Chaparral Riders January 2010

Club Meeting

Began the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance

Ron then asked if everyone had filled out their registration form for the new year.

Ron reminded everyone to sign in the meeting attendance log sheet.

New Members - Two new members for this month.

Ted rides a Venture and a Shadow.

Eric rides a Road King Custom Harley.

Guests – This is a joint ride with the Women in the Wind LOCAL (Ladies of Chrome and Leather).

Membership Applications

We have 50 members presently signed up.

Discussed importance and use of application extra information

Where do you want to go?

What is your favorite road?

Overnight trips

Membership signup

Noted that the discount card is difficult to use in January. Our re-registration is in January. Should we move it to December? Because our discount card is difficult to use in January should we move it to December?

One solution is to have the clerk contact manager at time of purchase.

Another is to pay it up front and when all is sorted, take your receipt in and get your discount then.

Another is to have it honored until end of January - which would be great.

Earlene to discuss with the manager, Roger, and get back with us.

High Mileage Reward

Will be awarded in February with mileage from the applications compared to last years.

Christmas Party

The Christmas Party went well. Thanks to all that helped. This years party will probably be in the same location.

Loma Linda Toy Run

We had about 15 members

Toys and 2 rocking chairs

Got to see the Gingerbread house and toys

*** Most toys were for toddlers. Very low on infants and teenagers.

It was discussed if we should have a total of four rides a year. One toy run consisting of just toys, another of stuffed animals, the third of toys again and finally stuffed animals for the fourth run so that the kids would get the enjoyment of watching us ride in on our bikes.

It was voted against for a couple of reasons. One is due to too much risk of the flu. Another is that at the time we arrive they may be administering meds and there is not enough personnel left to come down and receive the toys. Therefore, it was settled that we will deliver twice a year.

Teddy Bear drop off will be in June and the other in December. We need to keep in mind that it was noted that this year most toys were for toddlers and very low for infants and teenagers.

Web Site selection

It was decided that we will keep both MeetUp.com and Chaparral Riders for now until Ron has a chance to find an ISP to house. The cost for MeetUp is $75 for first six months and $35 for next six months. The cost for Chaparral Riders is $160 a year . Ron will discuss with Stephen Herrick about the discount costs and the way Meetup manages it.

ChaparralRiders is linked to the Yahoo-Groups Calendar

It is free and directions are posted on the site.

Please let the moderators know your name when you sign up. Login names are typically cryptic.

Ride Schedules

This years Poker Run will be in September. Due to schedule conflicts, moved to September for 2010.

October Chaparral Block Buster

Will need volunteer to organize and others to attend and put it on.

Teddy Bear Drop-off will be in June and the other in December along with the toy run.

Destinations and rides will be gathered from the applications.

We plan on having 2 overnight runs this year (non-regular)

Planning meeting Jan 30 Ride Schedule Planning Meeting will take place at Eddie and Earlene’s home on January 30^th at 5:30 p.m. We can all pitch in a couple of dollars and order a pizza! Address will be emailed to maintain privacy

Rudy and Joy

They are both ill. They have been very supportive and we wish them well

Treasurers Report

Club Funds - $799

Loma Linda - $929

Stinky - Nominees were Steve Herrick and Ron Judge. Should it go to Steve Herrick for not showing up to officers first meeting of the year? Or, to Ron for being late with the January 2010 Chaparral Meeting Agenda? Steve got Stinky!

Safety Briefing

None given today

50/50 - Announced 50/50 tickets could be purchased from Eddie Hopper at $1.00 each. Collected $78. $38 went to the club and two $19 prize winners: John Wilson and Bernard Remson.

Loma Linda - Announced if anyone wants to buy Loma Linda tickets for the fund go see Bonnie. They’re $1.00 each. Ron Judge won the drawing and received 10 extra tickets for the end of year drawing.

Rick and Terry Alvarez won the $100 for end of year drawing for 2009.

Today’s Ride - There were approximately 33 riders for the January 10^th Ride. Ron Judge led first group. Randy Hernandez led the 2^nd group and Cathy Siglow lead the third. We all met at the Ramona Café for lunch. Great Day!

Randy Hernandez brought up decorating a trailer for Christmas next year. Anyone willing to lend their trailer? Also, we’ll need volunteers for decorating. And, what about a generator should we require for animation?

Steve to contact Ron Woodington of FrictionZone to put us on the list of motorcycle clubs?

Pete and Linda to oversee ride for the Yuma Prison Ride? They will buy a couple of bicycles using the Loma Linda Fund to donate for raffle/auction?

At the Officers Meeting it was suggested to consider one of the monthly ride as a picnic and/or to promote riding skills.

Stinky

What a way to start off 2010. It was a great ride, perfect weather, and ohhh, guess what, Uncle Stephen really does like me. His wife admits that Stephen talks in his sleep about me!!! J Stephen was voted in as our Safety Officer. It seems that Stephens ploy this time was to not come to his first Officers meeting so that he could be a nominee to have me ride with him again. Not sure if the internet is a good place to get information from though because he swears that he went online and all the IHOPS in the area had an 8:00 open time listed. The meeting was at 6:30 AM, it is a breakfast place so why wouldn’t it be open early!!!!!!!!!!!! But that’s OK though. He plays some good music, which on his bike is all you can hear so it’s all good. See you folks in February..

Yippy Ki Ya

Stinky S Chaparral

Captain Report January, 2009

This was a unique ride in a way. We had invited and combined rides with the WITW (Women In The Wind) LOCAL (Ladies of Chrome and Leather) open ride. We have several Chaparral Riders that are also LOCAL members and this particular date coincided with theirs.

It was a beautiful day for a ride. Janet and Bonn’e worked out the route, mostly Janet but it was a very nice one. We broke up into 3 groups as we had over 30 bikes. Myself, Randy Hernandez, and Cathie Siglow led the 3 groups. Took a leisurely ride out San Timateo Canyon road to Beaumont then headed south on 79/Sanderson to Hemet. We skirted Hemet by jogging over to Warren Road to avoid all the lights and stop signs and continued south then jogged again over to Winchester, still going south. Not a lot of twisties in this section but open road, not a lot of traffic, and no freeway. Once we got down to Temecula we had a gas stop then headed down Pala Road, presently Pechanga. Nice stretch. Once we got to 76 we went east to catch on to Valley Center south. At that point we went by Lake Wohlford and rode San Pasqual Rd, which is also SR-78. We finished and had lunch at a little place called the Ramona Inn. This is a little restaurant that the Food Connection network reviewed during their Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives visits. The food was pretty good. We had brought in about 40 people to an already pretty busy place so the service was sporadic but all in all it was a good setting.

It was a perfect day for a ride. Heading home, some folks decided to visit Julian, some just headed straight back and some took scenic back. Thanks to Janet for arranging this and thanks to all the Road Captains and Tail Gunners that helped manage the groups to a safe and enjoyable ride.

Ron

Safety Article
Excessive Tire Wear
A list of causes

By: James R. Davis
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Excessive tire wear, and/or cupping, is a problem that most motorcyclists experience over time. Too often this is simply the result of
failing to maintain proper tire pressure. However, this is far from a complete answer.

Cupping is a phenomena that is absolutely normal! Excessive cupping or excessive wear on one side of the tire as compared to the
other is not.

There are at least seven causes of cupping and/or uneven wear in the front tire other than tire air pressure:

Most roads are banked away from the center. Thus, if you ride vertical, the side of your tire closest to the center of the road wears
more.

Your tires 'scuff' when you force a speed change with them. The rear tire scuffs when you accelerate and when you brake (and every
time you ride in a direction other than straight ahead.) Thus, it tends to have even 'cupping' as compared to the front tire (which
scuffs when you brake but not when you accelerate.)

While alignment is not usually a problem with motorcycles - it can be.

Carrying an unevenly divided load (all your tools, jumper cable, etc.) in one saddlebag can result in your riding the bike other than
vertical most of the time.

Setting your TRAC (anti-dive) unequally can easily cause uneven tire wear.

If one of your front shocks is defective you will experience uneven tire wear.

Excessive use of the front brake will result in excessive cupping.

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(James R. Davis is a recognized expert witness in the fields of Motorcycle Safety/Dynamics.)