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General Category => Off Topic Lounge => Topic started by: Bob Purton on January 04, 2015, 05:15:16 PM
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Brrrrrrrrr!!! Just returned from doing the moped run from the Orwell yacht club, Ipswich. Very cold indeed! It was not so much a moped run as an ice skating exercise, the main roads were fine but all the puddles in the little country lanes were just iced over and there were many slow speed tumbles. I think I was the first to "get my knee down" literally. No sooner than we left the club house I Just touched the front brake and was chewing tarmac. At least another half dozen followed suit, I could see then flipping in my rear view mirror. Thankfully it was all at a snails pace and no one was hurt. I just have a trouser burn on my knee.
Richard otherwise known as Invacar 70 of this forum was there and he managed to stay upright [despite the drink!] but wasnt filming this time so no embarrassing videos on youtube.
Nigel my pal who I travelled up there with was using his Chinese Monkey bike which broke down twice and had to take the ride of shame on the back of the sweeper Landrover. He had to suffer further humiliation from others making helpful suggestions such as " have you tried a new chop stick?" ;D
Despite the spills great fun was had by all.
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Reminds of why my Dad traded his BSA Bantam for a KR200- got fed up coming off it on the ice. Three wheels good, two wheels bad!
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Agreed in conditions like yesturday but generally disagree totally.
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Wish I could have joined you Bob but no mopeds with MOT right now.
Three are ready.
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Find out next weekend with Schmitt to New Year's meet. Mmm, cold weather. Schmitty has nice heater, with my optional extra heater tubing, toastie. Stuff two wheels in 3 layers plus 'leathers'. Rain, Pah! Probably go wrong, now, won't it?
Is a Scootacar really just a very large crash helmet?
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Lol!!! I guess it is really! ;D
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Omg !! Lol !! Fgs rofl Bob ! How young were these scooterists ? And moped riders 16 ? Have you been mixing it with the kids ? Come come now a crash helmets meant to be a good tight fit , who on earth do we know that could be that tight a fit in a Scootacar ......... ;)
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Wish I could have joined you Bob but no mopeds with MOT right now.
Three are ready.
Damned modern Mopeds - no, no damned Government cut off date! Grumble, mutter, whinge...... Many of us caught out on that one.
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Omg !! Lol !! Fgs rofl Bob ! How young were these scooterists ? And moped riders 16 ? Have you been mixing it with the kids ? Come come now a crash helmets meant to be a good tight fit , who on earth do we know that could be that tight a fit in a Scootacar ......... ;)
Most of them are old boys! I'm quite often the youngest one on these rides. Serious mopedist of East Anglia are tough men! We fall off just for practice! Non of your wooses here.
Now here's a guy who could wear a Scootacar as a helmet!
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Here is a link to some photo's. http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/eventsk/150104.html
I just remembered, the 1980's Honda scooter that has two wheels at the back, bit like the ariel 3 really, lost it on the ice like the rest of us but never fell off, the scooter pirouetted 360 degrees but stayed upright!
Maybe Andy is right, three wheels being better than two!
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MOT next week. I can join you on the next run Bob.
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I was really referring to your use of lol . Please don't !! We have one particular user of this forum who puts enough of lols on for the rest of us put together ;D
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MOT next week. I can join you on the next run Bob.
Show off! Now I will have to buy a Grande prix to overshadow that.
Looks a nice bike, a bit modern but nice!
Look forward to a ride out with you. I think my next one will be the daffodil dash.
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Omg !! Lol !! Fgs rofl Bob ! How young were these scooterists ? And moped riders 16 ? Have you been mixing it with the kids ? Come come now a crash helmets meant to be a good tight fit , who on earth do we know that could be that tight a fit in a Scootacar ......... ;)
Well as I said last time, not enough words, I'm not a mind reader. lol!!
I will stop using that if you stop the OMG!
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OFGS ! yes i promise to
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How do you know I didn't fall of after a drink? I was last to leave and went straight home.
Good guess anyway, I didn't fall off ;D
very cold ride home though. It was sunny as I left Shotly. The fog came in before I got to the Maningtree main road >:(. That's when it got cold. By the time I was back in Colchester I was shaking, so warmed up in the Range for 1/2 hour. It was still warmer than the ride up to Ipswich (hard frost at 8:30 am).
I clocked up about 60 miles and used about 1 litre of fuel. There I was worried that I wouldn't make it on a tank full and carried a spare litre in a can in reserve.
It will grate to see Barrie's Push oops I mean Puch on the road. Maybe he will bring it out to Essex for the res dogs run this year.
I got home and found the Kerry that was on ebay a year ago is back. More reasonable price this time. I am trying to do a deal. It will give you Push boys a run for their money 8)
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Push? Cheeky blighter! :) My little Puch MS50 has never been pushed in its life! ;D It completed the coast 2 coast without missing a beat. The one that did need a push was Nigel's Chinese monkey bike. It concked out again on the way home!
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MOT next week. I can join you on the next run Bob.
Show off! Now I will have to buy a Grande prix to overshadow that.
Looks a nice bike, a bit modern but nice!
Look forward to a ride out with you. I think my next one will be the daffodil dash.
A bit modern? It is nearly as old as you look Bob, nearly 40 :) At least it should go up-hill, unlike the Raleigh Runabout I took out last time.
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What model is that Barry, is it a V50?
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M50 Bob.
In my day it was the sports moped that everyone wanted but was too expensive so only a few around. FS1E was cheaper but never did look like a proper motorbike.
A Mobylette has also arrived :) Not used since 1984 and also ready for MOT
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Rayleigh runabouts, Mobylettes , cant see the fascination but dont tell Richard. ;)
for Mobylettes my spell check just suggested Omlettes! Priceless!
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I was working in Woking today. I drove back via the bike shop, in Greenford, that has the Kerry for sale on ebay.
He sold it yesterday. Gutted would be an understatement GRRRRRR >:( >:( >:(
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Thats a shame. Why not buy a nice Puch instead?
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Puches are easier to find I guess.
I don't really want to settle for second best lol
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Here is a nice Puch (Mini Maxi) and not easy to find - only 6 left on DVLA records.
Hmmmm. Tempted?
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Whats so great about the Kerry Capitano anyway? Looks an ordinary enough moped to me.
btw, my knee has swollen up and I can hardly walk now! :'(
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Looks too modern to me :D Can't get it on my classic insurance.
My mate had a M125. It was a grate machine, but had more cooling fins that a MZ lol.
I'm not sure what went wrong with it, but he did strip the engine down and never put it back together. I still have the gear selector drum some ware. It made me laugh so much he let me keep it .
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You are right there is nothing special about the Kerry. Its just that I had one when I was 15. I was going to put it on the road, but one of my brother's mates talked me into selling it to him for his sister. I regretted not getting on the road with it and now want one again.
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Sorry about your knee. Another draw back of the Puch. The Rayleigh would never have enough braking effect to lock up the front, even on an ice rink ;D ;D ;D
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Ahhh! Nostalgia. I fully understand.
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Nostalgia can be very expensive.
I had a Reliant 30 years ago. Now I have had about 8 in the last few years :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[