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Well, almost! Partly parts made in Taiwan and built in Hinkley, UK.Wow, a non-Japanese motorbike ... it is isn't it?
Remember the Tiger Cub with much affection
I've owned more bikes than cameras
Learnt to ride on a Triumph Tiger 500 around the lake in Portishead - private road. My first bike was a Royal Enfield 250 Clipper (tourer version of the GT), followed by a RE 350 Bullet, Suzuki T500R, Suzuki RE5, Suzuki 750, Laverda Jota, Norton Commando 850 Interstate and finally RE 750 Interceptor - which I still own.
I've owned more bikes than cameras
I've owned more bikes than cameras
So, roughly how many is that then Steve..?
I saved from the age of 6 to get my first bike, a BSA Bantam 125 when I hit 8. I had a few more, including a Tiger Cub then got a Matchless with sidecar aged 10. Trouble with that was that I couldn't kickstart it, and I forgot it had a sidecar when I rode over a flat bridge over a river and it toppled over into the river where it stayed for many months. I went on to do schoolboy scrambles on George Todd tuned Bantams alongside people like Graham Noyce and Perry Leask who were always way better than me and had Bultaco's or whatever..
I had one of the early Triumph Tigers from Hinkley alongside a Suzuki Bandit 1200 (and a CCM that was vaguely road legal that lived in the sitting room where it was fired up most evenings for the fun of it) and met my wife when in hospital having been knocked off a Yamaha 600 by a drunk. At the last count I was up to 41 bikes. Despite my first SLR being a Chinon (a Dixon's special) I doubt I have had more than 20 cameras. Must make amends...!
Oooooooaaaaaaahhh Ive gone all moist!Velocette 350 MAC-Fishtail silencer and all,what a noise. Drop a cog open her up and SMILE!
eddie
That'll be you "getting in touch with your feminine side"!
Steve, when you built the Interceptor, did it qualify as a brand new bike?
That'll be you "getting in touch with your feminine side"!
Steve, when you built the Interceptor, did it qualify as a brand new bike?