DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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BUT??
HAVE YOU HAD THE KNOCKING ABOUT I HAVE DURING MY LAST
60 YEARS ?????????????????
HOPE THE OLD LEGS WILL BE UP TO IT ? ? .
IF NOT A FANNY BEE FALCON 197 COULD BE MY TRANSPORT ?
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MOTORCYCLING and SCOOTERING.
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THE OLD LEGS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY WHERE ? ?
SOMTHING SMALLER IS THE ANSWER I AM SURE ?
BUT THERE ARE NO DIESELS IN A SMALL BIKE ??
UNLESS SOMEONE KNOWS OTHERWISE ?
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER WEATHER OVER HERE IN HE EAST ?
SOON I WILL GET THE OLD URGE TO GO MOTORCYCLING AGAIN ?
THEN OUT WILL COME THE
" DORSETT DIESEL MATCHLESS "
WISH I COULD FIND ANOTHER OWNER TO TRAVEL WITH ME ?
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MONDAY 11 TH FEBRUARY 2019 AT 20.00 HRS LOVE TO SEE YOU .
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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Here you are, Rex. A home made Lister diesel bike and frankfurter cooker............

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Wow!!
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Totally bonkers, brilliant find Spriddler, would run fine on the flat lands of the Fens Rex.
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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Almost right.... but that Lister "D" is a petrol engine, not a diesel. I've restored a few of them in my time.
I'm from the Fens.... Gimme six.
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Pharisee wrote:Almost right.... but that Lister "D" is a petrol engine, not a diesel.
:oops: Yebbut, they ARE Frankfurters (I hope) ;)
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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WONDERFULL MACHINE .
BIT HEAVY I BET ?
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Re: DORSETT Diesel Matchless sighting ?

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No not yet.!!
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