Raging Inflation

[Johnwebley]

You youngsters.

When I started riding.petrol was 4s11p a gallon. In 73 when we bought our house (£8500).my weekly wage was about £27.

Rural areas have great scenery. But low wages

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[Rozabikes Tim]

Just about to shell out on a new van that will cost the equivalent of 1/3 what we paid for our house only 22 years just ago! That just seems mad however you look at it!

[paul G]

You youngsters.

When I started riding.petrol was 4s11p a gallon. In 73 when we bought our house (£8500).my weekly wage was about £27.

Rural areas have great scenery. But low wages

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Low When I started as an apprentice mechanic in 76 I was on £13 a week and petrol was 50p a galon.
I did get a slight discount on that but not much (owner was a right barsteward)

[Nurse Julie]

You lot have got fantastic memories. The only thing I can remember from the late 70's is being able to fill my bikes with fuel for about £1.75 which got me to work and back for a week as a Student Nurse. The rest if my life from then to last week is a complete blank 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Edit....just remembered Norwich Union Riders policy..£300 in 1980

[SteveD CB500K0]

We all had Rider Policies at Uni (76-79). It insured the rider on any bike so we shared all the time

This is outside our place in Brighton in 1979

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[K2-K6]

Nice picture Steve,  also it reminds me I had hair once 

[SteveD CB500K0]

That's me in blue taking the photo of the two guys on the front path.

[steff750]

  steve that reminds me i have a brand new fairing for a cb750 like them in the pic  let me know if you want to buy it lol

[SteveD CB500K0]

Which one?

There's Hondastyle Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 in the picture.

The issue nowadays is the brackets. If you've not got them, it's a real faff to fit...

[steff750]

lol i dont know they all look the same to me?  it is white one
there is a sticker saying f2 and takes a single headlight
 feel free to ask any questions i know nothing about fairings

[Andrew-S]

Love all this nostalgic stuff - seeing those fairings reminded me of the one I had fitted to my 71 K1 in 77, I think it was a Rickman with ace-bars and had the turning circle of a London bus so it and they didn't last long! 

[paul G]

Nostalger and first bike inflation.
Bought one of these Suzuki T125 Stinger for £75 sold it for £50 in 77 now going for 4k+

[philward]

First  bike 1971 cb250k3 - £325 - apprentice engineer wage was £7 pick up - £3 hp loan, £2 house keep and £2 for petrol/running costs/odd beer (35p gallon and 19p pint) - it's all relevant.

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[philward]

That's per week by the way - nobody got paid monthly!

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[Nurse Julie]

That's per week by the way - nobody got paid monthly!

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Haha, in the days of the weekly little brown envelope with all the deductions and Net take home pay written on the front by the wages clerk 🤣🤣I though I was very important when I worked somewhere where that actually put the pay slip IN the envelope with the cash 🤣🤣🤣