district of california chapter ca-1f; san diego

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District of California Chapter CA-1F; San Diego, California

Issue 285, April 2021 Friends for Fun, Safety & Knowledge

Chapter CA-1F meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the

Ranch House Restaurant 11510 Woodside Ave., Santee, CA

619-488-2087

Breakfast at 8AM: Mee ng at 8:30AM.

Website – h p://ca1f.org

Chapter CA-1F

c/o Mary Brinker 9421 Carlton Hills Blvd Santee, CA 92071

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If your birthday or your anniversary is not listed above, we do not have your information. Please contact Darrel Exline, Membership Enhancement Coordinator, with the relevant dates: [email protected]

Member’s Birthdays Bud Brinker ........................................................ April 7 Tammy Burmeister ............................................. April 7 Roslynn Sprenkle ............................................... April 3

Wedding Anniversaries Michael Dodds ................................................... April 1

Dick & Bonita Long ............................................ April 4

Marsha & Lorenzo Lizarraga .............................. April 3

April GWRRA Members Stan Thomas .................................... Joined April 2009 Marsha Lizarraga ............................... Joined April 2010 Gary Armstrong................................... Joined April 2011 Vicky Armstrong ................................ Joined April 2013

Chapter CA1F Newsletter Publication Policy Chapter CA-1F’s newsletter is distributed free of charge to all current GWRRA members who attend the chapter meeting as well as mailed to all advertisers. The newsletter is available to anyone on the Chapter website at: ca1f.org

Please remember that this newsletter is a measure of your chapter involvement. Submission of pictures and articles is requested and encouraged. As a chapter member, this is YOUR newsletter; articles may be submitted on a wide range of topics related to motorcycling and chapter activities. All articles submitted to this newsletter will be edited at the discretion of the Newsletter Editor based on available space. All copyright of materials submitted to be published here is considered waived upon submission by the copy-right holder, and said items will be considered to have been placed in the public domain.

E-Mail submissions to the newsletter editor at [email protected] by the 25th of the month to be entered in the following month’s edition.

Table of Contents Staff Notes & Articles

Member Photos ....................................................... 1, 20 Birthdays, Anniversaries ................................................ 3 Staff Directory ................................................................ 4 Chapter Director—Head Fox ......................................... 5 Assistant Chapter Director ............................................ 5 Membership Enhancement Coordinator ........................ 6 Chapter CA1F Calendar of Events .............................. 10 Where to Take Rider Courses ...................................... 13 Rider Education Levels Program .................................. 17 Chapter Store ................................................................ 18 Anni-Birthday Song ....................................................... 18 GWRRA Membership Form .......................................... 19 Check and Track Your GWRRA Rider Ed. Level .......... 19

Chapter Locations, Maps & Directions

California Chapters Meeting Locations (Northern) ........ 6 California Chapters Meeting Locations (Southern) ......... 7 Map to Ranch House Restaurant ................................. 11 Ride Start Locations ...................................................... 12

Upcoming GWRRA Events

April 30– May 1 CA2S Yard Sale ................................... 8 June 12 CA2N Touring Tuolumne with the Frogs ......... 9 August 20-22 CA District Convention—Visalia ... 14,15,16

Advertisers (CA1-F is not responsible for any pricing or other promises made by advertisers.)

Law Tigers ...................................................................... 2 Advertising Rates ............................................................ 3 Know someone who would like to advertise here?

Please give them a copy of this newsletter!

All the details are here: Advertise in this newsletter!!

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web site. Contact [email protected] for more details.

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National Team Position Name E-Mail

GWRRA Directors Jere & Sherry Goodman [email protected]

Director of Rider Education Susan & George Huttman [email protected]

Director of Membership Enhancement Larry & Penny Anthony [email protected]

Director of GWRRA University Clara & Fred Boldt [email protected]

Director of Finance Randall & Janet Drake [email protected]

Director of Motorist Awarness Mike and Barri Critzman [email protected]

Executive Director Overseas Alessandro Boveri [email protected]

Chapter F Volunteers (How can YOU help YOUR Chapter?) Position Name Phone E-Mail

Chapter Director Mary Beth Brinker 619-562-5868 [email protected]

Assistant Chapter Director Todd Way [email protected]

Chapter Ride Coordinator Bud Brinker 619-562-5868 [email protected]

Treasurer David Flitcraft 619-656-6120 [email protected]

Membership Enhancement Coordinator Darrel Exline 858-688-0029 [email protected]

Breakfast Ride Coordinator Mike Dodds 858-699-0948 [email protected]

Ed’s Old Guys Ride Coordinator Todd Way 619-890-9064 [email protected]

Dinner Ride Coordinator Bud & Mary Brinker 619-562-5868 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Darrel Exline 619-203-1673 [email protected]

Webmaster Mike Dodds 619-203-1673 [email protected]

E-Mail List Administrator [pending]

50/25/25 Darrel Exline

2020 Individual of the Year Todd Way

2020 Couple of the Year Bud & Mary Brinker

CA District Team District Directors

Ralph & Robynn French, [email protected]

Assistant District Director Flip Morton, [email protected]

District Educator Ken Pedder, [email protected]

Assistant District Educator Dean Stowers, [email protected]

District Treasurer Patti O’Neill-Esposito, [email protected]

District Motorist Awareness Coordinator John Cunningham, [email protected]

District Ride Coordinator Don Kuellmer, [email protected]

Assistant District Ride Coordinator Mike Rand, [email protected]

District Membership Enhancement Coordinators Bob & Donna Fletcher, [email protected]

Assistant District Membership Enhancement Coordinator Steve Johnson, [email protected]

District University Coordinator Dorie Jared, [email protected]

Newsletter/Bulletin Editor: Steve Johnson, [email protected]

Store Manager Kevin Herrera, [email protected]

Rally Vendor Coordinators Ken & Jan Pedder and Donna Pickens, [email protected]

WebMaster Flip Morton, [email protected]

Photographer: Bob Clark, [email protected]

Medic / First Aid Coordinator Nancy Clark, [email protected]

Assistant Newsletter/Bulletin Editor: Kathy Iseri, [email protected]

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Gree ngs Foxes,

Our “Wings In The Spring” fundraiser was a huge success. Seventy-seven people a ended; we surpassed last years a endance. Todd Way lead a ride, while the people who stayed behind played Bingo. Food was good. Door prizes and money were won.

I want to thank all of my staff for a job well done. Thank you to Greg and Marycarmen Swanberg for se ng the missing man table in honor of our good friend David Gardner.

With restaurants star ng to reopen we will start having our dinner and dessert rides again. Check your e-mails for places and mes.

Till we meet again!

Happy Trails!

FROM THE HEAD FOX CA1F Chapter Director

Mary Brinker

Assistant Chapter Director: Todd Way Hello All! Welcome to Spring.

We had a very successful FunRun on March 20th with good a endance and people from many parts of Southern California. Since we were the first to have a rally this year, we should get some well deserved a en on. I want to give a big thanks to all who helped with the setup and teardown and the food prepara on and all the shopping involved. Now we can begin a regular monthly chapter mee ng and some rides and events.

We have a 4 day trip planned for May 14 up to Merced and then a couple of loops toward Yosemite and the gold country. We are also considering a mul day trip over to northern New Mexico.

It’s me to check the maintenance on your motorcycle… res, oil, brake fluid etc. We want to be ready to ride as the season warms up. As another thought, as the temperature raises, be ready to hydrate with bo les or a camelback. Don’t get dehydrated and have problems. The first symptom of dehydra on is lack of appe te followed shortly by illogical thoughts and ac ons. Within an hour or more, symptoms progress to paranoia and you will find yourself under a bush hiding from those who want to help. You should drink un l your stomach sloshes even if you are not thirsty!

I’ll finish by asking you all to come to the chapter mee ngs to support our chapter and to show respect to those who are making it happen. Any me you would like to offer input, we want to hear from you.

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Northern California Chapters

MEETING TIME CHAPTER MEETING PLACE CHAPTER DIRECTOR

Breakfast – 0800 Social – 0900

www.ca2a-gwrra.org

Old Salle’s Café 2082 North J St., Tulare, CA

John & Debbie Whi ed 559-786-3489


deltawingsca2j.com

Country Skillet 2921 Harbor St., Pi sburgh, CA

Richard & Karen Williams 925-565-2050


www.gwrraca2k.com

Benicia Grill II 2390 N. Texas St., Fairfield, CA

Becky Carroll 510-867-1305


www.ca2n.org

Golden Corral Buffet 3737 McHenry Ave., Modesto, CA

Denny Keeler 925-344-9487


www.ca2q-gwrra.org

Black Bear Diner 5100 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, CA

Tim Hallock 925-560-0794


www.gwrra-ca2r.org

Country Waffles 2300 Athens Ave, Redding, CA

John Severson 530-243-1446


www.ca2s.org

Omega Restaurant 90 S Park Victoria Dr., Milpitas, CA

Flip Morton 408-391-9013

Tenta vely 1800

www.ca2w-gwrra.org

Loca on and me varies; contact Steve or Teri before visi ng.

Steve & Teri Rippe 559-298-2456


www.capitalcitywings.com

Elks #6 6446 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, CA

Ken Knox 916-261-1768

Hi CA1F Family,

We’re about done with rain for a while, which means the temperature is going to go up as well... and that means knowing how to survive riding in the heat, especially here in the desert southwest!

I’ve posted before about evapora ve cooling and how to defeat the “Heat-factor” of warm wind blowing across you as you ride. In any wind that is warmer than 94 degrees (F), you’ll experience the opposite of wind-chill, where the wind actually adds heat to your body (like a blow torch) instead of cooling you. The reason sweat-cooling will not work on in hot wind, is that it strips the moisture right off your skin before it has a chance to cool you down. ...This is not like a day at the beach with a cool breeze; hot wind requires that you have fabric holding moisture close to your skin while it evaporates in order to get any cooling effect.

You can counter heat-factor the same way you counter wind-chill, by simply covering your skin from direct wind exposure. This can be as simple as wearing a long sleeve T-shirt, but covering that with a ven lated jacket is even be er. Then, as long as your bike is rolling with wind moving across you, your sweat will wick onto your clothing, evaporate in place, and cool you down. You can augment this by we ng your sleeves and upper torso for an even chillier ride, or wearing a moisture-wicking material to evenly spread your sweat over a larger area. Some riders even go a step further and soak a sweatshirt or specialized “Cool Vest” in water before they ride, and wear that under a vented jacket. Note: Evapora ve cooling won’t work in extremely humid weather. For that, you need to think about wearing ice packs inside your jacket.

Membership Enhancement Coordinator Darrel “Griz” Exline

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Websites

Chapter CA-1F ca1f.org

GWRRA California District gwrra-ca.org

GWRRA www.gwrra.org

Southern California Chapters MEETING CHAPTER MEETING CHAPTER DIRECTOR


CA-1A www.gwrra-ca1a.org

Greenhouse Café 1169 Commerce Center Dr., Lancaster, CA 93534

Ken & Jan Pedder 661-810-8398


www.gwrra-ca1c.org

Denny’s 72244 Valner Road, Thousand Palms, Ca

Cindy Frazer 760-250-5866


ca1f.org

Ranch House Restaurant 11510 Woodside Ave, Santee, CA

Mary Brinker 619-249-7396


www.gwrraca1i.org

Mar Y Tierra Restaurant 1118 W. San Bernadino Rd., Covina, CA 91722

Lazlo “Bud” Budavari 626-485-5298


www.ca1k.org

Emle’s Restarraunt 9250 Reseda Blvd., Ste 1, Northridge, CA

Charli Chipman 818-590-5495


www.gwrra-ca1l.org

IHOP 212 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

Doc Boyd 805-943-1919


CA-1M www.ca1m.org

Pepper Steak 26589 Highland Ave, Highland, CA 92346

Jerry Cowan 909-783-1014


CA-1Q www.gwrra-ca1q.org

Black Bear Diner 7005 Kno Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620

Janieta Villagrana 562-324-4414


CA-1R www.gwrra-ca1r.org

Mimi’s Café 4030 Barranca Pkwy, Irvine, CA

Tom & Vicki Lorenz 714-801-8664


www.ca1s.org

Carrow’s Restaurant 2401 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93003

Ken Thomas 415-307-8237


www.gwrraca1v.org

Maxwell’s 17772 Wika Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92307

Mike Rand 760-552-5981

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The most up to date details, mes, loca ons, etc. are available from the online Chapter Calendar which can be found at CA1F.ORG

April 2021 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Dinner Social—Weevil Burger

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Friday Breakfast Social

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4 Easter Sunday

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Staff Meeting 6 7 8

Dessert Social— [TBD]

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Monthly Chapter Meeting

11 12 13 14

Ed’s Old Guys Ride

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Dinner Social—[TBD]

Bike Night at Motorcycle Monkey

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18 19 20 21 22

Dessert Social— [TBD]

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25 26 27 28

Ed’s Old Guys Ride

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Dinner Social—[TBD]

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Chapter CA1F meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the

Ranch House Restaurant

11510 Woodside Ave., Santee, CA

619-488-2087 Order Breakfast by 8AM Mee ng starts at 8:30

Take Hwy67 to Riverford exit, then turn right on Woodside

Look for it next to the RV Sales Lot

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Chapter CA1F Ride Meetup Locations

1. WalMart: 3382 Murphy Canyon Dr, San Diego 2. McDonalds Escondido: 1050 W Valley Parkway, Escondido 3. Mission Bay Park: De Anza Cove, off Mission Bay Dr. Parking lot on the right 4. Fun Bike Center: 5755 Kearny Villa Rd, San Diego 5. Kohl’s Parking Lot: 2502 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon 6. The Omelette Factory: 8860 Magnolia Rd, El Cajon 7. Parking Lot Practice (PLP) — (Not available at this time - seeking new location) 8. Starbucks: 9932 Mercy Road, San Diego 9. Burger King: 1420 Mission Ave, Oceanside

Did you know? Individual Maps to all the ride meetup locations are on the CA1F Website at ca1f.org/

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Where Can I Take an Advanced or Experienced Rider Course?

We are frequently asked where these courses are available so here is a list of the

courses in California that are accepted by GWRRA National Rider Education. If you

come upon a class that is not listed, please contact us and we’ll check to be sure it’s ap-

proved before you take it.

GWRRA offers Advanced Rider and Trike Rider Courses at various times throughout

the year. Generally these are available at District rallies and at Wing Ding. Additionally if

an instructor and an appropriate facility are available the courses may be available at

other times during the year and we will put that information out to the Chapter.

Lee Parks Total Control Advanced Rider Clinic now runs the California Motorcyclist

Safety Program for the CHP. The schedule is available on line & course locations vary.

Additionally if you are former military and have access to a base, you can take the Total

Control Intermediate course on a space available basis. Unfortunately they do not take

trikes.

Street Masters Precision Cornering Workshop is based out of Corona and the

course is held in Rosamond at the Willow Springs Race Track on Horsethief Mile. All

their information is available on line. They do a trike class as well as a 2-wheel class.

The Honda Rider Education Center in Coulton is located close to the 215/10 freeway

junction at 1301 Via Venita. Their phone # is 909-430-3000. The contact person is Gary

Johnson and Mercedes does the class scheduling. The class is open to all GWRRA

Members. The BRC-2 class (formerly known as the Experienced Rider Course or ERC)

takes 4-5 hours primarily on the course and costs $75. There also is a 7 hour ERC class

targeted to Military sport bike riders.

You can call and fit into an already scheduled class or a group of 5-6 can arrange their

own group class. If a second instructor is available the class could be 10-12 students.

Unfortunately, they do not take trikes.

We hope this information is helpful.

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Words to the Anni-Birthday Song: (Sung to “You Are My Sunshine”)

So it’s your birthday or anniversary. We are so happy that you are here.

So as your present please take this ticket. And we’ll see you again next year.

Chapter Store CA-1F Prices and items are subject to change without notice

Available viewing online

Blue Denim Vest with CA-1F Logo ............................................................................ $35.00 GWRRA Patches

10” Back Patch ................................................................................................... $10.00 10” Back Patch (Black/Gold) .............................................................................. $14.00 4” Pocket Patch .................................................................................................. $4.50 4” Pocket Patch (Black/Gold) ............................................................................. $5.00

California County Patch ............................................................................................... $5.00 Chapter “F” Pins ........................................................................................................... $5.00 California District Pins .................................................................................................. $4.00 GWRRA Earrings

Post ....................................................................................................................... $5.00 Dangling ................................................................................................................ $8.00

Flag Hats (limited quantities)........................................................................................ $8.00 Visit a Chapter Header ................................................................................................. $5.00 Visit a Chapter Hanger (CA-1F) ................................................................................... $2.00 Flag and Eagle Patches ............................................................................................... $6.00 4x6 US Map ................................................................................................................. $5.00 Upper and Lower Rockers (CA-1F and San Diego, CA) ........................................... $24.00/Set 1x3 Gold Name Badges ............................................................................................. $10.00 Ea Vest Clips ................................................................................................................... $10.00 Chapter “F” Antenna Flags ......................................................................................... $16.00 Ea

Attendance at 3/13/2021 Meeting 11 GWRRA Members / 0 guests

5 bikes / 0 trikes

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Check and Track Your GWRRA Rider Educa on Levels

Recently, GWRRA Na onal has made it possible for all of us to be able to track our Rider Educa on Levels status, completed riding courses, and seminar informa on without having a Rider Educa on officer look it up for you. This site allows you to only see your informa on but does not allow you to change or add to it. You s ll need to contact a District or Na onal RiderEd officer to accomplish that.

To access your informa on, go to the GWRRA Na onal website (GWRRA.org), and then click on either “Officers” or “Programs” from the blue menu bar to see a drop down menu. Then click on “Rider Educa on”. On the le side of the Rider Educa on main page you will see a bu on for “My R.E. Informa on”. Click on that bu on to access the log in page.

To log in use your membership number as the user name and the numbers of your home address plus your mem-bership expira on date (MMYY) as your password. A er clicking on submit, you should be able to access the infor-ma on for anyone on your membership number by clicking on “View” for each person.

If there are any correc ons that need to be made, please no fy your District Rider Educator by e-Mail or contact one of your Chapter officers to forward the informa on on to our District Educator for correc on.

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Chapter CA-1F

c/o Mary Brinker 9421 Carlton Hills Blvd. Santee, CA 92071

Rider Education Program

Safety by Commitment, Education and Preparedness

The Chapter will back your commitment to Safe Riding by paying for all patches

and pins earned through the Rider Education Levels Program. For more

information, contact our Chapter Educator (See the Staff Directory inside)

Mail To:

Chapter CA-1F meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Ranch House Restaurant,

11510 Woodside Ave., Santee, CA 619-488-2087

Breakfast at 8AM, Mee ng at 8:30AM.

Website – h p://ca1f.org

district of california chapter ca-1f; san diego

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