The 101 Association, Inc. Association Chatter

January 2026 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:49:44 GMT

The 101 Association begins its 43 years, and still going strong.

The January 2026 WOW is now available online to members. Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

October 2025 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:45:54 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The October 2025 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 42 (2025).

Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

July 2025 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:41:51 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The July 2025 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 42 (2025).

Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

Larry Barnes’ Father’s Day story

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 30 May 2025 04:45:31 GMT

Hi 101 Association members,

Check out Larry Barnes’ Father’s Day story “Steel Shoes and Family Ties”, published in Motorcycle Classics May/June 2025.

Great article with his father racing a '29 101 Scout in the late '40s.

April 2025 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:00:36 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The April 2025 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 42 (2025).

Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

101 Association, Inc. newsletters

Jeff Stevens — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:46:26 GMT

A complete set of WOW newsletters, beginning form the first issue in 1983 to the current one, is now available on the website as read-only to 101 members.

Enjoy reading through the early issues, as there are so many great 101 personal stories, technical tips, and so much more.

Jeff Stevens

Membership Card

Jeff Stevens — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:32:20 GMT

Hello fellow 101ers,

As an update, members can now print out a membership card found in their Profile.

Regards,

Jeff Stevens

Membership

Events 2025

Jeff Stevens — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:29:59 GMT

A list of Meets and Rallies for 2025 can be found in Events.

Jeff Stevens

January 2025

Jeff Stevens — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:27:19 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

January, the 101 Association Inc. 42th year begins.

The January 2025 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 42 (2025).

Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

October 2024 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:01:51 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The October 2024 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 41 (2024).

Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

Newsletter Back Issues Added to Website

Jeff Stevens — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:12:43 GMT

Back issues of WOW have been added to the 101 Association Inc. website. Starting with the first issue of WOW (November, 1983) to the present there are now 155 issues of WOW on the website. A remaining 8 back issues are in the process of being added to the website, completing a full set of 163 WOW issues accessible to club members.

Check out those early issues and enjoy seeing how it all got started with such great energy, enthusiasm, focus, comradery and affection for the 101 Scouts.

July 2024 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 03:45:45 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the July 2024 WOW newsletter is now available on online in Members-Only -> Newsletters -> Volume 41 (2024). Enjoy!

April 2024 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 02:36:08 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The April 2024 WOW (the Won-O-Wonder) is now available online for your reading. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Jeff Stevens

Events 2024

Jeff Stevens — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:31:24 GMT

A list for Meets and Rallies for 2024 are found in Events.

Jeff Stevens

January 2024 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:01:47 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members,

The year is 2024, beginning the 101 Association Inc.'s 41^st year!

The January 2024 WOW (the Won-O-Wonder) is now available online for your reading. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Jeff Stevens

October 2023 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:27:49 GMT

Hello 101 Association Inc. members, the last 2023 quarterly WOW (the Won-O-Wonder) newsletter is now available online. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Jeff

July 2023 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 21:47:58 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the July 2023 WOW is now available online. Do enjoy it!

Jeff

April 2023 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:00:17 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the April 2023 WOW is now available online. Enjoy!

Engine Registry

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 03:53:23 GMT

Hi 101 Association, inc. members. We are currently updating the Engine Registry, and need your help. I would appreciate feed back from members if they find changes that need to be made in the registry.

Thanks,

Jeff Stevens

Events

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 03:51:19 GMT

A list for Meets and Rallies for 2023 are found in Events.

Jeff Stevens

January 2023 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 03:44:17 GMT

Okay it is 2023 and the January 2023 WOW is now available online. Enjoy this quarterly's Newsletter.

Jeff Stevens

October 2022 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:51:41 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the October 2022 is now available online and as well it has been sent out to mail members. Enjoy!

July 2022 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:12:00 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the July 2022 WOW newsletter is now available online. Enjoy!

Jeff Stevens

April 2022 WOW and Illustrations

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:11:52 GMT

Hi 101 Association Inc. members, the July 2022 WOW newsletter is now available online. Enjoy! Additionally, Illustrations of the frame and fork are now available, and can be found in "Parts Illustrations" heading.

Jeff Stevens

Events

Jeff Stevens — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:32:28 GMT

A list for Meets and Rallies for 2022 are found in Events. Changes on their statues will be made accordingly. Note in New Zealand, both the IORNZ Rally, February 18-20, 2022, and the 33^rdMail Run Rally, March 19, 2022 are now confirmed, “ON”.

January 2022 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:58:00 GMT

Hi All, the January 2022 WOW is now available online. Enjoy!

October 2021 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:38:40 GMT

Hi All, the October 2021 WOW is now available online.

July 2021 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:50:09 GMT

Hi All, the July 2021 WOW is now available online.

George Yarocki, Words of Wisdom

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 03:35:00 GMT

A new section with access to members has been developed - “George Yarocki, Words of Wisdom”. Currently this section contains copies of 17 articles previously published in AMCA’s magazine by and about George. Thank you, John Lindberg, for bring to light and making copies of these articles that resulted our initiation of this new section.

April 2021 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:14:10 GMT

Hi All, the April 2021 WOW is now available oneline.

2021 Events

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 16:26:07 GMT

Upcoming Events for 2021 have been posted.

January 2021 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:13:35 GMT

Hi All, the January 2021 WOW is now available online.

October 2020 WOW

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:37:46 GMT

Hi All, the October 2020 WOW is now available online.

July 2020 WOW is now available online

Jeff Stevens — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:12:36 GMT

Hi All, the July 2020 WOW is available online.

April 2020 WOW is available online

Jeff Stevens — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:49:35 GMT

Hi All, The April 2020 WOW is now available online.

Jeff Stevens

April WOW is now available online

Sat, 04 May 2019 02:32:37 GMT

Hi All, the April WOW is now available online. Sorry for the delay.

January WOW is now available online

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:51:44 GMT

Hi All, the January WOW is now available online. Sorry for the delay.

April WOW is in the mail!

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:18:04 GMT

Hi, the April WOW's are in the mail.

For those with Internet only membership types, or the mail members who can't wait for it to arrive in the mail, you an view this latest WOW here.

Once again Doug has worked his magic pulling this WOW together and it is jammed packed full of great material.

Regards,

Ashley

January WOW is in the mail!

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 02:48:40 GMT

Hi, a bit late with the notification but the January WOW's are in the mail.

For those with Internet only membership types, or the mail members who can't wait for it to arrive in the mail, you an view this latest WOW here.

Doug has done another amazing job pulling this WOW together it is jammed packed full of great material.

Regards,

Ashley

October WOW is in the mail!

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:01:46 GMT

Hi All, the October WOW has now been sent to mail members!

As usual, Doug has done an excellent job of pulling together some great material.

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

July WOW is in the mail!

Sun, 09 Jul 2017 10:35:58 GMT

Hi All, the July WOW has now been sent to mail members!

This one is packed full of great technical information and stories (including a rundown of TROG). Doug, as always, has done a wonderful job of pulling together some great material.

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

April WOW is in the mail!

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 07:28:41 GMT

Hi All, the April WOW has now been sent to mail members!

This one is packed full of great technical information and stories. Doug has really done a great job of pulling together some great material.

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

The membership card page has now been fixed on the website

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:08:46 GMT

Hi All,

A few people have mentioned that the membership card page was not working correctly. You will be happy to know that I've now fixed this page so you should now be able to generate and print you membership cards to stick in your wallet.

Regards,

Ashley

January WOW is in the mail!

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:42:02 GMT

Hi All, the January WOW has now been sent to mail members!

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

A big thank you to Doug once again for putting together another great read.

January WOW is with the publisher!

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:59:37 GMT

Hi All, Doug has done a fabulous job once again and the information packed January WOW is now with the publisher. Start clearing a spot at your favourite reading table.

October WOW

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:21:37 GMT

Hi All,

Doug has done another fabulous job again on the WOW. Mail members, you should be receiving them soon and the if you can't wait to receive them then you can now also see them online. There are some nice tributes to George's passing and some great info in this latest WOW. Hope you enjoy!

Regards,

Ashley

July WOW is in the mail!

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 08:39:59 GMT

Hi All, the July WOW has now been sent to mail members!

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

A big thank you to Doug once again for putting together another great read. He has capture a number of kind and thoughtful tributes to our sorely missed founding member, George Yarocki.

April WOW is in the mail!

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:23:41 GMT

Hi All, the April WOW has now been sent to mail members!

For online members or mail members who can't wait to receive their paper copy you can view the online version here.

A big thank you to Doug once again for putting together another great read.

April WOW is with the publisher

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:03:58 GMT

Hi All, Doug has done a fabulous job once again and the information packed April WOW is now with the publisher. Start clearing a spot at your favourite reading table.

If you are a lapsed mail member considering renewing your membership you will need to be quick if you wish to receive this WOW as the membership report for distribution will be run in the next few days.

The Perkiomen Chapter Antique Motorcycle Club of America National Meet

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:14:25 GMT

Come along to the largest antique motorcycle show on the east coast of the US. Dates are April 22-23 (Friday and Saturday). There is a mini-national meet for the 101 Association at Oley. A fun time to be had and a few awards for 101'ers.

Annual Indian Motorcycle Day

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:44:35 GMT

Start polishing up your 101's for the Annual Indian Motorcycle Day on July 24th. Read about it here.

2016 - 101 Annual Meet Awards! To be presented at Oley on Saturday 23rd April

Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:15:27 GMT

WOW V33 (2016) Published

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:41:17 GMT

WOW V33 (2016), Number 1 is hot off the press and will be mailed to mail subscribing members later today. See the online version here.

WOW Vol. 3 (1986), Number 2 has been posted to the website

Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:48:41 GMT

WOW Vol. 3 (1986), Number 2 has been posted to the website. You can view it here.

The Annual Meeting minutes and reports are now available

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 08:54:01 GMT

The Annual Meeting minutes and reports are now available here.

WOW Vol. 3 (1986), Number 1 has is now available

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:57:29 GMT

WOW Vol. 3 (1986), Number 1 has is now available here.

The Annual Meeting of the Association was held in Torrington today

Sun, 11 Oct 2015 08:01:30 GMT

The Annual Meeting of the Association was held in Torrington today. Results and minutes will be posted as soon as they are available.

WOW V32 (2015), Number 4 is at the publisher

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:05:25 GMT

WOW V32 (2015), Number 4 is at the publisher. It will be mailed today and posted in two days. You can view it online here.

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Number 4 is now available

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:09:01 GMT

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Number 4 is now available here.

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Numbers 2 and 3 are now available

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:13:27 GMT

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Numbers 2 and 3 are now available here.

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Number 1 is now available

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 08:18:10 GMT

WOW Vol. 2 (1985), Number 1 is now available here.

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Numbers 3 and 4 are now available

Sun, 06 Sep 2015 08:21:51 GMT

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Numbers 3 and 4 are now available here.

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Number 2 is now available

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:24:39 GMT

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Number 2 is now available here.

Passing of Ruth Deming

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:30:58 GMT

We are saddened to learn that Ruth Deming, George Yarocki's sister, passed away yesterday evening. For many years Ruth ran the office for the G. L. Yarocki Company. The club extends condolences and best wishes to the Deming and Yarocki families.

WOW V32 (2015), Number 3 is at the publisher

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:33:10 GMT

WOW V32 (2015), Number 3 is at the publisher. It will be mailed and posted in a few days and is available online here.

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Number 1 is now available

Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:27:59 GMT

WOW Vol. 1 (1984), Number 1 is now available here. It is dedicated to the memory of Ruth Deming.

FlatChat #168, the newsletter of the Early American Motorcycle Club (of Australia) available

Thu, 04 Jun 2015 08:36:47 GMT

FlatChat #168, the newsletter of the Early American Motorcycle Club (of Australia) was sent to us by Hamish Cowan (101 Association #802). It is posted right here.

WOW V17 (2000), Number 2 is now available

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:38:47 GMT

WOW V17 (2000), Number 2 is now available here.