Australian FJ Rally 9th March 2013

[aviationfred]

Great photos. Looks like everyone had a good time. An awesome line up of machinery. 

Fred

[Tony Mac]

I am so envious of all who attended the FJ Rally. I got to ride mine to my Mother's 80th Birthday party in Traralgon. 330K round trip.
I'll do my best to get to next year's event. I even have an ideal spot for it.

Be Good.
Macca.

[movenon]

Great photo's ! One photo had 17 bikes and only two red and white ones .
George

[racerman_27410]

looks like a typical FJ rally..... just a change of beautiful scenery and the riders all talking in funny accents!...... hup wait.... its like that at every FJ rally! 

Thanks for posting the pictures!

Kookaloo!

Frank

[oz.fj]

Just got home safe and sound
Had a fantastic time catching up with old friends and meeting some new
Looking forward to seeing you all again in the Snowy's (sorry Baldy )

Darran & Danielle

[X-Ray]

'Twas great! As Darran said catching up with old faces, meeting the new ones, huge pub lunches, high spirited cross country sprints, terrific scenery etc etc. For me, 1100kms over 3 days is the most I've done, and all the FJ needs is a good bath/polish and we're ready to go again, 

I'll wack up a couple of photos later out of the stack I took, (although 50 out of the 60 I took were of Flips bike  ),

Thanks for a great weekend 

[The General]

just another Quiet FJ Rally ...err ..from what I can remember. (Feel free ta fill in any bits in between)...

Oh oooH...My memory is coming back....There might`ve been a bit more goin on....I do remember some got served better than others, now that I think about it! ....

[X-Ray]

It seems Lord Baldy is both the giver (think Generals maintenance day with poor Klavdy) and the receiver of these despicable acts. I'm sure poor Rover was not a willing participant in this, spiked drinks anyone?  

I'm sure I overheard this banter --

Lord Baldy--- " What Fu$%# ID plate, I can't see the FU%%#$ thing.
Rover --- "Keep lookin mate, its there somewhere"

As I said, it was truly disgusting...................

[roverfj1200]

just another Quiet FJ Rally ...err ..from what I can remember. (Feel free ta fill in any bits in between)...

Oh oooH...My memory is coming back....There might`ve been a bit more goin on....I do remember some got served better than others, now that I think about it! ....

What happens at the rally should stay on the rally..

[Horse]

Ye Ha,     ten out of ten to all    it was great to meet all these like minded people ... ( by the way there was a 94 there I just missed the early foto shoot  )  Did anyone mention the tucker on sat. Night ?    I think I still owe the General for that feed !!!  I just found a straight subframe     and some other bits as well...... Got home all good, followed the General most of the way, had to cause me speedo cable  went south on Sat. some time     And I've got the worst case of monkey but I've had in a long time, but it was worth every  Klm.             

[flips]

What an awesome weekend & a great bunch of people to enjoy it with!.... ....tucker was awesome  ( I steered the cook in the direction of the the leftover grog in the generals room...he was stoked! ).Cruising through town with convoy of about 30000 cc & 3000+  horse power was something I will never forget!.Seeing all the bikes together....seeing the Aussie legend car up close.....awesome ride through some beautiful countryside.....winning ticket in the chook raffle (still not game to look under the tape on its arse  )....great memories, my thanks to everyone!

Cheers 

Jeff P

[megsy]

looking at the pick of Baldy in his strategically position got me thinking,

so I just spent a coupla minutes with a torch in the same position,

I should/maybe/nearly be able to get the first 4 places in the line up with red & whites, I have a 2/84 chassis 00000115, a 12/84 (just snuck in there for 30 years)
a 12/85 & a 1/86 (all ozzie red & white's)

The 2/84 will need lots of work its a wreck, but the plan for it is a naked cafe job with the motor out of my 1992 1200.

the 12/84 is me show bike & the 12/85 will be its stock off sider to show as a pair,
(Vintage Japanese rules don't allow any metal polishing etc or modifications  beyond showroom condition.)

But the 1/86 will be the one to beat flips, his really got me motivated, I will strip the 1989 & 1992 for the 17" wheels & brakes, not sure if I will go FZR rear or Suzuki
as I have Both rear ends & get the motor hopping 

But all will stay the real FJ colour red & white
because I have already got the painter booked to turn the 2002 FJR 1300 red & white in the same scheme as the 1100 & 1200's.

[oldktmdude]

   Arrived home at 730 pm tonight all safe and sound. Left Armidale at 830 this morning and traveled on some great roads except the short-cut I took from Willow Tree to Merriwa. The 20 km dirt section took me over 35 minutes to cover. Shame Arnie and Bozo weren't with me.
  Had an absolute ball at the Rally, it was great to meet and socialise with all the members who attended. It was a pleasure to ride with you all and also see some great scenery and fantastic windy roads. Shame I missed the museum stop but had my own private race to the top of the mountain and met up with some total strangers that were riding past and were kind enough to stop to see if I was OK.
  Hope to see you all again at next years Rally.   Regards, Pete.

[oldktmdude]

looking at the pick of Baldy in his strategically position got me thinking,

so I just spent a coupla minutes with a torch in the same position,

I should/maybe/nearly be able to get the first 4 places in the line up with red & whites, I have a 2/84 chassis 00000115, a 12/84 (just snuck in there for 30 years)
a 12/85 & a 1/86 (all ozzie red & white's)

The 2/84 will need lots of work its a wreck, but the plan for it is a naked cafe job with the motor out of my 1992 1200.

the 12/84 is me show bike & the 12/85 will be its stock off sider to show as a pair,
(Vintage Japanese rules don't allow any metal polishing etc or modifications  beyond showroom condition.)

But the 1/86 will be the one to beat flips, his really got me motivated, I will strip the 1989 & 1992 for the 17" wheels & brakes, not sure if I will go FZR rear or Suzuki
as I have Both rear ends & get the motor hopping 

But all will stay the real FJ colour red & white
because I have already got the painter booked to turn the 2002 FJR 1300 red & white in the same scheme as the 1100 & 1200's.

You'll have to re-stamp your plate, mine's a 5/85.     Pete.

[The General]

....winning ticket in the chook raffle (still not game to look under the tape on its arse  )....great memories, my thanks to everyone!

Cheers 

Jeff P

Sorry Mate, it was the only way I could stop tha bloody thing from whistling in my tank bag whenever I went over a speed hump. (apparently it`s the native voice box of all rubber chooks!) First I got a screw driver and tried extracting it in a delicate and obviously sensitive operation (where is Baldy when ya need him!). But with one elbow holding it`s head, left hand holding his legs and me tongue clenched I worked the driver in an orbital pattern.... I reckon I had almost got it when I noticed all the customers and staff at Maccas staring at me all strangelike (okay I was dribbling a bit), but I got tha distinct feeling I should depart without tha extra fries. ... lucky I found some good old reliable duck tape in same tank bag and used it ta hide the wound and shut tha noisey bastard up, before I fired up FJ1 and shot thru with Bellingen only a tankful away.