"Coolest in the Shadows" winners and other chronological events
05/25/01 > The VLX Forum is founded
08/06/01 > The VLX Riders Forum homepage is founded and published
09/01/01 > "Coolest in the Shadows" added to start page, a member's bike will be featured here each month. Shadow Shack's Chopper featured for September
09/11/01 > America under siege > Terrorists attack the USA on our own soil, VLXers reactions...
10/01/01 > VLX Vixen is named Assistant Forum Moderator and also recieves "CITS" honors.
11/01/01 > "VLX-Mas" month of celebration, the VLX first rolled off the assembly lines in November of 1987. CITS is everyone!
12/01/01 > Cougar is named "Coolest" due to a seasonally colored red/white bike and allowing us usage of his paid homepage for a new site.
12/25/01 > Christmas for VLXers! See message #1198.6 for the official VLX-mas Carol.
01/01/02 > The "Canuckle-head" is named VLX of the month in our CITS portion of the start page.
02/01/02 > Jan's 99 VLX is "coolest" for Valentines month
03/01/02 > ShadowHawg's Chopper is the Coolest in March. Also noteworthy, Shadow Shack's chopper made "Readers & Rides" in Cruiser magazine this month, making March the (un)official VLX Chopper month!
04/01/02 > HiStyleRider's Magenta Motorbike makes "Foolest of the Shadows" on April Fools Day, Forum Host SS Fools members on the SRF with an alleged tale of trading his stable for Domestic Iron
05/01/02 > the recently upgraded "DaBratt Chopper" is May's Coolest in the Shadows" Also in May we are preparing the launch of our Official VRCCC Forum T-Shirts!
05/25/02 > The Forum's Fabulous First Birthday! We're one year on the web today.
06/01/02 > The tail-draggin' Ness-inspired VLX nabs the Coolest award as things heat up in June. Also noteworthy, APP2Ride's Spotted-VLX is featured in this month's issue of Appaloosa Journal. Congrats to both!
07/01/02 > DJ MAQ snags Coolest in the Shadows for the hottest month of the year with his flamed out VLX.
08/01/02 > Flat Iron Driver takes to the shade with CITS for August
09/01/02 > This month's CITS goes to a 750 ACE rider, Danny's "Horse w/No Name" for his efforts on acquiring a new Forum Logo. Hey, it's sort of a VLX at heart...
09/08/02 > Octane launches the VRCCC Official merchandise website. In just 4 months...unlike those unorganized folks at Custom Cycle Cafe who wasted a good 10 months of our time trying to figure out what the heck they were going to do (see message 2381.6 for details on that fiasco).
10/01/02 > Triple threat! This month's CITS is shared by a trio of VLXes, featuring Octane's 96 VLX, KGOR's radical 95 hardtail, and Ms Suzuki's 02 Honda...it's a plethora of purple month!
11/01/02 > App2Ride's Appaloosa-themed VLX is Coolest in November.
12/01/02 > Rudeboy's "still stock after all these years" VLX is named coolest, while App2Ride narrowly wins the election for the new co-host position (VRCCC Road Captain), Jedi Riders Act established 12/16/02 to combat the dark side of the asphalt
01/01/03 > Chromedout's raked rigid is coolest for the new year.
02/01/03 > Shadolita's Burgandy Beauty is sweetest for Valentine's month. Election for next forum officer is underway.
03/01/03 > Cougar steps down from office and is replaced by Gregg, along with the addition of Rudeboy as our First Officer. Our newly elected VP snags CITS for March.
04/01/03 > SandInMyBoot pours out the dusty stuff and nets Coolest in the Shadows for April. Our silent partner isn't announced publicly. 7 more weeks until our second anniversary at VRCCC...
05/01/03 > Gadg nets honors for Coolest in May, Octane wins the election for the VRCCC Forum Officer position of Treasurer. Some few days later the forum creeps over the 100,000 post mark.
05/15-18/03 > First official VRCCC Meet! VLXers meet face to face at the 3rd Annual Branson Rally. See Rudeboy's VLX Gallery for pics.
05/25/03 > The VLX Forum is two years on the web today!
06/01/03 > Downtime Bryan's Raked VLX is coolest in June
07/01/03 > Big Mike's chopper nails CITS for July
08/01/03 > JRTwin's bike makes coolest for August
09/01/03 > DSSumners' ACE piped VLX is Coolest in September, and this marks the second anniversary of CITS
10/01/03 > PhilYou's Flamed freak is Coolest in the Shadows for October
11/01/03 > Bear's (aka AWASOS) "Bitch" is the Coolest for November's VLX-Mas anniversary
12/01/03 > Shadow Shack's red rigid is Coolest for the Christmas month
01/01/04 > Vulcanater's icy blue bike is coolest for the new year
02/01/04 > Queen's Black Beauty bags Coolest for February
03/01/04 > Anghrist's Bad Bagger sacks Coolest for March
04/01/04 > The Fonz's slammed rigid 96 scrapes CITS for April.
05/01/04 > New member Dogpit's raked 400 Steed nets CITS
05/05/04 > We mourn the passing of one of our own, Nina Hurley aka LadyHawkRN8 may she rest in peace
05/25/04 > Three years ago today the VLX Riders Forum was founded. Just like the bike it's based on, we're still rolling on, stronger and faster than ever.
06/01/04 > Tracy's flame-licked VLX burns through summer as June's Coolest.
07/01/04 > Sparacing's radically rimmed 95 VLX nets Coolest.
08/01/04 > SBooth's black 93 is Coolest in the Shadows for August
09/01/04 > USMC's Joe0755 nets Coolest for 9-11 month
10/01/04 > Mocephus' wicked chopper nails Coolest for October
11/01/04 > VLXcited has something else to be excited about: CITS for November! November is VLX-Mas, commemorating the anniversary of the inception of these fine motorbikes. And if that's not enough, we're also voting for Coolest of the Year this month so be sure to check out the polls.
12/01/04 > Wolf's old school cool bike is voted as Coolest. Not for the month mind you, this was for Coolest of the Year!
1/1/05 > Julie's blacked-out bike nails CITS for the first month of the new year
2/1/05 > Cam's Dream Chaser nets CITS for Valantine's month.
2/24/05 > Revamped VRCCC Merchandise shop at CafePress reopens with all new "liver stabbing" bike graphic on back of products.
3/1/05 > RTIS' Road Gobblin' Greenie pinches Coolest for St' Patty's month
4/1/05 > Ghost Rider's Hellraiser nails Coolest for April
5/1/05 > Honda Boy's Chopper nets CITS for May
5/25/05 VRCCC is four years on the web today
6/1/05 > The Coca-Cola Kids' twin bikes snare Coolest for June
7/1/05 > Josh's glow-in-the-dark ride is just Coolest for July
8/1/05 Double Shot! Ronn & Shack both grab CITS for August
9/1/05 > Double shot again! BP48's Geezer Glide and Larry's Vetter-faired VLX both pack CITS for September
10/1/05 > Danny Purdue's Red Ride nets CITS
11/1/05 > VLX-Mas month! 18 years ago the first VLXes rolled off the line and they're still rolling today. Everyone with a VLX is Coolest in the Shadows this month
12/1/05 > Coolest of the Year! VRCCC members voted Anti-Hero's black bobber for 2006 high honors, it'll be pasted on the front page here for the entire year as well as on the forum front page for December's CITS. Way to go dude!
1/1/06 > VRCCC rings in the new year by honoring new member Kyoty's VLX chops as Coolest
2/1/06 > Wild Angel's red & white ride is Coolest for Valentine's month
3/1/06 >>> Jace finds March to be Coolest with his VLX-filed ride
4/1/06 >>> April showers Nodesurfer with CITS for his $500 rat-to-riches VLX
5/25/06 >>> the fabulous forum has been on the web five years today
6/1/06 >>> Al's former bike Vanessa is coolest for June
7/1/06 >>> SgtKling's VLX is coolest for July
8/1/06 >>> It's a two-fer month for the coolest, with Dellas and VLXXX netting the honors
9/01/06 - 11/30/06 >>> CITS takes a hiatus
12/01/06 >>> Ontario Pete's chopper takes CITS for December, Members Bader and VLXXX join the hosting team as Rudeboy steps down.
1/10/07 >>> DragnHonda's Ardcore custom nails CITS for January, and GhostVLX nails COOLEST OF THE YEAR!
2/1/07 >>> Deb nets CITS for Valentine's month
6/1/07 >>> CITS comes back out of hiatus with two cool ones: Dragon Lady and Amish share the honors for June
7/1/07 >>> A trio of coolness from newer members Kingfish, LittleBill13, and Sweetz05 graces July's front page
8/1/07 smartygre1 with an Aero'd-out VLX and Steve's HardlyDangerous Canucklehead fetch CITS for August
