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Swanpool Motoring Festival
from VJMC #154
SATURDAY 6TH MARCH 2021. WHAT A GREAT DAY. IT ALL STARTED AT 6.00AM WITH MY MATES DAMION SANTOS AND COLIN BROSTER PULLING UP OUTSIDE MY HOUSE READY FOR THE DRIVE TO SWANPOOL. REASON BEING HEADING TO THE SWANPOOL MOTORING FESTIVAL WITH COLIN’S HONDA CB1100R AND MY HONDA CB350F AND THE LITTLE HONDA RACER ON TRAILERS. BREAKFAST WAS AT MCDONALDS AT GLENROWAN.
We Got to Swanpool Sportsground and my registration number was 34 and we were the first bikes on the oval. We set up our bikes and my A frame with the VJMC info. While I was off looking at the vehicles on display Colin tells me that several people took photos of the contact details. By the time the show really got rolling there were 398 vehicles (those with four or more wheels) and 61 motorbikes on the oval. I do not know the attendance figures but there people everywhere.
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The wind was certainly brisk, and the temperature was a bit cool until the sun was well and truly up.
I have My Hondas in the garage most of the time and have just recently had them both on display in Rutherglen at “CaffienenMachine” for all of December and January. The bikes had only been in Rutherglen for a couple of days and a biker from Corowa rang me wanting to buy the road bike.
So, when Colin Broster said he was trailering his Honda CB1100R to Swanpool it got me going to get my bikes out of the shed for people to see. The 350 that is set up as a road racer looks similar to a Honda GP bike of the sixties. I never wanted a “Mike Hailwood” replica but when I have had it at Broadford or Winton the bike has attracted a bit of attention hence the conversations I have had with people has certainly made the effort worthwhile.
I was able to fire up the racer a couple of times and again it was a crowd stopper. I love to sound of it revving to about 900 or 10000 RPM. The couple next to us with their tike had a little doggie and that little doggie will have nightmares for the next month.
Colin was lucky enough to win a trophy for 1983 Honda CB1100R. I will be back there next year!
