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President – Danny Tackett         Vice President – Steve Lewis

 

Secretary – Anthony Khiel            Treasurer – Larry Britt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 2005                                                                                              Volume 9  Number 4

 

 

 

 

Club Points Competition

 

This competition is meant to be a friendly way to show your support for the Club’s activities throughout the year and promote a more active overall club membership.  We have a lot planned this year, including a number of different events and many of our members will be racing and participating in a number of DualSport events.  Trail work days will be needed through out the year at Coal Creek and the more people that show up to help, the easier the work will be.

 

Plan to be an active member and we look forward to seeing everyone whenever they have a chance to come out and go riding and to help out with the different planned Club events.  Thank you for your support!    

 

The top five in points so far for this year are:

 

Skip Davis 800

Anthony Khiel  500

Brian Strunk  400

Wendell Cooper 400

Many with 300

 

 

 

Fitness Tips…..Anthony Khiel

 

It’s that time of year again, the temperatures are coming up and more people will be riding after the long cold wet winter that we had.  As the temperature goes up, it puts more stress on the body as you fly over the trails.  One thing to keep in mind is proper hydration.  I have noticed over the last few years that most folks riding have started using the backpack style drinking systems.  These are the way the way to go for proper hydration.  Start with your full and make sure it is empty when you get done for the day.

 

Studies have shown that an active adult needs to drink 8 ounces of water per 10 pounds of body weight per day.  Put the pencil to it….thats a lot of  water per day.  Try drinking that much water in a day and you will learn two things:  one is that it is hard to consume that much and two, if you do, you will feel a lot better over the next few days.  Most adults live from day to day in at least a minimum of a dehydrated state. This causes all sorts of stresses on the body, many of which are joint related.  A lot of these stresses can be relieved by increasing the amount of water that you drink each day.

 

If you are like, I don’t like drinking just water.  There are a wide range of sports drinks on the market from the old standby Gatorade to some really high tech mixtures that can be pretty expensive.  One thing to keep in mind is that most all of these come premixed way too strong for what you really need.  It is best to cut these at least in half with water before you fill your drink system with them. 

 

Remember, drink before you feel thirsty and make sure to empty your drink system before you finish the ride.  The fluids won’t help you if they are still in the backpack.

 

 

Trail Work Days….Skip Davis

 

3/13 and 4/10 Work Days

 

This year’s first official work day was held on March 13th. We had a great turnout and the weather was awesome. Some of the large water holes on Root Hog were drained. Fallen trees were removed on Jagermeister and a reroute was opened up around the wet slippery hill. Fallen trees were removed on Middle Ridge and reroutes were added around some of the deeper ruts. Overall it was an extremely productive day. Many thanks to all who participated!

 

The next workday was on April 10th. We had slightly less attendance, but we still accomplished a lot. Most of the work was done on Middle Ridge. We removed some recently fallen trees and some older ones that we didn’t get to on the March workday. We took down the Middle Ridge Bridge because it seemed that people were still trying to use it. After much thought, we decided against a reroute and added rocks in the ditch to make it easier to pass. We still need a plan for replacement of the bridge. Again, thanks for all the hard work.

 

At one of the stops, the discussion turned to the original cutting of the trails that we were riding. Many thanks are owed to the members who spent days, weeks and even months, laying out, cutting and clearing the trails that we now enjoy so easily. We still have the responsibility of maintenance, but this is a small price to pay for the quality network of trail that we have access to.

Club Events Calendar

 

April 30, 2005 will be the date for the lead ride for the visitors from Mid Tennessee Dirt Riders.  Wendell Cooper is leading the ride and needs some Volunteer Riders to help out.  The ride will loop through Root Hog, Jaegermister, Middle Ridge, and down Tennessee Hollow back to Briceville.  This will be a great ride and we need to show our support and show off our great trail system.

 

Contact Wendell for details.

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

April 23-24:  Renfro Valley DualSport Ride, need legal tag on your bike!

 

May 14-14:  Highlanders Spring Fling Dual Sport Ride, Andrews NC (non-AMA)

www.highlanders.biz     dirtpilotn@verizon.net

 

June 4-5:  Carter Mountain Ride, sponsored by Southern Woods Riders

 

June 25-26: Honda Hoot DualSport, Kodak, TN

 

These are AMA sanctioned rides, requires AMA membership. 

 

Club Notes

 

 

·        The next club meeting will be Thursday, April 21 at Time Warp Tea Room at 7:30 pm.  Come early to enjoy food and company.

·        Still looking for Vol Rider Jersey designs.

·        Certificates will be given to the local motorcycle shops that have sponsored us over the last year as a way of saying thanks for their help with door prizes at the annual banquet. 

·        The 2005 Volunteer Directory is available.  Please contact Anthony if you want one or if you have corrections to submit.  Hardcopies are available at the club meetings.

 

 

Classifieds

 

Submit you’re ads to Anthony by the second Wednesday of each month.  Ads must be submitted each month or they will be deleted.

 

Russ Townsend (310-2695):

Seat for 2001 KTM 400EXC, new cover, used once.  Foam cut down for lower seat height.  $40; silencer for same bike, $30;

1994 Ford 1 ton van. 351V8, new trans with warranty, 139K miles, new breaks, tires, belts, hoses, battery, and shocks.  Runs great.  $3900

 

John Holland (cell 659-6831 from 7pm to 6 am;  home 688-6703 leave message):

1999 Kawasaki KX 500 Rebuilt motor, forks, carb. New tires and other stuff!

 

Danny Tackett (992-0899)

2000 KTM 250SX  excellent shape, $1700

 

 

Steve Lafon (856-856-5635)

2000 Gas Gas 200XC lots of good stuff on this one. $3700

 

Dwayne Haskell (865-335-3573)

2003 Kawasaki KLX400SR, like Suzuki DRZ400S, dual sport (street and trail), excellent condition, CFC case guards, UFO tail light with directional lights, good Michelin S-12 tires, only 1,300 miles, $3,900 please leave message.  Dwayne also has many extras for this bike…call him for details.

 

 

Remember to submit any articles or anything else you want to see in the newsletter to Anthony as early as possible.  I will put whatever is sent to me in the next available newsletter.

 

Thanks and see you at the meeting.    Anthony