Worldwide Motorcycle Association

Friday, July 11, 2008

Ride to Bikefest in Seaside Oregon this weekend.

Hi,

The weather is going to be beautiful this Saturday with a high of 84 degrees. Come join us to ride this Saturday!

WHO: Everyone is welcome.

WHAT: Ride to Bikefest in Seaside, Oregon

WHERE: Meet at Denny's at 9 a.m. or at Triumph of Tacoma/Lakewood Motosports at 10 a.m.

WHEN: Seaside is approximately 150 miles from the shop. We'll visit and look at bikes then return to Lakewood. This ride will probably take the whole day.

WHY: Ride, meet new friends, see many bikes and check out vendor booths.

Hope to see you Saturday!

Vena
vena@triumphoftacoma.com

Triumph of Tacoma/Lakewood Motosports

PS If you plan on coming, please RSVP so we can anticipate how large the group will be. That would be wonderful :)

INFO ON BIKEFEST:

Bikefest at Seaside
July 11-12, 2008 -- Seaside
Convention Center. Open to all motorcycles. Hours: Friday 5-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-6pm. Contact: Flashback Promotions, 300 Broadway #10, Seaside, OR 97138, 503-717-8530, flashbac@pacifier.com

or at this url:

http://www.all-oregon.com/city/seaside/events.htm

First Ever Email to Members sent today!

I hope that if you are a WMA member that you received this first email.

I will be sending an email out ONE TIME PER MONTH. The purpose will be to try to build our community some more.

'WE' can make this a great place to relax, meet people, and talk motorcycle riding etc. We just need YOUR HELP.

We would love to have lots of pictures of you and your bike, or photos of the places you have ridden to. Also, a short story about your ride would be fantastic.

Think about it. What is better reading for a relaxing period than to be able to read about a motorcycle adventure that someone has taken?

Let's do this.

FINALLY: Does anyone wish for me to hire the design of a 'patch' that we might be able to order online....something like: Worldwide Motorcyle Association - AKA. The Virtual Motorcycle Gang?

Let me know if that is of interest: rjgrawet@yahoo.com

Another great motorcycle poster!

Make sure to click on the thumbnail picture so that it will go to full screen.

Thanks again to Richard Schlinkert, WMA member in Birmingham, Alabama.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Thought for the day!

YOU NEED TO CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL PICTURE AFTER YOU READ THIS. The picture REALLY has to be seen in its blown up state to fully appreciate it!

WORK - This is why you do it!

Thanks Richard Schlinkert for sending this and many more great motorcycle posters along to me.

Ride Safe brother!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The ride from Olympia, Wa up the Hood Canal thru Union, WA

On a clear summer day, it would be really hard to find a nicer, prettier ride.

From our house in Olympia, Washington (the state capital), it is about a 2 hour ride each way when you take Hwy 101 to Shelton, then take the Purdy Cutoff over to Union, WA. where you turn north on Hwy 106. The ride on Purdy takes you next to the Skokomish River. It runs turquoise blue this time of year. There are spectacular views of the water rushing along in many spots. Just prior to reaching Union, the river runs into the Hood Canal.

The Hood Canal forms an 'L' shape. The top of the L runs into The Strait of Juan de Fuca. The bottom runs about 30 miles to its end near Belfair, Wa.

As you ride up the highway from Union and almost to Belfair, you stay right beside the water. There is one great view after another on this two lane twisty road.

Beautiful houses line the road on both sides, but there are regular places where the road is right next to the water.

There is a great stopping place at Twanoh State Park. It has a large parking area by the water, restrooms, and a snack bar in the summer daylight hours.

The speed while riding along the water is 40 mph - 50 mph most of the way. It's a pleasant ride.

There are also several stores with refreshments and gas that are situated perfectly for when you need them.

After you reach Belfair, you can turn back south on Hwy 3 and ride thru Allyn (where there's a couple of nice little restaurants/hamburger stands and a motorcycle accessories shop), and on to Shelton where you meet back up with Hwy 101 and complete the circle back to Olympia.

The entire ride is about 4 hours, unless you are smart enough to make stops and enjoy the fine views and some great opportunities for eating.

In Union there is the Alderbrook Inn. It has been remodeled twice in the last 10 years, each time making it even prettier. They have a great dining room for travelers needing some food and a clean restroom.

If you go after 2 PM they have an afternoon bar menu that includes one of the finest bluecheese hamburgers I've had in my entire life. It's big enough for two hungry folks to split.

Combined with an iced tea or soda and the amazing fries they have, you'll be spending lots of time in the future trying to plan your next stop there.

That's one of our favorite rides, although we have many more. I'll be writing about them in the future.

Please consider sending me a description of one of your favorite rides along with some pictures to help us all be there 'virtually'.

To learn more about the area go here:

http://www.gonorthwest.com/washington/olympic/Union/Union.htm

Ride Safe!

Monday, July 7, 2008

144 Members and growing fast!

It's all about getting out there and going for a ride!

Please send me your favorite motorcycle photos. We especially love your own 'ride' stories. We love to share your favorite places to ride, or eat, or ride and eat. Come on, write something about what you like to do on your bike.

Send it and we'll print it!

To join; just click on the appropriate url on the right side of this page.

Ride Safe!

Friday, July 4, 2008

Come on along.....we're off for a ride this nice long weekend!

We're at 128 members now, and everyday another few join us.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A great old friend sends his bike picture!

Jim Frase and I worked at three companies together. Two were owned by the same folks; Da-Lite Screen Company and VSI Trooper. We first worked together at Cole Office Environments, a furniture manufacture in York, PA. back in the late 80's. Prior to working at Cole, Jim was an engineer at the Harley Plant in Pennsylvania during the period of time that Harley Davidson made it's huge turnaround from near death to great success!

Jim was always the consumate professional engineer, and so full of knowledge that it was a wonderful learning experience everytime I got to sit with him for awhile.

When we were running VSI Trooper we used to start at 6AM every morning, and then around 8:30 AM we'd head up to the "Firehouse" Restaurant on the corner near our offices and have breakfast together.

Jim made some smart career and investment choices, and now lives in Florida in the winter (where he keeps his Honda Goldwing), and Pennsylvania in the summer where this beautiful Harley is his ride!

Ride on Jim.....Ride Safe!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

If cusswords offend you, don't read this post.Sorry.

The following is right out of 'Craigslist' on 1 July 2008, at this url:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/mcy/739886949.html

The way 'CL' works, if someone doesn't like the words used they can kick it off, so I copied it just incase they take it off.

Re: 2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Like-New Condition - $4500 - $4500 (Steamboat Island)

Reply to: sale-739886949@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-01, 8:41PM PDT

Kandi here is asking $4000 "OBO" for a Honda Metropolitan scooter that has a MSRP of just over $2000.

What I would like to know, Kandi, is are you high or just completely fucking RETARDED?

The same goes for any of you people that would even think about paying more than the MSRP for a USED scooter, regardless of how little its been ridden.

Location: Steamboat Island
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 739886949

THE ORIGINAL POST FROM: Kandi

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Like-New Condition - $4500 (Steamboat Island)

Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-07-01, 4:45PM PDT

2008 Honda Metropolitan, **Seriously Like-New**. 50cc, gets 100mpg, goes 45mph. The color is called 'Gothic' and his name is Hans (but you can always change that, he doesn't know it yet, lol) Bought this little guy to reduce gas costs, but I'm scared to drive it. None are available right now! Dealership says there's at least a 6-8 week wait to get any like em. Asking $4,000.00 obo (licensing & registration already paid so its ready to ride). Cash only, no trades, you pick-up.

Kandi 360-480-3521