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Look out for Ferrari drivers
Here is a picture of my 1954 Road Rocket that I completed a full nut and bolt restoration on, on October the 8th 2009.
This pic was taken on October the 11th 2009, it was it's first run with the BSA club of Vic. Australia.
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In Remembrance
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Damn, do you want to tell us what happened
''Then out spake brave Horatius, the captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his Gods?''
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Are you ok? Was the bike insured? Was the Ferrari driver in the wrong? That must have been heartbraking.
"Live the life you love, find a god you trust and don't take it all too seriously"
Pre-units rule!
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My God. Glad to hear YOU'RE "o.k."
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I hope you recover well, Andy. Looking at your portrait I guess you'll spend Christmass in a hospital bed.
What a mess. I hope the Ferrari is is a write off. What an @sshole.
My best wisshes for you and the other bike rider.
Ger B
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Good God, thanks be that you're ok...ok-ish at least.
That's truly heart breaking, all our sympathies are with you Andy.
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Someone was watching over you to live through that
1972 Triumph T120
1968 BSA A65
1968 MGB Roadster
1979 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
1969 Honda Mini Trail
2004 Honda Shadow Aero
1949 Ferguson TE20 tractor
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Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts, I suppose I will need to be looking for parts to rebuild the Road Rocket..lol
merry xmas
cheers
Andy
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Unbelievable! I am glad you are still with us and feeling good enough to get on the forum. How are you feeling now?
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oil tank looks good, and the muffler and shock... I'm only being glib because you can be! glad you came out of that one alive mate! a sobering glance at reality. I'm sure you already do, but thank your stars brother. 
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/1957 BSA A10 Spitfire Scrambler (in a friend's shed)
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Glad to hear your o.k. I almost taken out by a Ferrari myself on the A6 east of Saarbrucken on my way home from the Isle of Man after the Manx at about 11pm. I hear him first and then saw his lights and less than a sec. later saw the s.o.b. slam on his brakes, swerve around me. My ass was clinched for the 60km then I was home.
Apparently $$$ + balls = Ferrari but common sense is extra
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fERRARI needs to go shark fishing
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G'day Andy,
Sorry to read about this bad news. Hopefully, you'll be recuperating and taking it easy at the moment. I'm also located in Melbourne and my brother is doing up a 55 Road Rocket. He has a 56 as a donor bike so a few spares are floating around, located in Hurstbridge. I'm in Sunbury..
Drop me a line some time and we can organise to catch up.
Cheers & Beers
Robbo
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Thanks Robbo. My email address is [email protected]send me your number and i will give you acall
Andy (melbourne, Australia)
Rebuilding '54 Road Rocket
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Best of luck with recovery Andy.
I spoke to John Williams of the Beezer Club shortly after this happened and my blood ran cold when he described what had occured, I and friends had been on the GOR a week before.
Presumably you are still recovering so I will email you and maybe drop off a stack of old Classic Bike mags if you would like that ?
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