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Old 26th Jul 2012, 12:53   #1 (permalink)
 
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Bikers of a certain age will remember:

A clatter of Triumphs.

A clutch of BSAs.

Maybe even a handle of Nortons.

Now sadly it's a museum of British motorcycles.

Any more?

After an excellent landing etc...
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 13:04   #2 (permalink)
 
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A pounce of Panthers.

A whisper of LE Velocettes.

A veneer of Vincents.

A square of Ariels.

A mass of Matchlesses
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 13:16   #3 (permalink)
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A Lump of Lambrettas

A Void of Vespas
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 13:17   #4 (permalink)
 
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A buzz of Frannie Bs?

A sty of Harleys.

After an excellent landing etc...
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 13:29   #5 (permalink)
 
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A sneer of Excelsiors.

A cluck of Bantams.

A Superior of Broughs.

A ray of Sunbeams.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 13:46   #6 (permalink)
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A tribe of Indians.

A pack of Corgis.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 14:04   #7 (permalink)
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A squadron of Black Knights.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 14:09   #8 (permalink)
 
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A duple of Douglases.

A jumble of Jameses.

A procession of Royal Enfields.
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A giggle of co-pilots

A grouse of AEOs
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 14:42   #10 (permalink)

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a dump of Hondas
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A lying of politicians
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 15:43   #12 (permalink)
 
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Blast!
603 mentions the one that got away.
Some one gave me an LE Velocette back in the 60s. He couldn't get it going. I was reasonably good at getting bikes and scooters going. When I'd finished the two Vespas that I was working on, (both successes), I turned my attention to the Velocette.
After all the obvious steps, I had made no progress.
So I took the whole thing apart and re-built it.


I could get a spark and petrol in the right place, but not frequently enough to get any more than a cough.

I never got it going.
I had forgotten that. I clearly have a brilliant selective memory.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 16:31   #13 (permalink)
 
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Perhaps the designation LE (from 'SiLEnt') was particularly apt, for your dud example!

To revert to the OP's intention of British motorcycle brand names;

A hyphen of Francis-Barnetts.

An invasion of Normans.

A skirl of Scotts.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 16:46   #14 (permalink)
 
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A McFaggot of Scots if yesterday's news is anything to go by.
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A wunch of bankers
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 17:25   #16 (permalink)
 
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A shedload of Shuttleworth Snaps



Motherrrr!!!!!!!!!!

Lid
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 18:15   #17 (permalink)
 
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That reminds me, when in college I gave a friend a lift home because his bike was 'under repair.' His bike Vincent (1000cc) was in his living room, he lived in a second floor maisonette.

A settee of Vincent parts.
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Old 26th Jul 2012, 19:12   #18 (permalink)
 
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A Majestic Riviera of Dunelts!
Or a Royal Deluxe,

don't the old names have a wonderful ring of glamour to them.
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a box of frogs, as in "she's as mad as a box of frog's"
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Maybe a quack of Ducs?

After an excellent landing etc...
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