the stories that i have heard about these two blokes who live near me and their bikes over the years are the stuff of legend. stuart is the man who really taught me to weld, and in a perfect calm way when he was teaching me everything just sunk in and its been one of the pivotal learning experiences in my life...i don't think i've been taught much, more just learned by fucking up and trying again. But it just seems every now and then someone comes along and you really know you should just listen and learn.
stuarts son now works for me and in some way he just has those calm eyes listening and learning. what a good kid. can chuck a wheelie like no one i ever saw.
noel is the man who i was afraid to meet for about 4 years. i would see him riding and i would hear him flat the fuck out in the middle of the night and think about the wildlife running scared out of his way...when we finally did meet properly he had given up riding because of his last bad accident where he busted himself pretty bad and was lying in a ditch over night with a broken pelvis and various other things after hitting a kangaroo. about two months ago i finally got to drink some beers with him and my other noel mate and the stories i heard were book worthy.
in 1985, the two mates noel and stuart decided they would take their new harleys and turbo charge them. stuart thinks at the time they might have been the only street harleys in australia with turbos.
they were both well known for laying rubber around town and out the front of the various pubs, doing feet up donuts, and generally riding the crap out of their bikes. they would bust them and fix them and bust them again.
one day i'm looking forward to getting them in the same room, getting smashed with them and hearing more about those days.
Stuart, thanks for lending me these photos and for your enthusiasm when i talk about building that salt bike and noel, i know you still have that bike next to your bed...cant we just trike it 1970's style so you can ride again...cheers blokes
i was listening to zuma while writing this and cortez the killer always just gets me.
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Love this song.
Weird looking microphone-stand he's got.
that's my fav neil young song.
hi i posted a message to you commending your poetic words. Did you not like it?
mr anonymus. firstly...yes i thought it was a bit creepy and as such did not post it...as i didnt post your other message either. also, if you had an identity i might be more inclined to publish your comment....because your not the only one sending comments that are creepy and anonymous. i dont publish those either. i draw a simple line in the sand...if i feel creeped out even slightly..i dont publish the comment.
Nice words dude.
One of my favourite Neil Young songs.
Get tingles thinking about it live.
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