September - BMW Touring Club of Detroit
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September - BMW Touring Club of Detroit
September 2013 Inside this issue: September 2013 September 2013 by Tom Gary P1 At the moment, Debbie and I are still on the road touring the beautiful Canadian province of British Columbia. We have taken this opportunity to extend our trip from the Curve Cowboy Reunion in P3 2013 TCD Vintage Day President’s Column Bend, Oregon to revisit the Oregon coast and finally make it to Vancouver Island and the provincial capiTCD Events Calendar P 4 tal of Victoria. Both the island and its main city are well worth the efforts to get BMW Motorcycles of P5 there. There are lots of great roads and tons of beautiful scenery. We really enSE Michigan Octojoy this part of the world (see some of beautiful pictures from our trip on page berfest Celebration 6). th The 39 Annual Finger Lakes Rally P2 BTW The West Michigan BMW Riders would like to invite the TCD to the joint Fall Color Tour on October 20th. This year includes the BMW Club of Battle Creek , the Mid -Michigan Touring Club, and the Saginaw Valley BMW Riders club. The premise is that each club lays out its own route with the common destination being Dukes Cajun Bar & Grille in Portland. Meet-up time is 2:002:30PM to allow each club to complete their route. This is the fourth year that we have done this and it has been a lot of fun. Please join us next month. ©2013 Touring Club of Detroit Being an island, traveling via ferry is the only practical method of getting ourselves and the motorcycle to the island. We were able to find a old Victorian style bed and breakfast two blocks away from the main waterfront and the center of the city. We safely parked the bike and easily walked or used public transit to get around. A not to miss attraction on the island is a visit to Butchart Gardens, which started over a 100 years ago as private gardens on the estate of the Butchart family. It has since grown into over 50 acres of perfectly manicured landscape gardens. Put this on your list of must-see places if at all possible. Our trip will continue from Vancouver to the Canadian Rockies and then home. Our plans will put us home after Stockbridge All Clubs Day, one of my favorite TCD club events. I encourage everyone to go to breakfast in Pinckney and then ride over to Stockbridge for the event. The following weekend we have the Thumb Run, and to finish September we have are our annual Vintage Day/DS Lite event on the 29th. The September and October calendar of events are posted on page 4. There’s a lot going on TCD riders now that fall is upon us, so get out, and plan to join us for at least one of the club events as the 2013 riding season winds down. Ride Safe Ride Often We Ride! www.bmwtcd.org 1 September 2013 2 www.bmwtcd.org September 2013 www.bmwtcd.org 3 September 2013 September Events Sun M T W Th 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 15 Stockbridge All Clubs Day 16 17 18 19 Sat 5 6 7 12 13 14 22 TCD Thumb Run 23 24 25 26 29 TCD GS Lite Event Fri 20 TCD Thumb Run 21 TCD Thumb Run 27 28 TCD Vintage Day 30 October Events Sun M T W Th Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 TCD Color Tour 5 TCD Color Tour 6 TCD Color Tour 7 8 9 10 11 12 TCD Fall Picnic 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 www.bmwtcd.org September 2013 www.bmwtcd.org 5 September 2013 6 www.bmwtcd.org September 2013 CJ’S Head & Hole Shop Cylinder Head Boring 1.5” to 6” Heads, Valves, Seats Big Bore Kits “Go Where The Pros Go” Proprietor: TCD Member Chip Ashton 248-683-6344 www.bmwdetroit.com Store Hours Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 6:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm www.bmwtcd.org 7 Upcoming September Events 15th– Stockbridge All Clubs Day 20th—22nd TCD Thumb Run 28th—TCD Vintage Day 29th—TCD GS Lite Event Address label here Go to www.bmwtcd.org for more details. BMW Touring Club of Detroit P.O. Box 2653 Southfield, MI 48037-2653 September 2013 As many of us are aware, Dimitri's Coney Island in Milford has lost the lease on the portion of their space that we have used for our Sunday breakfast meetings. Sadly, they really don't have the room to accommodate us any more. When one door closes, another opens.—Alexander Graham Bell Consequently, arrangements have been made with "Americus Coney & Grill" (also in Milford) for TCD to have breakfast on Aug. 25. They are located about 2-3 miles from Dimitri's at the intersection of Milford Rd. and General Motors Rd. The address is: Americus Coney & Grill 167 S. Milford Rd. Milford, Mi. 48381 Phone: 248-685-1508 SUNDAY BREAKFAST SCHEDULE Breakfast begins @ 9 a.m. Ride to Eat, Eat to Ride! September October 1 Kerby’s North 6 Kerby’s North 8 Leo’s Coney Island 13 Nello’s Eatery 15 Ram’s Horn of R.H. - East 20 Ram’s Horn - East 15 Pinckney M.T. - West 20 Pinckney M.T. - West 22 Americus Coney Island 27 Americus Coney Island 29 Hercule’s Coney Island Pinckney Masonic Lodge 210 Main Street, Pinckney (734) 878-3231. Americus Coney Island 167 S. Milford Rd., Milford, (248) 685-1508. Nello’s Eatery 25994 Woodward, Royal Oak, (248) 546-0966. Ram’s Horn 1990 Rochester Road, Rochester Hills, (248) 651-7900. Hercule’s Coney Island 32292 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, (248) 289-9777. Email Geoff Blow @ [email protected] for ?s. Get more Breakfast info @ www.BMWTCD.org.