2004

2004 Trophy Winners

The Christian Motorcyclists Assoc. of Australia (SA branch) would like to thank you for participating in our first 'No Show Rally. (27-28th Nov 2004)

All proceeds from this rally will be donated to Christian Blind Mission International. For the sum of twenty seven Aussie dollars, they can provide a cataract operation to restore the eyesight of a blind person in a third world country. By participating in our rally, you all have provided miracles for many blind people.

T The trophies for the various categories were won by the following people:

Longest dist male:	Rod W - Mt Helena, WA.
Longest dist female:	Margaret M - Perth, Tas.
Longest dist <250cc:	Jo H - Benalla, Vic.
Longest dist sidecar:	Ron H – Benalla, Vic.
Longest dist trike:	No entry
Longest dist pillion/passenger:	Marlene - Forestville, SA.
Shortest dist male:	Bob L- Hope Valley, SA
Shortest dist female:	Kay S - Parafield Gardens, SA
Shortest dist <250cc:	Fay B - Kangaroo Island, SA
Shortest dist sidecar:	Andrew - Forestville, SA
Shortest dist trike:	Julie B - Golden Grove, SA
Shortest dist pillion/passenger:	No entry

Oldest combined bike and rider.

Meataxe - Sedan, SA (115 years) 1954 Puch, 250cc

Best personal bike accident photo.

Kym C from Wingfield, SA- who flipped his nearly brand new motorcycle camper trailer and dragged it 100 metres down the main street of a country town.

Hard luck story.

A Canberra weekend in July, raining cold, windy. A Kawasaki KLR650 in my garage, ready, willing, fuelled up. The weather in southern Victoria, sunny, reasonably warm!

Soon I was riding through the rain towards Cooma NSW. It dawned on me that I’d forgotten a few things as usual – the biggest and most important – my tent. No worries, I could buy a $20 special somewhere. I popped into a sports/toy shop in Comma and found in the clutter a $16.95 “A” frame tent. It was the only one left and looked like an ex-demo. Being the scrooge I am I purchased it for $15.00 and continued.

Four hours later I rode into Lakes Entrance in Victoria in the driving rain. I found a caravan park and to the disbelief of the person at reception – hired an unpowered tent site for $6.00. The ground was saturated, caravaners and even a couple of BMW riders said it was way too wet to camp. ‘Not real campers or motorcyclists’ I thought. It was near dark when I unstrapped the sodden cardboard box containing my new tent from my bike. Everyone gawked through the rain, and a nice old couple even offered me their caravan annex to sleep in. Proud, stubborn and die-hard I said I’d bought a new tent and wasn’t scared of rain and cold.

The material came out of the box – it was red and yellow with pictures of Porky Pig on it. How embarrassing! It was a strange shape too – and no pegs or poles. Upon rolling it out in the mud I soon found out it was actually a kid’s wading pool! I’m over six feet tall and the pool was about four foot long. I bunched up on the ground and pulled it over me to keep the rain off.

I had to sleep in my raincoat and helmet and boots in an attempt to stay dry from the ground – and also above – cause the bloody thing leaked as well. I had no sleep that night and left at 4:30am in the rain – saturated, sore neck, cold, tired and very embarrassed on my retreat to Canberra!!

Best Rat Bike

Meataxe - Sedan, SA

1940 Harley Davidson frame with front down tube removed. Powered by a 500cc single SR Yamaha engine. A genuine tractor seat is fitted, front forks are from a Suzuki 380cc triple. Rear tail light rescued from side of road where I presume it fell off a truck. Chain is very long due to front placement of engine, front forks will be replaced with genuine Harley style springer forks. Seat covering is a genuine hessian “gunny sack”. Fuel tank Acerbis camel back. Mirrors from long ago fit into handle ends. This machine will be seen at rallies in the near future.

Thank you to everyone who sent in photos and stories. We look forward to your participation again next year!