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“well if you don’t like it boy do something about, otherwise you’re just another whinger sitting on his barstool”.

BC

If I became a politician I would probably get the sack for punching idiots!

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$6100! What do they normally sell for wikd?

About $9500.
I rekon the guy was nuts starting with such a low price, unless he was mega rich and just didn’t care :huh:

Also I dont think anyone anywhere has forked out for the recomended servicing and I have not heard of any catastrophic engine failures either.

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Looks like a burn mark!

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KylieD wrote:

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Another thing that I wanted mention – did you know that during the global financial crisis that one of the Governments ways of reducing the impact on Australians was to increase the amount of immigrants that we allowed into Australia? This actually allowed organisations to employ workers who did actually work for less so that they could stay afloat. I know that doesn’t sound right because they have put Aussies out of a job however the organisation may have laid off say 8 Aussies in order to save the jobs of 300 Aussies.

I also know the State Govt. still has an employment freeze on. No Gov depts are allowed to employ people to replace or fill new vacancies.
That screws me because I got moved, it now cost me an extra $200/week in extra travel time and fuel.
The immigrants deserve to work, fair enough, the gov does employ them indirectly as contract cleaners etc and says it wants to make all school kids finish at year 12 so they have a better chance, but they still have to pay off their uni debt sooner or later, assuming they dont get sick and have to rely on Medicare.

How do you decide if someone is really a refugee deserving of a fate better than death if they are sent home, if they never had ID where they came from?
But until that decision is made they must be treated with some respect but also as if they are a terrorist trying to establish a new branch of “we hate infidels” in the great southern land.

As for an Aussie ship picking up hitch hikers in Indonesian waters, simple, drop them off for the Indo’s to deal with, it’s their water after all, we did them a favour.
The Gov is such a tight arse lately it surprises me they dont send an invoice to Indonesia for the cost of having the ship out of its normal service for so long.

No Bob, I did not vote for this Gov. I have a policy of not voting for the major parties as I think they are as bad as each other, the only way to keep them honest is to vote for independants or smaller parties with a policy that ‘promises’ what I actually value and need.
Last time I voted for the Shooters party, sounds radical but if you actually read their policies they are definately not radicals, they actually have good ideas about lots of things, like having the right to ride in the Watagans (not specifically).

And you’re right about another thing Bob, I have to use rain water from my tank to keep the vegie patch going, only allowed to use town water for a total of 2hrs a day and only 2 days per week, and I cant even choose which days they are. (point 6)

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Bidding has restarted – 2hrs 45mins left.

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Bump

Cat is sold but I am still looking for another boat.

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Racy Tracy wrote:

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scotty

we found out the reason the new yzf450 is $1000 dearer. you lift the tank and you will find a little engineer inside

champo

Looks like a little female engineer too

Thanks for the reports and good pics, I wont be able to get to the show so well done :kiss:

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Hey Eagle, new avatar?
Is that a blow up doll on your bike?

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Does it have the ‘glove box’ that fits a helmet inside?
Great idea for a commuter that one.

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Just had a call from Diddel wondering where everyone was. Dam kid was so keen he didnt read the date properly.
He is up dungog right now :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

any way he is going to check it out solo so when you do go he might have some tracks already mapped out. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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I can remeber when my ears were the same colour as Eagles bike!

Hey lets hope he does a report with pics

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Oops, this bike has GS written on it. :blush:

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Also making its first appearance in front of a local audience is BMW Motorrad’s F 800 R Chris Pfeiffer edition, featuring a number of competition-spec upgrades to celebrate the stunt rider’s success.

BMW Motorsport paintwork is detailed on the bodywork, wheels, rear shock spring and pillion seat cover and an Akrapovic sports muffler adds a sporty sound to the motorcycle’s dynamic look.

The production version will be revealed to Sydney showgoers this week and will be available by special order only, with delivery slated for April 2010.

This looks like the stocker (?)

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Thought so Scotty, they haven’t been making them since the 450 came out.
Not that it’s discontinued, they give themselves the option of another production run if and when they see fit or if there is demand :S
Hopefully the next lot of 650s will be better than ever, maybe even better than a Honda :woohoo:

Was there heaps of eyecandy at the show or did you really go to see the bikes?

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Uncle Fester wrote:

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Thats gold Fester, honestly your best post ever, well said

TB

I actually wrote something I wasn’t happy with so I deleted it before any one read it.

Second post is almost as good as the first.

So as I see it there’s a fiddy that needs a maintenance run and so far, no-one trusts themselves to ride it :blush:
Who would TB allow?

All I know is; I want to ride my bike and wherever Dans jewels are, it must have hurt!

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Great report Scotty.

The G450X is just the 09 model with a sticker kit, I am pretty sure the new model has not landed here and wont appear until they sell all the 09s first.

Dont think I’d like to throw that Ducati around an SM track, looks like it is aimed at the road market because the suspension doesn’t look the goods for a dirt track.

I see in my future a BMW G650X Challenge, kind of a dual sport, were there any at the show?

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