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« on: April 08, 2024, 08:04:25 PM »
Lovely line up of bikes Julie!😁
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« on: April 08, 2024, 07:59:49 PM »
Sounds like good work done there Ted! Satisfying end to a small crisis.👍
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« on: April 08, 2024, 07:56:36 PM »
Never managed a wheelie on the 500, but i was 21 stone at the time!
More than happy with both wheels firmly on the ground these days!😁
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« on: April 08, 2024, 07:21:51 PM »
Had some bits and pieces from them too.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: April 08, 2024, 08:35:55 AM »
My original 500 used to slip like buggery on take off if useing a handfull of throttle taking several hundred yards(old english measurment) before stopping, never wore out and gave up worrying about it
Doesn’t help when trying to wheelie!😂
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« on: April 08, 2024, 08:32:27 AM »
Walk in with a part number and ask if it can be ordered, if in uk 3 days if europe 3 weeks
I buy a lot of spares from my local dealer, HGB Motorcycles, Ruislip. If I order them before 4pm they arrive by midday the following day 👍
Good service Dave! Checked out their website, some nice bikes in stock too! 😜
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« on: April 05, 2024, 09:17:12 AM »
Yes its instead of dipstick and maybe it sorts out the ghost problems
🤣🤣
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« on: April 01, 2024, 09:29:30 PM »
Ah yes!
The Belstaff wax jacket (NO other makes were available). Usually had a plug spanner shaped mark in one pocket and the outline of the spare spark plug in the other, almost worn through after falling off many times. Put it on to feel the cold, removed for extra warmth.
Ian
🥶🤭😂
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« on: March 31, 2024, 10:37:15 PM »
Johnny you have just reminded me of the only time I had my younger brother Paul (then aged 8 yrs) as a pillion passenger one cold February moring back in around 1966 to attend the local Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne.
Were talking well before Crash Helmets were compulsory, we lived near Sutton-on-the-Hill about 10 mies away with our parents. It was a bitter cold day with a hard overnight frost but no snow at home. As we descended into Ashbourne it was like crossing into the Arctic Circle with some light frozen snow still on the ground plus a howling wind.
To this day he reminds me sometimes that I made him cry in pain due to the cold. I was riding an Ariel Leader with full screen protection. I did not know if I should ride home faster thus increasing the wind chill or slower so we had to endure the freezing cold for longer.
No leathers etc just normal trousers, shoes & a windcheater's, our mother was well pleased to see us return home about three hours later safe but frozen - kids today eh we had it tougher back then lol.
🥶🥶🥶 don’t think I would have wanted to go in that conditions even with proper gear Ted! Reminds me of my first proper jacket, Belstaff waxy Barbour type with the thermal properties of a Mac! 😂
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« on: March 31, 2024, 10:17:42 PM »
Johnny,
I should have known that was Kirkwall cos I've once been there.
Camped at Stromness and made a day trip round the island, but got hammered later at a bierfest in the Ferry Inn then forgot about everything.
Happy times...
Cant beat Orcadian hospitality! 🤣🤣
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« on: March 31, 2024, 10:45:24 AM »
I have my touring bike plugged in all winter purely because of prolonged lay up but this time of year I find even one run a week is enough to keep battery up.
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« on: March 31, 2024, 10:42:49 AM »
Lovely Johnny, she does look well made up.
I’m very much all my biking life been a solo rider but must admit I quite liked the company.
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« on: March 31, 2024, 10:40:35 AM »
That’s Kirkwall! Orkneys capital. My home town which is actually a city.
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« on: March 31, 2024, 07:41:04 AM »
Lovely spell of weather here at the moment and my oldest grand daughter has been on about a bike ride all winter after taking her out for a run for the first time back end of last year. Thought she would be that terrified she wouldn’t be wanting to try that again. Picture sums it up!
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« on: March 31, 2024, 06:31:37 AM »
My granny used to get milk delivered in a plastic bag. The bag then sat in a purpose-made jug, corner was cut off and it poured from there. Worcester area - odd lot down there.🙂
I remember them! Had them here for a period of time too! Maybe late 60’s early seventies at a guess.
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