Grey Gold

**jellywrestler** · 2nd October 2019, 07:49

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

I have memories but not fond, it involves tires made of glass, undercarriage to suit a 747, two fisted brakes, powerbands the size of a gnats cock, chewing gum swingarms, points, friction steering dampers and road rash- plenty of road rash....

yip and we didn't have cell phones microwaves, internet saturday shopping but we all lived well in the day, and our bikes were a generation better than the old mans bikes

**Beekeeper** · 2nd October 2019, 08:09

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

yip and we didn't have cell phones microwaves, internet saturday shopping but we all lived well in the day, and our bikes were a generation better than the old mans bikes

Fair comment, we even thought old bikes were shit then. I clearly remember going to a codgers place on Mt Wellington Highway to look at a vincent black shadow in bits for $500 that he had bought new. Too hard, bought an RD 350 instead- what a dumbarse!

**SaferRides** · 2nd October 2019, 08:19

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

Fair comment, we even thought old bikes were shit then. I clearly remember going to a codgers place on Mt Wellington Highway to look at a vincent black shadow in bits for $500 that he had bought new. Too hard, bought an RD 350 instead- what a dumbarse!

When you're young, you just want to ride and not fix bikes. Then when you get older some people seem to prefer fixing to riding.

Not me though!

**Laava** · 2nd October 2019, 17:15

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

yip and we didn't have cell phones microwaves, internet saturday shopping but we all lived well in the day, and our bikes were a generation better than the old mans bikes

And you try and tell the young people of today that!

**Katman** · 2nd October 2019, 18:03

Originally Posted by Laava

And you try and tell the young people of today that!

And that's the problem with the current junior Eco-warrior movement.

They haven't realised that the greatest benefit to the environment would be to stop manufacturing all their toys.

**pritch** · 2nd October 2019, 18:24

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

What? Like a Commer Cob, a 55 morrie splitscreen, a vauxhall viva?

Aaah there you go. The ultimate 'custom' then was a high headlight Morrie Minor with a low headlight grill. Wow! Four headlights. Magic.

That being back in the day when Joseph Lucas was the prince of darkness, the illumination would have been nothing marvellous anyway.

Makes me smile to recall this, but seriously, who would want to own any of that now? Not me.

**Laava** · 2nd October 2019, 18:43

Originally Posted by Katman

And that's the problem with the current junior Eco-warrior movement.

They haven't realised that the greatest benefit to the environment would be to stop manufacturing all their toys.

It was a joke Sheldon.