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District of California, Southwest Region “F” Chapter CA-1F; San Diego, California

Issue 80, May 2001

Friends for Fun Safety & Knowledge

Gold Wing Road Riders Association

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April Chapter Meeting

Above: First class of CA-1F

Road Captains!

Above: JR & Richard were recognized for

their ‘Bravery’ in being Co-riders at

Rally In The Valley Left: It was Easter—look beyond the ears and check out those new chapter shirts!

Get yours at the Chapter Store!!

Right: I know, I know, GWRRA is a Gold Wing

and Valkyrie organization, but Joel’s Harley just looked too

cool with the white walls and chrome. Be sure

and ask him about that ‘lonngg ride’ from his

house in Scripps Ranch to the Yolk! ?

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Birthdays

May 8 Lester Moore May 17 Barbara Johnston Jun 2 Wilma Callier Jun 4 Charles Brost Jun 13 Ronda Meskill Jun 21 Dori Dirig Jun 21 Sara Higgins Jun 21 Richard Higgins Jun 25 Doug Frizzell Jun 26 Randy Walters Jun 26 Kay Zabler

If your birthday or anniversary is not listed, this is because we do not have your info. Please contact

the newsletter editor with the relevant

information

Anniversaries

May 4 Clay & Fran Siversten May 6 Jim & Carole Waddell May 18 Bill & Kathy Risk May 25 Mark & Chyrl Matousek May 28 Craig & Crystal Rush Jun 7 Bill & Heidi Eden Jun 16 Dav id & Barb Cox Jun 24 Jim & Kay Zabler Jun 25 Bud & Noel Brennan Jun 28 Ed & Zelda Morris

Table of Contents

Staff Chapter Director 4 Asst. Chapter Director 6 Chapter Educator 8 Tour Director 18 Chapter Store 20 Meeting Locations 38

Features Ask Your Chapter Educator 10 Dave’s Eyes Ride #2 16 CA-1F Email Survey 26 Lompoc for the CA-1Y Tax Ride 42

Rides Southwestern Region F Rally 30 Blue Knights Benefit Ride 32 CA-2Q Poker Run 33 Vegas Wings Night Owl Ride 34 CA-1L SLO Ride 35 CA-2N Gold Nugget Ride 36 California Rally By The Sea 37

Advertisers Custom Plates & Frames 6 Rocky Cola Café 6 All Cycle Sales 7 Lester Moore (SDHMC) 8 Intra Insurance 9 Shapiro & Leventhal 13 E-Cycle Parts.com 14 Top Priority 15 Law Ofc of Richard Lester 15 Huntington Honda 17 McGraw Insurance 19 JBJ Cycle 21

Newsletter Publication Policy Chapter CA-1F’s newsletter is distributed free of charge to all current GWRRA members who participate in this chapter as well all advertisers. After three months of non-participation as determined by the Chapter Director, you may be removed from the mailing list unless other arrangements are made. Please remember that this newsletter is a measure of your chapter involve-ment. Submission of pictures and articles is requested and encouraged. As a chapter member, this is YOUR newsletter; articles may be submitted on a wide range of topics related to motorcycling and chapter activities. All articles submitted to this newsletter will be edited at the discretion of the Newsletter Editor based on avail-able space. Articles and pictures may be mailed or emailed to the newsletter editor.

David & Dori Dirig, 2431 Heatherwood Court, Escondido, CA 92026 Email: ddirig@gwrra-ca1f.org Phone: 760-746-9131

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Chapter Directors Jim & Kay Zabler

Membership, membership, membership! We are getting more and more new people in the chapter every time I turn around. That’s great! Keep up the good work and maybe someday Chapter F will be the largest chapter in Cali-fornia. Please also remember to latch onto these ‘newbies’ when you see them and make them feel at home. Sit with them, talk with

them, and invite them to relax and have fun. Remember how it was the first time you came to your first chapter meeting. At our last meeting Carole presented the chapter shirts she has been working on for the past few months and by the response of our members present, they are a big hit. These are available through the chapter store. Speaking of shirts, please take your chapter shirt with you to Region Rally. We will be wearing these chapter shirts to the Ice Cream Social on Saturday evening. Also, if anyone who has the leather stars & stripes jacket and would like to participate in the Best dress chapter (riding), please let me know. The attire would be: boots, chaps, jacket, helmet, and gloves. We need at least 4 people. There are other dress competition that will be going on, so if any couples are interested, please let me know. CAN-U weekend! What a great weekend! Scott Goedecke and I had a nice leisurely ride up on Friday afternoon. Stops here and there, a lit-tle gas, a little food and a lot of water. We arrived at Whiskey Pete’s in the late afternoon and got checked in. Bernie from AZ-F was without a room, so I gave him mine and bunked with Scott. The rest of the gang showed up later in the day, and a few of us went across the highway for dinner. Satur-day morning found us getting together in the garage parking area to begin the run. We started out with 11 bikes, heading north where shortly thereaf-ter I made my first u-turn. We caught up with the rest of the group and con-tinued on until I made the 2nd u-turn down by the lake. Went into the Valley of Fire, what a beautiful desert area it is. Met Q while at the visitor center and then off we went to Overton and the next checkpoint. Getting short of time, we headed for St. George. Got gas and decided to get a bite to eat. Some of the folks wanted to head back sooner so then we were at 8 bikes. We arrived back at Primm around 5:30, finished the check-in, bought 50/50, and got cleaned before closing ceremonies. Chapter F took the larg-est chapter award which was a beautiful handmade clock by Dave McNeal. The weather is great for riding now so be sure you have your bike fully checked out and everything is in good condition. We have a mainte-nance day on June 24th at 8AM, so if you want to get your oil changed, bike fixed, cleaned or looked over, drop by our house. Coffee and donuts upon arrival. I have tools and stand, just bring your own oil and filter.

Ride hard, ride safe and enjoy life to its fullest every single day.

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Planning ahead for the “proper” use of those vacation/sick days…

Many of our members will need advanced notice to plan ahead and request the time off to go on some of our longer out-of-town rides. Below are some of the single &

double overnighters that CA-1F has planned in the coming months.

Region F Rally; Cortez, CO - May 25-27 (Multiple departure times and dates) CA-1F Southern Sierra Pass Ride - July 6-8 (Depart Fri. PM, 7/6, return 7/8) CA-1L SLO Ride; San Luis Obispo - July 21 (Depart Fri AM, 7/20, Return 7/22) CA-2N Bear Valley Run; Angels Camp - Aug. 18 (Depart Fri. AM, 8/16) California District Rally By The Sea; Ventura - Aug. 31-Sept. 2

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Asst. Chapter Directors Anita & JR Alkire

What a great month April was! Daylight savings time started which extended our riding time. We had loads of great rides, including the Tax Ride and CAN-U, and for us personally, JR’s hernia surgery was a success and he is recovering well. Much to my concern, 2 weeks after sur-gery he is back riding. Short rides, but it

just proves that you can’t keep a good rider down!! We were pleased to see the number of graduates of the Road

Captains course. It is all of our responsibilities to know all there is to know about how and why we ride the way we do. It is great if you took the course for knowledge, but we want to challenge all of you graduates to put your knowledge to use as an actual Road Captain.

We revamped our Chapter structure to encourage more par-ticipation when it comes to rides, and now with the first phase of edu-cation complete, it is time to ask you to volunteer. As we head into the summer, we will need more Assistant Tour Directors. When we revamped the structure, Dan Dresser was asked to be our Tour Direc-tor. His responsibilities are to oversee all our rides and make sure that safety is primary. Dan is a wonderful and capable person, but this job is “taller” than he is. This is why we created his mighty assistant. There is a different assistant each month, and their responsibilities are to plan the in-town rides for the month. As was demonstrated last month, David was unable to attend all of his rides, so he made ar-rangements to get the directions out to all and get someone to lead the ride. So you see, the assistant plans the rides for the month, hopefully attends them, but in their absence either Tour Director Dan or some-one else leads the rides.

So what is the worse thing about leading the ride? Well, let’s see, you are the lead bike, that’s not so bad; you miss a turn, okay so you meant to go that way or the directions were wrong (or take a lit-tle ribbing, pay Dan your U-Turn $1 for Ride for Kids and laugh).

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You’re the first one to the restaurant, what a perk!!! So see, there really isn’t anything that is “bad” about leading a ride. Remember you are among friends and you had the courage to lead. Share your favorite roads with your friends, then we’ll add your route to our Route booklet that everyone can download from our website. As you plan rides in town or out of town, just pass these routes and directions on to David so that we can add them to the second edition of the Route Planner. We look forward to all the volunteers and new routes!

Well it’s off to Cortez at the end of the month, so to all have a safe trip and we’ll see you there. Don’t forget about Ride for Kids on May 20th, get your contributions together, I get to go this year! To all you Mom’s, Happy Mother’s Day, and thanks for all you do!!

In answer to last month’s question, GWRRA National is the only one to contract American Honda for door prizes, etc., so the an-swer is no.

New Question: How large can a Chapter logo be? A) 4” B) 10” C) as large as you want D) none of the above

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Chapter Educators Jim & Carol Waddell

Did you ever notice while you were in a high speed sweeping turn that you had to keep adjusting your line through the curve? I know I have. The good news is that if you recognized that something was not right, then you should be able to figure out what the problem was. There are two common problems that can cause this to happen. First, you could be failing to look

far enough through the turn. In every curve, you should be looking for the exit of the curve. If you can’t see the exit, look as far through the curve as possible. If you glance at the pavement right in front of the bike, don’t let your eyes get stuck there. Keep looking for the exit of the turn and for the setup of the next one. You are riding the twisties aren’t you?. The second problem is that you might be drop-ping your shoulder after the lean angle is established. That tends to cause an additional bit of input that increases your bank angle. Then you have to pick it back up a little to correct your line. These little thrills in a corner keep creeping in if we don’t guard against them. I would like to invite the folks with trailers to bring them to the next Parking Lot Practice. With the start of vacation season, its time to practice under the same conditions that you will be touring. Bring your co-rider and your trailer and get warmed up for summer. I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for their coopera-tion at the dinner rides. With the large turnout that we have been get-ting, we have been experimenting with different methods of group riding to maintain our safety record in this congested San Diego envi-ronment. I think that the changes we have made; different CB chan-nels for each group, placing the new riders/no radio’s at the back of the group, and all of the folks that attended the Group Riding/Road Captains seminars keeps improving our chances and our safety level.

Keep up the good work! Learning can translate into safety. Remember! We are better trained than most of the other drivers on the road. They should not be able to get the better of us.

Think Safety, Ride Safely.

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Ask Your Chapter Educator! By Dori Dirig

After riding in the twisties on one of the out-of town rides in April, I realized that I needed a refresher course in cornering skills. From a past painful experience, I know the danger of “cutting the corner” in this area (pun intended). I could ride in the twisties “okay” in the perfect world, but the world is not perfect. Anything can happen

to make the world imperfect when you are on the two-wheels, whether it is fatigue, an irate driver or a rock in your path. Each of us needs to constantly improve our skills and be ready for those imperfect moments.

I had a problem riding my motorcycle. Who do I go to to solve it but our Chapter Educator?! I approached Jim Waddell, and he had just the tool for me for this kind of problem. In fact, he even had a program and handout to go with it! This is a program that Jim has developed on his own that he has used to help several chapter members with their twisty skills.

We met at a McD’s off of Scripps Poway Parkway for the initial discussion. I explained to him what my problems were and why I think I do them. I seem to “dip” during the sweepers instead of making one smooth arc. I also tend to slow way down before a curve and then brake in it any-way. Jim observed these same issues riding behind me during a previous ride and told me what I can do to correct them. We all know the bike can do them without any problem; its more a matter of me getting the bike to do what it is designed for!

Jim re-introduced me to the concepts of counter-steering, eye posi-tioning, and speed control. These are each points that I was already aware of, but I had a hard time physically applying to my riding. He further ex-plained the difference between counter-steering and leaning. Did you know the bike turns not by leaning your body but by pushing the handlebar in the direction you want to go? In fact, the less you lean your body on the bike, the easier you can ride in the switchbacks (less distance to move your body back & forth). He also told me to not only look where I want to go but also to keep my eyes level with the horizon. By keeping your eyes level instead of tilting your head with the bike in each curve, you maintain your equilib-rium and balance so you don’t get disoriented in multiple curves. <It’s a brain thing ? > By keeping your eyes level with the horizon & not leaning your body with the bike, you can make a smoother transition to each curve.

The issue of braking in curves relates directly to Jim’s comments on speed control. I often brake in panic, thinking that I am going too fast for the curve. Then, after braking in the curve, I realize I wasn’t going too fast after all. Jim suggested using the speed signs as a gauge. The speed signs are the yellow diamond signs you see before going into the curves. (They

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are “suggested speed” for particular curves and not speed “limits”.) You can slow down to the suggested speed on the sign as a beginning entry speed to the curve, then apply the “look, push-the-handlebar <not lean>, and roll” method. As you practice this and build up your confidence, you can increase your entry speeds by adding to the posted speed on the signs. All the above was explained with the handout and visual aides that Jim gave me. Now, it was time for the actual application and demonstration. For this segment, Jim took me as his co-rider on the bike and showed me what we discussed. Jim has taken others under his ‘wing’ with this pro-gram, and at this point would usually take them on the back of his Gold-Wing. I asked him to use my Valkyrie, however, since that’s the bike I usu-ally ride. This was Jim’s first time on Valkyrie, so he took it for a spin in the parking lot before I mounted up. We then mounted two-up and headed east on Scripps Poway Pkwy. Past Community Road, there were three lanes and no traffic. This is where Jim demonstrated to cross the three lanes by using only his palm to push the handlebar one way and the other. Hey, counter-steering really works! We headed up SR 67, and the real lesson started after Ramona on SR 78. At each curve, Jim would slow down to the suggested speed (where they were posted), explain and describe his mental process and what he was doing throughout the curve. He would also point out the body position and eye/head position. After taking several curves at the suggested speeds, Jim gradually increased his entry speeds to approxi-mately 15mph over the suggested speeds. As an example, Jim told me that he feels comfortable at 20mph+ riding one-up, and at 15mph+ riding 2-up. At St. Isabel, we took a quick break and we were ready for the re-turn trip. Don’t worry; Jim won’t make you demonstrate what you have just learned on the way back! We stayed in the same seating positions so I did-n’t have to demonstrate my newly developed twisty skills with Jim on the back. We discussed the techniques again as we went back through the curves. Back at McD’s, Jim emphasized the fact we all need to practice the skills all the time. It is when there are NOT sharp curves or heavy traffic that you should practice keeping your bike under control. Forget about the delayed apex technique (enter the curve on the outside track, look through the curve and exit on the inside track) for a moment and try to stay on the same track through the curve. Concentrate on keeping the front wheel on the track and the rest of the bike will follow! He would even give you tips to remember how to do some of the very basic things about riding, such as positioning your hands at the end of the handlebars, so your palm will push on it in the curves instead of trying to grab it. This whole thing took about 3 and a half hours. I learned a lot and got to enjoy a beautiful ride. On the way home, I took SR 78 out of Ramona to try what Jim taught me. I was not smooth as he was, but I definitely felt the difference. I also got a chance to practice on the ‘Dave’s Eyes’ ride last weekend, and

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David said he could see the difference as well. Just keeping my eyes at the horizon level helped me tremendously. To be honest, what Jim taught me were things I had heard mostly from the MSF and ERC. I knew them in my head, but I got lazy and complacent because I was riding “okay”. Because of this one afternoon lesson Jim gave me, I believe it is important for all of us to take a safety course every once in a while to relearn what you knew and unlearn the bad habits you have acquired since the last course (Hmm, maybe this is the reason for every-other-year renewal of the ERC as a re-quirement for the Rider Education Program ? ). Continuous skills practice goes with those courses. Another option for continuous skills practice is the PLP held every month. As Jim said, every time you are riding, you should practice! If you have difficulties per-forming any particular skills on your own, just ask your Chapter Educator, Jim Waddell. The Chapter Educator is your resource to improve your rid-ing. Jim will have the answers to any issues regarding safe riding. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. He is very laid back and understanding with an in-credible history of riding experience. I even told him about the fear I some-times have in the twisties after my accident 2 years ago (something I have to work with on my own), but he was okay with it. After this experience with Jim, I am enjoying the twisties much more than before because I know I am more prepared for the “not so perfect world” around me.

Editor’s note: I learned this from Dori’s riding… .. Hearing about Dori’s experience in the ‘Jim Waddell School of Cornering Skills’ made me go back and re-assess my own riding habits. With all the highway miles I ride each month, my twisty-carving skills have degraded over the winter. I found myself lacking confidence, braking deep into curves, and taking them at much slower speeds than I used to. I knew something was wrong, but analysis was needed as to where I had developed bad habits. After Dori told me about her riding experience with Jim W, the concept of holding a constant line through the turn came to the forefront for me. On my latest business trip to El Centro (via Hwy 78, Wynola Rd, Ban-ner Grade, and Borego, heh heh heh), I focused on downshifting one more gear than usual and staying off the brake. By winding out the RPMs a little further, I could concentrate on maintaining speed and line with the confi-dence that I could roll on more throttle if needed. This mental focus allowed me to hold my line better, stay off the brake, and increase my curve entry speed. By keeping the RPMs up (~3500RPM), I felt more in control like I could ‘fine-tune’ my line with minute throttle input instead of giving up, rolling off, and braking. More practice is always needed, but I am starting to brush the rust off my twisty skills.

Thanx Jim! Not only did you help Dori, you also helped me think about things a little differently and hopefully unlearn some bad habits.

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California News and Views Jim & Pat Moynagh

California District Directors Now that the riding season is in full swing and the weather is improving it is time to start making plans for having FUN. Among the ways to have FUN is attending Rallies. The first one this year is our own Region F Rally.

The location for this Region F Rally is in Cortez, Colorado. Pat & I stayed overnight in Cortez 2 years ago on our return from Springfield, Missouri. We were able to take in Mesa Verde National Park and the Four Corners Monument. Just riding through Colorado is a tremendous motorcycling experience, and being based in Cortez, you will have numerous choices for beautiful interesting rides. There is a full slate of activities at this Rally. If you don’t go out touring Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona you will still have plenty of interesting and educational activities available. The

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schedule of events and seminars is out. It has been sent to all the Chapter Directors. The schedule is available on the Region F Web Page at:

http://gwrra-regionf.org. The Talent Show theme is “Lawman Days” or “How the West was FUN”. If you are not go-ing to entertain, then come and be entertained. This will be held on Sunday May 27th from 6 to 8 PM in the Auditorium. On your return home, there are plenty of interesting sights and roads to experience. Whatever your direction may be, there are nu-merous side trips available in Utah and Arizona. Volunteer some of your time while you are there and you will enhance your experience of enjoying Friends for Fun, Safety, and Knowledge.

Ride Safe & Keep the Shiny side Up!!!

26555 Fresno Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Phone: 949-829-6716 Fax: 949-454-2191

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Dave’s Eyes Ride #2 By Eric Crews

This month I had the opportunity to bring my Daughter Ashaly (age - 9) to her first monthly meeting and group ride afterwards (S.D. County through Dave's Eyes - ride #2). All of this was made possible because her Mother had to work (ahhhh). We arrived at the meeting a lit-tle late, which meant that "a lot" of wings were already lined up in the back. Ashaly's eyes about popped out of her

head as she asked (yelled really) "are those ALL Gold Wings?" The meet-ing was clearly an experience for her. Being asked to stand on a chair when introduced gave her a chance to feel both special and embarrassed at the same time. When it came time for door prizes, she followed the numbers like a bookie at the track. And when she finally won (thank you Joel), she was so flabbergasted she lost track of everything that was happening. Then came the time to ride: When we left the park as a group she was on cloud 9 "BIG TIME." I thought her eyes seemed big just seeing a large group of Wings, now she was riding with 13 bikes (2 groups). Watch-ing the road was hard, because the expression on her face looking around at the other bikes was "priceless." We merged onto I-5 Southbound and hadn't even gone a mile when she asked "are we going to stay on the freeway the whole time?" "No." "Yeah!" Big Smiles. We'd been on the road maybe 15-20 minutes when she finally started to settle in. It was then that I learned just how contagious all of this is. She had just finished breakfast (remember we were late), but what does she ask? "When are going to stop and eat?" Gotta love her. Soon enough we were on 94 East heading toward Campo. I made the mistake of telling her how twisty the road was going to get. She loves twisty roads and dancing, as anyone riding behind us can testify. Well, the curves I was talking about are just west of Petrero (still 20 miles away), but I'm now hearing "is this it," "is this the twisty part" on every little turn. Gotta love her.

When we crossed I-8 and started up into the mountains towards Julian, she recognized where we were. I hadn't realized however, that she had never been in the Lagunas except to play in the snow (i.e. bad visibil-ity). She was in awe of the views. But lets face it, they are worthy of time to enjoy. Her next eye popping experience came at the lunch stop in Borrego Springs. She ordered Nachos, apparently thinking we were at Taco Bell. We separated from the group relatively soon after that and with a couple others headed for home. A good thing too, as I started getting 411 pages from a jealous Mom. We put 240 miles on the bike, and Ashaly had an experience she will not forget anytime soon. As for next [month] time. It's her sister's turn.

Oh, and yes.... Mom did get her turn to ride as soon as we got home.

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Tour Director’s Corner Dan Dresser

Hey there sport fans! Is this a riding chapter or what? The last month has seen many of us out there rolling away the miles. We have had great crowds for the Thursday dinner rides. We average 20 bikes, and 30 people on Thursday nights! On our best night, we had 44 folks ride for fun and food! We

really know how to work a restaurant staff. What’s cool is most of them want us back! Just goes to show a well-mannered crowd is wel-come anywhere. Our ride to Lompoc saw 13 bikes from CA-1F make the trip, foul weather and all. We had a great dinner upon arrival (thanks Jimmy Z. for your planning). Thanks go to Dave Dirig for leading us up with time to spare. I for one had a great time, as those that danced with me know. Please don’t use those photos as evidence against me! We have been covering some miles here at home as well! 14 bikes rolled out for Dave’s Eyes II ride, which covered 250 miles. Dave’s eyes III saw 5 bikes make that trip, and we had 7 bikes for Dave’s Ride IV. And yes, another 250 miles each! Dave, are we practicing for the Iron Butt? These were GREAT rides. They covered some of the BEST roads in the county, and we had a great time riding them. I got my chance to scrape and grind up Palomar Mountain on my 1800. That was a blast!!!!!!!!! I hear 27 folks made it to the CAN-U. Ride. Way to go! That was probably a good 1000 mile weekend, or more knowing our gang! I hope you all had a great time! Joy Medved, Charlotte Gresham, and myself spent April 28th at House of Motorcycles for their Open House. We were there representing GWRRA, CA-1F, and Ride for Kids. We had a great day letting folks know who we are and what we do. Many many thanks to Robert Dodsen of San Diego House of Mo-torcycle for inviting us and placing us right out front. They are now putting our chapter flyers in all the Wings they sell to let folks know of us and how to contact us! Thanks to the members that stopped by to say “HI,” your company was most welcome. Well, its time to make space for other articles and pictures. So, as Tour Director, I direct you to TOUR. There is always some-thing going on. Let us know if you have any rides/activities you would like to see on the calendar. It is YOUR chapter after all!

TLISBIOAAG

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Chapter Store Items We have the following items in our chapter store!

Display your Rider Education Accomplishments with Pride!! Rider Education Triangle Pins (specify Certified or Master Tour Rider) 5.00 Rider Education Hanger Bars 2.00 ERC, MRC, FA/CPR, 2-up ERC, CRS, Trailering, Trike

California County Patch 5.00 GWRRA Patches 10” Back Patch 9.00 10” Back Patch (Black/Gold) 12.00 4” Pocket Patch 4.00 4” Pocket Patch (Black/Gold) 5.00 Chapter ‘F’ pins 4.00 California District Pins 4.00 GWRRA Earrings 7.00 Flag Hats (limited quantities) 8.00 Visit a Chapter Header 5.00 Visit a Chapter Hanger (CA1F ) 2.00 Flag and Eagle Patches 6.00 4 x 6 Map 7.00 Upper and Lower Rockers (CA-1F and San Diego, CA) 10.00/Set 1 x 3 Gold Name Badges 10.00/Ea. Vest Clips 10.00 MSF Practice Guide 1.00 Blue Denim Vest with Red Yoke embroidered with CA-1F Logo 35.00

FOR SALE (Chapter Classifieds)

1998 GL1500 Aspencade Trike w/conversion by California Side Car Co. Candy Apple Red in immaculate condition. Loaded w/extras, always garaged. $19,995 w/41K mi. Call Clay at (760) 941-6616 or claysiv@home.com

1995 Honda Gold Wing SE, candy apple red, 20th anniver-sary model complete with matching Cyclemate trailer and 2 Shoei helmets with J&M headset. 30K carefully driven miles, original owner. New Dunlap Elite II tires, new battery, Power Park center stand, air horns, garage stored, serviced every 4,000 miles. Lots of TLC. Acces-sories too numerous to name. Call Wing at 858-560-8154 or email at wingfields@earthlink.net for details of the many extras (over $5K worth). Combination package $15,000. Photo upon request via email.

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See the Website for the latest info http://www.gwrra-ca1f.org

Mon. Tues. Wed. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

7 8 9 10 Dinner Ride

Paesano’s, Santee Depart Wal-Mart, 7PM

11 12 Chapter Meeting

@ The Yolk 8AM Breakfast, 830AM Mtg

After-Meeting Ride!

Depart Mission Bay, 10:30AM

CA-2G Poker Run

13 Mother’s Day Ride Depart Wal-Mart, 9AM

14 15 16 17 Dinner Ride

D’Lish, Chula Vista Depart Wal-Mart, 7PM

18 19 Parking Lot Practice!!

Santo Rd Chapel, 9AM

Road Captain’s Course Jim & Kay’s home, 12Noon

Potluck

20 Ride For Kids Torrance, CA

Depart McD’s Esc., 630AM

21 22 23 24 Dinner Ride

Parkway Plaza Food Court Depart Wal-Mart, 7PM

Multiple Departures

for Cortez Wednesday & Thursday

Check the website for the latest

25 26 Chapter Ride ‘For those

of us not in Cortez’ Depart Wal-Mart, 9AM

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28 29 30 31 Dinner Ride

Borelli’s, Encinitas Depart Wal-Mart, 7PM

June 1

2 Steve’s Virgin Ride Depart Wal-Mart, 9AM

3 Blue Knights Benefit Ride

Depart Wal-Mart, 8AM

CA-1F Staff Meeting Jim & Kay’s home, 4PM

Key

McD’s Esc. Northern meeting place. 1050 W. Valley Parkway Exit I-15 at Valley Pkwy Left - 1st light East of 15

Wal-Mart Southern meeting place. Wal-Mart off of Aero Dr. I-15 to Aero Drive (west) Left - Murphy Canyon Dr Meet in Automotive lot

Santo Rd Chapel Parking Lot Practice Lot.

I-15 to Aero Dr (east) Right - Santo Road

Last left into the Chapel

Mission Bay Park Staging area for rides after

the Chapter Meeting. Leave The Yolk. Left - Grand Ave.

Right - Mission Bay Park. We will stage in the parking lot closest to

Grand Avenue, so you can see us from the road

(see p. 38-39 for maps)

CA-1F Activity Calendar - May 2001

Southwest Region F Rally!! May 25-27, Cortez, Colorado

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CA-1F Activity Calendar - June 2001

M Tu W Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.

4 5 6 7 Dinner Ride

Jalisco's Bonita

8 9 Chapter Mtg at The Yolk

CA-2Q Poker Run

10 Angeles

Crest Ride!

11 12 13 14 Dinner Ride

Fillipis, Poway

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CA-2J Poker Run

17 Father’s Day

Idyllwild Ride

18 19 20 21 Dinner Ride Hernandez Hideaway, Del Dios

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24 Maintenance

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25 26 27 28 Dinner Ride

Viejas Casino, Alpine

29 30 Nevada Wings

Night Owl Run,

Las Vegas

July 1 Steve’s Easy Rider Ride

2 3 4 July 5 Dinner Ride

TBA

6 7 8 CA-1F Staff Mtg, 4PM

Check the website and email announcements for the most current information on Chapter Activities All times & destinations are subject to change at the whim of

the chapter or unscheduled catastrophes.

CA-1F Women’s Retreat; 6/22-24

WingDing; July 3-6, Greenville, SC

Dave’s Southern Sierra Pass Run

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Prize Donated Won

Easter Egg Basket JR & Anita Alkire Crystal Rush

Picket Fence JR & Anita Alkire Edel Albright, CA-1N

Dino Shelley & Chuck Riley Elaine Archer

Do Rag Doug Frizzell Leo Younger

Sun Block Key Chain Debbie Mahan Carmen & Rae Cimicato

Thin Mints Debbie Mahan Kathy Klukas, CA-1N

Thin Flash Lights Bill Mahan Jim Zabler

Thin Flash Lights Bill Mahan Joel Fluharty

Thin Flash Lights Bill Mahan Bob Rathbone

Peach Candle Elaine Archer Ralph Richardson

Lamb Basket Joyce & Rick Elmore Mark Matousek

Dreamsickle Bunny CA-1N Phil & Pat Hanson, CA-1V

Large Goodie Basket Marianne & Larry Villani Chuck Brost

Big Purple Basket Mike & Elma Maury Bob Davis

Little Basket Mike & Elma Maury JR Buller

Little Basket Mike & Elma Maury Bill Eden

2 Bunnies Hugging Jim & Carole Waddell Charlotte Gresham

Brown Bunnie Jim & Carole Waddell Rich Morrison, CA-1N

Dark Brown Bunnie Jim & Carole Waddell Bob Rathbone

Bunnie Jim & Carole Waddell Ashaly Crews

Clean-Ums Joel Fluharty Malcolm Persinger

Christmas Lights Jim Zabler Elma Maury

Potpourri Pot CA-1N Jim Zabler

Cup CA-1F Wendy Ford

Snow Globe Ralph Richardson Tom Klock

50/25/25 $72 JR Alkire

50/25/25 $72 Doug Frizzell

50/25/25 Results: April 14, 2001 Thank you to everyone who donated a prize. Rick & Joyce Elmore, 50/25/25

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CA-1F Email Survey When did you get your first motorcycle and what was it?

What do you currently ride?

I got my first motorcycle when I was a senior in high school (1967). It was a 1964 Honda "90". It was white and chrome. Now I ride a 1999 Honda GoldWing SE GL1500. It is twilight pearl silver. And, I also ride a 1997 Kawasaki 1000. It is white and black (with red and blue flashing lights). Don Cone First bike...Kawasaki 350, 3 cylinder, 2 stroke...a real squirrel...1970. Ride now...1997 Valkyrie. John Grant We bought our first bike on Valentine's Day 1999. It was a 1994 Goldwing Inter-state. Last year we bought a 1997 Honda Valkyrie Std. And in addition we now have a 1999 Goldwing SE. Larry & Marianne Villani My first motorcycle was a Honda 90. I outgrew that in about 2 weeks and bought a Suzuki 250. I rode that for a few months and got my first of two full dressed Elec-tra Glides. In 1971 I traded my Electra Glide for a Motto Guzzi. Nice riding bike, especially compared to a Harley. In 1972 I sold my Guzzi and it took me 28 years to get back into motorcycling when I bought a 1984 Interstate to see if I still had the bug. The rest is history. Doug Frizzell I bought my first bike in 1982, after I had been in the Navy about 9 months. It was a Suzuki 550 (don't remember the year bike) that required me to mix the gas & oil. What a nightmare. It ran ok though, and I kept it for about 4 months before I de-cided I needed a car. I have had 2 bikes since then, both of them Honda Magnas (a 1982 & a 1985). Currently I ride White 2000 SE that my wife and I decided I needed as a retirement present. The key now is to someday retire. Ricky White My first ride was a 1974 Honda 750, bought in 1984. I’ve owned 2 nighthawk 650s, and GoldWings in the GL1000, GL1100, GL1200, and GL1500. I am cur-rently straddling a Black GL1800. Dan Dresser I was 10 and it was a Honda Trail 90, I had a mini bike that my dad had build be-fore that. I now ride a ’88 1500 Goldwing and will never ride anything else. Rick Ford. I bought my first m/c when I was stationed in Hawaii. It was a 1965 Honda CL165. Nine months later I bought a 1966 Honda CL350. Nine months later, I traded it in for a 1963 Harley Davidson 1200. Just before leaving Hawaii in 1967, I traded it in on a brand new, full dress Harley Davidson Electra-Glide. I am currently riding a 1996 GL1500 SE. Jim Zabler JR's first motorcycle was a 1962 Honda 150cc that he got in 1964. We now ride a 2000, 1500 Honda GoldWing SE. Anita's first motorcycle that she rode for many months but never owned as her parents would have killed her was a 350 Kawasaki. JR & Anita Alkire

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I bought my first motorcycle in 1976 because before that time I was in the Marine Corps and they did not allow motorcycles on Marine Corps Bases. My first bike was a Honda 750. I now ride a Honda 1500 1995 Gold Wing. Ed Morris Hmmm, lets see if I can remember back that far. It was a long time ago in a place (no-so) far away - Visalia. The year was 1967 and the bike was a Honda Trail 90 with a dual range transmission and a deer rack on the back. I can still remember the rush of being able to actually go faster by twisting my wrist rather than peddling harder. ? It's a wonder I survived my adolescence since (with the help of my brother) I quickly progressed to a Honda 305 Street Scrambler and then to a Kawa-saki 500cc Mach-1. The Mach-1 was a real beast and was absolutely the fastest thing in town - bar none. This in the hands of a 16-year-old High School kid with more guts than brains. Yep, I thought it was cool to go screaming down the road at 117 MPH with my cheeks flapping in the wind (no helmet, goggles or windshield) and tears streaming down. Well, I did survive through good luck and some pretty good riding skills. I have a little more common sense now and even in states where it's not required, I always wear a full-face helmet. I now have something more than 500,000 miles on bikes and haven't been non-vertical (parking lots don't count) since 1972 (knocking on wood ? ). My current ride depends on my mood. My main ride is a brand new Illu-sion Red GL1800, which I ride on the local Gold Angels Motorcycle Drill Team. Sakes alive, what a machine! I just got my personalized plates for it - RDHTWNG. I just may get frisky here soon and have FLAMES put on it. Joyce has a '97 Valkyrie - NTAHOG1, that I thought was going to be my mid-life crisis bike. The story is that I put the first 500 miles on it and she has put the next 72,000. Sometimes I get to ride it now that I have the 1800. Hmmm, I hope there isn't a pat-tern developing here. I also have a 1975 Gold Wing (yes the first year) with the li-cense NTAHOG2. I had it painted to match the Valkyrie (thanks to Dan Dresser) and it does have flames on it. Rick Elmore My first bike was a Honda 100, with 5 road gears and 5 trail gears. Lots of fun for someone's first bike. I had that for about a year, then a Kawasaki 125 for about a year, then jumped up to a Honda 750. I now ride a Honda Valkyrie, which I've had for 4 1/2 years. I've been riding Rick's new 1800; man is it great!! Joyce Elmore I started on a Honda 90 while in tech school while in the service in 1966. Not knowing what the clutch was for, every time I stopped the bike would die, so back to neutral, kick that little arm up with my foot and off I go. All of a sudden I squeezed the left "brake" handle since I was used to bicycles, and the motor kept running--I found the secret to the worlds problems. The highlight of that time was the expressions on people’s faces as I rode through downtown Amarillo Texas in 1966 with my friend’s wife on the back with long blond hair flying in the wind. Then I graduated to a 305 scrambler, a 350, a500 four, a750, a1000 , a 750 Ya-maha , then in Feb 2000 to the current 1500 and with the current price of the 1800 , I’ll be on my "bluclwd" for years to come , not only the price but I love the hell outa my big bike. There's no other '90 like it. RAYRAY

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(Continued from page 27) It all started innocently enough just about one year ago. We were planning an RV trip to the Grand Canyon, and Margaret suggested we buy a small scooter to lash to the back of the Class C. This way we'd have a convenient way to get around the campground and the Park without moving the "house". I must admit I was set against the idea. I think my words were..."we'll kill ourselves!...they'll find our life-less bodies wrapped around a tree or at the bottom of the Canyon!" Well, if you know Margaret, you know she is VERY persuasive. We had an 80 cc Honda Elite within a week! I practiced riding for several days, finally letting Margaret ride two-up, even went to the DMV and took the tests to get my endorsement. DMV was a humbling experience, and I vowed never to "ride the lollipop" again! The Grand Canyon vacation in April of last year went very well. We sur-vived without incident. We rode the wheels off the scooter (which by the way is easy to do!) around the campgrounds, to the trailheads, the lodge, and all the Park attractions. I was hooked! I was ready to move up to a real motorcycle. When we returned home, I found myself doing the research and shopping at motorcycle deal-ers at every opportunity. I finally settled on a Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic as the right starter bike. I found one in the paper for the right price and bought it. The V-Star was a fun little V twin...my wannabe Harley! There was only one problem. Even after upgrading with a windscreen and padded sissy bar...Margaret couldn't get over the concept of riding around on the rear fender. We were sitting at a light on Poway Rd. one Saturday morning, I of course was goosing the throttle doing the "V twin-Harley-thing", when alongside us a Gold Wing glided silently to a stop. She tapped me on the shoulder, pointed directly at the over padded throne of a rear seat and informed me that was our next motorcycle! Well, I told you Margaret was persuasive, so you won't be surprised to hear that we had the V-Star sold and a red '99 SE bought within three weeks. The transition to the 'Wing was pretty smooth...we have dropped it only once, and that was in the Halloween Fun Run parking lot last year before we had the mounting technique down. I've since done the SDMT course and got the M1 endorsement without driving the dreaded lollipop again. Margaret wants to do the course now. The course will really help her as a co-rider, and she's also interested in her own bike, a Rebel 250 maybe. Jon Young & Margaret Deardorf My first bike was a 1984 Honda Interceptor 500cc that I talked David into buying in 1996. To make a long story short, I got David interested in riding, and he bought the first GoldWing and hooked us up with CA-1F. After a single Pie Ride, it was clear that the Interceptor was not designed for touring <ya think!?>, and we traded it in on a Pacific Coast 800cc. Less than a year later, we sold the PC and bought a 1982 GL1100 for me. In 1999, we traded the 1100’s in for new bikes, and I got my current 1999 Green and Silver Valkyrie Interstate. Dori Dirig If you don’t count the steel-tube, re-weld the forks at the end of the day, lawn-mower engine-driven minibikes, my first motorcycle was a 50cc Rockford Tora trail bike in 1978 that I shared with my brother. Since I can’t count the riding I did on Dori’s Interceptor, my first official bike was a 1983 GL1100 Interstate. Cur-rently, I’m riding a 1999 Goldwing SE. David Dirig.

Thanx to all who participated in this survey. Stay tuned for the next question.

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See the Region F websites for the latest scheduling

information on this rally.

http://www.gwrra-regionf.org

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Description Cost Qty Total Registration Fees * GWRRA Members $25.00 $ ______ $ _____ Non Member $30.00 $ ______ $ _____ 15 years old & under ** Free

Pre-Reg Ticket Specials Grand Prize – Strips of 12 $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ 50/25/25 – Strips of 12 $5.00 $ ______ $ _____ 50/25/25— Strips of 100 $20.00 $ ______ $ _____ Classes CPR $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ First Aid $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ ERC $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ Trike $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ Masters Breakfast $10.00 $ ______ $ _____ Total Enclosed $ ________ Make Checks/Money Orders payable to: GWRRA, Region F

* Onsite registration and late registrations $5.00 more.

** Does not include Pre-Registration Ticket Specials for Grand Prize or 50/25/25.

Rider: ____________________ GWRRA #: ________Age: _____ Address: _______________________________ Chapter: ______ City: ____________________________ State: ___ Zip: _______ Co-Rider: _________________ GWRRA #: ________Age: _____ Address: _______________________________ Chapter: ______ City: ____________________________ State: ___ Zip: _______ Mileage to Rally on your bike: _________ Miles I agree to hold harmless the GWRRA, the sponsoring organization and any property owners for any loss or injury to myself by reason of my participation in this rally. Rider Signature: ____________________________________ Co-Rider Signature: __________________________________ Mail form with Check or Money Order to: GWRRA, Region F 13481 Lakota Road Apple Valley, CA 92308

Pre-Registration Form (Must be postmarked by May 15, 2001)

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ASK FOR THE GWRRA RATE

Cortez is a very popular destination. We suggest you make your reservations early. These prices are only valid until 15 April. After that date, you will have to pay the normal tourist rate.

As other motels are added, District Directors will be notified and information will be posted on the Region F Website at gwrra-regionf.org.

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Chapter Meeting Location — “The Yolk” Broken Yolk Café

1851 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach 858-270-9655

West lot reserved

for Motorcy-cles only

Note: We must park in the indicated lot. We cannot park at the Shell Station or across the street from the restaurant.

However, parking is not metered on Garnet Ave, so you can try for curb parking in front of Broken Yolk; Go west

to Kendall (right) and right on Garnet.

Driving Directions From the North I-15S to 52W to I-5S (stay in far right lane)

Exit Balboa/Garnet Ave (1st exit on I-5S) becomes Mission Bay Drive Right at 3rd light to Garnet Ave (get in #1 lane once you are on Garnet)

At the second light, take the left fork to Balboa/Grand Avenue (toward Beaches) At the second light, turn Right on Lamont Street

Left into the alley before the entrance to the Shell Station Right into the west lot of the Broken Yolk Café

Driving Directions from the South

I-5N - Exit Mission Bay Drive/Grand Ave Grand Avenue to Lamont Street (6th traffic light)

Turn right and see above directions After-Meeting rides will stage & depart from Mission Bay Park (see above map)

After-mtg Staging area

Meeting Location

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Chapter Visits and Rides start at McDonald's @ I-15 and Valley Parkway

Otherwise known as McD’s Escondido (1050 W. Valley Parkway). Take I-15 North to Valley Parkway in Escondido. Go East on Valley Parkway to

the first signal light and turn left into the McDonald's parking lot.

Dinner Ride Staging Area Parking Lot

Practice Site

Dinner Rides start at Wal-Mart @ I-15 and Aero Drive 3382 Murphy Canyon Road

Take I-15 to Aero Drive, then go West to Murphy Canyon. Turn South on Murphy Canyon and enter the Wal-Mart Parking lot which is on the right. We stage at the

far South end of the lot near the Wal-Mart automotive department. PLP Site: East on Aero Dr., Right on Santo Rd., Last Left into Chapel Parking Lot.

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Be sure to confirm meeting time & location with the CD before visiting. Meeting date/time Chapter Chapter Director Meeting Location

CD Email address 1st Sun 8:00am Brkfst

8:30 Mtg. CA-1I Wally Stelmack

(909) 865-1883 Covina Bowl, 1060 W. San Bernadino Rd,

Covina CD email: WJS-WLS@email.msn.com

1st Sun 7:30am Brkfst 8:00am Mtg.

CA-1R Rick Dyer (714) 993-1819

Knowlwoods, 14952 Sand Canyon, Irvine CD email: dyerca1r@aol.com

1st Sun 8:30am CA-1Y Mike Koponick (805) 733-1141

Elks Lodge, 905 E. Ocean Ave, Lompoc CD email: koponick@impulse.net

1st Sun 9:00am

CA-2I Howard Dinning (707) 442-2425

Call for location (vicinity of Eureka) CD email: dinning@northcoast.com

1st Tue 7:00pm CA-2S Ron Peck (408) 225-4161

Holders Country Kitchen, 998 S. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino CD email: ron@peckmanor.com

1st Sat 8:00am Brkfst 9:00am Mtg.

CA-1Z Jerry Johnson (909) 658-3998

Marie Callender’s, 29383 Rancho California Rd. Temecula CD email: tishandjerry@aol.com

1st Sat 8:00am Brkfst 8:30am Mtg.

CA-1A Jim Maclean (661) 251-5420

Denny’s, 2005 West Avenue ’K’ Lancaster CD email: ka6vjf@pacbell.net

1st Sat 7:00am Brkfst 7:30am Mtg.

CA-2A NEW!!!

Shirley Machado (559) 685-0506

Ryan’s Restaurant, 3103 Mooney Blvd., Visalia CD email: shirley194@aol.com

2nd Sun 7:00am Brkfst 8:00am Mtg.

CA-1M Rich Blackburn (909) 785-5658

Zacateca’s, 2472 University Ave., Riverside CD email: n6tax@aol.com

2nd Sun 8:00am CA-1Q Bob Montez (714) 750-6067

Po Folks Restaurant, 7701 Beach Blvd, Buena Park CD email: cd@gwrra-ca1q.org

2nd Wed 6:30pm Meal 7:30pm Mtg.

CA-2R Jeff Pennoni (831) 899-0284

Black Bear Diner, 805 W Laurel Dr . Salinas CD email: pennoni@redshift.com

2nd Wed 7:00pm CA-2E Leroy Polgrean (559) 439-8757

Brooks Ranch Restaurant, 4131 S Chestnut Ave Fresno CD email: lepolgr@pacbell.net

2nd Sat 8:00am Brkfst 8:30 Mtg

CA-1F Jim Zabler (858) 279-7326

Broken Yolk Café, 1851 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach CD email: jkzabler@earthlink.net

2nd Sat 9:00am CA-2N Bob Arwood (209) 838-3854

Perko’s Restaurant, 570 N Main St Angels Camp CD email: bama@netfeed.com

3rd Sun 8:00am CA-1D David McNeal (562) 428-4447

Paramount Elks Lodge, 8208 E. Alondra Blvd, Paramount CD email: jennapa@gte.net

3rd Sun 7:30 Brkfst 8:00 am Mtg.

CA-1V Phil Hanson (760) 956-1661

Don’s Family Restaurant 14403 7th St, Victorville CD email: docphil@linkline.com

3rd Sun 8:00am Brkfst 8:30am Mtg.

CA-2Q Mike Pendergast (925) 462-4511

Athens Burger, 6999 Dublin Blvd, Dublin CD email: mcpend@home.com

3rd Sun 9:00am CA-2W Phyllis Allen (530) 221-5702

Lulu's Restaurant 2230 Pine St. Redding CD email: tigerphyll@aol.com

3rd Wed 7:30pm CA-2J Mark Hagen (925) 724-2044

Country Waffles, 2921-C Harbor, Pittsburg CD email: lhagen@aol.com

3rd Sat 8:00am Brkfst 9:00am Mtg.

CA-1N Mel Epperson (760) 432-0977

Gramma BB’s, 539 Vista Belle, Oceanside CD email: melstel@nctimes.net

3rd Sat 8:30am Brkfst 9:00am Mtg.

CA-1S Lee Kirkpatrick (805) 967-3076

Carrow's Restaurant, 2401 Harbor Blvd. Ventura CD email: lkksb@home.com

4th Sun 8:30am Brkfst 9:00am meeting

CA-1B Rick Gordon (760) 367-6171

Elks Lodge, 6501 Elks Trail, 29 Palms CD email: rickg41@juno.com

4th Sun 8:30am

CA-2K Gene Renken (530) 661-3149

Lou’s Restaurant, 3333 N. Texas St., Fairfield CD email: gbrenken@yolo.com

4th Sun 8:00am Brkfst 8:30am Mtg.

CA-1L Lou Ricks (805) 461-0348

Players Restaurant, 8845 El Camino Real, Atascadero CD email: lricks@tcsn.net

4th Sun 9:00am CA-2U Jim Stephenson (209) 723-2492

Granny’s Pantry, 1221 Broadway, Atwater CD email: jimstepn@elite.net

4th Sat 9:00am CA-2G Rich Marple (530) 671-5549

Peachtree Restaurant, 1080 North Beale Rd Marysville CD email: rmarple@ips.net

Last Sun 7:45am CA-1K Bill Simmonds (818) 882-0037

Dimion’s Restaurant. 8272 Sunland Blvd. Sun Valley CD email: gwrdr90@earthlink.net

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Lompoc for the CA-1Y Tax Ride By Jim Waddell

With excellent prior planning, Marianne and Larry Villani, and Carole and I left for Lompoc on Friday night after work. The ride through L.A. was uneventful, which is always good news, and we got to Oxnard just as it started raining. I told you it was excellent prior planning. Saturday morning, the rain had stopped, so we decided to back track a lit-tle and ride the mountains between Highway 101 and the ocean. There is a road called Mulholland Highway that winds its way across the mountain tops east to west for thirty or forty miles. When we headed for the high country, the rain picked up again but we were tough, donned rain suits, and continued on. We had to take it easy because of the rain, but that’s the way to see a twisty road for the first time. There are some beautiful valleys and impressive homes in this area. This coupled with great motorcycle roads should put this route on everyone’s list. Eventually, we came out on the coast near Malibu. From there, we went west along the ocean to Oxnard where we picked up Highway 101 and continued to Lompoc. After check-ing into the motel, we left for Casmalia and the restaurant for dinner where Jim Z had made reservations for all of us. With perfect timing, as we ar-rived from the north, the rest of the chapter arrived from the south. We ended up with about 20 people for dinner that night. After an excellent din-ner, we rolled back to the motel for dessert, played pool, and generally took over the Spaceport Inn bar until last call. The next morning, we attended the rally but decided to leave early and try the same mountain roads we discovered the day before instead of doing CA-1Y’s ride. The good news was now the weather was clear and sunny. We stopped in Oxnard for lunch and then headed down to the coast and Mulholland Highway. With no rain, the sport bikes were out every-where. Once again, we hit the twisties but with a larger group. With the clear skies, we were able to see more of the mountain country than we could the day before. It was beautiful, and I’m sure the co-riders enjoyed it. The riders were working hard with the sharp turns and up and down addi-tions just for fun. In the middle of the mountains sits the world famous Rock Store. Hundreds of motorcyclists stop there every weekend. When we got there, the parking lot was full so we kept going. We continued on across the mountains almost to Calabasas. Turning south on Topanga Canyon, we soon came to the coast. All good things must come to an end so we had to head for home. As on so many of our trips north, we picked up Ortega Highway on the way south. After that, a stop at Rocky Cola’s was required, then we were about done for the weekend. Once again, a weekend ride included good riding and fine companionship. My thanks to everyone that attended. It’s the people that make the difference

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As you can see above, its not just about the riding. We took over the hotel bar (and pool table) that night,

and the Dans were taking no prisoners!

Photos by Rae Cimicato & David Dirig

Through rain and hail we rode to meet everyone in the Lompoc area. A stop

at CycleGear for rain suits finally brought the sun out, and a stop in Solvang for coffee and shopping

hooked us up with Crystal and the Sherwins! We ended up with 20 peo-

ple at dinner on Sat. night in Casmalia. Everyone enjoyed the Hitching Post, but the cattle seemed to sense Dori

planned to order a nice big juicy steak.

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Chapter C

A-1F

c/o Jim and K

ay Zabler

4952 Mt. A

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rive

San Diego, C

A 92111

Mail To:

CA

-1FGWRRA

SanDiego

Chapter C

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each month at the B

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1851 Garnet A

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each. 858-270-9655.

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Rider E

ducation Program L

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If you are comm

itted to Safe R

iding, the Chapter w

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ho advance to Level I of the G

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Rider

Education Program! For m

ore inform

ation on this important Safety Program

, contact our Chap-

ter Educators, Jim &

Carole

Waddell (858-780-8630)