Whatever happened to....

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Garnet
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Re: Whatever happened to....

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Sibbo wrote:Leaking oil ! Leaking oil? Unreasonable expectations ! ;) That small requirement aside most of the Brit singles were bulletproof and lasted years .
But the bulletproof ones did not go like a bullet and the ones that did had as many bullet holes in them as Jeff's bike.
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Garnet wrote:
Sibbo wrote:Leaking oil ! Leaking oil? Unreasonable expectations ! ;) That small requirement aside most of the Brit singles were bulletproof and lasted years .
But the bulletproof ones did not go like a bullet and the ones that did had as many bullet holes in them as Jeff's bike.
I submit the Velocette Venom. It put out 42 hp from a 500, went like shit off a shovel and handled beautifully. One of the best bikes ever.
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The Triumph "Twenty One" (3TA) was/is a great machine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Twenty_One

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