Liverpool Chapter, Australia History:

It is recorded in the stone tablets that the Liverpool Chapter commenced in October 1992. What the tablets don't reveal is that the Chapter actually started some months before. God Warren had decided that a chapter should exist at Liverpool, in association with Sy's Harley shop, so he asked Chriswrinkly to arrange same. Chriswrinkly dispatched Grumpy Bullivant with the orders "Go West old man - Go West and Multiply". Without hesitation Grumpy saddled up his FXR, went west, and did what he was told. With a father like Chriswrinkly, a mother like Grumpy and a Grandfather like God Warren, the new southwestern arm of the mighty HOG empire was doomed to fail from the start. Nobody, however, counted on Grumpy's enormous sperm count and the Chapter flourished to the current 185 members.

The stone tablets also fail to reveal the legends, fools and downright good times the Chapter has created on the road. With apologies to no one, let the stories begin.

The Chapter's very first run was to the National Rally at Cobram, Victoria, over Easter of 1993. All three Liverpool members were there - in fact Kiwi Walker was the Road Captain for the 65 bikes that left the Crossroads that Friday morning. The pace was pretty keen, if you consider 140 kph keen. There were no such things as double lines or 60 kph speed signs, and running old ladies off the road seemed to be part and parcel of the trip. That was until we got to Albury. The local copper caught 25 of us, pulled us all over and was intent on charging all of us with 3 traffic violations each. He had even called the Paddy Wagon and four backup coppers from Albury. Kiwi was more vocal than anyone, arguing that he couldn't possibly be at fault because everyone behind was pushing him. One of the guys on the run was a copper from Mittagong and he talked them out of booking us. Kiwi, however, just kept arguing.

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