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Website Links:			Quick Updates: (Place pointer over text to stop scrolling) A Message from Bib... Update 11/20/11 Another great riding year winding down with record turnouts at most rides and a better year ahead in 2012! Even though the 15th Annual Big Sur Ride and the 32nd Hansen Dam All Brit were essentially rained out, there were still over 50 hardy souls in Cambria in June and we distributed 250 ride pins to the brave folks who made it to Hansen Dam – heavy rain, mudslides and snow on Angeles Crest Highway not withstanding – including strong contingents from San Diego and Las Vegas. Special thanks are due to Susie Ellsworth, Chris Hovland, Kevin Nerden, Joe Yee, Klaus Wiene, and Jay Triche for their help at Hansen Dam. And also to Tom Haigh, Gerrit Smouse, Brian Glick, Paul Montgomery, Mark Hill, Art Whitney and Steve Dime for their particularly generous donations. While we did not cover our expenses this year due to significantly higher permit fees, we took in enough to keep us going for the year. Still, we are wholly dependent on donations and ask that you renew your membership (or join us for the first time) by sending a check - payable to SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116-9132. Make sure you include a legible telephone number and your email address. All club communications are via the Internet. So, if you ride with us at any time through the year, use the club website or Facebook page to stay on touch with the Southern California British bike scene, or occasionally need tech support or to locate a local vendor/shop, how about helping out? There is no better opportunity to ride a classic British bike on California’s best country roads, canyons and passes than with the Norton Club! The 2012 Ride Schedule, details on rides through February 2012, and general information on the September 2012 Route 66 Ride from St. Louis to Santa Monica are posted on the website. Please get in the habit of checking socalnorton.com and our Facebook page for updates. The December 4, 2011 ride Temecula to Palomar/Julian will include a hosted stop at the Doffo Winery in the Temecula Valley on the return leg. Its owner, Marcello Doffo, has a great collection of Italian bikes – and who doesn’t need a few bottles of good wine for the holidays? We depart from the Swing Inn in Old Town Temecula at 9:30 am sharp. This year’s New Years Eve Ride, the 26th annual, is on a Saturday (I repeat – SATURDAY) so no excuses about “having to work”. We are expecting our usual 200 to 250 bike turnout and will use this opportunity to distribute the remaining 2011 Hansen Dam ride pins and “Best Bike” plaques (in the usual 6 categories) to participants. See you at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake, Pasadena for breakfast – get there early. We leave at 11 am for Newcombs and return to Old Town Pasadena around 2 pm for New Years and pre-parade activities. (Note: New Years Day is a Sunday this year, an open date for us. So, IF it rains on Saturday, New Years Eve, we have an opportunity to re-schedule our ride for Sunday, New Years Day without having to fight the crowds. It’s a Greek thing. The Rose Parade is Never on Sunday. If there is bad weather Saturday morning December 31st, check our Facebook that afternoon for a ride update.) And, don’t forget the annual Rock Store ride from Café 50s in Santa Monica on January 15; or the Ojai Pilgrimage to see Guy Webster’s collection on February 12. See the website and/or Socal Norton Club Facebook for details. See also our revised club meeting and café racer meeting schedule through March 2012. We are experimenting with moving them to Sundays at 2 pm at various locations in Los Angeles, at least through the return of Daylight Savings Time and possibly permanently to attract more riders. I’ve always found riding a bike on Sunday a more religious experience than church anyway. Enjoy your holidays! Bib Get Your Kicks On Route 66: September 8 – 16, 2012 Yes, we are going to do it – 2000 miles from the arch in St. Louis to the arch at Santa Monica pier, with a side trip along the south rim of the Grand Canyon! Registration required by January 31, 2012 to include a $200 good faith deposit (refundable on cancellation prior to April 30); Pre 1982 British bikes only, subject to tech inspection by Norton Club panel; Secure transportation and storage, from Pasadena to St. Louis for up to 30 bikes; Chase truck, spares and “shop support” along the entire route; No chain restaurants or motels for 2000 miles, local “guides” for selected daily rides, 250 to 300 miles a day. We are establishing a separate email list of riders who intend to participate in this great opportunity to experience Route 66 with a small group of British motorcycles on whatever you ride as long as it’s an “old Brit”. Call or email Bib ASAP for more info or to reserve your spot on the ride: 626 791-0259 or E-mail Make your reservation deposit payable to SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116-7132. UPCOMING EVENTS & RIDES (Also see Changes in Club Meeting Schedule): February 12 (Sunday), 2012 – Ojai Pilgrimage: Meet at the Cactus Patch in Moorpark, 197 High St in the old “downtown” section of the city.   Click Here to view map!!!   Leave at 10 am for Ojai and the Webster collection. Contact Bib at 626 791-0259 or E-mail for more information. 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. 2011 Norton Club Ride Schedule: December 4 – Palomar-Julian Ride Dec. 31 – 26th New Year’s Eve Run for the Roses 2012 Norton Club Ride Schedule: January 15 – Rock Store Rendezvous February 12 – Ojai Pilgrimage March 18 – Lake Elsinore/Idyllwild April 15 – Mojave/Lake Isabella/Randsburg May 6 – Mt. Baldy/Glendora Ridge June 1-3 – Cambria/Big Sur Weekend July 1 – Wrightwood over the Crest August 12 – Prince of Darkness Ride September 7-9 – High Sierras Weekend September 8-16 – Route 66 Ride, St. Louis to Santa Monica October 11-14 – San Luis Obispo/Central Coast Weekend November 4 – 33rd Annual Hansen Dam All-Brit December 2 – Temecula/Palomar/Julian December 31 – 27th New Year’s Eve Run for the Roses CLICK HERE FOR CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND RIDE DETAILS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTON OWNERS CLUB Founded in 1978, 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 Are Changing! After having met at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake, Pasadena on the second Wednesday of each month for over 20 years, and, since last spring, on the last Wednesday of the month for a “café racing” meeting at Lucky Baldwin’s Pub (1770 E. Colorado Blvd, just west of Allen), we are going to experiment with moving both meetings to 2 p.m. Sunday afternoons through March 11, 2012 – when the time changes back to Daylight Savings Time - as follows: January 29 – Phillipe’s, 1001 Alameda St, LA, 90012 February 5 – Location To Be Announced February 26 – Location To Be Announced March 11 – Location To Be Announced Have any suggestions for a meeting in your part of LA? Contact Bib at 626 791-0259 or E-mail No big chain places, visible parking for bikes, and good food at reasonable prices. Remember, all of our meetings are about bikes and rides – no business, minutes, secretary’s report or “point standings” – just good cheer. Not a member? Join us anyway.
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