* On Jun 02 10:06 Bob Lawrence wrote to David Drummond

 DD>> BMW motorcycles, made to last forever! 

 BL>   Why did I expect you to say something like that?

 DD>> It may interest you to know that not all motorcyclists hunch 
 DD>> in a racing position. Some of us lean slightly forward and 
 DD>> ride carefully 100,000km in the last 3 years without any 
 DD>> dangerous incidents. Mind you, I have never had it over 
 DD>> 195kph.

 BL>   Yes... 200K is fast enough for touring. Any faster than that is 
 BL> just posing. That's why I never open the Skyline right out  
 BL> :-).

 DD>> Re the Vincent Black Shadow, Jill's BMW is a 1000cc twin.

 BL>   Aha! That was the name I couldn't remember - Black Shadow! A 
 BL> mate had one of the monsters. What was the name of the 
 BL> English bike in the 50's with three letters, that was better 
 BL> than the Triumph? My defective memory has stuck on BSR and I 
 BL> know it isn't that! AJS? Old age sux. 

The Vincent actually had HRD emblazoned on the tank, although I don't know
what it stood for.  The bike you are thinking of was BSA.

 BL> There used to be lots of different bikes in the 50s and 60s, until the
 BL> Japs topped them.

Well, AJS, Ariel, BSA, Douglas, Greeves, Matchless, Norton, Panther, Royal
Enfield, Rudge, Scott, Sunbeam, Triumph and Velocette only adds up to 14.
:-)

David
 

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