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  1. tigerted

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    #1 tigerted, May 26, 2016
    Evening all as Dixon of Dock Green use to say. For all you youngsters ask your parents or grandparents and they will explain that one.
    Because the weather was so good today I went out on the bike and it enabled me to test my new Arai TT helmet, no new bike for me this year then.
    Its a great helmet and its the first time I have tried a dark visor and it was a revelation to me as no problem from the sun at all. Not sure about its legality so I carried a clear visor in my top box just in case I got pulled. So that's the first part of my story but I think the second part is better.
    I decided to ride over to a local motorbike shop just to have a browse because as I said swmbo will not hear of me changing my bike. Honestly its like being back at school. She's already forgotten that over forty years ago I brought her a nice white dress.
    Anyway after a browse I came out and got chatting to a fella getting his bike serviced which was a great encounter as he had raced the TT which made for an interesting chat.
    But it got even better for me because as we were chatting a smart well spoken fella interrupted us and asked about my bike.
    He was amazed at the size of it and related how in his day they were so much smaller. He then went on to say that even though he had not ridden a motorbike for over 35 years he was thinking of buying one again just to potter around on. His actual words were " I,m not getting any younger and I would rather spend my money than someone p**s it up the wall ".
    And the best part of the story is that he is 83 and although his wife thinks he is mad he is going to buy one which will probably be a Royal Enfield.
    Being 65 it made me realise that with a bit of luck I still have a good few years of riding ahead of me. So all in all a great day.
     
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  2. Havit

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    #2 Havit, May 26, 2016
    I remember z cars as well. :D
     
  3. Dougie D

    Dougie D Crème de la Crème

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    #3 Dougie D, May 26, 2016
    and the spin off Softly Softly:)
     
  4. crispey

    crispey crispey creme de la creme

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    #4 crispey, May 26, 2016
    Maybe that's what the missus is hoping for and maybe more
     
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    #5 PETER CLARKE, May 27, 2016
    Tigerted I made that same mistake all them years ago and still getting punished for it:eek:
     
  6. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    #6 andypandy, May 27, 2016
    Good luck to the guy.
     
  7. Rooster

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    #7 Rooster, May 27, 2016
    Z cars - pah, I remember Fireball XL5

     
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    #8 Havit, May 27, 2016
    Was that a Riot?;)
     
  9. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    #9 thebiglad, May 27, 2016
    By Jove but that takes me back. Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Troy Tempest, Stingray, Captain Scarlet - there was a time when Gerry and Silvia Anderson ruled the world - well nearly.
     
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  10. Dougie D

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    #10 Dougie D, May 27, 2016
    don't remember that one i must be too young!..bit of trivia for you Don Spencer who sung the theme tune to it,his daughter married Russel Crowe
     
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  11. H.O.

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    #11 H.O., May 27, 2016
    Stingray for me, although all the acting was a bit wooden!
    I remember I was in love with Marina, I would have loved to have given her a splinter or 2 at the time!!
    She wouldn't have told any one either, no strings attached, ha ha!
     
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  12. Rooster

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    #12 Rooster, May 27, 2016
    A babe no doubt.

     
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  13. Havit

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    #13 Havit, May 27, 2016
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    Nagh, for me it was Lady Penelope ( so good i named my bike after her) funny thing is they are so alike.........both are high maintenance!!! :D:D. I always thought there was somthing fishy about Marina . :D:D
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  14. H.O.

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    #14 H.O., May 27, 2016
    I cant remember any but (possibly) Troy from XL5, oh, and Mitch the Monkey.
     
  15. Sceptic Al

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    #15 Sceptic Al, May 27, 2016
    Yous lot have forgotten the original Gerry Anderson greats such as Super Car and Four Feather Falls
     
  16. thebiglad

    thebiglad Old fart, still riding !

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    #16 thebiglad, May 27, 2016
    Don't remember Super Car but do remember Four Feather Falls.
     
  17. H.O.

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    #17 H.O., May 27, 2016
    I vaguely remember Super Car but none of the characters, was that Troy Tempest?
    Four Feather Fools was great, on our Murphy tele with the top flap that turned it on and the volume, vertical and horizontal hold were under it!
    Earlier than that, Muriel Young with Muffin the Mule. (They made it illegal later).
    Oh, and Captain Pugwash, but there was never a character called Seamen Stains, that's just myth.
     
  18. Sceptic Al

    Sceptic Al Well-Known Member

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    #18 Sceptic Al, May 27, 2016
    What about Noggin the Nog, (that's illegal now too), and, Bleep and Booster as seen on Blue Peter
     
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  19. Dougie D

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    #19 Dougie D, May 27, 2016
    i used to like the robot in "Lost In Space"..i think he was called Robot!
     
  20. H.O.

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    #20 H.O., May 27, 2016
    Very vaguely Noggin, but I had a Hopalong Cassidy watch!!
    Got it wet at Thorney Bay beach, Canvey and it stopped! BoooHoo!
     
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