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STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO RIDERS NEWS

For June 2005

 

EDITED FOR THE WEB

 

MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE

The next club meeting will be on June 29, 2005 at 7:00 PM

 

PLACE : Bob’s Cycle Supply  

 

Directions: Frontage road on NE corner of Rice Street exit off HWY 36, just west of I-35E

 

2005 SAER Calendar:

August 6,7        Holyoke Enduro

Oct 8,9             Stone Lake Enduro

October 16        Grantsburg MX

 

SAER Info Line: (952) 996-9240   SAER Web site address: www.straightarrows.org

 

Announcements

·         The work on the trails in Stone Lake riding area is now in full swing. People will be there every weekend. Contact Ken Fastner at  651-456-0224 if you are planning on helping out.

·         A motion was made and accepted at the last meeting to have the club bonfire pit not be considered the club dump. Skip Olson cleaned up the mess that was there. Please don’t return it to its previous condition.

·         2005 dues are now overdue. They are a still affordable, $25. To get off the shame list, bring your dues to the next meeting or send them to:

Roy Fleming

14550 94th St. N.E.

Elk River, MN 55330

 

Meeting Agenda

for:  June 29, 2005

 

Review of Minutes

 

Treasurer's Report

New Member Introductions

Order Pizza!

 

Holyoke Enduro

Bridge Needed – Ken F
Potlach Leases – The Ken  
Logged off section – Ken Fastner
Section Update – Ron Palm
GIA Update – Ken Fastner
Pancake Breakfast – Greg Nelson
 
Stone Lake Enduro – Ken F
 
Website Update – Megan Rhode, Mark Erickson is still doing the web page at least this month!
 
Jackets – Mike Murphy
 
Grantsburg
  
   Watering Plan – Tom Peterson
    New Fence on Highway 70 – Mark Krey
   New Gates on Highway 70 – Ken Fastner

  

Any Other New Business - General discussion


Club Meeting Minutes, May 25, 2005

Attendance –  20

Current Members; Bob Chase, Bill Corcoran, Ken Fastner, Charlie Forrest, Scott Haraldson, Bob Housh, Nathan Huskamp, Jeff Klein, Mark Krey, Jeff Mack, Bob Maki, Greg Nelson, John Otto, Tom Peterson, Jeff Terrio, Ross Thompson

Prospective Members – Megan Rhode (3rd), Mike McCarthy (2ndt), Casey Weist (1st) Taylor Currie (1st)

 

·         Somewhat odd motion was made and accepted to count Casey and Taylor as attending their third meeting, but vote on them next meeting. They have done a lot of work up at the track, but have trouble getting to the meetings.

·         Megan Rhode was voted in as a probationary member.

·         Jackets – Nothing has changed. Mike may order a few singles of the different clothing available and then people can see what they look like.

·         GIA – The 2.9K supplement is still in the works and is looking fairly likely to go through. The 2004 funds may not be available for quite a while. The spring work priority therefore remains Stone Lake.

·         Potlatch Leases – Things look OK so far. Nothing new.

·         Holyoke Enduro – It looks like we may be able to use some WI trails this year. Notifications have been sent out to the all the appropriate parties about the event days. Met with the new Trails and Waterways supervisor and seems like he should be OK to work with. Greg asked about having a pancake breakfast this year. He will call around to gauge interest. Ken has not seen it, but has heard that a large part of the Harliss Bypass has been clear cut, which messed up the trails. Roy’s trails has had some logging done, but less drastic and with little effect on the trails.

·         Fence Project – There was some discussion about the type of fencing to use along 70.

·         Fence Gate – Almost done. Just need to put in the support cables.

·         Stone Lake – 4 miles in. Work is being done there every weekend. See Announcements.

·         The web is slowly being turned over to Megan Rhode.

·         Motion made and accepted to have the club bonfire pit not be the club dump. The rule of thumb is that if it won’t burn away completely, it shouldn’t be there. Examples: Good - Brush, timbers, old wood, deceased pets. Bad – Appliances, hardware filled furniture, lawn mowers.

·         Tom Peterson looked into having a dumpster. See Notes below. No decision made.

·          Scott Haraldson asked about painting the sign-up trailer brown. Club agreed to reimburse him for the paint if he wanted to do it.

 

Notes from the MX Chair

We got the trash to the dump last weekend and the track is pretty well cleaned up. Bob Z., Adam P. and Bill C. came up Saturday morning to help.

When we were at the dump I inquired about having a dumpster brought to the track, this would mean no more dump runs. It will cost us $55/month plus tax and fuel surcharge for a once per month pick-up for a six yard dumpster. The guy at the dump thought that would be plenty big for what we brought in on Saturday. We could also call for additional pick-ups if needed. I think this will also help keep our track looking good.

We burned the pile (club dump) in the center of the club parking area.

I'd like to make a motion to not have club members use that pile as their personal dump. (See meeting minutes) We can all take our trash to a real dump this will help keep our track from looking like one.

The watering system will be worked on this summer. My brother-in-law owns an irrigation company and can get me some irrigation pipe and fittings cheap, how cheap is the question right now. He also told me he can get some sprinkler heads that will hold up to the pressure generated by the pumps. I guess I'd like to try some in a one area to see how they work. Right now I'm thinking the parking lot section would be good for starters.

The new barrels are going to be located one near the scoring shack and one by the first 65cc cut-off.

Mike Murphy and I were talking about upgrading our current well. We thought there should be some way to add some additional sand points to the current well and port them all together. Skip, maybe your well guy could answer this one.

I gave Mark Krey another idea for the front fence, Bill C. and I were talking and thought a board fence would look good out front, 4x4 posts with three rows of 1x6 boards, painted or stained. After all, we're not trying to keep cattle in or anything, and any fence we put up isn't going to stop people from getting in, it'll just deter them.

The quad only date idea appears to have some traction at the D-23 level, I'd like to see it happen. And next year we'll spread out our motos a little more, I sensed some burn-out at the last race, me included. This shouldn't be a problem with a better watering system.

 

Note about Stone Lake MX Track

The stone lake mx track has been built.

The heavy equipment ran from sun up to sun down Friday, Saturday, and by 7pm Sunday the track

builders from Canada were done.

The track is built using a hillside going up and over several times with step up and step down

jumps in place. My impression was the layout is huge and I can't imaging fencing the area.

Only one jump looked insane to me, but I would like to see a pro rider hit it wide open. The next

time I go there in 2 weeks I will take some pictures to e-mail.

 

Roy

 

Member Lists

Probationary Members to be voted on:

October – Jeff Klien, Jeff Mack

 

This is as of May 28.

Active and Probationary Members that owe 2005 dues:

Nathan Huskamp, Tim Kight, Skip Olson, Adam Peper, Jeff Klien (P), Al Roscoe, Mark Solnitzky, Paul Spears

 

For Sale

·         Pants, Thor Phase size 22, blue/white, VG cond $20, Thor Flow size 20, yellow/black, good cond $10, O'Neil Element kidney belt size small blue/black, good cond $10, Gloves AXO size kids small yellow/black good cond $5, Boots FOX Tracker size 1, VG cond $50. All prices neg/package deal, selling for my brother. Mark mkracing@comcast.net

 

·         1999 Triumph Tiger 900cc, 3 cylinder adventure touring bike.  Black Triumph accessories include Hard Bags, Heated Grips, Tall Windscreen, Competition Pipe (not too loud) with fuel injection mapping to match and Centerstand.  Pro Taper Bars, 14K miles, nearly flawless.  $5000. Contact Ken Fastner at work @ 952-402-3696.