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martinmjr62 said:
Very nice,i certainly regret never doing my bike test.I had an old Yamaha FS1E back when i was a lad but never took the test going into cars instead.Alot of my mates went on to bigger bikes and i now regret not going further 🙁

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Martin
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Was that a fizzy Martin?🙂
 
I like the old Ducati monster, don't know if they still do them? They went pretty to look at but I seen some cool custom fighters. Used to enjoy the custom work cutting and welding old moped fairings for street fighters. anyone still got a v max?
 
Wallace said:
Beautiful smell. I always hankered after a Chesterfield rep Aprillia RS250, trouble was finding one that hadn't been killed to death!


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I had a chesterfield rs125 - brand new in 1995- so new that the insurance guys didn't list it yet.

I wish I had the rs250 romboni replica. So few of them around now, prices have increased £1000 in 2 years
 
kirk said:
Thanks seeing that I'm now starting my third midlife crisis, never had a real bike🙁 well apart from a deristricted tzr 125 in my teens the ignition got used more than the bike by my mate's messing wanting to hear the electronics.😀 I was put off bikes when I used to collect crashed bikes for the Customs paint shop I worked for.(born to be wild) lost count of how many r1 r6 cbr's I used to pick up from plastered up bikers😀
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Luckily as I'm a bird on a bike I don't have to do anything stupid to prove myself 😉 the way I see some guys riding sports bikes you know it's not going to end well sooner or later 🙁
When I was first getting into bikes RD'S were all the rage then a lot went on to the X-7's lol my first motorised 2 wheels was a Batavus moped :lol:
 
Rd's I remember plodding past my mate's on there rd50's on my first bike step through it was gold.😀 we could never work out why one lads bike blew us all away. We later discovered his dad Had put a 100c lump in his 50cc fizzy frame. My Dad has a race tuned rd350lc now that was a crazy bike back then.🙂
 
Rd's I remember plodding past my mate's on there rd50's on my first bike step through it was gold.😀 we could never work out why one lads bike blew us all away. We later discovered his dad Had put a 100c lump in his 50cc fizzy frame. My Dad has a race tuned rd350lc now that was a crazy bike back then.🙂
 
Now don't all get too exited you too Miranda when you see my first bike it was a bit of a beast with the De baffled custom pot black exhaust . It was my pride and joy cleaned with a tooth brush. 9ysutyge.jpg pizza anyone?😀 later traided up for a shaft drive four stroke yammy 70 step.
 
Well what can I say Kirk that beats my new toy into a cocked hat....I'll get my coat 😀
Seriously though that is one clean machine,any particular brand of toothbrush you recommend? :lol: oh and I have seen one of those recently,considered a classic now.
 
Lol, we were inseparable, bit of suninn sprayed on my hair and it was the same colour😀 just any old brush and autosol for the wheels😀
 
kirk said:
Dh
Was that a fizzy Martin?🙂
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Yes it was, paid £50 for it back in 1977 worth a fortune now. Mate of mine just bought a mint one


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Takeit that was a lot of money then 77. The year star wars came out I think,and the year I was born 77.😀
 
MirandaB said:
Blimey Kirk you're 11 years younger than me and just starting your third mid life crisis,I must be a late developer :lol:
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Haha, well the hairs going then struggling to keep the waist smaller than my chest,and I feel old. Especially in the colder weather. I bet it's awfull riding motorcycles in the dark on the roads now. Just been out on my push bike and lost count of the pot holes I've hit. I think Id go for a quad bike rather than a sports bike as I would be more likely to behave myself on the road with other road users. Don't think I'd be here now if I'd had a proper bike. A lot of the bikers I used to know are no longer with us or they have been reassembled with rods and pins. Witnessed too many deaths and the inquests put me off bikes still a big admirer. I can still picture myself with a long ginger beard the p pot helmet on a Tuttle style bike I wouldn't stretch to the tats tho I'm too much of a wuss.😀
 
The bike I had before my current ZX6R was a UK model Yam FZR400RR 4DX. Always loved the 400cc's as my 1st bike was an NC30 (for 5 years) and the FZR was great, if not a little narrow minded lol 😀

It was an ultra clean bike (to you and me), but the chap who bought it from pulled it apart! I thought he was a bit extreme (and a tad unfair lol), anyway, when he got home he sent a picture of my old bike with its new buddies 😉

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The two bikes he parked this with, MV Agusta 750 SS & Honda RC30 will be £40/£50k worth of bike, he paid £1300 for my 400, and has since completely restored it so it looks completely new.

Always nice to know an ex bike has gone to a good home 🙂
 

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Wallace said:
That's the reason I got an NC30 when I was 17. Tryed to kid myself it was an RC at the time, shame it didn't go like one lol


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Didn't go as fast as one but went round corners as quick as one! Chucked my NC into the scenery twice in the same day at Cadwell playing the 'I'm riding a baby RC30' game lol
 
This is the actual RC pictured above...



And my old FZR400 after he'd worked his magic!! :hungry:

 
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