A Taste of WAR

There are few thigs to rival swooping along Del Park Road early on a cold morning, particulalry when the mist is across it, the sun shines intermittently through the trees, the air is cool, dense and bristling with extra horsepower, earplugs attenuate the sound of the bike and lock you further into the serenity of the insular micro-environment inside your
helmet thats warmed by your breath, as your glare penetrates through your dark visor to exit of the corner and a minute twist of your right wrist catapults you to the next one.

Its the ultimate in isolation, in being in charge of your immediate environment and your immediate destiny, yet its ultimately more enjoyable when surrounded by friends duplicating that experience for themselves.

Thats when you stop at the millhouse to share the individual nuances of your experience with everyone else and as you finish your last fork full of warmed chocolate cake, you realise that everything is right with the world.

PB – not missing the bike or Dwellingup runs at all.
—–Original Message—–
From: war-bounces On Behalf Of David M
Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:42
To: WA Riders
Subject: WAR: RE: Ride Sunday 30/5/4 BP Armadale 7.30am meet 8am sharp leave

ughhhhh!!! why so early? is the sun even up at that time these days? 😉

Dave R6

A brief history of WAR + Rules of WAR

—–Original Message—–
From: war-admin@guild.uwa.edu.au OnBehalf Of Greg Walton
Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: WAR: A brief history of WAR…….

>Can somebody tell me the date that WAR _originally_ came to exist?

Actually that would be good to know, we could then have on the website “W@R
estb. 1994” etc….. It would be good to get the history of our founding
fathers straight as I can see the W@R “group” continuing and developing for
some time.

I don’t actually know myself, I signed up around mid ’97 and I cant even
remember how I found out about it. Like Brad said it was very established
even then, on this very “war@guild.uwa.edu.au” address with 60 or so list
members. There was a website with a few ride photo’s and Tshirts had already
been done (graphic on the back was “Their Toys (a tricycle), Our Toys
(Ducati 888)”. Rides were on the on the last Sunday of the month from
McDonalds Midland, always some variation of York, Northam, Toodyay and
Bindoon runs. Viel spass 🙂