2013 November ORMTC

November 2013 Open Road Motorcycle Touring Club Page 1

Committee

President Sin B 041 327 0004

Vice President Peter H

Secretary E-J

Treasurer Joanne P

Editor Ivan Z 042 777 1728

Tour Mistress Sin B 041 327 0004

OPEN ROAD MOTORCYCLE

TOURING CLUB

November 2013

Club Objectives

1) To promote, encourage and co-operate with kindred bodies in fostering and

maintaining motorcycling as a sport.

2) To organize and conduct social outings, competitions and to encourage good

fellowship amongst members.

3) To maintain and keep up the prestige of the club and sport.

ORMTC Postal Address: PO Box 714, Victoria Park W.A. 6979 Club Internet Home Page:

Club e-mail address: Editor’s e-mail:

http://ormtc.homestead.com [email protected] [email protected] Please use “ORMTC magazine” as subject

Contact Details

Cut off date for magazine articles is ONE (1) week prior to the meeting; if in doubt call the Editor!

Disclaimer Comments and technical articles printed in this magazine are the results of member contributions and, as such, the views and opinions expressed DO NOT necessarily reflect those of ORMTC Inc. but are for general interest only. The ORMTC accepts no responsibility for accuracy of any comment, opinion

or information contained in or omitted from this magazine.

Open Road Motorcycle Touring Club November 2013 Page 2

Editors Report

I didn’t get to any of last month’s rides; I was sick on the Club Run then away fishing for the Social Ride. This month the ever-popular jaunt down to Fred’s beach shack will hopefully catch some nice weather for the ride and camping. See the details at the back of the magazine. The Social Ride has been set back a little later than usual but is nevertheless before the next meeting. I believe the ORATS ride is heading down south but I haven't seen any details. I guess if you need to know you would know. Minutes should be in next month. Ivan

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Fred sent this one in from the Social Ride. It looks worthy of a caption competition.

Bike is Mal’s old yellow double banger.


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Beau McMurray with his new Multistrada.

Dennis filling up with diesel .... not really!

Fred and Russell filling up with gas!

The Club Run to Jurien,

with Peter and E-J.

Thanks to Kim and E-J for the photos.


Emu Downs Fly Farm.


Once a police bike, always a police bike... .....can’t help hiding behind a tree!

Chittering Valley


One of the whoopty doe’s that we had the pleasure of riding.


Each club ride starts as two members step up as Ride Leader and Tail End Charlie. Unless you’ve already organised a ride you will know that there’s not much to it, but for those concerned about trying it, the following should help you understand

the finer details of

Organising a Ride. Plan the route. The first step for most ride organisers will be maps and a destination idea. You most likely have an idea of the full distance your ride will travel and will have decided already if you intend the ride to be an overnighter. Using your maps you can draft track notes or a ride route that you will follow on the pre-ride. You can add up the kilometres of each leg of the trip and start to identify potential toilet stops, fuel and food stops. A good guide distance for a leg stretch of any description is about 100km but you can vary this to fit in with your ride. Go on a pre-ride. This is to check the route you’ve chosen actually works. It is an opportunity to improve your track notes with distances and times between stops, discover points of interest, photo opportunities or good break spots and to become familiar with the road junctions you will be using. Judge travel times based on what the TEC will be able to do on the day and fuel stops to account for the smallest range, e.g. 180km. The pre-ride can be an ideal time to stop and take photos to include with a few more taken on the club ride day. On your pre-ride remember to check if the café you visit will be open on a Sunday and get a phone number to call through a booking (e.g. for 10) on the day of the ride if you think it might get busy. Inform the Tour Master. Rewrite your track notes and forward it to the Tour Master who uses this information to ensure consecutive rides aren’t coincidentally travelling the same route. The Tour Master may need to arrange a fill-in Leader or TEC for the ride at short notice if for any reason one cannot make it. Inform the Editor. Create a flier for your ride and forward it to the magazine editor by the submissions cut-off date, Wednesday one week prior to the club meeting. An A4 page is best, including all the information members will need to attend your ride. You may keep the route secret if you wish or you can specify as much information as you like. Importantly, you must include the start location, start time and date, total distance to be covered and identify Ride Leader and TEC. At the meeting. Receive the running sheet from the Secretary. Receive the TEC bag from the previous rides TEC. During the Tour Master report tell the members about your ride and encourage them to join you, fill them in on any last minute information they might need to know and anything different to what you see printed in the magazine. You might wish to get an indication of the number of people going on your ride or you might need to get firm numbers to make a booking for accommodation if that is your ride.


On the day. Be on time for your ride, if you’ve stated “arrive 8am for 8.30 departure” then one of the organisers should be there by 8am sharp. Ensure Tail End Charlie has brought the TEC bag just in case mechanical or first aid situations arise during the ride. Invite visitors to include their email address on the running sheet so that we can follow up and invite them to come along on future rides. Emergency contact numbers for everybody should be recorded. For this reason the running sheet would best ride with the TEC. The Club Riot Act must be read aloud at the start of the ride, it is printed on the back of the running sheet. If you need to make a booking, call before you leave to confirm numbers. Delays. The Tail End Charlie is most likely to catch up to an incident before the Ride Leader is made aware. The TEC has the bag containing mechanical and first aid equipment although the TEC themselves may not know how to use it. For anything but the shortest delays it is usually best to despatch a rider to inform those waiting ahead, including the ride leader. Depending on the situation, the ride may need to separate to make sure no rider is left stranded alone. Following the ride. As soon as possible after the ride the running sheet should be posted in the envelope provided so that the Secretary can update the points table for the magazine. Any photos you’ve taken should be forwarded to the Editor so that they may be included in the photo gallery on the club web site. If you choose to write a report you can insert your pictures into your article or forward them separately for the Editor to choose. General ride information. Monthly Club Run. This can be hundreds of kilometres in a day, a midnight ride, camping or overnight motel, or perhaps a few nights away on the border run. Anything that you would class as touring the open road on a motorcycle. The ride can be to a particular destination or event or just for the enjoyment of the road. If you are planning an overnighter investigate contact details for camping grounds, motels or other accommodation and suggest restaurants or café meal options. If your trip involves camping only, make sure everybody knows where your last opportunity for supplies will be, e.g. bottle-shop. Social Ride. Intended to be shorter and to provide more social interaction than the monthly Club Run. Preferably the social ride will be arranged to attend some social event or activity. Families can be invited to meet at the destination of the social event so it’s not only for the riders. The ride part should be kept quite short, 100-150km return will usually suffice. Previous examples of Social Rides include a barbeque at the beach, a visit to the aviation museum at Jandakot and Xmas in July at Serpentine.


The services below are available to current ORMTC members. You must present a current membership card. If there are any problems with the services listed below (because they haven’t really been up-dated for years) or you would like something added then come and see or phone the Editor.

Services offered by club members

Settlement Fees ORMTC member Helen T is offering members a 30% discount on

Settlement fees — Ph: (08) 9470 1355

Other Services

Custom Leathers custom made to fit your needs. Kazz Mazz 10% discount.

www.kazzmazz.com.au 43 River Road Kelmscott

Tyres for Bikes 621 Albany Highway Victoria Park (08) 93626262 or 9472 1251 Prestige Honda 176 Leach Highway, Melville, Tel: (08) 9317 5750

10% Discount on Parts, Labour and Accessories ( off normal retail) Free loan bike while yours is serviced (when available & booked) Free bike pick up & delivery service Free fitting on tyres Free delivery of parts and accessory orders to metro area 4 time a day

Simply place your order, pay by credit card or cash on delivery and we deliver free Total Motorcycle Accessories 1028 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park

Tel: (08) 9472 3030 10% Discount on all purchases Reid's Bootmakers Shop 2D, Basinghall St. East Victoria Park Tel: (08) 9361 5301 Boot and Fashion shoe repairs, motorcycle Lambs wool seat covers, leather jacket repairs etc. Armadale Surplus 10% on most items The Honda Shop Discounts for members on a wide range of items and insurance

Ph: (08) 9274 3555 5 Star Yamaha 54 Rockingham Rd. Hamilton Hill — Ph: (08) 9430 4090

Yamaha parts 15% off, genuine Yamaha accessories 10% off, general accessories 15% off, Helmets 10% off, Tyres 10 –15% off, Labour and oil 10% off.

Perth Motorcycle Pickup Tony Horton is offering members a discount on the normal

price for one way pickups in the metro area. Members will be charged $40 on production of their current membership card. Call Tony on — Ph: 0407 987 248


Merchandise

Stickers $3.00

Stubby Holders New Stock ! $6.00 2006 Benger $3.00

Badges (Black and Gold) $9.00 Key Rings White $3.50

Iron-on Transfers full sheet $10.00 half sheet $5.00 Tee-Shirts—Short Sleeves Small $23.00 Medium $23.00 Large $23.00 Extra Large $23.00 2xExtra Large $23.00 Tee-Shirts—Long Sleeves Small $27.00 Medium $27.00 Large $27.00 Extra Large $27.00 2xExtra Large $27.00 Special!—2006 Benger Badge and Stubby Holder $4.00

Number plate surround $15.00


Club by-laws as at August 2008

1. All motions need to have 2 months notice before they are voted on unless the 2 months notice is deemed unnecessary by the membership present at the meeting.

2. People on committees do not have to pay for an event that

they are organizing except for their own accommodation. 3. Only financial members of the club can vote. 4. No person is to spend any monies unless prior approval has

been granted by 2 or more committee members.

5. Any money spent and claimable from the club must have a receipt.

6. Members wishing to attend a club event must pay for that

event before it occurs.

7. If a member is unable to attend a Club event, refunds are to be decided by the committee organizing the event. 8. If the club organises any event which requires financial commitment, members who have committed to attending will be financially liable for their share of the costs unless they can find someone to replace them.

Birthdays

John C 10 Nov


O.R.M.T.C. RIOT ACT

This is to be read out at the start of each run

1. All riders are to be introduced to the Leader and Tail End

Charlie before the start of the run. 2. Do not overtake on the left – EVER!!

3. For rider safety a staggered formation is strongly

recommended.

4. Do not pass the leader unless they say it is okay.

5. When turning you MUST wait on the corner where you can be seen until the person behind catches up.

6. When you see someone on a corner you will become the

corner marker unless they wave you through.

7. Ride within your own personal limits and be mindful of the road rules.

8. The tail end Charlie will always be behind the last bike, no

matter what.

Please complete the sign in sheet with rider/pillion details including an emergency contact name and number.

This riot act must be read out before the start of each run. If you

are attending the run and the organisers fail to read it out, please remind them to do so.


ORMTC Club Run Overnighter to Busselton with Fred and Mal

Saturday/Sunday 9th and 10th November 2013

Meet at "Floopers" BP corner Southwest Highway and Del Park Road, North Dandalup at 8.30am for 9.00am

departure Saturday.

Camping overnight at Fred and Jen's Shack at 582 Caves Road, Marybrook.

BBQ dinner and breakfast provided for $20 per head, kids free. BYO.

Nice tour through southwest.

RSVP by SMS to Fred on 0403 584422 by 7th November

for catering purposes.

Be there or be square.

Perth Bikers Charity Ride http://cr.bikesunlimited.org.au/ Lathlain Park Car Park, corner of Roberts Rd and McCartney Cres, Lathlain.

Saturday 7 December Gates open from 8am, but entry to club areas closes at 10.30. Departing 11am sharp. We will meet at McDonald’s East Vic Park then arrive as a group. Ivan is going on the Dummy Run on November 24

th if you want to come along:

9am at Lathlain Park, Roberts Road (off Orrong).

http://cr.bikesunlimited.org.au/


Late November Social Ride

Quindanning Inne

Leaving From:

The Narrogin Inne, Armadale (Eastern car park) Sunday 1st December

Be there at 08:00 for 08:30 departure.

Arriving at the Quindanning Inne for lunch/refreshments

Rider Notes:

Re-fuel at North Dandelup and Dwellingup or Pinjarra. Distance From North Dandalup-Quindanning-Dwellingup is 168km.

Distance From North Dandalup-Quindanning-Pinjarra is 192km.

Short Morning Tea will very likely be at Dwellingup

Afternoon Tea at Pinjarra?

Leaders: Mike and Carolyn on the Ruby Red Honda VFR 1200F

Tail-End Charlie: Fred


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