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EDITOR:.............Bevan Bradford Phone: 07 3822 3512 Mobile 0408 714 000 E-Mail: mail @ auswingriders.com Wing Notes is produced with the
object of keeping members informed about matters of interest to AWRA
members. A
electronic copy of each issue is available to every financial member of the
AWRA. Copies are also distributed to
selected motorcycle dealers in the greater |
Submissions
for inclusion in Wing Notes should be with the Editor no later than the Friday
following the monthly meeting, i.e.: Friday after the 1st Monday of the
month. DISCLAIMER: Although Wing Notes will
endeavour to reproduce submissions in their original form it reserves the
right to edit submissions as it sees fit.
Views expressed in contributed articles in Wing Notes are not
necessarily those of the AWRA or the Editor.
Wing Notes is produced with care, in good faith and from
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President Bill Carter (07) 5564
8996 E-mail: carterbm @ bigpond.net.au |
Secretary Val Thomas (07)
3848 0498 E-mail: secretary @ auswingriders.com |
Meetings are held
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Vice President Rob (Bear) Harriss
0409 052 218 E-mail: RHMRS @ iinet.com.au |
Treasurer Geoff Mead (07) 5529 5034 E-mail: meady @ auswingriders.com |
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19th August Leyburn Sprints 25th August Social evening in Toowoomba 16 September Victorian Ride Qld
Mechanical Day 21 – 23rd September Goomburra
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Notice The past couple of months have not been
kind to some of our members. Paul
Jones was recently
involved in an accident resulting in a written off bike and injuries to his
shoulder. Paul has undergone an
operation to have the shoulder repaired. I’m sure everyone wishes them well, a speedy recovery and a
quick bike replacement so they can join us on rides in the near future. |
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Gidday all, Winter is still grimly trying to hang on but is
being defeated by spring. The mornings
are definitely warmer now as I head to work, the big jackets been out away,
the leather is back in service pending the use of the summer flow through in
a couple of months. Doesn’t make any
difference to the traffic though.
Still getting heavier every day and the standards do seem to greatly improve
though. Bill’s comment and story inside very much ring a
bell with me. The various methods used
by motorcyclists often leave things to be desired. For myself, I maintain a policy of not
riding down the left or right hand side of traffic, stopped or not. Why? Well they are empty spaces and even a stopped
car can suddenly move into the space. Makes me feel very vulnerable. Doesn’t worry a lot of others though as I
watch them using the vacant space at speeds of up to 50 or so klms/hr. No thanks. Now lane filtering, not splitting, that’s a
different story.
Moving slowly between two stationary lanes, limited chance for cars to
change lanes, allowing plenty of opportunity to stop if someone does move
sideways. I find this is respected by drivers,
even truckies and just the other day; a Council bus driver gave me room to
move. Not only do we need to take care as I like to get
home each day, I believe we have to be careful not to upset or cheese off
other drivers. Keep the black bits on the bitumen and the shiny
side up, Bevan |
Hi all, I
hope this issue of Wing Notes finds you well. We have had the infamous flu
going through our home finishing up with me. I thought I escaped it but not
so lucky. The
club is motoring along nicely with new members joining each month. We had a
visitor come to our last meeting just for a look, and joined on the night. John
Gilbert wrote to me last week and told me they have new members joining so
the Victorian group is alive and well. Congratulations to all of those
members for keeping the faith. With
that in mind, I would like to pay a special tribute to those members that
live too far away to attend the meetings. We love to meet with these special
members at our bigger events such a Goomburra, Christmas, and the AGM. Please
let us know what we can do to increase the benefit of the club to those
members. With
that in mind, the annual Goomburra weekend is coming up fast next month. A
great weekend is always had there, so pack your port, (see Bevan I am
promoting your cause), and your snake bite kit and get along to a real ho
down. We
have finalized the venue for the Christmas party. It will be at the same
place as last year. We have reserved some rooms but you will need to book
your own accommodation. Don’t miss out, as this is a great event. One
last message I will continue to give – the main task of any rider is to get
home safely. No one will remember who was the fastest, or the fanciest rider,
just those that hang around. Every week in Keep
it up. Bill Carter |
Hello everyone, (With
our extra-ordinary meeting this month Valerie has obviously been too busy to
write a few words for this month. One
thing she would probably mention is that the Christmas Party accommodation
venue has been booked, same as last year.
Christmas Party on the Saturday night with an optional Friday night. Bribie
Waterways Motel Phone
1800 072 080 While
Val has tentatively booked the accommodation, individuals need to ring and
confirm their individual bookings. Tell
them you are with AWRA.) Ride
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The other day I was riding home from The traffic started to move so I merged in. I
noticed that the left hand lane was empty, so I made my way over. Looking
ahead, I noticed the cop running in amongst the traffic about 200 metres
ahead. As I got closer, I realised that he was signalling to me to pull over.
I started to pull to the left side of the road and he started gesturing
angrily for me to cross the three lanes of traffic to park on the right hand
side. I thought “yeah right, how am I going to do that”. Somehow he managed to stop all of the cars in all
three lanes of the highway so I could cross the highway and park on the right
side of the road. I then noticed that he had another rider pulled over. He
beckoned me to join him and as I approached I heard him say words to the
effect that he was going to kick this rider’s Rs
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ride in the emergency lane, and sometimes he did so to spot people using phones, people
without seatbelts, and unrestrained children. He then physically demonstrated
how he rode along looking in car windows, (not watching ahead). I should add that apart from his helmet, he wore no
protective clothing above the waist. This alone would limit his payout under WorkCover common law if he had an accident, as it could
be deemed as contributory negligence. He booked me for crossing the continuos white line. So let’s examine this officer’s life saving
strategy: §
He was doing
the very thing that he booked me for as it could endanger my life §
He did it at a
speed that left no allowance for the unexpected, (I did it slowly) §
He did not have
his full attention on what he was doing, as he was watching the bike he was
pursuing, and me in his rear view mirror several hundred metres behind, (I
was at full attention) §
He forced me to
cross three lanes of traffic so that I could park in the area that he said
was dangerous and later booked me for it §
He did not wear
the protective clothing that his employer supplied for him, (a breach of
WH&S Act 1995) I wore a Dri Rider jacket with
body armour §
He could have
been killed running across three lanes of traffic on the highway §
He could have
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come. The cop walked back to his bike, and I asked the
other rider what was said, but he was “mute”. The cop lectured the other rider about the dangers
of riding up the right hand side as cars could swerve into his path. He got
the rider to agree. It came to my turn and he proceeded to give me the same
lecture. I said that I thought that was bull…. as for the cars to swerve,
they had to be moving. I said I didn’t enter that lane until he did, and I
was going slow enough to stop whereby he was riding too fast to stop. He said
that he had his lights on but after some debate he agreed that he did not put
them on for at least 400 to 500 metres. He said he could change to offence to passing on the
right, (I didn’t know it was illegal to pass on the right). I told him he
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He freely
admitted regularly driving without due care and attention, (looking in car
windows) Am I complaining about being booked or the cop that
did it? No. He was probably legally right. What I am saying is that sometimes
the end does not justify the means. This officer was in far more danger, and
placed others in far more danger than I was. Was it worth it for one $60.00
ticket with no points? I don’t think so. I think the powers that be would be far better
served in these problem traffic areas by creating bike lanes, and overlooking
the use of the existing “side lanes” when it is safe to do so. I am not
advocating stupid acts. I just think there are so many things that could be
focussed on for road safety before they got to these trivialities. But that
is the subject of a whole different story. Foot Note: I asked him about lane splitting and lane
filtering. He said that both are illegal. Bill Carter |
Happy Anniversary A man and his wife were celebrating 50 years
together. Their three kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in
their honour. "Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed
son number one... "Sorry I'm running late I had an emergency, you know
how it is, didn't have time to get you both a present." "Not to worry,"
said the dad "the important thing is that we're all here together
today." Son number two arrived and announced, "You and
Mum still look great, Dad. I just flew in from Just then the daughter arrived, "Hello both of
you, Happy Anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and
I was really busy packing so I didn't have time to get you guys
anything." Again the father said, "I really don't care, at least
the five of us are together today." After they all finished dessert, the father put down
his knife and fork looked up and said, "Listen up all three of you,
there's something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time.
You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to raise each of you
and send you to college. All through
the years your mother and I knew that we loved each other very much but... we
just never found the time to get married." The three kids gasped and said, "You mean we're
bastards?" "Yep," said the dad..."and cheap ones
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Following a night out with a few friends, a man
brought them back to his new flat. After the tour, the visitors were rather
perplexed by the large gong taking pride of place in the lounge. "What's
that big brass gong for?" one of the guests asked. "That's a Speaking Clock" the man replied.
"How does it work?" "I'll show you", the man said, giving
the gong an ear-shattering blow with a hammer. Suddenly, a voice from the other side of the wall
screamed, "For gawds sake, you idiot, don’t
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Driving to the
office this morning on the freeway, I looked over to my right and there was a
woman in a brand new BMW doing 100 kilometres an hour with her face up close
to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner! I looked away
for a couple of seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my
lane still working on that makeup! It scared me
so much that I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the bacon roll out
of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten up the car
using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my mobile from my ear,
which fell into the coffee between my legs, causing it to splash and burn BIG
JIM AND THE TWINS. This caused me to
scream, which made me drop the cigarette out of my mouth, ruined my shirt and
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It’s a usual Monday night
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ME. I ring around on Tuesday to get prices,
places and ring a fellow Goldwing rider to ask what the "norm" is
and they inform me what I have done is great and that they would attend (not
play as they have a sore back - by the way THAT rider didn’t show up !!!!!!!!!!!!). I
then email the info off to Clint on Wednesday feeling pretty damn proud of
the quick turn around in which I achieved The response was great and we want to thank everyone for replying back to us. Saturday 21 July, rolled on and I sent |
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our
road backs onto the freeway so it’s a shortcut to our place). I see the bikes coming along and I jump out
from behind the trees and It was a pleasant ride and turning into the street to park the bikes, one fellow rider decided that he didn’t really want to park with the rest of us and decided to "park or lay" his bike down in the middle of the street - oops. After a couple of riders helped him to upright the bike and say "I think you should park in the car park" normality returns. The owners of the Caloundra Ten Pin Bowling come
out and say "Hi" and are impressed with the bikes and lights and
say they can’t wait to see the bikes lit up as we leave later. One of the riders ask if it is safe to
leave our helmets on the bikes, the owners inform us that there are BOGANS
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We divide up to fill the
three lanes and the night’s bowling begins.
There are some hidden bowlers in our group who reached well over 100 -
congratulations to those bowlers. Around
the We then rugged up, jumped on our metal steeds and rode off in search of ice-cream. Finding Baskin Robbins at Caloundra open, we all ate low fat ice-cream - NOT!!!!!!!! I don’t think Baskin Robbins has had so much business on a Saturday night for some time. We then headed off to BP at Burpengary to have yet more coffee. From there we parted and returned home and waved off those who had further to go. We would like to thank everyone for joining in and making yet another memorable ride. Happy riding and personally I can’t wait until the weather turns a little warmer so as I can feel my feet and hands at night. Thanks WayneandLiz |
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We were away exactly 8 weeks and a blow by blow description would take forever, so will give some facts and figures and some highlights. The total distance was just 100 klms short of 14,000 klms. About a third of that was gravel or 4WD tracks. Diesel cost us $2800 and the
dearest was in the middle of the Back to the facts- 16 of
our nights were free or about $5. The other times were in caravan parks or
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night, but the facilities were tops. There was even the chance to do water colour painting classes. Lionel didn’t make the most of that, but I did. Tyres that blew cost $600
and we had a puncture as well. We had to replace a battery and a brake line
wore through and we had to have that repaired. Driving with only the hand
brake for hundreds of klms was a feat on Lionel’s part. Was glad to get to
the brake repairers in the Admission to places of
interest and extra tours cost nearly another $2000 but all made for a great
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For Lionel, going on a fishing trip near Kakadu, where he caught a barramundi, just 20mm too short to keep, was his highlight. Having coffee with Ted
Egan, the administrator of the The next best “thing” was
the trip to the Horizontal Waterfall, north-east of Broome. We went on a
seaplane to this bay which has huge cliff walls and a narrow inlet to another
bay. This is tricky to explain, but because of the monstrous difference in
the heights of water in one bay and the next, there is a time in the day when
water rushes through the narrow opening in the cliffs, similar to rapids. The
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“right”, meant we
saw the Staircase to The Moon. This occurs only when the moon is rising and
reflects on the mud flats which go for miles when the tide goes out and
because of those huge tides I mentioned before. Hundreds of people gather on
the waterfront to see this- it is just such a beautiful spectacle of nature. Other highlights were the
numerous gorges along the Gibb River Road, the Geike
Gorge, The Bungle Bungles(glorious), King’s Canyon, The Cockburn Ranges, the
Famous Five River Lookout at Wyndham, the Cawnpore
Lookout, just before coming in to Winton and Lionel and I just loved the boab
trees. They come in all shapes and there are SO MANY of them in the Top End. Writing this has reinforced
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Well we landed on the bay
near a pontoon and went to a yacht for breakfast and then onto a jet boat to
go through the waterfall. Was very exciting. We then went back to the
seaplane and flew to Being in Broome for the
full moon and the tides being |
was and what a WONDERFUL country we live in, the scenery and the colours are just so diverse. Haven’t mentioned the “hairy” times, and there were a few, but Lionel drove with great confidence and safety and we have come to the decision, that with his love of the open road, he should have been a truckie……..It was GREAT. Lionel and Mary |
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Three Brazilian men were
flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when another plane approached. It
appears that they decided to moon the occupants of the other plane, but lost
control of their own aircraft and crashed. They were all found dead in the
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A young Canadian man,
searching for a way of getting drunk cheaply, because he had no money to buy
alcohol, mixed gasoline with milk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made him
ill, and he vomited into the fireplace in his house. This resulting explosion
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Sunday 15 July saw a group of 10 ‘Wings, 1 Valkyrie and a Suzuki head off from the BP at Blacksoil. The Suzuki was a ring in as he was expecting to meet another group there but had picked the wrong day so happily accepted an invitation to join us for the day. It was a brisk morning so by the time we
reached the railway station at Spring Bluff,
everyone was looking forward to a warm cup of coffee. Apparently Phil and Vicki were that keen
they could not wait for the bike to put its own side stand down. While here, we were met by a “dark side”
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Winery where parking proved interesting. The athletic among us chose to use the car park and then walk to the front door. Others decided that right outside the front door was a better option and immediately proceeded to improve the approach by gouging chunks out of the concrete with the oil pump housing on the Goldwing sumps. Luckily, no serious damage was done. This is a nice boutique winery
and quite a few members sampled and purchased the wares on offer. For me, it was an opportunity to try their
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and he subsequently joined us for the ride and lunch. Spring Bluff turned on the entertainment by supplying a passing coal train for our entertainment and Morag provided a wonderful Chocolate covered marshmallow slice to make everyone forget the cold weather. With coffee over, it was back on the road toward Maclagan via some great country roads with great scenery and little traffic. Just that sort of ride that reminds you of why you ride in the first place. The occasional warm spot was also well appreciated. Arriving in Maclagan, we head straight to the Rimfire |
fruity flavour and went down well. Doesn’t it always on a cold day? I know it’s since added a lovely flavour to my barrel; maturing nicely for Goomburra. From Maclagan it was more
of those great roads as we headed toward Goombungee where we were to meet up
with the Stanthorpe crew for lunch. The
pub turned out to be a top spot for lunch with sizeable and reasonable priced
meals. I don’t think there are used to
having around 25 people turn up for lunch at the one time so the queue to
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After lunch at the Pioneer
Arms Hotel, the group splits into two directions with some heading home to
Stanthorpe and others heading off via Toowoomba. The more intrepid of us head off on the
long way home via Crows Nest and other places with a planned stop at Crows
Nest. I say planned, because since the
ride was planned, someone decided that Sunday was a day of rest and they
would no longer open the servo. With
no option to go on due to the distance to the next opportunity, a quick
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option was to go back to the north side of Toowoomba, refuel, and return home via Spring Bluff the way we had come. O well, you know what the say about the best laid plans of mice and men. At least plan C worked. Refuelled and refreshed we headed back home. This was a ride that had been planned for sometime but postponed due to Kevin’s being unwell at the original time. Thanks Kevin and Morag for organising the day. Bevan and Therese. |
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Goombungee Ride Met at B.P. Blacksoil on a
cold, cold -1deg. Morning with an advertised Wings were still arriving
at the 8.30am mark, with various reasons for running late, including Bevan
with a flat battery, the old “forgot to turn the key that last notch” and
yes, the radio will drain the battery-syndrome. Best effort at running late
and the prize goes to Ray and Val who didn’t even wake up! With 10 wings and 1 Yamaha
( a RAAF trainee fire fighter), who was there to ride with Lockyer Ulysses
Group and missed their early start, we set off travelling via Walloon –
Rosewood – Laidley, across to Gatton and rejoined the Warrego Highway at
Helidon then turned shortly after towards Murphy’s Creek – onto Spring Bluff
for our morning tea stop. We were greeted by a friend
of Clint’s from the Toowoomba area on his new silver 1800. At the pre-ride meeting I had
warned of the Spring Bluff car-park being a bit tricky and unfortunately our
very competent “Tail End Charlie”, PhilandVicky struck trouble on the
steep grade entering “Spring Bluff” with a little too few revs, and had tripandfall, but fortunately, no damage done. TeaandPee breaks were
taken and for some reason, Morag’s chocolate/marshmallow slice seemed to be
popular, 1 piece remained and survived the trip. Time was marching on. So we
all departed, continuing on to the top of the range and via the New England
Hwy – through to Crows Nest, heading north until the turn about 5kms short of
Cooyar and just past Bum-Bum (truly) we headed west to our next stop at
Maclagan and Rimfire Winery for a spot of wine
tasting (and port) for those interested. While there, a phone call
was received from the fearless Stanthorpe contingent (have to be fearless, it
had been down to -5deg. that morning) Hans, Set off for Goombungee with
Clint and Charlene busily filming, left, right and centre for you all to
catch on U-Tube. At Goombungee – now with our Stanthorpe friends – 27 of us rocked in for lunch at the “Pioneer Arms”. |
The staff as usual excelled
themselves and for a well priced $10 per head, presented their usual high
quality of fare and in a very short time also; never heard any complaints
about the food at all. Raffle prizes were won by Paul – Book on Last EventsandMichael (our RAAF visitor) crystal vase. On leaving Goombungee, the
fuel situation appeared to raise its ugly head. I made the decision to go
to Crows Nest to top up but on arriving, the previously, “opened Sunday”,
servo had closed down and a comedy show ensued looking for the fuel depot
which when finally found, was of course CLOSED. The master plan had been to
return via Cressbrook Dam and cut across to re-join
the road to Esk. With fuel so low for some,
there was no choice but to retrace our route on the Things were becoming
farcical by now and all we could do was to go to Highfields for fuel and
return via Murphy’s CreekandWarrego Hwy. MoragandI were very
disappointed as the leg we didn’t do was the best part of the ride. We finally worked out when
we got home and looked at our pre-ride figures. We believed it would be a
300 km ride, but on checking found it was 300 after fuelling up at
Highfields. Should have read 400km. As it was, at fuelling up
at Highfields, PhilandVicky took 22.98lts. to
fill up (out of 23lts). I wish to sincerely
apologise to all for this comedy of errors. To finish, we all went our
ways after reaching Gatton on the Warrego Hwy. and thanks to each and every
one for turning up and to the Gold Coast crew, a big clap for a tremendous
effort in just completing the ride and a big thanks to PhilandVicky for
tail-end duties and hoped everyone still enjoyed their day. Had a request from RayandVal to do it again for their sake if it happens – we really will up at
Highfields on the way out! KevinandMorag (Thanks for the reminder, I’d forgotten about my flat battery -
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19 August Ride |
Leyburn Sprints |
Meet |
Phil and Vicki |
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25 August Social |
Toowoomba |
Dinner at La Porchetta Restaurant, |
Bevan and Therese |
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16 September Ride |
Mechanical Day |
Meet at Rob
Harriss Mechanical Repairs, John St Rosewood at Bring pot luck
for lunch |
Bear and Jayne |
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21, 22and23 September Social |
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Annual weekend at
Goomburra Valley Camp Grounds.
Bunkhouse has been booked for the group. Members to contact Bevan to
reserve accommodation and organise meals etc. - Friday group
leaving Friday from McDonalds Yamanto at - Saturday group
leaving from Mobil, Amberley, |
Bevan and Therese |
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21 October Ride |
Boonah area |
Meet at BP
Staplyton at |
Larry and
Annette |
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27 October Social |
Turbo’s BBQ |
For those not
going to |
Turbo and Wendy |
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27 October to 3 November |
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Organized tour of
Tokyo Motor Show and meet with Japan GoldWing Club |
Geoff and Makiko |
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18 November Ride |
TBA |
Contact Clint with
suggestions |
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Ride
Coordinator - Clint Lovell – Tel: (07) 3398 3437 e-mail: clinton @ lovell.com.au Clint’s a/h mobile 0418 192 040 RIDE DATES; Unless otherwise arranged,
rides will be on the 3rd Sunday of the month, and Social rides, the following
weekend, with other social events as announced through the year. ** Ride Leaders: Please check the
details of your ride and let me know of any changes. Ride leaders are
also asked to organise 2 raffle prizes for their ride. Suggested value
approximately $10.00 each. Raffle tickets will be made available from IMPORTANT: Even if you have not
finalised the details of your ride, just supply the start timeandlocation, the general direction of the ride, and the meal arrangements. ** Ride Leaders: Please provide a short
pre-ride briefing that outlines the basic safety precautions that we in the
AWRA like to observe when riding in groups, and a little about the ride and
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PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY ON RIDES: ·
Each motorcyclist is responsible for at least
the following; ·
The roadworthiness of your vehicle (including
trailer) ·
That you are in a fit condition to control the
vehicle, (including trailer) ·
Make sure you have a full tank of fuel before
departing on a ride. ·
That you obey all the traffic rules and ride
in a safe manner. ·
That you ride in a considerate manner that
does not endanger, or unnecessarily inconvenience other road users. ·
To be correctly attired for safe motorcycling. ·
To have fun and enjoy the day, and the
company. Thanks for all those that have offered to organise rides
and socials; that is what makes this club so great. If you are yet to conduct a ride or
organise a social, please start to plan something so that when your turn
arrives you will be ready. You don’t have to wait to be asked, just let me
know. |
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16 September 07 Ride |
Mobil service station on Nth ring
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MotoGP, |
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?? October 07 Social |
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Melbourne Motor
cycle expo |
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14 October 07 Ride |
Reg Jeffrey Honda |
A ride to the top
of Mt Baw Baw and
returning to |
John G |
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17and18 November 07 Ride |
Shell Service station Westgate Bridge |
Overnighter to Mt
Gambier This overnight ride will take us to Mt Gambier and returning to |
Denny V |
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27 January 08 Ride |
Mobil service station on Nth ring
road |
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John G |
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17 February 08 Ride |
Reg Jeffrey Honda |
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Denny V |
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16 March 08 Ride |
Reg Jeffrey Honda |
Reg Jeffrey (SP),
up over the mountains to Pakenham on over to Mirboo Nth and back over the
mountains to Ferntree Gully. |
John G |
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06 April 08 Ride |
Reg Jeffrey Honda |
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John G |
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04 May 08 Ride |
Mobil service station on Nth ring road |
Melbourne,
Sunbury, Woodend, Malmsbury, Daylesford, Cheswick, Ballarat, Depending on
time maybe back to Melbourne via Meredith, Anakie, Bacchus Marsh then Melbourne. |
John G |
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Note: ·
Rides depart ·
All rides will
be approx 300+ kms |
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PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY ON RIDES: ·
Each motorcyclist is responsible for at least
the following; ·
The roadworthiness of your vehicle (including
trailer) ·
That you are in a fit condition to control the
vehicle, (including trailer) ·
Make sure you have a full tank of fuel before
departing on a ride. ·
That you obey all the traffic rules and ride
in a safe manner. ·
That you ride in a considerate manner that
does not endanger, or unnecessarily inconvenience other road users. ·
To be correctly attired for safe motorcycling. ·
To have fun and enjoy the day, and the
company. Thanks for all those that have offered to organise rides
and socials; that is what makes this club so great. If you are yet to conduct a ride or
organise a social, please start to plan something so that when your turn
arrives you will be ready. You don’t have to wait to be asked, just let me
know. |
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