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2021 Suzuki VJMC National Rally - POSTPONED
2021 SUZUKI VJMC NATIONAL RALLY - POSTPONED
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With the ongoing and seemingly worsening COVID-19 scenarios in the immediate future, particularly in NSW and Victoria, the 2021 Suzuki VJMC National Rally has been postponed to
25 – 27 March 2022.
The situation has been monitored for some time now, however, it is now impossible to be able to have attendees from NSW, ACT and potentially Queensland transit to Victoria in October 2021 with any certainty. The call was made earlier rather than later to enable the best optimistic positioning for a March 2022 date by ensuring arrangement for October 2021 could be carried to the March 2022 date.
The rally will be still called the 2021 Suzuki VJMC National Rally just that it will now be held in 2022.
As you can appreciate there are many involved parties in the preparation and running of a rally and it was not until they could be contacted to discuss whether they could continue their support and commitment for the March 2022 date that we could make this announcement.
There are still some communications and discussions that are ongoing, however, we are able to give this first level of information in response to the questions we are getting from members and registered attendees.
At the moment we highly recommend you wait for more information which will follow before you need to take any action.
The communication plan and sequence is as follows: -
1. All registered attendees will be contacted via their nominated email in the next few days to advise their registration status and options plus i. The arrangements for the Show and Shine and the Awards Dinner on the Saturday night ii. Accommodation information specifically with Park Lane Big4 - Rally Central iii. Options and next steps with those bookings with Park Lane and bookings with other accommodation locations.
NOTE:- this information is unfolding as the accommodation locations that are known are made contact with.
2. A general communication via email to all members within the next 5 days to advise i. The known accommodation information ii. Registration process changes where applicable iii. Confirmation of the information previously sent earlier this year.
Running updates will be made to the 2021 National Rally Forum, the Rally Facebook and the VJMC Website Home page.
Any questions are invited via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phil Scorah 2021 Suzuki VJMC National Rally Committee
Our mailing address for the 2021 Suzuki VJMC National Rally is:
Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club Rally PO BOX 2069 PARKDALE. VICTORIA. 3195
Our email address for all enquiries is:
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VINTAGE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE CLUB - AUSTRALIA
Welcome to the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club (VJMC) - Australia.
The VJMC is a worldwide club with four separate branches; Australia, New Zealand, North America and the United Kingdom. All VJMC branches have the common aims of fostering the restoration and riding of older model Japanese Motorcycles. Some enthusiasts are members of more than one branch of the VJMC.
In Australia, the VJMC is a not-for-profit, community association operated by a committee of volunteers in an informal and friendly manner. Our primary objective is one of fostering the preservation, restoration, riding and enjoyment of ownership of Japanese motorcycles more than 15 years old. There is no requirement to own a motor cycle and the club welcomes any rider to it's events whether on a vintage Japanese motorcycle or not. The club caters for families where possible by offering a family membership.
See our Forum Preview page for more photos and insights into our club activities.
The main activities of the VJMC in Australia are:
- local rides and events
- the production and distribution to financial members of the VJMC Magazine
- organisation of an annual Rally/AGM
- representation at swap meetings and historic race meetings
- display opportunities
- putting members who have given permission in contact with one another.
Many members have toured with the VJMC in recent years to significant motorcycle sites in Japan. This report on the 2017 VJMC Tour to Japan appeared in VJMC Magazine number 147.
A shared Technical Information and Library service is also available for members. The VJMC Australia has in excess of 2,000 members in all Australian states and territories and more than 30 regional representatives to act as contact points for members.
The club is registered with ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) as an Australian Registered Body and thereby authorised to participate in Historic Registration schemes in all Australian states and territories.
The 2020 VJMC National Rally in Toowoomba was cancelled due to COVID-19 however we held the VJMC National Rally Virtual Show & Shine and the VJMC Club Magazine reported on the 2019 VJMC National Rally held on the Gold Coast, Qld. The next VJMC National Rally will be held in Bendigo, Victoria on the 25th to 27th of March, 2022.
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HISTORY OF THE VJMC WORLDWIDE AND IN AUSTRALIA
The Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club originated in the USA in the late 1970’s when Barton Taylor decided that regular collectors' clubs did not cater for the growing numbers of older Japanese bike enthusiasts.
By 1982 there was a ‘chapter’ of the USA club in the UK and in Australia. Both the UK and Australia decided to form local club branches in their own right and the VJMC Australian Register was formed in South Australia. The new club issued it's first magazine and attended it's first bike show in Adelaide in early 1983.
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VJMC - Australia co founder Len Collins with the first VJMC display in Rundle Mall Adelaide in March, 1983. |
The Australian branch was set up as a register in 1983 with the following aims:
- Promote the restoration and use of Japanese motorcycles that are more then fifteen (15) years old or are of marques no longer in production
- Provide a central clearing house for information regarding technical data and spares available and pass this information to members.
- Liaise with the overseas branches and with similar clubs in Australia and New Zealand to exchange information and ideas
- To track down supplies of spares and use the power of membership numbers to gain discounts or beneficial services to members
- To produce a quarterly newsletter in which all members can place advertisements or articles without charge
- To foster a club-like atmosphere which will enable us to organise future events such as rallies, and to gain sufficient members to enable area meetings and social events to be arranged.
Those aims are still the aims of the club today.
Kawasaki 900s at the 2008 VJMC National Rally at Mt Tambourine, Qld.
The Australian branch had members from Japan and New Zealand in those early years but in the early 1990’s New Zealand members formed their own branch which still operates. The UK branch also spawned branches in many European countries. Some VJMC Australia members are also members of other branches.
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