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

Thanks to the group of hardy riders that braved the elements today and ventured out through the picturesque countryside to “Jack’s Shed” where they gathered around the fire, the urn & BBQ to defrost and dried out enough to get photos of there pride and joy in this unique backdrop.

Big thanks to our generous member who’s hospitality made today’s destination possible, and thanks to Bron Leach for being our official photo today, nice to have a pro behind the lens

We have two club members who are currently on the Isle of Man for the TT, here are are handful of Pictures and Videos from them. Looks like they are having a great time.

Hi Everyone, tomorrow is the 4th Sunday of the month which means we’ll be having a club ride, meet at 0900am at the clubrooms in Newtown, 0930am depart (home by around lunchtime). Allan Walker recently led our Monday red plate ride to Lara for Coffee (via Bannockburn !) and everyone involved gave rave reports. So Al is going to repeat the ride tomorrow for those of us that missed out, It won’t be fast or long, but sure to be good fun and show us some roads we may have never seen before, the weather is looking good. Hope to see you there, spread the word, all members and vehicles are invited.

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Hi all, I will be taking a break for a few weeks, and in the meantime our other Accredited Inspector, Rob Cleary, will be in control of all the initial inspections and necessary paperwork. Rob can be contacted on 0479 151011 for all your enquiries and appointments. Hope you all enjoy my absence as much as I will enjoy having a break. Mal Loone

Great ride today to The Old Workshop Cafe at Anakie with 12 riders attending where we were warmly welcomed by the owners and treated to great food and coffee by their ever polite and efficient staff. A good eclectic mix of bikes attended including moderns and oldies varying from Aermacchi, Moto Guzzi, Ducati, Honda’s, BMW’s, Triumph, Harley D and Yamahas.

The ride took us through Ceres, Pollocksford towards Inverleigh, then via Bannockburn, Russell’s Bridge, Maude to the Bacchus Marsh road then on to Anakie via Granite road. A total ride of approx 135klm’s by the time we arrived back in Geelong.

Smiles all round, corner marshalling worked well with no delays and no one lost.

It was decided at a recent club meeting to transfer the monthly runs from the 2nd Sunday of the month to the 4th Sundays due to clashes with many other special days throughout the year. We already have several Sundays allotted to varying runs this year but we are always looking for fresh input. All runs are listed on the wall calendar in the clubrooms and are always open for discussion. We also encourage our members to put forward any suggestion or notifications of upcoming events we may be able to attend on any other dates throughout the year.

This Sundays run 26/02/2023 will be leaving from the clubrooms in Riversdale rd at 9.30am heading for The Old Workshop at Anakie for a morning coffee or brunch depending on your preference. The run will be approximately 1hr in duration with everyone free to make their way home what ever way they choose afterwards.

All of our monthly runs are open to all members and friends with any vehicles, cars & bikes old or new welcome.