Triumphrat

Kirk · 11-01-2007

Good morning everyone:

I'm just putting this message out now because I'd like to have a lot of input on this one.

I just wanted to ask all of you if you'd like to have the NiagaRAT rally one more time next spring. I'd like to reserve the weekend of June 6-8, 2008. I'm hoping that way, it would be one of the first events of the year and that it would be on a weekend where our friends from P.A. could come up again!

I would like to have the same motel but I'd really like to sell it out this year, so there is no problems with anyone else being there. That way we could have some "parking lot entertainment" without any problems. The format would generally be the same as the last few years, with the only difference being on Saturday. On Saturday, for this year, I'd like to break the activities into four categories; first, a day ride on some of our best roads; second, a shopping day tour of some of the great shopping areas; third, a winery tour and lunch; and lastly a tour of some of the great tourist places,i.e. the Jet Boats, a walk down to the whirlpool, a walk down to the gorge, a guided tour of the battle of Lundy's Lane site, etc. You simply chose before hand what you'd like to do and we'll have local members guide you around. Saturday night would again be set aside for great food that will be catered. I promise the potatoes will be cooked through this year!!! Like I said, if we can get the whole motel sold out, I'd like to get some entertainment in the parking lot for an extra fun night.

Those are our general plans. Would you all please take the time to think about it and let me know if we can count on your commitment to come. On the other hand, if you'd like to see a rally in a different spot this summer, please speak up and we'd gladly help anyone who would like to host an event.

I'd like to thank in advance the dealers who have been so generous with giveaways in the last three years and can only hope they'll be on board to help out again this year.

The only other difference we'll be doing this year in having everyone pay up front. We've always just collected the money at the gate but it's been a huge financial gamble for Brent, Peggy and myself, especially when someone commits to come and for whatever reason, decide not to show up at the last minute.

I guess the bottom line is simple, we love doing this event for all of you and will gladly keep doing it as long as everyone wants to get together. This is about as "grass roots" as you can get but we love doing it.

So I'm going to leave it to all of you to let us know. Do you want to have the NiagaRAT rally again or do you want to meet somewhere else this summer? We've got lots of time to organize things but I'd like to reserve that weekend right now before someone else takes it. Let's hear from P.A., Michigan, New York, Indiana and of course, Ontario. Feel free to copy this message onto any other sites you might frequent. Get hold of your local members however you like, just get the message out that we need a lot of input on this one. This could easily be the best year yet!

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