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Monthly
Newsletter August 2007
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Sponsoring Dealer:
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PINELANDS NT 0829
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Dunkel NT Motorcycle
Centre 1143 Stuart Highway, 11
Mile PINELANDS NT 0829 Ph: 08
8939 0390 Fax: 08 8939 0300 |
Darwin HOG Postal Address PO Box 39831 WINNELLIE NT 0821 Website: http://darwinhog.110mb.com |
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PUBLIC OFFICER Peter Cursaro Ph: 08 8939 0390 email: peter@ntmotorcyclecentre.com.au |
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MEMBERSHIP OFFICER Jo Donnolley Ph: 08 8932
6900 (H) Mob: 0417 720 222 email: neatrim.nt@bigpond.com |
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ROAD
CAPTAIN Phill Alexander (Krasha) Ph: N/A Mob: 0417 313 095 email: krasha1@bigpond.com |
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DIRECTOR Dave Hartree (Hoot’n) Ph: 08 8939
0390 (W) Mob: 0412 581 401 email: hootn@bigpond.net.au |
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SAFETY OFFICER Geoff Theodore Ph: 08 8932 6900 (H) Mob: 0407 654.006 email: neatrim.nt@bigpond.com |
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/ MOTORCYCLE SAFETY LIAISON Mick Luke (Swoop) Ph: 08 8984 3844 (W) Mob: 0407
395 173 email: swoop69@gmail.com |
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PHOTOGRAPHER Brian Sweeting Ph: N/A Mob: 0439 884 085 email: xena39@austarnet.com.au |
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SECRETARY Sharon Pfeifer Ph: 08 8932 4464 Mob: email: sharonpfeifer@bigpond.com |
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LADIES
OF HARLEY Michelle Redding (Shell) Ph: 08
8988 9467 (H) Mob: 0417
875 779 email: belgravehomes@bigpond.com |
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TREASURER Geoff Theodore Ph: 08 8932 6900 (H) Mob: 0407 654.006 email: neatrim.nt@bigpond.com |
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HISTORIAN Mark Dobie Ph: N/A Mob: 0404977572 email: N/A |
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EDITOR Suellen Drinkwater Ph: 08 8984 2430 (W) Mob: 0418 828 982 email: hogdarwin@gmail.com |
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PROPERTY OFFICER Shane Doody (Doods) Ph: 08 8988 9467 (H) Mob: 0413 128 660 email: belgravehomes@bigpond.com |
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ACTIVITIES OFFICER Paul Turner Ph: N/A Mob: 0429 992 154 email: paulcturner@yahoo.com |
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WEBMASTER Richard Tokarczyk (Rat) Ph: 08 8927 6636 (H) Mob: 0424 774 449 email: ozzient@internode.on.net |
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DirectoR’S Report
With Dave “Hoot’n” Hartree
Well, here we are looking down the barrel of another busy month for the
chapter with the NT Rally, a swap meet, a social dinner, and a trip to the
Nightcliff markets.
The last months’ events have been well supported and it is good to see a
few of our new members attending rides. The Werewolf III ride to Corroboree
Tavern was a nice “fresh” ride without incident, and the trip to Mandorah
followed by Cracker Night at Paul and Peta’s place was also a top night by all
reports. The ride to Adelaide River was another good ride (although a bit windy
on the way down) with a few of us tackling the road to Robin Falls in search of
a few twisty bits and a refreshing dip in the rock pool. We seem to get approx.
15 or so bikes regularly attending our rides and it would be good if we could
increase this number to give us a greater presence when we are on the road.
I have been kept on my toes with moving the Harley-Davidson department
of the bike shop upstairs so that we can set up this area as our own Harley
world. If you haven’t been in since the change, I invite you to come in and
have a cuppa and check out the new layout, as well as saying g’day to my
assistant Amy, a new addition to our staff, dedicated to improving our level of
service to all our Harley-Davidson customers.
With the NT Rally on over the first weekend of August, I hope to see a
few of you at the event. We have 32 registrations for the Rally and are
inviting local members to come down for a day. Anybody wishing to attend the
Rally who has not registered, presentation of HOG membership card is required
for entry, which will cost $20.00 per day and entitles any HOG member to join
in the ride through Litchfield Park, participate in the Gymkhana events on
Saturday, or join the Thunder Ride on Sunday (during which the People’s Choice
for Best Bike will be voted on). Both Saturday and Sunday nights there will be
live music and should you choose to stay on, there is still accommodation
available, either motel rooms or camping grounds. Again, I hope to see plenty
of members over the duration of the Rally.
Upcoming events:
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3rd,
4th, 5th Aug: NT Rally, Batchelor
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4th
Aug: Ride to Rally for
day visit ($20 entry), depart NTMC 12:00pm
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11th
Aug: Swap meet and BBQ
at NTMC, followed by Chapter Monthly
Meeting
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18th
Aug: Social Chapter
Dinner at Hogs Breath Café – RSVP to Paul by
Mon
6th Aug please
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26th
Aug: Morning breakfast
ride to Nightcliff Markets via the City
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2nd
Sept: Father’s Day ride
to Manton Dam for family day and BBQ
Stay Upright and Ride with Pride,
Hootn
ASSISTANT DirectoR’S Report
With Mick “Swoop” Luke
These months seem to be going faster than I ever remembered,
or is it my memory is now clearer than before and things are really normal? [Uh-uh. You’re just getting old, Micko. Ed] Whatever
it is, we are now at the end of another month.
Only a week away now to our NT Rally and registrations are
low compared to the number of members we currently have. Don’t forget you can
get a day pass if you haven't already registered. (Presentation of your HOG
membership card is required for entry.)
Last Tuesday, the 17 July, I was asked to attend an
interview with Channel Nine along with Glenda as support for Heather &
Chris, whose son passed away in a motor vehicle accident last year.
The person charged for the driving offences has been given a
total of 15 months prison and loss of license. It seems that our legal system
is working hard again for the innocent and protecting the poor, hard done by
murderers, as they are good citizens.
The interview shown on the news put some of the points
across quite well, the minister with whom we had the meeting, was to my
surprise a lot easier to talk to than the previous two from last year. A couple
of interesting things came out over the course of the two hours.
Firstly, this government has taken a harder stand on these
sort of crimes, it’s the legal system letting us down, as it is up to the
judges and magistrates to enforce the law. My comment to this was “Why make
these new laws when they cannot be enforced?”
His reply, " We cannot have someone convicted guilty if, say, it
was a genuine accident with no alcohol, drugs or dangerous driving involved”.
After pondering over this, and many areas that were getting
cleared off people’s chests, I suggested - shock horror! - mandatory
sentencing. Our government policy is against mandatory sentencing, but the
government official’s “shock horror” was short lived when I explained the
following to him.
If a person is found under a mandatory sentencing law to be
not under the influence of drugs, alcohol or undue care, it should then be
listed as a sub-section of that law, so they are not held to the full extent:
say a small court fine and cleared. If they are found guilty of alcohol, drugs,
undue care, (speeding reckless driving) then this is where the mandatory sentence
kicks in. (At present, for causing death or injury, you can be sentenced for up
to 10 years. This will never ever happen in the NT under current legislation.)
Mandatory sentencing can be set at a minimum period of say, four years, with
loss of license starting after your release date. This will then be the norm.
After explaining this to them, they were dumbfounded how a
bloke who rides a Harley could possibly think of such a thing, when their law
makers could not think of it. I was thanked with a smile for coming up with the
above. To our surprise, he then said this type of mandatory sentence will be
put to the party and as far as he was concerned should be the way to go. If you saw the news, he mentioned the above
in brief, by saying they are looking at a tougher law that will be a fairer
system.
A Magistrate was then interviewed and said he could not
comment. We are now waiting for copies of the policy that will be put forward
and a copy of the amendments to current legislation. This should be sent out in
the next couple of weeks. For now we cannot bring back those that have been
lost, but maybe we will be able to deter such things from happening again, with
harder sentencing and punishment that at least will be available for the next
poor person that gets taken out.
A scenario for you to take into account that I explained was
as follows: A person is driving along a road doing the speed limit, or at a
speed safe for the area, when suddenly he puts the brake on to miss something
on the road (child, adult). He then finds his car has hit an oily section of
road and hits the car, child etc. It is then found that no alcohol, drugs,
speeding or undue care were the cause of the accident, and he is found not
guilty under the mandatory sentence sub-section and freed.
The same situation as above, but the driver was doing 15 kmh
over the limit, over the legal alcohol limit etc, he will then face the
mandatory sentence minimum of four years, along with loss of license and any
other consequences that go with it, and no early parole for good
behaviour. These were the types of
scenarios I put forward.
Under our current system, I explained, murder is 25yrs or
life pending on the crime. If I was then going to get out in 15 months, why not
get in a car wait for the person you want to finish off, have heaps of alcohol
before hand, take them out, then cry how good you are and you didn’t mean it?
You get out a lot earlier and life's good. They found this one quite
interesting and slowly nodded and agreed.
Another issue that came up was leaving the scene of an
accident and not rendering assistance. This carries a gaol term, but as yet, no
one has ever been convicted for it, so it has been a law that is useful as an
ashtray on a Harley. This is now another penalty that will be used in mandatory
sentencing, so let’s just hope that for the last two years or so of pushing for
a fair system, it will happen and work.
I know I have rambled on over the above, but something has
to be done.
On another note, our Hog memorial run will be held on Sunday
9th of September. Please keep the afternoon on this day free. It is open to all
motorcycles, so let your friends and family know. More information on the ride
will be available over the coming month, so please show your support for the
club and fellow riders that have passed on by attending this day.
Ride free
Swoop
Ms. Editor
With Sue Drinkwater
A big
thanks to everyone who has sent me something to include in this month’s
newsletter (Jesse, Hoot’n Mick, Paul T, Mad Dog and the member who suggested
the “Whose Feet” section. . . .) .
I sent out personal profile forms to 10 of our members on
June 19th, and so far have received 2 back (thanks Mick and Paul T),
and had one refusal. I do hope that the reason you didn’t send yours back is
because you’re terribly busy and forgot, rather than just plain apathy? It’s
only a very simple form, so if you received one, can I ask you to spare a
little bit of your time and fill it out and return it to me? The other members
enjoy getting to know their fellow chapter members. You don’t have to be
serious – the funnier, the better. If it’s a privacy issue, please let me know
– don’t ignore me. I’ll be sending a few more out in the next few days, so be
warned.
Remember:
this is YOUR newsletter. What you put
into it is what you’ll get out of it. . . .
Closing date for the September newsletter is Friday 21st
August, so please send in lots of photos, ride reports, ads, etc.
Editorial email
address is hogdarwin@gmail.com.
Enjoy your
riding
Sue
WEBMASTER’S Report
With Richard “Rat” Tokarcyk
All photos
and July Newsletter on website.
Don’t
forget to let me have copies of your pictures to put up on the web page.
Chapter web
site address is: http://darwinhog.110mb.com
Regards
Rat 
Tech
Talk
With Charlie “MadDog” Caden
Well it's
that time again. Local rally and Adelaide is on us pretty soon, so it’s time to
look at the bike tyres, oil changes, and whatever you think you need.
Dave tells
me he has received the nylon head socks I asked him to get in. [Do you need a nylon head to wear one?? Ed] Marilyn and myself have been using them for
a few years now and they are terrific. They cover your head and only leave the
face open. You can wet them every time you stop and they keep you cool all the
time and they stop head itch inside the helmet when you start to sweat. Go and
get one; you wont be sorry. You can still use your masks, too.
If anybody
needs to ask me about their bike for the trip and not sure give me a ring on
0407776264.
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Jesse’s Jokes According to a new book, they asked 50 women what they would do if
they had a male sex organ for one day. Most of them said, 'Probably get a salary increase.' Look at this mess!" roared an
angry customer at a local cafe, pointing to his squashed doughnut. "It's just as you ordered it, sir," the waitress
replied meekly. "You told me to bring you
coffee and a doughnut and step on it." If you are
going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country. In my entire life, I've only told
one lie. Well, I guess that makes two. The Vatican has decided that it is
not a sin to kiss a nun, just don't get into the habit. Girl to boy: "One kiss and I'll be yours forever." The guy replies: "Thanks for the early warning." How do we know that fairy tales are fiction? Because the prince is always smart, handsome, single, and
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Mad Dog
CHAPTER MEMBER
PROFILE
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Photo: Suellen |
NAME: Paul Turner
NICKNAME: P.T.
CURRENT BIKE(S): 98 FatBoy
WHEN DID YOU FIRST JOIN THE CLUB?
June 06
WHEN DID YOU FIRST
START RIDING?
1985
BIKES YOU HAVE RIDDEN
BEFORE YOUR CURRENT BIKE:
Yamaha 500 single, 750 K3 & K8 Honda GPZ 600R
Suzuki Intruder 1400
BIKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO OWN:
To build a full custom
BEST RIDE YOU HAVE BEEN ON:
Sydney to Whitsundays & return
WORST RIDE YOU HAVE BEEN ON:
Sydney to Whitsundays & return. It pissed down
on the way up to Brizzy
DISLIKES – WHAT PISSES YOU OFF:
Dick head car drivers
WHAT SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT DO TO HELP BIKERS?
Lower rego in the NT
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Photo: Kim Rudolph |
COMMENT YOU WOULD MAKE WHEN PULLED OVER:
“I need to piss,
sir.”
FAVOURITE FOOD:
Chinese
FAVOURITE DRINK:
All alcoholic
drinks
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF A PERFECT RIDE?
Any with my partner.
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT IN CLUB OR RIDE:
When I proposed to my partner at Dingo Beach QLD
after riding to the Whitsundays
HAVE YOU ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR PROFILE?
Will accept donations of cartons of beer.
General Motors Vs
Microsoft
For all of
us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have
enhanced our lives, read on. At a particular computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates
reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press
release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be
driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no
reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every
time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3.
Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to
pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car,
restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason
you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally,
executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and
refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5.
Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five
times as fast and twice as easy to drive -- but would run on only five percent
of the roads.
6. The oil,
water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a
single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The
airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8.
Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse
to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key
and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every
time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all
over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the
old car.
10. You'd
have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
Please
share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer
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Ultra full size pillow seat to suit
a TC, new never used: $350. ·
EVO Fat Boy Sundowner seat: new,
$250. If you need a seat change they might fit. Call Mad Dog on 0407776264
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ntmcc BBQ 7th July 2007 |
