PLEASE use your Back Button to return! AdvertisingAdvertising in the HOGWASH Advertising Rates Articles Director's Article Assistant Director's Article Secretary/Treasurer's Article Head Road Captain's Article Safety Officer's Article Activity Officer's Article Membership Officer's Article Photographer's Article Web Master's Article Member Comment Potpourri Road Trip Road Trip Recap Charities We Support SHARE House MDA Important Links GA State H.O.G. Rally Web Page National H.O.G.Web Page Important Stuff Event Schedule Tentative Event Schedule, 2008 Event Statement Mission Statement H.O.G. Chapter Online Privacy Statement Member Benefit Change Official Newsletter Our Sponsor Join the Group Membership Application Guestbook Meet the Officer's Chapter Officers Members Only HOGWASH Archives HOGWASH Print as Mailed Atlanta Chapter Picture Gallery PLEASE use your Back Button to return! Sponsored By: Harley-Davidson of Atlanta, Inc. 501 Thornton Road Lithia Springs, Georgia 30122 770-944-1340 Sunday 12 Noon to 5:00 PM (Service Department Closed) Monday Closed Tuesday - Wednesday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Thursday 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Friday - Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Harley-Davidson of Atlanta's Web Page Enter Here HOGWASH Official Newsletter Atlanta Chapter, Inc. Chapter Number 0788 April 2008 Issue Rides - Rides - Rides Event Schedule Ride Information Road Trip Road Trip Recap Tentative Event Schedule, 2008 Atlanta Chapter Blog Enter Here Atlanta Chapter, 2008 DirectorChris Robey770-367-1386 atlhogdirector@gmail.com Assistant DirectorBobby Conway678-384-0313 audwgs@yahoo.com Secretary/TreasurerRene' Durham770-944-1340 rene@hdatlanta.com Head Road CaptainDiana Bodden404-992-3548 harleybaby94@aol.com Safety OfficerJim Byrd770-843-6700 atlhogsafety@gmail.com Activity OfficerErik Grandowski404-580-6759 erik@grandowski.com Membership OfficerLori Robey678-463-0005 atlhogmembership@gmail.com PhotographerCorolla Vandiver770-425-8458 guninstructor2@bellsouth.net Web MasterB.K. Ellis770-471-0306 hog@bellsouth.net EditorChris Houghton770-944-1340 chris@hdatlanta.com Road CaptainAndy Andresen770-502-0847 viking@numail.org Road CaptainTom Arnold770-313-3886 tomn2hd@bellsouth.net Road CaptainEd Chowning770-505-9404 edchowning@bellsouth.net Road CaptainJon Loewer770-652-8645 mailto:jloewer@smurfit.com Road CaptainSteve Magel678-354-3560 steve.magel@shawinc.com Road CaptainSkeeter McDowell770-422-8557 blk2jac@bellsouth.net Road CaptainJohn Provost404-535-3447 jprov91301@yahoo.com Road CaptainCharles Slomka770-301-3681 cslomka@bellsouth.net Road CaptainScott Vandiver770-425-8752 gunistructor2@bellsouth.net Road CaptainGene Williams404-805-8119 williamsmobilerepair@msn.com April 2008 Event Schedule Atlanta Chapter events are considered "CLOSED" unless otherwise noted!See Event Statement. April 1, 2008 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
HOGWASH Official Newsletter Atlanta Chapter, Inc. Chapter Number 0788 April 2008 Issue
April 1, 2008
April 5, 2008 HOGWASH Articles Due
April 5, 2008 Old Mill Motorcycle Museum
April 5, 2008 Road Captain's Meeting
April 5, 2008 Movie Night
April 10, 2008 Shane's Rib Shack Social
April 12, 2008 Harley Drags
April 19, 2008 Atlanta Chapter Meeting
April 19, 2008 Top Gun Ride
April 23, 2008 Catfish Cabin
Chapter activities are conducted primarily for the benefit of H.O.G. chapter members. There are three categories of activities, all activities are identified as follows:
If you are interested in becoming a H.O.G. member, contact Rene' Durham, or call 770-944-1340
NEW RIDER'S REWARDS PROGRAM General Manager Harley-Davidson of Atlanta
I want to take a moment to let you all know that Harley-Davidson of Atlanta has launched a Rider's Rewards Program. This program is designed to reward those customers who are most deserving. Consequently, customers who do more business with Harley-Davidson of Atlanta will reap more benefits as a result of the program.
The Rider's Rewards Program will be available to our entire customer base, including our Chapter members. The Rider Rewards Program will be included FREE OF CHARGE as a part of active chapter membership. For non-chapter members there will be a cost to be a member of the Rider Rewards Program. Non-chapter members will have to acquire their Loyalty card for $9.95 annually or $29.95 for a lifetime membership.
The program is a way for Harley-Davidson of Atlanta customers to earn credit toward future purchases. Each time you make a purchase in MotorClothes, Parts and Accessories and the Service department you will earn a percentage back of every dollar spent. Moreover, points will be earned on qualifying merchandise only. Chapter members will also receive points for their participation in Chapter or dealership sanctioned events and functions (e.g., chapter meetings, chapter rides, socials, volunteer time, etc.).
Are you ready to ride? No matter what temperature you preferred to ride, the riding season is officially upon us. Where would you like to go this year? What would you like to do when you get there? These are the questions the Road Captains and Officers ask themselves when they are planning a ride or event. April is looking great with a good variety of rides and events to keep you busy. From our second Movie Night, our first Saturday meeting of the year, several Saturday rides, to my first weekday ride for all of you who have to work weekends or decide to play hooky and take in an extra ride. The Officers and Road Captains all know what their part is in the chapter, but do you? What is your responsibility to the chapter? Participate, volunteer, and be active in the chapter. I would like to see every member to get the most out of the chapter. As officers, we can do only so much, the rest is up to you. The more you put in, the more you will get out of your experience. That is said a lot, but it is really true. Come out for at least one ride or event a month. You will find yourself going too more and more. It's contagious. Contact me or one of the officers and become more involved. Don't spend all your time looking at someone else's rear ends, get out front and take the lead.
Chris RobeyDirector, Atlanta Chapter
I hope everyone is enjoying good health and has been able to enjoy some of this wonderful riding weather. I want to start my article with a storey of something that I watched on television a while back. I was watching the show "20/20" the title of the show was, "What would you do?" They staged some incidents with actors to see what people who had no idea what was going on would do. One of which were some vandals in broad daylight spray painting a car, and the one I would like to reference was inside a restaurant and the actor that they had hired lifted the other actor's handbag and walked out with it. The scenario was this, this male actor would casually stroll through this restaurant/bar and pick up the female actor's handbag and just walk right out the door with it. There was a man and his wife sitting behind the female actor, I noticed that this rather large man was wearing a "Harley" T-shirt. His wife noticed what happened and pointed it out loudly. Another man along with the "Harley" T-shirt man leapt into action and followed the guy outside to confront him. The first man got to the actor first and started questioning him about the handbag. The "Harley" man took his right fist and popped the actor twice in the face before the producer and camera crew ran in and pointed out what was really going on. I point out this incident to say, that "Harley" people step up, that's just the way they are. With that said, I would like to ask some of our members to step up. Step up to do what you might ask, well-let me tell you. Right now I have noticed a need for Road Captains, there is a need for them in our chapter. I know Diana is planning a road captain's meeting for April 5 at 7:00 PM Please contact her or any of the officers if you are interested or just come to the meeting. I know when I was approached, I had no idea what was expected of me and was concerned, but it has been great and very fulfilling. Please talk to some of the road captains, believe me it's not that difficult.
Moving onto the State Rally, I was recently in Savannah working on a case and decided to ride out to Tybee Island to get the lay of the land. I went by the host hotel "Ocean Plaza" and noticed that a couple of hotels were very close to it. I know Rene said in the last meeting the Ocean Plaza was sold out. If any of you are having trouble getting rooms at Ocean Plaza, please contact me, and I will give you the name and number of one of the hotels and can give you the name of the other. I also have pictures that I can email you so you can get an idea how close these hotels are to the host hotel. Please be safe riding and look forward to seeing you.
Bobby ConwayAssistant Director, Atlanta Chapter
Please ride safe and responsible, Rene' DurhamSecretary/Treasurer, Atlanta Chapter
Road Captains Planning Meeting April 5, 7:00 PM at HDA - All Road Captains are asked to attend.
Members that are interested in being a Road Captain, please attend this meeting.
Please respond if you are unable to attend to harleybaby94@aol.com.
Thank you, Diana BoddenHead Road Captain, Atlanta Chapter
Cold Air
As the outside air temperature goes down, so does the air in your tires. This applies to all tires.
Under normal conditions your motorcycle tires will lose approximately one psi (pressure per inch) a month. Now add cold temperatures, and you lose more tire pressure. The loss of how much tire pressure depends on the surrounding air temperature.
I conducted a test last month on our Ultra-classic. I checked the tire pressure on the first day of the month and had 36 psi on the front tire. At the end of the month, the tire pressure was 32 psi. The air temperature in my garage averaged 50 degrees during the month. Therefore, I lost 3 psi of tire pressure as a result of the cold and 1 psi from just sitting.
What can we conclude from this experiment? One must check his tire pressure before cranking the motorcycle.
Remember—jumping on a motorcycle without doing a pre ride examination can be costly!
Jim Byrd Safety Officer, Atlanta Chapter
ACTIVITY OFFICER'S REPORT
You + Technology + Harley Davidson = Have More Fun!
If someone says they have a blog, do you suggest they see a doctor? Are you embarrassed because your drive goes floppy, when your friends brag about their big hard drives? Does a thumb drive really fit on your thumb? If so, is a thumbnail photo really a snapshot of your thumb?
If you feel like a speed bump on the information super highway, I would like to help get you up and running again with the first ever "Atlanta HOG Technology 101" meeting.
Feel free to e-mail what irritates you the most about technology, whether its' the Internet, digital cameras, e-mail, blogs, GPS, etc. From there, I will assemble a presentation with topics to address your problems (as best as I can). We can also cover some great Internet resources such as the interactive ride planning tools available on the National HOG site.
If you have a technological question, or are interested in attending this meeting (when announced), send an e- mail to erik@grandowski.com, or call me at 404-580-6758, or let any of the chapter officers know at the next chapter meeting. Messages sent via a carrier pigeon are allowed, but I am not feeding them.
If the response is favorable, I will schedule the meeting coupled with a ride afterwards.
Erik Grandowski Activity Officer, Atlanta Chapter
A Word from the Other Side of the Camera
Hello guys and gals. Just wanted to remind all about the online photo album for Atlanta Chapter, HOG. All members can access our PhotoBucket albums (http://photobucket.com/).Use the UserID and Password listed at the bottom of the calendar page of your HOGWASH.
Please, know that you are all welcome to take pictures during our gatherings. Also, it is always great to see photos taken of the bikes and bikers on the road. All you passengers get your camera fingers and shutterbug eyes busy. You may just discover a new FUN pastime.
If you have photos of Atlanta Chapter rides or gatherings that you would like to have uploaded into the PhotoBucket please e-mail them to me guninstructor2@bellsouth.net. Please be sure to flag the subject line so I will know the email is from/for Atlanta members. (You know we are all trying to avoid/block mail that may be virus infested.)
Corolla Vandiver Photographer, Atlanta Chapter
Atlanta Chapter, H.O.G. Members Only
Hello, I have been a member of Atlanta Chapter H.O.G. for two years riding in the recliner of Chris Robey's bike. We have been many places and have met many wonderful people.
As the membership officer, I plan on welcoming our new members and keeping in touch with our other members, those we see regularly as well as those whom we haven't. If you haven't seen someone in a while and have been wondering why? Let me know, and I'll do what I can to find out and hopefully get them back on the rides with us. You can e-mail me at atlhogmembership@gmail.com .
I am very excited about being in this position and can't wait to see you on some of our "New" weekday rides.
Lori Robey Membership Officer, Atlanta Chapter
Atlanta Chapter Web Page
Due to a review of our web page by national H.O.G., I have had to do some changing. I will no longer list chapter members’ birthdays on the web page. They will still be in the HOGWASH and on the web page in the HOGWASH Print as Mailed. I had to move the HOGWASH Archives and the HOGWASH Print as Mailed to a password-protected page. You will need a UserId and password to access these pages. I will print the UserId and password in the HOGWASH each month so you will have access to these pages. This is security protection for our members who names and email addresses appear in past and/or current publications. This does not apply to chapter officer/road captains per national H.O.G. This information is for Atlanta Chapter members ONLY and is not to be disseminated to NON-Chapter Members. These changes only apply to the web site. The HOGWASH publication will remain the same.
Keep Email Address Updated!
If you have updated your e-mail address, PLEASE send me your new address. I get several undeliverable e-mail messages each time I send a message updating members on up coming or changed events. Please, keep you e-mail address up to date and stay informed! E-mail me at hog@bellsouth.net. Thanks!!
B.K. Ellis Web Master, Atlanta Chapter
How much do you Ride?
While talking to one of my co-workers recently, I made a remark that I never seem to have enough time to get things done. The reply to this comment was "if you didn't ride your motorcycle so much, you would have time to do other things." Of course my response was that I did not ride that much and not nearly as much as I would like. This then leads to evaluating exactly how much I have ridden in the last five years.
Based on 55,000 miles at an average of 50 miles per hour, we concluded I have ridden 1,100 hours. When broke down to an eight-hour day that came to 137.5 days. Even at that, I found it wasn't much time in those five years. My co-worker is highly analytical and wanted to too win the argument, so we had to take it one step further. The 137.5 days came out to 27.5 workweeks or slightly more than a half-year of riding eight hours per day, five days a week. This was riding time only and did not include stops for fuel, food, photos and friendship. The end result from my co-worker's point of view was that I practically live on my bike. From my perspective, I only rode 1,100 hours out of the 43,800 hours in those five years and have a lot of riding to do this year to even those numbers out.
The weather is getting nice; the days are getting longer. I'll be out there putting miles and hours into what I love the most and hope to see all of you on a ride soon.
Rose Cardinal, Atlanta Chapter Member
Old Mill Motorcycle Museum Ride
On Saturday, April 5, 2008, I will be leading a ride to "The Old Mill Motorcycle Museum." They are having their 1ST Annual Spring Fling, I want to make sure everyone knows that there is a $10 admission to the museum unless your bike is more than 35 years old then it's free. There will be live music, a bike show and a swap meet. As most of you might know this is in the town of Juliette, GA the location where the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed, and it has a good little restaurant near the museum which we will eat lunch at when we arrive. We will meet at 8:00 AM and leave at 8:30 AM for a nice scenic ride to Juliette. I anticipate a couple of stops on the way.
Bobby Conway, Road Captain
All Harley Drags and Rally April 12, 2008
We will meet at the pavilion and travel to Reynolds, Georgia for the ALL HARLEY DRAG RACES. The races are conducted at the SILVER DOLLAR RACE TRACK and there will also be food, vendors and music. Tickets will be available at the gate, or you might purchase them in Atlanta for a discount at one or more of the local bike shops. There will also be free camping on the race track grounds.
This will be a moderate to difficult ride due to duration, it will take about three hours, and there will be a fair amount of interstate travel. We will make at least one stop on the way, and we will decide as a group prior to departure whether or not we want to stop for a meal. This is a good ride and a fun time so come on out and join us.
John Provost, Road Captain
Top Gun Ride, April 19, 2008
Meet at the pavilion after the Saturday Atlanta Chapter meeting and ride with us to Hooters in Kennesaw for the TOP GUN RIDE FOR CHILDREN. Please, know that you might be asked to present your driver's license, proof of insurance and bike registration; at the ride since we will be ending the ride at McCollum Air Field. The ride from Hooters to McCollum will be escorted by Cobb County and is always a good ride.
You can register on line at www.TopGunRideAtlanta.com and get more information about the ride as well. Once at the Air Field there will be music and food provided by a local restaurants. Our portion of this ride is very easy and short so plan to attend the Saturday Chapter meeting and then the ride.
Catfish Cabin Ride
On Wednesday, April 23, I will be leading our first full fledged weekday ride (well since I've been a member). We will be heading over to the Catfish Cabin in Albertville, AL. This is a wonderful restaurant with great food. Bobby and I have had several members' comment that they would love to ride with the chapter, but they have to work on the weekends. Therefore, if you work weekends, have lots of free time or are always looking for a reason to play hooky from work, this is your ride. We will meet at the dealership at 10:00 AM and leave at 10:30 AM The ride will take about three hours with at least one rest/gas stop along the way. This will be a 3-pig ride. I hope to see a good turn out for our inaugural weekday ride.
Chris Robey, Road Captain
Save the Date
May 10, will be the RIDE TO LIVE which is staged by the American Diabetes Association. This ride will originate in Gwinnett County at the Hooters of Gwinnett and Gwinnett County Police will lead a ride through the county which is now planned to cross over the Buford Dam which creates Lake Lanier. This ride is always extremely well run and benefits one of the biggest health problems we face today. There will be many vendors, live music, auctions, drawings, food and oh yeah-Hooters' Girls. During our March or April meeting a representative of the American Diabetes Association will be at our meeting to let us know more about this special event. We will also have sign-up forms for this event available for everyone in the very near future.
July 27, will be the annual Biker’s for Boobs Ride. This ride is a major contributor to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Awareness activities. This ride originates in Villa Rica at noon and ends up in Austell. There can't be a more relevant cause to any of us than the war against breast cancer, we all have mothers, wives, daughters, girl friends and oh yeah-breast cancer strikes men as well. The percentage of women affected by this disease is staggering so let's do our part and ride to Villa Rica in July for a great time and a great cause. More specific details and information will be forthcoming, for now just save the day and plan to attend.
The final event on the charity calendar for now is the Shelby Ride staged by the Iron Pigs Motorcycle Ride Club and the ride is for the benefit of the children of a fallen officer. Each year the recipient is chosen and the ride is conducted in late summer or early fall. Times, dates and registration information will be forthcoming. Start thinking now about attending so we can represent Atlanta Chapter Hog at this event which honors all of our law enforcement men and women.
The length of these rides will vary from short to medium length and the degree of difficulty will require some previous group riding experience since the rides will be conducted in Metro Atlanta traffic during some busy weekend traffic times. The causes are all very worthwhile and the events are all very entertaining. Live music, good food, bike shows, vendors, raffles, escorted rides, good people and good times, what more could you ask for and at the same time be helping someone who really needs your help - please plan to join us for some or all of these rides.
Thanks,
Gumbeaux's Ride Recap
The morning started off cloudy and cool, around 51 degrees when I left my home. The weather people said it would be close to 60 with the sun peaking though here and there, as usual they were wrong. The plan was to take a leisurely, winding ride to Carrollton for some great Mexican food. There were four bikes and six people who decided to trust the forecast and enjoy a nice Saturday ride. When the time came to leave the dealership the temp had dropped to 41, and it was still dropping. We all decided to shorten the ride and headed to our favorite cold weather lunch spot, Gumbeaux's in Douglasville. The Cajon spices warmed us from the inside out and almost helped us to forget about the cold ride home. I want to thank Lori, Gary Easterwood, Mac Hall, Erik and Fiona Grandowski (who also rode sweep) for braving the cold weather and making it another ride to remember.
Chris Robey, Director
Sweetheart Ride Recap
It was a beautiful day, and we had 16 bikes and 20 people who joined us for a scenic ride through Douglas County. As Noel said, "we will cover the rest of Douglas County the next time." We had a wonderful lunch at Quaker Steak & Lube, I'm not sure if anyone in our group actually went to "Build a Bear" or not. I would like to give a special thanks to Andy Andreson for assisting me as the middle Road Captain and Diana Bodden for riding sweep. We also had five guests on this ride. I thank everyone for showing up and look forward to riding with everyone again.
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