Re: [ST] st Digest, Vol 10, Issue 6 (RAT)

[Michael Roukas <mroukas@xxxxxxxxx>]

We have had great support from Trebour Motorcycles in
Ledgewood NJ.That is the dealership we will be ridding
out of.

--- Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All official RAT packs are recognized by Triumph,
> but actual RAT packs are run through/sponsored by a
> dealer.  For example, if there are two dealers each
> 50 miles from you and they each have a RAT pack, and
> you want one in between - you're out of luck in
> terms of being recognized by Triumph.  If a nearby
> dealer doesn't have one, start it through them and
> it will be "called" the base point, the the pack is
> more about who is riding.
>    
>   Hope that helps with you getting recognized, and
> great effort to get more of them going.
>    
>   Matt Heyer
>   
> 
> Michael Roukas <mroukas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   We have been organizing for a few months now and
> things seem to be coming together. We hope to be
> recognized by Triumph soon and listed in Torque.
> I will keep in touch, Mike Roukas
> 
> --- Bob Nixon wrote:
> 
> > >Message: 4
> > >Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:59:07 -0800 (PST)
> > >From: Michael Roukas 
> > >Subject: Re: [ST] And Harley riders wonder why...
> > >To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Message-ID:
> >
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> > 
> > >Steve, Missed you at Thursday's R.A.T. Pack
> > Meeting.
> > >The next meeting will be on February 2ND at 7:00
> > pm. I
> > >hope you can join us then. By the way, when my
> wife
> > >and I met (about 30 years ago)I had a motorcycle
> > apart
> > >in my bedroom. Ten years after that we had a farm
> > >house in New York State and two kids. She used to
> > open
> > >the front door when she heard the bike and I
> coming
> > >home from work so I could ride up the stairs into
> > the
> > >house. Last year my new Sprint spent the winter
> > under
> > >a sheet in my living room nice and cozy.Different
> > >strokes. Mike
> > 
> > Mike, good that you RAT guys can communicate. Our
> > local RAT rep Craig Westor
> > is here in Phoenix where our bigger riding season
> is
> > during the winter.
> > Anyway, I'm on four of these online lists now and
> > the local RAT forum is
> > having a bit of a time getting off the ground with
> > just Craig and I doing
> > 99% of the postings. Thankfully our local "Canyon
> > Scratchers"-35 and older
> > group has a lot of on-line traffic, riding,
> > +everyone knows each other and
> > even has a disproportionately high number of
> Triumph
> > owners including the
> > group's moderator, his wife and father. That's
> Nine
> > Triumphs out of 32
> > members and half the folks are track or
> dirt/motard
> > only riders.
> > 
> > Anyway, I'm not sure our local RAT effort is going
> > to get motivated with
> > their on-line forum. They do have a ride, once in
> > awhile and a dinner
> > downtown, once a month but "these days" I think
> you
> > need to communicate
> > online well else the group won't go anywhere.
> Below
> > is a photo of a group
> > ride I went on with the RAT crew in early December
> > with 7 total on the ride
> > +My friend Paul who showed up at the start on his
> > Trophy but couldn't do the
> > ride due to prior obligations. Anyway they all
> > seemed like nice folks but
> > I'd entertain any suggestion you might have about
> > getting the group to mix
> > more often.
> > I've even tried inviting them on some of the other
> > group I explained rides
> > but so far nada.
> > 
> >
>
http://bigrex.net/pictures/RAT/Winkelman_12-3-05/Winkelman-5.jpg
> > This is about half of the guys who went on the
> ride;
> > me center.
> >
>
http://bigrex.net/pictures/RAT/Winkelman_12-3-05/Winkelman-4.jpg
> > More of the crew:
> >
>
http://www.thekeithfamilysite.net/Scratchers-01-01-06-1.jpg
> > The other well establish group with 8 Triumphs on
> > new years day.
> >
>
http://www.thekeithfamilysite.net/new%20year%202006.htm
> > The Moderator of that group's new years story:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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