There has been a rash of discussion regarding advertizing specialties bearing the Oregon Scooter Club name and/or logo. I think it is fantastic that so many club members are interested in this type of merchandise, but we must provide a caution on the unauthorized use of the OSC name or logo; or collecting money on behalf of the OSC.
No one may use the OSC name or logo without the express permission of the club and only the club treasure may collect funds for the OSC. Like any organizatio…
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Added by OSC Admin on November 14, 2009 at 11:45pm —
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Oregon Scooter Club
Annual Meeting and Officer Elections
November 11, 2009
Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 6:50 PM by President Rick Fletcher. The agenda for the meeting was reviewed and participants were invited to suggest additional topics at that time or any time during the meeting.
The names of the 17 founding members were projected on the screen. Rick recognized the all the founders and said a few words of praise about those who had helped him become a contributor to the OSC.…
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Added by OSC Admin on November 14, 2009 at 8:30am —
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Congratulations to each of our 2010 officers elected at last night’s OSC General Meeting and Officer Elections. Your 2010 officers are:
Rick Fletcher – President
David Clayton – Vice President
Christie Sleight – Secretary
Melody Anderson – Treasurer
Our new Secretary, Christie Slight, will post the minute of the meeting by the end of this weekend.
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Added by OSC Admin on November 12, 2009 at 2:11pm —
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Four-Peaks Ride was a great fall ride! Under a thin layer of fog seventeen scooters, ranging in from 50 cc to 500 cc rolled out of Holman’s for our 60 mile ride. About 40 minutes into our ride the fog burned off just in time to enjoy the view from the summit of Skyline Blvd providing fantastic views of the fall color in the valleys west of downtown Portland. As we crossed the St. John’s Bridge we moved into the middle segment of our ride.
As we headed along Marine drive were treated…
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Added by OSC Admin on November 1, 2009 at 5:03pm —
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This ride was originally rescheduled to avoid weather issues on Saturday to Sunday.
7 people total joined us for this ride. We had 3 Burgmans (all 400cc I think...Rick, Dave and one other), 3 Piaggio BV's (2 500's...Alvaro and Arjen... and a 200...Trudy) as well as a Chevy (Peggy joined us in her car since her scoot was in the shop).
We left a little late and had to change the ride to avoid activities related to "Race for the Cure" in downtown, but the weather was just great. Arjen led to Rain…
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Added by OSC Admin on September 21, 2009 at 8:04am —
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While we are the OREGON Scooter Club, and we should be able to take a little rain, the weather this Saturday does not look promising. For safety's sake I have decided to reschedule the ride to Sunday. I hope most of you have schedules that will accommodate this late change. The meeting time and all is the same. I have updated the Event posting.
-Arjen
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Added by OSC Admin on September 18, 2009 at 11:29am —
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Earlier today there was a SPAM attack on the OSC website and over 100 members received a SPAM message in their OSC mail box. The OSC does not SPAM, nor do we allow others to use our website for SPAM. The OSC does not sell membership list or e-mail addresses to anyone. Member e-mail addresses are only available to OSC officers. We are sorry if you received this SPAM and to the best of our knowldge, the SPAMer did not obtain any personal information from the OSC website.
The guest user who posted…
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Added by OSC Admin on September 5, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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11 scooters plus a support vehicle made the climb up Mary’s Peak under ideal conditions. Check out the photos on Steve Castel’s page. A group of 5 riders headed out from Portland, and 5 more joined us in Salem and a final rider from Eugene met up with us in Philomath were we had a BBQ of burgers and other Raid leftovers. Then it was off to the Peak.
An interesting point about this ride was that it had more women riders than men (6 to 5) and no one person lead the entire ride. Rick lead the grou…
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Added by OSC Admin on August 23, 2009 at 11:35am —
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This ride was a great success and kudos are in order for ride leader David Clayton for outstanding route, making the maps and his leadership in making this ride work. Recognition is also due to Dave Seeley for riding sweep and Arjen Sundman for leading the Portland group home after the ride leader dropped off in Vancouver. Kathy Smith and Melody Anderson of the OSC Valley Chapter came up for the ride.
Nine scooters rolled out under a cloudy sky for the trip to Swift reservoir. Michelle had the…
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Added by OSC Admin on July 12, 2009 at 9:44pm —
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On a beautiful afternoon 12 scooter and 13 riders participated in the Bald Peak and Two Rivers Ride. The smallest scooter was a Piaggio 150 and the largest was a BV 500 (Arjen – there is another BV 500 lurking in the OSC – your bike is no linger an orphan). There were 2 non-OSC members on the ride.
A couple of the riders had not participated in a ride that met up at Holman’s restaurant and did not know about the pato behind Holman’s. You can general find the OSC on the patio.
The ride left Hol…
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Added by OSC Admin on July 5, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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On Friday afternoon the OSC rolled out of the Damascus Safeway bound for the Painted Hills. 11 scooters rolled that day ranging in size from Morph is 250 to a BV 500. A 12th scooter was trailer over Mt. Hood and joined in the second day. Camp that night was in Maupin.
On Saturday at 8:15 AM we headed out in two groups. A fast group lead by David Clayton and a slower group lead by Christie Slight on a Honda 150. The day consisted of a 210 mile ride through farm land, along rivers, through ghost…
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Added by OSC Admin on July 2, 2009 at 4:54pm —
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The weather looked threatening; but five scooters, the smallest of which was a 125, headed out from Vespa of Salem just as the clouds parted. With out a drop of rain the OSC Willamette Valley Chapter’s held its first official ride started racking up 85 miles of leisurely riding; with speeds that did not exceed 45 MPH.
Out heading out from Salem we followed the Willamette river down to Albany and into Bryant Park for a break. After a short cruse through historic downtown Albany we it the back ro…
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Added by OSC Admin on June 30, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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We are cranking it up for our annual OCC event, Oregon Scooter Raid 7. Rides, campfires and scooter camaraderie. Check out the attached FAQ and make your reservations by sending an e-mail to president@OreognScooterClub.org
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Added by OSC Admin on June 20, 2009 at 10:26am —
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Hagg Lake rides are an OSC tradition and the 2009 ride is in the books as a success. The skys were overcast all day but that did not dampen the sprites of the 19 riders who participated in the ride.
Two groups were riding in this year’s Hagg Lake ride, A slower relaxed group and a maxi-scooter group. The relaxed group left Holman’s at 11:30 AM with 2 Honda Metropolitans, a Honda 70 Passport, a Vespa 200, a Helix, a Majesty and a Burgman 400. At 12:10 PM they rendezvoused with the west side rela…
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Added by OSC Admin on June 7, 2009 at 7:19pm —
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It was a small group but an ambitious couple of riders who headed out the last weekend in May, 2009 for the OSC Spring Overnighter. As indicated in the ride description the destination was selected at the pre-ride meeting. At 9:30 AM it was kickstands up as 2 riders, both on Burgman 400 scooters headed for loop around Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
Via the back roads through Beaverton, Forest Grove and Vernoia the scooters made their way the Westport Ferry, the last ferry operating on the Colu…
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Added by OSC Admin on June 2, 2009 at 8:49am —
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Kickstands were up at 9:30 AM on Saturday when 8 scooters, including 2 Piaggio MP3s, headed south from Portland to cross the 3 ferries on the Willamette River. Scooter displacement ranged form 250 cc – 500cc. There were 9 riders with one of the MP3s riding two-up.
The ride was 206 miles and was completed in about 6 hours including a rest stop at Willamette Mission state park, a lunch stop in Jefferson and a fuel stop in Silverton, Oregon. At the fuel stop a member from Salem, Cory, who was not…
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Added by OSC Admin on May 24, 2009 at 7:50am —
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It was nearly a prefect day when 12 bikes rolled out from Holman’s restaurant heading for Bullwinkle’s. Our smallest bike was a Honda 90, followed by a Yamaha 125 and a vintage Honda 200. In keeping with our theme of a small displacement ride, speeds never exceeded 45 MPH. Check out he photo below of these three riders with their small displacement bikes.
After a trip down the shores of the Willamette, a loop around Lake Oswego and thru the open spaces of West Linn south of I – 205 we arrived a…
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Added by OSC Admin on May 18, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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To accommodate the OSC’s wide variety of scooters and riders, we will leave Holman's in two waives. A slower more relaxed ride, with top speeds of about 45 MPH, will depart at 11:30 AM, and faster ride will leave at noon.
The two groups will link up near the lake for a chance to have a little scooter talk.
Looking for you on the road – OSC Bug
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Added by OSC Admin on May 14, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Members who ride smaller displacement and vintage scooters are an important part of the OSC. We heard your call for rides with a slower pace and this weekend’s ride (5/17/09)to Bullwinkles will have top speeds of about 45 MPH. Check out the events tab for details on this Sunday’s slower relaxed ride. We want you there – join in!
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Added by OSC Admin on May 14, 2009 at 9:00am —
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There are lots of great scooter rides in the valley and we want to take advantage of the 2009 scooter season. Join us to link up with other OSC members this Saturday for the inaugural meeting of the
OSC Mid-Valley Chapter. Check out the Events tab for more details, but be there to help us launch the Mid-Valley chapter. All scooter enthusiasts are welcome, OSC member or not, and the club is buying pizza and soft drinks. Scooter season is here so let’s get things moving for our new chapter.…
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Added by OSC Admin on May 3, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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