We now Produce a Video for most of our customers.

Recording the joyful looks on the faces of our customers has become much easier over the last few years, with the advent of modern technology. And, we can proudly say that we are the only Harley Ride company in Melbourne who provide this service.

Only, this past weekend we filmed three girls we took out for a sidecar ride.




The previous Friday it was a group from Singapore - here for the

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I just spent a couple of weeks watching as much of the Sochi Olympic Winter Games as I could. I loved it. It was vibrant, fun, engaging, a true sports spectacle and I watched a lot of sports I knew little about.

Maybe it's just sport in general that I enjoy watching, but competing in an Olympic Games is something special for the athletes and it brings out the best in their efforts to do the best they can. The emotions showed by the athletes is a great part of an Olympics and as a viewer, that helps makes the sport even more watchable. Combined with having the best in the world competing, it makes for exciting sport in an way that is very special.

As a Brit, London 2012 made me feel very patriotic, but watching the Winter Olympics, where people from my country don't often compete at the highest level in most winter sports meant most of the time, I wasn't willing GB athletes on, but instead I could mainly relax and just enjoy watching the sport. The occasional GB competitor of course drew my attention and I so wanted them to do well, but really it didn’t matter who was competing or what sport it was, I enjoyed it all.

Having seen the passion that British Athletes had competing in London and the joy they had of competing on their own patch, more often than not when watching the sports in Sochi, I wanted to see the Russians do well. I knew what a special feeling they would get to win at their home Games in front of fellow Russians.

So, what did I enjoy the most? It isn’t easy to choose....

- Snowboard Cross. It's mad and I revelled in the fun of it. That was my favourite event, that is, until I watched Ski Cross. Wonderfully crazy!
- Halfpipe snowboarding and Halfpipe skiing. I've seen the snowboard version before, but the skiers are amazing.
- Ice hockey, for its toughness.
- Skeleton Bob for the sheer speed and the bravery of the competitors (and of course because Lizzy Yarnold won gold).
- Ice dancing, as it is so elegant.
- Speed skating, especially short track, as I can't see how they turn so sharply on ice at that speed.
- Super G and downhill, for the speed.
- Ski jumping, for the courage of those to choose to fly through the air with planks of wood strapped to their feet.
- The Closing Ceremony. It was stunning!

Most of all, I enjoyed watching the extreme snowboard and extreme skiing events, due mainly to the camaraderie between the competitors. Most cheered on their rivals, embraced them when they won and competed with huge smiles on their faces. They are of course mainly very young and their attitude towards their rivals was very refreshing to see.

The Russian's undoubtedly put on an excellent Games. Despite security threats and demonstrations looming over them, their organisation was excellent and the venues superb. For organising a global sports event, the Russians did a terrific job. In his speech at the closing ceremony last night, Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee proudly said Russia had delivered on its Sochi promise. He was right, for his team had done a brilliant job.

Thank you to everyone that played their part in keeping me entertained for a couple of weeks. Organisers, athletes, TV broadcasters, teams and spectators all did a great job!

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The Best Way to See Melbourne

Just ask anyone how has come out for a ride with us. Its only after the ride that the lights come on. As you can see here by the reaction we got from Mike.

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I want to ride this road in China!

We all have a road somewhere in the world that we would like to ride one day. Here is mine, the Tianmen Mountain road, located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in northwestern Hunan Province, China.

What a road!

Enjoy the pictures and if you are like me, you will need to close your mouth as you look at them......

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Not All Operators Are The Same Quality

Not all Harley Ride operators in Melbourne are the same and we take pride in being the trend setter in the industry. It may surprise people to know that our industry is very small, and that we all tend to work together. 

But, there is one the operator in the Melbourne Harley Ride Industry who has been used by us on one of our group rides in the past. BUT, that was in the past, I now no longer

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How Busy are you?

Its a question people often ask. The answer is."Well we could always be a lot busier." The reality is that we are nowhere near as busy as you would think, in fact it seems like many people are too scared to come out with us given all the Outlaw Bikie crime which is being reported in the media of late.

The truth is that all of the riders we use don't know any of these so call Outlaw Bikies and

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Newspapers are there to make a profit, not to provide accurate news.

It is sometimes easy to forget that the primary aim of a newspaper is to make money. We tend to believe what we read most of the time, but a lot of caution is needed. Often, accurate reporting comes second to getting the paper produced and when the pressure is on to meet deadlines, if that means an article is not accurate, then it seems many newspapers don't really worry about that too much.

Of course, as readers, we only really discover this when we have first-hand knowledge of something and we are able to compare the true facts with what a newspaper says about it.

Take the Daily Mail reporting today that the Pope is selling his Harley-Davidson.

The headline alone is mis-leading. It links Harley-Davidson motorcycles to Hells Angels. "The father, son and the Harley ghost: Pope proves he's no Hells Angel by selling his Harley Davidson to give proceeds to the poor".

This link is somewhat unfair to most Harley-Davidson owners, as many that I know, who would not sell their own Harley-Davidson's, are most definitely not Hells Angels.

The reporter cannot even spell Harley-Davidson properly. Nor can he spell angels it seems. Further down in the piece, he spells it as "Hells Angles". Oh dear.

The caption underneath one of the pictures states "At the time the Pope laid his hands on a disabled Angel...." I happen to know the man pictured is not a Hells Angel, but a HOG member. Similarly, the article goes on to say "Four days after the gifts were given to him, Francis blessed a crowd of Hells Angle bikers in a congregation at an open air mass in St Peter's Square". Really? There were many thousands of HOG members there, but to suggest these were Hells Angles (sic) is somewhat ludicrous.

So, the reporter, Chris Pleasance, has some facts right, but has largely embellished the article with untrue references to Hells Angels to spice it up somewhat. Either that or he simply didn't check the facts. Whichever is the case, it is very shoddy reporting.

Sadly, this is not the first time I have experienced poor reporting of something I personally knew about. I would say that I have read about six or so articles about things I had good knowledge of.  In every case, I have read the newspaper reports and was amazed at how inaccurate they were.

Don't believe everything you read in the papers!

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