MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:08 pm 1988 ish
Are they BROWN boots?

Quick, call the style police.
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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The Spin Doctor wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:04 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:08 pm 1988 ish
Are they BROWN boots?

Quick, call the style police.
Red you pillock :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:55 pm I looked at RC390s on ebay and there's a brand new 2017 one on there for £3500, then I was looking at something else on the LC forum and there was a picture of a YPVS on there https://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/thread/ ... 385?page=4 (half way down) and I knew Iccy was right, what I want is a YPVS and that's what I should get on with, still the best looking bike ever made

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Not quite, but almost :thumbup:

Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:13 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:04 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:08 pm 1988 ish
Are they BROWN boots?

Quick, call the style police.
Red you pillock :obscene-birdiedoublered:
If we're doing blurry me-me-me-me pics then here's mine, 1987 ish - my photographer was slightly less shit than yours so my ultra cool and stylish red boots may clearly be seen not to be brown :D
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Unfaired ones were better (well, except for the CDIs :geek: ) ;)
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:13 pm
Red you pillock :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Ah red... OK, more like a garden gnome then :D
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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The Spin Doctor wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:27 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:13 pm
Red you pillock :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Ah red... OK, more like a garden gnome then :D
They were cheap your honour :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Potter wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:57 pm Old bike stuff from the 80's was super flimsy compared to stuff now, I found my old FT racing boots a while back and they were like goatskin slippers :D
My racing leathers had a 2mm layer of crappy foam on knees and elbows.
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I had a one piece Sheene replica suit made by TT leathers, single thickness, single stitching and a bit of upholstery foam was all the padding or armour it had, fortunately I never went fast enough to fall off.
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This thread has turned into the Power Valve Appreciation and Memoir thread.
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Potter wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:51 pm This is possibly the best looking motorcycle I've ever owned, I just couldn't get on with the riding position for some reason and I always preferred to ride my LC, so I sold it, but I really regret it and would buy it back.
I like the 'Fuck You Boi' numberplate. :thumbup:
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Re: MCN : New KTM RC390 moves on the A2 game in a big way

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Skub wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:53 pm
Potter wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:51 pm This is possibly the best looking motorcycle I've ever owned, I just couldn't get on with the riding position for some reason and I always preferred to ride my LC, so I sold it, but I really regret it and would buy it back.
I like the 'Fuck You Boi' numberplate. :thumbup:
No, it's fuck your bottom.

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