Hal wrote:
The one he did PLENTY of miles on, riding all over Europe to at least Portugal and Greece?
. Your memory is astounding Hal - Obviously the lack of mobile phones for the first 20 years of their inception has stood you in good stead . . .
Probably after I had it then. I bought it from Allins (Cambridge) for £675 (£350 plus a Yamaha YR5) in 1978 with dodgy paint and a set of LE Sport chambers and sold it via MCN in 1980 (ish) for £900 to a guy from Bristol I think, he turned up in a van with some mates and took it away with his mates holding it up in the back for 200 miles... It had a new crank and top end and had about 18K on the clock, chucked in a good set of Denco's as well
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. BOUGHT Him 'Kin 'Ell my mum slaved away and KNITTED my jumpers you posh git! . . Oh, AND made my bloody jeans and denim jacket (she made that One I am wearing ) . .. Yep, I am serious But there came a time . . . and I am sure she was gutted to find out I preferred to BUY my own clothes to save my mates ripping the pi$$ out of me ! . . . In fact she couldn't believe it when I spent £3 on a pair of South Sea Bubble brushed denim "Loons"
If you think you had it bad, when my dad's jumper got beyond repair my mum cut the sleeves off and re-knitted them into a pair of trousers for me! Feckin' KNITTED trousers. Okay I was only eight but my mates crucified me.
I nicked the GTX poster from Woolley Edge services on the M1. A lot of the local bikers used to meet there in the evenings and me and my mate used to go up on our pushbikes to ogle the bikes and dream.
El Presidente wrote:
. In fact she couldn't believe it when I spent £3 on a pair of South Sea Bubble brushed denim "Loons"
I must admit I would find it hard to believe anyone actually bought a pair of those without the use of a set of thumb screws and a water board on the part of the salesman
stevie747 wrote:sold it via MCN in 1980 (ish) for £900 to a guy from Bristol I think, he turned up in a van with some mates and took it away with his mates holding it up in the back for 200 miles... It had a new crank and top end and had about 18K on the clock, chucked in a good set of Denco's as well
. Looks like Paul owned it (and still does!) AFTER you! There is a report in an early KTC newsletter about his "European Adventures" on your ex bike