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Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 23 Mar 11 at 00:59
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tinyurl.com/6dqhmaz
Perhaps we could get borasport interested?
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>> tinyurl.com/6dqhmaz
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>> Perhaps we could get borasport interested?
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This is not a thread I regularly frequent, so I've just picked this up - I have to say if I were looking for a trials car I'd be after a Troll or Marlin - do they still make them ?
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The Jowett seller will take £1200 without the plate....I bet he would !
He's also selling this...a lot better, and just right for Rats !
cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-LADA-1600-ES-ORANGE-23000-MILES-ONLY-/140509416883?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20b7038db3
Best one I've seen in many a year !
Ted
Last edited by: Ted on Fri 11 Feb 11 at 12:43
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Never mind Rattle, I want it!
That's almost a carbon copy of the jalopy I used to knock around Moscow in. Same colour, spec, almost everything.
I think I'd even swap my 360 for that one.
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>> cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-LADA-1600-ES-ORANGE-23000-MILES-ONLY-/140509416883?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20b7038db3
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>> Best one I've seen in many a year !
Can't you just nip over to Russia, and drive a brand-new one back? OK, it might take some time....
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>> More like £250...for breaking !
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Seller now trying to sell the car without the plate.
Dreamer !
He'll only get spares type money without a V5 and he can't put the number on retention without the car being taxed and tested.
Relisted now and up to just £103...more like it !
Ted
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>> Oh dear!
Go on Sheikha. You know you want it.
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If you go clubbing in it, Ratto...you can chuck up out of the window on the way home amd no-one will notice !
Apart from the diced carrots stuck to the door !
Ted
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Words fail me here. Can anyone justify this asking price?
tinyurl.com/4thlrou
It looks EXACTLY the same as my first car, a J reg 1100 Deluxe!
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"It looks EXACTLY the same as my first car, a J reg 1100 Deluxe!"
Front bumpers and wheels are different...as are seats..
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Just up the road from me. Does a nice line in classics like this. Colleague had a Dino from them a few years back
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"Front bumpers and wheels are different"
Seats look pretty standard to me - no under bonnet photos, I notice!
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interesting history on this rover
tinyurl.com/rover-sd1
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Very nice that Rover - always liked those. A friend had a 2.3 a few years ago he used to use as a fishing hack. Although it was sagging at the back and never seemed to be firing on all 6 it never let us down.
Coincidentally a dealership round the corner from work has got one on their forecourt at the moment - might wander over and have a look lunchtime.
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If that Rover is as genuine as it seems not a bad car.... but for under £2000 if it was my money. I remember about 12yrs ago selling a Granada MkII Ghia X (for around £750) and a guy turned up with a mint looking red SD1 Vitesse as in the link below. He had no cash but pleaded with me to swap my Granada for the Vitesse. No-one wanted an SD1 then so I refused.
www.v8engines.com/vehicle_sales/car_photos/red_sd1_02.jpg
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Went over this afternoon and had a quick look - bit of an eye opener to see it up for £3k. Even if I had the money spare I'd think twice.
www.tinyurls.co.uk/O25460
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Much better examples around than that.
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Forgot how ugly that looks now.
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This would look nice on your mantelpiece !
cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOWETT-JAVELIN-BONNET-FLASH-/190502814227?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c5ada4213
But think before you bid.......he must be posting it from Dorset in a golden jiffy bag studded with rubies.
I've already got 3..so I wont be bidding !
Chancer !
Ted
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>> But think before you bid.......he must be posting it from Dorset in a golden jiffy
>> bag studded with rubies.
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Mmm, never seen p&p that high before! Whats it actually worth, Ted?
BTW re that SD1, where does the £74 tax come from in the later post, I thought it was £112.75/£205?
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>> BTW re that SD1, where does the £74 tax come from in the later post,
>> I thought it was £112.75/£205?
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The May 77 tax disc has £74.something on it.
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>> Mmm, never seen p&p that high before! Whats it actually worth, Ted?
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Max of a tenner, say. Hardly rare. That's how some of the far East sellers make a bit.
I bought a Chinese fighter pilots helmet, it was about £2 and the postage was £30.
I just had a yen for one !
This guy's hoping to get a fiver for it from someone who hasn't noticed the delivery charge extra.
I've sent him a question...but probably won't get a reply to it !
Ted
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I thought E-Bay had banned that sort of loading on P&P....
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>> I thought E-Bay had banned that sort of loading on P&P....
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>> so did i and tried to complain about an article with a high postage about 3 weeks ago,i spent a fruitless half hour trying to complain but found it impossible as it kept sending me round in circles
ebay eh
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It's quick and automated from the Report Item button... have you used that?
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never seen one?
just logged in and found it
thanks
duly loggerd
Last edited by: Bellboy on Fri 18 Feb 11 at 19:47
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It's a bit minimal but on every item if you look along to the far right just above the main description it says Report Item... it's not a big flashy button thing, just the words. It takes you to a form and you get immediate email confirmation. Try it on that badge??
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Just reported seller of the badge....I'll let you know the outcome, if I'm told !
Ted
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His feedback looks good so I suspect it is a genuine mistake.
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>> I thought E-Bay had banned that sort of loading on P&P....
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I think (hope?) the guy has a sense of humour....
I asked him '
'May I ask is your postage correct?
If so, will it come in special packaging?''
He has replied....
''yes very special rare packing,recorded delivery''
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I think the SD1 is a lovely shape, but that's not a good example for the money. I don't think the 'bracket' for the exhaust is standard!
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From the photos that looks like one lovely SD1, history and all.
Intersting to see that the tax was £74. Whilst you couldn't tax a new V8 car for £74, tax for, say a BMW 520d is cheaper these days in real terms. No, the 520 isn't a V8 - it is quicker, smoother, etc in every way. Just no burble to go with it.
See? Motoring is cheaper in real terms these days.
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cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-SILVER-/250774297335?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3a63501af7
Check out the spelling - atrocious...
Lovely bike I had one exactly the same as that.
Last edited by: Pugugly on Fri 18 Feb 11 at 20:56
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...Lovely bike I had one exactly the same as that...
So did I.
The owner of this one might not have used it much, but somebody has and given it some beans, judging by the bluing on the exhaust.
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>> ...Lovely bike I had one exactly the same as that...
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>> So did I.
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>> The owner of this one might not have used it much, but somebody has and
>> given it some beans, judging by the bluing on the exhaust.
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Aftermarket 2-1 pipe; never saw one without a blued exhaust, unles it was so rusty the blueing was invisible!
I had (and preferred) the short-lived 400T, along with a 250 version of the same which was my winter hack. Always thought that was a handsome bike, never cared much for the "euro" styling of the Super Dream. Very comfortable too. They've proved surprisingly long-lived, still see a lot of 250N's in daily use.
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...never saw one without a blued exhaust...
Don't say that, I thought my blued exhaust marked me out as a real ragged edge biker. :)
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>somebody has and
>> given it some beans, judging by the bluing on the exhaust.<
In my personal experience you had to give the 250 SD a lot more than 'some beans' if you wanted to achieve the dizzy heights of the national speed limit.
I bought a lovely one once but when I was testing it I had to stop at the top of a (not very steep hill) and go back down to do it again so I could decide if it was me or the bike that was at fault. Had to go back up at 12k rpm! I bought it anyway but three months later I turned it in for a CX.
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...Had to go back up at 12k rpm!...
I had mine when I was 17 and it was the fastest thing I'd ever ridden.
It amazed me at the time that any engine could do 10,000rpm and more.
From memory, the output was around 26hp.
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I had one of those to do the daily central london commute.
It was perfect for that job, nice balance at low speed and quite narrow.
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>> In my personal experience you had to give the 250 SD a lot more than
>> 'some beans' if you wanted to achieve the dizzy heights of the national speed limit.
>> I bought a lovely one once but when I was testing it I had to
>> stop at the top of a (not very steep hill) and go back down to
>> do it again so I could decide if it was me or the bike that
>> was at fault. Had to go back up at 12k rpm! I bought it anyway
>> but three months later I turned it in for a CX.
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I had a Kawasaki Z250... loads quicker and faster!
A mate (God rest your soul Rich) who had a 250 Super Dream, my Z left that standing no matter who was riding which!
The Z went round corners faster too..... I remember going through some local lanes with another bike behind me, I kept losing him in the twistys, he caught up on the straights...
When we pulled up to a junction, I saw it was a Super Dream, but with twin front discs......
Last edited by: swiss tony on Sat 19 Feb 11 at 13:55
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...I had a Kawasaki Z250... loads quicker and faster!...
Mate had a Yamaha RD125 two-stroke.
I think it was faster than the Superdream, although neither of us had the riding skills to confirm that.
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>> When we pulled up to a junction, I saw it was a Super Dream, but
>> with twin front discs......
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That'd be a 400.
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Exactly!
(I did say the Z handled loads better than the Super Dream!) ;-)
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"spelling"
Normally, I run away from ads with dodgy spelling, but that's so bad, it's heroic. Beyond a certain point, it must be a sign of authenticity...
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, but that's so bad, it's heroic.
>> Beyond a certain point, it must be a sign of authenticity...
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>>>>>more likely a mispelt youth
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I had a Z250 as well - a ratty old bike it was much lighter than the 250N - it also stopped better because it had sintered pads and drilled discs as standard.
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>> I had a Z250 as well - a ratty old bike it was much lighter
>> than the 250N - it also stopped better because it had sintered pads and drilled
>> discs as standard.
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I'd love one again....
That was followed by a Z400J3.
(I have a Z400J1 basket case, that may get put back together one day........)
BTW, I now have a bike on the road.... and loving it!
Last edited by: swiss tony on Sat 19 Feb 11 at 14:12
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The KH250 triple was the bike I dreamed of and never owned... I still have the colour brochure I was given at the dealers around 1973.
www.classicbikes.co.uk/images/kh250b01.jpg
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Yes indeed - the green meanie !
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>> The KH250 triple was the bike I dreamed of and never owned... I still have
>> the colour brochure I was given at the dealers around 1973.
Another friend of mine had an S1c... (early version of the KH.)
(dreams of days gone by.......)
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>> >> The KH250 triple was the bike I dreamed of and never owned...
.... now that was one bike that definitely did NOT go round corners faster than a Super Dream!
I briefly owned the 750 version; I say briefly because I couldn't afford to run it for one thing (less than 20 mpg) and it was possibly the most lethal bike I've ever ridden in my life.
This from a guy who rides a 120mph Ironhead Sportster with a SLS drum front and back!
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A few years ago in a village pub not far from here there was a bunch of very genial and well behaved bikers, Sussex road rats or something of the sort.
Their bikes were great looking, matt black all over, engines included. One was an evil-looking transverse 3 cylinder 2-stroke with little sheep's ear handlebars low down on the steering column.
Used to know a bloke in London who had a Vincent 1000 tourer, a long heavy bike with alloy mudguards, with handlebars like that. How he managed to drive the thing in London with a passenger - me - on the pillion was completely beyond me. In top gear with the engine idling, t'pocket t'pocket t'pocket, it rolled along at about 45 mph.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Sat 19 Feb 11 at 15:30
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Once I sort out my house move I may realize a lifetime's dream and look for a nicely restored RD250 or 350 LC - I really have an itch that need scratching.
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>> Once I sort out my house move I may realize a lifetime's dream and look
>> for a nicely restored RD250 or 350 LC - I really have an itch that
>> need scratching.
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Yet another mate of mine still has an LC.... Stan Stevens tuned as well!
He also built a hybrid, RD250 air cooled frame, with a 350LC lump!
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>>Once I sort out my house move I may realize a lifetime's dream and look for a nicely restored RD250 or 350 LC - I really have an itch that need scratching. <<
I once went to look at a 350 Elsie in Bridgwater (when between Hondas) and the bloke took one look at me and said 'isn't it a bit young for you mate?'
Sadly, he was right.
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I do so know what you mean Mike. I keep threatening to have another Westfield or maybe even stretch to a Caterham. Then I look in the mirror...
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>> I do so know what you mean Mike. I keep threatening to have another Westfield
>> or maybe even stretch to a Caterham. Then I look in the mirror...
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Just do it Humph!
You know you will regret it if you don't, and its better to regret what you have done, than what you haven't...........
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No, been there done that. If I'm going to have another embarrassing car in my life I already know what it will be. Mild problem of justification to be overcome but maybe one day I'll get around to some derivation of a 911... If only they had done an estate... :-)
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>> I once went to look at a 350 Elsie in Bridgwater (when between Hondas) and
>> the bloke took one look at me and said 'isn't it a bit young for
>> you mate?'
>> Sadly, he was right.
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No way mate. Back in the mid-1990's,I recall being at the late Phil Allen's shop in Nottingham one morning for an MOT; amongst the customers was an elderly gentleman in racing leathers, on a Beckett-tuned RD350 . He was then 82, and had been pulled up by a bobby for speeding a few days previously. Apparently, the bobby told him to remove his helmet and then, having confirmed his age, and been told by the old boy that he had ridden in the TT before the last war. let him off with a severe warning.
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"a nicely restored RD250 or 350 LC"
I wish you hadn't said that, PU. I had a semi-serious plan to buy a new one and mothball it 25 years ago...
I preferred the pre-YPVS one to look at - like this:
www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/217686/images/RD350LC.jpg
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>> I briefly owned the 750 version; I say briefly because I couldn't afford to run
>> it for one thing (less than 20 mpg) and it was possibly the most lethal
>> bike I've ever ridden in my life.
My uncle had one. He still talks about the unprompted 2nd gear powerband wheelies, astronomical fuel consumption, and 700 mile spark plug life even 30 yrs later. Amazing bit of kit.
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If I bought another classic, I might go for a CB450..Black Bomber. Just love the looks.
I had a Condor A340 for a while. Ducati SOHC motor. Gutless freak !
Cruised at 60 and refused to do any more. Tried new carb, exhaust,sprocket...nothing.
Kickstart on the nearside...could hurt you if you weren't careful. Marzocchi forks, Grimeca drums....about all in it's defence !
It did come with machine gun racks, goggles, wheel brush, lock/chain,bulbs and full tool kit. Still got the lock and chain.
Ran it on Swiss Military plates while I was sorting out registering it.
Chipped it in for a flat twin Beemer.
I think I might fettle the Velocette this Summer and put it back on the road.
It's the brakes that are the problem...5 inch drums.
You have to make arrangements in advance to stop the thing !
Ted
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>> I think I might fettle the Velocette this Summer and put it back on the road.
Purring grey shaft-drive Noddy bike Ted?
They were notably refined and discreet but far less macho than the Triumph 650s the real bike plod had. Looked strange to see them ridden by coppers in police helmets too.
Perhaps it's the sort of classic I need for getting the paper in the morning. But I would need L plates which would be embarrassing.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Sat 19 Feb 11 at 16:57
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Just say if you're stopped that you passed your test in some far flung ex-colony...
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...Just say if you're stopped that you passed your test in some far flung ex-colony...
Wales?
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Manchester City Police always used black one, Armel.
Mine is a '66, ; E ' reg.
I rode it when it was brand new and I have it safe at home.......not in the lounge, though !
s479.photobucket.com/albums/rr152/1400ted/LE/?action=view¤t=le020.jpg
It runs just fine. A battery charge/plug clean and some fresh superunleaded and I guarantee it'll start.
Ted
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A handsome machine. Looks more official and serious in black somehow. Of course I did remember they were water-cooled as well. No doubt one reason why they were so quiet.
The weather protection looks good too. I'm sure new linings would make the brakes less iffy...
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No need for L Plates here - you can have D plates if you want !
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>> But I would need L plates which would be embarrassing.
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You'd need to pass the test before you could even ride it, unfortunately.
Even the early LE's were 149cc, and the learner limit is 125.
Last edited by: Harleyman on Sat 19 Feb 11 at 17:44
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I say, that's a bit thick. Used to be 250.
So it's a racing scooter a la West London yobbo, or back to crime, is it?
Think I'll just get me a Hawg and become an outlaw.
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>> Think I'll just get me a Hawg and become an outlaw.
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Ah, running for Mayor of Tewkesbury are we? ;-)
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The KH250 triple was the bike I dreamed of and never owned... I still have the colour brochure I was given at the dealers around 1973.
www.classicbikes.co.uk/images/kh250b01.jpg
I used to have one you could take the cylinders of and change the pistons very cheaply making into a 400cc and nobody was any the wiser and still ride it on L plates.Used to cost as much in Belray twostroke additive as the petrol did.
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"a mispelt youth"
Very likely! :-)
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I want this
No idea what I would do with it, but hey - what a talking point.
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170606579556
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You could reach the worktops ?
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On the second floor flat - yes.
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If you really want it then take steps to get it !
You can park it outside the house and ' stair ' at it all day.
TYed
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A whole new angle on that well known Mancunian saying "I'll go to t'foot of our stairs" !
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Posh window cleaning service?
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"Posh window cleaning service?"
Not a bad idea, now that elfinsafety has made it so difficult for window cleaners to use ladders. One of our local ones now uses a jet-washer for anything out of reach...
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Wow that's fantastic.
If I had that, I'd leave my house everyday via the 1st floor balcony. With a cane and top hat doing high kicks.
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That has created such a mental image....
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Is he wearing his cowboy boots?
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Oh, how I agree Rob. I just hope it's not just a cane and top hat.
Maybe football boots and a red basque to complete the effect.
Ted
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in fact it's one of the funniest thing on here for a while...!
No the original version for me ..! :-)
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tinyurl.com/68oxjcv
I'm sure that's one of BBD's ads!
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"I'm sure that's one of BBD's ads!"
I hope Mrs BBD hasn't read it, then...
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Yes I thought of that afterwards but left it too late to edit
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Not actually on ebay, and I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the Top Gear thread.
Jeremy Clarkson’s convertible Lamborghini for sale
swns.com/jeremy-clarksons-convertible-lamborghini-for-sale-251047.html
tinyurl.com/4nuea4v (links to Autotrader - and one of their postcodes, not mine)
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A non motoring item, unless you are taking your car for a swim.
Give it a miss if you got offended but over 178000 views to date
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160559216667
( funds to the Red Cross)
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Not eBay, but perhaps Rattle would like to trade his Panda in:
www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C200920/
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If it had been a runner it would be about right... Though its very rough, not "good" as he says, paintwork may polish up, but I have my doubts! As a non-runner, perhaps £300 or so?
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I've been looking for a garden bench. Seen this one nice and cheap, local too:
bit.ly/eG2vJc
BUT... who has a bench in their garden with a memorial plaque on it? Two plaques, in fact.
link amended so as to point to the correct site
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 23 Mar 11 at 00:56
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Takes me to a facebook page with a transporter full of MG6's??????
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That's because url-shortening websites are too complicated for me to use. Try this:
bit.ly/eG2vJc
(Mods could you tidy this up please, if it's easy?)
sorted - changed the link in your original post
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 23 Mar 11 at 00:55
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It wouldn't bother me about the plaques...although they're not included in the sale.
My own personal opinion of memorials is that, as in a graveyard, the person's name is being brought back to life briefly by someone just reading it. Our own nearest and dearest are remembered by photographs displayed around the house...most of them we knew, but some, like great uncle Jim, killed on the Somme, still live on in their pictures.
My own maternal G'parents have a small gravestone in a, now abandoned, churchyard not far away. It's always coming up for re-developement, being near the Trafford Centre.
I've thought for some time that if the place is flattened, then I would like the memorial stone at home safe with the family....not necessarily on display.
I don't think that's morbid...other may disagree.
Ted
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ike great uncle Jim, killed on the Somme, still live on in their pictures.
You're absolutely right Ted.
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Seen on E-bay - Volume 5 - bathtub tom
