This report from Motorcycle Ride Week was published in Old Bike Issue No. 90 and was made by Robert Elliot of the Veteran & Vintage MCCSA. Click on the cover photo to read the article.
Motorcycle Ride Week report
16
Dec
Archives:
Mopeds Plus Beach Run – CANCELLED
20
Nov
The Mopeds Plus Adelaide Beach Run, scheduled for Sunday 6th December, has been CANCELLED. There have been issues with booking lunch at the Birkenhead Tavern and both the Mopeds Plus Co-ordinators, Alan Wallace & Warren Duncan are unavailable. The next Mopeds Plus Run will be in February 2021 details TBA.
The next monthly club run scheduled for Sunday 29th November is STILL ON! It’s been billed as the Christmas Mystery Run and willing participants are asked to meet at Hawthorn Crescent, Hazelwood Park at 9:30am for a 10am start. The ride leader will elected at the start of the run, so would be riders are asked to have some idea where they’d like to go. This will be the last chance to go on a club run before the Christmas break.
Christmas BBQ
18
Nov
Sadly, the Club’s Christmas BBQ, scheduled for December 13th, has had to be cancelled, due to the ever changing COVID-19 restrictions. The Club’s General Meeting on Tuesday 24th November has also been cancelled. Watch this space for further information regarding club activities.
Motorcycle Ride Week
19
Sep
COMCC display at Balhannah Swap Meet
1
Sep
The Veteran &Vintage MCC have invited our club to stage a display of our bikes at their motorcycle only Swap Meet on Sunday 4th October. This event is the first in the program for the Motorcycle Ride Week.
All entrants will have to pay the standard $5 entrance fee, unless they’ve already registered for MRW, in which case your entry is good for this event. Entrants will need to be at Balhannah Oval no later than 9am.
Our regalia stall will also be there, look for the club’s yellow gazebo.
Let’s make a concerted effort and help promote our club. Email secretary@classicowners.org with the year, make & model of the bike(s) which you wish to display.
Important message from our Registrars
26
Aug
Our Club Registrars, Bob Finnie, Paul David & Barry Young, have asked that ALL members no longer make house calls to them in order to historically register their bikes. This has been tolerated in the past, but members sometimes turn up at the most inconvenient times causing much consternation with the Registrars and their families.
Therefore, registrations will only be processed at either Committee Meetings (3rd Tuesday of the month) or on the following week at General Meetings in the West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL clubrooms. Please respect their wishes and abide by these new rules. Thank you.
Log Book Day
4
Jun
Now that the COVID-19 restrictions have eased, the club is planning to hold a Log Book Day on Saturday 27th June from 9 am – 1 pm at the West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL Club.
Obviously, we are still restricted as to the numbers gathered in the club. Therefore, we will ensure that everybody is socially distanced correctly and hand sanatiser will be available. As well as updating log books, we will be issuing members with new membership cards and receipts.
It would be appreciated if members don’t all turn up en masse at 9am and hope that attendance is evenly spread throughout the day. If lots of people do turn up together, a committee member will be on the door to ensure that the restrictions are adhered to.
Barry Young, our Social Secretary, will be running a sausage sizzle, as per normal.
Malcolm Gray
31
May
It is my sad duty to report that COMCC member, Malcolm Gray, has passed away. Malcolm has been a member since 2005. Malcolm was an enthusiastic member and participant in many of our events, he will be sadly missed. Our sincere condolences go to his family and friends.
Club Rides
21
May
Weekend, mid-week and Mopeds Plus rides are NOW BACK ON – subject to the state’s COVID-19 regulations. Ride leaders should ensure that if more than 10 riders congregate at the start, then the ride will have to be split up into groups of no more than 10. See the calendar for the next event.
Although committee meetings have started back, we are unable to conduct General Meetings until the regulations change.
Andrew ‘Macca’ McDonald AKA: Hagrid
19
Mar
Classic Owners member Andrew McDonald AKA Hagrid or Macca, has passed away. He attended Club meetings and a couple of weekend rides, but hasn’t been seen over the last few months.
He has been described as a gentle giant, anyone who met him or stood next to him can attest to this description. Over the past few years, he was active in the Sellicks Beach Races, riding his 1938 Harley Davidson W model at the event and at the Mill to Mill 2017. Many of the promotional posters for Sellicks featured a photo of him riding his Harley. I think this is what he’ll be remembered for, from those with a passing acquaintance with the man. Others may remember his Suzuki GT750, which he rode from his Yankalilla home to our club meetings.
Our sincere condolences go to his family and friends.