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I went from this. That's me on the back about 1951. I couldn't ride behind that brother as he was blind but both of us spent some time on that pillion.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/Ron%20with%20Arthur%20on%20BSA250.jpg) (http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/Ron%20with%20Arthur%20on%20BSA250.jpg.html)
To this with a few bikes in between
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/d4c34f6d-cc2a-4532-8998-e6320acc89fd.jpg) (http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/d4c34f6d-cc2a-4532-8998-e6320acc89fd.jpg.html)
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Excellent photo, in the days when a good mop of hair was thought to conform to BS standard in crash tests ;D
And whats with the pair of sardine tins on his forehead
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I went from this. That's me on the back about 1951. I couldn't ride behind that brother as he was blind but both of us spent some time on that pillion.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/Ron%20with%20Arthur%20on%20BSA250.jpg) (http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/Ron%20with%20Arthur%20on%20BSA250.jpg.html)
To this with a few bikes in between
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/d4c34f6d-cc2a-4532-8998-e6320acc89fd.jpg) (http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/d4c34f6d-cc2a-4532-8998-e6320acc89fd.jpg.html)
Did you intend to list this here Ron? Who's Who? »I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
Perhaps a moderator will do the honours.
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It was late Tom,
Maybe a moderator can move it to the appropriate section.
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Copy it and post it here Ron http://www.eurokclub.bike/index.php/board,34.0.html
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I started off on one of these
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roncoombs/images/Postcard%20Bantam.jpg)
My brother gave a tank suit, a one piece thing with two zips from bottom to top. It was heavy and awful when it got wet.
I think Aerostitch do something similar, in modern materials of course.
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And then came the only new bike I've ever had, a 1960 250cc Ariel Arrow. It cost £167 and was bought from Moto's of Catford owned by Gordon Colquhoun who owned the Moto Vincent sprint machine ridden by Charlie Rouse. Three years hire purchase and just as I paid for it I put a con rod through the crank case.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/db01d9e9-591b-4781-8dc8-6c395cc530f2.png)
Me on my Arrow with upturned Ace bars and me brother cleaning his 1936 Austin ruby.
At this time I also had one of these
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/Vincent.jpg)
Bought for £30, nobody wanted them and sold the engine for £30 some while later and dumped the rest. Those were the days.
I broke the bridge off a throttle slide and went down the hill to the local Triumph shop and low and behold he had a couple of slides. He mentioned that he got them for his Vinnie and in a reverie said the old CJN didn't half go. I completed the registration number and he then told me all about it and how fast he had made it go. I was green and didn't quite know what to make of it all.
I didn't know it at the time but he was the top man when it came to balancing Triumph crankshafts.
His name was Freddie Cooper the sprinter who had a twin engine Triumph called Cyclotron and had a go at world records at Bonneville. He ended up working on race cars and was so well thought of in the race world that his funeral car was allowed to do a lap of Brands Hatch.
We had loads of fun on that Vincent going to Johnson's café on the A20. Three up and ninety up the mad mile.
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1972 Vincent 1000cc, £100, I had £10
1977 Vincent 1000cc, £1000, I had £100 (tried my bank for a loan - they said no)
2016 Vincent 100cc, £50000, I bought my GT for £6000
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It hurts every time I think about it.
At least I can say I owned one.
I've still got the old brown fold out log book somewhere.
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In some circles that's enough for a restoration project........
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And then came the only new bike I've ever had, a 1960 250cc Ariel Arrow. It cost £167 and was bought from Moto's of Catford owned by Gordon Colquhoun who owned the Moto Vincent sprint machine ridden by Charlie Rouse. Three years hire purchase and just as I paid for it I put a con rod through the crank case.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/db01d9e9-591b-4781-8dc8-6c395cc530f2.png)
Me on my Arrow with upturned Ace bars and me brother cleaning his 1936 Austin ruby.
At this time I also had one of these
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/Vincent.jpg)
Bought for £30, nobody wanted them and sold the engine for £30 some while later and dumped the rest. Those were the days.
I broke the bridge off a throttle slide and went down the hill to the local Triumph shop and low and behold he had a couple of slides. He mentioned that he got them for his Vinnie and in a reverie said the old CJN didn't half go. I completed the registration number and he then told me all about it and how fast he had made it go. I was green and didn't quite know what to make of it all.
I didn't know it at the time but he was the top man when it came to balancing Triumph crankshafts.
His name was Freddie Cooper the sprinter who had a twin engine Triumph called Cyclotron and had a go at world records at Bonneville. He ended up working on race cars and was so well thought of in the race world that his funeral car was allowed to do a lap of Brands Hatch.
We had loads of fun on that Vincent going to Johnson's café on the A20. Three up and ninety up the mad mile.
You must an 'Old Bike Mart' subscriber as I am :)
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A couple of cafes we frequented in the early sixties.
Johnson's was on the A20 near West Kinsdown. https://www.facebook.com/Johnsons-Cafe-A20-West-Kingsdown-87045380492/ (https://www.facebook.com/Johnsons-Cafe-A20-West-Kingsdown-87045380492/)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/Johnsons%20cafe.jpg)
and the Salt Box was near Biggin Hil. Linking the two cafes up on an evening ride back to Blackheath was good fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmuCEN79kfY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmuCEN79kfY)
(http://[URL=http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/outside-saltbox-cafe.jpg.html][IMG]http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/outside-saltbox-cafe.jpg)[/URL](http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/outside-saltbox-cafe.jpg) (http://s168.photobucket.com/user/drumwrecker/media/outside-saltbox-cafe.jpg.html)[/img]
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My G9 Matchless with Jampot rear suspension seemed to keep going no matter what. At one point the big end had gone and the piston was just hitting the cylinder head. I took it to bits and had the crank metal blasted and reground.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/79989a9d-1b68-4f92-a170-8f3e021742f7.jpg)
We also had a Hillman Minx convertible
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/fcaa8997-2d85-46bf-8eab-7eadb846a5c3.jpg)
That minx bit the dust and was replaced by another. Paid £8 with three months tax on it and sold it for that a year or so later. Those were the days.
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....the reg no would be worth many times that these days.
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We had a Ford Popular TWD 3.
What would that be worth now?
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We had a Ford Popular TWD 3.
What would that be worth now?
£20K or more I would say, one of my Dads old Morris Oxfords was 105 AD
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My G9 Matchless with Jampot rear suspension seemed to keep going no matter what. At one point the big end had gone and the piston was just hitting the cylinder head. I took it to bits and had the crank metal blasted and reground.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/79989a9d-1b68-4f92-a170-8f3e021742f7.jpg)
We also had a Hillman Minx convertible
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/fcaa8997-2d85-46bf-8eab-7eadb846a5c3.jpg)
That minx bit the dust and was replaced by another. Paid £8 with three months tax on it and sold it for that a year or so later. Those were the days.
Looks like the bow of the Cutty Sark, Greenwich then
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Yep, Cutty Sark, Greenwich.
From my clothes you can tell I lived nearby.
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My G9 Matchless with Jampot rear suspension seemed to keep going no matter what. At one point the big end had gone and the piston was just hitting the cylinder head. I took it to bits and had the crank metal blasted and reground.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/79989a9d-1b68-4f92-a170-8f3e021742f7.jpg)
We also had a Hillman Minx convertible
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/drumwrecker/fcaa8997-2d85-46bf-8eab-7eadb846a5c3.jpg)
That minx bit the dust and was replaced by another. Paid £8 with three months tax on it and sold it for that a year or so later. Those were the days.
Looks like the bow of the Cutty Sark, Greenwich then
+Before it caught light.
Do you remember the famous person that had NAB1 through to NAB10 all on his Rollers.
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Sir Gerald Nabaro
married the daughter of a BSA director to get on!
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Absolutely correct :)
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Can I claim the prize for doing it from memory rather than Wikipedia?
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The prize is all yours if you check out your karma. I only remember Sir Gerald Nabaro because of his personal number plates. I like the idea of a number plate that nobody will remember.
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I've had loads of those, hence the personal plates. Too old to remember who I am so every little helps!
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Is this part of a stealth strategy.
Given the hazards of making good progress in this country, I've always thought a personalized plate as a disadvantage if it's easy to remember.
My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.
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Is this part of a stealth strategy.
Given the hazards of making good progress in this country, I've always thought a personalized plate as a disadvantage if it's easy to remember.
My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.
IAM/ Rospa speak!
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My ideal number would be one that looks almost like the one which belongs to the vehicle but doesn't exist in the DVLA database.
....and that would be so illegal even the ANPR operator would notice before the alarm went off....
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Can't a man dream? :-X