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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 11:42 pm |
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 12:35 am |
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Fast Frank wrote: Spent most of today pulling a decrepit A10 to bits... I feel an RGS rep coming on
Don't often see them  .
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 12:40 am |
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True, but a good RGS (or replica) is a thing of great beauty.
Especially with swept-backs, Goldies etc.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 05:37 am |
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I think Jezza was being facetious Velton, RGS replicas are not that thin on the ground at all, in fact, consider the scarcity of the real McCoy (I think about 1500 were made) and I bet there are ten times that number kicking about the highways and byways of good 'Old Blighty'.
Still I agree, a well done rep is a thing of great beauty, as was its child... the A65 Clubman
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 05:38 am |
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Velton wrote: True, but a good RGS (or replica) is a thing of great beauty.
Especially with swept-backs, Goldies etc.
As long as it's not an R1200GS Replica , And you'll need quite a big basket on the back for a Goldie.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 07:01 am |
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Fast Frank wrote: I think Jezza was being facetious ......
Who? Me?
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 07:55 am |
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Fast Frank wrote: Spent most of today pulling a decrepit A10 to bits... I feel an RGS rep coming on
Why not turn it into a hard tail chop - also rare - not.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 09:11 am |
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ScotDuke wrote: Fast Frank wrote: Spent most of today pulling a decrepit A10 to bits... I feel an RGS rep coming on
Why not turn it into a hard tail chop - also rare - not.
I live in South Yorkshire... an ex-mining area with lots of subsidence manifested all over our roads... I THINK MORE OF MY KIDNEYS THAN A HARDTAIL CHOP
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 10:35 am |
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 11:31 am |
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Fast Frank wrote: I think Jezza was being facetious......................
Facetious - one of the very few words in the English language that contains all the vowels, used once only, and in the correct order.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 02:06 pm |
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Yes, but I thought Jessplop was being ironic! And tried to reply appropriately.
Interesting that the A65 Clubman was mentioned. The most beautiful RGS (replica?) I ever saw had one of those Lightning Clubman-type seats with a gold fibre-glass hump * (absolutely the perfect finishing touch) and not too much chrome.
Exquisite.
* a bit like Hodge Podge's seat/ hump in shape
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 02:13 pm |
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Fast Frank wrote: ScotDuke wrote: Fast Frank wrote: Spent most of today pulling a decrepit A10 to bits... I feel an RGS rep coming on
Why not turn it into a hard tail chop - also rare - not.
I live in South Yorkshire... an ex-mining area with lots of subsidence manifested all over our roads... I THINK MORE OF MY KIDNEYS THAN A HARDTAIL CHOP
Frank
I rode a hardtail chop, a CB750 originally, once for a short distance along a potholed road in Wiltshire. I was surprised that my kidneys didn't feel as if they'd been under assault. However, it did have a big fat custom (should that be Kustom?) tyre that was intentionally soft. It handled, sort of, too. I didn't ride it far though and to be honest, I was glad to get back on my Ducati afterwards and even its hard suspension and seat was a welcome relief.Last edited on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 02:14 pm by ScotDuke
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