So who's been to Cambridge recently?

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So who's been to Cambridge recently?

#1 Post by HisNibbs » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:56 pm

A Falcouno spotted in Cambridge outside the Jolly Scholar. (In fact just round the corner from my daughter's new student house)

It looked pretty sorted despite the rust......... :smt002
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#2 Post by Kwackerz » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:53 pm

Ive seen a couple of falcos around the area but never seen the pilots to have a chat. A falcuono in the area? Bloody hell! I know we have a couple of rare breeds around here, but a Falcuono? And a rusty one at that?
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#3 Post by stivesvelo » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:58 pm

Could have been me, I was in Cambridge in the afternoon parked outside an open fronted bar (on King Street I think, opposite Wallace Kings furniture shop which has a closing down sale). If it was it an 'Olympic bronze' version with Fuel cans & the Aprilia street fighter kit, I might have to plead guilty...what rust!!

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#4 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:19 pm

Rust is the shorthand for Olympic bronze....


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 randomsquid » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:17 pm

longhand is most beautiful colour ever applied to a bike.
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#6 Post by HowardQ » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:48 pm

You mean Black Crow then !!!
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#7 Post by D-Rider » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:31 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Rust is the shorthand for Olympic bronze....
.... living dangerously there, Nursey ...... :smt013
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#8 Post by HisNibbs » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:12 pm

I have pictures! Pretty sure it was Stivesvelo.
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#9 Post by stivesvelo » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:13 pm

If you put it up I'll let you know, I should be able to recognise the rusty old thing, but you may have to wait in suspenders, as I'm away for a couple of weeks.

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#10 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:12 pm

You mentioned suspenders - think I just heard Andy falling off his zimmer...


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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#11 Post by randomsquid » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:04 pm

HowardQ wrote:You mean Black Crow then !!!
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#12 Post by flatlander » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:07 pm

I only just realised that black actually is fastest ... At being resprayed to a good colour or decorated with bling to distract you from the dullness of it
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#13 Post by MartDude » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:08 pm

flatlander wrote:I only just realised that black actually is fastest ... At being resprayed to a good colour or decorated with bling to distract you from the dullness of it
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