First bike, S90 Honda....learned how to make small cc work for you.
Second, RD350. Keep the nose down, and fly away. 2 strokes pissed some off and best left behind. Spouse inherited it...
"You let your wife ride an RD?!" (common comment)
She completed college @ SF State riding a 180 Yamaha scoot and wanted better brakes and handling...and was the right size and weight for it.
3rd and final, 550 Vision V twin '83 with the fairing, shaft drive, daily ride to work and weekend wanders with spouse.
We rode down to the 1st GP @ Laguna Seca to watch the real runners qualify and drag knee. Got to walk the entire track the night before the races on a lovely warm night. Still remember standing on the corkscrew and considering the transition it presented....
Stopped riding in Houston, a bit too warm for proper attire and most roads too straight.
Would love to get back into a saddle, but blood thinners make me leak too easily and I bruise if you look at me hard...
But I can still pick out the sound of a Duck 1/2 mi. away....*G*
Audio and bikes held nothing in common for me, other than the sound of a well-tuned (or badly needing) high RPM yowl. ;)
Second, RD350. Keep the nose down, and fly away. 2 strokes pissed some off and best left behind. Spouse inherited it...
"You let your wife ride an RD?!" (common comment)
She completed college @ SF State riding a 180 Yamaha scoot and wanted better brakes and handling...and was the right size and weight for it.
3rd and final, 550 Vision V twin '83 with the fairing, shaft drive, daily ride to work and weekend wanders with spouse.
We rode down to the 1st GP @ Laguna Seca to watch the real runners qualify and drag knee. Got to walk the entire track the night before the races on a lovely warm night. Still remember standing on the corkscrew and considering the transition it presented....
Stopped riding in Houston, a bit too warm for proper attire and most roads too straight.
Would love to get back into a saddle, but blood thinners make me leak too easily and I bruise if you look at me hard...
But I can still pick out the sound of a Duck 1/2 mi. away....*G*
Audio and bikes held nothing in common for me, other than the sound of a well-tuned (or badly needing) high RPM yowl. ;)