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From: hippo on 18 Apr 2010 02:35 Andrew wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:21:16 +0000, hippo wrote: > > > > But the Ford Consul Classic was round from 1961-63; long before HD used > > it. Oh hang on, that's not a bike though. Oh, hang on.... :) Link to pic > > follows (I hope - this time) http://fat.ly/v853u > > > You appear to have posted a link to a photograph of a motorcyclist with > pillion lane splitting down the centre divide past a somewhat > unatrractive 1960's car. > Uhuh, whose name was Ford (Consul) Classic.... long before Harley used it. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: hippo on 18 Apr 2010 02:38 JohnO wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:49:10 +1000, Yeebok <yeeb(a)yeeb.yeeb> wrote: > > >On 17/04/2010 3:14 PM, atec7 7 > wrote: > >> Zebee Johnstone wrote: > >>> In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:06:35 GMT > >>> Lars Chance <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> theo wrote: > >>>>> Let's get this straight. A Thruxton is a motorcycle made by the > >>>>> Velocette company. Anything else with that name is just pretending. > >>>>> > >>>> You're right. > >>>> Of course then "Classic" belongs to HD, "Sabre" is Honda, "Corsa" is > >>>> Ducati, "GT" is Suzuki and "Norge" is an old refrigerator! > >>> > >>> Nope. Norge is an old motorcycle, the name was first used by Guzzi in > >>> 1926. > >>> > >>> Wasn't Saber the name for the GT Kwak series in the US in the early > >>> 80s? > >>> Zebee > >> I thought sabre was some sort of sword but I will accept correction > > > >No it's a type of sword, not a type of correction. > > and a jet plane. > > > Johno > > Beer? > > > ...could almost be the past tense of 'sober' :) -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: atec7 7 ""atec77 " on 18 Apr 2010 05:07 hippo wrote: > Yeebok wrote: >> On 17/04/2010 3:14 PM, atec7 7 > wrote: >>> Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>>> In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:06:35 GMT >>>> Lars Chance <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> theo wrote: >>>>>> Let's get this straight. A Thruxton is a motorcycle made by the >>>>>> Velocette company. Anything else with that name is just pretending. >>>>>> >>>>> You're right. >>>>> Of course then "Classic" belongs to HD, "Sabre" is Honda, "Corsa" is >>>>> Ducati, "GT" is Suzuki and "Norge" is an old refrigerator! >>>> Nope. Norge is an old motorcycle, the name was first used by Guzzi in >>>> 1926. >>>> >>>> Wasn't Saber the name for the GT Kwak series in the US in the early >>>> 80s? >>>> Zebee >>> I thought sabre was some sort of sword but I will accept correction >> No it's a type of sword, not a type of correction. >> >> >> > > But the Ford Consul Classic was round from 1961-63; long before HD used it. > Oh hang on, that's not a bike though. Oh, hang on.... :) > Link to pic follows (I hope - this time) > http://fat.ly/v853u > In fact the Ford Consul was around from approx 1950 something as the 4 cylinder Ford Zephyr in models mk1 two and III Then the model you tried to point too came along around the time the Cortina was being developed none of the above of course being four wheels made normal motorcycle in any accepted form
From: Andrew on 18 Apr 2010 07:04 On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:07:00 +1000, atec7 7 wrote: > none of the above of course being four wheels made normal motorcycle > in any accepted form I daresay that's right, but could you say it again in normal English anyway? Just for us slowpokes who don't get whatever Franglish it is that you're using. -- Regards Andrew
From: hippo on 18 Apr 2010 07:09
atec7 7 wrote: > > hippo wrote: > > Yeebok wrote: > >> On 17/04/2010 3:14 PM, atec7 7 > wrote: > >>> Zebee Johnstone wrote: > >>>> In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:06:35 GMT > >>>> Lars Chance <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> theo wrote: > >>>>>> Let's get this straight. A Thruxton is a motorcycle made by the > >>>>>> Velocette company. Anything else with that name is just pretending. > >>>>>> > >>>>> You're right. > >>>>> Of course then "Classic" belongs to HD, "Sabre" is Honda, "Corsa" is > >>>>> Ducati, "GT" is Suzuki and "Norge" is an old refrigerator! > >>>> Nope. Norge is an old motorcycle, the name was first used by Guzzi in > >>>> 1926. > >>>> > >>>> Wasn't Saber the name for the GT Kwak series in the US in the early > >>>> 80s? > >>>> Zebee > >>> I thought sabre was some sort of sword but I will accept correction > >> No it's a type of sword, not a type of correction. > >> > >> > >> > > > > But the Ford Consul Classic was round from 1961-63; long before HD used it. > > Oh hang on, that's not a bike though. Oh, hang on.... :) > > Link to pic follows (I hope - this time) > > http://fat.ly/v853u > > > In fact the Ford Consul was around from approx 1950 something as the 4 > cylinder Ford Zephyr > in models mk1 two and III > Then the model you tried to point too came along around the time the > Cortina was being developed > none of the above of course being four wheels made normal motorcycle > in any accepted form > > True. All Ford medium products in the early 60s (Cortina, Corsair, Classic and the *original* Capri - nice looking car too, even if nearly as rust prone as an old Lancia) were sold as Consul models. Yes I do know they're cars (even a pom can work that out!), I was just making a point about Harley not really having any historical dibs on 'Classic' as a model name for some type of vehicle. Cheers -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au |