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grumpy790


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the ex took the rest and left me with this.
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had just enough left over to hit the road 4 years ago. best deal I ever made!!! (hope the upload works!)



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Welcome to the Forum Grumpy... I shouldn't imagine you would be complaining too much with the leftovers !! biggrinbiggrin



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And I'm guessing the tasty Trumpy fits in the trailer ?
Welcome aboard,by the way.
Here's a thought. You could head off to the Ulysses AGM in Alice Springs this year.
( If you're a Ulyssian )
A good Ulyssian Mate is 91 and has taken out the prize for the oldest person
to RIDE to an AGM seven years running.( That includes Albany WA 2 years ago.)
He lives outside Ipswich SE Qld.
This year he's loading his sidecar outfit on the back of the ute & towing the caravan.
Why isn't he riding this year ? Can't carry enough beer for the trip in the sidecar.


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I know how you feel grumpy. Sent my whore packing now just trying to find a vehicle to do my travels in. at moment tenting or cheap motels etc.my ole corolla has clock up some miles in 2013. all I can say is enjoy mate

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Mate, my ex WAS the bike!biggrin



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The bike won't growel you in the morning tho !!

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ROFL (Rolling On the Floor Laughing) 



-- Edited by jetj on Tuesday 14th of January 2014 11:34:11 PM

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You certainly came out the winner, hahahaha, And still got your bike,


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We reckon you got the better part of the deal.   For sure!!!    Enjoy !!!!!



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no complaints that anyone wants to hear! livin' the dream.



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trailer was purpose-built, it holds my genny, spare fridge/freezer, tools and stuff, as well as Bonnie. I'm not a ulyssian, still spend most of riding miles with 1%ers, and doing the occasional contribution to ozbike. beats the heck out of working, eh? 



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tenting's a good start. you don't need a big bank balance to get started and free-camping is, as the name suggests, free. buy the 'camps australia' book, it's about $80 but it has 1,000's of free camp sites all around oz and most of them are good, some are really good. you also meet a 'better class' of people there, as opposed to caravan parks and, dare I say it, 'cheap motels' (sounds like a 'd' grade American movie).



-- Edited by grumpy790 on Monday 10th of February 2014 01:59:16 PM

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reckon I got the better end of my deal! while ever I can keep my licence, i'll keep the bike. best trumpy i ever had and I've been riding trumpies for 40+ years.



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but when she does growl, she's doing 130+.



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you got room to rof? lmao.



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it's all about the bike. riding, partying and the occasional article in ozbike!



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no argument there.



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I rode a Bonnie for 17 years, Thats why I have the Honda Blackbird now, I dont have to work on it,

70,000 kays on mine, Whats a spanner, Honda's dont need them,

The Triumph, Working on it was continual.

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the new bonnies are great. I've done 107,000ks and she's only let me down twice and both times it was a coil. the only spanners that have been on it are for servicing and the engine mods I had done. never lost a drop of oil either. top machine!



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Aha the old ones you knew they where low on oil .....
They stopped leaking!! Lol

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