WINTER 2017 Evergreen Chapter Newsletter...Black Hawk, Colorado (303) 801-7387 June 30-July 1 Rhinebeck National Meet Rhinebeck, NY …

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From the President It’s going to be a great year; so watch for your postcard and join us at our monthly meetings. There’s some great upcoming rides, to in-clude a ‘DOWN & DIRTY’ April 29th, ride to Wynoochee dam for lunch; a SPRING OPENER (May date TBD) that Mike Brown is working on down South; our SMALL BORE ROAR in Belfair, July 15th and our AMCA NATIONAL ROAD RUN in Se-quim, July 23-26th! In August, our 38th ANNUAL TENINO SWAP MEET & SHOW and September is slated for a MT. RAINIER RUN. Keep an eye on our website for more info, and check out the Gearhead Club on page 5 of this edition and support the youth restoring the bike... -Jim

Welcome to 2017 !!

Holiday Dinner…………………………………...2

AMCA Event Calendar……………………….3

EVERGREEN National Road Run ………...4

Gearhead Club…………………………………...5

Mecum Auction Las Vegas……………….6-7

Trips & Travels …………………...………..6-11

Officers & contacts…………………………….12

Holiday dinner at the Spaghetti Factory, more p2 One of the many cool bikes at Vegas—-more p 6-7



Great Holiday Dinner

On Saturday, January 14th, Evergreen members gathered at the (new)

Old Spaghetti Factory in Tacoma for some fellowship and a tasty meal.

The ice cream was especially popular, some had seconds or thirds! If

you weren’t there, you were missed! The spaghetti and lasagna were

mighty good and it’s always over before you get a chance to talk to

everyone that you wanted to… Jim & Nate raffled off prizes and we all

look forward to a great New Year with lots of rides ahead.



2017 Whats Happening

2017 National Meets & Road Runs

February 24-25 Omaha Chapter National Meet Fremont, NE (402) 660-5151

www.omahachapteramca.org

April 28-29 Perkiomen Chapter National Meet

Oley, PA (610) 948-4553

Perkiomen Facebook Page

May 19-21 Southern National Meet Denton, NC (417) 838-4777

www.amcasouthernnationalmeet.com

May 19-20 European Chapter Meet Raalte, Netherlands +44.1303.256266

www.amca-europe.eu

June 16-17 Viking Chapter National Meet St. Paul, MN (952) 443-2020

www.vikingmc.org

June 16-17 Fort Sutter Chapter National Meet Dixon, CA (916) 485-1721

www.fortsutteramca.org

June 20-22 Rocky Mountain Chapter National Road Run Black Hawk, Colorado (303) 801-7387

www.rockymountainamca.com

June 30- July 1 Rhinebeck National Meet Rhinebeck, NY

www.rhinebecknationalmeet.com

July 21-23 Wauseon National Meet Wauseon, OH

www.wauseonnationalmeet.org

July 24-26

Evergreen National Road Run

Sequim, Washington

(360) 698-1285

www.evergreenamca.org

March 18-19: Idaho Vintage MC Club 41st Vintage Rally

& Show, O’Connor Field House, info 208-377-4981

March 26: Abate motorcycle swap meet Evergreen State

Fairgrounds Monroe WA. www.abate-wa.org

April 22: Washington Vintage Motorcyclist Swap

Meet. Skagit County Fairgrounds Mt. Vernon WA.

http://www.washingtonvintagemotorcyclists.org/

swappics.html

April 29: Ride to Wynoochee Dam

May 18-20: The Great Race, Kanab UT.

www.indianvharley.com

Spring Opener: Date & Location Yet To Be Determined

July 8: American Legion Post #149

Motorcycle swap meet.

https://www.facebook.com/events/234243700352612/

July 24-26: Evergreen Chapter National Road Run

Sequim Wa.

http://www.omahachapteramca.org/

https://www.facebook.com/PerkiomenChapterAmca?fref=ts

http://www.amcasouthernnationalmeet.com/

http://www.amca-europe.eu/

http://www.vikingmc.org/

http://www.fortsutteramca.org/

http://www.rockymountainamca.com/

http://www.rhinebecknationalmeet.com/

http://www.wauseonnationalmeet.org/

http://www.evergreenamca.org/


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Gather Sunday evening at the Host Quality Inn hotel for the “Welcome Dinner” and get acquainted;

Morning Hospitality and Rider meetings Tuesday Ferry (Pt. Townsend to Whidbey Island) paid by riders

Wednesday Closing Banquet—free Shuttle service offered from host hotel to Banquet and back!! Relax!

Make Plans NOW!! Register and Reserve your rooms

or camp space!

The ease of online registration is on our home-page:


Mention Evergreen AMCA for hotel group rates


The Gearheads

After School Youth Club at West Sound

Tech

In late September, a 1976 BMW R75/6 was do-nated to our Evergreen Chapter club as a gift , with the stipulation it be used to teach the kids about antique motorcycles. Donations to the Gearhead Club are needed and much appreciated to keep this program go-ing. Watch the website for more info, but below is a list of parts needed as of January. Get in touch with Nate if questions! _______________________________________

DONATIONS NEEDED! 76 BMW R75/6 1. intake boots / carb to head

2. Intake boots/carb to air cleaner 3. Rubber mounts for gas tank, 1 front 2 rear 4. Front brake pads 5. Battery tray mounts (4) 6. Body side covers 7. Front master cylinder rebuild kit 14mm 8. Front caliper rebuild kit 40mm 9. Front fork gaiter boots 10. Engine oil and filter 11. Fork oil 10w 12. Seat cover black OEM Style

Please contact Nate at [email protected] before

donating to reduce double orders and for mailing address,

drop off location or time.

Evergreen Members are welcome to arrange a visit

to the class, contact Nate. Food donation (pizza,

snacks, etc.) are appreciated to keep these youth

sharp!

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Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction Jan 25-28, 2017

Mad & Bill went to Las Vegas for the auction for the first time, and it was huge! We saw several familiar

faces and hundreds of unique bikes.

Some went pretty cheap, others went

higher than we dreamed, up to sever-

al hundred thousand dollars.

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Morrie & Ken dis-

cuss the finer points

of the Excelsior


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The auction started on Wednesday; we arrived

on Thursday, got our passes and walked around

in awe of the bikes on display. Friday morning

started with memorabilia, and then each bike

spends only 3-4 minutes as it gets rolled across

the stage. One thing for sure, everybody en-

joyed the bikes and talking to other enthusiasts.

Las Vegas Mecum Auction

Con’td


Trips &Travels

Kathy & Colby

took a “bucket

list” trip last

fall across the

U.S. This was

Kathy’s main

view for the

trip!

They had a

great time.


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Ferry across Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga and Pictured Rock

from Lake Superior. Blue Ridge Parkway goes on and on...


The perils of tent camping-

(Madeline)

Kathy & Colby,

con’td: Tail of the dragon

and Reaching the Atlantic

Mike & Shaun Brown took

a trip across the U.S. over

the holidays, down to Loui-

siana to visit their daughter.

It was their maiden voyage

with “LaVerne” their new

rolling digs… No matter

how you do it, Texas is two

and a half days travel, they

said, and not the most sce-

nic…(we’re spoiled.)

The picture was taken at

Norm Gerlick’s place in Tuc-

son, AZ when they stopped

to pay a visit, the only thing

missing is Mike’s Indian in

the back of the truck, huh?



Las Vegas,

cont’d.

Ok the top left photo was a side trip from the auction, up to

Valley of Fire State Park, only an hour North of Las Vegas.

The road was rated as one of the top motorcycling roads in

Nevada, and the park is well worth a trip for the scenery.

You can take the loop through the park, and then along Lake

Mead down to the West side of Hoover Dam. Continue to

Henderson, and you can stop at the Clark County Museum

and get your pic taken with Mark, the Beard of Knowledge,

(cardboard, that is, if he’s not in) like Bill did. Below is Wild-

horse Lake, elevation 9600’ in Steens Mountains, OR. Really



Mad & Bill’s Epic Fall Southwest Trip

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In September, the shorter days and cooler temps were

making me anxious about the end of riding season, and I

still had a trip I wanted to take. Southern Utah is one of

our favorites, and several years ago we found a dirt road

that connects Escalante and Big Water, about 55 miles.

The landscape isn't done justice by pictures, its like an-

other world—odd rock formations and earth

upheavals, slot canyons, riverbeds and erosion.

Cool stuff!! So we loaded up our adventure

bikes and headed off for Southeastern Oregon

to the Steens Mountains (camp). We found

beautiful glacial carved gorges and tundra, since

we were at 9600’ elevation. Then, riding across

Northern Nevada (boring), had lunch at Wendo-

ver before crossing the Salt Flats for 80+ miles

and headed South at Tooele where we aimed

for a thunder & lightening storm, and finally

caught up with it at Delta; we got blown off the

road and decided to stop and dry out for the night!

(hotel.) Then on to Cedar Breaks Nat’l Monument, and

South toward the east border of Zion (camp). We spent

2 hotel nights in Kanab; toured Zion, took a trip to the

North Rim of the Grand Canyon; then on to our highlight

of travelling the Cottonwood Canyon Road. Since the

recent rain had caused a lot of havoc, we were warned if

we loved our bikes, we shouldn’t take it. ..so we left with

even more determination to give it a try! The road was

ok in spots but the deep sand, wet underneath, was a

bugger! We took about 3 hours to get across to the

town of Canonville on the other end, and we still had

another 100 miles to go; over the (outrageous) hogback

through Boulder, to Torrey, where we found a nice rustic

cabin for the night. Funny, we went all that way and

there were a half dozen guys from the Puget Sound area

on the same journey! Utah’s Highway 89 is the most

outstanding road I’ve ridden in all my travels. After that,

it was pretty much two days of haul ass to get home.

Some 3700 miles in 9 days, but trying to get a Malmgren

to rest a bit along the road is a hard task. We’ll try to do

better this year… Madeline


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RIDE ‘EM, DON’T HIDE ‘EM”

Editor: [email protected]

Evergreen Chapter Officers

Pres. Jim Freeman, [email protected]

VP Nate Zawlocki, [email protected]

Secretary Otto Allison, [email protected]

Treasurer Bill Mosiman, [email protected]

Editor M Malmgren, [email protected]

Meetings held monthly, usually the

4th Saturday . Watch for your postcard

Everyone welcome—


WINTER 2017

While you are waiting for the next news-

letter (May/June) get on our website and

have a look:


Pictures and info on

club meetings, rides,

and the “Gearhead

Club” are posted

regularly by Nate, so

make him feel ap-

preciated and send

him something to

post.

Get ready to Ride —and Join Us in 2017!

mailto:[email protected]





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