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April 2009 |
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www.auswingriders.com |
Australian Wing Riders Association (Qld) Inc |
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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. An 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
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Meetings: |
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President Eric Madjeric (07) 3888 1687 E-mail: magic @
auswingriders.com |
Secretary Deb Madjeric (07) 3888 1687 E-mail: secretary @ auswingriders.com |
Meetings are held on the 1st Monday of every month |
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Vice President Bill Carter (07) 5564 8996 E-mail: carterbm @
bigpond.net.au |
Treasurer Bill Carter (07) 5564 8996 E-mail: carterbm @ bigpond.net.au |
Next
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Bob’s
Wedgetail’s been painted |
Upcoming activities: |
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19th April South west hinterland ride 24th April Social ride - Fasta Pasta, Morayfield |
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Change of Address Could everyone please note a change of
address for the association. It is
now: AWRA (Qld) Inc P O Box 1321, BURPENGARY DC, Qld 4505 |
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Notice: Membership
Renewals Memberships
were due at the 28th February.
All renewing members must submit an application for renewal to enable the
association to maintain correct membership records. Renewals
can be banked electronically to the association account and the account
details are on the web site renewal form.
If renewing by post, there is a renewal form at the end of this
month’s magazine. Complete the form
and either post the form and cheque to the Secretary or bring the form and
the money to the next meeting. Non-financial
members exceeding two months will be removed from the membership list. |
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The President Speaks…. |
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The Secretary’s Desk…. |
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Gidday all, Well, the AGM is over for another year. Some positions have been filled but there are still a few to go. Having been involved with numerous groups and committees over the past 35 years, I am only too aware of the chances of getting committee members at an AGM. I know we have members that have not liked the manner in which the committees over the past few years have always ensured there were nominations for each position prior to the AGM. This was actually done for a very good reason. Early nominations meant members were not “put on the spot” in front of everyone but given the opportunity to consider what it meant to be on the committee. Sometimes it may have appeared to shut out those who did not nominate, but no politician should go into an election without being sure they could form a team to work with. The process ensures the committee can form immediately after the AGM with a good mix of members. Last month I was a bit unsure whether it would be my last magazine or not. This month there is no doubt in my mind, this is definitely the last. Once again, there is a dearth of infotainment for you all but there was no doubt of the sentiments of the members I spoke to at the AGM, “Just publish it with no content” was the cry. Well as much as that goes against the grain for the standard of output I produce, here it is. Funnily enough, those who said publish anyway, did not take the opportunity to send in a story. It was very disappointing that no one felt the desire to “do their bit” for the Association by stepping forward to take on the magazine editor role and provide the key communication media for the group. It’s not like it’s a difficult job, just a bit of work if no one else contributes. It just needs a few skills with some word processing software of your choice, print the content to a PDF file and send it to the Web Master, then print and post out copies to those who don’t have web access. Go on, I dare you, take it on. Ride safe and
don’t become a statistic. Bevan After waiting an extra week since I wrote the above and getting an
extra story from Bob and Fran, thanks guys, here is the magazine. |
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The first ride for 2009 started on the Tulla side of
Melbourne at Gladstone Park. Lindsay
arrived at 8am to make sure he didn't miss the ride, and enjoyed breakfast at
Macca's next door while he waited for the rest of us. We thought the ride start was 9am - oops,
who hadn't read the times in the mag??
Luckily Steve and his son Robert and Craig arrived and confirmed
9.30am was the start time. John & Kaz arrived - with minutes to
spare. The five
wings set off on new roads for all participants (other than us, as it's our
back yard!). With planes flying in
over us we meandered through steep gullies including the odd wooden single
lane bridge, and roads winding up and around the hills towards Sunbury, then
the obligatory straight stretches, through beautiful country, Lancefield to
Mt Macedon where we stopped for
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Lots of other bikers there too, lucky we made it
first! We headed off towards Trentham along the back road
and on to Daylesford where we stopped for lunch. As usual, the wings and riders attracted considerable
attention, and unfortunately while we were parking for lunch, a car rear
ended the one in front turning right - too busy admiring the bikes. Nasty hearing the thump and tinkle of glass
that followed. Lunch
finished we headed back to Trentham and on towards Ballan through a state
forest, on to Bacchus Marsh, then to Gisborne experiencing quite different
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Came out on to the main road at Sunbury, then wound
down into Bulla to refuel and head off home. PS - it's lucky we aren't still out there somewhere
.. on leaving Daylesford the GPS completely spat it and we (mainly Ken)
adlibbed it all the way home. Ride not
quite as we'd planned, but we had fun - and no U-turns! John
especially enjoyed being able to float along behind (as he put it) and just
enjoy the ride. Great weather, 26°, a
good day had by all. Ken and Christine |
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The
big wet in Today in the mail we got a card from the folk at the
AGM at Hastings Point wishing us well.
A big thank you to all who signed it.
You have no idea how we were looking forward to making that trek north
after arranging some relief managers and booking Buddy the dog into the
kennel. Two afternoons before we were
to leave, we were sneaking off on the Thursday, I looked out our kitchen window to see an ocean of water
across the park behind the motel. I
just had time to grab my car keys and was actually walking in water to get
into the car. By the time I got that out and returned with the keys for our
old ambulance workhorse, it was too late. Sadly it stayed put and got well
and truly wet. |
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on the agenda was getting the Wing out to higher ground. I had to ride it along the footpath out
front of the motel to get on the road as the water in both driveways was way
too deep. I took it to a motel on the
southern part of town where I know the manager and left it there. We
ended up with about 12 inches of water, (old blokes like me still talk feet
and inches), through the ground floor rooms and the reception. This was mid
afternoon, by midnight the water had gone and left in its place stinking
mud. I don’t know what was more
upsetting, the flood or missing the weekend away; we were really looking
forward to it. Then
came, as Meady calls it, "Rescue 1" followed by "Rescue
2". Meady arrived on the Thursday
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with young Kyle and the next day Rob and Jayne turned
up loaded with 2 generators, a pump and a pressure cleaner. The pool was pumped out and the rooms
stripped and pressure cleaned. Fran and I owe these folk a big thank you.
They helped break the back of the cleanup. Mind you they were living in upstairs
rooms with no power. The insurance
assessor came and took the details and now I’ve started preparing all 8 rooms
for a coat of paint. Now to something more fun. No doubt most of you know that we bought a
Wedgetail Outrider for our wing. Years
ago Fran broke her spine and since has picked up the new knee. The back pins and knee annoy the security
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because
Fran has trouble getting on and off the bike that one day it might fall on
her and since the majority of our riding is done alone I would never get it
off her and we all know how easy it is for them to topple. On
the way home from the Bundy ride after Thommo took us on a Cook’s tour of the
back streets of the western suburbs of Brissie, I think I saw a sign for
Ayres Rock at one stage, I stopped at Bear and Jayne’s for a week. During that week my Wedgetail outfit that
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set it up as per the Yank specifications and on the Sunday I rode it home to
Coffs. Man what a different ride that was.
It now leans out on corners instead of into them and there were some
corners where I backed off real quick thinking I’m not going to get round
this one. I emailed the chap, (Big
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Meady
cops so much rubbish from everyone but he's way up there in our reckoning. The
Wedgetail people liked the pics I sent them so much, they are using it in
their advert in the next Riding On magazine. They said I have taken the
finishing off of the Wedgetail to a new level. That’s about all, except we are looking
forward to getting a chance of doing another club ride sometime in the
future. The next couple of months are
already put aside getting the motel up to full capacity again. I’m sure there
will be an opportunity for a club ride somewhere. Bob & Fran |
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This guy goes up to a bar located
at the top of the "Oh, really?" the other replies. "It is a nice place. It's also a very special bar." "Why is that?" the first guy asks. "Well, do you see that painting on the far wall? That's an original Van Gogh, and this stool I'm sitting on was on the Titanic." "Gee, that's amazing!" says the first guy. "Not only that, but you see that window over there, fourth from the right? Well, the wind does strange things outside that window. If you jump out you'll fall about 50 feet before the wind catches you and you're pushed back up." "No way! That's impossible," the guy scoffs. "Not at all. Take a look," the other man replies, and with that he walks over to the window and opens it. He climbs over the sill and falls out. He drops 10... 20... 30... 40...50 feet, comes to a stop, and whoosh -- he comes right back up and sails back through the window. "See? It's fun. You should try it," he says. "Try it? I don't even believe I saw it!" the first man shouts. "It's easy. Watch, I'll do it again." And with that, he falls out the window again. He drops 10... 20... 30... 40... 50 feet, comes to a stop, and whoosh -- he comes right back up and sails back through the window. "Give it a try. It's a blast," he says. "Well, what the heck, I'll give it a try," the first man says, and proceeds to fall out the window. He falls 10... 20... 30... 40... 50...60...70...80...90... 100 feet and splat -- he ends up as road pizza on the sidewalk. After watching this, the second guy casually closes the window, heads back to the bar and orders a drink. The bartender arrives with the drink and says, "You know, Superman, you're a real jerk when you're drunk." |
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AUSTRALIAN WING RIDERS ASSOCIATION (QLD) INCORPORATED
QUEENSLAND
RIDE and SOCIAL CALENDAR |
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19 April Ride |
BP Stapleton 8:30 for 9:00am start |
South West |
Heading Sth West from Yatala. Bring Smoko, buy lunch. Final hurrahs and Ice Cream will be had at The Strawberry Farm, Ormeau. |
Larry and Annette |
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24 April Social Friday |
Shell Nudgee 6 for 6.30pm |
Fasta Pasta Morayfield |
Meet at Shell Nudgee and ride to Morayfield for Pasta. NOTE: This social is on Friday 24th of April, instead of the 25th(ANZAC DAY) |
Eric and Deb |
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9 May Extra Ride |
BP Blacksoil Tentative 8:00am Start |
Laidley |
World record attempt. 5000+ bikes needed. Further info on web ride calendar |
Bevan |
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17 May Ride |
TBA |
TBA |
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23 May Social |
TBA |
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21 June Ride |
TBA |
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27 June Social |
TBA |
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RIDE COORDINATOR: Phil Merlo – Tel: (07) 5533 7260; Mobile
0419 140 957. E-mail: pme75181 @ bigpond.net.au RIDE DATES: Unless
otherwise arranged, rides will be on the 3rd Sunday of the month SOCIAL DATES: Social rides are the
following weekend, with other social events as announced through the year. RIDE
LEADERS: Please check the details of your ride and let
me know of any changes. Ride leaders are also asked to organise 2
raffle prizes for their ride. Suggested value approximately $10.00 each.
Raffle tickets will be made available from Val Thomas. IMPORTANT: Even if you have not finalised the details of your
ride, just supply the start time & location, the general direction of the
ride, and the meal arrangements. Please provide a short pre-ride briefing that outlines the basic safety precautions that we in the AWRA like to observe when riding in groups, and a little about the ride and the rest stop locations. |
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PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY ON RIDES: · Each motorcyclist is responsible for at least the following; · The roadworthiness of your vehicle (including trailer) · That you are in a fit condition to control the vehicle, (including trailer) · Make sure you have a full tank of fuel before departing on a ride. · That you ride in a considerate manner that does not endanger, or unnecessarily inconvenience other road users. · To be correctly attired for safe motorcycling. · To have fun and enjoy the day, and the company. · Ride at your own skill level and respect the road rules. Monthly and social rides are for the enjoyment of members and guests. They are not race or competition events. Thanks for all those
that have offered to organise rides and socials; that is what makes this club
so great. If you are yet to conduct a
ride or organise a social, please start to plan something so that when your
turn arrives you will be ready. You don’t have to wait to be asked, just let
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Marketing A man is looking in the classified ads for a job. He notices an advertisement for a toothbrush salesman and figured that couldn't such a bad job. So, he calls in, he goes in and they hire him. The next day, he heads out to a neighbourhood to make some sales. Five hours later he comes home and says, "Man, I only sold one toothbrush. That's not enough" So the next day he goes to a richer neighbourhood, thinking maybe those people would buy more toothbrushes. He ends up selling two toothbrushes. So he goes to his boss for advice and his boss says, "Look, you're a great guy and all, but you gotta come up with a gimmick or something." So, the salesman thinks about it and, later that night, he finally comes up with one. So the next day, he sets up a booth near the subway with a sign that says "Free chips and dip". A guy walks over and puts the chip in the dip and says, "This tastes like shit." And the salesman replied, "Yeah, it is. Wanna buy a toothbrush? |
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