Category Archives: Club Events

Bring your British Bike along to British Motorcycle Day April 2nd 2023 from 10am – 4pm. All British marques from all eras are welcome.

Fun day – food – music – club displays – regalia – racing bike start ups. Trophies awarded.

Email the Secretary at secretary@classicowners.org if you’d like to join the club display on the day. See the FOMSA website: https://fomsa.org/british-motorcycle-day/ for full details.

Please remember the Club’s Summer BBQ to be held on Sunday 29th January at Thorndon Park, Paradise between 11:30 am and 2:30 pm.  The advertised $5 returnable deposit has  been waived at this point, but we would like to have some indication whether you intend to show up, for catering purposes. Please respond to this email if you wish to attend or ring Bob Cole on 0429 177 413, we will also call for a show of hands at the General Meeting on Tuesday 24th of this month.

BYO chair, drinks – there is a kiosk at the park selling soft drinks, tea and coffee. There has been some $2m spent on upgrading the playground for the kids, so bring them along too. Look for the Classic Owners Club feathers at the park – plenty of shade offered by the many trees.

Bothered about your motorcycle club? Show your support by turning up at Harts Mill, Port Adelaide this weekend Sat 10 – 5 pm, Sun 10 -3 pm.

(click the poster for full details)

Our club is again heavily involved in the organisation of this year’s festival, which runs for 9 days from October 1st – 9th. The club is hosting 3 events and hopes to see many of our members participate in them.

Club member, Peter Perry, has devised a ‘Painted Silos Tour’ for the opening day – Saturday 1st October. These tour rides are  for those who prefer their motorcycling rides just that little bit longer. There are 2 rides: The Tour Ride 404 kms and the longer Endurance Ride 670 kms. 

Click for details of the Painted Silos Tour rides

Day 5 Thursday October 5th, our club is hosting the Barossa Valley ride. A ride leader has been appointed, but we still need volunteers to help marshall the course. The SA Adventure Bike Riders have also arranged a ride, which should appeal to off-road riders, both rides meeting for lunch at the Vine Inn, Nuriootpa. 

Click for details of the Barossa Valley Ride

The final event of the festival on October 8th & 9th is Classics at Hart to be held at Harts Mill, Port Adelaide, which includes a grand display (focusing on Australian made machines, but not excluding other marques), a cavalcade along the northern beaches and a Show ‘n’ Shine, organised by Levis MCC. Members are encouraged to enter their bikes for the display and again, volunteers are called for to help out over the weekend. This is our club’s major event for 2022 and we hope to attract a lot of public interest, as we have done in the past.

Click for details of Classics at Hart

Click for details of the Ride for Research

Click for details of Shine for Research

See under the Events menu at fomsa.org for a full overview of the festival including entry forms or look at the calendar on this website.

Ring Lew Hylton on 0488 800 857, if you’d like to help out the club as a volunteer.

Who said general meetings were boring?

At our final General Meeting of 2021, club member Phil Baughan gave us a chat about his two  historic racing bikes:  A  650cc Triumph 6T engine in a BSA A10 frame sporting a Suzuki GT750 4-leading shoe front brake and a Honda CB350 twin with Amal concentric carbs. Both bikes have been modified considerably over several years of racing with parts designed and made by Phil himself.   

It was a very interesting night, the two bikes are a credit to Phil’s mechanical and fabricating skills, and both nicely turned out with matching paint jobs too! 

The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 25th January 2022 at 7:45pm at the West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL.

What’s it like sailing around the world in a concrete boat? Attend the October meeting at the West Croydon RSL, 19 Rosetta St, West Croydon @ 7:30pm to find out and listen to Michael & Gay Lewis relate their experiences.