Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

So time for my seven-yearly update?

Chloe moved out and became a mum herself.

Alas her mum, my then-missus, passed away at the end of 2022 from multiple cancers.

Sold the Yamaha MT-07HO to some young numpty from Melton who wasn't legally allowed to ride it (he was on his Ps)...his money cleared ...

I use Peter Stevens as somewhere I can try crap on for size and then order it online (except for helmets).

I would rather eat broken glass than get my bike serviced there as they are inept to the point of dangerous.

I emailed them and told them they missed out on selling me my 4th bike and nothing ...

...please note if anyone that is also on the Facebook KSRC group please don't repeat any of this crap on there.

And for those with a few spare minutes, a brief recap.

My Ex shot through with a new girlfriend ( :shock: ) in Q3 2007, leaving me with our three kids, crapload of debt and an unrenovated house.

I met Glen (Glenys) a few weeks later (screw wasting time) and the following May she moved in with her ...

Thanks all, I'm feeling the love :prayer:

I don't really have a major excuse not to have a Kawasaki, just lots of smaller ones.

I was after something small, torquey, cheap to run and buy....and not LAMS.

I went to Peter Stevens in Elizabeth Street...three times over three days...as an experiment ...

Afternoon all :prayer:

After an extended outage I'm back.

For all those who remember me he's a brief summation of my life since last logging in (close to ten years ago)?...

Sold my Honda CB900F6
Got divorced.
Repartnered.
Became a grandfather for the first time.
Bought a Yamaha MT07HO.
Went OS ...

Just goes to show horsepower can substitute for skill only so far...

Mick

Ironic thing is, I've been in aus for 10 years now yet i have not seen a kangaroo in the flesh
What?
I was thinking the same thing.

How many do you want, we have a shitload around here, just missed one in the car a week ago, and a week before that (and a horse). Had one down the drive not long ...

I've got another, two of my partner's girls have had sons to two brothers.

The older one was extremely cute as a baby, alas isn't as cute any more, here he is with the one above back on Mother's Day:
Mick

You must be doing a lot of freeway stuff to get 6.5 out of the focus.
We don't do any freeway in our focus, and we get 5.6l per 100 all the time.
Less if I drive it, because Michelle forgets to use 6th gear all the time in the 80km zones.
When we took it on hols when it was new, sittin in 110-120 ...

TyM2Go wrote:Hate to break it to ya 4.5-5l/100 km with the priusV

Thats' still not as good as the Focus at 80km/h in 5th

Mick

Yep he's cute all right but clap your eyes on this fine specimen.
He's actually my partner's grandson, but I claim defacto rights

Mick

2010 Ford Focus LV MKII TDCi (2 litre turbo-diesel/6-sp manual).

Why? Well the old Magna was using at least a tank a week @ 68 litres a go.

The Focus does at least 800km/tank in winter (summer more - around 850km) on 53 litres and for a diesel goes really well, nearly as well as the 3.5l Magna ...

Hey, just read this one.

Congratulations mate, although you'll notice your priorities will be now skewed arse-about and your bike will sit in the shed for months at a time connected to a trickle-charger.

Mick

That was the son of one of the local shop owners. She's sold up now and left town.

Mick