Greater Atlanta British Motorcycle Association

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Quote of the day:

“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.”  – Evel Knievel

See you there!

John Underwood

Pres. GABMA

At Manuel’s Tavern.  We had to change the date to get the big room!  See the Event’s page for more information.

John Underwood

Pres.

We return to the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds again!  We hope to be adding some events for 2018, more to come!  See the Events page for more information.  Make your camping and RV reservations now!

Tigerlilly and the bagpiper! A nice turnout!

Tigerlily with the GABMA SWAT Team Vehicle!

John Langstrom’s immaculate Daytona is for sale!

Your Pres and Tigerlily!

And now the Best British Bike, Andrew Delany’s 1956 Ariel Red Hunter NH. This bike was owned by Andrew’s father who took his girlfriend (Andrew’s Mom) on dates with it in London back in the day. The bike was restored by Randy Huyett at British American. Now Andrew’s sons are vying to be the next owner! Great bike to represent British Motorcycling in its heyday.

Check our events page for more details! We’ll see you there!

 

Well, the weatherman was against us, but the weather really wasn’t as bad as forecast. No events were cancelled or rained out, and the Rally was as good or better as prior years, although the attendance was off due to those who believed the d*mned ol’ weatherman. We did conduct the field events on asphalt instead of grass due to the course conditions. Congrats to all who participated!

 

Congratulations to Col. Larry Anderson (USMCR, Ret.), the winner of the 2000 Triumph Legend! In his own words, “Daven, Rob, Zach and I had a great time without the added unbelievable rally bike surprise. I’ve never even won a door prize in the nearly 20 years I’ve been going to BIBR so the drawing result was incredible.”

You deserve it Col.

 

I will be posting the winners after the 4th. Still trying to get everything gathered up. In the meanwhile, here are some of the rally pictures.

Regards,

John Underwood

Pres. GABMA

 

 

 

 

Fellow British Motorcycle Enthusiasts:

The 32nd BIBR Rally is this coming Friday and Saturday at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee, Georgia.  I have attached a copy of the flyer for your information.

 

All makes and models of bikes are Welcome. This year’s rally bike, a 2000 Triumph Legend, will be given away on Saturday.  You must be present to win!

See you there!

John Underwood

Pres. GABMA

Our first meeting at Manuel’s Tavern in many years was well attended, considering that a football field length of I-85 was missing inside the loop just north of the downtown connector.  Food and service was good, we will be back for our May and June meetings.

The Pres. reported that Carrie and Randy Huyett (our V.P.) are expecting their second child to arrive later this week.  Congrats to you both!  Randy expects to pick up the rally bike from JEU next week to do some carb work so that it is in good running condition for the BIBR.

Sybrand Siertesema volunteered to help yours truly rebuild the carburetors if needed.  I responded that my motorcycles tend to work better the less I work on them, and the offer is sincerely appreciated.

Other matters that were discussed were t-shirt designs and volunteer sign up.  Will Donalsson volunteered to help with the volunteer sign up, he will coordinate with JEU and the rally director.  Apparently, there is an app for that!

T-shirt design is open for suggestions.  Natasha Kotto (new bride of the Rally Director), is also pursuing some graphic design ideas, as is Will Donalsson.  Anyone with ideas or suggestions please email them to gabmaclub@gmail.com.

Tigerlily (JEU’s bride and the First Lady of GABMA) volunteered after the meeting to help with the rally flyer, the facebook page and some t-shit design ideas.  She was working on it last night!

Next meeting will be May 10 at Manuel’s.  Leave early if your coming from the Northeast as I was.  I am going to try highway 78 in the next time.

John Underwood,

Pres. GABMA

Tigerlily and I went to the flat track races this past Saturday in Woodstock.  What a blast!  Indian pulled a hat trick in the twins final with Allstate teammates  Jared Mees, Brad Baker and Bryan Smith all on the podium, all riding Indian Scout FTR750s.

In the singles class, Shayna Texter won her heat race, but placed 3rd in the main event. Although Dalton Gaither won  the singles main event, the crowd loved the lady!  Tigerlily and I were glad to see her on the podium, as were all the race fans.

While we miss Triumphs, BSAs and Nortons in the mix, flat track racing is always exciting.  Kudos to the AMA, Harley-Davidsion and Indian for bringing back the excitement of the Grand National Championship!

It was good to see familiar GABMA faces  at the races.  

For those interested in modern flat track racing, see http://www.americanflattrack.com.  If you want to see Brit Bikes flat tracking, go to http://www.ahrma.org/schedules-results/dirt-track.  I note that AHRMA is having a flat track race nearby on May 13 at Aonia Pass MX Park; Washington, GA (ST and TT).

Also see http://www.vft.org/ for info on vintage flat track stuff.

And yes, I am a big fan.  Here is a picture of my tribute street tracker bike:

 

Its still a work in progress,  it weighs a little over 300 lbs. and runs like a turpintined cat!  Much thanks to James Hiter, Randy Huyett and Jerry and Kay Cheney of Cheney Engineering in Bloomfield, Iowa (http://www.flattrackaccessories.com/). Also thanks to my son Robert for sharing the driving on our 1500+ mile round trip to Bloomfield and back in September of 2014.   There are many other contributors, MAP engineering (aluminum cylinder block and pistons), Johnson cams, Gary Mathews (plating) and too many others to list here.

John Underwood

Pres.