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Sidecar Dave

@sidecardave.bsky.social

Grumpy old boomer. Raising 3 granddaughters. Read way to much Terry Pratchett, own way to many motorcycles. Been building weird custom bikes for over 40 years. Australian lefty, Munijali kids and grandkids. LGBT ok by me.

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I knew he was ill but ha hoped he would get a few more years. Pass on my condolences to Jenni.

10.09.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Southpark S27e01 is perfect in every way.
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23.07.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lock them all up. Regardless of politics, wealth or religion.

21.07.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #sidecar #camping
A few more outfits from weekend

13.07.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #camping #food
Camping over weekend lovely big firepit. Did a big lump of lamb wrapped in alfoil in firepit Friday night. Saturday mate showed up with huge pumpkin. Sidecar people are built differently. Had left over lamb, a pumpkin and a firepit. Only one logical choice. Very yummy.

13.07.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #sidecar #camping
Weekend away for first time in a while. Great catching up with mates. Got down to 0 degrees C overnight but toasty warm with 12v warming blanket in camper. About a dozen sidecars. Wombai Queensland Australia.

13.07.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #sidecar #custom #project. Projects are never really finished. The GSX1400 has had 7 different sidecars over the years. At least once every sidecar I stated thats it finished, happy now it is done.

03.07.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #sidecar #custom #project. Projects are never really finished. The GSX1400 has had 7 different sidecars over the years. At least once every sidecar I stated thats it finished, happy now it is done.

03.07.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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#motorcycle #custom #sidecar #toyrun Last 4 years Ipswich Toy run with grandaughters. Dodgem XJ the last 2 years, Valkerie 5 seater 3 years ago and GSX1400 5 seater 4 years ago. Still have Dodgem and Gsx1400. Smiles per Mile is very high.

03.07.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #custom Honda Valkerie mild custom lovely smooth bike minor restoration and on to next lucky contestant. Mazda red looked fantastic.

02.07.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #custom #MadMax #MFP Built a few specials over the years. Original Mad Max movie police cars had a great colour scheme. Main Force Patrol. MFP more than just the Black on Black and Goose bike. Not having any Kwakas I built mine on ex-police yamahas, La Pariseanne Fairings movie correct.

02.07.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #sidecar #custom. 2 years ago built up double sidecar for growing granddaughters. One of only 7 of these sidecars built in the 70's. Very roomy but girls said it was a rough ride and didn't like it much. Sold on to next lucky contestant, on a harley now full repspray.

30.06.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1981 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo. Mad Max interceptor edition.

1981 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo. Mad Max interceptor edition.

1996 Harley Sportster. Bumped to 1200, lowered, Norton styling. Tank badged as The Davidson

1996 Harley Sportster. Bumped to 1200, lowered, Norton styling. Tank badged as The Davidson

2003 Kawasaki Z1000. Modified to 30th anniversary Jaffa.

2003 Kawasaki Z1000. Modified to 30th anniversary Jaffa.

2001 Suzuki Gsx1400 with Westcar sidecar towing home made camping trailer.

2001 Suzuki Gsx1400 with Westcar sidecar towing home made camping trailer.

#motorcycle #custom Some of my bikes over the last 5 years. Still have the XJ Turbo, owned it over 35 years and over 300,000 km. Description on photos.

17.06.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #custom #sidecar
I built thr road legal Dodgem over 2 years ago. Time to get proper suspension under it.
1981 Xj650 turbo bumped to 900cc. Mid 60's Italian dodgem car that I quite possibly rode in at local show 50 years ago. Legal 4 seater.

15.06.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super Caley Goes Ballistic , Espy is Atrocious.
I emitted an audible groan.
Granddaughter checked I was ok.

15.06.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are on a roll. Just finished reading 2nd book in girl spy series. The truly terrible pun at the half way point was worth the price of entry. I'm revisiting The Dave and on 2nd book. Just need 3rd Space opera and some more WW2 time travel for a perfect year. No pressure.

15.06.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle #Gsx1400 #custom
2001 Gsx1400 with 1985 Suzuki Efe fairing and Xjr400 rear subframe seat and tailpiece.

14.06.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#motorcycle
After a month of troubleshooting no start noticed sidestand not fully home. Ready for ride on Monday.
Check the simple stuff first people.

14.06.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thought I'd post this so if I ever went mad and decided to visit Gilead I would get sent home eventually.

02.06.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spit (2025) ⭐ 6.9 | Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 45m

Just watched SPIT on Binge. What a good movie. The sequel to GETTIN SQUARE is a great watch. If you like
Mr Inbetween or enjoy comedic drama set in Australia I highly recommend.
www.imdb.com/title/tt3474...
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www.imdb.com/title/tt7472...

01.06.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure I have been served them in local pubs. Tasted very familiar. Good tucker.

01.06.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just keep wearing the rose coloured glasses and persist.

30.05.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice fairing that. Paid $20 for mine at swap meet mid 80s. Swapped it for headlight indicators etc when flagged down by madly waving laverda owner. Only one I have seen in South East Queensland Australia.

29.05.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit from column A a bit from column B

29.05.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

First time I visited about 50 years ago it rained so hard our bus got bogged in old campsite very close to rock. 60 school boys managed to get it out. Been back 3 times since and got rained on twice. Took kids out there about 25 years ago and it was the only dry visit, didn't believe about waterfall

29.05.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Been crook for last couple of months. Missed Budgie rally. Aiming for Frosty Dingo. I knew I was improving when I attempted to clean shed and ordered new tools on Ebay. Dodging twump on Web is full time job. Cheers all keep on keeping on.

29.05.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grandaughtèr has one job on Sunday. The long painful slog from kitchen to wheelie bin. Putting bins on footpath and new liners. You could see the weight of the task draining the energy from her tiny frame.

19.01.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Australia #travel #bushpoetry
If I only had a dollar
For every mile I've travelled.
If memories were money
I'd fill a bank or two.

07.01.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Australia #travel
The middle of nowhere. Can you guess why sultanas were a vital part of camp cooking in central Australia?

07.01.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Australia #travel
The Turtle. My home for over a year after I retired. I was technically homeless and having a psychotic episode apparently. At the time I just remember travelling and photographing sunsets, writing and performing bush poetry. Saw most of Australia. Miss it occasionally.

07.01.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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