I wonder if the bikes were painted black & white?
Did they have 'high' speed pursuits back then?
What's the chances of Rastuscat's grand daddy catchin a horse and dray?:2thumbsu
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I wonder if the bikes were painted black & white?
Did they have 'high' speed pursuits back then?
What's the chances of Rastuscat's grand daddy catchin a horse and dray?:2thumbsu
" Rule books are for the Guidance of the Wise, and the Obedience of Fools"
Hardsnore Biker
The front sprocket looks small too, so all high speed persuits would have required hills.
Originally Posted by Albert
Grumpy Old Bastard
Y'reckon I'd get away from him on me gixxer?
I wonder if the bikes were painted black & white?
Did they have 'high' speed pursuits back then?
What's the chances of Rastuscat's grand daddy catchin a horse and dray?
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
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yeah but they'd know where your parents lived and you'd get a walloping when you got home, it wasn't illegal in them days
Grumpy Old Bastard
Nah. It wasn't was it...My ole man was a "belt first and ask afterwards" man.
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Of more concern is the lack of mudguards....I can just see it, flat out down Colombo St in hot pursuit of a speeding cart and zig - zagging to avoid the heaps of horse crap.....
When they did get bikes as we know them, the old man serviced them at Bells shop.
Hardcore Punk
Oi, wheres your bloody helmet.The old girl next to his left shoulder is having a good squizz at his seat, wonder what she,s thinking.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
Forum whore
Nice. Just outside the Colombo Street Donut Salon.
Anarchic Wild Child
Mate - in 1895 that bicycle was high speed ..
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
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Traffic Officer Macintosh must have been on his days off. or too full of doughnuts to pedal fast enough to catch the engine
" Rule books are for the Guidance of the Wise, and the Obedience of Fools"
Yee haaaa
Judging by that letter katmans relatives must come from Chch.Traffic Officer Macintosh must have been on his days off. or too full of doughnuts to pedal fast enough to catch the engine
The views expressed above may not match yours - But that's the reason my Dad went to war - wasn't it?
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, .... but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,... shouting "man, what a ride"!!!
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The traction engine driver would've had a good defence,
Another piece I have found describes the police using a stopwatch and their knowledge of walking and cycling speeds to estimate if a vehicle was speeding.
Four mph on the straights and 2 mph on the corners. ( proposed)
" Rule books are for the Guidance of the Wise, and the Obedience of Fools"
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