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This lovely Velocette was born the same year as me ...........:? :?
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So what is your birth year bike?

In the interests of friendliness the youngsters can also post non classic pics (just this once) :lol:
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This bike fits the COOL category better than I do...Harley Davidson XR750 was born the same year I was...

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Kind of fun finding this bit of trivia...

Later.
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At least one of us still has our looks (psst: It's not me) :laughing:
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Oh my oh my, how good they were
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#5 Unread post by Grey Thumper »

Image*

*Although technically, the R75/5 was born a year before I was, and the actual bike in the pic was born a year after.

**Gotta give creds to bikeexif, and Juan Ramón Ortega, who made and owns it.
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1953 Vincent:

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#7 Unread post by mogster »

I'm loving all the contributions guys. Only Bob has given the year, guess some of us want to keep you guessing :lol:
BobK wrote:1953 Vincent:
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#8 Unread post by pchast »

Ok,,,
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1950 Indian Chief

one of these years I'll figure out the post a picture thing....

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mogster wrote:I'm loving all the contributions guys. Only Bob has given the year, guess some of us want to keep you guessing :lol:
OK - I was busted: This is a 1970 Norton Commando...
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madjak30 wrote:This bike fits the COOL category better than I do...Harley Davidson XR750 was born the same year I was...

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Kind of fun finding this bit of trivia...

Later.
I thought it was more fun to make people look up the bike...but hey, mine's a 1970 model as well...we're not that old there High_Side... :twisted:

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