APRIL RUNS

Friday 3                 General meeting. Club hall 8.15pm sharp

                               Nominations.

Saturday 4             Service Day Craig Dawson's

Sunday 5                Secretary’s Tour K.B.C.P. 9.30

Sunday 12              Tarwin Lower. K.B.C.P. 9.00

Easter w/end          Leave Hallam 8.00 Pt. Hicks. Camping weekend.

Sunday 26              Dereel 9.30  K.B.C.P.

 

MAY

Friday 1                 Annual General Meeting Club Hall 8.15pm SHARP.

 

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NOTE

 

The Easter Camp, advertised as being held at Wingan Inlet, has been changed to Point Hicks as Wingan Inlet is completely booked out.  Pt Hicks is situated on the Thurra River, south of Cann River.  Access is via Cape Everard Rd.  Limited facilities exist, e.g. fire places, pit toilets tec.  Water is available from the river.  Approx 30Km of unsealed road must be traversed so watch out for sand traps (you know, usual unseen until bike crosses up type.) Don’t be put off though, they will be no worse than anywhere else along the Victorian Coast.

 

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GOSSIP

 

Who is the financial member of the club who drives (and is suspected of owning) a Rolls-Royce?

 

Who fronted up at K.B.C.P. at 3.30am last Wednesday?  Did you enjoy the ride to Rocket Lake?  How about you write us an article for the mag?  All contributions will be gratefully received.

 

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CLOSING DATE FOR NEXT MAG IS THE 17TH APRIL

 

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EDITORIAL APRIL 1981

 

At last we have received some correspondence from a member regarding our Editorials!  The same letter also has a few comments about the recent Captain’s resignation and the attitudes of the general membership.  Unfortunately the writer failed to sign his/her letter so we have printed it in its entirety, exactly as written. Refer page 3

 

Whilst we welcome criticism, it keeps us on our toes and lets us know what you, the member, feels about our comments, we feel that the critique should have sufficient confidence in his/her criticism to at least provide a signature.  We don’t feel that anyone will hold a grudge (or resort to physical violence) when the Mickey gets taken out of them.  Besides, now we know at least one person reads the mag!  (It’s not all in vain after all!)

 

We’ve heard that on a recent Cathedral Lane run one lady rider had considerable difficulty negotiating the rather prolific quantities of rocks on the mongrel hill.  Seems that she crashed a couple of considerate members picked her and the bike up, offered advice, got her back on the bike and away up the hill, where-upon she promptly crashed again!  Repeat the procedure ad-infinitum, till eventually all got to the top.  Terrific!  Precisely what club riding is all about.  Those that find the run a ‘piece-o-piss’ helping those that wish to Christ they thought so too!  Good, healthy club attitude, BUT, we’ve also heard that one person stated that the same lady should not have been allowed to participate in the run because she lacked experience to handle the condition and therefore was holding everyone up.  Unless one participates in runs how does one gain the necessary experience to participate in these runs? (Think about it ---it does make sense!)  Besides, where was everyone going in such a hell of a hurry that they couldn’t spare the time to help a fellow rider!

 

Bye for now

 

Faye and Geoff.

 

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NOTICE OF MOTION TO AMEND CONSTITUTION

 

The following proposed amendment to SECTION 14 of the Constitution is suggested by the committee.

 

SECTION 14 sub-section (b) the amendment shall read;

Always proving such disablement occurs –

Whilst travelling with the club on an official club function,

Whilst travelling to or from an official club function whether or not there is a stated leaving time or place for the club.

Provided such route taken is the most practical or whilst travelling in the company of other club members on any run originating from an official club function.

 

NOTE: for interpretation purposes the words ‘official function’ shall include any club activity printed in the Itinerary or included in the club magazine under the heading Itinerary.

 

The above amendment is proposed to cover such claims made upon the ‘FUND’ originating from such events as may occur from members travelling to a club camp or other official functions at times other than those printed in the Itinerary and to cover instances where a member participates in a ride originating from an official function. E.g. a day tour of the area surrounding a club camp or similar activity.

 

SECOND PROPSED ADMENDMENT TO SECTION 14

 

I further propose to move that the word MECHANICALLY be removed from sub-sections (a) and (I) of section 14 and the whole of sub-section (d)2 also be removed.

 

The above amendment is proposed to enable claims to be made against the ‘FUND’ in such cases of machine disablement not directly attributed to an electrical/mechanical fault or a puncture related spill.

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As you will realize if adopted these amendments will greatly increase the benefits of club membership; in as much as you will be covered by the ‘FUND’ when and if your machine is disabled anywhere, anytime provided you are engaged in some club activity.

 

As these proposed amendments involve a major constitutional change, I will move the amendments at the APRIL general meeting.  There by giving all members the opportunity to study the proposals carefully before having to cast their vote.

 

Keith Finlay

 

 

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RESIGNATION CLUB CAPTAIN

 

As stated in the Constitution, the Club Captain’s job is to insure safety to club rides. The proposal put to the general meeting i.e., to in force that all parts of the body be covered with some form of clothing, relates to a degree would have helped save possible injury to riders and pillions alike.  The fact that this proposal was rejected, perhaps I should say the manner in which the members rejected the proposal, I feel I cannot carry out my job to the fullest.

 

I would like to remind members that a position on the Committee is a voluntary thing, not a breeze as quite a few members seem to think.  Any position is time consuming and requires a great deal of thought and effort, (if you are to do the job properly) is needed to run the club in a satisfactory manner.

 

For those members whom take delight in continual non-constructive criticism, may I suggest that they nominate themselves for the May elections and forget their usual excuses as why they can’t.

 

There are certain members who continually write incorrect articles relating to new proposals and other general club gossip.  I’d like to point out that these articles, while in content are factual, always seem to be blown out of all proportion – perhaps they fancy themselves as budding journalists for the “Sun” or the “Herald”.

 

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FOR SALE

 

For sale, located in Melbourne's picturesque Dandenong's is a 2 bedroom weatherboard home, full of character.  Features in the house include recently decorate kitchen, western red cedar bathroom, new electric stove, gas H/W/S, and open fire place, superb views over the city are available from the front of the house whilst the rear of the block looks into bushland.  Also situated on the large (270ft x 51ft) block is a garage containing workshop and room for several bikes and a car.  The garage has fluorescent lighting and many power points.  For those days when the bike is out of action, the station is within walking distance as is the local shopping centre.  The situation gives good access to starting points for club runs such as Lilydale, Hallam and Cranbourne.  Access is also available to the many twisty mountain roads in the area without going through a single traffic light.

 

Genuine enquiries may be directed to Brendon or Sally.

Phone 754 6060.

 

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ANGELSEA Feb 1st

 

With the promise of fine weather a run in the direction of Anglesea seemed too good to miss, hence a crowd approaching 25 persons must have been waiting at K.B.C.P looking forward to a swim and the chance of a ride along the G.O.R (Great Ocean Road)

 

The crowd included several visitors including the lady from Queensland on the pink BMW and a couple of Americans travelling with Darren in his car.

 

Craig led the run towards Geelong and although the highway traffic was fairly heavy a safe and steady speed around 100km/hr soon saw us stopping in Geelong.  After a very lengthy delay we were off towards Anglesea, twist grips rotated considerably further.  On this stretch Lyn tried the back seat of the Ducati to see if it was as comfortable as initial impressions suggested.  (Ask her if it was if you want to know?)  At Anglesea shortly passed the town centre a group of bikes stopped and as the numbers grew those stopping thought it was the official Anglesea stop.  However, it was soon realized it was just a temporary halt to watch Brian Melisse’s RS BMW begin self destructing by blowing its headlight glass into pieces on the road.  However listening to the learned BMW riders expounding on why this was so, was about as exciting as watching a chook in a rotisserie so we headed off and found Craig at the beach car park.

 

Lunched and refreshed most of us took to the beach while a couple headed for the GOR.  The old ‘get changed inside your towel’ trick caused a bit of furore when announced ‘my bikini is on backwards’.  Anyrate the afternoon passed quickly and pleasantly with people laying on the beach, eyeballing the girls, playing cricket, eyeballing the girls, swimming and loud advice from Mick to a bloke who’d been mauling his girlfriend all afternoon.

 

Around 3.30 we headed for Lorne.  It was really pleasant and I think everyone enjoyed that ride.  The Deans Marsh exit is a bit hard to see as you enter Lorne form the Melbourne side and Craig missed it so after discussion I led the run to Geelong.  The road climbing out of Lorne is, I find a bit tight bumpy and nasty and I found it rather annoying on this section to find a gold RS hovering around my rear wheel.  I would like to draw its rider’s attention to our road rules.  Anyrate soon the road opens up into big flowing sweepers where the Ducati just loped along.  All too soon we were back on the highway heading for a service station at Geelong where we dispersed.

 

I think everyone enjoyed the run and even after the dispersal point the high that exists after a good ride continues as glimpses of the other bikes are caught on the way home.

 

Brendon Ducati 750 GT 

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B.B.Q AND NIGHT RIDE FEB 7th

 

After reading the latest mag when brought home I noticed the great lack of stories, which has prompted me to try to give my views on the night ride.  We arrived at the barbecue which was yummy, and I noticed that there were not as many bikes as I had expected, as it was a beautiful day and promised to be a lovely night.  What is the matter with all you slackers, are you afraid of getting frost bite or something?  We left about 8pm through Kinglake and surrounding district ending up at Healesville where our leader took a wrong turn.  He noticed this about 1km or so up the road and turned around.  We continued on the trip so far no dirt, and I thought, ‘how lovely for a change’.  I should have known better.  Heading towards Mt Dandenong along back roads, I thought I must have taken a wrong turn, as it got very black and the road turned to dirt.  I continued along for a while and when no-one came along, I worried that I had taken and started back.  Some one, I can’t think who now, came along and said it was the right road, so along we went.  We arrived at Mt Dandenong and found a nice spot that must have been arranged upstairs, because there was not much space left with all the cars there.

 

Everyone dismounted and had a look see, spoke to the law, who are very sneaky, driving around in cars with roof racks and not looking like cops.  We stayed there about half an hour or so and then left for home or pizza, whichever you decided to do.  On the whole, I love the night rides and wish that they would have more during the summer months when the nights are not as stinking hot as the days.

 

Robyn KAWA 650

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Definition of a Committee?

 

A group of people who individually con do nothing, but collectively can meet and decide that nothing can be done.

 

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JERUSALAM CREEK FEB 22nd

 

(Or)  if God were a motorcyclist he would have been a Hell of a rider!!!

 

The day started like a normal Melbourne morning, damp, cold, misty, radar everywhere and lots of four wheeled tin boxes.  Apart from all this it was good to be on the road.  Upon arriving in the city about ten bikes were already waiting; we had a dozen or so bikes on the ride itself including three visitors.  We rode out on the F19 freeway towards Christmas Hills and back across to Healesville via some great back roads; some of us had to take it a little easy as the roads were damp.

 

Very thick mist on the road to Healesville made riding extremely hazardous as mud and gravel were also present on the road surface, a fairly slow ride through the Black Spur took us out of the moist precipitation into a warm, sunny climate (must have crossed the state border)

 

Lunch was devoured at Eildon which is a hop, step and a jump from the end of our journey but we didn’t make it without any upset.  (Incidentally, the take away at Eildon is super slow and I ended up throwing away half of my steak sandwich when I did get it), anyway...one of the visitors on the ’P’ plated Yamaha 400 got a bit carried away just half a mile from journey’s end and went wide on a sharp left hand corner; unfortunately colliding with the boat trailer.

 

She was shaken, the bike slightly bent and the trailer sustained two punctures.  After a quick repair job on the bike we helped change the flat tyres on the trailer as the driver didn’t have a good enough jack. (Many hands make light work)  I even had problems myself executing a super fast ‘U’ turn and managed to jam my front wheel into a small tree which wouldn’t let go.

 

We regrouped at the creek itself, completed the repairs on the Yamaha, had a drink, a rest and a chat.  An easy straight forward ride home was in order; this included the Black Spur again.  Not to be out done Craig also ran wide, off the road and down a ditch.  No damage to either bike or rider so we continued to Healesville where we dispersed.

 

Some of the club returned to Craig’s place via more back roads (I say that lightly), where we saw the last of the Castrol Six Hour race and a refreshing cuppa.  On route to Craig’s place Tony’s Honda 650 rolled off its side stand and broke two indicators, the third bike down for the day.

 

A good ride and a memorable day, it’s not every day I’m accused of malpractice while riding my motorcycle.

 

Dave 75/6 and Duke

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DRIVE-IN FEB 28th

 

I snuck out of home early to get away from the screaming kids, and go to the KBCP at twenty to seven to wait for the crowds to arrive at their leisure. The weather on the day had been hot and the evening had promised to be pleasant seeing as we would be sitting in the open.  At seven fifteen Craig arrived followed by a new chap on a beige RS BMW.  Craig produced a sun and a quick perusal there of confirmed our suspicions that the choice would be very limited, ie shit shit or Mad Max, guess who won?  Then it was our with Craig’s chalk to leave a message on the wall for Smithy but we needn’t have bothered because Smithy was playing with his trains up Seymour way.

 

Craig decided he had better things to do because of the roll up, (feed the baby, sleep etc etc) and left us two to fumble alone.  We decided to disperse with the corner marker system there was only a leader (me) and a rear rider (him).  Ride was reasonably quick considering traffic out to Croydon twin drive-in.  The queue was only about 200 meters long and it took about 15 minutes to pay our bread and get in.  At first I thought all speakers were broken but they were those new style radio clip on things.  Now we didn’t have radios with us, so we scouted around and found the speakers up the front.  We settled in beside a guy and his girlfriend on a couple of 250 Yams and proceeded to watch one of the most action filled show I have ever seen.  The bikies were portrayed with a little more depth than usual case and the acting in general was really good.  One of the best low budget Australian films I have ever seen.  I can understand why it grossed millions in the USA.

 

Munchies were the next event after a twenty minute wait for the crowds to clear.  The second feature was a thing called SLAVES set in Africa in Victorian times there were plenty of bums and boobs and T.V.’s Tarzan getting around putting shit on the natives.  About midnight things wound up and we made it back to the city at slightly less than frantic speed (we were running a bit late going there) and went our separate ways in King St.  It was a bit of a shame we did not have more starters, but those that went enjoyed it as least I did and I was 50% of the turn up.

 

Phil Goldwing and Chair.

 

P.S.  the chair was a lot more comfortable to sit in than the BM seat was to sit on.

 

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NAGAMBIE MARCH 1st

 

Thirteen bikes turned up for our trip to ‘Nagambie’.  Ian is leading on his BMW while Bruce on a 240cc, relegated to rear.  Heading out via Romsey and Lancefield and on to the turn off to Heathcote, where we stopped for drinks and icy poles.  The weather is quite warm.  On leaving Heathcote we go a couple of kilometres down the road taking the Nagambie turn off, where the ride was quite pleasant until I saw a front end loader coming slowly around the bend and a white ute pulling out to pass him, but when he saw me throwing antics he pulled back pretty smartly.  Plus I had my headlight on!  We went quite away before hitting Nagambie where we pulled up outside a shop, got our lunch, and walked over to the nature strip and sat under the shade of a big tree and ate.  One guy bought half a water melon which he shared with the members.  Every now and then you had to close your eyes to combat the dust that was coming up the street. Marc arrives having come another way.  After lunch we all went for a swim in the lake at a nice spot called Picnic Reserve.  Some swam, while others relaxed, and I had brought a ball along.  The water was nice, once you got in, as it was very cold.  The scenery seemed to be somewhat of an attraction.  On leaving we made our way back to the shop for drinks before heading home.  Down to Seymour, then after taking the Tallarook turn off, up to Yea on to the Flowerdale road, which still has some lovely long sweepers, through Kinglake to Whittlesea, where we stopped and dispersed.  After a good days riding and Ian was doing a superb job of leading the group and credits given to Craig for looking after us while out on the road.

 

‘Big Daddy’

750/4 and R65

 

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