The
SoCal Chapter has been a sponsor of this Charity ride for the past 5 years. This
ride raises money for the Boy’s and Girls Club of Santa Ana. Our efforts this
year assisted in $70,000 dollars being given to the Club for programs to help
the kids! Thanks to you SoCal Chapter members for the support! 550 riders
showed up for the event which consisted of a continental breakfast, a 90 mile
ride, lunch, a pin and a shirt, and a ticket to the Eddie Money concert. Really quite a bargain for the $35 dollar donation.
Our
Club leads the riders through the canyons and up the coast. We had 15 riders at
the start and we were met at the end site by another 10 bikes. We had a real
nice display area under the shade trees to have our lunch and listen to the
music. Chuck Vernon tried to add to the music by starting his 8 valve Hendee
special. Unfortunately something clogged the main jet and the bike would not
run. Chuck called last night and said that he found the clog and put the
carburetor back together. The bike started on the 2nd kick in his
garage, imagine that!
Homer
Knapp showed with the old Ranchero loaded to the gunrails! He brought the
Ariel/Norton to show and an original 39 (with 47 front end) Ariel to ride. He
also brought a French bicycle, tandem, with a Cyclo–Rex 30 cc motor mounted to
the down tube. Now I am here to tell
you, I have never seen anything so cute! Homer had this thing up on a stand and
he started it whenever someone asked about it. It came complete with a basket
on the back rack that had a loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, and a French flag.
I thought Homer was going to put on a beret and ask the ladies out for a
date!
Frank
Clover brought out a very rare BSA Model Y13 to round out the display. Also in
attendance were Ralph Krough with his Red Hunter, Walt Frey with his Harley
‘45, Tom Hart with his ‘36 chief, Tom Lovejoy with his ‘40 scout, Dave
Neiderhaus on his scout, Gerald Unis on his ‘39 scout, Janis on the ‘29 101, TJ
Graber on my ‘48 chief and Matt Burns (Graber) on my ‘40 knuckle. All in all a
great ride on a beautiful day with wonderful friends! Let’s do it again next year!