Last modified: 19th December 1997
KBCP = Kings Bridge Car Park, corner of Flinders and Spencer Streets, Melbourne
Club Hall = Theatrette at rear of Camberwell Town Hall off Inglesby Rd, Melways Reference 59 J 2
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Thu 4th July General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Guest Speaker: Ken Wootton, AMCN Editor
Sun 7th July Reefton and Black Spurs
Dave Ward leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
Arduous
13 bikes, 15 people, 300 km
Sat 13th July Maintenance Day BBQ
John Morley's home
10 am Whittlesea
Sun 14th July Port Welshpool
Ben Warden leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.15 am Hallam
Arduous
10 bikes, 10 people, 500 km, wet roads, foggy, grouse
Thu 18th July Social Sip The Swan Hotel, Cnr Swan & Church Sts, Richmond, 7 pm onwards
Sun 21st July Apollo Bay Mini Golf
Tony Fabris leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10 am Laverton
Arduous
11 bikes, 12 people, 450 km, wet
Sun 28th July Lake Mountain Snow Ride
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
8 bikes, 10 people, 250 km, wet
Thu 3rd August General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Sun 4th August Lake Corangamite
Davorin Zivkovic
9.30 am KBCP, 10 am Laverton
15 bikes, 16 people, 500 km, Geoff seized his RZ350, wet/dry/windy
all day
Sun 11th August Seymour
Rob Langer leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
31 bikes, 33 people, 525 km, dry and warm!
Road hazards: sheep, kangaroos, rabbits, stones, ductails,
potholes, bumps
Thu 15th August Social Sip The Swan Hotel, Cnr Swan & Church Sts, Richmond, 7 pm onwards
Sun 18th August Bendigo - One Tree Hill
Danny Kosinski leading
9.30 am KBCP
2 bikes, 2 people, called off due to torrential rain
Sat 24th August Matlock Dirt Ride
10 am Yarra Glen
Sun 25th August BBQ Healesville
John Willis leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
20 bikes, 23 people, 280 km, dry and warm again
Sat 31st August Phillip Island Ride Day
$80 members, $100 non-members
40 people, 20 per session, 1 minor cosmetically damaged Fireblade,
weather best day in six weeks according to official. No times. Top day.
Sun 1st September Mystery Ride
John Morley leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Whittlesea
14 bikes, 17 people, 200 km
Thu 5th September General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Sun 8th September Eildon
Jack Youdan leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
19 bikes, 19 people, 350 km
Route: Yarra Glen, Black Spur, Thornton, Jamieson Rd till it turns to
dirt - green with moss last 2 kays. Back to Eildon for lunch, across
to Molesworth and Yea, breakup at Kinglake West.
Sun 15th September Violet Town
Ian Payne leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Whittlesea
16 bikes, 17 people, very windy, 350 km, 3 women riders
Thu 19th September Social Sip The Swan Hotel, Cnr Swan & Church Sts, Richmond, 7 pm onwards
Sun 22nd September Great Ocean Road
Rykk Budd leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10 Laverton
22 bikes, 24 people, 530 km
Route: Anglesea via Lara for morning tea. Lunch at Lavers Hill.
Skenes Creek Rd up from Apollo Bay to Deans Marsh for afternoon tea.
Breakup at Geelong. Hans has new YZF1000, Collin on newish ZX7. 4
women riders.
Sat 28th September Dirt Ride. See Club Magazine for details.
9 bikes, 9 people, 250 km Sensational weather!
Sun 29th September Lake Mountain
Mark Dennis leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
7 bikes, 7 people, 350 km Wet, wet, and more wet.
Thu 3rd October General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Sun 6th October Cape Patterson
Danny Vits leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.15 am Hallam
10 bikes, 10 people, 450 km. While you watched Bathurst, we
travelled on dry, car-less roads! Sensational. Minor incident - a
regular crashed his GPx, snapping the handlebar. Otherwise fine.
Sun 13th October Navigation Trial, Ballan Area, some dirt
Les Leahy leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10 am Laverton
21 bikes, 23 people, 350 km 18 bikes completed the 145 km
Navigation Trial. Object to estimate average speed. Nearest estimate won a
stack of near current magazines. Andrew on his Dominator won.
Thu 17th October Social Sip The Swan Hotel, Cnr Swan & Church Sts, Richmond, 7 pm onwards
Sun 20th October Watch Australian 500cc GP
BYO BBQ at Sam & Rita's
Short ride beforehand
9.30 am KBCP, 10.15 am Hallam
15 bikes, 20 people, 200 km Two riders crashed on offal on road
whilst heading to BBQ. No rider error. Both bikes written off. Broken hip.
Sat 26th October Dirt Ride. See Club Magazine for details.
8 bikes, 8 people, 250 km
Sun 27th October World Super Bikes, Phillip Island
See Club Magazine for details
35,000 people, sqillions of bikes, Gobert Dazzles, Corser wins
Championship, sea gulls wreak hovoc (at least six munched); 20
members spotted over weekend.
Weekend 2nd-5th November Snowy Mountains
Pub Accommodation
See Club Magazine for details
7 bikes, 7 people, 1800 km Someone fell off (front end) and
broke their little finger! CBR600 written off - cosmetics.
Thu 7th November General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Sun 10th November Organ Pipes National Park
Luke Richardson leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
14 bikes, 15 people, 250 km Half wet roads, half dry.
Sun 17th November Horse Riding, Gunnamatta
Steve Leyland leading
17 bikes, 24 people, 450 km 13 people went horse riding, one
threw up, one fell off. 11 people found 5 different ways up Arthur's
seat. Two people ran out of petrol!
9.30 am KBCP
Thu 21st November Social Sip The Swan Hotel, Cnr Swan & Church Sts, Richmond, 7 pm onwards
Sun 24th November Dumbalk North
Ben Warden leading
Route: City (9.30 am), Yarra Glen (60 km, morning tea, 10.30 am),
Healsville, Yarra Junction, Powelltown,
Jindivick, Drouin (lunch.1, 110 km, 11.45 am), Poowong, Arawatta, Leongatha,
Dumbalk, Boolara, Mirboo Nth (lunch.2, 130km, 1.45 pm), Dumbalkish-Mirboo
North loop again because the roads are so grouse, Trafalgar,
Lardner, Warragul (105 km, afternoon tea), Powelltown, Yarra Junction
(break-up, 75 km, 5pm).
29 bikes, 33 people, 550 plus km. 28 deg C, sensational riding
weather, no crashes, no cops, few cars.
Sun 1st December Whittlesea Toboggan Park
Rob Matricciani leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am at the Park
9 bikes on ride afterwards, 16 people, 250 km, wet, wetter
Thu 5th December General Meeting 8.15 pm Club Hall
Xmas Supper, bring a plate, fancy dress: 60's theme,
prize for 'best' dressed
Sun 8th December Reefton and Black Spurs
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
29 bikes, 31 people, 250 km, 1 crash - minor cosmetic damage.
Sat 14th December Xmas BBQ Fairfield Park, Melways Ref. 30J12
12 noon till 4 pm, Members free, visitors $5 head
60 people approx.
Sun 15th December Pyalong
Ben Warden leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Whittlesea
Route: Whittlesea, Wallan, Romsey, Emu Flat, Pyalong
(morning tea), Tallarook, Parrot Creek, Strath Creek, Flowerdale,
Kinglake West (lunch), Mt Slide, Glenburn, Flowerdale, Yea,
Molesworth, Alexandra (afternoon tea), Fraser National Park, Eildon,
Taggerty, Marysville, Black Spur, Healesville (breakup).
15 bikes, 15 people, 450 km, hot (36 deg. C), dry, fast!
Sun 22nd December Abseiling, Ben Cairn (Mt Donna Buang)
Mark Dennis leading
9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen
~8 bikes, ~8 people, ~250 km
26th Dec to 1st Jan. 1997 Xmas Camp, Halls Gap
see Club Magazine for details
~15 bikes, ~20 people