Gold Wing Road
Riders Association

PA CHAPTER “G” – NORTHEAST REGION
“B”

www.pa-g.org

June 2009

CHAPTER DIRECTOR

Don & Kathy Weaver – 476-7906,
460-4720

[email-masked]

ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR

Dave & Cindy Arnemann –
474-9118, 450-6042

[email-masked]

TREASURER

Audrey Hershelman – 864-6350

[email-masked]

CHAPTER EDUCATOR

Paul Wolfe – 868-1403

[email-masked]

MEMBERSHIP
ENHANCEMENT,

COY COORDINATORS

Steve & Carol Daley –
438-2401

[email-masked]

NEWSLETTER

Marc & Laurie Sanderson –
835-0308

[email-masked]

CHAPTER COUPLE,

50/50 TICKET SALES

Ken & Nancy Woodcock –
739-2587

[email-masked]

RIDE
COORDINATORS

Chip
& Mary Lou Love – 835-9423

[email-masked]

SUNSHINE

Dave & Becky Groves –
881-3984

[email-masked]

MAD COORDINATORS

Paul & Sandi Wolfe –
868-1403

[email-masked]

HIGHWAY CLEAN UP

Dave Timko – 476-7157

[email-masked]

GREETERS

Joe & Sue Dzeskiewicz –
796-3686

ADVERTISEMENTS

Steve Daley – 438-2401

[email-masked]

HISTORIAN

Don Goodwill – 882-2938

CHAPTER
VESTS/CLOTHING/PATCHES/PINS

Sandi Wolfe – 868-1403

[email-masked]

ACTIVITY
DIRECTORS

Barb Sherman – 774-8657

[email-masked]

Karen Johnson – 796-3812

CAMPING
COORDINATORS

Lonnie & Barb Sherman –
774-8657

[email-masked]

PHONE TREE

Marge Augustine – 833-7907

[email-masked]

WEBSITE

Don Weaver – 476-7906

[email-masked]

PENNSYLVANIA NORTHEAST REGION

D/D
Chuck & Evelyn Stone – 814-652-6554

AD/D
Dana & Danise Hartle – 814-938-7136

AD/D
Jake & Cheryl Lewis – 814-832-2302

AD/D
Gordon & Pat Geissler - 610-367-7920

AD/D
Tom & Renee Wasluck – 570-474-1014

REGION “B” DIRECTOR

Lorraine & Earl Knight – 401-723-5959

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From Your Chapter Directors

“If you got em, smoke em.” I think I remember that being said
in an old World War II movie. When they had a break in fighting action, they
would have you smoke your cigarette while you had the chance. The commander would
say “if you got em, smoke em.”
Well, I would like to play off that theme and say: “if you got em, ride em”. Meaning, if you have a Gold Wing,
ride it!

We especially need riders for
some of our chapter events.  For the
first time in years we did not have enough riders in May to participate in the
Zoo Parade. That was a shame. But, we have lots of upcoming events that we can
ride in. We have a Poker Run coming up this month, June 21st at Mill
Village Fire hall. We need for all Chapter Members to come out and support this
event – “if you got em, ride
em.”

With all our Ice cream rides,
dinner rides, Chapter rides, etc. coming up, let’s all make an effort to
get out and support these events. Ask a friend to join you. Summer is short,
let’s enjoy it as friends: “if
you got em, ride em”. Speaking of ice cream rides, we have had some
really good rides so far. We have had a great turnout at most of them (I
know… all Gold Wingers like Ice Cream!). Thursdays appear to be working
fine for us.

We also have our All Chapter – West coming up in
July. This is going to be a great event. Here are some of the numbers I have
from my spreadsheet (you really didn’t think I would not have some
numbers for you?). So far we have reservations from 11 PA Chapters. We have 30
Campsites booked. Over 71 people have registered (all full registrations). Wow!
We need to make sure that our own Chapter G members have all made their
reservations. We have a very limited number of campsites left at the
campground. If you are staying there, book it now (let me know if you have any
problems). Either way, you will need to fill out the registration forms and get
them to Kathy Weaver as soon as possible. “if you got em, ride em”.

Kathy and I are off for a ride
down to Kentucky.

Let’s have some fun! J Ride em!

The Dream
Weavers…

Don & Kathy

Pymatuning Brown Bag Picnic
Ride

Here’s the scoop on the
Pymatuning Picnic ride scheduled for June 27th.  This ride is designed for all Gold Wing
members. It will be a relatively short ride (100 miles) with a leisurely pace
and a very scenic picnic stop. This is a brown bag lunch ride. Bring your own
lunch.

We will be leaving from the
Burger King on Rte 832 (Sterrettania
Rd) and I-90 at 10:00 AM on Saturday the 27th.
We will head out 832, down 98, and over 6N to Albion to pick up our west county
friends (Curt & Jane, Lonnie & Barb, Bill & Maggie, and anyone else
wishing to meet us in Albion).  Then we take a few secondary roads (all
paved) toward Pymatuning Reservoir. We will pass through Pymatuning
State Park in Ohio
as well as Pymatuning
State park in PA.

We will stop for lunch at the Jamestown Beach picnic area in the state
park.  This is a beautiful spot on
the shores of Pymauning reservoir. We will continue our leisurely ride around
the park and over the spillway. Our next stop will be at the Pymatuning Wildlife
Education Center.
We should be able to see bald Eagles and maybe Osprey there. They have a very
nice museum as well. From there we will ride on to LeSeuers for …. Ice
Cream!!! If you have not been to this country store, you are in for a real
treat. After that last stop, we head for home.

This promises to be a very nice
ride. Something for everyone – a relatively short ride, brown bag lunch
and lots of beautiful scenery. But the best part will be sharing the adventure
with our Gold Wing friends…

See you there….

Rebecca’s Personal Care Homes

443 E. Smith Street, Corry, PA  16407

(814) 664-8855

Nikole Groves,
Administrator

47 West Street, North East, PA  16428

(814) 725-2678

Renee Proper, Administrator

David and Rebecca Groves, Directors

Patches, Pins &
Clothing

To order patches, pins and clothing contact
Sandi Wolfe at 868-1403. Checks should be made out to GWRRA, Chapter G, but
given to Sandi.

Shirt prices range from 9.95 to 19.95, are gray
in color with Chapter patch outline on the front. Shirts are ordered in lots of
12.  The next order will be placed
in Spring 2009. I have a few shirts in stock, so if they are your size you can
have them right away.

Contact Sandi to order a vest. You can either
order from Dreamer Fashions or supply your own. Sandi has the patches and will
sew them on for you.

Dreamer
Fashions

1895
W. Beresford Rd.

DeLand, FL
32720

1-386-740-9952

You can have embroidery on the back instead of
the patches. Your choice.

Some
prices are as follows:

·
Vest
(from Dreamers)              27.50

·
Embroidery                                8.50 (approx)

·
Large
10” logo                         12.00

·
Rockers
for 10” logo                 6.00 each.

·
Small
4” logo                             5.00

·
Hats                                           5.00

·
PA
Pins for Chapter Bars           5.00

·
Chapter
G Bars                                      2.00

·
District
Rally Pins for Bars        5.00

PA Chapter G Ride
Schedule 2009

Sat, June 27th
- Weaver ride to Pymatuning.
Leave Beechwood Restaurant at 10:00 AM.

Thur, July 2nd
- July 4th - Wing Ding, Oklahoma
City

Thur, July 16th
- July 18th - Roar on the Shore

Fri, July 24th
- July 26th - All-Chapters West.  Sparrow Pond Campground, Waterford PA

Sat, Aug 1st
- Chapter Q Poker Run, 10am – 3pm

Fri, Aug 7th
- Sherman ride to the White Turkey,
fireworks to follow in Girard,
PA.  Meet at White Turkey at 7:00 pm

Sat, Aug 8th
- Chapter N Poker Run

Sun, Aug 16th
- Wolfe ride to Yorkshire Inn.
Leave Shell on Peach Street,
time TBD.

Thur, Aug 20th
- Aug 23rd - Keystone Rally in Johnstown, PA

Sat, Aug 29th
- Arnemann ride to Mentor
Ohio (Garfield Home) Leave Burger King Sterrettania Road
at 9:00 am

Sat, Sep 5th
- Chapter N ride to Sara’s and Presque Isle

Mon, Sep 7th
(Labor Day) - Chapter Q BBQ, 1pm

Sat, Sep 19th
- Roussel-Dupre ride to Letchworth
State Park.  Leave Sheetz on Buffalo Road at 7am.  $6 admission

Sun, Oct 4th
- Hershelman ride to Franklin Apple Fest

Greetings from your Assistant Chapter Directors

Wow, here we are June already. I
have not gotten to ride as much as I would like to with my co-rider, I have
done a bunch of miles solo (see the Niehaus ride).  I hope that that changes soon.

We have a very busy, fun, and
exciting ride schedule starting in June with poker runs, scheduled rides, and
charity rides. And it doesn’t stop there, in July we have rides and
All-Chapters West, August we have rides and the State Rally it is all going to
be fun. I hope that everyone can enjoy and participate when they can.

By the time you read this I will
have the Ice-Cream schedule completed and on the web site. I can tell you that
we will continue to go to different ice-cream stands around the area. The
Ice-Cream ride on Thursday June 11th will be to Buffalo Wild Wings
with Chapter O for our own Bike Nite, we will have a roped off area in the
parking lot and the Patio will be reserved for us (in case of inclimat weather
they will move us inside). Our (Cindy & mine) ride has been rescheduled to
August 29th that is a Saturday. We also have several poker runs that
I hope Chapter G gets good turn out for.

We are going to need some
volunteers to plan and get ready for the State Rally games this year. I know
that we had a great time at the games last year and I for one am looking
forward to this years games as well. So have some ideas ready when I call on
you to help with the games. I would like to have a plan in place before the
All-Chapters West, and then after that we can really get down to work.

Please remember that with all we
have going on that we need to remain safe. Keep the shiny side up and enjoy
every moment.

Dave & Cindy

More Stuff

First of all let’s dispense
with the notion that the way to keep cool is to  ride in a tank top, shorts, sandals and
a pair of sun glasses. Not only are you exposed to the damaging, drying effects
of sun and wind but should you have the misfortune of falling off your bike
you’ll experience what it feels like to get the belt sander massage.

So now you know what kind of
stuff I will be talking about for probably the next two articles and that is
summer jackets.

What’s the difference between
a summer jacket and a versatile three season jacket? A three season jacket will
usually offer a good amount of insulation and often have controllable vents. A
summer jacket will offer a good deal of airflow but very little or no
insulation, and usually open mesh body panels rather than controllable
vents.  Summer jackets range from
full, open mesh with no liners for hot days, to some with liners to block the
wind and possibly the rain and others still with two liners – one for
wind/rain and the other insulated for heat retention. How versatile you wish to
get is dependent on the weather conditions you may encounter on a daily ride,
week end ride or cross country tour. The old scout mottos “Be
prepared” is most apropos and remember to plan your ride with protection
in mind.

So let’s take a look at the
features of some riding jackets keeping in mind that depending on the type of
ride and season you may need to carry more than one jacket or a very versatile
jacket.

Aerostch Darien Light – Priced at $397.00  www.aerostich.com

Made of HT200 denier nylon
Gore-Tex fabric and has all the Darien’s
features including a pair of hand warmer pockets, two large pockets on the
chest, one on the wrist, waist adjusters and a huge reflective patch on the
back. The jacket is expensive because first of all it is made in the US and
it’s the only jacket here with an actual Gore-Tex breathable membrane,
which means it will keep you dry but won’t become clammy on warn days.

Alpinestars Force Air – Priced at $179.95   www.alpinestars.com

This is a very sporty jacket. Its shell
is made of 600-denier polyester fabric that has been coated with a thin layer
of polyurethane for strength and water resistance. Foam inserts in the chest
and back are flanked by polyester mesh inserts on the sides and sleeves, and
there’s an internal mesh liner all around. The waist offers a pair of
accordion stretch pleats and adjusters with hook-and- loop tabs at the hips.
For protection check out the CE-approved shoulder and forearm protectors and
there’s a pocket for an optional back protector. Feel the breeze cool you
down on a warm day but feel the breeze on a cool day and you will be cold.

British Motorcycle Gear Adventure Jacket – Priced at
$279.00  www.britishmotorcyclegear.com

The
Adventure’s 500-denier nylon outer shell is loaded with features that
include a removable one-liter hydration system with water tube, detachable
mobile phone pocket, front cargo pockets and a waterproof inner pocket. When it
gets hot open the sleeve vents and deploy the zip- open back vents. Hotter
still?? The sleeves fully zip off and/or you can always utilize the hydration system.
If that’s not enough, use the pocket in the lower back to hold an
additional two-liter water pack. With no thermal liner the Adventure is
vulnerable to lower temps however the lower back pocket contains a lightweight
black nylon jacket shell that throws over the main jacket and zips up fully to
add some warmth when needed. It includes CE armor in the shoulders and elbows.

Brosh Cool Mesh – Priced at
$159.00 plus $59 shipping www.brosh.com

The problem with full-mesh
jackets is that they can become too breezy, and the problem with liners is you
have to pull over to remove or install them. Brosh’s approach is to back
its full mesh body with sewn-in wide Kevlar panels all through elbows and
shoulders areas and a more dense-weave liner throughout. As a result, the
airflow is slightly more open within a couple of inches of either side of the
main zipper but is slowed through the rest of the jacket. This means it’s
much cooler than a body jacket, yet it does not offer as much airflow as open,
unobstructed mesh. To compensate there are zipper-controlled vents in the
shoulders, underarms, sleeves and back. There are CE certified, ventilated
elbow and shoulder protectors, and EVA foam back protectors.

Cortech GX Air – Priced at $299.99  www.cortech.com

This is a very versatile summer
jacket. It has an Armor Link III mesh shell rather than a closed weave. It also
features a washable Brazilian leather elbow, shoulder and back impact panels,
so the entire jacket is washable. In addition it includes both an Aqua-Therm
waterproof liner and an insulated liner, both full sleeved, which can be used
singly or together. Adjustable sleeve take-up straps at the forearms and biceps
keep it from flapping when the liners are out. There’s CE-approved armor
at the shoulders and elbows with an articulated back protector.

Fieldsheer Air Tour Mesh – Priced
at $179.95  www.fieldsheer.com

This is a three-quarter-length
jacket made from a fine weave, abrasion-resistant Polytitanium mesh. The
shoulder and elbow areas are reinforced with a Carbolex material, and the Air
Tour comes in either Silver or Fluorescent Yellow. It includes two upper
pockets on the chest, two lower and two behind those lower pockets in addition
to a wallet pocket and another on the inside, including one in the removable
liner. It seals well which means the rider feels warmer than expected. In warm
weather remove a number of snaps and undo zippers and without the liner the air
flows very freely throughout the body and sleeves. This jacket offers real
temperature versatility and some degree of rain protection with full air flow
on hot days.

Firstgear Mesh Tex
– Priced at $149.95  www.firstgear-usa.com

This
is a relatively lightweight jacket with a shell made of 250-denier polyester
mesh for total airflow and a lightweight nylon perforated lining that also
allows maximum airflow, while in between is a full-sleeve, water resistant
liner (with phone and patch pocket). CE armor guards the shoulders and elbows,
as an EVA dense foam back pad covers the spine. Head out on the road and the
detachable liner blocks the wind effectively, yet it’s so light that it
won’t trap much heat. Unsnap and zip out the liner and the breeze comes
through at full strength. Though light, the Mesh Tech offers a good amount of
impact protection and style. However because its shell and liner are so light
it does not provide much warmth and thus is a great jacket only on very hot
summer days.

Joe Rocket Reactor – Priced at $199.99  www.joerocket.com

This jacket is a combination of
perforated leather with textile mesh, wrapped around a heavy nylon liner.
Notice that the leather on the shoulders and forearms is perforated and the
body is full mesh. Other features include sleeve and waist adjusters, two mesh
pockets and a mesh pocket for a spare helmet face shield. Protection includes CE-rated
elbow, shoulder and back protectors. The jacket liner snugs up well on cool
days or remove it for plenty of airflow when it’s hot.

Please keep in mind that all of
the jackets featured here can be thoroughly reviewed on the internet. Just do a
google search and you will find a wealth of additional information about each
of the jackets including how they are rated by your fellow motorcycle riders. I
would strongly recommend that you do that with every jacket that stirs your
interest. Also these jackets are available in both female and male sizes. I
will feature 8 more of these wonderful jackets in my next article so
don’t buy one just yet. See you-all at the June gathering.

Here is
an interesting tid-bit - the word Google is derived from googol which is a
verbal way of expressing 10100. Think about that next time you
Google and its implication (you know megabyte, gigabyte, and googol byte).

Guy Roussel-Dupré

Group
Riding

As a rule, anything that moves you away from 100
percent attention should be avoided. Group riding has the potential of
distracting you (and every other rider in the group), taking you up the risk
level scale or away from 99 percent efficiency. Therefore, group riding should
be avoided.

But it’s not as easy as that. Group riding
can be a terrific amount of fun and a great way to meet new people and see new
sights. Like all else, the risk-averse rider is faced with yet another
compromise. You face increased risk in the form of distraction, so you make up
for it with decreasing your risks elsewhere, such as speed or space cushioning,
for example

What you have to deal with when you ride in a
group is a mixed bag. Whooping it up in the rolling countryside with other
enthusiasts can enhance and detract from your safety at the same time. You
decrease your risk by having others there to help you if you run into trouble.
They also add to your visibility and prominence on the road. There is real
merit to the concept of safety in numbers. An errant driver might pull a
deliberate bad move on a lone motorcyclist, but would he or she necessarily try
it with a large group of witnesses? Probably not. It’s easy to single a
loner out for malicious mistreatment, but it’s entirely another thing to
be the deviant drawing attention to yourself.

On the other hand, a dozen other bikes and
riding styles, the added mental task of leading or tail gunning a ride, or the
thought that there’s a green rider or one new to group riding directly
behind you can be a tremendous distraction. Add to that the mix of experience
levels, the cumbersome nature of a group, the dual threats of peer pressure and
testosterone, other rider target fixation, and the uncanny ability of otherwise
sane and risk-averse riders to get in over their heads, and you’ve just
added a whole lot of risk to your ride in exchange for a marginal amount of
added safety and enjoyment. (The extra enjoyment can also be a distraction,
albeit possibly a beneficial one.) On top of everything else, there’s the
fun of socializing during pit stops, sniffing bikes, swapping motorcycles,
watching and following other riders, and learning new routes and roads.

So from the very narrow safety perspective,
group riding simply isn’t a very good idea. It carries with it too much
additional risk for too little additional enjoyment. The tradeoff simply
isn’t even. You just never know when the distractions are going to all
add up and cost you a crash. However, it is possible, with a little knowledge
and better awareness of the problems, to minimize the risks posed by riding en
masse.

Ride Your
Own Ride

The real hinge in whether a group ride is safe
or not is the degree to which each participant can ride his or her own ride.
Even though a rider is part of a larger gathering, he or she is still riding on
a public road and is still responsible for his or her own safety. Just being in
a parade of sorts doesn’t make the road any softer or more forgiving,
other drivers any more skilled or less like to pull bonehead maneuvers, or
critters like a deer or dog any less likely to choose your bike as its next
life lesson. When riding in numbers, ride the bike, ride the road, and ride the
way you would if you were completely alone.

Paul Wolfe, Chapter Educator

Experienced
Rider Course

I would like to thank the 12 riders and one co-rider
who participated in the MSF course at the Meadville High garage on May 3rd.
It was a good learning experience for those who attended. For those who
couldn’t get on the list, you can still do a course another time, either Erie, Meadville, or Warren. Warren may have more openings available.

Hopefully everybody left this course learning
something to make them safer riders, for themselves, their co-riders and those
around them. The following are the participants: Steve Daley, Jim Morton, Guy
Roussel-Dupre, Lonnie and Barb Sherman, Dave Ward, Kenny Woodcock, Dave Timko,
Dave Groves, Dave Arneman, Marc Sanderson and Paul Wolfe.

Keep The Shiny Side Up.

Paul Wolfe

Chapter Rider Educator

May Gathering Summary

The Gathering started with the
Pledge of Allegiance, then a Moment of Silence for our Servicemen and women.

Sunshine report was that Pat Hodgson
is feeling a bit under the weather, Nancy Morton is continuing with her
recovery, as is Duane Linhart. As with any of our members who are feeling under
the weather, I’m sure that they would like a card or note from their
GWRRA friends.

Don showed us the Handlebar
Hangers that he received from the national Office, and encouraged every one to
take a few.  When you see a Goldwing
that is not a member, you can hang the placard on their handlebars, if that
person sends in the card with your name on it you get a pin and nice letter
from Melissa Eason Executive Director of GWRRA, when you sign up 5 people you
get a bar for below the pin.

Don has the miles from 26 bikes
with a total of almost 1 million miles. Now that is a lot of miles. Don plans
to continue to have fun with these numbers, then share it all at the end of the
year.

Paul W. then gave a report on the
ERC class that a group of 13 folks attended, 12 riders and 1 co-rider, Thank
you and use your newly gained knowledge, and use it wisely. Good job everyone.

An extra big Thank You to the
Beechwood for keeping the price the same, even though it was a special event
for them, being it was Mother’s Day.

Ice-Cream rides have changed to
Thursday from Wednesday, and the Staff meetings have moved to Wednesday. We
will continue to move the Ice-cream rides around the area, so watch the web
site and newsletter for updates.

The Chapter Poker Run is June 20th.  The Star Touring Bug run and the
Mill-Village Volunteer Fire Company Poker run are both on June 13th
so please support them if you can.  Also get your Lady and Man things to Mary
Lou for the gift baskets that we will be auctioning off to help raise money for
the Chapter. We also need items for the Chinese Auction at the Poker run, so
please help the Chapter.

The June 11th
Ice-Cream ride will be to Quaker Steak and Lube with Chapter “O” as
they will be visiting the Erie
area.

All Chapters has a total of 55
people signed up for the event, 13 of the registrars are from our chapter, so
we need to hurry up and get our registrations in. There are still 6 lots still
available but they are going fast. So far there are 10 Chapters attending.

The trivia question was a trick
question but the answer was Dave Johnson.

Thank you to Dave Timko for
coordinating the High way clean up which took about 45 minutes and then we went
to Bello’s Twist and Shake

The Erie Bike Nite dates are;
June 5th, July 21st, August 28th, from 6:00pm
to 10:00pm. We would like to get a group of folks to meet up with the bikes
parked together, then check out all the cool bikes, and maybe use a few of the
Handlebar placards. Buggin State Street
dates for Street Rods and Hot Rods are; July 24th, August 21st,
September 4th.  Roar on
the Shore will be held July 16th through July 18th.

Dave Groves will schedule a date
for us to go to the Shriners
Hospital, Kathy Weaver
will schedule a date for us to ride to the Kids Café, these will be to
give them a check for our donation to these wonderful Charities.

Mary Lou told us that she is
looking for donations for the Walk for Life that she will be participating in
on July 18th. So please help her out.

50/50 drawing winners also
received a 50/50 ticket in the State Rally drawing:

Ron Fowle won $20. He rides a 1985 Blue 1200, He has
had a blue 1985 1200 for about 1 ½ years, his longest ride was to Bradford.

Clarence Dingus won $10.  He rides a 2004 Magenta Red 1800.
They joined GWRRA in 1988 through Don Pasky.

Dave Arnemann won $5. He first joined GWRRA in 1997
but was not ready for it yet, and rejoined in 2005 after the purchase of
the current 2005 white 1800, Our initial introduction was the sales man
who sold us our 1200 in 1997.

Dave Groves won $35 in the participation
award this month.

Ride to Niehaus Customer Appreciation Days

Don Weaver, Phil Wilkosz and I
met at the entrance ramp to west bound I90 in Fairview at 2:50 on Wednesday
afternoon and headed west under cloudy skies. We stopped in Cleveland to put on our rain gear just before
the I90/Rt 2 split as the rain was starting. At a service area west of Cleveland we stopped at a
service plaza for a break and fuel, the weather channel showed that the heavy
rain was very close. It rained steady to about the Toledo area, we stopped in West Unity for the
night at an Econolodge, they had a 3 bed suite, so we took it. Right next door
was the 4 Seasons Restaurant; the food was good and a lot of it. It rained over
night (I think that was what Phil heard, not me snoring). We were back on the
road at about 7:45 cloudy but no rain and the day just got more beautiful as we
went. The road got busy from Gary Ind. through and beyond Chicago. We thought that Jack got lost once
but it turns out that he was just avoiding construction(right Don). It was
smooth sailing south on Rt 55, but very wind in spots.

We arrived in Litchfield at about
3:00 local time. We checked into our rooms and headed across the street to
Niehaus to get a pre-show view of the Honda shop and browse while the vendors
were setting up. The Honda shop itself had every color of 08 and 09 Honda
Goldwing except the limited edition blue. They had a lot of new and used Trikes
also, but they did not have the new Honda Fury, they sold it the week before
and the guy wrecked it first day. They also had a huge selection of Honda gear,
accessories and Clothes. There was an artist that does motorcycle art there
that we spent a good bit of time with, I think that I know what I want to put
on the bike now. We had dinner at a Rt 66 attraction restaurant, then headed
back to the motel to relax and play a dice game for a while to pas the time. We
then got some much needed rest. Friday we were there bright and early, saw and
talked to a lot of bikers from all over the country, Louisiana,
Idaho, Arizona.
We all got some goodies and stuff for the bikes. We all saw and got what we
wanted, and we had already decided that when we were done that we would head
home leisure like taking more secondary roads. Well about halfway home we thought
that we might as well just finish the ride and be done. Jack said that we would
be home about 12:30 am and we all voted to go for it, so we did. I pulled in
the drive at home at 12:45 and 1362 miles. This was the first long trip that I
have taken with other riders, and let me tell you that I had an absolutely
fantastic time. I think that we should do something like this every year as a
group.  I want to thank Don and
Phil, I had a FUN time.

Dave A.

Country

Foods

814-664-7171

93 E. Columbus Ave

Corry, PA 16407

Restaurant and Catering

June

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

14

Chapter Gathering, Beechwood
Restaurant, I-90 & Sterrettania, eat @ 8am, gathering @ 9am;

15

16

Mendal
Beane

17

18

Ice
Cream, TBD;

John
& Pat Hodgson (1963)

19

Dean
Johnson

20

Poker Run, Mill Village
Firehall

21

Don
& Joanne Dickey (2002);

Happy
Father’s Day

22

23

Sandi Wolfe

24

Staff
Meeting, 7pm, TBD

25

Ice Cream, TBD;

Don & Donna Goodwill
(1955)

26

Cindy
Arnemann

27

Picnic
ride to Pymatuning, meet at Beechwood at 10am

28

29

Dan & Dolores Grega
(1948)

30

MaryLue Brenneman

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The
Thursday evening coffee/ice cream get-togethers listed on the calendar and
website are not official Chapter G events.  They are just an informal opportunity
to spend some time together mid-week.

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July

Sunday                Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

1

Ken & Nancy Woodcock
(1988)

2

Ice
Cream, TBD;

Steve
& Carol Daley (1983);

WingDing
(7/2–4)

3

Jim Morton

4

Independence
Day

5

6

7

8

Lee
& Judy Rainsberger (1988)

9

Ice
Cream, TBD

10

11

12

Chapter Gathering, Beechwood
Restaurant, I-90 & Sterrettania, eat @ 8am, gathering @ 9am;

13

14

15

Dudley Errington

16

Ice
Cream, TBD;;

Joanne
Dickey;

Roar
on the Shore (7/16–18)

17

18

Marge Augustine;

Paul & Sandi Wolfe
(1959)

19

Arlo
Brenneman;

Dave
& Bonnie Bernardini (2004)

20

Bruce Baker

21

22

Staff
Meeting, 7pm, TBD

23

Ice Cream, TBD;

24

PA
All-Chapters West (7/24-26)

25

26

27

Bill & Audrey Hershelman
(1954)

28

29

30

Ice
Cream, TBD

31

Please Note

The ride times listed here
are the times we will be leaving for the ride.  Please allow enough time to meet with
the group and be prepared to leave at the appointed time.  All times and events are subject to
change.

If you are leading a ride or
are in charge of a chapter function, please take note of who is in attendance
and pass the information along to Curt Byrd at 756-4801, so he can keep track
of the chapter participation points.

Chapter Directors

Don & Kathy Weaver

8353 Pondview
Dr.

McKean, PA 16426

(814) 476-7906

Honda
Sea-Doo
Arctic Cat
Ski-Doo

3339 West Lake Rd.  Erie,
PA  (814) 833-3051

www.forestparkhonda.com

The Official Gold Wing Dealer of Chapter ‘G’