Today's objects of desire.

[welsh dragon]

I agree bl**dy bad ones lo.

If my memory is correct, they spent more time repairing them then riding them. They had a nasty habit of leaking oil everywhere. Springs would go. Gears would be next

 

[Billy Wizz]

If my memory is correct, they spent more time repairing them then riding them. They had a nasty habit of leaking oil everywhere. Springs would go. Gears would be next

That was a page in the learning curve.

 

[HertzvanRental]

My avatar shows a B.S.A. side valve "Sloper", 1934. Hand change gears? Interesting! Sold it to friend last year.

 

[Levo-Lon]

My mates dad had a Triton..and my Dad had a franny..top trumps fail lol
Tho the first Z1 i saw made me a Biker in waiting..1982 was the start of that passion

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I forgot it was Temple Newsam Steam Fair this weekend, until I noticed a poster, on my way home earlier this morning (someone had put one up, at the entrance into Welbeck landfill)

 

[Ern1e]

If my memory is correct, they spent more time repairing them then riding them. They had a nasty habit of leaking oil everywhere. Springs would go. Gears would be next

Yes your memory is 100% correct only motor cycle I ever owned hat I needed to carry oil with me when ever I went out on it plus a spare plug etc. I did sell it to another fool lol then went out bought my self on of those jap things oh happy days

 

[User19783]

I've heard that Royal Enfield are going to open a factory in the UK , not sure where.
But I wish then good luck

 

[Ian H]

The Great Dorset Steam Fair, biggest in Europe, all 160 acres of it, is worth a trip.

 

[vernon]

The Great Dorset Steam Fair, biggest in Europe, all 160 acres of it, is worth a trip.

Been there done that. I went at night to sample the fairground. It was an assault on the senses in the nicest possible way.