ACHOG Weekly Newsletter and Ride Info  03/26/2019 

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Safety Tip of the Week 
 

I Thought You Were Going TO Run It

A long time ago in a land far away. Nope, this is not a fairy tale and unfortunately this really happened. Sometimes real life stories make the best learning tales. A stale yellow light goes red. Rider number one stops. Rider number two plows into rider number two causing injuries and bike damage.

As if this situation isn’t bad enough, rider number two insists it isn’t her fault because, “we usually blow stale yellow lights and fresh reds.” The quote isn’t accurate and I wasn’t there but this was her inference. Make no mistake; if you hit the bike in front of you, it is your fault! It doesn’t matter what you think the bike in front of you is going to do, you are responsible for what you do and  hopefully that is not running red lights and running over bikes in front of you. This is where that part of “ride your own ride” comes in.

I haven’t been hit. However I have had riders staggered to my rear, blow lights I easily and safely stopped for. It makes me wonder,” What if they had been behind me. Could they have stopped? Are they in control of their bike?”

I challenge you to challenge yourself. As a yellow light is getting stale and you begin to anticipate the riders in front of you blowing the light, how about anticipating that they may stop. Decide at that moment to practice your emergency braking skills.  

This is also a good time for a disclaimer. Evidently there has been in the past at least one delusional member, there could be more. It is NOT Ancient City protocol or recommended practice to run red lights! You will see it happen, of course, but these are individuals making personal decisions, not executing chapter policy.

“I thought you were going to run it,” is not an excuse.

HOG Stuff  
Ride 365
 Note: registering for Ride 365 does three
things. 1. It adds to your lifetime HOG accumulation miles. For this, it doesn't matter when or how many times you register. Your lifetime miles will always be added. 2. It signs you up for the years Ride 365 mileage. For this you must registered twice in one year; once as early as possible in the year and once as late in the year as possible. Even if you registered late in December and rode tens of thousands of miles, if you only register once in the calendar year, you will get 0 miles. 3. It signs you up for the chapter challenge where we compete with other chapters across the country. If you are a member of two or more chapters you must go to the HOG members website and choose which chapter you want your miles to go to. The dealer can't do this for you.

Monthly Meeting
Meeting for will be Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the VFW-6184 US 1 South, St. Augustine. Please join us for coffee at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting begins at 9:30 a.m.  A short ride to  Martin's Restaurant in Flagler will follow.
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Renew Your Membership
Dues for year-$20
They are $20 and this is probably the best bargain I get all year.   


Up and Coming 
Disclaimer - Since being a member of Ancient City HOG is not a requirement to subscribe to this newsletter, it must be noted that all rides posted on this site are closed rides, unless otherwise stated. A closed ride is composed of members and  guests, with guests being required to sign a waiver, and is not advertised; hence the disclaimer. Also guests can't outnumber the members.

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Come Out and Join Us On Our Rides...Hope To See You Soon... Terry    
          

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