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That's kind of how I got that first GPz. It was my buddy's and he plain old wasn't using it. Told me if I cleaned it up, serviced it and got it running I could use it for as long as I wanted. Picked it up, cleaned the shit outta it, replaced the oil/filter/spark plugs, etc., and tossed a new battery in it. Got some fresh rubber for it and I rode the piss out of that thing for a couple summers. I ended up giving that back after a couple summers and getting a clapped out '88 GSXR750 ("Slingshot"). Absolutely hated that thing and got rid of that to get another GPz 750, this time in silver...
Did you grit your teeth and try to look like Clint Fuckin' Eastwood?
Or did you lisp it all hangfisted like a fuckin' flower?
started riding on a friends Briggs powered mini bike, cousins JR50, and an ATC70 but the first bike i owned was a 1980 CR80R Elsinore (not my pic). first pavement machine was a 2001 CBR600F4i (pic is my bike).
Beta 200RR
I bet that 80 was a handful!
Mine had literally none of that. Front/rear drums, a terrible headlight (I remember riding home through Lexington, MA holding my flashlight so I could see) and it was just proportionally too small for me. I hated the swept-back handlebars too.
But, it was THE bike all my friends and I learned to ride on, so it's got that shared nostalgia factor.
What's the difference between a bolt and a screw?
First you screw, then you bolt.
https://www.motorcycledaily.com/wp-c.../04/zr-7-2.jpg
This panty dropper right here. 00 Kawi z750. First street bike. Great to learn on, boring as hell.
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Kawi KZ305 LTD, think it was an 85, purchased in 1990. Found it in the WantAdvertiser (who remembers that!), I didn't know how to ride so had to have a buddy bring it home
Buzzed around and saved up my shekels until I moved up to a CBR600 in 92. Kept the 305 for a few more years but eventually sold it
First bike I ever owned
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Fuel commander
M4 pipes
Airbox flapper mod
Soft rev mod
K&N filters
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Hey @stoneman, off topicish.
That harley that National wouldn’t throw a rear tire on.. was it premium or opportunity?
Your park avenue leads to..
First bike 1979 Suzuki GS750. Nearly identical to this.
Second bike after I got out of the Army was a 1983 BMW R65. Pic 1985. Dig the Simpson helmet.
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https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-n4r9smk-L.jpgFirst bike 1979 Suzuki GS750. Nearly identical to this.
Thats one pretty sweet GS Dual front disc brakes with spokes?
Did you grit your teeth and try to look like Clint Fuckin' Eastwood?
Or did you lisp it all hangfisted like a fuckin' flower?
2023 KTM 890 Adventure R
That would have been the 2015 Silver Street Glide Special I had a hardon for, yeah? I honestly don't remember. I want to say it was "Premium" as they said it was "good to go". But I've been down that road with them with the Low Rider. Still can't believe they fucked off a sale over a fuckin' tire!
Did you grit your teeth and try to look like Clint Fuckin' Eastwood?
Or did you lisp it all hangfisted like a fuckin' flower?
My first bike was a beat up used 1974 TM125 Suzuki. That’s a dual shock, down pipe mx bike. I recall that when I bought it, it was loud as hell, the kickstarter lever wouldn't stay in the closed position, and the kill switch didn’t work. I remember crashing it into my mother’s forsythia bushes in our front yard and it stuck wide open on its side until I shut the petcock off and it ran out of the gas in the carb. That was a lot of noise and smoke LOL.
I worked a whole summer as a tobacco farm field worker at age 14 to buy that bike. $3.25 an hour was the pay and that job was brutal. The bike sucked too but I haven’t been without a bike since
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