Hey AJ

[finky]

Hey AJ I thought you and Wayne were going to organize a ride day over your side of town soon?
Whats happening mate lets get it up and going before the colder weather comes along.

[wgash]

yea "oldman" grab that antiky of yours and we'll show thum thar city boys what real traffic jams are http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[madcow]

werrrll wen ar youse sity boyes gunna sho arse bout all dis trafic stuff. we had bout 3 cars down the road de udder day. tis was hektic an all.

[madcow]

by the way where is aj lately? havent heard from him for a while..

[wgash]

l think Aj must be having a bit of a workfest, one of his understudies is on holidays for a few weeks so he's probly enjoying the peace and quiet ;) ...when that pipelines finnished l think we better pump water from Melb up to the Murry l think the locals are starting to loose it...the only thing green up there is madcows bike :-/ is anyone going on the bushfire appeal ride on the weekend ?

[madcow]

yeah you are right there wayne, i dont worry about hitting the lochusts anymore, they are too busy chasing the bike, they say they will eat anything green.... that pipeline is a bit of a hot topic up here at the moment. i can see it getting a lot more heated before its all done and dusted. i dont think i will make it for the bushfire ride but i mght go for a ride to wallan to a party on sunday.

[finky]

Whats everyone doing over the easter break ??

[madcow]

when is easter? you got somthing planned have you glen....

[finky]

Nothing planned yet nate the dates are 10th to the 13th of this month.
Might try and talk the wife into as good ride some where might head up your way or down the GOR to Princetown her Mum&Dad have a beach house down there and it is very relaxing and peacefull place to spend a few day's and some of the best bike friendly roads in Australia.

[wgash]

hey Glen, nothing planned for easter yet, been having a tinker with the bike , done the caddman mod, fitted a cobra fuel processer, made some covers for the enginebars,raised the handlebars,modified the footrests and in the process of making up a backrest to see what their like, are you or any of your mob going to the http://www.rideforthehills.org.au/ ride on sunday, so l can keep an eye out for ? l'm going with the previous owner of my bike, he's got himself a Kawa 1400 now ?!?! might gatecrash jamies party in wallan on thew way back lol

[madcow]

go for it wayne, i just hope i will make it down there.

looks like were all going to a beach house for a bikie style get together, hey wayne i sure hope we dont damage too much stuff
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[finky]

Hi Wayne mate there are a couple going I think but we have a club function on Sunday so most of us will be there.
Jammie your most welcolme anytime and trash away there is nothing left to break I have done it all.

[wgash]

now that would be a sight, going down the ocean road with the surfboard strapped to the side of the gnowmad...maybe l could make some roof racks..spose l'd need a roof ::)

[madcow]

you wont need a board wayne, just use your pannier lids. theres even a spare one for your passenger. or the windsheild makes a great longboard. they are an everthoughtfull mob at kawasaki......

sorry too many beers....

[aj]

Hi Kids, I'm home!!
sorry been "very" busy, fire stuff is still a pill, debriefs, reviews, thankfully not much with the commission. Wayne, youre right, nice and quiet without LS (yeah right). Have had a bit of a look at a ride down the point end, about 3,5 hrs not including the 1hr ride down then 1hr back. Plenty of wineries/pubs and great scenery. Will post just after the rabbit has visited.

[wgash]

hey" DAD "good to see your back, looking forward to the ride after rabbit season Uncle Glens hanging for a ride down here, have you heard from the hired help lately ? they must be back soon. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[finky]

Sounds like a good ride AJ let us know when you have checked it out.

[aj]

hey" DAD "good to see your back, looking forward to the ride after rabbit season Uncle Glens hanging for a ride down here, have you heard from the hired help lately ? they must be back soon. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

Hiya Wayne, they're back on the 10th May. Yep , we miss em.

[wgash]

yeah it must be hard having to make your own coffee all the time, not to mention buying your own newspaper http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif if your after something to do on sat morn's theres a ullysseys member who's got a small shop in lang lang where you can get some breaky/coffee a few of the members get there between 9&11 for a chinwag friendly mob, just joined myself ,you can bring your child bride there's usualy other felines there as well to chat to, its a nice little ride up and back http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[finky]

Welcolm to the Ulysses Wayne how about coming over to our kick one Saturday morning with your group and we can do the same to your group one day.

[wgash]

hey glen, sounds like a plan l'll meet a few of them on saturday and see what we can come up with, l met a bloke from Toora the other day where l used to live and he's opened up a sort of bike/car memorabilia cafe, l'll ride up there on Saturday aswell and check it out it would be about an hour and half solid ride from dandenong but he can cater from morning teas to private functions so l think it might be worth a look, and the south gippie hwy's a good little road to putt along http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

i love the sound of that wayne, i come from near toora and would love to go and have a look there again. thats if you guys allow a young pup to tag along.

[finky]

Sounds like a good idea Wayne lets get something going.

[wgash]

hey fellers, what area did you come from jamie ? l lived in port welshpool for couple of years then bought a house in toora while l worked on the oil riggs ,then drove milk tankers there for a few years, nice area but l don't think l could live there again,...l'v just worked out where you got you name now (madcow) l seen a few of those in that place http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif grrooaan l'v just worked out how long ago 26 yrs !!! all of a sudden l feel so old :'( and l think l'v turned into the bloke my parents warned me about...life's harsh...anyhoo a blast on the nad should give me the fix l need http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

i came from binginwarri, and went to school in yarram, we had a farm on wonyip hill and another leasd property on tap tap rd, you might have even picked up our milk as we supplied the unigate factory in toora. dad also worked on the rigs for a while, but im not sure which one he was on. i have never cone back there since moving away, but would love to go back to have a look. no i wouldnt live there again either, its a s*@t hole compared to up here.

[wgash]

yep l drove for unigate, l started on the snapper rigg and worked on the following five until the end, it would be good to speak to your dad because just about everyone l worked with there are now dead, l got a bit paranoid about it for awhile , seemed like l was going to someones funeral every six months but l was only 18 when l started and a lot of them a bit older..talk about small world, l hav'nt been back since l left either , so l'll find out tomorrow what its like http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

in case you are good with names, my dads name is milton hitchins, he is easily recognised as he has a bad speech imparement that makes him hard to understand. it dosent stop him loving a chat though.

[wgash]

the name dos'nt ring a bell, but l'm useless remembering them l'd probably reconise his face though, having a speach prob down there was nothing ,there was some pretty hard core nutters working there from all over the globe, l think about 300 during the peak,it was one of those never do again jobs, l remember driving around in the floods near binginwarry behind yarram in the tanker with flood water over the headlights at night...had the heart going for awhile :)

[madcow]

yeah i remember doing the same in a school bus, especially that little bridge across billy creek, you wouldnt be able to do that these days. it didnt take much for the creeks to flood.
that area is full of nutters but i think most of it is due to birth defects.... its hard when your mums your sister and your dads your uncle........... its all strange up in those hills

[wgash]

ha ha, you realize if any of the locals there are reading this we're deadmen http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[madcow]

its alright, theres a good chance they wouldnt be able to understand what we wrote anyway..
also i live too far away to reach by tractor.

[wgash]

well l did the big back to toora thing and the only thing thats grown is the caravan park , looks good, my old house has vanished under a garage but everything else is the same, beautiful countryside though, l met doug who owns the Dougout as he calls it, he's a ulysses member as well, top bloke, if you can imagine a large shed decked out like a bike clubroom complete with a little bar and shower thats pretty much what it is, he's ok with people sleeping there overnight but you would have to bring your own sleeping gear like sleepinbag, pillow,wife, teddy ect for about 20.00 per person or just go for a looksee and meal/coffee its about 140 ks from dandenong, l took a few deture's going up there lang lang then phillip island but it took me 2 hrs to get home which is about the same distance from dandenong so it turns out to be a 4hr ride from dandy and back, but its something to keep in mind for the future http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

sounds like a great kawanow ride for the future, just remember not to look at the women wayne, their brothers will get jealous. (actually i had better stop joking about that seeing as i was born down there.)

[wgash]

ha ha not only the women, my first missus run off with the pub owner...then they wouldn't give me a drink at the bar.. now THAT hurt ! http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

gee you reckon he could at least shout you a round... some people have no feelings at all... a mans gotta drink.

[wgash]

l'll say, pretty low act, making me travel all the way to foster, thats a 20min drive! http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

damn a 2 can trip to the pub and no cans for the trip. i really hope your wife was a dragon to him, he deserves it after making you go through that.

[wgash]

lest just say he wished he'd had a different apple from the tree ha ha, anyhoo anyone with vulcans up for a ride to nagambie for the day, we're trying to get all vulcan owners together for a chat and looksee , l don't own a calender so l got no idea what date that is http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.giffound a calender on the 2nd May hopefully

[madcow]

i replied on the kawa site wayne, im on the kawa ride day this weekend coming, but the one after sounds good to me.

[wgash]

hey jamie, l was trying to con uncle glen & dad aj aswell http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif but that kawa ride day is tempting l wouldn't mind having a look at the new models, not that l'd ever part with my stead but it would be nice to see how they compare, where about is it ? http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[madcow]

its at shepparton kawasaki on benalla rd shepparton. if you want to ride you will have to ring and make a booking. they assured me that the nomad, voyager, classic and 900 vulcans will be there. it should be a great day, and its only a few hours up the hume. i would never part with mine either but its fun to window shop. hope to see you there, it would be good to makeback to back comparisons.