One of those bikes was a bevel drive Ducati 900SS. “It was then that I got to ride all sorts of late ‘70’s and early ‘80’ sports bikes, mainly when the friends that owned them needed a break. This Honda would end up having the living daylight flogged out of it, as Dave would ride it up and down the east coast making good use out of his first road bike. A 1976 Honda 400F became the first road bike that I actually owned, it was all I could afford.” “I got to hone my skills during my teenage years on my mates dirt bikes – I begged, borrowed, though didn’t steal, and got to ride my mates road bikes as well during this period. It took some time for Dave to finally acquire this much-desired engine, and fortunately for him it came attached to a bike. “My metal flake, lime green Malvern Star Dragster with 3 speed centre shift gears, sissy bar and giant reflector just didn’t cut it any more I needed an engine!” That’s where it all started for him – and it sure as hell didn’t stop. There you’ll find a much younger, although equally as dangerous Dave making good use of the wide-open spaces on his mini bike. Transport yourself (with or without the aid of mind altering substances) to the outer suburbs of Melbourne in the early ‘70’s. And if there are beers to be had in the shed, then there’s shit talking about bikes to be had in the street. Something is for certain however, and that’s if Dave is in town, then there are beers to be had in the shed. But with us being big fans of alliteration, and Dave having a driven desire for Ducati’s, this moniker works just fine. Nobody knows how Dave got the nickname ‘Dangerous’, not even Dave himself.
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