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SUMMER
TOURING
SPECIALS
June 2008 • Monthly U.S. $3.95 • Canada $4.95
w w w. w i n g w o r l d m a g . c o m
Tips on
Towing a
Trailer
ALSO:
Fire and Ice: One Cool
Bike—One Hot Topic
New “Decades of the
Day” at Wing Ding 30
ABOUT THE
COVER
I n f o B y t e s
New “Decades of the Day” at Wing Ding 30 ...................................................................75
I.C.E.: An Adequate Space Cushion......................................................................................46
Last Chance to Qualify for Preregistration Prizes...........................................................76
Region J Rally Means a “Gold Rush” in Alaska..................................................................77
Headlight On!: 3rd Annual Route 66 Ride for the Relay ..............................................78
Summer Touring Specials Advertising Section ...................................................................79
D E P A R T M E N T S
Advertisers Listing .............................................88
Association Leader Listing ...............................93
A Word from Your Executive Director ...........7
Bragging Rights....................................................12
Cartoon................................................................73
Classifieds.............................................................89
Events....................................................................91
Finishing Touches..............................................102
Golden Dealers ..................................................16
GWRRA Official Products...............................98
GWRRA/Rescue Application...........................78
Hall of Fame ........................................................97
In Memoriam.......................................................97
In the Zone............................................................4
Motorcycle Goodies..........................................87
NEW SHOWS! See
schedule on page 73.
June 2008
News Briefs .........................................................22
Northern Reflections ..........................................8
Product Previews ...............................................32
Readers’ Responses...........................................10
Readers’ Rides ..................................................100
Wing Ding 30 Application................................85
Workbench..........................................................36
ON-LINE • WING WORLD • MAY & JUNE
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F e a t u r e s
My First Wing Ding ..................................................................................................................26
How Tragedy Turned to Triumph ..........................................................................................48
Fire and Ice: One Cool Bike—One Hot Topic ..................................................................58
An Interview with Honda.......................................................................................................64
Go Fly a Site: Google Earth ...................................................................................................66
Tips on Towing a Trailer ..........................................................................................................70
F O R
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F R I E N D S
Page 48
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You, too, could win a brand-new
Gold Wing at Wing Ding. Just ask
Kathy & Tom Peck, last year's
winners (and, incidentally,
GWRRA's International Couple of
the Year Coordinators).They say
that, after winning the 2008
GL1800 (pictured here), they
opted to sell their two 2001s to a
dealer who will ship them to
Spain, as apparently there is an
increasing market for high-mileage
Wings in Europe. (Kathy & Tom's
each had well over 100,000 miles
on them.) Kathy adds that Tom has
already put “lots of accessories”
on the new bike and that, of
course, they plan to take it to
Wing Ding 30 in Greenville, S.C.
And who knows, lightning could
strike twice—so make more room
in the garage Tom & Kathy!
S A F E T Y
A N D
CONTENTS
K N O W L E D G E
June 2008 • Volume 31 Issue 6
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In the Zone
Sharon Stanley • Editor • editor@gwrra.org
Come Together, Right Now…
This issue, I thought we’d steer away
(pun intended) from the usual number
of long travel stories we often run and
try a different approach—one that celebrates the diversity of our Association,
from a geographical standpoint to that
of the human spirit to what’s best for
our beloved Gold Wing.
et me tell you how the idea to diversify
this issue came about. To begin with,
we’ve recently begun receiving many
more types of articles, photos, etc., especially
from Members worldwide. But mainly, to be
totally honest with you here, it was spurred on
by a letter I received recently from a Member
who was downing everything from GWRRA
to Honda to women riders to “people from
foreign countries” who are “telling of their
‘escapades’ in Wing World.”
Oops, wrong things to say. First of all, I love
GWRRA. I think its Members are some of the
best, kindest, and most giving people I’ve ever
met in my life. Second, I respect a company
who not only builds the world’s premier touring motorcycle but also has striven to be
“green” long before “going green” was fashionable. Third, I’m a female rider. (No need to
comment on that one.) And fourth, GWRRA
Members are some of the best, kindest, and
most giving people I’ve ever met in my life—
no matter which country they call home.
Now we all know that, speaking geographically, our magazine concentrates mainly on
our U.S. Members. And that’s appropriate.
After all, the vast majority of our Members are
U.S. citizens. And—particularly in the July
issue—we often highlight our patriotism as an
Association that was begun in, and will forever
be bound to, the United States. As a U.S. citizen and veteran myself, I wouldn’t want it any
other way, especially for the July issue because
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our annual International Wing Ding is held
over the Fourth of July holiday.
But for the June issue, let’s allow ourselves
to hear from Members—both U.S. citizens
abroad and otherwise—about what being a
GWRRA Member and riding in their own
country means to them. What’s important to
them? What would they like to brag about?
What kind words do they have to share with
Members worldwide?
Therefore, our “Bragging Rights” department, this issue on page 12, is titled “An
International Flair.” There, you’ll hear what
Members in England, Saudi Arabia, Canada,
Germany, Mexico, Israel, and Australia have to
say. Plus, you can check out Randy Powell’s
story on page 66 that will show you how to
“fly around the globe” using Google Earth and
see our entire planet from a birds-eye view.
Plus, there’s a humorous “Finishing Touches”
(page 102) sent in from the U.K.
In regard to the diversity of the human
spirit, this issue you’ll meet two riders who
couldn’t be more different from one another—and yet both are Members of GWRRA.
One is a person folks may think of as your
“typical GWRRA Member” in terms of his
demographics and views on life, yet he rides a
Gold Wing trike.Another rides a two-wheeled
Gold Wing, but he is definitely not your “typical Gold Winger” as he cruises around on his
custom-painted flaming steed and blares rock
music.
Mike Leatham’s story on page 58 is one of
a younger rider who just wishes to express his
own, unique styling as he also shares in the
great traditions of GWRRA. Gayle Vater’s is a
story (page 48) that goes even deeper as he
pours out his heart about a tragedy that
turned his life completely around, but required
the use of a three-wheeler to do it. Both of
these gentlemen’s stories may have us all
rethinking how we—as an Association—could
try to be more inclusive toward all Members.
Finally, you’ll get to read some of the
diverse opinions about the sport—and the
bike—we all love. Many of our Members tow
trailers, and Senior Technical Editor Stu
Oltman shares his opinions on the possible
travails of towing a trailer, along with recommendations on how to do so more safely, on
page 70.
And Honda of America representatives, on
page 64, speak candidly in a recent interview
with me about the difficult decision by Honda
to relocate its production of Gold Wings back
to Japan. Keep an open mind, and you’ll see
how this relocation will affect not only
American workers in the Marysville, Ohio,
plant but also Japanese workers in Honda’s
founding plant in Hamamatsu, Japan.
The vast majority of GWRRA Members
are U.S. citizens. We cherish and enjoy the
freedoms our country provides us and that
our military personnel—past and present—
have guarded with their lives. One of those
freedoms is the freedom of speech, guaranteed to us in our First Amendment.
As we celebrate our diversity this June, let’s
not only let our U.S. Members speak, let’s let
our international Members speak as well. Let’s
not only listen to the type of riders to whom
we’re used to listening, but also to some we
are not. Let’s allow people to express how
they feel about different aspects of our sport
and the difficult choices one has to make to
keep it alive and well.
In other words, let’s “Come together, right
now.” Or should we not just because, as that
one Member might say, it was a group of
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A WORD FROM
YOUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
incorporate changes made in the forms as well
s of June 21st, summer officially begins
as the reporting process.They are also looking
in the northern hemisphere, so riding
at adding two more courses, or possibly
season is now in full swing! This is the
expanding what we are currently using, and
time of year we all look forward to with raladding a trike-trailering course. And RED is
lies, rides, picnics and get-togethers with our
taking steps to promote our programs with the
GWRRA family. So let’s get out there and have
Melissa Eason
Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the National
some fun—ride, relax, enjoy the scenery, join
Executive Director
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
in the laughter, and take loads of pictures (with
mnordeoff@gwrra.org
We are taking a detailed look at the
which we can reminisce when those cold, hard
Motorist Awareness Program for ways to
winter days arrive again!).
revise it and help keep you all safer on the
But back to summer…the arrival of June is
roads. In addition to that, we are examining the
also a reminder that the year is now half over,
MAD brochures and updating those. We are
leaving us only six months to complete our
also working on finding a new Director for this
goals for 2008!
program.
Our main goal this year is to find ways to
Our list of motorcycle repair shops is
show our appreciation to all of you for your
almost completed. Recommendations are still
continued support.We are researching hotels,
trickling in daily, but there are many Districts
insurance companies, stores and websites to
and Regions from which we have not yet heard,
negotiate substantial savings for you. If you
and we have received only a few recommendahave any ideas or suggestions for benefits,
tions from our Members in Canada. It is imporplease email me at mnordeoff@gwrra.org.
The process of enhancing the renewal packets has begun along with tant that we compile the list to include as many areas as possible, so
creating a program to provide quarterly prizes for membership renew- remember to email the information to motorcycleshops@gwrra.org.
al. Plus, a new recruiting program is on the way to say thank-you to all The list will be available to Members online in the very near future.
And—last but not least—we are excited to offer you a great incenof you who help find new Members to join us!
During the first part of the year, we visited Honda Corporate tive for preregistering for Wing Ding! If an Officer registers at least ten
Headquarters in Torrance, California, to see how we could better work Members for Wing Ding 30 by May 14, 2008, he or she will receive $5
together. Honda has agreed to allow us to contact their dealers and ask off the registration fee for the Officer and the delegates. Not only will
them to place our brochures and applications in their dealerships to everyone receive the $5 discount but, also by preregistering, all regishelp recruit new Members.We are currently in the process of creating trants will automatically be entered into the drawing for one of our fantastic preregistration prizes.
a mailing for this.
We are continually looking to add new activities at Wing Ding. If you
We also spoke with Honda about the supposed “10-year rule” on
servicing Gold Wings. They said they recognize the need to set the have ideas you’d like to share with us, please let us know by contacting
record straight on this matter, and they have agreed to visit with our Customer Service at customerservice@gwrra.org or by calling (800)
editor on this and other Honda-related issues (beginning with the topic 843-9460.Along these lines, we are researching the possibility of adding
of Honda of America Manufacturing relocating to Japan in 2009, see yet two more events to our calendar, in addition to Wing Ding.
So there you have it—a review of our goals so far this year.
page 64).
Your Leadership Training Division is continuing to certify new train- Throughout the rest of the year, as these goals are met and the proers and seminar presenters to be able to get the LTD programs to you. grams finalized, we will be certain to inform you of the specific details
We will also have a new Director for the division soon. (There will be via Wing World, the website or through your Officers.
Together we can meet and exceed all our goals for 2008! Now that
more updates on this division once the new Director is in place.)
The Membership Enhancement Division is pleased to announce its you have this half-year update, get out there and ride—after all, it is
new Directors, Ed & Linda Johnson, of Bristol,Virginia. Please read their summertime!
Enjoy the Ride,
biography in this issue under “News Briefs.” We look forward to workMelissa
ing with Ed & Linda!
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The Rider Education Division is making courses and seminars more
readily available to the membership.They are revising the handbook to
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Summer:
A Time for
Riding and
Reviewing
June 2008
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GWRRA and the Gold Wing
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G o r d o n
ou know, I have a tremendous respect
for those who write or present weekly columns in the media. I really didn’t
realize how challenging it could be until I
began this contribution to our magazine.
For instance, even though this is being written for an early summer edition of Wing World,
as I look out my window all I can see is snow!
And, I’m told, more is on the way! Not much
like motorcycling weather. But, as you read
this, most of you will have already enjoyed
many miles (kilometres) in the 2008 riding
season.
This year marks my twentieth anniversary
as a Member of the Gold Wing Road Riders
Association. If anyone had intimated to me
back in 1988 that I would still be a Member of
GWRRA twenty years later, I would probably
have chuckled in disbelief—because such
organizations just don’t last that long, do
they?!
Organizations like that just started up as a
result of some super enthusiastic person and
then fizzled out as interest peaked and then
began to wane, didn’t they?
But, as you read this now, our organization
is entering its thirty-first year and is as vibrant
as ever.That certainly speaks to the extraordinary vision of our Founder Paul Hildebrand
and Co-Founder Shirley Stephens-Garcia! Like
all of the successful organizations, businesses,
and institutions in our world whose leaders
have a vision and a passion for their organizations, there is little doubt but that Paul and
Shirley did—and still do—as well.
And I’ve been fortunate enough to be the
beneficiary of that vision for the past twenty
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years, which is about two-thirds of the time
GWRRA has been in existence.
I’ve also been fortunate enough to have
ridden extensively—and enjoyed immensely—
one of the best motorcycles ever built—the
Gold Wing.
My first Wing was a Vetter/Krauserequipped 1978 GL1000 model, which I bought
used with low mileage. My wife and I took our
first “long” trip on this machine and became
entrenched long-distance motorcycle riders as
a result.
I moved up to a couple of GL1200s before
taking my first ride on a GL1500. And of
course, as many of you will agree, there was
little comparison. So a new 1989 GL1500
became the first of three such machines
before I made the mistake of doing a test run
on a 2003 GL1800.You can probably guess the
next step!
A new 2003 GL1800 became my retirement gift to myself.And just as the differences
between my GL1000 and GL1200 and then
GL1500 were tremendous, so was the difference between the GL1500 and the GL1800.
My 2006 GL1800 took us across the con-
tinent to British Columbia and back in 2006—
with absolutely no trouble whatsoever. Some
of my non-biking friends find it hard to believe
that I could pull my Kwik Kamp trailer behind
my Wing clear across the continent and back
with no more trouble than just an oil change.
But, such is the Gold Wing.
Both the Gold Wing and the Gold Wing
Road Riders Association have been the source
of tremendous enjoyment over the years and
not one ounce of regret even enters the picture!
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I couldn’t close this article without making
reference to the recent passing of a friend of
mine and one of the early leaders in bringing
GWRRA to this part of the country.
Roy Humby was a Life Member and was
probably the second-most senior GWRRA
Member in the province of Newfoundland and
Labrador. Roy was instrumental in organizing
the first meeting in St. John’s in 1988 that ultimately resulted in many of us joining the
Association and later establishing a Chapter—
NL-A.
Roy was a quiet, unassuming but stalwart
Member of his Chapter, who you could always
count on, even in the rough times. He was a
consummate GWRRA Member to the end.
He is survived by his wife, Joy, and two
sons, Roger and Jamie.
Simply put, Roy will continue to be missed
by all of us. Au revoir, Roy.
Bon jour.
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Wing World
Glad to See More of Stu!
see in the May issue that the Workbench
department is now extra-long. With all the
problems presented to Stu Oltman, it’s about
time the Workbench article is expanded to
answer more questions.
Albert Easterling
GWRRA #124234
Metairie, Louisiana
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(Ed. Note:Thanks Albert. Obviously, I couldn’t
agree more. We hope to extend “Workbench”
from 3-5 pages as often as possible.)
Insurance Agent Lauds GWRRA’s
Emphasis on Safety
had the honor of speaking to about 80
GWRRA Members at their Safety meeting,
hosted by Ohio Chapter X-2, on Saturday,
March 22, 2008.
As an insurance agent specializing in
motorcycle insurance, I am always pleased to
support motorcycle enthusiasts, and safetyrelated events in particular.These yearly safety presentations are an incredible resource to
your Members and a wonderful service
offered by the host Chapter.
Chapter Presidents Dave & Karen Taylor,
Safety Directors Dave & Sandy Creach, and
many other Chapter Members put on a great
event with top notch speakers, great food,
friends, and useful information to keep all riders safe.
I wish more motorcycle groups took the
time to inform their riders in such a manner.
Thank you to the many great Gold Wingers I
met. Have a fun and safe 2008 riding season!
Karen Diehl
Diehl Insurance
Camp Dennison, Ohio
Insurance Columnist for “Ridin’ On”
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Binghamton, I-88 will take you to Albany then
on to the Adirondacks and New England (I
use this I-88/86 route whenever I travel west
and it is only 15 or so miles farther). From
Niagara Falls to the Albany area, State Route
5 offers a very nice (although slower paced)
ride through the center of New York and the
Finger Lakes region. From Albany south, very
pleasant alternate routes include State
Routes 9 and 9W. All free, providing a nice
touring pace, and with very pleasant and historic vistas present.
I hope this information is useful to you
when you plan your trips through our great
State this summer.
Martin Kaiser
GWRRA #123679
Troy, New York
In Regard to Riding “Out Loud”
Follow-up to Previous “Readers
Responses” on NY Toll Structures
ou offered valuable tips on how to “be
visible” in the May issue (“Ride Out
Loud!”, page 4), and the VERY BEST WAY I’ve
found to be visible is to have a modulating
headlight. Last summer, I was on a two-lane
(sort of) rural road, and I saw a blinking headlight coming toward me from almost a mile
away. It was a motorcycle with a modulating
headlight, and I was amazed at how “visible”
that Wing was.
Having been “knocked down” once (when
a guy pulled out from a stop sign on my right)
and “almost” knocked down a second time
(same scenario), I immediately had a modulator installed on my Wing. Now I KNOW I’m
visible!
Paul Windmuller
GWRRA #054357
Plymouth, Minnesota
his letter is in follow-up to my letter published in January’s Wing World (“Needs to
be Said: Unfair Toll Structure,” page 12) where
I expressed my dismay at the current New
York State Thruway toll structure and its
impact on motorcycles towing trailers. As
MED Camping/Travel/RV SIG Coordinator, I
think this information is important for you to
know.
I would encourage riders coming from the
west to take a look at I-86 (old Route 17)
from the Pennsylvania border to Binghamton,
New York, where further Rt. 17 connections
will take you to I-84 and New England. From
i Sharon, I read your “Ride Out Loud!”
article in the May issue of our Wing
World Magazine and learned some new things
about riding a motorcycle. To “be more visible,” I have added a modulator and only use it
at my discretion.
After reading the article by Steve Johnson
(“Why Even a Leisurely Ride Requires Safety
Gear”, page 76), I offer these thoughts as to
how the driver of the car failed to see the
two bikes stopped at the intersection.
The sheriff’s car had flashing lights and
maybe had the siren going. The driver of the
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car did not see the flashing lights on the sheriff’s car but heard the siren. Not knowing
where the siren was coming from, he looked
in his rearview mirror to see if an emergency
vehicle was behind him, and that distracted
him.
So now let’s look at it another way: Two
motorcycles STOPPED on a busy road, US
27, with lots of winter traffic. Our bikes do
not have the brightest tail lights during daylight hours (though the turn signals and break
lights are A-OK).
Before I ride this spring, I will have added
a tail light modulator for my LED light bar to
help me be MORE VISIBLE!
Bill Mooney
GWRRA #168168
East Tawas, Michigan
(Ed. Note: First, thank you to all the Members
who wrote in concerning the “Ride Out Loud”
article—even the gentleman who pointed out
that I used “where” instead of “wear” and need
to proofread my own stuff a little more! Truly,
though, I am so glad so many Members found it
valuable and took time to express that. Second,
several Members wrote in to say they believe
there is a Federal law that overrides state laws
that prohibit modulating headlights. In other
words, they believe modulating headlights are
permitted in all U.S. states. I’m currently investigating that for you.)
Comment on “Taking a Stand for
Motorcyclists’ Rights”
hank you for your informative article in
the April 2008 issue (page 4).
I was not aware of any of these insurance
loopholes, and I have sent letters to my congressman and will continue to do so until
these issues are finalized in favor of bikers.
I have also contacted my company’s
human resources department, and the health
insurance provider contracted by my employer to protest and to inform them of my disgust with this policy. Apparently this not only
affects bikers, but other types of recreation
also.
Fellow employees are writing letters to
congress and to the insurance provider to
protest also. If we all—not just bikers—speak
up, we will succeed in changing these policies.
Please keep us informed of any changes
on this issue and keep up the good work at
GWRRA.
Robert Morgan
GWRRA #262958
Cleveland,Texas ●
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In this department, we include some of the many photos we receive each month that do not necessarily fall into the other departments we’ve established over
the years. We understand that, as one large family, we often have more to brag about than just our bikes. So here’s your opportunity to share those accomplishments (and just plain fun anecdotes) with the entire Association! Send photos and text to “Bragging Rights,” Wing World, P.O. Box 42450, Phoenix, AZ 85080-2450
or by email to editor@gwrra.org.
An International Flair
Greetings from South of the Border
e (Javier & Betty
Chavez,
GWRRA
#289717) are Members of
CA-1F of San Diego,
California, but we live in
Tijuana, Baja, California,
Mexico. (We don’t have a
Chapter in Tijuana—yet!)
We travel across the San
Isydro International Border
US/Mexico Port of Entry (the most traveled port of entry in the world)
just to go to our Chapter meetings, rides, etc.
Here is a photo of our pride and joy. It’s a 1988 GL1500 with
131,000-plus miles on it, and it’s perfect and runs great.This picture was
taken on the monument that divides the US and Mexico, and it’s the
starting point for both countries. It’s the point of origin for maps, GPS,
sea level, etc., and is located by the Pacific Ocean. You can also see in
the photo the fence that divides our countries—for the US, it’s the
southwest corner of the country; for Mexico, it’s the northwest corner
of the country.
We would like to say thank-you to the GWRRA family, especially to
CA-1F. They welcome us and make us feel right at home. Thank God
there are no fences or walls for the GWRRA! May God bless you all.
And we also wanted to let everyone know, if any GWRRA Members
or family ever travel south of the border and need anything, please
remember you know you have someone on this side of the border, too.
We can be reached at tj.goldwing@yahoo.com and, as we often say
here “Mi casa es su casa.” (“My house is your house.”)
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Hello from Saudi Arabia
arm and sandy greetings from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. My name is
Ody Pond (GWRRA #286987), and I am a new Member. My wife
and I live, work and ride in Saudi Arabia.
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Israel’s New Chapter, Rider Education,
and Plans to Attend Wing Ding 30
andra and I (Bruce R. McMahill, GWRRA Life Members #33892, of
Chapters WA-C/E and former WA District Educator) were first
introduced to Dan & Rachel Sanderovich—new Chapter Directors of
ISR-A—while we attended the European Wing Ding in Sakskobing,
Denmark, in August of 2007. Dan was very interested in the GWRRA
in general, especially the Rider Education Program, nonexistent in any
form in Israel.
Upon arriving back in Marysville, Washington, I sent Dan the only
copy of the “Cornering Practice Guide” plus I asked John Cracchiolo
from the GWRRA Home Office to send an additional 25 copies to Dan.
And Rider Education is now in its infancy in Israel!
Sandra, Dan and I had developed a real friendship during our four
days at Wing Ding Europe, and I promised to attend the Chartering of
Chapter ISR-A in Israel—so we did. And Sandra and I look forward to
seeing Dan and Rachel in Greenville, South Carolina, this July. In fact,
Dan recently wrote that at least eight Members from the new Israel
Chapter will be coming to Wing Ding. Most of the Members will be
renting Gold Wings from a dealership in Knoxville,Tennessee, and Dan
has a yellow Gold Wing stored in Manhattan, New York, for his trips to
the States.
Here is the whole story as it actually unfolded. Starting a GWRRA
Chapter in Israel became the dream of Dan after attending Americade
in Lake George, New York, a little over two years ago. The following
year, Dan attended the “Muster Down Under,” a 10-day motorcycle
touring trip in New Zealand. When asked why he joined GWRRA in
2005, Dan replied,“It was the GWRRA Member’s friendly attitude with
me while attending Americade and Muster Down Under. And I wanted
to find out more about GWRRA.”
Since becoming a GWRRA Member, Dan has worked tirelessly gathering information about the Association and how to bring a Chapter
into Israel.
In August of 2007, Dan attended the GWRRA Wing Ding Europe
held in Sakskobing, Denmark, located about 80 miles south of
Copenhagen. While there, he met and talked with many GWRRA
Members from the sixteen different countries in attendance, including
those from the United States and the United Kingdom.
Returning to Israel, Dan designed a colorful “tri-fold” flyer and distributed it to each Honda Gold Wing owner to announce an initial
GWRRA gathering for Friday, October 26, 2007.
Through the efforts and full support from Na’aman Zohar, Tel Aviv
Honda Dealership manager and host for the first Chapter ISR-A gathering, sixty-eight curious Riders and Co-Riders, riding a mix of Gold
Wings, BSAs, and Yamahas attended the first gathering of the Chapter
ISR-A, Israel.
The first GWRRA Chapter, ISR-A, was officially Chartered in Israel
from National in Phoenix,Arizona, on October 4, 2007, for the purpose
of furthering the ideals of the Association in gathering Friends for Fun,
Safety and Knowledge.
At the start of the Chapter kick-off meeting on Friday, Dan and
Rachel were the only two GWRRA Members in Israel. But by the end
of the meeting, the new Israel Chapter ISR-A had 22 Charter Members!
New Chapter ISR-A Directors, Dan and Rachel, were officially recognized by GWRRA Directors of Global Affairs, Peter Russell and
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Lesley Kennedy from the UK.
Israel is now the 53rd country represented in GWRRA, and Israelis
are incredibly hospitable and naturally curious of visitors to their country, where English is learned as a second language.
When you meet Dan and Rachel, perhaps at Wing Ding 30 in July,
greet them with “Shalom” and join them for a cup of coffee and some
pleasant conversation.They will certainly be happy to meet you as well.
ON-N’s Annual Good Will Run
ach August, we in Chapter ON-N of North Bay, Ontario, Canada,
hold a Good Will Run. Last year, it was held on August 12 and this
year it will be held on August 10.
We feel that, as Members of GWRRA, we can give back to the community by interacting in a special way with the seniors by visiting them.
After all, these are the people who laid down the foundations of our
country, and each of us is aware of both family and friends that are making decisions for parents now.We all know that we may someday be in
the same situation of going to a home. How nice it would be one day
to have a bunch of Wingers come in for a visit with us and share stories!
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So we visit seniors
and come alive as we
receive as much as we
give. We come back
with a new, revitalized
view of the world. And
it’s a real eye-opener
to realize the age span
in nursing homes; as
well as the aging seniors, there are also
many relatively young people there with disabilities and health issues.
This revelation is repeated each
year as we visit.
We also gather good, used
motorcycle T-shirts to hand out
to residents and, last year, 31
were delivered by Gilbert
Morin (via David Burke) to the
Algonquin Nursing Home and
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the Casselholme Nursing
Home.
The day of the ride, we
gathered at the Tourist Info
Center at Totem Pole at 10
a.m. and arrived at the
Algonquin Nursing Home at
11:30 for our visit and lunch
there. (A sad note is that one
of our favorite residents,
Edna Humphrey (Seen in the top, left photo in the second column on
page 13, in 2006.), had passed away on May 22 of 2007). After a wonderful time of visiting with the Algonquin residents, we climbed back
aboard our bikes and headed for North Bay and the Casselholme
Nursing Home.We visited residents there until almost 4 p.m.
Here are the stats of our 2007 ride. Members of Chapter ON-N:
Angelo Collinassi & Linda Arseneau, Paul & Julie Meyers, Ron Hurley
and his grandson Alexander Hurley, J P Brousseau and his grandson
Tanner, Bob Warren, Norm Fischer, Mickey (Mick) Sandula, Steve
Bastarache & Sue Nadeau, Glenn & Sharon Lundy, and Gilbert & Leola
Morin. And Ron & Patsy Schiavo of Chapter ON-F.
Our annual Good Will ride is our way to show just a small bit of
appreciation to these folks and to share of ourselves and provide good
will to those who went before us.
For more information or to participate in this year’s event [August
10, 2008 (rain or shine)], contact Chapter Directors Connie &
Claudette Verhulst at conflys@aol.com or (705) 752-5724.
(Submitted by Gilbert Morin. Photos by Paul Myers and Mick.)
Top of the World Down Under
ust wanted to share this
photo of my riding mate’s
(John Brak, GWRRA
#170853, of Melbourne
Australia) Wing.
We took over a recent
ride together, and this is
John’s 2002 GL1800 sitting
on top of the world at
Mount Hotham, Australia.
(Submitted by John Gilbert,
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Only minutes south of the Hockenheim racetrack in Germany is a
city called Sinsheim. A seemingly sleepy little town, Sinsheim is
renowned for its Auto Museum, but that is not all. Sinsheim Messe
GmbH stages several exciting events occurring throughout the year.
The 17th Annual “Faszination Motorrad” is one of the top three motorcycle shows in all of Europe and took place February 8-10, 2008. Over
31,000 people and 185 vendors came to this event.
Vendors came from throughout the world and with all makes of
motorcycles, including Honda, BMW, Boss Hoss, Buell, Harley-Davidson,
Yamaha and many more.The Messe has six halls with approximately 1.7
million square feet of prime merchandise area. Halls 2-5 hosted vendors
selling motorcycle apparel, custom motorcycles, trailers, sidecars and
much more.
Hall 1 was affectionately called “Main Street” and resembled many
old western USA cities’ streets, with their small town stores and
saloons. Food and drinks were available in all of the halls, but only Hall
1 had the distinction of having Main Street saloons. In addition, proud
bikers could ride into Hall 1 and park their bike on the “Main Street”
for observers to see. The stage was the focal point of several entertaining acts, including motorcycle apparel fashion shows, Country and
Western, and Rock ‘n’ Roll bands, as well as motorcycle burn-outs.
And while it was not quite the World Cup, Hall 6 housed one of
Europe’s favorite sports—soccer—but with a twist: The players were
riding motorcycles! And the matches were like the play-offs of any tournament. It might be hard to imagine the sound inside the building, but
it was an almost deafening malay of the roar of the crowd, the squealing of tires and the revving of the engines. The crowd screamed and
cheered for their teams even though the roar of the engines easily
drowned them out.
On Sunday, the crowd slowly thinned out as the Sinsheim
Faszination Motorrad ended and vendors returned their unsold wares
to their transports to await the next exciting expo. Messe personnel
prepared for a larger event on March 13-16, 2008, the 14th Annual
Faszination Modellbau (Model building) Expo.
Each day held many surprises as events were continuous through
the expo. Just about anything that is related to motorcycles could be
seen at the event, including a 1/16 model of a Gold Wing.
Those who missed this year’s event will have to wait until next year,
when the 18th Annual Motorcycle event returns January 30 through
February 1, 2009. Perhaps I’ll see you there!
Family Tales from Across the Pond
GWRRA #209469, of Melbourne, Australia.)
Guten Tag Everyone!
s a new GWRRA
Member and a U.S.
citizen, I (Ant Geiger,
GWRRA #245076) am
working with the U.S.
Army in Germany. I
thought I’d give you an
insight on a well-known
motorcycle event held
annually over here. Though it is not a GWRRA event, I thought you
might be interested to learn what a European event is like.
Although I’m a new Member, I have been riding motorcycles (almost
all Honda) since the early
70s. I’ve owned two Gold
Wings, and I plan to purchase another when I get
back to the USA. I’m very
happy to have found the
Association, and I wish to
say hello to all by submitting this article.
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ello Fellow Wingers. Firstly,
can we take this opportunity
to thank Mark & Christine Bright
for their dedication to EN-A and
all their hard work in trying to
please and entice all of us to get
together and attend events, social
gatherings both with and without
our trusty steeds.
Secondly, may we introduce
ourselves? Many of you will know
us by name and face; some I am
sure will not. We are Mark &
Tiffany Noy, who have taken up the challenge of following in Mark and
Christine’s footsteps as Chapter Director and Secretary of EN-A.To be
honest with you, we are not quite sure how we got ourselves in this
position but as I said before Mark Bright put in a lot of hard work to
entice us into taking part in EN-A’s activities, and none less so than persuading us it was a task we were more than capable of!
We live in Worthing,West Sussex, with our young growing family—
two boys, Declan who is 13 and Kieran who is 8, our youngest girl,
called Erin, was born on June 20, 2006.We are rounded off as a family
with an extremely loopy Border Collie who makes the occasional trip
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away with us, too. (I leave you to work
out the maths as to how two adults,
three children and one dog get about on
our much loved motorcycles! Read
about the answer to this conundrum
later.)
We have endeavoured with ideas to
encourage each and every one of you to
join us, whether that is for a meeting or
just a social gathering.We are under no illusions that we can “please all
of the people all of the time” and that EN-A can only survive with your
participation. It would be lovely to feel supported in this new venture
and, if you feel that in amongst your busy schedules with holidays and
other commitments that you could attend a gathering at some point
through the year, we would love to see you.
Thirdly, we would like to
thank
John
Mundy
of
Southampton, Hampshire, for
taking up the gauntlet as our
Assistant Chapter Director.
Lastly, we would like to wish
Mark Bright continued success
in his ventures and, again, thank
both Mark and Christine for all
their hard work.
Now here’s part of the answer to the conundrum of before. How
does a family of five and a dog get about on a Gold Wing? (Well, to be
fair, two Gold Wings. Even our math isn’t good enough to get us all
about on one!) Mark and I own a 1997 solo magenta 1500SE and a
1989 California Sidecar Conversion wineberry 1500 trike. Our love of
these wonderful machines had seen us out and about with our boys
riding pillion enjoying life to the full. That was until a new addition to
the family in the form of our rather daft Border Collie Charys. Then
what?
Neither of us liked the idea of kennelling her whilst away, and we
knew that we were not always going to be able to call upon the family
to help out, so what were we to do? The answer came in that month’s
current Wing World adverts—a dog trailer! But, with shipping costs and
more, the cost of a new one was out of the question.
Over dinner one evening we threw the challenge to our eldest, who
wants to be a car designer when he grows up. Reams of A4 computer
paper later, we had an initial design. Many evening meals later, having dis-
cussed the pros and cons and
adapting the designs that Declan
had drawn, we came up with a
prototype design. The next stage
was finding someone who could
work to an 11-year-old’s drawing
and produce a humane and safe
trailer to transport Charys to the
various events that we wished to
attend.
We located a sheet metal worker and fibreglass specialist and, with
much toing and froing by Mark between these very skilled gentlemen
over a 13-month period, the efforts of everyone involved resulted in a
dog transporter they could all be rightfully proud of.
Conundrum 2. Here’s the final part of the answer to the conundrum
of before. How does a family of five and a dog get about on a Gold
Wing? So we sorted the transportation of our pampered pooch only
to face another dilemma! Our family of four had grown to become five
and we were adamant that a growing family was not going to see us
going down the road of so many before us—that of having to give up
our family hobby and love because of our expected arrival.What to do?
Well, our budding car designer started to come up with ideas for my
trike!
A gentle steer away from that was the order of the day.There was
nothing for it; it was going to have to be a sidecar! We researched,
investigated and decided a Watsonian Squire RX4 adult/child chair fitted the bill. A new one was out of the question, so we began our hunt
for a second-hand chair.
Our search ended in Norfolk in September of 2006 with a family as
enthusiastic about motorcycling as we were who had ridden outfits of
various designs since their children were born, now in their late teens
and early twenties and riding for themselves.A weekend away resulted
in our purchase of a nearly pristine black RX4 which, with a little haggling, resulted in it being delivered on our behalf to Watsonian Squire
in the Cotswolds ready for fitment to Mark’s Wing.There was just one
snag: Mark had never ridden a sidecar outfit in his life and my dipping a
toe into the water of this sort of experience on an old Jawa was not
one I relished repeating—certainly not in front of Mark!
Could my ever loving husband do it, could he tame the beast of a
combination and live to tell the tale? Well, we followed up the answer
to this in our next edition of EN-A’s newsletter.And, for you folks elsewhere across the globe, I’ll end your suspense.The answer was yes! ●
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A s e l e c t i o n o f M e m b e r- w r i t t e n l e t t e r s s a l u t i n g e x c e l l e n t s e r v i c e .
Paris Honda-Yamaha-Harley
Paris,Texas
nominate Paris Honda-Yamaha-Harley, 2875
N.E. Loop 286, Paris, TX 75460 as a Golden
Dealer.
On a recent ride to Texas from Ohio, I
turned on the hazard lights while I was
stopped to adjust the windshield. When I
attempted to turn them off, the switch was
broken and the lights continued to flash.
When I stopped at Paris Honda, I received
the best treatment I have ever received at a
dealer. The Service Manager, Scott Powell,
promptly got Technician David Seals to work
on the problem. It was determined that the
panel needed to be replaced. They offered
either of two options: They would order the
part in overnight mail or simply stop the flashers from flashing. Since I did not want to wait,
I chose the latter.
I was only charged one-half hour labor and
they threw in a complementary motorcycle
wash! Their customer waiting room was
super. It had a computer with high speed internet access. And before I was even caught up
on my email, they had the Wing ready to go!
Charlie DeBerry
GWRRA #165668
Dayton, Ohio
I
wait to get tires from the local Honda dealer.
I put my Wing into the hands of Carl Nicolosi,
a certified tech, for the job, and I had to bring
the Wing to his shop but I had no way to get
back to work. But Frank Nicolosi, the owner,
brought me back to work and I never lost
time on my job.
Since Carl had never reinstalled a Voyager,
I gave him the instructions to do the job and
he did a wonderful job.
If anyone is in a bind and needs work done
on their Wing or Valkyrie, Cycle Alley is a great
shop to have your bike or trike worked on.
And even if you have a Voyager on your bike,
Carl is very capable of reinstalling the unit.
Both Frank and Carl are very conscientious and they stand behind their work. For
tires, maintenance or accessories, give Cycle
Alley Motorsports a call.
Valerie lengo
GWRRA #245826
Port Richey, Florida
Henry’s Corner
Reserve, Mexico
Cycle Alley Motorsports
New Port Richey, Florida
am very pleased with the good people at
Cycle Alley Motorsports in New Port
Richey.
My 1993 Gold Wing had a worn-out front
tire and a nail in the rear tire; I’d have a long
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his is a photo of me in front of Henry’s
Corner in Reserve, New Mexico, en route
to the VLA Telescopes near Datil, New
Mexico.
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Coming out of Arizona on Highway 180,
my brother and I rounded a bend and—
before we saw the rocks in the shadows—ran
over one.The rock edge broke about a 2-inch
diameter hole in the bottom of the engine.
We were able to coast down the mountain and, with a few short starts, to get up the
next hill, made it into Reserve, New Mexico,
to Henry’s Corner.
After explaining what had happened,
Henry Martinez let us pull into his service bay
(now an ice cream parlor) and go to work on
the bike. He even let us use his tools and supplies.To make a long story short, with a piece
of tin cut from a coke can and some JB Weld
and silicone, we were able to patch the hole
and get the bike to hold oil and drive on
home.
We couldn’t have done it without Henry’s
generosity. He even let us work on the bike
after he closed, and he had his son stay with
us to assist us. Then Henry was there early
the next morning to let us in and get the bike
ready to go.And, to my surprise, when it came
time to pay up, he only charged us for the oil
and supplies we used.
You really find out who the good people
are when you are in need. Henry didn’t have
to help us out to the extent he did, but he did
because that is the kind of person he is.
Whenever you are in Reserve, New
Mexico, stop and fuel up at Henry’s Corner,
enjoy some ice cream, and join me in giving
him a big thanks for lending a hand to a Gold
Winger in need.
Don Skinner
GWRRA #261250
Norman, Oklahoma
JBJ Cycles, Inc.
Santa Ana, Ca.
ack in November, I got a call from Loraine
Ferguson. Apparently I had run into her
husband and invited him to our Chapter and
gave him my CD card with my info and
Chapter meeting info, and he had gone home
and told his wife how friendly we were.
Unfortunately, soon afterward he passed
away from a heart attack and Loraine found
my card on the desk and called and wanted to
know if I wanted to buy his 1980 Honda Gold
Wing GL1100 for five dollars.
I picked her up and we went to Auto Club
and had the registration and insurance
switched over.Then my son and I went there
and with a battery jump, fired it up, and
brought it home.
I really did not have a need for it—as I am
the proud owner of a 2004 Black Cherry
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GL1800 with lots of chrome and lights—so
we decided to raffle it off, with the net proceeds going to the Ride For Kids.
We raised and turned in $2,300, with ride
receipts in various amounts for all the
Chapter Members who had helped.The winner, Juan Romero of Fontana, actually bought
a hundred tickets from our Chapter
Director.That was ten percent of all the tickets sold!
Not wanting the winner to be stuck with
a piece of junk, I had been fixing it up. First,
with the help of Jim Cassaro of Chapter Q,
we put on new brakes and serviced the
calipers and master cylinder. Then I replaced
the AM/FM/cassette knobless radio with a
new AM/FM/CD radio. Next, I purchased a
new neutral switch and all the gaskets and
seals, but the dealer wanted almost two hundred dollars for labor.As Stu can tell you, it is
a major project. Other dealers wanted even
more to do it!
Finally, I called JBJ Cycles of Santa Ana for
a quote and John Weir, who knew about my
project, said he would do it for only fifty dollars, so I took it there at once. I also gave him
a list of the other things that needed repair
and told him to do what he could for a hundred and fifty dollars I had. I asked him to use
his judgment on priority.
Soon he called me and said it was done,
so we went to pick it up. It appeared a Honda
dealer had sold me the wrong neutral switch,
but JBJ had purchased the right one and fixed
my problem. Then they had replaced the
shifter seal, fixed the oil leak at the water
pump, repaired the turn signal system, and
cleaned and rebuilt the carburetors.
Afterward, John handed me a bill for
$44.20—the cost of the neutral switch.
There was no charge for seals, flasher unit,
labor—nothing. No charge! John said that, for
such a good cause, if I could donate the bike
the least they could do was donate some
time to fix it.
JBJ Cycles advertises in all the Chapter
newsletters in this area and donates grand
prizes to the various poker runs. Needless to
say I will do all I can to spread the good word
among the Chapters in this part of the country of their generosity.
A big thanks is in order to the gang at JBJ
Cycles for their hours of work, and also to
my fellow Members of CA1-D for making
this raffle a success.
Dan Brooks
GWRRA #158154
Norwalk, California
Couer d’ Alene Honda
Couer d’ Alene, Idaho
e would like you to honor this dealership in your magazine—Couer d’
Alene Honda.
While traveling to Washington from our
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state of Colorado on Interstate 1-90 on July
5th of last year, we picked up a piece of metal
off the highway through a construction zone.
The metal went completely through our antifreeze coolant reservoir on our 2006 Gold
Wing motorcycle.
We pulled over and used our Gold Book to
call for assistance and were able to contact
Gary Widmyer in Couer d’ Alene, Idaho. It was
the Fourth of July, and most Gold Wingers
were probably in Billings for Wing Ding, so we
were lucky he was available.
Gary came and got us and took us to a
motel near the Couer d’ Alene Honda dealership. On July 5th, we went to the dealership to
see if they had the part we needed, and they
got us in right away that morning. They didn’t
have the part, so they took one off of a 2007
Gold Wing that was sitting on the showroom
floor and put it on our bike.
We were on the road by 9:30 a.m.! The
Assistant Service Manager Dick Tabatt and his
mechanic went out of their way to accommodate us, as we had to meet the ferry in
Bellingham, Washington, the next day for our
trip to Alaska.
We can’t say enough good things about this
dealership and all they did for us. They saved
our Alaskan vacation!
If you’re ever in Couer d’ Alene, Idaho, and
have a problem, don’t hesitate to stop by and
see them.They went above and beyond the call
of duty!
Keith & Bonnie Dallegge
GWRRA #95042
Sterling, Colorado
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Heartland Honda
Springdale, Arkansas
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Motor Trike Corporation
Troup,Texas
ast year, my wife Bonnie and I—with our
trusty trike—decided to visit Eureka
Springs, Arkansas, and Turpentine Creek, a big
cat wildlife sanctuary that we sponsor.
After passing through Mobile, Alabama, I
noticed a heavy pull to the right as I applied
the brakes. After spending the night in
Lucydale, Mississippi, and inquiring about repair
work to the brakes from the local brake shop,
we thought it best to get to Eureka Springs
and then have it checked over.
Upon arriving safely to Eureka Springs on
Sunday, I called Motor Trike Monday morning
and talked to them about my problem (since
my Gold Book had produced no results within
the local area, due to all bike shops being
closed on Mondays).
Motor Trike called me back within the hour
and informed me that Heartland Honda of
Springdale, Arkansas, would pick up our trike
on Tuesday morning and check it out. At 10
a.m.Tuesday morning, a nice young man by the
name of Josh Swanson arrived from Heartland
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Honda to pick up the trike. Since I had no way
to get back to Eureka Springs, I rode with him
and waited until the trike was repaired.
Upon arrival at Heartland Honda, the trike
was unloaded and Larry Wood, the service
manager, immediately set out to find the
problem. After a detailed inspection of the
rear brake system, he found that both rear
axle seals were leaking and the right rear
brake cylinder was also leaking. Larry called
Motor Trike to report what he had found, and
Motor Trike informed him to completely
replace all seals, wheel cylinders, and brake
shoes and to check the trike over completely
and then send them the bill.
I was back on the road prior to their closing for the day. You can’t beat that now can
you?!
In fact, here is just a portion of the appreciation letter we sent to Motor Trike about
Heartland Honda:
“…Heartland Honda in Springdale,
Arkansas, was very prompt, sending someone
to pick up the trike and deliver it 40 miles
away and immediately putting someone on it
to find and fix the problem. The staff [there]
was extremely courteous and helpful in our
dilemma and, after repair that same day, we
were able to enjoy our visit in Eureka Springs
and [later return] home safely to Orlando.”
So if you are in Springdale, Arkansas, or
Troup, Texas, stop by to look around and say
hello to two great dealers!
Ben McLin
GWRRA #101919
Orlando, Florida
1-888-615-1953
Grapevine Kawasaki
Grapevine,Texas
818-957-3175 • 818-957-6355 Fax
Stop by and say hello
at Wing Ding 30, booth #233
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ore kudos to supreme mechanic Steve
Wagner.
When Steve Wagner was at Maxim Sports
in Plano. Texas, I would drive 52 miles roundtrip to take my bike problems to him.
Here is why:The cluster of electric switches at my left hand on my 1987 GL1200 was
giving me trouble. I took my bike to two other
Honda dealers, and they said they couldn’t
help me, as Honda was not making that control module any longer.
I took the bike to Steve, and he just
cleaned the module out and it now works
perfectly!
Later, my dealer told me that my rear
wheel spline and final drive spline were worn.
Honda apparently no longer makes those
parts. Steve just went on eBay and bought
them for me for about $400 less than the
parts retail for—if you can even find them.
Steve Wagner is now at Grapevine
Kawasaki in Grapevine,Texas, and I highly recommend his work.
Buzz Taylor
GWRRA #138827
Dallas,Texas ●
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New MED Directors Selected
—In “A Word from Your Executive Director” last month, we inadvertently mentioned that June Agee, our then-current MED Director
who had passed away suddenly in February, had been the first female
Chapter Director in the state of Illinois. In fact, the first female
Chapter Director in Illinois was Joan Stemke, who went on to hold
many other positions within GWRRA. Our apologies Joan.
Hello, we are Ed & Linda Johnson,
and we are excited to accept the
position of Membership Enhancement Division Directors and work
with the National Staff and ALL
Members of GWRRA. We reside in
Bristol, Virginia, home of the Bristol
Motor Speedway. Bristol is located on
the border between Virginia and
Tennessee. We also have a farm in
North Carolina that we use as our
quiet getaway!
We were married in August of
2000 during the Kentucky District Rally on the banks of the Ohio
River. Ed has been a Member of GWRRA since 1985 and served as
Chapter Director,Assistant District Director and District Director of
Virginia in 1992-1993. Since we became a team, we have served as
Chapter Directors, Newsletter Editors, Special Project Coordinator
and Treasurer of our home Chapter,VA-H.
Prior to accepting this position, we served as National
Membership Enhancement Coordinators and as Region N
Membership Enhancement Coordinators. We are Life Members of
GWRRA, and are both Level IV in Rider Education, Certified LTD
Seminar Presenters and Certified Bike Show Judges.We currently ride
a 2000 Gold Wing SE (Red/Red) and have toured in 46 states and one
Atlantic Province (New Brunswick).
Ed retired from the Virginia State Police in 2003 as a First Sergeant
with 34 years of service. I (Linda) retired from the Washington
County School System in 2005 after 27 years in the Business and
Finance Department. We have three children, seven grand children
(and that does not include the grand dogs and grand cats!).
Other than GWRRA, we are active in our church, and our hobbies are collecting Hull Pottery and repairing all types of clocks (especially grandfather clocks).
Ed and I are excited to be serving the Members in the position of
Membership Enhancement Division Directors. We have made many
friends in GWRRA over the years and look forward to making many
more. GWRRA is a great organization and we hope the work we do
for the Members will make it even greater.
If we can be of service to enhance your membership or your
GWRRA experience, please feel free to contact us either by phone
at (276) 628-5535 (home) or (276) 492-5535 (cell) or by email at
MED4U@comcast.net.
New Chapters Chartered!
GWRRA welcomes the following new Chapters to our family!
—Chapter NC-X of Wake Forest, North Carolina, led by Chapter
Directors Robert & Dorothy Richards.
—Chapter NM-R of Roswell, New Mexico, led by Chapter
Directors Jim & Pauline Richards.
New Region D Directors
We are Ronald &
Dianna Miller from
Stockbridge, Michigan,
and we are very honored to be your new
Region D Directors.
We will try our very
best to make Region D
and the GWRRA the
best it can be and have
fun doing it.
A little background
on us is that we met
while we were in high
school and, after graduating, we were married
on December 7, 1958, so we’ll be celebrating our 50th wedding
anniversary this year. We have three children, ten grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
On March 1, 1985, we joined GWRRA and, a couple of years later,
found our home with Chapter J in Jackson, Michigan. In 1990, we
became Assistant Area Representatives (ACDs). In 1991, we were
selected as the Chapter Couple of the Year and went on to become
the Michigan District Couple of the Year. In 1992, we were appointed
as Assistant District Directors under Lorne & Carol Haase. We
became the Michigan District Directors in August of 1995 and held
that position until August of 1998.
We went back to our home Chapter in 2000 and accepted the
position of Chapter Educators. In 2001 and 2005 we were chosen as
the Michigan Educators of the Year. We became Senior Chapter
Educators and Certified Seminar Presenters in 2003 and are still
active Presenters. In 2005 we received a National Rider Education
“Merit Award” at Wing Ding.
In 2006 we both received our Master Tour Rider Level IV #199 &
#200 “Life Grand Master” rockers. In August of 2007 Ron became
one of the first seven GWRRA “Advanced Rider Course” Instructors
in Michigan.
In February of 2008 at our Wingless Weekend, on behalf of the
Members and District Staff of Michigan, Chris & Sally Bobek the
Senior District Directors presented us with a “Michigan GWRRA
Lifetime Achievement Award”. Dianna and I were very honored and
surprised to receive such an award.
We want to let you know that, as your new Region D Directors,
our door is always open, the coffee pot is on, and the iced tea is in
the fridge. Feel free to call us, contact us, or stop in anytime—you are
always welcome!
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Nick Hoppner is Featured Speaker at Americade 2008
Wing World’s legendary (16 year) editor, Nick Hoppner, is coming
out of retirement to be a Featured Speaker at Americade 2008. This
is his first public appearance since retiring a year ago, and he will be
presenting “20 years, 20 Touring Trends, the Good, Bad and Ugly” on
Thursday evening, June 5, at Americade’s headquarters at Roaring
Brook Ranch.
As the former editor of Wing World, Nick witnessed many changes
in long-distance touring and also the media’s perception of it. He
promises that “It’ll be a colorful narrative which will challenge the
audience to agree, disagree, applaud or boo and hiss.”
“We’re delighted to host Nick as a Featured Speaker here. I’ve
enjoyed his writing for nearly two decades,” says Americade Founder
Bill Dutcher.
Americade, the world’s largest multi-brand motorcycle touring
rally, takes place June 2-7, 2008, in Lake George, New York. For more
information, visit www.tourexpo.com or call (518) 798-7888.
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B y R o b e r t B o o t s • G W R R A # 2 4 4 3 7 0 • Wa t e r l o o , I o w a
This story starts when I decided to purchase a motorcycle. It had been 22 years since last riding and then selling my last one. This time, however, I was determined to get it right! I knew I wanted a large road bike, something to take long trips on, or maybe even to do some camping. I looked at several different brands and types,
talked with all the people I knew that ride, and the only name that kept surfacing was: Honda Gold Wing!
Meeting My Gold Wing
I knew people riding that “other
popular brand name” who kept saying how much better they felt when,
at the end of the day, they got off
their bike and the feeling came back
to their lower extremities! What? I
thought. I don’t think so! I want comfort all the time—both while I’m riding and after the ride.
It took some time, but I finally
found my bike—a 2004 GL1800 in
bright white. When I first saw the
bike, it looked plain. And it didn’t
help that the dealership had placed it
back on the showroom floor dirty,
after using it in a wedding. But I
bought it anyway.
And then chrometitis hit! After
adding a few items that would be needed, the
sparkly stuff started showing up, and it was
plain no more. That was in June of 2006.
Meeting GWRRA
Fast forward to July of 2007. I had been
keen enough to understand that I was a babe in
the woods when it came to riding big bikes,
especially on long trips and sometimes with
large groups. But then along came GWRRA to
the rescue! And the Members of my local
Chapter have been great. They filled my head
with tales of “daring do” and visions of vistas
too beautiful to describe. They also kept me
from doing some very un-smart things that
newbies are prone to do.
During our get-togethers there were stories
of Wing Dings held here and there and how
much fun they were and how the areas were
such fun to ride. It made my mouth water and
I wanted to ride far, see the vistas, and—generally—just make my own stories.
I decided the time had arrived by July of
last year. I would head to my first Wing Ding
in Billings, Montana.
Making Plans for My First Long Ride
My girlfriend could not make the ride,
though she tried. She was still working, and
that took precedence. But I was going!
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I talked with the Members of my Iowa
Chapter who had been out west. I wanted to
hear all the stories and plot the great sights and
do and see it all! During these conversations,
they kept almost reverently referring to a location and their eyes would become glassy and
their speech would slow as if reliving the memory: Bear Tooth Pass!
During their recollections, the words
“steep” and “switchback turns” and “snow”
and “how beautiful it was” kept coming up. To
be honest, some of their words scared the heck
out of me! Here I was, a newbie of the first
order, and I was making plans to ride the most
beautifully dangerous piece of road on earth!
What have I gotten myself into? I wondered. But I finally asked one of the lead riders
of our group if he thought I was up to the test
of Bear Tooth Pass. He laughed and said “Sure,
just stick with me and go slow and don’t look
down, or don’t look off the end of the curve
ahead, ha ha ha!”
So before the trip, I started riding the most
winding, hilly roads I could find to ready
myself for Bear Tooth Pass. I didn’t want to
embarrass myself within my group. I felt sure
that once I got into or onto Bear Tooth Pass,
someone would be on the radio saying something like “Ride, Forrest, ride.” I was concerned about this to no end. But I kept skill
building and my confidence started improving.
Hitting the Road
Then the day of departure arrived!
I had purchased a trailer to tote along
everything that I knew I wouldn’t
need to bring along but would bring
anyway.
The day was chilly, the windshield was fogged over with moisture
(or was it perspiration?), and I was on
edge. This would be my first long
trip, my first Wing Ding—my first
crash on Bear Tooth Pass? Oh my!
The smells were something to
remember—crisp, clean moisture
laden air, newly mowed hay, skunk,
manure, hay, wood smoke, skunk,
manure, manure, manure, skunk, and
more. We finally ran out of the
majority of odors somewhere inside
the South Dakota state line. Or just maybe my
survival instincts kicked in and my olfactory
senses shut down completely. (Breath, Forrest,
breath!)
We had only traveled about 90 miles when
something out of the ordinary occurred.
Riding along, something black flew past my
left elbow. Did I hit a bird? I wondered. No
feathers. Not a bird then, but what? My Baker
Air Wing was still attached to the underside of
the left mirror. But what is that gaping hole in
the dash on the left side? Oh no, my speaker
cover! My left speaker cover was A.W.O.L.
After advising my mentor and riding companions, Tim & Mary Peverill, that I was losing pieces off my bike, I pulled over. They
coasted to a stop a little further along the road
while I walked back to locate the missing
speaker cover. About three blocks back, there it
was along the shoulder, missing two of the four
ears that normally hold it in place. The trailer
or a passing 18-wheeler had already smushed
it. But, on the bright side, my GWRRA friends
did “come through” just moments later.
While I was hiking back to the group,
another group of Wingers stopped to ask Tim
and Mary if I was having problems. My group
politely informed them that nothing was wrong
with the bike, it was the rider, he seemed not to
be able to get from point A to point B with all
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his pieces attached. (Ride, Forrest, ride!)
Our first day out—and 680 miles later—I
was so glad I hadn’t bought a brand X bike.
Imagine this, I still had complete control of my
entire body, including my posterior! All in all,
it had been a great first day, and Rapid City,
South Dakota, was comfortable.
After having ridden so far the first day,
leaving the next morning for Mount Rushmore
was less stressful and pictures were a must for
the old memory book. (Smile, Forrest, smile!)
Things Left Forgotten
Someone had forgotten to talk to me about
Needles Highway! Where did all those sharp
turns and uphill grades appear from? What
one lane tunnel? I almost panicked.
Needless to say, I didn’t get to look around
that much. Probably a good thing, too, since I
was holding the grips tight enough to squeeze
the glue out the ends! If I had run off the road,
there was no way I could have ejected from the
saddle. (Run, Forrest, run!)
Meanwhile, thank goodness, Mary took
care of the picture-taking end of things. She
took pictures all the rest of the trip from the
back of their 1800—about 495 in all. And
wow, what pictures! Stop by sometime and I’ll
be glad to show them to you.
But I did get to see a lot of critters, some up
close and personal, some from afar. And it was
probably a good thing I was on a motorcycle.
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If I hadn’t been, I would have been feeding the
donkeys marshmallows right along with the
other bystanders. What part of don’t feed the
wild critters do people not understand? I asked
myself, since there were even signs posted that
warned people they were in bear country. By
the way, that’s something I don’t get to see
everyday. I could just imagine two grizzly
bears up above the highway looking down
when one nudges the other and says, “I hear
they taste like chicken.” (Then it would surely
be: Run, Forrest, run!)
The second night out was spent in Cody,
Wyoming. After a wonderful day of sights and
smells and scenery, it was all I could do to stay
awake and reflect on the wonders of the universe and Bear Tooth Pass. I knew it would be
coming up the next day but, after having lived
through Needles Highway, what was there that
could scare me? In fact, Yellowstone National
Park was actually a distant memory for me.
Forty-four years earlier, I had the pleasure
of staying in Yellowstone for one night. The
united family was traveling to California in a
1968 Chevy station wagon and pulling a camping trailer. There were eight of us total, and the
trailer only slept five—the rest of us were
allowed to sleep on the picnic tables in sleeping bags as “human burrito bear baits.” It had
been dark when we entered the park, and it had
been zero dark thirty when we left. So my
memory of Yellowstone was of one lone tree in
the headlights of the car. This trip would prove
to be far more memorable I was sure!
Onward to Bear Tooth
And Old Faithful certainly was memorable.
The bear signs were right where the bears
were, and Bear Tooth Pass was open and coming up fast!
We had meandered around Yellowstone all
day and it was worth every minute. But now
the moment of truth had arrived. Could
Forrest—I mean me, Rob—truly handle the
Bear Tooth? And as we rode there, I was wondering when we were going to pull over and
don our winter clothing. I had been told that
Bear Tooth can be sunny one minute and snowing the next and I was ready, with winter hats,
gloves, insulated pants, boots and coat liners—
the whole nine yards! (Told you I had packed
enough stuff for six people.) I even had a tent,
just in case we got caught in the blizzard I was
expecting. Even bear repellent, but that was
really just the lunch I had eaten earlier. I figured if the bear wanted me, his sense of smell
and taste would have to be non-existent. But
that’s another story.
Bear Tooth Pass—I had heard about this
ride for almost a year. Now I was going to
experience it firsthand, and did I ever! The
turns were just as advertised—hairpins, with a
lot of them running out into the wild blue yonder, with no guard rails! Whenever I did get a
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glance around, I saw snow-capped mountain
peaks with clear water lakes above the tree
line, lots of flowers and, every once in awhile,
a splattered furry critter in the roadway.
What a joy it was! Arriving at the summit,
I checked the thermometer and found it to be
only 61 degrees F—a great change from the 95
degrees F at the start of our climb. Still, I was
comfortable in my short sleeve T-shirt and riding jacket, mainly from the exertion of riding,
leaning, counter steering, concentrating on
looking ahead for the line, and squeezing the
heck out of the grips (By the way, I silently
wondered. What is that cramp on my inner,
upper thigh from? Could only be from pressing
in on the shelter. I could have sworn I closed
the gas trap door, and why does the treble keep
going up when I round the corners? (Breathe,
Forrest, breathe!)
Having Conquered Bear Tooth
So, after all my trepidation, I had crossed
Bear Tooth with no problems at all—and with
all the gear I had started up with, I might add!
But I and the others had worked up an
appetite, only there didn’t seem to be anyplace
to eat until we hit a hole-in-the-road place
called Silver Creek. The Log Cabin Restaurant
was right on Main Street—the only street—so
in we went. And they did not have a cook, they
had a chef! It was the best Chicken Marsaille
I’ve ever had (perhaps not in small part
because of my recent victory). And the view
was something to behold also. Out the front
window I was facing, there were two buffalo in
the yard of the house directly across the street!
Is this some country or what? I asked myself.
(Look, Forrest, look!)
This night, we arrived in Billings for Wing
Ding 29. After cajoling a room out of the
office staff at a motel, we crashed (thankfully,
the only “crash” of the entire trip!).
The next day was registration day for Wing
Ding, and what a great facility it was in. There
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were air-conditioned exhibit halls containing
food, drink, chrome—all in one huge place! It
was one of the best sights of the trip, and it didn’t take any time at all for me to find the sparkly stuff!
I also got to watch the vendors working on
the bikes, adding things, changing things. It
was mesmerizing. I wanted to know how to
change a tire if I had a flat, so I even watched
for over an hour as one was being changed. But
by then realized that, if I do have a flat, I’m not
going to have one of those nifty lifts handy
anyway. (Think, Forrest think!)
The talent show, the variety show, the drill
teams, the demonstration rider—it all couldn’t
have gotten any better. And I learned quickly
through some seminars that anything I find
myself getting into on my bike, it’s not the
bike’s fault.
There was also enough down time to take a
ride through the surrounding countryside. The
only problem was that when Tim asked me to
lead us back to the motel, I got “lost in space.”
I had ridden the route with Tim several times
already, but when it came my turn to lead, I got
lost like a baby raccoon! Thank goodness for
Myrtle, Tim’s GPS unit.
During our stay, we even rode back to Bear
Tooth Pass, but this time without trailers. And
riding the route in reverse had its benefits—
more time for pictures and somewhat faster
speeds. And even though we got trapped in
construction on Chief Joseph Highway, several
miles of gravel roads didn’t dampen any spirits.
Goodbye to My First Wing Ding
Upon leaving Billings, we headed for
Devils Tower and, somewhere near there, we
stopped for lunch. This was a bar on a corner
in the middle of nowhere, and the sign even
read “Warm beer and lousy food”. The food
was okay, though. And of course I don’t know
about the beer, but the bartender looked like a
blond Elvira. (Run, Forrest, run!)
Devils Tower wound up being something to
see! As we approached Spearfish, South
Dakota, we turned off and took Spearfish
Canyon Road and it was a nice ride. The towering walls and trees provided some shade. I
even wanted to skinny dip in Bridalvale Falls,
but there was a wedding taking place and I’m
a lot shy. (Blush, Forrest, blush!)
We finally pulled into Wall, South Dakota,
for the night, and the temp was 106 F as we
came off the highway. Dinner, shower and bed
was about all we had our minds on—those and,
of course, placing our unmentionables someplace where they wouldn’t walk off on their
own or otherwise cause olfactory failure.
(Gag, Forrest, gag!)
And at last it was home sweet home. My
first real Gold Wing adventure had lasted 9
days, covered 3,150 miles, and managed 495
photos and memories galore. Not to mention
that all my extended body parts were still
attached, due not only to my great machine but
also to the great guidance, knowledge and skill
of my mentors, Tim and his wife Mary. (I guarantee I would have been somewhat a mess if I
had undertaken this first trip myself.) Their
patience with me was nearly heroic, as I asked
a lot of questions and they talked me through
what to expect. Thanks again you two.
So now the talk is about more road trips,
like Honda Hoot this month and possibly Wing
Ding 30 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Come to think of it, this not-so-newbieanymore has heard of a road out there as wellknown as Bear Tooth Pass. It’s called the Tail
of the Dragon, and I’d love to ride it. Goodness
knows I’ve heard enough stories.
So now all I have to figure out is what to
pack, what to wear, and what the travel time,
distance, and route to get there will be. So
many things to think about. (Dream, Forrest,
dream!)
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This year’s rally features a sock hop ’50s theme on Friday night,
demo rides, factory tours, seminars, a charity poker run, bike show, bike
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AMERICADE ANNOUNCES A RECORD-SETTING NUMBER
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At Americade 2008, 18 manufacturers will offer demo rides. BMW,
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and Hummer have done demos at Americade for years, some for all 25
years here. This year, they’ll be joined by KTM, Kymco, Moto Guzzi,
CF Moto, plus new 3-wheelers from Motor Trike, Piaggio, Spyder and
Thoroughbred, and also the new electric scooter from Vectrix.
"Last year we hosted 14 brands and I doubted that we'd ever exceed
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Demos start Tuesday, June 3, and conclude Saturday, June 7. Since
each manufacturer runs their own schedule and has their own requirements, riders are urged to arrange appointments early in the Americade
Week.
For those who are not already registered for Americade 2008, access
passes are available at the Lake George Holiday Inn from 8 a.m. Tuesday
to 5 p.m. Friday. (See page 22 for more on Americade 2008.)
CHROME WORLD'S 2007 WIN-A-WING WINNER ANNOUNCED
Chrome World’s 2007
Win-A-Wing Gold Wing winner is Richard Califano of
Florida, who was surprised by
a phone call to say he’d won a
brand new, dark red, 2008
Gold Wing GL1800.
On Saturday, February 9,
2008, at 8:30 a.m. at the
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GL1800. Richard's wife Gloria, and several other members of his
family attended.
Chrome World Vice President Jim Zervakos made the presentation.
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Te c h n i c a l Q u e s t i o n s a n d A n s w e r s a b o u t G o l d W i n g s a n d Va l k y r i e s
Luggage Rack on Trunk Lid
Answers to the technical questions in this month’s “Workbench” were provided by
Stu Oltman, Wing World’s Senior Technical Editor. Please submit your technical questions
about Gold Wings or Valkyries by e-mail to workbench@gwrra.org or by mail to
“Workbench,” GWRRA, 21423 North 11th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027. Please include
your full name, city, state and GWRRA membership number.
Horsepower for GL1800
I have a 2006 GL1800 and it runs great,
lots of power, no problems. The only question
that I have is one that I can’t find an answer for
in the owner’s manual or from my dealer. What
is the horsepower rating for this engine? I am
just curious. Thanks for your input.
David L. Cappalonga
GWRRA #283184
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
David, the specifications when the bike was
released to the public in 2001 were 118 horsepower and 125 foot pounds of torque. I haven’t
seen anything indicating a change from those
specs.
Stu
LTD Badge/Nameplate?
Hello Stu, my name is Bill Mills (from the
article “GL1000: Finding and Restoring My
Long-awaited Classic” page 75 of the March
issue). Stu, did the LTD come with a Honda
badge/nameplate over the front banjo bolts?
Thanks very much.
Bill Mills
GWRRA #265488
Victoria, British Columbia
Bill, of all the GL1000s I’ve examined, both
on the road and in salvage yards, few had that
badge attached over the hose junction block
under the headlamp. I’ve found a picture of a
new-in-crate ’76 LTD that J. Wood & Company
sold at auction in 2000, and it clearly does not
have that badge attached. From an examination of GL1000 parts diagrams, it appears that
badge and its attaching bracket first appeared
on the 1978 model. But because it looked so
much better than the bare, exposed hose junction, my hunch is that some owners opted to
install it on their earlier model Wings. In fact,
I’ve attached one to my personal ’76 LTD.
Stu
Dear Mr. Workbench, when I recently purchased my first Gold Wing (2007), one of the
salesmen advised me not to place anything on
the luggage rack that is mounted on the trunk
lid. He stated that it would damage the trunk
lid.
While traveling, I have seen other Gold
Wings with luggage bags mounted on these
racks. Was the salesman misinformed or is this
really a problem?
Harry Spring
GWRRA #284845
Wilmington, North Carolina
Harry, it’s really a problem. Many Wingers
use large washers under the mountings of the
rack to prevent cracking of the trunk lid. Still,
weight on the trunk rack should be limited to 5
pounds. To preserve handling characteristics,
any luggage capacity in addition to what’s
provided by the manufacturer should be located as low and as close to your bike’s center of
gravity as possible. A trunk rack does exactly
the opposite. You might consider investigating
the excellent tank bag that The Electrical
Connection has produced specifically to fit the
GL1800.
Stu
Problem with CB Radio
Hi Stu, last weekend while riding with a
group from my chapter my CB radio quit
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transmitting. I could still hear on CB, but not
transmit. Looking down at the display I saw
“CB ERROR!” I turned off the CB and turned
it back on and it is now working. Do you have
any idea what happened? I ride a 2006 1800.
Larry Colson
GWRRA #172644
Harleton, Texas
Larry, this error message often pops up due
to a poor wiring connection in the CB harness.
Pull off the seat and check all of the CB harness connectors from the trunk forward.
Stu
Odometer Excess Mileage
on 2007 Gold Wing
Dear Stu, the “Workbench” section of Wing
World is the main reason I read this magazine.
I look forward to your responses and analysis
of other reader’s questions. This time I have
one of my own.
After 28 years of owning, riding, and maintaining a 1979 Honda CX500c, I purchased a
brand new Gold Wing (2007 Premium Audio)
last spring. I just love the machine and everything works great! One item that troubles me,
and is the reason I am writing, is that for every
1.0 miles I ride, the odometer registers 1.1
miles. This may seem like nitpicking to some,
but it still bothers me nonetheless.
I have heard that this is a common issue
with Gold Wings—the GL1800—and that the
odometer routinely records excess mileage in
the 5% to 10% range. I have heard a couple of
different explanations for this, but the explanations don’t seem reasonable to me.
Based on my experience with the quality of
my old and new bike, it would seem most probable that Honda (in Marysville, Ohio) is quite
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capable of manufacturing a motorcycle that
properly records the mileage on the odometer—I am sure Honda cars do.
The tires on my bike are the originals and
are in agreement with the specifications section of the 2007 Gold Wing Owner’s Manual
(Bridgestone radials—G709 front—G704
rear). I have also heard that there are electronic devices available to purchase and install on
the bike to correct this issue.
Before doing that, I would like to better
understand the issue and would prefer not to
install this extra device. I am hoping that you
would at least be able to provide me an explanation of what you might know about this issue
and any recommendations you might have.
Thanks much in advance!
John R. Herzog
GWRRA #277956
Canton, Michigan
John, I have personally owned more than
60 motorcycles in the years since 1967, and
virtually all of them had inaccurate speedometers and odometers. This is not a new issue.
Why is it so? I have asked this myself of several manufacturers and not gotten any reasonable responses. Bikes of European manufacture
seem to have less of an issue in this regard, for
reasons I also can not explain.
Of those who can’t tolerate the inaccuracy,
we’ve seen some resort to larger tires, car tires,
electronic calibration devices, or even attempting to get their basic warranty extended by
10%. I personally would opt for the electronic
calibration device if I were bothered by the
inaccuracy.
Stu
Two-part Oil Question on Gold Wings
Hi, I have a two-part question concerning
Gold Wings.
Part one: I had a 2005 GL1800, and the factory manual gave a recommended engine oil of
10W40. I now have a 2007 GL1800 trike, and
the factory manual for this bike gives a recommended engine oil of 10W30. I am fairly sure
these are the exact same engines. So my question is: What has changed?
Also, if I get my oil from any other place
besides the dealer, they only carry 10W40,
which forces me to go to the dealer and pay a
higher price for the 10W30.
Part Two: The GL1800s give a recommended oil capacity of 3.9 quarts with filter change.
On my 2005, I would put the bike on the center
stand to change the oil. I would put in 4 quarts
and it would show full on the dip stick. Now, on
my 2007 (trike), I changed the oil with the trike
sitting on all three wheels. I put in 4 quarts, and
the dip stick showed no oil. I had to add a little
over 1/2 a quart to bring it to the full mark.
This trike does not have the rake in the
steering, so the steering is stock GL1800. I
raised the front end of the trike so the engine
valve covers showed level using a standard
“level.” The oil quantity barely touched the bottom of the dip stick. My question is: At what
angle does the engine have to be to put in 4
quarts of oil and have the dip stick show full?
Michael Mohrbacher
GWRRA #242689
Crestview, Florida
Michael, although I couldn’t swear to it, I
believe you’re correct about the engines being
the same. The change was likely for reasons of
fuel efficiency and due to a realization that
10W30 is quite sufficient to protect that engine.
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You’ll notice that your owner’s manual provides some latitude in lubricant selection, so
10W40 is still acceptable, though 10W30 is the
recommended choice. By the way, 10W30
JASO approved oils are now available from
suppliers other than American Honda.
As you state, 3.9 quarts is the correct oil
quantity when changing both oil and filter.
However, whether that quantity registers as
“full” on the dipstick depends on the front-torear and side-to-side tilt of the engine. Some
brands of trikes will register full with 3.9
quarts, some won’t. That’s unfortunate,
because overfilling by 1/2 quart probably isn’t
a good thing - oil foaming being the main
issue. It would be nice if trike manufacturers
took this into account in their “engineering”
and provided modified dipsticks. But they
don’t. At what angle does the engine have to
be? The same angle as an unmodified GL1800
motorcycle.
Stu
had the two timing belts put on this summer
while on a trip in another state and, also, a year
ago I had brushes put in the alternator and had
the fluids changed and had the radiator
checked last year (but I don’t think they
flushed it). Also, I had a new fuel filter put on
the end of last summer (had a leak on the right
front fork and had a new seal put on both
forks).
What else do I need to do to prepare for this
trip?
Donald W. Deuel
GWRRA #129805
Arlee, Montana
Don, if the engine power seems normal,
fuel mileage is consistent, and oil consumption
is low, it’s safe to assume that the engine is in
good condition. Smoke or unusual noises
would be reasons to go further with leak down
and/or compression tests. If you’re not current
with scheduled tune-up items, I’d recommend
addressing those. Your Bunkhouse will put
loads on the entire driveline that it was not
designed to handle, so you may want to pull
the driveshaft to inspect/lube the splines. That
goes for the splines in the rear wheel hub as
well.
Stu
1500 SE Gold Wing Technical Issues
I have a 1996 1500 SE Gold Wing. I have
two issues: Had the bike at the dealer last year
at this time and had a pressure test on the radiator—could not find where it is leaking.
Problem is back again. When I park the bike
for wintertime, about one-and-a-half months
later it starts to leak.
Also, the clock does not keep correct time,
it jumps ahead.
I’d appreciate any help you can provide
regarding these issues. Thank you.
Don Heptner
GWRRA #112709
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Don, small leaks are much harder to find
when the engine is hot. A pressure test on a
cold cooling system with the “Tupperware”
stripped off will be more productive.
Sometimes, the coolant pump begins seeping
after a period of non-use. If that’s where your
leak turns out to be, replace the pump. As for
the clock problem, that’s often caused by a
faulty clock adjuster.
Stu
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I am taking a two-month Alaska motorcycle trip this summer and will be pulling a 400lb. bunkhouse trailer behind my 1996 Honda
SE Gold Wing with 105,000 miles on it. I’ve
done all the regular maintenance on it, but live
in a small town and I don’t think the Honda
shop nearby has a very qualified mechanic.
I am not a mechanical person myself and
have had everything done on my bike. Is there
a test to see if the engine is in good shape? I
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Hello Stu...first time to ask you for advice
on my 2006 Gold Wing. The problem is, when
the outside temperature is 80-85 degrees F, the
bike becomes uncomfortable to ride, but when
temps get to 90 F and higher, the thing
becomes torture to ride. I’m talking about riding 50-70 MPH (etc.) on the open road.
The reason being, the two “radiator vents”
in the fairing pour out hot air that would easily cook a hot dog....or my thighs!
My local dealer has no answer. The Honda
tech line has no answer (per the dealer).
However, I was recently in Palm Springs and
stopped at the local dealer (Desert Cities
Honda). The owner, Mike, said he rides his
2006 Gold Wing all summer long in temps
well over 100 degrees F and does not get any
excessive heat.
After some discussion, it was determined
these radiator vents “suck air in” to cool the
radiator and should not be blowing hot air
“out.” It was suggested that the fans on my
bike must be wired-up backwards. This
seemed like good news, and I was excited to
call my dealer at home to say I found the
answer to the problem, but that dealer continues to insist that those vents “exhaust hot radiator air” and they are not designed to “suck air
in.”
Stu, can you please set me straight on this
matter?
George Burnside
GWRRA #121990
Kennewick, Washington
George, the fans suck cool air in at the
radiator grilles on the sides of the bike when
the bike’s speed is below 15 MPH. Above that
speed, the fans are turned off. The bike’s forward movement then forces air in from the
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front and through the radiators. Hot air then
exits out the side grilles. My experience riding
the GL1800 here in the Phoenix metro area
during summer months mirrors that of your
dealer. You didn’t indicate how you normally
dress while riding or whether you use “highway pegs” mounted on the cylinder head protection bars. But be aware that skimpy clothing and/or riding with legs splayed wide
across the radiator grilles will definitely
reduce your level of comfort.
Stu
GL1800 Front Wheel
Day by day, I am more confused about what
to do about the front end of my 2005 GL1800
concerning uneven tire wear and the wobble.
I went to my local dealer in Sanford,
Florida, and was given paperwork and a CD
about repairs a company was making to the
front end that would completely cure the problems. Price for this service was about $1500.
Then, when I talked to a dealer in Iowa while I
was there in December, they told me to wait to
buy a new 1800, as Honda was going to
change the front tire. Then I went to a dealer in
South Carolina, I was told they knew of a shop
that was actually changing the rake on the bike
and that was fixing the problem.
If all the Gold Wing dealers know this
problem exists, why can’t Honda do something
about it—either develop a fix for the problem
or provide some other advice on what we can
do to be able to enjoy riding the bike.
I know for certain that the air pressure in
the front tire is not the problem. I check the TP
before every ride in the front and rear and
maintain the pressure in the front at 40 pounds
as suggested by the local dealer. But I am on
the second front tire with less than 25,000
miles on the bike and, actually, it is due to be
changed again.
[To me], an average of 12000 miles per tire
change is ridiculous as my last Honda, a 2001,
would go about 30000 miles before changing.
I have ridden Honda Gold Wings since my
first new one in 1982. When that one was sold,
I had about 250,000 miles on it. I purchased a
1988 and had about 175,000 on that when I
sold it and bought a 2001 and, finally, the
2005.
I didn’t have any problems with any of the
earlier bikes and, at this point, I am considering trading it in on a Harley (of all things).
Any suggestions or advice?
Richard Zahn
GWRRA #246699
Lake Mary, Florida
Rich, I know you’re not going to like this
answer, but it sounds to me like you’re experiencing typical symptoms of worn-out tires. No
brand of rear tire for fitment on a GL1800 will
run 30,000 miles, not without being slick as a
baby’s behind or even having cords showing.
12,000 to 15,000 miles is the norm, and the
tire should be replaced when the wear bars are
flush with the tread, or if uneven wear presents
vibration or handling quirks. The front tires on
these bikes seem to last about 12,000 to
15,000 miles before braking forces cause
enough scalloping to create odd handling
traits. Actually, this is pretty good, as many
other brands/models wear out their tires at
less than 10,000 miles. Respectfully, I suggest
you may want to reevaluate your definition of
“worn out.” I doubt you’ll see better tire life
from any heavy cruiser or touring rig, Harley
included - at least not if you adopt my definition of “worn out.”
By the way, you don’t mention what pressure you run in the rear tire, only that you
check it before every ride. A gentleman
brought me his 2005 GL1800 for evaluation of
ride and handling problems last week. He
made the same claims as you regarding TP
checks. Checking myself, I found 38 psi in the
front and 18 psi in the badly scalloped and
feather-edged rear. It was this damage to his
rear tire and the resultant chassis input that
was causing all of his complaints. Because the
rear tire valve is such a pain to get to, many
riders check the front pressure, but merely give
the rear a visual examination for bulging sidewalls. But the sidewalls will give no indication
of low pressure until it’s dangerously low. Not
indicating you fit this mold, but many Wingers
do. So I’d just like to include this warning in
your published answer.
Stu
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Heated Seat and Grip No More
I have a fully loaded 2006 Wing, and the
first winter of 2007, the seat and grip worked
great. But the winter of 2007-2008, they
stopped working.
I took the bike to a dealer, and they charged
me $80 but never found the cause. I was told
that they would check with a Honda Rep, but
it’s been over thirty days and I’ve called, and
their response is they haven’t heard from him.
Can you help me? The shop said there was
nothing wrong with the wiring.
Gerald Fleming
GWRRA #276380
Glendale, Arizona
Gerald, I have never charged anyone a
nickel for NOT being able to diagnose a problem. It’s my opinion that your dealer shouldn’t
have, either. Only if the problem is diagnosed
and the owner elects to forgo the repair would
a diagnostic charge be justified. Because they
haven’t replied to you, I personally would take
my business to another dealer—one with a
competent service department that will at least
contact Tech Line for a solution if they’re
unable to run through the diagnostic tree in the
ETM by themselves.
Stu
GL 1800 Engine Noise
Dear Stu, I have a 2006 GL1800 with
38,000 miles on it. In the last 3,000 miles, I
have noticed an erratic but constant rattling
noise coming from the front of my engine. It
sounds to me like a small piece of gravel is
being shot around by the timing chain and rattling inside the cover.
I read the April 2008 issue of Wing World
and, under the title of “GL1800 Engine Surge”
(on page 41), I noticed a reference to rattling
cam chains. Do you think that could be my
problem? Thanks.
Scott Niel
GWRRA #286742
Yuma, Arizona
Scott, yes, it could be the source of your
noise, but the cam chain adjusters on the 1800
don’t require adjustment. If the chains are
loose enough to rattle, then perhaps a tensioner or tensioner blade has broken. Have your
dealership’s service manager listen to your
bike, and see if he offers an opinion. I wish I
could be more precise without hearing it for
myself, but that’s obviously not possible.
Stu
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The Need to Establish and Maintain
an Adequate Space Cushion
hat happens when a Gold Wing, a
tractor trailer, and a bulldozer
meet up on the highway? Hopefully
nothing (out of the ordinary, anyway).And with
an adequate space cushion, that could just be
the case.
I was recently riding southbound on a
divided four-lane with a wide, grassy median
separating me from the northbound traffic. I
was in the left lane doing the posted speed
limit of fifty-five mph.Traffic was light, so I had
an excellent space cushion around me. An offramp from I-12 merged into my right-hand
lane about a hundred yards ahead of me. A
stake-sided truck towing a flatbed trailer with
a large, track-driven, yellow bulldozer on it was
entering onto the highway in my right-hand
lane.
Suddenly, the trailer began to sway and
buck. On the second or third buck, the unsecured bulldozer slid down and off the back of
its trailer, landed upright on its tracks, and slid
from right to left across the lanes of travel and
onto the grassy median, where it came to rest.
When the dozer hit the pavement, mud clods
ranging in size from softballs to beach balls
exploded from all around it, leaving a field of
serious obstacles strewn across both lanes of
the roadway. The truck and trailer stayed just
ahead of it as they also crossed both lanes and
came to a graceful stop over on the median.
As this frightening scene unfolded a couple
hundred feet ahead of me, I rolled off the
throttle a bit, covered my front brake lever
enough to activate my modulating brake light,
and checked my mirrors before signaling a lane
change to the right—the far right!
I had to execute a couple of swerves to
avoid hitting the dirt clods, and as I passed the
parked truck I was doing about thirty-five
mph. My heart was beating at the rate of a
slow drum roll. I exited the highway a half-mile
later and stopped at a friend’s place.
After regaining my composure and a normal pulse rate, I realized that I had just escaped
being killed by the world’s fastest, pilotless
bulldozer!
So how did I manage to endure this ordeal
unscathed? A space cushion. I had kept a spacious space cushion all around me while riding:
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I had ample space ahead, to each side, and
behind me that allowed me the time and distance to safely adjust my speed and change
direction as necessary to avoid hitting, or
being hit by, something.
The Basics of Maintaining a Space
Cushion
Establishing and maintaining a space cushion requires using what is known as “rider
radar.” Rider radar means being continuously
cognizant of your surroundings 360 degrees
around you—and I mean all the way around
you all of the time.
Imagine turning on The Weather Channel
to watching your “Local on the Eights” radar
picture and all that was showing was the top
half of the screen, only the left half, only the
right half, or just the bottom half. What good
would that do you? You need to see the whole
picture to get the information you need.
The same is true for rider radar.You need
to check your review mirror every five to
eight seconds whenever you’re seated on your
bike.And that includes while you’re stopped at
a red light or a stop sign or in congested traffic.
Have you ever been cruising down the
interstate in the right-hand lane, minding your
own business, listening to your favorite tunes,
conversing casually with a companion, and letting the cruise control keep you just above the
posted seventy mph speed limit? Then, seemingly out of nowhere, another vehicle passes
you on the left going about 100 mph. Of
course it scares the dickens out of you, and as
you watch the vehicle diminish in apparent size
and disappear over the horizon, you’re
screaming,“What an idiot! Who the heck does
he think he is? How come there’s never a cop
around to catch those turkeys?” I’ve been
there and done that more than I’d like to
admit.
Why were you so upset? You didn’t do anything wrong. Well, actually you did. The overtaking vehicle took you by surprise because
you were unaware of it until it came into your
peripheral vision, and the sound of the high
revving engine, the windblast, and the loud
whine of the tires scared you. Fear immedi-
ately turned to anger, and a subsequent reaction could be the dangerous act of road rage.
Your error was in not using your rider radar
effectively.You hadn’t checked your mirrors in
a long time—and remember, over eight seconds is a long time.
A “Rider Radar” Breakdown
Let’s say the overtaking vehicle was traveling at 100 mph, and you were cruising along at
seventy mph. That means there’s a difference
of thirty mph. That vehicle was visible in your
mirrors a quarter mile behind you thirty seconds ago. It was visible in your mirrors a half
mile behind you a full minute ago.Two minutes
ago it would have been visible in your mirrors
a full mile behind you!
Use all 360 degrees of your rider radar
every five to eight seconds.Then you won’t be
startled, angered, or outraged.You’ll calmly say
to your companion, “Check out this Bozo
coming up in the left lane. He must be going to
a fire.”
I always try to position myself on the roadway or in a specific lane position so that I can
see as far as possible in all directions and be
seen as far as possible from all directions. I
wear bright colors for conspicuity while striving to place myself where all the other drivers
can see me. By continuously striving to avoid
close proximity to other vehicles, I’m trying to
communicate, “Hello there! Here I am! Can
you see me now? Please don’t drive into me.”
I avoid tailgating and lingering in the blind spots
of other vehicles. I hope you do, too.
That way, just in case you ever find yourself
dodging an unmanned, out-of-control bulldozer traveling over sixty mph and changing
lanes—without using turn signals—I hope
you’ll find yourself with a comfortable enough
cushion of space. Because trust me, you’re
going to need it. Ride safely.
(Skip invites you to share your thoughts about
Rider Radar and Space Cushions with him at
skipph@bellsouth.net.)
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S o u t h g a t e ,
Ke n t u c ky
December 15, 2003—the most awful day of my life…
t was about 11:30 a.m., and I had to leave
my office to pick up something at the store.
As I left the store, I thought to myself, Why
don’t you have lunch with your brother? So
I made the turn to head toward his shop.
My brother is a welder and owns his
own shop. I am a tax geek and own my
own office.
But on the drive there, I started feeling guilty about all the work I had to do
back at the office.The guilt was so much
that I made a turn at the next intersection and went back to my office and got
back to work.
About 4 p.m. the phone in my office
rang. It was my sister, and she asked if I
had talked to anybody else in the family
before she had called.After I said no, she
said the words I still can’t get out of my
head to this day: “I have some bad news
for you. Chip is dead.”
My heart stopped, I couldn’t breathe, my
nose started to run. I wanted to run, I wanted
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to cry, I wanted to scream—but all I could do
was to slump back in my chair and faintly ask,
“How?”
My sister told me that the piece of steel
Chip had been welding—10 tons—had fallen
on him, crushed him and that he had died
instantly.
The next five days were a blur to me—an
emotional roller coaster, mostly down. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t work. I
just existed.
I tried to find things to do to distract
myself. I paged through books and
magazines and, in one, I found a quote
that made me stop and take inventory
of my life. The quote was marked
“Anonymous.” How I found it and, better
yet, remembered it must have been the
work of a higher power. The quote was:
“Life is not a journey to the grave with
the intentions of arriving safely, in one
handsome and well-preserved piece.You
should slide broadside across that finish
line, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil and shouting ‘Geronimo!’”
As I stood at Chip’s casket and
looked at him, I made myself a promise—I
would not sit back and be a spectator any
more.
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A Little Background
A little history about myself: I broke my hip
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to operate on me gave me staff infection and,
since that time, I have had over thirty corrective surgeries. I have a totally new hip, a total
femur and a total knee on my right leg. I’ve
worn a body cast from my armpits down both
legs for fourteen months; during which time I
laid on my back in a bed. I couldn’t get up, I
couldn’t turn over; all I could do was to look
out the window.
Through that window, I watched the flowers bloom, I watched the grass grow, I watched
the leaves change and fall, I watched it snow, I
watched it melt. Then I watched the flowers
bloom again and again watched the grass grow.
Fourteen long months.
Between Chip and I, there were sixteenand-a-half years and three sisters. He was the
baby and I was the oldest of the siblings.
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How I Made the Decision
When I left the funeral of my brother, I
told my wife that I was going to buy a motorcycle. She informed me that I was not.
But for the next several months I did the
research and the comparisons, I decided that,
with all my medical conditions, I was going to
purchase a Gold Wing trike. The first day of
May, 2004, at 3 a.m. on eBay, there it was—a
1994 Gold Wing with a Motor Trike conversion; teal in color; located in Winter Haven,
Florida; and with a “Buy It Now” price I could
afford.
I clicked the button and it was mine. And,
just as luck would have it, I was flying into
Tampa that very day on business because I
have a client named Ron in Winter Haven that
I had to touch base with.
He picked me up at the airport and, as we
were driving back, I told him we needed to
make a stop. I gave him the address and the
next thing I knew—viola!—I was a biker.
It had been years since my 1965 Honda
Dream—a lifetime, a wife and kids, ago. But
now I was an empty nester, and some things
just feel right from the get go.This was one of
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Getting in Gear
We took the trike to Ron’s house, where it
was stored for the next month, and I flew back
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The next morning, I jumped out of bed to
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ride over 900 miles—all by myself.
I decided to take the long way, through the
back roads of Florida, to get to I-75. Then,
before I even felt I was ready for it, there it
was—the entrance ramp! So I did what any
red-blooded American male would have done:
I pulled into the nearest gas station and purchased a soft drink!
Then, after I finally finished my drink, I
made sure I had all of my gear on, walked
around the bike, checked the bike out again,
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and got on the bike. I started it, put the turn
signal on, turned the throttle, and up the ramp
I went.
Stepping Out
They say the longest journey starts with a
single step: Well, then and there was where I
started keeping my promise to my brother.
And let me tell you, I have not regretted one
moment since (well, maybe that one time in
the rain).
It’s been four summers now that I have
owned this bike, and I have put close to
50,000 miles on it. I’ve ridden in 32 states, 10
national parks, 4 Canadian Provinces and to
Sturgis, South Dakota—twice!
From the seat of that teal trike—complete
with what most bikers call a lot of “safety
chrome”—my thoughts, my insights, and my
life has changed. I no longer take tomorrow as
something I am guaranteed. Now I know my
wife, my children, and my life are the most
important things I have.
And I have met some of the greatest people from the seat of that teal trike. I am a
Member of GWRRA’s Chapter G in
Northern Kentucky. To name a few, there is
Harry, Bob & Irene, the twins—James and
Jerry, Bert and, of course, the King and Queen
of Chapter G—Asa and Libby.
Then there are also the folks I ride with
most weekends: Gary, Darlene and their
daughter Michelle (Jim’s co-rider), Bob &
Debbie, and Jim.We will put on two- to fourhundred miles on any given Saturday. My pit
crew, Troy and Belden, from G & R
Motorsports in Walton, Kentucky. And there’s
also Ron. Every summer we go on “the trip”.
This past July, we did 5,585 miles in 15 days to
the Canadian Rockies and back. I’ve even met
Rupert from the TV show “Survivor”!
What I’ve Seen from the
Seat of My Teal Trike
What I have seen from the seat of that teal
trike is hard for one to describe. I love the
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early morning best. My feet hit the floor
between 4 and 5 every morning I ride, and I
get to see great beauty in the sky when that
sun comes up.
I have seen the sun come up over a rice
field in Arkansas, over a cotton field in
Mississippi, over the bayou in Louisiana, on the
Grand Tetons in Wyoming, and even on the
four dead presidents’ faces in South Dakota.
And I have seen the most colorful sunsets—
over the Gulf of Mexico, a mountain in the
Canadian Rockies and one in Nebraska that I
know must have been touched by the hand of
God.
From the seat of that teal trike, I have seen
all types of wildlife: Deer, moose, elk, bear,
foxes, buffalo, coyotes, mountain goat, mustangs, and more. In fact, one early morning
while westbound on I-40 out of Amarillo, I
even saw rattlesnakes lying on the road, soaking up the heat.And let me tell you, they were
not happy campers as we drove past. They
raised their heads and shook their rattles at
us. Thank goodness for the throttle and
steering.
From the seat of that teal trike, I have seen
all kinds of roads and all kinds of weather. I
have ridden in the tail rains of Hurricane
Dennis. I rode down Bourbon Street in New
Orleans, just days before Katrina. I was in a
flash flood in Price, Utah. I made a snowball in
July in Yellowstone. I have ridden the Tail of the
Dragon at Deals Gap, Tennessee. I’ve ridden
when the gauge on the trike read as low as 34
degrees F and when it read as high as 117
degrees F. (And I have decided that my comfort zone lies somewhere between 40 and 90
degrees F.)
From the seat of that teal trike, I have
heard concerts by Toby Keith, Tim McGraw,
Gretchen Wilson, Montgomery Gentry,
George Thorogood, Ted Nugent and Lynard
Skynard. I even cried when Tim McGraw sang
“Live Like You Were Dying”—because that
song now has special meaning to me.
What I’ve Learned from the
Seat of My Teal Trike
I have learned many things from the seat of
that teal trike. One is that sometimes there is
a lot of hidden wisdom in T-shirts, even if
sometimes they seem just funny or silly. For
instance, “Well trained reflexes are quicker
than luck.” “Never be ashamed to unlearn an
old habit.” “Gray-haired riders don’t get that
way from pure luck.”
Things I have learned from the seat of that
teal trike in Sturgis include: Never mistake
horsepower for staying power; if you don’t
ride in the rain—you don’t ride; the only good
view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview
mirror; and sometimes the fastest way to get
there is to stop for the night. Other kernels of
wisdom include: Maintenance is as much art as
it is science; and that there are drunk riders
and there are old riders, but there are no old,
drunk riders.
When All is Said and Done
When all is said and done, I know why I
love my bike: It was a decision I made of my
own free will. I even know the date and the
time that I made that decision.
In my mind, I am a changed man. Work is
no longer the driving force in my life, and I
have even gained an appreciation of T-shirts,
black leather and body art. But most of all, I
now understand why my dog sticks his head
out the car window.
And I hope when my mother reads this,
she understands it all started with a brother I
loved dearly, a tragedy, a promise, and a Teal
Trike.
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Sometimes the materialistic things we choose have the power to subtly say something about us
—they imply what we cannot, and they announce what goes unsaid. It can be argued that
those who choose to ride Gold Wings are quietly proclaiming their demand for luxury,
while suggesting their preference for comfort.
ut that being said, what do you make of
a man who is willing to dismember his
2008 GL1800 Gold Wing with Airbag
limb by limb—or rather, part by part—in
order to engulf it in flames?
Meet Mike Leatham (GWRRA #249967, of
Layton, Utah), a forty-seven-year old father of
four and a successful business owner who
owns both a Gold Wing and a Harley. He
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recently had his new Gold Wing custom painted with flames, much like the custom paint job
on his Harley-Davidson “Red Firefighter” bike.
And, in this case, one hot paint job makes for
one cool Wing.
Light My Fire
Mike is looking to stand out, he says. And
his bike sends a very clear message: Riding a
Gold Wing can be just as sexy as riding a
Harley and he’s going to prove it. “I am a
unique and somewhat weird dude, so a generic Wing doesn’t cut it for me anymore.You can
still look cool and sexy on a Gold Wing. It’s all
about the attitude and I can afford it, so why
not paint it?” Mike says.
Mike, who has volunteered as a firefighter
since 1981 and is currently a volunteer fire
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marshal in Utah, has a bit of a fire fixation, you
might say. “I liked fire as a kid and lit a lot of
them, so being a volunteer firefighter is kind of
my way of giving back to the community,” he
jokes. Aside from an early love of fire and a
later, deep-seeded compulsion to put them
out rather than start them, Mike is also
responsible for a little get-together that he
calls FireRide.
FireRide, which began at Mike’s home base
in Uintah, Utah, is a fast growing organized
ride that is held three times a year for firefighters and their friends. Over three hundred
bikes have been known to attend the day-long
ride, which travels to different fire stations in
Utah and brings firefighters lunches, as well as
encouraging riders to support the stations by
purchasing memorabilia from them. Current
efforts by FireRide include raising money for a
firefighter’s memorial in Utah.
“We’re trying to raise money for a national monument that we’re going to call the
‘Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial.’ It will be in
honor of firefighters who have lost their lives
in the line of duty. We’d like to look into old
records and include those who lost their lives
as far back as forty to fifty years ago. I think it’s
important because about 100 firefighters lose
their lives each year and this would be a great
way to honor them,” Mike says.
Born To Be Wild
Mike’s choice to custom paint his Gold
Wing with flames goes beyond his long standing love of fire, though. It also speaks of his
desire to differentiate himself from the average Wing rider and to illustrate that younger
generations are beginning to discover and
embrace Gold Wings—but with the need to
make them their own.
“Gold Wings perform much better than
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Harleys do. I can ride my hog about 200 miles
a day, but I can ride my Gold Wing for 600-900
miles a day, and it feels much better than my
hog. But Harley is so much better in terms of
how they are marketed and the clothing they
offer. Honda is not catering to middle-aged
guys who love to ride,” Mike says. “My friends
and I have a biker attitude, but Gold Wing stuff
doesn’t feel cool enough. We are in our 30’s
and 40’s; we love rock ‘n’ roll music. We ride
hard and we love the open road and everything about the Gold Wing, but we’re just not
cut from the same mold as many traditional
Wing riders.”
So apparently some younger riders who
are new Members of the Gold Wing Road
Riders Association feel the need to customize
their bikes in ways that go beyond the alreadyexisting chrome upgrades and the solid, yet
vivid colors, like Illusion Blue and Black
Cherry, that Honda already offers. Like Mike,
they want their bikes to say something about
the lives they live, the things they love and
above all else, they want their Wings to make
them feel young and look cool. “We like to
ride and have fun during, before and after the
ride. I want to prove that you can still look
cool and sexy on a Gold Wing. I haven’t ridden
with too many of the existing GWRRA
groups.They look like they’re having fun, but I
feel like I don’t belong. With all of the power
and maneuverability of Gold Wings, my friends
and I go a little faster and our music is definitely a little louder and we have a little more
attitude.We wear our helmets, but we look a
little more mischievous and untamed,” Mike
said.
Life In The Fast Lane
Mike got a taste of his first Honda Gold
Wing at the ripe old age of eighteen. It was a
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1976 Gold Wing, complete with an eighttrack tape player on which he used to
blare the Eagles rock music he loved so
well. The idea of him riding a motorcycle
worried his parents to no end, but it began
a life-long love affair with what he refers to
as “the greatest ultimate luxury machine
out there.”
The only problem was, in his opinion,
that he felt a complete disconnect
between how he felt—and still feels—
about himself and his bike versus the image
he thinks Honda Gold Wings have projected for many years.
“I have nothing against more mature
Gold Wing Riders, but I can’t really relate
to them either. I just want to be a part of
a younger crowd and I want to help create
a sexier image for the Gold Wing group,”
Mike explains. “It is sexy to ride a Gold
Wing. I am a middle aged, educated business owner who wants to have fun with
my Gold Wing, while still being on the cutting edge in the way I look and the way I
ride. I want Honda [and my ride] to reflect
that.”
My Generation
Mike says that he is not the only person
he knows of his age group who feels this
disconnect. He says he has had the very fun
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and fortunate experience of turning other
people, similar in age to him, on to Gold
Wings, but not without a little apprehension
and trepidation on their part.
“Most guys my age are a little reluctant to ride or buy a Gold Wing. They
think it’s for a much older crowd,” Mike
explains, “but once you show them the
benefits and features and allow them
the experience of driving a Gold Wing,
it’s a life-changing experience for
them.”
Mike continues,“I have a good friend
and fellow firefighter who is a HarleyDavidson freak. He’d give me a hard
time about my Wing and my group, but
I finally convinced him to go with us. He
borrowed a Gold Wing, and it changed
his life. He couldn’t believe how it handled and all of the features and benefits
it had to offer over his Harley!”
It should be said that though there
have been many comparisons between
Harley and Honda, it goes without saying that Gold Wings not only talk the
talk, but they walk the walk. It is impossible to dispute not only the comfort
and luxury that these touring bikes
provide but also the countless remarkable features and power-handling capabilities that seem like second nature to
Gold Wings.
Magic Carpet Ride
In fact, there seem to be more and
more younger GWRRA Members who own
both a Harley and a Wing—and there is
absolutely no mistaking what their riding preference is when it comes to long distances and
comfort.
“I basically only ride my Harley when I
need a quick pick-me-up or when I need some
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sound to blow off steam. It’s fun for short distances, but my Gold Wing offers so much
power and balance and comfort. It’s like riding
a La-Z-Boy down the freeway,” Mike enthuses.
“I can’t think of anything that could be done to
improve the actual Wings themselves. Harley
has the appeal, but Honda has the power! You
know, a lot of people say that Harley and Wing
riders don’t get along. But, like me, I know
people who have both bikes and, personally, I
think my bikes complement each other.” Then
he laughingly adds, “They actually do get along
really good.”
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
But make no mistake that Mike—
whose 2008 Gold Wing received its
hot, fire-friendly custom paint job from
dark, edgy artist Dan Langston of Dan
Langston Design in American Fork,
Utah—is not really a rabble-rouser.
He’s just passionate about his belief that
Wings also hold appeal to the younger
generations of riders.
At forty-seven, Mike says he isn’t
some party animal looking for thrills
and chills out on the open road when
he’s away from his wife and kids. He is
active in his church and community and
considers himself very patriotic. “I love
people and I love to travel,” Mike says.
“I also love this great country and really admire people who do the right thing
and stand up for what they believe in,
even if it’s not the most popular thing
to do. But I also like to go fast [sometimes] and listen to loud music…and I
just want to have fun riding my Wing
and look cool and sexy doing it.”
Mike—and many younger Members
like him—insist they aren’t looking to
shake up GWRRA and make it unrecognizable to its most loyal and longstanding Members. And they are well
aware of the old adage “If it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it.”
But they do want to be accepted and feel
as if they belong in the Association and finds
ways to communicate, ride and—most importantly, bond—with like-minded Members who
have similar interests. And—for Mike Leatham
at least—those interests would include all
things fire, flames and heat-related!
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Wing World: What will happen with the
Marysville and Hamamatsu plants?
Honda: We are studying the options for
future use of the MMP [Marysville] facility.
There are many possibilities being evaluated
on how it might best be used to support
our auto manufacturing operations. The
Hamamatsu factory will become a state-of-theart transmission facility, primarily for autos.
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Wing World: Why not just update the
Marysville plant like you are doing at
Kumamoto, with the same equipment?
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ou've likely heard the news that, in the spring of 2009, Honda will
be transferring production of motorcycles from both its Marysville,
Ohio, plant and its Hamamatsu, Japan, factory to a new motorcycle
plant in Kumamoto, Japan.
Wing World asked American Honda/Motorcycle Department Representatives Jon Row and Bill Savino what these changes will mean for
Honda and for Gold Wing owners, and here is what the company had to say:
Wing World: How long have Gold Wings been
produced in the U.S.?
Honda: The Marysville motorcycle plant,
which also produces Honda motorcycle models like the VTX cruiser and others, opened in
1979 as Honda’s first U.S. plant. It started producing the GL1100 Gold Wing model in 1980.
Over the course of its history, Marysville
went from an assembly operation to an actual
motorcycle production facility with the
addition of frame welding, plastic injection
molding, painting and other sophisticated
processes.
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Wing World: What will the new motorcycle
plant in Kumamoto, Japan, be like?
Honda: The new plant will be a huge state-ofthe-art facility—capable of producing 600,000
bikes annually. It will have the most advanced
systems and machinery for producing next
generation engine, frame and transmission
technologies, the sophisticated electronics
needed for the best environmental and
performance technologies and more. The plant
employs environmental initiatives that include
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solar panels and utilization of natural light,
resulting in a 20 percent reduction in CO2
emissions. All of Honda’s big bike production,
including Gold Wing, will transfer to this new
factory.
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Wing World: Are there any other reasons that
motorcycle production will be shifted to this
new plant?
Honda: Yes. It will be a huge change in efficiency as well. Honda builds over 10 million
motorcycles a year but less than 10% of those
are the mid and large displacement size motorcycles we here in the U.S. think of as “regular
size”. We sell different models of Honda
motorcycles globally and Gold Wings in over
50 countries. Here’s a small example: The
minimum lot size run for a specific paint color
on Gold Wings is 10. In order to clean guns
and purge all the equipment between different
colors, production time and sets of plastic are
lost. One larger facility can invest in advanced
paint technologies that have the efficiency and
flexibility to change paint colors without missing a beat.
Honda: With the Gold Wing, we are building
the most complex motorcycle in the world but
most big bike production, as a whole, will be
changing in the next decade—becoming much
more high tech—and we need to prepare for
that. One of Honda’s little known strengths is
its ability to design and build its own specialized manufacturing equipment, “the machines
that make the machines”. The sophisticated
Sport, Custom and Touring motorcycles of the
future will require Honda to build, and maintain, equally sophisticated production machinery. These future high tech investments can be
much better amortized at one super factory vs.
making many copies of multi million dollar
machines to facilitate (relatively) small production quantities in local markets like the
US. Even though Honda of America Manufacturing’s 75,000 unit capacity appears large,
it isn’t when one realizes the cost and production sharing efficiencies possible with numbers in the 600,000 unit range. In order to turn
the Marysville plant and others into a similar
state-of-the-art motorcycle facility, the price of
Gold Wings and other mid and large displacement motorcycles would need to be much
higher [to cover that cost]. The cost of tooling
and modifying the existing production lines
would just be prohibitive. Also, the amount of
implementation time for these advanced stateof-the-art technologies would be too great.
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Wing World: So you’re saying the price of a
new Gold Wing shouldn’t rise dramatically
because of the relocation to Japan?
Honda: The efficiency we gain from relocating will far outweigh that of not relocating.
We will have a leg up on the competition by
being able to produce 600,000 big bikes a year
in one place, and we’ll be able to bring them
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to market at competitive price points. This is
really about putting our customers first. We
had to prepare for the future; anything else
would have been the wrong decision for us to
be able to continue to meet and exceed our
customers’ expectations for our bigger bikes’
performance, innovation, and value.
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Wing World: What about arrival time for bikes
and parts? Will they take longer?
Honda: Absolutely not. In fact, some bikes
and parts may arrive even sooner because,
instead of having smaller factories producing
them, they’ll come from one large plant. And
supply of specialty parts may actually end up
being quicker.
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Wing World: Will Gold Wing owners be
expected to foot the bill for the added cost for
the ocean transport?
Honda: No, ocean shipping is not such a big
factor for Honda because our volume affords
us some of the best shipping rates available.
Even though the domestic content of HAM’s
motorcycles is very high, there is still overseas
parts shipping involved, so the net effect
should not be much different.
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Wing World: Will Honda customers and associates in the U.S. still have a say on the Gold
Wing?
Honda: Yes. We will continue to offer innovations for the Gold Wing, especially based on
customer feedback and market analysis.
There’s still going to be a lot of input in design
from the research work with the American
staff.
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Wing World: To be direct, does this decision to
relocate have anything to do with the current
state of the U.S. economy?
Honda: No. Market conditions are always factors in business decisions. However market
factors are short-term situations. While these
factors impact our operations, our decision to
transfer production to Kumamoto was based
on the long-term viewpoint on how to make
our company more competitive, and how to
best satisfy our customers. An announcement
like this [from a large, global company] more
than a year in advance, is very unusual, but we
wanted to make the announcement early for
the sake of our customers and our associates.
◆
Wing World: What will this mean for the
employees at the Marysville plant? Will they
be laid off?
Honda: No, there will be no layoffs. About
450 Honda associates are currently employed
there [in the motorcycle division] and they will
all retain their jobs at the same wages, same
rates. There are more than 15,000 Honda associates in Ohio, and the vast majority work at
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Honda’s five plants in the state. Also, just to be
clear, the relocation decision had nothing to do
with our confidence in them or the quality of
Gold Wings coming from the Marysville plant.
Marysville has always met or exceeded our
standards.
◆
Wing World: What is the effect on Honda’s
suppliers in Ohio and the U.S.?
Honda: Overall the impact on suppliers is limited, because nearly all have other business
with Honda or other companies. We have 93
OEM motorcycle suppliers, but only 11 motorcycle-only suppliers. Of these 11, the vast
majority have less than 10 percent of their
business with Honda. Production will continue
for more than a year and HAM will work
closely with them during the transition.
◆
Wing World: How do folks in Marysville and
other Honda associates and management feel
about the relocation?
Honda: Although there was some initial sadness that our American factory won’t be producing Gold Wings anymore we also understand the clear advantages of moving it to the
new Kumamoto plant, and the advantages it
means for our customers and the Gold Wing
long-term. There has been a tremendous
amount of pride building motorcycles in the
U.S. and being the number one market for
large displacement cruiser and touring bikes.
But we think the big story really is the transfer and end of motorcycle production at the
Hamamatsu factory. Hamamatsu, after all, was
the very first Honda factory and the place
where Gold Wings and other legendary Honda
motorcycles were first produced. Motorcycle
production there has been uninterrupted for
60-plus years. It goes back several generations.
It is the founding factory. Customers with
knowledge of Honda’s history have to appreciate that if the move was important enough to
make this change then it will be good for every
Honda customer.
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Wing World: Any closing comments?
Honda: Just that this decision to relocate
motorcycle production—from both Marysville
and Hamamatsu—to Kumamoto was a very
difficult one for Honda to make. But we realize that, at the end of the day, you ask yourself
if what you’re buying with your money is of
good value. And we know our Gold Wing customers, no matter who they ride next to, know
they’re on a machine that is unlike any other
and can do things no other motorcycle can do.
With this relocation, Gold Wing owners will
continue to get high-quality, innovative products at a great value for the price. And we
believe their pride in their machines now—and
in the future—will surpass all else.
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f you have not experienced the adventure even before you gas up the Wing!
Please understand—Google Earth is not
of flying with Google Earth™, you are
about to find a new friend even if you hate perfect. It is a data based application, and databases contain wrong information. The site is
your computer!
Over 40 years ago, I really wanted to made up of thousands of aerial photos, pieced
become a pilot. I even took a private lesson. together to represent the entire world. Areas
But then along came two daughters, and the in and around towns usually are high resoludiscretionary money supply quickly dried up— tion pictures, and you can often see enough
except enough, of course, for a cheap used detail to distinguish which car was in your
driveway when the photo was taken. But when
motorcycle.
But a friend of mine pilots small planes and you get away from towns, the pictures become
has flown to town every few
years. So we’d fly around to variJoin the fun and find the
ous breakfast locations, and I
elevation at which Randy’s wife
Susan is standing. See details
always loved to see how everyin the “Let’s Get Interactive”
thing looks from the air. I still do,
section of this article.
because it is so different from
what you experience on the
ground.
Little wonder then that maps
are also of great interest to me.
Over the years, my wife and I have
collected maps of every place
we’ve traveled—especially topo
maps for off-road dirt bike travel.
Now today, these types of maps
are everywhere. But 40 years ago,
long before GPS info, they were
few and far between and not
always accurate. But we keep
them anyway. In fact, we still have
copies of trail maps of the San
Juan Mountains in southwestern
Colorado that were purchased in
lower resolution and it might be hard to even
the 60’s.
But then—just a little over a year ago—we find a road without the road overlay.
Also, some places have photographs taken
discovered something truly unique.We discovas recently as last year, while others may be
ered Google Earth.
several years old. Likewise, some remote
mountain locations have photographs taken
What is Google Earth?
This internet site allows you to view aerial during a season with snow-covered peaks;
photographs of the entire world like you were those off-road trails you might be searching
piloting a helicopter.You can fly from town to for in the summer may look to be covered by
town, up and down, and basically go anywhere ten feet of snow when they’re actually not anyin the world, all without leaving the comfort of more.
Occasionally when you do a road overlay
your computer room.
If you’re planning a ride, it is especially con- (called a “layer”), the actual road will be 20venient. Simply type in the name of the town 100 feet away from the overlay. But you should
where you are going. Then use the navigation be able to figure out what you are looking at
tools to “fly” where you are planning to ride after “flying around” a few times. Simply put,
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the database is not perfect, but it is very good,
especially considering the sheer volume of
information it contains.
But there is an accuracy on the site that
sometimes escapes you while riding. For
instance, after my wife and I returned from
our recent Gold Wing trip to Alaska, I flew the
entire route on Google Earth several times. It
was amazing to see that, while we were riding,
we had occasionally been traveling in a slightly
different direction than I perceived at the
time. It’s amazing how sometimes
a road you think is heading you
basically north while you’re on it
will actually be heading you south
for a short distance, and you
never realized it.
Let’s Get Started with
Google Earth
Thousands of you readers
already use Google Earth, but if
you are one who has not yet used
this process, keep reading this
article and come back to this
paragraph when you are ready to
download it.
To the high-tech guys and riders with GPS units—you can turn
the page now to the next article.
But you never know, you might
still learn something if you keep
reading. For instance, do you
know about Trimble?
To download the Google Earth program,
go to your computer and enter the search
engine you normally use. Now type in
www.earth.google.com and begin to read the
page that comes up. You will need high-speed
internet to do this (sorry dial-up folks).
After you read that page, click on the big
green “Download – Google Earth free” box in
the upper right corner and follow the
prompts, or follow these details instead:
1. Click on “Agree and Download.” A new
box will pop up.
2. Click on “Click here to start it.”
3. Click on “Run” (Do NOT click on
“Save”).
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4. You will now have to wait 3-5 minutes,
based on the speed of your broadband
connection.
5. When the box pops up that asks “Do you
want to run this software,” click on
“Run.” (Just continue to follow the popup boxes to complete the operation.)
6. Afterward, you’ll see “Preparing to Install”
or “Resume the installation shield wizard.” Simply click on “Next.” Eventually—
after all these pop-up boxes—the
process will be complete and an icon
should appear on your start window.
7. If for some reason the icon does not
appear, go to “All programs” and find
Google Earth. Right-click and drag it into
a blank spot on the start window—then
hit “Copy here” and release it and the
icon will appear.
Now the fun begins
Now find the navigation tools in the upper
right corner of the map—they look like Figure
2. The round tool—I call it the compass—
defines North at the top of the map and has a
“star” in the middle with four arrows around
it.
You can move the map in any direction by
either slowly moving the star in the middle, by
clicking on one of the arrows, or by simply
moving your cursor in the middle of the picture—then clicking and dragging the map in
one direction or the other.
Don’t forget, this is a lot of data you’re
looking at, so the speed with which the change
occurs will be based on the speed of your
internet connection. Be patient.
Now, go to the vertical bar to the right of
the compass and click on the center of the
bar.While holding it down, SLOWLY push it up
and you will see the map come closer.You have
to be patient, as the picture may take some
time to come into focus and the other data
come into view. (FYI: Watch the percentage
progress numbers in the center at the bottom
of the map—it will read “Streaming llll ??%”.
Wait for it to get to 100%.
Also, the horizontal bar at the top of the
map will tilt the picture to change the view.
Play with it—it makes the map look like you
are landing an airplane!
What are layers?
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
Type in the name of your hometown (city
and state) in the “Fly To” box in the upper left
corner—see Figure 1.You do not need to use
caps and you can use your two-letter state
designation instead of typing out the entire
state name.
Now click on the little magnifying glass to
the right of the box (looks like a lollipop).
Google Earth will fly over your town and then
stop, with the center of town in the middle of
the map. You will be anywhere from 10,000
feet up in the air to 35 miles high, based on the
size of your town.
Look in the lower right corner of the map
for “Eye alt”—this will read in “feet”, up to 10
miles high, then it changes to “miles” high.This
is not elevation; it is your height above ground.
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Figure 3.
In the lower left corner is an area called
“Layers”—see Figure 3. If the arrow is pointed
to the right, click on the arrow and it will point
down and several categories will become visible.
If you see some blue dots and white
YouTube™ spots on the map, you can uncheck
“Gallery” and “Geographic Web” and these
will go away. If you leave these items checked,
you can click on a blue dot and see
Panoramio™ photos posted to this site.There
are some great pictures from Panoramio post67
ed on Google Earth. If you really want to see
what an area looks like on ground level, go to
Google Earth and click on the blue dots. In my
opinion, these pictures are often better than
what you find when you go to the Google
search engine and click its Images feature.
If you click on the “YouTube” spot, you can
watch videos about the area shown there. But
in many cities now, the YouTube markers really get in the way because many of the realtors
are making video clips to sell houses. What a
pain. They get in the way and make it harder
to find the good travel videos.
The little green camera markers are
Trimble Outdoors™, which is like Panoramio
for posting of still pictures, but mainly of hiking locations. Some markers have trail information, shown by a squiggly red line.
In addition, you will find several other
markings—for example, the small letter “i” in
blue, a little yellow book, little purple dots,
orange dots and others. These all go away if
you uncheck Gallery and Geographic Web.
Click on every kind of marker to learn what
information each provides for you.The “places
of interest” will also pop up many little, colored icons for restaurants, motels, etc.
Click on the “roads” layer to see this overlay. It changes at different heights above
ground. When you get real low, even street
names pop up.
Time to Really Fly
In the “Fly to” box, type in a popular spot like
“Eiffel Tower”. Wait for it to come into
focus—then uncheck “Geographic web” and
“Gallery” (these will simply be in the way if
you have them checked).
Next, tilt the map with the horizontal navigation bar in the upper right corner (Figure
2) and go to the “Layer” box (Figure 3) and
check “3D buildings”. Granted, this 3D feature
is a little “cartoonish”, but it is still interesting.
Notice that I asked you not to type in
Paris, France, but rather to type in a featured
place—the Eiffel Tower. Many well-known
sites like this do not even require you to
enter a city or state name. Give it a try. Type
in “Monument Valley” or “Lake Powell” and
you will get the same results. No city or state
name required.
Yet another feature I really like is the real
elevation marker at the bottom of the map,
just left of center. You will see the longitude
and latitude markers and, to their right, the
elevation of the little hand (which is, in fact,
your cursor) as you move it around.
To see how this works, type in “Ouray Co”
and check out both the elevation in town and
the elevation in the mountains around Ouray.
This town—which is located in a box
canyon—actually goes from 7,700 feet in
town to over 10,000 feet within a quartermile circle of the center of town.
I just love to know my elevation! I have
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always had an altimeter on my Wing.To me, it’s
nice to know things like why I had to use
fourth gear to pass a car when I was climbing
Summit Pass in Colorado at 10,000 feet or
why my bike seems a little less responsive at
14,150 feet at the top of Mt. Evans, west of
Denver.
Anything Else I Should Know?
There is one more disclaimer about
Google Earth that I need to make: Sometimes
the address information in Google Earth is
simply wrong or incomplete.
For example, my home address does not
come up correctly—so I just type in the town
name and navigate to my house. In some
towns, especially if you built a house within the
last year, when you type in your address
Google Earth might mark the spot on a vacant
lot where your house now stands.Try typing in
your street address and name, city and state
and see if that changes what comes up. It may
or may not.
But for lots of fun flying, type in the name
of the last two places you rode your Wing and
just fly back and forth on the roads you took.
I guarantee you will love it!
You can also take a trip farther down memory lane and type in the place where you were
born or the place you went to summer camp
as a kid and just fly around. I can’t believe how
wrong my recollection of old locations is in
some places and how accurate it is in others!
Let’s Get Interactive
Finally, here’s a little challenge from me to
you to get you started on Google Earth (a
company in which I have no vested interest, I
assure you). It’s just that now’s as good a time
as any—especially as you prepare for your
road trip to Wing Ding 30 in Greenville, South
Carolina—to jump right in and learn how to
fly on Google Earth.
So…I have two $20 gift certificates to
Cracker Barrel to give away: First, for the person who, in my judgment, can show me a more
“squiggly” paved road than the one out of
Oatman,Arizona (on the long abandoned section of Route 66 that leaves Oatman to the
north, then heads east towards Kingman).
Find a more squiggly road than that one—
make sure it’s a paved section of road at least
five miles long—on Google Earth and email it
to me at randy@ride2up.com. Make sure to
indicate the closest town name or coordinates
of your suggested road, and I will check it out
(U.S. states only please—I know there are
some in the Alps that will top the one out of
Oatman!). And, word to the wise, please look
up Oatman, Arizona, FIRST before you check
out your proposed sections, because the road
out of Oatman is really crooked.
The second gift certificate is for the first
person who can locate the elevation of the
site at which this article’s photo of my wife
Susan standing next to our Wing near Haines
Junction in the Yukon Territory was taken.
(Remember, find the little blue dot!) Also,
“near” doesn’t necessarily mean “close” when
you’re talking about the Yukon, so fly around
until you find the correct little blue dot with
this Panoramio picture.
Simply email me the elevation of this picture on Google Earth and breakfast at
Cracker Barrel this summer will be $20
cheaper for you!
If multiple readers send me the same road
and it is more crooked than my choice, the
sender of the first email with that section gets
the prize. Likewise, whoever sends in the correct elevation first will win. Also, the two winners must be from different GWRRA
Chapters. I will wait until July 3, 2008, for
emails to come in before awarding the gift certificates, and the names of the two winners
will appear in an upcoming issue of Wing World.
It’s just a little bit of interactive fun I’d like
to toss your way. Because flying Google Earth
is just that—fun. So go fly a site before you
plan your next Gold Wing trip.
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With the summer rally season once again upon us, many of us may
already be planning what to take with us on our Wings and deciding
whether or not to tow a trailer behind the bike.
get lots of questions regarding
trailering.Though I don’t consider myself an expert on the subject, I do have some thoughts based
on elementary physics that I
thought I’d share for your consideration.
We’ve all heard folks bragging
about their trailer’s on-road handling with phrases like “You can’t
even tell it’s back there.” But is this
really what’s most important when
considering safe trailering? For
instance, is it more important to be
able to maintain highway speeds, or
is there perhaps a more important
consideration?
When considering towing,
what’s more important than being
able to get the bike up to speed? How about the ability to get both your
bike and its trailer stopped, and doing so in the space and time dictated by the situation?
Several years ago, one of our Arizona Chapter S Members decided
to ride to the Honda Hoot aboard his GL1800.This fellow was an experienced rider with excellent riding skills, both on-road and off. He rode
solo, and he towed a top name
brand motorcycle trailer.
Why he found this necessary
for a solo trip is anyone’s guess;
mine is that he kept most of the
luggage in the trailer to keep the
bike’s chassis from being weighed
down. If keeping the bike’s chassis
from being weighed down was his
main purpose for the trailer, that
may have proven to be a mistake, as
we’ll discuss later.
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Load limits
Many things contribute to a
manufacturer’s determination of
gross vehicle weight and/or maximum load weight. Some riders
believe simply installing tires with
greater load capacity can raise those figures. Others feel that installing
aftermarket fork and shock springs is the key. But is it as simple as that
or are there other factors that need to be taken into account?
I asked this question of the 50 or so folks at my latest Garage Day
gathering and solicited suggestions as to what else may be involved. It
took quite a while before someone hit on the answer I was looking
KINETIC ENERGY
MOMENTUM
Kinetic Energy = 1/2 mass (velocity squared)
Formula for kinetic energy.
Momentum = (mass)(velocity)
Formula for momentum.
EK = (1/2)(5.0 kg)(4.0 meters/second)2
Enter values for mass and speed.
p = (3.0 kg)(4.0 meters/second)
Enter values for mass and velocity.
EK = 40 J
Kinetic Energy equals 40 J (Joules).
p = 12 kg - m/s
Calculate the resultant momentum.
If these formulas seem confusing, not to worry. Read on as Stu explains what they mean to you.
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for—brakes! What have brakes to do with a motorcycle’s maximum
load weight? Read on.
The Braking Envelope
In years past, Federal law required that owner’s manuals for street
motorcycles contain charts describing the stopping distances that could
be expected from various road speeds provided the bike was loaded
within stated limits. Passing ability charts, which describe how much
distance is required to safely pass another vehicle given a particular
beginning and ending speed, were also common.
The chart below appeared in an old Yamaha street bike handbook.
Though the specific numbers differed from the ones shown for this
Yamaha model, older Gold Wing handbooks had identical charts.
Unfortunately, we don’t see charts like this in modern owner’s manuals or rider handbooks—whichever you prefer to call them. For
instance, the owner’s manual for the GL1800 only states that you can
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be injured or killed if you load the bike outside the given guidelines. But
wouldn’t it be more convincing if one knew the reasons why these
guidelines are given? (We’ll attempt to provide answers in a moment.)
And why isn’t there any information on trailer towing in any Gold
Wing owner’s manual? Honda isn’t likely to include instructions for doing
things that they specifically warn against. We know that—even without
guidelines provided—many of us are going to tow a trailer anyway, so
let’s consider the way a trailer affects the bike’s loading, its ability to stop,
and what effect it may have in an emergency braking maneuver.
But before we delve into this subject too much, we need to have at
least a basic understanding of Kinetic Energy and Momentum, so let’s
start with an example everyone—including Co-riders—can associate
with, the idea of walking forward both with and without a shopping cart
behind us.
Let’s say you begin walking at a constant rate (without a cart), and
then stop abruptly. No problem. Now let’s say you do the same thing,
but this time you’re pulling an empty shopping cart behind you. You’ll
notice, especially if you stop abruptly, that the cart pushes you a bit.
Finally, let’s say you do the same thing but, this time, the shopping cart
is loaded to the hilt. In this last example, as you attempt to slow down,
you’ll notice much more force coming from behind. And if you try to
stop abruptly, you may even find—depending on the weight of the
cart—that your shoes will break traction.
These are all concepts that relate to Kinetic Energy, Momentum, and
more. Let me explain.
Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy exists in all things moving from one place to another but is not related to the direction of that movement.
By definition, an object’s kinetic energy is directly proportional to
the square of its speed. Therefore, if the object’s speed doubles, the
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energy increases by a factor of four. If you triple the speed (say, from 30
mph to 90), then the energy increases by a factor of 9.When we stop
our bikes, with or without a trailer attached, that kinetic energy of
motion will have gone to zero.
But the law of Conservation Of Energy tells us that energy cannot
simply be destroyed.That motion energy can be lessened only by transforming it into a different type of energy such as heat, light (we hope
not!), or sound.
These types of energy transformations become apparent as possible brake squeal and heating of the brake pads, rotors, and fluid. The
rate at which we transform this energy (during deceleration) affects the
level of heat, and that heat obviously can affect the performance of our
braking systems.
Momentum
Momentum is mass in motion. Unlike kinetic energy, momentum
does have a directional vector, and that direction is the same as that of
the velocity. For example, the momentum of the heavily laden shopping
cart pushes you forward as you attempt to stop because that’s the
direction it was traveling.
An object’s momentum is directly proportional to both speed and
weight. So if either weight or speed doubles, that object’s momentum
also doubles. Consider that if we are towing a trailer at 55 mph, then
increase our towing speed to 90 mph, the trailer’s momentum will have
increased by approximately 60%.
Applying a force against the trailer’s momentum (such as applying
brakes) over a period of time will reduce the momentum.The greater
the momentum, the more force and/or time is required to reduce or
eliminate it. But when attempting to stop our bike and trailer combo,
do we always have unlimited time or braking power? Read on.
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The Laws of Physics
Unlike laws imposed on us by governments, there are laws of physics
that we can’t break, even if we wanted to. Conservation Of Energy (discussed later) is one; Conservation Of Momentum is another.
When we attempt to slow or stop our bike and trailer combinations, a portion of the trailer’s momentum is directly transferred to the
bike. How much force does that apply to the bike? The answer depends
not only on speed, but also on the trailer’s loaded weight and its rate
of deceleration.
Obviously the weight of the trailer won’t change, but increasing
rates of deceleration place more force against the bike and counter its
braking force. We noted that reducing momentum requires an opposing force and time. But time may be limited by the space available to
stop. Another key point to remember is that the trailer has no brakes
of its own, so the opposing force is limited to what’s available from the
bike’s brakes and its tires’ limits of adhesion.
Understanding Friction
Two types of friction may exist between a tire’s contact patch and
the road surface—static friction and sliding friction. It takes more force
to cause a tire to break traction than to keep it sliding. Here’s why.
For any two given surfaces, the coefficient of static friction will
always be greater than that of sliding friction, and the total amount of
friction will depend on the force with which the two surfaces are contacting each other. So when a tire is rolling with respect to the road,
any point on the tire’s contact patch is stationary with respect to each
point on the road surface it contacts, and static friction exists between
the surface of the tire’s contact patch and the surface of the road it is
contacting.
But if the limits of this adhesion are exceeded, the tire’s contact
patch begins sliding with respect to the road surface.Then, sliding fric-
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tion rather than static exists between the two.
To demonstrate this principle to yourself,
hold a pencil with its eraser in contact with
your desktop. Press down moderately, and
attempt to slide the eraser forward. Note that
it doesn’t move at first, though the eraser
deforms backward. As you apply increasing
force, the eraser will eventually break loose
and slide on the surface.And it will continue to
slide until you reduce the pushing force below
what was required to start the slide.
Do this little experiment again, but this
time with heavy down force applied, and note
that both static and sliding friction have
increased. That is, it required more force to
break the eraser loose from the surface, and it
required more force than before to keep it
sliding.
Are you beginning to understand why our
friend mentioned at the beginning of this article may have been better off with more weight
resting on the bike’s tires?
Because the coefficient of static friction is
greater than that of sliding friction, a motorcycle stops more quickly while braking when the
tires are rolling rather than sliding. Therefore,
one objective while riding a motorcycle is to
minimize or eliminate sliding friction.
Helping to minimize or eliminate sliding
friction is why Anti-lock Brakes can help
reduce your stopping distance during a panic
stop.Yet ABS can be less useful in severe overload conditions or if a large external force is
pushing from the rear.Are you beginning to see
that it’s not absolutely necessary to stomp on
the brakes for a wheel to lock up?
All that’s required for a wheel to lock up is
for the combined force to exceed the tire’s
limit of adhesion. And with a heavy load being
towed with no supplementary braking, that
could happen before the bike reaches the
deceleration level you might expect.
The load on the bike’s rear tire becomes
lighter under braking as weight transfer
toward the front tire occurs, so static friction
in regard to the rear tire is lessened. Couple
that with the force applied to the bike by the
trailer’s momentum, and you have a situation
developing that could cause that bike’s rear
“eraser” to begin sliding.
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When the “Tail Wags the Dog”:
Getting Sideways
Once the rear tire begins sliding with
respect to the road surface, the rear of the
bike may begin to step out to either side.This
creates an angle between the bike’s centerline
and the centerline of the trailer.
Remembering that the trailer’s momentum
will act in the same direction as the trailer’s
velocity, perhaps you can see that the force
imparted to the bike’s chassis will no longer be
entirely along its centerline when the rear end
steps out.There will be a sideways component.
And with the reduced friction due to the
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bike’s tires sliding, that sideways force will tend to push the rear of the
bike even further off line. In fact, the bike may be pushed sideways to
its direction of travel.
That would not be a good thing, and it’s what I believe happened to
our friend from Arizona. He got into a panic stop situation on a curved
off ramp on which he was speeding, broke traction on the rear wheel,
and the bike went sideways, then down. The result was heavy damage
to the bike and trailer combined with a good dose of road rash for the
rider.
Load Limits Revisited
Getting back to the braking envelope and its contribution to loading limits, perhaps we can now understand why exceeding those limits
is not a good idea, even when not towing a trailer.
No amount of increased tire capacity or increased suspension
strength will alter the laws of physics.When attaching a trailer, many riders consider only the effect of the trailer’s tongue weight on the bike,
neglecting to consider the forces discussed in this article and their
potential consequences should rapid deceleration become necessary.
Yes, it’s nice to take a cross-country trip and have all of our conveniences with us when we arrive. And many riders see no reason to
reduce their normal cruising speeds when towing. But now that you
realize the effects of speed and weight on kinetic energy and momentum and the effects those things have on your ability to stop, perhaps
you’d consider leaving the golf clubs at home, not stocking a week’s
worth of food and drink in the tongue-mounted cooler, and maybe even
limiting your towing speeds to 60 mph.
We’ve seen folks towing all manner of things with their motorcycles—camping trailers, other motorcycles…even boats! None had supplementary brakes, and many were towing at speeds that virtually guaranteed loss of control had they encountered any unexpected situation.
Is coming away from such an experience unscathed proof that it was a
safe or clever thing to do?
Other Considerations
So if we know that we’ve either exceeded the maximum recommended load (we don’t suggest doing that) or attached a device with
its own kinetic energy and momentum to the rear of the bike, what
things can we do to reduce the possibility that we’ll run out of space,
luck, and ideas…all at the same time?
• Reduce your towing speeds to reduce the maximum forces that
your trailer can apply to the bike.
• Reduce the loaded trailer weight by limiting yourself to those
items that can’t be easily and inexpensively obtained on the road.
And be realistic—most folks find that they never actually use a
good portion of the items they pack. For example, is a cooler
really necessary if you’re not camping? Food and cold drinks are
readily available in most parts of the country.
• Don’t start a long trip on a bike that isn’t in peak condition.Worn
tires or brakes only make matters described here worse. And
leaking fork seals can render the front brakes useless.
• Understand that exceeding the manufacturer’s stated maximum
load and/or towing another vehicle behind the bike will increase
your braking times and distances. Leave yourself an “out.” Don’t
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his year, we plan to extend Wing Ding
30’s theme of “Riding through the
Decades” into the entire event (excluding July 6, which is a half-day).
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That’s right. Thursday, July 3, through
Saturday, July 5, each
entire day will be individually themed for two
of the last six decades
and beyond. These
“Decades of the Day”
and their subsequent
specially themed events
are listed below. So
check them out and prepare to celebrate days of
the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s,
’80s, ’90s and beyond,
including the future!
Thursday, July 3 –
The theme will be the ’50s
and ’60s, and we would like to
encourage Members to dress
up in ’50s and ’60s attire.
Thursday will also introduce a
new Chapter ’50s or ’60s
Competition for Wing Ding
30, as Chapters dressed the
most creatively with either
theme will win! Held at 11:30
a.m. in Hall B (sign-up from
11–11:30 a.m.), the event is
sure to be fun for all, and the
winning Chapter will have
their photo placed in Wing
World, as well as receive a
special prize! Even if you
don’t participate, delegates
are encouraged to come cheer
for their Chapter.
even have the Home Office Mascot at the
Mascot Contest!
Another oldie but goodie will immediately
follow the Mascot Contest in Hall B—the
Krazy Hat Contest is a much-loved favorite
and will run from
3–4 p.m. And, this
year, the hat designed
Dolly, your fashion’s got it made
in the shade for this contest.
At 12:30 p.m. in Hall A (Please note: This
is the same time as the Bike Show), INB will
hold a special videotaped competition of
“Name That Year of The Bike!”, and a few
lucky individuals will be plucked from the
crowd to participate. These participants will be
shown a few photos of Gold Wings, with each
Wing’s year NOT disclosed. Contestants who
can guess the most correct years, or who can
guess them the fastest, will
win a special prize.
Saturday, July 5 – Wing
Ding 30’s final theme day
will be that of the ’90s and
beyond! We hope delegates
will have a ball dressing
either in ’90s, present-day,
or—taking it to the limit—
and donning very futuristic
attire! Wanna know why?
Well just see the next event
we have planned (below).
We will be introducing
the “Gold Wing of the
Future!” Bike Show,
Sorry snookums, but it’s clear as
judged as a Members’
a bell your fashion won’t do.
choice.
Members
should bring in a toy
model, a detailed
drawing, or even just a
picture of their futuristic bike for display.
Sign-up/set-up
will be 1-1:30 p.m. in
Hall A, with viewing
and judging from
1:30-2:30 p.m. During
that hour, Members
Hate to be a killjoy, your look is swell
Groovy man, you can make the
will be allowed to
and swanky, just the wrong decade.
scene with those threads.
view and judge each
“bike” by placing a
An oldie but a goodie, the annual Mascot or decorated most like a “Decades of the Day” ticket in a bucket of their choice for the winner.
From 2:30-3 p.m., we will be counting the
Contest will follow the Chapter ’50s and ’60s (’50s and beyond) will win a special prize!
tickets and, when done, we will announce the
attire competition in Hall B, from 1–3 p.m.
Friday, July 4 – Themed “Decades of the winners. Talk about getting your creative
This year, the Mascot most dressed for either
the ’50s and ’60s or any of the upcoming Day” will continue, with Friday’s theme being juices flowing. Better start dreaming these
“Decades of the Day” (’70s, ’80s, ’90s and the ’70s and ’80s, so we hope delegates will machines up now!
beyond) will win a special prize. Be prepared, join in the fun and wear something relating to
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because Executive Director Melissa Eason will those two decades.
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Preregistration Grand Prizes
Okay, we all know the cover date of this
issue reads June. But we also know you
receive your June issue the first week or two of
May—and boy is that good news for you!
Because just in case you haven’t yet
checked out the Wing Ding 30 website
(www.wing-ding.org) read it on the GWRRA
home page or in Wing World, or learned of it
via your Chapter Newsletter, we’re having one
Wing Ding of an incentive to preregister and
we wanted to give you one last chance. But
you only have til midnight of May 14 to do so.
(By preregistering online at either the Wing
Ding website or www.gwrra.org or by calling
(800) 843-9460.)
Wing Ding 30 delegates who preregister by
then will have a chance to win one of several
terrific prizes. Winners of this preregistration
contest’s grand prizes will be announced at
Opening Ceremonies, but check these out.
1st Place Preregistration Grand Prize – An
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2nd Place Preregistration Grand Prize – A
GWRRA 3-in-1 Jacket (a $180 retail value)
3rd Place Preregistration Grand Prize –
Free Wing Ding Registration for 2
(Reimbursed to delegate)
Another Reason to Preregister
To add to the excitement even more, we’ve
been holding a preregistration monthly drawing since March. Preregistered delegates had
to be onboard for Wing Ding by the end of
each month, and now you have only one
chance left so, again, make sure to preregister
by midnight of May 14 and you could win, just
like these folks did!
The March monthly drawing preregistration winners are:
***Bill & Michelle Fuller of Sebring,
Florida, Members of Chapter FL-2V***
Bill & Michelle won two Wing Ding 30 Tshirts. Next month, we’ll announce the April
winners, who have won a 25% off discount
certificate to the GWRRA Goodie Booth.
Then, who knows? Possibly your name will
be listed as the May winner of the biggest
prize of all—a 5-night stay for two at the
Holiday Inn, I-85 during Wing Ding 30. (The
winner will be notified on May 15, 2008, so
they have ample time to cancel any existing
hotel reservations.)
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(There is no cash redeemable with this
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out to the $4,480 amount, they cannot redeem
the difference in cash or any other item/product that CSC handles.)
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Sunday will allow any interested particiFrom all around, visitors will be coming
pants to take a semi-guided
north not only to try their
tour over to Skagway, Alaska,
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And to top off an already
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right—MIDNIGHT!
- Spell of the Yukon
Another reason to make
Right from the get-go—
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after everyone has been registered and after the traditional Meet and or after the rally, you can travel even further
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Believe me when I tell you that this will be
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will see you taking part in a local tradition—
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odger Fox’s annual Ride for the
Relay along Route 66 is set to kick
off this year on September 6 at 9
a.m. at Chicago’s Navy Pier.
If you’ve ever dreamed of riding Route
66, why not do it for a good cause and with
a group of GWRRA Members and other
riders who want to help stamp out cancer
by donating 100 percent of the funds raised
by the ride to the American Cancer
Society’s Relay for Life.
Rodger (GWRRA #236472, of
Jacksonville, Illinois) will be the first to
say that GWRRA Members have helped to
turn what was once just a dream—and a
modest-sized event of 5 bikes back in
2006—into an ever-increasing ride that, as
of the end of March this year, already had
27 motorcycles and 36 riders signed up,
plus a donation goal nearly four times the
original goal of $6,600 just two years ago.
Riders this year so far are coming from
13 states: Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri,
Nebraska,
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Mexico,
Oklahoma,
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Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. And,
for the first time ever, at least two riders from
overseas—Holzwickede, Germany, in fact—
plan to join the entourage for the entire trip
from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica,
California.
Most riders will be riding the entire
dozen or so day trip, but Rodger encourages short-distance riders to join him as
well at any point along the way in the states
in which the ride will be passing through
(Rodger has the approximate dates of
arrival at various locations posted on his
website). He adds that one need not even
own a motorcycle to join in the fun—just
bring your four-wheeled vehicle instead.
Rodger and his wife Sue are the
Honory Co-Chairs of Relay for Life for
their home district of Jacksonville, Illinois.
And with the help of others, like their
Team Times Square group of volunteers,
they hold events throughout the year—
from one June to the next—like their
fourth annual Relay for Life banquet in
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GWRRA
Invites you to
Wing Ding 30
Greenville, South Carolina • July 3-6, 2008
To register, simply mail or fax this form, or call 1.800.843.9460,
or visit www.wing-ding.org on the Internet.
RIDER’S NAME: _______________________________ GWRRA MEMBER # _______________
CO-RIDER’S NAME: ___________________________ GWRRA MEMBER # _______________
CO-RIDER’S NAME: ___________________________ GWRRA MEMBER # _______________
MAILING ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________
CITY/ST/ZIP: ____________________________________________________________________
COUNTRY:______________________________________________________________________
HOME PHONE: _________________________________________________________________
Full registration includes:
access to trade show,
seminars, talent show, field
events, parades, opening
and closing ceremonies.
Plus, each full registrant
receives a souvenir event pin,
event program, one door prize
ticket and one grand prize
ticket for a chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes!
Please use ONE form for
each rider (the rider is the
driver of the motorcycle). Coriders (passengers) use the
same form as the rider.
WORK PHONE: _________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________
EARLY: (Postmarked before May 14, 2008)
LATE: (Postmarked May 14 - June 15, 2008)
Number of Life or Gold Members
x $20 = $
Number of Life or Gold Members
x $22 = $
Number of Members
x $40 = $
Number of Members
x $45 = $
Number of Non-Members
x $50 = $
Number of Non-Members
x $55 = $
Children 15 and under at the time of the event are admitted free. Cancellations in writing
must be received at the Home Office on or before June 15, 2008, and are subject to a $15
handling charge. No telephone or verbal cancellations will be accepted. Day passes will be
available, $15 for Members, $22 for non-members. On-site full registration fee is $50 for
Members and $60 for non-members.
Please note, only registered delegates may participate in Wing Ding functions, activities
and events! Additional lodging and camping information will be sent with your registration
confirmation 2-3 weeks after your application is processed. Armbands, tickets, T-shirts or any
other items purchased will be available for pickup beginning the day prior to Wing Ding in the
registration area.
FAX or MAIL this form to:
GWRRA
P.O. Box 42450
Phoenix, AZ 85080-2450
1.800.843.9460
623.581.2500 (Phoenix)
Fax: 623.581.3844
Register on-line at
www.wing-ding.org
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Wi n g D i n g 3 0 , J u ly 3 - 6 , 2 0 0 8 • G r e e nv i l l e , S o u t h C a r o l i n a
RIDER EDUCATION COURSES
The number and availability of courses is dependent upon the number of participants. You will be
notified of your class time and location as soon as possible.
Note: Certification cost is per bike!*
ERC
(One-up) Learn advanced techniques in turning, maximum braking, swerving and
other possible lifesaving techniques plus mental skills and situation strategies for the
single rider. 5.5 hours (range only).
ERC
(Two-up) This course offers the same basic principles as the ERC with the added
element of a co-rider. 5.5 hours (range only).
GWRRA ARC
Experience advanced techniques in turning, maximum braking, and swerving
techniques plus mental and situational strategies in GWRRA's own Advanced Rider
Course. 8.0 hours (classroom & range).
Sidecar
This course offers advanced techniques of riding with a sidecar as well as situation
strategies and accident avoidance tactics.
6 hours (3 classroom/3 riding).
Trailering
Learn advanced trailering techniques and strategies for safe and enjoyable travel.
Motorcycles only, no trikes or sidecars please.
6 hours (3 classroom/3 riding).
Trike
This course teaches advanced riding skills for the trike rider such as
maximum braking, swerving and turning. 6 hours (3 classroom/3 riding).
SOUVENIR
WING DING T-SHIRT
ERC (two-up) __________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Co-Rider _______________________
GWRRA ARC _________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Co-Rider _______________________
Sidecar ______________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Rider ________________________
OPTION: To receive your event shirt in advance,
please add $3 (s/h) per shirt. Valid only for
orders placed by May 1st, 2008.
(Place quantity next to size)
TOTAL
ERC (one-up) __________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Rider ________________________
$15
$20
$30
$50
1 Yard (18 tickets)
= $10
3 Yards (54 tickets) = $20
7 Yards (126 tickets) = $40
Total ______________
Must be present to win! Drawings held at Closing
Ceremonies. GWRRA not responsible for filling out
tickets or placing them into hopper. Altered, illegible or
counterfeit tickets will be voided.
Child & Infant This course is designed to teach and certify you in the Child & Infant principles
CPR/First Aid of CPR and First Aid. Come and learn these lifesaving techniques. 8 hours.
(New)
Rider ________________________
____________ 5 Tickets =
____________ 10 Tickets =
____________ 20 Tickets =
____________ 40 Tickets =
GRAND 50/20-15-10-5 (4 WINNERS!)
CPR/First Aid This course is designed to refresh and recertify you in the basic principles of CPR
and First Aid. 4 hours.
(Renew)
# OF PEOPLE
Must be present to win!
Total ______________
CPR/First Aid This course is designed to teach and certify you in the basic principles of CPR and
(New)
First Aid. Come and learn these absolutely essential lifesaving techniques. 8 hours.
CLASS
WIN A 2009 HONDA GOLD WING
_______
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_______
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Small
Medium
Large
XL
2XL
3XL
Golf Shirt (Qty)
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
$15=
$15=
$15=
$15=
$17=
$20=
$25=
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Golf Shirt size(s) ____ ____ ____ ____
Co-Rider _______________________
Total _______________
Trailering _____________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Rider ________________________
Co-Rider _______________________
Trike _________________________ $50* per bike = _________________
Rider ________________________
Co-Rider _______________________
CPR/First Aid-New _____________ x $50*per person = _____________
Name ________________________
Name ________________________
CPR/First Aid-Renewal __________ x $50*per person = _____________
Name ________________________
Name ________________________
Child/Infant CPR/First Aid _______ x $50*per person = _____________
Name ________________________
*$30 refund after course completion
Name ________________________
Grand Total ______________________
Keep informed of new information
as it becomes available.
Go to:
www.wing-ding.org
FAX or MAIL this form to:
GWRRA • P.O. Box 42450
Phoenix, AZ 85080-2450
1.800.843.9460 • Fax: 623.581.3844
Register online at
www.wing-ding.org
(+$3/shirt)=______
(+$3/shirt)=______
(+$3/shirt)=______
(+$3/shirt)=______
(+$3/shirt)=______
(+$3/shirt)=______
(N/A)
BIKE SHOW COMPETITION
Thirty-six classifications! Includes a special souvenir pin.
Number of bikes ___________ x $10 = __________________
POKER RUNS
(8 WINNERS!)
Must be present to win! Includes a special souvenir pin.
First place ($500), second ($250), third ($100), fourth
($50), fifth - eighth ($25 each). Winners will be posted
on Closing Day. Five card draw.
Number of hands ____________ x $10 = _________________
GRAND TOTAL: $
ENCLOSED
Check
Money Order
Please send check or money order in equivalent U.S. funds. All others will be returned to
sender for adjustment. Please do not send cash.
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TRIKE & GOLD WING JEWELRY
LAYERED GOLD OR RHODIUM - Pendants, Pins, Earrings $20-$28
B&F Specialties
2481 Delta Ln, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
847-350-9333 • Fax 847-350-9366
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Discount Gold Wing Accessories
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Original Equipment Supplier • Small Kits available
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Quick & Easy
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NEW Gold Wing Trikes $26,995
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LEES-URE LITE
Half cover - 100% ripstop nylon - water repellent.
Custom fit for Wings, Valkyrie and more.
Coat pocket size for easy storage.“Tote” bag included.
Specify if tall shield
1-800-572-8687
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Chrome Helmet Locks
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Check out our new products online
To order call:
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TENT TRAILERS
2 MODELS
Excel - 255 lbs. • Cycle - 230 lbs.
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AC kit, awnings, rooms & storage solutions available
Call for Distributor Locations
800-660-0933 • www.tent-trailer.com
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Big Bike Parts ...........................................71
Bikeline By Markel American Insurance..17
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Diamond Custom Seats............................18
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Electronic Resources................................42
F4 Customs ..............................................38
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Gene’s Gallery ..........................................49
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FREE CLASSIFIEDS
Visit www.gwrra.org/message boards/classifieds for up-to-date, Member-maintained classified listings.
These classified listings are a benefit for GWRRA Members and are for GWRRA Members’
personal property only. Listings limited to approximately 30 words each. We reserve the right to
edit entries. Include year, model, mileage, price, name, phone number, e-mail, state or province.
Type or print written entries and send to “Classified Ads,” GWRRA, Inc., 21423 N. 11th
Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027, or by e-mail to sstanley@gwrra.org. Deadline is fourth Friday of
the month approximately two months before issue’s cover date. Ads run one month on a firstcome, first-served, space-available basis. Late-arriving ads are held for a succeeding issue.
GWRRA assumes no responsibility for quality of items listed, nor for the outcome of transactions initiated through these listings.
COMMERCIAL CLASSIFIEDS
www.maggievalleyinn.com Smoky Mountains lodging at 4,200’ elevation. Closest Maggie motel to the Blue
Ridge Parkway, Deal’s Gap and the National Park. Great
views, clean rooms, free Internet. Groups welcome.
Offering a variety of packages. 800-545-5853.
NEED PARTS FOR YOUR OLDER GOLDWING?
We are your #1 source! Over 2000 used parts in stock and
more than 20 GL's waiting to be stripped down. We specialize in Wing parts from 1980 to 1990. Visit us online
at WWW.USEDGOLDWINGPARTS.COM or call
305-305-1839.
Do You Have PMS? (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome)
Store your motorcycle or trailer in New Mexico. Where your
motorcycle will have TLC. Enclosed storage & Motorcycle
Maintenance Available. Within a days ride to Mexico, Las
Vegas, Phoenix. Tell us how much time you have & where
you would like to ride. We will plot an enjoyable ride!Call
us now for your year 'round riding! 403-912-2705.
jbwing@telus.net. Your host Brian & Johanna Wing.
Ride the Mountains of NC and Tennessee.
Mapped routes to scenic places including Deal’s Gap,
Waterfall tours, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee, Gatlinburg,
etc. Cabins with great outdoor areas, view, stream,
Jacuzzi, and restaurant. CALL FIRESIDE COTTAGES,
828-926-1730.
Smoky Mountain Mansion in Robbinsville, NC.
Ride all day - relax in comfort at night. 6 BR/6BA
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Catering available. Near Cherohala Skyway and
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www.smokymountainmansion.com.
Hand Painted Portrait of Your Motorcycle.
Show off your pride and joy by having it painted on canvas. Your photograph will be 100% hand painted by professional artists. Museum quality. Affordable prices. Many
sizes available. Visit us online at www.motorcycling
america.com/portraits.php.
www.paulexports.com, Florida, is looking for used
Gold Wing parts (no trike takeoff parts, pls) and Gold Wing
GL1500s and GL1800s in any condition (salvage, high
mileage, abused also) for export. Nationwide pickup available. 727-259-3021. e-mail: info@paulexports.com.
MEMBER “FOR SALE”
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Call us now or whenever. Check us out at
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www.OcoochMountainAcres.com VACATION
RENTAL PROPERTIES in Southwest WISCONSIN owned by
motorcyclists Ken & Ruth Rupp who will guide your ride on
winding roads through the Ocooch Mountains and Kickapoo
River Valley. 3 condo units in Logan Mill Lodge each sleep
6. Avalanche East Cottage sleeps 8. info@ocooch.net
608-606-2866 or 800-253-3997.
June 2008
MOTORCYCLES
1975 GL1000. Blue. 22,526 miles. With Windjammer
fairing and Calafia trunk and bags. Also has touring saddle
and Dyna ignition. Have all the original pieces except headlight and seat. Own a classic or a daily rider. $2,500.
Gerald. (306) 778-2309 (evenings) or email gandjvoth@sasktel.net. for more info. Swift Current, Sask.
Canada.
1979 GL1000. Blue with gold pinstriping. 45K mi. Vetter
fairing, radio CB, Bates side and top boxes with wraparound light bar, highway boards, heel/toe shifter, Corbin
seat. Always kept in garage. $2,900. Walter. (507) 8346333. Gibbon, MN.
1984 GL1200 Interstate. Candy Apple Red. 70K mi. New
stator, new tires, new grips, two new horns, professionally
serviced, garaged, excellent condition. $3,200. George.
(414) 482-0659. WI.
1984 GL1200 Aspencade. Champagne. 47K mi. One
owner. Mint condition. New stator, Michelin tires, battery,
front fork spring and seals and timing belt. $4,850 obo.
Richard. (781) 444-1620. MA.
1985 GL1200 LTD. 92K mi. Runs well, looks fine, original
owner, lots of leg room. $3,900. Color-matched camper
with equipment, $1,900. Bill. (203) 268-1213 or drwbell@sbcglobal.net. CT.
1987 GL1200 Aspencade. 63K mi. Now a “classic,” this
is an eye-catching Wing. Plenty of extra chrome, black
with hand-painted murals by Sue VanHess Hopper. Radiocassette-CB, cruise, luggage rack. New windshield and
velour Hartco seat with detachable backrest. Regular maintenance, runs great, garaged. $4,800. Wayne. (608)
798-4070 or kbport@chorus.net. WI.
1988 GL1500. Beige. 84,220 mi. Runs great. Well maintained and always garaged. Many extras, hitch, like-new
tires, two helmets, plus more. $5,100. William. (828)
692-0371 or whpeters@aol.com. Western NC.
1989 Honda Pacific Coast 800cc. Pearl White. 17K mi.
Good shape. Asking $3,500. John. (304) 723-3807 or
(304) 479-2686 (cell). W.V.
1991 Honda Nitehawk 250 cc. Red. 3K mi. Windshield,
crashbar. Excellent condition. $1,700. Contact us at
(616) 794-2777 or melodytreynor@yahoo.com. MI.
1992 GL1500 Gold Wing SE. Blue. 16K mi. Running
boards, highway boards, trailer hitch, extra chrome, pin
striping, good tires, and extra lights. $9,000 obo. Cash.
(303) 935-3282. Denver, CO.
1992 Gold Wing SE 1500. Two-tone teal. 75K mi.
Beautiful and well-cared for. Includes extras. Ill health
forces sale. Only those with garage need respond.
$6,500. Lowell. (518) 677-3531 or chapnell@
yahoo.com. NY.
1993 Gold Wing Aspencade. Candy Red. 107K mi. New
tires, CompuFire alternator, Progressive suspension, CB,
trailer hitch, passenger armrests, Fire Creek volt and temperature gauges, new timing belts, and many more accessories. EC. $7,000. sled98@yadtel.net or (336) 6998015. NC.
1995 GL1500 SE. “R” title. 207,000 pampered miles.
Very nice condition; one of the best serviced bikes around.
Asking $5,500. George. (814) 355-3808 or jlsnoberger@verizon.net. Julian, PA.
1996 Gold Wing Honda Aspencade. 37K mi. Candy Apple
Red. Extra good shape. Helmets with JKL sound system,
jell battery, driver backrest. $8,000. Larry. (309) 6640438 or larr24jann@comcast.net.
1997 Gold Wing SE. Pearl White. 45,617 miles. New
tires and brakes. Air rider seats, backrest, armrests, Air
wings, chrome bag and trunk rails, trailer hitch. Like new
helmets with intercoms. CB radio. Excellent condition;
always garaged. $10,000. (217) 253-2694 or (217)
369-7009. Located in central Illinois.
1997 1500 Aspencade SE. White. 46K mi. Kept in heat89
ed garage. New Compufire stator, drivers highway boards,
Ring of Fire, air horns, armrest, Hyper lights, Air Wings,
trailer hitch and wiring. Runs and looks great! Asking
$9,995. Call for more info. Ronnie. (304) 364-5547.
WV.
$7,900. Joe. (502) 558-7731. Shepherdsville, KY.
1997 GL1500 SE. Pearl White. 28K mi. Custom seat with
back rest, luggage rack and bag. Trailer hitch, cooler rack,
Wind wings, running boards, air horns, side bag lights and
two bike covers. Many extras! Like new. Intercom system
and always garaged. $9,700. (605) 673-5127 or
rdutch@gwtc.net. Custer, SD.
2006 GL1800. Titanium. 16K mi. CB radio, fork brace,
luggage rack, backrest, trailer hitch, highway box and
more. $15,000. (706) 745-6890. North Georgia.
1998 Gold Wing SE. Black. 47K mi. Very clean. Chrome.
New tires. $9,500. Forrester. (717) 261-6725 or
Joanne17201@yahoo.com.
1998 Gold Wing SE. Two-tone beige. 55K mi. Tulsa,
Markland boards, Progressives, backrests, passenger armrests. Clean. Never down. Always garaged; covered. Honda
manual. $8,900 obo. John. (928) 681-4877. Kingman,
AZ.
1998 Honda Shadow 1100 Ace Touring. Teal and cream.
New tires, windshield, driving lights, crash bar, highway
pegs, driver running boards with heel/toe shifter, hard saddlebags, driver and passenger backrests, luggage rack,
front fender rail, rear fender accent, EC. $5,895.
sled98@yadtel.net or (336) 699-8015. NC.
1999 Honda Shadow (ACE), 30K miles, lots of extras:
amber driving lights, red running lights, saddle bags, extra
chrome, new battery and brakes, garage kept. 570-3252298 or bevjim@ptd.net $3,500 PA Poconos
2000 GL1500 SE. Blue with matching trailer. 28K mi.
New Travelcade road sofa with saddle gel. Compufire alternator, sealed battery (new 8/07). Elite 3 tires with 200
miles on them. Markland floor boards, transformer boards.
Too much chrome and lights to list. Has 6-disc CD player,
Wind wing, Cee Bailey windshield, trailer and hitch with
light hook-up, Super Brace, Belly Pan, brake light flasher,
two matching helmets with headsets, two covers (1 dust;
1 all-weather). Garage kept. $12,000. (502) 543-7399
or lindacakers@windstream.net.
2002 750 Shadow Ace Deluxe. Two-tone purple and grey.
5,681 miles. Includes the following extras: Saddleman
Travelcade Classic Explorer Gel seat with rider backrest,
Saddleman Travelcade saddle bags, Cobra driving lights,
Cobra rider floorboards, chrome air horns, Kissan headlight
modulator, Lite Brites brakelight modulator, Custom Heat
heated foam grips (2 position switch), Gerbings electric
vest hookup. $4,000 obo. Eileen. (847) 674-7263.
2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Classic. Red. 3,900 mi.
Windshield, passenger backrest. EC. $6,800.
sled98@yadtel.net or (336) 699-8015. NC.
2003 GL1800A and matching trailer. Black. Corbin seat.
All toys! $17,500. Bob. (719) 594-9685 or bobstrath@aol.com.
2003 Honda VTX 1800-C series. Illusion Blue with graphic
by Taylor House of Colors. 6,069 actual miles. All Honda
parts. Bike has many extras. Showroom Condition. Asking
90
2004 Honda VT600CD Shadow VLX DLX. 13K mi. Very
good condition. Has K&M air filter, saddle bags and great
sounding pipes. Has ample power and is a great bike.
$3,800 obo. (520) 204-1650. Located in Tucson, AZ.
2006 Gold Wing GL1800 HPN. Black. 3,651 miles.
Navigation system. Honda warranty till 2013, transferable
to new owner. Service at dealers has extras. Floorboards,
lighting, turndowns. Never hit or down. $18,350. Jesse.
(732) 350-5823 or disp1991@aol.com. Whiting, NJ.
2007 Kawasaki Ninja 250. Black. 1K mi. Great starter
bike. As-new condition. $2,500 obo. Willing to ship. Call
Trefor at +1.330.289.4754 or email tpowell@curtisswright.com.
T R I K E S
1985 GL1200 Aspencade with California Sidecar conversion. Beige. 16K original miles. Always garaged. Factory
installed intercom rider and sidecar, clear and solid Tonto
sidecar covers. Three helmets. Excellent condition. Ready to
go! $8,000. Pat. (315) 625-7705. NY.
1989 Gold Wing GL1500 with California Sidecar conversion. Wineberry. 30,500 mi. Second owner. Excellent condition. E-Z Steer, Ring of Fire, Progressive fork spring, driving light, Tulsa vented windshield, Air Wing, CB radio, driver floorboard, heel/toe shifter, Utopia driver backrest with
pouch, trunk rack, LED light in trunk, trailer receiver hitch,
pinstriping, triple exhaust extension. $16,500. Deane.
(740) 852-3945 or (740) 506-0945. OH.
1993 GL1500 with 2000 CSC Conversion. 27K mi.
Armrest, backrest, trailer hitch and wiring, E-Z Steer,
Ultraguard cover, service manual, many extras. $13,500.
(802) 824-5468 or jensenent@comcast.net, photos/list
available. VT.
1995 GLl500A with 2003 California Sidecar conversion.
Candy Spectra Red. 24,962 mi. All SE options plus
$5,000 accessories, chromed-out. Custom: wheels,
exhausts, fender bras. Corbin seat, Memphis Shade
Windshield, trike cover, etc. Pictures available. $l7,750
obo (consider trade for small truck). (502) 477-5400 or
lparish2@elkcreek.net. KY.
2006 GL1800 with California Sidecar conversion. Demo
bike. Black. 6K mi. Running boards, extra fuel tank,
chrome wheel well trim, chrome wheel upgrade, chrome
passenger floorboard side covers, performance brake
upgrade, side marker lights, trailer hitch, trunk carpet with
cargo net, trunk dome light, stone guard, power track Easy
Steer. Letting go at $35,500. Matching trailer also available at cost. (810) 635-9527 or (810) 241-9431 or
markstrikes@aol.com. MI.
2007 Harley-Davidson Ultra with California Sidecar conversion. Demo bike; priced to go at cost. 1,500 miles. Black
Cherry and Silver. Loaded! Running boards, trailer hitch,
stone guard, trunk remote, Power Track. Power Track Easy
Steer, performance brake upgrade, trunk carpet with net
and light. Would be $42,000; Only $36,000. (810) 6359527 or (810) 241-9431 or markstrikes@aol.com. MI.
2007 Gold Wing 1800 with Champion Trike Kit. Metallic
Black. 4-1/2 degree EZ steer. Loaded with chrome. Too
much to list. Warranty till 2013. Also, Bushtec Quantum
Sport Trailer. Asking $36,500 obo. Can email pictures upon
request AL7ofus@AOL.COM or call (727) 505-3584.
Located in Florida.
TRAILERS AND SIDECARS
1955 Chevy Replica Cargo Trailer. 6’ long by 3’ wide. 19
cubic feet of storage, carpet. Trailer frame has all working
lights and neon lights. Great to pull with a bike or small car.
Please email me for pics. Asking $2,500 obo.
bewsee.robert@dol.gov or (904) 704-1410. Located in
Jacksonville, FL.
1990 Travel Lite camping trailer, Model 123. Works well
and is in good shape. Asking $1,000. John. (304) 7233807 or (304) 479-2686 (cell). W.V.
2005 Escapade SE trailer. Factory two-tone red with pinstriping. Chrome accent package, includes wheels and
spare. Spoiler with light, carpeted, garment bag with
snaps, dome light, mud flaps, bra and trailer cover. Garage
kept. Used only once. Excellent condition. $3600. Jimi.
(770) 924-3365. GA.
2006 Escapade LE Trailer by California Sidecar. Demo unit;
never registered. Black. Every possible option. Letting go at
cost price of $4,500. (810) 635-9527 or (810) 2419431 or markstrikes@aol.com. MI.
PA R T S A N D A C C E S S O R I E S
1997 Valkyrie with California trike kit with EZ steer.
Yellow/black. Fully equipped with every available option,
including Corbin seats. Trophy winning show bike.
$17,000 obo. Has matching trailer available, extra.
Serious inquiries only. Dick. (662) 223-5489 or
Kosterdm@aol.com. Walnut, MS.
Voyager kit mounting hardware from 2001 Harley Dresser.
Used on 1999 Dresser and in good condition. New axle
bolt. All parts and installation manual except for cotter pin,
which was used on the bike axle. $300. Valerie. (727)
809-3941.
2003 Gold Wing 1800 with Lehman Conversion. Beautiful
Candy Orange. Only 5K miles. Running boards, CB, intercom, satellite radio, passenger arm rest, trunk rack, Ring of
Fire and many extras. $24,000. Paul. (321) 508-6305
or (321) 373-4924 or maryjo1946@cfl.rr.com. Can be
seen in Melbourne, FL.
42K mi. Asking $500. (518) 589-5806 or Skipand
audrey@aol.com. Located East Upstate NY.
1995 GL1500 trike take-off parts. Magenta. Saddlebags,
swing arm with rear wheel and tow hitch.
Corbin seat with backrest. Black. Fits 1988-2000 Gold
Wings. Excellent condition. $250. (330) 866-3222. OH.
Wing World
Sirius Satellite radio, $50; trunk mirror light for 1500,
$35. Forrester. (717) 261-6725 or Joanne17201@
yahoo.com.
Trailer Hitch for 1500 Gold Wing. Receiver style hitch,
chrome. Receiver and ball. $100 obo, plus shipping. Bob.
(603) 448-3707 or bobandmadalyns@verizon.net. NH.
2008 Steering head. Brand new. $125, plus shipping.
Bob. (603) 448-3707 or bobandmadalyns@verizon.net.
NH.
2004 Steering Head for GL1800. Low Mileage on part.
$75 obo, plus shipping. Bob. (603) 448-3707 or bobandmadalyns@verizon.net. NH.
2008 GL1800 Dark Red Gold Wing take-off parts from
conversion to trike. Includes drive shaft, wheel, saddlebags, swing arm and all parts not needed. All new parts
right out of crate; 0 miles. $1,200, plus shipping. Bob.
(603) 448-3707 or bobandmadalyns@verizon.net. NH.
New GL1800 rear tire. Bridgestone Exedra 180/60 R16
74H. dlbawing2@juno.com or (970) 874-0961.
Alternator for a 1500 Gold Wing. This unit has failed; I
would like to sell it to someone who is interested in rebuilding an alternator rather than tossing it in the junk. Best
offer, plus shipping. Ask for Cecil. (814)-358-2258. I live
in PA.
Ga-Zee-Bo blue bike cover, new Kuryakyn amber Ring of
Fire (LEDs), headset cord from J&M, Gold Wing saddlebag
cooler, new fairing air vent trim (Drag Specialties). $125.
Mick. (734) 243-2249 or jacmcwil@charter.net.
2002 GL1800 accessories. Hitch, relay, subharness, CB,
trunk and saddlebag liners, cover, some OEM parts, miscellaneous, Hannigan trailer. Russ. (615) 792-5613
(home-pm) or russmorgan@bellsouth.net for list.
Front fender - front half for 1500 Wing. Dark Wine color.
Fresh clear coat, $65; heel/toe shifter for 1500, $50.
John. (219) 923-0258 or jrkett42@yahoo.com.
Parts from 1996 Gold Wing trike conversion. Blue. I recently converted my 1996 Gold Wing into a trike; these are the
excess saddle bags, etc. Price is negotiable. Chuck. (970)
522-3945 or cs_godfrey@q.com. Sterling, CO.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S
2005 Ford 500 SEL. 65,143 actual miles. White with
Taylor graphics. Extended, transferable warranty to
100,000 miles. Loaded with many extras. Burglar alarm,
electric starter, side airbags. Asking $13,500. Joe. (502)
558-7731. Shepherdsville, KY.
2000 Seaward 25-foot sailboat. Wheel steering, diesel,
tandem trailer, and much more. Beautiful, excellent condition. Trades/delivery considered. $28,000. (217) 442-
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JULY 3-6, 2008. WING DING 30 returns to Greenville,
SC. Register now at www.wing-ding.org or call 800-8439460 or 623-581-2500 for info.
REGIONAL EVENTS
JANUARY 1-DECEMBER 31, 2008. REGION (E)’s
“Awareness Ride 2008.” Open to all GWRRA Members.
Participants to document 5 motorist awareness events,
whereby awareness information is submitted to the public.
Complete validation form and submit with photographs
along with $5 to receive Awareness Ride Pin. Validation
form and guidelines available under “Chapter & District
Aids” tab on Region E web site: www.gwrra-region-e.com/
For information, contact: Charles Mallett (618) 867-2920
Email: regionemad@yahoo.com
You Create it! We Make it!
Visit our website www.gwpins.com
or call 800-843-9460 or 623-5812500 Extension 274 or 232
June 2008
2071 or winddre@comcast.net.
RCI Gold Crown Resort studio timeshare at Orange Lake
Resort & Country Club, Kissimmee, FL. Comes with three
years paid RCI membership exchange. Minutes from
Disney. $2,500.00. (734) 243-2249 or jacmcwil@charter.net.
MEMBER “WANTED”
Traveling to UTAH this June! – We are 3 women who
would like to find a few other Members to travel with us to
see the national parks in Utah. We plan to leave the afternoon of JUNE 5, traveling on I-40 to Utah. We will be taking in the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon,
Canyon Lands, Arches and a few more of the national
parks. Our last stop will be in Moab, and we will be returning on I-70. We plan to be back in Greenville, S.C., no later
than June 21st. If interested, I can be reached at (864)
235-0939 after 5 p.m. or anytime on the weekend or
email me at Shenlund@yahoo.com. Both women and
men are welcome to join us!
MEMBER “PERSONAL”
Lady would like to meet gentleman to ride with and for
possible LTR. I have my own bike and live in Greenville,
S.C. I am 57 years young, a non-smoker and divorced. I
travel to Coastal N.C., Galax, VA, and Augusta, GA. You
may contact me at Shenlund@yahoo.com.
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anatlanticregion.org for registration form or contact Mike &
Cathy Devine at (902) 662-4082 or mdevine@tru.eastlink.ca for more information.
AUGUST 1-3, 2008. CENTRAL CANADA REGION
(K) RALLY “Rendezvous 2008” in North Bay, Ontario,
“Gateway to the North.” Come join us for our annual rally
in the city that was once one of The Hudson’s Bay
Company’s original trading posts on the Voyageur route
west. Contact Ron & Jean Hurley at (705) 752-1782 or
email jrhurley@onlink.net; or Con & Claudette Verhulst at
(705) 752-5724 or email conflys@aol.com. Visit the
Region K website at http://regionk.cyclesurf.com/
maine.htm.
AUGUST 14-16, 2008. REGION “I” RALLY “Big Fun
in the Bighorn Mountains” at the Park County Fairgrounds
in Powell, Wyoming, near Yellowstone National Park.
A time of fun, scenic rides, and building memories.
Registration forms available on Region I website. Contact
Roy McKenzie at (253) 862-0220 or rpwngdom@tx3.net
or Steve Henicksman at (208) 523-9813 or ssheni@
cableone.net.
AUGUST 14-16, 2008. REGION F and Colorado
District combined “Wingin’ in the Rockies” rally in
Cañon City, Colorado, at the historic Holy Cross Abbey.
Spectacular rides and fun events with the friendliest people
you’ve ever met! Lodging at the host hotel or at the Abbey;
don’t miss this one! Registration, vendors, and information:
www.coloradogwrra.com or sburgener@aol.com.
JUNE 20-22, 2008. REGION (J)’s “2008 Midnight
Sun Fun Run,” in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory,
Canada. For more information, contact Phil Craven at
(250) 353-7108 or pjc2@telus.net.
AUGUST 29-31, 2008. REGION “E” RALLY “Denim
& Lace” in Okoboji, IA. For hotel reservations at the host
hotel, contact the Arrowwood Resort at (800) 727-4561.
For rally information, contact Region Directors Dave &
Gwen Carter at (815) 477-9893 or foxwing1@sbcglobal.net. Or visit the Region E website at www.gwrraregion-e.org.
JULY 31-AUGUST 3, 2008. Canadian Atlantic
Region (L) Rally in Kenville, NS. See www.canadi-
SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2008. REGION “A” RALLY Luauthemed in Dothan, AL. Vendors on-site. Grand prize a
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Honda Metropolitan Scooter.Host hotel is the Holiday Inn,
Dothan-South (800-777-6611), mention GWRRA when
making reservations. For more information, contact Region
Directors Bob & Nancy Shrader at (352) 668-3164 or Rally
Coordinator Ed Porter at (727) 938-8190 or eeporter@verizon.net.
DISTRICT EVENTS
JUNE 5-7, 2008. NEBRASKA DISTRICT RALLY
“Between a rock and a hard place” in Scottsbluff, NE.
Come to western Nebraska for some beautiful riding. For
more information contact, Lance & Diane Brozek at (402)
582-4726 or lancebrozek@hotmail.com or go to
www.grrrane.com.
JUNE 6-8, 2008. UTAH DISTRICT RALLY “National
Park Delight” in Kanab, UT. For information, contact Utah
Senior District Directors Bruce & Virginia Hauser at (435)
752-0551 or email at bruha26@msn.com. For more details,
including rally flyer, schedule, and registration forms, go to
http://home.comcast.net/~GWRRAutah.
JUNE 12-14, 2008. OREGON DISTRICT RALLY
“Wings Over the Ochocos” in Prineville, OR. For more
information, contact District Directors Woody & Rae
McFarland at (503) 881-1034 or email woodyman1@comcast.net. Visit Oregon District website for registration and
details at gwrraoregondistrict.org.
JUNE 12-14, 2008. GEORGIA DISTRICT RALLY “A
Rally of Mythological Proportions,” in Athens, Georgia.
Contact Bill or Betty Livingston (229) 889-1705 or email livingston@earthlink.net. Vendors, contact Ron or Susan Larsen
(478) 971-4291 or email goldwing1@ cox.net. For more
details, including rally flyer and registration forms, go to
www.gwrra-ga.com.
JUNE 13-15, 2008. OHIO DISTRICT RALLY “Summer
Time Fun On The River “ at the Washington County
Fairgrounds in Marietta, Ohio. Contact Roger Hurley,
201 Southview Lane, West Milton, Ohio 45383; (937) 698
- 4443; email RHURLEY3@woh.rr.com or visit our website
www.ohiogwrra.org.
JUNE 21, 2008. DELAWARE DISTRICT's Daze Ride-In
GPS/MAPS Pirate Treasure Hunt "Come Pillage and Plunder
in Delaware". Contact Brian Gillard at (302) 995-6544 or
brgmag@comcast.net or check out the website at http://theisland.gwrradea.org.
JULY 17-19, 2008. NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT
RALLY (A combined rally of Maine, New Hampshire,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Vermont) in
Rutland, Vermont. This is a “Don’t Miss!” event! Vermont
has some of the best motorcycle riding in the entire U.S.!
Host Hotel is the Holiday Inn in Rutland, Vermont. For more
information, contact Vermont District Directors Nate & Linda
Evans at (802) 773-9197 or lnevans@comcast.net. or register online at www.newenglandrally.org.
JUNE 19-21, 2008. WYOMING DISTRICT RALLY in
Newcastle, WY. For information, contact Bud Nading at
(307) 266-1822.
JUNE 20-22, 2008. NEVADA DISTRICT RALLY “Rally
in Mason Valley”. For information, contact Fred Wilson at
(775) 778-6746 or www.gwrranv.org.
JULY 18-19, 2008. MICHIGAN DISTRICT RALLY at
Ogemaw County Fairgrounds in West Branch, MI.
Camping, Top Gun, entertainment, games, great riding and
tons of fun! For info, visit www.gwrra-mi.org or call
Michigan District Directors Chris &r Sally Bobek at (248)
852-8537.
JULY 25-26, 2008. MINNESOTA DISTRICT RALLY
Located in Cass Lake, Minnesota. For more information,
contact Kevin Heap at (763) 477-6579 or visit www.
mngwrra.us. Rally registration available on the website.
JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2008. NEW JERSEY DISTRICT
RALLY, "Rolling Hills," in Mt. Olive, New Jersey, at the
Wyndham Garden Hotel (for hotel reservations, call (973)
448-1100; ask for Donna for special discounts for GWRRA
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Members). Incredible “Vendor Village” and Region Couple
of the Year Selection. Contact NJ District Directors Bill & Pat
Losey at (732) 873-3864.
AUGUST 1-2, 2008. ILLINOIS DISTRICT SUMMER
RALLY “Wings Along The Mississippi” event at the OakleyLindsey Convention Center in Quincy, IL. Friday night
BBQ, dance at TNT Cycle Center, Quincy. Friday &
Saturday vendors, “Go for the Gold” with downtown merchants, bike show, bike games, people games, raffle,
prizes, Saturday evening dinner and awards. For information, call Steve & Sandy Schlager, District Directors, at (618)
985-6687 or www.gwrra-ildistrict.org.
*AUGUST 7-9, 2008. IOWA DISTRICT RALLY in
Amana, IA. For information and to register, contact
District Directors Duane & Sondra Rippel at (319) 3423285.
AUGUST 7-9, 2008. NEW YORK DISTRICT RALLY.
“The race is on.” In Newark, NY, at the Quality Inn of the
Finger Lakes. Hotel reservations (315) 331-9500. Contact
District Director Ed Bahrenburg at (607) 648-4351 or
wingin-it@stny.rr.com for more information or visit the district
webpage at http://www.gwrra-ny.org/rally.htm.
AUGUST 21-23, 2008. PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT
RALLY
“Western Hoe-Down” in Johnstown,
Pennsylvania at the Pasquerilla Conference Center, 301
Napolean Street, Johnstown, PA 15901. Send rally registrations to: Chuck & Evelyn Stone, 105 Robin Lane, Everett,
PA 15537.
AUGUST 29-31, 2008. CALIFORNIA DISTRICT
RALLY “Rally of Fame” in Bakersfield, CA. For more
information, contact District Directors Anita & Jr. Alkire at
(619) 741-8893.
SEPTEMBER 12-14, 2008. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
DISTRICT CHAPTERS present the 23rd Annual Southern
Illinois Ride-in at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in DuQuoin,
Illinois. On-site camping and motel, 2 free hot meals, guided scenic ride, flea market, games, and more. Registration
$10/person; $5/day pass. Garmin GPS giveaway to one
lucky registered participant. For details, contact Charles
Mallett at (618) 867-2920 or woodyrte66@yahoo.com.
*SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2008. NORTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT’s “Wings Over the Smokies” in Fletcher,
NC. For information and to register, contact District
Directors Dennis & Kathy Hull at (828) 295-6856.
OCTOBER 16-18, 2008. MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT
RALLY “Stars on the Coast” in Biloxi, MS. Come dressed
as your favorite movie star or TV personality. Vendors, seminars, games and much more. Come play with us on the
Gulf Coast! For information, please contact Rosemary
Patterson at (601) 736-5297, gwwolf @netdoor.com, or go
to our website at miss.gwrra-regiona.org.
CHAPTER EVENTS
JUNE 1, 2008. KY-T’s annual “Poker Run” at Mountain
Home Place, Paintsville, Kentucky. Contact Charles &
Teresa Conn at (606) 587-3060 or by email at charles.teresacdbsw@yahoo.com.
JUNE 6-7, 2008. AR-P’s “Rollin’ on the River” in Bull
Shoals, AR. For information, contact Mike Williams at
(870) 488-5466.
JUNE 6-8, 2008. IA-H’s “Carnival Run & Camp Out” at
the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 2606 West Burlington
(Hwy 34) in Fairfield, Iowa. Motels located across the
street and camping on-site. For information, contact Jim &
Eta Chapman at (641) 932-7612. For flyer, information,
and accommodations, please email jec@iowatelecom.net.
JUNE 8, 2008. IA-O’s “Roger Ride” in Davenport,
Iowa at the Scott County Park. Contact Dennis English at
(309) 799-7522 for details.
*JUNE 21, 2008. NC-Q2’s “7th Annual “Fun Fest”
at the Taste of Heaven Campground, Newton Grove,
NC. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Home-cooked bar-b-que!
Contact Chapter Director Ken Pierce at (910) 8906038. Flyer available at North Carolina GWRRA website at gwrranc.org.
JUNE 21, 2008. MA-M’s “Cruisin’ for a Cure” in
Phillipston, MA. For information, contact John Leblanc at
(978) 895-0808 and visit the Chapter website at www.gwrramam.org.
JUNE 21, 2008. IN-K’s “Mercy Ride” for the Mercy
Flight organization. Begins in West Lafayette, Indiana,
at Purdue West Shopping Center. Registration starts at 9
a.m.; escorted ride leaves at 10:30 a.m. Tickets earned for
prizes by playing skills games; food provided by SubWay,
Pizza Hut, and Papa Johns. $15/rider. $20/couple.
Contact Richard Culbertson at (765) 474-3783 or Mike
Bible at (765) 471-0910.
JUNE 22, 2008. NJ-I’s 13th annual “St. Jude Children’s
Hospital Motorcycle Poker Run”, from the Lacey Elks at 900
Beach Blvd. in Forked River, NJ. Registration from 8:3010 a.m.; $15/rider, $10/passenger. Special pin for first
100 riders; $100 for best poker hand. Breakfast at Elks for
small fee; lunch free. For more info and to register, contact
District Director John Pasciak at (732) 818-7742 or
jpgw@earthlink.net.
JUNE 28, 2008. IN-R2’s 5th Annual Rally For A.N.N.A.
Ride for Neuroblastoma Research in Rensselaer,
Indiana. For information, contact Susan Healey at (219)
866-3526 or dlhealey@embarqmail.com.
JULY 19-20, 2008. BC-D’s “Overnight ride to Mt. St.
Helens”. Contact Shirley Williams, Events Coordinator, at
(604) 599-8769 or email shirleywilliams@shaw.ca.
JULY 27, 2008. MI-K2’s 14th Annual Anniversary
Celebration at Green Township Hall, 21431 Northland Dr.,
Paris, MI. Noon-2:30 p.m. Rain or Shine. Full summer
luncheon $7.50. No pets. Contact: Mike & Joyce Zagumny
at (616) 696-9518 or mytrike@hotmail.com.
AUGUST 2-3, 2008. BC-D’s “Overnight Ride Kootney
Loop”. Contact Shirley Williams, Events Coordinator, at
(604) 599-8769 or email shirleywilliams@shaw.ca.
AUGUST 9-10, 2008. VT-A’s annual cookout and ride.
Enjoy good food and good company at Camp Plymouth
State Park in Plymouth, Vermont. Starts Saturday at 2
p.m. followed by an all-day ride through the beautiful Green
Mountains on Sunday, August 10. Preregistration is $12;
onsite registration is $13. Overnight accommodations available for $49 (double occupancy). For more info, contact Joe
or Carol Coyne at (802) 672-1992 or smokinjoe1800
@yahoo.com.
AUGUST 15-16, 2008. OH-B2’s “Buckeye Rider’s
Challenge” in Bellefontaine, Ohio. An event for the avid
hardcore super rider and a leisure day ride for the motorcycling enthusiast. Check out the local area or accept the
challenge to ride all over Ohio. Each rider will receive
points towards being named the champion. This event will
challenge you both on your riding prowess, and your ability to formulate the best route given the 50-plus points of
interest given out on the evening of the 15th. Compete in a
friendly and safe atmosphere to see who can plan the most
efficient routes across Ohio. Visit www.buckeyeriderschallenge.com. Contact Todd McQueen at (937) 465-6886.
AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1, 2008. BC-D’s “Gold Run”
in Merritt, BC. Contact Shirley Williams Events
Coordinator, at (604) 599-8769 or email shirleywilliams@shaw.ca.
SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2008. DE-B’s “Gold Wing
Getaway.” During bike week at Chrome World in
Selbyville DE. Vendors and food. For information, contact
Ken Ingram at (410) 208-4802 or email ken.lois@
mchsi.com.
OCTOBER 24-25, 2008. WA-F’s “All Motorcycle Mall
Show” at the Puyallup Washington South Hill Mall. Email
Raeanne Mitchell at raeanne65@yahoo.com or visit our
website at gwrra-waf.org.
Wing World
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DIRECTORS:
MELISSA EASON ............EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ..........................21423 N. 11TH AVE ...............................PHOENIX ......................AZ...................85027 ..........................623-581-2500
JIM HUTCHENS...............CHAPTER OF THE YEAR........................2457 PLEASANT VIEW RD .......................PLEASANT VIEW............TN...................37146 ..........................615-746-2147
RON HODGSON............CANADIAN.........................................130 DONNELLY CRESCENT .....................RED DEER ......................AB ..................T4R 2L7 .........................403-309-5001
MELISSA EASON ............MEMBER ENHANCEMENT PRO TEM .....21423 N. 11TH AVE ...............................PHOENIX ......................AZ...................85027 ..........................623-581-2500
MARK ZINGERY ..............RIDER EDUCATION...............................5921 W. IRIS RD.....................................LUDINGTON .................MI ...................49431 ..........................231-845-0382
TBA................................LEADERSHIP TRAINING ........................21423 N. 11TH AVE ...............................PHOENIX ......................AZ...................85027 ..........................623-581-2500
PETER RUSSELL ................GLOBAL AFFAIRS .................................34 WEST PARK .......................................LONDON......................ENG ..............SE9 4RH ........................02088570525
REGIONAL
DIRECTORS:
ROBERT SHRADER ........................SOUTHEAST (A) ...................................9333 ROLLING CIRCLE . .................SAN ANTONIO ................FL .........................33576 ..............352-668-3164
LORRAINE KNIGHT.......................NORTHEAST (B)....................................71 HARRIS ST ................................PAWTUCKET......................RI .........................02861 ..............401-723-5959
TOM TAGGART ............................GREAT LAKES (D)..................................BOX 119 5051 ST RT 78 ................BUCHTEL...........................OH .......................45716 ..............740-753-2214
DAVE CARTER ..............................AMERICA’S HEARTLAND (E) ..................1854 WOOD HAVEN DR................CRYSTAL LAKE ...................IL ..........................60014 ..............815-477-9893
NEIL ZACK ...................................SOUTHWEST (F) ...................................2864 MESA RD ..............................RIO RANCHO ...................NM ......................87124 ..............505-994-4150
CLIFF MILLER.................................SOUTH CENTRAL (H) ............................4515 N WARREN...........................OKLAHOMA CITY..............OK .......................73112 ..............405-949-1748
ROY MCKENZIE ...........................BIG SKY (I) ...........................................21417 106TH ST E.........................BUCKLEY...........................WA.......................98321 ..............253-862-0220
FRANK ALBERT .............................APPALACHIAN (N)................................310 NEWMAN DRIVE. ...................KODAK.............................TN........................37764 ..............865-932-2994
AAGE SCHOUG ..........................THE VIKING REGION (V).......................TOCKVAGEN 8 ..............................TOCKSFORS .....................SWEDEN ..............67010............004657329129
PETER RUSSELL .............................UNITED KINGDOM REGION (UK) ..........34 WEST PARK...............................LONDON .........................ENG....................SE9 4RH ............02088570525
C A N A D A
PHIL CRAVEN ...............................GREAT NORTHWEST (J) ........................BOX 1343 AINSWORTH.................HOT SPRING.....................BC......................V0G 1A0 ............250-353-7108
BOB PINET...................................CENTRAL CANADA (K) .........................1315 SHERWOOD CT. ...................BURLINGTON....................ON .....................L7M1C8 .............905-336-6166
MIKE DEVINE ...............................CANADIAN ATLANTIC (L)......................RR #1 67 CAMPBELL RD.................DEBERT .............................NS .....................B0M 1G0 ............902-662-4082
D I S T R I C T
D I R E C T O R S ,
ALABAMA
D/D
AL-A
AL-B
AL-C
AL-D
HARVEST
MOBILE
HUNTSVILLE
HUEYTOWN
ANNISTON
June 2008
FOSNIGHT, R
ROY, S
GRISWOLD, J
BROWN, L
LACKEY, R
256-721-9151
251-633-8557
256-722-9128
205-936-8728
256-831-1707
C H A P T E R
AL-E
AL-F
AL-G
AL-H
AL-I
AL-J
AL-K
ANDERSON
MONTGOMERY
SAMSON
ATHENS
DECATUR
TUSCALOOSA
FLORENCE
D I R E C T O R S
POSS, J
SCOTT, M
COLVIN, D
NEELY, P
WALKER, J
BEALL, R
WILEY, J
&
256-757-3698
334-356-2892
334-222-1294
256-216-1026
256-351-9255
205-393-2653
256-766-1863
C H A P T E R
AL-L
AL-M
AL-N
AL-O
AL-Q
AL-R
AL-S
THOMASVILLE
OPELIKA
GADSDEN
FAIRHOPE
DEATSVILLE
SYLACAUGA
RUSSELLVILLE
L O C A T I O N S
JERNIGAN, B
HARRISON, C★
WHITE, B
SUTTON, D
SMITH, C
BURNEY, H
SWINDLE, M
251-862-2190
334-291-3234
256-442-3625
251-987-1718
256-896-4192
256-362-4377
256-331-2735
93
AL-T
AL-U
AL-X
AL-Y
AL-Z
MCCALLA
DOTHAN
ALABASTER
BIRMINGHAM
PRATTVILLE
TEASLEY, F
LETT, R
SMITH, W
ROSENOW, M
TAYLOR, V
D/D
AK-A
AK-B
AK-M
AK-P
EAGLE RIVER
ANCHORAGE
FAIRBANKS
WASILLA
SOLDOTNA
D/D
AZ-A
AZ-C
AZ-D
AZ-E
AZ-F
AZ-G
AZ-J
AZ-K
AZ-R
AZ-S
AZ-W
AZ-Y
TUCSON
TUCSON
LAKE HAVASU CTY
MESA
SIERRA VISTA
BULLHEAD CITY
GREEN VALLEY
FLAGSTAFF
TUCSON
PHOENIX
SCOTTSDALE
SNOWFLAKE
PRESCOTT
D/D
AR-A
AR-B
AR-C
AR-D
AR-E
AR-F
AR-H
AR-I
AR-J
AR-L
AR-P
AR-R
AR-T
AR-W
AR-X
DARDANELLE
NORTH LITTLE ROCK
FAYETTEVILLE
CABOT
JONESBORO
HOT SPRINGS
WARREN
BATESVILLE
STUTTGART
RUSSELLVILLE
CONWAY
MOUNTAIN HOME
VAN BUREN
TEXARKANA
BLYTHEVILLE
CLARKSVILLE
D/D
CA-1A
CA-1D
CA-1F
CA-1I
CA-1K
CA-1L
CA-1M
CA-1N
CA-1Q
CA-1R
CA-1S
CA-1V
CA-1Y
CA-1Z
CA-2A
CA-2J
CA-2K
CA-2N
CA-2Q
CA-2R
CA-2S
CA-2W
CA-C
LA MESA
LANCASTER
PARAMOUNT
SAN DIEGO
COVINA
BURBANK
ATASCADERO
RIVERSIDE
OCEANSIDE
BUENA PARK
IRVINE
VENTURA
VICTORVILLE
LOMPOC
TEMECULA
TULARE
PITTSBURG
FAIRFIELD
ANGELS CAMP
DUBLIN
SALINAS
SAN JOSE
CLOVIS
SACRAMENTO
205-424-4717
334-774-2749
205-620-4052
205-655-8565
334-361-7451
ALASKA
NORWOOD, S
LEWIS, W
DE HAVEN, P
GARTRELL, B
WILLIAMS, P
907-696-3551
907-244-8754
907-488-8777
907-746-3420
907-283-0595
ARIZONA
LUMPKIN, D
WOO, G
CALLAWAY, J
BRINTON, D
BROWN, D
SEIP, R
WELCH, C
GALES, T
LASH, K
TRASK, W
JOHNSON, G
BERMELE, C
WHITE, S
520-885-5709
520-400-9897
928-855-8981
480-786-0365
520-366-5801
928-763-7858
520-548-0223
928-774-7361
520-237-2155
623-934-7496
480-488-5870
928-532-2908
928-772-0800
ARKANSAS
FRIEDEN, D
SUMMERVILLE, B
REDINGER, D
DEPRIEST, C
BROWN, T
BASS, C
SAVAGE, D
PROVENCE, D
MORRIS, W
HOLMES, K
REED, S
WILLIAMS, M
THOMPSON, L
GILLINGHAM, R
GLASSCOCK, J
HUMPHREY, R
479-229-3370
501-455-5231
479-409-9566
501-882-9172
870-761-5490
501-922-3691
870-463-8772
870-793-4180
870-659-3884
479-968-5179
501-753-8580
870-488-5466
479-471-0697
870-845-8702
870-763-4578
479-754-4326
CALIFORNIA
ALKIRE, A
TIEDE, E
MCSHANE, T
CALLAWAY, R
NUNNALLY, D
GILMAN, J
ROWLEY, R
TEGEL, L
ANDREWS, G
MONTEZ, R
LORENZ, T
SHIPP, T
CHAVARRIA, K
SASAKI, P
PUTERBAUGH, V
AKKERMAN, J
RILEY, D
CANNING, R
BURKE, M
JARUMAY, A
O’KEEFE, P
CARR, W
ZANE, T
GRAHAM, N
619-741-8893
661-946-1409
562-920-6564
858-581-3317
909-592-1476
818-362-8925
805-489-1502
951-443-2891
760-741-8230
714-750-6067
714-968-4393
805-680-5071
760-244-4919
805-735-4641
951-453-6000
559-594-5046
925-685-2111
510-812-1621
209-536-1318
510-659-8239
831-646-9815
408-923-0740
559-432-5405
916-454-5290
COLORADO
D/D
CO-A
CO-B
CO-C
CO-E
CO-G
CO-I
CO-J
CO-L
CO-N
CO-O
CO-Q
LITTLETON
LITTLETON
GRAND JUNCTION
CANON CITY
ARVADA
FORT COLLINS
COLORADO SPGS
AURORA
LAKEWOOD
PUEBLO
LONGMONT
MONTROSE
RANDOLPH, S
DAVIS, W
BAKER, B
AGNEW, J
DUNN, L
HALLAM, R
HARDER, T
HOWLAND, G
ANDREWS, D
ROSE, M
ALDRICH, S
MEANS, I
720-963-9434
303-627-9263
970-242-6634
719-275-4860
303-287-9537
970-493-5536
719-481-9044
303-337-2740
303-910-7301
719-485-3536
303-652-3227
970-240-1633
CONNECTICUT
D/D
CT-B
CT-E
CT-Q
CT-W
FAIRFIELD
MANCHESTER
FAIRFIELD
PUTNAM
WATERBURY
D/D
DE-A
DE-B
WILMINGTON
NEW CASTLE
SEAFORD
MACCALLUM, C
MCQUEENEY, S
FRIEND, S
OLSON, M
HOGABOOM, A
203-259-8816
860-688-0416
203-264-4180
860-923-9966
203-757-1488
DELAWARE
GILLARD, B
DEGEISO, M
INGRAM, K
302-995-6544
302-547-2102
410-208-4803
FLORIDA
D/D
FL-1A
FL-1A2
FL-1B
FL-1D
FL-1D2
FL-1E2
FL-1F
FL-1F2
FL-1G
FL-1H
FL-1H2
FL-1J
FL-1K
FL-1K2
94
ORMOND BEACH
TAMPA
TALLAHASSEE
BRANDON
PENSACOLA
NEW PORT RICHEY
FORT WALTON BCH
TITUSVILLE
OCALA
DELTONA
DAYTONA
ORLANDO
JACKSONVILLE
PALM COAST
ST PETERSBURG
CARR, E
MARION, B
STEPHENS, C
IVERSON, J
POPPELL, T
HECKLER, R
DONALDSON, D★
MILLINGTON, W
DUNCAN, B
ABRAMS, J
WELLS, G
RAESLY, D
GRESHAM, E
GRAY, D
CARACCIOLO, D
386-673-6176
813-299-6433
850-539-5084
813-654-6332
850-377-7977
727-819-1113
850-279-6658
321-720-2968
352-237-8409
386-668-9475
386-427-5169
407-568-6664
904-724-6398
386-246-9335
727-344-1805
FL-1L
FL-1L2
FL-1M
FL-1O
FL-1P
FL-1Q
FL-1R
FL-1S
FL-1T
FL-1V
FL-1W
FL-1X
FL-1Y
FL-1Z
FL-2A
FL-2B2
FL-2C2
FL-2D
FL-2E
FL-2F
FL-2G
FL-2H
FL-2L
FL-2N
FL-2O
FL-2P
FL-2Q
FL-2R
FL-2V
FL-2W
FL-2Z
PANAMA CITY
WESLEY CHAPEL
CLEARWATER
CRESTVIEW
PALATKA
MILTON
DUNNELLON
ZEPHYRHILLS
INVERNESS
JACKSONVILLE BCH
APOPKA
ORANGE PARK
GAINESVILLE
NORTH TAMPA
WEST PALM BCH
SARASOTA
NAPLES
MELBOURNE
MIAMI
PUNTA GORDA
N FORT MYERS
WAUCHULA
LAKELAND
COCOA
STUART
BRADENTON
CORAL SPRINGS
FORT LAUDERDALE
SEBRING
WINTER HAVEN
WEST PALM BCH
D/D
GA-A
GA-A2
GA-B
GA-B2
GA-C
GA-C2
GA-D
GA-D2
GA-E
GA-E2
GA-F2
GA-G
GA-G2
GA-H
GA-H2
GA-I
GA-I2
GA-J
GA-K
GA-L
GA-M
GA-O
GA-P
GA-Q
GA-R
GA-S
GA-T
GA-U
GA-V
GA-W
GA-X
GA-Z
ALBANY
MCDONOUGH
DUBLIN
MARIETTA
DOUGLASVILLE
BRUNSWICK
HINESVILLE
GAINESVILLE
DALTON
THOMASTON
SAVANNAH
AUGUSTA
COLUMBUS
ROSWELL
ALBANY
STATESBORO
MADISON
CARROLLTON
HIAWASSEE
KINGSLAND
ROME
MOULTRIE
TIFTON
FAYETTEVILLE
WARNER ROBINS
JASPER
WINDER
ATHENS
SNELLVILLE
HAWKINSVILLE
WOODSTOCK
MACON
NEWNAN
HI-A
HONOLULU
PIPPIN, D
BARGER, R
SCHAAD, R
DAVIS, W
MEISNER, C
VAUGHN, W
SCHLIMME, B
BROWN, F
HARRIS, R
HOWELL, D
BENSON, J
TUCKER, C
OLDHAM, S
DEL RIO, R
GARSON, J
DELAPENHA, D
FITZGERALD, J
ANDERSON, H
WITT, B
IRGENS, D
GARMON, E
CARLTON, W★
DIEBOLD, T
ODONELL, J
LONG, K
LOUGH, G
TBA
JEFFERSON, H
FRANCIS, H
MCFARLAND, J
SEADORF, T
850-785-9736
352-583-3487
727-421-6083
850-892-0318
386-649-4799
850-623-5831
352-465-1228
813-719-9300
352-726-6128
904-745-6414
407-889-3279
904-278-2802
352-375-8781
813-962-4501
561-439-5541
941-371-7928
239-775-3018
321-952-1448
786-293-8326
941-639-6886
239-541-2693
863-773-3648
863-293-6610
321-784-3529
772-283-1663
941-371-3244
TBA
954-435-2730
863-243-3300
863-969-4583
561-433-8813
GEORGIA
LIVINGSTON, W
MCCROSKEY, B
WHIDDON, G
STARK, T
THAYER, W
POTTER, A
URBAN, L
DAVIS, S
CRONAN, F
PEOPLES, B
BRIDGES, R
CATES, L
MURPHY, A
SEGO, C
VERNER, J
GAY, C
SMITH, B
DUMES, M
GOTTLIEB, J
YOTHER, J
NEWBY, D
MCCALL, G★
TILLMAN, T
PRIVETT, D
CHAMBERS, T
DAVIS, W
THRASHER, K
SIMPSON, R
NOY, A★
SIMPSON, A
FINLEY, T
ZIMMER, J★
HEAD, R
229-889-1705
770-954-1924
478-986-5678
770-642-2331
770-537-6476
912-267-1536
912-876-5632
770-314-8938
706-277-1298
706-646-3814
912-823-2743
706-860-9238
706-569-6820
678-787-6273
229-883-5598
912-852-9035
706-342-0125
770-251-9544
706-896-7403
912-729-6379
706-295-1714
229-985-2412
229-769-3197
770-471-2936
478-953-4533
770-479-0247
706-310-1041
706-546-5202
770-736-5628
478-934-0584
770-974-7533
478-474-8821
770-461-8360
HAWAII
KAHN, G
808-545-3132
IDAHO
D/D
ID-A
ID-B
ID-D
ID-E
ID-H
IDAHO FALLS
POCATELLO
LEWISTON
BOISE
IDAHO FALLS
COEUR D’ ALENE
D/D
IL-A
IL-A2
IL-B
IL-B2
IL-C
IL-C2
IL-D
IL-D2
IL-DK
IL-E
IL-F
IL-G
IL-G2
IL-H
IL-H2
IL-I
IL-L
IL-M
IL-N
IL-O
IL-P
IL-P2
IL-PI
IL-Q
IL-R
IL-S
IL-T
IL-U
IL-V
IL-V
IL-V2
IL-W
IL-Y
IL-Z
IL-Z2
IL-Z2
CARTERVILLE
CHAMPAIGN
MT PROSPECT
MACOMB
CRYSTAL LAKE
GILMAN
LENA
MATTOON
EFFINGHAM
DEKALB
LITCHFIELD
MT VERNON
DIXON
GURNEE
ELGIN
GALESBURG
DECATUR
ROCKFORD
TINLEY PARK
QUINCY
COLLINSVILLE
LINCOLN
MINOOKA
PARIS
CARBONDALE
LASALLE
OLNEY
SPRINGFIELD
VANDALIA
BATAVIA
BATAVIA
VIENNA
KANKAKEE
NEW LENOX
PEORIA
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
KESTER, J
ORAM, W
ZELLER, J
KESTER, J
HAMMOND, T
BOLSTAD, T
208-524-1768
208-237-7304
208-413-0375
208-524-1768
208-529-5477
208-683-6059
ILLINOIS
SCHLAGER, S
VAUGHT, D
MORGAN, R
WANAMAKER, G
FERRARO, J
ALLHANDS, J
HOWARD, K
DOWNS, K
RENTFRO, K
MINICK, B★
LIEVERS, G
BRIDGWATER, G
SHORE, M
DAUJOTIS, E
KORZUN, R
TOLAND, G
GAITROS, T★
BENNETT, D
RAILA, D
GODMAN, D
KOLLING, L
HOLMES, M
CAMPUS, P
FELL, J
KOHLENBERGER, W
HYLLA, G
LAUDER, R
RITZ, L
BRUNGARD, S
JOHNSTON, R★
KOVACH, A
HUDDLESTUN, H
SIPPEL, N
DOUGHER, R
ONKEN, W
CIESLA, G★
KRESCH, M
618-985-6687
217-469-7879
630-759-0991
309-836-6872
815-338-0981
815-432-3071
815-233-4433
217-369-8776
217-682-3683
815-264-7834
618-585-6688
618-244-7420
815-284-2335
847-356-6450
847-651-2575
309-483-6106
217-763-2471
815-398-1201
815-254-5990
573-288-5342
618-344-4885
217-735-1347
815-476-6005
217-948-5674
618-687-4736
815-223-1809
812-886-1761
217-488-2915
618-283-0496
630-260-0270
630-466-1619
618-275-4472
815-937-0849
708-481-6866
309-697-0208
773-259-6896
708-679-0520
INDIANA
MICHEAU, W★
KENNEDY, D
SUTER, S
CRAFT, G
MONROE, R
CREAGER, G
CLOSSON, J
ROBBINS, D
DANNER, A
HUNTER, L
BLACKBURN, C
BROWN, T
BOYD, R
WISE, T
SHULL, D
DINKINS, T
MACKEY, M
CULBERTSON, R
NEWMAN, T★
ZIMMERMAN, J
BURCH, J
HODSON, D
BARBER, J
SPAULDING, D
STONESTREET, M
KNEPPLE, M
MOON, C
MAYER, J
NEWBOLD, L
SHRAKE, J
REED, M
KANIA, J
ROBINETTE, D
CUSTER, S
LIGHT, D
BARTOS, J
WILLIAMS, Z
LEWIS, R
GARWOOD, B
WILLIAMS, J
D/D
IN-A
IN-A2
IN-B
IN-B2
IN-C
IN-C2
IN-D
IN-D2
IN-E
IN-E2
IN-F
IN-G
IN-G2
IN-H
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IOWA
RIPPEL, D
GEER, J
EGGERS, W
COLE, K
STAUFFER, R
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319-342-3285
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HILTON, C
AIKEN, D
EDWARDS, T
MUSGROVE, T
KISTLER, R
TINKLER, J
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MANGUS, G
SCHOECK, J
785-828-4801
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ROGERS, T
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BAUMANN, D
PUGH, S
CONN, C
HITE, B
JACKSON, S
GARRETT, J
BALDREE, R★
859-824-6985
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DINNEL, T
LAVERGNE, G
WEBB, C
FULLER, J
DUCOTE, R
ENGOLIA, S
TAYLOR, J
PALMER, B
VILLERE, M
BRINKLEY, L
VERNON, E
318-387-1741
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BRIDLE, R
WRIGHT, D
SHERBURNE, K
CYR, J
207-933-5899
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COGBURN, W
HILL, B
HEFFNER, G
WALTERS, R
KELLEY, S
AHEARN, R
MANGUM, M
410-956-5173
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MURPHY, P
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BOBEK, C★
STRADLEY, J
KEEDLE, W
KIRK, R★
VAN DAMME, J
LANCASTER, D
WIGGINS, N
BURGAN, H
DRESSLER, D★
JISA, G
SPENCER, W
OWENS, T
SMITH, D
MEREDITH, J
HOUTMAN, R
DINGUS, J
HOLMES, I
CONINE, C
ZAMPICH, D
DUNCAN, D
WENTZ, S
TOWNSEND, T
ZAGUMNY, J
PREBBLE, M
DOEZEMA, P
MAXON, G
TENNYSON, D
RODGERS, G★
PULLEN, W
PATOW, H★
KINNEE, C
BENNINGER, D
ROCHELEAU, H
GLAZA, D
IKLE, S
LAW, S
OLSON, L
EDWARDS, C
BRADLEY, L★
MURPHY, K
SCHNEIDER, R★
ORWIG, R
BADOUR, J★
SCHERZER, J
GARNER, B
PAANANEN, J
LAVENDER, C★
HILES, C
248-852-8537
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HEAP, K
BEMIDJI
SMITH, D
LAKE CRYSTAL
ECKSTEIN, R
NORTHEAST TWIN CITIE KEENE, R
IRON RANGE
PIERCE, F
LUVERNE
ANDERSON, J
SOUTH TWIN CITIES PATTERSON, B
NW TWIN CITIES
SANDS, J
MAPLE GROVE
HAJNY, G
AUSTIN
HARIG, B
OWATONNA
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MOORHEAD/FARGO CONLEY, L
763-477-6579
218-694-4078
507-354-8105
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612-581-6566
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SPRINGFIELD
O’FALLON
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ELK CREEK
JOPLIN
ROLLA
HARRISBURG
ST PETERS
HARBISON, G
PATTERSON, R
BATTAYA, C
WHITSON, J
LOONEY, R
BISHOP, M
HARDY, J
THOMPSON, H
LAUGHLIN, J
STUTTS, R
ANDERSON, L
KOONCE, R
SCHUTZ, D
MOAK, D
GODFREY, M
KUCHTA, P
WHITE, G
ALLEN, B
LEWIS, D
SWINDOL, G
BEAMAN, F
FREELAND, J
601-684-3308
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MISSOURI
June 2008
SCHELL, L
SHANNON, R
SILVEY, T
SMITH, P
LUECKENOTTE, K
HAUPT, J
MAYS, F
YATES, D
LONG, J
HOUSER, B
KENSLOW, J
LITTLE, S
ROBERTSON, D
ANTHONY, L
HUDSON, B
417-889-0321
417-830-4426
573-378-5874
573-760-1924
573-659-4641
573-275-6580
816-254-8165
417-866-0206
636-661-5309
573-468-8827
417-257-1784
417-624-5925
573-647-1784
573-474-4521
636-928-1438
MO-X
MO-XP
MO-Y
MO-Z
NEOSHO
ST JOSEPH
BRANSON
ST LOUIS
GILLMING, G
TALBOT, J
STOUT, J
STEWART, T
D/D
MT-A
MT-B
MT-C
MT-H
MT-M
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HELENA
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MT. LAUREL
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TOMS RIVER
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NM-R
NM-T
NM-W
NM-Y
LAS CRUCES
CLOVIS
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ROSWELL
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NC-D2
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EDEN
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MONROE
ROCKY MOUNT
417-475-3598
816-232-4548
417-779-0707
636-461-1681
MONTANA
PARPART, R
BURRIGHT, J
HOER, A
RUMSEY, R
ANZIK, W
HINTZ, T
406-628-8115
406-259-3456
406-652-2341
406-787-5230
406-227-8904
406-251-5781
NEBRASKA
BROZEK, L
SKIDMORE, H
HOUDEK, L
UMBERGER, G
ROBERTS, R
OLIVER, J
402-582-4726
402-854-3369
402-564-5736
402-360-2282
402-991-0596
308-436-3616
NEVADA
WILSON, F
BOLSINGER, R
THELANDER, R
ELLISON, D
775-778-6746
702-492-6703
775-358-8979
775-777-9356
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FERLAND, W
TARBELL, A
THIBAUDEAU, P
SPRAGUE, H
VENNE, S
GULA, S
603-523-9890
603-224-4516
978-827-6091
603-448-3707
603-435-5008
603-482-3252
NEW JERSEY
LOSEY, W
CHEW, R
KING, G
BASSEL, T
LORD, T
EVANS, T
GODIN, D
MARION, W
PASCIAK, J
732-873-3864
856-299-3586
856-764-3718
732-261-0610
609-377-6356
732-291-2355
973-885-3535
908-233-9025
732-818-7742
NEW MEXICO
ROBINSON, G
PETTIGREW, D
DAVIS, R
BATES, T
RICHARDS, J
LAWRENCE, B
STILLWAGON, J
GILSDORF, J★
505-524-0183
505-763-1636
505-632-1331
505-889-3100
505-627-7692
575-649-3392
505-889-9557
505-443-1755
NEW YORK
BAHRENBURG, E
HANLON, R
REARDON, R
BROWN, R★
ST AMOUR, P
SAULS, G
SHOWMAN, L
COLE, R
CORK, G
HERNANDEZ, M★
SHAPLEY, L
GAWORECKI, J
SCHELKUN, M
SEELEY, J
607-648-4351
315-622-3939
315-668-1690
607-546-4111
518-490-1031
716-772-2280
631-273-7769
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518-877-4917
718-931-3243
315-245-2095
716-763-2304
585-663-1237
607-656-9414
NORTH CAROLINA
HULL, D
MYERS, R
DEZARN, R
KING, F
HESTER, D
HOPKINS, P
STRAUGHAN, J
MANNING, R
JOYNER, P
BERNER, R
FORTIER, O
GRANT, W
BOWEN, D
VERTEFEUILLE, B
WHEELER, C
HYDE, J
WARREN, A
STOUT, P
PARHAM, D
HASKIN, J
PENNONI, T
CORRIHER, B
MOORE, L
DAVIS, L
WHITE, T
CHAMPION, R
ROBBINS, J
PIERCE, K
CLINE, S★
EDWARDS, M
GUNTER, B
HATLEY, R
FREEMAN, L
BAKER, V
LITTLE, R
HOPPER, D
DANCY, J
DENNY, D
MAIN, A
LAMBERT, R
BRYANT, R
828-295-6856
336-697-8193
336-969-2180
910-293-7643
336-945-4031
704-563-6185
919-989-8232
252-752-4520
252-638-1538
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252-426-1878
910-577-7601
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336-476-1040
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423-727-5488
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704-660-5887
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336-731-6081
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704-385-9318
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910-281-4921
704-873-1472
336-349-6801
336-982-4688
336-983-0753
828-874-1258
704-264-9801
252-442-2309
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HAMMARGREN, K
HENKE, A
SEIBEL, C
CHRISTIANSON, G
GJERSTAD, L
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QUAKERTOWN
701-232-6217
701-873-2777
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OHIO
HURLEY, R★
NOURSE, B
NEUMEISTER, R
SADLER, W
SMITH, D
STANIONS, T
MOORE, J
FRIESS, M
SKIDMORE, W
GAJEWSKY, T
MEYER, R
DENMAN, K
MARTIN, W
DARNELL, P
GLYDEWELL, L
SWARTZ, J
BRAY, R
HANNING, L
CHELLIS, M
SPAFFORD, B
MITCHELL, C
CHAPMAN, C
BENJAMIN, R
STOCKTON, R
PESTER, R
WALLACE, E
LANDON, G
RICHARD, R
LEDSOME, C
WILSON, W
PETERSON, P
OTTO, C
LANGAN, J
DAY, R
MARCINKO, R
BLACK, J
PHILLIPS, D
HUFFMAN, B
EBERSOLE, J
WHITMER, W
BEVENS, J
DETWILER, S
SIMPSON, C
KOHLER, V
RIEHLE, J
WOLF, W
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STADER, J
MEESE, J
TAYLOR, D
HAWKINS, J
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KOTHERA, K
RICHARDS, B
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OKLAHOMA
GRENINGER, R
UPTERGROVE, B
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SAVAGE, D
LEVINGS, W
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BYRNS, T
JONES, M
DIEDRICH, K
MOSS, L
THORNE, B
SHACKELFORD, J
SWEEDEN, T
918-272-9055
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OREGON
MCFARLAND, W
RITTER, D
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CHOATE, B
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MORRIS, D
541-259-4429
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541-912-3640
503-399-8352
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PENNSYLVANIA
STONE, C
BURGESS, R
MCCLUN, J
DICE, L
RICE, D
LUFFY, S
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BRETZ, D
NEWTON, B
THOMAS, G
EDDY, K
ARTMAN, D
MILLER, M
MCAULAY, J
HARPER, W
HEFFELFINGER, J
JOHNSON, D
CRAIG, B
MOTTER, D
FAUPEL, L
RODGERS, R
JACKSON, W
814-652-6554
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95
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GIULIANI, A
VERMONT
401-728-6617
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WICKISER, G★
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HARRIS, H
PRICE, D
GORDON, W
COLEMAN, C
COLLINS, G
DEFENDI, D
HARPSTER, R
CAPMAN, D
BOGART, T
CARNES, P
COLLYER, R
WILLIAMS, C
SIMMONS, D
BATCHELOR, R
CAMPBELL, A
ARTHUR, P
GROOM, R
DOWD, R
FRANKUM, W
864-269-3288
864-225-2518
843-319-3228
843-524-0981
803-600-0037
803-939-4862
864-834-5170
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803-684-6402
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SOUTH DAKOTA
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SIOUX FALLS
LEHMAN, D
FORSHEY, W
D/D
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605-331-5651
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ZAHN, K
COMBS, L
HAMILTON, G★
ROBERTS, D
JAYNE, T
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GRIFFIN, R
SIMMONS, W
MIRACLE, W
COBB, J
MCCOY, J
CRANDALL, F
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BLACKMON, T
HENDREN, J
SHOEMAKER, C
WEBB, C
MCAMIS, T
HUNTER, T
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ODESSA
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MCKINNEY
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EARLY, W
BAKER, D
WHITE, R
AUGUSTAS, G
CHERRY, R
MORGAN, R
ATKINSON, J
YANDELL, D
MINGS, G
CHENEY, R
MACMASTER, B
ACKER, J
PARDEN, D
COOPER, R
MCKINNEY, H
MAYO, A
HEFLIN, J
BURT, W
HARRIS, B
THACKER, M
HEENE, M
DAVIS, R
MEW, J
JONES, J
JONES, C
KOERBER, J
GARRETT, D
SEVERE, B
MARSH, J
MACOMB, C
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SCHMITZ, B
SMITH, D
MANSON, B
NUNEZ, R
TERRELL, J
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OTT, T
MAQUET, M
GLEASON, W
DUBOIS, D
435-752-0551
435-559-3056
435-613-9790
801-547-9890
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D/D
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WESTON, D
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KARL, C
POOLE, P
BRENNAN, D
BROOKS, D
CLARK, R
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902-829-2287
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LEGER, C
BEAUDRY, J
SHAULE, L
BRINKLOW, T
PERKIN, R
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905-659-4424
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MACKINNON, B
902-838-4718
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DIONNE, R
LALONDE, A
PERREAULT, D
450-676-0065
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450-424-0796
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DAVIDSON, C
LIEN, R
306-382-0608
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867-633-6383
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62-21-7262502
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WOOLSEY, R
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INNISFAIL
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BROOKS MEDICINE HAT TAYLOR, J
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HULTINE, M
920-261-7101
POPOVIC, A
905-821-6905
PIERCE, C
608-363-8700
HEMPE, J
920-753-2185
SCHUELLER, T
608-846-4667
SHARP, G
920-210-9153
YOUNG, T
262-633-8415
BALLMANN, T
920-452-4779
HANSON, B
608-244-8958
FRIES, R
608-732-7299
OGLE, M
920-682-6563
FREEMAN, D
715-325-6477
HALLETT, I
920-432-6627
ANDERSON, D
262-574-0490
KORISH, T
608-781-6133
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DUCKETT, M
715-446-3346
YESKE, M
715-986-2749
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920-731-0694
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715-577-8849
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YARNELL, J
WATKINS, S
DOMAS, G
HAFSOS, R
MCCOLLIM, T
SCRIVNER, J
PORTER, C
CALDARA, C
CRAIN, K
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WEIKART, D
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O F
F A M E
(Recruited more than 100 new GWRRA Members.)
Allen, Donald..........................................................Fairfield, CA
Babin, Phillip..........................................................Gonzales, LA
Brady, Gene ..........................................................Pasadena, TX
Brady, Sarah..........................................................Pasadena, TX
Carson, John ........................................................Jacksonville, IL
Carter, Dave ........................................................Crystal Lake, IL
Dodd, Kacey ..........................................................Gadsden, AL
Dodd, Josh .............................................................Gadsden, AL
Fisher, Steven .....................................................Hutchinson, MN
Grant, Ken.............................................................Pensacola, FL
Hewitt, David ..............................................................Mesa, AZ
Holton, Dean ........................................................Louisburg, NC
Howell, Richard. ..............................................Albuquerque, NM
Humphrey, Robert .................................................Clarksville, AR
Hutchens, Jim ..................................................Pleasant View, TN
Hutchens, Shirrin..............................................Pleasant View, TN
Kephart, Richard ....................................................Pensacola, FL
Knudtson, Ronald .................................................Mason City, IA
Knudtson, Karen ...................................................Mason City, IA
Kolaske, Neal .....................................................Milwaukee, WI
Landis, Dick ..........................................................Zephyrhills, FL
Lantz, Charles.........................................................Wooster, OH
Lear, Tom.................................................................Bidwell, OH
Legris, Mike................................................................Bradley, IL
Lewis, Edward .......................................................Concord, NH
Lewis, Judith ..........................................................Concord, NH
Lyman, B.J.. ...................................................Santa Barbara, CA
Lyman, Kit L. .................................................Santa Barbara, CA
McNabb, Charles...............................................Springfield, MO
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Michaud, Roberta ............................................Albuquerque, NM
Miller, Clifford ...............................................Oklahoma City, OK
Mytinger, David .........................................................Lenoir, NC
Panter, Jim ...............................................................Canton, OH
Preston, John.........................................................Jacksboro, TN
Rasmussen, Robert ............................................Minneapolis, MN
Rasmussen, Delores...........................................Minneapolis, MN
Rennick, Bob................................................Kings Mountain, NC
Roberts, Logan .......................................................Chandler, AZ
Sharp, Gaylord ......................................................Friesland, WI
Shrader, Robert ...................................................San Antonio, FL
Simmons, William ..................................................Newbern, TN
Smith, Steven ................................................................York, SC
Smith, Bruce ............................................................London, ON
Swanson, Lloyd .............................................Oklahoma City, OK
Taber, Frank....................................................Port Orchard, WA
Taylor, John .......................................................Fountain Inn, SC
Thayer, Gary ....................................................McDonough, GA
Townsley, Richard .....................................................Mahomet, IL
Vaillancourt, Michael .............................................Montrose, CO
Waer, Allan, Sr. ..................................................Meshoppen, PA
White, Kirby ..........................................................Burgoon, OH
Williams, Boyce ..............................................Holiday Island, AR
Wilson, Kerry .........................................................Gadsden, AL
Wilson, Joyce .........................................................Gadsden, AL
Zakrajsek, Martin ..................................................Richland, WA
M E M O R I A M
George Ault
GWRRA #72028-02
Deerfield, OH
Raymond Kellam
GWRRA #93479
Kansas City, MO
John McCracken
GWRRA #1428
Dothan, AL
Acie Riley
GWRRA #228778
Hartford, AL
James A. Stonerock
GWRRA #11208
Marcellus, MI
Ken W. Bean
GWRRA #150873
Katy, TX
James D. Kerr
GWRRA #245418
Livonia, MI
Bill Martin
GWRRA #129059
Yukon, OK
Wilma J. Roberts
GWRRA #3831
Spanaway, WA
Pete Thompson
GWRRA #165983
Palm Desert, CA
Capt. Thomas Dunn
GWRRA #262688
Longview, WA
John M. Ledoux
GWRRA #252337
Ozona, TX
Darrell Mead
GWRRA #126153
Tacoma, WA
Norman Rosenthal
GWRRA #134299
Waterford, PA
John Vella
GWRRA #152482
Madliena, Malta
Rev. Jim Gunter
GWRRA #195434
Warwick, GA
James Legg
GWRRA #146846
Minden, LA
Mildred Parkes
GWRRA #51845
San Antonio, TX
Paul Schiffner
GWRRA #83612
Alva, OK
Shirlene Wagner
GWRRA #235331-01
Edmond, OK
Larry A. Guttke
GWRRA #77500
Albuquerque, NM
John Leith
GWRRA #237095-01
Richmond, IN
Jack Pettis
GWRRA #15049
Ocala, FL
John D. Shumaker
GWRRA #152448
Irving, TX
Everett Whitt
GWRRA #210040
Ashville, OH
Gene Hamilton
GWRRA #103211
Philpot, KY
Teresa Lively
GWRRA #610861
Marion, IL
CJ Porter
GWRRA #153038
Chipley, FL
Joy L. Smith
GWRRA #63849-01
Newnan, GA
Wayne J. Zuccato
GWRRA #102099
Sherwood Park, AB
Bob Hayes
GWRRA #145726
Mechanicsville, VA
Wayne Lowe
GWRRA #233936
Hot Springs National, AR
Burton J. Post
GWRRA #36655
Herington, KS
Robert Smith
GWRRA #31795
Ithaca, MI
Wade Hughes
GWRRA #140066
Roan Mountain, TN
Robert W. Ludlum
GWRRA #88004
Graysville, TN
Kenneth Powers
GWRRA #3823
Jacksonville, FL
Donald South
GWRRA #120400
Leighton, AL
Richard V. Johnson
GWRRA #126354
Pine, AZ
Chuck Mallory
GWRRA #183239
Madison, OH
John B. Reer
GWRRA #165827
Forked River, NJ
Jeane Nancy Stegemiller
GWRRA #38022
Albany, GA
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“The GWRRA
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Medium weight liner zips inside
lightweight shell. Reflective
piping. Embroidered logos and
lettering. Great, easily packed,
dirt-shedding jackets!
BE SURE TO CHECK SIZING
(below).
3061022 – Med (Size 40) ...................................................$180.00
3061023 – Lg (Size 42) .......................................................$180.00
3061024 – XL (Size 44) .......................................................$180.00
OTHER 30TH
ANNIVERSARY ITEMS
AVAILABLE ON-LINE!
NEW!
Now In Silver!
30th Anniversary
Belt Buckle
Stay Cool With RideHide!
RideHide Performance Gear’s Tour LS microfiber
shirt will keep you dry and comfortable in the
stickiest weather. This ingenious fabric wicks
moisture away from your skin, preventing the
shirt from clinging to you. Microfiber weighs
50% less than cotton and dries 80% faster,
making it an ideal “wash and go” riding gear
item. You will enjoy this silky shirt with its exclusive GWRRA logo.
3051000
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Med ..............................$25.00
Lg .................................$25.00
XL .................SORRY, SOLD OUT
2XL ...............................$25.00
GWRRA RideHide
One of the most popular items in the past few
years is now available in silver. Long Sleeve,
stay-snug cuffs to prevent rollup. Blue lettering
shows GWRRA in a whole new way
Available for Pre-Orders.
Shirts will ship in 3-5 weeks.
3081000 - Small ....................$25.00
3081001 - Medium.................$25.00
3081002 - Large ....................$25.00
3081003 - XL .........................$25.00
3081004 - 2XL .......................$25.00
3081005 - 3XL .......................$25.00
Silver and gold-toned solid brass belt buckle measures 3 1/2 inches wide. Black and white enamel set
off the gleaming metal finish. Quantities limited, so
order yours right away!
4071000
$30.00
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Order of Legions Patch
This patch is perfect for your favorite friend or relative
who has a military connection. The patches denote the
status of their service from active, reserve, retired or
veteran and the seal proudly announces their branch
of the services.
PATCH-ACTIVE..................$4.00
PATCH-RESERVE................$4.00
PATCH-RETIRED.................$4.00
PATCH-VETERANS ............$4.00
SEAL-AIRFORCE................ $2.00
SEAL-ARMY .......................$2.00
SEAL-COASTGUARD......... $2.00
SEAL-MARINES .................$2.00
SEAL-NAVY ......................$2.00
EZ Air Gauge
From G.H. Meiser &
Company, a combination
air pressure gauge and
inflator. Works with Gold
Wing’s
on-board compressor, as
a stand-alone gauge or
with service station air
hoses. Permits viewing
pressure while inflating.
Bleed valve permits fine
pressure adjustment. Brass
fittings ensure a tight seal
and long service life.
4011001 $19.95
Black Drawstring Cinch Pack
Griffin Patch Red
4-inch vest patch........2031002 - 4”........$4.50
10-inch back patch ....2031003 - 10”....$10.00
Griffin Patch Black
4-inch vest patch........2031004 - 4”........$5.00
10-inch back patch ....2031005 - 10”....$12.00
NOTE: The GL1800 does not
have an on-board comressor.
The EZ Air Gauge will work
on the GL1800 tires, but
requires access to a 19882000 GL1500’s
compressor.
Mike & Maddie Children’s Picture Books
NEW!
Extension Hose. A 10-foot accessory
hose with brass fittings on both ends. Use
with Gold Wing’s on-board compressor.
4011000 $12.95
GWRRA logo on the front. Open main compartment includes shoulder straps, which also cinch
the bag shut. Creates easy access to large storage compartment. Straps can be used for over the
shoulder or backpack carry. Made of 210d
Nylon fabric.
4081000
$10.00
Your children and grandchildren will love these adorable motorcycle themed adventures, and misadventures, of Mike and
Maddie, two happy little dogs who just want to go for a ride. The
30+ page, full color books come hardcover with dustjackets so
you’ll be able to share the stories by Miriam & Jeff Aronson and
Jay Zephyr with generations to come.
EZ Air Combo
Buy both EZ Air Gauge and Extension Hose and save!
4011002 $29.95
4071002 - "Little Mike & Maddie First Motorcycle Ride" - $14.99
4071003 - "Little Mike & Maddie Black Hills Adventure" - $14.99
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GWRRA Plaques
Recognition plaques for someone special or for
your local Chapter meeting site. Engraved in
solid wood with oak or white marble finish.
Order at (800) 843-9460 or at www.gwrra.org.
4061002 – Oak $20 plus s/h.
4061003 – White Marble $20 plus s/h.
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readers’ rides
Do you have a good, clear photograph of your pride and joy? This section of Wing World is designed to show off as many bikes as possible. Give us information about your Gold Wing;
start with the basics of its year, model and color, then tell a little about what is special about your bike. Send your description and photos to:
Wing World Editorial Department, 21423 N. 11th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027, or via email to editor@gwrra.org.
2003 GL1800
It is my (Tracy Warner, of Merrickville,
Ontario, Canada) father-in-law’s birthday in June,
and I wanted to share this photo of him and his
granddaughter Rachel. My and my husband’s (Jim
Warner) daughter, who is three, loves when
Grandpa Rick Warner (GWRRA #157477, of
Merrickville, Ontario, Canada) stops by for a visit
and she gets to sit on the Gold Wing. I’m not sure
who enjoys it more—Rachel or Grandpa! Rick
and his wife Carol, who belong to ON-B, love to
spend their summers traveling on their Wing, and
Rachel can’t wait until her helmet fits so she can
leave the driveway to travel around with them!
2005 GL1800 Trike
This is our (Joe & Harriet Launier, GWRRA #252414, of
of Dunnellon, Florida) Gold Wing trike. It is our very first
bike, and we enjoy riding it a lot.We have traveled twice
from Florida to the West Coast on our trike.We bought
it in 2006—with 2,000 miles on it—and now have over
52,000 on it. On our most recent trip to the West
Coast, we stopped in to see the Big Redwood trees.We
traveled from Florida and did a total of 8,500 miles in
3-1/2 weeks.You seem to see so much more riding on a
bike, so our trike doesn't sit too long in our driveway.
We belong to GWRRA FL1-T out of Inverness, Florida—
a wonderful group that loves to ride!
1995 GL1500 Aspencade
This is a photo of our (Steve & Jennie Knode,
GWRRA #195430, of Gering, Nebraska) Wing
during the "Brother Bike Trip" to south Texas in
April of 2006.While I didn't find "Waylon,Willie
and the boys," I did find Luckenbach,Texas! This
was the first "Brother Bike Trip" where my brother, Scott Knode, and I spent several days putting
miles on the Wing and his Harley. In 2007, the Trip
took us to Northwest Arkansas, where we road
those great roads. But personally, I preferred the
Texas Hill Country which was more open with
nice roads, sparse traffic and great scenery.
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1991 GL1500 Aspencade
My name is Jim Faison (GWRRA Life Member
#23976, of Brooklyn, New York) (and AMA Life
Member #44300).This is my 1991 Gold Wing
Aspencade SE with 130,000 miles on it and still
running good.This photo was made on my first
trip to Alaska in 2002. I made the trip again in
2004. I have ridden my bikes to 49 states (including those two trips to Alaska) and have been to
all Wing Dings, starting in 1988 (Snowmass,
Colorado) to Billings, Montana, last year. I sold my
1991 1500 in 2005 and bought a 2005 1800 Gold
Wing. I have 39,000 miles on it, and I hope to put
on many more!
1986 GL1500 Aspencade
Hi folks! Here is a photo of my wife and I
(Bob & Sandra Farrell, GWRRA #283177, of
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia) near
Mount Robinson in Canada.This was during
our 2006 odyssey, when we travelled some
15,000 miles over five months from May to
September. Apart from flat tires and a loose
vacuum hose, the 1986 Aspencade didn’t miss
a beat.We hope to return this coming May for
another three months of exploring. Should you
sight a 1500 Wing flying the Aussie flag, please
give us a wave!
1986 GL1500 Aspencade
Here is a picture of my (Merlin Tjarks,
GWRRA #289463, of Sibley, Illinois)
old—but new to me!—1986 Gold
Wing. My brothers, who are Members,
think I found a really good deal last
year. She's smooth running and strong,
with lots of life left for years to come! I
at least have time while I am off from
work to give her some real TLC.
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F I N I S H I N G
T O U C H E S
Sat Nav Lady or My Misses? No Contest!
B y M i ke D a v i d s • G W R R A # 1 5 1 6 6 0 • Wa r l i n g h a m , S u r r e y, E n g l a n d
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here is strife in the family. It has been simmering since we
installed satellite navigation on our trike.
Traditionally ’er indoors navigates and is very good at it.
Before a trip she spends much time planning and rides pillion with
computer route plans and photocopied map pages around her neck in
one of those transparent thingies on a string that walkers and pilots use.
From there she does what she does best—issues me instructions.
The trouble is that the GPS, which talks through the audio system,
tends to differ. Now it takes a brave soul to contradict my Misses, and I
reckon the Sat Nav lady only gets away with it because she hides in a
little electronic box on the handlebars.
It doesn’t help either that she is female with a very commanding
voice, as I know that my old lady would be a lot more tolerant if it
sounded like Elvis. As it stands, the following is a typical row that takes
place across my shoulder:
WIFE: (sternly—to me)
“Next left”
GPS: (commandingly—to me)
WIFE: (firmly—to me)
GPS: (irritated)
GPS: (insistently—to me)
WIFE: (wifely—to all)
“Straight on for two miles”
“Listen to me—turn left”
“Recalculating—recalculating”
“U-Turn at round a bout”
“Don’t listen to the silly b#@%$”
Now what’s a fellow to do? It’s a lose/lose situation:
If Garmin is right, then wifey’s way would have been quicker.
If Garmin is wrong, then it is a situation of “I told you so.”
If Mrs. is right, then ditto.
If Mrs. is wrong, then it will have been my fault anyway.
No contest. When we get to the destination, I can switch off the
GPS—it won’t nag me and I don’t depend on it for food and sex.
So it’s “Obey the wife”—unless and until Garmin produces a pretty
one that can cook!
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United Kingdom Members Mike & Dawn Davids (GWRRA #151660, of Warlingham, Surrey, England) say they live in the
South of England but spend much of their summers on their GL1800/California Trike at their home on the French Riviera.
"This we use as a base to travel to Wing [rallies] in France/Spain/Italy, etc.," Mike says.
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EPA Rating: 45 MPG - Highway; 35 MPG - City
Fun Rating: Many Smiles per Mile!
Standard Features: 2.3 Litre Ford Motor; 5 Speed
Automatic Transmission; Air Conditioning and Heat;
AM-FM-CD Player; Power Brakes; 9.5 Gallon Tank; Power
Adjustable Pedals; Trailer Hitch; Air-Ride Suspension
w/On Board Air Compressor