Peak riders newsletter may 2018

NEWSLETTER

MAY 2018

HOG CHAPTER #9943

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HELLOOO……

Hi All And welcome to our second newsletter of 2018.

that you will interact with me by sending anything you think might be of interest to your fellow members - be it places you have visited (pictures essential please), kit or gadgets you think are great or particularly useful, a test ride you may have taken and in fact anything bike related really! It’s doubtful Rich and I will manage to make all the socials and ride outs (we still have youngish boys at home) so essential that you all take great pics and send me updates so that I can pass on to all our members.

a petrol head but do love my bikes and am extremely passionate about riding and the whole ethos of the Harley Owners Group - do please say hello and introduce yourselves to us if we pass at Harleyworld or Matlock etc and if you haven’t done so already send me a pic of yourself, your partner/pillion if you have one and your ride so that we can all see who’s who.

Email: editor@peakriders.org Til next time…

I look forward to meeting you all over the coming months, And finally… as I know I have meets, ride outs etc and hope said before, I am by no means

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Editor

Did You Know?

HOG is Celebrating it’s thirty fifth birthday this year.

What is HOG? The Harley Owners Group (HOG) is a sponsored community marketing club, operated by Harley-Davidson for enthusiasts of their motorcycles.

How did Harley Davidson get the name hog?

The group had a hog, or pig as their mascot. Following a win, they would put the pig (a real one) on the back of their Harley and take a victory lap. In 1983, an organization was formed, taking advantage of the long-standing nickname by turning "hog" into the acronym H.O.G., for Harley Owners Group.

Membership stands at a mahoosive: 1,000,000+ So guys we are in good and numerous company!

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The

DIRECTOR’s cut…… this James with an impressive early Sat Nav system on the front and a swarm of immaculate BSA's

at 8.30am and the second departed at 10.15am. I was in the second run which was led by John Beevers and his

We had two rides taking us. The

experience really showed as we

Riding season is finally here! It has seemed to be a long winter this year but the weather is warming up and the salt is no longer on the roads. We have had a great start with a fantastic ride to the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby. I think we may make this an annual season opener. We saw the Lancaster Bomber 'Just Jane' do a taxi run and an I mpressive sight and sound it was indeed there were a few hundred bikes there as well. All first was lead by Simon and left makes and models including

had to execute a U turn after coming across a line of static traffic on a narrow road just outside Newark. John guided us safely around and onto East Kirkby without losing any time.

Nice one John. There is a fair bit to see at this place and I would recommend a visit if you are at a loss of somewhere to go. All too soon we were heading back to Chesterfield, lead by Simon who knows these roads very well. He got us back on some great riding roads and hardly any traffic was seen.

Thanks Simon.

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On Friday (4th May) evening me, Viv, Dennis and Jean met at HarleyWorld to greet a solo LOH rider who was doing the Iron Hog challenge. Her name is Jo Green and she was the first lady rider to take up this challenge on her own!

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I have done this along with Rick (our treasurer) and I can tell you that it was hard enough with the support of another rider never mind being on you own. She was extremely pleased to see us and after a chat and a couple of photo's she set of for Robin Hood dealer before a well earned nights rest. She was finishing her ride on Saturday 5th May which happened to be National Lady Riders day. Nice timing Jo and it was a pleasure to meet you.

their ride for 16 days and after HarleyWorld, only had two dealers left on their list, Robin Hood and Sycamore (Uppingham). 4.30pm was their expected arrival time but due to heavy traffic and a diversion or two on their way down from

Preston, they were running late.

It was 5.10pm when they finally arrived and were a little disappointed to find HarleyWorld closed (the website still said 5.30pm close so they thought they would still make it).

Thankfully we were there to meet up with them and present them with a Peak Riders badge as a momento of their visit.

Email - editor@peakriders.org This is just a sample of what Peak Riders have been up to.

Simon has been running ride outs on a Wednesday evening, Joth has been organising a few rides as well. There are our Natter Nights (next one 22nd May, see website for venue nearer the date) for you to meet up with us and chat to your hearts content or we could meet up over a coffee at HarleyWorld.

Don't be afraid to say hello, we don't bite (often). So I hope to meet you (if I haven't already done so) in the near future. If you have any ideas for a ride or event that Peak Riders could go to then please let us know. We also want your stories, not only for the newsletter but for the competition. One of our members, Andrew, would like to put a book together of short stories by Peak Riders. It only needs to be around 3000 words (about 4 sides of an A4 piece of paper) and can be total fiction or a true experience. Send your pieces to Andrew at hogwashstories@gmail.com .

If we get a good response from this then the 'best' story writer may get a free jacket from HarleyWorld so come on, give it a try. You may amaze yourself.

Derek

After the Wolds run (5th May) we hung around at HarleyWorld to greet more riders who were on a mission. This time it was husband and wife, Richard and Jo Hadwin from III Rivers Chapter (another Jo, getting to be a habit this). They were on a 40th birthday trip (Jo's) calling at EVERY dealer in the UK and Ireland, including Jersey. That's 32 dealers. They had been on Find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1783185931970307/

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Peak Riders Norfolk Weekend Away 2018 Get the date in your diaries and book your place with our Activities Officer Viv. (Email below) If the 2017 weekend is anything to go by this will be brilliant!!

Saturday 23rd June 2018, onenight stay in the beautiful, secluded Olde Windmill at Great Cressingham, evening meal and breakfast for £122 per room (that’s for two people, not each).

The rooms are fabulous and will be allocated upon arrival.

Once you have booked with (no deposit required) you will be sent a menu for you to choose your evening meal. This will be required nearer the date and Viv will remind you when it gets close.

The ride there is being sorted by the very capable Joth and Phil and will (more than likely) include a visit to the English Whisky Distillery.

That’s one not to miss!

BOOK NOW, limited rooms and 50% are already booked!

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Review

FAT BOB

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Obviously, the move from the FXD frame to the FXST brings with it a host of changes. As with the other Softails, there is a certain amount of age-ambiguity with the Fat Bob’s lines by virtue of its faux-hardtail frame that cuts an entirely different figure altogether. While the previous gen had a definite ’60s to ’70s vibe to it, the lines of the new gen could hail back as far as 1949, or as recently as 1984 when the original Softail was launched.

and rear fender that just barely catches the struts for an unimpeded view of the rear hoop.

A tapered p-pad joins the solo saddle for two-up capability, at least on paper. Yeah, it looks cool, but you won’t want to put anyone on it that you care about very much.

cleaner in favour of a smaller round breather that shares the blackout treatment and chrome trim with the engine for a nice continuity of design that also gives your right leg a little break.

Sportster and old-school Big-Twin riders, you know what I’m talking about.

The peculiar twin-headlight setup was replaced by a modern interpretation of the classic headlight nacelle that uses a trapezoid-shaped opening to Harley has reached into custom house a set of powerful LED territory yet again, but this time, it headlights. Blackout treatment was going for an entirely modern makes it onto this newfangled look rather than shooting for the nacelle that all but disappears custom culture of yesteryear as it against the blackdrop of the did with the Softail Slim, for risers, bar, mirrors, tripletree and instance. The fenders are cut inverted fork stanchions. When back to the bone, and the the factory shoehorned the Mil-8 absolute limits of functionality, engine into the frame, it dropped with the Yamaka-size front fender the much-maligned “ham-can” air

An upswept exhaust system comes with full-length heat shielding with a kick at the muffler end that lends the Fat Bob a certain air of performance even if the forward controls are actually the limiting factor to cornering. That said, maximum lean angles have increased this year with 31 degrees of lean to the right, and 32 to the left, so it will lean further than most cruiser

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May 2018 riders are willing to go. Only a true fiery-eyed pegdragger is likely to run into clearance issues in the sweeps on this thing.

Tubular-steel members make up the all-new Softail frame, just as they always have. In the first update since Y2K and largest change since its 1984 release, the factory chopped out 50percent of the frame members while managing to increase stiffness and handling. That last is a pretty big deal since Softails have ever had a poor reputation for handling and cornering performance, so anything that adds some fun and comfort is a good thing. The steering head kicks the forks out to 28 degrees for a bit of rake, and 5.2 inches of trail, so along with the newfound agility you can still count on a certain amount of stability with decent tracking.Up front, inverted

forks further bolster the sporty looks of the bike while providing greater strength and better damping profiles, but unfortunately come sans adjustment so they are almost as vanilla as ever. The rear monoshock rides under the seat with a hand-adjustable preload feature that allows for easier adjustments than we had back in the day with the old under-tranny shocks that forced you to get down and wallow around with a spanner every time you had to adjust for changing cargo and passenger weight.

Blackout rims mount the 16-inch hoops with a fat 150/80 up front and 180/70 out back, and though I think laced rims might look a bit better, it probably wouldn’t matter given that the dual front brake discs all but completely occlude the spokes. ABS is optional on the base model but standard equipment on the 114, and Harley left its linked-brakes business where it belongs: on the shelf. Unladen seat height rides at 28-inches high; a skosh tall for a Softail, but still lower than most cruiser imports.

I’m told that black is very slimming, and that seems to be true with the blackout Mil-8 engines that seem to blend into the background. Don’t be fooled; these engines are big enough to have smaller engines in orbit around them. I mean, they’re a real chunk, but they’d have to be to contain that displacement, yeah? The 107 cubic-inch version runs a 100 mm bore and 111 mm stroke while the 114 sports a 102 mm bore and 114.3 mm stroke with a 10-to-1 and 10.5-to1 compression ratio, respectively.

with 107 pound-feet of torque from the 107 and 118 pounds from the 114. Not only does this give you the stump-pulling power you expect, but it also provides the strongest roll-on in both fifth and sixth gear, so you can make passes with more authority than ever.

The six-speed transmixxer crunches the ratios and sends power to the rear wheel via a quiet belt drive that is not only tough (I’ve yet to break one, personally) but easy to maintain.

A balancer in the engine helps attenuate much of the engine vibration. It shakes a bit at idle (as it should) but as soon as you crack the throttle it smoothes right out. Perhaps too much?

Maybe, but you’ll get used to it.

Electronic fuel injection delivers the dino-juice, but we still have nothing in the way of TC or variable power delivery and that’s getting harder to forgive as we see relatively inexpensive imports coming in with all that and more.

Harley’s only saving grace is that its main domestic competitor, Indian Motorcycle under the Polaris umbrella, has yet to cleave to such fandanglery, but the race is on.

Review by Always torquey, the Mil-8 plants take H-D engines to a new level

TJ Hinton

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MEET N GREET (SOME OF THE) PEAK RIDERS Huge thanks to those of you who took the time to send / comment on my Facebook post re a pic of yourselves and your ride. Absolutely lovely to put names (which I might add I am completely useless at!) to the faces of everyone; and there are heaps more of you out there so please after squizzing through these pics lets see who you are and what you ride!

Fred

Owen

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Tracey & Steve

Beth & Joth Hill

John Beevers

Simon Odonnall

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Viv & Derek Tate

Nina & Paul Hayes

Kev Townsend

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Introduce Yourself Send us a pic of Yourself / Pillion and Your Ride Paula & Rich Yeates

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Lisa & Jon Beal

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May 2018

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EVENTS Wolds Run

Bank Holiday

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Natter Night

Bank Holiday

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Natter Night

Weekend Ride/Rally

Weekend Ride/Rally

Evening Ride

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Evening Ride

Natter Night

Road Captains Meeting

Officers Meeting

Evening Ride

Chapter Ride Out

Chapter Ride Out

Chapter Meeting

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Natter Night

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Bank Holiday

Chapter Ride Out

Evening Ride

Natter Night

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Chapter Ride Out

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