Your father is cool. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Corny
At least someone had a good 2008 then. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
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Your father is cool. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Corny
At least someone had a good 2008 then. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
His bike is cool.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4...2007125ms4.jpg
picture made by me, from Assen.. of course I had to reseize it, a picture of 4MB is quit big for a forum I'd say ;)
Going to miss Hoppers' angles if he does not come out in MotoGP next year
by the way: my father had a like-MotoGP exhaust one time (you know, that short pipe coming out in front of the back wheel)
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...01434557&hl=nl
You can hear me laughing, the sound was so loud!
Any one out there?????
4 weeks to Supers...
Who'll be the first rider to crash in 2009? :p
I think Xaus :p
Hi all, I'm back. Since moving back to Australia 5 months ago, I have been very busy with work and trying to sort out my wife Helen's migration from China, so I have had very little time to do much else. We are playing the waiting game now, but, it shouldn't be too long now before she is able to get back here. I am living in Shoalwater, (near Rockingham in WA) and like it here. I live about 100 metres from the waters edge, which is so nice. I am taking up fishing, so I can catch some fresh ones for Helen when she gets here, though I don't eat fish at all, I enjoy catching them. The downside to living here is the daily commute to Perth every day (120 km there and back). I am yet to buy a car, but am using my uncles 1992 Ford Festiva,(Mazda 121). When I first started using the car 6 months ago, it had only traveled 39,000 km and has now covered 58,000 km. My work as a CSR see's me driving up to 12 hours per day, I am averaging 2,000 km for work, as well as the 600 km commute each week. It is very tiring. I will be buying a car soon, I will be looking for a Toyota Hilux dual cab ute\tray, or the equivelent,(Nissan,Mazda,Rodeo,Mitsubishi etc). I am also looking at a motorcycle, perhaps a road trail that I can load into the ute. I will be taking Helen all across Australia, camping, exploring, fishing, meeting all my relatives, so, the dual cab,bike combo is the way to go. I have just had Foxtel installed, so I am all ready for the start of the racing season. I will be able to watch the WSBK\SS, BSBK/SS, AMASBK and Motogp without all the hassle for the first time, so I am chuffed about that. I hope to be here all the time now that all has settled down, and I have got myself organised. I hope you are all well, and I look forward to chatting with you all, and hope 2009 is a great one for racing action. Take care, and I will see you in the forums. Maxu05\ John
Nice to hear from you John.
Your place sounds very nice and relaxing (though I find fishing utterly frustrating) but wow, what a commute! That's a lot of driving every day.
You'll love watching the bike racing on Fox. The coverages are excellent (though I really dislike the WSB commentary but you can't win 'em all) and, especially in your neck of the woods, it's all done and dusted at a reasonable hour of the night. There's plenty of other good things to watch as well.
I hope all things go speedy well with your wife and you can both settle in quickly. It'll be great to hear more from ya this year in what promises to be one of the greatest seasons of bike racing we've ever seen. And I get to enjoy it with the best forum on the internet bar none! :up:
Hi John.. Its good to hear thatyou are settling in well. Hopefully your wifes migration will soon be all sorted too.
I'm sure you'll like the Foxtel coverage of the racing.. but as already said the supers commentary is a bit.. I guess thats what volume control is for!!
4 weeks to Roby and the Island!! Look for me on the TV as I will be carrying the Official Roby Fan Club flag about or at least it will be on the fence somewhere...
Its big and red!!
nice to hear from you John.....all the best
Hey John, great to hear from you again, nice to hear you are settling back into the Aussie way of life. I hope all the paperwork goes smoothly in regards to your wife, because as I've found out with my god-daughter paperwork sucks. :p :
In other news, I've started my new job. That's right kids, I'm no longer with Honda. I am now an athlete liasion for Red Bull, my turf is the MotoGP series and Spanish CEV, that means I travel to most if not all MotoGP races plus all the Spanish CEV races. :D
Oh and Corny to answer your question, first to crash in 2009 will be Carlos Checa. :)
@ MX311 this means that you may well be at Phillip Island come October this year!! Be good to see you..
@ Corny.. It won't be my Roby!! :)
sounds like a great job matt... :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by mx311
Hello , Anybody out there :p :
where are the gridgirl pics :D
Best we could do for you Harsha!
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Indeed, Hopkins will take his starting place on the grid ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
No he won't...!! :p :
Roby will be here in Australia on Friday this week, and then off to Phillip Island for some testing and then the race!! :)
My Roby is going to do very well even with a dodgy shoulder.. :D
Any of the Aussies in areas affected by fires? If there are then why are you reading an internet forum? Get a bucket of water and get to work :p :
don't think it's something that should be made light of..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
lots of death and descruction involved here, not just 'fires,' it's our states worst natural disaster ever..
bit of respect please..
Mr Jan Yeo has obviously not seen any tv coverage or internet images of what is happening in Aust.
I didn't mean to come across as making a joke of the whole thing. I haven't seen a lot of coverage, just a few seconds here and there, and aren't aware as to the scale or the locations. Thought that I might be asking a question similar to the 'do you know the Queen' one so I chucked in a throwaway comment to lighten it a bit. Perhaps I was too glib but I did mean the original question genuinely as I know that there are Aussies on here from all over the place.
Sorry if it caused any offence.
Ok, I am not an Aussie but I can feel the empathy from having disaster occurred there and could understand well all of you trying to say... ;)
Perhaps it is an advice according to general condition to use water for the accident if not fire extinguisher ...
After all, every accident is usually bitter but I try to understand that each occurrence possess wisdom.
I will most likely take a week or two off and head over for the Motogp. I am not sure if I will have a bike by then, and even if I do, I will trailer it over from Perth and ride it once I am there, (it would be too much for Helens little butt as a pillion all the way to Sydney from Perth). We must plan to meet up Roby, and perhaps we, (forum members) can meet up and have an ale or 2 together. As for the comments by Jan, I am sure we forgive you mate, after all, we are always joking about, so it would be easy for you to hear a little about it, make light of it, not knowing the full story on the extent of the situation. Remember, what is front page here, is a little snippet of news in many other countries. My heart goes out to all those effected, as I have seen all this first hand. I lived most of my life in the lower Blue Mountains, near Sydney and had to deal with bushfires every year. I was also posted to the Holsworthy Barracks, (ARMY) during the 90's, and helped fight the fires through the National parks, trying to save houses in the Sutherland area during my Christmas holidays. As for this thread being here, as well as one being in the Chit Chat forum, I think that it's fine. This is the Motorcycle community\fans discussing the situation. Hope you are all well, and ready for the racing action. Better go, must go and organise my fantasy team, we are going to kick butt this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
By the way, thanks for all the kind words and thoughts on my return :up: I feel all warm and fuzzy now (:
Most definately we should meet up!! It would be great to put faces to the names of people...
We should swap mobile numbers and email addresses so as when it gets a bit closer we can start to organise ourselves other wise it will be upon us and it will be too late.. Time has a habit of rushing by these days...
How is your Helen's migration coming along???
I hear that. 5 weeks ago I bought a new car, 4 weeks ago I was told that I was being made redundant and 2 weeks ago I got a new job. It's seems like such a long time ago that it was Christmas and I was thinking about getting a new car and soon enough it'll be Christmas again :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
We have Easter eggs and choclates and Hot Cross Buns already on the shelves here!! Its amazing....
I wish they wouldn't boxes of easter eggs at the checkout counter cos one always seems to fall into my trolley.
That happens to me too!! :)
:up: Here too, were in pretty much as soon as the surplus Christmas crap had vanished :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
Here we had already Easter eggs at the end of January. Strange indeed, because Easter is almost a month later than last year and still the eggs are earlier.
Helens migration is still in progress. We must just wait. They have to do background checks, health checks etc, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
I agree Roby, if we are going to meet up at the Island, we should exchange email addresses, as well as mobile numbers. It would be great for a few of us to get together at the track, and at least have an ale together, (that goes for any other forum member that is attending). It seems like a long way away, (time wise), but time has a habit of moving quickly when it comes to planning these things, like you said Roby. Helen will be here by then, I am sure she will love her first visit to a live race. I must plan my Holidays for that time, but it may mean flying over now, as I will most likely only get a week off, as that is the start of our busy season. I would like to drive over, but may have to fly and hire a car for the week. Oh, well, as long as we get there, I am not too fussed. Anyone else planning to go, send me a PM.
it's Vale's birthday today.. :)
Congrats with your 30th birthday Vale!
30th bday [ :( ] [ :( ]
his career won't be more than 4 years now
How many do you think will have fallen into our trolleys by Easter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roby44
I'm lucky to be a WRC fan, I might see him again after he has retired ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by harsha
The way things are going you are going to be lucky if there's any WRC at all :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Corny
nono, the new class will bring life next year
buon compleanno, Vale :beer: ...
I dread to think.... :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by chac47
I hope so - the Australian round has moved to Kyogle NSW, about 2 hours south of me by motorbike :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Corny