Autumn Bash 16th and 17th September 2023

[TonyL]

I know nothing about bikes, my brother had a fizzy, my mate had a RD250 with a power band and I remember he had a ZX10 poster on his wall and said he always wanted a Dominater (I think it turned out to be his wife)

Bollocks am I getting a 35.

Hee, hee! Just testing!

[TonyL]

You will be pleased to know that your dodgy little mate Xander is now zipping around the local area on his very own yellow 1980 Honda Camino.

He just needs to teach his dad how to ride his bike now 🤣🤣🤣

How’s life treating you mate?

Excellent stuff.

Yep, how are you doing, Steve?

[TonyL]

A red Suzuki TS50 ER was my first bike

[TonyL]

Many Happy Returns, Paul.

Have a great one!

[baldinio]

Happy birthday hellequin 👍

[flyingfish]

Happy birthday Paul

[Dornfelderliebe]

What's a Demm Dove?

A proper moped
Which would teach you how to decoke 2 strokes soon after buying it and thinking back was a safe step up from push bikes for a seventies teenager.
https://www.mopedarmy.com/photos/demm/2582/

Although the Italians could do more.
http://www.classic50racingclub.co.uk...e-Marque-DEMM/

[Neil54]

Boy does our calendar fill up quick.

I can't do a bash in July, family holidays and cruising to London.
Also, apparently, I can't be trusted to dog sit and set up a bash at the same time.

So plan A
May 4th and 5th
Sept 7th and 8th

Plan B
May 4th and 5th
Aug 17th and 18th
Oct 12th and 13th

My personal choice is plan B and as I hold 51% of the shares my vote counts.

Happy for your thoughts.

[gtfreight]

A red Suzuki TS50 ER was my first bike

I was torn between a second hand Fizz or a new (restricted) Suzuki TS50ERK (ER50) and was persuaded to go for the new bike at £420 in white back in 1980.
I ended up messing around with the baffles, grinding the inlet and outlet ports out and putting a 15/2 front sprocket from a Fizz on it.
With the exception of going downhill it made little difference to the performance.

[flyingfish]

Plan B so I can spend my birthday at a Bash!!

[NewPaul]

Plan B sounds good to me.

[Hellequin]

Thanks for the birthday wishes gents. I'm celebrating by spending it at work (started at 0115) but at least I have a nice new truck...

[Hellequin]

Yes, from memory, I think you're right, Paul. I can't remember Kawasaki doing a 50 before the AR. Very nice looking things. As well as it and the 125, they made an 80 as well.

I liked those later TSs. Those later ones (ERs) with the more angular tanks looked cool in my eyes. I very nearly went for the TS185ER at 17 instead of the X7. Wonder how different my biking might have been had I gone down that route?

I wasn't allowed a 50 when I was 16. Had to wait until my stepdad persuaded my mum that it'd be a good idea for getting to work. I was 17 & bought an absolute shed of a KH100EX, which I very quickly traded it in for a mint, nearly new Honda H100sII. It wasn't the AR125 I wanted (couldn't afford) but it got me through my test.

[gtfreight]

Thanks for the birthday wishes gents. I'm celebrating by spending it at work (started at 0115) but at least I have a nice new truck...

There's not many beat me with their start times but you do by an hour.

[flyingfish]

This is a one off deal
Have a Bash on my birthday (12/10) and I will buy cake (not promising Colin the Caterpillar though)