oldtimer

+1 on that i put super unleaded in my bike the tt600 triumph and it ran like a bag of shit till i used it up for exactly the same reasons you quote, my electronic management system could not handle the higher octane,lower octane and its fine

tappets... :biglaugha:

correct pete that was all the change in the law was,16 year olds were no longer able to ride a motorbike regardless of cc they were only able to ride mopeds. thank god i was 16 in 1962 and missed all this namby pamby nonsense,helmetless till 1973 seems madness now

try this link. http://thames-valley-region.mag-uk.org/Pages/legisla_chronology_of_motorcycles.htm

i just thought you had been on the buckfast with rab and jamsie and lost track of the time,,

aye but yours are BEER goggles

sods law drewps had i not had visitors i no doubt would have seen you up at the barn,,was that photo taken on belmont rd ? oh and get some goggles to complete the new look had to look twice it didnt look like you

sounds more than likely that keep starting it and not giving it a run that that you have flooded it and all the unburnt fuel has caused the enormus bang and flash as the unburnt fuel has ignited,and now you have put fresh plugs it has fired up.problem sorted

happy birthday steve have a good un,nearly as old as my leathers

just a bit of interservice banter mike, yeh i hold my hands up i am just a small bit older than you i was a toddler when you were getting your first coat of submariners dhobi dust 6 weeks in the sick bay of HMS yeovilton seems such a long time ago the only pongo on board getting stick off all those airy fairys but i dont know about you i enjoyed it. glad your making him go to the docs needs sorting before he gets on the back again. all the best you old git. paul

jesus mike you have had a lucky escape,your son needs to hold on to something at least the grab rail if he is to embarrassed to hold on to an old man. i would try and find out why he fainted blood sugar to low ? i lost a girlfriend off the back of my bike years ago for not holding on shits you up and 30 years on dont like pillion passengers. do you think you should still be riding at your age.

first dan there is no catch,in the days when me and you started riding you could ride a 250 on l plates now its 125 so it sits in a funny market place its no use to learner riders and once they have passed there test even though they might be restricted to 33bhp most prefer something bigger but for someone like you who wants it as a commuter its ideal good on fuel but with still enough power to stay with the traffic on the road. its not retrictedm its sometimes called the fazer 250 a lot are sold in other parts of the world but not really an import its just not caught on to any degree vhere spares should not be a problem/

well bugger me another triumph owner,theres a few like us on here dan oldies from the 60s passed my test in 62 and have a similar background as you as far as british bikes are concerned kept my bonnie till 2005,bought my first yamaha in the seventies but still had triumphs as well. welcome

yeh very sad a week after his best podium position in moto gp,so much potential edwards had no chance to avoid him with marcos bike coming across from the right it was one of those accidents you just know its going to be bad. rip

what a bonus her boyfriend must have thought it was his birthday not one pussy but two. how he found the target with all that fat,must have used that old indian trick with fat birds roll them in flour and aim for the damp patch

could be a couple of things have you recently had your chain adjusted, if it was to tight it could be a counter shaft problem and the nuts come loose or its come off dont ride it till you find out or it can bollox the shaft well and good,just hope its not the bearing

thanks og and drewps its in the diary.

sounds like a scene from last of the summerwine (sorry) i was there got a few things i wanted but went on my own as no one seems to ask me anymore. must be as i am old

same here pat i think we have had one dry day,mind you i do live in manchester

hi kev, had a lot of health problems so was unable to make the weekend at squires but came up on the sunday to ride back with you lot but when i got there you had all left ah well,still riding just problems with walking far.glad to see you got mellow yellow up and running and had a good time maybe see you at rivi barn still go up there on a sunday if the weathers right,bye for now

yeah great film one of my favourites,hey NOISE hows yeovil these days my first posting was houndstone camp i hear its gone now and its an industrial site? many a hangover on the scrumpy.

having just got home after coming down the M1 and M6 most drivers already do 80mph and more. sadly i am old enough to remember when the motorways were built there was no speed limit the biggest problem was most of the cars couldnt do 80,but was great to try and get the ton out of my bonnie,now i get some arsehole in a merc right up my backside flashing his lights on the M1 trying to get past at well over the ton,didnt manage it as there was a prat in front held everybody up doing 60 in the outside lane for over 4 miles,before he pulled over letting every one pass. it seems unreal that the goverment only introduced the 70mph limit as an experiment in december 1965 and it was only made law in 1967.

sadly unlike the fuel protest where bikers did a similar thing but mid week and not only on the motorway but in to city centres and recieved full media coverage,this one was a complete failure as it was ignored by the media and other road users were left wondering what the f**k was going on. if the eu plans did come in what happens with your 7 year old pride of joy! overnight it wont be worth a light,you cant px it nobody will want it,compensation ?not a chance,perhaps if we had taken a leaf out of the french way of protesting and brought cities to a standstil,it might have got the media coverage it deserved. sorry but for me it was a waste of time.

what i should have explained is i had just before this unchained the bike from its ground anchor unchained the gate to bring the bike from round the back ready to go out , the bike nev has a alarm and a immobiliser both were off daft i know but had only gone back in the house to put my gear on just shows you even in broad daylight it only takes a momentary lapse. good job i havent got a chainsaw DDT my baseball bat was enough to get me a police caution last year.having said that it wont stop me using it again.

well i am sure we have all heard the term daylight robbery! well 10 minutes ago i opened the door to go out and put my lottery on only to find a scooter parked at the bottom of my drive the guy on the pillion was just about to force my steering lock,on seeing me he jumped on the back of the scooter which had no number plate on it and away,i would have caught them but let them get away when they rode the wrong way down a one way street. on the bloody pavement. god my bike must be popular this is the forth time in 18 months. phoned the police they said theres been a few bikes stolen lately so drewps dont leave your bike on the front.