Who's Who

Chapter Directors:
Andy & Mary Tarbell
Past Chapter Directors:
Dave & Sue Perrin
Gary & Sandy Williams
Treasurer:
Sandy Williams
Chapter Educator:
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Newsletter Editor:
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Chapter Photographer:
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Membership Coordinator:
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Ride Coordinator:
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Executive Director:
Melissa Eason
National Operations Director:
Jim Hodge
Region B Directors:
Lorraine Knight
District Directors:
Dick & Pat Thibaudeau

Links Section

	GWRRA HOME PAGE
	GWRRA REGION B
	GWRRA NH DISTRICT PAGE
	GWRRA CHAPTER NH-E
	GWRRA CHAPTER NH-F
	GWRRA CHAPTER NH-G
	GWRRA CHAPTER NH-K
	NEW ENGLAND RALLY PAGE
	MOTORCYCLE ROADS

Meeting Information            

Meeting Date: Third Sunday each month except August & December.
Meeting Place: Moose Club
170 N. State St.
Concord NH
Regular Meeting Time:
Breakfast 8:30AM Menu Prices
Meeting starts at 9:00 AM With Ride following (weather permitting)

Don't forget to make your reservations for the November "Extravanza Weekend"

FROM THE CHAPTER DIRECTOR: 

What happened to summer? The kids are back to school and we moved Monica into her dorm @ UNH over the weekend. On the positive side of things, the rain has stopped and the season dictates that we should see some nice temperatures for riding.

We are coming up on a very busy time for the next couple months before we settle into our sedate winter routine of bowling, pot luck dinners, Mexican Train and whatever other fun things catch our interests. We have the Extravaganza Weekend coming up in November and the Concord Holiday Parade a couple weeks later, both need to get the final details worked out. We also need to decide on the type and location of the annual Chapter Holiday Party in short order. Mary will have more on that in her section and at the Get Together. We will probably need to have a work session to get the final details polished off.

Bob Welch, a GW member that just moved to NH from TN, came to the cookout on August 17 hopefully when he gets the short circuit in his bike lengthened he will be joining us on the road. Hopefully we will also be seeing Roger and Marty Cruzan at some of our events. They recently moved to Nashua from Colorado Springs CO.

I would like to get the Birthday / Anniversary section back into the newsletter, (sorry Bruce, more to download). and a Chapter phone /email Directory together. There will be sheets at the next couple Get Togethersfor you to put your info on if you would like to be included.

Please reserve September 14 for the District Picnic / Memorial at Wheelock Park in Keene. More Info will be sent in an Event Alert.

Don’t forget NH-E & NH-G have their annual events coming up in the next couple months. I understand that NH-E is going to be looking for the best dressed Hobo this year… Is it a NH-A participant…. Check your closets folks!!!

Please remember to make you reservations for the November Weekend.

Andy Tarbell
NH A Chapter Director

Also: If there are links or pages you would like to see here...let us know

KETCHUP
(on what you might have missed)
August Get Together

• Not too much…. We Don’t have a Get Together in August…
• Check Back in September... We WILL have a Get Together!!!

NH Notes

From Wayne & Kim Ferland (E-mailDated 8/24/08)
Hi everyone We took our first load down to PA this weekend. Take everything else to stay next weekend August 31st. Wayne starts work on Sept 8th, and hopefully I will follow quickly after him! We are renting a small townhouse for this first year as we get settled and decide what we want to do. We welcome visitors and look forward to seeing old friends at GWRRA events around the region. Our new address is: 20 Stratford Village, Lancaster, PA 17602. We will only have cell phones for now:Wayne: 603-359-4341; Kim: 603-443-3906. Internet is scheduled to get hooked up on Sept 2nd - emails for now are: Wayne: wftigger@gmail.com; Kim: babykf@hotmail.com

Education Corner

It is hard to believe September is here already. Relief from the summer rain has arrived!!!! The end of summer brings what is probably the best time or year to ride in New England. with comfortable weather conditions and tourist free roads. The arrival of September signals a rider that it is time to find the liners, warmer gloves, Gerbings, and all the other cool weather gear you need on the bike.

This is also when a new level of activity gives rise to a new batch of traffic conditions that we need to be very aware of.

Why? School is back in session.

How is this an issue for us? You are probably thinking this is a GOOD thing, six hours every day when the teenagers are cooped up in a classroom and we are not having to watch for, daredevil driving, Kids on bicycles and skate boards in the road or just playing in the street.

For the next few weeks the roads will be full of drivers adjusting to new deadlines, the opening bell, daycare, work, delivering the forgotten items to school, the end of school pickup, music lessons, sports, after school jobs, and social schedules. Until they settle into their new routines, be extra vigilant on the road. Some of the other drivers we share the roads with will be paying less attention to their driving and us. Remember the SIPDE techniques and use them. School also brings something else to the road that we tend not to think about that is also a change. School busses, bus stops, school walk zones and school crossings.

What do these mean to us? While there are variations depending on the School District there are similarities. Separating them gives four different hazards that we need to be aware of. The first is probably the biggest and least understood, the School Bus. It is probably the most invisible vehicle on the road, second only to motorcycles. It’s hard to believe that a 42 foot long 28,000 GVW, bright yellow vehicle can be invisible to drivers, but they are. Give them a little extra room. Remember what it was like to have two or three kids in the backseat of the car. Now make the “backseat” a bit bigger and put up to 91 kids in there. I’ll let you calculate the distraction level the driver has competing with keeping track of what is going on around the vehicle.

If you are following a bus, don’t crowd it. Although they are equipped with extra mirrors they have a HUGE blind spot to the rear, if you cannot see the side mirrors the driver cannot see you. Also, if you are following too close the amber warning and red stop signal lights will be above your field of vision when a bus is stopping to pick up or discharge students. When the bus stops with its red flashers operating, make sure that you stop at least 50 feet away from the bus.

In addition to being required by law, you will then have the sight lines to see kids that may walk out in front of you after the bus moves on it’s way. Always expect that some child won’t cross when the bus is holding traffic and will run across after the lights have gone out.

I know it sometimes it may appear that a bus may just sit in the road with the Stop signal running for no reason. There probably is a reason that you cannot see. By law the driver is not supposed to cancel the signals by closing the door until all of the passengers are safely off the road or are seated when picking up passengers. The delay could be the one child that was slow crossing the road or locating a seat on the bus.

Just as a reminder, in NH running a school bus stop signal can be a costly decision if your license plate is reported, you will receive a summons in the mail. This can only be answered by an appearance in court and the penalty is a $250 fine and 6 points to the registered owner of the vehicle. Just be patient and take a look around, the bus will move on.

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The Riders Seat

There has been a little bit of confusion about meeting places and times for rides. We have been trying something new this year with dual rally points, the Welcome Center at exit 6 of the Everett Turnpike and Bow Irving. For rides that are northern routes Nashua will meet an hour ahead of the Bow group. For southern routes the Bow group will be the early departure and meet up with the rest in Nashua for the start of the ride. The early group, in most cases, will not have an “official” leader so do not assume that if no one else is there the ride is not going off. Go to the later rally point to meet the main group. For the most part this has worked well and we will look at it this fall and work out the kinks.

August 24 Ride: Glenn planned and lead his first ride on short notice. We only had 3 bikes make the trip from Nashua along the MA NH border to VT, with a lunch stop in Brattleboro, then on to Claremont and then home. We did cross paths with NH-G returning from their VT RT 100 trip in Newport. Nice ride Glenn please plan an encore performance.

August 31 Ride: The Hartleys lead a ride to the top of Mt. Agamenticus in York, ME that left Bow and headed south toBear Brook. From they headed to Dover on Rts 43, 4 & 153. Rt 236 took us on to Eliot and then along the shore route next to the Piscataqua River, on to Beach road to route 91. Had to make a detour which caused a slight change of plans but ended up at the Mountain for lunch. After lunch we all went to Nubble Light in York and on to Brown's for ICE CREAM. From their we headed home via route 103 to Kittery and beyond. All in All we had a good day and everyone was happy with the ride.

Education Corner (continued)