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John Cook

Branch Happenings

The Annual Alpine Run has been run and done – ride report done under “Groups”.  I had a really good time.

Daylight Savings end this Sunday, if you forget to sleep in, you can have an extra coffee before Sunday’s ride.

The social night is on 15th April – Brian would love your RSVP to help with table bookings   

We have another multi day ride coming up out west starting 19 April from Ardeer.  We already have two couples registered and we’ll meet others along the way.  It will double as a Sunday ride from Ardeer to lunch at the Smythesdale pub where Maryanne and Hank plan to meet us. Even if not doing full ride, consider coming along for the day ride.  Some names and numbers will be appreciated so we can give the pub some pre-lunch numbers.  

The ride calendar has been filled until the end of…


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John Cook

The Alpine Run and More

To those coming, see you all in the morning.

There may have been a dusting of snow atop Hotham today. None forecast for tomorrow, but temperature below 10 degrees as we cross the top, so dress warm. Being cold can bring on fatigue more quickly.

Despite all the media hype, I'm not aware of any fuel supply issues on our route apart from price. First stop will be at Timberline in Heyfield where those with limited range can top up.  A local friend will meet us there and escort us through to Bruthen the back way (not via Bairnsdale) and a fill up is recommended at Bruthen to get us over the mountain. Petrol is available at Swifts Creek and/or Omeo for those with limited range.

A fill up at Mt Beauty is recommended on Saturday arvo before we settle in at Tawonga for the night.

Sunday morning - earlyish…


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John Cook
John Cook
3 days ago

Well, the snow was thicker than I expected for a few hundred metres!

I wasn't expecting it to be that thick! Pic from Jack

Fuel was available at all the planned stops but dearer than normal

Ride report pending.

Thanks to all who came along

John Cook

Some Nostalgic Ramblings

I received this December 1992 “Riding On” magazine when I joined the Ulysses Club.

It was all in black and white apart from a bit of red on the cover, which featured a photo supplied by Peter (The Bear) Thoeming and which depicted a “then new wave” Triumph Trophy with a bread stick on the rack while on a trip in Europe.

The Riding On editor was the then club president Tom Dudley.  It featured news reports and ride calendars from about a dozen branches including Melbourne and the late Bob Tate was our branch president.  It also featured a travel story and details of the planned Shepparton AGM written by Noreen Miles. Happily, she came to the Melbourne Branch 30th Anniversary in 2014 at Korumburra.

The ride start points were Dandenong, Bunker Hill, Lilydale and Melton (only Lilydale remains unchanged) and the social nights were held at the Post…


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Peter Rykenberg
Peter Rykenberg
Mar 23

Thanks John. Apprecaite the history. Not sure about the CX650 though, but clearly your love of Honda's goes way back. Good to know you got the photos back then too.

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