Dad's Bike 1971ish

[Rustle]

Just brought my Dad his CBT so that he can get back on a bike - he had one like a million years ago. Found this picture of him when he was 20, he says he brought it brand new for like £250. I just love his lid! lmao
https://photos-445.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v376/32/33/596684445/n596684445_914240_6763.jpg
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[Bendy]

Awesome gloves.

[t121anf]

if he had a bike why didn't he have a license?

(presuming you meant bought not brought, as brought make no sense in your sentence)

[MarJay]

He's on L plates in the pic, so I'd guess that he was on a provisional at the time...
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[Rustle]

He purchased the bike. He never had a full bike license and back then he could ride on his car license.
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[yen_powell]

Back in the good ol' days, there were people riding bikes on L plates for 10-20 years. They usually rode step throughs, had scabby open face crash helmets, top boxes held shut with bungees and smoked roll ups whilst riding. They did exactly 30mph everywhere, even through red lights. A full car licence gave you an automatic provisional for up to a 250cc bike.

It was mainly cos of them that the first two part bike test came in, along with the pass within 2 years or get banned from riding a bike for a year rule. This was itself replaced with the CBT etc.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Loving the boots/gloves/helmet/L-plate mounting

<picky>L reg makes it 72-73, not 71 </picky>
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[Rustle]

[rotax81]

[Madmanx]

I'm lovin the Foster Grants.
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[trevoriv]

Them boots are ace.
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[Madmanx]

Notice the pedestrian slasher no plate, was later made illegal.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Dr. DaveJPS]

so do i have to remove my pedestrian cutter off my 1950's bike or is it just modern machinery?
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Anything after that date can't have a front number plate, anything before it's optional.
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Kickstart]

[Lone-Wolf]

[bikedemon99]

My first bike was brake light exempt, me on my bike when I was 16, matchless 250cc chopped, scanned them and remember it was 1973 and I wasnt posh, still not!!
https://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6100/973ardwickmanchestermatek5.jpg

https://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8277/973ardwickmanchestermathv7.jpg
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[fra-zzr]

must be old , you dont see many nazis in red leather trousers these days
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[Deano]

i love the arrow on the helmet, "helmet is to be put on this way forward"

[bikedemon99]

[Pickledswede]

[bikedemon99]

[Pickledswede]

[Big Rab]

That CB125S brings back a lot of memories from the early seventies.
My pal Tommy had one and I had its bigger brother the CB175K6.
The runs and fun we had on these bikes, we were never in, out to all hours on them.
Ahh memories

Rab