Push Miles

[Mick D]

Hi

My question is prompted by a junk mail from PJ Insurance drawing attention to the National Motorcycle Museum raffle of a 1979 T140 with 'only 11 push miles' on the clock

Am I expected to believe this bike has never been ridden and only pushed for 11 miles? Who the ---- would push a bike for 11 miles, and if they did, who would think this is a good product endorsement of a machine that is designed to run under it's own motive power??

Regards Mick, (in a bit of a cynical mood)

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Hi

Who the ---- would push a bike for 11 miles,.........

It would be just a couple of Jampot rally runs for Dudley.

[Greybeard]

Mmmm. Roughly 40 yards a week Im with Mick on this one. I do remember having to push a Triumph 21 about 8 miles home one night back in the 70s - Ive never had a Triumph since

Steve

[spookefoote1956]

You always end up pushing a Triumph more than riding it

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[clive]

more to the point have you seen how many of their bikes the Motorcycle Museum are selling off through Bonham's on the 11th and 12th Dec. Quite a few AMC. Seems a shame they need to do that because of lost business in their conference centre which apparently supports the museum. Overpriced examples too from the estimates given, with 25% buyers premium on top of your bid.

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[Stan Palmer]

He couldn't push Spriddler, he hasn't got any legs ! They were extras with the small bikes I think.

[G15 Roy]

more to the point have you seen how many of their bikes the Motorcycle Museum are selling off through Bonham's on the 11th and 12th Dec. Quite a few AMC. Seems a shame they need to do that because of lost business in their conference centre which apparently supports the museum. Overpriced examples too from the estimates given, with 25% buyers premium on top of your bid.

35 more at H&H on the 19th at the Museum time must be hard.

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35 more at H&H on the 19th at the Museum time must be hard.

Are they bikes they've bought in the past or ones that have been donated or received as bequests?

He couldn't push Spriddler, he hasn't got any legs ! They were extras with the small bikes I think.

I hadn't spotted that, Stan. The pic is from an AMC sales poster.

[clive]

more to the point have you seen how many of their bikes the Motorcycle Museum are selling off through Bonham's on the 11th and 12th Dec. Quite a few AMC. Seems a shame they need to do that because of lost business in their conference centre which apparently supports the museum. Overpriced examples too from the estimates given, with 25% buyers premium on top of your bid.

35 more at H&H on the 19th at the Museum time must be hard.

i wonder what is going to be left to look at, the original concept was to have some basic bikes as well as the exotica.