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Post by steven on Oct 2, 2013 13:10:51 GMT 1
Hi, This may be of no interest to anyone except myself, but I thought I,d post it anyway. I have been a subscriber to CMM (Classic Motorcycle Mechanics) magazine for several years now. The magazine has openly admitted in the past that they have a "soft spot" for LC,s. I have been following Niall Mackenzies 4L0 restoration in CMM magazine over the past few months, and have just read his road test report of it, now that he has completed it, in this months magazine. He has restored a white and blue two stripe standard 4L0, to be the same as his first LC. He tells of how in September 1980 he bought his very first LC from Bill Fleming motors in Glasgow. He tells us that the registration of his very first LC was PUS 581W. I think I have posted this pic on here before, but here is a picture of MY first LC I got in about 1985. steven.  |
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Post by 47x on Oct 2, 2013 14:09:47 GMT 1
he also knows the person who has his first lc,and has asked him on more than one occasion to sell it back to him,but the person wont sell it to him!!
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Post by AndyYam on Oct 2, 2013 15:48:01 GMT 1
I've been following it too and am also a subscriber. Was hoping for a bit more input from CMM at the Gibson Exhuast day and becoming less and less of a fan of this Scott Redmond bloke who seems to have a huge input into the magazine. From what I can see he's little more than a greedy bike breaker who's trying to justify breaking good classic bikes by saying it keeps numerous other bikes going.
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Post by billbott on Oct 2, 2013 15:53:05 GMT 1
Lovin them small can microns and drop bars!! Ace!
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Post by Trubrit on Oct 2, 2013 15:54:26 GMT 1
He Didn't Build It ........  |
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Post by marsbar350 on Oct 2, 2013 16:48:28 GMT 1
He Didn't Build It ........ do you know a man who did dave   |
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Post by Roofmonster on Oct 2, 2013 16:52:50 GMT 1
He Didn't Build It ........ do you know a man who did dave I know who built it |
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Post by Roofmonster on Oct 2, 2013 16:53:27 GMT 1
He Didn't Build It ........ do you know a man who did dave I know who built it |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 18:42:25 GMT 1
I know as well
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Post by AndyYam on Oct 2, 2013 18:45:41 GMT 1
You talking about the 350 in the magazine?
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Post by Eyrey1 on Oct 2, 2013 18:48:16 GMT 1
did we drink german beer with him mick ? |
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Post by jmartin on Oct 2, 2013 18:48:52 GMT 1
Come on spill the beans ! . . . is it someone on this forum by any remote chance !
Jez
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Post by Roofmonster on Oct 2, 2013 18:49:20 GMT 1
You talking about the 350 in the magazine? Yep |
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Post by Roofmonster on Oct 2, 2013 18:50:02 GMT 1
Come on spill the beans ! . . . is it someone on this forum by any remote chance ! Jez maybe |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 19:20:41 GMT 1
no gary we didn't drink german beer with him
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Post by redbimota on Oct 2, 2013 19:27:42 GMT 1
no gary we didn't drink german beer with him No it was not me i just help provide some parts, but i now how did build it, he he |
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Post by Eyrey1 on Oct 2, 2013 19:29:22 GMT 1
WHAT BEER WAS IT THEN ?
NICE BEER
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Post by calum64 on Oct 2, 2013 19:51:19 GMT 1
Never mind the lc is that a lada in the back ground
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Post by artie on Oct 2, 2013 20:14:37 GMT 1
Lada Riva? |
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Post by redbimota on Oct 2, 2013 21:39:11 GMT 1
WHAT BEER WAS IT THEN ? NICE BEER ALL BEER IS NICE, WHEN ITS FREE ITS EVEN BETTER |
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Post by jmartin on Oct 2, 2013 21:52:08 GMT 1
Thats my guess gone then ! . . . will have to try and get the mag.
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Post by steven on Oct 2, 2013 22:47:19 GMT 1
Hi,
I know who built it too now, a wee birdie told me ! lol, well a wee birdie didnt tell me who built it, but told me it was someone on here, I have just surmised who built it now after reading the postings.
Yes that is a LADA in the pic and it was not mine, it belonged to someone who lived across the road from me.
At that time I had a "77 Chevy"...........an S regi Vauxhaul Chevette, lol.... hatch back and was a yucky light blue colour.
You set the tappets with the engine running, and put oil in the dash pot of the carb, and of course set the points every now and again.
It had something like 105,000 miles on it when I sold it for £50 when I went away to the navy.
On my first leave home, I saw some wee dude running about in it, and got a horrible churning feeling in my stomache seeing someone else running about in MY Chevy ! lol
steven.
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Post by carioca656 on Oct 2, 2013 22:58:15 GMT 1
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Post by AndyYam on Oct 3, 2013 5:02:44 GMT 1
Yeah what's with all the secrecy?
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Post by Trubrit on Oct 3, 2013 5:47:23 GMT 1
I built it with a helping hand from Chris & Tim @ wards stove enamaling ,,,, no big secret really .....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 7:16:18 GMT 1
I did not know that dave, pmsl
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Post by calum64 on Oct 3, 2013 7:22:04 GMT 1
Your chevy was way cooler than mine at the time Steven. Mine was a yellow saloon with shi#y brown interior that needed new points every thousand miles
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Post by Norbo on Oct 3, 2013 8:17:48 GMT 1
I got the mag with the final story in it just to see what he thought of it . Would have been nice for him to have put a thanks to rd lc crazy as a place to get parts from seeming as most of the Gen yam and Patten parts came from us. But then again as he didn't actually build it he's not really to know that is he.
It was a good read though and I hope he gets a lot of miles on it and enjoys the bike. I love it when well known people have a love for these bikes. You know Terry Rymer has 1 and 2 ypvs and a 125lc and about 5 other 2 strokes now thers a man with a love for strokers .
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Post by markhoopy on Oct 3, 2013 16:35:06 GMT 1
Young Whitham has a nice red/white 350LC I believe.
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Post by Eyrey1 on Oct 3, 2013 16:41:13 GMT 1
Young Whitham has a nice red/white 350LC I believe. i know who built it  |
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