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Offline TRIPLET

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hello!
« on: 11.02. 2009 13:03 »
   hi everybody,pleased to have found this forum.i am 57 years old and recently returned to biking after nearly 30 years and have recently bought a 1958 BSA A10 Rocket which has been rebuilt as a RGS replica.am in the process of having a small garage being built in my backyard and on completion will go and pick the bike up,around two weeks.will post some pics when i get the bike.i originally wanted a Goldie but the prices they are commanding put an end to that!,but now happy that i have got an RGS copy at less than half the price of a rough Goldie!
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Offline tombeau

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Re: hello!
« Reply #1 on: 11.02. 2009 13:47 »
Hi Triplet,

Welcome. An a10 and a new garage, you're a lucky man!
There's lots of good advice to be had here.
Please post some pictures once you get the bike home.

Cheers,
iain
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« Reply #2 on: 11.02. 2009 14:34 »
Triplet,

Welcome, and glad that you found the forum. At this point, it would be hard to believe that there is a better place for A7/10 owners and enthusiasts to get information and share stories and photos (for which there is a certain lust, so we look forward to seeing that RGS). As long as I'm talking forum here, it is worth knowing that the whole effort in starting it and keeping it going is thanks to our administrator, Erling, in western Norway.

So, I think 57 puts you about in the middle of the pack around here. I'm 61 and have owned the same A10 since 1973.("Richard's 55...", on the second page of "Bikes and Pictures."

Just curious, if you care to say, whereabouts are you located? As for myself, Chicago.

Richard L.
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« Reply #3 on: 11.02. 2009 14:36 »
Welcome back to motorcycling Triplet and such an excellent choice of bike to come back to! Do stick around with us as it's likely you'll be needing a few tips to ween the bike in.

Take care out there riding as the roads aint the same as they were thirty years ago. Let's just hope for some Sunshine on your first ride, and do give us a report on that first run eh?  All the best.

Cheers... LJ.
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Re: hello!
« Reply #4 on: 11.02. 2009 15:39 »
Quote from: manosound on 11.02. 2009 14:34

Just curious, if you care to say, whereabouts are you located? As for myself, Chicago.

Richard L.

Since he said he's building a "garage" in his back "yard" rather than a "shed" in his back "garden", I'm guessing USA at a minimum.

Now WHERE exactly is another matter.  Anywhere close to anyone else on the list, Triplet?  Central Virginia for me ...

Lannis
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« Reply #5 on: 11.02. 2009 16:31 »
Welcome to the forum. Location? I'd guess beautiful Yorkshire Dales is not too far away ?
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« Reply #6 on: 11.02. 2009 16:42 »
Quote from: administer on 11.02. 2009 16:31
Welcome to the forum. Location? I'd guess beautiful Yorkshire Dales is not too far away ?
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     yes you are correct!,i live in Colne,Lancashire U.K. which is almost on the Yorkshire border and about 12 miles from Skipton which has always been referred to as "the gateway to the Dales"
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« Reply #7 on: 11.02. 2009 20:45 »
Triplet -

I always thought you were supposed to say "garden" and "shed", not "yard" and "garage".  Are you SURE you're in the UK? *smile*

We were sort of in your neck of the woods last year, we came over to Kent and rode up to Liverpool and over the Isle of Man, then back to Liverpool, and I don't know the exact roads and it was late at night and raining and I was two-up on a '61 BSA, but I remember Bolton and Bury and Shipley and Boston Spa and Tadcaster one night, then we camped.  Then we were all over the North Moors and the Yorkshire Dales for a couple days.

It was lovely.  The people were great, the scenery was beautiful, the pubs were incredibly old and neat and had good food, and we had a good time, hope to do it again some day.

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« Reply #8 on: 12.02. 2009 17:06 »
Quote from: Lannis on 11.02. 2009 20:45
Triplet -

I always thought you were supposed to say "garden" and "shed", not "yard" and "garage".  Are you SURE you're in the UK? *smile*
Lannis

Well if it's paved it's probably a yard. Could be Lancs lingo for a garden though.  Hi Triplet.
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« Reply #9 on: 13.02. 2009 17:32 »
Back yard is indeed the garden at the rear of the property.
Shed made of wood, garage made of brick (or similar) or at least it always has been in Manchester (where I'm from)
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Hello and welcome
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« Reply #10 on: 14.02. 2009 12:20 »
Quote from: stratcat on 13.02. 2009 17:32
Back yard is indeed the garden at the rear of the property.
Shed made of wood, garage made of brick (or similar) or at least it always has been in Manchester (where I'm from)
 *smile*

Hello and welcome

 you are bang on there!,i only live about 40 minutes drive from Manchester and in a terraced house.my bike garage is only small(or will be when finished in about one week) with just enough room to keep the bike in but i will put a de-humidifier and small oil radiator in it so the bike should be nice and cosy!
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