Volume 28, Issue 10 October 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Meeting Minutes 2 Calendar of Events 3 Membership Update 5 The Safety Corner 6 The Money Report 6 Assistant Director The Next River Roads HOG Chapter Meeting is Wed, Oct 5 At Great River Road HD Quincy, IL RRC Membership Dues can be mailed to: Membership Officer 2125 Harrison Quincy, IL 62301 or paid in person at the next Meeting. A Membership Enrollment & Release Form is available on our Website and at Great River Harley Davidson. Remember to include a photocopy of your National HOG Card with the Local Membership Enrollment and Release Form. Dues: $15 Single / $25 Couple River Roads Chapter Harley Owners Group Celebrating 27 Years of Serving Tri-State Harley-Davidson Owners From the Director s Saddle - Curt Lain Welcome to October!! Riding season is winding down but there will still be plenty of chances at a ride. You will probably need the leathers though! Pam is car hunting :) As we have noted "ALL" River Roads Chapter meetings will now be held at GRRHD! For those that wish to eat we will charge a modest fee of $5 per person! This was a difficult decision for the officers but we felt that the burden should not fall upon the GRRHD ownership! We would greatly appreciate your support with this new venture!! Our October meeting will include a visit from a representative of Shiloh Ranch. This REP will enlighten us on details about this facility! Most of you are probably aware of the annual Johnny Watts Shiloh Run on the first Saturday in November! Johnny was a member of RRC up until his passing. His legacy is carried on today with this event!! This run will be November 5th, 2016. Details will Ladies of Harley Pam DeJaynes- LOH Officer be covered in the November newsletter. The last thing on my list is to remind everyone of the November officer elections. It is time for a change!! The transition will include support from the current officers. Please consider stepping up to keep RRC rolling along!!!! Enjoy Some Fall Riding!! Curt Copyright 2016 River Roads HOG Chapter 3826 All Rights Reserved
Page 2 River Roads Chapter Harley Owners Group RIVER ROADS Sept. Meeting Minutes Brandon Mason - Secretary 2016 OFFICERS Sponsoring Dealer - Larry Ernst 217.224.1004 Larry@GRRHD.com Director - Curt Lain 573.248.9425 harleyboy63401@yahoo.com Assistant Director Secretary -Brandon Mason 217.242.2929 bmason33@att.net Treasurer - Tonja Lain 573.406.8797 harleygirl63401@yahoo.com Activities - Paul Pogue 217.222.1619 ppog2@comcast.net Membership - (217).221.4224 pkvenora@aol.com LOH Officer - Pam DeJaynes 217.440.3843 P_dejay@yahoo.com Road Captain - Jim Wolf jwolf78@me.com 217-577-5690 Safety Officer - Don Martin 559.972.1612 irishgunny@aol.com Historian / Photographer Valetta Franks 217.228.1076 dvfranks@comcast.net Webmaster - Brad Dooley 217.242. 0116 bradd54@comcast.net Newsletter Editor (217).221.4224 pkvenora@aol.com Meeting called to order 9/7/2016 by Director, Curt Lain at Great River Road Harley Davidson Thanks to Larry & Barb for dinner. Old Business: The August Breakfast Meeting and ride to the Veteran s Home was a success as was the ride after. Secretary report approved. Venora is covering for Brandon. Treasurer Report, Tonja Lain: Income: $360.19; Expenditures: $311.56; Balance: $4171.51; Salvation Army Toy Run fund: $955.85. Membership, Venora Deemer: Need new Membership Officer for next year. LOH, Pam DeJaynes: The Salvation Army Toy Run will be November 12. Should be the same times as in the past. Quincy first then to the Dealership for lunch then to Hannibal. There may be another fundraiser for the Toy Run. Still need a Toy Run chairman for the Hannibal segment. Activities, Paul Pogue: Next officer s meeting will be 9/20/2016 at Great River Road HD. The October RRC meeting will be 10/5/2016 at Great River Road HD. There will be a ride Saturday, 10/8/2016 designated as a Memorial Ride to remember those among us that have passed. Details to come. October officer s meeting will be 10/18/2016 at Great River Road HD. Thanks to all that participated in the ride to the Veteran s Home. 9/11/2016 will be the Lugnuts & Bikes show at the Veteran s Home. Meet at Great River Road HD at 8:00 AM and rice to the Veteran s home at 8:30 AM. Road Captain, Jim Wolf: Ride later this month. Safety, Don Martin: Went to Sturgis. That is covered in the newsletter. Be prepared for any kind of weather. Historian, Valetta Franks: The next year will be Harley & the Davidsons. Newsletter, Dave McFadyen: I quit! Retiring to the South and Northwest. Will miss everyone. Dealer News, Larry Ernst: There will be a presentation following the meeting with information about the new 2017 Harley models. The Mid-America Military Salute will be at the Adams County Fair Grounds this coming weekend. Next weekend will be the Ozarks biker rally. Harleys and Hotwings at Great River Road HD on 9/24/2016. Honor Flight will be 9/22/2016 with the return to Quincy. Several officers will be stepping down at the end of the year. Offices that will need to be filled are: Director, Assistant Director, Treasurer, Newsletter & Membership. 50/50 won by Dave McFadyen. Gift Card won by Debbie Smith. Door Prize won by Leonard Jacobs. Meeting adjorned. Respectfully Submitted by, Filling in for Secretary Brandon Mason
Volume 28, Issue 10 Page 3 Calendar of Events - Newsletter Editor Watch for additional local events on the Great River Road Harley Davidson and River Roads HOG websites. More National events at MotorcycleEvents.com. OCTOBER 2016 Sat Oct 1 Barry Apple Festival Ride 11:00 AM GRRHD Weds Oct 5 RRC HOG Waller GRRHD Tues Oct 8 Memoria Ride 9:00 KSU GRRHD 9:30 KSU Hannibal Ayerco, Mark Twain Ave. Tues Oct 18 Officer Meeting (Any & all members welcome!) 6:30 PM Location TBA Sat Oct 22 Photo Scavenger Hunt GRRHD Time TBA NOVEMBER 2016 Sat Nov 5 Shiloh Children s Ranch Ride & Veteran s Parade TBA Sat Nov 12 Salvation Army Toy Run 10:30 AM GRRHD 1:00 PM Hannibal Walmart DECEMBER 2016 Fri Dec 9 Christmas Party TBA Activities - Paul Pogue I cannot believe we are in October already, but the fall is some of the most beautiful riding of the year I think. Just be careful of the deer, farm machinery and leaves on the roadway! The October HOG Waller will be Wednesday, October 5 at Great River Road Harley Davidson, social hour and food is at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. As was announced last month, due to the increasing difficulty of finding places to accommodate our group for meal and meetings coupled with the lack of attendance at the away meetings, regular meetings will be held at the Great River Road Harley Davidson store each month until further notice. There will be food and drink available at each meeting and $5.00 will be collected from each individual partaking to help defray the cost. On Saturday, October 8 a Memorial Ride to remember and honor those River Road HOG Members who have passed on is scheduled. It will be a MO ride so don t forget your helmet! IL riders will leave from GRRHD promptly at 9:00 a.m. We will meet up with MO riders in Hannibal at the Ayerco Convenience Store on Mark Twain Avenue (NOT the one on Hwy 61) and will plan to leave there at 9:30 a.m. This will be a full day ride over very scenic roads unless temperatures or weather conditions dictate a shorter version. A lunch stop at a very cool place is planned. Don t miss this one!!! Officers meeting will be Tuesday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m. The location will be announced at the October HOG meeting. Every HOG member is invited to attend, not just officers. Ride and have fun..but be careful out there. Days are getting shorter; enjoy riding while we can before cold weather comes. Paul Pogue
Volume 28, Issue 10 Page 4 Rear View Mirror Valetta Franks Historian My how the time flies. It is hard to believe I have been the Historian/Photographer for the River Roads Hog Chapter for 4 years. The position has been an interesting one. Going through Chapter photos and memorabilia show a Chapter rich in friendship, comradery and love of riding. Hard to sift through those photos without smiling and wanting to be part of such a positive experience. Photos also show care and compassion Chapter members caring enough to participate in fundraisers like Salvation Army Toy Run and Shiloh Ranch Run, or caring enough to honor our war veteran s by participating in rides to the Illinois Veteran s Home, Fishing for Freedom or Honor Flight. These are just a few examples of the good and positive works our Chapter is committed to. Another advantage of serving as Historian/Photographer has been developing a more personal relationship with Board members. It has been quite a pleasure to get to know these wonderful, dedicated folks who have been so easy to work with. I tend to be a bit of a wall flower so serving on the Board has been a great way to also get to know Chapter members and our Chapter Dealership owners better. Getting to know Barb and Larry better and hearing their commitment to our Chapter sure made the transition from TNT to Great River Road HD easier. While I have enjoyed my position, I believe there are many ways to fulfill this position so it is time to step aside to make room for new ideas and new ways of doing things. I would like to encourage you to consider accepting the position of Historian or Photographer when new Board members are elected in November. I d be happy to chat with you and try to answer any questions about the position. You can email or call me at 217-228-1076. A WORD FROM OUR DEALER Larry Ernst Hello from Great River Road Harley-Davidson! WOW the Milwaukee-Eight 107 engine is really special! The first new engine in 17 years brought more horsepower, more torque and more fuel economy while reducing emissions and vibration. Harley really got it right with this one! What I noticed when I rode one is the significant increase in torque. Twist the throttle and feel the difference. I encourage everyone to come in and test ride a 2017 Milwaukee-Eight 107 and feel the difference. Along with the new engine, Harley put in a new suspension both front and rear. You will notice a difference. Thank you to all that come out and sampled the wings in our Harley s and Hot Wings party. It was a great success and a good fund raiser for the Madonna House here in Quincy. Thank you to Spuds, Nick Allen, the Muddy River Riders and the rest of the chefs that brought out wings to our event. I was hoping to get a HOG entry, but we did get several HOG members that came out to participate. We appreciate your support. We have a ride leaving GRR HD Saturday, October 1 at 11:00am for the Barry Apple festival. I hope to see a good turnout for this event. We will have our Fall Open House on Saturday, October 22. We are coordinating with Blessing Hospital to raise money for the Blessing Breast Center in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. A portion of all Pink Label sales during the month of October will be donated to the Breast Center, as well as various fund raisers throughout the month. We will have a ride leaving GRR HD on Saturday the 22. It will be our second annual Photo Scavenger Hunt. It was a great success last year and I think everyone that rode really enjoyed the day. Come out and join us for this fun ride and fund raiser and see if you can figure out the clues! Thursday, October 27th we are having a Monster Truck at the dealership to sign autographs. The Great River Road Harley- Davidson Monster Truck Monster Bash will happen at Scotties Fun Spot Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29. Come in to the dealership to get your tickets. On Wednesday, October 5, come to GRR HD for the HOG meeting and meet our new General Manager. His name is Craig Hirt and he comes to GRR HD with 17 years of experience in the Harley world. We are very excited to have him onboard and are looking forward to introducing him to everyone. Larry, Barb, Katie and Henry
Page 5 River Roads Chapter Harley Owners Group Take a Breath & Plan year end rides Road Captain - Jim Wolf And here it is October! It is my favorite time of the year. Actually, I have sort of a love/hate relationship with this time of year. I love everything about Autumn, the cool weather, fall colors, festivals etc. However I hate what this time of year means. Fall, beginning in October signals that riding season is coming to an end and what follows is Winter, ugh! Shoot, I even saw Christmas decorations on the shelf at one of our local Home Improvement stores. What is up with that? So, as Autumn moves in, we wrap up the season with as much riding as we can. Kind of like a squirrel, storing nuts for the winter. We bikers store up rides, which will help get us through the cold months that are sure to follow. Never fear though, because around these parts we usually won t see snow for at least another two months. So, speaking of rides to wrap up the season, we are going to start off October 1 with a ride to the Barry Apple festival. Leaving GRRHD at 11:00am we will take a scenic route to Barry, arriving in time for the 1pm parade. Leaving Barry, we will swing around in a loop back to Quincy. Possibly a stop for hot cider along the way. The following weekend on the 8th, Paul Pogue will take the lead for our HOG Memorial Ride. This will be a Day ride to honor all the HOG members past and present who have past away. Paul will provide details during our October HOG Waller. Later in the month, on the 22nd, GRRHD will hold their Open House. I am told Larry and the crew have a ride special planned. I do not have details, only know that it is worth saving the date, so plan on attending. More riding in November as that is always a busy month for rides, not to mention those other end of the year Holidays start crowding our schedule. I want to end this months article with a ponder. I consider myself a loyal HOG member. I am even a Life Member of HOG. So as the November officer elections are nearing, I am considering my evolvement. I can t say how I will support the chapter, only that I will. I do not want to see our chapter get stale as the same crew take the helm, and hope I am not the only one. All we need are members who want to the chapter to thrive in the upcoming years. So are you one of the members? If so, the talk to a current officer about how you can help the chapter. Ride easy and fast! Look forward to riding with you. 50/50 drawing at each meeting! Chapter Membership I m just going to repeat from last month. Getting the officer positions filled is very important! Officer elections are coming up very soon. Here is your chance to get more involved with the chapter. There will be several positions open including Membership. None of the positions are gender specific. Membership is not difficult, however, at times it takes a little bit of time. If no one volunteers for the position, I will start drafting :) I will be happy to answer any questions about the position and to help get you get going with it. I have been an RRC officer 8 of the 14 years I have been a member. It's time to bring in new blood!
Take Note!! Old Harleys don t leak oil, they mark their territory!!!! Page 6 River Roads Chapter Harley Owners Group The Safety Corner Don Martin- Safety Officer Road Hazards Harvest time - harvesting equipment is on the road - watchout for them and fast trucks hauling harvested crops, to the granaries!!! Stay on the alert, enjoy the ride and all the 'twisties' - But - Don't let this be the last thing you see!!! Remember tractors, harvesters and farm equipment can twist & slide and jerk from side to side! God bless and enjoy all the good riding days ahead. Your Safety Guy, Don A Treasury Note Due to Newsletter production schedules, financial information in this publication may not always be 100% current. Accurate data is always available from our River Roads Treasurer at the monthly Chapter Meetings. The Money Report Tonja Lain-Treasurer INCOME: $34.00 EXPENSE: $90.03 Stock Watch Harley-Davidson, Inc (HOG - NYSE) Closed Sept 23 @ $52.52 52-Week High: $57.33 52-Week Low: $36.36
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