Recent content by efzed1

Just turn your bars down - you will be surprised how much better the bike feels - first loosen up the throttle, clutch and front brake - then turn the bar down - check it at full lock and make sure its 1/4in from the tank and your set - looks cooler and puts you in a slightly more stretched out...

you'll have to get some pics of the "motherland" up in your albumn so I can drool over the great places in Oz. Yeah, the phantoms are pretty cool - nearly as cool as an F1-11...

Scotty, g'day from the other side of the pond. Check out my albumn you might see some familiar sights if youve spent in time in Vic. If not there are some great roads (that I sure do miss) in the Licola/Dargo area - actually anywhere in the Vic Alps. Enjoy the bike and have a VB for me!..

thanks for the pics and info I have been going back and forth and not been able to make a decision on the ZG Touring, ZG Double bubble or a MRA Vario - the touring screen looks good (your the 1st person I have seen post a side on shot) I guess I am going to follow your lead and go for the ZG...

if you want a quiet, good helmet at a a decent price find a new Shoei TZR - by far one of the quietest helmets on the mkt at a good price..if you dont like, that look for any helmet that does not have pockets for the visor to move in (look at Shoeis and Arai's visor set up) these pockets are...

ditto Damn Yankee - if your a do it yourself kind of guy (or got lots of money to throw anound) then buy the Duc. if you like reliability buy the F-z and if you have enough money to throw around keeping the Duc maintained and in tires - hell - just buy both!

Actually I was home over the Chrissy hols - so yeah missed Australia day but not by much...Pops name was William Kent - he was a local photographer and alot of his 8000 pics were donated to the public library up there where he kicked the can. Not sure what became of those - he was an eccentric...

Rider Resume efzed1 Like the idea of this - you get to know complete strangers real quick (sort of anyway) My old man won a competition when I was about 5 - he bought home a Bombardier mini bike - ( i think it was a 50 but not too sure - it was 1976) he would give us kids 2 up rides (we call...

G'day yourself - Im a fellow Aussie - now displaced and living in the US - my Pop was from Hervey Bay - but my parents and sis. live in Vic. (a town called Sale in East Gippy) anyway - I miss the land of Oz and the beautiful bike roads in east Gippsland - BUT we have some nice ones here in...

Mr H - yep I am over near Neosho - perhaps I should meet you over in Branson or close there and we can then shoot down 65 to 23 then back up 23 to Eureka - either way I am game for Feb when the roads improve.

that is one expensive ferret

ahh, so you must have some money then - cause simple; math 4 kids = no money I'm planning on them for my retirement :)

thanks for the welcome - I'm just "Mr. Average" - 38 yrs old - wife and 4 kids, and a mortgage :) love riding bikes - been riding since I was a kid, had a few different bikes over the years - but dont consider my self an exceptionally fast or talented rider - like playing it safe - dont see the...

well Mr Hix - i am in for a ride anytime you can make it - I would probably split on you after day 1 though (although I understand you wanting to spend the night as St Louis to Mulberry is a long haul) - I get real busy in spring because of my job so late feb (or earlier)would work for me if it...

All too familiar story - respect the power 1st - Glad to hear you lived to sell the Busa 2nd - thats an all to familiar story - anytime your on a bike and "clown" around someone usually gets hurt - sorry you learned the hard way...but I think most of us have at some point - or the ones that...