How do you become a mod?

[ElAurens]

I guess this makes me a rocker...

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I guess this makes me a rocker...

And a cool one at that...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I guess this makes me a rocker...

Hmmm..........modern Triumphs. Not sure about them.

[ElAurens]

It's great.

No tinkering, no leaks, no searching for parts.

Reliable as a Honda, without being soulless/boring. And I am not knocking Honda at all. My first bike was a Honda, never a problem, but totally forgettable.

The new Bonneville is a good handling machine and is easily accessible to beginners and satisfying for experienced riders too.

It wont set the world on fire speed wise, but it's fast enough for me now a days. I've got nothing to prove to anyone but myself so going 100mph+ is just, well, stupid on the public highway. I still enjoy showing my replica Lucas tail light to Harleys in the twisty bits though...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I still enjoy showing my replica Lucas tail light to Harleys in the twisty bits though...

I wouldn't mind betting you show it to them on the straights aswell mate.

Harleys. Technology of a Lada for the price of a Ferrari. Not a fan I'm afraid.

But the Buell, though, now that's interesting.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I guess this makes me a rocker...

It does make you a rocker mate, not because of the bike, but hanging about in graveyards!!







p.s - only a joke mate, very nice bike.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

It does make you a rocker mate, not because of the bike, but hanging about in graveyards!!
p.s - only a joke mate, very nice bike.

Actually I stopped to look at that memorial to veterans of the Great War from this little corner of Ohio.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Actually I stopped to look at that memorial to veterans of the Great War from this little corner of Ohio.

~S~

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Actually I stopped to look at that memorial to veterans of the Great War from this little corner of Ohio.

Sorry Elaurens I didn't intend to make light of that. I have a great Uncle that is buried in Belgium, he was killed in action at the age of 18 in the great war. To my knowledge no family members have ever visted is grave or laid flowers on it, his mother was too poor to be able to afford to make the trip as her husband died just after the war from the flu epidmic. It is my intention to visit his grave one day and pay my respects. S!

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Sorry Elaurens I didn't intend to make light of that. I have a great Uncle that is buried in Belgium, he was killed in action at the age of 18 in the great war. To my knowledge no family members have ever visted is grave or laid flowers on it, his mother was too poor to be able to afford to make the trip as her husband died just after the war from the flu epidmic. It is my intention to visit his grave one day and pay my respects. S!

Spooky. So have I, although he's a great great uncle (or is it 'great granduncle?). He was already 41 when he was killed and a regular in the Manchester regiment. Prior to Flanders, he'd served in the South African campaign and on the Khyber pass.

By some quirk of fate I ended up with his war medals, which I had re-ribboned, and an Afghani Kukhri knife, which my Dad used to use for gardening.

I've seen pictures of his headstone in the cemetery in Belgium on the War Graves Commission site and must make the time to go there soon. Luckily, he wasn't one of the 'unknowns'.

My Grandma also lost both brothers in the Great War, I have a picture of one of them which appeared in the local newspaper at the time and I kid you not I thought it was a picture of me at the same age. Very spooky.