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I got too many to individually recount from the years 71-73......around 20+ unscheduled dismounts. I hit Slaughter House gates, garage doors, backs of cars, sides of cars, even went under cars. Went through Indian restaurant windows and landed on tables, hit traffic light poles, trees, barriers, and of course there multiple wheelies that went wrong! I came off the back, off the side, and even over the bars. I wanted to cover all the bases. I was truly the Dave Croxford of street riding! Crox raced from 1962 to 1976, crashing no less than 223 times, without breaking a single bone, at a time when Armco was everywhere and body armour was something you found in the Tower of London. No wonder fans called him Rubber Bones. Many of Croxford’s tumbles were comedy events, in retrospect, at least. “I crashed at Brands while battling with Bazza (Sheene)… I was sliding along on my arse waving at him, and he was waving back.” Or his only TT crash, “This bloody great big pig comes out and it’s running alongside me…”. Such were the stresses of racing that Crockers sometimes prepared himself for action with a swift one or two in the paddock bar. “You’d have a couple of pints of Guinness and go out. You could do that in them days, it was real good fun!”

Things could have been different if you'd been on part worn DeathWings!

I know......but I prefer the feel of the 19" on the road! Strange I know, but 19" suits me better!

Happy Birthday to your Mum Tym!

A mate of mine did that in the early 70's with a Lambretta!

Hi Darren! @Renegade.......this is someone you know!

Mercedes Sprinter perhaps?

You'll lose the offroad capability though Bob?

As a serial bike changer it's difficult for me to stick with one bike for any length of time.....you may have noticed? Problem is that I'm limited to what I can buy now due to my age......a heavy machine just wouldn't be a realistic choice. Plus, they don't make bikes that appeal to me like they used to......they're all this Judge Dredd weird styling now! So......where do I go from here if I decide to sell the Beemer? Remember that It must be light and have a minimum of 19" front wheel. In my case I see only two options in my future......CB500X or CRF300L. But neither of those really grab me as such......it's more a case of trying to make the best of it. So what's in your future?

Gay.

Another owner being involved would increase the resale value though Yen!

People knew what they were voting for Bob! Though you have to wonder what the rest of the world thinks when the PM has to declare that the UK isn’t corrupt, and Downing Street then has to declare that the PM is OK!

The travel writer Derek Mansfield had a catastrophic breakdown on his in The Ukraine a year or two ago. Think it was a full motor rebuild.....and his bike wasn't long out of warranty either.

Jagger & Richards aren't!

He went over to France and fell over! Maybe he's got the bike weight problem already but doesn't want to admit it!

There's nothing cool about a trip in a breakdown truck Pedro!

I'm fucking working you bellend!

Vespa SS180 (with bald tyres) Autumn 71 going into a downhill roundabout in Swansea......in the wet. So I binned it going in! Got back on and then binned it again exiting the roundabout. Both incidents in front of a bus stop full of people! Not my best day really! I no longer fall off Vespas......as @Mawsley has taken over that gig!

You realise that this relates to actually riding a bike rather than driving it round in a van?

When it warms up a bit Terry.......we've got UK weather here now, just had one full week of rain.

It's newsworthy when they get a new cash machine in Prestatyn?

The Chinese own MV Agusta as well?