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The Beattie Files
Welcome to a selection
of excerpts is from Beattie's wild and woolly book
(below). So far as we know it's had one brief print run
and he's threatening to do another. Watch this space.
1. First love and a very warm ride
This
was the precise moment when I knew I was doomed to
ride motorcycles for the rest of my life. I was
totally absorbed in the experience...see it here.
2. Mountain Mayhem
Trial by fire and the
legend of Ajay...see it
here.
3. You meet the nicest people on a Harley
Young
Beattie continues on life’s great adventure,
meeting a bro in a brothel, and learning about
use-by dates on bullets…see
it here.
4. Shock &
Awe – it's a V8 mate!
Getting
to grips with a toy that defies all the rules
of nature...see
it here.
5. Harleys, guns
and passports
In which young
Beattie meets Dave Barr, the
gun-toting definition of a
colourful character...see it
here.
6. A night with Tassie Bob
Fisherman,
footballer, fighter,
adventurer, bar manager
and a world-class
story-teller, Tassie Bob
left a lasting impression
on our intrepid
travellers...see
it here.
7. Amber the multi-tasker
Trying to stage-manage a photo shoot at the 2001 world launch of the Harley-Davidson V-Rod turned into a big day out...see it here.
8. The Battle of Daly Waters
How a relatively simple plan to ride Harley panheads across the country turned into something way more dangerous involving fireworks and a bus-load of Swedish backpackers...see it here.9. Homecoming heart-stoppers
Back in 2003, young Mr Beattie tackled organising a giant crew of Aussies and Kiwis to fly across the Pacific for the Harley Homecoming Tour, celebrating a century of the marque.
So, 350-odd riders
(some very odd) being shipped across the planet
with their bikes, determined to have a good time.
And the result? Heaps of generosity, a few arrests plus lots of great memories
10. Call me LuckyYoung
Mr Beattie recalls an encounter with a big
character with an even bigger
motorcycle...namely Lucky
Keizer and his incredible Merlin-powered
five-litre V-twin.
11. The Long Road to Sturgis
It's circa 2001. We have Tommy’s famous Vegas bar room brawl, the Nymphs of Nephi and the world’s most expensive cheap promotional pens, sold by a stroppy Sheriff – this Beattie-ism has it all.
In the meantime he can be contacted by email.
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