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dttugboat wrote:hi im scott im 41
trailride a ttr 250 im from west sydney and im not an alcoholic yet
cheersNo alcoholics around here, there are a few problem drinkers in denial though. :whistle:
Welcome to OBT. Thanks for the intro.
Cheers
MickOllie wrote:Nice report Mick ya gonna have to take me on that ride one day
The Old man used to work in the Mill at Kookaburra many years ago.
Ollie
I think they were organising a reunion for the workers up there recently.
There is a sign up there that said that there were some dodgy characters working up there in the old days and every so often the cops would turn up and they would have to close the mill for a few days as all the workers pissed off into the bush!
Murph the surf wrote:C’mon Mick
Next you’ll be trying to convince us the pic of that strapping young bloke was you??? :ohmy: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Did like your choice in roadies though as I also owned a GPZ1100 fuel injected weapon for a while. 👿
Cheers
MurphWas it like this one Murph?
My Old man hated bikes, (still does), so no bike for me as a kid. My first bike, was a 1965 Suzuki Sportsman k15, 80cc of blistering power.
I found it in a ditch behind a truck workshop when I was 14.
The owner of the workshop said I could have it and we wheeled it 2kms home and spent a day or two getting it to go. It went like beauty for two days before it really shat its dacks and melted the piston to the bore.My uncle then loaned me a 1975 DT100B and took me to Hungry Creek with it every now and then.
My most vivid memory on that bike was doing a trail loop at Hungry Creek and a bloke over took me going up a hill and near blew my head off with rocks as I only had an open faced helmet on. Later that day, I got to meet him and it was a factory rider by the name of Pelle Granquist, a pretty famous rider in those days! I was hooked then!
AS soon as I was old enough to get my L plates, the dirt bikes went out the window and I got a Kawasaki Z250 that wouldn’t pull the skin off a rice custard so I purchased a brand new RD250LC that did its best to kill me. After several run ins with cars, I rebirthed it as a pretty tricked up RD350LC that I have visions of doing some production racing at Oran Park,
that never happened so I swapped it for a GPZ1100. Then a 20 year break away from bikes saw me cutting around on a CRF450R and a 2 Stroke KTM250SX that I have visions of racing (dumb idea at 40 years old!) It turned out MX wasn’t for me, so I got myself a XR600 to do trail riding on then the XR650R. That’s my bike riding history in a nut shell.
Happy Birthday Matey! May you have the most intense” ride”
of your life tonight! :woohoo:
