Re: Marlborough Man
.... they could be thinking "Yeah, that cant be right...."
The bloke on our left was (is?) Dave Parker, he was a dopey sort of plick, he's probably thinking, "Doh! Whatever! Yeah, I can get up that hill."
Marlborough Man, on our right (shall remain nameless for now, at least until Johnny Mecanno guesses) was probably thinking, "You call that a hill? Piece of p155 ......"
.... (what's the mystery bike behind the ER185?)....
Marlborough Man was on the Honda, Dave on a Yamaha, me on the (borrowed) ER.
.... I remember ER185s' lined up at a local dealers new for $1995 ride away probably very late 80s'? or early 90s,? even then, I couldn't believe they were still flogging off such an old model...
I had a Suzuki TS185 in the seventies .......
The TS185 I bought from a bloke in Glenroy VIC in 1973 for $250 (he threw a helmet and gloves, still have the gloves). It was good, reliable and bullet-proof, but not sure if I would buy one again. Although if I could get one as clean for the same price........
Had the engine seize half-way between Mackay and Eimeo, ran out of oil, rear wheel locked, skidded to a halt, pushed it a couple of km to a farm, hitched a ride to Mackay, picked up the PV, went back to farm, farmer had put some oil in, turn donk over, lubed the cylinder, started the engine for me. He would not accept any reward, gave me a lecture about not looking after the bike.
Happened again when it was pinched in Cairns, thieving prick left it on the side of the road with the engine seized. Best part was it ran better after each seizure.
Traded it for $250 on a $1,000 CB400F Super Sport in 1976.
love it!
