I remember some of the customers at Doncaster, made me realise that I like all sorts of bikes but not all the bikers. Keep up the yarns Mark, very amusing.
A great story. Exactly the reason dealing with the public is not a good idea. Would love to hear more, especially as Donny is my local store, so will be great to hear some tales from the trade.
Great story I,m looking forward to some more..I remember here in Ireland in late 1960,s....Husband coming home from the pub drunk on his Honda 90 to discover the wife had locked him out and wouldn,t open the door,he started the bike took a run at the door.The locks on the door held firm but the door frame gave way.the husband the bike,the door and frame ended up on the kitchen floor.The wife stepped across the carnage and went home to her mother, but she came back when the door was fixed..They both lived into their 80,s
I remember my younger days riding my old Honda CD 200 to work every day, one day after days of rain the water in Ullswater was way up onto the road, to cut a long story short, it was night time in winter and I never spotted the water which looked just like the road until I hit it, the water came right up to the bottom of the tank; Luckily the engine had stopped by the time it was fully under, so I took out the plugs and hit the starter button, cleaned out the air filter and cylinders, put the plugs back in a up she fired agin and I was on my merry way again, just imagine doing that today on a modern bike, LOL.
An interesting tale. As they say: a bad workman blames his tools... Having worked in retail it doesn't surprise me. I'm sure you have lots more tales. Wonder if he ever caught his mate up...
I took delivery of my new blue and white RG 500 from White Bros in Darlington in 86, where a few years later I worked as a bike tech until they closed in 2010, it was a hand full at first and needed coaxing to get the best out of it, she drank fuel like a seasoned alcoholic no problem at all, about a hundred miles to the tank. She failed in the gearbox avenue and cracked the rear shock mount on the swing arm, one could be outridden by a good rider on the newer RGV 250. I parted way with her for the more sensible GPZ 750 which was a much better ride and better on fuel, I made some savings thereafter.
@@barnsleybikervideodiary7694 I think I paid around 2640 for her at the time and my take home was 250 a week, bring that forward to today for a superbike and the same bike would be many times higher and a wage not so much, we live in interesting times indeed.
Great tale, motorbike stories that are authentic, if that muppet had kept his rg500 maybe he did it would be worth in excess of £20k today, one on auto trader at this moment for crazy money.
Morning perhaps his mate should of told him well your not as good a rider as me before starting all this trouble and explained to him there’s nothing wrong with the bike would of saved the trouble he’d caused but to get irate like that is stupid you need to be calm and sociable like you salesman are although hits hard for salesman to keep there cool I would imagine sometimes yes make these videos for interest to hear what you salesman have gone through in your life take care
A story well told and I enjoyed it greatly. Keep them coming 👍
I remember some of the customers at Doncaster, made me realise that I like all sorts of bikes but not all the bikers. Keep up the yarns Mark, very amusing.
A great story. Exactly the reason dealing with the public is not a good idea. Would love to hear more, especially as Donny is my local store, so will be great to hear some tales from the trade.
Great story I,m looking forward to some more..I remember here in Ireland in late 1960,s....Husband coming home from the pub drunk on his Honda 90 to discover the wife had locked him out and wouldn,t open the door,he started the bike took a run at the door.The locks on the door held firm but the door frame gave way.the husband the bike,the door and frame ended up on the kitchen floor.The wife stepped across the carnage and went home to her mother, but she came back when the door was fixed..They both lived into their 80,s
@@patwatters1 I’ll try and get another in before Xmas😉👍
Probably thought the power band had snapped.
@@deanjohnson7350 have been asked for a red power band!
I remember my younger days riding my old Honda CD 200 to work every day, one day after days of rain the water in Ullswater was way up onto the road, to cut a long story short, it was night time in winter and I never spotted the water which looked just like the road until I hit it, the water came right up to the bottom of the tank; Luckily the engine had stopped by the time it was fully under, so I took out the plugs and hit the starter button, cleaned out the air filter and cylinders, put the plugs back in a up she fired agin and I was on my merry way again, just imagine doing that today on a modern bike, LOL.
Stupid is as stupid does 😆 - great story and when the penny drops - 😆
An interesting tale. As they say: a bad workman blames his tools... Having worked in retail it doesn't surprise me. I'm sure you have lots more tales. Wonder if he ever caught his mate up...
@@jeffcarroll6959 never heard from them again!
I took delivery of my new blue and white RG 500 from White Bros in Darlington in 86, where a few years later I worked as a bike tech until they closed in 2010, it was a hand full at first and needed coaxing to get the best out of it, she drank fuel like a seasoned alcoholic no problem at all, about a hundred miles to the tank.
She failed in the gearbox avenue and cracked the rear shock mount on the swing arm, one could be outridden by a good rider on the newer RGV 250.
I parted way with her for the more sensible GPZ 750 which was a much better ride and better on fuel, I made some savings thereafter.
@@DavidStevenson-gw2eo they fetch silly money now!
@@barnsleybikervideodiary7694 I think I paid around 2640 for her at the time and my take home was 250 a week, bring that forward to today for a superbike and the same bike would be many times higher and a wage not so much, we live in interesting times indeed.
Great tale, motorbike stories that are authentic, if that muppet had kept his rg500 maybe he did it would be worth in excess of £20k today, one on auto trader at this moment for crazy money.
I imagine this was Carnells or J&S cant be Cusworths as there wasnt really a car park as far as I can remember unless its the one over the road
@@TheBritishMotorcyclingGroup it was Carnell’s, I worked there for nearly 20 years with a couple of breaks for good behaviour.
Morning perhaps his mate should of told him well your not as good a rider as me before starting all this trouble and explained to him there’s nothing wrong with the bike would of saved the trouble he’d caused but to get irate like that is stupid you need to be calm and sociable like you salesman are although hits hard for salesman to keep there cool I would imagine sometimes yes make these videos for interest to hear what you salesman have gone through in your life take care
@@nicholasjarrold8649 it’s hard at times to keep calm rather than saying exactly what you think 😉 still some of the best times.