G'day my name is Todd AKA Dude. I've just bought my 1st HD a 1998 XL1200S. It flies and I love riding it. The town of Nelson has about 200 people and they are slowly getting used to the sound of me riding around making probably a little too much noise and having way too much fun. I bought the bike to travel the 80km return trip to Uni. Yeah 40 k's each way, 110km/h limit, twisty highway and not a single traffic light. It's my 1st year of Uni. and I have an aggreement that if I fail or dropout I will sell the bike. So I have a very good reason to put in the hard yards. Without a doubt this will be the 1st of many HD's, just nothing compares.

Thanks, Dude

P.S. When I figure out how to e-mail picures I'll send some in.

 

Dude,
Welcome to the forum, sounds like an ideal daily ride.

welcome from WA.... fair incentive... enjoy your ride

Welcome to the forum Dude. Another WA rider here.

What are you studying?

 

hi mate,
welcome from Mt Gambier, I go for a squirt quite often over your way, through the 9 mile track back to Dartmoor and home, a good 40 min run.

G'Day Dude, from the 'Top End' NT.

Enjoy the ride.

DUDE, Welcome aboard.....From melb

G'day to you Dude, better keep the study mate. Good luck and power hard at the apex of the curves.

Welcome to the forum Dude from another Wa rider

Hey Scorp...I love your philosophy and if you don't mind I would like to use it. That experience quote is priceless

To Crasher, Fatboy, Kingchops, Uncle Ho, Bano, Czarek, Daggs, Magilla, Finny, Talkback, Scorp and the all the members of HD Forums, a sincere thankyou for your replies, you made my week!

I'm 32, I did a chef's apprenticeship when I was young and dumb. When I was younger and dumber I hit a kangaroo tapped out in 4th riding a pine break on Easter Sunday 1996. I broke 3 vertebrae, just behind my shoulders, I got air freighted by the RFDS and operated on Monday, I was walking by Wednesday, I'm very lucky to be not sitting here in a wheel chair. I've done heaps of labouring jobs since but my back isn't up to it so I'm taking going back to school so I can change careers.

I've just finished my first 2 weeks out of 4 years of studying a double degree in Human Services (Social Work) and Psychology. I've done 3 years as a volunteer telephone counsellor, learning the hard way by taking mostly overnight shifts. The course I'm doing is a bit nanby panby with a lot of B** S*** thrown in, but if I want to get paid for what I do I need qualifications. I plan on working eventally in a men's health resource centre, working with blokes who are struggling with mental health issues, domestic violence and the family courts.

I walked, rode, hitchhiked, bussed, took trains and flew around the world for 11 months a few years ago. I made a trip to Milwaukee on Christmas Day 2001. The Juneau factory was open, 9/11 had stitched up any chance of a tour, but I got to perve from the outside. I took a bus out of town to see the main factory, the bus driver was amazed that I came all this way to see it, he asked if we had electricity and indoor pumbing yet in Oz! When I left Milwaukee it was about -20 degrees celsius, bloody cold!

Bano, my all time teenage wet dream Harley is a 1936 61E Knucklehead, but the way these bikes are going up in value I don't think it will happen.

Hey Daggs, my number is 0427641859 give me a ring if you want to organise a ride.

Thanks again, Todd

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dude, i'll give a call next time i'm over that way

Hey Dude I stole the siggy from some other forum somewhere lol mate be my guest

Hey Dude, welcome to the site.

G'day Todd, and welcome to the site. Congrats on the purchase of the bike and good luck with your studies.

Hi from Cairns FNQ. Sounds like you have had an eventful life. Good on ya and keep riding.

Belated welcome Dude.......TC