PAST EVENTS

Saturday 2nd November

Halloween Party at Harlequin Inn - 152 Harris Street, Pyrmont

Starting at 8.00pm, come along and help welcome in Halloween! Bring your Trick or Treat bag and mask for our Halloween Party of the year! Also, celebrate the freaky birthday of a very special Anonymous member. More details closer to the date.

Sunday 3rd November

Ride & Sail

Meet at the Berowra mobil at 1000, up to Mt White for a sedative or two then back to Balgowlah and into sailing swimming mode... Please contact ChrisT to reserve a place on the boat.

Thursday 7th November

Dinner at Nix Café - 104 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest

Come along for this regular great social evening of hearty Italian food and fantastic prizes, plus a short talk from Scott Walker Motorcycles on a hot topic. If you haven't been to Nix, come along and 'get initiated'! Starting at 7.30pm, it will set you back $20 for entrée, main, dessert and coffee. BYO or license drinks at your own expense. Parking available right out front.

Saturday 9th November

Day activity to Australia's Wonderland.

Half-day ride followed by a night at Wonderland Sydney. Meeting at Shell Service Station on M4 at 1pm for a 1.30pm departure through Warragamba, Werombi, Camden, Cobbitty, Bringelly, and/or back to Wonderland Sydney at approximately 5pm ($16.50 entry). Party well into the night with all of Hanna Barbera’s icons like Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble.

Saturday 16th November

Snowy Ride

A fundraising event for the Steve Walter Fund - Children's Cancer Institute Australia (in the fabulous Snowy Mountains). More info on the website, call Mark on 0418 628 503 or email Robyn.

Sunday 17th November

RatRun to O'Connell

Meeting at 0830 at the RedRock cafe 103 George St Windsor for a 0900 departure. the run will see us traverse some of the finest tar on the western slopes. We'll wind our way along Bell's Line of Road then heading over to Mt Victoria for (premium) gas at the Mt York Ampol on to the Jenolan Rd, Oberon then O'Connell for lunch. On the way home we'll pass through Tarana Lithgow and you guessed it back on Bell's L.o.R. Miss this ride and you may as well give the game away...

or..Track day with Procycles & Circuit Breakers

Have you been on the track yet? If you haven't then you should! Come learn from the experts. Discounts to BikersAnon. Stay tuned for further details.

Saturday 23rd November

Dyno Day

Love Motorcycles in Artarmon is holding a FREE dyno day (normally $77) & BBQ for us from 9-5pm. Bookings are by email bikersanon@yahoo.com.au Have your bike evaluated for performance and tuning! First in first served.

Sunday 24th November - Robbo Pie Shop

From TRX Sam

After a week of overcast (and intermittently rainy) weather, Sunday dawned bright and sunny. Apparently the gods were smiling on my first group ride. An auspicious beginning.

Twenty-plus riders anon gathered on time at the Gymea servo ... only to be delayed for 45 minutes after Richard (who would probably love to REMAIN anonymous) filled his tank with diesel.

An elaborate de-fuelling ceremony quickly followed. Since the ride, Richard has copped so much flak from his peers that I've decided not to mention the fact that he binned his bike ten minutes into the National Park. Still, it's nice to have a "sacrificial lamb" who actually walks away unscathed. I think the gods were chuckling by this time.

So, 45 minutes late we pull out of the servo, and I (being the new girl) timidly join the tail end of the group, only to see everyone ahead of me disappear through a set of traffic lights which will be well and truly red by the time I reach them. Even Rick (the perfect sergeant-at-arms) flies past me at the last moment, thinking I'm gonna go through, while I'm actually busy performing something like an emergency stop. (Thanks for waiting for me on the other side of the intersection and being my personal chaperone, Rick!)

Well, it didn't take me long to discover rule number one on a group ride: KNOW THE ROUTE.

As I now know, following the person in front doesn't work under at least three circumstances, namely:

1.When the lights change and 20 people have already gone through on amber, or 2.When the person in front is Valentino Rossi in disguise, or 3. When the person in front DOESN'T KNOW THE ROUTE EITHER!

Trundling along at the back of the pack, and not passing any obvious signs of mishap along the way (after Richard and his oil spill, that is), I gather that the rest of the ride was uneventful for all.

We certainly traversed some spectacular country-side, via some very bike-friendly twisties. I can't believe I've never set tyre on Macquarie Pass before. Sadly, however, I wasn't quite fearless enough to burn off the removalist trucks through the bends. And as for the the late-model Minis that reportedly gave at least one rider a run for his money - they were long parked by the time I made it to the pie shop!

After re-fuelling on pies, we debated the best (or most popular) route home, then flaked out under a huge shady tree for 15 minutes ... which quickly turned into half an hour.

On the way home, the group got split roughly in half in the search for premium unleaded, while the dark clouds overhead, accompanied by a few splats of rain, encouraged everyone to get moving homeward.

In the days following the event, I have just one lingering question - who IS that guy with The Prodigy hair?