ROYAL ENFIELD POETRY

BY ‘SCALEYBACK’

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Made Like A Gun - Royal Enfield, then and now.

Part 1 - Thunderbolt - The tale of my first motorcycle after a gap of many years.
Part 2 - Tornado - One is not enough, I get a second Royal Enfield Bullet!
Part 3 - Coming Of Age - I find that my ‘brand new’ bike, Thunderbolt is actually rather older!
Part 4 - Royal Enfield Saves The Day - I keep Thunderbolt, and my faith is restored.
Part 5 - Harley a Davidson Goes By - I go out to get brake fluid, but meet a bike convention.
Part 6 - A Kentish Royal Enfield Sunday - Tornado chases after a young, black, 350cc Bullet.
Part 7 - That Ducking Fog (Canine Capers) - New tyres, Tallow, and a dog do not mix.
Part 8 - Tornado Gets Fixed - Ripped off by a ‘posh’ mechanic, as my usual guy was on holiday!
Part 9 - Never Look A Gift Horse… - What seemed a good assumption, turned into big trouble!
Part 10 - Your Documents Please Sir! - A rookie policeman has trouble with a roadside check.
Part 11 - Making Good - A young, rude and very arrogant rider turns out good in the end.
Part 12 - Service Brown - A WWII tale about a despatch rider and his Royal Enfield Motorcycle.
Part 13 - My bike’s unique (both of them) - More about obtaining my Royal Enfields.
Part 14 - Chugger - Tale about a 1940's Royal Enfield.
Part 15 - NORM the Aussie - Tried to sell his Interceptor, but reason prevailed at the last minute!
Part 16 - Twas the bikes before Christmas - The last Sunday before Christmas at the hollyville cafe!
Part 17 - "I have a dream" - I think about the new Meteor 700 which will sadly replace Thunderbolt
Part 18 - Kevin - The meteor 700 fell through, but now I have a Meteor Minor, that was already named 'Kevin'
Part 19 - Old Glory - Musing about rockers, cafe racing, and ways that classic bikes made it into preservation
Part 20 - Christmas comes early - Having got Kevin the Meteor Minor to France, this is the first big package from Hitchcock's
Part 21 - Reg Thomas Papers - The collection of RE's chief designer came up for sale. This is how they were rescued for all.

Service Brown - As part 12 but just the poem without the comments

The Twelve Days Of Enfield - Good for Christmas time.

Scaley's Comedy Christmas Song - Dealing with leaving a loved bike over Christmas.

Scaley’s Crappy Christmas Carols - They sound better after a quantity of beer!

From Machine to Mate - Buying, upgrading and bonding with my Bullet

Following stuff is a mixture of unfinished or misc. bits, let me know if they are any good.



Hitchcock's and HTML forums - How to post pics, vids, coloured text and really neat stuff on HTML forums!
OFF THE RADAR - Bunker Fiction - Not a poem, just nail biting story!
HIS FINAL RIDE - A man travels to France to see where his grandfather fell, but finds rather more!
TORNADO’S NEW IDENTITY - An Enfield by morning, turning to royalty by the evening!
SHORT BITS - To buy or not to buy?, R.E. Exhaust sounds, What’s in a name?, Cheap Indian bikes, roast beef, etc.

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