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[Doctor T]

He got nicked by him

[burridge01]

He got nicked by him

Erm,,,,,,,,,not quite but it wasn't for the lack of trying on his behalf

No, it’s Derek Bampton. Where do you know Ken from?

Brading,he was a figurehead but not for the right reasons.Liked a drink did PC Mason.Surely not still about,certainly not in Brading.

[EasyRider]

This was taken in 2011 or 2012. Its the same blue/silver hayabusa. i did a full nut and bolt revamp and had a shit load of powder coating done locally. And i painted it Ford Frozen White. Also fitted a new headlight.
It is one bike i wish i kept. I know its over in Ireland now.

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[Doctor T]

Erm,,,,,,,,,not quite but it wasn't for the lack of trying on his behalf


Brading,he was a figurehead but not for the right reasons.Liked a drink did PC Mason.Surely not still about,certainly not in Brading.

That wouldn't be Brading on the Isle of Wright?. I was done for speeding twice in the same day, 30 odd years ago. It was the same officer that caught me 6 hours apart.

[Steve398]

I believe the phrase goes “Not a quick learner…”

[burridge01]

I believe the phrase goes “Not a quick learner…”

Would be funny if it was the one and same PC Mason doing the nicking.Small world.

[Steve398]

Highly unlikely, I suspect it was the Radar Team from South East Traffic Area based in Cosham (?) on a jolly day out to the Island. Ken Mason had nothing to do with Traffic Dept.

[burridge01]

Would he have not had a roll to play in that then.I knew he was the local beat bobby on a motorbike, thought they would all have joined in the merriment

[Doctor T]

After 30 years all I can remember was he was tall and slim with a tash.

[Steve398]

That definitely wasn’t Ken, he was short (for a Copper) and swarthy bloke with no moustache.

[Steve398]

Would he have not had a roll to play in that then.I knew he was the local beat bobby on a motorbike, thought they would all have joined in the merriment

Nope, they had the radar operator and a ‘stopper’, I’ve acted as the latter on occasion if they needed one…. Boring, and you get all the stick!

[Doctor T]

The officer had a laugh with me and apologised for pulling me over again. He was more interested in my bike. A Kawa Z1300.

[1gewehr]

One from May, 2001. Me, on my 1985 Honda VF45 Sabre on one of the milder curves on US Hwy 129 in Tennessee. Known as 'Tail of the Dragon', it has 318 curves in 11 miles. Notice the stylish Fosters Beer can repair to my left muffler where a stone kicked up by a truck on the highway knocked a hole in it. When I sold the bike, the new owner wanted to buy it like that, even though I had a replacement muffler for him.