Hairy Bikers and Other Petrol Heads

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New Haven Neil

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It looks like a Bullet, but is in fact a totally new design, OHC, balance shaft, fuel injection, ABS etc. Still a long stroke though, so is nice and torquey, rides really well. Also available on 'Classic' format for those who don't want cruiser stylee. For four grand, an absolute bargain, build quality is good too, not like the old Indian Enfields which were, er, questionable at times. Had it a year now, faultless.

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New Haven Neil

Member
Osgood said:
What a numberplate.........!
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Used to have it on a (Hinckley) Bonneville T100. Such plates used to be very cheap here (not now) we have H 250 MAN on the wifes Honda CL250 as a forinstance. Manx plates are all MAN 123 or 'X'MN123 or 'X'MN 999 'X' (or vice versa) format - there is no age relation to plates, and most folk keep them from vehicle to vehicle. As we have 5 bikes, a camper and 2 cars it saves having to remember them!
 
simond

simond

Western Thunderer
I don‘t have any plans of moving to the island, but was conjecturing how a plate for my Guzzi

doesn’t work, unfortunately, 73 MAN5 is as close as I could get to Le Mans
 
Eastsidepilot

Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
Shame our plates here on the mainland aren't like that perhaps for counties, living in Suffolk we could have 'Folk' :rolleyes: er maybe not, but as I'm originally from Essex I could have .....:D

Col.
 
michael mott

michael mott

Western Thunderer
Allen M said:
That looks like a Bullet but 60 years younger than the new one I had spring 1962. So much different yet so much the same. I hope you enjoy it.:)
I gave up bikes 18 months ago when I sold my only scooter as now being past 80 I felt venerable with all the traffic.

Regards
Allen
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Hi Allen it’s 4:30 in the morning here, seems like I have been horizontal long enough for this night. The last sentence of your post made me laugh out I shared it with the night nurse just now as she brought me a cup of tea we both laughed again vulnerable or venerable they both work but one is funny At 80 one should feel venerable considering all those years contributing to society.
Michael
 
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Allen M

Western Thunderer
Hi Michael
That 'Smell cheque' has a lot to answer for. :mad: But then my own spelling is no better.:confused:
Two thing always in trouble for at school writing & spelling.:headbang:
If it made laugh that OK by me, just hope it was not too painful:(
Regards
Allen
 
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michael mott

michael mott

Western Thunderer
Convenience has its drawbacks I guess, English language was not my strong point in school either some number below 40 so I am no better in that sense. I did learn to spell playing scrabble as an adult, so much fun using weird words and getting challenged
Michael
 
Focalplane

Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Number plates can be entertaining but generally I suppose those who spend thousands on a plate these days must be in a high tax bracket. KV 5212 won’t mean anything on the road but its provenance is quite valuable. KV is Coventry and was used by Riley to register cars in the Company’s name. So some research showed the second owner bought the car three months after registration and then competed successfully for many years in Trials. Photographic evidence proved the research:

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Edit to add that these Trials, Lands End, Edinburgh, and so on, were run under the governance of the MCC. As the photo suggests, Trials were very popular in the 1930s.
 
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Mike W

Mike W

Western Thunderer
Quite agree with Focalplane that numberplates can be entertaining. And the Isle of Man insisting on vehicles being re-registered when sold to there makes historical research all the more difficult. However, I like plates which mean nothing at all to the public and are not worth a fortune, but mean a great deal to the owner(s). Like these....100_0631.JPG
 
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