Twisted Playground

With floors cold from a 4 degree night it was a lazy start. The aroma of those finely ground beans; the essential warming Colombian arabica coffee brewed by a departing Mrs. D an hour previously as she readied for work provided the impetus for Desmo to peel back the eye lids and allow the muted morning tones to en...

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Contrary to rumours Desmo does ride his other bikes and the Monday after the Geelong Cats had beat the St Kilda Saints after 25 hard fought rounds late in September was one of those days.

It was a glorious day with 23 degrees proffered by BOM. The day was begun early with MrsD translating the finer details of German Ebay for me. With that out of the way Desmo took to the fitment of hi...

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“Monday has come around again” the seventies super group Supertramp had many great songs and this one started to play its way into my Monday some thirty odd years on.
“I’m in the same old place….think I’ll rob a store escape the law and live in Italy”
Why is it we remember certain things? Like bits of songs, I don’t know any more of the words than I did then but there ...

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It was one of those days when the weather had taken a turn for the better inducing conditions favorable to support a winters outing in the southern environs. We have become use to the dry drought stricken winters where the cold dry air provides us two wheeled enthusiasts with the means for days of endless enjoyment on our twisted playground. With BOM proffering a dry cool day with light northerly ...

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With winter in its final throws of miserable weather, today was a nice taste of what is to come with the spring flowers already in bloom.
The sun rose with a colourful crescendo of red and ochre hues to usher in a chilly but fine winter’s day. The beat of V-twins were drumming in my mind as the girls were heading to a short day at Uni and ...

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The thought of riding is never too far from the fore of an enthusiasts mind.
Those of you addicted to the thrill of two wheels know what I mean.
The thought of the decreasing radius apexes that have the rider feathering a ...

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A cool breeze lifted the morning air through the open window. Outside the day had been through its early stages of bird song, drone of commuters and had now progressed to the sound of kids on school holidays riding skateboards and bmx bikes to the park around the corner. It was the other call of nature being the driving force behind a Desmo awakening and once done it was onto the kitchen for some ...

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Their first view of Adelaide was through the double glazed jet airliner window as the Poms dropped through the cloud. Initial thoughts were ones filled with typical motorcycle enthusiast’s slant, “wow look at those hills bet they have some good roads for riding motorbikes!” The thought was just that, until the geek cuz was talking about his neighbours and their loud bikes. “Yes they ride m...

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