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The Ducati Owners Club of New South Wales was founded in 1976 by a small group of
Ducati owners interested in sharing the passion of their Italian motorcycles with others. Today it
has grown to around 400 members who now share that same passion. The Club provides members with a source of information about their bikes, a place to meet
like-minded people and enables Ducati owners to continue with their interest in the marque.
The aims of the Club are to promote and encourage motorcycling with kindred bodies in
fostering and maintaining motorcycling as a sport. We also encourage and conduct many social
outings, competitions and to encourage good fellowship amongst the members and to maintain
the prestige of the Ducati Owners Club of New South Wales Inc.
The New South Wales
club is just one of eight Ducati Owners Clubs now operating in various locations throughout
Australia. Our club is also an affiliated member of the Ducati Desmo Owners Club which is a
world wide club representing the world’s many Ducati Owners Clubs.
Some of our Club activities include: social outings, regular rides (which range from local half
day and full day rides), an Annual Christmas party, The Annual Thunder Rally, maintenance
days, BBQs, the Concours d’Elegance (in conjunction with the Motori d’Italia), to summer
afternoon twilight rides and weekends away at various destinations.
Many of our members attend the Ducati Turismo which is an annual event organised by NF
Importers Pty Ltd to bring together all Australian Ducati Owners Clubs. This well organised
week long event is attended by 250 to 300 Ducati riders and is held in a different location in
Australia each year riding on beautiful scenic and exciting motorcycling roads. The Turismo’s
grand finalι is the gala Turismo dinner. The National Ducati Rally is another annual event which
is hosted by a different Australian Ducati Owners Clubs in their own state and attracts around
250 Ducati riders each year.
The Club publishes a quarterly newsletter, “Moto Duca”, available to all members of the Club
with lots of information on all club activities, classifieds, ride reports and plenty of articles of
interest to Ducati owners.
The Club is affiliated with Motorcycling Australia which allows members to obtain a racing
licence. Other benefits include assistance with spare parts, technical restoration information
and access to the Club’s extensive archives. The club has representatives at the Motorcycle
Council of New South Wales (MCC) meetings.
Many businesses show their support for the Club by offering our members substantial
discounts. Our most notable supporters are NFImporters (DUCATI SYDNEY), Gowanloch
Ducati, MCA, MAW and several insurance companies.
The Club publishes a quarterly newsletter, "Moto Duca", which is available to
all financial members of the Club. Contents include information on all club
activities, classifieds, ride reports and plenty of articles of interest written
by Club members about their experiences with Ducati motorcycles.
The preferred format for submission for an article to the DOCNSW newsletter
is in MS Word (.doc) using lower case lettering. Medium resolution images may be
submitted to the Editor in .jpeg format.
Please note that the Editor reserves the right to change an article as deemed
necessary or to not publish the article at all.
Editor:
John Whittington
Phone: 0407-560-101
The DOCNSW is registered with the RTA to administer on behalf of its members the Veteran and Vintage Permit Scheme.
This scheme is to promote and encourage the restoration and preservation of motor vehicle that are 30 years of age or older. The specifications of a motorcycle to be eligible has to be as close as possible to their original state. The Club Registrar must obtain the proof date of their manufacture. The scheme is only for members residing within NSW.
Registration of Club Plates (pdf)
Contact: Neil Lewis
Phone: 0418 443 972
There is a club trailer owned by the DOCNSW for the use of the club and its members. It can transport two motorcycles with stability
and fully protected from all weather. The trailer is administered by the DOCNSW Committee on behalf of the members. Because of the expense to keep the
trailer on the road and other real life constraints set out below are the agreements for borrowing the trailer:
booking times out and in - advance notice
needed (breakdowns excepted)
a $50 deposit is necessary
$10 per day hiring fee (no charge if returned on the same day)
drivers licence number to be supplied
phone numbers to be supplied
you must be a current financial member of DOCNSW
Contact: Steve Chew
Phone: 0433-507-780
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