The very exclusive 1000K’s in a day on a Laverda club welcomes its newest member Hold you head up high young man you have now accomplished a feat not many can attest to..
So from humble beginnings a boy from Avalon shunned the yuppies from the Northern Beaches and a number of years ago now shelled out some of his hard earned folding stuff to buy his first Laverda. Now whilst at first he suffered more set backs than most could deal with he stuck with his first Laverda as he had been bitten. He shunned the stigma of having to own a BMW if you live on the Northern Beaches and sold it .. then he bought not one but ended up with 2 more Laverda’s.
And it was on one of these that our intrepid rider finally decided to bite the bullet and tackle the jaunt to P.I from Sydney in a day. Aided by a couple of long term stalwarts of this club he pushed on through the cold and at times wet … without any of the mod cons such as heated grips or such.. though he did have half a sheep on this seat channeling some inner Kiwi from a previous life… oh well we can let him off.
Then 3 days later he backed it up even after a big night of preside conditioning with the coach ( who had by then finished his duties for the weekend ) with the trip back again in a day.. there were murmurs of I am not going to drink again that were heard to leave his lips at times today but well that is all part of being a 1000K a day man you gotta be able to do it with a hangover to be a real club member.
So lets all give him a big cheer and a well earned well done.. He even impressed the VP of the club up North with his efforts that word on the street is if he pays his fees he‘d be welcomed into that club as an honorary member … and a number of VIc’s were also way impressed.. .
And I’ll m sure that more than once we heard the words outstanding from him bloody top job Tom
So from humble beginnings a boy from Avalon shunned the yuppies from the Northern Beaches and a number of years ago now shelled out some of his hard earned folding stuff to buy his first Laverda. Now whilst at first he suffered more set backs than most could deal with he stuck with his first Laverda as he had been bitten. He shunned the stigma of having to own a BMW if you live on the Northern Beaches and sold it .. then he bought not one but ended up with 2 more Laverda’s.
And it was on one of these that our intrepid rider finally decided to bite the bullet and tackle the jaunt to P.I from Sydney in a day. Aided by a couple of long term stalwarts of this club he pushed on through the cold and at times wet … without any of the mod cons such as heated grips or such.. though he did have half a sheep on this seat channeling some inner Kiwi from a previous life… oh well we can let him off.
Then 3 days later he backed it up even after a big night of preside conditioning with the coach ( who had by then finished his duties for the weekend ) with the trip back again in a day.. there were murmurs of I am not going to drink again that were heard to leave his lips at times today but well that is all part of being a 1000K a day man you gotta be able to do it with a hangover to be a real club member.
So lets all give him a big cheer and a well earned well done.. He even impressed the VP of the club up North with his efforts that word on the street is if he pays his fees he‘d be welcomed into that club as an honorary member … and a number of VIc’s were also way impressed.. .
And I’ll m sure that more than once we heard the words outstanding from him bloody top job Tom
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Was a long ride for me but Brett and Tom had another 3hrs plus to do after I signed off at the ACT border. Was a top weekend at PI watching the racing and catching up with all the Laverda guys
