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Raging Inflation
Bryanj:
When i started on bikes(dinosaurs had spoked wheels) Petrol was 7shillings and sixpence a gallon and beer 1 shilling and 10pence a pint but my MONTHLY wage was £34 so i could still only afford to fill my Enfield 3 1/2 gallon tank once a month. Bike cost £15 with a bad big end , used bottom end £7, insurance £20:from memory.
mike the bike:
A pint of Brains Dark was 37p in 1981
paul G:
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--- Quote from: Green1 on October 16, 2019, 03:50:09 PM ---What your all forgetting in the mid 70's you were probably on £70 a week at the time.
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Mid 70's Mick, I would of only been 10 so, still on pocket money ;D
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You must have had a paper round in the Himalayas then ;D ;D
paul G:
--- Quote from: Andrew-S on October 16, 2019, 04:07:26 PM ---Great thread! - I couldn't resist posting these two invoice from my 1972 750 K1, one on trade-in and purchase and the other for repairs when the camshaft let go:
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Insurance £214 :o :o :o
SteveD CB500K0:
I thought that too.
I'm sure i paid £70-ish in the 70's
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