Motorcycle Training Forum

[Andy]

Hello there!

Thought it was time I introduced myself to the forum.

I'm Andy, I've been riding for the best part of 30 years now. My first on-road bike was a 197? Yamaha FS1E 50cc moped. I then progressed? to a rather older BSA C15 and learned to change gear with my right foot before switching back to a Honda CD175 on which I passed my test (if you can call it that) back in 1981. I've owned and ridden countless other machines since then, both British, Japanese and German.

I currently ride a Honda Deauville for my daily commute to Altrincham, my weekend 'job' and the odd pleasure trip when I get the chance. It may not be the most exciting or exotic machine in the world, but it's 100% reliable, holds no surprises and returns 55-60 mpg regardless of the mood I'm in.

You'll find me and my Deauville down at RJH most weekends, conducting CBT's

Andy

[Rjhmt]

Yamaha FS1E
My mate had a new yellow one in 1973/74 or thereabout, we used to look up to it with aspiration.
I bet you wish you still had it don't you? Collectable!

[Andy]

Yes, it was a cracking little machine; metallic gold mine was, I seem to remember that my sister had a yellow one a couple of years after me. I spent many a happy hour fiddling about with the carburation and ignition timing in a vain attempt to get more speed out of it. Not forgetting the joy of decoking the exhaust system - designed with removable baffles that could be taken out so that the baked on carbon deposits from the 2-stroke mixture could be cleaned off and the holes in the baffles drilled out again. The phrase global warming hadn't been invented yet!

I never considered the Fissie to be a classic back then though, I always wanted a Honda SS50 - with a proper 4-stroke engine and high-level exhaust.

Andy

[yorkie 1200]

hi andy
am in biddulph myself lynmouth close are you near
ad a fs1e myself purple one with the pedals on so you could pedal it
weird trying to ride not having your feet opposite one another
l seem to remember to be careful of right handers cus the pedal used to scrape on floor

[Andy]

Hi Ian,

Good to hear from you. I'm not too far away, off Dorset Drive.

Daftest thing about those pedals was that they had to 'work' to get the bike through an MOT.

Andy

[yorkie 1200]

did you ever try pedaling one though felt like they weighed a ton
it was easier just to push them if any thing happens which it freqently
did with mine cost a fortune in plugs alone flipping thing used to eat them
used to park in that haulage yard near you when i drove for my father in law m shaw a couple of years ago

[Rjhmt]

Haulage Yard
Is there any land going there CBT LAND

[yorkie 1200]

rob
up at brown lees there is some new industrail units going up
some ave got private car parking with fencing around if you go past and get phone number of the sign there
they might be able to fix you up with a small unit with private parking for your cbts

[Rjhmt]

Brown Lees,
Thanks I will have a look,