Motorcycles Galore
Yamagata ken, cockney steve, lasernigel, and mikehallam,
What have I unleashed !! Lest I be confused with the oily, leathered brethren, let me set the picture straight:
(a) I never had a motorbike when young (couldn't afford it).
(b) Only rode a m/c once in my life - sometime in RAF, don't remember where. Was a Dispatch Rider's 350 (?) Matchless (?) with gearshift on tank. Didn't fall off.
(c) Had a BSA Winged Wheel (remember them ?) in '56-'59. Did 3,000 miles home-duty on it. Think I got paid 1p/mile, but showed a profit. Plug (car type 14mm) was bigger than pot (25cc). Vne 25 mph on level, against full brake 24mph (inadvertently had to test, story one day).
(d) Hold licence to ride any 2-wheel beast, by reason of test passed '53 on Bond Minicar (non-reversible tricycle in law - for all Law knows, I might not even be able to ride a pushbike).
ken,
Nice bike ! (bloke looks quite good, too).
Will get next Post in ASAP before Moderator loses patience with us, Danny