Very original
Honda Benly twin.OLD BIKES DOIN’ THE ROUNDS
The Veteran and Vintage
Motorcycle Club of SA’s annual
Oxenberry Winery Tiddler Run
followed a scenic route through the
McLaren Vale wine region and the
Southern Mount Lofty Ranges. In
defiance of an overly optimistic
forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology
the weather managed to drizzle most
of the morning. Consequently, the rain
served to keep away all but the most
diehard veteran and tiddler riders and
most attendees rode their post
vintage and modern classic bikes.
Even so, over seventy motorcycles
left Oxenberry at the rally start.
The rally route began at Oxenberry
Winery in McLaren Vale and headed
towards Kangarilla and looping back
to McLaren Vale through the vineyards
and across country on “Twenty-Eight
Road”, a relatively recently spray-
sealed single lane survey road through
bushland. Joining Seaview Road, the
rally travelled past many wineries and
vineyards then followed the scenicescarpment of the Onkaparinga Gorge
for many kilometres through the
conservation park. Arriving at Kangar-
illa – a small town about 25 kilometres
from McLaren Vale – the rally travelled
through the ranges and on to Meadows
where morning tea awaited.
Leaving Meadows, the rally followed
a circuitous route towards Macclesfield,back to Meadows and then through
the Kuitpo forest. From the forest the
rally descended the ranges back to the
Willunga Basin and McLaren Vale.
Returning to Oxenberry, an excellent
sausage sizzle awaited riders – just the
thing for the cold and damp! Total
Rally distance was 72km.SA Tiddler Run
- 27 August, 2017 – McLaren Vale, SA.
Tiddlers in
the vineyards
Report and photosTony Morisset
Pre-departure photo at Oxenberry Winery.Michael Clarke with his 1949 Panther Sloper.Bob Gill with his 1913 BSA.