Petrolheads v's Enthuiasts v's Rich gits

Dades

I have zero interest in bikes. Possibly fueled by my perception of them as death traps.

Calling an ambulance last year for a motorcyclist who got creamed after hitting a parked car didn't help. (He was okay in the end - and it was probably the fault of a car in traffic - not that that matters if your spine is broken).

macplaxton

Anything with wheels for me.

Started on four, went down to three, then two. Back at four at the minute, but want a bit on the side for a motorcycle and still have to learn how to ride a unicycle.

Love motorcycles and was a despatch rider in Glasgow and London. So a proper all-weather motorcyclist and not a "fat bloke on a Fireblade" that wears race-replica leathers and wobbles down to McDonald's on a Sunday in the summer.

Life begins at 45 degrees!

swarlb

macplaxton wrote: »

Anything with wheels for me.

Started on four, went down to three, then two. Back at four at the minute, but want a bit on the side for a motorcycle and still have to learn how to ride a unicycle.

Love motorcycles and was a despatch rider in Glasgow and London. So a proper all-weather motorcyclist and not a "fat bloke on a Fireblade" that wears race-replica leathers and wobbles down to McDonald's on a Sunday in the summer.

Life begins at 45 degrees!

So, would a 'fat bloke on a Fireblade' be an 'enthusiast, a petrolhead or a rich git ?'.
As an example, lets say one year at Terenure, on the Italian Car stand, there appears a Ferrari 250 SWB, with a ZV plate..........
Would the comments be...
'Rich Git, probably doesn't know the first thing about it'
'Christ, another ZV plate, bloody import'
'Probably a kit based on a Beetle'
'What a magnificent car !!!'
'Much prefer to see a Mk2 escort, a PROPER classic'

macplaxton

Semi-rich git. Have you seen the price of those Teletubbies leathers?

I'll reserve Rich git top spot for Goldwing riders in matching his 'n' her's clothing sometimes a trike version with a trailer, tootling down the motorway in summer.

Capri

macplaxton wrote: »

Semi-rich git. Have you seen the price of those Teletubbies leathers?

I'll reserve Rich git top spot for Goldwing riders in matching his 'n' her's clothing sometimes a trike version with a trailer, tootling down the motorway in summer.

...with Lionel Richie or Barry Manilow on their outdoor stereo :mad::mad:

Capri

Have a look at the comments on this one

http://barnfinds.com/the-british-love-356s-too/


....Unfortunately, the TV shows & the auction houses are turning the collector car hobby into a millionaires only hobby, the average person simply cannot afford to buy these cars, much less do the work or pay to have the rebuild done, it’s just too costly for all but the most wealthy. Here is a car that a few short years ago would have and should have been crushed, but some fool with more money than brains will buy & restore it, bringing the price to God knows how much thereby further inflating an already overpriced market .......

Another overpriced Porsche

http://barnfinds.com/save-a-porsche-1970-911e/

....

I’ve seen worse. It’s a project I’d take on, but the price is way too high. I say this looking at the pics and seeing the tires sunk into the ground, wondering if i win the auction, go to pick it up and while pulling in onto a trailer it comes apart in two. Who knows how much rust is below. W.C. Fields said “A fool and his money are soon parted”

Dades

macplaxton wrote: »

I'll reserve Rich git top spot for Goldwing riders in matching his 'n' her's clothing sometimes a trike version with a trailer, tootling down the motorway in summer.

Jeez, what's wrong with a bunch of older citizens livin' the dream on their choice of bikes. Or the fat bloke on a Fireblade that wears race-replica leathers, for that matter!

I daresay we've all got pieces of clothing with a retro racing hint to it.

jimgoose

Dades wrote: »

Jeez, what's wrong with a bunch of older citizens livin' the dream on their choice of bikes. Or the fat bloke on a Fireblade that wears race-replica leathers, for that matter!

I daresay we've all got pieces of clothing with a retro racing hint to it.

I look forward to being the oul' biy on a BSA Gold Star DBD34 with a piss-pot helmet, "Biggles" goggles and those big flappy gloves.

jimgoose

LIGHTNING wrote: »

If its got Martini on it then it gets my vote

The John Player Special Norton RCW588 is still a jaw-dropper classic in my book.

Capri

A nice Honda Repsol for me :rolleyes: