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Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:04 am
by Teammaddie1
Sit back relax. Give yourself 15 mins to read through this beautiful story with fantastic pictures of old school touring. I dare you not to be moved. Pioneers of there time. Hope link works after that build up.
http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:39 am
by palace15
How different things were then, how many of us remember showing passports at every border and changing currency as well(PITA)! :laugh:
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:40 am
by Elle
wonderful images
- notice the traffic and the bulky adventure riding gear...
thanks for sharing
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:21 pm
by Old Git Ray
And not a helmet in sight.....
Ahhh the good old days.
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:29 pm
by bull
thanks, enjoyed that, a little bit of history right there.
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:22 pm
by Rederic
Brilliant great pictures with a good description of them top class
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:21 pm
by magnum pi
Great pics and to think at the time it would have been a real adventure riding though europe just seven years after ww2.
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:02 pm
by Rhys
Thanks for sharing , fantastic.
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:03 am
by Paul-S
I saw and read this last year on another forum
Awesome for the time and great pictures / memories
Re: Touring the alps and Europe. 1952 style
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:38 am
by moto al
many thanks for posting wonderful,i like the riding gear with collars and ties.ps did your dad ever at attend fim rallys in the 80,s i thought i recognised him. cheers al