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08-21-2012, 12:28 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Brackney,PA
Oddometer: 371
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Lucas the Prince of Darkness strikes again with this sweet TR6C Hi Pipe Scrambler. Hopefully Metro Danika will show up and get things straightened out
 
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08-25-2012, 03:06 AM
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n00b
Joined: Nov 2010
Oddometer: 6
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My Commandos
Fell in love with a Norton Commando when I was 13, saw it in a mag my uncle gave me. Few years later I picked an exact copy of the one I saw in the photos. Black with gold striping, 1972 Combat.
It dropped a valve one day, destroyed the engine and broke my heart. Didn't have the money to fix it at the time. Sold a it to a friend a few years later, who has since done an excellent restoration, you can check it out at his website www.reproductiondecals.com Here I am, many years ago, on my pride and joy  Have since moved to Australia from Canada. Picked up another Commando, this time a 1971 with a Fireflake Golden Bronze paint job. Am loving it and have vowed never to make the mistake of letting it go again.  At Myponga resevoir in South Australia with my mates Commando  My other Brit ride is a 1956 Bantam but can't find a photo right now. She's rough, been used at a trials machine for years, but a good solid bike. |
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08-25-2012, 03:50 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Northeast CT
Oddometer: 345
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My 1965 SS 650 looked like this when I got it in April, but the engine was very worn w/ blown head gasket, a cracked piston and worn rod bearings.
  I'm just picked up the last of the internal engine parts I need, and ready to begin reassembly of the crankshaft Lots of work ahead, but am enjoying the process. 
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08-25-2012, 08:31 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Oddometer: 1,987
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Almost sold it a couple times and often wished it was a black or candy apple red example...but the colour has grown on me and has become one of it's defining characteristics for those who have known the bike over the years! The bike is original and going back on the road shortly after an eight year hiatus. A full service on it replaced the primary chain, battery, coils and high tension leads, plus a few cables and springs. 
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08-25-2012, 10:51 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire. England
Oddometer: 3,733
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Norton Manxman? Just reading Burt Hopwoods account of it.
Looking forward to seeing more of your photographs as the project moves along  Quote:
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08-25-2012, 10:55 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire. England
Oddometer: 3,733
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Thats a lovely colour machine and makes a real chance from the regular Black/Camdy apple/Silver bikes.
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08-26-2012, 10:18 AM
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roost maker
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Frosbite Falls
Oddometer: 1,145
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08-27-2012, 12:57 AM
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Joined: Nov 2010
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08-29-2012, 09:27 AM
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roost maker
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Frosbite Falls
Oddometer: 1,145
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Vintage Trials
Former World Trials Champion Mick Andrews (Triumph mounted) back at the Ormstown Vintage Off-Road festival last weekend in Quebec.
  
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09-01-2012, 08:32 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Oddometer: 1,987
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09-01-2012, 09:51 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire. England
Oddometer: 3,733
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09-01-2012, 09:56 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire. England
Oddometer: 3,733
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I'm a freelance Engineer. recently being doing work for a company, one of the directors owns this beautiful Trident T160 - he's had it for years along with a stunning original Hyde Harrier
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09-01-2012, 07:49 PM
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The Journey is the Reward
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: North East USA
Oddometer: 5,067
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09-02-2012, 06:30 AM
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Conundrum
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: New Hampshires Militant Hippy
Oddometer: 35,192
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A vintage Brit on a Vintage Brit - John Surtees ... just in case anyone didn't know.
 Wish I could find the clip from the movie "Faster" where Kenny Roberts tells everyone he invented dragging the knee
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09-02-2012, 03:30 PM
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Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2010
Location: Northampton UK
Oddometer: 42
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UK bike magazine Performance Bike's editor, Mark Forsyth, showing off for a mag photoshoot. It doesn't even look like John Surtees!!
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