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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: pete roper on April 15, 2017, 11:41:25 PM
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Just got a text from 'Clancy'. He collected a big roo up in the hills this morning. In hospital getting X-rayed now. V7 looks a bit the worse for wear. Waiting to see if he needs it dragging back for an autopsy.
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autopsy?
better the bike than Clancy!
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You have Roo's, we have deer, farther north they have moose.
Any one of them can be a bad encounter on a bike. I saw a video last year of a deer that was hit by a GSXR1000 on a WV race track at over 100mph. IIRC, the rider survived, the deer not so much.
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Hope both are fine. No I don't mean the 'Roo.
Like mentioned, got to be like a deer here.
Tom
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Very much like deer. Only stupider.
Sounds like he's got no broken bones so it could be a lot worse.
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Arse!
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I know how he's feeling Pete, A few years back I was coming home from a breakfast run on my HRD and just plugging along quietly and an old buck and his squaw were standing in the middle of the road and didn't move so I stopped and waited until they moved into the scrub and was just letting out the clutch to go when a third one I didn't see came bounding out from the scrub chasing after the other 2 and hit me in mid flight completely missing the Vincent and hit me in the chest breaking 3 ribs and smashing my phone in my top pocket and kept going. 6 weeks off work. (in great pain) Bill
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Doesn't look too bad for a 60mph get off but a few shitty phone pics won't tell much.
At least Craig's OK, if no doubt sore.
Pete
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Sorry to hear that :huh: Hope he's really OK!! Physically and otherwise.
Nice engine guard example for V7, BTW.
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Waiting to see if he needs it dragging back for an autopsy.
Give Clancy our best and I hope he gets feeling better sooner than later. As for the autopsy? The roo or the bike?
John Henry
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Coulda been (much) worse. Motorcycles can be fixed..
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Coming up the West Coast we have elk. The first one I saw on my trip was standing by the side of the road. I slowed down after that.
If you've never seen one up close imagine a deer the size of a horse. :shocked:
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Glad to hear he's not badly injured nor the bike too bent.
Hope he heals easy, all the best to him.
Maurie.
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Glad it's not too bad. Big animal strikes can suck pretty bad.
The Stelvio after hitting a 190 lb deer at 80 mph.
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that engine guard worked really well. I think I will put the stock ones back on the 850T
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A 'roo is stupider than a deer. No way. How can that be possible?
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A 'roo is stupider than a deer. No way. How can that be possible?
From what I've read.. yeah. Glad we don't have to deal with them, deer are bad enough..
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A 'roo is stupider than a deer. No way. How can that be possible?
Deer have a much higher nutrition diet and also have lots of predators to keep them sharp. 'Roos have a very low nutrition diet and few predators. Natural selection means really stupid deer stop being deer and become 'Lunch'. 'Roos put every ounce of energy they have into breeding, they're very good at it and can have up to three joeys on the go at any one time, all at different stages of development. Not being placental mammals they give birth to, by mammalian standards, very underdeveloped young which latch onto a teat after birth and don't leave the pouch for about the length of time a placental mammal's gestation period is! At the same time they can have a hopper bouncing in and out of the pouch and a third one in the womb. They also have the weird ability to hold an embryo in 'Stasis' in the womb. If food gets scarce for some reason development of the embryo is halted until better times return!
They are ideally suited to Australia's harsh conditions but having few predators other than man they haven't bothered using any energy to develop a big, wasteful, organ like a brain!
Yup, they really are *That* stupid!
Pete
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A 'roo is stupider than a deer. No way. How can that be possible?
This is Aussie remember [emoji12], hope your mate's ok Pete. Coming back over to Melb later this week to help our boy move back home for a bit.
No M/C riding this time I think, [emoji19]
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Hope Clancy's OK. Let us know when you do. Canberra bloody roos! That engine guard took the brunt well. The Agostini version? Interested, cause I'll be in the area again next month. It looks like the indicator stem worked as designed on the LHS, but something else happened to the one on the right - it's gone.
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Once it gets to the workshop I'll be able to make an assessment but it does look like its come off remarkably well from the pics.
I was thinking about heading out that way today on the Griso or Stelvio. Perhaps I'll revise my plan. I really don't want to run into that 'Roos bonehead twin!
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That was unpleasant, best wishes for your friend.........What does kangaroo meat taste like ... And don't say chicken because only chicken tastes like chicken ...
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Kangaroo meat tastes like lean beef.
Weren't the Aussies caught selling it disguised as beef in the USA years ago? :evil:
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Glad it's not too bad. Big animal strikes can suck pretty bad.
The Stelvio after hitting a 190 lb deer at 80 mph.
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should be fine with a little touch up paint. :grin:
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Thanks for all your well wishes.
I'm laid up in bed on Oxycodone and still hurt everywhere.
As Pete said, no major broken bones, just the tip of my little finger on my right hand.
And lots of strains & bruises.
It was just after midday when it happened.
Roos are normally only active a few hours either side of dawn & dusk.
So I avoid riding in the countryside at this times.
I was travelling at 100km/hr when the roo burst from the bushes on the right hand side.
I instantly knew a collision was inevitable.
Slow motion memory tells me I had time to grab the brake but knowing it wasn't going to do any good.
Then WHAM and memory is in fast motion.
The roo glanced off the front wheel and slammed into the right side of the forks, tank and handlebars.
This slammed me straight to the bitumen on my left hand side.
Then I just slid & slid.
Never broke free of the bike. Can't remember if I tried or not.
Never lost consciousness.
Realised the bike was still running and fuel was running from the tank. Killed it with the keys switch.
Started to assess myself, slid out from the bike and saw a car pulling over and the roo still standing in the middle of the road looking dazed but otherwise unhurt.
Got to my feet, decided I'd survived this one, and got taken to hospital for checking out.
Had to go back out to the bike at the end of the day for the insurance tow truck.
Had a better look at the bike then.
It's looks beat up but not as much as you'd expect.
The Agostini Engine Bars and C-Bow bags obviously helped to protect both the bike & me during the slide.
The big question is what kind of damage the roo did the front end & frame.
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Glad to see you're relatively OK Clancy. After living in Canberra, I wish thaat someone with some brains would authorise a cull of the roos around the ACT. Friends of mine who live round Michelago would often tell me that there were 9 or 10 dead roos that had been hit by cars each day. They would be cleared but there'd be more each day. I put Shu Roos on my bikes after a near miss with a roo at 120kmh one morning on the Hume. So far I haven't had a problem, but it could just be because I moved away from Canberra. Hopefully Pete will be able to fix your bike.
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I said it before, and I'll say it again. Arse!
Good to see damage is minimal to yourself. Gorram roo's.
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Thanks for the reminder you poor bugger. Sorry about your discomfort and secondary to that, your bike. Just the roost up the arse I needed. ATGATT. Thanx again for the lesson, I shouldn't need reminding but I do. Huzo.
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Kangaroo meat tastes like lean beef.
Weren't the Aussies caught selling it disguised as beef in the USA years ago? :evil:
Horse meat was the thing in the U.K. Re cently . Maybe Roo burgers on the menu at Maccas would help keep numbers down - they'd be jumping out the door.
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that engine guard worked really well. I think I will put the stock ones back on the 850T
Roo-guards
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Good to see your up and yapping Clancy. Is a bit odd to come across one
like that at Midday, glad you came through it.
Oh, Roo doesn't taste like Beef at all. It has it's own slightly stronger flavour
And it's very lean - sere quickly over a high flame and go for rare or
slow roast a joint .......... yum.
Maurie.
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Horse meat was the thing in the U.K. Re cently . Maybe Roo burgers on the menu at Maccas would help keep numbers down - they'd be jumping out the door.
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"they'd be jumping out the door" :laugh:
Dusty
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Can you teach a root ride in a sidecar?
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Hey Clancy. It looks like your tip over sensor doesn't work too well either. At least not as designed. The one on my V7S doesn't, for sure. Engine still running when flat on it's side, so use the kill switch. Once up right again, doesn't start at all until the ECU is re-set by removing the negative terminal for a while. For a while afterwards, some problems in starting - solved by leaving the starter button pressed while clicking the kill switch until it catches fire. Go figure. Working fine now, so I haven't got around to checking the contacts in the kill switch yet.
Jim, if roos can't be taught to cross a road safely, a sidecar is out of the question. Besides, they won't fit - built wrong for sidecars. Might work on a flatbed, but they tend to be fidgety.
Roo & black bean sauce, Cantonese style is very good; also Roo Rendang. Roo meat on the road is good, it keeps a few days at least without refrigeration, so it's convenient for camping.
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I'm impressed by the way that those crash bars held up.
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Glad to hear that you got off so lightly Clancy.
Roo is delicious, slightly gamey. As red as beef, less gamey than venison.
Like Maurie said, rare (or medium rare) is the way to go. I like to marinate and bbq it.
Is Australia the only country that eats its national mascot? Kiwis don't eat kiwi, Americans don't eat bald eagle. Canadians drink the blood of the maple, I guess that counts :-)
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Coyotes thin the deer herds down pretty well. Probably, though, anything introduced to thin out the roo herd would most likely eat humans.. :smiley: :boozing:
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Quote from Chuck "Probably, though, anything introduced to thin out the roo herd would most likely eat humans."
And that's bad?
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Cougars would probably thrive well in Australia, and I am certain they would learn to love too.
Wouldn't it be lovely to be camped out in the outback and hear the melodious scream of a Cougar?
Or the beautiful song of coyotes calling each other to a kill?
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Cougars would probably thrive well in Australia, and I am certain they would learn to love too.
Wouldn't it be lovely to be camped out in the outback and hear the melodious scream of a Cougar?
Or the beautiful song of coyotes calling each other to a kill?
Just remember what happened when rabbits were introduced to the continent.
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:grin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_YaZ-emcPc
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Roo leather is supposed to be some of the best. Held gloves use it.
I feel the same way about deer - there should be open season on the things, especially within a mile of any highway! But no, that's not legal. In fact, it's even not legal to pick up a dead one, put it in the trunk and take it home. How crazy is that???
In Sept 2004 I hit an elk and totalled an R11S. Went into a wobble and over a 20ft embankment. Luckily I only broke six ribs on the left side, but that was bad enough.
Animal strikes are no fun!
I've heard several stories of guys hitting deer at 60mph or more and cutting them in half. That's gotta be a messy picture!
Sounds like Roos are the perfect meat solution for the planet!
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I'm going over there in a couple of days, never tasted Roo so will make a point of trying it.
Doing my bit to keep the population down -lol
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There was a hamburger chain on the west coast of the U.S. called "Jack-in-the Box", that if I remember correctly got caught selling kangaroo meat in their hamburgers, in the early 1980's.
I ate there all the time.
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I feel the same way about deer - there should be open season on the things, especially within a mile of any highway! But no, that's not legal. In fact, it's even not legal to pick up a dead one, put it in the trunk and take it home. How crazy is that???
In Sept 2004 I hit an elk and totalled an R11S. Went into a wobble and over a 20ft embankment. Luckily I only broke six ribs on the left side, but that was bad enough.
The reason there isn't an open season on deer is before the 1920's or so there were no hunting laws and in many areas hunters had killed everything. This being good or bad depends of if you hunt or make a living from hunters............
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Kev, you can get roo at the supermarkets -Coles & Woolies for sure, sometimes IGA. Pass on the sausages, but the steak & the fillet are good, as is the marinated steak && the kebabs. The mince makes a mean chilli, but you'll need some fat in it - or mix with other mince. Roois sold with an 8 week shelf life - the closer to the use by date, the more tender. Prime rule - don't overcook it - it then becomes tough. A lot less cooking than beef, about the same as salmon.
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Kev, you can get roo at the supermarkets -Coles & Woolies for sure, sometimes IGA. Pass on the sausages, but the steak & the fillet are good, as is the marinated steak && the kebabs. The mince makes a mean chilli, but you'll need some fat in it - or mix with other mince. Roois sold with an 8 week shelf life - the closer to the use by date, the more tender. Prime rule - don't overcook it - it then becomes tough. A lot less cooking than beef, about the same as salmon.
Cool thanks I'll check it out, just packing my bags now & off tomorrow.
Cheers
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You timed it to miss the Vic club's social sip in Collingwood tonight (Wednesday). Surely not intentional?
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No indeed, can't say I've seen many guzzis around Melb though. I asked in a bike shop who the dealer is over there - yeh nah was the reply.
We seem to be better served in Auckland as far as that gies
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No indeed, can't say I've seen many guzzis around Melb though. I asked in a bike shop who the dealer is over there - yeh nah was the reply.
We seem to be better served in Auckland as far as that gies
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A1 bikes in Ringwood is a Guzzi dealer Kev.
Maurie.
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Glad to hear that you got off so lightly Clancy.
Roo is delicious, slightly gamey. As red as beef, less gamey than venison.
Like Maurie said, rare (or medium rare) is the way to go. I like to marinate and bbq it.
Is Australia the only country that eats its national mascot? Kiwis don't eat kiwi, Americans don't eat bald eagle. Canadians drink the blood of the maple, I guess that counts :-)
Yeh but lets face it - most other countries mascots would taste like shit,
we can't help it if they made poor choices can we?
Roo leather is supposed to be some of the best. Held gloves use it.
It's the best - 3x stronger than Moo Skin.
Maurie.
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A1 bikes in Ringwood is a Guzzi dealer Kev.
Maurie.
Ah cool thanks Maurie, I'll pop in and have a gander. I asked one of the shops in town so they either didn't care or wanted to sell me one of their POS [emoji23]
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Yeh but lets face it - most other countries mascots would taste like shit,
we can't help it if they made poor choices can we?
It's the best - 3x stronger than Moo Skin.
Maurie.
Kiwi probably tastes ok, I'm sure the Maori would have dined on them often in the early days. Pretty easy to catch or trap I'd say. Prob taste a bit chook like but not as much meat on them as a moa, bigger than an ostrich they were.
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Moa? Yeh - bigger by quite a bit! Ever read "The Future Eaters" by
Tim Flannery?
Maurie.
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Moa? Yeh - bigger by quite a bit! Ever read "The Future Eaters" by
Tim Flannery?
Maurie.
Maurie, I'm not much of a book reader to be honest, will bear it in Mind though
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A1 are no longer a dealer.
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Kiwi probably tastes ok, I'm sure the Maori would have dined on them often in the early days. Pretty easy to catch or trap I'd say. Prob taste a bit chook like but not as much meat on them as a moa, bigger than an ostrich they were.
No Moa! No Moa!
They've et em and there ain't no Moa.
The extinction of the Moa also caused the demise of the Haast Eagle (the biggest known to have existed) for whom the Moa was the main food source.
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Well, I didn't get the chance to perform an autopsy. The assessor got to it at the tow truckie's yard and has written it off.
So the quest begins for a replacement. Right now there's a good deal on a bike in Geelong in Victoria that is being considered. Not a V7 but still a Guzzi...........
Since Wyno lives in Geelong I may be able to kill two birds with one stone, drop Wyno's *Refreshed* Griso back down to him and pick up the other bike for the return trip. Savings for both! Bonus!
Pete
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A1 are no longer a dealer.
Anyone else selling them in Melb Pete ? Have they folded or just stopped selling Guzzi's ?
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Anyone else selling them in Melb Pete ? Have they folded or just stopped selling Guzzi's ?
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Since Peter Stevens Imports took over importing Guzzis, only Peter Stevens dealerships are Guzzi dealers. The entire existing dealer network got shafted.
You can find the locations on motoguzzi.com.au
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Since Peter Stevens Imports took over importing Guzzis, only Peter Stevens dealerships are Guzzi dealers. The entire existing dealer network got shafted.
You can find the locations on motoguzzi.com.au
I see they have some in stock still, according to their web site at least. Will check the guzzi site out thanks
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Kev, if you have a chance. To get up our way we'll be overjoyed to wine and dine you.
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Kev, if you have a chance. To get up our way we'll be overjoyed to wine and dine you.
Thanks Pete, pm sent
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A1 are no longer a dealer.
Thanks for that Pete - didn't know. What model is the Geelong bike?
Maurie.
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Coming up the West Coast we have elk. The first one I saw on my trip was standing by the side of the road. I slowed down after that.
If you've never seen one up close imagine a deer the size of a horse. :shocked:
These guys hung out around my house in Cali all the time. I miss them.(https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/1518704_10201205752242678_1021034469_o.jpg?oh=4c591c8df790b11d7c29992813d8f084&oe=597F5035)
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Kev, if you want to see some Guzzis in Melbourne, the Vic club is heading to Mitta Mitta for the weekend & are meeting at the BP servo in Montrose at 9am Sat. I don't know how close that will be to you. Otherwise the 59 Club usually meets in Healesville on Sundays & there is often a few Guzzis in the mix (& more in their garages). CIMA also used to do social runs on Sundays there. Lots of Guzzis around in Melb if you know where to look, but like most places, it's an underground - once you have a contact or 2, you'll run into loads.
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Maybe its time for a Canada goose to take on that roo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgqUQ8PC38
Dont mess with the goose.
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Kev, if you want to see some Guzzis in Melbourne, the Vic club is heading to Mitta Mitta for the weekend & are meeting at the BP servo in Montrose at 9am Sat. I don't know how close that will be to you. Otherwise the 59 Club usually meets in Healesville on Sundays & there is often a few Guzzis in the mix (& more in their garages). CIMA also used to do social runs on Sundays there. Lots of Guzzis around in Melb if you know where to look, but like most places, it's an underground - once you have a contact or 2, you'll run into loads.
Thanks mate, I'll keep my eyes [emoji102] peeled. We rode out to Healesville last time I was over (Melbourne ride). Doubt I'll get out much this time though, helping my boy move back home for a while.
Cheers
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Well, I didn't get the chance to perform an autopsy. The assessor got to it at the tow truckie's yard and has written it off.
So the quest begins for a replacement. Right now there's a good deal on a bike in Geelong in Victoria that is being considered. Not a V7 but still a Guzzi...........
Since Wyno lives in Geelong I may be able to kill two birds with one stone, drop Wyno's *Refreshed* Griso back down to him and pick up the other bike for the return trip. Savings for both! Bonus!
Pete
3rd one if it's possible Pete, I'd bung in a few bucks if I could buy Clancy's write off and you bring, any idea who & when for auction ?
Have an old V65 that'd like that motor & more, has a Lario in it now, could be future project to combine the two.
Is on your way too, specially if you get ferry and avoid Melbourne
Glad you're ok Clancy I've only ever hit one, last year and got away with it, luck not skill I just braced myself for it and ran over his tail, fingers rubbed him
Apologies for jumping on your bike, but just what I was looking for, a smashed V9 possibly better, but close enough
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PM sent Martin.
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3rd one if it's possible Pete, I'd bung in a few bucks if I could buy Clancy's write off and you bring, any idea who & when for auction ?
Have an old V65 that'd like that motor & more, has a Lario in it now, could be future project to combine the two.
Is on your way too, specially if you get ferry and avoid Melbourne
Glad you're ok Clancy I've only ever hit one, last year and got away with it, luck not skill I just braced myself for it and ran over his tail, fingers rubbed him
Apologies for jumping on your bike, but just what I was looking for, a smashed V9 possibly better, but close enough
A mate of mine is selling his spotless Bellagio with bugger all k's
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Huzo, it's not Mark from Maryborough in Vic is it?
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Well Pete did all the searching, the leg work, the questioning & the bargaining for me and, as he stated, has even offered to collect it for me.....so this morning I put down the deposit on a Griso 1200SE :thumb:
Guess I need to change my signature line now....
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So you'll be able to hit the next one going faster but with a bit more mass and inertia in your favour maybe the roo will come off second :wink:
Most common thing you're likely to hit over here is pheasant - many MANY years ago I had one of them take the windscreen out in my 1st car a mighty (and very rusty) Hillman Imp :thumb: :thumb:
Glad your on the way to recovery Clancy
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So you'll be able to hit the next one going faster but with a bit more mass and inertia in your favour maybe the roo will come off second :wink:
And be able to tow the BBQ to cook it on afterwards :food:
Most common thing you're likely to hit over here is pheasant - many MANY years ago I had one of them take the windscreen out in my 1st car a mighty (and very rusty) Hillman Imp :thumb: :thumb:
My wife's first car is still parked, unregistered, unused, not running, out the front of the house.
It's a Hillman Hunter and she won't/can't get rid of it.
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And be able to tow the BBQ to cook it on afterwards :food:
My wife's first car is still parked, unregistered, unused, not running, out the front of the house.
It's a Hillman Hunter and she won't/can't get rid of it.
I had a Humber 80 first, it rolled over. Then a Humber 90 followed by a Hillman Hunter - best of them all.
Also hit a pheasant in my co car. Picked it up & took it home to cool up. Not that great but we didn't know how to cook it properly.
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And be able to tow the BBQ to cook it on afterwards :food:
My wife's first car is still parked, unregistered, unused, not running, out the front of the house.
It's a Hillman Hunter and she won't/can't get rid of it.
very different animal
The Imp's a bit special, the Hunter notsomuch but you at least will get it when some cockney git talks about a Hillman coming, time to clear up
Just another punter
Kiwikev jumped in, Humbers more plentiful over there than UK, we had one for ski season in 84, rearranged the boot word to BUMMER, wired BBQ grill on top, carried skis and stuff for 8, 6 in the car, me and missus on Guzzi. Only in NZ do you get cheered for getting up icy mountain on bike, except Hutt, of course, had to hide bike cos they were upset !!!
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very different animal
The Imp's a bit special, the Hunter notsomuch but you at least will get it when some cockney git talks about a Hillman coming, time to clear up
Just another punter
Kiwikev jumped in, Humbers more plentiful over there than UK, we had one for ski season in 84, rearranged the boot word to BUMMER, wired BBQ grill on top, carried skis and stuff for 8, 6 in the car, me and missus on Guzzi. Only in NZ do you get cheered for getting up icy mountain on bike, except Hutt, of course, had to hide bike cos they were upset !!!
You didn't see my Imp :wink:
Special it was not. There was pretty much as much rust as there was metal, forever blowing head gaskets, and had ultra grippy (NOT) cross ply remould tyres fitted but I did fit Hallogen driving lights to it that would make the generator charge light illuminate when I switched them on.
Still it was my first car back in 1980 and I still have fond memories of it
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Hilman Imp powered Enfield from the 70s
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The motor being all alloy is quite light.
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Huzo, it's not Mark from Maryborough in Vic is it?
No, Ballarat bloke.
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I had a Humber 80 first, it rolled over. Then a Humber 90 followed by a Hillman Hunter - best of them all.
Also hit a pheasant in my co car. Picked it up & took it home to cool up. Not that great but we didn't know how to cook it properly.
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So are you a Pheasant Plucker or a Pheasant Plucker's Son ???
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Hilman Imp powered Enfield from the 70s
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s526/Kiwi_Roy/Peters%20Enfield/CIMG4973_zpsfcfd17a8.jpg)
The motor being all alloy is quite light.
That looks and probably is, spectacular ! Beautifully styled and by the looks of it, built. Maybe, just maybe, the pipe is a bit long but who am I to say ?
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So are you a Pheasant Plucker or a Pheasant Plucker's Son ???
Well I did have to pluck it before I ate it Huzo, a messy business I recall [emoji12]
Reminds me of a few smutty jokes which I won't recite here but you prob get the drift.
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Hilman Imp powered Enfield from the 70s
(http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/s526/Kiwi_Roy/Peters%20Enfield/CIMG4973_zpsfcfd17a8.jpg)
The motor being all alloy is quite light.
Was that back home Roy ?
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You didn't see my Imp :wink:
Special it was not. There was pretty much as much rust as there was metal, forever blowing head gaskets, and had ultra grippy (NOT) cross ply remould tyres fitted but I did fit Hallogen driving lights to it that would make the generator charge light illuminate when I switched them on.
Still it was my first car back in 1980 and I still have fond memories of it
I was thinking I took an Imp for a test drive once after my Humber 80 rolled over. Now I remember it was a Riley Elf, a pimped up mini. Wasn't that impressed and bought a Humber 90, much more room on the back seat which was a requirement back then. Don't ask me why - lol.
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I went through this thread, and thought.. "uh.. what were they saying??" Was that 'merican they were talking? :smiley:
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I went through this thread, and thought.. "uh.. what were they saying??" Was that 'merican they were talking? :smiley:
Chuck, just be thankful you weren't born in Old Bilmey or her Commonwealth. Otherwise you would recognize all these shitbox vehicles.
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Chuck, just be thankful you weren't born in Old Bilmey or her Commonwealth. Otherwise you would recognize all these shitbox vehicles.
Think they had more than their share
of lemons Dave. Just technology and mfg practices back then , like the Brit bikes - had to teach the Japanese how to do stuff then let them show us how to really do it.
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Well Pete did all the searching, the leg work, the questioning & the bargaining for me and, as he stated, has even offered to collect it for me.....so this morning I put down the deposit on a Griso 1200SE :thumb:
Guess I need to change my signature line now....
Pete has repeatedly proved himself to be mighty fine fella. (as a recent parcel arriving on my doorstep attests)
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I was thinking I took an Imp for a test drive once after my Humber 80 rolled over. Now I remember it was a Riley Elf, a pimped up mini. Wasn't that impressed and bought a Humber 90, much more room on the back seat which was a requirement back then. Don't ask me why - lol.
My parents helped me buy a Mini as my first car. Probally with the wishful thinking that there wasn't enough room in there for 'entertaining'! Ha !
As one of them later said, 'You could have wiped the footprints off the ceiling.......' :laugh:
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Pete has repeatedly proved himself to be mighty fine fella. (as a recent parcel arriving on my doorstep attests)
Nothing ever seems to be too much trouble for him... I'm waiting for when I can do something to help him one day, but the old bastard is so damn competent that it'll probably never happen. But I'm ready.
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I was thinking I took an Imp for a test drive once after my Humber 80 rolled over. Now I remember it was a Riley Elf, a pimped up mini. Wasn't that impressed and bought a Humber 90, much more room on the back seat which was a requirement back then. Don't ask me why - lol.
My parents helped me buy a Mini as my first car. Probally with the wishful thinking that there wasn't enough room in there for 'entertaining'! Ha !
As one of them later said, 'You could have wiped the footprints off the ceiling.......' :laugh:
Priceless !!! :thumb:
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Nothing ever seems to be too much trouble for him... I'm waiting for when I can do something to help him one day, but the old bastard is so damn competent that it'll probably never happen. But I'm ready.
I too feel that 'debt', mainly but not just to him.
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I too feel that 'debt', mainly but not just to him.
If you've got a spare skeleton without arthritis I could swap out that would be good! :evil:
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If you've got a spare skeleton without arthritis I could swap out that would be good! :evil:
Hey Pete, you could have mine but I may need it for a while yet - I'm hoping.
Watched a movie last night called GET OUT that had a novel method of curing the ageing process. Good flick and worth a look IMHO.
Are some Roo the other night and liked it. Apart from the smell when I opened the pack it tasted like beef to me. Yet to sis out Guzzi dealers but will be in town for a couple more weeks.
Cheers
Kev
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If you've got a spare skeleton without arthritis I could swap out that would be good! :evil:
You can have it when I'm done with it Pete.
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I was thinking I took an Imp for a test drive once after my Humber 80 rolled over. Now I remember it was a Riley Elf, a pimped up mini. Wasn't that impressed and bought a Humber 90, much more room on the back seat which was a requirement back then. Don't ask me why - lol.
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The Imp was a mighty fine little vehical and went like the clappers, but it was no good in New Zealand. It was built and tuned to use high octane gas ( 100 to 105 RON) but with our 3rd world crap it knocked itself to pieces in no time flat.
The old Austin A40 Somerset I had proved suitably roomy Kev. Boy I would like that car back.
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If you've got a spare skeleton without arthritis I could swap out that would be good! :evil:
I've got a few in my closet !!!