My good mate, Kent Miklenda, the builder and rider of the Shadowfax Kawasaki, sent me an email today. We stay in sporadic contact and have done so over the years. Sometimes he disappears for long … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2021
It’s not been a good week..
More than enough reminders in the last couple of weeks about the fragility of life and how we are all getting on. Geoff Sim passed away recently, depriving Wollongong of one of its motorcycling … [Read more...]
Bush mechanics
I hope you'll forgive me if I digress into cars this morning, though there is a motorcycle element to my story. A speedway mate of mine posted up this picture on Facebook yesterday and it provoked … [Read more...]
MotoGp update
Since my last check-in in the lead-up to the 2021 season we have now lost the Argentine round and the US round, both of which have been "postponed" to later in the year in the hope that the virus … [Read more...]
Staintune lives on!
Since my last post, things have moved quickly and, on the 10th of February, this official announcement from Staintune's owners. "With a beaming smile and a full heart I am so happy to … [Read more...]
Save Staintune
Earlier this week the owners of specialist muffler manufacturers, Staintune, announced that all avenues for the sale of the business had been exhausted and that the assets of the business were to be … [Read more...]