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August 2004

Member of the International Council of BMW Clubs

Club Ride to Burragorang Dam Lookout Sunday 25th July

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PRESIDENT: Ian Ramsay: 9833 8588; 0414 746 992 [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT: Warren Buffett (NSW MCC rep) Mobile 0411 076 941 Home 9622-4254 [email protected] GENERAL SECRETARY: Sandra Gluck 9725 2300, 0419 022 025 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Tom Torrance 0417 236 816 [email protected] TREASURER Dave Lovelock 0411 476 909, 9484-5712 [email protected] BMWCA DELEGATE Richard Maher 9639 6114; 0409 437 768 [email protected] EDITOR Jennie Breeze 42 941 384, 0402 147750 [email protected] EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Peter Diehm (Advertising) [email protected] NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION Tony Conliffe REGALIA Dave Lovelock 0411 476 909, 9484-5712 [email protected] SPARE PARTS Richard Maher 9639 6114; 0409 437 768 [email protected] ASSETS & ARCHIVES Tony Micallef [email protected] Club Website: www.users.bigpond.com/pennykid Club Yahoo Email site (members mailing list - voluntary): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmwtcnsw

EEvveennttss CCaalleennddaarr CClluubbmmaann ppooiinnttss aarree oonnllyy ggiivveenn ttoo lliisstteedd eevveennttss.. To claim Clubman points for attending any listed events, someone attending must give the names of the event and the attendees to the Vice President. AUGUST Sun 1st Dayride to Milton, meet at Ampol Crossroads at 10am Rob Milton

9796 2956 Sat 7th –Sun 8th

1) Border Run 2) Hat Rally at Araluen

Thurs 12th Social Sip at Bomaderry Pub. Meet 6:30-7:00pm for dinner and a drink. Live music after 8:00pm.

Dave Blunn 0407070825

Sat 14th Off-Centre Run to Innamincka (20th anniversary) Sun 15th Dayride to Oberon via Kanangra Walls. Meet at BP, North

Richmond at 10am. Peter Diehm

Wed 25th CLUB MEETING 7.30pm* (you are also invited to meet for dinner before the meeting at the Toongabbie Hotel from 6pm).

President

Fri 27th Drinks & Bistro Meal (if you wish 7.00 PM) HEXHAM MOSSIE CLUB (Hunter group)

Rob Tiedeman 49 63 1901

Sat 28th – Sun 29th

Weekend Camping Ride to Dunns Swamp (near Rylstone). Meet at BP North Richmond at 10am. BYO everything.

Bruce Campbell 9629 7624

SEPTEMBER Sun 5th Dayride to Borenore Caves, Orange. Meet at 8.30am at BP North

Richmond and 9.30am at Shell Bowenfels. BYO BBQ lunch and torch. Dubbo meeting point 9am Shell West Dubbo. There are no BBQ’s so I'll take mine in the chair, 2 gas burner with a hot plate, a hot pot thingo of water for tea and coffee. Was thinking of making a small fire on the dirt in the parking area to keep warm. Steve, Dubbo

Steve Treloar 6884-9602



Sun 12th Zig Zag Railway ride. Meet at the BP at North Richmond and be fuelled up and ready to leave at 9.30am latest. We need to catch the 11.00 ZZR train. See details in Wozzas Whinge 7/04 issue. BYO Lunch.

Warren Buffett 0411 076 941

Sun 19th BBQ at the Breezes, 1pm at Stanwell Park. Meet at the Caltex Heathcote at 10am for 10.30 am departure.

Paul Breeze 4294 1384



Sat 25th –Sun 26th

(1) Annual Ride to Bermagui This is our annual joint run with the ACT BMW MCC. Staying at the Horseshoe Bay Hotel 02 6493 4206, alt. Next door, Broadview Motel 02 6493 4155 (brekkie @ pub Sun for $10-00) (2) Combined run with the Brisbane BMW Club. Oceanview Hotel, Urunga (6655 6221), Contact Gus [email protected]

TBA Dave Blunn 0407 070 825

Wed 29th CLUB MEETING 7.30pm* (you are also invited to meet for dinner before the meeting at the Toongabbie Hotel from 6pm).

President

OCTOBER Sat 2nd – Sunday 3rd

Camping weekend at Tantawangalo State Forest TBA

Wed 6th Ramjet Ride Meet at BP Asquith to leave at 5.30pm for a Northern Adventure

Ian Ramsay: 0414 746 992



Sat 9th- Sun. 10th

Thunder Rally Meet at Macquarie Pk, Windsor at 8am (leave at 8.30am)for the ride to Nundle and Hanging Rock via the Putty Rd

Alan Pennykid 02 4739 3093

Sat 16th Sun 17th

Concourse Pyrmont Bridge Bike display AGP MAW Breakfast at Loftus Park Motorcycle Awareness Week TBA

Warren Buffett 0411 076 941

Sat 23rd Sun 24th

Arrive Alive Launch By GRO @ Road Warriors café Pink Ribbon ride details TBA

TBA Ian Ramsay

Wed 27th CLUB MEETING 7.30pm Meeting transferred to COOTAMUNDRA 30th October

President



Hunter Riders: - all input gratefully accepted. If attending a ride please confirm final details:- With Rob Tiedeman 49 631901. Mob 0414503808 or Trevor Hooker 49325223 Nowra Riders contact Dave Blunn 0407 070 825 0r 4464 1056 for info on rides in your area *Club Meetings are held at 7:30pm on the last Wednesday of each month(except for December) at the Andrew Cook Hall, corner Targo and Toongabbie Roads, Toongabbie. Front Cover: L-R Harry Wilson, Lilly Pellicano,Paul Breeze, Jock Wallace, Greg Daly, John Pellicano, Tom Torrance, Andrew Watson, Ian Ferret and Jennie Breeze holding camera

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CONTENTS: Ride Calendar/Committee List......................................................................1 Regional and Classic Reps ..........................................................................2 Classic Register Registrars ..........................................................................2 Editorial (AKA Pillion ponderings).................................................................2 Web site/s of the month................................................................................2 General Meeting Minutes .............................................................................3 Presidents Report AKA Ramjet’s Rave………………………………………….4 Official Regalia …………………………………………………………………….4 Wozza’s Winge ............................................................................................5 First Aid Course and Charlie Wear...............................................................6 Zig Zag Railway Info ....................................................................................7 Forest Gump ................................................................................................8 Not the Annual Dinner Ride..........................................................................9 Best Rally Ever...........................................................................................10 Members Letters and Club Point Score......................................................11 Winter Rally Warmer Recipe (Princess Di’s favourite next month) .............12 For Sale/Wanted ........................................................................................13 A Rally Somewhere....................................................................................14

RREEGGIIOONNAALL RRIIDDEE CCOO--OORRDDIINNAATTOORRSS Contact these people if you are interested in rides in your area ACT Barry Thompson

[email protected] Dubbo Steve Treloar

(02)6884-9602 [email protected]

Newcastle Rob Teideman (02) 4963-1901 [email protected]

Nowra Dave Blunn, (02) 4464-1056 or 0407 070 825 [email protected]

Port Macquarie Angus Monday (02) 6581-4007

BBMMWWTTCCNNSSWW CCLLAASSSSIICC RREEGGIISSTTEERR RREEGGIISSTTRRAARRSS Contact these people if you are interested in older BMWs. Northern Region (Gosford, Newcastle etc.) Craig Hancock 1Nimala Ave. Koolewong 2256 02 4343 1818 (Home) 0419 557 014 (Mobile) [email protected] Sydney Region Damien O'Toole 13 Keith St Clovelly, 2031 ph 02 9665 2281 (home) 0419 29 69 39 (mobile) [email protected] Western Region Registrar (Bathurst, Orange etc.) Brian English 2 Camidge Place Bathurst 2795 02 6332 5801 (Home) 0429 325 801 (Mobile) [email protected] Southern Region Registrar (Goulburn, Canberra, Wollongong) John Marquette – 174 Thornford Rd. Yarra 2850 02 4829 7104 (Home)0425 280 390 (Mobile) [email protected]

EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL Send all editorial material, (excluding advertisements) to: The Editor, BMWTCNSW 17 Kallaroo Ave , Stanwell Park, NSW 2508 email: [email protected]

Advertising Material should be sent to: [email protected] All other correspondence to: The Secretary, BMWTCNSW, PO Box 53, RYDALMERE BC 1701 NSW

Submissions will be accepted by mail (typed or handwritten) or by E-mail (MS Word or .TXT format) to [email protected] documents are appreciated. All newsletter submissions should be received no later than the 3rd Wednesday of the month The newsletter is a forum for all members. Views expressed by members in the newsletter do not necessarily represent the views of the editor or the BMWTCNSW. Publication of all materials is at the editors’ discretion.

Editorial (AKA Pillion Ponderings) Hi, my name is Jennie Breeze, my husband is Paul and we’ve got a black 1150 GS (‘cause black is the fastest – Paul sez so!!!) and a Yamaha 600 chookie/motard. The GS is our second beemer…about 5 years ago Paul bought a BMW 1100 S (red) with an OK seat but I de-served a medal after 800kms in a day. Enough was enough and after 3 years and with the lure of heated grips, the black 1150GS with sheepskin cover and softer seat was bliss. Last year we spent 2 weeks going to the BMW Safari in SA and seeing friends, and with the thought of this years Safari in Tassie I succumbed to temptation and bought a heated vest – the last Hill End ride made it all worthwhile. HINT: Be sure, when all else fails, to really read the in-structions on how to plug the controller to the vest – I managed to mix it up and was unable to turn down the heat but I didn’t complain!! Apart from being my first magazine this is my first time at producing anything like this (apart from emails), so I would really like to thank Al (and Marie) for all their help and advice in getting my first one out. And as when peo-ple are particularly good at what they do they make it look extremely easy but I can assure you that there is a steep learning curve to overcome !! I’d also like to thank all the other people (esp. Wozza) who have sent in articles, photos and ideas. Without this help I am unable to do the job as there would be no ma-terial for the magazine. So ………….. this brings me to the request for ANYTHING that can be used e.g. jokes, good web sites to visit, trip reports (positive or negative), good places to stay and or see, technical advice etc and, if you have ANY good ideas for the magazine, please don’t be shy in letting me know. Please note change in venue for the October meeting to Cootamundra. Jennie Breeze (Editor) Web site/s of the month: www.UKGSer.com Mainly for GS people

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General Meeting Minutes

BMWTC Club Meeting 30th June 2004 Chairperson – Rob Milton Meeting Opened – 7.50 PM Apologies – Adrian Selwyn - Smith Visitors – Wayne & Jennie-From Medowie-1150GSA Frank – who wants a “K” to ride. Previous Minutes – Moved Colin Ellicombe Seconded – Richard Maher. Nothing arising & adopted. Correspondence received – All tabled. ** From MCC, The minutes of their last meeting. ** Regular club Magazines. ** Letter from Walcha Shire re their great riding roads. Vice Presidents Report – Full point score in next months club magazine. Treasurers Report – Included in club magazine. Editor – Nothing to report. Membership Secretary – Nothing to report. Motorcycle Council – There were 3 BMW members as visitors at the last meeting – Sandra Gluck, Victor Fenech & Ian Ramsay. It was mentioned that the MCC managed to source approx $200k in grants and that there largest fund raising exercise was the setting up of Bathurst for the Annual Car Race. Regalia – A whopping month where 12 heated vests were sourced saving members $50 each. Sourcing the beanies was tough, as all communication efforts with supplier have not been returned. Spares – Richard advised that he has BMW accessory plugs available @ $9 each. BMW CA – BMW announced a stock take sale in usual manner by supplying us with flyer for us to do a special post at BMW’s cost. Richard also tabled the new CA bro-chure. Past Events: 5/6/04 – Soldiers Point for sunset. David Lovelock organ-ised this event. A great ride on Sat arvo where we met some Newcastle folk at the jetty for a lovely Sunset. We then proceeded to Saltmines where we had a lovely din-ner of fish & chips. 12-14/6/04 – Alpine Rally. 40 BM members out of approx 120 at rally. Ian Ramsay reported an eye opening experi-ence for him at his first alpine where he saw someone ride in with a sheep on the back of their bike, a magne-sium fire show, numerous petrol bombs including one under the bridge, George “Where’s that wet bus ticket” Scarfe brought along his wobbly boot, Henning’s mass on the Sunday morning, Rob Edgars 50th Celebration and the great negative camber curves on black ice slipping past cheese cutters (NOT) roads. 20/6/04 – Jamberooo. Jock Wallace & Tom Torrance re-ported a great day & a great ride. Met up with some Nowra folk and found a new way home through Buxton. 26/6/04 – Hill End. Paul Breeze reported a great ride in slippery conditions and good rain. Weather conditions ranged from bitterly cold to freezing. Coming Events – Refer to Newsletter. General Business – Annual Dinner – We have approx 55 starters.

Rob Milton reported an exhibition till 31/7 – Cycle Tour. Note to be posted on e-group. Andy Crook – Wanted to vote on Maries Life Membership at the meeting. Was advised that the vote is for all mem-bers and will be conducted at the July meeting. Warren Buffett – Made a “Hard Luck” presentation to Paul Evans for not attending the Alpine Rally. Paul was injured in a pushbike crash whilst on a ride with Andy Crook & Warren a couple of weeks ago. Rob Milton – Made a closing statement as outgoing president. Meeting closed – 8.55pm.

BMWTC AGM 2004 The AGM followed the General meeting with the election of Office Bearers as follows: President : Ian Ramsay Vice President : Warren Buffet General Secretary : Sandra Gluck Membership Secretary : Tom Torrance Treasurer : Dave Lovelock BMWCA Delegate: Richard Maher Editor: Jennie Breeze Editorial Assistant: Peter Diehm (Advertising) Regalia: Dave Lovelock Spare Parts: Richard Maher Assets and Archives: Tony Micallef

President’s Message aka “Ramjets Rave” At my first public appearance as president of the club, I attended the 2003-2004 Annual Dinner held at the “Rhinedorf” Restaurant in Beverley Hills. Before the en-trees had been served, I had been floored by the gener-osity of Phil & Anne Harris, of Procycles, the Sydney BMW dealer. Feeling somewhat embarrassed that I could not help by selling them raffle tickets, I was further mo-mentarily left speechless when Phil & Ann donated a set of tyres to the club. To Procycles, thank you very much. I’m sure the club will get a lot of mileage from these tyres. Congratulations go to Jennie Breeze & Marie Pennykid for organising a great night. The food was magic, beer was cold and not a sour Krout to be seen.

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Our MC on the night, Past President Rob Milton, did a great job too whilst competing with the noise level of such a popular place. There were a few extra awards this year and I sheepishly made my way to the front to receive an award I was deemed fit to receive, The Biggest Whinge, or was that a whine in the Gearbox? I’m not sure if I deserved the award as I struggle to hear the gearbox, or anything else for that matter, over the exhaust system. It is at this time of year that there is normally a changing of the guard and this year is no exception. You will see that there are a few of the committee members going around the block again, thanks guys, and there are some new faces as well. In saying all that, it is the members that make the club and the committee’s role is likened to that of a “Board of Directors”. Please do not hesitate to let us know how we can help provide the program that you desire. As in any handover or team player changes, it can take time to meld efficiently and without dropping the ball occasionally. So, in the first set of six, we have come up with the following: Web Site. We acknowledge Al Pennykids’ development of the clubs electronic medium. He has done a great service to the club on his own site and we had decided the club should host its own domain name, like bmwtcnsw.org, for exam-ple. We are currently discussing with Al the preferred platform for the club. We expect this finalised by the end of August. Club General Meetings. We have invited Rob Dunstan – from Motohansa, to pre-sent to us tyre options for BMW’s. We look forward to Robs presentation at the August meeting. October Meeting – Has been moved from the last Wednesday of the Month to Saturday 30/10. Warren is working on a pub/camping weekend at or near Cootamundra. This allows our country members more access to our meetings. BMWTC of NSW 40th Anniversary. Sandra Gluck is heading up a sub committee to celebrate this milestone. Sandra is looking forward to being able to capture the clubs history and how it has evolved. Sandra is chasing up old photos, and any memorabilia you may know of or have. Please contact her. Anyways, it’s early in the game, and I’m going to kick on the 4th Tackle. You won’t see me beating around the bush. It will be a straight defence line. Lets play ball. Ian “Ramjet” Ramsay.

Official Regalia

Badges $5, Stickers $1, Pins $5,

Plate Frames $16, Key Rings $3

Item Normally Out they Go!

T-Shirts $18.00 $15.00

Polo Shirts $25.00 $22.00

Limited Stocks, Buy Now

Free Postage for orders over $25 Free Key Ring for orders over $15

For any regalia:

Contact Dave Lovelock; 02-9484 5712, 0411 476 909,

[email protected]

An Australian Love Poem Of course I love ya darling You’re a bloody top notch bird And when I say you’re gorgeous I mean every single word So ya bum is on the big side I don’t mind a bit of flab It means that when I’m ready There’s something there to grab So your belly isn’t flat no more I tell ya, I don’t care So long as when I cuddle ya I can get my arms round there No shiela who is your age Has nice round perky breasts They just gave into gravity But I know ya did ya best I’m tellin’ ya the truth now I never tell ya lies I think its very sexy That ya got dimples on ya thighs I swear on me Nanna’s grave now The moment that we met I thought you was as good as I was ever gonna get No matter wot you look like I’ll always love ya dear Now shut up while the GP’s on And fetch another beer !!!!

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Wozza’s Whinge Vice Pres’ Shot? Ever shot yourself in the foot? There’s no blood or any-thing but I’m pretty sure I’ve done it. Remember the sur-vey and how I said you send ‘em in and I’ll put the info together and hand it on to the new committee? (The one I wasn’t gunna be on. The one I was gunna give the sur-vey results to and say it’s not really broken but the punt-ers have a few suggestions for you. The then I’d disap-pear one). Well the only nomination for Vice President at the AGM got withdrawn and in the election everyone’s looking at the floor or at the ceiling waiting for some sucker to stick their hand up and volunteer. I must’a scratched me ear or flinched ‘cause next minute I’m the new Vice Pres’. It was seconds later that I felt the sharp pain in me foot when I realised I was stuck with survey. That makes this Wozza’s Whinge and subsequent whinges, the Vice President’s Report. Now I like political correctness about as much as I’d like eating dog drop-pings so if the new title upsets you, bad luck in the short term. Here’s how you can fix it or otherwise in a democ-ratic sort of way. You can vote via the editor to get rid of the Whinge but you gotta vote according to the rule. The only rule is, all votes must be accompanied by an article accepted for publication by the new editor, Jennie Breeze. Letters of protest or complaint won’t cut it. We are talking items of interest only. Wozza’s Whinge, by the way, was a title given by Al of the retired editor type and I’ve just kept it up. Some say I’m bloody good at it. Something different. Many of the country members said they’d come to meet-ings if they weren’t always in Sydney so in an attempt to please some different folk the October meeting is pro-posed for Cootamundra. Why Coota!? Cause it’s within about 4 hours or so of a lot of places. (Yes I know if you live in the north it’s 4 hours by helicopter but you can only please some of the people some of the time. If this one works there could be more). The meeting will be at a venue yet to be chosen but on Saturday 30th October. I hope the meeting is dry (almost) but will arrange for it to degenerate into the most popular event surveyed, a pub run. The Coota Council is on the case and have sug-gested meeting at the RSL then several pubs, motels and camping options within walking distance of each other. Full details will be in next months newsletter. Why not this month? ‘Cause I haven’t been home for four days and I’m typing this in the cold half of Wozza’s shed wearing more gear than I would on a midnight to dawn ride. The warm, air conditioned side of Wozza’s shed is now number two son’s love shack and the computer and I have been punted in favour of his girlfriend/s. MCC Stuff Yeah, I’m still doing that. Big news is that Sandra Gluck has taken on the other delegates position for our club. On yer Sandra! The noise thing is getting big, real BIG. Two page spread in Brisbane Courier Mail and some brand new stock motorcycles are coming out that could

get booked because of conflicting regulations. Something will give soon. I was in Adelaide last weekend for the Australian Motor-cycle Council AGM where there was a coming together of all the motorcycle lobby groups. This unity can only make us stronger in representation to government on federal issues affecting riders. Information sharing between state groups should also cut down on duplication of effort. Some free time on Sunday arvo saw a few of the dele-gates escape to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood. I admit to dribbling on several tasty machines on both two and four wheels. Well worth a look if you’re in Adelaide. We went up the Gorge Road on the way there, which is a great bike road but with a high motorcycle accident rate. Shortly there will be new ‘W’ beam type barriers installed at motorcycle run off areas with a bottom rail and top cover shielding the posts. A result of rider consultation with the road authority that, if successful in reducing inju-ries will give us a new benchmark in crash barriers. Welcome to all the new committee. I look forward to working with each and every one of you to continue to grow the size of the club and the activities it provides to members. Cheers, Woz P.S. If anyone has an old PC, please send it to Adrian before the next AGM.

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Because I am a trained nurse (operating theatres) I have always had a bit of an interest in First Aid. To tell you the truth I am quite used to dealing “life and death” situations but it is always in a well equipped and con-trolled area with a trained team. Finding yourself by the roadside trying to help someone, as when I found myself with Tom Torrance after he and his bike parted company, is far more terrifying than being at work, which is why I am very interested in having a St Johns First Aid Course conducted in the near future.The course is over 1 day ( 7 hrs) and is $90.00 ea (and you may be able to claim it on your Health Fund!). Please ask yourself these questions:

1. What is the first thing you should do after you ar-rive on the scene of an accident?

2. Should I take off the injured cyclists helmet – and if so HOW do I take it off?

3. If I need to start CPR what is the rate, how many times do I compress in a minute, is it the same ratio for 1 person alone as for two people to-gether?

(See end for Answers.) We need a minimum of 12 people to run the Course but can have as many as 24. . ANSWERS:

1. Danger: Assess is it safe to approach the injured person without being a casualty too. Response. Check consciousness – Unconscious casualties are given priority as they may have a compromised airway. Airway Clear the airway Breathing Commence EAR if the casualty is not breathing Circulation Commence CPR if there is no pulse

2. A full face helmet should only be removed if the injured rider does not have a clear airway and cannot breathe. In all other circumstances the helmet should remain in place unless the rider chooses to remove it him/herself.

3. This is a fairly controversial but most CPR is now taught as 15 compressions and 2 breaths , whether it is 1 or 2 people , at 4 cycles per min-ute.

This is only a tiny amount of info I have taken from a St John’s Ambulance pamphlet that I received as part of the Snowy Run – it is put out by the Motorcycle Council of NSW.

I need to know if anyone is interested – this course may not happen until 2005 as there is a lot on every weekend.

I will keep you posted, but please drop me a line, phone or email even if you think you may want to do it.

Jennie Breeze 42 941384, [email protected]

Charlie Wear Heated Vests - again

At the May meeting we had a presentation by two repre-sentatives from Charlie Wear, a company based in Mel-bourne that has started to produce heated vests for mo-torcyclists. They gave a good presentation and the prod-uct seems to be quite good quality. They make 4 sizes ; S-M-L-XL and brought samples of each along for trial fittings. The vest is priced at $310 each, but for bulk or-ders through the club, they will cost $260 each if we buy ten or more at one time(but only if the club places the order). On the strength of the presentation, many mem-bers ordered on the spot and the club has already has its first bulk order delivered. If you are interested in one, contact our regalia person or Charlie Wear on 03 9435 6200 email: [email protected]

(Highly recommended by the editor.)

The Ultimate Trophy

What your sympathetic mates give you when you crash your pushie and can't make the rally 'cause your plas-tered wrists make it difficult to clean the fangs and get the paperwork done on the john. The plaque reads; Alpine Rally 2004 Hard Luck Award "Don't ride bikes without engines and don't ride 'em without a crash hel-met"......Paul Evans.

Proposed First Aid Course

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More on the ZigZag train ride From: Graeme Hind Subject: Re: ZZR Ride Sunday 12th September Meeting: BP @ Nth Richmond ready to leave at 9.30am Warren, Sorry it’s taken me a week or 2 to reply. You don’t have to worry about the train being full, there is always room somewhere on board. Also on that day, there is a diesel railmotor running as well as the steam. The time table is Departures from Clarence Returns to Clarence at 0940 Railmotor-------------------------------1135. 1100 Steam------------------------------------1230. 1140 Railmotor-------------------------------1335. 1300 Steam------------------------------------1430. 1340 Railmotor-------------------------------1535. 1500 Steam------------------------------------1630 You could go down on the 1100 steam, hop off at the picnic spot, then flag down the 1300 steam trip. That would give you 2 hours at the picnic spot. Or you could come back on the 1140 railmotor service. the down side to that is you miss the uphill slog behind the steam. The other thing you could do if you didn’t want the 2 hours at the BBQ spot is to go down on the 1140 railmo-tor and back on the 1300 steam. That would give you 1hour and twenty minutes at the picnic spot. Let me know what you’re going to during the week before and I word up the drivers for you. I won’t be there that weekend, but I will word up the steam driver to give a couple of people a cab ride. See the attached images. 2 are of my R100 when it was brand spanking new in 1984. The other image is of a club run to ZZ in about 1979 or 1980. Trevor Dean's stroke 5 is in the foreground, with my Honda 750 four directly behind. Lumpy

Dead horses The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. But in modern business (and education and government and churches), because heavy investment factors are taken into consideration, other strategies are often tried with dead horses, including the following: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing riders. 3. Threatening the horse with termination. 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses. 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 7. Reclassifying the dead horse as "living-impaired." 8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. 10. Providing additional funding and/or training to in-crease the dead horse's performance. 11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance. 12. Declaring that the dead horse carries lower over-head and therefore contributes more to the bottom line than some other horses. 13. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses. 14. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

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THE SPOT WHERE FOREST GUMP STOPPED RUNNING Monument Valley Utah USA In 2001 Ian Kite and Richard Fanning (Melbourne) shipped two R80 G/S to Los Angeles California for a 4week tour around California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Day 5.

At this stage of the trip we are travel-ing with our old friend from Perth John Jennings (JJ) on a borrowed R80, and

a new friend, Andre on an R1100 GS. We met Andre yes-terday at the Grand Canyon, and rode together to Tuba City Arizona where we have camped in an “RV” park. Andre is in advertising in New York. Being between jobs he decided to load up his GS and ride down to Guate-mala for a few months. He is on his way home (indi-rectly).

Wake up to another sunny day. Surprise! Surprise! Rich-ard did NOT have a good nights sleep on the picnic table. We get seriously into trying to find out why John’s bor-rowed R80 is running so crappy. Total strip clean & re-build of the carbies. Careful synchonisation. Andre is fas-cinated by our antics, detailed knowledge of all things boxer, and the banter between JJ, Richard & me (mostly taking the piss out of Richard). All this, plus breakfast takes a while and we don’t get going till 11.30 when its already quite hot. We say our good-byes and swap email addresses. Andre heads north-west to the Glen Canyon, and we head north-east to Kayenta, where we turn left to ride through Monument Valley.

It’s not long before the red rock spires and mesas start to appear out of the flat desert. We have all seen this scen-ery a dozen times on old western movies, but it is abso-lutely fantastic to see it in real life! After crossing a long flat valley the road rises up a bit and there are great views back south. We stop for some photos at what we later realise is the spot where Forest Gump stops run-ning. While stopped, about 30 Harley dudes cruise through in a group with a backup truck. They are dressed just like every other Harley dude we see – no helmet, bandanna, tee-shirt & leather vest. We later learn that it is a Dutch group who have paid $30,000 for their badass dream trip.

Its getting seriously hot now, but we still go for full-face helmets and jackets. I swap bikes with JJ to try to diag-nose the problem with the R80, which is still missing at higher revs. I decide it must be electrical. We stop at Bluff for lunch. We define an “Arizona lunch” as anything with a large Gatorade plus another drink. We find a bit of shade and do some experimentation with swapping plug leads R to L on the R80, and in a (heat)stroke of genius I deduce it’s the plug cap/lead, not the coil. I fit a second hand NGK cap and new lead out of my spares kit and Hey-presto! Problem solved.

We continue north through stunning desert scenery via Blanding and Monticello. We are riding through a high desert. Over to the east we can see the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The crazy rock formations, peaks, canyons just keep changing around every bend. There really is no point trying to describe it – you have to do it!

Somewhere along the way Richard has another “I’m not coping” moment. After stopping to polish his boots or something, he can’t start his bike. As I built the bike and sold it to him, he immediately accuses me of doing some-thing dodgy with the electricals. I check it out for him … “Richard, it won’t start in gear unless you pull the clutch in.” “But I never start it in gear.” “ Richard, see this little green light on the dash? That shows when it is in Neutral. It’s not on. Its in gear.” “Oh.”

Mmmmm… perhaps its heat stress!

We arrive in Moab late in the afternoon. This is a great town. It’s a base for skiing in winter and desert sports in summer. It’s full of young people and foreign back-packers. There are lots of 4WDs jacked up to the max that they use for rock-hopping in the canyons. It’s hot! We suck a few MGDs (Miller Genuine Draft) and have a swim in the campground pool. This is the first time I have seen full-size bus motorhomes with a centre section that slides out sideways to give a full-sized living room. Have dinner in a nice Italian restaurant out on the deck, and take a stroll around town and do some window-shopping. This is living!!

I’m feeling quite chuffed with myself because I insisted that we take this route. Its lived up to expectations and then some.

DON”T RIDE AT NIGHT

Sat 28th July

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“Not the Annual Dinner” Ride 17th July Damien , Andrew and I met at Wiseman’s Ferry for an overnight run to the Glow Worm Tunnel. Staying at Lith-gow and returning via the Freeway it would be around 400kms mainly on dirt and just perfect for the GS bikes. 7.45 am at Webb Ck after a run through Galston Gorge and it was f'n cold!! Damien and I were on 1150 Adven-tures and Andrew on a Dakar. We crossed the Hawkesbury on the ferry, free fun and fog bound. On the other side we turned left then right onto the Bicentennial Road. The first dirt and it’s very open and as fast or scenic as you like. Under the electric-ity pylon we turned right onto Wheel Barrow Ridge Track. This is soft sand and gravel for about 30kms to the Putty Road at Colo Heights. Here we crossed the Putty and headed right for about half a km then left onto Upper Colo Road. This has beautifully clear views on both sides and you can still see the devastation of the bush fires of 3 years ago. Some tight turns into the valley brings you out onto a wooden bridge on the Colo River. Turn right onto the gravel and then follow Mountain Lagoon road via Comleroy and on into Bilpin. We arrived at the Bilpin cafe at 10am just on opening and devoured a good feed of bacon & eggs and a milk shake. Back on to the bikes and less than two kms of tar to Mt Irvine Road. This road says it’s closed but it isn’t. It is a steep grade but easily negotiated. There is an unbelievable drop off to the right and views into Wollemi NP. The road is heavily pot holed but you get a good roll down into the valley in 2nd / 3rd gear. Over a small wooden bridge and then onto the road into Mt Irvine and Mt Wilson. Follow this through and you come out at the Bells Line of Road only about 20 kms from the Zig Zag railway. An-drew had to head back to Sydney so Damien and I turned west and had our next ‘comfort’ stop at Zig Zag car park. In keeping with BMWTC we pulled out the Thermos and within a few minutes had the cappuccinos flowing. We knew it was cold and thought it funny that the rain drops were floating in the air (turned out to be snow)! Through the car park and then it is a good fast run to the Glow Worm Tunnel via Clarence. About 50 kms on dirt through the NP and pine forests as fast as you like. We stopped for lunch at the Glow worm tunnel car park and then took the 2 km walk into and back from the tunnel. This is the old railway tunnel to Newnes and is an easy grade for walking. Not too many Glow worms but a good walk through to the fern garden. Got back to the bikes and then started to head into Lithgow and the Colonial. What had been easy and fast riding now started to turn interesting. Damien had lost the metal head light protec-tor on the way in, run over it and damaged his front mud guard. On the way back his tail rack sheared through in two places - my BMW tail rack and OEM top box flew off like a Mc Hales navy depth charge - even with only 3.5kgs in the box. The extraordinary thing is these failures happened within a km or so of each other. One box was Givi the other

BMW. The road was easy and in great fast condition. To their credit BMW have covered mine under warranty say-ing they haven’t seen a failure like this before.(the bike is six weeks old). The base plate simply failed in a perfect circle around the retaining screws. Group damage bill around $800. A couple of 4WD’s stopped to offer assistance and ad-mire the bikes. We managed to strap everything in place and push on, stopping whenever necessary to tighten the load. Just near Bungle Boori it started snowing again – this time heavily. The flakes settled on the ground and bikes – very pretty but we decided to get a move on. At Bungle Boori the ground was white. A group of trail riders was camping there and were like curious kids gawking and probably thinking we were nuts. More snow fell in the ten minutes it took to re tie the loads and by now the land-scape was covered with about 2 inches. Quite surreal and it soon became very slippery making for motorcycle ballet on the muddy road. We eventually got to the bottom of Glow Worm tunnel road and into the pub. Several beers helped us recover. At some stage we saluted those at the annual dinner and saw NZ beat the Wallabies. All this while we destroyed about 2kgs of beef. The Colonial offers good clean rooms for about $40 each. We woke up surrounded by lots of bike stuff and even more snow. The bikes had a good 2 inches all over them. After a few photos and running repairs we left around 9.30. The Great Western Hwy was closed until 11.30 so we washed the bikes and took it carefully through the ice and snow which went all the way to Lawson. Bloody good ride, great adventure with the weather and a BMW repair bill to boot. Can’t wait to do it all again but definitely no top boxes and no snow. Andrew

What the guys missed out on! A great night.

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Members Letters Hi all, I thought I would take the opportunity of contributing to the newsletter following the clubs annual dinner presenta-tion that was held at the Rhinedorf German Restaurant in Beverly Hills, which my wife & I attended. I should state up front that part of my motivation after speaking with Ian, is the awarding of points for attending functions & rides not to mention also picking up points for contributing to the newsletter. So it would be fair to say that I am well underway in putting points in the bank for a targeted trophy in the future. Another key issue that must be mentioned is that this article will also support the clubs new Editor, in making her job easier in providing a newsletter to the members that has reasonable content…after all, the clubs news letter is only worth what members are prepared to con-tribute. Now for the dinner. Having arrived at the restaurant at around 7pm (drove around the block 3 times to find park-ing) I noted that most of the 55 booked seats had been take, which indicated that it was a case of first in first served, by all accounts we possibly took the last two seats. We ended up at the end of a table, joining com-pany with the currently elected President Ian Ramsey & his partner Kim who I had not met before. As it turned out we spent most of the night chatting between eating & drinking, this left little time to socialize with others, de-spite the absence of opportunity because the restaurant was not that big. That suited me fine as it gave me time to cross examine Ian on several issues relating to the workings of the club, being a newer member. The night saw several awards being handed out to mem-bers for their contributions to the club in varied forms & it was also interesting to note that the night provided the opportunity of seeing some quality outfits such as Kilts, Dinner Suits, Black Tie outfits along with plenty of colour-ful ladies outfits……my discussions with Ian regarding his flash outfit indicated that his particular outfit spent plenty of time in the wardrobe with very little use & this was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate that he did own a little more than leather bike outfits complimented by flannel-ette shirts & jeans. The out going President whilst handing the awards out also drew our attention that Paul Breeze was celebrating a birthday so we all took the opportunity in singing along the birthday song……Paul was humble in acknowledging his birthday & was asked to stand, whilst up he made strange hand gestures to indicate the number of years that the birthday related too. Unfortunately I was not able to identify with the gesture so I just took a guess at his age. Al in all it was great night, with a good turn out of not only local members but country members too & it helped me put faces to names that I have seen in club communica-tions. And many thank to Jennie and Marie who took the time to organize the night. John Pellicano

Club Point Score as at 30/06/2004 Alan Pennykid 255 Marie Pennykid 253 Michael Day 187Jane Schmierer © 186 Ian "Ramjet" Ramsay 179Cheryl Ison © 175 Tony Conliffe 168Andrew Watson 166 Warren & Lyndal Buffett 164David Blunn © 161Rob Milton 157Paul & Jennie Breeze © 155Mark Schmierer © 152Rob Lovett © 151Gerry Bloemen © 147Paul & Joshua Evans 137Jock & Sue Wallace 125Patrick Heslewood 113Bruce R Campbell 108Ken & Maria Holmes © 105Peter, Robin,Simon & Andrew Diehm 101George & Gwen Scarfe © 95John Minogue © 92Phil Parker © 90Vince Cahill 88David Lovelock 87Sandra Dagger © 84Robert Tiedeman © 80Frank Warner 76Sandra Gluck 76Tom Torrance 75David Ramsay © 72Adrian Selwyn-Smith 71Richard Maher & Maree Madden 71Trevor Dean 69Barry Thompson © 64Dayn & Julieanne Jackson © 62Gregory & Jann Daly 60Ian & Kerry Idle © 60Col Bovis 58Joseph Hughes © 54Allen Dagger © 52Andy Crook 50Stan Kucera 50Colin Ellicombe 48Peteris Ogden & Michelle Horsey 48Graham & Kerry Johns 47David & Margaret Barlow © 46Mark Smith (R1150GS) © 46Trevor Hooker © 46Donald Forster © 44Fred Warren 44Jim Kalma © 42Kevin Barber © 42Noel Ward 42Paul & Mandy McAlister © 42Ian & Jenny Gillam © 40Neville West © 40Les Wilson © 38Henning Jorgensen © 37

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Anthony & Florence Rowe © 36Tony Micallef 36Georg Obert & Damiela Kayser 35Mark "Morro" Morrison © 34Stuart Simmons © 34Andrew LeLievre 32Shayne Gardiner © 32Brian English © 30John Rayner 30Steve, Therese,Oliver & Hamish Treloar © 30Bert & Ruth Vromans 28Damien O'Toole 28Oscar Wild 28Ray Fizzell © 28Tony Wilton 28Robert Edgar 27Peter Jenkins © 26Victor Fenech 26Garry Bowden © 24James Willis 24Lyn Dyne © 24Peter Haasmann 24Peter Jamieson © 24Brett Bastin & Angela Kellihan 22Hans Bielaczek © 22Ken Dyne © 22Ken Hamilton © 22Matt, Jeanine,Garth & Rhys Ball © 22Michael Cannon © 22Paul McKay 22Rex Brookes © 22Bill Stephens © 20Brian, Heather,Tara, Kerry & Linda Beesley © 20Graeme Cramp © 20Neil G Phillips © 20Sue Cramp © 20Greg Barber & Claire Holsinger © 18Ian Gregory © 18John McDonough © 18John Stewart 17Bill Sparks 16Craig Hancock & Natalie Curtis © 16Danny Broeder 16John Murby 16Bruce Thomas & Elizabeth Campbell 15Gary Glover 15Bram & Wendy Robertson 14Carl Butler 14Alex, Darion & Kahlia De Matos 12Allan Murray © 12Angus Monday © 12Bruce "Stretch" McDonald © 12Bruce Campbell 12David Horne 12Geoff Brown © 12Glen Zaia & Rosemary Hockley 12Graeme 'Lumpy' Hind © 12Iain Hills © 12John A. Moran © 12John Beatton 12Kevin Devine © 12Len Roberts © 12Mathew Millett © 12

Mick Donnelly © 12Peter, Ellen,Hendrich, & Maria Mouwen 12Phillip & Julie Anne Neave 12Robert Popplewell © 12Tim Schultz & Kathryn Moore © 12Tony Fitzsimmons © 12Bob & Lyn Jones © 10Chris Demmery © 10Gary Meehan © 10George Abraham © 10Harry Wilson © 10Ian & Susanne Taylor © 10John Pellicano 10Karl Hillesheim 10Laurie & Glenis Boyle © 10Stephen Balicki & Audrey Lyons 10Victor & Lyn Lesslie 8Carl Weston 6Erica Sutton 6Ian Kite © 6Jock Blair 6Mal Hutchinson © 6Octavius Tjiantoro 6Paul Thomson © 6Ron Macpherson © 6Susan Johnson-Ham 6Sylvia Christen © 6Tony Paine © 6Alf Lechner 4Alwyn & Beth Phillips 4Bill & Bianca Rushton 4Bruno Carniato 4Colin Menday 4Harley Boggis 4Ian Hayes 4Paul Martich 4Raymond, Pam, & Kylie Steller 4Richard Berthet 4Stan & Amy Johns © 4Wayne and Jen Banks © 4Barbara Dean 3Greg Carty © 3Andrew Fielding © 2Dubravko Bartolec 2Geoff & Joan Wiltshire 2

Winter Rally Warmer Packet of pasta – 500g Small jar of pesto Tin of tuna – 500g Cheese – 100g Cook the pasta for 10 minutes, drain – stir in 2/3 big spoonfuls of pesto and the tuna. Optional – add either parmesan or tasty cheese to the top. Serve with a delightful Chateau Collapsible Cab. Sav. (Taken from the Paddy Pallin website- except for the wine selection which was the Editor’s husband’s suggestion).

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For Sale, Wanted, etc. To place or remove an ad here

and on the clubs website: • Contact Peter Diehm:

or email to:

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Post to: “The Editor” 17 Kallaroo Ave Stanwell Park NSW 2508

All ads should be motorcycle related, preferably BMW. All ads should be submitted, written as you want them printed. The Editor reserves all rights.

Ads appearing for the First time…

For Sale

• BMW K100RT & Trailer, Touring panniers, intercom and CB, cassette/radio, comfort seat, gearsack rack, crash bars, touring screen, towbar, good tyres, new battery, 10 months rego on bike, 12 months rego on trailer, 10" trailer wheels with good tyres, colour matched, may separate, 136,000 kms, 1985 model, ready for the big trip, $4,500 ono. Gosford Ph 0243 653 410, [email protected]

• BMW "K" series parts, K100/RS/RT and K1100LT, K100:- wiring harness, plug leads, gearbox, rear wheel, fuel inj box, ignition module, frame, motor parts, etc, K100 and 1100:-fairing parts, relays, K1100 Forks, triple clamps, diff, etc, too many to list, from $20, can COD, Gosford Ph 02 43 653 410, [email protected]

• BMW R100RT. 1981 model, same owner for the last 22 years. Never dropped or crashed. Front forks reground and re-chromed (+new seals), new screen, new seat combo-refurb. (f/glass base/foam/genuine BMW cover), full Stain-tune system, good tyres, rego till 4.2004. My much loved BMW has low klms for its age at around 115,000. For a one Liter twin this is about 'run in'. My price is negotiable start-ing at $4500. If interested in this major part of my life ring me (NSW central coast) on 0243 631 711 or mob 0411 248 426 or email at [email protected]

• BMW R65 1986 Black Reg 10/04 New cables, battery, air filter, crash bars. The bike is in very good condition and rides really well. Contact Simon on 0400 359 656 or (02) 43 281 980. $4100 ono.

• F650GS Jan 2003 model, black, 1300kms, side panniers & rear box. 7 months rego. Excellent condition, suit new buyer. Unused gift!!! $11000.00 ONO. Contact Mark on 99 991 390 or 0418 862 16 (Bayview Sydney).

• R1150GS Adventure low seat (genuine BMW). Never used - I bought it hoping I could get it onto a standard GS. $225.00. Phone Richard Gallimore on 02 6289 5591 (w) or 0427 283 908. email to [email protected]

Wanted

• K series bits, master cylinder / throttle assembly with wiring and lever; K Clutch lever and switch block with wiring; Pan-nier frames to suit K series right and left sides. Contact Tony by email at [email protected] or phone 0249 471 487

• Top box to 2002 R1150RT must be in good condition. Email: [email protected]

• R80GS or R80GS/PD. monolever, pannier rack, full service history, straight frame, heavy duty s/s spoked wheels, heated grips. Guy (02)99 799 639 or 0401 317 874

• Rear wheel to suit 1985 BMW R80 G/S PD (Monoshock - 3 Lugnuts) Please contact Peter on 0408 898 860 or [email protected]

Free to Good Home

K100RS R/H indicator/mirror, brand new, painted red, free to good home as I now own an R. Call Ross McGlade (0418) 11 3030.

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• For Sale BMW EVO System 4 helmet in silver, size 56-57 excellent condition Cost $550 sell$400. Also, BMW Con-tour Gore-Tex boots, size 45, excellent condition as new. Cost $500 sell $400. Call Phil 0418 811 000

• BMW K100RS 1986. 51,000 kms, Colorado Red. Lambs wool, Panniers, Tool Kit, Repair kit, First Aid kit. Excellent tyres. Shiny and beautiful, Excellent cond. Plus books. All original $5,500. ono. Urgent sale. Phone Bruce on 02 66 794 229

• BMW K1200RS 1998 model registered til Sep 04 yellow checkerboard with only 13,000 km log books excellent condition with panniers $15,900 ono email [email protected] or phone 0418 811 000

• R100GS 1989 BMW panniers tacho & clock. K&N air filter Aug 04 rego $5500 Phone Tony 02 49 471 487

• R65 1986 mono Saddle (recovered) for sale. In excellent condition above and below. Contact Simon on mobile 0400 359 656. $250.

Wanted

• Clock for 1984 BMW R80 G/S PD. Please contact Peter on 0408 898 860 or [email protected]

• K1100 front glove compartment on an ex-police 1997 model (cover has same part no. as k100). It has the part no. 1453 176 SE embossed on the underneath side of the cover. Contact Tristan on, 0402 098 806 or (02) 4422 3933

• Ohlins or White Power Shock to suit a BMW R100GS. Re-mote reservoir preferred. Contact Michael Jaeger 0421 276 875 or [email protected]

• R80GS or R80GS/PD. monolever, pannier rack, full service history, straight frame, heavy duty s/s spoked wheels, heated grips. Guy (02)9979 9639 or 0401 317 874

• Rear wheel to suit 1985 BMW R80 G/S PD (Monoshock - 3 Lugnuts) Please contact Peter on 0408 898 860 or [email protected]

• Any old Two Wheels mags. I prefer mags with BMW's in them. Will also buy other editions from the 60's,70's & 80's. I will pay for the mags and for the postage. Clean your ga-rage out and get in contact. [email protected] or Mob:0411 248 426.

• HELP. Can anyone tell me if handlebars from a K100RS will fit a R100 ok?????, and, can anyone out there also let me know if a small fairing from a K75C can be made to fit a R100?? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. [email protected]

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• Help. I have an 'S' type fairing (to sit an 'R' series) but have no standard mounting hardware or standard front end bits as my bike is an R100RT. I need all the bits such as brackets, headlight mounts, front blink-ers and stems and flat handlebars etc. I will buy all or any I can and pay postage. Ph 0421372223 or email [email protected]

• Ohlins fully adjustable rear shock absorber suitable for 1984 BMW R80 G/S Paris Dakar monolever. Part #: BM 317. Contact Peter on 0408898860 OR [email protected] .

• Paris Dakar Long range fuel tank from any model air cooled boxer. Contact Rob Wynne 0409 482595

• Rallye 2 Jacket and Pants – size medium to large and Ral-lye 2 Boots - size 10 1/2 - 11. Contact Peter on 0408898860 or [email protected].

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Note: This page is for members’ information only. The rallies listed below are not necessarily club runs.

6th-8th August Hat Rally Held at Araluen campsite, approx. 34kms from Braid-wood and 3kms north of Araluen. $15 camping fee, inc. badge. Apex catering from Saturday lunch. BYO booze, no glass please. Firewood provided, awards and raffle. Good camping by the river, (if there is one). Contact Al 0409 920 526 or e-mail [email protected]

14th August Off Centre Run Held this year at Innamincka. All you have to do is be at Innamincka on the Saturday evening for the 20th anniversary Off Centre Run. Order for badges are taken at Innamincka to be supplied at the 2006 Off Centre Run (the destination of which will be decided at Innamincka). There are likely to be some local activities organised to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, so go prepared to donate or to take part. Camping is at no cost, food and other supplies avail-able at the pub, but it would be smart to ring ahead and book, the numbers this year are looking big. For this event, members arrange their own ride. If you are thinking of going and would like to get in touch with other members who are, please put a notice in the newsletter or on the Yahoo group, there are a few different groups and they are going different ways.

27th -29th August TTT Rally (Thrashers Terrifying Trek) Follow the Red/White TTT signs, 10kms on the Wombeyan caves side of Taralga, 8kms from Wombeyan caves(heading North). Basic amenities, BYO everything. Badge $10, con-tact Thrasher (02) 4888 9211 or [email protected]

10th-11th September Ghost Town Rally Broken Hill Racecourse. Ulysses Broken Hill Ghost Town Rally PO Box 1091 Broken Hill NSW 2880 Don Bearman 0418 858 653 Silvana Millard (08) 8088 1197 or e-mail [email protected]

Ragged Fringe Rally Held at Bretti Reserve, on Thunderbolts Way, between Gloucester and Nowendoc. $10/$12. Back to basics, sup-plies available at Gloucester. Good camping beside the creek. The Secretary, MGOA NSW, PO Box 392, Camper-down, NSW 1450

17th-19th September Once Bitten Rally Held at Humula Citizens' Sports Club, Humula. $18/$18 membership fee. Limited badges, preference given to pre-paid entries. On payment of membership fee, all par-ticipants become a temporary member of Redback Tour-ers for the duration of the rally and receive a commemo-rative badge. 24hr lic'd club, entertainment on Saturday night, gymkhana, usual rally awards, fully catered from noon Saturday, BBQ available Fri night/Sat morning for cook your own. Showers, toilets. No dogs or attitudes. Good rally, & camping. Redback Tourers NSW, c/o 46 Brunskill Road Lake Albert, NSW, 2650. Brad 02 6926 5379 (AH) 02 6937 5670 (BH) or email [email protected]

25th-26th September 20th Annual Sidecar & Enthusiasts Rally Held on the Bridle Track, between Bathurst and Hill End on the banks of the Macquarie River. $12/$15 adult, $9/$12 child, $25/$30 family. A family rally with a gymkhana for kids of all ages, trophies, t-shirts, hats and badges for sale. Good rally beside the river, good camping, toilets. Contact: the Rally Organiser PO Box 1069 Blacktown NSW 2148 Ruben (02) 9547 2885

22nd – 24th October Merriwa River Rally Held 6.5km North of Merriwa (Hunter Valley). Live music, catering, bar, gymkhana, bikeshow. $20 including the badge, contact (02 6548 2062) or write to The Rally Organ-iser, 133 Bettington St Merriwa, NSW 2329. (The Merriwa River Rally is run as a fundraiser for the Merriwa community, no MC club is involved)

5th - 7th November 9th Trout Rally Three Mile Dam, approx. 16kms east of Cabramurra. $8/$10 inc. badge. Back to basics, ie not catered, so BYO. Free tea or coffee on arrival, water, firewood and toilets available at the site. Saturday afternoon gymkhana, plus fishing competition with prize for biggest trout. Raffle, awards Saturday night. Leave bad attitudes, glass and cars off site. Contact Tumut Valley Riders MC Inc PO Box 583 Tumut NSW 2720 02 6453 8718 or e-mail [email protected] or web http://www.angelfire.com/in/tvrmc

12th - 13th February, 2005 Karuah River Rally At Frying Pan Creek Campsite, in the Chichester National Park, near Dungog. Firewood provided, fresh running water, swimming holes, toilets, usual awards. Karuah River Rally, PO Box 53, Rydalmere BC, NSW 1701.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP/RENEWAL

BMW Touring Club of New South Wales Incorporated (Incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act,1984)

The BMW Touring Club of NSW was founded in 1965, with an initial membership of 15 and we celebrated our 35th anniversary in October 2000. The aim of the club is to provide a social medium for BMW riders and motorcycle touring. It is not necessary for you to own a BMW motorcycle to join the club. There are a wide range of activities throughout the year, ranging from regular day rides, rallies (local, interstate and other BMW club rallies), runs with interstate BMW clubs and camping weekends. We have gained a large number of trophies from our attendance at rallies. The club also has regular maintenance days (where you can tap into a vast range of knowledge from our members). We have spare parts available at a slight discount for members and a variety of special tools for use when servicing, repairing or replacing components. We also have social evenings, an annual presentation night/dinner and a Christmas party. The club encourages family involvement in all events.

I, __________________________________________________ and ______________________________________________ (full name of applicant) (additional person/s)

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hereby apply to become a member of the above named incorporated association. In the event of my admission as a member, I agree to be bound by the rules of the club for the time being in force. __________________________________________________________ Date: ________________________________ (Signature of Applicant)

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a member of the BMW TC of NSW, nominate the applicant, who is personally known to me, for membership of the BMW TC of NSW. ____________________________________________ Date: _________________________ (Signature of Proposer)

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a member of the BMW TC of NSW, second the nomination of the applicant, who is personally known to me, for membership of the BMW TC of NSW. ____________________________________________ Date: _________________________ (Signature of Proposer)

If an existing member introduced you: Introduced by: __________________________________________________________

Is this a Renewal, New or joint Application? _____________________________________ Mail to: Joining fee $ 10 BMW Touring Club of NSW Annual Membership $ 40 per year (for city or country memberships) PO Box 53 Total amount payable $_______ Rydalmere BC NSW 1701 (Make cheques and money orders payable to BMW Touring Club of NSW) NOTE: 1/ New members joining after 1st January will not be liable for their next annual membership until

the end of the following financial year (eg membership payed in Feb 2002 would not need to be renewed till July 2003).

2/ All membership fees are due by 1stJuly each year.

3/ Membership not renewed by 31st August will be considered as a resignation of membership, and a new application will have to be completed.

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