- - - - - - - - - - BETWEEN THE LINES - - - - - - - - - - Volume 1 ~ Number 4 followed Ginny Collin's lead riding a touring bike. CON- GRATS LADIES!!! We're so damn proud of you!! From the Director Lastly, the gauntlet has been thrown!! Recently I heard one By Fred Harris of those H.O.G. chapters that courted us so nicely in February stated our club wouldn't last a year!!! Well they're wrong! We're here to stay and we have the goodies (Thanks Capt. Tim) to prove it! Wear those shirts proudly, gather up some We do what we do! And so do others! friends that ride and bring them over to our side. The more the merrier, we have an officers group that can handle any- thing that's thrown at them. When Momma H.O.G. told us to kiss off that's exactly what we did. We kissed H.O.G. goodbye and started up our own club. We're the Ancient City Harley Riders!! But we're not See you all soon, somewhere, either on the road or in the res- alone. Recently, in July, the Clearwater Chapter was also taurant. disbanded by that same mean mother when Fletcher's Harley- Fred Davidson closed. They also decided that it was in their best interest to from their own, non-affiliated, club and they are now the Florida West Coast Motorcycle Club. Take a look when you have time at their web site, www.fwcmc.com ~ you'll notice some striking similarities. CONGRATS to our west coast brothers & sisters for not crumbling under pres- sure! I recently found myself in PA escorting 14 Chinese riders, mostly from the Beijing Chapter, and we wound up at the PA State H.O.G. rally as part of the tour. I was nauseated during opening ceremonies when the Northeast H.O.G. rep spouted that rhetoric about brotherhood and sisterhood and loyalty to the Motor Company. Such crap as we now know. But, on DON’T FORGET ABOUT the bright side, I got a chance to vent on him and all I kept hearing was "we periodically review our policies". Never a OUR NEXT MEETING ON straight answer, much like the political system we endure. October 20 AT THE VFW Enough reminiscing, the future is tomorrow and it's shining brightly for ACHR. Saturday rides are plentiful as are overnight trips. 2012 is indeed the year to participate so just do it! Show up on a Sat- urday, call for a Sunday ride that you sponsor and lead. Head out with us for a short or long weekend overnight trip, I guar- antee you won't regret it. Live to ride, ride to eat, eat to live. Is there much more that we need??? The Ladies of ACHR have been busy indeed and Laurel simply shines as the go-to lady! Baggers, touring bikes, big bikes, the kind of stuff we guys enjoy are becoming a way of life for the ladies too. I can count at least 5 more that have 1 - - - - - - - - - - BETWEEN THE LINES - - - - - - - - - - F National Guard armory and taken on a rampage The Bryan Tutten Memorial VFW Post 2391 through San Diego, California. Nelson was killed Tank by police when he refused to surrender, after the tank became stuck on a concrete freeway divider. By A. J. Sartin News footage of this incident has been shown nu- merous times on World’s Wildest Police Videos and other similar programs. When you mention the VFW Post 2391, the first thing people ask is, “What kind of Tank is that in front of the Post”? The tank is a M60-A3 Patton Tank. It is on-loan from the United States Army. The 105 mm Gun, Full Tracked combat M60, also known unofficially as the M60 Patton, is a first- generation Main Battle Tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. It was widely used by the U.S. and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world to- day, despite being superseded by the M1 Abrams in the U.S. Military. In 1978, work began on the M60-A3 variant. It featured a number of technological enhancements, For Sale including smoke dischargers, a new flash-lamp pumped ruby-laser based rangefinder (AN/VVG- 2) that could be used by both Commander and Stereo Helmet Headset Gunner, and the M21 ballistic computer, and a for turret stabilization system. All active American Ultra Classic '98 or newer. M60s eventually underwent the conversion to the A3 model. The unit was in a 2009 and never used. The M60-A3 was phased out of U.S. service in 1997, but it remained a front-line MBT into the Asking $60 21st centuries for a number of other countries. The M60-based AVLB and the M728 CEV were the only variants of the M60 deployed to South Vietnam. The M60-A3 in front of the Post does not have an engine or any electronics. The gun turret has been plugged and the hatches welded closed. By-the-way, an M60-A3 Patton Tank was involved in a civilian Police Chase in 1995, when one was stolen by Shawn Nelson from a California Army 2 - - - - - - - - - - BETWEEN THE LINES - - - - - - - - - - We were all done early, so wound up in lobby wait- ing for bus. This was after 2:00 and bus didn’t load until 4:15. It seemed all 5 members vanished all day, and knowing I can’t keep up with others, we just did our thing. Long ride home with a great bus driver getting us safely back to Palm Coast and home to St. Augustine just before the heavy rains came. From the Historian By Mary Savard Casino Trip Saturday, August 3rd, was an adventure I waited for since the meeting’s information. It might have been early getting to Palm Coast, but the bus loaded at 6:15 and was leaving at 6:30 and we were sure not to miss it. We had 7 members in our group. The bus seats weren’t too bad with my pillows, but was a long ride. There were 4 more stops along the way and bus was almost full. We paid our $35.00 each as we boarded the bus and at Tampa were given a players card, 2 ten dollar vouchers, 1 $15.00 voucher and $5.00 voucher for food. If you wanted to spend more that was on each. The noise level with music and talking, smoke lin- gering and flashing lights, it was something for me to get used of first before playing any machine. Of course I don’t know much about them, but knew watching Russ in past years about poker. Lost the first $10.00 learning, then took a break to have lunch. Russ played more then he joined me for lunch. We wandered in different rooms, and there were many, with finally settling in the room with least smoke. We played the rest of our money and had a lot of fun. In the end Russ, who usually looses, walked away with $5.00. My self, I finished my day with $16.50. I know it could have been lost if kept playing, but I wanted to bring some of the Casino’s money home instead of giving them money. 3 - - - - - - - - - - BETWEEN THE LINES - - - - - - - - - - Everybody is doing a great job riding within our Safety - The Bottom Line group and our formation intervals (spacing) has improved a lot in the past few months. I am not by: Frank Smith, ACHR Safety aware of any problem areas that need to be ad- Officer dressed at this time but if anybody has an issue that I need to address, please let me know about it. I'll start out by saying what a "Great Club" that has come to- Reminder - If you are a Harley Owners Group gether in just a short period of time. I am very (H.O.G.) Member and take an "Approved Motor- proud and happy to say that we have had an cycle Safety Course" you can submit to H.O.G. for "accident free" beginnings' and I hope we will all a $50 Gift Certificate once a year. The details and continue to work hard at "Riding Safe & Having form to submit can be obtained from the H.O.G. Fun". website. Part of our system to "Safe Riding" is communica- In Closing, I have one last comment to make: "We tion to all individuals who participate in our rides. Ride the Best Damn Motorcycle on the Plan- We have conducted training and discussions per- et" (by: Val Ledterman of H.O.G) AND "We Be- taining to motorcycling safety at some of our Club long To The BEST Damn Motorcycle Club on the meetings and will continue to do so in the future. I Planet Too" ! (by: Me) welcome and solicit ideas and subjects that you would like to have presented to our group and wel- come your participation in the Training Activities Ride Safe & Have Fun !!! if you would like to do so. Frank One of the, "IF NOT THE MOST" Important communications that takes place is conducted be- fore Every ride. ALL Participants are Expected to attend the riders safety & route briefing which is conducted 10 minutes before the scheduled depar- ture of the ride. The time that is listed on our events calendar is our departure or KSU (Kick Stands Up) time, it is Not the time to arrive at our departure point. I suggest that everyone who wish- es to participate in the ride plan to arrive at our starting point 15 to 20 minutes BEFORE the planned KSU (departure) time.