I'm in love, unfortunately my wallet isn't

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V8Druid

V8Druid

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Furniss said:
Grew up on bikes so feel as safe as you can be ....skiing on the other hand ....thats dangerous 😳 havent done it since ending up through the netting and down some steps
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James Captain-197 Villiers motor - aged 10 ..... AJS 350 was next :giggle: not been without a bike since
 
Furniss

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7 years old (not that one)
 
Lancs Lad

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Does this count? Pretending I'm 18 again today on my new toy ,great fun up in the forest downhill routes with the lads
Anything with two wheels and an engine scares me sh*tless😳🤣.
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Furniss

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V8Druid said:
but you can't better the smell of R :giggle::giggle: ........ Greta'd love it :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
used to use Putoline in my SWM/Gori, Monty,s & Cotton/Minarelli trials and CR250 Hodnas that I campaigned in time trials
still got the Gori and should NEVER have parted with the Cotton :cry:
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We used to go to the Gold Cup at Scarborough as kids to watch Mick Grant / Sheene / Phil Mellor etc and I remember Dad winding the windows to smell the Castrol R
 
diggerjones

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Furniss said:
Happy Days but that seat ! Did your mum make it 😉
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Cheeky fooker. Think that was my biggest purchase when i did it up. Was it the Kawasaki that had them. Was it Eddie lawson replica or something
 
Furniss

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diggerjones said:
Cheeky fooker. Think that was my biggest purchase when i did it up. Was it the Kawasaki that had them. Was it Eddie lawson replica or something
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Horrific whatever it was 😀 I think they were on the kawasaki, tiny bit before my time but I guess it was to make them look like a single seater
Edit: just clocked your jumper !
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
diggerjones said:
Me at 16🤣🤣View attachment 46020
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RD ... YPVS??? or just the LC .... never had an LC, ridden a few and an RD500LC :giggle::cool: but used to enjoy my Becket RD400 with similar Microns Dyl ..... bought it like that .....
sold it to one of the duck jockeys in '17 (name escapes me ATM) ... he did send me a pic of it last year all fettled and shiny :giggle:
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him and Lister picked it up when they were working on the 465 back then ... two nicer guys you couldn't meet
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diggerjones

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V8Druid said:
RD ... YPVS??? or just the LC .... never had an LC, ridden a few and an RD500LC :giggle::cool: but used to enjoy my Becket RD400 with similar Microns Dyl ..... bought it like that .....
sold it to one of the duck jockeys in '17 (name escapes me ATM) ... he did send me a pic of it last year all fettled and shiny :giggle:
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him and Lister picked it up when they were working on the 465 back then ... two nicer guys you couldn't meet
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Nice. Mine was 250lc. Think it was stan stevens tuned. Was quick. Lucky to be alive now
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Rob65 said:
I’ve got a tidy 350 YPVS and a Duc 916 SP2 sitting in the shed.

Time to play is the biggest problem these days.
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aye ... when the weather's nice there is always summat else more pressing to do (according to the executive management's to do list) :rolleyes::ROFLMAO:
 
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