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VJMC INC AUSTR ALIA
VJMC Inc Australia The Australian branch of the VJMC is a registered association incorporated in the state of New South Wales.
Objectives of the VJMC: To foster the preservation, restoration, riding and enjoyment of older Japanese motorcycles.
Club Postal Address PO Box 254 Modbury North SA 5092 Membership Applications & Renewals VJMC Inc, PO Box 254 Modbury North SA 5092 Website www.vjmc.org.au VJMC Australia Committee President John McNair | johnfour750@hotmail.com Secretary Frank Wood | frankozzie10@gmail.com Treasurer Steve Phelps | steve.phelps@bigpond.com Vice President/Public Officer David Bernardi | mrdbernardi@gmail.com Area Rep Coordinator Dave Quinn | kwakka9@ozemail.com.au Membership Secretary Mick Godfrey | mgo22098@bigpond.net.au Merchandising Officer Peter Donnellan | peted@internode.on.net Committee Member John King | pir8@internode.on.net Committee Member Stephen O’Farrell | stepheno2812@gmail.com Committee Member (Rally) Paul Rowling | motopaulie@bigpond.com Librarian Lyndon Adams | lyndarra@gmail.com Editor Tom Calderwood | tom@pepperpublishing.com.au
QUARTERLY VJMC MAGAZINE This is a forum for members in which they may advertise bikes and/or parts for sale or wanted, exchange ideas and restoration tips, seek advice, share opinions and experiences, or anything else relating to the club’s objectives. Contributions are very welcome.
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President’s Report
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South Aus Classic Bike Show
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South Aus Club Ride
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Tri-State Rally
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Mt Tarrengower Hill Climb
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KV75 Survivor
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Western Vic Ride
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South East Queensland Ride
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Going Loco NX Tour Info
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Classic TT - Isle of Mann
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Behind Enemy Lines
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Members Directory
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Club Info
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Club Permits/Registration
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Membership Renewal
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Please Contribute
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HELLO TO ALL OUR MEMBERS. WELL THE 2018 NATIONAL RALLY IS FAST APPROACHING AGAIN. THE 2017 RALLY WAS A FANTASTIC TIME IN A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE COUNTRY. DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE ORGANISERS AS THE 2018 RALLY COULD BE BIGGER THAN THE LAST ONE. With that in mind, it’s a good idea to get in early to book your accommodation, especially in the Paradise Caravan Park which is the rally hub. The organisers are putting together some self guided motorcycle tours around the area for rallyists who get there early in the week or stay over for a few days after the rally taking in the various country towns in the area. Rally entries received before December 31st go into the draw for a $100 fuel voucher. Two $50 vouchers will be drawn out from the entries received between January 1st 2018 and the 3rd of February 2018. Last year’s rally was great but the ride to and from was fantastic and really added to the weekend. We had four bikes make the journey. Our trip down from Brisbane took us down the Summerland Way to Grafton then onto Coffs Harbour via Glenreagh. At Coffs Harbour we had ride on the Pacific Hwy but only for a short time to Rally where we took the Waterfall Way up the mountain to Dorrigo for an overnight at the magnificent Dorrigo Hotel. Overnight rain cleared for a magnificent ride from Dorrigo across the roof of the New England to Armidale. With altitudes in excess of 1500 metres it was quite brisk. From Armidale it was down the New England Hwy to Tamworth. I think maybe the Oxley Hwy from Wauchope to Walcha and on to Tamworth might be the go for next year. How about a week long trip from Victoria up through the Snowy Mountains, Goulburn, Oberon, Lithgow, Kandos and Rylstone. Up the NSW coast to Nowra and then Kangaroo Valley and Putty Road or Blue Mountains. Awesome roads but made better on a VJM. I rode my 1978 Honda CB750 K7
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last year and three out of the four bikes on our ride were manufactured prior to 1990. We had a great ride and the overnight stop along the way was a great chance to talk about the days events and lots of other very important topics and of course some not so important topics. Nice to see some of our members motorcycles appearing in Old Bike and other motorcycle publications throughout the year, however some of these articles make no reference to the VJMC. We run advertisements in those same magazines to publicise our club and the committee is always looking at ways to get our name out there especially when some of the photos in the article are taken at a VJMC event that’s an ideal time to give the club a mention. The 2018 National VJMC Rally will be significant in that it will be celebrating the 35th year of the clubs formation in Australia. The National Committee plans to have a few celebrations at various events throughout the year. Look for ways you can celebrate the occasion in your area. I look forward to catching up with everybody in Tamworth. One of our members was absent from the 2017 Rally after a race day accident at Eastern Creek west of Sydney a few months earlier. After a very long recovery Nick Kakasiouris from Sydney is up and around and even back to work for a few days a week. Keep up the good work Nick. Hope to see you at Tamworth in 2018 even if it is in a car. Come along and catch up with some of those people who have had you in their thoughts during your difficult time. John McNair. www.vjmc.org.au
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SA CLASSIC BIKES
SOUTH AUSTRALIA CLASSIC BIKE SHOW BY MICK GODFREY AREA REP SOUTH AUSTR ALIA
ON SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER THE VJMC SA AREA HAD BOOKED A SITE AT THE FIRST CLASSIC BIKE SHOW HELD BY THE BATTUNGA BRANCH OF THE LIONS CLUB. Held at the Macclesfield Oval in the Adelaide Hills it was a bit of a punt as far as we were concerned being the first one. We need not have worried as it turned out to be a cracker of a day with bright sunshine and a reasonable crowd. We set up the tent and at Graeme Cullingfords’ suggestion, where we ringed it with bikes rather
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than setting them up in a row. I had been promised a dozen bikes but by the time the doors opened to the public we had twenty eight machines on view, ranging from a mini Yamaha trail bike to an ‘improved’ Honda six. It was a very successful day with a couple of new members already signed up.
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SA CLUB RIDE
SOUTH AUS CLUB RIDE SOME OF THE SA CREW HEADED OUT FOR A RIDE UP THROUGH THE HILLS DURING DECEMBER. The ride on Sunday was well attended and, in fine weather, Mick Bulman led ten bikes on a meander around the southern hills on some very scenic and challenging roads to end up at the Meadows Bakery.
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There was one mishap with Dave Ward stopping to take pictures and not being able to start the bike again. He was able to arrange for a pick up but will need a new battery. After lunch most of the group headed for Mick’s residence to inspect his paintwork in the revamped shed and to chat. All in all a very relaxing day out that would have been fine for some sub-250s.
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TRI STATE R ALLY
TRI-STATE RALLY BY MICHAEL GODFREY
AUGUST 25 - 26 MILDUR A THERE WAS A GOOD ROLL-UP OF MEMBERS FOR THE TRI-STATE RALLY IN MILDURA ON THE WEEKEND. AS WELL AS ABOUT TEN MEMBERS FROM SA, THERE WERE A HALF-DOZEN FROM VICTORIA – AS FAR SOUTH AS CRANBOURNE (SOUTH OF MELBOURNE) – AND A FEW FROM BROKEN HILL, AS WELL AS THE LOCALS.
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The barbeque at the Crossroads Caravan Park was well attended and was followed by a ride out to the Big Lizzie, then through the ‘spiders web’ to the Holden Museum at Burunga. Then it was out on River Road to Curlwa and back into Victoria to end at the Mocha Mecca for coffee. In the evening there was a dinner at the Gateway Hotel, where Trevor Whitty received his trophy for the longest distance ridden, and Greg Rocke won the Organisers Choice.
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Sundays breakfast was down by the riverside after which everyone made their way home. Faye and I took the opportunity to see the gathering of the local vintage club before their ride on Sunday morning, a few who were at Saturdays event. Congratulations must go to Rob Traeger and his helpers for organising the event and we look forward to next year when we will again meet in Mildura.
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MT TARRENGOWER HILL CLIMB BY ROBERT WA L DER
12 CENTRAL VIC VJMC MEMBERS RODE OVER TO MALDON TO ATTEND THE MOUNT TARRENGOWER HILL CLIMB ON OUR EARLY AND LATE MODEL BIKES.
The Mount Torrengower Hill Climb is in it’s 86th year making it the longest running hill climb event in Australia .The event is held in October and is open to vintage cars and motorcycles, the cars have 24 different classes, dating from 1915 through to 2014, while motorcycle classes consist of 26 solo riders and 7sidecar riders, dating from 1928 through to 1971. The overall event is very well organised by the Bendigo car club, Vintage Car Club of Victoria and the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association of Victoria and is well known in the Historic Motorcycle Racing circles. The rivalry in the many different classes is friendly of course until the helmet goes on to see
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who can get to the top the quickest. The start line is situated near one of the steepest rises which test both riders / drivers and machines; this is where the time is lost or gained for the run to the top along with the curves and climbs. The event is held over the weekend and is excellent for spectators, as you can wander through the pit area and get close up action at the start line, and also to vehicles on display in the spectator area. Stacey Heaney was the overall winner for the weekend on her 1971 XS Yamaha 650, which she launched well off the start line and won, a great achievement. The day was enjoyed and an event not to be missed.
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KV75 SURVIVOR
KV75 SURVIVOR
BY JEFF EELES
MANY OF YOU WILL KNOW THE 75CC K AWASAKI MT-1, OR, AS IT WAS KNOWN FROM 1976, THE KV75.
I had, many years ago, bought my son Greg, a 1972 model MT-1 as his first minibike. The poor old MT-1 was a true ‘basket case’ when I bought it. But, I was working in the motorcycle industry at the time, and had access to mechanics who would put it back together faster and better than I, all for the cost of a couple of slabs of beer! And so the MT-1 lived again. That was about 1987-88 when Greg was around 6 years old. Fast forward a few years, and I’d been a member of the VJMC for a bit, and had made some close contacts in Japan. One of those, with whom I’ve formed a lasting friendship, is Yukiyoshi Yamamoto from Osaka. Yukiyoshi wrote to me [remember, this was ’93-94, email was still a couple of years away for most people] telling
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me that he’d found a KV75 at a wreckers, and bought it for ¥3,000 (approx. Aus$42 at the time), thinking then that, “Jeff might like this bike!” He took it home and found that it only needed a carby clean to get it running nicely before he mailed me photographs of it, asked me if I knew this model, and would I like to have the bike? The bike is a Japanese home-market, road registerable, version of a minibike sold in Australia, and various other parts of the world, between 1971 and 1978. It differs from the bikes sold in those markets by having indicators, speedo, ignition switch, horn, battery, more modern switch gear and rear pack rack. It also differs from the other models by having a mechanical overdrive on 2nd and 3rd gears, effectively giving 5 speeds. I wrote back to Yukiyoshi, explaining that the 75 was reasonably well known in Australia, having sold as a kids minibike for a number of years, but that I was unaware of it having been a road bike in Japan. So, what is a Kawasaki enthusiast to say when www.vjmc.org.au
offered a model that would be absolutely unique in his home country? Of course, I had to say, “Thanks, but no thanks”. The truth was, as I explained to Yukiyoshi at that time, I couldn’t afford to bring the bike from Japan to Australia. Much to my surprise, he wrote back to me saying that he understood, but that it would be a ‘gift’ from him to me! He then crated it up and sent it to
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me … no cost other than a small customs agent’s fee I had to pay here in Aussie! To say that I’m very grateful to Yukiyoshi is an understatement. Since the KV’s arrival in Aussie in ’94, it has had a moderately active life. In Australia, vehicle registration is carried out by each individual State, somewhat like the USA, I guess. In my State, Victoria, we have a registration scheme for classic vehicles of 25 years or older. You have to be a member of an ‘authorised club’ to participate in the scheme known as the Club Permit Scheme. The VJMC became an authorised club in the early 2000’s, and the first bike I put on a Club Permit was the KV. With a limited top speed, compared to the general traffic, it normally only gets used on short rides, but it is fun to get it out and have it on the road
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from time to time. Being just about the smallest vehicle out on the road, in ‘big city’ traffic can be a bit daunting, the KV is probably best suited to doing local run-around work when I’ve got my days off, or on weekends. Having said that, I once found a Japanese blog where a guy actually went touring on his KV, but could I be so adventurous? Maybe if I picked my time and place, though I doubt it. Based on the old saying that, “They’re only original once”, I’ve resisted the urge to restore it. While there are patches of wear and tear, here and there, these are testament to the life the bike lived in Osaka, and more recently her in Aussie. They shouldn’t be rubbed out for the sake of ‘bling’. Would I ever sell it? What do you think ...
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WESTERN VIC RIDE
AVOCA COLLECTABLES IN OCTOBER THE WEST VIC REGION FOLLOWED DARYL DOMASCHENZ TO AVOCA TO VISIT THE MOTORCYCLE AND PARAPHERNALIA COLLECTION OF TONY AND LYNNE HEPBURN. Tony and Lynne have a wide array of gum-watering bikes displayed in an old pub on the main street. It’s well worth a visit. Combined with a really beautiful day with a bit of wind, we travelled some winding roads that I haven’t seen for a while. Victoria is a beautiful
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state in spring and the ripening crops and wild flower blooms made for a great journey. VJMC West Vic Region monthly ride is held on the last Sunday, departing Lucas near Ballarat at 10.30 am.
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SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND NEWS BY FRANK WOOD
KIN KIN & GOOMERI RIDE THE SEQ RIDERS WENT ON A TWO NIGHT STOP AT KIN KIN AND GOOMERI OVER THE OCTOBER LONG WEEKEND. THIS WAS A JOINT RIDE WITH MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL HONDA 4 CLUB.
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Starting at the BP at Carsledine, ten intrepid riders: John and Lyn, Chris and Sandra Dupen, Tom and Cathy McGrath, Ben and Christine, Steve Galbraith and myself made our way out to Woodford via Dayboro and Mt Mee to meet up with Alan Stevens from the Sunshine Coast. We then headed to Carter’s Ridge for late morning tea with Alan Stevens leading the way. As we headed off, we got separated from a group of riders and decided to stop. Unfortunately, where we pulled over, there was loose gravel and Alan had a minor spill from his bike as the ground gave way under him! The group reformed and due to Alan’s bike f looding had to wait a few minutes whist riders were given directions to the Carters Ridge Cafe and Alan and I stayed behind. After a bit of a push
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start we were off. Rejoining everyone at the Cafe a great feed was on offer with large country style meals the order of the day. As a side note, Peter who owns the cafe previously had the Bellbird Creek Cafe which was a very popular motorcycle friendly cafe just south of Kennilworth. At the cafe we also met up with Don Williams, another Sunshine Coast member, on his Matich Special FZ750 Yamaha. John Stevenson also rode up from Bribie Island to join us for lunch on his immaculate Honda CB1100RD. Alan headed home but Don lead us via Pamona to our first overnight stop at the Country Life Hotel at Kin Kin. After a great meal in the hotel we spent the evening on the balcony chewing the fat.
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PLANNING A RIDE
Waking in the morning we headed across the road for a hearty breakfast at the Kin Kin General Store. The next day was a short ride to Goomeri so we went through Gympie and Kilkevin to the Rusty Ute Cafe in Woolooga (a small village two kilometres off the Gympie - Kilkivan road) for morning tea before Ben and Chris, Steve Galbraith together with Tom and Cathy made their way home. The remaining riders went onto Goomeri where we stopped in at the Country Way Museum. This was a fascinating museum with Automobilia, Militaria and Australiana pieces.
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The proprietor, a mechanic, had amassed a mind boggling collection of authentic pieces from the war. The second night was at the Grand Hotel in Goomeri. After a takeaway dinner, we sat down and watched the Rugby League Final in the sitting area. A great night. Next day saw showers and rain as we made our way home via Nanango, Yarraman (where we stopped for brekky), Blackbutt, Esk and Fernvale for lunch. We all went our separate way home from there. A great weekend with a great bunch of people and amassing some 450 kms.
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VJMC NZ TOUR
VJMC WINGS, WHEELS AND GOING LOCO TOUR! T W E N T Y
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A GRAND TOUR OF NEW ZEALANDS FINEST TRANSPORT MUSEUMS.
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Starts in Auckland on 21st November 2018 and finishes in Christchurch on December 4th. Visit the best transport museums in the country – bikes, cars, trucks, aircraft and trains will all be there. Tourist locations include a visit to the Hobbit Village and the WETA workshop for a dose of Middle Earth; a Maori experience and hangi at Rotorua; a full day trip to sail on Milford Sound; a ‘salute to the haggis’ ceremony and an evening meal on Coronet Peak. All breakfasts and 4 dinners included. You can be in NZ before the 21st November or you can extend your stay beyond 4th December. Anything can be arranged with our tour organisers. Pricing is expected to be Aus$4,500 per person twin-share for the NZ section (including the flight from Wellington to Christchurch.) Air fares to and from NZ will be extra.
Typical current return air fares are – Sydney $875-1100; Melbourne $780 – 1050; Adelaide $900 – 1188; Brisbane $1092- 1315; Perth $1523- 2014. To register your interest, email TourWithVJMC@vjmc.org.au to get further details or contact the Membership Secretary. Deposit of $450 per person to be paid by February 3rd 2018. Refundable up to October. Use the club general account BSB -062 801 account 1024 0688 and give your number as reference please or send a cheque to the PO Box 254 Modbury North, SA, 5092. Non-members and families welcome. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT All those who have registered their interest in going by February 3rd will go into a draw which will be held at the National Rally in Tamworth with the prize being their trip (NZ section only) being paid for by the Club. There will also be a draw at the same time for all entrants in the Rally to win a trip to NZ for one (NZ section only).
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CLASSIC TT ISLE OF MANN
CLASSIC TT ISLE OF MANN ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY MAX SCOR ER & JOHN DOWA R D
I GOT A TASTE OF THE CLASSIC TT DURING A VISIT TO THE ISLE OF MANN BACK IN 2014; THAT WAS THE SECOND CLASSIC TT EVER HELD, THE INAUGURAL BEING HELD IN 2013.
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Apparently, as the story goes, the event was organised to support the Manx GP which was apparently losing favour. I didn’t get much of a chance to witness much of the actual racing back in 2014 because our visit to the Isle of Mann was a quick 3 day part of trip around the UK, Spain, Germany, and France with stop overs in Singapore both on the way to Europe and again on the way back to break the journey. That small taste however fuelled a desire to return, which I did this August just past (2017), but this time spending a week there rather than 3 days. The Classic TT is held each year in August as opposed to the modern TT which is held in June. The Classic also uses the full 37.73 Mile Mountain Course as used during the modern TT. This year the races were held 25th 26th and 28th of August, however the action started on Saturday the 19th with the practice and qualifying sessions. These sessions carry on right through the week so there is plenty of time to see the action from a variety of locations. And action it is. I have been around motor racing either with cars or bikes
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most of my life. I used to help my Dad work on his race car when I was no more than about 7 or 8 years old. Needless to say I have seen a lot of motor racing but I have never witnessed anything like the Isle of Mann. The speed those guys ride at through those narrow streets with stone walls, buildings, lamp posts, trees, raised gutters with bumps and humps and everything else that make up normal public roads defies description. I’m not sure whether the riders are terribly brave, crazy or a bit of both. As one person commented, “I don’t know how they can sit on the bike with goolies that big”! I’ve heard people say that they don’t ride all out like the closed circuit racers. Well I can tell you that is total bullshit. Those guys give it everything. From the start finish line in Douglas the road initially has a gradual downhill grade until it gets down just past a school where it steepens considerably, it’s called Bray Hill. Spectating from the bottom of Bray hill you can hear the bikes accelerate away from the start and pick up revs (very quickly) as they start their decent down the hill.
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They keep the throttle wide open all the way down the hill; they don’t back off for an instant. At the bottom of the hill the road crosses an intersection and turns a little to the right. The apex of that corner just happens to sport a nasty little dip in the road. Most of the bikes completely bottom out the suspension and you can hear the exhausts/ fairings hit the ground as they go through the dip. This puts many of the bikes into a wild tank slapper. Do they back off? No way; they keep the throttle wide open and disappear up the hill out of the dip and out of sight. I saw one rider get into such a wild tank slapper it threw his feet off the foot pegs; he didn’t back off either. It’s hard to estimate but I recon the big capacity bikes would be doing about 180 mph (288 kph) at the bottom of the hill. I think they got Bruce Anstey’s Honda RS 250 GP bike at over 170 mph; not bad for a little 250 two stroke, and an old one at that. During the trip I was with my Brother and an old friend of mine Ken Sinclair. Ken has been around motor cycle racing for many years. His son Cam was the first guy in the world to do a double back flip on a motor cross bike. Cam was part of the Crusty Demons and now rides with the Nitro Circus. So Ken has seen a lot of dangerous bike riding in his time, but he had never been to the Isle of Mann. When the first two bikes went past us Ken just turned and said to me, quote, “are these guys for F*&^ing real”! Ken just could not get his head around the speed that they achieve on those public roads. He said that he can accept his son Cam doing all the dangerous tricks 20 or 30 meters in the air but
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said he would never let him ride the Isle of Mann. I had the chance to speak to Josh Brookes in the pits and also Cam Donald who I have known for many years. On the Saturday it was great to see Josh win the Senior 500 TT on a Patton. Josh put in a fearless ride and that 500 parallel twin cylinder Patton sounded fantastic when it went past on full noise. The race was 4 laps and he pitted on lap 3 for fuel with a 44 second lead, but he had trouble restarting the bike and ended up with a 53 second pit stop. With the slow down and re-start he was about 11 or 12 seconds behind when he got back into it. But by about half way around he had regained the lead and had about
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11 seconds up his sleeve. He won by a massive 34 seconds. A fantastic ride. The light weight TT was held that same day (Sat 26th) and the Kiwi Bruce Anstey put in a similar performance on the Honda RS 250 GP bike. Bruce was fair flying. He broke the lap record and was the first rider to achieve a 120 mph lap average on a 250, I think it was nearly 121 mph. He did a 119 mph lap from a standing start. He won by over a minute. The other great thing about the event is that you get a taste of yesteryear when Ago and Hailwood were riding. Just to hear the 4 cylinder Honda 500s and 3 and 4 cylinder MV Agustas go pass
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with their open megaphones is something else; they sound absolutely fantastic. And of course there’s any amount of Manx Nortons, AJS 7Rs, Matchless G50s and all the Japanese two strokes from YZR 500s, RGV 500s, TZ 750s to Kwaka triples and whatever takes your fancy. I even had a close look at (and spoke to the owner) one of the magical Honda 6 cylinder 250s of the type raced by Hailwood. Its 6 megaphones looked awesome. The owner told me he rejected an offer of 500,000 pound for the bike. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to hear it fire up because it wasn’t scheduled to do its parade lap until after we left.
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The Pit area is a day’s spectating in itself. There are so many classic racers to look at it’s easy to spend a day there. I also found the people very easy to talk to if I had any questions. It is all tent type accommodation which is erected for the event. Entry is free; you just walk in and wander about. In fact the only place that requires you to shell out your hard earned cash is for a seat in the Grand Stand; this is not overly expensive. The Grand Stand overlooks the start finish line. For the rest of the course it’s a matter of just finding a suitable location and wait for them to fly past. We spent one practice session at Kirk Michael right in front of the Kirk Michael Pub (the oldest pub on the Isle of Mann). It’s right on a corner where you can grab a table buy a pint and a meal and watch them go past. Bloody magic. Kirk Michael is a fair distance from Douglas so you need to allow time to get there and get back. The bus service is good so access is not a problem. We travelled to Ramsay via the vintage electric railway then caught the bus to Kirk Michael.
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There’s a good little private bike museum in Kirk Michael which is worth a look, a gold coin donation is all that is asked. Within the pit area there are numerous food vans etc. including a large beer tent/garden which also sells other varieties of alcohol. There are also plenty of merchandise outlets in the pits. By the way there are also numerous merchandise outlets in Douglas which sell the exact same lines. We found the prices were the same no matter where we purchased them. Due to the day light saving it doesn’t get dark till about 9 o’clock at night. So on the practice/ qualifying days they close the roads at 1800 and the action starts about 1820. This gives you time to have a look around at the other attractions. On race days the action starts at 1100 and finishes about 1600. There is a lot to see on the Isle of Mann. There vintage steam and electric trains still operating, old castles, museums, that’s beside the picturesque towns around the island. Ramsay
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for instance is a very picturesque little seaside port with lovely little pubs where you can have a quiet pint and a nice meal. We found the food and drink to be at reasonable prices. In fact we found the most expensive place to buy food and alcohol during own whole trip (which included Italy and the Greek Isles) was Hong Kong. Us 3 blokes hired a cab on one of the days and did a lap of the mountain course. The Cabby was great because he was a TT fan and he knew the course and what had happened where over the years. Cost? 50 quid. By the way if you are thinking of riding the course yourself on a bike, do so with caution. When you come out of Ramsay and start up the mountain the speed limit is de-restricted; you can go as hard as you like. Trouble is there are plenty of Michael Dunlop wanna be’s that up
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there riding like there’s no tomorrow and you’ll be mixed up with them. Accommodation wise we stayed at the Best Western Palace Casino which was 78 pound per night for an ocean view room. This is a comfortable old hotel which has great bar food (and a restaurant if you want it). Unfortunately we could not get accommodation there for the complete time and spent two nights just down the road at the Sefton. Beautiful hotel, a bit up-market, but 153 pound per night as it was a weekend. Anyway for those of you who enjoy classic bike racing or even if you just wanted to wander around the pits looking at old classics I’d put it on your bucket list. It will even keep the ladies happy because there is a lot to see while you’re taking in the bikes.
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BEHIND ENEMY LINES LIKE MOST VMJC’ERS I’VE BEEN A JAP BIKE FAN FOR A LONG TIME, PROBABLY FOR SAME REASONS AS EVERYONE ELSE – RELIABILITY, VARIETY AND PERFORMANCE.
The pommie grinders never really interested me, the Italian exotica was always expensive, but I was intrigued by the low tech R series air cooled twin BMWs. I have been watching these values slowly climb and last year did the unthinkable for a Jap enthusiast and bought a ’91 BMW R100GS o an old codger and showing 106,000km on the clock. So what’s that got do with Japanese bike, which the is the subject of this magazine? The truth is that I wanted to try for myself to see what the “other side” is like and exactly how the Bavarian car maker survived the Japanese onslaught when everyone else perished. Perished is probably too soft a word – vaporised is a better description. Most business strategy book quote the decimation of the British motorcycle industry from the 60 s to 80s as a case study for one of the most spectacular events in recent commercial history – in any industry. The first and foremost question is: how could a company be flogging 30s technology exactly 60 years later? In other words, a carburated horizontally opposed twin with pushrods with a car-like gearbox and clutch slog it out in a highly competitive market till 1995? How can it do this in the face of competition in to exponentially scale, especially from the 60s to the 90s, by which
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the motorcycle industry battle at the global scale has been fought and won. Won conclusively by the Japanese. Competition - a tornado of activity, demolished the entire English motorcycle industry, most of the Germans ( except the company which is the subject of this article), the Americans were on their knees and had the Italians out for a perpetual latte. It is a feat unmatched even by the Honda motor company who’s still flogging the basic Cub 50cc block (63 was the first year of the OHV engine) till now. That makes it 52 years of the same block, day in, day out. Keen readers of the VJMC mag may recall an article on the Cubs that I wrote a couple of years back. While the subject of this article is classified as an “adventure bike”, to follow the story one needs to grasp the big picture
THE ENGINEERING To understand the R series, you need to appreciate the ‘30s basic opposite twin pushrod engine. This is what gives all the R bike the low centre of gravity and low- revving torqueing characteristics. Of course totally opposite to the Honda philosophy on all regards. And now, 60 years later – the same engine. The
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same sideways kickstart, just not shown in the later diagram. Just have a look at it – pushrods, a car type diaphragm clutch, a cable to move it and a separate gearbox with a prop shaft to the rear bevel drive. I can imagine alcohol soaked Honda salarymen late after work in a Tokyo ramen bar laughing so hard, they start crying into their tempura. It as anti-technology as you can get. However, from a servicing and repair perspective, it has remained a winner with all major components in easy reach and parts, genuine and copies plentiful. As an example , what put me o vintage Kawas was shortage of new parts both at the dealers and aftermarket. No such problems for the air heads. There is a odd mix of high tech thrown in the mix, like the Nikasil cylinder coatings , good for 250k and electronic ignition (but mechanical instruments). When I recently took the cylinders o to replace some pushrod seals, the surface was absolutely spanking new. However, this is not lightweight, on the edge, racing style engineering that I saw on my Jap bikes – but more stoic design with plenty of meat to spare. One famous “on wing and a prayer” Jap design that I saw on my Cub 50, XL250 and XL500, is the cam shaft running in the alloy head on microscopic film of oil. No such shortcuts on the panzerwagen.
WHAT ABOUT THE PARALEVER? This is the miracle of German engineering (shown here with a rear disc, but you get the idea) that allows the famous one-sided wheel removal. It’s essentially a full stressed hollow aluminium casting which carries the di gear and the propshaft, with a pivot point. The idea of a wheel mounted onto a singlesided swingarm has always struck me as pure marketing since if you get a flat, you ain’t got a spare, so the practical value is kinda limited. However, in practice the suspension works really
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well, almost like the Honda ProLink in the XL500. Articulation and damping is excellent and the absence of chain clatter ( and the associated mess and maintenance) is easy to live with. Does it look similar to a Goldwing version, shown on the photo below? Perhaps, but the BMW engineering actually has two pivots in the arm, compared to the single in Honda and that reduces the squat e ect associated with shaft drives. To me, these are one of the 3 modern marvels of modern bike suspension, the other 2 being the Honda Pro Link from almost 40 years ago and the BMW front lever suspension setup from the 2000s R1200C ( yeah the James Bond one)
THE BRAND AND THE POSITIONING Now we’re getting to the point. All the BMW bikes by virtue of cost and capacity were always in the expensive segment. This was as true in 90s, as it is today, with the R1110GS , the modern equivalent of the R100GS, will leave a $30k hole in your pocket as you depart the dealer. Even better, if you want to leave decked out in the full BMW riding gear, plus a couple of accessories, you will parting with another $5k. As a comparison, Honda VFR1200, sort of the closest bike to this sort of spec is $17k rideaway. Unlike Honda, BMW heavily promotes brand a nity to the extent that a bloke wealthy enough to a ord an X5 o roader should only really be seen in a GS bike. Honda CRV to Honda CB doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
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Back to the past, unquestionably the R series starting ageing very seriously in the 60s against the Jap competition, as much in appearance as much as in performance. The 1970 numbers speak for themselves - CB750 (68hp and 220kg) at $1500 and R75 (50 hp and 210kg) at $1900. As a bonus, the Honda sold at an additional 20% discount at the dealers. This situation for BMW continued to decline throughout the 80s and into the 90s and one the desperate moves was to diversify the chassis given the same engine. Thus the RS o road series of bikes, of which my bike is an example. Even an XL500 of the year would have shown the RS a clean pair of heels. Even the Series 1 Goldwing, 10 years old in the 90s had 80hp and 95Nm in a 265 kg frame Since all manufacturing is based on utilisation of existing assets, what saved the Germans was the surprising fact – lack of investment. More precisely, the more you spend on the new models, the more you have to recoup. So if you have a 5 year model cycle, you need to sell more bikes at a higher profit margin then a 10 year cycle, where all your tooling and development has longer cycle, you’re ahead. If you have a look at the incessant churn of Japanese models over the last 30 years, its easy to appreciate the enormous investment that would have gone into R&D, engineering, tooling, etc Therefore it is likely that throughout this era, BMW would have looked to sell or close o the division, but instead decided to stick to the super heavyweight segment ( as least in European terms) and launched the injected watercooled inline 4 – the K series in the 90s. Looking forward to the 2000’s they introduced the lightweight, discount “F” series with a Rotax motor to cover o a di erent, cheaper demographic. So the GS series, even though essentially a 1930s machine, was a masterstroke in battle against the Japanese. It o ered a low revving, easy cruising bike in the Gold Wing style, complete with hard panniers, but with a very real o er of mild o
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roading. I say a hint, because I don’t know how you would pick up this machine without forklift if you were to fall o in the middle of the outback. The Germans were also successful in the Paris Dakar rally with a predecessors to this specific machine in the late 80s, in the midst of Honda XL, NSR and the Yam YZs victories in the subsequent years
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO RIDE AFTER A SHORT TRIP BEHIND THE ENEMY LINES? 60 hp and 210 kg is not going to set the world on fire (the more modern version, introduced in 1995, was 30k lighter and had 105 hp) and so that sets the tone for our ride. The twin is surprisingly smooth at start, although the bike lurches alarmingly side to side as part of the starting routine, as the twin jugs swing side to side. Nothing but manual choke here – and plenty of it. The weirdest sensation on this bike for Jap riders is the torque lean of the bike due to the heavy flywheel. When you’ve got your feet down and you rev the engine, you can physically feel the bike lurching to one side and wanting to push you into the asphalt. Once the bike’s going, the main feature courtesy of the 76Nm of torque is the luggability of frame. Given this is essentially an o road bike with a tall frame, the handling with the single disc and the
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rear drums was never going to spectacular. The rear drum is outright pathetic and this feature causes much angst amongst the BMW groupies and zealots. CB750 had twin discs even in the 70s. It actually reminds me the most of my ’82 XL500R with the chuha-chuga feel (except that had front drums and was 10 years older) and the upright seating position, although your feet are not as high o the ground. The 26L fuel tank is probably 10 Litres larger than a typical vintage Jap bike but is o set by the low centre of gravity for the engine and does not impede the lean angles. However, with its part-fairing, it is a tall and wide bike and not really the machine of choice for slicing in tra c
SO WHERE ARE WE AT? Its an intriguing bike to own and ride when compared to the staple Japanese CB- type
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bike. It is previous generation design through and through, unencumbered by electronics and gadgets. Its also astounding that the manufacturer not only survived the onslaught, but has prospered by being very selective with the segments and demographics which they work with. While 700,000 R units produced is a high number, it certainly in the Jap multi-million league ( 87 million units for the Honda Cub series of bikes) . Not a city commuter or a curve carver , but more a tourer with some mild gravel roads thrown in. The best part of the deal for me is that when I want the break from the 1 â „4 ton panzer wagen , I jump on my 1985 Honda CH250 Spacey and revel in true Jap technology, from the fully auto transmission to the automatic choke and the digital instruments.
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Meetings are open to both VJMC members and the general public. Meetings will qualify as a Club Plate ride in most states and territories. Please direct further enquiries to your local meeting convener using an email address below. Please enter VJMC MEETING in the subject line.
Belconnen: 7:30 PM - 3rd Wednesday of each month. Belconnen Soccer Club. Belconnen Way, Hawker. ACT. David Quinn – 0412 695 738 Meeting.ACT@vjmc.org.au
Tamworth: 6.30 PM - last Thursday of each month. Tamworth City Bowling Club. ANZAC Park. Brisbane St, Tamworth. NSW. Paul Rowling – 0411 696 852 Meeting.Tamworth@vjmc.org. au
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LowerHunter: 7:20 PM - 2nd Thursday of each month. Club Macquarie. 458 Lake Road, Argenton. NSW. Bill Keevers – 0438 646117 Meeting.LowerHunter@vjmc. org.au
S.E. Queensland:7:00 PM - 2nd Tuesday of each month. Belmont Tavern. Cnr Burstall Ave & Belmont Rd, Belmont. Qld. Scott Abbett – 0466 561 008 Meeting.Brisbane@vjmc.org.au
Illawarra: 7:00 PM - 1st Wednesday of each month. Ocean Beach Hotel. 2 Addison St, Shellharbour. NSW. Barry Fitzgerald – 0487 746 020 Meeting.Illawarra@vjmc.org.au
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Mid Hunter: 7:00 PM - 1st Tuesday of each even-numbered month. Greta Workers Club. Cnr New England Hwy & West St, Greta. NSW. Allan Kensitt – 0405 492700 Meeting.MidHunter@vjmc. org.au Sydney: 7:00 PM - 2nd Wednesday of each month. Prospect Hotel. Great Western Highway, Prospect. NSW. Paul Johnson - 0481 142 175 Meeting.Sydney@vjmc.org.au Paul Lenehan – 0408 825126 Meeting.Sydney1@vjmc.org.au
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VICTORIA Central Victoria: 10:00 AM - every Sunday morning. Garlands Bakehouse & Cafe. 124 High Street, Kangaroo Flat. Vic. Rodney Gilbert –0439 327 283 or Meeting.CentralVictoria@vjmc. org.au
Melbourne: 7:00 PM - last Tuesday of each month. Grandview Hotel. Cnr Station Street & Heidelberg Rd, Fairfield. Vic. No contact Mornington Peninsula: 10:00 AM - 2nd Sunday of each month. Balnarring Beach General Store. 181 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring Beach. Vic. Dave Parker – 0416 154 056 Meeting.MorningtonPeninsula @vjmc.org.au West Gippsland: 10:00 AM - last Sunday each Month. Prior to ride at 11:00 AM. East Bound Caltex Service & Station. Princess Hwy, Longwarry North. Vic. Mick Gunn – 0439 537 901 Meeting.WestGippsland@vjmc. org.au Western Victoria: 9:30 AM - last Sunday each month. Prior to ride at 10:30 AM. Wilson’s Orchard Cafe. Lucas Shopping Centre. Alfredton. VIC. Vic Muller – 0439 537 901 or Meeting.WesternVictoria@ vjmc.org.au
Goulburn Murray: 10:00 AM - 1st Sunday of each month. Kyabram. 135 Allan St,Kyabram. Vic. Garry Lennie – 0459 233020 email T.B.A.
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HISTORIC REGISTRATION VJMC Members may apply for historic registration, however, please note the club objective: To foster the preservation, restoration, riding and enjoyment of ownership of Japanese motorcycles. Historic registration is aimed at preserving historic vehicles, as a result modified or customised motorcycles may be ineligible for historic registration in your state. Please check the links to documentation for Club Permit/Registration in your state or territory to check your bike’s eligibility. The N.S.W. RMS is now trialling a 60 day log book scheme. The VJMC is registered as a participant in that trial. Provided below are the websites in each state that will be of assistance. You will need to enter “historic vehicle registration” or similar into the search bar. A number of VJMC email address are also provided for further enquiries.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au.
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ACT / SOUTHERN NSW Canberra David Quinn – 0412 695 738 Canberra@vjmc.org.au
Manning Stephen Wardle Manning@vjmc.org.au
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Armidale Greg Inglis – 0408 669 986 Armidale@vjmc.org.au
North West NSW Garry Hennessy – 0418 496 538 NWNSW@vjmc.org.au
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Gold Coast Graham Heise – 0401 046 531 GoldCoast@vjmc.org.au
Melbourne Phil Scorah – 0412 162 863 Melbourne@vjmc.org.au
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Launceston John Murray – 0413 452 341 Tasmania@vjmc.org.au
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