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National & District Directors
GWRRA DIRECTOR
Ray & Sandi Garris
(602) 404-6875
NC-A Officers & Staff
SUNSHINE LADY/CARE BEAR
JANICE BUCKNER (336) 697-2216
NEWSLETTER EDITOR COLLEEN FITZGERALD
(336) 992-3089 [email protected]
GOODIE SALES ALICE MYERS
MEMBER ENHANCEMENT COORDINATORS
ALICE & RON MYERS (336) 697-8193
HISTORIAN / PHOTOGRAPHER HENRY JINNETTE
(336) 662-2151 [email protected]
NC District
The Wing Nut Piedmont Goldwings NC-A meets the 2nd
Thursday of each month
http://www.piedmont
goldwings.com
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge
Captain Bill’s Seafood
6108 West Market St. Greensboro NC
Eat at 6:30PM,
Gather at 7:30PM.
All are welcome.
CHAPTER DIRECTORS
TOM & COLLEEN FITZGERALD (336) 992-3089
ASST. CHAPTER DIRECTOR TBA
TREASURER HELEN WILSON
(336) 697-8916 [email protected]
RIDE COORDINATOR PAULA HINES (336) 788-9980
CHAPTER COUPLE CARL & NANCY ALLEN
(336) 674-6223 [email protected]
SPECIAL EVENTS DWAIN STRADER
(336) 613-4820 [email protected]
Inside This Issue From our CD 2
Chapter Ride Coordinator
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Membership Enhancement
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Chapter Couple 5
Riding Together 6-7
Sunshine—Care Bear News
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Membership Page 9
Upcoming Rides and Events
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District News, National News
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Sponsors 16
GWRRA
NC CENTRAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Libby Jennings (919) 732-7961
October 2018
NC-A
NORTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Roy & Cindy Bryant (252) 883-8738
Greetings From Your Chapter Directors
Tom & Colleen FitzGerald
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
Wings Over the Smokies 2018 is in the history books and the rear view mirror. The attendance was down this year and proba-bly due to a combination of weather, Hurricane Florence, and
Wing Ding. That being said, those that attended seem to have a good time. The weather cleared up on Friday and Saturday and many members enjoyed riding our beautiful Smoky mountains. Thanks to all the Chapter A members who once again manned the grand prize and grand 50/50 ticket sales tables. The District couldn’t put on an event without the assistance of chapter members from across the state. At the end of the first day of sales, District Direc-tor Roy Bryant informed Colleen and me that they’d gone over the top in paying for the bike that was given away. All sales after that point went to other expenses of the rally and the funds needed to run the NC District throughout the year. The most important thing about the rally was the friendship and fellowship of mem-bers from the Chapter, the District, and the Nation. Opening and closing ceremonies this year were held inside and that was a vast improvement over last year. I was proud to carry the candle for our own Harriet Edger during the touching memorial service for District members that passed away since the 2017 Rally. The 2019 Wings Over the Smokies Rally will be held on September 26-29, 2019 at the fairgrounds in Waynesville again next year. Those that stayed at the Maggie Valley Inn enjoyed the facility and the excellent Rendezvous restaurant. It is definitely a motorcycle friendly venue and even had undercover parking to keep the bikes out of the rain. Next on our calendar is the Chapter picnic on October 13th and the annual beach trip weekend, November 2-4. The fun just keeps on coming! We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at our next chapter gathering and until next month, ride often and ride safe.
Tom & Colleen FitzGerald NC-A Chapter Directors
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Wings Over the Smokies is a wrap! We had decent weather, a few showers Thursday, and some rain coming home Sunday, but warm and dry for the rally itself. We had jungle animals wandering through the crowds, but they were, for the most part, fairly tame and friendly. No one got bitten or trampled, but there
was one wild man-beast, maybe raised by Great Apes, who desperately needed a shave and haircut, who was desperately seeking attention!
Only one disappointment – I didn’t win the Gold Wing! We did have a new award, Individual of the Year, which was pre-sented to Bob Remillard – and for once, he was speechless! Congratulations, Bob, you deserved this award! His family came to share his day, as we recognized our friend Bob.
California Sidecar brought 3 trike conversions for display and demo rides. One of these, the red one, was a 2018 Gold Wing, 1800 cc, automatic transmission. Having heard this transmission worked very well, Kathy Gentry and I took it out for a demo ride down the road and through the curves, uphill and downhill. The transmission did work well, shifting pretty close to where I would have upshifted and downshifted. I was pleased with the ride, handling and response, particularly in Sport mode. Kathy and I both noticed the sounds made by the transmission as it shifted, not overly loud, but letting you know it was working. The back seat was not as comfortable as we expected it to be, inadequate lumbar support and not as well padded as it should be. This was a surprise, but the after-market will have options to address this.
With so many riders transitioning to trikes, and so many new or re-entry riders considering trikes, we’re glad to have options like this. GWRRA has a trike training class, and the state North Carolina Motorcycle Safety Program also has a 3-wheel BRC class. The state class, like the 2-wheel BRC, is a 2 ½ day training session, and offers a DMV waiver card is-sued upon successful completion which is accepted by DMV in lieu of their riding test, to issue a 3-wheel only motorcycle endorsement. This class includes standard trike modifications (2-wheels in the rear), but cannot include the bolt-on trike kits, and also includes Can-Am trikes, with 2 wheels in the front. You can check the web page for more information and class locations at http://ncmotorcyclesafety.org/, under Courses.
We had guided tours Friday and Saturday, great fun on great roads. We also had maps for self-guided tours, ranging from short and easy to challenging, all of the rides very scenic, generally low traffic, and enough curves and mountains to satisfy our needs! Please note, the Tail of the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway are included, and are world famous, but are not the only, or even the best, roads we have to ride in North Carolina!
If you couldn’t make it to Wings Over the Smokies this year, please plan ahead to join us next year, for friends, fun and great riding!
We are fortunate to ride in a very motorcycle-friendly state. Some other areas are more restrictive, and we’ve heard of problems in the past, such as the ordnances Myrtle Beach had passed to restrict motorcycles and motorcycle rallies, now revised, thankfully.
A few years back, there was an outcry in North Carolina because of a motorcycle-only checkpoint outside a BMW rally site. While this practice has not been continued, to my knowledge, there is still potential, as noted by a recent article in the American Motorcyclist Magazine. Excerpts below:
“Motorcycle-only checkpoints originated in New York state, and New York is among the few states that still employ this discriminatory practice.” And “[New York] City officials claim checkpoints are used to catch stunters and illegal dirt bike and ATV riders, but those riders don’t stop at the checkpoints.” “If mostly law-abiding riders stop, who is this hurting?” Erlbaum asked.” (Jesse Erlbaum, a task force member of The New York Motorcycle and Scooter Task Force which began in 2009, when the city closed the last motorcycle-only parking area.)
These motorcycle-only checkpoints also create traffic delays, and when other drivers see the cause for the traffic de-lays, their perception is that these motorcyclists must have done something wrong to be stopped by the police, even though it is a general stop of all motorcycles. You know how we all feel about traffic delays! Just in the past years, there were problems in New York with very large groups, particularly sport bikes, creating traffic problems and “stunting”, pulling wheelies at speed, blocking traffic, and weaving in and out of traffic, passing illegally. Riders like these create problems for all of us, as the motoring public does not always recognize the difference between responsible, law-abiding motorcyclists and these irresponsible law-breakers.
We continue to present a model of safety-oriented, responsible and law-abiding motorcycle riders, and encourage eve-ryone we meet to do the same, so we all can enjoy riding for many years to come.
Excerpted from Dave Mathers’ article for AMA magazine: ‘There are several great things about a perfect ride. You can have many of them in a lifetime. They can be as short as a trip around the block or thousands of miles. You can ride one up or two, solo or in large groups or small. The more often you ride, the better your chances of having another perfect ride.”
Watch for impromptu ride notifications - and see you at our gathering!
Ride safe, ride often. Paula, Ride Coordinator
Greetings From Your Ride Coordinator
Paula Hines
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
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Our A September gathering was canceled due to Hurricane Florence. Items discussed by email and calls to members.
Central Travelers Plaque captured by NC-A Greensboro
Tar Heel Traveler captured by NC-X2 Wilkesboro
COY Plaque captured by NC-A
Upcoming Events: 8/28-9/1/18 Wing Ding 40; 9/27-29 Wings Over the Smokies; A’s annual picnic 10/13/18; District Training Day 10/27/18 in Kerners-ville
Discussed Wings work assignments, shirt orders, door prizes and Silent Auction basket
Discussed sicknesses—A-Cheryl’s sister is doing better, needs help lifting legs to get into bed; Paul Trahan (NC-X) passed away 8/28/18; Colleen’s Mom passed away 9/6/18 from Alzheimer’s
Couples—will take plaque to H2 Durham 9/20/18
Alice finishing WOS ticket sales
Sunshine and Care Bear— sending birthday and anniversary cards out to members
Thanks go out to Henry Jinnette, Chapter Photographer, for capturing moments of the monthly events and rides he and Bruce Wing ventured on.
Many thanks for our members out visiting chapters and collecting the visitation cards.
Thanks to all for visiting Chapter A. See you at our next gathering, October 11, 2018.
Ride Safe. Chapter NC-A, Reporter: Colleen FitzGerald
Greetings From Your MEC
Alice & Ron Myers
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
Gathering Together
September
2018
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Having lots of fun visiting with sis-
ter chapters. Even captured the plaque a couple of times and car-
ried it to other chapters to help out
our fellow COYs.
Many thanks to all the members
who have been visiting other chap-ters and collecting the visitation
cards—only two more to go!
Ride Safe and have FUN!
Carl & Nancy Allen
Chapter NC-A Couple 2018
Couple of the Year plaque is on
the move!
Greetings From Your
Couple of the Year
Carl & Nancy Allen
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NC-A COY goes to NC–N Burlington 8/23/18
NC-A visits
8/26 Ken & Linda visit Fayetteville K2
9/1 Ken & Linda visit Waynesville G2
9/6 Ken & Linda visit Greenville D
9/11 Ken & Linda visit Rocky Mount Z
9/20 Ken & Linda visit Elizabeth City E2
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NC-A visits NC-W Eden
September 10, 2018
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Mark & Debbie Nadel
And Wishing a Happy
Anniversary to
anyone else who wed in
October!
Our Military, Law En-forcement, Firefighters, EMS/Rescue, and anyone working public service
Our thoughts and prayers are with each and
every one.
Remember Chapter Members and their families with sickness and deaths.
NC– A Cheryl Davis’ sister is doing good. She still has to have someone stay with her because she cannot lift her legs up on the bed at night. She is doing therapy.
NC–A Ron and Alice Myers son, Gary, had a massive heart attack on 9/8/18. Gary was in the hospital in intensive care and has now gotten to come home.
NC–X founding member Paul Trahan passed away August 28, 2018.
NC-A Debby Canady’s sister, Cynthia Dean, passed away Wednesday, 9/5/18.
NC-A Colleen FitzGerald’s mom, Lenora Raxter, passed away 9/6/18.
NC-X Teddy Harding was hospitalized 9/29 in Clyde, NC while at the WOS, experiencing se-vere pain mostly on the right side of his body including a swollen shoulder, knee and ankle. Mi-nor surgery was performed Sunday morning to drain fluid and blood from his knee.
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October Birthdays November Birthdays GWRRA Anniversaries
Birthdays and October
GWRRA Anniversaries
Tom FitzGerald 10-5
Milton Goodpasture 10-10
Paula Hines 10-12
Greg Permar 10-8
Dave Wilson 10-19
Pat Wilson 10-1
Judy Barton 11-14
Randy Causey 11-2
AB Kimel 11-27
Mack Canady 10/02/2012
Paula Hines 10/01/1984
Linda Worland 10/19/2000
2005 Iron Horse double bike trailer set up for one bike. Tows like a dream. Stored inside. It will fit in-side a standard garage. Asking $3495 See at http://www.ironhorsetrailers.com/
and u-tube.
Contact Steve B" <[email protected]
Honda Silverwing
J&M CB/tuner, GPS, new belt, 30,000 miles,
VGC, Garaged when not on a ride. Non-
ethanol gas. Givi windscreen and large Givi
box. 600cc $3895.00 Cash only please.
Contact Gary Duvall - Home 336-674-0119
email: [email protected]
Low Ride Motorcycle Jack
Contact John Dye
336-643-3157
Black Compact Camp Cadet
Trailer $600
Contact AB Kimel
336-288-0503
oldbatch@bellsouth.
net
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Tar Heel Plaque captured by Chapter NC-X2 Wilkesboro, available 10/13/18 at Cagney’s Kitchen, 1200 Central Street, Wilkesboro. Eat at
1:00pm, gather at 2:00pm.
Central Traveler Plaque captured by NC-A Greensboro, available
10/11/18 at Bill’s Seafood 6108 W Market St., Greensboro. Eat 6:30pm, gather 7:30pm
COY Plaque captured by Nick & Shirley, NC-N Burlington, available 10/4/18 at NC-G High Point at Pioneer Family Restaurant 10914 N. Main
St. Archdale. Eat 6:30pm, gather 7:30pm
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- 2008 GL1800 Premium Audio, Comfort, Navigation model with just under
38,000 miles.
- Factory fog lights, luggage rack, exterior trunk lights, exterior saddle bag lights, Ergo highway pegs, transformer floorboards, stock seat, chrome kick stand (still in
the package), luggage that fits in the trunk, saddle bags and on the luggage rack.
- Asking $10,500
Contact Mack Canady, 336-509-1943 (text or call)
Mack Canady
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Area “”C” Camp sites available. Cost is $25 per night. Please make your own reservations.
Taken from the September 2018 District newsletter
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Taken from the September 2018 Insight newsletter—National News
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