Colin
Thompson
Well hello Colin another one of the
old lads found the site, it's great to hear from you
Colin.
Hi Guys, Chris Bracey pointed me at the
site, the cameos of the individuals took me back, it's amazing
how my memory has faded after nearly 40 years but yours seem to
be pretty clear.
Unlike some of the more prominent
members, I guess I was more of a social scooterist
especially as I started out as a mod, I only went to a
couple of rallies though I did go to Lydden Hill with
Champs a couple of times. I also remember spending ages
trying to get unhappy bikes to run especially Digger's
225. I had a lock up that I rented from a neighbour and
used to have a number of bikes turn up just to hang out
.
Yes I did date Muriel for quite a
while, then Steve Fletcher took over from me. Pete Thomas
was going out with Barbara her sister at about the same
time.
I see one of my photos from Dave's site
has been put to good use showing clips of JC and Keith C,
I remember that being taken at a do we went to in the
Portsmouth Guildhall.
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Marten,
Sad news. I just discovered Colin
Thompson succumbed to cancer 13th
May this year. He leaves a wife
Stella (stella_t@hotmail.co.uk) and
a son and daughter . There were a
few pics of Colin in a group of old
scooters at one time. Any pics I am
sure Stella would love to have
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Chris Bracey ... Still riding an
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Kieth
Champion John
Cole Colin Thompson
I think the freezing cold IOW was the
last rally before I gave up my GT for a mini. In Ken
Jackson's notes, the coffee bar we used to go to in Stoke
Road was the Intrigue, it had a record shop in front and
the coffee bar out the back.
I'm living in Surrey at the mo, I have
a Li150S (Golden Special) bought with the assistance of
Chris B (he found it, I paid for it) which I have
restored in pearlescant white and metallic blue. The
restoration was really simple, I remembered how to strip
and rebuild a bike and engine as if it were yesterday.
What makes it really easy is that these days, I have some
decent tools, back then, metric spanners were rare and I
was poor so the quality of the tools was
dubious.
I have the original engine sitting
restored on my work bench but it wasn't quick enough so I
now have a GP200 engine fitted and converted the front
forks to accommodate dampers and a rebuilt disc brake. It
looks like a GT and even though they could be a bit
unreliable, I'd rather have the real thing, it's just
that they are stupid prices these days. Hindsight is
great, if only I had kept my bike from then.
Cheers
Colin Thompson
(Don't we all Colin I heard my old GP
went for £4500.00 in a box in bits)
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