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Old 19th March 2020, 17:51   #1
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After posting about the seats yesterday I got a notification of a pm.
Clicked on the pm and it was an invitation to pop round for a brew after I picked the seats up.
From whom.....the Oracle himself , brian.

Prior to this I had only dealt with the man on one occasion when he offered to repair a pcb from my bike , free of charge , just postage.

So after a 3 hour drive , met the man himself and Alfie, had a brew and a chat and you could tell he was disappointed that I hadn't arrived in the zt (exhaust issue last night) as he was willing to fit the seats there and then.

Never fear Brian, I will be back up at the end of April for a health check , a remap and a new key.

So thanks for the invite brew , biccies and chat.
It's always good to meet someone face to face and I'm glad I did.

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Old 20th March 2020, 07:01   #2
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The man is an absolute diamond. No question.
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Old 20th March 2020, 08:16   #3
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The question is...

Did Alfie greet you with a big aarrrooooooooo
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Old 20th March 2020, 09:07   #4
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He most definitely did along with quite a few woofs, but soon went quiet after the 2nd treat.
If only brian was that easy to please

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Old 20th March 2020, 12:07   #5
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I must agree.top man is brian.when I first got my 75 2 years ago had a few problems with itbrian came down to Darlington a few times to sort it. Also put a 160 upgrade on it what a difference.a god in the rover world
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Old 20th March 2020, 12:22   #6
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If these seats came from Brian then they wasn’t overpriced as I previously said, they will be spot on, I thought they was off some random person who was selling them, nice seats
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Old 20th March 2020, 12:23   #7
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If these seats came from Brian then they wasn’t overpriced as I previously said, they will be spot on, I thought they was off some random person who was selling them, nice seats
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The seats weren’t from Brian but from another forum member that lives not too far away Mick.


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Old 20th March 2020, 12:40   #8
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that is one great thing about this forum, there are a great bunch of fellas here especially brian and trikey and a number of others.
Always ready to help out, even us out here in Australia.
Not met these learned gents but would like to one day- if i can ever get to travel back to the uk!!!
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Old 20th March 2020, 16:12   #9
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If these seats came from Brian then they wasn’t overpriced as I previously said, they will be spot on, I thought they was off some random person who was selling them, nice seats
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Hi mick , as trikey said they was from a mr Gilroy just around the corner from brian , then went round to see brian.

You have a pm incoming as well

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Old 21st March 2020, 13:37   #10
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What's he look like? does he have horns?
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