About the Woods Riders

Nevada County Woods Riders is a not-for-profit motorcycle club based in Grass Valley, California. NCWR is a chartered member of American Motorcycle Association (AMA) and District 36.

Come to our neck of the woods and join in on the fun. Come to a meeting to check it out. General meetings are normally on the 1st Wednesday of the Month at El Tapatio in Auburn (see the Event Calendar for details). See the Contact Us page for NCWR contacts.  

Note: The May general meeting will be held on May 10th at Skillman Campground. The general meeting will start ~11:30 am.

Skillman Campground (on Highway 20 past Nevada City)

Woods Riders Events and Happenings

NCWR Sawyer Recertification

On Saturday, April 5th, 15 of our NCWR sawyers spent the day in Tahoe National Forrest getting recertified by the US Forest Service. This included cutting downed trees similar to what we encounter in our trail cleanup days. We also worked on "challenging" scenarios to help increase our skills and be safe while cutting downed trees. Many new tips and tricks were learned by everyone.

The recertification was led by Bill Aaron, Sawyer Extraordinaire, and 5 other Sawyer instructors with the Tahoe National Forrest. 

A huge thank you to Bill and his team for this invaluable instruction and recertification.

Sugar Pine Trail Work on February 22nd, 2025

Great day to be in the woods logging out Foresthill. We had 8 sawyers and 20 swampers.

Not sure how many tanks of gas or total tree count, but it was a bunch. Encountered a good amount of snow at about 5k feet and wasn't sure if we could punch through, but we did.

Lunch was awesome and thank you Alicia and Melissa.

Big thank you to everyone who came out to help, it was a good day!!

Rod

New Nevada County Woods Riders Board Members

The results are in. After one month of voting, the four open Nevada County Woods Riders Board of Directors positions have been filled.

Peggy Christensen, Terry Larson, and Dale Durham were re-elected and John "JP" Pellizzer returns to the Board of Directors.

All four will begin their terms in January 2024.

A special thanks also goes out to Bucky Gerolamy and Adam Carpineta, who also ran for a position. We'd also like to thank Jim Pope, who will be leaving his position on the Board.


The current board members are:

President & Forest Service Liaison - Scott Rabeneau (2024 & 2025)
Vice President - Rod Glazebrook (2024 & 2025)
Secretary - Terry Larson -  (2025 & 2026)
Treasurer - Peggy Christensen (2025 & 2026)
Member at Large & Webmaster - Dale Durham (2025 & 2026)
Member at Large - Brett LaCosse (2024 & 2025)
Member at Large - John "JP" Pellizzer (2025 & 2026)

2024 Nevada County Woods Riders Christmas Party 

Our annual Christmas party was held this year at the Golden Empire Grange in Grass Valley on Saturday, December 14th after the 2024 Nevada County Toy Run.

Besides good food, albeit "slightly" late, great company, and a White Elephant Gift Exchange, everyone had a good time.

Post Labor Day Ride - 9/6/2024 to 9/9/2024
 

This year's 3-day moto camping ride started on Friday, September 6th, 2024, at the Rood Center in Nevada City. Fifteen riders began the epic adventure on bikes of all sizes, styles, and colors on a ride to Chester with camping in Quincy.

There was plenty of dust, dirt, sweat, and smiles.

While fifteen people started the event, five did finish the route dirty and with huge smiles.

What a great weekend spending time with my moto family.

I am ready for next year's ride, which will have a few twists that we'll keep secret until the announcement next summer.

Thanks for a great weekend and ride.

24th Annual Nevada County Woods Riders Dual Sport Event - 5/18/2024
 

Wow! Another Dual Sport event is in the books!

Thanks to all the volunteers, the event went smoothly from pre-running, set up, route changes (at the last minute), registration, raffle, GPS loading, lunch, sweeping, and clean up! 

Each and every one of you played a crucial role in making this our best Dual Sport ever. Your dedication and hard work did not go unnoticed. I'm genuinely grateful to be a part of such a fantastic team effort. The feedback from the participants was overwhelming! For those who didn't or couldn't volunteer, you missed a fantastic weekend with your fellow club members.

Also, a special thanks for all of our sponsors. Without their support, our raffle would not be at good as it is.

A full report will be given at the next club meeting.

JOB WELL DONE!!!

Thank you for making this club the best it can be

Scott Rabeneau

President, NCWR

Thanks to our corporate sponsors| A&S BMW * Auburn Alehouse * Auburn Extreme Power Sports * Auburn Saw * Dunlop Tires * Future Ford * Giant Loop * Gilroy Motorcycle Center * Kile Brothers Cycle Works * Motion Pro * MPC * Newcastle Cheese Shop * No Toil * QWR * Roseville Motor Sports * Seal Savers * Sierra Motor Sports * Suspension by Buck * Work & Play Power Sports * Work Connection * Z 2 Track Days

YouTube video

Virginia City Grand Prix - 4/27/2024
 

On Saturday, April 27th and 28th, 2024, the Virginia City Grand Prix was held in Virginia City, NV. We had a few NCWR club members riding this race and they all placed well.

Class Racer Place in Class Overall
Vet Pro Luke Campbell 2 15 (Saturday)
50+ Am Adam Carpineta 2 201 (Saturday
40+ Nov Shawn Gable 8 67 (Sunday)
40+ Nov Josh West 9 73 (Sunday)
Dual Sport Nov Parker Jenks 2 Unknown (Sunday)

Great job racers!

Also on Saturday, Mike Ryan hosted a DS ride which had 10 riders. Some photos are in the slideshow above. There is also a short video on YouTube of the ride.

https://youtu.be/rHtyg3jXeMs

Thanks Mike for all the effort you put into making this a great ride.

Thanks to our sponsors