Spondon Turbo Suzook
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Spondon Turbo Suzook
Spondon frames have to be the loveliest thing ever.
218bhp.
190kgs.
No rider aids.
Even on paper that sounds intimidating.
218bhp.
190kgs.
No rider aids.
Even on paper that sounds intimidating.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
There's a big fat moral there for us all,man.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Google tells me after Stuart Garner bought and dismantled Spondon,the company was no more. An ex Spondon Employee Gavin Goddard now runs GIA Engineering,which seem to preserve some of the early heritage.
https://www.spondongia.co.uk
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
No excuse now,get it bought.inewham wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:27 pmThat's only about a mile from me, I pass it 2 or 3 times a week and never knew it was thereSkub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:09 pmGoogle tells me after Stuart Garner bought and dismantled Spondon,the company was no more. An ex Spondon Employee Gavin Goddard now runs GIA Engineering,which seem to preserve some of the early heritage.
https://www.spondongia.co.uk
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
He does a very nice twin shock frame for big Suzuki and Kawasaki engines.Skub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:09 pmGoogle tells me after Stuart Garner bought and dismantled Spondon,the company was no more. An ex Spondon Employee Gavin Goddard now runs GIA Engineering,which seem to preserve some of the early heritage.
https://www.spondongia.co.uk
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Exactly that. A golden era. When it was all about t'craic.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
And burds in the picturesAsian Boss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:34 pmExactly that. A golden era. When it was all about t'craic.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Only in Superbike. And the niche grebo biking pamphlets. And MaxPower. Ohhhh... Jakki Degg.slowsider wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:09 pmAnd burds in the picturesAsian Boss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:34 pmExactly that. A golden era. When it was all about t'craic.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Back in the glory days when a national publication could approach a 17 year old girl in a carpark and ask "pink or brown?".Asian Boss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:31 pm And MaxPower. Ohhhh... Jakki Degg.
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And they loved it, the little tarts.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:49 pmBack in the glory days when a national publication could approach a 17 year old girl in a carpark and ask "pink or brown?".Asian Boss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:31 pm And MaxPower. Ohhhh... Jakki Degg.
When I was working for EMAP (which made Max amongst many others) the IT department introduced some sort of porn filter. They had to remove it pretty swiftly as it blocked much of the content we were producing.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Snooker was big back then.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:49 pmBack in the glory days when a national publication could approach a 17 year old girl in a carpark and ask "pink or brown?".Asian Boss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:31 pm And MaxPower. Ohhhh... Jakki Degg.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
It's only a game so,
Put up a real good fight,
I'm gonna be snookering you, snookering you, snookering you tonight....
John Virgo, no-Dad, Saturday evening telly.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Zanx had a turbo Bandit 12 IIRC, dunno how well it ran though as I think there was a few issues with it.
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
That was proper wanking material in streetfighters back in the day
But it was born in a time when jap frames were crap and they just aren't anymore, it's almost a shame
But it was born in a time when jap frames were crap and they just aren't anymore, it's almost a shame
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Re: Spondon Turbo Suzook
Maybe getting the locks and chains off?demographic wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:29 amZanx had a turbo Bandit 12 IIRC, dunno how well it ran though as I think there was a few issues with it.
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