This week have bloody visitors coming. Could stay quite a few months. Will my 14 get jealous, maybe. Have to keep clean, charge battery, pump tyres, even ride i was told. Things you do for mates. Mate is moving house and unfortunately i have to store his toys until he gets new house. will i survive? :happy1:
Before anyone asks,the girl is not one of his toys, shes mine for nearly 30 yrs. :clapping:
The things you have to do to keep a mate :facepalm: :whistling:
The Duke yes the Trumpet no. Just too big for me.
Two extra bikes is too many for you to handle mate. I'll look after the Diavel for him....
Love that Duke!
@grog pair of six-pots for someone else's Diavel seems like a good trade to me !
Does sound a good deal
Diavel gets delivered 6am tomorrow. Today mate brought his Thruxton around. got a sit but not a ride. Seat is too skinny, footpegs too small. riding position perfect, thought bars woulod be too low, not at all. Spoilt at moment. Has promised me a ride, cant wait. I reckon my old girl held her head up, looked good next to Thuxton.
Is that you and your wifey in the first photo Grog?
No mate, im the photographer, yeah my wife JA, no idea how she puts up with me, simply the best woman ever made, bloke with her in same category. just a best mate for 40 yrs. luck if you can find people like that. they seem to like me so i cant be as bad as i think i am. life can be good.
@grog, you'll love riding the Thruxton, nicely balanced, beautiful to ride, beautiful sound and go around like they are on rails. Maybe I'm biased having a Trumpet myself, but having ridden my mates Thruxton, if I didn't want to do touring that would definitely be the bike I'd have.
Is that the 1200 Dave? I've ridden the 900 & it's a bit down on power for my liking.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 04:40 AM
Is that the 1200 Dave? I've ridden the 900 & it's a bit down on power for my liking.
Yes the 1200. I'd agree the 900 could do with some more oomph
I know that road well. I used to go up for the Cooktown festival every year to enter the billycart race.
I won it in 1999 and 2002.
Just sayin'
Teuful, its a great road. just need to watch for those big feral pigs.
Eyup grog,how do you think I feel,I'm storing this monster for my mate for 6 months
Quote from: grog on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 07:08 PM
Teuful, its a great road. just need to watch for those big feral pigs.
I remember coming across half a pig and a couple of flys on that road in the 80's . Rode my XJ750 up to Cooktown before it was sealed.
Daytona, yours make my storage look easy.
Quote from: Daytona on Thursday, 25 October 2018, 01:10 AM
Eyup grog,how do you think I feel,I'm storing this monster for my mate for 6 months
It's a nice looking thing Daytona, but why has it got trainer wheels? :stir: :whistling: :lol:
Eyup col,my mate isn't complaining about the training wheels as he's had it given to him,his mate bought it new for 38 thousand pounds did 115 miles on it then decided he didn't want it,,,,
If they painted the tricycle red, put some flags and flowers on it Harry and Meghan could gift it to the King of Tonga.
:stir:
38 thousand pounds!! That's a hell of a lot of dosh for a Goldwing Trike, nice n all, but 38 thou! ???
Sounds a lot col but that's what he paid for it but that included a purpose built trailer as well ,,suppose it's a drop in the back pocket for him as the guy won just short of 20 million pounds on the lottery,,,,,,wish he was my mate eh ,,,,
wish my mate had just won that much, maybe i could keep Diavel.
Won $23 on lotto today.......hold me back !!
:boogie2:
My boarder arrived. Sure is a stunning looking/ sounding/ riding type of bike. Trying hard to learn all its electronics, so many choice of settings.
My mates been out on his trike today,with his heated seat and heated grips on,and before you lot down under ask,,,no he isn't the Tasmanian devil,,,,