Share your random non-bike photos

[Kiwifruit]

My center console boat

Great photo   

[MickyJB]

A shed project for my Son and myself, 1998 T509 Triumph Speed Triple 885cc. Yesterday he got it started, no smoke, horrible noises or oil leaks.

[GSXKING]

 

[IsacMcCall]

I've got a few photos that don't involve bikes or cars, like one I took during a hike last summer. It was early morning, and the light through the trees was just perfect. I ended up printing it out and displaying it on a digital picture frame from https://www.nixplay.com/—it's been great for sharing moments like this. It's so cool to have it on rotation instead of just buried in my phone.

[GSXKING]

G'day mate and welcome to the nuthouse 🤫
I clicked on the link all I got was the website 🙄
Can you post the picture here ?

[Tony Nitrous]

Saw the Ute hit 100,000k's this morning.



Not huge mileage but a lot of it has been renovating, moving house, building, moving house, moving bikes, fetching logs, gravel, timber etc. it's done some work and has been trouble free.

Apart from me being retired and the Mrs working from home, it's never been our main vehicle. We put 110,000K's on a new Rav-4 after buying the Ute, and more recently put 25,000 on a new Fortuner at the same time as the Ute.

No idea what the mileage would be including the bikes.

Had a few Mitsubishi's, Lancer / Triton etc that clocked up good mileage and then several Fords including 4 x Territory's (love that Barra motor) but I can't see me changing brands for a while. I'm having no dramas, enjoying driving, and getting good trade in's, as well as having a good local dealership with Toyota.

For a bottom of the range, cheap workhorse, I've got quite fond of it.

[grog]

Good utes. I had Workmate 2.7, fully loaded everyday, mostly around city, did over 200th ks, one axle seal only thing that went wrong.

[Kiwifruit]

Been tidying up some family treasures at dad's and came across some interesting momentos and photos.
My grandfather rode in the Isle of Man TT races back in the 30's, he also competed in observed trials. This interesting medal was in his box of momento's.



I was surprised / horrified to see a Swastika on his medal. I Googled the 1931 Sidcup Sixty Trial and found the medal was awarded to him for a Bronze Classification result.
Further investigation led me to discover that the Swastika symbol before being claimed by the Nazis was an ancient symbol of Good Luck. Who would have thought.

[KiwiCol]

if that happened today, someone would be crying cultural appropriation . . .

[lurch]

The swastika is actually a sacred symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism. I'm of German origin and my Hindu Fijian Indian workmate loves to point that out on a regular basis and give me a hard time because my "bastard cousins stole it".

[Mick_J]

The Nazi salute was stolen from the Olympic games, they nicked a lot of stuff which is now only associated with them, who invented concentration camps (Clue, it wasn't the nazis).

[Hooli]

The Nazi salute was stolen from the Olympic games, they nicked a lot of stuff which is now only associated with them, who invented concentration camps (Clue, it wasn't the nazis).

Well the term was first used by Brits in the Boer War, but they weren't like the German version. It was a way to concentrate Boer farmers into small areas so they couldn't support the Boer fighters. The only reason for high deaths there was poor sanitation etc & near enough the same numbers of Brit soldiers died as inmates of the camps.

I've got a feeling the original Swastikas from India were often the other way around to the German one? Plus of course the Finnish airforce used Swastikas during the WW2, while fighting Russia & later Germany.

[lurch]

I've got a feeling the original Swastikas from India were often the other way around to the German one?

Correct. There are a couple of differences, rotation being one of them.

Who'd have thought a group devoted to our beloved GSX 1400's would be so educational? 

[Tony Nitrous]

Just home from a friends Remembrance Day. He died 3 weeks ago.
No funeral, no church or chapel, just all his friends, family and neighbours at his property. Huge BBQ, everyone took mountains of food, little kids running around having fun, music playing, cows looking over the fence, cars turning up towing caravans, folk taking turns to say their bit, everyone telling their story's about him.  There were 70 or 80 folk at his place when I left.

We looked after each other. I gave him eggs, he got his brother in law to give me a heap of Suzuki parts, I bought him a ute load of firewood, he gave me an old Villiers powered antique cement mixer, Roofy and I patrolled his place when he was away, he grew me gum tree seedlings in pots and much more.  We only knew each other for about 5 years but got on so well, even if he did rename my stupid dog Rufus as Rupert!   The world needs more folk like Nev. I'll miss him.

My random non bike photo.



R.I.P Nev.  Only made it to 72.
Had a cancer removed from his brain, came good for a while, bought a new ride on mower, was getting back into it, everything looked positive, but it had spread and wasn't curable.

[Tony Nitrous]

I was talking to a neighbour about Texas Longhorns. He sold two recently and may be parting with some more. They'd keep the grass down, but I'm not sure if I should just stick to slashing it with the Fergie.

Today...


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The price wasn't as bad as I expected, but their heads won't fit through my cattle crush, cattle yard or loading ramp. The dog would have to calm down or I could see him being a Heeler kebab ! 

Neighbour recons this youngster has the potential to be a big boy...