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The Road Captain signals a lane change by raising his left
arm to a 45° angle and pumping it several times, then signalling
either to the left or right. • When any passing traffic has gone by him, the Rear Guard will change lanes first, in order to block off any more passing traffic from the new lane. • When all passing traffic has gone by, the remainder of the column will change lanes from the rearmost rider to the front. The Road Captain changes lanes last. Use your mirrors and check your rear quarter BEFORE changing lanes! Change lanes smoothly and give other riders plenty of space. This is not a race to see who can go sideways the fastest. |
Gas up before the run starts, and be sure that you have enough gas to reach the next rest stop. Everyone must stay together and stop at every scheduled fuel stop. On the 535 mile Run to the Wall, stops are 60-90 miles apart, so that bikes with small tanks will not have to leave the formation. If you have five-gallon tanks, you should only have to gas up at every other stop. If this is the case, try to pair up with another bike with big tanks and alternate gassing up. This will keep fueling time to a minimum at any one stop.
At each stop along the way, follow the Road Captain into the facility. He will go by the fueling area to the staging area where he has chosen to form up the group for departure after fueling. If you need to fuel up, stop at the pumps, otherwise, fall in behind him and park. If he needs gas, he will go back after showing you where to form up.
As soon as you have gassed up, move your bike to the staging area. Keep in mind that you don't need to be in the same position in the convoy for each leg of the trip.
When the Road Captain signals to start up the bikes in preparation for departure, raise your hand when your bike is running, and leave it up until the road captain sees that you're ready!
When leaving each stop, the column will go slowly until the Rear
Guard signals to the Road Captain that everyone is formed up properly.
Only then will the column accelerate to cruising speed.
UNSCHEDULED STOPS
If the Road Captain pulls over to the side of the road STAY IN
FORMATION and pull over behind him. If stopped by police, the
Road Captain and the senior club officer present will deal with
them - everyone else keep your mouth shut unless specifically
asked a question by the officer.
John F. Carr,
or "JC", as he is sometimes known, was the Secretary
for the Shades of Gray Motorcycle Club from 1990 to 1998. He acted
as Road Captain three times for the club's annual "Run to
the Wall" - a 1,000+ mile group ride from New Hampshire to
Washington DC and back. This ride is held on Memorial Day weekend
in conjunction with "Rolling Thunder", a national ride
to raise awareness of the POW/MIA issue in America. He can be
reached at http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~gryfethr/
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