Met Ishrub and went for a ride with the kiwi

cusso ken said:
Is that photo mirror reversed or are you guys facing the wrong way,
Oh I just noticed the hpmuirT badge on the tank
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HA ! yea' I just noticed that after you pointed it out, along with the bikes leaning the wrong way, and heading the wrong way down the road
 
Paul Bryant said:
HA ! yea' I just noticed that after you pointed it out, along with the bikes leaning the wrong way, and heading the wrong way down the road
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I was going to ask who sells the hydraulic clutch conversion as I thought I saw the master cylinder on "right hand" bar lots of clues if you check it out closely the sign post as well
 
Ishrub said:
Even if he has a spare daughter, I don't think Ken is looking for a bigamist son in law of any ethnicity !
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Lol in the old days before becoming a republic back in the Ottoman days men were allowed to have 4 wifes.

Hmmm I already have 1 ad can't deal with it lol

Mine was more of a Turks are not to bad in general sort of thing.

By the way it is amazing how a 100 years later a Turk, Aussie and Kiwi get together because of a British bike
 
Ishrub's rant for the day:
It is the Gallipoli thing mate, we all like to blame the bloody POMs for that fiasco too! Turkey, Australia, NZ and UK fought together (instead of foes) in the Korean war too as UN forces and forged bonds .

My great uncle, an artillery range finder, was killed 5 May 1915, a couple of weeks after the Gallipoli campaign started.
As Ataturk famously but possibly never actually said*:
http://www.turkeytravelcentre.com/blog/ataturks-speech-about-gallipoli-turkish-history/
In 1934, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk wrote the famous words that reached out to the mothers of his former enemies.

“Those heroes that shed their blood

And lost their lives.

You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country.

Therefore, rest in peace.

There is no difference between the Johnnies

And the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side

Here in this country of ours,

You, the mothers,

Who sent their sons from far away countries

Wipe away your tears,

Your sons are now lying in our bosom

And are in peace

After having lost their lives on this land they have

Become our sons as well”.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwizwa39zaXUAhUQOrwKHQHtCJ0QFgguMAI&url=https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk&usg=AFQjCNEiWzU839JQlgYCGwOq9bPmrMDUwg
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  • Bu memleketin toprakları üstünde kanlarını döken kahramanlar! Burada dost bir vatanın toprağındasınız. Huzur ve sükun içinde uyuyunuz. Sizler Mehmetçiklerle yan yana koyun koyunasınız. Uzak diyarlardan evlatlarını harbe gönderen analar! Gözyaşlarınızı dindiriniz. Evlatlarınız bizim bağrımızdadır, huzur içindedirler ve huzur içinde rahat rahat uyuyacaklardır. Onlar bu toprakta canlarını verdikten sonra artık bizim evlatlarımız olmuşlardır.
    • The heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives on this country's soil! You are in the soil of a friendly country now. Therefore rest in peace. You are side by side with the little Mehmets. The mothers who send their sons to the war! Wipe your tears away. Your sons are in our bosom, are in peace and will be sleeping in peace comfortably. From now on, they have became our sons since they have lost their lives on this land.
*Ataturk's 'letter' expresses admirable sentiment but is not necessarily good history
 
Mustafa Kemel Ataturk's letter when read out in a Turkish accent always brings a lump to this not so old Aussies throat
Thanks for posting this moving message to the many still grieving Widows ,Mothers and children of our fallen Diggers
 

And a good mate of mine is a Vietnamese Baker who would have thought ,and my Dad loved Toyota Land Cruisers
 
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