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
Nice one, hope I can run into them one day - it'd be mixed feelings though, that bike was a legend in my area and everyone (apart from my mum) thought I was mad to sell it although to be honest I was getting a bit fed up repairing both it and myself all the time - it was the one featured in the first Superbike Hairy Tales - I'll scan it one day (I haven't found it yet ) for Malc for the KTC mag.
Would his European adventure stories be available on-line anywhere ?
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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
Nice one, hope I can run into them one day - it'd be mixed feelings though, that bike was a legend in my area and everyone (apart from my mum) thought I was mad to sell it although to be honest I was getting a bit fed up repairing both it and myself all the time - it was the one featured in the first Superbike Hairy Tales - I'll scan it one day (I haven't found it yet ) for Malc for the KTC mag.
:smt023
El Presidente wrote:
. 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
Nice one, hope I can run into them one day - it'd be mixed feelings though, that bike was a legend in my area and everyone (apart from my mum) thought I was mad to sell it although to be honest I was getting a bit fed up repairing both it and myself all the time - it was the one featured in the first Superbike Hairy Tales - I'll scan it one day (I haven't found it yet ) for Malc for the KTC mag.
:smt023
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
) for Malc for the KTC mag.
