Staff Bonding Christmas Party

What do you do when you get to the end of the year for the annual Staff Christmas Party? Why, take them on a Harley Ride of course. And, that is exactly what we did with Visual Thing last Friday, we took 11 of them in 4 sidecars for a 1 hr tour from their vase in Richmond and dropped them off at Waterfront City in the Docklands.In the hour we managed to get all the way down to St Kilda, across

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New Zealand Visitors

Of all the tourists we take out for a Harley Ride , Kiwis make up the largest group. We made such an impact on nine women, in Melbourne from NZ recently, that several of their friends subsequently came over for a 2 hr ride with us.While admitting to be a little scared before Neryda got on one of the Harleys, she soon realized that it was quite safe and quickly became relaxed sitting behind her "

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Tourism Victoria Video Vault - Discover Melbourne by Harley Davidson

Click Here to view the Video Vault Tourism Victoria recently launched their Video Vault and we are featured as part of one of their video promotions for tourists visiting Melbourne.This video includes an interview with John giving an explanation of what a Harley Ride is all about and explains why - if you are visiting Melbourne - then this is a must do!

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View Our New Online Brochure

Here is our new Online Brochre.

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Harley Davidson Sportster Custom - XL 883C

A sleek look combined with a straight style for the boulevard and street make the Harley Davidson Sportster Custom - XL 883C a distinctive ride for 2008. The legendary Sportster profile, topped by a sculpted 4.5-gallon fuel tank with a clean profile. Other features of HD Sportster Custom - XL 883C are Forward controls in the front, Shorty dual exhaust system in the back, two-up seat, and pullback handlebars give the XL 883 Custom laid-back style.

Harley Davidson Sportster Custom - XL 883C is coming with the color options ; Vivid black, brilliant silver, black pearl, fire red pearl, glacier white pearl, rich sunglo blue, two-tone rich sunglo blue and chopper blue, two-tone chopper blue and brilliant silver, two-tone fire red pearl and vivid black.


If you see the HD Sportster Custom - XL 883C It will let your eyes chow down on a machine packed with the kind of style that never gets old. From the bullet headlamp on back, it’s all finished off with fine metallic details. Nothing like taking a good thing further.


More specification about this product are :

• Isolation-mounted XL Evolution 883cc engine
• Silver powder-coated engine and with polished treatment
• Chrome Laced Steel 21-inch front wheel
• Silver Solid Disc Cast Aluminium 16-inch rear wheel
• Chrome low-rise handlebar on pullback riser
• One-piece, two-up Sportster Classic seat
• Chrome Staggered Shorty Dual exhaust
• Low-Profile rear shocks
• Forward foot controls
• 4.5-gallon/17.0 litre fuel tank
• NEW tank graphics
• Smart Security System

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Vietnam - My Portfolio - for purchase

Vietnam Photographs by John KarmoucheAs an avid photographer, I have amassed a collection of ever more expensive cameras over the last 30 years or so. I am now the proud owner of a Nikon D2Xs. This camera lets me capture some magnificent images and coupled with the collection of lens I use which include an AF-S Nikkor 17-55mm 1:2.8G ED, AF Nikkor 70-300mm 1:$-5.6 D and AF Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm G

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Harley Davidson 2008 Sportster 883 - XL 883

HARLEY-DAVIDSON® MOTORCYCLE company released New Sportster 883 (XL 883) on 2008. The Sportster 883 sale in the market with two color option, Vivid Black and Pacific Blue Pearl. This motorcycle has unique features such as Rubber-mounted, 883cc Evolution® engine; Silver powder-coated engine (including cylinders and cylinder heads) with polished covers; low-rise handlebar; classic solo seat; mid-mounted foot controls

If you crave a pure Harley Davidson® motorcycle, You have got to sink your teeth into this model. A lean and mean machine that’s had more than its fair share of second looks for over 50 years. The Sportster 883 is great with his powertrain system, Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI) standard.


You can see The Sportster XL 883 with his interesting indicator lamps; High beam, neutral, low oil pressure, turn signals, engine diagnostics, low fuel warnings, security system. Another specification in the electrical system, especially for the instruments are Handlebar-mounted electronic speedometer with odometer; Time-of-day clock; Dual resettable tripmeter.


Harley Davidson Sportster XL 883 product 2008 using Exhaust System (Chrome, staggered shorty exhaust with dual mufflers) on his chassis. The Sportster XL 883 perform Dual-piston front and single-piston rear on his brakes system.

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Harley Davidson Touring

Harley Davidson is one of the most respected names in the motorcycle community and Harley Davidson offers some of the coolest biker gear on the planet. Well, We will look at the Harley Davidson Touring series. There are 7 models of HD Touring which released by Harley Davidson company; Road King (FLHR), Road King Classic (FLHRC), Street Glide (FLHX), Road Glide (FLTR), Electra Glide Standard (FLHT), Electra Glide Classic (FLHTC) and Ultra Classic Electra Glide (FLHTCU).

New Harley Davidson Touring Street Glide
Harley Davidson Touring is a motorcycles that designed for the open road. It's look plenty on the road. Harley Davidson is considered as one of the most famous and highly regarded brand name for motorcycles as well as for its parts and accessories. Harley-Davidson touring motorcycles offer a lot more than meets the eye, Touring Harley-Davidson Tire Series Key features of Dunlop D402 Motorcycle tires.

HD Touring Road King and Road King Classic
Harley Davidson Touring Street Glide and Road Glide
HD Touring Electra Glide Standard and Electra Glide Classic
HD Touring Ultra Classic Electra Glide
Harley Davidson is one of two American manufacturers of motorcycles that are still designing and building motorcycles today. We will review the Harley Davidson Touring series on the next stuff of this site. Get started on the road to your new Harley-Davidson motorcycle with these online tools.

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When Lowest Guaranteed Price Equals Lowest Quality

The Internet has led to some huge shifts in the Travel Industry and in particular many Internet Agents have begun adopting a "lowest price guarantee" to attract customers.For single product businesses like mine this makes it difficult to join forces with companies who want to on-sell my product. The fact is - they take 25% commission, and for some small businesses like my Harley Rides where my

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Harley Davidson VRSC

There are 3 family models of Harley Davidson VRSC series : V-Rod (VRSCAW), Night Rod (VRSCD) and Night Rod Special (VRSCDX). All these coming with interesting color and nice design. Now, in 2008 Harley Davidson company released VRSC by introduction of 2 powerful new models.

Harley Davidson VRSC V-Rod
Harley Davidson VRSC is a motorcycles which developed with many feature such as 1250cc of Revolution engine, Radiator shroud with twin vortex air scoops, Liquid-cooled power plan, Up to 125hp harnessed by a new slipper clutch, and Brembo performance brakes with ABS brake option.

Harley Davidson VRSC Night Rod and Night Rod Special
We will review product of Harley Davidson VRSC series on the next stuff one by one, especially for the latest edition of motorcycles Harley Davidson VRSC 2008.

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Harley Davidson Softail

Harley Davidson company released the motorcycles with feature a moveable rear suspension system by using springs or shock absorbers to absorb bumps on 1984, it's already 24 years ago. On this motorcycles system, the shock absorbers or springs are hidden underneath out of view to give the appearance of a hard-tail or rigid frame.


Many of others bikes or motorcycles company are also improve their product with hidden rear suspensions as well as bicycles incorporating a rear suspension. Right now, Harley Davidson has 8 family models of Harley Davidson Softail.

Harley Davidson : FXSTB and FXSTC
Harley Davidson : FLSTF and FLSTN
Harley Davidson : FLSTC and FLSTSB
Harley Davidson : FXCW and FXCWC
Picture abobe are Harley Davidson Softail series Night Train (FXSTB), Custom (FXSTC), Fat Boy (FLSTF), Deluxe (FLSTN), Classic (FLSTC), Cross Bones (FLSTSB), Rocker (FXCW) and Rocker C (FXCWC). We will review HD Softail one by one on the next post articles.

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Harley Davidson DYNA

Harley Davidson DYNA is bikes for family design, motorcycles with feature big-twin engines and traditional styling. The transmission system on Harley Davidson DYNA also houses the engine's oil reservoir.

Harley Davidson Dyna
Harley Davidson company - United State has released 6 family models of DYNA with some highlights specification such as redesigned air cleaner cover, 1584cc twin cam 69 engine (Rubber-mounted), braided brake lines, hollow axles. Harley-Davidson Dyna models are : Super Glide (FXD), Super Glide Custom (FXDC), Street Bob (FXDB), Low Rider (FXDL), Fat Bob (FXDF) and Wide Glide (FXDWG).

Harley Davidson FXD and FXDC
Harley Davidson FXDB and FXDL
Harley Davidson FXDF and FXDWG
Drive your bike with strong power engine, Harley Davidson Dyna is the best motorcycle for the family models in 2008. Wait for our next stuff about review of Harley Davidson Dyna models ;-)

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Coxy's Big Break and Harley Rides

From time to time we get called on by various Melbourne TV networks to do a spot on one of their shows. This time it was Cox's Big Break, a travel show which goes to air each Saturday on Network 7 at 5.30pm.Here is the episode that included Harley Rides :

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Harley Davidson Sportster

Harley Davidson (HD) Sportster is an open invitation to take back the street, block by block. The Sportster is the longest-running model family in the Harley-Davidson lineup, it's introduced in 1957. The Sportster is small motorcycles design from Harley Davidson company if we compare to the other Harley models. Since 1957, the HD sportster models always develop with many interesting design. Started by using 883 cc, now on 2008 the Harley Davidson sportster ready with 1200 cc evolution engines.

Let's see how the Harler Davidson sportster models performance:

HD-883 (XL 883) and HD-883 Low (XL 883L)
HD-883 Custom (XL 883C) and HD-1200 Nightster (XL 1200N)
HD-1200 Low (XL 1200L) and HD-1200 Custom (XL 1200C)
Harley Davidson Sportster Roadster XL 1200R
Harley Davidson Sportster has improve in frame accommodating a rubber-mounted engine. But don't worry because although this made the bike heavier and reduced the available lean angle, This design will reduced the amount of vibration transmitted to the frame and the rider.

Ok, on the next post we will review one by one about Harley Davidson sposrtster models and the specification design.

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Harley Davidson Bikes

Just simple stuff about Harley Davidson bikes.

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Tourism Australia Winners - Harley Ride

Tourism Australia ran a competition in the USA last year and the winners came to Melbourne and we took them out for a Harley Ride.They were each given a video camera and told to film their trip. Here are the results:

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What Women Want

Being a Harley Rides operator has helped me to understand human nature, and in particular it has given me an insight into the "female mind".The reality struck me during a telephone conversation with a female customer, who wanted to organise a Harley Ride as a Valentine's Day gift for her boyfriend. She was interested in  what she described as a "chopper style" Harley Davidson. She wanted

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Big Stick Movie Experience 12th January 2008

Large corporate activities are things that we often get involved in. This month we were called upon by Big Stick Adventures to be part of an activity which invovled a Corprate Incentive Reward activity, the theme for the day which was a "movie experience". The day involved filming us and other forms of transport chasing a "bad guy" around Melbourne with the corporates who captured the bad guy in

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Harley Rides - More or Our Customers

Here is another Animoto video clip where I have put together another sequence of photo's taken from many of the various jobs that we have completed for Corporate Groups, Birthday rides for mothers and even a wedding - I'm having a lot of fun with Animoto.

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