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Bikers help out Australian PM -
"This is a bit different"
Australian Prime Minister John Howard does not usually mix with
bikers.
"He nearly fell out of his
car when he saw us standing there," Ulysses Motorbike Club
member Graham "Grumpy Bum" McKewin said after meeting
the Prime Minister today.
He was one of more than a dozen bikers who volunteered their
services to help co-ordinate a community forum for the Prime
Minister at Caboolture, out campaigning in the marginal federal
seat of Longman, north of Brisbane.
Standing beside their shiny Harley Davidsons, the bikers' "intimidating demeanou"r worked as an effective crowd control as they ushered in the more than 1200 eager people who wanted to meet Mr Howard.
"The public listens to us, but our kids don't," joked one biker later on, as he waited patiently in line to have his image snapped with the PM.
"Doing this sort of work helps, it changes the public perspective of bikers."
Finally a tentative Mr Howard was encouraged to front up to the aging bikers, who live by the motto to "Grow Old Disgracefully".
"It is very nice of you to help us this way," Mr Howard told the club.
"This is a bit different."
