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Nordboy wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 10:59 am I know I really really shouldn't but I'm looking at buying a 1960 Triumph Tiger Cub 199cc. My Dad passed away in 2000 and this is a bike he bought brand new as a youngster, until he had a nasty hit and run with a vehicle. I didn't start with bikes until after he died and think that would have been something that, with my career, he would have been proud of, and that we certainly could have had a mutual interest in, maybe getting him back on the road?

I've been wanting something from my year of birth 1970, but tbh, there's not much from that era that I fancy. So had the idea of getting the same thing that he bought?

Not really sure how to go about buying something that old mind you? I'm not very mechanically minded so keeping it on the road might be a challenge? The budget may be a challenge as well. And i'll probably have to get one that the wife doesn't know about until after it arrives, better to ask forgiveness etc...

Nordboy wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 10:59 am I know I really really shouldn't but I'm looking at buying a 1960 Triumph Tiger Cub 199cc...

Nordboy wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 10:59 am I know I really really shouldn't but I'm looking at buying a 1960 Triumph Tiger Cub 199cc. My Dad passed away in 2000 and this is a bike he bought brand new as a youngster, until he had a nasty hit and run with a vehicle. I didn't start with bikes until after he died and think that would have been something that, with my career, he would have been proud of, and that we certainly could have had a mutual interest in, maybe getting him back on the road?

I've been wanting something from my year of birth 1970, but tbh, there's not much from that era that I fancy. So had the idea of getting the same thing that he bought?

Not really sure how to go about buying something that old mind you? I'm not very mechanically minded so keeping it on the road might be a challenge? The budget may be a challenge as well. And i'll probably have to get one that the wife doesn't know about until after it arrives, better to ask forgiveness etc...

Nordboy wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 10:59 am I know I really really shouldn't but I'm looking at buying a 1960 Triumph Tiger Cub 199cc. My Dad passed away in 2000 and this is a bike he bought brand new as a youngster, until he had a nasty hit and run with a vehicle. I didn't start with bikes until after he died and think that would have been something that, with my career, he would have been proud of, and that we certainly could have had a mutual interest in, maybe getting him back on the road?

I've been wanting something from my year of birth 1970, but tbh, there's not much from that era that I fancy. So had the idea of getting the same thing that he bought?

Not really sure how to go about buying something that old mind you? I'm not very mechanically minded so keeping it on the road might be a challenge? The budget may be a challenge as well. And i'll probably have to get one that the wife doesn't know about until after it arrives, better to ask forgiveness etc...

weeksy wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:12 am You know, the things you sit there for a while on your Ebay/whatever list, sitting in your favourites but can't quite bring yourself to buy...



I've got this which is pretty much what i already own, but in carbon instead.... Just needs to be the right money and it may get bought.. OR i may remove from my list before it ends...

My other one was a JAckery which we've planned on buying/not-buying for the last God knows how long. But that got bought.

Scotsrich wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 1:01 pm Taking a trip up to Barnstormers Motorcycles in Dundee next week.

Just for a look around as I’ve heard about it but never been. I’m not really looking to buy but could maybe do with a little project.

I’ve no idea about prices, whether they’re dirt cheap or not.

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Pirahna wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 8:35 pm

Scotsrich wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 1:01 pm Taking a trip up to Barnstormers Motorcycles in Dundee next week.

Just for a look around as I’ve heard about it but never been. I’m not really looking to buy but could maybe do with a little project.

I’ve no idea about prices, whether they’re dirt cheap or not.

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A nice Yamaha TRX maybe?

Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:47 pm Another camera, namely a Fujifilm X-E5.

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:52 pm

Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:47 pm Another camera, namely a Fujifilm X-E5.

At the weekend the wife had a Friendface Mammary popup with a photo from 14 years ago. She had an Olympus compact digital camera hung around her neck. It was a reminder of those ancient times when people didn't just use their highend smartphones for photos.