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Welcome to Valley Riders
Oct. 6 - Jones Store Ride, 9am KSU Starbucks at Riverpark Oct. 10 - Dinner Ride to Prather and Velasco Mexican Restaurant, Meet 5pm at Seven's Oct. 12 - 2019 Flight Ride for Honor Flight Vets Wilsons Powersports, Madera 8am Oct. 19 - Monthly Meeting with a ride to Priest Station to follow, 8:30am at Seven's Dec. 14 - Annual Christmas Party Luncheon at Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, Clovis, 12PM Lots of fun events coming up. Glad you are planning on attending. Find the Monthly Calendar on the Rides Page |
Small TalkMonthly meeting. 3rd Saturday of the month, Seven's Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis
2019 Flight Ride
Sponsored by Wilsons PowerSports In concert with Madera Riders Club Ride with us to help send our beloved veterans on an Honor Flight Save the date, October 12th, 2019 at Wilsons Powersports. 100 East 6th street Madera Registration 8:00 am until 10:00 am $30. entry fee or $50. for a double T-shirts-----Raffles-----BBQ lunch-----Entertainment Come ride with us and enjoy a day in the scenic foothills and an afternoon of music and food. All proceeds to benefit the Central California Honor Flight and as many veterans as we can send. Pre-registration Name__________________________________________________________ Phone______________________ Email ____________________________ Club Name_____________________________________________________ Single rider _____ Double Rider _____ T-shirt sizes _____ 2nd shirt _____ (S M L XL 2XL 3XL) Checks payable to: "MADERA RIDERS CLUB" Amount enclosed $_________________ Jones Store Ride, Sunday, Oct 6Hello riders!
Just a reminder that we will be taking a ride to Jones Store above Bass Lake this Sunday. We will be meeting at the Starbucks in Riverpark near the roundabout and leaving (KSU) at 9:00am. If you would like to come with us we would welcome the company but bring cash for the store and your warm riding gear! I spoke with TL and he and the wife were up there recently and heard from the owners they would be closing for the season very shortly, so if you want to go this is your chance! The ride route will take us down near Friant Dam, up through North Fork and to the local store at Bass lake. After that on up to Jones Store. The route (with a 15 minute stop at Bass Lake) should take just short of 2 hours. We should arrive at around 11 or 11:15 for an early lunch. Look forward to seeing you all again soon! Dennis Xmas Get-Together, Planning Ahead This year we are going to Andiamo Ristorante Italiano in Clovis. Cost is $20 per person. They have a wonderful lunch menu that ranges from a Shrimp salad to Veal Scallopini and lots of pasta in between. See the article from this months meeting for more information. Andiamo is located at 1275 Shaw Ave, Clovis. Advance reservations are required. See Sindi
Huntington Lake Ride, June 29, 2019Information 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 |
NEXT MEETING IS SATURDAY,
Oct 19, 2019 - Seven's Restaurant Notes from Sept 21st Meeting Hello Riders: Our number were small but the people that attended our monthly meeting were great. Lots of conversation around the table. Dennis was asking the group about weekend rides and some of the younger riders tend to lean toward more Sunday rides, opening up their Saturday's for family and children sport events. Retired people like the week-day rides and preferred to avoid the weekends. How do you feel? Being a working person I leaned towards the Sunday rides, but it was felt that we could make all rides work. Watch for more week-day rides coming up in the near future. I brought the new shirts in and a few that had ordered received their shirt and others picked up our new hats. We have limited number of sizes on the blue so get them while I have them. I will be at the next dinner ride social to Velasco on Oct. 10 if you want one. We have just a few months left in the year so with our next dinner ride going to Prather and Velascos the group decided to give Pieology a try for November. I selected the Pieology at Campus Point as it has a nice patio area and Cold Stone ice cream is just a 1/2 block walk for desert. I'm looking forward to both dinner ride socials. At the last meeting I attended in July I was asked to look into setting up our Annual Christmas Party. The group liked the idea of doing a lunch and one of my favorite places has a wonderful back room, full bar and great food was available. They have a variety of menu items that we'll be able to select from so at our next meeting on Oct. 19 I will have a list of items and those that attend will decide what we want to offer. Could be anything from pasta dishes to Grilled Salmon. Be at this next meeting and let your voice be heard. It's your Christmas party. The cost regardless of what we order will be $20 per person. Includes bread, butter, salad, entree and non-alcohol drink. Rich R is planning on moving to Washington within a year or 2. He is selling a lot of his gear and wanted to let us know. Jackets, cold and hot weather gear and several other items. XL is the size if you are interested. See Rich at the next meeting. With cooler temperatures we will have more long sleeve shirts available. Shirts are $20 S/S, $25 L/S and Hat $15. This month Jerry was on a fantastic trip to Viet Nam with several military buddies. What an amazing adventure he has been on and I can't wait to hear about his experiences. With that being said, we didn't have a drawing this month and Terry asked if we could answer a question about a fish from his recent trip to Hawaii. No one did so no winner this month for a breakfast or drawing. Maybe next month. See you then Remember!!! Next Meeting: Saturday, October 19, 2019, 8:30am - SEVENS Restaurant, 25 Shaw Ave, Clovis 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. 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.
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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 new motorcycle riding group we meet the third Saturday of the month at the Seven's Restaurant located at Minnewawa & Shave 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. We have just celebrated our 5th year anniversary in 2019.
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 Seven's Restaurant located at Minnewawa & Shave 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. We have just celebrated our 5th year anniversary in 2019.
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)