British Biker Autumn '19

nuts & bolts VEREX TASMANIA BRITISH NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM all british motorcycle rally '18 the ride to surpass brass monkey Wheels in the park christmas pics 2018 RIDE CALENDARS MEMBERSHIP FORM

AU TU M N E DI T IO N A P R I L 2 0 1 9

official magazine of

THE BRITISH motorcycle club of tasmania CONTACT Please address all correspondence including membership inquiries to: The BMCT Secretary postal- c/o South Hobart Post Office, Tasmania, 7004 e-mail- secretary@bmctas.com

Last Tuesday of each month, 8pm. in the Social Club Rooms, upstairs at the Tas Fire Service building, Argyle Street, Hobart.

All welcome, please come along.

President

Gary Smith

M:0407870493

Vice President

Chris Owens

M: 0448 900 082 E: chris@designforpower.com.au

Second Vice Presedent

Bob Findlay

M: E: rhfindlay@hotmail.com

Secretary

Matthew Shepperd

M: 0417 001 426 E: secretary@bmctas.com

Treasurer

Kerry Johnson

M: 0417536385

Magazine Editor

Kent Moore

M: 0408 483 883 E: kentdmoore@gmail.com

Webpage

Kerry Johnson

M: 0417536385

Clubman Records

Rob Walch

M: 0417 514 450 E: robert@walchoptics.com.au

Librarian

Vacant

Technical Officers

John Rettig Ken Hall Mick Lemon Grant Murray

Club Auditors

Casey Overeem Francis Hall

Committee Members

John Rook, Grant Murray, John Rettig, Jim Macdonald, Paul Blizzard

M: 0418136834 H: 03 6249 8731 H: 03 6265 9017 M: 0400 660 926 M: 0411 256733

bwww.bmctas.com

Nuts&bolts The past few months have been eventful, the Ross rally was held in November 2018,several of the club members manage to brave the elements and camp on Saturday night prior the main event, The Christmas function was held at the Derwent Sailing Squadron, this event was a great success and was enjoyed by all those that attended, the committee are now starting to plan this year’s event with the location and timing to decided by midyear.

The veteran rally was held in Ulverstone during March, I attend the last day of activities as a marshal and positively enjoyed the experience of see 100 plus veteran motorcycles moving at once.

The adjourned annual general meeting has been held and we now have a committee with 2 representatives from the Northern section of our all the committee members will be working closely together to ensure the club runs smoothly and with regular emails and news being sent out .

As most of you will know the club was a victim of an email scam which did result in monetary loss, the committee have put in place checks to prevent this happening again.

The Vintage registration has been change by the government, we now have 30 days of log book riding in addition to all club sanctioned rides, and this will be beneficial during the warmer months. It is worth noting that if you are out on a log book ride it is your responsibility to ensure you are within the laws.

Our next overnight ride is to Strathgordon at the end of April and then an overnighter to Pyengana at the end of May Overall I believe members have enjoyed the club and the rides that they have been on and we all look forward to some good events and safe riding.

Safe riding during 2019 Gary Smith - club president See and be seen !

A few words about the club magazine...

The content of the magazine is generated by its members and put together by the editor for publication. Club rides need reports and photos taken for every ride...., so at muster on the day of the ride can this be organised by the ride leader/organiser.

Other articles must be a combination of text and photos/images seperate not combined in one word doc or similar. Text as images does not work so any scanned images of text will need to be typed up by the contributor.

When submitting to kentdmoore@gmail. com please indicate in the subject line of your email BMCT article. Thanks!

VEREX TASMANIA

by KERRY DICKSON Paul VERDOUW has a long history associated with motorcycle exhaust manufacturing and it shows when you see the quality of his workmanship with pipe bending.

Paul worked with the well-known exhaust pipe company STAINTUNE (NSW) for 10 years, starting on the job as a metal polisher before making his way to the position of factory manager and production engineering. He left Tasmania on his Suzuki Katana and returned with a wife, two kids and a truck loaded with household goods!

He’s been back in Tasmania for 15 years now and is tucked away up in the Kaoota hills perfecting his art.

Having three trades under his belt makes Paul a highly skilled tradesman.

Being a diesel fitter, boiler maker and then turning his hand to fitting and machining has given him an edge when it comes to fine-tuning the craft of making exhaust pipes. They are sold to

happy customers all over the world.

Paul takes a straight piece of stainless steel 304 tube and bends it in the mandrel bender to within .1 of a degree of its required shape. The pipe is then annealed to relax the metal in the bends which relieves the stress. If needed flanges and balancing tubes are fitted and welded in place before the final polishing (or black ceramic coating) takes place.

Paul can make pipes for any kind of motorcycle (except two-stroke expansion chambers). It is preferable that he has the bike to enable exact fitment of a new exhaust or muffler.

If you require a set of exhaust pipes to be made allow three weeks for the finished result. Paul can be contacted on 0419 333 656.

NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM IN BRITAIN

BY NEIL DARVELL

A must visit while in the UK for the British motorcycle enthusiasts is The National Motorcycle Museum located at the junction 6 on the M42, Solihull, West Midland. Just outside Birmingham to the south east.

The museum is a tribute to the once great British motorcycle industry and offers some thousand odd bikes on display in five exhibition halls.

A comprehensive cross-section of British machines from the early 1900’s to the 1980’s has been gathered. A total of 170 different British marques are on show.

The bikes on display are mostly in tiptop restored condition with many rare bikes to be found. The bike collection has the largest number of British bikes gathered in the world.

The museum is open every day of the year except for the 24th- 26th of December, free parking is available (a little rare in the UK).

A fire in 2003 had previously damaged a portion of the large display halls and bikes. No sign is now evident with the museum and bikes in pristine condition.

A restaurant and café is available on the first floor of the complex, this offers a place for a break to recharge your enthusiasm and revisit a preferred hall.

The museum halls display marques in aged periods together with some specific displays such as WW1, WW2, race bikes of the periods, and land speed record attempts etc.

A friends of the museum membership is available where for a small fee members have the opportunity to ride some for the bikes on display within the carpark precent. The museum maintains a number of display bikes at any one time for this purpose. On our Saturday morning visit in September 2018 approximately a dozen bikes had been prepared.

A comprehensive gift shop has a number of souvenirs varying in cost to suit your wallet.

The bikes on display are mostly in tip-top restored condition with many rare bikes to be found.

all british motorcycle rally 2018 BY martin heatley This year the Heatley contingent were intending to make a concerted effort for the rally, and in the end the least motorcycle interested family member was the only one to turn up on a bike and that was a very new BMW RT 1200.

Personally for me this year’s rally was significant mile stone as thirty years ago I had travelled to Melbourne to purchase a new Harris Matchless from Union Jack Motorcycles. Once the various legal procedures were completed I spent next few days in Victoria, some of which involved riding the newly purchased bike to the All British Rally, which in 1988 was held at foot of the southern Grampians near Dunkeld. My aim was to return to the rally and show off the bike now thirty years older. I was very confident the bike was up to the task.

It had completed the Strathgordon ride in great form with its newly fitted Smiths GPS triggered speedometer working a treat. The weekend before the departure for the ferry I had got both bikes out to make sure all were in good fettle. Checked oil levels, tyre pressures etc, you know the general drill for getting the bikes ready for the rally. I started both bikes and both gave no trouble what so ever. Confidence was at an all time high. Why both bikes you may wonder as I can only ride one bike to the rally? It was an insurance policy! It was my intention to be upon the Matchless but just in case pocket just in case the Norton was on standby, not that I would be needing it.

With only a couple of days before we were due to be catching the ferry to get to Victoria, (we because both Ruth and William would be going in the car) I received an electronic notification from my brother Roland that he would not be bringing his bike, not even the newly rebuilt BMW R80 of 1979 vintage. His Trident was also newly rebuilt and with its variety of modifications was going well. His intention was never to

ride it from his abode (accommodation in Moree) but to trailer the bike down to Castlemaine and ride from there.

Roland has health issues which requires him to have access to a power point to aid in his sleeping so he was never intending to camp at the rally site. The trailer he was going to borrow with the okay from higher authorities was cancelled due to his place of employment was being investigated by ICAC. “Great timing”! He had a back up trailer organised but that was broken earlier by another entity. One down.

Thursday morning, the day we were due to catch the ferry. We were busily packing the car ready for the trip when we get a telephone call from Ruth’s Dad. He has broken down on the Hume Highway in NSW, his BMW R65 has ceased to function. He had tried to get in contact with both of my brothers as he was planning to rendezvous with them at Yass, NSW. Instead he was waiting for a lift for both himself and his non functioning bike. He was eventually picked up, though a major traffic jam on the Hume Highway resulted in him not getting home until after four PM. “Two down”!

My brother Andrew was on the BMW

RT 1200 but was having issues with sciatica and was in doubt about making it to the rally as each morning he was in great pain.

The TT line rang me up to get the bike registration number plate as I hadn’t given that information when booking the tickets all those months ago.

Maybe I tempted fate by giving them the information by saying “hopefully”

for it was not long before we had had information about Alans brake down.

With the car almost finally packed and lunch eaten, the day finally warmed up a bit. It had been a dull grey morning with little to no warmth. I wheeled out the Matchless, complete with original leather saddle bags loaded with such necessities as spare oil, chain lube, WD 40, tool bag, tool roll and a puncture repair kit, just in case pocket, just in

case! Fuel on and start the bike. It started no problems. Warm it up and ease the choke off only it ran as if it was still on choke. Fiddle a bit and start again. Still rough running. Ride up and down the street, still rough. Get more serious by putting proper gear on with my licence ready do some laps around the local streets. The bike was okay as long as the revs were up but once you eased off it would be rough and even

cut out. Back home, fuel tank off and some more intense fiddling, including loosening the top of the carburettor and then tightening it all up. No joy!

The only thing I touched last weekend was the choke lever by slightly altering the cable route and it had come to bite me! Time was getting on, so Matchless back in the garage and out comes the Norton. “Three down”! The usual starting procedure of clutch in and clutch out kicks, fuel tap on, prime the carburettor, half choke and go for it.

Nothing! No problem give it a bit more priming and give it another go and next instant I am in agony. There was no resistance in the kick start leaver. Its like walking on nice even ground and then one foot goes into a hole. Fuck it hurt! I thought I may have broken my ankle. Taking a few tentative steps and nothing seemed broken. Talk about go from cool calm and happy to bloody in agony and very depressed. Even if my bikes were going I was in no physical state to ride them. “Four down”!

The only lucky part was unlike other years I had backup in Ruth driving the car, so the rally was still on just minus the bike! While packing the bikes away in the garage William approached me and tried to be a bit clever. No! William ran off in tears, Ruth was in tears and so was I. Upon reflection besides being in pain and not being on a bike, what was to be upset about? We were together, we were alive, and really sometimes you just need to have a reality check.

Car packed, ice pack on my ever expanding knee and we were on the road only to get caught in a Launceston traffic jam. It took half an hour before

we got onto the southern outlet! That was with doing a bit of dodging and weaving as well. The result was we were the last few vehicles on the boat with just under fifteen minutes to spare.

We caught up with the other Tassie All Brit bikies on the boat: Mike from the north west was on a new Triumph dual bike thing and the rest consisted of the southern contingent who had travelled via Bothwell and the great lake to East Devonport. Peter was on his Brough Superior 1150, Ajay was on his Brough Superior 1150, Rob was on Peters Brough SS80, Michael(?) was on Ajays Matchless 1966 G80 and Hans who I am not sure if he rode to the ferry though he would later be riding the red Vincent and the Hesketh, plus Francis and Lisbeth, although I am not sure if they did any rally stuff or not.

Peter kindly offered to lend me one of his spare bikes. I said I may take him up on the offer as long as my leg healed up.

At that time I was in no fit state to ride a bike.

We had a super smooth crossing, even slept a bit more than I normally do on the ferry.

Next morning Melbourne was it’s

usual murk, what a place. I can’t give you a report on the ride as I was being chauffer driven by Ruth. What I can report on the lovely back roads to Trentham were dry. They have never been dry all the other times when I am on the bike riding to the rally. Bloody spiteful Victoria! Victoria was dry, very

dry indeed, in fact so dry a politician would be declaring it as a low rain fall event(what ever you do don’t say the word “drought”) We got to the rally site before lunch.

There were already plenty of people there more, than I have seen in the

past, lots of utes, trailers and even motorcycles. We set up our new tent and then went off into Castlemaine for lunch. Roland and Andrew arrived and we were united once again.

Peter’s offer of a bike was still on so to Hans’ disappointment I choose the Hesketh, more modern with electric start as I was in no fit state to kick start a monkey bike let alone a Vincent.

Having the gear lever being on the left was also a help, the less my kick starting leg had to do the better. We were on for Saturdays ride, you beauty!

A cold night with a brilliant display of the Milky Way and surrounding stars and some of our planets in the solar system. Our tent was cold so not a great sleep.

Saturday and once the sun was up it began to warm up nicely, in fact it got into the high twenties. So on to the Hesketh. Sitting on it I leant it to each side to make sure I could hold it up. A little bit of a twinge from my right leg but I was confident I could ride the beast. With bike gear on I joined the queue for the ride to Maldon on back roads in the big All British pack, a pack that included the Broughs and Hans on the red Vincent plus singles from Bantams to a sole Harris Matchless from near Yetholme in NSW, twins from BSA to Triumphs, triples plus the modern Triumphs and a rotary Norton or two. Speed was gentle as I came to grips with the Hesketh. The usual regroup by the playing fields at Chewton, then through Castlemaine and onto faster more open back roads to Maldon.

Bakery lunch courtesy of the entrance fee to the rally with the main street yet again closed off to be packed with British bikes. What a glorious sight it is on a glorious day in a lovely old village.

Truly a great setting. Having eaten and attempted to inspect the bikes, too many to take much in, plus catching up with Gary Rizzolo upon the 1969 Bonneville with a 1970 colour or the other way round and Graham Bandy, not on a bike but health picking up all the time. While parking the bike in the closed off street some folk came up to me asking about the Hesketh. I told them it isn’t mine I just borrowed it for the ride. They commented in amazed tones. I couldn’t let this go and said I was offered his red Vincent but turned it down as with my bad leg I wouldn’t

be able to start the machine. They then commented about money and mentioned Broughs, to which I had to add well actually he has two Broughs here. I did think they probably thought I was telling a bit of a lie. Sometimes the truth is more outrageous than the bullshit that permeates at such

gatherings. While in Maldon a Vincent with straight through pipes cleared a path in the main street. What a sound, to go with the sights. Wow! With lighter traffic it was time to get the big Brit back to camp with William as passenger. This was to be William’s

first ride on public roads. I took the Hesketh up to 3500 rpm which equates to 65 mph. Not sure if William was enjoying the ride, I pulled over in Newstead and asked him. He stated “I am loving this keep going!” Once at camp I asked if William wanted to go again. He was very keen so I took the bike for a couple of kilometre joint to test some aspects of the bike and then back to camp, where we did a circuit with William grinning from ear to ear. He has expensive and rare taste that boy. Unfortunately the ride had to come to an end, I mean let’s be honest it isn’t my bike and it would be dreadful if anything happened to it in my care.

Not sure where to park the bike I ended up leaving the machine with the Ajay crowd, later thinking I should have parked it at our tent and then moved it in the morning but I was so worked up about riding the bike I forgot to ask Peter what his preference would be for me to do in regards to the bike.

Saturday night is the turn of the band, the same band as for the past few years.

They are okay but many think it is a time for a change, though it is unlikely to happen as the BSA club which organise the rally like them. There a few stall holders at the rally. My brother Roland bought Triumph triple stuff and a posh helmet, $150 off the normal price. I also got a helmet for special rides such as the distinguished gentleman’s ride. I was tempted by another helmet which was a further $100 off but decided against it. I was still in quite a bit of pain from my knee and I wasn’t always thinking the best.

Sunday is pack up for most and I wandered down to see the awards and find out if we had won the lucky door prize which for this year was a late model BSA 650 thunderbolt. No! They then have far too many trophies for all manner of stuff. The longest distance went to Len who had ridden down from Kingaroy Qld on his Mk 3 Commando, a distance of 1025 miles. Ouch! They also had a hard luck award, I was going to tell my tale but to be honest I still got to the rally via Ruth and William and through Peter’s generosity got to ride as well so to an extent I was lucky in a painful round about way.

The awards over, we watch the great exodus many bikes packed and being ridden out and many packed in the back of utes etc. Great fun!

Monday night ferry and then home.

William was telling us that when he grows up his is going to get a Matchless so he can go to the rally and a Ducati for general riding. Where does he get the idea for a Ducati from? Got home, after several chores were completed it was time to relax a little. Having a nice long hot soak in the bath I noticed my

custom

MERCHANDISE

CAPS & beanies

$15

POLO SHIRT

$25

POLAR FLEECE

$37

$20

MEDALION cloth badge

see gary smith for purchasing any of the club merchandise.. some items are available for purchase at the bar at meetings.

right ankle was very dark coloured and swollen. My knees was so sore I never noticed my ankle was also not in the best shape, brilliant! What a great extended long weekend.

What are my thoughts on the Hesketh?

Another time.

the ride to surpass the brass monkey BY martin heatley Having been getting wet on a regular basis at work I, along with many wise folk, forgo the pleasures of a very wet Brass Monkey ride. Therefore it had been some time since I last rode the bike with the good company and I was rather keen but also apprehensive. Why apprehensive? Not only did I forgo the BM ride but also the good folk of Wayne, Nigel and Paul. If they turned up then no doubt there would be fireworks as they would all be determined to go on a ride that would make the Brass Monkey ride pale into a mere pleasure ride for the soft and dandy! We could be getting into something incredibly terrifying oh argh!

Several riders were already present at the museum car park. First I spotted Wayne with his feet forward Scout.

That was a bad sign as he wasn’t game enough to bring out the newly acquired Norton, what scary ride was he planning! Next was supreme commodore Mick with the big head Enfield, an alloy special called “el president” all set to go out hunting Gold Stars. Frank, in anticipation of a major ride, had purchased a new Bonneville especially. Steve was upon a Ducati S2 or Damah or something similar. I was on the Harris Matchless as the Norton was still to be fixed. Soon we were

joined by Shon on his SR 500 and Nigel who had forsaken the kettle was on the new Norton; hungry for some gruelling miles. Paul was absent which was part relief as once in sync with Wayne we would likely head off into the unknown searching for unsuspecting Ducati’s now that is terrifying stuff!

Much debate was had about where this challenging, perilous, arduous journey to put the Brass Monkey to shame was to be. Bridport was chosen via the wine route in winter. How will we cope? Supreme Commodore decided that was out of the question for “El President” and promptly left for home,

soon followed by Steve, who took a wrong turn and was not seen again. He is rumoured to have last been seen near Derwent Bridge. To avoid the charade of their last organised ride in which they quickly got split up and went different ways it was decided we would ride in tight disciplined formation via Vermont Road. We lost Wayne in less than 5 minutes.

Regrouping and we were on our way.

Frank eventually succumbed, the pressure was too great and he left the party at Lebrina. The ride was just too severe! So then we were down to four, although Maureen had threatened to join the survivors if there were any at Bridport.

Nigel led us onto the Wine route, surviving no matter what was thrown at us we eventually made on to the long straights and so to Bridport. More debate on which establishment we should honour with our presence for lunch. Fish and chips at the cafe by the bridge was our chosen venue.

As we ate the temperature dropped and the wind picked up. We few, we gallant few, were still determined to soldier on no matter what the odds.

What of Maureen you ask? Apparently so rumour has it (from a most reliable source) it was a choice of getting the bike out or reading on to see if Mr Darcy

would propose to Elizabeth Bennett. Mr Darcy was to be disappointed and so was the blue Thruxton.

We courageous few, having shown that the Brass Monkey ride was just a mere picnic with scrummy cakes and lashings of ginger beer, had to make yet more perilous decisions such as which way back?

Eventually we were back onto the big straights and thence onto the finger post track. Some drizzle, much howling wind and 150 kilometres later I was home and so too the rest of the gallant crew.

Bennie? Who needs them! Gold meddles for us!

wheels in the park BY gary smith

Geeveston

wheels in the park BY gary smith

Geeveston

christmas pics 2018 BY gary smith

6th - 7th

N : 21st 9am - Pyengana Show NW : 22nd - Riders Choice

NW : 14th - Deloraine 50’s Diner

19th - 23rd (Easter)

N : 14th - Deloraine 50’s Diner

13th - 14th

ALL : 16th / 17th 9am Craggy Peaks Overnighter N : 10th - Riders Choice (23 max) NW : 9 to 11th Sheffield Steam (Show) Other : 10-15th National Veteran Rally Other :

N : 17th 9am Deloraine Rods (Show) NW : 17th 9am - Deloraine Rods (Show / Slow Bike) NW : 17th - Turners Beach (Swap Meet) 16th - 17th

S : 17th - Kempton

16th - 17th

Other :

NW : 9th - Riders Choice

N : 10th - Riders Choice

8th - 9th (10th Queens Birfdee)

15th - 16th

Other :

N : 16th - Lilydale area (Slow Bike)

S : 16th - Riders Choice

27th - 28th

Other :

NW : 23rd - Sisters Beach

Other : 24th-27th Historics Winton (Vic) 22nd - 23rd

25th / 26th 9am Pyengana Overnighter

Other : 25th-28th All British Rally (Vic) 25th - 26th

ALL : 27th / 28th 9am Strathgordon Overnighter

Other :

NW : 24th - 9am Devonport (Show)

N : 24th - 9am Devonport (Show)

23rd - 24th

NW : 24th - Chudleigh Show (Show)

29th - 30th

Other :

N : 30th - Upper Esk and return

Other :

29th April - 4th May Targa Tasmania

30th - 31st

1st-3rd HOG State Rally (Port Sorell)

N : 24th - George Town Wings (Show) NW : 24th - George Town Wing Thing TBA - World Superbikes (Vic)

23rd - 24th

25th-28th Island Classic (Vic)

Meet : Saturdays - Hobart Fire Station, Sunday - Salamanca Place near Silos : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Gary Smith - 0407 870 493 / Chris Owens - 0448 900 082 / Matthew Sheppard - 0417

Other :

S : 2nd - Maydeena

1st - 2nd

Other : 19th - PVCCT Picnic at Ross

Other :

Other :

18th - 19th S : 19th - Channel / Cygnet (Slow Bike) N : 19th - Exeter Cafe (Slow Bike) NW : 19th - Exeter Cafe

N : 12th - Scottsdale Loop

11th - 12th

NW : 5th - Gunns Plains (Slow Bike)

S : 5th - Oatlands

4th - 5th

Other : 6th to 14th - Richmond Show Other : 6th to 14th - Richmond Show Other : 18th-24th Bike Bonanza (Vic)

N : 7th 9am - Dual Sport

S : 7th - Bruny Island

Other :

NW : 3rd - Westbury Hotel (Lunch)

N : 3rd - Westbury Hotel (Lunch)

9th - 10th (11th 8 Hours Day)

Other :

NW : 9th/10th - Ulverstone (Show)

9th - 10th (11th Hobart Regatta)

NW : 26th - Somerset Surf (Show)

NW : 28th - Riders Choice

N : 27th - Riders Choice

26th - 27th (28th Aust Day in-lieu)

Meet : Grand Central Market Carpark : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Mick Lemon - 400 660 926 / Grant Murray - 0411 256 733 / Glenn Osborne - 0427 740 411

North-West Meet : Ulverstone Wharf : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Jim MacDonald - 0419 643 714 / Ken Jupp - 6437 2209 / Noel Saward - 6496 1970

Northern

2nd - 3rd

S : 3rd - Orford

Other :

2nd / 3rd 9am Strahan Overnighter

S : 3rd - Geeveston Park (Slow Bike)

2nd - 3rd

Other : USA Day (Utas Stadium)

Other :

NW : 6th - Boat Harbour

Other :

19th - 20th

N : 6th 9am - Bridport Rods (Show)

Southern 001 426

June

May

April

March

February

January

12th - 13th S : 20th - Richmond, Brighton N : 20th - Gowrie Park via Gogg Range NW : 20th - Gowrie Park via Wilmot

S : 6th - Riders Choice

5th - 6th

2019 BMCT Ride Calendar

Other :

31st Aug - 1st Sep

NW : 4th - Riders Choice

S : 4th - Ferntree / Woodbridge

19th - 20th

S : 3rd - Tahune Airwalk (Slow Bike)

2nd - 3rd (4th Recreation Day)

Other :

Other : Westbury Steamfest (Show) (29th Devonport Show) 30 Nov - 1 Dec S : 30th Toy Run, 1st Xmas BBQ

Other :

Other :

24th - 25th

21st - 22nd

21st - 22nd

NW : 22nd - Riders Choice (Slow Bike) Other :

Other :

ALL : 23rd / 24th - Ross Rally

23rd - 24th

Other : 24th-28th Moto GP (Vic)

ALL : 26th / 27th 9am Stanley Overnighter

Other : 20th-22nd Baskerville Historics 26th - 27th

Other :

N : 25th - Launceston Museum (Show) NW : 25th - Launceston Museum

Other :

ALL : 28th - Brass Monkey Ride Great Lakes Hotel

27th - 28th

28th - 29th

N : 29th - Riviera Hotel, Beauty Point NW : 29th - Riviera Hotel, Beauty Point Other :

28th - 29th

Other : 1st - 4th Deloraine Craft Fair

Other : 3rd Gordon Fysh Tour (VCCA)

Other :

Other :

N : 29th - Distinguished Gents Ride

Other :

Other :

North-West Meet : Ulverstone Wharf : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Jim MacDonald - 0419 643 714 / Ken Jupp - 6437 2209 / Noel Saward - 6496 1970

Northern Meet : Grand Central Market Carpark : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Mick Lemon - 400 660 926 / Grant Murray - 0411 256 733 / Glenn Osborne - 0427 740 411

Meet : Saturdays - Hobart Fire Station, Sunday - Salamanca Place near Silos : 10am for 10:30am start unless advised : Gary Smith - 0407 870 493 / Chris Owens - 0448 900 082 / Matthew Sheppard - 0417 001 426

Other :

N : 15th - Cradle Mountain via Gogg

S : 15th - Westerway (Slow Bike)

14th - 15th

Other : 16th / 17th Bendigo Swap

N : 17th - Deloraine via Cluan

16th - 17th

NW : 8th - Levon Canyon BBQ Lunch NW : 15th - Railton (Show)

N : 8th - Riders Choice (Slow Bike)

7th - 8th

NW : 10th - Cradle Mountain

NW : 3rd - Riders Choice

9th - 10th

NW : 20th - Wynyard area

N : 20th 9am - Dual Sport (North)

S : 20th - Dunalley

Other :

Other :

Other : Sheffield Medieval Festival

14th - 15th ALL : 15th - Woolmers Estate Convicts to Classics

Other :

Other :

December N : 1st - Derby via Lebrina

Southern

12th - 13th

7th - 8th

N : 13th Evandale area (Slow Bike)

Other :

Other :

ALL : 17th / 18th Port Arthur Overnighter

17th - 18th

NW : 6th - Gunns Plains

November N : 4th - Riders Choice (Slow Bike)

October

S : 6th - Swansea

(4th Burnie Show) 5th - 6th

Other :

10th - 11th

N : 11th - Riders Choice

Other :

Other :

3rd - 4th

Other :

S : 21st - Riders Choice

20th - 21st

NW : 21st - Wilmot via Forth

N : 14th - Sheffield

13th - 14th

NW : 7th - Riders Choice

S : 7th - South Arm (Slow Bike)

S : 1st - Richmond N : 1st - Exeter/Bridgenorth (Slow September Bike) NW : 1st - Riders Choice

August

July

6th - 7th

2019 BMCT Ride Calendar

6/7 Bruny Island 7th Richmond show 6th until the 14th 4/5 Oatlands

1/2 Maydena

6/7 South arm Slow bike run

April

June

July

2/3 Geeveston/air walk Slow bike run 30th Nov1st Dec Toy run Christmas function

November

7/8

9/10

12/13

7/8

10/11

13/14

14/15 Westerway Slow bike run

16/17 Bendigo swap

19/20 Dunalley

14/15 Woolmer’s Convicts to classics

17/18 Port Arthur overnighter

20/21 Riders choice

15/16 Riders choice

18/19 Channel via Cygnet Slow bike run

20/21 Easter weekend

16/17 Craggy peaks overnighter Limited to 23people( Bob Findlay)

16/17 Kempton

19/20 Richmond ,Brighton

21/22

23/24 Ross Rally

26/27

21/22

24/25

27/28 Brass monkey ride Great lake hotel

25/26 Pyengana overnighter Combined with Northern members 22/23

27/28 Strathgordon overnight

23/24

23/24

26/27/28 Australia day long weekend

Note: runs are subject to change on the Day

8/9/10 Queen’s birthday weekend

11/12

13/14 Richmond show Finishes on the 14th

9/10/11 Labour day weekend Veteran rally 10th to 15th

9/10/11 Hobart regatta weekend Steam feast Sheffield

12/13

Sunday Start point: Salamanca place near silos at 10 am

December

5/6 Swansea

1st Sunday Richmond Slow bike run

October

September

August

May

3/4 Ferntree ,Longley, Margate Woodbridge

2/3 combined Strahan Overnighter (northern) Wheels in the park Geeveston slow bike 2/3 Orford

February

March

5/6 Rider choice

January

BMCT CALENDAR 2019 South

28/29

28/29

29/30

No meeting

26th

29th

24th

27th

30th

25th

28th

30th

26th

26th A G M

29th

Meeting

Saturday start point: Fire Station Melville St

Mid week To be arranged

BRITISH MOTORCYCLE CLUB OF TASMANIA INC.

The Secretary, C/o South Hobart Post Office, South Hobart 7004 Tasmania Email: secretary@bmctas.com The British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania encourages the restoration and safe riding of British and other manufactured Motorcycles.

Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Tasmanian Fire Station - Social Club Rooms - Argyle Street Hobart.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION I wish to become a member of the British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania (Inc.) and agree, if accepted, to be bound by the Rules, Constitution, By-Laws or Directions designed to further the interests of Club Members.

This includes attending the next scheduled club meeting to introduce myself and be welcomed as a club member.

Name: Address:

Phone: Mobile: Email:

British Motorcycles owned:

Other Motorcycles owned: Date: Signature: EFT transaction details: Annual Membership Fee: $40-00 Use surname only for identification

BSB: 807-009 Account No: 51101523

Office use only: The above named person is known to us and we believe him/her to be a suitable person to be elected as a member of the British Motorcycle Club of Tasmania (Inc.) Proposer: Seconder: Approved:

Ride safely, see and be seen Gary Smith