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Posted: Mon 27 Aug, 2012 7:12 pm
by trophy
book wrote: I thought the milk bar in Sherburn was for motorbikes only, I only ever saw bikes there and not scooters? i never saw any scooters?????
Posted: Mon 27 Aug, 2012 8:30 pm
by majorhoundii
I was never a mod or a rocker, but I did used to dance (with my girlfriend, now wife) to the Motown, Atlantic and Stax sounds at the Arcade Mecca in the mid sixties - Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Mary Wells, Aretha Franklin
Posted: Mon 27 Aug, 2012 11:19 pm
by book
trophy wrote: book wrote: I thought the milk bar in Sherburn was for motorbikes only, I only ever saw bikes there and not scooters? i never saw any scooters????? Me neither, plenty of greasers though.
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 12:16 am
by Caron
When did "Greasers" become "Bikers" ????My friend and I were on about this the other day and I wondered did the name "Greasers" get dropped because of the bad image?Is being a "Biker" totally different to being a "Greaser" ??Anybody know ?
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 12:47 am
by zip55
majorhoundii wrote: I was never a mod or a rocker, but I did used to dance (with my girlfriend, now wife) to the Motown, Atlantic and Stax sounds at the Arcade Mecca in the mid sixties - Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Mary Wells, Aretha Franklin The world famous Spinning Disc I believe.
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 9:17 am
by book
Caron wrote: When did "Greasers" become "Bikers" ????My friend and I were on about this the other day and I wondered did the name "Greasers" get dropped because of the bad image?Is being a "Biker" totally different to being a "Greaser" ??Anybody know ? They were also known as greebos.
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 11:25 am
by trophy
in the sixties we were rockers greasers was a later term late 60s ?,biker seems to be the modern name for motorcyclists. who canhardly be called greasers with clean expensive coloured leathers and new garage maintained ,as opposed to old backyard bodged machines. istill ride a 1967 650 triumph so i suppose iam a classic biker.
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 12:52 pm
by book
And what a great sound they make too. Triumph, BSA etc,much better than the fizzing Jap bikes. Are there any British motor bike manufacturers left ? Do we still make bikes here?
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 1:30 pm
by simong
book wrote: And what a great sound they make too. Triumph, BSA etc,much better than the fizzing Jap bikes. Are there any British motor bike manufacturers left ? Do we still make bikes here? Yes, Triumph are based in Leicestershire although they restarted with the name in the 80s after the original company went bust. Norton have also restarted production in the UK in recent years and there are several other small companies, mostly involved in racing.
Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2012 3:24 pm
by Caron
trophy wrote: in the sixties we were rockers greasers was a later term late 60s ?,biker seems to be the modern name for motorcyclists. who canhardly be called greasers with clean expensive coloured leathers and new garage maintained ,as opposed to old backyard bodged machines. istill ride a 1967 650 triumph so i suppose iam a classic biker. Thanks trophy, I'd forgotten about Rockers.So, just to get it into my head in the correct order was it;Mods who later became Skinheads ?Rockers who later became Greasers ? Bikers who are just Bikers ?