Trail Gazette - March 2013

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March 2013

President Gene Walker5531 Lardon Rd NESalem, OR 97305-3248(503) 428-6641(503) 371-4363

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Vice President Gary Kelley20000 NE Jaquith Rd

Newberg, OR 97132-6694(503) 537-0802

(503) [email protected]

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Motorcycle Performance Tuning

When: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:00 AM

Where: NWVCMM Brooks, OR

Presenter: Bo Miller

More than a half century ago Bo Miller was borninto a strict old-world family in Oakland,

California. This was a big industrial city at thattime. The children knew early that we had to

learn a trade and leave home before we were

adults, or join the military. Bos choice was to go

to trade school to be a machinist and he became

an apprentice.

Machine work was a bit structured and repetitive

for a young fellow, so he stopped doing that and

worked as a mechanic. This was something he

had done since childhood on my own equipmentso he made mechanics my first career. Eventually

Bo became a journeyman and later a servicedepartment manager.

Life was good, then the government printed wadsof money to pay Vietnam War and Great Society

debts. The resulting stagflation era was very hard

on young families. Stagflation would end, but we

did not know this at the time.

Rose and Bo wanted to have children and be able

Bo will discuss engine buildinmotorcycle rider who is intere

performance with an emphas

that are easy to live with. Pra

given on air filtration, carburetuning, cylinder head enhanccamshafts, pistons, and rods.

theory is presented with a ref

step by step tuning program.

Admission to the Antique Pow$5.00. Please stop at the Ant

to pay admission and gain ac

For more information, contac

February Meeting Min

Gene called the meeting to or

Attendees:

Gene Walker, Tom Ruttan, To

Hodson, Jackie Colwell, Don WWright, Gary & Shannon Kelle

Smith.Treasurers Report:

TomR presented the February

New Business:

TomR has tentatively set up m

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Correspondence:

Member drop: Lobb

Martha's newsletter was returned the past two

months. Martha is off the mailing list until her

new residence is found.

Thank you card and memorial program from

Neal B.

Tax status changes for the national club.

National merchandise is available for sale at

our events. Chapter makes 10% on sales.Dennis is looking for restoration help. Gary

sent out member email in response.

Motorcycle collection for sale. Ask Gary.

Las Vegas Auctions

Both TomR and Chuck sold bikes at the Las Vegas

auctions this year. Impressions were that prices

are slightly higher than last year. There was oneless auction, so a little less confusing. Refer to the

February Trail Gazettefor sales info.

Riverside Road Run:

Harrisburg ORwas chosen as the location for this

yearsRiverside Run. Arrangements have been

made with the River Bend Hotel and RV Park for

rooms, banquet facilities and RV spots. The RV

Park is co-located on site and is the centrallocation for our road run activities. We have

reserved a limited number of rooms and RV

spaces for this event. Tent camping is welcome

on the RV spaces.

To reserve a room, call 1-541identify yourself as a participMotorcycle event to receive t

Room rates for this event are

(Queen Deluxe) or $99.00 +

per night. Rates are based onoccupancy. No additional disc

To reserve your RV space, co

previous years, Gary will tracmake sure everyone has a sp$31.00 + tax per night. RV sp

hook ups with cable TV and a

laundry facilities, pool and ho

Check in time is 2:00 PM, che

Make your reservations befor

You can register for the Riverdownload theregistration for

registration. Fees are $75 for

passengers.TomK has 3 potential routes.

Peak, Friday: Sisters, Saturda

longest one is 200+ miles, lo

There was a lot of discussion too long. Don suggested part

around and head back whene

they'd had enough.

It was decided we wouldnt anational magazine this year. able to show any increase in

attributable to national adver

Volunteers are needed to help

Shannon or Gary know how y

Meeting adjourned at 3:00 PM

March Business MeetiThe March Business Meeting

Texaco station in Brooks Satu

2013. Topics well discuss:

Review of February meeti

Treasurers report
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AMCA Presidents Newsletter

Richard Spagnolli, AMCA President

Although Punxsutawney Phil, the local groundhog,predicted an early spring this year, it is still coldand dreary in western Pennsylvania. For those of

you who live up North, you know what I mean.For those who live in the South, who can ride

their old bikes year-round, I'm jealous! But theSunshine Chapter National Meet in New SmyrnaBeach, Florida, is just around the corner, so I

guess my wife and I will survive until then.

I would like to talk about something other thanthe AMCA tax situation, which has been the

subject of my last few newsletters. I will save that

subject until the end.

It's hard to believe another AMCA National Meetand Road Run scene is upon us again, but if any

of you are like me, you probably can't wait to

attend one of these Chapter sponsored AMCAevents. Of course, on a local level, your Chapter

events will soon begin (or continue if yourChapter is located in a warm weather area). I can

only imagine what it is like to ride year-round!

On the National Meet scene, it is unfortunate that

three Meets occur on the same weekend, June14-16. This situation was due to the availability of

the venues rather than just a coincidence.

Hopefully, it won't happen again. Five NationalRoad Runs are scheduled for 2013, which is anincrease from the normal four. Your members

should be encouraged to participate, particularly

if they have never attended a Road Run. It is a

real opportunity to see and ride your old iron in

an area where you may not get the chanceotherwise. Because of the increased interest in

Chapters wanting to sponsor National Road Runs,

if your Chapter has an interest in doing so, please

contact National Meet and Road Run CoordinatorRick Najera to get your Chapter on the waiting

list.

The Board will continue to hold AMCA Town Hall

Meetings at all National Meets where Board

If your Chapter has not respobecause your input is importaaware that some Chapters ar

Fred's requests for membershAMCA requirement in the Poli

Manual that all Chapter memmembers. Please comply with

try to assure that all of your

members, too.

The Board elected two new mOctober 6, 2012, meeting in

Pennsylvania. Ross Metcalfe awere elected to fill the balanc

open Board positions.

Ross is a longtime AMCA memof the Buffalo Chapter in Man

brings extensive experience t

administration area as Senior

Superintendent of Schools in

Division in Manitoba.Donnie also brings extensive

board experience as Presiden

an aftermarket automotive sumember of SEMA, a trade org

aftermarket distributors. Both

were interviewed by the Boar

other applicants.

On the judging scene, Don DzChief Judge, having been app

meeting on October 4, 2012.

Spence and Greg Manders we

Assistant Chief Judges by thestructure that is designed to

experience to the administrat

program if the Chief Judge st

Assistant CJs will only attend

are needed or required by the

The new judging software sho

soon. The program will allow

one place to all of an owners'system, along with a history o

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The Club continues cooperation with the Antique

Motorcycle Foundation (AMF) through the AMCAGrant Program and the AMF Winners Circle

Project. The AMF donated $5,000 to the GrantProgram for educational use for deservingindividuals studying mechanical and other aspects

of old bikes. The Winners Circle Project is aninvitation to owners of AMCA-judged Winners

Circle motorcycles to display their bikes in the

AMF display area of the Motorcylepedia Museum

in Newburgh, New York. The spring issue of themagazine will have more details on these two

very worthy projects.

The Internal Audit Committee, consisting of a

member with accounting/bookkeepingexperience, a general member and a Boardmember, is expected to meet again in Daytona in

March to review the Club's books for 2012. This is

not a certified audit, but is designed like allinternal audits to review the books for the deposit

and disbursement of funds and report anyirregularities observed to the Membership and theBoard for further investigation.

After the Board appointed a volunteer Treasurer,who resigned for personal reasons, and then a

volunteer Assistant Treasurer (not a Board

position), who did the same, the Board decided,

for the sake of continuity and experience, to

make the Assistant Treasurer a paid position as ithad been in the past. The Board also realized that

this position involves a significant amount of

volunteer time, which has been a deterrent.

Thomas M. Walsh, an accountant and owner of an

accounting and bookkeeping practice from Bethel

Park, Pennsylvania, was retained for $700 per

month to do the basic accounting. Former

Treasurer Jim Graulty will aid in this transition.

Once a new Treasurer (Board position) isappointed by the Board, the Treasurer will

oversee the Assistant Treasurer and review all

bills and sign all checks. Chuck Deluzio, the CPAretained by the Club, will prepare all financial

statements and tax returns for the Club. This

di it id h k d b l

At its meeting in Daytona, th

possible increase in the numbmagazine from four to six. Al

degree of risk by increasing tthe estimates of revenue fromthe increase a viable option f

the magazine was listed as thbenefit by the Membership in

years ago, an increase in the

will be a positive step for the

With encouragement from the

Cherokee Chapter in Texas is"outreach" program to encou

interaction among AMCA mem

bike enthusiasts in Texas andstates. With a significant popmembers in a very large stat

AMCA Chapter, it becomes ch

everyone together at one timmeet or other event.

The idea behind this effort is

enthusiasts in different areas

maintaining a central hub like

Chapter. Groups would travelfor road runs, swap meets an

than trying to establish multi

large area.

The success of this program m

increasing AMCA membershipopportunity to many old-bike

would like to be part of a gro

interests but never had the oof geographical distances. We

of Cherokee Chapter luck in t

special thanks to Cherokee C

Secretary/Newsletter Editor S

spearheading this effort throu

page and informative e-mail interested enthusiasts. This is

strength and continued vitalit

The AMCA Chief Blackhawk Cvoted by regular mail on Mayabandon its Charter and leav


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The Virtual Library project is continuing to bereviewed but is at a critical junction. VolunteersMark Hunnibell and Larry Barnes are working with

Bill Wood to address the very real logisticalchallenges faced by this project. Hopefully, these

problems can be addressed and overcome soon.Anyone wanting to help is encouraged to contact

Bill Wood [email protected]

The AMCA Senior Member Program, designed to

record the verbal histories of the Club's seniormembers, has yet to get under way because of a

lack of volunteers. The requirements for thisvolunteer position are simple: Using recording

equipment supplied by the Club, record short

histories from senior members. The historieswould then be uploaded to the Club website for

access by anyone. Please advertise this worthy

project in your newsletters and verbally spread

the word. Interested individuals should contactBill Wood.

The Old Iron Volunteer Program continues slow

development and member involvement. Thanks

to all those who have volunteered, but we stillneed volunteers for those areas advertised in themagazine. Again, please spread the word within

your Chapters.

Now for the tax information. As I stated in mylast President's Newsletter, the Club has agreed

to pay for the tax return preparation fees for allChapters sponsoring National Meets and Road

Runs in 2012 and offer a free one-hour

consultation for all other Chapters. The Boardapproved a fee of $450 for tax preparation and

$100 for the consultation with CPA Chuck Deluzio.

If a Chapter that hosted a 2012 National chooses

to use another tax preparer, the Club will pay theChapter $450 upon receipt of a bill from the tax

preparer. Only the consultation will be provided to

all other Chapters if Chuck's services are utilized.

This program will continue each year subject toBoard approval. Please remember to send in your

Chapter financial statements to Chuck if youhaven't done so already. Reach Chuck at:

Chuck will advise each Chapttax return it must file based ofinancial statement. Thanks t

that have cooperated on this

The AMCA was audited for 20

October 3, 2012, after receivnotice. CPA Chuck Deluzio anaudit meeting, which was helThe meeting went smoothly,

making various requests for rquestions about the Club's op

relationship with its Chapterscalculations to determine the

with IRS regulations.

Although the auditor determicompliance, he did comment

growing magazine advertising

implications for the Safe Har

affects all 501(c)(7) organiza

No action was taken because compliance for 2010. The Clu

tax on its investment income

not included in the Club's 990

It was clear to Chuck and my

interested in general about a

organizations to determine co

payment of all taxes due on iunrelated business income. It

that the auditor was appreciaproactive reporting of certain

unintentional non-compliance

Club received a compliance leoutlined above.

I want to convey the Board's

AMCA Chapters and their mem

the Club one of the finest org

to the preservation and restomotorcycles. Without all the v

nothing in return for their tim

their Chapters and the Club, exist as it does today. I have

that, in spite of the tax situat

Club and the Chapters nothin
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Upcoming Events

Check out these upcoming antique and vintage

motorcycle events. See ourEventspage foradditional information.

Date Event

March 3Victoria Motorcycle Swap MeetLuxton Hall, Langford, BC

March 9OTC Business MeetingBrooks OR @ 2:00 PM

March 16Motorcycle Tuning Seminar

Brooks OR @ 10:00 AM

March 23 - 24ABATE Motorcycle Swap MeetColumbia County Fairgrounds,St. Helens OR

March 23 - 24Vintage Motorcycle Show & SwapO'Connor Fieldhouse, Caldwell, ID

March 24Monroe Show & Swap MeetEvergreen Fair Grounds, Monroe WA

April 13OTC Business MeetingBrooks OR @ 2:00 PM

April 20WVM Mt Vernon, WA Swap Meet(see cover page)

April 28Classic & Vintage Show & SwapTsawwassen, BC

OTC Forum Classifieds

By Our Members

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interior of sidecar in nice shape, spare tire on the

sidecar. [email protected] more

information and pictures or call 541-944-7641.

2 Scouts for sale.

45-inch in a 741 frame. Needs finishing with

Editors Note:

OTC Forum Classifieds are av

members registered on the OAdvertisements posted on the

here when space is available.

ads from the forum as soon a

the sale.

Deadline for articles, advertis

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