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Offline stratcat

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #45 on: 28.02. 2010 21:05 »
I'm a 1969. My bikes are 1960 Super rocket, 1956 B31 and a 2005 CBF500.

I am surprised at the youthful age of most people on here. I've always been into old bikes since being at school in the 80's. Most people into old british bikes seem to be much older than me. I must be young for my age *eek*

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #46 on: 01.03. 2010 04:43 »
I wonder who is the youngest here??  I am 34.  Can anyone beat that???
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #47 on: 01.03. 2010 07:09 »
28  *smiley4*
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #48 on: 01.03. 2010 07:48 »
Now I feel old !  *smile*
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #49 on: 01.03. 2010 10:34 »
Me too...

Mind you,  it's great to see the bikes in younger hands...
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #50 on: 01.03. 2010 11:22 »
Confucius say:
You're only as old as the woman you feel.

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #51 on: 01.03. 2010 11:25 »
Hang on, mine is 4 years older. Doh.
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #52 on: 05.03. 2010 05:40 »
Us young blokes are doing our level best to get even younger blokes to realise that these are viable machines with true character and they are REAL and can go around corners unlike those hardly rideables!
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #53 on: 15.03. 2010 22:16 »
49 bike, 71 me, so 22 years .Is it ok to call a frame and boxes of bits a bike? Here's hoping

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #54 on: 16.03. 2010 18:53 »
That's OK Elliot, it was whole once and will be again. All the help you need is right here.
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #55 on: 18.03. 2010 12:39 »
hold on Hubie, im also 28 and my machine is 21 yrs older than me  *smile*

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #56 on: 31.03. 2010 19:16 »
Bike 1959 & me 1958!

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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #57 on: 31.03. 2010 19:54 »
G'day all,
            seems most of us are in our 40's (bikes older), 50's (same age), 60's ( just old enough to remember them new). The younger one's probably remember dad or uncle riding one.
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #58 on: 31.03. 2010 20:13 »
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The younger one's probably remember dad or uncle riding one.

In fact I can only scarcely remember my granddad riding his Steyr-Daimler-Puch 2-stroke, british bikes were as rare as virgins in a brothel here.  *whistle*
I've always been fascinated by old technics and had enough of working on yoghurt cups that by now have reached ranges of performance which I don't consider as healthy for myself anymore.
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Re: Age gap between you and your bike
« Reply #59 on: 22.04. 2010 20:27 »
The Star Twin is 14 years older than me  *smile*