Author Topic: Cheers! (Read 34876 times)

Glacial · « **Reply #25 on:** March 15, 2016, 07:16:13 PM »

My first bike was a Francis Barnett. Saw the same model in a motorcycle museum recently, made me feel really old......

Just like this one:

http://www.bsabantamclub.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-image-uploads/jess-steele/2012/10/francis-barnett-007.JPG

BTW that bike was just awful but it was what I passed my m/c driving test on.

TrueAce · « **Reply #26 on:** March 15, 2016, 07:45:24 PM »

Wow, never heard of a Francis Barnett! Who manufactured that bike?

Laitch · « **Reply #27 on:** March 15, 2016, 07:48:41 PM »

:hehehe :laughing-on-ground:

Glacial · « **Reply #28 on:** March 16, 2016, 02:40:03 AM »

Quote from: TrueAce on March 15, 2016, 07:45:24 PM

Wow, never heard of a Francis Barnett! Who manufactured that bike?

:falldown:
This is the direct equivalent of saying "wow, I never heard of a Harley Davidson! Who manufactured that bike?"

Martin · « **Reply #29 on:** March 16, 2016, 03:20:14 AM »

I have to confess I used to have one I swapped my mate a leather jacket for it. I think he ripped me off it had been stripped of its bodywork. I think it was either a Falcon or a Cruiser 250. The single front down tube was tear drop shaped and the fuel tank had a measure incorporated into it to measure the oil. Some where in my archives I think I have a picture. The engine was either an AMC or a Villiers and they used to call them fanny B's. My first bike was a Puch 175 which I found dumped in a creek in 1966 a mate and managed to get it going. what was your Fanny B Glacial .
Ahh the good old day's or were they Martin???

Laitch · « **Reply #30 on:** March 16, 2016, 08:36:13 AM »

The old days are these days, Martin; they're being resurrected—nice looking small bike in several models. Maybe it is something more substantive than the Royal Enfield attempt.

TrueAce · « **Reply #31 on:** March 16, 2016, 09:37:49 AM »

Duh, Glacial, we call that "tongue in cheek", glad Laitch & you caught it!

Laitch · « **Reply #32 on:** March 16, 2016, 10:02:27 AM »

Quote from: TrueAce on March 16, 2016, 09:37:49 AM

glad Laitch & you caught it!

Now just how glad are you, Ace? Please respond with the following form.
☐ I've become celibate because no gladness can exceed my current level even when factoring in trapezes and pearl strings.
☐ Glad to the extent that bladder control has become an issue.
☐ Substantially but not exceedingly glad.
☐ A sort of transitory glad—like coming down with bronchitis instead of pneumonia
☐ Not quite glad, more like not very annoyed.
☐ Unglad.

TrueAce · « **Reply #33 on:** March 16, 2016, 10:14:42 AM »

Uh, could you tell me more about the pearl strings?

Laitch · « **Reply #34 on:** March 16, 2016, 11:04:33 AM »

Quote from: TrueAce on March 16, 2016, 10:14:42 AM

Uh, could you tell me more about the pearl strings?

Two forms of identification, a letter of consent signed by a parent or registered appropriate adult, and conversational ability in Old Low Norse are required, Ace.

Glacial · « **Reply #35 on:** March 16, 2016, 12:21:58 PM »

Quote from: TrueAce on March 16, 2016, 09:37:49 AM

Duh, Glacial, we call that "tongue in cheek", glad Laitch & you caught it!

Ace,
my tongue is so far into my cheek that the bike is falling over...

There were many strangely-named bikes that got the British working man to the factory gate in the post-war era. One of my earliest memories is handing my Dad spanners and screwdrivers as he tried to keep his James running to get him to and from the night shift when the buses didn't run.

TrueAce · « **Reply #36 on:** March 16, 2016, 12:24:29 PM »

Old Low Norse is no problem.......let me check with my nurse about the consent..........is it too late to upgrade "glad" to "ecstatic"?

jllphan · « **Reply #37 on:** March 16, 2016, 02:44:57 PM »

Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on March 15, 2016, 12:01:40 AM

Welcome jllphan! Nice looking brick in your avatar. Got any bigger pictures we can drool over?

As far as the water, if it makes you ride a brick, it can't be that bad.

Thanks all. Absolutely, I'll be starting a project thread in the next day or two given I've put a lot into my new love in the short time I've had her. I've simply been covered up for the past few days obtaining my first airhead. Yep, the bike bug bit hard with me!

kris · « **Reply #38 on:** March 20, 2016, 07:31:42 PM »

1972 and 1976 Austin Minis....we had a blast with those cars. Manual choke, 4 speed, doughnut tires(were they 11 or 12 inch???), the most uncomfortable seats on the planet...OK, early VW Beetle seats were no raving hell. Our Minis were really pretty reliable. The worst of Canadian winters eventually got the '72. The floor boards came up into the passenger compartment....RUST!! Cute cars, handled like go-carts, got great MPG for their time. And a bit of a chick magnet - truth be told!!

Martin · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2016, 08:10:18 PM »

First Mini's had 10" tyres. I used to ditch sport at school to help my mates brother work on his Austin Mini Copper S Hill Climb car. Two mates and I volunteered to train for the cross country running . The only running we did was around the corner where we had stashed our bags. We obviously didn't think it through, at the end of the year the school entered us in the Inter School Cross Country Race. What a disaster we filled the last three places and we were very much over time. We got out of the hole (PIT) we had dug our selves by saying we must have missed one of the route markers. :dunno :nono :clap: :hehehe
Regards Martin.

BlitzenGruv · « **Reply #40 on:** May 24, 2016, 05:09:21 PM »

Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on March 14, 2016, 12:01:03 AM

Quote from: Martin on March 13, 2016, 11:40:39 PM
Chaos if you really miss your Brit bikes, just pour some oil under the Brick. That should help ease the heart ache. :musicboohoo:
Regards Martin

Brilliant!!! You could market it as "Brit Bike In A Can".

You can sell it right next to the Genuine Lucas Smoke.

BTW: I thought that when I started this thread the title was "Cheers!"

BlitzenGruv · « **Reply #41 on:** May 30, 2016, 11:25:29 PM »

I seriously don't know what's happening here. I entered this threads with the title "cheers." I have modified my posts, and it still reads as "Queers." Is it just my computer (Macbook Pro, Firefox.)

BlitzenGruv · « **Reply #42 on:** May 30, 2016, 11:27:15 PM »

There it is again! This forum changed what I typed to "QUEERS". That is NOT what I typed!

Laitch · « **Reply #43 on:** May 31, 2016, 05:59:34 AM »

Quote from: BlitzenGruv on May 30, 2016, 11:27:15 PM

There it is again! This forum changed what I typed to "QUEERS". That is NOT what I typed!

Type "Beers" and see how that displays.

bocutter Ed · « **Reply #44 on:** May 31, 2016, 07:45:21 AM »

On another forum I belong to: if you want to reference Fag, as in bearing, you have to type it F A G with spaces or it gets bl***ed out ... :nono

bocutter Ed · « **Reply #45 on:** May 31, 2016, 07:55:04 AM »

Quote from: Martin on March 16, 2016, 03:20:14 AM

My first bike was a Puch 175 which I found dumped in a creek

My first was the DS60. Still have it ...

Martin · « **Reply #46 on:** May 31, 2016, 03:19:04 PM »

Thanks for the pics Ed fond vague memories of mine.
Regards Martin.

BlitzenGruv · « **Reply #47 on:** May 31, 2016, 04:49:56 PM »

Let's try this: Queers, Queers, Queers

BlitzenGruv · « **Reply #48 on:** May 31, 2016, 04:54:13 PM »

I typed Queers that's cee aich eee eee ar ess. I also typed those letters separated by spaces. I typed Queers.
Preview looked normal. The change occurs when I submit the post

Martin · « **Reply #49 on:** May 31, 2016, 05:14:39 PM »

I just tried it and it does the same. I think I smell something fishy.
Ch33rs Martin.

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