Comments on: Get on yer bike http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 Grandad Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:02:35 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1583 I don't know why they went out of production. Someone could make a right killing if they started making them again. Come to think of it - I haven't seen a scooter in years. My father used to have a Lambretta. I don’t know why they went out of production. Someone could make a right killing if they started making them again.

Come to think of it – I haven’t seen a scooter in years. My father used to have a Lambretta.

]]> By: lupan http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1584 lupan Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:59:20 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1584 Wow..never heard of these things before...very interesting. Well i have a 50cc scooter which i simply adore. can get it do do 75km/hr on a downward steep hill with the wind behind me!! beats the shit out of taking the subways in Japan. Wow..never heard of these things before…very interesting. Well i have a 50cc scooter which i simply adore. can get it do do 75km/hr on a downward steep hill with the wind behind me!! beats the shit out of taking the subways in Japan.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Grandad Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:20:52 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1581 @Brianf - Sorry to hear you had to trade down. If you do want to do the Ton, then please do it your side of The Pond!! @John - I think there were two versions - the wine and the blue. Mine was a blue one. It was once completely submerged under flood water for two days. After I dug it out, it started on the second kick. Howzat for reliability? @Pecker - Thanks for the video! He had the silent version. Mine sounded like an angry wasp in a jam-jar. @Brianf – Sorry to hear you had to trade down. If you do want to do the Ton, then please do it your side of The Pond!!

@John – I think there were two versions – the wine and the blue. Mine was a blue one. It was once completely submerged under flood water for two days. After I dug it out, it started on the second kick. Howzat for reliability?

@Pecker – Thanks for the video! He had the silent version. Mine sounded like an angry wasp in a jam-jar.

]]> By: peckerhead http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 peckerhead Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:55:49 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1580 Ah, God bless those cheese-eating mobylette monkeys! Un peu de nostalgie, voilà... :) http://www.wideo.fr/video/iLyROoaftYpe.html Ah, God bless those cheese-eating mobylette monkeys! Un peu de nostalgie, voilà… :)
http://www.wideo.fr/video/iLyROoaftYpe.html

]]> By: John of Dublin http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 John of Dublin Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1570 Ah yes, I remember the Yamaha 80 - they all seemed to be wine coloured. Ah yes, I remember the Yamaha 80 – they all seemed to be wine coloured.

]]> By: Brianf http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 Brianf Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1572 I had a Mobylette when I lived just outside of Paris. I was also 16 at the time. Boy, you could ride forever and a day on them for price of a pack of smokes. Today I'm stuck with my Triumph Thruxton 900 and it's 747 sounding exhausts. I try to keep it under 150MPH most days but to "Ton up" on that machine is a good fun!! I had a Mobylette when I lived just outside of Paris. I was also 16 at the time. Boy, you could ride forever and a day on them for price of a pack of smokes. Today I’m stuck with my Triumph Thruxton 900 and it’s 747 sounding exhausts. I try to keep it under 150MPH most days but to “Ton up” on that machine is a good fun!!

]]> By: Dario Sanchez http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1571 Dario Sanchez Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:28:07 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1571 A guy who lives near us has a Honda 50. You can hear the <i>chug-chug-splutter</i> every morning when he tries to start it. My uncle had some kind of super moped - a Triumph or something like that - and we unearthed it recently. Kinda like something out of that film <i>La Dolce Vita</i>. A guy who lives near us has a Honda 50. You can hear the chug-chug-splutter every morning when he tries to start it. My uncle had some kind of super moped – a Triumph or something like that – and we unearthed it recently. Kinda like something out of that film La Dolce Vita.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Grandad Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:39:09 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1577 Penny farthings are illegal now. They have been replaced by the €2.01c [Doesn't quite have the same ring to it. Does it?] Penny farthings are illegal now. They have been replaced by the €2.01c [Doesn't quite have the same ring to it. Does it?]

]]> By: Niall http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Niall Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:33:50 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1576 The only time I came across one was at the back of a garage that was fixing my car, and it was rusting to pieces. Seemingly it was one of the mechanic's projects to fix it up. I haven't been back there since, so can't tell you what state it's in now. The same mechanic had a perfectly restored Penny-Farthing. Them things are dangerous! A long way to fall :( The only time I came across one was at the back of a garage that was fixing my car, and it was rusting to pieces. Seemingly it was one of the mechanic’s projects to fix it up. I haven’t been back there since, so can’t tell you what state it’s in now.

The same mechanic had a perfectly restored Penny-Farthing. Them things are dangerous! A long way to fall :(

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Grandad Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:50:43 +0000 http://headrambles.com/2007/04/03/get-on-yer-bike/#comment-1575 I haven't seen a Honda 50 in years. Are they still around? There was a time when everyone seemed to have one. The Honda 50 was more of an entry level motorbike. It actually had a kick start, gears and a clutch. There were loads of other motorbikes around but they were all between 50 and 150cc. Nothing like the modern monsters. I haven’t seen a Honda 50 in years. Are they still around? There was a time when everyone seemed to have one.

The Honda 50 was more of an entry level motorbike. It actually had a kick start, gears and a clutch. There were loads of other motorbikes around but they were all between 50 and 150cc. Nothing like the modern monsters.

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