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AshimotoK0:
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Oddjob:
Lmao, I recognise that building.

philward:
Bought my 72 500k1 and 78 GS1000 from Queenies

Oddjob:
Never managed to get into that Pagoda shape part of the building, it looks to be over where Suzuki/Yamaha parts were kept. The 3 first floor far windows were the Honda parts dept, the 2 first floor windows over the Honda sign were the Suzuki/Yamaha parts, not sure but Suzuki may have been 1st floor and Yamaha the floor above. The 2nd floor window closest to the pub is where the CB750K0 was kept in the room behind at the back, unpacked but mainly complete.

We made a paper dart out of a cardboard Honda crate, it was nearly 5ft long and so heavy it took 2 of us to launch it off the roof, this was at the back of the building, it sailed off around a corner and just then the boss Clive came walking round the near corner of the building, the dart then made a re-appearance getting lower all the time, it ended up hitting Clive right on the back of his head, it was so heavy it knocked him off his feet, needless to say we made ourselves scarce but having Honda written on it sort of gave us away, he never did find out who launched it though.

MCTID:
LOL.....my confession is that I bought my Zundapp Bella Scooter from QPM around 1965....I was 15 years old - before I was old enough to hold a Licence. I paid £5 for it and they delivered it to my house in Eccles. I bought it from their other (earlier) showroom on Broad Street, Salford...just around the corner from the building shown in this photo.

It was a pig of a machine and I never got it to run properly....probably me and my youthful lack of knowledge. I can't remember what happened to it. I then went on to buy a few Lambrettas before I found out the joys of Brit Bikes with a 1958 BSA 650 Flash....which I changed the oil every week or so with oil from the Machine Tools where I worked on Nightshift.....I was unsupervised and I had a lot of free time....and the oil was free !
Happy daze.

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