Ride for Daniel (Qld); 21 June.

Registration from 7 am; departing at 10 am from Big Pineapple carpark then riding north through scenic areas of the Sunshine Coast then returning south to finish at the Ettamogah Pub. Further info: www.ridefordaniel.com.au or enquiries@ridefordaniel.com.au
 

Muscle, Classis & Custom Car & Bike Show (NSW); 21 June.

10 am—2 pm at Campbelltown Catholic Club, 20—22 Camden Road. Rock n Roll music, dancing & karaoke; raffles throughout the day. More details: 02-4625-0000

15th Annual Poker Run (Qld); 27 June.

Black Uhlans Gold Coast host this one. Meet West Burleigh Heads Tavern at 10.30 am. Note change of date from Queens Birthday weekend. Info 0406-001-080.

 Granite Gnome Rally (Qld); 3rd, 4th, 5th July 2009

 

Will be held again this year at the Dalveen Sports Ground QLD. Proceeds from the rally will be donated to the Dalveen Bush Fire Brigade and to Dalveen community charities.  www.freewebs.com/granitegnome

 

V8 Bike Dirt Drags (FNQ); 4 &5 July.

 

Test & tune Saturday; racing Sunday. Sarina Showgrounds. OWMC. Call Animal: 0427-557-629

2009 Winter Rally (NSW); 11^th 12^th July

   United Motorcycle Touring Club host this one, held approx 4km south of Nerriga on the Nowra-Braidwood Road. Band with refreshments and food available. Held on 50 acres of land with plenty of camping and firewood with a huge bonfire on Saturday night.  The gymkhana will be held at approx 3pm on Saturday with trophies presented Sunday morning at 8am.  Cars carrying downed motorcyclists are welcome but will not be permitted into the camping area.  Entry fee is $20.00 per head.   So leave your Dogs, Glass & Bad Attitudes at home, bring the family and have a great time with us. NB: UNITED TOURERS TAKE ALL CARE BUT ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MACHINE, RIDER OR PILLION!!! Phone:   Darrel    0418 211 622  James    0401 741 125 Email to: ken_lisa@bigpond.net.au

Gold Coast Street & Chopper Show (NSW); 11 July.

Gates open 12 noon at 23 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South. Trophies & prizes up for grabs in 12 categories from classics to choppers, including cash for Best Unrivalled Chopper. Enter your bike on the day from 10 am. Live band, trail riding displays Admission $15; accompanied children under 15 free. Enquires Odin’s Warriors: 07-5524-8056; or Gus: 0405-782-585.
 

Charity Motorbike Ride (Qld); 11 July.

Meet at AMCOR, cnr Boundary Road & Ashover Street, Rocklea. Ride departs 9.30 am for a ride to Laidley, Esk, and Glamorgan Vale. Party at Glamorgan Vale Hotel with top band, meals & free camping. Excellent prizes to be won. All proceeds go directly to Wildlife Warriors Worldwide. All riders, makes & models, all clubs welcome. Contact Kylie: 0416-140-665.

Motorbike Movie Marathon (Qld); 11 July.

The Wild One 6 pm; Easy Rider 7.30 pm; Stone 9.15 pm. Metro Arts Studio, 109 Edward Street, Brisbane. 18+ event. Tickets: single film $10; two films $13; all three $16. Bookings recommended: 07-3397-3028; www.kristianfletcher.com

 

 

Wildcats Xmas in July Party (NSW); 17th, 18th & 19th July Details in the Forum.

Blanket Run (SA); 18 July.

Meet 12 noon St Luke’s Hall, 35 Whitmore Square, Adelaide. Blankets, towels, meat & veg, non-perishable food, cash donations, to support St Luke’s emergency food program. After run, stay for free sausage sizzle & coffee. Contact Longriders CMC: 0408-890-141; www.longriders.com.au

Story Bridge Motorcycle Concours (Qld); 19 July.

A true motorcycle concours de elegance offering $1500 for Best in Show & trophies for 14 classes. Entries close at 10.30 am sharp; presentations at 2.30 pm. Free admission (a gold coin donation is suggested. Last year we collected $7000 for Make a Wish Foundation). The Dave Ritter Band will provide live music. Dyno shootout courtesy of Skip’s Motorcycle Performance Centre. Trade & club displays welcome. Contact Club Laverda Qld: 0401-980-369; www.clublaverdaqld.org

Blanket Run (NSW); 2 August.

 Meet 11 am at Krispy Kreme Donuts, Penrith Panthers, Mulgoa Road, Penrith; leave 11.30 am for Church Street Mall, Parramatta. Bring a blanket for the homeless in Sydney’s west. Bikers Australia: www.bikersaustralia.com.au

Kings Rally (NSW); 7—9 August.

Foxgrove Rd, Canyonleigh. Family friendly rally. Toilets & hot showers. Firewood supplied. FREE tea & coffee, plus food sold on site. Huge Bonfire, gymkhana, prizes, trophies, tattoo comp & kids activities. No glass & no dogs. $15 prepaid or $25 at gate. For more details contact Ambassadors CMC: 0437-036-401; www.ambassadors.org.au

Vietnam Veterans MC (NSW) National Vietnam Veterans Day; August 15TH (Sat) 2009

 National Vietnam Veterans Day aka Long Tan Day is to be held at the Chapter Property Pearlbrook near MURRURUNDI NSW on Sat 15Aug09.  Just follow the signs along Timor Road to Scotts Creek Road.  Gates open at 10.00am with an entry fee of $10.00 per person with under 18 year old admitted free of charge.  Kids welcome.  Trade stalls, plenty of food and a well stocked bar.  Commemorative Service to commence at 3.40pm. Live musical entertainment.  Plenty of camping spots available from Fri 14Aug09.  Bring your warm clothing.  NO BYO Alcohol or Dogs.  For further details contact Blackie on (02) 49 825367 and from 13Aug09 on (02) 65 466107

Vietnam Veterans Day Poker Run (NSW); 22 August.

 Meet in the carpark opposite Oakes Oval, Lismore, for registration 10 am for a 11 am start. Cash prizes for best & worst hands; raffles in aid of Lismore Legacy. All motorcyclists welcome. Vietnam Veterans MC Northern NSW chapter: 02-6688-0024

Lockyer Valley Sound & Noise Spectacular (Qld); 22 August 2009

Murphy's Creek Progress Assn are holding this one All proceeds of the day are going to the Lockyer Valley Cancer Council Volunteer Branch . Its on at the M.C.G., Murphys Creek, from 9.00am to 11.00pm There will be displays of cars – old and new, custom vehicles, cruisers, 4WDs, specialty vehicles, vintage motorbikes, Ulysses bikes, Harley Davidson bikes, and model trains.  There will be musical performances on stage and entertainment all day, children’s rides and sideshow alley.  The event is licensed and there will be food all day.  Camping is available.  Come and meet the crazy locals and please give your time, cash and enthusiasm to a most worthy cause.

East Coast Freedom Run (NSW); 28 August (Friday).

Gather 10 pm at the old toll booth, Pacific Highway, Cowan, with the run taking off at 12 midnight sharp. With regular fuel, food & wake up stops along the way, we will make our way to the Big Prawn at Ballina in the early hours of Saturday morning to meet members of the UMCQ & friends & anyone else who supports the cause. After this rest/catch-up stop, the entire pack will ride to the Gold Coast Bike Rally. All participants are asked to purchase an East Coast Freedom Run T-shirt for approx $30; all monies raised will go to the UMCQ fighting fund. More info: 0403-917-036.

Fraser Coast   Show and Shine (NSW); 5 Sep 2009

At The Royal Hotel TIARO QLD More info to follow  Run by the FRFA INC, partnered with the Royal Hotel Not a club run function, All Clubs welcome, Attitudes left at the gate. Time to get back to the good old days of having a fucking fat time. All profits will go to Raising Money for swimming pools for local Schools. The FRFA is Fund Raising For Australians, INC.

10th Annual Poker Run (FNQ); 5 September.

Depart Kooyong Hotel, North Mackay, at 1 pm. $1200 best hand; $200 worst. $20 entry. Prizes drawn throughout the day. Ends at Retreat Hotel (65 km west of Mackay) for full-on party with live band with plenty of dongas, grassed camping area, showers & toilets, budget dinner & breakfast. VVMC North Qld Chapter. Contact Pedro: 07-4953-4636

14 Annual Memorial Run (Qld); 5 September.

Meet JC Slaughter Falls, Mt Coot Tha, Brisbane, from 10 am; ride leaves at 11 am sharp. $15 per rider & $5 for a pillion includes lunch & giveaways. New route. Run badge available. For information or to add a name to the Memorial List, email: brisbane@gscmc.com

2009 Southern Cross Annual 5 Day Poker Run (Qld); 7 - 11 September

Come and join the fun and experience the Longest Poker Run throughout rural Queensland! Meet Monto Sunday 6 September. Winning Hand $1200 Day 1: Kumbia Day 2: Boonah Day 3&4: Beerwah (1 free day to explore and do your own thing) Day 5: Maidenwell. Raffles,  Auctions, Give Aways and more. Raising money for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus. RED CLASS: Poker Hand, Dinners & Breakfasts - $220.00 BLUE CLASS: Poker Hand & Dinners - $170.00 GREEN CLASS: Poker Hand & Breakfasts - $130.00 WHITE CLASS: Poker Hand only (no meals) - $80.00 Registrations are due by 1st August. Registrations after 1st August will automatically default to WHITE CLASS $90. No meals will be available after this date. Long Sleeve or Polo shirts ($10 extra) to be ordered by 30th June. You will also receive a t-shirt and badge. Camping fees are included. No Glass Please For more information: www.southern-cross-association.org.au  Registration forms are available from the website, by ringing: 0428 623 529, 0419 660 413 or email: aleciaandmal@yahoo.com.au

Frogs Hollow Run Bike Show (Qld); 26 September.

Apple Tree Creek Hotel, 5 km north of Childers on the Bruce Hwy. Gates open 10 am. $10 single; $20 a family. 10 class bike show, burn-out comp, charity bike bash, heaps of stalls, hot food, free camping. Live bands—Smokin Crawdads, Flame, Electric Bananas—from 12 noon to 12 midnight. Breakfast available Sunday morning. United Motorcycle Council sign-on day. No BYO, dogs, or bad attitudes. All clubs by prior arrangement. Consolidated Bikers Association Australia: 0439-484-666

Inverell Poker Run (NSW); 26 September.

Leaving Oxford Hotel at 11 am. Great day out for all bike riders. Odin’s Warriors: 0419-624-325.

 

 

International / National Trikers Get Together (National); 1st - 5th October  2009

Where: Alice Springs, get together at the Mac Donnell Range Holiday Park, Palm Place, Alice Springs, NT. Some Trikers will arrive early or stay longer, most people will have their own travel plans, or get together in groups to do the journey. Between the 1st and the 5th of October we will have some group rides with Trikes and Trikers from all over Australia and Overseas, we will see Trikes and meet people we would never do anywhere else, all this at one place,  "THE ALICE" More info http://www.oztrikes.com.au:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=66

 

Bikers Reunion (Qld); 3 October.

50’s, 60’s, 70’s, Toowoomba Bikers Reunion at Delacy’s Hotel, 224 Ruthven Street. Smorgasbord available for $25 per head. Contact Wayne (Luigi) Morrison: 07-4668-2245.

 

SA HOG State Rally (SA); 2nd - 4th Oct

Renmark. Info to follow

 

Postie Bike Challenge (Oz); 3—12 October.

Nine days, 3000 plus km, on an unmodified Honda CT110. Brisbane to Melbourne the long way. A great mix of bitumen, gravel & sand. Ochre sand roads through the dingo fence to Hungerford; remote outback mining town of Whitecliffs; ascend the Snowy Mountains through Dead Horse Gap. Final celebration dinner & a soft bed at a resort at our destination. Not a race, nor a tour, it is a challenge & a whole lot of fun! Join the goodwill & voluntarily donate your bike (in your name) to Rotary at the end. Check website for details & photos. $4950 (conditions apply). www.postiebikechallenge.org; phone: 07-3264-7727.

 

Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (Vic); 16th - 18th October

info http://motogp.com.au/

2009 Choppers Australia Mega Ride  Muster  (National); Sunday October 19th, 2009

Chopper riders from the eastern states of Australia are joining together for a three week run on their choppers to South Australia.  Choppers Australia members from Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria will join together along the route. The Mega Ride will begin by leaving Brisbane on Saturday October 10th  http://www.choppersaustralia.com:80/next-event.html for more info

Pink Ribbon Ride (Vic); 25 October.

Point Cook Motorcycle Club will host the Pink Ribbon Ride supporting Cancer Council Victoria. See website for departure points. Motorcycles arrive at Point Cook Town Centre 11 am. www.pinkribbonride.com.au

Show 'n' Shine (SA); 30 October.

Gates open at 12 noon at Longriders CMC property, Rocky Gully Road, Murray Bridge. Heaps of categories, trade stalls welcome, entertainment, bands, bar & tucker. Run leaves St Lukes, Whitmore Square, Adelaide, at 11 am. Phone Mac: 0408-457-406

 

19th National HOG Rally (Tas); 6—8 November.

Launceston Aurora Stadium. Contact your local Harley dealer for more details.