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Director’s Cut
What a great month we have
ahead of us! The Rally is sure to be another successful one filled with lots of
fun. Please take the time to thank Keith
Buchanan and all of the Rally Committee members for their time and dedication in putting this Rally together.
Sandra Mattson
Don’t forget to check your calDirector
endar for upcoming day and overnight
rides. Lewis Coureton is leading the ride to the Train museum this
month and Gary Vanover is leading the Blue Ridge Parkway ride to
name just a couple. The Halloween Party is scheduled for October
29th. Dennis and Sandra Millwood have graciously agreed to host us
again this year. We will email directions to their home the week before
the party. You may bring a treat (finger food) for all to share if you wish.
We will be nominating new officers this month for next year
and electing them in November. Gary Vanover will step up as Director and we will elect the other three (3) primary officers so if you are
interested in an officer position, please let one of us know. I am really
looking forward to the huge surprise retirement party that I know y’all
have planned for me!
I hope that each and every one of you enjoy the Rally and am
looking forward to seeing everyone at the Halloween Party!!!
Last month I wrote about Spartanburg HOG’s unwritten rules for group
riding, and noted that there are really only
two of them…
Rule #1 Ride Safe. Rule #2 Have Fun.
I also mentioned that there were
riding courses available from the MotorGary Vanover
cycle Safety Foundation that are specifiAssistant Director
cally tailored to help folks at any experience level improve and/or brush up on their safe riding skills, and that
I would provide more information in this month’s newsletter. So, here
it is…
Courses are offered in Spartanburg for the:
- Beginner (never ridden a motorcycle - $239, motorcycle provided)
- Intermediate (held a learner’s permit for 60+ days, with some riding
experience- $139, your motorcycle)
- Experienced (held a learner’s permit for 60+ days and have proof of
successful completion of a previous motorcycle course OR have a valid
motorcycle license - $79, your motorcycle)
Check out South Carolina’s course offerings, including locations and schedules at:
http://www.scridered.org
As a HOG member benefit, you can get reimbursement for a
portion of the course cost. From http://members.hog.com
SAFE RIDER SKILLS PROGRAM
RECEIVE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO $50 (IN THE
FORM OF A
H.O.G. COUPON) FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AN
ACCREDITED
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION (MSF) RIDER TRAINING COURSE,
including Rider’s Edge® courses in the United States. You will also
receive a pin and patch featuring the “Safe Rider Skills” logo.
So the experienced rider course costs you only $29 after tuition reimbursement. I’ve personally taken this course, and taken advantage of the reimbursement through HOG, and I would have to say it
was a great $29 investment.
In addition to the safe riding skills you will learn and/or reinforce, successful completion of the courses can potentially make you
eligible for discounts with your insurance company. And if you’re still
looking to turn your motorcycle permit into a full license, you may be
able to have the DMV road test waived with proof of successful course
completion!
So check it out. No matter what your experience level is, you
can always pick up something new, or simply practice what you may
already know!
HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Sandra
Riding Safe
I think it’s good to say fall is upon us.
I heard someone say last week they were
missing the 90 degree days. Not me, I
am welcoming the fall like temperatures.
Now is a good time to enjoy some seasonal riding. I noticed on one of our rides
last month as we were approaching a red
Jerry Slagle
light at an intersection, we would slow
Safety
down and anticipate the light to change
green so we would not have to stop and
put our foot down. This is ok to me, but be sure that when doing this
there are no other vehicles coming into the same intersection from
another direction, trying to beat the yellow light. Some drivers just
don’t have good judgment or in most cases, they are in too much of a
hurry.
Ride Safe and hope to see everyone at the SC State Rally
Jerry
Wishing you fun & Safe riding!
Gary Vanover
Happy Halloween
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Up to the Minute
7:01 pm- Sandra Mattson, called the meeting to order.
Chapter Chaplin, James Price lead group in prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.
Next Business Meeting will be held on Tuesday October 4th
Will be nominating officers at the October meeting and electing them in November.
Sandra and Dennis Millwood will be hosting a Halloween party for the chapter at their home.
Costumes not required will be emailing directions for Halloween Party
Reviewed current bank balance and expenses.
ABC Ride will be October 2nd. Mike will wait rain or shine and if expecting bad weather
will decide at that time to have a ride or not
Luis C, stepped up for Website
Goldie needs volunteers to help with Hot Rods & Harleys
Brian Wofford, Membership Officer Reminded everyone to renew their membership.
Door Prize winners:
Gary Jackson ( twice)
Butch Kennedy
Ralph Camp
Ronnie Lambert
No further business was brought forward and meeting was adjourned at 7:54 pm.
Now Marty....
You know you
have to do what
I tell you!
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Denise Robinson
Secretary
AWWW...
Dee!
Loose Change
abc’s of Touring
Financial Summary
9/20/11
September has brought us a lot of relief
from those 100 degree days of summer.
Michael Massengill
And along with these cooler days comes
ABC’s of Touring
the opportunity to go out there and rack
up some points in the ABC’s of Touring competition. By the time you
read this we should have had our second and third organized rides for
the ABC’s of Touring. I hope you were able to come out and join us.
However, I want to remind you one more time that this competition is
designed to be accomplished on your own. You only need 6 pictures
of you with your bike. After you’ve accomplished that, you can shoot
the picture yourself as long as it includes your bike, a current issue of
HOG Tales and a legible, official sign in the background indicating
your location. So whether you have joined us for one or more of these
organized rides or have decided to go solo and do it all on your own, I
hope you have racked up a ton of points. It’s worth noting that we have
a local competition that will award a $100 gift certificate from the dealership to the individual with the largest number of points. In addition to
that, each of you can earn a pin or patch or some other award by submitting your pictures and completed form to the National HOG organization as long as you have properly completed your application and
have obtained the necessary points. It’s not too late to get started on this
competition. All completed forms are to be turned in to me by the end
of November for the final tally. I will return the forms in December, in
time for you to mail them in to the National Organization and then we
will announce the local winner at the yearend Christmas Party. Keep in
mind that some of the best riding days will be upon us during the next
two months. So get your camera, a current issue of HOG Tales, strap on
those chaps and throw a leg over a Harley. Don’t let time pass you by.
Michael
Betsy Vanover
Treasurer
YTD
current
Harley Club Revenues
Chapter store sales
$415.00 Door receipts - meetings 807.00 67.00
Dues income
4,237.01 24.00
Fundraising and auctions revenue 175.00 LOH Fundraising income 80.00 Newsletter ad sales
$5,714.01
$91.00
Harley Club Expenses
Awards 125.00
2011 state rally expense Chapter store purchases
418.45 Donations
358.30 Door prizes
260.77
Events - Activities expense
1,040.11
Events - Fundraising expense
Newsletter printing
764.26
Office supplies 120.12 Other meeting supplies
435.18 postage
0.88 3,523.07 Net Income
Checking balance beginning of year
Checking account balance ending
Other Assets:
Petty Cash
chili receipts held by LOH Net cash available
Fork in the Road
Well, the heat index just improved and there is no reason not to ride!
I know the calendar has day rides, overnight rides and of course the always fun
Halloween party at the Millwood’s. Gary
Vanover has planned an exciting four day
trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway Oct 13Nancy Barnwell
16. I have the air show ride to JacksonActivities Director
ville Fl. Nov.5-6. It is not too late to plan
your trip! If you are not up for an overnight, join us on a day ride, we always have fun and see new places. I
know we have new faces in our club and we would like to invite you
to take part in our activities. Give us a chance to get to know you and
show you what Harley friends are like. We like to eat, ride and have
fun! Get those bikes cranked and join in on some great times and new
memories.
Ride safe and have fun!
Nancy
$2,190.94
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144.52
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$(162.80)
726.78 2,917.72 150.00 313.00
3,067.72 SECTION 56‑5‑970. Traffic‑control signal legend.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a driver of a motorcycle or moped, or a bicycle rider, approaches an intersection that
is controlled by a traffic‑control device, the driver may proceed
through the intersection on a steady red light only if the driver or
rider, as the case may be:
(a) comes to a full and complete stop at the intersection for
one hundred twenty seconds; and
(b) exercises due care as provided by law, otherwise treats
the traffic control device as a stop sign, and determines it
is safe to proceed.
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On The Road
Historian’s
Corner
If these cool days are not bringing a smile
to your face, then you’re not a REAL biker. I say that because REAL bikers ride
when it’s 100 degrees outside and we
have all been doing a lot of that lately.
With that thought in mind, I am now taking great pleasure in wearing a jacket
Michael Massengill
when I ride these days and I’m sure you
Lead Road Captain
feel the same way. So let’s all plan on getting in as much riding time as possible
before Old Man Frost comes to visit. With that thought in mind, I’d
like to remind you that we are trying to plan as many weekend day
rides as possible for October and November. Most Sunday’s we will
have a Road Captain at the dealership with a day ride planned. You
need to be at the dealership no later than 1:30, which should give you
plenty of time to go to church and swallow a quick lunch. Please also
remember to bring your helmet just in case the upcoming ride goes
into NC or GA. We had a great day ride this past Sunday (Sept.18th)
lead by Wayne & Kathy Hendrix. If you didn’t take advantage of that
ride, you really missed a good one. We wound through some beautiful
country side in the foot hills of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties.
We’ll have a lot more rides like that in the days ahead. In addition to the
Sunday rides, we have a number of Saturday day rides scheduled too.
Please be sure to check your calendar for times and places to meet. All
of us own Harleys and all of us love to ride. That’s the reason that we
joined HOG. So let’s take advantage of the coming days of fall and get
in as much riding time as is possible before the temps get too cold to be
able to enjoy the wind in your face.
Well it’s been awhile so I hope everyone
has enjoyed all the great rides this past
summer, and with the State Rally just
over the hill...looking for a great time,
and making new friends...tell Keith and
Gene Epley
the committee how much you appreciate
all the work that has been put into last
Historian
years State Rally and this years....now
back to where I left off....
1996… HOG gets epic with the original Route 66 touring rally. On this
first cross-country H.O.G. tour, some 425 members ride from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Los Angeles, California along the fabled “Mother
Road”. Japan’s 1st National H.O.G. Rally is held in Yunogo.
1997...250 adventurous H.O.G. member’s take part in the Inaugural
Posse Ride, a 12 day riding odyssey from Portland, Oregon to Portland,
Maine....
1998...More than 53,000 members from 42 countries come to Milwaukee to celebrate 15 years of Harley Owners Group.....
1999...The 1st Middle East Rally takes place in Muscat, Oman.....H.O.G.
merges onto the Information Superhighway as www.hog.com and the
H.O.G. Members Only site, now (members.hog.com).....Harley-Davidson introduces the Twin Cam 88 engine, designed for softail models,
which follow in 2000.....
2000...H.O.G.’s 500,000th member is featured in the January/February edition of HOG TALES..... Members from across South America
converge in Iguazu Falls, Brazil for the 1st South American Regional
Rally...
Well that’s all I have for this time, just a little rusty getting back into
the swing of things, THANK YOU for your Patience and I Hope to see
all of you at this years State Rally...Keep the wind in your hair and the
sunshine on your faces...
Gene
H.O.G. News
Come to the dealership and talk to our
Sales Staff about the new 2012 bikes.
Oct. 8 - Hot Rods & Harleys
Please visit our website or our facebook
page for more information as well as contacting the dealership. Be sure to share
these events with your friends.
Goldie
Goldie Coleman
Vicki McCraw
Cheryl Branch
LOH met at Yannis’ September 6th. We are having a YARD SALE on
10-29-11 from 8-12 am. If it should rain we have a rain date 11-1211. It will be held at Culbreth’s Body Shop at 1351 Hwy 292, Inman
SC 29349 (exit 10 /I-26 back towards Inman). Thank you Dale, for
graciously volunteering your parking lot. Also, an LOH ride has been
planned on November 12th. Nancy has been so kind to agree to lead
this ride. Time is TBA. Thanks Nancy for leading this for us. Thank
you to the ones that attended the meeting at Yannis on Tuesday.
Members Only
None Submitted
Ladies ride, have fun and be safe.
Thanks
Cheryl and Vicki
Brian Wofford
Membership Officer
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Don’t miss the
2011 S.C. State Rally
Barnet Park
Spartanburg S.C.
October 6 - 8, 2011
Congratulations 2011 v.i.p. Member
Brice Harris
Thunder Tower Chapter
On-Site Registration
Spartanburg
Mariott Hotel
7am - 7pm
Live Entertainment
Guided Rides
Great Food
Bike Games
Bike Show
Vendors
Featuring...
38 Special
Slippery
when wet
Hell’s Bells
The Silver
Travis Band
864∙357∙1147
www.scstatehogrally.com
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OCToBER
~ October 2011 ~
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Sun
mon
Tue
Wed
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thu
fri
Sat
1
Poker Run
Connie Foster
Day Ride
2
3
4
Business Meeting
Fuddruckers
7pm
ABC Ride
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5
10
11
6
7
8
Hot Rods
& Harleys
SC HOG Rally
12
13
SC HOG Rally
14
Parkway Ride
16
17
18
19
20
Parkway Ride
21
SC HOG Rally
15
Parkway Ride
22
Rain Date
Poker Run
Connie Foster
Train Museum
Ride
Day Ride
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24
Day Ride
30
30
25
26
27
28
29 Poker Run
Red Ribbon Wk
LOH Yard Sale
Day Ride
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CD
Halloween
Halloween
Party
Notes:
Dinner Rides
january - Nancy & Steve Barnwell
febuary - Sandra & Dave Jacobi
march Nadia & Gerald Gossett
april Linda & Tom Poag
may -
Tony & Jill Thrift
june Brian Wofford
july -
Lewis & Janet Coureton
august - Janice & Richard Branch
september -Sandra & Dennis Millwood
october - Cookie & Wayne Peeler
november - Mike Massengil
december - Patty & Brian Arcaro
RIDE CLASSIFICATION
“A” Ride
“B” Ride
Advanced Rider
Several hours duration or multiple day ride
More distance between stops
Interstate Highway Riding possible
Winding Roads
All levels of riding experience
More frequent stops
All/partial/multiple day ride
Little Interstate Highway riding
Rural areas
* Road Captains will classify their rides according to the above
whenever a ride is put on the calendar.
* If you are in doubt, ask the Road Captain prior to the day of the
ride about the details of the ride.
Visit our website at www.spartanburghog.net
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WELCOME NEw MEMBERS
Free to a hog member
Seat off of
2001 FXDWG Dyna Wide Glide
In excellent condition
Anyone interested
Call Jim Lancaster @ 864-574-7326
1966 HD Sprint
(complete engine overhaul and paint job)
Helmets, Boots and other Leathers for sale
Call: David Poole
864•680 •2431
1996 dart cargo trailer
Good Tires, over all good condition
$500 Firm
Please email for info: brianarcaro@bellsouth.net
I will get back to you asap
2007 ULTRA CLASSIC
Sponsoring dealership
Many Extras
K&N Breather, Screaming Eagle Race Tuner,
Rinehart Pipes and extra Chrome
Only thing it is in need of is a Rear Tire, Low miles..18,600
Harley-Davidson
of
Spartanburg
$16,000
864-583-8840
Helen Coleman
Randal Coleman
Goldie Coleman
Call Robert 864-490-4292
www.spartanburgharley.com
Have something to Sale, Rent, or want to Buy? Post it in Swap & Shop
E-mail to: bkrmom08@gmail.com
Thanks to our printer: Southern Printing 587-6675
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2011 spartanburg h.o.g. officers
Spartanburg HOG Chapter #4813 P.O. Box 4894 Spartanburg, SC 29305
Visit our website at www.spartanburghog.net
Director:
Sandra Mattson
864-578-5712
s_mattson@bellsouth.net
Secretary:
Denise Robinson
864-674-1897
drobinson@diversco.com
Treasurer:
Betsy Vanover
864-415-7206
betsy_vanover@yahoo.com
Chapter Photographer:
Nadia Gossett
nadiaag2005@yahoo.com
Cell: 864-542-3666
Newsletter Editor:
Marieta McLain
864-804-0769
bkrmom08@gmail.com
webmaster Officer:
Road Captain:
Minister of
Electronic Warfare:
Frank Loden
864-583-2662
franksfatboy@charter.net
Richard Branch
rbranch66@gmail.com
Ladies of Harley:
Vicki McCraw
Assistant Director:
Gary Vanover
864-592-5538
gary20@charter.net
Membership Officer:
Brian Wofford
864-809-1397
Harleyguy105@gmail.com
Safety Officer:
Jerry Slagle
jslagle61@gmail.com
Activities Director:
Nancy Barnwell
864-590-7907
sblfb@windstream.net
Ladies of Harley:
Cheryl Branch
pearldrop295@aol.com
Chaplain:
Reverend James Price
864-578-8546
Historian:
Gene Epley
864-595-5847
lepley4010@charter.net
ABC of Touring Officer:
Lead Road Captain:
Michael Massengill
mdmassengill@bellsouth.net