Scrappy
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Slapton sands, isn't that where there was a big cock up during D-Day training and loads of US servicemen got killed?
What have you done to your bike today....
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Slapton sands, isn't that where there was a big cock up during D-Day training and loads of US servicemen got killed?
MICK 56
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A regular coffee stop for me and my brothers, on a local Sunday bimble. Check his website for events. Some of them have the rarest of vintage bikes roll in. https://sammymiller.co.uk/
MICK 56
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That's the one. The german E boats got in amongst a training exercise for D day. The yanks all had different radio frequencies, and couldn't communicate. Their own shore defences opened up on them too. About 1200 killed i think. All kept very quiet, for years after the war. A total fuck up all around.
MICK 56
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I chuckle at blokes dressed like than in the summer. I ride open faced, with just shirt and jeans, and stay relatively cool. They are sweating like a paedo in mothercare., and walk about with the sleeves of their leathers tied around their arses, carrying a full face helmet and gloves ffs.
MICK 56
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Ilfracombe, and the surrounding area is very picturesque. That fish and chips looked seriously small. I would have needed 3 of them.
Scrappy
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MICK 56
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I have seen, and tried, many things. But squirting a bike with a fire extinguisher, is a new one on me.
MICK 56
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I once nearly paid £14.95 for fish & chips in a pub. Then i saw the poxy amount they served someone else. So i rode from Kings somborne, to Salisbury, only to find there is not a single chip shop there. From there i rode to Ringwood, where the shop was closed. I went from there, to Lymington, to find that closed too. Eventually i got some at a chippy, in Ashurst. I rode 70 miles to save about £6 ffs. But it was worth it for the ride, and a huge portion at the end. Washed down with a pint of tea, and roll-upYeah, that's "bistros" for you
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Sto...63d7898fffd!2m2!1d-1.5111685!2d50.9097024!3e0
MICK 56
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That would have been too late for the scooter rally I already had mine sorted by then
MICK 56
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I'd like to see a photo of that mate. Sounds interesting.Feck ... thats another 7yrs for Arry the Match (My Harris Matchless) I'll be 72 bloody yrs old and we won't be able to ride em anyway..if I'm still breathing then
MICK 56
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They were reliable enough, until people started fucking about with them. Most owners had pulled them apart several times, by the time they became cheap enough for me to buy. I rebuilt mine, and rarely had any problems, and used to thrash the arse off of it too.Yes mate.
I had countless conversations with folk (mainly OAP's) about what a great job I'd done restoring an iconic classic bike.
95% of the time I fessed up to Annie being a modern replica. But sometimes it was obvious that keeping quiet would shatter less rose tinted glasses.
There's no two ways about it. Triumph did a superb job of making the 790/865 Bonneville/T100 look like the original. But without the reliability issues associated with the original bikes
MICK 56
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Is the owners name Richi, and rides a red Norton Atlas scrambler ?I found this site last night, as it was credited with making the tank for the custom Guzzi below. It is still quite expensive, but not as much as I had thought for custom metal tanks. Average is about £500, and the guy is in Dumfries.
The Tank Shop
www.thetankshop.com
MODERN MAKEOVER: Moto Guzzi SP1000 'SkyFin' by Side Rock Cycles.
When it comes to design, the 90s has a lot to answer for. Even the Italians, renowned for their designpipeburn.com
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MartytheMartian
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Wee spin around to Inveraray on the Sprint today. Bit cold but 'bracing' and I needed some cobweb removal services.
Photo taken at Inveraray looking across Loch Fyne. My home village is across the loch and then over the hill towards the right hand side.
This pic is looking south from Inveraray down Loch Fyne
Photo taken at Inveraray looking across Loch Fyne. My home village is across the loch and then over the hill towards the right hand side.
This pic is looking south from Inveraray down Loch Fyne
MICK 56
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These are good and cheap. You can just fold them in to fit into narrow spaces. Had mine for about 8,000 miles, and perfectly happy with them. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224602910484Just pointing out that they don't have to add width to the bars Nick.
Cos BB3's bike lives in a narrow shed. That type would solve his mirror problem
MICK 56
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I cant read
I cant read the name on the casing, and dont recognise the engine as a Matchless, so you got me snookered mate. And what did you say the frame was ?
MartytheMartian
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Sarky B’stard
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Sarky B’stard
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Looks like an exhumed Armstrong! Squarish downtube & engine cradle
Tallpaul
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Great roads around there. We have been to Scotland 3 times recently, Sept 2020, May 2021, Sept 2021. Fantastic.