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A blast from the past to the present day!

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brilliant


Sparks me old fruit, that was, without a doubt, and as nob pointed out, the KOOLEST bike thread I have EVER been blessed to peruse. The Triton made me tremble, the Kwakker made me horny, the 996 made me swoon, and the Tuono is the crown...

Thanks mate.
 
tidy gairden, even fir the 70's ,,,,,a wee er 50 wis ma first baby, happy days horsin aboot in a wrangler jaicket an jeans an puddin bowl laser helmet,,,,, obviously at 17, you thocht wranglers were the safest thing tae pit on,,,, paired wi ma sambas
 
seany said:
tidy gairden, even fir the 70's ,,,,,a wee er 50 wis ma first baby, happy days horsin aboot in a wrangler jaicket an jeans an puddin bowl laser helmet,,,,, obviously at 17, you thocht wranglers were the safest thing tae pit on,,,, paired wi ma sambas
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i still wear sambas lol....love em
 
Minded me o a few joys o motorcyclin in me early days.

Such gems as haen tae stoap an swap plugs very 10 miles or so cos wis so oiled up. (GT250)

"Portin" a mates KH250 (that nivir ran right again) by attacking it wi a ******* file all because we read an article by Stan Stevens on two stroke race bikes in Motorcycle Mechanics.
Drillin the front disc o me RD at day release at Falkirk techie college to lighten it and brekkin aboot a dizen drills.

Pissed up oan foreign n exotic bevvy( Newcastle Broon Ale) at the Rose n Thistle Rally in Berwick oan Tweed, Gettin lifted by the polis for peein oot side the pub at the Watermill Rally (think Bately Bridge , Leeds area cannae mind noo??)
Arrivin in the dark at the Piper rally on the Black Isle tae find the tent had fell aff the back o the RD (and wiz handed in to police a mere 6 miles frae me hoose)

ace bars,

Dreamin o ownin a Z1

Avon Road Runners good, Square profile Continentals very bad ( had one rear oan a CB250, wiz sure it wiz meant fur a sidecar)

Punk the first time roond.

Thinking SuperDreams were fur fannies
 
noo we're talkin rico,,,,punk first time roond,,,, jist last nicht a wis awa at the fingers fir aboot the 40th time,,,,,seen a guid punk tribute band cawed,,,cash from chaos,,,****** brilliant, see if ye can check them oot some time, in fit like toon
 
Yep, punk first time round was ******* great. I was a tad too young (11 in '76) but still got well into it. First band I saw was The Stranglers on their Black and White tour (missed the Heroes tour with the strippers, bollocks).

Good punk tribute band local to me called the *** Bristols (being as we are in the finest city in the South West) - went to see them end of last year and apart from the crowd being 90% BCFC football hoolies it was great. Slightly worrying that I knew virtually every song word for word......
 
Oh, and Fingers..... Inflammable Material one of the finest albums ever, still play it loads 30+ years on.

It's a sus sus sus suspect device......
 
I had the first Ian Drury album in Canada methinks, back in the day... Had it sent by a mates sister who had stayed in Blighty when the rest of the familia emigrated to Edmonton. I was in London when I was 21 and the year was about 1984 (Orwell was right), and got to see the real thing on King's Road... We had NOTHIN' like that in suburban Edmonton/St Albert. I need to get in touch with the ex-wife (that'll make the new one REAL happy), cuz the ***** took ALL my old pics when she left.

Again... kudos for the tour through time...
 
I`ll dig a few pics out.

Punk ...........not for me although I do have the pistols singles and a Stranglers album ( the rat one).

I`ll listen to anything really.
My dad used to have a tape of the TT.........
Here`s Freddy Frith on his Velocette............ rrrrrrroooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr
 
A tape Hec min, dae ye nae mean an auld Shellac 78 o the TT!:hehe
 
nice post Sparky , the spice of life going on there Boa , Dont worry I had ranglers as well , I lived on the uther side of town to you, looking at thoughs Picks . were you a Copalstone boy :cool
 
freestyler said:
nice post Sparky , the spice of life going on there Boa , Dont worry I had ranglers as well , I lived on the uther side of town to you, looking at thoughs Picks . were you a Copalstone boy :cool
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Very perceptive, Freestyler, I'm impressed with your local knowledge!

Whereabouts did you live?

Coplestone? Nah, try a bit further north - close though...!
 
rico said:
A tape Hec min, dae ye nae mean an auld Shellac 78 o the TT!:hehe
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An old tape cassette, I bet you can still buy them somewhere.
I wore levis £3 + a pair and they were like cardboard with about 6" turn up ............. on the inside.None of the tripe they sell as levis now. 501 button fly ??????? they had zips in the 60`s and all had a red tab.. I sold them for 1/6 ????? One Shilling and Sixpence
 
sparky said:
Very perceptive, Freestyler, I'm impressed with your local knowledge!

Whereabouts did you live?

Coplestone? Nah, try a bit further north - close though...!
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LOL North Gate , Rushmear ,this coud go on for ever Ipswich is a big town :thumbup My famaley is from whiton ,and white House , Dads farm was at Barstal vilage ,then mooved to claydon , so went to claydon high School :crazy , it was the pick of you out the back of the hospital gave it away , the new wing must of only just been not long finished ;)
 
Right first time, Northgate. I guessed it was the hospital pic that gave it away - funny cos I was looking at it yesterday and thought to myself "blimey, I didn't realise the new bit was built way back then...!" (There's an even newer bit there now BTW).
Often go out Hadleigh way from mine, Burstall only up the road and my missus lived in Elmsett - small world innit!
 
This thread is all over the place...........................

Bikes (old) then punk and now locations ..................

What next ? A discussion on why this thread is about ???????


Don`t yer just love it ?
 
hector said:
This thread is all over the place...........................

Bikes (old) then punk and now locations ..................

What next ? A discussion on why this thread is about ???????


Don`t yer just love it ?
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As I suspect that most of us suffer from ADD, this threads diversity only indicates...


ohhh look, shiny!!!!
 
If he still had that lot he could retire... All he'd have tae dae is tae charge us each a sheckle or two for being able to perform a little frottage on said machines.


*uunnnngh*
 

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