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Classic Yamaha Constellation

By Slawomir Skupin

The story of the Classic Yamaha Constellation (CYC ) started more or less in March of 2002. Swiatoslaw (Swiatek) Rytter's Web site about Wild Star was the general input to create CYC. One day when I was searching via the Internet about "Star bikes" (because I'm owner of Yamaha Drag Star 650 Classic ), I found Swiatek's site and established communication with him. I suggested that we initiate in Poland something similar to the ISRA. Swiatek agreed that it was a good proposal and started his Internet site with a survey:

Who wants this club and is it a good idea?

More and more owners of motorcycles--star series and Virago owners--were interested in joining. So in August 2002, we officially started a Web site for CYC:

www.yamahaclub.idf.pl

Thus the Classic Yamaha Constellation was founded on the gathering that took place on September 28 and 29, 2002, in Znin. (I'd like to thank Swiatek, Marcin, Piotr, Tymek, and Mariusz).

What is CYC ? We are group of Yamaha chopper and cruiser motorcycle enthusiasts from Poland. At the moment, there are 90 members in CYC. Our goals are to broaden and promote the idea of motorcycling in Poland, to create and strengthen good relations with society and the media, to highlight the positive image of motorcyclists and the Yamaha motorbikes, to disseminate the safety-riding rules among motorcyclists, and to organize meetings that consolidate the motorcycling movement. Our organization's name indicates that the owners of the following motorcycles may become members: Yamaha Drag Star, Royal Star, Wild Star, Royal Star Venture, Warrior, Virago, and V-Max. However, we do restrict membership; everyone who respects our rules and understands our goals is welcomed at our meetings.

Since Our first meeting in Znin, our organization has gathered speed. CYC doubled the number of its members. We had a great meeting in Witnica, which was organized by Ula and Janek Domarecki.

That meeting improved our goal and gave us that feeling that we want to continue what we have started. We don't want to organize open meetings or become another motorcycle. We concentrate more on our friendly relations. We are friends who enjoy the ride, like to meet during weekends, take a long trips on bikes manufactured by Yamaha. After forming our group, we organized some more meetings for 2003, which stabilized us in our conviction that what we do gives us more joy and makes sense.

We enter into relations with Star-Riders Germany and with other organizations in Europe similar to CYC, ISRA. Since September 15, 2003, CYC Poland become an official ISRA Constellation. We went for a party organized by Star Riders Germany, and then some of our friends invited us to a party that took place in Boguszyce.

I think that CYC Poland will flourish and will give us a lot of fun. On our Web site, you can take a look at our events, see some pictures from our meetings, and much more.

The history of CYC is being written right now, in this particular moment.