Publishers Corner
Well we are late again. This time we are latter than we have ever been before. That is a product of being thrown out of our house for a week with no Internet access while the floors were refinished and a product of taking the time to create a new office for the magazine in the house. Karen is much happier with the new floors and I have more space to work from as well.
In February during the scheduling meeting at the Boars Nest I asked Wack if I could sit in on the organizational meetings for his Make-A-Wish ride and he graciously said sure. The article “The Making Wacks’ Ride” is the result of that. I would like to thank Wack and his staff for putting up with me during their meetings. As a reminder, Wacks’ Make-A-Wish Ride is scheduled for August 13, 2011. It departs the Full Moon Bar and Grill at 11:00 AM. Registration is from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM and I promise you this event will be an exciting one. The ride ends at the Adirondack Bar & Grill on Route 149 and there will be an all you can eat Spaghetti dinner, live entertainment, helicopter rides (additional cost) and sky divers among many other activities. The ride route is not published until the day of the ride but the route promises to be varied and interesting.
Sometime this month our friends at Sportline Power Products are going to get a visit from me. I finally have the cash to complete the customization of my Fury. The plans have changed as I am going to set the Fury up for 2-up riding as I am getting tired of riding alone and want to bring Karen along. I have not yet visited Sportline but I would like to be able to take some pictures and videos as they transform the Fury.
Our helmet cam is on order and hopefully the darn thing will arrive in time for us to use on Wacks’ ride. I have wanted to do this for a long time and the opportunity has presented itself so I am going to take advantage of it.
I am somewhat disappointed in the Warren Country Sheriff’s Department. I go on rides every weekend and I have noticed a pattern. Very few rides go through Warren County. As I attended Wacks’ organizational meetings I began to hear that the Warren County Sheriff’s Department is not very cooperative when contacted about traffic control for the charity motorcycle events. Rumor has it that they committed to Alma’s ride for traffic control and then backed out 2 days before the event. This is just a rumor and not a researched fact but it comes from someone that I trust. The lack of support certainly cannot be budget because Washington, Essex and Fulton Counties seem to be able to support the events that occur in their areas of authority and I think those departments are smaller than the Warren County Department. Most of the rides that I have been on this year originate in Washington County and there is always Officers on duty for traffic control Those rides that do originate in Warren County make every effort to get into Washington County as rapidly as possible. It is not because the riding is superior but when you take on the personal responsibility of keeping 200 bikes and 300 riders safe you want to go where you get the best support for traffic control. I would like to suggest that those readers who live in Warren County contact your representative on the Warren County Board of Supervisors and let them know that this situation exists. One function of the Sheriff’s Department is Public Safety and if their idea of Public Safety is to have hundreds of motorcycles attempt to pass through major intersections and the Village of Lake George without traffic control then something or someone needs to change.
Ride Well and Ride Safe
Ed Frulla
Publisher