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Website Links:			Quik Updates: (Place pointer over text to stop scrolling) CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS: We’ve had a great series of rides in the last several months, including to the Rock Store and Guy Webster’s museum in Ojai – attracting from 125 to 200+ participants. The Death Valley Ride was a “30 something” experience. Thirty bikes and 30 degrees as we left Ridgecrest and over Emigrant Pass. Everything in the valley is about 30 or so miles away from Stovepipe Wells; and, it’s nearly 30 miles to Beatty, Nevada where it was back to 30 degrees by 8 pm. Next year we’ll do it later in March. The ride from Temecula to Julian and Mt. Palomar attracted 25 to 30 participants – with temps in the 90s by mid-afternoon. Details to follow on the “Prince of Darkness Ride” on Saturday evening, August 15 and our annual High Sierras/Yosemite ride, September 11-13. Get your reservations early. We usually stay at the Miners Inn in Mariposa (Sept. 11) and the Walker River Lodge in Bridgeport (Sept. 12). The ride? Over 350 miles of rolling hills, twisties and sweepers, canyons and 9000 foot passes. What more do you want? Questions/suggestions….? E-mail, call 626-791-0259 or join us at the monthly club meetings or on the road. Thanks, Bib Note: If you are going to the national USNOA Rally in southwestern Colorado, July 20-24 and need club t-shirts or Hansen Dam pins to trade/swap, give me a call. Three t-shirts (several style choices) and 10 pins for $50. Such a deal – and it helps the club! UPCOMING EVENTS & RIDES: Jun. 21 (Sunday 2009) - Father's Day Party at Century Cycles: Meet for breakfast at Cafe Eats located at 3226 Los Feliz Blvd off of the I-5 freeway.    Click Here to view map!!!    Ride down as a group leaving there at 10am to Century Motorcycles, located at 1640 S Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA. A British Magazine will be covering the party and it sure would be nice to show off all of those beautiful Nortons. For more info. contact Century Motorcycles, (310) 832-6190. Jun. 28 (Sunday 2009) - Cretins 1st Annual M/C Show/Swap Meet (8am - 2pm): There will be motorcycle gear, engines, parts, levers, lights, exhaust, and all kinds of stuff for your vintage Japanese, Harley, European, and Italian motorcycles. Bring your motorcycle parts or just your motorcycle. It’s only 10 bucks for a spot to sell parts, 5 bucks to display your motorcycle for sale, and only 2 bucks to browse. Event to be held at the Cretin's Club house (located in the 2nd floor of parking structure) 1460 Naud St., Los Angeles Ca 90012    Click Here to view map!!!    For more information on this event, either visit the Cretins Website or by e-mail cretinsswapmeet@yahoo.com July 19 (Sunday) - Wrightwood "The Hot Way” Ride: Starting at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake in Pasadena.    Click Here to view map!!!    Come early for breakfast. Ride leaves at 10am via the Crest, County N3, Mt. Emma Road and on to Big Pines and Wrightwood for lunch. For the first time since 2005, the entire 60-70 mile Crest Highway is open for our return ride, past Newcomb’s and back to Pasadena. August 15 (Saturday) - “Prince of Darkness Ride”: Details to come!!!. September 11-13 (Weekend) - “High Sierras/Yosemite Ride”: Details to come!!!. Speaking of rides, why else do you own a British bike if you are not going to use it as God intended, on the open road with like minded enthusiasts? Try to join us on the road this year, whatever you ride. We have a ride scheduled every month – over some of California’s best scenic highways and to destinations we believe you’ve always wanted to explore. Expand your riding horizons in 2009 with Southern California’s most active British bike riders. So. Cal. Norton Club Purpose: The Southern California Norton Owners Club was established in the late 1970’s and has evolved into one of California’s largest and most active groups of classic motorcycle riders. Our activities focus almost entirely on a monthly ride schedule. No officers, no rules, no politics or causes – just bikes and the sheer joy of riding. Cumulative attendance at club events in 2008 exceeded 1800 participants on over 2100 miles of routes throughout Southern California including Death Valley, Big Sur, the Sierras and Yosemite with forays into Nevada and Arizona, over the Crest and Ortega and many other more local rides. While we prefer Nortons, all British bikes (old and new) and other sport bikes are welcome regardless of country of origin or vintage. Join us, whatever you ride! SCNOC Annual Events: 2009:     January 18 – Rock Store Ride February 15 – Ojai Pilgrimage March 6-8 – Death Valley Weekend April 19 – Mt. Palomar Ride June 5-7 – Big Sur Weekend July 19 – Wrightwood, the Hot Way August 15 – Prince of Darkness Ride September 11-13 – High Sierras Weekend October 11 – Inland Empire Ride Nov. 1 – 30th Annual Hansen Dam All Brit Ride Dec. 4-6 - Tucson to Tombstone Ride Dec. 31 – 23rd Annual New Year’s Eve Ride CLICK HERE FOR CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND RIDE DETAILS. Meetings/Membership The club meets on a very informal basis – for camaraderie and good cheer – at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake in Pasadena on the second Wednesday of every month from about 6:30 to 9 pm. No “business”, just bikes and rides.     Click Here to view map!!! We are deliberately not organized enough to bill anyone, but are dependent on members’ donations. A suggested donation of $10 a year gets you on the club email list and helps us support the website, the ride calendar and the annual Hansen Dam All British ride, California’s oldest and largest classic British motorcycle event. Held on the first Sunday of November every year since 1980, it is also known as the “best ride by a dam site”. This year’s ride (November 1, 2009) marks its 30th anniversary and the 20th year of Norton Club sponsorship. SCNOC, P.O. Box 61132, Pasadena, CA 91116 or 626 791-0259. We do not have a club newsletter in hard copy. All ride events, updates news and other information is emailed to members and posted on the website.   Contact the Norton Club: E-mail: Bill Bibbiani
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