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Pretty ordinary turn out for the combined VJMC and Honda CB750/4 clubs ride. 🙁 Taj and myself representing VJMC and Peter representing Honda CB750/4s. We elected not to head over the mountain to Coomera but out through Logan Village, Ormeau and Pimpama. At Garage 25 we met up with Gary and Peter...

I went to Gasoline Alley to catch up with the VJMC boys and YoungAussieGW On Saturday. After breakfast we rode over to the President of the VJMC so that he could inspect the 76 LTD and process the paperwork so that it could be registered in Qld on Club rego.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing Maurice’s beautiful 75 Goldwing again in Springwood Qld. Unfortunately due to his passing this was the first time that I was able to meet his son-in-law and his grand daughter. It was a great pleasure to meet another generation of classic Goldwing owners (...

It seems like only yesterday that Aussiegold ( Maurice) was telling me about taking out his bike for a ride in the first time for awhile and how good it felt. Unfortunately he hadn’t been riding too much recently as he was having some health problem. He wasn’t one to make too much of a big deal...

We stopped by the Brisbane German Club for their last Pork Knuckle Sunday ( the last Sunday of the month is $20 Pork Knuckles) for the year. As always excellent food, company and beer.😋

I headed to a grand reopening sale at 0730 to pick up some great bargains before heading off to Springwood to catch up with some VJMC members for breakfast and coffee. I had to use a small cart/trolley to get the items out to the Rats Nest. Bit of a car show out front was being set up...

Finally reached a milestone that most of my family thought would be a bridge too far. Friday was the big six o and instead of a party at home we decided on a low key lunch on the Sunday with family and friends. Because there were about 30 of us heading up from Logan Village we decided to hire a...

It wasn’t today but the weekend before last. Gallery of Modern Art has had a motorcycle display running (which includes the president of the VJMC’s Honda 750 4 in it) and the Historic Motorcycle Club had a display on the grass in the museum’s forecourt. Met up with a few fellow VJMC members in...

I guess I am just really old school but I love having a centre stand on my bikes especially if they have a chain drive as it just makes servicing so much easier. I know they are a weight and handling issue when pushed really hard but I love having my bikes parked level especially when using all...

We have had quite a bit of rain this year so the Dreaded Driveway has been pretty rough. Every time I have been geared up it has rained and made it too hard to ride on the chewed up clay of the DD. On Friday with the potential for showers I rode the Rats Nest down the one wheel track that looked...

When I was out at the dam on Thursday it became apparent that my Shinko A230 front tyre had seen better days. I chased up my Shinko supplier on Friday and due to COVID :doh: he only had a Shinko 777 in stock which was a 100/90x19 instead of a 110/90x 19 Tourmaster. I was indecisive about going...

There was also a ride down to the Coomera Marine precinct to Garage 25 today ( Saturday). I met up with my mate Peter on his CBX at Gasoline Alley who was having breakfast with Bob ( on his new to him 75 Gl1000). Unfortunately Bob couldn’t make the ride down the coast with us as he had a...

Thursday the VJMC boys were having a ride were they would be having a barbecue lunch at Wyaralong Dam. I had work in the morning so I couldn’t do the full ride but I could take a quick strap out to the dam and have a sausage with them for lunch. The Rats Nest hadn’t been anywhere for 5 or 6...

The 35w HID that I installed in the Rats Nest had failed and I decided to go LED as the high beam in the HID was a mechanical refocusing of the bulb. I had been chasing a Hella H4 replacement headlight as I have used them over the years and they have the best light distribution of any...

I picked up some tires and wheels for my RTVs that were original fitment for a Nissan Navara. I decided to use the rims to make an out door wood heater/brazier. A mate had just purchased a plasma cutter recently and he let me use it to cut the centre out of 3 rims. I used another rim to be the...

I had a spare tub/ style side for my RTVs that I had lying around on a pallet waiting to get damaged. I decided that I should build a trailer to put it on so that it could be used for storage and moved around out of harms way. Thus began my adventure, the spare parts that I had laying around...

When I went for my ride last Thursday and tackled the rough stuff I decided that I needed to come up with complete spares for my Vetter Equipment in case I damaged them. I have needed a good rh front blinker and a new screen ever since I have owned the Rats Nest. Even though I had managed to...

The guys that rode to Cape York last year wanted to have a commemorative ride to celebrate their achievement. The decided on a four wheel drive track that has been closed due to weather for some time but had access due to the dryer conditions of late. They opened it up to the rest of us to come...

My mate Paul rang me on Sunday and asked if I could get some time off to go riding with him and his Dutch friend Rein who was staying with him on Tuesday. I was keen if it meant leaving early and just taking off the morning. Paul and Rein went and hired a GS 650 BMW on Monday afternoon for 24...

For ages Val had been leaking some coolant from under the water pump but as it always recovered from the radiator overflow bottle. I wasn’t too concerned and just made sure that there was always some extra coolant in the bottle to compensate. I initially thought it was the front cover/inlet...