Converting the masses

I've decided to travel around the blogosphere, as a virtual apostle, courtesy of the "next blog" button and I have a mission. That mission is to spread the gospel according to Jaked. At this point it's pretty basic and could use some work but I don't see any reason to hold back just because it's totally half arsed. It'll fill out as a sort of organic growth on my brain and may even help the sad, lonely and weird to be less so.

Basically, each time I come across some angst filled individual, struggling with life's little nut crackers, I intend to pass on my way to happiness and fulfilment - get a motorcycle. Whoa! I here you say, but just think about it. A motorcycle is a great mood lifter and once out there it allows for some really deep thought moments. It's very spiritual, believe you me. Jesus would ride, I take that as a given. Not some Harley or some uber sports weapon. I'm sure His choice would be quite sensible but ride He would. It's not as if He'd have to worry about leathers or the like either, so He'd no doubt get really into it. I can see Him on a Honda CT110 Step thru delivering the Message like God's Mailman, or maybe a VFR800, that would work too.

Any way I digress, or I don't, either way that's what I plan to do. It's a sound message and one that is worth spreading. Wish me and Him luck. Catch you later...

Coming up - Track Day and Melbourne Bike Expo

In a mere couple of days the best possible combination of events, somewhat like the planets aligning, is too occur. I'm talking here about an orgy of blokey-maness. I celebration of testosterone and adrenaline, a fever of steel and petrol fueled madness akin to the best sex without the diseases and prengency. I'm talking here folks, of a bike weekend.

This Saturday I and a few mates are heading down to Phillip Island to pit man and machine against ummm....other men and machines. In other words I'm off to another HRCA track day. On hand will be the cream of Honda's sports bike crop, which I hope to lap up and lap around the track, often.

So that's my Saturday taken care of, what about Sunday I hear you say? Well I'm glad you asked, it's the annual Melbourne Motorcycle Expo! Yay! Double Yay with oggie-knobs on! I'm heading to that drool-fest with my good lady Mel and her newly bike mad mate Dimi. Between us we will site on each and every machine present and bother countless happless sales stooges with many and varied questions such as "does her bum look big in that?" and can I "pleeeease have a test ride, I wont pull monos (much)?". Can you guess which question will be asked by whom?

Yes peoples, this truly is better than sex and I am to get some group action going. Wish me luck for Saturday and fun for Sunday.

Catch you later...

Why grown men cry

Or at least why this grown man is shedding a tear....Yes folks, Honda has finally released it's line up for 2006. 2006 was to be a watershed year for VFR owners with the introduction of the new all singing all dancing VFRxxx. What we ended up getting was more of the same with clear indicators.

Actually, in this shot it doesn't look so bad, nice colour and all that. Still, compare it to my wonderful '99 VFR and this freak of nature is the bike equivalent of the elephant man. All they could manage to do was lower the transition point for the VTEC change and fiddle with some cosmetic changes.

Clearly Honda has either not been paying even a little attention to the various outlets for owner's opinions or they just don't care. Not exactly the best way for the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles to endear it self to the buying public. Other models in the range seemed to have also received the lazy touch this year so I can only wonder as to what Honda is thinking or has planned for the next year. Well, the Triumph Sprint ST1050 is going to murder the VFR in the sales race with it's larger, gutsier engine and good handling but the finish still doesn't compare to what Honda is famous for.

Ah well, when the finances allow I'm shelling out for a PCII, steel brake lines and a better seat. Stuff it, mine's tried and true and doens't look like an Aprillia Futura. Thanks Honda, for sweet FA.

Catch you later...

Birthday and stuff (all)

Back, trying to get over my annoyance with this site and it's ability to lose posts all over the place. I'll have to save on a religious basis and see what happens.

So, I turned 32 Late last month and enjoyed having Mum visit from Tassie and had a great party the following Saturday after the actual day. I suffered like an unloved puppy the next day but my loving girlfriend and a mate had done all the dishes by the time I crawled out of bed so I was able to take it easy on the couch for the most part. Another good friend did all the cooking for the event and I have to say he did a fantastic job of it. I don't think I've had such good curries, and never one with fried banana.

Work has been fairly busy, but that goes hand in hand with taking on the Supervisor's responsibilities and jobs. At least the week flys past now, just wish the weekends didn't as well!

New Orleans has been devastated by a hurricane and from the news footage looks to be pretty much all under water. I'm sure it wont take too long for the global warming doom sayers to jump up onto a soapbox with a tired "i told you so" diatribe.

I've got about two weeks until my track day at Phillip Island and still need to arrange for new boots and fix some tie points to the ute so I can stick the bike in the back. I'm not riding back this time, way too much in one day.

Here's a pic of my Mate Mark's SR500 Single Cafe Racer, it's a tidy piece of kit and one I'm using as a sort of template for another bike I want to modify, namely, Mel's SRV250 V-twin. Don't know when she'll let me at it but the seed has been planted.

Well, this was just a quick post to see if it'll stick this time. If you are reading this then it did, if not, then I'm writing this and totally wasting the effort.

Finger's crossed this post actually gets in without being lost during the last save.

So, had a big weekend and was made to pay yesterday and I still feel RS today too. Bloody bourbon. Mel (see below) made me dinner on Friday night and gave us both mild food poisoning so that didn't help either. I blame the butter. Besides that it was a pretty good strog for a first attempt.

I've often considered getting into more political postings but given that they are covered with greater detail on better blogs than this I'll just stick to stuff most relevant to me. That, and I want to avoid some psycho muslim starting a jihad on me ;-).....ahhh screw them, give them all a bomb and plonk them in a desert far from everyone not insane and let them get martyred as fast as possible. "religion of peace" my arse, I hope we take the same approach as the poms and expel any and all foreign nationals who support/ promote/ participate in any activity counter productive to Australian national security. And if they are Aussie, jail the scum.

Well well well, it fucked up again AFTER I saved my changes this time. I went back to this post after adding and carefully saving eveything and still at least three paragraphs are gone. Great, very professional blog site this one. I'm going to have to start BLR somewhere else as this place is a joke.

I'm back

Or I would be if this effing site stopped losing my super long posts. It was a pretty good one by my standards of crap writing so I'm a bit annoyed. Ah well, going to give up on it and start another later on.

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