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Congratulations to Michael Ahlberg who has clocked up milestones on 2 of his bikes! Michael provided us with a bit of a story on each bike per below with the pics. Michael will be presented his certificates at the next General Meeting.
More than 200,000 km on my Harley Heritage Softail Springer FLSTS 1997. After 75,000 km on my first FLSTS, I totalled it in a near fatal crash 2003. After 4 weeks in an induced coma and 6 weeks recovering, I bought another identical on 25 August 2003 in Shepparton privately with only 4,153 km on the ODO. That’s a tank and a half per year, talk about poser. Now the ODO reads 266,310 km, without any engine replace, rebuild or even any re-conditioning. I had 26,000 km in Europe 40,000 km around US, Canada and Alaska, 9,000 km in NZ and all the rest here in Oz. She’s called Louise and fully immune to HD banter.
More than 100,000km on my BMW R1200 GSA 2012.
First registered in NSW 10 Nov 2013. Bought in eBay auction 2015 in Sydney with ODO at only 8,530 km (minus the 960km riding it from Sydney).
Now the ODO reads 112,637, all trouble free. Except for 32,000 in Europe and Africa and 8270 km in NZ all kilometres in Oz. She’s called Violet.
By Tony Gray, Member # 3905
Ileft you in the July Journal with the expectation that my fuel problems with the ‘Grey Ghost’ had been resolved with the addition of new brass quick connect fuel lines. I gave the thread gel the required 24 hours to set then fired up the old girl and she ran like a dream - not a whiff of a fuel leak from any of the new connections. Wunderbar.
I had the fuel tank ‘off and on’ a few times so it was only carrying a few liters of fuel. I filled it up from my home drum in expectation of taking her out for a good shakedown run the next day. When I opened the garage in the morning I was overcome with fuel fumes - fortunately I am not one who starts the day sucking on a lit durry or I may have beaten Elon Musk to Mars.