Pre-Digital photo's only!!!

[r11rs94]

Lets give this a try. No Digial need apply. Fire up that scanner and show some of your older bikes. I'll start off with a photo from April, 1976. Me sitting on my 1972 Suzuki GT-750cc, 2-cycle. What a great bike. Watercooled 3 years ahead of the first Goldwing. Wing-a-ding-ding. What was I thinking with that hair???

[angysdad]

'72 commando...my first 'cool' bike. I put on the pounds since then!

<a href="http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab345/angysdad/?action=view&current=72commando750.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab345/angysdad/72commando750.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[PGlaves]

Sears Allstate Moped made by Puch in Austria - photo taken in 1959

[jamesdunn]

Alas, I have some from the early to mid sixties, but they are stored in Colorado!
JD

[Ken F]

Me, my first wife, and a 66 Shovel on our wedding day. I bought the Shovel off a Schriner the day before. No longer have the either, though I miss the Shovel.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/3307/878DSC07165.JPG

[bluehole]

My buddy and I after a trip to Nova Scotia in August 1978. What would we have done without milk crates on the back of our bikes back then. :)

http://picard.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1978/Nova-Scotia/Picard0-R1-E030/265467588_ZAyqi-L.jpg

[bluehole]

R11RS94, I remember those Suzukis. I think there was also a 550 triple version of your bike. Didn't they go by the nickname "Water Buffalo"? They were supposed to be very quick.

[SheRidesABeemer]

no bike, the year before I got my license

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2704564107_989ef2eb2b_b.jpg

[Oznay]

Me, back in'47

[Visian]

Bultaco Matador Six Day

http://www.visian.nu/images/bultaco_matador_sixday.jpg

[pffog]

R11RS94, I remember those Suzukis. I think there was also a 550 triple version of your bike. Didn't they go by the nickname "Water Buffalo"? They were supposed to be very quick.

The 550 was water cooled along with a 380, all were triple two strokes. Yes, water buffalo was their nick name, '72 was the first year and had the "Buck Rodgers" exhaust pipe ends. Along with the teal, there was a purple color. Both pretty unappealing IMHO.

They were powerful, but heavy. stock they would run with the Honda 750's of the day, but the H-2 Kawi's were the king of the hill as far as speed, but were miserable to ride. The Suzuki did many a mile as a touring bike, with windjammer and saddle bags.

[Colt03]

1977 leaving Cheshire, CT for Florida.

http://clc.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/General-MC/craigxs500fladeparture/122630581_VsVe3-L.jpg

Note the nice protective footware !

What was I thinking !

[rcliffor]

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj148/rcliffor/180px-1971-Honda-SL100K1-Green-6705.jpg

[rdalland]

Daytona Beach 1977.

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/785286948_YzHAz-L.jpg

[Colt03]

Marcus Dairy
1991

http://clc.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/General-MC/mdairy1991/55964228_JFAn2-L.jpg

[toooldtocare]

In my fat days right after getting out of the military and getting married.

[r11rs94]

R11RS94, I remember those Suzukis. I think there was also a 550 triple version of your bike. Didn't they go by the nickname "Water Buffalo"? They were supposed to be very quick.

Yes there was a 500 version. It was called a Titan. A friend of mine just finished restoring one last year. The waterBuffalo was quick for its day. Milk creates, ah the good old days.

[bluehole]

Daytona Beach 1977.


Goodness. Kevin Bacon meets leather and hops in the way back machine. :)

[r11rs94]

Summer of 79, My beemer in the back, my buds Yamaha in front, getting ready to head to Martha's Vineyard. I am taking this photo.

[SheRidesABeemer]

this is a groovy thread :gerg

[Holly]

Me giving flowers to the CO's wife in 1949. Who would have predicted I'd grow up to be a biker?

[Rad]

Aftermath of a raccoon attack in the dead of night. My bike is the clean one. circa 1975
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/117610533_heGRQ-L-1.jpg


My Brother-in-law, on the same trip, the bike that got trashed.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/117612049_esAE2-L-1.jpg

[r11rs94]

May 1977, My friend Mike (left), My Suzuki, me, and my 72 Honda 450 twin I just sold to Mike.

[bluehole]

My friend Mike (left), My Suzuki, me, and my 72 Honda 450 twin I just sold to Mike

Looks like a Mod Squad episode. :)

Notice how so many of us had the sissybar/rack set-up.

[r11rs94]

1979 At Laconia Bike week, N.H. I remember the gas lines back then. Also the odd / even days to purchase gas. Luckly I made it home on fumes as no gas stations were open on Sundays. I saw many bikes out of gas and the people just camped where they were. Luckly BMW's have a good cruising range.

[jamesdunn]

1979 At Laconia Bike week, N.H. I remember the gas lines back then. Also the odd / even days to purchase gas. Luckly I made it home on fumes as no gas stations were open on Sundays. I saw many bikes out of gas and the people just camped where they were. Luckly BMW's have a good cruising range.

You have a bunch of very cool old photos. I bet most wish they had taken as many photos like you have back in the day! It is good to see all the old photos posted here.
JD

[Oznay]

Met this family at a truck stop in Mn., at the I-94/hwy 71 intersection,back in around '90,they were on their way back from Sturgis,5 people,2 bikes,nice!

[r11rs94]

You have a bunch of very cool old photos. I bet most wish they had taken as many photos like you have back in the day! It is good to see all the old photos posted here.
JD

Thanks JD. This picture from July 3rd, 1976 is the oldest picture I have found so far. This is my 3rd motorcycle, a Honda CB 350. I'm still searching through my old photo's for more.

[terham]

August 1978 - had owned the bike about 2 weeks. It's a '71 R75/5.

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/TGH-Ocean-City-MD-Aug-78-on/786326110_zdWQy-M.jpg

March or April 1979 - added a fairing and rode from Baltimore back to Gainesville to visit my college friends - this is my college roomate (really dig those newfangled waffle Nike shoes). I rode back to Baltimore in one day, which is the longest one day ride I've ever taken on a motorcycle and I'm in no rush to beat it.

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/Gainesville-Apr-79-Tom-in-bike/786326241_ANmG5-M.jpg

Summer 1980 - northcentral PA on my way home from western NY state. Added saddlebags by this time so I could really overpack for my trips.

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/PA287-north-of-Williamsport/414440631_Qz3CU-M.jpg

Still have the bike and still have the same saddlebags. It brings back a lot of memories looking through these old pictures. The bike and I have changed a little bit over the years.:whistle

[terham]

My older brother on his BMW in the early 70s. He steered me towards BMW and I'm grateful to this day. I remember riding pillion on that bike and the sound and feel were amazing.

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/JOHNBMW1972XMASCARD/430970670_T2pFo-M.jpg

[robsryder]

Here is my first viewing of Fred Taush's R60/5. I think that it "only" had ~400k miles at the time - at 1996 MOA Rally in NC -
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/old%20pix/96BMW_08.jpg

My first bike - a Honda SL-100 - photo taken with a polaroid circa 1971
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/old%20pix/new_bike_71.jpg

My cat sitting on one of my bikes in 1973 - he liked to sleep on the honda cb350 when it was in the garage
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/old%20pix/OLDBIKES.jpg

Me goofin around on the old honda around 1974
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/old%20pix/SL100_1.jpg

first harley that I owned - good for fairly short (less than 200 mile) rides - around 1993
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/old%20pix/rob_tayloe_94.gif

[bluehole]

Terence, neat to see the progession over the years. Very cool you still have it. I think many of us wish we had held on to some of those earlier models we owned.

[rdalland]

Outside a small desert village between Jeddah and Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1978.

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/352813121_wMQMC-M.jpg

[r11rs94]

:clap Yeah, I found some more old photo's. This photo was taken in 1979 I believe. This is my 500 Custom though I forget the year of the bike. Mid to late 70's Im guessing. In the back ground is my 77 Chrysler Cordoba with Corinthian Leather. What a piece of crap that car was.

[r11rs94]

Same bike from the other side. Was an interesting bike.

[Ridealot]

Way back in '75 when I was 12 years old. I really liked (not) the chin guard thingy that hooked to the helmet. The straps would slip in the buckles and for about half of a race the thing would just flap up and down and hit me in the face. Safety first ya know!

http://beemertom.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Bike-pics/11-30-20081-26-39PM0262/428645389_ZQDus-L.jpg

This is about '78-79 when we had switched over to flattrack full time. I loved the speed of dirttrack. And being a skinny little kid In had never been to fond of freezing half to death riding motocross in the winter. After riding motocross thru the winter we had planned on trying a flattrack race on a 1/4 mile track. The first race was a beautiful sunny 80 degree day. I was warm, I got to hit 4th gear, did I mention I was warm, life was good. On the way home from that race I told Dad that I loved dirttrack and wasn't interested in ever riding motocross again. And I didn't.

In three years time the bike, gear, and helmet had improved considerably. This was a Rob Muzzy built Yamaha 250 with a trackmaster frame. Very fast, did I mention I liked fast! ;) This was the same year that at the AMA nationals in Wichita KN I earned 7th in the nation. That was pretty good considering I was riding with a broken hand and a sick motor that I was trying to nurse to the end of the race.

http://beemertom.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Bike-pics/MCpic/428659121_NfUGL-L.jpg

And the best thing about racing? When your only 13 years old how else are ya gonna get to kiss a 16 year old girl. Gotta love those trophy dashes. The middle pic kissing the girl was the trophy for the season High Point.

http://beemertom.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Bike-pics/flattrackpic/787351598_3tG7K-L.jpg

[r11rs94]

This is a 1978 Suzuki 550 L. This was my very first new bike, though several months later I would trade it in for my first new BMW. And so it began... I believe this was the first motorcyle to use a digital readout in its instrument cluster. It was a digital gear indicator. I remember on several ocassions, someone wanted me to turn on the key to show them what the digital readout looked like. You can also tell by the photo that this was the beginning of me adding farkles to my bikes. The after market windshield, the amber fog lights on my crash bars, the sissy bar and on and on.

[rocketman]

Yes there was a 550 version. It was called a Titian. A friend of mine just finished restoring one last year. The waterBuffalo was quick for its day. Milk creates, ah the good old days.

nope, the Titan was the 500 twin, I know, I had two, 1970 and 73.
and the 550 and 380 GT's were air-cooled, only the 750 was water-cooled.


RM

[r11rs94]

nope, the Titan was the 500 twin, I know, I had two, 1970 and 73.
and the 550 and 380 GT's were air-cooled, only the 750 was water-cooled.


RM

You are correct sir. Changes made to origional post. Thanks

[pffog]

nope, the Titan was the 500 twin, I know, I had two, 1970 and 73.
and the 550 and 380 GT's were air-cooled, only the 750 was water-cooled.


RM

The official name of the triples were GT750 Le Mans, GT 550 Indy, and the GT380 Sebring. The Titan was the 500 twin.

[r11rs94]

1972 Le Mans triple, watercooled suzuki, with trick exhaust.

[GrafikFeat]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/4036696183/" title="1978 HiViz. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/4036696183_6be74e1daf_b.jpg" width="1024" height="721" alt="1978 HiViz." /></a>

1974 Honda 450 outside of San Diego circa 1978... Bought it while in the Navy...

[terham]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/4036696183/" title="1978 HiViz. by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/4036696183_6be74e1daf_b.jpg" width="1024" height="721" alt="1978 HiViz." /></a>

1974 Honda 450 outside of San Diego circa 1978... Bought it while in the Navy...

Love the helmet ("Roundering" in the late 70s).

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/Winter-riding/414440771_ZSU8k-M.jpg

[rcliffor]

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj148/rcliffor/Colorado86.jpg


http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj148/rcliffor/yamaha3.jpg

[toooldtocare]

:clap In the back ground is my 77 Chrysler Cordoba with Corenthian Leather. What a piece of crap that car was.

Herb Tarlek drove one of those on WKRP in Cincinnati. One of my favorite shows.

[6659]

My wife and I in Florida 1984.

[6659]

Taken in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1972.

[ScottGlover]

This is my ride in the 1970's, a Yamaha 60cc mini Enduro:thumb

[RTFlyer]

Taken in the spring of 1977. Dual Sportin' old school on a 1974 Honda XL175. As some of you probably know, they were available in any color, as long as it was orange! We bough it from a bike mechanic the winter before the shot was taken. I spent most of the time in his garage circling his Guzzi whiile my father dickered with him. The Guzzi he had seemed like the longest motorcycle I had ever seen. That little Honda was a great bike for me at that time. I'm a full 14 years-old here.

[GrafikFeat]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/4357869755/" title="1981 Yamaha by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4357869755_91f085da18_b.jpg" width="1024" height="731" alt="1981 Yamaha" /></a>

$1850.00 out the door. A gift to myself for graduating out of the Navy, 1981.

[bluehole]

Neato fairing. :)

[r11rs94]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/4357869755/" title="1981 Yamaha by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4357869755_91f085da18_b.jpg" width="1024" height="731" alt="1981 Yamaha" /></a>

$1850.00 out the door. A gift to myself for graduating out of the Navy, 1981.

Very nice, a friend of mine purchased one about 5 years ago for $800.00 and restored it to as close to origional as possible. It came out very nice and he rides it all the time. I'll get a picture when I can. :thumb

[SouthernYankee]

My grandmother's brother. :usa
Does anyone know the "make".

[wezul]

Looks like a Harley from around the 19teens.
But I just did a quick poke about.

http://www.harley-memories.com/1917.htm

[GrafikFeat]

It says Harley Davidson on the tank...

[r11rs94]

Summer of 1989, My 1980 Kaw 1000cc LTD

[wezul]

It says Harley Davidson on the tank...

Indeed. Shhhhh!

[rdalland]

My '71 R60/5, fall 1979.

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/788961422_itUCH-O.jpg

Note the well organized shop...

[r11rs94]

Classic :laugh

[GrafikFeat]

Very nice, a friend of mine purchased one about 5 years ago for $800.00 and restored it to as close to origional as possible. It came out very nice and he rides it all the time. I'll get a picture when I can. :thumb

Thanks...

The fairing was $110 off the shelf... :laugh

I'd still have it today if it weren't stolen out of my driveway two years later.

Great bike... Great ADK adventures on it... She was a 'Rounder'!

[rdalland]

Camping in the Catskills - 1978

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/789783643_hPGZq-L.jpg

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/501130069_gtCVv-M.gif

[rocketman]

The official name of the triples were GT750 Le Mans, GT 550 Indy, and the GT380 Sebring. The Titan was the 500 twin.

I think Waterbuffalo was the "offical" name of the 750, or was that the "affectionate" Name ?

I spent many hours on the 250 six-speed Hustler as well (learned to ride on that pretty much) nothing like waking up to the smell of 2-stroke while camping in the in-field at the summer races..... :laugh

Oh, and I guess I should post a pic from the pre-digital days

Here's four from some I scanned taken in the mid 70's when I worked as a moto-messenger in DC, we would all hang out after work in the alley behind the shop, the bikes in the one pic are our personal machines since metro provided one's for work.

http://roadrunes.com/photo/d/58714-1/metro009web.jpg

damn there sure seemed to be a lot of drinking going on in those dayz...

the guy in the lower left quad of the pic in the lower right frame is the (im)famous Lap Nyugen of airhead fame.

rest are here

http://roadrunes.com/photo/v/metro-dayz/

RM

[AKBeemer]

My heavens, we were a hairy bunch back in the day.

[rocketman]

My heavens, we were a hairy bunch back in the day.

some of us still are (or whats left of it, anyway!) :laugh


RM

[kgadley01]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_popper/4357869755/" title="1981 Yamaha by GrafikFeat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4357869755_91f085da18_b.jpg" width="1024" height="731" alt="1981 Yamaha" /></a>

$1850.00 out the door. A gift to myself for graduating out of the Navy, 1981.

I bought the exact same bike in April of 81. same color and same fairing. 6 months later I traded it back in for a 82 Seca 750.

[rockosmith]

The Suzuki triples of the 1970's seem to be fairly popular. Here is my 1974 GT550 in my parents backyard in WV in 1974 or 75. First BMW didn't happen until 2006.

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[jamesdunn]

I spent many hours on the 250 six-speed Hustler as well (learned to ride on that pretty much) nothing like waking up to the smell of 2-stroke while camping in the in-field at the summer races..... :laugh

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rest are here

http://roadrunes.com/photo/v/metro-dayz/

RM

The X-6 Hustler is the name I recall for the first mass produced six speed motorcycle. A huge hit in it's day and one I coveted but never owned. VERY collectible these days. I know where one exists; it's not for sale. Great photos!
JD

[terham]

1973 or so on my Honda CT70 in Dunwoody, GA. I still remember when it needed service at the local Honda shop, folding down the handlebars and putting it in the trunk of the car. Wasn't really a motorcycle, but I had lots of fun riding it through the woods north of Atlanta.

http://terham.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Early-days-of-motorcycling/CT70-1972/414440467_JqJp3-M.jpg

[35634]

That's me in front. About 1971. Didn't get a motorized bike for another 10 years, showing amazing understanding of mixing teenage hormones and horsepower.

And I don't look anything like that anymore.

[r11rs94]

Summer of 88 or 89, I'm not sure. My 1987 Suzuki 1400cc Intruder. My last non BMW motorcycle. I rode this bike for 8 years as I was busy raising my son and did not ride far. Mostly to work and some weekends.

[Rad]

The man who sold me my first motorcycle, he lived across the street from me. “Iron Man Ed Kretz” , winner of the first Daytona 200. He is in the motorcycle hall of fame.

This pic taken after the Daytona win, It was run on the sand back then.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/121211538_fNhJS-S.jpg

[Anyname]

This would be me taking my daughter for her first ride, probably around 1992.

[Anyname]

nope, the Titan was the 500 twin, I know, I had two, 1970 and 73.
and the 550 and 380 GT's were air-cooled, only the 750 was water-cooled.


RM

I had one of those too. Great bike; cheap, simple (about 3 moving parts) and as rugged as an AK47.

[Anyname]

Summer of 88 or 89, I'm not sure. My 1987 Suzuki 1400cc Intruder. My last non BMW motorcycle. I rode this bike for 8 years as I was busy raising my son and did not ride far. Mostly to work and some weekends.

Yah gotta love the serious biker dude attitude.

[GrafikFeat]

I bought the exact same bike in April of 81. same color and same fairing. 6 months later I traded it back in for a 82 Seca 750.

Seca was shaft drive no?

My next bike after this was a 74 R90/6 my first Beemer.
Can't find any pictures as I lost thousands of images in the 2006 flood here.
My life history, gone.
Many Adirondack trips on that beauty.
Black with red/white pinstripe. Daily rounder commuter on her.
Pair of Toasters followed her.
One of which remains.

[GrafikFeat]

Only one I can find of my girlfriend(s).

Red is 1973 R75/5 (lwb)

Blue is 1972 R75/5 (swb)

Both, elegance.

[k75s]

:clap Yeah, I found some more old photo's. This photo was taken in 1979 I believe. This is my 500 Custom though I forget the year of the bike. Mid to late 70's Im guessing. In the back ground is my 77 Chrysler Cordoba with Corenthian Leather. What a piece of crap that car was.

I think you meant Corinthian Leather, as a search for Corenthian Leather in Google told me. I remember the Ricardo Montalban Chrysler commercials well.

“Corinthian leather” was a meaningless term invented for the purpose, but has since come to designate leather with a vinyl surface treatment that requires little care"

"The director and advertising executives loved the way the actor Ricardo Montalban pronounced “Corinthian”, and it did not bother them at all that there was no such thing as Corinthian leather. "

And you called your car a piece of crap? :D

[Anyname]

Here is my T500. The driveway shot shows the bike with clubman bars, expansion chambers and a GT550 disk brake front end. I was a regular Paul Dunstall eh? The other photo was taken on Rt 100 in VT,near Moss Glen falls.

[Anyname]

This is the 1975 Z1B that replace my T500. More than any other bike I've owned, the Z1 delivered everything it promised. Back in 75, you could count on it being the fastest vehicle at any stoplight.

[r11rs94]

I think you meant Corinthian Leather, as a search for Corenthian Leather in Google told me. I remember the Ricardo Montalban Chrysler commercials well.

“Corinthian leather” was a meaningless term invented for the purpose, but has since come to designate leather with a vinyl surface treatment that requires little care"

"The director and advertising executives loved the way the actor Ricardo Montalban pronounced “Corinthian”, and it did not bother them at all that there was no such thing as Corinthian leather. "

And you called your car a piece of crap? :D

Thanks for the correction in my spelling of Corinthian. Correction made, though I though it was BubbaZanetti who was in charge of punctuation and spelin :wave

[warredon]

This is a Norton I had back in the early 70's.

[r11rs94]

MOA Rally - Midland 2000 I believe

[pebrown]

My wife and our 1985 K100RT

[AKBeemer]

My friend Rey and me in 1983 on a ride from Monterrey to Lake Tahoe... I'm the good looking one.

[GrafikFeat]

I'm the good looking one.

Oh... So you are the photographer? :whistle

:ha

[r11rs94]

My friend Rey and me in 1983 on a ride from Monterrey to Lake Tahoe... I'm the good looking one.

I'm sorry, but could you be more specific? :laugh

[AKBeemer]

Hey!! Be nice. I'm the redhead, or at least I used to be.

[GSTom]

That's me on the left with the ice cold PBR. This was taken around 1979 in the married student ghetto (Pammel Court) at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The bike is an original 1952 Panhead Harley with factory sidecar (first year of the foot shift Harleys). Notice the middle bike's seat. It was a slab of chromed steel with no padding, owned and ridden by my buddy who was known simply as "Roach". The third bike is a 1978 Superglide ridden by my brother in law. The foxy chick is my wife (now of 38 years marriage and still a fox).
We had a ton of fun back then and it's a miracle I am still alive. Much wiser and more sedate now (hey... I'm now a BMW guy..).

[GSTom]

Me and "Roach" ...fellow veterans survivin' "in the world" post war.

[crazydrummerdude]

Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Just there for a shooting competition in the fall..

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img189ps/58625378_vweeL-L-2.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#58625378_vweeL-A-LB)

Above:
The long way to Prineville Oregon 1980 BMWMOA National Rally on the Dempster highway (officially opened on August 18, 1979)

Below:
I was very frugal, and wore these boots on my way to wining the BMWMOA national Mileage Contest three years in a row - 1979, 1980 & 1981

The bike is a 1977 75/7





http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img053/67306291_zfcCm-L-1.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#67306291_zfcCm-A-LB)

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img155ps/58625965_CSDAC-L-2.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#58625965_CSDAC-A-LB)

Above:
Paul Zarcavich and myself at the (Tropico De Cancer) Tropic of Cancer

Below:
My 7 year old BMW Airhead in a 1983 BWM ad. The background is of the 1880-1980 Klas homestead.
http://www.beemergarage.com/documents/mar84.pdf

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img532/60160629_wdSVH-L-2.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#60160629_wdSVH-A-LB)

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img175ps/58560720_tahF4-L-2.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#58560720_tahF4-A-LB)



http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/img152ps/58681863_MohCk-L-2.jpg (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Favorite-Pictures-1/1244630_ZgrZG#58681863_MohCk-A-LB)


www.beemergarage.com/index.html (http://www.beemergarage.com/index.html)

[MLS2GO]

Yes it is Hyder Alaska but in 2006. I thought it would be a neat comparison to Beer Team's old school photo of the same street.

http://mls2go.smugmug.com/photos/806703690_eN49o-XL.jpg

[r11rs94]

R-Unknown, 2 middle riders are Navy Diver Buddies of mine and Left is me. 1997, Fathers day at Laconia, NH

[rdalland]

Catching flies, 1975

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/821611059_dGmDm-O.jpg

[adsinger]

My first bike, a Yamaha 80. That's me in my new five year old Cooper FJ. I scraped together $2,000 for it. Got my SCCA license. The F1 dream never worked out but I raced for 27 years. Had bikes all that time. No more racing, but lots more motorcycles now.

alan.
www.MotoEuro.org

[rdalland]

Road Trip 1975...

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/Motorcycling/Misc-Motorcycling-Photos/1970s/929309460_Xx3M3-O.jpg

[R184]

Early Cafe' bike. Started life as an RD400.

[R184]

Havinmg survived the RD400, tried something a little more laid back, a 650 twim Yamaha...

[rednick]

1972 RT2 Yamaha 360. Picture taken in 1974 ? Glory Days !

[Ted]

Top of Mt. Cadillac, Mt. Desert Island in July of 1997 - taken by Larry Fears (rest in peace old friend.)

http://www.verrill.com/images/TedonMtCaddillac_9707.jpg

PS - Yes I am still wearing the same Aerostich, finally upgraded the pads this year :)

[toooldtocare]

..

[R184]

I guess the (earlier post) Yam 650 twin was too sedate, so I traded up (?) for a 650 Turbo Seca.

[R184]

And the 650 Turbo lead to the FJ1200. The FJ died in a crash (with a friend on board, broken collarbone) and I didn't ride for well over 15+ years after that. Not because of the crash, but work & family. But I did come back, this time to a K bike.

[35634]

Riding the spankin-new K75S home from Competition Accessories Sept '86. See the s***eating grin through the System 1 ?

[Ken F]

The Cooper looks fun & you must have a really long neck! How do you get your chin clear over the windscreen like that?

Might want to brush up on your photochop skills.
http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=22662&stc=1&d=1269827878

My first bike, a Yamaha 80. That's me in my new five year old Cooper FJ. I scraped together $2,000 for it. Got my SCCA license. The F1 dream never worked out but I raced for 27 years. Had bikes all that time. No more racing, but lots more motorcycles now.

alan.
www.MotoEuro.org

[35634]

The Cooper looks fun & you must have a really long neck! How do you get your chin clear over the windscreen like that?



Woody had a Cooper? :laugh

[rednick]

First Bike ! Honda 90 in 1967. 1966 model, bought it used in Dec. '66. This one started it all.

[toooldtocare]

...

[marchyman]

About 1988.

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/pics/moa/p-1988-marc-mitsuko.jpg" title="Marc and Mitsuko">

This is my daughter in August '88, on the way to Carson City.

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/pics/moa/p-1988-michelle.jpg" title="Michelle">

[Bigbird]

Here's a B&W of me and my buddy on my brand new 1966 Ducati Scrambler 250. This was @ May 1966, down at S.I.U in Carbondale, IL. The Duke was my 2nd bike - the 1st was a very used (abused?) 1959 Zundapp 250 Super Saber!
I kept the Duke until @ 1988. It was a great bike - wish I stll had it today.
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Toms-Motorcycles-Past-and/Tom-Pete-Schmitz-Carbondale/345213782_gXNpC-M.jpg

[toooldtocare]

Here's a B&W of me and my buddy on my brand new 1966 Ducati Scrambler 250. This was @ May 1966, down at S.I.U in Carbondale, IL. The Duke was my 2nd bike - the 1st was a very used (abused?) 1959 Zundapp 250 Super Saber!
I kept the Duke until @ 1988. It was a great bike - wish I stll had it today.
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Toms-Motorcycles-Past-and/Tom-Pete-Schmitz-Carbondale/345213782_gXNpC-M.jpg

My first bike was a Duc 250 Scrambler, and I also wish I had kept it. It gave me many happy miles, although not always trouble free, exploring the back woods of Northern Michigan. I later traded it for a 305 Honda Scrambler (previous post) that also provided many miles of enjoyment.

[Bigbird]

Here's a few more bike pics I scanned in from "back in the day"...

My Dad giving the Ducati Scrambler a workout on the family farm, @ 1970
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Family/Air-Force-Days/Copy-of-Dad-sep-1970-Grandpas/955543260_ka2sR-M.jpg

http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Family/Air-Force-Days/Dad-sep-1970-Grandpas-farm-2/691096012_BCnqa-M.jpg

http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Family/Air-Force-Days/Dad-sep-1970-Grandpas-farm-3/691096036_deFgW-M.jpg

[Bigbird]

My son, David, about 1979
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Toms-Motorcycles-Past-and/Pict5001/129847161_9ABko-M.jpg

and my daughter, Jenny, 1980
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Toms-Motorcycles-Past-and/Pict4998/129847143_R3Khd-M.jpg

[Rad]

Circa 1974 The first, and one of the few, motorcycles I bought new, Honda CB550-4.

About 1975, my wife and the bike on our first short tour, through the Sierras in Calif. We are waiting on the side of Hwy 49 for a 1 hour road construction closure to end.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/117610506_SUbK3-M-1.jpg

Packing up in morning after our cheapie two person tent failed to keep us dry in the first rain of the season and we were absolutely soaked along with our gear so we packed up and found a cheap roadside motel.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/785425703_bNCnS-M.jpg

This pic, a year later, a Vetter fairing added and a shot of us in Portland on our first long tour. A month on the road through the western United States and British Columbia. Oh ya, with a better tent:laugh
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/105591837_L7XiU-M.jpg

[Visian]

... and the invasion of the europeans. they rode at a whole 'nuther level.

Orlando, FL, early 70s....

http://www.visian.nu/images/TorliefHansen.jpg

[Visian]

... moments before clotheslining myself on the badminton net.

http://www.visian.nu/images/minibike.jpg

[Bigbird]

Here's some shots of a motocross race up in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was stationed up at nearby Eielson AFB back in '71-72. These were shot in June 1971 at a local MX course up on Farmer's Loop Rd. I think they were all 2-strokes - nope, not a single BMW:scratch. Mostly Husky, Bultaco, Ossa, Yamaha, Jawa and CZ. I think there's even one Hodaka in there:thumb
http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd-MX/964203734_JJG5p-M.jpg

http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd-MX/964204114_zzgZf-M.jpg

http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd-MX/964211462_aaN9F-M.jpg

http://bigbird.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd/Motocross-Farmers-Loop-Rd-MX/964203700_kKfhA-M.jpg

[UncleHowie]

Aftermath of a raccoon attack in the dead of night. circa 1975
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/117610533_heGRQ-L-1.jpg


My '71 R60/5, fall 1979.

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/788961422_itUCH-O.jpg

Note the well organized shop...


Proof that raccoons are evolving, and quickly! They went from living outdoors in '75 to living indoors in '79! :D :stick

[bob88061]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/3066246587_7d2bb8dbaa_z.jpg?zz=1

[bob88061]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/3056865741_b3908b66c7_z.jpg?zz=1

[bob88061]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2931431762_074fbfbbc3_o.jpg

[nardowell]

25941

[mfifer]

This was taken quite a few years ago with a Nikon N50 I still have but rarely use now.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/img013.jpg

Mike

[r11rs94]

My 1972 Honda 450 twin. Picture was taken 1976 I believe. Nice bike for the day.

[lakemaker]

Me and my dad right after the U.S. Army was done with me. He lived in a mobile home while his house was being built. We're in front of his trailer in Hanford, California 1975. His was a BM'er R75 (1975 I think) and mine was a 72 Honda CB750k2... I loved that bike!

26071

[bluehole]

A follow up to Page 1. Yes, we really did make it.

http://picard.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1978/Nova-Scotia/scan0007/338750925_i9rsu-L.jpg

[Teepke]

great idea, thanks for the thread.

me, my pa, and my brother - cb350 - the bike I learned to ride on...

http://aquabahn.com/snowcam/ap-mp-mp.jpg

-tp

[bluehole]

Teepke,

I spent my high school years in Lexington so I know Billerica. Great picture. Wouldn't you love to have that bike now? :)

[Teepke]

hey bluehole! that pix was from our home in Rockport where I grew up.

funny story about the bike... I was away at my first year of college and came home from break... I was in my yard and heard the familiar sound of that bike roll past and remarked to my dad "wow, cool, I just heard/saw a bike just like ours!" to which he replied "it probably was ours, I sold it!" :wave

the bike was great around town but a bit floaty on the highways... and for sure, would be awesome to have now, though if I did still have it probably would not have my F800. :thumb

-tp

[RoboRider]

This is one of my favorite threads. Even more than "word association"! ==:sick

This is a bit of a topic stretch, but this link is a video of a post WWII victory celebration filmed in Hawaii. Definitely pre-digital and worth a look.

http://vimeo.com/5645171

[rdalland]

just found these, a warm christmas day 1971

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/1119313362_nRDML-XL.jpg

my younger brother in the center. mine was stolen by a neighborhood kid (Jeff, you out there?) out of my garage. replaced it with a 250cc yamaha dirt-bike, nice upgrade!

[Lee]

Redwoods 1980

http://www.i-bmw.com/gallery/data/1009/medium/Redwoods_0001_Medium_.jpg

[Lee]

Northern California 1980

http://www.i-bmw.com/gallery/data/1009/medium/Northern_Ca_1980_Medium_.jpg

[Lee]

Crater Lake June 1981

http://68.178.194.211/gallery/data/1009/Crater_Lake_1981_Medium_.jpg

[pffog]

Just finished scanning my thousands of slides and negitives.

Here are a couple

[pffog]

another

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=21902&stc=1&d=1266335665

[toooldtocare]

Crater Lake June 1981

http://68.178.194.211/gallery/data/1009/Crater_Lake_1981_Medium_.jpg.

[Lee]

Thank for the touch up, but actually the light was a little funny because of fog and it was snowing pretty good.
I'm the one that needs the age reduction :)

[35634]

another

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=21902&stc=1&d=1266335665

Goin' skiing on a RE-5. Now that's sumptin to write home about! :thumb

[pffog]

Goin' skiing on a RE-5. Now that's sumptin to write home about! :thumb


Actually it is a great bike to do it on. The Suzuki factory fairing had lowers and the radiator throws a LOT of heat above 60 mph.

[crazydrummerdude]

A follow up to Page 1. Yes, we really did make it.

http://picard.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1978/Nova-Scotia/scan0007/338750925_i9rsu-L.jpg

My R90 and it's previous owner.. probably a few years before I was born.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs114.snc4/36061_10150278314220191_576805190_15262947_6485168 _n.jpg

[35634]

Somewhere around Santa Barbara about 20 years ago. Still got the bike, but the windshield, blonde, bar-ends, helmet & fairing are all different now.

[mfifer]

Here is a shot in about 1971 of my Kawasaki 400 triple and for the life of me I can not remember the name of that fairing but it was awsome. I am on the left and my racing buddy on the right. The bikes are KZ900 , KH400 , and fast track framed H2 750 (death trap). You may also note the helmet on the left with a bolt-on Grant chin piece.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Kawasaki-400-2.jpg

Mike

[bluehole]

Crazydrummerdude,

That really is crazy. I am sending your picture on to my buddy. I know he will enjoy it. Thanks!

[crazydrummerdude]

for the life of me I can not remember the name of that fairing but it was awsome.

Jacwal Superwedge. (http://thekneeslider.com/images/jacwalsuperwedge.jpg)

[mfifer]

Jacwal Superwedge. (http://thekneeslider.com/images/jacwalsuperwedge.jpg)

Yeah , Thanks , I looked it up on vintage motorcycle fairings.
There are still a few pictures out there.
Thanks , Mike

[mfifer]

Here is almost the begining of my motorcycle life.
Around 1969 my Yamaha 125 MX for flat track .

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Yamaha-125-MX.jpg

And the Next one in 1970 or so 250MX.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Yamaha-250-MX.jpg

Mike

[jimmoss]

Late '80s, George Washington National Forest near Staunton, VA. Woke up to this after camping.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/R80SnowVA.jpg

Nova Scotia, early '90s.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/NovaScotia.jpg

Finishing up the rebuild before riding to Nova Scotia.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/HDalmostdoneIL.jpg

Before the rebuild, late '80s.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/HDwhenbought.jpg

Mac's Motorcycles, Triumph, Norfolk, VA, mid '80s.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/MacsTriumph.jpg

Young Jim, early '80s.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/SailorJim.jpg

1957 IH, moving from IL to NC, mid '90s.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j292/jim-bikes/001%20Jim/LoadedupthetruckandmovedtoBeverly.jpg

[JohnTena]

I bought this bike new in June of 1968. Had a blast racing AFM at Vaca Valley Raceway just before Sears Point opened. Note the homemade cafe seat!
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q125/JohnTena/Metralla3.jpg

At the last race of the season, I fell down, and the bike caught fire. Of course insurance doesn't cover that sort of thing, so it was the end of my budding racing career.
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q125/JohnTena/Metralla4.jpg
A few years ago, I found a basket case on eBay. I had great fun doing the restoration.http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q125/JohnTena/027_24A.jpg

[kgadley01]

WOW what a great post!!! That brings the memories flooding back. When I was a Kid growing up in Penna., a friend of mine had a bike just like yours. His was a Bultaco Metrella MK II Road Racer. If my memory is correct the kick start was on the left side and kicked forward. It looked strange, but would out run my 1970 350 Honda. Thanks for posting....

[JohnTena]

WOW what a great post!!! That brings the memories flooding back. When I was a Kid growing up in Penna., a friend of mine had a bike just like yours. His was a Bultaco Metrella MK II Road Racer. If my memory is correct the kick start was on the left side and kicked forward. It looked strange, but would out run my 1970 350 Honda. Thanks for posting....

You're close. The kick start is indeed on the left side, facing forward. But it kicks backward, in the usual way. Here:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q125/JohnTena/029_26A.jpg

When I was competing, the main rival was the Suzuki X6, the 250cc two-stroke twin with a 6-speed transmission. The Suzuki was tops in acceleration, but the 'taco could brake and handle much better. I have to say that those X6s were much more reliable, too.

[rocketmanli]

My wife and I on our wedding day, October 13, 1983, on our brand new 1982 leftover Suzuki GS850L. Fortunately, I still have both (the babe, and the bike!); added 4 kids, some gray thinning hair, a mortgage, and ........

[toooldtocare]

In the 60s I was stationed at Wurtsmith AFB, Oscoda Michigan. I rode mostly off-road preferring the fire trails to the pavement. There was on hill on a larger fire road named Bultaco Hill by the locals.

The reason, a Bultaco was the only bike that had ever made it to the top without the rider getting off and pushing it. Me and my 305 Honda Scrambler could not even hope to make it.

[pfinley]

My brother Mike and I on my first bike. It didn't go very fast or very far but it was fun to ride to school.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7565659@N02/5275014385/" title="Mike and I on the Suzuki by cc303, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5275014385_a3c3c6c1bb_z.jpg" width="640" height="431" alt="Mike and I on the Suzuki" /></a>

[DARRYL CAINEY]

This is the only surviving picture of my 1974 Rickman Honda that I built from scratch! I had the fairing off that day for some reason visiting a friend that took the photo.
I had a full house Yoshimura Road Race Engine on the street with many Honda CR Racing parts.

Oh! to have that bike today although I don't fold up like that anymore!

[mfifer]

This is the only surviving picture of my 1974 Rickman Honda that I built from scratch! I had the fairing off that day for some reason visiting a friend that took the photo.
I had a full house Yoshimura Road Race Engine on the street with many Honda CR Racing parts.

Oh! to have that bike today although I don't fold up like that anymore!

You could never beat Rickman and ANY engine , they had terrific frames.
My buddy in the picture of mine had a Montessa VR, Super Bike.

[rinty]

We got a new scanner about a year ago, and I finally screwed up the courage to try it out. It didn't fight me too much, and now we're having fun digitizing a bunch of old pictures.

Here's one taken on the Going to the Sun Highway, on a shake down run, after Dave Anderson, of Anderwerks, rebuilt and modified the engine and transmission on my RS:

http://rinty.smugmug.com/Other/Scanned-stuff/img059/1138661416_kaSyn-L.jpg

I was obviously more of an optimist in those days, touring with just a tank bag.

[DARRYL CAINEY]

Back about 15 years ago we went to the 4 Winds Rally in PA and found a deal on a Hand Built Rocking Chair.

No problem we can get that home to Canada!

[barryg]

U just never know what U'll buy at a rally. My big purchase at the Lima, Oh. MOA National was a JAWS ladder. They shipped it to me, by the way.

[Raptor02]

http://raptor02.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Vintage-Moto-Joe/XL250RaceTX01/1158926873_wi5Jv-L.jpg

Me on my Honda XL 250 "Thumper" #70E, at my first Enduro. String Prairie TX, March 1978. One word describes my bike, HEAVY!

[DARRYL CAINEY]

Back around 1977-8 I was a spectator at Mossport Raceway in Ontario Canada and they brought out the Honda 250 six cylinder for a vintage race.

To hear this bike warming up in the pitts and running at speed around the track was a sound I will never forget!

[mfifer]

Some cool stuff guys , Keep it coming.
Mike

[Bob T]

Back around 1976-77 I picked up this H1 for a while...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c163/Baatfam/Bike%20Stuff/Bike%20History/h2_a.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c163/Baatfam/Bike%20Stuff/Bike%20History/h2_b.jpg

I was struggling with a new family and it had charging issues, so I didn't have it long...
Wish I had it now....

[35634]

early 90's. It's OK she doesn't have a helmet. Airheads don't need em :rofl

[BMW VIKING]

My father and I,
My 78 KZ650B and his New 79 GS750

http://bmwviking.smugmug.com/photos/744621058_Dn2NW-L.jpg

[BMW VIKING]

http://bmwviking.smugmug.com/photos/608140050_NWD78-L.jpg

http://bmwviking.smugmug.com/photos/608140081_ArCsQ-M.jpg

http://bmwviking.smugmug.com/photos/608140111_6Np36-M.jpg

[BMW VIKING]

Ouch!!

http://bmwviking.smugmug.com/photos/882151635_Gsb3j-O.jpg

[rcliffor]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5395696050_7d4f157a2f_b.jpg"

[mfifer]

My first Bike Bennelli 1968.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Benelli.jpg

Mike

[BMW VIKING]

My first Bike Bennelli 1968.


http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Benelli.jpg

Mike

Nice Classic!...back in 69 I wanted a honda mini trail so bad I couldn't sleep.
Dad wouldn't let me buy one, eventually I got a Cat mini bike, it wasn't a honda, but it was alot of fun...

[mfifer]

Nice Classic!...back in 69 I wanted a honda mini trail so bad I couldn't sleep.
Dad wouldn't let me buy one, eventually I got a Cat mini bike, it wasn't a honda, but it was alot of fun...

I hear you. I had a lot of fun on it but was hard to keep running.

Mike

[bob88061]

Taken in 1986 on Pat and Bob's trip thru Canada. Heading West thru Crowsnest Pass (that's a Crow on the pole above the GW).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/3068332249_74e4739e43_o.jpg

[warredon]

A few pics of my lovely wife scanned from slides of our 8,600 mile tour out west back in 1979. It's hard to believe that has been well over thirty years ago.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm291/warredon/Airhead/img121a.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm291/warredon/Airhead/img162a.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm291/warredon/Airhead/img164.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm291/warredon/Airhead/img192.jpg

[airoilheadbeemerguy]

Me giving flowers to the CO's wife in 1949. Who would have predicted I'd grow up to be a biker?

Holly, are(were) you a fellow pmq brat? Noticed something about Baden also...?

[Vagabird]

My first bike - '77 Suzuki GS400 - on my first real trip - from Seattle to San Diego, in 1978.

http://vagabird.smugmug.com/Other/Misc/GS-400/1218246109_iCSJ7-L.jpg

When I got back home I was so sore that I knew I had to get a larger bike. :)

- Kate

[DARRYL CAINEY]

Took this several years ago at Deals Gap

[mfifer]

Took this several years ago at Deals Gap

Now THAT is a beauty !!!

Mike

[DARRYL CAINEY]

Thanks!

I will hit 500,000 miles this year on her!

[mfifer]

Thanks!

I will hit 500,000 miles this year on her!

Wow , just broken in !!!!
Wana sell it for ten dollars !!!!! :bow :heart

Mike

[35634]

This thread needed a bump. I never did get this bonnie running right but it looked damn good in my garage!

[Der Ziegelstein]

The old chopper

[32232]

Posing with my first new BMW in March 0f 1984:

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq163/bikebits/BMW/84R100new.jpg

[bmwrider88]

Spring 1987. me posing with my first bike (on the right) and the 79 T140E Bonneville i'd just brought home.

that first Triumph (a T120, i think) was the realization of a life-long dream to own one. i bought it for 250.00! that winter, it melted when my house burned down. everyone who showed up at the fire (i was away) was so concerned that my roomie might be inside the burning structure- (he wasn't) that they were too preoccupied to simply roll my bike away from the house! turns out it had been wrecked badly and was cobbled back together. all the bondo popped out of the lousy weld job in the heat of the fire. that frame had about an inch of bow in it. always seemed a bit "loose", but i rode it like i stole it. at 75 MPH it vibrated so badly i could barely see! that 650 motor was strong like bull however, & the thing always fired right up.

the 79, i kept until this past November. rode the heck out of it! it was also super reliable- i wouldn't have hesitated to get on it and go anywhere. i eventually DID lose that sissy bar- a stock Triumph item.

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[DARRYL CAINEY]

My 1974 Rickman Honda that I built from a Frame Kit.
Many Honda Racing CR750 parts, Yoshimura 812cc.

Somebody liked it better than me as it was stolen in 1978, never saw it again!

[brewmeister]

1964 my new schwin stingray and varoom motor

[walterK75]

On my 1966 BMW R69S. My first BMW. Photo from 1971.