Sorry to say this Beddy but that post just shows your complete lack of understanding of the situation. I dread to think where you are getting this nonsense from.
Nope. You're thinking of a Dominator. And that was a Norton anyway. A bike I've ridden by the way. It was nothing to write home about.
Sorry your right it was the bonaville Im thinking ??? Although it just as easily been then Dominator......... I took my driving test in the dolomite.......I took by motor bike test on a BSA 250...........I cant even remember what bike I had next all I can remember is it was a beast and a 1000cc at the time..........but not a truimph.
Amazed to that the heavy leave areas are amongst the biggest receipents of EU investment where people say "the EU has done nothing for us" when interviewed on their way to the food bank.
It could been an Ariel Square Four, or a Vincent, or perhaps a 'foreign job'. Triumph Bonneville was 650cc, Norton Dommie was 500cc. The Triumph Dolomite came out in 1972, so you probably mean the 1300/1500, which led to the Dolomite. I always thought BMW got their modern look from the Triumph Dolomite. First time I've bothered to see why I thought that. With this picture you can easily see why. Anything else before we return the Politics Thread to politics?
My wife is busy looking up old photo's to remind me what I had.....I think I took my driving test in April 1960..........My mum booked it for me while I was in South Africa during my early naval career for when I came home on leave. (You'll not believe this but talking to Nelson Mandella of all things...truly)............another story though......... Edit........... just altered the dates as my wife showed my Navy record saying I passed and the date..........
My old dad had a Triumph Panther, 600cc, single cylinder, kick start. My mum made him trade it in for a knackered Standard Vanguard motor car. On another note, if you’ve ever seen the movie Quadrophenia, you may remember the scene where rocker Ray Winston is boasting about his Triumph Bonneville to mod Phil Daniels. “This”, he said, pointing to his Bonney “is the finest production motorcycle the world has ever seen”. And so it was, in 1964 when the film was set. 10 years later, Triumph were still relying on exactly the same bike, with no innovations, not even an electric start.
1961 even pre-dates the Triumph 1300/1500 models, so I haven't a clue what you were taking your test in from the same company, unless it was a Herald, which was very popular. Perhaps you could tell us your story of Nelson Mandela.
my dad had a Standard Vanguard. It broke his arm when he was starting it with the starting handle. Remember those?
Yes. The lack of innovation killed them. Their biggest market was the USA, where they sold them by the bucket load. I honestly think that many Americans from a certain era think that Triumphs were American, because they often out-sold Harley. Then Honda came on the scene and very quickly showed everyone how to make a motorcycle. And three or four other Japanese manufacturers followed in quick order. Done and dusted within a few years.
BTW, I think this chat would be better transferred to Ralph's. There, I've copied #20052 over to Ralph's.
You will have heard of the Sharville massacre I was doing my sea time training on HMS Diana I think it was (Or it could have been Venus) We were called in to aid the civil power as it was called in those days as a British training base just outside Elizabethville had been raided. A "D" notice was put on the rest so cannot say much more....unfortunately.
you might not be able to tell us why you hate the EU but you probably can tell us about the Sharpeville massacre cos it was over 50 years ago and i doubt what you know is now a threat to our national security!
