Show me your oldies!

[csx355]

So I went

And he went . . .

 

[Knotties]

1963 lambretta li 125

 

[Baldeagle7470]

1969 MZ es/250 2 just some minor restoration to finish.

 

[Nasher]

Was this

Now this (1972 Honda Classic Race Bike)

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Last years line up, a few have gone now and I am thinking of what to have next.
Apart from the Yam 400E that I have restored a few times in 18 years I change bikes every few years.

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[injebreck99]

View attachment 230273 1969 MZ es/250 2 just some minor restoration to finish.

Now your're talking class!!

 

[injebreck99]

I have a couple of classic Yamaha's for sale, pm me if intested.

 

[RogerThat]

Is my trusty two stroke Aprilia steed old enough to qualify for this thread?

 

[Hettie's Crew]

August 1976 T140V, one of Meridens co op bikes.

 

[csx355]

Blimey - that’s upped the ante somewhat - not sure about that there young whipper snapper interloper. Desparetely trying to keep my powder dry here - let’s go with age before beauty - any guesses?

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[Stealaway]

So I went
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And he went . . .

Rubbish - far too new........

View attachment 230322 View attachment 230321 View attachment 230322 View attachment 230323 View attachment 230321 Blimey - that’s upped the ante somewhat - not sure about that there young whipper snapper interloper. Desparetely trying to keep my powder dry here - let’s go with age before beauty - any guesses?

Nope never seen one of those but it looks European - probably French. Hand change, girder fork moped, tidy.

 

[Chipster]

 

[csx355]

Rubbish - far too new........

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Nope never seen one of those but it looks European - probably French. Hand change, girder fork moped, tidy.

1949 Motobecane Poney

 

[csx355]

Have another

 

[Two on Tour]

Not the prettiest, but it does raise a smile and even good laugh from most even when I leave them choking through the billowing cloud of two stroke in my wake.

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[Stealaway]

Have anotherView attachment 230339

Now that's lovely ----- and same colour as the RD?

1949 Motobecane Poney

I thought it would be French, exactly the same age as me but in far better condition!! - wonderful

 

[Stealaway]

Was this
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Now this (1972 Honda Classic Race Bike)

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Gooseneck - IOM. I'll see you there in August? I'll be parked up in Mooragh Park.

 

[Nasher]

Gooseneck - IOM. I'll see you there in August? I'll be parked up in Mooragh Park.

Off on the 26th May for the TT, with modern Gixer

Then back over 18th August for the Classic with the Honda

I stay a Peel these days, but maybe we should arrange a IOM MHF meet?

 

[MikeD]

Heres a few I have owned - alas all sold now

Most unreliable - the newest The one most missed - the oldest

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[Two on Tour]

Some might not like my taste, but I like the odd and quirky as you may have noticed in my earlier post.

32cc CycleMaster.

49cc Trojan MiniMotor

98cc Francis-Barnett Powerbike 56

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[Yorick]

View attachment 230273 1969 MZ es/250 2 just some minor restoration to finish.

I'll pop in and have a peek in August

 

[csx355]

I would really like any one of those!

 

[Neckender]

My Grandson on my 1954 Sunbeam S7, he’s 26 now, how I wished that I’d not sold it.

John.

“

 

[Silver-Fox]

Was this
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Now this (1972 Honda Classic Race Bike)

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At the Goose neck?

 

[csx355]

One I'm still working on - was this

now this

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[Nasher]

At the Goose neck?

Yep - I have a picture of Mike Hailwood on a Honda at the Gooseneck hanging on my dining room wall, so this was an attempt at re-creation

 

[Yorick]

Yep - I have a picture of Mike Hailwood on a Honda at the Gooseneck hanging on my dining room wall, so this was an attempt at re-creation

When I was instructing for Focused Events, David Hailwood used to run some of the days. He often had hid dad's bikes in his van and sometimes got them out for us to drool over.

I spent a very long time gazing at the 297-6. I put my bike next to it hoping some 'cool' would rub off

 

[Hawkstone]

This is my little baby. Japanese import apparently.

 

[csx355]

I want one of them as well - it’s an incurable disease collecting box’s of bits and then spending too much on them. I have got one of these though.

 

[tonyidle]

Now your're talking class!!

Here's one I did around 10 years ago:

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