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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:09 pm
More than a few,it made me the man I am today.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:19 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:48 pm
Poppies made from clay pouring out* of the local castle.
Took this a couple of years ago. Think there was a version at the Tower Of London at some point?
*Obviously its not pouring out at all, but it does look like it.
Took this a couple of years ago. Think there was a version at the Tower Of London at some point?
*Obviously its not pouring out at all, but it does look like it.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:28 pm
When we've had hot summer days I still sometimes sneak down the back roads and ride lid free for a mile or two. There is nothing like buzzing along without a lid on.Skub wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:11 pmBrilliant pic,totally encapsulates a golden era in motorcycling. I started riding before the helmet law and can readily identify with this shot. Brings back the memories of riding helmetless with mates in Southern Ireland,they were a bit slower to bring in the lid law.
Love it.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:31 pm
I recall on one occasion in the early 70s , I had taken a mate pillion to see Fairport Convention at Harlow some 20 miles away . Our unlocked helmets were nicked and we had to make the ride back through the insect-filled night skies without glasses or visors ! Utter hell and extremely painful .
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:41 pm
Rough side of the timber on a 6 metre high door and there was a side covered with black paint. Just so it didn't get mixed up.
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:18 pm
Damn you and your grasp on reality,spoiling a good rose tinted look back.Treadeager wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:31 pm I recall on one occasion in the early 70s , I had taken a mate pillion to see Fairport Convention at Harlow some 20 miles away . Our unlocked helmets were nicked and we had to make the ride back through the insect-filled night skies without glasses or visors ! Utter hell and extremely painful .
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:18 pm
Skub wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:18 pmDamn you and your grasp on reality,spoiling a good rose tinted look back.Treadeager wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:31 pm I recall on one occasion in the early 70s , I had taken a mate pillion to see Fairport Convention at Harlow some 20 miles away . Our unlocked helmets were nicked and we had to make the ride back through the insect-filled night skies without glasses or visors ! Utter hell and extremely painful .
Eye, wasn't so much misty eyed nostalgia, more of a Lee Van Cleef squint into a cloud of midges round my bit.
Above about 60 even the wind was a bit much and jeez a bee could fairly clatter you in the chops.
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:37 am
Aint nothing as fun as a open faced lid journey in the pouring rain. It's known as the night of a thousand darts!Treadeager wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:31 pm I recall on one occasion in the early 70s , I had taken a mate pillion to see Fairport Convention at Harlow some 20 miles away . Our unlocked helmets were nicked and we had to make the ride back through the insect-filled night skies without glasses or visors ! Utter hell and extremely painful .
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:18 am
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:47 am
What happened next...
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:55 am
It did cost me £1100 the day after as I bought him a better bike.
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:18 am
Somebody on FB said it is Mr Akrapovic ???G.P wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:52 pm Its a Laverda and the pilot is apparently Termignoni of exhaust fame.
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:54 am
Could be a 750 SF OR A MIRAGE. (cant tell if its a three pot from that) great things though. Today Im channelling "Rather be in france" cos Thats where we were going 
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:30 am
Or Jarama? Can't remember how it differs froma Jota.
Without Googling, wasn't the Montjuic a 500 twin?
Without Googling, wasn't the Montjuic a 500 twin?
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:37 am
Nice fresh produce!rodbargee wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:54 am Could be a 750 SF OR A MIRAGE. (cant tell if its a three pot from that) great things though. Today Im channelling "Rather be in france" cos Thats where we were going
For a minute there i thought that was a DN-01!
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:11 pm
Looking again at the LAverda Im inclined to thnk its a twin. if it was a tripple you would deffo be able to see the middle pipe in that shot. 
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:26 pm
Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:37 amNice fresh produce!rodbargee wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:54 am Could be a 750 SF OR A MIRAGE. (cant tell if its a three pot from that) great things though. Today Im channelling "Rather be in france" cos Thats where we were going
For a minute there i thought that was a DN-01!
I like the comedy squash. It's a pity That's Life ended
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:22 pm
Yep, Montjuic is a 500 twin. Always wanted one or a 750 SFHorse wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:30 am Or Jarama? Can't remember how it differs from a Jota.
Without Googling, wasn't the Montjuic a 500 twin?
It could be any of the triples from that angle?
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:28 pm
You're right, I went and had a closer look, someone said it was Termi, but if you search the web, its clearly Igor Akrapovic who was a GP and Superbike racer prior to starting Akra:
Igor Akrapovič began motorcycle racing in 1977 in 250 GP two-strokes, then 1000 cc four-strokes in F1 Open Class, and then in Superbike class by the end of his racing in 1988-1989.[2] He founded a motorcycle tuning shop, Skorpion, with a staff of six, where they made their own exhausts because higher quality Western aftermarket exhausts were too expensive, and those made in the Eastern Bloc were of inadequate quality.[2] Akrapovič says he was motivated by the poor quality of aftermarket exhausts available to the public compared to those used by professional racing teams.[10] He said that the welded pipes on the market had walls that were too thick, and that racing-quality systems were too expensive and difficult for the average customer to obtain.[10] He designed his own exhaust system, which was sufficient to his requirements, based on the experience gained in the field of motorcycle tuning. Steel was replaced with materials such as carbon fibre and plastic.[10]