Sunday 31 December 2006

What a Month

December is always a busy month for the Harley Rides industry, and 2006 was no exception.The first weekend of the month saw the demand for sidecars stretched to the limit for Corporate Family Christmas parties. We had 3 on Saturday 3rd Dec and 4 on Sunday the following day. I started at 9 am on Sunday doing a 3 Sidecar job for Tourism Victoria, where we took a group of Travel Agents from New

Thursday 30 November 2006

Harley Rides Video

People sometimes hav a hard time coming to grips with exactly what it is that we do. Quite often they confuse our service with Motorcycle Hire, where they actually ride the bike. But, that's not what we do. When you go on a Harley Ride, you are the passenger - we do the riding - you don't need a motorcycle licence - you don't even need any prior experience (in fact the ones who have never sat on

Wednesday 22 November 2006

Manx Radio Interview

One of the many things we do is to get involved doing work for Tourism Victoria as part of their Visiting Jounalists Program.This week we had the pleasure of taking the Crew from Manx Radio out for a ride around Melbourne.Producer Alex Brindley sat on the back of my bike and interviewed me as we rode along. You can listen to that interview here.

Thursday 16 November 2006

Summer is on the Way

Things are starting to heat up, and I'm not just talking about the weather here in Melbourne. I'm talking about how the demand for Harley Rides starts to build at this time of year.As always, there is one weekend every December when the supply of Sidecars runs dry. This year that weekend is the 3rd and 4th December. This is the weekend when all the Corporates hold their Family Christmas parties.

Friday 27 October 2006

Get Noticed?

One of my other passions, when not taking people for a Harley Ride is in the area of Motorcycle Safety and related issues. This video came to my attention yesterday and I encourage everyone to have a look at it. You can view it at:www.pleaselooktwice.comIts always a pleasure to share ones's love of motorcycles with others - especially when they are in the planning stages decidinh how to get

Monday 23 October 2006

What a Week!

Thank god its Monday! As the weather starts to warm here in Melbourne, the workload soon heats up and demand for Harley Rides begins in earnest.This past week has certainly proven that year in year out the story remains the same.Just to give you some idea of what we get up to, I'll detail several of the rides underatken over the last week:On Thursday, we took two girls for a half day ride up into

Monday 16 October 2006