Freedom On 2 Wheels

If you are in a need of a service or repair of your motorcycle or scooter, feel free to contact me via email at radotrenco@hotmail.com as I am currently away.

I will be back and available again on Wednesday 24th September 2025. Until then, take care on the roads and safe riding. 

If you are in need of a service or repair of your bike or scooter, feel free to send me a message via this site by typing it at the bottom of this page. If you call me I won’t be able to answer as I am in New Zealand currently. I can still respond to your text messages though and will be back and available again on Friday 17th November 2023

I am on holidays with my wife as it is our 20th anniversary of being in a relationship. In case you wonder. No, I’m not riding a motorbike here as it is way too cold for my liking. In the meantime, you ride safe and see you in Brisbane.

It was 10 years ago when I drove electric scooter for the first time. And since that experience I wanted to get to ride one for more than just a test ride. I ordered this ebike 3 months ago via Ali Express from China and after lots of emailing back and forth it has finally arrived. The wait has been totally worth it. It is a beast. Fast and comfortable. It gets charged by excess solar power generated by off grid system. Riding or driving on sunshine is pretty cool. After having driven over 100 000km in electric car in the last 5 years charged predominantly by excess electricity generated by large solar system, it’s now time to do the same on 2 wheels. It is exhilarating to say the least. This bike has 20Ah Lithium Ion battery and manages 70-80km of range per charge. I still do service and repair combustion engined motorcycles and scooters so feel free to get in touch via contact form here if your 2 wheeler requires help. Stay safe

The Driven has recently published very nice summary of performance, pricing and availability of battery electric motorcycles and scooters in Australia and here is the result. It is very promising to hear about ever growing range and options in a 2 wheel segment: https://thedriven.io/2022/03/20/price-and-performance-your-complete-electric-motorcycle-buyers-guide-for-2022/

I have been reading articles by TheDriven.io for a while and here is their first one dedicated purely to electric motorbikes. Great read. Are we ready for them in Australia? I’ll let you be the judge. Enjoy: https://thedriven.io/2022/02/03/dont-you-miss-the-sound-what-it-is-really-like-to-own-an-electric-motorcycle/

This Jawa 350 Perak is a legendary motorcycle that was built in 1950 in Czechoslovakia. It has won countless awards after the WW2 including the most progressive design of its time. It was one of the first motorcycles with transmission and engine in one monoblock. This Jawa has been in my family since 1981. I was 6 years old when my father bought this bike second hand. My father used to ride it to work 5 days a week until he handed it down to me when I got my bike licence in 1992. Since then I have spent hundreds of hours and ton of money bringing it to the current condition. It is in great working order and it has been fully rebuilt. It has 4 gear transmission with semi automatic clutch. Originally it had 250cc single cylinder engine which was replaced with identical 350cc twin cylinder engine from those times. It runs excellent and comes with modern 12 Volt electrical system from 2015. The paint on the front mud guard (front wheel fender) as well as the paint and chrome on the fuel tank is original 69 years old paint. Short youtube video of this Jawa can be viewed here:

It also comes with very unique single wheel trailer PAV 40 which has spring suspension with lockable lid and carrying capacity of 50kg. It can be detached using a simple multi joint of the tow bar that is attached to motorcycle. This motorcycle has been a part of most of my life and I imported it from Czechoslovakia in 2012. I am selling it because I no longer use it as I am transitioning to fully electric cars and motorcycles. It is a great touring bike with top speed of 120km/h without trailer and approximately 100km/h with trailer attached. It comes with RWC (Road Worthy Certificate) and is registered until November 2020. This motorcycle is advertised on sale via gumtree HERE

Jawa 350 Perak built in 1950

It has been almost 14 months since my last post here. Time truly flies when we follow what is close to our heart. I still do work on bikes and scooters but 2 years ago I booked myself for test drive in Tesla Model S and could not stop thinking about the power, silence and unbelievable acceleration of electric motor ever since. There is approximately 2000 moving parts (less in motorcycles) in Internal Combustion Engine or ICE car as opposed to around 17 moving parts in EV or electric vehicle. As I have been working on motorcycles for 33 years now I understand what is more reliable and less likely to fail.

To make long story short over a year ago after I spent 12 months on Electric Car research online and offline I established Tesla Owners and Fans Brisbane community group to grow community of EV enthusiasts and get ready for electric transportation revolution that is happening all over the world already. You can find us and join us on Facebook HERE. I still ride my Yamaha XT660 Z Tenere (currently at 120,000kms) more than I drive car but would love to find Electric Motorcycle that would replace my Tenere. It would have to be similar size with off road capabilities as great as those of Tenere. Do you know of such Electric Motorcycle? Please let me know if you do. I am getting tired of noise, vibration, pollution and gear shifting so Electric motorcycle of Tenere size would be amazing.

If renewable energy solutions, battery storage or Electric Cars are the topics that interest you and which you would like to explore further as alternatives to ancient and dirty technologies like coal, petrol or diesiesel (fossil fuels) you are welcome to subscribe to my Youtube Channel HERE to stay tuned in and connected. It is free. In case you know someone who would appreciate a joyride in Tesla Model S and who lives along Bruce Highway between Sunshine Coast and Cairns or Port Douglas tag them here below or get them to contact me via comment under the video on Youtube please. We are driving up the East coast tomorrow, Monday 12th November 2018 and will be happy to meet them and provide them with short Tesla experience. More details in short video below. Have a great week guys and stay safe. I will be back and available on 28th November in case you need service or repair done to your beloved motorcycle or scooter.

This adventure didn’t go exactly as planned as we failed twice in one day. Why? Due to soft boggy sand, high tide and bad choice of tyres. Instead of planned 60km on the beach we rode 100 meters and struggled removing bike from sand. It was a great day despite being so physical. 🙂