Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?

[richardr]

I can remember the 250 restriction coming in

Are you sure? According to my memory, learners were already limited to 250cc by the time I became aware of such things which would be in my early 'teens, the early 'sixties.

 

[Jay]

Are you sure? According to my memory, learners were already limited to 250cc by the time I became aware of such things which would be in my early 'teens, the early 'sixties.

It changed in 1961, so just before you said you were aware of such things - and Colin must have been aware of bike stuff as a young child 🙂

 

[Targa]

I think Stirling Moss once tried one of those little blue invalid cars and said it was the most dangerous thing he had ever driven.
http://www.virtualgaz.com/invacarpage.htm

 

[Jay]

Mum had a Reliant once. We lived at the seaside and she was driving along 'the front' when the wind picked her and the car up and deposited them on the other side of the road, facing in the opposite direction!

The Reliant was sold in short order and she got a powder-blue Beetle - much better!

 

[Colin the Bear]

1972 the age change came in from 16 to 17. When I was little, my uncle used to take me to the coffee bar where they had a juke box and several of my cousins were Rockers. My first ride was at 5 years old on the back of a scott squirrel. Must be worth a fortune if it's still running. I seem to remember lots of royal enfield, bsa and triumphs.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Ah! The Reliant Regal Supervan. The logical extension to a full face helmet.

 

[Targa]

Morgan made proper three wheelers with the single wheel at the back.
(Still do).

 

[Colin the Bear]

Bond made a nice bug too. And there was those little triumph two seaters where you lifted the bonnet to kick start the engine, oh oh oh and Messerschmidt bubble cars, sat in tandem and Heinkels where the front opened. Motoring is a little boring now in comparison.

 

[Vlad]

The Messerschmitt and Heinkel bubble cars came up in conversation only the other day due to an old ealing type fillum where a youthful Ian Carmichael was driving one !
I believe the ME types were also originally envisaged as a German version of the invalid car, obviously there were many invalids around post WW2 🙁

Re the blue invalid jobbies..there was a derelict scrap yard ,seemingly just for them, near us when I was about 14.....we used to climb over fence and nick odd small bits as their Villiers engine was common in many of the battered old bikes we used to cane about on, a useful source of free parts.
I know..bloomin' young 'ooligans 🙂

 

[Jay]

First 'big bike' lesson tomorrow 😀

 

[Vlad]

First 'big bike' lesson tomorrow 😀

Best of luck with that, I'm sure you'll be fine.. at least it shouldn't rain !

 

[jonf]

First 'big bike' lesson tomorrow 😀

Excellent. It'll be great.

 

[kevgermany]

First ride on a big bike is something you always remember. Enjoy!

 

[Jay]

And I'm probably going to pick up this cute little bike on Thurs eve, so I have something I'm allowed out on now, on my own, so I can practise between lessons (I seem to need to do things on my own, after being shown them, to really learn) and to go places over the summer. Then I'll be in less of a 'hurry' with my lessons and test, and I can take all summer if I need to.

(It's a very good secondhand deal locally, so as long as I don't drop it, I shouldn't lose too much re-selling it. )

 

[Colin the Bear]

Chinese? You'll be lucky to resell it at all. They rust like mad. I think they're made from chewing gum.

 

[trimmy]

And I'm probably going to pick up this cute little bike on Thurs eve, so I have something I'm allowed out on now, on my own, so I can practise between lessons (I seem to need to do things on my own, after being shown them, to really learn) and to go places over the summer. Then I'll be in less of a 'hurry' with my lessons and test, and I can take all summer if I need to.

(It's a very good secondhand deal locally, so as long as I don't drop it, I shouldn't lose too much re-selling it. )

and it's colour coordinated 😉

 

[Jay]

Chinese? You'll be lucky to resell it at all. They rust like mad. I think they're made from chewing gum.

No, a Yamaha YBR 125 Custom.

I agree with you about the resale value of Chinese bikes.

 

[Jay]

and it's colour coordinated 😉

But of course 😛

 

[aldevis]

No, a Yamaha YBR 125 Custom.

No pruple logo, though.

 

[Colin the Bear]

YBR has a good reputation as a learner. I thought it looked like a Chin Lung Zhong Tang Wang. That's probably because it is made in China by the JV Jianshe Yamaha.