Directors Management - Greeley Colorado HOG

Upcoming Events
Greeley HOG Meeting--GCC, 9am
23nd Annual Weld Food Bank Poker Run--Weld Food Bank, 10:30 am
LOH Relay for Life Poker Run--Greeley H-D, 9-10:30am
Smokin Dave’s Dinner Ride--Greeley H-D, 5:30pm
Spring Overnighter--Minden, NB
Relay For Life--Island Grove, 4pm
Greeley HOG Meeting--GCC, 9am
Road Clean-Up--Sonic Pkg Lot, after the meeting
LOH--Greeley H-D, 10am (ride to Estes Park)
The Boot Grill Dinner Ride--Greeley H-D, 5:30pm
Greeley HOG Golf Outing--Highland Hills, 9am
Colorado State HOG Rally--Buena Vista
Harley-Davidson Million Mile Monday--Greeley H-D, 9am
Redstone Rally
From Activities
Official Newsletter of the Greeley Harley Owners Group 1462
May 2012
Volume 25
Issue 5
H.O.G. HERALD
MAY
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19-21
JUNE
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14-17
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28-01
The Weld County Food Bank Poker run was Sunday after our meeting. Our
Relay For Life Poker Run will take place next Saturday, May 12; registration is
at the Dealership from 9-10:30a.m.
The 3-day ride to Minden, NE, is in 2 weeks; you can still sign up. You will
need to call and make your own hotel reservations at the Pioneer Village Motel at 308-832-2750. This is more an endurance ride - 350 miles. We will be
leaving from the dealership on Saturday, May 19, at 9 am. Please try to be
there by 8:30. Please bring a bright bandana, preferably orange, to tie on
your arm if you are planning to visit the Pioneer Museum. The cost will be
$11 if we go as a group on May 20.
There will also be a dinner ride to Smokin’ Daves in Lyons on Saturday, May
19, that will leave from the dealership at the usual time of 5:30p.m.
Check out the Upcoming Events above for all the June happenings.
Our annual HOG Picnic will be after our meeting on July 8 at Monfort Park. Be
thinking of games you would like to play, both on and off bike. Feel free to
email me or any of the Activities officers with ideas. We will have sign-up
sheets for volunteers for help with the games at the next meeting.
The Taos 3-day ride is coming up Friday-Sunday, July 20-22. You still have lots
of time to sign up, but it is time to start planning. We will leave at 9 am from
the dealership, as it also is an endurance ride of 350 miles. Again, you need to
call for your reservations at the Sun God Motel at 575-758-3162. Hope to get
a Saturday night party organized in the motel’s courtyard for just us.
At the meeting, I asked everyone to stand up, then “Sit if you are going on the
Minden ride”, then “Sit if you are going on the Taos ride…dinner ride to
Smokin’ Dave’s…Weld Food Bank Poker Run today…Relay For Life Poker Run
next weekend…Colorado State Rally…Sturgis”. Unbelievably, there were actually a few people still standing after all that! You can’t say that we don’t
have the opportunity to ride with this Club!!
See you out there, sunny side up!
Your Activities Coordinators:
Jan McCall, Jeff Young, Tory Hanson, Terri Hanson
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2012 Officers
POSITION
Sponsoring Dealer
Director
Assistant Director
Secretary
Treasurer
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
Activities Officer
LOH Officer
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Road Captain
Editor
Assistant Editor
Safety Officer
Photographer
Photographer
Photographer
Membership Officer
Webmaster
Historian
Chaplain
NAME
Steve Larson
Rob Herr
Brent Langdon
Vicki Wright
Roger Meyers
Jan McCall
Jeff Young
Terri Hanson
Tory Hanson
Laura Clark
Bret Brungardt
Errol Fisher
Terri Hanson
Kent Kennedy
Kenny Love
Ken Musil
Mark Puhr
Ken Sauer
Roger Schmidt
Kate McNeill
Lovice Morris
Robert Aughinbaugh
Don Bailey
Larry Hartshorn
Jim Taylor
Ken Musil
Jim Taylor
Ron McNeill
Robert Aughinbaugh
PHONE #
(970) 351-8150
(970) 534-1015
(970) 339-5921
(970) 506-9860
(970) 454-3476
(970) 590-1473
(720) 323-8575
(970) 215-6249
(970) 396-8607
(970) 330-0209
(970) 351-0508
(970) 302-9280
(970) 215-6249
(970) 347-7117
(970) 454-1005
(970) 302-9139
(970) 506-0799
(970) 356-8497
(970) 371-3728
(970) 353-4030
(970) 352-3938
(970) 397-5307
(303) 887-2633
(303) 668-8446
(307) 220-1840
(970) 302-9139
(307) 220-1840
(970) 353-4030
(970) 397-5307
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Sponsoring Dealer
Greeley Harley-Davidson
3010 W. 29th Street
Greeley, Colorado 80631
(970) 351-8150
www.greeleyhd.com
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Membership
All National H.O.G. members are eligible to join the
Greeley Chapter #1462 by completing a Chapter Membership Enrollment Form and Release, available at our
meetings, at Greeley H-D, or on our website:
hog1462.com. Applicants are responsible for providing
proof of their National membership. An expired National membership automatically terminates local chapter
membership and any associated memberships.
After filling out your form, turn it in to Ken Musil, along
with $15, at a monthly meeting of the Greeley H.O.G.
Chapter. Forms and payment can also be mailed to
Greeley H.O.G., 3010 W 29th Street, Greeley, CO 80631.
Dues
The Greeley H.O.G. Chapter is a not-for-profit organization. The Chapter dues of $15 per year are utilized solely to defray the cost of Chapter administration. Payment
is due on January 1 of each year.
Rusty
Meetings
Meetings of the Greeley H.O.G. Chapter are held on the
first Sunday of each month at Greeley Country Club,
4500 West 10th Street, in Greeley, Colorado. There are
some exceptions around holidays and Sturgis. Meetings
begin at 9 a.m. from April through October and at 10
a.m. from November through March. Breakfast is available to buy one hour before the meeting.
CAN’T RIDE?
Anyone who wants to go on a Dinner Run and
would like to meet up with the group at the restaurant at 6:30pm must leave a message at
Greeley Harley-Davidson (351-8150) so our
road captains can include you in the count that
will be called in to the restaurant.
If you find your member number hidden in
this edition of the HOG Herald, tell a Board
member AT THE NEXT MEETING, and you
will get a free breakfast!!
Brenda Glanzer enjoyed hers this month!
Margaret & Richard
Impromptu Rides
We have started an Impromptu Ride email list. The idea
is that anyone on the list that is going for a ride can
email the list and see if anyone wants to ride along. For
those that don't check your email very often, please
provide a phone number and carrier (Verizon, AT&T,
etc). We can try to send the emails to your phone as a
text message.
To be added to the list, go to the following website:
herkymail.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hog1462ride
If you have any questions, please contact me. Jim Taylor
[email protected] or text me at 307:222-2121
Jim Taylor, Webmaster & Photographer
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From Our Safety Guy
After 35 years of marriage, a husband and wife
came for counseling. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful
tirade listing every problem they had ever had in
the years they had been married.
On and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she
had endured.
Finally, after allowing this for a sufficient
length of time, the therapist got up, walked
around the desk and after asking the wife to
stand, he embraced and kissed her long and
passionately as her husband watched - with a
raised eyebrow.
The woman shut up and quietly sat down as
though in a daze.
The therapist turned to the husband and said,
“This is what your wife needs at least 3 times a
week. Can you do this?”
“Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and
Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish.”
Quilt T-Shirts
Anyone who has H-D t-shirts suitable for use on next
year’s quilts, can drop them off at the dealership now.
Please see if you can part with any of your “international” shirts.
From Our Director
Amazing time in San Diego with fellow HOGS from all
over the country and our local representatives from
Greeley: Jim Taylor, Terry and Tory Hanson,
Brent Langdon, Robert Aughinbaugh and
Roger Myers. I encourage anyone wanting
to get more involved to attend next year’s
event. It amazes me the brotherhood that
we have on a local basis as well as worldwide. HOG just does it right! I'm very proud to be a part
of HOG 1462 and the friendships I have developed over
the last 9 years.
Hello again from Safety! This month we discussed the
very interesting and sometimes humorous task of overloading your bike. Each model has a specific GVW or
gross vehicle weight. This is the maximum weight that
the bike has been built to hold, including the rider, passenger and all packing contents. Through the use of video at the meeting, we displayed the one who might
have a tendency to overload the bike with so much
weight that stability and safety are not part of the ride.
They will do whatever is necessary to carry their gear to
the selected location.
Proper loading of your ride takes some preliminary
preparations. Select only those items that you need to
live with. Many items that we believe are necessary are
actually options. Careful planning aids greatly in having
enjoyment on the trip or being miserable the entire duration.
To aid you in your planning, packing and participating in
the ride of choice, I have located a specific website to
aid in your calculating the proper weight distribution
between riders, passenger and packed materials. It allows you to select your bike by year and weights of both
parties. For those of you whose bikes are not listed, the
GVW is listed in your owner’s manual and can be used
to help you calculate your safe riding weights. Hope you
enjoy! Thanks for the great ideas for future talks. I trust
that you are learning about safety while you are having
fun. I'm gone, the sun's almost up and the Harley is
runnin’!!
http://www.unsafemotorcycles.com/weight_and_riders
_form.html
Robert Aughinbaugh, Safety Officer
"There is only one success--to be able to spend your life
in your own way".
-Christopher Morley
Rob Herr, Director
Still my cutie after 37 years!
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From Our Sponsoring Dealer
Dear H.O.G. 1462 members,
Is your bike ready to go for the season? Have you
checked your tires lately? Call Chuck, Jason, or Garrett
in Service to get make sure your ride is ready this year.
I need your help for a special event this month…
Saturday, May 19, 6-8pm--Ladies Night in
Motorclothes & Men’s Night in Service
We all have friends and family who are interested in
riding someday but just haven’t taken the next step yet.
Please bring someone who is new to riding, guy or gal,
we have a fun night planned for both.
What’s going on at the shop in May?
 Our Service Department opens at 7:30 am for
early bird drop-offs.
 We’re open Mon-Sat from 9am-6pm and Sunday from 11am-5pm.
 Our Rental Department is offering 2012 models;
call Ray at 970-351-8150 for reservations.
Summer Open House on Saturday, May 26
Our annual party to start the summer off includes a free
hog roast, free beer, and a bikini bike wash you’ll have
to see to believe. All donations from this event benefit
Relay for Life and help our chapter reach its goal.
Bring your friends and family to the shop and enjoy our
free BBQ every Saturday all summer long. We’re grilling
up hot dogs and burgers from 11am to 2pm every Saturday.
Our showroom is full, and we’re getting about 10 new
Harleys every week, so stop in often and check out the
latest 2012 bikes.
Thanks for your support, ride on.
Steve Larson, Manager of Greeley Harley-Davidson
From Ladies of Harley
I want to extend a HUGE Thank You to all the members
who helped with the garage sale on April 14th. The
weather held out for us and we had a
great turnout. We made $441 which
was awesome considering we didn't
have any "big ticket" items this year.
Thank you again for all your help. Our
LOH Relay for Life Poker Run will be held on THIS Saturday, May 12. Please come and help support your local
HOG team for this fund raising event. Sign-up starts at
the Dealership with last card at 10:30. The final card
stop is the Plantation. We filled all our volunteer slots
after the meeting. The weather should be great, so we
look forward to a great turnout on Saturday.
On Saturday, June 9, LOH will be riding to Estes Park for
a day of lunch and shopping. We hope you can join us,
and, as always, the Men of Harley are invited as well.
Thank you all for supporting your LOH.
Laura Clark, LOH Officer
Relay for Life
In addition to our LOH Relay For Life Poker Run on
May12, we are also planning a bake sale at the shop on
Saturday, May 19. The more baked goods we sell, the
more funds we raise, so if you haven’t already signed up
to bake, please find the clipboard with the sign-up sheet
out on the table. If you can’t bake, BUY!
On Saturday, May 26, Wildwest Motorsports will hold
their huge Annual Open House. Instead of tip jars that
day, the food servers and the bike washers will have
donation jars for our Relay team. Steve & Jenny, we appreciate that more than you will ever know. So, everyone should fill up those jars!
I know I said that, since our theme was “Wild About Relay”, we would just go with a wilderness, camping scenario. At the last Captains’ meeting, the chair people
changed things up a little bit by acting a little WILD.
That made me start thinking about maybe us being
“wild and crazy guys”; but then we would all have to go
to the ARC Thrift Store and buy up all the plaid pants we
could find. Better yet, we could stick to our image of
being simply “WILD HOGS”. Of course, the other campers wouldn’t appreciate it if we starting riding our bikes
through the campsites. So, if you come up with any wild
ideas, please let me know.
We are not in the same campsite where we have been
previous years. We are in #66 which is just a little south
of our past site across from the east parking lot.
Luminarias are bags that people can buy for $10 each;
they take them home and decorate them in honor of a
loved one that they have lost to cancer or in celebration
of one that has beaten cancer. The day of Relay, the
luminarias are placed around the track and are lit when
it gets dark enough. This year is the first time that the
money raised from the luminaria sales actually goes to a
specific team. So if anyone is interested in buying one
today, get with me after the meeting. Just bring it back
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to me decorated along with the $10 by May 22, and
we’ll get it out there to commemorate your loved one.
Please, everyone, come out and join us for the team lap.
The HOGs always make quite an impression walking
around that track.
I always tell you at the beginning of the Relay season
that I am not the cheerleader that Lorri Wilson was. I
just want to keep this going to remember our members
that have succumbed to cancer and to celebrate ALL of
the MANY survivors in our group. We are so grateful for
the donation from the Greeley HOG group, for the
money that will come from the LOH Poker Run, and for
the money that the Dealership gives us from the tips at
their Open House on the 26. Whereas we appreciate so
much the large sums that we get, NOW is when I grovel
at your feet and beg you to give your individual donation to the American Cancer Society. Last month we had
over 100 people at our meeting; just think if every one
of those members each gave 10 bucks toward this
cause. Last year we came in third, and that was quite a
surprise! I’m not a goal-driven person; I feel as though
we should always do our best and be happy with the
results. So, let’s work together for the very best result
this year. I’ll keep my little purple bucket close , so you
can feel free to fill it up or you can certainly donate to
our team (Greeley H.O.G.) on the website
weldrelay.org!
Thank you so much for all your help and all your generosity!
Kate McNeill, Relay Team Captain
Meeting Minutes
The meeting on Sunday, May 6, was called to order by
Director Rob Herr at 9:00 a.m.
Those present were as follows: Lynn & Kent Kennedy,
Mark Puhr, Rob & Dee Dee Herr, Brenda Glanzer, Chuck
Macrum, Roger Meyers, Mike Shrout, Jan McCall, Vicki
Wright, Dave & Pat Grauberger, Mel & Jim Ruyle, Jodi &
Dave Funderburgh, Ron & Mary Williams, Ken Lutz, Jeff
Young, Paula & Jim Taylor, Wayne Hergenreder, Lou
Ellen & Ken Bromley, Larry Holder, Gary Mott, Melissa
Miller, Rebecca & Keith Schorzman, Georgia & Ken
Musil, Regan & Randy Waddle, Tim & Pam Tideman,
Janet & Jack Lewis, Diane & Brian Mossong, Steve & Ari
Dirks, Al Geisick, Bob Grube, Errol Fisher, Lovice & Gerry
Morris, Susie & Ken Sauer, Don Patterson, Terri Hanson,
Ray & Debbie Ulibarri, Dick & Dixie Huff, Judy
Brungardt, Jay Anderson, Bev Morita, Gary & Cheryl
Bishop, Perry & Marla Peppler, Allen Klein, and Kate
McNeill
New Members: Margaret & Rick Wolfe, Rusty Boyd
Visitors: Kelly Havens
New bikes this month: Rob Herr--2012 Ultra Classic Limited; Margaret Wolfe--2012 Super Glide; Rick Wolfe-2012 Fat Boy
OFFICERS REPORTS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Brent went over the HarleyDavidson 110th Anniversary that will be in 2013. He also
went over the Chapter doing a proposal for us to be the
hosts for 2013 Colorado State HOG Rally which will also
be the 30th Anniversary for National HOG, and Greeley
HOG Chapter’s 25th Anniversary. The Colorado State
HOG Rally this year will be June 14-16 in Buena Vista.
TREASURER: Roger Meyers reported the ending account
balance
ACTIVITIES: See article. Jeff Young is moving to South
Carolina on May 26, but will stay on as a Board Member
assisting remotely.
LOH: See article.
RELAY FOR LIFE: Kate indicated everyone needs to participate in the Relay for Life Poker Run this Saturday,
May 12. Bake sale at the dealership will be on May 19th.
Money raised goes to the Relay for Life. Saturday May
26th, Wild West Motorsports has their Open House and
will have donation jars out for the Relay for Life on bike
wash and food servers. Fill up those jars! The Relay on
June 1st will be a camping theme. Looking for ideas for
the Wild HOGS camp site. Camp site has changed to #66
which is just south closer to the east parking lot.
Luminarias are bags that can be purchased for $10 and
put up in honor of a loved one that has been lost to
cancer or in celebration of someone beating cancer.
These bags line the track during the walk and have a
candle in them. See Kate for a bag before May 22nd. If
you are a survivor, see Kate to be on the survivor’s lap.
Donations can still be made online - Weldrelay.org Look
for Greeley HOG.
ROAD CAPTAINS: Mark thanked those that helped out
on the Road Captain’s poker run last month as well as
Kenny and Terri for the dinner ride this past month.
Mark indicated the overnighter to Minden will be 330
miles. It is an easy ride but will require some endurance
with how long it is. This ride would be classified as a 3
on a scale of 1-5. Be at the dealer on time. He thanked
Bill Richards and Ken Lutz for being Road Captain’s on
that ride. Dinner ride to Smokin’s Dave’s, Roger and Fish
will lead the ride on Saturday 05/19. Mark went over
group riding tips. Arrive prepared for a group ride. Be
gassed up and do the pre-ride check. Have the correct
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gear with you. Mark had copies of MSF video that you
can watch. See Mark for a copy.
SAFETY OFFICERS: See Article.
Webmaster: Jim indicated on the front page of hog1462
there are now “Rider’s Rides” displayed. Send pictures
to Jim and he will put 3 or 4 pictures up every month.
He learned at HOT that what had been a private on getting out our message out on the Chapter will now be a
public thing so he will be opening it up on Facebook.
There will still be a private area where only our Chapter
can get to.
Membership Officer: Ken indicated we have 166 members. He has name tags if you have not received your
name tag, check with Ken.
DEALERSHIP: See article.
MEMBER MOMENTS: Deneanne Johnson, Lynn Kennedy, and Kenny Love all had surgery recently and we
want to wish them all a speedy recovery to get back on
their bikes. To commemorate the death of any immediate family member of a HOG member, our Club donates
$50 to Triangle Cross Ranch in their name. The Chapter
will be donating $150 to TCR in the names of Vicki
Wright’s sister, Penny; Jan McCall’s mother, Harriet; and
Sally Lutz’s brother, Dave, who have passed away.
Paula Taylor is now a published author with her book
that has gone to print “F.E. Warren Air Force Base”.
Gerry Morris turned 60 this past week.
OLD BUSINESS: Our officers that attended the Harley
Officer’s Training (H.O.T.) in San Diego reported that it
was very beneficial and encouraged anyone interested
in serving as an officer to try and go in the future. Some
commented that many great ideas were shared and
that officers from other groups seemed to be extremely
interested in the success of our AWESOME club. All of
these attending officers thanked the Chapter and the
dealer for sending them and are looking forward to
sharing what they learned with the group. Roger Meyers rode his bike to San Diego and put on 2600 miles.
Rob said a lot of the other Chapters do not get a lot of
dealer support and thanked Steve for the way they support the Chapter. Steve added that supporting us is
easy, and they are blessed to have our Chapter.
Ron Williams said that, even after visiting the other local chapters to encourage participation in the golf challenge, there has been zero response. He said they are
looking at doing a golf outing just for Greeley H.O.G.
and will adjust the cost. He asked for those that really
want to participate to put your name on the list and he
will take it from there.
Allen Klein reported that tonight was our Front Range
shooting night. Arrive at 5:15PM, so we will be ready to
take the range at 5:30PM. Don’t forget your eye and ear
protection.
NEW BUSINESS:
One goal this year was to “Grow and Simplify”. Rob
wants to put a challenge out to our members regarding
the “growing” part. There will be two $100 certificates
given to the two people that bring in the most new
members this year: one certificate will be awarded for
June, July and August; the second will be awarded for
September, October and November. Rob encouraged
members to be aware of people on Harleys, explain to
them what H.O.G. is, invite them to a meeting, and
point them to our website. Ken Musil is not included
since he is the membership officer.
Rob brought up rumors and how damaging they can be
to our Chapter. If you hear a rumor, get a hold of a
Board member and let him/her know so it can be addressed and clarified in our new “Rumor or Fact” area in
the HOG Herald. The item will be discussed at the Board
meeting and passed along to Kate to put in the newsletter. Case in point: Terry Wiedeman was NOT paid to
auctioneer at CDD this year. We are presenting Don
Elam with a laser wall hanging to thank him for all his 14
years of service as auctioneer.
UPCOMING EVENTS: See list on page 1.
There were 72 members signed in at this meeting. Rob
conducted the Director’s Drawing, and the winners
were as follows: Larry Holder, Richard Wolfe , and Ken
Sauer.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:05AM.
Respectfully submitted by
Vicki Wright, Secretary
Check out many more
fun shots from our
great photographers
on Flickr: Greeley HOG
1462’s Photostream
(accessible through
our website)!
The Night We All Felt APPRECIATED!
April 14
Road Captain’s Poker Run
April 1
Who Let the H.O.G.s Out!
COME RIDE WITH
THE GREELEY HARLEY OWNER’S GROUP
AND OUR RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
in our
FIFTH ANNUAL
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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
RELAY FOR LIFE
POKER RUN
(Motorcycles Only)
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Registration 9 AM to 10:30 AM
GREELEY HARLEY-DAVIDSON
3010 W. 29th Street, Greeley, Colorado
$15 Per Hand (includes 2 door prize tickets) or 2 Hands for $20.
All proceeds go to American Cancer Society.
All Hands in at The New Plantation Restaurant and Lounge by 2:30 PM
3520 11th Avenue, Evans
Let’s RIDE over cancer!