Blacktown Minibike Club

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Welcome to Blacktown Mini Bike Club. Our club specialises in catering for children from 4 to 16 years of age, competing in Minikhana and Motocross style minibike events. We compete under the Junior Motocross and Minikhana rules set out by the sports controlling body, Motorcycling Australia (MA). We have been established for over 40 years and pride ourselves with being a friendly, family orientated minibike club. Please enjoy our new website and feel free to come out and see us sometime, or follow the Contact Us links to ask someone a question.

2012 COMING EVENTS

Date	Event	Venue	Discipline	Notes
Sat 21st Jan 2012	Working BEE	Redmayne RD Horsley Park	Working Bee	I would like to thank all the people that have been out at the track the past week (you know who you are) and those who came out on Sat 14th Jan as a lot of work has been done. There is still work to be done before the kids can start riding so Blacktown, in conjunction with Baulkham Hills and MNSW have organised a working bee for Saturday the 21st January at the new minikhana site at Horsley Park. The working bee will commence around 8:00am and continue throughout the day. Just some of the tools needed for the day are: Mowers, Whipper snippers, Pliers, grinders, gloves, enclose shoes, goggles. Blacktown will supply sausage sandwiches and drinks on the day Hope to see you there.
Sun 25th March2012	Junior Trials Minikhana Interclub	Gwandalan	Minikhana
Sun 6th May 2012	Hornsby Minikhana Interclub	Gwandalan	Minikhana
Sun 27th May 2012	Penrith Minikhana Interclub	Penrith PCYC	Minikhana
Sun 17th June 2012	Ku-ring-Gai Minikhana Interclub	St Ives Showground	Minikhana/ Observed Trials
Sun 29th July 2012	Baulkham hills Minikhana Interclub	TBA	Minikhana
Sun 26th August 2012	Blacktown minikhana Interclub	TBA	Minikhana
Sun 16th September	Sutherland Minikhana Interclub	Sutherland PCYC	Minikhana
Sat27th & Sun 28th October 2012	Hornsby 2 day State Minikhana Titles		Minikhana

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Bike Maintenance tips from the Academy of Off Road Riding

Tyres

Air Pressure - no less than 14psi
Trail riding at Louee - run 18psi
Intermediate soft tyres
Kenda Tuff Tubes

Chain & Sprocket

O-ring chain with opening of clip at back of chain running direction
Change chain and sprockets together
Front sprocket runs approximately 3 times faster than rear sprocket
JT Sprockets - have grooves around sprocket for mud to be released
After 3 or 4 times of removing rear hub/sprocket bolts, replace with new genuine bolts to avoid damage - must use Loctight (red/medium)
Chain lube to be sprayed on inside of bottom chain - do not spray on outside of chain (do not over lube and/or lube too much)
Recommend RK Sprockets for bigger bikes - steel sprocket longer lasting (however, not available for 85s)

Air Filter

Should change standard filter immediately, as not suitable for our conditions
Recommend Unifilters
Clean with Turps, not petrol (petrol expands filter)
If using thin filter oil, must be oiled at least 15 minutes prior to fitting/riding - should have spare filters already oiled and ready to fit (store in plastic bag)
If any dirt embedded and can't be removed, stretched or dry spots, change filter - very important that no dirt gets through air filter

Petrol

Use 98 Octane - preferably Caltex/BP
Use fresh petrol only

Washing

Use CT21 or Bike Gel (mix Bike Gel 20:1)
Do not use CT18 Truck Wash (too harsh)
Stand back when pressure washing, and don't spray directly into steering bearings and suspension coil to avoid grease from being washed off
Don't spray inside muffler - always use exhaust plug
WD40 all pivoting parts after washing
Chain lube only prior to riding

Spares (optional)

Clutch and brake levers
Cables
Tubes
Chain and sprockets
Genuine rear hub/sprocket bolts
Air Filters
Brake pads

Help support Tugalong Farm.

The guys at Farm Tugalong are wrestling with the local council to try and get their motorbike farm up and running near Goulburn. I am sure we would all agree that it would be great to have another option for riding, especially one so close to Sydney. They have another meeting with the council this Wednesday.

Maybe we could broadcast some support for them and even just joining their facebook site might help. Here is a link.

http://www.facebook.com/Thefarmtugalong

Their website is;

http://www.thefarmtugalong.com.au/

Club Jerseys

Unfortunatey club jersey's will now cost $50.

The jerseys will include the club logo, riders name and riding number. Sizes available are kids 6-14 and adult S to 6XL.

email: acasar@bigpond.net.au

or contact Angela ph: 0413 994 786

Explanation of calendar events.

There are number of different series available for our members.

Club Championship Pointscore. This is a Minikhana series run by Blacktown minibike Club. No pre entries are needed. Just turn up at each day with a valid licence and enjoy the day. Trophies awarded for overall points 1st, 2nd & 3rd at the end of the year.

JT Tri Series.- This is a 3 way Minikhana series run by JT with Blacktown & Baulkham Hills invited. No pre entries are needed. Just turn up at each of the 3 rounds with a valid licence and enjoy the days competition.

Multi round Interclub Series.- Each Minikhana club in the region hosts a round of this series. Trophies are awarded at the end of each day and series trophies are also awarded at the last round which is the 2 day State Minikhana Champioships.

Dirt -X- Hosted by Baulkham Hills and available to all current financial 2011 Blacktown members this series is a 13 round championship riding in various disciplines of the sport including motocross, dirt track, enduro x and grass track. Entries on the day are ok and series trophies are available for 1st , 2nd, 3rd in each division at the end of the year.

Oakdale Interclub- Oakdale are us to try some motocross at their track. All BT members welcome.

Oakdale Tri-Series.- Oakdale invites all members of NSW Minikhana clubs to a 3 round motocross series. BT members are invited.

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