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Weird motorcycle things you remember
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And the R90S.
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I remember Tony Galea the camchain specialist. There wasn't a Honda made that didn't need his services.
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I remember what it was like to legally ride on the road with no helmet.
I remember front numberplates and being stopped by plod asking where mine was.
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I remember what it was like to legally ride on the road with no helmet.
I remember front numberplates and being stopped by plod asking where mine was.
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And most classic brit bikes.Skub wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:36 pmAnd the R90S.
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I thought the BMW R90S had a hydraulic steering damper with a knob on the steering head that looked like a friction damper. Have I got that wrong?Skub wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:36 pmAnd the R90S.
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The amazing lever also had declutching mechanism built in.
So it was bad at three jobs.
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You have me doubting myself now,but you may be correct. In my defence it was a long time ago.
Edit...
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My first bike had one (registered '74), I removed it.
They had the nickname 'pedestrian slicer', don't know how deserved that was.
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It was great for eating Mars Bars when stopped at the lights.
The 350 actually had a second neutral between 3rd and 4th.
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I have a scar running almost the full length of my left leg,so yes a well deserved nickname.
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While we’re at it, super-cheap communist bikes!
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My first 3 bikes had front number plates and they were indeed hazardous to pedestrians. I remember when they were decriminalised - I took mine off that very day. I also remember going for a blat up the road on the day before helmets were made compulsory (without helmet, obvs) and at not much more than 30mph my eyes started watering from the wind. I'd always worn a helmet and could never understand the opposition to the helmet law.
I'm also old enough to remember the joke of a motorcycle test that existed in the '60s. You were told to go round the block by a man on foot with a clipboard, who could only observe your riding for a maximum of a quarter of the distance you travelled. To test the emergency stop he'd pretend to jump out in front of you and see how you responded. As long as you didn't lock up or hit him, you passed. And his intention was telegraphed for so long in advance you had to be a complete numpty to fail.
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Can anyone remember the bike/device that made a 250cc 2 cylinder bike a 125cc 1 cylinder bike, this is when they brought in the new learner law in the mid 80s???
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Re: Weird motorcycle things you remember
Aso fekked peeps who left their foot on the gear lever, as on my old jawa 250 2-stroke
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that test was still in use in 1981, when I took my test. On a 250mangocrazy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:16 pm
I'm also old enough to remember the joke of a motorcycle test that existed in the '60s. You were told to go round the block by a man on foot with a clipboard, who could only observe your riding for a maximum of a quarter of the distance you travelled. To test the emergency stop he'd pretend to jump out in front of you and see how you responded. As long as you didn't lock up or hit him, you passed. And his intention was telegraphed for so long in advance you had to be a complete numpty to fail.