THE SWINE-LINE

1450 Karen Way Fairbanks, AK 99709

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The next General Membership Meeting will be held on May 7th at the Badger Den, 7:00P.M. Please put the meeting on your calendar and plan to be there. We would like to see a large turn out with maximum participation to plan our eagerly anticipated but short summer riding season. Hope to see you there!

For members receiving the Swine-Line by snail mail who would like to receive it by E-mail as well as mid-month updates please forward your e-mail address to Cindy

From the Director

Let there be spring! Finally, it seems that Mother Nature has felt gracious enough to let a bit of warmth back in our winter wonderland. Every year I welcome spring with more intensity than the last, which tells me that I may be developing a dislike for the white stuff that invades our lives (and riding season) for six months a year. I'm starting to believe I could actually live without snow! Although I've been told I had me a pretty good time at Arctic Man, there's nothing like the sound of a big twin rumblin down the highway. It's good to be on two wheels and on the road again. We're getting more and more faces at the membership meetings and it's great to see all of you. The once a month "get together" is ultimately a chance for us to socialize, shoot the bull, etc… I'm trying hard to make the formal part of the meeting shorter and the social part of the meeting longer. As always, I welcome any suggestions. There are multiple events coming up in the near future, including the start of our weekly rides and I hope to see all of you at one point or another. Hats off to those who helped with the bike show and also Rhonda and crew for the Easter egg hunt. I know we've waited a long time to be back on the pavement, but take it easy and keep it upright. Ride safe and ride free!

Raven

Can you believe it's already April? The snow is melting, roads are clearing and I'm counting down the days before Joe and I are riding in the wind. Just wish the gravel were cleaned up. The Bike show at the Bentley Mall turned out real nice. Sold lots of raffle tickets and talked to a lot of people. The weather could have been a little warmer but as they say, "This is Alaska!" Joe Villa, Joe and I thought we'd be smart and put the bikes and tent trailer on his big trailer and take them to Eielson and wash them in a warm garage. That was great and they were real clean and dry. We thought everything was dry. NOT! The lock on the tent trailer that was attached to the bike was frozen solid. Joe Villa had to help Joe heat it up with lighters and thaw it out for the key to fit. It took awhile and it was very cold out but they managed. With the help of other members who were already at the mall, they got the bikes and tent trailer inside. For a few days before the bike show I tried to convince Joe to take his old bagger (Badass) and tent trailer. He kept saying he wanted to take his new one and finally I won and we took the old bike. Well, well, guess what? He won first place for his bike and the look on his face was worth a million bucks. He just kept saying "this old bike?" Now maybe he will listen to his better half. (Haha) After the bike show as we were loading the bikes up it got real cold and started snowing. Now these are real hard core Alaskan bikers if I say so myself. Thanks to all of you who put their bikes in the show and helped sell raffle tickets. A special thanks to all the Charter members for being at the show and judged our bikes. It was great to see you all again! Thank you Steve and Jimmy for getting the bike show together and Tia for working hard getting the tickets ready to sell.

The Easter BBQ was a big turn out and lots of fun for all. It was sunny and warm out which made it nice for everyone looking for eggs. LOH brought all kinds of food to share. The kids and adults had fun looking for eggs that I hid in the snow. The little kids 0-5 years found theirs in the building. Joe cooked hotdogs and hamburgers for everyone. It was nice afterwards when everyone pitched in and helped clean up.
Don't forget about Saturday, April 24 at 4:00PM at the Salcha Senior building. It's our HOG bingo game. Remember there are non-cash prizes. It cost $12.50 for each game packet, $5.00 for spaghetti dinner and $1.00 each for soda or bottled water. Kids under 19 can play but can't call out bingo or claim prizes. The parents have to do that for them. The money goes towards new tables for the seniors. The afghan will be raffled off that night. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet they are .50 cents each and will be sold at the bingo game until the drawing. They are selling crafts there too so bring your spending money and help support the Salcha seniors. We are using their gaming number for our raffle tickets.

I was lost for words at out last meeting. There were so many members I hadn't seen in a long time and it was good to see everyone there. Hope there are more members next time. Fred Atkinson won the $50 cert. to the Harley shop. One to be given away at every meeting until December. See you then.

Here are a couple of pictures of Cajun Joe and my bike and the Easter winners.

Rhonda Procell

Joe and Rhonda Procell's bikes

Please help us to update the chapter's membership roster. All local members must be a member of national H.O.G. before joining the local H.O.G. chapter. If you joined the local H.O.G chapter by completing an application at the Shop, but did not become a national H.O.G member first you need to do that. You can become a National member by going to the Shop or on-line at http://www.hog.com. If you have questions please contact Lori Price or Aleshia Purcell at the Outpost. If you have different information please let us know.

If any ladies are interested in heading up the Ladies of Harley or in being a LOH road captain please contact the director. Thanks to Maria Dunham for putting together the Tuesday night ride schedule that is included in this edition of the Swineline. The schedule is also posted here.

Members who receive the Swine-Line through the mail and would like to begin receiving an e-mail version are asked to forward their e-mail address to me at c.gollwitzer1@gci.net. In addition to cutting down on the newsletter mailing costs members who request e-mail distribution will receive monthly activities updates when available. The deadline for submissions to be included in the Swineline is the 15th of the month.

I have been tagged by one of the Internet bulletin boards I frequent to moderate a safety board. I'm now trying to write something on a weekly schedule. Now always being an advocate of efficiency I'll be sharing some of those columns with you with a bit of editing.
Roll the Dice
One of the regulars has reminded me of something very important that we all need to seriously think about. I have been working around military aviation for the last twenty-five years and safety has always been an important topic of discussion. The boss takes a very dim view of flying the taxpayer's very expensive airplanes into the ground. For that reason when there is an accident after the investigation is finished, the results are published and everybody is strongly encouraged to read it. In fact they publish the results of accident investigations involving general (private) and commercial accidents too.
What's this? We're riding motorcycles not flying airplanes. I'm getting to that. One of the leading causes of fatal accidents involving general aviation and military aviation is a phenomenon called Get-Home-itis. Trying to get home when the weather or mechanical problems are getting worse and the pilot thinks "I can get home if I can just get a little farther." Well, many times they do, but often they don't. They end up hitting the ground and hard.
Have you ever had that thought? "I can get home if I can hold it together for a few more miles." Maybe you will, but is it worth the risk? How many accidents have been caused by pushing your luck and trying to make it home? I'll bet good money it's a lot. Is the weather going to be getting intolerable? Hot, cold, raining, possibly snow? Get a room! Is the bike coming apart? If you can't fix it get a tow, don't try to limp the bike home if it involves brakes, tires, lights, or anything else that can affect the safety of the ride.
One of the things I have heard is "With today's Harley's, all you need to ride cross country is a cell phone, credit card, & a gun." What you need to learn is when to use that credit card. Some of you may remember when I wrote on hypothermia a while back. I was giving a past director a bad time because he came real close to a bad wreck. He thought he could make that last hundred miles home when he should have given it up a hundred miles back. Good sense finally kicked in and he got himself a room even though he was relatively close to home. It's better to be late than to never make it. Think hard, it could be the difference between inconvenience and a lot worse. Don't push your luck.
Rich Barlow

Well it warmed up quick, now lets ride. The events schedule will be out soon, but lets start off with upcoming events:

April 20th27 ride with LOH, meet at the shop at 6pm

April 24 bingo at the Salcha Senior Center at 4pm.is $12.50 per game packet, non cash prizes to be given away, also Rhonda is raffling off an Afghan, tickets are .50 cents., green salad, fruit salad, garlic bread, and peanut butter pie is available for $5.00.

May 7th meeting at 7pm at the Badger Den. May 8th meet at the Knotty shop in Salcha for Salcha road clean-up noon. Sunday, May 9th, meet at the shop at noon for a local ride. Every Tuesday meet at the shop at 6pm and ride with LOH. May 15th HOG birthday party at the shop 1-6pm. May 16th meet at the shop at noon for a local ride. May 22 meet at the shop at noon for a local ride. meet at the shop at 10am for the run, bike games and cookout $13.00 per person for dinner. May 29th meet at the shop at 9 am to head to the Meet in the Middle ride, make your reservations now the Grizzly Bear campground at Denaligrizzlybear.com-(866)583-2696, more info to come on this.

We will be selling raffle tickets at Safeway in North Pole on Saturday April 24th from 12:00PM until 4 PM, and we need a lot of volunteers to help. Also, we'll be selling tickets at the Car Show being held in the Carlson Center on Sat and Sun May 1st and 2nd from 12:00PM until close. Again, volunteers are needed.

Don't forget the AK State HOG Rally held 25-27 June 2004 in Palmer. The pre-registration deadline is 7 May. You can register on line at www.akstatehogrally.com or call 907-376-6788.

If you have any questions, you can contact me at # jking@gci.net or 372-2791

May is our Chapter anniversary month. For those who may not know the chapter was established in May 1990. The first director was Mike Gill. Mike served as director from May 1990 to December 1995. Al Woodward became Director in January 1996 and served in that post until December 1997. Our membership base has grown from the original 20 members to over 200. The Fairbanks, Alaska Chapter is the Harley Owners Group's farthest north chapter. It was originally established by our resident dealer, Bill Fenderson of Harley's Farthest North Outpost. After Bill's passing the chapter was sponsored by Bill's son, Pat, and now the current Outpost owners sponsor our Chapter. The Chapter is committed to serving our local community through fund raisers such as bike raffles, the chapter has been able to donate to charities in the Fairbanks area. The Chapter has also "adopted" the Fairbank's office of the Big Brother, Big Sisters.

We want to invite everyone to the Fairbanks Hog Chapters 14th Anniversary!

Where: At The Outpost
When: Saturday, May 15th
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
What: Barbeque, salads, desserts and other dishes compliments of L.O.H.

· A full no host bar will be catered by the Badger Den.
· There'll be live music (band to be announced) sponsored by The Outpost.
· 20% to 50% off sale of parts, accessories and motor clothes.

Demo rides on the new Road King Custom, EFI Wide Glide, V-Rod (VRSCB) B-Model, New rubber mounted 1200 Roadster, and the Buell X-BR 900. (Bring a valid drivers license and NO drinking of alcoholic beverages prior to riding the demos.)

We here at The Outpost appreciate all the support this chapter has given us over the last three and half years. We look forward to seeing each and every one of you in the near future, and hope your winter has been good and your riding season is even better.

Sincerely,

Chris Chambers President
John Haddad Vice President/General Manager
Chuck Cartier Secretary

Mark

I have a ribbon medalian for you. We came instseed (undefeated) in the tournament. We had to play the second place team, the Valley Blades, for the State Championship. The Championship game was 3 regualar periods with 7 overtime periods before anyone scored - the Blades scored on us, winning the the State Championship and us Runner Ups. Our game lasted from 2:00 until about 5:30 with no breaks in the overtime period.

After the game so many people from the other team - parents and players commended our boys for their behavior. No one could really tell who the winner was as our boys were so excited to be done with the 7 periods of overtime, and we were very happy to take the Runner Up Placement. They performed very well - our Goalie even managed to get himself another shut out. They really played their hearts out - we even had one player black out on the ice. He just kept wanting to skate no matter what, to try to get one final goal.

Thanks so much for everything!!!
Tammy
H.O.G's Manager

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