Found this old photo when I was back in the UK last, a lucky find as i lost all my old photos in a house flood a few years ago..........
Me with my old 76 yamaha RD350B proddy bike in 77/78,
Feel free to take the piss
TLS_Russ
2012-05-20 10:02:00 UTC
bic_bicknell
2012-05-20 10:28:00 UTC
Great photo TLRuss.
TLS_Russ
2012-05-20 12:14:00 UTC
Nice Dunstall GS1000, I remember them
BASH69
2012-05-20 17:20:00 UTC
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Colonel_Klinck
2012-05-20 17:49:00 UTC
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Mr_Trecolareco
2012-05-20 17:53:00 UTC
I was born in 79' you old tarts lol
Colonel_Klinck
2012-05-20 18:01:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-05-20 18:04:00 UTC
Now, now children
TLS_Russ
2012-05-20 18:12:00 UTC
I reckon riding a Superduke has more to do with your mental age than the physical
stalker
2012-05-20 18:34:00 UTC
i reckon riding a superduke lowers your mental .
CEREC1
2012-05-20 19:45:00 UTC
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nampus
2012-05-20 21:00:00 UTC
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rac
2012-05-20 21:17:00 UTC
hi all
gs 1000 ,yam rd's....
having flash backs of scary moments when i was young .. 1960 born .. so ya all youngsters and i is a old git riding a crazy ktm ... ha ,can remember my first eddie lawson 1000.then onto a gsx 1100 .. then on the 1100 gsxr d redg.... those were the days
gs 1000 ,yam rd's....
having flash backs of scary moments when i was young .. 1960 born .. so ya all youngsters and i is a old git riding a crazy ktm ... ha ,can remember my first eddie lawson 1000.then onto a gsx 1100 .. then on the 1100 gsxr d redg.... those were the days
Mr_Trecolareco
2012-05-20 21:56:00 UTC
My first bike in 95 ( honda crm 50r )
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The second one in 2000 ( yamaha xj600 N after sometime without two wheels)
But I agree, superduke is about emotions and mental "in"sanity
aThe second one in 2000 ( yamaha xj600 N after sometime without two wheels)
But I agree, superduke is about emotions and mental "in"sanity
jambox
2012-05-20 22:04:00 UTC
Bunch of old farts, the lot of ya (except nampus)
DGShannon
2012-05-20 22:33:00 UTC
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jmann
2012-05-21 00:48:00 UTC
Some can probably guess the year more-or-less ...
Without the hair sometime later. MotoGp (Catalunya) so it must be a year ago.
Without the hair sometime later. MotoGp (Catalunya) so it must be a year ago.
omky756
2012-05-21 01:39:00 UTC
Started riding at 10 yrs. old...
All dirt biking then...
I'm not fecking old.!!!!
Born in '56...
My oldest was born in 1980...
My youngest kid is 23..(I have 4 kids).
You're as old as ya feel...
I feel the oldest when I get outa bed in the morning...
Warm up the creeks n cracks...
I get more tail than most of ya...
I'm single and I'm just an old whore...
I get told my mechanical girlfriend means more to me than they do...
They are RIGHT..!!!!
All dirt biking then...
I'm not fecking old.!!!!
Born in '56...
My oldest was born in 1980...
My youngest kid is 23..(I have 4 kids).
You're as old as ya feel...
I feel the oldest when I get outa bed in the morning...
Warm up the creeks n cracks...
I get more tail than most of ya...
I'm single and I'm just an old whore...
I get told my mechanical girlfriend means more to me than they do...
They are RIGHT..!!!!
TLS_Russ
2012-05-21 04:09:00 UTC
OOPS! Apple rubbish strikes again........ double post
TLS_Russ
2012-05-21 04:10:00 UTC
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KTM666
2012-05-21 06:16:00 UTC
........some spotty youth sitting on my old RD350A
41KS
2012-05-21 07:18:00 UTC
Talking about music, besides Megadeth it was Napalm Death one of my favorites at that time
Superdan
2012-05-21 07:49:00 UTC
Love to join in but all my photos on bikes were in a digital era
KTM666
2012-05-21 07:57:00 UTC
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2012-05-21 08:28:00 UTC
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KTM666
2012-05-21 08:32:00 UTC
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Superdan
2012-05-21 08:43:00 UTC
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rac
2012-05-21 09:01:00 UTC
hi all.
phew thats a relief, i am not the oldest on here , bunch of old farts .
anyway nuff of this , going out on the bike :
phew thats a relief, i am not the oldest on here , bunch of old farts .
anyway nuff of this , going out on the bike :
jmann
2012-05-21 09:59:00 UTC
Ha
The True Believers managed to do all that stuff and still retained the desire/ability to rip it up.
Personally, I'd be proud to be the oldest member of this forum because being the oldest hooligan would be a badge
of honour.
The True Believers managed to do all that stuff and still retained the desire/ability to rip it up.
Personally, I'd be proud to be the oldest member of this forum because being the oldest hooligan would be a badge
of honour.
jmann
2012-05-21 10:17:00 UTC
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KTM666
2012-05-21 10:22:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-05-21 13:01:00 UTC
Born in the summer of 59, been living on the edge ever since
bic_bicknell
2012-05-21 13:58:00 UTC
Just found a few more in the bottom of a box.
RD 250 on "L" plates.
Riding on favourite roads - Trough of Bowland
I loved this KH400 S3! Best triple I owned
My first move away from 2 strokes. Z400J
RD 250 on "L" plates.
Riding on favourite roads - Trough of Bowland
I loved this KH400 S3! Best triple I owned
My first move away from 2 strokes. Z400J
Superdan
2012-05-21 14:05:00 UTC
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DribbleDuke
2012-05-21 14:12:00 UTC
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bic_bicknell
2012-05-21 14:24:00 UTC
Ha ha
Sabre
2012-05-21 18:07:00 UTC
My old RD 250 just before i rode it back to my barracks in West Berlin from Lincoln (UK) 1978 one hell of a journey back then,dressed in full combat gear the Russians gave me a strange look as i went through the corridor soaked to the skin
bic_bicknell
2012-05-21 19:47:00 UTC
Sabre, what's with the gay reflector still on? Looks like a bit of rust on that there bike so there's no excuse it was new!
Superdan
2012-05-21 19:52:00 UTC
Never knew they had Ugg boots in those days Ginge
BASH69
2012-05-21 20:10:00 UTC
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2012-05-21 20:47:00 UTC
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2012-05-21 20:51:00 UTC
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scotsduke
2012-05-21 20:57:00 UTC
GINGE as well as being 34 years ago it was also 34 stone
only kidding mate no wonder you ended up on a tv screen in berlin xxx
only kidding mate no wonder you ended up on a tv screen in berlin xxx
No. 47
2012-05-21 21:21:00 UTC
'58 vintage - most of you may have been riding RDs, KHs,etc (or FS1Es and the like perhaps......) I was on '61 BSA C15S, '65 (Dunstall) Triumph 500, '68 Bonnie, etc - I'll try and find the magic lantern images.
Viking
2012-05-21 21:23:00 UTC
Being a semi youngish whippersnapper these are the oldest pics i've got.
1st motocross bike back in 2002. It was a 1998 YZ125
1st motocross bike back in 2002. It was a 1998 YZ125
Crotchrockety
2012-05-22 00:05:00 UTC
I don't have any old pics. My long dead uncle likely had some old Polaroids (the really old ones that you had to smear with the stick of goo to help develop them) of me on a Honda 50 and later a Honda 70 at the ripe old age of 8 in 1972. That's when I started crashing bikes. I didn't like riding much back then because the only way I found I could stop was to crash. My stubby legs couldn't touch the ground back then either.
SDNerd
2012-05-22 01:06:00 UTC
Nice fooking hair - LOL. Mine was no better.
Not a single pic survives of my RD350B, RD400, or the RZ350 ... ex-girlfriends, always seemed to end with the media be it pictures, vinyl, artwork, etc.
Not a single pic survives of my RD350B, RD400, or the RZ350 ... ex-girlfriends, always seemed to end with the media be it pictures, vinyl, artwork, etc.
jmann
2012-05-22 01:31:00 UTC
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SDNerd
2012-05-22 19:07:00 UTC
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KTM666
2012-05-22 21:14:00 UTC
..just proves you were with the wrong woman...for who you are........
TLS_Russ
2012-05-23 09:23:00 UTC
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bic_bicknell
2012-05-23 09:46:00 UTC
If you had a bright purple triple in the early 80's you got to take out pretty 15 year old redheads pillion.
TLS_Russ
2012-05-23 09:58:00 UTC
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rac
2012-05-23 17:39:00 UTC
hi all
huh i could not get a girlfriend to go on my bikes , they used to ask if i had a car and when i said now , that was it .gone ..
some of them i did not say i had a car as well as i did not want to be seen with them anyway. some of the girls back then were so big that ya would think that you were ridin a chopper with them on the back .. haaaaaaaaaaaa.
they knew that they had a fat ass because when they pulled there knickers down ,their ass was still in them yuk
huh i could not get a girlfriend to go on my bikes , they used to ask if i had a car and when i said now , that was it .gone ..
some of them i did not say i had a car as well as i did not want to be seen with them anyway. some of the girls back then were so big that ya would think that you were ridin a chopper with them on the back .. haaaaaaaaaaaa.
they knew that they had a fat ass because when they pulled there knickers down ,their ass was still in them yuk
DukeofCornwall
2012-05-24 10:14:00 UTC
Speed Hill Climbing in the '80's. Supermoto bikes before supermoto was invented!! 1981 KX250 with 18" Akront rims, wet tyre in the front & wet compound inter on rear. Bike put me in hospital for 3 months with a smashed knee joint, bike sufferred a scratched clutch lever!
Later replaced with a CR500 set up with 18" wheels, Dunlop KR124s and 300mm disc - made the SD look sane.
Later replaced with a CR500 set up with 18" wheels, Dunlop KR124s and 300mm disc - made the SD look sane.
TLS_Russ
2012-05-24 12:05:00 UTC
1981, after 4 bans a couple of motorcross bikes and a broken back I was back on the RDs.....
Drag racing now, my first road legal drag bike, started life as a 79 RD250E completely rebuilt with a big bore to 270cc using 125LC pistons and wild porting, shortened Allspeed pipes, XS400 swing arm 45mm longer than the RD arm with 50mm longer GS750 Marzochi shocks,
Later fitted with a Denco (USA) ported big reed RD350B top end, that was then bored to 370cc using YPVS350 +2mm pistons
Drag racing now, my first road legal drag bike, started life as a 79 RD250E completely rebuilt with a big bore to 270cc using 125LC pistons and wild porting, shortened Allspeed pipes, XS400 swing arm 45mm longer than the RD arm with 50mm longer GS750 Marzochi shocks,
Later fitted with a Denco (USA) ported big reed RD350B top end, that was then bored to 370cc using YPVS350 +2mm pistons
KTM666
2012-05-24 15:01:00 UTC
One of the very first Black LC350.....run it in and then had a full Stan Stevens Formula 2 spec (Carbs were bigger than the barrels
TLS_Russ
2012-05-24 15:26:00 UTC
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KTM666
2012-05-24 15:47:00 UTC
No this was one of the very first Formula 2 Tunes 32mm power jets.........
bic_bicknell
2012-05-24 18:46:00 UTC
I loved those red and white RD400Fs Wanted one so bad. But then I got the Kawa triple and was happy I guess. But seeing your picture made me remember the total infatuation I had with the RD. I never fell for the LC really. I thought it was a bit lightweight and gay!! It was a bit pretty. The RD was the business.
KTM666
2012-05-24 19:30:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-05-25 01:02:00 UTC
Lowrance
2012-05-25 01:48:00 UTC
Amazing the number of RDs (2 strokes in general) in this thread. Funny how we all migrated to the SD.
I started my hooliganism career on a 1979 RD400 Daytona Special! That bike got me in a shit load of trouble!
Bummed I don't have a pic to throw up...
I started my hooliganism career on a 1979 RD400 Daytona Special! That bike got me in a shit load of trouble!
Bummed I don't have a pic to throw up...
bic_bicknell
2012-05-25 05:31:00 UTC
I can only say what I remember thinking of them then! Anyway, it was more of a comment on their looks. I was so used to the very straight lines and rectangular, solid styling of the old RD bikes and then along came this new lightweight bike with it's curves and delicate parts. Everything on it was a smaller, lighter, curvy, sculpted. Parked next to the old RD's it looked very feminine and not as macho. It was only it's performance that saved it from being tatally gay But of course styling fashions and tastes change and within a year or so the old RD's looked like things out of the ark.
What I really, really envied was the monoshock though.
What I really, really envied was the monoshock though.
bic_bicknell
2012-05-25 15:39:00 UTC
Here's some pictures of the next seminal bike that entered the scene about the same time as the LC. My mate Robert's Katana seemed like something out of a science fiction movie. But then again it was just a GSX1000 underneath and didn't do anything better than the older bikes really.
Abused from new
Abused from new
KTM666
2012-05-25 19:33:00 UTC
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2012-05-26 05:19:00 UTC
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MADDOG53
2012-05-26 12:43:00 UTC
1980 I rode this in to the Loudon national,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Spencer smoked em all that day ][/img]
bic_bicknell
2012-05-26 15:23:00 UTC
I love Morini 3 and a halfs. I have a few friends here with them.
TLS_Russ
2012-05-26 17:31:00 UTC
Red Le Mans MK11 I had one of them on my bedroom wall
bic_bicknell
2012-05-26 17:43:00 UTC
What's with the red exhaust baffle on the left hand side and black on the other? Is this a fashion thing or what?
MADDOG53
2012-05-27 01:02:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-05-27 02:38:00 UTC
I suspect we have now been labeled as old wankers due to this thread. well here is another old wanker
MADDOG53
2012-05-27 14:22:00 UTC
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bic_bicknell
2012-05-27 14:55:00 UTC
Don't know. But I do know that quite a few years later, maybe when she was in her early twenties she passed her HGV license and drove trucks for a while.
MADDOG53
2012-05-30 00:26:00 UTC
SuperHoon
2012-05-30 02:27:00 UTC
so many great pics guys, pity i can't add any old pics of my own because i was born in '90!
Lowrance
2012-05-30 03:21:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2012-05-30 08:29:00 UTC
Wow, what a trip down memory lane.
I loved my RD400, you can't beat the smell, sound and buzz of a 2 stroke. Went on to own 3 Katana 1000s, another classic bike with strangely similar lines to the SD.
I loved my RD400, you can't beat the smell, sound and buzz of a 2 stroke. Went on to own 3 Katana 1000s, another classic bike with strangely similar lines to the SD.
Stupid Luke
2012-05-30 19:17:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:39:00 UTC
90's Vs now
One on the right was about a year after I left the Army.
One on the right was about a year after I left the Army.
Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:41:00 UTC
No. 47
2012-05-30 20:41:00 UTC
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Stupid Luke
2012-05-30 20:44:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:46:00 UTC
Trackdays in the 90's
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2012-05-30 20:48:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:52:00 UTC
Luke, have you got any classic Judo pictures?
I'd love to see them mate.
I'd love to see them mate.
Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:55:00 UTC
Girlfriends in the 90's
This was in a hotel at Daytona Beach.
This was in a hotel at Daytona Beach.
Ducati Pete
2012-05-30 20:59:00 UTC
Stupid Luke
2012-05-30 21:21:00 UTC
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Schnauzer
2012-05-31 08:18:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-05-31 08:56:00 UTC
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Viking
2012-05-31 09:36:00 UTC
Holy shit Pete! You look nothing like i expected.
Ducati Pete
2012-05-31 10:18:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-05-31 11:47:00 UTC
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2012-05-31 11:49:00 UTC
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Mr_Trecolareco
2012-05-31 12:51:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-05-31 19:31:00 UTC
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BASH69
2012-05-31 20:27:00 UTC
This is about as early as i can go back with photos - early 90s exup, saw my 1st few trackdays at Cadwell on the big barge and 1st knee down round Mansfield
Stupid Luke
2012-05-31 22:09:00 UTC
You and Pete could form the ex 90's gash leather subsection.
TLS_Russ
2012-06-01 07:01:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-06-01 07:45:00 UTC
Ash, you had the same Mag wheels on your Ducati.
Marvic Penta in the gold colour - lovely.
Marvic Penta in the gold colour - lovely.
blb
2012-06-01 08:00:00 UTC
Pete,
Your RS250 was exactly the same as my first bike, waaaayyy too temperamental for me who only just passed their test. Mine was a 96N bought in 2000.
Beautiful bike and lovely to ride (when it worked ) Brought back some memories for me, don't think that a 17st rider and an rs250 mixed too well.
Your RS250 was exactly the same as my first bike, waaaayyy too temperamental for me who only just passed their test. Mine was a 96N bought in 2000.
Beautiful bike and lovely to ride (when it worked ) Brought back some memories for me, don't think that a 17st rider and an rs250 mixed too well.
BASH69
2012-06-01 08:08:00 UTC
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Ducati Pete
2012-06-01 08:11:00 UTC
Obviously I prefered the Marvic as well!
Supaduke
2012-06-02 13:15:00 UTC
Me and my GSX-R750L at Assen
kenscottphoto
2012-06-05 18:07:00 UTC
scamb66
2012-06-06 11:03:00 UTC
Seem to be a lot of smokers on here, so may as well post my first bike. Miss it in a kind of foggy reminiscent way, though sure it was not as good as I remember it.
AGRO!
2012-06-07 07:29:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-06-07 08:09:00 UTC
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AGRO!
2012-06-07 11:45:00 UTC
I liked the KR even with its missing in the rain but then I sold it and got a RG500 Now that was a beast for its time. It had a few problems also like the belly pan cracked on both sides from fuel dripping out of the over flow pipes straight onto the plastic pan and the fix was a new belly pan with a hole put in each side for the hoses to poke through. Also the top fairing needed a bit more support to stop the screen from flexing it use to move around a bit at high speed.
The other problem with mine was that one of the top expansion chambers was slightly rubbing on the tyre so I packed it out with some washers.
The main problem was that it loved fuel. But I used to love that thing I just wish Suzuki would build one today with all the new technology it would be one hell of a machine.
The other problem with mine was that one of the top expansion chambers was slightly rubbing on the tyre so I packed it out with some washers.
The main problem was that it loved fuel. But I used to love that thing I just wish Suzuki would build one today with all the new technology it would be one hell of a machine.
scamb66
2012-06-07 13:46:00 UTC
Think the only problem I had with the KR was the rear plug falling out once, was considerably younger then and not to bright when it came to bike maintenance. A mate used to score avgas from under the wheel well of a Caribou aircraft in my old RAAF days, running on that managed to eke 195 kmh (probably optimistic) but sure felt faster. Smoke used to pour out the cans for a while after I stopped. Would love to have another one, cant recall the last time I saw one or it newer KR-1S. But an RG500 is high on my list.
Superdan
2012-06-07 14:03:00 UTC
Check out my first bike:
Its a classic 2001 Honda Hornet
Its a classic 2001 Honda Hornet
TLS_Russ
2012-06-07 15:17:00 UTC
The last RD400 I built to compete the Supebike magazine Ultimate streetbike competitions, 1980 RD400F 424cc, spent more building this thing than it would have cost to buy a brand new RD500LC............
78-81bhp @9600 rpm would and rev out to 10,500 still making around 70bhp, low 11 second 1/4 miles and road legal
78-81bhp @9600 rpm would and rev out to 10,500 still making around 70bhp, low 11 second 1/4 miles and road legal
BASH69
2012-06-07 17:46:00 UTC
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TLS_Russ
2012-06-08 02:39:00 UTC
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scamb66
2012-06-08 03:31:00 UTC
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2012-06-08 04:04:00 UTC
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Linga
2012-06-08 04:36:00 UTC
My first bike
my first Race bike
my first Race bike
scamb66
2012-06-08 10:00:00 UTC
[quote="Linga"]My first bike
Why does this not surprise me.
Why does this not surprise me.
bic_bicknell
2012-06-08 10:17:00 UTC
My first road bike was a lot more humble. I learned a lot from this bike, from setting valves and contact breakers, maintenance routines, riding through all the year weather etc. I crashed it so many times that I was always fixing it and straightening bits out. I also resprayed it about ten times in two years. As soon as I passed my test I got the RD and never thought about this bike again. But it was a good little bike really. Note the helmet - a Stadium Achilles - my dad bought it for me, it was totally uncool and dorky, everyone else had AGVs. I also had my dad's old Belstaff waxed jacket which was also not cool at the time really. Would be worth a fortune now on ebay.
MADDOG53
2012-06-09 01:01:00 UTC
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AGRO!
2012-06-09 03:17:00 UTC
Hey Maddog was that your Benelli? I used to dream of owning one of those but then I heard they didn't go that great.
So what did you think of the big 6.
So what did you think of the big 6.
scamb66
2012-06-09 12:12:00 UTC
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2012-06-09 13:24:00 UTC
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jmann
2012-06-14 04:18:00 UTC
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