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+ News eveNts Classifieds Ride RepoRts aNd MoRe May – June 2010 Bi-Monthly Club Mag www.vjmc.org.au

VJMC INC AuSTrAlIA

VJMc inc australia The Australian branch of the VJMC is a registered association incorporated in the state of New South Wales. objectives of the VJMc: To foster the preservation, restoration, riding and enjoyment of older Japanese motorcycles.

postal address: VJMC Australia Inc, PO Box 146, Fairfield VIC 3078 Website: www.vjmc.org.au VJMc australia committee president Jeff Eeles (03) 9482 1884 president@vjmc.org.au secretary Heather Garth 0416 358 882 secretary@vjmc.org.au treasurer Michael Catchpole (03) 9809 4046 treasurer@vjmc.org.au area rep coordinator Jeff Eeles area.representative@vjmc.org.au Merchandise Phil Watkins (03) 9455 2777 regalia@vjmc.org.au librarian Lyndon Adams (02) 4945 1780 lyndarra@austarnet.com.au Web Manager Raoul Punt webmanager@vjmc.org.au bi-Monthly VJMc Magazine This is a forum for members in which they may advertise bikes and/or parts for sale or wanted, exchange ideas and restoration tips, seek advice, share opinions and experiences, or anything else relating to the club’s objectives. Contributions are very welcome. editor Tom Calderwood 0407 834 234 tom@pepperpublishing.com.au postal address: 2/2 617 Spencer St, West Melbourne VIC 3003

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President’s Report |4| AGM Report |6| News & Upcoming Events |8| Ride Reports | 10-17 | National Rally | 18 | Restored Classics: Kawasaki Z1300 | 26 | VJMC Info & Services | 34 | Classifieds | 36 | Membership Renewal | 38 |

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PREz REPORT

ell, we’ve pulled off another VJMC National Rally and, once again, it was a superbly successful event. A more extensive report features elsewhere in the maga-

zine, so I won’t go into too much detail here.

The 2010 rally was not as big as last year but, given the short time-frame and short notice, the response from members and guests was outstanding. Entries exceeded my expectations and the quality of the entries was very high indeed.

Many, many Melbourne Metro members contributed to making the 2010 event the success that it was. It would be impossible to name them individually. So many contributed in the months leading up to the event; others were busy throughout the weekend; while others have had a hand in the post-rally wrap-up.

So, “Thank You” to everyone who made the effort to come along to the 2010 Rally and “Thank You” to those who assisted. I would, however, like especially to thank our in-house caterers – Heather and Jeff, Jane and Mia. Between them, they put on a great dinner on the Friday evening and hearty breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday morning.

One trade display we had at the rally was from

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Welcome to 2010 Words Jeff Eeles

Welcome to the 2010 Rally Issue of the VJMC Magazine - another great issue to keep you going as we head into winter.

2010 National Rally and AGM

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Mark Chapman of MCPerformance. Mark is, predominantly, a supplier of quality aftermarket exhausts for bikes and can supply systems for most older models. He also donated a prize to accompany one of our trophies. Check out Mark’s website at www.mcperformance.com.au and if you mention you read about him here, or saw his display at the rally, Mark will look after you to the tune of a 10% discount.

2011 national rally and agM An expression of interest was received from Sydney & Hunter regions to run the 2011 rally and AGM. I also extended an offer to other Area reps, giving them the opportunity to express an interest if they so desired.

No one has ‘rushed out of the woodwork’. therefore, it‘s looking like somewhere north of Sydney will be our destination in 2011. I’m sure that will be another great rally. Details should be available in the next issue. the VJMc Magazine this is our second edition in the new magazine format. response to the last issue was extremely positive. Some suggestions for improvement have been made and those have been taken on board by the National Committee.

Don’t forget, we’re still open for classified advertisements so, if you’ve something you want to sell – or buy – contact editor tom whose details are elsewhere in this issue.

We probably can’t go on simply calling it ‘the VJMC magazine’ forever. How about a name?

Maybe, before the next issue, the National Committee could put together a competition to find a name for the magazine. Get your creative ‘thinking caps’ on folks.

talk with raoul and work out a plan of attack. the Discussion Forum however, is carrying quite a bit of member traffic, which is great to see. If you haven’t been on the Forum for a while, get in there and have a look around. Better still …… participate! If you’re an Area rep and would like your own Group Board in the Forum, just ask! there’s a few Group Boards set up already for some of the Areas but, more can be added quite easily. You don’t need to wait for your Area rep either. If you think your Area deserves its own little ‘corner’ of the Discussion Forum, let raoul or myself know, and we’ll organize it. area representatiVes Now that the rally is over, I can ‘put on my other hat’ and turn some of my attention to the regional Groups around the country. As outlined last issue, I’m looking at re-establishing a group, or two, in South Australia; starting one in tasmania; and, possibly, another to service the central parts of southern NSW/northern Victoria – the ‘Murray region’ perhaps. they’re just the ideas I have right now. If members out there believe they have a good core group of members, and would like to get something off the ground in their area, feel free to get in touch with me.

Not forgetting existing Area reps either, I’ll endeavour to check in with you from time to time as well.

Website and discussion ForuM Shortly, I’ll be looking at a bit of ‘house-keeping’ on the website. Some of the content needs updating and some needs scrubbing completely. I’ll

MeMbership New membership applications are coming in constantly. Now that we’re over the rally hump, we’ll be attending to processing applications and renewals in a very timely manner.

For some new members, you might actually get this magazine before you get your membership pack. My apologies if that does happen, but we’re working on it!

By the time you read this, the membership numbers will have gone past no. A2000!

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AGM REPORT

VJMC AGM Words Michael Catchpole

The Annual General Meeting of the VJMC was held at Healesville, Victoria, on 27 March 2010 in conjunction with the National Rally.

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he meeting was attended by approximately 60 members. President Jeff Eeles reported on the activities of the National Committee since the previous AGM, held in October 2009. Jeff reported that he and several members of the NatCom had been heavily involved in the organisation of the 2010 rally and this had taken some time away from NatCom business. However, NatCom had been able to make some changes and to continue to manage the membership and finances of the

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club. Perhaps the biggest single change had been the launch of the new VJMC Magazine, with the first issue appearing in March.

Treasurer Michael Catchpole tabled the financial report, which showed that the club was in good financial shape. The operating surplus for the 12 months to 28 February 2010 was $4142.

This was almost entirely due to the surplus recorded in rally income over expenditure, with the general club account showing a very small operating profit of just $288 for the 12 months.

As at 28 February, the VJMC held $7932 in its general account and just over $10,000 in the rally account.

Michael suggested that the club needed to rebuild its general funds in order to provide services to members and cover major fixed costs, including insurances and the printing and mailing of the club magazine. He moved that the annual subscription fee be increased to $50.00.

In discussions, members suggested this was too big an increase. Kathy Leslie suggested the club

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get alternative quotes for its insurances, which she believed could be secured for significantly less than the current cost. Janet Wild proposed an amendment that the annual subscription fee be raised to $40.00 and this was approved by the meeting. the meeting also approved a new family subscription fee of $50.00, to include up to four family members resident at the same address. The joining fee remains at $5.00. the increased subscription fees will apply from 1 June for neW member applications, and from 1 July for reneWals.

NatCom is also investigating alternative insurance providers in a bid to reduce some of the club’s major fixed costs.

All National Committee positions were declared vacant; current office-holders indicated they were all prepared to stand for re-election. No further nominations were received and all officeholders were re-elected unopposed. the AGM also approved a motion foreshadowed at the 2009 AGM by Phil Watkins, revising the posi-

tions on the National Committee. the position of Registrar was believed to be redundant, but this is subject to clarification of the requirements for historic registration in New South Wales.

Subject to that clarification, the positions on the National Committee are:

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president Vice president treasurer secretary assistant secretary editor regional rep coordinator Merchandise Manager librarian committee members (up to 3) Any committee positions not currently filled may be treated as a casual vacancy and filled by appointment by the NatCom. The 2011 AGM may then consider election to all office bearer positions.

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NEWS &EvENTS

South EaSt QLD SuMMER/ WintER itinERaRY Here are some upcoming events for our Se QLD Members May 2010 • tuesday 11th: Club meeting at Belmont Tavern in the Belmont shopping centre cnr Belmont Rd and Burstall Ave Belmont at 7pm.

• sun 16th: Barbecue ride to The Spit at Somerset Dam. BBQ supplied for gold coin donation. Soft drinks available. Boat ramp available if you want to bring yours Leave Caltex Garage Warrego Hwy Blacksoil at 8.30am.

• sun 23rd: Tamborine branch of the Historic Motorcycle Club presents the Ray Owen Concourse and Classic Bike Show at the Beaudesert Showgrounds. Last years show was a great day. Leave from BP Garage Mount Lindsey Hwy Browns Plains (top of hill opposite wineglass water tower) at 9am.

June 2010 • tuesday 15th: Club meeting at Belmont Tavern in the Belmont shopping centre cnr Belmont Rd and Burstall Ave Belmont at 7pm.

• sunday 20th: Re-Run of the Beerwah-

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Peachester-Woodford run that was rained out in April. Day ride to Woodford via Steve Irwin Way to Beerwah and Peachester.

Lunch at Woodford Hotel. Leave Caltex Garage Gympie Rd Carseldine (on left just north of Beams Rd) at 9am.

July 2010 • sunday 4th: Red Rattler Ride with Gold Coast Enthusiast’s club down through the Murwillumbah area.

More details at the June meeting.

• tuesday 13th: Club meeting at Belmont Tavern in the Belmont shopping centre cnr Belmont Rd and Burstall Ave Belmont at 7pm.

• sunday 18th: Laverda Concours 8am to 3pm Captain Burke Park, Holman St Kangaroo Point in Brisbane. Largest bike show in Queensland. Bikes needed for display and people to be there early to set up display.

More info at meeting on 13th.

• sunday 25th: Day ride to historic Rosevale Retreat Hotel between Rosewood and Aratula.

Leave from Caltex Garage Warrego Hwy Blacksoil at 9am. august 2010 • sat 7th & sun 8th: Gold Coast Enthusiast’s Club Rally at their clubhouse at Mudgereeba.

Details July Meeting.

• tuesday 10th: Club meeting at Belmont Tavern in the Belmont shopping centre cnr Belmont Rd and Burstall Ave Belmont at 7pm.

• sunday 15th: Tiddlers Ride for those bikes 250cc and under. (Other bikes are welcome however this ride will cater for the little ones.

• sunday 22nd: Day ride to 2010 Moto Trial’s Championships at Thunderbird Park Mt Tamborine. Leave BP garage exit 38 off M1 at Yatala at 8.30am.

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Sydney May 2010 • May 5th VJMC Sydney Monthly get together – 7pm at Prospect Hotel, Great Western Highway, Prospect.

If you have an idea for a ride in your area, let us know and we’ll get it into the calendar. VJMC contacts for rides etc are : Alan Dykstra - South/Western Sydney (AH) 0298247165; Steve Phelps (Berowra) 02-94562851 and Steve OFarrell (City) 02-95173490 (Sydney). Tony Lambert Penrith 0247775047 ; Vince Foreman Newcastle 0249-731852.

• MAY 15th (SATURDAY) VJMC visit to the Suncamper factory at Mount Kuringai. Meet at Mobil Berowra from 8.30am , depart 8.50 for Mt Kuringai for a tour of the camper facility where camping bodies are built. This tour will be of interest to those thinking of doing the big trip or buying a camper and will show the latest developments. We will follow up with a run up to the Pie in the Sky (just North of Cowan on the old Pacific Highway) for coffee etc from about 10.30am. Contact Paul Johnson 0413274765.

• MAY 23rd VJMC Newcastle/Sydney - Pie in the Sky run Via the Old Pacific Highway. The Newcastle group will ride via Yarramalong, Bumble Hill & Springs Rd to Kulnura, and then on to Mt White before going on to the Pie in the Sky for lunch. Sydney members meet the Newcastle group at Mt White from 10.30am or at Pie in the Sky from 11.30 for lunch. Contact Steve 0294562851 or Vince 0249731852.

• 30th May VJMC ride to St Albans (NEAR Wisemans Ferry) - Meet at Mcdonalds Mcgraths Hill 8.30 am for 9.00 am departure – the ride will be to St Albans via Wilberforce,

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Sackville, Wisemans Ferry,Webb’s Creek ferry and then St Albans for a coffee etc.not a huge ride but relaxed & enjoyable. Distance from McGraths Hill to St Albans about 60kms, 2km dirt road. Allan Dykstra 0418 866 917.

June 2010 • June 19th VJMC Newcastle Display at Home Hardware Morisset.

July 2010 • July 18th VJMC Massive shed visit at Denman via the Golden Highway.

THe 2011 VJMC naTional Rally It’s timely for the VJMC Rally to return to NSW again for 2011 and possibly 2012, so we are calling for volunteers to form a rally committee to get a proposal to the VJMC National Committee over the next few weeks and organise the event – so if you have input or can help, let us know asap... Easter next year will be quite late, falling on the Anzac weekend (Good Friday is April 22nd, Easter Sunday is April 24th). Contact Steve 02-94562851 0r 0412-472901.

OTHeR RALLieS & SWAP MeeTS May 8/9 Gloucester Motorcycle Muster – contact Peter Markey 0418633060 May 16 Kempsey Swap, West Kempsey Racecourse.

May 17th Rylstone Swap at the showground May 24th Orange Swap, Orange Showground June 20th Gosford Swap, Gosford Showground.

July 24-25th Macquarie Towns Rally – Hawkesbury River area.

August 8th Cessnock Swap September 12th VJMC Newcastle - Broke Village Fair – fantastic show of bikes and cars September 19th VJMC Newcastle - Nabiac Swap Meet and Bike Museum

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SOUTH EAST QLD Words John McNair

Spring, winter and autumn usually provide some of our best riding conditions here in the sunshine state. The morning and nights get cold however the days are mostly in the high teens with crystal clear days. That’s what its been like over the last few months and we have had some great outings including the Ray Owen Concours at Beaudesert, The Storey Bridge Concours, Stradbroke Island Ride and the Winter Sunshine Rally at Mudgeeraba.

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lso we had the double the dirt weekend of racing at the Brisbane North Track with good weather prevailing over each event. The Stradbroke Island and Ray Owen Concours rides were combined with the Honda CB750/4 Club and it is good to see this happening as it increases numbers and gives each rider a chance to meet other riders from the other club, each having a common interest. The Ray Owen Concours ride was a three club event with the Yamaha XS650 Club joining us too.

At the end of this month we have the Boreen Point ride. Check out the Apollonian Hotel which is our lunch stop. I am told it was originally on another site and was dismantled and rebuilt on this site. One event to mark on your calendar is the Historic Motorcycle Road Racing Champion ships at Morgan Park on the 4th & 5th of September. Two days of racing with

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machines entered from all over Australia. There is camping available at the track and along with a heap of motels available in Warwick it also has to caravan parks. The people at the Rose City Caravan Park welcome motorcycles and have on-site vans and cabins as well as camping and a camp kitchen. I will be driving up so if anyone is riding up and needs some tents taken up they can send them up with me.

Other great events coming up include the Northern Rivers Classic Rally at Ballina and of course the National Rally at Healesville which promises to be a super weekend. The Walcha weekend in November is always a great weekend and we then have our 2009 Christmas Party on December 5th at the Museum. This will be a fully catered night so numbers will have to be in asap for catering.

For those members on the north side of the city we have a couple of Social Nights coming up at Harry’s Diner in Newmarket Rd Windsor. Obviously this is not just for the north side members but it is a chance for you to have some social outings on your side of town, so come along and patronize it. safe riding, John Mcnair.

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MELB. METRO REPORT

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ferent event” from normal rides. But it’s a noble cause and she is doing very well.

By way of self introduction, I am 53 years old and fairly interested in Kawasaki’s. I joined the VJMC as recently as April 2008. My first bike was a H1-B which I still have, but it is lined up with my other projects waiting for some sort of sympathetic restoration/conservation.

I hope I can be as useful as my predecessor, the unfussable Jeff Eeles. Apart from discovering a little while ago that I had bought a car from Jeff’s next door neighbour, I also found out that Jeff was the rider of the white Kawasaki 250 triple I used to regularly observe smoking past the number 48 tram I used to catch to work way back in 1974, shortly before I got my “L” plates.

It’s a small world.

I hope to eventually meet as many of you who want to meet their Area Representative, so please make yourself known in due course and let me know if I can be of any help. We will be planning the next twelve months ride calendar soon and hope to include some new rides, so feel free to pass on your ideas.

This is the golden age of riding and restoring old Japanese bikes; so make the most of it. cheers, neale binnion

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Jan 9 2010 GisBORnE Bacchus MaRsh RidE Words Neale Binnion photos Tim Binnion

WELL i’vE aLMOsT TakEn OvER fROM JEff as MELBOuRnE METRO aREa REP. i’vE BEEn shOWn ThE vaGaRiEs Of BEinG a YahOO MOdERaTOR, MOsT Of Which i’vE PROMPTLY fORGOTTEn, BuT i’M suRE WE’LL GET BY. he last few weeks have been a busy time. I’ve been trying to make the most of the 100 plus days in a row of temperatures over 20°C Melbourne has just experienced. We’ve been to the Island Classic and the World Superbikes at Phillip Island. The Rally at Healesville was hugely successful and much better than President Jeff dared hope for.

Also went to the Broadford Bike Bonanza which seemed to be another success, there were plenty of older Japanese bikes to be seen including the not entirely uncommon site of a Suzuki chook chaser on fire!

There haven’t been so many Club rides due mainly to the effort of producing the Annual Rally, a situation we will do our best to remedy as we slide through Autumn into Winter. Most of my riding in recent times has involved shepherding my 19 year old daughter who is on “L” plates. This requires all such rides to be a “dif-

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Melb Metro region/ Western Vic region D ride day

It was great to see that MMR had put a ride on their calendar to Ballarat to meet up with members from the Western Vic Region, Pam and I really looked forward to the day. Our membership is very thinly spread and we would like to encourage the social side of the VJMC as we believe that with social interaction the enjoyment of our motorcycles is really enhanced.

Words Pam Stork – Area Reps WVR

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avid Ellis from Trawalla put up his hand for the ride, so Pam and I met him in Ballarat to go to the rendezvous point with MMR just out of town. When we got there, it was great to meet up with riders on an eclectic array of machines. We had the following: • H1 Kawasaki • Z1300 Kawasaki

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Suzuki Katana 750 Suzuki RG500 Honda VF1000F Honda VF400F Yamaha RZ350R Suzuki DL650 VStrom (what does DL mean Steve?)

• Last but not least a Buell XBR9 (very tasty)

We decided that a quick ride through town then on to the Smythesdale pub was the plan to follow.

I led the group around the dry Lake Wendouree, the site of the Olympic rowing in 1956, it has returned to its original swamp form. From there skirting the western fringe of Ballarat past new subdivisions that seem to fill with new homes within weeks of release of the land. It is easy to believe the claims that the city is growing faster than any other regional centre.

We arrived at the pub where we were greeted by the friendly staff there. The establishment was extensively renovated just prior to Pam and I moving to the town and is a bit of a surprise to visitors. After lunch, was coffee and a shed visit back at the Stork’s place. We really love showing off our bikes, most have a nice story about them as well as being interesting machines.

I then talked the group into following me on a ride that was probably a little longer than intended, but covers some great roads so I don’t think the crew suffered too much. A big thanks to Steve Dyer who led the group through Buninyong, Mt. Egerton and Ballan and beyond, the WVR trio turned west at Ballan and home via Gordon.

If there are any members in the general region, keen to participate in more VJMC activities, please contact Alan or Pam. Details in the ‘Club Info.’ pages near the back of the magazine.

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VJMC Sydney report Words John McNair

Well another rally under the bridge - again we had a great break travelling down through the Snowy and overnighting at the Tallangatta Hotel where we met up with several other Sydney groups making the ride down as well as Darrell who led us down through central Victoria before stopping for a shed viewing at his place at Kinglake. There is still plenty of evidence of the terrible fires of 2009 to be seen everywhere in the surrounding area.

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by Darrell , light entertainment was provided by a certain Sydney VJMC member performing some interesting feats on a very smart Douglas twin – (watch for the video on Youtube soon). We arrived at Healesville on Friday afternoon to a well organised rally site, set up and settled into all the social activities, catching up with people, telling stories and admiring the polish, chrome and paintwork that’s been created since last rally. Saturday kept us busy with the display and concours – and as we had some Sydney members planning to leave on Sunday morning to get back for work Monday we took our long ride after the judging finished. The route took us out the BlackSpur, then via Marysville and down the famous Reefton Spur back to Healesville just

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in time for dinner. This is the first time I’ve ridden the Reefton Spur and we were all impressed – it would have to be one of the tightest sections of road around and was great fun (even if it did give the Waterbottle a workout).

We did a short run on Sunday morning before packing up and heading east out to Lakes Entrance where we stayed on Sunday night, and next morning further out through the Southeastern forests avoiding rain along the way and then heading up the Cann River road , Mount Imlay and Eden – again with lots of great open country road and making the best of the weather. We did eventually run into heavy rain on the last few hours into Sydney but again it was very worthwhile and another great rally put together by the Victorians.

We had a good turnout from Sydney members for the run up to Mt White last weekend with enough bikes to create some interest at the Berowra Mobil and the Mount White café among all the modern sportsbikes and enough mist for a scenic ride up the Pacific Highway winding up the ridges above the Hawkesbury River.

At Mt White we met up with Vince, Lyndon & Dara and Jeff from the Newcastle group at the café for some breakfast and a good yack to let the mist clear into a beautiful morning before heading back off home. steve phelps

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unday March 14th was beautiful and sunny in Tamworth, and things were set for a pleasant day. The plans were for a sausage sizzle early lunch and then set off on the local “round the block ride” that takes in Tamworth, Hallsville, Moore Creek, Moonbi on to Kootingal, then the leg home offers a couple of choices. As luck would have it we had been unaware that our plans coincided with a Hot Rod, Custom Car, Old bike and machinery weekend at Moonbi. Some of the local vintage club members expressed concern about the overlap but as we had extensively advertised our program we couldn’t risk the confusion of changing it at the eleventh hour.

So we proceeded as planned and although only

a dozen folks came along, we had apologies from a few more with other commitments.

One new member, Paul Berdar, had trailered his bike down from Armidale (an hour and a half away) just to take part in the first ride.

So a small group but keen interest was the theme of the day. After an enjoyable lunch and some considerable time discussing the various aspects of owning old Japanese motorcycles, the three old motorcycles in attendance (not counting the Beemers whose owners are yet to obtain an old bike) set off on the first ride of the Tamworth VJMC Group.

Bikes present were Paul Bedar’s XL175, Warren Grills’ CX500 and my own CB72, an all Honda day. I have no doubt that will change in the future. At the half way point Warren had to peal off home so it was left to the two Pauls to finish the ride. It was quite a pleasant feeling buzzing along the back lanes on the two little Hondas, I wouldn’t have thought ninety kays was so much fun! After a refreshing squash at Kooti Pub we headed for home having completed the first ride and thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

Our next planned event is a “Bench Racing” session at the City Bowlo on the evening 22/04/10, the idea being a little social contact between our members and look to planning a few more ride days. We hope to consolidate some of the new interest being shown and with the ability to now offer Conditional Rego to members expect our little thing to grow. cheers, motopaulie.

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Words John Rowling

From little things big things grow, at least that’s what we are hoping will happen up here. You see, although the turn up for our first social ride day was smaller than anticipated, since then we have had a pleasing number of enquiries about the club and so interest grows.

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also Yvonne’s mum was very ill and she didn’t feel good about leaving her. I do hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and I am sure it was a great success. I am certainly looking forward to reading about it in the next magazine.

THE VINCE HUNTER REPORT W Words Vince

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e put on another club display at Graeme Boyd’s Suzuki of Newcastle on March 6 with 16 bikes attending (thank you to those who made the effort). There were not a lot of people viewing the bikes, but there was a welcoming twist. More people were inquiring about the club than I have seen for many years, with two people signing up on the day. Some waited for quite a long while to talk to me about the club and its aims etc, this was very pleasing.

March 14th was the Morisset swap where I put up the Club banner and provided information

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about the club. My site was next to our recently retired president Lyndon Adams, who had a good deal of parts for sale and so was drawing quite a few punters to his site, so I was getting them as well. Good one Lyndon.

On March 21st we rode around the Lake Macquarie down to Budgewoi for fish and chips, ten bikes and a couple of cars attended some members unable to ride because of illness and injuries but made the effort and that’s great. I rode the Kawa triple for the first time after my operation and was very pleased when getting a red light so I could put my foot on the ground and stretch my leg out, but it is coming good and the pain was worth it. The fish and chips were brilliant. (He wasn’t so good that night after the ride believe me - Yvonne). I also missed the Barry Sheene memorial - that is also something that I don’t like missing, there’s always next year.

I would like to remind members that we are hav-

ing on a display at HOME Hardware Morisset o June 19th from 9am to 2 pm. I invite Sydney and surrounding members along with the Hunter members to bring as many bikes as you can to display, whether large or small it doesn’t matter we want you there, its just up the road from Morisset Mega markets, so the women folk have a place to shop. And its only a short drive out to Lake Macquarie so there is heaps to see and do while your bikes are on display.

We have had two meeting since the last magazine with 8 to 10 members attending. We would like more of you to come along and put your ideas forward. If you have not received our events calendar, please get in touch with myself or Lyndon and we will get one out to you, we would like for more to attend our rides if possible. stay safe Vince

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VJMC NatioNal Rally 2010 CoNtiNuiNg a tRaditioN Words: Michael Catchpole photos: Michael Catchpole, Michael Chanter, Tim Catchpole

The VJMC National Rally has been a central feature of the club for more than 20 years and has played a large part in the VJMC’s development in Australia, providing a focal point for enthusiasts and benefiting from the growing interest in classic Japanese bikes.

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A tasty line-up of 70s Hondas.

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he history of the VJMC rally is summarised elsewhere in this issue, but the success of each rally builds on the last and on the work of many club members over more than two decades.

The 2010 rally in late-March followed closely on the 2009 event – perhaps too closely for some long-standing and loyal members who just couldn’t make it back to Healesville in Victoria’s Yarra Ranges within six months of the previous rally. It was certainly a big ask for members and for the organising committee, drawn from the Melbourne Metro region and again led by Jeff Eeles, who was doing double-duty since being elected National President at the 2009 annual general meeting.

The short lead-time for the 2010 event was partially offset by the opportunity to return to Healesville and its picturesque racecourse, which offered good camping sites and amenities, covered overnight bike parking, a kitchen

and dining area and a large grassy expanse for displays and a swap meet. The rally rides had also been well laid-out by Phil Watkins for the 2009 event and the same routes were used again this year, although the short and long rides were run on different days.

The organising committee also made some changes for this year’s rally, based on feedback from members after the 2009 event. These included the swap meet, more opportunities for members to mix and talk, much-improved on-site catering and a few changes to the rally program.

Successful features retained from 2009 included the Public Open Day on Saturday, which again attracted a large crowd of bike enthusiasts and prompted many membership inquiries.

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Sponsors and media support for 2010 rally After a successful naming-rights partnership with Suzuki Australia for the 2009 rally, the

organising committee came into this year’s event with more modest but nonetheless valuable sponsorship from Meguiar’s car and bike cleaning products and Shannons Insurance.

Suzuki Australia returned as a supporter, as did Kawasaki through local dealer Hands-on Kawasaki of Lilydale. Draggin Jeans, Bike Mart and NSK Bearings again supported the event, as did Andy Strapz through the generous donation of club founding member Mick Bulman, who put up his 2009 prize for re-assignment to a trophy winner this year.

The rally again gained valuable promotional coverage in the lead-up to the event through articles in Motorcycle Trader and other publications.

Items in other club newsletters helped build awareness among potential rally entrants and in the wider motorcycling community. The event has certainly benefited from the ever-increasing interest in vintage and classic Japanese motorcycles and this is evident in the post-rally cover-

age, again in Motorcycle Trader through new editor Ken Wootton and in planned coverage in Old Bike Australasia and other journals.

The growing media and public interest in the rally and in older Japanese motorcycles was highlighted by the visit to the 2010 rally by a film crew from local Yarra Valley tourism and events online magazine, dotheyarravalley.com.au. See the video here: http://www.dotheyarravalley. com.au/vintage-japanese-motorcycle-club/ Executive producer Michael Chanter and host Tania spent several hours at the rally, talking to entrants about their bikes and the reasons that members return each year to the national rally.

It was a great opportunity to promote the VJMC and also to thank the communities of the Yarra Valley for their support of the 2009 and 2010 events. That support extended once again to the Healesville State Emergency Service unit, which sent a team of members to supervise parking and entry gates for the Public Open Day. The

Tania reporting for tourism site www.dotheyarravalley.com.au

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Wayne Smith’s 1969 Honda CB750.

Catering for rally entrants was largely provided “in-house” this year by a small team headed by organising committee member and VJMC national secretary Heather Garth, with the assistance of Jeff Hawke and Jane and Mia Eeles.

The team produced quality food for the welcome event on Friday night plus breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday, and a casual sausage sizzle for the farewell event Sunday lunch-time. The Saturday night presentation dinner was catered by local suppliers.

The 2010 rally drew 116 entrants and about 135 bikes for the official display and other events – considerably fewer than for 2009, but a more manageable number and certainly enough to justify the event and ensure its success. Rally organising committee chairman Jeff Eeles said the club appreciated the support shown by members who had travelled long distances to participate in the rally.

“Some members took home trophies in recognition of the quality of their bikes, but many more were there just for the opportunity to spend a weekend in the company of fellow enthusiasts,” Jeff said. “The feedback from members, other enthusiasts and from the local community organisations that provided catering, parking and other services to the rally was very positive and made all of the work involved in organising the rally very worthwhile.”

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modest entry fee enabled the VJMC to donate more than $1200 towards new equipment for the SES. The local Rotary club also provided catering on the Saturday and members were very happy with the funds raised.

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Quality machines, passionate owners

Samootin’s Kawasaki Z1300 sweeps the pool

This year, the rally displays and judging began on the Saturday morning, providing entrants with more time to prepare their bikes and ensuring they were all on display when people began coming through the gates around midday.

By early afternoon the broad expanses of the Healesville racecourse were dotted with the bright colours and shining chrome of some of the best of the Japanese classics – and there were more in the public parking area, ridden up for the day by enthusiasts who wanted to take a closer look at the club and its bikes.

While numbers were down in some categories, notably the early Sixties era, quality of machine and passion of ownership were evident in every category. It would be rare at any event or even permanent museums to see a perfectly-restored example of a Yamaha Liberty “Ranch”, an Australian market-only model based on the Yamaha YDS-1. But at Healesville, two such rarities sat side-by-side, with South Australian Mick Bulman’s taking Best Yamaha honours, and Trevor Blackwell of New South Wales winning Best Off-road and Oldest Motorcycle awards.

There were many excellent restored bikes on display, with organising committee member Michael Samootin deservedly sweeping the pool with his 1979 Kawasaki Z1300, the awards recognising not only the quality of restoration but also the effort in presentation that picked up the trophies for Bike of the Rally, Best Restoration, Best Kawasaki and Best Motorcycle 1976-1980. The winner of Best Honda, Victorian Graeme Dusting’s Honda CB750 K1, Best Motorcycle 1966-70 (Wayne Smith’s 1969 CB750) and several others, including Ron Cowell’s 1976 Kawasaki Z900 and Michael Catchpole’s 1972 Honda CB750 K2, were listed by the judges as close contenders for Best Restoration.

Best Original-Unrestored went to Victorian Bruce Johnstone’s 1960 Yamaha YDS-1 and Best Japanese-Other Marques to Bruce Collins’s 1967 Bridgestone 175. Best Suzuki was a popular choice at the awards presentation, with Melbourne Metro region stalwart and rally ride leader David Hutchinson taking the trophy for his 1983 Suzuki XN85, with Barry Nielsen commended by the judges for his GSX250S. The President’s Choice trophy was awarded to

The Yamaha Liberty Ranch models of Mick Bulman and Trevor Blackwell.

Simon Whittaker’s “police pursuit” special, based on a Honda CB900 Bol D’Or.

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Steve Bamford of New South Wales for his 1975 Yamaha RD350B, with Bruce Collins’s Bridgestone and Ian Paterson’s Suzuki X7 also being commended.

Long-distance riders, police specials and return journeys Several of the special awards were worthy of note, with Tony and Lynne Hepburn deservedly winning the Longest Distance Rider trophy for their 900km two-up journey from Broken Hill in western New South Wales aboard their Honda CB750 – and they planned to ride the long way on the return journey! The Hard Luck Award went to Ron Cowell, who brought his newlyrestored Kawasaki Z900 from Cann River in eastern Victoria to the rally venue gates – only to find them locked as he’d arrived a week early!

Ron made the return journey the following

weekend and was rewarded with much interest in his restoration effort.

VJMC Canberra regional representative Stan Perry could also count himself unlucky, as his newly-restored Honda CB400T was damaged in transit when a mate’s bike toppled over in the trailer while in transit. The dedicated Honda CX Owner’s Club again won Best Club Display with their very well-organised effort, while Best Modified or Special went to Canberra’s Simon Whittaker and his eye-catching 1980 Honda CB900SF “Police Pursuit” special and the Special Interest Award to Melbourne’s Gerry Watts for his genuine Honda CB750K police bike.

Rally rides take in Yarra Ranges’ best roads This year’s rally program was changed from previous years, with the shorter Rally Ride scheduled

Ron Cowell’s restored z900.

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Phil Kendrigan’s 1987 Kawasaki KH-100 won Best Single.

for the Saturday afternoon after display judging.

About 30 riders headed off on the ride of about 50 km via Myers Creek Rd to Toolangi, then back through Dixons Creek and the Old Healesville Rd to Healesville. Several smaller groups chose to sample the roads in and around the beautiful Yarra Ranges region, including the challenging Reefton Spur, returning in the early evening in time for the trophy presentations and dinner.

Sunday morning’s Long Ride of 160 km attracted about 40 riders and their bikes, heading out along the famed Black Spur tourist road for a leisurely run through a region still bearing the scars of the devastating February 2009 bushfires, but also showing encouraging signs of re-growth in the forests and rebuilding within the small communities so badly affected by the tragic fires.

The riders headed on up the Maroondah Highway via Taggerty and Acheron, and again enjoyed the great run on minor roads through to the ride stopover at Molesworth, where a welcome morning tea awaited. The group broke up a little after morning tea and a fuel stop, but all made it back via Yea and the return run down the Melba Highway, turning off at Toolangi for a great ride down through the hairpin bends to Chum Creek and then back to Healesville.

This year’s VJMC National Rally concluded with a farewell lunch for rally entrants – a great way to catch up with fellow enthusiasts, compare notes and make plans for next year’s event, the 25th VJMC National Rally which is sure to be a success in the well-established tradition of this event.

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AwArd winning KAwAsAKi Z1300 pics: Sayher Heffernan

Michael Samootin has been an enthusiastic and regular member of the Melbourne Metro Region for a few years now. Members have watched his Z13 evolve from the ‘used but tidy’ bike he first brought out for Club events, into the award-winning example that it now is.

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Z1300 ReSTORATION

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ichael fronted at the 2010 National Rally with a beautifully presented Z1300, carrying off an almost embarrassing stash of ‘glassware’, including the coveted Bike of the Rally award. We caught up with Michael to find out a bit more about the restoration process. can you tell us a bit about the history of the bike, and how you caMe to own it.

The z1300 was purchased from its previous owner in 2006 in quite poor condition.

Although it was still running, the bike didn’t have compliant mufflers, as they were stripped out, and the whole bike was painted black, while the engine was completely painted green, as you can see in the before photos.

Some of the frame was actually hand painted as well.

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In addition to this, the motor wasn’t in very good condition and the mileage wasn’t true as indicated, as the speedo cable was broken at 50,971km. Upon further inspection by disassembling the motor it was discovered that it had over-size pistons in it as well. Ouch! All in all the bike wasn’t rideable, and with attempts to make it road worthy, six of the intake valves were bent due to the timing chain being out. The front brake wasn’t totally functional either, and the list went on and on. so you decided to bite the bullet and do a full restoration?

In the end I decided bugger it, I’ll have to try and get the thing into some sort of condition so that at least I could ride it. So due to cost I decided to get the painted parts of the bike resprayed back to the original colour. I also got the engine looked at, because when the head was pulled

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off together with the cylinders it was obvious I needed some help here. So Jeff Eeles put me onto the Z1300 guru Gurt Rower, who lives out at Whalan and is an absolute expert on old bikes, especially z1300s. He rebuilt the head and rehonded the cylinders for me and then resprayed the motor for me back to original condition.

I then rebuilt the front end of the bike which included everything from the top of the handle bars right down to the brakes. The only thing that I didn’t touch at the time was the instrument panel.

So I got all the painted parts back and rebuilt it, which put it into a semi-decent condition, which allowed me to ride it for a couple of years.

When I heard that the National Rally was going to be held in Melbourne in 2009, I decided to bite the bullet and do a total restoration. By this time I’d spent nearly three years purchasing all sorts of parts off eBay. Some, like the radiator, I had to buy three of to make one, and same goes for the exhaust system. But all parts bought were

genuine Kawasaki parts or NOS parts. There are no non-Kawasaki parts on this bike.

All the black parts were sent out to powder coating, All paint work had to go out again as the previous painter didn’t do a good job as rust started to come through the paint work. Chroming and zinc plating was all sent out as well. The engine this time was disassembled and rebuilt with NOS parts. The cylinders were brought back to the standard size bore. The cylinder block was purchased from the USA and shipped back to Australia for this restoration. Again Gurt resprayed the motor cases while it was apart and rebuilt the motor.

So timing was a juggle as I had the get all the parts back within certain times of the re-assembly, so as they came back the bike started taking shape from the ground up. Special attention was given to making sure that every original nut and bolt was used, as when I bought the bike it was missing a lot of bits and pieces.

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Parts also started coming in from Germany.

For example, the left handle bar controls are all NOS, stickers and pin striping came from the UK, and the Vetter bags from the USA. The instrument panel was totally restored as well, as there are no parts for this available anywhere. The speedo was a new one bought from America, but it was in miles, so I got Ringwood speedos to convert it for me using parts from my old speedo, and at the same time zero the odometer as I considered the bike to be totally new in reality.

Lastly the seat. This was a real issue as I had searched high and low for quite a number of years looking for a new seat, or even finding someone that could supply a new cover. No such luck. In the end and in my frustration I went to Peter Stevens in the city and asked for them to get Kawasaki to do a world wide search. Finally after about six months PS called and said that they found the very last seat in Japan and it was on its way to me. Woo-hoo ... what a find!

fitter for years. But two things made it difficult during the restoration. One was that my wife and I decided to extend the house, but we hadn’t started, so I had to do the restoration in a very old shed. When I finished the build I actually had to knock down a whole side of the shed to get the bike out.

But the hardest part was the front brake master cylinder. On these bikes it’s not that great at the best of times, and no matter how I tried (new pistons, cleaning the bore out, endless bleeding), I just couldn’t get the brake working properly.

So in the end I gave up and I sent it to a place in Shepparton, and they re-sleeved the bore out and inserted a stainless steel bush. I got it back, installed it and now it works a treat.

What Were the hardest parts of the Whole restoration process?

I learnt a hell of a lot during this restoration, and I suppose my fitting and machining trade helped me along the way, even though I hadn’t been a

What haVe you learnt along the Way in regards to Z1300s?

One of the lessons learnt is that when you get a six cylinder, there is six of everything! But I found it a great challenge and a huge enjoyment. But the biggest thing was to take your time and keep an eye on all the sub-contractors as they can stuff things up for you. Oh, and I”m not a sparky, so I found doing the wiring a bit of a daunting task. So if you don’t know what to do, there are plenty of people that you ask for help from.

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are there any Jobs left to do on the bike?

In the end the bike is perfect, but since the show it’s been draining the battery and I’ve found out that with the alternator, one of the phases was only giving out half the current.

So back to eBay, as there is a company in the States that sells these rebuilt or as aftermarket parts. There is one more thing, and that is the right hand switch control block. There is one NOS control left maybe, the only one in the world as a NOS part in Germany, so I’ve got the guy to hold for me, as Euros to Australian dollars is a bit of an issue.

What is the bike like to ride?

The bike is fantastic, and I can see why people loved them. Yes it is heavy - 300kgs wet - and with two up plus luggage, well, you can work it out. But the motor is smooth and it’s got heaps of power. Fully loaded and going around Tasmania, it was effortless for the bike to just go faster and faster. Handling was another thing. Being an instructor and someone that raced, I found this bike very nimble when it got going. It takes corners extremely well. Even sometimes the old race position comes back and I’ve had the thing leant over with my knees touching the ground. It gives you quite a lot of confidence in the feel of the ride.

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finally, you were obViously Very pleased to take out so Many tropHies at tHe national rally, including tHe bike of tHe rally award?

All I can say is “wow”. The Melbourne team did it again and put on a great show. Being a part of the rally committee, we were worried about the numbers, but that wasn’t the case. Saturday was a great turn out of bikes and people, the food was great, the organisation ran the whole event smoothly. Some lessons learnt from last year just made this year so much better and enjoyable for all.

After winning Best Restoration, Bike of the Rally and Best Kawasaki, I thought that was it.

You know when you watch the Oscars, and you see the actors when they are awarded the prize and there is a lot of “oh my god” and shock and getting all hot and bothered and sweaty with excitement? Well, that was my wife’s description of what I was like. But I don’t believe her.

All I can say is that it was fantastic.

How often do you use tHe bike?

Mostly on club rides, and it’s been around Tasmania. I’ve ridden it to the Snowy Mountains in October two years ago, to catch up with a bunch of mates form the Sydney VJMC club in Dalgety, and recently to and from work.

My attitude to a show bike like this is that you can keep it looking great, but what’s the point of having it sitting in the shed. I quite enjoy getting it out on the road and sparking up some conversation with strangers who are amazed to see a nearly 30 year old bike that’s brand new.

These things are to be enjoyed ... well that’s what I think anyway.

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For sale Yamaha Yl1 1966. Recently had $2000 dollars spent into restoring it with completely original parts, including a new Yamaha seat. Runs well, rego is just expired but can be effected now, at buyers expense, before april, otherwise the plates will have to be returned & it will be sold unregistered. The bike was ridden regularly for the previous year for short runs around the inner city after being restored. The odometer has 35617 original miles on it so this gives an indication of the riding done. Overall the bike is in good original condition - restoration consisted in sourcing parts, cleaning, tuning and assembly. The bike is very original, complete with a few small dents it has acquired overtime. Tyres and battery are brand new.

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