Paul Valentine donates the Club's first Raffle Bike back to the Club
Paul Valentine is
a Life Member who first joined the club in 1986. He has been a
prominent and active member ever since. Throughout the Club's
website you can see his many photos that he takes at all the major
club events including almost all LOtP Rallies. Paul has just
donated his BSA 441 Victor that he won as the club's first Rallye
Raffle Bike in 1990 back to the club. It will again be used as a
raffle bike. Many thanks to Paul for all he has done for the club.
Paul with his raffle bike on the
way to the Little House.
The auctioning of our first motorcycle!!!
By
Wendy Griffiths
The NTNOA's very first raffle bike was a BSA 441 Victor. The year
was 1990 and Paul Valentine was the lucky winner. Paul recently
rediscovered it while cleaning out his backyard storage building. A
tree is slowly demolishing the building, so he has been emptying it
to tear it down; thus bringing out the bike. Paul is certain of the
date because it’s lettered on the gas tank by a guy named Curtis
that used to hang around Big D in those days. Curtis misspelled
Raffle on the tank. He spelled it as "Raffel". The bike is
complete except for a battery and a zener diode. It was running
when Paul stored it right after the rallye. It needs a lot of
cleaning up from years of being subject to various types of
varmints, but it has fared much better than expected.
Here's the rest of the story in an email sent to Wendy Griffiths on
September 30th, 2020 from the original owner.
Wendy,
Thank you for continuing the tradition with this very worthwhile
motorcycle raffle. While you may not know, or remember me, I
actually started the raffle some 20 plus years ago when I was
president of the club. I had an old BSA Victor that needed much
attention and donated it to the club to raffle off at Lake O' the
Pines.
It was Jack Wilson, from Big D. Cycle, and his employees immediately
took over the project, and donated a lot of time, labor, parts, and
love to bring back a very much under rated motorcycle to the rally.
Then while on display in front of all of us, Jack actually signed
the gas tank. I do not remember who won the Victor, but am sure they
really enjoyed it for a long time.
Thanks again!
Richard Martin (500 CC's My Limit)
P.S. The call sign above was what I used as the Author, and Editor
of the monthly NTNOA newsletter that Bob Minyard used to publish,
and mail out for us at his expense.
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The March Club Meeting & Swap Meet is at
Big D Cycle
Sunday, March 31st
The March Club Meeting & Swap Meet is at Big D Cycle
on Sunday, March 31st. If you want to sell items at the swap meet,
please send an email to
swap@ntnoa.org. Bring your own table and chairs. Preference will
be given to members if the swap meet is oversubscribed. The swap
meet will start around 10 am to roughly 3 pm, with the formal
meeting starting at 2 PM.
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[Every
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[Strokers to Dubliner Ride]
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[March Club Meeting & Swap Meet] - Big D Cycle - Sunday, March 31st
[Spring Hill Country Ride]
- Leakey, TX - April 19th - 21st.
[All British Car & Bike
Day] - White Rock Lake -
Registration is
Open - Sunday, April 21st
[Pate
Swap Meet] - TX Motor Speedway - April 25/26/27
[April Club Meeting] - Richard's
Ranch or Chris Parry's Residence (determined by WX) - Sunday,
April 28th
[Distinguished
Gentlemen's Ride] - Sunday, May 19th
[Cherokee
Chapter National Road Run] - May 21st - 23rd - Eureka
Springs, AR
[May Club Meeting & Vintage Bike Show] - Back 9 Sports
Bar - Sunday, May 26th
[June Club Meeting] - British
Emporium in Richardson - Sunday, June 30th
[July Club Meeting] - Al Lamb Honda -
Sunday July 28th
[August Club Meeting] - Ford's Garage
in Plano - Sunday, August 25th
[September Club Meeting] - Phil
Dansby's Residence - Sunday, September 29th
[Land O' the Pines Rallye] - Yellow
Rose Canyon - October 4/5/6
[Epic Ride from LOP to Barber
Vintage Festival] - October 7th - 14th
[October Club Meeting] - Jeff Myer's Shoptoberfest - Sunday, October 27th
[November Club Meeting] - Dave
Morales' Place in Denton - Sunday, November 24th
[December Xmas Party and Club Meeting]
- Spirit Grille - Date TBD
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