Update Please Read

 AMCM indoor meetings at Jim’s Vintage Garages have been put on hold until the facility reopens. Parking lot gatherings may take place depending on the weather.

A Zoom meeting invite will be emailed to all active members for an on-line/virtual meeting.  Guests are welcome to join in, but will need to obtain the meeting invite from an active member.   Members should be able to use their PCs or smartphones or dial in through a phone number.  

Be safe and don’t be a spreader!

AMCM Monthly Meeting – Tuesday June  29th, 2021

Looking like the June meeting will be held on Zoom.

Lots to discuss including the “Plan B” for this years Bison Rally.  Ross will do a talk on Manitoba license plates during the 1st World War, and we’ll show another old movie or two from Ray Houde.

Watch for an email with the meeting link.  Guests are welcome to attend, just get the meeting link from a current member.

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RIP Bill Fraser 

The AMCM would like to give their condolences to Bill’s family and friends.  Bill recently pulled off a successful premier of his movie “Salt” last summer.  An all around nice guy and a talented mechanic, musician and film maker.  

Click here for a link to Bill’s obit

Donations in Bill’s memory can be made to the Winnipeg Humane Society

A memorial service is planned when when covid restrictions are eased.

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2020 Bert Bentley Mileage Challenge Winner  

For those who missed the November meeting, we announced Chas Peters as the 2020 Bert Bentley Mileage Challenge winner.  Chas turned 80 years old this summer and earned a total of 13,702.5 mileage point riding two of his motorcycles in a year where you couldn’t really travel outside of Manitoba.  Putting on a ton of miles is nothing new to Chas, the odometer on his 1975 BMW R90 reads a stunning 361,866 miles. 

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Thank you to all the AMCM members that tracked the miles driven on their vintage motorcycles from spring up until the finish line at our October meeting.  All distances driven are converted to “miles” and adjusted or “bumped” depending on the age of the Motorcycle. Chas has picked Joe Sawtus to be the honouree for 2021.

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2020 AMCM 44th Annual Corn Roast 

A beautiful sunny day to socially distance at the Choquette’s acreage for some motorcycle games and great conversation.  Thanks again to John and Pat for hosting (44 years in a row). Special mention to Chas Peters who drove his new leaning side-car out from Morden, with a stop at Princess Auto in Winnipeg for a quick repair and help from Jamie and Dave to fix a broken clamp.  

Over $500 was also raised for Spina Bifida, helped greatly by Tony Yates who donated his winnings from the 50/50 draw $182!

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2020 Royal Winnipeg Mint Tour 

A fabulous day was enjoyed by many at the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg.  Click Here to view the article and pictures.  Thanks to Harry Wiebe for organizing and Ken Charleton for the write-up.  We will be doing this event again for those that missed it in 2021.

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2020 Bison Scavenger Hunt July 4th & 5th 

Results are in.  Please click  this link  to view the winning pictures .

Thanks to all who participated and to Mike B for judging.

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Chas 78th Surprise Birthday Drive By May 31 2020 

With Covid-19 affecting a number of events everywhere, the annual Perimeteritis run to Chas Peter’s house was canceled. However, to help celebrate his 78th birthday, his family and friends organized a surprise drive-by.

Special thanks to the Morden Fire department for leading with lights and sirens.

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Pictures by Lyle Ball.

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Bison Rally Survey Results

2019 AMCM Survey

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More photos by Rob Braun, this time of South Beach Show N Shine

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 July Moto Social at the Exchange District

Photos by Rob Braun

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Rob B. set out on a solo tour and camping trip in southern Manitoba, he shared some pictures of the adventure.

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Great Weather, Great Ride and Great Hosts for a BBQ at their place in Winnipeg Beach
Thanks very much for hosting the event Ellie and Gord and donating all the eats and refreshments.We raised $338.00 for Spina Bifida and had a great time.
We also got to see Rainman’s new ride, very nice …. you’ll have to show up at the next event to see it for yourselves.

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Click on the Picture for the story

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Some of the Bison Rally games

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June meeting we had a guest and now new member, Andon W. give us a presentation about the restoration process of his Triumph T150V.  Thanks Andon.

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The Sadie Grimm ride for 2018

Commemorating Her ride by motorcycle to Winnipeg Beach in 1914

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Tea and Custom Cookies

at the High Tea Bakery in honor of Father’s Day

Had a good turnout for the Bike display at the High Tea Bakery
The weather co-operated and the cookies were excellent.

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The Moto Social event

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Many members made it out to the “Growler” motorcycle show at the Little Brown Jug venue this past weekend starting off another season of motorcycle events.

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A look back at an early member of the AMCM with a few interesting and colourful stories click on the pic:

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Feb 12th Tech Night hosted by John Thompson
Many subjects were discussed but the main focus was on gearboxes.
15 people were in attendance and while there were many interesting bikes on display inside the shop there were none in the parking lot.

Great tech night at John Thompson’s tonight. Thanks for hosting John ,sharing your knowledge of pre-war transmissions and letting us have a look through your shop to see what you’ve been up to.
Ken C.

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The coldest night of the year so far, still saw 25 members make it out to Keith’s “Save the Rust Museum” for Movie Night

• The memorabilia raffle raised  $265.00 for Spina Bifida
• 3 new members and 2 renewals were collected
• No bikes in the parking lot though

   Thanks Keith for Hosting the Event.

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Tech Night: Thursday, January 17th,

On the lift is a 1986 Suzuki Intruder 750 presenting intermittent rear cylinder firing problems…We had a look at it and found a problem and that we now believe is remedied
Thanks Kim and Rick for hosting the evening and thanks for the 41 persons that attended.
*Note: No Motorcycles in the parking lot.

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The 2018 Burt Bentley Trophy winner (best restored by a club member) Tony Medernach’s 1911 Harley Davidson single

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These members were hands on in the rescue and restoration of the Dunlop Trophy
that hung in the MMC clubhouse that was destroyed by fire, Great job guys.

The Restored plaque which was first awarded to a MMC member in 1911 will hang in the meeting room at Harley Davidson of Wpg.

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