Your other "non-Harley" Bike?

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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    And like we have all experienced, she was looking right at me while cutting me off and sort of giving me the what's your fucking problem look!!! 
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    I reckon with today's technology the car should punch the c***s in the face if they pick the phone up while driving, half of the country would have black eyes I'd wager.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    I've had  people act like that when I've been driving a big yellow fire truck with all the flashing lights going.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    You only have to watch a youtube dash cam video to see our driving standards in Australia.....it aint great!
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 16 May 2024 12:24 AM

    You only have to watch a youtube dash cam video to see our driving standards in Australia.....it aint great!

    And getting progressively worse. I've long felt that all car drivers should have to ride a bike for a few months before taking to the roads in a car - would cull most of the inattentive bastards straight up.




  • B0nes
    B0nes
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 16 May 2024 12:24 AM

    You only have to watch a youtube dash cam video to see our driving standards in Australia.....it aint great!

    Quoting Stuart on 16 May 2024 12:31 AM

    And getting progressively worse. I've long felt that all car drivers should have to ride a bike for a few months before taking to the roads in a car - would cull most of the inattentive bastards straight up.




    Throw them into a truck also. Lost count of the amount of dropkicks doing stupid shit in front of me while at work. At least if it goes pear shaped they come off worse than I do.
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    1 year ago
    I am gunna start a new thread dedicated to all the useless pricks out there. I will call it the Bad Behaviour thread.
    Dont know if it has been done before but everybody should have a story to tell.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
    I took the afternoon off to give the 950 a run, as it was probably the last decent day we'll see this season .


  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    The sun is out but it "feels" cold, beautiful spot though, where is it?
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
    The location is Lake Burrumbeet , it's pretty quiet this time of year, nice and peaceful.
      "the sun is out but feels cold" is a perfect description !!
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    1 year ago
    Quoting speedzter on 18 May 2024 01:34 AM

    The location is Lake Burrumbeet , it's pretty quiet this time of year, nice and peaceful.
      "the sun is out but feels cold" is a perfect description !!

    Sunny Ballarat - nice spot.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Needed to use the Vic bagger for 2 up backup transport so spent an hour or so in the shed the other night, hadn't ridden it for 5 months.
    Had to put a battery back into it, both Vic's share the same battery.
    Vic baggers carry a lot of weight on the front wheel, designed to help them handle well on mountain roads when ridden 2 up by people who always say supersize it at MacDonald's. One way they do this is by mounting the battery low, just behind the front wheel in behind the Ness style front cover.
    Had to test it the next day, pic is heading up the range west of Biarra. Was  -1°C at 7am, wasn't going to leave home until it hit 5°.

  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Went back up through Monsildale yesterday, where I rode the Sporty through 2 weeks ago. Went on one of the Victories, mate came along on his Honda 1200X Cross Tourer. An ADV sort of thing, 1200cc V4. I had to slow down a bit to keep him in the mirrors on the pretty smooth dirt, which surprised me. Once we climbed the range and reached the Kilcoy Murgon road, which is pretty chopped up at the moment from heavy weekend 4X4 traffic, we swapped bikes for a few more kms of dirt to Jimna, then tight bitumen curves for about 40kms down to Kilcoy. I've known the bloke for 40 years, since I was riding a 750 Commando and he had a fast '68 Bonneville so we trust each other on swapped bikes. Now I haven't ridden anything without high bars and mid or forward controls for a very long time, it was a very unsettling experience. Couldn't find the gear lever or brake pedal, found the engine to be all whiz and no grunt, lots of power with the whizzing though, and was really surprised that the suspension didn't seem more comfortable and controlled. I was expecting much more comfort from 165mm and 145mm travel front, rear, compared to 130mm front, 98mm rear on the Vic, and a 19 inch front dirt oriented tyre compared to a 16 inch touring one. Very happily swapped back at the pub in Kilcoy.
    Can't see me changing my style of bike in the time I have left.

  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    Relaxed is controlled I reckon.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    See that Braaap Motorcycles have gone into receivership, interestingly  a few months ago a private equity firm sent me a prospectus on Braaap. The founder/owner is a "colorful character "who has been previously convicted of fraud and involved in motorcycle rebirthing..all this on the back of being voted Young Australian of the year. Creditors are owed over $1m. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    And along the way he picked up Young Australian Entreprenuer of the year. Seeing that entrepreneur once meant the manager or promoter of a theatrical production, I'm sure the show will go on. He'll be back in some dodgy business or other long before his customers forget about the money they lost on undelivered paid for orders.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Just out poking around, running back roads out of Cooyar, after spending an hour or so sitting in a big shed having a yarn with my frame making mate. Went west to the Bunya Mts, coming back east cut across to Mt Binga, another dirt back road I've never ridden before.

  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    Bit envious to be honest 
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    😂👍
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