How did you come to join OzSTOC?

[jimwilly]

hi Scarp my log in was jimwilly on cbrxx website as well. I do'nt have much imagination.

[mikep]

well, i joined the US St-owners.com after finding it on the internet, because i wanted some info on bleeding the brakes on the ABS system. Then Dave pm'd me and told me about the
OZSTOC so i joined and subsequently met some of the members at the Middleton rally - and here i am! I joined the US site as Freddofrog (my 1100 is green) and i figured on never meeting any of the other members, they're ni the US, right? - but have changed my user name to mikep on account of the embarrassment of telling Aussie members i have met in person that my forum name is  freddofrog!   

[Marcus]

  freddofrog!   

That's memorable. I remember that name from the us site. :D

Mine is marcus1974

[Had]

Guys, I had a spare space in the shed in 2008 and I bought my ST on the Sunny Coast. I rode a few times with Jinxy here in Bundaberg and he was aware of the group. I watched the site for a while before I joined in September 2011 and have been a keen reader since then. I am working as a safety officer and am required at work all too often so I am not at many events but have enjoyed the few I have attended. I hope to catch up again at a ride... maybe the July weekend!

[ST.George]

After the shock of the heart-attack last September I said to Terese that I'm going to indulge myself b4 I leave this mortal coil and went on the hunt for a m/c. Sold my last bike 18 years ago (Beemer boxer 650) and 10 years ago almost bought a ST1100. Went searching for one again and Google led me to the US ST-Owners site where I joined and was PM'd by a member that an Aussie site existed. Joined up and by chance found an ad on ozSTOC giving members first shot at what looked like a fully-farkled 03 ST1300 from Qld.

Desty was the seller and as a Honda mechanic himself, had set the bike up to professional perfection. There's even a powerlet on the bike that is so well hidden that I haven't found it yet. Maybe someone can help me track it down in Ebor. So ozSTOC has been good to me from day one and I hope one day to be as much a contributor as a receiver of the "good oil". 

[TouriSTs]

While researching ST1300s online before I bought one a few months ago, I did a search for ST1300 using Bing (filtered to "only from Australia").  The tenth search item was http://www.ozmoto.net/ozstoc.html .  From there I saw the note about the new OzSTOC site and came here.

The OzSTOC homepage didn't seem to come up as a search result although there were a few results for a couple of forum items on subsequent pages.

Cheers,

Marty

[Greencan]

Evenin' All...

I'll stand corrected but before Craig set up the Ozmoto site in the early 2000's and before the Yahoo group referred to in this thread, but OzStoc was under a different banner as such but still part of Craig's web pages. Also, the Yahoo mail group was revamped about the same time.

I recall there was a hiatus in communiction around 2000

Anyway I digress, OzStoc member #6 got me into OzStoc after the ride group he was with RDZ with a group I was in helped me pick my bike up after moi and my Wife fell off it while stationary at Balliang East in May 1998.

Anyway, John, Terry n Lionel aside...who else here is from the list below?

http://ozmoto.net/members.html

...I'm surprised it's still here ...was only the post before this one that lead me to it

Ciao, the can :-)

[Streak]

Anyway, John, Terry n Lionel aside...who else here is from the list below?

http://ozmoto.net/members.html

...I'm surprised it's still here ...was only the post before this one that lead me to it

Ciao, the can :-)

That's a heck of a find there mate, we didn't even know that list existed!

[spanner]

researching for a new bike that I was not sure of .... I knew I wanted a shaftie and a tourer type but was not sure what sort ..... then I saw the STeed and knew I wanted one.

I am still yet to get my STeed but its getting closer and closer aaannnnddddd clooooooossssseeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.................

[Shane]

I found the club on the internet. I had been looking for a club for some time.

[Aussieboy]

Card left of my bike at the Garage Strathalbyn. Been on the STOwners site for a number of years. Wish I had sound OZStoc earlier. Good on whoever put the card on my bike.

[STeveo]

Card left of my bike at the Garage Strathalbyn. Been on the STOwners site for a number of years. Wish I had sound OZStoc earlier. Good on whoever put the card on my bike.

Ahh, that would be me. I was over there for the VJMC National rally and spotted your bike with no sticker on it. Did a few others on my travels too.

 

[Aussieboy]

Card left of my bike at the Garage Strathalbyn. Been on the STOwners site for a number of years. Wish I had sound OZStoc earlier. Good on whoever put the card on my bike.

Ahh, that would be me. I was over there for the VJMC National rally and spotted your bike with no sticker on it. Did a few others on my travels too.

 

Now I know who to thank when we catch up. Hope you had a good trip. We had a great trip in 2012 spending 2 weeks to get to Tamworth to see the Powerhouse MotorCycle Museum and visit all the places we had only previously down shifted to pass through. Was a great experience. Look forward to catching up with you sometime soon.

[rally]

 

I was lucky that Ruben came up to me in 2012 at a motorbike show when he saw me on my st 1300 and gave me one of the clubs cards...Best thing that happened to me as I did not know this great club existed.

Rally

[A2Z]

Came across OZSTOC while surfing the net looking for reviews on the ST, prior to buying one. It was the second best thing I ever did. The first was buying the ST.

[Lionel]

I am surprised that as many as 33 current members claim to have been members from the original OzSTOC/Yahyoo group.
My first activity with the original group was a weekend get together in the Bunya Mountains, organised by Barry (Gold Coast). I rode up from Canberra, Ross and his wife Julie (not current members) from Newcastle and Laurie from the Northern Rivers district. The others were from the Brisbane area.
Later on I met Greencan, Pat (not a current member), Saaz and STroppy at one of the early Snowy rides.

[Marcus]

been members from the original OzSTOC/Yahyoo group.

I was briefly, but hated that whole setup, so hard to follow with emails flying everywere.

[Streak]

been members from the original OzSTOC/Yahyoo group.

I was briefly, but hated that whole setup, so hard to follow with emails flying everywere.

Welcome to what motivated Diesel & I to create the OzSTOC website. ....

[saaz]

We actually first met up going to meet Barry bringing his first BMW LT1200 back from Melbourne. I met Terry first at a local Madbikers ride.

I am surprised that as many as 33 current members claim to have been members from the original OzSTOC/Yahyoo group.
My first activity with the original group was a weekend get together in the Bunya Mountains, organised by Barry (Gold Coast). I rode up from Canberra, Ross and his wife Julie (not current members) from Newcastle and Laurie from the Northern Rivers district. The others were from the Brisbane area.
Later on I met Greencan, Pat (not a current member), Saaz and STroppy at one of the early Snowy rides.

[alans1100]

I was non-active on the Yahoo site for about the last year of it's life.........it just seemed to restrictive

[STroppy]

We actually first met up going to meet Barry bringing his first BMW LT1200 back from Melbourne. I met Terry first at a local Madbikers ride.

I am surprised that as many as 33 current members claim to have been members from the original OzSTOC/Yahyoo group.
My first activity with the original group was a weekend get together in the Bunya Mountains, organised by Barry (Gold Coast). I rode up from Canberra, Ross and his wife Julie (not current members) from Newcastle and Laurie from the Northern Rivers district. The others were from the Brisbane area.
Later on I met Greencan, Pat (not a current member), Saaz and STroppy at one of the early Snowy rides.

Barry came on at least one possibly 2 Snowy Rides with us before he bought the Beemer . . . He had a very nicely painted Blue ST1100 with a mural? Painted on each Pannier. . .

[Doggie 1]

I Googled Honda STs and found you guys.   

[STroppy]

I had way too much to drink one night, when I awoke the next day I found I had been pressganged into the memership of this terrible crew . . .

 

[Adventure Rider]

I found this site when I was researching ST1100's and looking for information about different things and this site kept poping up so I thought thats the group for me

cheers
mark (adventure rider)

[Gadget]

I was on my first Black Dog Ride in 2012 not long after getting my bike in 2011. On the ride I noticed another couple of ST1300s and at the stop at Canungra, I pulled up beside them. The closest one belonged to STraya.

We had a quick chat about the bikes and David suggested I take a look for OzSTOC on the Web. When I got home I did, found it, joined and went on the next RTE which was at Esk. loved it so much I've remained after losing my bike in an accident just over 3 months ago.