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BMW OWNERS CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC. NEWSLETTER
PRINT POST APPROVED PP 504655/00136 Electronic copy ISSN 2208-035X
December 2020
PeterboroughMuseum
Peterborough MuseumRideRide
MRASA Toy
MRASA Toy Run
Run details
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The BMWOCSA is a Member of :-
BMW Clubs Australia,
BMW Clubs International Council,
Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs of South Australia,
and
Motorcycling Australia.
Committee 2020-21 www.bmwocsa.org.au
President & Vice President,
Clubs Australia Captain and Secretary Treasurer Committee
Delegate Regalia
Chester
Jennifer Harris Ian Buys Cavanagh
Bailey Gifford iansk100rs@
H. 84494101 Mark Tilka M: 0435304570 M: 0409931284
gmail.com
bmwocsapresidents M: 0407788819 greenjennifer4 dchester@
blog@gmail.com mptilka@gmail.com @hotmail.com adam.com.au
Committee Support
Magazine
Patron Web Master Assistant Editor
Secretary
Brian Kowalik Josh Schiller
Brian Vogt David Cushion M:
Len Sundstrom
7122 1178 M: 0407976568 0429183097
M: 0408727796
brian-vogt davecush@ editorbmw@ jschiller@
@netspace.net.au iprimus.com.au gmail.com. internode.on.net
Property
Historic Vehicles Registrars Librarian Officer
Trevor Hill Andrew Chester
Harry Glocke Stephen Mutton
H. 8263 2186 andrwchester@ Garth Daking
H. 83893382 gmail.com M: 0429183026 H. 85248142
kertools@ sk.mutton@ gdaking@
bigpond.com gmail.com ozemail.com.au
About the club * Everybody is welcome to come along to any meeting
or any Club activity, and furthermore, to plan and
implement rides and events for riders to write about
The BMW Owners’ Club of South Australia was for the club magazine or web page, and attend.
formed on the 14th of July 1958 and currently has Members of the committee will gladly provide more
over 80 members. It is open to anyone who owns, or information about the club’s activities and help you
has owned, a BMW motorcycle, marine, motorcar or plan a ride. Planned rides are on the Sunday after the
aeroplane engine. The Club’s activities centre around General Meeting, and twelve days later a Mid-week
motorcycles, although some members also own ride, destination unplanned.
BMW cars. Club members collectively own a full
range of the marque’s machines, with an active Torrens Crescent is a very short street, enter on the
Historic Register as well as new twin model owners, north side, into the south side of the block, N towards
and GS riders. We’re currently seeking cross plane King St Pennington, into a very obviously Not a
four owners. General Meetings are held at the house, it’s really a ‘car’ park, we park our motorcycles
Atujara Motorcycle Clubrooms, 8 Torrens on one side and the cardrivers try to get the other.
Crescent, Pennington, usually on the first Friday of
the month. (see Jan & April 2021 as*eg) Committee Meeting points for rides are described on the
meeting venues are decided monthly. Calendar page of this Flatchat.
2 Flatchat December 2020 BMWOCSA
www.bmwocsa.org.au President’s Report December 2020
Covid19 restrictions, terms, As we finally bid farewell to the year 2020,
recommendations and conditions apply to
I’m sure that a lot of us will be glad to see
all gatherings of people, please stay healthy,
until way after next we part, this writer it go! The Covid threat has been handled
suggests bringing PPE and ‘chemicals’! BK effectively and we can all hope that 2021
will be much more enjoyable. Whilst
Table of Contents several Meetings had to be postponed
Committee IFC* / 2 and the main communication for the
About the club 2 Committee was via Zoom video (thanks to
This table of contents 3 David Cushion), the number of
Peterborough Museum Ride 4 membership renewals have echoed your
Letter from John McLarty 8 support for the Club.
Electric Dreams into Reality 9 The photo input from Members this year
November Midweek ride 10 gave the Committee a good range of
BMW Airplane 13 images to select from to make up the
Corner Marking re-written 14 2021 Club wall calendar. Thanks to the
Garth’s Sunday 29th Nov ride 16 efforts of Simone Fejer and Colin Gale, the
Full 2021 Calendar 17 calendars will be available for distribution
Committee Encouragement 18 at December General Meeting. The
MRA’s Toy Run details 19 Committee has planned a range of events
BMW motorrad business ad 19 and rides which will cater to all tastes,
Postal page, back page 20 including long distance runs, overnighters
Membership Application form on the and Classic days.
website:- www.bmwocsa.org.au One of our main events for 2021 will be
the Hummertopf Rally to be held in May at
Cover pic of Adelaide, its hills roads, and dire warnings
about off coast dangers, by Maps SA and Brian Kowalik.
the Tarooki campsite on the outskirts of
Coincidentally, the ‘g’ of dragon points to a double ‘Y’ Robe in the south east. Members are
junction at which Dragon Boat Racing was a regular event. encouraged to both assist and attend this
event as it is a good way to showcase
The most recent edition Flatchat was September-October ‘20.
both the SA Club and its Membership to
This issue is December 2020. The next issue will be March
those from interstate.
2021, deadline 13th February 2021.
Once again, the Club will be manning a
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, the views control point at the 24 Hour Trial in the
expressed herein are those of the contributor/s, second weekend of July. We depend on
and do not necessarily reflect official Club the Club Members for support at this
policy. Please also read and observe the club event and appreciate that even if it’s wet,
ride etiquette, constitution and disclaimer
which are available on the website. cold and windy, you’re sure to have a good
Language warning. May contain nut products. time!
If you think of sending an article by email or storage chip, Ride safely, and see you soon.
please save as first as a Rich Text Format (***.rtf) or a Plain Bailey Gifford
Text (***.txt), where “ *** ” is the name of your doc’ before
sending it. The Editor asks this because the publishing
program on the Edmachine puts up incompatibilities against
newer versions of MS Word.docs and pics in pdf’s. Crayoned
butcher’s paper will be read, interpreted and expanded, and PS
maybe if it’s reproduceable as a jpg, l’ll take a picture of it.
Pictures are best sent to The Editor individually, ie
separate from article, as “***”as the camera’s abbreviation, Simon Turvey is a GS rider from Adelaide who
then your title for it. jpg, attached to the email, and in your text wrote recently about participating in BMW’s
you can leave gaps to indicate where you want the pics to go, 2018 GS Safari through Mongolia. He was
even better indicated by you writing a “caption” in that place given his Golden Pen Award on November
between a paragraph break. 6th 2020, at the general meeting.
The Editor’s email is editorbmw@gmail.com.
BMWOCSA Flatchat December 2020 3
Member’s ride report www.bmwocsa.org.au
Gnat splatter- this was before the fourth
wash of the travelling day- Clare, Spalding,
Jamestown, Peterborough
Now with a full tank as well I could retrace my old
route to Jamestown when I taught there for four
years. Mallala to Balaklava heavy vehicle by-
pass, to Blythe to Clare is often fast and has
some interesting bits where my old 90S shone.
Of course I had to stop at Clare at the toilets, to
wash my visor. The insects from the growing
crops were rising en masse from the damp
ground into the humid and hot weather. To
Gnat Splatters by Stephen MUTTON Jamestown used to be non-stop but again I had
to stop at Spalding and then at Jamestown to
October 3rd-4th 2020
wash. It was incredibly difficult to see despite
wobbling from side to side to find clear spots in
Was I worried by the predicted wild wet and
the visor. I filled up at Jamestown because I was
cold front that was to come over SA as we
to stop for a coffee anyway. Another motorist
rode to and from Peterborough? You bet l
said that he, “was washing off what I was
was! (see following page for forecast).
wearing,” as he cleaned his wind screen. My
I did not want to ride about 650km and get
jacket by this time was covered too.
saturated both ways. My solution was to stay
Along the route the crops were incredibly good
overnight.
looking, long and green in the damp soil. I had
The weather on the Saturday was overcast,
time to look at them as today’s speeds are quite
threatening and about 30° and so I wore my
a bit lower than they used to be. I looked for the
new motorcycle jeans with knee and hips
exciting bits that had caused some angst thirty
pads sewn. To get my burgeoning waist size
five years ago. Often I really did not recognize
the legs were also quite long in these Aramid
them until I was past but I still loved the ride.
threads from Aldi and so my local tailor took
After filling up and eating I decided to go south
them up for $11. They are less than well-
again, back along the highway to find my old
fitting and incredibly heavy, needing a strong
house that is about ten kilometres out of town,
belt. New gloves for the trip had an internal
opposite the Bundaleer forest. As I approached
seam that interfered badly with a pinky and so
this spot the storm clouds ahead opened and so
were left home. Use the old ones.
I quickly turned back to Jamestown and fled the
Di had decided to go to our caravan for the
rain. I had no wish to try a dirt road in a flood.
weekend with a girlfriend and our dog, Jack
Anyway, the rain did not catch me.
Sparrow, a bull Arab. Even so I had to use, for
Back at Jamestown there were three signs and
one night in a pub bed, the top case and both
routes to Peterborough. I knew that Yongala, the
panniers as I could not pack lightly with the
coldest place in South Australia, was on the way
wild weather expected. Even the jacket liner
and so headed towards Ororooo, only later to
was carried but not worn on the way up.
find that I covered fifty kilometres rather than
Being overcast the day was absolutely perfect
forty. Again the gnat splatter was incredible but
for riding with almost no wind. Firstly the
the crops were an even darker green- stunningly
route took me along South Road, over the
good health. It is wonderful country near there
superway and straight onto the new highway
but quickly deteriorates as Peterborough comes
north, joining the Port Wakefield Road as far
into view. Up with the gnat-splattered visor to
as Two Wells to detour to Mallala. My plan
safely navigate the main drag and find the
was to stop near the White Horse to plug in
Railway Hotel, find a spot in the carpark and
the new ear plugs bringing my iPod directly to
again wash the bike and helmet. Four washes in
my ears. They block out wind and traffic noise
all for the trip north.
really well and so I did not want them across
town.
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As this was the long Nobody ever
weekend I had stays there.”
played it safe and No apology
phone booked a seemed
room, in the hotel necessary
proper, upstairs, for despite my
a single man for one fairly obvious
night, with shared irritation at his
facilities. That would obvious
be $65 and obtuseness. He
breakfast was a did eventually
pack that I could tell me that, if I
pick up at reception. hurried, I could
I’d probably eat and get into the
drink in the hotel 5:30pm evening meal shift as
too. It seemed a good deal instead there was one seat left and then,
of being drenched and cold both if I missed that spot, I would have
ways in one day on the Sunday. As to wait until 8pm for the next
it eventuated I rode home with spot. He was obviously more
most of the group on the Sunday. interested and knowledgeable in
Once the bike was parked and the food situation, given his girth,
washed I went in to the reception than in the rooms in his own
to claim my room and unpack. hotel. He was correct too.
“No, all the rooms are booked. Anyway, my upstairs room was
Your name is not here. There is excellent and the ablution block
no eraser mark and so you have along the corridor was fine.
not been rubbed out. You did not For $25 I could have a mixed grill
book here.” The tall, middle that turned out delicious and the pint of
aged, rotund man could not find my name despite Railway lager was delicious. So was the
my knowing that I had room 4 and a breakfast pack next. In the menu was a reference to some
booked. “No, we are out of breakfast packs. The Fat Bangers that the barman
main street has a couple of cafes open in the recommended. Of course there was the
morning.” Shrug. obvious double entendre and so I just had
After a few minutes of gradually getting upset I to text Dianne about what I was having for
was about to leave, never to darken his doorstep the evening. “Go ahead you dirty bastard
again. “Oh, here is your name in the hotel register. I but don’t bring anything unwelcome home!”
was looking in the motel register (out the back) but The banter went on for amore texts.
you are upstairs in the hotel itself.
pics this page:- Top, a print plate contains individual elements as mirror image and its printed
‘positive’, below left, a CWA logo, in one section of a box of elements, a dollar signs section, and
the box that was in, see bottom centre?
SB
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Eventually I went upstairs, with another pint,
Most parked in front of the police station, but
to prepare for the next day’s museum
not in the no-parking zone. Chickens!
excursion 250m up the road and then the wet
The whole reason for going to Peterborough
ride home. Life is tough! Out on the balcony,
was to visit the Print Museum. It started as a
that I had to myself, I could see that there
business in about 1830 and the last owner went
were many people in the street and so I
belly up as the computers took over the industry.
googled Peterborough and dancing to see if
Apparently he owed money, especially council
the town hall was being used that long
rates, could not pay and so just walked out.
weekend. I had my dance shoes just in case.
Everything, along with all the historical records
Nope, and by 9pm the street lights went
and samples were intact. Eventually the
down and the street was quiet with just me
historical society got the council to buy the
sipping my beer on the balcony.
property and allow them to set it up as a print
Having to vacate the room by 10am I was a
museum, seemingly the only intact one in
bit worried by the change to daylight-saving
Australia. The woman who showed us through,
overnight but my phone changed over and I
at 2pm on a guided tour, was Judy. She is
awoke in time to breakfast, my own tucker, on
impressive in her knowledge and described the
the balcony. Pack and ride the 250m to the
artefacts in an interestingly knowledgable
Print Museum around the next corner.
manner. We were glad to have gone there.
As I walked across the road to the train
museum I saw Des Chabrel hobbling up the Peterborough began as Petersburgh, named as
street. He had camped the night before and a tribute to the Prussian farmers who had the
this morning had parked his sidecar in the properties when the railways decided that they
main street to attract the rest of the group. I would make that the Australian central station. It
recognized his wounded-knee shuffle as it dropped the s and became Peterburg. Along
was the same as mine. He read his book while came the wars and anything Germanic sounding
I read the sign boards in the train carriage. was changed. Ergo Peterborough, the same as
Next was a big coffee in the old Junction an English town. When I rode around the town I
Hotel, that is now an excellent café. A local came across a street sign that said that Edith
farmer’s son and his mother have taken it over Street used to be called Kaiser Wilhelm Street.
and it is worthy of the tourists. Soon I heard The photo shows my bike to advantage and
the BMW group ride past and so I grabbed my should go into the magazine.
snack and followed.
John Taylor, an unfinancial member of the
OCSA who lives locally, joined us and so our
group had grown to nine- Peter Spry, Mark
Peterborough Print Museum, From about 1830
Tilka, Garth Daking, Brian Kowalik, Bailey
to 2002 the motto was:- We Print, You Prosper.
Gifford, Gerald Wright, Des Chabrel, John
The owner just walked out after going bust,
Taylor and me.
computers having taken over the industry.
Nowadays it is fully
operated by the
museum volun-
teers, who still
receive contracts
from local commu-
nity projects. From
left, Garth Daking,
Bailey Gifford,
press, Chester
Cavanagh, Mark
Tilka, Gerald Wright
and John Taylor.
Pic by SM
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BK’s R1100S, PS’s R1200 Montauk, CC’s R1200GS, GW’s R1100S, GD’s R1200RT, BG’s R1200RT and
MT’s R1200RT, missing from the line-up are Stephen Mutton’s F800ST and Des Chabrel’s museum piece
R 51/3 with Tilbrook sidecar. Pic by BK
So should the one with my bike parked on a bridge over a
quite large concrete drain a couple of streets back from
the hotels. The town is between two ranges of hills and
so it sometimes floods, up to a depth of a metre up the
main street shop windows. The water in the drain went to
a pool that was used to fill the steam engines. Nothing is
wasted in this dry town.
Beyond the drain is a small hill, the Peterborough heights
where the nobs lived. Unusually the Catholic church was
down on the flats and got flooded along with everybody Now the rain came down. Bucketed! All
else. In most towns the Catholics got the high ground but through Darlington to Christies Beach I
the golf club has it here. Upon the hill lived the Prussian was warm and dry except for my jumper
Methodists as they had a big influence in the early town. collar corner that poked up and gradually
By 4pm it still had not started raining but, as the others dampened my chest. I could hear
were filling with fuel, I got my wet weather gear and music individual thumps as the enormous rain
system in place. It took a while and I was last ready. On drops whacked my now-clean visor. No
the way home it got colder and the sky more threatening more bugs. The gnat splatter was gone.
and so Mark stopped in Spalding to cover his jeans with Open the garage and Dianne’s girlfriend
more appropriate gear, as did everyone else. I did not feel has parked in my spot. Grumble, but
so bad now. home. SM
At a steady Club pace we got to Clare, Blythe and then
Balaklava where we missed the heavy vehicle
by-pass, that cuts off a huge corner, and so
slowly went through the town. Next was Mallala
and onto the new highway to South Road. I had
expected to stop for fuel and to remove my
music ear plugs but we kept on as it was just a
bit damp and we wanted to get home. At
Edwardstown I stopped for fuel, and car after
car pulled in behind as I leisurely went about my An isobaric prediction from the Bureau of Meteorology
business. They all got sick of waiting for me and from the Saturday 3rd October, of the weather for Sunday
backed into other lanes. When I was ready I 4th. This was the weather that Peter Spry and Brian
loaded up and could again hear traffic and felt Kowalik caught when they rode through from Clare, be-
better for it. cause they stopped at Jamestown for a beer. Most every-
one else got home dry. Pic by BK
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Elecktrick theory according
to the Quantum Mechanic.
Hello Brian, this is a rough draft , if you reckon it
has some merit then some editor magic might be
required. There is a rude word that sensitive types
can substitute as they need. I didn’t change any
names, no one is innocent. John McLarty
There are herds of pollitically correct, new age,
wannabe born again vegans out there bleating
about electric vehicles being the future of
personal transport. Our bikes have run on
electricity for near a hundred years. Electric
spark ignites the compressed air / fuel mixture
that gets our enginews making happy sounds
after said engines have had their cranks turned
by electric starters supplied by batteries, that
store (you guessed right) electricity.
This, dear readers, is the BMWOCSA-2020
Golden Pen and if this Pen can’t finish what
the found pencil above (that I may or may not
have pickpocketted) began, then fuck it, it
can’t be done. Now, where was l?
Oh yes, about to rave about the activities of
sub atomic particles.
In a Harley, the electrons boot scoot around,
whereas in OUR bikes it’s that funny
lederhosen spanking dance with an oompah
band keeping a dulcet rhythm. Elecktrickery is
mostly intangible but we know it exists by the
work it can do and we tend not to think about
it until that work is not done, and for you lush BMW has plans for electric motorcycles, but
budget types with late model fuel injected so far are only building solo motorcycles, as in
bikes there is also electronics at work in the built for one person only, with no luggage carry-
Electronic Control of Engine Management ing ability. :-( Designed by cardrivers l guess.
Unit, (EC EMU). The ECEMU that manages Above and below is their DC Electric, which has
your engine is a computer, that houses a a shaft
virtual moshpit of subatomic particles juggling final
multiple inputs and running through various drive.
diode fences to create various outputs to
keep your bike making happy sounds and also
at incomprehensible speed. The battery is
pretty much the heart of your bike’s electric
system, storing power for distribution as
required, and here again, it gets elusive. You
can’t tip the electricity into a graduated
beaker or onto your powder scales to see how
much of it you’ve got. The difficulty is cleared
when you accept that the electric systems on
our bikes work by magic and, any day now,
those pollitically correct new age wannabe
born again vegans will saddle up their
unicorns and ride off into the rainbows. JM.
Remember that a key to happiness is to not let the
smoke out of the wires. BK
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www.bmwocsa.org.au Along for a flight
BMW is also building personal air ‘craft’, specifically
an impeller, which would help squirrel suit wearers
to divert their trajectory from downwards, to one
closer aligned to horizontal flight, but not a lot of
upward mobility.
off ->
Meet the BMW Electric wingsuit-
A future of individual flying is now
on youtube at:-
https://m.youtube.com/
watch?feature=youtu.be&v=qPIO4tdxYLO or
#NEXTGen #BMW #Wingsuit
on ->
BMW iX3: Energy consumption in kWh/100km (combined): 17.8-17.5.CO2 emissions in g/km(combined): 0.
Thankfully it is electric powered, not internal
combustion engined as depicted in the above
patent concept drawing? Or comic.
“What does it take to shape the future?, we are
bound by physics, not imagination. It all starts
with an electric pulse (lightning bolt across sky)”,
begins the voice over of this 5:33 short film. The
pics here feature Peter Saltzman, an enthusiastic
BASE jumper who wanted a little extra, the ability
to fly through a gorge which didn’t allow natural
downwards flight (plummet) without interception
of the Earth’s crust by the flyer. Peter wanted to
fly through, but to regain some altitude to get
through to the other end without any sudden
stops. He contacted BMW i division, who helped Above pics are self explanatory, but the middle
make his imagination into a real device, an impel- pic has smoke trails for proof of concept, that
ler to help lift him out of a plummet. The usual one of them goes back up to ‘skip’ over the next
paraglider parachute is used for end-point safety. hill. A dedicated wingsuit, aka squirrelsuit, wind
tunnel is in Stockholm. BK
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November m/w ride
Fear and Loathing by Stephen MUTTON, November 2020
Way back, when Peter Richards and I were riding observed trials, our Club hosted a rally at
Kapunda, by the old reservoir. I had the job of setting an observed trials course that road bikes
could do, for the braver of the rally riders. Lee McPeake was one who had a go, on his black
R100S. He did a great job but, on one slippery section, he slid forward and was caught before
falling. Ray POTTER was scoring and it looks like Tom Griffin did the catching. One can see the
loose dirt on the slope behind Lee and so the slope was not easy.
That was also the year that the orange-seated GS model was introduced. We even had one at
the rally so that riders could test ride it. I remember
taking it out along the dirt road and onto the dam
wall. It was exciting but I enjoy bitumen even more
and so kept my R90S, for the time being.
Early this year I was out riding alone, just mooching
along in the hills. I have often just wandered on dirt
roads to see where they emerge. Eventually I had a
series of roads that I hooked together with some
winding bitumen, set the course onto paper and
made it a route with written directions, red and
black arrows, for a slow Club day.
There are many in the Club who have a fear and
loathing of dirt. Understandable on a road bike that
costs the Earth and may be a bit fragile.
At this November Wednesday ride I handed out
the maps. John Cameron and Mark Fiora have
recently bought GS bikes and I knew that they
were keen. Gerry Gennikas was less confident but
Brian VOGT showed intense displeasure, saying
that we could go by ourselves. The ride was a
goer and John led us from the Tower Hotel to
Strathalbyn on bitumen. Brian had come with us
this far. There is a bakery across the road from the
toilets. Chat. Phone calls as
we all found out about the
Covid restrictions coming
into effect that night.
Mark had business to
arrange to keep his factory
going and a load of bricks
cooked and cooled properly.
This took some time.
Firstly it was decided that I
would lead, using corner
markers, rather than tape
instructions to fuel tanks.
Old Bull Creek Road is
excellent,
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hard dirt but we kept the speed right down to lessen the dust. Keeping to about 60kph we
wound down valleys and over hills, finally doing a sharp right turn as the road joined Paris Creek
Road. Brian Vogt corner marked here.
At the next left turn, onto Bull Creek Road, there is a difficult intersection where turning left, on
the bitumen, is exceedingly sharp and so vision is also restricted of vehicles on the right. Instead
there is a little section that veers left at a tiny fork, providing a more secure and much safer left
turn. This is where I placed the corner marker, Mark. Unfortunately Gerry took the right fork and
had a devil of a time turning left, overbalanced at walking pace and had the bike topple onto his
left foot, trapping it. John was behind but it is too steep to park and so it was up to car drivers to
jump out and help Gerry get upright again, before anyone could get a photograph. His left, steel-
cap boot had a chunk taken out of it but Gerry was unhurt. Pride dented we sent off again and
delighted in the curves of Bull Creek Road for the
next twenty kilometres.
Onto Nangkita Road the surface is smooth. At the
end of a long curve the intersection to Enterprise
Road caught me by surprise and I had to double
back, to leave a corner marker.
Eventually we got onto Yundi Road which is still
bitumen and narrow- just right. Soon we got to the
intersection with Victor Harbor Road and I waited.
John and Mark turned up but Gerry and Brian had
called it quits, waving us on. Back at that fall I had
corner marked and gone on, turning back soon to
see that all were on their bikes and apparently
waiting for me. I led off and enjoyed the curves, as one does, not knowing that two had left the
group.
Once we had chatted and decided to go on, the trio took range Road West, this time on dirt. I
was careful for a while but, with two GS bikes behind I began to enjoy. Eventually I had to brake
going into a curve, found that it was gravelly after-all, and slid to a halt, upright. Still, the road
was enjoyable and I did it again before we veered left down the hill to Paiges Flat Road.
As it was lunch time when we regrouped at Hindmarsh Tiers Road we decided to go into
Myponga but the only café open had only one pie, not enough. Back to Hindmarsh Tiers Road
and right turn again onto Springmount Road that weaves up and down hills on bitumen but
turns to dirt on James Track. Again, hard roads with firm tops.
Along Bald Hills Road the views were long and glorious and then we dropped into the valley
and got to Yankalilla where the bakery was open and the carpark full of shoppers who were lined
up for one hundred metres by the supermarket, buying toilet paper etc.
Lunch. Chat. Phone calls. Covid scare. Mark and John decided not to continue up and over to
Myponga Beach on the
dirt roads as they had to
get back to sort out the
closures and restrictions.
Instead we took the very
good valley road and the
last I saw of them was as
they turned onto Pages
Flat Road again. I had
enjoyed myself immensely,
as had John and Mark,
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at the back,
Stephen Mutton’s F800ST,
then Mark Fiora on his
new F850GS, and John
Cameron on his new F750GS
on hard dirt road over Yankalilla
Magnificent scenery from the tops of hills.
but Gerry and Brian Vogt have vowed never to put rubber onto dirt again- fear and loathing.
They had not enjoyed the one section from Strathalbyn. Three out of five is a pass mark. I had
an immensely enjoyable day and Gerry explained, later over the phone, that he was uninjured
but glad that no one had a photograph of him under his bike, with car drivers aiding him. It was
not the dirt that caused his undoing.
Maybe I shall do the ride again, with others or alone. Lee McPeake would ride the dirt if he
were there, obviously. The roads will stay there until I am ready. SM.
My choice is the BMW motorcycle engine! continued from P13 =>
Ed’s note:-, Wolfgang Spang has sold the Cherry, A Cherry builder file with a licence is at
so is not answering questions related to this www.bx-2.de, includes plans for a ground up build,
airplane, but does welcome correspondence to which cost 595Euro. An available second hand
wolfgang@spang-air.de, about this (edited) article example is about15,000Euro, but needs work on
on spang-air.de. its Continental motor, or replacement with a BMW
motor? Anyone from our club interested?
The pic below has an 1100 motor newly The pic below has the 1100S motor still in place,
installed into a new kit plane by Cherry, but on the shelf in the background is the
being built in the USA 1200GS motor awaiting installation.
12 Flatchat December 2020 BMWOCSAProduct review My choice is the BMW motorcycle engine! by Wolfgang Spang Upto 2018, I flew an R1100S engine for The new motor’s carrier is a bit more compact. about 200 hours to my complete The idea of placing the new exhaust behind the satisfaction, but I could not resist the engine I discarded quite quickly - the heat has to temptation to install the new BMW be dispersed from the engine compartment, so I R1200GS engine by July 2019. built the exhaust to come downwards. The shape The main advantages of the BMW engine: of the cowling has changed slightly. For air cooling No carburettor icing due to an injection of the cylinder undersides I now use two 90° roof system, also meaning no mixture control, gutters made of copper. lead-free super petrol 95ROZ, meaning On the basis of the letters I received to now economic consumption with good power/ (July2019), I would like to make an urgent appeal weight ratio, and a catalytic converter to all interested parties: If you don’t cool an engine installation is possible which is significantly (the BMW is no exception) you won’t have fun with cheaper than for an aircraft engine! it! The motor is equipped with a balancing The fact that the motorcycle does not have an air shaft, which has further improved the duct for cylinder cooling should not lead anyone to running characteristics. In addition, the cut a few holes in the cowling on the ‘plane and gearbox with centrifugal clutch (the hope that the cooling air will find its way to the “hot propeller only rotates from approx. 2700 spots” alone. That will go wrong!!! There are air rpm) ensures vibration-free operation. With ducts for the cylinders, these must be used for the the new TakeOff gearbox, (between the BMW (especially because of the short cooling fins airfilters on the left pic below), the in sufficient dimensions as compared with the R1200GS weighs 10 kg less than the Rotax). previous R1100S installation and at 18.5% Despite the “lower” exhaust, it now looks a bit more torque (115Nm x 5500 rpm). BMW sleeker than before, still under construction. View uses a BUS system in the R 1200 GS which from the right, still under construction. With the is not suitable for use in aircraft, as this, in arrival of the much-awaited flight permit, it finally contrast to the previous Bosch-Motronik (R went into the air! After the extensive test flights, 1100 S), for example, does not continue to no significant surprises occurred. Thanks to the run in an emergency program in the event of compensation shaft, the R1200GS runs much sensor failure, but could simply turn off the quieter than the 1100. The oil temperature is so engine for its own protection. “TakeOff” low at 80°C that the installation of the smaller offers a wiring loom (Plug & Play) matching (BMW) oil cooler turned out to be correct. The the new BMW engine with a programmable more effective air cooling of the cylinders is control from Trijekt. obviously essential. BMWOCSA Flatchat December 2020 13
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Our Club’s Corner Marking Works Well, Usually by Stephen MUTTON
October, 2020 Occasionally people sit across the T-junction
Corner marking is a great idea and with the bike pointing in the desired new
works really well, except when it doesn’t. direction. Both methods are designed to be
I think that there are aspects that should easily seen as we do not want to lose the
be discussed before each ride so that following riders who may zip through if the
everybody, newbies included, are clear marking is not obvious. When the marker
how it works well. Various people like to goes around the corner they are often not
do it slightly differently but these are my seen, with obvious later confusion.The ride
observations of what has gone wrong leader also needs to count, to be aware that
and how I think that it would work better. the whole group is following. To safely do
Also, tail-gating is creeping back into this we try very hard to find a spot on a
our rides. One car length per 10kmph is straight, a long spot with a wide edge
the minimum recommended for safety where all can safely pull in and the leader can
but some insist on staying three or four count the group and relay information. When
bike lengths behind, saying that that is the leader deliberately slows to look back
the way that they like to ride. If they like around the corner, in a desperate attempt to
it, it must be good. Our Club asks that count the riders, there is a lot of danger from
riders stay a safe distance behind, not to bunching everybody up. A few years ago I
keep the tail-gater safe, but to keep the was sixth in line and saw the leader stop just
rider in front safe and comfortable. around the corner, the next four barreled into
Usually we have a brief meeting before the corner with nowhere to go, a truck also
rides where it is the ride captain, ride tried to get around the corner but had to
leader’s job to relay information about screech to a halt, and then the rest of our
the day to all. It is then that corner group arrived with nowhere to go. I asked
marking is agreed and the tail-end - the leader later to choose a safer spot, on a
Charlie selected. Often the ride leader is straight, but he said that he wanted to keep
a volunteer, with a good idea, supported us all together so that he could count.
by the captain. He was upset that I brought up the topic of
The first rule of a ride is that we don’t safety. I was upset that he had put the
always need to be in sight of others but, group in danger. Riders come into corners
when there is to be a turn off, the leader at a suitable speed, expecting to accelerate
awaits the second man before the away, enjoying the curves and bends, not
corner and points out where he expecting to be blocked dangerously or be
wants the marker to sit. Best practice run over by a truck as we wait for the leader
is that it is before a corner, with the bike to count. I expect the leader to nominate the
pointing in the desired new direction. marker’s spot and get out of the way. Stop
Supposedly we are not to use arm us down the road, in a safe spot, if a count is
signals or blinkers as this, according to needed.
the road rules, may confuse other road During these stops the tail-end-Charlie
users. Often, though, people use their has a role to play. Often the role involves
blinkers as they intend to turn because going up to the leader and indicating that all
there might be no room on the side of is well or discussing whatever issues have
the road due to its narrowness. arisen. These regrouping stops are also
convenient toilet stops.
14 Flatchat December 2020 BMWOCSAwww.bmwocsa.org.au There are faster and there are slower Corner marking is not infallible but it riders. No problem. There is no rule that usually works well if everybody is faster riders can not overtake slower aware of their job within the group. riders and get back to being the corner Another feature of runs is overtaking marker more quickly. Overtaking must, of of slower vehicles. When the leader course, be done safely and courteously. comes up behind a slower vehicle Mostly the riders in our groups stay in line, there is usually a wait time until the keeping the same person in front but there road ahead is clear. In this wait time is no safety reason to insist on staying in others arrive and are in a bunch, also line. It all depends on the ride leader of the waiting for the road to clear and for day but we are a social club, riding with our their turn to pass. own safety and enjoyment in mind. Sometimes the leader chooses a Some people like to keep within sight of great spot and away he goes others. This keeps them comfortable. successfully and gets safely past. If Others deliberately slow down and the leader has kept up some pace seemingly want to drop off the back of the there is a safe spot for the next man to line. They are comfortable staying on the pull into. Usually the group flows road, going straight ahead unless past, one after another, expecting a marked otherwise. The corner marker spot to swing back into. If the leader just has to wait, get the signal from the tail- has kept up the pace the front space end-Charlie, and move off back into line. is big enough and all is well. Somewhere up ahead the leader is There are sometimes problems when choosing a safe spot to gather and count, the leader has dropped his pace once perhaps use facilities, perhaps pass on in front and the flow of other bikes has information. We are adults. We do not nowhere to land. If the leader backs need molly coddling. We just need clear off immediately there is no space for direction. others. I think that the leader should If something does go amiss, the leader is be aware that the group will flow with made aware of this by the corner marker. him, and so accelerate for some The problem can then be back-tracked time to create a space for the and fixed. If the corner marker does not group to flow into as they too pass turn up at the next deviation one would the slow vehicle. expect that the leader would back-track Of course, there are times when and find out what is wrong. passing is one-bike-at-a-time. Ergo On one ride I was the corner marker, down no space can be created. The riders south, and someone did not turn up. I went behind also have to be aware of the back to find them but they were not on our safe spaces and await their turn, road, even as far back as the last stop. without rushing. Patience and Apparently they had just left the ride to awareness is needed by the leader, visit friends nearby. They had told nobody. the group and the corner marker. The Lots of time was wasted and the anguish leader has a bit to think about, as do that we felt was for nothing. If one is to all the others in the group. Usually we leave a ride one should tell the leader at get it right. one of the stops, or at least indicate that you are going elsewhere. BMWOCSA Flatchat December 2020 15
Along for a ride
Minlaton on April 10
Minlaton th
“by my
“by self
self””.
myself by Garth Daking by Mark Tilka, (E’d by BK)
After the last few days of hot weather, it was nice to get “BMWOCSA Yorke Peninsula
out on the bike again. Now where to? North is always a Overnighter leaving from North on
good start for me as I’m already there, and not a traffic Saturday the 10th of April with the
light to be seen. destination being the Minlaton
I try not to go up through Clare as it can get very busy, Caravan Park. This is a run that is
some cars but loads of American iron, so next path I like is always challenging to make
through Saddleworth to Burra which is a road train route interesting as the there are not a lot
but the trucks are quieter and generally a lot more of curvy sections in this
predictable as they can’t pass when cars are coming neighborhood so I have added some
towards you which sounds crazy but it does happen. points of interest to explore along
Usually stop for drink and a chocolate bar just out of town the way. The plan is to leave north at
on the Morgan road, nice lay by for a rest and of course a 10.00am and proceed directly to
pee. Port Wakefield where we will have a
One does think about the ramifications of exposing ones short comfort stop. In 2019 Mark
self for this function but really the alternative is not good,
Tilka wrote that we would :- then
so as travellers we take that risk, (I could tell you what my proceed via the Hummocks to Kulpara and
uncle used to do as not to impede his movement forward down the middle of the Peninsula to Sunny
in the car and caravan but holding a receptacle while Hill Distillery, which is near Arthurton. The
driving, no I’ll save that for another time), not pointing at next planned stop may be Maitland. We
the traffic you understand, that would be silly. could have lunch, perhaps at the bakery,
Once all bodily function’s are sated we’re (well me that is) which is open until 2.00pm or maybe the
off again, now I can either go to Morgan 72ks or turn right pub. Once we have been suitably
and head toward Robertstown and Eudunda, I like this nourished, we could proceed to the Barley
Stacks Winery, which is just off the
way as Morgan is always overcrowded with boaties on Spencer Highway, and partake in a few
such a nice day, plus Eudunda has a nice bakery. samples for those interested. If not,
That’s settled then, generally a food source will determine continue to Minlaton Caravan Park, which
my direction most times and as I have visited the said is only a couple of hundred metres from
bakery on many a ride it is a good choice, most non riders the Wotsacowie Brewing Company.
will think we are a little lonely, no one to talk to on our For those wanting on site
travels but I seem to natter away, sing, a capella of accommodation, Bailey has booked
course, talk to animals, and in general keep oneself early and cabins will fill, to be sorted
occupied / amused. when we get there. It is not
Sometimes I will eat said pie at the bakery but there is a anticipated that the park will be full
nice, no rough little side pull over on the way to Truro, plus as it is usually reasonably quiet
the ability to relieve the bladder behind a tree, more being the weekend after Easter for
privately. Pie down and a double espresso drunk, it’s off those with tents etc. The Brewery
towards home, three hours, and 250ks. does not do meals but options on
This is not such a rare ride for me as most weekends or in site include a food van and BBQ
fact during the week I can just head out to wherever, a facilities if you want to “bring your
nice meander is through the Barossa area on the 60/2, own to cook fresh food”.
which I must say is a lot more satisfying than riding the For questions about this contact
1200, and at a lot slower pace, gives me time to look at Mark Tilka, Bailey Gifford or this
the scenery a bit more. writer, details on p3 of this Flatchat.
After riding since I was 16 (57yrs) I have become
accustomed to being in my own little world, as most of us But of course Covid 19 terms and
have done so I’m quiet content with the status quo, conditions may be in force by that time,
heaven forbid a pillion with two way head phones for me or might not? Most likely yes I bet.
that would ruin all my aforementioned pleasures in my coming runs in the calendar on the next page.
own helmet.
Garth D More coming runs will be supported by this column, which will attempt to give
information about routes, accomodations, cafes, and ideas from the floor.
16 Flatchat December 2020 BMWOCSA2021 full calendar for one page in December
January 2021 May 2021 August 2021
1st – General meeting, followed 7th – General meeting, 1st to 31st – BMW GS Safari Enduro
by Ice Cream runs Membership fees are due by 6th – General meeting
3rd – Ride for Fish & Chips, meet June 30th, Classic owners 8th – Ride for Not the Border
Central 09:30-10 before Ratification day 19/6/21 Run, to Paringa, 08:30 for 9 at
3rd to 15th – Dakar Rally. https:// 14-16th Hummertopf Rally by Civic Park.
ww.dakar.com/en BMWOCSA at Tarooki venue at 7th & 8th – The Border Run. WA/
13th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for Robe S-E SA SA border on the Nullarbor
10:00. 16th – MotoGP, France. Plain.The first Saturday of the
14th – Committee meeting 19th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for month.
22nd - 25th Phillip Island 10:00. 18th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
International Classic Races. 20 – Committee meeting
th
Tuesday 26th – Public Holiday. Australia day.
10:00.
19th – Committee meeting
February 2021 June 2021
5th – General meeting. 4th – General meeting, September 2021
7th – Ride Brekky ride meet at Membership fees are due by 3rd – General meeting
South, 06:30 for 07:00 June 30th , Classic owners 5th – All Bridges and Punts Ride,
17th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for before Ratification day 19/6/21 08:30 for 9 at North.
10:00. 6th – Combined Economy and 15th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
18th – Committee meeting GS ride, meet at Civic 09:30-10. 10:00.
March 2021 12th -14th Alpine Rally TBC 16th – Committee meeting
5th – General meeting 14th – Public Holiday. Queen’s Sat 18th Sun19th – Far Cairn
7th – Classic Ride. TBA Birthday Rally – Tottenham NSW
8th – Public Holiday. Adelaide 16th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
Cup Day 10:00. October 2021
17th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for 17th – Committee meeting 1st – General meeting
10:00. 19th – BMWOCSA Classic 3rd – Three Passes Ride, 08:30
18 – Committee meeting
th ratification/inspection day, 10:00 for 9 at North.
-14:00hrs, at Atujara Clubrooms. 3rd – Daylight Saving Begins
April 2021
2nd – Public Holiday. Good July 2021 3rd – MotoGP. Aragon
Friday 2nd – General meeting & Annual 4th – Public Holiday. Labour Day
GM is next week to not clash GM. 9th-10th Kosciusko Rally, TBC
with Good Friday. 4th – Ride to Dry run to locate the 13th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
4th – Daylight Saving ends. 24 hour control point, 09:30 for 10:00.
5th– Public Holiday. 10 at North 14 – Committee meeting
th
Easter Monday 10th & 11th – 24 Hour Trial – November 2021
9th – General meeting, BMWOCSA will be manning a 5th – General meeting
Saturday 10th Minlaton control point. Helpers needed. 7th – Classic Ride, meet South
Overnighter meet North, 14th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for 09:30 for 10:00 .
09:30-10:00 10:00. 17th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
21st – Mid week ride, 09:30 for 15 – Committee meeting
th
10:00.
10:00. Sunday 25th – BMWOCSA 18th – Committee meeting
22nd – Committee meeting Annual Awards Lunch Tower
26th – Public Holiday, December 2021
Hotel 621 Magill Rd Magill
ANZAC Day 3rd – Christmas BBQ 6pm &
8pm for meeting
5th – Ride meet at Central, 09:30
for 10:00.
Meeting Points described here:-
North: Caltex service station. Corner of Montague and Main North 12th – MRA Adelaide Toy Run,
Roads, Mawson Lakes TBC by MRA.
15th – Mid week ride, 09:30 for
Central: Shell, Coles Express service station. 111 West Terrace, 10:00.
Adelaide. 16 – Committee meeting
th
South: Shell, Coles express service station. 1477 - 1479 South Rd 25th – Christmas Day
Darlington. 27th – Public Holiday. Christmas
Civic Park: Opposite Westfield Tea Tree Plaza Shopping Centre. 28th – Public Holiday.
976 North East Road, Modbury. Proclamation Day
Midweek: (12 days after the GM) Tower Hotel. 621 Magill Rd Magill
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Committee- the more members the better by Stephen MUTTON
Having been in the Club for Becoming “the man” computer copies of almost all
some time I have seen and excludes others where we of the magazines. The
been in many committees. want lots of people moving in Treasurer is busy with the
Nearly all have worked well, and out, lots of people sharing money aspects and I do the
with jobs getting done and ideas and work, offering to do membership files. One job
rides going off in all sorts of a particular job and then shared.
directions. Invariably resting before coming back in Nearly every committee
committees work better if to take another role. position has aspects that can
there are many members to Each year there are elections be shared to achieve a better
share the load. and often we fall short of filling outcome. All members are
all the positions. I encourage encouraged to support
A common members to find someone committee members, to offer
interest social else who will share a role with to do parts of the job, to
them. Burn out or taking on contribute what you can. The
Club... too much is poor captain does not lead all rides.
administration. Those with an idea of a great
My opinion is that committee place to visit can make the
members should, while now we want lots of suggestion, can lead for a day,
elected for two year terms, people sharing can share the load, can learn to
move on after a couple of ideas and work, be Captain.
terms. They should take I enjoy overnighting in small
another job or have a rest for a Our current Treasurer, country towns.
couple of years, become the Ian, and I share a role
support for the next although he has the title. He
committee member doing handles the money, goes to and to support
their old job. meetings etc. and then committee
Positions can be onerous and passes the membership data members...
can take a lot of time. to me for putting into our files,
Sometimes a support person, for upgrading the membership Some people camp while some
a vice whatever, can share the cards. When the awards come sleep in the pub but we have a
role and allow more Club up the files provide the data good evening. Swan Reach is
enjoyment rather than work, for those who receive ten, good. Peterborough is good.
work, work. twenty, forty year badges. Where would you like?
This is a social Club and There are some minor gaps in Our Club is a social one and the
nobody is required to work our historical information as more people that contribute,
until they burn out. the very early membership the more enjoyment there is
As a Club we do not want cards were lost but generally rather than just work. Nobody
people to become seen as the we know who you are, where wants to do all the work while
only one who can do a you live, when you joined and others play. Get onto the
particular role, to the exclusion how many years of committee as a support
of others. No job should be so membership. I also have on person. You don’t have to be
hard that nobody thinks that computer a list of committee there all the time.
they can do it, or part of it. members over the years and
Stephen Mutton
Covid19 restrictions, terms, recommendations and conditions
apply to all gatherings of people, please stay healthy, until way
after next we part, this writer suggests bringing PPE and
‘chemicals’! BK
18 Flatchat December 2020 BMWOCSAwww.bmwocsa.org.au MRASA Toy Run Dec 13th
MRASA is pleased to Be assured, the theroads on Sunday 13th.
announce that the annual MRA is not going to There are Toy Run web and
Toy Run will be held on 13th ignore the needs of the Facebook pages for you to
December 2020. community, and St share links from too.
South Australian riders Vincent de Paul is well There will be the usual
and the General Public are placed to help the public traffic Marshalls whose
invited to a DROP and GO of receive our important directions you should
toys, donations of cash, and donations, 70% of toys follow, as well as those of
distributed by StVdP at this Covid Marshalls. At the
NON-PERISHABLE
time come from the Toy Clipsal, you may be directed
foodstuffs at the Clipsal
Run, and did you know a towards a drop off place
Track, Victoria Park Adelaide.
valuable portion of according to if your donation
Changes to the event due to
donations come as non- is easily handed over or has
COVID-19 restrictions will perishable foodstuffs? So to delay you by stopping to
include NO mass gathering decorate your motorcycles untie it. However, if you
at Vic. Park, NO mass ride to anyway, and come to the would like to stop and buy
Callington, and NO fair at Clipsal track’s eastern some Toy Run merchandise,
Callington Oval. entrance on Wakefield Road you might be asked for your
Many public events have by the roundabouts, bring a name for contact tracing.
been cancelled this year due donation to Victoria Park to Training for Track
to the COVID 19 pandemic meet some mates for an Marshalls is being held at
and the MRASA has worked after-ride. the Eastern Gate on Sunday
hard evaluating options to Remind your non- 6th December from 10:00,
allow the event to go ahead. riding friends to be on the and extra Covid Marshalls
Covid Marshalls will be on look out for extra are welcome too.
hand for assistance. motorcyclists on the
McPeake Motorcycles BMW unit 5c, 41-47 O’Sullivan Beach Rd
Lonsdale 5160, Bookings, call Josh on 8382 5411or 0438001255
Hours open:- Mo & Tu 09-17:30, Wed 09-19:00, Th closed, Fr 09-17, Sat 09-11.
mcpeakemotorcyclesbmw@hotmail.com
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