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    Who remembers their first big bike
    mine was this, A brand new 1979 kawasaki Z250 Scorpion i think it cost something like £2/3 grand a fortune for a 17 year old lol.
    For those that remember the "250" learner law, a 250 was the biggest bike you could ride with a provisional licence it was also a time that Norwich Union ruled the motorcycle insurance world with their "Rider Policy", you could ride any bike whether you owned it or not with no loss of cover upto your stated engine size.
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    I remember the 250 learner law and just missed out on getting a 250, i was gutted after seeing so many others on RD250 and Suzuki X7's with microns fitted.....ahh the smell of the 2 stroke engine.
    I had to settle for a DT125 which was like the one below.
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    I didn't take my test until I was 27 so learned on a Honda CG125.
    Went straight from that to a 1969 Triumph T100, 500cc twin and I've still got her.
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    [QUOTE=Dazr;487862]ahh the smell of the 2 stork engine.

    shirley yoo meen 2 stroke ? LOL

    somtimes i catch a whiff of Castrol R out on the road it sure takes me back to those early days of whizzing across a farmers field on a mates knackered old bultaco scrambler with plumes of smoke out the exhaust
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    Quote Originally Posted by BB View Post
    I didn't take my test until I was 27 so learned on a Honda CG125.
    Went straight from that to a 1969 Triumph T100, 500cc twin and I've still got her.
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    test?? what test
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    I went directly from Swindon test center where I passed to dynamite performance bikes in Bournemouth to collect my Kawasaki ZR7 750cc that I’d brought and paid for the day before. Yes I was confident on passing and no I don’t no what I’d have done if I hadn’t passed as I couldn’t have collected the bike and they don’t give refunds .
     
     

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    [QUOTE=Trev_P;487864]
    Quote Originally Posted by Dazr View Post
    ahh the smell of the 2 stork engine.

    shirley yoo meen 2 stroke ? LOL
    Nah mate 2smoke!
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    [QUOTE=BB;487867]
    Quote Originally Posted by Trev_P View Post

    Nah mate 2smoke!
    Damn autocorrect - corrected new, nah, i mean now......
     
     

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    My Mk II Powervalve.

    Swoon......

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    1987.
    I think the pic was taken by St Thomas' Church in Trowbridge.

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    Nah mate 2smoke!
    Yeah man
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    Quote Originally Posted by Last Train View Post
    My Mk II Powervalve.

    Swoon......

    058C0C98-C0B6-4831-8935-AD146C420A87.jpeg

    1987.
    I think the pic was taken by St Thomas' Church in Trowbridge.



    Yeah man
    Very Nice
     
     

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