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Website Links:			Quik Updates: (Place pointer over text to stop scrolling) Important Announcements!! LAST CALL!    2010 SIERRAS RIDE We’re up to about 40 likely riders for our 9th annual Sierras/Yosemite Ride, September 10-12. We leave from Mariposa at 8:30 am on Saturday the 11th. There will be a chase truck. If you have not already confirmed your participation, please E-mail, call 626-791-0259 If you still need a room/bed (or have an extra one or more available), particularly in Bridgeport on Saturday night, let me know ASAP. Thanks, Bib A Message from Bib... We had a great June ride from Cambria – our 14th annual – through wine country, to Parkfield for lunch, on to Pozo, Morro Bay and back. Fifty-nine bikes at the start, no tickets and only a few minor breakdowns, none involving Nortons. You should have been there! Back to Big Sur next year. Special thanks to Pat and Nanci Teter, Jamie Simpson and my son, William for chase truck duties on this year’s ride. And, if you missed this year’s Death Valley and Cambria runs, now is the time to think about renewing your long distance credentials by planning to join us on the 9th annual High Sierras/Yosemite Ride in September. Perhaps the quintessential California ride, one you know you’ve always wanted to do. We meet in Mariposa on Friday, September 10th and leave Saturday morning at 8:30 sharp from the Miners Inn (phone: 209 742-7777) at the intersection of highways 49/140. From there we head north on CA 49 to Sonora, Jackson, over Carson Pass to Markleville (lunch) and on to Bridgeport. There are a wide variety of motels in Mariposa but get your reservations early, particularly in Bridgeport where most of us stay at the Walker River Lodge (800 688-3351). On Sunday, after breakfast in Bridgeport, we head south (around 9 am) on 395 to Lee Vining, Tioga Pass, through Yosemite and back to Mariposa , usually by about 2 pm. Open country and rolling sweepers, spectacular canyons and passes (9000+ feet), REAL weather on occasion, and 350 miles of adventure with like-minded souls on classic bikes – the best reasons to ride. Details to follow on an October 10th ride in the Tehachapi’s, from Mojave to Lake Isabella and back via Randsburg. And, don’t ever forget the real Hansen Dam Ride, the 31st annual All British “Best Ride by a Dam Site” on Sunday, November 7th (always on the first Sunday in November)! Called “one of the country’s biggest classic bike happenings” by Cycle World several years ago, we attracted around 800 bikes to last year’s 30th anniversary event. Hope to see all of you at the dam this year. How about renewing your club membership? Send a $10 donation (or more?) payable to SCNOC, to P. O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116-7132. Your donation will help cover the operating costs incurred by the club, such as the website and other expenses each year! Questions/suggestions….? E-mail, call 626-791-0259 or join us at the monthly club meetings or on the road. Thanks, Bib UPCOMING EVENTS & RIDES: September 10-12 (Weekend) - “High Sierras/Yosemite Ride”: leave Miners Inn (888 646-2244) in Mariposa at 8:30 am, Saturday, September 12 for Sonora, Markleville and Bridgeport via a new route including Highway 49 and Ebbets/Monitor Passes. Leave Bridgeport around about 9:00 am, Sunday, September 12 via Lee Vining, Yosemite and back to Mariposa. Ride headquarters are the Mariposa Lodge in Mariposa (800 966-8819) and Walker River Lodge in Bridgeport (800 688-3351). Contact Bib at 626 791-0259 or E-mail to confirm your participation. A great 350+ mile run over two 9000 foot passes. NOTE OUR RAINCHECK 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 for the new date, call Bib at 626 791-0259 or E-mail. Speaking of rides, why else do you own a British bike if you are not going to use it as God intended, on the open road with like minded enthusiasts? Try to join us on the road this year, whatever you ride. We have a ride scheduled every month – over some of California’s best scenic highways and to destinations we believe you’ve always wanted to explore. Expand your riding horizons in 2009 with Southern California’s most active British bike riders. SCNOC Annual Events: 2010:     January 17 – Rock Store Rendezvous February 21 – Ojai Pilgrimage March 12-14 – Death Valley Weekend April 11 – Mt. Palomar Ride June 4-6 – Big Sur Weekend July 18 – Wrightwood over the Crest August 14 – Prince of Darkness Ride September 10-12 – High Sierras Weekend October 10 – Mojave/Isabella Loop Nov. 7 – Hansen Dam All Brit Ride December 3-5 – Arizona Weekend (tentative) Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve Ride CLICK HERE FOR CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND RIDE DETAILS. So. Cal. Norton Club Purpose: Welcome to the Southern California Norton Owners Club website. We are California’s most active British motorcycle club. More than 2000 people (cumulative attendance) participated in 2009 club events (over 800 bikes at the 30th Annual Hansen Dam All British Ride in November 2009!). Last year’s rides covered over 2100 miles of California’s best sport bike highways. While we prefer Nortons and other classic British bikes, it’s all about motorcycles. Whatever you ride is alright with us. No club rules, no officers, no politics or causes! We have a ride every month including four weekend events: Death Valley, Big Sur/Central Coast, the High Sierras/Yosemite and selected Arizona highways in 2010. Details of each ride are posted here at socalnorton.com and emailed periodically to club members. We’ll keep you up to date on the British bike scene and on the road with a network of vendors, shops, experts and enthusiasts. Meetings/Membership The club meets on a very informal basis – for camaraderie and good cheer – at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake in Pasadena on the second Wednesday of every month from about 6:30 to 9 pm. No “business”, just bikes and rides.     Click Here to view map!!! We are deliberately not organized enough to bill anyone, but are dependent on members’ donations. A suggested donation of $10 a year gets you on the club email list and helps us support the website, the ride calendar and the annual Hansen Dam All British ride, California’s oldest and largest classic British motorcycle event. Held on the first Sunday of November every year since 1980, it is also known as the “best ride by a dam site”. This year’s ride (November 1, 2009) marks its 30th anniversary and the 20th year of Norton Club sponsorship. SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116 or 626 791-0259. We do not have a club newsletter in hard copy. All ride events, updates news and other information is emailed to members and posted on the website.   Contact the Norton Club: E-mail: Bill Bibbiani
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