New.. but old chap

[prospero]

Hello all,
Thought i'd register as i'm a bit of a biker and still have fond 2stroke nostalgia going on..
Did wonder also if anyone here has the 350lc i owned from new..
UMJ 185W
It's still out there somewhere according the the dvla.

Anyways cheers

[reggieperrin]

welcome aboard....
Hope you find your old ride, there's loads of us looking for cherished old bikes...

Reggie

[marsbar350]

welcome in prospero
good luck finding that bike
a few i know have been reunited

[prospero]

Hi, and thanks..
Actually it was licenced the last time i looked but now.. unlicenced, so who knows, and i sometimes forget that 3 decades have passed by

[steve h]

Every time I walk uphill I get reminded that 3 decades have passed!!!!

[onewheelsenough]

sorn or tax ran out in 2011 so it could still be about.



Date of Liability

23 11 2011



Date of First Registration

31 03 1981



Year of Manufacture

1981



Cylinder Capacity (cc)

347cc



CO2 Emissions

Not Available



Fuel Type

PETROL



Export Marker

N



Vehicle Status

Unlicensed



Vehicle Colour

WHITE



Vehicle Type Approval

Not Available




Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle




6 Months Rate

£0.00



12 Months Rate

£36.00

[prospero]

Thanks, yep could be still around somewhere.. strangely i don't think i want to actually own it again, would be interesting to know what happened to it considering the following these machines have.

Oh and steve, don't know if you've ever been into running but they do say that 'hills are your friends' daft as it sounds

[prospero]

Well i'll have a stooge around i guess, as a newbe it doesn't seem right to dive in on others threads and get going.. appreciate the replies anyways.

Cheers all

[captaincaveman]

Must be interesting to trace any of your old bikes and see whats happend to them since selling them.

[bubba]

hello prospero and welcome along!

[Norbo]

Hi and welcome to the side . Dive in mate every o ne lce does . LOL

[prospero]

Cheers all, well i don't know what it is but myself anyway as i've got older there's become a harking to return to a more rudimentary form of motorcycling.. so those old steeds have ended up having more meaning somehow, maybe that's why i'm looking out for the old lc, partly anyways.

Modern bikes are not much more than plastic rockets in my eyes, i do have one admittedly and there's so much more 'metal' in those older machines, literally! somehow it so often relates as character.

In these times, smaller lighter simpler is the way to go, in my opinion that is.
Having said all that wasn't the lc the first of the new disposable type plastic embraced bikes? i felt some character had gone compared the the aircooled's even though it's a great machine in it's own way.
Just my slant
Friday morning uplift even..

[lcrider]

Welcome to the forum mate sounds like you will fit right in hear

I agree there is something about light 2 strokes that I love and the smell you get from a fist full of throttle.

[prospero]

Cheers lcrider, i take it you have an lc then?.. a half daft question i suspect,

Prospero

[stanlc7189]

One of the many plus points of an LC is that it makes you appreciate just how good modern bikes are. Having an LC and a GSX R750 is the best of both worlds!

[prospero]

Hi.. yep i agree, just i've found that modern bikes are so good that it takes much more input to get reward in the ride, unless your pushing near the outer end of the bikes capabilities it leaves you feeling indifferent at the end of a run.. well that's just me perhaps eh.
Nice to have the options and perspective though isn't it...