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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):

--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 03, 2023, 10:12:08 PM ---When I was 17 and got my first 500-4 I decided to ride to Greece with my mates as we said we were all Greasers so it would be like going home spiritually  ;D ;D ;D

Sad that isn't it, we didn't though, no money and jobs meant it was a non starter.

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When I was 18 (1966) my best friend bought a tidy used Land Rover Safari (ex-Lord Scarsdale) his plan was for 2 galls & 2 or 3 mates to take a trip to Greece sharing food & fuel costs camping en-route for a 6 -8 week jaunt. As I was pretty skint at the time with no real handle on the cost involved I declined the offer. My mate went ahead with the trip but it turned into a bit of a nightmare when it broke down in France then the clutch burnt out in Athens. I opted for a  4 week crewing job on a motor yacht instead no pay but food provided with an allowance when ashore. None of the group got to score with either of the girls. I wasn't much of a risk taker when I was 18.

B11sey:
These trips seem a bit tame today with reliable adventure bikes, Satnav, more money and the security of a mobile phone signal but back in the day you needed a proper sense of adventure to travel far.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Looking back I was a daft teenager on two wheels me and my mate would ride out to a couple of local quarries on Sundays as there were not working.
We rode our bikes round the various roads used by the big trucks - the best off roading was an abandoned place near Matlock riding in a storm of dust when it was dry weather.

Trigger:
Done a load of rides all over europe including the eastern block before the Berlin wall came down and all the way to India on silly small bikes like one of my CD250's. Took a Piaggio typhoon 50cc from Newport pagnell to Thessaloniki on a 3 day trip  ;)

B11sey:

--- Quote from: Trigger on February 04, 2023, 01:36:41 PM ---Done a load of rides all over europe including the eastern block before the Berlin wall came down and all the way to India on silly small bikes like one of my CD250's. Took a Piaggio typhoon 50cc from Newport pagnell to Thessaloniki on a 3 day trip  ;)
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Now that’s a proper adventure ride
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