Perris Cycle Show and Poker
Run
June 4th & 5th,
2005
By
Bob Stark
The weekend started out with slightly hazy
weather on Saturday for the Poker Run.
It soon gave way to bright sunshine and a phone call from President Tim
saying he was in a traffic mess on the 91 freeway, but would soon be to the
starting point. It was a pleasant ride
with no mishaps – just a detour in Banning due to a parade. Tim even found some nice back roads in the
hills above Yucaipa that he had never been
on.
The run ended by 2 PM in downtown Perris
with the trophies being awarded shortly thereafter. Tim did well on his poker hand drawing,
having his name called for presentation.
Our SoCal Chapter had seven (7) members present for the Poker Run (and
14 members present on Sunday for the show), so we also received the trophy for
largest Club in attendance. After
receiving the trophies, Tim gave a short speech about our club.
At the conclusion of his speech, he was
immediately served with an arrest warrant for riding a 101 Indian Scout and
escorted to the jail house! A short time
later, Mark Larsen and Bob Stark decided to take pity on him and post his
bail. While walking to the jail, we
found Tim walking toward us! He said the
marshal wasn’t watching him closely and he escaped. We weren’t convinced, as we were sure he must
have had a desperate shootout along with his jail break. We escorted him back to his trusty Scout and
bid him “bon voyage.” As he headed back
toward home, he made good with his getaway before the marshal could get his
posse ready to come after him.
For those of you who did not attend, it
was a festive weekend with games, rides, carnival, vendors, etc. One event was Western-dressed cowboys
enacting shootouts in the street, and arresting people upon request, putting
them in a mock jail; Tim wasn’t really arrested for cause!
On Sunday, we had fourteen (14) of our
chapter members who entered their cycles in the show. Awards were taken home by Lloyd Whitworth,
Bob Stark, Mark Larsen, Jerry Unis, Grace McKean, John Ambrosio, Jim Falk, Bill
Harris and Cindy Parsons. In addition to
the class awards, there was a huge “People’s Choice” trophy for the most
popular cycle in the show. This was
voted on by attendees, and to his great surprise, the trophy was awarded to
Jerry Unis for his Red and Black 1947 Indian Chief. Congratulations, Jerry! The big problem is finding a shelf area with
enough overhead to accommodate the huge 3 foot trophy!
All of those in attendance had a fun time;
here’s hoping to see more of our members in attendance next year, but thanks to
all who participated.
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