|
|
|
|
|
Use Promo Code PROCL when booking your course.
|
|
|
|
Talk to Barry Holland regarding rider training or visit the Prorider website for course and booking information.
|
|
|
Become part of the Pro Rider Community
Visit your local motorcycle/scooter shop and ask about a Ride Forever voucher from Pro Rider, get one for a friend. Book via the Pro Rider website and have your say on our Facebook page!
The Pro Rider Riders Club is coming soon. Keep an eye on Facebook!
|
|
|
Raffles
If it is your birthday this month, don't forget to take a bottle of wine for the raffles on club night.
If you have any unwanted gifts, donate them for the raffle prizes.
|
|
|
Subscriber Details
At the bottom of this newsletter is a link so you can update your subscriber details. There is also a button if you really want to cancel your subscription.
|
|
|
|
Wine Bottle Caps
Save your bottle tops from your wine bottles and bring along to each monthly meeting. These get passed onto Lions Club who collect as a fundraiser for Child Dialysis. Get your local restaurant on board and have them keep the bottle tops for you.
|
|
|
|
23 April - Charlie Truell
Eight riders today. It was very foggy south of the Bombay Hills, but more by good luck than good management we avoided all but a few wisps of it. I led us out along Ararimu Road to Mangatawhiri, then south on roads to the east of the Waikato River.
We had lunch at the Classics Museum in Hamilton, and spent a happy time looking at their motorcycle and car display. So many of the vehicles there had been owned by one of us, or our parents!
Back to Auckland via Whatawhata and the roads to the west of the Waikato.
Thanks to Sig Falkenhaug for being TEC.
|
|
|
17 April - Charlie Truell
Seventeen of us hit the highway today. I took us up SH16 and across Woodcocks Road, then south on the Mahurangi peninsula to Martins Bay. After a rest there we went on to Scotts Landing, where six of us walked around Casnell Island. That earned us all lunch at Snells Beach.
As we finished lunch, a guy turned up on a Ural 750 with a sidecar. He bought the rig new in New Zealand earlier this year, and has ridden it down to Bluff and back. I thought Urals were not up to modern technology standards, but this bike had disc brakes on each wheel, Brembo brakes, and two-wheel drive.
Thanks to Pip Sutherland for being TEC.
|
|
16 April - Barry Holland
Three bikes met for a quick morning ride today. Port Albert got the vote so John Pearce led the way and I was TEC. A beautiful day and stunning views across the Port.......pity the fish and chip shop closes all day Tuesday!! I led us to a nice little cafe in Wellsford so coffee and a snack and headed off along SH1 for home. Back home for 1pm after a terrific short ride! No pics for this "unofficial" ride. Looking forward to normal services being resumed tomorrow morning
|
|
14 April - Barry Holland
Today Barry Holland took a group of 9 people on 7 bikes to Awhitu Peninsula.
The ride left Albany and during a stop in Papakura two more bikers joint the group.
Via the back roads Barry led us to the first stop in Waiuku. He luckily changed his plan and included a visit to the lighthouse on the South Head of the Manukau Heads. Some of us have never been there.
We were very lucky because the Lighthouse door was open and we all climbed to the top.
We saw a rain shower hanging over Huia and Cornwallis and by the time we rode back to Waiuku for lunch we had to ride through it. It looked very bad but nobody bothered to put on wet weather gear because it was just a greasy sort of mist.
Just before the kitchen was to close we all could still order our drinks and food and had our usual discussions and laughs.
Thanks Barry for an excellent ride and thanks to Rob and Annette for being Tail End ..Couple!
|
|
10 April - John Heebink
Thirteen in a dozen today……No, all great characters who turned up in Albany this morning.
After a short debate and a vote the destination for today was to be Huia.
Nobody else was very quick to put their hand up to lead the ride, so I volunteered to do it.
Kindly Charlie was already prepared to be TEC while wearing a different colour high vision vest.
Thanks Charlie!
We left Albany and convoluted our way towards Huia via roads that a lot of the group never had been on before. We had a stop and a chat at Parrs Park and took on the views on the Huia Point Look out. Today it was extra beautiful because of the sunny weather and the tide was in.
Some of us went straight to the Huia Café and some others had a look at Little Huia as well.
We all enjoyed a good lunch and as a bonus the Huia Café staff supplied us with some extra nibbles afterwards as well.
It was a great day out with a nice bunch of people.
|
|
|
Raffle Prizes and Tattle-Tales Wanted
“Sheriff wants unwanted gifts and wine for birthdays and worthy events in your LIVES “
And please email ‘SHERIFF, I HAVE A TALE’ to Pete.
|
|
|
|
Rider in Charge (RIC) would appreciate all participants of rides to be at the departure point 10 minutes early with a full tank of gas. If the weather looks suspect then please phone the RIC or check out North Harbour Ulysses facebook page to see if the ride is postponed or cancelled.
The Rider in Charge will be organizing the day. Contact them for details. All riders participating in a Ulysses Ride are expected to hold a current motorcycle license, wear suitable clothing and to have a registered and warranted road-worthy bike.
The organizers and/or the Ulysses Club are not responsible for participants safety and all participants participate at their own risk.
All participants are aware that they are traveling on open public roads and are responsible for their own safety and compliance with all Rules and Laws.
Please check your runs list as some rides or destinations may have changed from initial calendar entry.
|
|
|
Club Night Meeting and Social Evening
Held at Pupuke Golf Club
231 East Coast Road (opp Sunnynook Rd) Campbells Bay
1st Thursday of the Month.
Meals available from 5.30pm and meeting starts at 7.00pm during winter months.
Our next social dinner is on 15 May - 5:30pm onwards.
Africa is located at 1b William Pickering Drive, Albany
|
|
|
|
Our next social dinner is on 15 May - 5:30pm onwards. Please email Julia by Monday 13 if you intend to attend.
Africa is located at 1b William Pickering Drive, Albany
|
|
Midweek Wednesday Rides (check out NH Ulysses facebook page for details.)
Are you free to ride Midweek?
Why not join fellow Ulyssians on Wednesday's
Departing Warehouse covered carpark in Albany at 10.00am
Destination decided on the day.
These rides are proving very popular.
|
|
|
Andrew Leader runs the "Twists and Turns" low speed manoeuvring sessions that Ulysses set up some years ago.
They are run on the first Saturday of the month at Kelston Girls High School, 1 Archibald Rd, Kelston, West Auckland 0602.
All North Harbour members are invited to attend.
It’s a great opportunity to practice all those key low speed skills in a safe, supportive environment. For instance when did you last practice an emergency stop? Plenty of skilled riders attend to help with technique and encouragement and they are not judgemental. Better to practice where there are people to help pick the bike up if you lay it down!
The school entrance is first on your right as you turn off Great North Road into Archibald Road:
Cheers
Andy #4460
|
|
|
Life in the Australian Army...
Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland )
Dear Mum & Dad,
I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!
At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!!
This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of piss!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload!
Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.
Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer.
I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is.
Your loving daughter,
Sheila
|
|
|
Great sex quotes
"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz SL500."
Frank Sinatra
"It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married."
GeorgeBurns
"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship."
SharonStone
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch."
Jack Nicholson
"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is."
Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady)
"Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."
Robin Williams
"According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful."
Robert De Niro
"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?"
Dustin Hoffman
"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, 'I know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked!"
Jerry Seinfeld
"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis and only enough blood to run one at a time."
Robin Williams
"It's been so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom."
Joan Rivers
Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences money can buy.
Steve Martin
You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman. Stuff you pay good money for later in life.
Bob Hope
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
Oscar Wilde
|
|
Linda Bleasedale is our Welfare Officer so if you know of a Branch Member who is sick, injured or in need of help from the Branch please contact Linda on
Mobile 021 503 101
|
|
|
|
Our Club Insurances have been renewed again for the coming year with AON.
Please note, our insurer has made particular mention that we communicate to all members that in the event of a incident that may require activating our insurance policy that the insured party (that's all of us as members of the Club) does NOT admit liability for, or settle any claim or incur any defence costs without the prior written consent of the insurer (that's AON). In other words admit nothing and immediately advise Natcom of the situation.
This information is posted on the links page of the Club website.
|
|
ULYSSES 2016
INSURANCE SCHEME
FROM 1 MARCH 2016
AON has a New Policy Wording with a New Underwriter:
In collaboration with NZI, Aon has a new improved policy wording for Motorcycles. This Prestige Motorcycle Policy gives you the best of the best in cover for all types of On-Road Motorcycles including 3 wheelers, Off-Road Motorcycles including Quad Bikes, Competition Motorcycles (not covered whilst racing), Motorcycle Collections and Classic/Vintage Motorcycles. A new policy wording will be sent out shortly.
Some of the BENEFITS:
New replacement Motorcycle if a total loss occurs within 12 months of the insured motorcycle being first registered as a new Motorcycle up to 20,000km – this increases to 24 months and 30,000km for Ulysses Members.
Windscreen/shield, headlights or tail lights covered – Nil excess
Roadside Assistance is now provided on comprehensively covered motorcycles by
FIRST ASSISTANCE – 0800 120 102
AUTOMATIC RIDING APPAREL cover - $5,000 (indemnity value) any one claim per year.
Option to have REPLACEMENT RIDING APPAREL cover - $5,000 (REPLACEMENT value) any one claim per year. Premium for Ulysses Members $50 plus GST. (Normally $75+GST)
DISCOUNTS DISCOUNTS DISCOUNTS – Age Discounts, Multiple Bike Discount (conditions apply), Loyalty Discounts, Trike Discounts, Named Rider Discounts and the Restricted Usage Discount – this is now based on riding less than 7,500km per year, per bike! (was 5,000km)
LOWER EXCESSES – The standard policy excess is now $250 (plus underage excesses applying), $500 theft excess and on approved track days a $750 excess only will apply.
RIDE FOREVER If you complete a Ride Forever training course, provide us with your certificate and we will apply a NIL excess for one claim within 12 months of completing this course.
Call us on 0800 65 62 64 and ask for Leonie, Annaliese or Brandon if you have any queries.
|
|
ASURE Accommodation Group www.asurestay.com
Welcome to ASURE Accommodation Group – a nationwide group of motels, motor inns, motor lodges and apartments strategically placed throughout New Zealand, offering you quality, affordable accommodation.
A 10% discount is available to all Ulysses Club Members for bookings made online on www.asurestay.com using the promo code Ulysses
In addition, all members are eligible to receive our ASURE Loyalty Programme – stay at three or more ASURE properties and receive $100 off your tenth night stay.
Completed loyalty cards must be redeemed direct with the ASURE property and cannot be redeemed online.
Terms & Conditions: Discount available on room only, excludes public holidays and special events and cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion.
You will need to enter your Ulysses Club membership card number to complete your booking – see screenshots below, and you will need your card when you arrive at the accommodation.
|
|
|
StraitNZ has provided us with the following discount for members using the Bluebridge – this promotion runs through until 30 September 2019, although there are some peak dates (highlighted below) when it cannot be used.
The Club’s promo code is ULYSSES10
Full details / terms and conditions are:
• The 10% discount only applies to Ulysses club members.
• Upon check-in all passengers must provide proof they are part of the Ulysses club. Failure to do so will result in a fare difference being required to be paid prior to boarding.
• Travel exclusions: 15 December to 15 January and Easter weekend including Thursday before Good Friday and Tuesday after Easter Monday.
• The discount applies to all available fare types and cannot be used in conjunction with any other special offer.
• The deal can only be redeemed via the Bluebridge passenger service and does not apply to any Travel company or freight bookings.
• Standard fare terms and conditions apply.
• To take advantage of the special fares above simply contact us to make a reservation and quote ' ULYSSES10’. Alternatively you can book online by entering the following promo code: ULYSSES10. Please remember that you must present your official forms confirming you are related to the club.
|
|
|
Members Free Ads
Space here for Members advert. Please include Your name and membership number.
|
|
|
|
Proud Sponsors of the Ronnie Run
|
|
|
|
Paul Gallagher # 3266
|
|
|
|
Steve Brackenridge
|
|
|
|
Ben Becker
|
|
|
Any views or opinions presented in this newsletter are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the North Harbour Ulysses Branch Committee.
|
|
|
|
Please add editor's email address to your contacts to avoid your newsletter ending up in spam.
|
|
|
Copyright © 2019 Ulysses Club North Harbour Branch, All rights reserved.
You are on this list by being a member of Ulysses NZ with an interest in the North Harbour Branch
Our mailing address is:
Ulysses Club North Harbour Branch
PO Box 100054
North Shore Mail
Auckland, 0745
New Zealand
Add us to your address book
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
