Back on a Triumph

Aye up you lot, Not been on here for some time. Had a change of make with my last bike (RE clubman) But just put a deposit on a 2010 Bonnie so here I am back. Im no Bill Gates but thought I would have a go at posting some pics of my past Triumphs. Im a retired Fire fighter and live in Leicestershire. We have got a static caravan on east coast and sold the Enfield for a bike with longer legs for the odd trip to our van.

 

Hi FF, bit of a Triumph fan are we? Nice collection of bikes.

 

Over the years I have also had a T110 Triton, Tiger 100ss, and a 1999 Legend. Yes quite like them..

 

Nice!

And apropos of nothing, your user name reminds me of 1976 when I had a Honda 400F. You'll remember perhaps they had a kick start.

I went out one day and got to the end of the road went to put my foot down without realising the kickstart was inside my flares. Luckily there was no-one about to see me slowly topple over or struggle to get out from under the bike. Thankfully it wasn't that heavy and I was fired with adrenaline at that point anyway.

 

That's a brill flares tale folkbloke. in 76 I had a Honda 250 G5. the bike I passed test on. the year before I had my fizz. heres a pic with the fizz and big hair!! it was a 73ss. I got one the same a couple of years back. see my pic on left

 

Ha! Nice bikes! Is that a Jawa or a CZ?

And talking of big hair back then.

This is me in 1977 (probably wearing THE flares) - me on the left. We must have been playing as it's the drummer on the right and I'm not sure we used to see each other outside the band.

 

That's proper hair dude! it was my dads CZ, I remember you had to press in the gear change and pull it back and then it became the kickstart.

 

Proper hair! Yes it was

My brother had a CZ with that weird kickstart. A pile of poo if I remember correctly.

 

Welcome back FF, 70's not my era, used to sit in bath to get my ice blue jeans to shrink to my legs..yes honest!!

Great pics, don't leave that bike in middle of the road too long

 

lovin those pics from the 70's - folkbloke's looks like a Lynyrd Skynyrd line up

great collection of lovely bikes flippin flares , I'm well jealous , whereabouts is you're caravan on the east coast , is it anywhere near Skeggy

 

Most of summer we live in our caravan near Sutton-on-sea. Found a pic of my Legend, one I regret selling, loved it

 

ah yes , nice beach along there at sandy lands , and a bit further down at anderby creek . Is that a mk2 ford Cortina in the garage , that'd be worth a few quid now

 

Especially if it was a 1600E.

 

Yes mk2 Cortina, was my dads I only had the fizzy then but it was 40 years ago!