DOCSLIB.ORG

IAMC Newsletter (1-2015 Issue

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
IAMC Newsletter (1-2015 Issue Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 ! ! In this Issue. ! ! ! 2014 IAMC Challenge Recap (Craig O. Olsen) ! A Room with a View (Wayne Smith) [2014 Challenge Gold Tire Level Winner] ! Experience with the Challenge (Rick Skinner) [2014 Challenge Silver Tire Level Winner] ! Sheep Falls (Craig O. Olsen) [2014 Challenge Pla:num Tire Level Winner] ! STAY WARM! How to Ride Longer and Further Into the Season (Sean Goulart) ! Tires (Ryan William Cantrell) ! Winter Bike Maintenance (Dax Mickleson) ! What about Your Helmet? (Craig O. Olsen, M.D.) ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 2014 IAMC Challenge Recap ! by Craig O. Olsen ! ! During the 2014 calendar year, 30 club members signed up to parTcipate in the 2014 IAMC Challenge, and 19 parTcipated by VisiTng at least one or more of the 45 sites. This past year the Challenge sites comprised mainly fire lookouts with some interesTng water falls and lakes thrown in for Variety. There were actually 42 fixed physical sites to Visit with two others that were Variable (picture of your bike in the snow and a water crossing). The 45th site consisted of posTng an inVitaTon on the club website of your own ride of which 8 parTcipants !posted an inVite. Of the 19 club members who parTcipated during 2014, 9 who achieVed the bronze Tre leVel (10-19 sites Visited) are Dan Driscoll, Dax Mickleson, Michael Hardy, Gary Kayser, Mark Englund, Robert Hammond, Chuch Scheer, Ron Schinnerer, and Ed Torrey. The three who reached the silVer Tre leVel (20-29 sites Visited) include Jim Joprgenson, Rick Skinner, and Ma_hew Spurlock. The one club member who a_ained the gold Tre leVel (30-39 sites Visited) is Wayne Smith. Only one club member achieVed plaTnum Tre leVel (40-45 sites Visited) - Craig !Olsen. We recognize all who parTcipated in VisiTng last year’s Challenge sites. A special thanks goes out to Rick Skinner who was primarily responsible for picking the 2014 Challenge sites. Three of the arTcles in this issue of the !newsle_er highlight the 2014 Challenge journey for some of the Tre leVel winners. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 2014 IAMC Challenge: A Room with a View by Wayne Smith - 2014 Challenge Gold Tire Level Winner ! The 2014 IAMC Challenge was another huge success and another great year to be riding the back roads of Idaho to Visit the many challenge sites. This year I was able to Visit, or get close to, 34 sites and logged close to 7,000 miles along the way. The sites I was able to Visit lay in 4 different states and ranged in eleVaTon from 750 feet at Palouse Falls State Park in southeast Washington to 9,265 feet at Mount Harrison Lookout in southern Idaho. Most of the sites this year were high eleVaTon lookouts, so I had to wait for the snow to clear from these roads to Visit many of these sites. One of the first sites that I Visited this year was #35 Indian Hot Springs. I found this site on Google Earth, and the roads looked pre_y rough. This site is Very remote, and ager watching some of the YouTube Videos, I decided this route may not be suitable for solo riding. I ask a friend if he was interested in riding with me on this trip, and he was more than willing. On May 4 the weather forecast looked good, so Leland and I set out for the desert south of Bruneau. We stopped at the Bruneau RiVer oVerlook, and the View of the canyon was awesome. The GPS guided us south and west unTl we came to the rim of the canyon. Bruneau Canyon Overlook The road down to the riVer from this point looked like it would liVe up to its reputaTon of being rough and rocky. My GS 800 and Leland’s KTM 990 are big, heaVy bikes, and we knew this was going to be a challenge. I only dropped my bike twice on the way in and once on the way out, and I felt pre_y good when Indian Hot Springs was finally checked off the list! ! Road into Indian Hot Springs Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 The ride to Bell Mountain Lookout was another great ride. I haVe fly fished SilVer Creek near Picabo for years and haVe always wondered how to get up in the mountains located to the north. While checking the route to Bell Mountain Lookout on Google Earth, I could see that Muldoon Canyon Road runs east from BelleVue and crosses a few miles of priVate land before entering the naTonal forest and winds its way up a steep road to the top of Bell Mountain. I rode to BelleVue and headed east to what looked like an entry into a high dollar Sun Valley ranch, but the public road conTnued to the top of the ridge where Bell Mountain Lookout sits. At this point, I was looking down at SilVer Creek and the enTre Valley surrounding that area. The View from this point was truly breathtaking. During the Tme that this lookout was operaTng, I’m Bell Mountain Lookout, a room with a view sure the a_endant working here would haVe agreed that this site truly had a room with a View. ! The highest eleVaTon of any of the challenge sites this year was the Mount Harrison Lookout at an eleVaTon of 9,265 feet. On July 5 I chose the GS 1200 to ride to this site because it looked like the rode was good all the way to the top of Mount Harrison, and there would be a lot of highway miles traVeled to get there. Riding south from Albion on Highway 77 to Howell Canyon Road, the road starts its accent past Pomerelle ski area and CleVeland Lake to the top of the mountain. I spent some extra Tme at the lookout just to take in the cool mountain air and Views of the mountains and farm land that seemed to stretch for endless miles. From this point you could look south and see the City of Rocks area and Utah. The View in eVery direcTon went on foreVer. I haVe not spent much Tme in this area, but plan on coming back to do some exploring. There is a nice campground at CleVeland Lake, so in midsummer this area would be a great place to camp with the cool temperatures at this eleVaTon. Mount Harrison Lookout Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 The ride to Deadwood Lookout and then on to Whitehawk Peak Lookout in late July was another memorable one because of the unexpected clear air and Views. On July 26 the fires near Garden Valley were sTll burning but were mostly contained. The wind had shiged to the southwest, thus blowing the smoke toward Boise and away from these lookouts. I got within sight of Deadwood Lookout before coming to the locked gate. I then rode north past Deadwood ReserVoir and back through Bear Valley and up the road to Whitehawk Peak Lookout. When I arriVed, I got off my bike and the a_endant came outside to inVesTgate who had interrupted his solitude. I quickly learned that he was a man of few The view from Whitehawk Lookout towards Deadwood Reservoir words. MenToning to him that he probably had the best View in the world from this lookout, his only reply was, “Yep.” The View to the east of the Sawtooths and to the west of Deadwood ReserVoir made me glad that I had picked this day to Visit this site. ! One of the most memorable trips of the year was a three day ride to the Island Park area with three challenge sites east of Ashton and then on to two more sites in Yellowstone NaTonal Park. I had been looking forward to this trip all year because it is such a great region to ride, so I plo_ed a route that took me through some areas of the state that I haVe neVer been in before. On August 22 the weather in western Idaho was partly cloudy with mild temperatures. I should haVe checked the weather forecast for eastern Idaho before I leg, but what can go wrong in Idaho in August? I made my way across the state on the GS800 and discoVered that eastern Idaho had experienced two weeks of rainy weather before I got there. The first site that I Visited on this trip was Bishop Mountain Lookout. This was an interesTng lookout because it is a steel tower rather than wood construcTon and is listed as a historic site. The road to this site was wet, but I made it to the site without a problem. That agernoon I went as far as I could legally go to Big Springs Lookout before being stopped by posTng signs that read, “No entry for motorized Vehicles.” ! The next site on my route was Warm RiVer Bu_e Lookout which is east of Ashton. Sheep Falls and CaVe Falls are also Very close to this site, so I thought I could Visit all threes before dark and camp for the night at Warm RiVer campground. Muddy road on the way to Big Springs Lookout Idaho Adventure Motorcycle Club Newsletter January 2015 “Discover Adventure Together” Issue #1 I started to ride up the dirt road to Warm RiVer lookout, and the road was muddy but sTll decent for traVel on two wheels.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 2013 Arai Helmets HELMETS CLOTHING PARTS CHEMICALS TIRES ACCESSORIES
    2013 Arai Helmets HELMETS CLOTHING PARTS CHEMICALS TIRES ACCESSORIES ENGLISH 1-800-387-7625 FRANÇAIS 1-800-387-3359 FAX 1-888-238-1154 ARAI Helmets • Three Generations of Passion HELMETS One Family, Three Generations, All Riders: One Mission Arai is not a massive company run by rotating boards of directors with equally-rotating missions, all of which have one thing in common: greater profits at reduced costs. Fact is, we’re pretty much the polar-opposite of them in about every way imaginable. Arai is a small family company, driven by the same family, with the same mission, through three generations — three generations that have all been riders. CLOTHING Akihito Arai Michio Arai This fact tends to make you look at things differently than big corporations do. Like: Could you really build a helmet you wouldn’t be willing to put on your own head, or the heads of your co-workers and friends? Or: If your family’s name — and your family’s honour — are on the front of your helmet, how many corners would you cut? How many shortcuts would you take? ACCESSORIES Hirotake Arai Or: If cost is the most important element, how much is a head worth? That’s why our one mission has always been the protection and comfort of riders. To the best of our ability. Period. TIRES Here Since the Beginning: Back in the late 1920s and early 1930s when Arai founder Hirotake Arai began his passion with motorcycle riding, there CHEMICALS were no motorcycle helmet companies in Japan. Eventually his passion for riding inspired him to design and build a helmet with his own hands.
    [Show full text]
  • JCS Chairman Visits Station Observes Amorkon Force
    Panama: The first night of Just Cause To the Page A-2 rescue MALS-24:Training l'itge A !, in a hostile world Page A-4 asketball: Hawaii Marines join best Page 13-1 Vol. 19, No. 12 Published at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. Also serving 1st -- MEH,- Camp H.M. Smith and Marine - Barracks, Hawaii. March 20,1900 SecDef says spending will decrease 22 percent JCS chairman visits Station Observes Amorkon Force. Inform 1ton Approximately 80,000 per- Storage manent civilian employees MAGTIF/MPS retire or resign every year. By 1995, said Secretary However, Sean O'Keefe, capabilities of Defense Dick Cheney, DoD Comptroller won't Story and photo Department of Defense rule out reductions in force, by Sgt. T. Shame spending will be down 22 although the department Percent from 1985. will do what it can to avoid Army Gen. Colin Powell, Such a significant spend- them. Cheney added that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ing reduction cannot occur, the number one priority is of Staff, toured the Air he said, without reducing keeping a quality force and Station Monday, getting a the number of DoD people, supporting it with the heat close-up view of Station both military and civilian. possible equipment, train- operations and the air/ Payroll and related costs ing and pay. ground punch of the 1st consume almost half of The freeze, in force ME B. DOD's annual pie. through Sept. 30, applies to Gen. Powell has been chair- Cheney, who ordered a 12 civilians in DoD as well as man of the JCS since Octo- percent cut of his own office those outside who seek jobs ber.
    [Show full text]
  • Motorcycle Helmets—A State of the Art Review
    Accident Analysis and Prevention 56 (2013) 1–21 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Accident Analysis and Prevention journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Motorcycle helmets—A state of the art review ∗ F.A.O. Fernandes, R.J. Alves de Sousa TEMA – Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal a r a t i b s c t l e i n f o r a c t Article history: This paper tries to make an overview of the work carried out by scientific community in the area of road Received 9 November 2012 helmets safety. In an area that is constantly being pushed forward by market competition, self-awareness Received in revised form 6 March 2013 of danger and tighter standards, several research groups around the world have contributed to safety gear Accepted 7 March 2013 improvement. In this work concepts related to head impact protection and energy absorption are explained. It also Keywords: makes reference to the theories related to the development of helmets, as well as to the different existing Road accidents types nowadays. The materials that are typically used in impact situations and new design concepts are Safety also approached. In addition, it is presented a literature review of current – and most commonly used Motorcycle helmet design – helmet test standards, along with new tests and helmet concepts to assess the effects of rotational Helmet impact Head injury motion. Injury criteria In a non-restrictive, and never up-to-date report, a state-of-art review on road helmets safety is done, with a special insight into brain injury, helmet design and standards.
    [Show full text]
  • Arai-2011-Brochure.Pdf
    #31 2 I AM ARAI It can take up to five years for one of us to earn the right to create an Arai shell. Each shell can take up to 27 steps. Each step must be our best, whether it is being made for a Formula-1 or NASCAR® driver, I am Arai. a commuter rider, a MotoGP racer, or a weekend woods rider. We come to our work each day feeling that what separates us from other helmet makers is the care and pride we bring to what we do. That is what makes every one of us Arai. I am Arai. I am Arai. We build your helmet by hand. We each have a specific job, yet all of us know every step that goes into building it, and how our individual jobs fit into the final result that you wear. We know how each part fits together because each of us is taught to know, to feel, and to experience the jobs our co-workers do, and what their involvement is in building your helmet. That TABLE OF CONTENTS is how we learn there are no minor parts to an Arai I am Arai 2 helmet, and there are no minor jobs here. I am Arai. Why Arai? 4 Interior Shapes 6 Organic Shell Shape 7 Common Helmet Features 8 Headliner & Cheekpads 8 Models at a Glance 9 We build each Arai Corsair-5 10 RX-Q 13 helmet as if we’re Profile 16 creating it for one Vector-2 18 of our own family, a Open Face 20 XD3 22 brother, a father, a VX-Pro3 24 husband, a sister.
    [Show full text]
  • Arai-2014-Brochure.Pdf
    34 Made for riders, by riders Real World Protectionn THREE GENERATIONS OF PASSION Table of Contents One Family, Three Generations, All Riders: One Mission Three Generations of Arai 02 Arai is not a massive company run by rotating boards of directors with Arai’s Basic Principle 03 equally-rotating missions, all of which have one thing in common: R75 04 greater profits at reduced costs. Fact is, we’re pretty much the Softer EPS and Multi-Density 06 polar-opposite of them in about every way imaginable. Arai is a small family company, driven by the same family, with the same mission, FCS / The Arai Fit 07 through three generations - three generations that have all been riders. Interior Liners and Cheekpads 09 Shared Features 10 This fact tends to make you look at things differently than big corporations do. Models at a Glance 11 Corsair-V RC 12 Like: Could you really build a helmet you wouldn’t be willing to put on Corsair-V 14 your own head, or the heads of your coworkers and friends? RX-Q 18 Or: If your family’s name - and your family’s honor - are on the front of Signet-Q 22 your helmet, how many corners would you cut? How many shortcuts Defiant 26 would you take? Vector-2 30 Or: If cost is the most important element, how much is a head worth? CT-Z 34 XC 36 That’s why our one mission has always been the protection and comfort XD4 38 of riders. To the best of our ability.
    [Show full text]
  • Motorcycle Helmets—A State of the Art Review
    Accident Analysis and Prevention 56 (2013) 1–21 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Accident Analysis and Prevention journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Motorcycle helmets—A state of the art review ∗ F.A.O. Fernandes, R.J. Alves de Sousa TEMA – Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal a r a t i b s c t l e i n f o r a c t Article history: This paper tries to make an overview of the work carried out by scientific community in the area of road Received 9 November 2012 helmets safety. In an area that is constantly being pushed forward by market competition, self-awareness Received in revised form 6 March 2013 of danger and tighter standards, several research groups around the world have contributed to safety gear Accepted 7 March 2013 improvement. In this work concepts related to head impact protection and energy absorption are explained. It also Keywords: makes reference to the theories related to the development of helmets, as well as to the different existing Road accidents types nowadays. The materials that are typically used in impact situations and new design concepts are Safety also approached. In addition, it is presented a literature review of current – and most commonly used Motorcycle helmet design – helmet test standards, along with new tests and helmet concepts to assess the effects of rotational Helmet impact Head injury motion. Injury criteria In a non-restrictive, and never up-to-date report, a state-of-art review on road helmets safety is done, with a special insight into brain injury, helmet design and standards.
    [Show full text]
  • 2015 Arai Helmet Line-Up Brochure
    Experience makes the difference. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WHO IS ARAI? Who is Arai 03 The history of Arai the company begins with Arai the man. R75 04 Our founder, Hirotakē Arai, was an avid motorcyclist who saw very FCS® Facial Contour System 06 early the need for real-world protection of riders. He was the fi rst The Arai Fit 07 to use light yet strong fi berglass shells in the manufacture of his Interior Liners and Cheek Pads 08 helmets. It was nothing less than a revolution in rider protection. Shared Features 09 Models at a Glance 10 His son, Michio Arai, has followed in his father’s footsteps, expanding the company into international markets while Pro Shade System 11 remaining fi rmly devoted to the company’s core philosophy of Corsair-V RC 13 Hirotakē Arai providing the absolute best way to protect riders from real-world Corsair-V 15 danger. Just like his father, Michio Arai is a passionate rider who RX-Q 19 understands well what a motorcyclist faces on the street or on Signet-Q Pro-Tour 23 the track. And, having grown up learning the business alongside Signet-Q 25 his father, he knows helmets inside and out. That’s why Mr. Arai Defi ant Pro-Cruise 29 insists that, even today, all Arai helmets begin with a handmade Defi ant 31 fi berglass shell. Vector-2 35 CT-Z 38 This relentless focus on protection has created a unique culture at XC 39 Arai, one that has attracted many other passionate riders.
    [Show full text]
  • 2018 Arai Helmet Line-Up Brochure
    V38 THE ARAI DIFFERENCE To My Fellow Riders, My father was an inventor of various headgear, as well as a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast since the days before TABLE OF CONTENTS motorcycle helmets. There was no such thing as safety standards either. But his nature drove him to design and create a helmet for The Arai Difference 01 the protection of his own head. This creation of his was the Shape Matters 02 first motorcycle helmet in Japan, which served to plant the first seed of the helmet industry in Japan. The Arai Fit 04 I too am a lifelong rider and in the mid 70’s I inherited Glancing Off/ Variable Axis System (VAS) 06 ownership of Arai Helmet from my father. Over the decades, Corsair®-X 08 I have learned that accidents are inevitable. For a rider like me, this is a harsh reality. Hirotake Arai Quantum-X 12 Founder, Arai Helmet, LTD To stand against such a reality, I led Arai towards further Signet-X 16 gains in protection, not just accepting limitations and simply meeting official safety standards as my goal. What Defiant Pro-Cruise 20 I learned early on was that there is no magic wand, no one are not visible from the outside, which is not the best way DT-X 22 solution that could deal with the unpredictable severities of for quick returns in business. the real world. Vector-2 25 But even so, I continue going after such improvements, as But, I also noted there is always some room for improvement I believed that it was and still is the best way for Arai.
    [Show full text]
  • Gear 2014 Special Report
    SEPTEMBER 2013 OF SCOTTSDALE GEAR 2014 • GO AZ MOTORCYCLES / HARLEY-DAVIDSON VOL. 49. NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 2013 DEALERNEWS.COM SPECIAL REPORT: GEAR 2014 • TURNING INVENTORY • DISPLAYS ON A DIME (ALMOST) • THE ‘SOFT SELL’ OF SAFETY • HELMET HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT • ...AND MORE! DAVE KOSHOLLEK THOSE IRRITATING TEENAGERS ARE YOUR FUTURE CUSTOMERS • SHOEI VS. SCHUBERTH BEING LIKE BOB BUSINESS SAVVY HELPS, BUT IT’S HIS CONTAGIOUS SPIRIT THAT SHINES www.dealernews.com For more information visit www.Dealernews.com/readerservice MORE BOOT LESS LOOT ALL NEW 2014 BLITZ MX BOOT. EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY & VALUE. THORMX.com/BlitzBoot VOL. 49. NO. 9 September 2013 CONTENTS from page 39 You can succeed in anything if you do this one thing: Give the people what they want.” — Bob Parsons SALES SERVICE 36 FUEL FOR THOUGHT: DAVE KOSHOLLEK Are we nurturing or nagging the next generation of riders? IN EVERY ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: GEAR 2014 14 MARKETING 6 EDITOR’S NOTE GEAR UP! New jackets, jerseys, 32 8 SPEED READ helmets and more SHOWROOM OF DREAMS 55 AD INDEX By Beth Dolgner Maximize your displays without 56 TIE-DYED TALES — 20 emptying your budget RICK FAIRLESS By Beth Dolgner TURNING INVENTORY Take A letter to his younger self the guesswork out of ordering reveals the one thing By Beth Dolgner he wished he had done. 24 THE SOFT SELL OF SAFETY How it can sell more gear MANAGEMENT By Beth Dolgner 26 38 COVER STORY: HELMET HEAVYWEIGHTSAVYWEIGHTS BOB PARSONS’ Shoei vs. Schuberthuberth By Bruce Steeverever CONTAGIOUS SPIRIT It’s hard NOT to get excited when listening to the Go Daddy founder talk about his two Top 100 dealerships.
    [Show full text]
  • Arai Helmets
    V38 THE ARAI DIFFERENCE To My Fellow Riders, My father was an inventor of various headgear, as well as a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast since the days before TABLE OF CONTENTS motorcycle helmets. There was no such thing as safety standards either. But his nature drove him to design and create a helmet for The Arai Difference 01 the protection of his own head. This creation of his was the Shape Matters 02 first motorcycle helmet in Japan, which served to plant the first seed of the helmet industry in Japan. The Arai Fit 04 I too am a lifelong rider and in the mid 70’s I inherited Glancing Off/ Variable Axis System (VAS) 06 ownership of Arai Helmet from my father. Over the decades, Corsair®-X 08 I have learned that accidents are inevitable. For a rider like me, this is a harsh reality. Hirotake Arai Quantum-X 12 Founder, Arai Helmet, LTD To stand against such a reality, I led Arai towards further Signet-X 16 gains in protection, not just accepting limitations and simply meeting official safety standards as my goal. What Defiant Pro-Cruise 20 I learned early on was that there is no magic wand, no one are not visible from the outside, which is not the best way DT-X 22 solution that could deal with the unpredictable severities of for quick returns in business. the real world. Vector-2 25 But even so, I continue going after such improvements, as But, I also noted there is always some room for improvement I believed that it was and still is the best way for Arai.
    [Show full text]
  • ON the RECORD: Michio Arai, President and CEO, Arai Helmet
    SPORTBIKE STANDARD/NAKED CRUISER DUAL-SPORT/ADVENTURE TOURING/SPORT-TOURING OFF-ROAD/MOTOCROSS SCOOTERS You are here: Home / People / ON THE RECORD: Michio Arai, President and CEO, Arai Helmet, LTD ON THE RECORD: Michio Arai, President and CEO, Arai Helmet, LTD A rare interview with the man who helped shape the modern motorcycle helmet. May 6, 2015 By Matthew Miles 7 Comments My father didn’t go to college. He didn’t even finish high school. He was the son of a hat maker in Tokyo, and his hobby was motorcycling. He rode a motorcycle with no helmet—just a straw hat. In those days, there weren’t any motorcycle helmets. My father used to say, “I am a good rider.” I don’t think he was, but he loved to ride a motorcycle. I like motorcycles, too. I really like motorcycles. During World War II, Japanese soldiers were sent to Southeast Asia, and it was really hot. They needed something for heat isolation, but at the same time it had to have ventilation. My father came up with something new. He cut bamboo and made a cage. Over that, he put something like a washcloth. The army liked it, which was good for him; he didn’t get drafted. After the war, he tried other businesses. He liked to invent things, not just making, buying, and selling. The first headgear he could think of was for construction and mining workers. They needed protection. In those days, even the construction helmet was new. He had to make everything. My father could have survived by making helmets for construction and mining workers.
    [Show full text]