Black Shadow

I've seen one parked outside, amongst the CG125s and SOBs.

 

Not seen one for ages :-(

 

If you want to see one, or several for that matter:
http://www.voc.uk.com/Club_Diary/club_diary.html

 

Last Pioneer Run I went to, there were half a dozen from the OC, all
parked in echelon.

God, I'd like one.

 

me mother used to have a Rapide, in 'er mis-spent yoof.

 

Chap from my bowls club said he used to ride a Black Shadow from Sussex
over to Bristol and back *every* day to work, for a while, back in the 50s.
Strewth!

 

No motorways in them days either.

 

No motorways in them days either.[/QUOTE]

Or speed limits, traffic, cameras, ...

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Salad Dodger wrote

And you could buy one for cash without having to tell the gummint.

 

Exactly. He said he certainly didn't hang around. It probably explains
his almost permanent toothless grin and the fact one can hardly understand a
word he says. But that might also be the Glasgow accent.

 

interestingly, the rear suspension on the RD350 is uncommonly like the back
end of a vincent. The series D vinnie even has a big monoshock, rather than
2 springs and a separate damper like the earlier ones.

reowrked SOBoxer to summat similar, in fact, using a Quantum Dynamics shock
to RD350 specs, and a custom brace on the swinging arm.

this has proved amazingly effective.

 

I *love* that cartoon

Don't get me started on Ogri cartoons again. Someone *must* have them
on the web somewhere - I still lament the loss of the little booklet I
got with bike a decade or two ago.

 

why? Ogri is un-funny shite.

 

darsy said:

And Paul Sample has his head up his own arse (allegedly) regarding the
use of the name. (hint for newbies - Ixion)

 

that's probably not enough of a hint.

 

You should've bought my old man's RTV at the Stafford show then! Bored
out 1,197cc engine, Terry Prince designed Egli-type frame, Ohlins shock,
Paoli usd forks, Dymags, Brembo gold lines. It didn't make the reserve,
so it's still available if you want to make an offer...

http://www.portal5.co.uk/autos/members/vince01/pictures/rtv small.jpg

 

Arrgh. Complete brain fart on my part.

Of course, Ogri is unfunny shite.

I meant, of course, Shobba (as per Weggy's original post).

 

darsy said:

Twas enough for you - and you are my benchmark, my light in the
firmament and my idol.

 

<fx: gags>

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Preston Kemp

drool...

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