Members and visitors attending the February meeting: Terry and Mary Carole Scott, Paul and Dian Talkington, Floyd
Nunnelee, Russell Higgins, Rick Totty, Charlie Gibson, Larry Cole, Mike and Brenda Hopper, Don and Marion
Oller, Dougand Kim Pauley, Dan Randall, Tim Hendrickson and yours truly. Please note and extend a warm MTR welcome to our
newest members, Paul and Dian, we look forward to their participation on their new 1800 Charcoal Gray Trike. We also had
one visitor, Terry Taylor, come back next month. We appreciate the attendance of all.
We will have 3 Birthdays in March, Jerry Turner on the 5th, Eldon Reeves on the 8th and David Elston on the 13th. There
will be 1 anniversary this month, Terry and Mary Carole Scott on the 23rd. Congratulations and best wishes to all.
We are still working on at least 2 additional advertisers/sponsors to replace the ones that did not renew. If you have anyone
in mind, please cheek and see if they would like to include their business size ad in Happy Trails, as well as on the MTR web
site. Wow, all for only $30.00/year. As always, please check with our advertisers/sponsors as you have need for their services.
We passed around the framed certificate for our “AMA Charter” for 2006. We are now in our 5th year of being an AMA
Social Chartered Tennessee Organization.
We now have copies of our long anticipated ride schedule for 2006 with one a list of all the current proposed rides that Billy
has been organizing and working on, Billy intentionally left a lot of weekends open so we would have options for rain dates,
also not much riding in July and August due to the hot weather considerations. Please check web site for updates.
As you will note March 18th is the annual Mid South Cycle Show, Mike Hopper passed out $1.00 off admission tickets, if you
didn’t get yours at the meeting, just let him know. The Agricenter is our starting point for the ride to Brad’s Bar-B--Q
restaurant in Moscow. Some of you may remember it used to be Lewis’s Restaurant. Thanks’ to David Elston for finding it.
With reference to the scheduled July 15th Burnt Burger V cookout at Arkabutla we discussed and decided on the following
revisions.
1. Cookout will now be in the afternoon at 3:00 PM rather than in the heat of the day at noon, we have our pavilion reserved
until 10 PM.
2. MTR will furnish and cook the hamburgers, hotdogs, etc, and furnish the buns, condiments, plates, plastic utensils, (bring
your own silverware if you don’t like plastic), but the rest of the meal will be pot luck, furnished by the attendees, bring your
favorite dish along with serving utensils, desserts including your own cold drinks, like we do at the Christmas Party. This way
we will get more folks involved in the preparation of the goodies for the picnic.
Dan report on the 1st annual Cold Nose Ride benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, January 14th starting at the
Bumpus-Collierville location, he estimated 85 or so bikes signed up and that the Boiling Point was a good place to eat.
Several members attended the annual Easy Riders V-Twin Bike show at the Cook Convention Center, February 11th, big
turnout, however Floyd and I were there over an hour before we saw someone we knew. There were plenty of beautiful
expensive custom bikes. Most were not made to ride in comfort but generally meant to be conversation pieces; many in the
$50,000.00 range. The Godfathers entry won the Spectator Best of Show. Dirty South took 1st and 2nd in the Judged Bike
class; NASCAR was the theme of their bikes.
Dan and I still have tickets to the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in Atlanta on March 17-19, 2006 if anyone is
going.
April 22/23rd is our overnighter to the annual Honda Superbike Classic Race at Barbers Motorsports Park near
Birmingham, AL Our Hotel is The Comfort Inn & Suites Leeds, 1951 Village Drive, Moody, AL,# 205-640-6600 reports they
are now full but there are other motels in the area that may still have rooms? David Elston will likely lead the ride and he
suggested it would be best for all going to purchase their tickets at the gate when entering the track and not try to coordinate
group purchases. Billy will email the itinerary latter.
Also the Freedom Wings, Mousetail Picnic 2006 will be June 2-3 again at Mousetail Landing State Park near Parsons, TN,
contact Don at 731424-6722, we passed out flyers. Don and Marion reported there would again be a lot of good food.
Thanks to all that brought door prizes, remember win one bring one.
Our next meeting will be Thursday March 9th same place, same time.
MTR theme for 2006 is to Ride Safe and with a sense of awareness.
Stan
Meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM
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