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Blinky-FSO

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The Glory Days
12/03/13 at 11:31:33

The Glory Days of British Motorbikes

I found this BBC production on Youtube in four parts. If you have a soft spot for Norton, Brough, Vincent, BSA, or Triumph bikes, it is an hour well spent. I especially like a quote in Part 1. "On a motorbike, you can put the world to rights."

If you don't watch it all, at least watch Part 4 starting at the 12:10 mark where you will see a very young Serowbot in his very first BBC interview.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGeXjHU0ZHE
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI0KKP7heKo
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjTHCheQqT8
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akkhZmjTyVY

Good hunting

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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #1 - 12/03/13 at 14:28:09 Great videos. Thanks for posting the links.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #2 - 12/03/13 at 15:29:58 My depth has no bounds... ...
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #3 - 12/03/13 at 16:15:42 How's the hair holding up?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #4 - 12/03/13 at 17:02:52 My hair has no bounds either... ...
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #5 - 12/03/13 at 18:20:23 Serowbot wrote on 12/03/13 at 17:02:52: My hair has no bounds either... ... Great.....Glad to know you aren't "all bound up"!
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10666 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: The Glory Days Reply #6 - 12/04/13 at 03:24:00 BOT ... dude ... very curly hair and baby soft skin of youth ? ? Is that really you ? What year was that ? How old were you ? I enjoyed the look into the culture of the time; very interesting.
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Re: The Glory Days
Reply #7 - 12/04/13 at 08:42:42

Naaa, that's not really me... Blinky's just funnin'...
I doubt I was born yet...

Fun and interesting video though...
I love that "ton up" "Ace cafe" period...

I even have a white silk scarf....(they're actually very practical, they're very thin, pack up very small, yet block wind better than anything) Wink

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If I had been asked such a dumb question,.. I might have answered something similar...
Huh

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Ludicrous Speed !... ... Huh

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Re: The Glory Days
Reply #8 - 12/05/13 at 13:28:16

When I was a young feller-me-bloke I never imagined that one day that greasy old cafe would be famous and the subject of documentaries. I wasn't scared to ride past the Ace as I had an Ariel Square Four, a real bike. Scooter riders were chased. The spoons on the tables for sugar were on chains and the tables screwed to the floor. I was n't ever quite sure what I was - I used to go to Eel Pie Island for jazz and R&B , but they had a sign saying "No Rockers or Greasers" . So I went on the bus, because in biker gear you weren't allowed in. They even did a documentary about "The Island" , which is now long gone.
And the bands around that area at that time - The Who, Rolling Stones, all before they were famous.

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