Are you a Tom or Tom's naughty Friend?

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Dal

Joined Jan 2010

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Discussion Starter
• Jan 5, 2010

• #1

This may have been posted before but it's worth a look :eatcorn

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-videos/video-classic-look-signal-manoeuvre/9082.html

 

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Moggi

• Jan 5, 2010

• #2

Erm, half and half! :biggrin

What's a "rear" brake anyway? :dunno

 

NewBoots1

Joined Jul 2007

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Northamptonshire, England

• Jan 5, 2010

• #3

Super...but what's all that riding well to the left all about????

 

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Moggi

• Jan 5, 2010

• #4

Maybe bikers were a bit submissive back in the day? :dunno

 

NewBoots1

Joined Jul 2007

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Northamptonshire, England

• Jan 5, 2010

• #5

Aye, you could be right!

 

skrall

Joined May 2009

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London

• Jan 5, 2010

• #6

5:33 Tom dosen't stop for the old lady at the zebra crossing.:biggrin
Toms mate definitley looks like he's having more fun.:devious

 

RSVkwackers

Joined Nov 2009

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HULL

• Jan 5, 2010

• #7

think i'm a mixture of both....specially when toms friend is off road:devious

 

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kawasakiinit

• Jan 5, 2010

• #8

bit of both really .. not a double yellow line to be seen and some great old motors .good to watch :thumbup

 

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Dolenc

• Jan 6, 2010

• #9

Im a Tom but without the rear brake and the cool looking glasses

 

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B o B

• Jan 6, 2010

• #10

skrall said:

5:33 Tom dosen't stop for the old lady at the zebra crossing.:biggrin

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Yep, I spotted that too. Also, on one of Tom's 'good' overtakes he put himself as the 'meat in the sandwich'. Boring comment from me I know but it was bizzare seeing what it was like riding in that era. Keep taking your hand off the throttle so you can indicate etc. Actually, Tom looked a bloody boring rider and as for him sharing his riding sessions with a scooterist ......... :roll

 

Alan Haskins

Joined Nov 2009

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Surrey

• Jan 6, 2010

• #11

I was Tom's friend. I've got worse since.

 

mkw007

Joined Jul 2008

200 Posts | 0+

Chesterfield Derbyshire

• Jan 6, 2010

• #12

Dal said:

This may have been posted before but it's worth a look :eatcorn

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-videos/video-classic-look-signal-manoeuvre/9082.html

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Sorry, fell asleep well before the end, fecking boring FFS :nana

 

saint nick

Joined Sep 2009

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• Jan 6, 2010

• #13

Moggi said:

What's a "rear" brake anyway? :dunno

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the thing that helped tom's mate slide around the tree, also useful when Tom's special friend is riding pillion

Dolenc said:

Im a Tom but without the rear brake

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courtesy of Aprilia

Tell you what that little trumpet looked handy off road, wouldnt fancy that on the Falco

Hand signals.........on the old bike no indicators required, you actually get used to it, I sometimes think the cagers take more notice.

Lovely muted colours, nice jazz soundtrack.

 

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A303

• Jan 6, 2010

• #14

Awesome - no throttle return spring there then. See Tom pull away while indicating with his right hand?

saint nick said:

Tell you what that little trumpet looked handy off road

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I used to know a bloke who was a Triumph factory 'scrambles' rider. Took some brawn to muscle those old twins around an MX track.