It’s that time of year again! Time to get your ride Tuned up, Blinged up and Shined up and ready to

ROLL. Bikes, Blues & BBQ is the largest motorcycle rally in the United States benefiting local charities.

Last year, it was estimated that over 400,000 people attended the rally from all 50 states and many other

countries.

BBB is also an opportunity for you to help the chapter out as it is the largest fund raiser of the year.

PTHD graciously gives us a front row booth to sell water from. From there it is up to us, we need you to

volunteer to help us sell it. At the HOG Gathering we will have a sign up sheet for shifts to help out. If

you can’t make the gathering simply email activities@pigtrailhog.com and volunteer! Please take the

time to pitch in help your group out.

Legend has it that the origin of the term “hog”, when referring to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, was from

the early part of the 1900s Harley’s racing team, the Wrecking Crew. They had a small pig as a mascot and

one of the riders would do victory laps with the pig sitting on the bike’s gas tank. In later years, HOG be-

came the official acronym of the Harley Owners Group and is the trading symbol of Harley-Davidson on

the New York Stock Exchange.

Trey Hargus

Greetings to all. I ran through lots of different ideas trying to come up with a topic for

my first article as your Assistant Director. Try as I might, I was unable to find the topic

that was insightful and would razzle dazzle all who read this. So, at least for this first

one, I will just speak in generalities.

Any club, group, membership is only going to be as good as the cohesiveness of the

membership. We are all different people from widely different backgrounds but that is

actually the potential strength of the chapter. We all approach a problem or task from

different directions with different ideas. Once again, a positive and a strength. The

chapter gains as a whole from these differences and viewpoints. However, it can

become a deterrent to growth and success if we let those differences become a negative

thing. If we shut our minds to varied ideas or if we try and focus on the differences….we all lose.

Royce Barnes

There is plenty of excitement in the air and quite the buzz around the PTHD dealership. The

new models are rolling in just in time for our little local rally, where we get to share our

twisty’s with riders from all over the country.

You may notice a few subtle changes with the new models. The engineers work to redesign a

part for improvements in appearance -style - appeal. Some changes are for performance –

strength. While some may also involve efficiency and economy.

You may see a few subtle changes in our Gathering place. Your leadership team strives to be

open and available to you. Great points shared and experienced at the Harley Officer Training

(HOT) are slowly being implemented. These small inputs can create more interaction – excite-

ment and input opportunity from everyone in attendance.

I really hope that you find it appealing and working too.

Pig Trail Hog Chapter is a great value for your time and money.

You can get involved and meet your new riding family and your

new BFF. If you like to ride and have fun, we are the Chapter for

you. BBB is fast approaching and several hundreds of thousands

Motorcycle Enthusiast will swarm our area. Our Hog Chapter will

help PTHD with different services, some you can get paid or volun-

teer for. Check with the dealership for opportunities as they like to use Local HOG Members.

Back to putting in and getting out, each month we have several riding and social opportunities. First Saturday

of each month we have a Chapter Gathering of Members and guests to cover the Months Activities. Short

rides, Dinner Rides, Weekend rides and overnight rides. The HOG Chapter supports events like Shelter the

Storm, Save the Girls, Rumble through the Ozarks and other Charity rides. It is a great way to support our

community.

This year we had groups go to the HOG rally in the Smokies, two different groups to Sturgis and Beartooth

Pass and this Fall our overnight is to Mountain View in October. plus we have been known to party at Bike

nights in the area, Christmas parties and maybe a Valentine or Mardi Gras, you never know.

Volunteering to be a Road Captain or work an event helps you meet new people. Serving in the Ladies of Har-

ley also a way to invest in local events and Charities like, the local Children Shelters and our First Responders,

plus they have separate events each month. Membership and Activities officers also will help you.

So step up and help your Chapter be the best in our region and in exchange meet and ride with a great group of

people that share your passion for riding and having fun.

Chuck Yarbrough Scott Mendham

I know it's still August as I write this up, but time is flying by. Too soon it will be

September, two major rallies, here in Arkansas and Texas; Water

Sales and Bikes, Blues and Barbecue (reminder to sign up and volun-

teer for the chapter); then our Fall Foliage Ride to Mountain View; Thanksgiving and you

guessed it Christmas. If you are wondering where I'm going with this, let me tell it's hard to

get 12 items so you can submit an order during the summer months. People don't always un-

derstand that when they order name badges in May, it might be Sept- Nov. before you can

submit the order. I thought about it last night and said to myself-- stocking stuffers for Christ-

mas. Get my drift??? Do you know someone who loves their stock-ings, but you don't know

how to tell Santa what to put in it? Buy a new name badge, it's only $10, military pin or magnet and stuff it in

the stocking after Santa leaves. They will never know the difference. See me at the gathering, before or after-

wards, text, call or email me. However, they do need to be prepaid!!

Kareen Turner

September is here and so is the best riding season of year with the weather cooling and some of the biggest riding events coming this month! Talking of HUGE events, HOG had one of the big-gest rides of the year last Sunday during the Full Moon Ride! We had 42 riders and 1 cager! The riders experienced great riding, a delicious meal and a beautiful full orange moon to guide us home. Who could ask for more? Well, how about a month filled with excitement? The Milwaukee 115 Rally, The Hot Springs Motorcycle Rally, Set the Record Ride, and Bikes, Blues and BBQ ! This is also our big fund raiser of the year so please volunteer to help us sell water if you haven’t already.

Matt Greene

Chapter Gathering—September 1st

Followed by “Directors Ride“

Lead R/C Trey Hargus and Royce Barnes

KSU 11:30am returning 2pm

Hot Springs Rally — September 6th-8th

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Clarion by the Lake Resort not far from the center of all the

action. We will spend 3 days and 2 nights enjoying each others company as well as other Rally goers.

There will be two poker runs, motorcycle show, games, parade and shopping, topped off with powerful

entertainment!

Book your Room TODAY and get your tickets on site or online here.

We will be leaving in 2 groups to allow you your choice of stays: One leaving at 2pm on Thursday the

6th with Lead RC Jeffrey Bushey and One Leaving 9am on Friday the 7th with Lead RC Jim Moss.

Both will depart from PTHD with a pre-ride briefing 15 minutes prior to departure.

Set The Record Ride—September 14th-16th

Adam Sandoval is working with the Guinness Book of World Records, Paris Texas Harley-Davidson, K

River Campground (Moyers, OK), and the Choctaw Casino and Resort at Grand, OK to “SET THE

RECORD” for the largest parade of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Contact R/Cs Scott Mendham, Garry Raymond or David Patterson for Details

See the details on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/482492335566276/?

notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1535473312637926

Dinner Ride—September 18

Lead RC: Garry Raymond

Details TBA

Bikes Blues and BBQ — Sept 26th — 29th

Lisa Vail

Chapter Gathering—October 6th

Ride to Follow

PTHD Save the Girls—October 13th

Dinner Ride—October 16th

Lead RC: Garry Raymond

Fall Foliage Ride Oct 19th

Annual Holiday Party

December 8th 2018 — 6:30pm

thru ??pm This is the gathering of the year. Come join your fellow mem-

bers at our yearly bash.

More Details to Follow!

We just keep growing and growing. Please welcome the newest members to our Pig Trail

HOG Chapter family.

• Holly and Troy Adams

• Casey Conway

• Kellie Naylor

• Lonny Thomas

For those members that have been around for a while, if you see a face among the group that you do not recog-

nized – then please introduce yourself and help introduce them to the rest of the family.

Now for the business side:

Every Member needs to please take a moment and check your National Memberships to ensure you have one and

that it has not lapsed. Recently I’ve sent out multiple notifications and reminders for missing or lapsed National

Memberships.

In order to be a part of the local Pig Trail HOG Chapter, the requirement is that you have to be an Active Na-tional

HOG Member. Without this Active National HOG status, we are required by National HOG associa-tion to re-

move you from the local member chapter.

If you just purchased a motorcycle – the first year of your National Membership will be taken care of by the deal-

ership and that can take up to a month to get registered. If you have received your new National Mem-bership

number or if have renewed – please email the information to Membership@pigtrailhog.com

If we don't see you at the next meeting, we will see you on the road!

Are a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in California in the

late 1950s. The chopper is perhaps the most extreme of all custom styles,

often using radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance.

Perhaps the best known choppers are the two customized Harley-Davidsons, the “Captain America” and

“Billy Bike”, seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider.

Wiederkehr Wine Cellars, Saturday, Sept. 22

Ladies, let’s hang out for a day of touring, tasting, eating and shopping at Wiederkehr’s Wine Cellars

We will have 2 meeting spots to accommodate everybody!

• NORTHERNER’S DEPART Pig Trail 10:00am

• SOUTHERNER’S DEPART Exit 58 Phillips 66 10:45am

Those coming from Pig Trail will meet up with the Exit 58 crowd so we can all caravan together.

Cage or bike, it’s up to you!

We will start our event with a great lunch at the Weinkeller Restaurant which serves authentic German,

French and Swiss cuisine.

From there we will tour their historic wine cellars made of native stone and mortar to learn about their award

winning wines.

The tour ends at the tasting room where you can judge for yourself which is best during their free wine tast-

ing.

There are gift shops to browse and just an all around cool place to check out!

PLEASE let Annette or Deb know by Sept. 15 if you plan to go so we can make appropriate reservations.

If you missed this you just don’t know what you missed. THANKS

Dave and Kareen Turner for the best ride of the season!