January 2008

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2008 Rides / Event Schedule:

We are still looking for more rides and events to add to the 2008 calendar. Please bring any and all suggestions to one of the meetings so they can get added to the schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all rides and events will leave from DuBois Harley-Davidson. The times shown below are when the first tire hits the white line. Show up about 10 – 15 minutes before the departure time and be ready to go.

Feb. 16th and 17th (Departure time 8:00 AM) - We have scheduled an overnight trip to Columbus, Ohio for a visit to the A.M.A. Museum on the 16th and the EasyRider Bike Show the 17th.

• Cost of the bus trip will be $45.00 per person. Payment needs to be made by the February meeting date.
• We have reserved a block of rooms at the Airport Marriott (614-475-8530) for Saturday evening. Cost of the rooms will be $99.00 (plus tax) for a king size room and $114.00 (plus tax) for a double queen size room. Rooms will be booked on a first come first serve basis so please call and reserve your room as soon as possible. Don’t forget to mention that you are with the Tri-County H.O.G. to get the special rates listed above. Reservations must be made prior to 1/18/2008.
• The hotel is located near Easton Town Center, which has plenty of shopping, food and fun available for your evening entertainment.
• We should be back in DuBois around 8:00 PM on Sunday evening.

March 22nd – Our winter party will be held at the DuBois VFW, starting at 6:00 PM with a catered dinner being served at 7:00 PM. If you are interested in attending please sign up at the parts counter or at a chapter meeting. The last day for signing up is at the March meeting.

• The dinner will be free for all chapter members and guests will be charged $10.00.
• There will be a cash bar and the chapter will provide a keg of beer.

April 27th – We will hold our annual spring clean up at exit 97 of I-80. Breakfast at the Dutch Pantry starts at 9:00 AM with trash pick up to follow. If the weather cooperates, we will also try to get in a little ride.

Starting Mid May (Departure time 5:30 PM) – Every Wednesday evening we will have a ride to one of the area bike nights. It will be riders choice as to which bike night event they attend. If you can make it show up and go along for the ride and good food.

June 1st (Departure time 10:00 AM) – Breakfast / brunch ride to the Monroe Hotel in Butler, PA. Pete Petrosky Road Captain.

June 28th (Departure time 8:00 AM) – Ride to Thunder in the Valley in Johnstown, PA. Tom Haag Road Captain.

July 13th – Dice Run for MDA: Plans for the 2008 dice run are well under way. We will once again raffle off a motorcycle and trailer as the main prizes:

• 1st prize – 2008 Harley–Davidson Nightster motorcycle
• 2nd prize – Custom built Car*Mate 6’ X 12’ trailer
• 3rd prize - $250.00 cash

The trailer is at the shop and raffle tickets can be picked up at the Parts Counter. Seller of the winning ticket will get $100.00. Top seller wins $200.00, second place wins $150.00 and third place wins $100.00

July 20th (Departure time 9:00 AM) – Lunch ride to Cracker Barrel in Altoona, PA. Andy Schaffer Road Captain.

August 17th (Departure time 8:00 AM) – Lunch ride to Spragues in Portville, NY. Bob Kostok Road Captain.

September 5th – We will hold our annual fall clean up at exit 97 of I-80. Breakfast at the Dutch Pantry starts at 9:00 AM with trash pick up to follow. Immediately following the trash pick up we will ride to the Autumn Leaf festival in Clarion, PA.

Motorcycle related items for sale:

If you have any motorcycle related items that you are interested in selling, please give us a list and we will include it in the Newsletter for all members to see.

Contact Andy Schaffer (375-7816) if you are interested in any of the following items.

1 – Used set Screaming Eagle slip on mufflers – Touring
1 – Used “L” Harley-Davidson ¾ helmet
1 - Used “M” Harley-Davidson ¾ helmet
1 – New stereo helmet headset

The below parts were all removed from a 2007 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic motorcycle prior to delivery:

1 – New set of Harley-Davidson stock mufflers – Touring
1 – New set adjustable highway peg mounts – short
1 – stock inner primary cover
1 – complete set of stock hand control kit (clutch and brake)
1 – stock gear shift linkage
1 – stock set of rider and passenger footboard inserts, brake pedal cover and shift knobs
1 – complete set of stock lens covers (all lights)
1 – stock front fender skirt
1 – complete set of gauges

Speedometer
Tachometer
Fuel
Oil Pressure
Air Temperature
Volt Meter

Chapter Officers

Sponsoring Dealer – DuBois H-D - Mick & Holly Means 371-5750 (SHOP)

Trustees

January - 2008 Meeting Minutes:   

Membership:

No membership information was presented, however we did have 4 new members join at the meeting.
All local chapter memberships must be renewed by the February meeting. You can renew at the meetings or see Bob at the DuBois Harley-Davidson parts counter.
As a reminder, you MUST be a national member of H.O.G. to belong to the local H.O.G.

Treasury: 

Treasury reports are available at the meetings or by contacting Carol Mortland directly.

Safety:         

No safety presentation at this months meeting.

Mileage Program:

All mileage for 2007 MUST be turned in to Carol Mortland no later than the February meeting or by contacting her at 375-9736 or at ramcem@comcast.net.

Your ending mileage for 2007 will automatically be entered as your beginning mileage for 2008 unless requested otherwise.

Web Site:

We finally have our chapter information posted on the web thanks to the efforts of Jon Noonan. To access chapter new letters, activities and photos, please go to the DuBois Harley Davidson home page (http://www.duboisharleydavidson.com/) and click on the Tri-County H.O.G. link.
We are just in the beginning stages of getting all information posted, but we will continue to add more as time moves forward. If you have any suggestions for improving our web site, please get in touch with one of the chapter officers or trustees. We would like to make this as dynamic as possible and would appreciate any and all suggestions.
As stated above, the monthly Newsletter’s will be posted on our web site. Starting in February 2008 we will no longer mail or e-mail copies of the Newsletters unless specifically requested by a chapter member. If you do not have access to a computer and need a hard copy mailed to you, please get in touch with Carol Mortland or Judy Masonis.

Chapter Merchandise:

There is a lot of chapter merchandise available for purchase.  If you are interested, please stop by and see Cindy Coudriet at one of the meetings.

The 50/50 ($86.00!) was won by Paul Feldbauer.  The $50 DuBois H-D Gift Certificate was won by George McCoy.