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Post by marktrower on Oct 11, 2014 11:26:26 GMT
back in sheffield northen general tuesday for some more body work stayed over night put in a ward thay were all diabetics this is a terrible disease lad in the nest bed lost both legs not helped matters two bottles of white lightning a night wanted to know why i was there when i told him i was involved in a motorcycle r.t.a. he told me he was a biker and got a bike at home he want rid of to cut a long story short now got a yamaha sxr400 been stood 4 years my son put some fresh petrol in and a battery started up with the help of easystart this winters project
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Post by scania on Oct 11, 2014 11:36:04 GMT
Wish you the best with the recovery.
I heard a bit about diabetics recently, It has become a big issue in Ireland recently,What age was the guy? Was he very heavy, Also what is White Lightening?
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 11, 2014 11:58:59 GMT
all the best mark, when you get a chance, lets see a photo of your new toy.  |
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Post by jonnyboy on Oct 11, 2014 12:37:32 GMT
White lightning is strong white cider......i think!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 17:40:27 GMT
White Lightning was also the name of Ken Boon's steed......EVK 284C
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 17:48:56 GMT
White Lightning was also the name of Ken Boon's steed......EVK 284C Oooh dear.. Nick, i am going to send you down 10 bob or 50p in English money, i want you to go out and get yerself an ice cream son...me thinks you need to get out more. Dad. aka Gee x |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 17:49:39 GMT
Hahahaha
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Post by marktrower on Oct 11, 2014 18:21:36 GMT
got the letters wrong its a srx400 twin shock gray jap import white lightning is a strong white cider £1.99 for 2LTS
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Post by Harold on Oct 11, 2014 18:30:46 GMT
Sorry your back in hospital Mark but love the fact you never miss an opportunity  |
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Post by scania on Oct 11, 2014 20:29:10 GMT
White Lightning was also the name of Ken Boon's steed......EVK 284C Was that the guy that crashed a speedboat at high speed and was drowned trying to set a new speed record in the early 1970's on a long narrow lake, and they only found his body in more recent years, and in the process of searching for his body the found the body of a woman who had been murdered, or something like that |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 9:07:46 GMT
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Post by davefirestorm on Oct 24, 2014 12:14:36 GMT
That was Donald Campbell your thinking of he died in 1967 and as you said his body only recently found,his last words were "Hallo,the bow is up....I'm going....I'm on my back....I've gone...oh." Very brave man indeed
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Post by scania on Oct 24, 2014 21:35:13 GMT
That was Donald Campbell your thinking of he died in 1967 and as you said his body only recently found,his last words were "Hallo,the bow is up....I'm going....I'm on my back....I've gone...oh." Very brave man indeed Thanks that's the very man, tragic accident, I think his father died earlier in a similar accident, I had been trying to look him up on Wiki but I didn't have enough to go on until you mentioned his name, I just read up on him now, quite an amazing guy. Apparently he had requested to be left buried in water if he ever was drowned, there was a family dispute over the recovery of his body. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 21:57:15 GMT
For your info Ken Boon was his name in a show called Boon. It ran from 1986-1992....the lead role played by an actor known as Michael Elphick. Of the five people I would actually have loved to have met before I died, one would have been him. He never actually rode a motorcycle apparently (for real) but a tenner says this guy had a story or two to tell....he had his demons... In my book, a great genuine actor that re-ignited my interest in motorbikes at a time when I was very influential.  |
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Post by scania on Oct 25, 2014 13:20:28 GMT
Looks like a BSA he is on, I have had years when I never got the time to ride bikes at all, but my SD's were still very important to me for several reasons, I would have went without boots before I would have sold them! Only in recent years have I got back out on the road again.
Maybe Ken liked bikes but for whatever reason he didn't ride them.
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