The Bali Clan gasthering

[Justin B.]

Very interesting about how you made the liner.  I give you two thumbs up for ingenuity and execution!   [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif]  

[balibeemer]

Bali is a weird place to live - You can't go down to the local hardware shop/ beemer supplier to buy stuff. Import duty on bike parts is 125%, so there are a lot of limitations BUT other things are real easy.
For example, I got a guy to rewind the stator and rotor coils on my alternator - it cost $30! and he did a fantastic job.
Making the shrouds for the exhausts was incredible. The guy hammered them out of stainless sheet, using a ball pein hammer and a piece of wood. He then rubbed them down - by hand and polished them with a buffer on an electric drill.
I'm not here out of choice, I actually work here but even that can be interesting.
And at least the rain is warm.

[Danie]

Hi
Very interesting mods - and nice pics.

Bali might be weird, but I suppose it's still far better than Zim at the moment.

Hope you will come back one day !

Regards from an ex "neighbour".

Danie.

[balibeemer]

The day that Robert and his cronies disappear, I will be back there like a rat up a drainpipe. But at least i can make my own biltong here and watch the Bokke on sattelite TV. The 3 B's are the most important things in my life - BMW's, the Boks and Biltong.

[Danie]

Great to find another rugby supporter on this forum !

The Boks will be playing against Australia tomorrow  (in Durban) and I will be there - for sure !

May the best team win (as long as it is the Boks)  

Regards

Danie

PS. Still need to visit my favourite biltong shop before the match.

[Ed Miller]

OK I looked it up.  I'd try that stuff.  I love jerky, though my favorite was marinated in habanero juice before drying.

[msbuck]

http://www.biltongusa.com/  And you can even get yours right here in the US of A!

[Danie]

 I enjoyed the biltong ......... not the rugby    

[balibeemer]

I was so depressed after the game, I nearly bought a Harley..........................

[balibeemer]

But I also enjoyed the biltong... Homemade too! Form, quite naturally a home made biltong box

[Ed Miller]

Did you write that article, Balibeemer?  Wow.  Yet, with all that going on, the population does not seem to be going down.  The roads must be too safe!  

Keep taking care of yourself, though.  

[balibeemer]

Ed, Yes, I did write it ( someone described it as "amusingly informative"). At present, 20 people are dying in motorcycle accidents EVERY WEEK in Bali. I will be posting some pictures later (a.k.a. when I have taken them!) to show just how things are. The local police were very suprised when I went to them with a complete road safety program but were not interested 'cos they can't make money out of it.

[not-so-fast-ed]

Love the picture of the family outing.  
I can remember seeing similar family outings on Vespa motor scooters when I was about 20 degrees north and 8 degrees west of you in my youth..  
 
Ed