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1 FL2D FEB 2014 Newsletter of Harbor City Wings Melbourne, Florida Gold Wing Road Riders Association NATIONAL, REGIONAL & DISTRICT TEAM Hey Everyone, It is the start of a new Year. We invite everyone to get out and ride. Hopefully some of that riding will be with the Chapter. We are going to try and visit quite a few chapters this year. I know that not everyone can visit with us but when you can give it a try. Most of the time you will have fun. We are going to a Chapter function in Sanford called the Hootenanny on Feb 8th, We will also be going to another Chapter function in Ft. Myers called the Chili Cook off on February 15, Anyone who wants to compete in the Chili cook off can compete. All you have to do it take a tub of Chili. Meetings - First Tuesday of each month. Currently meeting at : MeMaws on Babcock in Palm Bay. Eat, Chat and Mingle at 6:00pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm CONTENTS: Directors Comments pg. 1 GWRRA Events pg. 3 Birthdays/Anniversaries pg. 4 Rider Safety pg. 5 Events schedule pg. 7 Ride Coordinator pg. 9 Chapter meeting pg. 10 CD Conference pg. 12 Kick Tire pg. 13 Multi Chapter Breakfast pg. 15 For Sale /Notices pg. 17 Next Wing Ding pg. 18 Advertisers/Supporters pg DIRECTOR GWRRA Ray & Sandi Garris DEPUTY DIRECTOR EAST Bob & Nan Shrader REGION A DIRECTORS Jim & Sue Jackson FLORIDA DISTRICT DIRECTORS Bill & Gina Berry ASST DISTRICT DIRS. Harry & Lynn Anderson CHAPTER FL2-D STAFF CHAPTER DIRECTORS Steve & Barb Squires ASST. CHAP. DIRECTORS Scott & Sandy Myers RIDE EDUCATOR Bill Harris TREASURER Joanne Davies SUNSHINE LADY Rachel Moyer NEWSLETTER EDITOR Richard Mitts RIDE COORDINATOR Lynn Anderson

2 These are the two immediate functions I can think of. Remember to get out, Ride, Be Safe and Have Fun Steve and Barb Squires Horse Keeping A lady wanted to board her horse. The first farmer she asked said he would keep it at $25 a day, plus he would keep the manure. She thought that was too high and went to another farmer. His price was $20 per day plus he would get to keep the manure. Then she went to a third farmer who asked just $5 a day. The lady asked, "Don't you want to keep the manure?" The farmer said, "At $5 a day, there won't be any!" 2

3 Feb. 26, FLORIDA GWRRA EVENTS Feb.1 FL1-S 30 th Anniv. Party Zephyrhills Feb. 8 FL1-G Happy Days Again Rally Sanford Feb. 15 FL2-G Chili Cook-Off Fort Myers Mar. 8 FL1-H A.Y,C.E. Breakfast Ormond Beach Mar Florida District Rally/Convention Kissimmee Apr. 5 FL1-K Rally & Party St. Augustine Apr 3 5 Alabama District Rally Mobile, AL Apr. 12 FL1-F2 Chapter Rally Ocala May 1-3 So. Carolina District Rally Florence, SC Jun Georgia District Rally Dillard, GA July 2 6 WING DING XXXVI Madison, WI Sep Region A Rally Eufaula, AL Oct FL1-A Rally San Antonio Oct Mississippi District Rally Gulfport, MS GWRRA MOTTO: Friends For Fun, Safety and Knowledge One Liners Q: How do blonde brain cells die? A: Alone. Q: What do you call a blonde with 2 brain cells? A: Pregnant. Q: What does a blonde and a beer bottle have in common? A: They're both empty from the neck up. Q: What's the difference between a blonde and a supermarket trolley? A: The supermarket trolley has a mind of its own. Q: Why do blondes wear their hair up? A: To catch everything that goes over their heads. 3

4 Birthday s Anniversaries 2/3 Ron & Susan Adkins 2/28 Steve & Barb Squires 2/2 Steve Squires 2/24 Carol Moore 2/25 Lou Ann Hawes 2/25 Tim Rodeffer 2/27 Barbara Squires Noah's Ark: Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah's Ark. ONE: Don't miss the boat. TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat! THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. SIX: Build your future on high ground. SEVEN: For safety's sake, travel in pairs. EIGHT: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. NINE: When you're stressed, float awhile. TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. ELEVEN: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting. 4

5 Safety Educator Ref: street_savvy/1309_premium_mileage_for_regular_riders/ Premium Mileage for Regular Riders Fuel s Paradise Street Savvy By Jerry Smith, Photography by Kevin Wing & Joe Neric Motorcyclist, August 29, 2013 Back when you justified buying a motorcycle to your significant other, parent, or whoever you needed to butter up to get the go-ahead, you might have said something about what great gas mileage bikes get, and how much money you d save. Depending on how long ago that was, it might even have been true. But now the price of gas is going up faster than the body count in the latest Die Hard sequel, and you re looking for ways to squeeze even more miles out of a gallon of dinosaur juice. Start with the easy stuff. Slow down, brake earlier, accelerate smoothly. Keep your engine in tune, inspect the air filter, and check your tire pressure often. Low tires put down a bigger footprint, increasing drag, lowering mileage, and, at the same time accelerating tire wear another yawning money hole you don t need in addition to being mugged at the pump. Inflating your tires to the manufacturer s recommended pressures is the quickest and easiest. 5

6 If your motor inhales through a dirty, clogged air filter, fuel mileage will suffer. For you touring types, look in the trunk and saddlebags and jettison anything you ve been carrying around that you don t use. Replace cargo with smaller, lighter versions. Swap those steel tire irons for titanium ones (or get cocky and leave them at home!), for example, and toss out that souvenir rock you brought home from Alaska jammed in the radiator. Dare we say you could stand to lose a few pounds yourself? (Yeah, okay, so could we. We ll start tomorrow.) Every little bit helps, but you re probably not going to fill a tank bag with the money you save with these easy tips. For bigger fuel savings you need to get serious, and nobody is more serious about high mileage than Craig Vetter, whose Fuel Economy Challenges in the 1980s helped put hyper-miling motorcycles on the map. Those bikes used radically streamlined fairings and smalldisplacement engines to push mileage well past the 100-mile-per-gallon mark. But Vetter knows few street riders want to go that far, so he has a couple of what we ll call Stage 2 tips. The first concerns gearing. The slower your engine turns, the less gas it burns, he says. On any standard streetbike you want to gear it as high as you can. The higher you can gear it the more fuel you ll save. But what limits overall high gearing is the lack of streamlining. If you sit up on a big bike with a big windshield you come to a point where the engine is out of its power range and can t push you down the road because of the wind resistance. Road racers tuck in to minimize frontal area and reduce drag. It works on the street, too, but isn t a very practical strategy for improving mpg. 6

7 Wind resistance is a function of frontal area, which you want to minimize for maximum mileage. Vetter says lose the barn-door windshield, switch to a low handlebar, and get your chin closer to the tank. With your head down and your chin on the tank or a tank bag, you can get a little better mileage. The key is frontal area. The less you have the easier it is for you and your motorcycle to go through the air. But you re not really going to ride that way because it s not a lot of fun. It seems there s no magic bullet for significantly increasing mileage at least not on the bike you own now, especially if it has a high-performance and/or large-displacement engine. As Vetter points out: On big bikes the engines are tuned for maximum power, which you get only by burning more fuel. So maybe it s not how much frontal area your bike has, or what it weighs, or how you ride it, but the bike itself. If you re the type who says they can have your Hayabusa when they pry the grip from your cold, dead throttle hand, we re done here. Thanks for coming. The rest of you, consider this: Gas mileage is no longer just an excuse to buy a bike, it s a growing concern with new riders, and therefore motorcycle manufacturers, too. Look at gas-sipping middleweights like Honda s CBR500s and NC700X, Kawasaki s 300 Ninja, and Suzuki s 650 V-Strom, and ask yourself whether you d rather be the first one on the ride to arrive at the gas station, or the one who rides right on by. Quick Facts If tight money is prompting you to look for ways to improve mileage, think twice about spending it on modifications that promise more miles per gallon. Ask for proof from independent testers, not the product s manufacturer, and double-check claims that sound too good to be true. And remember that even if the claims pan out, it takes time (often quite a lot) to earn back the purchase price in gas savings. Major Florida Bike Events Major Florida Bike Events Read more: Safety Educator Bill Harris 02/14 Major Florida Bike Events Start Stop Name Location 3/7/14 3/16/14 Bike Week Daytona 4/25/14 4/27/14 18th Annual Leesburg Bikefest Leesburg 7

8 Rider Course Schedule (02/14) Course Date Location Contact Phone Comments ERC 2/9/14 (Sun) 1PM Eustis Rick Northrop spaces (Experienced Rider Course) TRC 2/16/14 (Sun) 10 am Eustis Rick Northrop spaces This class will be a MSF only class where not only TRIKES but ALSO SIDECARS and bikes with VOYAGER kits will be admitted MFA None scheduled at this time (Medic First Aid) Location: Florida Motorcycle Training, 355 Plaza Dr #1, Eustis, FL Call Rick to confirm a spot. Rick will need a check made out to FL Rider Ed in the amount of $30 to hold your spot. You will receive your check back upon completion of the course. Contact Rick at Rick & Pam Northrop GWRRA Florida District Educators 331 S Thompson Av Lecanto, FL Home Rick's Cell Pam's Cell 8

9 Ride Coordinator Relax enjoy life let your inner child out. Have you ever heard these words spoken????? I'm sure we all have, but it is the last one that haunts me. The inner Child. When did it become the "inner child"??? Do you know? Can you remember when you lost that child like feeling? Was it the time you wrecked on your bike and started to cry over a skinned knee? Then someone says "ah come on, you're too big too cry over a little scrape". Maybe it was when you were eight or ten and realized most of your friends were no longer playing with dolls or toy trains. So you packed them away. with your inner child. Let me tell you a story and see if you relate. There were two fourth grade boys in the school yard, bullying another young boy. After much back and fourth, the biggest bully finally said to the young defender, "yeah... and you probably still believe there is a Santa Claus"." Oh no I don't "the boy argued back. Alright then, challenged the bully "who is he"? Without thinking the boy shouted out "MY DAD"!!!!! It was in that moment the young boy realized that he had just passed thru a door that he could never go back thru. When did you pass thru that door? We all have We had to. Some passed thru without a backward glance. Some looked backed longingly for brief moment, but then went on. We went on to dating, new friends. Graduation into life. A family, a job, taking care of that family. Some divorced and made new families. But no matter we moved on and rarely, if ever thought about that inner child. The child that had receded so long ago. I said receded not die, for you see that inner child still lives in each and everyone of us. Some just have to look deeper then others in order to let the inner child out. That child is out every time you fire up that Gold Wing. That child is out for every prank you pull, ever time you laugh just for the sake of laughter. That child is out when you enter the "talent" show and get up there and sometimes make a fool of yourself and still find glee in doing it. That child is out each and every time you can look at the sky and say 'WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY". So come on let that inner child out. Get off your butts Get on that bike and enjoy Life. Ride safe, Lynn 9

10 Chapter Memaw s (Last month s meeting) Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Yu all!! 10

11 It s official now! Bill Harris is in fact the Chapter Ride Educator, and of course he is doing a fantastic job. Lynn was under the weather but ON THE JOB! Thanks Lynn. 11

12 Chapter Director Conference Working eh? 12

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14 These folks seem to eat all the time. I like s them! 14

15 The gathering.temperature 50 deg. Arrival..Maybe 56 deg. 15

16 Some had to eat again on the way home. 16

17 For Sale I have several GL1800 items for sale: Rear wheel- $ helmet cords- $5.00 each 1800 service manual- $20.00 Fred Harmon's service dvd set-$50.00 Paul Moore C NOTICE TO OUR MEMBERS John Buffington sells a special Cycle Loading Device. He has one in his truck. He is offering to provide FREE service for our Gold Wing members, in event of a breakdown of a Gold Wing Bike/Trike. He will help you get it to Shops/ Home/ or Dealers in Florida Special thanks to John for the offer. A special thanks to our members who submit articles. We love the support and the good information. Send them to Richard Mitts rm32904@yahoo.com May I have your attention please!... A Very Special Thanks to Charlie Davies and Joanne Davies. They take this publication, make it web ready, and then put it on our Web Site. Without them, we would not be able to enjoy this on our computers. Many thanks for a fantastic job. 17

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