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Title: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: ST2UP on May 10, 2012, 09:18:51 PM
Greetings,

Ride a 94' ST1100 with to many toy's added I'm told, set up for touring.... we are back on a bike after 20 years, last bike was a Katana in the late 80's......live on the New England tablelands of NSW.

Cheers

Chris
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Biggles on May 10, 2012, 09:22:16 PM
Welcome to the asylum Chris.
Asking for protection won't work.  Just roll with the punches, they're pretty harmless   >:()

Whereabouts in the New England?  We have members everywhere.  Even Barraba!!  Put your pin on the map.
 
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Mitch on May 10, 2012, 09:26:17 PM
 Welcome aboard Chris
                                    It's a great forum with heaps of experience available.  :thumb
 How are you enjoying being back on a bike after so long.   :grin
                              :blk13
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: ST2UP on May 10, 2012, 09:44:25 PM
Thanks Gents......located at Guyra.....got the ST about 2 years ago after a 20 odd year break, great to be back on the road, even if it is only occasionally, did about 12,000 k's in the first year and only 1,000 in last.....just a hours in the day thing.

Cheers
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Post by: Dan on May 10, 2012, 10:23:30 PM
Welcome!
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Post by: tj189 on May 11, 2012, 05:37:20 AM
Welcome Chris, it would appear that you have been watching the forum for a bit of time prior to saying Hi, good thinking  :thumbs enjoy your time here
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Post by: Whizz on May 11, 2012, 06:30:37 AM
Welcome to the funny farm!  :hatwave :runyay :popcorn

Whizz
 :13Candy
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Post by: saaz on May 11, 2012, 08:50:08 AM
Welcome! New England is an area I should visit more often, as usually I am going through to somewhere else.
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Post by: laurie on May 11, 2012, 10:28:18 AM
Welcome aboard. Ive lost count of the number of times ive stood shivering in the park at Guyra, It has been a frequent pit stop over the years.
Laurie
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Post by: STeveo on May 11, 2012, 10:46:13 AM
Hi Chris and welcome. We will soon have enough members in the New England area for our own RTE. I have 94 1100 too, so would like to meet one day and compare.
STeveo, Tamworth.

 :bl11
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Biggles on May 11, 2012, 11:09:50 AM
Thanks Gents......located at Guyra.....got the ST about 2 years ago after a 20 odd year break, great to be back on the road, even if it is only occasionally, did about 12,000 k's in the first year and only 1,000 in last.....just a hours in the day thing.

Cheers

You poor bugger!  My Missus comes from Tingha and I thought that was a cold hole until she told me the legends about Guyra temperatures.
I deduce you were born there and one foot is frozen to the spot.  Apart from potatoes and sheep and a few blue people, nothing else survives there!   :crazy
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Post by: Poppy Dave on May 11, 2012, 12:20:52 PM
Welcome to the zoo Chris.
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Post by: JuST Peter on May 11, 2012, 01:19:07 PM
Good to have you aboard Chris. You'll enjoy your time with us.
Cheers,
Peter
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Post by: Streak on May 11, 2012, 03:07:45 PM
Great to have you here! look forward to seeing some photo's of the bike as well,  :thumb
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Post by: Skip on May 11, 2012, 06:16:55 PM
Welcome Chris. People aren't always this frivolous. Oh sorry. Yes they are. Nah. Sometimes you'll actually read some things that are helpful.
Mate your welcome to Guyra. Passed through there last year on the STeed. 8 degrees at midday, in the rain. Consequently we didn't stop.
Cheers mate.
Skip.
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Brock on May 11, 2012, 06:18:59 PM
Welcome:

As a gentle gesture , your first smiting will be with a soft stick, then on its the regular one..

:grin :grin   :rofl
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: ST2UP on May 11, 2012, 07:01:25 PM
Cheers for the welcome guys, yeah amazing the amount of people that know about our cool weather......great summers though, but if it cracks 25 degrees the locals are dropping dead in the main st......not a local yet only been here 17 years.

Here's some Guyra trivia for you......less than 2 days a year over 30 degrees......1330 mtrs above sea level.....the wool and spud industry have been surpassed by Tomatoes.......20 hectares under glass......10 mm of rain on the glass house roof produces 2 million liters of run off..... Just on 300 employees.

Cheers

Chris
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Biggles on May 11, 2012, 11:25:38 PM
Cheers for the welcome guys, yeah amazing the amount of people that know about our cool weather......great summers though, but if it cracks 25 degrees the locals are dropping dead in the main st......not a local yet only been here 17 years.

Here's some Guyra trivia for you......less than 2 days a year over 30 degrees......1330 mtrs above sea level.....the wool and spud industry have been surpassed by Tomatoes.......20 hectares under glass......10 mm of rain on the glass house roof produces 2 million liters of run off..... Just on 300 employees.

Cheers
Chris

With that kind of erudition you're going to be a hit in this forum, mate!
I'm guessing you go into Armidale for bike stuff.  You'll probably appreciate all the leads you find in here for internet shopping.  Some even buy their tyres (oops, tires) from USA, then fit them just using their teeth and fingernails.   True!   :thumbs
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: ST2UP on May 12, 2012, 07:32:45 AM
Used to get a great deal from a parts and accessories at the Honda joint in Armidale big range of riding gear......sad to say not on servicing......they can't tell one end of a road bike from the other, great on quads and chook chasers.......got mate in Inverell, a ex kwaka trainned road bike mechanic to do the hard stuff......works for beer, tyres I get from your part of the world in Brissy......170 bucks cheaper delivered than I could buy here for a pair.

Cheers
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Post by: Shiney on May 12, 2012, 02:32:06 PM
Welcome Chris :hatwave
Title: Re: Be gentle I'm NEW !!!
Post by: Diesel on May 29, 2012, 11:37:08 AM
G'day Chris,

Thanks for the intro mate - sounds like things are going well for you. Shame you just missed the National Meeting at Blackheath, but keep your ear to the ground around here as Members pop up in the strangest places all the time and are only too willing to stop for a beer cup of tea anytime!     :rofl

You seem to live on one of the main thoroughfares north to south, so I'll make sure I give you a 'hoy' next time I passing through.

Enjoy your time here mate and feed off the acres of info available from our ever-helpful Members.

Cheers, Diesel