ITINERARY
MAY
Sunday 6th Cathedral
Lane – 9am KBCP
(Lilydale
pick-up 10.15am sharp)
Sunday 13th Dumbalk
– 8.30am KBCP
Sunday 20th Waranga Basin – 9.00am KBCP
Sunday 27th Jerusalem
Creek – 9.00am KBCP
(Eildon
Counter lunch)
JUNE
Friday 1st GENERAL
MEETING
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FEES PAYABLE
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EDITORIAL
If you haven’t
heard yet I’m the new Editor and printer for the Club Magazine.
I’m hoping to install
new enthusiasm, and will do my best to print all material received. Get those pens inking, I need ride reports,
wanted to buy or sell, gossip, jokes, any information on bikes and articles on
praise or criticism on the way the club runs.
Anything of
interest I’ll print it, but make it short and readable.
Craig Dawson
Suze 1000
40 Circle Ridge,
CHIRNSIDE PARK,
3116.
PHONE: 726 7342
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VICE CAPTAIN’S REPORT
It’s
Annual Report time again, or so I’m told, and as this was my first year as a
Committee member, you are all privileged to read my first report. The year seems to have gone very quickly and
looking back and recalling any significant events is quite difficult, but I’ll
try anyway. I think this year saw an end
to the “WHERE IS TODAY’S RIDE GOING” syndrome.
For my part I made every effort to make sure that at least one person
knew where they were going. I arrived at
the car park on a number of occasions to organize a ride when my bike was off
the road. You have to remember I owned a
BMW for a short time. It was also good
to see a lot of new members leading the rides rather than the same old clique.
I
have enjoyed my time as Vice Captain in two respects. Firstly there is the feeling of being part of
the team. I don’t think a lot of the
members take into account just how much is involved behind the scenes in
organizing the events planned on the itinerary, which seems to be taken for
granted. Everyone on the Committee, in
general, works together to see that the members will enjoy the club; and it’s
very gratifying to see days, such as the Sports Day, to name one, well attended
– secondly there is a personal satisfaction to know that you had a part in
making sure others enjoyed themselves.
It
is because of these reasons that I have decided to stand again this year,
because I feel I still have a lot of enthusiasm left to give the club. So if you’re lucky you’ll get to read another
Annual Report from me next year.
NODDY
– Gary Lloyd
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SOCIAL SECRETARY’S ANNUAL REPORT
Someone said to
me the other day “Have you written your annual report yet?” Annual Report, has the time gone so
quickly? Well folks it’s that time of
year again. Time to
elect a new Committee and time for Committee members to write their Annual
reports. I must say I have
enjoyed my year as Social Secretary, but more importantly it was great to be a
part of the M.C.T.C.V. Committee. I
think perhaps that there could have been a few more social events arranged for
the club, but unfortunately these didn’t come off. I can say that the events such as “The
Bowling Night, The Christmas Party and the Christmas Camp”, were well attended,
and I think everybody enjoyed themselves.
There has been a
price rise in the cost of supper this year.
It was originally going to rise from 60 cents to 80 cents, but it has
been decided that supper will now cost 70 cents. The price adequately covers the cost of
providing supper for the members. I have
decided not to stand again as Social Secretary this year, but could still like
to remain on the Committee in some other position. I hope that whoever gets elected to the
position of Social Secretary will receive the full support of the Club, and I
offer my assistance and well wishes to whoever fills the position. I would like to thank everybody that has
helped me out during the year, especially Chris Young and Robyn Duffy and for
those who washed and dried the dishes after the meetings. Thanks again.
Brenda Pollett,
Social Secretary
BMW R65
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TREASURERS REPORT 1983/84
I am pleased to
say that the increase in membership fees in 1983 was a realistic assessment of
the true costs of operating our club and it seems that we are now very close to
balancing the budget. Unfortunately, it is
difficult to obtain an exact position without providing a statement of assets
and liabilities, but this is hardly justified for the small sums involved, so
we can instead merely allow those items to average out over a couple of years. Significant assets include a stock of badges
at a retail cost of $340 and stationery; if, for example, we thought the prior
year’s magazine costs were high, in fact they were not because of stock used up
over 1983/84 and you will see similar items in the comparison column.
To finance the
considerable cost of the new badges, we found it necessary to withdraw part of
our interest bearing deposit ($250, leaving a balance of $50), but when the
badges are sold, we should be able to return that sum and more.
Our membership
stands at 66 full members (61 in 1983) and we certainly must make every effort
to retain these members, as some costs of operating the club apply regardless
of how many members there are. It is
doubtful that many of these members take an active interest in our activities
and we need to be aware of the need for new recruits. A significant cost is the printing of
itineraries, which are about $100 per issue.
If it is practical, there is a considerable saving in having them
printed for periods of six months instead of four.
Other matters
that might require explanation are:-
Oil sales – we
do not stress this offer, mainly due to transport of the stock to meetings, but
perhaps we should if there is a demand.
Christmas
Party – a different format for this year’s party, without accommodation
charges, so this time there was in face a modest profit.
Printing – an
account that we had assumed had been buried with the demise of a printer, for
work in 1982, unfortunately reappeared and we had to pay $113, which thus gives
a false cost for the 1983/84 printing total.
So that’s it for
our financial year and, I feel, a reasonably good one financially. Thanks to those of you who held the fund –
raising functions and collects the funds on the meeting nights – a difficult
but necessary job.
Peter Dwyer
Treasurer
MOTORCYCLE TOURING CLUB OF Victoria
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
1.5.83 to 30.4.84
Comparison 1983/84
1982/83
$ RECEIPTS
369 Membership $624.50
209 Supper
Proceeds 238.70
138 Raffle
Proceeds 138.00
433 Oil
Products Sales 28.00
476 Christmas
Party 124.90
203 Auction
Receipts 257.55
56 Cheque
and Term Deposit Interest 39.85
57 Sales
of T-Shirts/Windcheaters 210.50
68 Sale
of badges and Stickers 178.50
------ Tawonga Deposit returned 20.00
------ Term
Deposit Transferred 250.00
2009 2110.50
480 Deficit ----------
2489 2110.50
PAYMENTS
228 Printing
– itineraries 403.22
359 magazines/stationery 83.78
130 Hall
Hire 120.00
139 Supper
Costs 130.30
104 Raffle
Prizes 67.00
428 Oil
Products Purchases 38.57
65 Door
Prizes 27.75
73 Postal
Expenses 42.51
185 MRA
Exhibition ------
43 MRA
Donation ------
548 Christmas
Party 90.00
160 Auction
– sellers proceeds 199.59
---- Deposit
Tawonga 20.00
---- Purchase
t-shirts/windcheaters 292.25
---- Purchase
badges 362.40
27 Sundries 40.40
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2489 1917.77
---- Surplus 192.73
2489 2110.50
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880 Cash
Book Balance 30.4.83 $400.30
(Includes Term
Deposit of $300)
2009 Receipts 2110.50
2489 Payments 1917.77
----- Less
part Term Deposit Transferred -250.00
400 Cash
Book Balance 30.4.83 343.03
(Includes Term
Deposit now $50)
APRIL 8 RUN –
BEN’S TWISTIY’S MK2
A
beautiful Melbourne autumn day and nine bikes gather for this run, leaving KBCP
9.30am. Ben knows the good (twisty) way
to Yarra Glen via Warrandyte and we visit the new Winneke
Dam which only a few have ever heard of.
An impromptu peg scraping display in the Dam car park by our leader
brings on speculation that somewhere in the past a similar performance resulted
in headlight scraping for the Kwaka.
On
to Warburton with soon-to-be-off P plates Janet Towns hidden in the centre of
the group away from any police prying eyes looking for such riders over
80kph. We have three first club run
riders and in Warburton one discovers the two rear brake calliper bolts holding
on by only two threads on the GSX 750.
He is not only lucky but strongly suspects a prominent Suzuki Dealer,
who had the wheel out last week to fit a tyre.
Only
other mechanical drama is oil weeping-seeping-dripping from BMW K engine (new)
onto rider’s boot. Many
rude noises from group like “Triumphs don’t do that” and “don’t sit on that
bike – you will get oil on your clothes”. By end of run, the leak is taking up as they
say in the trade (honest).
Great
run to Mt. Donna Buang summit, and great run half way down when something goes
wrong with the corner marker system, Ben goes right and all others left. Some interesting effects of this include 30km
of dirt via Acheron Way, Ben’s extra 250km looking for his flock, two new
riders separate and go to Marysville (where we were supposed to go), Michael’s
BMW 80GS passes our leader on the Reefton Spur—but is going the other way!
Works
out not too bad though, as we meet up in Healesville and finish the run over
some wonderful twisty’s into Kinglake and Whittlesea.
As
Ben’s prediction, it was an approximate 300km run, except he did “slightly”
more.
Jack
Youdan
GOSSIP
Has
it rumoured that a staunch member now owns a Kingswood Wagon after 14 years of
two wheeling.
CLUB BADGES
The
club has purchased $300 worth of badges, and so far have only sold a dozen or
so. All those members who don’t have a
badge get-in there and buy one. As the club needs your money.
FORKSVILLE
Sunday
the 1st of April, (isn’t there another name for this auspicious
day), appeared to have the makings of a great day’s riding, with a clear sky
and a mild, sunny temperature to match.
I arrived at the car park, just after 0.00am to the tune of “Where the
hell is Forksville?”
Ah ha, hasn’t anybody heard of this famous and historic town. Gary Lloyd was nominated to lead the ride
with Robyn Duffy as rear rider.
We
headed out the Maroondah highway towards Lilydale and along the way we picked
up a rather suspicious looking character in a well looked after Commodore. Shock, horror, could it be a policeman in an
un-marked car? The pace put on by Gary
slowed somewhat after this. Ben decided
to go and have a chat with the friendly policeman. Form Lilydale we headed up the Black Spur,
through Healesville, stopping at Narbethong for morning-tea. Along the way we picked up a guy on a very
expensive looking Augusta 750, who was out for a pleasant Sunday ride and
decided to tag along. At this point,
Vince Green decided he would head off home, mumbling something about Enduro racing and such things. But, before he went he gave us a
demonstration of the uses of the clip-on handlebar mirrors of the BMW
K100. They seem to come off quite
easily, but the trick is how to get them back on again. One bang or several hey
Vince. Also beware of quiet
K100’s overtaking you when you’re overtaking a car. The KGB should seriously consider Vince Green
and his K100, when looking for people to quietly sneak up on other people.
From
Narbethong we headed up to Marysville where I’m told we would soon come across
the picturesque township of Forksville. It seems that a few interesting situations
were to arise before the day was over.
Ben and I had an interesting tango with a couple of bicycle riders on
one corner. It seems that Ben was trying
to be a “go-between” and carried it off quite nicely. From Marysville we took the turn off to Steavenson Falls. At
this point we lost the Augusta 750. I
think that the dirt road didn’t agree with the bike’s inability to produce air
cleaners. Then low and behold, at the
top of the lookout we came across Forksville at
last. At least that’s what the sign
read. (I’m told that the origins of this
sign came from a certain Vice-President’s abode in the township of
Sunshine). Anyway after a session of
picture-taking, with all of us huddled around the sign, we headed back down
into Marysville.
Here
it was decided that Ben would take over the leadership of the ride, and we
headed down the Reefton Spur into Warburton for lunch. I must say that after my experience in
Tassie, with two weeks and nearly 2000 km’s of windy roads under my belt, I
found the Reefton Spur a most enjoyable ride.
After lunch we headed back to Healesville, taking the turn-off at
Launching Place, to fuel up. From
Healesville we took off in the direction of Toolangi and Kinglake. An interesting situation occurred at what I
think was the Mount Slide junction where the Healesville – Toolangi Road meets
the highway from Yarra Glen to Yea. Quite
a few riders didn’t see an important stop sign, including myself, until it was
right in front of us I tried unsuccessfully to come to a screeching halt. Instead I managed to put my bike into a
“fish-tailing” movement and rode straight across the intersection. I got quite a few interesting looks from the
two corner markers and also a look of horror from a car driver on the other
side of the intersection. I’m told some
riders didn’t bother to stop at all, and the reply being, “what stop
sign?” I think everybody will remember
that stop sign in the future.
We
all made it safely into Whittlesea and stopped to discuss other interesting
topics, such as how to avoid a million and one bicycle riders, who happened to
be competing in an endurance event, and how a couple of riders nearly got
entangled with some four legged beasts (horses that is), on the Healesville
Toolangi road. Anyway apart from all the
interesting situations that happened, the Forksville
ride was most enjoyable. We departed at
Whittlesea to head off home, in all different directions, and I would like to
thank Gary and Ben for leading the ride and also Robyn for bringing up the
rear.
Cheers,
Brenda BMW R65.
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FORKSVILLE
It’s
amazing to think that out of all the hardened touring riders in the club, that not one of them could think where Forksville was. That
was the scene at the car park the morning of Sunday, April the first; or as its
better known, April Fool’s Day.
Well
there was a good turnout for the ride considering, said, no one knew it was
going apart from me, that is. We
progressed out along the Maroondah highway and stopped at the Tudor Lodge at
Narbethong for a spot of morning tea, after a nice ride through the Black
Spur. The group was very impressed at
this stage to find out that the mirror indicators of the K100 RS just clip off
for easy replacement. It’s a pity they
don’t clip on so easily, isn’t it Vince?
We were also joined by an MV Augusta in pristine condition, but who I
advised not to continue on to Forksville, as he had
no air filters over the carbie intakes and dirt road was predicted, as usual.
On
into Marysville we pressed and then took the turn off to Forksville
which co-incidentally happens to lead onto a 8 km long
climb up to Keppells Lookout. Everyone made it up alright, even Robyn Duffy
and CX650, and to everyone’s surprise there in the ground was a nameplate to
say that this is indeed Forksville. Fingerprint tests later revealed that Phil
Duffy, who was at home minding the little Duffys, had something to do with that
sign. Ben Warden then led the ride home
through Warburton Kinglake to end what for all concerned was a very enjoyable
day.
Gary
Lloyd
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LIST OF WNNERS
SPORTS DAY
FOUR
LEAF CLOVER: Mick Fagan 24 seconds
MUSICAL
BIKES: Rider: Bruce Faldon
Pillion:
Ben Warden
LOG
THROW: Craig Dawson
STACK
THE HATS: Rider: Mick Fagan
Pillion:
Teddy Finlay
SLALOM
RACE: Mick Fagan
JUMP
THE BROOM: Melissa Finlay
SLOW
RACE: Unofficial
Winner – Phil Marshall
Club
Winner – Steve Verdon
SHOCKER
TOSS: Chris Young
TRIALS: Unofficial
Winner – Phil Marshall
Club
Winner – Steve Verdon
All who attended would agree that Sports
Day was well thought out and presented.
Everyone had a most enjoyable day thanks to the organizers.
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TECH
REPORT
GET THOSE BIKES SORTED.
Simple things
that make for enjoyable riding.
Carry a good range of tools, spare tubes a reliable pump, puncture
repair kit, spare set of plugs, points, chain joiner links, fuses, throttle and
clutch cable; check those tyre pressures, top up that battery.
Remember it’s harder to keep two wheels
upright than four. It a minor breakdown
occurs, the average garage mechanic won’t have a clue, so read that Manual and
become a “do it yourself” person.
Just a few points to help you on the way, watch this report for tips on handling, preparation,
maintenance and servicing.
The Spanner.
Kevin Robertson has prints of Sports Day
for any who want them, for the cost of printing. For a small fee he will destroy any
considered embarrassing to some.
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I would like to thank the Morgan’s for
their efforts over the last four years as Editor’s of this magazine. A lot of the members take for granted what in
reality is quite an enormous task. I’m
sure that many of you out there in general member land don’t realise just what
goes into making your magazine it is worth mentioning that after I had a
discussion with the new editor it comes to light that we (the club) needs a
typewriter, a stapler and a couple of other bits of office equipment associated
with typing and printing. So if you know
of some of the above mentioned equipment just sitting somewhere gathering dust
let us know or alternatively grab it for us as we need it.
Once again many thanks to the Morgan’s
and I think it would be quite appropriate for individual members to thank Faye
and Geoff when they next meet them.
Mick Fagan.
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FORKSVILLE
‘84
After speaking to Brenda in the past few
days, I feel a bit guilty about the lack of writ ups in the past few mags, so I
decided to add to the work load of the new Editor by writing my little piece
about Forksville.
The morning was looking bright and
cheery, so with Honda rolled out, Phil in “control” of the boys; I took off to
meet the gang in town. There were about
ten or so bikes on the ride which was led by Gary, being the only person
willing to take on the job. Phil had
made a sign the night before so we could prove we had discovered Forksville and I took it with me. I wanted the job of rear rider so I could go
at my own pace, just in case of DIRT. We
made our way to Marysville, which is just below Forksville. The road up is a rough job but the view is
great. A smidge more dirt to Healesville
for lunch break, I nearly left the ride there, but was convinced to stay with
it. After a close call between two of
the bikes and three horses the ride was really enjoyable, too much in fact, I
was zooming along and didn’t even see the STOP sign, several others were also
unaware of its existence. After much
laughing at what could have been a very serious boo boo
we proceeded to Kinglake and down to Whittlesea through heaps of dangerous push
bike riders, where the ride ended. I
don’t think anyone who was on the ride could complain about the fictitious
FORKSVILLE.
I will be going again, but I will keep
my eyes open for tricky STOP signs.
Robyn Duffy
CX 650
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JOKE
WHEN God made little boys
He made them out of string
He had a little over
So he made a little thing
When God made little girls
He made them out of lace
He didn’t have enough
So he left a little space.
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