CHAPTER FL2-N OFFICERS

Chapter Director

Jim & Elaine Beattie

321-480-4342

Jbeattie7@cfl.rr.com

Assistant Chapter Director

Paul & Pat Lytle

407-873-1455

Chapter Educator

Skip & Liz Sluder

Chapter Treasurer Dave Furrow

321-890-6084

Membership Enhancement

Paul & Pat Lytle

407-873-1455

CHAPTER TEAM

Newsletter Editor

Elaine Beattie

321-480-4342

Ride Coordinator

Jake Rhodes & Connie Mavis

321-474-8265

Public Relations George & Kathy Faith

321-406-0438 /321-537-4053

Sunshine/Goodies Sales Vacant

Individual of the Year - 2017

Robert Freeman

Motorist Awareness

Vacant

Web Master /

Beth Scott

FL2N Web Site

www.fl2n.org/

Florida Web Site

www.gwrraflorida.com

GWRRA Web Site

www.gwrra.org/

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

Linda Shea 03/16

John Shea 03/23

Joel Shealy 03/28

MARCH ANNIVERSARIES

Tony & Samantha 03/15

GWRRA OFFICERS & STAFF

Director of GWRRA Ray & Sandi Garris

Deputy Directors East

Bob & Nan Shrader

Region “A” Directors Jim & Sue Jackson

Senior District Directors

Bill & Gina Berry

Assistant District Director

Rally Work Assignment Coordinator

Cliff Hotchkiss

Assistant District Directors

Membership Enhancement

Bill & Cheryl Smith

Assistant District Directors

Motorist Awareness Coordinator

Nate & Danelle Kinion

Assistant District Directors

District Rally Vendor Coordinator

Denis Turcotte & Nikki Baha

Assistant District Directors

District Rally Hospitality

Harry & Lynn Anderson

Assistant District Directors

Rally Registration Coordinators

Goodie Sales

Geno & Kathie Jette

Assistant District Directors

Couple of the Year Coordinators

Jeff & Lisa Duffy

District Leadership Trainers

Norm & Maggie Van Dame

Senior District Rider Educators

Rick & Pam Northrop

Assistant Rider Educators (South)

Ray & Claudia Vega

Assistant Rider Educators (North

District Webmaster

Scott & Kathy Kelly

District Treasurer

Chapter of the Year Coordinators

Pat Van Lengen

District Leadership Trainers

District Photographer

District Couple of the Year

Norm & Maggie Van Dame

Space Coast Wings GWRRA SOUTHEAST REGION “A”

CHAPTER FL2-N

MARCH 2017

FL2-N Gathering

Wednesday March 22

Jimmies Restaurant

1729 Admiralty Blvd, Rockledge

Eat @ 6PM, Meet @ 7PM

Member Contribution

Logan’s? What Logan’s? That is how we started out February. This was the

month for changes, miss-directions, and Opps. Other than that, it was a

wonderful month.

First, Jake led us on a wonderful ride to Logan’s. The only issue was that Paul

took off on his own, even though we were honking our air horns, yelling, and

flashing lights, Paul continued on his own way. What Paul did not realize was

that we stopped at Longhorns instead of Logan’s as a last minute decision.

You had to be there to believe what transpired.

Then we had “floating plans”. We had planned to visit FL1-T Inverness for their Double Points meeting.

Unfortunately, we had an injury at work and this delayed Ro. We finally made it to their meeting and thank

goodness they were running late. We got to eat and make their meeting. If you have never been to Rexel Drugs

in Inverness, it is a place you need to go. They stay open late for FL1-T’s meeting, and well worth the visit.

And then there was Grahams, but which Grahams? Here we went again. At least this time we were much closer

to the locations involved. We had Grahams Beach Grill scheduled, but they were too small to handle our group.

Luckily, they had another restaurant across the street that could handle us. Grahams Smokehouse. Good place

to go by way. See picture page.

Paul reports on the Chili Cook-off and Wingtoberfest in his article. So I will move on to Our double points

meeting which was Kissy Kissy Kissy. What was with all the kissing? I am not one against public affection,

but in this case I am, because I wasn’t getting in on it.

Skip and Liz, that was an excellent motorcycle safety presentation. You definitely got everyone’s attention. Liz

led us in a quiz of motorcycle safety knowledge. Paul was the “first” one to get the answer correct and Skip

grabbed Paul and gave him a big juicy red lipstick kiss. From then on it was pandemonium. Correct answer,

you got a kiss. Everyone wanted big red lips. Wonderful presentation guys. I know that the chapters that

visited us will take that one back to their chapters.

We are so thankful for the all of the chapters that visited us. FL1-G Deltona, FL1-H Daytona, FL1-H2 Orlando,

FL1-K Palm Coast, and believe it or not, all the way from Ft. Myers, FL2-G. Thank you so much for your

support.

It was a wonder get together. That is what is all about. Getting together as a group and having fun from time to

time with those friends we don’t get to see on a regular basis.

Buddy Freddy’s and Parksdale for Strawberry Shortcake to end the month. Now that is a day. It was a beautiful

day to ride, but unfortunately, Ro and I were grandbaby sitting, so we had to take the car. The biggest problem

was the ride back with 6 flats of fresh strawberries. The smell was wonderful, but very distracting all the way

back.

I do not know what has happened with the traffic patterns in central Florida, but the trip back through Lakeland,

Hanes City, and Kissimmee was painfully slow. The traffic lights are on extended stay. Fair warning, you

might want to find a different direction to go if heading to the Lakeland area from here. I-4 is I-4 and it won’t

get any better, but there has got to be a better way. It use to be that going 92 and 17 was not too bad, but I don’t

recommend it right now.

March is going to be a good month. There are a lot of activities planned, plus the Florida District Rally. We

were trying to put in some extra rides this month, but the calendar got full too fast. We are having to put off

some of the bigger rides until April. Not a bad thing. We will get as much riding in before the hot weather as

we can.

We sure hope to see you at our upcoming events. You never know, it might be a Kissy Kissy night!!! [

Ride Safe and Ride Often,

Mo & Ro…

FL2-N Members

Information pulled from the District Newletter:

The February newsletter article talked about visitation to Chapter Rallies and

Double Points which are scheduled in March.

3/4/17 FL2-L Lakeland

Eat @ 8:00 a.m. Meeting @ 9:00 a.m.

3/7//17 FL1-L2 Wesley Chapel

Eat @ 6:00 p.m. Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

3/18/17 FL1-A Tampa

Eat @ 6:00 p.m. Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

3/23 – 3/25/17

Florida District Rally to be held at

Hilton/Orlando

350 North Lake Blvd.

Altamonte Springs, FL

Our Chapter has been asked to work the games at the Rally on Friday, March 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Please make every effort to come and help support our Chapter at this event. Also, the Daytona Bike Week

celebrations will start on March 10th thru the 19th.

Making the effort to attend the various chapter’s double points meetings, will help bring a better camaraderie

amongst the many chapters within the state of Florida. This also affords the opportunity to build many new

friendships with other members who enjoy riding their Goldwing’s and the GWRRA family beyond their chapter.

Paul & Pat Lytle

FL2-N Assistant Chapter Directors

Chapter Educator

FL2-N Safety Corner

In the last few articles, I’ve been talking about the GWRRA

Rider Ed Levels program. Last month, I highlighted Level I,

safety by commitment. This month, the focus is on Level II,

safety by education.

Level II: Tour Rider/Co-Rider

Safety by Education

1) GWRRA member enrolled as Level I

2) Hold a current motorcycle endorsement on

the driver's license

3) Have 5,000 Safe Miles as a GWRRA member

4) Have completed an approved GWRRA riding course within the past three years or a

sanctioned PLP (Parking Lot Practice) within the last year. Co-Rider may substitute the

GWRRA Co-Rider Seminar.

GWRRA recognizes a number of riding courses, including the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and others.

Note that many courses require the rider to complete the course once before the co-rider participates

on the course, but a Co-Rider can always take the Co-Rider Seminar to qualify.

Last month, I also wrote about target fixation and mentioned scanning. Some of us might remember

the acronym SIPDE:

S = Scan

I = Identify

P = Predict

D = Decide

E = Execute

As you drive or ride, you should be constantly scanning, watching for

anything that might be a danger. Once you spot a hazard, you identify

it. Then, you predict what will happen and how to avoid it. You then

decide on your best course of action and, finally, execute an appropriate

action. As noted by an author online, it was a lot easier on a bicycle

going 15mph and much hard on a motorcycle or car going 65mph.

As always, Ride Safe,

Skip & Liz, FL2-N Rider Eds

As we all know, February is a short month, however, we have been a very

active bunch with our three kicktire dinners on Wednesday evenings and our

own double points chapter meeting on the 22nd of this month. On Saturday,

February 4th, we had a great ride to the Longhorn Steakhouse in Sanford. We

had seven members and three guests who participated. All went well, except

somehow I got separated from the group and Mo and Roberta came to find

me. All in all, it was a great day and the food was good.

On the 11th, Paul, myself, Jim and Marcia attended the Annual Ft. Myers

Chapter Chili Cook Off which was held at the Sunsports Honda dealership.

There was also a great car show on the grounds with many types of old cars and hot rods on display. Tom Mitchell

from Deltona won 2nd place in the Chili Cook Off and 1st place was taken by Tampa. They had a silent auction, a 50-

25-25 drawing, and they also gave away a rear tire for a Goldwing as grand prize. It was a great event. After the rally,

Tom and Linda Mitchell took those who wanted to attend on their famous DQ ride.

On the 18th the FL2-A West Palm Chapter had their rally, Wingtoberfest, at the John Stretch Park in Lake Harbor, FL.

There were 200 people in attendance from 15 different chapters. The Fort Lauderdale group won the most attending

from a chapter. Mo and Roberta were the road captains on the ride and took us on an adventurous journey over

many back roads, through fog, smoke and by sugar cane fields. We ventured down many narrow roads with deep

ditches, but we made it to our destination safely. They served up a great meal of hamburgers, brats, potato salad, soft

pretzel, sauerkraut, chips and drinks. There was plenty of beer, that is root beer, and root beer barrel candies were

spread out on the tables. There were many articles for the silent auction which included helmets, carry-all bags,

shirts, jackets, fancy dishes as well as many other items. We liked their new approach for game prizes. They had

various baskets filled with different prizes from baking goods, candy, candles and much more. Whoever’s ticket was

pulled, received one of the baskets which made the drawings more exciting. They had one long table with baskets on

both sides available for this drawing. It was really a neat idea. There was the usual 50/25/25 drawings and grand

prize drawings as well.

Paul & Pat Lytle

FL2-N Membership Enhancement Coordinators

Upcoming GWRRA Events

2016/17 Florida/Region/National GWRRA Events

Date Event

February 11th

, 2017 FL2-G Chili Cook-off

February 18th

, 2017 FL2-A WINGTOBERFEST – John Stretch Park, Lake Harbor FL

March 23rd

-25th

, 2017 38th Annual Florida District Gathering of the Wings, "A Tropical

Paradise"

April 15, 2017 FL1-G Motorcycle Safety Safari

April 29, 2017 FL1-K Chapter Rally "Just Another Day in Paradise!”

May 5th

-7th

, 2017 South Carolina, Winging it Southern Style

May 18th

– 20th

, 2017 Alabama District Rally, Sitcom Mania

June 22nd

– 24th

, 2017 Georgia District Rally, Wingin at the Races

August 29th

– Sept 2nd

, 2017 Wing Ding 39

October 12th

– 14th

, 2017 Mississippi District Rally, Masquerade on the MS-Coast

Don’t forget to check out our website WWW.FL2N.ORG for all of the latest updates and changes. If you are

having issues getting the website to work, please let me know and I will help the best I can.

Spring is almost here and it is time to go back to Daylight Saving Time. Don’t forget to change your clocks March 12th .

Chapter Events

Wingtoberfest – FL2-A

Chapter Events

Graham’s Smokehouse

Chapter Events Parksdale in Plant City

Chapter Events Double Points Meeting

WHOLE LOT A KISSING GOING ON

MARCH 2017

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

1

KICKTIRE – Off the Traxx

918 E New Haven Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901 www.offthetraxx.com (321) 327-2919

2 3

4 Double Points visit:

FL2-L Lakeland

Breakfast @ 8:00 am

Meeting @ 9:00 am

5 6 7

Double Points visit:

FL1-L2 Wesley Chapel

Dinner @ 6:00 pm

Meeting @ 7:00 pm

8

KICKTIRE – Ashley’s of Rockledge 1609 US-1, Rockledge, FL 32955 www.ashleysofrockledge.com (321) 636-6430

9 10 11

Swamp House

Riverfront Grill

DeBary, FL 32713

Cracker Barrel, T-ville

KSU 10:00am

12 13 14 15

KICKTIRE – Meg O’Malley’s 812 E New Haven Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901 www.megomalleys.com (321) 952-5510

16 17 18

Double Points visit:

FL1-A Tampa

Dinner @ 5:30 pm

Meeting @ 7:00 pm

19

East Lake Boggy

Creek Resort & RV

Park,

Kissimmee, FL

BK, KSU 08:00 am

20 21

22 MONTHLY GATHERING Jimmie’s Restaurant 1729 Admiralty Blvd Rockledge 632-4611 Dinner @ 6:30 PM Meeting @ 7:30 PM

23 24 25

26 27 28 29

KICKTIRE – Kelsey’s 1954 US-1, Rockledge, FL kelseyspizzeria.com (321) 433-0095

30 31

BK = Burger King @ 520/I-95

CB = Cracker Barrel Titusville Hwy @50/I-95

PSJ = Winn Dixie Parking Lot, @6107-6165 N Cocoa Blvd Port St John

Lowes=Lowes, Rockledge @ Fiske/I-95

KSU = Kick Stands Up

PLEASE NOTE THE KICKTIRES DON’T MEET TILL 6:00PM

THE PLACES ARE TOLD THAT ARRIVALS COULD START SHOWING UP 15 MINUTES BEFORE (5:45), PLEASE TRY AND DO SO. PLEASE INFORM THEM THAT ALL THE

FOLKS WILL BE ORDERING AS THEY ARRIVE AND FOOD ISTO BE SERVED WHEN READY NOT TO HOLD FOR OTHERS

38th Annual FL District Gathering of the Wings

Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs

350 Northlake Blvd, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701