Director`s Ramblings Dave “Doc” Medich

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JULY 2012
Established in 1989,
IVHOG is celebrating it’s
22nd year as a Harley
Owners Group chapter.
In business for over 65
years, Dean’s Harley
Davidson of Souderton, PA
is our sponsoring Dealer.
Our Monthly Chapter
Meetings are held on the
first Sunday of every month
at the American Legion
Hall 75 N. Main St. Sellersville, PA.
For information regarding
membership or chapter
events, contact any officer
listed herein.
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Director’s
Ramblings
1
Chapter Meeting
Minutes
2
Calendar/ Events
4
Feature s & Stories
5
Business and Classified Section
8
Officer Directory
11
V A L L E Y
CHAPTER 4590
Director’s Ramblings
By
Dave “Doc” Medich
IV Hoggers,
After a shaky start to riding season, the
weather lately has been great. I know there has
been extreme heat but that beats the rain.
The past month has been extremely busy with
all of the events planned and looking for a new
clubhouse. Due to our continued growth we have
outgrown the Sellersville Legion. In addition to
space issues we have heard your comments and
are now acting to insure we have a club house that
can sustain our growth and make it a safe environment when leaving the parking lots for the meeting rides. I am sure all of you will agree that rides
leaving the Legion have been a bit frustrating: not
only with the limited parking spaces but the traffic
route as well. Therefore, our August meeting will
be held at the Sellersville Moose.
After last meeting many of you drove down
with the Board to take a peek at the proposed location. What we found was amazing: a large enough
clubhouse to fit 225 folks; an outdoor picnic
ground that includes a large pavilion that can seat
a lot of folks and an outdoor speaker system, volleyball court (for the physical fitness buffs) and,
get this, an outdoor air conditioned bathroom!
Amazing stuff.
You will decide if we stay or continue to look
for another home. Before the end of the August
meeting, a show of hands will tell us our destiny.
A special thanks to Chris Corey for some great
investigative work.
Now let’s talk about some of the recent
events. The 65th Anniversary open house at Deans
was great. Thanks to the members who volunteered and the staff at Deans. The day’s events
went off without a hitch. The traffic was steady all
day and, in my opinion, the busiest open house I
ever saw at Deans. Thanks to Bud and Randy for
providing the great tasting food and hospitality.
We had our Poker Run on July 8th and it was
another memorable poker run and pig roast. Some
of you helped the day before in extreme heat to set
up at the German Hungarian club. At least we did
get a much cooler day for the event. I believe Saturday hit 103 and the day of the Poker run was 92.
Sure you will agree the 10 degrees did make a
difference. Although we had solid attendance,
turnout of IV HOG members was disappointing.
Based on the data the volunteers kept during sign
in, we had a total of 69 IV HOG members attend.
That’s just over 20% of the membership. And, this
number included over 20 volunteers that helped
both Saturday and Sunday. What is it going to
take to get more of you to support club events?
Members need to understand one thing: the
Poker Run/Pig Roast is our annual fundraising
event where all profits go to our chapter. That
money is used to fund other things such as the
Christmas party, donation to Manna and to keep
our annual dues at $15.00. We had many other
clubs and independents come out in support or our
event. Bucks County HOG alone brought 26
members. In the future, we have to reciprocate.
Participation and volunteerism are important
to our success. Participation is defined as –“the
act of taking part or sharing in something”. Volunteerism is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve quality of life. It is serving the society through one’s
own interest, personal skills or learning and this in
return produces a feeling of self-worth and selfrespect. Volunteering contributes to skill development, socialization and to just having fun. It is
also a way to make contacts which can be valuable
for a variety of reasons. So, not only do you contribute to a larger cause, you help yourself too.
Let’s all get involved…..
Later, Doc
JULY 2012
Chapter Meeting Minutes
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By Secretary Liz Quigley
July 1, 2012
Doc opened the meeting at 9:30 am at
Sellersville VFW.
Assistant Director (Chris Corey):
Director: ( Doc Medich):
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Doc opened with a reminder that we are
one club, one club of brothers and sisters
together. He closed his remarks with a
plea that we dedicate ourselves to reenergizing as one club.
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Doc introduced Ken West, a member of
our auditing committee who has agreed
to replace Sal Albano who will be retir- 
ing from his position as treasurer. Ken is
a long time member who has served in
several positions on the board, most recently on our auditing committee.
Indian Valley Harley Owners
Group (IVHOG)
Chapter 4590
3255 State Rd
Sellersville, PA 18960
Hotline: 215-723-8251
Website: www.ivhog.org
Director: Dave “Doc” Medich
Email: [email protected]
Editor: Mike Pancione
[email protected]
Business Advertising: 3.00/
month donated to MDA

The 65th anniversary of Dean’s Harley
Davidson was a successful celebration
on June 23rd. Our club volunteers were
very much appreciated.

Doc announced that the IV HOG club
2012 Poker Run will be held on July 8th.
Sign up is at Dean’s Harley-Davidson
and the last stop is at the German Hungarian club. Biker Games, Food and
Fun! Cost: $20. Volunteers still needed
- please see Pam Corey, the Activities
Director to volunteer.
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of alcohol, if mentioned
herein, should not be
considered as an endorsement by IVHOG or HOG.
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and ends at Peace Valley Park with a
picnic. KSU at 10:45am.
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Doc reminded people of the survey that
they filled out at the last membership
meeting and told them that as a result of
their request, we will now start our
monthly HOG club meetings at 9a.m.
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The Interclub picnic will be held on July
21 and 22nd at Maumbauer’s Grove just
off Rt. 663. Indian Valley HOG has ten
free tickets. These tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis.
Doc offered members who want to go a
free ticket at the membership meeting.
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Doc issued a reminder of the Montgomery and Bucks BACA Toy Run on July
14th. It starts at Dean’s H-D at 10:15am
Chris reported on the results of the survey that he gave the members at the last
membership meeting. In summary, only
50% of the members filled out the survey. And the results the majority wanted
to find a new place. In addition, the
large majority of the members said we
should start at 9a.m., so that begins with
the next meeting.
Chris explained that he Sellersville
Moose, 301 West Park Avenue is available on the first Sunday of the month for
IV HOG meetings. The Moose also have
large, safe parking lots – one for bikes
and one for cars. They also have a large
picnic site with a pavilion and picnic tables. The cost is the same as the current
meeting place. He suggested that we
hold a membership meeting there so the
members can vote on it.
Treasurer (Sal Albano):
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Sal Albano announced to the membership that he regrets that due to his business concerns, he has to resign as the
treasurer of IV HOG. He said he enjoyed the seven years he served as treasurer.
Secretary (Liz Quigley)

Liz reminded the members that the Toy
Run committee will be running a Vendor
Fair on Thursday, July 26th at 6pm at The
Arts and Event Place, next door to
McCool’s in Quakertown. The Vendor
Fair benefits Bucks County Children and
Youth and will feature sales of jewelry,
purses and cooking implements among
many features.
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Chapter Meeting Minutes Continued
and the Blue Knights PA 22 (Police Officers) Christmas in July Toy Run on the 15th. It starts at the Plymouth Meeting Mall. Registration begins at 9am,
KSU @ 10:45am. Benefits the Salvation Army of
Norristown. Picnic follows the ride.
Webmaster (Lane Bradley):
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Lane reported that the Yahoo website has had some
serious problems with updates, but he will continue to
work on our site to accommodate the changes.
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Lane has been working on the Pennsylvania HOG
Safety Officer (Joe Too Tall):
Rally to be held in State College, PA on July 19th 21st. See Lane or the PA HOG Rally website for more  Joe spoke about drivers who don’t see you even when
they are looking at you. He referenced the Smith Sysregistration information.
tem of Safety Training with his suggestions. He noted
 Lane reminded the board that several HOG clubs are
that stationary figures are not seen as easily as moving
welcoming some Chinese riders to the USA. The ride
figures. He noted that riders must keep the “15 secbegins at Hatfield Wal-Mart at 6am on July 18th for a
ond rule” of space ahead as they approach another
ride to NY State’s Orange County Choppers of TV
vehicle, watching the driver carefully for some drivers
fame. Lunch will be provided at OCC and this will
might look left and turn right. For safety in the back,
be an all day event.
it is necessary to check both mirrors and over the
shoulders.
Membership (Tom Giles):
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Activities (Pam Corey):
We continue to add new members at IVHOG. This
month Tom reported that we are now at 312 members. Pam reported on the progress of the IV HOG Pig Roast
Tom also reported that IV HOG won the softball game and Poker Run. The following will need to be completed:
between Indian Valley HOG. He got a round of applause from the members.
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Merchandise (Ron Hawkins):
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Ron spent most of the meeting selling T-shirts, then he Ladies of HOG (Cambrie Morgan):
reported on his efforts to raise money for Harley’s
charity: Muscular Dystrophy Association with the golf  Cambrie announced that Ladies of HOG is presenting
the HOGS and DOGS event in September at the
outing on August 11th, 12pm , at the Butter Valley
Spring Meadow Home for the elderly at the corner of
Golf Course; $70 to participate. Sponsors are still
Cowpath and Walnut in Hatfield. Please come out
needed for holes. Ron asked that members let him
and show off your bike to the residents. They love
know if they knew any businesses that would care to
motorcycles! There will be music and a hot dog
participate. See Ron with any suggestions or quesBBQ.
tions.
Photographer (Rich Lanning):
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Rich noted that all the event pictures are featured with
music on the Phanfare website and asked all new
members to meet him in the back of the room for photos.
Road Captain (Joe Graziano):

Volunteers are still needed. Pam needed people for
the third stop and someone volunteered at the meeting!
Joe read the list of rides listed previously. He included the IV HOG Poker Run for which he will lay
out a beautiful Bucks County ride, the Baca Xmas in
July Toy Run on July 14th, (see above) the Interclub
Picnic at the Maumbauer Picnic Grove, (see above)

There will be an “End of Summer” party in September
at JT Bankers in Sellersville. The restaurant has been
very gracious to us in lending us space for committee
meetings. They are now asking for our support. More
details to follow.
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JULY 2012
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UPCOMING CHAPTER RIDES:
**Kickstands Down - Ride Is Over**
UPCOMING IVHOG
CHAPTER EVENTS
July
7/1 Chap Meeting: 9:30 AM @ Sellersville VFW
INTERCLUBS EVENTS
July
7/14 BACA Bucks Toy Run 2PM @
Faulkner Ford Souderton
7/21 InterClub Party 2PM - 10PM
August
8/19 Blue Comet Race Day
7/8 IVHOG Pig Roast Fund Raiser
@ Deans 12N - 5PM
7/19-7/21 Pennsylvania State HOG
Rally in State College, PA
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8/5 Chap Meeting: 9:30 AM @ Sellersville Moose Lodge
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7/12-7/15 Gettysburg Bike Week
7/25 BIKE NIGHT UNDER THE
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JULY 2012
Why I Ride
By
Randy Ziegler
At 55 years old I can say that no one thing has
defined my life more than motorcycling. I have
been riding for over 42 years and from the time I
started I have never been without a bike.
When I was nine
years old my Dad died
and Mom went to work
to support us. My
grandfather lived next
to us and kept an eye
on me while Mom
worked. He helped me
build a go-cart out of
an antique wooden
ironing board and some wheels Dad had in the basement. It wasn't long before I took the engine off the
family lawn mower and mounted it on that go cart.
I don't know if Mom didn't want to explain how her
son got hurt in a high speed ironing board accident
or if she just wanted the lawn mowed again, but she
decided it was time to help me get a mini bike.
In 1969 the back allies of Lansdale were full of
kids riding mini bikes. A police officer that was
probably tired of chasing us decided to organize the
Lansdale mini bike club and a track was built near
the sewer plant on Moyer Rd.
By the time I was thirteen I got my first real motorcycle, a 50cc Suzuki dirt bike. Every day when I
got out of school I would push my bike across town
to the track and ride until I ran out of gas. The years
of riding in the dirt prior to turning sixteen made
passing my motorcycle test easier than passing my
car test. So, with my new license in hand, I purchased my first real
street bike A 1972
GT380 Suzuki. My
friend Steve had
just purchased a
350 Kawasaki.
Steve and I spent
the next several
years trying to outdo each other with
faster and faster
bikes. But time
moved on and Steve moved away and riding for the
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adrenaline rush got replaced by riding for the pleasure of it.
One of the things I
like about motorcycling
is it's a constant learning experience. One of
those lessons came
along when I bought a
1966 triumph hard tail
chopper in 1974. I
quickly learned motorcycles should have shocks, I also learned why they
call the British Lucas electrical system the “Prince
of Darkness”. But most of all after driving home
one night, holding the headlight in with my left
hand and holding the muffler on with my right foot,
why someone
invented locktite. I quickly
returned to the
Suzuki brand
until I bought
my 1989 Softail
Custom, the first
in a long line of
Harley's to follow.
I was a truck and heavy equipment mechanic for
thirteen years when I herniated two discs in my
back and had to look for lighter work. I had no idea
that the thing that had been my passion since I was a
kid was about to become my profession for the next
twenty plus years.
I was in Dean's Harley-Davidson getting parts
for my 1989 Softail and asked Bud if he need another mechanic. I explained I needed lighter work
than what I had been doing and he offered me a job
in sales. Sales? I wasn't a salesman; I hate salesmen. Fortunately none of that actually came out of
my mouth. I told Bud I would start in a week.
I spent the next week convincing myself I could
do this. I liked the product so I could sell something I believed in. I thought about the two brothers
that sold me my Suzuki's for years, Jim and Ed Varnes. They were just motorcycle people: no high
pressure, no bull. They sold bikes because they
loved them. Yeah, I could be that kind of salesmen.
JULY 2012
Why I Ride
By
The first year I worked for Bud we were sold
out of bikes three months in advance. By 1999 we
were sold out two years in advance and had just
finished an expansion of the
Souderton
store. Wow,
this selling
thing was easy.
But 1999 was
pretty much the
end of easy.
My Mom had just passed away and I had to settle
her estate. I was now the manager of Dean's and
Harley was pushing for us to move to a bigger
store. The best thing to come out of that time was
my boys started riding dirt bikes with me.
We spent
years trail riding
and riding tracks
together as they
graduated from
little starter
bikes to full
sized trail and
motocross bikes
and the Harley's they ride today. It’s no wonder
they decided to work in the motorcycle industry.
The surprise is they decided to work for me. My
Sons
Scott and
Barry
and my
wife
Janet are
part of
what
makes
Dean's
what it is
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today: a place for riders, and those that aspire to
be.
So after all this time and all those miles the
answer to why I ride is as simple as: because I
started. But the reason I kept riding is that I love
the feeling. I trail ride to unwind. I race to challenge and better myself. And, I ride on the street
to enjoy the journey. Riding gives me a common
ground to relate to my friends, family and customers but also gives me a chance to disappear into
my own little world and be alone.
JULY 2012
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July Meeting Highlights
New Members
Chuck Davis
Frank Trenchik
Tammy Levin
Mark Kuhns
Diane and Jim Henry
Ed Milkewicz
Sherry Sawyer
JULY 2012
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
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A FREE SERVICE TO IVHOG MEMBERS
For sale by Original Owner: Great looking 2006 Mustang GT with 37,130 original miles.
Full range of factory options including but not limited to: Automatic Transmission, 500 watt shaker sound system, full
power driver’s seat and much more.
After market additions include but are not limited to:
 Appearance: Custom painted and clear coated racing stripes; tinted glass;
American Muscle Wheels w/Nitto Extreme tires (18x9 front - 18x10 rear),
and custom grills & hood struts.
 Engine area includes: Fuel Rail Covers; Plenum Cover, Radiator Covers
and chrome accents.
Handling Upgrades: Eibach Pro-springs on all four corners; Steeda tower
strut bar; adjustable pan-hard bar for rear; camber plates; BRM AntiWheel Hop Package.
 Performance Enhancements: FMS Shelby GT500 65mm throttle bodies;
JLT Cold Air Intake; Motoblue Underdrive Pullies; Magna-Flow Axle
Back Exhaust; SCT Performance Tuner; 3:73 Ford Racing Gears.
Vehicle must be seen to be appreciated. Special Notes: Price is $17,995. Serious inquiries please. Vehicle is
shown by appointment and has been garage kept. Call John at (215) 872-5325
Brand new adjustable highway peg mounts; had on bike for 1hour. Cost $100, asking $70.
Contact Joe Bergin @ Jbhog [email protected] or call 215-450-7437.
For Your Information…….On the Internet
I found this site to contain a wealth of information on all things motorcycle. Great helmet reviews for
example.
http://www.webbikeworld.com/
JULY 2012
BU SINESS DIRECTORY
State of Business – Bike Illuminators
As a member of IV HOG for 7 years now, we wanted
to share this information with the club first. As of January 2012, Bike Illuminators is currently on hiatus. I have
been dealing with numerous medical limitations that have kept me from actively supporting the business for
the last 5 + months now. We are in search of a possible buyer for the business and would like to keep it in the
local area if possible. We do have some inventory in stock so if anyone has been on the fence about adding
lights now is a good time to reach out to us. We have kits in many different colors and they will be sold below
retail pricing. We also have some other items such as Brake Lights, Flex Arrays and Turn Signal Clusters.
Over the coming weeks/months we will be looking to sell the Business which will include the current inventory along with the domains and Name. We have enjoyed every bike we have lit up to make it a bit safer and
want to thank IV HOG for all the support over the years. If anyone is interested in any items please feel free to
contact us at [email protected] or you can call 215-510-5245 and leave a message. I still plan to be a part of
IV HOG and to attend the local events now as a spectator not as a vendor.
Thanks Again,
Nick Lamelza, Bike Illuminators
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JULY 2012
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BU SINESS DIRECTORY
Quote of the
Month:
FEED
…...ME!!!
RIDE TO EAT…... EAT TO RIDE
The following establishments are kind enough to offer IVHOG members 10% off all food purchases. Just show your IVHOG Membership Card.
O'Towne Tavern in Oreland. Visit their website at www.otownetavern.com
Brick Tavern Inn in Quakertown. Visit their website at www.thebricktaverninn.com
You never see
a Harley
parked
outside a
psychiatrist's
office…...
Anonymous
Soprano Pizza in Warrington. Visit their website at www.sopranospizzanow.com
OX-Yoke Inn, owned and operated by former IVHOG members Ken & Megan Richards offer a
year-round 10% discount to IVHOG members.
Wagon Wheel—Bike Night 5 - 9 PM $5/pp all you can eat buffet (not a discount but plenty cheap).
Route 313 & Sterner Mill Road, Quakertown
HOGS SUPPORTING HOGS
Reach IVHOG’s 312 members by advertising in our monthly newsletter.
$3.00/month for business card-sized AD. Larger sizes available as space allows.
Your payment will be donated to MDA at the annual charity drive
Contact Editor Mike Pancione for more information: [email protected]
JULY 2012
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Indian Valley H.O.G. 2012 Officers
From left to right:
Editor- Mike Pancione
Assist. Director - Chris Corey
Activities - Pam Corey
Ladies Of Harley—Cambrie Morgan
Treasurer - Sal Albano
Director - Dave “Doc” Medich
Membership - Tom Giles
Webmaster - Lane Bradley
Secretary - Liz Quigley
Photo/Historian—Rich Lanning
[email protected]
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[email protected]
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Ron Hawkins
[email protected]
Lead Road Capt.– Joe Graziano
[email protected]
Safety - Joe Cionzynski IV
[email protected]
Photo/Historian - Rich Lanning
[email protected]