April 2008 Recap

Hello 109’rs

Calico Ghost Town, our April ride destination.

Well if you showed up for the ride you know what happened. For those of you who couldn’t be there, WE DIDN’T GO !!!!!!!

Our fearless leaders called ahead and found out that Calico was having 50 mph winds!!

High winds, sand and motorcycle paint don’t mix. So the ride destination was changed to our regular back-up and always good time OLD TOWN TEMECULA.

 To start off we went to the Whole Enchilada for our April meeting. We had our usual information to go over. Some of the things where, T-shirts, Coffee mugs, Laughlin (covered later), The IronAzz Ride and most of all we started talking about Debi’s Ride and how this year’s event is different from the past. For starters we are in the mist of our TEN YEAR anniversary and decided to combine Debi’s Ride with the Ten Year celebration. We mentioned the Poker Run, Corporate Sponsors, Live Music and Vendors. We will need volunteers and a lot of you stepped up. We may need more so if you’re interested in helping please email Gary or Ron. Your help will be greatly appreciated and it’s for a good cause THE MARIPOSA FOUNDATION.

The highlight of the meeting is when we voted new members in, congratulation to; Richard and Valarie Watson, Vincent Turner, Mike Maydon and Raymond Lujan. It’s always good to see new riders joining the club, but when they can’t bring money to bribe themselves in they can always bring a t-shirt that says “Well Work For Membership”, nice going Richard Watson that was to funny.

After the food and fun we headed to Old Town Temecula. The first group cruised through town in formation side by side, and people took notice. I found this quote in a Roadliner Forum on the internet, “We were just finishing a great meal on the patio of a little Mexican restaurant overlooking Main street, when we saw a group of motorcycles coming down the street in a slow parade.  Several folks stood up to get a better look at the approaching group. Not me, I instantly know what they were.  Yamaha's one and all on parade! My friends and many others continued to stand (all life time hard core Harley owners) and watch the Yamies go by. A shout out and a sincere thank you to that S.T.A.R. group who rode through Old Town,  you all looked great in that slow parade.  Believe you me, everyone on and off the street took notice.”

I always knew we looked good, man isn’t that cool.

We walked around; we ate some food, had some root beer and did some shopping. As you can see riding as a group in formation is great for safety and it looks cool. We got a lot of respect that day from on lookers and who knows maybe some of them are looking for Star Chapters to ride with.    

See you at the IRONAZZ.