Snobs on Triumphs.

[Big Dave]

We all grow up ...

I could only afford 2nd hand Japanese machines at first.

We had one pal on a CB400 who was always worried about being 'mobbied'. You wonder how much of it all was bar talk too.

[Paul in NZ]

Some mischief intended for you - yes PAul - however - I do know Meriden owners who were complete arses about the Hickleys at first. Irrational and emotional. Some of them now ride Rocket IIIs and most of them own both.

All Bloor did was protect his IP and distance his product from the lemons that rolled out of the end of Meriden. I know how bad they were - I owned one. Loved it when it went, but it felt like it took all week to get ready for a weekend's worth.

Once the 'separation' was achieved - then they went all Steve McQueen and I've always thought that was a bit sus, though I'd like a new Trailmaster Jacket. Bad.

I like this little factoid - for a measure of 'greatness', Hinckley now make more bikes per annum than Meriden did at its zenith.

Oh I know I was being wound up and really I'm not bothered at all.

It was not the protection of the IP but the prevention of people making parts to keep the old bikes going that hurt. Sure it was beat up in the media at the time and really I didn't much care because I couldn't afford new bits anyway.

In all honesty I'm just so over the whole Triumph thing now and I'm getting to the point where I just don't want to ride any of my bikes (especially the triumph) around other people. If there are old bike guys present a queue forms to tell me I'm a dickhead as I've got the wrong grab rail and most of the nuts and bolts are not original and if its with new bike guys I'm a dickhead that slows everyone down and polishes my shitty old bike too much (assuming that they even realise it IS old) and... argh...

The snobbery does exist and it fair does my head in - I already know I'm a bloody dickhead ffs, I'm married with 3 daughters, I'm reminded constantly.... I mean it's not like I seek people out and start telling them about stuff - they ask me first which has got to be odd, after all I even LOOK like a dickhead ffs... Maybe I should get a tee shirt...

I used to love the whole era post war and how the changes in the bikes reflected the changing nature of society but its all been a bit frustrating lately.

Anyway - the dried frog pills are wearing off, time to climb back under my rock...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Or maybe that Dunedin is just entering the 60's.

dumb statement... Just cause I am in Dunedin now... Spent 15 years in da norf island riding and touring and experiencing life...

Even drank that shit they called beer back then.. lion red

[Big Dave]

Yea mate - my teacups got bigger than those storms a decade ago.

[Big Dave]

dumb statement... Just cause I am in Dunedin now... Spent 15 years in da norf island riding and touring and experiencing life...

Even drank that shit they called beer back then.. lion red

Yeah - I spent a week in Dunedin one afternoon too. Would have stayed longer but it was closed.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Oh I know I was being wound up and really I'm not bothered at all.

It was not the protection of the IP but the prevention of people making parts to keep the old bikes going that hurt. Sure it was beat up in the media at the time and really I didn't much care because I couldn't afford new bits anyway.

In all honesty I'm just so over the whole Triumph thing now and I'm getting to the point where I just don't want to ride any of my bikes (especially the triumph) around other people. If there are old bike guys present a queue forms to tell me I'm a dickhead as I've got the wrong grab rail and most of the nuts and bolts are not original and if its with new bike guys I'm a dickhead that slows everyone down and polishes my shitty old bike too much (assuming that they even realise it IS old) and... argh...

The snobbery does exist and it fair does my head in - I already know I'm a bloody dickhead ffs, I'm married with 3 daughters, I'm reminded constantly.... I mean it's not like I seek people out and start telling them about stuff - they ask me first which has got to be odd, after all I even LOOK like a dickhead ffs... Maybe I should get a tee shirt...

I used to love the whole era post war and how the changes in the bikes reflected the changing nature of society but its all been a bit frustrating lately.

Anyway - the dried frog pills are wearing off, time to climb back under my rock...

www.davidcohen.co.nz

get me one while you're there

[Brian d marge]

Oh I know I was being wound up and really I'm not bothered at all.

It was not the protection of the IP but the prevention of people making parts to keep the old bikes going that hurt. Sure it was beat up in the media at the time and really I didn't much care because I couldn't afford new bits anyway.

In all honesty I'm just so over the whole Triumph thing now and I'm getting to the point where I just don't want to ride any of my bikes (especially the triumph) around other people. If there are old bike guys present a queue forms to tell me I'm a dickhead as I've got the wrong grab rail and most of the nuts and bolts are not original and if its with new bike guys I'm a dickhead that slows everyone down and polishes my shitty old bike too much (assuming that they even realise it IS old) and... argh...

The snobbery does exist and it fair does my head in - I already know I'm a bloody dickhead ffs, I'm married with 3 daughters, I'm reminded constantly.... I mean it's not like I seek people out and start telling them about stuff - they ask me first which has got to be odd, after all I even LOOK like a dickhead ffs... Maybe I should get a tee shirt...

I used to love the whole era post war and how the changes in the bikes reflected the changing nature of society but its all been a bit frustrating lately.

Anyway - the dried frog pills are wearing off, time to climb back under my rock...

tell ya ride an Enfield , They were originally made in England , then OMG an INDIAN person started to make them , ( never ride one of those , not British you see)
Now the Indian person has invested in a whopping great factory and produces a dam good modern bike that looks old
Can you imagine the trouble some people have with this ,,,,
Stand round at a swap meet and you will more and likely hear , oh I HAD one of those , but this one doesn't have the correct points cover ( they most likey will be looking at an electra which is a modern bike )

who cares

its somebodys bike which they like very much , ( except Harley and sukiyakis and ,,,,,because they are hard to like ,,,,)
So in a nut shell I too have experienced these onerous creatures,.. bought an enfield and am as happy as a pig in shit bombing around the place ( also i am over here and Anoraks don't really exits here , well they do , and they are even more anal , but they don't mingle much )

In fact we need a sticker, big arrow pointing to a washer , with the slogan , this is incorrect for this model

Stephen

Founding member of the Misuse of Motorcycles Society

[Maha]

This whole biker thing is not Girl Guides or Cub Scouts.
Is there a book on Biker Attitudes and Etiquette.... somewhere?

Would it make you feel loved and wanted and part of some fictious fratunity if someone else wearing leather spoke to you? (see how camp that sounds?)

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Yeah - I spent a week in Dunedin one afternoon too. Would have stayed longer but it was closed.

That probably was back in the 60's

[avgas]

We had one pal on a CB400 who was always worried about being 'mobbied'. You wonder how much of it all was bar talk too.

About 90% BS I have found. Have ridden with various 'groups' in my short bike lifetime. Found the "Big badasses" on classics, were fucking useless riders, and did not know what part of the engine pushed the bike forward (FYI its not the exhaust).
On GB number 2 the "Norton Riders Annon" would come up asking if it was a Manx.......clearly they did not know their own Marquee let alone others.

I have come to the conclusion that the world is full of morons - some of whom have money to fritter away on re-buying their youth, in original oil leaking, plug fouling nostalgia. If a Viagra gives your boner new life, a 70' Commando/Bonnie/Tiger..... must supersize the ego also.

[Big Dave]

That's too harsh. For some it's hobby or therapy. Also depends on a lot of other influences.

The capability of your workshop, and the size of your mortgage etc etc.

It's like people buying Harleys credited to a middle age crisis - when in fact it's anything but a crisis - it's reaching a stage in life where nice things are more affordable.

And face it - there's more common ground with and old bike nut than someone inside watching CSI Bugtussle.

[Big Dave]

That probably was back in the 60's

Actually I think it's a nice place - too cold for Aussie blood though.

[Brian d marge]

This whole biker thing is not Girl Guides or Cub Scouts.
Is there a book on Biker Attitudes and Etiquette.... somewhere?

Would it make you feel loved and wanted and part of some fictious fratunity if someone else wearing leather spoke to you? (see how camp that sounds?)

I would have thought basic common sense and kindness would have covered that

Stephen

[HenryDorsetCase]

This whole biker thing is not Girl Guides or Cub Scouts.
Is there a book on Biker Attitudes and Etiquette.... somewhere?

Would it make you feel loved and wanted and part of some fictious fratunity if someone else wearing leather spoke to you? (see how camp that sounds?)

last time that happened to me, I woke up with a very sore bum.

[HenryDorsetCase]

In fact we need a sticker, big arrow pointing to a washer , with the slogan , this is incorrect for this model

Hell yes. I'd buy one of those.