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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 Clint Lovell (07) 3398 3437 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 |
Edinburgh
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Treasurer Geoff Mead (07) 5529 5034 E-mail: meady @
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Who
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20th August 26th August Bowling in Surfers 8th September Victorian group dinner in Collingwood 17th September 22nd – 24th Sept Biker’s Dream weekend |
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G’day everyone Thanks
to all those who have contributed to the magazine this month. It’s good to get some variety, not
necessarily directly related to motorcycling and just as good to get more that
one contribution on the same event.
While we ask that the organiser of an event write a story for those
who could not be present, it is an additional bonus to get a story from
someone who participated, as every one sees and experiences something different
on each ride. All
the best to Lionel and Mary as they head off on their round the world
jaunt. I know they are looking forward
to their holiday and it is bad luck that they will run into the current
problems with trans-Atlantic flights. Today’s
Sunday paper brings the news of a proposal to prohibit potential
motorcyclists from holding a learner’s permit until they have had a car
licence for 12 months. This may appear
to provide some road trauma benefits but would appear to again be part of the
building attack on motorcyclists. In
this time of high fuel prices and dwindling fuel supplies, surely part of
what we should be doing is encouraging the use of fuel efficient transport
and scooters surely fit that bill. I
have always believed that drivers who have motorcycling experience become far
better and more aware drivers.
Something to do with not always living in a steel cacoon where it
doesn’t really matter if you hit something as you are still relatively safe
from injury. Instead,
here we are further encouraging the use of older less efficient, more
expensive and more polluting vehicles instead on encouraging young riders
onto scooters which reduce traffic and parking volumes and conjestion. ‘Till
next month, Happy reading. Bevan |
Hi all, The
truck delivery game has been quite busy recently and so Charleen and I have
been unable to get to some AWRA events.
But we try. Last
weekend we actually got a Sunday to ourselves and decided to go for a
ride. Just by ourselves. Just like when we first got our first
GoldWing. Before we got involved in
clubs. We
decided on a run up Mt Glorious, being fully aware that on a Sunday one needs
to take great care. Well,
the ride was excellent, the day was a beautiful, typically Qld winter
day. We went up from The Gap over the
excellently surfaced road to Mt Nebo.
Stopped at Jolly’s to overlook Highvale where I was born. Then on to Glorious for the almost
regulatory coffee at Maiala Teahouse.
What a great gathering of diverse two-wheeled machinery and
riders. There was even another Wing
there, but he got away before I could single out the rider from the
throng. We supped and chatted with
other riders – all strangers – all friends. Down
the western side and it is good to see a re-surface job and new
“biker-friendly” Armco on many corners. We
did the ride at our own pace without a problem. We did not see any police presence but that
wasn’t the biggest surprise of the day.
On four occasions over the mountain we caught up to four wheeled
contraptions. We sat at a reasonable
distance behind, but all four times the cars pulled over, when convenient, to
let us through. Some
days are diamonds. Cheers Clint |
Hello everyone, Happy
Birthday to all the Leo’s. We have three
of them, and they are great people.
Meanwhile, I am continuing to exercise and mend and I have taken up my
duties fully with special thanks to dear Charleen for being your Secretary
over the past few weeks. You will also
be pleased to know that Thommo has been relieved of his domestic duties, and
is back giving instructions and his full attention to his bookwork! Our bike has been cleaned and polished, and
we just have a few minor repairs to do, including a loose panel – not bad at
all. Our
latest meeting venue is at Edinburgh Hotel, Kedron and it will be interesting
to hear the response from our members on this one. Welcome
back to Doug and Preeta back into the We
also will be helping celebrate with Mary Carter turning the big 50 – now she
is officially old. Thommo
and I are off to the Ekka this Sunday – it has been quite a few years since
our last trip and I am really looking forward to it. I make the special effort to go and see our
farmers and thank them for being there – what would we do without them! We
hope to be on the ride to the Safe
riding everyone. Valerie & Thommo |
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July Social at Larry and Annette’s Wow,
what a night. Great food, great company and a jolly good night was had by
all. Larry
and Annette kindly offered their home for the July Social and they turned on
a cracker. The weather
forecast was not good so I made the magnanimous gesture to take the car
instead of Evie, (the prettiest wing in the club), and protect my beautiful
wife from the impending inclement weather. We
arrived fashionably late to find the party in full swing. I don’t know what
the neighbours, thought with all of the bikes and cars, (yes we weren’t the
only members of the Wing Owners Club, (as opposed to the Wing Riders Assn)),
that were blocking the street. Anyway, once the traffic controllers and
security people arrived things were more organised. It
was obvious that Annette had been very busy, as the house renovations had
taken a huge leap forward since the last time we were there. She must have
coordinated the laying of 500 metres of concrete in the front of the house
and the new car and bike accommodation is really taking shape, not to mention
the new entry to the house. You’ve got to hand it to Annette she can really
get Larry motivated. Rather
than make it a Pot Luck, or Dial-a-Pizza night, Annette offered to cater the
whole banquet, and boy did she do a great job. There was two types of soup,
roast pork, baked ham, chicken, lasagne, salad, roast vegies, steamed vegies,
sticky date pudding, apple and rhubarb crumble, huge strawberries, (we had to
fillet them with a chain saw), whipped cream and custard. There
was enough food to feed |
police on the way home for being overloaded, (and
there was only two people in the car). It just
reinforces an observation that was made by one club member a few years ago
that we are one of the gutsiest motorcycle clubs on the road. A fact that
Honda obviously recognised when they raised the capacity of the Wings to
1800cc. Bring on the V8 I say. After
dinner there was much frivolity and story telling and I was surprised at some
of the information that was passed on. I have a whole new respect for some of
our members and had no idea that a Wing was so fast, let alone that anyone
would be game enough to ride them as far and as fast as some of the stories
related. I guess Valentino must have been a bit miffed as I heard that he
took an 1800 down to the The
party started to take a different turn with some members showing us the more
unusual and intimate places that body piercing can be done. What imagination,
(and courage), some people have. I won’t mention names here, but thanks to
the couple for that information on how to spice things up at home, and where to
get those gadgets. They are working great. Anyway,
it was getting a bit much for us so we decided to go home early before I got
embarrassed. If anyone is missing a red G String just let me know as I wore
it home by mistake. If anyone wants to take advantage of group purchasing,
Larry will be placing the club Viagara and fluid tablet order next week. I
can’t wait for the next social at the Fishers. Bill P.S. Larry, did you manage to find the chocolate
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events. There was only one teensy complaint, and
that was that Larry ate all the crackling from the roast pork. As we had a quorum an extraordinary meeting
was convened and it was unanimously agreed that Annette will be the Club
Social Quality Control Coordinator, and Catering Trainer. Well done Annette.
When it came time to leave there was a bit of air added to the rear shocks of
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Ride
to Kin Kin With a forecast for a
rainy day and having had rain through the night, I didn’t expect a big
turnout for our ride. It was a great lift to see four wings already parked
when we arrived at Nudgee. Rob and his daughter Camilla arrived and then
Bevan and Therese and we were off. Only a couple of k’s down
the highway and the sun came out and shone beautifully, what a buzz. Sadly it
didn’t stay out for too long but no real rain before morning tea at
Palmwoods. We had taken the old highway north and continued on this to
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agreement to check out this small town which has
been trying to attract the tourist trade with some street sculptures. We
found a massive seat for a group photo. It was made from giant slabs of
timber and incorporated old timber cutter’s tools. There were other interesting sculptures as
well. On the wings and off again, crossing the highway near Eumundi and
traversing the range down into |
With the small number of wings
it had been easy to keep everyone together all day, but on the way home, Rob
needed a fuel stop before most of the others. This meant he slowed down to
conserve fuel and the group separated, sadly. Ten of us had coffee at BP
South and departed for home, happy to have had another good day out with our
Wing friends. Mary and Lionel |
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FISHERS FEAST Our
wings social night is here, and although our ‘wing’ will be parked we will be
able to enjoy our friends company tonight.
Instructions from Thommo – do you have the address, what are you
taking to drink, do you have the camera, where’s my jumper? Well,
bottle of wine is in the cooler, 6 bottles of Light Beer in the small esky, camera
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planted
on my lap - we are ready to go.
Navigation went extremely smoothly and we made it door to door without
a u-turn, although I must admit to the obligatory turning of the map in the
direction we are going (but I believe I am not the only culprit to do this,
blonde or not!) We have arrived at the Fisher residence, even
noticed our wing flag fluttering at the gate – nice touch, but that was only
the beginning to what was a terrific evening.
We pull into the driveway just as we see a wing turning off into the
other direction, Oh well – they’ll be back!
Bear & Jayne’s wing is parked, and we pull in front of a silver
car, and pleased to see Gecko & Kay and Rusty and Maree are there. Big hugs for our hosts Larry and Annette
and the errant wing arrives – Meady.
Smartly followed by Bevan and Therese then Bill & Mary Carter and
it seems we are all present and correct. First comment must be made on the elegant and delightful
setting Annette had made for our meal – it was absolutely beautiful and the
camera was used straight away. I am
truly amazed and impressed at this girl’s talent. Everyone was commenting on the tantalizing
aromas, but I was still busy with crackers and dip. Then Thommo spied the
macadamia nuts, and Larry demonstrated a very clever gadget that cracked them
perfectly – needless to say Thommo was cracking his nuts all night with great
relish! Socialising is now interrupted
with the call to eat, and so began a sumptious three course meal that would
put the top resort restaurants to shame.
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who missed out, this is how we
dined! Entrée Pumpkin Soup – and/or – Pea and Ham soup Main Roast
Pork (with crispy crackling)/ Baked Ham/Roast Chicken accompanied
with heaps of steamed vegetables, garlic potato bake, Vegetable lasagne, and
tomato/avocado salad. Dessert Sticky Date Pudding/ Rhubarb Crumble/ Huge fresh, local
strawberries with custard and/or whipped cream. Bottomless
Tea and coffee – chocolates/mints. It has to be mentioned that despite Larry’s
desperate attempt to guard the crackling, it still disappeared with the help
of Mary C! As you can appreciate, we all sank in our chairs
very full and content, and we were duly entertained by our resident wing
jokers, and some rather dubious stories that made Meady blush on more than
one occasion. The evening was
thoroughly relaxed, and good company of course, and we reluctantly started to
say goodnight at around What a wonderful evening, and how many thanks and
hugs can I say to our splendid hosts Larry and Annette. It was an excellent venue, and the food was
‘to die for’ and we even walked away and left all the clearing-up to
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doing that, but I really needed to get home and
sleep on such a full stomach! A great night, great company, great food and thank
you millions Larry & Annette. Luv-n-hugs Valerie & Thommo oxoxoxox
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MEETINGS SHOULD BE
FUN!!!!! Everyone who attends a meeting such as ours for
A.W.R.A. should be able to go home saying that was an enjoyable
experience----business was discussed, opinions shared and friendships renewed.
Let’s work towards that. It will only happen if people can hear and everyone
remembers the golden rule. See you all mid- October after the trip and happy
riding till then. Mary |
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Obeying the
signs? Sitting on the side of the highway
waiting to catch speeding drivers, a Police Officer sees a car puttering
along at 22 kph. He says to himself, "this driver is just as dangerous
as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls
the driver over. Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old
ladies - two in the front seats and three in the back - wide eyed and white
as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him "Officer, I don't
understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the
problem?" "Ma'am," the officer
replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving slower
than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers." "Slower than the speed limit?
No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly..22 kilometres an hour!" the
woman says a bit proudly. The Police officer, trying to
contain a chuckle explains to her that 22 was the highway number, not the
speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for
pointing out her error. "But before I let you go,
Ma'am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully
shaken and they haven't made a peep this whole time," the officer asks. "Oh, they'll be all right in a
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Rank has its
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Bear’s Necessities….. |
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Hi everyone! Hi Everyone! This month I thought we would look at some
safety precautions for those who like to do some home maintenance and repairs
on their pride and joy....(‘Wing of course!) It is easy to forget (or think
they are not necessary) the simple things. ·
Firstly
remember to read the instructions and have all the correct tools before you
begin. ·
Protect your
eyes by using proper safety glasses, goggles or a face shield ·
Use other
protective wear such as gloves - for handling hot or sharp parts. Safety boots/shoes to protect feet from
sharps or hot items left lying around ·
Ventilation -
reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from the engine’s exhaust by
working in a well ventilated area. ·
Burns can be
from hot parts, oil or coolant. Let
the engine cool down sufficiently to reduce the risk. ·
Clothing can
easily be caught up in moving parts in an engine, try to wear something close
fitting. ·
Vapours from
fuel and batteries can be explosive. Reduce the risk by using non-flammable
solvents for cleaning parts and areas. Never store or drain fuel into an open
container. No smoking in the area by yourself or on lookers while you are
working. This is by no means a comprehensive list of
reminders, and nothing can replace common sense with safety as well. Hopefully this little reminder will help
keep you safe. Remember if you are not confident don’t do it. Bear |
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia Quiz 1. In 1972, who produced Lou Reed’s solo album ‘Transformer’? 2. Which classically trained keyboard player joined Jim Morrison to form the Doors? 3. Whose version of ‘House of the Rising Sun’ topped the charts in 1964? 4. What was Bob Dylan’s real name? 5. In which year was the Beatles’ Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band released? 6. From whom did George Harrison learn Sitar? 7. What was Iggy Pop’s real name? 8. What was Otis Redding’s first, and only, number one pop hit? 9. In 1976, whose debut single was ‘Anarchy in the UK.? 10. What was Little Richard’s road band? Answer’s on next page… No cheating! |
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I wasn’t there, but I’m led to
believe that what ever it was they were discussing, they both had valid
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Our
holiday plans Woke up one morning
lately thinking of our trip and composed these few lines……………Mary J We’ve bought our tickets
for around the world, What I’ve wanted to do
since I was a girl. First to Might see a volcano, a
sight to behold. Then off to We’ll go by ferry and do it
in style. Next to And tour four days, not a
moment to waste Before going to Then to Back to Then off touring the
countryside once again. We’ll stop off at To see him again (after 22
years) will be a treat. Then back to Before flying to Then take a cruise, the
Greek islands to see, Home via By 10th October we’ll be
home in Briz, With memories galore and
GEE WHIZ, IF this all happens as we
have planned---- We’ll be broke and
exhausted…but it will have been grand. |
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia Quiz answers 1. David Bowie 2. Ray Manzarek 3. The Animals 4. Robert Zimmerman 5. June 1967 6. Ravi Shanker 7. James Osterberg 8. Dock of the Bay 9. The Sex Pistols 10. The Upsetters 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 They Walk Among Us! I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?". |
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