Chapter N News – September 2010
Chapter N News
By Mitch & Cheryl Brumitt
Hope everyone has survived the heat of last month, it was definitely warm. Let’s hope for slightly cooler weather this month.
Our ride down to Whiskey River was great and we’d like to thank Jeff Stine for leading that ride. As always, the buffet at Whiskey River was very good and the company was great.
If you have a favorite destination you’d like to see us ride to on Saturday after breakfast, just let us know, we’d love to get your input.
Until next time, ride safe.
September Activity Calendar
September 3rd – 5th Region E Rally in Davenport, IA
September 10th – 12th Davis Rally in New Hampton, IA
September 11th Day Ride to Mama Maria’s, meet at the ride point at 10:00am
September 15th Dinner Social – Granite City in Eagan, 3330 Pilot Knob Rd, (651) 452-4600; www.gcfb.net, leave the ride point at 6:30pm
September 25th Monthly Breakfast Social and Ride (weather permitting) 8:30am
Long Branch Saloon, 313 3rd St, Farmington (651) 463-9368
Rider Education Corner
By: Bob Cloutier
Scott Mattson
Assistant District Director
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in an advanced type of motorcycle training coarse. It was called the Civilian Motor Officer Coarse offered by the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Conference. This is a coarse that they have introduced to the public this year on a trial basis and hope to continue this type of training in the future. I learned many things that day including a big case of humility.
This course has the same lay-out police motor officer’s use but has been scaled back a notch or two. The maneuvers are the same but are less constrictive regarding overall size of the course design. This class was definitely a step above any Experienced Rider class that I have taken. Believe me when I say this, the course was not meant to teach you how to ride fast but to make you understand what your bike can do for you. Not what you can make your bike do!
ERC classes are a great teaching tool that can help you build confidence as to how you, as a rider, can make your motorcycle handle. This class takes it up another level letting you build trust as to what your bike can accomplish with you in control. Many of the basic commands were the same such as looking where you want the bike to go along with learning how your will get you there. I felt very humbled when there was an exercise that I could not complete to my satisfaction.
It is hard for me to explain in writing my experience taking this class other than it has opened my mind to a new learning level that I was never able to comprehend previously. I have proudly logged over 100,000 miles on my current bike not to mention all the miles of my previous 7 motorcycles I have owned in the last 30 plus years. Rider Education is important to all of us and it is our responsibility to be as educated as we can. It is up to all of you, my fellow riders, to obtain some type of rider training to help keep you safe in your motorcycling adventures.
General Info
Ride Point SuperAmerica at the Corner of Diffley and Hwy 13 – Burnsville
Date: October 13, 2009