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  1. 27th November 2006, 13:44 #1
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    4 Decades of Dave

    I purchased my first Road Legal motorcycle (and 4th in total) 30 years ago - today. Day after me mum's birthday.
    A dirty old CB450 Honda for $300 that I kept for a month before trading it in on a SR500.
    Been some ride! The NZ component particularly outstanding.
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    Well congratulations Big Dave - the start of a great career.

    A genuine CB450 "Black Bomber"? Crikey, that takes me back. I was a student at the time and rode a Triumph Tiger 100. One of those CB 450's made complete mincemeat of me and also saw off my mate's Triumph Trophy with connsumate ease. A lovely bike and soooo quiet. That was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for the British bike industry, well before the CB 750 came along and made the outcome beyond dispute.

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    While behind the safety of my internet connection, that top left pic looks like SkidMark. Hah!

    Nice work gramps
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    Well congratulations Big Dave - the start of a great career.
    Yeah. You must be like... toldlessly old now.

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    A genuine CB450 "Black Bomber"?
    It might have been the post-Black Bomber model (the 70's CB450 K6)?
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.

    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....
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    Such a handsome young man.. wtf happened?

    I suspects congratulations on officialy being an old fart are in order
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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    It might have been the post-Black Bomber model (the 70's CB450 K6)?
    Aha, the period when I was away from bikes, getting married, moving to NZ and raising kids - kinda lost touch in that decade
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    A genuine CB450 "Black Bomber"? C
    I was 17. A red one with blue smoke.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    I purchased my first Road Legal motorcycle (and 4th in total) 30 years ago - today. Day after me mum's birthday.
    A dirty old CB450 Honda for $300 that I kept for a month before trading it in on a SR500.
    Been some ride! The NZ component particularly outstanding.
    Congratulations on becoming an OLD bugger!!!
    I remember (well wish I still could)back in 70 when Bill Russell still sold trumpys
    THEN came the Jappas...and still we ride em...OLD farts unite against tin tops!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil View Post
    While behind the safety of my internet connection, that top left pic looks like SkidMark. Hah!
    Bad photo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil View Post
    While behind the safety of my internet connection, that top left pic looks like SkidMark. Hah!

    Nice work gramps
    And in pic 81' ??...there's a bit of a young HOFF happening there......
    Similarities are, they are both Big and they are both David's.....
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    I got virtually the same pic with a mullet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NodMan View Post
    I remember (well wish I still could)back in 70 when Bill Russell still sold trumpys
    THEN came the Jappas...and still we ride em...
    Bill Russell was BSA and Norton,but I guess a fair few Triumphs went through there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    Bill Russell was BSA and Norton,but I guess a fair few Triumphs went through there.

    40 is the best time of your life - still young enough to stick it to the young fellas,and old enough to be smart about it.
    yebbut - I'm closer to 50.....
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