Sold a lot of Triumphs and Beer in 68

[Vince]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHs6ylaXtto&fbclid=IwAR0T6nhOz1EIflyETjxWg8SkWJQCwaZZnrYyXeyMhGWUle2a3BE6lm-06uw

 

[motoddrob]

That was such a cool vid Vince, really enjoyed that

 

[piranha-bro2]

Certainly a view back into a past that I can't believe I actually come from!! I would have been 13, and I always loved seeing big bikes on the road. Some pretty straight arrow people in Australia (and elsewhere, of course) back then! Those so-called 'bikies' seem so tame to us now, but not in comparison to the 'straightos'??!!  . Not quite Hells Angels ... although I'm sure I saw a pretty ordinary looking dude wearing their colours early in the flic!

The Bathurst section was a blast - the 'hump' still well and truly present.

 

[AndyW]

Was that a young Paul Keating at 19:35??

 

[Laverda SF]

I had a brand new 69 Bonny to replace my 67 BSA Lightening then replaced the Bonny with a 70 SF0.

Lots of Gravel Pit Party's in Northern Ontario back then - Lots of Booze, Weed, Hashes, Coke, LSD and Acoustic Guitars.

In 75 I rebuilt a 71 Norton 750 Commando for a friend.

 

[Mactriple]

Thanks Vince. Carefree times compared with today.
Ian

 

[Laverda SF]

Definite NOT Care Free - We had the Bay Pigs incident , JFK and Dr. King assassinations, Kent State, Rodney King, Vietnam where every youth wanted to stop the Cold War with B52's and Hustlers armed with Nukes over our homes every day; however, we did put Men on the moon.

 

[chrisk]

we did put Men on the moon.

Or did we?

 

[helicopterjim]

Or did we?

You can make fun of him ........ but there's an awful lot you don't know about Ron. There was a lot of astronaut training in northern Ontario ...... just sayin' .....

Jim

 

[Laverda SF]

The moonscape was Coniston Ontario just a few miles east of Sudbury where open hearth furnaces operated for a century and burnt the Cambrian Shield to Hell. That were the moon lander's trained.

 

[helicopterjim]

The moonscape was Coniston Ontario just a few miles east of Sudbury where open hearth furnaces operated for a century and burnt the Cambrian Shield to Hell. That were the moon lander's trained.

What did I tell you Chris?

Jim

 

[Laverda SF]

Surprisingly, that's where I found my beloved 70 Breganzie 750 SF0 ;o)

 

[motoddrob]

Certainly a view back into a past that I can't believe I actually come from!! I would have been 13, and I always loved seeing big bikes on the road. Some pretty straight arrow people in Australia (and elsewhere, of course) back then! Those so-called 'bikies' seem so tame to us now, but not in comparison to the 'straightos'??!!  . Not quite Hells Angels ... although I'm sure I saw a pretty ordinary looking dude wearing their colours early in the flic!

The Bathurst section was a blast - the 'hump' still well and truly present.

Hey Q I spotted the Hells Angles colours too but I doubt it was official, didn't look like the real patch. Wouldn't want to wear one these days, you'd get the shit kicked out of ya if ya did.
Like the bit about the girl explaining what a real mole is. The Bathhurst bit was cool too

 

[Laverda SF]

I've gone through a gaggle of Hell's Angles on the  Trans Canada - Too slow for me so I had weed through them with my Breganzie - I would never have made if I had Jap Ride.

 

[chrisk]

You can make fun of him ........ but there's an awful lot you don't know about Ron. There was a lot of astronaut training in northern Ontario ...... just sayin' .....

Jim

He's a dark horse alright.

 

[Laverda SF]

My friends often called me: "Space Cadet", Kato or Shiko; but mostly Ron.

"Ron"is ancient Celtic and Egyptian name meaning a beam of light or sun ray.

As a Motorcyclist, I say, you can have the same FUN riding a 69 650 Bonny (Providing you can get the fucking thing  started ;o) through the corners between 40 to 115 mph as a Pinagale through same corners at 90 to 130 mph.

 

[Legs]

Bloody hell! The Mount has changed over the years!

 

[Vince]

It was dirt at the start, looks like the roads around Dungog now.