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| Armed
robbers picked the wrong target when they raided an Australian bar where
a biker gang was holding a meeting.
Machete wielding masked bandits burst into the Regents Park Sporting Club in Sydney and ordered people at the bar to lie on the floor. But the robbers failed to notice 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club enjoying a drink in the next room, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. "Fifty of us jumped out of our seats and raced out to the main bar," said club president Jerry 'Jester' van Cornewal. The robbers appeared to be regretting the heist as soon as they saw the bikers. "It was very hard to see the expression on their faces because of the balaclavas, but I imagine it was something along lines of 'Oh s***, what have we done here?' ," said the club president. One of the robbers charged through a locked glass door, leapt off a 16ft balcony and ran through a bowling green to escape. The other ran through an exit behind the bar but members of the gang ran around the back and caught up with him. "He came out the door wielding what I thought was a tyre lever, but was actually a samurai sword. I raced in and tackled him to the ground, footy-style, onto the concrete," Mr van Cornewal said. They
tied up the man and waited for police to arrive. Police soon also located
the second robber nearby. A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old were charged
with attempted robbery. |
Worlds Heaviest Bike?
A giant motorbike powered by a Russian tank engine has been recognised as the heaviest in the world. It's been dubbed the Led Zeppelin by creator Tilo Nieber, 39, who said: "You don't get much more heavy metal than this." The four-and-a-half tonne machine has driven into the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest motorbike in the world. It is 17ft 4ins long and 7ft 6ins tall and the engine alone weighs 1.8 tonnes after the armour plating tank cover has been stripped off. The bike, which took a team of welders and mechanics almost a year to build at the Harzer Bike Schmiede in Zilly, Germany, is now hoping for a licence to travel on the road. But in the meantime Guinness Book of Records spokesman Amarilis Espinoza confirmed it was the world's heaviest motorbike. |
