Rally News

Registration Report...
Registration numbers are climbing... 239 as of 7/6
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Incline Plane Discounts
(7/9/04) After many hours of intense negotiations we have negotiated a 50% discount to ride the World Famous Johnstown Incline Plane while you’re attending the Floodcity National. $2.00 round trip!
Hold on tight!

Free Shuttle offered to local Brewing Company
(7/6/04) The Johnstown Brewing Company will be providing free shuttle bus service between the Holiday Inn, the Econolodge and their establishment (it's just 2 miles) on Friday July 16th between the hours of 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm. and will be offering food and drink specials to our rally attendees! You won't be disappointed!

ERC Lottery Winners & Schedule
(7/5/04) The final list of participants in the two scheduled Experienced Rider Courses have been selected and posted. You can check out the nmame and date assignments on the Rally Registration info page.

Women of COG Breakfast
(6/28/04) Women of COG...you don't want to miss this event. We will be enjoying a nice breakfast buffet with hot and cold food to start off our day. Then we have the wonderful opportunity to listen to Rick Gray (Chair of the Board of Directors of the AMA)speak about riding with his wife Gail for over 25 years, and to ask them questions. The American Red Cross will be giving a demonstration, and offer us the chance to purchase their first aid kits. We will also hold a 50/50 raffle to benefit the Red Cross. Of course there is the wonderful opportunity to socialize and meet other women who enjoy motorcycling, get a chance at a door prize, and learn more about motorcycle safety. Hope to see you there.

Dam Breaker Reception
(6/14//04) Well, our Tuesday evening opening reception during Floodcity is coming together nicely. Our entertainment is ready to go and there should be "games" to play and door prizes to win! We'll have folks representing the following organizations in attendance to answer all your questions about what there is to see & do!

Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Railroaders Heritage Corporation
Flight 93 Memorial Project
Westsylvania Heritage Corporation

Should be fun! Get those registrations in!
Jason

COG National "Floodcity" Golf Tournament
(6/14//04) Thanks to Rick Miller, golf committee chairperson, the COG National Floodcity Golf Tournament is ready to go. more info >>

Mapsource file of routes
(6/9//04) Pattrick Mcgrath graciously provided the Garmin Mapsource file he created of routes. Check out the route downloads >>

Additional motel & rooms added to lodging
(6/4//04) We just blocked some rooms at the Sleep Inn and Holiday Inn Express
see lodging info >>

Murph's Kits Coming to Floodcity
(5/21/04) The man himself, Gary Murphy, will be at the rally for the full week live and in person selling his many fine accessories for our beloved Connie and hanging out like a regular guy. Gary may even be donate a few common Concours add-on parts to the Tech Session to demontrate install. Murph also hinted about some neat new items that will be available! Bring your check books! You can check out all of Murph's Kits on his web.

Rally Coverage by GTOC
(5/21/04) The latest issue of Kawasaki Good times Owners Club Roads magazine has a nice promotional article about the Floodcity Rally read it >> (355KB pdf)

"Groups cycle to city" article in Johnstown Tribune Democrat
(5/19/04) COG & HOG make the news in Johnstown. Read the article >>

Poker Run
(5/3//04) Friday, July 16th, will be the High Stakes Poker Run. There will be a fee to participate and the proceeds will be split 50% to the winner, 50% to a selected charity. Poker Run details and route information can be found by clicking here.

Make Camping Reservations
(4/19/04) Woodland Park Campground is the closest camping facility to the Floodcity HQ. Check out the Lodging web page for more information

Tires at Floodcity
(3/17/04) Anyone that is coming to the National and thinks they are going to need Tires while at the rally please PAY ATTENTION! Unlike last years really in Asheville where there was a dealer with somthing like 20,000 motorcycle tires in stock our local dealers just don't carry that kind of inventory! If you are going to need tires while in Johnstown, please take a minute and contact either of the two dealers that are supporting our event and
pre-order tires! Be sure to mention the Floodcity Rally and thank them for their support.
www.dennysmotorsports.com
www.kissellmotorsports.com

Biker Bingo
(3/17/04) New this year at the Dam Breaker Opening Reception... A great way to meet new people and win super prizes. Everyone attending the reception gets a special COG "bingo card". Instead of letters and numbers the squares have states and provinces. Move around the reception and say hello to others. Record their COG numbers in the boxes and complete lines, diagonals, blackout the card, etc, to win prizes. Full details will be on the cards.

Photo Takers Needed
(3/15/04) Are you bringing your digital camera to the national? Does your camera use removable digital film media (i.e. compact flash, smart media, memory stick)? We would like collect your digital pictures to use during the slide show. Please ask about this when you check-in to find out what the procedure will be for photo collection.

Group Photo
(2/24/04) We have contracted with Cover Studios to take an official “Flood City National” commemorative group photo Thursday evening before the banquet. Those interested in purchasing a copy will be able to have one mailed right to their door. No need to pack it home - let the USPS get it there for you safely. The price will be $15 for an 11" x 7" or 10" x 8" color print. (depending on the proportion of the group) This includes tax, postage & handling. The studio tells me that they will be able to incorporate our logo right into the print. Pretty neat stuff! We’re scouting the area as we speak looking for a unique venue to take the picture. We’ll have the location posted at the rally so everyone can be in on the fun!

Rally Update
(2/14/04) This cannot be said enough - Book your room early. Although we believe enough room space is secured, unreserved rooms in our blocks will be released to the general public after the reservation deadline of 5/28/2004. Remember that you can always cancel your reservation or reassign it to another member if you decide not to attend.

Two more wonderful people have stepped up to fill the last remaining committee chair positions. Vic Salisbury is now the Door Prize Coordinator and Mike Schmidt is the On-Site COG Merchandise Sales Coordinator. If you would like to help out on either of these committees or any of the others, just contact the appropriate chairperson or Jason Kaplitz, Rallymaster.

Just in case anyone has some spare parts or a few of those little do-dads lying around they would like to get rid of, we've added a swap meet to the seemingly endless list of things to do at the Flood City National. There will not be any fees for this event. Please bring only Concours related items (or at least sport-touring), and have a price in mind so your items can be tagged accordingly. The on-site merchandise coordinator has agreed to tend to your things while you are out riding! He will display and sell the items while the official COG merchandise table is open. These hours, by the way, will roughly coincide with the registration hours. In the event that interest in this is HUGE we will provide a place and time for you to tend to your own things, probably along with the bike show. To express interest in participation, or to ask questions, contact the on-site merchandise coordinator, Mike Schmidt.