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Offline nhmaf

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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2009, 07:48:17 PM »
There is some very nice iron in this thread, besides the "show me your R65" thread!

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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2009, 04:52:26 PM »
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All the more so as the 250 was often driven by young men with a strong right wrist!
What u saying..... i had a C15 as a "young man"!!! could have been worse some of my mates were "Mods" now they were to**ers
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I get it, I get it...

But Lou, since I rode a Vespa GS in high school (Mod) and a Triumph in college (Rocker) would that make me a strong right-wristed to**er at the Ace Cafe?  [smiley=ROTFLMAO.gif]
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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2009, 05:58:16 AM »
Ok its confession time.......my dad came home from work on my 16th birthday and announced that as i now had a licence he had bought me some wheels ....... a Triumph no less but unbridled joy soon turned to tears as he opened the garage door to reveal a bright red Triumph Tina.... [smiley=shocked.gif]...needless to say i traded it for the C15 after persuading my mom to loan me the balance and repair my street cred.  [smiley=beatnik.gif]
Forgive me father for i have sinned if had been a Vespa or Lambretta i might have kept it !!!
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Offline Bengt_Phorqs

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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2009, 08:22:14 AM »
Lou was this the scooter your Dad got for you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Tina

Perhaps that was his way of discouraging you from becoming a Rocker. ;D
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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2009, 11:46:55 AM »
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Lou was this the scooter your Dad got for you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Tina

Perhaps that was his way of discouraging you from becoming a Rocker. ;D
Oh god now ill have nightmares again......thats the beasty probebly the worst Triumph ever made.
No gears belt drive 0 to 50 in three weeks.
Lou
That said there probebly collecters items and worth a bit now....mmmm

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Offline Lucky_Lou

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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2009, 12:59:40 PM »
Heres my Honda Dream circa 72, also a bit of my Hillman Imp Califofnian what a brilliant car that was after a bit of tuning and some mods.
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Re: My no. 2
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2009, 03:23:43 PM »
i say it really quietly but I also have a bright orange LML 125 scooter, a clone of the Vespa PX made in India. I always wondered (shame on me) what a Vespa was like to ride and 4 years ago bought the LML, which looks exactly like the 1960s Vespa. It turns out to work pretty well and has been trouble free - for 2,500 miles so far. I guess it gives the sixties mod experience including apparently zero suspension, crashing about on tiny wheels and rock-hard seat, max speed 50 and a crawl when you get to a hill.  But you do get some modern stuff like electric start, disc brake, autolube and a good headlight.