Out with Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open

From time to time we get requests to take various sporting professionals out for a Harley Ride. Today the request came from the promotions staff at the Australian Open Tennis. Evidently one of the players, in the case 12th Seed Caroline Wozniacki, had shown an interest in going for a Harley Ride.

It was interesting to talk to Caroline. She expressed a desire to get her own motorcycle one day, and consequently I was able to give her some advice.

The purpose of the activity was to allow several film crews to photograph and video the entire event. The last time I did the same thing it involved Rafael Nadal. I did remind Caroline that every professional tennis player that I have ever taken out for a Harley Ride has end up being ranked Number One in the world!

Needless to say I will be keeping a close eye on Caroline's progress over the next few years. When I took Rafael Nadal out for a ride - he couldn't speak a word of english.

And you can view the video clip of the Harley Ride Here

It Takes Two

For the second time in just over a month, we received another request from the Seven Network to supply a H-D for their latest TV series It Takes Two.

On this occassion the bike was required for Jo Stanley and Anthony Callea .

Needless to say, John's Harley was a great hit with all the crew who remembered him from last time when he took his bike in for Dancing With The Stars.

All told the bike was required for two days. It had to be positioned on stage using a forklift.

It Takes Two is very different to Dancing With The Stars. The celebrities, all of whom were not confident singers, displayed lot's of stress. What the viewer's saw of their reactions on screen was absolutely accurate - these guy's were (to some extent) "terrified". But, as the true professionals that they are the viewer's were given a great performance.

What's it really like to be involved in something like this. Well, to find out you will need to book a Harley Ride with John and he will tell you all about it......

Here is the clip. Enjoy.

Dancing with the Stars

The request to provide a Harley for the local Melbourne production of Dancing With The Stars came through last week. This is one of the little "strange jobs" we get called upon to perform from time to time.

But, this week it wasn't me who was going to ride the bike - I had to allow someone else to ride my pride and joy. On this occassion it wasn't too difficult as Paul Green was a very experienced rider who actually owns a Honda Gold. So, he qualifies (sort of).