I was in the cobaws today sliding down a rutty,rocky and yellow clay track passed a bloke on a triumph bonneville.went back for a yack he had fairly aggressive tyres,openface helmet dryrider jacket and a big smile,if i ever grow upi want to be that tough

I owned a Triumph Bonneville. They are a lot better than what you would expect as a dirt bike.

A bonny is nearly as good as a Road Rocket.

In 1966 the Monarchs were out for the weekend looking for twisty bits. Some clown said "into Walhalla would be good," it was, though a bit dirty. Then an even bigger clown spotted the twisty bit on the map to Licola. It was pleasant until the rain started then it was tough on the 650 BSA's etc all with road tyres. Most of us got to Licola by mid night and borrowed one of the many empty houses back then for the night.

After the store owner had finished complaining about us waking him up the night before he and his two crisp daughters cooked us breky before we re-fueled and headed back under a blue sky.

Just another memorable weekend out on the bikes. 

PS - only 1 to go, hang onto your keyboards.

PPS - did you ever see Craig Dawson out in the bush on his flat twin BMW Alex? Twas a sight to behold 

alex peacock wrote:
Would this have been the bloke Alex ?

OK all you tough adventure riders with ABS and traction control and 8 inches of suspension travel and heated grips, get out of bed - Ha Ha Ha 

PS - Non to go - Fark - zip 

Bob and I were picnicing at The Aberfeldy River Bridge a few years back when 4 elderly gents rocked up on bikes, two older style BMW R60's one on a Yamaha SR500 and one on an old Triumph Bonnie, all bikes had knobby tryes were covered in mud and their riders were sporting long flowing grey beards, oilskin coats, old style off road boots the works, they stopped on the otherside of the river to us for a break, and although I couldn't hear what was being said ,they were laughing and having a great time,,, there bikes sounded awesome as they rodeup the hill in the direction of Aberfeldy.

That would be the bloke could even be my mudguard,