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| Knickers; Is Truth stranger than fiction? | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 7 2010, 09:46 PM (239 Views) | |
| owdbiker | Jul 7 2010, 09:46 PM Post #1 |
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When I was 14 I had a Francis Barnett which had a nasty habit of firing before the kickstart was fully down.On one occasion this happened,which caused me to overbalance and put my foot through me dad's coldframe.On hearing the noise he shot out the back door,tripped over the dog and grabbed the pole propping up the washing.This stretched the line to breaking point which then catapulted me sister's knickers over the panel fence into the neighbour's garden.To this day they never figured out how their ornimental lion ended up with a pair of frillies in its mouth.Now this story may or may not be true.What do YOU think?(I'll post the answer next week.) |
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| andy-750 | Jul 8 2010, 12:07 AM Post #2 |
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don't care if its true its funny anyway but its so absurd it may werll be true |
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| RedRock | Jul 12 2010, 09:00 PM Post #3 |
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 That was funny, What I want to know is was the Fanny B a 197cc Falcon?
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| owdbiker | Jul 18 2010, 08:14 AM Post #4 |
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Hi Andy/Redrock. Andy first:The bit about the kickstart happened,but sadly no coldframe or anything else!Glad it gave you a giggle tho'.Have you got to the Ponderosa yet?Redrock:Thanks for replying;All I can remember about the bike is that it had an alloy flat 'racing head' and barrel and was a 197cc Villiers with a very rattley bigend!It stood 12 months of being screwed through all of its 3 gears up a(semi)disused railtrack 'til I sold it.I did hear that the gearbox seized on the poor chap on the second day of ownership! |
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| Dick Scratcher | Jul 18 2010, 03:50 PM Post #5 |
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On the theme of old British two-strokes, a bloke I used to know was riding his ring-dinger up Pride Hill (years before it was pedestrianised) in Shrewsbury behind a double-decker bus when the traffic came to a standstill. He was in gear holding the clutch lever in anticipating a brief halt which turned out not to be brief at all. As was not uncommon in those days the cluch began to overheat and the bike started moving forwards. He was now unable to move the gearlever to get to 'neutral'. The front wheel was now mounting the loading/unloading platform on therear corner of the bus. The bus conductor had just told him "If you bring that thing any further on my bus you'll have to buy a ticket for you and it" when the traffic eased and the bus drew away leaving this bloke mighty relieved and being able to find 'neutral' and stop to mop his brow. Clutches overheating is something rarely heard of these days, progress does have it's advantages. |
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| owdbiker | Jul 22 2010, 09:50 PM Post #6 |
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I had a similar experience with a James Captain:revving the engine to drop down a gear on an approach to a junction on a bend saw me sail merrily across as the clutch adjustment screw had vibrated itself in!Ah happy days when every ride was an adventure-oh I don't know though! |
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