Avoiding the Royal Wedding

[Bijou Bob]

FS 50e, my girlfriends brother had one with an expansion pipe on it, I could hear him coming from 4 streets away...............which was just as well One of them in mint nick went for 5 grand on e bay recently!

SV650 still a bit too bent over for me. Was looking at a GS1200 today, but I've not got a beard and I'm well under 50, so perhaps not. Triumph Tiger's looking good.

[TANGODANCER]

Back in the day, AJS and Matchless were both 350's and both cracking bikes.







This was my first two wheeled venture, a Bond electric start scooter. A magnificent 55 mph (downhill with a following wind) it had the balance of a dolly tub, the wind resistance of a Sherman tank and the brake power of a bath tub on the Cresta Run. . This is the beast of my famous pouring rain experience, where I set off valiently in my newly aquired googles given to me by a workmate a couple of days after I got it. Nearly crashed before I realised they were welders goggles with mesh tops and I was seeing everything through half an inch of water..

[Dujon]

This is the one and only motorised two-wheeler I have ever ridden. It was my sister's, who used it for commuting. I was permitted to run it around the block on a few occasions, just for the heck of it. 30mph without helmet, goggles or other protective clothing made the poor old thing make me feel like Mike Hailwood barrelling around the Isle of Man. It must be said though that it's hardly the right bit of gear on which to make an escape from the brouhaha of the royal wedding.

[Wandering Willy]

Still a bit pricey for what it is.

[Prufrock]

Paris. Going hopefully Thursday, maybe Friday. Place de la Concorde on the Friday (for reasons those au fait with French History will understand) and then the awesome May Day march on the Monday.

[Lord Kangana]

You like fast jets?

[Prufrock]

Especially ones that are a bit crash-y.

[Raven]

You can mock but I had one of those very things when I was 16. Puch Maxi-S. Painted with purple Hammerite. Dunno what the S stood for but it definitely wasn't Sports.

Fckin peddling to get the thing going outside Bolton College to the amusement of the whole bus stop. And I wonder why I wasn't more popular with the ladies back then.

You should have got a Suzuki AP50 with fixed pedals, no restriction on power on those bad boys

FS1E (Purple one) the doggies,

My AP50 ate them for dinner, it too had one of those noisy expansion pipes and previous owner had fiddled with the engine and it was quick for a tiny thing, changed it for an RD125DX Twin again unrestricted, spent silly money on that lad and it kept up with 250cc jobbies, got bored with getting wet and changed to and Austin A35

[TANGODANCER]

got bored with getting wet and changed to and Austin A35

That struck a chord. Used to work with a chap who had an MG sports car (the old variety. Flat cap, yellow scarf and driving gloves and all that). One day he turned up in said Austin A35 and when asked why replied " I just got fed up of getting wet and freezing to death".

[William the White]

For Tango - who will enjoy this glimpse into Cordoba's May festival (with its religious origins) and the general so he learns what a patio should look like and gets going on that disgrace he posted earlier...

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[TANGODANCER]

For Tango - who will enjoy this glimpse into Cordoba's May festival (with its religious origins) and the general so he learns what a patio should look like and gets going on that disgrace he posted earlier...

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Cheers WTW. Not done Cordoba but seen much the same in Sevilla, Granada,Ronda and the White Villages etc. Lovely stuff.

[thebish]

oops...

[Prufrock]

nice person

[thebish]

tw*t

eh?

[Gary the Enfield]

oops...

Like father like son.

[Prufrock]

tw*t

eh?

My bad, didnt spot the mistake!

[thebish]

tw*t

eh?

My bad, didnt spot the mistake!

TW@T!

[Prufrock]

Though you were just being a cock and sticking a photo of the happy couple in the thread avoiding them!

Turns out I was the cock.

[Raven]

Bloody nora, got home last night after walking the dog and there was a leaflet stuck through the letter box, one of my neighbours is only trying to arrange a street party on the big day and wants to know who would be interested in helping etc.

Anyone got a huge amp that goes up to 11 so I can blast them with God Save the Queen all day (the Sex Pistols version)

Might do the same tonight and post leaflets about avoiding it and going to a very remote field all day

[Lofthouse Lower]

Work sent this round =

PS There appears to be a bit of confusion as to whether the Royal Wedding day (29th April ) is a bank holiday or not. It is, so there is a firm wide holiday on that day. Any Republicans are however more than welcome to stand by their principles and come in to work !!!!!!

Bet if I worked from home or came in that I wouldn't get a day in lieu later in the year