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Title: Bike collection story
Post by: mthee on February 24, 2021, 01:02:37 PM

Starting with a Guzzi single, it's a good read containing the funniest club name;

https://www.bikesure.co.uk/forever-bikes/moto-guzzi-crown-jewel/

Another good 'un here about a Fizzy - “I remember taking home a big holly bush once,” he says. “I sat this holly bush on the speedo and rode home.” 😎😁

https://www.bikesure.co.uk/forever-bikes/sebs-fizzy/

And you can't get more bike obsessed than this lady - 1st female police motorcycle rider, amongst other things - “And I kept getting worse bikes. I had 750 or 850 Nortons while the blokes were getting new BMWs."

https://www.bikesure.co.uk/forever-bikes/karens-love-for-honda/

Title: Re: Bike collection story
Post by: CrazyFrog on February 24, 2021, 06:35:26 PM

Great reading Matt 👍

Title: Re: Bike collection story
Post by: mthee on February 24, 2021, 07:16:24 PM

There's loads on there with some impressive lives lived with all kinds of bikes 👍

Title: Re: Bike collection story
Post by: Itsme on February 25, 2021, 08:08:13 AM

Excellent reading. I thought it was funny that Karen says she had the worst bikes in the Norton 750 or 850. I seem to remember when Notts police went over to BMWs several of them got crashed due to the handling not being as good as the old Interplods.

Spartacus

Title: Re: Bike collection story
Post by: themoudie on February 25, 2021, 10:49:03 AM

Aye Spartacus, that was my understanding as well.

Way back, in 1975, when the A9 was largely still single carriageway, I was heading south from Inverness and the traffic was horrendous, coming from Newtonmore to Drumochter it was solid both ways and crawling behind a plethora of caravans and HGV's. I was riding my 1953 AJS 18S loaded with my worldly goods and an Interplod came past down the middle and beckoned me to tag along! Very instructive, at "making progress", without any blue lights etc and without frightening the **** out of other road users, we parted at the Inverness-shire - Perthshire boundary at the top of Drumochter. Perth was another 2 hours away and in total that leg of the journey took 4 hours.

I'll put the Stradivarius away, and just hope to get the Duke out for some more canters in the near future. At present it's the five mile shopping run!  ;)

Good health, Bill

Title: Re: Bike collection story
Post by: Moto63 on February 25, 2021, 10:20:50 PM

Quote from: themoudie on February 25, 2021, 10:49:03 AM

I'll put the Stradivarius away,

Good health, Bill

🤣🤣🤣..oh how I chuckled at that bit.