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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 22:31:23 GMT
What are your memories and thoughts from this era, peeps? And will you ever experience such magical biking highs again in your life time?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 7:41:24 GMT
What I do remember is how we would go out as a group for a ride with absolutely no aim of where we were going and still have a great day out . Just the freedom of being able to go "anywhere" suddenly being available and the urge to be out on your bike , even as an apprentice at lunchtime we'd be out on our bikes again just to go for a ride !
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 27, 2018 8:46:59 GMT
Similar thoughts for me too,but as we were riding Old British bangers almost inevitably someone would break down lol. Guess that’s why we never went far  |
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Post by BritPete on Jan 27, 2018 9:23:57 GMT
For my daughters 7th Birthday we bought her a scooter. the weekend before her birthday we took her out to buy it.
she pushed it out the shop to the car, head upright, big smile and looking proud as punch
Thats probably how I felt when I picked up my first bike
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Post by paulsd1 on Jan 27, 2018 10:20:56 GMT
Fungos picture and bojer post says it all for me .
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Post by bodie on Jan 27, 2018 13:52:45 GMT
When there were 3 days till pay day and you had a fiver left but you still put petrol in your bike rather than eat  |
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 27, 2018 14:05:53 GMT
Bloody hell I only had £2 19/-8 to start the week lol.
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Post by BritPete on Jan 27, 2018 15:21:20 GMT
Had loads of jobs since I was 12 paper round etc
First job I had where I had to pay NI @ 18 years old I took home £45 (in cash them days)
Thought I was a millionaire
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Post by bodie on Jan 27, 2018 15:26:58 GMT
Had loads of jobs since I was 12 paper round etc First job I had where I had to pay NI @ 18 years old I took home £45 (in cash them days) Thought I was a millionaire Pete you were a millionaire I took home £136 a MONTH  |
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 27, 2018 15:55:26 GMT
When I were a lad you could have a night out on £1. Pint of scrumpy only 1/- 3d beer 1/-9d,10 fags 1/-9d,fish&chips 1/-6d and I think a gallon of two stroke for me Lambretta was 6/-3d.Happy days lol |
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Post by kickstart on Jan 27, 2018 16:28:28 GMT
Not my first bike but first bike in well over 10 years , July 17th 1999 , I was the new owner of my cm250t , nwf 805x , had to borrow an helmet off a neighbour to ride it home , twas sunny and warm around 4.00pm , grinning from ear to ear , that day I,ll never , never forget 😀😀😀😀
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Post by BritPete on Jan 27, 2018 16:38:09 GMT
When I were a lad you could have a night out on £1. Pint of scrumpy only 1/- 3d beer 1/-9d,10 fags 1/-9d,fish&chips 1/-6d and I think a gallon of two stroke for me Lambretta was 6/-3d.Happy days lol I paid 23 pence for my first pint of beer in a pub, cant remember how underage I was |
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Post by BritPete on Jan 27, 2018 16:39:11 GMT
Had loads of jobs since I was 12 paper round etc First job I had where I had to pay NI @ 18 years old I took home £45 (in cash them days) Thought I was a millionaire Pete you were a millionaire I took home £136 a MONTH I paid NI but dis not pay any income tax Wish that was still true |
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Post by Somersetdreamer on Jan 27, 2018 17:49:32 GMT
It was fantastic being able to get about & I will always remember the feeling even on my first bike CB50 restricted to 30mph in 1979 I used to go everywhere on that bike & it hardly used any fuel, GP100 next & that kept up with the traffic, happy days & fantasic memories that a lot of youngsters will never experience.
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Post by Fordy on Jan 27, 2018 18:34:04 GMT
Like many, I started on a FS1E,KUH474P, would ride day and night, my first taste of real freedom, passed my test on a SD, then cars took over, so many great memories.
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