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The
Harley Club of
Victoria Inc
August ‘05 newsletter
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Next Meeting: 23rd of August at
the Mernda Mechanics Hall, corner of
Bridge Inn rd and Plenty rd Mernda.
Registered Address: 27 Forest St, Whittlesea, 3757 Ph/Fax- 9716 2590
New Web address: www.harleyclubvic.org.au
E-mail: harleyclubvic@hotmail.com
Membership fees
for 2005-2006- Juniors $15.00
Seniors $30.00
Family
$50.00
Country
memberships are half the above for your
appropriate category.
Welcome to new
members Dwayne Edge and Matthew Corless
Please note that all
Harley Club subscriptions are know overdue for the 2005 - 2006 year. You must
be a financial member if you hold a MA
race licence or have a bike on Red Plate Rego.
If you have an orange sticker on your envelope it means that your
membership has lapsed. Please send in your fees or
contact Pete Hern on 9716 2590 if you don’t intend to renew this year. Thanks to those who have sent me their
E-mail addresses. You can send
addresses to - pressfit@netspace.net.au
and I will set up a mailing list.
Coming Events:
DIRT TRACK
PRACTICE: Normally held at Broadford on the third Sunday of the month, weather
permitting. Contact the Broadford info number (5784 4163) or 9716 2590 for confirmation.
Super Saturday
practices are held on the Saturday of
the last full weekend of each month at the MX, Road Race and
Speedway tracks at Broadford, as long
as they haven’t been booked
for a race day.
Again ring the Broadford info line ( above) for details or go to the MV
web sight - www.motorcyclingvic.com
SEPTEMBER
16th-17th-18th
- Australian Motorcycle Expo at Jeffs
Shed.
More info at www.australianmotorcycleexpo.com.au
18th - Dirt
track practice at Broadford
25th - Dirt
track race meeting held by the Dirt Track management
OCTOBER
1st-2nd Southern Classic road race meeting at
Broadford , includes the Dirt track
management swap meet and many other events.
9th - Dirt
track practice
15th - 16th -
Australian Moto GP at Phillip Island
23rd - Harley
Club Dirt Track at Broadford, for Club points
29th to 1st of
November - Melbourne Cup weekend Bright trail ride.
NOVEMBER
13th - Oceania
Motocross, Australia v New Zealand at Barabool near Geelong.
20th - Dirt
track practice, Broadford
27th - Harley
Club Dirt Track at Broadford, for Club points
Motorcycling
Victoria have started a Newsletter called “Chequered Flag”. You can subscribe to this by going to the MV
web sight , click on the newsletter link and following the prompts.
RACE REPORTS
The
Newport Braybrook Club again held it’s Interclub Motocross at Broadford on the 24th of June,with members of the
Harley Club invited . The weather was kind to us after some heavy rain in previous weeks. The track
had been well watered the day before and was very slippery for practice. We had
7 senior riders competing on the day
in a variety of classes. A Harley Club members only race was held for our Club Championship points
midway through the day , with Michael Stoyanoski hole shoting the start .
He held the lead until the last lap
when a slow starting Chas
Hern managed to slip past for the win,
with Ray Stevens filling third spot on his KTM. Finishing order after Ray was- Dave Lowrie, Glenn Harris, Glenn
Levens and Shane Levens. Numbers were down a bit compared to last years event
but all who turned up had a good time. Ray was lucky to get through the Club
race though as later in the day his KTM
rear hub exploded , damaging the sprocket and spokes in the process giving him
a long push back to the pits and ending his day. Dave Lowrie was also lucky
with a big get off late in the day. As he landed over one of the jumps, the
back tyre gripped hard, sending the
front wheel up and eventually out from underneath Dave who hung on to the
end. No major injuries though with Dave
back on to finish the race. Thanks to Newport for the invite and we hope to see more Club members next
year. The jumps have been softened a
bit and is quite ok for
riders who don’t ride MX to
much, so make a note to give it a try next time.
NATURAL TERRAIN INTERCLUB MOTOCROSS
The Club
ran this style of event for the
first time in many years at the old
“Channel 10” track at Broadford on August the 14th. The track
was set out on the Saturday by Dave
Pell and Pete Hern in good weather, but
on Sunday the wind blew all day and with dust coming from a few guys
practising on the Super cross Training track, made things a bit rough all day. Thanks to those who turned
up, but numbers were a bit disappointing
with 10 seniors, 4 juniors and 3 PeeWee and 1 Clubman rider. An area was set out for the non competitive
riders who rode as much as they liked . We only had one senior race, combining
both classes into one and one junior race,
alternating for 4 laps each
race. With a slow start to the
day, racing was still finished by about
2.30 in the afternoon, after 5 rounds being run.
The non comp
riders were given a few goes on the big
track with Ray Stevens showing them the way around ( with his new hub laced in thanks to Dave Pell). There were
some close races through the day with
Ray coming out on top in all five in
the over 125cc two stroke/over 250 four stroke class with Shaun Sandwith from the Ballarat Club in second and Reg Friend from the
Broadford Club third. In the up to
125cc two stroke/up to 250cc four stroke class was new member Billie Hicken in first and Dave Carrington from the
Preston Club second.
Placings
in the junior 85cc class were first
place Andrew James, Jesse Larkin
second, Ashley Day third and Jaymes Day fourth. Tara Wright and Aaron Stevens rode in the Pee Wee class and
Andrew Wright was in the Clubman class
Thanks to John
Lawrence and Ron Matthews (Preston Club) for flagging on the day, Keith and
Marg Gibbo on the start line, Richard
Combley (Preston Club)
travelling marshal and Dave Pell, Robyn Wright and Ray Stevens for
looking after the Non competitive
riders.
SENIOR
CLUB POINTS
I’m still working on the Junior Club points and will get them on the web sight as soon
as possible
|
NAME
|
TRIAL
|
PONY
X
|
MX
|
SCRAMBLE
|
TOTAL
|
|
David Lowrie
|
25
|
15
|
18
|
22
|
80
|
|
Ray Stevens
|
22
|
|
20
|
25
|
67
|
|
Glenn Levens
|
|
15
|
15
|
20
|
50
|
|
Chas Hern
|
|
20
|
25
|
|
45
|
|
Shane Levens
|
|
12
|
14
|
15
|
41
|
|
Paul Austin
|
18
|
14
|
|
|
32
|
|
Dwayne Edge
|
|
13
|
|
16
|
29
|
|
Darren Donald
|
|
25
|
|
|
25
|
|
Cameron Donald
|
|
25
|
|
|
25
|
|
Joel Stafford
|
|
22
|
|
|
22
|
|
Mick Stoyanoski
|
|
|
22
|
|
22
|
|
Danny Gibson
|
|
20
|
|
|
20
|
|
Brad Burns
|
20
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
Billie Hicken
|
|
|
|
18
|
18
|
|
Joe Beaumont
|
|
18
|
|
|
18
|
|
Brad Russell
|
|
18
|
|
|
18
|
|
Tim Stoyanoski
|
|
16
|
|
|
16
|
|
Glenn Harris
|
|
|
16
|
|
16
|
|
Michael Ellis
|
|
13
|
|
|
13
|
|
John Lawrence
|
|
11
|
|
|
11
|
|
Steve Lewis
|
|
11
|
|
|
11
|