At last .....

/hurt..
Mines more military actually

Oh OK then

 

mark typed:

And on my 71 S2a. I reckon the pressed black/silver plates are the
classiest of the lot.

--
Rich B

1971 S2a
1995 XT600E
2003 ST1300 Pan European
Oh, and a Ford

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

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Black and (very grey) silver on my 1958 SIIA SWB

Looks right, but under the bonnet looks *slightly* non-standard - 3
litre V6 Essex engine...

 

Rubbish, I've owned two dark blue early Mk111 'Tinas and a horrible
mustard coloured 96 with black and white plates and they all looked
fine.

 

Beauty and all that.

I'm not saying they didn't or shouldn't it's just to me it looks wrong in
a "Look at me Ma, I've got an old car - just" kind of way.

TBH, I can't remember any of the early 70s or late 60s (post F reg) POS I
owned or passed through my hands having black plates (a couple went
racing).

I had 5 Heralds and 5 Minors, a couple of Cambridges and a V4 Saab. Only
one Minor (1959) and two Heralds (1964 and 1966) had black plates.

Not much of a sample and all pretty anecdotal but also I recently bought
Villain [1] on DVD and not many of the newer cars (rather than
commercials) had black plates. Sad, I know.

Anyway, as I said it's a perception.


[1] Richard Burton (1971) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067952/

 

The vast, vast majority of new cars hit the road with reflective yellow
plates as soon as the plates were legal and available. Dealers offered a
choice, and very few people took up the black option. Most buyers
thought the yellow reflective plates were a safety thing and in the
first year or two of it, it pointed up the new cars on the road.

 

Rusty_Hinge typed:

Hehe. Nice.

--
Rich B

1971 S2a
1995 XT600E
2003 ST1300 Pan European
Oh, and a Ford

Take out the obvious to email me.

 

zackly, it was one of those "look at me, I can afford a new car" things.
When did the white/yellow ones first come out?

 

that was a very nice conversion to have in 'em, when the Essex was current
ford stuff. I imagine parts for it are getting scarce now.

 

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Obtainable by the lorryload - at a price.

Apply to the Reliant Scimitar Club, or ask Princess Anne if she's got
some bits in her shed...

 

There's a Kawasaki triple I've never ridden.

Owned the 250, 400 and 500, ridden the 750, but never the 350.

 

You could say that of all the triples, except maybe the 250.

They ain't that fast, but they rate hghly in the Extremely Silly
stakes. Acceleration is something else, mind. And the vibration is
interesting at higher revs. As you know, though, I still rate the 400
as the best one to own, overall. Someone I know has a superb S3 that
he restored (really, it looks like new), and one day it will be
mine....

 

Just don't mention the Long Walk at Windsor.
I think the Berkshire plod still dine out on that one.