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U l y s s e s E a s t R a n d Newslysses Issue: 395 January 2013 Meet every Sunday for a breakfast run departing from Bimbo s, 5th Avenue, Northmead Benoni, at 8:15am Chairperson: Llewellyn Collins

1 U l y s s e s E a s t R a n d Newslysses Issue: 395 January 2013 Meet every Sunday for a breakfast run departing from Bimbo s, 5th Avenue, Northmead Benoni, at 8:15am Chairperson: Llewellyn Collins Cell: wells@hotmail.co.za Vice Chairperson: Allen Burger Cell: allenburger@vodamail.co.za Andrew Potgieter Cell: andrew.potgieter@power.alstom.com Ulysses East Rand on the Web: ================================================================== Planned Rides :(This will be mostly longer rides.) Month Date Venue Area February 3 Serengeti, followed by an afterburner to the Radium Bapsfontien/Louis Botha Ave 10 To be Bimbo s? Other rides of interest: (from various sources like Bark Essay!) February 1 Outcasts Night Jol (R50,00 entry) Benoni Commandos, Tom Jones Rd 9 Vlakvark Run Webo s Pub & Grill, Fochville 16 Moth Motorcycle Assosiation 2 nd Birthday bash Jenny,s Pub & Grill, Krugersdorp 16 Y s MCC Day Midnight Oil Bikers Pub (R50,00 entry) 13 Comet str, Boksburg West March 1-3 Impala Rally Hartbeespoort 3 Classic car and bike show (entrance R60,00) Nasrec Expo Centre 9 Ulysses Bosveld Day Jol Swartwater/Tassiefees th Anniversary Ink & Iron Piston Ring Club, Modderfontein Short Rides: ( TBA-Watch this Space) Buffalo Rally Mossel Bay February 3 Serengeti Bapsfontien Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 1

2 Backfiring from the chair: Our Dullstroom breakfast run ended up being a full day run with the brave manne and poppies doing a round trip of ± 620km, starting with breakfast at The Anvil Ale House and then an afterburner to the now famous Ruby River Lodge. Those in attendance: Wells & Anita, Clive & Shirley, Peter & Eve, John (visitor), Lionel & Hannetjie, Big Rob, Mike O D, Nigel, Grant and Richard (visitor). Our meeting point at Bimbo s was under grey skies. Leaving at 07h30 we decided to take the toll road out to Dullstroom as the hungry folk wanted to get there as quickly as possible! Arriving at The Anvil Ale House we were met by very friendly staff and very quickly started placing our orders for brekkies. The staff were somewhat frazzled by our group but coped pretty well, and the food was good. I can most certainly vouch for the Trout Quiche. As for the beer, good, very good! We left Dullstroom just as a thunderstorm was brewing and headed out to Loskop Dam via Belfast and Stoffberg, the weather cleared up and not a drop of rain was experienced anywhere along our route. At Ruby River the ladies wasted no time in taking off their boots and relaxing at the splash pool,(note the no splashing sign). The route back was a treacherous one as we contended with the local populations poor driving habits and dodged a couple of goats on the Verena/Dennilton stretch. All in all it was a fantastic ride and if anyone was as tired as I was, I m sure they hit the sack pretty early. Looking forward to many more day rides Just a reminder: Don t forget to complete the National Rally entry forms and submit them along with your payment as instructed on the entry form. I trust by now all have finalised their accommodation requirements, if not you are running out of time. For those who don t know; Les has been in and out of hospital recently with severe pain caused in part by an operation he had some time back. He is currently awaiting test results, please keep him in your prayers and thoughts as we wish him a speedy recovery. Robin is still taking it easy and misses the riding, wishing you all the best mate! Rudi du Plessis will unfortunately be leaving UER as he is moving to George. Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 2

3 Herewith a photo of Joe and Tish representing the Stag rally submitted by Murray Russel. Till we ride again, Wells. Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 3

4 Captains Log: Sunday January 27th We are sometimes most fortunate that the weather bureau makes mistakes as the expected downpours on Sunday morning did not materialize and seven of us enjoyed a safe and brisk ride to the Purple Cow restaurant in Centurion. The manne who came were: Graham Allen Gansen Tjardt (Vis) Nick Harry Trevor BMW 1300GT BMW 800ST BMW 1200GS Honda 800VFR Honda 1200VFR Honda 1300 Pan-euro Triumph 1700T-bird S Allen suggested that I lead the charge and Harry took up the rear-guard position as Mike C had electricity problems at home and could not get his complex gate to open. We made good time to Bapsfontein and cruised to the Rietvlei Dam turnoff. There were no stragglers and we dondered on through Irene towards the Old Johannesburg Road where I overshot the shortcut (new road to the P Cow). After a swift U-turn Allen took over as arranged and we soon arrived at the restaurant to sit at a long table outside the main building. Some of us availed ourselves of a fine brekky from the buffet and the rest ordered breakfast from the a la carte menu. A couple of guys were flying model planes and helicopters to keep us amused while we ate. Allen s daughter Tammy also joined us for coffee and then it was time for us to leave for other pastures back home. Another fine ride, with very capable riders on magnificent steeds and we look forward to the next sojourn into the unknown on Sunday morning as always. Until next week when I ll see-ya (disappearing) in da mirrors, Twisty Two. Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 4

5 Cool-Dude! Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 5

6 On Saturday Erika & I attended the Suzuki 1500cc Trike Launch. What a machine, expertly built in Germany and imported into the good old R.S.A. This trike looks like a pit-bull on steroids with the growl to match. You don t see many pit-bulls on the road so don t expect to see many of these on the road with the introductory price tag of R Regard s Andrew Potgieter. Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 6

7 Started with 27 January 2013 Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 7

8 Not for use by under forties Age restriction 40 SNLV 8 Afterburner to Ruby River Lodge

Newslysses. Meet every Sunday for a breakfast run departing from Bimbo s, 5th Avenue, Northmead Benoni, at 8:15am

Newslysses. Meet every Sunday for a breakfast run departing from Bimbo s, 5th Avenue, Northmead Benoni, at 8:15am U l y s s e s E a s t R a n d Newslysses Issue: 408 June 2013 Meet every Sunday for a breakfast run departing from Bimbo s, 5th Avenue, Northmead Benoni, at 8:15am Chairperson: Llewellyn Collins Cell: