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I never had a Beezer, or a Norton for that matter. I'd have killed for a Commando. My mate had one, he raked out the frame, hard-tailed it, bored the block, it was as sexy as they come. Less than a month after he finished it, some low-life nicked it. About a year later it was spotted for sale a few hundred miles away - cue a club ride-out to have a quiet word!!

I'll be sure to look you up when next we cross. I'll introduce you to proper Welsh cider

i will look forward to it

here's my last ever bike the XS-2

There's something about a classic looking bike - so much better looking than today's tank slappers

Kick start too - I wonder how many of the modern breed could kick over a bike and get her going without taking a lump or three out of their shins

psychonaut wrote:Kick start too - I wonder how many of the modern breed could kick over a bike and get her going without taking a lump or three out of their shins

LoL! My old XT500 used to give you a fair old whack if you opened the throttle slightly whilst kicking it, tore all ligaments in my foot once.

If you want a good kick back - my BSA M20 (500cc single side valve)used to kick you over the handlebars if you didn't use the manual ignition advance/retard correctly. You had metal plates on the instep of your boot for the kickstart. Kids don't know what motorcycling is today!

lolol - I had a go ona mate's Norton Dominator a few years ago. She had a habit of bouncing you up a bit if you weren't ready for her!! I borrowed her for a weekend and went all over mid-Wales. The bike almost drank more than me

We're not losing THAT photo in a hurry: https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Te ... _Vs_T-bars" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

psychonaut wrote:Big fella? I'm an ex-loosehead prop and Sergeant-at-Arms for a sidepatch club, big just comes as part of the package

Good god lolol

As an aside, I managed to break a breaker bar (as per that Wiki entry) yesterday, with the scaffolding pole on the end of it, trying to undo a very stubborn rear nut on my mate's trike. I think it was put on there my Brunel and hadn't been removed since.....