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How to ride all year round
« on: December 16, 2010, 10:06:30 PM »
Come to Australia perfect bike weather

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2010, 10:08:15 PM »
Thanks jerk  :D
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2010, 10:10:27 PM »
no problems here

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 10:10:38 PM »
Don't you guys get bored riding all year round? ::)
Winter was early this year and I'm having the time of my life... NOT!

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2010, 10:11:48 PM »
Ride when you want  can't beat that

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2010, 01:08:06 AM »
we got it good,snow is in the fridge,ice is in the esky,and the wind is in our hair(if you have any).

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2010, 01:21:41 AM »
I had to laugh last week, I'd told a co-worker that my son was on holidays on the Gold Coast, as he's got fond memories of when we used to live in Brisbane. (I still dream of my weekend rides on my Ducati 900SS up to Mount Nebo and across to Mount Glorious, or was it the other way around?

Anyway, the other guy said, "Ah, Queensland, God made heaven on earth, then filled it full of dickheads!" I kinda had to agree with him, present company excepted of course.........  ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2010, 02:15:52 AM »
its great riding here terry,im sort of in the hills here and can leave home and never see a traffic light all day,i see plenty of dickheads though,on two wheels and four!we have a phenomenal amount of rain at the moment,i dont ride when it rains only because of the other dickheads and the fact i hate wet tarmac(rain never bothered me on dirt bikes),its no where near cold,just very wet.plenty of ducatis buzzing around here all the time.,i can hear bikes pass at the bottom of my hill,sometimes a hundred hogs,or just two or three,i can pick the dukes,a swarm of late model jappers might zip past as i tinker about,when its wet though it goes quiet,maybe one or three bikes all day.
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2010, 04:26:41 AM »
Yeah mate, my other mate called Dave moved up to Cairns 20-odd years ago and keeps inviting me up for a holiday, he's still got his CB750K2 that he bought new in 1972, plus a Harley Electra Glide and a shed full of Kawasaki 2 strokes, and as much as I'd love to ride my Triumph up there, he's shown me pictures of all the snakes that he has to kick out of his house on a regular basis, and I think I'd rather stay at a nice motel instead...........  ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2010, 04:29:55 AM »
a few years ago i had a red back(black widow)spider in a pretty good motel bed! near hervey bay.if you cant eat em,squash em.

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2010, 04:42:46 AM »
The only way to continue to ride ones motor bicycle in the British winter is to don a suit of tweed, riding boots and a deer stalker hat.  Always have a flask of sloe gin to hand for emergencies and a hot water bottle to put under your overcoat should the weather turn really nasty.  Keep in mind the location of the various public houses along the route where one might take refreshment.


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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 04:49:53 AM »
spoken like a true motorcyling gentleman.

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2010, 06:32:11 AM »
Come to Australia, perfect bike weather

Would love to!
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2010, 03:28:51 PM »
The only way to continue to ride ones motor bicycle in the British winter is to don a suit of tweed, riding boots and a deer stalker hat.  Always have a flask of sloe gin to hand for emergencies and a hot water bottle to put under your overcoat should the weather turn really nasty.  Keep in mind the location of the various public houses along the route where one might take refreshment.



Ha ha, I've spent a summer in Britain mate, and it felt like an Aussie winter! I could have used a suit of tweed and a deerstalker hat on the warmest day!

Then I went to the beach (well, there was no sand, only gravel and the Poms swam with shoes on, but they told me it was a beach) and grew a whole new respect for my English cousins, if this was the best weather they could ever hope for they had every right to be miserable, but they actually looked like they were enjoying it! Personally, I couldn't get back on the 'plane back to Oz quick enough!  ;D     
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2010, 02:50:23 AM »
Thanks for the tip mate!

From snowy South Dakota..  Makes riding the CB650 sorta difficult right now...




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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2010, 03:51:48 AM »
In SD I guess you could consider a snowmobile  ;D  but here we have ice more than snow. Truly miserable stuff. As for Aussie snakes, saw enough in South Vietnam to last me a lifetime thank you.
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2010, 04:17:09 PM »
In SD I guess you could consider a snowmobile  ;D  but here we have ice more than snow. Truly miserable stuff. As for Aussie snakes, saw enough in South Vietnam to last me a lifetime thank you.

Don't forget the bird eating spiders mate!  ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2010, 04:48:22 PM »
Just got back from an 8 mile ride on snowy slick roads... a bit puckered right now..

 Sad to admit I went to a coffee meet this AM of the BCclassic bike group.. first time in a year I did not arrive on 2 wheels... :-[
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2010, 04:57:50 PM »
Went riding for about an hour and a half, its a high of 34 degrees here today in New Jersey. Carbs love this cool weather.
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2010, 06:42:12 PM »
In SD I guess you could consider a snowmobile  ;D  but here we have ice more than snow. Truly miserable stuff. As for Aussie snakes, saw enough in South Vietnam to last me a lifetime thank you.

Don't forget the bird eating spiders mate!  ;D
I thought those were in South America  ;D Also, I'm told they can live 25 years (364 days 23 hours and 59 seconds longer than me if it crawled near me). Nothing with 2 legs frightens me anymore but there are other things...
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2010, 10:50:27 PM »
G'day Terry
What year model 900SS did you have.
How does it compare to what you are ridding now
It's a good arvo for a ride in Sydney today high 20's but you'd still be riding in Sydney
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2010, 02:09:46 PM »
G'day Terry
What year model 900SS did you have.
How does it compare to what you are ridding now
It's a good arvo for a ride in Sydney today high 20's but you'd still be riding in Sydney
Scott

G'Day Scott, it was an early desmo SS, 1978 or '79, from memory. I bought it from Phil Beaumonts in Brisbane when I lived there for a couple of years, it was an absolute POS mechanically, but it was beautiful. It was the first bike I owned after a succession of Honda 750's, a Goldwing and a Kawasaki Z1 that actually gave me that "running on rails" feeling, only problem was it'd "stand up" in corners under braking, which was somewhat disconcerting in some of the tighter corners up on Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious!

I think my current gold K2 with all of Ken Piper's mods probably handles just as well as that Duke, but a stock CB750 wouldn't get within a bull's roar of a 900SS "back in the day". 

I still Kick myself though, because for the same money I paid for the 900SS, I could have bought a mint Laverda 3CL (not a Jota, but gorgeous, just the same) or a couple of Bimota's, including a HB1. Beaumonts had a lot of cool bike's then, I wish I had a time machine and a suitcase full of cash mate, I'd have one hell of a collection now, ha ha! Good thing now is that the later Duke's are still very affordable, and I'd really like one of the DOHC 1000 Monsters from a few years ago, I like the riding position, and the exhaust note is just awesome! Cheers, Terry. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2010, 02:11:11 PM »
Had to put on a jacket over the weekend but was a good day in Georgia
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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2010, 10:28:00 PM »
Had to put on a jacket over the weekend but was a good day in Georgia

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Re: How to ride all year round
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2010, 10:55:12 PM »
Crap, I keep falling for this thread, and then I get here and.......then...well,,,,,,,FU ;)