Mirror Lake ride,
Aug. 14, 2010
Click here for LOTS more pictures of this ride.
Provo, Utah - Chapter 431
Our Chapter starts all our motorcycle group rides from one
of the Utah County Communities
including Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, Lehi, Alpine,
Highland, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, Orem,
Provo, Springivlle, Mapleton, Spanish Fork, Woodland Hills,
Elk Ridge, Salem, Payson, or Santaquin.
Saftey First:
Information for people who may want to ride with us
We want all riders to feel welcome and BE SAFE so we have
prepared some information on us and how our group rides together.
We make these documents available at the pre-ride briefing for all
riders. (We also have additional specific information about the
particular ride we are doing that day such as routes and stops etc.)
Below are the guidelines we urge riders to follow for the safety of
everyone in our rides.
Welcome and Information about our Chapter
(This tells you a little about our Chapter and STAR Touring and riding
along with contact information.)
Save your life - Group riding guidelines
Riding in a group can be fun and enjoyable, but knowing what others
are going to be doing and what they expect of you is a serious matter
of safety. If nothing else, study this single sheet.
MSF hand signals and spacing guidelines
The Motorcycle Safety foundation has published standardized hand signals
which we use on the ride.
Using these signals, the road captain communicates with the other riders
in the group about what the group is going to do next (i.e., turn, slow down, pull off
etc.) and about dangers that riders should watch out for (i.e. pot hole
or debris in the road, a bicycle in our lane, etc.) Riders in the group also
use the hand signals to communicate with the road captain and tailgunner
about a need to stop or get fuel, etc. These hand signals
should be understood and crisply passed back to the riders behind you
(when safe to do so.)
This sheet also has an illustration about the position and spacing
of bikes in our group to help make sure every bike has enough room to
be safe and still stays together for good communications. Studying and
understanding the illustration at the bottom of this page is VERY
important to safe riding.
Additional hand signals we use.
We use five hand signals in addition to the ones from the MSF. You should
also be familiar with these had signals (particularly for safe spacing
between bikes.)
These sheets contain information gathered from a number of
sources, especially the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and STAR Touring
plus our own group's riding experience. Remember, ALWAYS "ride your
own ride" and keep yourself safe.
-- Byron Harward, Pres. Chapter 431.
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We RIDE! Come Join us.
Complete 2012 Chapter Ride Schedule
Non-members are invited to ride with us!
All makes and models of street legal bikes are welcome!
(Pics from one of our rides here.) - Go to
Facebook.com to see LOTS more pictures and info from our past rides.
NEXT EVENT: Chapter Ride Sat. June 9th
Details Here
Monthly Chapter Ride/Meeting:
2nd Saturday of Every Month:
During the winter (Nov-Mar) Unless there is a special event,
we meet for breakfast at 9:00 am.
While we eat, we discuss future rides and Chapter plans. We also
receive about 20 minutes of "Bonus Information" on motorcycles and/or riding
in the form of an outside speaker or demonstration. After breakfast,
(if weather allows) a short ride is available for any riders that wish.
So, bring your bike if you want to ride, otherwise feel free to
come in your car.
During the regular ride season (Apr-Oct) we hold a Chapter Ride.
We meet at Escape Motorsports, 1480 N. State St., Provo, UT. - 9:00 am
for refreshments and new-rider briefing.
- 9:30 am for the Chapter meeting/all-rider pre-ride briefing.
- Kickstands
up at 10:00 am. These rides will usually be 150 to 250 miles (4-6 hrs
including stops.) They are designed to take advantage of Utah's
breathtaking scenery and vistas.
Details (or changes) are always posted here:
May's ride, the "5-Dam" ride was a great sucess! for pictures
and comments, click on our Facebook link at the top of this
page.
Next Chapter Ride:
Wolf Creek - Indian Canyon
Date: Saturday, June 9th
LOCATION: Escape Motorsports, 1480 N. State St. Provo
Time:
9:00 am - New Rider briefing
9:30 am - All-rider pre-ride briefing
Kick Stands Up: 10:00 am
ROUTE:
We will travel from Escape Motorsports up Provo Canyon to Francis
and on up, over Wolf Creek Pass (+/- 10,000 ft.) We will stop
at a couple of look-out and view locations along the way.
Going down the other side we will pass through Hanna and Duchesne
(we will have lunch in one of those two towns.)
After lunch, we will
head up the mountians again on US 191 to a pass about 9,000 ft.
high and down Indian Canyon to Helper. After a break there,
we will travel back to Utah Valley via US 6. We will call the
ride at the Little Acorn cafe in the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.
Specific mileage, stops and ride times will be posted here after we
complete the pre-ride. If you would like to join the pre-ride,
email our road captain byron.
He will arrange a date/time to do the pre-ride.
As ALWAYS, we invite non-members of STAR Touring to ride/participate with us and try us out. All makes of street-legal motorcycles are welcome. We are a non-confrontational, safety-first, family-oriented motorcycle riding association. We follow the traffic laws and alcohol is never allowed on our rides. We exist to RIDE and to share the experience with friends. AND, we are always looking for new friends.
Dinner Rides:
These are summer evening rides. They are scheduled
after 6:00 pm on a week day evening. They start
at different places in Utah County and explore the roads in and around
the valley or in nearby canyons or deserts. We want these rides to be
great rides for new riders who want to try group riding but don't want
to commit to the longer rides yet. We will end a "Dinner Ride" before
dark at a restaurant or ice cream parlor, etc. for a little socializing.
NEXT DINNER RIDE:
(The next dinner ride is being planned and will be posted soon.)
"Crazy Byron" (CB) Rides (off-season rides)
(These rides are only called "Crazy"
because they happen when most people have put away their bikes.
The rides will still be within the traffic laws and according
to STAR standards.)
"CB" ride Explanation
Our Prez., Byron rides all year round (often looking like a kid in
a snow suit!) When the weather in the "off-season" is warm enough
that even NORMAL people might enjoy a ride, Byron will organize a
an easy ride on short notice and send out the word via email and
TEXT MESSAGE.
For email notice, sign up for the newsletter with "subscribe" in the
subject line by clicking here.
For TEXT MESSAGE notice of these rides (or cancelations)
text your request to byron at 465-8765 (area code: 801)
Be sure you include your NAME as well as your
CELL PHONE Number and your EMAIL ADDRESS.
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rides, click on the link below and put
the word "subscribe" in the subject line:
We NEVER give your email out to anyone else. You can
unsubscribe anytime by clicking on the link above
and putting the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
We are a family-oriented, non-confrontational, non-political, safety-oriented,
traffic-law-abiding motorcycle RIDING association (NOT a "motorcycle club.")
All makes and models of street legal bikes are welcome.
Non-members of our chapter are invited to ride with us.
Our Chapter rides never include "tavern runs" and consumption of alcoholic beverages
on chapter rides is prohibited.
COME JOIN US FOR A RIDE!
More about STAR (More than 65,000 members in over 285 chapters.)
We appreciate the support from
Other Utah Chapters:
Chapter 152 - Salt Lake
They ride the 3rd Saturday of every month.
website: http://star152.org.
Chapter 279 - Ogden, Utah
They ride the first Saturday of every month.
No website yet. Contact:
Brian Lay, the Pres. Ogden Chapter
brianklay@hotmail.com
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