Rhino Protection

Some one told me I should go to Rhino and have my pick up truck bed protected. Well I did and I have to say not only does it protect the bed but it protects the whole truck


Rhino Protection


It also helps protect the house.

If you have a few hours and nothing to do...

If the weather is nice and you want a ride, try this one...

River Road in Zoar leads to a tunnel. If you have never seen it, when you arrive at the railroad crossing there will be dirt parking lots on both sides of the road and a Railroad bridge over the Hoosac River. Park your bike and follow the tracks to the left. The east portal of the tunnel is there, the tunnel is 4.75 miles long and exits in North Adams.




If you don't like dirt roads, the return trip has two, When you get to route 8 in Hinsdale just stay on 8 to route 20. Upper valley Road, Lower Valley road, and Pluckett Reservoir are all dirt roads, Staying on route 8 will by pass them. But you my miss out some good scenery, especially if you like to see trains climbing mountain grades.

Mid day Practice

Chris, Tom Y. and I got together for some learning. I was on Old Red and Chris was on the Clone.

New stuff we learned

1# practice on holding the throttle steady through out the whole section.

2# a bit more speed (1/2 mph) helps in the dip of the turn also on the exit through the cones.

3# fine tune the clutch and if done well you don't change it from the entrance to the exit of the turn.

4# done right you could decrease power (pull in clutch) to stand the bike up through the cones (exit gateway)

5# DON'T sit back on the seat, instead move forward with your shoulders and lean slightly into the turn...yes commit to the inside of the turn with your shoulders.

The range drew blood today (knee) not saying who. Two of the three bikes present went down (so we can all clam to be the lucky one.)

Remember this is a timed event as well as a skill event, so being perfect and slow still makes you a loser.

That is why I tried to increase the speed and see what happened. Speed helped but not wild speed, you have to hit your turning points or your screwed.

getting stronger every day

Tom 

Sorry I wasn't there, I love Blood and gore photos. the kind that make people go.."ewwwwwwwwoooo"

klay

Things to do

From the President

Sat. 05/26 The Clubhouse is painted!!! Thanks to all that volunteered to make short work of it. Thanks to Thib's for lunch. The meal was impressive

Sun. 05/27 The Chicken Run!!! We had a great turnout for the Chicken Run. 40 motorcycles departed Dunkin Donut's, with 50 riders, including riders from New Haven County, Middlesex County, Windham County and Tolland County who met us there. Beautiful, great roads, no hickups, no break downs, great food and socializing, ice cream stop in Plainfield on the way home. One of those days that happens once and awhile and you're glad you went.

Tue. 06/05 6:00pm AOB Middlesex County
Dinner Ride meet rear/Partheon
Diner, Rte 1 Old Saybrook

Ride to the Ivoryton Pub. Be
hungry!

Wed. 06/06 10:00am AOB David's Place -
Americade

Sun. 06/10 10:00am AOB DD Rte 32 "Reason
to Ride" Plainfield
Meet Windham Cty behind
McDonald's Eli's parking lot

Mon. 06/11 10:00am AOB departure
Friendly's Restaurant, Norwich Depart for LACONIA

Sat. 06/16 11:00am Rick Hazlett's funeral
service at the Clubhouse

Will depart on his last ride
through Devil's Hop Yard after

the service and return to the
Clubhouse for food etc.

Sun. 06/17 9:00am AOB David's Place Rte 85,
Rhinebeck NY air show.

Sat. 06/23 9:00am Boating Course for boating
license. FREE for members. Held
at the Clubhouse.

Sun. 06/24 10:00am AOB DD Rte 32, Point
Judith Run

Where and why

My Sunday excursion was done for two reasons, one was to get a longer ride under my belt, having not been on a real cruise since last year I wanted one with miles. And after 312 miles my butt felt it.


The second and most pressing reason was to enjoy what I had before even if it wasn't complete.


I started the day on roads Rick showed me, up through the Scotland, Windham areas, then it followed a trip we had taken once before.

Shelburne Falls

Washout damage

klay

One requires another

I put a new accessory on the bike on Saturday.

It's rather nice, it has a use, the main thing I will be able to grab a coffee on the way to work.

It is the Harley Davidson Cup Holder.

I put over three hundred miles on the bike on Sunday, up through Mashantucket (we used to call it Ledyard), Preston City, Jewitt City, Willimantic, Stafford Springs,  Monson, Palmer, Amhurst, Deerfield, Greenfield, Shelburn, Charlemont, Rowe, Florida, North Adams. Then south on 8 and 20, Adams, Pittsfield, Dalton, Hinsdale, Becket, Huntington, Chester, Westfield, Springfield. Hazardville, Ellington, Stafford Springs and home.

The new accessory meant I had plenty to drink for the entire trip. never thirsty, But I never stopped so many times I my life. So I am thinking of adding another accessory...

I just have to figure out how to mount it.

Whatever it was before...

Now...It's brown

Stuff to do, with the people ya love

From the President

Sat. 05/26 8:00am Paint the House. 7:00am Breakfast Herb's

Volunteers needed to paint the Clubhouse

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Sun. 05/27 10:00am AOB: DD rte 32 The Chicken Run

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Tue. 06/05 6:00pm AOB Middlesex County Dinner Ride

meet rear/Partheon Diner, Rte 1 Old Saybrook

Ride to the Ivoryton Pub. Be hungry!

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Wed. 06/06 10:00am AOB David's Place - Americade

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Sun. 06/10 10:00am AOB DD Rte 32 "Reason to Ride" Plainfield

Meet Windham Cty behind McDonald's

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Mon. 06/11 10:00am AOB Friendly's Restaurant, Norwich - LACONIA

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Sat. 06/16 11:00am Rick Hazlett's funeral service at the Clubhouse

Will depart on his last ride through Devil's Hop Yard after

the service and return to the Clubhouse for food etc.

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Sun. 06/17 9:00am AOB David's Place Rte 85, Rhinebeck NY air show.

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Sat. 06/23 9:00am Boating Course for boating license FREE at the

Clubhouse.

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Sun. 06/24 10:00am AOB DD Rte 32, Point Judith Run

What's What and why.

New England Cycle Works

Every Thursday is Bike Night

*Tonight features $20 NECW cash back for any purchase of $100.00 or more

in the parts and accessories department!!!!

*Food compliments of NECW

**Ride with us**

** Meet up with your friends**

**Come Check it out and have some fun**

Mike's H-D Nesletter

Trailer For Sale

Asking $2000 or best offer.

barely 3 years old

bought it new from Lowes, hardly used. Can be used for 1

full size bike or possibly 2 smaller bikes (Sportsters, etc)

6X12 Carry-On Cargo Trailer

- single axle

- roof vent

- rear ramp door

- side door

Added extras:

- Aluminum diamond plated ramp,

- painted interior,

- detachable wheel chock & tie-downs

- gray rubber interlocking floor tiles

- 110 elec.

Vinny Pons

cell# 203-215-6505

ponsy149@sbcglobal.net

It just dawned on me why...

Right after I bought my Glide I tripped over the Harley Davidson Cross Bones at Oceanstate Harley in Warwick. I was instantly enamoured with it. It just struck a cord with me. I wanted one, not as a primary bike but as a second bike. There was something about that bike that pulled my heart strings, but I never really thought about why... Thursday I received my copy of J&P Motorcycle's "Vintage Catalog". There in the confines of the book I saw it, the Cross-Bones. Of course it wasn't the Cross-bones...it was a 1946 Harley Flat-head Bobber. It struck me...the Cross Bones was an attempt at resurrecting the past.  Harley Named it wrong is all. Throw on some fish tail pipes, unload the up swept rear fender for a standard fender and there you are, a gas tank mounted on a bare frame, a springer, and a spring solo seat. I want one more now than ever, but...Harley stopped making it...again, and I still can't afford a second bike. But you never know, maybe I will be able to pick up a used one, or somewhere down the line Harley will roll another version off the Milwaukee assembly line. Maybe this time they will drop the cartoon skull and cross-bones and call it what it is...."The 46"

klay

New Timer Cover ordered today,

The paperwork processed today, so in 4 or so weeks I will have another Brother on my bike. Rick will be on the opposite side of the bike from my brother.

(The print will be in yellow not red)

klay

Memorial Day is soon upon us

V. Sileo

That explains it!!!

Saturdays Flag Stand

You can never have enough...cookies

The Chicken Run

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Meet: Dunkin Donut's Rte 32 Uncasville

AOB Departure: 10:00am

It will be an enjoyable cruising ride though

some of Connecticut and Rhode Island's

relaxing country roads. One of the NLMC's

top picks every year. $ 12.00 for an all you

can eat family style Chicken buffet. R.I. law

requires the passenger to wear a helmet.

We can stop at the State line. The forecast

is for partly sunny and 80 degrees. Road

Guards will be needed for this ride.Don't

miss it.

Paint

Our Treasurer picked up paint and supplies to paint the Clubhouse. All we need now is a large group of volunteers to make short work out of it. If Thib's is available he'll provide lunch and beverage. If not we'll order in some pizza. The date is:

Saturday, 05/26/12

Be at the Clubhouse for 8:00am

or whenever you can get there.

Bring a ladder or staging if you

have one. Brushes, rollers and

lunch will be provided. This is

the final finish to our new house.

Did you go outside today?

The sun was shining, the air was warm in the eighties, and depending on where you were it smelled like fresh cut lawn or flowers or cow shit. All in all a fantastic day. Three of us had breakfast at the Equinox then ran west on route one to Ella Grasso tech to watch Tree and the cone wench at work. Then we headed to Plainfield and the Nation to have Tree's bike worked on. (Tree was working the biker schoolies so we had her bike and she was on a straight pipe Harley with loose drag bars).  I mapped out the most direct route to Motorsport Nation I could think of, and went an entirely different route. I led as we headed up route one to Flanders across to Lambtown ext and the dirt road to Lambtown rd to Wendell Comrie, Gallup Hill, Town Farm, Shewville, route 2 east. Then hooked a left on 201 to Northwest corner to 164. In Jewitt City we took 138 east to 201 through  Hopeville back to Jewitt City and route 12 to Lathrop to Excalibur and pulled up at M-N. Tree's bike went inside so we talked to Les and watched Adrianne teach more Biker schoolies.


From there we cruised up to 14a and headed west to 14, then at Martellos we picked up Lisbon road which we took to Gooseneck Hill. He sat around on Gooseneck (visiting) for a while then Crossed onto Bates Pond. We continued to 14 then took 97 to 6, then 203 to Jerusalem to Station, then Murphy Hill to 97. In Baltic we took Maple to High, then Washington to Broadway into Norwich before running east on 2.


We hooked a left on Ryder, crossed Wyassup onto Chester Main to Hangman Hill to Grindstone to Wyassup (yeah...it's called a circle). 


It was a good ride with rare company.

He attracts the Finest people

Everywhere he goes, women flock to him.

He can remove food particles between their teeth with his tongue and a little suction.

Pink...is actually one of his colors

His is...the most Mid western Farm Boy