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Australian Wing Riders Association (Qld) Inc Ashgrove
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Wing Notes |
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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE
OF THE AUSTRALIAN WING RIDERS ASSOCIATION QLD INCORPORATED |
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EDITOR:.............Bevan Bradford Phone: 07 3822 3512 Mobile 0408 714 000 E-Mail: mail @ auswingriders.com Wing Notes is produced with the
object of keeping members informed about matters of interest to AWRA
members. A
electronic copy of each issue is available to every financial member of the
AWRA. Copies are also distributed to
selected motorcycle dealers in the greater |
Submissions
for inclusion in Wing Notes should be with the Editor no later than the Friday
following the monthly meeting, i.e.: Friday after the 1st Monday of the
month. DISCLAIMER: Although Wing Notes will
endeavour to reproduce submissions in their original form it reserves the
right to edit submissions as it sees fit.
Views expressed in contributed articles in Wing Notes are not
necessarily those of the AWRA or the Editor.
Wing Notes is produced with care, in good faith and from
sources believed to be accurate at the time of writing. |
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Management Committee: |
Meetings: |
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President E-mail: |
Meetings are held on the 1st Monday
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Vice
President Rob (Bear) Harriss 0409 052 218 E-mail: RHMRS @ bigpond.com.au |
Next meeting: |
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Secretary Val Thomas (07) 3848 0498 E-mail: secretary @ auswingriders.com |
Pineapple
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Treasurer Geoff Mead (07)
5529 5034 E-mail: meady @ auswingriders.com |
Check the web site for a possible July meeting
venue change |
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Safer
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Upcoming activities: |
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18th June 24th June Social Ten Pin Bowling at
Capalaba 3rd July Next General Meeting –
watch the web site for venue details 22nd – 24th Sept Biker’s Dream weekend |
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Cna yuo raed
tihs? fi
yuo cna, yuo hvae a sgtrane
mnid too. i
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mind. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres are in a wrod, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos
not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh
and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! |
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The President Speaks…. |
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The Secretary’s Desk…. |
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G’day everyone Here
is the June magazine. There are plenty
of stories and even an activity to keep you amused on these cold winter
nights. I guess our Victorian members
might question what I call cold but there you go. Not
everything in the magazine this month is good news however. Unfortunately while out riding last
weekend, Thommo and Val took a fall and Val has a seriously injured
shoulder. It will require surgery to
fix the problem but the bright side of that is that Val will get a short but
painful holiday. I hope Thommo can
look after himself. It
was a sobering moment for all of us present.
One moment a ride full of the usual joking and laughter, the next a
rider down call. Just takes a moment
and everything changes. It
was terrific to see everyone swing into emergency mode and secure the site,
attend to the injured, manage the passing traffic and get the bike back up on
its wheels and checked over. Having
just got off the phone to Val, it was great to hear her sounding her usual
happy self in spite of the pain she must have been in. Hang
in there Val and get well as soon as you can ‘Till
next month, Happy reading. Bevan |
Hi all, Well,
what a meeting we had last Monday night.
The Pineapple Hotel is undergoing renovations so we were relegated to
the restaurant. Much too much noise to
hold a meeting so I tried to keep it as short as possible. Not something I like to do as everyone
should always get their chance to air their views on club workings. However I managed to keep this one at
around half an hour. Quite a few never
heard a word anyway. Next
month the renovations will be still on so we will most likely be meeting at
another place. Rob Steer has offered a
conference room at the Gabba. Only drawback will be that it has no
eatery. Sacrifices! Sacrifices! Keep
an eye on the website and your email for more information as it comes to hand. On a sad note, Thommo had a small “off” on
Sunday, but unfortunately Valerie was ejected from the bike and landed hard
on her right shoulder. The injury will
probably have her off the bikes for a while.
Get better soon Val. Cheers Clint |
Hello everyone, Bevan
is writing this message for me. As you
probably know, Thommo and I had a bit of a spill last weekend and as a result
the keyboard skills are a bit lacking at the moment. As The Secretary’s Desk notes were not ready before the ride, these are
being prepared without my input so I will not be held responsible for
anything Bevan says. I
might also add that for the same reason, this month’s general meeting minutes
will also not appear in the magazine. Once
prepared, Bevan will make them available on the website for all. Thanks
Bevan (until she reads what I‘ve written,
Editor) Safe
riding everyone. Valerie & Thommo |
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Things to remember…. §
Everyone seems
normal until you get to know them. §
Never pass up
an opportunity to go to the bathroom. §
If you woke up
breathing, congratulations! You get another chance; and finally §
Be really nice
to your family and friends; you never know when you might need them to empty
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BINNA BURRA RIDE REPORT MAY 2006 Well it almost didn’t
happen. We had a ride scheduled for the ride day. Yea!! Ride Coordinator
happy & relieved. Oops. The ride captain had to pull out a couple of
weeks short of the ride. Woe^%$# Ride Coordinator sad. No problemo.
In rides Larry on his white red stallion and offers to organise a ride. Yea!!
Ride Coordinator happy & relieved. Oops. Larry not well and has to pull
out. Woe^%$# Ride Coordinator sad, (for unwell Larry), and perplexed about
ride. No problemo. Ride Coordinator gets out map
and looks at ride possibilities. Ride Coordinator sees some potential but
only one week before ride is scheduled and with Mothers Day on Sunday will
have no time to scout ride and look for lunch venue. Woe^%$# Ride Coordinator
sad. Ride Coordinator has, (rare), idea (*)!!**%%@@## . Take children’s mother
for a country drive and picnic on Mothers Day. Yea!! Ride Coordinator wife
happy. Lo and behold we find great lunch venue at Binna
Burra Lodge. Sensational views, great meal, reasonable price and top drive
ride to get there. Yea!! Ride Coordinator happy. Only one thing left to do.
Change to start time from sparra fart to a more
respectable As we rode into the servo
we realised that word had got out what a great ride had been organised by the
Ride Coordinator because there were thousands of bikes there at the start
point ready to leave. I was surprised at how many non-wings were there and
thought that our club members must have wanted to share this great experience
and invited their friends. As I was going around all of these people
introducing myself as the leader of this wondrous trek, some clown that I had
never met called out for everyone to saddle up and most of them left without |
me. Ingrates. Not to worry, there were a dozen wings
left. I was secretly happy all of those other ingrates left anyway as I
hadn’t reserved enough seats at the restaurant. Anyway, the 12 or 13 bikes in
the group that were left were quality and that’s the main thing. After an inspiring ride
briefing we headed out as scheduled at 9.00am for I am not sure if there
were 12 or 13 bikes as every time I tried to count them in the rear view
mirror we would go around a bend and I’d lose count. Mary made me give up
when I was looking in the mirror, counting on my fingers, and missed a bend
in the road. I don’t know what she was complaining about, we didn’t go far
off the road, the tree wasn’t that big and I thought I did a good job of
tuning a Gold Wing into a scramble bike. I managed to get the front wheel
back down after we go back on the bitumen. The ride went smoothly
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I pretended that I didn’t
know where I was going and proceeded up a very nice road that led to a place
that I knew I could very capably carry out the U turn. It was a disused
airfield, and I knew I could get the Wing around in that space without laying
the bike in its side. I was particularly disappointed that there
were some show-offs among us that doubted my navigational ability and decided
to turn around in a place not of my choosing. One inconsiderate club member
even made his loving wife get off the bike and steady him so he didn’t drop
it in the gravel. No chivalry. With that out of the way we headed off to |
With me watching on drinking green tea and filling
up on a look around, the group ate enough cakes to fatten every player in the
World Cup before we headed off for Binna Burra
Lodge. We rode back through Beaudesert, and on to
Canungra where we did the Queen’s wave at the usual café group in Canungra. I
don’t think our group really appreciated how much of Mothers Day I spent
looking for the couple of kilometres of gravel that we would need on the ride
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Burra, but at least I know
they all enjoyed it because everyone was talking about it. Some were
positively ecstatic about it as I overheard them
using sexual terms and me in the same sentence when relating their
experiences with it. We arrived at the Lodge
and everyone commented on the spectacular views. Some had decided that this
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too good to eat inside and decided not to partake of
the buffet with the sweeping scenery through the 12-foot high picture
windows, and opted to eat soggy sandwiches on the grass. The selection and
variety of the food on the buffet were first class and everyone raved about
their meal, especially those that brought their own. We
drew the raffle with Therese winning first prize and she wasn’t even there.
Great move Therese. Bevan said later that she would be beside herself with
excitement when she got the gambling kit which was first prize. Valerie won
the second prize of a travel manicure set, and said she couldn’t wait to get
home to clean her nails. After lunch I got the great idea for a group bike photo shoot in front of the Lodge. After evicting a couple that were trying to book into the Lodge, it only took an hour and a half to get all the bikes |
lined up. They looked so spectacular in that setting it’s
a shame we couldn’t get all of them into the photo. Because of the
positioning, we had to take the photos while facing the sun. This gave them a
wonderfully flared look in the finished print. You can’t make out much detail
in the group shot because of the flare, but those of us that were there will
cherish the memories these photos will bring back. After
we untangled the bikes we headed off back down the mountain, and travelled
through the outskirts of Nerang, Mt Nathan, and Maudsland and arrived in the
back way to the BP Coomera for hugs and congratulations. We
had a great time and we hope everyone else did too. Mary can’t wait for next
Mothers Day to see what that brings. Bill & Mary Carter |
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I saw you hug your purse closer
to you in the grocery store line. But
you didn't see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday. I saw you pull your child
closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk. But you didn't see me playing Santa at the
local mall. I saw you change your mind
about going into the restaurant. But you didn't see me attending a meeting to
raise more money for the hurricane relief. I saw you roll up your window
and shake your head when I drove by. But
you didn't see me riding behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out
the car window. I saw you frown at me when I
smiled at your children. But you didn't see me when I took time off from work
to run toys to the homeless. I saw you stare at my long
hair. But you didn't see me and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of
Love. I saw you roll your eyes at our
leather coats and gloves. But you didn't see me and my brothers donate our
old coats and gloves to those that had none. I saw you look in fright at my
tattoos. But you didn't see me cry as my children were born and have their
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I saw you change lanes while
rushing off to go somewhere. But you didn't see me going home to be with my
family. I saw you complain about how
loud and noisy our bikes can be. But you didn't see me when you were changing
the CD and drifted into my lane. I saw you yelling at your kids
in the car. But you didn't see me pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe
behind me. I saw you reading the map as
you drove down the road. But you didn't see me squeeze my wife's leg when she
told me to take the next turn. I saw you race down the road in
the rain. But you didn't see me get soaked to the skin so my son could have
the car to go on his date. I saw you run the yellow light
just to save a few minutes of time. But you didn't see me trying to turn
right. I saw you cut me off because
you needed to be in the lane I was in. But you didn't see me leave the road. I saw you waiting impatiently
for my friends to pass. But you didn't see me… I wasn't there. I saw you go home to your
family. But, you didn't see me….. Because I died that day you cut me off. I was just a biker, a person with friends and a family. But, you didn't see me. |
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Ride from The AGM for the AWRA was held in
Hastings Point this year and myself and two of the club members rode up for
the meeting, The ride up to Hasting Point was a
short ride getting us there just after lunch with the temperature noticeably
hotter we peeled off some gear and found the caravan park where the AGM was
to be held. After settling in Steve had to go and see some friends in
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decided to go up and meet to rest
of the club at the Shell servo on the Hwy out of Brisbane with Having seen my house and catching
up with some old friends I started to head back to Melbourne the first stop
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