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#1 Post by wavey » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:43 pm

Shamelessly lifted from another site.


http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
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#2 Post by Samray » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:03 pm

Wow.
Those were the days. :smt001
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#3 Post by D-Rider » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:07 pm

Fascinating :smt004 :smt003
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#4 Post by wavey » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:38 pm

One of the many thoughts that popped into my head while reading that site was how little photography has changed. I've just returned from a from a trip to the Pyrenees and took loads of pics just like those.
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#5 Post by Viking » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:56 pm

That's just brilliant.

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#6 Post by Willopotomas » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:00 pm

Excellent. Back when men were men and the bikes they rode were built for men! :smt003
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#7 Post by HisNibbs » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:15 pm

A more affluent version of some of my family holidays.

Some of my earliest memories are waving out the top of es2 norton outfit in Germany. Fixing a puncture in Bruges etc. That would have been about 1957.

Any way those are great pictures from a time where taking a bike abroad was a major adventure.
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#8 Post by BikerGran » Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:11 pm

The quality of the photos is amazing - the content even more so!

And these people just did it -no wonder I'm less than impressed with the famous pair that did bottom to top or upside down or whatever.
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#9 Post by Falcorob » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:33 pm

BikerGran wrote:The quality of the photos is amazing - the content even more so!

And these people just did it -no wonder I'm less than impressed with the famous pair that did bottom to top or upside down or whatever.
Yeah but Ewan and Charlie only had a support team of 6 or so. And modern machinery. And modern kit. And a planned route with 24/7 on call medical cover.

Oh I see what you mean. :smt002
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