Scooters of Bellingham

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Scooters of Bellingham (SOB Club)’s monthly membership meetings happen on the 4th Saturday of each month at Sehome Diner, 232 36th Street, in the Sehome Village shopping center. All scooter riders and scooter enthusiasts are welcome!

Do you like pie? Quiche? Pizza? Do you like riding your scooter?

You’re in luck!

Pi(e) Run happens March 17, 2012, immediately following the Bellingham St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Make a day of it… ride with the group in the parade, then head out for pie, and other things. Details can be found on the Pi(e) Run Facebook page. Invite your scooter-riding friends. Invite yourself! See you there.

Did you know there’s a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Bellingham? It’s true… and this year there are gonna be scooters in it!

Everyone who rides a scooter—vintage, modern, 2-stroke, 4-stroke, electric, whatever—is invited to be part of the group. Membership in a scooter club is NOT required… neither is insurance, and Washington State law specifically waives the requirement to wear a helmet in a parade. Wear your most festive green and come on down!

Stay tuned! Details about meetup times and locations will be posted here once we know them!

Bowling in the New Year!

Orin, Tom S, Todd F, and Dorcie met up at the Sehome Village Starbucks for the SOB ride of the New Year. The weather was a wonderful spring like day for the first day of the year!

Todd led the group on one of the club’s favorite routes up over Yew St. to North Shore to Agate Bay and Y Road.

The group stopped for a warm up (it is winter after all) at The Fork at Agate Bay, a great little bistro restaurant in the sticks.

The group of four then split into two groups as Todd and Dorcie headed home and Orin and Tom S headed to bowling in hopes of meeting up with other scooterists.

Tom S and Orin represented the SOBs at the bowling alley for two games, honing up on their skills for 2012.

Great day for a ride and a great afternoon for bowling.  Too bad there weren’t other scooterists there to partake.  Still lots of “new” in the new year for everyone to get out and ride!

Not visible in the photo: Sheila's antlers were wrapped in flashing lights

Once again, the crew gathered at Jana & Skyler’s for the annual Holiday Party. Thankfully, there were only about five Starbucks scooter mugs in the gift exchange. The club will be helping a needy family this holiday season, a collection among the attendees netting $160, which the club treasury will match. Have a happy holiday season, everyone!

A few hardy souls rode to the meeting!

GREAT TURNOUT!

In attendance; Orin, Jeff, Mary, Rudy, Craig, Tom, Dorcie, Todd, Bill, Judy, Sheila, Coll, Larry, Louise, Dan, Rob, Sandy, Fred, Brooksana and Jason.

We had THREE hard-core riders who showed up on scooters with the temp hovering around 40°F.

THE CLUB’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY will be held in two weeks, on Saturday, 12/3 @ 6PM – Jana and Skyler’s home again this year. Please bring a food item – hot or cold, not complicated, easy to nosh on. There will be an optional gift exchange which must be a scooter- and/or Italian-related item, NOT TO EXCEED 15.00 IN VALUE. The club will provide beer and wine.

JASON IS OPEN FOR SCOOTER REPAIR BUSINESS and you should contact him directly for an appointment, He will also have a selection of tires on hand.

Sandy suggested we should have a SCOOTER/PROJECT BIKE TO RAFFLE for HAMSTER RUN SEVEN.

Dorcie gave our FINANCIAL STATUS and we’re in good shape going into next season.

We discussed and decided NOT TO HAVE A CLUB MEETING IN DECEMBER, and will resume monthly meetings in January.

WINTER SCOOT REPAIR CLASSES were discussed and we will try to put together a couple after the holidays.

Respectfully submitted,
Tom Smith – SOB Secretary

Attending: Orin, Rob, Sandy, Jason, new member Bonnie

Tood and Dorcie were in Seattle visiting their new grandchild. Congratulations!

Bonnie recently arrived from Ketchikan, Alaska and rides a Bajaj Chetak.

As the club has lost several members over the last year (Jen, Jeff &
Taira and Alison have moved away), the need to raise our profile and recruit new members was discussed briefly. Plans are being made to participate in the 2012 St. Patrick’s Day parade; printing a card of flyer for distribution to members to place on scooters or give to riders would be a possibility. Lots of scooters are running around Bellingham.

Jason has left Motorscooters NW in Tacoma and is now living in Bellingham; he has a day job at Avenue Bakery, and looks to formally launch his scooter maintenance/repair business in the spring. In the meantime he still works out of Todd’s garage. He’s open to the possibility of doing scooter maintenance classes as was done last year, but Tom organized those… he or the club would need to make those arrangements.

Attendance at Sunday bowling has fallen off lately; it was suggested Sunday might not be a good day for people. Lots of clubs have successful weekly social gatherings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so Orin will check with 20th Century regarding potential conflicts with league play. One is not required to bowl, and 20th Century serves beer and food.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Orin O’Neill
for Tom Smith
Club Secretary

Hey all, Todd will be leading a ride to the Worst SC Ever’s Royal Canadian Motorscooter Portage 25 in Vancouver, B.C. You know, just up the road.

The ride will DEPART at 8:30 am Saturday Aug. 3, 2011 from the Bakerview Starbucks, 1031 W. Bakerview Rd in Bellingham, returning late that afternoon/early evening. (If you’d like to stay longer, you’ll need to make your own arrangements for lodging.)

WSCE’s Web site has the latest itinerary info, and a map of the weekend’s meetup places.

Please remember, crossing the U.S.-Canadian border will require a passport, passport card or Enhanced Driver’s License. At the time this was written, the Canadian dollar was worth $1.01.