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February
14
Valentine's
Day!
February
15
CCC
HOG
Meeting
February
28
Garage
Party
at
H-D
of
WV
March
4
CCC
HOG
Executive
Board
Meeting
March
15
Service
Open
House
at
H-D
of
WV
March
17
St.
Patrick's
Day
March
21
CCC
HOG
Meeting
March
23
Easter
March
29
H-D
of
WV
participates
in
the
MDA
Stride
N
Ride
April
1
CCC
HOG
Executive
Board
Meeting
April
18
CCC
HOG
Meeting
6:30pm
April
20
CCC
HOG
Lunch
Ride
April
26
Spring
Open
House |
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CCC
HOG
HAPPENINGS |
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Attention
HOG
Ladies!!
We
will
be
working
out
in
the
HOG
Pavilion
on
Thursdays
starting
February
21st
at
6:30pm.If
you
need
to
get
into
shape
before
Spring
-
please
join
us!
Boy
we
like
to
eat!
At
the
February
meeting
we
will
dine
on
Beer
Dogs
and
at
the
March
meeting
Mulligan
Stew
will
be
served!
Meetings
begin
at
6:30pm.
CCC
HOG
Adventure
Tour
-
2008
Plan
to
sign
up
for
the
2008
Adventure
Tour
at
our
February
15
HOG
meeting.
The
cost
to
participate
is
only
$5.00
for
the
entire
year.
Our
first
ride
will
be
on
Saturday,
April
12.
We'll
leave
HD
of
WV
at
8:00
am
and
ride
to
the
AMA
Museum
near
Columbus,
Ohio
and
have
lunch,
tour
the
museum
and
then
ride
back
to
HD
of
WV.
The
motorcycle
exhibits
at
the
museum
are
always
well
worth
the
trip.
Enjoy
the
ride,
sb
GWA
III
-
2008
There
will
be
a
brief
meeting
of
interested
riders
immediately
after
the
Feb.
15
HOG
meeting
to
discuss
details
of
our
2008
*Great
Western
Adventure*
ride
to
the
Grand
Canyon.
We
will
have
these
meetings
again
in
March
and
April
after
the
HOG
meetings.
A
final
riders
meeting
will
be
held
at
HD
of
WV
(in
the
new
HOG
meeting
room)
on
Saturday,
May
10
at
11:00
am
to
finalize
details
and
confirm
motel
reservation
requirements.
Ride
far,
sb
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The
2008
WV
State
HOG
Rally
is
in
motion
setting
up
a
rally
to
remember.
Pre-registration
is
open
on-line
at
http://www.wvstatehogrally.com
and
you
can
pre-reg
via
mail-in
or
credit
card
from
there.
Also
we
just
mailed
about
1800
brochures
via
USPS
and
email
so
you
might
have
a
form
waiting
in
your
mailbox.
Part
of
the
festivities
is
a
dinner
by
the
Tucker
CVB
and
Rotary
Club.
They
are
putting
on
a
dinner
in
Camp
Kidd
for
us
Friday
July
18th
from
6-8p,
and
offering
1/2
a
chicken,
and
all
the
fixens
plus
some
live
entertainment
for
$7.00.
If
you
are
interested
in
heading
over
(there
will
be
a
guided
ride
from
Rally
site)
give
them
a
call
@
304-259-5315
to
reserve
a
spot
as
soon
as
possible.
Also
as
you
may
know,
the
rally
is
put
on
in
whole
by
volunteers.
The
rally
committee
consists
of
7
members
which
is
not
nearly
enough
to
make
it
all
run
so
we
need
your
help.
If
you
are
interested
in
volunteering
at
the
WV
State
Rally
please
sign-up
online
(http://www.wvstatehogrally.com/volunteers.php),
email
us
at
wvhogrally@yahoo.com,
or
contact
the
Volunteer
Coordinator
Jeff
Hovis
(jshovis@hotmail.com).
We
will
train
and
have
a
special
area
just
for
volunteers
as
well
as
gifts
for
helping
make
it
all
happen.
We
hope
to
see
you
all
at
the
2008
Rally,
16-20
July!!
Ride
Safe,
Your
2008
WV
State
Rally
Committee |
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Steve
Branner's
Iron
Butt
Ride
Continued... |
Saturday,
August
18,
2007
Rally
registration
/
check-in
began
at
8:00
am.
This
included
showing
proof
of
bike
ownership
and
insurance
coverage,
checking
the
bike’s
odometer
over
a
measured
course,
signing
liability
waiver
releases,
being
interviewed
(to
check
the
mental
condition
of
each
competitor,
I
believe),
getting
photographed,
and
answering
some
basic
questions
about
your
goals
and
expectations
during
the
rally.
One
of
the
expectations
/
hopes
that
I
had
was
that
everyone
would
finish
the
rally
.
.
.
which
would
mean
that
I
would,
too.
With
this
being
the
first
time
I
participated
in
the
IBR
I
really
didn’t
have
any
lofty
expectations
except
to
finish
it.
My
goal
was
to,
basically,
fly
under
the
radar
(more
about
radar
later)
and
just
go
about
the
business
of
participating
in
and
finishing
the
rally
as
well
as
I
could.
Forty-one
of
the
97
riders
in
the
rally
had
participated
in
previous
IBR’s
and
I
felt
that
they
had
a
leg
up
on
everyone
else
due
to
their
experience.
Other
than
about
twenty
riders
who
had
legitimate
chances
of
winning
the
rally
the
rest
of
the
riders
were
pretty
much
in
it
to
see
how
well
they
could
ride
in
this
event
that
they’d
heard
so
much
about
over
the
past
twenty
years
or
so.
One
participant
who
had
been
in
three
previous
IBR
events
and
had
won
the
1999
rally
was
George
Barnes.
During
the
registration
/
check-in
I
found
myself
in
line
with
George
and
had
a
great
conversation
with
him
about
his
thoughts
on
the
IBR.
In
asking
what
one
thing
he
could
tell
me
that
would
be
of
benefit
his
response
was,
“Don’t
pay
much
attention
to
all
of
the
hype
and
talk
in
the
parking
lot.
Just
plan
a
ride
that
you’re
comfortable
with
and
do
it.”
After
I
was
all
checked
in
there
was
nothing
much
to
do
until
an
evening
welcoming
party
hosted
by
BMW.
Most
of
the
afternoon
was
spent
checking
out
the
other
bikes,
talking
with
old
and
new-found
friends,
and
trying
not
to
let
the
parking
lot
conversations
influence
me
too
much.
Roger
Sinclair,
who
helped
me
with
my
bike
set-up
back
in
March
was
there
to
give
any
help
needed
by
the
riders,
even
though
he
wasn’t
in
the
rally.
I
enjoyed
talking
with
him
again
and
he
suggested
that
I
call
him
from
time
to
time
during
the
rally
to
let
him
know
how
I
was
doing.
I
said
I
would.
As
it
turned
out,
I
didn’t
(because
I
couldn’t).
On
a
low
note,
Big
and
Little
Arlen
went
for
a
ride
to
make
sure
their
bikes
were
working
properly
and
had
a
low-speed
*get-together*
at
a
stoplight.
Other
than
some
road
rash,
they
were
both
ok.
Big
Arlen
was
able
to
get
his
bike
(R1200RT,
like
mine)
repaired
at
the
local
BMW
shop.
Little
Arlen
wasn’t
as
fortunate.
The
local
Harley
shop
was
closed
(he
was
riding
a
Road
King).
I
had
met
Pat
Bush,
the
owner
of
the
local
Harley
shop,
Doc’s,
in
the
past
and
called
her
to
see
if
she
could
help
get
Little
Arlen
back
on
the
road
and
she
was
most
accommodating
in
helping
with
his
problem.
As
it
turned
out,
the
Road
King
wasn’t
repairable
and
he
bought
a
used
Road
Glide
for
the
rally.
Because
the
service
shop
was
closed
and
wouldn’t
open
until
Monday,
Arlen,
Jr.
wasn’t
able
to
get
the
accessories
off
of
the
damaged
bike
and
on
the
Road
Glide
until
Monday
afternoon.
He
and
his
dad
started
about
six
hours
behind
the
rest
of
the
riders
on
Monday.
After
the
BMW
party
we
all
retired
to
the
hotel
lounge
and
had
some
very
lively
long-distance
motorcycling
discussions.
I
checked
the
Weather
Channel
forecast
again.
The
only
rain
that
was
predicted
was
in
the
north-east
for
the
first
part
of
the
upcoming
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