Sunday 29 April 2007

Conference Surprise

Things we sometimes do may surprise many people. One request is to ride a H-D into a Conference, with the Master of Ceremonies seated on the back. The idea is to create an atmoshere of excetiment.Last Saturday morning John was called for yet another Grand Entrace activity. But, this time there was a twist - John would not be riding the bike. This time the rider was TV personality Larry Emdur.

Wednesday 18 April 2007

Ride to Gene's Wedding

Gene Harris Pre Wedding RideOne of the many types of Harley Ride requests that we get is to transport the Groom and his party to a wedding.In this case the call came from Gene's fiance Mellani who booked five bikes to take the boys for a ride in the hour before the wedding took place. You can view the whole trip by clicking on the image above which will take you to our Picassa Album to see some

Tuesday 10 April 2007

Dancing with the Stars

The request to provide a Harley for the local Melbourne production of Dancing With The Stars came through last week. This is one of the little "strange jobs" we get called upon to perform from time to time.But, this week it wasn't me who was going to ride the bike - I had to allow someone else to ride my pride and joy. On this occassion it wasn't too difficult as Paul Green was a very

Wednesday 4 April 2007

Air Show Downunder

Melbourne is forever alive with Major Events.Over the last month or so, it has been one major event after another - Formula 1 Grand Prix, FINA World Swimming Championship, the Flower Show and my all time favourite the huge Airshow Downunder Spectaucular at Avalon Airport.I took my camera down this year - and I managed to get some great photos, which I would like to share here:

Thursday 1 March 2007

After the Corporate Conference

Yet again, we were called upon to take a Corporate Group for a Harley Ride Experience yesterday (1st March 2007). On this occassion it was as a surprise (yet again) for a Corporate group who were attending a sales conference at the Marylands Country House in Marysville, which is located about 90 km outside Melbourne up in the High Country at the foot of Lake Mountain.The conference organizer had

Friday 16 February 2007

Interlude with Red Balloon Days

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

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