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I Need to get my Priorites Sorted !

Vic Perrin

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Too much playing around with the bikes.


And the Lathe is being neglected.
 

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I see the odds are two to one at the moment. Best to share mate. Enjoy and look mforward to your pens. Get some dust moving.

Peter.
 

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Put a bike seat in front of the lathe and make a handle bar tool rest best of both worlds [MENTION=422]Vic Perrin[/MENTION]
 

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As soon as the weather allows I will be ignoring my lathe as well. Your 2 bikes are pretty awesome.
 

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Vic you reminded me I once removed the exhaust on my bantam screamed around the block, great satisfaction everyone should do that at least once IMHO.

Peter.
 

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Like your bikes Vic. Every year for 2 weeks I became a saddle tramp and traveled either by myself or with other mates round Europe mainly Alps and Gorges met many folk saw many sites but alas these days are over. I believe you have two main things in this life things to look forward too and memories as you get older you have more of the later. So look forward to riding the bike go and make memories and save the rainy days for the lathe.

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Vic Perrin

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So where are all the pens?:thinks::face::funny:

Not turned a thing myself for well over 4 months now I have just seemed to have lost interest. Came very close to selling up but the Mrs and a couple of Forum members talked me out of it.

I have spent a fair bit of time in the shed recently with my Grandkids who wanted to do Pen Turning as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and this has rekindled my interest a little.

No more bike projects on the agenda at the moment so it may be time to start spinning again. (When it warms up a bit).
 

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Not turned a thing myself for well over 4 months now I have just seemed to have lost interest. Came very close to selling up but the Mrs and a couple of Forum members talked me out of it.

I have spent a fair bit of time in the shed recently with my Grandkids who wanted to do Pen Turning as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and this has rekindled my interest a little.

No more bike projects on the agenda at the moment so it may be time to start spinning again. (When it warms up a bit).

Well if I can make some pens so can you Vic:whistling::whistling::whistling:, glad your not giving up.
 

Vic Perrin

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No more Bike Projects

I said no more bike projects and time to get back to the lathe !
Well I will after this one !
 

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Hi Vic,
I know nothing about bikes but that looks like the white one in the first post. What is the make of that bike. It looks amazing.
 

Vic Perrin

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This one is the 1962 Ariel Leader Paul. Same engine and frame as the Arrow but a little more covered in with tin work. I have got to do a complete re-spray and engine overhaul . This one is a joint effort with my cousin Nigel.

Hopefully when completed it should look something like this
 

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This one is the 1962 Ariel Leader Paul. Same engine and frame as the Arrow but a little more covered in with tin work. I have got to do a complete re-spray and engine overhaul . This one is a joint effort with my cousin Nigel.

Hopefully when completed it should look something like this

They are both beautiful looking bikes. Do you end up selling them or do you keep them?
 
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