Our Nov. meeting election results saw the only change in the Secretary position. Thank you Tom Hesom for your excellent service in the position and we now welcome Kim Robinson. 

Jan 28th meeting will be a “Movie Night ” meeting at Ross’ place

NOTE: NO regular meeting held at HD Winnipeg in December and January

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Some Brits were quick to hop on the Asian invasion and leave the home grown iron in the shed.

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October Meeting saw our Octogenarian and Honourary Member Billy Watt step up to give a most interesting talk on motorcycling in Manitoba in the 1950′s. Ably assisted by his very old friend Joe Sawtus they had both been members of the long defunct Winnipeg RoughRiders Motorcycle Club, and then later of the Manitoba Motorcycle Club which has now been officially amalgamated with the Antique Motorcycle Club. The MMC was started in 1911 and is the oldest motorcycle club in Canada. Bill was wearing his very colourful RoughRiders jacket with the patches proudly displayed and passed around pictures of motorcycle events of the 40′s and 50′s, and at least one of our members picked out his father in the one old photo. Bill and Joe have been fast friends since they were 8 years old, lived through and survived WW2 and many hair-raising motorcycle escapades together. Joe was heavily involved in all manner of motorcycle racing whilst Bill remarked that the only racing he got involved in was when he was running away from the cops! Told us afterwards that ” the cop is still alive and the bugger lives in Winnipeg!!” This video clip could well become part of the Antique Motorcycle Club’s links with Motorcycling history in Manitoba and certainly remain part of our archives for posterity. Thank you Billy and Joe.

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The featured Marque for the 2014 Bison Classic Motorcycle Rally is HONDA….  Take a virtual tour of the Honda Collection Hall, located in Tochigi, Japan HERE

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Collector vehicle plates are coming as soon as the next riding season.

More info to follow…

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2013 ART Tour

A big thank-you to Ross and Kris Metcalfe for organizing and hosting the destination of the 1^st annual Assiniboine River Tiddler Tour.

Sunday Sept 15^th saw riders and their 305cc and smaller bikes (Tiddlers) gather at the Tuxedo Shopping Center for the beginning of the tour. The group proceeded along Roblin Blvd. with some stopping at times to Tinker with their “Tiddler” usually addressing fuel delivery problems. Eventually 14 riders and their bikes showed up at the Metcalfe residence although a couple of bikes required the Rescue Ranger to haul them the rest of the distance but after some more Tinkering all were running again. Rollie C. kept track of the riders and their bikes and computing their combined age and ranked them in order. Each rider received a specially labelled and serialed  bottle of ART Tour wine. Ross Metcalfe took bottle with serial # 1 for the oldest combined age score for him and his 1951 Francis Barnett 197cc Tiddler. Barbequed hot dogs and a birthday cake were washed down with some prize wine and soft drinks before people eventually Tiddled off in different directions home.  Talk of the 2^nd annual ART Tour has already started so if you have, or come across a small bore motorcycle keep it in mind.

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2013 Gimli Fishing Trip
The weather was kinder to us this year and lovely sunshine and very little wind made for a very pleasant run to Gimli. Changing to a little earlier in September and also to a Saturday helped towards a better turn-out than last year. 21 bikes came out with 24 guys and one lady sitting down to the “eat as much as you can” fish dinner. Champion fish eater Greg Kendall equalled his record from last year, so remains unbeaten! An amount of $900-00 was collected for our Spina Bifida charity. This was disappointingly well down on last years collection despite more bikes out. Hopefully some late donations will come in yet.

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Kathy Harder of  SoulPix Photography has provided a sample of images from her coverage of the 2013 Bison Rally. The complete work will be available at the next meeting or she can be contacted directly : Kathy Harder www.SoulPixPhotography.ca
cel: 204-392-b-You(2968)

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After many years of requests to MPI and government officials by the AMCM for a “collector” designation insurance package some news has been released by the MB. Govt. A collector vehicle plate and corresponding insurance package has been announced.

Although Motorcycles have not been specifically mentioned in the press release hopefully they will qualify as “collector vehicles”.

News release here.

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Okay, run this by me again, to get it running, you tickle it, kick it and swear at it ????

From Greg Kendall

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An email was received from Timothy Moulson with a great story and pictures attached.

My father FRED MOULSON was a member of the MMC in the late 30′s, 40′s and up to 1955. He was the hill climb champion, dirt track and had won, along with Chuck Noakes (sp), many of the TT races in as a member of the MMC. I, his son, was the mascot for many years. I have several photos of him and even submitted some to the AMA for the museum. In 1955, my dad, mom, brother and myself, along with our dog sparky, left Winnipeg and headed first to Flagstaff AZ., then on up to Victoria, B.C. in a BSA Golden Flash and a home-built sidecar. The trip took a long time – I think a month- but we had the time of our lives. At least that’s how I remember it. He lived there until his death in 1983. He was good friends with Tiny Robbins. I was the youngest of his three children and the ony one that took an interest in motorcycling. Today I have a restored (beautiful) 1965 BSA 650 Lightning which I ride on occasion (and a 2007 Honda 600 which I ride almost every day). BTW, my mother back in the late 40′s or early 50′s was one of the women that started the Travelongs – the female branch of the MMC. I still have one of her patches on my leather jacket. Kindest regards,                               Timothy E. R. Moulson

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A Winnipeg landmark is closing it’s doors….

A sad day has come, “Canadian Motorcycle At 981 Main Street” is closing. Advertising a blow out closing sale, by appointment only. Call the store for more details on how to get an appointment, or just to leave ole Joe a message as he finally retires.

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On a brighter note AMCM member David Leduchowski is now a James Gaskets dealer. 10% discount to all club members. He can be reached at the e-mail…  intauto@mts.net

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For those that have an “Antique motorcycle” plate, here is a list of recognized club events. You may want to print it out and carry it with you while operating your antique plated motorcycle.  Event List

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The Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Manitoba is The Antique Motorcycle Club of Manitoba’s official charity organization.

Ross Metcalfe (pres AMCM) hands Connie Hesom treasurer of the The Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Manitoba a cheque for $2361.00 representing donations made over the last year at certain AMCM functions. Connie then addressed the meeting with a presentation on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and her and her husband Terence’s personal experience with the condition through their son Evan. On a side note during the meeting Evan was in charge if mystery part security making sure no one peeked in the bag.

 

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Of possible interest to BMW owners, there is a newly created forum that can be found at: forum.bmwridersmb.ca/

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Make  sure to check out the VIDEOS category and view some videos of AMCM activities.

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Another great riding event to Winkler / Morden thanks to Tom, Chas and their helpers.

Check the article by Greg Kendal here

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I received a correspondence from Bill I. a former Manitoban now located in Cambodia. He shared with me that he obtained the bronze MMC plaque that hung above  his great uncle’s workbench in the garage after his passing, it now hangs atop his front door. His great uncle Bob S. was a MMC member back in the 40′s and rode an Indian in hill climbing events. More information on the plaque , Bill and his great uncle to follow. Thanks Bill

 

April 24th weather brought out a good number of bikes to fill the parking lot and during the meeting President Ross Metcalfe gave a well received presentation on the Bert Bentley Trophy and the man behind it. An article about Bert is located here

 

 

Secretary Tom Hesom stood before a packed meeting room and led the way with the first Member and His Ride addition to the meeting format. Hopefully there will be a long queue of members wanting to share stories about their select motorcycle.

 

 

 

 

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The AMCM is 35 years old, there has been 35 corn roasts and there has been 1 Treasurer for the last 35 years.

More about the 35th Birthday on the events page……..HERE

Have a look at where it all started with the constitution and some other history here …

 

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Alf Kollinger addressed the membership in attendance of the Nov meeting, informing  us of his project  titled “100 years of speed and daring“ a video documentary about 100 years of motorcycle racing in Manitoba. Alf appealed for  pictures, films and first hand accounts of Manitoba motorcycle racing and was met with many potential sources. Interest in the project is high among the members and seems to tie in well with the 100th Anniversary of the Manitoba Motorcycle Club of which is now  is a part of the AMCM.

You can get a taste of what is to come and follow along with the progress of the documentary at his web site  

 

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Larry W  sent some pictures of an adventure some club members went on in Sept …. Click Here