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#1 Post by Gio » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:42 pm

Its a scooter lol.

I think I'm right in saying its a Gilera Runner 125.

2 years old several miles on it and only £200, should be good enough to blast the 50cc crowd away :smt003

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#2 Post by Samray » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:53 pm

:smt017 You bought a scoot? :smt104

Tim converted you the other w/e? :smt082

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#3 Post by Gio » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:01 pm

Not really its just that my sister wants to get rid of it as its only been on the road half a dozen times :smt005

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#4 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:09 pm

mind you, if he wants to fit in with Tim, he will have to cut a head hole in a hike tent to get that gangly frame covered in a fish tail parka....


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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#5 Post by Gio » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:15 pm

I have a parka with ragged rat collar somewhere in the loft :smt005 .







BTW will I be able to get my knee down?

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#6 Post by snapdragon » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:06 pm

Gio wrote:...BTW will I be able to get my knee down?
without a doubt :smt003

scoots is very useful , :smt117 Gilera 180 is a quick one , so hopefully the 125 will be similar
Snappy ~~X~X~{:>

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#7 Post by D-Rider » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:27 pm

Forget the parka - that's so 1960s .....

We are proud to announce


Gio's become a Chav ..... break out the burberry cap for when he's off the scoot

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#8 Post by HowardQ » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:42 pm

What was the title of this thread again :smt017 :smt017

Oh yeh ................. er ................... New Bike :smt017 :smt017

Sorry Gio but my mate in Trading Standards want's a word with you.

I sometimes get accused by people who don't know my biking history, of trying to recreate my youth.
Gio's a bit younger than me so he's obviously going back a bit further. :smt009

I'll put my hand up, I did have a scooter for my 20 odd mile round trip to school when I was 16. Soon as I got a job it went, cos I came off it every time it rained. Having said that mine was an Italian as well, a 70cc Capri with a Garelli motor.

Being serious, if I had to commute in London, I might consider a big scoot, something like a T Max.

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#9 Post by HowardQ » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:44 pm

D-Rider wrote:Forget the........... that's so 1960s .....
Unfortunatley so are me and Gio!

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#10 Post by Samray » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:57 pm

Unfortunately?! :smt017

I wouldn't have missed it for the world. :smt003

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#11 Post by HowardQ » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:12 pm

Couldn't agree more mate, it's just gettin to be too long ago these days!
Great days.
Lots of booze and girls, workin so earning money to fund both options and the bikes. :smt001
Owned -
500 BSA twin, 500 and 350 Velocette singles :smt007
650 Matchless, 650 Triumph, 650 Norton twins :smt007
Bad days -
6 volt electrics and dynamo :smt009
Oil leaks :smt009
Broken cranks (2 on the Matchless 650 CSR) :smt009 :smt013 :smt010

Wembley 1966 -

World Cup :smt001 :smt001
FA Cup -
Wednesday 1 Everton 2 :smt010 :smt010

Yeh, I remember the 60s.

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#12 Post by BikerGran » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:36 pm

They say if you can remember the 60s you weren't really there..........
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

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#13 Post by Samray » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:37 pm

Didn't say I remembered much........just that I wouldn't have missed it for the world. :smt002


and my Matchless was a 450 .......I think. :smt003

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#14 Post by ligloo » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:42 pm

I can't remember the 60's ...... :smt003

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#15 Post by Samray » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:54 pm

Nor can my grandchildren. :smt003

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