So that we don't carry on hijacking Francois motor bike thread............. I just thought I'd post this pic to prove that we all had some off-beat times in our youth. My wedding pic. At that time I didn't even have a licence to drive a car, just a 750 Triumph

I wish I had photos left from my young days.....
but they were distroyed after Hurricane Flyod decided to put the Passic River in my house...... so the few photos I have were upstairs at the time.... and untouched. Everything below was tossed out..... I actually get amazed when I do run across an old photo now..... glad I had the habit of stuffing a few in various books and stuff......
Sad part was all the family photos/ service days photos were in the basement.... all I got is one left of even my mother and father.... Oh well, guess all I really need is one...... :-) :-) :-)

dave, no worry, i dont mind ppl hijaking my threads, a bike is a bike, road or off road.

i hate winter, god i miss the smell of my 2 stroke engin, the sound, the feelings you have when your goign full speed in trails and nailing every jump you have in your way... no doubt that il be buying myself soemthing for the road when i grow up, but before that happens:
dirtbike, forest, jumps, mp3 with soem good rock'.n roll on it

Frank

Grumpy talking to you those few times, i wonder what riding with you would be like I still have mine in the basement ( can't ride it ) maybe I can install a sidecar and we could tear up the highways :-) :-) :-)

OH.... what was the English show with the two fat chicks on the side car combo..... ???? a cooking show...... LOL... yes I actually do watch stuff like that also.....
some thing like "Two Fat Cooks on Bikes".... or anyone one remember "Cooks with Fire" with Biker Billy..... :-) :-) :-)
I had his cook book......

Oh I still got my helmet..... anyone want to take a senile old man out for a spin....... LOL LMAO

Dave..Im gonna guess the ole.."Skull Cap" variety. I had mine for years after my accident . Full face helmet and best I could afford. If it wasnt for that helmet...my face would have been torn off..instead just bruised collar bones.........not that it would have made much difference....

of course a beanie..... skullcap..... what ever you wish to call it..... also had a German helmet for formal occassions....but not chromed.... that's tacky yous know.... LOL,
and yep.... even had a real legal one to go through inspection with.....
got to wear that one once a year......

I wore the old 'pudding basin' style, but to modern (in the 1970s-80s anyway) spec. - black with 'Norton' in script on the front; worn with fighter pilots goggles and silk scarf over the mouth and nose to stop "happy biker" syndrome (happy biker syndrome = mouth and nose full of flies!).

I did once have a normal opne-face and a full-face for passengers, but the girl that was on the back of my Kwakker when I dumped it broke it with her nose. My present wife always wore an open face. She was into bikes before me, being a '59 Club' member, and had her own RE Crusader. The '59 Club' for US readers was a famous rockers haunt in London.

I wore the old 'pudding basin' style, but to modern (in the 1970s-80s anyway) spec. - black with 'Norton' in script on the front; worn with fighter pilots goggles and silk scarf over the mouth and nose to stop "happy biker" syndrome (happy biker syndrome = mouth and nose full of flies!).

I did once have a normal opne-face and a full-face for passengers, but the girl that was on the back of my Kwakker when I dumped it broke it with her nose. My present wife always wore an open face. She was into bikes before me, being a '59 Club' member, and had her own RE Crusader. The '59 Club' for US readers was a famous rockers haunt in London.

Dave[Grumpyoldman], you mentioned the Passiac river. I used to live in Garfield, Lodi, Clifton and Passaic itself, spent alot of time in the Heidelburg behind the Capital theater. Man those were the days mid-late 70's till Rudys old man sold the bar to Freddy. I used to work out of the Crooks ave. garage in the Ma Bell days. -Cheyenne

I lived in Wallington..... right along the river for 15 years.....

Nice one Dave! I couldn't drive a car until my first child was on the way. When my wife couldn't fit behind the wheel any more she insisted I take my car test, had hung out until then!
There's a "pudding basin" with Norton on the front in my cupboard too, my wife insisted I got a "proper" helmet after the kids came along! I bought the "pudding basin" direct from Owens helmets, they had moved from Bow to Enfield. I went to the factory one Saturday morning, & an old guy who was packing a consignment of topees ("pith helmets") for Nigeria fitted it for me. Best fitting most comfortable helmet I ever had!
Still ride bikes. Got my Norton (1971 750 Fastback)gearbox in pieces all over garage floor (layshaft bearing!!), will send photo of 1:1 scale kit in due course!
Unfortunately all my old photos pre-date digital & don't own decent scanner.
Those 750 Triumphs are a much underrated bike IMHO. They were virtually a street scrambler, the OIF chassis being based on the old BSA scramblers always gave good handling I found ('76 Tiger). Went well too. Also a disc brake was an improvement on my '69 Bonnie (also less oil leaks!). Vibes much better than Norton Atlas! My wife always liked the Triumph best, she said it did things to her!!!

My helmet was, I think, a Cromwell trials helmet -started off as a 'CHIPS' style and got resprayed.
I managed to stay on two wheels unitl child #2 came along, then really needed to drive
Any big brit iron had a similar effect on most girls, the Norton single was even better!

No...old bikers never die...they just get sawdust shoved into their gearboxes....

Never had a road bike...
but had a few trials things
A Yamaha 250TY
An Ossa 250...leaf green thing with gold wheels.
and a ...
250 Villiers powered Dayton Albatross grass track scooter (Please note: Mikeli)...don't ask....well it had Hillman Imp car wheels...enough said.
Though never having a road bike, I did pass on the creed to my little brother...he got bit by the bug hard and has had big bikes ever since.
Off topic...I did have a tandem push bike...with two up...could be very fast...no joke.

Cheers
Peter
:-)

The full saying is "old bikers never die, they just smell that way"!

That old Villiers 9E wasn't bad for a two-stroke (for modern riders please note - no oil tank, you had to mix oil and petrol together in the tank!). I often rode my friends Greeves Anglian or Greeves Scottish trials bikes. The 'Scottish' had girder forks rather than teles, actually gave a good ride.