ORMTC September

September 2015 Open Road Motorcycle Touring Club Page 1

Committee

President Fred M

Vice President Russell D

Secretary E-J

Editor & Treasurer Ivan Z 042 777 1728

Tour Master Mal F

OPEN ROAD MOTORCYCLE

TOURING CLUB

September 2015

Club Objectives

1) To promote, encourage and co-operate with kindred bodies in fostering and

maintaining motorcycling as a sport.

2) To organize and conduct social outings, competitions and to encourage good

fellowship amongst members.

3) To maintain and keep up the prestige of the club and sport.

ORMTC Postal Address: PO Box 714, Victoria Park W.A. 6979 Club Internet Home Page:

Club e-mail address: Editor’s e-mail:

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Contact Details

Cut off date for magazine articles is ONE (1) week prior to the meeting; if in doubt call the Editor!

Disclaimer Comments and technical articles printed in this magazine are the results of member contributions and, as such, the views and opinions expressed DO NOT necessarily reflect those of ORMTC Inc. but are for general interest only. The ORMTC accepts no responsibility for accuracy of any comment, opinion

or information contained in or omitted from this magazine.

Open Road Motorcycle Touring Club September 2015 Page 2

CONTENTS

Page 01…………………………………..Club Objectives, Club Committee, Club Contact details

Page 02…………………………………..Contents

Page 03…………………………………..President’s Report

Page 04…………………………………..Editor’s Report

Page 05-06.……………………………...Meeting minutes from last month

Page 07-14.……………………………...Grand Tour article by Peter

Page 15…………………………………..Ride requirements

Page 16-17....…………………………...Club points table

Page 18…………………………………..Club Finances

Page 19....………………………………..Merchandise

Page 20-25…..………..…………………Ivan’s Grand Tour photos

Page 26-27…..………..…………………Members’ contact details

Page 28-30…..………..…………………Police answers to questions when we met

Page 30-31.……………………………...Magazine cover redesign

Page 32…………………………………..Riot Act

Page 33…………………………………..By-laws and Birthdays

Page 34-35.……………………………...Social Ride photos by Ivan

Page 26.……..…………………………...Club Run details with Fred and Peter

Page 37…....……………………………..Social Ride details with Ivan

Page 38………………………..………....Club Ride Calendar


ORMTC President’s Report September 2015

A Reminder

On Saturday 24th October we shall be holding a function for the 40th Anniversary of the founding of our club in 1975. This function will follow a morning Social Run which finishes at the function venue, The Kalamunda Hotel, Railway Road, Kalamunda.

We would like a strong turn-out for this event so please encourage everyone you can think of from past and present membership and families to attend.

Awards Presentations from our 2014/15 Club Year will also be made at this event.

Grand Tour

I’d like to congratulate Nic for leading a very

successful Grand Tour in August this year

through the Northern and

Eastern Goldfields. We had

six riders participate and all

enjoyed the experience very

much. Hope to see some

great articles and pics in this

magazine.

Fred M


Editors Report

Hi all, This edition includes Part 1 of Peter’s article about the Grand Tour. I’ve also added half a dozen pages of photos I took on the trip. I missed (working overtime) Russell and Peter’s Club Run at the start of August but Fred sent in a photo; running repairs to Steve’s panniers, see below. Steve and E-J’s Social Ride was great and there’s some photos towards the back of that one. Keep sending in the pics, thanks. Ivan

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NORTHERN EXPOSURE August 2015 Peter Hubach Part 1 It had been raining heavily all night before the morning of departure. It was a grey and cold dawn that sheepishly crept above the Dome at Mundaring, our recently updated meeting point. An early start was required as this was going to be the longest day’s ride of the trip. The plan was to go east on the Great Northern Highway, cross the Avon River and then turn off to Goomalling and then head north. This route was discussed at the previous club meeting and it avoided the tiresome roads of the Swan Valley and the truck-infested curves south of Bindoon. Nic had emailed everybody in the club to update them of the revised plan. What could possibly go wrong? Ivan. Ivan went to the original start location of the Dome at Midland. When this was realised by those at Mundaring, phone and text messages were sent but Ivan was not picking up. Eventually contact was made and Ivan joined the small, intrepid group of riders about to embark on the Third Grand Tour. As is now traditional on Grand Tours, names had to be changed to ensure that Fred always bought the first round of the evening by amassing the most penalty points for forgetting to use the adopted monikers. Nic became Roger: which allowed endless childish snickering and many “Roger, Roger”s. Ivan became Maynard: after some red rock video involving a bevy of barely clad beauties and not the eminent economist of post war Europe. Fred became Maurice: because of some fantasy about cutting women’s hair. Nigel became Fritz: in honour of Hans and to ensure that he always got his meal last. Nigel became Billy: because he is the “Piano Man”. And I became Mario: because I was riding an Italian bike. So it was that six of us rode east from Mundaring about an hour later than planned. The roads were wet but it wasn’t raining, though threatening to do so. Each of us was reciting each other’s assumed names to remember them. Some had made notes on their fondle phones, which I think is cheating but I knew that no amount of subterfuge would save Maurice from having to buy the first round. (I was right.) It was half past eleven when we stopped at Dalwallinu bakery for lunch. There must have

been a rush on because they could offer only one pie and one pasty for hot food. I got the pie and Maynard the pasty. Their sandwiches were good though and Roger and Hans got hot chicken and pasta meals from the shop two doors down the high street. The weather was cool but it hadn’t rained and we sat outside on the wooden benches in our wet weather gear and got hot. The assistant brought out a large sandwich of chicken and salad that we hadn’t ordered. When we returned it they gave it to us anyway and Billy and I shared it.


We had lingered rather longer than planned. The sun was shining as we rode north to escape the wheat paddocks and into the light woodland that had patches of wild flowers gracing the side of the highway. South of Paynes Find we stopped to remove excess clothing and discuss fuel ranges. Maynard thought that it would be prudent for him to fill up at Paynes Find but the rest were sure that their bikes would make it to Mt Magnet. Maynard told us not to wait, he would soon catch us up even though we were travelling quickly to make up for lost time. We didn’t want to be on the road at dusk as there was plenty of evidence of wildlife, stains of impact on the bitumen and mangled corpses on the verge. About ten kilometres south of Mt Magnet Fritz began to slow down and wobble his 650 VStrom from side to side. It was out of fuel. We pulled over and gathered around to increase his embarrassment. The VStrom range was usually over 400 kilometres, Fritz assured us. However, in keeping up with the bigger bikes it had slurped rather than sipped fuel. Now the tank was empty, it was getting late and we were 90 kilometres from Cue. I rode to Mt Magnet with Maurice to get a can of fuel and ferry it back to the others. Maurice was required to keep guard of my sleeping bag which had to be removed from the top box to allow for the fuel can. When I go back to the group, (who had spent the time practising each others new names), I made sure I had the camera ready to record the event for posterity. Fritz had meant to bring extra fuel on the trip but Maurice had persuaded him not to. Fritz kept the fuel can, full, in his top box for the rest of the trip and didn’t need it. After we had all fuelled up at Mt Magnet there was an 80 kilometre ride to Cue. It’s a lovely ride through constantly changing scenery. This got a bit blurry because we had to make up for lost time. I remember the road crossing parts of Lake Austin several times. This is an extensive lake system with many islands of low hills and, at this time of year, usually contains water. Roger, Billy and Maynard surged ahead of the rest of us and were soon lost from sight. Fritz was pegging the throttle of the VStrom wide open and we were just moments behind pulling up outside The Queen of

the Murchison where we were to spend the night. Cue was gazetted in 1893 and is named after Tom Cue who filed the first gold claim. The rotunda in the main street covers the original well that was capped after an outbreak of typhoid fever. The main street has changed little since it was originally built, this includes The Queen of the Murchison, which dates from 1927, once a pub, it is now used solely for accommodation. It is by far the best place to stay in town and does the best food too. Next door is a liquor store with ridiculously low wine prices. What more could you need? The bikes were parked behind the hotel in a locked yard, behind the

British bus, American Cadillac and parrot aviary. Roger and Maurice chose to further conceal their bikes with (completely undetectable) silver covers. Other guests included a couple of Chinese mineralogists who were scouting (spying?) about the area for precious rocks for the Middle Kingdom. Their four wheel drive tray-back, packed with expensive equipment, had arrived earlier and had taken the prime spot, parked as close to the back of the hotel as possible.


The ground floor of the hotel is given over to the ornately ceilinged dining room and a motorcycle collection. The evening meal was lasagne with chips and salad, a local speciality and prepared by Carla, our host. Desert was tinned fruit and salad, all washed down with a few wines or beers, perfect! Later we discovered that the refrigerator contained many jars of home made relish that would of further added to our enjoyment of the meal. Maybe next time? Our postprandial perambulation took us to the Murchison pub. It had noticeably fewer fluoro wearing patrons than a couple of years ago. There was a dartboard with no darts and a friendly young, Irish lady behind the bar. She was probably the only reason we stayed for a couple of drinks. Roger had arranged for a bus to collect us at 07:00 the next morning for a tour. So we had to be up and breakfasted by then. A relatively early night was required. It was the first tour for Roger’s recently purchased, (rather nice,) burnt orange (not baby shit brown) BMW K1600. It was quite safe, nestled under it’s silver cover like some grounded airship. After going to bed, Roger remembered to check if he had activated the BMW’s alarm system. (Shouldn’t that be automatic like on every other bike nowadays?) He got up and went out the back to check. Later that night, nestled under his bed cover, Roger heard an alarm. Somebody was stealing the K1600! Roger rushed down the stairs and out the back to discover that the K1600 was still nestling under its silver cover, unmolested. The alarm was for something else. Roger had been catastrophising unnecessarily. The need to be ready by 07:00 prompted an early rise. It was still dark when I went down stairs to the dinning room. All was black and then a Chinese man emerged from the gloom. He had been wandering around for some time, searching for light switches, (so he said, “Probably spying.”, I thought). We both caressed each door-side wall, stroking for a switch. Nothing. Not a single light switch could be detected by touch in any of the rooms. I went up stairs to get my torch. The torch beam revealed naked walls, and then, a box of switches in a side room. First, these turned on the ceiling fans and then I found the light switches. I illuminated the motorcycle museum, the bar, the kitchen, the hall and finally, the dining room. This revealed the breakfast regalia that had been laid out for us. There was a selection of cereals, breads for toast and tea and coffee. It was a get your own set up. I searched the refrigerator for marmalade and found the home made relish that would have been so good with last night’s lasagne. There was jam and honey and pineapple and orange juice mixed but no marmalade. Still, you have to be prepared for hardships out in the bush. I munched my cereal with the Chinese mineralogist (spy) at the large dining table, the others had not surfaced. I think he had been looking for pickled cabbage but maybe his look of disappointment was due to the lack of marmalade. His English was just marginally better than my Mandarin. He was mystified as to why a group would ride motorcycles around this part of the country. There are no casinos and the shopping is not great. After quite a few long silences, the others appeared but not Maurice.


I munched my cereal with the Chinese mineralogist (spy) at the large dining table, the others had not surfaced. I think he had been looking for pickled cabbage but maybe his look of disappointment was due to the lack of marmalade. His English was just marginally better than my Mandarin. He was mystified as to why a group would ride motorcycles around this part of the country. There are no casinos and the shopping is not great. After quite a few long silences, the others appeared but not Maurice. Maurice was still in his room waiting for staff to bring him a cooked breakfast as happens on all his other holidays. By the time he sat down at the dining table everyone else had finished their breakfast and it was nearly 07:00. We were told that the bus had arrived and was parked out the front. Ruth, the driver with a broken accelerator foot, was introduced to us and still Maurice sat there waiting for service. Roger eventually broke the news to Maurice that it was a get your own “Continental” breakfast. “Oh.”, said Maurice, “I was waiting for the bacon and eggs to arrive.”. So it was a little later than 07:00 that we gathered outside, beside the waiting, silent bus. Some boarded to grab their preferred seat but there was no rush. The battery was too flat to close the electronic door and the ignition key could not be turned until the door was closed. Fritz examined the mechanism and found a secret manual lever to close the door. Now the ignition key could be turned but there was no power. The only solution was to push it. So, Carla included, we pushed the bus and Ruth tried to get the diesel motor going. She failed. It was obviously man’s work. Maurice stepped in to the driver’s seat and we all pushed again.

This time we got the motor running and it was decided to continue with our tour and not switch the motor off all morning. We were off to the ghost town of Big Bell, to the west of Cue. This is a relatively modern ghost town, built from 1936 and rapidly dismantled after the mine closed in 1955. To keep us amused during the trip, Fritz showed us an app on his fondle phone. By applying a digit to the lens of the device, it measures your pulse and gives you a run down on how run down you are. Roger won and Billy didn’t. There’s not much left of Big Bell town. There’s the ruined

pub, which looks a lot like the Como in South Perth and only slightly more distressed. It was reported to have the longest bar in Australia but last orders were years ago. There’s not much left of the interior. Much of the décor has gone but there are some modern wall paintings to compare with the slightly older ones at Walga Rock. The rest of the town is mainly street plan and

information notices showing what used to be there. There’s the shell of a church and a massively built, two room house that we couldn’t fathom a reason for it’s robust construction. If only the old drinking fountain at the state school site could talk!


On to Walga Rock, Australia’s second largest monolith! It’s big and under an overhang, there are Aboriginal paintings. Some are very old but there is one of a sailing ship, obviously more recent. It is now thought that this image is of a 19

th century, two masted steamer with a

segmented funnel. It was common for these types of vessels to have decorative gun ports painted on their sides and no bridge or superstructure. Recent examination has dated this image to about 1917.

Of course, we had to climb the rock. We found an area where the granite lightly kissed the earth which presented us with a slope gentle enough to climb. It wasn’t exactly a race to the top but let’s just say that Fritz’s fondle phone fitness assessment was pretty accurate. The view from the top was worth the effort.

Back to the still idling bus. We raced the budgerigars along the road to The Great Fingall Mine at Day Dawn. This mine operated from 1898 until 1918. It was one of the biggest in the area with workings to a depth of 700 metres. In 1899 it was the scene of a nine week strike by the miners, protesting about the use of cheap Italian labour. A story we later found repeated at Gwalia. The mine produced a lot of gold and warranted the stone construction of a fine office building and assay office. This now needs a little work, especially the roof. It is now considered dangerous and fenced off from the public. That didn’t stop us.


The building teeters right on the edge of a relatively new open cut working of the old mine site. This has recently stopped production and the site is now silent, except for the wind moaning through the timbers of the exposed roof structure and the flapping of unsecured tin.

Our last stop of the morning’s tour was the old hospital. This is situated between the Day Dawn and Cue town sites. It was built of local stone in 1895 and closed in 1942. The hospital treated the typhoid fever outbreaks that were common at this time. There wasn’t the water available to sterilise and wash the linen, so it was burnt in an adjacent incinerator building. I first saw this ruin in 1992 and there is a lot less left now.

Back to Cue and a farewell to Carla and the Queen of the Murchison. Carla suggested the road house for lunch. It is under new management from the last time I tried to eat there and it is now very good. Everyone enjoyed their meals and Billy scored a free, deep fried, lasagne pocket. Whatever that is, it will probably put him off the scale of Fritz’s fondle phone fitness app. Time to be on the road again. We rode back south to Mt Magnet, a lot slower than on the way up. It was sunny and warm, blue skies reflected in the shallow waters of Lake Austin. Our bellies were full and the open road stretched out before us. Sandstone beckoned, life was good. Sandstone was gazetted in 1906 and by 1907 had a population of about 8000 and four hotels. The smallest of which is the only survivor. The railway arrived in 1910, but by then the population was reduced to about 2000. There are now just over 100 residents. We were staying in “Outback Accommodation”. Which proved to be a very comfortable, “U” shaped

arrangement of dongas and a communal kitchen. If we wanted, we could have cooked our evening meal there but the hotel had a gourmet menu advertised on the fence and beer on tap and young Irish waitresses so there was really no contest. But first, we hadn’t finished riding and there were more sights to see.


The tourist loop is a well maintained gravel road. It was time to get the bikes covered in red dust. First stop was the brewery. There’s nothing there now but a breakaway on which the wooden brewery was built in 1907 by an Irishman. The beer was stored in a cavern underneath that was kept cool in the hottest weather by a shaft drilled through the roof which allowed warmer air to escape.

Further on is London Bridge, a sandstone formation that may be as old as 350 million years. It doesn’t look like it’s going to last much longer. This is

one rock formation that we didn’t climb. The sun was setting and it cast a lovely

orange glow on the sandstone rock. By the time we had looked at the ruined state battery it was getting dark. Time to explore the smallest and the largest hotel in Sandstone city centre. The blackboard menu read “Special: 2 Chicken Schnitzels with Chips and Salad and Hollandaise Sauce - $14”. Maurice said he was hungry enough for two schnitzels so he

ordered the special from the nice young Irish bar lady. I thought, “I could eat two schnitzels.”, so I ordered the special too. But I didn’t want chips and salad, I wanted vegetables as listed on the printed menu on the bar. The nice young Irish bar lady didn’t know if vegetables could be had with the special, so she went to ask the chef in the kitchen. The kitchen was as far from the bar as you could go without leaving Sandstone. Roger asked who I was teaming up with? He thought that the special was two schnitzel meals, not two pieces of schnitzel and that you had to pair with somebody to order them. I thought that $14 was far too cheap for two meals so we had in interesting semantic discussion until the nice young Irish bar lady returned to announce that vegetables could be substituted for chips and salad for the special. I asked her what the vegetables were and she didn’t know, she would have to go and ask the chef. When the nice young Irish bar lady returned, she announced that the vegetables were carrots, corn, beans and potatoes. We asked her if the special was two pieces of schnitzel or two schnitzel meals. She didn’t know and would have to go and ask the chef.


Meanwhile, Billy and Maynard decided that they would have the special menu too. When the nice young Irish bar lady returned, Maynard asked her if you had to have the Hollandaise sauce or could you have the parma sauce mentioned in the printed bar menu. The nice young Irish bar lady didn’t know and would have to go and ask the chef. It was getting late and we managed to order some refreshment from another bar person before the manager arrived. She was a bit concerned that the chef was being pestered all the time. I explained that the blackboard menu was ambiguous and poorly written. “I wrote it.”, she declared with a whithering look. The manager proved to be a very nice person. She agreed with me, and that has to be a good start. The special was indeed two, separate schnitzel meals for $14. Maurice piped in that he actually wanted two schnitzels, not two meals and he also wanted vegetables as well as chips and salad. Somehow we ordered five special schnitzel meals, with or without chips and salad, with or without vegetables and with or without Hollandaise sauce. Fritz ordered the fish. The restored dining room was a very comfortable place to be. In fact the whole hotel is well restored and well run. The chef was very apologetic when he trekked from the kitchen to tell us that they had run out of schnitzels and two of us would have to order something else. Billy and Maynard ordered the beef. When my schnitzel special arrived it was perfectly cooked, crispy breadcrumbs and moist interior. There was a strip of crispy bacon laid on top and segments of avocado on top of that. It was dressed with the right amount of home made Hollandaise sauce. The vegetables were properly cooked, not boiled to a mush. When we left, I told the manager that if we lived closer we would be back more often. My donga was on the end of the “U”. “Good, away from the snorers.”, I thought. There was also two en suite bathrooms between me and my neighbour Maurice. Unfortunately, just outside the window was a humming pump. “That’s for the swimming pool and can be turned off.”, Maynard confidently opined. We went to investigate. The noise was not from the pool pump but a

sewage pump on the septic. Not the sort of thing to turn off. Still, Maynard did score a can of fly spray that was stored under the pump lid. It had been an eventful day and the continuous humming of the sewage pump didn’t keep me awake. Tomorrow there would be more adventures and maybe, even some marmalade for breakfast. To be continued...


Ride Requirements Volunteer for a ride, be Ride Leader or Tail End Charlie.

Plan the route, maps, fuel and food stops, toilet stops, make track notes.

Go on a pre-ride, edit track notes, record travel time, check your stops/shops are open, get pub/café phone number to make a future booking, take some pictures, alter the ride route if necessary.

Make a flier for the ride, forward it to the Editor [email protected] and to the Tour Master [email protected] forward your ride route to the Tour Master too.

At the meeting, receive running sheet from the Secretary, receive TEC bag from previous rides TEC, tell the members about your ride, encourage participation, get numbers if necessary for bookings.

On the day, be on time for your own ride, bring TEC bag, record participants, contact and emergency details, read the Riot Act aloud, phone a brunch booking if required.

Delays TEC bag contains mechanical and first aid supplies, notify riders ahead if delay is long, separate the ride if necessary, don’t leave anybody stranded alone.

Following the ride post the running sheet in the envelope provided, forward photos to the Editor for the web site, forward an article to the Editor for the magazine.

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Last month’s finances


Merchandise

Stickers $3.00

Stubby Holders New Stock ! $6.00

Badges (Black and Gold) $9.00 Key Rings White $3.50 Iron-on Transfers full sheet $10.00 half sheet $5.00 Tee-Shirts—Short Sleeves Small $27.00 Medium $27.00 Large $27.00 Extra Large $27.00 2xExtra Large $27.00 Tee-Shirts—Long Sleeves Small $30.00 Medium $30.00 Large $30.00 Extra Large $30.00 2xExtra Large $30.00

Number plate surround $17.00


What could possibly go wrong?


Less than 10% of the 555 photos I took on the Grand Tour






Information from the Police Talk 1st July 2015

By invitation we had 2 police officers come to the July Club meeting to answer some questions put to them by the members. Thank you to Russell for organising this event and coordinating with Superintendent Ian Clark and Sergeant Simon Baxter. Supt. Ian Clark – has ridden motorcycles all his life and currently rides a Nomad, he is also a pursuit rider. He is in charge of Major Crash Investigations; Intelligence; Traffic Enforcement Group; and Breath and Drug Operations (booze buses etc). His job description also encompasses review of all coronial files. Research into WA crashes has shown that:

of all fatalities involving motorcyclists, 74% are the fault of the rider. Comes down to rider attitude and he believes Clubs need to talk to all riders about what they are doing on the road,

High risk age group is actually the 30 – 50 year old riders,

Risk of crashes increased if you ONLY do an Advanced Rider Training Course, needs to be done in conjunction with attitude and behaviour training.

You have to look after yourself and your friends.

Road Trauma is currently 1% of the Gross National Debt.

Many deaths are older riders who have had a midlife crisis and gone out and bought a bike.

Great 20 minute YouTube video done by the Kiwis called Safe Journeys. Looks at attitude, impacts, safe roads etc. Sergeant Simon Baxter – has spent the last 14 years as a Road Traffic Officer, has had a motorcycle licence for 32 years. Got his motorcycle licence at the age of 18 and had his first crash at the age of 19. He is a Road Trauma survivor having been cleaned up by a truck at the age of 5. Police are only the enforcers of the rules. Rules are written by the Department of Transport and they “own” them (Road Traffic Code 2000).

Lane splitting (legal in Queensland, called lane filtering). Lane Splitting at speed is deemed Dangerous Driving and is viewed in context of the incident. Usually look at incident-by-incident situation for legality in WA. Eg whilst in motion, travelling down the Freeway at 100km/h, lane splitting is not legal.

On multiple lane roads, can only lane split in Left Hand lane, and must indicate using right hand indicator.

In a stationary line of traffic, if there is enough space in the left hand lane, without going into the right hand lane, you can lane split. If you go into RH lane then it is $100 fine + 2 demerits, if you don’t indicate it is another $100 fine + 2 demerits.

At a red light or stop sign, you cannot put your foot in the RH lane or it will be a $200 fine. If you pull to the front of the lines but go over the white line at Traffic Lights then it is a $300 fine.

Overtaking on the left at ANY time (unless vehicles are indicating they are turning right) is illegal.


If there are continuous white lines, you cannot legally overtake any slow moving vehicles eg bicycles or tractors etc even if you do not cross the white lines and complete the maneuver within your lane. The exceptions are frequently stopping vehicles – Rubbish trucks, road sweepers and trucks used for spraying verges. This is the letter of the law. Looking at preventing overtaking by faster vehicles on blind bends, on crests of hills, or other unsafe situations. ## Significant discussion on this point.

Knocking baffles out of exhaust systems, which increases the noise output. Noise output cannot exceed 90dB. After market exhaust systems are acceptable but cannot exceed maximum of 90dB output.

Drug testing of drivers/riders – oral fluid picks up Ice, methamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis. The legislation runs side by side with the alcohol legislation – tests pick up presence of drugs in the body not a level of drug use like blood alcohol level. If found to be under the influence of drugs then a blood test is administered (can hold individuals up to 4 hours before taking test). Levels are then recorded and indicate level of impairment.

Inattention when driving or riding (texting, on the phone, changing radio stations, doing make-up, eating etc). If any of these or similar actions cause an accident with a fatality, person will be charged with Dangerous Driving Causing Death which carries a jail term.

If a person has a pre-existing medical condition eg. Epilepsy, and they are not managing the condition, and they cause an accident with a fatality, they will be charged with manslaughter.

Helmets with cameras or blue-tooth devices attached are OK as long as the attachment has not modified the helmet in any way (drilling holes in helmet to attach camera etc). Sticky glue pads for cameras are ok as is blue-tooth devices on sides of helmets.

Tinted visors are legal in WA as long as they have the Australian Standards sticker on them, including the flip down tinted shields in some helmets.

All parking issues are to do with individual Municipal Councils. Issues of no parking areas, park bikes in car bays, get ticket, photograph it and keep as evidence of purchasing parking space.

Motorcycles are currently allowed only in South Street and Beaufort Street bus lanes. Will be conducting survey of bus drivers to see how it has been working, depending on their views, bus lanes may be open for motorcyclists in the future.

Cannot speed to overtake vehicles at any time. Offences are measured from 1-9km/h over the speed limit.

Drivers are fined for being in the right hand lane in speed zones of 90 km/h and above and also for not keeping left in over taking lanes in the country.

It is an offence to stop another vehicle from legally overtaking by purposely speeding up or moving to the right hand lane.

It is not mandatory to place speed camera warning signs before cameras.

Speed cameras should not be set up at the bottom of hills or down slopes, if they are they will be set to capture the vehicle on the flat after the slope by decreasing the range of the camera. It is not the Traffic Enforcement Group’s area, it is Infringement Management Operations (IMO). It is reminded that a driver must have full control of their vehicle at all times and is responsible for the operation of such, which includes the brakes and accelerator used to ensure the vehicle doesn’t speed going downhill.


Police Department is moving away from using radar cameras to using laser cameras. The new Polis Scan cameras maps the road area in 1/3 second and can detect and monitor up to 6 vehicles in a row. Almost impossible to get inaccurate reading or mix up which vehicle was speeding.

All riders – technically illegal to stand up on pegs or remove feet from pegs whilst in motion, however if it is to stretch legs, get rid of cramps etc and is done in a safe way, it will not usually be picked up. Riding with legs over the handle bars is a different kettle of fish.

Police Officers are morally always on duty even when off duty. If assault, rape, burglary etc is witnessed they will step in and help. Other lesser offences eg. seeing a driver picking up a mobile phone, will either be dealt with when on duty, deemed not significant or passed onto another officer.

Situation where traffic light is not changing (due to late at night, no other vehicles to activate the metallic loop, or faulty loop) technically you cannot ride through a red light. Suggested moving the bike to sit wheel on the corner of metallic loop, roll back and forwards to try to get it to register; try moving to other lane (but don’t cross the solid white line!!!) and try activating the loop in the other lane. It is the magnetic loop set in the bitumen road surface at traffic lights which changes the light phases.

Number plate obstruction is $1000 fine. Plate must be vertical and able to be seen. Number plate surrounds and Perspex covers are legal as long as there is no obstruction of the plate.

Cover redesign opportunity

Hi everybody,

I’m expecting to order new covers in a couple of months time so that I have the new ones for about February. Last time we did this, we held a competition for designing a new cover. The result was that nobody had any ideas that they were prepared to put to paper. The Club discussed this outcome at a meeting and it was decided to tweak the original design a little, by adding the swan to signify WA and to use a colour version of the logo. Ross also redid his hand drawing that was originally developed from a Club photo back in the day. The colour of the old covers was intended to be replicated by printing the colour instead of using coloured card, but viewing the proof on a monitor didn’t quite equate to the colour that arrived in the mail.

So here we are again! Send your new designs to everybody in the Club to gather support, then bring them to a meeting to discuss. … GO

Ivan



O.R.M.T.C. RIOT ACT

This is to be read out at the start of each run

1. All riders are to be introduced to the Leader and Tail End

Charlie before the start of the run. 2. Do not overtake on the left – EVER!!

3. For rider safety a staggered formation is strongly

recommended.

4. Do not pass the leader unless they say it is okay.

5. When turning you MUST wait on the corner where you can be seen until the person behind catches up.

6. When you see someone on a corner you will become the

corner marker unless they wave you through.

7. Ride within your own personal limits and be mindful of the road rules.

8. The tail end Charlie will always be behind the last bike, no

matter what.

Please complete the sign in sheet with rider/pillion details including an emergency contact name and number.

This riot act must be read out before the start of each run. If you

are attending the run and the organisers fail to read it out, please remind them to do so.


Club by-laws as at August 2008

1. All motions need to have 2 months notice before they are voted on unless the 2 months notice is deemed unnecessary by the membership present at the meeting.

2. People on committees do not have to pay for an event that

they are organizing except for their own accommodation. 3. Only financial members of the club can vote. 4. No person is to spend any monies unless prior approval has

been granted by 2 or more committee members.

5. Any money spent and claimable from the club must have a receipt.

6. Members wishing to attend a club event must pay for that

event before it occurs.

7. If a member is unable to attend a Club event, refunds are to be decided by the committee organizing the event. 8. If the club organises any event which requires financial commitment, members who have committed to attending will be financially liable for their share of the costs unless they can find someone to replace them.

Birthdays


E-J enjoying the sights as TEC

August Social Ride

Well done Steve for organising a great Social Ride through some nostalgic roads and some new roads and destinations too.

The Riot Act



CLUB RUN - September 2015 With Fred and Peter

Sunday 13th

September 2015 Meet at McDonalds Wanneroo Road, Wanneroo

8.30am for 9.00am departure

Taking in Moora for lunch.

Approx 400 km


Sunday September 20 Social Ride

With Ivan and ?

Heading down to Waroona

Meet at McDonald’s Armadale 8:30 for 9am departure


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