What have you done to your bike today....

[smib]

Today I took delivery of the Royal Enfield 500 Trails I treated myself for my Birthday, great little bike 475 miles ace condition serviced and guy even gave me a unboxed Trail pack with the sump plate side number and headlight grill, he even gave me an unopened welcome pack of mug snood key ring and badge, "well chuffed" I had a little bimble around the block first outing on a bike this year since my misshap. "oh happy day"

Nice one Don!
Crackin little bike!

Pictures or it didn't happen. You know the rules

 

[Don the Don]

A pic of it at the guys place

 

[Scrappy]

A pic of it at the guys place
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That's suberb @Don the Don, well done, it's a lovely looking bike, should be loads of fun

 

[Scrappy]

What colour would you call that frame?

 

[Don the Don]

That's suberb @Don the Don, well done, it's a lovely looking bike, should be loads of fun

Thanks @Scrappy I have the Bonnie for distance and if I want a little get up and go and this for pottering around all the lanes and beaten tracks by me and anyway I thought way not spoil myself with a great present

 

[Don the Don]

What colour would you call that frame?

Gay pink,

 

[MartytheMartian]

@Old Nick Back in the fifties one of the most 'Rock'n'Roll' colours you could get was Pink. Bright pink trousers, Pink Cadillac's, flamingo pink electric guitars. dayglo pink sock and Teddy suits, Real men used pink and, if anyone commented on it they ended up spitting teeth. Only softie's are afraid of using any colour they like the look of.

 

[Old Nick]

Dayglo pink socks I get @MartytheMartian - but a pink suit i’d look like an aged pimp

Are we talking UK or USA here???

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

The piping on the shoulder boards denotes which branch/corps they belong to. Rose pink for Panzer crew and also Panzerjager crews. (couple other pinks too, transport is one, but different pink) Distinctive way of knowing what corps they are, really.

If you were motorised infantry, or panzer grenadiers (ie, your sidecar combo) your waffenfarbe would be white.

Motorbike and sidecar is my favourite so I'm alright then...
Thank fuck for that...

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

A pic of it at the guys place
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I didn't know they did a pink and silver one

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

What colour would you call that frame?

Pink

 

[smib]

What colour would you call that frame?

Racing Red

 

[MartytheMartian]

Both @Old Nick Being 'flamboyant' and peacocking used to be the province of men not women and gay men. High heels were originally men's shoes for riding on horseback and the higher your heels the more you towered over others. Bright colours and expensive cloths not to mention embroidery were displays of wealth and status to attract the women and tell the plebs that you were a cut above them.

Teddy Boy fashion had nothing to do with Rock'n'Roll really but was actually poor folks aping the style favoured by wealthy guards officers who chose to wear fancy Edwardian jackets when not in uniform. Of course, as the guards wore it it attracted gay men and so guards officers stopped wearing it and it became the sole property of the Teds and, with the emergence of brighter coloured cloth at cheaper prices post war the poor teds opted for that 'flamboyance' over the original, expensive brocades, embroidery etc. the Guards officers used for their suits.

 

[Scrappy]

Showaddywaddy will never sound the same again!

 

[Don the Don]

Both @Old Nick Being 'flamboyant' and peacocking used to be the province of men not women and gay men. High heels were originally men's shoes for riding on horseback and the higher your heels the more you towered over others. Bright colours and expensive cloths not to mention embroidery were displays of wealth and status to attract the women and tell the plebs that you were a cut above them.

Teddy Boy fashion had nothing to do with Rock'n'Roll really but was actually poor folks aping the style favoured by wealthy guards officers who chose to wear fancy Edwardian jackets when not in uniform. Of course, as the guards wore it it attracted gay men and so guards officers stopped wearing it and it became the sole property of the Teds and, with the emergence of brighter coloured cloth at cheaper prices post war the poor teds opted for that 'flamboyance' over the original, expensive brocades, embroidery etc. the Guards officers used for their suits.

National service sorted them out, what we need today, watch the unwanted leave as fast as they arrive, short back and sides [minus any fecking brylcream before certain folk start] sort them out "what"

 

[Scrappy]

National service sorted them out, what we need today, watch the unwanted leave as fast as they arrive, short back and sides [minus any fecking brycream before certain folk start] sort them out "what"

Agreed, I also think it should be a requirement for university/college education, you want free further education fine but you have to earn it first.

 

[Old Nick]

Interesting bit of cultural history there @MartytheMartian

I thought the bright colours were a kick back abgainst the austerity of post war UK/USA??

I’m sure my Uncles didn’t have pink drapes though

 

[Sarky B’stard]

 

[Sarky B’stard]

The correct answer is Clarinet.

 

[MartytheMartian]

Well obviously the end of WWII and getting out of the austerity of that period did have a part to play @Old Nick but the war also brought about the invention of 'Dayglo' fluorescents and the rise of man made fibres leading to bright colours that had never been seen before and were so vivid that they shocked the more 'sensible' members of society. My Dad has photos of himself from the fifties wearing a bright turquoise Drape coat complete with the pearl handled open razors sticking out of the velvet trimmed pockets. My last Drape coat was a Royal Stuart tartan number.