classic motorcycle forum

I'm afraid I have, the best one was a  pillock who explained to me at great length that my bike was not 'original', and to back up his assertion showed me a picture in a marque history of my make of bike to show how wrong it was.

 Joke was it's my bike in that picture, with reg no blanked out.

needless to say the pillock was some 20+  student type who had  read all the issues of the modern bike mags and was therefore an "expert."

Another good one was the $%^ who took me to task when I criticised the Rudge  I had just restored, [horrible bike]  he knew all about Rudges, no he had never owned one but his mate had one.

 Those of us brought up in those days were all underfed and vertically challenged. Never saw anyone fat.

Most of them fat sods out there stuffing their faces with burgers and stuff don't know they are born, when i were a lad we lived in a shoe box all 12 of us and ate grass............etc etc etc

single geared 70+year old 98cc Villiers?

that's what the pedals are for.

If you think the timing is out, then reset it.

I will back later with photos of my cruise and a full breakdown of what I spent.

Possibly you do not live in the UK or you would know that  these days the highest levels of hate and intolerance are spewed form our universities where the students are taught what to think not how.

Would not complain at a bit of heat, it'd stop my joints aching and clear up my chest. All damp,wet, cold and in my bit masses of slushy mud.

Queer old world,  half the world lives in,the warm bits and wants to come here, and most here pay a fortune for a few weeks in the warm where the other lot come from.

 His new totty will have sent them to her grubby relatives.

I bet I know who you are talking about.........a pain in the arse septic know all,always goes one better.

I spent seven years on one site trying to help the others often with daft questions, It got more and more irritating, seemingly specialising in the sort of prat who asked complicated questions, about silly problems, thereby showing in reality he knew bugger all, then challenging the answer I gave.

In the end I came to the conclusion that the people who buy expensive classic bikes these days are middle-aged men who have done well in managerial positions or who have got a few bob and hate being told they have done something wrong or have bought a pile of crap for several 1000 more that it was worth.

A lot of the time their previous riding was done on a Honda 50 or a Bantam. Worst of all are the wanna be electronics gurus who seek a complicated technology soaked answer to cleaning the points on their magneto.

"Hi Guys I just sourced this cool retro bike like my grandad had and it won't start, why not?" is the one that plays up my dyspepsia.

Why do they always want to restore some scabby moped to its "former glory"? 

Its that time of the year again, bah humbug.