Things You Don't See Very Often.

[Harry's Lad]

A Honda C50/70/90. These things used to be everywhere but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

4 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Someone cycle past you in Liverpool on both wheels 

With lights on.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

34 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

A Honda C50/70/90. These things used to be everywhere but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

 

When I was a kid we always used to laugh at what we called (with a degree of cultural sensitivity typical of the time) "Jap crap", while marvelling over Norton's and Triumphs.

 

I think it's fair to say that the people in charge of Honda had a better idea of the needs of a global market than I did.

[Evelyn Tentions]

21 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

A Honda C50/70/90. These things used to be everywhere but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

 

That's because they're all over here. Fucking millions of them. Farmers bikes

[Captain Willard]

39 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

A Honda C50/70/90. These things used to be everywhere but I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road.

 

I had one of those in orange

[Harry's Lad]

1 minute ago, Captain Willard said:

I had one of those in orange

They're collectors pieces now changing hands for stupid money. 

[Raymond Duck]

1 hour ago, Iceman said:

Great thread. 

 

The once commonplace comb-over. A staple of men's fashion for decades, now just a distant memory. Made for some great weather induced comedy moments. 

 

 

 

 

A guy in our building had what I can only describe as a Double walnut whip, one at the front and one at the back.

 

Outstanding. 

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

3 minutes ago, paddyberger said:

A guy in our building had what I can only describe as a Double walnut whip, one at the front and one at the back.

 

Outstanding. 

 

 

We used to have a fork lift truck driver who was bald as a coot except for at the nape of his neck which he would comb forward to form a fringe which he obviously laquered.

 

We had these big blowers every few stanchions apart, so when he approached them his hair would lift up like it was on a hinge. 

I near pissed myself when I first saw it.

 

We used to have grey woollen protective gloves and one time when he drove past some lads had laid them on their heads like his hair to take the piss.

Cruel, but funny as fuck.

[Iceman]

14 minutes ago, paddyberger said:

A guy in our building had what I can only describe as a Double walnut whip, one at the front and one at the back.

 

Outstanding. 

 

 

Superb. 

 

The Double walnut whip. 

 

 

 

Behold the 3 Card Monty. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

Just now, Iceman said:

Superb. 

 

The Double walnut whip. 

 

 

 

Behold the 3 Card Monty. 

 

 

 

 

 

It looks like a fucking barcode.

[Iceman]

5 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

We used to have a fork lift truck driver who was bald as a coot except for at the nape of his neck which he would comb forward to form a fringe which he obviously laquered.

 

We had these big blowers every few stanchions apart, so when he approached them his hair would lift up like it was on a hinge. 

I near pissed myself when I first saw it.

 

We used to have grey woollen protective gloves and one time when he drove past some lads had laid them on their heads like his hair to take the piss.

Cruel, but funny as fuck.

 

 

[Iceman]

2 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

It looks like a fucking barcode.

Like his head has turned into a nest for an Ostrich egg. 

[Captain Willard]

56 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

They're collectors pieces now changing hands for stupid money. 

There’s a lot of middle aged blokes trying to recreate their youth. Chap I worked with spent £1000s restoring an old Honda125. Complete waste of money 

 

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

1 minute ago, Captain Willard said:

There’s a lot of middle aged blokes trying to recreate their youth. Chap I worked with spent £1000s restoring an old Honda125. Complete waste of money 

 

 

 

The Yamaha two strokes are where it's at. I've seen adverts for Fizzy's upwards of 8 grand.

[Captain Willard]

40 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

The Yamaha two strokes are where it's at. I've seen adverts for Fizzy's upwards of 8 grand.

£8k for a Fizzy, just insane. 

[sir roger]

Used to know a chap who made a decent living just sourcing parts for one specific , obscure East German motorbike type called an MZ . Rum lot you bikers.

[Boss]

Electrical Repair shops. Nowadays, you're fucked if something breaks and it's not under warranty. There are no electrical savants anymore that can fix anything electronic. Everyone specialises in one thing and companies are hell-bent on not showing you how their product works. 

[sir roger]

3 minutes ago, Boss said:

Electrical Repair shops. Nowadays, you're fucked if something breaks and it's not under warranty. There are no electrical savants anymore that can fix anything electronic. 

More money in unblocking stolen phones

[Shitty Arse]

A BMW driver used their indicators the other day whilst driving in front of me. 

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Shitty Arse said:

A BMW driver used their indicators the other day whilst driving in front of me. 

That was just his BMW badge indicating that he was a cunt 

[Harry's Lad]

23 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Used to know a chap who made a decent living just sourcing parts for one specific , obscure East German motorbike type called an MZ . Rum lot you bikers.

I bought one of them, a TS 125 with 1700 km on the clockfor £25 in the mid eighties that had been stood for a couple of years. Cleaned the carb, changed the fuel, charged the battery and it started 2nd kick.

Awful bike though, swapped it for an old Suzuki.

 

[Captain Willard]

Semi colons ; 

[Captain Willard]

1 hour ago, Boss said:

Electrical Repair shops. Nowadays, you're fucked if something breaks and it's not under warranty. There are no electrical savants anymore that can fix anything electronic. Everyone specialises in one thing and companies are hell-bent on not showing you how their product works. 

There’s a local charity in Epsom that does a free walk in repair service for small electrical items every Saturday. Old retired blokes who know how to solder stuff and change fuses. You give a donation to local charities. Great idea.