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    Quote Originally Posted by Manny Decker View Post
    Hello all, I’m from the U.K. I’m sure I’ll make new friends and add interesting things to this great forum, I’d like to thank admin and especially Calypso Jones for sorting my registration out as I had a few problems.
    I waited so long for approval that I had pretty much given up.

    Welcome aboard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    I waited so long for approval that I had pretty much given up.

    Welcome aboard.
    LOL

    Me too. I waited so long I forgot I registered here and didn't post for months.





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    Quote Originally Posted by The Booman View Post
    Where in the UK are you from?
    I live in the kingdom of Hwicce

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwicce

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    Welcome to the forum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Manny Decker View Post
    Let me go back thru the midst of time........ a 17 year old boy wandering around Cardiff at 8pm eating fish and chips..... there brightly lit up, a motorcycle showroom.
    Thete under a hail of lights a Green bike in full fairings... a Kawasaki Z900 for me if I could offer one of my testicles for if I would gladly of paid it.
    I was a teenager in the 70s Japanese motorbikes ruled. My father bought me a 185GT ram air cooled, electric start 2 stroke bike, to which I repaid him on the $#@!ly sum of £10 per week.
    My total thoughts were owning a KH 250 Kawasaki was my goal, not the outdated slower British bikes.
    In fact it was considered back then going down a level even considering buying a Brit bike. Who would get jollies riding a Brit bike... are you mad
    The Japanese motorcycles were mechanically superior to the British bikes by the mid 60's (a 305 Honda Hawk could keep up with a 650 BSA or Triumph with ease.) But, like the Triumph executive said, who would want a bike they could get on and ride from John O Groats to Lands End without any mechanical failures. No lads, the stout British motorcyclist wants something they can fiddle with and make their own.

    In essence the rice burners lacked soul! Although I will have to admit I have only owned two British motorcycles, the one in my avatar and a 2003 Triumph Bonneville that was a joy to ride because I did ride it on a 3500 mile jaunt with absolutely no issues what so ever. (The BSA I couldn't ride from Jacksonville FL to St Augustine Fl (30 miles) without some mechanical failure. I learned that BSA stood for "$#@! Seized Again" The Triumph I would still have except it was rear ending by a tractor trailer rig. I now have a 2001 Suzuki GS500, the most anemic motorcycle I have ever owned since since my first 125cc Jawa in 1960

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    Welcome!

    The last letter of the alphabet is pronounced "zee", not "zed"!

    I have a friend who is Canadian. We jokingly tussle about that.
    Last edited by Perianne; 09-05-2020 at 09:25 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    The Japanese motorcycles were mechanically superior to the British bikes by the mid 60's (a 305 Honda Hawk could keep up with a 650 BSA or Triumph with ease.) But, like the Triumph executive said, who would want a bike they could get on and ride from John O Groats to Lands End without any mechanical failures. No lads, the stout British motorcyclist wants something they can fiddle with and make their own.

    In essence the rice burners lacked soul! Although I will have to admit I have only owned two British motorcycles, the one in my avatar and a 2003 Triumph Bonneville that was a joy to ride because I did ride it on a 3500 mile jaunt with absolutely no issues what so ever. (The BSA I couldn't ride from Jacksonville FL to St Augustine Fl (30 miles) without some mechanical failure. I learned that BSA stood for "$#@! Seized Again" The Triumph I would still have except it was rear ending by a tractor trailer rig. I now have a 2001 Suzuki GS500, the most anemic motorcycle I have ever owned since since my first 125cc Jawa in 1960
    My first real motorcycle was a Suzuki GT 185, electric start, Ram air cooled, my father bought it off a friend of mine, he’d got his girlfriend pregnant and wanted some quick cash, I repaid my father every penny of the £440 he paid for it. This bike could just about do 90mph, All in all it was a great little bike.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    The Japanese motorcycles were mechanically superior to the British bikes by the mid 60's (a 305 Honda Hawk could keep up with a 650 BSA or Triumph with ease.) But, like the Triumph executive said, who would want a bike they could get on and ride from John O Groats to Lands End without any mechanical failures. No lads, the stout British motorcyclist wants something they can fiddle with and make their own.

    In essence the rice burners lacked soul! Although I will have to admit I have only owned two British motorcycles, the one in my avatar and a 2003 Triumph Bonneville that was a joy to ride because I did ride it on a 3500 mile jaunt with absolutely no issues what so ever. (The BSA I couldn't ride from Jacksonville FL to St Augustine Fl (30 miles) without some mechanical failure. I learned that BSA stood for "$#@! Seized Again" The Triumph I would still have except it was rear ending by a tractor trailer rig. I now have a 2001 Suzuki GS500, the most anemic motorcycle I have ever owned since since my first 125cc Jawa in 1960
    I read a story written about an interview with Sonny Barger. At least I think it was him. He said that one of the mistakes they made as the Hells Angels was to ban Japanese motorcycles from their club.

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