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Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:48 am
by Midgleyhay
Steve, 1471 is my number. I am really enjoying the banter on here all ready.
I am ex navy a helicopter engineer but spent many years working on the Army Lynx. I loved my time In the Navy but after 24 1/2 years thought it was time for a change.
Although Project Managing for a brewery supplier company has many benefits
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:26 am
by jompy
Steve R1 wrote:Hi brain, welcome to the forum mate. I have the very same R1 as you what number is yours, mine is number 1223. Why are you selling such a beautiful bike, if you sell now as peeps say you will. Loose a shed load, if you keep her in mint condition she will be worth a mint in years to come .... How many years I don't know, but she will become a collectors item.
Regards being an ex squaddie 
it's peeps like you that keep the rest if us safe, pingping is in the services and we all respect him as well.
Stick around the forum, we are a mad bunch but we are a good bunch and we look after each other ..... That's something you will know a lot about. Family and kids is what life is all about.....enjoy the kids as they grow up as it happens all too quickly, if you can only get on your bike occasionally, and you can afford to keep her, what's the issue, sheis there fir you to ride whenever you want. I know I would never sell my anniversary R1..,. What vim working on now is how I get the boss to agree to me having a third bike..... Like who needs two R1's...... Me when the new one comes out
+1
Love your little gems Steve , you often put into words what I'm thinking
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:29 pm
by hash29
jompy wrote:Steve R1 wrote:Hi brain, welcome to the forum mate. I have the very same R1 as you what number is yours, mine is number 1223. Why are you selling such a beautiful bike, if you sell now as peeps say you will. Loose a shed load, if you keep her in mint condition she will be worth a mint in years to come .... How many years I don't know, but she will become a collectors item.
Regards being an ex squaddie it's peeps like you that keep the rest if us safe, pingping is in the services and we all respect him as well.
Stick around the forum, we are a mad bunch but we are a good bunch and we look after each other ..... That's something you will know a lot about. Family and kids is what life is all about.....enjoy the kids as they grow up as it happens all too quickly, if you can only get on your bike occasionally, and you can afford to keep her, what's the issue, sheis there fir you to ride whenever you want. I know I would never sell my anniversary R1..,. What vim working on now is how I get the boss to agree to me having a third bike..... Like who needs two R1's...... Me when the new one comes out
+1
Love your little gems Steve , you often put into words what I'm thinking
+2
steve
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:47 pm
by Siamblue
Hi and welcome,so i guessed you were at Yeovilton at times?my old man was there for awhile he was a PO Armourer or airy fairy as they were known.
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:06 pm
by daz031178
Luke03R1 wrote:Jesus daz where have you been hiding?
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Haha just been busy with new job in westlands mate, they may know how to build helicopters but they know sh#t all about gas, oil and aircon. Been on the bike a few times but not as much as I want. Maybe we could get a few of us out down this way now we have another resident around the exclusive area of Yeovil.
I'm sure I could handle a ride with an ex chock head lol
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:35 pm
by Midgleyhay
Darren,
Must be a nightmare for you being an ex stoker mixing with all those wafu's at Westlands keep your chin up and keep telling yourself when you grow up you could also be an aircraft engineer
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Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:46 pm
by Midgleyhay
Siamblue wrote:Hi and welcome,so i guessed you were at Yeovilton at times?my old man was there for awhile he was a PO Armourer or airy fairy as they were known.
Thanks, spent 12 years on and off at Yeovilton from 1999 to 2012 when Portland closed, how about the old man?
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Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:52 pm
by daz031178
Midgleyhay wrote:Darren,
Must be a nightmare for you being an ex stoker mixing with all those wafu's at Westlands keep your chin up and keep telling yourself when you grow up you could also be an aircraft engineer
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Stuff that mate after seeing how this lot build them and you lot fixed them I now know why firstly I fixed ships so when they crashed on the flight decks I was safe ad sound in my engine rooms and secondly when I was abseiling out of them on to the decks of tankers in the gulf it was better to stay on them and sail back to port rather than get back on the helo and fly back to the rusty war canoes haha
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:16 pm
by LOCKE
Welcome in mate. Bike looks mint, like others have said if the bank balance allows then keep for the odd day you can get out on it.
Colin
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:03 pm
by 2002r1jon
Welcome in Brian
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:43 pm
by Steve R1
Jompy and hash..... Great minds my friends..... Great minds .... Even though mine is little..... It's still great
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:03 pm
by Siamblue
Midgleyhay wrote:Siamblue wrote:Hi and welcome,so i guessed you were at Yeovilton at times?my old man was there for awhile he was a PO Armourer or airy fairy as they were known.
Thanks, spent 12 years on and off at Yeovilton from 1999 to 2012 when Portland closed, how about the old man?
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The old man was there in the 60's,did his training on the buccaneers and phantoms,he then was based at HMS Lossiemouth,hence why i was born in Elgin..
Re: Newbie from Yeovil
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:09 pm
by jompy
Mmmmmm phantoms