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  • Hilly
    Hilly
    5 months
    I read a yarn way back, probably bullshit but it gave me a grin, old biker would add a few drops into his tank everytime he filled up, straight piped flame spitting shovel, reckoned it soothed it's angry soul.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    5 months
    Quoting flstc08 on 14 Sep 2025 10:31 AM

    G'day Hilly,

    agreed, but not in the kitchen with family and a serving of Inner Circle's best, which is one of the reasons the green whistle didn't have any effect. Conclusion: rum is a better pain killer than the green whistle. 
    Downside: 3 or 4 visits from some alcoholic anon. or similar during my visit in hospital. 

    Hope you made a full recovery and all's good today. And yes, that's lovely rum.
    But back to the cause of it all, if you'd had this fellah living quietly behind the fridge there would have been no mouse around to terrorise the family. He wanted to set up home behind some friends slow combustion stove one cold Obi summer in the 80s. 
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  • obisteve
    obisteve
    5 days ago
    Bugga! 
    The site going down, I'll miss it.
    All you blokes are good company.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    5 days ago
    But I probably should add, Kingchops, thanks for starting it and keeping it going for all these years
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    5 days ago
    Have met some good people through this site in the last 18 years or so, a few of them have gone to the highway in the sky now.
    I think this was the last Aussie forum left, the others shut down some time ago, one moved to Facebook but it's not the same.
  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    5 days ago
    Quoting Hilly on 01 Mar 2026 02:20 AM

    Have met some good people through this site in the last 18 years or so, a few of them have gone to the highway in the sky now.

    I think this was the last Aussie forum left, the others shut down some time ago, one moved to Facebook but it's not the same.

    I think this forum has also gone to facebook, I have never bothered but I may have to, I have been a member on here 17 years
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    5 days ago
    Quoting Hilly on 01 Mar 2026 02:20 AM

    Have met some good people through this site in the last 18 years or so, a few of them have gone to the highway in the sky now.

    I think this was the last Aussie forum left, the others shut down some time ago, one moved to Facebook but it's not the same.

    Quoting Soapbox2627 on 01 Mar 2026 03:36 AM

    I think this forum has also gone to facebook, I have never bothered but I may have to, I have been a member on here 17 years

    Sad to see this site going and I refuse to sign up again to that Cesspool called Facebook. Dumped that years ago and found it was the best thing I ever did.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    5 days ago
    Anyone on here with the skills, time and inclination to negotiate a takeover with Kingchops?
    Apparently there is a slight income stream though dunno what the hosting and other costs would be.
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    5 days ago
    Very sad news, I don't and wont have FB, I will really miss this site, it look's like i'll be chatting with the yanks on HD Forums, I'm NZLowrider on that site for fellow AU HD members, very sad but thanks Kingchops for these great years
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    4 days ago
    I wondedr if Joe Rascel would pick it up.... The cost would be pocket lint for him.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    4 days ago
    It's a shame Theo but if you have no interest then why would you bother, I get it although I thought you had passed ownership over to Rodders ages ago but I guess he dropped away as well, I admit I have taken its existence for granted to some degree however I appreciate the effort put in to keep it going this long, all things pass as they say, cheers y'all. 
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    4 days ago
    Regarding the shutdown do we bother starting a Facebook page in the interim  as a contact point ?
    Do we know how many current members ,?

    Wack up a post yes or no .
  • Ratbob
    Ratbob
    4 days ago
    Quoting obisteve on 01 Mar 2026 09:44 AM

    Anyone on here with the skills, time and inclination to negotiate a takeover with Kingchops?

    Apparently there is a slight income stream though dunno what the hosting and other costs would be.

    I tried messaging Kingchops to establish what commitments I would need to invest (equipment, time and money) to continue the forum but the system gave me a message stating the user couldn’t be found and/or he’s not accepting messages. 
    So I guess it’s a definite farewell.  Thanks for the years of advice and look after yourselves. 
  • Merv
    Merv
    4 days ago
    Well, as the newest member, this is sad news. I looked forward so much each day to read what was happening, and felt I was finding some good mates here. Sure hope someone picks up the reins, and happy to pay a monthly or annual fee if it helps make it worth while for someone. If not, thanks for the help with my old Ironhead.
  • Humbug
    Humbug
    4 days ago
    Well thanks Kingchops, for all the years of enjoyment. Will ad my HDFA patch to my other past motorcycle memories on my memory shelf.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    4 days ago
    although i have only been a member here for a few years [8-9 i think ] i always enjoyed the banter,the info and watching others with their builds ect.made a couple of friends away from the sight as well.cheers to all.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    4 days ago
    Quoting speedzter on 02 Mar 2026 04:27 AM

    Regarding the shutdown do we bother starting a Facebook page in the interim  as a contact point ?

    Do we know how many current members ,?

    Wack up a post yes or no .

    If we go that way it's gotta be tight riens on who gets let in because as soon as a Harley group opens on there all the sellers join and flood it with for sale shit, if you keep them fuckers out and keep it for advise, banter and builds it might work ok, maybe 🤷
    I'm easy to find if you come looking.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    4 days ago
    Quoting speedzter on 02 Mar 2026 04:27 AM

    Regarding the shutdown do we bother starting a Facebook page in the interim  as a contact point ?

    Do we know how many current members ,?

    Wack up a post yes or no .

    Quoting Hilly on 02 Mar 2026 10:14 AM

    If we go that way it's gotta be tight riens on who gets let in because as soon as a Harley group opens on there all the sellers join and flood it with for sale shit, if you keep them fuckers out and keep it for advise, banter and builds it might work ok, maybe 🤷

    I'm easy to find if you come looking.

    a hunting group i am in opened a facebook site 12 months ago and it has been hammered with adds and totally unrelated shit.the site was an open one to allow new members access and to promote the branch.good vetting of potential members would be a must.... if some has the time to do that,which i imagine most of us wouldnt want to commit to.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    4 days ago
    Well we could form a little Oz ghetto on HDForums, sign on with our HDFA user names.
    That way we can still keep in touch, probably the simplest way to do it, no one here needs to do extra work. We might need to clean up our language a bit.
     I see you're on the XL forum Hilly. You might have seen me there but I don't go there much, seeing you need cloud storage to upload photos, can't just pick them off your phone gallery.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    3 days ago
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