1977 pic of my dad an his 250 DX

[steelerd]

Well its happening lol hopefully gonna be a 400 or 250 ac owner soon.

Here's my dad posing on his Rd250dx 1977 after a hard day running Komori Sprints and a Solna 225 litho presses.

Unknown to dad in that window is my mum watching him in at her works a week before they met!! The rest as they say is history.
Hoping to acquire a rd 250 air-cooled basket/project myself then I've got most of the bikes from my dad's an his brothers youth haha!

Just curious what's more popular the later 250 or the earlier 76' c models

Originally bought from Ace motorcycles on Deansgate then traded in at Paul Williams Motorcycles in Cholton in Manchester for a brand new RD350LC X reg in 1982 in mars bars like my 250lc I use now

I ended up following my dad into Litho print since 2009 unfortunately the company 8 months ago so currently figuring out what to do next

Hope you all enjoy the pic an the little bit of a story behind it.

Dad RD 250 by norton.rider, on Flickr

[copper99]

Dad still thinks he is a cool dude I guess mate?!

Cracking pic and nice wee story.

[veg]

Great pic great story and just realised you must be a baby? Are you even into your 40’s yet? 😁

[earthman]

To think how riding attire has changed over these years too, double denim were the norm back then. Lol

[steven]

Mar 25, 2019 8:59:18 GMT 1 earthman said:

To think how riding attire has changed over these years too, double denim were the norm back then. Lol

.... Docs on too !
Have you seen how much a pair of "Docs" are these days ? !
Steven.

[steelerd]

Thanks everyone

haha yeah I'm 29 now lol To think we got the first lc together when I was about 16.

He still thinks he's a cool dude an to be fair he is

Totally agree its crazy how riding gear has changed both wear Dianese leathers now an he's always whinging how much easier it was in the 70's gear wise remind him how much safer it is now though!

Tell me about it I bought a pair of Cherry red Docs nearly fell over at how much they are! Gotta love the blisters to haha

[Ozhammer]

Love the photo and the double denim look, man that takes me back! 😂

[steelerd]

haha thanks Oz!

[lizzy]

I had a little garelli tiger in 1977

[chrisg]

Jun 2, 2019 8:26:24 GMT 1 lizzy said:

I had a little garelli tiger in 1977

Happy days!  I had a dt125 field bike in 1977 that I used to ride on some waste land, being as I was only 14. Think we all looked like that back in the day.

I used to be 9st , never seen the right side of 15st in years.

[sundowner]

I sold two of those for 45 quid in 83 what was i thinking

[reedpete]

Oct 11, 2019 20:42:09 GMT 1 sundowner said:

I sold two of those for 45 quid in 83 what was i thinking

Don’t worry...You are not the only one who had a good empty out back then....as a penance I’ve tried to right the wrong and have been back accumulating since I saw the error of my ways !

[yamrider]

Mar 25, 2019 8:59:18 GMT 1 earthman said:

To think how riding attire has changed over these years too, double denim were the norm back then. Lol

and i always wore my DM's too   never went anywhere without them