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BMW MOA Club #210 & BMWRA Club #104 Catch us on the Web at WWW.RCB.ORG September 2004 defray the costs of the event? For this event, River City Stuff The we had 40 entries and spent about $450 on prizes and refreshments. Your feedback is President President’s welcomed. Oh, the winning hand was 3 of a Gary Stofer 916-966-7910 kind. The worst hand (John Jacobs) was 8 Vice President Corner high nothing. Dennis Allstead 530-306-9070 by Gary Stofer Secretary Linda Stofer 916-966-7910 Want to try a poker run? Come to Central Treasurer Cal's Autumn Beemer Bash at Quincy Sep- Ted Alvarez 916-457-7619 September's here and hopefully it brings an end Membership tember 17-20. RCB puts on the Poker Run to the hot weather. Fall is just about my favor- Bob Holleron 209-245-6245 for this event and the format is the same. Newsletter ite time of the year to ride. Except to places Ride the route, obtain cards at checkpoints. Kim Rydalch 209-521-8425 like Yosemite, which is pretty used up by then. Web Master You end up with just 5 cards (if you hit all As I'm sure you know, our membership meet- Bill Juhl 530-265-0203 the checkpoints) and that's your hand. No Directors through 2004 ing for September will be on Saturday of the card playing skill involved. First prize is Jack Klaushie 530-677-6395 Labor Day weekend. Don't worry; the meeting Bob Holleron 209-245-6245 $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50, 4th $30, 5th $20. will go on as planned even though many of our Stan Paolini 530-622-4808 Sometimes I can hit up some of vendors for Stan Davis 916-992-0562 members will be out of town on NorCal's Gyp- additional prizes. Entry fee is $5. The Kenny Sisler 916-933-3313 sy Tour. It should increase your odds of win- Rick Blake 916-927-BMW’0perator’ route is 103 miles and it'll take you about 3 ning a raffle prize if you attend. Did you know Directors through 2005 hours. In addition to that, Quincy is just Tye Haight 916-780-5773 that RCB does not attempt to make a profit on about the nicest venue for a rally; the Fair- Hennie Cloete 916-965-7567 the raffle prizes? Usually, the cost of the prizes Chris Schattie 707-763-7765 grounds offer plenty of grass camping, a few exceeds the revenue raised by ticket sales. It's Mitchie Wilkerson 916-780-5773 showers, and a lot shade. And of course, Justin Mabry 888-497-6617 just a way of returning some of the member- Morning Thunder serves great breakfasts. Marv & Lois Lewis 916-652-0575 ship dues to active members. At any rate, there Past President will be an organized (?) club ride after the Bryan Wright 916-663-9175 This month's riding tip? For long rides, a meeting just like every other month. little entertainment helps out in the wide Membership Meeting open spaces. A couple of years ago I got an September 11 we're having a Progressive Din- Sat Sept. 4th 8:00am XM radio that I enjoy listening to at home. ner ride. This is something we've never tried Western Coffee Pot The problem was finding some helmet Auburn near Greenback Ln before. We're going to assemble at A&S BMW speakers with enough power to overcome the Citrus Heights to depart around 3:30 PM. Appetizer, main 100 decibel background noise (attenuated by course, and dessert will be served at different ear plugs) in a typical helmet. Enter the Ear- locations. See article elsewhere in this issue. plug Co., (www.earplugco.com). I had a set Director’s Meeting Marv Lewis will lead the ride. Please let him of custom ear plugs made at a Rally in New Tues Sept. 14th, 6:30 pm know if you plan to participate so we have Mexico a while back. After I found how Western Coffee Pot plenty of food. The cost is typical for RCB Auburn near Greenback Ln. effective and comfortable the plugs are, I had members—free. Citrus Heights a set of permanent plugs made with speakers molded in. These work great with or without Our Poker Run held July 31 turned out great. the XM. I highly recommend them. Relax- Thanks go to Jim Cyran for the route sugges- Breakfast - Be There! ing on the long stretches listening to your tions as well as organizing the refreshments Every Saturday 8 am favorite music, sports, talk, etc, make it very afterwards. This is the first time that I can re- Western Coffee Pot easy to: member where we started and finished an event 6233 Auburn Blvd at A&S. Working the first/last checkpoint at Citrus Heights Ride Safe the dealer presented us with the opportunity to Ride Often talk to a lot of non-members about the club, Got Mufflers? Weds. Coffee Social and I'm sure we'll have some new enlistees as a Meet between 5-7pm result. We probably will do something like this Leaves every Wednesday again. I wonder if there would be much inter- evening at 6 pm from The est if there were a small ($5) entry fee to help Coffee Republic in Folsom PAGE 2 BMW MOA CLUB #210 & BMWRA CLUB #104 Beemer Bash in Quincy Central Cal BMW Rid‐ Microbrews, wine and BASH margaritas ers presents the 19th New restrooms and plenty of hot showers. Beemer Bash on Sep‐ tember 17‐19 at the Acres of grass for camping and RV hook‐ups, Thursday night Plumas‐Sierra County camping for $6/tent, $10/RV. Fairgrounds in Quincy. BASH pins for the first 500 registered Guest Speakers: Brian Halton, aka, “The worlds oldest paper‐ boy” and publisher to City Bike magazine. Clement Salvadori, Leashed pets OK. world traveler, author, and contribung editor of Rider maga‐ zine. Day passes, $20, doesn’t include prizes, food, or pin. Emergency Maneuvers Riding Clinic, by Tony Westlake. Registraon before 9/8 Adults $35, 12‐16 $17, under 12 free. At the gate registraon $40 for adults. Saturday night BBQ, Sat & Sun connental breakfast. Make checks payable to CCBR, and mail to BASH 2004, Grand Prizes, Door Prizes, Lots of Vendors. 607 Lile Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. Things to do: Sierra pacific lumber mill tour, Quincy heritage Toll free: 888‐203‐5871 walk, Poker Run hosted by the River City Beemers, self guided riding tours of local area, GS tour led by Kari Prager of Cal‐ Email : bash‐[email protected] BMW Web site: www.ccbr.org Club Events this Month Meet at A & S BMW at 3:00 P.M., Saturday, September 11th. We will then Don’t miss the progressive diner 9/11, this ride to three different RCB members homes where we will enjoy appetizers, could be the dessert locaon! main course, and desserts. Come and enjoy the ride, the comradery and the good food. Hosted by RCB (no cost to you). However, we do need you to RSVP to help us know how much food to prepare. Phone Marv & Lois Lewis at (916) 652-0575 or e-mail them at [email protected]. Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sep 26th, so you can ride the famous “RCB multi-pass ride”. For details call Gary Stofer at 916-966-7910 or email: [email protected] Bed and Brew Weekend October 23-24: This overnighter leaves from the Western Coffee Pot promptly at 9:00am for a full day of scenic, twisty roads to the coast. Re-hash the day with friends, tasty microbrewery beer, and good food in beautiful downtown Eureka. Make your own hotel reservations. Hotels within walking distance of the brewery: Super 8: 800-235-3232 or Quality Inn: 800-772-1622. Let David know if you plan to go 487-0233h or 397-9563c. BMW MOA CLUB #210 & BMWRA CLUB #104 PAGE 3 PhanPhaq Riding Tips Q. How far over the posted speed limit can I “safely” go? These are from the Phantom FAQ writer, aka the PhanPhaq .. A. The traditional rule of thumb – two-thirds the posted speed this and more can be found at www.rcb.org/faq.htm times pi over the square root of 2 -- is no longer recommended (76% of licensed riders – and 98.8% of unlicensed riders – can't Q. Why do so many drivers (and absolutely every female driver solve this anymore even with a calculator). The contemporary under 30) find it necessary to talk on the mobile phone while rule of thumb, as everybody now pulling away from the curb? Why knows, is 10. Unfortunately, nobody can't they finish the bleeping call knows if this means 10 percent, 10 before getting in motion? MPH or maybe 10 KPH. For safety and simplicity, we recommend you A. The three most common and use the average of these values, to the deadly delusions in contemporary nearest three decimals. Here’s an life are that 1) I can multi-task with- example: out sacrificing performance ; 2) my time is precious because I am so Posted limit: 65. Speedo error: 8% busy; and 3) I need to be in touch high. Using the average, you can with somebody at all times or cease probably avoid a ticket going 78.877 to exist as a social entity. Put these on the speedo. Simple, right? Dis- fundamentally absurd notions togeth- claimer: Doing long division prob- er, and you can be sure it would nev- lems in your head while riding has er occur to a lot of people not to use been shown to be equivalent to a the phone while pulling out into traf- BAC of about 0.08, so what this means in reality is that you fic.