Full Lockdown!

[SeanDezart]

I was learning to speak English in ‘84 - had to do it in two months to be allowed to go to school. Still learning - mainly from Sean

So you DID pass your test only 10 years ago !!!

 

[yellowz]

Bloody cones on the M25 even during lockdown!
Passed my test in Feb 84 so I remember roads like that very well. On a couple of essential journeys this week I loved the quiet roads.

Passed my test in 1980 in the forces so was driving big stuff for work.. At that time I could only afford one of these to do the weekly commute A34/A4 from Portsmouth to Swindon. There was never enough traffic to feel unsafe! Thing that scared me most of all was tyres slipping when you cranked it over in the corners.

 

[SeanDezart]

I love those - give me a C90 anyday of the week !

Doesn't look too bad in the corners...although some cut them and they all seem to be looking backwards more then to the front - brilliant !

 

[uk66fastback]

My first bike was a 1966 Honda C90 with a big end problem. EFL 11D. I learnt a lot from that bike even though it never turned a wheel under its own power while in my ownership.

 

[Bazzateer]

I wouldn't have admitted to that....

Unless it was a Bond Bug!

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Unless it was a Bond Bug!

I've never been bothered about Street Cred or fashion. Also bear in mind that I was 16 and my mates were on little motorbikes or scooters. I worked at a motorbike shop at weekends and at that time lots of lads were getting killed on bikes. I had a Triumph Cub and the boss of the shop offered me a 250 Ducati but Dad wasn't keen and encouraged me along the car route.

I brush painted it too.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

I've never been bothered about Street Cred or fashion. Also bear in mind that I was 16 and my mates were on little motorbikes or scooters. I worked at a motorbike shop at weekends and at that time lots of lads were getting killed on bikes. I had a Triumph Cub and the boss of the shop offered me a 250 Ducati but Dad wasn't keen and encouraged me along the car route.

I brush painted it too.

They're actually good fun to drive.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

My first bike was a 1966 Honda C90 with a big end problem. EFL 11D. I learnt a lot from that bike even though it never turned a wheel under its own power while in my ownership.

I think the c90 is the best selling bike in the world. for a reason, more or less bomb proof.

They're the worlds only cool scooter. The rest are for ladies

 

[Rushingphil]

Passed my test in 1980 in the forces so was driving big stuff for work.. At that time I could only afford one of these to do the weekly commute A34/A4 from Portsmouth to Swindon. There was never enough traffic to feel unsafe! Thing that scared me most of all was tyres slipping when you cranked it over in the corners.

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Not surprising with tyre pressures that low

In '76 I was commuting to Fleetwood from Blackpool on an Honda SS90. Upmarket version of the C90.

 

[yellowz]

Not surprising with tyre pressures that low

In '76 I was commuting to Fleetwood from Blackpool on an Honda SS90. Upmarket version of the C90.

I upgraded to a CD 175 and felt even less safe! Then went to an RD250, popped a wheelie when I missed second and life changed forever.

 

[AliK]

Going shopping, anyone need milk!?

 

[yellowz]

That so looks like someone is trying to milk your udder

 

[AliK]

That so looks like someone is trying to milk your udder

Hahahahahahahaha!!!! [emoji106]

 

[uk66fastback]

I upgraded to a CD 175 and felt even less safe! Then went to an RD250, popped a wheelie when I missed second and life changed forever.

You'd have been hard pushed to do one on a CD175 ... ! I always wanted an RD250 - then out came the X7 - but I still wanted an RD250. Still rideable on L plates then of course. I passed my bike test - and then bought a car - go figure.

 

[SeanDezart]

Ali - the mask won't save you - the filters date from 2012 !

 

[AliK]

Hawkeyes!! Nice spot! But they are good enough for dusty DIY around the house and cutting the lawn - without it, I get massive hay fever doing the latter. The neighbours do laugh when I do the front

 

[SeanDezart]

Also - are those crinkly contact lenses you're wearing ? Do you cut the lawn with m-bike goggles on ?

 

[AliK]

No lenses, don’t wear any. And often I use swimming goggles to cut grass [emoji1787]

 

[Huw]

Your a class act Ali, like your style

 

[AliK]

Next time, I’m going in my fuel Darth Vader outfit just to see the reactions!!