@the-gravedigger saidActually, I started the punk scene in Brighton ~ we extended it to Hove as well ~ in 1976 when I was with the Russian Русская мафия [a.k.a. the Bratva] when they decided to radically transform their Sussex coast zips and safety pins operations.
I started using the term in 1978 just after I started the punk scene and they copied me.
@fmf saidI had my first motorcycle in 1980; a blue Suzuki GSX250
I'd flown in planes long before I rode a motorbike. You've been living your life back to front
Edit which I nearly killed myself on.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_gsx250e%2080.htm
However I didn’t pass my test until 20 years later.
13 Jul 23
@divegeester saidI flew on my first plane in 1972. It was a Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident. Mostly white with a red stripe.
I had my first motorcycle in 1980; a blue Suzuki GSX250
Edit which I nearly killed myself on.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_gsx250e%2080.htm
However I didn’t pass my test until 20 years later.
13 Jul 23
@the-gravedigger saidlol
Nobody gave a rats a$$ about security then.
circa 1973.5
i was a dumb sailor in the us navy
i got some leave and flew from rome to paris to jkf to lambert in st louis
rome airport featured two different police forces
the carabinieri carried ak-47 everywhere
paris, too
i disagree with yer assessment
14 Jul 23
@divegeester saidhttps://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_ts250%2073.htm
I had my first motorcycle in 1980; a blue Suzuki GSX250
Edit which I nearly killed myself on.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_gsx250e%2080.htm
However I didn’t pass my test until 20 years later.
my first bike
@the-gravedigger saidIs this "a lie" ~ or rather, two "lies" ~ or is it just levity?
I won the World Cup for Argentina and the Nobel Peace Prize.
@fmf said@the-gravedigger
Is this "a lie" ~ or rather, two "lies" ~ or is it just levity?
I've just created a Ven diagram of those who won World Cup in 1978 for Argentina and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in the same. No overlap.
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE WON ONE OF THEM. NOT BOTH.
14 Jul 23
@fmf saidThe Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request. By 1960, de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley. The Trident's maiden flight happened on 9 January 1962, and it was introduced on 1 April 1964, two months after its main competitor, the Boeing 727. By the end of the programme in 1978, 117 Tridents had been produced. The Trident was withdrawn from service in 1995.
I flew on my first plane in 1972. It was a Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident. Mostly white with a red stripe.
- dg
14 Jul 23
@rookie54 saidMy last bike was a 2004 Harley Davidson Fatboy in black with a stage 1 tune and Screaming Eagle mufflers. I sold it in 2008 for £10,000 a few months before the financial crisis hit. It was a lot of capital to be sat in the garage most of the year. I’m a fair-weather biker.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_ts250%2073.htm
my first bike
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/h-d/harley_davidson_flstfi_fat_boy_lli%20edi%20%2005.htm
My next and last ever bike, if I ever get around to buying one, will most likely be a 10 year old (ish) Honda ST1300 Pan European which I shall look at a lot between occasional ride-outs.
