Pre-Rally Fettling Run
Sunday, 6 January 2008
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A lovely day dawned on 6 January for our Pre-Rally
Fettling Run. It started cool, but true to the form of previous years it got
hot later. Peter Toet, on breakdown duty today, instructed us
on the route to the also traditional BBQ at his amazing Jacobs St house.
We were to ride to Uriarra Crossing,
thence to Urriara, Cotter then back to Weston, thence onto Coppins Crossing Road & into Belconnen
to Jacobs St, Evatt. The
‘short-ride’ fellows were to take the Coppins Crossing road on the first pass.
Well that was what I heard at least! So off I went on the Velocette, ahead of
the rest having caught some lights. Out onto Urriara
Crossing Road I had a couple of bikes behind me,
including Glen on his Suzuki, but where were the others? Heaven only knows.
The mystery of the missing riders was
solved when I got to Urriara Homestead, when I spied the others coming the
opposite way, led I think by the intrepid Peter Davey on his Brough. Later they
swore that the instructions were to go to Cotter first. But it didn’t matter
really & I carried on in my merry anti-clockwise route, still followed by
my small band.
At the end on the Coppins Crossing Road,
it got a little messy with many having different plans for a route to Evatt,
which would have been a bit messy if we had experienced significant breakdown
casualties. However as it happened the only breakdown was our Treasurer Col
Hill who nearly fired his spark plugs into the distance, when they came loose.
Sorry Col!
I seemed to be one of the last to arrive
at Jacobs St & the BBQ
& ‘house tours’ were well underway in the hands of Ann & her helpers.
This was a grand turnout but I was a little perplexed by the number of modern
machines there. The reason for my confusion is that this run is for the express
purpose of you trying out your rally mounts before the Annual Rally. Thus if
you break down, as Col did,
then you have enough time to fix it before the Rally. And for those who don’t
break down it gives you the confidence that you won’t embarrass yourself by
returning on the trailer during the Rally. Oh well, I suppose everyone had
their plan.
We all need to thank Peter & Ann once
more for their hospitality at Jacobs St again this year. I think that this must be the 5th year
of this event so we are really in their debt.
And the results of the fettling? : Well,
as far as I am aware the Canberra members did very well as I cannot recollect anyone coming home with
the trailer at the Rally.
Well done us all!
Lorraine Litster
ROLL CALL
| Name | Machine | Year |
| Geoff Nicholas | Rudge Multi | 1915 |
| Steve Davey | Harley Davidson | 1918 |
| Peter Davey | Brough Superior SS80 | 1939 |
| Ian Brock | Vincent Comet | 1951 |
| Lorraine Litster | Velocette MSS | 1954 |
| Mark Foster | Matchless | 1956 |
| Ernie Seary | Triumph T110 | 1958 |
| John Broad | BSA 350 | 1958 |
| Col Hill | Triumph T120 | 1960 |
| Tony Jones | Norton Model 50 | 1962 |
| Ann Toet | Triumph 6T | 1966 |
| John Somerville | Bultaco | 1967 |
| Dick Holland | Rocket 3 BSA | 1969 |
| G Carmody | Triumph Trident T150 | 1969 |
| Ron Allen | BSA Rocket 3 | 1969 |
| Phil Thomson | Triumph Bonneville | 1970 |
| Alan Munday | BSA Lightning | 1971 |
| Steve Keough | BMW R75/5 | 1972 |
| Peter Wilson | BMW R75/5 | 1972 |
| Geoff Williams | Ducati 750 GT | 1972 |
| Marty Van Sebille | Norton Commando 750 | 1972 |
| Lisa Mill | Yamaha RD 350 | 1973 |
| Craig & Jake Mill | Norton Commando 850 | 1974 |
| Dean Davidson | Ducati 750 | 1974 |
| Stewart Ross | Ducati 250 | 1974 |
| Charlie Davey | Triumph Bonneville | 1976 |
| Glen Tankard | Suzuki GS400B | 1977 |
| Bernie Medway | Honda Seely | 1978 |
| Chris Trautner | Yamaha SR500 | 1982 |
| Robert Kelly | Triumph Bonneville | 1985 |
| Greg Sutton | Cagiva Alazzurra | 1986 |
| G Cramp | BMW R80 | 1986 |
| Simon Whittaker | Honda GB400 | 1987 |
| Denis Murphy | Zephyr 750 | 1994 |
| Bob Hayward | Honda VTR 800 | 2000 |
| Raoul Jaatinen | Aprilia RSV | 2000 |
| Paul Madden | Triumph Daytona | 2002 |
| Geoff Duddy | GSX 750 | 2002 |
| Dick Stubbs | Suzuki Bergman | 2004 |
| Aki Jaatinen | MV Agusta F4 | 2004 |
| Peter & Mary Newark | Honda VT750 | 2005 |
| Annamie Claerhoudt | Yamaha XV650 | 2005 |
| John Flaxman | Kawasaki ERS | 2005 |
| Zel Plovanic | Triumph Thruxton | 2006 |
| Cheryl Boyce | Harley Davidson | 2007 |
| Peter Toet | Packard car | backup |
| Bill Lewis | Holden Car | Car |
| Margaret & Timo Jaatinen | Car | |
| John Jaatinen | Car |