Ride Calendar

Events listed here are official club runs and you are therefore eligible to attend on 
red plate permit bikes.

NSW

Contact; David Rayner 0409384790 or e-mail secretary@xs650.org.au  

1st Sunday of month; Coffee at Road Warriors Café on Old Pacific Hwy , Mt White NSW. Meet at 10.00am, ride afterwards to….?  

Sydney Dyno Day 

Ivan Hoey has been talking to Marty and Craig at C&M Motorcycles in Sydney and they have come up with a great idea, a Dyno Day.
When it can be arranged, a weekend will be nominated when club members can take their bike to C&M Motorcycles and for a small fee (approx $25 - $30) you can have your bike run on the dyno, this will give you the Horsepower and Torque figures for your bike as well as air/fuel ratio. You will come away from there with a print out of the dyno run and a total picture of your bikes state of tune. This is a great opportunity to find out if your carbies are doing their job right and whether your engine is close to the HP figures specified by Yamaha.
This is an opportunity not to be missed !!!

Date and time to be announced so watch this space !!!

VJMC Sydney Ride Calendar February 2010  

Sunday 21 February 2010 – VJMC Sydney (Blue Mountains, Bathurst & Goulburn members also invited) - Day Run to the historic O'Connell Hotel via Oberon for lunch. Meet 8am McDonalds McGraths Hill for 8.30 departure. Travel via Bells line of Road to Bell and onto Mt Victoria for coffee. (80 kms) Mt Victoria to Hartley, Hampton and Oberon - 60kms    Oberon to O'Connell - 25 km  - Lunch http://www.oconnellhotel.com/index2.htm Return to Sydney either via Bells Line of Road or Great Western Highway. Riders wishing to take a shorter run can return directly from Mt Victoria via Katoomba. Contacts Paul Johnson 9872 4312 or 0413 274 765  Tony Lambert 4777 5047  

28th February – VJMC Hunter shed run to Carl Norlings place - Cessnock area. Contact Vince 0249731852 for details . Timed to arrive mid morning for shed viewing and sausage sizzle etc.  

VJMC Sydney Monthly – meet at Prospect Hotel, regularly on the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm.  The next meeting will be Wednesday 3 March.

Saturday 6th March - VJMC Hunter - display day at Graeme Boyd's Suzuki dealership, Broadmeadow (Newcastle). Display from 8.30am onwards. Contact Vince 0249731852  

March 26/27/28 - VJMC National Rally 2010 – Healesville Victoria - I have a space in my Ute and room on an open trailer for anyone wanting or needing transport for themselves and a bike from Sydney to the Rally and back. Plan to leave late Thursday nite or early Friday morning and return Sunday or Monday by agreement. Also if anyone wants to travel down in company together in their vehicle, let me know and we make arrangements to meet. Contact John Ingle 9798 0360 or 0405 451 227.  

VJMC contacts for the rides etc above are : 
Alan Dykstra - South/Western Sydney (AH) 0298247165; 
Steve Phelps (Berowra) 02-94562851 and 
Steve OFarrell (City) 02-95173490 (Sydney). 
Tony Lambert Penrith 0247775047 ; 
Ken Hughes 0408-247255 & 
Vince Foreman Newcastle
0249-731852.

 QLD

Contact; Chris Anderson 0418-736541 or Ken Carse 07-38783020, 0427387830. 3rd Sunday of every month. Meet at the Coffee Club, Logan Rd, Mt Gravatt Central at 8.00 am. 

South East Queensland XS650 club Contact; Tony Gray. tonygray.jane@hotmail.com Ph 07 33799036 mob 0409 493 605

 

21st March; Historical Motorcycle Club’s Annual Maleny Swap Meet. Maleny Showgrounds, Maleny QLD. Vendors from 2.00pm Saturday 20th. Admission $5.00 including raffle ticket. Outdoor camping Saturday night $5.00/person. Indoor camping $15.00/person including entry to meet. Bookings for indoor sites essential by 11th Mar. Call Bob on 0434822418 or see www.historicmotorcycle.org.au  

 

VIC

Contact; Ride co-ordinator needed for Vic, anyone interested ? If you are contact Terry Gliddon 0408746881 or toota@internode.on.net or xs650@xs650.org.au 

February 20th - 21st: Jindervik Chilli Festival Ride. Meet and stay at Phillip Island at Phil Mester's house Saturday afternoon and enjoy an afternoon ride around the local area. That evening BBQ at Phil's and evening drinks at the Isle of Wight hotel in Cowes. Back to Phil's for the night. Sunday a ride back up through the ranges to the Jindervik Chilli Festival for Lunch and entertainment. Separate from there and head home at your leisure. If you are interested please contact: Dave Taylor on 0416000069

The 2010 Super Southern Swap Meet at Ballarat Airport is on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of February. Click on the logo for more details.

April 2nd Good Friday appeal ride with the "Z" owners club from Highway 31 Cafè Sydney Rd Brunswick to the Donnybrook Hotel. More details to follow soon.

The Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza: Broadford, Easter 3-4 April 2010

 

The VJMC of Central VIC meets at the Bendigo Ice Creamery, Pall Mall, Bendigo each Sunday morning at 10am, then if members want to go for a ride this starts at 11am.

Melbourne VJMC ride calendar from now till June 2010:-

NOTES:

Start times for the rides will generally be 9.30am departure at designated meeting place, except for the Bendigo Breakfast rides, when we will need to head off at around 8.00am.
Grandview Hotel Social Nights are from about 7.00/7.30pm
Mid-week Lunches are 12.30pm
Dates shown in pink are Sundays that could be used for other VJMC events

 FEBRUARY   2010

21st – Family Day with Jeff Eeles:  This is to be a VJMC Family Day, so bring ‘other halves’, the kids, Mum, Dad, The Grannies!  Nice open park right next door, so plenty of space to spread out.  BBQ lunch etc (small donation for Club funds)

           Meeting details to follow

 23rd – Social evening at Grandview Hotel, Fairfield

 26, 27 & 28th - Superbike World Championship (possible meet and ride to be arranged via Yahoo)

 28th – Studley Park Boathouse (for those not going to the Superbikes – see note above re. date)

 MARCH   2010

 9th – Mid-week Lunch:  Meet outside Target Store (236 Bourke Street - between Russell & Swanston)

 14th  - Mornington Peninsula Ride: To Hastings via Freeway; then Flinders / Rosebud / home by coast or freeway at your choice (NOTE: this ride may be moved to a week earlier, depending on the date of the World Superbikes)

Meet at Shell Servo., Punt Road just south of Swan Street

 21st - Alexandra Motorcycle Show

         Meet @ Chirnside Park Shopping Centre Car Park, near the cinema – 9.00am

 27th -28th VJMC Annual Rally at Healsville click here to download official entry form

 30th – Social evening at Grandview Hotel, Fairfield

 APRIL   2010

2nd – Good Friday and 3rd, 4th & 5th – Easter (reminder only)

11th - Round the Bay in a Day: Clockwise ride around Port Phillip Bay (opposite way to last year)

 13th – Mid-week Lunch:  Meet outside Target Store (236 Bourke Street - between Russell & Swanston)

 18th – Western Victoria Region Meet & Greet: Ride to Ballarat to meet WVR members, then find a nice road home.

Meet at Shell Servo., Punt Road just south of Swan Street

 25th

 27th – Social evening at Grandview Hotel, Fairfield

MAY   2010

 2nd

 9th – Mother’s Day (reminder only)

 11th – Mid-week Lunch:  Meet outside Target Store (236 Bourke Street - between Russell & Swanston)

 16th – Noojee Pillion Ride: Warburton Highway to Yarra Junction, then turn off to Noojee.  Stop for lunch, then same way home. Riders MUST have a pillion, preferably a family member

           Meet @ Chirnside Park Shopping Centre Car Park, near the cinema – 9.30am

 23rd

 25th – Social evening at Grandview Hotel, Fairfield

 30th – Apollo Bay Ride: Via Great Ocean Road.  Then, Apollo Bay to Colac and home inland

Meet at Shell Servo., Punt Road just south of Swan Street

 JUNE   2010

 6th – Café Day – Studley Park Boathouse: Off Kew Boulevard

8th – Mid-week Lunch:  Meet outside Target Store (236 Bourke Street - between Russell & Swanston)

13th – Shed Day – Volunteer required

 20th

 27th – Bendigo Ride:  Melbourne metro ride for Breakfast with Central Victoria Group (check e-mails from Central Vic group for venue)

         Meet @ BP Roadhouse Car Park, just past Calder Raceway – 8.00am

 29th – Social evening at Grandview Hotel, Fairfield

 ALL Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club members (inc. Club Permit Scheme bikes). CBX 6 Owners Club; SOHC Honda Owners Club; Katana Club; Yamaha SR500 Owners Club & Yamaha XS650 Club of Australia members welcome at all events

SA

Contact; VJMC rep; Adelaide - Anton Frank 08-82811810.

WA

Contact; Rick Cieslik. Ph. 0417184920. E-mail aatopcat@iinet.net.au  Rides are 1st Sunday of every month. 

ALL STATES

If you have organised a local ride and would like it listed here email me with the details at toota@internode.on.net 

VJMC Reps for each state and area

VJMC contacts for the rides etc above are :

SW Sydney - Alan Dykstra - (AH) 0298247165.

Nth Sydney - Steve Phelps (Berowra) 02-94562851. 

Sydney City - Steve O’Farrell (City) 02-95173490. 

W Sydney - Tony Lambert 02-47775047.

Central VIC - Mike Wilby lairdofkincavel.wilby@gmail.com 

Bendigo VIC deniseflanagan@bchs.com.au

SE QLD John McNair 0402939142. johnfour750@hotmail.com  or Graeme Knight 07-33883296.

Melbourne jeeles@iprimus.com.au

Taree NSW canvasz1000@bigpond.com

Riverina - Ray Birchall 02-69261565.

Goulburn NSW - Ray Crocker 02-48229669.

Bathurst NSW - Geoff Stevens 02-63319884.

Hunter Region NSW - Vince Foreman 02-49731852.
 
Sydney Northern Beaches - Bob Abbott 02-99791532.
 
Sydney Inner - Stephen Farrell 02-95173490.

NSW Sth Coast  - Bob Campton 02-44643304.

Mid Nth Coast - Trevor Ellis 02-66555911.

SW NSW - Stan Schneider 02-69931471.

NW NSW - Graeme Tonkin 02-67248454.

Canberra - Phil Dawes 02-62420454.

Mackay QLD – Peter Douglass 07-49543653.

Adelaide - Anton Frank 08-82811810.  

Perth - Mal Curd 08-92712144