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Welcome to Valley Riders
NEXT MEETING IS SATURDAY, July 18, 2020 at 8:30am SEVENS Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis. Come earlier if you'd like to enjoy breakfast Lots of fun events coming up. Glad you are planning on attending. Find the Monthly Calendar on the Rides Page |
Recent ActivitiesCandy Cane Lane Walk, Dec. 12 On Thursday, December 12 we will be meeting up at Jerry's home for some pizza, then walking over to Candy Cane Lane to view all the beautiful holiday decorations. It's become a tradition for family and friends to bring in the spirit of the season. If you prefer not to walk we will load up a couple of cars and drive over then meet back up at the house for some deserts. We hope you can make it. Contact Jerry for address and/or directions.
Monthly meeting. 3rd Saturday of the month, Seven's Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis
Christmas Lunch, Dec. 14 This year we are going to Andiamo Ristorante Italiano in Clovis on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 11:30am social, 12pm lunch. Cost is $20 per person. We have a special select menu. Choose from Combination Pasta plate with Ravioli, Lasagna and Spaghetti, 2) Chicken Marsala, 3) Grilled Salmon or 4) Chicken Piccata. All are served with salad, bread and butter, tea or coffee and desert. Gratuity is included in the $20. They have a full bar selection and wine list for your enjoyment.
We have a fun gift exchange planned this year. We will not be playing steal a gift, but another fun game with dice. Those that plan to participate should bring a wrapped gift valued at no more that $20. Family and friends are welcome. Please make your selection and pay the $20 per person on or before December 5. I will be collecting orders on the November 16th meeting. Thank you, Sindi Nov. 16th Ride to Three Rivers What a nice ride to Three Rivers. We started out with 9 bikes and a cage. When we arrived around 11:45am we had 12 people and 6 bikes and the cage. A few riders had some other plans but went as far as they could to head off to their destination. Jerry lead the ride through the foothills with some great twists and limited traffic. For the motorcycle I know it was a fun time, the car I took it a little slower, but we arrived safely and rode into Three Rivers as a group.
Lunch was at River Side Restaurant which is scenic and right on the river. You can find pictures on the pictures page. This was a nice ride and I look forward to it again next year. Information VideosMSF offers several videos for the new and experienced rider. Click on any of the links and find the video on the right of page.
Welcome to the Ride Basic Rider Course Group Riding Street Rider Course I Motorcycle Safety Foundation provides helpful information for safe riding.
Valley Riders Printable Brochure Riding In A Group T-CLOCS Pre-ride check list Pretend You Are Invisible Riding With A Passenger Protective Gear |
Hello Riders: Our Welcome Back meeting was held on June 20, 2020. It was great to see everyone again. We had 16 riders present including 2 new riders, Brad and Kim Costill. We had a lot of birthday and anniversaries over the past few months and wanted to wish everyone that celebrated a warm and friendly Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday. John T. will be following up with anyone who did not respond to the email on whether they wanted to continue being a member and receive communication. He will be updating our member roster following those contacts. We voted to pay Sindi $150.00 of the money we owe her for the shirts. We still have some long and short sleeve shirts available that we are selling at a reduced price of $17.00- $21.00. We will have them at the July meeting. We concluded with our monthly drawing for which Rick was our big winner. It was an enjoyable meeting. Following the meeting Vern led 7 bikes (10 People) on a nice ride through the countryside ending at Superior Dairy in Hanford. It was yummy delicious! There's a few pictures posted on the pictures page. Upcoming events: Next Social - Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 5:30 - Rileys Brew Pub, 2674 Owens Parkway in Clovis Next Meeting: Saturday, July 18, 2020 8:30am - SEVENS Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis. Main topic will be ride planning for the balance of the year. Please bring your ideas! Slow Maneuvers is the video Dennis shared. Set up your own course and give it a try.
Information LinksLane Splitting
There has been a lot of talk about lane splitting and we found some good articles and information. CHP Lane Splitting Tips Article: https://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Home/News-Story/california-highway-patrol-releases-lane-splitting-tips CHP link: Download Lane Splitting Safety Tips https://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/DesktopModules/EasyDNNNews/DocumentDownload.ashx?portalid=3&moduleid=4097&articleid=11778&documentid=445 I hope you find this helpful. Thanks to Dennis for sharing this info. Our Monthly Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month at 8:30 am, Seven's Restaurant, Minnewawa and Shaw in Clovis. Fun, information, ride updates, prizes and plenty of good conversation. Join us.
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Valley Riders
Welcome to Valley Riders, an independent riding group that enjoys riding, socializing over great food, and the company of like minded bike enthusiasts. We have a diverse group of members as well as motorcycles. As long as you enjoy riding you'll find a place with Valley Riders. We are located in the Central Valley of California less than 2 hours from Yosemite (60 miles) and 2 1/2 hours to Pismo Beach (150 miles). Our base is in Fresno, which allows for some great mountain riding as well as coastal rides.
Our members live in Fresno and the surrounding areas including Madera, Kingsburg, and Lemoore. As a motorcycle riding group we meet the third Saturday of the month at the Seven's Restaurant located at Minnewawa & Shaw Avenue in Fresno. We meet at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast with a meeting following to talk, and to share information on upcoming rides. Often we will plan a ride following our monthly meeting to some fun destination.
Our members are made up of Military veterans, school teachers, truck drivers and other working folks as well as retirees. Our rides may be only a few hours to more local destinations such as museums, a chocolate factory or interesting restaurant to longer rides to the coast or mountains to beat the heat. No matter where we go we have a great time. You may also find great overnight rides to destinations such as Tahoe. Many of our members have ridden to national parks, motorcycle rally's, and several have experienced the Run for the Wall in Washington D.C. You don't need to go on all the rides, you just pick your favorites and enjoy the company of good friends and the freedom of the road. Valley Riders began in March of 2014. We have just celebrated our 6th year anniversary in 2020.
Our members live in Fresno and the surrounding areas including Madera, Kingsburg, and Lemoore. As a motorcycle riding group we meet the third Saturday of the month at the Seven's Restaurant located at Minnewawa & Shaw Avenue in Fresno. We meet at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast with a meeting following to talk, and to share information on upcoming rides. Often we will plan a ride following our monthly meeting to some fun destination.
Our members are made up of Military veterans, school teachers, truck drivers and other working folks as well as retirees. Our rides may be only a few hours to more local destinations such as museums, a chocolate factory or interesting restaurant to longer rides to the coast or mountains to beat the heat. No matter where we go we have a great time. You may also find great overnight rides to destinations such as Tahoe. Many of our members have ridden to national parks, motorcycle rally's, and several have experienced the Run for the Wall in Washington D.C. You don't need to go on all the rides, you just pick your favorites and enjoy the company of good friends and the freedom of the road. Valley Riders began in March of 2014. We have just celebrated our 6th year anniversary in 2020.
Valley Riders Motorcycle Group: Our group has been in existence since March 2014 with more than 65 members. The group has traveled quite a few miles in a short period of time. We’ve traveled along the Coast of California to places like Moss Landing, Monterey, Cambria, Santa Cruz, Pismo Beach, Carmel, Big Sur and Avila Beach (Annual Frozen Bun Run), San Jose (Lick Observatory), Danville (Blackhawk Car Museum), Fairfield (Fairfield Brewery), Paso Robles (Estrella War Birds Museum). We traveled to places in Central California like Hilmar (Hilmar Cheese Factory), Porterville (Stafford Chocolate Factory), and Hanford (Superior Dairy). We have also traveled to the mountains of California to places like Kings Canyon National Park / Sequoia National Park, Huntington Lake, Three Rivers, San Joaquin River Delta (Delta Loop), Kings River (Cedar Grove), Mariposa (Mt Bullion) and Groveland (Airport Ride to Ken and Linda Stark’s home). We’ve traveled to overnight places like Sacramento (Gold Rush Ride) and along the Northern Coast of California (North Coast Ride). And of course, we traveled locally within the Fresno (Forestiere Underground Gardens, Grizzly Baseball Game) /Clovis (Dan Rouit Museum) area. We can’t forget about all the great places we ate at. There are too many to mention, but our Annual Family and Friends Picnic and of course, the Christmas Party at Cosmopolitan Bar and Grill are always our favorites.
Safety is always an important element while we traveled the open roads of our country. We have had Parking Lot Practices and CPR/ First Aid classes to keep us and our motorcycles finely tuned. We want to thank our Safety Coordinators Jerry Gregg and John Cunningham, Randy Patrick and Randy Hopkins for all the practice on our motorcycles. We would also like to thank Jerry and Jamie Slater for teaching us the proper techniques of CPR and First Aid.
by Wendy our Newsletter Editor (2014-2017)
Safety is always an important element while we traveled the open roads of our country. We have had Parking Lot Practices and CPR/ First Aid classes to keep us and our motorcycles finely tuned. We want to thank our Safety Coordinators Jerry Gregg and John Cunningham, Randy Patrick and Randy Hopkins for all the practice on our motorcycles. We would also like to thank Jerry and Jamie Slater for teaching us the proper techniques of CPR and First Aid.
by Wendy our Newsletter Editor (2014-2017)