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talentedbutslow · 16-04-2006, 17:33

When I was a lad of 18.....and after a night out walking down Blackburn road to see how many halfs we could drink in each pub on the way...we staggered home..and the mate fell promptly asleep...I was hungry ...so decided to see if the chippy was still open..and not wanting to walk there..I decided to borrow the mate,s moped.....pedal variety to get it started.....after much furious pedalling and huffing and puffing......finally got it going and sailed down the road..I remember it was pouring cats and dogs and was decidedly uncomfortable riding around........5 chippys not open.....sailed on.......then was overtaken by a car which suddenly hoisted a red light in it,s back window........POLICE......STOP......eek!!!
The upshot of all this was a day in court 4 weks later....riding without a licence......policeman described me as being under the weather.. ....wasn,t sure if he was referring to the rain or my other state .....but let it go and copped the fine...my mate was in court laughing his head off all the way through......

Tal

16-04-2006, 17:33	#3
talentedbutslow Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: brisbane....australia Posts: 743 Liked: 21 times Rep Power: 1337	Re: 50 c.c. Mopeds When I was a lad of 18.....and after a night out walking down Blackburn road to see how many halfs we could drink in each pub on the way...we staggered home..and the mate fell promptly asleep...I was hungry ...so decided to see if the chippy was still open..and not wanting to walk there..I decided to borrow the mate,s moped.....pedal variety to get it started.....after much furious pedalling and huffing and puffing......finally got it going and sailed down the road..I remember it was pouring cats and dogs and was decidedly uncomfortable riding around........5 chippys not open.....sailed on.......then was overtaken by a car which suddenly hoisted a red light in it,s back window........POLICE......STOP......eek!!! The upshot of all this was a day in court 4 weks later....riding without a licence......policeman described me as being under the weather.. ....wasn,t sure if he was referring to the rain or my other state .....but let it go and copped the fine...my mate was in court laughing his head off all the way through...... Tal