| Chaparral Riders Newsletter |
| April Edition 2007 |
President : Charles Flack
Vice President: Ron Judge
Secretary: Doreen Levario-Tuma
Treasurer: Earlene Hopper
Safety Officer: Karen Carter
50/50 Game: Ed Hopper.
Loma Linda Funds: Bonnie Judge
Newsletter/ Web Site: Pete and Linda Aker
Vice President: Ron Judge
Secretary: Doreen Levario-Tuma
Treasurer: Earlene Hopper
Safety Officer: Karen Carter
50/50 Game: Ed Hopper.
Loma Linda Funds: Bonnie Judge
Newsletter/ Web Site: Pete and Linda Aker
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Officer Kelhi Guest Speaker
Quote for the Month
| Ride Hard or Stay Home ~Peter Fonda "Wild Hogs" |
As you see on the front page we had a guest speaker Officer Kilhi. Gary Peterson set this up from the
Highway Patrol to send an Officer to speak to the club. Officer Kelhi started to talk about riding in a
group. He brought up a lot of good tips, one was always look more then just the bike in front of you
look 3 to 4 bikes in front. If they start to brake or point to a object then you know something is coming
up. Riding stagger in the group and stay with the 2 second rule of the bike that is directly in front of you.
When on the freeway stay in a tight group this will not allow a car to get in between your 10 to 15 bike
group. Also ride in the number two lane if the freeway has three or more lanes, it is safer. Then he open
up for questions, Question: Is it legal to split lanes? Answer: Yes and No. There is no law of how many
vehicles can occupy a lane, if you could put three bikes side by side then that is legal. What makes it
Not Legal is how safe is to pass the other vehicle. How fast is traffic moving, if traffic is stopped or
moving least then 25 MPH and you split lanes between 5 to 10 MPH then you are doing it safely. Do
remember that if you see an open spot in traffic so does that car so be alert. Cars do not have to give
you the right away, so if any accident happens while you are splitting lanes, you will be at fault, so keep
that in mind. Question: When you have two right turn lanes when getting off the freeway, can you turn
right from the left of the two right turns lanes? Answer: Yes as long as it doesn’t say “No Right
on Red� Question: How many feet do you have to put down at a stop sign? Answer: None as long
as you come to a dead stop where there is no movement of your bike. In the vehicle code all it says is
you come to a complete stop, it doesn’t say for how long and nothing is mention about motorcycles
putting feet down or how long you are there. You must still give to right away to other vehicles. Office
Kelhi adds this, when coming to a stop which foot do you put down at that stop. His suggestion was if
you stop on the left side, put your left foot down, if you stop on the right side, put your right foot down
the reason for this is what he called the dirty side of the lane which is the center. If you get oil on your
boot the next time you put your feet down, you could lose your footing, which is not good. We ran out
of time, if you would like to have a night time meeting let’s say a Wednesday night at Chaparral, let
a Club officer know and if we get an adequate amount of people interested, then the club will try to set it
up.
Highway Patrol to send an Officer to speak to the club. Officer Kelhi started to talk about riding in a
group. He brought up a lot of good tips, one was always look more then just the bike in front of you
look 3 to 4 bikes in front. If they start to brake or point to a object then you know something is coming
up. Riding stagger in the group and stay with the 2 second rule of the bike that is directly in front of you.
When on the freeway stay in a tight group this will not allow a car to get in between your 10 to 15 bike
group. Also ride in the number two lane if the freeway has three or more lanes, it is safer. Then he open
up for questions, Question: Is it legal to split lanes? Answer: Yes and No. There is no law of how many
vehicles can occupy a lane, if you could put three bikes side by side then that is legal. What makes it
Not Legal is how safe is to pass the other vehicle. How fast is traffic moving, if traffic is stopped or
moving least then 25 MPH and you split lanes between 5 to 10 MPH then you are doing it safely. Do
remember that if you see an open spot in traffic so does that car so be alert. Cars do not have to give
you the right away, so if any accident happens while you are splitting lanes, you will be at fault, so keep
that in mind. Question: When you have two right turn lanes when getting off the freeway, can you turn
right from the left of the two right turns lanes? Answer: Yes as long as it doesn’t say “No Right
on Red� Question: How many feet do you have to put down at a stop sign? Answer: None as long
as you come to a dead stop where there is no movement of your bike. In the vehicle code all it says is
you come to a complete stop, it doesn’t say for how long and nothing is mention about motorcycles
putting feet down or how long you are there. You must still give to right away to other vehicles. Office
Kelhi adds this, when coming to a stop which foot do you put down at that stop. His suggestion was if
you stop on the left side, put your left foot down, if you stop on the right side, put your right foot down
the reason for this is what he called the dirty side of the lane which is the center. If you get oil on your
boot the next time you put your feet down, you could lose your footing, which is not good. We ran out
of time, if you would like to have a night time meeting let’s say a Wednesday night at Chaparral, let
a Club officer know and if we get an adequate amount of people interested, then the club will try to set it
up.
Update on Wyly
bone and got some road rash and a cut on his noise, but his Helmet did it's job as to safe his head. He
bone and got some road rash and a cut on his noise, but his Helmet did it's job as to safe his head. He
was released to go home that same night. Pete and Linda delivered his cards for the ones that sent them
on Thursday and he is doing really well. His arm is in a sling, but his bike was a total lost. Don’t be
surprise if Wyly shows up with a new ride soon.surprise if Wyly shows up with a new ride soon.
bone and got some road rash and a cut on his noise, but his Helmet did it's job as to safe his head. He
was released to go home that same night. Pete and Linda delivered his cards for the ones that sent them
on Thursday and he is doing really well. His arm is in a sling, but his bike was a total lost. Don’t be
surprise if Wyly shows up with a new ride soon.surprise if Wyly shows up with a new ride soon.
