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January 2015 Open Road Motorcycle Touring Club Page 1 Committee President Fred M Vice President Russell D Secretary E-J Treasurer Joanne P Editor Ivan Z 042 777 1728 Tour Master Mal F OPEN ROAD MOTORCYCLE TOURING CLUB January 2015 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.

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Committee

President Fred M

Vice President Russell D

Secretary E-J

Treasurer Joanne P

Editor Ivan Z 042 777 1728

Tour Master Mal F

OPEN ROAD MOTORCYCLE

TOURING CLUB

January 2015

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.

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CONTENTS

Page 01…………………………………..Club Objectives, Club Committee, Club Contact details

Page 02…………………………………..Contents

Page 03…………………………………..President’s Report

Page 04…………………………………..Editor’s Report

Page 05…………………………………..Riot Act

Page 06-13.……………………………...Grand Tour article by Peter, Part 2

Page 14-15.……………………………...How to organise a ride

Page 16-17.……………………………...Charity Ride photos by Ivan

Page 18-19.……………………………...Christmas Party photos by Ivan

Page 20....………………………………..Merchandise

Page 21…....……………………………..Club Run details with Nic

Page 22………………………..………....Club Ride Calendar

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ORMTC President’s Report January 2015

Happy New Year to all members, family and friends.

2015 marks a significant milestone in Australia’s history being the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli.

I was fortunate enough to visit the beach of the first landing when on a Ferris Wheels Motorcycle tour, and if you ever get the chance I would thoroughly recommend their tour of Turkey for your bucket list. Turkey is such a diverse a country, in some ways not unlike Australia with snow-capped mountains, rivers, seas and beaches, rolling plains, big cities, great food and best of all the people.

2015 also marks the 40

th Anniversary of the

founding of ORMTC, a pretty fair feat for a small club. We’re in for a big celebration this year and we look forward to seeing lots of you out on our rides.

Ride safe

Fred M

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Editors Report

This month sees the rest of Peter’s article about the Grand Tour packed with adventures and including the GP. I’ve also included some photos from the Perth Bikers Charity Ride and the ORMTC Christmas Party that was held on the same night. For the rides, we’re in the hottest part of the year now so South seems a good option. Nic is starting this off with an overnighter down to Nannup and coming back via Augusta - so the long way. The new year also brings us closer to the AGM, where we elect a new committee so please start thinking about what role you might like to play in the Club. Ivan

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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.

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Geoff’s Jaunt The Second \Grand Tour; October 2014

Part 2 Peter Hubach

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We visited a few museums on this trip. All are worth a look if you are in their areas. The motorcycle museum in Peterborough has mainly motorcycles but also other memorabilia of passed eras. Though I looked hard, I couldn't find a milk separator. The motor museum at Birdwood could take up a whole day and you still wouldn't see everything. It contains cars as well as motorcycles. Bob declared that he wasn't interested in looking around because he used to work “...on all that old shit.”. Probably why he now rides a

Honda Blackbird and not something a bit more modern.

The Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre at Peterborough can likewise take more than a day to see everything. There are examples of steam locomotives and passenger carriages from different rail generations. We went to a sound and light show there in the evening which was very informative if a bit cramped as they had to squeeze everybody in to an old carriage to see the show. I had a direct view of a window frame for much of the evening.

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Peterborough used to be where the South Australian Railways did most of the maintenance work on the narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock. When the railway yards closed in 1970 with the switch to standard gauge, the main reason for Peterborough to be there and most of its income had gone. Peterborough thus has many grand houses that have fallen into disrepair.

The most extensive museum we visited was the “living museum” of Sovereign Hill at Ballarat in Victoria. OK, so most of South Australia can be thought of a “living museum”. Sovereign Hill is a collection of period

buildings around genuine gold mines in the suburbs of Ballarat. The buildings are either original and moved to site or they are very good reconstructions. A complete main street is recreated with a post office, chemist, printer, general stores, cafés, theatre, photographic shop and, of course, a gold mine.

The locals dress in period costumes and play various characters. It's for the tourists but it is very well done. There is a lot to see such as gold smelting and pouring, metal turning, military parades which included a very up to the minute speech comparing the Crimean War with recent military interventions in foreign lands by Australian forces. We went into the chemist and I asked for a cough remedy containing opium. The very nice young lady behind the counter then delivered a discourse on how opium was used in all sorts of preparations in the 19th century. It covered up

a lot of symptoms but didn't do anything to cure the afflictions, much like what you get over the counter in chemists today.

We also visited the photographer's shop. Here I asked for a photograph to be taken of Geoff and me as a couple with Russell as our love child. This came as quite a shock to Russell. Luckily they didn't have a nappy costume that would fit him. We settled for

Geoff as The Gentleman, me as The Preacher and Russell as the Floosie. Russell looked very fetching in the Kawasaki green satin dress with red garter and beard. The local yobbos looking through the wall of glass at the side of the shop thought so too. Until Russell blew a kiss to them and they ran away.

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Kryal Castle may also be worth a visit but it was closed when we got there. From the outside, the building looked impressive.

At Naracoorte there are caves containing fossil remains of the mega fauna that used to roam Australia until humans arrived on the scene. The museum contains lots of information about the mega fauna including a replica of the “Marsupial Lion” Thylacoleo carnifex wrestling a fossil snake. (What drugs are South Australians on?) There is an interesting chamber recreating the bush containing mega fauna of thousands of years ago. This contains animatronic mock-ups that lurch and leer towards you in the gloom. A pity we got there too late to visit the actual caves themselves but they kept the museum open so that we could have a good look around.

At Cann River, before breakfast, Geoff recognised the Moto Guzzi Stelvio that was on a trailer outside a café as the one used by Tex and Bundy. Tex being a rather rotund gentleman that is sort of famous in the east for riding the Stelvio to charity rides and Bundy being a rather rotund dog that is sort of famous for sitting on the Stelvio tank. I had never heard of them and I went over to talk to the man at the trailer, who I found out later was the mechanic, about the Stelvio, a bike that I am interested in. Geoff was inside the café being Geoff with Tex.

Being Geoff, Geoff got invited to bring the ORMTC group right up the front behind Tex and Bundy for the Barry Sheene Tribute ride that was starting from Bairnsdale the next day. This meant that our planned late start turned into an early morning one because we had to be right at the front of the over one thousand riders that would gather at the Bairnsdale city centre. Well, you know what happens to plans... The night before the tribute ride, Fred shouted the group to a meal at the Bairnsdale RSL which was putting on a pre-ride do. It was a great night with entertainment and auctions. Fred successfully bid for a pair of second hand riding boots that had been worn once by some famous rider

whose name escapes me. These he thought would make a suitable present to a daughter. While we were enjoying ourselves, the rear tyre of the Norge was going flat.

In the morning, I checked the tyre pressure and found it wanting. There was a very slow leak, so I pumped the tyre up and rode to the start of the Tribute ride and had breakfast in an adjacent café with the group. It's a constant niggle knowing that your bike has a puncture, all be it a very slow one. It could get worse. I decided that I had to get it fixed and if that meant missing the ride, so be it. One of the marshals for the ride turned out to be the manager of the Bairnsdale Honda shop. He arranged for them to look at the puncture as soon as I could get there. The cause of the leak could not be determined and the tread was worn enough to make a safe return to Perth doubtful, so I bought a new tyre and was back up the front of the pack in time for the start of the ride. Many thanks to Bairnsdale Honda, the only motorcycle workshop I've been in that sports a large vase of flowers.

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There were lots of Police involved in the managing of so many riders on main roads. There were numerous squad cars and Police motorcycles including a blue BMW 6 cylinder one with those LED outlined headlights. I know this sounds like an Old Fart but “The Police were wonderful!”. They warned us that some of the other riders would try to push past to get to the front of the ride. The Police would ensure that there would always be a Police rider behind me. Because I was riding such an outstanding red bike, they would use that to identify the last of the “blessed” group at the front. The hoi polloi would have to stay back. Well you know what happens to plans...

It's a long way to Phillip Island from Bairnsdale when your maximum speed is 60km/h. It took most of the day with a stop for lunch. There were over 1000 riders, in a long column about four abreast. The route was lined with cheering and waving crowds most of the way and this is no exaggeration. Primary schools lined up the children to wave Australian flags at us. I don't know how enthusiastic they would have been after the 900th rider. It was all very nice despite the constant beeping of some rider right behind Tex and Bundy trying to attract attention to get their photograph on social media.

Unfortunately, after a long while, both in the morning and after lunch, the Police motorcyclist that was keeping back those riders who sought fame and immortality by riding right behind Tex and Bundy (that still sounds like a bogan drink combination to me), had to zoom off to block traffic at side roads to allow The Ride to pass, uncorrupted by cars. As soon as this happened, some riders nudged and bullied their way forwards, shouting at me to “Get out of the (expletive deleted) way!”. A couple managed to squeeze dangerously past. A blot on an otherwise enjoyable experience.

At San Remo where the bridge goes over to Phillip Island from the mainland, the ride finished. Charley Boorman was there, having parachuted in with a GS BMW for photographs. Russell had to use his pannier petrol to top up his tank as there had been no opportunity on The Ride to stop for fuel as he would have had to relinquish his blessed place in the special group.

I know that some people are interested in motorcycle racing but I'm not. The GP was not why I went on this trip. It would provide a different activity for a few days but the GP certainly wasn't on my bucket list.

The track at Phillip Island is right on the coast on top of the cliffs. The undulating ground means that you can not see all of the circuit from any one place. That's OK because you can walk around and choose your own vantage point for a corner of interest. There are a few stands of seats at various locations if

you want to spend more money and sit down. The seats are allocated so you can't move around in the stands.

Around the track are exhibition tents and companies set up stalls to sell you stuff. For me, there was enough to see and do to keep me occupied for a day. The event was three days. The first day was practise, the second day was qualifying and the third day was race day for the different classes of bikes. The big event was the last race on the last day.

All the bikes were very loud. So loud that I wore ear plugs when walking around the circuit. All the bikes were very fast and very colourful. The skill demonstrated on the corners and the acute angles achieved were impressive – for a while. Then the feats became commonplace as the brain habituated to the extraordinary.

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The road to the “Prom” goes through Fish Creek. Here there is an Art Deco pub with a giant fish on the roof. Victorians, don't you know that giant fish are DaDa not Deco? Once inside the national park, the road climbs up into the granite hills and there are wonderful views across the coastal plain and to the numerous islands just off shore. There are many tight corners and signs reminding you that, in Australia, we drive on the left, as if you wouldn't already have twigged that by the time you got to this place!

The bitumen ends at Tidal River, not quite at the tip of the “Prom” but it's as far south as you can go on a road bike. There are camp sites and lodges here. The place was crowded with young people sporting trekking thighs and earnest expressions. This is what passes for wilderness in Victoria, it's all rather genteel and well managed.

Russell and I got back to Cowes in good time to get the bus to the track. It was hot and humid when we got on the bus and bloody cold when we got off. The sea breeze had come in and the temperature had dropped about 20ºC. Everyone was dressed for summer and now, suddenly, it was winter again. There were no queues for sugary fizzy drinks but the lines at the coffee stalls were longer than ever.

Our stand was out at Siberia, see map. It looks like you should have a good view of a few corners from here. You don't. The lay of the land and a grove of trees meant that you could just see the shoulders of the riders as they crested the closest corner and then they

disappeared again. Our seats were just a few rows up from ground level so we didn't see any more than we would have standing at the fence. Never mind, there was a giant TV screen across the track so you could see what was going on at the rest of the circuit. There was also a handy lap counter so you knew what was happening and where the race was up to.

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What happened was that some young bloke pulled well ahead of the rest of the riders. He was sweeping round the corners as if his knees were out-riggers. He was faster than the others by a long way. Then he fell off at some corner out of our sight (as most were). At that moment, the TV screen opposite our stand went blank and then displayed a “No Signal” message. The picture didn't return. We couldn't see what was going on and I didn't know when the race finished. The race was won by an older guy that apparently had won a few races before. It was a tortoise and hare scenario, age and experience triumphing over youth and exuberance. The older rider won because he didn't fall off, not because he was the fastest rider. That's what I got out of the GP. When we rode around the circuit after the Barry Sheene Tribute Ride, Fred was impressed with the tack surface. Just like he was impressed with the culverts at Mount Barren on Grand Tour 1 last year. So Fred got something different out of the GP.

Mount Gambier is famous for its blue lake. This is an extinct volcano, the crater of which provides a huge hole down to below the local water table. It's like a natural, flooded, open cut mine. The volcano rump is visible from all of Mount Gambier, it's not hard to spot but we were relying on Geoff's GPS to guide us to it. We could see it. The road we were on appeared to be heading straight for it, then Geoff turned off down a suburban street. It was a nice enough street really, with a creek and trees on one side and houses on the other. But it didn't appear to be heading towards any extinct

volcano. It was warm and humid so I lifted my visor. Immediately I was stung by some insect that I didn't see. It hurt, probably more than it should have. I have an allergic reaction to some insect stings and always have some non-drowsey anti histamine tablets with me. I stopped and got off the bike. I wasn't feeling too good already and was decidedly wobbly. I took off my helmet, swallowed a tablet and sat down. It felt a bit like being drunk but with a sharp pain above the right eye where the sting site was. Fred looked for signs of a remaining sting. He took the opportunity to use one of his gadgets, selecting a blade from his faux Swiss Army knife. This he dragged around above my eyebrow but didn't find anything. Russell went to the front door of the house whose garden I was sitting in and begged a glass of water for me. That was nice and cool. I felt very strange. When I stood up I wondered if I would be able to ride, my balance being quite affected. I needed to eat something. Geoff thought that there would be somewhere to eat at the blue lake. We followed his GPS directions and after a bit

more meandering, we arrived at the crater rim, as far away from the café as you could get. So we toured around the crater, returning almost to where we started, before we found the eatery. It was rather basic, even by South Australian standards. Eventually they managed to heat up a cheese and ham sandwich in the microwave oven for me. I added a good sprinkling of cayenne pepper so that I would feel it going down. I was not feeling right and my eye was beginning to swell up. Geoff wanted to press on, so we headed towards Naracoorte. It was proving very difficult to stay awake. I shouted at myself, I sang (which was worse) and I punched my thigh. But I still had incidents when my head dropped forwards in a narcoleptic moment. At the Naracoorte service station I painfully removed my helmet and realised that I needed to lie down. It was too dangerous to continue riding.

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Geoff just wanted to get home and Fred had a plane to catch from Adelaide the next day so they left Bob, Russell and me at Naracoorte. The lady in the service station got in her car and lead us to a large park with big trees and deep shade. That was really kind of her because, if we had followed her initial directions we wouldn't have found the park. I got off the Norge, amazed that I hadn't dropped it, and walked over to a darkly shaded patch of grass. I lay down, pulled my beanie over my eyes and plummeted into unconsciousness.

I awoke about an hour later with a fly on my nose. Bob and Russell were at a picnic table close by fondling their gadgets and ensuring that my prone body wasn't interfered with. I felt much better after the sleep. The reduced pressure of not having to ride, ride, ride, balanced by the increased pressure of a swelling eye socket. We decided to stay in Naracoorte that night and to go and have a look at the famous caves in what was left of the afternoon.

The return ride to Perth was taken at a gentle pace. None of us needed to be back to start work immediately. There was time to enjoy being on the road again. We still rode past many points of interest that, if we had all the time in the world, we would have visited. Maybe next time, there's so much to see. It didn't matter to us that the road south of Clare was closed due to a serious accident. We just amended our plans and stayed in Auburn instead. There was a good pub there and a peaceful council park in which to camp.

Eucla on the Eyre Highway is an interesting place, like most of the stop overs on the highway it has a history. The Albany to Adelaide telegraph line opened in 1877 and the telegraph station at Eucla was important because it was used to relay on the messages and also translate the American Morse code used by Victoria and South

Australia to International Morse code used by Western Australia. Another example of Australian states setting their own standards regardless of the others, rail gauges are another example as demonstrated in the Peterborough museum.

In the 1890's, rabbit plagues destabilized the vegetation and the dunes encroached on the town. The town was moved further up the scarp and then the telegraph line was moved north to the railway line in 1929. The magnificent stone telegraph station building was abandoned to the white sand. It's a short, gravel

road ride down the scarp from the road house and out towards the beach.

This trip has shown that being flexible is important when motorcycle touring, sometimes good things happen when plans go awry. Twisty roads are very nice but not enjoyable when slow cars block progress. There are many great and various roads in the east. Why they aren't full of motorcyclists is a mystery. Eastern states riders are spoilt for choice and wherever you are, a great road is a lot closer than what we are used to in The West. Riding here is different, the east is very nice but I'm glad there is the Nullarbor keeping all that “over there” and making our visits just a little bit more special than if it was closer.

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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.

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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.

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Charity Ride photos by Ivan

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ORMTC Christmas Party overlooking Matilda Bay

Then on the evening of the toy run ...

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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

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ORMTC January 2015 Ride

The 10th and 11th of January is our first overnighter for the

year, through some of WA's best and coolest roads and scenery.

Just after double demerits have expired we are doing an

awesome ride to the Nannup and Augusta Margaret River areas

Join us on what tends to be one of the more memorable rides of

the year

START: 8am for 8:30 am sharp start Maccas Armadale Saturday

January 11

SATURDAY EVENING: Overnight at Nannup Hotel or nearby

campground a short walking distance from the pub

SUNDAY - Back via Augusta and the Coast

RETURNING TO PERTH - Mid afternoon Sunday

RIDE LEADER - Nic - 0427 999 135

TEC- TBA

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