The embarrassing throwback pictures of your/our/my bikes & me

1) Wife and I in 1980 ( the stupid chopper era )
2) 1981 Our shop was demonstrating a new and upcoming test called, emission testing.
3) This one is a real embarrassment, the trike period. It was powered by a 1961 xlch, slow as shit off the line and about 70 mph in second.
The embarrassing throwback pictures of your/our/my bikes & me
The embarrassing throwback pictures of your/our/my bikes & me
The embarrassing throwback pictures of your/our/my bikes & me
 
grandpaul said:
This is the only/oldest bike photo I have of me. Around 1982/83...
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Grandpaul,
Those 3 wheelers were the most dangerous bike I've ever driven, if they weren't flipping over they were running up the back of your shin. Lots of fun to be had though !!
 
RatedSpeed said:
Grandpaul,
Those 3 wheelers were the most dangerous bike I've ever driven, if they weren't flipping over they were running up the back of your shin. Lots of fun to be had though !!
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Yep, mine involved a badly bruised shoulder and a bunch of scrapes when I flew off the banking on an oval track, then hit a rain gulley on the backside, flipping several times. The trike didn't get hurt at all.
 
Fast Eddie said:
First road bike, Honda SS50 I bought for £50. Words cannot convey the sense of excitement and freedom this little ‘ped gave me at 16! I sold it to a mate who chopped it !

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First Bonneville. Words cannot convey how cool we thought we were...
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I share your start in biking life. My SS50 was blue, THO 62M. Traded it in for my 250.
 
Yeah , gauntlets still work for me as well ! …. Just one 2stroke in my history ‘78 KX 125 , my beer drinking friends would see it leaning on fence and ask , I always say you will fall off , non ever made out of yard without going over backwards , non riders all …. happy times
 
Dommie Nator said:
And the original barrel, where the liners were prone to dropping, was replaced with a Gilardoni nikasil plated one.
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That is true.

But in faintness, the original barrels did many thousand of miles of good service before being replaced with the Gilardoni ones.

Perhaps the ultimate almost / what if / what could have been / etc kind of bike !
 
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