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cheddar-caveman

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2010, 06:02:34 PM »
No, not necessary as each cylinder in a 500cc twin was only 250cc and that is quite easily compressed with a half decent kick 8)
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Hugh

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2010, 06:30:58 PM »
I know a 250cc can give quite a good kick back so I can just imagine what 500cc could do. 8) 8)
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Hells Granny

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2010, 11:08:51 PM »
I wasn't either, my transport was either a bicycle or a horse!

Cheers, HG
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ElseG

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2011, 03:21:14 PM »
Definitely a mod and proud of it.
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Chrisjay

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2011, 03:34:35 PM »
I can just picture you on a pink scooter  with all the mirrors and tight ice blue jeans (I remember when you sat in the bath in them to shrink them to you) ;D
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caminito

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2011, 04:23:57 PM »
Hi ElseG
Welcome to the forum.
You can call yourself a "Hippie" now  ;D
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Dottie1943

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2011, 05:13:41 PM »
Definitely a mod, made my own clothes too so my skirts were well and truly full (later though that changed and I could hardly get on a bus because they were too tight) hair backcombed to an inch of it's life and my boyfriend(now husband) had a scooter, ahhh such memories. ;D
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Deetta

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2011, 10:15:36 PM »
I was all rock & roll, then hippie, I still wear patchouli perfume  ::) still dance around the kitchen to the Rolling Stones - even though my daughter begs me not to! :o
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ElseG

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2011, 10:28:26 PM »
Oh goodness me, I do think of myself as a Hippie and I love patchouli perfume.  We used to go swimming in our jeans to make them skin tight but as to the scooter my best friend had a Lambretta which I envied but my parents wouldn't let me have one.  I had to wait until my 50th birthday for a scooter and I was such a nervous driver I was a danger so gave it up.  So sad :-[

P.S. Thanks for the welcome.
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Gennaio

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2011, 01:35:22 AM »
I was all flick up hair black eye liner, pale lipstick and Mary Quant, so fitted neither of these images. Spent a whole month's wages on a pair of pink suede knee high boots, but I did go to the Hammersmith Palais a few times, does that count?
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Chrisjay

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2011, 08:55:51 AM »
Yes anything counts that you can remember  ;D ;D
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Phil

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2011, 02:18:30 PM »
Quote from: cheddar-caveman on February 25, 2010, 02:24:42 PM
Definitely a ROCKER with my beautiful Norton Dominator twin! Had a great girlfriend at the time, sittting on the pillion with her hands in my pockets to keep (them) warm :P ;D

And did it keep her hands warm as well? ;D
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Phil

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2011, 02:20:47 PM »
650 Triumph which  I used to start by hand as a party piece.
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Phil

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2011, 02:22:31 PM »
Quote from: cheddar-caveman on April 15, 2010, 07:11:24 PM
There was a finger lever on the L/H handlebar that when pulled, lifted the exhaust valve (I think) to release the huge compression on such a large cylinder. If you got it wrong and you pushed down on the kickstart as the piston came up on the compression stroke, and it fired, the kickstart litterally threw you off the bike! :'(

I've been blown over a garden wall when a Vincent Black Shadow kicked back!
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Chrisjay

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Re: Were you a Mod or a Rocker?
« Reply #29 on: May 09, 2011, 10:36:17 PM »
Quote from: Gennaio on May 07, 2011, 01:35:22 AM
I was all flick up hair black eye liner, pale lipstick and Mary Quant, so fitted neither of these images. Spent a whole month's wages on a pair of pink suede knee high boots, but I did go to the Hammersmith Palais a few times, does that count?

Remember hot pants and knee high boots ;D and spitting into your mascara  ::) and sleeping in hair rollers :'(
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