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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 18:17:45 GMT
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Post by jonnyboy on Jan 4, 2015 18:23:09 GMT
Nice pictures, i know attendance was down but how about exhibitors? were there many?
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Post by kickstart on Jan 4, 2015 18:26:49 GMT
I wish I,d gone now ,about 1 hours drive from home , Thanks for piccies much appreciated !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 18:27:23 GMT
Not many. At least 2 of the sheds were empty and not used. If you took away the cheap tool sellers you would have halved the number of stalls. One complete hall was the scooter boys of course- mildly interesting but not my thing. I never spotted any SD spares at all. I bought a grease-gun. Life on the edge....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 18:45:58 GMT
Still on the VJMC stand, only a bike away from the SD- was this gorgeous RD400C. Interesting as this is how my USA RD400D will come out of the workshop this summer- I have the tank and panels in the same Marine Blue ready to fit, plus UK bars. There was another RD400 for sale over in one of the other sheds which was a right bitsa- frame and engine were UK RD400D, but it had RD400C clocks and warning lights on it and a few other parts like seat and tailpiece off another bike. The seller talked the biggest load of bollocks about how it ended up like it was. Don't believe everything they tell you...    |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 19:05:53 GMT
Still on the VJMC stand- Honda 500/4 Racer. Nice and simple and lovely...   |
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Post by Loz on Jan 4, 2015 19:10:01 GMT
Not many. At least 2 of the sheds were empty and not used. If you took away the cheap tool sellers you would have halved the number of stalls. One complete hall was the scooter boys of course- mildly interesting but not my thing. I never spotted any SD spares at all. I bought a grease-gun. Life on the edge.... I must say I had to giggle to myself,when we went in the scooter shed,there was three 50 plus year old men there with the parker coats on and to get the look they had pork pie hats on,they did look the part tho,and may well think the same if they see us sat on mopeds |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 19:17:25 GMT
Not many. At least 2 of the sheds were empty and not used. If you took away the cheap tool sellers you would have halved the number of stalls. One complete hall was the scooter boys of course- mildly interesting but not my thing. I never spotted any SD spares at all. I bought a grease-gun. Life on the edge.... I must say I had to giggle to myself,when we went in the scooter shed,there was three 50 plus year old men there with the parker coats on and to get the look they had pork pie hats on,they did look the part tho,and may well think the same if they see us sat on mopeds I know what you mean- had to stop myself laughing out loud at the "Keep the Mod Movement Alive" club or stand thing- with a scooter centre-stage with the spotlights and mirrors and whippy aerial with Union Jack. Stereo-type.... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 19:20:58 GMT
More off the VJMC stand- back in the day you would get zero street cred for riding one of these, but the UK Dads went to work on them. A bike that would run and run with very little love and attention- so that's what people did- ran them into the ground. I like them because of the whole CB160/CB175/CB200 dynasty of bikes....  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 19:35:20 GMT
I never liked the Kawasaki triples way back- I suppose being 2-stroke put them at a disadvantage to start with, I was a 4-stroke man. But the triples have a really big following now- and well organised clubs and spares support. Are the colours on the tank correct- I don't know enough about them? Another rider I think from the patina on the engine cases...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 20:08:40 GMT
There was a big club stand from an outfit called "UK2Strokes.co.uk"- who I have not come across before. The whole area was covered in gold foil which I thought was a bit too glitzy, also home-made spotlights, tape stands, a liveried marquee- just shows how organised you have to be to show bike nowadays! I want one of these. Just need to find one that has not been butchered or altered....  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 20:25:45 GMT
For all you tiddler fans- this was the UK2Strokes stand pride of place....  |
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Post by jonnyboy on Jan 4, 2015 20:31:33 GMT
Thank you crouchy for your photos they are interesting, nice to see a cd175, always fancied having one but never got round to it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 21:12:19 GMT
Another tiddler- very nice and I had to be dragged away as I was infatuated with the diameter of the header pipes- like straws!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 21:17:36 GMT
My gosh, 7 big ones.....
Is that what these go for these days?
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