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The Purple Helmets bow out.
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The Purple Helmets bow out.
After 27 years of stunts 'approaching 100 miles per hour'.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/202 ... ts-retire/
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/202 ... ts-retire/
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
You should have told them they didn't amuse you. No doubt they'd have been so totally gutted they'd have retired earlier.
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
Sorry for having an opinion, maybe I should run all my posts past you so I can make sure you approve of them.Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:34 pmYou should have told them they didn't amuse you. No doubt they'd have been so totally gutted they'd have retired earlier.
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
Does the change of strapline indicate a shift in attitude? No longer just hard to please, but deliberately annoying?Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:41 pmSorry for having an opinion, maybe I should run all my posts past you so I can make sure you approve of them.Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:34 pmYou should have told them they didn't amuse you. No doubt they'd have been so totally gutted they'd have retired earlier.
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
My mate had to visit nobles after being ran into by one of them whilst inside the Tynwald pub. They were good TT entertainment , maybe H and S could be there problem these days. 
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
I was in the railway inn 2012 when they came through the pub, I'd only gone in for a pint or three & wasn't what I was expecting..I saw them on Douglas prom in 2012 and they were awesome
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Re: The Purple Helmets bow out.
I saw them at a bike show at Oulton Park in the late 90s and they were superb.
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