Tinkicker Posted Sunday at 13:54 Posted Sunday at 13:54 (edited) A proper blast from the past. A teenage TKs denim cutoff, always worn over the top of a black Fieldsheer Lancer leather jacket. My uniform for several years, be it out and about on an array of Yamaha RDs, Honda 250N Superdreams or even a yellow Honda 400/4; or down the pub or bike club with my mates, similarly attired. I think by the time I sold the 400/4 I had cut off my long hair and adopted a mullet and the biker look abandoned for Fred Perry polo shirts, stripey Wrangler sweatshirts and stretch pinstripe denim jeans. Or grey canvas pants and heavy woolen sweaters with garish patterns. So the cutoff - the missus has been wanting to throw it away for years but I am having none of it. It used to languish in a box under the bed in the spare bedroom, but recently (well 2015) moved to the bottom of the wardrobe where I forgot about its whereabouts. Still smells very faintly of Patchoulli Oil on the collar... The smell of my biking youth. That denim has done many, many thousands of miles on a bike in all weathers. Those days I would typically do 20,000 miles a year and change my bikes every 12 months. That ingrained road dust is 45 years old... Used to be a lot more badges, but I gave quite a few away to friends in exchange for a pint when "temporarily without funds" and about half a dozen rally badges to a mate about to engage his first bike rally and he did not not want it known. Of course, we surreptitiously informed the officials of the fact that he was wearing borrowed tinware and he got his "initiation" anyway. Never did get those badges back. IIRC he smelt of pee all weekend... Badges still there: Top left - Motorcycle Action Group members badge. Second row: Rolls Royce Aero Engine Division, Soviet pilots flying badge, Soviet cap badge. Third row. German Iron Cross. Bottom. Miniature RAF flying badge. Right shoulder: Tigger from winny the pooh. Given to me by an ex girfriend of the time. I put it there because it was a chip on my shoulder. Top row, WW2 USAAF pilots flying badge. Paid a fortune for that at the time Golden Heart presented by the Blood Transfusion Service for donating gawd knows how many pints. BMW motorcycles, Bultaco Motorcycles, my weapon of choice during my off road competition days. Bottom Row. Iron and Steel Rally badge - Scunthorpe 1983, Pissheads Rally Badge - Ely 1983. Panzer Rally 1983 - Probably Harrogate. Gave away the Slimy slug, Yard of Ale and White Rose Rally badges, along with a few other rally badges that I cannot recall the name of. Edited Sunday at 14:26 by Tinkicker 8 Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted Sunday at 16:34 Posted Sunday at 16:34 Really needs a photo of it being worn..... Quote
Tinkicker Posted Sunday at 16:45 Author Posted Sunday at 16:45 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said: Really needs a photo of it being worn..... I cannot fit my shoulders in it anymore. No way would it fasten, about a yard gap across the belly.... It was worn pre my bodybuilding days and I must have weighed 10 stone soaking wet. Now I weigh 15 stone. All flab........ :C Looking back, I think a lot of that "road dust" around the collar was from my own rally "initiation" back in the day... Basically dried mud and piss....... Have a bike to go with the jacket.. Edited Sunday at 17:07 by Tinkicker 4 Quote
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted Monday at 06:16 Posted Monday at 06:16 I was thinking of a photo of you wearing it back in the day. 1 Quote
Tinkicker Posted Monday at 09:07 Author Posted Monday at 09:07 Pics of me back in the day are non existent unfortunately. They were all at my mums and I have not spoken to her in well over a decade. A toxic narcissistic woman. I went no contact years ago for the sake of my sanity 4 Quote
Stevehessleuk Posted Monday at 20:03 Posted Monday at 20:03 On 18/05/2025 at 14:54, Tinkicker said: A proper blast from the past. A teenage TKs denim cutoff, always worn over the top of a black Fieldsheer Lancer leather jacket. My uniform for several years, be it out and about on an array of Yamaha RDs, Honda 250N Superdreams or even a yellow Honda 400/4; or down the pub or bike club with my mates, similarly attired. I think by the time I sold the 400/4 I had cut off my long hair and adopted a mullet and the biker look abandoned for Fred Perry polo shirts, stripey Wrangler sweatshirts and stretch pinstripe denim jeans. Or grey canvas pants and heavy woolen sweaters with garish patterns. So the cutoff - the missus has been wanting to throw it away for years but I am having none of it. It used to languish in a box under the bed in the spare bedroom, but recently (well 2015) moved to the bottom of the wardrobe where I forgot about its whereabouts. Still smells very faintly of Patchoulli Oil on the collar... The smell of my biking youth. That denim has done many, many thousands of miles on a bike in all weathers. Those days I would typically do 20,000 miles a year and change my bikes every 12 months. That ingrained road dust is 45 years old... Used to be a lot more badges, but I gave quite a few away to friends in exchange for a pint when "temporarily without funds" and about half a dozen rally badges to a mate about to engage his first bike rally and he did not not want it known. Of course, we surreptitiously informed the officials of the fact that he was wearing borrowed tinware and he got his "initiation" anyway. Never did get those badges back. IIRC he smelt of pee all weekend... Badges still there: Top left - Motorcycle Action Group members badge. Second row: Rolls Royce Aero Engine Division, Soviet pilots flying badge, Soviet cap badge. Third row. German Iron Cross. Bottom. Miniature RAF flying badge. Right shoulder: Tigger from winny the pooh. Given to me by an ex girfriend of the time. I put it there because it was a chip on my shoulder. Top row, WW2 USAAF pilots flying badge. Paid a fortune for that at the time Golden Heart presented by the Blood Transfusion Service for donating gawd knows how many pints. BMW motorcycles, Bultaco Motorcycles, my weapon of choice during my off road competition days. Bottom Row. Iron and Steel Rally badge - Scunthorpe 1983, Pissheads Rally Badge - Ely 1983. Panzer Rally 1983 - Probably Harrogate. Gave away the Slimy slug, Yard of Ale and White Rose Rally badges, along with a few other rally badges that I cannot recall the name of. Was the stretch pin stripe jeans ( arrow stretch jeans ? ) remember them back in the day Quote
Joe85 Posted Monday at 22:01 Posted Monday at 22:01 On 18/05/2025 at 14:54, Tinkicker said: A proper blast from the past. A teenage TKs denim cutoff, always worn over the top of a black Fieldsheer Lancer leather jacket. My uniform for several years, be it out and about on an array of Yamaha RDs, Honda 250N Superdreams or even a yellow Honda 400/4; or down the pub or bike club with my mates, similarly attired. I think by the time I sold the 400/4 I had cut off my long hair and adopted a mullet and the biker look abandoned for Fred Perry polo shirts, stripey Wrangler sweatshirts and stretch pinstripe denim jeans. Or grey canvas pants and heavy woolen sweaters with garish patterns. So the cutoff - the missus has been wanting to throw it away for years but I am having none of it. It used to languish in a box under the bed in the spare bedroom, but recently (well 2015) moved to the bottom of the wardrobe where I forgot about its whereabouts. Still smells very faintly of Patchoulli Oil on the collar... The smell of my biking youth. That denim has done many, many thousands of miles on a bike in all weathers. Those days I would typically do 20,000 miles a year and change my bikes every 12 months. That ingrained road dust is 45 years old... Used to be a lot more badges, but I gave quite a few away to friends in exchange for a pint when "temporarily without funds" and about half a dozen rally badges to a mate about to engage his first bike rally and he did not not want it known. Of course, we surreptitiously informed the officials of the fact that he was wearing borrowed tinware and he got his "initiation" anyway. Never did get those badges back. IIRC he smelt of pee all weekend... Badges still there: Top left - Motorcycle Action Group members badge. Second row: Rolls Royce Aero Engine Division, Soviet pilots flying badge, Soviet cap badge. Third row. German Iron Cross. Bottom. Miniature RAF flying badge. Right shoulder: Tigger from winny the pooh. Given to me by an ex girfriend of the time. I put it there because it was a chip on my shoulder. Top row, WW2 USAAF pilots flying badge. Paid a fortune for that at the time Golden Heart presented by the Blood Transfusion Service for donating gawd knows how many pints. BMW motorcycles, Bultaco Motorcycles, my weapon of choice during my off road competition days. Bottom Row. Iron and Steel Rally badge - Scunthorpe 1983, Pissheads Rally Badge - Ely 1983. Panzer Rally 1983 - Probably Harrogate. Gave away the Slimy slug, Yard of Ale and White Rose Rally badges, along with a few other rally badges that I cannot recall the name of. Looks like a Palace scarf to me. Eaaaagles. Quote
Tinkicker Posted 20 hours ago Author Posted 20 hours ago 10 hours ago, Stevehessleuk said: Was the stretch pin stripe jeans ( arrow stretch jeans ? ) remember them back in the day May have been. However in those days my denim of choice was always wrangler jeans and levi jackets. In my new found nightclub lounge lizard guise however, I did buy a lot of stuff from Top Man clothes shop. Quote
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