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Website Links:			SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT: William "Bill" Bibbiani, commonly known as "Bib" to his riding buddies has passed away earily on Saturday, May 4th, 2013. It is not clear if there will be a "Service" open to club members. The family will have to decide and communicate those details. If we receive anything, we will certainly post it here for you all. R.I.P. Bib!!! You will be missed by all of those you touched, either on or off the road. By: Bruce Branstad NEXT RIDE: TO BE DETERMINED - At a later time... Quick Updates: (Place pointer over text to stop scrolling) A Message from Bib... Socal Norton Update, January 31, 2013 2012 was our best year…..ever! A 2 page color spread in the February issue of Classic Bike, record turnouts at nearly every ride including an estimated 1000 bikes at Hansen Dam for the 33rd “best ride by a dam site”, and a 2300 mile adventure on Route 66 from St. Louis to LA. While certainly not the longest ride by a British bike, or the most British bikes on a ride, it was perhaps the most miles by the most British bikes on any single ride? More than 2500 riders attended a club event/ride last year on well over 4000 miles “on the road”, and we are up to around 1000 “members” on our email list. But, we need your support. If you are reading this, checking us out on the website or Facebook, or riding with us during the year, how about a little help? We do have expenses but are deliberately not organized enough to bill anyone. Join us ….by making a donation of $10 or more payable to SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116-7132. Make sure to include your legible email address and you’ll be a part of the country’s largest and most active British riding club – no officers, no rules, no politics or causes – just bikes and rides. UPCOMING RIDES, 2013 The 2013 ride schedule includes 14 rides! Many other events are regularly posted on the website and Facebook. We’re already on a roll with 200 bikes at Burger Continental for the New Year’s Eve Ride – despite snow and ice on the Crest where about 25 riders made it all the way to Newcomb’s. And, nearly 100 bikes at Café 50s despite temperatures in the 20s and 30s at daybreak!. We’ll visit Guy Webster’s collection of Italian exotica on our annual Ojai Pilgrimage on February 17. Breakfast at the Cactus Patch in Moorpark, garlic ravioli at Boccali’s and an always perfect ride “in the warm California sun”. We’ve been doing this one for more than 20 years – someday we’ll get it right.. After March 13 (Wednesday) – Club meetings have returned back to Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake, Pasadena during Daylight Savings Time. On March 17, it’s back to Frazier Park for a quick jaunt out to Cuyama for lunch and a return trip through Lockwood Valley. Meet at the Denny’s just west of I-5 off Frazier Mountain Park Road for breakfast. Ride leaves at 10.. Death Valley is back on the schedule (after a 2 year hiatus) for the weekend of April 19-21. Friday night in Ridgecrest at the Travelodge (China Lake Blvd at Upjohn), 760 384-3575 and Saturday night at the Stagecoach Casino (775 553-2419) in Beatty, Nevada. There is no better time of the year to visit scenic (?) Trona on the way to Wildrose Canyon, Stovepipe Wells and Furnace Creek. It’s a great 2 day ride – leave your truck in Ridgecrest. Throw your gear in the chase truck and join us. Please call me ASAP if you plan to attend – 626 791-0259.. The Clubman show is on April 6-7 in San Jose, sponsored by the Northern California BSA Club, 408 377-9457. Call me if you want to share a ride up there and help out at our club booth. It’s California’s largest British-only swap meet. Later in the month, May 5, the Southern California BSA Club hosts its annual “Barry Smith Memorial Ride” at Hansen Dam’s Aquatic Center. Details will follow on the Hanford Show/Swap Meet and a BSA Club Swap Meet in Orange in May.. We have a short ride up Glendora Ridge to Mt. Baldy Village on Mother’s Day, May 12. As my wife’s best piece of jewelry stems from a similar “scheduling accident” some 15 years ago, stay tuned for a possible alternate date.. Our 16th Annual Cambria/Big Sur Ride is on for the weekend of May 31 – June2. We’ll meet as usual at the West End Grill on Friday evening and head out at 8:30 the next morning from the Redwood Café. “Headquarters” will be at the Creekside Motel. Get your reservations early in town or on Moonstone Beach.. This year, however, riders will have two options – our usual one day, 285 mile loop from Cambria to Carmel and back via Big Sur….OR, a 3+ day ride continuing on to the Bay Area (Petaluma?), Mendocino/Ft. Bragg and then back down the coast! Again, please call me ASAP if you plan to attend to indicate your choice of routes/options.. The rest of the summer is pretty much routine – Wrightwood and the Prince of Darkness. However, we are bumping our annual High Sierras/Yosemite Ride back to August 9-11 to join the Northern California Norton Club for their Dardanelle’s (Sonora Pass) weekend. As most of us don’t camp, you might consider an overnight stay in Bridgeport (Walker River Lodge?) on Saturday, August 10 before returning to Mariposa on the 11th. Details to follow.. A VERY SPECIAL ADVENTURE Join us on this year’s grand adventure, a “Keep the Water on Your Right” Ride from Seattle to LA, September 7-13 – about 1500 miles! I have already made arrangements to ship up to 40 (British-sized bikes) to Seattle, secured parking up there, a local hotel, etc. As on the Route 66 Ride, preference will be given to club regulars on British motorcycles with a limited number of exceptions (based on wholly arbitrary criteria?). Call me if you have any questions regarding the ride or your bike’s eligibility. Register now. Send a $200 deposit (payable to SCNOC) no later than March 4 – refundable through April 15 if you have to cancel. A second non-refundable deposit of $100 will be due no later than May 4 – bringing the total to $300. If we meet our 40 bike goal, we should have enough to cover all shipping and chase truck expenses. Air fare, motels, food etc. are on your tab. Riders who choose to transport their own bikes to Seattle will be charged a pro rata share of chase truck expenses – but might also be subsidized by the club if their vehicles are used as chase trucks on the ride. Call me if you have any questions/suggestions: 626 791-0259. We had a wonderful time on Route 66 last year – and doing the Pacific Coast should be just as memorable – with better food en route! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to share some of America’s best highways with friends on classic British bikes. See you on the road! Bib NOTE OUR WEATHER POLICY! The Norton club has never cancelled a ride due to a weather FORECAST. If, however, at the scheduled time of departure the folks who do show up for breakfast decide not to ride due to rain, snow or…, then the ride may be re-scheduled, most likely for the following week. Check the website or our Facebook page for the new date, call Bib at 626 791-0259 or E-mail. 2013 Norton Club Ride Schedule: We had a spectacular year in 2012, a 2-page spread in Classic Bike, and a 2300 mile adventure on Route 66 from St. Louis to Pasadena – more than 70,000 cumulative miles, 35 riders, 33 “finishers”, no accidents, no tickets (!) and very few breakdowns, mostly repaired en route. Our proposed schedule for 2013 is equally ambitious! See you on the road. January 13 – Rock Store Rendezvous February 17 – Ojai Pilgrimage March 17– Frazier Park/Cuyama Loop April 21 – Death Valley/Beatty, Nevada May 12 – Mt. Baldy/Glendora Ridge May 30 – June 3 – Cambria/Bay Area/Mendocino/Big Sur July 7 – Wrightwood Over the Crest July 27– Prince of Darkness on Mulholland August 9 - 11 – High Sierra/Sonora Pass/Yosemite September 6 -14 – Seattle to Los Angeles “Keep the Water on Your Right” Ride October 13– Mojave/Lake Isabella November 3 –34th Annual Hansen Dam All British Ride December 8 – Mt. Palomar/Julian December 31 – New Year’s Eve Run for the Roses Join us anytime and get in the habit of checking the website (socalnorton.com) or Socal Norton Club Facebook for ride and event information and other club news – or call 626 791-0259. Club meetings through the end of Standard time in Spring, 2013 will be combined with our monthly Café Sunday events at various locations; details to be posted on Facebook. CLICK HERE FOR CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND RIDE DETAILS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTON OWNERS CLUB Founded in 1979, the Southern California Norton Owners Club is one of the largest and most active classic motorcycle-riding clubs in the country with over 700 members on its current roster. Cumulative annual attendance at club rides/events since 2006 has exceeded 2000 participants per year. Ride routes typically exceed 2000 miles each year over Southern and Central California’s best back country roads, canyons and passes with occasional forays into Nevada and Arizona. While we prefer Nortons and other classic British bikes, whatever you ride is fine with us – although we don’t have a lot of patience with cruisers (whatever their country of origin) or so-called “trailer queens”. No club rules, officers, politics or causes – just rides and bikes! We have a ride every month and 3 to 4 weekend events each year, always including Cambria and Big Sur and the High Sierras and Yosemite. The club has sponsored California’s Hansen Dam All British Ride, “…the best ride by a dam site” since 1990 – one of the country’s largest gatherings of British bikes according to Cycle World. And, in September 2012 we are doing Route 66 from St. Louis to Santa Monica. Join us! SCNOC Membership You can join us anytime by making a donation of $10/year, payable to SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116-7132. If you ride with us at Hansen Dam or throughout the year, use the website to keep abreast of the British scene or occasionally need tech support/advice, we would most appreciate your help in keeping the club on the road. We are deliberately not organized enough to bill anyone. Members receive updates throughout the year via email only, so make sure you include a legible email address when you join. We do not share members email addresses with anyone. Club Meetings: Have returned back to Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake, Pasadena during Daylight Savings Time.   Click Here to view map!!!   The second Wednesday of each month at Burger C starting after Daylight Saving Time. We meet informally from about 6 pm through 8:30. No “business”, just bikes, good food, and good cheer.
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