17-09-12, 10:31 PM
not that many, my first bike I bought when I was 15 so I'd be on the road soon as I was 16, it was a --------------
1959 FRANCIS BARNETT CRUISER 80, 250CC AMC SINGLE 2 STROKE,
1957 JAMES 250CC
250CC MATCHLESS
250CC BSA STARFIRE BOUGHT NEW IN 1969. THE BIKE I PASSED MY TEST ON.
650CC AJS UNSURE OF THE YEAR AS NEITHER THE FRAME NOR ENGINE NUMBERS MATCHED THE LOG BOOK, EVEN THOUGH THE BIKE WAS BOUGHT FROM ABBEY MOTORS IN SELBY?
SOME OF THE OTHER BIKES I OWNED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AJS WERE---350CC & 500CC AJS SINGLES, 500CC & 650CC BSA TWINS
TRIUMPH 21 350CC, ROYAL ENFIELD 500CC BULLET c1953.
THEN THERE WAS A GAP WHILE I MARRIED HAD CHILDREN GOT DIVORCED BUILT MY FINANCES BACK UP.
IN 1996 I BOUGHT A'92 VIRAGO 535, A GOOD CHOICE TO GET BACK INTO BIKING, I ALSO BUILT A TRIKE TO GO TO RALLIES ON.
IN '05 I BOUGHT A NEW BT11OO BULLDOG, IN '06 THIS WAS WRITTEN OFF AND REPLACED WITH A NEW FZ6 WHICH I HAVE NOW.
1959 FRANCIS BARNETT CRUISER 80, 250CC AMC SINGLE 2 STROKE,
1957 JAMES 250CC
250CC MATCHLESS
250CC BSA STARFIRE BOUGHT NEW IN 1969. THE BIKE I PASSED MY TEST ON.
650CC AJS UNSURE OF THE YEAR AS NEITHER THE FRAME NOR ENGINE NUMBERS MATCHED THE LOG BOOK, EVEN THOUGH THE BIKE WAS BOUGHT FROM ABBEY MOTORS IN SELBY?
SOME OF THE OTHER BIKES I OWNED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AJS WERE---350CC & 500CC AJS SINGLES, 500CC & 650CC BSA TWINS
TRIUMPH 21 350CC, ROYAL ENFIELD 500CC BULLET c1953.
THEN THERE WAS A GAP WHILE I MARRIED HAD CHILDREN GOT DIVORCED BUILT MY FINANCES BACK UP.
IN 1996 I BOUGHT A'92 VIRAGO 535, A GOOD CHOICE TO GET BACK INTO BIKING, I ALSO BUILT A TRIKE TO GO TO RALLIES ON.
IN '05 I BOUGHT A NEW BT11OO BULLDOG, IN '06 THIS WAS WRITTEN OFF AND REPLACED WITH A NEW FZ6 WHICH I HAVE NOW.