A Life Of Biking

[nick crisp]

On another forum I use, a few people were posting up the stories of their biking lives, which seemed to be quite popular, so I did mine. Rather than type the whole thing out again, I'll just post the link here, just in case anyone finds it interesting.

http://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=288978

What about you?

[ChristoT]

Good read, I enjoyed that. But now we know where Nick Crisp went - writing all that lot!!  :lol :lol

[Red Ceri]

Bloody good read Nick, looks like we were on parallel courses with 'the Lane', High Beach, the Ruskin Arms and Rayners, only I was doing all that about 5 years earlier than you.

I had (have) a Le Mans II that I used to get spares from Rayners and that TZ750 with lights, you mentioned in your last post, was on sale there, I almost bought it but realised that it would bankrupt me with new rings needed every few hours use. He always seemed to have something interesting in Rayners so was always worth a visit.

You could really get away with most things with the cops in those days if you could keep your gob shut and eat a little humble pie.

[nick crisp]

I remember the day my brother took me to Rayners on the back of his 650:
Me: Got any Saturday jobs?
Dave Rayner: Yeah, ok, be here at 9am sharp, and every foccer works!
He used to call me "supersonic" cos I got all the bikes in the showroom polished and gleaming so quickly  :lol

I also remember in those days, on a Saturday, the queue for the parts counter sometimes extended through the shop, out the door and round the corner - couldn't imagine that today.
I remember all the people who worked there: Chris, in the workshop, who helped me with the 650, Pat and Charlie on the parts counter - Pat had a Ducati 860GTS. And not forgetting Brian "When the Cat's Away" ( :lol) in sales.
I was in my elephant there, and the bike addiction got in deep 

Good read, I enjoyed that. But now we know where Nick Crisp went - writing all that lot!!  :lol :lol

It's been my evening escape for a couple of weeks - don't know what to do with meself now  :\

[slimwilly]

Ride your bike !!! or come and visit me,,hang around here

[ChristoT]

Ride your bike !!! or come and visit me,,hang around here

Better still! Ride your bike up here, help me fix mine!!  :b

[mickvp]

quality read that nick. That just killed a couple of hours for me that, reading through it. Your big smash sounds dreadful - probably a blessing in disguise you dont remember it to be honest. Must be a few guys on here with some good biking stories like that, you've had some nice bikes through the years