NB Since writing this article my company has ceased its association with Red Balloon Days. Red Balloon has, in my opinion lowered its standards in its desire to provide products at a "lowest price guarantee". Some of my competitors offer a similar product, but they do so with older motorcycles and maintain lower bike maintenance standards etc. When I started with Red Balloon Days, they chose my
Friday 16 February 2007
Monday 12 February 2007
Team Building Melbourne Harley Tour
When you are leding a team of people in the workplace, there comes a time when you want to reward them in the form of a Team Building activity. A Harley Ride is an excellent Team Building activity - one which we are called upon to provide.Yesterday, we took one such goup on a Dandenong Ranges Tour in two sidecars on a 3 hour ride up into the mountains just outside Melbourne.Felicity, the team
Tuesday 6 February 2007
The Group Ride
We frequently get requests to take out large groups on a Harley Ride. Last Saturday we took out a group of guys from Queensland, who were out for a Boys's Weekend for a two hour jaunt.The ride was organized as a surprise by Peter who led the group. His request, "Take us for a ride and include a stop at a Pub." So that is exactly what we did - picked them up at their hotel, and cruised across the
Sunday 28 January 2007
In Heaven on The Great Ocean Road
One of the great pleasures/rewards about taking people for a Harley Ride is going down the Great Ocean Road. That was exactly what I did yesterday.
The Great Ocean Road is a motorcycle riders's heaven. Its where one can become engrossed in the real joy of riding a motorcycle along a challenging stretch of road that twists and turns. At one moment you are at sea level, the next you are 60
Melbourne on Google Earth via Panoramio
I discovered a great application last week - I now have images of Melbourne mapped on Google Earth via a handy new Google application called Panoramio.You can view my photos of Melbourne (and some other places) via This LinkI took this picture of the Melbourne Skyline and inserted it into Google Earth, where hopefully others will see it soon.
Friday 12 January 2007
New Years Eve Melbourne
For the last 8 years or so I and several other Harley Riders have spent our time working on New Years Eve.It all started back in 1998 when it was discovered that there were never enough taxis in Melbourne to service the enormous demand created by having 1/2 a million people descend on the Melbourne CBD for the night. Our solution? Supplement the taxi shortage with Harleys fitted with
Sunday 31 December 2006
Boxing Day Test, Christmas Party, Gift Voucher, Ian Botham, MCG, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Tyler Fishlock
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