Fun Bikes You've Owned

Paul ...
You know, I just thought about my 'first' ride. A Whizzer. I barely
remember it, but I do rememeber it being a lotta fun.
It's kid stuff I know, but WTF it was a big thrill then.





moto


A bird in the hand, isn't worth much.


'05 750 Spirit...
'02 750 Ace...
'01 750 Magna...
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:33:52 -0400, motownmoto.RemoveThis@webtv.net (moto) wrote:

 >While riding last night, I got to thinkin' about bikes I really enjoyed
 >riding.


I got to thinking you have posted several variations of this troll in
the past.

Memory failing you? Can't recall the responses already given? Or
just crying for attention again?

Don Binns
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The most "fun" bike I ever rode wasn't mine. My older sister dated a guy
back around 1970 that rode and he convinced her to buy a Honda CB 175. She
ride it twice I think and it just sat in the garage after that so whenever
she and my parents were out of the house I took it out. Quite the thrill for
a 14 year old kid to be riding around the neighborhood. I was always amazed
she didn't notice the extra miles on it 3 years later when she sold it and
that my Dad didn't notice the missing lawnmower gasoline! I found out years
later my Dad knew all about it. Seems the neighbors had told him but he
figured it was better for the thing to be used once in a while than to sit
and rot in the garage.

Once I got to be 18 and had a few bucks in my pocket I bought myself a
Yamaha XS 360. At the time I thought of that as a "big" bike. Rode the shit
out of it for 10 years but it's the CB 175 that gave me the most fun. I
think the fact I wasn't supposed to be riding it made it just that much more
exciting. If I ever happen onto one for cheap I think I'd buy it just for
the memories.

Brad

'03 V-Star 750
"moto" <motownmoto.DeleteThis@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:6990-411E14C0-79@storefull-3274.bay.webtv.net...
 > While riding last night, I got to thinkin' about bikes I really enjoyed
 > riding.
 >
 > For many of us, it's the first one we've owned, or maybe a bike we
 > struggled to get, and finally owned.
 >
 > Of all the bikes I've owned or have passed through my hands in the past
 > years, this little 750 Spirit is the Most fun thing to ride I think I
 > ever had.
 > I still hold the Nighthawk in high regard, cuz it IS fun to ride, but
 > this little Vtwin is a riot. It has a few 'warts', but they all do. It's
 > just that all in all, it's as much (maybe more) fun ridin' than any bike
 > I've had for a long long while.
 >
 >
 >
 > moto
 >
 >
 > A bird in the hand, isn't worth much.
 >
 >
 > '05 750 Spirit...
 > '02 750 Ace...
 > '01 750 Magna...
 >
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"Paul Calman" <spam.RemoveThis@trap.com> wrote in
news:2o6qa2F7irhqU1@uni-berlin.de:

 > I currently have 11 bike here, 5 run!. The most fun was
 > when my little brother and I both had Honda CT70s. We could
 > ride San Diego's canyons (legally), then pop out and look
 > for mopeds to smoke with our superior power and speed.

I found superior power and speed beating VW Rabbits at stop
lights to 40 MPH with my Honda CB100.

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Subject: Re: Fun Bikes You've Owned
From: Calgary dlbcaldeletethis DeleteThis @telus.net
Date: 8/14/2004 1:33 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <4ktsh0tdv64flfc32ni0tptj54lg27h536 DeleteThis @4ax.com>

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:33:52 -0400, motownmoto DeleteThis @webtv.net (moto) wrote:

 >While riding last night, I got to thinkin' about bikes I really enjoyed
 >riding.


I got to thinking you have posted several variations of this troll in
the past.

Memory failing you? Can't recall the responses already given? Or
just crying for attention again?

Don Binns
84 - Virago 1000

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Looks like your bike has never been too much fun for you and you're getting
more bitter every day.

Keaf<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 >
 >On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:33:52 -0400, motownmoto.RemoveThis@webtv.net (moto) wrote:
 >
  >>While riding last night, I got to thinkin' about bikes I really enjoyed
  >>riding.
 >
 >
 >I got to thinking you have posted several variations of this troll in
 >the past.
 >
 >Memory failing you? Can't recall the responses already given? Or
 >just crying for attention again?
 >
 >Don Binns
 >84 - Virago 1000
 >
 >*****************
 >
 >Looks like your bike has never been too much fun for you and you're getting
 >more bitter every day.
 >
 >Keaf
 >

Beardg>>I've been on this group for many years now, and realize that there are
some real kooks out there, some are crazy, some are assholes, some make shit
up, and some just play the same old tune every time they post....Now Moto seems
to have some fairly reasonable folks who don't care for him at all. I don't
follow the shit enough to see all the reasons, the back alley emails, the other
stuff that I don't pay attention to...BUT! This post by moto seems innocuous
and even has the chance of some good stories by the members of bikes they have
really liked in the past....I can't see the harm, it is on subject, and seems
fine to me. Am I missing something??
Beardg out.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Beardg <beardg.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
  >>
  >>On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:33:52 -0400, motownmoto.DeleteThis@webtv.net (moto) wrote:
  >>
   >>>While riding last night, I got to thinkin' about bikes I really enjoyed
   >>>riding.

  >>I got to thinking you have posted several variations of this troll in
  >>the past.
  >>
  >>Memory failing you? Can't recall the responses already given? Or
  >>just crying for attention again?

  >>Looks like your bike has never been too much fun for you and you're getting
  >>more bitter every day.

 > Beardg>>I've been on this group for many years now, and realize that there are
 > some real kooks out there, some are crazy, some are assholes, some make shit
 > up, and some just play the same old tune every time they post....Now Moto seems
 > to have some fairly reasonable folks who don't care for him at all. I don't
 > follow the shit enough to see all the reasons, the back alley emails, the other
 > stuff that I don't pay attention to...BUT! This post by moto seems innocuous
 > and even has the chance of some good stories by the members of bikes they have
 > really liked in the past....I can't see the harm, it is on subject, and seems
 > fine to me. Am I missing something??

I refer Mr. Beardg to the tale of the boy who cried wolf.

Moto has been pissing off people here for so long, that when he
actually finally posts a non-assholic article, they are still in
reactive mode from his many previous assholic posts.

I guess that's too bad. I have already posted saying I hope he
reforms himself. But if he ends up taking shit for a long time,
based on what he has posted in the past, well, he only has to look
at his own behavior and to understand basic human nature to explain
why it happens.

Just suddenly stopping bad behavior won't get folks to forget all
the shit stirring he was doing before.

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 >I refer Mr. Beardg to the tale of the boy who cried wolf.
 >
 >Moto has been pissing off people here for so long, that when he
 >actually finally posts a non-assholic article, they are still in
 >reactive mode from his many previous assholic posts.
 >
 >I guess that's too bad. I have already posted saying I hope he
 >reforms himself. But if he ends up taking shit for a long time,
 >based on what he has posted in the past, well, he only has to look
 >at his own behavior and to understand basic human nature to explain
 >why it happens.
 >
 >Just suddenly stopping bad behavior won't get folks to forget all
 >the shit stirring he was doing before.
 >
 >--
 >Mark '01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '81 CM400T
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 >(updated text & photos added, Mon Aug 16 19:21:54 CDT 2004)
 >

Beardg>>Hmmm I didn't realize the extent of the history..Guess I'm not paying
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For me it was the '76 CB750A full dresser. That bike was amazingly smooth
and handled like it was on rails. I dragged the bags more than once on that
riding with my buddy who had a Ninja/7, back in 88 & 89. Metzlers and some
stiff shocks had me keeping up with him thru' most turns, all the while I
was carrying the day's riding provisions, listening to the stereo and
enjoying my cold soda sitting in my cup holder.

Ah, the days....


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