Motorbike road trips,traditional pocket knives,history and culture.

Johnnythefox said:
Necessity is the mother of invention.

It is the first time I have ever soldered yesterday when I had to repair my electronic gear change myself (I had to replace a sealed black box).

Now I can change gear again,though I dont often ride at this time of year it was mild (no sun though) so I went out for a road test.

Initially I thought just half an hour or so but I felt good and went for a couple of hours, keeping to the major roads to avoid the mud and leaves on the B roads.

All I can say is I love and enjoy riding my motorbike. 😁

I took my 2 blade trapper? with me as I like to do with new knives.:cool:

It feels good to have gotten out and about.

The burnt/brown/rusty backdrop to the Beaver is a WW2 Aircraft size Nissen hut now used as a showroom for very expensive cars.


"A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. It was designed during the First World War by the Canadian-American-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen. It was used also extensively during the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States".


































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Nice post! I lived and worked in Quonset huts while in the U.S. Army, and can remember them being used for Veterans housing in my home town after WWII. John
 
Some beautiful scenery Johnny and the biking must be good there. The machine looking spick n span too.
Love your Wenger Soldier '78, have a Vic Soldier same year, a dependable carry.
 
danno50 said:
Looks like a great trip, John! Those restaurant prices look fairly reasonable from what I remember of restaurant prices there.
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A lot of prices have gone up this last year, my 2 star hotel was £50 a night now its over £60.

That chip shop was still very reasonable the senior citizen meal was a bargain £8 fish,chips,peas or mushy peas,a drink bread and butter.

I hate being old enough to qualify for it though. 😆
 
ed_is_dead said:
Some beautiful scenery Johnny and the biking must be good there. The machine looking spick n span too.
Love your Wenger Soldier '78, have a Vic Soldier same year, a dependable carry.
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Thanks bud, i bought it as 78 was my first tour in NI. you cant fault the soldier model compact and dependable.

My motorbike is now on 96,000 miles,the engine is still getting smoother every mile I hope to have the bike run in soon. 😊
 
Johnnythefox said:
Thanks bud, i bought it as 78 was my first tour in NI. you cant fault the soldier model compact and dependable.

My motorbike is now on 96,000 miles,the engine is still getting smoother every mile I hope to have the bike run in soon. 😊
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Incredible condition for the miles, a testament to Kawasaki and your care. The Soldier and your bike are a lot alike, built for the long road and all that entials:)
 
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The Photos of the Fish and Chips, and the store made me hungry, as hard to find that meal around here. First had it in 1975, we were at Greenham Common for an exercise. Got some time off and went to London on a train. Must have been a very busy day as the first two trains were full, the third one, I got to stand on the bottom step of the entrance door, all the way to London, hoping the door would not pop open. A man opened the door from the Lavatory, but it was solid people and he could not get back to his seat, I told not to complain at least he had a seat (the toilet) to sit on. Had a Fish and Chips from a Take Away, and if I remember correctly it was wrapped in newspaper, but it was GOOD! Must have been the combination of good fish, and the ink from the newspaper that made it taste so good! John
 
Nice sunny warm ride which then turned cold and wet,hooray for English weather. 😁

Just joined up a few rides to go to places I like,not to far from home.

Which included the Hook Norton brewery restaurant/tea stop and Krazy horse motorbikes (high end and trick stuff) on the way back.

I took the King of Barlows,that is my first forum knife,my first Barlow and very special for those reasons and the fact that it was posted to me by Charlie. 😎

The big Green Kawasaki now has 96,000 miles on the clock,we are both getting on a bit. 🤪

You have to love those massive,friendly Dray horses.






























 
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Johnnythefox said:
Nice sunny warm ride which then turned cold and wet,hooray for English weather. 😁

Just joined up a few rides to go to places I like,not to far from home.

Which included the Hook Norton brewery restaurant/tea stop and Krazy horse motorbikes (high end and trick stuff) on the way back.

I took the King of Barlows,that is my first forum knife,my first Barlow and very special for those reasons and the fact that it was posted to me by Charlie. 😎

The big Green Kawasaki now has 96,000 miles on the clock,we are both getting on a bit. 🤪

You have to love those massive,friendly Dray horses.






























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You looking to upgrade to horse John?
When the oil barons drip dry...
 
This thread bring back good memories, I have not ridden in years, but long ago before being married with children I did a bit of travel on bikes. For about 15 years I did not own a car, we rode all the old twisties in the Appalachia's. I got tired of being a target on the road when the city grew around me, and the bike got to the point of just being a garage ornament that was due for a rebuild.

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