March 2016 - Loma Linda HOG

Director’s Letter ………………….…………. 3
Jason Wilmoth Interview ……………………. 3
Treasurer’s Letter ……………….………….... 4
Wilmoth Interview (cont.) …………..… 5, 6, 10
Lost Highway ….……………………...…........ 7
Birthdays, Minutes …… …………………….. 8
Calendar ...……..……...…………….………... 9
Member Support …………………....…...….. 11
Loma Linda HOG Officers ….….…..……… 12
Quaid Harley-Davidson Dealership
25160 Redlands Boulevard
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone: 909-796-8399 Fax: 909-796-8609
www.quaidharleydavidsonlomalinda.com
H.O.G. U.S.
Phone: 1-800-258-2464
LLHOG Website:
www.LomaLindaHOG.com
LLHOG Facebook page:
www.Facebook.com/LomaLindaHarleyOwners
Fellow HOG members, it’s March! Spring is here! The weather is
Fair! So there is less reason not to be riding. Our numbers are
slowly growing, which is awesome. The rides that we have done
so far have
been enjoyable. If you know of a member or ex-member who hasn't
been with us, let them know we are out in the wind and sunshine enjoying our bikes and each
other’s company.
Reminder — on March 5th, Saturday, we will ride thru Joshua Tree Park and eat at Pioneer
Town. There is a fee to enter the park.
Also, reminder, breakfast will be served before the March meeting. Breakfast at 9, meeting at 10.
April's meeting is moved to the 24th, the forth Sunday, because the chapter officers will be at
training. The meeting on the 24th will start at 9am. Remember, we need volunteers to help with
the April Autism Run. Please contact Randy regarding this.
In closing, remember to ride safe, stay within your limits and have fun. Hope to do many miles
together with all of you.
Greg: Tell us a little about yourself and your family.
by Gregory L. Robertson
Jason: I’ve been in the Harley Davidson business for about 18 years now. I’ve worked at four different
dealerships over that time. I’ve been married for nine years; my wife’s name is Candace. She is a third grade
school teacher. I have two boys, Jake, 9, and Jonny, 5. Two awesome kids who love bikes. They come in here
and they think they own the place. I wouldn’t say they are necessarily riders yet, because mom’s not totally on
board with that, but they definitely have a passion; like the picture I have with one sitting here on the bike.
My wife will ride with me occasionally, but not too often. It’s more of a solo thing, but it’s been my thing that
I’ve always had. I come from a family with a riding background and she knew this was my thing. We have
conflicting schedules with her being a teacher and me being in retail sales and working on the weekends.
I’ve been commuting on my bike for the past 20 years. I’ve owned very few cars. I’ve owned triple the
motorcycles than I have cars, so it’s very rare that I’ll drive.
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MARCH 2016
This month starts out
with the Chapter getting set to host
nd
the 2 Annual RIDE FOR AUTISM Charity drive in
conjunction with the Quaid’s Pre Laughlin Open House
on the 16th of April 2016. That’s right around the corner.
Check presented to the Loma
Linda Veterans’ Hospital
The Chapter Officers except for me will be attending the Harley
Officers Training on the same weekend in April so I’m expecting the rest of the Chapter
members to step up and to help me with the task of making the Autism
Ride a very successful one.
We need volunteers to man the poker ride stops as well
as the registration table ride escorts and parking
control. Let’s all pitch in to make this a great ride for a
very good cause.
Gordon Quaid, Randy Kim, and Glenn
Quaid with Precious Hearts School
Director — Autism Ride.
Last week Glenn and Gordon Quaid along with me visited the
Precious Hearts Academy to see what our donations that we
gave them last year were spent on. They now have a Special
Education Certified gym equipment room, thanks to the LOMA LINDA HOG Chapter.
So LLHOG is sponsoring another RIDE FOR AUTISM and this will help this Academy continue to
provide for the Autistic children of San Bernardino.
Remember your Chapter dues should have been paid for 2016 by now or you will be dropped
from the Chapter Roster. Also on the Calendar for March we will be having a Pancake
Breakfast before the Chapter meeting on the 20th of Mar. at 9:00 am right there at Quaid’s.
Looking forward to the next meeting for the Pancake Breakfast and to have the volunteers
sign up list for the April Open House and Autism Ride.
Ride safe and Ride to have fun see you on the road and at the next Chapter meeting. Also, we
will be taking orders for Chapter T-shirts, Patches, and Name Tags. . . .
Randy, Treasurer
Interview with Jason Wilmoth, continued from page 3
Greg: Do you live in the Loma Linda area?
Jason: No, I actually live in Riverside. That’s another reason I
ride, for the commute. I don’t like sitting in traffic. Riding
motorcycles for so long I get a little impatient. Not that I’m
riding crazy, but I know that I can split lanes and get through
it.
Greg: What got you into motorcycles?
Actually, my mom rode and that’s how I got into motorcycles.
My dad was a car guy and my mom was a bike gal.
Greg: Did she have an old Harley?
Jason: She had different bikes. Not having a lot of money growing up, she would ride metric bikes and stuff
like that, but she always rode and was always around motorcycles and did have a Harley at one point. She had
friends that rode too and that’s how I really got into it. She was tough. She could handle her own and she
would ride a Harley too.
So that’s how it originally got me started. I always liked motorcycles. Out of high school I actually ended up
moving out to Phoenix, just to kind of get away. I was going to go to Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI),
but it didn’t work out because I didn’t have enough money to go to school and take care of myself.
So after living out in Phoenix for a couple years, I moved back to San Jose where I am from and got a job at
San Jose Harley Davidson. When I was out in Arizona, though, I bought my first new motorcycle. It wasn’t a
Harley. It was a Buell, which is still owned by Harley. Being a young kid, you know, I wanted to have
something that was sleek, had the cool factor, and had performance. Even though I liked the Harleys, Buell
was the happy medium. So I bought a Buell and had a bad experience at the dealership. As soon as I bought
the Buell, I had a few warranty issues. I had some oil leaks on it. So I took it back to the dealership and they
said, “We don’t sell Buells anymore.” They were unwilling to help me and didn’t want to have anything to do
with it. That left a bad taste in my mouth. That fueled my passion to be
at a dealership and help people out. I was a young kid and that was my
first bike. It was about 1997 when I bought that, the same year I went to
work for San Jose Harley Davidson. ’97 or ’98, it was a long time ago.
Right around there.
Greg: Were you always in finance?
Jason: No, not at all. I never had any finance background. I had never
worked in a dealership or anything. Actually, when I went to San Jose
Harley Davidson, they saw I was a young kid, energetic, I had a Buell,
they didn’t have anyone that rode those, anyone who knew too much
about them, so they thought it would be a good fit to go with all the
other guys. At this time, they had a really small motorcycle “shop.” It
wasn’t anything fancy like these new stores that you see. And you had
some hard core bikers that worked in the parts department and I came in
to work parts. They were great guys. I learned a lot from them. I
definitely stood out there, ya know. This young kid amongst all these
other guys, but I was used to being around bikers. My bike was still a
Harley, even though it was a sport bike.
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That dealership expanded and moved into the location they have now, so I got to grow with them as did my
passion for motorcycles. I picked up knowledge and so they put me in sales. At the time it was an order basis
only. Harleys were so hot in ’98, ’99 that every bike that came in was pre-sold. So you were more of an ordertaker, but it was still a lot of fun doing that. I learned a lot too. I really loved that dealership because they were
kind of grooming me. So I worked the parts counter, did sales and I did some service writing also. Back then they
didn’t have dedicated finance people. So as a salesman, you would sale the bike and then do your own
paperwork.
I was there for a few years and then I met Jose, our Parts Manager here at Quaid now. I met him along with some
people from Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson at a training seminar. That was out in Phoenix. So I went back to
Phoenix and it was called The World Series of Training. It was a week-long training seminar which Harley
doesn’t do anymore because we partied way too much. There wasn’t a lot of learning. It was networking and
hanging out with people that are like-minded, that do the same jobs that you do. It was all departments: parts,
service, motor clothes, sales – and we just partied. I remember meeting Jose. I will never forget that. I had a
great time with these people from Skip Fordyce. I felt like I was on top of the world at the time. I was a young
guy. I was doing great at the dealership and learning a lot. I actually got a couple job offers from that training.
My girlfriend’s mom at the time lived in Southern California, so she wanted to move down here. So I called up
Jose and the guys at Skip Fordyce and got a job. I started there in 2000. While I was there I did sales, I did
finance because I knew how to do both.
That eventually put me into finance. I never thought I would
be doing paper work. I don’t really enjoy paperwork, but I’m
pretty thorough with it. I think a lot of it goes back to when I
bought that Buell and had a bad experience. I never had a good
experience buying a car, so I think those experiences molded
me into this job. I want to help people. I want to explain it. I
want to break it down. I love the product and that’s why I
don’t necessarily agree with some of the other dealerships that
are all profit driven. I’m not here to make money. I’m not here
for profits. I’m here because I love the product. I’m passionate
about it. I believe in it. I want to help people feel the same
passion and emotion that I feel. Even as long as I have been
here, I truly believe that to this day.
I was at Skip Fordyce for 14 years. When the new owners came in, I felt it was time for me to part ways. I didn’t
see eye-to-eye on a lot of the business practices and I knew the Quaids. I was close to Brandon through Mike
Slagel who worked with me at Skip Fordyce. He was our Sales Manager. Amazing person. He left Skip Fordyce
to go to Quaid Temecula and he was their Sales Manager. He fit right in with them. He got real close to Gordon,
real close to Brandon. Mike passed away about two years ago, unfortunately. That happened at about the same
time that we did the change of ownership at Skip Fordyce. It was a big changing time, so I just felt close as far as
for what the Quaid family did for Mike and his family; as far as just their beliefs, their morals and ethics, and so I
wanted to be a part of that. So I quit my job and came here and asked Brandon for a job. Glenn and Brandon
decided to give it a shot. For one month I was on the sales floor and they put me in here. So now it’s more of a
supportive role. I really wouldn’t say I’m just the Finance Manager, I do whatever I can to help. You’ve got a lot
of Type A personalities around here, but it’s a perfect blend. We don’t butt heads and everyone knows their role.
We support Brandon. It’s a good team. You can’t put a price tag on that as far as money. It was the first time in
my life that I did not negotiate money when I came in. I wasn’t really concerned about the wages because I knew
it would work. It just felt right, ya know. It felt like it was supposed to happen. And so, here I am.
We’ve had huge growth for the store. I would say there are about 10 people that came from Skip Fordyce and
none of them were let go, they all came here because they wanted to come here. Again, because of the mentality
at a bike shop where the people ride bikes, of being with bikers. It’s that mentality as opposed to just selling
something.
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Notes of HOG Meeting
Feb. 21, 2016
Called to order at 10:04 a.m.
Director Report
Welcomed guests
minutes approval - Bully seconded first by Sonny
Need an activities director
Need a road captain - Dan handles weekdays
Barry is now the safety officer
Death Valley on the 11th to 13th
May after meeting - rock store and neptunes net with
quaid emnployees. Lawrence will pre run and make
sure there is parking etc...
May 14th - poker run in Ventura
Bully asked about Memorial Day in Bishop? Last
weekend in May 27th to 30th
April - meeting on 4th Sunday due to officer’s training
Throw out ride ideas - “If you even know where a cool
rock is, let’s go see it”
Ride to Temecula Chili Challenge was good
Need to support other chapters - some don’t think we
still exist
Added January birthdays to the February meeting - sorry
for missing it last time.
Patches for board members
April to October change to 9 am meeting time
Anyone wanting patches, get in touch with Lawrence or
Randy
Next Sunday (February 28th) kickstands up 8:30 from
Eddy Scott 3/17
Gary Tulleys 3/26
Darrell Warwick 3/31
goody’s - hwy 74 to 371 etc...
Secretary report
Sign in sheet - if you don’t see your name, we don’t have
a current membership form for you
Membership cards will be out next meeting
Safety
Check your tires
Safety class if there is interest - let Barry know
Assistant Director Report
Nothing
Treasurer Report
Apologized for missing donuts last meeting
4611.84 - 140 cash on hand
John and Bully approved
Next month is last 10 am meeting
Planning on a pancake breakfast for the chapter - March
24th
Newsletter
100 names on mailing list but only 60 paid members,
pay up soon or we have to remove you from the list
Costs a lot for 25 physical mailings - bring them to the
meeting instead of mailing
Terry asked what other chapters are doing.
What about showing a member card to get it
Available at dealership + bringing to the meeting approved by vote
Interview each month as part of the newsletter.
Adjourned at 10:42 - Motioned by John , seconded by
Richard
March
On March 2, 9,16, 23, and 30, every Wednesday, is “Dan’s Ride.” KickStands-Up (KSU) at Quaid’s, 9 a.m.
5-12 Daytona 75th Bike Week
5th Joshua Tree Ride
12th Chapter Ride, KSU at 8:30 a.m.
11-13 Death Valley Ride
18th Bike Night at Quaid’s
20th Chapter HOG meeting with breakfast (9 a.m. breakfast, 10 a.m.
24th -- Chapter Pancake Breakfast.
April
On April 6, 13, 20, 27, every Wednesday, is “Dan’s Ride.” KSU at
Quaid’s, 9 a.m.
9th, Ride —To be announced
16th — Autism Ride and Quaid Pre-Laughlin Open House
24th HOG Chapter meeting on 4th Sunday due to schedule of Harley
Officers’ Training. Meetings begin at 9 a.m. beginning at April chapter
meeting.
27th — 30th. Laughlin River Run 2016
May
On May 4, 11, 18, 25, every Wednesday, is “Dan’s Ride.” KSU at
Quaid’s, 9 a.m.
Dates not established -- Rock Store, Neptune’s
Net with Quaid Employees
th
14 Poker Run in Ventura
27-30 possible ride to Bishop for Memorial Day.
June
On June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, every Wednesday, is “Dan’s Ride.” KSU at
Quaid’s, 9 a.m.
July
On July 6, 13, 20, 27, every Wednesday, is “Dan’s Ride.” KSU at
Quaid’s, 9 a.m.
Saturday the 23rd, Lost Highway, tickets available at Quaid’s (see ad on
page 6).
Greg: After your Buell, what was your first Harley Davidson?
Jason: I’ll try to rattle through the bikes that I’ve had. I had the Buell and that had just come out. So, a little back
story. You know there’s a saying that whenever something new comes out, you never buy it, let the bugs work
out in it? I would go against that because I had so much brand loyalty that I would buy the first thing that came
out. So, in the summer of 1999 the Twin Cams came out and the Softails. They were already out previously in
the Dynas and the Touring, but they came out in the Softails. I bought the very first one that came in the door.
That was my first regular Harley.
Before that I had had a bunch of metric bikes, ya know. Hondas and stuff like that. So I always rode. My first
motorcycle was a Yamaha 250 street bike. It had a big banana seat with a rack, like a book rack. And there
would be three of us riding on that bike. I would ride my buddies around on it. Ya know, jumping off curbs. I
treated that thing like a bicycle. Just throw it up against the wall kind of thing. No respect for the bike at all. But
I actually learned how to ride before I learned how to drive. That’s just how much I loved motorcycles. It came
also from a BMX background. I loved riding bicycles and pretended I was on a motorcycle when I was a kid.
That transitioned into my first motorcycle.
I can’t even tell you how many bikes I’ve had. As far as
Harleys are concerned. I had the Buell White Lightening
right when that came out. I had the Softail Standard right
when that came out. After that I had a 2002 Heritage Softail
Classic. So I wanted to try something a little different. Beach
bars, lowered, long pipes – wasn’t my style. I had an ’81
Sturgis for a little while, which was a Shovel. It had both a
kick and electric start. I had a 2006 Heritage Springer
Classic which was very cool. That ended up kinda my
business card. It was all powder coated, black and red. Total
tear down and build up. That was a fun bike. Sold that to get
married. So that paid for my wedding. Then I had a 2010
Road Glide.
After that I had a 2006 Dyna Super Glide. I had that for a long time, until recently. That’s when I did all my
performance stuff. I really was getting into more of the performance, more aggressive riding on the Dyna, which
was perfect for that. Suspension, motor, my buddy, Josh, pulled up a 115 horse power motor for me, and that
was a lot of fun. I loved that bike. I didn’t think I would get rid of it. Then the 2016 Dyna Lowrider came out.
That’s my favorite now because that is what I have right now.
I do like the Dyna best, just because it suits my needs. For riding around town it’s nimble, it’s agile, it’s easy to
get around on. Riding on the freeway, it has great suspension on it. I can ride it from here to Vegas effortlessly. I
have no problem being in the seat. It’s very comfortable, and it’s good for splitting lanes.
Greg: Is there a favorite ride or group of rides you have been on?
Jason: That’s a tough one. I would say, probably my favorite ride that stood out was when a friend of mine, on
my birthday, wanted to take me to lunch. He said he knew a good seafood place. So we rode and he took me to
San Luis Obispo. We did not take the short route! We went up through the desert, through Tehachapi and took
the 58. We basically went across California. I think we did 600 miles on that day. I had a 2002 Night Train and I
rode that. It was awesome. We made sure we took the longest route. One of the things that is both good and bad
about riding motorcycles with me is that I get lost very easily. It’s bad, because you’re lost! It’s good, because
you’re on a motorcycle and it’s part of the adventure. Like they say, not all wanderers are lost. It’s fun going out
and exploring. I enjoy that to this day.
I’m just a real simple person that loves this product. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else, I really couldn’t. It’s
become part of my identity, I guess. It makes ya feel real patriotic to love the brand. I would take it over
anything, any car or anything else, ya know.
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