A Confession

[ddragon63]

Hi Don,
I'm sure James will be reading my post in the raucus Bristolian accent it was typed in and will fully understand it's meaning.
FYI, the nearest American translation is "Dressed up like a hooker when the fleet's in port " but no English gentleman would say that to another.

LOL... I see! Fred you get your lights yet?

[fredintoon]

Whattttttt????? the words are typed in English but the dialect is nothing recognized.... must be something lost in the translation from Canadian English to British English read by an American

Hi Don,
I'm sure James will be reading my post in the raucus Bristolian accent it was typed in and will fully understand it's meaning.
FYI, the nearest American translation is "Dressed up like a hooker when the fleet's in port " but no English gentleman would say that to another.

[ddragon63]

It's tarting it up like a Debutante going to meet the Queen that's made it too pretty to be seen with the likes of you.

Whattttttt????? the words are typed in English but the dialect is nothing recognized.... must be something lost in the translation from Canadian English to British English read by an American

[fredintoon]

"Nonsense" I thought and did loads of things to the bike that were well beyond the strictly necessary (eg Geezer rectifier, Dyna coils etc) because I thought I'd keep the bike forever. Then it's too nice for me to use.

Hi James,
the rectifier and coils were necessary upgrades to keep the bike running.
It's tarting it up like a Debutante going to meet the Queen that's made it too pretty to be seen with the likes of you.

[DGXSER]

I say we let you hang about if only for the charm of that "Limey Accent". But of course your thoughts will be meaningless until you regain your sanity and ownership of the only true bike ever made!

The person responsible for the above post has just been sacked....the people responsible for the continuation of this post after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been
sacked. (closest I could come to true british humor).

[ViperRon]

Wow this is a lot like the captian abandoning his ship. You have given up willing to start from scratch. You have resigned your commision. You worked so hard for the title GURU and now you have demoted yourself to XSLESS

[3Phase]

1979 Standard

Never broke down while riding! Available for export!

Good frame with complete electrical harness, engine and wheels!

No title/V5 but only missing seat, lights, signals, side covers, brakes, clocks and petrol tank!

Opportunity of lifetime! Much cheepness!

[BA80]

You should know by now James that if it has 2 wheels and an engine your welcome here.

Just don't spend TOO much time out of the loop.

[cywelchjr]

That's great! Were you OK? No permanent injuries?

Here's a dilemma..... I crashed (came off in the wet going too fast) my Norton Commando... with my girlfriend on the back. The bike skidded off and spun down the road. The girlfriend bounced along the road but ended up quite a way from the bike. I ended up in the middle of them! What do you think I did first?

I'm guessing you went the wrong way, for the bike first?

I'm doing ok, getting treatment, combination of the guy who hit me's insurance, my underinsured coverage and my medical insurance appears to have covered everything. My insurance co covered the damage to the bike very well actually. They had a tow truck out while I was still in the ER to transport the bike to my house (part of my roadside assistance), BTW, while I was in the ambulance on the way to the ER I had them call my wife, so she was notified first.

They had an adjuster here on the following friday (accident was on monday) to look at the bike. I had already looked up prices for parts to fix the damage and had an idea of what it would cost, and have 100 deductible on my full coverage (yep I have full coverage on my 30 year old bike, based on agreed value of $1700), and he looked at the bike actually found a couple things damaged I had missed, got online in his little progressive insurance truck (one of our carriers here) and looked up prices (ebay, bike bandit etc) and actually came up with a little more than I did and handed me a check, and even figured out a way so I didn't have to pay the deductible either. And then I had forgotten about my helmet and he reminded me, I showed it to him, he looked it up and gave me a check for a replacement helmet on the spot.

Got everything fixed and working, had to replace my highway pegs with case protectors (2 point, that was all I could find) plus highway pegs (thanks schming) on them cause I couldn't find replacement highway pegs like I did and mine snapped off when the guy hit me and knocked me down.

[mack]

Yep

When this LH is done, I'm going clock a lot of miles on it riding around looking for an E myself. I'm not going to be fussy, a cheap barn find will do nicely as long as the frame isn't bent.

[ddragon63]

boooo... get out of here ya bumm! JK Good luck on your hunt for your next one. you usually give me decent advice, so you may stay sir!

As for the riding too nice of a bike in fear of damaging it... I ride my fathers bike! That I grew up riding on the gas tank of! If I can throw a leg over it and twist the throttle NO ONE should be scared to ride anything thats been Resto'd

[James England]

Look forward to another new member and hope he appreciates your old ride. Unfortunately James these bikes don't appear to be a hobby, but rather a sickness and I fear you already carry the bug.

Yeah... like a chronic illness... never cured, always there, treatable but not actually curable! I'm on the prowl for another E already.....

[James England]

Let me guess.... she soon became an ex-girlfriend?

How accurate. I actually got up off the road (minus one trouser leg) and staggered over to the bike and found it was, miraculously virtually unscathed (it had a hefty fairing). Then, pretending to be dazed and disorientated, I checked on the girlfriend. At the subsequent analysis/Spanish Inquisition, I justified my going to the bike first as due to my concern about a possible leak from the fuel tank and how it might have caught fire and burned her. It didn't wash, of course......

[mack]

Sickness

Look forward to another new member and hope he appreciates your old ride. Unfortunately James these bikes don't appear to be a hobby, but rather a sickness and I fear you already carry the bug.

[crazy steve]

Here's a dilemma..... I crashed (came off in the wet going too fast) my Norton Commando... with my girlfriend on the back. The bike skidded off and spun down the road. The girlfriend bounced along the road but ended up quite a way from the bike. I ended up in the middle of them! What do you think I did first?

Let me guess.... she soon became an ex-girlfriend?