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FYI, Pizza Ranch will not hold their back room for us any more, So we are back to Golden Corral for now. If you have any ideas of other places that we can get into, please let us know and we can check them out.

Wow, summer has finally gotten here and we've had enough 900+ days, but then we remember removing more than 102" of snow, so where is the 760 weather all year long???

July started out with GWRRA visitors English Charlie and Anita from North Carolina. They were winging it to Glacier and stopped in for our Gathering. Its nice to have visitors to our area, even if its hard to understand a British/Southern accent.

We had a great time at the MT District Convention at Big Sky. It was nice at 7500 feet, but it did not cool off very well at night. The accommodations were grand, Thanks Deby & Henry. The road trips were very scenic, wet, and even some hail found us. A couple of bikes received minor damage due to the hail, but every one came through the storm safe, but not dry.We had visitors from Minnesota, Idaho, Oregon and New Jersey. Harry Sanders trekked to Wing Ding from New Jersey where he caught up with Greg Hintz from Missoula and had the grand tour coming out west. Harry also won the long distance award and Stock 1800 in the bike show.

We also initiated another couple to Bunko (Sandy & Steve? ) from Idaho. It took them a couple of minutes to get the hang of the game. We did send them home with a pad of score sheets so they can baffle their chapter with Bunko.

Chuck received a call from Dale Lupton from Virginia, Chapter VA-V. Dale is out west doing stone repairs to Custer Battle Field. Dale wanted to drive to Cooke City, so Chuck and his granddaughter Hannah obliged. Dale was amazed with the views and roads. Dale went to several dinners with our group and also on rides to Woodbine and Pryor/Hardin.

Betty and I will be attending the Region Convention at Lewistown ID, so we will not be at the August Gathering. Gary & Pam Schlenker or Tony & Gail Hoer will run the gathering in our absence. Betty has family in the Lewiston area so we will be staying in that area for about three weeks, so see ya in September.

Chuck & Betty Bonnett

CD’s MT-B

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A comment from Harry :

Harry,

It was a pleasure to meet you and talk to you @ our Montana Distract Convention. We hope you have space on your walls in your man room for the plaques you won out west. We hope you can join up with a Chapter in New Jersey to continue your GWRRA fun!

Chuck & Betty Bonnett

CD's MT-B Rim Rock Wings

Chuck and Betty,

Thanks. The scenery in your part of the country is unbelievable, but it would mean very little without the people. Thanks for hosting me, I had a great time and met great people. Definitely worth the trip.

I am participating with NJ-G chapter and will be Tail Gunning a guided ride at our upcoming District Rally in August, thanks to the training provided in Montana.

I hope to meet everyone again sometime down the road.

Harry Sanders

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PLEASE NOTE:

Fyi, we now have in the HyperKewl cooling vests, sizes S-3X.

Scot

Midwest Leather

2201 Grand Ave

Billings, MT 59102

406-259-3312

Rider Education

August 2014

August is upon us and we can now look back on July and all of the great memories of our District convention! It was great to see everyone get out and ride to the destination of your choice. It didn’t matter if you headed into Yellowstone National Park or over by Quake Lake area the idea was just to get out and go.

Mother Nature was hanging around just to prove she still runs the show in our part of the country and a few riders ran into hail and some even ran into two batches on the same day! Luckily most were marble size and smaller, the only trouble being the wind was really driving it into our riders and co-riders, we all know that hurts like h#ll. Just imagine how much rain came down in such a short time I could only compare it to a deluge.

This again occurred on our dinner ride to Bridger. This time our riders and co-riders were able to find shelter after just a few miles under the awning at the Quick Stop in Rockvale. Great thinking on our lead bike and we all continued on safely after a 15-20 minute delay.

I wish to express my thanks to Jay Burdett & Greg Hintz for the awesome job they did presenting the Road Captain course part A & B. This class is something that those that attended can take back to their local chapter and show to their fellow riders.

Tony Hoer

MT-B RE

Chapter Staff

Director

Chuck & Betty Bonnett Residence - 737 Avenue D Billings, MT 59102

Mailing - PO Box 2103 Billings MT 59103

Chuck Cell 406-256-9396 -

Betty Cell 406-690-4222 -

Assistant Director

Gary & Pam Schlenker 1703 Pinyon Drive Laurel, MT 59044 406-530-1101

Chapter Secretary/Treasurer

Linda & Gary Frank 1909 Squaw Creek Road Huntley MT 59037 406-855-0708

Chapter Rider Educator

Tony Hoer 57 Vista Dr Billings MT, 59102 406- 670-4179

Membership Enhancement

Open

Chapter Couple of the Year 2014

Henry & Deby Haagenson

Chapter Host & Senior Advisor

Glen Seavy

Chapter Historian

Keith & Lori Kunkel

Phone Tree Coordinator

Bob & Barb Powelson

Newsletter Editor/Webmaster

Betty Bonnett

Activities Coordinators

Open

RIMROCK WINGS Clothing

Tri-Mountain-all season Jacket XS-4XL $82.00

Tri-Mountain Jacket (hooded) S-4XL $68.00

Wind breaker $32.00

Sweatshirts 9oz. S-4XL $18.00

Pullover hooded sweatshirt S-4XL $28.00

Purple Shirts Long or Short sleeve $28.00

Demin Shirts Long or short sleeve $26.00

Long sleeve T- shirts $15.00

Micro Purple/white shirts $26.00

Purple micro golf shirts $20.00

Micro Fiber Long sleeve shirts $26.00

Fleece vest Colors: Black or Gray$32.00

Purple T- shirts Short sleeve - Screen Print $16.00

Flame caps $16.00

Military style cap $16.00

Windshield covers (only 10 left) $18.00

** Please Note that all Shirts and Vests come in womens sizes also**

** Add $1.00 per X for larger sizes**

use this form as your order form: circle what you want, write in size, and put your name at the top. Then give to henry haagenson.

District Staff

Director

Henry & Deby Haagenson 9028 Hobble Creek Cr Billings, MT 59101 406-656-1827

Assistant Director

Keith and Lori Kunkel PO Box 53 Park City, MT 59063 406-633-4173 C:612-308-1286

Rider Educator

Jay Burdette 1738 Miles Avenue Billings, MT 59102 406-652-1553

Secretary/Treasurer

Susan Burdette 1738 Miles Avenue Billings, MT 59102 406-698-6779

Leadership Training

Greg Hintz Missoula, MT.

Membership Enhancement

Dale & Donna Jennison 1004 Maywood Dr Billings, MT 59102 406-861-7905 (C)

REGION “I” DIRECTOR

Terry & Cheri Huffman Hillsboro, OR.

Terry Huffman

Cheri Huffman

Due to issues we are having with sending the newsletter with the business cards in it, we will not send them for now until we can correct the issue. Please see cards on the website:

We will also post anything MT-B members have for sale in the newsletter free of charge to help reach those outside the Billings area.

Please support our Sponsors:

Montana Honda

Stan the RV Man

We have done some trades with Montana Honda and Stan the RV Man to get our word out there and hopefully recruit more members. Please support those who help us.

Business cards are posted on the website

Thank you for supporting us

August 2014

$$ Coupon in blue coupon book

*August 6, 7, 8 9 Region I Convention Nez Pearce Fairgrounds Lewiston, ID

**USAF Thunderbirds will be performing in Kalispell Mt Aug 30-31, call Henry Haagenson for tickets

Ride Start Locations:

GC Golden CorralKMH Old K-Mart Heights (Bull Mountain Grill) TZT Top of Zimmerman Trail

LTP Laurel Town PumpSBB South Billings BLVD McDonalds

**WHEN WE HAVE ADVERSE WEATHER FOR DINNER RIDES AND CARS NEED TO BE TAKEN, PLEASE MEET AT THE DINNER DESTINATION.**

$$ Coupon in blue coupon book

Ride Start Locations:

GC Golden CorralKMH Old K-Mart Heights (Bull Mountain Grill) TZT Top of Zimmerman Trail

LTP Laurel Town PumpSBB South Billings BLVD McDonalds

**WHEN WE HAVE ADVERSE WEATHER FOR DINNER RIDES AND CARS NEED TO BE TAKEN, PLEASE MEET AT THE DINNER DESTINATION.**

FOR SALE for pictures visit

1990 1500 Honda GoldwingPearl white 1500 SE, 84,000 miles, good tires, AM/FM/CB/CD, lots of chrome, custom upholstery, tall windshield, cruise control, rear CB controls, trailer hitch. Very good condition, rides excellent. Will come with 2 helmets with intercom. $5500. Call 406-530-1101 or 406-672-3458 or 406-672-5038

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1998 GOLDWING

White 1998 Goldwing 1500 SE with 38,250 miles. CB Radio, chrome engine guards, forward pegs, tires are Dunlap E3s with less than 2000 miles. Pin striping and artwork designs on bike by artist "Scarecrow". Bike is in excellent condition has always been in a garage. Cover and wind guards also included. Call Gary Frank 406-348-3403

1986 Honda Goldwing 1200cc, Aspencade SEI. 47,000 miles. Always garaged, mint condition. Just had its 50,000 mile service, everything looks good and ready to go. Fuel injected, computerized. Asking $4500. For more information please call Randy at 690-2530.

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2008 Honda Goldwing Lehman Monarch II Trike addition, 1800GL

6200 miles, like new, great condition, maroon color, some original & extra add ons, cycle cover & hitch, reverse, cruise, heated handlebars & seat, rear seat armrests, extra chrome & lights, GPS, includes RedDog trailer. Was $32,500 NOW REDUCED TO $29,500

Call: Ray Ketterling 406-672-6433 or see at: 4228 Julaura Ln,

Billings, MT 59106