"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"fred" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, in article
> <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Cigi" wrote:
>
> > Brother had a Triumph Tiger Cub which never ran and rotted away in the
> > back garden. He was shaggin this bird in Fairweather Green at the time
> > so I dont think his mind was on the repair work.
>
> That's one of the few things I regret about my life, the motorbikes
> that ended up in teachests. If only I knew then what I know now.
>
> Nice little bikes the Tiger Cub, much better than a Bantam. Not as
> good as a C15 though.
>
> --
> ô
> õçîd
I had a Triumph Tiger Cub 200cc. Nice little bike, good for 80 mph.
Then I got a Royal Enfield Crusader Sport, 5 speed Cost me £40 in 1975.
Rebuilt it ,, that little bike was good for 90 mph. After that, all jap
bikes.
I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
My eldest son has a Yamaha ty 250 monoshock, that thing will go up the side
of house. my youngest lad has a Kawasaki kx80, we've just re-built it.
...it goes like stink but parts cost a fortune for it.
"Mike Clayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Cigi
> <[email protected]> writes
> >My mate had both a Bantam and a C15. The Bantam had solid back ends
> >which made for a rather interesting ride. The C15 went like shit off a
> >shovel leaving me struggling along behind on the old Franny Barnet 197
> >Villiers. When I got the TB I kicked his arse though and could walk
> >proudly into the Tomato Dip [1] . :- p
> >
>
> I bought a new Bantam in 1968, lovely little bike. It was black with
> chrome sides on the petrol tank. The only problem I had with it, and
> they all had this problem apparently, was that the kick start used to
> jam. It shared the gear pedal shaft. I cured that by putting a couple of
> thin shims on the shaft between the kick and gear pedal. Unfortunately I
> had to sell the bike less than a year later when I was posted to
> Germany.
>
> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
> --
> Mike Clayton
> To right the wrong is always right
> <take out the plug to email me>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
my 16th .
>
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:00:09 +0000, timr <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
> The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
Those Kawasaki triples were wild. At my first job in 1975, one of
my trainers had a brand new H2 750cc. He was kind enough to let
me take it for a ride one day, and I still remember the totally
amazing acceleration. They weren't tremendously reliable - they
needed a complete engine rebuild every 20,000 miles or so I believe -
but were tremendous entertainment.
"Mike Clayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Cigi
> <[email protected]> writes
> >My mate had both a Bantam and a C15. The Bantam had solid back ends
> >which made for a rather interesting ride. The C15 went like shit off a
> >shovel leaving me struggling along behind on the old Franny Barnet 197
> >Villiers. When I got the TB I kicked his arse though and could walk
> >proudly into the Tomato Dip [1] . :- p
> >
>
> I bought a new Bantam in 1968, lovely little bike. It was black with
> chrome sides on the petrol tank. The only problem I had with it, and
> they all had this problem apparently, was that the kick start used to
> jam. It shared the gear pedal shaft. I cured that by putting a couple of
> thin shims on the shaft between the kick and gear pedal. Unfortunately I
> had to sell the bike less than a year later when I was posted to
> Germany.
>
> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
> --
> Mike Clayton
> To right the wrong is always right
> <take out the plug to email me>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
my 16th .
>
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:00:09 +0000, timr <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had a 500 kawasaki triple the H1 ..now that bike was amazingly quick.
> The bike would wheelie off the throttle at 60mph in third gear..
Those Kawasaki triples were wild. At my first job in 1975, one of
my trainers had a brand new H2 750cc. He was kind enough to let
me take it for a ride one day, and I still remember the totally
amazing acceleration. They weren't tremendously reliable - they
needed a complete engine rebuild every 20,000 miles or so I believe -
but were tremendous entertainment.
"Mike Clayton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Cigi
> <[email protected]> writes
> >My mate had both a Bantam and a C15. The Bantam had solid back ends
> >which made for a rather interesting ride. The C15 went like shit off a
> >shovel leaving me struggling along behind on the old Franny Barnet 197
> >Villiers. When I got the TB I kicked his arse though and could walk
> >proudly into the Tomato Dip [1] . :- p
> >
>
> I bought a new Bantam in 1968, lovely little bike. It was black with
> chrome sides on the petrol tank. The only problem I had with it, and
> they all had this problem apparently, was that the kick start used to
> jam. It shared the gear pedal shaft. I cured that by putting a couple of
> thin shims on the shaft between the kick and gear pedal. Unfortunately I
> had to sell the bike less than a year later when I was posted to
> Germany.
>
> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
> --
> Mike Clayton
> To right the wrong is always right
> <take out the plug to email me>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
my 16th .
>
In message <[email protected]>, timr
<[email protected]> writes
>> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
>> --
>> Mike Clayton
>> To right the wrong is always right
>> <take out the plug to email me>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
>
>Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
>quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
>my 16th .
>
If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
--
Mike Clayton
To right the wrong is always right
<take out the plug to email me> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
On Sunday, in article <[email protected]> [email protected] "Mike Clayton" wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, timr
> <[email protected]> writes
> >Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
> >quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
> >my 16th .
>
> If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
They were bloody horrible, I never once managed to ride one without
falling off. I could stay on a 650 twin no problem but them buggers
just fell over for no reason at all.
Talking of falling off, did you ever notice that the faster you were
going the less damage you did? If you fell off a bike at 30 mph you
could usually pick it up without a scratch, pick the gravel out of
your palms and ride away. A bike that fell over when it was stood
still would be damn near a writeoff.
In message <[email protected]>, timr
<[email protected]> writes
>> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
>> --
>> Mike Clayton
>> To right the wrong is always right
>> <take out the plug to email me>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
>
>Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
>quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
>my 16th .
>
If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
--
Mike Clayton
To right the wrong is always right
<take out the plug to email me> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
On Sunday, in article <[email protected]> [email protected] "Mike Clayton" wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, timr
> <[email protected]> writes
> >Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
> >quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
> >my 16th .
>
> If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
They were bloody horrible, I never once managed to ride one without
falling off. I could stay on a 650 twin no problem but them buggers
just fell over for no reason at all.
Talking of falling off, did you ever notice that the faster you were
going the less damage you did? If you fell off a bike at 30 mph you
could usually pick it up without a scratch, pick the gravel out of
your palms and ride away. A bike that fell over when it was stood
still would be damn near a writeoff.
In message <[email protected]>, timr
<[email protected]> writes
>> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
>> --
>> Mike Clayton
>> To right the wrong is always right
>> <take out the plug to email me>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
>
>Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
>quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
>my 16th .
>
If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
--
Mike Clayton
To right the wrong is always right
<take out the plug to email me> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
On Sunday, in article <[email protected]> [email protected] "Mike Clayton" wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, timr
> <[email protected]> writes
> >Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
> >quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
> >my 16th .
>
> If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
They were bloody horrible, I never once managed to ride one without
falling off. I could stay on a 650 twin no problem but them buggers
just fell over for no reason at all.
Talking of falling off, did you ever notice that the faster you were
going the less damage you did? If you fell off a bike at 30 mph you
could usually pick it up without a scratch, pick the gravel out of
your palms and ride away. A bike that fell over when it was stood
still would be damn near a writeoff.
In message <[email protected]>, timr
<[email protected]> writes
>> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
>> --
>> Mike Clayton
>> To right the wrong is always right
>> <take out the plug to email me>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
>
>Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
>quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
>my 16th .
>
If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
--
Mike Clayton
To right the wrong is always right
<take out the plug to email me> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
On Sunday, in article <[email protected]> [email protected] "Mike Clayton" wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, timr
> <[email protected]> writes
> >Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
> >quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
> >my 16th .
>
> If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
They were bloody horrible, I never once managed to ride one without
falling off. I could stay on a 650 twin no problem but them buggers
just fell over for no reason at all.
Talking of falling off, did you ever notice that the faster you were
going the less damage you did? If you fell off a bike at 30 mph you
could usually pick it up without a scratch, pick the gravel out of
your palms and ride away. A bike that fell over when it was stood
still would be damn near a writeoff.
In message <[email protected]>, timr
<[email protected]> writes
>> Incidentally, before that I had a Rayleigh Wisp. Anyone remember those?
>> --
>> Mike Clayton
>> To right the wrong is always right
>> <take out the plug to email me>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
>
>Yes, I can remember the Ralleigh mopeds. A friend of mine had an NSU
>quickly. I was lucky enough to own a mobylette, my Dad bought it for
>my 16th .
>
If I see a Wisp on Ebay I may buy it. They were neat little mopeds.
--
Mike Clayton
To right the wrong is always right
<take out the plug to email me> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike_clayton
