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  • June 8, 2019 at 5:44 pm #474246
    Gray539
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        When I was a young man my good friends and I were addicted to speed. We drove hot rodded cars or factory performance cars. Most of us also rode bikes. I favored BSA’s. Over time I owned a 650 BSA, 650 Ariel, 750 BSA Rocket 3, and a Honda 750 Super Sport. My good friends rode Triumph Bonnevilles and Norton Commando’s. Most of those old friends have passed on now, but whenever I see one of these old classics I remember the good times we had back then when life was simple and beer was cheap.

        June 8, 2019 at 8:52 pm #839525
        Cadfaeltex
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            Cool bike and great painting!

            June 9, 2019 at 1:48 am #839518
            Yorky Administrator Ormskirk
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                Ah, memories. I used to be secretary of a motorcycle club and everyone aspired to that bike. A beautiful illustration.

                Doug


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                June 9, 2019 at 8:54 am #839523
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                    Wonderful.My last bike about 5 years ago was a Triumph 5ta speed twin .When i rode home in the early hours of the morning she sounded lovely with noise reverberating the colleges in Cambridge :)

                    June 9, 2019 at 12:27 pm #839520
                    Gray539
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                        Thanks Cadfaeltex.
                        Yorky, thanks. The Norton Commado was a beautiful looking machine and quite fast in it’s day.
                        Trumper, lucky you. That Triumph was a hard tail I believe. My old Ariel was a hard tail. I miss riding bikes. Too much traffic now to be enjoyable.

                        June 9, 2019 at 1:29 pm #839519
                        Yorky Administrator Ormskirk
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                            We had Nortons, Triumph Bonnevilles, AJS and all kinds of smaller bikes in the club. I met my wife when she joined with her Lambretta and I was riding an Ariel Leader – 200cc two-stroke. We had other members who concentrated on Trials riding and we had a course in a local quarry. One year we took part in the Dragon Rally and camped in the snow in a castle in North Wales. Happy days.

                            Doug


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                            June 9, 2019 at 3:22 pm #839521
                            Gray539
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                                Yorky, they were good times. My brother started with a Velocette, then a Royal Enfield and finally a Triumph trials bike.I think we probably had the best of times. Funny, you camped in the snow and we camped on a beach. Where has time gone.

                                June 20, 2019 at 3:50 pm #839524
                                falcon012
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                                    A beautiful rendition of a Legendary machine. I used to work with a girl who kept her brother’s Norton in her garage. I’d love to have a Vincent one day but they are very hard to come by and expensive.

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                                    June 21, 2019 at 12:29 am #839522
                                    Gray539
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                                        Thanks, Mark. A Vincent Black Shadow always seemed like it would be an awesome bike.

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