Central California Classic Cycle Club
6375 N Sharon, Fresno Ca 93710
President and Newsletter Editor - Bob Miller gjm14@fresno.com
phone (559) 447-0795

April 2002 Newsletter

C’s Swap meet at Mathews Harley Davidson.
Last month on March 16 C’s had our swap meet . The weather was a little iffy. Donn Donnelly came down from Oakhurst and said it was snowing up there. We didn’t have a lot of sellers but many members came by to check out all of the “stuff” for sale. Mathews likes us having the swap-meet there because when people can’t find what they want out there they come inside and buy stuff. I guess if you really want to find or sell stuff locally you need to go to Hanford.

Central Valley Crusiers Bike Breakout.
On Saturday 23 the Valley Cruisers had their Bike Breakout at Clawson’s. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate with them either and their event got rained on. I rode over there around noon and got sprinkled on. It continued to drizzle for another hour . As you can imagine there were few bike on display. In the “classic” class 6 of the 7 bikes were C’s people.
Dave Gearhart, Jon Martino, Mike Middleton, showed bikes and I Can’t remember the others now. (They say your memory is the first thing to go.) Best bike in the classic group was a Harley Panhead that was very nice. In a cruiser show it deserved first place, in my opinion.
   With the rain coming down the show wound up early just about the time the time the rain quit and the sun came out. I hope they do it again and the weather is better.

D & D Bike Barn Bikefest.
On April 6 D & D bike barn had their 10th annual Bikefest. There were several interesting bikes on display. One was a Kawasaki motocrosser from the seventies with just a few miles on it. The owner was in a car wreck and never rode it. Another bike with only 600 miles was a Wards Riverside. In reality it was a Benelli 260. It was in very good condition except the petcocks that leaked a steady stream when turned on. Curt Fornier had a James Moto-crosser from England made in the mid 50‘s. It used a Villers 250 engine. He had just bought it and got it running for the first time at the show.
One bike that delighted the crowd was a “Cushman” scooter. Very little was left of the original bike. In place of the stock motor was a v-twin Brigs and Stratton engine that sounded just like a Harley Davidson.
 Several people stepped up to fill the shoes of Don Roofs and made Chili and other goodies. One guy brought a deep fryer and made corndogs and French-fries, another made chilidogs. I had to leave at 4 pm and was stuffed. I’m sure there was plenty of food for the rest of the weekend.

Goodies Given Away at  C’s March Meeting!
At the March meeting C’s gave away over 30 items in the monthly 50/50 raffle. Items were as small as little pins commemorating Honda’s 50 years in business. Several posters were given away some were of factory racers. others were of bikes or events. We also gave away some t-shirts. with a variety of marques on them. Because we had more to offer we raised 75 bucks for the winner of the 50/50 pot. Bob Miller won and donated it back to the club.
   Mark Fletcher brought his just finished Honda 305 scrambler. It fired right up and purred like a kitten. this bike took several years of spare time work to get completed. George Copland, Phil Lips, and Bob Miller worked on it along with Caps doing the powder coating.
   If you have a bike you would like to share with fellow bike nuts bring it along or give me Bob Miller a call.
   Hopefully next month we will be back on the deck outside. Now that the weather is better and daylight savings time has arrived it should be more fun out there.

Chuck Coffman to lead April breakfast ride.
On April 21 Chuck Coffman will lead a ride toward Kings Canyon. The ride will start at 8 am. at the Chevron station at the corner of Clovis Ave. and Kings Canyon. the ride will go from there to Kingsburg and Katy’s restaurant for Swedish Pancakes. If you haven't had Swedish pancakes Chuck guarantees they are special!
   After we have tanked up we will make our way along the back roads toward Kings Canyon through Badger. There is a stretch of road called “Hogs Back Ridge” that is a bikers dream to ride and Chuck is going to take us there. We will head back towards Dunlap on the back roads and from there make our way through Wonder Valley to check out the wild flowers. If you are not familiar with Wonder Valley it is famous for the abundant wild flowers growing there.
   Come to the April meeting and we will have a map of the route.

Vintage Days West  April 26-28
C’s members are planning to attend the races at Vintage Days West held at Sears Point. Bring a bike to show, race, or just ride around. the races are spread out and a pit bike is great for commuting from the pits up to the motocross area.  The roads around Sears point are great. You might want to join Cycle Worlds rolling concours. Just look out for the people visiting the wineries. . There is more info in the April issue of Cycle World. Cycle Gear on Blackstone is suppose to have 10 dollar off discount coupons.

Entry forms for Dan Rouit’s Open House trickling in.
I’ve started to get a few entry forms back in for the show at Dan Rouit’s
open house. Work has begun on the plaques and they are coming along nicely. To help pay for the plaques C’s is going to have a silent auction table. Some items have been donated but we can always use more. If you or your business have an item to donate call us so we can plan for it. Any left over money will go to the museum. Larry Koop will be calling members to invite them to show. If you do not hear from him by May first please call me at 447-0795 if you want to get a bike or two in the show. entry forms need to be back by May 10 to give me time to get the plaques done.
   C’s will also have a clean up day at the museum on Saturday May 11. Come by and help spiff up the place. If 4 or 5 guys come by and help we can get a lot done in a two hours. plan on arriving by 10 am. and quitting at noon.
   It looks like C’s will host the Sunday morning ride to the open house this year. Please call me if you would like to help lay out the route on this ride. We will again start from the traditional starting place at the Kountry Kitchen at Herndon and Cedar. A leisure trip through the foothills starting around 9 am. If you have a good idea for the route come to the next meeting.

T-shirts; Time to order
Several people have been asking when we are going to make more t-shirts. Now is the time to order. The bad news is the prices have gone up slightly. Short sleeve shirts will run 12 bucks. Long sleeve shirts will be 16 bucks. The good news is that there is more selection of colors. I am going to look into the cost of sweatshirts if any one is interested?