Photos from yesteryear..Pictures of you and your bikes!

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  1. Dougie D

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    #21 Dougie D, Jan 29, 2017
    Great to see all the old bikes and the fashions! keep them coming:)
     
  2. roadrider

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    #22 roadrider, Jan 29, 2017
    These are great.
    I'll have to see if I can find some of my old photo's.
    I think they're in the loft,wish me luck.
     
  3. Bonzo

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    #23 Bonzo, Feb 9, 2017
    This is absolutely my favourite thread on any forum of all time :D

    Only wish I could contribute. Sadly I don't remember many getting taken :( (Bonzo no mates)
     
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  4. Richard H

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    #24 Richard H, Feb 10, 2017
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  5. Richard H

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    #25 Richard H, Feb 10, 2017
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    Started in 79 with the FS1E, bit of a gap in the 90's.
    Best bikes were the RD250LC, the Speed Triple and the current MT10
     
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  6. crispey

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    #26 crispey, Feb 10, 2017
    Have you noticed how the bikes grow in size along with the waist line?
     
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  7. Havit

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    #27 Havit, Feb 10, 2017
    My first ever bike Suzuki GP100
     

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  8. Col_C

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    #28 Col_C, Feb 10, 2017
    My first bike. :D
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    It could so easily have led me to the dark side (B*W)!:eek:
     
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  9. Tiglet

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    #29 Tiglet, Feb 10, 2017
    The old NSU Quickly.

    A friend of my dad had one and when he used to come round our house for a chat with my dad he used to let me ride it up and down the lane where we lived, I was about 13.
    Happy days :)
     
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  10. H.O.

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    #30 H.O., Feb 10, 2017
    NSU Quickly, my very first field bike, then given a slightly newer model by a woman at work who lost her husband and it was sitting in her shed.
    Got my licence for that, did a fair few miles on it too.
    It had a very thin aluminium alloy right hand engine cover so thin it wore through after the slightest of dents but the silencer was made so thick it was really heavy!
    The photo is as per my field bike, nice to see.
     
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  11. MickEng

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    #31 MickEng, Feb 10, 2017
    Ditto H.O.
    I was about 9ish when me and my best mate were given a NSU Quickly.
    Spent hours tinkering about with that bike and learned loads through trial and error mechanicing.
    Happy days!
     
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    #32 Havit, Feb 10, 2017
    I had a friend who had a puch maxi spent more time trying to get it to run than riding. He gave up riding after that and got a van where I stayed on my GP100 then upgraded to an older GT125 twin . Passed my test on that and got a Honda super dream . Then a GT 550 followed very quickly to a Gpz 750 then The ZZR 1100 had a number of others after Inc a RF900 then sold it to get married.....the rest is on my introduction to this forum :oops::D
     
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    #33 Havit, Feb 10, 2017
    250 mate. No guts but bullet proof. I passed my test on the GT125 I was caught with the 125 law. Test was a joke all left turns then all right turns then a combo of left and right then the examiner stood out in front of you with a clip board and you had to do an emergency stop.some bloke washing his car shouted to me" his round the next bend!" Then If you got that right , a few questions on the highway code . Flip board of road signs and happy days get yourself what ever you can afford .
     
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    #34 Havit, Feb 11, 2017
    It wasnt to i got big bikes that i realised how dangerous the little bikes were .:oops::D:D Or was in the nut between the seat and handlebars .......:rolleyes:
     
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  15. MickEng

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    #35 MickEng, Feb 11, 2017
    Passed my first test at 16 on a Fantic six speed moped so I could take my 'bird' on it legally.
    Passed my full bike test at 17 on a Honda 250 K2. Best bike bargain ever for £40
    Great days!
     
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    #36 Havit, Feb 11, 2017
    Oh yes ......the pillion after you passed. You could pull and take them home !!!
     
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  17. MickEng

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    #37 MickEng, Feb 11, 2017
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    You're absolutely right about both!
    No power and shite brakes on the bike, inexperience and daredevil attitude in the 'nutter' on it.
    I remember once trying to overtake a coach on a narrow road in Ilkley, stuck at the side of it with a big van coming straight at me, never know to this day how I got out of that one!
     
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    #38 MickEng, Feb 11, 2017
    I remember 'pulling' once and offering to take the girl home to which she replied that she was on her menstrual cycle.
    "No problem, I'll follow you on my Honda 250"
     
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    #39 Havit, Feb 11, 2017
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    Yep, it was a very long and dangerous learning curve. But we are here to tell the tale
    I still have the battle scars of macadam but i wouldnt change a thing........well except the arshole who knocked me off my bike and done a runner . Left me with 6 months in Hospital :mad::mad::mad: and now i have a new knee. :D:D
     
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  20. MickEng

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    #40 MickEng, Feb 11, 2017
    Nasty!
    Funny thing pressing the 'like' button when someone tells you they were hospitalised, it was your honesty I liked not the fact you'd been injured.
     
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