Ahhh the newspaper Hoof, the newspaper.....................................
An Old Friend Revisited.......
- Thread starter Hoofhearted
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Makr,
I'm sure I'm speaking for Hoof here as well - I'm really enjoying reliving the memories myself - especially to a like minded and appreciative audience !
I'm sure I'm speaking for Hoof here as well - I'm really enjoying reliving the memories myself - especially to a like minded and appreciative audience !
Good stuff indeed.Mores the pity for some of the rest of us who did our "track racing"on crappy two lane back roads in SE TN on early smokers with crappy brakes and suspect suspensions.Made for an interesting ride when one rounded a corner to find a Farmall A tractor with haybaler attached in the middle of the road.Holy brown jockey shorts BAtman.BJ
beachcomber said:
Well, If it didn't leak it couldn't possibly be British, right? If it didn't leak you better check the oil tank, right? : - )
I found this to go with the group photo. Dressing for the occassion. The '32 Rudge. Handshift, beat to hell but still ran like a top. God bless the wife. 130 miles on that little piece of vintage foam and no suspension! We're 38 years married. I'm amazed she hasn't killed me, chopped me up and fed me to the gophers.
By weslake at 2009-10-24
hocbj23 said:
Its amazing how close that statement is to Ireland. Only a few words would have to be changed and you could be desccribing Ireland.
Rocan said:
The world has certainly changed but (and maybe Beachcomber will concur) I think back then it was more of a case of we didn't really give a shit.
Hoofhearted said:
Spot on Hoof - live for the day - that was it.
Haaa - I GUARANTEE the brakes on your smokers [ Japanese I'm assuming ] were a LOT better than anything I had to use [ Manx Goldie and Tickle braked Tribsa apart].
And as Hoof says the rural and out of town roads in the 60's were still well used by cattle, sheep and horses. Even in my patch which was Essex and in those days bordered on countryside.
Even the twin front drum Constellation brake was pathetic, even when set up correctly. Just as well the majority of the "fast" bikes would barely break the ton.
Actually the first 2 bikes I owned were indeed smokers but not Japanese-they were German Zundapps-a 125 then up to a 250 Super Sabre-then to a non smoker 601 4 stroke.I would give a cahuna to have any of the 3 back with me today--crappy brakes and all. Beachcombers tales and Hoofs memories are incredible.Keep em coming guys.bj
In a way I wish Owen hadn't sent me the photos. I officially retired yesterday and combined with Owen's photos I sort of went off on a nostalgia trip. I found a few photos I'll post if anyone is interested. This one tickled me. Its 1968. I had just met and was dating the future Mrs. Hoof (I think she had no idea what she was letting herself in for) plus I had just got clip-ons for the Norton. So I was feeling like Joe Cool! I'm glad to say all three of us are still together. Her parents for some reason didn't mind her riding pillion. And as the Norton was my only mode of transport she did a lot of pillion riding.
By weslake at 2008-11-10
This is for Beachcomber. Remember these hokey silencers? "Turn your twin into a four" or words to that effect. Fortunately a trend that didn't last. Not my bike. It belonged to a friend.
By weslake at 2010-12-18
By weslake at 2008-11-10
This is for Beachcomber. Remember these hokey silencers? "Turn your twin into a four" or words to that effect. Fortunately a trend that didn't last. Not my bike. It belonged to a friend.
By weslake at 2010-12-18
Hoc, when I bought my place in Saxony I bought it sight unseen at an auction. When we eventually got to see what I'd bought we realised it was "vacant possession" with all manner of East German goodies left behind.
Guess you can see what's coming ............. in one of the garages were 5 or 6 Zundapps in various stages of decay / disassembly. As they were all 2 strokes [ I'm not a fan ] I gave the lot to one of my neighbours in exchange for a 25 litre drum of home made Pear Schnapps!
Hoof my maun - I hadn't given the 1st ex. Mrs. B the briefest of thoughts in over 40 years - even though our Daughter lives just round the corner from me [ yes a Daddies girl ] - until I saw your pix. Now I really despise her all over again !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm honoured to have seen your super evocative pix. Keep 'em coming Hoof, no matter how blurred or Box Brownie they are exactly the same sort of stuff thast was torched be the evil one and are fanning my memories.
Yes those silencers, I've got a feeling they were marketed by someone who should have known better - Dresda, Dunstall ?????? And mercifully they soon went out of fashion.
Guess you can see what's coming ............. in one of the garages were 5 or 6 Zundapps in various stages of decay / disassembly. As they were all 2 strokes [ I'm not a fan ] I gave the lot to one of my neighbours in exchange for a 25 litre drum of home made Pear Schnapps!
Hoof my maun - I hadn't given the 1st ex. Mrs. B the briefest of thoughts in over 40 years - even though our Daughter lives just round the corner from me [ yes a Daddies girl ] - until I saw your pix. Now I really despise her all over again !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm honoured to have seen your super evocative pix. Keep 'em coming Hoof, no matter how blurred or Box Brownie they are exactly the same sort of stuff thast was torched be the evil one and are fanning my memories.
Yes those silencers, I've got a feeling they were marketed by someone who should have known better - Dresda, Dunstall ?????? And mercifully they soon went out of fashion.
HOC,
I regret getting rid of all the Zundapps - at least 2 were up and running. At the moment, I have NO bikes out there -so one of the Z's would have fitted in quite well.
There are still quite a few Zundapps rumbling round the villages by us - I'm keeping a lookout for a Jawa 4 stroke, you never know!
I regret getting rid of all the Zundapps - at least 2 were up and running. At the moment, I have NO bikes out there -so one of the Z's would have fitted in quite well.
There are still quite a few Zundapps rumbling round the villages by us - I'm keeping a lookout for a Jawa 4 stroke, you never know!
I haven't seen a Zundapp around here for years. I saw one in a yard sale a few years ago. I don;t think it was a runner but it was complete. The guy was convinced it was a "very rare cold war commie" motorcycle. "Wouldn't let it go for anything less than $500" I was never a big fan of ZDs so I passed on it.
BC. Glad you like the photos. Had I realised back then that I'd be alive today to enjoy them I'd have taken a lot more. I always liked this one. Taken around 66 or 67. Con on the left had a "real" job i.e. it paid around 20 quid a week. Alex on the other hand was working for less than half that. Reflects in the bikes. For Alex an old Ajay with jampots and a goldie silencer and upside down bars and his hideous leopard skin seat cover constituted a cafe racer. Almost forgot. Alloy fenders too. Con, on the other hand, had all the goodies including a matching helmet and white scarf! Funny but it seems a lot of the photos were taken in back alleys.
By weslake at 2010-12-19
BC. Glad you like the photos. Had I realised back then that I'd be alive today to enjoy them I'd have taken a lot more. I always liked this one. Taken around 66 or 67. Con on the left had a "real" job i.e. it paid around 20 quid a week. Alex on the other hand was working for less than half that. Reflects in the bikes. For Alex an old Ajay with jampots and a goldie silencer and upside down bars and his hideous leopard skin seat cover constituted a cafe racer. Almost forgot. Alloy fenders too. Con, on the other hand, had all the goodies including a matching helmet and white scarf! Funny but it seems a lot of the photos were taken in back alleys.
By weslake at 2010-12-19
It's a Triumph Herald - I think?
