So,after a few beers recently my friend Clive and I hatched the plan.
We both ride TBA's ( OK, he's on a Speedy but we don't hold that against him).
We both rode Meriden Triumphs in our younger days.
So, why not do so again?
So the plan is to add a a couple ofT140's ....or better still TR7'sto the fleet.
Slight snag....something has to go to make way.....He's parting with a very nice early Yamaha XT500...and I with my HD Switchback.........
Except I've ebayed it twice so far.....1st time I spotted a sticky brake light switch and pulled the auction to fix it.....and now it's failed to make its reserve.......drat...fair reserve too.
Oh well, try again....
Although the thought occurred to me......in a couple of weekends we're doing a 500 mile round trip to Devon.....not anticipating any dramas with our current bikes.....only we used to make this trip also way back in the 1970's on Meriden machinery......with a bag of spanners, spares and the patience of saints( no pun intended.)
Vividly recall hitting the motorway on my chopped 1961 6T( sorry, I was young and foolish) and having the rocker caps vibrate off one by one....
Do I want a return to such character building dramas?
Probably.
We'll find out.....
Anyone else still regularly running Meriden bikes as the makers intended?
