well that's it, in 7 days we emigrate to Australia, hence why ive not been on here... we have a list that each time we tick off it gets longer.
anyway the bike goes in the crate on Tuesday and wont see the light until some time in January.. that's if some pirate aint buzzing around on it.
are there any aussie members on here in the Perth area??
its been fun biking in the uk for the last 32 years on and off...now to do it in sunny climes.
Great film thanks for posting it. Well worth the time spent watching it. I have to admit though as having a preference to the white ear plugs, I would imagine that the black coloured ones attract the flies. :lol
all the best lad and remember the Reds have a huge fan base out there
I'm sure you'll meet loads of like minded bikers and footy fans but stay in touch with us lot on here
arrived on monday to 39c got over the jet lag by yesterday as we have done this journey many times, stopping with our freinds out in the sticks and its great.
have bought a ute which i pick up later today, but no bike until some time towards the end of january :\ its a shame as the weather is cooler today and would just right for a ride. :rolleyes
anyway, when i get a moment il stick some pic's up of sunny things.... just to rub in the cracking weather..
right ...gonna finish my brekkie....then slip my thong's on..
we are in Perth WA..... missing my bike, though my mitsubishi triton is fun on the beach 8)
the weather has cooled a litle and its only been around 23c today...i saw on the news that the uk has been a bit shit in the last few days.
soon be spring guys
Tritons I thought they was usually a Triumph T120 650cc parallel twin Bonnie lumps grafted into a Norton wideline Featherbed with shortened Norton Roadholder forks.
They certainly were back in my 59 Club days when the cafe racer ruled supreme.
You need to be in your teens or twenties to ride a cafe racer, clip-ons as low down the fork legs as you can get them with rear-sets as far back as possible and wrists like the Incredible Hulk. :eek
Then of course there was the Tribsa maybe the least said about that the better as the BSA Duplex frame was not the best of cradles in the world, but just a tad better than the single down tubed standard Triumph frame.
There was nothing about then to beat the Norton Featherbed a lovely cradle frame that was so well braced and strutted but still retained it's lightness, a work of genius.
What all that stuff above has to do with this post I don't really know. I maybe need to come out of retirement and find something more constructive to do with my time.
:'( I do miss the crack with the boys on the building site. :'(
Hi Tommy,
Good post regarding the Triton/Tribsa from the cafe racer era.Compulsory look up Chelsea Bridge in the 60's.Managed to keep riding my Rocket Goldie replica until I was 54,when enough was enough.Mind you at the time it made my old Fireblade feel like sitting in an armchair by comparison.A few other specials were Norvin, Trifield(500 5TA in a Crusader frame) and a Grumph(3TA or 5TA in a Greeves frame).That made a brilliant pre '65 trials bike.Happy Days.
Whizz kid sitting pretty on his two wheeled stallion.
24-11-16, 07:59 PM (This post was last modified: 24-11-16, 08:01 PM by tommyardin.)
(23-11-16, 10:30 PM)robbo link Wrote: Hi Tommy,
Good post regarding the Triton/Tribsa from the cafe racer era.Compulsory look up Chelsea Bridge in the 60's.Managed to keep riding my Rocket Goldie replica until I was 54,when enough was enough.Mind you at the time it made my old Fireblade feel like sitting in an armchair by comparison.A few other specials were Norvin, Trifield(500 5TA in a Crusader frame) and a Grumph(3TA or 5TA in a Greeves frame).That made a brilliant pre '65 trials bike.Happy Days.
Cool another old Fart by the sound of it, glad its not just me.
Ahh! The 1960's, Chelsea Bridge days/or nights.
I loved being a member of the 59 Club there was areal comradery between members, you pick a fight with one you just picked a fight with a 100. The Vicar who used to run the club had these principles if you can avoid trouble avoid it for the name of the club.
If the trouble was unavoidable, as it sometimes was, Leather Jacket off no Club badges showing.
The 59 Club was founded in Hackney Wick East London in 1962, 2nd April the day after April Fools day, it started out as a youth club but the 59 Motor Cycle Club was born out of it, and formed a couple of years later, and club members nights (Sats) were held at Eaton Mission that’s where I used to go. The 59 club is still running has members on the four corners of the Globe (Where did that stupid expression come from)
The clubs offices are now in Plaistow, East London.I am still a member and get the newsletters and stuff but don’t go up any more. I am now living down by the South Coast, almost, and don’t relish a trip into East London on a Saturday evening. (To Old)
Your right though robo it was great fun going to THE BRIDGE on a Saturday nights and watching some of the guys screwing the nuts out of their Norton Dommy 88’s and 99’s the occasional Ariel Arrow and the Crusader Sports, Clipper and Continental’s, not forgetting the Vinnys, AJS, Matchless and the original Bullets.
Ahhh! Some of you old boys will be saying, but the truth be told, most of the bikes were shite, unreliable, uncomfortable and vibrated like my wifes v……… No! Forget I mentioned that, and covered your Levis with oil. I had a 250cc Ambassador then, twin pot stroker, Villiers 2T lump with the top end of just about 80mph maybe 82 under the right conditions, to get any more out of it would have meant a trip to Beachy Head, Doh! 'The Good Old Days' my arse, and talking of my arse, I enjoyed the crack picture but that really is an imitation Builders Crack. The real mccoy to follow if its still on my puter, If not I will get the Mrs to take it again. :eek
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got over the jet lag by yesterday as we have done this journey many times, stopping with our freinds out in the sticks and its great.
