Rocketrod (Rod Smith)27/02/1960 - 21/08/2007

[Volvi]

When I first met Rod it was at a Hondas Ride club convention to Jindabyne around 1996. The only reason he remembered me when we saw each other again with busas in hand, was coz I was the only patsy that caught a ticket on the run to Jindy. A small pack up front were really pushing it and one was on a winbago but he was a instructor from honda so knew his stuff. and me trying to catch up on my ST1100 at the time. The cop saw the pack and said 'nah wont bother' then saw me on me lonesome trying to catch up and thought yea he will do. Rod never let me forget it.

RIP Rod, at least now perhaps you may get to ride Busa Gen.II before all of us, as you need only to imagine it for it to exist. Godspeed or Busaspeed, whichever does it for you.