K-Clive

Hey Ron! I ended up a Mitchell & Whale for "black list" motorcycles - they were able to get insurance through AVIVA @ $2400/yr The next year it was complaint time about the rate and they managed to squeak it down to $1900/yr with AVIVA. Then the week we were going to go ahead with renewal June 2020 - they called to say ECONOMICAL had jumped in and where in the process of offering all us old guys with crazy fast bikes a decent deal - my rate, for simple liability, nothing much else became $675/yr. https://mitchellwhale.com Contact was: Lyndsey Dewdney - ldewdney@mitchellwhale.com About the same price as a year plate and REGO that you get in OZ - they have government provided liability along with the plate each year. They also don't require the 3x docs that I travel with in Canada - Licence, Ownership, Insurance - you need your licence and the plate tells them the rest. They also don't have a $5000 fine for no insurance - you have insurance if you have a valid plate. I have a Suzuki SV1000 in Melbourne at my daughter's place right now... first venture into a v-twin bike. It is not as cool as the BUSA. G'day Geoffoz, Thanks for the info, I will check into it ASAP. I have not ventured to the left/port side of OZ - I am told it is very beautiful. Cheers ALL! Clive

Hahaha! Small World! Like I need help spending money, if you know of a way I can make money with Se7ens please feel free to enlighten... I have a problem: Wheels, Wings and Engines... now you have my attention! Where is your place in Melbourne? We have stayed in St Kilda quite a lot, by the Marina and our daughter is in Mooroolbark at the moment. It is a very active hang gliding scene in the Melbourne Bay area - I spend a lot of time floating in good weather These pics were: Last winter in Portsea hang Gliding on the peninsula Blue Tiger in Coolangatta on Kirra Beach BMW K1200RS ( ILSA She-wolf of the SS) The funny looking Bugeye Scorpion is a Grinnall S3 my buddy and I built out of ILSA - the first bike-engined car in our family. It was refinished in the darker grey colour after an unfortunate smelting incident... GSX1300R because my bike became a car KTM 250 XCF-W winter hobby this year - dirt biking on ice, here in the swamp. Until the snow got too deep - the Super Cub - my buddy and I started a flying club after spending years building airplanes Last airplane build was this 1942 Stearman 680ci Lycoming 9-cyl radial We are waiting patiently to get back on an airplane and go visit our grandson - we have more relatives in OZ than in Canada. Intending to buy a boat and float around for about 10 years until I'm too old for that life. Much rather do that in OZ than in Canada... we like the warm weather.

Croc, My daughter's family are in Melbourne We usually go to Gold Coast after visiting down there - Coolangatta has been our stomping ground for the last five years. Canadian 7 Not far at all... Superformance S1 sounds lovely and factory built? Hoping to get into it in the near future Need to get some normal and travel back in the plans Thanks for the speedy replies! Cheers

Hi Guys, I was really impressed with the Stalkers after seeing the pricing on new Caterhams. We had a dealer right here in Pickering ONT but, the owner/operator left that business to be pit boss for his son's motorcycle racing team. I talked to the BC folks about the Hayabusa Canadian cars but, the main man has retired and I did not get any further. I am no longer in any kind of hurry to do either a Hayabusa based or LS3 based car... we have been upside-down around here with the plague and trying to get vaccines so we can travel. I may end up in OZ living on a boat and needing a RHD car. We really hate the winter here in Ontario - have a grandson/daughter/son-in-law in OZ Cheers Clive

Hi ALL, I just got back into Super Sevens due to a motorcycle allergy (sport bikes in Canada are/were stupid expensive to insure) I have a 2001 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa and I found a bunch of Seven cars running the engine, turbo engine etc. Last spring my insurance dropped from $2400/yr to $650 - I like my bike again. I am getting old so, one day, I will be looking for a Seven to Hayabusa LHD for Canada or RHD for Australia (Long story) My Dad (RIP)was a car builder/engineer/architect and he really liked the Seven and Caterham cars. I enclosed PICs of his post-war England Riley c/w hand bashed body - how they bought a car back then with no money - make it yourself. Then I found the LS 480hp Stalkers... I'm going straight to hell! Cheers Clive in Canada