A trip down memory lane
- Thread starter Darren Slone
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Smartbear said:Brings back memories (of rebores & new Pistons)
Rob
And Castrol R! 8)
Never had a 50......my first bike was a CB200.....awful thing,kept it 3 weeks then swapped it for a GT250M.Seemed like a good idea at the time but needed a new crank......which also turned out to include a rebore......tough times for an apprentice on £30 a week 
Smartbear said:This was a lot louder
Rob
What a beauty :wub:
I was 16 August 1973 
Ditched the pushbike and got a blue Honda SS50.
Yellow centurion open face with dark blue visor couldn't see a thing at night
I was the youngest of the gang by 2-3 months so mine was M reg and there's were L reg.
A year earlier you could have had a 250 and no crash helmet, still we got into enough bother on the 50's.
In the gang we had
Blue SS50
Red SS50
Yellow Puch ( maxi I think not sure) complete with yellow 6' whip arial
Garelli tiger cross
gold Fs1e
Gilera touring
The Garelli was the fastest and noisiest but fell apart had the frame welded every week and totally unreliable.
The Puch was the joke of the pack.
The 4 strike Hondas were the slowest but could still hit 50 if you got a mile long hill to go down,
laying flat out on tank, knees and elbows tucked in feet on passenger footrests.
Borrow 50p off your granny to fill up with petrol.
Crap tyres fell off on every roundabout when it rained
Ditched the pushbike and got a blue Honda SS50.
Yellow centurion open face with dark blue visor couldn't see a thing at night
I was the youngest of the gang by 2-3 months so mine was M reg and there's were L reg.
A year earlier you could have had a 250 and no crash helmet, still we got into enough bother on the 50's.
In the gang we had
Blue SS50
Red SS50
Yellow Puch ( maxi I think not sure) complete with yellow 6' whip arial
Garelli tiger cross
gold Fs1e
Gilera touring
The Garelli was the fastest and noisiest but fell apart had the frame welded every week and totally unreliable.
The Puch was the joke of the pack.
The 4 strike Hondas were the slowest
but could still hit 50 if you got a mile long hill to go down,laying flat out on tank, knees and elbows tucked in feet on passenger footrests.
Borrow 50p off your granny to fill up with petrol.
Crap tyres fell off on every roundabout when it rained
Usa
North West Surrey
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Smartbear said:Ta, feel the noise! It's my old kh250 that I fitted a 400 engine into-had the frame nickel plated & a few odds&ends chromed
Rob
Nice Rob
I graduated from my Fizzy, to an RD250 which I then transplanted a RD400 engine ! Then the LC and YPVS came before I went 4 stroke with a Z1 , wish I still had them all to be honest, but then I only just parted with a GPZ 900. A1 I bought in 1984 ! Because I didn't ride it .
I posted this pic on my FB wall and the nostalgia has come back there too! 2 of my mates has FS1E's from the 70's when I had an AR80 in 1982 when I was 17, I also remember one of the lads had a Suzuki 50 ( AP? ) looked a bit sporty to us, we thought we were the bees knees 8) 
RayM said:Does anyone remember the FANTIC CABALERRO (I think that's the spelling) from that mid / late 70's era? 50cc trial bike, not restricted at the time when they had just started to bring that in, so they changed hands for loadsamoney then
They were in high demand when I was that age because they would scream there way up to almost 60 mph under the right conditions
I dread to think what a good be would be worth now.
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Darren Slone said:I posted this pic on my FB wall and the nostalgia has come back there too! 2 of my mates has FS1E's from the 70's when I had an AR80 in 1982 when I was 17, I also remember one of the lads had a Suzuki 50 ( AP? ) looked a bit sporty to us, we thought we were the bees knees 8)
Yep
FS1E Yamaha
SS50 Honda
AP50 Suzuki
AE50 Kawasaki
RayM said:Does anyone remember the FANTIC CABALERRO (I think that's the spelling) from that mid / late 70's era? 50cc trial bike, not restricted at the time when they had just started to bring that in, so they changed hands for loadsamoney then
My mate had a FC chopper, it had a large fishtail exhaust and smoked like a pig. He lived about 1/2 a mile from me and I could hear him start it and ride over to my house, it was so gutless, it took ages to get up to speed.
Darren Slone said:I posted this pic on my FB wall and the nostalgia has come back there too! 2 of my mates has FS1E's from the 70's when I had an AR80 in 1982 when I was 17, I also remember one of the lads had a Suzuki 50 ( AP? ) looked a bit sporty to us, we thought we were the bees knees 8)
Yep, I had an AR80 as well
Rob