BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado BMWMCC In The Wind.pdf · 8:00 a.m. (rain, shine, or snow), members...
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In the Wind 1 Saturday Morning Breakfast Rides Red Rocks Grill Morrison, CO Every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. (rain, shine, or snow), members meet for breakfast at Red Rocks Grill in Morrison. If weather permits, we ride afterwards. Most rides are spontaneous, with destinations determined that morning. Come with ride suggestions! In The Wind MOA #66 AMA #2772 RA #327 July 2014 BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado Monthly Meeting No Monthly Meeting in July Have Fun in Paonia!! Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday at Red & Jerry’s located at 1840 W Oxford Avenue, Sheridan, CO 80110. Come join us for dinner, socializing and to hear our monthly speakers. 5:00 Dinner & Socializing 6:30 Meeting 7:00 Speaker Register Online! For Top O’ The Rockies and the 100K Foot Ride http://www.bmwmcc.org/registrations.php
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Rides
Red Rocks GrillMorrison, CO
Every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. (rain, shine, or snow), members meet for breakfast at Red Rocks Grill in Morrison. If weather permits, we ride afterwards.
Most rides are spontaneous, with destinations determined that morning. Come with ride suggestions!
In The WindMOA #66AMA #2772RA #327
July 2014
BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado
Monthly MeetingNo Monthly Meeting in July
Have Fun in Paonia!!
Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday at Red & Jerry’s located at 1840 W Oxford Avenue, Sheridan, CO 80110. Come join us for dinner, socializing and to hear our monthly speakers.
5:00 Dinner & Socializing 6:30 Meeting7:00 Speaker
Register Online!For Top O’ The Rockies and the 100K Foot Ride
http://www.bmwmcc.org/registrations.php
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P r e s i d e n t ’ s L e t t e rI hope everyone realizes how diverse the Club’s riding choices are this year. There should be something for everyone’s tastes. Let me point out the month of June. We offered what I will call an “adventure ride” which attracted about fifteen hardy souls who attempted to set foot on all four actual corners of our state, touching eight states in total, all in three days. This required managing both pavement and off-road sections. We had a new member ride which could be done entirely on pavement but offered some gravel road as an option, reuniting the group in Jefferson, Colorado for our lunch stop. We had a destination ride to watch the white-water competition in Salida, Colorado. We had a sold out Club sponsored Iron Butt sanctioned “SaddleSore 1000” endurance road ride. We combined a 400 mile day ride with a soak in the Glenwood hot springs. Last but not least, about forty riders headed to Riverside, Wyoming, some by pavement and some by off-road, meeting up to camp by the historic Encampment River.
July will be just as diverse. It opens with a ride to Ouray, Colorado to take in their spectacular 4th of July celebration and enjoy some of the best riding opportunities in the entire state. That is followed by a GS style dual-sport ride lead by two of our renowned world adventure riders, Paul “Shu” Shushan and Karst Postma. On the 17th of July, our 43rd annual Top O’ The Rockies Club rally opens for a three day run. A week later, members will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota for the BMW MOA rally. For those not attending the MOA event, Randy Bishop will be leading a tour of Veteran Memorials all around the state.
August will be just as busy. What you see here is a serious effort by some of our most active members to make your Club membership interesting and rewarding. Honestly, I think they have done a terrific job putting all this together. Our total membership is on track to exceed the previous year. What is disappointing to me however is that for all this work, membership participation could be much better. As I write this, we are likely to see 500 riders in attendance at Paonia. We have already pre-registered riders from more than half the states. They come from New York, Florida and Canada, but fewer than 10% of our own membership has yet to register for this premier event. Why is that? I have the same question about attendance at our scheduled rides. Riverside drew a nice sized crowd, numbering around forty riders, but other rides have not fared as well. I realize that it is the nature of most organizations to have an active core group which is less than half the total membership. That’s fine but this is supposed to be a Club people join to share fun times. You can’t do that if you don’t show up. How about making it a point to support the events. The people who do the work and lead the rides will appreciate it.
Ride Safe, Jeff
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Seen This Bike?Stolen!! Have you seen this Bike? Please contact:Brett [email protected]
I can’t begin to thank you enough for your help. Every little bit helps @ this point.
VIN # is 2935717. It’s is silver with yellow pin stripe. All shocks were replaced and new tires on the bike too.
Thank you !
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Ju ly Rides & EventsJuly 03-05, 2014Ouray 4th of July Ride & Weekend9:00 AM Red Rocks Grill, MorrisonJeff Burns | 303-794-0694 | [email protected]
July 12, 2014South Park Dual Sport Ride8:30 AM Rosie’s Diner, 411 Highway 105, MonumentPaul ‘Shu’ Shushan | 303-229-1835 | [email protected] Postma | 720-545-3582 | [email protected]
July 17-20, 2014Top O’ The Rockies RallyPaonia, ColoradoWebsite: www.bmwmcc.org/tor_rally.phpEmail: [email protected]
July 24-27, 201442nd Annual BMW MOAInternational Rallywww.bmwmoa.orgRally Chair-Karol Patzer Rally Co-Chair-Deb [email protected]
July 26, 2014Tour of Honor Ride to Veteran Memorials9:00 AM Red Rocks Grill, MorrisonRandy Bishop | 303-284-0443 | [email protected]
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A u g u s t R i d e s & E v e n t sAugust 2, 201415th Annual 100,000 Foot Ride - Street & Trail6:45 AM Foothills BMW Motorcycles, LakewoodCarl Thomte | 303-753-6652 | [email protected]
August 4-10, 201474th Annual Sturgis RallySiggi Pflumm | 303-674-1425 | [email protected]
August 9, 2014Walden Lunch Ride9:00 AM Red Rocks Grill, MorrisonJeff Burns | 303-794-0694 | [email protected]
August 9-11, 2014Dirty Dozen Dual Sport Passbagger8:00 AM TNT Country Kitchen, MorrisonPaul ‘Shu’ Shushan | 303-229-1835 | [email protected]
August 14-17, 2014Beartooth & Beemers Rally - Red Lodge, Montana
August 14-17, 2014Salute To American Veterans Rally
August 16-17, 2014Veterans Rally & Cripple Creek Campout9:00 AM Red Rocks Grill, MorrisonNewman | 303-250-2880 | [email protected]
August 29-September 2, 2014Steamboat Springs - Labor Day Weekend9:00 AM Red Rocks Grill, MorrisonMark Zimmer | 720-389-4825 | [email protected]
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New Mexico
Photos from Memorial Weekend New Mexico Trip
Mission Church located in Jemez, New Mexico
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Weekend Trip
GilmanTunnels on Raod 485Jemez, New Mexico
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Ride R eport & PhotosThe inaugural 4 Corners of CO Ride was a lot of fun and well attended with 12 people. We had 10 GS bikes and 2 street bikes. We explored some new roads and areas of the state that most of the riders haven’t been to. We left Morrison on Friday morning June 6th and headed for the Northwest corner of the state. We had to enter UT and WY on our way to the Northwest corner as it is not accessible form CO directly. The last 10 miles were not rideable on a street bike, so we left one of the street bikes at the cutoff and road 2 up. After about a mile of mud holes, we made the corner. Beautiful scenery and very remote for a quick lunch break. We finished the day in Montrose, CO, after passing through Flaming Gorge and over Douglas Pass. The second day started off with a great early morning ride over Dallas Divide, through Telluride and over Lizard Head Pass on the way to the Southwest corner. They have built a lot of new structures and actually moved the corner marker as it was found to be in the wrong location. We decided to stay in NM and ride HWY 64. After clearing Farmington, NM we hit some great mountain roads that many haven’t ridden before. When we got to Taos for gas, we made the call to stop for the day as the weather was very bad in the direction we were heading, including snow in Angel
Fire. After a group meeting, it was determined that because of the remaining distance to cover Sunday and the bad weather forecast on the eastern plains, that we were not going to be able to get to all 4 corners in 3 days. Some chose to take a direct route home from Taos Sunday, while 4 riders chose to head to the Southeast corner. The weather was threatening all the way to the corner, but we made it and started to head for home. The weather forecasters were not wrong about the weather Sunday afternoon. We rode back in extreme winds, rains, and tornadoes. Everyone had a good time on the ride and would like to do it again, taking 4 days next time to allow for weather, a little sightseeing, and a little more time for meals and sleep. Who is up for the second annual ride in 2015?
John CokerMobile (303)[email protected]
NEW MEXICO | COLORADO | UTAH |
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Four Corners of Colorado
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Colorado Classic 1000
5:00 AM at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, CO - ride start location.
Celia Germond & Eric Levy at Check-In Desk
Craig and Tara Brooks are from Evergreen. Their younger daughter is in the Marine Corps. Craig finished 4th in the Iron Butt Rally last year.
Scott Klinger from Bridgeport NE and friend. Scott won 1st and 2nd place in the raffle. Always good to see non-BMW riders feeling welcome to join our events.
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Photos Courtesy R andy BishopWalter Clinton from Laramie, WY & Ralph Cardinal from Tyrone, NM. Walter’s wife, two daughters and son stayed up to welcome him back. His son stayed outside most of the time welcoming riders.
Chris Ross from Lubbock, TX - 2015 IBR entrant.Chris is a high school teacher who rode up from Lubbock with a friend. Sunday afternoon he was headed for Cody, WY. He was one of the lucky 100 riders choosen to ride in the 2015 Iron Butt Rally.
Mark Kelly from Evergreen, CO was another non-BMW rider pictured above at Grand Lake in the background.
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Below: Many stayed outside the hotel talking and greeting incoming riders until about 2am.
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The photo to the left was taken with the help from our Mazda 3’s headlights. Almost everyone was all smiles after a day of riding curvy and scenic Colorado roads with no rain. This is Harley rider Steve Gualke of Colorado Springs, one of the earliest arrivals. There weren’t many Harley rider participants.
Daniel Bilodeau - Cheyenne, WYTrue Ironbutt rider on BMW S1000RR. Daniel and his friend Josh Taylor rode their sport bikes from Cheyenne and perservered to finish at 1:20 AM. Daniel told us all the things he did wrong, like not bringing his electric vest or clear face shield. It was good to see young participates in an IBA SaddleSore 1000.
Riders enjoying Sunday brunch.
Daniel Bilodeau’s BMW S1000RR and Josh Taylor, Cheyenne, WY, Honda CBR600RR finished at 1:20 AM. Pictured to the right, in front of Grand Lake Lodge, Daniel’s and Josh’s bikes are still right where they parked them after arriving from their ride.
Colorado Classic 1000
Thanks Randy Bishop for sharing your photos!
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Thanks to Eric Levy for a great job organizing the 2014 Colorado Classic 1000 event, choosing an amazing route that was challenging but not too difficult, and for setting up the finish line at the beautiful Grand Lake Lodge. And to all the volunteers, Randy Bishop, Gray Buckley, Jim Yarrington, Celia Germond and others who made the event successful. We very much enjoyed it.
The 1000 mile ride left Lakewood at 5:00 am, went through Fairplay, Hartsel, Salida, Saguache, Monte Vista, South Fork, Lake City, Hotchkiss on Rim Road, over Grand Mesa, Grand Junction, Loma, Meeker, Craig, Steamboat, Granby, to Grand Lake. There were some great roads and only 33 miles was freeway, the rest was twisty back roads along rivers, streams and lakes most of the day. A black bear and 2 cubs, a moose, and lots of deer were spotted. Out of 60 entrants, 39 started and 34 finished. Out of the BMWMCC, Mike Szabo was the first finisher, arriving at 10:08 pm, John Coker at 11:37 pm, Chris Wilder at 11:25 pm, and Michael &
Keren Kilgore along with Jeff de Wispelaere, and Dimitri Tourmas arriving at 2:25 pm. Frank Ricci’s bike broke down outside Grand Junction so he couldn’t finish. Because of odometer differences several people were just under the 1000 miles and had to go back out and ride another 5 or 10 miles to complete the 1000 requirement. Bummer. After hours of riding we arrived at dark, crashed at our respective cabins and woke up the next morning to see how beautiful the lodge was overlooking Grand Lake. The buffet breakfast was complete with omelets, salmon and capers, French toast, and lots of fruit for hungry riders. Eric had some great give away prizes and recognized several people who completed the Iron Butt ride for the first time. Overall, it was great fun and several people commented that it wasn’t as hard as they thought it was going to be! So, next year we look forward to doing it again!
Keren Kilgore
Thanks to Organizer
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This was not a race and there was no finish order. The first entrant to arrive at the finish came in at 9:15 PM and the last person to finish came in at 3:55 AM.
Scott Clinger of Bridgeport, NE, claimed the first and second winning raffle tickets, winning $207. Doran Newlin of Littleton, CO, a 4-time Finisher, won $69, and Chris Wilder of Lakewood, CO, a first time Finisher and BMWMCC club member, won a Wolfman Expedition dry duffle.
If you missed it, the Denver Post published an article on the Colorado Classic 1000 & Eric Levy (see link below).
http://www.examiner.com/article/biker-eric-levy-brings-iron-butt-to-colorado
Classic R aff le
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Finisher List ing
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2014 Officers & Board Members
President: Jeff Burns - [email protected]
Vice President: Mike Szabo - [email protected]
Treasurer: Frank Ricci - [email protected]
Secretary: Jeff Kelley - [email protected]
Membership: Greg DeWit - [email protected]
Webmaster: Keren Kilgore - [email protected]
ITW Editor: Cathy Catrell - [email protected]
Ride Book Editor: Cathy Catrell - [email protected]
Club Store: Bob Wagner - [email protected]
Ride Coordinator: John Coker - [email protected]
Advertising: Karst Postma - [email protected]
TOR Rally Chair: David Adair - [email protected]
100K Foot Ride Chair: Carl Thomte - [email protected]
CO Classic 1000 Chair: Eric Levy - [email protected]
Social Director: Brandi Newman - [email protected]
Board Trustee: Siggi Pflumm
Board Trustee: Carl Thomte
Board Trustee: Michael Kilgore
Board MeetingDate: Wednesday, July 2, 2014Time: 6:30 P.M.Location: Red Rocks Grill, Morrison, CO
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