December 2008
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DECEMBER 2008 DO YOU HAVE A BIKE ON CLUB PLATES? The club is getting the register of all our classic vehicles up to date, so if you have a vehicle that has been registered through the BMWTCNSW, please send the details of the registration to Peter at [email protected] or 0416 213 616. Please include vehicles make and model, engine and frame number, rego number and expiry date. We are required to keep an up to date list of our classic registrations. Member of the International Council of BMW Clubs BMWTCNSW NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2008 ACT Dave Ramsay 02 6278 3895 [email protected] Hunter Jenny Banks 02 4982 8073 [email protected] North Coast Lin van Coppenhagen 0417 098 255 or (H) 02 6582 5931 [email protected] PRESIDENT MCC NSW DELEGATE South Coast Dave Blunn Cheryl Ison Andrew Le Lievre 0423 021 378 02 4423 4878 0418 220 658 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT REGALIA Andrew Watson South Coast Peter Holcombe 0419 255 290, 02 9896 3335 0416 213 616 [email protected] [email protected] GENERAL SECRETARY North Coast Damien O'Toole (overseas at the moment) Sandra Gluck 0419 296 939 0419 022 025 [email protected] [email protected] West of the Divide John Marquette MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY 0425 280 290 Marie Pennykid 0428 393 093 [email protected] [email protected] Sydney - North Craig Hancock 0419 557 014 TREASURER, PUBLIC OFFICER NEWSLETTER DITRIBUTION [email protected] Chris Huddy Sydney - South Graham Johns 0438 407 146, 02 9808 4645 02 9731 0934 [email protected] [email protected] BMWCA DELEGATE Erik Anderson 0414 895 230 [email protected] Monthly Held at 7:30pm at the Andrew Cook Hall, Toongabbie EDITOR Club Meetings (corner Targo and Toongabbie Roads) on the last Wednesday of each month Peter Holcombe (except for December) 0416 213 616, 02 4473 7960 Sydney Held at 6:00pm on the last Wednesday of each month. [email protected] Social Sip Members gather at the Toongabbie Hotel for a chat and something to eat before SPARE PARTS crossing the road to attend the club meeting. WEB ASSISTANT South Coast Held anytime after 6pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Bala Padmanabhan 0434 350 817, 02 9597 6079 Social Sip Members gather at the Berry Hotel for a chat and something to eat. [email protected] (Pub at the Sydney end of Berry ) MCC NSW DELEGATE Newcastle Members gather anytime after 6pm on the last Friday of the month. ASSETS and ARCHIVES Social Sip at the Hexham Bowling Club for a chat and something to eat. WEB ASSISTANT Warren Buffett 0411 076 941, 02 9622 4254 [email protected] Organise a Ride or Event 2 MCC NSW DELEGATE Attend a Social Sip 2 Bruce Campbell 02 9629 7624 Attend a Social night (Restaurant night, party, etc) 3 [email protected] Attend a Maintenance Day 2 NEWSLETTER DITRIBUTION Attend a Day Ride 6 Tony Conliffe Attend a Weekend Run or Rally 10 WEBMASTER Roger Martyn Attend a Long Weekend Run or Rally 12 [email protected] Self written Newsletter article 4 WEB ASSISTANT Alan Peters Attend a Club Meeting – City Member 4 0414 660 890, 02 9829 3950 Attend a Club Meeting – Country Member 6 [email protected] Attend a Night Run 6 BMWTCNSW NEWSLETTER 2 DECEMBER 2008 December Fri 5th Jaffle Run - Mill Creek Camp ground (across the ferry north side of the river). Andrew Lelievre Approx 8 km east of Wismans ferry towards Spencer. 0418220658 Wed 10th Road Warriors Café- Meet at the BP Asquith at 6.30pm for a ride up he old road. Andrew Lelievre The last we will go here as a club as road warriors is closing down. 0418220658 Thu 11th South Coast Social Sip. 6:30pm BERRY HOTEL. (Pub at Sydney end of Berry.) Dave Blunn 0423021379 Sat 13th - BMWTCNSW XMAS PARTY - All financial members and their partners/families are Marie Pennykid Sun 14th welcome. Food, soft drink, tea/coffee will be supplied (dinner and breakfast).If there 0428 393 093 are any special dietary preferences, please let me know. BYO camping gear (or stay in Kangaroo Valley), chair, and swimming gear (great swimming in the river). BYO alcohol. Reply is requested for catering purposes. RSVP 1st December 2008 Wed 31st - New Years Camp - Dec 31 2008 - 1 January 2009 Dave Ramsay Thur 1st Micalong Creek Campsite Approximately 15 km south of Wee Jasper, About 6 k of 0262783895 easy dirt road form Wee Jasper. Toilets, water on site, small fee. Top swimming hole (Shaded Camping) all supplies at Wee Jasper (beer, ice etc). January Thur 8th South Coast Social Sip. 6:30pm BERRY HOTEL. (Pub at Sydney end of Berry.) Dave Blunn 0423021379 Fri 9th Swines Freckle Rally run - Black Springs camp ground - easy 3 hour ride from Andrew Lelievre Sydney CBD. Camping at beautiful grounds surrounded by Oberon Pine forest. 0418220658 Flush loos and close to all amenities. Accommodation alternatives include pub, mo- tels in Oberon - only a few minutes ride away. Make it an opportunity to meet up with Club members, have a chat and call out the tall tale tellers by saying" Swines Freckle my man!" Sat 10th - Capital rally - Bridabella Ranges The location is right next to the Goodradigbee Andrew Watson Sun 11th River and great for camping, (note: 20km of unsealed road). BYO everything. 0419255290 Sat 17 Karuah Recon Run - Bank Hotel Dungog Rob Lovett A great start to the year with accommodation at the Bank Hotel (02 4992 1701), Tall 0417267425 or Timbers Motel (02 4992 1547) and the Royal Hotel (02 4992 3070) - all in the cen- 0262961949 (hm) tral area of Dungog. Have a swim in the Williams River and a beer at the Bank with lots of fellow members. Sat 24th - Australia Day long weekend Bridle track - Same site as the sidecar Rally. Meet Marie Pennykid Mon 26th McDonalds Blaxland 9am on the Saturday Morning. BYO everything 0428393093 February Thurs 12th South Coast Social Sip. 6:30pm BERRY HOTEL. (Pub at Sydney end of Berry.) Dave Blunn 0423021379 Fri 13th - Karuah River Rally - Frying Pan Creek Campground, Rob Lovett Sun 15th Chichester State Forest via Dungog NSW. 0417267425 or Catering and awards, with $20 covering entry, badge and Sun 15 breakfast 0262961949 (hm) voucher. The site has toilets and plenty of grassed areas for camping. A motorcy- clists rally with car by prior permission only. See rally flyer on our Website (and a map in the Bank Hotel Dungog closer to the date). Wed 25 Club run to the Super Bikes in March 09 to watch the BMW race around the Chris huddy track with Troy Corser as the rider. Leave on the Wed 25 Feb to be at the Track on 0438407146 Friday, until the Monday. Will work out the Accommodation once we have an idea of who is going and what sort of pillow their are looking for, I think I'll be going for the option that was put up by somebody the other week ( who said they knew some- body that had a place ) Making my way via Melbourne for a few days and slowly make my way home through the Alpine. BMWTCNSW NEWSLETTER 3 DECEMBER 2008 November has been a good month, one which sees me with a new BMW parked in my shed. I am grinning madly, and am very happy, to now have a bike that is packed full of modern technical advances, such as a big 12 volt electrical system complete with features such as a headlight (that works at night time) and it even has indicators (yuk). And the bike is fitted with a tacho!!!! Yep its great, and nearly twenty years younger than my previous ‘newest bike’. The new bike is of course black with white pin stripes, and so it looks just like a BMW BMW CLUB OF DENMARK should, but this one has a telescopic front end! Yep, it is A few days ago I was introduced, via my neighbours, to a lovely example of a 1973 R75/5, with less than Heino Doygaard from Denmark. He is the Editor of the 100,000kms on the clock (or at least that’s what the BMW of Denmark out here for his grand-daughter's documentation indicates). Anyhow, you may see me christening. I took the opportunity to show him the junk- getting about on it, but right now I am trying to work out heap that pretends to be my shed and we chucked a how to keep Jenny off the shinny tank…… quantity of VB, Guinness and Ballantines away whilst This purchase required me to visit the RTA, to apply for showing him our magazine (and George & Charis's Historic Registration for the bike. In the process of doing book). A few hours later, Heino's wife dropped by to this, I discovered that the RTA’s records for our club take him for a walk around Wanniassa, but alas, by that were incomplete, and I am currently bringing them up to stage walking had become a significant challenge. Mrs date. You will notice that on the front cover, I have Heino was not entirely impressed. asked for you all to notify me of all the vehicles that you currently have registered through the BMWTCNSW with Heino said, their club had about 900 members and Historic Plates, so that I can complete our clubs’ historic does a 50-odd page magazine four times a year.