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Any other ex dispatch riders among us?
paul G:
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Graham - VT500 - wasn't that mean't to be a move on from the Maggot? Any good, never saw / see many?
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The VT was the successor of the CX and had the V twin longitudinal which meant that the rear cylinder overheated, two cam chains and a seat that was like sitting on a razor, compared to the comfy CX which you could rest your arse on all day ;)
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adespin:
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You started this, so what's your story ??
mike the bike:
On one occasion, I was asked to take a package to Top Shop in Oxford Street. It was one of those aluminium photographic cases with cosmetics in it. Anyway, I delivered it and they refused to sign for it. This was when the IRA were making themselves known so perhaps I can't blame them.
I kinda stiff-armed them into signing for it anyway as I had multiple drops to make and I was parked on double yellows.
About 5:00, I was trying to get home but Wigmore St, Mortimer St etc, were blocked with buses and taxis. Very odd.
I was watching the six o'clock news and, it seems that a mysterious package was delivered Top Shop and the Bomb Squad was sent for. Oxford St and Regent St was sealed off while a miniature tank carried out a photographic box and did a controlled explosion on it.
No questions were asked thankfully.
adespin:
--- Quote from: mike the bike on October 19, 2018, 11:29:58 AM ---On one occasion, I was asked to take a package to Top Shop in Oxford Street. It was one of those aluminium photographic cases with cosmetics in it. Anyway, I delivered it and they refused to sign for it. This was when the IRA were making themselves known so perhaps I can't blame them.
I kinda stiff-armed them into signing for it anyway as I had multiple drops to make and I was parked on double yellows.
About 5:00, I was trying to get home but Wigmore St, Mortimer St etc, were blocked with buses and taxis. Very odd.
I was watching the six o'clock news and, it seems that a mysterious package was delivered Top Shop and the Bomb Squad was sent for. Oxford St and Regent St was sealed off while a miniature tank carried out a photographic box and did a controlled explosion on it.
No questions were asked thankfully.
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Maybe you should change your name from Mike the Bike to Tom the Bomb ;D
PHILIP2908:
No, this was before Fed Ex even got established here. The Swiss Cottage dispatch company was just a bloke with a 'phone who advertised in the Evening Standard promising good money which turned out to be a load of b****x.
I thought an MoT was a requirement for getting the bike registered here. Am I wrong? Its still on its Colorado plates and was going to insure it for the trip to the tester by using the frame number. Is that they way to do it?
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