Welcome to the Atlanta Chapter's Website. Harley-Davidson of Atlanta established the Atlanta Chapter on September 16, 1985. We are the oldest H.O.G. Chapter in Georgia. All of the officers hope you will take a look around and enjoy your stop here. Be sure to check out the Calendar. We try to keep a good variety of rides and events to fit into everyone's schedules. If you are a local or just passing through town and have any questions feel free to contact any of the Officers. If you are interested in joining the chapter, we have membership applications available here on the site. We are here to "Ride and Have Fun" and hope you will come out and join us soon. Atlanta Chapter Officers |
HOGWASH
Official Newsletter
Atlanta Chapter, Inc.
Chapter Number 0788
October 2011 Issue
Atlanta Chapter, 2011
Director
Bobby Conway
678-348-0519
atlhogdirector@gmail.com
Assistant Director
Mark Redmon
770-617-2944
mredmon@charter.net
Treasurer
Rene' Durham
770-944-1340
rene@hdatlanta.com
Secretary
Kathy King
770-943-9856
kandwking@yahoo.com
Head Road Captain
Diana Bodden
404-992-3548
harleybaby94@aol.com
Safety Officer
Jim Byrd
770-843-6700
atlhogsafety@gmail.com
Activity Officer
Donna Schelhaas
770-941-3326
cesdls@bellsouth.net
Membership Officer
Brian Nabors
404-625-2650
bkn0725@gmail.com
Head Photographer
Rick Parker
770-815-8258
rick@galleryparker.com
Volunteer Coordinator
Chuck Fuller
404-402-4088
cful@bellsouth.net
Chaplain
Wendell King
770-943-9856
kandwking@yahoo.com
Newsletter/Web/Historian
B.K. Ellis
770-471-0306
bkellis@atlantahog.com
Editor
Chris Houghton
770-944-1340
chris@hdatlanta.com
Road Captain
Andy Andresen
770-502-0847
andyandresen@att.net
Road Captain
Rose Cardinal
404-202-6469
rosecardinal@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Ed Chowning
770-505-9404
edchowning@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Michelle Conway
404-886-0571
mkconway@ymail.com
Road Captain
Gary Easterwood
770-836-0906
easter_g@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Melissa Folds
770-832-3332
dragonsinger@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Melissa Fuller
404-226-1460
gr8tchoice@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Mack Hall
770-445-2343
usachevy1@bellsouth.net
Road Captain
Matt Langley
770-214-1875
acowart0616@yahoo.com
Road Captain
Denny Heare
678-923-8544
dheare@yahoo.com
Road Captain
Steve Magel
678-237-7762
stevemagel@gmail.com
Road Captain
Jack Parton
770-472-7994
jackparton@comcast.net
Road Captain
Mike Perdue
404-502-4024
jmperdue13@gmail.comAtlanta Chapter HOT LINE 678-607-5409
September 18, 2011
Little River Ride
September 23, 2011
Movie Night Social
September 24, 2011
Fight Like a Girl Poker Run
September 25, 2011
Sunday Sundae Social
October 1, 2011
Department of Natural Resources
Ride for Charity
October 2, 2011
ABC's of Touring Part II
October 4, 2011
Business Meeting
October 8, 2011
Apple Festival Ride
October 9, 2011
HDA Fight Like a Girl Worship in Pink
October 10, 2011
HOGWASH Articles Due
October 10, 2011
Mexi-Monday Social
October 14, 2011
Fall Leaf Ride (3 days)
October 15, 2011
Providence Canyon Ride
October 16, 2011
Hummingbird Festival Ride
October 19, 2011
FL State HOG Rally
October 22, 2011
Atlanta Chapter Meeting
October 23, 2011
Sunday Sundae Social
October 27, 2011
Haunted House Ride
October 28, 2011
Movie Night Social
October 29, 2011
HDA Hot Rods & Harleys
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
Director's Article
Well, I’m on my second day back from the rally and my tail is dragging. I had a blast, and it seems that everyone joined me in the fun. I want to thank everyone in our chapter for their willingness to volunteer. We have a strong chapter of some great people. You guys always step up in everything we do.
We are coming down toward some of the best riding weather of the year and I see all sorts of rides showing up on the calendar. Remember, if you lead a ride you name goes in the hat for the Road Captain or Ride Leader of the month for a $25 gas card.
I’m so ready to do some fall riding and events at our dealership. Remember there are some awesome overnight rides coming up, such as the Fall Leaf Ride & Signal Mountain, two of our best annual rides. We also have the “1st annual Charlie Myers ride to the Okefenokee” there’s one that you just can’t miss. Anyway, ride safe.
October Chapter Meeting Change – Saturday, October 22
Are you tired of the regular old Thursday night meeting? So let’s have a Saturday lunchtime meeting and when it’s over, we will head over to Three Dollar Café in Douglasville to enjoy some wings and college football. As you know Three Dollar Café holds Thursday night bike night in association with our dealership, so let’s get out and give them some support. When: Saturday Morning, October 22 at 11:00 A.M. at the pavilion from there a scenic ride through Douglas County to Three Dollar Café at Arbor Place Mall.
RAFFLE, RAFFLE, RAFFLE
In case you haven’t noticed the 2012 Harley-Davidson’s are on the showroom floor, however there’s something a little different there as well. It’s a beautiful bright red vehicle with four wheels touching the floor not two. Okay, I won’t keep you in suspense, as the grass cutting season is starting to wind down and you’re tired of either doing it with a push mower or your rider is getting harder to start; GUESS WHAT?! The Atlanta H.O.G. Chapter is raffling off a Toro Bronco, 42”, 17.5 horsepower lawn tractor. It’s a beauty. We will be raffling it off on November 12 at the dealership (you don’t have to be present too win). There will only be 300 tickets sold so there’s a one in 300 chances per ticket sold. They are on sale at the dealership for $10 each. The proceeds will go to the chapter to offset the cost of our Holiday Social. So please see either Rene’ at the front desk or Rene’ Durham at her desk to purchase a ticket. Furthermore, please take a pack of 10 tickets and sell them to your family and co-workers to help the chapter out.
Thanks for all you do,
Bobby Conway
Director, Atlanta Chapter
Why Harley-Davidson
Since childhood I’ve had a fascination with Harley-Davidson. At an early age I knew there was a mystique surrounding Harley’s and the guys who rode them. I say guys because in the early 60’s I never saw a woman riding her own. My aunt lived close to a motorcycle shop where I would go and sit on the curb and watch the bikes come and go. I noticed that all the riders practiced a basic ritual when they got ready to ride. They would throw a leg over the bike, put their sunglasses on, tickle the carburetor and come down on the kick starter with dramatic effect. This would be repeated two or three times until the engine roared to life. Then they would rev it a couple of times before leaving the parking lot riding “like they stole it.” I was greatly impressed.
The new 1965 Electra Glide brought with an electric start marked the end of this choreographed ritual of the kick starter. Nevertheless, there is still a mystique about Harley-Davidson motorcycles. I bought a stock, 2008 Road King Classic of the showroom floor of Harley-Davidson of Atlanta with no custom paint, stock chrome and just a few off-the-shelf accessories and a modified exhaust. When I picked up my new bike at the dealership the service guy rode it around to the front of the store and parked it. Leaning over on the kick stand, it looked like a work of art with the bright white wall tires, chrome spoke wheels and nostalgic metal emblem on the tank. Not long after I came out of a restaurant to find three old men (older than I; WWII types) standing around grinning and talking about a Harley from their past. On the square in Marietta a man and wife asked if they could take some graduation photographs of their daughter sitting on my bike. One Sunday after church as I was preparing to leave, I saw a church member standing by my bike. The man told me that his 79-year-old mother had a bucket list and her list included riding on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He shook his head and said “I don’t know why that would be of such importance to her.” I told him understood perfectly and would be glad to take her for a ride. At Fontana Village, on the recent Saddle and Paddle chapter ride, a lady approached me inside the lobby and said that she and her family which included three grand kids had been looking at all the Harleys parked in the parking lot and asked if I would let her grand kids sit on my bike for a photograph. Grand kids got their picture taken, one of the mothers had their picture taken and then the grandmother got her picture taken sitting on my bike. When she grabbed the handlebars, she said, “Wow, I feel like doing something wild.” We laughed and I told her I understood completely.
Next time you throw your bike over on the kick stand and walk away from it, turn around and take a look…no other bike has the mystique of a Harley-Davidson.
Note: Cooler weather is coming. Proper inflation of your tires is essential during the cold winter months. The cooler temperatures can cause the air in your tires to contract and thus make your tire pressure fluctuate. Check air pressure when tires are cold. Tires are cold when a motorcycle has been ridden less than a mile at moderate speed or after it has been sitting for three or more hours. Never release air from a hot tire in order to reach the recommended cold tire pressure.
“No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” R. Reagan
Thanks,
Mark Redmond
Assistant Director, Atlanta Chapter
Attendance Jackpot
Congratulations to Jimmy Durham whose name was drawn for the September Attendance Jackpot. Unfortunately, Jimmy was not at the meeting to claim the $120. We will add $10 to the Jackpot for the next chapter meeting, $130. Remember you must be at the meeting and a member in "Good Standing," a current member of national H.O.G. and Atlanta Chapter. If the member whose name is drawn is not at the meeting, we will add $10 and try again next meeting. Please have your National H.O.G. card with you at the meeting. Hope to see everyone there.
Please ride safe and responsible,
René Durham
Treasurer, Atlanta Chapter
Kathy King
Secretary, Atlanta Chapter
Road Captains Needed
Ride Safe and see you on the road,
Diana Bodden
Head Road Captain, Atlanta Chapter
Safety Myth or Fact – I’m Safer on the Street than on an Interstate
The thinking here must be that slower is safer, but that’s only really true after the accident begins. Controlled-access roadways are inherently safer because all the traffic is going the same way, and there are no side streets from which someone can pop into your path, no pedestrians, and, often, less roadside “furniture” to hit if you depart the roadway. Running down the road at 70 mph side-by-sidewall with the whirling wheels of a semi may feel hairy, but you are actually safer than at half that speed on a city street or even a country road.
Jim Byrd
Safety Officer, Atlanta Chapter
Donna Schelhaas
Activity Officer, Atlanta Chapter
Chuck Fuller
Volunteer Coordinator, Atlanta Chapter
See you on the next ride,
Rick Parker
Head Photographer, Atlanta Chapter
Wendell King
Chaplain, Atlanta Chapter
Check the HOGWASH Web Pages Archives of the Atlanta Chapter Web page to read the History of the Atlanta Chapter, Twenty-six years strong this year.
B.K. Ellis
Historian, Atlanta Chapter
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
Fall Leaf Run – October 14 - 16
When the Great South hoi polloi show up around 8:00 a.m., it’s northbound to the Appalachian Mountains, embarking on a scenic ride of your life. This experience includes actually smelling and feeling the mountain air, free of charge!
Imagine the possibilities as we ply our way to Black Mountain on day one, enjoying the fall colors in north GA and NC over a 3-day ride through some of the most beautiful mountains in the country. Mountains and valleys, forests and glades, wild streams and lakes and peaceful ponds. Perhaps you’ll spot a hawk or an eagle or deer or ‘Peppi Le Pew’ or a bear (no Grizzlies this trip)! Have you ever traveled the lesser known Wayah Road? Lunch we’ll do at the River’s Edge in the Nantahala Gorge.
We’ll explore the wonders of the Blue Ridge Parkway on day two. It’s the land of the Linn Cove Viaduct, Linville Falls, Grandfather Mountain, the old parkway and the new. Lunch will probably be in Blowing Rock.
The ‘old parkway’ has an interesting history of the 20-some year stand-off between Grandfather Mountain’s determined family and the U. S. Park Service – and then we’ll dip into the Linville Gorge (North Carolina’s Grand Canyon).
The third day finds us snaking our path thru Chimney Rock and Lake Lure before traversing the Foothills Parkway with lunch at Aunt Sue's Country Corner and homeward bound.
This is a 4-pig ride due to saddle time, distance, twisties, and weather. (There’s always weather in them thar mountains). No 14-hour day this year, so we’ll get you home at a civilized time for those that have “J-O-B-S”…yuk.
Lodging Info:
Super 8 Motel
101 Flat Creek Rd.
Black Mountain, NC 28711
828-669-8076
If you wish to stay indoors for the two over nights, 15 rooms at the Super 8 Motel are blocked (remember they’re the only act in town that will put up with us noisy riffraff). They are all non-smoking with two double beds. We will probably be on the rear second floor again like last year. The rate is $63.71 plus tax per night.
When calling to make your reservation, tell them the blocked rooms are in the name of HOG Chapter. Then register the room in your name and on your credit card.
Call before Friday, September 28 to reserve – after that, all rooms blocked under HOG Chapter will be released. When the 15 rooms are gone there may or may not be more rooms available.
Consider that those windshield tourists will be competing to see the fall leaf color, too! Comparable room’s rates in other nearby motels run as much as $179/night and more!
Please also drop me a note when you have made your reservation for my preplanning purposes. Much appreciated.
Road Captain, Andy Andresen
Email: AndyAndresen@att.net
Providence Canyon Ride – October 15
Not going on the Fall Leaf Ride? Then join me for a leisurely ride down to scope out one of Georgia’s Natural Wonders. Often called “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon,” Providence Canyon was caused by poor farming practices during the 1800’s leaving massive gullies colored with the pink, orange, red and purple hues of the exposed canyon soil. We will meet at the Cracker Barrel in Bremen at 7:30 A.M. KSU at 8:00 A.M. Early birds are welcome to meet us for breakfast at 6:30 A.M.
Get your knees in the breeze y’all,
Melissa Folds, Road Captain
Hummingbird Festival Ride – October 16
Join me on Sunday, October 16 at 9:00 A.M. for a ride to my hometown of Hogansville for their annual Hummingbird Festival. It’s one of the few times I ever know of an event happening there on a Sunday. When I grew up down there folks didn’t even cut their grass on Sundays, however this is a fall festival setting so there will be food and vendors there selling quilts and other homemade trinkets. If you don’t want festival food, we can always head down to Hog Heaven BBQ for some lunch also. So travel with me down memory lane and allow me to relive my childhood with you.
Bobby Conway, Road Captain
Florida State Rally Ride – October 19-22
As we did last year with Tennessee's state rally, I have picked Florida's State Rally to support this year. They have one of the hotels listed on their website with a $69 a night rate. I actually stopped by there a couple weeks ago to check it out and it's very nice. The rally dates are Wednesday, October 19, through Saturday, October 22. The hotel is: Summer Place Inn 1-888-232-2499. Again, if you would just let me know when you make your reservations. This hotel is approximately 3 miles from the main host, but still very nice. I plan on an early start down on Wednesday and returning on Sunday.
Bobby Conway, Road Captain
1st Annual Charlie Myers to the Okefenokee Swamp – November 11
As you may or may not know at the 2010 Georgia State Rally on Jekyll Island there was a planned guided ride to The Okefenokee Swamp. My good friend Charlie Myers got up that morning, got his camera ready, got the bike fueled up and was ready to see some gators. They mounted up rode more than two hours, sat down for lunch and waited for their food almost two hours. Only to find out that because of the lost time the road captain made the decision that they were not going to the swamp. Needless to say Charlie was more than disappointed. So the decision was made that Charlie had suffered that disappointment long enough. So join Charlie and me at the pavilion on Saturday, November 12 at the HDA pavilion at 8:00 A.M. for an approximate five hour ride down to The Okefenokee swamp. I have five rooms blocked down at The Best Western in Waycross because this will be an overnight ride. They are holding a $69.99 rate plus taxes you just need to call 912-284-0095 and mention you are with “Atlanta H.O.G.” for that rate. As you know we always have a good time on our overnights and on this one you might even get to see a gator. When we get to the swamp park there’s an approximate $20 charge for taking the boat and train tour of the swamp. We will get there at approximately 1:30 P.M. and they close at 5:30 P.M. On Sunday morning, we can get up and take a leisurely ride back through our great state on the back roads headed back home. So come out and join us.
Bobby Conway, Road Captain
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January 2011
01 Good Luck Ride
04 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
20 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
23 LOH Social
25 Birthday Ride
29 Road Captain's Meting
30 FYI Great American Motorcycle Show
February 2011
01 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
10-12 HDA Sweetheart Giveaway
13 Sweet Heart Ride
17 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
20 President's Day Ride
26 Red Robin Ride
March 2011
01 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
05 Mardi Gras Ride
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
10 Loop Road Ride Ormond Beach FL
10 Julian’s Social — Ormond Beach, FL
12 Garage Party
14 Mexi-Monday Social
17 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
17-19 HDA St. Patrick’s Specials
19 Beth Barrett Memorial Ride/Cherry Blossom Festival
20 LOH Social
26 Wine and Dine
27 Birthday Ride
April 2011
02 April Fools Ride
05 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
11 Mexi-Monday Social
16 HDA Jeans & Heels Photo Shoot
17 Impromptu Ride
21 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting and Bug Run
22 Movie Night Social
23 Grilling and Bake Sale HDA
23 HDA Family Day: pictures with your pet or Easter Bunny & Easter Egg Hunt
25 Cassville Cemetery Ride
May 2011
01 Little River CanyonJune 2011
07 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
11 HDA Public Safety & Family Day
13 Mexi-Monday Social
16 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
16 HDA Special Sale for Ladies 6-8 PM
16-18 HDA Father’s Day Sale
19 John Morgan’s Memorial Father’s Day Ride
21 Tasty Tuesday Social
24 Movie Night Social
27 Million Mile Monday Cemetery Ride
July 2011
1-2 HDA Red, White & Blue Sale
03 Multi-Chapter Meeting
04 Dale Moorefield Memorial Ride
05 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
09 Multi-Chapter Picnic
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
10 BBBC Goodie Bag Stuffing
11 Mexi-Monday Social
16 HDA Bikes, Bands & Beauties
17 HDA Bikers for Boobs Poker Run
19 Tasty Tuesday Social
22 Movie Night Social
23 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
30 Udder Delights
August 2011
02 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
06 HDA Bikes, Blues & BBQ & Pre Sturgis Party
07 ABC's of Touring Ride 1
08 Mexi-Mondays Social
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
13-14 Paddle & Saddle
18 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
26 Movie Night Social
28 Sunday Sundae Social
September 2011
1-3 HDA Labor Day Sale
03 Taste of Ride
06 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
08 Ride to GA State HOG Rally
08-11 GA State HOG Rally Hiawassee, GA
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
12 Mexi-Monday Social
15 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
18 Little River Ride
23 Movie Night Social
24 Bikers Battling Breast Cancer Poker Run
25 Sunday Sundae Social
October 2011
01 FYI -- DNR Ride for Charity
04 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
08 Apple Festival Ride
09 HDA Fight Like a Girl Worship in Pink
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
10 Mexi-Monday Social
14-16 Fall Leaf Ride
15 Providence Canyon Ride
16 Hummingbird Festival Ride
19 FL State HOG Rally
22 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
23 Sunday Sundae Social
27 Haunted House Ride
28 Movie Night Social
29 HDA Hot Rods & Harleys
November 2011
01 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
05-06 Signal Mountain Ride
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
12-13 Okefenokee Swamp
12 HDA Chili Cook Off
14 Mexi-Monday Social
17 Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
24 Happy Thanksgiving
27 Sunday Sundae Social
December 2011
06 Atlanta Chapter Business Meeting
10 HOGWASH Articles Due
10 Christmas Social
12 Mexi-Monday Social
16 NO Atlanta Chapter Monthly Meeting
25 Merry Christmas
January 2012
01 New Years Day Good Luck Ride
H.O.G. CHAPTER ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT
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The Atlanta Chapter collects and stores the following information about you when you visit the Atlanta Chapter web site: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account); the date and time you access the site; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. The chapter uses this information to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of its site. This helps H.O.G. to make its site more responsive to its members and prospective members.
H.O.G. will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information. If you choose to send e-mail, registration, or other personal information over the Internet, you do so voluntarily.
The Atlanta Chapter will not disclose personal information provided to it except as follows:
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To assist H.O.G. in evaluating its programs and to continue to improve the quality of your on-line and membership experience;
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To Harley-Davidson affiliated companies and carefully selected third parties for their own use to provide products and services, or other opportunities to you, unless you have instructed us in writing not to do so; and
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