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This arrived today :D

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Dad and me removed the wheels from his Bantam today, he is having them rebuilt with new rims, spokes and the existing hubs and brake plates blasted & repainted, with new tubes and tyres to finish the job.

As the rest of the bike is in great condition, it should look very posh when its all done.

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was it the post office that used bantams ?
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agentpineapple wrote:was it the post office that used bantams ?
That it was mate..
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Did a bit of a mammoth trip, left home 8pm yesterday and drove up to Kent, parked the van in a truck layby about 1.30am and tried to get a few hours kip, locked the doors and after falling asleep the proximity alarm went off when I moved, happened 3 times before I gave up and left it unlocked, a very poor few hours sleep. In the back of my van were 2 bikes, Both Suzuki's, my 750 Katana and GSX1100, I had sold them both to different people who both live in/near Canterbury, strange coincidence eh. got back home just before 6pm tonight. not worked out exact mileage yet but it's over 550 miles, 2 x deliveries, lots of coffee stops all in 22 hours..
I'll sleep well tonight :lol:



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popkat wrote:Did a bit of a mammoth trip, left home 8pm yesterday and drove up to Kent, parked the van in a truck layby about 1.30am and tried to get a few hours kip, locked the doors and after falling asleep the proximity alarm went off when I moved, happened 3 times before I gave up and left it unlocked, a very poor few hours sleep. In the back of my van were 2 bikes, Both Suzuki's, my 750 Katana and GSX1100, I had sold them both to different people who both live in/near Canterbury, strange coincidence eh. got back home just before 6pm tonight. not worked out exact mileage yet but it's over 550 miles, 2 x deliveries, lots of coffee stops all in 22 hours..
I'll sleep well tonight :lol:
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Pete.L wrote:
popkat wrote:Did a bit of a mammoth trip, left home 8pm yesterday and drove up to Kent, parked the van in a truck layby about 1.30am and tried to get a few hours kip, locked the doors and after falling asleep the proximity alarm went off when I moved, happened 3 times before I gave up and left it unlocked, a very poor few hours sleep. In the back of my van were 2 bikes, Both Suzuki's, my 750 Katana and GSX1100, I had sold them both to different people who both live in/near Canterbury, strange coincidence eh. got back home just before 6pm tonight. not worked out exact mileage yet but it's over 550 miles, 2 x deliveries, lots of coffee stops all in 22 hours..
I'll sleep well tonight :lol:
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Wow! Tha is mammoth!
So does this mean the VTR is staying for a bit longer?

I have no idea, right now it's staying but I'm skint so who knows, nice to get money from selling bikes but some goes to debt clearing and some to :shh: :shh:















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Oh alright then i'll come clean, I've bought my old FZ1 Fazer back.. Had it new in 2009, sold it 14 month later but not by choice, a friend bought it and now he's buying a new MT10 so it's coming home, left with about 6k and now has nearly 32k but condition as tip top as he's looked after it really well... I will use this for some longer trips which I'm hoping to do as I just don't get out on a bike enough.



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popkat wrote:
Pete.L wrote:
popkat wrote:Did a bit of a mammoth trip, left home 8pm yesterday and drove up to Kent, parked the van in a truck layby about 1.30am and tried to get a few hours kip, locked the doors and after falling asleep the proximity alarm went off when I moved, happened 3 times before I gave up and left it unlocked, a very poor few hours sleep. In the back of my van were 2 bikes, Both Suzuki's, my 750 Katana and GSX1100, I had sold them both to different people who both live in/near Canterbury, strange coincidence eh. got back home just before 6pm tonight. not worked out exact mileage yet but it's over 550 miles, 2 x deliveries, lots of coffee stops all in 22 hours..
I'll sleep well tonight :lol:
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Wow! Tha is mammoth!
So does this mean the VTR is staying for a bit longer?

I have no idea, right now it's staying but I'm skint so who knows, nice to get money from selling bikes but some goes to debt clearing and some to :shh: :shh:



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Oh alright then i'll come clean, I've bought my old FZ1 Fazer back.. Had it new in 2009, sold it 14 month later but not by choice, a friend bought it and now he's buying a new MT10 so it's coming home, left with about 6k and now has nearly 32k but condition as tip top as he's looked after it really well... I will use this for some longer trips which I'm hoping to do as I just don't get out on a bike enough.






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i sold my old shock and fork springs today. Great price so the upgrade seems cheaper than ever, thats a result. :thumbup:
missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
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a couple of days ago, I had a friend pop round and weld the front subframe, as the top rhs had broken loose, a real shame as it had not long been powder coated and looked mint, well it doesn't look mint anymore, but at least it's nice and strong again.... :thumbup:
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agentpineapple wrote:a couple of days ago, I had a friend pop round and weld the front subframe, as the top rhs had broken loose, a real shame as it had not long been powder coated and looked mint, well it doesn't look mint anymore, but at least it's nice and strong again.... :thumbup:
oh and I finally received my diploma from the great dictator himself............ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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lost the will to live after spending two days rubbing down the bodywork on the new girl ready for paint :o
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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MacV2 wrote:
agentpineapple wrote:a couple of days ago, I had a friend pop round and weld the front subframe, as the top rhs had broken loose, a real shame as it had not long been powder coated and looked mint, well it doesn't look mint anymore, but at least it's nice and strong again.... :thumbup:
oh and I finally received my diploma from the great dictator himself............ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Drove to work with a shitty aftermarket mirror I found in a breakers to tie me over til I pick up a new pair. Rattles around like a b8stard!
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agentpineapple wrote:a couple of days ago, I had a friend pop round and weld the front subframe, as the top rhs had broken loose, a real shame as it had not long been powder coated and looked mint, well it doesn't look mint anymore, but at least it's nice and strong again.... :thumbup:
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