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Offline Rozabikes Tim

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #75 on: November 08, 2020, 04:10:37 PM »
1970.....my new Lambretta SX150 RRJ 904H. Bought from Vernon Smith on Chapel Street, Salford on HP (my lovely Mum was Guarantor on the HP from Raleigh Industries....with me promising - on pain of death not to miss any payments - which i didn't).
And to ride it sensibly!!!!
One day I'll have the time to restore it, not just talk and dream....

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #76 on: November 08, 2020, 05:36:36 PM »
Ahhh it’s good to see this back.

We have loads of new members so come on you lot!


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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #77 on: November 08, 2020, 06:47:11 PM »
OK, here goes........although I've lost a few lbs since 2018, none on my CB750 yet though.




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« Reply #78 on: May 18, 2021, 11:59:09 AM »
So long ago and I haven't changed a bit!  ;D

It seemed like a good idea at the time to fit a Rickman fairing and clip-ons to my 72 reg'd CB750 K1 (JML 60K) but it gave me the turning circle of a bus, so that stuff came off sharpish!

After a search and contact with the DVLA failed to find it some years back, the dealer Bill Bunn MCs in Ealing who sold it to me June 1977 contacted me through FB to say he'd run a HPI check and it appears it was written off in 1989.  :-\

When I've eventually finished recommissioning my 11/70 K1 I'll ride out to Richmond Park and recreate the photo in the car park near Roehampton gate, although of course they've tarmacked since.





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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #79 on: May 18, 2021, 12:02:57 PM »
I bought my old Triumph 500 from Bill Bunn a few years ago. Nice chap to deal with!
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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #80 on: September 16, 2022, 02:01:46 PM »
This is me on my Honda 250 Super Sport back in 1966/67 sadly i'ts the only photo of my many bikes & scooters that survived our 2017 house fire.
Ted's Honda 250 circa 1967 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr


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« Reply #81 on: September 17, 2022, 09:27:57 AM »
Me on the Honda back in 1977, wearing my brand new Honda leathers styled in Red White and Blue for that year.
 Six weeks later I was thankful for the leathers having sailed down the road on my butt due to the front tyre losing grip on a corner at 60mph.
The bike came up over on top of me knocking me out and coming too in the hedge, bike crash bar did it’s job with no damage to bike .
Leathers ruined, crash hat split from back to visor aperture neck muscles spasmed and one broken metacarpal in left hand.
Was forever grateful for good riding gear instead of having life changing injuries to cope with, remember this was the time helmet laws just came in and bikers were railing against it.
Second photo standing in fish pond erecting stone wall fortunately no fish in it.

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #82 on: September 17, 2022, 11:32:15 AM »
there's obviously no fish, or water, as they would have fallen out. that's gravity for you....
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« Reply #83 on: September 18, 2022, 07:14:00 AM »
Hmmm! Don’t know what happened there, seems like I’m from the Antipodes, apparently if you tap on the photo it expands and goes right way up 😀 Computers 👹 I’ve put the piccy of me back in 1977  on my 400/4 which I still have👍😀

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #84 on: September 18, 2022, 03:39:41 PM »
You looklike an over zealous member of a 'Dyna Rod' drain clearing crew with those gloves and one piece on ;D
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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #85 on: September 19, 2022, 08:19:43 AM »
Damn! You discovered my day job👍😀

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #86 on: September 19, 2022, 02:30:29 PM »

1979.....how many on here had a fizzy for their first bike?

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #87 on: September 19, 2022, 02:59:49 PM »
Gotta love these old photos, they certainly conjure up some memories

Cheers

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« Reply #88 on: October 06, 2022, 11:59:16 AM »
Plenty of the younger lads had Fizzies around my area but mine was a BSA Bantam 175, it kept me busy every weekend either cleaning or fixing what had broken, fallen or broken off or was in the process of doing all three, the rectifier was a particular favourite for undoing bolts washers fixing wire or anything else designed to hold it in position. Most hair raising moment was going downhill late at night heading under a bridge towards a right hand bend when the headlight fell out and I had the best lit front mudguard and almost brown trousers moment.☠️👹😱

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Re: Rogues Gallery
« Reply #89 on: October 06, 2022, 09:40:59 PM »
Ewan… just put my Fizzy up for sale…. there is something about them that makes you smile. Well, me anyways.

 

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