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Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 402 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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arnie2 wrote: |
WOW I just did a couple of jumps at Labertouche about 40 years ago when I was teaching down in the Latrobe valley. Biggest adrenaline rush ever but not committed enough to have gone back. |
That would have been Claude Gillard's operation, Claude went onto be the president of the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale), and was awarded an OAM, for his services to the sport and country. |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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arnie2 wrote: |
WOW I just did a couple of jumps at Labertouche about 40 years ago when I was teaching down in the Latrobe valley. Biggest adrenaline rush ever but not committed enough to have gone back. |
That would have been Claude Gillard's operation, Claude went onto be the president of the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale), and was awarded an OAM, for his services to the sport and country. |
I tried parachuting as a charity sponsored thing some 35 years ago....where you clip your release cord to the back of the pilots seat and jump out at circa 3000 ft.....I was the last of 4 out of the plane...but the first to land????...and I watched the other 3 land some time after....This to me defied the laws of Physics I'd learnt that mass is no factor in gravity.....so I questioned the instructor afterwards...…"oh yeh....thats right....if none of you used parachutes....but...when you do it slows the effects of gravity....but the heaviest travel and land twice as fast is the lightest....hhmmmmmm…..something they omitted to mention during training....it was also my first time on a plane....this freaked out a stranger I was sat next to on my first "commercial" flight....I said when coming to land that I was looking forward to landing...."why?" he questioned....Have you not flown before?...Oh yes...I replied....Ive taken off before in a plane but never landed...."Hows that?" he questioned further looking at me like I was an idiot...."Well...the last plane I was in I jumped out of it...."...I then realised this didn't help with my story.....Anyone that jumps out of a perfectly good plane that can land surely SHOULD be committed... |
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who
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 402 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 3:14 am Post subject: |
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That's a great story Steve.
I was an aircraft engineer prior to my first jump, and we had two sayings...
You can teach a monkey to ride a bike, but you can't teach him to fix it.
And why would you jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?
However, after my first jump, I knew exactly why! |
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arnie2
Joined: 02 Sep 2019 Posts: 22 Location: Gorae Victoria Australia
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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We used older military parachutes as Claude claimed they were safer at the time. Like 2Bims we jumped from 3000 ft with static lines. _________________ Steve
1988 Bimota YB6EI, 1972 Suzuki T500, 1979 Egli Honda 836, 1986 Suzuki GSXR750 (ex Eddie Kattenberg WSBK), 1993 Honda RS125, 2007 MV Agusta F4 1000 312R.
Sold 1972 Honda CB350. 1974 Ducati 750 GT, 1975 Honda CB750, 1975 Suzuki GT750. |
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arnie2
Joined: 02 Sep 2019 Posts: 22 Location: Gorae Victoria Australia
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Back on topic.
Garage: Front row: Egli Honda 836 being rebuilt, MV Agusta F4 1000 312R cam cap bolt needing drilling out to adjust valve clearances.
Second row: Bimota YB6EI, 1993 Honda RS125, 1986 Suzuki GSXR 750, partners ebike.
Shed: Suzuki T500 track bike no spark & spare parts bike.
Man Cave: hindered by partners spinning gear.
Finally managed to load images. Imgur now seems hard to use with ipad. Had to resize via email and use imgur with PC. _________________ Steve
1988 Bimota YB6EI, 1972 Suzuki T500, 1979 Egli Honda 836, 1986 Suzuki GSXR750 (ex Eddie Kattenberg WSBK), 1993 Honda RS125, 2007 MV Agusta F4 1000 312R.
Sold 1972 Honda CB350. 1974 Ducati 750 GT, 1975 Honda CB750, 1975 Suzuki GT750.
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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arnie2 wrote: |
Back on topic.
Garage: Front row: Egli Honda 836 being rebuilt, MV Agusta F4 1000 312R cam cap bolt needing drilling out to adjust valve clearances.
Second row: Bimota YB6EI, 1993 Honda RS125, 1986 Suzuki GSXR 750, partners ebike.
[img]https://i.imgur.co[/img]
Shed: Suzuki T500 track bike no spark & spare parts bike.
[img]https://i.imgur.co[/img]
Man Cave: hindered by partners spinning gear.
I seem to have forgotten how to post an image. Working on it. Will edit once I get it. |
With a post "open" on the forum....and imgut open in another tab/window......theres a menu on imgur beside each image....click on the one that says "message boards and Forums"....its then copied....click on tab with open post.....and click "paste".....theres also a "sizing" option on imgur...I use Huge THumbnail…..or somesuch... |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
arnie2 wrote: |
Back on topic.
Garage: Front row: Egli Honda 836 being rebuilt, MV Agusta F4 1000 312R cam cap bolt needing drilling out to adjust valve clearances.
Second row: Bimota YB6EI, 1993 Honda RS125, 1986 Suzuki GSXR 750, partners ebike.
[img]https://i.imgur.co[/img]
Shed: Suzuki T500 track bike no spark & spare parts bike.
[img]https://i.imgur.co[/img]
Man Cave: hindered by partners spinning gear.
I seem to have forgotten how to post an image. Working on it. Will edit once I get it. |
With a post "open" on the forum....and imgut open in another tab/window......theres a menu on imgur beside each image....click on the one that says "message boards and Forums"....its then copied....click on tab with open post.....and click "paste".....theres also a "sizing" option on imgur...I use Huge THumbnail…..or somesuch... |
I used imgur for a while but I couldn’t get it to work properly on my iPad, so I now use Flickr. Still ‘clunky’ and a pain in the arse
. _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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who
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 402 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Amazing! I've got about as many empty stubbies on my mantle piece as well! Jinks!
arnie2 wrote: |
Shed: Suzuki T500 track bike no spark & spare parts bike.
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welshlamb
Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 592 Location: South Wales , Nr. Abergavenny
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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arnie2 wrote: |
WOW I just did a couple of jumps at Labertouche about 40 years ago when I was teaching down in the Latrobe valley. Biggest adrenaline rush ever but not committed enough to have gone back. |
2Bims wrote.......I tried parachuting as a charity sponsored thing some 35 years ago....where you clip your release cord to the back of the pilots seat and jump out at circa 3000 ft..... |
I did one charity jump back whilst at UNI. The plane took up 4 at a time and on each circuit the plane would throttle back over the drop zone and you climbed out onto a wheel platform under the wing. before pushing back off the (high-wing) wing strut.
There had been a couple of bad landings earlier with newbies dragged along runways and through thorns by a gusty wind. One guy then had to use his reserve chute and even that was late filling out...the instructors thought it was going to be 'game over. I still handn't jumped. I then watched a plane where the last to exit 'froze' whilst out under the wing. The plane revved up and went around 3 times. You could hear from the ground the instructor telling the guy to 'JUMP!!' but to no avail. On the following attempt as the plane slowed a very obvious boot came out of the plane and kicked the guy off. He landed OK but was LITERALLY as white as sheet when he was picked up and brought back to the despatch point..
All I remember after that was someone saying "Next plane RALPH!...." I made my jump but never had ANY inclination to try it again. _________________ Not as many bikes as I would like and already too many to keep up with! |
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who
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 402 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Hell....
That sounds like a nightmare load! I don't blame you for retiring after jump 1 |
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LucasJ
Joined: 17 Sep 2020 Posts: 38
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:39 am Post subject: |
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I live in a cold place so I resort to the basement until I get around to insulating the garage...
Work Bench:
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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LucasJ wrote: |
I live in a cold place so I resort to the basement until I get around to insulating the garage...
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Looks like a great start to a project! What model Trumpy? _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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welshlamb
Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 592 Location: South Wales , Nr. Abergavenny
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ray916MN wrote: |
Pics from last year. Cleared and straightened up a bit in preparation for a race watching party. |
Last time I saw that KB3 it was for sale in Arizona. Guess its missing some winter sun just now! Lovely bike and awesome spec...real old skool!! _________________ Not as many bikes as I would like and already too many to keep up with! |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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welshlamb wrote: |
Ray916MN wrote: |
Pics from last year. Cleared and straightened up a bit in preparation for a race watching party. |
Last time I saw that KB3 it was for sale in Arizona. Guess its missing some winter sun just now! Lovely bike and awesome spec...real old skool!! |
What KB3 lambie? Have you replied on the wrong post?..... |
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Nito
Joined: 29 Aug 2019 Posts: 23 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Some fabulous man caves and collections here. I’m impressed with some of the ingenuity, it’s fascinating seeing others set ups.
Here is mine with my steeds...
The workshop at the back had an overhaul around the time of the first lockdown with the addition of the professional looking Sealey work units.
I appreciate it’s lacking in Bimota content currently but I will be making up for that shortly |
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