the way we were?

[chaz]

here's an advert that was in a 1961 magazine.

[chaz]

and here are the costs at todays prices using average earnings.

the duel-seat NSU £3,807

the brilon sweater £55.56

the cord trews £59.82

the mans shirt £96.42

the skid lid £135 each.

[slimwilly]

An early FOKKER :lol




the year i was born,,is that my Dad?

[goldfazer]

Looks like a Hornet

[DryRob]

bet it handles better and has more power though  :lol

[chris.biker]

Well it has an awsome biker baby on the pillion just like my hornet does.

[rayburn600]

Fuel tanks bigger than a hornest. :lol

[purplebear7]

:\  1961 ...  Yes I remember it well .. I'd already been a biker for five years by then .. regulation gas mask bag for the spanners, chain links, tape and bits of wire .. Barber waxed cotton trials suit, flat cap on backwards with Spitfire Pilots goggles to keep it on  :b 

Regular twice a week ride-out from Royal Navy Base's in Plymouth, Portsmouth or Portland up to Brum and back, no motorways, no street lighting, no cat's eyes on the B roads. 

A good telling off and a swift kick up the arse if you get pulled over .. by a fellow biker cop ;o)

Probably the best days of my life .. if only I had know it at the time  :'(

Stay Safe Guys      Trev  The Polar Bear.    (Oh .. and yes I might well be your Dad  8) )

[Andy FZS]

I have an nsu petrol tank hanging up in my garage that I use when I'm balancing my carbs.......but before I got it my father used it to power a little two stroke engine connected to a dynamo to provide some lighting during the miners strikes and power cuts of the 70's. Oh happy days.

Andy

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[ChrisJH]

times have changed theirs feck all femail I have ever seen on the back of a bike at Matlock, Devils or Squires that looks like her