Speedy transportation and other refinements!

 ...it's about time we had some refinements on this site...

http://www.rocketcarday.com/nt/

This site provides information about darwin Rocket Car Day; which sounds like it could be very exciting indeed!  For those of you who can be in Darwin in August.  Also the Darwin Festival programme has been released!  Quite a few must sees there.  Four i can recommend immediately are "Broads" with Deborah Conway, Kate Miller-Heideke and others.  Tripod; of course; giggle city.  The Music NT showcase; which was one of my favourite groups to work with on last years festival!!  And finally Claire Bowditch; who had a MASSIVE backline setup at WOMAD this year; but was worth every single bit of the effort assembling it; lovely sound!  Obviously there are more highlights; but these 4 excited me on the very first glance; although some would claim i am easily excited...

Speaking of which... In perparation for the sale of her old faithful 650 Myf and I have been goin on motorcycle rides around Darwin.  Me on old old faithful and Myf on her spanking new sexy red ducati monster!!  Now it must be said at this time that i have never before liked monsters; something about there chunky raw styling...  This one however is definitely the shit; and i am sure once Myf has done the customary "riding in"; will go like stink!!

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2005models/2005-Ducati-Monster-S4R.jpg

is the model and this image does not do it justice one because of the angle and two because it looks so sterile.

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2004models/2004-DucatiMonsterS4Rc.jpg

is slightly better as it shows some of the crazy engineering on that side.  Myf's is the colour of the first one i believe.  Neither  image shows the off centre racing stripe Myf is so fond of either.  remind me and one day i will actually post some images of my own.

For those of you who have seen Myf in action and thought that the old faithful 650 suited her need to see this new mean machine as the contrast is quite startling.  To me it seems like a missing part to a puzzle; this bike suits Myf from the ground up.  The new monster is long, sleek and elegant; indeed a lot like the woman herself!

A few days ago Gehan took up the baton did some hamstring stretches and jumped on the back for the maiden voyage of a pillion!!  The  results were as follows...  He was suprised at the comfort level.  Myf was disgusted at the loss of handling and overall discomfort of two upping on the machine.  So it seems it was really built for one person; however it was good to know that 1. Gehan could physically ride on the back of the bike without seizing his knees up and 2. that the bike was virtually rideable with this unusual maidenhead!

Lots of fun riding around bikes with 2 or more people.  Although looks like our sceduled ride to Litchfield today has been canned in order to prepare the house for the arrival of Myf's mum tomorrow...  Old faithful has been growing on me the more i ride it; but in truth it's nothing like the machines i have had before or i see myself owning in the future!

TS 185

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/074937/

This was my first bike and the 650 does bear some relation...

RG 250

http://www.bikez.com/bike/12907/index.jpg

my second bike was much much faster.  If i had not sold this one when i did i would probably not be alive today...

CB 900 Bol Dor

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~kato/Honda%20CB%20900%20Bol%20%b4d%20Or%2001.jpg

got this one when i was recovering from a push bike accident in which i lost 7.5 teeth!

VN750

http://www.bikez.com/pictures/kawasaki/1994/4069_0_1_2_vn%20750_Image%20credits%20-%20free.jpg

This was my second attempt at  bike to ride  to Brisbane;  more comfortable than the Bol Dor but nothing on the one i got next!  The owner before me had knocked out the baffles which made this bike VERY loud;  also sometimes it would shoot flames out the exhaust;  most terrifying for my pillion passengers...

GS100GK

http://ezwebz.com/gs-classic/modelle/1100/gs1100gk_b1.htm

This bad boy had a stereo that was even louder than the bike!!  Cruising does not get much more comfortable than this!!  It also had spot lights which had a tendency to send the battery flat.  When i did the head gasket on this machine in North Queensland my right calf was drenched in warm engine oil... Once rebuilt however this bike was quite simply a dream!!

XV 1000

http://www.bikez.com/pictures/large.php?image=http://www.bikez.com/pictures/yamaha/1986/12608_0_1_4_xv%201000%20virago_Image%20credits%20-%20GoUaRfIg!.jpg

Ok this may have been a little hiccup!  But hey i simply could not resist this bike for $600.  It was dead within a week...  In that time it managed to be pushed maybe 5 times and give a serious second degree burn to Kelle Young's calf...

http://www.salafestival.com/page.asp?parentid=161&parent2id=162&parent3id=65&parent4id=110

for those of you in Radelaide may or may not be the same Kelle's art exhibition...


BMW K100 RT

http://www.hobidas.com/blog/bmw-bikes/bmw-bikes8/archives/K100RT1-thumb.jpg

Ok i have been thinking about getting one of these for a very long time...  maybe it's finally time!!

In other news;  This recipie popped up in a google ad.  Very very odd!

http://www.recipesource.com/main-dishes/meat/pork/spam/gingered-salad1.html

Also i made a Rum and Coke roast the other night loosely following the instructions of Curtis and Bender from "Surfing the Menu"  It was compelling and if anyone is interested let me know and i will post what i did and what i remember the duo actually saying to do...