Photos of my Dad's bikes in the old days

[crystalball]

matchless 1956

[Maha]

Bomber Jacket n' all...Chicks at the Milk Bars would not have stood a chance.

[Genie]

Brilliant pics...how cool to have these reminders of how your dad lived his life. Awesome.

[jellywrestler]

TRIUMPH THUNDER BIRD 600cc 1957 and a matchless 600cc 1956

so where does the story go from there? nice piccies can you tell us what happened to the bikes, whether he kept on riding, returned to it or what that would be good

[vifferman]

My father rode a bike once, but I've no pics of it. Should've taken one of him wobbling down the road on my first bike (CB175), the day the car was out of action and I was sick, so I lent it to him to get to work on. He said it was OKish, until he got to the first corner. He didn't crash though.
However (but!) we have some really nice photos of my father-in-law (that we dug out for his funeral photos) when he was touring NZ on his MAC Velocette - very Marlon Brando-ish, with the bomber jacket, fag in his mouth, looking cool for the photos. Probably why he never hassled my about my bikes, or taking his daughter on them.

[crystalball]

had a few bikes after that but they are the classic ones. last one was a old susuki 500 but he hasint ridin in a while now but in april he wants to get back into it and buy another bike in the range of $4.500 and $5.000 he wants more a cruiser type he thinks a bandit mayby,

[Voltaire]

.....and a Mk1 Cortina in the shed....so its at least 1964 ish...

[98tls]

Brillant pics thanks for sharing them,wish i had some real old ones of my old mans bikes,theres one somewhere of his Vincent,heres one of a couple of oldish ones.

[banditrider]

A couple of my old man in action: http://banditrider.blogspot.com/2010...from-past.html

[crystalball]

.....and a Mk1 Cortina in the shed....so its at least 1964 ish...

Year not sure when photo was taken but bikes are late 50's

[crystalball]

Brillant pics thanks for sharing them,wish i had some real old ones of my old mans bikes,theres one somewhere of his Vincent,heres one of a couple of oldish ones.

kool.

[Bumblebeeman1150]

Just a thought; I think the bathtub enclosure on the Thunderbird 650 came in in 1961, so is the date on the Triumph your dad's recollection or your estimate? I have a soft spot for the Matchless, having had a couple of similar era singles and a later AMC 650 twin, still registered somewhere in NZ. I'd love to know where.

[crystalball]

A couple of my old man in action: http://banditrider.blogspot.com/2010...from-past.html

neat page and pics.