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Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Newsletter June 2002 This Issue Contains Contents page 2 Buyers Guide to Sale page 9 Ad Terms Letters/Responses/ page 3, 17-18 Alerts Classified Ads For Sale page 10 VJMC Member Profile page 4 Wanted page 16 Events Calendar page 5 Honda page page 6-7 Canada Page page 8 Newsletter VJMC Staff Contributing Editor & VJMC Regional Reps I am always looking for technical, President and IN rep - James Townsend, Contributing Editor and CA rep – Bill how-to, or restoration articles. If 6331 S. 300 E., Warsaw, IN 46580, Silver, 762 Calle Los Olivos, San [email protected], 219-839-5203 Clemente, CA 92673, sterling. you would like to to submit your [email protected], 949-248-9640 article for publication please send it Newsletter Editor - Jay Horine, 9 Briar- to me either via e-mail or on a disk. dale Ct., Derwood, MD 20855, vjmcedi- Arizona Format preferred is (.rtf or .doc) for [email protected], 301-330-0009 Danny Mullins, 10631 N 15th Way #3, articles and (.tif or .jpg) for pic- Phoenix AZ 85020, [email protected], Webmaster – Greg Shortridge, 334 E. tures. High St., Elizabethtown, PA 17022, California [email protected], 717-361- Wayne Marsula, 2803 Morningside If you can’t send me a picture in 8600 Trace, Escondido, CA 92029, worm- digital format, send me a hard copy [email protected], 760-746-8085 Membership Chairman - Ellis and Karin in the mail and I can scan it for Holman, 9671 Troon Court, Carmel, IN Colorado you. Please send a SASE if you 46032, [email protected], 317-876-0126 Roger Burns, 1246 S. Tomichi Dr., would like the picture back. Sub- Franktown, CO 80116, egor27@aol. mission of the article doesn’t mean Classifieds Editor - Gary Gadd, 3721 com, 303-660-1268 Holland St., Ft. Worth, TX., 76180, it will be printed in the next News- [email protected], 817-284-8195 Jeremy Ritz, 1230 Roslyn St., Denver, letter. CO 80220, 303-333-3249 Public Relations Director – Eric Nach- Interested in advertising your vin- baur, 700 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, NH Connecticut & Vintage Days BBQ Chair- 03246, 603-293-0600 persons, tage bike related business in our J and Beth Braun, 150 Kinney Rd., Am- Newsletter? We have reasonable Regalia Chairman and GA rep – Tom ston, CT 02631, [email protected], rates. Contact Jay Horine at 301- Kolenko, 2445 Elmhurst Blvd., Kenne- (Continued on page 19) 330-0009 or [email protected] saw. GA, 30152, 770-423-6079 This Month’s Deadline for the August 2002 Web password: Newsletter articles is June 20 and printed Ads is June 10, 2002. circlip Volume 25, Number 3, page 2 Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Newsletter June 2002 VJMC Letters/ Responses/ Alerts vintage Japanese motorcycles. not see it all. It will be held at By the time you read this, the bro- Let your friends know about the Lexington Ohio (near Mansfield) chures for the VJMC National club and invite them to join. Most July 13, 14 and 15. It is well Rally will have been mailed. It of the time, that is all it takes. worth a trip at least once in your took us along time and time is life. Look for the Japanese flag running short, so don’t delay in 2002 VJMC CALENDAR flying over our tent. getting in your registration and don’t forget to make your hotel Last year we put out a call for WHAT ARE YOU DOING? reservations. When making res- ph otographs for a club calendar. ervations by phone, be sure to tell Unfortunately, by the time we got The President would like to know the hotel that you are with the the idea in progress, it was too what you are doing in your area. VJMC. We have 250 rooms re- late to put out a 2001 calendar. While we do have Field Repre- served just for our use in 5 differ- We can still use some good pho- sentatives, they can’t do every- ent hotels ranging from inexpen- t ographs of your vintage bike. thing and be everywhere. Send sive to posh. These should be 5 x 7 in size and me an event flyer and a short show the bike in it’s entirety. note or e-mail me letting me Just in case you just joined or are Please don’t send pictures of the know what is going on. One still thinking about coming, the bike with the front or rear tire cut reason for asking this is not just event will be at Asheville, North in half by the edge of the picture. for my information, but once in a Carolina. This is where the im- Watch your background and don’t while something exciting or dif- mensely popular Honda Hoot was have a tree or utility pole sprout- ferent is going on that needs to held for the past 7 years until it ing from the gas tank or seat. It be shared. outgrew the areas facilities. We is best no to have people in the will meet there August 2, 3 and 4, picture also. We would like to TIRE CHANGING WORKSHOP! 2001. Remember to get your have a selection of pictures to room for the night of the first and choose from so be sure to submit This is an idea that came from take advantage of all the rides them as soon as possible to An- Mark Holbrook of Massachus- and events on all three days. We dre Okazaki, 1745 Dufferin St., setts. Mark invited a bunch of will have a hospitality suite at the Toronto Ontario M6E 3N4, CAN- people over to his house to study Airport Holiday Inn and everyone ADA. and learn how to change tires on is invited to drop in there for a their bikes. Now this may seem chat with the club officers and MID-OHIO VINTAGE MOTORCY- to be a simple task, but many of other members. CLE DAYS us have never experience the challenge of changing tires. And MY HOW WE’VE GROWN! The club will have the same spot Yes it can be done at home with as last year and the year before, a minimum of tools. Mark titled These days it is common to hear second row in on the Southern this session “Wrenching 101, that all kinds of organizations are most end. We will have 6 spots Changing Tires.” The idea was struggling to just maintain mem- all together. One of the largest to help other people change the bers, but we have grown! In fact, set-ups in the swap meet area. tires on their bikes and practice it by the time you read this, the club Bring your bike to show and plan under the eyes of someone who will have doubled in size in the on spending some time with us. had done it before. If you have past 2 years. In the summer of There will be a large contingent ever heard of the Six Days Trials, 1999, we had about 650 mem- from Canada plus Field Reps from you know that those guys prac- bers. By September 2000 we all over. The President and tice changing tires under horrible topped 1,000 and now we have Membership Chairman will be conditions and many can do it in 1,300. That is astounding growth there also. For those of you who under 12 minutes! I takes me and really only a sample of what have never been there, the event that long just to find my tire irons! our membership can be. There is is almost overwhelming on your not one of us who does not know first visit. You cannot cover it all This is an example of what can at least two or three other riders of in one day or if you do, you will (Continued on page 17) Volume 25, Number 3, page 3 Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Newsletter June 2002 VJMC Member Profile By Jay Horine Our current 'new' webmaster is in reality one of our old webmasters. Stanley was the original webmaster who resurrected the 'cobweb' VJMC site back in 1999 into the site layout you see today. He is 50 years old, married with one daughter and has just become a grandfather for the first time. He is presently a member of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, Atlantic City and serving on active duty with the USAF. He is assigned as a computer programmer/analyst with the 702nd Computer Systems Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida. Although he grew up in New Jersey he calls Lynn Haven, Florida is home now. Lynn Haven is located next to Panama City on Florida's Northwest coast on the Gulf of Mexico. The area is best known by such euphemisms as "LA" (lower Alabama) or as the "Redneck Riviera". It is the home of America's finest beaches -- the Emerald Coast. A member of the VJMC since 1998, he has re- duced his vintage biking activities to occasional jaunts around his local area on one motorcycle, a 1973 Honda CB450 K6. He also keeps a 1988 Yamaha 125Z scooter handy for quick beer runs. He appears to be sat- isfied with it's performance and reliability. "She never failed to bring home the beer yet!", he says. Stanley's immediate goals for our website is to do weekly updates of all new items and updates of important information as needed. In between he is planning a complete site update and redesign.