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Friends For FUN, Safety and Knowledge

Hittin’ The Road

Chapter FL1-G meets the third Saturday of the month at Mac’s On Main, 100 E. New York, Deland, FL at 11:00 am (See Map on 8)

GOLD WING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION

Volume 18 Issue 3 & 4

March/April 2016

The Official Newsletter of GWRRA Region “A”, Chapter FL1-G, Deltona, FL

“The Heart of Florida Wings”

www.gwrraflorida.com

FLORIDA DISTRICT Senior District Directors

Bill & Gina Berry Asst. District Director

Cliff Hotchkiss

Senior District Ride Educator Rick & Pam Northrop

www.gwrra.org

NATIONAL President

Anita & JR Alkire

Executive Director Ray & Sandi Garris

Directors Rider Education Bob & Althea Berry

Deputy Directors, East Bob & Nancy Shrader

Intl Couple of the Year Jim & Reba Berry

Region H

www.gwrra-regiona.org

REGION A Senior Region A Directors

Jim & Sue Jackson Region ‘A’ Couple of the Year

Jeff & Lisa Duffey

District Training Leaders Norm & Maggie Van Dame

Membership Enhancement Madalena Buck

2015-16 District Couple of Year Jeff & Lisa Duffey

FL1-L2/ Wesley Chapel

CHAPTER FL1-G Chapter Directors

Tom, Sr. & Linda Mitchell (386)747-6941

[email protected]

Assistant Chapter Director Ron & Cindy Brace

(386) 789-1428 [email protected]

Assistant Chapter Director Tom & Daisy Lucci

(386) 215-6455 [email protected]

Membership Enhancement Leslie Bartlett (407)920-9766

[email protected]

Treasurer Linda Hopkinson

(305)299-0430 [email protected]

Chapter Couple of the Year Harry Manning &

Mary Lou Lawrence

Individual of the Year Leslie Bartlett

FL1-G KEY TEAM MEMBERS

M.A.D. Coordinator Tom, Sr. & Linda Mitchell

Ride Coordinator Open

Chapter Photographer Harry Manning (702)561-4452

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor Open

“G” Boutique Kathy & Dick Barrick

(419)306-4527 [email protected]

Sunshine Lady Mary Lou Lawrence

(386)259-5592 Crazymarylou6265

@yahoo.com

Official Home

Chapter

of the

“Order of the

Red Spoon” ©

Inside This Issue:

“From the Team Cheerleader“ (CD) 2

Our Road Captains & PLP Facilitators 2

“A View From the Rear of the Pack” (ACD) 3

Birthday & Anniversary Member Dates 3

“Ride Safely” (RE) 4

“The Adventures of Fliggy” 4

“Visiting Around the Region (Ch.COY) 4

“Member Meet & Greet” (MEC) 5

“Chillin’ and Grillin’” (ACD) 6

2016 ORS© Ride Schedule 6

Prayers & Condolences 6

“Now You Can Recognize Them” 7

The “G” Boutique 7

Wing Ding 38 Registration, Billings, MT 8

Photo Album FL1-G Fun Around the District 9

Future GWRRA Events 11

Photo Album Florida District Rally 12

Photo Album Florida District Rally 13

Photo Album Parking Lot Practice 15

March Calendar 16

April Calendar 17

** NEW ** Gathering Location 18

Volume 18 Issue 3 & 4 March/April 2016

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By Tom & Linda Mitchell

FL1-G Chapter Directors

A NOTE FROM THE TEAM CHEERLEADER

pril has snuck up on us, as we finish celebrating

with Zeke on his winning ticket at the Florida District Rally!!

We had eleven chapter participants join us, and we had a blast as usual!! At the Rally, Linda and I completed our MFA Instructor training, and are now certified to present an MFA seminar in GWRRA. Those that are in need of MFA for your levels, we’ll be setting one up soon.

While we talk about GWRRA as being an organization that is “Friends for Fun, Safety & Knowledge,” I’d like to emphasize a couple of those words.

The first word, is in fact the ‘first word.’

“Friends.”

I hope you consider all of the people you spend this much time riding with, eating with, laughing with and even crying with your ‘friend.” Friends don’t worry about the time of day, especially if they are ill or lost a family member. I don’t think anyone would consider a call from a ‘friend’ as “putting them out.” We are here for you!! Just like you are here for us.

When I had my mishap with the very large dog, Linda didn’t hesitate to call our friends, Ron & Cindy.” I don’t believe they thought of the call as a bother, anymore that we would had they called us.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the people you’ve friended and share a thought, or a meal, or a ride, or just a kind word.

In this crazy mixed up world, we need to be kind and thoughtful. Especially to those we call “Friends.”

The “Fun, Safety and Knowledge” will follow naturally.

“Happy Trails…”

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FL1-G Chapter Directors

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OUR ROAD CAPTAINS OUR PLP FACILITATORS

John Simmons

Rance ‘Smitty’ Smith

Jerry Fisher

Tom Mitchell, Sr.

Linda Mitchell

Neil Pitts

Tom Mitchell, Sr. Tom Lucci, Sr.

Linda Mitchell Daisy Lucci

Ron Brace Rich Gerber

Cindy Brace (c) Millie Prince

Neil Pitts John Simmons

Sabina Pitts (c)

(c)designates co-rider

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A VIEW FROM THE REAR OF THE PACK

By Ron & Cindy Brace

Assistant Chapter Director

common comment usually made in jest that we

hear from Gold Wing riders that love to hit the road, particularly on touring trips, is how often we pass H-D shops along the

route but seldom see a Honda shop. And if we do have a problem, it seems as if the nearest shop is a couple of hundred miles away from where we are or it's outside of store hours. Our personal experiences seem to lend some truth to this fact, but Goldwingers do have a readily available solution to this problem. Like many of you, we received the new "Gold Book 2016" in the mail this week. This little book is an essential part of our pre-ride checklist before every ride we make. A few years ago on a return trip from the Far West coming back home to Florida on a Sunday morning through Kansas, we did find ourselves in the situation described at the beginning of this article. Thanks to the Gold Book, what could have been an incident that might make a person give up riding turned into a three-day adventure of making new friends and acquaintances including a GWRRA chapter gathering.

But this is also a two-way street. One evening a couple of years ago during Bike Week, we received a telephone call from a couple sitting on the exit road leading to Lake Helen. As we know, there is nothing around that exit except Florida brush, scrub and trees. And it was getting dark. So now it was pay back time. Fortunately, within three or four hours and a little trailering time, they were back on the road on their way home across the state. How did complete strangers know how to call us? The Gold Book. One little thing that I did notice scanning the pages of this year's book. In the local area between DeLeon Springs and Sanford, listings of our active chapter members runs at about 25%. Now we certainly don't want to ask anyone to list themselves as contacts if you feel uncomfortable about responding to strangers calls. As well, if you are listed and receive a call from a complete stranger, make sure you have a safety back up if you respond. Also, I wonder if any of those other 75% GWRRA members listed in the book would also like to participate in chapter activities? Last thing, make sure that new Gold Book goes into the trunk of your bike/trike where you can find it when needed. Ride safe and have fun.

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If we missed your Birthday or Anniversary make sure that we know so that we can update our records.

Membership Anniversary

Jerry Fisher (10/13)*

Cecile LaCasse (3/83) LIFE

Cesar & Maura Sosa (3/15)

Jim “Zeke” Zikuda (3/06)

Bud Bruner (4/01)*

Jerry & Pauline Bussier (4/09)*NLIFE

Dickie & Christina Curry (4/15)*

Sylvester Franklin (4/07)

Rob Hancock (4/08)

Tom & Linda Mitchell (4/09)

Tim Mitchell (4/09)

Steph Mitchell (4/09)

E.T. Taylor (4/07)

NOTE: Names that have an asterisk (*) next to their join date either have expired or will expire very soon. Check with the MEC for more information.

Keep your membership current to maintain your Rescue Plus coverage & your subscription to Wing World.

Happy Birthday To:

Anniversaries: Wayne & Jean Calloway (3/19) Ted & Paulette Faulkner (3/15)

MARCH Ted Faulkner (3/23) Ray Murray (3/26)

Mike Schleppi (3/21)

APRIL Rob Hancock (4/19) Ron Hartzell (4/19) Philip Stagg (4/30)


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THE ADVENTURES OF FLIGGY

Ride SAFELY!!

which, in turn, makes it easier to slough water away from the contact patch.

Perhaps it is obvious, but to hydroplane you need a certain minimum depth of water under your tires and, thus, to the extent that you can reduce that depth you can reduce the odds of hydroplaning. How might you do that? By driving closer to the center of the lane than you normally do. Why? Normal vehicle traffic cuts a trough into the pavement where the wheels ride. Those troughs are essentially where motorcyclists normally track their rides. Obviously water depths are higher in those troughs.

I hope that all co-riders read the safety articles and tips we publish in the newsletter. You never know when

you might be called upon to take over the bike in an emergency situation and will need the knowledge these articles and tips give you. It’s not just the driver that needs to be knowledgeable and ride smart, it’s the co-riders as well. Having said that, I am not a very experienced rider and anyone who has a problem with an article I put out, please feel free to correct it. We all want to ride safe and

have the correct knowledge to do so.

Safe Ride with a low wave….

inda Hopkinson

FL1-G Treasurer

oon it will time for the spring and summer monsoons and this brings to mind “hydroplaning”. This is my greatest fear when riding my bike in wet

weather. I have hydroplaned in my car and that wasn’t a very good feeling so I know I don’t want to do it on a bike. I found a tip by James R. Davis who writes The Master Strategy Group articles and thought I would share it with you.

If you know that you are going to be riding in the rain you might want to consider adding 3 to 5 psi of pressure in your tires. Note, this is not a suggestion that you inflate them in excess of the maximum pressure specified on the tire sidewalls.

The reasoning behind the suggestion is simple:

- Increasing the tire pressure makes its contact patch smaller. In other words, it increases the weight per square inch of the contact patch so that it takes more “uplift” by water to cause hydroplaning.

- Just as increasing pressure makes the contact patch smaller, it also tends to spread out the tread grooves

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Rider Education By Linda Hopkinson

Most of you already know about my older brother Gonzo. He used to take some pretty awesome trips with the “Chapter Host” as I’ve heard them called. Then again, many months he was stuck in a pizza box, only to be brought out for a Gathering.

Well… this was ANOTHER Pizza Box month!!!

Hopefully, with summer coming, I’ll be able to get out and see some of America!

Your Chapter Mascot,

Fliggy

Receiving Fliggy from last month’s proud guardian, ACD Tom Lucci , E.T. Taylor accepts Fliggy.

VISITING AROUND THE REGION

It is an honor being chosen the FL1-G Chapter Couple of the Year. Although not being able to do much to do much due to circumstances beyond our control and missing a great rally due to illnesses we are looking forward to having the best time

of our life making up for our lost time by visiting as many chapters that we can having a blast representing our Chapter FL1- G.

2015 Couple of the Year Harry and Mary


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MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT CORNER

his article by JoAnn

Cox will give you some

insight into how our

friends in GWRRA can

help us when we need help while traveling.

How GWRRA Positively Affected My Life!

by JoAnn Cox, Winton, CA

I believe in giving credit and praise where it is due,

and on my trip this summer I met several people

who deserve praise.

First, I had a tie-rod on my Bushtec trailer break and

was assisted by an Oklahoma Sheriff and an off-duty

fireman on his Harley. They got me one mile down

the road to the Fort Thunder Harley dealership

where I was treated like royalty while they assessed

the problem and while I waited for my sister-in-law

to come and pick me up. Fort Thunder had my

trailer repaired in 2 days and had me back on the

road. They not only repaired the tie-rod but also

replaced a couple of bolts that were missing and

changed the tire that had gotten damaged.

After attending Wing Ding, I continued on to the

East Coast. When I was passing through Wilson,

North Carolina I developed a problem with my front

tire, on a Sunday (of course). After Rescue Plus got

me to the local motorcycle shop, I limped a couple

of miles down the road to a motel, spent the night

and returned to the local shop on the next day only

to discover that they were closed on Monday also. I

got out my Gold Book and contacted Jack Rose,

who so graciously called around and found a shop

in Rocky Mount that was open and could help me.

He then came to where I was and visited with me

while I waited the hour for Rescue Plus to come to

take me to Two Wheel Accessories in Rocky Mount,

North Carolina.

Then, while in New Jersey, I was in an accident.

Again, the Gold Book came to my rescue. I

contacted Kevin and Rose Sedlak, who put me in

touch with Thomas and Cheryl Lord, directors of

Chapter NJ-E. Tom and Sherry were on a Chapter

ride, but he gave me directions and told me to go

to his house and he would see me when they got

home. When I arrived, Tom's nephews had

gotten a trailer and we went and picked up my

trike from the towing company. Tom and Sherry

gave me a place to stay, fed me and their family

did all of the work to repair my trike. They had me

back on the road in two weeks. Without their

generosity and kindness, I don't know what I

would have done. I attended one of their Chapter

meetings with them where everyone was super

nice; some of the Members even offered for me to

stay with them.

I feel I have made some new lifelong friends

because of GWRRA and the Gold Book.

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Leslie Bartlett Membership Enhancement

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Chillin’ & Grillin’

his month, we’re setting up our travel trailer, just a bit north of our home in Debary.

Our cozy weekend get-a-way will give me the time to create more “Chillin’ & Grillin’ “ recipes.

Check back next month for the BBQ tip of the month.

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Your Grill Masters Assistant Chapter Director 2015 Chapter Couple of the Year

By Tom & Daisy Lucci

Chapter Grill Master

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Looking for a ride with FL1-G with the Order of the Red Spoon© ?

The dates of the scheduled Order of the Red Spoon© Rides are:

Apr. 23 Dalton, GA Georgia District Rally, see on-sight schedule for details

May 21 Eufaula, AL Alabama District Rally, see on- sight schedule for details

Jul. 16 Anderson, SC South Carolina District Rally, see on-sight schedule for details

Aug-Sep Billings, MT Wind Ding 28, see on-sight poster for details

There will be more rides scheduled as we receive requests from other Chapters, Districts & Regions.

You can find the most recent schedule on our FL1-G website at www.fl1g.org.

Order of the Red Spoon© Ride Update

Our Prayers & Condolences...

On March 14, 2016

Our friend,

Millie Prince’s Husband,

Jim,

Passed after being ill

for an extended time.

Our continued thoughts

and prayers are

with her and her Family.


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Region ‘A’ Directors

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Region “A” is made up of five Districts: Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama & Mississippi. Each District has a District Director, that is on Jim & Sue’s Team.

NOW CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THEM

ver walk into a room full of people, or into an event, and see someone milling around the room shaking everyone’s hand and hugging others like they were family? The curious thing is, you never knew who they

were, so you might have been afraid to approach them? We’re going to use this column to introduce you to some of GWRRA’s volunteer leaders from the Florida District to Region to International staff.

When you see them, please stop by to introduce yourself, and maybe give them a hug.

NEW T Shirts ………. Small -> XL $12.00

XXL -> XXXL $14.00

NEW Polo Shirts……. Small -> XL $25.00

XXL $28.00

NEW FL1G Cap ………………….... $15.00

FL1G Hanger Bars (each) ………... $ 2.00

GWRRA 4” Black/Gold Patch ………... $ 6.00

GWRRA 10” Black/Gold Patch ………. $13.00

FL1-G (Black & Green) Patch …...……. $5.00

$3.00 (limited time)

We can order so many more Goodies—such as a GWRRA Mouse Pad for your computer, GWRRA Ball Caps, Coasters, Earrings, Logo Vest Clip Chains, License Plate, Region ‘A’ 4” Patch, Bolo Ties - so much more just not enough space here to list it all.

Welcome our new “G Boutique” sales person, Kathy & Dick Barrick. If you need to order anything, their contact number is on the front page of this newsletter.

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Bill & Gina are the leaders of the Florida District Team. They are the District Cheerleaders and instigators of FUN. As wonderful leaders & managers, they are always willing to listen to members, while keeping it FUN!!

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Florida Senior District Directors

Rick & Pam coordinate all of the Rider Education Seminars and course work within our District. They are responsible for finding & training Seminar Presenters, along with tracking the Levels Program.

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Florida Senior District Educators

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Your GWRRA Directors

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A Life Member of GWRRA, Ray & Sandi, “get to meet and have FUN with our membership,” as Ray describes it. They are the leader of the entire volunteer organization and the liason to the GWRRA Staff.


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Some folks, now our Friends, from SC-G, rode to Florida to

ride with us. WE LOVE IT!!!

FL1-G

FUN AROUND THE DISTRICT

FL2-G CHILI CHALLENGE

Kick Tire at the SwampHouse in DeBary, FL


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Chapter FL2-N: Cocoa meets the 4th Saturday each month at Kay’s Real Pit BBQ, 1552 King St, Cocoa. Gathering starts at 9:00am.

Call New 2015 CD at (unavailable).

Chapter FL1-H2: Orlando meets the 1st Saturday each month at Perkins, 6425 University Blvd, Winter Park. Eat time is at 5:00pm.

Call Judy Rubino (407)977-7089.

Chapter FL1-K2: St. Petersburg meets the 4th Tuesday at The Parkside Café, 8180 49th St North, Pinellas Park. Eat time is 6:00pm. Call David Johnson at (727)546-1824.

Chapter FL1-X: Orange Park meets 1st Thursday at Golden Corral, 582 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park. Eat time is at 6:30pm

Call Geno & Kathie Jette (904)276-7488.

Chapter FL1-K: Palm Coast meets the 2nd Monday at the Golden Corral, 225 Cypress Edge Dr, Palm Coast. Eat time is at 6:00pm. Call Don & Judi Black at (386)672-4254.

Chapter FL1-V: Jacksonville Beach meets the 4th Saturday each month at Golden Corral, 9070 Merrill Rd., Jacksonville.

Eat time is at 8:30am. Call Amber Hayes at (904)487-0716.

FUTURE GWRRA EVENTS

Chapter FL1-A: Tampa meets the 3rd Saturday each month at I-HOP Restaurant, 11710 Morris Bridge Rd, Temple Terrace, FL. Eat time is at 6:00pm. Call Nan

FEATURED VISIT: Chapter FL1-H: Daytona meets the 3rd Thursday each month Duffs Buffet 2400 S Ridgewood Ave South Daytona, FL. Gathering starts at 6:00pm. Call Jim & Linda McGinnis (386)843-9520.

2016: Apr 9 FL1-A Poker Run

Seffner, FL

Apr 16 FL1-K Chapter Rally

Flagler Beach, FL

Apr 21-23 Georgia Dist. Rally

Dalton, GA

May 19-21 Alabama District Rally

Eufaula, AL

Jul 14-16 South Carolina District Rally

Anderson, SC

Aug 31-Sep 3 Wing Ding 38

Billings, MT

Oct 8 FL1-D Green Frog Getaway

Pensacola, FL

Oct 13-15 Mississippi District Rally

Gulfport, MS

Chapter FL1-F2:

Ocala meets the 3rd Tuesday each month at

Golden Corral,

2111 SW College Road, Ocala. Eat time is at

6:00pm.

Call Michael & Suzanne Sadlon

(352)694-4723.

mailto:[email protected]


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Florida District Rally


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Florida District Ride Educator, Rick Northrop, awaits to talk to the

Goldwing Raffle winner, Zeke Zikuda.

More

Rally FUN!!!


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Check our Online Calendar for dates.


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AMERICA…

Home of the FREE, because of the BRAVE.

FL1-G EVENTS

Sponsored by:

FL1-G

MONTHLY PLP

We only ride ATGATT on our PLP Pad.

No one rides like this, right?

Hewey: Why can’t snails ride a motorcycle?

Dewey: Cause their eyes will wave.

A guy is riding along a country road, when a sparrow flies up in front of him. The biker can’t do anything and hits the sparrow. As he looks in his mirror, he sees the sparrow lying in the road.

Being the kind of guy he is, he stops, returns to the sparrow and picks him up. He carefully takes it home with him, puts him in a cage, the sparrow still in a coma.

When the sparrow wakes up the following morning, he looks through the cage and says, “S**t, I must have killed the biker.”

WANNA HEAR

ANOTHER?


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FIND MORE DYNAMIC DETAIL AND OTHER MONTHS ON OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://FL1G.ORG

fl1g.org/calendar


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The entire FL1-G Team wants to share this note we received from two close friends and former Assistant District Directors & former District Directors, Ed & Jeanette Carr.


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NEW SEASON, NEW LOCATION!!

Items will be on display during our meal time, for you

to plan your bidding strategy.

We look forward to a wonderful new location & a

fantastically FUN year!!

See you on April 16th!!

Remember… All The Gear, All The Time!!

pring has finally sprung!!

The days will be getting longer, leaving us

with more daylight hours to ride, and higher

temperatures, as well!!

With the new season, comes a new venue for our

Gathering on the third Saturday of every month.

Beginning with the April 16th Gathering, we will

meet you at Mac’s On Main (Formerly Mainstreet

Grill), in the historical downtown DeLand location at

100 E. New York Ave., DeLand, FL. In order for more

Chapters and visitors to join us, our eat time will be

11am, with meet time at 12 noon. Their menu will

have both breakfast & lunch items.

Our Annual Flig Buck Auction is also scheduled

for Saturday, April 16th. The Auction will begin

at 12:15pm.

OUR GATHERING LOCATION

Mac’s On Main Lower Level

100 E. New York Ave Deland, FL

Third Saturday of the month,

Eat at 11:00am,

Meet at 12:00pm.

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