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A blast from the past to the present day!

sparky

sparky

Joined Oct 2009
779 Posts | 0+
Sunny Suffolk
I dunno why, but I thought I'd share some of my biking history with you lot. I reckon these snaps will bring back some memories of similar bikes for a lot of you. Here goes...

As the forum rules are you can only post 4 photo’s at a time (and it’s not even letting me do that!), I’ll have to do it bit by bit…

1980 and no Fizzie for me, but the good old AP50 instead. 57 MPH downhill with a tailwind, brilliant!
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The AP50 gave way to a GT185, my first 'proper bike'
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After a bit of fettling it looked like this
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And I looked cool on it at 17 years old :cool: (Note the way my feet are firmly holding the bike still - the clutch used to drag like a *******!
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Then I needed something a bit more reliable to fall off of on the way to work...
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Now we're talking, a big bike at last
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Aviators were fashionable then too!
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Part ex'd the Honda for something with more character...
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Which I wrote off, and with the insurance money bought a runaround...
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And when the runaround wasn't running around, we used the 'Black Jap Rat'
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After a 10 year break to buy a house, move and then have kids I became a 'Born Again Biker' with the original Triton, which by now looked like this
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Needed something more reliable again so this was next
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But then I needed something with a bit more character (anyone spot a recurring theme?)
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But the Monster wasn't fast enough so it was replaced by this
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Then came my first Aprilia, but can't believe I don't have a photo of it so here's a generic one
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Then came another trip into Ducati land
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Unfortunately the 999 blew up and I was getting older...
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After a year I realised that biking is for fun not function, which brings us up to date...
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Cheers Keef.

There have been a few more along the way, notably a Honda 750-4 which weaved like a ***** at 110 and wouldn't run in the wet but the photo's are either not good enough or non existent.

Anyway, it took me f@cking ages to upload and post this lot so I hope you lot like 'em!
 
crackin post min, ahm awa up tae the loft tae dig oot a heap o similar auld Kodak Instamatic pics n hae "good auld days "sesh.
 
pukey green SS50 fur this loon as first road bike efter thrashin an auld c90 roond the ferm as a kid. Then the momentous leap tae a RD250 at 17. Fell aff it mair times thin bolts rattle aff a Tuono.
 
I'm nearly in tears here you *******, that was by a million miles the best thread/post I've ever seen. Well done matey loved it. Exactly what I wanted after a good night out with a good mate and a fine kebab. Rounded it off nicely. I want to hug and kiss you.
 
Nice one sparky, made me wish id taken or kept more pictures of the bikes ive owned, im a lazy bugger though, ive got 3 bikes at the mo and have only ever taken pictures of 1, but its ok its the T..
 
Nob said:
I'm nearly in tears here you *******, that was by a million miles the best thread/post I've ever seen. Well done matey loved it. Exactly what I wanted after a good night out with a good mate and a fine kebab. Rounded it off nicely. I want to hug and kiss you.
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Aww, shucks! :eek:
 
Mine was a KH250. Went to teck on it. Twas green till me dad painted it blue behind me back.
 
fantastic that lot sparks.

i go back to 73 on the ledge that was the fizzer. 50mph with pedals !!!
 

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