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Yeah there are a lot of old timers do that
The Retirement Thread
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They should be proud !!! They share it with Mrs DIt is my twin grandsons 17th Birthday today. I can hardly remember being that age.
When I was old enough I got my 197cc Franni Barnet. I had only had it one hour and was booked for riding it with no licence and no L plates. No licence and 3 points must take some beatingI was a bit of naughty boy. I had a 500cc Triumph on the road when I was 15. Never did get caught.
I went into a bike shop a few years ago and sat on a Suzuki 350. I was drooling and told Mrs D I was seriously thinking of it. Next day I read an item about the number of deaths for "born again bikers"......I decided not to bother.I got a Honda SS50 for my 16th birthday, at 17 I bought a CB250 and at 19 I got a CB750. I finally got shot of my motorbike last year when I packed work in. I had a couple of spills over the years, but only one that needed hospital attention. I crashed into the back of a stationary petrol tanker, I wasn't looking where I was going.I never regretted having motorbikes, they are great fun. There are times now that I hanker after another one. Hmmm, wheres the bike shop?
As a lad I used to go to Oulton Park. I still have a b&w photo of Minter with his striped helmet. I enjoyed watching Mr & Mrs Tickle on the sidecars.View attachment 473820
Last race I won before retiring in 2000.
VMCC 'Race of Champions' at Cadwell Park.
Bike is a rigid frame 1948 500cc BSA B33 stuffed full of GM speedway bits - crank, rod, piston etc - and running on methanol. Making about 45 bhp.
Picture taken at 'The Mountain' section of the full circuit.
One of the hardest races I ever had, chasing a guy on a 500 Norton for 10 laps and doing him up the inside at the last corner!
I'd just turned 16 and was running around on a Matchless G3LS (350cc single) not having yet passed my test.When I was old enough I got my 197cc Franni Barnet. I had only had it one hour and was booked for riding it with no licence and no L plates. No licence and 3 points must take some beating
One evening there was a knock on the door. Dad answered it and it was our local beat Bobbie, PC Holt, who had parked his LE Velocette on the drive.
He said that he'd seen me riding without L plates and he knew that I hadn't passed my test. Dad said he'd sort it.
Cue a telling off and a promise to put my L plates back on.
I carried on riding the Matchless.
The fact that it wasn't a learner legal bike went straight over their heads.
Wash your mouth out. If Welshie said it did.. THEN IT DID
Here's me at the Shell hairpin at Oulton Park with world champion passenger, Kenny Williams.
Nice one.....you must have great memories. BUT.......
You never had a Franie Barnet 197cc
I did actually.Nice one.....you must have great memories. BUT.......
You never had a Franie Barnet 197cc
And a James, Greeves, Cotton & New Hudson all with Villiers 2 strokes.
Now you have really upset meI did actually.
And a James, Greeves, Cotton & New Hudson all with Villiers 2 strokes.
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I did actually.
And a James, Greeves, Cotton & New Hudson all with Villiers 2 strokes.
My first bike was a James Cadet, mid sixty's, three speed box with the middle gear missing.
I better not mention the BSAs, Triumphs, Royal Enfield, Norton, AJS, Velocette, Hondas, Yamahas & Kawasakis then?Now you have really upset me
Oh......did I ever mention the Series B Vincent Rapide..........
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I better not mention the BSAs, Triumphs, Royal Enfield, Norton, AJS, Velocette, Hondas, Yamahas & Kawasakis then?
Oh......did I ever mention the Series B Vincent Rapide..........
I always fancied a Vincent but never got round to owning one.
classic33
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Where are they now tbough?Now you have really upset me
