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Posted: 10:51 - 06 Nov 2019 Post subject: SO.........What got you in to biking? |
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I don't know if there is a thread like this around (probably been done before, but I cannot be see one)
But it its something to talk about in these dark winter months.
What made you get on two wheels?
I'll start: touring.
Everytime I get dragged on holiday abroad with parents, you go to some nice places.......but then you spend 95% stuck on a resort ...which is basically a prison camp ...just with a bit better weather!
I have always wanted to do something better than that .... (actually got the idea from watching those top gear Christmas episodes where they go buy old cars then they go on some challenge road run around some place in the world)
and yeah......discovered that bikes are great for commuting as you can traffic weave
So what made you a two wheeler? (I bet is was the high speed that did it ) ____________________ My wife asked me to get her something that goes from 0-100 in under 5 seconds for her birthday. ......................I got her a bathroom scale.
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Posted: 11:26 - 06 Nov 2019 Post subject: |
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I read Easyriders and Iron Horse magazines as a snotty.
I imagined myself as a modern day cowboy like Peter Fonda.
The dream came true when I got mu first bike, a Honda P50. The beast from the east.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/g0MAAOSwNkpcEaGG/s-l300.jpg ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Posted: 11:54 - 06 Nov 2019 Post subject: |
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I can't remember a time when I didn't want a bike!
Probably something to do with my parents, unwittingly, ending up at the IOM, during TT week, when I was a toddler, in 1964 or 5.
A couple of teachers used to turn up to school on bikes, one on a 350 Montesa trials bike, he went on to run a classic bike race team.
Never managed to save up enough from my paper round to get a 50 but I, eventually, ended up with a pre-restriction 125.
Bikes have always fascinated me and always seemed way more fun than cars.
IME most car nuts turn out to be some of the most, cliquey, snobs you could ever meet! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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When you're a 6 year old on the back of your dad's Bantam you think you're flying. ____________________ 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 |
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A few things gave me the bug before I was old enough to ride.
Not my dad's C70, rotting under a tarpaulin in the garden, nor the CD175 he replaced it with.
My eldest brother probably started it when he bought a new 250 Superdream and started to take me for rides on the back. Then he replaced that with a beautiful (I thought) new green Z650. Then his mates would come over on CB900s and the like.
Then I started to read bike magazines. The August 1980 issue of "Bike" was a big influence on the hooligan I turned out to be when I started. So much so that a couple of years ago, I sourced a replacement for that long lost copy.
Then I got a job as a Saturday lad at a local bike dealer - Ducati, Laverda, Moto Guzzi, Yamaha, and spent my Saturdays drooling over the expensive Italian exotica of the day.
Is winter over yet? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Suntan Sid wrote: |
A couple of teachers used to turn up to school on bikes, one on a 350 Montesa trials bike, he went on to run a classic bike race team. |
My physics teacher was reputed to have a collection of something like 50 old Brit bikes, and he did indeed turn up on several different ones.
I got an A in physics O level ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I was driving my car one day and thought "this isn't the way to save the planet!"
No, it was boredom. Bored of sitting in a metal box as London's traffic gets steadily worse. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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I think it's a generational thing If you're a certain age, then bikes always been around, and desirable. Back in the day, entertainment for kids was riding around on bicycles and playing outdoor games with friends. This was universal - what we did for play was outside, and bicycles were a big part of it. It was easy to dream about twisting the right handlebar and zooming off into the distance. There seemed to be a lot more bikes on the road, and interesting/strange individual characters around. From people with spiked green punk hairdos, to the characters who didn't go anywhere without their ferrets in their big coats, the one-man-band types with cymbals on their knees busking in the high street, and, of course, among other people we were told to avoid, the large groups of people with motorbikes who congregated at Wimpys. It all presented as an interesting and colourful picture of an adult world full of excitement and adventure and choices that reflected individuality. |
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I was 16 and lived 15 miles away from the nearest anything and 5 miles from the nearest bus stop. So it was either get driven everywhere by parents or a 30 mile cycle ride up and down some really fucking steep hills.
So moped bought, CBT done the first Sunday after my 16th birthday. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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I lived in a village, it was just what you did in them days (early 80s) we were rockers (or 'greasers' in 80s parlance) and we used to sing about smashing the mods ('smoothies') - but we rarely did of course. We used to go to rallies - remember Nob Rot? Nearly everyone passed their bike test before car, from 16-21 I only used bikes then I passed a car test,,
Ha ha I found this link https://www.lpmcc.net/rallies/rally_nobrot82.htm to some pics. I was there in 82 if I recall on my RS200 - happy (bloody cold) days and melted my new Frank Thomas boots in the bonfire ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 144 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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