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From: darsy on 20 May 2010 09:26 On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:51:04 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: > I was talking about the 1970s. same as it ever was. -- d.
From: Ace on 20 May 2010 12:03 On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:20:28 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace ><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> typed >>1992? Well, I've no idea what it may have been like then. I was >>talking about the 1970s. > >I'm pretty sure I'm right for the late 70s / early 80s. My mate Paul >bought a CB900 in 1979 / 80 ish and he got hit for "unlimited". Well yes, but my point was tht unlimited started much lower than that, and that there wasn't a separate band for 750s, say. Of course, it's a possibility that I'm wrong. It has happenned before.
From: mark on 19 May 2010 18:43 In message <rla3v59f7fts01f3lcrgtldkii1qi8tnu9(a)4ax.com>, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> writes > >As a step-parent, I've realised what every parent with a bit of >self-awareness admits - we all make it up as we go along. /wry nod. I've done/doing step and proper parenting and that is very true. Who knows if I got it right..... -- Mark Roberts
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 20 May 2010 14:02 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> typed >On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:20:28 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace >><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> typed > >>>1992? Well, I've no idea what it may have been like then. I was >>>talking about the 1970s. >> >>I'm pretty sure I'm right for the late 70s / early 80s. My mate Paul >>bought a CB900 in 1979 / 80 ish and he got hit for "unlimited". > >Well yes, but my point was tht unlimited started much lower than that, >and that there wasn't a separate band for 750s, say. The reason it stuck in my mind was that the bike was 901cc. If it had been 899 it would have been a *lot* cheaper. >Of course, it's a possibility that I'm wrong. It has happenned before. <Gasp> -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Andy Bonwick on 20 May 2010 14:15
On Thu, 20 May 2010 09:28:25 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >On Thu, 20 May 2010 07:48:32 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel ><wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older >>Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed >>>Dan L <dan.yodanet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>(NU Rider policy) >> >>>And anything over 600cc was 'unlimited'.... >> >>900, IIRC. Honda made the CB900 901cc. D'oh! > >YDNRC. 900s and thous were definitely in the same bracket as 750s. > >And, TBH, I'm not sure OTG does either. I'm fairly sure I needed an >unlimited policy for my XT500, back in 1977, which let me ride my >mates' Z1s and stuff. BICBW, my memory being what it is... The first 'rider policies' had a 350cc limit before you hit the unlimited bracket which my elder brother fell foul of when he decided to buy an S3 Kawasaki. I was much more intelligent and thought that if I'd got to pay unlimited cc insurance I'd have a 650 Yam but made the fatal mistake of buying an XS2 which made an H1 appear to handle well. The good thing about the XS2 was that it taught me how to ride around handling problems and how to tweak shite engines to give maximum performance. I spunked so much money into tuning that engine that I won countless beers beating faster bikes over a standing 1/4 mile and nobody ever sussed out that if they challenged me to a race over a twisty bit of road a decent RD350 would have hammered it. |