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smokystroker
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 09:42 pm |
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How many of us started are bike learning curve with a 150-197 villiers, as a lad growing up in the sixties we had bikes a plenty mostly from old boys had them laying around unwanted Great days living in the country loads of fields to ride in free bikes. I remember getting bottle corks and spending hours cutting them to shape and fitting in clutch hands on learning, pushed on by the reward of a blast around the fields. R40 and STP STICKERS on tank Skull and cross bones on pvc jacket about 12 years old at time.
Loverly days what do you remember give it 5 mins it all comes flooding back. Baz.
Last edited on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 09:50 pm by smokystroker
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Hooli
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 09:46 pm |
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what do i remember from my first bike? that even a 125 will wheelspin down the lawn on that one sunny day we had in january 2007!
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Luckydave
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 10:07 pm |
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| My first spin on a bike was on an NSU Quickly round the disused British rail coke yard in Leamington Spa,we all put in few pennies to buy 2 stroke about 6/- a gallon in 1968
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smokystroker
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 10:20 pm |
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| Magic fear and adrenalin rush got to go faster nothing changes, we used to collect lemonade and coke bottles to pay for the petrol .the norton es2 we had a stripped chair on it all push like crazy and bump start what a beast would throw you over handle bars if kicked we soon learned to power on left handers.wish i had it now ended up in pond what a waste Last edited on Sat Oct 4th, 2008 10:41 pm by smokystroker
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supersix
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Posted: Sat Oct 4th, 2008 10:57 pm |
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School mate of mine had 250 greeves field bike. I managed to hit a pile or sleepers on it (BR property again ). My first off. Also did the clutch cork thing. Happy days. Reckon it was 1972-3
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SMIFFY R
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 07:22 am |
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| Remember my first pillion ride on a bike,Iwas 8yrs old and got a ride with a friend of my parents on a Bantam,Hooked!Later I was staying with my grandmother and one of her student lodgers had a Vincent outfit which had an armchair lashed to the sidecar frame,he conned me out of my half-a-crown pocket money for a ride,went like a scalded cat all around Exeter for the day!Absolutley hooked!I was only 10yrs old,got back,covered in oil mist,flies,dust.Both of us got a massive bollicking!What a day!
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~Sue~
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 01:51 pm |
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First pillion ride my boyfriend at the time was showing off, going too fast and doing wheelies....never held onto anything so tightly in my life 
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ClassicMCnut
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 01:52 pm |
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~Sue~ wrote: First pillion ride my boyfriend at the time was showing off, going too fast and doing wheelies whilst stark naked...never held onto anything so tightly in my life
Too much information Sue
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DM
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 06:26 pm |
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ClassicMCnut wrote: ~Sue~ wrote: First pillion ride my boyfriend at the time was showing off, going too fast and doing wheelies whilst stark naked...never held onto anything so tightly in my life
Too much information Sue
At least you didnt ask for pics this time
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ClassicMCnut
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 06:51 pm |
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DM wrote: ClassicMCnut wrote: ~Sue~ wrote: First pillion ride my boyfriend at the time was showing off, going too fast and doing wheelies whilst stark naked...never held onto anything so tightly in my life
Too much information Sue
At least you didnt ask for pics this time
Damn ......... forgot that
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SMIFFY R
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 07:02 pm |
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~Sue~ wrote: First pillion ride my boyfriend at the time was showing off, going too fast and doing wheelies....never held onto anything so tightly in my life
Lucky B*astard!(mean the boyfriend)
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