Boxer Shorts, July, 2004 - 3 of 4
June Meeting Minutesby Bruce Ferguson, Secretary and Clerk
I
n a continuing show of high atmospheric pressure,
the June breakfast was held in a hail of
fair weather, testimony to President Kit
Wise's ability to make good on his campaign
promise of no more YB rainouts.
Capitalizing on the good weather, YB's and guests filled the parking lot with 88 motorcycles, including five Ducatisti, a red 959, red and white 998s, red 907i.e., red 907e, and a black M800 s.i.e.; three Moto Geezzi, a 1000, an Eldorado 850 and a green and yellow V11 Sport; a green Triumph 1200; a gray Honda Transalp; a silver Suzuki DL 1000; and a Harley Sportster with a sidecar.
Stones Pub served up their trademark breakfast of Irish soda bread, and huge slabs of toast with thick pats of rich New England creamery butter. There were steaming scrambled eggs, grilled sausage singlets, bacon cooked crispy on the outside yet still juicy on the inside; hash with bite sized chunks of corned beef; home fries; and French toast, swimming in Stone's secret banana maple syrup. Bottomless pots of rich robust coffee, imported English tea, sliced cantaloupe and pitchers of fresh squeezed orange juice rounded out the fair.
President Wise confirmed that there were no updates available about the MinuteMan 1000 ride, which was running for the 24 hours ended Sunday morning.
Jeff Stein reported on the testimonial dinner held in Heath, MA on June 12 to honor retiring Police Chief Lorin Gowdy. Among the 200 guests at the Heath Elementary School Cafeteria, YB's Deb Macchi, Rob Nye, Greg Eischeid, Dana Lewis, Gary Van Voorhis, Muriel Farrington, Doug Morrison, Al and Mrs. Latham, Bob and Kathy Hadden, and Jefe himself, ably represented the club.
The State Rep for Heath made a presentation, mentioning Lorin's great work and great friends, the Yankee Beemers. Apparently the Chief had trained just about everyone in the area on self defense and providing roadside assistance. The Massachusetts State Police made a presentation. On behalf of the YB's, Rob Nye presented a large framed photo of the Chief on his F650 Police Special.
When it was Lorin's turn to say a few words, he thanked everybody, and turned the focus back on the Yankee Beemers. "For ten years they've raised money for this town," he said. "They support everything from this school, to the churches, to the Agricultural Society. We're lucky to have the Yankee Beemers in our midst."
MOA Ambassador and YB past President Bob Pipes suffered a "bad crash" about a week previously. Although Bob and his roadster were both banged up pretty seriously, both are expected to recover. Bob had just moved home to continue his convalescence. Angus Crowe and Bill Nielsen were planning to lead a ride over to Bob's to cheer him up. A huge get-well card was passed around for everyone to sign.
Bob Greenebaum, MA Air Marshall reminded everyone about the Airhead Rally at the Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, NY on 25-26 June.
The 13th Annual Ride to Work Day will be Wednesday July 21. This event is designed to make the public more aware of the advantages and popularity of motorcycle transportation. Motorcycles take up less parking space, get better gas mileage, and are more fun to ride than four wheelers. Motorcyclists are from all occupations and all walks of life. Please ride to work on July 21.
The Damn Yankees Rally will be held August
6-8 at the Heath, MA fairgrounds. Come on
out and find out for yourself why chief Gowdy
had all those nice things to say about the
Yankee Beemers. The Rally will feature the
unique mobile bon fire, breakfast buffet
on Saturday morning, and a chicken dinner
served up by the Heath Volunteer Fire Department
on Saturday night. For between meal treats,
The Heathen Church Ladies will be running
the snack bar and serving their delicious
home made pies. There will be mystery guests
and lots of other surprises. And don't forget
Heath still has free showers with shower
curtains! As usual, proceeds of the event
will be donated to worthy organizations in
the Town of Heath.
President Wise has sagely announced a Board of Directors meeting at the rally. If there is something you would like your club leadership to consider, make your ideas known. Contact any one of the officers or directors.
Damn Yankees will be followed by Mike Andrew's Tin Butt 500 on August 14, at 7am. For anyone not familiar with Mike's Tin Butt, it's free for YB members, and covers 500 miles in 12 hours. Mike varies the route each year, and doesn't announce the route until Rally Day. It is suggested that you bring all of your maps for the Northeast. Watch for further details of this exciting event.
The annual buffet dinner will be held August 18 at the Grill at Pinecrest Country Club, Holliston, MA. Fred Kolack and his gang of gourmands have planned a Germanfest to include spetzialties such as potato pancakes, sauerbraten, viener snitzle, saurkraut, bratwurst, undt bier. Bring your papers undt $30 PP.
Chuck Clapham showed off an excellent first aid kit available to anyone who takes a test drive of an Audi car at participating dealers. You will find your kit stashed behind the armrest of your test vehicle.
Muriel Farrington reported that Tony Ianorelli track days are a great opportunity to hone our riding skills in a controlled and relatively safe environment. Muriel managed to scrape a foot peg, (or maybe her kick stand, whatever, it made sparks already!) and is now considering the installation of a second cylinder on her F650. Or was that a second F650? Well, anyway, there is another day planned for later in the summer. Best news for the fairer ones, Tony charges $200 for everyone else, but only $50 for the ladies. And forget your whining about discrimination. Who cares!?
Ducati will be sponsoring a women only track day at NHIS in July. Check with your favorite Ducati dealer for details. Now you can whine.
New members included Dave Silva from South Dartmouth who rides a K75; and Fred Cook from Assonet who rides an FJR 1300. The 50:50 netted $60 each to Paul Jones and YB guest Reggie Fagan. Be at Stones for the next monthly breakfast meeting on July 11 at 8:30 or be gossiped about, and suffer needless withdrawal anxiety. Nemo me impune lacessit.
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Bruce Ferguson
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