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June 2013
President Gene Walker5531 Lardon Rd NESalem, OR 97305-3248
(503) 428-6641(503) 371-4363
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Vice President Gary Kelley20000 NE Jaquith Rd
Newberg, OR 97132-6694(503) 537-0802(503) [email protected]
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May Business Meeting Minutes
Gary called the meeting to order at 2:05.
Attendees:The meeting was attended byChuck Hodson,Jackie Colwell, Norlene Wolbert, Tom Ruttan, Nils
Olson, Paul Wright and Gary & Shannon Kelley.
Correspondence:
We received membership renewals and RiversideRun registrations.
Treasurer Report:
Tom Ruttan presented the May financial report.Five renewals have come in. Two drops. Expectmore renewals at June BBQ.
Old Business:
Preparations for the 2013 Road Run continue.
Registration is open. See thewebsitefor details.We will plan a lunch stop in Detroit on one of the
routes. Were looking at the other Detroit
restaurant (Cedars as a backup). Well also checkout likely lunch stops for our coast route.
Norlene volunteered to do Thurs/Friday dinners,
and pick up doughnuts Friday and Saturday
morning. Shannon will find out how earlydoughnuts can be picked up. Need to source ice.
Filled positions:
Road Captain - Tom Krise
Thursday/Friday Dinner
Morning Donut Pickup - N
Registration and Run Pack
Drinks/Saturday Banquet
Wagon Master - Gary Kell
Awards MC, Prizes - Gene
New Business:
June 8 BBQ at Tom and StephThis is a good time to catch u
your annual dues, and have ichoices. OTC Elections will be
are open now and at the meeofficer positions. Please consi
giving a current officer a brea
Continued discussions on whe
National Road Run. HarrisburPrineville, and Joseph have a
We need to make a decision i
Announcements:
Therell be a vintage car and
the museum July 20. Contact
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Oregon Trail ChapterJune 2013
Tom's Ride and BBQ
Tom's annual event is scheduled for June 8, 2013.
How many in your party? PleaseRSVPfor menuplanning!
Tom Krise & Stephanie Schmidt,
1615 Court St NE, Salem, OR
503-364-3112/503-881-1699
Directions to Tom's:
From 1-5 north:Salem Exit 256 (Market St) west (RIGHT TURN)17th Street, south (LEFT TURN)Court Street west (RIGHT TURN) to 1615 Court
From I-5 south:Salem Exit 253 (Hwy 22/Mission St) west (LEFTTURN)
17th Street north (RIGHT TURN)
Court Street west (LEFT TURN) to 1615 CourtFrom Highway 22 east:Hwy 22 becomes Mission Street in Salem
17th Street north (RIGHT TURN)Court Street west (LEFT TURN) to 1615 Court
From Highway 22 west:Once across the Willamette River, go FORWARD
onto Center Street
14th Street north (RIGHT TURN)Court Street east (RIGHT TURN) to 1615 Court
Hauling vehicles: Park at Court Street ChristianChurch parking lot at Chemeketa St. and 17th.
Ride & BBQ Itinerary:
9:00 -9:45 Unload bikes & park in front of
house; conversation, coffee &cookies
9:50 Rider meeting, start bikes
10:00 Depart on ride
1:00 Return to Tom & Stephanies
2 30 OTC J B i M ti
Cherokee Chapter Vin
Steve Klein -steve@stevekle
This simply falls in the CategThank You All in Advance fo
share it with you!
Cherokee Chapter Smithville
Show and Swap Meet in Histo
(an hour east of Austin) this great gathering again as us
was simply wonderful, the RValmost full and we held a grea
not divulge who won Best of newsletter in about a week (b
with Henry Nicar.) Henry justrestoration of a drop dead, aas perfect as one can be 194We all know Henrys talents a
disappointed with his latest w
will also be included in the neto enjoy.
One non-typical thing that hashow was attempting to startThor Model 8 single cylinder,
cycle. Thats right moto cyc
called then. This machine repStep up from bicycles to wha
become a motorcycle. I recenvery correct, all real, and vera few months ago. I just had tinker with it or start it until T
As one would guess there wa
Bystander Mechanics all off
large gathering of vintage moall full of wide-eyed anticipatiNelson and I prepared to star
machine. As one knows if oneand a metric adjustable wrenone has all they need to start
motorcycle.
We poured gas and oil into thvolt battery from a members
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A minor setback given the reward we were
seeking, but an educational process none-the-less. You see the small tanks are sandwiched on
either side of the top bicycle tube frame, but wereinter-connected and baffled inside just to confuseus. Hmmm. Oil in the carburetor and gasoline inthe crankcase was just not going to work very
well.
Note: You would think we would have looked inthe owners manual. Ok,manly men dont need
directions! They just need spark, air and gas.
After a few pedal rotations the little Thor roaredto life. It did not sputter. It did not popIt
Roared! A throaty 2.5 HP Roar!
Before watching the videos I ask that you close
your eyes for a moment and envision that 105years ago, all your friends had a horse, a bicycleor walked to wherever they needed to go. But you
have a motorized Moto-Cycle. There are no
roads, only horse and wagon trails across thewide open country side. There were less than 45miles of paved roads in all of America and those
would have likely been brick pavers. You have tobuy your gasoline at the local Drug Store in thenearest town in a tin can or mason jar at thewhopping price of about 2.5 cents a quart. Be
careful not to spill any of this precious new liquid.Then you would have to strain it in cheese cloth
to keep any foreign particles from clogging yourcarburetor. (The first gas station in Americawould not open for another 5 years and that onewas many states away). Now watch the video.
As you can see, Master Mech
Georgetown TX did get the caright. The left handlebar grip
the right grip is the Tuner. connects by a series of rods asmall delicately machined, arcalled The Tuner that make
points on the exterior of the
crankcase. Yes the electrical cis exposed to all the elementssure riders in 1908 had to scr
at times.
I mentioned previously that tDrive machine. That simply
and no belt tensioner. It is ch
pedal crank to the rear wheefrom the rear wheel back dow
directly to the engine sprocke
startsYou Go!
In order to stop the machine stall it or reach below the seapin (the key) out of between
between the battery and the
experience that I am sure thenot condone well today. But wof being able to ride anything
in the early days of motorized
Remember. Henry Ford was
automobiles for many years ywas paying attention to these
advances in motorized machi
The video shows Greg riding
around and around the Smith
grounds. One also should knoGreg zip past at 25-30 mph tearly riders had were the ver
coaster brakes; yes push bac
pedals and coast to a stop juswhen you were a kid. This ma
that only two of these Model
exist in the world today?
We all need to understand th
and Tool, Aurora Illinois had n
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These early manufacturers just assembled all the
parts, painted them by hand with a brush, wetsanded them between coats of paint with
kerosene and pinstriped them to suit their tasteand their brand name and then sold them to an
eager public wishing to have a motorized thrill.
In 1899 Oscar Hedstrum hand built a tandemmotorized bicycle to use as a pacer for board
track racing. In 1901 Hedstrum joined forces with
George Hendee and built three prototypemotorcycles. They called it Indian. These three
machines were then shipped to AuroraManufacturing in 1901 for Aurora to take apart,
make castings and patterns, make necessaryimprovements to the early design and start
producing parts for the New Indian Moto Cycle
Company. In 1902 the first 137 Indians wereproduced.
This 1908 Thor is built from the same parts, from
the same factory as these early Indians. Not untilapprox. 1909 did Indian manufacture their ownforgings and motors. And now you know the rest
of the story.
Hope You All Enjoy
Upcoming Events
Check out these upcoming an
motorcycle events. See ourEadditional information.
Date Event
May 26Ishi Chapter ShowChico CA
June 1NWVCM Museum Every Sat & Sun,
through Septemb
June 8Tom Krises Ride Salem OR.
June 8OTC Business MeTom Krises Hous
June 6-8Missouri River RoGreat Falls, MT
June 14 - 15 Fort Sutter NationDixon Fairground
June 29
2nd Annual All Clu
8:00 am to 4:00pBrooks, OR.
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June Business Meeting Agenda
The July Business Meeting is being held at the
Texaco station in Brooks Saturday, July 13, 2013.Topics well discuss:
Review of June meeting minutes
Treasurers report
2013 2015 Officer Elections
2013 Road Run Final Planning
New Business
Business Meetings are where we discuss issuesimportant to Chapter operation. Your thoughts
are needed to make decisions for the future. As
always, we hope to see you there.
Historic Documents
Documents from OTCs early days are available
on the websitesTrail Gazettepage. Included is alist of charter members, early meeting agendas,
and Newsletters #1 and #2. If this provespopular, Ill continue to upload documents as time
permits. Be sure to take a look at how it allstarted andContact Usto let us know what you
think.
Wayne Stevens Memo
August 5-9, 2013
The Stevens family would likeapologies for Idaho burning la
to cancel the ride (shit happethis year. On Monday, we wil
Sons at 10:00 AM and ride (The Ashley Innin Cascade fro
ride will begin, then return to
Routes will be 75-125 miles p
many of Idahos most scenic communities and highways (amiles of smooth as a babys roads. )
Thursday nights dinner will bcabin, all other meals will be
well point you in the right dir
When making reservations at
mention Stevens or antiqureceive a reduced rate. Ask R
camping at his cabin. Other maccommodations can be madthe Cascade Chamber of Com
overnight in Boise google Bo
should be near I-84 and Broachoose from.
Contacts:
The Ashley Inn(www.thea
(866) 382-5621
Cascade Chamber of Com
(www.cascadechamber.co
(208) 382-3833
Pat Stevens (208) 344-07
Ron (208) 859-0276
Tom (208) 392-4316
Stevens & Sons: I-84 exit
turn north toward the mofirst right exit to Federal W
light turn left on Federal
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NWVCM Swap MeetThe NW Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum is
holding its annual swap meet July 20, 20138:00AM to 3:00PM at the museum in Powerland,Brooks, OR.
Spaces: 10 X 20or 15X 15 $ 25 Commercial Vendor Spaces:
10X 10-- $2510 X 20--$50
300 first come first served spaces available.General admission is $5.00, kids under 12 free.
Free parking.No non-car or non-motorcyclemerchandise allowed.For more information:
Motorcycles: Doug Towsley 503-351-0518 or
Tom Ruttan 503-638-1746Cars: Don Peterson 503-246-6939 or MikeBostwick 503-245-5444
Visit the museumwebsitefor additional details.
Member Classifieds
1951 FL, 3 speed and reverse
Very nice outfit, runs great, finterior of sidecar in nice shasidecar. Emailgene@rogueha
information and pictures or ca
2 Scouts for sale.
45-inch in a 741 frame. N
wiring and misc stuff to ge
a beautiful, $1500.00, 2-t
52-inch in a 741 frame. H
forks and wheel, TT warri
Scout tanks.
Contact Ben Beberness,bbeb
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