ebay strikes again

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One for Andy P.

 

Noooooo!

I saw one (same colour) at KP a year or two back. Amazingly, it was
running.

Powered by the Dutch Anka engine (the W was silent).

 

and it's in Norwich, that's just up the road from me.

I think I can manage to resist it though... 'cos I rode one once and,
therefore, know how well they handle. (Actually, riding one is nearly
as scary as following someone else who's riding one.)

 

I followed one on Sunday at a NACC run (www.buzzing.org),
the bloody thing was all over the road.

I spoke to the chap at the lunch stop, and he confirmed that
it rode as bad as it looked. However, it made everyone that
saw it smile and I feel it's good that even beast such as
these are kept alive and running...

Nick

 

That was Pete Stanners, that was.

He'd borrowed it to do the run - he must have been proud of riding it
'cos he asked me to take a photo of him with it [1] and send him a
couple of prints.

You should have seen the one that turned up at Gaze's auction in Diss a
few weeks ago - that made everyone who saw it fall about laughing. It
had been fitted with every accessory and decoration imaginable.

{1] I know, I know, it would have been easier to use a camera.

 

They do need adornment though don't they? As you get up
close and see just how poor the quality is, and how
unimaginative the styling.

I wonder if anyone has ever done a custom job with one?

Nick

 

Sometime around Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:21:23 +0000, Frinton Boy babbled on
about:

Do you mean using a sledgehammer or petrol and a match?