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Vintage Motorcycle Club Newsletter Kickstart 2016 08 A monthly publication of The Vintage Motorcycle Club Johannesburg, South Africa. Volume 31. No 8. August 2016 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE: Thank you very much and well done to Gavin and Kevin for their sterling work at the CMC 1000 Bike show. Also thank you to everybody that brought a bike and helped to man the stand. The DJ Remembrance ride happened in June, the attendance was rather disappointing. The ride however was fantastic and thanks to Neville and Roly for organising this. With rising cost it was decided that from next year we will only produce one plaque, this will be fixed onto the motorcycle for the ride and then onto the remembrance wall. On 20th August we will be having a boot sale at the Clubhouse, this is a Saturday afternoon and you are most welcome to bring those obscure bits that is cluttering your workshop and come and strike a deal with somebody that needs that bit. AGM is fast approaching, if you are prepared to stand on the committee please make it be known. The VMC would like to welcome new member Graham Bartram Safe Riding Pierre 1 Past events: TOP AWARD AT 1000 BIKES SHOW GOES TO MAIN ATTRACTION By Roger Houghton Russel Taschner’s magnificent, 1913 Clyno motorcycle, which was billed as the main attraction at the recent 1000 Bikes Show at Germiston High School, turned out to be the Best Bike on Show too. The Clyno was also the Best Veteran, Ladies Choice and the Best Bike inside the Marquee with the latter two awards based on a public vote. This rare motorcycle, which was built in Wolverhampton, England, has a 750cc V-twin engine and was aimed to a large degree at those people wanting it to pull a sidecar. In fact, Clyno produced thousands of these machines that were paired with sidecars fitted with Vickers machine guns for use in the 1914-18 Great War. Clyno, which went into liquidation in 1929, also made cars and at one time the company was the third largest producer of cars in Britain. The Best Classic award went to André Schmidt for his 1948 Le Velocette 200, despite it being painted a non-standard light blue and cream when the standard colour was a grey. However, at one stage Velocette offered some conservative two-tone colour choices such as subdued Ruby, Blue and Green, all with silver grey so two-tones were not unknown. The Best Post Classic was Will McGibbon’s Honda 750 KO. McGibbon also won the prize for the Best Off-Road with His Yamaha RTZ 360, while the Best New Era award went to Pete Wood for his Honda Goldwing. The awards for Best on Show and Best Engineered among the Street and Custom entries went to Alan Linley for his Suzuki GS1000S. The annual 1000 Bikes Show, organised by the Classic Motorcycle Club, was once again a resounding success. Although there were fewer motorcycles on display in the huge marquee the general opinion was that the standard was even higher than previously. Kevin Robertson, multiple winner of the DJ Rally and an enthusiastic supporter of classic motorcycling, made an interesting observation when he said that there was growing interest in restoring and refurbishing Japanese motorcycles. “This is a good sign as it means we are attracting, newcomers to our ranks as the number of classic British and continental motorcycles available for restoration is declining, particularly as many are now being sold overseas. Hopefully many of these newcomers will also be younger in age,” added Robertson. The weather played along this year and the turnout of visitors on the Saturday and Sunday was most impressive, as were many of the machines on which they arrived. 2 CONCOURS d’ELEGANCE CLASSIC Best Veteran: Russel Taschner (1913 Clyno) Best Classic: Andre Schmidt (Velocette LE) Best Post Classic: Will McGibbon (Honda 750 KO) Best New Era: Pete Wood (Honda Goldwing) Best Off-road: Will McGibbon (Yamaha RTZ 360) Best Racing: Ian Groat (1971 Matchless G50) Best Sidecar Combination: Burt Eyia (1958 BMW R50/2) Best Off-road Racing: Adrian Nunn (KTM 250MX) Best Classic Off-road: Michael Payne (1980 Yamaha 175) Best Vintage Motorcycle Club Race Bike: Gavin Young (1980 Suzuki PE 175) Best stand inside tent: Royal Enfield Ladies Choice: Russel Taschner (Clyno 1913); Best Bike on show inside tent (public vote): Russel Taschner (Clyno 1913); Best Ariel: Jaycee van Rooyen (1936 NH 350); Best BSA: W. Viljoen (1960 Gold Star); Best BMW: Faan Botha (R26); Best Honda: Gordon Anderson (CB350 Four); Best Triumph: Ken Jones (Thunderbird); Best 50cc: Ernie Barendse (Itom); Best Harley Davidson: Eugene van Dalen (1916); Best Yamaha: Keith Weaver (400 Enduro); Best Velocette: Des Burton (KSS Mk2); Best Speedway: Derek Marsden (Weslake); Best 2-stroke Racing: Calvin Quintao (Yamaha TZR 250 3Xv); Best Suzuki: Will McGibbon (T20); Best Historic Motorcycle Group Racer: Fred Tofts (Norton Commando); Best Italian: Mike May (Ducati 450 Desmo); Best Royal Enfield: Spikes Prinsloo (1950 125 Flea); Best AMC: Jorge Lopes (Matchless G80S); Best Norton: Fred Tofts (Commando 20M); Best Kawasaki: Peter Snyman (1974 Z900); Best DJ bike: Ralph Pitchford (Triumph Model P); Best Puch: Bob Hooper (Puch 125 SGS); Best Bike Display Stand: Triumph; Best Miscellaneous Stand: Global Photo Booth; Best Food Stall: Farm Pantry; Best Bike Gear: BOH Bike; Best Bike Accessory Stall: Compact Trailer. CONCOURS d’ELEGANCE: BEST STREET AND CUSTOM Best on Show: Alan Linley (Suzuki GS 1000S); Best Engineering: Alan Linley (Suzuki GS 1000S); Best Paintwork: Charles Stevens (2014 Harley); Best Standard 1: Henk van Heerden (1974 Kawasaki); Best Street Modified 1: Alan Linley (Suzuki GS 1000S); Best Street Fighter 1: Sarel O’Neill (Kawasaki); Best Cruiser 1: Dyno by Quint (Boss Hoss); Best Custom 1: Sarel O’Neill (Suzuki Katana); Best Imported Chopper 1: Joint Effort (Harley Chopper); Best SA Chopper: Charles Stevens (2014 Harley); Best Harley 1: Joint Effort (Harley Fat Boy); Best Cafe Racer 1: Alan Linley (Suzuki GS750); Best Bobber: Ashley Nel (Royal Enfield). CHARITIES SUPPORTED BY 1000 BIKE SHOW: Edenvale Hospice, Guide Dog Association, SPCA and Rescue Dogs. 3 4 5 1000 Bike Show By Kevin Walton This year’s 1000 Bike Show was very well attended by the public over the cold weekend. The display tent was a hive of activity for the full duration of the show. The VMC managed to get twenty four bikes to put on display from members of the CMC and the VMC. Henry Watermeyer and Martin Kaiser attracted large crowds on our stand by starting the 1914 Humber and the 1912 Precision respectively. Both these old machines have been displayed for many years and continue to attract the interest of bikers young and old. A recent find was the 1915 Rudge Multi TT which was displayed in “as found state”. This is a recent acquisition of Janusz Gruszka who only managed to find all the components for the complex rear wheel a couple of days prior to the show. He no doubt burnt the midnight oil assembling the wheel to get the bike into a reasonable state for a very interesting display at the show. Thank you to all the members who assisted in manning the stand for short periods of time and a special thanks to Trevor Jones, Gerard Roelofs and Jean De Vries who kept an eye on the stand for the full duration of weekend. Congratulations to Ralph Pitchford for winning the best bike on the stand and to Gerard Roelofs and Des Burton for coming second and third respectively Gavin and I would like to thank Henry Watermeyer for his assistance and support over the past twelve years and thank you to all the members who brought their bikes out for the show this year. We have organised this VMC stand at the 1000 Bike Show for the past twelve years and will continue to support it. We would however appreciate it if someone else could take over the reins for next year’s show and into the future List of the bikes displayed by various members: Year Make and Model Capacity Owner Prizes 1 1912 Precision 500cc SV VMC 2 1914 Humber 6.1/2 HP Henry Watermeyer 3 1915 Rudge Multi TT 500cc SV Janusz Gruszka 4 1923 AJS - B1 350cc SV Eric McQuillian 5 1925 Excelsior Super X 750 Vee Twin Junusz Gruszka 6 1926 OK Supreme 300cc SV Trevor Jones 7 1926 Triumph Model P 500cc SV Ralph Pitchford Best on stand 8 1928 Chater-Lea 500cc SV Gerard Roelofs Second best on stand 9 1929 Ariel Model A 500cc SV John Hassel 10 1929 Panther 600cc OHV Brian Johnson 11 1930 BSA Sloper 500cc SV Howard Marks 12 1931 BSA Sloper 550cc SV Ian Holmes 13 1931 BSA Sloper 500cc SV Kevin Walton 14 1931 BSA Sloper 550cc SV Peter Vliestra 15 1932 P&M (Panther) 600cc OHV Henry Watermeyer 16 1932 Royal Enfield 300cc SV Hamish Morrison 17 1933 BSA Blue Star 500cc OHV Gavin Walton 18 1933 AJS Model 9 500cc SV Trevor Jones 19 1934 BSA 500cc OHV Pierre Cronje 20 1934 Norton Model 18 500cc OHV Vernon De Kok 21 1936 Velocette MSS 500cc OHV Bes Burton Third best on stand 22 1936 BSA B2 250cc OHV David Pitchford 23 1936 AJS Model 9 500cc SV Gavin Walton 24 1936 Triumph 2/5 250 OHV Ruan De witt 6 7 The Friends of James Hall Museum of Transport Newsletter July 2016 The Annual DJ Memorial Run The 2016 Run was held on the 12 June on what must have been one of the coldest days of the year, Despite this, the brave men and women came out in force.
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