Upcoming Events
New members and visitors are most welcome.
The Classic Motorcycle Club of Johannesburg is affiliated to The Southern African Veteran and Vintage Association (SAVVA) and we maintain a close association with other clubs who share the same interests.
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Contact Us if you would like more information on
Joining the club
Donating motorcycle related books to the library
Donating old motorcycle spare parts
Club Sunday
Visit the Classic Motorcycle Club on the first Sunday of every month. All are welcome, the outing is entertaining and fun-filled with some real gems of bikes from a bygone era to be seen.
Address:
Corner of Power and Refinery Roads, Germiston.
Opposite the Eskom Simmerpan facility (The old Simmerpan Club)
GPS co-ordinates are: -26.223735,28.161796 (-26°13’26.0″ 28°09’42.7″) Click on co-ordinates to open in Google Maps)
Bike of the month
A bike is chosen on the first Sunday of every month at the clubhouse. So bring your steed and let the judges decide if it is worthy.
1000 Bike Show
The highlight of the year is our annual 1000 Bike Show where the latest technology rubs shoulders with the old.
Regularity Trials (Rally)
A Regularity trial is a timed event where you are given a route schedule with an indicated speed and some reference points. You should then try and maintain the indicated speed and be at the reference point at the correct time.
There are normally different speed groups, choose the one that you and your bike will be most comfortable with. Remember that if you fall behind it is difficult to catch up again and you might then need to travel faster than what you might be comfortable with.
You will need a clock or stopwatch that indicates hours, minutes and seconds to be used as your rally time.
A second stopwatch is needed to calculate your speed.
If this is going to be your first rally then you need not go to the expense of making or buying a rally box, you can just tape your route schedule to your petrol tank.
A good idea is to mark your route schedule with highlighters to indicate changes like left and right turns and speed changes.
Route Schedule
This is what rallying is all about, it is a printed instruction of where to go, when to turn, what speed and when you should be where.
Route schedules have the following headings:
DIST SP Time INSTRUCTION
Under the headings will be the information:
DIST SP Time INSTRUCTION
49.80 60 01:03:26 STOP STREET TURN RIGHT R23 BENONI
This tells you that 49.8 kilometres from the start at 01 hour, 3 minutes and 26 seconds you will find a stop street and must turn right, the speed until the next instruction is 60km/h.
The Route Schedule consists of open and regularity sections
Open Section
This is normally included to get safely through built up areas or hazardous areas. There is normally a speed indicated, but you do not need to stick to it.
Regularity Section
This is when it gets serious. You need to travel at the indicated speed and get to the reference points on time. There will be marshals within these sections to time you. Each second early or late will incur 1 penalty point.
During this section you need to calculate your speed. Useful things to assist are kilometre stone and white lines markings. There are (should be) about 84 white lines per kilometre or 17 every 200 meters. This will assist you to calculate speeds.
This is not intended as a complete guide to rallying, but just some guidelines, you need to practice and get familiar with the techniques and your bike.
The above information about Regularity Trials can be downloaded here
Rally Calculator Download here
Motorcycle Spares
The club has probably the largest stock of second-hand spares for British and Continental motorcycles in the country and additional spares for all makes come in frequently.
The club is always looking for donations of those unused motorcycle spares that have been laying around the garage for years.
Come in to the club on the first Sunday of every month and browse through our 4 containers. You might just find what you are looking for.
Library
The club has an extensive library which holds approximately 2000 motorcycle related books and articles plus about 5000 motorcycle magazines going back to the 1920s so that members can get information (workshop manuals or parts lists etc.) about their latest project or facts and figures on historic or exotic motorcycles.
The club is always looking for donations of motorcycle related books and magazines, so please bring unwanted items to add to our archives.