For Des

[Lewis McColl]

###aye lewis but that was 1958 ,,,,,we sold for about 25 quid .....it did go a bit though...on them orange dusty things that went for roads then in oz......no coppers within about 60 or70 miles never saw one .....and in them days would have gone for the run ....cappy

I have edited my post the bikes in the video are the non street legal HR2 kawaskis, even back then Cappy the Vincent was capable of well over a ton, I think they were 120mph+ and really the only thing they had for brakes was how hard you could dig your heels in to get them to slow down.lol

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My Dad had one with a side car and he would pack us all up in it and away we would go for a day out at the beach, happy days.
Lawrence of Arabia was killed on one.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...last-ride.html

[cappy]

I have edited my post the bikes in the video are the non street legal HR2 kawaskis, even back then Cappy the Vincent was capable of well over a ton, I think they were 120mph+ and really the only thing they had for brakes was how hard you could dig your heels in to get them to slow down.lol

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My Dad had one with a side car and he would pack us all up in it and away we would go for a day out at the beach, happy days.
Lawrence of Arabia was killed on one.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring...last-ride.html

###wewll it was probably old enough to be lawrence of arabias ....certaily never had a ton on it i guess about 80 was its max but good fun for young reprobates

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Vernon.
This place is a mecca for bikes. They have a run in summer that hundreds of bikes take part in, only don't talk to my wife about it as there is not a spot bigger than a razor you can park in Cooma when it is on, other than that there are bikes going through everyday. I have been up to the top of Kosciusko and can see what wonderful views there are for someone on a motorbike winding around the roads down below.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

I was never one for the motor bike though I had ben a pillion passenger on occasions.
But there I was home on leave in a brand new suit, no not from the window to watch or gone for a Burton either, when my mate called around.
He had a bike but was having problems getting it to start, the kick starter was playing up.

We lived on a corner and the road down from there was all down hill.

Now worries mate said I easy fix this. All you need is to put it in gear and when she is rolling down the hill let out the clutch, just the same as starting a car that way.
So there was me up on the bike, in gear and rolling down the hill very nicely.

I let out the clutch.

It ahs been said that in times of distress you life flashed before you, well not for me, all that flashed before me was the fence and hedge, no not the name of a pub, as I flew without wings into the bushes behind.

The bike ended up somewhere down the road and my new suit ended up in the bin.
Have never ridden a bike since.

[John Pruden]

a friend of mine was killed on his motor bike not a fault of his own? another friend bought the bike and it never run right after that Aerial arrow it was cursed in some way the biker club never stayed together? jp