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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: Rex on December 09, 2020, 12:19:13 PM
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You and your Norton are the subject of a thread on IKBA, though there seems to be some dispute over who you actually are... ;)
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Thanks for that, must have a look. I have to say I gave up on IKBA a couple of years ago as it got so ridiculous......
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you don't know what you are missing ian,some interesting ailments, the Mrs old mods diary for tasters, plus weather updates from down under.
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And don't forget "my ailments and the NHS" "Is it raining where you are?" "look how much money my extended family made last week" " I've just bought another packet of crimp connectors and they have/haven't arrived" " I'm a leftie $%^ teacher and I'm proving all the stereotypes are true" and most famously "here's the latest fabulously expensive old classic I've just bought but woe is me as the back light doesn't work and I've no idea how to fix it". Sometimes someone will even mention motorbikes.
Since I posted this there's been a couple of threads about skin cancer, diabetes and heart conditions, with the usual suspects comparing war stories. Even worse are the never-ending "hope you get better soon mate" trite nonsense that inevitably follows. ::)
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wicked Rex, but spot on.
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Nobody ever mentions hemorrhoids though. Surely some members must suffer.
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The way dear old Mad$%^ carries on he must suffer terribly with his Chalfonts..
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Agree with all the above. But it is my bike being referred to (even if nobody knows who I am which is probably a good thing).
It's a shame as it used to have some useful stuff but as said the dross about cruises, illnesses etc just got too much. For me the final straw was some American who kept telling us how superior the US health care "system" was to the NHS.
BTW this is the clip referred to in the item. I'm in a minor competition with my brother to see whose bike (his is an Ajay Model 18) idles slower. I think I won.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IMRXgZE8k
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I am a bit of an authority on ikkyba as I've been banned at least three times. :o :o :o
The irritating septic tank though, is an authority on everything, and always has the right answer or solution to everything.
It was interesting once when there was lots of posters but now it the same old tedious mob.
But the late Gelder bloke was far too woke and touchy on certain subjects, which is why I'm a 3 time winner!
now lemme get ma gun....
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Yeah, he could be a bit precious at times. The look-at-me optician doesn't visit often now as, and I quote, "it's full of racists and old boys who live in the past".
More like he wasn't getting enough ooohs and aaahs over his latest purchase. ;)
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"it's full of racists and old boys who live in the past".
So he's having a dig at me now is he? ;D
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Who cares, you don't miss the XXXX surely? ;)
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Nope, i think at times he pissed me off more than the septic.
Not his shiney bikes, but his sanctimonius bollox.
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Known for it, and now he writes for CBG and RC where every article has photos of him gurning over one of his own bikes.
I saw a post on FaceAche recently where someone posted a query about a Velo, and the reply was "ask (the optician) , he's the Velo expert around here".
Funny, only a couple of years ago he couldn't abide all that "dodgy Brit sh*t"....
Funny how people change when £ signs are involved.
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of course these bikes are the ones he'll never sell, well, if he got an offer.............i think that now more than ever he is a part time dealer.
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Judging by the amount of bikes he posts as "look what I've just bought" he's either a part time dealer or he has a garage the size of a small industrial unit to keep them all in.
He has a fore-and-aft Duggie a few weeks back that if it kicked back would spin the external flywheel off it's taper. He had no clue as to the fix other than to flog the central fixing nut ever tighter after applying Loctite.
The suggestion to lap it onto the taper was met with blank incomprehension.
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There is a dealer in West London, 'classic bike emporium ' with very expensive stock, eg a tiger cub at 6k, 1976 kawasaki 20k couple 16H nortons from 12-14k who he always had praise for and indeed bought bikes from,
I often wondered..............were they pals?
reserved for Paul ??https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawasaki-Z1000-Z1-Z900-Classic-L-K-AT-THE-VIDEO-BELOW-Reserved-for-Paul/133368030483?hash=item1f0d5aa513:g:DnkAAOSwrpNdDPay
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There was always a cosy relationship between dealers and the press but that's taking it a bit far.
I must confess to having a soft spot for real classic although I do skim over Mr Miles' contributions. I suppose now he's retired from flogging overpriced designer specs he needs to keep the wolf from the door somehow.,
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RC is the only mag I take now.
His bike "tests" do seem to merely reiterate what's been said before. He recently wrote an article about pre-war bikes ("they come in SV, OHV and have mags and girders") CB450 Black Bomber ("innovative but boring") and the T160 ("lovely but flawed") so not exactly cutting edge journalism.
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I haven't bought a bike magazine since about 1995. The standard of journalism has deteriorated badly. Last straw for me was the writer who announced that AJS has the alternator in front of the engine,didn't know what a magneto was evidently. Same bloke insists that Matchless were taken over by AJS.
I have a stack of Classic Motorcycle from number 1 to the issue above, I failed to find anyone give them away to so in this covid rubbish have taken to reading them again.
When Bob Curry died, the magazine in effect died with him, he was a mine of historical information.
Content of bike magazines these days is either boasting or advertorial. When its not laughable ignorance that is.
Once us old Uns with actual memory of the times have gone they'll repeat all the content on a loop, like the BBC does.
I have never bothered with RC because I can't stand the beardy one. Irrational, but true.
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He can be a bit wordy but I've grown accustomed to him I suppose.
Old mags aren't worth lighting the fire with now. Someone recently gave me the first ten editions of Classic Bike in a binder. He had many years worth but I already have most of the rest so only took these.
They used to go for money once but I looked them up on Ebay to find a similar bound set that went for a tenner. This was about 6 weeks ago.
I have a load in the loft going back to the early 1970s so that'll be another load for the skip when I've pegged it.
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Back in the 60s you reserved your weekly copy of whatever at the local newsagent. That way you only paid for it when you collected it. The publisher wasn't sat on your money for anything up to a year.
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I cant say Ive actually bought a bike mag since the late 70s.......they were Ok to read over lunch when they cost 75c,and you could give them to someone else ......Anyhoo,I get much fancier trade mags full of actual useful info into my mailbox entirely free.......and strangely enough ,there is less advertorial in a free trade mag than a $10+ bike mag......Oh and for those interested ,its raining cats and dogs here ,half a metre overnight ,supposedly.......the reason Im interested is I was to get some machines moved Friday,truck never turned up ,now the back paddock will be awash,and the truck wants to come first thing Monday......at $200 an hour......and they have my card details.