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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 time is NOW to preregister for the Bison Rally it will save you money and really helps the organizers to get a handle on how much food etc to order.
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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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Chas Peters has landed himself the position of Rally committee chairperson for 2012. Congrats Chas or should that be Thanks!
This does not mean he will be producing the Bison Rally by himself but that he, along with the yet to be named CVMG representative, will be coordinating the memberships volunteer efforts.
Chas will be approaching members directly for a commitment to help, so sign on and the 2012 rally will be even more successful than last year.
Even better yet contact Chas with what you are ready to help with.
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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
click on image
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Larry W sent some pictures of an adventure some club members went on in Sept …. Click Here
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The 2011 Bison Rally is in the books and was a complete success due mostly to the efforts of the members that stepped up and organized and participated in the three day event.
One member that has to be singled out and thanked for his efforts in this years events is Chas Peters, no sooner was the Perimeteritis run over (hosted by Chas) that focus changed to the Rally and guess who was working tirelessly to make sure another event is successful and enjoyable for the membership. Thanks Chas. 2011 Bison Classic Motorcycle Rally: July 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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June 17 – Niverville Professional Photographer Kathy Harder was be on hand at the Bison Rally to take pictures of motorcyclists and their motorcycles. Kathy recorded proceedings on all three days with both still and camcorder pictures, which will be available for our Newsletter and Web Site. DVD’s will also be for sale later for club funds. Check out her web page at www SoulPixPhotography.ca.
Kathy’s email address- – soulpix@live.ca
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Niverville Olde Type Country Fair: Recap
Saturday 11th June dawned sunny and warm and saw eight classics line up in the Niverville Olde Thyme Country Fair Parade. Ably led by Greg O’Kane on his 1972 BMW R60 and sidecar with his young grandson “wee Andrew” distributing candies from the “sidekerr”, and Greg doing a 360 donut every now and then! The 20 plus degree temp and torturous stop/start parade proved too much for the old BSA and Indians and had to pull out part way with clutch drag etc. Lesson learned: when we have our Parade at the Rally it will be much shorter and at twice the speed with NO stop/start. We will have the advantage of not having to follow any marching bands or horse-drawn carriages and trying to dodge horse manure!
Image Gallery is on its way!
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Niverville Olde Type Country Fair: Details
This Saturday 11th June is the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair. There will be a Parade through town and we would like to show support as well as publicize the Bison Rally by taking part in the Parade. Greg O’Kane will be leading our section of the parade with his 1972 BMW and sidecar with AMCM banner. Please be at the Arena at 11am to follow Greg who will lead off at 12 NOON. Let’s have as many classics out as possible to support this small town who have been so supportive and co-operative of our upcoming Rally.
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Perimeteritis: Highlights
A great day of old bikes, a visit to a historic auto museum with uber-cool stuff and a BBQ in Morden. The star of the day was definitely Tom and Chaz. They organized the BBQ and offered their homes (err- backyards) to our motley crew of antique vagabonds (the bikes were mostly old, and the people, well…).
A good time had by all. A special note for Tom’s unique talents, bringing his BSA Lightning back to life from its basket state, hand-building motorcycle wheels AND playing the harmonica with the band. Who would have known how talented he is! Link to the Gallery
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