Meeting of the Mindless The third of 3 meetings slated for this winter has come and gone. Ken and Chris had graciously offered to host the third of these meetings and it was held on the 6th of March at 6:00pm. A great time was had by all that attended. As usually we had plenty of food and beer (we all brought a little something) and we had our usual break in bull session before actually discussing rides for next season. Joe Shaw was ill and he his wife Sue didn't make it to this meeting. We still had lots of laughs which is always the case when our group gets together. Doc Rick worked overtime on the internal wiring on his new handlebars and rode his bike to the meeting and impressed us all with his great work. The focus of this meeting was pretty much to get some new ideas together for events that we discussed at the last meeting and to finalize a few others. Steve is definitely hosting our tech day in April. Sunday seemed to be a day that worked well for last years tech day, so we have scheduled it for Sunday, April 18, 2010. This gives people the opportunity to get bikes to Steve's house on Saturday, if they are planning valve adjustments. Steve mentioned ordering oil filters and exhaust gaskets for those needing them and still has plenty of gear oil on hand. Depending on what time all to work gets done, we usually try to get a short ride in afterward. New people can feel free to come over and meet some of the regulars and just have a good time. Always a good thing just to watch and learn. The next "biggie" is the North Meets South Ride. Usually held on the last week of May or the first week of June, we picked the weekend of the 29th and 30th of May. The group decided to go with Saturday May 29th as the official day of the ride with Sunday, May 30th as a rain date. Mark your calendars now for this ride. The actual ride once the group meets at the Route 104 Diner (formerly Bobby's Girl) is still to be determined, but a possible route through part of Maine was discussed. There were concerns about traffic on this particular weekend, (Memorial Day weekend) but most traffic will be traveling either on Friday or on Monday. Most will be on the larger highways which we hope to avoid anyways. We also talked about the possibility of the event being moved entirely in the event of a complete weekend washout. This is after all our anniversary ride, so canceling completely was not an option. In the event that the scheduled June 29th and the scheduled rain date of the 30th get thrown under the bus because of severe weather, the ride will be moved to the summer, probably in August or September, which are very light with scheduled rides at the moment. Americade was the next big ride we discussed. Plans are for 3 days in Lake George, NY for the event. A total of 4 rooms at the local Best Western have been booked for this ride and event. Three rooms have been filled with one more room being available for up to 3 individuals or 2 couples. The plan is to leave on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 10:00am in the morning. Since we will be on a timetable for a check in at 4:00pm at the event, we will be traveling major highways to the event. More than likely we will be working our way up 93 to 89 where we will take route 4 through the Queeche Gorge and through Vermont into New York. A map will be posted soon with a link.We will be meeting at CaptDanbo's house around 8:30- 9:00am and leaving promptly at 10:00am. A pit stop in White River Junction will be made for anyone that may want to join us for the ride from the North Country and possibly a fuel and food stop. Doc Rick mentioned that he and some friends from Litchfield are planning on going to Laconia on Thursday, June 17th and have invited us to join them. This would be a great opportunity for some of us to finally meet Doc's wife. Most of us still don't believe he's married! There may also be individuals going to Laconia on other days, so stay in touch here and on the message board. July is a month usually filled with local rides and events. We talked about the usual events we like to attend, like the Blessing of the Bikes, Sean Powers, Toys for Tots, etc. The Sean Powers ride and the Thunder in the Mountains ride are usually held in the 2nd half of July. As soon as we have definite dates, they will be posted here and on the calendar. We hope to get some theme parks in this summer and maybe an overnight camping trip. Possible rides were Fun Town in Saco Maine, 6 Flags or Canobie Lake. As plans get finalized they will be added to the calendar. It was brought to our attention that Rochester has a bike night similar to Lowell's bike night, but held on Thursdays. These bike nights may start around the 13th of May. More info as we get it. A definte time frame was set for July 24th and 25th for a camping ride. No idea as to where yet, but suggestions ranged from the North country, Vermont and even Maine. Stay tuned for more details. As this was the 3rd of 3 meetings, no more meetings have been scheduled. Most ride and event details will now be handled through the VTXOA message board. The possibility of a summer gathering and BBQ are still a possibility, as is an Ingy's ice cream ride and as we know more, so will you! So, keep and eye here and on the VTXOA board for further developments. We also now have a presence on Facebook. If you have an account on Facebook, just go to the New Hampshire VTX Riders group and join. |
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Friday, 11 September 2009 04:21 | 
Written by CaptDanbo | 
