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Based in the Thompson / Okanagan region of beautiful British Columbia

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MOACharter CLUB #186

Club pictures
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Julie, Nico & Ron
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Eagle Point Golf Course
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We had a few bikes show up in spite of the cool weather. Ron, Heather, Eric, James, Judy, Adrian, Gary, Pauline & Don
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Gary, Heather & Eric.
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Gary's sister joined us for the day. Here with Gary, Erich & Brian.
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Rod (?), Brian & Don.
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Grant, Adrian, Gary, Pauline & Don.
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Eric, Adrian & Grant
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Pauline & Don.
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The Eagle Point Golf Club in Barnhartvale was a great venue for our Kamloops Breakfast Ride

Club News

NEW MEMBERS - 2026

Please join us in welcoming the following new and returning members.
James Rogers - Coldstream
Chris Walstow - Salmon Arm
Jim Whitney - Kelowna
Bob Collings - Winnipeg
Buddy Cole - Kelowna
Michele Bakke - Lillooet


NEW 2026 EVENTS IN OUR CALENDAR

Check out our Calendar for New 2026 Events. We have a very full slate of events for 2026. We've added a couple of new events and moved around some others. We're almost complete with only our October Breakfast Ride to firm up. Be sure to check out our events calendar for the latest information.


Club breakies

Mid - week breakies in Kamloops and Kelowna.

Held on Wednesday throughout the year.
Open to spouses, significant others and possible members also.


NOTE:  The Kamloops Breakfast is on hold for now. 
 

 

Kelowna: at 9 am
Pür&Simple
1575 Banks Rd., Kelowna


  

If you're planning to take a ride and would like some company, start a thread giving the date, destination, departure time and place. If you want to join in on a posted ride, reply and let the original poster know.
You can use this forum if you are looking for company riding to a club event or breakfast, or if you just want to get out for a day.
Lets get everyone active in the club and also get to know each other.

Sunday July 30th - Highway 6, Vernon to Edgewood

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3 years 1 month ago #900 by brianbrowning
Yes, I read that in a later report.. Any ways ride your ride and maybe not in Tee Shirts and shorts. Though I did go to town in shorts the other day on the Sidecar.. Riding a water boxer on a 35 degree day in shorts is not recommended. The knees and the boys get roasted. :-) 
Learning new lessons every day 

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3 years 1 month ago #903 by DonofKnights
Absolutely was a great ride!  Thanks for organizing it Wayne.  Only slightly tarnished by the news that 2 motorcycle riders went down near the needles ferry.  Ride safe everyone!

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3 years 1 month ago - 3 years 1 month ago #904 by DonofKnights
I have never experienced a high speed "death wobble" but I have experienced a low speed (approx 60kph) wobble due to low front tire pressure (about 15 - 20 psi instead of 33) !

I have heard, read about, and watched some videos about "death wobbles" that seemed to be a common occurrence with some HD motorcycles in the past.  Here is a link to an article about high speed wobbles that some might find interesting.

motorbikesecure.com/what-causes-motorcycle-death-wobble/
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3 years 1 month ago #906 by waynecorley
When I bought my 92 R100RT it had a frightening wobble when decelerating through about 70 kph.  Not quite a death wobble and I was able to dampen it out by holding onto the handle bars tightly as the speed dropped through that range.  In that case the problem was solved with a complete rebuild of the front end.  New steering head bearings, wheel bearings, progressive fork springs, new fork oil and seals and a new front tire of the correct size.  No wobble at all now and the tracking is perfect.   

The only other time I had that kind of wobble was when chopping the throttle on my 84 Yamaha Venture Royale at a super legal speed out in the wilds of Montana.  (Many years ago.) That was scary the first time.  Some experimentation showed me that the sudden chop of throttle caused the front end to dive, changing the steering geometry severely and instantly.  An easy roll off of the throttle didn't cause the wobble.  Of course if I had been doing a sensible speed it wouldn't have been a problem at all.  

Hard to say what happened in this particular case.  Inexperienced rider......  poorly maintained bike....   we just don't know.  

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