On a recent club ride to West Virginia, something you only read about occurred. It was the first ride after picking up a new Goldwing motorcycle from the dealer. I had been warned by a friend to get a belly pan as he had a relative who had lost all of his oil and destroyed an engine,

I heard about someone who had struck a rock and lost all of their oil. I had also seen on the webboards that this could occur so I had orderd a belly pan as an aftermarket item. The time for the ride was here but the belly pan had not arrived.

There are two aspects to any jacket purchase. A rider of course wants a jacket that will keep them safe while they’re riding. However, leather motorcycle jacket style is also an aspect to notice.

The first decision to make is what size jacket that you want. You’ll have to main styles to choose from; the most classic half waist style, seen in the old cruiser movies, and the trench like three quarter style.

A waist length style is the more classic of the two. This is what you remember James Dean wearing in his classic movies. It offers less coverage of the two, but is definitely more stylish.

THE MAPLES IN MANORVILLE

If you Ride a Motorcycle on Long Island then you have probably been to “The Maples” 10 Ryerson Ave in Manorville, If not with all the great routes you can ride to get there, sooner or later I’m sure you will find yourself parking your bike in front!

If you are a Member of a Motorcycle Club as I am, I’m sure you have heard about how a Judge has banned the Colors of the the Mongols Motorcycle Club. Not only are the Members not aloud to wear their Colors but any item that has their Colors on it must be forfeited upon demand. I can not expect those who are not in a Motorcycle Club to understand what this really means! Twenty years ago this would have struck fear into the soul of every US Citizen! Today I am sure most, probably, will not even hear about it and those that do will probably not care! What has happened to this Country?

Motorcycle Clubs that have lots of Chapters have problems where Government agencies try to say they are Criminal organizations. Now if you are part of something say a Business Association and you need a dentist and you have a dentist as part of your Association most likely you are going to work with him.

Now lets say your part of an Association with 20 chapters and 1 guy from your group deals drugs. Then he meets another guy from a different chapter of your Association who deals drugs too. He then meets another guy from another chapter of your group who deals drugs and then a few more and soon you have 10 guys from 10 different chapters of your group dealing drugs together across the country. Now again this could be any type of group.

Why speak to the MCs in your area before starting a new MC?

I want to address a question I have gotten a lot recently. (I am sure it has a lot to do with the hit show Sons of Anarchy) It is from people who want to start new Motorcycle Clubs. They want to know if they should go to the predominate MCs in their area to talk about starting a new MC first. Many have said to me they do not understand the reason why they should go talk to them! Some have even gone as far as to say that if they have to go to the predominate MC in their area and ask permission that just proves that MC is a Criminal Gang! Not sure how they came to that conclusion but they are some very strong words sent over the computer.