Reminder to WATCH OUT!!!

Hey Mark, was on my way to the club for the meeting tonight (Thursday) minding my own beeswax and you guessed it.I hit a f***ing deer! She went down I did not.No damage to me.Minor damage to Scarlet (my road king).Please remind every one to be careful!

 Joe F.

New York Metro Motor Competition photos

Photos by Kaitlyn (Squeek) Perkins

Looks like the Practice paid off

The Club showed themselves well in the New York City Metro Motorskills Police and Civilian Skills Competition. 

Steve Distacio took First Place in "Division B".

Chris Llorett took First Place in "Division A".

Evert Gawendo took Third Place in "The Slow Circle"

Mike Henry took Second Place in "The Slow Circle"

The Police Division was for Active and Retired Motor Officers with a Police Type Motorcycle, Instructors and any LEO with formal Police training. 

Civilian A: Riders with at least 72 hours Formal Police type training. Motorcycle must be 1200cc and 700lbs.

Civilian B: All Riders with at least three years experience with a motorcycle which has a minimum of 600cc's and 550lbs.

Congratulations to all those who attended!!! Those who won and those who did not. The only people who lose are those who fail to Compete. 

klay

Brooklyn Skills and Ride announcment

The boys should all be in the magical city of Brooklyn by now, 

 Sorry about that...Brooklyn, The magical land of Brownstones, 

 The Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Bushwick, Red Hook, East New York, 

 The two Steves left earlier this week, Tom, Tom, Evert, Chris, Mark and Mike left this morning. They have gone down to represent the Patch in the New York City Metro Motorskills Police and Civilian Skills Competition at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn New York. 

Here are some pictures from 2010: 

Let's all wish them luck, 

There is a Ride meet tomorrow for those wishing to go down and watch the fun, A.O.B. is 7:30am sharp at the McDonald's in Flanders: Both Bikes and Cars are heading down.

I'm sure they will try their best, and even if they don't win, they are carrying on the Club Tradition of Competition set up by the original members of the Club.

Not Cars...Not bikes

Make sure to check out all the links to the side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-DQoGxjjTA&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnbijp5sQJA&feature=related

Like Cars?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=wuQvKuqYUk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvmy32ZuouE&feature=related

Spending the Day with Thomas

I will be taking a ride to South Carver Massachusetts in October. I figure it will be nice to cruise around with Thomas. I will either be going on October 6th or 7th, or on October 13th or 14th. 

Thomas, in case you don't watch Children's Sunday morning shows is a Tank Engine. Edaville Railroad is hosting the visit.  Tank engines were normally found along the docks or in industrial areas of the world where a larger engine with a tender would not fit. A Tank Engine carries its coal in a small bunker behind the engineer and the water in tanks on either side of the boiler, hence the name. Of course...in the real world the engines usually weren't painted blue and didn't have a face on the front of them.

Edaville started out as a Cranberry company, the owner Mr.Atwood bought up the Maine narrow gauge (2ft) railroads when they were in financial difficulty and used them to work the cranberry harvests. (In doing so saving the engines, track and buildings for history). The Maine steam engines have pretty much all returned to Maine as Tourist railroads. Mister Atwood would give rides to photographers and rail-fans when they arrived on the property. After a while he realized there was more money in opening a railroad park and museums than in the cranberries. The property was later bought by Nelson Blount (owner of New Hampshire's Steamtown) Upon his death the Edaville museums and engines were sold off and Steamtown was moved to Scranton PA where it is a National Park now.

I would prefer a Non - Thomas steam engine but where steam engines are concerned you find them where you can. Not to mention the fact that Tank Engines are cool, they always sound like they are busting a gut trying to haul cars.

klay

Attention Members

The Silent Auction has been postponed until Thursday, 09/27/12 due to the Auctioneer being called into work.

Also a reminder!

I am sure you all have received your letters and return envelopes. We have received a few donations as they are slowly coming to us. I am going to assume by Thursday 09/27/12 what we have received will be the end of it. We have had a few generous donations and one very generous donation but we are still short of meeting my challenge, our goal. Again $ 5.00 or $ 500.00 it all adds up.

Next year should be good as long if we retain 90% our membership level. We are not going to see the same level of expenses so our income/expense ratio should be favorable.

Thanks to volunteers and generous members we have made huge accomplishments in the past 3 years of the Club. An asphalt parking lot, an absolutely beautiful meeting room addition, a new dining room, improved kitchen, a change over to gas heat, and a cool head table that rivals the "Sons of Anarchy" head table LOL!!! Those who contributed time and money should be proud of what you have done.

Who's better than us!!!

MENGHI MOUNTAIN ROCKIN RUN

A benefit to help the Menghi family who

lost their home and pets to fire.

$ 15.00 rider $ 20.00 rider w/passenger

food raffle and live music Montville VFW

Saturday 09/29/12

AOB: 11:00am Dunkin Donut's, Rte 32 Uncasville

Many from the Club will be away in Brooklyn on

Saturday, more on Sunday, including the Road

Captain, etc. I am not going to NYC and will lead

the ride on Saturday and Sunday. Pres.

It is a Surge Tower

I have been by this tower a number of times and always wondered what it was. Well...

It is the Surge Tower at Harriman Development Readsboro Vt.

Usually part of hydro-electric generating stations or water treatment plants. Energy, when released in a confined space, such as a water distribution system, creates shock waves when hydrants, valves, or pumps are opened and closed quickly, trapping the kinetic energy of moving water within the confined space of a piping system. These shock waves can create a turbulence that travels at the speed of sound, seeking a point of release. The release the surge usually finds is an elevated tank or surge tower. 


Now you know.

Klay

for flow information You can Visit : http://www.h2oline.com/Ma.asp

Sample: 505126 DEERFIELD RIVER AT HARRIMAN DEVELOPMENT, READSBORO VT PUBLISHED ON SEP 25, 2012 AT 15:13:29 - EXPIRES SEP 25 MIDNIGHT

For the Deerfield River at TransCanada's Harriman Development, Readsboro VT: The total spill below the dam is 60 CFS Similar conditions are expected to continue through MIDNIGHT Sun SEP 30 For the river below the project where the spill and the powerhouse flow combine: At 2:57 PM today 58 CFS

Greylock Ride, by P. Neves & V. Pons

got nuttin ta do

Now ya got sumptin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXrtcKka-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw&feature=relmfu

Greylock Ride Report

The Sunday ride was to the top of Mount Greylock in Adams Massachusetts. Now to get there we used route 8 to North Adams picked up route 2 to Notch road and climbed the hill.

But I skipped a bit, let's start at the beginning, A.O.B. was at 9am at Dunkin Donuts on route 32 in Montville. Five bikes and four members departed on time, making a total of 8 people. Arriving in Durham we picked up one more member and two bikes, for a total of three people. (Steve Distacio was there to see us off.)

We went though Middlefield, Cromwell, New Britain, and Plainville, then swung north through Farmington, Avon, Weatogue, Simsbury, and Granby.  Made a stop for helmets in Granby

 and topped off the tanks in Southwick Mass. Then west through Westfield,  Russell, Huntington, Chester and Becket. Ran route 8 through Washington and took a detour in Hinsdale runing down hill to Pittsfield. Then north again on 8 through Lanesboro, Cheshire and Adams to North Adams. 

We parked at every stop light and wove our way through manhole covers. Then stopped at Subway before climbing to the summit.

Another bike joined us at the top, 

The thermometer on the bike said it was around 34 degrees at the top, but it felt warm and the thermometer leaves a little to be desired.

It was around 1:30pm when we arrived in North Adams and after visiting the summit and having lunch it was decided the quickest way back would be appreciated, so we picked up the Mohawk crawl eastward, and with the amount of traffic on the trail it was a crawl. Arriving at Greenfield we again topped off the bikes, 

And with some of the bikes dropping off on 91 for the express run south, four of us took the more scenic ride down through Deerfield, Sunderland, Amherst, Belchertown and stopped for dessert (Whiskey Bread Pudding) and coffee (and tea) at the The Steaming Tender restaurant in Palmer Mass. With the sun vanished behind the hills the ride home grew a little chilly, and with the sun down completely I was glad for the heated grips. 

I had filled the tank and set the trip meter before I left in the am, when the last two bikes dropped off on rte 32 in Montville it was a 343.7 mile day.

I pulled the bike into the shed at 8:10pm.

Not a bad day on a bike.

klay

Mountain lunch

Mister Pons sent me a link.
In regards to lunch on Greylock, there is a facility at the lodge on top of the hill.

Here is the menu link.

http://bascomlodge.net/Dining_Menus.html

We can decide in the morning.

klay

Ride plan for Greylock

We will be departing DD at 9am Sharp
Helmets along for the ride, there will be time for a helmet stop
.
Wear clothes, layers, the high is forecast for 60 degrees, which is great if you're standing in the sun but not so great on the move, and the top of the hill, (while closer to the sun) will be colder.

The route will be highway limited, as in from.

Normal SOP for this ride is sit at the top and eat, so this means you will need something to eat. We will be making a stop at the Subway in North Adams (or the Brewhaha for those so inclined)

Leaving DD we will take 163 to 395, to 95, to 9 in Old Saybrook.
Hopefully this will be all the highway you will see.

We will get off at exit 6 (Chester) and take 148 across to 79 then 17 through Durham.

Then a left on 147 to 157 to Jackson Hill rd, then 66. 
66 will take us up by the school to 217. 
217 will bring us to 372.
372 will take us through New Britain to Plainville and route 10. 
10 and 202 will run us into Westfield Mass, where we will pick up route 20 west into the Berkshires then 8 up and over Becket Washington and Hinsdale and down into Pittsfield.
Then a run north on 8 to North Adams and Route 2 for food pickup before climbing Notch road up the hill.

It sounds like a lot but it is only 118 miles and take us around 2 hours and 45 minutes to 3 hours depending on speeds.

klay

Sundays ride could look like this

It won't though, because we are not going to Hogback Mountain, we are going to Greylock, weren't you paying attention?