BMCT December 2015

THE

BRITISH BIKER

OFFICIAL magazine OF THE BRITISH MOTORCYCLE CLUB OF TASMANIA inc.

Summer EDITION : DecembER 2015

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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- bmctsecretary@hotmail.com monthly meetings Last Tuesday of each month, 8pm. in the Social Club Rooms, upstairs at the Tas Fire Service building, Argyle Street, Hobart.

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Owen Smith

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Club Auditors

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Committee Members

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Nuts&bolts

President's Report

Over the last quarter and indeed as with most of the year it has been great to see how well attended scheduled runs have been. Likewise our monthly Tuesday general meetings have seen attendance often in excess of 30 members, almost guaranteeing some very lively discussions and a bit of a laugh.

Combined with a beer and at times a bit of supper there are no drab meetings in the BMCT! Out on the black stuff one of the highlights of late was the Tahune Slow Bike Run. The road into Tahune from Geeveston is an ideal challenge to riders on older machines with plenty of hills, bends and pot holes but only moderate traffic to contend with. Knowing that a recovery back-up vehicle is provided if required, it is hoped that we will see more and more pre-war bikes being dusted off in 2016 at a range of locations.

Those of us that camped overnight at Ross prior to the Rally enjoyed great weather and a lively evening all topped off with Sunday’s display of motorcycles representing of a century of two-wheeled engineering. Always great to see the variety of bikes that people have. Howard was once again centre stage and put in a huge amount of work. Well-run events don’t happen by accident. Well done.

The combined club Christmas BBQ this year was held at Rob’s place where he had a 6 foot electric powered spitroast in action. Inspired by its performance, I hear he is building a bigger, more powerful unit now. Can we look to see that in action next Christmas Rob? Anyhow, great venue and good tucker.

The year finished off with a BBQ at Peter Jones’ and combined with the run up and down the mountain it proved to be an excellent day. Many thanks to both Peter and Ida once again.

This final edition for 2015 also includes the 2016 ride calendar on the

back page. Items to note include 4x planned slow bike runs, 4x overnighters and a series of short, mid-week twilight counter meal runs. Check your calendar and book ‘em in!

Lastly, I would like to thank the many members upon whom I have relied for advice this year, as well as my fellow committee members for their efforts in making our BMCT activities enjoyable and inclusive events. Looking forward to some great activites in ‘16.

Catch you soon.

Owen Smith.

The day started looking a bit dodgy but was one of those that just kept getting better as the morning went on. A group of 15 or so left the Fire Station avoiding ‘Brooker boredom’ through a detour up and over Glenlusk/Molesworth, meeting a couple of more riders near the Speedway.

Following a cook’s tour of New Norfolk’s main street (just to let the locals know there are more bikes in the world than Harley’s), we pulled up for a cuppa at the Salmon Ponds.

With the weather looking more promising and Jegs having enough spare oil on board his Enfield, it was agreed that we would push on to Ellendale, Lake Meadowbank and Hamilton. On the way it was a treat to sit behind Peter’s HRD listening to its great exhaust note.

The country around Hamilton was still unusually green and it took some effort not to run off the road from taking in the view. The pie shop at Hamilton was back in action and the fare was good indeed. Little traffic allowed for some ‘spirited’ riding on the way back to town from a certain group of Hinkley parallel twins, wrapping up a great day all round.

Riders included: Dean and Mason Metcalf – Triumph Bonneville, Peter Bender – HRD, Jim McCulloch – Royal Enfield Indian, Owen Smith – Triumph Thruxton, Dan Teague – Triumph Bonneville, Andrew Catchpole – Triumph Thruxton, Jeggs Nuttal – Royal Enfield, Nigel Reid – Triumph Thunderbird, Ian Bonde – Triumph Thruxton, Kyle Hohn – Triumph Street Triple Article by Owen Smith.

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What else can one say… .

Cool Spring morning.

Twisting, dry roads through Glenlusk and back down through Boyer.

Great turn out.

Wide range of machines.

Good tucker at Brighton.

Check out the photos… .

Riders included: Jegs Nuttal - RE Meteor Minor, John Gray - Honda Dream 305, Dave Sowerby - BSA A65, Keith Bingham Scooter and Sidecar, Mat Sheppherd and Sharon - Kwaka ZX14R, Peter Bender - Red Vincent Rapide, Mick and Sheryl Beale - Rocket III, Howard Burrows - BMW R25/3, Adrian Keal - HD Fat Boy, Kyle Hohn – BMW, Anthony Ross - T140V, Fred Bennett - BSA A65, Phil Sanger - T160, Rob and Deb Avery - XS650, Bill Frodsham - T150, Dan Teague - Bonneville 865, Nigel Reid - T’Bird, Dan Murphy – Suzuki, Rob Walch - Matchless G80, John Menezies - Bonneville 790, Paul and Kerry Dickson - Moto Guzzi 850, Iain Campbell - 650 Thunderbird, Simon Beard – 650 Thunderbird, Phil Clark – BMW, Jack England – 650 Thunderbird, Peter Jones – Triumph Bonneville, Jim McCulloch - BSA Sloper, Ian Bonde - Triumph Thruxton, Owen Smith - Triumph Thruxton Visitors: Patrick and Regina Hayes from San Francisco Article by Owen Smith.

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art of motorcycle maintenance

‘Is like this… .’

Those were the first three words spoken by Pedro (not his real name) before each and every reply he gave to us. Jen and I were in Porto (Portugal), idling our life away on holidays, on dinner and on expensive wines. Pedro was the waiter at the upmarket restaurant we happened to have chosen for that evenings’ meal. Overlooking the River Douro it was a very pleasant spot.

Is the calamari fresh? ‘Is like this… .’ said Pedro before going on to explain that it was from a tin.

Is the wine local? ‘Is like this… .’ said Pedro before going on to explain how all the wines served were local. And so on all night, and the next when we went back for more.

Pedro was the sort of guy who would ask of me, referring to Jen, ‘What will your daughter be ordering?’ The recollection returns because a number of rough, tough motorcycle riders at the BMCT have been asking ‘How it is that an Ugly Old Fella like me ends up with a wonderful partner like Jen?’ ‘Is like this… .’ Some people have Vincents, some prefer Triumphs but those of us with blue blood prefer something Royal.

Thus it was some many years ago that I found myself £17.50 poorer and pushing a Royal Enfield Clipper 250 with Ape-hanger bars up the hill to home.

Eighteen months later and having misused my Dad’s hand-made toolkit to the point of destruction, not to mention most of my dole money the bike was a runner, and I was a mechanic.

Why does a dog turn round twice before settling down? Because one good turn deserves another. So it was that I ended up with a succession of Enfields, including the one I now have as my rat bike, bought off the internet a few years ago and shipped unseen to Tas

where she arrived at Jon Munn’s Classic Style to add contrast to his display of classic machinery.

I planned to ride it to the ferry and then be met by a good friend who had driven all the way to Devonport to meet us with a trailer. BJ and the trailer were there as promised but the bike was not. It had broken down half way from Frankston to Port Melbourne and was parked at the back of a childcare centre. Wedges of receipts were no substitute for an experienced mechanic. Jon kindly arranged collection and crating.

I picked up the pieces from Bridgewater and stuffed them into a corner of my shed.

Time passed. A glimmer of enthusiasm had me checking the wiring. It didn’t take long to realise that it was a miracle it had ever worked. I threw the lot away and rewired her from scratch.

A different scratch by Club Technical Officer John on a piece of paper had me down at the rego office where I was relieved of some more cash and told that the plates were in the post.

The bike went well enough but seemed to be breathing a bit heavily. No worries. Enfield breathers have always been a source of wonderment ever since they were invented some 50 years before this bike was made. I eventually decided to check it out only to find the innards missing. No wonder it was breathing heavily, the crankcase had a direct line to the atmosphere and my left boot.

Back in the UK I’ve a motley collection of bits and bobs including some old Enfield engines so I made a note to sift through the pile and return with another breather. When I got back to the UK this year I was surprised to find I had no breather spares other than a modern ‘improved’ breather in a bag with instructions. The instructions proudly claimed a ten-fold increase in efficiency over the original. Excellent.

Jen and I toured the Classic TT on another of my Meteors, failed to meet Casey, sold a Matchless 500, and in due course returned to Tas where the new breather was fitted in anticipation of a club run. Confidence in the bike soared as she had previously been running well with perfect carburetion and even firing - held back only by my reluctance to work her too hard in case she ran out of oil while I wasn’t watching.

The faster she went the quicker she dumped oil.

Up early and ready for the ride to Hobart to start the Club ride proper, I stopped for fuel at Geeveston. It’s perhaps 6kms to Geeveston from home and by the time I got there she was literally pumping oil onto the floor. The discharge rate of oil I estimated at 10 times the capacity of the old breather.

Just like it said in the instructions. I figured I could get home again on the oil I had and went home. Ride abandoned.

Some nights later my dreams and fantasies were interrupted by the thought that for the oil to be coming out of the breather it first had to get in, and where it got in wasn’t supposed to have any oil available. The gears turned slowly until sometime later I formulated a theory that the oil wasn’t leaving the crankcases because the oil returnpump was not working. By not leaving the crankcases it became available to the breather.

Luckily the Enfield Workshop manual has a very clear explanation of how the oil pump is supposed to work. It specifically advises to take great care when disturbing this delicate piece of oscillating machinery worthy of an early steam engine - it is a very clever little pump.

Ignoring the manual I got some bent fencing wire and prodded the holes in the timing cover to see what was in there. This together with some energetic blowing down a piece of rubber pipe dislodged a small piece of piston ring stuck in the return feed. Eureka.

My fantasies could return to more attractive material. Certain of success I also joined the breather to the oil tank on the assumption that even if the breather continued to blow out oil I might as well catch it. To stop the tank from being pressurized I added a tank breather too.

The next ride was to Salmon Ponds and we used another 1.5 litres of oil. This time over my right foot. I decided this was due to not having retaining screws in the timing cover. A trip to Hobart and new screws were purchased and fitted and the breather rerouted to the open air. Surges Bay to Hobart, Richmond via Bridgewater, and back home.

No top up required. A new speed record of 75mph with plenty in hand!

The lesson is there for all you budding mechanics. If your breather breathes oil, don’t blame the breather. As for Jen – ‘Is like this. . . .’

Article by Jegs Nuttal.

channelcircuit After series of gorgeous, sunny and warm Spring days, late showers were forecast by the BOM. Although there was a significant amount of cloud around the mountain, it was dry and warmish. Curiously the BMCT calendar had two Sunday runs in a row and a mixed group from both the British and the Vintage clubs showed up at the fire station. Unfortunately Dave Sowerby’s trusty BSA was acting a bit off. He had recently installed a new carbie and, “… she was going fine” a few days before. However, with electrics the likely suspect he decided to return home and make his own way in his four wheeled sports vehicle. Club president and regular run attendee Owen Smith, was unfortunately unable to join us due to a renovation injury.

Rumour also had it that quite a few other regulars were at home watching the Bathurst V8 supercars.

pastures toward the water.

Nevertheless, after a good old chat, the lads set off up through Fern Tree towards the mountain. It proved to be a slow part of the run with a Metro bus crawling its way from stop to stop. Riders were unable to pass due to oncoming traffic. Once the bus was eventually passed, a slow and steady pace was set through the winding curves as the road was a bit damp.

However, as we made our way down to Longley, the skies cleared to reveal a splendid view over the lush green

We cut across through Sandfly to Margate on a beautiful smooth leg of the run with barely any traffic, making our way south to Woodbridge for a coffee at our usual watering hole of Peppermint Bay café. There was a group of Harley fanciers already in attendance. Their shiny chrome steeds starkly contrasted with our old British bangers, especially the ‘earthy’ tones of Rob Walch’s Matchless. After coffees and a few tales tall and true, we decided to head over Woodbridge

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hill to Cygnet for lunch. Bringing up the rear, Bert Pepper set a cracking pace only to come upon Bob Findlay by the side of the road. His Royal Enfield 500 had simply, “stopped!” without warning. After some consternation and many attempts to kick start her, he decided to roll her back down the hill and ‘voila’!. Thankfully all was well.

There was another even larger group of bikes of many shapes and sizes parked on the way into Cygnet, obviously also out enjoying the now sunny weather. A couple of our lads headed to the Lotus Eater’s Café for some tasty treats. The rest of us went to Devour Takeaway for their excellent home made pies or burger and chips. Sadly the proprietor mentioned that they were closing up shop as of this weekend, heading north to Queensland. On the other hand, I am pleased to report that on a previous ride this past week, I had lunch at the newly renovated Red Velvet Lounge, which was absolutely excellent!

With full ‘tanks’ all round and some petrol at the local servo, we all headed back to town through Huonville and up the highway. All up a great day was enjoyed by all.

Ian Bonde

woodbridge & cygnet

Riders: Bob Findlay – Royal Enfield Bert Pepper – BMW Dave Sowerby – BSA Howard Burrows – BMW Philip Clark – BMW Rob Walch – Matchless Ian Bonde - Triumph

jap

Theinvincible invincible

ridesagain

IT HASN’T BEEN RIDDEN SINCE WHEN…???

Many of you will know that one of the clubs keen restorer’s and riders, Denis Parry, passed away November 2014 leaving behind a few beautifully restored bikes and many parts which were eventually sold off during the past year.

We were fortunate enough to have the Invincible JAP find it’s way to our shed, where, due to time constraints, sat for many months until recently when it became increasingly obvious that this bike needed to get back out on the road.

A bit about the bike first: she’s a 1923 model, 6hp, 770 JAP, completely and beautifully rebuilt from a pile of rusty parts but due to illness, Denis had been unable to ride the bike in the past 10-11 years.

Advice was sought and preparation for the first ride began the day before with the sump being filled with oil until not an extra drop could fit in and the fuel tap corks replaced.

With no instruction on how to start the bike (let alone ride it) a few things had to be figured out first. The following morning, after the arrival of Howard & Lorna, we put our heads together to work out what all the levers were for and figuring out the carburetion adjustments before firing up. Then the kick, kick, kick, kick process began.

All onlookers had their fingers crossed but before too many kicks the bike fired in to life. We soon disappeared in the expected plumes of smoke but the engine ticked over beautifully.

Geez it sounded good.

I gulped, there was no putting off the inevitable – riding the thing. I wasn’t exactly looking forward to it. An early vintage bike has nothing in common with the bikes I am used to riding, the sitting position is high, the common place clutch, brakes and gears are all completely different and we needed to work out the carburetion system. There was no such thing as automatic pilot. LOTS of brain power was needed just to figure out how to stay on the thing and keep it going.

But, first gear was engaged and away I went. Blowing heaps of smoke but with each milestone I got a little more comfortable, until I went up a hill and decided to stop. No worries, right foot on the brake, left foot on the clutch and … … WHAT, that doesn’t leave any feet to put on the ground…!!! Like I said, riding an old vintage bike is a steep learning curve.

But all ended well. I made it back home (alive), huge smiles all round. I was so pleased with the bike, saluted Denis on his fine workmanship and will look forward to getting more familiar with the Invincible JAP in the year ahead.

WARNING: STAY OUTA MY WAY… Article by Paul Dickson.

Great to see it running Paul. If it all possible we would all be keen to see you out on the JAP at one of our 2016 Slow Bike Runs.

Ed.

Tahune 8th Nov 2015. Our 3rd slow bike run.

Destination Tahune so fragile machines can just do the Geeveston to Tahune, 60 km round trip of undulating quiet road. Who would have thought that Tahune would be the perfect slow bike destination but it is!!

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slow bike run

The whole idea of a “slow bike run” is that people can bring rare and fragile machines out with recovery vehicle backup and not feel pressured. Be a machine old, power challenged or being run in, they get special consideration.

Most punters met at the fire station and proceeded via Ferntree and Lower Longley to Geeveston and Tahune.

Graham Gullick and Ron and Lyn Fellows joined us at Geeveston; both having eaten many Weet-Bix for breakfast and looking ready for action.

Highlights of the day. . .

1910 FN – Ron and Lynn Fellows

2002 Thunderbird 900 – Dallas Wilson

2 x pre 1918 machines, 3 x 1930s outstanding machines. A gaggle of 60s and 70s BSA, Triumph and Royal Enfield twins plus a few triples. 30 odd punters. Perfect weather.

1912 Precision – Graham Gullick

2004 Triumph Bonneville 790 – John Menezies

We (members of the BMCT) are spoilt by the machinery that regularly turns out. How many other clubs, anywhere in the world have a 1910 FN turn out on a run let alone a 1912 Precision and, not to mention an early 30s Rudge? Oh yes, and then there was that series A Rapide!! The 80 year old BSA Blue Star didn’t get a look in! Also the collection of later BSA and Triumph twins was surprising and not a scruffy one amongst them!!

1938 Series A Rapide – Peter Bender

Peter Jones revisited his corner and survived. Owen worked as Crow and earned his keep with two bikes needing rescue. Bill Frodsham amazed all again by producing parts to repair at least 2 machines from his panniers.

Article by Rob Walch.

These runs just keep getting better.

Four more planned for 2016 so hope to see many more pre-war machines out on the road.

Ed.

1931 Rudge – Francis Hall 1935 BSA Blue Star – Gary Smith

2004 Triumph Thruxton – Ian Bonde 2009 Triumph Bonneville – Peter Pisko

1955 G80 Matchless – Rob Walch

2010 Triumph Thunderbird – Nigel Reid

1958? Royal Enfield Meteor 700 – Bob Findlay

2011 Triumph Bonneville – Graeme Vertigan

1959 Royal Enfield Meteor 500 – Jegs Nuttal and Jen Morrison

2013 Triumph Bonneville – Dan Teague

1962 BSA RGS – Mark Osbourne

2013 Triumph Bonneville – Frances Bender

1967 Triumph Trophy – Peter Jones

2014 Triumph Bonneville – Terry Dyer

1967 BSA Thunderbolt – Fred Bennett

2013 Triumph Rocket III – Mick and Sherryl Beale

1970 BSA A65 – Gerry Scott 1972 Triumph T150 – Bill Frodsham 1972 Honda 750/4 – Kim Bowell 1972 BSA A65 – Greg Simson 1973? – Honda 350F – Anthony Ross 1975 Triumph T150 – Karl Sanger 1975 Triumph T160 – Phil Sanger 1978 Triumph T140 – Leigh Oates

2013? Triumph Thruxton - Andrew Catchpole 2014 Triumph Explorer – Tony Smeekes and Karen Clifford 2015 Suzuki – Dan Murphy Ken Hall – ute Owen Smith – Holden One Tonner (Recovery Vehicle)

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With perfect weather there was always going to be a big turn out for the run up the Mountain and on to Peter Jones’s for a BBQ and sure enough around 30 riders assembled at the Fire Station.

Apart from the aimless wandering of a few tourists, the ride up to the top of Mt Wellington was spot on and unusually warm. Unfortunately Jim picked up a flat tyre on the way up, putting the RE out of action. The bikes attracted considerable attention from Chinese tourists and perhaps we should look at getting Howard to run a stall charging $10 a sit and photo!

With lunch beckoning we headed off.

With us was Ken in his 1913 Leon Bollee (hope I got this right Ken) and Jen Morrison bravely travelled with Ken down the hill towards Longley where they ended up having a bit of engine trouble. Nevertheless it was great to see it out on the road. We also heard later that Dick Calvert came unstuck somewhere down the hill and ended up with a pretty crook leg. Everyone hopes to see Dick back in action soon.

Speaking of someone else who has recently been in the wars, unknown to riders somewhere down the hill Kerry Dickson was stalking us, and many of the great action shots seen here are her efforts. Many thanks Kerry.

As usual Peter and Ida had put on a great spread and everyone enjoyed the tucker and company. With the property for sale, it is likely to be the last such BBQ and the group thanked them for their hospitality over many years.

Punters: Dick Calvert – BSA A65, Howard Burrows – BMW, Ian Bonde – Triumph Thruxton, Dave Sowerby – BMW, Owen Smith – Triumph Scrambler, Rosco – MIII Commando, Casey Overeem – Triumph, Mick Beale –

Triumph Rocket III, Dan Murphy – Suzuki, John Menezies – Triumph Bonneville, Dan Teague – Triumph Bonneville, Iain Campbell – Triumph Thunderbird, Gary Smith – BSA, Dallas Wilson – Triumph Thunderbird 900, Peter Bender – Brough Superior, John Rook – Triumph Bonneville, Vince Ryan – Street Triple, Dean and Susie Metcalf – Triumph Bonneville, Bill Overeem – Triumph Bonneville, Kim Bowell – 750/4, Matthew Shepperd and Sharon Munnings - car, Tony Smeekes – Triumph Explorer, Paul Dickson – Moto Guzzi, Rob Walch – BMW, John Rettig – Triumph Bonneville, Bill Frodsham – Triumph T150, Graeme Gullick – BMW, Bob Findlay – Panther, Jegs Nuttal – RE 500, Jim McCulloch - RE, Wal Ingram - Car, Ken Hall – Leon Bollee veteran car Article by Owen Smith

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christmasbbq

This year’s combined BMCT / VMCCT Christmas BBQ was hosted by Rob and Jen Walch at South Lea, just off the Southern Outlet. The weather stayed kind for us allowing the 60 or so attendees to enjoy the great food, drink and company.

Guests arrived to an entrée of both smoked and baked salmon kindly donated by Peter and Frances Bender and prepared by chef Gary Smith. If that wasn’t enough, mains was a selection of 4 or 5 different meats roasted on a spit and ably manned by Rob’s son John whom I was told was shoveling coals since the early hours. He did a cracker of a job too. Thanks John.

In case you weren’t full at this point then came half a dozen different cakes and deserts just to top it off!

During the afternoon everyone was also welcome to join a tour of Rob’s rather unique shed and the array of bikes and bits within.

It takes no small effort to pull such an event together and on behalf of the club I would like to thank those members who assisted with setting up and providing support before and on the day itself and of course Rob and Jen for their hospitality in providing such a great venue.

Article by Owen Smith.

rossrally

21 and 22 November This was the 30th anniversary of the annual Vintage Motorcycle Club of Tasmania Ross Rally and a major event in both the VMCCT and BMCT calendars.

Once again this year, a group of BMCT members chose to camp overnight at the Ross show grounds each making their own way up in the course of Saturday afternoon. Riders made their camp around the old sheds in the corner while some members arrived in palatial motorhomes setting up nearby.

A group dinner was had at the Man-ORoss Hotel before making our way back to the campground. A pleasant night with no clouds or wind demanded a campfire and before too many stubbies were opened Bill Overeem had one lit quick smart on a portable brazier.

Dean Metcalf strummed a guitar particularly well and things went on into

the small hours. Needless to say there were more than a couple of members who were a little under the weather the next morning and not surprisingly didn’t show for a breaky of bacon and eggs!

Between 10am and noon the oval gradually filled up with a range of machines from the early 1900’s to the present day and the crowd was treated to a wide variety of motorcycles. Come 3pm several BMCT members had been awarded prizes for their entries. We also noted that approximately 80-90% of our membership attended either on the day or staying overnight. Great to see. Well done to everyone involved in the organisation of this event and in particular Howard Burrows. If you missed out on camping overnight you really should consider it for 2016.

Article by Owen Smith.

Overnighters: Dan Teague, Phil Sanger, Karl Sanger, Iain Campbell, Dean, Mason and Astrid Metcalf, Jegs Nuttal, Jen Morrison, Dan Murphy, Nigel and Vannessa Reid, Rob Walch, Casey Overeem, Bill Overeem, Wal Ingram, John Rettig, John Rook, Owen Smith, Dick Calvert.

On the day: Almost everyone else!

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