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Cheers Doc. All done and dusted for another year down here ( Boxing day ) .... You know about 3 years ago when I took the bike to Chrissy at my nieces place, I put young Austin ( about 4 years old ) on the tank and took him for a ride round the block. Sounds dodgy but he was quite safe. When I got there yesterday he was busy setting up his new play station but he made a beeline for me to tell me all about it and says remember when you took me for a ride on your motor bike? Where is it ? I had to tell him it was resting at home for next time! Priceless and still got a wee lump in the throat typing this.... Cheers to each and all.

I also rode a mates BMW K100RT way back when, and after the GSXR 11 it seemed heavy but in reality probably about the same as your Kwacka Mick. That wasn't too bad but bikes over 300 and especially pushing 400kg just don't add up any which way for me.

Yeah mate, the fact that people think a 225 kg bike is heavy cracks me up....

Yeah, it probably is easy once you get it moving, but I reckon bikes just don't need to be this size...... I rode a mates Kawasaki VN 1700 cruiser with all the bells and whistles and jeezuz it's size was intimidating to start with, then the bloody feet forward riding position meant I was off to a wobbly ole start but yeah once you got going it was easier. Then an 1800 Gold Wing, bloody hell you felt ALL of it's 400 odd kilos getting it off the side stand.....Nah these behemoths are definitely not for me! Cheers

That's wild ole liquor in them jars.....

From what I've been hearing about KTM build quality and reliability, I wouldn't touch one at any price.... Seems to be a lottery as to whether you get a good one or not! Cheers

We had that yesterday...37 C and of course it's 18 C today..... Same again tomorrow apparently then warming up again for the Day, but down here I only listen to the forecast for the next day! Whatever the weather's doing in your backyard, enjoy yourselves folk's. Cheers

Merry Christmas from down here folk's.....

I remember back in the 70's in NZ we had an 80 kph ( 50 mph ) national speed limit due to the gas crisis ( down from 100 kph ) and heard about the 55mph in the USA. Also remember thinking gee 50 mph in a country the size of the USA would be a pain in the freckle! It wasn't a huge deal in NZ especially the Sth Island given the er twisty nature of our roads, except the boring straight bits on the Canterbury plains esp ChCh to Timaru. Even that wasn't too bad as only a short distance ( felt huge to us at the time though ) and given I was riding a 250 dirt bike and driving a '52 Morris Oxford, speed was an alien concept! Cheers

I remember back in the 70-80's if you pulled up behind a car ( just waiting to overtake ) all the kids in the back seat would be turned around to watch and wave at you till you shot past them. That don't happen anymore! Yeah, well before they all had electronic distractions! Cheers

I also liked the R nine T racer and thought it was the only one of them I'd even consider, but I hear the riding possie is a killer and I have a dodgy neck! Hypothetical as not about to be replacing the V11 anyways... Cheers

Yep, Perky's better....!

Mate, it's 40 degrees today.... But I reckon I might just stay inside with the AC! Cheers Ps glad I'm workin from home and don't have to be out in it! Pps tomorrow it's supposed to be 20 ....good ole Victorian weather, don't like it, just give it a day or two!

Ha ha Yep the pool and vino won out mate...... Cheers

Jeezuz, glad I did my travelling in Europe before it became the mess it is now...!

Bugger, first time I've had the time to watch it in ages and it's 30 degrees and hardly a breath of wind outside.... Do I shoot up to the lounge, fire up the tv and surround sound and put it on OR do I pour a nice glass of NZ Sauv Blanc and slip out to the pool for a dip....? I think I hear the vino and pool calling.....! Cheers Ps maybe I'll get to watch it in the hols which aren't far away.

Yeah, the 120 degree triples do sound good.... So does my mates MV triple with an aftermarket pipe..... music! Cheers

Bloody hell that must have been an eye opener for you.....! I don't get all this gangster/outlaw club caper as basically if you live by the sword you'll surely die by the sword! Some might last a little longer than others, but the sword will come for you! Must get round to watching this movie all the same as I've had the 4k bluray since it was released and haven't done so yet! Thanks for reminding me, now just need the time to watch it ha ha. Cheers

Yeah, it looks pretty standard to me too! I saw a couple of these when I was at the Boggy Creek* shindig a few years ago. Cheers * Laverda and Moto Guzzi clubs get together at the Curdievale ( Boggy Creek pub ) here in Victoria Oz.

Yep Wolfgang Haerter in Nakusp Canada. Cheers

I watch the Laverda forum here and Redax in Qld seems to be a pretty good source of Laverda expertise.... Cheers

That's it in a nutshell....

Heh he, I credit a CR125 motocrosser as being the bike that sorted me out..... Talk about a light switch, nothing till 7,500 then 20 hp all at once in 3000 rpm! Bloody thing only weighed a wee bit more than me at 80 something kilos too! Loved the thing! Cheers

I can think of a few bikes I'd like as a second bike, but it'll never happen, so just me and the green one and I'm ok with that.... Cheers Ps I watched a review of a V35 Imola the other day and Father and son both loved it. You might be onto something Mick!

Sell the Kawasaki.....