My ability was overtaken by my ambition on bikes. Maybe the wife was right but this in the house is Art. We rattle around in 3500 square feet each, the bike must have a footprint of 3!
2022 Plus Four, 2023 Super Three, Range Rover Vogue SDV8 and Triking T3.
I have bike licence. I'd no intention of riding but a friend said his Dad has this old moped a 1968 Peugeot BB was I interested. Asked a bloke at work who was into old bike he said it was maybe worth 50 quid. I went to look at it, we pulled it out of the shed, the engine turned over the tyres stayed up so I paid & loaded it in the car. It took under an hour to get it running.
I arranged MOT tax & insurance & did CBT for my protection though not necessary. The BB was a proper moped you pedalled to start it. It had a magneto which generated enough ziggys to run lights or sound the horn but not both together. It was fun.
Had the BB for 2 years then bought a new Peugeot Ludix Classic for 850 pounds. The appeal was that it was absolutely basic like an M3W. One mirror, dipped beam only, kick start. Had it for 18months
Saw a Piaggio MP3 in the paper so went to look & had to have one. Not having a bike licence could only ride 125 & had to do CBT again. Had it two years & it was recovered twice but great fun. Used to get lots of folk looking at it. I'm really too tall for an MP3 so its not comfortable for over 40 miles
After passing my test I swapped it for an MP3 400ie. Only failure was dip switch & battery in 4 years. I traded it in with Revolutions of Perth for the M3W. They still have it if you want one. I swapped 3 wheels for 3 wheels.
I started off with a Honda nifty fifty as a field bike and then a Mobilette pedal and pop, slowly graduating up to a Yamaha XT500. That was back in 1979. That was when I got my first car and haven't ridden since. Modern bikes are scary. BTW the mobilette was modified somewhat, being an engineering student at the time and all my mates were riding FS1E's and SS50's I was the poor relation especially at the traffic light drag strip. So a few simple mods were: 1. Fit ace bars. 2. Fit a swivel joint onto the seat post so the saddle became a chest pad and you could then sit on the rear mudguard. 3. Lighten and blueprint bottom end. 4. Mount a model powerboat propellor and motor into carb. bell mouth and wire up to headlight. (Rudimentary supercharger). 5. Fill tank with 50% petrol, 40% tolulene and 10% castor oil, for that bit of lubrication. At traffic lights, flip saddle vertical, slide onto rear mudguard turn headlight on wind throttle back and hang on. Didn't last long but what a way to blow a motor! Was everybody that daft when they were 18.
4. Mount a model powerboat propellor and motor into carb. bell mouth and wire up to headlight. (Rudimentary supercharger). 5. Fill tank with 50% petrol, 40% tolulene and 10% castor oil, for that bit of lubrication. At traffic lights, flip saddle vertical, slide onto rear mudguard turn headlight on wind throttle back and hang on. Didn't last long but what a way to blow a motor! Was everybody that daft when they were 18.
Brilliant!
Only daft youngsters grow up to be interesting adults; boring kids simply get older..
Seeker, a lot of Harley owners in Youkay are just accountants and lawyers that want to wear leather. I like a lot of those Harleys, especially Nightsters. Very comfortable in my leather trousers (Pants) too!
^ Back in the day, if you rode a Harley, you couldn't park in front of a restaurant or bar. Would get seated at an 'out of the way' table. A leather vest and leather jacket was 'too much' leather. Now, if you ride a Harley, you're a Rock Star !
Would get seated at an 'out of the way' table. 
A leather vest and leather jacket was 'too much' leather. 
Now, if you ride a Harley, you're a Rock Star ! 
