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Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:59 am
by JackyJoll
cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:18 am But the bad spelling and poor grammar means he's a mechanical genius. Fact.
“Magnetoe” is one of my favourites.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:08 am
by cheb
I haven't read as I'm not interested enough in the bike to know about it, and reading badly written English is tedious.

One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:47 am
by JackyJoll
cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:08 am One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.
He’s more enlightened than I am, having never heard of the Molesworth books. Count your blessings.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:17 pm
by cheb
By Ronald Searle and Geoffrey Willans:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 79927.html

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:22 pm
by KungFooBob
Sounds a bit like Feersum Endjinn.

That takes some reading too.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:28 pm
by Count Steer
cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:08 am I haven't read as I'm not interested enough in the bike to know about it, and reading badly written English is tedious.

One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.
Said spawn is uterly wet and a weed it must pane yu to think yu ar of the same blud. Chiz.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:19 pm
by Skub
Not ebay but definitely wtf. :wtf:

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Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:42 pm
by Noggin
Skub wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:19 pm Not ebay but definitely wtf. :wtf:

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Wayyyyy cheaper than a nose cone for one of those tho!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Definitely detracts, even from a Bluebird!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:26 am
by Demannu
I think Honda missed a trick there!

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:23 pm
by Demannu
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225158809558 ... media=COPY
And people were cheeky enough to call my bike an anchor!

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:25 pm
by KungFooBob
Demannu wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:23 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225158809558 ... media=COPY
And people were cheeky enough to call my bike an anchor!
I saw that one yesterday, I thought it was a bit cheeky to make the title picture what is used to look like, now it's very different.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:42 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Demannu wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:23 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225158809558 ... media=COPY
And people were cheeky enough to call my bike an anchor!
That is truly horrible, it's also £600 overpriced

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:14 pm
by Skub
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:25 pm I saw that one yesterday, I thought it was a bit cheeky to make the title picture what is used to look like, now it's very different.
I just looked at the leading pic and wondered what the fuss was about!

There's probably not a fastener that isn't corroded in position. :(

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:46 pm
by KungFooBob
It's not totally terrible, but doesn't the Bantam predate JPS sponsorship?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125487475768

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Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:41 am
by David
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:46 pm It's not totally terrible, but doesn't the Bantam predate JPS sponsorship?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125487475768

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That is actually quite terrible.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 11:33 am
by Gregor
That colour is giving off first piss of the day vibes

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:43 pm
by David
Gregor wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 11:33 am That colour is giving off first piss of the day vibes
See a doctor.

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:10 pm
by Noggin
Demannu wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:23 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225158809558 ... media=COPY
And people were cheeky enough to call my bike an anchor!
I always wanted a chocolate boost Thundercat!! But, even tho I'd now choose an Ace not a Cat, I would not choose that one!! :lol: :lol:

Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:26 pm
by KungFooBob
This isn't bad at all (except the price), just posting because it's got a JPS paint job like the Fighting Chicken above.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284972623113

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Re: Ebay 'WTF' bikes

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:50 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
The paint scheme looks wank