October found 27 folks attending the BMW ROK monthly meeting at Puleo's Grill. We were placed in the "garage " dining room again, and usually what happens when we are in that room, we fill it up. The weather was pleasant and several members rode, so there was "eye-candy" in the parking lot for after meeting bench racing - or bench riding might be a better way to say it. Geoffrey Greene was there after returning from his Iron Butt Rally adventure, and he promises a story soon. Look here to read it first!
Speaking of here... this is the new look of the BMW ROK web presence on the internet. Tim Pruitt has been working on lay-out and design, and if you have any idea, or contributions be sure to email Tim and let him know. The ROK'n Down the Road Newsletter can always use more content and don't forget we now have WORLD WIDE WEB exposure for those items you no longer need and want to sell (Classifieds). Also, be sure to pay a visit to the Meetings and Events pages. There you will find meeting dates, club ride schedules and other club activities.
Slowly, but surely, the BMW Riders of Knoxville web page will take shape. Coming soon will be more photos in the Photo Gallery, the History of the BMW ROK will also be found in the form of interviews with founding members and stories gleaned from the Newsletters of 20 years ago, and as long as there is space available old Newsletters and Stories will be found in the Archive section. There is more on the way so stay tuned and visit often for any changes or important BMW ROK news!
Thanks for checking out the BMW Riders of Knoxville!
The October BMW ROK meeting was attended by 4 visitors, one of which was Bob Winters' Granddaughter. The proud Grandfather introduced her as the "Memphis Belle", and I believe that is indeed so - especially around the Winters' home. Welcome to all the others who joined us and we hope to see you again soon. Visitors are always welcome to attend our meetings or join our club rides. Just check out the web page for the latest schedule for Meetings and Events.
Beginning Balance |
$1, 243.46 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Deposits (see details below) | + |
$74.00 |
| Debits (see details below) | - |
$745.00 |
| Ending Balance | $572.46 |
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Memberships | Dave Erny in exchange for food at Lube Tech 2005 | $15.00 |
| Mike Sandlot | $6.00 |
|
| 50/50 | drawing | $30.00 |
| Misc. Deposit | Koozie | $10.00 |
| Patches | $5.00 |
|
| ck. 401 (voided) | money's returned to account | $6.00 |
| cash | BMW ROK patches | $2.00 |
| Total Deposits | $74.00 |
|
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 402 | T. Pruitt web renewal | $64.00 |
| 403 | Blue Ridge campground | $333.00 |
| 404 | Child Help USA | $333.00 |
| Dave Erny - repay D. Erny | $15.00 |
|
| Total | $745.00 |
More BMW ROK-ers helping Katrina Victims
While the Katrina Catastrophe is somewhat off many people radar screens the struggle to help victims in the area still goes on. Shirlee Grabko wrote last month about her work here in Knoxville with the displaced families looking for a place to lay their heads or even a new place to take roots and start over. Meanwhile, Bill Manning has been deployed on the front lines of the battle. Here is another report written/edited by Shirlee about Bill’s efforts to help the people of Southern Mississippi that Katrina left devastated.
From Shirlee:
Bill flew into Gulfport and was oriented there September 29. He has been
working in the Biloxi area driving the Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) -
the big boxy, red and white ambulance-like truck. He makes two runs a day
with food and water for survivors, emergency personnel and workmen. Until
today, there were two ERVs making this route but as of today (Friday) one is
being pulled for another under served area and he will do the best he can
covering both parts of the route twice a day. There are simply not enough
ERVs and not enough volunteers to cover the whole affected area.
The days can be grueling...starting with loading the vehicle with food,
drinks and supplies, driving through the affected areas and around debris,
returning to the base with the ERV to completely clean it, reload it and go
out with the second meal and then returning and completely sanitizing the
ERV and the cambros (large containers that hold the food). He starts early
in the morning and is usually headed for the showers and dinner around 8 pm.
Showers are provided in a shower trailer. Then he gets to rest on his very
own cot (one of 650 in the Seabee hangar) until lights out at 10 pm . There
is no air conditioning.
He describes people living in a trailer with a blue tarp for a roof and the
end of the trailer missing - just waiting because they have nothing else to
do and no where else to go. Although the days are long and hard, he remains
cheerful and is working with many volunteers who are also upbeat and putting
in long days.
In Knoxville , we have seen over 1800 refugee families seeking assistance and
shelter. Many are just waiting until they can get back home. Others have
enrolled their children in school, secured temporary jobs until the school
year is up and then plan to reassess their situation. Employees of Frito
Lay, JFG Coffee, Wal-Mart and other companies exhibiting corporate
responsibility have provided jobs for displaced employees. JFG and Frito Lay
have provided housing as well. Quite a few people have told us that they are
done. They consider themselves East Tennesseans and never want to go back.
While quite a few folks have made great strides to effect their recovery
(getting jobs, housing, finding their way around their new home state)
others still appear rudderless.
When going out on a national disaster, a Red Cross volunteer commits to 21
days. Some deployments are longer and sometimes shorter, but the initial
commitment is for 21 days. Bill flies home to Sharps Chapel via Knoxville
on October 20.
Shirlee
From: Charlie King [mailto:charlie.king@childsafetyalliance.org]
Dear BMW MOA chapter:
My name is Charlie King. I am an avid GS rider, a member of the 'MOA
(#82900) and member of the WA State BMW Riders (www.WSBMWR.org). I am
also the President of the Child Safety Alliance. I am writing your
group to let them know about a fun project I’m sponsoring that I think
your group may be interested in.
BMWimageworld.com, in association with the Child Safety Alliance is
sponsoring a BMW motorcycle photo contest. BMW motorcycle riders and
enthusiasts are encouraged to submit photos of themselves with their
bike, their bike in an action shot, or their bike with a beautiful or
dramatic back-drop.
The twelve winners of the photo contest will be PUBLISHED in the 2006
BMWimageworld.com calendar. The calendars will be on sale as of
December 1 both on-line and in retail locations. Winners will also
share over $1,000.00 worth of prizes and gift certificates from
participating BMW retailers and dealers.
Proceeds from the sale of the calendar will be a charitable donation to
the Child Safety Alliance, a charitable organization committed to
ending avoidable childhood injuries through education.
The deadline for submitting photos is October 31, 2005 . Our group has
lots of shutter bugs who’ve been taking beautiful shots of themselves
with their bike. I’m sure you’ve got (at least) a couple of them as
well in your group.
A copy of the article published in the September BMW Owner’s News about
this project can be e-mailed to you at your request. I just didn't want
to "supersize" my e-mail beyond some servers capacity ;)
You can see more about the contest at: www.BMWimageworld.com
You can learn more about child safety at: www.childsafetyalliance.org
You can always contact me at: charlie.king@childsafetyalliance.org
Thanks so much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Charlie
Charlie King
Child Safety Alliance
360.297.0052
www.childsafetyalliance.org
"Protecting children through education & awareness.
Teaching safety to parents and partners"
(The submissions for the contest aren't accepted after 10/31/05)
From: Deb Rose [mailto:drdeb@droseinn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:48 PM
To: Daulton, Phil
Subject: D'Rose Inn & Cabins
D’Rose Inn & Cabins is a lodging property for motorcyclists and bicyclists only. The Inn is located in Leakey in the West Texas Hill Country, the motorcycle mecca of Texas . Riders will discover the wonderful winding roads and rolling hills of the FM roads 335, 336, 337, 39 and 1050.
D’Rose Inn & Cabins is honored to be listed in the Ride Texas Magazine 2005 Reader’s Choice Awards for Motorcycle Trip Lodging. Other Top 10 Reader’s Choice Award winners include Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop (#1 Hangout and Top 10 for accessories), Garner State Park, and Lost Maples Natural Area; and FM 337 (#1 Road – Medina to Camp Wood).
Guests are welcome to ride or trailer their motorcycles or bicycles. The Inn is a 1940s renovated motel with 4 rooms, and there are 10 cabins. All rooms and cabins have: air conditioning/heat, full bath with shower or tub, coffee pot and Community Coffee. We provide linens, cleaning towels for the bikes and can provide towels for the river and/or pool. Barbeque grills and picnic tables are located throughout the property. A large covered pavilion with a barbeque grill, smoker and ice chest, is a great place to grill, cook and tell stories with other riders.
Thank you for sharing this information with your membership. If I can answer any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Deb
Deb Rose, Ph.D.
Owner/Innkeeper
D'Rose Inn & Cabins
Lodging for motorcycles and bicycles only
830-232-5246
Where peace and tranquility are reality
Beginning this month the ROK'n Down the Road Newsletter will have a letters to the Newsletter column. It will be here that anyone can write to the Newsletter and voice their concerns, criticisms, or encouragement for the club, club officers, club newsletter, or any other aspect of BMW ROK business. Out of common courtesy and respect please avoid making personal attacks on any individual, however with that said, it will not be the policy of this Newsletter to censor letters and if at all possible they will be printed in their entirity and without editing. To read this month's letters click here.
Dont forget! The November Meeting is an important one. As usual it will be held at Puleo's Grill (see information on times and location at Meetings and Events). The November meeting will be election of club officers and we will finalize plans for the BMW ROK Christmas Party.
So Remember Novemeber 7, 2005. Dinner at 6:00 and Meeting at 7:00.
A little humor to end the Newsletter:
A man appeared before St. Peter at the pearly gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked.
"Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "Once, upon a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers, threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, "Now, back off!! Or you'll answer to me!"
St. Peter was very impressed, and as he jotted this down in the man’s book of records he asked, "When did this happen?"
To which the new guest answered, "Oh, I’d say just about 5 minutes ago."
November Club Ride to Fobidden Caverns
A beautiful, but chilly fall day greeted us on Saturday, November 12, 2005 for the November ride. I had 27 degrees at my house as I left to meet the others at the Straw Plains McDonald’s meeting point. Knowing that it would be warmer that afternoon, I forsook the heated gear for my Carol Davis polar fleece cat suit under my riding gear. I was still cold, but I knew it would get better as the day went by.
I met up with ride leader Bob Winter, Ed Nabors, and Gunter Tillman at the Waffle House, two doors down from Mickey D’s for breakfast. Congratulations go to Gunter, who became a US citizen earlier that week! We were later joined by Tim Pruitt. After scarfing down a load of breakfast goodies to stoke the furnaces, we headed over to the meeting point to see who else might be there. We had four other riders present: Frank Armbrister, Bob Quinn with a guest, and a late arriving Les Dole.
Bob gave the ride rules speech, and we headed out to our first objective, Forbidden Caverns. You could not have asked for better riding conditions, as we toured the back roads of Kodak Road and TN 139 to Dandridge, and then TN 92 to Chestnut Hill. I didn’t see Duke the dog, with the secret bean recipe at the Bush Brothers plant. Maybe next time by, Duke. Roll that beautiful bean footage. From the we ran US 411 to the turn off for the cave trip.
We had hoped to connect with Richard Webb at the cave for the rest of the ride, since Bob had planned to have Richard show us a back road out back of Hot Springs, Big Laurel Creek Road , on which he had led a ride some years past. But he did not show up. We went on with the cave trip, which was a pretty good time, going about 6/10 of a mile of the cave for that tour. There is still some active development going on in the cavern, with the roof still dripping, and a stream running through there. It was an interesting tour. This cavern is beneath English Mountain , and at one point of the tour, we were about 650 feet under the mountain. We saw a few tiny bats in hibernation, hanging about the cave roof.
From there, Les Dole departed, and we continued with eight bikes to Hot Springs, NC for lunch, going via US 411 to Newport, and thence onto US 25/70 to Hot Springs. It was warming up nicely by then. We lunched at a spot on the main drag, called The Paddler’s Inn . I thought it might be some kind fetish bar, but it was about canoe paddling. Oh. We spent about an hour or so on lunch, which wasn’t too bad for the crowd they had.
After lunch, Tim bugged out on us, leaving us with seven bikes. Since Bob was unsure of the route, we decided to run US 25/70 over to NC 208, back into Tennessee as TN 70, towards Greeneville. I saw some fly fishers in some of the creeks we passed, trying their luck. Seemed like a fine day for that sport, too.
Rather than venture on into Greeneville’s Saturday traffic, we opted to take TN 107 back to Del Rio . This piece of road was a lot of fun, and cuts through a really pretty part of the Cherokee National Forest . From Del Rio, we headed back home, taking US 25/70 all the way back to Straw Plains Pike, and back to the starting point. With my commute to and from the meeting point, I put in a 200 mile day, for a very pleasing fall ride.
Thanks for leading the ride, Bobby!
Phil Daulton
After a short Holiday break for December the MBW ROK faithful met on January 2, 2006, at Puleo's Grill to start a brand new year. We had a mix of 31 members, new and old, as well as a couple of visitors. Eric Perry of Kodak, Tennessee, visited with us and rides a RS BMW (sorry Eric, I missed the year and model). With a turn-out of over 30 we were back in the banquet room and out of the garage for a nice change.
As mentioned on the Home Page starting last issue, ROK'n Down the Road Newsletter will have a "Letters to the BMW ROK" column. It will be here that anyone can write to the Newsletter and voice their concerns, criticisms, or encouragement for the club, club officers, club newsletter, or any other aspect of BMW ROK business. Out of common courtesy and respect please avoid making personal attacks on any individual, however with that said, it will not be the policy of this Newsletter to censor letters and if at all possible they will be printed in their entirity without editing. To read the current letters click here - Letters to BMW ROK. These letters will be left up for one more month then removed. So write in folks and give us something to print!
Not a lot happened at the First Meeting of the BMW ROK for 2006. The biggest topic for this time of year isusually the fact that is time to renew those memberships and get those dues in.
Eric Perry, of Kodak Tennessee, joined us as a guest. We hope we'll see more of Eric in the near future. Dave Erny announced that after Lube Tech (April 8, 2006 - more on that in a later issue) there will be a meeting for everyone interested in helping out with this year's ROK'On Rally. Lube Tech is always a good time. Motorcycles get washed and worked on, and everyone gets to hang out in Dave's great garage talking motorcycles - of course! Come on out to Lube Tech and plan to stay for the Rally Meeting.
Phil announced the names of the 2006 Officers in case anyone had missed the elections (yeah, you kow who you are). He also mentioend the RA Charter paper work was ready to drop in the mail. Phil had also received a letter from Rich Clepus that he had relocated to Moorseburg and would not be a member this year, fearing he would be too consumed by the move. Rich became a member while still living out of state and we look forward to his re-joining us in the near future.
Someone asked if anyone in the club was interested in doing a spring campout at the new Cherohala Motorcycle Campground. The general opinion was heck yes, so if you are interested let us know and maybe we can put together a Club event down there in the near future. The owners have offered to prepare cheap meals if there was enough interest, so let's see how many people want to go and let's do it!
It was mentioned at this meeting that perhaps in the near future the Club would hold a meeting at Countryside Market. However, since then we have learned that Chris Brown is back in the hospital. Chris is Michael (Crow) Brown’s brother, and proprietor of the Countryside Market. The doctors believe Chris has suffered a mild stroke. Let’s all keep Chris and the rest of Crow’s family in our thoughts in the coming days and weeks. While Chris is in the hospital and recovering Countryside Market will remained closed.
It was also decided to move the March meeting until after Bike Week this year so we can all have even more to talk about. That will make the meeting on March 13, 2006. We are also going to try to hold at least one Club meeting in or around Morristown as we did last year. If you have a location and would like to recommend a place in your part of town, let us know and we'll check into it, or even better, check with the proprietor to see if they would be interested in our club holding our meeting there some month.
Beginning Balance |
$572.46 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Deposits (see details below) | + |
$68.00 |
| Debits (see details below) | - |
$0.00 |
| Ending Balance | $640.46 |
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Memberships | $30.00 |
|
| 50/50 | $38.00 |
|
| Misc. Deposit | ||
| Total Deposits | $68.00 |
|
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| none | none |
none |
| Total | $0.00 |
Due to technical problems beyond my control the latest version of the Treasurer's report can not be published at time. Ok, ok, so I misplaced it when I find it I'll publish it. Thanks for your patience.
The Erny's were most excellent hosts and we thank them for their hospitality! After everyone had eaten there was lots of good conversation, and a few folks found the downstairs game room where a few games of pocket billards and darts were played. If you missed this the ROK 2005 Christmas Party you missed a good one.
Please take the time to visit the online Photo Gallery an stroll though the pictures from the 2005 Christmas Party .
Hi, I am writing to request you pass on information concerning a rally/get
together, planned for the third weekend in May in Madison, Indiana.
It is mainly for riders of the BMW R1200CLC style bike, but C's and other
interested BMW riders are welcome. Below is information on the event that
will be posted in the March BMW Owners News.
Thanks for any assistance in getting the word out.
Karl Hyzer - BMW R1200CLC BMWMOA #116973 Lone Star BMW Riders
Dallas , Texas
May 19-21, 2006
Sea of Shining CLC''s
Sponsored by Chromeheads Motorcycle Club #274
Friends and family of the BMW cruiser models are invited to "A Sea of
Shining CLC''s." A gathering of BMW luxury cruisers the third weekend in
May,2006. This is your chance to see and admire a luxury bike in BMW''s now
discontinued cruiser line. The get together will be held at the Clifty Falls
State Park , Madison , Indiana . An Inn , Cabins and Camping are available at
the park, or a hotel can be secured in the local area. Sign-up to see these
beautiful bikes and meet their riders. Go to www.chromeheads.org forum "On
the Road"section or www.R1200clc.com for registration info. Or contact
Robert Davis, 302-345-0807.
Milton and Company have their new website up and would like input, or at least have everyone take a look at it. here is the new link, let Milt know what you think:
http://www.destinationmotorcycles.com/
ROK April 2006 Newsletter
by Phil Daulton (Many Thanks to Phil for stepping up this month when I couldn't attend the meeting)
Hey, I'm pinch hitting for Tim Pruitt , our usual Handsome Scribe, who is getting over a weekend move from apartment to hacienda. He did not make the meeting tonight, so I am working from memory and hastily scribbled notes, while it's still fresh in my mind.
We had a total of 24 dining and two late arrivals for a total of 26 tonight. Gunter Tillman brought his daughter for our only visitor.
We had two new members with us tonight, George Upton and Gary Barnes . George rides a R1150 Rockster and Gary has a K12RS. Welcome to our club!.
We had two other new members this month that were not at the meeting, John Morris and Herman Thompson . John is a friend of mine and rides a Honda GL500. I've not met Herman yet, so I don't know what he rides.
We also had three renewals this month, so the membership keeps on growing!
Ray Sanders could not make the meeting tonight, as he is in California on his motorcycle. Doing what, I don't know, but it had to be fun getting there on two wheels!
Cindy was on hand to give us the Treasury Report: Beginning balance of $1059.78, with deposits of $75.00 and no debits for a final balance of $1134.78. I collected $15.00 from Greg Bell for his renewal after the meeting, so I will be forwarding that to Cindy .
No website/newsletter updates to broadcast, except for saying that Tim didn't get last month's newsletter in due to his residence relocation difficulties, so he apologizes for that and will get the stale news out as soon as he can.
Jason Hinton will lead a ride this month, on Saturday April 15. I don't have the where ats for this ride, but we will get the word out as soon as possible. Come along with us and forget your cares, especially those Federal taxes - you did do them, eh? (see below for details)
I am still looking, no, pleading for folks to lead a monthly ride. This ride will be the first of the year, so please come out and support it. It's your club, and here's a chance to hang out and do the thing we all love to do – RIDE. Take a chance and step up to lead a ride – show us some of your fun back roads that some of us may not have been on or know about – even the ones that look like driveways.
Dave Erny says there will be a Rally Committee Meeting at this weekend's Lube Tech event (more on this in a moment). Committee Folks, you know who you are, don't miss this meeting.
Also, all the club's share of the 50-50 pot goes to buying door prizes for the Rally. So please be sure to buy some 50-50 tickets at each meeting. Ya never know, ya might win, and it goes to help make for a successful Rally.
Our ads are now in both the MOA and RA monthly magazines. I am still working on the small paper ads to post in area shops and on bikes at other events, plus I need to post it on other club sites like Airheads, Oilheads, etc. So there is still much to do to blow the horn for the Rally.
Dickie Anderson is working on scoring some door prizes from other businesses, besides what we buy.
I am dragging my feet on my tasks, having not made contact with Cherohala Campground about us doing a Spring Camp out there. Also, I was tasked with doing a membership phone list and I haven't got that yet either, Running out of excuses here...
Bob Winter is still waiting with baited breath for your club shirt orders. We have decided on Henley style shirts, and Bob was getting an order together tonight. This has dragged on for several months now, and we need to get this processed. If you weren't at the meeting tonight and want to purchase a club shirt, e mail Bob at the following e mail address: thewinterman@yahoo.com Please make the title of your e mail “ROK Shirts”, so Bob won't think it is junk mail, and he will give the details for ordering and price.
Jerry has found a location for the annual One-Off Eastsider's Meeting (poke, poke), finding a location in Dandridge. When he gets this nailed down, we will provide details for where and how to get there. I would like for the June and July meetings to be there.
We voted last meeting to buy a brick in the Daytona Beach Racing Memorial Monument which the Dick Klamfoth family is doing in Daytona Beach , on th boardwalk. It's a monument to the 12 guys who won the beach races from 1937 to 1960, and Dick is one of them. This is a work in progress, and Dick is trying to sell 8,000 bricks for the walkway around the main part of the monument. I bought one two years ago, and they are just getting around to getting them laid out. I saw mine this year, and was thrilled to be a part of it. It's a low key effort, though, and they have not sold many bricks. I was talking to Dale Walksler of Wheels Though Time about it when I saw him in Atlanta at the bike show, and found out that he had kicked in $10,000 for the big marble portions of the monument (that really blew me away; thanks, Dale !!). They cost $50, which isn't much considering the nightly beer budget of your average Daytona Bike Week attendee, and there's only about half a million of them down there. I would think that he could have sold out the 8,000 by now. Anyway, we are buying one, once Dick gets his website fixed, and it will say: “BMW Riders of Knoxville TN”, and our club will be famous forever. Or at least until all the glaciers melt and Florida is submerged under 20 feet of higher sea levels...
Time once again for that annual ROK event, started by founder Rich Gardner and continued to this day by Dave and Sharon Erny . It's this weekend April 8, at the Casa Erny Workshops, near Panther Creek State Park . Most of you are familiar with the way there, but if you are not, contact Dave and Sharon at daveerny@bellsouth.net and they will send you directions. Show up as early as 8 AM , Dave will be brewing coffee and getting the shop ready. They will put on the feed bag at 2 PM . Please be sure to make this event, even if you are not working on or washing your scoot, it's a fun time club function, not to be missed.
Roger Coffey has shipped out to Nepal for the Everest Base Camp job he will be doing for 45 days at 17,000 feet while others of the team make an attempt on the peak. Follow his adventures by logging onto www.nolimitsclimbing.com and www.everestnews.com for periodic updates by the team. He will also be doing a blog for the News Sentinel titled “Hillbilly in the Himalayas , so look at the News Sentinel's website for that at www.knoxnews.com (their website). Read Roger's daily blog here as well by clicking on the Stories section of the BMW ROK Newsletter.
Milton McNally 's Destination Motorcycles has a Ducati Demo event on April 12, and a BMW GS demo event on April 22. Drop in on these days and git you some demos done.
The Riding Into History Concours in St. Augustine FL is on May 20, and has Cycle World's Peter Egan as the MC of the event. Swing by there and take a look at some things that would be better off getting bugs on them on the highway, instead of having the crap polished out of them. For details, check out www.ridingintohistory.org
Tim and I met Dale Walksler of Wheels Through Time again at the Atlanta bike show, and discovered a fascinating project he is doing. It's called The Time Machine, and it's a series of about 300 shows in streaming video about his restoration of 18 rare all-american machines. This will be a subscription service at $49 per year, look at his website www.wttthetimemachine.com for details. And if you have never checked out his museum in Maggie Valley , well, it's the best $12 you can spend. Go see it.
And Speaking of Maggie Valley and the surrounding area, this was seen in the News Sentinel this week:
The last 8 mile stretch of the Blue Ridge
Parkway, near Linville Falls, has been repaired and
reopened. That was the worst washout of several caused
by the 2004 hurricane rains. This should mean that for now the Blue Ridge Parkway is open from end to end once again. Let's hope we don't get any Hurricane remnants up that way again anytime soon, so plan those trips now!
We expect to be doing the map booth again at the Honda Hoot. Tim Pruitt is the contact person for the HRCA people for several events, since he works with TVA. He expects to hear from the ladies who run the event for HRCA soon, and we will run a sign up sheet for those of you that wish to help out in the map booth and the Ride for Kids event at the May meeting.
ROK members who finished the 2005 MOA mileage contest (drum roll please): Paul Brown , 10,233 miles; Greg Bell , 9,059 miles, Jim Pollard , 8,619 miles and Bob Quinn , 2,480 miles. Congrats to all these cats for sticking with it!
Gunter Tillman won the 50-50 drawing, splitting a pot of $56. Well done, Gunter !
Next meeting is May 1 at Puleo's. Be there, Aloha.
Beginning Balance |
$1059.78 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Deposits (see details below) | + |
$75.00 |
| Debits (see details below) | - |
$0.00 |
| Ending Balance | $1134.78 |
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Memberships | $75.00 |
|
| 50/50 | $0.00 |
|
| Misc. Deposit | ||
| Total Deposits | $75.00 |
|
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| none | none |
none |
| Total | $0.00 |
The April ride will be held this coming Saturday, April 15. Jason Hinton will lead the ride and following are the details, from Jason . We hope to see many of you there! Dust off your scoot, blow the spiders out of the pipes and join us for a good ride.
The meeting point is the McDonalds on the west side of Jefferson City .
We leave at 9:00 with gas tanks full and bladders empty.
From Jefferson City we'll take 92 and head down to Danridge and then continue on 92 down to Newport. From Newport we'll take US25 to Hot Springs and then NC209 down to Maggie Valley. We should arrive about noon for lunch at a little Italian place. Then over to Wheels through time from 1:30 to about 4:00.
The group then could split up with those in a hurry to get home taking I-40, and those with some more time to spare taking 441 through the park to Gatlinburg and beyond. According to Streets and Trips it will be 100 miles from Jefferson City to Maggie Valley and then 70 miles from Maggie Valley to the 66/I-40 Junction. The entrance fee at Wheels Through Time is $12. I will call to see if we can get a group rate. Please email this to club and post on the website.
Thanks,
Jason
Letter from a Friend of BMW ROK :
Folks,
In the letters section this month there is a message from Ted Johnson (click Ted's name), whom I added to the list last year due to interest in the rally.
Needless to say, he didn't make the rally since he
lives in New Orleans . He is looking to relocate and
wonders if anyone knows of available engineering jobs
in this area. If you can give him any info, please
respond to his e mail address.
Thanks,
Phil
Here's a message from Julie Corl , about the last of
the Gear Up inventory going for cut rate prices. If
you didn't make the going out of of business sale some
time back, here is a chance to get a deal and help
Dave and Julie get rid of the rest of the inventory.
Dear Phillip,
Due to the loss of our lease, we have to sell our
inventory. David and I would like to offer the
following items for sale to club members for
incredible prices. If possible, would you mind
forwarding this list of items to all the members or
posting it on the website? We would really appreciate
it.
All items can be ordered at the prices listed below,
just add $8 for shipping and handling on any item. Or,
if you’d like to pick it up at the house, that’s fine.
If purchasing more than one item, call or e-mail for a
shipping price. If you live in Tennessee , we have to
charge sales tax.
Call or e-mail us with the item(s) you’re interested
in getting. Payment can be made by credit card by
calling us at 865-609-1638 or send us a check (made
out to Gear Up MotoSports) at the following address:
Gear Up MotoSports
7486 Chapman Highway, #121
Knoxville , TN 37920
We’ll ship the item(s) to you and send you the
tracking information.
If there are other items in which anyone is
interested in asking us about, please feel free to
e-mail me (julie@gearupnride.com) or David
(dave@gearupnride.com).
Thank you so very much!
All the Best,
Julie, Dave and Jazmyn
Arai Helmets - New
XD Motard, Silver, Small - $400.00 (retail
$527.95)
Signet GTR, White, X-Small - $345.00
(retail $496.95)
Signet GTR, White, XX-Large - $300.00
(retail $455.95)
Signet GTR, Pearl Black, Large - $300.00
(retail $455.95)
Signet GTR, Aluminum Silver, 3X-Large -
$365.00 (retail $559.95)
Signet GTR, Cathcart, Medium - $350.00 (a
few scratches) (retail $566.95)
Quantum2, Aluminum Silver, Small - $375.00
(retail $508.95)
Quantum2, ReEntry, Large - $425.00 (retail
$508.95)
RUKKA - New
Ladies AirPower R3 Pants, Size 38 -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Jacket, Size 62 -
$785.00 (retail $1,045.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 58 - $450.00
(retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 58 Short -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 60 Short -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 62 - $495.00
(retail $658.90)
Camping Items – New
JetBoil Holiday Bundle Pack – includes
coffee press, pkg. of coffee, fuel canister & JetBoil
Cooking System - $60.00 (retail $89.95)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Down, Large -
$170.00 (retail $239.00)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Polyester,
Large (for people over 6’ tall) - $130.00 (retail
$179.00)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Polyester,
Medium - $120.00 (retail $169.00)
(There are more camping items available)
So Remember May 1, 2006. Dinner at 6:00 and Meeting at 7:00.
Newsletter Reminder
The ROK'n Down the Road Newsletter can always use more content and don't forget we now have WORLD WIDE WEB exposure for those items you no longer need and want to sell (Classifieds). Also, be sure to pay a visit to the Meetings and Events pages. There you will find meeting dates, club ride schedules and other club activities.
The BMW Riders of Knoxville web page is taking shape. Photos from the 2005 Christmas party should be here, and a few of Novemeber's club ride before that. I am still working on the the History of the BMW ROK and it should soon be found in these pages. Also, the October Newsletter can be found in the Archive section. There is more on the way so stay tuned and visit often for any changes or important BMW ROK news!
BMW ROK May 2006 Newsletter
by Phil Daulton (Many Thanks to Phil for stepping up this month when I couldn't attend the meeting)
Hey, I'm pinch hitting for Tim Pruitt , our usual Handsome Scribe, who is getting over a weekend move from apartment to hacienda. He did not make the meeting tonight, so I am working from memory and hastily scribbled notes, while it's still fresh in my mind.
We had a total of 24 dining and two late arrivals for a total of 26 tonight. Gunter Tillman brought his daughter for our only visitor.
We had two new members with us tonight, George Upton and Gary Barnes . George rides a R1150 Rockster and Gary has a K12RS. Welcome to our club!.
We had two other new members this month that were not at the meeting, John Morris and Herman Thompson . John is a friend of mine and rides a Honda GL500. I've not met Herman yet, so I don't know what he rides.
We also had three renewals this month, so the membership keeps on growing!
Ray Sanders could not make the meeting tonight, as he is in California on his motorcycle. Doing what, I don't know, but it had to be fun getting there on two wheels!
Cindy was on hand to give us the Treasury Report: Beginning balance of $1059.78, with deposits of $75.00 and no debits for a final balance of $1134.78. I collected $15.00 from Greg Bell for his renewal after the meeting, so I will be forwarding that to Cindy .
No website/newsletter updates to broadcast, except for saying that Tim didn't get last month's newsletter in due to his residence relocation difficulties, so he apologizes for that and will get the stale news out as soon as he can.
Jason Hinton will lead a ride this month, on Saturday April 15. I don't have the where ats for this ride, but we will get the word out as soon as possible. Come along with us and forget your cares, especially those Federal taxes - you did do them, eh? (see below for details)
I am still looking, no, pleading for folks to lead a monthly ride. This ride will be the first of the year, so please come out and support it. It's your club, and here's a chance to hang out and do the thing we all love to do – RIDE. Take a chance and step up to lead a ride – show us some of your fun back roads that some of us may not have been on or know about – even the ones that look like driveways.
Dave Erny says there will be a Rally Committee Meeting at this weekend's Lube Tech event (more on this in a moment). Committee Folks, you know who you are, don't miss this meeting.
Also, all the club's share of the 50-50 pot goes to buying door prizes for the Rally. So please be sure to buy some 50-50 tickets at each meeting. Ya never know, ya might win, and it goes to help make for a successful Rally.
Our ads are now in both the MOA and RA monthly magazines. I am still working on the small paper ads to post in area shops and on bikes at other events, plus I need to post it on other club sites like Airheads, Oilheads, etc. So there is still much to do to blow the horn for the Rally.
Dickie Anderson is working on scoring some door prizes from other businesses, besides what we buy.
I am dragging my feet on my tasks, having not made contact with Cherohala Campground about us doing a Spring Camp out there. Also, I was tasked with doing a membership phone list and I haven't got that yet either, Running out of excuses here...
Bob Winter is still waiting with baited breath for your club shirt orders. We have decided on Henley style shirts, and Bob was getting an order together tonight. This has dragged on for several months now, and we need to get this processed. If you weren't at the meeting tonight and want to purchase a club shirt, e mail Bob at the following e mail address: thewinterman@yahoo.com Please make the title of your e mail “ROK Shirts”, so Bob won't think it is junk mail, and he will give the details for ordering and price.
Jerry has found a location for the annual One-Off Eastsider's Meeting (poke, poke), finding a location in Dandridge. When he gets this nailed down, we will provide details for where and how to get there. I would like for the June and July meetings to be there.
We voted last meeting to buy a brick in the Daytona Beach Racing Memorial Monument which the Dick Klamfoth family is doing in Daytona Beach , on th boardwalk. It's a monument to the 12 guys who won the beach races from 1937 to 1960, and Dick is one of them. This is a work in progress, and Dick is trying to sell 8,000 bricks for the walkway around the main part of the monument. I bought one two years ago, and they are just getting around to getting them laid out. I saw mine this year, and was thrilled to be a part of it. It's a low key effort, though, and they have not sold many bricks. I was talking to Dale Walksler of Wheels Though Time about it when I saw him in Atlanta at the bike show, and found out that he had kicked in $10,000 for the big marble portions of the monument (that really blew me away; thanks, Dale !!). They cost $50, which isn't much considering the nightly beer budget of your average Daytona Bike Week attendee, and there's only about half a million of them down there. I would think that he could have sold out the 8,000 by now. Anyway, we are buying one, once Dick gets his website fixed, and it will say: “BMW Riders of Knoxville TN”, and our club will be famous forever. Or at least until all the glaciers melt and Florida is submerged under 20 feet of higher sea levels...
Time once again for that annual ROK event, started by founder Rich Gardner and continued to this day by Dave and Sharon Erny . It's this weekend April 8, at the Casa Erny Workshops, near Panther Creek State Park . Most of you are familiar with the way there, but if you are not, contact Dave and Sharon at daveerny@bellsouth.net and they will send you directions. Show up as early as 8 AM , Dave will be brewing coffee and getting the shop ready. They will put on the feed bag at 2 PM . Please be sure to make this event, even if you are not working on or washing your scoot, it's a fun time club function, not to be missed.
Roger Coffey has shipped out to Nepal for the Everest Base Camp job he will be doing for 45 days at 17,000 feet while others of the team make an attempt on the peak. Follow his adventures by logging onto www.nolimitsclimbing.com and www.everestnews.com for periodic updates by the team. He will also be doing a blog for the News Sentinel titled “Hillbilly in the Himalayas , so look at the News Sentinel's website for that at www.knoxnews.com (their website). Read Roger's daily blog here as well by clicking on the Stories section of the BMW ROK Newsletter.
Milton McNally 's Destination Motorcycles has a Ducati Demo event on April 12, and a BMW GS demo event on April 22. Drop in on these days and git you some demos done.
The Riding Into History Concours in St. Augustine FL is on May 20, and has Cycle World's Peter Egan as the MC of the event. Swing by there and take a look at some things that would be better off getting bugs on them on the highway, instead of having the crap polished out of them. For details, check out www.ridingintohistory.org
Tim and I met Dale Walksler of Wheels Through Time again at the Atlanta bike show, and discovered a fascinating project he is doing. It's called The Time Machine, and it's a series of about 300 shows in streaming video about his restoration of 18 rare all-american machines. This will be a subscription service at $49 per year, look at his website www.wttthetimemachine.com for details. And if you have never checked out his museum in Maggie Valley , well, it's the best $12 you can spend. Go see it.
And Speaking of Maggie Valley and the surrounding area, this was seen in the News Sentinel this week:
The last 8 mile stretch of the Blue Ridge
Parkway, near Linville Falls, has been repaired and
reopened. That was the worst washout of several caused
by the 2004 hurricane rains. This should mean that for now the Blue Ridge Parkway is open from end to end once again. Let's hope we don't get any Hurricane remnants up that way again anytime soon, so plan those trips now!
We expect to be doing the map booth again at the Honda Hoot. Tim Pruitt is the contact person for the HRCA people for several events, since he works with TVA. He expects to hear from the ladies who run the event for HRCA soon, and we will run a sign up sheet for those of you that wish to help out in the map booth and the Ride for Kids event at the May meeting.
ROK members who finished the 2005 MOA mileage contest (drum roll please): Paul Brown , 10,233 miles; Greg Bell , 9,059 miles, Jim Pollard , 8,619 miles and Bob Quinn , 2,480 miles. Congrats to all these cats for sticking with it!
Gunter Tillman won the 50-50 drawing, splitting a pot of $56. Well done, Gunter !
Next meeting is May 1 at Puleo's. Be there, Aloha.
Beginning Balance |
$1059.78 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Deposits (see details below) | + |
$75.00 |
| Debits (see details below) | - |
$0.00 |
| Ending Balance | $1134.78 |
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Memberships | $75.00 |
|
| 50/50 | $0.00 |
|
| Misc. Deposit | ||
| Total Deposits | $75.00 |
|
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| none | none |
none |
| Total | $0.00 |
The April ride will be held this coming Saturday, April 15. Jason Hinton will lead the ride and following are the details, from Jason . We hope to see many of you there! Dust off your scoot, blow the spiders out of the pipes and join us for a good ride.
The meeting point is the McDonalds on the west side of Jefferson City .
We leave at 9:00 with gas tanks full and bladders empty.
From Jefferson City we'll take 92 and head down to Danridge and then continue on 92 down to Newport. From Newport we'll take US25 to Hot Springs and then NC209 down to Maggie Valley. We should arrive about noon for lunch at a little Italian place. Then over to Wheels through time from 1:30 to about 4:00.
The group then could split up with those in a hurry to get home taking I-40, and those with some more time to spare taking 441 through the park to Gatlinburg and beyond. According to Streets and Trips it will be 100 miles from Jefferson City to Maggie Valley and then 70 miles from Maggie Valley to the 66/I-40 Junction. The entrance fee at Wheels Through Time is $12. I will call to see if we can get a group rate. Please email this to club and post on the website.
Thanks,
Jason
Up-Coming Events of Interest :
Coming in May Folks is the next Round of the AMA/FIM World Trials Championship! This level of competition doesn't come to our neck of the woods very often and if you have never seen what these guys can do on a motorcycle you owe it to yourself to attend. The event is May 19-21 in Sequatchie, Tennessee.
Here's a message from Julie Corl , about the last of
the Gear Up inventory going for cut rate prices. If
you didn't make the going out of of business sale some
time back, here is a chance to get a deal and help
Dave and Julie get rid of the rest of the inventory.
Dear Phillip,
Due to the loss of our lease, we have to sell our
inventory. David and I would like to offer the
following items for sale to club members for
incredible prices. If possible, would you mind
forwarding this list of items to all the members or
posting it on the website? We would really appreciate
it.
All items can be ordered at the prices listed below,
just add $8 for shipping and handling on any item. Or,
if you’d like to pick it up at the house, that’s fine.
If purchasing more than one item, call or e-mail for a
shipping price. If you live in Tennessee , we have to
charge sales tax.
Call or e-mail us with the item(s) you’re interested
in getting. Payment can be made by credit card by
calling us at 865-609-1638 or send us a check (made
out to Gear Up MotoSports) at the following address:
Gear Up MotoSports
7486 Chapman Highway, #121
Knoxville , TN 37920
We’ll ship the item(s) to you and send you the
tracking information.
If there are other items in which anyone is
interested in asking us about, please feel free to
e-mail me (julie@gearupnride.com) or David
(dave@gearupnride.com).
Thank you so very much!
All the Best,
Julie, Dave and Jazmyn
Arai Helmets - New
XD Motard, Silver, Small - $400.00 (retail
$527.95)
Signet GTR, White, X-Small - $345.00
(retail $496.95)
Signet GTR, White, XX-Large - $300.00
(retail $455.95)
Signet GTR, Pearl Black, Large - $300.00
(retail $455.95)
Signet GTR, Aluminum Silver, 3X-Large -
$365.00 (retail $559.95)
Signet GTR, Cathcart, Medium - $350.00 (a
few scratches) (retail $566.95)
Quantum2, Aluminum Silver, Small - $375.00
(retail $508.95)
Quantum2, ReEntry, Large - $425.00 (retail
$508.95)
RUKKA - New
Ladies AirPower R3 Pants, Size 38 -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Jacket, Size 62 -
$785.00 (retail $1,045.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 58 - $450.00
(retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 58 Short -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 60 Short -
$450.00 (retail $599.00)
Men’s AirPower R3 Pants, Size 62 - $495.00
(retail $658.90)
Camping Items – New
JetBoil Holiday Bundle Pack – includes
coffee press, pkg. of coffee, fuel canister & JetBoil
Cooking System - $60.00 (retail $89.95)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Down, Large -
$170.00 (retail $239.00)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Polyester,
Large (for people over 6’ tall) - $130.00 (retail
$179.00)
Wallcreeper Sleeping Bags, Polyester,
Medium - $120.00 (retail $169.00)
(There are more camping items available)
So Remember May 1, 2006. Dinner at 6:00 and Meeting at 7:00.
Newsletter Reminder
The ROK'n Down the Road Newsletter can always use more content and don't forget we now have WORLD WIDE WEB exposure for those items you no longer need and want to sell (Classifieds). Also, be sure to pay a visit to the Meetings and Events pages. There you will find meeting dates, club ride schedules and other club activities.
The BMW Riders of Knoxville web page is taking shape. Photos from the 2005 Christmas party should be here, and a few of Novemeber's club ride before that. I am still working on the the History of the BMW ROK and it should soon be found in these pages. Also, the October Newsletter can be found in the Archive section. There is more on the way so stay tuned and visit often for any changes or important BMW ROK news!
BMW ROK May 2006 Newsletter
by Phil Daulton (Many Thanks to Phil for stepping up again this month when I couldn't attend the meeting) I'm your source for news again this month:
There was a lot going on at the meeting, so I will try to get as much in here as I can, with what little notes I was able to take.
The BMW Riders of Knoxville held their June 2006 monthly meeting at The Point Resort, in Dandridge
This is what I would like to call “The Annual East Sider’s Meeting”. We’ve done a couple of these a now and it’s something I would like to see continue as a club tradition. I saw at least two dozen bikes in the parking lot, and that’s great to see.
Our own
We had a total of 36(!!) dining for the meeting. We had one visitor,
We had two new members with us tonight, J. P. Easter and
Beginning balance of $1067.61, with deposits of $385.00 and debits of $458.85 for a final balance of $993.76.
No web site/newsletter updates to broadcast, except for saying that last month's newsletter did not get posted. It’s possible that some of you did not get the word that we were meeting in Dandridge, although I sent an E-mail notice last Friday.
MY APOLOGIES TO ANY MEMBER WHO MISSED THE
MEETING, DUE TO THE CHANGE OF VENUE NOT GETTING POSTED
ON THE WEBSITE.
From Tim Pruitt - I take full responsibility for this faux-paus. Sometimes there is just no good excuse for not getting things done in time. I could blame work, still getting organized from our move and a myriad of other things, but the bottom line is I just didn't get it out. If you missed the meeting in Dandridge I apologize and hope you can make it there next month. Phil Daulton did the best he could to inform folks, I just dropped the ball.
No monthly ride this month, due to the campout and Honda Hoot as club functions;
We do have a cool ride set for July 15th, by the King of Driveway Tours,
says
He plans to start the ride at his house in Halls, generously providing us with breakfast, if we show up early enough. We will also have a lunch stop at the
home of members
stitched together.
And here is Geoffrey's announcement:
Union County Gap, Creek, Valley, Ridge, & Hollow Ride
Scheduled for Saturday, July 15th, 2006 starting @ 9:00 a.m.
Formed in 1850 from parts of Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Knox counties, Union County remains one of the smallest counties in the state but is blessed with some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain in this area. The exact derivation of the county name is unknown, but it comes from either the “union” of fragments from the five counties or for the strong feelings in eastern Tennessee for the preservation of the Federal Union. It is one of only 7 counties in Tennessee that is not named to honor an individual. Occupying only 224 square miles, it ranks 86th in size among counties in Tennessee.
Union County is an interesting place to ride due to the plethora of little back roads tracking through gaps in the ridges, up and down hollows, alongside creeks, and following the crests of ridges. Many of these roads are not pristinely smooth, but they are very interesting and are located in beautiful surroundings. What you will see on this ride is as many back roads as could be routed, many of them only 2nd and 3rd gear roads, that connect some of the more familiar state highways that we more typically ride on our way somewhere else. All of the roads on this ride are paved, but they may not be the billiard tabletop smooth surfaces that we are familiar with in some of our more prosperous counties. We will all need to be watchful for gravel that has washed into the road and an occasional pothole. “Narrow”, “steep” and “curvy” will definitely be the words of the day. But don’t be intimidated…this ride could be done on anything from a small dual purpose bike to a full boat touring motorcycle.
You are invited to come to our house (Geoffrey & Cindy Greene) at 4701 Cabbage Lane in the Halls area for a pre-ride breakfast of biscuits with sausage, bacon, etc. from ~ 7:30-8:30 a.m. At 8:30 we’ll head over to the Citgo Convenience Market on TN33/Maynardville Highway just north of the Knox-Union county line from where we will depart @ 9:00 a.m. (in case you overslept and need to meet us as late as possible).
Easy directions to our house: From Knoxville, go north on I-75 to the Emory Road exit (#112). Turn right on Emory Road and go 5 miles past a couple of traffic lights to the first stop sign. At this four way stop, turn left on Andersonville Pike and go ~ ½ mile to a right turn on Hill Road. Go ~ 1 mile to a right turn on Cabbage Lane (for additional curves, continue on Hill Road until it dead ends, then turn around and come back). We are on the left at the bottom of the hill directly across from the first intersection and I’ll have a bike parked out front.
If you are coming out Broadway, go past the US441 (Norris Freeway) turnoff and turn left at the FIRST intersection onto Andersonville Pike. This puts you behind the WalMart shopping center. Go one block to a stop sign. At this four way stop, go straight ~ ½ mile to a right turn on Hill Road. Go ~ 1 mile to a right turn on Cabbage Lane.
If coming west on Emory, cross TN33/Maynarville Highway and go 1 block to a stop sign. At this four way stop, turn right on Andersonville Pike and go ~1/2 mile to a right turn on Hill Road. Go ~1 mile to a right turn on Cabbage Lane.
If you are coming from a different direction and need instructions, please give me a call @865-922-9887 or send an email to gigreene@aol.com.
This will not be a fast ride and I expect us to average no more than 30 mph not counting breaks. The first stop will be on a ridge top overlooking Maynardville with a second stop on TN33. About ½ way through the ride, we will be stopping at Bill Manning & Shirley Grabko’s house in Sharp’s Chapel where Bill & Shirley have graciously volunteered to provide a cookout lunch for us. NOTE: We need an approximate head count for this…please let me know if you think you will be coming. If you discover at the last moment that you can ride, even though you haven’t said you were coming, please come anyway. Bill & Shirley also encourage everyone to bring a swimsuit in case there is a desire to take a quick dip in Norris Lake before continuing (a cool dip might be quite pleasant).
On the return trip, we will have stops back on TN33 and in Luttrell before returning to the start point on Maynardville Highway. Total distance for the route is 189 miles (with almost 175 turns), so this will be an all day ride with the planned stops and lunch.
Beautiful terrain, good friends, and interesting roads…does it get any better? COME RIDE UNION COUNTY!!
We also have an October
AND… if you ever get the itch to lead a ride yourself, be all means, step up and let us know.
We are alwaysl looking, no, pleading for folks to lead a monthly ride. It's your club, and here's a chance to hang out and do the thing we all love to do – RIDE. Take a chance and step up to lead a ride – show us some of your fun back roads that some of us may not have been on or know about – even the ones that look like driveways.
All the club's share of the 50-50 pot goes to buying door prizes for the Rally. So please be sure to buy some 50-50 tickets at each meeting. Ya never know, ya
might win, and it goes to help make for a successful Rally! This time we made $27.00 towards door prizes.
Our ads are now in both the MOA and RA monthly magazines. I have small paper ads to post in area shops and on bikes at other events, plus I need to post it on other club sites like Airheads, Oilheads, etc. So there is still much to do to blow the horn for the Rally.
I sent out the small free ad we are given by the MOA this week, so it should appear in the July and August issues in ON Magazine. Look for it in the Where & When
section of the magazine.
We voted several meetings ago to buy a brick in the
It’s time for the Spring Campout!! Yes, this Saturday (June 10) at the Cherohala Motorcycle Resort, we will be camping and cabining (is that a word?) in beautiful
Tellico Plains. We are operating on what I call the No- Plan-Plan, it’s just a loose association of several of us, about 15 or so, at this point. No telling what we
might get into, so we won’t be telling if it’s bad…
Come On Down and join us, find out!
Hoot
Ride For Kids Poker Run: Only have two signups for this. This event runs on Friday June 23.
Ride For Kids: This is Saturday June 24. I have eight signups for the front end and four for the back end. We can use more people here, please volunteer to help.
Contact me at phil_daulton@standardaero.com and I will tell you what’s involved.
Beginning Balance |
$1067.61 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Deposits (see details below) | + |
$385.00 |
| Debits (see details below) | - |
$458.80 |
| Ending Balance | $993.76 |
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| No Details | $385.00 |
|
| 50/50 | $0.00 |
|
| Misc. Deposit | ||
| Total Deposits | $75.00 |
|
| Check Number | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| none | none |
none |
| Total | $0.00 |
Stay tuned Geoffrey promises us news and updates real soon.
EVEREST BASE CAMP MANAGER BACK IN TOWN
Khumbu Glacier Icefall, which is part of the route Team No Limits took on the recent
web site, so everybody can see it. Along with our other koozie shots provided by
above sea level and 280 feet below sea level. Wow, that Koozie gets around!!
Hopefully, some of you have been reading the Internet posts of
stand and deliver an account of his trip. He graciously did so, and talked for better than twenty minutes about his and the team’s hardships and triumphs with Team No Limits. Plus he fielded a question and answer session. We of the ROK are proud
of
Greetings,
Its that time of year again. Rallies are in full swing. The date has been set for our clubs' annual rally - Carolinas BMW Motorcycle Owners Association. Attached is a copy of the flyer. I hope you have a safe and enjoyable summer of riding. Mark your calendar for one more event before the riding season is over. Hope to see you there!
Regards,
Keith Nunnery, 2006 President
www.carolinasbmwmoa.org
It's All About the Ride!
Dickie
of $56.
Hi folks, I’m pinch hitting for the regular writer,
Tim Pruitt, who could not be with us at last night’s
meeting. So I will let you in on what went on. This
may become rather windy, so please bear with me.
The BMW Riders of Knoxville held their October monthly
meeting last night at Puleo’s Grille East Knox
location. Things were packed in tight, as we were
seated in the festive “garage” area of the restaurant
and had 31 members present. One guy leaned in, took a
look, and departed; I think he was an acquaintance of
Geoffrey Greene and was there on a visit.
President Phil Daulton ran the meeting, which he
started a little late at 7:20, so he could choke his
food down; the service was somewhat slow last night.
We kicked the meeting off with a piece by Ed McNeil,
about trying to get a Tennessee version of Jessica’s
Law, which is a law against child molesters. He
circulated a petition throughout the gathering, to be
turned into the state legislators.
Phil then asked that everybody take a moment to
remember Ron Vogel, a past ROK vice president, who was
killed on a ride three weeks ago. Although Ron had not
been an active club member for the past several years,
we all remember him fondly. Ron was also an MSF Rider
Coach, and retired Air Force.
We had two visitors who joined the club after the
meeting; Fred and Marcia Childress from the Oak Ridge
area. They are the couple who recently bought Jerry
and Cindy Dobrianski’s R65LS at the ROK On Classic
rally. Welcome, Fred and Marcia!
Cindy Dobrianski was recognized and gave the
Treasurer’s report for the past two months, since
there was not a September meeting. Ending balance for
October 02 is $703.53. Expenditures for September were
$50.00 to the Daytona 200 monument fund (our brick!!).
Expenditures for October were $65.48 to Dick Anderson
for Rally door prizes. Income for September was
$101.75 from memberships, 50/50 and merchandise
(shirts and coozies). There was no income for October.
No web site updates, since Tim was not present. George
Upton sent me two photos from last Saturday’s ride, so
I have forwarded those to Tim for posting on the web
site, along with this newsletter.
Also, I asked the group present to please RSVP for the
meeting notices, since that factors in to where we get
seated at Puleo’s. I had 21 RSVP’s for the meeting, 3
of whom did not show up; which totals 15 folks who
came in with out responding. Needless to say things in
the garage were pretty packed. Had I told Puleo’s that
I had 30 respondents, we would possibly have been
seated in the big room. So please take notice of the
request to RSVP, folks. Thanks for listening to that
rant.
Ride Report – Big Thanks to Richard Webb for leading
the September ride this past Saturday. We had 10
members and 1 visitor, Geoffrey Greene’s brother in
law. The day’s weather was El Perfecto. We departed
from the Shell station on Straw Plains Pike and headed
off to parts known only to Richard. We did the ferry
crossing on Norris Lake. Bill Manning was spotted on a
litter pickup detail out in the wilds of Sharps
Chapel. Since I saw no shotgun toting guards, I had to
assume it was an adopt a highway thing, and not some
kind of punishment! We all laughed and waved! Our tour
came into Harrogate, and a stop for gas, and then
Richard turned us loose to run TN 63 to Sneedville at
our own pace, to meet at the Hardee’s for lunch.
That’s some kind of fabulous route! After a break, he
resumed the lead and took us across TN 66 towards
Rogersville, cutting off onto some back roads before
we got there. The trip continued here and there until
we came out behind the Smokies stadium, and saw the
tail end of some kind of old car show. The ride
totaled about 200 miles.
I think Tim Pruitt has agreed to do a ride later this
month, but we will have to see if his back is up to
it. More news as we get it. Tim messed his back up
last weekend, and is not getting around too well right
now.
If anyone else has any cool rides they would like to
share, please contact Phil or Tim and we will get them
scheduled.
Rally News – Dave Erny rose to give us a report on the
final rally tally. Good news was that we made nearly
$550.00 profit this year. Not bad considering that we
only had 90 full registrations. The weather was
excellent, but attendance was still lagging due to
another hurricane on the eastern seaboard. A big
thanks was issued to all the folks that helped make
this a successful rally: Dave and Sharon Erny, Jerry
and Cindy Dobrianski, Jack and Maryann Alltop, Tim and
Brenda Pruitt, Bob Winter, Dickie Anderson, Roy
Drulard, Erik Perry and his son Mitchell, Doug York
and Geoffrey Greene. Lost and found at the rally: one
each beat up old radio that we were using for the TV
sound system (I suspect this may belong to Jack
Alltop).
I also got a nice e mail from a rally attendee from
the BMW Riders of Mississippi, thanking us for a great
rally, and that he had a good time.
I will also be writing thank you letters to all of the
door prize donors: Frank Smith, Kermit Chair, Rider
Wearhouse, Mitchell Perry, Bobarosa Café, Alcoa Good
Times, Destination Motorcycles, Blue Ridge MC
Campground, GA Mountain Rally, and also to our
gracious rally hosts, Tom and Judy Betters of the
Newport KOA.
Old Business – Bob Winter is your connection for ROK
shirts. If you are looking for one, talk to Bob, he is
trying to get another order together.
Also, we have made our donation to the Daytona 200
Monument for a brick with our club name on it, so our
little organization have our 15 minutes of fame on the
Daytona Beach boardwalk! Or five minutes, depends on
how long ya look at it… I think it’s a Cool Thing.
New Business – planning the ROK Christmas Party! This
will be held Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Dave and
Sharon Erny’s house. Plan on showing up at about 4 PM.
We will issue news updates and directional info as the
date gets nearer. Please plan on attending. Thanks
Dave and Sharon, for hosting us again!
Election time is rolling around again, and if you
would like to run for an officer position, or keep the
one you are holding, please speak up! I have thought
it over, and have decided on going for one more term
as club President, but this will be the last hoorah
for me. I would like to see somebody else step up and
run the club in 2008. Been a fun ride, but I think it
is somebody else’s turn.
Of Interest – Jerry & Cindy recently bought a parcel
of land in the Del Rio community. No, it’s not a cock
fighting pit! It’s four acres on a sliver of land
between two creeks. They have named it T.W.O. Creeks
and it’s their dream to maybe make it a motorcycle
only camp ground! They are clearing the land now, and
if any one wants to stop by some weekend and hack
brush, well hey, come on by. It’s located off of Old
Fifteenth Street, just off TN 107 in Del Rio. They
plan on hosting some club campouts there next spring.
Apparently, no one is planning on attending
Biketoberfest in Daytona this month. We’re full of the
Daytona attitude when it comes to $150 a night fleabag
motels, I guess.
I saw on the MOA web site forum that there is some
kind of Airhead function going on at Cherohala MC
Resort on the weekend of 10/13. It’s the Adventure
Riders, one of those Virtual Clubs, and it’s called the ADV Eastern Airhead Rally. I called Peggy at the
campground, and she threw some names out, but I don’t
know any of them. They told her that they were
expecting 40 people for the event, and the cabins are
all booked. So if anybody wants to venture down there
and check things out, by all means do so. I’d go my
self, but I’m out of own that weekend. If you may go,
log onto to www.advrider.com and let them know; they
are compiling a list on their internet forum.
The Time Warp guys are starting a Trials Club, but it
meets once a month on the first Monday. Guess I won’t
be hitting any of those meetings…
Jason and Gretchen Hinton are back from a couple of
weeks in Europe; they were in Germany and Croatia.
Gretchen was telling tales of ripping around on a 49cc
scooter at high rates of klicks – equaling about 30
mph US. Yow!
I got a flyer from a business that does tours of
Vietnam on motorcycles. They are doing tours of the Ho
Chi Minh Trail and the North Vietnam/Laos/China
border. This got me a lot of strange looks and not a
lot of response. Hey, if this interests you, check
them out at www.ridevietnam.com.
Next meeting will be back at Puleo’s on Monday,
November 6, 2006. Be there or be square, but don’t
forget to RSVP when I post the notice.
And Dickie Anderson won the 50/50 draw, taking home
$22.00
Thanks for reading, and see you at the November
meeting!
Phil Daulton
ROK Prez