Those where the days: bike regos for 1986

[scumdog]

Road toll in 1986 was 766 .....!

And has dropped to its present level by magic. (Or some would have you think that...).

Sad times 70's and 80's with less vehicles on the road - but more people being killed on those same roads.

[russd7]

And has dropped to its present level by magic. (Or some would have you think that...).

Sad times 70's and 80's with less vehicles on the road - but more people being killed on those same roads.

and the speed limit was only 80km/hr, f**k that cost me a lot of fun tax in the early eighties yet the only ticket that ever pissed me off was the one our kindly MoT gave me for riding my xr250 with no mirror, and i had the grazes and broken mirror to show i was just heading home after an off

[Motu]

...for the question?...

For the 1987 financial crash, oh, those poor Yuppies. Interest rates were up to 21%, we got our first Housing Corp mortgage in '88 at a very low 13%....we thought we were lucky. You didn't have to have a high income to get into the housing market, you had to get your income as low as possible. I took a pay cut to get the mortgage. I sold a bike to pay the lawyers fees, but didn't give up bikes just because of marriage, kids and a mortgage.

[ellipsis]

For the 1987 financial crash, oh, those poor Yuppies. Interest rates were up to 21%, we got our first Housing Corp mortgage in '88 at a very low 13%....we thought we were lucky. You didn't have to have a high income to get into the housing market, you had to get your income as low as possible. I took a pay cut to get the mortgage. I sold a bike to pay the lawyers fees, but didn't give up bikes just because of marriage, kids and a mortgage.

...I'd just arrived back in kiwi then, after about seven years away...never saw the yuppie explosion over here, but I do remember arriving back to a kind of stunned bunch of 'ex' groovers who weren't groovin so much...it was a good time to arrive with a big heap of cash...

[Muppet]

This thread reminds me of the Monty Python-Four Yorkshiremen sketch.

[ensapp]

Are there any Old riders here. I can't tell if a bike is really good until they get 20 years old. I only recently sold a bike I loved for over 30 years. I prefer a 1950 Vincent Black Shadow to any bike out there. I have owned Indians, Harleys, a couple of Honda's, The V65 Magna was great. I use to think my 73 Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo was fast but the old Vincent was faster for longer. I had a Norton 650 Commando in the mid 70's but it really wasn't very impressive. I ride a RF900R today and I love the bike. I sold the Vincent and it nearly broke my heart but the new owner gave me 72,000 reasons to feel better about it. I joined this site because of a personal hero of mine who was from New Zealand, Burt Munro

[Banditbandit]

Is that a question?

Not unless that was an answer ...

[Banditbandit]

Are there any Old riders here.

Depends what you mean by old .. I'm late 50s and some here make me feel young ...

[ensapp]

GREAT, I am at the right place. I'm about your age, pushing 60 and have owned cycles since I was 15.
I'm thinking about adding a turbo and nitrous to the RF. Has anyone else done it ?

[russd7]

GREAT, I am at the right place. I'm about your age, pushing 60 and have owned cycles since I was 15.
I'm thinking about adding a turbo and nitrous to the RF. Has anyone else done it ?

just do it it will either work or it won't