I don't know how they do it, but if they were to design a spoon, it would be sexy. I'm seeing a definite European trend.and Italian bikes. I was also an abusive teen on my first bike. Tom I put water once in the crankcase because the oil was low. Good thing that straw-like dry grass is slick, if I'd had traction I might have gotten hurt. I was toolin' along, saw a barb wire fence laying down in the grass, locked the brake, and it just spun around without going down. One time I managed to do a 30-something mph 360 degree spin without laying it down. Busted some parts inside and I spent two years trying to fix it. Despite the automatic clutch, I missed a shift one time, it wound out to red-line, then caught. I rode that out without wrecking but I'm not sure how. I flew it far too high once and it came down hard enough to crunch the rear shock. sit there for a half hour or so 'til it'd cool off. It was kinda fubar, it'd been overheated enough the head would warp and the engine seize if it'd get hot.
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Favorite 'cause it's been my only motorcycle. Mine was a "toilet seat" (trail) 90 I got used. 45 mpg and 0 - 60 in <4 seconds is pretty nice… I ride this to and from work nearly every day the weather will allow. Handles and rides much better than with the stock forks. Good compromise between comfort and performance. http:/ / / albums/ n159/ Hondo64d/ familypics057_zps12a7b3de.jpgĪll I currently have is a 2007 Yamaha FZ6. He could keep up with me without even sweating. The level of performance those bikes are capable of is nothing short of amazing. Got rid of it when injuries started interfering with my work. Until I retired from the Army and my son and I started doing a little recreational motocross. Went for many years without a bike after that. Used to ride it up Gold Camp Road outside Colorado Springs and just had a blast. Had one of these while I was stationed at Ft. Pretty good short range commuter and loads of weekend fun. Got one of these when I was in flight school. Fun bike and pretty much top of the heap in its day until Honda brought out the Interceptor. I love flying and bikes are about the closest you can get to flying… I still have some purple metal flake paint from that project on a pair of vise grips out in the garage. Got it running just fine but never could get a "lost or stolen" title for it so couldn't get it licensed and had to get rid of it. Painted it metal flake purple - hey, metal flake was big back then. Not sure if it was a 1968 model but it was a BSA 250 Thumper just like that. Sold it and turned around and bought its stable mate a 2004 Moto Guzzi Coppa Italia.Ī long time ago my sister's boyfriend and I bought a frame and a big cardboard box of engine parts for 50 bucks, and over the next few weeks turned it into one of those. Since the kids were gone I bought this 2001 Aprilia SL Mille to be a "Ricky Racer." Off'd it and bought a 2003 Moto Guzzi V11 Rosso Corsa, perhaps the best motorcycle I have ever owned. This photo was taken in Torremolinos when I was 20.ģ0 years later I discovered Moto GP racing and Italian motorcycles. Toured Andalucía Spain from Rota to Torremolinos, to Granada, and Sevilla with my buddy who had a 1974 Norton 850 Commando. I bought this motorcycle in Rota, Spain with my $1,500 Combat Arms Enlistment bonus from the Marines. My third motorcycle was a brand new 1973 Triumph 750 Bonneville. He then told me to put it in the front yard and put a for sale sign on it, and walked into the house without another word.
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Asked me who the bike belonged to, then asked me how much I paid for it. Brought it home one day to show my dad, thinking he would let me keep it because it was so pretty. Hid it from my parents and rode it to high school. I bought it for $450 virtually brand new. And despite being nearly 40 years old, she handled very well I could be happy with that bike.įirst motorcycle was a turquoise and cream 1968 BSA Starfire 250cc. I'm sure the handling and acceleration wouldn't even remotely compare to my ZZR-1200, but I'm also sure the old Seca 550 would be a pure joy to ride.Ībout a year ago I rode a late 1976 R90 factory Cafe Racer with the fade paint job and the little quarter faring. I've been trying to find a 550 Seca just to re-live the old days not many of them out there. It lacked the low end of your Bimmer, but get it into the power band and it would beat ANY two cylinder factory bike regardless of how many CC's back then. My 550 Seca took me everywhere and did so very comfortably. (for a while the only handgun I had back then was a Broomhandle Mauser but she was reliable). If anyone messed with it, they'd be looking at the business end of a pistol. I didn't park my Seca 550 in the house, but it was on the front porch right next to my bedroom window. Like you, in my early 20's it was motorcycle only for me.