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Ulysses Club Waikato Branch meets 7.30pm at the Waikato Commerce Club 197 Collingwood Street,

Hamilton on the first Monday of the month except January. Visitors Welcome. Evening Meals

available from 6.30 pm except Public Holidays.

Waikato Ulysses website: www.ulyssesclubwaikato.wordpress.com/ This Newsletter plus other information is available on this website.

Ulysses Club, Waikato Branch Committee, 2018-19

Email Phone (1) Phone (2)

Coordinator

Jim Galt jim@franklaw.co.nz 021 901 557 07 843 3119

Vice Coordinator

David Musgrave davidmusgrave60@gmail.com 022 6776211

Secretary

David Coy dcoy41@gmail.com 021 168 1413 07 855 0929

Treasurer

David Samuel dbsamuel7551@gmail.com 021 0814 0663 07 871 5889

Committee

Darryl Andrews dpallb@outlook.co.nz 027 518 7077

Mark Empson markempson@gmail.com 021 839 934

Les Raddeker raddeka2@gmail.com 027 324 2202 07 889 4231

Ron Sheil ronandmerlene@extra.co.nz 021 042 9846 07 843 7187

Sheriff

Ben Tiatia Ben.tiatia@icloud.com

Charity Run Liaison Mark Empson

Newsletter David Musgrave

Quartermaster/Raffle Ron Sheil

Social Darryl Andrews

Welfare Les Raddeker

ULYSSES CLUB – WAIKATO BRANCH

Newsletter, MARCH 2019

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Waikato Branch Events

Date Destination Leaving From Departure Time

In Charge

Thu – 21 Feb Thursday Lunch Ride to Stag Park Diner Taupo

Karapiro Mobil

10am David C.

Sat – 23 Feb Te Aroha M/C and classic car Poker run

Austins Bar and Bistro

10am See Moto events.nz

Mon – 25 Feb Ride Days: Bruce McLaren Motosport Park Taupo

See Moto events.nz

Wed – 27 Feb Evening ride to Raglan for Fish & Chips

Whatawhata gas station

6:15pm Jim

Thu –28 Feb Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Sat 2-3 Mar Mike Pero Motofest: see www.hamptondowns.com

Sun- 3 Mar Child Cancer Foundation Charity Motorcycle Ride

Selwyn Park Te Awamutu

9.30am See Poster Below

Thu – 7 Mar Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Sun 10 Mar Lunch at Classics Museum 12PM followed by push bike or

E-bike riverbank ride

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Railside Pl, Dinsdale

After Lunch

Jim

Wed – 13 Mar Evening ride to Kawhia for Fish & Chips

Te Awamutu Caltex

6.15PM JIm

Thu – 14 Mar Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Sun - 17 Mar Breakfast Meeting Café 9 Cambridge

8: 30 am ish Jim

Thu – 21 Mar Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Wed – 27 Mar Evening Ride to Cambridge for Fish & Chips

Cambridge BP 6:15 Jim

Thu – 28 Mar Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Thu – 4 April Thursday Lunch Ride: TBD TBA 10am TBA

Sun – 7 April Sunday Lunch ride to Waikino Station Café

Cambridge BP 10am Jim

CONTACTS Jim 021 190 1557 Bruce 021 948 300

David C 021 168 1413 David S 02108140663

Norm 027 244 4022 David M 022 6776211

Peter 021 727 818

Check the Branch Website for the latest updates:

www. ulyssesclubwaikato.wordpress.com

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Check the Interislander and Straits NZ web sites for 2019 discounts

The code for the Interislander for 2019 is XULY1 and the discount is available until

December 15 2019. Your Ulysses membership card will be required at check-in

Summer spells Shiny Side Up Shiny Side Up is back again in 2019. With a line-up of international guest speakers, demos and displays, plus thousands of bikes and fellow riders in attendance, Shiny Side Up is an experience not to be missed. Get these dates in your diary:

• Nelson, Trafalgar Park (3 Feb)

• Kapiti, Southward Car Museum (17 Feb)

• New Plymouth, Quality Hotel Plymouth International (24 Feb)

• Hampton Downs at the Mike Pero Motofest (2-3 March). These events are proudly co-hosted by ACC’s Ride Forever and the NZ Transport Agency. For more details, follow the Shiny Side Up Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ShinySideUpBikeFest Or visit the events section of the Ride Forever website: www.rideforever.co.nz/events

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WAIKATO COMMERCE CLUB CARDS

• Membership cards were distributed at the December and February Branch Meeting

For those who haven’t paid yet, please pay $10.00 into the Branch Westpac Bank Account 03 1555

0013109 00 – make sure your Name is clear and put WCC in Ref column

LONG SERVICE MEMBERSHIP BADGES

The Branch presented badges to members who requested them at the February meeting. If you

have qualified and not had your badge presented come to the March Branch meetings to have it

presented to you.

David Coy, Waikato Branch Secretary: dcoy41@gmail.com

ENTRIES FOR THE 2019 NORTHERN ODYSSEY ARE AVAILABLE UP TO THE END OF MARCH

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PICTURES FROM THE CLASSIC

MOTORCYCLE RACES PUKEKOHE

SATURDAY 02/02/2019 DRM.

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ONLY NUMBERS

I acquired the Deauville from the Honda agent in Hastings in 2016; 15 years’ old but only 24k kms

on the clock, imported from the UK in 2004. Runs nicely and I keep it mainly as a spare, and for

visitors. When I took it for the WOF check in December 2017, I made a big mistake by declaring to

Grant Bennett, the workshop manager at Honda Hamilton, that the bike was running fine and should

pass the Inspection, no problem. Wrong. A rough spot was found on the steering head bearing and

$377 later, the WOF was issued.

In December 2018, even though the bike is running perfectly (from my perspective), I kept quiet and

said nothing to Grant when I handed it over for the WOF Inspection. This time he declared that

mechanically the bike is fine but a WOF cannot be issued. Why not, I asked? The 17 digit Chassis /

VIN number on the bike does not correspond with the NZTA database record; I was told to sort it

out with NZTA.

The bike was first taken to Vehicle Inspection NZ in Hamilton who took pictures of the offending

Frame and Engine numbers. This was referred to NZTA Head Office who initially decided that an

error had been made by the AA inspector in Hastings when the bike was imported in 2004. Two

Wayne, the WOF Inspector at Honda Hamilton, picked up the discrepancy between the

Chassis & Engine numbers on the Deauville, and the NZTA record.

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bikes had been imported and checked at the same time and the numbers transposed. A ban flag

was placed on both bikes until the problem was sorted.

NZTA declared that “the fact that both bikes had been continually warranted since 2005 and no one

has picked up the incorrect frame numbers is unbelievable”.

I was told to refer the matter back to the AA to rectify the issue. AA Certification in Hamilton

referred me to AA Inspections Office in Auckland, who, on checking their records, found that no

error had been made by them when the bike was imported in 2004. The matter went back to NZTA,

the other bike which is located in Auckland was checked, the ban lifted on my bike, and I was able

to finally get the WOF issued, 50 days after first taking the bike for the check. It appears that, back

in 2004, the vehicle importer simply attached the wrong number plates to the two bikes, and WOFs

were issued to both bikes each year for 14 years before the error was spotted by Honda Hamilton.

But this begs another question? When did you last check that the engine, frame or chassis numbers

on your vehicle match the official record on the documentation? I have owned vehicles for over 60

years and have never ever checked!!

David Coy #4412 Waikato Branch

In case you forgot: March 29 – 31, Ulysses Annual Rally & AGM, Hastings March 31, Northern Odyssey Registration closes – record entries in total and from the Waikato Branch this year April 15, Nominations close for Branch Committee, 2019-20 – all positions vacant April 25, Northern Odyssey completion deadline May 6, Branch AGM & Election of New Committee David Coy, Branch Secretary, 29 January 2019 DISCOUNT FOR TREE-TOP WALK AT 1128 Woodstock Rimu Road,

Hokitikahttps://www.treetopsnz.com/ PHONE: 03 755 5052

This is an invite to any ULYSSES members to visit our West Coast Tree Top walk and Café in Hokitika.

Come and enjoy a leisurely 45 minute to one hour stroll through the beautiful West Coast rainforest

tree tops, high in the ancient Rimu and Kamahi tree canopy. Easy access for all to enjoy along a

steel platform 20 metres high and over 450 metres long. We encourage members to camp for free

as long they do the walk. Our draw card is the tree top walk, the sun set and the mountains. We are

able sponsor some rallies in the South Island if required. Members get a discount of 20%

Family $77.00 $57.00

Adult $32.00 $25.60

Over Sixty $29.00 $23.20

Student $29.00 $23.20

Child $16.00 $12.80

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