March 2016 EN - Central Cal BMW Riders

March 2016
BMW MOA Charter #147
CCBR Web Site www.ccbr.org
BMW RA Charter #203
MARCH MEETING
Pavlo’s Pizza & Pasta
Sunday, March 13th, 2016 at 11:30 am
Diablo Plaza - 2408 Twin Creek Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583, (925) 838-2030
For Details go to www.ccbr.org
Many thanks to David Smith for organizing this meeting.
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The President Says!!
By Bob Kuykendall
The R-“IDES of March”
With the coming of Spring and daylight savings time this month, I am sure you
have been busy planning and laying out your waypoints for your R-IDES of March.
We are very fortunate to live here where we can ride all year, but late Winter-early
Spring rides are magical. All the hills will be at their peak of greenness and the
trees are in their colorful blooms putting out flowers, leaves, and wonderful
fragrances.
The only problem with the R-IDES of March is there are so many places to go and
things to see and people to meet. If you like group rides, please consider joining
one of the outstanding BMW dealer shop rides-just go to their websites and pick
one that interest you, including;
Cal Moto/TriValley Moto on the first Sunday of the month at
http://www.calmoto.com/community/rides/archive.html;
Cycle Specialties at
http://www.cyclespecialties.com/custompage2.asp?pg=shoprides;
You can check out San Jose BMW’s list of tour rides of Northern California at
http://sjbmw.com/community.asp?s=tours.
Going farther afield you can check out two other excellent sources for ride
suggestions – Friction Zone at http://www.friction-zone.com/west/discover.html
where each issue has a Tankbag Tearsheet with suggested rides throughout
California. You can also go to the Pashnit website and explore the hundreds of
ride destinations with maps and photos http://www.pashnit.com/motoroads.htm
Continued next page…
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March 13th Club Meeting and Ride to Blackhawk Automotive Museum
One of our three wheeled riding members -aka Dave Smith – recommended a
meeting location in San Ramon, Pavlo’s Pizza and Pasta. This is a traditional Italian
spot offering custom and specialty pizzas, calzones, pasta, salad bar and an
extensive menu offerings. http://www.pavlospizza.com/index.html.
We are to have the private and quieter back room for our gathering.
Here are the details:
When: - March 13, 2016 11:30 am – 1 pm
Where - Pavlos Pizza Restaurant – located in Diablo Plaza
2408 Twincreek, San Ramon, CA 94583
(925) 838-2030
Google Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2408+Twin+Creeks+Dr,+San+Ramon,+CA+945
83/@37.7717962,121.985882,15.5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x808ff2c7b17abd2d:0xe352786fab869609
You can also join us for a short ride through the green hills to the nearby Blackhawk
Museum - http://www.blackhawkmuseum.org/ -where we can feast our eyes on a
historic collection of luxury and sports cars. The Blackhawk Museum is associated
with the Smithsonian Museum. There are autos in the collection that you likely have
not heard of before. So put the Club meeting and museum tour on your calendar!
Continued next page….
The president was long winded this
month…Ed.
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SPRING FLING IS COMING SOON
In fact it is just around the corner starting on April 29 through May 1st at the American
River Resort in Coloma, California. I expect event registration will be opening by early
March. So watch the events calendar on the web site.
Vice President Todt Clark and his
fiancee and fellow CCBR member,
Connie McCarley, had a great time and
will be anxious to sign up early for the
food, camaraderie and water sports.
Sunday Morning
Breakfast.
Better hurry.
Maybe the water will be a
little warmer this year?
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Rich Alves and Phil
James racing to
Applebee’s before the
senior menu expires at
5PM.
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Letters to the Editor
Hello,
Don't know if the attached photos meet the criteria, but I'm submitting them for consideration. Both of these
photos were taken on Skaggs Springs Road above Lake Sonoma in Sonoma County California. The
motorcycle is obviously a BMW. My faithful 1990 K75S.
Thank you!
Jay Sexton
Sebastopol, CA
Thank you, Jay! Ed.
Connie and I spent the week before Presidents’ Day in Palm Desert enjoying clear skies, mideighties and no wind. We found the motorcycle sculpture on El Paseo to be interesting.
DeGimp AKA Rich Alves
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Editor,
Excellent first issue Editor Todt!
Rich Alves video suggestion on “old farts” in the dirt was great. As usual, one thing leads to another, so here
are three more fun videos:
Bonneville Dreams Do Come True: https://youtu.be/-u4u4m4K1oc?t=7 How about CCBR puts together a salt
team? Maybe we can campaign Bob’s tricycle? How fast will it go? Maybe some JATO bottles would help?
Or maybe it is time for some dirt, kind of like this: https://youtu.be/VY7ORLp9Mio?t=11
Where the Hell is Murph? https://youtu.be/uqU2BsNj_Wc?t=4 Has anyone met this guy?
Have fun and be safe,
Jay MacDonald
Jim Fielder’s new bike courtesy Casa
de Fruta. Well anyway he wanted it but
they wouldn't sell it.
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February CCBR Meeting
Glenda Oxford Fiedler and Rich Meissner
Who:
What:
Where:
When:
Highlights:
About 25 CCBR Members and Guests
February Meeting
Marie Callender’s Restaurant, Modesto, CA
February 13th, 2016
Story of Cycle Specialties and BMW motorcycles told by John Weinholz, Valentine’s
Sweetheart Prize won by Terry Tracy
Twenty plus members turned out for the Valentine’s Day meeting at Marie Callender’s in Modesto.
The day was perfect for a ride, and the parking lot was well represented with BMW’s. John Weinholz
of Cycle Specialties was our guest speaker. He gave us a little background on how Cycle Specialties
got its start, and some of the new things that BMW has come out with for this year and some that are
in the planning stages. As always, we enjoyed hearing from John.
Of course the highlight of this meeting was the drawing for the Mendocino getaway. After two false
starts (former winners declining to win again) the getaway was won by Terry Tracy. Bob Kuykendall
filled us in on some of the planned activities for this year. Sounds like it will be a busy one. The food
was good and the company was even better.
Bob Kuykendall made
announcements…
Bob Jackson told war
stories…
Club members were on their best behavior…
Cont. next page…
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Jim explained, Terry
wasn’t sure…
Jim wo
n, but
w
hat???
?
John Weinholz answered
questions.
Thank you Glenda and Rich!!!!
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HEAD FOR THE HILLS
Glenda Oxford Fiedler
If you are getting antsy to take a ride, the next time the weather clears try a ride into the foothills.
The second Tuesday in February was a perfect day for a ride, the weather forecast was for the 70’s
and we were ready to go. I really wanted to give my new boots their first ride.
Our route took us from Ceres to Waterford, then 132 through LaGrange to Coulterville. After a brief
stop for a leg stretch we took Highway 49 to Jamestown and Sonora. The hills were green and lush
and we saw lots of happy California cows enjoying the day as much as we were. Since we really
didn’t know where the snow line began, we ended our upward journey in Sonora. After a great
hamburger at the Diamondback Grill in Sonora we headed for home, stuffed and happy. It had been
a perfect day.
Heading into La Grange....the sign is
bigger than the town. For any rodeo buffs,
this year's LaGrange rodeo is scheduled
for April 3.
The green, green hills of home. Yes,
that actually is a stream running
down the side of the hill. Haven't
seen that in at least 4 years.
On 132 heading for
Coulterville.
The Coulterville Museum.
Even the building is an
antique.
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Moccasin Point, part of
the Hetch Hetchy power
and water project.
Lake Don Pedro from
Highway 49. Obviously a
long way to go to be full
again.
We found a parking
place right in front of the
Diamondback Grill.
A couple of happy
California cows.
Wonderful article. Thank you Glenda!!
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CENTRAL CAL BMW RIDERS
2015 OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS and EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEERS
President
Bob Kuykendall
(925) 570-9957
prez@ccbr.org
Vice-President
Todt Clark
(925) 209-1066
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Secretary
Rich Meissner
(209) 578-1933
Treasurer
Ellen Kuykendall
(925) 300-3512
treas@ccbr.org
Director - BASH
Jon Beining
(707) 763-3063
bashchair@ccbr.org
Director - Meetings
Jay MacDonald
(209) 966-3895
Director - Membership
Ray Trujillo
(916) 601-9141
Director - Outreach
Peter Sandberg
(510) 606-0980
Director - Rides
Phil James
(925) 372-8155
events@ccbr.org
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Ollie Wright
(510) 637-9299
web@ccbr.org
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