tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post2542483824403780382..comments2023-11-24T02:57:31.032-08:00Comments on EAT THE RICH UK : OLD ENGLANDS' CHOP SHOPSPete Stansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274617311718909010noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-81705161898840266702010-11-26T05:17:56.082-08:002010-11-26T05:17:56.082-08:00Right, yea ive seen lots of stuff in old mags abou...Right, yea ive seen lots of stuff in old mags about the Bespoke Buggy Co there is a write up on them in the Bike Chopper Special issue. All good stuff.Pete Stansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274617311718909010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-20094896871905211492010-11-25T13:23:31.014-08:002010-11-25T13:23:31.014-08:00Hi Pete that issue is number 2 i think.MCM used to...Hi Pete that issue is number 2 i think.MCM used to feature a few bikes built by the Bespoke Buggy Company that ended up being owned by Guy Carter,reversed headed Triumph, and Tony Thacker,Enfield 750 chop, before they opened a shop called Big bike in New Cross.NomadKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911961555573410552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-39914465821458423422010-11-25T07:57:49.937-08:002010-11-25T07:57:49.937-08:00Yeah a pass Pete, dont think they were keen on cho...Yeah a pass Pete, dont think they were keen on choppers, only got a six, Should have done a bowl of flowers!arcadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692692784828523485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-78068921213002656882010-11-24T09:46:28.375-08:002010-11-24T09:46:28.375-08:00Your dad printed Bike mag ! They were the best thi...Your dad printed Bike mag ! They were the best thing, MCM featured chops but didnt seem sure about whether they were a good thing or not, Bike loved 'em. There was a classic cover on one of the first issues of a guy with big hair sat astride a purple A10 chop, groovy stuff, i have a few issues but not that one.<br /> Did you pass ?Pete Stansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274617311718909010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-80891953180163493292010-11-24T09:31:14.334-08:002010-11-24T09:31:14.334-08:00Of course it was Guy.
My entry for O'level a...Of course it was Guy. <br />My entry for O'level art was a chopper Pete, based on some stuff I think from the first 'Bike' Mag that my Dad printed at EMAP.arcadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692692784828523485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-53578073957963301522010-11-24T06:00:49.160-08:002010-11-24T06:00:49.160-08:00I hope they asked nicely before using it..
By the ...I hope they asked nicely before using it..<br />By the way i sent most of my last school days in the art room reading MCM and drawing choppers.Pete Stansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274617311718909010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-60117605545394414852010-11-24T05:42:20.583-08:002010-11-24T05:42:20.583-08:00That chap is Sonny Barger...That chap is Sonny Barger...Guy@GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675429105594448020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-2273237678272164092010-11-24T05:39:34.165-08:002010-11-24T05:39:34.165-08:00Pete, that third ad pic of the chap on a bike is e...Pete, that third ad pic of the chap on a bike is etched in my memory, was this part of a feature in a times mag on bikers? I was sixteen and in the art class, many moons ago, v early 70s.arcadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692692784828523485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229450430373965785.post-28975085236984683112010-11-24T04:48:06.104-08:002010-11-24T04:48:06.104-08:00MCS are still there. Ted who ran it was a right ol...MCS are still there. Ted who ran it was a right old miserable bugger always with a fag on but a proper old character. I worked as a gopher for a motorcycle shop about 17 years ago and it was on my way to MCS to pick up Triumph spares that I was knocked off my Guzzi and knocked unconcious by someone - next thing I knew I was in Whipps Cross hospital. Sued the bastard though (bloke who knocked me off, not Ted)..ITALIAN MOTOR magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794909577404227427noreply@blogger.com