Chaparral Riders Club Meeting
March 7, 2010
Meeting Minutes
The meeting promptly began at 8:02 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Ron asked if we had any new members or guests. There were none.
Ron then informed us of an unfortunate accident that one of our members, Bernard Remson, was in on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. He stated that Bernard had surgery on Friday at Loma Linda Hospital and that he’s doing well. At this point, Ron asked Wiley, Bernard’s brother, to come up and explain to us what happened. Wiley stated that an 82 year old man drove out in front of Bernard. Bernard didn’t have a chance to avoid it. He was operated on Friday. They had to repair his pallet, broken nose, throat and right ankle. He has been transferred to Kaiser in Fontana. He’s in room 4026. Per Ron and Wiley, Bernard is doing well because he’s cracking jokes as usual and has even requested a ride to Yuma for the Yuma Prison Run . States, he’s willing to ride “Bitch” to get to Yuma! Let’s all keep Bernard in our prayers for a speedy recovery.
It seems that Easter falls on Sunday, April 4th this year, the same day our regular scheduled meeting/ride is set for. Our president asked for everyone to vote to have our meeting/ride rescheduled to Saturday, April 3rd or the following Sunday, April 11. It was voted for Saturday, April 3, 2010.
Mileage Award Certificates were passed out today to nine members. They were:
Randy Sawn 7,451 miles
Jess Siglow 8,523 miles
Jim Iverson 9,360 miles
David McKennau 10,033 miles
Stephan Herrick 10,539 miles
John Wilson 12,683 miles
Rick Alvarez 13,671 miles
Bonn’e Judge 15,073 miles
Ron Judge 18,758 miles
Congratulations to you all!
Yuma Prison Run ride is set for April 16, 17 & 18. For those wanting to ride with the group, we’re meeting at the Farmhouse in Beaumont on Friday, April 16th. KSU is at 8:00 a.m. If you want to have breakfast, please get there early! Also, we are buying two bicycles. One boy and one girl. Becky will be carrying them on her trailer to Yuma. If anyone needs Becky to carry sleeping gear, etc. for this trip, she’ll need to receive it from you the day before as she’s leaving at 4:30 a.m. that Friday!
It was announced that new membership cards are available for pick-up.
Web Site move is complete. We are no longer at ChaparralRiders.net. We are now located at ChaparralRiders.com. The cost for the first six months is free and $6.95 thereafter.
ABATE Local #27 announced of their 8th Annual Bare Necessities Run scheduled for May 2, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Fairmont Park in Riverside. There will be vendors, live music, games and a raffle. Admission is $10 per person plus one unopened package of socks or underwear from toddlers to adults, male or female to benefit the Salvation Army. Also, on May 7-8-9, 2010 the 16th Annual Rally Regional Rally will take place at Canyon RV Park Campground, 24001 Santa Ana Canyon, Anaheim, CA 92808. According to their flyer, this is the best biker run of the year! There were flyers passed around with all the info in reference to these two events. Finally, also announced is the upcoming Motorcycle Memorial in San Marcos scheduled for May 15, 2010. More info to be available on this event at upcoming meetings.
Chaparral Motorsports Bike Nite is returning. Will it be on a Wednesday once a month and which Wednesday? Randy Hernandez is to confirm for us which one, what time, and where!
Treasurer’s Report: Club Funds is: $1,332.44; Loma Linda Funds is: $779.71
The winners of the 50/50 drawing were: Dave McKennau and Earlene Hopper. Congratulations to you both!
The winner of the Loma Linda drawing was: Wiley Remson. Congratulations!
Ron stated that the club needs someone to volunteer for the Loma Linda Fund. Sheridan Solis volunteered for the position. Thank you, Sheridan!
Stinky
We had three candidates for Stinky this month. Bill Randall and Shirley Frantum, who arrived late to our meeting, and Janet Park, who ran out of gas on our trip back from Phoenix a couple weeks ago. Bill and Shirley, you’re both off the hook. Janet gets to keep Stinky for another month (Janet wasn’t there to defend herself and I am sure she would blame it on Dave). Yes, KEEP, because she already had possession of him for dropping her bike last month!
Todays Ride
Because of the weather, today’s ride has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 14, 2010. We’re meeting in the back of Chaparral at 8:30 and KSU promptly at 9:00 a.m. Also, per Stephan Herrick, if there’s anyone that would like the group to meet them at the Shell gas station in Temecula, please let Stephan know so he can plan accordingly. Also, DON’T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!
Stinky
It’s been a long
time since I got to ride with a chick J. Janet’s good friend and life
companion ratted her out for sort of dropping her bike while making a
U-Turn. No one was hurt except maybe her pride. But from what I
understand she had some big strong good looking dude help her pick it up.
Well, I will say that I am a lot better looking than that dude. Question
is, can I pick up the bike? Let’s not find out!!!!!!!!!!! See ya’ll
next
month!!!!
Yippy
Ki Ya
Stinky S Chaparral
Captain Report Feb, 2009
The weather was pretty chilly but sunny. Was wondering if we were even going to ride with the 2 days prior storms but there were about 12 riders who decided they wanted to enjoy the weather while we had it. It was a short ride planned because of the Super Bowl Sunday but it was a good one. We rode down San Timateo through Hemet and Sage Road. Always a good ride on that road, bit sandy though. Then we headed west to Temecula and did a small piece of Deluz and went north on Carancho road which eventually turns into Clinton Keith. Then took Grand Ave to Temescal Canyon road and wound up at Toms Farms. They have good burgers there and it was relatively central and close so if we ran a little behind folks would be able to split off and catch whatever party they wanted to go to.
Next month’s ride is going to be set up by Stephen Herrick. We are going to Barrett Junction so be prepared for a good ride.
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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