This month there were two club riding opportunities within three days, so having enjoyed the Old Bike Ride and the Sugarloaf Reservoir BBQ on Sunday, we set off again the following Tuesday for Paul’s midweek starting from Greensborough. Trundling through the mayhem and dust at the NE Link tunnel works at Watsonia, we then negotiated the huge queue at the Grimshaw Road intersection by skipping it and pushing in at the front: which I don’t…

3rd Sunday of the Month 19/11/23 A fairly short run down the Bellarine Peninsula to Point Lonsdale was agreed on as everybody had to be home early for various reasons and numbers were down. Nick Oakley’s broken ankle has put him out of action for the next 6 weeks and so he doesn’t go cabin crazy, I have lent him my 50cc Vmoto Scooter to get around on. He reckons he can hang his plaster…

The October Sunday ride was to Bendigo to view the motorcycles that Dr Dugal James has on display at the Black Swan Hotel on High Street. The visit to the Black Swan was organised by the Bendigo Historic Motorcycle Club (BHMCC), with an invite extended to CMCCV members. The starting point for the ride was the Magpie & Swamp Hotel in Wandong, not a usual starting point for a Club ride. So unusual was the…

Rod Dutton phoned me on Saturday volunteering to organize a ride and letting me now his wife Caz, son in law Ethan and daughter Beth will be joining us on our ride. Never one to disappoint, Rod obviously gave a lot of thought into the ride, it was most interesting taking in the Barrabool Hills, To Andersons Road,  through Moriac,  Cape Otway Road, Church Street, l was a little lost at this point  not sure…

The weather forecast was cold but no rain on the horizon saw four riders including myself at our rendezvous point. Just as we were about the head of on our way Marks Tiger didn’t want to start: after a quick analysis we found the fuel bowl screws had come loose. Surprisingly none of us had a Phillips screwdriver so finger tight we made a dash to Rod Dutton’s home that was only a few kilometers…