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Title: Newby
Post by: BillSteff on January 30, 2013, 09:46:30 PM
Hi All, I have had my 95 ST from new and I dare say it will see me out. I have seen a lot of this great country on her. I have only changed one failed spark plug in all my travels. The only repair free bike I have owned. Hope to catchup with some of you in the near future
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: WendyL on January 30, 2013, 09:48:33 PM
Welcome Bilby  :hatwave
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Brock on January 30, 2013, 09:53:25 PM
Welcome BillSteff,

Pull up a stump and join in the show.
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Mitch on January 30, 2013, 09:58:32 PM
Hi BillSteff and a Warm Welcome from the Wild West  :hatwave :runyay
                       :grin :blk13 :grin
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Streak on January 30, 2013, 10:19:22 PM
Welcome Bill!

Thanks for joining the crew, hope you enjoy yourself, and hopefully we can meet down the highway somewhere  :thumb

And thank you for bringing another ST1100 to the group  :runyay

Title: Re: Newby
Post by: ST2UP on January 30, 2013, 10:29:14 PM
Welcome to the asylum......there's no escape now !!!!

Cheers
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Whizz on January 30, 2013, 10:29:43 PM
Welcome Bilby, enjoy the lunatic asylum.

Hey Streak, how you know him got 1100, from year of manufacture maybe???  :think1 :think1
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Biggles on January 30, 2013, 10:34:43 PM
Oh good!  Another rider in saaz's area!  Spend a day or three trawling through the site, mate, and you'll realise you're in for a treat!
 
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: tj189 on January 31, 2013, 05:30:46 AM
Welcome Bilby, a great testament for the ST1100, enjoy the forum   :beer
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: StinkyPete on January 31, 2013, 06:16:34 AM
Hi Bilby, and welcome to the forum from SA.   It sounds like you may have some stories to tell  :thumb
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: saaz on January 31, 2013, 08:33:18 AM
Howdy Bilby, from the ACT/NSW chapter. There are a few of us around the area so about time for a ride to meet somewhere between Young and down the coast.
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Shiney on January 31, 2013, 09:38:04 AM
G'day Bilby, welcome to the forum :hatwave
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Wild Rose on January 31, 2013, 03:13:19 PM

Welcome Bill"ST"eff
A bit welcome to the "Australian ST Owners Club"
There is lot of good info here for New & Old members, If it not on here just ask someone will know
or if they dont know they will make it up

Leo :beer
 :rd13
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Abe on January 31, 2013, 03:30:28 PM
Welcome to the show, Bilby.

You might have to organise a RTE at the Merino Cafe, Gunning???

Cheers
Dave
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: saaz on January 31, 2013, 04:16:56 PM
Old Hume cafe is also good, and the Crookwell Bistro is good value.  After the weekend I will see what can be organised.


Welcome to the show, Bilby.

You might have to organise a RTE at the Merino Cafe, Gunning???

Cheers
Dave
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: JuST Peter on January 31, 2013, 08:03:10 PM
Good to have you on board Bilby - you'll enjoy it here :thumbsup
Peter
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Shaun on February 01, 2013, 05:43:12 PM
Welcome. :)
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: gaz on February 04, 2013, 01:14:50 AM
Hello and welcome to the forum
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Diesel on March 26, 2013, 09:54:46 AM
Good onya Bill and welcome.

Reliability is a major draw card for these great Sports Tourers.      :thumbs


Thanks for sharing.


Cheers, Diesel
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: ST.George on March 26, 2013, 12:22:23 PM
G'Day Bill,

STirrers, I met Bill near Yass on my aborted trip to Middleton. However we had a great day's adventure on the STeeds cruising all the way to Balranald. He has such vast experience with the 1100 that I assumed he was a long-standing member of Ozstoc. Little did I suspect he had met even fewer oz stockers than I.

It's funny that he said he has virtually only changed spark plugs sice '95 because when we we pulled up at Balranald Caravan Park Bill thought he heard a noise that sounded like a bearing failure or the like. He knew his ride so well that he really did think he was in for his first major repair. But the next morn he started her up and there was nothing to hear other than the steady turbine hum of the 1100.

Bill also owned the legendary Honda 4 that we all know changed the face of reliable motorcycling forever.

IMHO the bikes that mattered the most in modern motorcycling was the Honda 4, Kawasaki Z900, Watercooled Suzuki 750, the ST. I hesitate to add the Goldwing because of its size and mindset required to want one. But some people have both don't they WAG. I had a beemer boxer 650 that I enjoyed, but was disappointed in its reliability and design. But I'm not as knowledgeable on the subject as some and am happy to be informed otherwise. :clap

Anyway, getting back to the subject, welcome Bill. Hope to see u at Ebor where I will definitely be at and if u would like to join Abe and myself we are going a day early so we can check out the Ebor area a bit more.

BTW dropped into Gunning on the way back to the Gong and had a meal in the pub where the young girl in the dining room had never heard of u. This means u r not enough of a pisspot and this is a serious fault in your habits.  :beer  :rofl
Title: Re: Newby
Post by: Sicman on March 26, 2013, 02:28:16 PM
Welcome on in
 :slvr13