That I picked up my first brand new Hinkley Triumph.
2nd July 1992
Triumph Daytona 900 from Jack Lilleys - here I am posing by it after I picked it up .
Shakespeare’s Sister, Snap "Rhythm is a Dancer ",Wet Wet Wet,Whitney Houston with "and I will always love you!!,Freddie Mercury banging on about Barcelona was all in the charts…
…whilst I convinced myself that brown was a better look than black for leathers AND LOOKED LIKE A PONCY MOTORCYCLE AU PAIR RENT BOY as a result…
Is that the walking boot and socks look? Nearly ended badly for me when I stopped and couldn’t get a foot down due to the laces having caught the pegs…
Leather ‘trasers’ were rough cut so I thought it was better to pull the socks up over them…
Brown boots were crap in the wet - used to get as damp as a chamois leather and fookin freezing (another reason for the seaboot socks) also covered the laces and stopped them snagging
Most of the pins still on jacket - few flew off over the years
Went to the TT one year like this with just a thin pair of ‘waterproof’ nylon trousers and overjacket and it pissed down all the way - I was effin nearly an exposure case.
John Major was elected PM in 1990, following Maggie’s resignation. I worked for him for a while. Nice bloke. Liked a curry on a friday night. (Think about it)