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Saturday 26th December 2009
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By Wom Battle
On the start of our recent crossing of the Nullarbor we met up with the "lone rider" at Nundroo SA.  During a chat and a couple of beers with him he brought out a book he said he'd been following for two months or so. 
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Category: General Banter
Sunday 6th December 2009
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By Wom Battle

Big John's Newcastle Bikers 4 Kids Toy Run 2009 was on today in support of the Salvation Army.  Armed with a clean enough bike and my wife keen to participate we headed to the gathering point at the Sandgate fruit markets.  I knew where the members of the local HOG chapter would be so we found them among the throng of bikes, parked

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Categories: General Banter | Rides
Saturday 5th December 2009
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By Wom Battle

Faced with the daunting task of cleaning what seemed to be half of the Australian continent off my lovely, once white and silver, Road King I decided to look for options.  Surely there was someone who made a living cleaning busy (aka lazy) people's bikes for them, let's call it detailing. I decided to go to the local dealer and ask.

It

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Friday 4th December 2009
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By Wom Battle

After dropping the Harley to the Bikes Only depot in Perth on the 19th of last month I was really looking forward to going to get it at the local depot and bringing it home.  I wasn't that keen on seeing how filthy it was nor was I keen to see transport damage.  Filthy it was, damaged it wasn't.  So opting not to insure the transport

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Thursday 5th November 2009
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By Wom Battle

In Launceston now. The flight was short and smooth.  The taxi driver that took us to the Motel used to work at the same place I worked many years ago (Temco at Georgetown), it was like stepping back into a time warp.  After checking in we stopped by Aurora Stadium and registered for the rally. 

We had a couple of quiet

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Thursday 5th November 2009
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By Wom Battle

After a nice stop at Ned Kelly country (Glenrowan) it was time to head straight for Melbourne airport. Got a bit chilly on the way, and breezy but weather ok.

We arrived at the Secure Parking for our Harley's and were shuttled to the airport.  We dropped into the Qantas Club Lounge and because the flight was sadly delayed we had the

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Thursday 5th November 2009
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By Wom Battle

We left Albury reasonably early after breakfast around the corner from the motel.  We took a couple of snaps on the banks of the Murray River just before crossing the border to Victoria.  The road was essentially freeway but we couldn't resist stopping at Glenrowan, famous Ned Kelly Haunt.  Took some pics of the historic village

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Wednesday 4th November 2009
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By Wom Battle

An overcast day kicked off the epic journey to Perth with a short detour without Harleys to the National HOG Rally in Launceston.First stop today though, Albury.

Heffy arrived on time sans RTA tag and the initial photo opp marred by an uncharged camera.  A good start!

First stop was Macas Thornleigh a couple of misty drops

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Friday 23rd October 2009
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By Wom Battle

With nearly 5,500 k's on the new Road King and 6000+ k's to add to it on the Perth ride taking it well past the normal service schedule of 8,000k's it was time to bite the bullet and take it to the Harley Guru to get it ready for the trip. 

On the agenda was putting in the best oil, transmission oil, iridium plugs, best air cleaner

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Thursday 22nd October 2009
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By Wom Battle

I recently received a message the SeaSA's ferry to Lucky Bay that was going to shave off a few hundred k's of our trip between Adelaide and Port Lincoln won't be running because some Abu Dabian decided not to lend them their boat. 

Because of that we'll now need to ride right around Spencer Gulf through Port Augusta and Port Pirie adding

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