Hello all my names Dave from Winsford in Cheshire. I've been lurking on and off for a few months now and finally decided to join you all. Thanks for having me I'm a old gentleman aged 65 who's been riding on the road since my 16th birthday, 4th August 1966 and not been without a bike of some sort since. I remember the day well, I'd bought a Tiger Cub a few weeks before my 16th birthday and on that day my insurance started at 08.00am. It was 07.50am and I was already sitting on the bike with the engine running at the front gate watching the hands on my wrist watch slowly creep round towards 08.00am. It got to 07.55 and that was it I couldn't wait any longer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I was off and up the road on an adventure that is still going to this day. I've toured Europe a bit and love my road racing,I've got 3 trips booked to the IOM this year. The end of May is to the Southern100 pre TT classic, July the Southern100 International (marshaling at both events) and the August Classic TT. I live only a few miles from Oulton Park and can stand in my back garden and hear the action, so during the week if there's a trackday on i sometimes go over. It's great being retired My present bikes are 2013 Triumph Tiger 800XC, 1984 Honda CB700 and couple of little aircooled 2 strokes a Yamaha RD 250'D' and a RD 400'E'. Regards Tiglet.
Hi Tiglet and thank you for such a fullsome introduction. You are most welcome to the Triumph Playground.
welcome Tiglet come in and join us, age is not a factor here loads of oldies and some not so !! but all welcome to join the conversation,
5 weeks and 4 days older than me (if I got me sums right - no guarantee!)!! Welcome in, Tiglet! You make me feel young again. Yes there are some more 'mature' correspondents within this site, though you'd never believe it with some of the comments herein!! Perhaps one's wit gets sharper with age and experience whilst one's short term memory fades at a similar rate!
Crickey Steve you can still count at your age. I lost that skill a few years ago Glad to make you feel young again, that's something I can't do for the wife
Do not get me going on that !!!!!!! I'm always automatically wrong unless it's so obvious she is, as to be embarrassing for her.
Hi half ton, thanks for the welcome. Nice to hear I'm not a lone soldier with regards to the old 2 strokes
Welcome aboard Tiglet. Good to know someone else is growing old disgracefully like me, a mere 62 come September.
Hi Tiglet. Welcome in, and as I class myself as a young 'un , compared to others here , don't worry you wont slow me down
Thanks Sceptic. I'm not growing old gracefully cos the wife said yesterday that 60 is the new 40. I think that's what she said, then again with my memory it could have been the postman
Hello Crispey and thanks. with luck you'll get old one day, its great people expect you to talk daft and fart when you want
Hi littleade, thanks mate. so Crispey is under the thumb eh. That's it with these young uns no experience of handling the opposite sex, show them who's the boss I say OK love I'll do the washing up
Hi Tigcraft, thanks for the welcome. Hey we could be cousins with names like Tigcraft and Tiglet CB700,,,,,,,,, No mistake mate it's a inline across the frame 4 pot with shaft drive and imported from the good old USofA. The motor is basically a sleeved version of the CB750. The reason being that in the early '80s bikes imported into the states with a capacity of over 700cc were subject to heavy import duty making them very expensive to buy, this was done to help the flagging sales of new bikes made in the USA.
