Classic Road Test: 1973 T140 Bonneville
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Sorry that the forum reduces the size of these making them so hard to read,
If you upload them to the gallery then they can be viewed as full size when you click on them. Right now I am on my BB so. I am not sure how you have posted them here.
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Actually, even the gallery resizes them as well.
I uploaded two panoramic photos of Pittsburgh last Month and the gallery, even at it's largest size was way smaller.
And if I use the gallery, the only link is to a medium size of it, not the large.
I uploaded two panoramic photos of Pittsburgh last Month and the gallery, even at it's largest size was way smaller.
And if I use the gallery, the only link is to a medium size of it, not the large.
I found what AJ is saying is true.
The larger images have now been added just in the original first post of this thread, just click on the page number and it will load them 
Cool...thanks Dave.
I actually had thought I'd already sent those, but the email was still sitting in my Outbox unsent for a few days.
I actually had thought I'd already sent those, but the email was still sitting in my Outbox unsent for a few days.
Great post. In 1973 I was 17, and would have sold my Mother to buy one of these. Unfortunately, non of the prospects were prepared to pay the ask! 
(Just kidding Mom....RIP)
(Just kidding Mom....RIP)
Though I was 28 in 1973, I sure lusted after one!!
In 1973 I had been 100% away from the motorcycle scene since 1958. I had zero interest in bikes and didn't even know that the British motorcycle industry had failed.
I saw bikes in the streets, but paid no attention to them. I had no idea that the Japanese had come so far.
It wasn't until January 1992 on the eve of my retirement that I visited a motorcycle dealer with a friend (only at his request - and for something to do on a cold Saturday morning) and saw what the bike world had become.
I was stunned by the variety of bikes on the floor - Japanese, Ducati and BMW.
By April 1992 I had a brand new bike and rode into the sunset (retirement) and have never looked back
I saw bikes in the streets, but paid no attention to them. I had no idea that the Japanese had come so far.
It wasn't until January 1992 on the eve of my retirement that I visited a motorcycle dealer with a friend (only at his request - and for something to do on a cold Saturday morning) and saw what the bike world had become.
I was stunned by the variety of bikes on the floor - Japanese, Ducati and BMW.
By April 1992 I had a brand new bike and rode into the sunset (retirement) and have never looked back
Rocky now that is a cool story
This is how the chain of events went:
A fellow I worked with (10 years younger) bought his first motorcycle in his early forties and was bugging me to buy a bike too. I wasn't the least bit interested.
On that day in January he asked me to come along as he was going to the bike dealership to pick up some items. I wasn't doing anything so went along.
When we walked in I was stunned at all the chrome, graphics, paint schemes and variety of bikes, but I didn't know one name from another.
My friend explained what the diferent models were, etc., but most of it went over my head.
Every couple of weeks or so for the rest of the winter we went back to the dealership to hang around and I gradually got hooked.
As mentioned, by April I had a new H***a.
Four months earlier I had no intention whatever in buying a motorcycle, but that dormant desire and the fun of the Fifties finally came out
What a great ride it has been!!!!!
Hmmmmmm????
20 years away from riding, huh?
You failed to mention you were locked-up for stealing British bikes for all that time...right?
20 years away from riding, huh?
You failed to mention you were locked-up for stealing British bikes for all that time...right?
A really good story, Rocky. And I am glad you are back riding. I was way from riding for eight years - and I missed it every day.
I'm glad too. Riding and motorcycles is a huge part of my life now.
I was away from bikes for 34 years and didn't give it a second thought until 1992.
My wife wasn't that thrilled that I had bought a bike, but I took the riders course as promised and as time passed she got used to it.
Now, after 19 years, she has no problem with it and encourages me to ride whenever the weather is good.
(I really think she wants me out of the house
)Even after I was hurt three years ago she never once suggested that I give it up.
That kind of support is invaluable. I enjoy that kind of total support.
Rocky I think your friend had it all setup from asking you to go with him to the bike shop the first time, he needed a riding partner by the sounds of it 
Rocky I think your friend had it all setup from asking you to go with him to the bike shop the first time, he needed a riding partner by the sounds of it
As a matter of fact it was my friend at work who rode the new bike to my home as I didn't have a motorcycle licence at that time.
We rode together a few times, but he continued to work so we gradually lost touch as I developed new bike friends and interests.
But every summer since then we usually run into each other on bike nights and other places. He's retired now too and belongs to the BMW club.
