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In this new department, we plan to include some of the many photos we receive each month that do not necessarily fall into the other departments we’ve
established over the years.We understand that, as one large family, we often have more to brag about than just our bikes. So here’s your opportunity to share those
accomplishments (and just plain fun anecdotes) with the entire Association! Send photos and text to “Bragging Rights,” Wing World, P.O. Box 42450, Phoenix, AZ
85080-2450 or by email to editor@gwrra.org.
A Little Cold Weather Won’t Stop Us!
Chapter V in Wisconsin never lets a little thing like cold weather
stop them! This picture was taken during an Ice Cream ride on
March 12, 2006.
The shot was taken on the edge of Partridge Lake in New London,
Wisconsin, and, if you look to the left of the Gold Wings, you can see
ice fisherman.
“We weren’t sure who was more crazy, us for riding our Gold
Wings in the 36 degrees F weather or the ice fisherman who were
walking on the ice near open water,” one rider said..
Mark Traxler
GWRRA #175655
Appleton,Wisconsin
Of Palaces and Hooches...
It’s just a shame I can’t go out and see Iraq. The IZ is more like
“Little America.” I go to work, go to the PX, that’s it.
KBR is the biggest and only contracting firm here. They provide
food and laundry services and many other support functions.They prepared
a sumptuous feast for Thanksgiving. They had some live music
and a wide assortment of food and sweets.
I received a package from the GWRRA Home Office filled with
goodies, munchies and a T-shirt. I want to express my gratitude to your
staff for being so thoughtful. My one-year tour will be complete in May
2007, but I have requested to extend my tour one more year.
Nick W. Sheldon
GWRRA #120542
U.S. Embassy Baghdad
My Other Scoot
his is my other
“Tscoot,” writes Jerry
Brandt, GWRRA #111291,
of Janesville, Wisconsin. “I
purchased this 1984 Honda
Spree used in 2000,” Jerry
continues,“and its 49ccs of
fire-breathing, 2-stroke
power, with 7,380 miles on
it!”
Jerry says he took the
photo in Holcombe,
Wisconsin. By our estimation,
Jerry must ride the
Spree quite a bit, since
Holcombe is over 250 miles from Janesville.
Jerry Brandt
GWRRA #111291
Janesville,Wisconsin.
Trikes to Soon “Run Over” Mail
Here in the Embassy Palace, I work primarily with administrative
functions. I work with CODELS (Congressional Delegations) and
VIP visits. President Bush gave us a surprise visit in June! It was great
for morale.
Many politicians want to come here for a “photo op” and to see
how the taxpayers’ dollars are spent. Besides work, I go to the gym,
read books and watch DVDs on my laptop in my hooch (half a trailer).
At least I don’t have a roommate!
Occasionally, I’ll hear the siren to “Duck & Cover” during an attack
in the IZ (International Zone). If I’m outside I’ll run to the nearest
bunker and wait for the “All Clear” message.After Saddam’s guilty verdict,
there was a lot of celebratory gunfire. One of the bullets penetrated
my hooch through the roof while I was at work. I will wear it as
a necklace as a souvenir. It’s all part of the “charm” of living here in Iraq.
Notice how the upper right-hand corner of this envelope has a
“postmark” of a Gold Wing trike This is only a prototype art of
what the real cancel, to be issued May 5, 2007, will look like.
An “official” United States postmark cancel using a trike has never
before been issued in the entire U.S.! So this is a true first and a rare
bird.
Since May is National Motorcycle Awareness Month, Chapter NC-
V would like to inform the motoring public that it’s riding season again
22 Wing World