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Jan./Feb. 2007 CalCoastRiders.com Ventura County HRCA #269  |
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the Rider's Seat By Roy Hooper We had a another good year in 2006 and now it's time to welcome 2007.  Our Club
started in January 2004 and our new web site had 3500 visits that year.
We end 2006 with 15,000 hits for an average of 5,000/year. STATS We just signed up member #114 at the end of the year and we have 68 registered members. Of those 68, 33 of you ride with us on a regular basis. The other 35 either own dirt bikes or just haven't been able to ride with us. While we have quite a few female passengers, we have 6 girls who ride their own bike and it's really great that women are enjoying this hobby with us. Lou is our furthest member, coming from the LAX area. We ride Honda, Yamaha, Harley Davidson, Kawasaki, Aprilia, and Suzuki. So how did YOU find our Club? Please take 5 minutes and share with us how you found us. Email me at .GIRL MEMBERS 2 of our female members have recently gotten new bikes. Kelly of Saugus just purchased a 2003 Honda Shadow ACE VT750 and France from Santa Barbara just acquired a 2007 Yamaha FJR. Both of them can't wait to ride with us in 2007. France sent me this site from Road Star Clinic that shows how to pick up a fallen motorcycle by yourself. You can also see the google site for some more help. It's best to read about this before it happens so you'll be prepared. Thanks France. FREE LUNCH. For our Members, here is
your chance to win a FREE lunch on any Club ride
you attend by being the first with the correct answer
to this question that was sent in by Jeff Johnson-
If you think you know the answer leave it on my home phone and I will
post your name here- 646-2905.What does the Yamaha logo represent?  Jeff Roe and Jeff Johnson were previous winners, now here's your chance. UPDATE- John Duffant was the first person to call with the correct answer. Also calling in within an hour were John Muller and Robert Bruce. Please try again in the next issue. The logo represents 3 tuning forks, each one with its own purpose. Click here to see all the details on the logo. NEW COMPUTERS If you got a new computer for Christmas you might need some help to set it up. On our menu page in the left column near the bottom there is a section called COMPUTER TIPS which I designed to help you get your PC ready to use on the internet easily. If you have any tips to add please send them to me. YOUR OWN E-ADDRESS And if you want your own personal e-address like John@JohnDoe.com check out Doteasy.com, they have the BEST price of $25/year with $0 Hosting, which means you also get your own 100MB web site! This is the same place where our Club site is hosted. Just click on Doteasy.com to get started. HOLIDAY PARTY Right after the Ventura County 7th Annual Toy Run in December we had our Holiday Party at the home of Jerry and Mieko Purdy. This was free to our Members to show our appreciation for your support on our rides and to meet our Members who are not able to make our rides. We had a gift exchange with a max of $10 and there were some cool gifts. Even though 22 Members showed up 11 other regulars didn't make it and they were missed. Cal Coast Motorsports owners Craig and Tracy Adams spent the day with us as well. Mieko made some delicious meat lasagna and vegetarian lasagna and Jerry had a variety of drinks for us. The Club presented Mieko with a $40 Trader Joes gift card for her cooking at this party and the 2004 party and we gave Jerry a Club clock. Plus the weather was perfect for an outdoor party. Thanks again to Jerry and Mieko. LEFT TURNS In many of our issues I mention looking out for vehicles making left turns in front of us since it's the number 1 cause of MC accidents. Well, as I write this on Dec. 28 around 6 pm, KEYT is reporting that a rider and his passenger were killed on 192 as a box truck made a left turn in front of them. The driver will get off easy because he "didn't see the motorcycle approaching" and was not negligent. So as a reminder- if you see a vehicle that looks like he is waiting to make a turn or a u-turn, REDUCE your speed so you have more time to react and think of where you can go if this vehicle pulls in front of you. Tap your horn 2 or 3 times so he KNOWS that you are there. This is your life so do what you have to do. Ride Safe. CCR
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Nov.
and Dec. Rides By Roy Hooper Harley's Rock Inn/Love Ride This Club ride was a good example of outside forces interfering with our plans! Rick Bell led the group from Ventura to Castaic and I led a group of 10 anxious riders from Camarillo to Glendale Harley for the start of the Love Ride. Rick phoned at about 9 and said the winds were blowing in Castaic and Jeff Rotter let us know that there was a car accident between Castaic and Harley's Rock Inn. On my end the Love Ride delayed its start by 1 hour. That's a long time. Once our 2 groups finally met at the Castaic Shell it was decided that we would avoid the car accident delay and the wind and just head back to Fillmore and have lunch at the new El Pascabor. Everyone enjoyed the food and the service and Jeff Roe had a FREE lunch since he answered our FREE LUNCH question in our newsletter 2 months ago. This was also our first Club ride with our 2 way radios and they worked our well. Next year we will do Harley's Rock Inn and forgo the Love Ride trek. Holiday Party Photos
Photos by Jeff Rotter
all our rides! CCR |
Cal Coast Riders 2007 Calendar of Events
* means Monthly Club Ride
(You can listen to us on any GMRS radio on channel 15 with CTCSS code 15)
* Jan 14 - Santa Barbara Ride with lunch at Burro Beach Park. We will have a SB pickup at 150/192 at 10am.
Roy leading.
Jan. 13-14- From Lou- I invite our club to join the Tonopah ride. Its always the 2nd weekend in January. We meet at the Denny's off the I-5 and Roxford and leave there about 6:30 AM. Its an all day ride to Tonopah. The motel is the Station House. (775) 482-9777 Rate is about $55.00 per room. The station House is a hotel with a restaurant, casino and bar. This ride has been going on for 35 years and its always a blast. We return to LA on Sunday morning with a few of the group heading to Vegas for an extra day of fun and gambling. I hope to see some the club join me for this ride. I've been doing this ride for 6 years. Please post this to the club website to invite anybody that is brave enough to challenge the cooler weather conditions of this ride. [Stop by Widder.com in Ojai for heated clothing or visit Warm & Safe.]
Lou can be reached at lobsterhunter1@msn.com
* Feb. 11 - Ports O' Call in San Pedro. NO freeways. Free admission and parking. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
* March 11- Reagan Library in Simi. Rusty's in Simi for lunch. Suggested by Lou. Roy leading.
March 30-31-April1- Point Mugu Air Show.
View photos of 2004 show. We will plan on the 31st and if it's cloudy then we will go April1. Times to follow.
* April 8 - OPEN
May 6- Ride 4 Kids Brain Tumor Fundraiser. We donated $10,400 in 2006, our goal
is to beat that in 2007. Let me know when you donate to RFK so I can give you a $20 Gift Card for
Cal Coast Motorsports to THANK YOU!
There will be free donuts, pastries and drinks at the Honda HQs and The Victor McLaglen Motor Corps Drill Team will perform at 9 am.
LEAVING AT 7 AM
You can donate directly on Lou's secure site and he will see that our club and Cal Coast Motorsports gets credit
for your donation.
Roy leading.
* May 13-Jalama Beach. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
Roy leading.
* June 10 - Newcomb's Ranch. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
July 4- Channel Islands Parade! Parade starts at 11 and we need to show up at 9:30 to decorate our
bikes at 2860 Harbor Blvd. See map of where we meet. Check out photos from our 2006 parade.
We need to supply them with a count of how many MCs there will be so if you plan on going please email me-
FUTURE RIDES
Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno (summer hours only) and
Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant, 24505 West Dorris Avenue, Coalinga.
This will be a 2 dayer. Suggested by Jeff Rotter and Roy.
VISIT CalCoastRiders.com FOR ALL THE RIDE DETAILS.
(You can listen to us on any GMRS radio on channel 15 with CTCSS code 15)
* Jan 14 - Santa Barbara Ride with lunch at Burro Beach Park. We will have a SB pickup at 150/192 at 10am.
Roy leading.
Jan. 13-14- From Lou- I invite our club to join the Tonopah ride. Its always the 2nd weekend in January. We meet at the Denny's off the I-5 and Roxford and leave there about 6:30 AM. Its an all day ride to Tonopah. The motel is the Station House. (775) 482-9777 Rate is about $55.00 per room. The station House is a hotel with a restaurant, casino and bar. This ride has been going on for 35 years and its always a blast. We return to LA on Sunday morning with a few of the group heading to Vegas for an extra day of fun and gambling. I hope to see some the club join me for this ride. I've been doing this ride for 6 years. Please post this to the club website to invite anybody that is brave enough to challenge the cooler weather conditions of this ride. [Stop by Widder.com in Ojai for heated clothing or visit Warm & Safe.]
Lou can be reached at lobsterhunter1@msn.com
* Feb. 11 - Ports O' Call in San Pedro. NO freeways. Free admission and parking. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
* March 11- Reagan Library in Simi. Rusty's in Simi for lunch. Suggested by Lou. Roy leading.
March 30-31-April1- Point Mugu Air Show.
View photos of 2004 show. We will plan on the 31st and if it's cloudy then we will go April1. Times to follow.
* April 8 - OPEN
May 6- Ride 4 Kids Brain Tumor Fundraiser. We donated $10,400 in 2006, our goal
is to beat that in 2007. Let me know when you donate to RFK so I can give you a $20 Gift Card for
Cal Coast Motorsports to THANK YOU!
There will be free donuts, pastries and drinks at the Honda HQs and The Victor McLaglen Motor Corps Drill Team will perform at 9 am.
LEAVING AT 7 AM
You can donate directly on Lou's secure site and he will see that our club and Cal Coast Motorsports gets credit
for your donation.
Roy leading.
* May 13-Jalama Beach. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
Roy leading.
* June 10 - Newcomb's Ranch. Suggested by Jeff Rotter.
July 4- Channel Islands Parade! Parade starts at 11 and we need to show up at 9:30 to decorate our
bikes at 2860 Harbor Blvd. See map of where we meet. Check out photos from our 2006 parade.
We need to supply them with a count of how many MCs there will be so if you plan on going please email me-
FUTURE RIDES
Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno (summer hours only) and
Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant, 24505 West Dorris Avenue, Coalinga.
This will be a 2 dayer. Suggested by Jeff Rotter and Roy.
VISIT CalCoastRiders.com FOR ALL THE RIDE DETAILS.
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