My kinda woman.I don't know much about Motorcycles but my man has a Harley and he takes me for a ride on it sometimes which i love doing.
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My kinda woman.I don't know much about Motorcycles but my man has a Harley and he takes me for a ride on it sometimes which i love doing.
Fascinating. I had a Suzuki 550, maybe it was a 1980, probably looked like this...
It was fast. I had to sell it when I moved from Louisiana in 1983.
I remember when the last one pictured came out. It's close to my idea of how a bike should appear. I'm a cruiser man (whether or not that Nighthawk's considered a "cruiser") - a little chopped, low seat. I prefer V-twins, though.My bikes. (Pictures pulled from the Internet. I didn't take pictures at the time.)
Bought it used for $125. Got me back and forth to school.
Bought the next one, Honda CB100, new for $315. Got me through high school and college. Got 100 mpg and had a 2.2 gallon tank. I'd ride it for 200 miles, flip it to reserve, fill up the tank, and get change back from a dollar bill. No joke.
If you read about my hurtling over the fire road and the despair on the flat tire in "Personal Stories," it was on this bike.
Bought it used. The Honda 350 was ubiquitous. One year, Honda sold more 350s then the rest of the motorcycling world sold motorcycles. Combined.
The CB400, perhaps my favorite bike of all. Cafe racer. No stripes, just bright red and four-into-one exhaust. Handled like a dream. Lived in California at the time and carved up those back-country roads. Loved this bike.
Couldn't afford a bike while going to school with the family. After I started earning some money:
450 Nighthawk. It was fine. It got me around and performed fine.
I can't find an adequate picture of my next one, a (very) used Honda Gold Wing 900 sans the accessories. It was the only bike I've had that I didn't really like all that much.
And finally, a bike I liked a lot, the Nighthawk 750. Compared to bikes nowadays, it's simple, light, and fast. (Compared to the bikes that were made when I started out, it would seem like a hundred years in the future.) If, or when, I get another bike, it'll probably be like this one. Practical for around town, got the oomph if I have to get out on the highway.
Besides, with it being all black, when I was wearing my black leather jacket and wearing my black full-face helmet, I felt cool. Although it breaks the highly desirable rule of, "Remain visible at all times."
And my final bike, the ST1300, I've already posted a picture of.
I love motorcycling.
I remember when the last one pictured came out. It's close to my idea of how a bike should appear. I'm a cruiser man (whether or not that Nighthawk's considered a "cruiser") - a little chopped, low seat. I prefer V-twins, though.
What is the ST1300 again?My ST1300 was close - a V-four. Transverse, so you looked down the valley of the V. But it was smooth, without the vibration and the "potato, potato" sound of a V-twin.
It was a great bike, and I'm only mentioning this for comparison purposes. Double front discs, single disc in the rear, shaft drive, water-cooled, monoshock rear frame, unobtrusive sliders on the sides of the fairing so you didn't need a bar, and an electric windshield. No, seriously. There was a switch by my right thumb that raised or lowered the windshield to your liking of the time. I wasn't even dreaming of a bike like this back in my early motoring days. Heck, it's engine displacement was about the same as my first car.
What is the ST1300 again?
I'm way behind on what's out there these days.My big, fast, nimble Honda sport-tourer.
Yes, I remember this last one. I wasn't aware there was such a thing as a V-4. Cool.Okay, I do have some pictures. Maybe belongs more in the Selfies thread.
California, circa 1976, with our new baby (whose arrival was also chronicled in "Personal Stories"), on my CB400 Four.
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Me with the Nighthawk.
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I think this might've been in Selfies. Grandma and I outside a coffeeshop with the ST1300.
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I took a motorcycle course sponsored by the State of Michigan before I felt confident to ride as if I knew what I was doing. I believe in educating oneself, with actual classes when possible, about dangerous hobbies.I always wanted a motorcycle. Even after my moped misadventure chronicled in the Personal Stories thread. Maybe I'll get one one of these days........
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When I zoomed in several times I was able to read the writing on the side. It's an eight zero five and googling verifies it is a Harley model.What is this, a Harley?