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Hi, my name is Neil and I'm from Ireland, I have a spondon with a 2000 r1 motor, thanks for letting me in...https://scontent.fdub2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=5AF43590


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Hi Neil and welcome - interesting bike mate
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Hello welcome I’ve always loved sweary bobs creations he was a talented man 👍
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Welcome n Neil
Definitely an interesting bike and Sudha shame the way spondon went !
For saying how well known spondon were and there amazing creations the building was a fucking dump 😂
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jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 6:37 am Welcome n Neil
Definitely an interesting bike and Sudha shame the way spondon went !
For saying how well known spondon were and there amazing creations the building was a fucking dump 😂
Often the case Jompy one of the best hand made kitchen manufacturers I’ve ever dealt with based in Derby they’re workshop looked like you couldn’t make firewood there but turned out stunning stuff. Think sponson was the same Bob didn’t last long in retirement think he moved to Spain then past not long after.
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Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 6:45 am
jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 6:37 am Welcome n Neil
Definitely an interesting bike and Sudha shame the way spondon went !
For saying how well known spondon were and there amazing creations the building was a fucking dump 😂
Often the case Jompy one of the best hand made kitchen manufacturers I’ve ever dealt with based in Derby they’re workshop looked like you couldn’t make firewood there but turned out stunning stuff. Think sponson was the same Bob didn’t last long in retirement think he moved to Spain then past not long after.
You know why the kitchen place was a sh!t hole don't you ?

It was in Derby :lol:
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jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 8:46 am
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 6:45 am
jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 6:37 am Welcome n Neil
Definitely an interesting bike and Sudha shame the way spondon went !
For saying how well known spondon were and there amazing creations the building was a fucking dump 😂
Often the case Jompy one of the best hand made kitchen manufacturers I’ve ever dealt with based in Derby they’re workshop looked like you couldn’t make firewood there but turned out stunning stuff. Think sponson was the same Bob didn’t last long in retirement think he moved to Spain then past not long after.
You know why the kitchen place was a sh!t hole don't you ?

It was in Derby :lol:
I had my stag night in Derby! And I can’t complain the guy in charge of the kitchen place got me a free day at dony race school!
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Wow! hello Neil and welcome, have fun on here - gets a bit bonkers inbetween the bike chat
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:text-threadjacked:
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Sorry . . . . . Sort of :whistle:
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 9:45 am
I had my stag night in Derby! And I can’t complain the guy in charge of the kitchen place got me a free day at dony race school!
To be fair Derby used to be a great night out with loads of pubs very close together and the bank holidays used to be epic !
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jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:00 pm :text-threadjacked:
:violence-snipersmiley: :violence-ripper:
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Sorry . . . . . Sort of :whistle:
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 9:45 am
I had my stag night in Derby! And I can’t complain the guy in charge of the kitchen place got me a free day at dony race school!
To be fair Derby used to be a great night out with loads of pubs very close together and the bank holidays used to be epic !
Ended up in a three storey night club with different music on each floor was an epic night. And we lost one of the lads!!
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Redjj wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 12:09 pm Wow! hello Neil and welcome, have fun on here - gets a bit bonkers inbetween the bike chat ImageImage
Yes sorry neil you’ll get used to it 😀
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Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:27 pm
jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:00 pm :text-threadjacked:
:violence-snipersmiley: :violence-ripper:
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Sorry . . . . . Sort of :whistle:
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 9:45 am
I had my stag night in Derby! And I can’t complain the guy in charge of the kitchen place got me a free day at dony race school!
To be fair Derby used to be a great night out with loads of pubs very close together and the bank holidays used to be epic !
Ended up in a three storey night club with different music on each floor was an epic night. And we lost one of the lads!!
The wherehouse on friar gate , they used to do a mint 80s night :dance:
Later it became mosh !
It was a great club
The blessington carriage or bless was a great late bar too
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jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:33 pm
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:27 pm
jompy wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 5:00 pm :text-threadjacked:
:violence-snipersmiley: :violence-ripper:
:lol:
Sorry . . . . . Sort of :whistle:
Danf1 wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 9:45 am
I had my stag night in Derby! And I can’t complain the guy in charge of the kitchen place got me a free day at dony race school!
To be fair Derby used to be a great night out with loads of pubs very close together and the bank holidays used to be epic !
Ended up in a three storey night club with different music on each floor was an epic night. And we lost one of the lads!!
The wherehouse on friar gate , they used to do a mint 80s night :dance:
Later it became mosh !
It was a great club
The blessington carriage or bless was a great late bar too
Mosh and trance can’t get much better :character-beavisbutthead: :character-beavisbutthead: :character-beavisbutthead: :character-beavisbutthead: think I was born 20 years early!
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Thanks everyone, its a long on going project, will get there eventually...
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Very nice project Neil.
Hope you've got ABS on the rear brake :lol:
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Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
2012 & yellow - must be one of those anni's.
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Horus-222_R1 wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 pm Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
Mosh is or was a three story nightclub in Derby old man ;)
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jompy wrote:
Horus-222_R1 wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 pm Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
Mosh is or was a three story nightclub in Derby old man ;)
Fair Doo’s.
The Monastery was the best HARD HOUSE club in the south. We used to put trance on, on the way home when we’d finished. Image.


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2012 & yellow - must be one of those anni's.
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jompy wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 2:58 pm
Horus-222_R1 wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 pm Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
Mosh is or was a three story nightclub in Derby old man ;)
Na i just ment I like to mosh and I like trance. One of my first visits to donny was monsters of rock with ozzy headlining. Them were the days to pissed to put up the tent so sleep under a transit in the rain.
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Horus-222_R1 wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 5:55 pm
jompy wrote:
Horus-222_R1 wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 pm Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
Mosh is or was a three story nightclub in Derby old man ;)
Fair Doo’s.
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If I’m working late (that’s after 4 to you jompster) I bang some trance on just to keep me going. As long as the customers out of course.
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Anyway Neil tell us all about the spondon how long you had it? what you got planned for the rest of it? Is it a really long project or was it someone’s before you gave it a home? Come on spill the beans.
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Danf1 wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 6:50 pm
Horus-222_R1 wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 5:55 pm
jompy wrote:
Horus-222_R1 wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:05 pm Welcome along Neil. Sounds interesting. What was the link?
Enjoy the forum matey. It's worth tolerating the hijacks for. :doh:

Trance Ladies???? Thought you had hair on em.... and wtf is mosh?? :?: :whistle:
Mosh is or was a three story nightclub in Derby old man ;)
Fair Doo’s.
The Monastery was the best HARD HOUSE club in the south. We used to put trance on, on the way home when we’d finished. Image.


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If I’m working late (that’s after 4 to you jompster) I bang some trance on just to keep me going. As long as the customers out of course.
4 :o I don't work too that fucking late :naughty:
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Danf1 wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 6:54 pm Anyway Neil tell us all about the sponson how long you had it? what you got planned for the rest of it? Is it a really long project or was it someone’s before you gave it a home? Come on spill the beans.
Infact why don't you start a thread in the projects section ?
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