April 2014 Wrench Night

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On April 4th, we continued our Eastern PA chapter tradition of having a wrench night on the evening before our first big ride of the year. Although we invited over 20 people, only 6 came but we each learned something new. This year's main topic was chain cleaning and maintenance, with the clinic being run by XIII our resident "drive train enthusiast". We learned good products to buy, tools to use, and technique that gets results. We did the same with lubing the chain as well. After that a great mechanic in the Lehigh Valley, Papa Rocket, went over with us good pre-ride and post ride bike inspection. He went over a motorcycle pointing out things to look for, how to check bearing wear and other key factors to motorcycle maintenance. Finally, he was the one who supplied the motorcycle that we worked on. It's a wicked fast ZX-10 with cool carbon fiber wheels. Big thanks to Papa Rocket, XIII, and the Panda for making this event a success. Thanks also J-mac and R.W. for coming. It was good to hear other people's experiences with their respective machines. The food supplied was really good, with a good selection of drinks as well. Don't miss next years' event!

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February 2014 Lunch at Pizzeria Vetri

eating lunch at Pizzeria Vetri, Philadelphia, PA Hello all,

Well for February it was a nice day, deceptively nice. As in up to the low 50's with a lot of sun. I thought, "I can ride the bike out my snowy driveway, it's not deep, an inch or two." THAT was wrong, and I found how much wrong that was after all the repairs. Nothing serious just a low side, but the parts cost enough. Once I got myself picked up and got in the car, I hustled down to Philly to meet up with some friends who came down to a relatively new pizza place for lunch.

Since the weather was nice the place was full, so I put in our name and found out it was a 45 minute wait. Then more folks showed up and the wait was up to an hour now. Well, some folks couldn't wait that long, so they headed on their way. It was cool to sit and talk with them and to catch up with their crazy lives. I also discovered today what a portal gun was, even though it wasn't allowed to leave the car. We finally did get to sit and the pizza wasn't bad, pretty good actually.

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January 2014 Lunch At Vitos

eating lunch at Vito's Hello all,
For those that couldn't make it, you missed out on a good time. There were 11 people at lunch including myself @ the lunch. Vito's had great food, of course, and we had big fun talking bikes, holiday presents, heating for our homes, workplace issues, and my favorite, "Creepy Claus". We had a brief discussion of next year's schedule which looks to be fun. We will meet up next month on February 1st for pizza in a cool shop down in Philly. Hopefully the weather is nicer...
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