Welcome Coast Riders to a New Year 2012. We had a green Christmas but a white New Years. Not riding at this time but looking forward to going to the Vancouver Motorcycle Show at the Tradex in Abbotsford on January 19th till January 22nd 2012. See you there! Dale B

The 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show  January 19th till January 22nd 2012.

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Coast Riders “Buns of Steel” Winners

Congratulations to our members who wracked up the miles (kilometers actual) this year.

Here they are:
Riders:
Bergmann Daryl 16376
Miller David 15505
Cooper Greg 14099
Elzen Rene van den 12851
Brewer Dale 11192
Chesney Brian 10307
Bradley Ron 9779
Billington Doug 8942
Chesney Donna 8159
Rego Gerry 6271
Chadwick Bill 5186
Larsen Peter 5047
D’Bos Dianne 4998

Passengers:
Brewer Lynne 7605
Billington Bonnie 2593
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Most Excellent Motorcycle Adventure – Alberta Foothills

Check out Glen and Lester’s (VideoLester’s), a long time CoastRider member,  latest trip across BC into Alberta.   Great job Lester – great trip and cool video presentation:

No wheelies but some fantastic sights, scenes and folks to meet.

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Vancouver Motorcycle Show Coming up Soon

It won’t be long now -  The 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show  is coming up soon. Come out and see the Coast Riders Booth, talk to the members, find out what we are all about.

2011 Motorcycle Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coast Riders: we still have some spots for volunteers on our booth open – look at the schedule here:   Signup – 2012 Vancouver Motorcycle Show Booth

 

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BCCOM is lobbying for Lane Splitting!

A while ago, the Club had some discussion regarding lane splitting for motorcycles. I was a little surprised to find the Club members split in their opinions as to whether or not this is a good thing.

Nevertheless, BCCOM has submitted a proposal to the government, and there is further discussion going on on BCCOM’s Facebook page. There is also information on the BCCOM web site.

Having spent quite a bit of time sitting in the hot sun on a hot bike behaving like a car in crawling traffic, I have often wondered why we cannot take advantage of the smaller size and the agility of the motorcycle. Lane splitting is legal and works in Europe and California. Why not here? Continue reading

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