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Bought my first bike 3 year old BSA C15 from Kingstons on Castle Boulevard in 1968, ( near work at Rediffusion under the Castle Rock),... next one was a rarity..a Norton Electra ( one of the first British bikes with an electric starter...but took a lot of fixing )...ended up with a 58 Thunderbird...went like s...t off a shovel..but then I  discovered the back seat of a car...much more convenient !

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Hi Mot the hopeful 

Welcome to our site 

I read your post and it reminded me of when I first met hubby (master) we had a BSA Bantum 125. It was one of the first things we owned. The master wanted to go and see his brother in Sunny Skugnee of  we set. Well not being use to sitting on a bike for a lng time, when we arrived, my legs would not move and I had to be peeled off the seat.  After the 125 having words with keep left ballards a disagreement with a humber car the last straw was when one Saturday more going down University bolevard tto his job at Plessy the back trye burst and that was the end ot our little Batum 125.

 

Dp keep posting Mot the hopful  nice to get new members.

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3 hours ago, mary1947 said:

keep posting Mot the hopful  nice to get new members.

Not a new member Mary. Been on since September 2018.

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hi Beekay  sorry MOT 

its an age thing,

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