southeastern area of the concours owners group newsletter january, 2012 … news 01_201… · cog...
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Inside this issue:
Last Blast 1
Robert’s Update 3
Al’s Notes 3
Ride Schedule 4
RWTW registration 5
Closing Notes 6
SECOG Leadership Team
Al Norcross, NEW SE-AD
Inverness, FL H/352-860-1014 C/352-201-6189
Larry Buck, AAD
At Large (Boca Raton) [email protected]
Vic Salisbury, AAD W.FL
(Sarasota) [email protected]
Paul Heydemann, AAD S.FL
(Miami) [email protected]
Thomas Mann, AAD N Fl
(Jacksonville) [email protected]
Robert Elliot, AAD N GA
(Cornelia) [email protected]
Jack Ferguson, AAD-Atlanta
(Ellenwood) [email protected]
Reid Yeargan, AAD S GA
(Valdosta) [email protected]
Jim Culp, AAD
SC (Iva) [email protected]
Jack McVickers, AAD TN,
(Holhenwald) [email protected]
John Carver, AAD E. GA and
Newsletter Editor,
(Greensboro) [email protected]
Webmasters:
Tom Snavely
Charlotte, NC [email protected]
Ron Denny
Dadeville, Al [email protected]
Southeastern Area of the Concours Owners Group Newsletter January, 2012
SE COG NEWS
If you noticed under the title, I have been pressed back into COG service again by our new Southeast Area Director, Al Norcross. I thought after two stints as an Assistant Area Director, and one as Southeast Area Director, I had done my part to help the Southeast Leadership Team. I am comfortable in my present posi-tion as the C-10 Tech Editor of the Concourier and hosting this ride to eat each year. At Biketoberfest, in Daytona Beach, Al approached me to work with him, as he was going to run for the SE-AD position. He described his vision for the South-east area and how he thought I could be of help. How could I say no? Besides, I’ve been a house guest of him and his wife, Nancy, so many times that I’m sure he fig-ured I owed him for his hospitality. It’s going to be fun working with my old friend, and the other AAD’s, to make our region the best that it can be. Yeah, I joined for the bike but I really stay for the people.
I decided to change the location of this year’s “Last Blast Before… “ to the Dixie Crossroads restaurant, in Titusville, FL, right across the Indian River from the Kennedy Space Center where they recently had a real “Last Blast Before…..” Past year’s attendance numbers were straining previous locations. Dixie Cross-
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The Last Blast Before …..#9 By: Larry Buck COG 3451, SE-AAD, C-10 Tech Editor
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roads is very popular with Florida riders as they can handle large crowds, have plenty of parking, and most importantly, great food. Riders that made the trip, from Minnesota (Brian Snowberg), Georgia (Jerry Holland and others), and Florida made for the highest attendance of any Last Blast. Thanks to all who toughed it out and braved sunny, 70’s weather to make the trip……
Riders started arriving about 10AM at the Crossroads. I had arranged for a few of my hench-men to make sure all riders were welcomed and they were introduced to others. There is nothing worse for a rider attending their 1st event, or any of our get togethers, not feeling welcome. Hopefully we accom-plished that. I was especially gratified to see so many Concours 14 owners. Thanks for your support.
I had a few opening remarks to get out of the way before introducing Al to get things underway. He took care of some Southeast COG business and then outlined his 2012 schedule of events. He then introduced Ken Ford, COG Executive Director. Ken brought everyone up to date on all things COG from a National perspective. Ken also presented a plaque to outgoing Southeast Area Director, Vic Salisbury, in appreciation for his many years of service to the Club. Vic continues as our COG, Industry Liaison and an Assistant Area Director. Thank you, Vic.
At the end of the meal, our 50/50 drawing was held. Door prizes were donated by the following COG Industry Members in attendance:
Shouldabeen Engineering, Steve Sefsick: Con-cours C-10 over flow tube setup.
Brian Snowberg: Concours C-10 heat shields
Buck Sport Touring, Larry Buck: C-14 Tailbrights
I would be remiss if I did not mention that we are losing one of our best ambassadors of COG, and a tireless worker at many of our events. Many of you know Jo Poole and her blue Concours. Others have attended her annual “Tax Relief” rides to Cedar Key, FL in April. Jo is another example of an individ-ual COG member taking it upon themself to plan, organize, and lead an event for the benefit and fun of others. Jo is that smiling face asking you to contrib-ute some of your hard earned dollars to COG and have a chance to win a door prize, or ½ of the money collected. The lady is no poser. She is a fellow Ironbutt Association member; SHE CAN RIDE guys and gals. Jo, all of us that have come to know you, will miss you. We wish you all the best in your new home in Washington State. Thank you for all you have done for us. Stay in touch.
After lunch everyone adjourned to the park-ing lot for more” bench racing” and to wish each oth-er Merry Christmas’, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year. Y’all come back for #10, hear?
* Special Thank You to Cesar for most of the photos in this article.
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Welcome to the New Year and the first edi-tion of the SE Newsletter 2012, We have a pretty am-bitious ride schedule for this year, and I hope you can make as many rides as possible. We're striving to have geographical diversity with all of our multiple day rides, and will work hard to make costs for at-tending the events as low as possible. A large part of the cost for any rally is the AMA sanctioning and at-tendant cost of insurance. We, the COG Board of Di-rectors, are working on solutions to help our mem-bers in this regard, and hope our efforts will result in decreased rally expenses for us all.
We have a new team of web design/content COG members in Tom Snavely & Ron Denney, both of whom are working to update and refresh our SE web pages. Please join me in welcoming them to the leadership team and their work on behalf of SE COG. They have some good ideas on how to make thing easier to access and how we could have a great new look to our web sites. Thanks guys.
I'll be with our AAD's next week via confer-ence call to establish a line of communication be-tween all of us to better serve the members of the SE, If you have any questions, ideas or concerns, please contact your AAD and communicate that infor-mation to them before that time. We'll work hard to make our area the best it can be, but rely on your input to make that happen. Get involved.....
February brings us Daytona Bike Week, and the COG functions of the Chili Fest on Friday night & the breakfast on Saturday morning. Please check the details on the SE calendar, and especially let the Polito's know if you will be with us for the Chili Fest. They're great hosts, the chili is good, and the loca-tion is in the heartbeat of Daytona action. There is registration for this event, but you can just show up at breakfast to socialize with us.
Glad to have you along for the ride. The 2012 SE COG ride that is happening now in your state.
“Ironbutt” Al Norcross, SE AD
On Saturday, January 7, a good number of COGgers braved the threat of rain to meet in the parking lot of the Glancy Rehabilitation Center in Duluth, GA. We met to visit one of our own who was injured in a very serious motorcycle accident last year. Robert Elliott, Southeast AAD, was struck by a drunk driver and is still recovering from extensive injuries.
Jim Culp, Tom Sills, Lane Harrison, Eddie Minter, Kurt Brown, Jennifer Simons, and some oth-ers, visited with Robert. He has a good prognosis and was in good spirits. Elliott and his wife Paige live in Cornelia, GA. and Robert is on Facebook as "Robert J. Elliot." He can access Facebook just fine, but typing is a little more difficult at this time, so keep the encouraging words coming and if you can, do go by and see him.
Cards and/or letters can be sent to:
Robert J. Elliott, Room 205,
Glancy Rehabilitation Center
3215 McClure Bridge Rd.
Duluth, Ga 30096
PS: Latest NEWS Robert will be going home on
January 27th. His HOME address: 269 Arbor Gates
Dr., Cornelia, GA. 30531
Robert’s Progress
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Pensacola Navel Air Station Museum, Pensacola, Fl March 22– 25, 2012
This ride is in a four day format to allow riders coming from a distance to attend, as well as allowing some of our retired members to have an extended stay. Camping is at Big Lagoon State Park, which is just a couple of miles from the museum We'll have group camping with our own on-site rest rooms and showers, group fire ring, and features $ 5.00 per person/night fees, We'll do group meals with our own grill and stove, and split meal costs for all attending. This will be a very budget conscious event. This ride will appeal to former military, gear heads, and anyone interested in planes and flying.
Run With The Wolf, 18th
Edition Suches, Ga April 20 – 22, 2012
All the work has been done for this ride, and it's on the SE calendar with open registration. Great new location: Wildcat Lodge is in some of the best riding area around. This is the longest running event in the SE COG, so be sure and make plans to attend.
COG National Rally, Eureka Springs, Ar June 11–15, 2012 Details and registration available on cog-online.org & in the Concourier July & August It's hard to hide from the heat. We'll have RTE's and wrench sessions
Natchez Trace Parkway Ride, Hohenwald, Tn September 14–16, 2012
Tennessee AAD's Jack and Gwynn McVickers are working on details for this parkway ride. We've all heard or read about this area and the great riding it offers. You'll want to watch for regis-tration and details when they become available, and get into this ride.
Barber Motorsport Park Vintage Days, Leeds, Al October 11–14, 2012
If you haven't been to Barber, you're headed to motorcycle nirvana. It's hard to describe the park in a few words, but it is the nicest venue that one could possible imagine for a motorcycle relat-ed event. Go to their website for more information. We're still investigating the best possible over-night options, and working towards group rates for the museum entry fees. We'll always work to keep costs low for you.
Citrus County Concours Cruise # 10 Inverness, Fl November 16–18, 2012
Details include free camping, BBQ, nightly bonfire, good area roads and a trip to top local multi brand motorcycle dealerships. Due to their high status as a well attended one day RTE events, the following two rides are listed for your convenience for future plans.
Florida/Georgia Border BBQ Challenge November 10, 2012
Last blast Ride, Titusville, Florida December 15, 2012
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Southeast Concours Owners Group
18th
Run With the Wolf Rally
Wildcat Campground
Suches, GA
April 20 - 21, 2012
1st Rider Information 2nd Rider/Passenger/Guest Info (Please Print) (Please Print)
(circle appropriate)
Name: Name: last name first name last name first name
Street: Street:
City: City:
State/Province: Zip State/Province: Zip
Phone: Cell: Phone: Cell:
E-Mail: E-Mail:
COG# AMA# COG# AMA#
MC Tag# MC Tag# Brand Model Brand Model
Emergency Emergency
Relation Phone Relation Phone
Registration is $25.00 per person, $10.00 discount for current COG members and one guest. Registration price
does not include cost of Camping, room or cabin, and meals are NOT included. Deadline for mail in registration is
April 7, 2012.
Meals will be available for the Saturday dinner, $8.00-10.00, payable to Wildcat Campground.
Liability Release: I understand that the Concours Owners Group (COG) does not assume responsibility for my personal safety in this event. I choose to participate in this event voluntarily, based on my own assessment of my abilities, the routes, conditions, equipment, and facilities. I therefore assume all risks and responsibilities. I release and hold harmless COG, its officers, agents, and all members, from any and all injury and/or loss to my person or property that may result from my participation in this event. I further certify that my vehicle and I are in compliance with all applicable licensure, insurance and financial responsibility laws.
All participants under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian sign the release below, circling as Parent or Guardian. As the parent or guardian of the participant, and being informed or familiar with the risks normally associated with motorcycle events, I hereby, consent to his/her participation in this event, and accept and adopt all the representations and assumptions of risk set forth in the foregoing release.
SIGNATURES:
1
st Rider, Parent/Guardian signature: ____________________________________________________ Date:
2
nd Rider signature: __________________________________________________________________ Date: __________
Make check/money order payable to: Concours Owners Group Amount Enclosed _______________________ Mail Registration and funds to: Al Norcorss, RWTW 2012 339 Little John Av. Do Not Use: ____________________________
Inverness, Fl 34450-2028
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Note from SE Area Director:
This newsletter has been sent via e-mail to all COGers with e-mail addresses. Hard copies were mailed to non-e-mail members only. Emailed newsletters save your volunteer editor time and resources. If you have e-mail, it is important to keep your ‘contact info’, e.g. e-mail address, up-to-date. Please make all corrections on your COGMOS account (see March, 2008 newsletter for in-struction) or with Darrell Ander-s o n , m e m b e r s h i p @ c o g -online.org, who maintains the central membership lists. Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.
The North Georgia COG Members have a regularly scheduled dinner at Rocco's Pub in Marietta, GA every third Thursday from about 7:30 till about 9 PM. We can be found at the rear of the restaurant at a long table or on the deck. We welcome anyone who would like to come socialize and meet some of the local members. Contact Jack Ferguson for more information.
Remember B e sure and check the Online
Calendar for the most re-cent information on events. Get your wrenching done now, so you will be ready for spring!
From the SE AD: Please sign on
at COG-Online (click here to see
11/08 SECOG News for instruc-
tions). This will greatly simplify
how we can send you your newslet-
ter from one central list of SE area
members.
We Thank You!
Join the N. FL COGers for fun, food and fellowship on Third Thursday, Monthly, at Bono’s Bar-BQue 9820 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32257 Contact Thomas Mann for more information.
Run With The Wolf
April 20-21, 2012
Daytona Bike Week
March 9—18, 2012
For Your Calendar
Chili Fest, Bike Week
March 16, 2012
COG Breakfast, Bike Week
March 17, 2012
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