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Vivo

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Re: Great little pony!
« Reply #45 on: December 22, 2012, 01:17:54 AM »
Merry Christmas mate!!!!!




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« Reply #46 on: December 22, 2012, 07:04:07 AM »
See .. I wasn't bullsh**ing !

Good on ya Vivo, I knew I could count on you to come up with the goods.
Merry Christmas to you and your clan old mate.
From me and mine.
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« Reply #47 on: January 30, 2013, 10:36:05 AM »
Righto ... Who's the mongrel thats been upsetting the boss upstairs ? We've been copping friggin hellfire and brimstone over here! First the poor buggers down in the southern states were getting the sh** kicked out of them by massive bushfires, THEN we get a bloody great cyclone up in North Queensland which has slowly worked its way down the coast  smashing and flooding everything in its path. We copped a flogging down here on the Gold Coast over the weekend. So whoever it is, can ya knock it off cos the pony's getting stable fever and i've got cabin fever !
Anyway, hope everyone had plenty of beers and cheers over Chrissy and the new year.

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« Reply #48 on: January 31, 2013, 01:41:44 AM »
Sorry to head that HB... I guess nobody or no country is exempted from these disasters....


The pony's got stable fever,
Hair Bob, a cabin fever
That Cyclone got a temper
Each breath she takes enrages her....




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« Reply #49 on: February 02, 2013, 06:31:43 AM »
Guess your right Vivo, no one or nowhere is exempt from mother natures fury. I just went outside and gave myself a good swift uppercut. After watching the news these last few nights, seeing what some of these other poor people have been through, bitching about a pissy bit of cabin fever doesn't even rate a friggin mention does it. I should just shut my guts and be thankful that all of my family and friends are okay and that my house is still standing and I still have a roof over my head hey. :-[

So after my reality check, and on a lighter note, once everything settles down, I will be reporting back about some nice little expeditions on the little pony.

In the mean time seeing as there's not been much happening on the motorcycling side on things, lets talk about crows ... that's right, crows, you know, those big ugly black birds. Well I suppose there not ugly to other crows of course. But I was just wondering if they're as foulmouthed in other countries as the ones we get here in Oz. I regularly get woken up at about 5 a.m by a couple of the mongrel things sitting in the tree right outside our bedroom window going " faaark ... faaark ". Now is it just me, or does that sound suspiciously like a certain word us humans use ... only on necessary occasions of course ?
sh** ... I told you I had a touch of cabin fever didn't I, !!!
Anyway, just thought I'de throw that curved ball out there.

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« Reply #50 on: February 02, 2013, 07:07:35 AM »
Crows HB? 2 crows?....   You aint heard anything yet.... imaging a farm full of fighting cocks (roosters) in our country. ....  all crowing at 3 until sun rise in the morning....  I had an Australian friend once that I had as a guest at home... he was really pissed off when he heard the roosters crowed...





And yeah, count your blessings... I was a victim of a super typhoon last October 2009... not a pretty sight... 


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« Reply #51 on: February 02, 2013, 11:01:27 PM »
 Holy crap Vivo, that looks very similar to the devastation they copped up north and mid Qld. I hope your all back on track now, and those bloodsucking insurance companies did the right thing by you guys. If they're anything like they are over here, they're happy to take your friggin money but not so keen to give it back!
Its gotta make you wonder though if all these extreme weather events has got anything to do with the way us dumbarse humans treat this planet hey. Chopping all the forests down and pumping sh** into the air, the rivers and the oceans all the time. The boss must be sitting up there shaking his head wishing he'd stopped with the monkeys !
Anyway, take care fella.
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Hairy Bob.
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« Reply #52 on: February 08, 2013, 12:54:44 PM »
Hey guys

Haven't been on this forum for a while, had an accident last October - On the way back home, some douche in a parked car opened his door on me and wrote off my bike and put me in hospital for a few days. Still recovering from it. I miss  my Venox :(

Cops say it was my fault - I was filtering through to the red traffic lights, when suddenly the guy opened his door without checking.


Hope you guys are going well, ride safe and maybe I'll be able to ride again soon.. wife kinda won't let me ride lol but she'll ease up later.. I hope.


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« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2013, 01:38:37 AM »
 :o Holy hot camel sh** J.B. that's no no good at all mate. The main thing is your still here to tell the tail though ... bikes are replacable hey. I know what you mean about effwits in cars, some of the clowns must drive around with their heads jammed up their arses ... they just don't look ! It's the same up here on the Goldy, and sometimes even more interesting with some of those camakazee tourists driving around looking at all the sights instead of watching where they're bleeding well going. It's always been that way though, when your riding a motorcycle, you've got to be on your game, coz even if your in the right in a prang , it's gunna bloodywell hurt !! I guess that's why I don't use my bike for commuting around town [I'm lucky enough to get a company car in my job], she's mainly for cruizing out in the country side. You've still got to be switched on all the time though have no illusions, there's still dickheads in cars out there too.
I was wondering why we hadn't heard from you for a while, I thought you must have gone and bought that Harley you where talking about, not racked up in hospital you poor bugger. You've gotta get another bike J.B. just treat this little incident as a learning curve sport. I know hindsight is a good thing and I don't want to sound like a know it all, but just sit and wait in the traffic. Don't worry, I've been tempted to do the same thing myself but have always been worried about exactly that type of thing. Not that long ago up here, I'm sitting in the traffic on my way to work and this guy on a bike has come screaming up the inside shoulder, then a couple of seconds later there's this almighty friggin "BANG". This lady has turned into her driveway, totaly in the right and the clown on the bike has T-bone the car and got catapulted about 30 meters up the road. Didn't kill him, but he didn,t bounce very well I can tell you that ! The poor lady was absolutley freaked out as you could imagine, and it wasn't even her fault.

I'm still really happy with the little pony. She's got just on 6000ks on the clock now and gallops along just fine. Takes me where all the big bikes are going, so I couldn't ask any more of her. Actually I haven't been able to get out for a couple of weeks due to some pretty far out weather we've been having here, but it seems to be coming good today [saturday] so maybe early tomorrow morning if mother nature is in a nice mood. I guess it probably sounds like I'm a novice rider and this is my first bike but ... Hahh, not case grasshopper ! This IS my first road bike however. I was always into big bore trail bikes. One of my best adventures was back in the mid 80's. I had a Honda XL 600R. Got my mate to make up some surfboard racks for it and I rode that mother across Australia, from Perth, Western Aust. to Coffs Harbour N.S.W. on the east coast, about a 5000klm trip all up. Rode through some amazing country. Man I could get to surf breaks on that thing that guys in four wheel drives where battling to get to. Where some times they'd have to park and walk for a while, I could ride right down to just about where I wanted to be. It was pretty cool. Gotta admit I'm glad I invested in a bloody good kidney belt though, it wasn't quite as comfortable as the little cruizer I can tell you that !!

Anyway J.B. you just be a good boy old son, be extra nice to the wife and I'm sure you'll be back in the saddle in no time. Before you look at another Harley, take a bit of time to check the new Kwaka W800 ... very spunky looking bit of gear, but that's just my opinion, we've all got different tasts. I've just never liked Harleys, they're just all noise I reckon.
Geez ! I've been a bit long winded in this little rave hey. I hope I haven't bored you groovers too much, or upset the Hog lovers at all with my last little comment  ;D.
Take care gang.
Best regards,
Hairy Bob.
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« Reply #54 on: February 22, 2013, 10:30:04 AM »
 ;D Thanks for the support, Bob
Yeah for sure, I'm happy that I can still walk after that. I'll be looking for a new bike once the wife settles down haha but in regards to the harley.. I don't think I'll get one. I've been doing a little research and found out they're really high maintenance and burns a hole in most people's wallets.

I've had a go on my friend's kawasaki ninja 300, and I think I'll be looking into a sports bike next... But haven't made up my mind, there's still a few cruisers I really like also, maybe even get another venox XD but I'll just have to wait and see once the time comes.

Glad you're enjoying your bike and it's still going hard, I was looking at a few photos of my old venox, I took pictures of the odometer at each 1000km up to 4000km. Miss cruising on my bike :( Ahh well. Like you said, I'll be on the road again one day and I'll definitely be riding even more defensively.

Ride safe and I'll check this forum once a month or so

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« Reply #55 on: March 17, 2013, 10:29:51 AM »
  8) Well hello cats, I just got back from a nice little 400k blatt out west. [Hey Vivo ! did you get that man, sounds like a good line we could use in another song for the album ... wadda ya reckon ?  ] Anyway, after what seems like an eternity of absolutely sh** weather,  it finally came good ... and on a weekend too, how good is that !!
So, up with the birds this morning. Saddled up the pony, and made a run for it. As I said, headed  west out through the Great Dividing Range. And what a mountain range that it is groovers, I gotta tell ya. Especially coming back down, far out !!!
The little pony galloped along quite happily. Had to work the gears a fair bit up through the mountians, but hey, she does bloody alright for a 250 don't you worry about that! I reckon if Mr Kymco brought this bike out in a 500, don't change a thing about the looks or anything, just in a 500, they would have an absolute cracker. But in the mean time, I'm still really happy with the little pony, as I've said before, she's taking me where all the big bikes are going.
Anyway, hope you guys are getting out when you can.
Ride safe.
Regards, Hairy Bob.

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« Reply #56 on: March 18, 2013, 05:31:51 AM »
Well, hello there mate! glad to hear from you... Weathers here is hot...  ;) Seems you miss riding after that sh** weather, huh... Ride safe!

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« Reply #57 on: April 13, 2013, 08:46:37 AM »
 :-\ Had to give the pony a bit of first aid today gang. She spat a chain slider when I was hooking through the Burringbar mountain range last ride. No big deal, but it scared the living sh** out of me when it went though. I felt this thud like I'de run over something and it had flicked up and hit under the bike. Pulled over to check her belly, and couldn't see anything wrong straight away. Started looking over her and noticed the chain had a bit too much play, then I noticed what looked like fine black rubber powder on the side plate and swing arm. That's when I realized half of the slider was totally missing, and the other half had been minced into the front sprocket. Like I said, no big deal. I just took it easy back home. It was only when you where backing off that you could hear the chain just lightly tapping the top of the swing arm. Anyway, ordered two chain sliders (one for a spare), and while I was at it I'de noticed earlier that the rubbers on each end of the gear change tie rod were pretty well perished, so ordered two of those aswell. So, after a bit of buggerizing around (reckon it took me longer to clean all the black rubber sh** out than it did to drop the swing arm etc and fit the slider), she's all Mickey Mouse again. Another silly little thing I came across a while ago, was the steel hex bolts they use where the mufflers clamp onto the exhaust pipes going really rusty and looking pretty crappy, so I changed those with high grade stainless ones. It's amazing what little things like that can do for the look of the bike.

Anyway trendsetters, hope you've been getting out on your two wheelers when you can. (Hey J.B. has the missus softend her stance on letting you get another bike yet ? If not, keep on greasing her up man  ;))
Ride safe everyone.
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« Reply #58 on: April 13, 2013, 08:58:18 AM »
Holy macaroni HB! Glad you're all right mate! Good thing the pony didn't lock up and swerve... Well, ride safe!   ;)

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« Reply #59 on: April 20, 2013, 07:01:12 PM »
 :o Hey guys, here's one for the books. The other day, my wife said to me ( and this is no bullsh** fellas, these where her exact words ) " maybe you should get a bit bigger bike ... you know, some thing with a bit more grunt ". I was absolutely gobsmacked. So anyway, I got all excited as us lads do when it comes to our toys, and started looking around and drooling over a few different bikes. I checked out the Kwaka W 800 a while back, which I've always liked. Also a few different cruisers ... the Kawasaki Vulcan 900, Suzuki C50 (800cc), and the Yamaha V star 650 ( not so heavy as the first two cruisers. I'm only a fly weight, about 67kgs, and that's before a crap in the mornings, and the missus ain't real heavy either ). So, what a delemma I found myself in groovers. But do you know what ... after all that, I can't bring myself to get rid of the little pony. She's been such a good little bike hey. I just love her looks (I've got the silver one) and her road manners. She's cheap as chips to run, and bloody reliable. So I'm sticking with the little pony gang. I know some of you probably think I've got rocks in my head, but as uncle Clarke once famously said .. " frankly my dear, I don't give a damn ".
So, its High Hoooooooooo Silver and away into the wild blue yonder !
Ride safe my friends.
Regards, Hairy Bob  8)
« Last Edit: April 21, 2013, 06:51:52 AM by Hairy Bob »
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