First full sized bike I rode, I was probably 13, belonged to an older buddy, he was 4 years older than me. He had tons of cool stuff, his old man ran a junk yard(Automotive Salvage!, this ain't no JUNK YARD! said his dad---it was a junk yard). Jimmy was buying salvage bikes/cars before he was 16 from the salvage auctions. He went through all the Impala's when they were cool 61-66, Mustangs, Camaro's, Road Runners, Chargers, GTX's, Chevelle's, Corvette's, 750 Honda's, Sportsters, too many Z-1's too count. Yamaha Excessive 11. That was the only bike that truly scared me. Rode it twice--the second time just to make sure it really did scare me that much. It did. The road the Automotive Salvage yard was on was over two miles long of nice pavement and very little traffic. There wasn't any of Jim's toys that didn't run out of throttle before you ran out of road or nerve. Wish I had a total of the number of speedo needles that were bent on that road. It was a pretty popular stretch of road.
CR500. Many bikes have come and gone in my garage, I still have my 500.
1999 HD Softail Custom.Still have it. My now wife showed me how to drive here 440 Kawasaki. I took it for a couple of spins then went to get a 750 Vulcan from a friend of hers that sells used. Walked in and past the Softail, backed up to look at it, pointed at it and said "I Want That One"
I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled
Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum
Penton ISDT 6 Day 125cc. The coolest trail rider I ever saw.....until KTM took over then they got even nicer.
Collector and shooter of guns and other items that require a tax stamp, Lead and brass scrounger. Never too much brass, lead or components in inventory! Always looking to win beauty contests with my reloads.
Bultaco 100 Pursang
Had a dirt bike in the 70's but never cared for that. First road bike was a 1971 XLCH, lot of fun at the time but not now. Ended up with two old BMW R90/6's, a '74 and'76. I rode them for years and still have them but had to quit. I miss it but the way the traffic is and me getting older and slower I don't think I want to deal with it again.
Beemer
1993 Honda CBR 600. It was like riding a rocket
8500' Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado
1980 kz750.
owned it for about 5 minutes. Test drove it, ran fine. paid for it. Started it to drive home - and it hiccuped and caught fire. burned to the ground right in front of the three of us. prev owner was like - "bummer. sucks to be you", and left. Was not happy to say the least.
buddy had a 250 pursing. Hell of a bike till the japs started buiding dedicate mx bikes instead of modifying here street enduros. I still remember as a kid seen the bultacos and maicos and huskys dominating the tracks around home. Seems like someone through a lights switch one year and all you saw were yzs Elsinore kx's and rm's.
Harley 165 back in '62. Thought I had a real bike. Too darn old and stove up but the urge is still there. GW
"If you can walk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch,
Yours is the earth and everything that's in it,
And, which is more, you'll be a man my son!" R. Kipling
"Brother to a Prince, and fellow to a pauper, if found worthy." Kipling
First was in 1964. Honda 150 Dream. Second was more exciting, Late 50's AJS 500 single. At idle you could feel the piston going up and down. Looked like this one but not as nice.Attachment 240432
Fact: Some people are alive simply because it's illegal to kill them.
First bike was a Honda z50 at 4 years old, followed by about 35 dirt bikes, street and trails or dual sports. Never had enough sense to own a street bike and I’m sure I’d still ride it like an idiot if I had one now.
Life is so much better with dogs!
My first a 350 Honda, my last a 750 Triumph Trophy. The Trump is in pieces in my attic and maybe my nephews attic or in the barns attics in the farm I had in the 80's.
I stopped riding in the early 80's after responding in the large metropolitan city I was a professional FF in to a hundred or so accidents involving MC.
Training in survival [in my trade] made me quit. Riding was fun but not worth the consequences to me. I got enough adrenaline rushes at work to affect my health. I did not need to seek any other ones.
1958 J-Be, a 125cc Sachs engined West German street bike imported by Berliner Motors. Passed down by my brother in 1960 when he got his drivers license.
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IIRC I saw one of the Kawa 750 3cyl 2 strokes set up as a drag or fast street machine. Very low built with pipes that must have come off a diesel rig. Really large dia front forks but no wheely bar. Cowel and headlight so must have been street legal. Kinda layed on it vs sitting. Called the mean green machine. Always thought the Norton 500TT was the best but younger bro had a 60's era Atlas - he said it was a 850. Ran it into the back of a PU truck. Got an Alfa 1600 sprint with dual webers. I tried fixing the dist. as he didn't turn the grease cup on it. Marelli is EXPENSIVE. He had troubles with it and mech. tried to fix it, dropped the cam chain into the pan so Dad said sell the thing.
Whatever!
Started out on a Yamaha xs650, first winter I traded it for a HD Sportster. Currently have a 2005 HD RoadKing
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |