The Classic Owners Motorcycle Club Inc.
South Australia
I’ve accumulated lots of photos, sourced from various Facebook pages and from our members. I’ve split them into two galleries, you can wait for the slide show or manually click through them. They have also been posted under the Photos menu across the top of this page.
It is with great sadness I advise that ex COMCC member Joe (Graeme Murray) Frost passed away yesterday the 18th November at Lyell McEwin Hospital aged 88yrs. Joe was a close colleague of mine for many years,
A keen motorcyclist and for a considerable period he was club photographer . That was back in the days where every club event was recorded in pictures which built up in piles of albums over the years. Initially Joe used his own camera and later on he was provided with both camera and film by the club. Joe was a true bushy, grew up on a property near Yongala, worked on KI, and returned to Adelaide to educate his children. He will be missed.
Warren Duncan.
The club decided to stage a display at the 3rd Lions Bike Show on Sunday. We met at the usual spot in Hazelwood Park and attracted about a dozen riders. I decided the quickest route would be up Mt Lofty and onto the Freeway exiting at Stirling, through Mylor, Echunga and then onto Macclesfield Oval.
There we met up with Wayne Williams who transported the club gazebo and some chairs. We set up in the same spot where we have for the past 3 years at the southern end of the oval.
Several other club members joined us as the morning progressed until we had about 20 bikes in total. I’m guessing these numbers, as I didn’t make an effort to count them. I also didn’t take many photos of our own display, as I was too busy inspecting the hundreds of bikes which turned up for the show.
The weather was warm and sunny and we didn’t see any of the expected showers which the forecast had promised. Other clubs present included the BSA Owners, The Vintage & Veteran, Triumph Riders, Vintage Japanese and the BMW Owners. The show has gone from strength to strength since it’s inception and the organisers did another great job. Well done to Fred Horvath and his crew for putting on an excellent show and well done to all our members for making the effort to bring their bikes out for the day.
Rider list: Alan Wallis 1950 Tilbrook 197cc Robb Smyth 1970 Motobecane 50cc moped Peter Arriola 1957 James 150cc Roger O’Loughlin 1988 Suzuki 650cc Don Jennings 1977 BMW 1000cc Lyn Jennings 2005 Yamaha 250cc Joe Betschart 1972 Kriedler 49cc Tony Earnshaw … Read More »
You won’t want to miss this one. A visit to Nuriootpa to the transport museum and a morning tea ($5 inc.). Bob Finnie has informed me that they have over a 100 motorbikes (inc. approx. 40 Ariel Square Fours!) and … Read More »
There was a ride to Tailem Bend on Sept 17th, stopping at Nairne for morning tea. Many historic bikes were in attendance and we all got to have a ride on the Jervois ferry, which is always popular with our … Read More »
The weather was perfect and competition from the Distinguished Gentlemen and the Bay to Birdwood was obviously a non event. We had the best turnout for a Sunday run since my records began in July 2017 with 19 bikes on … Read More »
