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Hi to all the Australians on here I live on the gold coast so if any near we can get together for a ride
as for experience I am a retired bike mechanic been in the industry for 40 years ,yes I was 13 when I started working after school for a small bike ,mechanical work shop near me in Redfern Sydney it specialised in Ducati's and guzzies . never really rode a scooter till some 5 years ago bought a 125 for the wife to go to work .I still had that stigmatism about riding scooters were for girls and old folk ,wellbought a new moto guzzie navada for wife 5 weeks ago and returned it as it was terrible week later. The only bike they had was the burgman as a lone bike both her and me rode it for a day eventually fighting over who will ride it so after 2 days I went back and bought it payed $5000 for it with 45000ks one owner and now we still fight over who wants to ride it (we have 6 other bike) so gess what !!!I now am looking for another one ...go figure :cheers:
as for experience I am a retired bike mechanic been in the industry for 40 years ,yes I was 13 when I started working after school for a small bike ,mechanical work shop near me in Redfern Sydney it specialised in Ducati's and guzzies . never really rode a scooter till some 5 years ago bought a 125 for the wife to go to work .I still had that stigmatism about riding scooters were for girls and old folk ,wellbought a new moto guzzie navada for wife 5 weeks ago and returned it as it was terrible week later. The only bike they had was the burgman as a lone bike both her and me rode it for a day eventually fighting over who will ride it so after 2 days I went back and bought it payed $5000 for it with 45000ks one owner and now we still fight over who wants to ride it (we have 6 other bike) so gess what !!!I now am looking for another one ...go figure :cheers: