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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2017 7:08:40 GMT
sounds familiar
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Post by Gissmo50 on Aug 8, 2017 8:35:58 GMT
May old man Had a Dt125 when i was about 7 or 8 and i remember wanting to sit on it alot he then had a basket case of an Mz250 which i wanted but he never got it running right and sold it off to buy a crash damaged vfr400nc24 which i helped him rebuild and again i coveted that bike mum always said over her dead body, at 16 i got a Gilera runer50 a felt like i was the big man now with my own wheels the love affair never went away i had a cbr125 which i put into the side of a corsa smashing my collar bone to bits in november 2008 and my girlfriend basically put me back onto a bike again and i took my test in feb 2009 and never looked back i do always seem to come back to Hondas. Oh and the Vfr that was over my mums dead body is now in my partners name so effectivley its mine as she has no license i feel like i won that.
Kyran
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Post by dblakem1 on Aug 8, 2017 10:30:40 GMT
Was 1981 for me and as a teenager aged 16 I needed transport to get to college which was a 45 mile journey. Went strawberry picking in the summer hols and purchased a Honda SS50-5 speed which served me well up until the Christmas that year when some kind soul liberated it from under its cover at the rear of the college residence where I lived during the week. Mum and Dad helped with a deposit on a shiny new Kawasaki KH100 which I had to wait until my 17th on January 25th to ride legally, although I had it already run in well before then just pottering around the housing estate ;-) Rarely been without a 2 wheeled vehicle of some kind ever since. Happy days :-) Dave Well, that sounds familiar ! When I was 16, I asked my mother 'the question' and she hand-balled it quick smart to my dad. He said 'sure, do what you like' or words to that effect. So, within the hour, I was the proud owner of a Honda SS50. Got my good mate Trevor to ride it home for me - as he had a licence, well to be fair, it was his brothers licence which he always rode on. Ah, those were the days with no photo licence !! And guess what bike his brother had - which Trev was always on - correct. And the fastest of fast - a silver one. By the time I was 17, there was a TS100C ticking over in the garage. Come the day, I was off like a rocket - well, like a TS100 rocket. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 12:41:44 GMT
good old days
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Post by dblakem1 on Aug 8, 2017 13:15:11 GMT
Sigh....yep !! We had some great trips on that bike..... by 'trip' I mean summer eves through some twisties, me on the back ( I was only 16) down to some country pubs for a few shandies....But.... then Trevs' brother swapped the bike for a Honda 500T. Hmmm.... ! I remember complaining that the back-end was hopping out. "Don't worry" came the reply. He was a good rider......
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Post by mikef on Aug 8, 2017 18:02:50 GMT
Long story but here goes. At 16 I asked my dad for a bike. He said"your mum won't like it". Well, I got my way and dad bought me a brand new BSA Bantam D14.
That was march 1969. I was happy with it at first and used it to pass my bike test, but then saw a Honda 175 twin. The Bantam seemed a bit of an old dinasaur after that.
The Bantam got used as transport to work and college until 1971 when I bought a car with help of mum and dad of course. A mini countryman.
So no more thoughts of a bike for me until I saw a photo of a Bantam just like the one I had as a teenager. That was 2008.
As I have always been interested in anything mechanical, I have for years wanted to restore an old car, Mini, MGB, something like that.
To restore a car you need time, space and money. I dip out on all three. So I thought I could restore an old bike, a Bantam.
In 2010 I managed to find on e-bay a Bantam D14 that needed restoration, so bought it. That got me started. Finished restoring that in 2012.
Then as a natural progression fancied a Honda twin. That's how I ended up with the SD.
I've learnt that to restore a bike you most certainly need lots of time and money and a suprising amount of space.
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Post by davefirestorm on Aug 8, 2017 18:23:59 GMT
The "humble" Bantam,only joking they're a cracking bike.Wish I'd plumped for one in 1970 instead of a new Starfire.My Starfire lived up to it's nickname the hand grenade lol.
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