OGRES Motorcycle Club April 2025 Meeting Report

 

The March 2025 OGRES Motorcycle Club meeting was held in the metropolis of Caldwell at Grit 2C.

Members present: Smooth, RipCity, Gundy and Grim. Members absent: Slick, Duke, Bomber, Rowdy and G-Man.

Grim remembered why the meetings are normally held in Boise after being subjected to the traffic on the journey to the meeting. It was a mess along with a wait for a very long train. Everyone else had a smoother transit.

RipCity had arrived his usual 30 minutes prior to meeting start and had gotten us a table. We ordered out food from a very nice server. Adjacent to our table, was a complete female sports team that was having a meal together. It was much quieter when they left. 

Many misunderstandings and repeat orations occurred as RipCity had chosen not to wear his hearing aids. At least, that is what we will attribute things to.

The attending OMC members were given new 15 year pins and a plethora of stickers. Phone cases were quickly adorned with new stickers and RipCity managed to not cut himself, with Grim's knife, removing the backing from a sticker.

We managed to talk trash about every member not in attendance even though one of them was in the hospital.

The table was cleared and so we cleared out of the joint. 

Boogie on...

OGRES Motorcycle Club April 2025 Mandatory Meeting this Thursday at 6 PM

 

The March 2025 edition of the OGRES Motorcycle Club monthly meetings will be this coming Thursday at 6 p.m. 

The meeting will be held at GRIT 2C in Caldwell, Idaho. The address is 212 S. Kimball Ave.

The forecast shows 55 degree weather with clear skies so actually riding motorcycles should be good to go.

OGRES MC 15 year pins will be awarded along with a plethora of new OGRES MC paraphernalia.

Contact Prez Grim if you have any questions, complaints or concerns.

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2025 March Meeting Report

 

OGRES Motorcycle Club members met at the Chris Reeves Knives (CRK) headquarters at the appointed date and time. Members present: Bomber, Smooth, G-Man, Duke, RipCity, Grim and Gundy. Members absent: Rowdy and Slick.

We met up with Luke, Operations Manager, and began a complete tour of the facility. We were able to see the entire process from raw materials to shipping. It is amazing how the CRK crew maintains strict protocols to maintain utmost quality control and beautiful workmanship. 

After the tour, we moved the meeting to Rudy's for a well earned dinner. 

Overall, it was a great time.

OGRES MC 2025 March Meeting This Coming Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Chris Reeve Knives

 

As was previously announced, the OGRES Motorcycle Club will begin the March meeting at Chris Reeve Knives at 3:30 p.m. 

We will be touring the entire facility to observe how the world class Chris Reeve Knives are made.

We will meet at the CRK facility at 2949 S. Victory View Way, Boise Idaho. The facility is very near Victory and Maple Grove in south Boise. 

Promptness is paramount. 

No guests. 

OMC cuts are required. 

We will go to dinner after the tour. Location to be announced.

Sayonara, Cochise.

President's Report Regarding Annual OGRES Motorcycle Club February Epic Event with Spouses

 

OMC members and spouses met at the Clubhouse at the appointed time for socializing and charcuterie hi-jinks. Members present: Bomber, Gundy, G-Man, RipCity, Smooth, Duke, and Grim. Members absent: Slick and Rowdy.

RipCity was kind enough to bring a nice charcuterie board for the pre-dinner socializing and warmup for the evening. The board was much enjoyed and everyone appeared to be happy to be there and to meet and greet each other. It was nice see everyone and it was a nice time. (Note for next year: Allow less time for this activity as everyone was ready to head for the restaurant much before the allotted time was up.)

We then headed over to the restaurant and found our seats at the tables in the railway car. We had a great server and our meal was served in a timely manner. Everyone seemed to enjoy the company and the food.

It was a pleasant evening and a great OMC event. 

Sgt At Arms, Vice Prez and Prez

Mrs.B 

OGRES Motorcycle Club Extravaganza with Spouses This Coming Friday February 21st

 

The annual OGRES Motorcycle Club Valentines Day Dinner, with spouses, is this coming Friday, February 21st, with the following events:

6 pm - Social Hour at the Fairview Clubhouse with beverages and charcuterie yummies

6:50 pm - Stroll over to the Sockeye Grill Railway Car

7 pm - Dinner

Please contact Vice President RipCity by Sunday evening, February 16th, if you are attending OR if you are not attending.

OGRES Motorcycle Club March 2025 Meeting Alert and "Heads Up"

 

Chris Reeve Knives are highly regarded as the benchmark of quality in the blade industry. Every part of the Chris Reeve knives are done in house. Their headquarters and such are right here in Boise, Idaho.

For our March meeting, we will be doing a tour of their entire facility. It should be very cool to see how arguably the best knives in the world are made.

The tour will be at 3:30 pm. The early hour is required for us to get the "full meal deal" because day shift ends at 4:30 pm. and we would miss that part of the production.

8 or 9 people is max for the amount to tour and see everything. Hence, no guests are allowed unless slots open up by non-attending OMC members.

This should give everyone enough notice to clear their calendar for this excellent adventure.

"Nuff said.

New OGRES Motorcycle Club Stickers for Members in Good Standing

 

It's Alive! The Monster is Alive!

The OGRES Motorcycle Club website is updated for 2025 and is live. Only the best for this Club of Harley-Davidson and Indian enthusiasts.

OGRES Motorcycle Club January 2025 Meeting Report

 

OGRES MC members met at the appointed place and time. Members present: G-Man, Rowdy, Gundy, Bomber, Grim, Duke and Gundy. Absent: RipCity and Slick.

This was really a great OMC meeting. Chill and informative with a lot of great stories and history.

Dues were collected and new OMC stickers were distributed. This sticker is a replica of the "crown side" of the OMC challenge coin. Another set of stickers is coming that will replicate the "crossed pistons" side of the coin.

We talked first about ride planning and expectations. The final version of the 2025 OMC Events and Meetings was handed out although most everyone had already received a copy via email.

Upcoming rides were discussed and members were encouraged to make all reservations as soon as possible...especially Joseph and Hagerman. 

More stories and "lies" were shared but no one was in a big hurry to rush to the restaurant and it was quite nice to have a nice, measured and languid pace.

We finally headed over to the restaurant and found a table. We had the same server as last month and she was great. 

Everyone ordered their favorite Sockeye meal and we had more conversation and some business talk even though Duke and G-Man were at opposite ends of the table. Smooth did a great job of steering the conversation back to topics of interest to everyone present but then steered the conversation back ?!?! 

Seriously, it was a very nice time. No one was in a hurry to leave as we were enjoying the company and were not in a spot of bother to rush away.

The restaurant staff started cleaning and sweeping so we figured we better scat but we had to pause for a photo opportunity as Grim had been remiss in this duty.

The next event will be on February 13th. Bring your old lady, er, I mean, the missus, er, I mean the bride to this shindig.

Peace In and Out.

OGRES Motorcycle Club January 2025 Meeting This Coming Thursday at 6 pm

 

The OGRES Motorcycle Club 2025 January meeting will be held this coming Thursday, January 9th, at 6 PM. 

The meeting will be held at the Fairview Clubhouse.

Dues must be paid at this meeting for a member to remain in good standing with the OMC.

Nos vemos allí.

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2025 New Years Breakfast Meeting Report

 

It was a fine New Years Day that found the OGRES MC members gathering for the annual breakfast meeting.  Members in attendance: Slick!, Gundy, Smooth, Rowdy, Grim, G-Man and RipCity. Absent: Duke and Bomber (woke up sick!).

The morning started out with RipCity, early as usual and "Johnny-On-The-Spot", arriving at the Capri Cafe 30 minutes early. This was fortunate as the Capri Cafe was closed, even though we had this breakfast there on two prior occasions.

This was not problem as RipCity deftly turned the tip of the spear to Terri's Cafe in Meridian. Part of the Members read their texts and rerouted but part showed up at the Capri Cafe and then read their texts. All Members eventually arrived.

It was a very pleasant and delicious breakfast as far as Grim knows. Grim was able to have a conversation with most everyone except RipCity and Slick. They were having their own private meeting so in the future we may have to separate them. Lol.

The next meeting is on January 9th. There will be a special door prize and dues are to be collected. 

Bring your fifty bucks to the meeting to ensure your OMC membership status as being in standing.

Sayonara Cochise.

OGRES Motorcycle Club Annual New Years Day Breakfast This Coming Wednesday at 9 AM

 

The annual OGRES Motorcycle Club New Years breakfast will be this coming Wednesday, January 1, at 9 AM. 

It will be held at the Capri Cafe at McMillan and Linder Roads. 

See all y'all there.

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 December Meeting Report

Faithful members of the OGRES Motorcycle Club met at the Fairview Clubhouse for one of the premier meetings of the year. 

OMC members present: Bomber, Smooth, G-Man, RipCity, Gundy, Rowdy and Grim. Member absent: Duke and Slick.

Hard copies of the OMC Events and Meetings Calendar were distributed to all members along with an updated OMC members mailing list. Members were encouraged to make their reservations for next year's OMC Runs and rides.

Gifts were exchanged in a mostly random manner and there was great enjoyment in watching members open their presents, some in frenzy...some in careful peeling of wrapping materials.

Bomber announced that he was hungry so we wrapped up the festivities and headed next door to the restaurant sans Smooth, who ditched us for a different party. We were seated and then greeted by our great server, Meghan. She was a lot of fun and met our quips and teases with an equal measure of her own.

At the end of our meal, we gave her a handful of 20 dollar bills we had gathered for the purpose of adding to her Christmas cheer. She was very surprised and pleased with the gift but had to be cajoled into having her picture taken with RipCity. I don't know if her reticence was because of her being shy or if it was anxiety of having to get too close to RipCity. 

Bomber had to jam prior to the final photo op to attend a grandchild sporting event so don't look for him in the picture.

We concluded our meal and individually disappeared into the cold, clear night as motorcycle heroes should.

G-Man, Gundy, Rowdy, Grim and RipCity

Vice Prez and Meghan

 

Bomber Was Surprised by the Great Gift

Bomber All Dressed Up for Partying

G-Man Has Issues with Following Directions

RipCity is the Sharpest OGRES Member

Gundy Just Can't See Going To Work

Watch Your Fingers

Rowdy Got the Point

Grim Won't Go Hungry

Gundy and Glasses

Smooth Bright and to the Point

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 December Meeting This Coming Thursday, December 5th

 

The OGRES MC 2024 December meeting will be held this coming Thursday, December 5th, at 6 pm.

 The meeting will be held at the Fairview Clubhouse followed by dinner next door.

This is the gift exchange meeting to kick off the Holiday season. 

Also bring an extra $20 for a surprise Christmas gift for our server at the meal.

Ho, ho, ho...

OGRES Motorcycle Club November 2024 Meeting Report

 Members of the OGRES Motorcycle Club met at the Fairview clubhouse at the appointed time. Members present: RipCity, Grim, Rowdy, G-Man, Duke, Gundy and Bomber. Members absent: Smooth and Slick.

Runs and rides for 2025 were the first topic at the table. Members had voiced a desire for more non-mandatory preplanned opportunities to ride as a group. Rowdy, RipCity and Gundy reviewed 4 one day rides that were created at the October meeting and two were adopted and added to the calendar.

Grim presented three proposed 3 day rides to replace the Spring Run. One was adopted for the OMC Spring Run. Alternatively, the 3 day Spring Run will be called the Joseph Run. The 2 day Hagerman Run will be moved to the Summer Run. The 3 day Orofino Run will remain the Fall Run.

Members were reminded that the December 2024 meeting is the gift exchange. It was also decided each member would also bring $20 for a surprise Christmas gift for our server at our Sockeye dinner that evening.

An updated 2025 OMC Meeting and Events Calendar will be emailed in the next couple of days. Hard copies will be disseminated at the December meeting.

It was a great meeting and evening.

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 November Meeting This Thursday at 6 PM

 

The November 2024 version of an OGRES Motorcycle Club meeting is this coming Thursday at 6 PM. The meeting start at the Fairview/Cloverdale clubhouse.

We will discuss possible 2025 OMC Runs along with other topics.

Be there or you won't be there.

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 October Meeting Report by Vice Prez RipCity

 

OGRES MC members met at Bomber's incredible meeting room. Thanks to Bomber for his hospitality.

Members present: Duke, Gundy, Smooth, G-Man, Bomber, Rowdy and RipCity.

The meeting started out with a fiesta-style activity called taco eating, thanks to Sgt-at-Arms Duke. Initially the priority was eating so no planning was done, just small talk about ride planning.

Then the magic began. Most everyone was talking at the same time about proposed rides. After the gang wreck, club order came together.

Rowdy blew the planners away with his experience using AI to create perfect rides using ride parameters. Ironically, he came up with the rides we have already been riding. What a fantastic tool to make our rides easier to manage.

The group really came together with great ideas and rides to discuss, and present for Primary Officer approval, at our next OGRES meeting.

Rowdy and RipCity will share with the group proposals #4 new one day rides and #1 new 2 day ride. (Editors note; No clue is known what the previous sentence means but surety is held that it will be explained on November 7th.)

Thanks to everyone who participated in the October OGRES MC meeting.

Words by RipCity

Photos by Nobody

Edited by Grim

OGRES Motorcycle Club Mandatory 2024 October Meeting This Coming Thursday

 

The OGRES Motorcycle Club mandatory 2024 October meeting is this coming Thursday, October 3rd,  night at 6 PM. That's right, six o'clock PM.

The meeting will be held at the Sugarberry Clubhouse and Duke is bringing the food. This will allow the OMC members to stay on site for the work meeting.

The Vice President will be in charge and will divide the OMC members into work cohorts to work on possible OMC Runs for the OMC Spring Run and the OMC Summer Run.

Bring your maps, ideas and positive energy for a fun and productive time. This the chance for those who have been clamoring for a change to the OMC status quo.

Emails have been sent with sample formats and Run creation guidelines. 

Ride on !

Heads Up for Guidelines for Creating Replacement OGRES Motorcycle Runs IMPORTANT

 

The upcoming OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 October meeting will be a group exercise in designing 2, 3, or 4 day rides to possible replace the default OMC Spring Run and the OMC Summer Run.

Members will be split up into 2 or 3 teams and will work on possible routes. The following guidelines shall be followed with little or no deviations:

-The Run will be no longer than 300 miles per day.

-The Run will not exclude an OMC member, from participating, by it's very design.

-The Run will have little or no freeway (no more than 60 minutes).

-The Run will minimize crossover with other Runs already on the books.

-The Run can be two, three or four days with the caveat being the above second  guideline.

-Any Run proposal shall be in the above pictured format. 

There must be one map for each day showing the miles and elapsed time. If it is a 2 day run, there should be 2 maps. If it is a 3 day Run, there should be 3 maps. Et cetera. Should be real simple. This allows all the detail to be seen including the beginning and end of each day.

The Run proposal will be accompanied by a narrative as shown above with overnight stops described. Hotels and restaurants should be researched and proposed for the overnight stays.

Any Run proposal that is not in this format will not be considered by the Primary Officers. No one likes to sift through a confusing and ill-prepared proposal.

Grim will lead any Run that has final approval unless someone else wants to lead the Run. 

If you have any questions, please call Grim. Grim does not want to waste anyone's time or efforts. That is the main reason for this blog post.

Please bring all your ideas, maps, enthusiasm and vigor to this meeting. Everyone has a lot to bring to the table. 

Grim will be in St. Louis, Missouri facilitating a Reno/COPS model training that week so the Vice President will be in charge of the 2024 October meeting. More information at this link:

http://ptoprogram.com/wp/

This exercise will be finalized at the 2024 November meeting when Grim will be present again.

Kudos to all that persevered to the end of this President's Blog post. You are rewarded with this photo from the 140 mile motorcycle ride Grim enjoyed today.

Walter's Ferry

OGRES Motorcycle Club 2024 Fall Barbecue President's Report

OMC Murderers Row

Never a Dull Moment

Biker Belles

Full Tummies

Thanks To All for the Food Contributions

Too Much Fun

Special Thanks to Our Hosts

Door Prize Winner

Door Prize Winner

 

Photos by RipCity and assistants

OGRES Motorcycle Club Annual Barbecue with Spouses This Coming Friday, September 6, at 6 PM

 

The OGRES Motorcycle Club Annual Fall Barbecue is this coming Friday, September 6, at 6 p.m.

The gala will be held at Bomber's crib and valet parking is available.

Assignments were made at the OMC 2024 Fall Run and an email was dispatched detailing those assignments.

If you did not receive an assignment and feel slighted, feel free to bring whatever you desire for OMC consumption.

If your spouse is not able to attend, do not feel shy about showing up solo. In fact, your attendance is expected either way.

Please contact Grim if you have any questions about this soiree.

Changes in Starting Time for All Future Meetings and Events

 

Be advised all future meetings and events will be at 6 p.m. Events include the Valentines and Barbecue soirees.  

Contact Grim if you have any questions.

Important Updates to New Replacement Rides for Spring and Summer Runs - A Must Read

 

Recent discussions among OMC members has spawned updates in the OMC policy for designing replacement rides for the OMC Spring Run and the OMC Summer Run.

As you know, the routes currently on the books, for the aforementioned Runs, are default routes that are completely open to be replaced temporarily or permanently by Runs brought forth to the Primary Officers by any member.

The Fall "Orofino" Run is permanent, for now, and not eligible for replacement.

In the past, the Prez. has stipulated that the presenter of a new Run would be expected to lead the Run. 

Grim is rescinding that requirement and WILL lead any Run that is accepted by the Primary Officers. 

The following guidelines are to be followed by the designer(s) of any Run:

- The Run will be no more than 300 miles per day.

- The Run will not exclude any OMC member by it's very design.

- The Run will have little or no freeway.

- The Run will minimize crossover with a Run already on the books.

- The Run could be two, three or four days. The caveat being the second above guideline.

The above are only guidelines and any derivations from them will be considered by the Primary Officers when a replacement Run is presented.

We will have work meetings in the next few months, probably October and November. We will divide into work groups and create possible Runs. Bring your ideas, brains, cooperation and creativity to the meeting.

'Nuff said.