The Eagle s Nest. August 4th and 5th ARC and TRC Classes

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1 G W R R A S i e r r a E a g l e s - N V- E R e n o, N e v a d a The Eagle s Nest August 2018 Table of Contents August 4th and 5th ARC and TRC Classes August 11th 2:00-5:00 pm Sierra Eagles Annual and Marge Higley s Home located at Touraco St. Reno, NV August 18th Ride to Jackson, California Ken & Sue Pouliot Chapter Directors cd@gwrranv.org Home Cell August 23rd Safety Social at 6:00 pm Summit Racing Parking Lot 960 E. Glendale Avenue Sparks, NV August 28th-September 1st Wing Ding at Knoxville, TN Page 2-3 CD Article - Ken & Sue Pouliot Page 4 Treasurer Clyde & Lucy Herring Page 4 Lifetime Members Page 5-6 Chapter Gathering Marge Higley Page 7 Sunshine Report Marge Higley Page 8 Levels Program Page 9 News from Ken and Gail Crow Page 10 Pictures from Kay Dyer Page Chapter Members Photo Album Page 14 Upcoming Events Page 15 Sierra Eagles Chapter Team Page 16 Nevada District Team Page 17 GWRRA Leadership Page 18 GWRRA Membership Application Page 19 Motorcycle For Sale Page 20 Trailer For Sale Page 21 Scooter For Sale Page 22 Level Mate Pro For Sale Page 23 Road Rider Page 24 Moto Source Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge

2 A Message From The Chapter Directors I would like to start this newsletter article by saying THANK YOU to Gail Crow. As most of you know, this is Gail s last newsletter for the Sierra Eagles. Gail, speaking for everyone in the Sierra Eagles family; I have to tell you how much we have appreciated all of your hard work putting out a great Newsletter for our enjoyment. As most of you know, Gail and Ken have decided to make a major change in their life style and plan on doing some serious traveling in their motorhome. Ken sold his Goldwing and has stepped down as our District Educator and our Chapter Ride Coordinator. I would be remiss if I didn t recognize Ken for all of his hard work in the above mentioned positions, but also for the two years Ken and Gail served proudly as our Chapter Directors. Ken and Gail, we wish the best to both of you in your new endeavors. We look forward to you attending Chapter meetings and events as time permits, and hearing about your adventures. I would like to thank Kathy Hudson for stepping up to become our Newsletter Editor. I know that she will continue to provide us with a newsletter that we all will be proud of. Kathy s first newsletter will be the September edition. Our July meeting was attended by thirty-three members which included our new members, Grace and Ron Nichols, Joe Magdaleno II, and Russ Johnson. We would like to welcome you into our Sierra Eagles family. After the meeting, we had a great ride to Sierraville, Ca. Seven Bikes and six trikes went on this ride in two groups. I would like to thank Kay Dyer for leading this ride and setting up the restaurant for a great meal. By the time you read this, we will have completed our Mt. Lassen ride and the RV SIG will have returned from their trip to Sisters RV Park near Bend, Oregon. We will have more on this next month. We will also have completed the TRC/ARC courses set up by our new District Educator, Clyde Herring and our District Director, Micky Farrington. Thank you both for your efforts to make these courses possible for all of our members. Please remember that we do not have our regular monthly meeting in August. Instead we will be having our Annual Sierra Eagles BBQ at the home of John and Marge Higley. John and Marge have been hosting this event for several years. We all appreciate the use of their home and the hospitality that goes with it. This event takes a lot of work and we want you both to know how much we appreciate all that you do to make this event a success. On August 18 th we currently have the ride to Jackson, California planned. Our next Safety Social will be on August 23 rd. We will have more on both of these items as we get closer to the dates. Page 2

3 Of course, Let s not forget about Wing Ding in Knoxville, TN. on August 28 th thru September 1 st. I know we have a couple of members planning on riding to Knoxville and another making an RV trip out of it. We will look forward to hearing about this in our September newsletter. Before I close, there is one more issue I wish to address. As most of you know, we were advised at a previous meeting that Rich Thorwaldson, owner of Moto Source, was not happy with the Sierra Eagles. I want you all to know that this is NOT true. Several of us have had personal conversations in person with Rich. Rich will be continuing to support the Sierra Eagles as he has in the past, and I am requesting that we all continue to support Rich and Moto Source. I know several of us have recently had work done on our bikes by Rich. Rich is one of our advertisers in our newsletter and worthy of our continued support. Ken and Sue Pouliot Chapter Directors cd@gwrranv.org Home Cell Page 3

4 Chapter Treasurers Clyde and Lucy Herring would like to remind you about the Door Prize incentive. They are asking everyone to check boxes in the garage and other storage places to see if there is anything that could be donated as a door prize. They can use anything you think someone else could use or would like. As a reward you receive double 50/50 raffle tickets! A very special THANK YOU to everyone who donates items to the Chapter for our monthly Door Prize Pool and those who continue to buy the 50/25/25 tickets. Clyde & Lucy Herring, Treasurer cbherringsr@gmail.com Chapter Treasurers 50/25/25 Raffle Payouts 50% Chapter - 25% Cash Winner 25% Cash Winner 100% FUN Sierra Eagles Life Time Members Dwight Rodgers and George Woodside Page 4

5 July Chapter Gathering Notes Our gathering started with Chapter Director Ken Pouliot leading the Pledge of Allegiance. We had thirty-three members which included our new members, Grace and Ron Nichols, Joe Magdaleno II, and Russ Johnson. There will be no meeting for the month of August. Instead we will be having our Annual Sierra Eagles BBQ at the home of John and Marge Higley in Cold Springs. It will be from 2PM to 5PM. Kathy Hudson will be taking over the Newsletter from Gail Crow in September. The Activity Binder is being discontinued. This is due to no interest. Christmas Party will be held on December 15th. The cost will be $35.00 per person. Any guest will have to pay the full $70.00 per person. Sierra Eagles can not subsidize guests. The menu will be the same as last year and the no host bar will remain. Ken Crow has stepped down as District Educator and John Higley has stepped down as ride co-coordinator for the Chapter. Carol Hannigan has announced the Dogs for Rotary will take place this year on September 30 th. All Sierra Eagles are invited to attend. They are hosting a booth for the Sierra Eagles. Clyde Herring will be the new District Educator. He made the following announcements. Congratulations to Brick Reagle for achieving Masters Level 4 and was presented with his Master Shirt. Clyde will be pushing the levels program. Clyde would like to see us recruit younger members. Wing Ding for 2019 with go back to July 4th. Members can look up their personal information on GWRRA. Form 10 is available to update for high mileage. ARC and TRC classes will be held on August 4 th and 5 th. The cost will be $45.00 per person for rider or co-rider. The class room will be held at REMSA in Reno and the riding will be held at the DMV in Carson City. Jerry Cowan from the Gold Angels whose code name is Cobra will be teaching the ARC portion. Your ARC or TRC will be good for 3 years. Ken Pouliot and Jim Hudson have sent out twenty-two personal invitation letters to GWRRA members that are in our area and not active. They have only received one response. Page 5

6 Jim Hudson wants everyone to please talk with people about watching out for motorcycles. There has been two fatalities in the past few weeks in Reno. Dusty Rhoades gave the 2018 Man of Steal Award to Mark Hagen for all his help in repairing his motor home. There were two Wing Nut nominations. George Woodside nominated Steve Rubenstein and Dwight Rodgers nominated Brick Reagle. The vote went to Steve Rubenstein. Please wear it with pride. Ken opened the bidding for the prize give a-ways. We made $21.00 for the chapter. Eddie Lewis name was drawn for the Attendance award. However Eddie was not present, so drawing goes to $10.00 in September. Dick Harding won the Breakfast Drawing. Jim Hudson and Boyd Jeffery won the 50/50 drawing with each of them getting $ Jim Hudson donated his $20.00 back to the chapter. Thank you Jim! There were three non-gwrra members in attendance. There were eight motorcycles and seven trikes at the meeting. The ride will be to Sierraville. Leading the trike group was Kay Dyer and Ken Pouliot dragging. Leading the motorcycle group was Dwight Rodgers and drag was Jim Hudson. Marge Higley, Correspondence Secretary Page 6

7 Sunshine Report Birthdays and Anniversaries Birthdays 1 Sandi Mims 5 Marge Higley Anniversaries 10 Boyd and Gay Jeffery 20 Louis and Mary Jean Benton 21 Armando and Elizabeth Aranda 30 Lynn and Liz Jenkins Please contact me at crz4dw9@sbcglobal.net or if you know of any one that is ill or has been injured in anyway. Also check with me either at the above or at the meeting to make sure you are on our list for Birthdays and Anniversaries. Marge Higley Sunshine Coordinator Page 7

8 These are the Sierra Eagles that are enrolled in the GWRRA Riders Levels Program Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 4 Louis Benton Emma Crow Kenneth Crow Sam Reagle Richard Bogenreif Joan Rhoades Gail Crow Dusty Rhoades Jo-Ann Bogenreif Sandy Ward Kay Dyer Chris Ward Frank Boyd Marianne Farrington George Woodside Jim Caple Michael Farrington Kathy Caple Carol Hannigan William Cuppett Clyde Herring Boyd Jeffery Lucy Herring Gay Jeffery John Higley Lynn Jenkins Margaret Higley Eddie Lewis Jim Hudson Jerry Oliver Bob Mims Sue Pouliot Sandi Mims Dwight Rodgers Ken Pouliot Page 8

9 News from Ken and Gail Crow Hello everyone! As most of you know we were evacuated from Eagle campground. We have been staying at our boss house in Susanville, Ca. There are a total of five RV s parked here. The fire didn t reach any of the campgrounds. As of today the fire is 32% contained. We are hoping they will let the staff members return to our campgrounds by the end of the week. We should open up by August 15th to the public. This will be my last newsletter. I have enjoyed doing the newsletter for the past two years. I want to thank everyone for sending articles to me in a timely manner so I could get them in the newsletter. As most of you know, Ken and I are changing our life style. We will be moving our stuff into storage so we can be full time RV'ers. We will be in Reno during the holidays and then on to Arizona. Ken and I have given up all our positions, but we will still be GWRRA members. We look forward to seeing everyone in September. Ken and Gail Crow Page 9

10 Pictures taken by Kay Dyer Page 10

11 Chapter Members Photo Album Ken & Sue Pouliot Jim & Kathy Hudson Clyde & Lucy Herring Micky & Marianne Farrington Ken & Gail Crow Chris & Sandy Ward Kay Dyer Bill & Joan Cuppett Boyd & Gay Jeffery Page 11

12 Dick & Jo-ann Bogenreif Dick & Sue Harding Dusty & Joan Rhoades Dwight Rogers Emma Crow George Woodside & Carol Hannigan Jim Nelson & Ava Donner Louis Benton Lynn & Liz Jenkins Page 12

13 Jim & Kathy Caple Jim & Darley Jeppson Bob & Sandi Mims John & Marge Higley Brick & Teresa Reagle Mark and Pam Harris Steve Rubenstein & Charla Brand Roger & Linda Knight Page 13

14 September Events S M T W T F S September 8th Chapter Gathering 7:00 am Breakfast 8:00 am Denny s 205 E. Nugget Ave. Sparks, NV September 22nd Orville Ride September 27th Safety Social at 6:00 pm Summit Racing Parking Lot 960 E. Glendale Avenue Sparks, NV Member Join Date Anniversaries Kay Dyer Years Page 14

15 It takes teamwork To make things run smoothly. Sierra Eagles Chapter Team CHAPTER DIRECTORS Ken and Sue Pouliot Home Cell ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTORS Jim and Kathy Hudson TREASURER Clyde and Lucy Herring RIDE COORDINATOR MOTORIST AWARENESS COORDINATORS This could be YOU!!! MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT COORDINATOR Marianne Farrington RIDE CAPTAINS Kay Dyer Micky Farrington John Higley Ken Pouliot Dwight Rodgers George Woodside WEBMASTER/PUBLISHER Micky Farrington RV COORDINATOR Chris & Sandy Ward HISTORIAN NEWSLETTER EDITOR Gail Crow SUNSHINE COORDINATOR CORRESPONDENCE SECRETARY Marge Higley MEDIC/FIRST AID COORDINATOR Clyde Herring CHARITY COORDINATOR This could be YOU!!! CHAPTER PHOTOGRAPHER Kay Dyer CHAPTER GREETER Emma Crow NEWSLETTER PROOF READER Brick Reagle Page 15

16 Nevada District Team Nevada District Directors Micky and Marianne Farrington Assistant Nevada District Directors-South August and Gloria Schellhase Assistant Nevada District Directors-North Chris and Sandy Ward Home Cell Nevada District Treasurers Robert and Denise (Dede) Senko Nevada District Membership Enhancement Coordinator Marianne Farrington Nevada District Educators Clyde and Lucy Herring Nevada District University Coordinator Randy Bolsinger Nevada District Motorist Awareness Coordinator Jim and Kathy Hudson Nevada District Ride Coordinator Clyde and Lucy Herring Nevada District Medic First Aid-South Robert and Denise (Dede) Senko Nevada District Medic First Aid-North Clyde and Lucy Herring Page 16

17 Team GWRRA TEAM GWRRA Anita and JR Alkire President and Wingman Tim and Anna Grimes Director of Rider Education Larry and Penny Anthony Director of Membership Enhancement Clara and Fred Boldt Director of GWRRA University Randall and Janet Drake Director of Finance Mike and Barri Critzman Director of Motorist Awareness Dan and Rachel Sanderovich Executive Director Overseas Israel GWRRA Mission Statement Established in 1977, the Gold Wing Road Riders Association provides an atmosphere for fun, safety, and knowledge to Gold Wing and Valkyrie owners. Vision Statement: GWRRA is a leader of associational organizations, respected by its Members as well as its competitors and the communities it operates within. GWRRA strives to offer the highest quality service to its Members. GWRRA - is a family oriented association of Honda Gold Wing and Valkyrie Owners, as well as non-gold Wing owners, our Associate Members. GWRRA PATCH PRICES GWRRA patches Large black 10 back patch $15.00 Black/red rockers $15.00 each Large red 10 back patch $15.00 Small black GWRAA patch $10.00 Also available: GWRRA name pins $10.00 (we will order as requests come in) For a mere $25.00, you too can have a patch. We were able to purchase a lot of 12 new patches at a fair price. Our vendor has indicated that there will be a price increase when we re-order, so this could be the last time we are able to offer these patches at this price. We only have 12, and the first Sierra Eagles who scoop them up will be smiling all the way to the bank. Get yours while they last! Page 17

18 Do you enjoy GWRRA? Do you have friends that ride motorcycles? Why not ask them to join? Place your ad in the Eagle s Nest! Your ad will be seen by everyone that goes to our website as well as other motorcycle clubs and riders that receive our newsletter in both Northern Nevada and California. It s a bargain! Business Card Size $35.00 for 6 months Business Card Size $55.00 for 1 year Half Page $65.00 for 6 months Half Page $95.00 for 1 year Full Page $80.00 for 6 months Full Page $ for 1 year GWRRA National Divisions Page 18

19 FOR SALE 1996 Goldwing 1500 with a Bushtec Trailer as a package for $7500. The bike has many options, too many to list. Medical reasons forces John to sell. For more information contact John Higley at This is a home phone number so please do not text. Page 19

20 FOR SALE Blue trailer for sale for $ It has a custom frame and cragar mag wheels along with bearing buddies and led lights. Tires are only 1 year old. For more information, Contact John Higley at This is a home phone number so please do not text. Page 20

21 FOR SALE Yamaha Vino 125cc Scooter - $1850 This Yamaha Scooter is about as clean and sharp as can be. It's a two-owner unit with just over 2,695 original miles on it. The motorcycle rides like a dream and could nearly pass for new. The Yamaha Scooter comes with everything you see and two helmets, plus full documentation and a new battery. Condition: As noted, the scooter is in excellent condition with only the slightest signs of wear. It's been well cared for and is garage kept. Unlike so many motorcycles out there, the Yamaha Scooter shows absolutely no signs of abuse or crash damage. The paint is bright and shiny, as are all the chrome parts. All plastic is fresh with no signs of cracking or U/V damage. The tires have plenty of life in them and all other rubber parts like hoses and such are pliable and free of cracks. The seat is in perfect condition, as is the rear storage case. Mechanical: The motorcycle functions just as it should with no issues or problems. The engine sounds great and purrs like a kitten. It's an amazingly quiet, smooth ride, just what you'd expect from a Yamaha. The braking works fantastic. So does the cooling system, transmission and suspension. All lights, switches, and levers work as they should. All required maintenance and servicing has been taken care of per the manufacturer's requirements. Any issues or repairs needed outside of regular maintenance have been immediately addressed to always keep the motorcycle in tip-top condition. I also have a (NEW) hitch rack I can let go with it as well $$ For more information contact Chris Ward at or Page 21

22 FOR SALE Level Mate PRO a Wireless Vehicle Leveling System - $80 An almost new Level Mate PRO a Wireless Vehicle Leveling System. This unit, all the paperwork and a new battery for the LOW price of just $80 total. For more information contact Chris Ward at or Page 22

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24 (New website address) You may not be aware of all the services that are being offered by the owner, Rich, and his team. Here are some reasons to visit his store located at 3180 Mill Street Reno, Nevada, and start using his services. Moto Source supports all makes and models of motorcycles, trikes and ATV's. Need a quick tire or oil change? Looking for quality parts? How about the latest gear and accessories? How about high quality of service? This and more awaits you at RR Moto Source. If Rich doesn't have what you're looking for in the store, ask about special orders. For more information please call Page 24