Wanted: A good home for 'Norman'

It's been a little while, but it's finally time to post a sad but necessary message. Norman has to go. He's been outfitted with a brand new Staintune exhaust and had a good shine, and he's now waiting for his new home. He's looking and sounding wonderful, and going even better now with the exhaust! So if there's anyone out there who fancies a really reliable, fabulous condition bike with bags of charm and history that's ready to take you (and a loved one) anywhere you could want to go, let us know here and i can arrange for you to come and have a look. He's currently in mum and dad's garage in Geelong but we can arrange to meet you halfway or something like that if you're too far away. I have him advertised for 5800.00, but I'm willing to move on that for the right person and a RWC can be arranged easily too. The link to bikesales is here:

http://www.bikesales.com.au/private/details/honda-vt750c-shadow-classic-chain-drive-1997-12354341?__Ns=p_IsPoa_Int32|0||p_RankSort_Int32|1||p_HasPhotos_Int32|1||p_Make_String|0||p_Model_String|0||p_YearMade_Int32|1||p_PriceSort_Decimal|1||p_PhotoCount_Int32|1&__Nne=15&__Qpb=1&__sid=1211D4733E42&__N=1432%20604%201429%201626%201428%204294967259%204294962253%2082

Comes with all the luggage, and a bike cover too. Make sure to get the word around so we can re-home him soon! I'm sure he's bored in the garage with no one to talk to.

Last Night

Well here we are, the last night of our trip. We left Hay yesterday morning feeling tired and woozy, although not as bad as some of our fellow race goers. The evening storm the night before had cleansed the air and although we were still covered in a thin layer of dust (we hadn't yet showered) we layered up our clothes, wrapped scarves round our necks and headed out of new south wales.

Our destination was Shepparton, where Jeremy's paternal grandparents live, 250km away. The road slowly changed from absolute flatness to mostly flat. Paddocks became smaller, no longer stretching out of view. Agriculture became more evident and the fruit orchards started again. All the way the roads were softened by what I think is called fly away grass. Detached tops of grass like plants about the size of an out spread hand floated in mass along the tarmac. The wind was quite strong and blew these yellow armies in formation along the highways. I liked them, Jeremy's sinuses did not. Poor Jeremy has suffered from hay fever throughout this trip but yesterday was the worst. He was constantly stopping to blow his nose or wipe the sniffles.

This is now our second night in the comfort of grandparent endulgence. Two big delicious dinners, a lovely big bed and a lake view, bliss. Yet I still look forward to arriving in daylesford tomorrow. Our new residence awaits. We've only spent about three nights in our new house so it'll be good to get settled in properly and feel grounded. Hopefully we'll be able to cope staying put after all of this.

We also need to find a new owner for good old Norman. It was always part of the deal, to sell the bike at the end. We can't afford not to. So, if you're in the daylesford/ Geelong/ Melbourne area and looking for an extremely reliable motorbike that can take you on a trip of a lifetime let us know. We can't recommend him enough!