• BBC Archive: Triumph 1979

    From wessie@willnotwork@tesco.net to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 09:37:07 2026
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    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30
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  • From Greybeard@greybeard@pirate.ship to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 09:59:34 2026
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    In reply to "wessie" who wrote the following:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    Did any body see him on the following Tuesday?? :-/
    Greybeard

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  • From chrisnd @ukrm@chrisnd@privacy.net to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 10:19:22 2026
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    On 17/02/2026 09:59, Greybeard wrote:
    In reply to "wessie" who wrote the following:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of
    Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    :-)

    Did any body see him on the following Tuesday?? :-/
    Greybeard

    T-Bird - 1600
    Bonnie T140V - 750

    :-) :-)

    Chris
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  • From Peter Fisher@nospam@nosspam.net to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 10:41:00 2026
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    On 17/02/2026 09:37, wessie wrote:
    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    That puts me in mind of an acronym someone had printed on a tee shirt
    back in my white hat days.
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  • From Mark Olson@olsonm@tiny.invalid to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 11:01:29 2026
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    wessie <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    A better, longer shot of it around 10:45.

    Reminds me of the time my co-worker stamped my air ticket (back in
    the 80s when you got a little booklet with tear-out coupons) with his
    rubber stamp that said 'BULLSHIT' in red ink. It was on the return
    flight from SFO to MSP at the back of the booklet, so the desk agent
    at SFO was the first one to notice it. I wondered briefly why she
    suddenly exclaimed "bullshit!".


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  • From Champ@neal@champ.org.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 12:44:33 2026
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    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:37:07 -0000 (UTC), wessie
    <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of >Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    heh

    When he lifted it up I expected to see Bonwick underneath
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    neal at champ dot org dot uk

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    You never slow down, you never grow old
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  • From wessie@willnotwork@tesco.net to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 13:15:12 2026
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    Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in news:uko8pkticgmfrkfoq47u07g9sal1uhqgm6@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:37:07 -0000 (UTC), wessie
    <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state
    of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    heh

    When he lifted it up I expected to see Bonwick underneath

    shame this stinky nostalgia is rather wasted

    does he exist online anywhere now? I heard his name mentioned recently in a place he used to frequent as he attended a NY gathering in Strontian.
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  • From Mark Roberts@mark@markr.myzen.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 14:58:02 2026
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    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:37:07 -0000 (UTC), wessie
    <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of >Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    What am i looking at?
    All I can see is that the outer protection plate cage is distorted?
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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 14:58:43 2026
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    On 17/02/2026 12:44, Champ wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:37:07 -0000 (UTC), wessie
    <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of
    Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    heh

    When he lifted it up I expected to see Bonwick underneath

    glad it wasn't just me.
    --
    Bruce Porter
    "The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
    There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
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  • From Mark Roberts@mark@markr.myzen.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Tue Feb 17 14:59:23 2026
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    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:58:02 +0000, Mark Roberts
    <mark@markr.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:37:07 -0000 (UTC), wessie
    <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:

    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of >>Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    What am i looking at?
    All I can see is that the outer protection plate cage is distorted?

    Heh. I've just seen what you mean!
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    Mark Roberts
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  • From Tim@nobody@home.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Thu Feb 19 17:51:00 2026
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    On 17/02/2026 09:37, wessie wrote:
    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    On the subject of bikes on youtube, just how many bikes are enough Mr
    Hammond? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaUDrVAMnY
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  • From Lone Wolf@lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Thu Feb 19 19:32:01 2026
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    On 19/02/2026 17:51, Tim wrote:

    Wotcha.

    On the subject of bikes on youtube, just how many bikes are enough Mr Hammond? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaUDrVAMnY

    N+1

    Or so they say.
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  • From Ben Blaney@benblaney@gmail.invalid to uk.rec.motorcycles on Thu Feb 19 20:00:01 2026
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    On Feb 19, 2026 at 2:32:01 PM EST, "Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> wrote:

    On 19/02/2026 17:51, Tim wrote:

    Wotcha.

    On the subject of bikes on youtube, just how many bikes are enough Mr
    Hammond? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaUDrVAMnY

    That's a great collection.



    N+1

    Or so they say.

    Exactly right!
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  • From wessie@willnotwork@tesco.net to uk.rec.motorcycles on Thu Feb 19 20:13:11 2026
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    Tim <nobody@home.co.uk> wrote in news:10n7ii7$rkbf$1@dont-email.me:

    On 17/02/2026 09:37, wessie wrote:
    https://youtu.be/GbIimta-TJs?si=ShgdqiO2YUifBds-

    recent upload from the BBC Archive, a Man Alive report about the
    state of Triumph in 1979.

    Pay close attention to the welder's helmet at 09.30

    On the subject of bikes on youtube, just how many bikes are enough Mr Hammond? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaUDrVAMnY

    he had to rent a bigger unit at Rotherwas Ind Estate for them once he split from the wife and had to move them out of his faux Bollitree castle near
    Ross on Wye

    About 10 years ago, I followed a Land Rover with his black/gold Ducati on
    the back. He had been going to a show near Stratford when it did what all Ducatis of that era do and conked out near Malvern. .

    We were going along from Ledbury to Ross road and the vehicle tunred left
    for Bollitree. I guessed i was him and this was confirmed a week or two
    later when he wrote a report of the incident in one of the Sundays.

    He mentions the incident in that film.
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