Disabled Bikers?

"steve auvache"said to Donegal Paul wrote

Oi, I is suffering, Im having to rely on a fucking vespa fer fecks sake ;-)
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
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Donegal Paul wrote

I'll let you go up a notch on my scum-o-meter then.

I always felt the series III would look good in gloss black, with *all*
the essential accessories also in gloss black.

 

Donegal Paul wrote

I have got a nice little MZ what is for sale. A proper motorcycle that
is.

 

"steve auvache" said to DP

Dunno about the accessories but yeah, why not?
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

 

steve auvache"said to Donegal Paul wrote

Don't think I haven't noticed
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

 

Pah!

Series II LD150. Now theres a Lambretta with character, not to mention
surprisingly comfortable saddles. )

 

"Loz H" said to Donegal Paul

Fuggdat, don't like LDs at all, dunno why I always thought of them as some
form of cheap concept before mister innocenti put the series ones etc into
production Id love a model D though for put putting about
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

 

Donegal Paul <> spewed forth the
following...

Oh no! The LD had a certain charm all of its own, and was a surprisingly
good, reliable scoot. Shaft driven too, I`ll have you know.

Still, my fave Lammy has to be a TV175 Series III or the SX200. I helped a
friend restore his TV175, with a 2-tone maroon/cream paint job. Lovely, it
was.

Thinking back, I had a J125 basket-case for a while. Never got around to
doing it up however..

 

"Loz H" said to Donegal Paul

Well Ill give you that but only 3 speed.

When it comes to series threes theyre all the same to me other than engine
size but then thats easily changable these days.
I was over at an open day at Cambridge Lambretta Workshops last weekend
where they were doing dynos of some of the kits available for a bit of a
write up.
As well as that people that had turned up on their scoots were invited to
have theirs dynoed.
So, one guy that has an immaculate and literally standard SX200 ("worth" 5
to 7 thousand) tentatively put his on, got a respectable 9.5 (.5) over Mr
innocentis figures.

Not *still* at the back of the shed is it?
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

 

I got my beloved a series II for her 40th, lovely machine, but
she's not a natural 2 wheeler and she sold it about 5 years ago.

 

I think this is the most un-prejudiced thing I've ever seen.

UKRM flames regardless of race creed or disability.

We should be proud.

 

Snip
Try www.thefallen.biz
these are a bunch of disabled bikers who will help with advice just a much a
s NABD

AJ

 

Probably not suitable for Lee but these Nippies are really cool
for wheelchair users:

http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.barnes1/new1.htm

 

Donegal Paul <> spewed forth the
following...

Thats the thing that pisses me off about scoot now. When I was playing with
them, only 15 years ago, they were all, (with the possible execption of the
Vespa SS90 or a custom art jobby) as cheap as chips. I don`t think I, or my
friends, paid any more than £200 or so for any model of scoot, with the
exception of tuned or, in another case, a rather nice custom jobbie my mate
got hold of. (One Track Mind, featured in a couple of mags. SX200 with some
seriously nice artwork, engraving and tuned motor).
And now, they *all* go for what is IMHO silly amounts of money.

Sickening, in a way. And not just because I`ve got this weird feeling that
my life is not complete without a 150 Super or a Rally 200 in the stable..
There, I`ve said it. )

I wish... I can`t even remember what happened to it.

 

the cont known as Nigel Eaton says...

Not as yet. Battery being topped up weekly.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, petrolcan

Marvellous.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

"Loz H" replied to Donegal Paul
SNIP

Agreed, it seems to be a market thing i suppose but **** me people paying up
to 7K for a scooter is sheer madness
Many of the lads in the club regale me continually with the days where when
a lambretta broke down, you basically dumped it in the ditch and bought
another for about £20
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Donegal Paul - On the mend
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - intact
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

 

This newsgroup is 50% help [1] and 50% a test bed for new ways to annoy and
abuse. You've had some help now comes the abuse. I wondered when the sudden
outbreak of courtesy and politeness would come to a screeching halt.

[1] for small values of help.

 

Black Hammerite and, er, hammerings.

Lambratta.

 

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

Hey; we're equal opportunity abusers around here.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10