October - Daytona Beach HOG

Daytona Beach Motorcyclists’ Club, Inc. d.b.a.
Daytona Beach Chapter
Harley Owners Group
O cto b er 2011
DIRECTOR
Don “Kickstand” Seeley
We-rrrre Baaaaack!
Inside this
issue:
Director
1
Assistant
Director
3
Treasurer
2
Safety & Head
Road Captain
3
Membership
3
Secretary
4
Aug Calendar
6
Sept Calendar
7
Birthdays
8
New Members
8
We have just returned from our annual summer ride. This year we decided to go to one of my childhood fantasy locations Yellowknife, North
West Territory, Canada. Doesn‘t
the name just beg for exploration?
We looked for Sergeant Preston
and Nannook of the North and to
our regret they were nowhere to be
found. After 2 months and 11,000
miles, we arrived home to the fall
weather bringing with it optimal
bike riding in our sunny Florida.
On the return home, we met up with some fellow Daytona HOGs in Hiawassee, GA to attend the
Georgia State Rally and help one of our members, Frank Boorn, celebrate his 1 million documented miles on a Harley Davidson. His achievement was so celebrated by the community of
Hiawassee that you thought it was the ―Frank Boorn Rally‖ not the ―Georgia State Rally‖. Congratulations Frank!
Now, on to some Chapter business. This is the time of year that we have the opportunity to elect
our four (4) Primary Officers (all other positions are appointed). Those positions are:
Director
Assistant Director
Treasurer
Secretary
Any member who is interested in running for any of these positions must submit a letter to Will
Rossmeyer, V.P. at Destinations Daytona stating your reasons and qualifications for running.
You have until next month‘s meeting (remember it was moved to October, 29th) to submit your
letter of interest and the elections will be held at the November meeting. This is your club; put
YOUR mark on it!
Clue #2 in the mystery identity of ―Easy Writer‖. He owns more V-Rods than most Harley Dealers yet he rides a Road Glide
Ride and Have Fun
Don Seeley aka Kickstand
Director
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A S S I S TA N T D I R E C TO R
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Butch Kaddy
Our Hearts Are In Boggy Creek
It was early when we left the Beach Street parking lot. Can you believe that a dozen of us left town before
5:00 a.m. and headed for Eustis. Why? Well we would have stayed up all night if we had to just to keep our
volunteer commitment to help out at Camp Boggy Creek. More than 250 bicyclists who rode the event rode
either a 60, 40 or 10 mile run. Thanks to our Road Captain‘s who rode their Harley‘s along the lengthy paths
made certain everyone stayed safe. Thanks to our other HOG volunteers who worked doing registration, parking lot management and setting up equipment.
Road Captains delivered water within the sixty mile run to keep all riders (bicyclists/ motorcyclists) and volunteers well hydrated.
The temperatures hit mid-90‘s and the sun was as bright as ever. The riders left early enough to avoid the late morning or early
afternoon heat as all returned unharmed, but the challenging ride left many exhausted at the finish. It was interesting to learn a
little more about bicyclists who have a similar passion to ride. These folks may ride differently than we do, but there were a lot
of similarities too.
They ride in the cold, they ride in the heat. They ride to feed their spiritual and emotional needs and they spend almost as
much paying for their carbonized ponies as we do for our iron horses. It was enlightening to see the ―connection‖ among them,
just like ours. To have such a passion for a sport, just like ours that no matter how hot, how cold or otherwise, they ride and
ride, just like us. They spend stupid amounts of money on riding gear, and accessories, just like us. And can you believe that
bicycles cost as much as $20,000 or more, just like us. But not only did the sport and passion of riding bring us all together that
day, it was also those amazing kids who spend time at Camp Boggy Creek. They (the kids) were what brought us all together
that day.
October 22nd Meetings at Houligans has been moved to the 29th of October.
Please see October’s calendar of events
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H E A D ROA D C A P TA I N / S A F E T Y
Greg Sieger
Biketoberfest
Hope everyone is ready for BiketoberF. Not sure if anyone knows how the name BiketoberFest came
about. This being the 19th year there is an interesting tale about how the name BiketoberFest became a
reality.
The Chamber of Commerce had a contest to name their fall motorcycle gathering. I am not sure what it
was called before this, but hundreds of entries were submitted. It was narrowed down to five and BiketoberFest was
chosen.
And now the rest of the story;
The person who submitted the name BiketoberFest was a local resident, how fitting. He had lived in New Smyrna his
whole life, graduated from New Smyrna High, married and raised a family and still resides in New Smyrna.
So why all the info? You may know him as Randy Russell, Parts Manager at New Smyrna Harley.
And now you know the rest of the story.
Ride Safe,
Greg
CLUB ELECTIONS HAVE ARRIVED
Fellow HOG members, it‘s time again for the annual officer elections and time for all of us to exercise our
voice during the selection process for 2012. Starting early (a few months before year end) is important
and allows time for newly appointed officers to become familiar with the duties of their respective positions before the term officially begins. Serving for a local HOG chapter is also a lot of fun with opportunities including meeting many new people and making good friends at the same time we‘re doing what we‘re here to do,
RIDE. I‘ve enjoyed my tenure and would encourage anyone to throw their name in the hat too.
Lately, I haven‘t been able to get in as many rides as I would like, but Biketoberfest, October 13-16, is coming and I for
one am going to redouble my efforts to get out there. The cooling down of mid-day heat makes this time of year perfect
for longer rides. Hope to see you on one soon, maybe a local weekend ride or maybe Destin at the Florida HOG Rally.
‗RIDE AND HAVE FUN‘
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The Georgia State H.O.G. Rally on September 8-10, 2011. Pictured left to right: Don and Linda Seeley,
Rudy and Gloria Castillo, Betsy Morrison, Dave Sullivan and Harrell Rawlins.
We are looking for a Web Master for the chapter’s Web Page. If you have
any experience or are looking to learn, on the job training can be had.
Please Contact one of our Officers
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Secretar y/L.O.H
Gail Kaddy
LADIES OF HARLEY INVITATION
I have made reservations for our GETTING-TO-KNOW-YOU ―BETTER‖ party. Our hope is to get as
many women as possible to join in so we can spend some relaxing time together, not on bikes and yup
- not with our hubbies.
If you missed the last two membership meeting (in August /September at Houligan‘s) then you missed
out on an open invitation to join LOH in November and party. More than a dozen women have already
signed up and that is why I am sending out this letter. First, to ensure that the lady members who missed our meetings
became aware of our plan to have an overnight, and second to share more information on the planned event now that
details are complete.
The date of our event is November 19th. The plan is to leave as a group after our November 19th HOG membership
meeting. Some of us will be staying right at Houligan‘s for a light lunch before we go to the hotel. You can come by bike
or car, you can even be dropped off at the hotel if you wish. It is your decision. You will be able to check in anytime after 2 p.m. Reservations need to be made at THE HAWAIIN INN located in the heart of Daytona Beach. We have been
given a great deal on an overnight stay. The moderate sized room easily accommodates 2 by having two queen size
beds. When you call to make your reservation(s) mention ―Daytona Beach‖ Ladies of Harley as the group booking
name. The cost of the room is only $59, quite affordable if you are staying by yourself. If you are co-sharing a room, the
cost would be $30ish each. But one person will need to secure the room by calling 1-800-922-3023 using a credit card
and pay the $59 plus tax. You can get reimbursed from your roommate later on. Until you make the call, you will not
have a room reserved.
Keep in mind that you will not be given the same rate as mentioned above if you book late. So, if you want to keep us all
together in one location, and get the great deal, I suggest you book early. The rooms are located facing the ocean and
all have balconies. Dinner reservations have also been made with a pre-dinner commitment for 6:30 p.m. for a Happy
Hour. The restaurant will have a few wonderful surprises for all of us as entertainment is being hired. You really don‘t
want to miss out on this ―one of a kind‖ experience.
Although the meal will cost $35.00 per person (we were given a discount), it will be well worth it especially because of
the entertainment. There are many food selections offered. All I can say is COME DRESSED for dinner in HAWIAAN
attire. Enough said… During the afternoon before our evening dinner, we hope to walk along the beach and possibly
drink lightly during the afternoon. BYOB as our balcony areas will serve as a great get together spot. I have also reserved a suit e (room) so we can gather inside together, if the weather if nasty . I am requesting that any/all interested
ladies RSVP me so I can keep count of the rooms and add more if we need them. I would also have to add to our dinner
reservation numbers. Thanks everyone.
CHEERS and Aloha
RSVP to : blingbiker@hotmail.com or call me @ 386-449-9094
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Betsy Morrison
Activities Director
2011 DAYTONA HOG OVERNIGHT TRIPS
OCTOBER
Florida State Hog Rally in Destin, FL October 19 - 22, 2011
The Florida State HOG Rally Pre-Registration link is now OPEN
and available for members to go ahead and pre-register online.
Click here to REGISTER NOW! www.flstatehogrally.com
NOVEMBER
After Thanksgiving Ride to Savannah, Georgia on November 25 - 27, 2011
Hotel: Best Western 412 W Bay St, Savannah, GA 31401
Telephone: (912) 233-1011
Rates: $89.00 – again! Great price for HOG members
DECEMBER
Daytona HOG Christmas Party on December 17, 2011 at the Speedway
Not an overnighter, but we do have a morning after.
The Daytona HOG at Sturgis Bike Week 2011
One can really appreciate belonging to a group when you
travel almost 2000 miles and know people when you arrive. Thanks
to Don and Linda Seeley, every Daytona HOG member who was
going to Sturgis had the names and numbers of the others that were
going to Sturgis.
Dave Sullivan and I arrived on Sunday, got checked in and rode the motorcycle to downtown Sturgis only to
hear people yelling hellos and our names. By Monday we were on a RIDE with about 20 other Daytona HOG members –
led by Dan Hopkins – thank you Dan. Now even though we were all Daytona HOG members, some were people we had
ridden with before, some very little and some not at all. You see we had people who had been members for years and
brand new members. It did not matter- our ―click-―was Ride and Have Fun! And we did.
Now you have to realize that Florida is sort of flat and straight and Sturgis, South Dakota and the surrounding areas
may be the Black Hills, but they certainly felt like mountains.
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Now we had riders that had been riding for a long time and riders
that had only ridden for a very short time and all those in between. Dan led the pack and it became noticeable that curves and
hills were not everyone‘s strong points, but ―the guys encouraged
the riders that were slower and gave then pointers‖ and you could
see them getting better.
YOU GO GUYS!
I guess the point to my story is that if you are a Daytona HOG
member, you can go on whatever rides your schedule allows you to
go on and still feel like part of the group. The only ―click‖ is being
a Daytona HOG member – or with a member- or friends of a member. We just like to ride and have fun and we did!
Many thanks to Dan & Lisa Hopkins for the rides and the cinnamon rolls, to Linda and Don Seeley for making sure that
everyone had the information to be able to get together (and they did this while they were on vacation!), and to John &
Sue Comte, Leo and Sam Leonard, Tina & John Davis, Stan, Dave, June, Chuck, Dave Sullivan, Jim & Laura Clark,
Rose & Dan Nieminen, Vern Krammer, the couple from Utah, and Will Rossmeyer (he came and had breakfast with us
one morning) and to the many others that helped make the 2011 Sturgis Bike Week fun and memorable experience!
We are so proud to honor Frank Boorn, a Daytona Beach H.O.G. member, for his
incredible achievement of riding 1,000,000 Harley documented miles.
Frank started riding Harleys
in 1993 and has bought 36 bikes
to date with 340 services and
180 tires along the way.
And from what we hear, Frank
isn’t stopping at 1 million miles.
He plans to continue to ride,
ride, ride.
Ride Safe our friend.
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October 2011
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
10:00am
Annual HOG Picnic
Bings Landing
*PU Destination
RC Dave Sullivan
2
3
4
5
1:00pm
Lunch Ride to
Dirty Harry‘s
Free BBQ
RC Butch Kaddy
9
6
11:00am
Lunch Ride to
Linda‘s Landing in
Bunnell (in RHF)
PU Destination
RC Tom McNair
10
11
12
13
Bruce Rossmeyer‘s
Ride For Children
leaves Destination at
10am sharp
Police Escorted to
Camp Boggy Creek
16
18
14
15
19
20
21
22
Florida State H.O.G. Rally in Destin
8am
Trip to FL State Rally
RC Don Seeley
PU Destination
No Ride
30
11am Memorial Ride
thru The Loop for
Neal
Schwarzenbacher .
Stops at Pirana Grille
+ BFFAR (meet at
Saints + Sinners)
10:30
Ride to Signature
HealthCare N.H. in
Ormond for residents.
Meet at Housseni
Bldg parking lot at
Daytona College
17
Ride back from
Destin
8
Daytona Biketoberfest
Last Day
Daytona
Biketoberfest
23
7
24
25
26
10am Lunch Ride
To Highjackers,
Flagler Airport
PU Destination
RC Tom McNair
27
28
29
9:30 Meet & Greet +
10:00 HOG Mtg
11am After Mtg Lunch
at Houligans
31
HALLOWEEN
ALL rides begin at Beach Street unless otherwise noted!
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November 2011
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
2
3
Fri
Sat
4
5
6:30pm
Meet for Dinner
Anna‘s Trattoria
(in RHF book)
on Seabreeze in DB
10am
Lunch Ride to
Blackwater Inn, Astor
(in RHF book)
No PU
RC Ken Fox
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
9am PLP Beach St
9am Space Coast
Primary + Lunch
Ride to
Dixie Crossroads
(in RHF book)
PU Edgewater
RC Don Seeley
NSB Primary
11am Lunch Ride
to HOG Dog Swap
Meet at Destination
RC Don Seeley
No PU
20
11am
Lunch provided at
Scoot Inn,
Port Orange
RC Linda Seeley
No PU
6:30pm
Road Captain and
Officers Mtg at
Houligans
11am Lunch Ride
To Sterlings , Astor
(in RHF book)
RC Tom McNair
No PU
6:30pm
Mthy Rib Nite
Meet at Restaurant
Location TBA
9am
Breakfast Ride to
Potato Patch,
Deland
(in RHF book)
No PU
RC Virgil Jones
9:30am
Social Meet & Greet
10am
Mthly HOG mtg
LOH overnighter at
Hawaiian Inn
21
22
23
11am
Lunch Ride to
Hurricane Patty‘s,
Flagler Beach
RC Tom McNair
24
25
9am
Ride to Savannah w/
lunch at Capt Stan‘s
RC Don Seeley
PU Destination
26
THANKSGIVING DAY Wkend HOG Trip to Savannah
27
Ride back from
Savannah. Also
11am
Lunch Ride to
Brian‘s BBQ, Deland
(in RHF book)
RC Jeff Simek
No PU
28
29
30
ALL rides begin at Beach Street unless otherwise noted!
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H A P P Y B I R T H D AY
Guv A.
Di Maio A.
Cynthia B.
Rodolfo C.
Susan C.
Robert C.
Virgil J.
John K.
Walter L.
Antonietta L.
Jack M.
Joyce M.
Betsy M.
Fred S.
Ronnie P.
Derek T.
Paolo P.
Misty V.
George R.
Roger W.
John W.
John M.
Thomas M.
Linda M.
Ed M.
John L.
WELCOME
NEW
MEMBERS
Gavin Adamson
Jean Abeling
Mark Abeling
John Boughtin
Carolyn Boyle
Michael Boyle
Gwen Murray
Ron Nyselius
Ronnie Patrick
Bill Pence
Alexander Piekunka
The Chapter has 292 members at the present time
2011 Meeting Schedule
for
Officers and Road Captains
6:30 P.M @ Houligans Private Room
November 16, 2011
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Don
Seeley
Director
2
Gail
Kaddy
Ladies of
Harley
Bev
Lawrence
Membership
John
DeVito
&
Roger
White
Parking Lot
Practice ( PLP)
L.A.
Marston
&
Bob Brown
Photographers
Terri &
Virgil Jones
Quartermaster
Mike
Smerdon
Sergeant-atArms
John
Conte
Editor
Linda
“Smitty”
Berthiaume
Welcoming
0
1
Butch
Kaddy
Assistant
Director
1
D
A
Gail
Kaddy
Secretary
Y
T
O
Bill
Lawrence
Treasurer
Betsy
Morrison
Activities
N
A
H
O
G
Linda
Seeley
Webmaster
O
F
Greg
Sieger
Head Road
Captain
F
I
C
Dennis
Muench
Pastor
E
R
S
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Pig in a Poke
$280.00
Member, R. Adams, was
not at the meeting so
the pot rolls to next
month.
Eligibility requires the member
to be an active, paid member
and present to win.
Members who have not
renewed their membership,
will be removed from the
drawing.
Motorcycle Related Items for Sale
Free for Members
This section is for members and a free service. Just
send me motorcycle related items and I will set the
ad up for You. Ads will run for 3 months.
It couldn’t be much easier.
How do they do it?
My e-mail address is kd2fbjohn@gmai.com
Your editor - John Conte
FOR SALE
2004 Harley Davidson Softail Duece -FXSTDI,
13,000 miles, King Queen Seat, Kuryakyn
Grips- brake pedal-shifter peg and front
running lights, Luggage Rack with Backrest,
Harley factory alarm system, Clip ON/OFF
Windshield, NEW Rear Tire, Never down,
Adult Owner,
Like NEW CONDITION.
$10,200.00
NO DEALER OR WHOLESALER CALLS PLEASE
Call Steve: 386-503-2820
See pictures on page 23
FOR SALE: NEW Corbin heated
dual touring saddle (part # HD-FLH9-07-E-2). Fits all FLH 2009-2012.
Corbin’s price: $749. Selling for
only $500. Call Mike Gilbo @ 904613-9188.
FOR SALE: NEW Corbin trunk rest
(part # HD-PAK-ARM). Fits all FLH
2009-2012. Corbin’s price: $299.
Selling for only $200. Call Mike
Gilbo @ 904-613-9188.
FOR SALE: NEW Corbin back rest
(part # 297-SB). Fits all FLH 20092012. Corbin’s price: $279. Selling
for only $154. Call Mike Gilbo @
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The Daytona Harley Drill team will hold a memorial ride on Saturday, October 10th for
Neal Swarzenbacher who passed away on June 10th. We’ll be meeting at Saints and
Sinners and leave at 11am to ride The Loop with stops at Pirana Grill and BFFAR.
Visit our web site for updated information
www.DaytonaHarleyDavidsonDrillTeam.com
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WHAT’S YOUR TRADE????
This section is reserved for “Members Only” to advertise their trade.
A Business Card size ad will cost $40.00 for 1 year.
Don and Linda Seeley
Daytona Beach H.O.G. Members
_____________________________________
Riding and Having Fun!
——————————————————-
Bill and Bev Lawrence
Daytona Beach H.O.G.s
Butch and Gail Kaddy
H.O.G. Members
We Love Florida
Screw it; Let’s Ride!
And
Riding with our H.O.G.
Friends
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A NOTE FROM YOUR EDITOR
The Deadline for articles is the Wednesday before the meetings at Houligans. This enables me to get all articles and
pictures assembled and laid out in the Newsletter for the printer. This is not magic and takes time for proof reading,
corrections and rewrites. Please keep this in mind so I can get the Newsletter out in a timely manner. For submissions,
send to kd2fbjohn@gmail.com. Tell me about your best ride, worst ride, ride from Hell, etc.
Thank you, Your Editor
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Remit to: Daytona Beach HOG, PO Box 1441, Daytona Beach, Florida
32115-1441 CONTACT BILL LAWRENCE (386) 527-3362. Thank you for
placing your ad with us and helping sponsor our newsletter. The Harley
Owners Group HOG Call is published each month, emailed and mailed to
over 500 members, available at the Daytona, Ormond and New Smyrna
Beach HD dealerships and at www.daytonahog.com. Please include any
artwork you may have for your ad, or we can create it for you.
Daytona Harley Davidson announces plans
for the original Bruce Rossmeyer Harley
Davidson Museum Store on target to open
for Biketoberfest 2011. Guests can expect
to see exclusive collections of motorcycles
provided by private motorcycle enthusiasts
and memorabilia items for purchase from
collectors from across Florida.
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MEMBERSHIP: Local memberships expire December of each year, as well as for Life Members. You may NOT
purchase multiple years. Complete the form online to renew, or email Membership and they‘ll send you the form.
Include an envelope if you won‘t be picking up your card at a meeting. THERE IS A FORM! Notify Membership
of email address and address changes so you‘ll receive your updates and your newsletter.
INFO FROM OUR WEBMASTER: The www.DaytonaHOG.com website is in compliance the National H.O.G.
web standards and has a certified rating. This gives our site a link from the National H.O.G. SITE: The chapter
news is in a secure directory. When you select it, you are asked for a login and password; these are given out at
the monthly meeting or you may contact an officer for that information.
TO OUR READERS AND GUESTS: To join the local Harley Owners Group Chapter, you must be a National
member. To join National, you (or your better half) must own a Harley. You can join National by calling
1-800 CLUBHOG
ACTIVE ROAD CAPTAINS: Greg Sieger (Head Road Captain), Ken Fox, Don Seeley, Linda Seeley, Bret
Hollenbeck, Rudy Castillo, Bill Lawrence, Butch Kaddy, Virgil Jones, Bev Lawrence, Tom McNair, Jeff Simek,
Rick Gager, John DeVito, Carmine Casale, Mike Gilbo, Jay Ward, Carl Costa, Pam Mills, Don Remington, Lou
Nardi, Dave Sullivan, Dan Vassallo and Trainers Roger White & John DeVito.
To Be A Road Captain You Must:
* Attend a Road Captain Training course at least every 2 two years.
* Ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
* Lead or Tail at least 2 rides a year
* Attend two Road Captain meetings per year
* Active paid member of Daytona Beach HOG
* Must wear a helmet and vest when taking a ride
All Road Captains serve at the pleasure of the Head Road Captain
Rockers will be earned when the above is completed
* FLASH * BULLETIN *
* NEWS ALERT * IMPORTANT STUFF *
Our Parking Lot Practice (PLP) will once again
commence on November 6th from 9-11am and
continue on the first Sunday of each month until further notice. The Daytona Beach Drill
Team will be our instructors. Practice is held
in an area behind the HD dealership on Beach
Street. PLP is a great tool to improve your riding skills at NO COST to you.
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Easy Writer:
Bikers and Tee-Shirts – A Natural Fit
What is it about bikers and Tee-Shirts? Worldwide last year 2 billion Tee-Shirts were sold, and I'd have to guess 3
billion of them were bought by bikers, in fact, I'm certain that at least half of them are hiding out in my house!
It's all part of the "uniform." If I bet you 10 bucks to guess within five how many are in your collection, would you take
the bet? Could you even come close?
Easy Writer is starting to think that they must reproduce by themselves. They're everywhere -- in closets, stuffed in
dressers, stuck in saddlebags, tagging along in gym bags for those all-too-occasional workouts and, of course, a
handful always at the ready in the garage to give their lives in selfless sacrifice to mop up an unexpected oil spill.
If you're like me, they're all sorted and prioritized. You know -- "the rotation." There are the "really good shirts‖ that
have sentimental meaning and are reserved for special occasions, the ―run-of-the-mill shirts‖ that are for everyday
wear, and those at the bottom of the pecking order, typically given out as freebies by insurance companies at Bike
Week. But no matter what the case, when Mrs. Easy insists it's time to "thin the herd," they all suddenly take on
some special status that, I insist, places their value at just this side of the Mona Lisa.
October is going to be a busy month, highlighted by the Boggy Creek ride, Biketoberfest and the Florida State HOG
Rally. And each means another tee-shirt, or two, or ten gets added to the pile. You can't visit a dealership, attend a
rally or ride a poker run without picking up another valuable souvenir.
I spent several hours researching the history of the biker tee. Hard as it is to believe, the definitive history of the biker
tee either hasn't yet been written or there is a global conspiracy that makes it the only piece of information that isn't
on-line. But here are some clues...
The humble garment first came to prominence shortly after the turn of the century
(that's the 20th Century) – a favorite of ―swabbies‖ in the U.S. Navy.
I said ―humble garment‖ because ―Tee-Shirt‖ wasn't recognized as an official word until
1920, when it was added to Webster's dictionary.
What became the first modern Tee-Shirt was developed by Jockey Corp. in 1932, at
the request of the University of Southern California Trojans football team – essentially a
sweat sponge under the game jersey.
By World War II, tank tops were commonplace in the Army. As the war ended, millions
of boys went back home elevating the Tee-Shirt's role to its current status, as an essential part of the male wardrobe.
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The Smithsonian museum
has one of the oldest printed
T-shirts on record in its collection: a campaign shirt for
New York Gov. Thomas
Dewey's 1948 presidential
campaign -- "Dew it with
Dewey."
So... what's the bad-boy biker connection? Best that I can tell, in 1950, The Outlaws
motorcycle club is said to have placed their logo on Tee-Shirts. Although never
filmed on his bike, in 1955, James Dean brought his Tee-Shirt and a youthful, antiestablishment swagger to the big screen in Rebel without a Cause, followed by Peter
Fonda, who took to the highway in Easy Rider.
Not to be upstaged, women made Tee-Shirts their own symbol of youth and rebellion during the sexual revolution of the 1960s
and 1970s. Who could forget the teasing, anatomy-revealing ―tah-tee‖ of Jacqueline Bisset in The Deep.
And since the 1970s, I'm told that women in tight white tees have been lining up in bars across the country to be cheered by
appreciative audiences as they are doused with less than tepid water. Although I've never actually seen that happen, I understand it's fairly popular.
With acid-induced tie-dyed shirts in the '60s and the refinement of screen printing techniques, the tee became a much more
colorful character – attaining is place as standard fare to commemorate large gatherings and creating new revenue streams for
rock bands.
Although undocumented, until now that is, at the intersection of all those components – cool guys on hot wheels, hot ladies
doused with cold water, bars and music – we've created a tradition that is now part of the culture.
Along with a crowded closet.
Until next time: Ride in style, and Ride Easy!
Tee-rivia:
Kruno Budiselic of Croatia
holds the world record for
―Most Tee-Shirts Worn at One
Time.‖ Ranging in size from
M to XL, in less than two
hours, Kruno squeezed into
245 shirts at
the same
time!
Just thinking... the
Christmas party is a couple of
months away.........
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Please Contact one of our Officers
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Having a Successful Ride – Learning From My Mistakes!
Last I wrote, I was reflecting on what would have been the right time to put on rain gear during the ride to Capt Hiram's.
Most recently, on September 6th, I met up with Lou Nardi at the Boston Coffee House in Deland for our breakfast ride to Sterling‘s in Astor. The morning weather started out looking promising for the ride when we left Deland. But, on our way past
Deleon Springs the sky looked ominous. Rain was falling dead ahead. Lou pulled to the side and thought about donning his
rain gear but changed his mind and we continued on into the rain. We pulled into the gas station at Barberville, and the rain
stopped – well, almost stopped. It was that ―on and off‖ rain. I was thinking about pulling my rain gear out. But it was hot and I
knew I‘d melt inside that waterproof garment. And besides, it was nicely folded and packed in my saddle bag. So, I decided to
ride on, but Lou did put on his rain jacket. We rode in and out of rain on our way to the Astor pick-up point. Of course, I blew
right on by the rendezvous point; Lou had to chase me down. We went back to sit in the drizzle where we discovered no others
waiting. Lou made a call to inquire about the hold up, and that is when we found out the ride had been cancelled due to rain.
Who‘d of thought to call prior to embarking on the ride? Certainly not me, but I did file that thought away for future reference.
Being the tough guys that Lou and I are, we proceeded on to breakfast, me still without rain gear. I have no idea why I bought
the rain gear except that it was on sale.
That brings me to my next ride. Yes, the 9-11 Memorial run sponsored by the Palm Coast Red Knights. It was a
beautiful Sunday morning when I started out from Deland on my way to Beach Street HD. I timed it perfectly to arrive by 1000
only to find nary a soul there. I just thought the group left a bit early and that I‘d meet up with them at the Destination pick-up
point. But, I had a funny feeling about that thought. Then it dawned on me that they didn‘t leave early. They left right on time –
0900! So, there I was, late! I was not going home to face Theresa and tell her that I didn‘t pay close enough attention to the
provided information, again. I try not to share my shortcomings with her because she has one of those minds that never forget.
Maybe you don‘t know what I‘m talking about, and if so, consider yourself lucky. To make matters worse, I even had a printed
copy of the ride schedule with me! So I skipped the idea of going to the pick-up point and headed directly to the ride. Well, I
did make it in plenty of time for the start, parked my bike as directed in the sea of motorcycles and went to look for anybody that
I knew from our group. Funny how we all look alike in a crowd like that! Eventually I found somebody I knew. I thought that
maybe I would move my bike to be up with them, but soon realized that was not happening because of the staging. I also
realized I was near the end of the line. ―My‖ ride started much later than the leading riders by the time my row got out on the
road. But, from there I have to admit, it was a wonderful ride. People lined the shoulder of the roads throughout the ride, cars
waited on side streets and oncoming traffic stopped as we rode past. I felt waves of emotions passing through me at various
times when I thought of the significance of the ride I was part of. The hundreds of spectators were waiving and some with flags
waited patiently for us to ride past as though we were making some kind of difference in their lives. Unity! That must be it I
thought. We are all in this together, and they were letting us know they supported us and the cause we were riding for. I‘m
proud to be an American in America and so are they.
So, what did I learn from these rides? 1.) I‘ll probably never take my rain gear out and put it on. 2.) If the weather looks
iffy, call ahead to confirm the ride is still on. And… 3.) Check the plan and pay attention to the start time, it could be the
difference of riding with friends. — James Hermann
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