"A BORING OLD FART WHO LIKES WHAT HE LIKES" . . . . A MATE OF MINE DREW MY ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT ALL MY BIKES AND CARS HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED KINDA THE SAME, HE SAID IT IN A SEMI DEROGATORY, TAKING THE PISS KINDA WAY . . . . BUT HE'S RIGHT, THEY DO AND HAVE . . . . I THINK I DISCOVERED EARLY ON IN LIFE THAT I DIG A CERTAIN STYLE AND TYPE OF PROPULSION AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS . . . . I DON'T THINK I WOULD'VE MADE A HIPPIE.

SAME AS BEING COMFORTABLE WEARING THE SAME OLD BORING SHIT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE MY MIDDLE TEENAGE YEARS, ALL INFLUENCED I GUESS BY WHAT I SEE AS CLASSIC, HONEST, OLD SCHOOL STUFF, FROM THE GLORY DAYS OF WWII AND THE POST WAR YEARS INTO THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ROCK AND ROLL ERA, SURE, I'VE DONE THE PUNK THING, FLIRTED WITH THE SKA CAPER, EVEN THE JOY DIVISION INSPIRED 'ALL BLACK AND GREY' SAD FUCKER THING . . . . HOWEVER, I'VE ALWAYS ENDED UP BACK AT THE SAME OLD SHIT, WELL GEOFF, FUCK IT MATE, I YAM WHAT I YAM WHAT I YAM . . . . MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE SOON TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT SHOVELLER IS GOING TO BE SUCH A CHALLENGE FOR ME STYLISTICALLY SPEAKING, BREAKING OUT OF THE SAFETY ZONE OF WIDE, LOWSLUNG BARS, STANDARD RAKE, SWINGARM ARSE-END, 'PERIOD CORRECTNESS' . . . . BRING ON THE CHOPPY JIGGER I SAY . . . . BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I RECKON.

TWO OF MY BIKES, NEARLY TWENTY FIVE YEARS APART, DEFINITELY A SIMILARITY OF THEME GOING ON.