After digging about in old family photos for another project I came across some evidence that there really was a bike called RPR 657 and a boy who had it ingrained into his persona. First of all here he is on the BSA B25SS mentioned at the beginning:
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| On the BSA in 1978 with L plate discretely folded away. My mate Alan is on the 500/4 (replaced his CB200) with my sister Sam on the back. |
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Here's the Velo in 1979:
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| My Venom with tangeable evidence of my dedication. I would take any job to earn a few extra pennies to keep it on the road - how many eighteen year old would be rockers do you know who would baby sit? |
This is the Venom post -crash with the Dodkin rolling chassis and re-painted tank. The mudguards are cheapo ally ones that I'd get through at a rate of two front and four rear a year - worse than tyres!
And the face behind this?
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| Dedicated and wearing the badge of faith... needing a haircut! |
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So there it is.
