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My Harley (Fatboy) back in 2003 and I had a Honda CBR1000 FJ as well. Noawadays I no longer ride a motorcycle.
Any fellow motorbiking coffee fans?
That was 75% of the reason I wanted one too! The other 25% was at Bike Live at the NEC as a teenager in the early 90s with my Dad and seeing women in leather hot-pants ride Softails across HD’s enormous stand to “We Will Rock You” 😂
Say what you will about Harley, they’ve always absolutely nailed their marketing.
Cue for this little gem again!
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Especially true for motorcycles of yesteryear. You could always tell Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda from the sound. This was true even during the 2 stroke era. Suzuki 380 Ram air, the 400 Yam that looked like a Fizzy and the Kawasaki triples (especially the big ones). We won’t mention Honda, who didn’t descend to the 2 stroke madness, or the Big Suzuki flying teakettle.
Dave, are you familiar with the work of the engineering genius Allen Milllyard?
-Mac Wow, No I have not….watched some, but will watch it properly tonight on YT big screen. Looks like some wonderful stuff…I always admire people with that level of knowledge and engineering skill…sadly becoming a lost art nowadays.
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He’s often on The Motorcycle Show (ITV Player I think) which is a great watch and has that ‘old school’ bike show feel you don’t see much these days.
I just got back from a 10 day tour of Tasmania with a few mates on my 2005 Speed Triple.
Most of the other guys were on adventure bikes Tigers, KTMs etc.
I am about to restore my GS1000st Wes Cooley rep and put it on Club rego.
I am on a new lap top with no pics but I’ll pop a couple up later on.
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Sounds fantastic, Tasmania is certainly dream ride territory.
There was an incredible film made there a few years back called Halfway to Nowhere. Two guys on old Harleys and immense scenery. One of the guys sadly and tragically died in a bike crash shortly after.
It’s worth a watch even for non-Harley fans. I’d go as far as saying it’s worth a watch for non-motorcycle fans.
I’m not really a HD fan, mainly due to the riders down here, either 1%ers or wannabees.
I’ve been riding since I was 6 and only ever joined a club to get a racing licence.
Those Fazers are stupid fast.
One of my mates turns over his bikes every year and had one two years ago.
It just did everything so smoothly and quickly that he had to get rid of it while he still had a licence. :)
Tassie was great, the Tassie Targa ensures that there are world class roads down there and bugger all traffic.
The Monster was fun, the GS is still cool, the GN with trailer was my Dads tourer I think he was around 75 when this pic was taken and had just ridden 1800km up from Melbourne to Brisbane.
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My bike days are well past, from the vid, does anyone still use Castrol R ? Does anyone remember the smell ? aaaaaah wonderful😊
Ahh, the sweet smell of castor oil burning in a two stroke.
I saw a nice period CR500 for sale last week, $24,000 aud.
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Never been a biker since a no fault of mine accident in the late 70s, but the rest of my siblings are all still into bikes in a big way. A few years ago I bowed to pressure to go away on a touring holiday with them but hired a trike and went on three wheels.
Wherever we went we seemed to pull a crowd, folks wanted to be seen with us and have their photos taken with us. It was about the third day of the trip in Aberystwyth that a woman having her photo taken with us told us she had seen all our shows and had bought all our books. I was ok being mistaken for Dave Myers, but the missus was upset that folks thought she was Simon King of The Hairy Bikers 🤣
Flat_Eric Love it, used to see a lot of those on the road at one time…don’t see as many nowadays.
I’d love to get a motorbike, but I’m worried I would just kill myself. I don’t have much restraint when behind the wheel (for good reason I only own a Honda Jazz).