We planned to leave Sydney at 3.30am Wed morning but the best laid plans always fall apart and this was one of them days. As I was pulling my fully laden sporty out of the garage I knocked my Speedo and broke it clean off, so out came the hammer and off came the rest of the speedo and away I went.
To Roberts’ credit he met us on the expressway at 3.30am for a prayer and to say a few words of encouragement after which Peter, Mick and myself hit the road.
10 hours later we were at Nerang QLD at “Gold Coast Bike Week” after setting up our tents and getting sorted we made our way around the huge site. My first impression was that we were in for one great time, bikes everywhere and of all makes.
Thursday saw us taking Buell’s from Morgan & Wacker for test rides, and did we ever test them! If you have never ridden one, put it on your to do list. Take a tip from me; get the fuel injected one as it hammers. Peter had the 1100cc while I had the big gun 1200. I took off from the lights, gave it a bit of a squirt and up came the front. It was soooo easy to do wheelies and boy was I smiling. The bloke told me to watch the front brake and of course I didn’t listen. So, as we flew up to the next set of lights, it changed to red and I applied the front brake, only to have the rear wheel come up to smack me in the back of my helmet. The only thing I di
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