing cer-emony. Our RC game plan offered new scenic adventures, some good eating, built camaraderie and left ample free time to experience rally events and local area sights.

This year’s CTHOG participation was the largest in our history and we missed having the largest chapter presence in Tyler by 8 members. Sixty-two members signed up and most were undeterred by weather. It was most encouraging to see others arrive by alternate means or rescheduled arrivals/departures to join the CTHOG party at the rally. Fun family times...that’s how we roll!

Many thanks to our Officer staff and Road Captains for planning chapter events that remain true to our CTHOG Mission Statement. That my friends...that’s how we roll!!!

Rolling toward 1 million in 2015!! Tex

Mark LoMaglio, CHAPTER MANAGER

Director ..........................Tex GillespieAsst. Director ..................Ed FillpotSecretary .......................Benny Bello IITreasurer .......................Lisa SchaferEditor .............................George MoudryWeb Master ....................Jay WitherspoonLOH ...............................Debbie BrooksSafety ............................Gary ForsythePhotographer ................. Alan Christopher Head Road Captain.........Carlos GuzmanNew Membership ...........John IlesMembership ...................Terry Combs Jim Glodfelty Activities ........................Karen Nanninga Vivian Forsythe Volunteer Coordinator ....Tom Diorio

Where: ..........................CTHD Round RockWhen:............................3rd Saturday of each month at 10am

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2015 OFFICERS

by Tex GillespieDIRECTOR

Central Texas Harley-Davidson2801 N.IH-35 Round Rock, TX 78664

512.652.1200

SPONSOR

GENERAL MEETING

January 2013

DIRECTOR’S CUT

CENTRAL TEXAS HARLEY OWNERS GROUP CHAPTER 1074

June 2015

HOW WE ROLL

FR

EE WHEELIN’

Road Trip

Welcome to the Family!

Chapter Name TagsCindy Sanders sets up shop at the back of the Hog Pen at every chapter meeting so that you can come by to order yours. The badges cost $10 each and come in a pin or magnet style. When the name badges come in, Cindy will notify you either by email or a phone call. They are available for pick up from the motor clothes counter during regular business hours….. or you can pick them up from Cindy at the next general meeting.

1. Depart CTHD on to Jeffery Way to Mays2. Right onto Mays to Old Settlers3. Left on Old Settlers to FM 1460 (A.W.Grimes) 2 ½ Miles4. Left on FM 1460 turns to FM 2243 to Ronald Reagan 15 Miles5. Right on Ronald Reagan to Co.Rd. 269 ½ Mile6. Left on Co.Rd. 269 to Co.Rd. 270 1 Mile 7. Right on Co.Rd. 270 to S. Gabriel Dr 2 Miles8. Left on S. Gabriel Dr to Hwy 183 1 Mile9. Right on Hwy 183 to Hwy 29 2 ½ Miles10. Right on Hwy 29 back to Ronald Reagan 3 Miles11. Left on Ronald Reagan to Co Rd. 258 3 ½ Miles12. Right on Co.Rd. 258 to FM 3405 3 Miles13. Left on FM 3405 back to Hwy 183 2 Miles 14. Left on Hwy 183 to FM 1869 1 Mile15. Right on FM 1869 to Hwy 29 2 ½ Miles16. Right on Hwy 29 to Jardin Corona’s on the left after crossing RR tracks 1 ½ MilesJardin Corona’s is KSD

Jardin Corona Liberty Hill

JOEL MCCULLY DON MARSH GUY CRUMP KRISTIN BROWN DOUG BROWN

DOUG WERNER RITA HENNING GEORGE HENNING DAVID VINCENT

Well, its summertime and life is good, good and hot that is! It’s always great to see

all the new faces on our rides and at our events and I just want to remind everyone to prepare for the weather before you leave the house.

The next few months will be the hottest yet here in beautiful Central Texas, so make sure you’re ready for it when you’re on your scooter. Remember to hydrate, not only while you’re on the ride but before, days before. That doesn’t mean your favor-ite brewski either! Good ol’ fashioned H2O is what I’m talking about. Even some Gatorade or some other type of sports drink works, just remember they have a lot of sugar as well. Also remember, as hot as it sounds, long sleeves are a great way to keep the direct sunlight off of you and keep you cooler. As I’m sure you know, there are many different varieties of “sleeves” you can get besides a tee shirt that offer not only SPF protec-tion but have a wicking effect that will cool you down as you perspire.

There are also various types of hydra-tion vests available that work very well. By the way, don’t forget the sunscreen for that pretty face of yours too!

While you’re preparing yourself for that awesome, but scorching ride you’re getting ready to partake in, don’t forget about your mount as well. Make sure the fluids and tire pressure are up to specs so you don’t overheat your iron pony.

Most importantly, please remember, if you do get out there and start feel-ing less that ok, by all means speak up! Let one of the road captains know or if you have to, just pull off to the side and we will check on you. Don’t try to tough it out. It’s always better when you control the dismount!

That’s my two cents on trying to keep cool in the summer, but I’m sure you all have your own ways that work for you as well.

Whatever method you choose, pick one, use it, and enjoy the ride….

Carlos

by Carlos GuzmanHEAD RCROAD CAPTAIN’S CORNER

Carlos Guzman (HRC), Benny Bello,

Alan Christopher, Kristi Delaney, Rich Dorsey, Brent Dupin,

Steve Everage, Ed Fillpot,

Warren Gillespie, Hector Hernanadez,

Tyler Hunter, John Karol,

Mark LoMaglio, Tom Nanninga,

Ted Nenni, Don Price, Rex Reid,

Robert Robinson, Arthur Sanders,

Lisa Schafer, Mike Schafer, Matt Thorson, Casey Tiffany

2015 ROAD CAPTAINS

by Debbie BrooksLOH OFFICERLADIES OF HARLEY

Hello from LOH.....the June LOH Meeting will be held at Serrano’s at 1900 E Whites-tone Blvd, Cedar Park, Texas that is 1431 just past HEB/Home Depot and beside BMC Milwork. We will meet at 7:00pm Tuesday June 9th, 2015, come out and join us at our new meeting location.

by Gary ForsytheSAFETY OFFICERSAFETY CORNER

There is nothing more impressive than seeing a group of Harleys in tight for-mation coming down the highway. It causes non-riders and riders alike to take

a double take. Very Impressive to say the least. Other motorcyclists, whether they be one percent-ers, or other riders, do look and judge you by your skills in a group, or lack thereof.

This article is dealing with “tight formation” .While it looks awesome to see a group in tight formation, there is a real danger when we do not keep in that formation. All too often we have a tendency to lose concentration and suddenly find ourselves with a large gap between our motor and the bike in front of us. On a two lane road this gap can have catastrophic consequences. The main danger is an oncoming car, thinking all the motorcycles have passed, the car might then pull out into that gap to pass a slower moving vehicle. You get the idea, and it isn’t pretty.

The other danger in this excessive gap is when you snap back into reality and have to accelerate to close the gap. We normally travel at the posted speed limit or to prevailing conditions. If the Road Captain is running at 60 MPH and you find yourself a couple hundred feet behind, you are go-ing to have to accelerate to over 70 MPH to catch up with the bike in front of you, not the safest

procedure. Along with that fact, you more than likely have bikes in the group that are behind you causing them to have to catch up.

The third point I want to bring up is your Road Captains. This position is difficult to say the least! While each one of us is responsible for our own safety, the RCs are making multiple decisions on each ride. Their main goal is keeping the group-safe by communication from the front of the group to the last rider, the sweep. This communi-cation is called Hand Signals. If you have twenty bikes in a staggered formation and the fifth bike is falling behind, what happens to that communica-tion? It will usually be missed. This missed com-munication is not fair to the group as a whole.

We run two different formations; tight staggered, meaning two seconds behind the bike in front of you and loose staggered, meaning three seconds behind the bike in front of you. Tight staggered is signified by the RC holding up his/her hand with two fingers extended (think hook’em ). Loose staggered is hand up in the air with the index fin-ger extended. Loose stagger allows the use of the entire width of the lane. Please do your part and ride with the proper amount of distance between you and the bike in front of you, this is the safest method.

TIGHT FORMATION

by Carlos GuzmanHEAD RC

ROAD CAPTAIN’S CORNER

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LOH Meeting Ride

CTHD 6 PM L1LOH Meeting

Serranos 7 PM

Road Captains Meeting

Ihop 7 PM

Road Captains Meeting

Ihop 7 PM

Officers MeetingIhop 7 PM

Officers MeetingIhop 7 PM

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Muellers BBQCTHD 10AM

L2

San AntonioOvernight

Maggiories CTHD

6:30 AM L2

Rot Rally Parking Rot Rally Parking Rot Rally Parking

Bone DaddysCTHD 6:30 PM L1

Dixie CafeCTHD 9AM L2

Burton GinCTHD L2 7:30 AM

San Antonio Rose Ride CTHD 8:30 AM

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CTHOG Meeting10AM

RIDE After

11:30AM L1

Orientation RideCTHD-

10AM L1

Texas Stop Sign CTHD 8AM L2

JUNE RIDESSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

CTHOG ALCOHOL POLICYSafe and responsible motorcycling is a primary goal of Central Texas Harley Owners Group.The consumption of alcohol, or other intoxicants, before or during chapter riding activities is prohibited. Alcohol consumed at any other chapter activity must be “Bring your own” or provided by a licensed and insured vendor.

CHAPTER DEPARTURE LOCATIONS(TSR) IS VALERO FOOD MART HWY 71 AND THOMAS SPRING RD, CTHD PAVILION HEB PLUS LEANDER located on Highway 183 in Leander. Please check www.cthog.org for updates to the calendar above. Also always call the CTHOG Hot Line at 1-888-425-1104 the morning of the ride to verify the time and departure location have not changed. Note L1, L2, L3, L4 are ride levels-see the chapters’s web site calendar page for an explanation of these ride levels and departure map locations. FOLLOW US ON...ALWAYS CHECK THE HOTLINE

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Kick stands up, here we go…

Saturday, June 6,Burton GinCTHD 7:30AM L2

Join Matt & Ed on this 196 mile level 2 ride back in history as we visit the Texas Cot-ton Gin Museum in Burton. The tour (cost for adults is $ 5/students $ 4) includes a 20 minute video on cotton and a guided tour of the historic 1914 Burton Farmers Gin-the tour last approximately 1 ½ hours. Afterwards we will take a short ride down Hwy 290 for lunch at JW’s Steakhouse in Carmine. For those who may not be able to make the ride you can meet us at the res-taurant at 12:15. After lunch we will make our way back to CTHD for KSD at 4pm.

Saturday, June 6,San Antonio OvernightCTHD 8:30AM L3

Howdy y’all! We are fixin to saddle up on our ponies to head south to San Antonio to sit a spell at the historic O’Brien Hotel just off of the River Walk!! We are gonna mount up at 8:30 AM sharp at the CTHD Corral (Pavillon) and hit some scenic trails as we wind our way to the Alamo City. Gonna stop and pick up some vittles along the way at Luling where they have several eatin’ places to satisfy any grub you are wantin’ to chow down on. After feeding the ponies, we continue down the dusty trail, round a bend or two, and a stop to whet the whis-tle, we will end up in the heart of the city. After checking in and bedding down the steeds for the night, a quick Saturday night bath, a photo op and a group meal at a lo-cal establishment, the streets and river of San Antonio will be yours until we saddle up the next morning.

We will saddle up and ride out with the Ala-mo in our rear view mirror at 8:30 AM Sun-day heading towards the Uptown Blanco

Restaurant on the square for the most ex-cellent grub this side of the Pecos! From there, we will head towards the Peder-nales and Colorado Rivers and a winding trail back to the Cedar Park Chevron at Lakeline/Whitestone about 3:00 PM. Be sure to join your trailmasters - H. Schmid-lapp, ESQ and Houndawg John on this wonderful Texas adventure! This is a rain or shine event....so dust off yer spurs and boots and slick your hair back for some down home fun!! Lodging info below.

After securing your lodging, be sure to click the link below to register your atten-dance for this event.

Sunday, June 7, San Antonio Overnight

Thursday June 11 -Saturday June 13, Rot Rally

Wednesday, June 17, Bone Daddys, CTHD 6:30AM L1

Join Alan and Richard on this year’s first weekday dinner ride to Bone Daddy’s on 183. We’ll go KSU at 6:30 from CTHD, and arrive at the restaurant about 7 PM. It’s KSD there, and it’s burgers, ribs and adult beverages until you call it quits.

Saturday, June 20, Members Meeting Hog Pen, CTHD 10AM

This is our monthly meeting where all members, prospective members, and those casually interested are welcome to attend. It is held in the large room, The HOG Pen, on the 2nd floor of Central Texas Harley-Davidson.

It is almost always followed by a ride to an area lunch spot. Usually, the dealer-

ship will announce special savings opportu-nities available only to members, and only on that day. You have to attend the meeting to find out what they are.

Join Richard, Carlos, John and Thom for an after meeting ride to Southside Market in Elgin (http://www.southsidemarket.com/). For those who want to meet us at the res-taurant, we should arrive at 12:15 pm. The total miles for this level 1 ride is 95 miles with KSD at CTHD around 2:30 pm. Let’s Ride!

Sunday June 21Lost Pines 9AM CTHD, L2

Join Casey and Matt for a morning lunch buffet at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines resort west of Bastrop. This round trip L2 ride of approx 120 miles begins at CTHD at 9:am. We will make a pretty direct route out to the Hyatt, have a great breakfast buffet and then head back to CTHD for KSD by approx 12 noon. The return route will be a little more scenic and offer some rid-ing through the Colorado River Valley. The Hyatt is located on the south bank of the Colorado River and is a beautiful ride back into just off of Hwy 71. (A footnote so you won’t be surprised at paying the bill-the cost for this full breakfast buffet is $20 per person, but I think you will find that the food, atmosphere and scenery are worth

the money.) So, plan now to add this ride to your itinerary of things to do at the first of the new year. Check out their website at www.lostpines.hyatt.com for their menu and more info. We will be eating at the Fire-wheel café 512-308-4651 inside the main lodge.

Saturday, June 27, Orientation Ride, CTHD 10AM L1

Join us for the Chapter Group Riding Ori-entation briefing on Saturday May 23 at 10 am in the HOG Pen at CTHD. After the brief-ing, we’ll do a short, L1 ride for lunch. We should be KSD at CTHD by 2pm so you can enjoy the rest of your day!

Sunday, June 28, Texas Stop Sign, CTHD 8AM, L2

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Director ..........................Tex GillespieAsst. Director ..................Joi BodineSecretary .......................Ed FillpotTreasurer .......................Lisa SchaferEditor .............................George MoudryWeb Master ....................Jay WitherspoonLOH ...............................Debbie BrooksSafety ............................Terry CombsPhotographer .................Pam Hanson Ted NenniHead Road Captain.........Carlos GuzmanNew Membership ...........John IlesMembership ...................Bob Delaney Jim Glodfelty Activities ........................Cindy Sanders Riding Activites ..............Vivian Forsythe Volunteer Coordinator ....Benny Bello II

Where: ..........................CTHD Round RockWhen:............................3rd Saturday of each month at 10am

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MISSION STATEMENT

2014 OFFICERS

by Tex GillespieDIRECTOR

Central Texas Harley-Davidson2801 N.IH-35 Round Rock, TX 78664

512.652.1200

SPONSOR

GENERAL MEETING

January 2013

DIRECTOR’S CUT

CENTRAL TEXAS HARLEY OWNERS GROUP CHAPTER 1074

April 2014

“Prime Time”We are blessed, we’re down right fortunate to live

and ride in The Republic of Texas don’t cha know! While other states gotta wait for Daylight

Savings Time to “Spring forward” into their riding year – we’ve been cranking up our V-Twins and riding since New Year’s Day. Our Chapter mileage for January/February totaled an eye popping 58,553 miles and we’re just now getting into “Prime Time”!

for “Prime Time” since last December. “Prime Time”???

CTHOG Spring Picnic, CTHD Bike Nights, a variety of day rides and your choice of overnight adventures. Our Ladies of Har-ley (LOH) have a robust meeting agenda and sponsored rides on tap while our Men of Harley (MOH) renew their monthly dinner rides. So we’re not just now cranking up… we’re ramping up!

Checking 6 o’clock in my scooter’s rear view mirrors – a huge Thank You “Sassy” Cindy Sanders & Benny “The Deuce” Bello II, our assisting vol-unteers, all Chili Challenge contestants and tasters for that

Project. We all owe -ly handling our chapter name tag concession for the past 5 years. Cheers mi Chuvalo as we welcome Karen Nanninga for serving in his stead.

Looking ahead as we “Spring forward”: “Sassy” is really excited about seeing y’all at our Spring Picnic on the 13th and “Deuce” is always looking for CTHD support volunteers to earn those CTHOG Elite credits.Are y’all ready for “Prime Time”??? Alright then…

Saddle Up! Let’s Ride!!

Tex

ADVERTISE IN THE SPOKE’N WORD

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