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Waroona Bike run. 13^th & 14^th July

10 of us gathered at the Waroona tavern on Saturday morning for a run up through Dwellingup and out to Pinjarra for lunch, then a leisurely run through the farm land of Coolup, and returning back to Waroona at about 3.00Pm covering approximately 140KLMs

Sunday morning, we did a leisurely run through the country side of Coolup and back to Waroona for a short 42 KLMs run.

For the weekend the weather gods were kind to us, with cool but dry riding conditions. Saturday night was spent in the Waroona Hotel for dinner and a few refreshments together with a few stories.

There were no break downs as such however one flat tanker did require a little assistance to climb some of the larger hills due to a slipping belt.

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Report on Golden Ponds Pre-31 Run…12th May 2024

We had 4 ‘bikes attend, a BSA & 2 Indians, all 1928, & the oldest-registered ‘bike in WA, a Romania of 1903!! Leon drove the back-up (thanks mate).

Due to its age, the Romania went early & direct to the mid-stop, while the modern (1928!) 3 rode a more circuitous route to meet up at Mundijong for a coffee. The return route was shortened to get to lunch sooner, & we passed the Romania just before Golden Ponds. All had a great ride on this ride on good flat country, & Leon had no customers for the back-up. We were met by two more members who were unable to ride, but unfortunately as it was Mother’s Day, we hadn’t booked our lunch, so had to settle for coffee & carrot cake & a good chinwag.

I will make sure this clash doesn’t happen next year.

Report on Oakover Mystery Run…19th May 2024

We start this run from the Oakover Winery in Middle Swan, & normally we can get breakfast, but they didn’t open till 11!

We had 7 ‘bikes of various ages riding, & I brought another on the back-up, hoping to ride if anyone broke down, but nobody did. This run takes in some quite hilly country & it was even enjoyable from the car, so the riders had a great day. We had a coffee stop in Gidgey Gannup, then returned to Oakover by a similarly sinuous route for more chin-wagging & a light lunch. This ride is open to all members & covers some great views of the Scarp, so put it in your calendar for next year.

Wow what a day!!! I would like thank all club members that made a massive effort to make this event happen and what an event it was. I will need to clarify at a later date the attendances of people, various clubs, and sponsors and prize winners.

All importantly the event was to raise money for telethon which it did to the tune of $5,653.55.

On the day the weather was perfect with a slight breeze off the lake there would have been over 1000 people attending together with 200 various cars and all importantly 200 motorcycles.

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On the    13^th August we had the Parkerville Run from Maddington, the was again a perfect day to do a run up through the hills past Mundaring weir and out to the Parkerville tavern for lunch.

Sunday 23^rd July.   BSA Celebration Run.    We met at Mundaring opposite to KFC for a ride through the hills to Toodyay. The weather for this time of year was perfect clear day no wind. Five  bikes Matchless, Norton and three BSAs  additional members drove up to Toodyay so 9 of us had lunch at Toodyay was a great day out.

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We met at the Two Rocks southern carpark at 10.00 a few of us got there a bit earlier for breakfast at two rocks. The weather was perfect no wind or rain we had a total of 4 bikes on the run and two cars so we made our way through the back roads past the observatory and up through the farm land at the eastern side of Gin Gin. We arrived at the Country club Guilderton to be given the rear BBQ area to ourselves to have lunch and enjoy the front bar.

Nine riders met at 8.30 for breakfast at the Oakover winery, I spent the first half hour thawing out from the 2.7 degrees morning ride out to the Swan Valley. We left the winery about 10.00 for a ride via Campersic Rd through fantastic countryside with some hair-raising undulations and steep climbs and bends to Toodyay Rd, before having a break at Gidgegannup Shell Station, then returning to The Oakover at about 2.30. Two bikes ended up on the trailer, nothing serious, just would not start. Great day, perfect weather and great company.

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