olive (on the buses)
Not olive and descriptive, Marquis and descriptive. If you are familiar with his name you will know what he describes. If you're not. then Google it!olive and descriptive?go on then explain

Rally
Motorbike
Sidecar
Olive
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what intrigued me was a previous answer Motorbyke, is that a bent car?![]()
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Wotan
My query was the spelling of motorbyke as opposed to motorbike...byke as in *yke?what intrigued me was a previous answer Motorbyke, is that a bent car?![]()
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Wotan
If that was my post that intrigued you Wotan, perhaps I can explain. I may be wrong, but I think that if a motorcyclist who is going at speed has to brake suddenly, he can lose part of the tread from his rear tyre. The resulting bald patch, I read somewhere, is referred to as a 'gumball' the word I responded to.
It was me who spelt motorbyke,obviously two ways of spelling it.My query was the spelling of motorbyke as opposed to motorbike...byke as in *yke?what intrigued me was a previous answer Motorbyke, is that a bent car?![]()
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Wotan
If that was my post that intrigued you Wotan, perhaps I can explain. I may be wrong, but I think that if a motorcyclist who is going at speed has to brake suddenly, he can lose part of the tread from his rear tyre. The resulting bald patch, I read somewhere, is referred to as a 'gumball' the word I responded to.