VJMC show Uttoxeter

[Davy Doherty]

I'd have thought so as well, And the fee should be upped to 20 quid, Thats what i've always payed anyway!!!

[malc87]

the kawasaki triples club is ?20 per year but we dont have a joining fee.
only three magazines a year but each is 60 pages.
i going to forward a mag to jerry(as promised) so he can see what wedo??

[paul doran]

I would rather see more support for both event's and the magazine

rather than increase the annual fee

[malc87]

paul
after just a few days on the forum and reading all the posts(and a good forum it is too!!) it seems to me that some of the members are not wanting to bring there bikes as they think they are not concours or good enough??
the bikes at uttoxetor were simply "outstanding" which many members do not have.
i would not bring my own z1a as it is a user and apart from the "repaint"
after market repro 4 pipes, repro shocks and i think a recovered seat it is a "very "average z1a with rusty rear spokes!!
i would be embarrised to show it as most of the standard bikes i see on your stand are sooooo good??

[paul doran]

Malc I own a few of those bike's you describe and Ishow them
but I also use them even when it rain's that is wht they are not mint

[malc87]

have you shown them recently in the uk paul?

[chrisNI]

Horses for courses (:rofl !!!) with Uttoxeter the feeling was as it was a VJMC do we should have mainly good stuff. We have a mix of stuff at others it depends on the show. At Ballymena two years ago we had Davy's '72 Z1 straight from the Utah desert where it had sat for twenty years untouched and it got more far interest than any of the shiny ones.


The stuff on the triples stand is always fairly mint too malc - sometimes some of it is even really new...

[paul doran]

Malc last year I had my 1100R on the stand at Mallory and later on in the year my Moto Martin and Z1 were at Ballymena

[malc87]

very true chris but if you have nos bikes its nice to show them
at donington (which we won best club stand) a first for the the club, we also had delboys h1d which he had rode there (90 miles ) and it was erm a"minger"

[chrisNI]

Don't forget your Mk2 Paul on the stand at Ingliston and ridden 300 miles there in the teeth of winter the day after it was rebuilt...

[chrisNI]

very true chris but if you have nos bikes its nice to show them

I'm sure it is - mine are all shit heaps at present....

[malc87]

Malc last year I had my 1100R on the stand at Mallory and later on in the year my Moto Martin and Z1 were at Ballymena

mallory is certainly in the uk paul and i am assuming this is a"user" bike

if so would the club show the same bike at stafford or is it considered not to be good enough??

[paul doran]

as Chris said I use them in all weathers and they are still good enough for the show's

[Jerry]

Without being rude to anyone past, present or future, we've had "user" bikes at all our shows over the years, some to the point of "abused"! The only show we are oversubscribed at is Stafford, and even then, I've probably only turned down 3 or 4 individual bikes in 13 years of the show, so if we do have a quality filter, I rarely have need to use it. Indeed, thinking about turning bikes down, EVERY one has been turned down due to the stand being full. I have never bumped a bike off because I've had a late offer of a better one - that's not fair, it's always been first come first served.

[Rich]

Just to put my two pennyworth in
I would expect a diverse selection of bikes that the club represents is probably better than prestigeous and spotless models. It will probably lead to more interest from the general public and more people realising that these are still reliable and usable bikes for everyday transport if so needed.