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I thought It would be a good idea to post pictures of your old bikes, so I will start.

Sorry that some of the pictures are of a poor quality. Some are pictures of pictures


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I've not had many bikes.

There's at least one missing from above.......

Totally the wrong pipes on the 350LC - big can Microns!! can't find the puking smilie!

Not enough space for pics of my bikes (pre-date digital camera days!), here's a photo of a photo:




Layne might remember me hillclimbing this bike, won the Cornish road legal championship on it.

This is my last bike before my recent rebirth 4 yrs ago.
Lost it 1979 when a car did a u-turn from being stationary on the right hand side of the road. I was on a left bend, and had nowhere to go when he came across my bows so I dropped it low side. Car drove off, bike wrote off.

MellowYellow wrote:........... Car drove off, bike wrote off.

In fairness, probably saved you greater misery ....... Most of them imploded didn't they, thanks to another wonderful technological advancement - torsion spring valve springs?

TLS-Moose wrote:

MellowYellow wrote:Most of them imploded didn't they, thanks to another wonderful technological advancement - torsion spring valve springs?

Sorry, I only speak english. How the **** do you know all this stuff?

In those days, I had to be told to oil the chain and pump up the tyres occasionally.

Hehehe ..... A sad youth and a friend who had one that did exactly what I said

My old CB 750 KZ. Taken around 1991 And about the same time, my first (and only) attempt at a custom build. An XS400. I didn't choose that model, I just had one. It was my commuting hack. It broke a valve guide so I took the engine out and had the head fixed. Then I thought I'd overhaul the rest of the engine. Then I thought I ought to paint it up and make it look pretty. Then I looked at the rusty horrible chassis and thought, I can't put that back in there.. And so it went on.. I got there before the hipsters.

MellowYellow wrote:

TLS-Moose wrote:

MellowYellow wrote:Most of them imploded didn't they, thanks to another wonderful technological advancement - torsion spring valve springs?

Sorry, I only speak english. How the **** do you know all this stuff?

In those days, I had to be told to oil the chain and pump up the tyres occasionally.

His other hobby only requires one hand so has plenty of free time.

Dog walking