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Welcome to Valley Riders June 29 - Ride to Jone's Store above Bass Lake July 11 - Dinner Ride to Triangle Drive In, Fresno near Hoover High School, 5:30pm July 20 - Seven's Restaurant for Monthly Meeting, ride to follow July 27 - Kings Canyon Ride Lots of fun events coming up. Glad you are planning on attending. Find the Monthly Calendar on the Rides Page |
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 new motorcycle riding group we meet the third Saturday of the month at the Yosemite Falls restaurant located at Hwy 99 and Ashlan Avenue in Fresno. We meet at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast, 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, retired and working folks. 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 Ride to 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.
Our members live in Fresno and the surrounding areas including Madera, Kingsburg, and Lemoore. As a new motorcycle riding group we meet the third Saturday of the month at the Yosemite Falls restaurant located at Hwy 99 and Ashlan Avenue in Fresno. We meet at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast, 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, retired and working folks. 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 Ride to 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.
Small TalkRider Safety, March 23, 2019Here you will find Dennis working on his driving skills at the recent Rider Safety seminar held at the Post 509 on Saturday, March 23, 2019.
Slow Maneuvers is the video Dennis shared. Set up your own course and give it a try. Dinner Social in March 14, 2019 This month we visited Westwood BBQ in Fresno. Everyone was ready for some BBQ and we weren't disappointed. Our group of 15 had a cozy room to ourselves in the back of the restaurant. They were plenty busy so it was nice to have a quiet place we could hear and talk..
Doug and Coral were heading out on Friday for Arizona so it was a great time to wish them well. Ruth made the best German Chocolate cake that we all shared. Thank you Ruth as this really made it special for Coral and Doug. They will be missed, so we'll just have to ride to Arizona to visit. Ride to Runway Cafe
Right after our meeting on Saturday, March 16 we have 8 bikes and a car head off to Woodlake. Dennis had a ride meeting and it was decided we'd head out Shaw Ave. All went well until we got to the 180 and because of traffic we were separated. The front group continued up the 180, while the second group headed towards Reedley at the fork. The good part was that everyone knew the final destination and the ride continued as two smaller groups. It all worked out and as we got closer to Woodlake Oscar kept saying he could hear Jerry and within minutes of our arrival to Runway Cafe the first group rolled in. It made for some fun conversation. Not everyone has a CB, and you never know when the group will caught up in heavy traffic. We all arrive about the same time, Vern got our name on the list and we had a group of about 10 for lunch. The ride from Seven's to Runway Cafe took about an hour and 20 minutes. Nice ride, great weather and we certainly had a good time visiting with other riders. The ride back was over to Hwy 99, then North and we were back within an hour. Great ride, be safe. 
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Meetings
Monthly meeting. 3rd Saturday of the month, Seven's Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis
NEXT MEETING IS SATURDAY, July 20, 2019 - Seven's Restaurant Hello Riders: Hope your week is going well. At our last meeting on Saturday, June 15 it was a smaller than usual group as I know many people were out of town visiting family for Father's Day. I sure hope yours was enjoyable. We have some great dad's in our group and we wish you a very Happy Father's Day. Terry has taken on the raines as the new Leader and did a bang up job. Due to the busier than usual weekend our meeting was cut a little short and as usual we adapted quickly. We had a wonderful update from both Dennis and Jerry regarding their Rides to the Wall in Washington DC. As someone that has never been, living through their experiences was wonderful. I could tell it certainly means more than just a bike ride with a bunch of dudes. Dennis encouraged others to do it. Jerry talked about many of the places he's now been and checked off his buck list. Certain a life changing experience and I'm glad they both are back safe. Jerry said his distance was nearly 10,000 miles this trip, going across county then up north to Maine. Thank you for your service and the honor you have shown. John T talked about all the birthdays and anniversaries we have in June and July. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and a shot out to Oscar and Charlene celebrating their wedding day on the 4th just like Big John and me. This past social was at Dicicco in Kingsburg and we had a minimal turnout. Dennis and Kristy said the food was good but maybe the weather was just too warm for a ride. Stay in town on hot days. Next month it's Triangle Drive In on Bullard and First. Dennis talked about the safety issues of riding for long periods of time. Being tired and letting your brain go into a brain fog is serious concerns. That split second can make a difference. We shared some stories about being over tired and avoiding it. Get plenty of sleep, get off the bike when your tired and check your gear. Lots of good advise. Our calendar is looking a little thin and Dennis is asking for your input. He wants to add some new destinations. Send him your suggestions. Terry mentioned that he and Suzanne would be going to Kings Canyon on Sunday morning and invited anyone that would like to join them to meet at Perkos on Kings Canyon and Clovis Ave at 9am. The ride on Saturday was postponed till August when the museum had an open house. More information to come. We closed the meeting with our drawing and yours truly won. You have to be there to win so I'm feeling pretty good about my $25. Our next meeting is Saturday, July 20 at 8:30am at Seven's. Remember we have a ride to Jone's Store on Saturday, June 29. Hope you can make it. Have a safe month and we'll see you soon. Remember!!! Next Meeting: Saturday, July 20, 2019, 8:30am - SEVENS Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis Dinner Ride Social: Thursday, July 11, 2019, 5:30pm - Triangle Drive In near Hoover High School on Bullard Ave and First. Lane 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. I am always looking for pictures from rides or write-ups from your experiences to add to our website. We no longer have a monthly newsletter and the website belongs to Valley Riders. Send you articles and pictures to Sindi, smcguire@csufresno.edu. In addition if you know of rides that may be of interest to our members send me a copy of their flier or all information.
Regular schedule Monthly Meeting 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.
Information LinksMotorcycle 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 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.
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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 classes to keep us and our motorcycles fined 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 classes to keep us and our motorcycles fined 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)