April 8 -   Lake Isabella
May 6- Ride 4 Kids
May 13- Jalama Beach
The Official Club of

 March/April.  2007
CalCoastRiders.com
Ventura County  HRCA  #269
From the Rider's Seat
By Roy Hooper
We are now meeting at the Carl's Jr. at 1745
S. Victoria Ave, Ventura, in the
K Mart shopping center so make sure you steer   your MC  in that direction on the next Club ride you attend.  At Jack's the gardener with his leaf blower was just making too much noise so we will give Carl's a try.

OVERNIGHTERS
We have 2 overnighters planned this year and if you are thinking about going it is a good idea to book your rooms now since you can always cancel later.  The first one is the Feast Of Lanterns in Pacific Grove on July 28,29,30.   We are staying at
Lover's Point Inn 
625 Ocean View Boulevard
Pacific Grove
(866) 465-8192
and rates our about $109/night and we will be right on the beach.  THESE ROOMS WILL GO FAST.  This motel is 2 blocks from downtown and 1 mile form Cannery Row- a relaxing walk.  Book your rooms for July 28 and 29.

Our other overnighter is the 17th Annual Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino on Sept. 15-16.  Book your WigWam for Saturday night at
WigWam Motel
2728 W. Foothill Blvd.
Rialto, CA 92376-5333
(909) 875-3005

Visit our web site to get more detailed info on these rides and once you book your room for either of these rides please email me at  so I can add your name to our list.

THEN CAME BRONSON
I found two gems on YouTube.com and would like to share them with you.  Check out the "Then Came Bronson" opening video and view this strange episode of him getting into all kinds of accidents.  I remember watching this series as a little kid and dreamed that one day I would be cruising these little towns like Bronson. Fortunately I have been able to do just that since 1980 and what a blast it is!  View info on Bronson.
I just bought the "Then Came Bronson" tv series on dvd for $29 and highly recommend it for the Bronson fan.

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.  You can win once a year so everyone is eligible again except John Duffant who won last month.

You are riding your MC when you see an 8 feet long 4" by 4" piece of wood that is laying across the road and you don't have time or room to swerve.  What does the MSF course teach us to do to get over it?
If you think you know the answer email me at  and I will post the winner here.
UPDATE March 31-
Member Larry Meyers said MSF taught us
"to ride over the object put your weight on your foot pegs by raising up off your seat slightly and accelerate just before hitting the object to lighten the front end."
By accelerating right before the front end goes over the wood you are taking a lot of weight off your front tire so it just skims over the wood.  I took this course with Larry many times and it is well worth the $75 and they have us do this wood drill until we get it right.  You can also use this technique when approaching uneven pavement (bridges, etc.).
Roy 

 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.

Ride Safe.
CCR


TOP 		Jan. and Feb. Rides
By Roy Hooper
The East Coast weather that we've had for the last 3 months has actually canceled our Jan. and Feb. rides.  It looks like our sunny weather will be back for our March ride so we can get back to our normal status!

Ride For Kids
By Roy Hooper
May 6 is the Ride 4 Kids Brain Tumor Fundraiser in Torrance at the Honda HQs.  We raised $11,205.00 in 2006 of which $5,000 was matched by Cal Coast Motorsports owners Craig and Tracy Adams. Brain tumors are INCREASING IN KIDS AND ADULTS- this is not going away anytime soon.  For those that choose to do so, let's see how much we can raise for the May 6 ride and since Lou donated so much last year let's see how much we can raise without his total being added to ours.  Lou has put some Ride Kits on the coffee table at Cal Coast Motorsports so feel free to stop by there and pick some up.  In 2006 Lou raised $13,205.00.  After you get donations from your work, friends, family and whatever else you can think of, just bring it to the May 6 ride so we can put it under Cal Coast Riders and Cal Coast Motorsports.  If you are not able to make the ride please contact me and I will pick up the money and make sure you get credit for it.  All checks can be made out to RIDE FOR KIDS.  So far I've raised $600 and we will accept any amount that they can afford.  Let me know when you donate to RFK so I can give you a $20 Gift Card for
Cal Coast Motorsports to THANK YOU!  
REMEMBER- Craig and Tracy will match our total up to $5,000 so let's try to raise this limit without Lou's donations for this worthy cause.  Not many MC shop owners match their Clubs donations so we are very fortunate to have Craig and Tracy.
Let's make Craig & Tracy and Lou proud.
CCR

Ride for Kids & BMW Open House
By Lou Vanderveen
In 2007 there will be Ride for Kids booths at all the 9 BMW
Open House events as well as all 5 of the Triumph Open House events. If any of our members want to volunteer helping out at any
of our promotional events they would be welcomed. We have 50 different events this year between now and May 6th.
CCR

Wild Hog Movie
The latest MC movie has just come out and it's called Wild Hogs. Actor Mickey Jones mentioned this to me last year and he said it will be a fun movie.  If you have seen this movie please write a couple of paragraphs about it for our newsletter.
Thank you.

Members' Web Sites
  
JR Bradshaw- Cyber Consultant
Jerry Purdy- Home Loans
Antonio Wong- Personal Site
Jeff Rotter- Videos of rides
Lou's RFK Page   
Aaron Roe- FastMotoFotos
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Have a web site that you want to share
with the Club?  Send it to


New Wheels
Send me photos of your new ride

Kelly on her 2003 Honda Shadow ACE VT750

France and her 2007 Yamaha FJR

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)
* March 11-  Reagan Library in Simi.  Bandit's in TO 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 -  Lake Isabella.
April 14 -  Sent in by Chris Calaprice (Jojo)-
The 1st Annual Ride for Hope Memorial Ride and Rally.
Please visit our website at http://www.rideforhope.info for information, a flyer,
and to register.  Pre-registers will get a shirt and help us figure out attendance. 
Riding is great but riding for a cause, rocks!  Contact me if I can attend an
event or get fliers to you.
Chris Calaprice
Cell:  661.310.5819
Email Chris@rideforhope.info
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!
REMEMBER- Cal Coast Motorsports owners Craig and Tracy will
match our total up to $5000 so let's try to raise this limit without Lou's
help for this worthy cause.  Let's make Craig & Tracy and Lou proud.
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-
VISIT  CalCoastRiders.com  FOR ALL THE RIDE DETAILS and all our other rides.
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.



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Cal Coast Riders Staff
President- Roy Hooper-  Cell- 805-512-3098
Vice President- Rick Bell
Road Captain- Tim Bates
Photographers-
  Jerry & Mieko
Photographers/Videographers-
  Tim Bates
  Jeff Rotter
Newsletter- Wendy Wyman
Public Relations- Lou Vanderveen


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