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Thanks Doc I'm gunna need to replace mine soon so timely info mate! Cheers Ps right one has cracks and is taped up but may as well do both next service!

Ha ha She's a rival for the Great Ocean Road eh....! I hear ya about the wee bugger screaming it's head off! My Van Van ( RV 75 ) was all done and dusted by about 90 if I remember correctly? Cheers Ps actually what I didn't realise then was that this was quite a rare bike.The 50/90 and 125 were common as muck but the 75 was very rare! There was another in CHCH bought by an old schoolmate though so that made 2 of us buzzing round the burbs in 76.....

G'day mate We were lucky in NZ in that we could legally ride/drive at 15 and by 15 years and 6 months had a Full license! We did also fall into the limited to 250cc whilst on a Provisional licence but if you could afford to you could ride anything at 15 and a half! I couldn't afford a bike till nearly 17 though but was given the family 1952 Morrie Oxford to drive to school and ferry Mum and siblings about at 15 when Dad got a newer Holden! Bloody hell it was another world back then eh! Cheers Ps we didn't really see many if any of the postie bikes as the cockies used the Ag bikes from memory...

G'day I saw that mate. Just wanted to put my name on one when/if you do another batch. Cheers

G'day mate It's about time I got one of these too! I'll take one. Cheers Guzzler Ps when ready how do I pay for it now that Paypal is no go? Could I just email my credit card details to you?

Thanks mate That article really put it into perspective... As a kid in NZ in the seventies it was a Suzuki RV 75 that did it for me and set me upon my way! Cheers Guzzler

Mate That's some fleet you've got now.....! Can't wait to hear your impressions as well. Cheers Guzzler

Heh he Bloody hell Chuck,at 63 it's been a while since I were a boy.... Hope like hell I'm still riding in years to come though! I dips me lid to you mate! Cheers

Mate If you don't buy it someone else WILL...... And yep she may give you a bit of grief initially but treat it as the Initiation! Cheers

Ha ha Having worked all day he' s gonna sleep all night now..... Cheers Guzzler

I wish... It's all set up and ready to start shortly.... Mate If I got togged up and went for a ride about now, I dare say you'd hear the commotion from Germany! Cheers and off he goes... Oh I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok... ( might pass on the pressed flowers suspenders and bra though! )

It's a great day to head up there and grab a few photos too, especially as I have a 4 x day week-end...! Alas I have 5 x ton of wood to cut ( not all at once though) for the coming winter and a new oven being installed tomorrow. Bugger Guzzler

Tanjil Bren Neat wee spot, we stayed in a fantastic log cabin up there for a couple of days about 7 years ago. All sealed mate, we've been here 9 years and it was sealed then. Funny we did it in a Suzuki Grand Vitara too! Cheers Ps the Vic Guzzi club get up there a bit but I've not ridden it myself.Ride up to Noojee a bit though.

Ha ha Nah all ridgey didge Doc....! Audiomick even knows and has been on these tongue twisters..... And they are just as twisty eh! Cheers Guzzler

Ha ha Happily married mate, but she doesn't share my love of motorcycles nor will she ride pillion. So I get away with a tankbag and a wee backpack. Cheers Guzzler Ps don't mind panniers on a touring bike ( but not a sport bike ) and anyone who even contemplates a trailer.... Well... buy a car !

Yep. If I were able to have another bike a blue XS650D would be at the pointy end of the list....! Cheers

As an analogue man in a digital world, these Timex watches appeal to me! I had one as a schoolboy and will buy another when the $20 Target one I wear on the bike and for mucking about gives up the ghost.... I have a Longines classic which I wear the rest of the time.... Cheers Guzzler

Update All seems back to normal on this site again..... Cheers Guzzler

The true Luddites choice in horology.......

G'day mate As someone who's also had a battery episode recently, hope it works out for you...

Ha ha Indeed tis true....

G'day folk's. Well after the wee issue with the battery from not riding her for awhile I've been riding as much as I can of late.So yesterday after taking the wife shopping I thought I'd take a ride and see Dad ( about 100 kays away ).The rain front seemed to be moving through but still a bit gloomy ...ah what the hell bugger the wets! So gassed up in Warragul and came across a wee Breva 750 and a Norton Dommie ridden by Hubby( ?) on the way back to Drouin and the road to Lang Lang.So I'n not the only idiot out an about... All was well bike and me running great and enjoying the twisty bits weather even holding out! Then we get to the highway and bugger me I start missing the odd gear change,hitting every pothole and bump in the road and feeling generally beaten up! Has the front end developed a slight wobble? Do I need to rethink my suspension settings ( just as I thought I had them sorted ) and of course as we're down by the coast now it's blowing a gale and the first of the showers start rolling in... Well for all of this I'm still glad I took the bike.... So after seeing Dad I fire the ole tart up and head for home and right on queue the rain starts again... Van Morrison's song or line DAYS LIKE THIS pops into my head as I head up the street. Well a few kays further and the rain clears there are no mystery wobbles in the front end and the suspension is fine still.I stop at the clowns arches for a bite before hitting the good bits home. It took care of the pangs of hunger as not eaten yet and it's 1.30pm. My patience was rewarded with a clear run through the fun bits home and we nailed it.. ha ha everything went just so and what a ride! Even the weather held out and temps in double digits now too ( just ). Ahhh home, shower and propped up in front of the fire with the wife and only a couple of hours to wine o'clock..... So what was looking like one of those days turned out to be a bit of a ripper..... Cheers Guzzler

Mate I'd love a set of these on my bike too.... They really just complete the V11 I reckon,but hate to think what the cost would be here in Oz.... If ever the lotto ticket comes good I'm in! Cheers

Pretty sure the engine and state of tune are the same, but The GB has much better bodywork! Makes it look more like something out of the ole dart rather than Japan.

Yep, I reckon these are great bikes! Honda did this really really well and so much better than the standard XBR 500! As a fan of big singles I'd love one as the backroads round here do resemble English lanes in parts. Then again an Enfield bullet might be better to potter about on them and a damn site cheaper too? Cheers Guzzler