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Volume 2, Issue 11
November 2015
The WASH
UMCI Newsletter of Washington State
Happy Thanksgiving
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Table of Contents
Announcements & Tid Bits
Page 3
State Reps Corner
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Oyster Run Weekend
Page 5
In Memoriam
Page 6
Quick Takes
Page 7
NW Motorcycling
Page 8
For Sale
Page 11
Area Reps and Breakfast Schedules
Page 15
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State Reps Corner!
October has been a great month for riding, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Lets go back
to September 25, when Joyce and I road over to Anacortes, WA to attend the larges motorcycle run in the Northwest. Of course I’m talking about the Oyster Run. What a great
time we had. I’m not going to say any thing more, because Joyce wrote an article, that
appears in this months WASH, about our adventure.
At the Oyster Run there was a vendor called, Tilting Motor Works Inc, out of Snohomish, WA. They’re
selling a trick conversion kit for the GoldWing. It attaches to the front of the bike and when you go
around corners, the wheels tilt into the turn. Check it out on the internet at, tilitingmotorworks.com.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Safe Riding!
Rich Hentz
WA State Rep.
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Anacortes, WA
Oyster Run Weekend, a passenger’s viewpoint . . .
by Joyce Kelley
I was picked up in Coeur d'Alene, ID Friday morning, Sept. 25th by WA State Rep. Rich Hentz. We
headed across Highway 2, stopping in a nice café in Coulee City for lunch. After a fuel stop in Leavenworth, we added clothing layers and headed into the clouds and mist as we crossed the mountain pass. The mountain shrubs were in full color -- beautiful! We hit rush hour traffic - aka
"standstill and crawl" as we approached our destination of Bellingham.
Saturday we set off to explore the area via back roads. If you haven't experienced Chuckanut
Drive on motorcycle, put it on your bucket list! As a passenger with an experienced and competent
driver, I was free to watch an eagle soar, gaze at oyster beds at low tide and wave at the drivers of
about thirty vintage cars passing us going the opposite direction. What a wonderful moving parade! Breathing in fresh ocean air, or the pungency of a large dairy herd, and feeling warm sun or a
chilling breeze, is all part of the motorcycle experience. We cruised down through Oak Harbor,
crossed on the Ferry into Mukilteo then up the other side, stopping for a break on Camano Island.
Sunday morning: Oyster Run celebration day!! Rich and I joined four other UMCI friends to eat
oysters and view motorcycles of every kind lining the streets of Anacortes in every direction. Perfect weather, a variety of vendors and a show by the Cossacks motorcycle stunt team made for a
great event.
Six of us gathered in Burlington by 7:30 Monday morning to begin the ride home. We travelled
over Highway 20. The sky was my favorite shade of blue and temps over the mountain pass were
less than 40 degrees challenging the effectiveness of my clothing layers. Riders in our group with
heated vests and handgrips were comfortable. We stopped in Twisp for lunch and laughs with
friends over shared stories proving the UMCI motto of "Ride beside me. Be my friend." As we each
turned off for our own path home we parted with a wave and promise to see each other on Saturday at the monthly UMCI meeting.
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In Memoriam
Helen Davidson Kennedy
Mom passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday morning September 29 at 9:45AM. I feel so profoundly blessed that she went so peacefully and exactly the way she wished.
She was such an amazing woman, living life well, supporting our family with such panache and uncomplaining spirit and having such an amazingly positive attitude about everything.
I feel so blessed also that on Sunday, two days before she died, I took her for a long walk along the
waterfront to the landing in her wheelchair, her favorite thing to do. She was a character to the
end. She told me twice, as she often does when we walk together with the wheelchair, that when I
got tired pushing her, she would push me :-). When I left, she blew me kisses, a tradition she did all
our young lives from the picture window of the Madison Park House. I like to think of her riding into
the sunset on her dearly loved Honda Pacific Coast.
We will not be having a service or memorial except with the family next summer when we are all
together and we will share memories and scatter her ashes at that time.
Jacklyn
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Quick Takes!
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Gopher Ride
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Northwest Motorcycling
Winter Weather vs. Summer Pleasure
by TM/Spring 14
When October arrives, many riders put the bike on the battery
charger and cover it up until the
warmer weather returns again in
the spring.
But what happens with the
weather from fall through winter
will determine a number of factors about the following 'riding
season.'
There are two factors at play
here: water and weather extremes.
The extent of these tar snakes makes you wonder if a chip seal would
not have been a better solution?
Once water gets in the ground,
it's prone to expanding if temps
drop below freezing. And there are places, such as Washington's Mt. St. Helens, Oregon's McKenzie Pass and Idaho's Bitterroot Range, where it's inevitable that every year freezing will occur.
Roads in these areas will be closed once the snow arrives and won't reopen until they thaw in the
spring, or, during a heavy snow year, sometimes not until summer.
In the meantime things are happening.
If a crack in the pavement was not sealed the previous summer, water will enter into the ground
and soak the soil just below the pavement. Once the ground freezes, the water will expand and
several things can occur.
For starters the pushing up of the earth forces the pavement to crack even more which means
there will be a larger, longer crack there the next time you ride your motorcycle over said surface. If not mended, it will eventually become a pothole.
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Northwest Motorcycling, Continued . . .
Constant freezing and thawing back and forth will play havoc on the tarmac, almost always causing
sections of the road to eventually drop below the intended elevation, creating what is known as a
frost heave. Forest Service 25 around Mt. St. Helens is particularly famous for its frost heaves, especially in the northbound direction along its entire length from Pine Creek Visitors Center all the way
to Randle.
Frost heaves don't only occur just under the road surface. They can occur anywhere there's earth
that water can penetrate. Thus a hillside near the roadway may be harboring several frost heaves,
but you can't actually see them. At some point, the earth may decide it's time to crumble and a few
rocks may come down on the road, or perhaps the entire hillside will come down.
Think about this past winter. Have there been numerous freezing and thawing occurrences in the
region? If so, you can anticipate running into road crews fixing roads as you ride this coming spring
and summer. And you can anticipate that there will be sections of roads that will not, or have not
yet, been repaired. Which is another reason to keep your eyes up and speed down as you enter into
corners you haven't yet ridden this year.
One simple solution to minimizing cracks and frost heaves is for road crews to seal the ones that are
there each summer. Sealing those means using a process called tacking which creates tar snakes.
Proper protocol is to clean the surface where the application will be made and have the tar well
heated so when it's applied it binds with the tarmac.
Only one problem - crews don't always clean the surface well enough to cause full adhesion. It's rare, but it does happen that a rider will place his wheel onto and in the direction of a tar snake and
the repair will actually pull up from the pavement wrapping itself around the tire. Avoid this by positioning your wheel away from constant contact with a tar snake.
The other issue here is that tar snakes can get mighty slippery on a warm day. If the temps are up
over 90 degrees, a rider would do well to take turns a little slower, like one would do in the rain.
Beyond road surface, water and temperature come into play in another way. A wet winter means
plenty of moisture in the ground for summer. But a dry winter means fire season will be more active
which can lead to road closures, altering your plans almost daily on a multi-day ride through the
Northwest. Hope for the best and be ready for the worst.
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Northwest Motorcycling, Continued . . .
As a tour operator, I tend to keep an eye on fire activity throughout the journey and there have
been nights when I have re-written GPS files so riders will still have a nice ride without bumping into
fire crews and closed roads. You can do the same by checking the road conditions where you're
heading the next day. And if someone in town tells you a road is closed, get it verified by going
online or contacting local government. Someone might be telling you about a road that was closed a
week ago, but it's actually open today.
On tertiary back roads that are closed in the winter, if there's been wind in the area, one can commonly come upon blown-down trees and sometimes these may be blocking the road. It's up to you
to navigate your way around them, or come up with route B. Either way, it's a good courtesy to others to contact the local government and advise them of the blockage so the next riders and motorists might get through a little better. On a GPS, you can create a waypoint of the obstruction and
feed that info to the authority on the phone or via email.
The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to ride a motorcycle. A little extra care will ensure better
times ahead for you and your posse.
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For Sale
1998 Goldwing 1500 SE
Features Heel/Toe Shifter, Floorboards, Highway Bars, CB, Trailer Hitch
Only 9400 Miles
Contact Loren Nordby
206-330-1439
[email protected]
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For Sale
Kwik Kamp Trailer
Asking $2500
Contact Cory Shipman
[email protected]
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For Sale
1989 Honda TransAlp - 41,500 mi
$2500.00
1983 BMW R80RT - 84,000 mi
Lowered for short legs!
$2500.00
Contact Jim Hafterson
206-794-8004 (c)
206-784-9769 (h)
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1990 Goldwing 1500
Carmel Blue
180,000 miles, but well maintained runs great!!!
Carbs and Front Forks rebuilt 2012, Progressive Springs and Super Brace
Dual Progressive Air Shocks on Rear 2014
New Tires 2014 (Dunlop K177), many extra parts, including
new in-the-box Compufire Alternator
Asking $3,000, OBO
Ben Altman
[email protected]
503-913-8609
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Our Only Business
Freedom, Friendship, Food & Fun
UMCI Representatives
International Rep
WA State & Inland NW Area Rep
Columbia Basin Area Rep
Okanogan Area Rep & Treasure
Puget Sound Area Rep
Sedro Woolley Area Rep
Daniel Magee, Medicine Hat, AB
Richard Hentz, Spokane, WA
Kevin & Kevi Besel, Othello, WA
George & Willie Penner, Okanogan, WA
Irene Blanes, Mountlake Terrace, WA
Duane Wood, Bow, WA
403-488-9387
509-999-1556
509-531-1942
509-485-1922
206-914-2147
360-766-6603
Monthly Breakfast Schedules
Columbia Basin Area, 2nd Sun. 8:00am, (9am, Oct-Apr), Bob’s Rest., 1807 E. Kittlestone, Moses Lake
Inland Northwest Area, 1st Sat. 8:30am, Timber Creek Buffet, 9211 E. Montgomery, Spokane
Okanogan Area, 1st Sat.
8:30am, Contact George Penner @ 509-485-1922, for current location.
nd
Puget Sound Area, 2 Sat.
8:00am, Denny’s Restaurant, 132 - 128th St. SW @ I-5, Everett
st
Sedro Woolley Area, 1 Sat. 9:00am, Hometown Café, 818 Metcalf Street, Sedro Woolley
Editor: David Fitzgerald
[email protected]
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