With Paul and I turning the dreaded 75 this March, My wife and I decided that we, at least, would go for a slightly more elaborate birthday celebration. We decided that, rather than restrict it to just one day, we'd stretch it out to a week, which is … [Read more]
A little history..
Have a look at this engine for a moment, does it look a little strange? Where does it come from, you may ask? Well, read on (caveat being that there is a lot of car racing history in this article) In 1960, after years of the existing Formula One … [Read more]
Half Yearly Report
I thought I'd share some insights on my ownership now that 6 months are up. The bike is a CF Moto 650GT and it's just had its 5000km service. After 21 years of riding Honda VFRs I finally decided that age was creeping up on me and I needed a bike … [Read more]
Flying under the radar..
When I started riding, some 50 years ago!! it was always expected that the first thing a bike owner did was to replace the standard muffler on his bike's exhaust system with something that was louder. Now there were a number of reasons for this and … [Read more]
DIY
You will recall that I have told you about my early days of motoring and motorcycling and how they were punctuated by various bouts of mechanical mayhem. The problem with these episodes was that, as an impecunious teachers college student, I had no … [Read more]
Night Rider (With apologies to Kevin Johnson)
Life at Chez Hall is a bit hectic at the moment. Two of Helena's cousins are visiting from Finland and it is our responsibility (of course) to be good hosts and show them all the interesting things that the Illawarra has to offer in the brief amount … [Read more]
Ridus Interruptus – Again
I haven't ridden for a few weeks. Lots of family commitments and the need to give TWK her 5000km service being some of the reasons. So, with those things taken care of and a "free" day in front of me it seemed like a great idea to get the wheels … [Read more]
Back to the future
I hope you will forgive me if the subject of my article today is speedway and specifically speedway cars. My first contact with speedway was in the 1960s when Channel 7 used to air edited highlights of the previous week's speedway meetings from … [Read more]
Tariff Bikes
We are told that everything old is new again and nowhere is this more noticeable than in the prices that are being achieved by people selling old bikes. Try to buy an original Kawasaki Z1, for example and you'll need very deep pockets indeed. With … [Read more]
Thinkin’ ’bout the things I used to do Chapter 2
Yes, I have been AWOL for a while, no real reason, just life sometimes gets hectic and sometimes I just can't think of an interesting topic about which to write. And, lest it be said that I spend more time living in the past than I do in the present, … [Read more]
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