Great Meeting last night, excellent member turn out.

Thanks Bott for a great meal, Thanks Boardy for filling in for Beak.

Thanks to those members that brought along paint for the new clubrooms, much appreciated.

And Thanks to Ross Johnson for bringing along his amazing Royal Enfield Flying Flea WD/RE 125, a very unique bike that was used in WWII and dropped out of RAF aircraft for Allied infantrymen & field messengers to use, some notes about the bike:-

Bike was built in 1948, 125cc 2-Stroke, weighs in at 130 pounds, 100 miles per gallon, 150 miles on a tank of fuel, 35mp/h top speed. will run on very poor quality fuel, 8000 dropped out of bombers during WWII, Sold in Brisbane by Taylors, still has the original plaque on the front mudguard, dropped in a tubular cage, one wingnut, rotate handlebars, push start & away you’d go. (kickstarter added later for civilian use), Sealed tight fuel cap, so the fuel wouldn’t leak if landed on its side. minutes to get it going once it landed, very light so lift out of bogs, Rubber Band front suspension, On D-Day 600 of these bikes were dropped. about 20k of them made all up, and used extensively after the war because of excellent fuel economy & the post war fuel rationing.

Call out to all Members,

The renovations of our new clubrooms are coming along nicely THANKS to lots of great work by many different club members.

We understand not everyone can be available to help, so don’t stress, HOWEVER…… here is a way you may be able to help without even leaving your home.

We NEED PAINT!!!

No, we aren’t asking you to come and paint, we just need the actual paint.

Ideally we need around 15 litres of exterior low sheen white or off white, water based acrylic and about 4 litres of undercoat similar to Taubmans 4 in 1 easy prep.

If anyone has anything similar that they are happy to part with, can you please contact the club.

The ride will start at Albert Avenue Aireys Inlet, Stands up at 10am and will head around the Great Ocean Road to Lorne. From there, the ride will head up through the hills to Colac to grab some chips for lunch.

The ride is open to all, and will be a great way to remember Al and his love for his Guzzis and riding. Al was one of the nicest and most genuine people you could ever meet and was a passionate rider who loved nothing more than spending time on his bike.

He was always up for a good ride, and he loved sharing his passion with others. The ride will be a chance for everyone to come together and remember Al in a way that he would have loved. It will be a day of riding, reminiscing, and celebrating Al’s life. I hope to see you there. Please spread the word.

13 Riders headed off this morning with perfect conditions, Destination Cafe la Hoot Winchelsea, some of the riders’ bikes still warm from yesterday’s BUSH ‘N’ ROAD Ride, when too much riding is never enough.

Before the ride departed, Guy Perdrisat presented Don Adamson with the “Pigs Ear Award”.

Don has won this prestigious award to help cheer him up & hopefully break his run of bad luck he has recently experienced with his German sewing machines, aka Vintage BMWs. Don’s recent bad luck included a mysterious breakdown due to fuel tap in the wrong position, broken clutch cable and punctured tyre 100M into the ride. A Top bloke just out of luck!,

I’m sure Don’s “Pig’s Ear Award” will help keep his sewing machines running as smooth as ever into the future.

We had a wonderful day overall. The weather was perfect, with clear skies and a gentle breeze. The course was well-designed and challenging, with a variety of terrain to keep riders entertained. Everyone who rode said they were really happy with the course, and we’re already looking forward to next year’s event!
Headcount was 33 dirt riders plus a few late arrivals, and 27 Road riders, so about 60 riders in total, fantastic turn out.
Now with the weather starting to improve, Phil and Mark have given us a taste of how enjoyable well organised club rides can be, here’s to many more in the future.
Big thanks to Phil and Mark for organising the dirt ride & Mal for organising the road ride, we all appreciate your efforts & time you spent in the planning, Also thanks to OTR for the BBQ trailer, kept everyone fed and the banter flowing.

Great meeting last night 22-08-23, our lucky door prize went off !, No. 194 was drawn, which was member: Colin O’Conner – Colin was present and took home the $40 – congrats Colin O’Conner. Door Prize resets to $10 for next meeting, come along for your chance to be the lucky member.

Last night’s Show ‘n’ tell – Jim Van Sluijs showed his green monster.

His 2022 Kawasaki Z H2, some highlights – 1000cc Supercharged, naked street fighter, flyby wire (no cables), launch control, mono control, abs, auto gear blipper, cruise control, heated grips, slipper clutch that engages hard as the power comes on, blow off valve, led lighting, full customisable instrument display, factory “Sound tuning” to make it sound nice, phone app for control & ride data, aftermarket silencer, air cleaner, wind screen, panniers, 19Ltr of 98 gets about 200km, 175hp, 26k on ODO, ECU can be flashed to dramatically increase output. – Thanks Jim for showing.

Anyone put their hand up for the next meeting show ‘n’ tell ?

Eight riders on the ride this morning lead by Joel McLoughlin, Out through Ceres, Bannockburn then up English Rd to Lethbridge General Store, Great coffee and the cheapest egg & bacon roll that Joel could find ! Thanks Joel

The Club recently received the sad news that Club Life Member Ron McGuinness had passed away.

Ron was a early & active member of the Sporting Motorcycle Club as you can see by being the 3rd member to be inducted as a Club life member.

An honour given to members who have made a significant & lasting contribution to the club, Ron’s activity, participation & contributions to the club over the years were always greatly appreciated.

Ron’s activities in the club & also in the wider community made Him very well respected by his fellow members & competitors.

Ron was competitive in just about every racing discipline available in the early days of motorcycle racing.

He was especially successful on his Vincent 1000, which has been described as an absolutely scary machine,

Ron was a true pioneer of motorcycle racing, and his accomplishments on the Vincent 1000 are still remembered today.

The Sporting Motorcycle Club members extend their heartfelt condolences to his son David, Ron’s family and friends.

R.I.P. Ron.

Another great meeting last night with good number of members attending.

We had our Lucky Member door prize with Andrew Skene having his number drawn, unfortunately Andrew wasn’t present so the prize jackpots to next meeting – now sitting at $30. So Don’t miss the next meeting (08/08/23) for your chance to collect.

We also had Mark kick off a new addition to the meetings called the Members Show ‘N’ Tell were a member puts their hand up to bring along a bike / car or other to Show the meeting & tell the story behind their treasures, Mark set a pretty high bar with his 2000 Honda VTR1000 SP1, but I’m sure we’ll be in for some interesting machines to be presented, come along to meetings for an up close and personal on them..

Here is a bit of a write up with some photos.

At this meeting Mark brought along his 2000 Honda VTR-1000 SP1, which as you can see here is in incredible condition with 46,000km on the ODO, but the icing on the cake is that Mark has the original box that it was delivered to Australia in ! Amazing.

The Bike was originally shipped to Sydney, then Canberra before being sold to 1st owner in Horsham, were it was looked after like a family member, being garaged in the owners lounge room.

The bike has some unique design points including side mounted radiators which allowed the engine to sit forward in the frame, a front on ram air intake which ducts the air around headstock and frame then into the airbox, gear driven cams, dual 310mm discs up front and a single 220mm disc in the rear.

Powered by a 1000cc 90-degree V-twin engine that produces about 130 horsepower and delivered to the back wheel through a 6 speed close range gearbox.

The SP1 was designed to compete in the World Superbike Championship and won in 2000 and 2002, Also in 2000 Joey Dunlop won the Formula 1 race at the Isle of Man on the Honda SP1.

A great bike to start off our Show ‘N’ Tell at our bi-monthly meetings, Thanks Mark.

Don’t forget the 1st meeting of the month – Tuesday 11/07/23

Complete with catering by our Club Chief – “Bott”.On the menu is “Soup night, chicken and avocado, beef chilli with nice bread” sounds perfect for a winters night while talking bikes & getting your club and red plate renewals processed.

Official Kick off time 7:30pm, at the Newtown Clubrooms

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Hope to see you there