But how do you really handle this? What is the easiest way to reorganize everything? How can you possibly hold your sanity together and ensure that the club is maintained to the highest level while you are busy organizing things to ensure that everything runs smoothly together?

Especially if you are venturing on the project alone. It is always best if you can seek out help and assistance from at least one friend or acquaintance who can help you with the initial organization. It is very important to work out the basic structure for the club initially. This includes deciding on the mission statement for the club, as well as your target membership.

Perhaps mustang?s only or even only sports cars. Most clubs have a specific model or type of car that they are most focused on. You need to ensure when you are organizing your club that you structure it around the particular car that you are focusing on. Many clubs offer additional activities that are specific to their cars, for example races are just one event that many clubs organize for members if they are focusing on sports or racecars.

Additional considerations need to be decided including how often to hold meetings, where to hold meetings, who is in charge during meetings and if there will be any membership dues required at the meetings. It is also important to decide how much to charge for membership fees and also look carefully at the benefits that you are planning to offer to members. If you are just restructuring your club, you may be able to just take what is already in place and modify that to suit your needs. If you need additional help, you are always able to use the clubs officers to help you with the reorganization process. If you are a good organizer, it is usually possible to work out all of the minute details of the organization process in as little as a few weeks time.

It is also very important to decide if you are going to be creating a website for the club. If you decide to do a website then you are going to need to purchase a domain name as well as purchase web hosting space. You may be surprised at just how affordable the web space really is, however creating the site can be a rather expensive process. Generally speaking, it takes quite a while for a club to be able to afford to build the website because of the costs of a web designer. If someone is able to build the site for you, or you can build it yourself you may be able to save large amounts of money this way and free up the clubs money for other activities.

Your last major task is deciding how to advertise. Aside from the obvious of using the website to your benefit, you may discover that you need to advertise in magazines for cars that are in your category. For example, if you are looking to great a club based on sports cars you should advertise in sports car magazines. If you are creating a collector?s club for antique cars then look for a good reputable antique car magazine. Additionally, you may be healthy to set up a booth at car shows to help advertise your club and acquire a few members.

However, by taking your time and carefully looking over all of the tasks that need to be done you may be surprised at how smoothly the process can be completed. Remember, a club is designed to be fun so make sure you are having some fun while doing the administrative tasks.

There is a new law in Virginia that will ban Motorcycle Club Colors in Bars. The law, originally aimed at Street Gangs, is causing quite a stir with Virginia Bikers. The law states that Bar & Restaurant owners will lose their liquor license if they allow patrons who wear “gang” related attire such as Club Logo’s or Colored Bandannas.

These sort of “grey area” laws are extremely dangerous and a threat to everyone’s freedom. Who decides what constitutes “Gang Apparel”? I’m wondering if Boy Scouts are going to be able to eat together at Applebees if they are in their uniforms.

According to news reports, many Bikers and Motorcycle Club Members in Virginia have already begun fighting this law. If a law like this is allowed to stand in Virginia, it won’t be long until it is passed in other states across America!

We as Motorcyclists and Bikers (It does not matter what you call yourself) have to realize fast that we are all connected. It doesn’t matter what you ride, what State you live in or who you Support, we’re all in this together. What effects Me effects you and it doesn’t matter what you happen to think of me.

When the local Bar you and your Brothers love hanging out at is told that you and all other members of Motorcycle Clubs can no longer go there or they will revoke the Bars liquor license, What then?

This is no Joke my Biker Brothers, every month there is another new law that is aimed not only Motorcycle Club Members, but all Americans. It seems that every time the Government wants to take away a freedom, they find a way to craft a new law for our “safety”. What kind of Country is this turning into when you can’t wear what you want and suddenly, your constitutional right to assemble is taken away from you?

Although there are many ignorant people out there that believe Motorcycle Clubs are Gangs, that’s simply not the case. Most Motorcycle Clubs are made up of hard working, honest, law abiding, patriotic, American Citizens who enjoy a common bond, Motorcycles. It’s what is in a persons heart that determines who they are, not the clothes they wear.

In the past year the government has taken away the Colors of one Motorcycle Club. A law enforcement officer can demand anyone sporting the Clubs logo to forfeit it. The theory is that the loss of the logo strips the club of its “gang identity.”

Grant it, it appears that some of the Clubs members may have been involved in illegal activities, but that doesn’t mean that everyone who rides a Motorcycle should be punished for it. In fact, less than 10% of this 600 Member Club was even accused of wrong doing.

In addition, the Government and law enforcement agencies have been spending millions of our dollars to influence friends and ex-members of Motorcycle Clubs in an effort to infiltrate these clubs in hopes of catching members doing something illegal. Often, when they find that the Club they’ve infiltrated is nothing more than a group of Patriotic, Law Abiding Men & Women, they’ll fabric wrong doing so that they can justify the enormous amount of resources spent on these Fishing Expeditions.

Just imagine how much better off we’d all be if they used those resources to investigate the Corrupt Politicians, the Corporations that control our Country, Wall Street, and the other issues that are quickly sinking this great Nation.

What I want to know is, what will be the last straw? What’s it going to take for us to say enough is enough? We can not fight these Laws and Fight each other at the same time! We need to work together to save what we are, who we are.

The Government has taken away our rights to ride the Motorcycle we want, to wear what we want and now to go where we want! Why are we still fighting each other? When are we going to wake up??

For more on this story check out the story on WTVR.com

I am your Bro, LJ James AmericanBikerX.com Saying Time is Running out!!!

If you are a die hard motorcycle rider then you know the importance of a motorcycle jacket that will keep you comfortable in all kinds of weather. The folks at hogcooler.com have developed a system that will do just that. They have developed a motorcycle that will stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Bikers who wear a motorcycle jacket are always complaining that they can never stay cool in the summer and most times than not are constantly cold in the winter.

Many of you reading this are asking how can a motorcycle jacket keep you cold and hot, right? It’s quite simple. The makers of the hogcooler vest have created a motorcycle vest that can keep you really cool in the summer and warm in the winter. How the vest works is, in the summer you put a bag of ice in your saddle bag. Then the cool air is fed through a tube that is attached to the vest. It is easy to detach from the vest to allow you to get on and off the bike without having to take off the vest. The jacket can keep your temperature at 60 degrees regardless how hot it is.

In the winter months the Hog Cooler will harness the heat of your engine and give you a nice heated motorcycle jacket. This is done without pulling any excess power away from your engine. One of the advantages is that unlike other motorcycle jacket systems designed to keep your jacket warm there are no batteries that you have to worry about replacing and therefore this saves you money in the long run.

The Hog Cooler is like many other motorcycle jacket systems out today in the sense it utilizes the items bikers all ready have with them to keep them cool or warm. However the hog cooler is the first motorcycle jacket to allow you to detach the tube and not the jacket. This is just one of the many new benefits of the Hog Cooler.

The best part about the Hog Cooler is unlike the other systems on the market today, this one you can detach the hose and not have to remove the vest when you get off your motorcycle. Plus with the Hog Cooler there are no bulky hardware to carry around on the bike. This is the a feature that all riders will notice right a way.

Anyone who has ever worn a motorcycle jacket in the summer can agree that they are not the most comfortable thing to wear but in most cases are necessary to have. However even though bikers need motorcycle jackets and vests for safety reasons most will not wear a motorcycle jacket because they are not comfortable in the summer.

With the Hog Cooler system this will allow a biker to wear his motorcycle jacket in the summer and stay cool at the same time. In addition this will also allow you to ride in warmth in the cold winter months as your motorcycle jacket will be nice and warm all through your trip. After all nothing will ruin a trip faster than a jacket that is either too hot or one that is too cold, with the Hog Cooler system you will be able to ride at just the right temperature no matter what season it is!