What do you miss?

[recman]

I miss old pound notes.
I miss the old, more relaxed days at work.
I miss the old style cinemas in town rather than the sterile, overpriced warehouses we have now.
I miss the barely legible but nonetheless still fappable jizzmags I'd find in the hedge.

Onwards and upwards I suppose.

[Rogerborg]

I miss absolutely everything about the mid 1980s.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[rcbikeracer]

The Empire and LSD

[Dave70]

I miss:

A back that doesn't hurt.

A shoulder that doesn't hurt.

Knees that don't hurt.

TV that wasn't wall to wall 'celebrity' wannabes.

And being able to get in a couple of laps around the TT course before work.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[TbirdX]

[Rogerborg]

[Polarbear]

Maybe rose coloured specs but it seemed a lot more laid back then.

Maybe there was more racism. Maybe we did wolf whistle pretty girls.

I don't know, it certainly seemed more friendly than it is now.

Football violence excepted of course.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[MarJay]

I miss bikes being cool.

I miss sportsbikes being cool.

I miss my youth. I miss my innocence in relationships. I miss my RD350LC and my RGV250. I miss my last job.

However, I've got a good life at the moment, I like living where I live, with the bikes that I have and the lady I'm with. I like having money and being able to do what I like.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[FretGrinder]

The days of BCF when you could have fun.


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Yamaha MT-09

ಠ_ಠ

[TbirdX]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/743ec75fd4173141c27d9321ce16b37dd6000988.jpg
Ev. Er. Ey. Thing.

I couldn't help but read that in a Gary Oldman in 'Leon' voice.
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VFR800X - TTR250

[fatjames]

Listening to the radio before everything was autotuned.

I also miss when all chocolate bars were big.

[Polarbear]

[Rogerborg]

[chickenstrip]

The Cold War. The lines drawn in the sand seemed clearer then.
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[Polarbear]

[M.C]

[Stevie GooGs]

I miss having free time.
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[hellkat]

Anita
I miss that nutty bird.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

I miss gigging. I do not miss band politics, lugging equipment and late nights though.
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Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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

[King29]

Grange Hill
Crackerjack
Toffee Logs
Gollywogs on Robinsons Jam
Lots of sweets that were banned for 'bad substances' but tasted great
Good music
Ford Capri's
Auto reverse
Audioline branded cassette car radios
Lots's of 80's stuff basically, especially Skoal bandits 1989, YEAH!

[King29]

[virus]

Not paying taxes
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[andym]

[pepperami]

I miss having hair
I miss the silly humour of past friends and the stupid stupid things we did
The local recreation ground (now houses)
Aztec bars, oh yum!
Home made pushbikes made from parts of all old broken bikes.
Pocket money
My old catapult, i was a fugging menace
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[chickenstrip]

Places like The Ruskin Arms and The Green Gate/Oscars as they were back in the day.

The bunch of mates at High Beach - a good laugh, good banter.

Rides in Wales with a mate from the Fazer owner's forum.

I don't actually miss all the old bikes; I had my fill, and am quite happy with what I have now.

I miss pre-internet days though. Don't get me wrong, some things have been made easier, and I'm not a total gadget hater. But I dunno, it's just not really for me on the whole.
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